Context: David IV of Georgia |  David IV, also known as David the Builder (დავით აღმაშენებელი, Davit Aghmashenebeli) (1073– 24 January 1125), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a 5th king of United Georgia from 1089 until his death in 1125. Popularly considered to be the greatest and most successful Georgian ruler in history and an original architect of the Georgian Golden Age, he succeeded in driving the Seljuk Turks out of the country, winning the Battle of Didgori in 1121. His reforms of the army and administration enabled him to reunite the country and bring most of the lands of the Caucasus under Georgia’s control. A friend of the church and a notable promoter of Christian culture, he was canonized by the Georgian Orthodox Church.

Prompt: Who was the 11th and 12th century ruler of Georgia, celebrated by Georgians as their most successful, leading them out from Turkish domination, reuniting the country, and subsequently being canonised by the Georgian Orthodox Church?

Answer: David IV the Builder


Context: Mr. Pip |  Mr. Pip is a 2012 New Zealand film written and directed by Andrew Adamson and based on Lloyd Jones' novel Mister Pip. Hugh Laurie played Mr. Watts.

Prompt: "What is the reference in the title of the film ""Mr. Pip"" (2012)?"

Answer: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens


Context: Caesar salad |  A Caesar salad (also spelled Cesar and Cesare) is a green salad of romaine lettuce and croutons dressed with lemon juice (or lime juice), olive oil, egg, Worcestershire sauce, anchovies, garlic, Dijon mustard, Parmesan cheese, and black pepper. In its original form, this salad was prepared and served tableside.

Prompt: What dish has romaine lettuce and croutons dressed with parmesan cheese, lemon juice, olive oil, egg, Worcestershire sauce, and black pepper?

Answer: Caeser salad


Context: Yingluck Shinawatra |  then became an executive in the businesses founded by her elder brother, Thaksin Shinawatra and later became the president of property developer SC Asset and managing director of Advanced Info Service. Thaksin served as Prime Minister from 2001 until 2006 when he was overthrown by a military coup. He fled abroad shortly before he was convicted in absentia of using his position to increase his own wealth. He has since lived in self-imposed exile to avoid his sentence in prison. In May 2011, the Pheu Thai Party, which maintains close ties to Thaksin, nominated Yingluck as their candidate for Prime Minister in the 2011 election. She campaigned on

Prompt: Yingluck Shinawatra, the last democratically elected Prime Minister of Thailand (in 2011), is nearly related to Thaksin Shinawatra, the first democratically elected leader under Thailand's 1997 constitution; what relation are they?

Answer: Little Brother and Little Sister


Context: Sinclair Lewis | " In 1930 Lewis won the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first writer from the United States to receive the award, after he had been nominated by Henrik Schück, member of the Swedish Academy. In the Academy's presentation speech, special attention was paid to Babbitt. In his Nobel Lecture, Lewis praised Theodore Dreiser, Willa Cather, Ernest Hemingway, and other contemporaries, but also lamented that ""in America most of us—not readers alone, but even writers—are still afraid of any literature which is not a glorification of everything American, a glorification of our faults as well as our virtues,"" and that America is ""the most contradictory, the most depressing, the most stirring, of any land in the world today."" He also offered a profound criticism of the American literary establishment: ""Our American professors like their literature clear and cold and pure and very dead."""

Prompt: Who was the first person from the USA to win the Nobel prize for literature?

Answer: (Harry) Sinclair Lewis


Context: Salar de Uyuni | " Salar de Uyuni (or ""Salar de Tunupa"") is the world's largest salt flat, or playa, at over 10,000 km2 in area. It is in the Daniel Campos Province in Potosí in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes at an elevation of 3,656 m above sea level. The Salar was formed as a result of transformations between several prehistoric lakes that existed around forty thousand years ago but had all evaporated over time. It is now covered by a few meters of salt crust, which has an extraordinary flatness with the average elevation variations within one meter over the entire area of the Salar. The crust serves as a source of salt and covers a pool of brine, which is exceptionally rich in lithium. The large area, clear skies, and exceptional flatness of the surface "

Prompt: The Salt Flat of Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat, is in which country?

Answer: Bolivia, Plurinational State of


Context: Nathan Fillion | " as James Frederick ""The Minnesota"" Ryan in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan. In 2002, Fillion starred as Captain Malcolm Reynolds in the Joss Whedon science fiction television series Firefly, for which he won the Cinescape Genre Face of the Future – Male award by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA. Fillion also won the Syfy Genre Awards in 2006 for Best Actor/Television and was runner-up for Best Actor/Movie. Fillion called his time on Firefly the best acting job he ever had, and compares every job he has had to it. Although the show was cancelled, it was adapted to the "

Prompt: "Joss Whedon's 2002 US TV series ""Firefly"" won a 2003 Primetime Emmy Award for what?"

Answer: Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series


Context: Happy Birthday, Mr. President | " President Kennedy's birthday celebration was held at the third Madison Square Garden on May 19, 1962, and more than 15,000 people attended, including numerous celebrities. The event was a fundraising gala for the Democratic Party. Monroe's dress was made of a sheer and flesh-colored marquisette fabric, with 2,500 shimmering rhinestones sewn into it. The dress was so tight-fitting that Monroe had difficulty putting it on; she wore nothing under it. It was designed by Jean Louis. Monroe was accompanied to the event by her publicist Patricia Newcomb and her former father-in-law Isidore Miller with whom she had remained very close. Peter Lawford was at the event that night to introduce Monroe. He made a play on the actress's reputation for tardiness by giving her a number of introductions throughout the night, after which she did not appear on stage. When Monroe finally appeared in a spotlight, Lawford introduced her as the ""late Marilyn Monroe"". Monroe peeled off her white ermine fur coat, revealing the dress, and the audience gasped. The event was staged and produced by Broadway composer and lyricist Richard Adler. It was choreographed by Carol Haney of The Pajama Game fame."

Prompt: A dress worn at President John F Kennedy's birthday party at Madison Square Garden on 19 May 1962 was sold at auction in 1999 for $1.26 million. Who wore it at the party?

Answer: Marilyn monroe


Context: Boudica |  Boudica or Boudicca, also known as Boadicea (, also ) or Boudicea, and in Welsh as Buddug , was a queen of the British Iceni tribe who led an uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61. According to Roman sources, shortly after the uprising failed, she poisoned herself or died of her wounds, although there is no actual evidence of her fate. She is considered a British folk hero. Boudica's husband Prasutagus, with whom she had two children whose names are unknown, ruled as a nominally independent ally of Rome, and left his kingdom jointly to his

Prompt: Where is the homeland of Queen Boudica (also Boudicca or Boadicea), who led a revolt against the Romans in England in the first century CE?

Answer: East Anglia, England


Context: Don't Matter | " ""Don't Matter"" is a reggae fusion–R&B song by American singer Akon from his second studio album, Konvicted (2006). The song was released as the album's third single in January 2007. In April of that year, it became Akon's first solo U.S. number-one single and second number-one overall. The chorus interpolates the 1979 song ""Zimbabwe"" by Bob Marley and the Wailers and borrows the melody of Ignition (Remix) by R. Kelly in its verse. ""Don't Matter"" was ranked number 31 on Rolling Stones list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. This song was also ranked number 81 on MTV Asias list of Top 100 Hits of 2007."

Prompt: "Who said it ""Don't Matter"" in 2007?"

Answer: Give It to 'Em


Context: Peter Jackson | " Sir Peter Robert Jackson (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known as the director, writer, and producer of the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–03) and the Hobbit trilogy (2012–14), both of which are adapted from the novels of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien. Other notable films include the critically lauded drama Heavenly Creatures (1994), the horror comedy The Frighteners (1996), the epic monster remake film King Kong (2005), and the World War I documentary film They Shall Not Grow Old (2018). He is the third-highest-grossing film director of all-time, his films having made over $6.5 billion worldwide. Jackson began his career with the ""splatstick"" horror comedy Bad Taste (1987) and the black comedy Meet the Feebles (1989) before filming the zombie comedy Braindead (1992). He shared a nomination "

Prompt: "How many films were made by director Sir Peter Jackson from Tolkien's short book, ""The Hobbit""?"

Answer: 3


Context: Germanic peoples |  Charlemagne as emperor by Pope Leo III in Rome on Christmas Day, CE 800 represented a shift in the power structure from the south to the north. Frankish power ultimately laid the foundations for the modern nations of Germany and France. For historians, Charlemagne's appearance in the historical chronicle of Europe also marks a transition where the voice of the north appears in its own vernacular thanks to the spread of Christianity, after which the northerners began writing in Latin, Germanic, and Celtic; whereas before, the Germanic people were only known through Roman or Greek sources. In England, the Germanic Anglo-Saxon tribes reigned over the south of Great Britain from

Prompt: Who during the period from 760-814 CE laid the foundations for the French and German nation states?

Answer: Gisela, daughter of Charlemagne


Context: Les Misérables (radio series) | " Les Misérables is a seven-part radio series broadcast July 23 – September 3, 1937 (Fridays at 10 p.m. ET), on the Mutual Network. Orson Welles adapted Victor Hugo's 1862 novel, directed the series, and starred as Jean Valjean. The 22-year-old Welles developed the idea of telling stories with first-person narration on the series, which was his first job as a writer-director for radio. Marking the radio debut of the Mercury Theatre, Welles's Les Misérables was described by biographer Simon Callow as ""one of his earliest, finest and most serious achievements on radio"". The production costarred Martin Gabel as Javert, Alice Frost as Fantine, and Virginia Nicolson, Welles's first wife, as the adult Cosette. The supporting cast included Ray Collins, Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane, Betty Garde, Hiram Sherman, Frank Readick, Richard Widmark, Richard Wilson and William Alland."

Prompt: In 1938 Orson Welles, who was 22 at the time, wrote, produced, and narrated a radio play adaptation of what work, the US broadcast of which sparked widespread upheaval and panic?

Answer: The War of the Worlds by H.G.Wells


Context: ATP Tour Masters 1000 | " The ATP Masters tournaments (previously known as ATP Masters Series) is an annual series of nine tennis tournaments featuring the top-ranked players on the ATP Tour. The series' events have been held in Europe and North America since the debut of ATP Tour in 1990, and also in Asia since 2009. The ATP Masters, along with the ATP Finals, constitute the most coveted trophies in men's tennis after the four majors, and the tournaments are collectively known as the ""Big Titles"" (alongside the Olympics). In singles, Novak Djokovic holds the record for the most titles with 37 since the Masters Series began in 1990. By completing the set of all nine Masters singles titles by 2018, Djokovic became the first and only player to achieve the Career Golden Masters. Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray have each won seven different titles. In 2020, Djokovic completed his Career Double Golden Masters. In doubles, the Bryan brothers (Bob and Mike) have won a record 39 doubles titles, all as a team. Daniel Nestor and the Bryan brothers have each won all nine titles throughout their careers."

Prompt: Since the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour Masters 1000 was introduced in 1990 until 2015, which former world number 1 holds the record for the most titles, with 27?

Answer: Rafael %22Rafa%22 Nadal Parera


Context: Emily Brontë |  Emily Jane Brontë (, commonly ; 30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. She also published a book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Anne titled Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell with her own poems finding regard as poetic genius. Emily was the second-youngest of the four surviving Brontë siblings, between the youngest Anne and her brother Branwell. She published under the pen name Ellis Bell.

Prompt: What is the only book written by Emily Bronte?

Answer: Wutherin heights


Context: 1991–92 Los Angeles Lakers season | " Starting point guard Magic Johnson missed the first three games with an unspecified ""stomach ailment"". On November 7, 1991, Johnson announced that he had tested positive for HIV and would immediately retire. Johnson discovered his condition after attempting to purchase life insurance and failing the HIV test conducted by Lakers team doctor. During the press conference, he stated that his wife Cookie and unborn child were HIV negative and that he would become an advocate for HIV education and prevention. The NBA world was shocked; U. S. president George H. W. Bush said: ""For me, Magic is a hero, a hero for anyone who loves sports."" Johnson was still listed on the roster, as an injured reserve, and continued to be paid. Johnson was voted "

Prompt: In 1991 Magic Johnson stunned the sporting world in the USA by what?

Answer: Announcing he had HIV


Context: Sweeney Todd |  Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as the villain of the Victorian penny dreadful serial The String of Pearls (1846–47). The original tale became a staple of Victorian melodrama and London urban legend. A barber from Fleet Street, Todd murders his customers with a straight razor and turns their bodies over to Mrs. Lovett, his partner in crime, who bakes their flesh into meat pies. The tale has been retold many times since in various media, most notably in the Tony award–winning Broadway musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler. The 1979 musical and its 2007 film adaptation, both based on Christopher Bond's 1973 play of the same name, significantly deepened Todd’s character. They depict him as former prisoner Benjamin Barker, who becomes obsessed with murdering Turpin, the judge who unjustly convicted him and destroyed his family. Claims that Sweeney Todd was a historical person are strongly disputed by scholars,   although possible legendary prototypes exist.

Prompt: What was Sweeney Todd's occupation in Stephen Sondheim's work?

Answer: Barbershop (hair)


Context: Elementary (TV series) |  Elementary is an American procedural drama television series that presents a contemporary update of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's character Sherlock Holmes. It was created by Robert Doherty and stars Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as Dr. Joan Watson. The series premiered on CBS on September 27, 2012. It is set and filmed primarily in New York City. With 24 episodes per season, by the end of season two Jonny Lee Miller became the actor who had portrayed Sherlock Holmes the largest number of episodes on television or in film. The show follows Holmes, a recovering drug addict and former consultant to Scotland Yard, as he assists the New York City Police Department in

Prompt: "What does the US television series ""Elementary"" centre on?"

Answer: Crime detection


Context: Phillip Hughes |  Phillip Joel Hughes (30 November 1988 – 27 November 2014) was an Australian Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who played domestic cricket for South Australia and Worcestershire. He was a left-handed opening batsman who played for two seasons with New South Wales before making his Test debut in 2009 at the age of 20. He made his One Day International Debut in 2013. Hughes scored his first Test century in March 2009, aged 20, in his second Test match for Australia, opening the batting and hitting 115 in the first innings against South Africa in Durban. This made Hughes Australia's youngest Test centurion since Doug Walters in 1965. In the second innings of the same match, Hughes scored 160, becoming the youngest cricketer in history to score centuries in both innings of a Test match (Australia won the

Prompt: What is a connection between Phillip Hughes (1988-2014), Australian cricketer, and Roy McBridie, (1915 1960), New Zealand cricketer?

Answer: They both died while playing a match, from being struck in the neck by a cricket ball


Context: Grewia latifolia |  Grewia latifolia is a small shrub that is endemic to Northern and Eastern Australia. Its fruits have a distinct similarity to dog testicles, giving rise to the common name of dogs balls. Other common names include emu berry and dysentery plant. Growing to a height of 2m, the species is characterised by ovate leaves with serrated margins. The leaves are discolourous with green papery upper surfaces and pale green to yellow pubescent lower surfaces. The species is deciduous, shedding leaves in response to dry conditions. Cream coloured flowers are produced year round. Fruits are woody capsules with four externally visible compartments covered with coarse hairs.

Prompt: What fruit gets its name from its similarity to the locally native word for testicle?

Answer: Avocado pear


Context: Dewclaw |   A dewclaw is a digit – vestigial in some animals – on the foot of many mammals, birds, and reptiles (including some extinct orders, like certain theropods). It commonly grows higher on the leg than the rest of the foot, such that in digitigrade or unguligrade species it does not make contact with the ground when the animal is standing. The name refers to the dewclaw's alleged tendency to brush dew away from the grass. On dogs and cats the dewclaws are on the inside of the front legs, similarly to a human's thumb, which shares evolutionary homology. Although many animals have dewclaws, other similar species do not, such as horses, giraffes and the African wild dog.

Prompt: Where would a dewclaw usually be found?

Answer: High up on the foot of many mammals, birds and reptiles


Context: Neil Oliver |  Oliver first appeared on television in the 2002 BBC Two series Two Men in a Trench, in which he and archaeologist Tony Pollard visited historic British battlefields. He was also a co-author of the two books accompanying the series. In 2006, he presented The Face of Britain for Channel 4 and Scotland's History: The Top Ten for the BBC. Early in his career he also appeared on The One Show and Time Team. Oliver was a co-presenter of the first series of Coast in 2005, and replaced Nicholas Crane as the show's main presenter for the second, third, fourth, and fifth series. He also presented Coast Australia (2013) and Coast New Zealand (2016). From 2006 to 2018 he presented a number of history documentaries for the BBC, including A History of Scotland (2008) and Sacred Wonders of Britain (2013). In 2012, he wrote and presented Vikings, a three-part series on the Vikings. In April 2021, he was announced as a presenter for the new GB News TV channel, founded by fellow Scot and journalist Andrew Neil. Oliver hosts a weekly current affairs and interview programme.

Prompt: Neil Oliver provides archaeological and social history knowledge for, and fronts, programmes for UK TV in Britain, continental Europe and Australia, called what?

Answer: List of coastal topics


Context: Mauveine |   Mauveine, also known as aniline purple and Perkin's mauve, was one of the first synthetic dyes. It was discovered serendipitously by William Henry Perkin in 1856 while he was attempting to synthesise the phytochemical quinine for the treatment of malaria. It is also among the first chemical dyes to have been mass-produced.

Prompt: The first synthetic organic chemical dye, mauveine, was discovered in 1856 as a byproduct of the search for the synthetic form of what?

Answer: Chinin


Context: Yuri Milner |  In July 2012, Yuri and Julia Milner established the Breakthrough Prize, joined the following year by Sergey Brin, Priscilla Chan, Anne Wojcicki and Mark Zuckerberg. The Prize is a set of international awards recognizing three fields of endeavor: Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, and Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics. Laureates receive $3 million each in prize money, making the Breakthrough Prizes the largest scientific awards in the world. There are also New Horizons awards in physics and mathematics for younger researchers who have already shown and produced significant works. Committees of previous laureates choose the winners from candidates nominated in a process that is online and open to the public. , $174.8m in prize-money has been awarded to 70 individual scientists and four large research teams. The Prizes are presented annually at a gala ceremony featuring celebrity presentations, films, comedy and live music. The last four ceremonies took place at Hangar One (Mountain View, California). The annual celebrations also includes symposiums in the three recognized fields. The program is broadcast live on the web.

Prompt: The international multi-million dollar prizes set up in 2012 to recognise important recent achievements by scientists in (by 2015) Mathematics, Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics are known as what?

Answer: The Breakthrough Prizes


Context: Provisional Irish Republican Army | " three Irish National Liberation Army members starved themselves to death in pursuit of political status. The hunger strike leader Bobby Sands and Anti H-Block activist Owen Carron were successively elected to the British House of Commons, and two other protesting prisoners were elected to Dáil Éireann. The electoral successes led to the IRA's armed campaign being pursued in parallel with increased electoral participation by Sinn Féin. This strategy was known as the ""Armalite and ballot box strategy"", named after Danny Morrison's speech at the 1981 Sinn Féin ard fheis: ""Who here really believes that we can win the war through "

Prompt: Which Irish Republican, an Irish volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, was elected to the UK Parliament while leading the 1981 hunger strike to protest against the removal of Special Category Status?

Answer: Boby Sendz


Context: John Wayne |  Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed Duke, was an American actor and filmmaker who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films made during Hollywood’s Golden Age, especially in Western and war movies. His career flourished from the silent era of the 1920s through the American New Wave, as he appeared in a total of 179 film and television productions. He was among the top box office draws for three decades, and he appeared with many other important Hollywood stars of his era. In 1999, the American Film Institute selected Wayne as one of the greatest male stars of classic American cinema. Wayne was born in Winterset, Iowa, but grew up in Southern California. He lost a

Prompt: The actor John Wayne was known by what nickname?

Answer: The Duke


Context: Nightmarch |   Nightmarch, foaled in 1925 was an outstanding New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racehorse known as The Kiwi. He won the New Zealand Derby and Dunedin Cup as a three-year-old before going to Australia where he became the first horse to win both the Melbourne Cup and Cox Plate in the same year, as well as other Principal races. He was by Night Raid, the sire of Phar Lap, out of the good racemare and broodmare, Marsa (1911) by Martian, a mare that traced to Manto. Marsa produced five foals, all of which raced and were winners.

Prompt: What NZ thoroughbred racehorse, foaled in 1925 by the brood mare Marsa and the sire of Phar Lap, was the first horse to win both the Melbourne Cup and Cox Plate in the same year?

Answer: Nightmarch


Context: 1871–72 FA Cup | " The Football Association, the governing body of the sport in England, had been formed in 1863, but for the first eight years of its existence, its member clubs played only friendly matches against each other, with no prizes at stake. In 1871, however, Charles Alcock, the association's secretary, conceived the idea for a knock-out tournament open to all member clubs, with a trophy to be awarded to the winners. Alcock's inspiration came from his days at Harrow School, where the houses which comprised the school competed each year for the title of ""Cock House""."

Prompt: When this trophy was first offered for award in the 1871-72 season of its sport, how many teams competed and what was the trophy?

Answer: FA Cup, 15 teams


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

Prompt: What type of sausage is usually sold in a flat circular coil?

Answer: Cumberland, England


Context: Ash Carter |   Ashton Baldwin Carter (born September 24, 1954) is an American public policy professor who served as the 25th secretary of defense from February 2015 to January 2017. He is currently director of the Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School. Carter began his career as a physicist. After a brief experience as an analyst for the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, he switched careers to public policy. He joined the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1984 and became chair of the International & Global Affairs faculty. Carter served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy during President Clinton's first term, from 1993 to 1996, responsible for policy regarding the former Soviet states, strategic affairs, and nuclear weapons. During President Obama's first term, he served first

Prompt: Ashton Carter, appointed USA Secretary of Defense in 2015, succeeded whom?

Answer: Senator Hagel


Context: Anthony McCarten |  Film Festival. McCarten produced and wrote The Theory of Everything (2014), concerning the life of Prof. Stephen Hawking, and his first wife, Jane Hawking. He first initiated talks with Jane to acquire the rights to her autobiography, Travelling to Infinity, in 2004, and shortly after began work on the screenplay, which took its inspiration from her book. On 15 January 2015, the film received 5 Academy Award nominations, with McCarten earning two as producer and screenwriter in the categories of Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. He won two BAFTA awards for his roles as producer Best British Film and screenwriter Best Adapted Screenplay. In 2017, McCarten wrote and co-produced a film about Winston

Prompt: "BAFTA winning film ""The Theory of Everything"" is adapted from which book?"

Answer: """Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen"" by Jane Wilde Hawking"


Context: Arts and entertainment in India |  Nobel Prize for Literature. In the last century, several Indian writers have distinguished themselves not only in traditional Indian languages but also in English. India's only native-born Nobel laureate in literature was the Bengali writer Rabindranath Tagore, but VS Naipaul, a diaspora Indian novelist born in Trinidad, also won the Nobel in 2001. Other major writers who are either Indian or of Indian origin and derive much inspiration from Indian themes are R. K. Narayan, Vikram Seth, Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy, Raja Rao, Amitav Ghosh, Vikram Chandra, Mukul Kesavan, Shashi Tharoor, Nayantara Sehgal, Anita Desai, Ashok Banker, Shashi Deshpande, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Bharati Mukherjee.

Prompt: Which novelist, born in Bombay in 1865, was awarded the Nobel prize for Literature in 1907?

Answer: Joseph Rudyard Kipling


Context: Reggae |   Stylistically, reggae incorporates some of the musical elements of rhythm and blues (R&B), jazz, mento, calypso, African, and Latin American music, as well as other genres. Reggae scenes consist of two guitars, one for rhythm and one for lead—drums, congas, and keyboards, with a couple of vocalists. Reggae is played in time because the symmetrical rhythmic pattern does not lend itself to other time signatures such as. One of the most easily recognizable elements is offbeat rhythms; staccato chords played by a guitar or piano (or both) on the offbeats of the measure, often referred to as the skank. This rhythmic pattern accents the second and fourth beats in each bar and combines with the drum's emphasis on beat

Prompt: Which is the style of music, characterised by staccato offbeat rhythms, and owing much to the influence of mento, jazz, ska and rhythm and blues?

Answer: Reggae


Context: Sherlock Holmes | " Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a ""consulting detective"" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard. First appearing in print in 1887's A Study in Scarlet, the character's popularity became widespread with the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine, beginning with ""A Scandal in Bohemia"" in 1891; additional tales appeared from then until 1927, eventually totalling four novels and "

Prompt: What science does Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's creation, Sherlock Holmes, practise?

Answer: Detection


Context: The Godfather Part II |  This film is the first sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Godfather and The Godfather Part II remain the only original/sequel combination both to win Best Picture. Along with The Lord of the Rings, The Godfather Trilogy shares the distinction that all of its installments were nominated for Best Picture; additionally, The Godfather Part II and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King are the only sequels to win Best Picture.

Prompt: What is the only sequel to win an Academy Award for Best Picture?

Answer: The Godfather Part 2


Context: Petra |  Petra is a site at the intersection of natural and cultural heritage forming a unique cultural landscape. Ever since Johann Ludwig Burckhardt aka Sheikh Ibrahim had re-discovered the ruin city in Petra, Jordan, in 1812, the cultural heritage site has attracted different people who shared an interest in the ancient history and culture of the Nabataeans such as travellers, pilgrims, painters and savants. However, it was not until the late 19th century that the ruins were systematically approached by archaeological researchers. Since then regular archaeological excavations and ongoing research on the Nabataean culture have been part of today's UNESCO world cultural heritage site Petra. Through the excavations in the Petra Archaeological Park an increasing number of Nabataean cultural heritage is being exposed to environmental impact. A central issue is the management of water impacting the built heritage and the rock hewn facades. The large number of discoveries and the exposure of structures and findings demand conservation measures respecting the interlinkage between the natural landscape and cultural heritage, as especially this connection is a central challenge at the UNECSO World Heritage Site.

Prompt: Where is Petra, an archaeological site with rock-cut architecture and designated a World Heritage Site 1985, that was built by the Nabataeans as their capital city around 100 BC?

Answer: Jordan (country)


Context: Sinatra Sings Cole Porter | "All songs were written by Cole Porter. ; 1) ""Night and Day"" ; 2) ""Begin the Beguine"" ; 3) ""I Get a Kick Out of You"" ; 4) ""I Love You"" ; 5) Medley: ""You'd Be So Easy to Love""/""I've Got You Under My Skin"" ; 6) ""Don't Fence Me In"" ; 7) ""I Concentrate on You"" ; 8) ""Why Shouldn't I?"" ; 9) ""Just One of Those Things"" ; 10) ""Why Can't You Behave?"" ; 11) ""So in Love"" ; 12) ""You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"" ; 13) ""Cherry Pies Ought To Be You"" ; 14) ""You Do Something to Me"" ; 15) ""I Am Loved"" ; 16) ""You Don't Remind Me"" ; 17) ""Begin the Beguine"" ; 18) ""Night and Day"" "

Prompt: "Who wrote the sons ""I've Got You Under My Skin"" and ""I Get A Kick Out Of You""?"

Answer: Cole Porter


Context: Henrik Ibsen |  Arthur Miller, Marguerite Yourcenar, James Joyce, Eugene O'Neill, and Miroslav Krleža. Ibsen was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1902, 1903, and 1904. Ibsen wrote his plays in Danish (the common written language of Denmark and Norway during his lifetime) and they were published by the Danish publisher Gyldendal. Although most of his plays are set in Norway—often in places reminiscent of Skien, the port town where he grew up—Ibsen lived for 27 years in Italy and Germany, and rarely visited Norway during his most productive years. Ibsen's dramas were informed by his own background in the merchant elite of Skien, and he often modelled or named characters after family members. He was the father of Prime Minister Sigurd Ibsen. Ibsen's dramas had a strong influence upon contemporary culture.

Prompt: What language did the playwright Henrik Ibsen write his plays in?

Answer: Danish


Context: Winter Sports 2: The Next Challenge | Austria ; Canada ; Finland ; France ; Germany ; Great Britain ; Italy ; Japan ; Netherlands ; Norway ; Poland ; Russia ; Spain ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; United States

Prompt: In sport, what is the next country in the sequence China, Sweden, USA, USA, China, Germany, Canada ...?

Answer: La Republique francaise


Context: Necessity (tort) | " In tort common law, the defense of necessity gives the state or an individual a privilege to take or use the property of another. A defendant typically invokes the defense of necessity only against the intentional torts of trespass to chattels, trespass to land, or conversion. The Latin phrase from common law is necessitas inducit privilegium quod jura privata (""Necessity induces a privilege because of a private right""). A court will grant this privilege to a trespasser when the risk of harm to an individual or society is apparently and reasonably greater than the harm to the property. Unlike the privilege of self-defense, those who are harmed by individuals invoking the necessity privilege are usually free from any wrongdoing. Generally, an individual invoking this privilege is obligated to pay any actual damages caused in the use of the property but not punitive or nominal damages."

Prompt: Which word would you choose in talking about the right in law to take necessaries, or necessary materials?

Answer: Estover


Context: John F. Kennedy |  while Kennedy himself hoped he could live for an additional ten. In 1966, White House physician Dr. Janet Travell revealed that Kennedy also had hypothyroidism. The presence of two endocrine diseases raises the possibility that Kennedy had autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 2 (APS 2). Kennedy also suffered from chronic and severe back pain, for which he had surgery and was written up in the American Medical Association's Archives of Surgery. Kennedy's condition may have had diplomatic repercussions, as he appears to have been taking a combination of drugs to treat severe back pain during the 1961 Vienna Summit with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. The combination included hormones, animal organ cells, steroids, vitamins, enzymes, and amphetamines, and possible

Prompt: John F Kennedy suffered from chronic back complaints and what other medical problem?

Answer: Autoimmune adrenalitis


Context: Transatlantic telegraph cable | "  Test messages were sent from Newfoundland beginning August 10, 1858. The first was successfully read at Valentia on August 12, and in Newfoundland on August 13. Further test and configuration messages followed until August 16, when the first official message was sent via the cable: ""Directors of Atlantic Telegraph Company, Great Britain, to Directors in America:—Europe and America are united by telegraph. Glory to God in the highest; on earth peace, good will towards men."" Next was the text of a congratulatory telegram from Queen Victoria to President James Buchanan at his summer residence in the Bedford Springs Hotel in Pennsylvania, expressing hope that the cable would prove ""an additional link between the nations whose friendship is founded on their common interest and reciprocal esteem."" The President responded: ""It is a triumph more glorious, because far more useful to mankind, than was ever "

Prompt: What system was added in 1858 to boost communication via the transatlantic telegraph cable between the USA and the UK?

Answer: Marine galvanometer


Context: Louis Antoine de Bougainville | "Bougainville's name is given to the largest eastern island of Papua New Guinea; and to the strait which divides it from the island of Choiseul. It is also applied to the strait between Mallicollo and Espiritu Santo islands of the New Hebrides group. In the Falklands, Port Louis, and ""Isla Bougainville"" (Lively Island's Spanish name) commemorate him. ; The genus of South American climbing shrubs with colourful bracts, Bougainvillea, is named after him. ; 1804, he was made a Grand Officier de la Légion d'honneur in 1804. ; 1808, Napoleon gave him the title of count (the Comte de Bougainville). ; Thirteen ships of the French Navy have been named in his honour, see French ship Bougainville. "

Prompt: Why was the bougainvillea plant given that name?

Answer: The botanist who described it was on a ship commanded by Admiral de Bougainville


Context: Garamond | 1510 – Garamond may have been born around this time. ; 1530 – Robert Estienne begins to publish in a new and more elegant style of 'roman' type, influenced by De Aetna with its asymmetrical 'M'. ; 1540 – Garamond first clearly enters the historical record, being advanced money to cut the Grecs du Roi type. ; 1561 – Death of Garamond. ; 1563 – Christophe Plantin buys matrices and other equipment in Paris at auction, some from Garamond's widow, for his partnership in Antwerp. Other equipment is bought by other Parisian and German printers; a specimen sheet identifying his types is issued by a Frankfurt foundry in 1592. ; 1560–70s – The work of Garamond and his contemporaries becomes very influential in the Low Countries and western Germany. A decline sets into the production of new typefaces, probably mostly due to simple saturation of the market with typefaces of acceptable quality, and possibly also due to economic and religious factors causing the emigration of printers and typefounders to other countries.

Prompt: First developed from 1531 onwards in Paris, what is Garamond?

Answer: A family of typefaces


Context: Group 4 element |  Group 4 is the second group of transition metals in the periodic table. It contains the four elements titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), and rutherfordium (Rf). The group is also called the titanium group or titanium family after its lightest member. As is typical for early transition metals, zirconium and hafnium have only the group oxidation state of +4 as a major one, and are quite electropositive and have a less rich coordination chemistry. Due to the effects of the lanthanide contraction, they are very similar in properties. Titanium is somewhat distinct due to its smaller size: it has a well-defined +3 state as well (although +4 is more stable). All the group 4 elements are hard, refractory metals. Their inherent reactivity is completely masked due to the formation of a dense oxide layer that protects them from corrosion, as well as attack by many acids and alkalis. The first three of them occur naturally. Rutherfordium is strongly radioactive: it does not occur naturally and must be produced by artificial synthesis, but its observed and theoretically predicted properties are consistent with it being a heavier homologue of hafnium. None of them have any biological role.

Prompt: Zirconium, hafnium and rutherfordium are elements in the same group in the periodic table of elements, and transition metals; what is the fourth member of this group?

Answer: Titanium ore


Context: Christianity in the 16th century |   The Council of Trent (1545–1563), initiated by Pope Paul III, addressed issues of certain ecclesiastical corruptions such as simony, nepotism, and other abuses, as well as the reassertion of traditional practices and the dogmatic articulation of the traditional doctrines of the Church, such as the episcopal structure, clerical celibacy, the seven Sacraments, transubstantiation (the belief that during mass the consecrated bread and wine truly become the body and blood of Christ), the veneration of relics, icons, and saints (especially the Blessed Virgin Mary), the necessity of both faith and good works for salvation, the existence of purgatory and the issuance (but not the sale) of indulgences, etc. In other words, all Protestant doctrinal objections and changes were uncompromisingly rejected. The council also fostered an interest in education for parish priests to increase pastoral care. Milan's Archbishop Carlo Borromeo set an example by visiting the remotest parishes and instilling high standards. A protracted debate followed the council on whether the teaching of the Church Fathers more closely matched Trent or the Evangelicals.

Prompt: The Council of Trent in the 16th century was held between believers of what religious faith?

Answer: Nazarethism


Context: FIFA |  FIFA ( Fédération Internationale de Football Association, International Federation of Association Football Spanish: Federación Internacional de Fútbol Asociación; German: Internationaler Verband des Association Fußball) is a non-profit organization that describes itself as an international governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer. It is the highest governing body of association football. FIFA was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises 211 national associations. These national associations must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the world is divided: Africa, Asia, Europe, North & Central America

Prompt: FIFA (Fdration Internationale de Football Association) was rocked in 2015 by what?

Answer: Large scale indictments and arrests for corruption


Context: The Doves' Nest |  The Doves' Nest and Other Stories is a 1923 collection of short stories by the writer Katherine Mansfield, published by her husband John Middleton Murry after her death. Murry wrote in his introductory note that this volume contains all the complete stories, and several fragments of stories, which she wrote at the same time as, or after, those published in The Garden Party and Other Stories

Prompt: "Under what name did Mrs. Middleton Murray publish works such as ""The Garden Party"", ""The Dove's Nest"" and ""Something Childish""?"

Answer: Katherine Middleton Murry


Context: List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees |  and as a solo artist in 1994), and Dave Grohl (with Nirvana in 2014 and with the Foo Fighters in 2021). There are several performers who were inducted with one (or more) of the bands they played for, but were not inducted as members of one (or more) other bands. For example, Neil Young was inducted with Buffalo Springfield and as a solo artist, but was left out when Crosby, Stills & Nash were inducted. In 2019, Stevie Nicks became the first woman to be inducted twice, after having been inducted with Fleetwood Mac in 1998. She was later joined by Carole King and Tina Turner.

Prompt: Who of these musicians was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014?

Answer: Cat stevens


Context: Formosan black bear | " The Formosan black bear (臺灣黑熊, Ursus thibetanus formosanus), also known as the Taiwanese black bear or white-throated bear, is a subspecies of the Asiatic black bear. It was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1864. Formosan black bears are endemic to Taiwan. In 2001, they were voted the most representative wildlife of Taiwan in a half-year-long countrywide voting campaign. They are also the largest land animals and the only native bears (Ursidae) in Taiwan. Because of severe exploitation and habitat degradation in recent decades, populations of wild Formosan black bears have been declining. This species was listed as ""endangered"" under Taiwan's Wildlife Conservation Act (Traditional Chinese: 野生動物保育法) in 1989. Their geographic distribution is restricted to remote, rugged areas at elevations of 1000 - 3500 m."

Prompt: The Formosan Black Bear is indigenous to where?

Answer: Zhonghua Minguo


Context: Chaoyang, Liaoning |  Liaoning, and in particular Chaoyang, has become the focus of great interest in the world of palaeontology. During the 1990s, many new, unique and fascinating fossils were discovered in this region. Some of the finds have completely revolutionised our ideas of dinosaurs and shed new light on the origin of birds. Chaoyang's fossils are in the Jiufotang Formation. These fossils include: Liaoxipterus, a genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous; Microraptor, a feathered dinosaur; and several early birds such as Longipteryx, Sapeornis, Yanornis and Jeholornis, an early bird. Insects have also been found such as Dictyoptera, a fossilised cockroach and Hymenoptera, a fossil bee, which also date to the Lower Cretaceous period. A local trade in rare fossils has developed in the wake of the finds, with an estimated sixty vendors gathering in one area, called Ancient Street.

Prompt: In the mid 1990s what major fossil discovery was made in Liaoning, China?

Answer: Well-preserved fossils of feathered dinosaurs


Context: 2014 Man Booker Prize |  The 2014 Man Booker Prize for fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 14 October 2014. Until 2014, only novels written in English and from authors in the Commonwealth, including the UK, the Republic of Ireland and Zimbabwe were eligible for consideration; however from 2014 rules were changed to extend eligibility to any novel written in English. It is therefore the first time in the award's history that authors from the United States of America have been included.

Prompt: The 2014 Man Booker Prize, the first to be open to any full length novel written in the English language and not just to those from the UK Commonwealth, Republic of Ireland or Zimbabwe, was awarded in October to which writer?

Answer: Richard Flanagan, Tasmania, Australia


Context: Carne de vinha d'alhos | " Carne de vinha d'alhos (Meat in garlic marinade) is a Portuguese dish categorized according to mode of preparation as an adobo. The name means ""meat marinated with garlic and wine."" Originating in Madeira and the Azores islands, it is typically made with cloves, thyme, paprika, red pepper paste and wine or vinegar as well as garlic. It is traditionally served at Christmas time in Madeira. Vinha d'alhos was taken by people from the Portuguese islands of Madeira and the Azores to the Americas where it is known as ""pickled pork"" or ""vinyoo dalyge"". It is also known as ""garlic pork"" in Trinidad and Tobago (and ""calvinadage"" there) and Guyana where it was introduced in the early 19th century. The curry dish vindaloo is an Indian interpretation of carne de vinha d'alhos, which was introduced "

Prompt: "What dish derives from the Portuguese dish ""Carne de Vinha d' Alhos"" (pork preserved in red wine or red wine vinegar, chili pepper, and stewed with garlic) which was brought to Goa and evolved into the a dish of meat, usually lamb, with wine and garlic plentiful amounts of spice?"

Answer: Tindaloo


Context: United States cable news |  ESPN launched a 24-hour sports news channel named ESPNews on November 1, 1996, which is carried by most cable and satellite providers, although usually only on dedicated sports and information tiers. It airs news, highlights, press conferences and commentary by analysts all in relation to sports. ESPNews was also syndicated to regional sports networks as daytime filler programming and also often appears as blackout filler on ESPN or ESPN2 when those channels air a program unavailable in a certain geographic area. ESPNews scaled back its news-only format in 2013, after several years of ESPN expanding its flagship newscast, SportsCenter, throughout the daytime hours on the main channel. ESPNews newscasts are now branded under the SportsCenter brand, while replays of ESPN2 talk programs typically air when SportsCenter airs on ESPN's main channel. At least one of the ESPN networks is usually carrying a SportsCenter broadcast at any given time, with the lone exceptions being particularly busy sports days in which all three networks (ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNEWS) are carrying sporting events and the network's multi-channel coverage of major sports events.

Prompt: What year did the cable television network ESPN made its debut broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day?

Answer: one thousand, nine hundred and seventy-nine


Context: Cashmere wool |  from Persia to Kashmir. When Ali Hamadani visited Ladakh he discovered for the first time in history the warmth and fineness of Ladakh goat wool. He combed some goat wool and made a pair of socks with his own hands. Afterwards he gifted those socks to the king of Kashmir, Sultan Qutubdin (1374-89 AD). Sultan was amazed by their durability and fineness. Ali Hamadani brought some raw goat wool from Ladakh and suggested the king to start shawl weaving in Kashmir. That was the starting point of the usage of the cashmere wool. Trading in commercial quantities of raw cashmere between Asia and Europe began with Valerie Audresset SA, Louviers,

Prompt: A high quality soft warm goat's wool was first made famous in the 14th century in what mountainous region, where the goats were farmed?

Answer: Kashmir, northern India region


Context: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film) |  The original international Sound Version of the film, lasting 152 minutes, was first shown in Los Angeles on April 21, 1930, and premiered in New York on April 25, 1930. This version has intertitles and a synchronized music and effects track. A sound version with dialogue was released in NYC on April 29, 1930. A 147-minute version was submitted to the British censors, which was cut to 145 minutes before the film premiered in London June 14, 1930. The film went on general release in the US on August 24, 1930. The sound version was re-released in 1939, though cut down to ten reels.

Prompt: "The American film made at the very start of the sound film era, ""All Quiet on the Western Front"" (1930), on the grimness of warfare in WWI was banned in Germany (after a brief run in 1930) not unexpectedly, but also where?"

Answer: Australia (Commonwealth realm)


Context: New Horizons |   New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe that was launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program. Engineered by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), with a team led by Alan Stern, the spacecraft was launched in 2006 with the primary mission to perform a flyby study of the Pluto system in 2015, and a secondary mission to fly by and study one or more other Kuiper belt objects (KBOs) in the decade to follow, which became a mission to 486958 Arrokoth. It is the fifth space probe to achieve the escape velocity needed to leave the

Prompt: Where did the space probe New Horizons launched by NASA in 2006 aim to investigate?

Answer: Pluto and the Kuiper Belt


Context: A Journey | " A Journey is a memoir by Tony Blair of his tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Published in the UK on 1 September 2010, it covers events from when he became leader of the Labour Party in 1994 and transformed it into ""New Labour"", holding power for a party record three successive terms, to his resignation and replacement as prime minister by his Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown. Blair donated his £4.6-million advance, and all subsequent royalties, to the British Armed Forces charity the Royal British Legion. It became the fastest-selling autobiography of all time at the bookstore chain Waterstones. Promotional events were marked by anti-war protests. "

Prompt: "Who published an autobiography entitled ""A Journey"" on 1 September 2010?"

Answer: Rt Hon Anthony Blair MP


Context: 1720 in art | May 2 – James Thornhill, Serjeant Painter to King George I of Great Britain, is knighted, the first native English artist to be so honoured. ; John Michael Rysbrack settles in London. ; Portraitist Rosalba Carriera moves temporarily from Venice to Paris. ; The interior decoration of Santo Sepolcro (Pisa) is restored.

Prompt: British artist Sir James Thornhill (1675-1734), history painter and sergeant painter to George I and George II, was related by marriage to which other artist?

Answer: Hogarthian


Context: Southern Patagonian Ice Field |  Park in Argentina, and the Pío XI Glacier or Bruggen Glacier (1,265 km2, the largest in area and longest in the southern hemisphere outside of Antarctica), O'Higgins (820 km2), Grey (270 km2) and Tyndall (331 km2) in Chile. The glaciers going to the west flow into the fjords of the Patagonian channels of the Pacific Ocean; those going to the East flow into the Patagonian lakes Viedma and Argentino, and eventually, through the rivers de la Leona and Santa Cruz, to the Atlantic Ocean. An important part of the ice field is protected under different national parks, such as the Bernardo O'Higgins and Torres del Paine in Chile, and the aforementioned Los Glaciares in Argentina. There are two known volcanoes under the ice field; Lautaro and Viedma. Due to their inaccessibility they are among the least researched volcanoes in Chile and Argentina.

Prompt: The largest ice fields in the southern hemisphere outside Antarctica are located where?

Answer: Patagonia (Argentina and Chile)


Context: Lolium |  Lolium is a genus of tufted grasses in the bluegrass subfamily of the grass family. It is often called ryegrass, but this term is sometimes used to refer to grasses in other genera. They are characterized by bunch-like growth habits. Lolium is native to Europe, Asia and northern Africa, as well as being cultivated and naturalized in Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands. Ryegrasses are naturally diploid, with 2n=14, and are closely related to the fescues (Festuca). Ryegrass should not be confused with rye, which is a grain crop.

Prompt: What are marram, fescue, and rye?

Answer: Types of grass


Context: John Forsythe |  In 1992, after a three-year absence, Forsythe returned to series television starring in Norman Lear's situation comedy The Powers That Be for NBC, co-starring Holland Taylor, Peter MacNicol, Valerie Mahaffey and David Hyde Pierce.

Prompt: John Forsythe was a regular in which TV series, but was never seen?

Answer: Charlies angels


Context: Hue and Cry (band) | " Their first single ""Here Comes Everybody"" was released on a small Glasgow-based independent label, Stampede, in 1986. While not a hit, it attracted the interest of Virgin Records' subsidiary Circa who signed the duo in 1986. Their debut single for Circa was ""I Refuse"". Their second single and biggest hit was ""Labour of Love"" from the debut album Seduced and Abandoned. Other hits included ""Looking for Linda"" and ""Violently (Your Words Hit Me)"" – both from their second album Remote. In the 1990s, the brothers embarked upon a period of musical experimentation. Their 1991 album Stars Crash Down embraced folk, country, Latin and quartet jazz. Truth and Love (1992) was released on the brothers' own short-lived label, Fidelity. Hue and "

Prompt: "Which Glasgow group signed to Creation Records and recorded their debut single, ""All Fall Down"", in 1985?"

Answer: Primal Scream (band)


Context: Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March |  heir to the throne over and above the house of Lancaster, the children of Edward III's third son John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. However, on 30 September 1399, when Edmund Mortimer was not yet eight years of age, his fortunes changed entirely. Richard II was deposed by Henry Bolingbroke, the new Duke of Lancaster, who became King Henry IV and had his own son, the future King Henry V, recognized as heir apparent at his first Parliament. The King put the young Edmund and his brother Roger in the custody of Sir Hugh Waterton at Windsor and Berkhamsted castles, but they were treated honourably, and for part of the time brought up with the King's own children, John and Philippa.

Prompt: On 30 September 1399, Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, became better known as whom?

Answer: Henry IV (England)


Context: List of Hollywood-inspired nicknames | Bollywood is the informal name given to the Bombay-based Hindi language film industry in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. ; Pollywood may refer to: ; the cinema of Punjab, India. ; the Pashto language movie industry in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. ; Lollywood refers to the Punjabi films of Pakistani film industry based in the city of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. ; Bhojiwood refers to Bhojpuri language films of  Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand, India. ; Dhallywood or Dhaliwood refers to the Bangladeshi film industry, based in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh. ; Chhollywood is the colloquial name given to the Chhattisgarhi language movie

Prompt: What links do Bollywood, Hollywood and Lollywood have?

Answer: Filmed


Context: Lemuel Gulliver |  Lemuel Gulliver is the fictional protagonist and narrator of Gulliver's Travels, a  novel written by Jonathan Swift, first published in 1726.

Prompt: What was the first name of the fictional character Gulliver, which was created by Jonathan Swift?

Answer: Lemuel


Context: The Dam Busters March |  The Dam Busters March is the theme to the 1955 British war film The Dam Busters. The musical composition, by Eric Coates, has achieved the distinction of becoming synonymous with both the film and the real Operation Chastise. The Dam Busters March remains a very popular accompaniment to flypasts in the UK.

Prompt: "Which British composer wrote ""The Dam Busters March""?"

Answer: Eric Coates


Context: Tomás de Torquemada |  The Pope went on to appoint a number of inquisitors for the Spanish Kingdoms in early 1482, including Torquemada. A year later he was named Grand Inquisitor of Spain, which he remained until his death in 1498. In 1484, Torquemada relinquished his role as royal confessor to Diego Deza, a Dominican who would eventually succeed him as Grand Inquisitor. The following year, at a general assembly in Seville, Torquemada promulgated the twenty-eight articles of faith that would be used to guide the inquisitors' investigations. In the fifteen years under his direction, the Spanish Inquisition grew from a single tribunal at Seville to a network of two dozen Holy Offices. As

Prompt: In 1483, who was appointed the first grand inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition?

Answer: Torquemada (disambiguation)


Context: Rough Riders | " After the assassination of President William McKinley in March 1901, that September, Roosevelt took office and remains the youngest person to ever become President of the United States. Theodore Roosevelt and his band of Rough Riders successfully demolished and out-maneuvered the Spanish fleet in less than four months, boosting American exceptionalism. This added boost led to further intervention in foreign affairs. Although McKinley and Roosevelt in hindsight would refer to the Spanish–American War as a ""splendid little war"", it was much more complex than that. As the Rough Riders made quick work of the Spanish fleet, this war would now be "

Prompt: Who was the youngest person to become president of the USA?

Answer: T Ros


Context: Boo! (band) |  Boo! entered the South African music scene in October 1997, but grew especially famous in Europe. They acquired a worldwide following by performing 800 concerts in 17 countries, including 14 states in the United States. Boo! performed at many music festivals, appearing on the same stage as the White Stripes, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot, Franz Ferdinand, Cypress Hill, Coldplay and many more. In 2002, the band received a South African Music Award (SAMA) for 'Best Pop Album.' After Boo! disbanded, Chris Chameleon went on to become a very prominent and platinum-selling solo artist, and Ampie Omo joined local band Fuzigish. Leon Retief went on to manage and book prominent South African artists. Boo! reunited early in 2010 with a change in their line-up, replacing original drummer Leon Retief with Riaan van Rensburg. They have since recorded a new album, (The Three of Us) in the Netherlands.

Prompt: Pistol and Boo, who became internationally famous in 2015, were what?

Answer: Chocolate Yorkshire Terrier


Context: Agulhas Plateau |  The Agulhas Plateau is an oceanic plateau located in the south-western Indian Ocean about 500 km south of South Africa. It is a remainder of a large igneous province (LIP), the Southeast African LIP, that formed (Ma) at or near the triple junction where Gondwana broke-up into Antarctica, South America, and Africa. The plateau formed together with Northeast Georgia Rise and Maud Rise (now located near the Falkland Island and Antarctica respectively) when the region passed over the Bouvet hotspot.

Prompt: Where is the submarine Agulhas Plateau?

Answer: Off the south coast of South Africa


Context: Tigranes the Great | " extended from the Pontic Alps (in modern north-eastern Turkey) to Mesopotamia, and from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean. A series of victories led him to assume the Achaemenid title of King of Kings, which even the Parthian kings did not assume, appearing on coins struck after 85 BC. He was called ""Tigranes the Great"" by many Western historians and writers, such as Plutarch. The ""King of Kings"" never appeared in public without having four kings attending him. Cicero, referring to his success in the east, said that he ""made the Republic of Rome tremble before the prowess of his arms."" Tigranes' coins consist of tetradrachms and copper coins having on the obverse his portrait wearing a decorated Armenian tiara with ear-flaps. The reverse has a completely original design. There are the seated Tyche of Antioch and the river god Orontes at her feet."

Prompt: "His achievements as king led to his being dubbed ""the Great""; who was he and where did he rule?"

Answer: Alfred, king of Wessex 871-899 CE (later known as king of the English)


Context: Teresa of Ávila | " comment of Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Roman Catholic bishop of Osma and an opponent to the Company of Jesus. ; Her rare poems (""Todas las poesías"", Munster, 1854) are distinguished for tenderness of feeling and rhythm of thought. ""Meditations on Song of Songs"", 1567, written nominally for her daughters at the convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. ; El Castillo Interior (The Interior Castle), written in 1577. ; Relaciones (Relationships), an extension of the autobiography giving her inner and outer experiences in epistolary form. ; Two smaller works are the Conceptos del Amor (""Concepts of Love"") and Exclamaciones. In addition, there are Las Cartas (Saragossa, 1671), or her "

Prompt: """Meditations on Song of Songs"", 1567, is the work of which Spanish author?"

Answer: Teresa of vila


Context: Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat | " ""Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat"" is a song written by Frank Loesser and published in 1950. The song was introduced in the Broadway musical, Guys and Dolls, which opened at the 46th Street Theatre on November 24, 1950. In the context of the show, gambler Nicely-Nicely Johnson invents a dream about being saved from hell in order to bring together the members of the prayer meeting. It was performed on stage by Stubby Kaye who later reprised his role as Nicely-Nicely Johnson in the 1953 London production, as well as the 1955 film version of the play. The song is generally considered to be the 11 o'clock number in Guys and Dolls."

Prompt: "The song ""Sit down, you're rockin' the boat"" is from which musical?"

Answer: Arvide Abernathy


Context: Ostinato | " In various popular music styles, riff refers to a brief, relaxed phrase repeated over changing melodies. It may serve as a refrain or melodic figure, often played by the rhythm section instruments or solo instruments that form the basis or accompaniment of a musical composition. Though they are most often found in rock music, heavy metal music, Latin, funk and jazz, classical music is also sometimes based on a simple riff, such as Ravel's Boléro. Riffs can be as simple as a tenor saxophone honking a simple, catchy rhythmic figure, or as complex as the riff-based variations in the head arrangements played by the Count Basie Orchestra. David Brackett (1999) defines riffs as ""short melodic phrases"", while Richard Middleton (1999) defines them as ""short rhythmic, melodic, or harmonic figures repeated to form a structural framework"". Rikky Rooksby states: ""A riff is a short, repeated, memorable musical phrase, often "

Prompt: "Ravel's ""Bolero"", pop music riffs and (often) suspense music in film soundtracks are examples of what?"

Answer: Riff driven


Context: Guys and Dolls | " Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on ""The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown"" (1933) and ""Blood Pressure"", which are two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories, such as ""Pick the Winner"". The show premiered on Broadway in 1950, where it ran for 1,200 performances and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical has had several Broadway and London revivals, as well as a 1955 film adaptation starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine. Guys and Dolls was selected as the winner of the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. However, because of writer Abe Burrows' communist sympathies as exposed by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), the Trustees of Columbia University vetoed the selection, and no Pulitzer for Drama was awarded that year. In 1998, Vivian Blaine, Sam Levene, Robert Alda and Isabel Bigley, along with the original Broadway cast of the 1950 Decca cast album, were posthumously inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame."

Prompt: "Damon Runyon's two stories ""The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown"" and ""Blood Pressure"" were the basis for which musical?"

Answer: Arvide Abernathy


Context: Martino Ghisi |  Martino Ghisi (11 November 1715 – 11 May 1794) was an Italian physician who worked in Cremona. He is best known for being the first to describe carefuy the clinical signs and anatomical changes related to diphtheria which he published privately in a pamphlet. Ghisi was born in Soresina and studied medicine under Paolo Valcarenghi. After his studies in Florence at the Santa Maria Nuova hospital where he studied under Antonio Cocchi (1695-1758), Giuseppe Maria Saverio Bertini (1695-1756), and Angelo Nannoni (1715-1790), he returned to Cremona where he practiced. In 1745 he studied diseases of livestock and wrote a report to Francesco Roncalli Parolino (1692-1769) who published it in 1747. In 1749 he reported on malignant angina, in fact diphtheria, comparing it with livestock diseases. Ghisi described the

Prompt: Italian Dr Mattheo Thun, whose work can involve bottles and cutlery among other things is best described as what?

Answer: Architect and designer


Context: Phlebotomy |  Phlebotomy is the process of making a puncture in a vein, usually in the arm, with a cannula for the purpose of drawing blood. The procedure itself is known as a venipuncture, which is also used for intravenous therapy. A person who performs a phlebotomy is called a phlebotomist, although most doctors, nurses, and other technicians can also carry out a phlebotomy. In contrast, phlebectomy is the removal of a vein. Phlebotomies that are carried out in the treatment of some blood disorders are known as therapeutic phlebotomies.

Prompt: What does a phlebotomist usually deal with?

Answer: Taking blood


Context: Nikkei, Inc. |  Nikkei, Inc. is a Japanese holding company with newspaper businesses as its core. Its first publication was in 1876 with the publication of The Chugai Bukka Shimpo (Domestic and Foreign Prices News). In 1946, the company name was changed to Nihon Keizai Shimbunsha, while the newspaper changed its title to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, both of which were later shortened to Nikkei. In addition to the Japan-based The Nikkei newspaper (the world's largest business daily in terms of circulation), Nikkei, Inc. owns and publishes two international publications: the Nikkei Asia weekly newsmagazine and the London-headquartered Financial Times daily newspaper. Furthermore, it is the owner of the TX Network, of which TV Tokyo is the flagship station. Nikkei, Inc.'s current holdings include companies in books, magazines to digital media, database services, broadcasting, and other activities such as economic/cultural events.

Prompt: Who or what is nikkei?

Answer: Japanese emigrants from Japan and their descendants who still live overseas


Context: Lizard |  lizards have parthenogenesis (reproduction from unfertilised eggs). These species consist of all females who reproduce asexually with no need for males. This is known in occur in various species of whiptail lizards. Parthenogenesis was also recorded in species that normally reproduce sexually. A captive female Komodo dragon produced a clutch of eggs, despite being separated from males for over two years. Sex determination in lizards can be temperature-dependent. The temperature of the eggs' micro-environment can determine the sex of the hatched young: low temperature incubation produces more females while higher temperatures produce more males. However, some lizards have sex chromosomes and both male heterogamety (XY and XXY) and female heterogamety (ZW) occur.

Prompt: What is a common feature of komodo dragons, aphids, and whiptail lizards?

Answer: The ability to reproduce asexually


Context: Naval Advance Base Espiritu Santo |  In 1948 author, James Michener wrote a sequence of fictional short stories called Tales of the South Pacific. The stories became the basis for the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, South Pacific. As many troops stayed at or passed through the base, the island became a tourist spot, including a popular scuba diving spot. The Navy base is now part of the city of Luganville.

Prompt: James A Michener wrote the stories upon which musical was based?

Answer: South Pacific (disambiguation)


Context: Surtout |  Charles Dickens refers to the character Mr. Micawber wearing a surtout with tights in the book David Copperfield.

Prompt: What was the main character trait of the Dickens character Mr Micawber?

Answer: Optimalist


Context: Devil's Dyke, Hertfordshire |  Devil's Dyke is the remains of a prehistoric defensive ditch which lies at the east side of the village of Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England. It is protected as a Scheduled Monument. It is generally agreed to have been part of the defences of an Iron Age settlement belonging to the Catuvellauni tribe of Ancient Britain. It has possible associations with Julius Caesar's second invasion of Britain (54 BC)

Prompt: Where were the Devil's Dykes situated?

Answer: Between Hungary, Serbia and Romania


Context: Backgammon | " The first world championship competition in backgammon was held in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1967. Tim Holland was declared the winner that year and at the tournament the following year. For unknown reasons, there was no championship in 1970, but in 1971, Tim Holland again won the title. The competition remained in Las Vegas until 1975, when it moved to Paradise Island in the Bahamas. The years 1976, 1977 & 1978 saw ""dual"" World Championships, one in the Bahamas attended by the Americans, and the European Open Championships in Monte Carlo with mostly European players. In 1979, Lewis Deyong, who had promoted the Bahamas World Championship for the prior three years, suggested that the two events be combined. Monte Carlo was universally acknowledged as the site of the World Backgammon Championship and "

Prompt: Where are the headquarters of the World Backgammon Association, founded in 2001?

Answer: Health in Malta


Context: List of male golfers who have been in the world top 10 |  This is a list of golfers who have appeared in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR). The rankings started on 6 April 1986 and are updated each week. 111 golfers have reached the top 10. Tiger Woods holds the record for the most weeks in the world top 10, with 906. He is followed by Ernie Els with 788 weeks and Phil Mickelson with 775 weeks. Woods had a record run of 736 consecutive weeks in the top 10 from 13 April 1997 to 15 May 2011, had another run of 124 consecutive weeks from 25 March 2012 to 3 August

Prompt: Who, at the beginning of 2016, holds the record for most number of weeks in golfing's World Top 10?

Answer: Eldrick Tont Woods


Context: Rio de Janeiro | "  Rio de Janeiro is on the far western part of a strip of Brazil's Atlantic coast (between a strait east to Ilha Grande, on the Costa Verde, and the Cabo Frio), close to the Tropic of Capricorn, where the shoreline is oriented east–west. Facing largely south, the city was founded on an inlet of this stretch of the coast, Guanabara Bay (Baía de Guanabara), and its entrance is marked by a point of land called Sugar Loaf (Pão de Açúcar) – a ""calling card"" of the city. The center (Centro), the core of Rio, lies on the plains of the western shore of Guanabara Bay. The greater portion of the city, commonly referred to as the North Zone (Zona Norte, Rio de Janeiro), extends to the northwest on plains composed of marine and continental sediments and on hills and several rocky mountains. The "

Prompt: What is the name of the bay on the shore of which Rio de Janeiro sits?

Answer: Baía da Guanabara


Context: Book of Kells |   Some of the first faithful reproductions made of pages and elements of the Book of Kells were by the artist Helen Campbell D'Olier in the 19th century. She used vellum and reproduced the pigments used in the original manuscript. Photographs of her drawings were included in Sullivan's study of the Book of Kells, first printed in 1913. In 1951, the Swiss publisher Urs Graf Verlag Bern produced the first facsimile of the Book of Kells. The majority of the pages were reproduced in black-and-white photographs, but the edition also featured forty-eight colour reproductions, including all the full-page decorations. Under licence from the Board of Trinity College Dublin, Thames and Hudson produced a partial facsimile edition in 1974, which

Prompt: Who created the Book of Kells?

Answer: Monks in British monasteries


Context: Galatea (mythology) | " The story of Pygmalion appeared earliest in a Hellenistic work, Philostephanus' history of Cyprus, ""De Cypro"". It is retold in Ovid's Metamorphoses, where the king Pygmalion is made into a sculptor who fell in love with an ivory statue he had crafted with his own hands. In answer to his prayers, the goddess Aphrodite brought it to life and united the couple in marriage. This novella remained the classical telling until the end of the seventeenth century. The trope of the animated statue gained a vogue during the eighteenth century. The daemon of Pygmalion's goddess, animating her cult image, bore him a daughter Paphus—the eponym of the city of Paphos—and Metharme. Of ""this ecstatic relationship"", Meyer Reinhold has remarked, ""there may be lurking a "

Prompt: "In Ovid's poem ""Metamorphoses"" Pygmalion famously fell in love with Galatea; what was Pygmalion's relationship to her?"

Answer: Her sculptor


Context: Epistolary novel | Les Liaisons dangereuses is a 1782 French novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, about the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, two narcissistic rivals (and ex-lovers) who use seduction as a weapon to socially control and exploit others, all the while enjoying their cruel games and boasting about their talent for manipulation (also seen as depicting the corruption and depravity of the French nobility shortly before the French Revolution). The book is composed entirely of letters written by the various characters to each other.

Prompt: "As well as writing ""Les Liaisons Dangereuses"", the torrid depiction of aristocratic sexual and social scheming to humiliate and degrade, for which other of these was the 18th century French novelist, soldier and diplomat Choderlos de Laclos responsible?"

Answer: A speech to a Grand Masonic Lodge supporting the initiation of women


Context: 2015 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship |  The 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship was the 15th edition of the men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 21–29 August 2015 in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, England. The Netherlands defeated the defending champions Germany 6–1 in the final to capture their fourth title, while Ireland won their first-ever medal by beating the hosts England 4–2. As the winners, the Netherlands qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Prompt: What world championship, the fourth to date, was held in Germany in August 2015?

Answer: Handbag throwing


Context: Ron Weasley | " of those in the group, Ron is the only one who has never had his first kiss. To bolster Ron's confidence, Harry pretends to give him Felix Felicis, a potion which makes the drinker lucky; believing he has actually taken it, Ron performs admirably and Gryffindor wins the match. However, this leads to a major row between Ron and Hermione: Hermione accuses Harry of helping Ron cheat, while Ron berates Hermione for having no faith in his abilities. At a post-game celebration, Ron kisses Lavender (though Ginny describes it as ""eating her face""). Hermione, jealous and seeking retaliation, takes McLaggen as her date to new Potions professor "

Prompt: Who gave Harry Potter his first kiss?

Answer: Cho Chang


Context: Power-to-gas |  and Swissgas inaugurated a commercial power-to-gas unit in Falkenhagen, Germany. The unit, which has a capacity of two megawatts, can produce 360 cubic meters of hydrogen per hour. The plant uses wind power and Hydrogenics electrolysis equipment to transform water into hydrogen, which is then injected into the existing regional natural gas transmission system. Swissgas, which represents over 100 local natural gas utilities, is a partner in the project with a 20 percent capital stake and an agreement to purchase a portion of the gas produced. A second 800 kW power-to-gas project has been started in Hamburg/Reitbrook district and is expected to open in 2015. In August

Prompt: A commercial power plant which opened in late 2015 in Albertville, Savoie, France uses what as a fuel?

Answer: A by product of cheesemaking


Context: Coat of arms of Peru | " carry a vicuña looking inwards; another white, on the right, where a cinchona tree will be located; and another red below and smaller in which a cornucopia will be seen spilling coins, signifying with these symbols, the richnesses of Peru in the three natural kingdoms. The shield shall have as crest a Civic Crown seen flat; and shall be escorted on each side by a flag and standard of the same national colors, described later.""  On 25 February 1825, Simón Bolívar and the Constituent Congress proclaimed a law defining the new national symbols. establishing the new Coat of Arms, similar to the one used today. This was designed by Congressmen José Gregorio Paredes and Francisco Javier Cortés. The official description was the following:  "

Prompt: Which country has as its national coat of arms a shield bearing a vicuna, a cinchona tree and a cornucopia spilling mineral wealth in the shape of coins?

Answer: Lower Peru


Context: French kiss | " A French kiss is so called because at the beginning of the 20th century, in the English-speaking world, the French had acquired a reputation for more adventurous and passionate sex practices. It originated in America and Great Britain. In France, it is referred to as un baiser amoureux (""a lover's kiss"") or un baiser avec la langue (""a kiss with the tongue""), and was previously known as un baiser Florentin (""a Florentine kiss""). The Petit Robert 2014 French dictionary, released in 2013, added the French verb ""se galocher,"" slang for kissing with tongues. The informal English term ""frenching"" also means french kissing, as does the Quebec French term ""frencher."""

Prompt: A synonym for french kissing would be what?

Answer: Tongue kissing


Context: Dirty Sexy Politics |  Dirty Sexy Politics is a 2010 political memoir written by Meghan McCain, the daughter of Republican Senator John McCain, about the 2008 United States presidential election.

Prompt: "The book ""Dirty Sexy Politics"", released in 2010, was about whose US presidential campaign?"

Answer: Jon McCain


Context: Jelly Roll Morton | " Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (September 20, c. 1890 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer. Morton was jazz's first arranger, proving that a genre rooted in improvisation could retain its essential characteristics when notated. His composition ""Jelly Roll Blues"", published in 1915, was one of the first published jazz compositions. He also claimed to have invented the genre. Morton also wrote ""King Porter Stomp"", ""Wolverine Blues"", ""Black Bottom Stomp"", and ""I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say"", the last being a tribute to New Orleans musicians from the turn of the 20th century. Morton's claim to have invented jazz in 1902 was criticized. Music critic Scott Yanow wrote, ""Jelly Roll Morton did himself a lot of harm posthumously by exaggerating his worth...Morton's accomplishments as an early innovator are so vast that he did not really need to stretch the truth."" Gunther Schuller says of Morton's ""hyperbolic assertions"" that there is ""no proof to the contrary"" and that Morton's ""considerable accomplishments in themselves provide reasonable substantiation""."

Prompt: "Which American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer who wrote ""Wolverine Blues"", ""Black Bottom Stomp"", and ""Buddy Bolden's Blues"" claimed, in self-promotional hyperbole, to have invented jazz outright in 1902?"

Answer: Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe


Context: The Revenant (2015 film) | " Justin Chang of Variety wrote Iñárritu ""increasingly succumbs to the air of grim overdetermination that has marred much of [his] past work"" and it was ""an imposing vision... but also an inflated and emotionally stunted one."" Stephanie Zacharek, writing for Time magazine, gave a positive review to the film stating: ""Inarritu may have fashioned The Revenant as the ultimate endurance test, but as Glass, DiCaprio simply endures. He gives the movie a beating heart, offering it up, figuratively speaking, alive and bloody on a platter. It—he—is the most visceral effect in the movie: revenge served warm. Bon Appetite."" Richard Brody of "

Prompt: "Who, as part of his performance in the 2015 film ""Revenant"", was realistically eviscerated by a bear on screen?"

Answer: Leonardo D%60caprio


Context: Barbra Streisand...and Other Musical Instruments | " Rhythm"" succeeds it, followed by a medley samba consisting of ""Johnny One Note"" and ""One Note Samba"". Fourth and seventh tracks ""Glad to Be Unhappy"" and ""Don't Rain on My Parade"", respectively, contain ""distorted"" rhythms and melodies. A new version of ""People"", from Streisand's 1964 studio album of the same name, contains influence from Turkish and Armenian music. After ""Don't Rain on My Parade"" and ""Don't Ever Leave Me"", is a spoken track by Streisand titled ""Monologue"", which features dialogue of the singer speaking during the live television special. ""I Never Has Seen Snow"", written by Harold Arlen and Truman Capote, precedes Franz Schubert's Lied titled Auf dem Wasser zu singen. The final two tracks are the medley of ""The World Is a Concerto"" and ""Make Your Own Kind of Music"", with the album's closer (""The Sweetest Sounds"") being accompanied by an ""angelic"" chorus."

Prompt: "The songs ""Don't Rain on My Parade"" and ""People"" are from which musical?"

Answer: Funny Girl


Context: The Godfather |  The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same name. The film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte, and Diane Keaton. It is the first installment in The Godfather trilogy. The story, spanning from 1945 to 1955, chronicles the Corleone family under patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando), focusing on the transformation of his youngest son, Michael Corleone (Pacino), from reluctant family outsider to ruthless mafia boss. Paramount Pictures obtained the rights to the novel for the price of $80,000, before

Prompt: """The Godfather"" trilogy of films was centred around which family?"

Answer: Corleone, Sicily


Context: Space Race | " On January 27, 1967, the same day the US and USSR signed the Outer Space Treaty, the crew of the first crewed Apollo mission, Command Pilot Virgil ""Gus"" Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White, and Pilot Roger Chaffee, were killed in a fire that swept through their spacecraft cabin during a ground test, less than a month before the planned February 21 launch. An investigative board determined the fire was probably caused by an electrical spark and quickly grew out of control, fed by the spacecraft's atmosphere of pure oxygen at greater than one standard atmosphere. Crew escape was made impossible by inability to open the plug door hatch cover against the internal pressure. The board also found design and construction flaws in the spacecraft, and procedural failings, including failure to appreciate the hazard of the pure-oxygen atmosphere, as well as inadequate safety procedures. All these flaws had to be corrected over the next twenty-two months until the first piloted flight could be made. Mercury and Gemini veteran Grissom had been a favored choice of Deke Slayton, NASA's Director of Flight Crew Operations, to make the first piloted landing."

Prompt: How did Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger B. Chaffee die in 1967?

Answer: Burning To Death


Context: Concerns and controversies at the 2016 Summer Olympics | " While the whole city was undergoing major infrastructure improvements, there were concerns that some of the projects would not materialise. On 9 May 2014, the London Evening Standard reported IOC vice-president John Coates calling Brazil's preparations ""the worst I’ve experienced"" and went on to claim that construction and infrastructure projects were severely behind schedule. ""The IOC has formed a special task force to try to speed up preparations but the situation is critical on the ground"", the paper quoted him as saying, concluding that such an intervention was ""unprecedented"". Despite these initial worries, the Rio Olympics Committee reported on 29 December 2015 that most venues were complete except the Rio Olympic Velodrome (76%) and "

Prompt: In 2015 a particular concern over, and unique to, the Summer Olympics 2016 was...?

Answer: Water quality in the rowing and sailing venues


Context: Talnotrie Hoard | " Whilst the identity of the hoard's depositor/s is unknown, James Graham-Campbell suggested that it belonged to a Northumbrian metal-worker. However, it has been suggested that the hoard is more likely to be connected to Scandinavian presence and movement in the British Isles, and could even be connected to the Viking Great Army since objects in the assemblage have similarities to the assemblages of sites like the Viking winter camp at Torksey in Lincolnshire. It has even been suggested that the hoard could be connected to Viking leaders, such as Halfdan Ragnarsson or Ivar the Boneless. Halfdan made incursions into Strathclyde and Pictish areas c.874/5. Ivar, and his kinsman Olaf, captured Dumbarton Rock and campaigned in Strathclyde c.870/1. It has also been cited as ""the earliest coin-dated hoard evidence for bullion-use in Scotland"". The hoard's date of concealment has been estimated based on the coins in the assemblage. The proposed dates vary from c.875 to c.900. The decorative motifs on the pins have been interpreted as part of a ""distinctly Northumbrian development of the Trewhiddle style""."

Prompt: What is more likely to be associated with a sward?

Answer: Festuca rubra ssp. commutata


Context: Cartagena, Colombia |  The city is linked to the northern part of the Caribbean Region through roads 90 and 90A, more commonly called Central Caribbean Road. This road passes through Barranquilla, Santa Marta and Riohacha ending in Paraguachón, Venezuela and continues with Venezuelan numeration all the way to Caracas. Taxis in the city perimeter do not have fare meters. The following roads are in the southeast portion of the city: Road 25: Going through Turbaco and Arjona, and through the Montes de María when a fork divides it continuing to Sincelejo as National 25 and finally ending in Medellín, and to the east to Valledupar as number 80. Road 25 A: Going also to Sincelejo, but avoiding the mountains, connects with Road 25 in the forementioned city.

Prompt: What links Cartagena, Maracaibo and Barranquilla?

Answer: They are ports


Context: Absheron Peninsula |  The Absheron Peninsula (Abşeron yarımadası) is a peninsula in Azerbaijan. It is the location of Baku, the biggest and the most populous city of the country, and also the Baku metropolitan area, with its satellite cities Sumqayit and Khyrdalan. There are three districts, of which two are urban (Baku and Sumqayit), and one, (Absheron Rayon), is suburban district in Absheron region. It extends 60 km eastward into the Caspian Sea, and reaches a maximum width of 30 km. Though technically the easternmost extension of the Caucasus Mountains, the landscape is only mildly hilly, a gently undulating plain that ends in a long spit of sand dunes known as Shah Dili, and now declared the Absheron National Park. In this part, the peninsula is dissected by ravines and characterized by frequent salt lakes.

Prompt: Which city is sited on the Absheron Peninsula which juts into the Caspian Sea?

Answer: Baku city


Context: The Architecture of Doom | 1991 First prize in the documentary category, Valladolid International Film Festival ; Shown at 1991 Berlin Film Festival (International Forum) ; 1992 Critics Award, São Paulo International Film Festival ; Blue Ribbon Winner, 1993 American Film & Video Festival ; Shown in the 1999 film series A Holocaust Prism: Different Perspectives at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington ; Shown in 2012 at Philadelphia Center for Architecture for the monthly series Architecture in Film ; Shown in the 2014 film series Crimes Against Culture: Art and the Nazis at the Georgia Museum of Art

Prompt: "What is the place referred to in one of the Smithsonian TV series, ""The Nazi Temple of Doom""?"

Answer: Wewelsburg Castle


Context: Dolcelatte |  Dolcelatte (, ; literally 'sweet milk') is a blue veined Italian soft cheese. The cheese is made from cow's milk and has a sweet taste. Dolcelatte was created by the Galbani Company (now part of Groupe Lactalis) and the name is a registered trademark. Dolcelatte was developed for the British market to provide a milder smelling and tasting alternative to the famous traditional Italian blue cheese, Gorgonzola. The production method for dolcelatte is similar to the methods used to make Gorgonzola. One difference is that it is made from the curd of only one milking, which makes it harder. It takes about two to three months to produce and age this cheese. The fat content of dolcelatte is higher than Gorgonzola at about 50%. Dolcelatte is comparable in taste and texture to dolceverde and torte gaudenzio cheese.

Prompt: The Italian cheese called dolcelatte translates into English as what?

Answer: Whole Milk


Context: Siege of Jerusalem (1187) |  The siege of Jerusalem lasted from September 20 to October 2, 1187, when Balian of Ibelin surrendered the city to Saladin. Earlier that summer, Saladin had defeated the kingdom's army and conquered several cities. The city was full of refugees and had few defenders, and it fell to the besieging armies. Balian bargained with Saladin to buy safe passage for many, and the city came into Saladin's hands with limited bloodshed. Though Jerusalem fell, it was not the end of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, as the capital shifted first to Tyre and later to Acre after the Third Crusade. Latin Christians responded in 1189 by launching the Third Crusade led by Richard the Lionheart, Philip Augustus, and Frederick Barbarossa separately. In Jerusalem, Saladin restored Muslim holy sites and generally showed tolerance towards Christians; he allowed Orthodox and Eastern Christian pilgrims to visit the holy sites freely -- though Frankish (i.e. Catholic) pilgrims were required to pay a fee for entry. The control of Christian affairs in the city was handed over to the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople.

Prompt: In 1187 AD Jerusalem was captured, for the last time for over 40 years, by which forces?

Answer: Saladin and the Ayyubid army


Context: Artemisinin |  Artemisinin and its semisynthetic derivatives are a group of drugs used in the treatment of malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum. It was discovered in 1972 by Tu Youyou, who shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her discovery. Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) are now standard treatment worldwide for P. falciparum malaria as well as malaria due to other species of Plasmodium. Artemisinin is extracted from the plant Artemisia annua, sweet wormwood, a herb employed in Chinese traditional medicine. A precursor compound can be produced using a genetically-engineered yeast, which is much more efficient than using the plant. Artemisinin and its derivatives are all sesquiterpene lactones containing an unusual peroxide bridge. This endoperoxide 1,2,4-trioxane ring is responsible for their

Prompt: Artemisinin and derivatives are drugs found to act especially well on which disease?

Answer: Malariologist


Context: Amygdala |   The amygdala (plural: amygdalae or amygdalas; also corpus amygdaloideum; Latin from Greek, ἀμυγδαλή, amygdalē, 'almond', 'tonsil' ) is one of two almond-shaped clusters of nuclei located deep and medially within the temporal lobes of the brain's cerebrum in complex vertebrates, including humans. Shown to perform a primary role in the processing of memory, decision making, and emotional responses (including fear, anxiety, and aggression), the amygdalae are considered part of the limbic system. The term amygdala was first introduced by Karl Friedrich Burdach in 1822.

Prompt: The amygdala deep within the temporal lobes of the brain has a primary role in what?

Answer: All of these


Context: Sheep station | Lady Barker Station Life in New Zealand and Station Amusements in New Zealand. ; Samuel Butler A First Year in the Canterbury Settlement and his novel Erewhon. Two well-known nineteenth-century authors have written about life on a sheep station:

Prompt: "Which 19th century Englishman went to New Zealand to be a sheep farmer, visited Canada, and wrote ""Erewhon"", ""A Psalm of Montreal"" and ""The Way of All Flesh""?"

Answer: Samuel Butler


Context: Chessboard |  Board games have been known since ancient history, with the oldest records being paintings in mastabas of the First and Third Dynasties of Egypt (3100–2700 BC). The first known version of chess appeared around the 6th century in India and was called chaturanga, played on a board of the game Ashtapada. This board was monochromatic and divided into eight columns by eight rows, with special marks called castles in the first, fourth, fifth, and eighth squares of the a-, d-, e-, and h-columns, which served a function in Ashtapada, but not in chaturanga. After arriving in Ancient Persia, the board

Prompt: One of the oldest known board games involves a grid of thirty squares and sets of pawns, figured in a 1999 video game, and is called what?

Answer: Senet


Context: 1966 in India |  Events in the year 1966 in the Republic of India.

Prompt: In 1966 what unexpected event occurred in Indian politics?

Answer: Indira Gandhi was elected Prime Minister, the first woman in the office


Context: 1974 in Singapore | 7 July – The first colour TV programme is broadcast during the 1974 FIFA World Cup Final.

Prompt: Which was the first year in which the football World Cup final was broadcast on television in colour?

Answer: one thousand, nine hundred and seventy