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When she died how old was Karen Carpenter? | Karen Carpenter critical success throughout the 1970s. Initially, Carpenter was the band's full-time drummer, but gradually took the role of frontwoman as drumming was reduced to a handful of live showcases or tracks on albums. While the Carpenters were on hiatus in the late 1970s, she recorded a solo album, which was never released during her lifetime. Carpenter had the eating disorder anorexia nervosa, which was little known at the time, and was briefly married in the early 1980s. She died at age 32 from heart failure caused by complications related to her illness; her death led to increased visibility and awareness | The Karen Carpenter Story The Karen Carpenter Story The Karen Carpenter Story is an American made-for-television biographical film about singer Karen Carpenter and the brother-and-sister pop music duo of which she was a part, the Carpenters. The film aired on CBS on January 1, 1989. Directed by Joseph Sargent, it starred Cynthia Gibb as Karen Carpenter, and Mitchell Anderson as her brother, Richard Carpenter, who served as a producer for the film as well as of the musical score. The movie begins with the collapse of Karen Carpenter in the closet of her parents' home in Downey, California, on February 4, 1983. She is |
"According to the modern Olympics founder Baron de Coubertin, ""The essential thing is not conquering but..."" what?" | Ethelbert Talbot Ethelbert Talbot Ethelbert Talbot (October 9, 1848 – February 27, 1928) was the fifteenth presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church. He is credited with inspiring Pierre de Coubertin to coin the phrase, "The important thing in the Olympic Games is not so much the winning but taking part, for the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well." Talbot was born in Fayette, Missouri on October 9, 1848. He was the son of John Alnut Talbot, a physician, and Alice Daly Talbot. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1870 and went directly to the General Theological Seminary from which | Modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympics has been on the Olympic program continuously since 1912. A women's event was not included until the 2000 Games. Modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympics Modern pentathlon is a sports contest created especially for the Summer Olympic Games by the founder of the modern Games, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, and was first contested in 1912. Coubertin was inspired by the pentathlon event in Ancient Olympic Games, which was modeled after the skills of the ideal soldier at the time. The "modern" pentathlon simulates the experience of a 19th-century cavalry soldier behind enemy lines: he/she must ride an unfamiliar horse, fight |
In which state was Charles Schulz born? | Charles M. Schulz Charles M. Schulz Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz (; November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000), nicknamed Sparky, was an American cartoonist. Schulz is known for the comic strip "Peanuts" (which featured the characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy, among others). He is widely regarded as one of the most influential cartoonists of all time, cited by cartoonists including Jim Davis, Bill Watterson, and Matt Groening. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Schulz grew up in Saint Paul. He was the only child of Carl Schulz, who was born in Germany, and Dena Halverson, who had Norwegian heritage. His uncle called him "Sparky" after | Charles M. Schulz written about Schulz, including Rheta Grimsley Johnson's "Good Grief: The Story of Charles M. Schulz" (1989), which Schulz authorized. The lengthiest biography, "Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography" (2007) by David Michaelis, has been heavily criticized by the Schulz family; Schulz's son Monte stated it has "a number of factual errors throughout ... [including] factual errors of interpretation" and extensively documents these errors in a number of essays. However, Michaelis maintains that there is "no question" his work is accurate. Although cartoonist Bill Watterson (creator of "Calvin and Hobbes") feels the biography does justice to Schulz's legacy, while giving insight into |
"Who wrote, ""What is this life if full of care, We have no time to stand and stare?""" | An Eton Poetry Book John Lyly, and continue with a mixture of famous and less famous writers, the latter including Thomas Carew, Richard Crashaw and Charles Churchill. The final poem in this section is "Leisure", by W. H. Davies: "What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare." The celebrated writers of English sonnets are included: Philip Sidney, Michael Drayton, William Shakespeare and John Milton, with later offerings by William Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats. The editors also include works by poets less known for writing sonnets, including George Meredith, William Morris and Rupert Brooke. | What Have We Become? playlist in April 2014. The cover painting is by David Storey. "What Have We Become?" received generally positive reviews from music critics. The album received an average score of 76/100 from 14 reviews on Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews". In his review for AllMusic, David Jeffries wrote that, "Anyone who enjoys their pop with extra wry and some sobering awareness should love What Have We Become?, but it's the Beautiful South faithful who will rightfully gush over the release, as these antiheroes have lost none of their touch or fatalistic flair." What Have We Become? What Have We Become? is |
In what year was Oliver Stone born? | Oliver Stone Oliver Stone William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American writer and filmmaker. Stone won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as writer of "Midnight Express" (1978). He also wrote the acclaimed gangster movie "Scarface" (1983). Stone achieved prominence as director/writer of the war drama "Platoon" (1986), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director and the film received Best Picture. "Platoon" was the first in a trilogy of films based on the Vietnam War, in which Stone served as an infantry soldier. He continued the series with "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989)—for | William Oliver Stone William Oliver Stone William Oliver Stone (September 26, 1830 – September 15, 1875) was an American portrait painter. Stone was born in Derby, Connecticut, to a prominent family. He studied under Nathaniel Jocelyn in New Haven from 1848, until Jocelyn's studio suffered a catastrophic fire in 1849. Stone moved to New York in 1851, where he opened his own studio, and became a successful portrait painter. He became an associate member of the National Academy of Design in 1856, and full member in 1859, exhibiting in each of the Academy's annual exhibitions from 1861 through his early death, in Newport, |
Which country does the airline Ansett come from? | Ansett Australia logistics division. The Ansett Transport Museum is housed in the company's first aircraft hangar at Hamilton Airport. Ansett Australia Ansett Australia was a major Australian airline group, based in Melbourne. The airline flew domestically within Australia and from the 1990s to destinations in Asia. After operating for 66 years, the airline was placed into administration in 2001 following a financial collapse, and subsequent organised liquidation in 2002, subject to deed of company arrangement. The company was founded by Reginald "Reg" Ansett in 1935 as Ansett Airways Pty Ltd. This was an offshoot of his road transport business which had become | Reg Ansett create a new national airline: Ansett-ANA. Ansett was now in the big time, but he still had to make Ansett-ANA competitive with the government airline, TAA, which was much better managed and had a superior aircraft fleet. Ansett acquired ANA's fleet of Douglas DC-6s and acquired six Vickers Viscounts in order to better compete with TAA. After the acquisition, Reg Ansett suddenly became a firm supporter of the two-airline policy. It became more restrictive after the passage of the "Airlines Equipment Act" in 1958 prescribing what aircraft each airline could buy and much else besides. Reg Ansett had advocated the |
Where is New York's Empire State College located? | Empire State College with UAW-Ford University, United Steelworkers of America, Corporate Noncredit Training, eArmyU, Navy College Program and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (Local Union #3). The College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Empire State College administrative offices are located in Saratoga Springs, New York. Empire State College was designed by then SUNY Chancellor Ernest Boyer in a document titled "Prospectus for a New University College." In 1971, Ernest L. Boyer, chancellor of the State University of New York, conceived a new college for the state’s public university: a college dedicated to adult, student-centered education. Empire State | Empire State College Empire State College Empire State College, one of the 13 arts and science colleges of the State University of New York, is a multi-site institution offering associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees, and distance degrees worldwide through the Center for Distance Learning. The School for Graduate Studies offers master's degrees. Empire State College's Center for International Programs also has special programs for students in Lebanon through the American University of Science and Technology, Czech Republic, and Greece. From 2005 to until 2010, Empire State College and Anadolu University in Turkey offered a joint MBA program. It also has arranged learning opportunities |
In which country was the Zoo Bridge constructed? | Duisburg Zoo Duisburg Zoo The Duisburg Zoo, founded on 12 May 1934, is one of the largest zoological gardens in Germany. It is especially well known for its dolphinarium and, since 1994, for breeding koalas. Far less well known are the breeding successes in other areas, for example, with fossas (carnivorous mammals from Madagascar) and red river hogs. The zoo is located in the northern part of the Duisburg urban forest on the border with Mülheim on the Ruhr. Federal highway A 3 divides the zoo into western and an eastern parts, which are joined by a leafy country bridge. The highway | Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn) and raises the chill bumps at every turn." "Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn) debuted at number 61 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of February 4, 1995. Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn) "Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn)" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in January 1995 as the fourth single from the album "When Love Finds You". The song reached number 4 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was written by |
Spear of the Nation was an armed wing of which group? | Day of Reconciliation December is the anniversary of the 1961 founding of Umkhonto we Sizwe ("Spear of the Nation" or MK), the armed wing of the ANC. On that day, Umkhonto we Sizwe enacted its "first acts of sabotage" which included bomb blasts against government buildings in Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Durban. Also on 16 December 1961, the Umkhonto we Sizwe distributed leaflets describing how the group "will carry on the struggle for freedom and democracy by new methods, which are necessary to complement the actions of the established national liberation organsations." When Apartheid ended, it was decided to keep 16 December as | Air Wing of the Armed Forces of Malta the nation had no official military aviation of its own until gaining independence in 1964 (and the building of an independent national military that followed). The Air Wing was founded as an operational branch of the Armed Forces of Malta in the early 1970s. The Air Wing serves primarily as a support branch of the ground forces and Maritime Squadron of the AFM and has so far never operated combat aircraft. The Air Wing's current Commanding Officer is Lieutenant Colonel James T. Grech. In a bilateral agreement with Italy, the Italian Air Force provided two AB 212 helicopters to perform |
Where in Italy did a US military aircraft slice through the steel wire of a cable car in 1998? | Cavalese cable car disaster (1998) obligated the U.S. government to pay 75% of this compensation, which it did. On 9 March 1976, 43 people, including 15 children, were killed on the same cable car system as in the 1998 incident. The supporting cable snapped, causing the worst cable car disaster ever. One passenger survived. Cavalese cable car disaster (1998) The Cavalese cable car disaster of 1998, also called the Strage del Cermis ("Massacre at Cermis") occurred on 3 February 1998, near the Italian town of Cavalese, a ski resort in the Dolomites some 40 km (25 mi) northeast of Trento. Twenty people died when a | Steel wire armoured cable Cable and it has a voltage rating of 600/1000 V. SWA cable can be referred to more generally as mains cable, armoured cable, power cable and booklet armoured cable. The name power cable, however, applies to a wide range of cables including 6381Y, NYCY, NYY-J and 6491X Cable. Steel wire armour is only used on multicore versions of the cable. A multicore cable, as the name suggests, is one where there are a number of different cores. When cable has only one core, aluminium wire armour (AWA) is used instead of steel wire. This is because the aluminium is non-magnetic. |
Where was Pablo Casals buried before he was finally laid to rest in Spain? | Pablo Casals Stern, Casals arrived at Jerusalem to conduct the youth orchestra and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. The concert he conducted with the youth orchestra at the Jerusalem Khan Theater was the last concert he conducted in his life. Casals' memoirs were taken down by Albert E. Kahn, and published as "Joys and Sorrows: Pablo Casals, His Own Story" (1970). Casals died in 1973 at Auxilio Mutuo Hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico, at the age of 96, from complications of a heart attack he had three weeks earlier. He was buried at the Puerto Rico National Cemetery. He did not live | Pablo Casals Festival Pablo Casals Festival The Pablo Casals Festival is a music festival created by the cellist and conductor Pablo Casals in 1950. Before the Second World War, Prades became the adopted village of Pablo Casals who no longer wanted to live in Spain after the 1936–1939 civil war won by the Francoists, while remaining in Catalonia; from then on, he refused to perform in public in protest. Following the Second World War and this long period of silence, he was solicited by music lovers all over the world. He was asked to play again in concert and in particular in 1950 |
Santander international airport is in which country? | Santander Airport road N-636 that leads to the airport facilities. There is also a regular bus line from Santander's main bus station in the city centre. The line buses from ALSA also stop in the airport prior booking in the routes that connect Santander with other towns in northern Spain like Bilbao, Gijón, Oviedo or Laredo. Santander Airport Santander Airport is an international airport near Santander, Spain and the only airport in Cantabria. In 2012 the airport handled 1,117,617 passengers and 17,070 flights, far more than in 1995 when it handled only 180,000 passengers. Since then, the traffic has declined following the | Santander Airport 1953 replacing the old Santander airport located in La Albericia, that was receiving commercial flights since 1949, and received the name of Aeropuerto de Santander and popularly known as "Parayas". It received the international rating in 1957. After a three-year closure (from April 1974 until August 8, 1977), in which the airport underwent a major renovation that significantly expanded its facilities and had a cost of more than 1,100 million pesetas of the time; it was reopened with a new 2,400 m runway and with the technology to allow both visual and instrumental flight; the first flight after the renovation |
In which year was Nigel Mansell Indy Car Champion? | 1993 PPG Indy Car World Series 1993 PPG Indy Car World Series The 1993 PPG Indy Car World Series season was the 15th national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART (d.b.a "IndyCar"). The season consisted of 16 races. Nigel Mansell was the national champion as well as the Rookie of the Year. The 1993 Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by USAC, but counted towards the CART points championship. Emerson Fittipaldi won the Indy 500, his second career victory in that event. The biggest story going into the season involved Newman/Haas Racing. Nigel Mansell, the reigning Formula One World Champion switched from Formula One | Nigel Mansell the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to children and young people (as president of UK Youth). In 2015 turn 17 of the Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez was renamed in honour of Mansell, twice winner of the Mexican Grand Prix (1987 and 1992). He received The London Classic Car Show Icon Award in 2018. Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. Nigel Mansell Nigel Ernest James Mansell, (; born 8 August 1953) is a British former racing driver who won both the Formula One |
Thomas Marshal was Vice President to which US President? | Vice President of the United States However, until 1919, vice presidents were not included in meetings of the President's Cabinet. This precedent was broken by President Woodrow Wilson when he asked Thomas R. Marshall to preside over Cabinet meetings while Wilson was in France negotiating the Treaty of Versailles. President Warren G. Harding also invited his vice president, Calvin Coolidge, to meetings. The next vice president, Charles G. Dawes, did not seek to attend Cabinet meetings under President Coolidge, declaring that "the precedent might prove injurious to the country." Vice President Charles Curtis was also precluded from attending by President Herbert Hoover. In 1933, Franklin D. | Vice president specific business divisions ("e.g.", Vice President for Legal, Vice President for Sales and Marketing, Vice President for Finance, or Vice President for Human Resources). When there are several vice presidents in a company, these individuals are sometimes differentiated with titles denoting higher positions such as executive vice president and/or senior vice president with the remaining management team holding the title vice president. The title of assistant vice president or associate vice president is used in large organizations below vice president and there can be a very convoluted list of other types of VPs as seen in the next section. As |
Which year was the first after 1927 that the USA lost the Ryder Cup on home soil? | 1987 Ryder Cup 1987 Ryder Cup The 27th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 25–27, 1987 at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb north of Columbus. The European team won their second consecutive competition by a score of 15 to 13 points in probably the most historic Ryder Cup. After an unbeaten record of 13–0 spanning sixty years, the U.S. team lost for the first time on home soil. Europe took a lead of 5 points into the Sunday singles matches, but the U.S. fought back strongly to narrow the deficit. Eamonn Darcy, who previously had a very poor Ryder | 1927 Ryder Cup 1927 Ryder Cup The 1st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts. The very first competition was dominated by the United States who won by the then landside score of 9½–2½ points. USA Captain Walter Hagen became the first winning captain to lift the Ryder Cup. Samuel Ryder, the competition's founder was unable to be present at Worcester Country Club for the inaugural event due to ill health at the time. Ted Ray was the first captain to represent the Great Britain team. The Ryder Cup is a match play golf event, with each |
Ellen Church is recognized as being the first female what? | Ellen Church II, Church served in the Army Nurse Corps as a captain and flight nurse and earned an Air Medal. She moved to Terre Haute, Indiana, where she became director of nursing and later an administrator at Union Hospital. In 1964, she married Leonard Briggs Marshall, president of the Terre Haute First National Bank. A horse riding accident ended her life in 1965. Cresco's municipal airport was named Ellen Church Field (KCJJ) in her honor. Ellen Church Ellen Church (September 22, 1904 – August 22, 1965) was the first female flight attendant. Church was born in Cresco, Iowa. After graduating from | Generally recognized as safe Generally recognized as safe Generally recognized as safe (GRAS) is an American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) designation that a chemical or substance added to food is considered safe by experts, and so is exempted from the usual Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) food additive tolerance requirements. The concept of food additives being "generally recognized as safe" was first described in the Food Additives Amendment of 1958, and all additives introduced after this time had to be evaluated by new standards. On January 1, 1958, the FDA established the Food Additives Amendment of 1958, with a list of |
Which country does the airline Avensa come from? | Avensa Avensa Avensa ("Aerovías Venezolanas Sociedad Anonima") was a Venezuelan airline headquartered in Caracas. It was in the process of financial restructuring, after it went into bankruptcy due to poor management in 2002, with Santa Barbara Airlines taking over its routes, although a single Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia continued to carry the Avensa name in service until it was grounded for good in 2004. Avensa operated from its hub at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetía. Even though the airline ceased operations more than a decade ago, around Venezuela's airports, Avensa relics can be seen everywhere: old check-in signs, rusted luggage | Avensa Avensa fell into financial difficulties and had to make cut backs. This left the fleet with eleven aging Boeing 727s, five Douglas DC9s and two Boeing 737-200s at the end of the 1990s. Avensa took over many of the international routes formerly flown by Viasa after that airline collapsed in 1997. Avensa operated a smaller low-cost airline called Servivensa, which operated mainly Boeing 727 aircraft. Avensa later served only a domestic network of three cities as it attempted to reestablish services during a time of continuing financial difficulties. At one time it had its headquarters in the now Caracas City |
What was Michael Keaton's first movie? | Michael Keaton Michael Keaton Michael John Douglas (born September 5, 1951), known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor, producer, and director. He first rose to fame for his roles on the CBS sitcoms "All's Fair" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Hour" and his comedic film roles in "Night Shift" (1982), "Mr. Mom" (1983), "Johnny Dangerously" (1984), and "Beetlejuice" (1988). He earned further acclaim for his dramatic portrayal of the title character in Tim Burton's "Batman" (1989) and "Batman Returns" (1992). He is also known for playing The Vulture in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with "" (2017) and in the | Michael Keaton steadfastly refused and was replaced by Val Kilmer in "Batman Forever" (1995). Keaton remained active during the 1990s, appearing in a wide range of films, including "Pacific Heights", "One Good Cop", "My Life" and the star-studded Shakespearean story "Much Ado About Nothing". He starred in "The Paper" and "Multiplicity", and twice in the same role, that of Elmore Leonard character Agent Ray Nicolette, in the films "Jackie Brown" and "Out of Sight". He made the family holiday movie "Jack Frost" and the thriller "Desperate Measures". Keaton starred as a political candidate's speechwriter in 1994's "Speechless". In the early 2000s, Keaton |
What is Uma Thurman's middle name? | Uma Thurman Thurman joined "Rhino Rescue Project" and traveled to Southern Africa to assist and help relocating the threatened species of black rhinoceros; being in close contact with rhinos, Thurman defined her experience with those animals to be "spiritual, surreal". In December 2017, during the allegations of sexual misconduct against Roy Moore, Thurman expressed her strong disapproval for his run to the United States Senate special election in Alabama. Uma Thurman Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970) is an American actress and model. She has performed in a variety of films, ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and | Uma Thurman (song) Uma Thurman (song) "Uma Thurman" is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy, released digitally on January 12, 2015. The song prominently features sampled theme music from the television series "The Munsters" (1964–66) and lyrics celebrating the character actress Uma Thurman, famous for films such as "Pulp Fiction" and "Kill Bill". The song was the fifth digital track released in build up to the band's 2015 album, "American Beauty/American Psycho". The song was released to modern rock radio as the album's third single (second in the U.S.) in early February. On March 31, 2015, "Uma Thurman" was released |
In which country was Anjelica Huston born? | Anjelica Huston as Broadway producer Eileen Rand. In 2015 and 2016 Huston appeared in the second and third seasons of the Amazon Video series "Transparent". Huston has followed in her father's footsteps in the director's chair. Her first directorial credit was "Bastard Out of Carolina" (1996), followed by "Agnes Browne" (1999), in which she both directed and starred, and then "Riding the Bus with My Sister" (2005). For over 20 years, Huston has been developing a film project on Maud Gonne and William Butler Yeats. During a visit to the National Library of Ireland in 2010 to look through the Yeats collection, | Anjelica Huston the property and to serve on the advisory board for a new private club to be based there. In April 2014, Huston sold the house for $11.15 million. Anjelica Huston Anjelica Huston (; born July 8, 1951) is an American actress, director, producer, author, and former fashion model. Huston became the third generation of her family to receive an Academy Award, when she won Best Supporting Actress for her performance in 1985's "Prizzi's Honor", joining her father, director John Huston, and grandfather, actor Walter Huston. She received further Academy Award nominations for her performances in "Enemies: A Love Story" (1989) |
In the 70s George Lee was a world champion in which sport? | George Lee (pilot) and in politics in Queensland. They have two children, Sonja and Brian. He published his autobiography, "Hold Fast To Your Dreams", in 2013, which was also published in Polish in 2015 as "Uwierz w marzenia". List of glider pilots George Lee (pilot) Douglas George Lee MBE (born 7 November 1945) is a glider pilot who was world gliding champion on three consecutive occasions. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. He joined the Royal Air Force as an engineering apprentice at the age of sixteen in 1962, becoming a British subject. He completed his training as an electrical fitter and in | World of Sport Wrestling the conclusion of Episode 6 (transmitted 1 September 2018) a nine date live tour of the show's stars was announced for January/February 2019. The current champion is Justin Sysum, who is in his first reign. Sysum defeated Rampage to win the title. The current champions are Grado and British Bulldog Jr., who are in their first reign. They defeated the previous champions, Kip Sabian and Iestyn Rees to win the title in episode 10 of Series 1. The current champion is Kay Lee Ray, who is in her first reign. World of Sport Wrestling World of Sport Wrestling (frequently shortened |
What instrument is associated with Illinois-born John Lewis? | John Lewis (pianist) Sonny Stitt Barney Wilen John Lewis (pianist) John Aaron Lewis (May 3, 1920 – March 29, 2001) was an American jazz pianist, composer and arranger, best known as the founder and musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet. John Lewis was born in La Grange, Illinois, and after his parents' divorce moved with his mother, a trained singer, to Albuquerque, New Mexico when he was two months old. She died from peritonitis when he was four and he was raised by his grandmother and great-grandmother. He began learning classical music and piano at the age of seven. His family was | John H. Lewis of representatives in 1874 and 1875. Lewis was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress. He resumed the practice of law before retiring in 1900. He died in Knoxville, Illinois, on January 6, 1929 at the age of 98. He was interred in Knoxville Cemetery. John H. Lewis John Henry Lewis (July 21, 1830 – January 6, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born near Ithaca, New York, Lewis moved to Illinois in 1836 with his parents, who |
"Who said, ""My whole life has been one of rejection. Women. Dogs. Comic strips.""" | Skippy (comic strip) Fair", humorist Corey Ford described it as "America's most important contribution to humor of the century", while comics historian John A. Lent wrote, "The first half-century of the comics spawned many kid strips, but only one could be elevated to the status of classic... which innovated a number of sophisticated and refined touches used later by Charles Schulz and Bill Watterson..." Comics artist Jerry Robinson said, "Skippy" started in 1923 as a cartoon in "Life" and became a syndicated comic strip two years later through King Features Syndicate. Creator Crosby retained the copyright, a rarity for comic strip artists of | Moomin comic strips is heavily faithful to the original comic strip story, while it features some elements from other comic strip stories and adds several characters who didn't appear in the original story to the film such as Little My and Snufkin. Moomin comic strips Moomin ( or '; ) is a comic strip created by Tove Jansson, and followed up by Lars Jansson, featuring their Moomin family of characters. The first comic strip, entitled "Mumintrollet och jordens undergång" ("Moomintroll and The End of The World") was a short-lived project for the children's section of the Finland-Swedish leftist newspaper "Ny Tid". It was |
John Singer Sargent worked in which branch of the arts? | John Singer Sargent million and is located at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art at Bentonville, Arkansas. In December 2004, "Group with Parasols (A Siesta)" (1905) sold for US$23.5 million, nearly double the Sotheby's estimate of $12 million. The previous highest price for a Sargent painting was US$11 million. John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent (; January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era luxury. He created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings. His | John Singer Sargent and to consider him perhaps second only to Michelangelo and Titian." An attempt to study at the Academy of Florence failed, as the school was re-organizing at the time. After returning to Paris from Florence Sargent began his art studies with the young French portraitist Carolus-Duran. Following a meteoric rise, the artist was noted for his bold technique and modern teaching methods; his influence would be pivotal to Sargent during the period from 1874 to 1878. In 1874 Sargent passed on his first attempt the rigorous exam required to gain admission to the École des Beaux-Arts, the premier art school |
Who was Pope for the shortest length of time in the 20th century? | Pope John Paul I Luciani made, he said: Pope John Paul I Pope John Paul I (; ; born Albino Luciani; ; 17 October 191228 September 1978) served as Pope of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City from 26 August 1978 to his death 33 days later. He was the first pope to have been born in the 20th century. His reign is among the shortest in papal history, resulting in the most recent year of three popes, the first to occur since 1605. John Paul I remains the most recent Italian-born pope, the last in a succession of such popes | Christianity in the 20th century Upon greeting John Paul II, the Romanian Patriarch Teoctist stated: "The second millennium of Christian history began with a painful wounding of the unity of the Church; the end of this millennium has seen a real commitment to restoring Christian unity." Pope John Paul II visited other heavily Orthodox areas such as Ukraine, despite lack of welcome at times, and he said that healing the divisions between Western and Eastern Christianity was one of his fondest wishes. Christianity in the 20th century Christianity in the 20th century was characterized by an accelerating secularization of Western society, which had begun in |
What was Gene Kelly's middle name? | Gene Kelly own dance routines and often the dance routines of others and used assistants. As was the practice at the time, he was rarely formally credited in the film titles: Gene Kelly Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American dancer, actor of film, stage, and television, singer, film director, producer, and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, his good looks, and the likable characters that he played on screen. Best known today for his performances in films such as "An American in Paris" (1951), "Anchors Aweigh" (1945)— for which he | Gene Kelly Awards Gene Kelly Awards The Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater, named after the actor/director Gene Kelly, are given out yearly by the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera and the University of Pittsburgh. The award was founded in 1991 and celebrates excellence in the musicals of the Pittsburgh area's high schools. For Best Musical, there are three levels based on budget. The organization also offers scholarships to high school seniors involved in any aspect of the show. As of 2011, there are 29 participating schools. In 2009, the Gene Kelly Awards spawned the National High School Musical Theater |
What was the profession of William Eugene Smith? | W. Eugene Smith W. Eugene Smith William Eugene Smith (December 30, 1918 – October 15, 1978) was an American photojournalist, who has been described as "perhaps the single most important American photographer in the development of the editorial photo essay." His major photo essays include World War II photographs, the dedication of an American country doctor and a nurse midwife, the clinic of Dr Schweitzer in French Equatorial Africa, the city of Pittsburgh, and the pollution which damaged the health of the residents of Minamata in Japan. His 1948 series, "Country Doctor", photographed for "Life" magazine is now recognised as "the first extended | W. Eugene Smith legacy, was finally published as a facsimile reproduction in 2013 by the University of Texas Press. A large book, the work includes two of Smith's original volumes, which present his imagery not according to story (as they would have been published at the time of their creation) but rather according to Smith's own creative process. The modern publication comes with a third book included in the slip-case, offering contemporary essays and notes. W. Eugene Smith William Eugene Smith (December 30, 1918 – October 15, 1978) was an American photojournalist, who has been described as "perhaps the single most important American |
Which country does the airline Pluna come form? | PLUNA PLUNA PLUNA Líneas Aéreas Uruguayas S.A. was the flag carrier of Uruguay. It was headquartered in Carrasco, Montevideo and operated scheduled services within South America, as well as scheduled cargo and charter services from its hub at Carrasco International Airport. On , only two days after the carrier's employees went on strike amid mounting financial difficulties, the Uruguayan government decided to close the airline down and to liquidate it. The carrier was wholly owned by the government at the time of its closure. The airline was established in September 1936 and started operations the following month, on . It was | PLUNA from Montevideo to Salto and Paysandú. The two planes were christened "Churrinche" and "San Alberto", the latter in honor of the brothers' father. PLUNA flew 2,600 passengers in their first fiscal year, a huge success for that era. It also flew 20,000 pieces of mail and 70,000 newspapers. The carrier saw the incorporation of both the Potez 62 and the Douglas DC-2 into its fleet in the early 1940s, the latter acquired from the U.S. government. Following the outbreak of World War II, PLUNA was forced to suspend operations between 1942 and 1944 due to the lack of spare parts. |
Who directed A Passage To India? | A Passage to India (film) A Passage to India (film) A Passage to India is a 1984 British epic historical drama film written, directed and edited by David Lean. The screenplay is based on the play of the same name by Santha Rama Rau, which was based on the 1924 novel of the same name by E.M. Forster. Set in the 1920s during the period of the British Raj, the film tells the story of the interactions of several characters in the fictional city of Chandrapore, namely Dr. Aziz, Mrs Moore, Adela Quested, and Richard Fielding. When newcomer to India Adela accuses Aziz of an | A Passage to India A Passage to India A Passage to India (1924) is a novel by English author E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. It was selected as one of the 100 great works of 20th century English literature by the "Modern Library" and won the 1924 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. "Time" magazine included the novel in its "All Time 100 Novels" list. The novel is based on Forster's experiences in India, deriving the title from Walt Whitman's 1870 poem "Passage to India" in "Leaves of Grass". |
What is Gregory Peck's real first name? | Gregory Peck a U.S. postage stamp commemorating Peck. The stamp is the 17th commemorative stamp in the "Legends of Hollywood" series. On April 5, 2016, the 100th anniversary of Peck's birth, Turner Classic Movies, cable/satellite TV channel honored the actor by showing several of his films. The moving image collection of Gregory Peck is held at the Academy Film Archive. The film material at the Academy Film Archive is complemented by material in the Gregory Peck papers at the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library. Gregory Peck Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor. He is one | Gregory (given name) after John. Because of this background, it is also a very common name for saints. Although the name was uncommon in the early 20th century, after the popularity of the actor Gregory Peck it became one of the ten most common male names in the United States in the 1950s and has remained popular since. The Roman Catholic Church traditionally held the feast of Saint Gregory (the Great) on March 12, but changed it to September 3 in 1969. March 12 remains the name day for Gregory in most countries. Gregory the Theologian (also known as Gregory of Nazianzus) is |
Golfer Bobby Jones was born in which state? | Bobby Jones (golfer) Trent Jones, with whom he worked from time to time. "People always used to get them confused, so when they met, they decided each be called something different," Robert Trent Jones Jr. said. To help avoid confusion, the golfer was called "Bobby," and the golf course designer was called "Trent." Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Jones battled health issues as a young boy, and golf was prescribed to strengthen him. Encouraged by his father, "Colonel" Robert Purmedus Jones, an Atlanta lawyer, Jones loved golf from the start. He developed quickly into a child prodigy, who won his first children's tournament at | Bobby Jones (golfer) Jones (known as Jonesheirs, Inc.)for the use of the Bobby Jones name. Amateur <! -- Misc. cats --> <! -- Birth/death cats --> Bobby Jones (golfer) Robert Tyre Jones Jr. (March 17, 1902 – December 18, 1971) was an American amateur golfer who was one of the most influential figures in the history of the sport; he was also a lawyer by profession. Jones founded and helped design the Augusta National Golf Club, and co-founded the Masters Tournament. The innovations that he introduced at the Masters have been copied by virtually every professional golf tournament in the world. Jones was |
What was the world's first atomic-powered ship called? | Nuclear-powered icebreaker icebreakers, and one is a container ship with an icebreaking bow. All six nuclear-powered icebreakers of the "Arktika" class have been built at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg. "Vaigach" and "Taimyr" were built at the Helsinki New Shipyard in Finland and then brought to Russia for installation of the reactors and turbogenerators. At its launch in 1957 the icebreaker NS "Lenin" was both the world's first nuclear-powered surface ship and the first nuclear-powered civilian vessel. "Lenin" was put into ordinary operation in 1959. "Lenin" had two nuclear accidents, the first in 1965, and the second in 1967. The second | World Human Powered Vehicle Association World Human Powered Vehicle Association The World Human Powered Vehicle Association is dedicated to promoting the design and development of human-powered vehicles. Its main focus is coordinating between national HPV clubs with regard to competitions and records. The WHPVA also supports the Human Power eJournal, with a broader focus including stationary uses of human power. The WHPVA was originally called the IHPVA (International Human Powered Vehicle Association), which was founded in 1976 in the USA and was for many years an association of individual members. In 1997 the IHPVA was reorganized into an international association with national organizations as members |
Which architect designed the Seagram Building, New York City? | Seagram Building Seagram Building The Seagram Building is a skyscraper, located at 375 Park Avenue, between 52nd Street and 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The integral plaza, building, stone faced lobby and distinctive glass and bronze exterior were designed by German-American architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Philip Johnson designed the interior of The Four Seasons and Brasserie restaurants. Kahn & Jacobs were associate architects. Severud Associates were the structural engineering consultants. The Seagram building was completed in 1958. The building stands 515 feet (157 m) tall with 38 stories, and it is one of the most notable examples | Seagram Building seen in Showtime's "House of Lies". The building is seen in the movie "Hitch". In the poem "Steps" by Frank O'Hara, featured in his famous book of poetry "Lunch Poems", the poet mentions the Seagram Building, saying that it's "no longer rivalled in interest/not that we need liquor (we just like it)". Seagram Building The Seagram Building is a skyscraper, located at 375 Park Avenue, between 52nd Street and 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The integral plaza, building, stone faced lobby and distinctive glass and bronze exterior were designed by German-American architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. |
Which gossip columnist was born in the same day as Sir Alexander Fleming who discovered penicillin? | Gossip columnist 1930s through the 1950s, the two best-known - and competing - Hollywood gossip columnists were Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons. Well-timed leaks about a star's purported romantic adventures helped the studios to create and sustain the public's interest in the studios' star actors. As well, the movie studios' publicity agents acted as unnamed "well-informed inside sources" who provided misinformation and rumors to counteract whispers about celebrity secrets — such as homosexuality or an out-of-wedlock child — that could have severely damaged not only the reputation of the movie star in question, but the movie star's box office viability. Having fallen | Sir Alexander Fleming College who discovered penicillin. Sir Alexander Fleming College Sir Alexander Fleming College (commonly known as Fleming College or simply Fleming) is a British school in Trujillo, northern Perú, it was the first English school outside Lima. Fleming College represents Cambridge University and is part of the British Schools of Peru (BSP) which includes other important English schools in Lima, such as Markham College, Cambridge College, Newton College and San Silvestre School. Many of the Fleming staff are from various English and Spanish-speaking countries including England, the United States, Denmark, Scotland, Chile and Mexico. The school has approximately 700 students. It includes |
In what year was the first performance of Copland's ballet Rodeo? | Rodeo (ballet) Rodeo (ballet) Rodeo is a ballet composed by Aaron Copland and choreographed by Agnes de Mille, which premiered in 1942. Subtitled "The Courting at Burnt Ranch", the ballet consists of five sections: "Buckaroo Holiday", "Corral Nocturne", "Ranch House Party," "Saturday Night Waltz", and "Hoe-Down". The symphonic version omits "Ranch House Party", leaving the other sections relatively intact. The original ballet was choreographed by Agnes de Mille for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, a dance company that moved to the United States during World War II. In order to compete with the rival company Ballet Theatre, the Ballet Russe commissioned | Rodeo (ballet) de Mille out of a career of relative obscurity. The choreographer was given considerable creative control, choosing Aaron Copland as the composer after being impressed by his previous ballet, "Billy the Kid". Though Copland was initially reluctant to compose "another Cowboy ballet," De Mille persuaded him that this show would mark a significant departure from his previous work. As de Mille found herself occupied with instructing a highly international cast in the mannerisms of American cowboys, Copland recommended that Oliver Smith design the sets, in what would prove to be a prescient action. De Mille herself played the lead, and |
Ferihegy international airport is in which country? | Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport Since July 2017 the 100E shuttle bus service operates between Terminal 2 and Deák Ferenc tér in the city centre for a special fare. Flixbus operates bus lines from the airport to numerous European cities including Prague, Timisoara, Sibiu and Vienna. Several companies operate airport shuttles taking passengers to any destination in the city. Other shuttles and coach services exist to outlying towns in Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and Serbia. Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport () , formerly known as "Budapest Ferihegy International Airport" and still commonly called just Ferihegy, is the international airport serving the | Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport () , formerly known as "Budapest Ferihegy International Airport" and still commonly called just Ferihegy, is the international airport serving the Hungarian capital city of Budapest, and by far the largest of the country's four commercial airports. The airport is located southeast of the center of Budapest (bordering Pest county) and was renamed in 2011 in honour of the most famous Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (Liszt Ferenc, in Hungarian) on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of his birth. It offers international connections primarily within Europe, but also to Africa, |
Who was the defending champion when Virginia Wade won the Wimbledon singles? | 1977 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles illness. She was replaced in the draw by Lucky Loser Chris O'Neil. 1977 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Chris Evert was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Virginia Wade. Wade defeated Betty Stöve in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1977 Wimbledon Championships. As of 2017 Wade remains the last British woman to win a Wimbledon singles title. This was the first time Wimbledon seeded more than 8 players for the ladies' championship, increasing the number (for this year only) to twelve players. The number increased | Virginia Wade Virginia Wade Sarah Virginia Wade, (born 10 July 1945) is a former professional tennis player from Great Britain. She won three Grand Slam singles championships and four Grand Slam doubles championships, and is the only British woman in history to have won titles at all four Grand Slam tournaments. She was ranked as high as No. 2 in the world in singles, and No. 1 in the world in doubles. Three times a Grand Slam singles champion, her most famous success was winning Wimbledon on 1 July 1977, the tournament's centenary year, and the year of the Silver Jubilee of |
Who is the youngest female tennis player to win the US Open? | 2010 US Open (tennis) on their team's order of finish. The invitees for this year's event included a host of past US Open champions, including sixteen-time US Open champion Martina Navratilova, two-time women's singles champion Tracy Austin (1979, 1981) and 1988 men's singles champion Mats Wilander, as well as the Champion Invitational's first "Hall of Fame team": 2010 International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva, who teamed to win three US Open women's doubles titles, and Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, collectively known as The Woodies, who won back-to-back men's doubles championships in 1995 and 1996. Also scheduled to compete | 2016 US Open (tennis) 2016 US Open (tennis) The 2016 US Open was the 136th edition of tennis' US Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It took place on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City. In the men's singles competition, Stan Wawrinka defeated defending champion Novak Djokovic in the final. Angelique Kerber defeated Karolína Plíšková in the women's singles to become the first German player to win the tournament since Steffi Graf in 1996. 2015 women's singles champion Flavia Pennetta did not defend her title as she had retired |
How many 'victories' did The Red Baron claim in aerial dogfights? | The Red Fighter Pilot was no longer that kind of person. The Red Fighter Pilot The Red Fighter Pilot (German: "Der Rote Kampfflieger") is a book written by Manfred von Richthofen, a famous German fighter pilot who is considered the top scoring ace of the First World War, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories. Richthofen's most common German nickname was "Der Rote Kampfflieger," which roughly translates to "The Red Battle Flyer" or "The Red Fighter Pilot." Today he is better known as the Red Baron. The book details some of Richthofen's experiences during World War I. He finished the book in 1917, | Dogfights (TV series) Dogfights (TV series) Dogfights is a military aviation themed TV series depicting historical re-enactments of air-to-air combat that took place in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, as well as smaller conflicts such as the Gulf War and the Six-Day War. The program consists of former fighter pilots sharing their stories of actual dogfights in which they took part, combined with computer-generated imagery (CGI) to give the viewer a better perspective of what it is like to engage in aerial combat. "Dogfights " originally aired on the History Channel from November 2006 to |
Who first coined the term paradigm for all the factors that influence the scientist's research? | Paradigm word "paradigm" is in the sense of "worldview". For example, in social science, the term is used to describe the set of experiences, beliefs and values that affect the way an individual perceives reality and responds to that perception. Social scientists have adopted the Kuhnian phrase "paradigm shift" to denote a change in how a given society goes about organizing and understanding reality. A "dominant paradigm" refers to the values, or system of thought, in a society that are most standard and widely held at a given time. Dominant paradigms are shaped both by the community's cultural background and by | Structure–conduct–performance paradigm market structure. Additionally, external factors such as legal or political interventions affect the market framework and, by extension, the structure, conduct and performance of the market. Structure–conduct–performance paradigm The structure–conduct–performance (SCP) paradigm, first published by economists Edward Chamberlin and Joan Robinson in 1933, and developed by Joe S. Bain is a model in Industrial Organization Economics which offers a causal theoretical explanation for firm performance through economic conduct on incomplete markets. According to the structure–conduct–performance paradigm, the market environment has a direct, short-term impact on the market structure. The market structure then has a direct influence on the firm's economic |
In which country was Sam Neill born? | Sam Neill Sam Neill Nigel John Dermot Neill (born 14 September 1947), known professionally as Sam Neill, is a New Zealand actor, writer, producer, director, and vineyard owner. Born in Omagh, Northern Ireland, he moved to Christchurch with his family in 1954. Neill first achieved recognition with his appearance in the 1977 film "Sleeping Dogs", which he followed with leading roles in "My Brilliant Career" (1979), "", "Possession" (both 1981), "A Cry in the Dark" (1988), "Dead Calm" (1989), and "The Piano" (1993). He came to international prominence with his portrayal of Dr. Alan Grant in "Jurassic Park" (1993), reprising the role | Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill is a documentary about the history of New Zealand cinema written by Sam Neill and co-directed by Neill and Judy Rymer. The film was released in 1995, and was New Zealand's contribution to the British Film Institute's "Century of Cinema" series. The title refers to the dark and brooding nature of many of New Zealand's most notable films, which Neill considers a reflection of the nation's struggle to find, or form, its own identity. The film screened in the 1995 Cannes Film |
What was the official occupation of Sir Anthony Blunt who was unmasked as a Soviet spy in 1979? | Anthony Blunt Maclean to the Soviet Union. Anthony Blunt Anthony Frederick Blunt (26 September 1907 – 26 March 1983), known as Sir Anthony Blunt, KCVO, from 1956 to 1979, was a leading British art historian who in 1964, after being offered immunity from prosecution, confessed to having been a Soviet spy. Blunt had been a member of the Cambridge Five, a group of spies working for the Soviet Union from some time in the 1930s to at least the early 1950s. His confession, a closely held secret for many years, was revealed publicly by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in November 1979. He | The Prime Minister Was a Spy The Prime Minister Was a Spy The Prime Minister Was a Spy is a 1983 book by British writer Anthony Grey. The book's premise is that Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia from 1966 to 1967, was a lifelong spy for the Chinese government, under both the Nationalist and Communist regimes. Its most famous claim is that Holt faked his own death – rather than drowning, he boarded a Chinese submarine stationed off the Australian coast and lived the rest of his life in Beijing. The book was widely ridiculed upon its release, and has been identified as containing numerous |
Which famous name was accused f the abduction of Stompie Seipei? | Stompie Seipei Stompie Seipei James Seipei (1974–1 January 1989), also known as Stompie Moeketsi, or Stompie Sepei was a teenage United Democratic Front (UDF) activist from Parys in South Africa. He and three other boys were kidnapped on 29 December 1988 by members of Winnie Mandela's bodyguards, known as the "Mandela United Football Club". Moeketsi was murdered on 1 January 1989, the only one of the boys to be killed. Moeketsi joined the street uprising against Apartheid in the mid-1980s at age ten, and soon took on a leading role. He became the country's youngest political detainee when he spent his 12th | Stompie Seipei Seipei discovered he was an informant, and that he killed the child to cover his tracks. However, Mufamadi denied the allegations in the documentary, stating that Helsinga's statements were false. The documentary had been described by in a review by Vanity Fair as "unabashedly one-sided" and "overwhelmingly defensive". Commentator Max du Preez, called the decision by television station eNCA to broadcast the documentary in the week prior to Madikizela-Mandela's funeral without context a "serious mistake", and he described it as making "outrageous claims", while former TRC commissioner Dumisa Ntsebeza questioned the motives of the documentary maker. Stompie Seipei James Seipei |
What was the highest rank Charles Lindbergh attained? | Charles Lindbergh that his prewar assessments of the Soviet threat were correct. Lindbergh witnessed firsthand the defeat of Germany and the Holocaust, and Berg reported, "he knew the American public no longer gave a hoot about his opinions." In 1954, on the recommendation of President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], Lindbergh was commissioned a [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]] in the [[U.S. Air Force Reserve]]. Also in that year, he served on a Congressional advisory panel that recommended the site of the [[United States Air Force Academy]]. In December 1968, he visited the crew of [[Apollo 8]] (the first manned mission to orbit the | Charles Lindbergh Europe]], but he did achieve the first solo [[transatlantic flight]] and the first non-stop flight between North America and the European mainland. Lindbergh was an officer in the [[United States Army Reserve|U.S. Army Air Corps Reserve]], and he received the United States' highest military decoration, the [[Medal of Honor]], for the feat. Lindbergh's achievement spurred interest in both commercial aviation and air mail, and he devoted much time and effort to promoting such activity. But his historic flight and celebrity status also led to tragedy. In March 1932, his infant son, Charles Jr., [[Lindbergh kidnapping|was kidnapped and murdered]] in what |
In 1985 Terry Waite returned to Beirut after securing the release of four British hostages where? | 1984 Libyan hostage incident hostages. This meeting was soon followed by the arrival in Libya of Terry Waite. 21 October 1984 Alan Russell and Malcolm Anderson were removed from the Italian Mansion and taken to the Libyan courts, where they were charged with transporting state secrets. 10–18 November 1984 Terry Waite was in Libya. The hostage situation showed no signs of thawing, in spite of national and international efforts to secure the release of the hostages and the intervention at a pastoral level of Waite. 13–14 December 1984 Allen Russell was placed on trial and charged with sharing state secrets with British journalists. Robin | Terry Waite Caribbean and South Africa. In 1980, Waite successfully negotiated the release of several hostages in Iran: Iraj Mottahedeh (Anglican priest in Esfahan), Dimitri Bellos (diocesan officer), Nosrat Sharifian (Anglican priest in Kerman), Fazeli (church member), Jean Waddell (who was secretary to the Iranian Anglican bishop Hassan Dehqani-Tafti), Canon John Coleman, and Coleman's wife. On 10 November 1984, he negotiated with Colonel Gaddafi for the release of the four remaining British hostages held in the Libyan Hostage Situation, Michael Berdinner, Alan Russell, Malcolm Anderson and Robin Plummer and was again successful. From 1985, Waite became involved in hostage negotiation in Lebanon, |
Where did Ferdinand Marcos live in exile? | Burial of Ferdinand Marcos Philippines. From Hawaii the body was flown to Guam then to Laoag in Ilocos Norte. The body of Marcos was not buried but was instead preserved in a refrigerated crypt hosted inside the Ferdinand E. Marcos Presidential Center. In Honolulu, Hawaii, Marcos' body was also stored in a refrigerated crypt. Ramos' successor Joseph Estrada attempted to organize a burial of Marcos at the Heroes' Cemetery. Then President-elect Estrada had negotiations with Marcos' wife Imelda who initially also demanded state honors for the burial but later agreed to a burial without state honors. It was determined that Marcos would be buried | Bust of Ferdinand Marcos Imelda Marcos, the wife of Ferdinand Marcos (who died in exile in 1989), took the offer as a "kind gesture" but said that efforts to fix the monument should be a "collective decision of the Marcoses and their supporters". Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of the former president, said that restoring the bust was never a subject of discussion among the family. Bust of Ferdinand Marcos A concrete bust of President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos was built in Pugo, La Union. The monument was destroyed in December 2002. The bust bore the likeness of Ferdinand Marcos, President of the |
UN Secretary Dag Hammarskjold was killed over which country? | Dag Hammarskjöld Crash Site Memorial Dag Hammarskjöld Crash Site Memorial The Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial Crash Site marks the place of the plane crash in which Dag Hammarskjöld, the second and then-sitting United Nations Secretary General was killed on 17 September 1961, while on a mission to the Léopoldville Congo Republic (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). The site is located 10 km from Ndola, in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. The Dag Hammarskjöld Crash Site was declared a national monument under notice number 14 of 1970 as a historical landmark. In 1964 the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation Committee was formed to ensure that the memory | Hammarskjold High School Hammarskjold High School Hammarskjold High School is a public high school located in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, with an enrollment of roughly 800 students. It is named after Swedish diplomat Dag Hammarskjöld. The principal of Hammarskjold High School is Derek DiBlasio and the vice-principal is Donna Flasza. Hammarskjold High School was constructed in 1962 in response to rapidly increasing enrollment at the former City of Port Arthur's other public high schools (Port Arthur Collegiate Institute, Hillcrest High School, and Lakeview High School). The school was given its name through a student referendum. Hammarskjold accepted students in fall 1962 with only |
General Boris Gromov was the last Soviet soldier to leave where in 1989? | Boris Gromov Boris Gromov Boris Vsevolodovich Gromov (; born 7 November 1943 in Saratov, Russia) is a prominent Russian military and political figure. From 2000 to 2012, he was the Governor of Moscow Oblast. He graduated from a Suvorov military cadet school, the Leningrad Military Commanders School and later from the Frunze Military Academy in Moscow, as well as the General Staff Academy. During the Soviet war in Afghanistan, Gromov did three tours of duty (1980–1982, 1985–1986, 1987–1989), and was best known for the two years as the last Commander of the 40th Army in Afghanistan. Gromov was the last Soviet soldier | Boris Gromov Russian Federation. In 1994 Gromov retired from the Russian Armed Forces, and was soon appointed deputy Interior Minister. He was elected in 1995 to the State Duma, lower house of the Russian parliament. In January 2000 he was elected governor of the Moscow region and re-elected in December 2003. Boris Gromov Boris Vsevolodovich Gromov (; born 7 November 1943 in Saratov, Russia) is a prominent Russian military and political figure. From 2000 to 2012, he was the Governor of Moscow Oblast. He graduated from a Suvorov military cadet school, the Leningrad Military Commanders School and later from the Frunze Military |
In what year did Saddam Hussein become President of Iraq? | Interrogation of Saddam Hussein became President, and Saddam became his deputy. In 1979, Saddam Hussein displaced General Bakr, and a little more than a year later, he ordered Iraqi troops to invade Iran, starting the Iran–Iraq War that would continue until 1988. Iraq's 1990 Invasion of Kuwait led to the 1991 Gulf War. In 1998, Saddam halted Iraqi cooperation with the United Nations Special Commission weapons inspections imposed on Iraq after the Gulf War, and kept U.N. inspectors out until 2002. In March 2003, the United States led an invasion of Iraq that quickly toppled the government. Saddam fled the capital of Baghdad shortly | Trial of Saddam Hussein Trial of Saddam Hussein The Trial of Saddam Hussein was the trial of the deposed President of Iraq Saddam Hussein by the Iraqi Interim Government for crimes against humanity during his time in office. The Coalition Provisional Authority voted to create the Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST), consisting of five Iraqi judges, on 9 December 2003, to try Saddam Hussein and his aides for charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Critics viewed the trial as a show trial that did not meet international standards on the right to a fair trial. Amnesty International stated that the trial was |
Who became chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1989? | Joint Chiefs of Staff as to delegate some of the chairman's responsibilities, particularly resource allocation through the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC). General Colin L. Powell (1989–1993) was the first and, as of 2011, the only African American to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Peter Pace (Vice Chairman 2001–2005; Chairman, 2005–2007) was the first Marine to serve in either position. No woman has ever served on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. A provision in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act added the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Guard historians called it the "most significant | Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Chiefs of Staff The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) is a body of senior uniformed leaders in the United States Department of Defense who advise the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, the Homeland Security Council and the National Security Council on military matters. The composition of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is defined by statute and consists of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (VCJCS), the Military Service Chiefs from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force, and the Chief of the National |
Who became leader of the Bosnian Serbs in 1992? | Bosnian War Following the Slovenian and Croatian secessions from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1991, the multi-ethnic Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina – which was inhabited by mainly Muslim Bosniaks (44 percent), as well as Orthodox Serbs (32.5 percent) and Catholic Croats (17 percent) – passed a referendum for independence on 29 February 1992. This was rejected by the political representatives of the Bosnian Serbs, who had boycotted the referendum. Following Bosnia and Herzegovina's declaration of independence (which gained international recognition), the Bosnian Serbs, led by Radovan Karadžić and supported by the Serbian government of Slobodan Milošević and the | Ethnic cleansing in the Bosnian War Ethnic cleansing in the Bosnian War Widespread ethnic cleansing accompanied the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–95), as large numbers of Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks) and Bosnian Croats were forced to flee their homes and were expelled by Bosnian Serbs; some Bosnian Croats also carried out similar campaign against Bosniaks and Serbs. Also, Bosnian Muslims conducted similar acts against Croats in Central Bosnia and against Serbs in the Operation Sana Beginning in 1991, political upheavals in the Balkans displaced about 2,700,000 people by mid-1992, of which over 700,000 of them sought asylum in other European countries. The methods used during the |
Who was deputy commander of the 1983 US invasion of Grenada? | United States invasion of Grenada that held 100 bodies of islanders who had been killed by communist forces. Major General Norman Schwarzkopf, deputy commander of the invasion force, said that 160 Grenadian soldiers and 71 Cubans had been killed during the invasion; the Pentagon had given a much lower count of 59 Cuban and Grenadian deaths. Ronald H. Cole's report for the Joint Chiefs of Staff showed an even lower count. Also of concern were the problems that the invasion showed with the military. There was a lack of intelligence about Grenada, which exacerbated the difficulties faced by the quickly assembled invasion force. For example, | United States invasion of Grenada had not been made public. Scoon was well within his rights to take this action under the reserve powers vested in the Crown. On Saturday 22 October 1983, the Deputy High Commissioner in Bridgetown, Barbados visited Grenada and reported that Sir Paul Scoon was well and "did not request military intervention, either directly or indirectly". However, in his book, "Survival for Service", Scoon confirmed that he had invited the United States and Caribbean nations to intervene militarily, before the invasion. On 25 October, Grenada was invaded by the combined forces of the United States and the Regional Security System (RSS) |
Mao wrote a Red Book; who wrote a Green Book? | The Green Book (Muammar Gaddafi) shackles... has been used instead to subjugate an entire population." The book caused a scandal in 1987, when West German ice hockey club ECD Iserlohn, led by Heinz Weifenbach, signed a US$900,000 advertising deal for the book. The Green Book (Muammar Gaddafi) The Green Book ( "") is a short book setting out the political philosophy of Libya's dictator Muammar Gaddafi. The book was first published in 1975. It was "intended to be read for all people." It is said to have been inspired in part by "The Little Red Book" ("Quotations from Chairman Mao"). Both were widely distributed both | The Man Who Wrote Frankenstein Shelley as shown by several letters. "The Man Who Wrote Frankenstein" includes a favorable review of "Shelley's Fiction" (1998) by Phyllis Zimmerman, a book in which Zimmerman argues for Percy Bysshe Shelley's authorship of "Frankenstein", and a short bibliography of books and articles about Percy Bysshe Shelley and "Frankenstein". Lauritsen praises poet Edmund Blunden's "" (1946), calling it the best short biography about Percy Bysshe Shelley. "The Man Who Wrote Frankenstein" was first published in 2007 by Pagan Press. "The Man Who Wrote Frankenstein" was praised by the critic Camille Paglia, who wrote in "Salon" that "Lauritsen assembles an overwhelming |
What was Mother Teresa's real first name? | Mother Teresa of Loreto in India. She never saw her mother or her sister again. Her family lived in Skopje until 1934, when they moved to Tirana. She arrived in India in 1929 and began her novitiate in Darjeeling, in the lower Himalayas, where she learnt Bengali and taught at St. Teresa's School near her convent. Teresa took her first religious vows on 24 May 1931. She chose to be named after Thérèse de Lisieux, the patron saint of missionaries; because a nun in the convent had already chosen that name, Agnes opted for its Spanish spelling (Teresa). Teresa took her solemn | Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor is a 1997 made-for-television biographical film directed by Kevin Connor and starring Geraldine Chaplin as Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa herself had approved the script but withdrew her imprimatur shortly before her death. It was broadcast on what was then known as The Family Channel on 5 October 1997. In mid-1940s Calcutta, Mother Teresa teaches geography at her convent. One day, she and one of the other sisters go outside the convent to find food for their girls, only to get caught up in a |
Which supermodel was married to Rod Stewart? | Kip Winger the Jackson Guitar Company made a Kip Winger Signature Bass. During the late 1980s Winger was in a relationship with New Zealand Supermodel Rachel Hunter. He was said to have been heartbroken when she left him for rockstar Rod Stewart in 1990. His first wife Beatrice Richter, whom he married in 1991, died in a car accident in November 1996. He married Paula DeTullio in July 2004. They currently reside in Nashville, Tennessee. Kip Winger Charles Frederick Kip Winger (born June 21, 1961) is an American rock musician, a member of the rock band Winger, and a solo artist. He | Rod Stewart children, by five different mothers: In reference to his divorces, Stewart was once quoted as saying, "Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house." During his career, Rod Stewart has been a member of a number of groups including: Stewart's album and single sales total have been variously estimated as more than 100 million, or at 200 million, in either case earning him a place on the list of best-selling music artists. Rod Stewart Sir Roderick David Stewart, (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock singer and |
Who was America's first world chess champion? | World Chess Championship 1972 World Chess Championship 1972 The World Chess Championship 1972 was a match for the World Chess Championship between challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. The match took place in the Laugardalshöll arena in Reykjavík, Iceland, and has been dubbed the Match of the Century. Fischer became the first American born in the United States to win the world title, and the second American overall (Wilhelm Steinitz, the first world champion, became a naturalized American citizen in 1888). Fischer's win also ended, for a short time, 24 years of Soviet domination | World Chess Championship 2006 World Chess Championship 2006 The World Chess Championship 2006 was a match between Classical World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik, and FIDE World Chess Champion Veselin Topalov. The title of World Chess Champion had been split for 13 years. This match, played between September 23 and October 13, 2006, in Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, was to reunite the two World Chess Champion titles and produce an undisputed World Champion. Kramnik won the first two games, establishing a commanding lead. However, after Topalov's camp alleged that Kramnik was using computer assistance, Kramnik forfeited Game 5. He eventually agreed to play again under protest. |
Who was chairman of the Watergate hearings? | Watergate scandal 93 and establish a select committee to investigate Watergate, with Sam Ervin named chairman the next day. The hearings held by the Senate committee, in which Dean and other former administration officials testified, were broadcast from May 17 to August 7, 1973. The three major networks of the time agreed to take turns covering the hearings live, each network thus maintaining coverage of the hearings every third day, starting with ABC on May 17 and ending with NBC on August 7. An estimated 85% of Americans with television sets tuned into at least one portion of the hearings. On Friday, | United States Senate Watergate Committee such a connection did in fact exist, the Senate voted 77-0 in February 1973 to create the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities. The members of the Senate Watergate Committee were: The chief counsel of the Committee was Samuel Dash, who directed the investigation. The minority counsel was Fred Thompson. Members of the Senate Watergate Committee's professional staff included: Hearings opened on May 17, 1973, and the Committee issued its seven-volume, 1,250-page report on June 27, 1974, titled "Report on Presidential Campaign Activities". The first weeks of the committee's hearings were a national politico-cultural event. They were broadcast live during |
What were Gary Gilmore's final words before his execution in 1977? | Gary Gilmore replied, "Let's do it." The Rev. Thomas Meersman, the Roman Catholic prison chaplain, administered the last rites to Gilmore. After the prison physician cloaked him in a black hood, Gilmore uttered his last words to Meersman: ""Dominus vobiscum"" (Latin, translation: "The Lord be with you.") Meersman replied, ""Et cum spiritu tuo"" ("And with your spirit.") In Utah, firing squads consisted of five volunteer law enforcement officers from the county in which the conviction of the offender took place. The five executioners were equipped with .30-30-caliber rifles and off-the-shelf Winchester 150-grain (9.7 g) SilverTip ammunition. The condemned was restrained and hooded, | Gary Gilmore and therefore unconstitutional. (The Supreme Court had previously ordered all states to commute death sentences to life imprisonment after "Furman v. Georgia".) Gilmore was executed by a firing squad in 1977. His life and execution were the subject of the 1979 nonfiction novel "The Executioner's Song" by Norman Mailer, and 1982 TV film of the novel starring Tommy Lee Jones as Gilmore. Gary Mark Gilmore was born in McCamey, Texas, on December 4, 1940, the second of four sons, to Frank and Bessie Gilmore. The other sons were Frank, Jr., Gaylen, and the writer and music journalist Mikal Gilmore. Frank |
In which country was Ivana Trump born and brought up? | Ivana Trump Ivana Trump Ivana Marie Trump ("née" Zelníčková; , born February 20, 1949) is a Czech former model and businesswoman, who was the first wife of Donald Trump. They married in 1977 and divorced in 1992. They have three children together, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump. Ivana Zelníčková was born on February 20, 1949 in the Moravian town of Zlín (formerly known as Gottwaldov), Czechoslovakia, the daughter of Miloš Zelníček, who was Czech, and Marie Francová, who was Austrian. From the age of 13, her father nurtured and encouraged her skiing talent. In the early 1970s, she attended | Ivana Trump to be strong and independent. And remember: don't get mad, get everything." She was the host of Oxygen Network's reality-dating program "Ivana Young Man", which aired in 2006. In 2008, she was a boardroom advisor on "The Apprentice". In 2010, Trump took part in the UK's "Celebrity Big Brother", finishing seventh. Ivana Trump Ivana Marie Trump ("née" Zelníčková; , born February 20, 1949) is a Czech former model and businesswoman, who was the first wife of Donald Trump. They married in 1977 and divorced in 1992. They have three children together, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump. Ivana |
Who wrote the stage musical Cabaret? | Cabaret (1972 film) Cabaret (1972 film) Cabaret is a 1972 American musical drama film directed by Bob Fosse, and starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York, and Joel Grey. Situated in Berlin during the Weimar Republic in 1931, under the presence of the growing Nazi Party, the film is loosely based on the 1966 Broadway musical "Cabaret" by Kander and Ebb, which was adapted from the novel "The Berlin Stories / Goodbye to Berlin" (1939) by Christopher Isherwood and the 1951 play "I Am a Camera" adapted from the same book. Only a few numbers from the stage score were used for the film; Kander | Cabaret (musical) London revival at the Lyric Theatre. The recording includes James Dreyfus as emcee and Anna Maxwell Martin as Sally Bowles. The recording peaked number 107 on the French Albums Chart and number 49 and the Dutch Albums Chart. In addition to these recordings, cast albums for the French, Spanish, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Austrian, Dutch, and two German productions have been released. Cabaret uses this instrumentation in some productions: English composer Dominic Lewis adapted the song "Tomorrow Belongs To Me" for the TV series "The Man in the High Castle". Cabaret (musical) Cabaret is a 1966 musical with music by John |
Which Italian fashion designer was murdered on the orders of his ex-wife? | History of Italian fashion had begun exporting luxury fashion goods and handbags to other nations, including the United States. In the 1960s, the handbags produced by the designer Gucci drew the attention of celebrities such as Grace Kelly, Peter Sellers, Audrey Hepburn and the First Lady of the United States, Jackie Kennedy. Gucci's "GG" monogram logo became synonymous with Hollywood fashion. Jackie Kennedy developed a close friendship with the Italian designer Valentino Garavani, and wore his designs ever since 1965, including at her wedding to Aristotle Onassis. Florence was Italy's fashion capital in the 1950s and 1960s, and Milan in the 1970s and 1980s, | Valentino (fashion designer) Valentino (fashion designer) Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani (born 11 May 1932), best known as Valentino, is an Italian fashion designer and founder of the Valentino SpA brand and company. His main lines include Valentino, Valentino Garavani, Valentino Roma, and R.E.D. Valentino. Valentino was born in Voghera, in the province of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. His mother named him after her screen idol Rudolph Valentino. He became interested in fashion while in primary school in his native Voghera, Lombardy, northern Italy, when he apprenticed under his aunt Rosa and local designer Ernestina Salvadeo, an aunt of noted artist Aldo Giorgini. Valentino then |
How old was George Gershwin when he died? | George Gershwin the early hours of July 11 doctors at Cedars removed a large brain tumor, believed to have been a glioblastoma, but Gershwin died on the morning of July 11, 1937, at the age of 38. The fact that he had suddenly collapsed and become comatose after he stood up on July 9, has been interpreted as brain herniation with Duret haemorrhages. Gershwin's friends and fans were shocked and devastated. John O'Hara remarked: "George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don't have to believe it if I don't want to." He was interred at Westchester Hills Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, | George Gershwin influence of Gershwin. George Gershwin asked to study with Ravel. When Ravel heard how much Gershwin earned, Ravel replied with words to the effect of, "You should give "me" lessons." (Some versions of this story feature Igor Stravinsky rather than Ravel as the composer; however Stravinsky confirmed that he originally heard the story from Ravel.) Gershwin's own "Concerto in F" was criticized for being related to the work of Claude Debussy, more so than to the expected jazz style. The comparison did not deter him from continuing to explore French styles. The title of "An American in Paris" reflects the |
Which golfer became only the fifth in history to win both the British and US Open championships in the same year, in 1982? | 1982 U.S. Open (golf) 1982 U.S. Open (golf) The 1982 U.S. Open was the 82nd U.S. Open, held June 17–20 at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California. Tom Watson won his only U.S. Open, two strokes ahead of runner-up Jack Nicklaus, for the sixth of his eight major titles. Watson also won the British Open a month later, to become the fifth player to win both Opens in the same year, joining Bobby Jones (1926, 1930), Gene Sarazen (1932), Ben Hogan (1953), and Lee Trevino (1971). It was later accomplished by Tiger Woods in 2000, the first half of his Tiger Slam; | John Ball (golfer) when he was 51 years old. His best year was 1890, when he won both the Amateur and Open Championships. Bobby Jones, who won the Grand Slam in 1930, is the only other golfer in history to win those two tournaments in the same year. After winning The Amateur Championship in 1888, Ball became the first English-born player to win The Open Championship in 1890, and in the same year won his second Amateur, the first to win both titles in the same year. Ball subsequently won the 1892, 1894, 1899, 1907, 1910, and 1912 Amateurs, a record eight titles |
How many times did tennis legend Jimmy Connors win the US Open in the 1970s? | US Open (tennis) US$25,000 each. Beginning in 1975, the tournament was played on clay courts instead of grass, and floodlights allowed matches to be played at night. In 1978, the tournament moved from the West Side Tennis Club to the larger and newly constructed USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, Queens, three miles to the north. The tournament's court surface also switched from clay to hard. Jimmy Connors is the only individual to have won US Open singles titles on three surfaces (grass, clay, and hard), while Chris Evert is the only woman to win US Open singles titles on two surfaces | Jimmy Connors Tennis Jimmy Connors Tennis Jimmy Connors Tennis is a tennis simulation video game developed by NMS Software for the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Game Boy, and published by Ubisoft in 1993. The game was also developed for the Atari Lynx console by Handmade Software and published by Ubisoft. The game features the name and likeness of American world-number-one tennis champion Jimmy Connors. Ubisoft published "Jimmy Connors Tennis" two years after Connors' late-career comeback in the Men's Singles division at the 1991 US Open, where he reached the semifinals. The player can compete in an ATP World Tour at one of |
Which pop star did model Iman marry in 1992? | Iman (model) Iman (model) Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid (, ; born 25 July 1955), mononymously known as Iman ("faith" in Arabic), is a Somali fashion model, actress and entrepreneur. A pioneer in the ethnic-cosmetics market, she is also noted for her philanthropic work. She is the widow of English rock musician David Bowie, whom she married in 1992. Iman was born Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. She was later renamed Iman at her grandfather's urging. Iman is the daughter of Marian and Mohamed Abdulmajid. Her father was a diplomat and a former Somali ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and her | Iman (model) one daughter, Alexandria Zahra Jones, born 15 August 2000. Iman is also a stepmother to Bowie's son from a previous marriage, Duncan Jones. Both children bear Bowie's legal surname. Iman and her family resided primarily in Manhattan and London. When Bowie died on 10 January 2016, making her a widow, she wrote in tribute to him that "the struggle is real, but so is God." Iman (model) Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid (, ; born 25 July 1955), mononymously known as Iman ("faith" in Arabic), is a Somali fashion model, actress and entrepreneur. A pioneer in the ethnic-cosmetics market, she is also |
Which actress links Dorothy in The Golden Girls and Maude Findlay in Maude? | Maude Findlay Maude Findlay Maude Findlay (née Chadbourne; formerly Hilliard) is a fictional character and the main title character on the controversial 1970s sitcom "Maude". She was portrayed by the Emmy-winning actress Bea Arthur. Maude Findlay first appeared on "All in the Family" in December 1971, in the second-season episode, "Cousin Maude's Visit", and is the cousin of Edith Bunker. Maude cared for Edith, but disliked her husband, Archie Bunker. Archie and Maude were both known for getting on each other's nerves, especially since she was a liberal and Archie was a conservative. Because she was a liberal, Maude was also an | Maude Findlay when she was really angry with someone): but she herself would obey very swiftly whenever Walter, who was Maude's polar opposite, meek outside, tiger within, would yell, "Maude!!! Sit!" (The latter served as Walter's catch phrase.) One of the running gags of the show is whenever Maude answered the phone, people would often mistake her for Walter, due to her voice being at a lower octave. Usually she would say to whomever it was on the phone, "No, this is "not" Mr. Findlay, this is "MRS." Findlay." During the course of the show, Maude and Walter's marriage would be strained |
What was the name of Jed's nephew in The Beverly Hillbillies? | The Beverly Hillbillies the pilot was written by David Rogers in 1968. "The Deadly Hillbillies," an interactive murder mystery, was written by John R. Logue using the core "Beverly Hillbillies" cast of characters as inspiration. This Gypsy Productions Murder Mystery Parody features characters such as "Jed Clumpett," "Daisy May Mostes," and "Jane Hatchaway." Dell Comics adapted the series into a comic book series in 1962. The art work was provided by Henry Scarpelli. In 1993, a movie version of "The Beverly Hillbillies" was released starring Jim Varney as Jed Clampett and featuring Buddy Ebsen in a cameo as Barnaby Jones, the lead character | The Beverly Hillbillies journey to Beverly Hills. He is usually the straight man to Granny and Jethro's antics. His catchphrase is, "Welllllll, doggies!" Jed was one of the three characters to appear in all 274 episodes of the series. Daisy May Moses (Irene Ryan), called "Granny" by all, is Jed's mother-in-law. In the first season she implies she is 72 years old when she says she has not slept in so late in 72 years. Paul Henning, the show's creator/producer, quickly discarded the idea of making Granny Jed's mother, which would have changed the show's dynamics, making Granny the matriarch and Jed subordinate |
What was Green Acres called on radio? | Granby's Green Acres Granby's Green Acres Granby's Green Acres is a radio situation comedy from the United States. It was broadcast on CBS July 3, 1950 – August 21, 1950, as a summer replacement for "Lux Radio Theatre". "Granby's Green Acres" featured a former banker "who knew little about farming and proved it every week." Three of the main characters on "Granby's Green Acres" were much like those heard on many other situation comedies on radio: a husband, his "somewhat addled and impractical" wife, and "their breathless teenage daughter." Radio historian John Dunning wrote that the husband and wife were "inspired by characters | Green Acres, Delaware is a Facebook page called "I grew up in Green Acres" dedicated to current and former residents. Green Acres, Delaware Green Acres is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It is located just north of the city of Wilmington, a few miles from the northern state border with Pennsylvania. I-95 runs along its southeast border. The neighborhood of Carrcroft borders the western side, the two separated by a creek and with no roads passing between them. The neighborhood of Windybush is directly across from Green Acres on the other side of Silverside Road. Green Acres has |
Which 90s sitcom character was said to be a symbol of failing values which caused LA riots, according to Dan Quayle? | Dan Quayle and the author of several books and essays about the history of marriage, says that this brief remark by Quayle about Murphy Brown "kicked off more than a decade of outcries against the 'collapse of the family. In 2002, Candice Bergen, the actress who played Brown, said "I never have really said much about the whole episode, which was endless, but his speech was a perfectly intelligent speech about fathers not being dispensable and nobody agreed with that more than I did." Others interpreted it differently; singer Tanya Tucker was widely quoted as saying "Who the hell is Dan Quayle | Dan Quayle relieved and pleased with Quayle's performance, and the Vice President's camp attempted to portray it as an upset triumph against a veteran debater. However, post-debate polls were mixed on whether Gore, Stockdale, or Quayle had won. It ultimately proved to be a minor factor in the election, which Bush and Quayle subsequently lost. Quayle authored a 1994 memoir, "Standing Firm", which became a bestseller. His second book, "The American Family: Discovering the Values that Make Us Strong", was published in 1996 and a third book, "Worth Fighting For", was published in 1999. Quayle considered but decided against running for Governor |
According to the series when was the Cheers bar founded? | Cheers in 1889. The "Est. 1895" on the bar's sign is a made-up date chosen by Carla for numerological purposes, revealed in season 8, episode 6, "The Stork Brings a Crane", which also revealed the bar's address as 112 1/2 Beacon Street and that it originated under the name Mom's. In the series' second episode, "Sam's Women", Coach tells a customer looking for Gus, the owner of Cheers, that Gus was dead. In a later episode, Gus O'Mally comes back from Arizona for one night and helps run the bar. The biggest storyline surrounding the ownership of Cheers begins in the | Cheers Beacon Hill The block on which Cheers resides has been renamed Eddie Doyle square in his honor. Cheers Beacon Hill Cheers Beacon Hill is a bar/restaurant located on Beacon Street in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, across from the Boston Public Garden. Founded in 1969 as the Bull & Finch Pub, the bar is best remembered internationally as the exterior of the bar seen in the hit NBC sitcom "Cheers", which ran between 1982 and 1993. The show used the Bull & Finch exterior for the series' establishing shots of the namesake bar Cheers. No interior shots were used, and |
Which sitcom with Vickie Lawrence was a spin-off from the Carol Burnett Show? | The Carol Burnett Show albeit on a limited basis. The ratings also were respectable and plans were announced for the program to become a yearly summer event, but it never happened. The "Family" sketches led to a 1982 CBS made-for-television film called "Eunice" starring Burnett, Korman, Lawrence, Betty White, and Ken Berry. The success of this program spawned a spin-off sitcom entitled "Mama's Family", starring Vicki Lawrence and Ken Berry, which ran from 1983 to 1990. It occasionally featured Burnett and Korman guest-starring as Eunice and Ed Higgins. In the first year and a half of the show's run, Korman also appeared as narrator | The Carol Burnett Show first five years (1967–72), selected by Burnett. It also contains bonus features, including interviews with the cast, featurettes, and a 24-page commemorative booklet. Previously, due to an ongoing legal battle with the production company Bob Banner Associates, the episodes from those seasons had never appeared in syndication nor been released on home media. The Carol Burnett Show The Carol Burnett Show (also Carol Burnett and Friends in syndication) is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, and Lyle Waggoner. In 1975, frequent guest star Tim Conway became a regular after Waggoner left the series. |
What was the name of the vet in Daktari? | Daktari Daktari Daktari (Swahili for "doctor") is an American family drama series that aired on CBS between 1966 and 1969. The series is an Ivan Tors Films Production in association with MGM Television starring Marshall Thompson as Dr. Marsh Tracy, a veterinarian at the fictional Wameru Study Centre for Animal Behaviour in East Africa. The show follows the work of Dr. Tracy, his daughter Paula (Cheryl Miller), and his staff, who frequently protect animals from poachers and local officials. Tracy's pets, a cross-eyed lion named Clarence and a chimpanzee named Judy, were also popular characters. "Daktari" was based upon the 1965 | Daktari (album) stars. Steely Dan guitarist Walter Becker was a fan of the album's "vaguely African" music, sounding like it came from "Hollywood session players" rather than actual Africans. In the late 1990s, Becker modeled a percussion sequence after this style on the song "Two Against Nature" released on the Steely Dan album of the same name. "All compositions by Shelly Manne" Daktari (album) Daktari (subtitled Shelly Manne Performs & Conducts His Original Music for the Hit TV Show) is an album by drummer Shelly Manne recorded in 1967 featuring music from "Daktari" and released on the Atlantic label. On the album, |
Which bank has the A Team raided? | The A-Team intercut with news footage from the war with Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction" playing in the background. The show's ties to the Vietnam War are fully dealt with in the opening arc of the fifth season, dubbed "The Court-Martial (Part 1–3)", in which the team is finally court-martialed for the robbery of the bank of Hanoi. The character of Roderick Decker makes a return on the witness stand, and various newly introduced characters from the A-Team's past also make appearances. The team, after a string of setbacks, decides to plead guilty to the crime and they are sentenced to be | X-Raided record label beginning in 1999 with the help of his mother. The new label would come to be known as Madman Records. Before the murder, Brown was a clerk at the Sacramento County Courthouse, but she quit when X-Raided was there as a defendant. In 2011, X-Raided signed a distribution deal with RBC Records. X-Raided has continued recording, including work on his forthcoming album, as well as features for L.A.M.B (Roccy & Sccit), The Jacka, Mars, and G-Macc. X-Raided released his first mix-tape, "Sacrifice", followed by his latest album "Sacramentally Disturbed", in March 2012. In 2013, X-Raided worked on the |
Which executive producer of Dream On is well known for films such as Trading Places? | Leslie Belzberg Award for Best Documentary Feature. Belzberg formally entered the film industry when George Folsey Jr. hired her to work with him and John Landis on Trading Places. Leslie Belzberg produced ten films directed by Landis (all Landis' films from "Into the Night" to "Susan's Plan") and four TV series in which Landis participated (including "The Lost World" and ""). Belzberg was George Folsey assistant during filming "Trading Places", she also was "Blues Brothers 2000" executive music producer. She won - along with Landis - CableACE Awards for "Dream on" series and appeared in "The Making of "Blues Brothers 2000"" as | Executive producer producer of the same TV show. In case of multiple executive producers on a TV show, the one outranking the others is called the showrunner, or the leading executive producer. In recorded music, record labels distinguish between an executive producer and a record producer. The executive producer is responsible for business decisions and more recently, organizing the recordings along with the music producer, whereas the record producer produces the music. Sometimes the executive producer organises the recording and selects recording-related crew, such as sound engineers and session musicians. In the video game industry, the title "executive producer" is not well-defined. |
Who did Dick Van Dyke play in The Dick Van Dyke Show? | The New Dick Van Dyke Show The New Dick Van Dyke Show The New Dick Van Dyke Show is an American sitcom starring Dick Van Dyke that aired on CBS from 1971 to 1974. It was Van Dyke's first return to series television since "The Dick Van Dyke Show". CBS was so eager to have Dick Van Dyke return to their network that they signed him to a three-year contract. Van Dyke was living in Cave Creek, Arizona, at the time and did not want to move back to Hollywood, so the network agreed to film the show at Southwestern Studio on Stage 1 in nearby | The Van Dyke Show The Van Dyke Show The Van Dyke Show is an American sitcom starring Dick Van Dyke and his son Barry Van Dyke which aired on CBS from October 26 to December 7, 1988. The series marked the second time the real-life father-son actors worked together, after Dick guest starred in a 4th Season episode of "Airwolf" with Barry as the leading man. The series centers on Matt Burgess (Barry Van Dyke), who runs a small regional theater in Pennsylvania, and his father Dick Burgess (Dick Van Dyke), a Broadway musical star. Dick decided to give up Broadway to live and |
Which English actress and star of Primary Colors appeared as a guest in Cheers? | Primary Colors (film) Primary Colors (film) Primary Colors is a 1998 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Elaine May was adapted from the novel "Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics", a "roman à clef" about Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign in 1992, which was originally published anonymously, but in 1996 was revealed to have been written by journalist Joe Klein, who had been covering Clinton's campaign for "Newsweek". The film starred John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Maura Tierney, Larry Hagman and Adrian Lester. It was critically acclaimed but was a box office bomb, earning $52 | Cheers Bar & Grill. CBS currently holds the rights to the "Cheers" franchise as the result of the 2006 Viacom split which saw Paramount transfer its entire television studio to CBS. Some of the actors and actresses from "Cheers" brought their characters into other television shows, either in a guest appearance or in a new spin-off series. The most successful "Cheers" spin-off was "Frasier", which featured Frasier Crane following his relocation back to Seattle, Washington. Sam, Diane, and Woody all individually appeared in "Frasier" episodes, with Lilith appearing as a guest on multiple episodes. In the season nine episode "Cheerful Goodbyes", |
Who in the singing Jackson family appeared in Different Strokes? | Family Affair (Sly and the Family Stone song) the song on his track "Y Should Eye Do That When Eye Can Do This?". Janet Jackson sampled the song on the track "And On and On", the B-side to her single "Any Time, Any Place". The Black Eyed Peas song "Weekends" from their 2000 album "Bridging the Gap" samples "Family Affair". In 2005, John Legend, Joss Stone and Van Hunt recorded a cover featuring elements of the original recording for "Different Strokes by Different Folks", a Sly & the Family Stone tribute/remix album. This version of "Family Affair" won the 2007 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a | Different Strokes (film) Different Strokes (film) Different Strokes (also titled Different Strokes: The Story of Jack and Jill...and Jill) is a 1998 erotic drama film about a love triangle involving a young couple and another woman. Written and directed by Michael Paul Girard, the film stars Dana Plato, Landon Hall, and Bentley Mitchum. The film's title exploits Plato's fame from the TV series, "Diff'rent Strokes". It was Plato's first film appearance since 1992, and would be her second to last film before her death in 1999. Nathan Rabin gave the film a harsh review, stating, "The shamelessly titled Different Strokes (...) lacks anything |
What was the first spin-off from The Beverly Hillbillies called? | The Beverly Hillbillies The Beverly Hillbillies The Beverly Hillbillies is an American sitcom (situation comedy) television series originally broadcast on CBS from 1962 to 1971. The show had an ensemble cast featuring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer Jr. as the Clampetts, a poor backwoods family from the Ozarks region who move to posh Beverly Hills, California, after striking oil on their land. The show was produced by Filmways and was created by writer Paul Henning. It was followed by two other Henning-inspired "country cousin" series on CBS: "Petticoat Junction", and its spin-off "Green Acres", which reversed the rags-to-riches, country-to-city | The Beverly Hillbillies in his long-running post-"Hillbillies" television series. Based on "The Beverly Hillbillies" movie, a PC computer adventure game for operating system MS-DOS was developed by Synergistic Software, Inc. and published in 1993 by Capstone Software. The Beverly Hillbillies The Beverly Hillbillies is an American sitcom (situation comedy) television series originally broadcast on CBS from 1962 to 1971. The show had an ensemble cast featuring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer Jr. as the Clampetts, a poor backwoods family from the Ozarks region who move to posh Beverly Hills, California, after striking oil on their land. The show was |
Which series was a spin off from the Golden Girls spin-off, Empty Nest? | The Golden Girls June 2000 and January 2003. Upon the success of "The Golden Girls" creator Susan Harris later devised "Empty Nest" as a spin-off from "The Golden Girls" with some character crossovers. "Nurses" was later spun off from "Empty Nest", and the shows occasionally had special episodes in which characters from one show made appearances in the others. After the original series ended, White, McClanahan, and Getty reprised their characters in the CBS series "The Golden Palace", which ran from September 1992 to May 1993, and also starred Cheech Marin and Don Cheadle (Bea Arthur guest-starred in a double episode, reprising her | Empty Nest series. In Canada, the series was rerun by CBC during the 1990s. In 1989, Richard Mulligan won both the Emmy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. The series received a number of other Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominations over the years, especially for Mulligan and for Park Overall, who was nominated three times for a Golden Globe Award. Empty Nest Empty Nest is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from October 8, 1988, to April 29, 1995. The series, which was created as a spin-off of "The Golden Girls" |
Which character did Burt Reynolds play in Evening Shade? | Evening Shade Evening Shade Evening Shade is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 21, 1990 to May 23, 1994. The series stars Burt Reynolds as Wood Newton, an ex-professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who returns to rural Evening Shade, Arkansas, to coach a high-school football team with a long losing streak. Reynolds personally requested to use the Steelers as his character's former team, because he is a fan. The general theme of the show is the appeal of small-town life. Episodes often ended with a closing narration by Ossie Davis, as his character Ponder Blue, summing | Evening Shade, Arkansas Evening Shade, Arkansas Evening Shade is a city in Sharp County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 432 at the 2010 census. The town was fictionalized in a television situation comedy starring Burt Reynolds entitled "Evening Shade" in the U.S. Evening Shade was named in 1817 from the density of shade cast by the tall pine timber on an adjacent hill. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. Evening Shade is located at (36.070507, -91.621411). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. As of the census |
Which comedian starred in the ABC sitcom Chicken Soup? | Chicken Soup (TV series) the New York City Mayoral elections. Chicken Soup (TV series) Chicken Soup is an American sitcom starring Jackie Mason and Lynn Redgrave that aired on ABC from September 12 to November 7, 1989. The series focuses on the interfaith relationship of a middle-aged Jewish man, Jackie (Mason), and an Irish Catholic woman, Maddie (Redgrave). Episodes centered around humorous situations and obstacles caused by the couple's different religions. "Chicken Soup" was scheduled after the number one primetime series "Roseanne", but was canceled because it could not hold a large enough percentage of the audience from its lead-in and because of controversy | Chicken soup soup with vegetables and noodle or vermicelli, served with steamed rice, pieces of lontong or ketupat. In India chicken soup is one of the most popular appetizers. There are many forms of chicken soup which exist, Sweet Corn Chicken Soup being the most famous. Other variants of chicken soup are Spicy Indian Chicken Soup, Clear Chicken Soup, Hot and Sour and Chicken Noodle Soup. Usually most of the Chicken soups are served with Bread Crumbs and sometimes with boiled eggs too. It is a very popular selling item by the road side vendors and Dhaba usually in winters. In Italy, |
Who did Debbie play in The Debbie Reynolds Show? | The Debbie Reynolds Show "Monty Python's Flying Circus" spoofed the series in a sketch primarily written by John Cleese and Graham Chapman entitled "The Attila the Hun Show". It pokes fun at "The Debbie Reynolds Show" (the opening title sequence in particular), as well as American comedy in general. The Debbie Reynolds Show The Debbie Reynolds Show is an American sitcom which aired on the NBC television network during the 1969–70 television season. The series was produced by Filmways. Debbie Reynolds portrayed Debbie Thompson, a housewife married to Jim, a successful sportswriter for the "Los Angeles Sun". Jim was portrayed by actor Don Chastain, | Debbie Reynolds (Golden Globe nomination), and "In & Out" (1997). Reynolds was also a cabaret performer. In 1979, she founded the Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio in North Hollywood, which still operates today. In 1969, she starred on television in "The Debbie Reynolds Show", for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. In 1973, Reynolds starred in a Broadway revival of the musical "Irene" and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical. She was also nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance in "A Gift of Love" (1999) and an Emmy Award for playing Grace's |
Who first funded Sesame Street? | Sesame Street Live Sesame Street Live Sesame Street Live is a live touring show based on the children's television show "Sesame Street" and produced by Feld Entertainment. Vee Corporation was started in March 1980 from an idea by founder Vincent Egan to produce a live character show just for Sesame Street. He based it off his time working for the Ice Follies which had a segment with those Muppets. Egan approached Jim Henson's company and Children's Television Workshop, who were interested. With outside funding, Vee was able to sign a licensing agreement with the Children's Television Workshop for the characters. The first Sesame | Sesame Street research study found that viewing the show was a "significant predictor" of improved vocabulary regardless of family size, parent education, child gender or parental attitudes towards television. Another study conducted in 1990 looked at the effect of "Sesame Street" home videos and discovered gains in vocabulary, letter, and printed- and spoken-word identification. The videos encouraged discussion with adults, which may have helped reinforce educational messages and content. In 1994, research was conducted for "The Recontact Study", funded by the Markle Foundation, which examined the effects of "Sesame Street" on adolescents who had watched the show as young children. The subjects had |
In Family Affair what was the butler called? | Family Affair Family Affair Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966, to March 4, 1971. The series explored the trials of well-to-do engineer and bachelor Bill Davis (Brian Keith) as he attempted to raise his brother's orphaned children in his luxury New York City apartment. Davis's traditional English gentleman's gentleman, Mr. Giles French (Sebastian Cabot), also had adjustments to make as he became saddled with the responsibility of caring for 15-year-old Cissy (Kathy Garver) and the five-year-old twins, Jody (Johnny Whitaker) and Buffy (Anissa Jones). "Family Affair" ran for 138 episodes in five seasons. The | What the Butler Saw (The Avengers) What the Butler Saw (The Avengers) "What the Butler Saw" is the twenty-second episode of the fourth series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series "The Avengers", starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg. It originally aired on ABC on 25 February 1966. The episode was directed by Bill Bain and written by Philip Levene. A butler asks for a pay rise and another butler, Benson, is hailed and hands a gun on a plate to a hidden man in a chair to kill the butler, whose body is then dropped in a lake. Steed visits a barber for a |
In the Addams Family, what is Gomez's octopus called? | Pugsley Addams clue that others might find these accounts unusual. In most incarnations of the character, Pugsley had an unusual hobby of stealing road signs, which he used to adorn the walls and door of his bedroom. This may have evolved from an original Addams cartoon in which, rather than road signs, he would steal and decorate his room with cautionary signs, such as high voltage and shallow water signs, thus leading others into danger. He also has a pet octopus named Aristotle. In the episode "Gomez, The Reluctant Lover" it is revealed that he has scented paper, (liquorice is his favorite). | Gomez Addams Gomez Addams Gomez Addams is the patriarch of The Addams Family, created by cartoonist Charles Addams for "The New Yorker" magazine in the 1930s, and subsequently portrayed in television, film and stage. In Charles Addams's original cartoons, Gomez was the nameless patriarch of the Family. He had a somewhat grotesque appearance, with a tubby body, a snub-nose, a crooked tooth and a receding chin. He was often depicted reading in the den or lounging on the windowsill. In the Charles Addams cartoons, Gomez—as with all of the members of the family—had no given name. When "The Addams Family" 1964 television |
How much did Jerry Seinfeld reputedly turn down per episode when he refused to continue Seinfeld? | Jerry Seinfeld things make sense." According to "Forbes" magazine, Seinfeld's cumulative earnings from "Seinfeld" as of 2004 was $267 million, placing him at the top of the celebrity "money rank" that year. He reportedly turned down $5 million per episode, for 22 episodes, to continue the show for a 10th season. Seinfeld earned $100 million from syndication deals and stand-up performances in 2004, and $60 million in 2006. He also earned $10 million for appearing with Bill Gates in Microsoft's 2008 advertisements for Windows. Between June 2008 and June 2009, Seinfeld earned $85 million, making him the world's highest-paid comedian during that | Jerry Seinfeld mainly written by Seinfeld, as he (and Larry David in Seasons 1 through 7) rewrote the drafts for each episode. Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Jerry Seinfeld Jerome Allen Seinfeld ( ; born April 29, 1954) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director. He is known for playing himself in the sitcom "Seinfeld", which he created and wrote with Larry David. As a stand-up comedian, Seinfeld specializes in observational comedy; in 2005, Comedy Central named Seinfeld the "12th Greatest Stand-up Comedian of All Time." Seinfeld produced, co-wrote and |
In the animation series, what was Godzilla's nephew called? | Godzilla (1978 TV series) scientist Dr. Quinn Darien, her nephew Pete Darien and her research assistant Brock Borden. Also along for the ride is Godzooky, the "cowardly nephew" of Godzilla and Pete's best friend, who has a lighthearted role in the show. Godzooky can "attempt" to fly using the small wings under his arms. Whenever Godzooky tries to breathe fire, he usually just coughs up smoke rings (similar to Minilla the son of Godzilla from the Toho films). The group often call upon Godzilla by using a special signaller when in peril, such as attacks by other giant monsters. Godzooky is also able to | Godzilla: The Series of "Godzilla" (1998), featuring three episodes of the TV series: "What Dreams May Come", "Monster War: Part 1" and "Where Is Thy Sting?". In 2014, Mill Creek Entertainment released the complete series on DVD in North America, including the two unaired episodes. The episodes were released in chronological order, not the broadcast order. Two video games were released for the Game Boy Color. They were developed by Crawfish Interactive and published by Crave Entertainment. "Godzilla: The Series" was released in 1999 and "Godzilla: The Series - Monster Wars" was released in 2000. Godzilla: The Series Godzilla: The Series is an |
Which character did Betty White play in The Betty White Show? | The Betty White Show The Betty White Show The Betty White Show is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from September 12, 1977, to January 9, 1978. Fourteen episodes were broadcast. The series was produced by MTM Enterprises. Note: This program should not be confused with two earlier television programs that had the same title—a daytime talk show that ran on NBC February 8, 1954 – December 31, 1954, and a prime-time comedy variety show that ran on ABC February 5, 1958 – April 30, 1958. Joyce Whitman (Betty White), a middle-aged actress, lands the lead in a fictitious police series, "Undercover Woman" | The Betty White Show "Monday Night Football" and "The NBC Monday Movie" and failed to generate viewers. The show was canceled after fourteen episodes. "The Betty White Show" was briefly rerun on Nick at Nite and TV Land in the 1990s. The Betty White Show The Betty White Show is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from September 12, 1977, to January 9, 1978. Fourteen episodes were broadcast. The series was produced by MTM Enterprises. Note: This program should not be confused with two earlier television programs that had the same title—a daytime talk show that ran on NBC February 8, 1954 – |
During the series Roseanne changed her name to Arnold from what? | Roseanne Barr whom she placed for adoption; they were later reunited. On February 4, 1974, Barr married Bill Pentland, a motel clerk she met while in Colorado. They had three children: Jessica, Jennifer, and Jake. Pentland and Barr divorced on January 16, 1990. Four days later, on January 20, 1990, Barr married fellow comedian Tom Arnold and became known as Roseanne Arnold during the marriage. Barr had met Arnold in 1983 in Minneapolis, where he opened for her stand-up comedy act. In 1988, Barr brought Arnold onto her sitcom, "Roseanne", as a writer. Barr has a lesbian sister, Geraldine Barr, and a | Roseanne "Roseanne Arnold". On the September 21, 1994 Season 7 premiere; In celebrating Roseanne's divorce and dropping her last name... All credits (Opening and closing) included the cast and crew's first names only. This was the only time this occurred in an episode during its run. Season seven begins with Roseanne's pregnancy and goes on to tackle such issues as abortion, alcoholism, drug abuse, sexual dysfunction, and racial prejudice. Darlene and David break up after briefly maintaining an open relationship, leading to some awkwardness for Roseanne and Dan as they try to deal living with their daughter's ex-boyfriend. David and Darlene |
Which hotel sitcom was based on the British series Fawlty Towers? | Fawlty Towers Performance" in 1976, Andrew Sachs was also nominated but lost. In a list drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, voted by industry professionals, "Fawlty Towers" was named the best British television series of all time. Four attempted remakes of "Fawlty Towers" were started for the American market, with three making it into production. The first, "Chateau Snavely" starring Harvey Korman and Betty White, was produced by ABC for a pilot in 1978, but the transfer from coastal hotel to highway motel proved too much and the series never was produced. The second, also by ABC, was "Amanda's," | Fawlty Towers Fawlty Towers Fawlty Towers is a British television sitcom broadcast on BBC2 in 1975 and 1979. Just two series of six episodes were made. The show was created and written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, who also starred in the show and were married at the time of the first series, but divorced before recording the second series. The show was ranked first on a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000. The series is set in Fawlty Towers, a fictional hotel in the seaside town of Torquay on |
"Who said, ""It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees?""" | Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees Emiliano Zapata quote. The album generally received positive reviews from critics. Metal Injection critic Jeremy Ulrey wrote: "Widener does a pretty good job with pacing and there is a point to it all and at 27 minutes anyone hardy enough to be a grind fan to begin with should be able to handle it in one sitting." Pitchfork's Brandon Stosuy thought that the record "coming over like Napalm Death clobbering John Philip Sousa." Stosuy also compared the record to his anarchist past, stating: "It reminded me how good it feels to want to tear things down; more importantly, Widener has | Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees is the debut album by American grindcore project Liberteer. It was released on January 31, 2012 through Relapse Records. The album showcases a grindcore sound with influences from bluegrass, folk music, black metal and old school death metal, as well as classical music, which the band leader Matthew Widener studies. It also features major-key riffs, digitized horns, banjos, mandolin, martial drumming and blast beats. The record is a concept album with an anarchist sentiment and named after an |
In which year did Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania? | Queen of Tanganyika Zanzibar in 1964 after the Zanzibar Revolution to form Tanzania. The Queen visited Tanzania on 19–22 July 1979, visiting Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, and Kilimanjaro. Queen of Tanganyika From 1961 to 1962, Tanganyika was an independent sovereign state with Elizabeth II as its queen. The Queen was formal head of state and was represented in Tanganyika by the Governor-General. Tanganyika shared the Sovereign with the other Commonwealth realms, including the United Kingdom. The monarchy was created by the Tanganyika Independence Act 1961 which transformed the United Nations trust territory of Tanganyika into an independent sovereign constitutional monarchy. The monarchy | Zanzibar Revolution with Tanganyika to form the new nation of Tanzania, an act judged by contemporary media to be an attempt to prevent communist subversion of Zanzibar. The revolution ended 200 years of Arab dominance in Zanzibar, and is commemorated on the island each year with anniversary celebrations and a public holiday. The Zanzibar Archipelago, now part of the Southeast African republic of Tanzania, is a group of islands lying in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanganyika. It comprises the main southern island of Unguja (also known as Zanzibar), the smaller northern island of Pemba, and numerous surrounding islets. With |
Ed Gagliardi, Al Greenwood and Dennis Elliot have all been in which group? | Ed Gagliardi from the band in 1979. In 1981, Gagliardi formed the band Spys with former Foreigner keyboardist Al Greenwood, a band that set the tone for much of the 80's synth-rock bands, and received acclaim within the musical community. In the early 2000s, Gagliardi worked as a Service Department Writer at Rallye Lexus in Glen Cove, New York. Gagliardi died of cancer on May 11, 2014, after battling it for eight years. Friends and family held a private ceremony. Ed Gagliardi Edward John 'Ed' Gagliardi (February 13, 1952 – May 11, 2014) was an American bass guitarist, best known as the | Elliot Minor arrangements, all written by Davies, which are difficult to replicate live without a full orchestra. However, the classical elements in their song "Jessica" have been replicated during performances on stage, with Davies using an electric violin. Elliot Minor Elliot Minor were a rock band from York, England. The group consists of Alex Davies (lead vocals/guitars), Ed Minton (vocals/guitars), Dan Hetherton (drums/backing vocals) and Ed Hetherton (bass). Elliot Minor started 'The Academy' with Alex Davies, Ed Minton and another of their mates who met at school when they were thirteen. Davies bumped into childhood friend Dan Hetherton when they were both |
For which movie did Katherine Hepburn win her third Oscar? | Oscar bait went on to win the Best Picture Oscar. "Oscar bait" was used in a critical 1948 review of John Ford's "Fort Apache" in "The New Republic" that ends with the sentence "Postcards are supposed to be sent through the mail; flashed self-consciously on the screen, they look like Oscar bait." "The New York Times" used it in a 1955 article about the then-upcoming "The Harder They Fall", Humphrey Bogart's final film. A 1968 ad for "The Lion in Winter" quoted from a review in "Cosmopolitan" praising the performances of Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn as "Oscar bait outings." These all | Katharine Hepburn woman" and playing a part in changing gender attitudes. Horton and Simmons write, "Confident, intelligent and witty, four-time Oscar winner Katharine Hepburn defied convention throughout her professional and personal life ... Hepburn provided an image of an assertive woman whom [females] could watch and learn from." After Hepburn's death, film historian Jeanine Basinger stated, "What she brought us was a new kind of heroine—modern and independent. She was beautiful, but she did not rely on that." Mary McNamara, an entertainment journalist and reviewer for the "Los Angeles Times" wrote, "More than a movie star, Katharine Hepburn was the patron saint |
What was Rambo's first name? | Rambo: First Blood Part II Blu-Ray on November 13 2018. Rambo: First Blood Part II Rambo: First Blood Part II (also known as Rambo II or First Blood II) is a 1985 American action film directed by George P. Cosmatos and starring Sylvester Stallone, who reprises his role as Vietnam veteran John Rambo. It is the sequel to the 1982 film "First Blood", and the second installment in the "Rambo" film series. Picking up where the first film left, the sequel is set in the context of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue; it sees Rambo released from prison by federal order to document the possible | Rambo apple have a long storage life. It was too tender for shipping long distances. So as not to confuse the Rambo apple with the unrelated Summer Rambo (also known as the Rambour Franc), the Rambo has also been called the Winter Rambo. Other names given to the Rambo over the years include Romanite, Bread and Cheese (perhaps after Bread and Cheese Island in Delaware), Seek-No-Further, Delaware, and Striped Rambo. According to author David Morrell, the apple provided the name for the hero of his novel, "First Blood", which gave rise to the Rambo film franchise. The novelist's wife brought home a |
When did field hockey become an Olympic event for men? | Field hockey stick evolution led to the creation of the Federation Internationale de Hockey (FIH) in 1924. Contance Applebee is responsible for introducing field hockey to the United States in 1901. The United States Field Hockey Association was formed in 1922. In 1908, men's field hockey was introduced into the Olympic Games. Women's field hockey was first recognized in the Olympic Games in 1980. The World Cup is the crowning achievement in international field hockey. The World Cup is held every four years and 12 men's and 12 women's teams compete for the title of World Champion. when im sterring at a page | 2007 African Olympic Field Hockey Qualifier 2007 African Olympic Field Hockey Qualifier 2007 African Olympic Qualifier was the African field hockey qualification tournament for 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. It was held in Nairobi, Kenya from July 14 to July 22, 2007. The winner of the tournament was awarded an automatic place to the 2008 Games, while the runner-up qualified for one of the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. 2007 All-Africa Games were supposed to be the African qualifier for 2008 Olympics, but as the host country Algeria lacks suitable venues, field hockey was not part of the games, forcing the African Hockey Federation to hold a separate tournament. |
Who invented the world's first data-processing machine? | Tabulating machine Tabulating machine The tabulating machine was an electromechanical machine designed to assist in summarizing information stored on punched cards. Invented by Herman Hollerith, the machine was developed to help process data for the 1890 U.S. Census. Later models were widely used for business applications such as accounting and inventory control. It spawned a class of machines, known as unit record equipment, and the data processing industry. The term "Super Computing" was used by the "New York World" newspaper in 1931 to refer to a large custom-built tabulator that IBM made for Columbia University. The 1880 census had taken eight years | Data processing technician Data processing technician The United States Navy occupational rating of data processing technician (abbreviated as DP) was a designation given by the Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS) to enlisted members who satisfactorily completed initial data processing technician "A" school training. This navy rating originated as the machine accountant (MA) rating in large number of navy rating changes implemented in 1948. The rating name and designation was changed to data processing technician (DP) in 1967. The Navy disestablished the DP rating on 1 October 1997, combining DPs who had not previously changed ratings into the radioman(RM) rating. In 1999 the (RM) |
Bill Cosby had a professional trial in which sport? | Bill Cosby sexual assault cases impression of him while accepting the award for the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. In late 2015, when pornographic actor James Deen was accused of sexual assault by multiple women, "The Huffington Post" referred to him as "the Bill Cosby of porn." Joan Tarshis, who had accused Cosby of raping her, within a "Salon.com" article, compared Cosby's damaged legacy to that of O.J. Simpson, saying "When you hear O. J. Simpson's name, you don't think, "Oh, great football player". That doesn't come to mind first. I'm thinking it's not going to be, "Oh, great comedian". It's going to be, | Bill Cosby in advertising said Cosby "represents comfort, and people trust him". In 2014, one educator asked for comment said he remembered Cosby as a "black male authority figure, one of those people who folks that don't live on the edges of the country think of as a good black guy; they trust that guy". In 1988, a representative for Kodak said Cosby had become "synonymous with quality products and quality services". "Ebony" agreed, saying Cosby has the advantage of being able to be selective. Cosby said his belief in their product is an attribute, stating, "if I presented a Bill Cosby who didn't |
What was the first film Alfred Hitchcock made in Hollywood? | Alfred Hitchcock Selznick picture "Rebecca" (1940) was Hitchcock's first American film, set in a Hollywood version of England's Cornwall and based on a novel by English novelist Daphne du Maurier. The film stars Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. The story concerns a naïve (and unnamed) young woman who marries a widowed aristocrat. She goes to live in his huge English country house, and struggles with the lingering reputation of his elegant and worldly first wife Rebecca, who died under mysterious circumstances. The film won Best Picture at the 13th Academy Awards; the statuette was given to Selznick, as the film's producer. Hitchcock | Alfred Hitchcock these islands and given the age its character". In June 2013 nine restored versions of Hitchcock's early silent films, including "The Pleasure Garden" (1925), were shown at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Harvey Theatre; known as "The Hitchcock 9", the travelling tribute was organised by the British Film Institute. The Alfred Hitchcock Collection is housed at the Academy Film Archive in Hollywood, California. It includes home movies, 16 mm film shot on the set of "Blackmail" (1929) and "Frenzy" (1972), and the earliest known colour footage of Hitchcock. The Academy Film Archive preserves many of his home movies. The Alfred |
What is the most common street name in the UK? | Street or road name upper/lower, old/new, or adding "extension". "Main Street" and "High Street" are common names for the major street in the middle of a shopping area in the United States and the United Kingdom, respectively. The most common street name in the US is "2nd" or "Second". The etymology of a street name is sometimes very obvious, but at other times it might be obscure or even forgotten. In the United States, most streets are named after numbers, landscapes, trees (a combination of trees and landscapes such as "Oakhill" is used often in residential areas), or the surname of an important individual | Street or road name in 1991. While it is very common for what is effectively a single street to have different names for different portions of the street, it is less common for a portion of a street to have two equally acceptable legal names. There are several cases of the latter in New York City: Sixth Avenue in Manhattan was renamed as "Avenue of the Americas" in 1945, but the name never really stuck; the city now considers both names equally acceptable, and both appear on street signs. Manhattan street signs now also designate a portion of Seventh Avenue as "Fashion Avenue", and |