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Helicopter | The previous round-the-world helicopter speed record has stood since 1996, when pilots Ron Bower and John Williams flew a Bell 430–outfitted with auxiliary fuel tanks–20,508 miles in 17 days, 6 hours and 14 minutes. | Ron Bower and John Williams set a speed record for going round the world in a what? |
Photographer | Garry Winogrand (14 January 1928 – 19 March 1984) was a street photographer from the Bronx, New York, known for his portrayal of American life, and its social issues, in the mid-20th century. Though he photographed in Los Angeles and elsewhere, Winogrand was essentially a New York photographer. | What was the profession of New Yorker Garry Winogrand? |
Kansas | Amelia Mary Earhart is born in Atchison, Kansas, to parents Amy Otis and Edwin Stanton Earhart. Her sister, Muriel, is born two years later. | Amelia Earhart was born in which state? |
Me Natalie | AL PACINO'S Film Debut with PATTY DUKE in Me Natalie 1969 | What was Al Pacino's first movie? |
1919 | By the spring of 1919, several teams had gathered in St. Johns, Newfoundland, vying to be the first to cross the Atlantic and collect the prize. There were so many teams that Alcock and Brown had a difficult time finding a suitable field they could use as a runway for their flight. | In which year did Alcock and Brown make their Atlantic crossing? |
Oliver Stone | Quote: <p>"Oliver and I were born on the same day, same year, but I can still p**s him off by telling him he's older than I am by 10 minutes." Tommy Lee Jones knows how to upset film-maker Oliver Stone . </p> | Which movie director was born on exactly the same day as actor Tommy Lee Jones? |
Petula Clark | Someone Like You is a musical with a book by Robin Midgley and Fay Weldon, lyrics by Dee Shipman, and music by Petula Clark. | Which singer wrote the musical Someone Like You? |
Guitar | Charlie Christian, an early pioneer of the electric jazz guitar and “Father of Bebop,” was born on July 29, 1916 to parents Clarence and Willie Christian. Although Charlie Christian’s career was tragically cut short by his untimely death in 1942, he forever impacted the world of music. Christian is credited with bringing the guitar out of the rhythm section and making it a solo instrument during the era of jazz . No longer was the guitar seen as merely a back-up to the saxophone, trumpet and clarinet, widely accepted as the era’s powerhouse instruments. Charlie brought the same musical expressiveness to solo guitar work, setting the stage for the guitar’s elevated presence in genres such as Western swing , country , rockabilly and rock and roll . | With which instrument was Charlie Christian associated? |
India | Howrah Bridge is a cantilever bridge with a suspended span over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking the two cities of Howrah and Kolkata (Calcutta). On 14 June 1965 it was renamed Rabindra Setu after the great Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, who was the first Indian and Asian Nobel laureate. It is still popularly known as the Howrah Bridge. | In which country is the Howrah bridge? |
Norvell | Sometime prior to 1910, Hardy began styling himself "Oliver Norvell Hardy", with the first name “Oliver” being added as a tribute to his father. He appeared as “Oliver N. Hardy” in the 1910 U.S. census, and in all subsequent legal records, marriage announcements, etc., Hardy used “Oliver” as his first name. | What was Oliver Hardy's real first name? |
Mexico | The Benito Juarez International Airport serves the capital of Mexico, Mexico City. It is the busiest airport in Mexico and the second busiest in Latin America. It was named after Benito Juarez, a 19th century president of Mexico, in 2006. It is five kilometres east of central Mexico City. The airport has considerable overfly and landing issues because of its proximity to buildings in the eastern part of the city. | Benito Juarez international airport is in which country? |
Vicki Lawrence | "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" is a Southern Gothic song, written in 1972 by songwriter Bobby Russell and sung by Vicki Lawrence, an American singer, actress, and comedian. Lawrence's version, from her 1973 Bell Records album of the same name, was a number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 after its release. In addition to several other renditions, the song was again a hit in 1991 when Reba McEntire recorded it for her album For My Broken Heart. McEntire's version was a single, as well, reaching number 12 on Hot Country Songs. | Who had a 70s No 1 hit with The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia? |
Iris | In Greek mythology, Iris is the personified goddess of the rainbow. She is regarded as the messenger of the gods to humankind, and particularly of the goddess Hera whose orders she brought to humans. She is able to change shapes and when delivering messages to mortals Iris assumes the appearance of a mortal known to those who receive the message. | In Greek mythology, who was the goddess of the rainbow? |
Paris | Everyone agrees that Paris killed Achilles with an arrow during the siege of Troy, but the details of his death are subject to debate. The familiar story that his mother Thetis dipped him in the River Styx but left a vulnerable spot in his heel is probably an invention of late antiquity, a variation of an earlier story that his mother tried to make him immortal by dipping him in boiling water or exposing him to flames. According to that legend, told in The Voyage of the Argo, her efforts were interrupted by her husband Peleus, and Achilles remained mortal. 1 | According to legend, who fired the arrow that hit Achilles in the heel, his only vulnerable spot? |
PERSEPHONE | PERSEPHONE was the goddess queen of the underworld, wife of the god Haides (Hades). She was also the goddess of spring growth, who was worshipped alongside her mother Demeter in the Eleusinian Mysteries. This agricultural-based cult promised its initiates passage to a blessed afterlife. | In Greek mythology, who was the queen of the underworld and wife of Hades? |
Tom Lehrer | I suppose I should stop right here and explain that I am not an "animal lover" in the sense people usually intend when they use that term. Nor am I at all like the guy whom Tom Lehrer once described as having "majored in animal husbandryuntil they caught him at it". I freely confess that when Klondike and Snow were constantly in the news, I got thoroughly sick of seeing and hearing about them day after day. | "Which entertainer said, ""He was into animal husbandry--until they caught him at it?" |
Rolihlahla | Mandela’s middle name is Rolihlahla, which literally means ‘pulling the branch of a tree’, or colloquially, ‘troublemaker’. His was given the name Nelson by his white missionary school teacher. | What is Nelson Mandela's middle name? |
Gray Lady Down | Reeve's first role in a Hollywood film was a small part as a submarine officer in the 1978 naval disaster movie Gray Lady Down. He then acted in the play My Life at the Circle Repertory Company with friend William Hurt. | What was Christopher Reeve's first movie? |
Toto | The Grammy-winning rock group Toto in 1984: Mike Porcaro, left, Steve Porcaro, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, Steve Lukather and Fergie Frederiksen. (Jim Shea / Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images) | The Porcaro Brothers featured in which group? |
Iggy Pop | James Newell Osterberg, Jr., known professionally as Iggy Pop (; born April 21, 1947), is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He was the vocalist of influential proto-punk band The Stooges, who reunited in 2003, and is well known for his outrageous and unpredictable stage antics. | What is Iggy Pop's real name? |
Canada | Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport () or Montréal–Trudeau, formerly known as Montréal–Dorval International Airport (Aéroport international Montréal-Dorval), is a Canadian airport located on the Island of Montreal, from Downtown Montreal. The airport terminals are located entirely in the suburb of Dorval, while the Air Canada headquarters complex and one runway is located in the Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent. It is an international airport serving Greater Montreal and adjacent regions in Ontario, Vermont, and New York. The airport is named in honour of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the 15th Prime Minister of Canada. | Dorval International airport is in which country? |
22,300 | Lake Michigan's water surface is 22,300 square miles (57,800 square kilometers). It is the second largest of the Great Lakes by volume (1,180 cubic miles / 4,920 cubic km). Only Lake Superior is bigger. | In square miles how big is lake Michigan? |
Randy Newman | "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" is a song by American singer-songwriter Randy Newman written for Eric Burdon's first solo album in 1966. Three Dog Night's 1970 cover of the song topped the U.S. pop singles charts. Tom Jones and the Stereophonics's cover version also hit number four on the U.K. Singles Chart in 2000. | Who wrote the song Momma Told Me Not To Come? |
Malcolm X | The Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) was founded by Malcolm X , John Henrik Clarke , and other black nationalist leaders on June 24, 1964 in Harlem, New York . Formed shortly after his break with the Nation of Islam , the OAAU was a secular institution that sought to unify 22 million non- Muslim African Americans with the people of the African Continent. The OAAU was modeled after the Organization of African Unity (OAU) , a coalition of 53 African nations working to provide a unified political voice for the continent. In the coalition spirit of the OAU, Malcolm X sought to reconnect African Americans with their African heritage, establish economic independence, and promote African American self-determination. He also sought OAAU representation on the OAU. | Who founded the Organization of Afro American Unity? |
Magellan | The Magellan spacecraft, also referred to as the Venus Radar Mapper, was a 1,035-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on May 4, 1989, to map the surface of Venus using Synthetic Aperture Radar and measure the planetary gravity. | Which NASA space probe was launched to Venus in 1989? |
Garry Weinstein | Original name Garry Weinstein or Harry Weinstein, Russian chess master who became the world chess champion in 1985. | Harry Weinstein became a world champion under which name? |
Barry Levinson | Good Morning, Vietnam DVD (1987) Directed by Barry Levinson; Starring Robin Williams; Touchstone / Disney | OLDIES.com | Who directed Good Morning Vietnam? |
Ruth | Real name of Bette Davis is Ruth Elizabeth Davis | What was Bette Davis's real first name? |
Ice skating | Sonja Henie was the first superstar of women’s figure skating, winning three Olympic gold medals in 1928, 1932, and 1936. She made her Olympic début in 1924 when only an 11-year-old. She finished last in a field of eight but improved to fifth a few weeks later at the 1924 World Championship. Henie finished second at the 1926 World Championships to Austria's [Herma Plank-Szabo], but she then won the championship for the next ten years consecutively. She did more to popularize figure skating than any other individual. Henie turned professional in 1936 and soon amassed a fortune. Her flair for showmanship ensured the success of the ten feature films she made in Hollywood and accelerated the public awareness of ice skating as a sport. She toured the world with spectacular ice reviews achieving great popularity, particularly in the USA. She was initially idolized in her native Norway, but had some image problems after World War II when she was perceived to be a Nazi sympathizer who failed to support war relief efforts in Norway. Henie married three times, all to very wealthy men, and her own earnings from ice shows made her one of the richest athletes ever. She later suffered from leukemia and died during a flight from Paris to Oslo where she was flying to visit a specialist. | In which sport did Hollywood star Sonja Henie win Olympic Gold? |
First decade | Dr. Alzheimer and his colleagues studied the histology of 5 cases with similar brain pathologies during the first decade of the new century. Although other researchers had linked the presence of plaques to symptoms of dementia seen in older people, it was Dr. Alzheimer who first observed both plaques and tangles in a younger patient. | In which decade was Alzheimer's disease first clinically described? |
New York Giants | Super Bowl XXV was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Buffalo Bills and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion New York Giants to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1990 season. The Giants defeated the Bills by the score of 20–19, winning their second Super Bowl. It is the only Super Bowl decided by one point. | Who won Super Bowl XXV? |
Texas | Robert Mueller Municipal Airport ( ) was the first civilian airport built in Austin, Texas, operating from 1930 to 1999. It was replaced as Greater Austin's main airport by the Austin Bergstrom International Airport. Located a few miles northeast of downtown Austin, the airport was named after Robert Mueller, a city commissioner who had died while in office in January 1927. Mueller was identified with the three letter "AUS" airport code and this "AUS" code was then assigned to the Austin Bergstrom International Airport in 1999. | Robert Mueller Municipal Airport is in which US state? |
Poland | Krakow John Paul II Balice International Airport (hereafter KIA) serves a heavily populated area of southern Poland and is the country’s second busiest, but is hardly a monopoly as it is challenged by both primary and secondary level airports catering to full service/network and budget airlines. | Balice international airport is in which country? |
Sixty-nine | Ronald Wilson Reagan, the fortieth United States President (1981-1989) was the oldest man to serve as Chief Executive. He was sixty-nine years old at the time of his election. The first movie actor to be elected President, he became known as "The Great Communicator" for his oratory skills. | How old was Ronald Reagan when he became US President? |
Grant Wood | Grant Wood was an American painter who was born in Iowa in 1891 and died in 1942. He is famous for his scenes depicting rural American culture in the midwest. His most famous painting is said to be "American Gothic" feature an old woman and man standing in front of a house holding a pitch fork. In 1913 he moved to Chicago to study at the Art Institute there, while there he worked as a silversmith. He traveled to Europe to study impressionist and post-impressionist work, but later found that the most influential artist to his style would be the 15th century Dutch painter, Jan vanEyck. In 1932 Wood founded the Stone City Art Colony which helped artists suffering from the devastating Great Depression that hit America at that time. In 1934 Wood became a fine art professor at the University of Iowa. During that time he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died the day before his 51st birthday. | Which Iowa-born artist painted American Gothic and Spring Turning? |
Indonesia | Garuda Indonesia (PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk ) is the national airline of Indonesia. Named after the holy bird Garuda of Hinduism from the national emblem of Indonesia, the airline is headquartered at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, near Jakarta. As of 11 December 2014, the airline is rated as a 5-star airline by the international airline review firm Skytrax. The air carrier was previously known as Garuda Indonesian Airways. | Which country does the airline Garuda come from? |
Earl Hines | Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1924, Vaughan was immediately surrounded by music: her carpenter father was an amateur guitarist and her laundress mother was a church vocalist. Young Sarah studied piano from the age of seven, and before entering her teens had become an organist and choir soloist at the Mount Zion Baptist Church. When she was eighteen, friends dared her to enter the famed Wednesday Night Amateur Contest at Harlems Apollo Theater. She gave a sizzling rendition of "Body and Soul," and won first prize. In the audience that night was the singer Billy Eckstine. Six months later, she had joined Eckstine in Earl Hiness big band along with jazz legends Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. | Sarah Vaughan first joined which band as singer? |
Italy | Elmas Airport, Elmas (ca), 09034, Italy | Elmas international airport is in which country? |
Jean Batten | The Percival Vega Gull G-ADPR in which she made the journey now hangs in the Jean Batten International Terminal. This little monoplane enabled her to establish herself as one of the great women aviators of all time. Her flights were characterised by brilliant navigation precision, achieved without radio, using only a map, watch and simple magnetic compass. | Which pioneering aviator had a plane called Percival Gull? |
Margaret Thatcher | She continued to be an active political figure, setting up the Margaret Thatcher Foundation to continue promoting her ideas, going on lecture tours, writing two memoirs and a book on international politics (Statecraft), and intervening in both domestic and international affairs. On June 30, 1992, she was elevated to the House of Lords to become Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven. In March 2002, she retired from public speaking after several small strokes. Just over a year later, in June 2003, her husband of more than 50 years died, a devastating loss. Although she has retired from public speaking, the economic crisis in 2008 revived the debate over Thatcher’s policies from the 1980s and their lasting impact on the British economy. | Which British political figure became Baroness Kesteven? |
Radioactivity | Full name, Antoine-Henri Becquerel. French physicist who discovered radioactivity through his investigations of uranium and other substances. In 1903 he shared the Nobel Prize for Physics with Pierre and Marie Curie . | Henri Becquerel shared a Nobel prize for his work in discovering what? |
Sebastian Melmoth | Similarly, Wilde eluded attention after his prison release. He wandered Europe for three and a half years under an assumed name, Sebastian Melmoth, and died bankrupt in a Paris hotel on November 30, 1900. | Who took the assumed name Sebastian Melmoth when living in Paris? |
Australia and New Zealand | The Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty (ANZUS or ANZUS Treaty) is the 1951 collective security agreement which binds Australia and New Zealand and, separately, Australia and the United States, to co-operate on military matters in the Pacific Ocean region, although today the treaty is taken to relate to conflicts worldwide. It provides that an armed attack on any of the three parties would be dangerous to the others, and that each should act to meet the common threat. It set up a committee of foreign ministers that can meet for consultation. | Who signed the Pacific Security Treaty with the USA in 1951? |
50 miles | The Panama Canal is around 80km (50 miles) long and links the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, running across the centre of Panama. Locks at the Pacific and Atlantic ends of the Canal either lower vessels to sea level or raise them up to the Canal. The Canal itself is made up of the Gaillard Cut channel and the artificial Gatun Lake. The lake was formed by the damming of the Chagres River. | How many miles long is the canal which links the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans? |
Joseph Papp | HAIR's world debut was in New York City in October 1967, off-Broadway, on the heels of the Summer of Love. Jerry and I had written HAIR for the uptown big theatre audiences. It was designed to invade Broadway territory, but we couldn't get a tumble from any of the Broadway producers. "Not our cup of tea," they would say. We retreated from our firm intention, in response to an offer of a 6-week run for HAIR as the opening attraction at a new theater. The old Astor Library, gutted and under fresh construction, became The New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, and the producer Joseph Papp chose HAIR to be the premiere presentation in his experimental space, the Anspacher Theater. (Papp had produced free Shakespeare in Central Park for years, but was now branching out, to embrace the excitement of the avant garde theater movement.) Quite a wonderful opportunity, we thought; if we couldn't get HAIR on-Broadway, at least we could jump-start it downtown in the Joseph Papp spotlight of a new New York theater, in the East Village at that, where the play itself was set. As directed by Gerald Freedman, with choreography by Anna Sokolow, the "Public" proved to be a perfect "out-of-town tryout." | Who founded the off-Broadway theater where Hair had its premier? |
KLM | KLM is the world's oldest airline, established in 1919 | Established in 1919, which is the world's oldest surviving airline? |
Eleanor Roosevelt | Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady: “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” | "Which US First Lady said, ""No one can make you feel interior unless you consent?""" |
Pittsburgh | Super Bowl X was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1975 season. The Steelers defeated the Cowboys by the score of 21–17 to win their second consecutive Super Bowl. They were the third team to win back-to-back Super Bowls. (The Miami Dolphins won Super Bowls VII and VIII, and the Green Bay Packers won Super Bowls I and II.) It was also the first Super Bowl in which both participating teams had previously won a Super Bowl, as the Steelers were the defending champions and the Cowboys had won Super Bowl VI. | Who won super bowl X? |
Kikuyu | Jomo Kenyatta was born in or around 1889. He was born a member of the Kikuyu tribe in what was then british controlled East Africa. He was given the first of many names he would use in his long life, Kamau wa Ngengi. As a child he assisted his grandfather who was a tribal medicine man and attended classes at a Scottish Mission at Thogoto, west of Nairobi. In 1914 He converted to Christianity and took the name John Peter. By the first world war he was working as a clerk and living with relatives among the Maasai under the name Johnston Kamau. | Jomo Kenyatta was born into which tribe? |
Color Me Badd | Color Me Badd is an American contemporary R&B group that was formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The original members of the group were lead singer Bryan Abrams (born November 16, 1969), Mark Calderon (born September 27, 1970), Sam Watters (born July 23, 1970) and Kevin Thornton (born June 17, 1969). The group sold 12 million records worldwide. The group has been well known in Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, parts of east Asia, the United Kingdom, other parts of Europe, Canada and the United States. The group has been on TV shows, commercials, their songs have been in movies such as New Jack City, No Strings Attached and Glee. The group has not only had songs in movies but has starred as themselves on top TV shows in the 1990s such as Beverly Hills, 90210. | Bryan Abrams, Sam Walters, Mark Calderon and Kevin Thornton formed which group? |
1991 | The first Scrabble World Championship was held in London in 1991, hosted by Spears, who were taken over by Mattel in 1994. It featured 48 players from 19 countries. The total prize pool was $US19,000, with $10,000 of that going to the winner. | When was the Scrabble World championship first held? |
Sweden | Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN), commonly referred to as Arlanda, is Sweden’s largest international airport and the third largest in the Nordic countries. It is situated 23 miles (37 km) north of the city of Stockholm, near the town of Marsta. In 2010, it served 17 million passengers. | Arlanda international airport is in which country? |
Del Shannon | Near the end of 1963, the BigTop label folded and Mala took over many of their artists. Don & Juan, Johnny & the Hurricanes, and the Royaltones appeared on Mala about that time. Del Shannon, BigTop's major artist, formed his own label, Berlee, upon leaving BigTop in 1963, but lack of distribution soon discouraged Del, and he eventually settled in at sister label Amy in 1964. | Which singer formed his own Berlee record label? |
Don Johnson | Till I Loved You is a studio album by American artist Barbra Streisand, released on October 25, 1988 on Columbia Records. The album was particularly notable both for its thematic structure (its eleven songs chronicle a romance's beginning, middle and end) and its high-budget production, as many guest writers, producers and musicians participated during its making – Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager offered three brand new songs to the album, Quincy Jones produced "The Places You Find Love" and Luther Vandross and Dionne Warwick among others added backing vocals to the track. Also, the title track (a Top 40 hit in the Billboard Hot 100) was a duet between Streisand and her then-boyfriend, actor Don Johnson. According to the liner notes of Barbra's retrospective box set: Just for the Record, the album also received a record certification in Holland and in New Zealand. | Who duetted with Barbra Streisand on Till I Loved You in 1988? |
Crossword | 1913 ~ Arthur Wynne’s “word-cross” was the World’s first crossword puzzle published on the 21st December 1913, when it was published in the New York World newspaper. | What was first published on 21st December 1913 in the New York World? |
Charlie Sheen | SO IT TURNS out that the baseball that rolled between Bill Buckner's legs is still rolling. And now you can pick it up and take it home - if you're willing to skip meals for the next 40 years. Charlie Sheen, the actor, paid $93,500 for the ball that came off Mookie Wilson's bat in the 10th inning of Game 6, the 1986 World Series. For almost eight years Sheen kept the ball inside a museum-style case on the wall of his game room. There's a baseball museum in those cabinets. But the actor has learned a new line: Enough is enough. He's putting the ball back in play at the April 27-28 Leland's auction. Along with a Jackie Robinson uniform shirt from 1949, his MVP season, and a Ted Williams shirt for 1941, when he became the last player to hit over . | Which actor paid $93,500 for the baseball which rolled between Bill Buckner's legs in game six of the 1986 World Series? |
Charles W. Fairbanks | Charles W. Fairbanks, a member of the Republican Party , took office as the 26th Vice President of the United States on March 4, 1905 at age 52. Fairbanks served as VP to President Theodore Roosevelt for 4 years through March 4, 1909. He was born in Union County, Ohio and received an education from Ohio Wesleyan University. | Who was Theodore Roosevelt's Vice President between 1905 and 1909? |
Nicaragua | Following the resolution of most outstanding issues, the San Francisco Conference closed on June 26, 1945. In a show of support, Truman attended the final session for the signing of the United Nations Charter, and congratulated the delegates for creating a �solid structure upon which we can build a better world.� However, Truman still needed to secure Senate ratification of the Charter. Both he and Stettinius urged the Senate to give its advice and consent to ratification; Truman said, �I want to see the United States do it first.� In a testament to the sustained wartime efforts to build support for the United Nations, the Charter was approved in the Senate on July 28, 1945, by a vote of 89 to 2, with 5 abstentions. (The U.S. ratification followed that of Nicaragua and El Salvador.) The United Nations officially came into existence on October 24, 1945, after the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, China, and France, as well as a majority of the other signatories, had ratified the United Nations Charter. | Which nation was the first to ratify the United Nations charter in 1945? |
Fairbanks | This Page will deal with the portion of the Alaska Highway from the Yukon/Alaska border to Fairbanks Alaska. The official terminus of the highway is in fact located in Delta Junction Alaska and the portion between Delta Junction and Fairbanks is in reality on the Richardson Highway. It’s a minor point but one that we needed to point out. | What is the Alaskan terminus of the Alaskan Highway? |
Joseph | Though silent film comedian Buster Keaton was a famous bearer, his real name was Joseph Frank Keaton. Supposedly, he got his nickname and later stage name from Harry Houdini when he was a child. This name isn't good for an actual name, and sounds more like the name of dog. | What was Buster Keaton's actual first name? |
Everly | Bill Doggett, the Everly Brothers, Tab Hunter, and Bill Haley all shared one interesting characteristic: they had been successful on other record labels before they appeared on Warner Brothers. In fact, for their first ten years of existence, it was quite common for an artist to have had a decent career with another label, then have a chart hit or so for Warner Brothers before fading into obscurity. The list is long: Beau Brummels (ex-Autumn Records), Vic Damone (Columbia), James Darren (Colpix), Dick and Dee Dee (Liberty), Dion (Laurie, Columbia), Bill Doggett (King), Everly Brothers (Cadence), Tab Hunter (Dot), Van Morrison (Bang), and the Tokens (RCA). Even Petula Clark, who had her major hits with Warner Brothers, had been on Laurie earlier. With a few exceptions like Peter, Paul & Mary, it wasn't until the late 1960s that Warner Brothers seemed to more frequently sign their own talent from the start. | Which brothers were Warner Bros' first major record success? |
Elizabeth Taylor: The Last Star | Kitty Kelley is a journalist who has written for "The Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsweek, Good Housekeeping "and more. She is the bestselling author of "Jackie Oh!; Elizabeth Taylor: The Last Star; Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography; The Royals; "and "The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty "and has an upcoming biography of Oprah Winfrey (Crown, 2010). "From the Trade Paperback edition." show more | What was the title of Kitty Kelley's book about Elizabeth Taylor? |
India | Julie Frances Christie (born 14 April 1941) is a British actress. Born in British India to English parents, at the age of six Christie moved to England where she attended boarding school. | In which country was Julie Christie born? |
Rudolph Dirks | The Katzenjammer Kids is an American comic strip created by the German immigrant Rudolph Dirks and drawn by Harold H. Knerr for 37 years (1912 to 1949). [1] It debuted December 12, 1897 in the American Humorist, the Sunday supplement of William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal. Dirks was the first cartoonist to express dialogue in comic characters through the use of speech balloons . [2] | Which artist created the Katzenjammer Kids? |
Shelley Fabares | "Johnny Angel" is a song written and composed by Lyn Duddy and Lee Pockriss. The song was originally recorded by both Laurie Loman and Georgia Lee, however these two versions were not successful. It first became a popular hit single in 1962 when covered by Shelley Fabares who took it to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. British singer Patti Lynn had a moderate hit with her remake of "Johnny Angel" the same year in the UK Singles Chart. The American pop music duo, The Carpenters also covered "Johnny Angel" in 1973 as part of a medley of oldies on side two of their album Now & Then. | Who had a 60s No 1 hit with Johnny Angel? |
Venezuela | Viasa was envisioned by the government of Venezuela in 1959 to create a new company that could serve as the country's flag carrier and run without government intervention. It was set up in 1960 when the international routes operated by Línea Aeropostal Venezolana (LAV) and Avensa were merged and taken over by the newly created carrier. The government contributed 55% of the capital, while private investors — among which were LAV and Avensa, the latter owned by Grupo Boulton and Pan American World Airways—contributed with the remainder. The board of directors came entirely from the private sector. The first president of the airline was Mr. R. van den Branden; the first chairman of the board was Mr. Oscar Augusto Machado Zuloaga, a very competent and well liked gentleman, who was instrumental in Viasa's commercial success and immediate acceptance by the market. | Which country does the airline VIASA come from? |
Robert Zemeckis | Back to the Future is an American science fiction/comedy movie directed by Robert Zemeckis and released in 1985 . It is about a young man named Marty McFly who accidentally travels into the past and jeopardizes his own future existence. The film was followed by two sequels, Back to the Future Part II ( 1989 ), and Back to the Future Part III ( 1990 ), forming a trilogy . | Who directed Back To The Future? |
Bolivia | On this day in 1967, socialist revolutionary and guerilla leader Che Guevara, age 39, is killed by the Bolivian army. The U.S.-military-backed Bolivian forces captured Guevara on October 8 while battling his band of guerillas in Bolivia and assassinated him the following day. His hands were cut off as proof of death and his body was buried in an unmarked grave. In 1997, Guevara’s remains were found and sent back to Cuba, where they were reburied in a ceremony attended by President Fidel Castro and thousands of Cubans. | Where was Che Guevara killed? |
Captain | That's the essence of "Toni Tennille: A Memoir" (Taylor Trade Publishing), which details the relationship of Daryl "the Captain" Dragon and Toni Tennille, better known as `70s pop-music duo the Captain & Tennille. | Daryl Dragon used which name when he formed a 70s duo? |
Robert | Oliver Reed was born on February 13, 1938 in Wimbledon, London, England as Robert Oliver Reed. He was an actor, known for Gladiator (2000), Oliver! (1968) and Tommy (1975). He was married to Josephine Burge and Kate Byrne. He died on May 2, 1999 in Valletta, Malta. See full bio » | What was Oliver Reed's real first name? |
Costa Rica | Sansa and Nature Air regularly operate flights to at least 12 destinations across the country linked from San Jose. Both of these Costa Rica airlines use a variety of small prop planes that carry between 9 and 25 passangers. With these airlines you can fly not only to major cities like Liberia International Airport or Quepos Domestic Airport , but you can get flights to remote regions such as the Puerto Jiménez Domestic Airport in South Puntarenas or the La Fortuna / Arenal Volcano Domestic Airport in Alajuela. It is important to note that while Sansa and Nature Air operate from the Juan Santamaria International Airport , many charters operate out of the domestic Tobias Bolanos Airport in downtown San Jose, a 20 minute drive away. | Which country does the airline Sansa come from? |
Tom T. Hall | "Harper Valley PTA" is a country song written by Tom T. Hall that was a major international hit single for country singer Jeannie C. Riley in 1968. Riley's record sold over six million copies as a single. The song made Riley the first woman to top both the Billboard Hot 100 and the U.S. Hot Country Singles charts with the same song, a feat that would go unrepeated until Dolly Parton's "9 to 5" in 1981. | Who wrote the song Harper Valley PTA? |
Suspicious Minds | Elvis Presley's last No. 1 hit, "Suspicious Minds," was recorded at American Sound Studio in Nashville, Tenn. The studio folded in 1972, and the building was later torn down. | What was Elvis's last No 1 in his own lifetime? |
Agnes DeMille | Rodeo was originally a ballet choreographed by Agnes DeMille and scored by Copland in 1942 for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo . It premiered that year at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City with DeMille in the title role to great acclaim. Copland converted the music into an orchestral suite, Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo , which was premiered by the Boston Pops in 1943. This version, whose chief difference from the ballet music was the removal of one movement and the trimming of other sections, became one of Copland’s most popular and enduring works. This is especially true of the first movement, Buckaroo Holiday, and the last, Hoedown. Both of these have been arranged for band. | Who choreographed the first performance of Copland's Rodeo? |
Zane Grey | Riders of the Purple Sage is a Western novel by Zane Grey, first published by Harper & Brothers in 1912. Considered by many critics to have played a significant role in shaping the formula of the popular Western genre, the novel has been called "the most popular western novel of all time." | Who wrote Riders of the Purple Sage? |
David Wark | D.W. Griffith, in full David Wark Griffith (born January 22, 1875, Floydsfork, Kentucky , U.S.—died July 23, 1948, Hollywood , California ), pioneer American motion-picture director, credited with developing many of the basic techniques of filmmaking, in such films as The Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance (1916), Broken Blossoms (1919), Way Down East (1920), Orphans of the Storm (1921), and The Struggle (1931). | What were D W Griffith's first names? |
Charles M Schulz | “Happiness is a warm puppy” – Charles M Schulz | | "Who created the line, ""Happiness is a warm puppy?" |
Howard Hawks | This film was directed by the respected Howard Hawks, who, besides the aforementioned Outlaw, directed other well-regarded American films such as Red River, The Big Sleep, His Girl Friday and Sergeant York. Hawk directed Monroe in two small parts just prior to Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, including a cameo in O. Henry's Full House, and her memorable supporting role in Monkey Business. Hawks and Marilyn locked horns in this production. After dealing with Marilyn's request for retakes, Hawks reportedly told Fox executives how production could be sped up: "three wonderful ideas: Replace Marilyn, rewrite the script and make it shorter, and get a new director." | Who directed The Big Sleep and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes? |
1927 | Thus, when The Jazz Singer was released on October 6, 1927 it became the first feature-length film (89 minutes long) to include dialogue on the filmstrip itself. The Jazz Singer made way for the future of "talkies," which is what movies with audio soundtracks were called. | In which year was the talkie The Jazz Singer released? |
Denmark | Alborg Airport (IATA code AAL) is a civilian and military airport situated in Denmark. It is the third largest airport in the country and serves at about 1.4 million passengers each year. The airport works from 5 a.m. to 12 p.m. and has a duty free shop open to all passengers that depart from here. The Alborg Airport could be reached by bus, car and taxi. There are eight airlines that operate here, offering flights to total of seventeen airports Including domestic flights and international long-distance flights. The airport serves many charter airlines as well. | Alborg Roedslet international airport is in which country? |
Crocodile Rock | With only ten tracks total, the compilers left off several other hit singles from the time period. "Tiny Dancer" and "Levon" from the Madman Across the Water album made it to No. 41 and No. 24 respectively as singles in the US, and "The Bitch Is Back," his most recent single, was a No. 4 in the US and topped the chart in Canada. Although all of these charted higher than "Border Song," it may have been included because it was the first Elton John single to chart in any market. Of the ten selections for the North American album, two ("Crocodile Rock" and "Bennie and the Jets") had been US No. 1 hits; in Canada, five (these two plus "Daniel", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me") had been chart-toppers. | What was Elton John's first US No 1 hit? |
1960s | The architecture of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, reified the American electronic church of the 1960s and 1970s. It crafted a futuristic and luxurious image that spoke to technological optimism and material wealth embedded within the American evangelical tradition. Roberts created an institution that made real what was otherwise a disembodied experience of church over the airways, offering a pilgrimage point for the millions that his ministry reached. In 1969, a Kentucky steel mill worker and his wife drove to Tulsa specifically to visit the university. A chance encounter with Roberts himself on the campus became “the thrill of their vacation.” 92 By 1970, more than 100,000 people visited Oral Roberts University annually, making it the most visited tourist site in Tulsa. 93 Influenced by the Seattle World’s Fair, Roberts created a permanent religious fair, one that showcased what belief in Christ could mean. | In which decade was the Oral Roberts University founded at Tulsa? |
Milton Babbit | Philomel, a serial composition composed in 1964, combines synthesizer with both live and recorded soprano voice. It is Milton Babbitt’s best-known work and was planned as a piece for performance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, funded by the Ford Foundation and commissioned for soprano Bethany Beardslee. Babbitt created Philomel in the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, of which he was a founding member. | Whose musical works included Composition For Orchestra and Philomel? |
Athens | The 2004 Summer Olympic Games (, ), officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad and commonly known as Athens 2004, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team officials from 201 countries. There were 301 medal events in 28 different sports. Athens 2004 marked the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics that all countries with a National Olympic Committee were in attendance. 2004 marked the return of the games to the city where they began. | Where were the 2004 Summer Olympic Games held? |
32 | Karen Carpenter died 33 years ago on 1983-02-04. She was only 32 years old. | When she died how old was Karen Carpenter? |
Fighting well | The first-ever modern Olympics was held in Athens, Greece in 1896. The founder of the International Olympic Committee Baron Pierre de Coubertin once said “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part, the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.” | "According to the modern Olympics founder Baron de Coubertin, ""The essential thing is not conquering but..."" what?" |
Minnesota | Charles Monroe Schulz was born on November 26, 1922, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The only child of dad Carl, a German immigrant and barber, and mom Dena, a waitress turned homemaker, Schulz spent most of his childhood in the Twin Cities, outside of a two-year stint in Needles, California, after the onset of the Great Depression. | In which state was Charles Schulz born? |
1946 | Oliver William Stone was born on September 15, 1946, in New York City, the only child of Louis and Jacqueline Goddet Stone. His father was a successful stockbroker. Stone's childhood was marked by all the privileges of wealth—private schooling, summer vacations in France, and most importantly, a sense of patriotism. Stone's father was strongly conservative (one who believes in maintaining social and political traditions and who opposes change). When Stone was a junior at the Hill School, a Pennsylvania college prep academy, his parents decided to divorce. He discovered that his father was actually deeply in debt, which led him to question the values he had been taught. Stone entered Yale University in 1965, but he quit after only one year. | In what year was Oliver Stone born? |
William Bailey | Depending who you ask, Guns N' Roses vocalist Axl Rose is either considered a rock music icon who is worshipped by millions as an almost Christ-like figure, or hated as a homophobic, misogynistic, and woefully self-indulgent "rock star" (in his defense, Rose has denied that he's a homophobe or a misogynist), as well as thought of as a tyrant by his ex-bandmates. William Bruce Rose was born on February 6, 1962, in Lafayette, IN, and suffered sexual abuse from his biological father and physical abuse from his eventual stepfather at an early age (Rose changed his name to William Bailey after his mother remarried). Rose was also an outcast in school, where he was picked on for being "different," but found solace in singing with his school and church vocal choir and eventually rock music. His rough teenage years were eased a bit when he befriended a Keith Richards-worshipping chap by the name of Jeff Isbell, who shared Rose's interest in music. Isbell left Indiana for the streets of Los Angeles in the early '80s with hopes of forming a rock band, and Rose followed shortly thereafter, changing his name to W. Axl Rose (while Isbell soon adopted the name Izzy Stradlin). | What is Axl Rose's real name? |
Australia | Ansett Australia also known as Ansett-ANA and Ansett was a major Australian airline group, based in Melbourne. The airline flew domestically within Australia and from the 1990s to destinations in Asia. The airline was placed into administration in 2001 after suffering financial collapse, and subsequent organised liquidation in 2002, subject to deed of company arrangement. Ansett became an icon and greatly contributed to the advancement of aviation within Australia during its 66-year life. | Which country does the airline Ansett come from? |
Saratoga Springs | The College is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Empire State College administrative offices are located in Saratoga Springs, New York. | Where is New York's Empire State College located? |
Anc | Umkhonto we Sizwe, Spear of the Nation, was arguably the last of the great liberation armies of the twentieth century-but it never got to \u201cmarch triumphant into Pretoria.\u201d MK-as it was known-was the armed wing of the African National Congress, South Africa's liberation movement, that challenged the South African apartheid government. A small group of revolutionaries committed to the seizure of power, MK discovered its principal members engaged in negotiated settlement with the enemy and was disbanded soon after. The history of MK is one of paradox and contradiction, of successes and failures. In this short study, which draws widely on the personal experiences of-and commentary by-MK soldiers, Janet Cherry offers a new and nuanced account of the Spear of the Nation. She presents in broad outline the various stages of MK's thirty-year history, considers the difficult strategic and moral problems the revolutionary army faced, and argues that its operations are likely to be remembered as a just war conducted with considerable restraint. show more | Spear of the Nation was an armed wing of which group? |
Puerto Rico | Casals died in 1973 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, at the age of 96 and was buried at the Puerto Rico National Cemetery. He did not live to see the end of the Franco dictatorial regime, but he was posthumously honoured by the Spanish government under King Juan Carlos I which, in 1976, issued a commemorative postage stamp to Pau Casals in honour of the centenary of his birth. In 1979 his remains were laid to rest in his hometown of El Vendrell, Catalonia. | Where was Pablo Casals buried before he was finally laid to rest in Spain? |
Spain | 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 trend in Spanish airports and the decrease in operations by some of the companies. | Santander international airport is in which country? |
1993 | Nigel Ernest James Mansell, (; born 8 August 1953) is a British former racing driver who won both the Formula One World Championship (1992) and the CART Indy Car World Series (1993). Mansell was the reigning F1 champion when he moved over to CART, becoming the first person to win the CART title in his debut season, and making him the only person to hold both the World Drivers Championship and the American open-wheel National Championship simultaneously. | In which year was Nigel Mansell Indy Car Champion? |
Woodrow Wilson | Thomas R. Marshall, (born March 14, 1854, North Manchester, Ind., U.S.—died June 1, 1925, Washington, D.C.), 28th vice president of the United States (1913–21) in the Democratic administration of President Woodrow Wilson . He was the first vice president in almost a century to serve two terms in office. A popular public official, he was heard to make the oft-quoted remark: “What this country needs is a really good five-cent cigar.” | Thomas Marshal was Vice President to which US President? |
Flight attendant | Ellen Church (September 22, 1904 – August 22, 1965) was the first female flight attendant. | Ellen Church is recognized as being the first female what? |
Venezuela | Avensa (Aerovías Venezolanas Sociedad Anonima) was a Venezuelan airline headquartered in Caracas. It is in the process of financial restructuring, after it went into bankruptcy due to poor management in 2002. It operated from its hub at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetía. | Which country does the airline Avensa come from? |
Operation Junction City | Operation Junction City was an 82-day military operation conducted by United States and Republic of Vietnam (RVN or South Vietnam) forces begun on February 22, 1967 lasting until May 14, 1967. It was the largest U.S. airborne operation since Operation Market Garden during World War II, the only major airborne operation of the Vietnam War, and one of the largest U.S. operations of the Southeast Asian conflict. | What was the USA's biggest attack of the Vietnam War when it took place in February 1967? |
Night Shift | Michael John Douglas (born September 5, 1951), known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor, comedian, producer, and director. Keaton first rose to fame for his comedic film roles in Night Shift (1982), Mr. Mom (1983), Johnny Dangerously (1984) and Beetlejuice (1988), and he earned further acclaim for his dramatic portrayal of Bruce Wayne / Batman in Tim Burton's Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992). Since then, he has appeared in a variety of films ranging from dramas and romantic comedies to thriller and action films; such as Clean and Sober (1988), The Dream Team (1989), Pacific Heights (1990), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), My Life (1993), The Paper (1994), Multiplicity (1996), Jackie Brown (1997), The Other Guys (2010), Need for Speed (2014), RoboCop (2014), Birdman (2014) and Spotlight (2015), and he also provided voices for characters in the animated films Cars (2006), Toy Story 3 (2010) and Minions (2015). | What was Michael Keaton's first movie? |