Context: Susan Cameron |  In 2009, Forbes ranked Cameron as the 59th most powerful woman in the world. Then known as Susan Ivey, in 2010 she was ranked 22nd in Fortune magazine's listing of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business. In Forbes magazine's listing of the World's Most Powerful Women in 2010, she was ranked number 75. In 2016, Cameron ranked at number 66 on the Forbes list of The 100 Most Powerful Women.

Prompt: Who did US Forbes magazine rank in 2010 as the most powerful woman in the world?

Answer: First Lady Obama


Context: Glue stick | " In 1969 the German company Henkel invented the glue stick after studying the ""twist-up ease"" and convenience of lipstick applicators. The product was released under the Pritt Stick brand. By 1971 the Pritt Stick was being sold in 38 countries, by 2001 in 121. The first solvent-free, multipurpose glue stick that could be used for other materials (e.g. wood, glass and some plastics) was the ""PowerPritt"", which was put on the market in 2003. There is also a ""Pritt X"", launched in 2010. Glue sticks are made under many brands and each may have different features to it. Various brands, such as Scotch, Elmer's, UHU, Kores, Giotto, UFO, Snopake, and Bostik U-Stick make glue sticks. Generic brands like M&G also manufacture glue sticks, utilising the twist action."

Prompt: Which corporation (as at 2010) produces Schwarzkopf haircare and Pritt glue-stick products?

Answer: Schwarzkopf Professional


Context: English folk music |   A morris dance is a type of English folk dance, usually accompanied by music, and based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers, often using implements such as sticks, swords, and handkerchiefs. The name is thought to derive from the term 'moorish dance', for Spanish (Muslim) styles of dance and may derive from English court dances of the period. References have been found that suggest that morris dance dates back to the mid-15th century, but claims of pre-Christian origins are now largely dismissed. Morris dance appears to have been widespread in England by the early 17th century, particularly in pastoral areas, but was suppressed, along with associated festivals during and after the English Civil War. It recovered after the Restoration in 1660 but was in steep decline after agricultural and industrial revolutions by the 19th century, when

Prompt: What is the collective term for a group of Morris dancers?

Answer: Sidians


Context: Hibachi |   The hibachi (火鉢) is a traditional Japanese heating device. It is a brazier which is either round, cylindrical, or box-shaped, open-topped container, made from or lined with a heatproof material and designed to hold burning charcoal. It is believed hibachi date back to the Heian period (794 to 1185). It is filled with incombustible ash, and charcoal sits in the center of the ash. To handle the charcoal, a pair of metal chopsticks called hibashi (火箸) is used, in a way similar to Western fire irons or tongs. Hibachi were used for heating, not for cooking. It heats by radiation, and is too weak to warm a whole room, often disappointing foreigners who expected

Prompt: In Japan, what is a hibachi used for?

Answer: Home cooking


Context: Hevea brasiliensis |  Hevea brasiliensis, the Pará rubber tree, sharinga tree, seringueira, or most commonly, rubber tree or rubber plant, is a flowering plant belonging to the spurge family Euphorbiaceae. It is the most economically important member of the genus Hevea because the milky latex extracted from the tree is the primary source of natural rubber.

Prompt: What is harvested from Hevea brasiliensis, whose other plant names separately feature the words Para and India?

Answer: Latex


Context: Fluorine | " Fluorine is a chemical element with the symbol F and atomic number 9. It is the lightest halogen and exists at standard conditions as a highly toxic, pale yellow diatomic gas. As the most electronegative element, it is extremely reactive, as it reacts with all other elements, except for argon, neon, and helium. Among the elements, fluorine ranks 24th in universal abundance and 13th in terrestrial abundance. Fluorite, the primary mineral source of fluorine which gave the element its name, was first described in 1529; as it was added to metal ores to lower their melting points for smelting, the Latin verb fluo meaning ""flow"" gave the mineral its name. Proposed as an element in 1810, fluorine proved difficult and dangerous "

Prompt: What gas, symbol F, is the most reactive of all chemical elements?

Answer: Floreen


Context: John le Carré |  David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 193112 December 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré, was a British-Irish author, best known for his espionage novels. During the 1950s and 1960s, he worked for both the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). His third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963), became an international best-seller and remains one of his best-known works. According to his son, Nicholas Cornwell, le Carré took Irish citizenship shortly before his death. Following the success of this novel, he left MI6 to become a full-time author. His books include The Looking Glass War (1965), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974), Smiley's People (1979), The Little Drummer Girl (1983), The Night Manager (1993), The Tailor of Panama (1996), The Constant Gardener (2001), A Most Wanted Man (2008), and Our Kind of Traitor (2010), all of which have been adapted for film or television.

Prompt: David John Moore Cornwell is better known as what spy-story writer?

Answer: John le Carre


Context: Singapore Zoo | " The ""Elephants at Work and Play"" show demonstrates how elephants are used as beasts of burden in south-east Asian countries. The animal caretakers are referred to as mahouts, and the show simulates how a mahout would instruct an elephant to transport logs or kneel so that they can be mounted. The ""Splash Safari"" show features the zoo's California sea lion, Pedro as he performs acts relating to his natural behaviors, and also playing frisbee with a lucky visitor. The ""Animal Friends"" show, housed in the Kidzworld amphitheatre in the zoo's children's section, features mostly domesticated animals such as dogs and parrots performing tricks with the aim of teaching young children about pet responsibility."

Prompt: What animals does a mahout work with?

Answer: Elephantinely


Context: Colorado potato beetle |  The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), also known as the Colorado beetle, the ten-striped spearman, the ten-lined potato beetle, or the potato bug, is a major pest of potato crops. It is about 10 mm long, with a bright yellow/orange body and five bold brown stripes along the length of each of its elytra. Native to the Rocky Mountains, it spread rapidly in potato crops across America and then Europe from 1859 onwards.

Prompt: The Colorado beetle attacks what crop?

Answer: Idaho potato


Context: Setting pole | " barge quant often has a cap at the top and a prong at the bottom to stop it from sinking into the mud. On the Norfolk Broads these are called a Bott and a Shoe respectively. It can range in length from eight feet (2.5 metres), to over eighteen feet (5.5 metres). A quant is used not only to propel craft, but also to steer them by acting as a rudder. The operator of the quant can stick the quant behind the barge or punt to determine the direction of travel. There is also a popular saying: ""I wouldn't touch that thing with a barge pole!"" (sometimes rendered as ""a 10-foot pole"")."

Prompt: What is the pole called which is used for propelling a barge or punt?

Answer: Quant (disambiguation)


Context: June 1961 | "The dance troupe of Russia's Kirov Ballet was at Le Bourget Airport and waiting to board a flight to London, when the star, dancer Rudolf Nureyev, was pulled aside by KGB agents and told that he was to take a 12:25 pm flight back to Moscow. Sensing that he would never be allowed to leave the Soviet Union again, Nureyev broke away from the escorts and ran over to two French airport policemen (who had been alerted by Nureyev's friend Clara Bichkova), shouting in English, ""Protect me!""  France granted the defecting Nureyev asylum. ; English motorcycle racer Ralph Rensen, 28, became the third rider in less than a week to be killed while competing in the Isle of Man TT series of races during the month. The previous Saturday, Michael Brookes was fatally injured during practice, and on Monday, Marie Lambert was killed while riding in a sidecar during a race. ; Died: Marcel Junod, 57, Swiss physician and humanitarian "

Prompt: Name the ballet dancer who requested asylum in France while in Paris with the Kirov Ballet, in June 1961?

Answer: Nuriev


Context: 1965 in the United States | "July 13 ; Environmental Science Services Administration created (combining Coast & Geodetic Survey and Weather Bureau) ; Weather Bureau part of Environmental Science Services Administration. ; July 14 – U.S. spacecraft Mariner 4 flies by Mars, becoming the first spacecraft to return images from the Red Planet. ; July 25 – Electric Dylan controversy: Bob Dylan elicits controversy among folk purists by ""going electric"" at the Newport Folk Festival. ; July 28 – Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000, and to double the number of men drafted per month from 17,000 to 35,000. ; July 30 – War on Poverty: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid. "

Prompt: What was the US spacecraft first to return images of Mars to Earth, in July 1965?

Answer: Mariner4


Context: 1948 Winter Olympics |  The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (V. Olympische Winterspiele; Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; V Giochi olimpici invernali; V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1948 (Saint-Moritz 1948; San Murezzan 1948), were a winter multi-sport event held from 30 January to 8 February 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the first to be celebrated after World War II; it had been twelve years since the last Winter Games in 1936. From the selection of a host city in a neutral country to the exclusion of Japan and Germany, the political atmosphere of the post-war world was inescapable during the 1948 Games. The organizing committee faced several challenges due to the lack of financial and human resources consumed by the war. These were the first of two winter Olympic Games

Prompt: In which country were the 1948 Winter Olympics held?

Answer: ISO 3166-1:CH


Context: List of British monarchy records |  The longest-lived British monarch and ruler is Queen Elizabeth II, the current monarch, who is now aged, having surpassed her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria on 21 December 2007, who had held the record since 18 January 1901, surpassing her own grandfather George III. The longest-lived male consort was her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who died at the age of 99 years 303 days old on 9 April 2021. The longest-lived king was Edward Balliol of Scotland, who died at age 83 or 84 in 1367. Note: Edward Balliol's reign is disputed. The longest-lived undisputed king was George III, who died at the age of 81 years, 239 days in 1820. The longest-lived male ruler was Richard Cromwell who ruled as Lord Protector (1658–1659) who lived until the age of. The longest-lived queen consort and overall consort was Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later known as the Queen Mother, consort to George VI, and mother of the current longest-lived British monarch, who was 101 years 238 days at the time of her death on 30 March 2002.

Prompt: Who was the longest reigning British king?

Answer: George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland


Context: En plein air |  French impressionist painters such as Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir advocated plein air painting, and much of their work was done outdoors in the diffuse light of a large white umbrella. Claude Monet was an avid en plein air artist who deduced that to seize the closeness and likeness of an outside setting at a specific moment one had to be outside to do so rather than just paint an outside setting in their studio. In the second half of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century in Russia, painters such as Vasily Polenov, Isaac Levitan, Valentin Serov, Konstantin Korovin and I. E. Grabar were known for painting en plein air. But enthusiasts of plein air painting were not limited to the Old World. American impressionists too, such as those of the Old Lyme school, were avid painters en plein air. American impressionist painters noted for this style during this era included Guy Rose, Robert William Wood, Mary DeNeale Morgan, John Gamble, and Arthur Hill Gilbert. In Canada, the Group of Seven and Tom Thomson are examples of en plein air advocates.

Prompt: 'The Umbrellas' is the work of which French impressionist?

Answer: Pierre Auguste Renoir


Context: History of Brazil (1985–present) |  On October 31, 2010, Dilma Rousseff, also from the Worker's Party, was the first woman elected President of Brazil, with her term beginning in the January 1, 2011. In her victory speech, Rousseff, who had also been a key member of Lula's administration, made clear that her mission during her term would be to continue her predecessor's policies to mitigate poverty and ensure continued economic growth. Challenges faced by Rousseff in her first term included managing infrastructure projects to increase economic activity, with special attention to the twelve cities that would host the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, especially Rio de Janeiro, a special

Prompt: Dilma Rousseff was elected the first female president of which country in October 2010?

Answer: Brazil


Context: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (film) |  They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is a 1969 American psychological drama film directed by Sydney Pollack, from a screenplay written by Robert E. Thompson and James Poe, based on Horace McCoy's 1935 novel of the same name. It stars Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Red Buttons, Bruce Dern, Bonnie Bedelia and Gig Young. The film focuses on a disparate group of individuals desperate to win a Depression-era dance marathon and an opportunistic emcee who urges them on. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? was released theatrically in the United States on December 10, 1969, and also premiered at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival. The film became a critical and commercial success, grossing $12.6 million on a budget of $4.86 million, becoming the seventeenth highest-grossing film of 1969. Reviewers praised its direction, screenplay, depiction of the depression era, and performances (especially of Fonda, York and Young). It received nine nominations at the 42nd Academy Awards including; Best Director, Best Actress (for Fonda),  Best Supporting Actress (for York), Best Adapted Screenplay, with Young winning for Best Supporting Actor. As of, it holds the record for most Oscar nominations without one for Best Picture.

Prompt: Which 1969 film starring Jane Fonda is based on the novel by Horace McCoy about a marathon dance contest?

Answer: They Shoot Horses Don't They?


Context: Cluedo |  Cluedo, known as Clue in North America, is a murder mystery game for three to six players (depending on editions) that was devised in 1943 by British board game designer Anthony E. Pratt. The game was first manufactured by Waddingtons in the United Kingdom in 1949. Since then, it has been relaunched and updated several times, and it is currently owned and published by the American game and toy company Hasbro. The object of the game is to determine who murdered the game's victim, where the crime took place, and which weapon was used. Each player assumes the role of one of the six suspects and attempts to deduce the correct answer by strategically moving around a game board representing the rooms of

Prompt: How many suspects are in a normal game of Cluedo?

Answer: Six


Context: Shooting target | 1 & 2 ring: White ; 3 & 4 ring: Black ; 5 & 6 ring: Blue ; 7 & 8 ring: Red ; 9, 10 & inner 10 (X) ring: Gold FITA targets are used in archery shooting competitions within the World Archery Federation. The targets have 10 evenly spaced concentric rings, generally with score values from 1 through 10. In addition there is an inner 10 ring, sometimes called the X ring. This becomes the 10 ring at indoor compound competitions, while outdoors, it serves as a tiebreaker with the archer scoring the most X's winning. The number of hits may also be taken into account as another tiebreaker. In FITA archery, targets are coloured as follows:

Prompt: What colour is the inner ring of an Olympic archery target?

Answer: Gold compound


Context: Toast (food) | " floor, the least desirable outcome. Although the concept of ""dropped buttered toast"" was originally a pessimistic joke, a 2001 study of the buttered toast phenomenon found that when dropped from a table, a buttered slice of toast landed butter-side down at least 62% of the time. The phenomenon is widely believed to be attributable to the combination of the size of the toast and the height of the typical dining table, which means that the toast will not rotate far enough to right itself before encountering the floor. A joke that plays on this tendency is the buttered cat paradox; if cats always land on their feet and buttered toast always lands buttered side down, it questions what happens when buttered toast is attached to a cat's back."

Prompt: Conventional pseudo-scientific wisdom suggests that a slice of buttered toast when accidentally falling from a table or hand to the floor almost always lands butter-side down because... why?

Answer: The toast generally starts butter-side up in the hand or on the table, and the typical distance to the floor only allows time for half a revolution, i.e., a turn through 180 degrees, i.e., butter-side down


Context: Religious Orders Study |  The Religious Orders Study conducted at the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center at Rush University in Chicago is a research project begun in 1994 exploring the effects of aging on the brain. More than 1,000 nuns, priests, and other religious professionals are participating across the United States. The study is finding that cognitive exercise including social activities and learning new skills has a protective effect on brain health and the onset of dementia, while negative psychological factors like anxiety and clinical depression are correlated with cognitive decline. The Religious Orders Study follows the earlier Nun Study. Initial funding was provided by the National Institute on Aging in 1993.

Prompt: A 13-year neurological study by the US National Institute on Ageing reported in 2010 that what significantly prevented the onset of dementia?

Answer: Nine miles walking per week


Context: October 1999 Mexico floods |  the federal government temporarily hired about 1 million people who lost their homes or farms. Students gradually returned to school after repairs were made, and by October 28, over 800,000 students who were affected were able to return to school, including all of Oaxaca and Hidalgo. The area in Teziutlán, Puebla affected by the mudslide was never rebuilt, due to being labeled a high-risk area. Residents in some portions of the country became angry due to lack of assistance. In the town of Lazaro Cardenas in Tabasco, residents opened ditches to alleviate flooding on their streets, which flooding thousands of vehicles along

Prompt: The state of Oaxaca, hit by a devastating mudslide in October 2010, is in which country?

Answer: Mexican Republic


Context: Budge Budge |  Budge Budge is a town and a municipality of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated on the eastern banks of the Hooghly River. It is a part of the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).

Prompt: The town of Budge Budge is in which country?

Answer: ഭാരത മഹാരാജ്യം


Context: Mime artist | " Mime has been performed on stage, with Marcel Marceau and his character ""Bip"" being the most famous. Mime is also a popular art form in street theatre and busking. Traditionally, these sorts of performances involve the actor/actress wearing tight black and white clothing with white facial makeup. However, contemporary mimes often perform without whiteface. Similarly, while traditional mimes have been completely silent, contemporary mimes, while refraining from speaking, sometimes employ vocal sounds when they perform. Mime acts are often comical, but some can be very serious."

Prompt: Which mime artist is associated with the character Bip?

Answer: Marcel Marco


Context: Japanese martial arts | "  Jujutsu (柔術:じゅうじゅつ), literally translates to ""Soft Skills"". However, more accurately, it means the art of using indirect force, such as joint locks or throwing techniques, to defeat an opponent, as opposed to direct force such as a punch or a kick. This is not to imply that jujutsu does not teach or employ strikes, but rather that the art's aim is the ability to use an attacker's force against him or her, and counter-attack where they are weakest or least defended. Methods of combat included striking (kicking, punching), throwing (body throws, joint-lock throws, unbalance throws), restraining (pinning, strangulating, grappling, wrestling) and weaponry. Defensive tactics included blocking, evading, off balancing, blending and escaping. Minor weapons such as the tantō (dagger), ryufundo kusari (weighted chain), jutte (helmet smasher), and kakushi buki (secret "

Prompt: What is the Japanese martial art, similar to judo, which uses grappling, throws, and non-resistance, to debilitate opponents?

Answer: Aikidô


Context: Rice cake | Idli, originating in South India, it is a savoury rice cake that is popularly eaten for breakfast. ; Puttu, originating in South India, it is widely consumed throughout the country. It is a cylinder made out of steamed ground rice and coconut. ; Seenakku, a rice cake made out of glutinous rice and served with grated coconut, it derives from the Chinese nian gao.

Prompt: What is the Southern India savoury steamed cake made of rice and served with chutney?

Answer: Iddly


Context: Infante of Portugal |  Infante of Portugal (Portuguese: Infante de Portugal; f. Infanta), is the royal title of the Kingdom of Portugal, granted to the sons or daughters of the King and Princes of Portugal who were not the heir to the throne. It is also used to denote a grandson or granddaughter in the male line of a reigning monarch. Male consorts to Infantas of Portugal do not have an inherent right to the title of Infante upon marriage (cf., for instance, Nuno, Duke of Loulé).

Prompt: What was the title given to the daughters of the Kings of Spain and Portugal who were not the heir to the throne?

Answer: Infantes


Context: Proportional myoelectric control |  The neuromuscular system has targeted joint torques it tries to generate while walking. Assistive exoskeletons produce some of the torque needed to move one or more leg joints while walking, which allows a healthy individual to generate less muscle torque in those joints and use less metabolic energy. The muscle torque is reduced enough to keep the net torque about each joint approximately the same as when walking without an exoskeleton. The net torque about each joint is the muscular torque plus the actuator torque. Disabled individuals do not see much of a decrease, if any, in muscular torque while walking with an exoskeleton because their muscles are not strong enough to walk with a normal gait, or at all; the exoskeleton provides the remaining torque needed for them to walk.

Prompt: What is a system of muscle-building without moving joints?

Answer: Isometrics


Context: Meadow brown |  Similar species are the gatekeeper (which prefers to rest with its wings open) and the small heath (which is smaller). More similar are the dusky meadow brown (Hyponephele lycaon smaller, male androconial area obliquely directed and divided into three parts by veins Cu1 and Cu2, female with two ochreous ringed eye-spots) is otherwise very similar, Pyronia janiroides, Hyponephele moroccana, Hyponephele lycaon and Hyponephele lupina. Most problematic is the cryptic species complex of Maniola (Maniola telmessia, Maniola nurag, Maniola chia, Maniola halicarnassus and Maniola cypricola).

Prompt: What type of creature is a Meadow Brown?

Answer: Butterfly


Context: Hāliġmōnaþ | " Hāliġmōnaþ or Hāliȝmōnaþ (modern English: 'holy month') was the Anglo-Saxon name for the month of September. The name was recorded by the Anglo-Saxon scholar Bede in his treatise De temporum ratione (The Reckoning of Time), saying only ""Halegh-monath is a month of sacredness” An entry in the Menologium seu Calendarium Poeticum, an Anglo-Saxon poem about the months, explains that “in the ninth month in the year there are thirty days. The month is called in Latin September, and in our language holy month, because our ancestors, when they were heathen, sacrificed to their idols in that month.”"

Prompt: Oster-monath was the Anglo Saxon name for which month of the year?


Context: Bell Rock Lighthouse |  The Bell Rock Lighthouse, off the coast of Angus, Scotland, is the world's oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouse. It was built between 1807 and 1810 by Robert Stevenson on the Bell Rock (also known as Inchcape) in the North Sea, 11 mi east of the Firth of Tay. Standing 35 m tall, its light is visible from 35 smi inland. The masonry work on which the lighthouse rests was constructed to such a high standard that it has not been replaced or adapted in 200 years. The lamps and reflectors were replaced in 1843; the original ones are now in the lighthouse at Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland, where they are currently on display. The working of the lighthouse has been automated since 1988. The lighthouse previously operated in tandem with a shore station, the Bell Rock Signal Tower, built in 1813 at the mouth of Arbroath harbour. Today this building houses the Signal Tower Museum, a visitor centre that offers a detailed history of the lighthouse. Because of the engineering challenges that were overcome to build the lighthouse, it has been described as one of the Seven Wonders of the Industrial World.

Prompt: The Bell Rock Lighthouse, said to be the oldest surviving offshore lighthouse in the world, lies off the coast of which European country?

Answer: The Scottish Nation


Context: James King, 4th Baron Kingston | " Born in France to John King, 3rd Baron Kingston and his wife Margaret O'Cahan, James' father had been a close supporter of king James II of England and following his overthrow fled in exile to France with him. His father was given a pardon on 3 September 1694 by the British government and the new regime in London, switching sides and eventually returned to the Kingdom of Ireland, where he would serve in the Irish House of Lords. The young James King petitioned for naturalisation on 8 January 1707, where he and his siblings were described as ""born out of her Majesty's allegiance, but are good Protestants."""

Prompt: Who was the father of British King James ll?

Answer: King Charles l


Context: BCG vaccine |  Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine is a vaccine primarily used against tuberculosis (TB). It is named after its inventors Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin. In countries where tuberculosis or leprosy is common, one dose is recommended in healthy babies as soon after birth as possible. In areas where tuberculosis is not common, only children at high risk are typically immunized, while suspected cases of tuberculosis are individually tested for and treated. Adults who do not have tuberculosis and have not been previously immunized, but are frequently exposed, may be immunized, as well. BCG also has some effectiveness against Buruli ulcer infection and other nontuberculous mycobacterial infections. Additionally it is sometimes used as part of the treatment of bladder cancer. Rates of protection against tuberculosis infection vary widely and protection lasts up to 20 years. Among children, it prevents about

Prompt: The Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine is used for immunisation against what?

Answer: Antitubeculosis


Context: Marshmallow creme |  Marshmallow creme is also a traditional confection in Arabic cuisine, where it is commonly referred to as soapwort meringue (natef). The original recipe is based on soapwort (roots of Saponaria officinalis) or roots of the marshmallow plant, but modern commercial varieties are nearly identical to marshmallow creme. It was mentioned in a tenth-century Arabic cookbook, Kitab al-Ṭabīḫ (The Book of Dishes) by Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq.

Prompt: Which Christmas condiment is made from fruit sometimes referred to as marshworts?

Answer: Cranberry sauce


Context: Fortified wine | " Sherry is a fortified wine made from white grapes that are grown near the town of Jerez, Spain. The word ""sherry"" itself is an anglicisation of Jerez. In earlier times, sherry was known as sack (from the Spanish saca, meaning ""a removal from the solera""). In the European Union ""sherry"" is a protected designation of origin; therefore, all wine labelled as ""sherry"" must legally come from the Sherry Triangle, which is an area in the province of Cádiz between Jerez de la Frontera, Sanlúcar de Barrameda and El Puerto de Santa María. After fermentation is complete, sherry is fortified with brandy. Because the fortification takes place after fermentation, most sherries are initially dry, with any sweetness being added later. In contrast, port wine (for example) is fortified halfway through its fermentation, which stops the process so that not all of the sugar is turned into alcohol. Sherry is produced in a variety of styles, ranging from dry, light versions such as finos to much darker and sometimes sweeter versions known as olorosos. Cream sherry is always sweet."

Prompt: The fortified wine drink Sherry is named after what town?

Answer: Jérez de la Frontera


Context: The Nutcracker |  Tchaikovsky made a selection of eight of the numbers from the ballet before the ballet's December 1892 première, forming The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, intended for concert performance. The suite was first performed, under the composer's direction, on 19 March 1892 at an assembly of the Saint Petersburg branch of the Musical Society. The suite became instantly popular, with almost every number encored at its premiere, while the complete ballet did not begin to achieve its great popularity until after the George Balanchine staging became a hit in New York City. The suite became very popular on the concert stage, and was excerpted in Disney's Fantasia, omitting the two movements prior to the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. The outline below represents the selection and sequence of the Nutcracker Suite made by the composer: 1. Miniature Overture 2. Characteristic Dances 1. March 2. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy [ending altered from ballet version] 3. Russian Dance (Trepak) 4. Arabian Dance (coffee) 5. Chinese Dance (tea) 6. Dance of the Reed Flutes 3. Waltz of the Flowers

Prompt: Who composed the music known as The Nutcracker Suite, for the Christmas themed ballet The Nutcracker, premiered in St Petersburg, 1892?

Answer: Tsjajkovskij


Context: Moorhouse Affair |  A family friend and former army colleague of the Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, the British Member of Parliament Colonel Cyril Banks, travelled to Cairo in an effort to establish the missing officer's fate. On Christmas Eve, 24 December 1956 he finally had a meeting with President Nasser who told him that Moorhouse had died of suffocation when held captive. On 31 December 1956, Dag Hammarskjöld, the Secretary-General of the United Nations received a report from the Egyptian Army that, after his capture, Moorhouse was kept with the intention of exchanging him for Egyptian prisoners. When British troops began to search for him he had been locked in a small metal cupboard; his captors returned once to feed him but, as

Prompt: What former Egyptian president was born on Christmas day in 1918?

Answer: Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat


Context: New Year's Eve |  Mexicans celebrate New Year's Eve, (Spanish: Vispera de Año Nuevo) by eating a grape with each of the twelve chimes of a clock's bell during the midnight countdown, while making a wish with each one. Mexican families decorate homes and parties in colors that represent wishes for the upcoming year: red encourages an overall improvement of lifestyle and love, yellow encourages blessings of improved employment conditions, green for improved financial circumstances, and white for improved health. Mexican sweet bread is baked with a coin or charm hidden in the dough. When the bread is served, the recipient of the slice with the coin or charm is said to be blessed with good luck in the New Year. Another tradition is to

Prompt: In Mexico, it is said that wearing what colour/color underwear on New Year's Eve ensures finding new love the following year?

Answer: Red (colour)


Context: Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010 |  On 9 June violence erupted in the southern city of Osh with ethnic Kyrgyz rioting, attacking minority Uzbeks and lighting their property ablaze. By the 12th the violence had spread to the city of Jalal-Abad. The spreading of the violence required the Russian-endorsed interim government led by Roza Otunbayeva to declare a state of emergency on 12 June, in an attempt to take control of the situation. Uzbekistan launched a limited troop incursion early on, but withdrew and opened its borders to Uzbek refugees. The clashes killed up to 2,000 people, mostly Uzbeks, and another 100,000 were displaced.

Prompt: In what Eastern European country did violence arise against Uzbeks during 2010?

Answer: Krygyzstan


Context: United Kingdom BSE outbreak | " When BSE was identified, the United States banned the importation of British cattle in 1989, and 499 cows who had been recently imported from the United Kingdom were killed. The United States slaughtered an additional 116 British cows in 1996. Between December 1997 and November 1999, the British government banned the sale of beef on the bone. A week after Dorrell's announcement, on 27 March 1996, the European Union (EU) imposed a worldwide ban on exports of British beef. The ban would go on to last for 10 years before it was finally lifted on 1 May 2006, although restrictions remained on British beef containing vertebral material and beef sold on the bone. The ban, which led to much controversy in Parliament and to the incineration of over one million cattle from at least March 1996, resulted in trade controversies between the UK and other EU states, dubbed a ""Beef War"" by media. France continued to impose a ban on British beef illegally long after the European Court of Justice had ordered it to lift its blockade, although it has never paid any fine for doing so."

Prompt: An American ban lasting 21 years was lifted in 2010 for what Scottish food?

Answer: Haggus


Context: Ascend: Hand of Kul |  Ascend: Hand of Kul (formerly Ascend: New Gods) was a 2013 free-to-play game for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. It was unveiled at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2012 during Microsoft's press conference. Though the beta version was available in the Xbox Live Arcade for free to Gold members, the game never saw full release. On August 18, 2014 the game was delisted from the Xbox marketplace. On August 21, 2014 it was announced the game's server will be closing November 18, 2014. The PC version was shut down on June 20, 2016.

Prompt: Name Microsoft's hands-free gaming system launched in June 2010, a made-up word alluding to joining?

Answer: Xbox kinect


Context: Archaeological Museum of Aidone | " The museum in the 2010s is at the center of events of historical importance. The Italian State has succeeded in obtaining the return of precious artefacts stolen by ""tombaroli"" and, through the clandestine market bought by the main American museums. On 13 December 2009, two acroliths (two heads, three hands and three feet in marble) from the Greek archaic period, probably belonging to the goddesses Demeter and Kore, very revered in antiquity in Central Sicily, returned from the University of Virginia Museum. December 5, 2010, was the turn of the return from the Metropolitan Museum of New York of a service of sixteen pieces in silver for ritual and table uses, belonging to that Eupolemos, as revealed by the inscriptions engraved in votive arula. Finally, in the spring of 2011, the so-called ""Goddess of Morgantina"" returned. It is a statue of a treacherous limestone school with an acrolithic technique, in which it is more probable that the goddess Demeter should be recognized. Now it is exhibited at the Regional Archaeological Museum of Aidone, where it was presented on May 17, 2011, in the presence of the authorities. Today it is visible to the public."

Prompt: What controversial relic went on display in 2010 in the Italian city whose name it bears?

Answer: Shroud of Turin


Context: United States documents leak of the War in Afghanistan | " In June 2010, The Guardian journalist Nick Davies and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange established that the U.S. Army had built a huge database with six years of sensitive military intelligence material, to which many thousands of U.S. soldiers had access and some of them had been able to download copies, and WikiLeaks had one copy which it proposed to publish online, via a series of uncensorable global servers. Some of the soldiers were not supposed to have any access as they were not involved in those operations. WikiLeaks describes itself as ""a multi-jurisdictional public service designed to protect whistleblowers, journalists and activists who have sensitive materials to communicate to the public"". In an interview with the UK's Channel 4, Assange said that ""we have a stated commitment to "

Prompt: Name the head of the 'whistleblowing' website Wikileaks, in the news during 2010 after publishing thousands of sensitive government and military documents?

Answer: Julien d'Assange


Context: John Higgins |  On 2 May 2010, Higgins and his manager, Pat Mooney, a World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) board member, were the subject of match-fixing allegations after being filmed in a sting operation conducted by the now defunct News of the World. An undercover News of the World team, led by Mazher Mahmood, posing as promoters, met Higgins and his manager on 30 April, in a hotel room in Kyiv under the pretence of organising a series of events linked to the World Series of Snooker. The newspaper alleged that Higgins and Mooney had agreed to lose four frames in four

Prompt: In what European city was snooker player John Higgins stung by the News of the World newspaper relating to an alleged betting fix?

Answer: Kyiv, Ukraine


Context: Henri Michel |  In 2006, he managed the Ivory Coast national football team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, where they played well but went down to two defeats by Argentina and the Netherlands, before beating Serbia & Montenegro 3–2 in their final match.

Prompt: Which famous football figure managed the Ivory Coast national team at the FIFA 2010 World Cup Finals?

Answer: Sven Goeran Eriksson


Context: Fourth Balkenende cabinet |  In February 2010, NATO had officially requested the Netherlands to extend its military involvement in Task Force Uruzgan, the ISAF operation in the Afghan province of Uruzgan, aimed at training Afghan security forces and transfer of responsibilities to the local authorities. Coalition party PvdA strongly opposed the extension of the mission. The collision between the government and the parliament, of which the majority disagreed with an extension of the mission, as well as between the coalition partners in the cabinet, threatened the existence of the cabinet and led to its fall in the night between 19 and 20 February 2010, after 16 hours of deliberations between the cabinet members. The

Prompt: Which country's coalition government, led by Jan-Peter Balkenende, collapsed in 2010 when disagreeing about extending military action in Afghanistan?

Answer: NETHERLANDS


Context: Lansdowne Road |   The stadium was replaced by a 50,000 all-seater football and rugby stadium that opened in May 2010. The development of the new stadium was finally announced in January 2004 at a cost of approximately €365 million; of this, €190 million came from the Irish government, with the remainder paid by the IRFU and Football Association of Ireland. The new stadium was designed by Populous, Scott Tallon Walker and Buro Happold, with ME Engineers providing the building services design. The development was originally meant to begin in January 2007. but was delayed. DSM Demolition commenced the works on 17 May 2007. Football and rugby internationals were mainly played at Croke Park while the Aviva Stadium was being developed, with fixtures in both sports also taking

Prompt: The new £340m Aviva Stadium in Ireland opened in 2010 on the site of which previous famous sports ground?

Answer: Landsdowne Road


Context: Messages (Google) |  The original code for Android SMS messaging was released in 2009 integrated into the Operating System. It was released as a standalone application independent of Android with the release of Android 5.0 Lollipop in 2014, replacing Google Hangouts as the default SMS app on Google's Nexus line of phones. In 2018 the system evolved to send larger data files, sync with other apps, and even create mass messages. This was in preparation for when Google launched messages for web. In December 2019, Google rolled out support for RCS messaging (under the name chat features) in the United States, United Kingdom, France and Mexico. This was followed by a wider global rollout throughout 2020. The app surpassed 1 billion installs in April 2020, doubling its

Prompt: Name Google's service launched in 2009 from which support was withdrawn in 2010, which offered 'next-generation email', messaging and twitter-style micro-blogging?

Answer: Waving


Context: Staines-upon-Thames |  Town Football Club which attempted to present 134 signatures to the council, but they were not received. Adopting the name change, the council resolved to call on residents, businesses and public organisations to use the name Staines-upon-Thames, and to call on Surrey County Council and Runnymede Borough Council to use Staines-upon-Thames for all official business. Following a day of celebrations in the town, including a regatta on the river, the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, Dame Sarah Goad DCVO, formally changed the name on 20 May 2012 at 2 pm. Royal Mail adopted the new name in mid-2013, having previously stated that the name would remain as Staines on the Postcode Address File.

Prompt: Name the Surrey (UK) town which attempted to rebrand itself with the suffix '-on-Thames' due to reference by comedian Sasha Baron Cohen's wannabe gangster character?

Answer: Staines, United Kingdom


Context: 2010 in Chile | February 27 – An 8.8 magnitude earthquake (the fifth largest on record at the time) and tsunami strikes central Chile, affecting 80% of the population and leaving 525 people dead.

Prompt: What city, Chile's second largest, suffered an 8.8 earthquake in 2010?

Answer: Concepcion


Context: Colton Harris Moore | "infobox name: Colton Harris Moore ; birth_date: March 22, 1991 ; birth_place: Mount Vernon, Washington, U.S. ; other_names: ""Barefoot Bandit"" ""Barefoot Burglar"" (aliases) Colton A. Harris, Colton A. Harris Molton, Colton Harris, Colton Moore, Colton A Burgess, Colton A. Moore, Colton Koehler ; citizenship: United States ; known_for: Burglary ; height: 6 ft 5 in ; criminal_charge: ""Interstate Transportation of A Stolen Aircraft"", ""Interstate Transportation of A Stolen Boat"", ""Piloting An Aircraft Without a Valid Airman's Certificate"", ""Attempt to Elude"", ""Illegal Landing"" (Landing an airplane in the Bahamas) ; criminal_status: Pled guilty to state and federal charges, sentenced in Jan. 2012 to 6 and a half years on federal charges, sentenced in Dec. 2011 to a concurrent term of over seven years for the state charges. ; parents: Gordon Moore Pamela A. Kohler (nee Harris)"

Prompt: "Colton Harris Moore, the 6'5"" American teenager who made the news because he stole a boat and a plane, acquired what nickname because of his lack of footwear?"

Answer: Colton Harris Moore


Context: 2010 United Kingdom general election |  The prime minister, Gordon Brown, went to Buckingham Palace on 6 April and asked the Queen to dissolve Parliament on 12 April, confirming in a live press conference in Downing Street, as had long been speculated, that the election would be held on 6 May, five years since the previous election on 5 May 2005. The election took place on 6 May in 649 constituencies across the United Kingdom, under the first-past-the-post system, for seats in the House of Commons. Voting in the Thirsk and Malton constituency was postponed for three weeks because of the death of a candidate. The governing Labour Party campaigned to secure a fourth consecutive term in office, and to

Prompt: What parliamentary seat was not contested on 6 May in the UK general election due to the pre-election death of a candidate?

Answer: Thirsk and Malton


Context: Empress of Blandings | " Empress of Blandings is a fictional pig, featured in many of the Blandings Castle novels and stories by P. G. Wodehouse. Owned by the doting Lord Emsworth, the Empress is an enormous black Berkshire sow, who wins many prizes in the ""Fat Pigs"" class at the local Shropshire Agricultural Show, and is the subject of many plots and schemes, generally involving her kidnap for various purposes. In 2005 Hall & Woodhouse, the Dorset-based Brewers of Badger beer, named a public house in Hampshire in honour of the Empress."

Prompt: In the Blandings Castle stories by P G Wodehouse, what kind of animal is The Empress of Blandings?

Answer: Chazer


Context: QWERTY |  Alternating hands while typing is a desirable trait in a keyboard design. While one hand types a letter, the other hand can prepare to type the next letter, making the process faster and more efficient. In the QWERTY layout many more words can be spelled using only the left hand than the right hand. In fact, thousands of English words can be spelled using only the left hand, while only a couple of hundred words can be typed using only the right hand (the three most frequent letters in the English language, ETA, are all typed with the left hand). In addition, more typing strokes are done with the left hand

Prompt: What section of a Qwerty keyboard can type most English words, left or right?

Answer: Left (disambiguation)


Context: Three Men in a Boat | " (the narrator Jerome K. Jerome) and two real-life friends, George Wingrave (who would become a senior manager at Barclays Bank) and Carl Hentschel (the founder of a London printing business, called Harris in the book), with whom Jerome often took boating trips. The dog, Montmorency, is entirely fictional but, ""as Jerome admits, developed out of that area of inner consciousness which, in all Englishmen, contains an element of the dog"". The trip is a typical boating holiday of the time in a Thames camping skiff. Following the overwhelming success of Three Men in a Boat, Jerome later published a sequel, about a cycling tour in Germany, titled Three Men on the Bummel (also known as Three Men on Wheels, 1900)."

Prompt: In what popular book (and its many movies and adaptations) about an activity holiday does a dog Montmorency feature with three male characters?

Answer: Three Men in a Boat


Context: Igualita a mí |  It was the highest grossing film of 2010, surpassing 835 thousand viewers.

Prompt: What was the highest grossing movie of 2010?

Answer: Toy Story III


Context: Così fan tutte |  Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti (All Women Do It, or The School for Lovers), K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte who also wrote Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni. Although it is commonly held that Così fan tutte was written and composed at the suggestion of the Emperor Joseph II, recent research does not support this idea. There is evidence that Mozart's contemporary Antonio Salieri tried to set

Prompt: Who composed the opera Cosi Fan Tutte?

Answer: Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart


Context: Chili pepper |   There are five domesticated species of chili peppers. Capsicum annuum includes many common varieties such as bell peppers, wax, cayenne, jalapeños, Thai peppers, chiltepin, and all forms of New Mexico chile. Capsicum frutescens includes malagueta, tabasco, piri piri, and Malawian Kambuzi. Capsicum chinense includes the hottest peppers such as the naga, habanero, Datil and Scotch bonnet. Capsicum pubescens includes the South American rocoto peppers. Capsicum baccatum includes the South American aji peppers. Though there are only a few commonly used species, there are many cultivars and methods of preparing chili peppers that have different names for culinary use. Green and red bell peppers, for example, are the same cultivar of C. annuum, immature peppers being green. In the same species are the jalapeño, the poblano (which when dried is referred to as ancho), New Mexico, serrano, and other cultivars. Peppers are commonly broken down into three groupings: bell peppers, sweet peppers, and hot peppers. Most popular pepper varieties are seen as falling into one of these categories or as a cross between them.

Prompt: Bell, Wax, Jalapeño, Habanero and Poblano are types of which fruit, (which some think is a vegetable)?

Answer: Chili Pepper


Context: Aphasia |  Aphasia is an inability to comprehend or formulate language because of damage to specific brain regions. The major causes are stroke or head trauma. Aphasia can also be the result of brain tumors, brain infections, or neurodegenerative diseases, but the latter are far less prevalent. To be diagnosed with aphasia, a person's speech or language must be significantly impaired in one (or more) of the four aspects of communication following acquired brain injury. Alternately, in the case of progressive aphasia, it must have significantly declined over a short period of time. The four aspects of communication are auditory comprehension, verbal expression, reading and writing, and functional communication. The difficulties of people with aphasia can

Prompt: Aphasia is the medical term for the inability to use or understand what, resulting from damage to the brain?

Answer: Lnguage


Context: Bartending terminology | "A ""pony"" is slang for 1 USoz of spirit, while the standard-size ""shot"" of alcohol is a 1.5 USoz ""jigger"", with a ""double"" being 3 USoz. ; A ""middy"", commonly known as a ""pot"" in Queensland and Victoria, Australia, is 10 oz / 285ml. ; A ""schooner"" may refer to various glasses for beer, typically of size 15 oz / 425ml in Australia, or 2/3 imppt in the United Kingdom. ; A ""pint"" is a common size for a beer in the UK (20 oz / 568ml). Alcoholic beverages are sold in a wide variety of sizes, for example: Rather than use measuring equipment, professional bartenders usually use a pour spout inserted into the mouth of the bottle, which restricts the flow of liquid "

Prompt: Pony, seven and schooner are Australian terms for what?

Answer: Pilsner glass


Context: Bingo (British version) |  In the game of bingo in the United Kingdom, callers announcing the numbers have traditionally used some nicknames to refer to particular numbers if they are drawn. The nicknames are sometimes known by the rhyming phrase 'bingo lingo' and there are rhymes for each number from 1 to 90, some of which date back many decades. In some clubs the 'bingo caller' will say the number, with the assembled players intoning the rhyme in a call and response manner, in others, the caller will say the rhyme and the players chant the number. In 2003, Butlins holiday camps introduced some more modern calls devised by a Professor of Popular Culture in an attempt to bring fresh interest to bingo. Since the introduction of the electronic random number generator (RNG) in bingo halls in the UK, the usage of the nicknames or bingo calls above in mainstream bingo has dramatically decreased.

Prompt: Referring to a 1950s song what is the traditional bingo call for the number 76?

Answer: Harmonic glissando


Context: Contour line |   An isotherm (from or thermē, meaning 'heat') is a line that connects points on a map that have the same temperature. Therefore, all points through which an isotherm passes have the same or equal temperatures at the time indicated. An isotherm at 0 °C is called the freezing level. The term was coined by the Prussian geographer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, who as part of his research into the geographical distribution of plants published the first map of isotherms in Paris, in 1817. An isocheim is a line of equal mean winter temperature, and an isothere is a line of equal mean summer temperature. An isohel (from or helios, meaning 'Sun') is a line of equal or constant solar radiation. An isogeotherm is a line of equal temperature beneath the Earth's surface.

Prompt: An isohel is a line on a map connecting two points which have the same duration of what?

Answer: Solar Irradiation


Context: Pythonodipsas |  P. carinata is most closely related to Pseudaspis cana. Together these two monotypic genera make up the subfamily Pseudaspidinae of the family Lamprophiidae. Pythonodipsas closely resembles the colubrine genus Spalerosophis, although the two are not closely related.

Prompt: If something is colubrine, it resembles or relates to which type of creature?

Answer: Snkae


Context: SpongeBob SquarePants (season 6) | " it was even me when they saw it."" Actor and musician Johnny Depp guest starred in the episode ""SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One"" as the voice of Jack Kahuna Laguna, a surf guru that taught SpongeBob how to surf. According to Sarah Noonan, vice president of talent and casting for Nickelodeon, Depp accepted the role because he and his kids were fans of the show. The episode was also guest starred by musician and The Monkees' Davy Jones who starred in the episode as himself, appearing at the bottom of the sea with his locker, and Bruce Brown providing vocal cameo as the episode's "

Prompt: Who is the the voice of cartoon character Jack Kahuna Laguna in a special episode of Spongebob Squarepants?

Answer: Johnny deep


Context: Lascar (volcano) |  The volcanism of Lascar relates to the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South America Plate. The Central Andes contain many hundreds of volcanoes, extending over the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. In this remote territory, where eruptions are poorly recorded, many volcanoes are higher than 6000 m. They are constructed on a crust that is between 50 and 70 km thick. Volcanic centres include calderas and associated large ignimbrites, lava domes and stratovolcanoes; among the better-researched volcanoes are Galan, Nevados de Payachata, Ollague, Purico Complex, San Pedro–San Pablo, La Pacana, Tata Sabaya and Tumisa. Over 44 volcanoes

Prompt: Mount Lascar is in which South American country?

Answer: ISO 3166-1:CL


Context: Devadasi |  In Southern India, a devadasi was a female artist who was dedicated to worship and serve a deity or a temple for the rest of her life. The dedication took place in a Pottukattu ceremony that was somewhat similar to a marriage ceremony. In addition to taking care of the temple and performing rituals, these women also learned and practiced classical Indian artistic traditions such as Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattam, Kuchipudi, and Odissi. Their social status was high as dance and music were an essential part of temple worship. Between the 6th and 13th centuries, Devadasi had a high rank and dignity in society and were exceptionally affluent as they were seen as the protectors of the arts. During this period royal patrons provided them with gifts of land, property, and jewellery. After becoming Devadasis, the women would spend their time learning religious rites, rituals, and dances. Devadasis

Prompt: A Devadasi is a what?

Answer: Female Hindu temple dancer


Context: Brahmajāla Sutta |  gives rise to current existence (upapatti bhava) and the kammic causal process (kamma bhava); the kammic causal process gives rise to rebirth; and rebirth gives rise to ageing, death, grief, lamentation, pain, distress and despair. The Buddha states that Monks who have realized and understood the origin of contact of the six senses, and escaped the round of sufferings, would see Dhamma (Truth) of Precepts (Śīla), Concentration (Samadhi) and Wisdom (Pańńa) which surpassed all the wrong beliefs. The Buddha then makes an analogy of a fisherman using a fine-meshed net to catch the fish in the pond. The fish represent the ascetics who cling to their beliefs. They will rise and sink in the pond, but in the end will unavoidably

Prompt: Osmic relates to which of the senses?

Answer: Smell (disambiguation)


Context: Litharge | " Historically, the term ""litharge"" has been combined to refer to other similar substances. For example, litharge of gold is litharge mixed with red lead, giving it a red color; litharge of bismuth is a similar result of the oxidation of bismuth; litharge of silver is litharge that comes as a by-product of separating silver from lead, in fact litharge originally meant the mineral residue from silver refining. The term has also been used as a synonym for white lead or red lead."

Prompt: Which element is mixed with gold to make red gold?

Answer: Copper


Context: Anglican prayer beads | " The groupings are called ""weeks"", in contrast to the Dominican rosary which uses five groups of ten beads called ""decades"". The beads between are usually larger than the ""weeks"" beads and are called ""cruciform"" beads. When the loop of beads is opened into a circular shape, these particular beads form the points of a cross within the circle of the set, hence the term ""cruciform"". Next after the cross on Anglican prayer bead sets is a single bead termed the ""invitatory"" bead, giving the total of thirty-three. The beads used are made of a variety of materials, such as precious stones, wood, coloured glass, or even dried and painted seeds. Anglican prayer bead sets are made with a variety of crosses or, occasionally, crucifixes. The Celtic cross and the San Damiano cross are two which are often used."

Prompt: What is each section of ten beads on a rosary called?

Answer: Decennium


Context: The Three Musketeers (1935 film) |  the outnumbered trio and acquits himself well. His three new friends secure him free lodging by threatening landlord Bernajou (Murray Kinnell) with an imaginary law and find him a servant named Planchet (John Qualen). That night, d'Artagnan is pleasantly surprised when Bernajou's ward Constance (Heather Angel) enters the room. It turns out that it is actually her chamber, though she is rarely there, as she spends most of her time at the palace as lady-in-waiting to the Queen. Constance has arranged a rendezvous between Queen Anne (Rosamond Pinchot) and her lover, the English Duke of Buckingham (Ralph Forbes). Buckingham threatens to wage

Prompt: Planchet was the servant of which of the Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas?

Answer: Charles de Batz-Castelmore


Context: 1935 in the United Kingdom |  the first major UK building in the International Style. ; 6 November – maiden flight of the Royal Air Force's Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft, at Brooklands. ; 14 November – in the general election, Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin is returned to office at the head of a National Government led by the Conservative Party with a large but reduced majority. This election begins the modern tradition of the Speaker of the House of Commons seeking re-election as such rather than under a party label. ; 26 November ; In the Labour Party leadership election, Clement Attlee is confirmed as leader.

Prompt: In November 1935, which British prime minister returned to office after a general election?

Answer: Stanley, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley Baldwin


Context: Prohibition in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union | " Prohibition in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union existed during 1914–25. The Russian term is ""сухой закон"" (sukhoy zakon, literally ""dry law"")."

Prompt: The manufacture of what was prohibited in Russia between 1914-1925?

Answer: Blackcurrant vodka


Context: Phrynobatrachus chukuchuku |  Phrynobatrachus chukuchuku, the spiny puddle frog, is a species of frog in the family Phrynobatrachidae. They are endemic to Cameroon, and considered Critically Endangered.

Prompt: Spunky Puddle is a what?

Answer: Town in Ohio, USA


Context: Quran | " The Quran (, ; القرآن al-Qurʼān, ""the recitation""), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God (Allah). It is widely regarded as the finest work in classical Arabic literature. It is organized in 114 chapters ( pl.: سور suwar, sing.: سورة sūrah), which consist of verses ( pl.: آيات āyāt, sing.: آية āyah, cons.: āyat). Muslims believe that the Quran was orally revealed by God to the final prophet, Muhammad, through the archangel Gabriel (Jibril), incrementally over a period of some 23 years, beginning in the month of Ramadan, when Muhammad was 40; and concluding in 632, the year of his death. Muslims "

Prompt: The Qur'an (or Quran, Kuran, Koran, Coran or al-Qur'an - literally 'the recitation') is the religious text of which religion?

Answer: Islami


Context: 10 Downing Street | "  The ""House at the Back"", the largest of the three houses which were combined to make Number 10, was a mansion built in about 1530 next to Whitehall Palace. Rebuilt, expanded, and renovated many times since, it was originally one of several buildings that made up the ""Cockpit Lodgings"", so-called because they were attached to an octagonal structure used for cock-fighting. Early in the 17th century, the Cockpit was converted to a concert hall and theatre; after the Glorious Revolution of 1688, some of the first cabinet meetings were held there secretly. For many years, the ""House at the Back"" was the home of Thomas Knevett, Keeper of Whitehall Palace, famous for capturing Guy "

Prompt: 'The House at the Back' was one of three original houses that made up which famous London address?

Answer: No 10


Context: Scottish cuisine | 90 shilling ale, 80 shilling ale, 70 shilling ale ; India pale ale ; Atholl Brose – prepared using oatmeal brose, honey, whisky, and sometimes cream (particularly on festive occasions) ; Drambuie ; Ginger wine ; Het pint—hot spiced ale to which sugar, eggs and spirits may be added ; Heather ale—ale flavoured with young heather tops ; Scotch ale ; Scotch mist – a cocktail containing mainly Scotch whisky ; Scotch whisky

Prompt: Whisky, honey, oatmeal cream and egg are the ingredients for which Scottish drink?

Answer: Athol brose


Context: Gokstad ship |  ship. There are 16 tapered planks per side. The garboard planks are near vertical where they attach to the keel. The garboard planks are narrow and remain only slightly wider to take the turn of the bilge. The topside planks are progressively wider. Each oak plank is slightly tapered in cross section to allow it to overlap about 30mm the plank above and below in normal clinker (lapstrake) style. Iron rivets are about 180 mm apart where the planks lie straight and about 125 mm apart where the planks turn. At the bow, all of the planks taper to butt the stem.

Prompt: A garboard is a range of planks on what?


Context: Misnomer | The guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) originated in the Andes, not Guinea, and additionally is a rodent and unrelated to pigs. ; French horns originated in Germany, not France. ; Chinese checkers did not originate in China or in any other part of Asia.

Prompt: From which country did French horns originate?

Answer: United States of Germany


Context: 1727 in science | The kilt is invented by Thomas Rawlinson, the English owner of an ironworks, who designs it as a cheap uniform for better maneuverability around machinery. Ian MacDonnel of Glengarry adopts the garment along with his clansmen, and the kilt is worn throughout the Highlands by 1745.

Prompt: What nation invented the kilt?

Answer: Irlanda


Context: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury |  The Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain in Piccadilly Circus, London, erected in 1893, was designed to commemorate his philanthropic works. The fountain is crowned by Alfred Gilbert's aluminium statue of Anteros as a nude, butterfly-winged archer. This is officially titled The Angel of Christian Charity, but has become popularly if mistakenly known as Eros. It appears on the masthead of the Evening Standard.

Prompt: Who is the nude bow-carrying statue in London's Piccadilly Circus?

Answer: Anteros


Context: Munich |  September and October, Theresienwiese: The largest beer festival in the world, Munich's Oktoberfest runs for 16–18 days from the end of September through early October. Oktoberfest is a celebration of the wedding of Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig to Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen which took place on 12 October 1810. In the last 200 years the festival has grown to span 85 acres and now welcomes over 6 million visitors every year. There are 14 beer tents which together can seat 119,000 attendees at a time, and serve beer from the six major breweries of Munich: Augustiner, Hacker-Pschorr, Löwenbräu, Paulaner, Spaten and Staatliches Hofbräuhaus. Over 7 million liters of beer are consumed at each Oktoberfest. There are also over 100 rides ranging from bumper cars to full-sized roller coasters, as well as the more traditional Ferris wheels and swings. Food can be bought in each tent, as well as at various stalls throughout the fairgrounds. Oktoberfest hosts 144 caterers and employees 13,000 people.

Prompt: In what month is the Munich Oktoberfest beer festival held?

Answer: Setember


Context: Litmus |  Red litmus contains a weak diprotic acid. When it is exposed to a basic compound, the hydrogen ions react with the added base. The conjugate base formed from the litmus acid has a blue color, so the wet red litmus paper turns blue in alkaline solution.

Prompt: An alkali turns red litmus paper what colour/color?

Answer: Blue


Context: Girl with a Pearl Earring (film) | " She considered the script ""beautifully written"" and the character ""very touching"", but did not read the book because she thought it would be better to approach the story with a ""clean slate."" After the hiring of Johansson, other major casting decisions quickly followed, beginning with the addition of English actor Colin Firth as Vermeer. Firth and Webber, both of a similar age and background, spent significant time discussing Vermeer's personality and lifestyle in the period leading up to the beginning of filming. While researching the role, Firth realised that Vermeer was ""incredibly elusive as an artist."" As a result, unlike Webber and Johansson, Firth chose to "

Prompt: Colin Firth starred in the film of the famous book, Girl with a Pearl.. (what?)?

Answer: Stud earring


Context: Whaling in Japan | " and one fin whale. In February 2011, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society caused Japan to call off annual whaling in Antarctic waters. Atsushi Ishii, Japanese political scientist and professor at Tohoku University's Center for Northeast Asian Studies stated in his 2011 book Kaitai Shinso: Hogei Ronso (""Anatomy of the Whaling Debate""), that Japan used the activities by conservationists like Sea Shepherd as a face-saving excuse to stop the unprofitable Antarctic hunt. Ishii asserts that the activities of environmental and animal rights activists were actually counterproductive because they fueled nationalism and increased the demand for whale meat in Japan. Ishii predicted that Japan would shift its whale hunting efforts to "

Prompt: Which country suspended its annual Antarctic Whale Hunt in February 2011, after activists from a US-based environmental group chased the mother ship?

Answer: 日本國


Context: Newbury Racecourse | " On 12 February 2011, two horses, Marching Song and Fenix Two, collapsed and died in the Paddock while parading for the first race of the day. Two others also appeared to have been affected, Kid Cassidy and The Merry Giant. The novice hurdle race went ahead, starting about 20 min late, but the rest of the day's racing was abandoned. On 17 February, the preliminary results of the investigation into the incident were released. Professor Tim Morris, Director of Equine Science and Welfare for the British Horseracing Authority, reported that they had been informed that there had been leakage from an electrical cable running under the parade ring. Both the horses had been examined postmortem and sudden cardiac arrest, consistent with accidental electrocution, had been identified as the cause of death and no other cause of death was further investigated. Professor Morris also stated: ""I can also confirm that, contrary to speculation, no evidence of any burn marks around the mouth was found on post mortem examination, neither were such marks found by the veterinary surgeons on the horses at the start."""

Prompt: At which English racecourse did two horses collapse and die in the parade ring due to electrocution, in February 2011?

Answer: Newbury


Context: John Bale | " have been hopelessly lost. His autograph note-book is preserved in the Selden Collection of the Bodleian Library, Oxford. It contains the materials collected for his two published catalogues arranged alphabetically, without enlargement on them nor the personal remarks which colour the completed work. He includes the sources for his information. He noted: ""I have bene also at Norwyche, our second citye of name, and there all the library monuments are turned to the use of their grossers, candelmakers, sopesellers, and other worldly occupyers... As much have I saved there and in certen other places in Northfolke and Southfolke concerning the authors names and titles of their workes, as I could, and as much wold I have done throughout the whole realm, yf I had been able to have borne the charges, as I am not."""

Prompt: Revealed in the author's archives given to Oxford's Bodelian Library in 2008, what occupationally titled novel had the working name The Reluctant Autumn of George Smiley?

Answer: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy


Context: K2-229b |  K2-229b has one of the shortest orbital periods known, with one full orbit taking just 0.584 days (14 hours) to complete. The planet orbits its host star at a distance of 0.012888 AU, nearly 100 times closer in than Earth. For comparison, our Solar System's innermost planet, Mercury, takes 88 days to orbit at 0.39 AU. K2-229b has an orbital eccentricity of 0 and is most likely tidally locked with its host star.

Prompt: Which planet in our solar system has the shortest year?

Answer: Mercury


Context: Fictional planets of the Solar System | " Nova (1960–1966). In the Danish weekly comic 'Willy på eventyr', a continuation of the British 'Rob the Rover', Willy and his crew of spaceship SM-4 journeys to the counter-earth Terra Nova, home of several civilisations. ; Non Sequitur (2009). Jeffrey's alien friend Lars is from Mars 3.5, a planet described as ""Earth's twin"". Jeffrey and Danae visit it, and it is indicated that Captain Eddie has paid a visit to this planet as well. ; Tom the Dancing Bug (1990-), a satirical comic strip by Ruben Bolling. The strip occasionally features Counter-Earth, a ""strange world that is not quite the opposite of our own...but somewhat dissimilar in certain ways."" "

Prompt: Mistral, chinook, zonda, and willy-willy are types of which planet Earth feature?

Answer: Blustery


Context: Libya–United Kingdom relations |  Libya was an Italian colony for much of the early 20th century until it was invaded in World War II, with Tripolitania and Cyrenaica being occupied by the UK and Fezzan occupied by France. After the war, the United Nations organised negotiations to decolonise Libya. These were successful and on 24 December 1951, the United Kingdom of Libya was established under the leadership of King Idris. Under Idris, Libya maintained a close relationship with the UK even after their relations with other Arab nations soured due to the 1956 Suez Crisis.

Prompt: Libya was a colony of which European country prior to World War II?

Answer: Environment of Italy


Context: Leap year | "  February 29 is a date that usually occurs every four years, and is called the leap day. This day is added to the calendar in leap years as a corrective measure because the Earth does not orbit the Sun in precisely 365 days. The Gregorian calendar is a modification of the Julian calendar first used by the Romans. The Roman calendar originated as a lunisolar calendar and named many of its days after the syzygies of the moon: the new moon (Kalendae or calends, hence ""calendar"") and the full moon (Idus or ides). The Nonae or nones was not the "

Prompt: Given that a leap year (when February has 29 not 28 days) happens every four years, how long actually does it take the Earth to orbit the sun (it's not 365 days exactly - it's 365 days and how many hours, to the closest hour)?

Answer: 365 days and 6 hours


Context: Shamisen | "  The shamisen, also known as the sangen or samisen (all meaning ""three strings""), is a three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument derived from the Chinese instrument sanxian. It is played with a plectrum called a bachi. The Japanese pronunciation is usually shamisen but sometimes jamisen when used as a suffix, according to regular sound change (e.g. tsugaru-jamisen). In Western Japanese dialects and several Edo period sources, it is both written and pronounced as samisen. The construction of the shamisen varies in shape, depending on the genre in which it is used. The instrument used to accompany kabuki has a thin neck, facilitating the agile and virtuosic requirements of that genre. The one used to accompany puppet plays and folk songs has a longer and thicker neck instead, to match the more robust music of those genres."

Prompt: The Japanese musical instrument the shamisen (or samisen or sangen) has traditionally how many strings (the answer, in Japanese and the earlier Chinese, is in the name)?

Answer: 3


Context: Sensory loss | " Anosmia is the inability to perceive odor, or in other words a lack of functioning olfaction. Many patients may experience unilateral or bilateral anosmia. A temporary loss of smell can be caused by a blocked nose or infection. In contrast, a permanent loss of smell may be caused by death of olfactory receptor neurons in the nose or by brain injury in which there is damage to the olfactory nerve or damage to brain areas that process smell. The lack of the sense of smell at birth, usually due to genetic factors, is referred to as congenital anosmia. The diagnosis of anosmia as well as the degree of impairment can now be tested much more efficiently and effectively than ever before thanks to ""smell testing kits"" that have been made available as well as screening tests which use materials that most clinics would readily have. Many cases of congenital anosmia remain unreported and undiagnosed. Since the disorder is present from birth the individual may have little or no understanding of the sense of smell, hence are unaware of the deficit."

Prompt: Anosmia is the lack of which of the senses in humans?

Answer: Smell (disambiguation)


Context: Carbon dioxide |  Carbon dioxide is colorless. At low concentrations the gas is odorless; however, at sufficiently high concentrations, it has a sharp, acidic odor. At standard temperature and pressure, the density of carbon dioxide is around 1.98 kg/m3, about 1.53 times that of air. Carbon dioxide has no liquid state at pressures below 0.518 MPa (5.112 atm). At a pressure of 1 atm (0.101 MPa), the gas deposits directly to a solid at temperatures below 194.686 K (-78.465 degC) and the solid sublimes directly to a gas above this temperature. In its solid state, carbon dioxide is commonly called dry ice.  Liquid carbon dioxide forms only at pressures above 0.518 MPa (5.112 atm); the triple point of carbon dioxide is 216.592 K (-56.558 degC) at 0.518 MPa (5.112 atm)

Prompt: What is solid carbon dioxide commonly called?

Answer: Cardice


Context: Kilt accessories |  Traditionalists insist that unornamented brown leather belts, sporrans, and shoes should be worn for daywear. Black leather and silver ornamentation are reserved for evening wear (White tie, Black tie, or Mess dress). A gentleman's Argyll Jacket in tweed or solid color is suitable for daywear for those occasions that would usually require a sports jacket or lounge suit, while an Argyll Jacket in black or a Prince Charlie Jacket are suitable for evening wear. With some ensembles, a fly plaid is added in the form of a pleated cloth in the same tartan as the kilt, cast over the shoulder and fastened below the shoulder with a plaid brooch. In addition, many kilt wearers have opted for a jacketless approach, especially at hot summer Highland Games gatherings. One style of shirt which is quite common at Highland gatherings is the grandfather shirt, or the Jacobite shirt. These are modern reproductions (or at least reasonably close facsimiles) of the older, pre-Culloden style of shirt. These are full cut shirts with an open, lace-up collar and come in at least a small variety of colors.

Prompt: What, that you might wear, may be welted?

Answer: Orthopaedic footwear


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

Prompt: What colour/color is Mr Bump in Hargreaves' Mr Men series of children's cartoon books?

Answer: Blue


Context: Benesh Movement Notation |   Benesh Movement Notation (BMN), also known as Benesh notation or choreology, is a dance notation system used to document dance and other types of human movement. Invented by Joan and Rudolf Benesh in the late 1940s, the system uses abstract symbols based on figurative representations of the human body. It is used in choreography and physical therapy, and by the Royal Academy of Dance to teach ballet. Benesh notation is recorded on a five line staff from left to right, with vertical bar lines to mark the passage of time. Because of its similarity to modern staff music notation, Benesh notation can be displayed alongside (typically below) and in synchronization with musical accompaniment.

Prompt: Benesh Notation is the written language of which activity?

Answer: Male dancers


Context: British Rail |  then becoming the first Chairman of the British Railways Board. A major traffic census in April 1961, which lasted one week, was used in the compilation of a report on the future of the network. This report—The Reshaping of British Railways—was published by the BRB in March 1963. The proposals, which became known as the Beeching cuts, were dramatic. A third of all passenger services and more than 4,000 of the 7,000 stations would close. Beeching, who is thought to have been the author of most of the report, set out some dire figures. One third of the network was carrying just 1% of the traffic. Of the 18,000 passenger coaches, 6,000 were said to be used

Prompt: Who, as the first chairman of the British Rail Board, infamously directed the huge reduction in railway lines across the UK in the 1960s?

Answer: Lord Beeching


Context: Elizabeth Taylor |  Taylor was the first celebrity to create her own collection of fragrances. In collaboration with Elizabeth Arden, Inc., she began by launching two best-selling perfumes – Passion in 1987, and White Diamonds in 1991. Taylor personally supervised the creation and production of each of the 11 fragrances marketed in her name. According to biographers Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger, she earned more money through the fragrance collection than during her entire acting career, and upon her death, the British newspaper The Guardian estimated that the majority of her estimated $600 million-$1 billion estate consisted of revenue from fragrances. In 2005, Taylor also founded a jewelry company, House of Taylor, in collaboration with Kathy Ireland and Jack and Monty Abramov.

Prompt: Elizabeth Taylor made a fortune from what business aside from acting?

Answer: Extrait de Parfum


Context: History of alcoholic drinks | " in Hiberno-English) and its specific origins are unknown but the distillation of whisky has been performed in Ireland and Scotland for centuries. The first confirmed written record of whisky comes from 1405 in Ireland, the production of whisky from malted barley is first mentioned in Scotland in an entry from 1494, although both countries could have distilled grain alcohol before this date. Distilled spirit was generally flavored with juniper berries. The resulting beverage was known as jenever, the Dutch word for ""juniper."" The French changed the name to genievre, which the English changed to ""geneva"" and then modified to ""gin."" "

Prompt: What alcoholic drink whose name means 'little water' was first distilled from grain in the 8-9th centuries in NE Europe?

Answer: Blackcurrant vodka


Context: Gardenia taitensis |  Gardenia taitensis, also called Tahitian gardenia or tiaré flower, is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is an evergreen tropical shrub that grows to 4 m tall and has glossy dark green leaves that are 5–16 cm long and are oppositely arranged along the stem. The flower is creamy white and pinwheel-shaped with 5–9 lobes, each 2–4 cm long and fragrant. Native to the highland shores of the South Pacific, it has the distinction of being one of the few cultivated plants native to Polynesia. It is the national flower of French Polynesia and the Cook Islands.

Prompt: The white pinwheel shaped Tiare is the national flower of which South Pacific island group?

Answer: ISO 3166-1:PF


Context: Spanish-style bullfighting | " Each matador has six assistants—two picadores (""lancers"") mounted on horseback, three banderilleros (""flagmen""), and a mozo de espada (""the lad of the swords""). Collectively they compose a cuadrilla or team of bullfighters. The crew also includes an ayuda (aide to sword servant) and subalternos (subordinates) including at least two peones (pages, singular peón)."

Prompt: A banderillero is a member of a team called a cuadrilla, in which controversial activity?

Answer: Bullfighting and animal rights


Context: Hippocampus (mythology) | " Hellenistic style. She is the marine aspect of Aphrodite, known to the Greeks as Aphrodite Pelagia .... She rides on a fantastic marine creature with the body and tail of a fish and the forepart of a goat. This sea-goat moves to the right and turns his head back to look at the goddess. This group also appears on Aphrodisian coins from the 3rd century A.D."" Aside from aigikampoi, the fish-tailed goats representing Capricorn, other fish-tailed animals rarely appeared in Greek art, but are more characteristic of the Etruscans. These include leokampoi (fish-tailed lions), taurokampoi (fish-tailed bulls) or pardalokampoi (fish-tailed leopards)."

Prompt: Hippocampus is the Latin name for which emblematic marine creature?

Answer: Hippocampus (fish)


Context: Western Yamuna Canal |  Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal (SARYU) or SYL as it is popularly known, is a proposed 214 km long canal in India, construction of which is on hold due to the legal disputes, to connect the Sutlej and Yamuna rivers. However, the proposal met obstacles However, the proposal met obstacles and was referred to the Supreme Court of India. It defines river water sharing between Punjab & Haryana states.

Prompt: Which canal is known as the 'Highway to India'?

Answer: Suez Canal Zone


Context: Miranda (The Tempest) |  Her lines spoken at the end of Act V, Scene I are the inspiration for the title of the novel Brave New World. Clare Savage, a protagonist of Michelle Cliff's novel No Telephone to Heaven, is frequently seen to be a modernised Miranda. Miranda is featured in the 2019 novella Miranda in Milan, which imagines the events after The Tempest. One of the moons of Uranus is named after her, in keeping with other Uranian moons named after Shakespearian characters.

Prompt: The moons of which planet are named after Shakespearian characters?

Answer: Magnetosphere of Uranus


Context: Red-legged pademelon |  The red-legged pademelon is a marsupial rainforest kangaroo. As is typical of marsupials, when a baby pademelon is born they are incompletely developed and are generally carried and suckled in a pouch on their mother's belly. They are found in rainforests and the open country. Red-legged pademelons are the only ground dwelling wallaby that lives in the Wet Tropics rainforests. There are a few subspecies of red-legged pademelon, but the species in this article is Thylogale stigmatica (T. stigmatica). It is also part of the family Macropodidae (wallabies, kangaroos, etc.).

Prompt: What is the name for mammals born incompletely developed and carried and suckled in a pouch on the mother's belly?

Answer: Penises of marsupials


Context: Freekeh |  Freekeh (sometimes spelled frikeh) or farik (فريكة / ALA-LC: farīkah) (pronounced free-kah /ˈfɹiːkə/) is a cereal food made from green durum wheat (Triticum turgidum var. durum) that is roasted and rubbed to create its flavour. It is an ancient dish derived from Levantine and North African cuisines, remaining popular in many countries of the eastern Mediterranean Basin where durum wheat originated. The wheat is harvested while the grains are green and the seeds are still soft; it is then piled and sun-dried. The piles are carefully set on fire so only the straw and chaff burn. Under these conditions, the high moisture content of the seeds prevents them from burning. The roasted wheat is then threshed and sun-dried to achieve a uniform flavour, texture and colour. This threshing or rubbing process of the grains gives this food its name, farīk or “rubbed”. Finally, the seeds are cracked into smaller pieces that resemble green bulgur.

Prompt: What is the originally north African dish made of coursely ground wheat whose Arabic name, kaskasa, means 'to pound'?

Answer: Berkoukes


Context: Guitar |  end up being two octaves plus one semitone; the high string would be an F, a dissonant half-step from the low E and much out of place. The pitches are as follows: The table below shows a pitch's name found over the six strings of a guitar in standard tuning, from the nut (zero), to the twelfth fret. For four strings, the 5th fret on one string is the same open-note as the next string; for example, a 5th-fret note on the sixth string is the same note as the open fifth string. However, between the second and third strings, an irregularity occurs: The 4th-fret note on the third string is equivalent to the open second string.

Prompt: At what fret are found the same notes as the open strings, but an octave higher, on a standard guitar?

Answer: 12th


Context: Ethiopia |  Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked country in the world. Its total population has grown from 38.1 million in 1983 to 109.5 million in 2018. The population was only about nine million in the 19th century. The 2007 Population and Housing Census results show that the population of Ethiopia grew at an average annual rate of 2.6% between 1994 and 2007, down from 2.8% during the period 1983–1994. Currently, the population growth rate is among the top ten countries in the world. The population is forecast to grow to over 210 million by 2060, which would be an increase from 2011 estimates by a factor of

Prompt: What ancient African nation is (at 2011) the most populated landlocked country of the world?

Answer: Ethiopean


Context: Sodium chloride |  Sodium chloride, commonly known as salt (although sea salt also contains other chemical salts), is an ionic compound with the chemical formula NaCl, representing a 1:1 ratio of sodium and chloride ions. With molar masses of 22.99 and 35.45 g/mol respectively, 100 g of NaCl contains 39.34 g Na and 60.66 g Cl. Sodium chloride is the salt most responsible for the salinity of seawater and of the extracellular fluid of many multicellular organisms. In its edible form of table salt, it is commonly used as a condiment and food preservative. Large quantities of sodium chloride are used in many industrial processes, and it is a major source of sodium and chlorine compounds used as feedstocks for further chemical syntheses. A second major application of sodium chloride is de-icing of roadways in sub-freezing weather.

Prompt: What common substance has the chemical formula NaCl?

Answer: Salt crystal


Context: Fox's Glacier Mints |  Glacier Mints were first created in 1918 by Eric Fox. To begin with, they were called Acme Clear Mint Fingers, but this was changed to Glacier Mints in 1919, apparently on the advice of Eric Fox's wife. From 1928, the mints have been individually wrapped. Since 1922 the mints have been branded with Peppy the polar bear, who was designed by Clarence Reginald Dalby. As part of an advertising campaign. Fox's commissioned a taxidermist to shoot and stuff a real polar bear for display purposes; the stuffed bear was shown at public events until in 1969, upon Fox's acquisition by Rowntree's, it was retired and replaced by a cartoon. Peppy is typically depicted as though standing on one of the mints. Glacier Mints resemble miniature blocks of ice and are clear and translucent. Companion products are Fox's Glacier Fruits (launched 1956) and Fox's Glacier Dark (launched 2002). The mint's centenary year in 2018 was marked with the release of two new products: spearmint-flavour mints and a selection of fruit flavoured sweets as part of a tropical selection.

Prompt: What animal is traditionally seen in the branding of Fox's Glacier Mints?

Answer: Ice Bear


Context: Alopecia totalis |  Alopecia totalis is the loss of all skull and facial hair. Its causes are unclear, but believed to be autoimmune. Research suggests there may be a genetic component linked to developing alopecia totalis; the presence of DRB1*0401 and DQB1*0301, both of which are Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA), were found to be associated with long-standing alopecia totalis.

Prompt: In humans, alopecia is the loss of what?

Answer: Hair bud


Context: Headland | Beachy Head, England ; Cabo da Roca, Portugal, the western tip of mainland Europe ; Cabo de São Vicente/Sagres, Portugal, the southwestern tip of mainland Europe ; Cap Gris Nez, France ; Cape Arkona, Germany ; Cape Emine, Bulgaria ; Cape Enniberg, Faroe Islands ; Cape Finisterre, Galicia, Spain ; Cape Greco, Cyprus ; Cape Kaliakra, Bulgaria ; Cape Tainaron, Greece, the southern tip of mainland Europe ; Cape Wrath, Scotland ; Gibraltar ; Great Orme, Wales ; Land's End, Cornwall, England ; Mull of Kintyre, Scotland ; North Cape, Norway, the northern tip of mainland Europe ; Pointe du Raz, France ; St Bees Head, UK, the most westerly point of northern England

Prompt: The most northerly point of mainland Europe is in which country?

Answer: Norvège


Context: Green |  Africa, Ghana, Senegal, Mali, Ethiopia, Togo, Guinea, Benin, and Zimbabwe. The Pan-African colors are borrowed from the Ethiopian flag, one of the oldest independent African countries. Green on some African flags represents the natural richness of Africa. Many flags of the Islamic world are green, as the color is considered sacred in Islam (see below). The flag of Hamas, as well as the flag of Iran, is green, symbolizing their Islamist ideology. The 1977 flag of Libya consisted of a simple green field with no other characteristics. It was the only national flag in the world with just one color and no design, insignia, or other details. Some

Prompt: Which North African country's flag is just the colour green?

Answer: Free Democratic Libya


Context: Moll Flanders |  Moll Flanders is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1722. It purports to be the true account of the life of the eponymous Moll, detailing her exploits from birth until old age. By 1721, Defoe had become a recognised novelist, with the success of Robinson Crusoe in 1719. His political work was tapering off at this point, due to the fall of both Whig and Tory party leaders with whom he had been associated; Robert Walpole was beginning his rise, and Defoe was never fully at home with Walpole's group. Defoe's Whig views are nevertheless evident in the story of Moll, and the novel's

Prompt: Which author created the character Moll Flanders?

Answer: Daniel the Prophet


Context: Malaxis monophyllos |  Malaxis monophyllos, the white adder's mouth, is a terrestrial species of orchid. It is widespread across much of Europe (Germany, Italy, Poland, Scandinavia, Ukraine, etc.), Asia (China, Japan, Russia, Nepal, Philippines, etc.), and much of southern Canada. In the United States, it grows mostly in southern Alaska, New England and the Great Lakes region, with isolated populations reported from Colorado and California.

Prompt: An Adder's Mouth is what type of plant?

Answer: Botanical orchids


Context: John Hancock |  John Hancock ( – October 8, 1793) was an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is remembered for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence, so much so that the term John Hancock or Hancock has become a nickname in the United States for one's signature. He also signed the Articles of Confederation, and used his influence to ensure that Massachusetts ratified the United States Constitution in 1788. Before the American Revolution, Hancock was

Prompt: US merchant and statesman John Hancock is remembered for his large and stylish signature on which document?

Answer: American Independance


Context: Ukrainian underground | " Ukrainian underground was a movement in Ukraine's Soviet period from the late 1950s through the early 1990s. This art form was banned by several totalitarian countries of Eastern Europe and the USSR. It was also known under other names, such as unofficial art, nonconformism, and dissident art. It ended due to the Perestroika reform movement, which lead to Ukrainian independence in 1991. After the Soviet Union collapsed, similar counter-cultural processes developed under the names of ""alternative"" or ""marginal"" art. ""Underground,"" in this context, refers to creativity that is directed towards self-expression of the individual or artistic groups, in contrast to the philosophical, ethical, and aesthetic codes of the mainstream. Ukrainian underground literature was published by the authors themselves and these dissident publications were known as samizdat. Underground music was performed for a small number of listeners."

Prompt: What term referring to a unofficial ski run is a metaphor for unrestricted creative activity which departs from a plan or agenda?

Answer: Off-piste


Context: Sphygmomanometer | " The word sphygmomanometer uses the combining form of sphygmo- + manometer. The roots involved are as follows: Greek σφυγμός sphygmos ""pulse"", plus the scientific term manometer (from French manomètre), i.e. ""pressure meter"", itself coined from μανός manos ""thin, sparse"", and μέτρον metron ""measure"". Most sphygmomanometers were mechanical gauges with dial faces, or mercury columns, during most of the 20th century. Since the advent of electronic medical devices, names such as ""meter"" and ""monitor"" can also apply, as devices can automatically monitor blood pressure on an ongoing basis."

Prompt: From the Greek word sphygmós, meaning pulse, what is the inflatable cuff pressure meter called which measures human blood pressure?

Answer: Blood pressure monitor


Context: Battle of Dalrigh |  the MacDonalds and Lord of the Isles. The MacDonalds were enemies of the MacDougalls. Bruce was given temporary refuge in Dunaverty Castle, a location far too exposed and dangerous to remain in for long. From there Angus MacDonald took the king to Rathlin Island, off the coast of Ulster, and a MacDonald territory. King Robert spent the winter there and re-emerged in the early spring of 1307. The recovery of his cause from this point counts as one of the most remarkable episodes in the history of warfare. Two years after Dalrigh the MacDougalls were destroyed at the Battle of Pass of Brander. After his victory at Bannockburn, King Robert divided the MacDougall lands among the clans loyal to him, including the MacDonalds.

Prompt: Rathlin Island, off the Northern Ireland coast, was refuge to which Scottish King in 1306?

Answer: Robert the Bruce


Context: A-2 jacket | " Just as a cottage industry appeared during the war to meet the need for A-2 jackets, so too does such an industry still exist today. Because the A-2 never went out of style, production of it never really ceased. Over the years it has varied in style and accuracy relative to the original war-era design, but it has remained visible in popular movies and TV shows of the 1950s and 1960s. In the mid-1970s several small companies catering to purists began undertaking the job of designing and constructing somewhat authentic reproductions. Duplicating wartime patterns, often obtained through ""reverse engineering"" from dissected originals, but using incorrect hides that are veg tanned and aniline dyed, originals were chrome tanned and pigment dyed, all-cotton thread, and even actual the World War II-era-old stock Talon zippers, "

Prompt: A popular 1960s TV cowboy series, what is a cutaneous covering that has not been tanned?

Answer: Raw-hide


Context: Underwater acoustics |  Approximate values for fresh water and seawater, respectively, at atmospheric pressure are 1450 and 1500 m/s for the sound speed, and 1000 and 1030 kg/m3 for the density. The speed of sound in water increases with increasing pressure, temperature and salinity. The maximum speed in pure water under atmospheric pressure is attained at about 74 °C; sound travels slower in hotter water after that point; the maximum increases with pressure. On-line calculators can be found at Technical Guides – Speed of Sound in Sea-Water and Technical Guides – Speed of Sound in Pure Water.

Prompt: What is the approximate speed of sound through seawater?

Answer: 1560m/s