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As at the start of 2003, what is the make and model of the bestselling car of all time?

Top 50: Best Selling Cars Of All Time Top 50: Best Selling Cars Of All Time Updated on February 20, 2009 Introduction With all the millions of cars made and sold over the last 100 years, what are the best selling? This Top 50 has all the biggest sellers from around the world. The info on sales has been found all over the net to compile a current list of the big sellers. Any car with only one date and a + after the number is currently in production. The Chevrolet Camaro is not as "in production" because it not due out till Spring 09. 50. Peugeot 405 (1988-1997) - 3,461,800 50. Peugeot 405 (1988-1997) - 3,461,800 49. Peugeot 504: (1968-2005) - 3,713,400 49. Peugeot 504: (1968-2005) - 3,713,400 48. Fiat 127: (1971-1983) - 3,750,000 48. Fiat 127: (1971-1983) - 3,750,000 47. Citroen 2CV: (1948-1990) - 3,872,583 47. Citroen 2CV: (1948-1990) - 3,872,583 46. Fiat 500: (1957- ) - 3,900,000+ 46. Fiat 500: (1957- ) - 3,900,000+ 45. Pontiac Grand Am: (1973-2005) - 4,000,000 45. Pontiac Grand Am: (1973-2005) - 4,000,000 44. Ford Cortina: (1962-1982) - 4,279,079 44. Ford Cortina: (1962-1982) - 4,279,079 43. Ford Model A: (1927-31) - 4,320,446 43. Ford Model A: (1927-31) - 4,320,446 42. Opel Ascona: (1970-1988) - 4,400,000 42. Opel Ascona: (1970-1988) - 4,400,000 41. Fiat 126: (1973-2000) - 4,671,586 41. Fiat 126: (1973-2000) - 4,671,586 40. Chevrolet Camaro: (1967-2002) - 4,800,000 40. Chevrolet Camaro: (1967-2002) - 4,800,000 39. Ford Ranger: (1983- ) - 5,150,000+ 39. Ford Ranger: (1983-) - 5,150,000+ 38. Ford E-Series: (1961- ) - 5,200,000+ 38. Ford E-Series: (1961- ) - 5,200,000+ 37. Peugeot 205: (1983-1998) - 5,278,000 37. Peugeot 205: (1983-1998) - 5,278,000 36. Toyota Land Cruiser: (1953- ) - 5,300,000+ 36. Toyota Land Cruiser: (1953- ) - 5,300,000+ 35. Ford Crown Victoria: (1980- ) - 5,500,000+ 35. Ford Crown Victoria: (1980- ) - 5,500,000+ 34. Ford Focus: (1998- ) - 5,500,000+ 34. Ford Focus: (1998- ) - 5,500,000+ 33. Mitsubishi Galant: (1969- ) - 5,550,000+ 33. Mitsubishi Galant: (1969- ) - 5,550,000+ 32. Ford Explorer: (1991- ) - 5,700,00+ 32. Ford Explorer: (1991- ) - 5,700,00+ 31. Nissan Sunny: (1966- ) - 5,900,000+ 31. Nissan Sunny: (1966- ) - 5,900,000+ 30. Buick Le Sabre: (1959-2005) - 6,000,000 30. Buick Le Sabre: (1959-2005) - 6,000,000 29. Peugeot 206: (1998- 2007 ) - 6,100,000 29. Peugeot 206: (1998-2007) - 6,100,000 28. Chevrolet Cavalier: (1982-2005) - 6,200,000 28. Chevrolet Cavalier: (1982-2005) - 6,200,000 27. Vauxhall/Opel Vectra: (1988-2008) - 6,500,000 27. Vauxhall/Opel Vectra: (1988-2008) - 6,500,000 26. BMC/BL/BMW Mini: (1959- ) - 6,700,000+ 26. BMC/BL/BMW Mini: (1959- ) - 6,700,000+ 25. Ford Taurus: (1986- ) - 6,750,000+ 25. Ford Taurus: (1986- ) - 6,750,000+ 24. Fiat Punto: (1993- ) - 6,800,000+ 24. Fiat Punto: (1993- ) - 6,800,000+ 23. Renault 4: (1961-1992) - 8,150,000 23. Renault 4: (1961-1992) - 8,150,000 22. Ford Mustang: (1964- ) - 8,300,000+ 22. Ford Mustang: (1964- ) - 8,300,000+ 21. Renault 5: (1972-1996) - 8,800,000 21. Renault 5: (1972-1996) - 8,800,000 20. Renault Clio: (1991- ) - 8,900,000+ 20. Renault Clio: (1991- ) - 8,900,000+ 19. Fiat Uno: (1983- ) - 9,150,000+ 19. Fiat Uno: (1983- ) - 9,150,000+ 18. BMW 3-Series: (1977- ) - 9,800,000+ 18. BMW 3-Series: (1977- ) - 9,800,000+ 17. Vauxhall/Opel Astra: (1991- ) - 10,000,000+ 17. Vauxhall/Opel Astra: (1991- ) - 10,000,000+ 16. Mazda 323: (1963-2003) - 10,480,000 16. Mazda 323: (1963-2003) - 10,480,000 15. Toyota Camry: (1983- ) - 10,500,000+ 15. Toyota Camry: (1983- ) - 10,500,000+ 14. Chrysler Voyager: (1984- ) - 11,700,000+ 14. Chrysler Voyager: (1984- ) - 11,700,000+ 13. Oldsmobile Cutlass: (1961-99) - 11,900,000 13. Oldsmobile Cutlass: (1961-99) - 11,900,000 12. Vauxhall/Opel Corsa: (1982- ) - 12,000,000+ 12. Vauxhall/Opel Corsa: (1982- ) - 12,000,000+ 11. Ford Fiesta: (1976- ) - 12,500,000+ 11. Ford Fiesta: (1976- ) - 12,500,000+ 10. Chevrolet Impala: (1958- ) - 14,000,000+ 10. Chevrolet Impala: (1958- ) - 14,000,000+ 9. Volkswagen Passat: (1973- ) - 14,100,000+ 9. Volkswagen Passat: (1973- ) - 14,100,000+ 8. Honda Accord: (1976- ) - 15

The prancing horse is the symbol of which racing car?

History of the Ferrari Prancing Horse Logo History of the Ferrari Prancing Horse Logo Logo Design Resources → The famous symbol of the Ferrari race team is a black prancing stallion on a yellow shield, usually with the letters S F (for Scuderia Ferrari), with three stripes of green, white and red (the Italian national colors) at the top. The road cars have a rectangular badge on the hood, and, optionally, the shield-shaped race logo on the sides of both front wings, close to the door. On June 17, 1923, Enzo Ferrari won a race at the Savio track in Ravenna where he met the Countess Paolina, mother of Count Francesco Baracca, an ace of the Italian air force and national hero of World War I, who used to paint a horse on the side of his planes. The Countess asked Enzo to use this horse on his cars, suggesting that it would bring him good luck. The original "prancing horse" on Baracca's airplane was painted in red on a white cloud-like shape, but Ferrari chose to have the horse in black (as it had been painted as a sign of grief on Baracca's squadron planes after the pilot was killed in action) and he added a canary yellow background as this is the color of the city of Modena, his birthplace. The Ferrari horse was, from the very beginning, markedly different from the Baracca horse in most details, the most noticeable being the tail that in the original Baracca version was pointing downward. Ferrari has used the cavallino rampante on official company stationery since 1929. Since the Spa 24 Hours of July 9, 1932, the cavallino rampante has been used on Alfa Romeos raced by Scuderia Ferrari. The motif of a prancing horse is old, it can be found on ancient coins. A similar black horse on a yellow shield is the Coat of Arms of the German city of Stuttgart, home of Mercedes-Benz and the design bureau of Porsche, both being main competitors of Alfa and Ferrari in the 1930s. The city's name derives from Stutengarten, an ancient form of the German word Gest üt, which translates into English as stud farm and into Italian as scuderia. Porsche also includes the Stuttgart sign in its corporate logo, centred in the emblem of the state of Württemberg. Stuttgart's Rössle has both rear legs firmly planted on the soil, like Baracca's horse, but unlike Ferrari's cavallino. Fabio Taglioni used the cavallino rampante on his Ducati motorbikes, as Taglioni was born at Lugo di Romagna like Baracca, and his father too was a military pilot during WWI (although not part of Baracca's squadron, as is sometimes mistakenly reported). As Ferrari's fame grew, Ducati abandoned the horse- perhaps the result of a private agreement between the two companies. The cavallino rampante is now a trademark of Ferrari. Cavallino Magazine uses the name, but not the logo. However, other companies use similar logos: Avanti, an Austrian company operating over 100 filling stations, uses a prancing horse logo which is nearly identical to Ferrari's, as does Iron Horse Bicycles. Many pay homage to the Ferrari logo, e.g. the Jamiroquai album Travelling Without Moving.

Who designed the first modern petrol-driven internal combustion engine for the car?

Who Invented the Car? - History of the Automobile Who Invented the Car? A Frenchmen made the first automobile, but its evolution was a worldwide effort. History of Cars.  Gaetty Images By Mary Bellis Updated July 01, 2016. The very first self-powered road vehicles were powered by steam engines and by that definition Nicolas Joseph Cugnot of France built the  first automobile  in 1769 - recognized by the British Royal Automobile Club and the Automobile Club de France as being the first. So why do so many history books say that the automobile was invented by either Gottlieb Daimler or Karl Benz? It is because both Daimler and Benz invented highly successful and practical gasoline-powered vehicles that ushered in the age of modern automobiles. Daimler and Benz invented cars that looked and worked like the cars we use today. However, it is unfair to say that either man invented "the" automobile. History of the Internal Combustion Engine - The Heart of the Automobile An internal combustion engine is any engine that uses the explosive combustion of fuel to push a piston within a cylinder - the piston's movement turns a crankshaft that then turns the car wheels via a chain or a drive shaft. continue reading below our video Should I Buy my House or Continue to Rent?  The different types of fuel commonly used for car combustion engines are gasoline (or petrol), diesel, and kerosene. A brief outline of the history of the internal combustion engine includes the following highlights: 1680 - Dutch physicist,  Christian Huygens  designed (but never built) an internal combustion engine that was to be fueled with gunpowder. 1807 - Francois Isaac de Rivaz of Switzerland invented an internal combustion engine that used a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen for fuel. Rivaz designed a car for his engine - the first internal combustion powered automobile. However, his was a very unsuccessful design. 1824 - English engineer, Samuel Brown adapted an old Newcomen steam engine to burn gas, and he used it to briefly power a vehicle up Shooter's Hill in London. 1858 - Belgian-born engineer, Jean JosephÉtienne Lenoir invented and patented (1860) a double-acting, electric spark-ignition internal combustion engine fueled by coal gas. In 1863, Lenoir attached an improved engine (using petroleum and a primitive carburetor) to a three-wheeled wagon that managed to complete an historic fifty-mile road trip. (See image at top) 1862 - Alphonse Beau de Rochas, a French civil engineer, patented but did not build a four-stroke engine (French patent #52,593, January 16, 1862). 1864 - Austrian engineer,  Siegfried Marcus *, built a one-cylinder engine with a crude carburetor, and attached his engine to a cart for a rocky 500-foot drive. Several years later, Marcus designed a vehicle that briefly ran at 10 mph that a few historians have considered as the forerunner of the modern automobile by being the world's first gasoline-powered vehicle (however, read  conflicting notes  below). 1873 - George Brayton, an American engineer, developed an unsuccessful two-stroke kerosene engine (it used two external pumping cylinders). However, it was considered the first safe and practical oil engine. 1866 - German engineers, Eugen Langen and Nikolaus August Otto improved on Lenoir's and de Rochas' designs and invented a more efficient gas engine. 1876 - Nikolaus August Otto invented and later patented a successful four-stroke engine, known as the "Otto cycle". 1876 - The first successful two-stroke engine was invented by Sir Dougald Clerk. 1883 - French engineer, Edouard Delamare-Debouteville, built a single-cylinder four-stroke engine that ran on stove gas. It is not certain if he did indeed build a car, however, Delamare-Debouteville's designs were very advanced for the time - ahead of both Daimler and Benz in some ways at least on paper. 1885 - Gottlieb Daimler invented what is often recognized as the prototype of the modern gas engine - with a vertical cylinder, and with gasoline injected through a carburetor (patented in 1887). Daimler first built a two-wheeled vehicle the "R

What make of car featured in the film Back To The Future?

Perfect Replica of BACK TO THE FUTURE Delorean For Sale. Minus Working Flux Capacitor | Collider | Collider Perfect Replica of BACK TO THE FUTURE Delorean For Sale. Minus Working Flux Capacitor SHARE TWEET 0 If you’re a Back to the Future fan, an auction has just gone up on eBay that will make you wish you had an extra $70 grand lying around.  That’s because someone is selling “the most screen accurate Back to the Future Delorean Time Machine replica to ever appear on eBay”.  At least according to the seller.  But after looking over the pictures, I have to say, he might be right.  I am absolutely floored by how accurate the car looks to what was on screen, and I really suggest hitting the jump and looking at some of the pictures.  Also, the key features of the car are incredible. Here’s some of the highlights: – Built on a beautiful, super-clean, stock 1981 5-speed manual transmission DMC-12 with over $16,000 of mechanical work and upgrades performed at DMC California in September of 2008. — Approx. 78K miles on vehicle. — Programmable time circuits which function just like those in the film. — Functioning digital speedometer on the dashboard (reads actual vehicle speed). — Main Time Circuit switch functions just like in the film, with all sound effects. — All interior indicators and switches light up, just like in the film, — Sound effects for door openings. — Includes “Plutonium rods,” which can be loaded in to the “reactor” on the rear of car, just like in the film. — Exterior flux band lighting — Custom “95 MPH” in-dash speedometer like the one mocked up for the film. The stock Delorean   speedometer only goes up to 85MPH. — Screen-accurate “OUTATIME” metal-stamped license plate with 1986 registration tag. — Eagle Goodyear GT tires, as seen in the film (not pictured). Here’s what was written on the eBay page with some of the pictures from the auction.  Check out the actual auction for even more pictures. Well, if you’ve been looking for a Delorean Time Machine, look no further. This is the most screen accurate Back to the Future Delorean Time Machine replica to ever appear on eBay. It is a real masterpiece. You might be asking yourself why it’s so expensive? Well, try to build a super-accurate Delorean Time Machine yourself, and you’ll quickly see how time consuming it is. That last 20% of accuracy takes 500% more time and effort. You also might wonder if you could just try to buy one of the “real” cars from the movie. Well, sadly, the “actual” film cars have been rotting away on the Universal backlot for the last 25 years, being picked apart and neglected. You wouldn’t want it. This car is what you want, a car that looks exactly like what you saw in the film, with all the cool lights, sounds and buttons you thought the car in the film had (but never really did). People are often really disappointed when they see a prop up close. Movie props are designed to be filmed from a distance, but this car truly looks and feels “real” even up close. It is in many ways “better” than the “real” car, as many replica props often are, because the people who build them spend so much more time and effort tending to every last detail. Changes in my life are forcing me to part with this amazing machine, but I’m sure someone out there will appreciate its beauty and unmatched attention to detail. Pictures don’t even really do it justice. I have had a blast owning it, and now it just needs someone else to enjoy the ride. I want you to be thrilled with your purchase just like I was, so please don’t bid if you can’t afford it, or if you don’t know what you’re buying. In the end, this is a 1:1 scale model, and needs to be treated with love and care; I want it to last a lifetime. Offered for sale: 1981 Delorean DMC-12 expertly modified to look exactly like the vehicle featured in the film “Back to the Future.” This incredibly accurate replica of the Delorean Time Machine was painstakingly built by Gary Weaver, owner of www.bttfparts.com, over the course of 2 years, from 2006-2008. This is the only car Gary has ever built on commission, and, o

In which country was the first Audi made?

Audi History | Classic Audi Models | Audi USA Audi history A symbol of progressive engineeringThe four rings It's one of the most multi-faceted stories ever told in the history of the automobile. The Audi emblem with its four rings identifies one of Germany’s oldest-established automobile manufacturers. It symbolizes the amalgamation in 1932 of four previously independent motor-vehicle manufacturers: Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer. These companies form the roots of what is today AUDI AG. Pioneering Audi visionaryAugust Horch The story of Audi began in 1899 August Horch founded Horch & Cie. in Cologne. It was there that he helped build his first car. After differences of opinion with the board, August Horch left the company and formed a second car company. Because his surname was already in use and was protected by trademark, he chose its Latin translation for the new company. So "horch!" – or "hark" – became "audi!". It was a brilliant idea that came from the son of one of August Horch's business partners. Thanks to his victorious involvement in the Austrian Alpine Runs, August Horch succeeded in making Audi internationally known in just a few years. After the First World War, August Horch withdrew from the company and moved to Berlin to work as an independent automotive expert. A legend, condensedAudi highlights Take a trip through the storied past of Audi and learn about everything from the production of the first left hand drive vehicle to the invention of legendary Audi quattro® all-wheel drive. Soon, you'll understand why Audi is one of the most hallowed names in any industry.

Behind U.S.A. which country has the second longest road network in the world?

What Is The Longest Road in the United States? - Ask the Rambler - General Highway History - Highway History - Federal Highway Administration Home / Resources / Highway History / General Highway History / Ask the Rambler / What Is The Longest Road in the United States? Ask the Rambler What Is The Longest Road in the United States? Welcome, once again, to the popular feature which allows the Rambler to make up a question he already knows the answer to, pretend he had to do a lot of eye-straining research, and submit a voucher for "travel expenses." Well, he's done it again, and we're not falling for it. But here's his answer anyway. Background The longest road in the United States was once the second longest: U.S. 20 from Boston, Massachusetts, to Newport, Oregon. This map of the Northwest shows the final routing of U.S. 20, U.S. 30, and other U.S. highways as approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials on November 11, 1926. Click for larger version 2 mb When the State and Federal highway officials on the Joint Board on Interstate Highways conceived the U.S. numbered highway system in 1925, they decided that numbers ending in zero would be assigned to the transcontinental or major east-west routes, with the lowest number in the north (U.S. 2 was assigned to the northernmost route to avoid using U.S. 0). The transcontinental or major east-west routes were: U.S. 2:  Houlton, Maine, to Bonners Ferry, Idaho. U.S. 10: Detroit, Michigan, to Seattle, Washington. U.S. 20: Boston, Massachusetts, to Astoria, Oregon. U.S. 30: Atlantic City, New Jersey, to Salt Lake City, Utah. U.S. 40: Wilmington, Delaware, to San Francisco, California. U.S. 50: Annapolis, Maryland, to Wadsworth, Nevada. U.S. 60: Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California. U.S. 70: Morehead City, North Carolina, to Holbrook, Arizona. U.S. 80: Savannah, Georgia, to Laredo, Texas. U.S. 90: Jacksonville, Florida, to Van Horn, Texas. The description of U.S. 20 in the Joint Board's report of October 30, 1925, read (all spellings as in the original): From Boston, Massachusetts, to Springfield, Pittsfield, Albany, New York, Auburn, Batavia, Buffalo, Erie, Pennsylvania, Cleveland, Ohio, Maumee, South Bend, Indiana, Chicago, Illinois, Rockford, Dubuque, Iowa, Waterloo, Webster City, Sioux City, O'Neill, Nebraska, Chadron, Lusk, Wyoming, Casper, Shoshoni, Greybull, Yellowstone National Park, Idaho Falls, Idaho, Pocatello, Twin Falls, Boise, Payette, Pendleton, Oregon, Umatilla, The Dalles, Portland, Astoria.[Emphasis added] The Secretary of Agriculture forwarded the Joint Board's report to the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) for adoption. This transmittal reflected the fact that the States owned the roads. AASHO asked the States for their concurrence in the Joint Board's proposed plan and numbering. A Numbering Switch On December 30, 1925, Roy A. Klein, Secretary of the Oregon Highway Commission, wrote to William C. Markham, AASHO's Executive Secretary. Klein explained that the northwestern States supported the plan but had a number of concerns, including the routing of U.S. 20 and U.S. 30. On this matter, he said: The Highway Commission of Oregon approves the numbering of the routes in Oregon with the exception of route #20. This route as at present shown on the map makes a long detour to the north through Yellowstone Park, thence south to Pocatello, Idaho and continues on to the Coast via the Columbia River Gateway. Many sections of this road are unimproved and the route is open only a few months in the year during the summer season on account of snow on the high altitude. Further, there is a $7.50 toll charge on entering the Park for all traffic. Because of this fact, Oregon recommends that Pocatello be made the western terminus of route #20, which is approved by Wyoming and Idaho. The Highway Commission of Oregon favors the extension of route #30 through to the Pacific Coast via Ontario and the Columbia River, which would be effective west of Granger and extending through Kemmerer, Wyoming, Montpelier, Idaho, Pocat

According to the Highway Code, passengers of what age and above are responsible for themselves wearing a seatbelt?

Rules for drivers and motorcyclists (89 to 102) - The Highway Code - Guidance - GOV.UK Rules for drivers and motorcyclists (89 to 102) Rules for drivers and motorcyclists (89 to 102) The Highway Code rules for drivers and motorcyclists, including vehicle condition, fitness to drive, alcohol and drugs, what to do before setting off, vehicle towing and loading and seat belts and child restraints. Vehicle condition (rule 89) Rule 89 Vehicle condition. You MUST ensure your vehicle and trailer comply with the full requirements of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations and Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations (see ‘ The road user and the law ’). Fitness to drive (rules 90 to 94) Rule 90 Make sure that you are fit to drive. You MUST report to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) any health condition likely to affect your driving. Rule 91 Driving when you are tired greatly increases your risk of collision. To minimise this risk make sure you are fit to drive. Do not begin a journey if you are tired. Get a good night’s sleep before embarking on a long journey avoid undertaking long journeys between midnight and 6 am, when natural alertness is at a minimum plan your journey to take sufficient breaks. A minimum break of at least 15 minutes after every two hours of driving is recommended if you feel at all sleepy, stop in a safe place. Do not stop on the hard shoulder of a motorway the most effective ways to counter sleepiness are to drink, for example, two cups of caffeinated coffee and to take a short nap (at least 15 minutes) Rule 92 Vision. You MUST be able to read a vehicle number plate, in good daylight, from a distance of 20 metres (or 20.5 metres where the old style number plate is used). If you need to wear glasses (or contact lenses) to do this, you MUST wear them at all times while driving. The police have the power to require a driver to undertake an eyesight test. Slow down, and if necessary stop, if you are dazzled by bright sunlight. Rule 94 At night or in poor visibility, do not use tinted glasses, lenses or visors if they restrict your vision. Alcohol and drugs (rules 95 to 96) Rule 95 Do not drink and drive as it will seriously affect your judgement and abilities. In England and Wales you MUST NOT drive with a breath alcohol level higher than 35 microgrammes/100 millilitres of breath or a blood alcohol level of more than 80 milligrammes/100 millilitres of blood. In Scotland the legal limits are lower. You MUST NOT drive with a breath alcohol level higher than 22 microgrammes/100 millilitres of breath or a blood alcohol level of more than 50 milligrammes/100 millilitres of blood. Alcohol will give a false sense of confidence reduce co-ordination and slow down reactions affect judgement of speed, distance and risk reduce your driving ability, even if you’re below the legal limit take time to leave your body; you may be unfit to drive in the evening after drinking at lunchtime, or in the morning after drinking the previous evening. The best solution is not to drink at all when planning to drive because any amount of alcohol affects your ability to drive safely. If you are going to drink, arrange another means of transport. Laws RTA 1988 sects 4 , 5 & 11(2) , & PLSR Rule 96 You MUST NOT drive under the influence of drugs or medicine. For medicines, check with your doctor or pharmacist and do not drive if you are advised that you may be impaired. You MUST NOT drive if you have illegal drugs or certain medicines in your blood above specified limits. It is highly dangerous so never take illegal drugs if you intend to drive; the effects are unpredictable, but can be even more severe than alcohol and result in fatal or serious road crashes. Illegal drugs have been specified at very low levels so even small amounts of use could be above the specified limits. The limits for certain medicines have been specified at higher levels, above the levels generally found in the blood of patients who have taken normal therapeutic doses. If you are found to have a concentration of a drug above its specified limit in

What was the name of the Volkswagen Beetle which made it's first appearance in The Love Bug?

BBC - Culture - The VW Beetle: How Hitler’s idea became a design icon History The VW Beetle: How Hitler’s idea became a design icon An idea that came from Hitler would become the best-selling car of all time. Jonathan Glancey explains our enduring love for the Volkswagen Beetle. By Jonathan Glancey 21 October 2014 In 1945, a rare and curious Volkswagen car was shipped from its bomb-damaged German factory to England. Here, a commission of leading British motor manufacturers, chaired by Sir William Rootes, inspected the small, streamlined saloon. It would be “quite unattractive to the average motorcar buyer”, the commission reported. “It is too ugly and noisy”, while “to build the car commercially would be a completely uneconomic enterprise.” This damning judgement proved as ill founded as that of Decca record bosses who, in 1962, declared “The Beatles have no future in show business”, and turned the mop-tops down. Since then, global sales of highly lucrative Beatles’ albums have topped two billion. The Volkswagen Beetle, meanwhile, with its friendly styling by the Austrian designer Erwin Komenda, and innovative engineering by Ferdinand Porsche, became the best-selling car of all time. Production of the Beetle outstripped that of Henry Ford’s Model-T when the 15,007,034th car rolled off the line at Wolfsburg in 1972. The very last Beetles were made in Mexico in 2003 by when more than 21.5 million had been built worldwide. As its name made clear, the Volkswagen was truly a ‘People’s Car’, and, although many modifications were made between 1945 and 2003, the first and last Beetles were clearly peas in the the same mechanical pod. Star vehicle The remarkable thing about the Beetle is not just the sheer number of sales, but the fact that a car developed from an idea of Adolf Hitler’s was to become as loved by Californian surf dudes, college kids and free lovin’ hippies as it was desired by fervent Nazis. Herbie – the anthropomorphic star of six Hollywood movies beginning with The Love Bug in 1968 – was the same car German families had saved up for before Hitler’s invasion of Poland dashed their hopes. Ultimately, the sheer quality, along with the affordability, reliability, economy and distinct look and feel of the Beetle, ensured its success. It had, though, been touch and go for Volkswagen in 1945. Although the car had been on the drawing board since 1934, following a meeting between Hitler and Porsche, the Volkswagen failed to get into production before the war. The idea had been for a small saloon that could carry a German family of five flat-out at 100kph along the country’s new autobahns. It was to have cost 990 Reich Marks, which represented 31 weeks’ pay for the average German worker in 1936, making it cheaper than the £100 Fords being made in England (31 weeks pay for the average British worker in 1936 was about £100). To buy one, however, members of the Volk had to join a special savings scheme run by the organisation KdF (Kraft durch Freude, or Strength through Joy); from 1938, the Volkswagen was officially named the KdF Wagen. There was little joy, though, in rival engineering camps. The Czech car company, Tatra, claimed that Porsche had infringed several design patents, notably those by Hans Ledwinka, an Austrian engineer much admired by Hitler. Tatra took legal action, but Hitler invaded Austria, seized its factory and banned Ledwinka’s VW-like prototypes from public show. In 1961, however, VW made a substantial payment to Tatra through an out-of-court settlement. By then, though, Volkswagen had conquered the world. In 1945, factory and car had been saved by Major Ivan Hirst, a British army officer and engineer. Hirst had witnessed first hand the sheer quality of VW-based military vehicles during the war and believed that, once in production, a peacetime Beetle would have an appeal well beyond Germany. Size matters Sold to the United States in a brilliant ‘Think Small’ advertising campaign launched in 1959 and devised by the New York agency Doyle Dane Bernbach, the Beetle became the biggest selling foreign-made c

In which year did Czechoslovakia become the first country to make seat belts compulsory?

A Brief History of the Czech Republic A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC By Tim Lambert THE FIRST CZECHS From about 400 BC what is now the Czech Republic was inhabited by a Celtic race. The Romans called them the Boii and they gave their name to Bohemia. Then about 100 AD a Germanic people called the Marcomanni conquered the area. The Romans traded with the Marcomanni and sometimes fought with them but they never conquered this part of the world. In the sixth century a Slavic people entered what is now the Czech Republic. According to legend a man called Cech led them. However for centuries they were only a collection of tribes not a single, united people. However in the 9th century a people called the Moravians from the frontier of the Czech Republic and Slovakia created an empire in Central Europe. It was called the Great Moravian Empire and it included what is now the Czech Republic, Slovakia and parts of Germany and Poland. German missionaries began to convert the people of the empire to Christianity. Then the ruler Ratislav (846-870) asked the Byzantine emperor to send missionaries. He sent St Methodius and St Cyril. Wenceslas inherited the throne of Bohemia (Czech Republic) in 921 when he was 14. When he came of age he tried to convert his people to Christianity. However people led by his brother Boleslav opposed him. In 929 Wenceslas was murdered. Afterwards he was canonized (declared a saint). Moreover the march of Christianity could not be stopped and soon all of Bohemia was converted. The Moravian Empire reached a peak under Svatopluk (871-894). However in 896 a fierce people from the east called Magyars invaded. They conquered Slovakia but the Czechs remained independent. THE CZECHS IN THE MIDDLE AGES Furthermore the different tribes in what is now the Czech Republic gradually became united under the Premyslid dynasty. However the Germans overshadowed them. In 950 Bohemia became part of the Holy Roman Empire. What was this empire? The Christian writer Augustine claimed that God created the Roman Empire for the good of mankind. He said there should be one empire led by an emperor just as there was one church led by the pope. In the early 9th century a man named Charlemagne conquered most of western and central Europe. He claimed he was the successor of the old Roman emperors (even though his empire did not include Rome). After his death his empire split into three parts. The eastern part eventually became Germany. However the ruler of the eastern past kept the title emperor. In time his realm became known as the Holy Roman Empire. However it soon became a patchwork quilt of states and the emperor had little power. The Czechs resisted any interference by the emperors in their domestic affairs. In the 13th century Bohemia (Czech Republic) prospered. Silver and gold were discovered and mining became an important industry. German settlers, craftsmen, farmers and miners were encouraged to come and live in Bohemia. Towns and trade flourished. The Premyslid dynasty ended in 1306 when Vaclav III was assassinated. Eventually the Czech nobles offered the throne to John of Luxembourg, husband of Vaclav's sister. The 14th century was a golden age for the Czechs. John, who ruled until 1346 spent most of his time abroad but his son Charles or Karel IV was a great ruler. Under him Bohemia became rich and powerful. In 1355 he was elected Holy Roman Emperor. In 1356 he issued a golden bull which confirmed that the Holy Roman Empire was a commonwealth of sovereign states not a single empire. Charles introduced more efficient farming methods from France. This together with its gold and silver mines made Bohemia prosperous. Charles built many new public buildings and under him the arts flourished. Furthermore in 1348 Charles founded a university in Prague - the first in central Europe. THE HUSSITES By the late 14th century the church was very rich and powerful. It had also fallen into disrepute. The church had split and there were two popes, both claiming to be the 'true' pope. Some people began to demand reform. In England Joh

Which African country has the highest population?

Africa to Record Largest Population Growth Over Next 40 Years Africa to Record Largest Population Growth Over Next 40 Years September 12, 2013 11:13 AM Jennifer Lazuta A woman poses for a photograph with her children in front of house in the slum of Makoko in Lagos, Nigeria, January 22, 2013 Share See comments DAKAR —  A new report predicts that sub-Saharan Africa will record the world's largest population growth between now and 2050. According to the Population Reference Bureau, the world's poorest region will more than double in population, from 1.1 billion to 2.4 billion. By the year 2050, the report states Africa's population is likely to grow by a staggering 1.3 billion people -- the largest growth of any region in the world, including Asia, which currently has about 60 percent of people on the planet. Sub-Saharan Africa, where fertility rates are among the highest in the world, will account for the majority of the increase. In sub-Saharan Africa, the population is expected to grow from 926 million people to nearly 2.2 billion people. Africa's population explosion has the potential to zoom past current estimates, said Carl Haub, a senior demographer at the Population Reference Bureau, a Washington-based non-profit group. “Sub-Saharan Africa has, without a doubt, the greatest population growth potential of any region," said Haub. "The projection today is that it will increase by about two and a half times. But the important thing to remember is that even that projection assumes that the birth ate in sub-Saharan Africa will decrease. And in many of those countries today, it [has] not.” People crowd a street in a market in Lagos, which is expected to overtake Cairo soon as Africa's largest city. The Population Reference Bureau report shows that women in sub-Saharan Africa currently average 5.2 children during their lifetime, compared to averages of 1.6 in Europe and 1.9 in North America. In some African countries, such as Niger, the birth rate is as high as 7.6 children per woman. And even the assumption that this rate will decline steadily over the coming decades, the population of Niger is still expected to nearly quadruple by 2050, according to Haub. In the past, population growth in many African countries was slowed by high rates of HIV/AIDS and infant mortality. But recent improvements in access to health care across the continent mean that people are living longer. While this is a good thing, African countries must now actively work to reduce their fertility rates in order to keep future population growth in check, said Haub. “One of the main things is to include family planning services with maternal health. And inform couples about the different methods and what they can do to either reduce the number of children or to space births out," he said. "It’s much healthier for a woman to have at least two years between the births. And that’s had some success in a few countries. I think it’s fair to say that in many of the other countries, the willingness to do that is really not there.” Haub added that if African populations do grow at projected rates - or even faster - it could lead to many problems, including higher rates of poverty and unemployment, and environmental degradation. That trend might also affect foreign aid from donors, many of whose budgets are already strained by growing numbers of people who need assistance.

As in the famous song Girl From Ipanema, in which country is Ipanema?

The Girl From Ipanema: Brazil's Most Famous Song Share By Carlos Quintana " The Girl From Ipanema ," originally known in Portuguese as "Garota De Ipanema," is the most famous Brazilian song ever recorded in history. This track, which was written in 1962 by Antonio Carlos Jobim (aka Tom Jobim) and Vinicius de Moraes, two of the greatest Brazilian artists of all time, was responsible for providing Brazilian music with an unprecedented worldwide exposure. In the following lines, I will share with you some facts regarding the story and memorable recordings of one of the most enduring tracks in Latin music. The Birth of "Garota De Ipanema" "The Girl From Ipanema" is a good example of the powerful appeal that simple things have in life. The story of this song starts in the 1960s. Back then, Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes used to hang out in a small bar located in the beach of Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro. The two artists, who used to spend their afternoons with a nice glass of whisky, never missed the opportunity to admire the beautiful girls of the area. continue reading below our video Top 5 Grossing Movies of All Time In the winter of 1962, a gorgeous girl who used to stop by the bar on a regular basis caught the attention of the two artists. Her name was Heloisa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto, a young resident of the Ipanema district. Her good looks and elegance inspired the famous lyrics of this song. From "Garota De Ipanema" to "The Girl From Ipanema" On August 2, 1962, "Garota De Ipanema" was played for the first time in a small night club of Copacabana. For 40 nights, Tom Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes and a talented guitarist named Joao Gilberto played the song for the crowd. People loved it from the very beginning. Besides "Garota De Ipanema," during that gig the legendary trio introduced other famous Bossa Nova songs including tracks like "Samba Do Aviao" and "So Danco Samba". In spite of the fact that "Garota De Ipanema" was already popular among the crowd in Copacabana, the first recording of the song was not produced by Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes. In 1963, the singer Pery Ribeiro became the first artist to record this song. That same year, however, Tom Jobim was able to record the song too. He included an instrumental version of "The Girl From Ipanema" on his first American production entitled The Composer of "Desafinado" Plays. Although this version was well accepted, it did not enjoy the popularity of the next recording. On March 1963, Tom Jobim joined American Jazz saxophonist Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto and Astrud Gilberto to record the first English version of "Garota De Ipanema" for the album Getz/Gilberto . Soon after the release of this production, the song became a worldwide hit. After getting a Grammy award, the song was recorded by the top artists of the time including Frank Sinatra who worked with Tom Jobim in the making of a Bossa Nova album together. Since then, "The Girl From Ipanema" has beem recorded by the best artists in the world. Thanks to "The Girl From Ipanema," Bossa Nova took the world by storm. The popularity of Brazilian music can be divided in two parts: Before and after "The Girl From Ipanema." This song has been recorded over a 500 times by some of the most famous singers in the world including Ella Fitzgerald, Madonna, Cher and, more recently, Amy Winehouse. Trivia Facts "The Girl From Ipanema" was the second most played song in the 20th century just behind The Beatles' hit track "Yesterday." Thanks to this song, the small bar where Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes used to hang out changed its name from Bar Veloso to Bar and Restaurante Garota de Ipanema. Likewise, the nearby street, which was originally called Rua Montenegro changed its name to Rua Vinicius de Moraes. Tom Jobim asked several times Heloisa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto (Now Helo Pinheiro) to marry him. Because of this, Helo's boyfriend decided to anticipate their wedding.

What is name of the strait that divides New Zealand into Northern and Southern parts?

New Zealand - Cultural life | history - geography | Britannica.com Cultural life William Ferguson Massey Cultural milieu New Zealand’s cultural influences are predominantly European and Maori . Immigrant groups have generally tended to assimilate into the European lifestyle, although traditional customs are still followed by many Tongans, Samoans, and other Pacific peoples. Maori culture suffered greatly in the years of colonization and into the 20th century, and many Maori were torn between the pressure to assimilate and the desire to preserve their own culture. However, since the 1950s there has been a cultural renaissance, with a determined effort to preserve and revive artistic and social traditions. The culture of the pakeha (the Maori term for those of European descent) has come to incorporate many aspects of Maori culture. The biennial Te Matatini festival, first held in 1972, celebrates Maori culture, especially the traditional dance and song performances known as kapa haka . The festival is held over several days, each time in a different region of New Zealand, and culminates in the national kapa haka championship. Maori King Tuheitia Paki sitting on the throne at his coronation at Ngaruawahia, near Hamilton, New … AP The state has moved progressively to assist and encourage the arts. Creative New Zealand, the national agency for arts funding, gives annual grants in support of theatre , music, modern dance and ballet , opera , and literature . In addition, New Zealand was one of the first countries to establish a fund to compensate writers for the loss of royalties on books borrowed from libraries rather than purchased. The national orchestra is supported by the government through the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. The government also provides taxation and other incentives for the motion-picture industry, and New Zealand-made films have received growing international recognition. Daily life and social customs The Maori culture has seen a renaissance in wood carving and weaving and in the construction of carved and decorated meeting houses (whare whakairo). Maori waiata (songs) and dances have become increasingly popular, especially among the young. Maori meetings—whether hui (assemblies) or tangi (funeral gatherings)—are conducted in traditional fashion, with ancient greeting ceremonies strictly observed. Waves of migrants have also brought different cultures that are celebrated in a variety of ways—for example, in annual festivals such as the Chinese Lantern Festival and Lunar New Year and the Indian festival Diwali . Maori performing kapa haka near Wellington, New Zealand. Photograph: Nick Servian Photography. www.nickservian.com Carvings in front of a Maori meetinghouse in New Zealand. © Sam D. Cruz /Shutterstock.com Rakaia River New Zealand cuisine has also been influenced by the foods of immigrants and the expectations of international tourists. It was originally a combination of traditional British dishes with local delicacies. Fresh seafood was popular along the coasts; mutton , venison , and meat pies were common. Pavlova, a sweet meringue dish, was and remains a popular dessert . Food, however, has become more imaginative and cosmopolitan , and there are many restaurants , bistros, and cafés in the major cities and towns that present a range of classic and ethnic menus. A traditional Maori meal is hangi, a feast of meat, seafood, and vegetables steamed for hours in an earthen oven (umu). New Zealand celebrates a number of national public holidays . Waitangi Day —February 6, the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (1840)—is considered the country’s national day. Commemorations are centred on Waitangi but are held throughout the country. Public celebrations include Maori ceremonies as well as sporting events, music, and parades. With the increasing attention paid to Maori history and culture, Waitangi Day has also become an occasion for reflection on the historical effects of European settlement on the indigenous people. Another, more sombre, public holiday is ANZAC Day —April 25, the

In which Indian city would you find the Taj Mahal?

7 Wonders of India: Taj Mahal - YouTube 7 Wonders of India: Taj Mahal Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Feb 4, 2009 The Taj Mahal (also "the Taj"), located in Agra, is considered the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements from Persian, Turkish, Indian, and Islamic architectural styles. The focus of the Taj Mahal is the white marble tomb, which stands on a square plinth consisting of a symmetrical building with an iwan, an arch-shaped doorway, topped by a large dome. It was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (1628-1658), grandson of Akbar the great, in the memory of his queen Arjumand Bano Begum, entitled 'Mumtaz Mahal'. The plinth and tomb took roughly 12 years to complete. The remaining parts of the complex took an additional 10 years and were completed in order of minarets, mosque and jawab and gateway. A labour force of 20,000 workers was recruited across northern India. Category

Which country has the longest coastline in the world?

Top 5 Countries with Longest Coastlines | Which Country has the Longest Coastline in the World | WhichCountry.co SHARES   It is very difficult or may be impossible to measure the accurate length of a Coastline. There are several countries having longest coastlines in their boundaries, having differences in their lengths. The World Factbook prepared a ranking list of different countries on the basis of coastline’s length. According to different authentic sources it is clearly proved that Canada has the longest coastline in all over the world  which is covering the total area of  202,080 km Canada is a North American Country consisting on 10 provinces and 3 territories. It covers the total area of 9,984,670 square kilometers and 8.92% by water.Its capital is Ottawa, English and French are the official languages here. List of Top 5 Longest Coastlines in the World

In which year did California become one of the United States of America?

Statehood Dates Statehood Dates Territory by Act of March 3, 1817, effective Aug. 15, 1817. Alaska A district from Oct. 18, 1867, until it became an organized territory Aug. 24, 1912. Arizona Feb. 14, 1912 48 th This region was sometimes called Arizona before 1863, although it was still in the Territory of New Mexico. Arkansas June 15, 1836 25 th The territory was larger than the state. After statehood the leftover area to the west had post offices that continued for some years to use an Arkansas abbreviation in the postmarks, although they were really in the "Indian Country." California Sept. 9, 1850 31 st Ceded by Mexico by the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, concluded Feb. 2, 1848, and proclaimed July 4, 1848. From then until statehood, California had a military government until Dec. 20, 1849, and then a local civil government. It never had a territorial form of government. Colorado

What were the first names of the three Bronte sisters?

Literary Names: The Bronte Sisters – Baby Name Blog - Nameberry Nameberry Search for a name or phrase using quick search Find the right name for your baby using our advanced search tool Gender Change your email address and your password Login Literary Names: The Bronte Sisters Posted July 14th, 2011 Share on Pinterest We’ve talked a lot about Shakespearean literary names and characters in Dickens and Jane Austen , but we’ve overlooked three of the best namers in literary history—the sisters Brontë.  We love their own names— Charlotte , Emily and Anne , and we love their initial-appropriate male pen names—Currer, Ellis and Acton .  We even love their surname, which a number of parents have chosen for their daughters. But it is the particularly rich cast of character names in their novels that we love the most.  One of them, in fact, had a considerable effect on baby naming of its era.  Though it’s long been said that it was Shirley Temple who promoted her given name in the 1930s, she wasn’t the first.  In Charlotte Brontë’ second novel, following Jane Eyre, the protagonist of Shirley was given that name because her father had anticipated a boy, and Shirley was a distinctively male name at the time.  The novel’s Father Keeldar made a gender switch that has proven to be permanent. Here is a selection of Brontë bests;  the list isn’t meant to be complete—some of the more common names have not been included. (The initials AB , CB and EB represent Anne , Charlotte and Emily .) GIRLS

Ti Amo means I Love You in which language?

100 Ways to Say 'I Love You' in Italian 100 Ways to Say 'I Love You' in Italian Italian Terms of Love, Affection, and Endearment Sign Up for Our Free Newsletters Thanks, You're in! Health Tip of the Day Recipe of the Day There was an error. Please try again. Please select a newsletter. Please enter a valid email address. Did you mean ? Ti voglio baciare!.  Getty Images/Photodisc/Getty Images Updated February 25, 2016. Whether it's an operatic aria, a love poem, or whispered sweet nothings, many people think that the phrase "I love you" is best voiced in Italian (which is, after all, a romance language ). There are many ways to express the sentiment "I love you" in Italian , so how to choose? Partly it will depend on the relationship and the depth of feeling. Keep in mind, too, that there's a difference between "ti amo" and "ti voglio" —many About.com Italian Language forum members who are native Italian speakers have explained in minute detail the nuances and appropriateness of those two expressions. There are many instances in which expressions of love and commitment are used, such as getting engaged in Italy, marriage vows in Italian and Italian pop lyrics about love, lust, and romance, and, of course, tattoos that express love for Mom . Most important, context is all. In the end, like many linguistic terms, it's best to be less literal and more figurative when considering the most appropriate term continue reading below our video How to Say "I Love You" in Italian 100 Ways to Say I Love You in Italian Here's how to express your love, lust, like, or feigned interest to that certain someone, or how to tell your parents, family members, or friends that you love them. One thing to keep in remember: the translations in English are not always literal, but correspond to the sense—and vice versa. Ti amo! (I love you!) Ti voglio bene. (I love you a lot.) Ti voglio molto bene. (I love you very much.) Mi piaci molto. (I really like you.) Ti adoro. (I adore you.) Ti ammiro. (I admire you.) Sei importante per me. (You are important to me.) Sei tutto per me. (You are everything to me.) Sono innamorato / innamorata di te. (I'm in love with you.) Ho bisogno di te. (I need you.) Ti voglio. (I love you.)) Ti desidero. (I want you.) Mi sento attratto / attratta da te. (I feel attracted attracted to you.) Mi sono infatuato di te. (I'm infatuated with you.) Ho un debole per te. (I'm weak for you.) Significhi tutto per me. (You mean everything to me.) Mi sono affezionato / affezionata a te. (I am fond of you.) Sposami! (Marry me!) Voglio sempre essere con te. (I always want to be with you.) Senza di te non posso più vivere. (I can't live without you.) Ti voglio baciare. (I want to kiss you.) Io sono tuo / tua. (I am yours) Senza di te non sono niente. (Without you I am nothing.) Sei l'uomo / la donna dei miei sogni! (You're the man / woman of my dreams!) Per te farei di tutto! (I would do anything for you!) Sono pazzo / pazza di te. (I'm crazy about you.) Sono abbagliato da te. (I am dazzled by you.) Sei il grande amore della mia vita. (You are the love of my life.) Senza di te la vita non ha più senso. (Without you life has no meaning.) Il mio cuore è solo tuo / tua. (My heart is yours.) Hai conquistato il mio cuore. (You have won my heart.) Giorno e notte sogno solo di te. (Day and night I dream only of you.) Mi hai incantato / incantata. (You have charmed / enchanted me.) Sei l'uomo / la donna della mia vita! (You're the man / woman of my life!) Sei il sole della mia vita. (You are the sunshine of my life.) Sei tutto ciò che voglio. (You're everything I want.) Ti voglio un mondo di bene. (I want a world of good.) Con te voglio invecchiare. (I want to grow old with you.) Ti voglio sempre avere al mio fianco. (I always want you by my side.) Senza di te la vita è un inferno. (Without you life is hell.) Da quando ti conosco la mia vita è un paradiso. (Since I met you my life is a paradise.) Resta sempre con me! (Stay with me always!) Mi hai stregato / stregata. (You have bewitched me.) Potrei guardarti tutto il giorno. (I could watch you al

Which Elvis Presley film has the word love in the title and is the only one in which his character dies?

Elvis Presley - Biography - IMDb Elvis Presley Biography Showing all 302 items Jump to: Overview  (5) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (1) | Trade Mark  (10) | Trivia  (225) | Personal Quotes  (36) | Salary  (24) Overview (5) The King of Rock 'n' Roll Height 5' 11¾" (1.82 m) Mini Bio (1) Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in East Tupelo, Mississippi, to Gladys Presley (née Gladys Love Smith) and Vernon Presley (Vernon Elvis Presley). He had a twin brother who was stillborn. In September 1948, Elvis and his parents moved to Memphis, Tennessee where he attended Humes High School. In 1953, he attended the senior prom with the current girl he was courting, Regis Wilson. After graduating from high school in Memphis, Elvis took odd jobs working as a movie theater usher and a truck driver for Crown Electric Company. He began singing locally as "The Hillbilly Cat", then signed with a local recording company, and then with RCA in 1955. Elvis did much to establish early rock and roll music. He began his career as a performer of rockabilly, an up-tempo fusion of country music and rhythm and blues, with a strong backbeat. His novel versions of existing songs, mixing 'black' and 'white' sounds, made him popular - and controversial - as did his uninhibited stage and television performances. He recorded songs in the rock and roll genre, with tracks like "Jailhouse Rock" and "Hound Dog" later embodying the style. Presley had a versatile voice and had unusually wide success encompassing other genres, including gospel, blues, ballads and pop music. Teenage girls became hysterical over his blatantly sexual gyrations, particularly the one that got him nicknamed "Elvis the Pelvis" (television cameras were not permitted to film below his waist). In 1956, following his six television appearances on The Dorsey Brothers' "Stage Show", Elvis was cast in his first acting role, in a supporting part in Love Me Tender (1956), the first of 33 movies he starred in. In 1958, Elvis was drafted into the military, and relocated to Bad Nauheim, Germany. There he met and fell in love with 14-year old army damsel Priscilla Ann Wagner ( Priscilla Presley ), whom he would eventually marry after an eight-year courtship, and with whom he had his only child, Lisa Marie Presley . Elvis' military service and the "British Invasion" of the 1960s reduced his concerts, though not his movie/recording income. Through the 1960s, Elvis settled in Hollywood, where he starred in the majority of his thirty-three movies, mainly musicals, acting alongside some of the most well known actors in Hollywood. Critics panned most of his films, but they did very well at the box office, earning upwards of $150 million total. His last fiction film, Change of Habit (1969), deals with several social issues; romance within the clergy, an autistic child, almost unheard of in 1969, rape, and mob violence. It has recently received critical acclaim. Elvis made a comeback in the 1970s with live concert appearances starting in early 1970 in Las Vegas with over 57 sold-out shows. He toured throughout the United States, appearing on-stage in over 500 live appearances, many of them sold out shows. His marriage ended in divorce, and the stress of constantly traveling as well as his increasing weight gain and dependence upon stimulants and depressants took their toll. Elvis Presley died at age 42 on August 16, 1977 at his mansion in Graceland, near Memphis, shocking his fans worldwide. At the time of his death, he had sold more than 600 million singles and albums. Since his death, Graceland has become a shrine for millions of followers worldwide. Elvis impersonators and purported sightings have become stock subjects for humorists. To date, Elvis Presley is the only performer to have been inducted into three separate music 'Halls of Fame'. Throughout his career, he set records for concert attendance, television ratings and recordings sales, and remains one of the best-selling and most influential artists in the history of popular music. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Ed Stephan and Chris Holland Spouse

Who discovered penicillin on Valentine's Day in 1929?

Penicillin discovered - Feb 14, 1929 - HISTORY.com Penicillin discovered Publisher A+E Networks Sir Alexander Fleming was a young bacteriologist when an accidental discovery led to one of the great developments of modern medicine on this day in 1929. Having left a plate of staphylococcus bacteria uncovered, Fleming noticed that a mold that had fallen on the culture had killed many of the bacteria. He identified the mold as penicillium notatum, similar to the kind found on bread. On February 14, 1929, Fleming introduced his mold by-product called penicillin to cure bacterial infections. Related Videos

What was the name of the car in the film The Love Bug?

The Love Bug | Disney Movies Cancel The Love Bug Herbie, the lovable car with a mind of his own. Dean Jones, Michele Lee, and Buddy Hackett join Herbie in this revved-up comedy classic. Jones plays down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas, who reluctantly teams up with the little machine. Douglas thinks his sudden winning streak is due to his skill, not Herbie's. He finally realizes the car's worth when a sneaky rival plots to steal Herbie for himself. Herbie, the lovable car with a mind of his own. Dean Jones, Michele Lee, and Buddy Hackett join Herbie in this revved-up comedy classic. Jones plays down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas, who reluctantly teams up with the little machine. Douglas thinks his sudden winning streak is due to his skill, not Herbie's. He finally realizes the car's worth when a sneaky rival plots to steal Herbie for himself. DVD Special Edition Audio Commentary With Dean Jones, Michele Lee, And Buddy Hackett Cartoon: "Susie -- The Little Blue Coupe" That Lovable Bug The Many Lives Of Herbie Herbie Mania Lost Treasures: Searching For Herbie 1969 Disney Studio Album Love Bug Day At Disneyland The Man Who Gave Herbie His Voice Deleted Scenes: "Used Car Lot" & "Playground" Theatrical Trailer Sound Studio 1: "Herbie On The Rocks" Sound Studio 2: "Thorndyke And The Bear" Production Stills: Production Photos, Concept Art, Storyboards Comic Book Biographies: Dean Jones, Michele Lee, Buddy Hackett, David Tomlinson, Robert Stevenson Advertising: Publicity, Posters, Merchandise, Press Book Documents

Which brothers' last film was called Love Happy?

Love Happy (1949) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls while thwarting diamond thieves. Director: a list of 26 titles created 27 Nov 2011 a list of 23 titles created 29 Jul 2012 a list of 44 titles created 05 Nov 2013 a list of 27 titles created 06 Mar 2015 a list of 29 titles created 11 months ago Search for " Love Happy " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure. Director: Archie Mayo A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager. Director: Charles Reisner The Marx Brothers come to the rescue in the Wild West when a young man, trying to settle an old family feud so he can marry the girl he loves, runs afoul of crooks. Director: Edward Buzzell The Marx Brothers try to help the owner of a circus recover some stolen funds before he finds himself out of a job. Director: Edward Buzzell A penniless theatrical producer must outwit the hotel efficiency expert trying to evict him from his room, while securing a backer for his new play. Director: William A. Seiter Agent has his only client pose as both a French chanteuse and Brazilian bombshell to fool nightclub owner. Director: Alfred E. Green Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley University, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Darwin University. Director: Norman Z. McLeod During the Florida land boom, the Marx brothers run a hotel, auction off some land, thwart a jewel robbery, and generally act like themselves. Directors: Robert Florey, Joseph Santley Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx On a transatlantic crossing, the Marx brothers get up to their usual antics and manage to annoy just about everyone on board the ship. Director: Norman Z. McLeod A veterinarian posing as a doctor, a race-horse owner and his friends struggle to help keep a sanitarium open with the help of a misfit race-horse. Director: Sam Wood Mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding. Director: Victor Heerman A 65-year-old printer hatches an elaborate scheme to avoid forced retirement. Director: Harmon Jones Edit Storyline Young hopefuls trying to stage a Broadway show on a shoestring are sustained with food by expert shoplifter Harpo. They little suspect that his donations include the special sardine can hiding the Romanoff diamonds! Slinky Madame Egelichi and her henchmen will do anything to get them back, but the Marx Brothers lead them a merry chase. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu> 3 March 1950 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Mono (Western Electric Sound Recording) Color: Did You Know? Trivia When Harpo is being searched by the Zoto Brothers, and they're pulling things out of his coat, a mailbox is pulled out with the name "Moss Kaufman" on it. This is a play (no pun intended) on the playwrights, Kaufman and Hart (George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart). Kaufman collaborated on both THE COCOANUTS and ANIMAL CRACKERS for the Marx Brothers. Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman wrote THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER in which the character Banjo is based upon Harpo Marx. See more » Goofs The theatre's name changes from the Windsor to the Century and then back to the Windsor. See more » Quotes [Sam Grunion tries to follow Madam Egelichi but she halts him at gunpoint] Detective Sam Grunion, narrator of the story : Oh, no. I'm not gonna follow you and get shot. If I was half-shot I'd follow you. Sullen Groucho Fans Are Smearing a Funny

Which film starring Bill Murray includes the line Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm a schizophrenic and so am I?

Birthplace: Wilmette, Illinois Of the many performers to leap into films from the springboard of the television sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, Bill Murray has been among the most successful and unpredictable, forging an idiosyncratic career allowing him to stretch from low-brow slapstick farce to intelligent adult drama. Born in Wilmette, IL, on September 21, 1950, Murray was an incorrigible child, kicked out of both the Boy Scouts and Little League. At the age of 20, he was also arrested for attempting to smuggle close to nine pounds of marijuana through nearby O'Hare Airport. In an attempt to find direction in his life, he joined his older brother, Brian Doyle-Murray, in the cast of Chicago's Second City improvisational comedy troupe. He later relocated to New York City, joining radio's National Lampoon Hour. Both Murray siblings were also in a 1975 off-Broadway spin-off, also dubbed The National Lampoon Hour; there Murray was spotted by sportscaster Howard Cosell, who recruited him for the cast of his ABC variety program, titled Saturday Night Live With Howard Cosell. On the NBC network, a program also named Saturday Night Live was creating a much bigger sensation; when, after one season, the show's breakout star Chevy Chase exited to pursue a film career, producer Lorne Michaels tapped Murray as his replacement. Murray too became a celebrity, developing a fabulously insincere and sleazy comic persona which was put to good use in his first major film, the 1979 hit Meatballs. He next starred as the famed gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson in the film biography Where the Buffalo Roam, a major disaster. However, 1980's Caddyshack was a masterpiece of slob comedy, with Murray memorable as a maniacal rangeboy hunting the gopher that is slowly destroying his golf course. The film launched him to the ranks of major stardom; the follow-up, the armed services farce Stripes, was an even bigger blockbuster, earning over 40 million dollars at the box office. Murray next appeared, unbilled, in 1982's Tootsie before starring with Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis in 1984's Ghostbusters. The supernatural comedy was one of the decade's biggest hits, earning over 130 million dollars and spawning a cartoon series, action figures, and even a chart-topping theme song (performed by Ray Parker Jr.). Murray now ranked among the world's most popular actors, and he next fulfilled a long-standing dream by starring in and co-writing an adaptation of the W. Somerset Maugham novel The Razor's Edge. Few fans knew what to make of his abrupt turn from broad farce to literary drama, however, and as a result the film flopped. Murray spent the next several years in self-imposed exile, making only a cameo appearance in the 1986 musical comedy Little Shop of Horrors. After much deliberation, he finally selected his comeback vehicle -- 1988's Scrooged, a black comic retelling of Dickens' A Christmas Carol. While it performed moderately well, it was not the smash many predicted. Nor was 1989's Ghostbusters II, which grossed less than half of the first picture. The 1990 crime comedy Quick Change, which Murray co-directed with Howard Franklin, was also a disappointment, but 1991's What About Bob? was an unqualified hit. In 1993, Murray earned his strongest notices to date for Groundhog Day, a sublime comedy directed by longtime conspirator Ramis. Beginning with 1994's acclaimed Ed Wood, in which he appeared as a transsexual, Murray's career choices grew increasingly eccentric; in 1996 alone, he starred in the little-seen Larger Than Life as a motivational speaker, co-starred as a bowling champion in Kingpin, and appeared as himself in the family film Space Jam. In 1998, Murray took on a similarly eccentric role in Wes Anderson's Rushmore. Playing a business tycoon competing with an equally eccentric 15-year-old (Jason Schwartzman) for the affections of a first grade teacher (Olivia Williams), Murray did some of his best work in years and won t Photos

In which year did Charles, Duke of Orleans, send the first known Valentine's card?

Saint Valentine's Day: History of the Card Valentine greetings have been popular since the Middle Ages, a time when prospective lovers said or sang their romantic verses. Written valentines began to appear after 1400. Paper valentines originated in the 1500s, being exchanged in Europe and being given in place of valentine gifts and oral or musical valentine greetings. They were particularly popular in England. The first written valentine (formerly known as "poetical or amorous addresses") is traditionally attributed to the imprisoned Charles, Duke of Orleans, in 1415. While confined in the Tower of London after the Battle of Agincourt, the young Duke reportedly passed his time by writing romantic verses for his wife in France. Approximately sixty of the Duke's poems remain and can be seen among the royal papers in the British Museum. They are credited with being the first modern day valentines. By the Sixteenth Century, written valentines were commonplace and by the Seventeenth Century, it was a widespread tradition in England and other Western countries for friends and sweethearts to exchange gifts and notes on February 14. During the early 1700s, Charles II of Sweden brought the Persian poetical art known as the "language of flowers" to Europe and throughout the Eighteenth Century, floral dictionaries were published, permitting the exchange of romantic secrets via a lily or lilac, for example, culminating in entire conversations taking place within a bouquet of flowers. The more popular the flower, the more traditions and meaning were associated with it. The red rose, for instance, believed to be the favored flower of Venus, Roman Goddess of Love, became universally accepted to represent romantic love. Thus, the custom of giving red roses on Valentine's Day quickly gained popularity. Some time after 1723, the popularity of valentine cards in America began to grow with the import from England of valentine "writers." A "writer" was a booklet comprised of a vast array of verses and messages which could be copied onto gilt-edged paper or other type of decorative sheet. One popular "writer" contained not only "be my valentine" types of verses for the men to send to their sweethearts, but also acceptances or "answers" which the ladies could then return. Late Eighteenth Century and Early Nineteenth Century valentines were often religious in nature and it is possible that the "Sacred Heart" often depicted on these cards eventually became the "Valentine Heart" with the customarily accompanying Angel eventually becoming "Cupid." It is believed that the earlier versions of these religious valentines may have been made by nuns who would cut-out the paper lace with scissors. It is thought the process probably took many days since the cards had every appearance of being machine-made. One popular style of early American card from 1840 to approximately 1860 was the "Daguerreotype," a photographic process using old-time tintype in the center of a card surrounded by an ornametal wreath. Another was the "Mirror Valentine," which contained a small mirror placed in the center to reflect the face of the recipient. However, the sending of valentine greetings in America did not become a true tradition until around the time of the Civil War (1861-1865) when valentine cards often depicted sweethearts parting, or a tent with flaps that opened to reveal a soldier. These were known as "windows." In peace time, the "window" would be a church door opening to reveal a bridge and groom. Another Civil War valentine novelty was for the card to have a place for the sender to include a lock of hair. By the early 1800s, valentines began to be assembled in factories. Such early manufactured valentines were rather simplistic, composed of black-and-white pictures painted by the factory workers. Fancy valentines comprised of real lace and ribbons were introduced in the mid-1800s. Paper lace began to be introduced to the cards later in the 1800s, These valentines also contained delicate and artistic messages with pictures of turtledoves, lovers' knots in gold

What was Alfred Hitchcock's first colour movie?

Alfred Hitchcock | Moviepedia | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Hitchcock's films draw heavily on both fear and fantasy, and are known for their droll humour. They often portray innocent people caught up in circumstances beyond their control or understanding. This often involves a transference of guilt in which the "innocent" character's failings are transferred to another character and magnified. Another common theme is the exploration of the compatibility of men and women; Hitchcock's films often take a cynical view of traditional romantic relationships. Original 1940 poster. Although Hitchcock was an enormous star during his lifetime, he was not usually ranked highly by contemporaneous film critics. Rebecca was the only one of his films to win the Academy Award for Best Picture , although four others were nominated. Hitchcock never won the Academy Award for Best Director. He was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for lifetime achievement in 1967, but never personally received an Academy Award of Merit . The French New Wave critics, especially Eric Rohmer , Claude Chabrol , and François Truffaut, were among the first to promote his films as having artistic merit beyond entertainment. Hitchcock was one of the first directors to whom they applied their auteur theory, which stresses the artistic authority of the director in the movie-making process. Through his fame, public persona, and degree of creative control, Hitchcock transformed the role of the director, which had previously been eclipsed by that of the producer. He is seen today as the quintessential director who managed to combine art and entertainment in a way very few have ever matched. His innovations and vision have influenced a great number of, and . Biography Edit As a major talent in a new industry with plenty of opportunity, he rose quickly. In 1925, Michael Balcon of Gainsborough Pictures gave him a chance to direct his first film, The Pleasure Garden , made at the Ufaz studios in Germany. However, the commercial failure of this film, and his second, The Mountain Eagle , threatened to derail his promising career, until he attached himself to the thriller genre. The resulting film, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog , was released in 1927 and was a major commercial and critical success. Like many of his earlier works it was influenced by Expressionist techniques he had witnessed first hand in Germany. In it, attractive blondes are strangled and the new lodger (Ivor Novello) in the Bunting family's upstairs apartment falls under heavy suspicion. This is the first truly "Hitchcockian" film, incorporating such themes as the "wrong man". 39 Steps Following the success of The Lodger, Hitchcock began his first efforts to promote himself in the media, and hired a publicist to cement his growing reputation as one of the British film industry's rising stars. In 1926, he was to marry his assistant director Alma Reville. They had a daughter, Patricia, in 1928. Alma was Hitchcock's closest collaborator. She wrote some of his screenplays and worked with him on every one of his films. In 1929, he began work on Blackmail , his tenth film. While the film was in production, the studio decided to make it one of Britain's first sound pictures. With the climax of the film taking place on the dome of the British Museum, Blackmail also began the Hitchcock tradition of using famous landmarks as the backdrop to a story. In 1933, Hitchcock was once again working for Michael Balcon at Gaumont-British Picture Corporation. His first film for the company, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), was a success, while his second, The 39 Steps (1935), is often considered one of the best films from his early period. It was also one of the first to introduce the concept of the " MacGuffin ", a plot device around which a whole story would revolve. In The 39 Steps, the MacGuffin is a stolen set of blueprints. His next major success was in 1938, The Lady Vanishes , a clever and fast-paced film about the search for a kindly old Englishwoman (Dame May Whitty), who disappears while on board

What colour is the cross on the flag of Switzerland?

Switzerland Flag - All about Swiss Flag - colors, meaning, information & history WORLD FLAGS Switzerland National Flag - Information The national flag of Switzerland consists of a white cross on a red field. The four arms of the white cross should be of equal length and one and a sixth times as long as they are wide Switzerland Flag - Colors - meaning and symbolism  Red represents blood spilled to uphold the faith  White cross symbolizes Christianity Switzerland Flag - History, Facts & information for kids In 1291, three cantons - Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden - joined together to form the Swiss confederacy. Schwyz used a flag that is based on the imperial war flag of the Holy Roman Empire, which bore a white cross on red. The Swiss Confederation began using Schwyz's flag during and after the Battle of Laupen (1339) Though the flag was being used as the Swiss national flag for over 500 years, it was officially established as the national flag on December 12, 1889 War flag of the Holy Roman Empire Switzerland Flag - History, Facts & information for kids Following the heraldic tradition, Swiss flags on land are square in proportion. Switzerland Flag is one of only two square sovereign-state flags in the world (the other being the flag of Vatican City) When used on water (at sea or on the vessels plying in Swiss lakes), the ratio of the size of the cross to the height is 5:8, and to the length is 5:12 and the flag can be of rectangular proportion with 2:3 or 7:10 dimensions Switzerland Flag - Red Cross Symbol The Red Cross symbol used by the International Committee of the Red Cross, a red cross on white background, was the original protection symbol declared at the first Geneva Convention, the Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field of 1864. According to the ICRC the design was based on the Swiss flag by reversing of the colours of that flag, in order to honor Switzerland, where the first Geneva Convention was held, and its inventor and co-founder, the Swiss Henry Dunant. Switzerland Flag - Red Cross Symbol Switzerland Flag pictures

In which children's TV show could you have seen the character of Windy Miller?

Children's favourite Windy Miller is drunk on Camberwick Green (no spoof) - YouTube Children's favourite Windy Miller is drunk on Camberwick Green (no spoof) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Sep 10, 2010 Who would have thought it that classic children's TV character Windy Miller actually gets drunk on homemade cider on Camberwick Green. And causes real problems for Murphy the baker who is desperate for flour. Not only that, he gets Murphy and his children to WHISTLE FOR THE WIND. Don't do cider, children. Just don't do it. This is the original footage with Brian Cant narrating. Category

In which 1996 film does Eddie Murphy play characters including Sherman Klump and Buddy Love?

The Nutty Professor (1996) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Grossly overweight yet good-hearted professor Sherman Klump takes a special chemical that turns him into the slim but obnoxious Buddy Love. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON TV Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 37 titles created 16 Jun 2012 a list of 48 titles created 10 Jul 2012 a list of 37 titles created 28 Jan 2014 a list of 25 titles created 20 Jun 2014 a list of 34 titles created 17 Aug 2014 Title: The Nutty Professor (1996) 5.6/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 11 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Scientist Sherman Klump's inventions, his upcoming marriage to his pretty colleague Denise Gaines and his reputation are threatened by his evil clone Buddy Love. Director: Peter Segal An extremely pampered African prince travels to Queens, New York City, and goes undercover to find a wife whom he can respect for her intelligence and will. Director: John Landis A mild-mannered guy, who is married to a monstrous woman, meets the woman of his dreams, and schemes to find a way to be with her. Director: Brian Robbins Axel Foley, while investigating a car theft ring, comes across something much bigger than that: the same men who shot his boss are running a counterfeit money ring out of a theme park in Los Angeles. Director: John Landis A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills. Director: Martin Brest Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to help Taggart and Rosewood investigate Chief Bogomil's near-fatal shooting and the series of "alphabet crimes" associated with it. Director: Tony Scott Jack Cates once again enlists the aid of ex-con Reggie Hammond--this time, to take down The Iceman, a ruthless drug lord operating in the San Francisco bay area. Director: Walter Hill The story of wrongfully convicted men (Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence) who discover the value of life after serving 65 years in prison. Director: Ted Demme In order to protect a beautiful woman and her son from a robber, a male FBI agent disguises himself as a large grandmother. Director: Raja Gosnell A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer. Director: Walter Hill A private detective specializing in missing children is charged with the task of finding a special child who dark forces want to eliminate. Director: Michael Ritchie Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars. The ending is played out... See full summary  » Director: Thomas Carter Edit Storyline Brilliant and obese scientist Sherman Klump invents a miraculous weight-loss solution. After a date with chemistry student Carla Purty goes badly, a depressed Klump tries the solution on himself. Though he instantly loses 250 pounds, the side effects include a second personality: an obnoxiously self-assertive braggart who calls himself Buddy Love. Buddy proves to be more popular than Sherman, but his arrogance and bad behavior quickly spiral out of control. Written by Jwelch5742 Inside Sherman Klump, a party animal is about to break out. Genres: Rated PG-13 for crude humor and sexual references | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 28 June 1996 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: El profesor chiflado See more  » Filming Locations:

Yperite, first used by the German army in September 1917, is better known as what type of gas?

Poison Gases Poison Gases ▼ Primary Sources ▼ Poison Gases Poisonous gases were known about for a long time before the First World War but military officers were reluctant to use them as they considered it to be a uncivilized weapon. The French Army were the first to employ it as a weapon when in the first month of the war they fired tear-gas grenades at the Germans. In October 1914 the German Army began firing shrapnel shells in which the steel balls had been treated with a chemical irritant. The Germans first used chlorine gas cylinders in April 1915 when it was employed against the French Army at Ypres . Chlorine gas destroyed the respiratory organs of its victims and this led to a slow death by asphyxiation. General William Robertson recommended Brigadier General Charles Howard Foulkes to General John French as the best man to organise the retaliation. Foulkes accepted the post he eventually received the title of General Officer Commanding the Special Brigade responsible for Chemical Warfare and Director of Gas Services. He worked closely with scientists working at the governmental laboratories at Porton Down near Salisbury . His biographer, John Bourne , has argued: "Despite Foulkes' energy, the ingenuity of his men and the consumption of expensive resources, gas was ultimately disappointing as a weapon, despite its terrifying reputation." German soldiers after a gas attack in 1915. It was important to have the right weather conditions before a gas attack could be made. When the British Army launched a gas attack on 25th September in 1915, the wind blew it back into the faces of the advancing troops. This problem was solved in 1916 when gas shells were produced for use with heavy artillery . This increased the army's range of attack and helped to protect their own troops when weather conditions were not completely ideal. After the first German chlorine gas attacks, Allied troops were supplied with masks of cotton pads that had been soaked in urine. It was found that the ammonia in the pad neutralized the poison. Other soldiers preferred to use handkerchiefs, a sock, a flannel body-belt, dampened with a solution of bicarbonate of soda, and tied across the mouth and nose until the gas passed over. It was not until July 1915 that soldiers were given efficient gas masks and anti-asphyxiation respirators. One disadvantage for the side that launched chlorine gas attacks was that it made the victim cough and therefore limited his intake of the poison. Both sides found that phosgene was more effective poison to use. Only a small amount was needed to make it impossible for the soldier to keep fighting. It also killed its victim within 48 hours of the attack. Advancing armies also used a mixture of chlorine and phosgene called 'white star'. Mustard Gas (Yperite) was first used by the German Army in September 1917. The most lethal of all the poisonous chemicals used during the war, it was almost odourless and took twelve hours to take effect. Yperite was so powerful that only small amounts had to be added to high explosive shells to be effective. Once in the soil, mustard gas remained active for several weeks. The Germans also used bromine and chloropicrin. In July 1917, David Lloyd George appointed Winston Churchill as Minister of Munitions and for the rest of the war, he was in charge of the production of tanks, aeroplanes, guns and shells. Clive Ponting , the author of Churchill (1994) has argued: "The technology in which Churchill placed greatest faith though was chemical warfare, which had first been used by the Germans in 1915. It was at this time that Churchill developed what was to prove a life-long enthusiasm for the widespread use of this form of warfare." Two German soldiers and their mule wearing gas masks in 1916. Churchill developed a close relationship with Brigadier General Charles Howard Foulkes . Churchill urged Foulkes to provide him with effective ways of using chemical weapons against the German Army . In November 1917 Churchill advocated the production of gas bombs to be dropped by aircraft. However, this

In 2000, who bared all at the Gielgud Theatre replacing Kathleen Turner in the role of Mrs Robinson in the play The Graduate?

BBC News | SHOWBIZ | The Graduate's London term ends Friday, 18 January, 2002, 17:45 GMT The Graduate's London term ends Kathleen Turner was the first Mrs Robinson in the show The London run of The Graduate, the stage show that has seen a string of actresses bare all as a middle-aged seductress, comes to the end of its West End run this weekend. The show, a stage version of the Oscar-winning 1967 film, will now transfer to Broadway after being seen by more than 400,000 people in the UK. The Graduate has become infamous for its nude scenes, featuring high-profile stars including Kathleen Turner, Jerry Hall and Linda Gray. They have all played Mrs Robinson, who woos a younger man, Benjamin Braddock. Jerry Hall: Not a hit with critics Its final performance at London's Gielgud Theatre will be on Saturday. Producers have denied that the show became a casualty of falling visitor numbers after 11 September. When the announcement of its closure was made in November, ticket sales were as high as when Kathleen Turner made headlines as the show's first Mrs Robinson from April 2000, they said. Turner will reprise her role in Toronto, Baltimore and Boston before going to Broadway from 4 April. She will be joined by Clueless star Alicia Silverstone and American Pie actor Jason Biggs, who will play Benjamin, the graduate who becomes the object of Mrs Robinson's affections. The film won an Oscar in 1968 Before the London run opened, ticket sales went through the roof when it was announced that Turner, then aged 45, would appear naked on stage. Her debut was met with a standing ovation from theatregoers, but a mixed reaction from critics. One reviewer said she gave the seduction scene "a comic sexiness, as if Mae West were coming on to a panic-stricken Jerry Lewis". The show was originally scheduled for a short run, but was continually extended to meet demand. After Turner came Jerry Hall, then 43, the former wife of Rolling Stones star Mick Jagger. Linda Gray is London's last Mrs Robinson She fared worse at the hand of the critics, with one saying: "Jerry, I'm afraid, is no actress. But she's got great legs." Hall was replaced by Amanda Donohoe, the youngest of the stars at 39, who was followed by Fatal Attraction star Anne Archer, 53. Then came Linda Gray, 60, who played Sue Ellen in TV soap Dallas, and became London's last Mrs Robinson. The show will have taken �10m by the end of its West End run. The story was originally a novel by Charles Webb, which became the film starring Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman. Terry Johnson adapted it for the stage. Worldwide When the announcement of the closure was made, producers John Reid and Sacha Brooks said: "The Graduate has been a West End event every night for nearly two years. We have always hoped to go out on a high." The Graduate has also played in Australia, South Africa and Poland. Other high-profile West End shows to close in recent months include Starlight Express, Notre Dame De Paris and The Witches Of Eastwick. The London staging of Cats, the longest-running musical in history, has just announced that it is to come to an end after 21 years. See also:

What is the most common name for a pub in Britain?

Top 10 Pub Names in the UK - Beer in the Evening Blog Beer in the Evening Blog Top 10 Pub Names in the UK Posted on: April 7th, 2011 by chrish Each week we get the odd email from various media outlets asking us some strange questions for whatever article they are currently writing. Time upon time, we get asked ‘What is the most popular pub name in the UK?’ We thought we’d share with you what they are – is your local named the same? (Some of them might be proceeded with ‘The’ – lots of pubs go by with and without it!) Red Lion

In Star Trek, what colour is Mr. Spock's blood?

TV ACRES: Blood & Blood Types > Spock (Star Trek)   Blood & Blood Types Spock -  On the sci-fi adventure STAR TREK/NBC/1966-69 Vulcan Science Officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy) had a different blood color that the rest of his human crew on the starship Enterprise. What color is Spock's blood? It is green because the oxidizing agent in Vulcan blood is copper, not iron, as it is in humans. Copper oxide (verdigris) gave Spock's blood its blue-green hue. We discovered this on episode "Journey to Babel" when Spock's Vulcan father, Ambassador Sarek (Mark Lenard) suffers a heart attack that requires surgery and a life-giving transfusion of T- Negative blood from Spock. Initially, Spock refuses to donate blood because a knife attack had put Captain Kirk (William Shatner) out of action and put Spock in command of the ship. Logic dictated his responsibility to command the Enterprise outweighed taking time out from a crisis to give his father blood. In the end, he gave the blood because Kirk faked recovery and returned to the bridge, thus freeing Spock to go to the sickbay and assist in his father's surgery. In the movie Star Trek III: Search for Spock (1984), Doctor McCoy (DeForest Kelley) mentions Spock blood after Spock surreptitiously performed a Vulcan mind-meld on the Doctor and deposited his "Katra" or life-force inside McCoy's brain. Upon hearing the facts of the matter McCoy exclaimed "That green-blooded son of a bitch! It's his revenge for all the arguments he lost." TRIVIA NOTE: In June 2007, the medical journal The Lancet reported a case from October 2005 of a 42-year-old man who needed surgery in both lower legs after falling asleep in a kneeling position. His condition necessitated "urgent fasciotomies, limb-saving procedures which involve making surgical incisions to relieve pressure and swelling". While inserting an arterial catheter in the man's wrist artery, surgeons noticed a discharge of dark greenish-black blood oozing from their patient. Could he be Vulcan? Not really. The man had taken large doses of an anti-migraine drug named sumatriptan. This high in sulphur drug was responsible for changing the color from red to green. According to Dr Alana Flexman of St Paul's Hospital in Vancouver "The patient recovered uneventfully, and stopped taking sumatriptan after discharge. When seen five weeks after his last dose, he was found to have no sulfhaemoglobin in his blood." Numerous news outlets covered the story and freely associated the man's green blood with Star Trek's Vulcan Mr. Spock. Cited as "Dark Green Blood in the Operating Theatre" The Lancet Volume 369 Issue: 9577 (June 9 - 15 2007) p. 1972. Flexman, Alana M; Del Vicario, Giuseppe; Schwarz, Stephan KW. External Links

How many different ways are there to make change of a dollar? 111, 293 or 487?

Frank Morgan's Math Chat - 293 Ways to Make Change for a Dollar | Mathematical Association of America Home » Frank Morgan's Math Chat - 293 Ways to Make Change for a Dollar Frank Morgan's Math Chat - 293 Ways to Make Change for a Dollar April 19, 2001 Old Challenge (Joe Shipman). Larry King said in his USA Today column that there are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. Is this correct? (Assume only currently minted denominations.) Answer. Yes, if you count a one-dollar coin in change. Raymond Hettinger listed all 293 possibilities, appended at end of column. Michael Caulfield counted up the 292 possibilities other than a one-dollar coin as follows: Given that 1 half dollar will be used, there are 50 combinations: another half dollar (1 way) 2 quarters (1 way) 1 quarter with: 2 dimes (2 ways), 1 dime (4), or 0 dimes (6). 0 quarters with: 5 dimes (1), 4 (3), 3 (5), 2 (7), 1 (9), or 0 (11).   Given that no half dollars will be used, there are 242 combinations: 4 quarters (1 way) 3 quarters with: 2 dimes (2 ways), 1 (4), or 0 (6). 2 quarters with: 5 dimes (1), 4 (3), 3 (5), 2 (7), 1 (9), or 0 (11). 1 quarter with: 7 dimes (2), 6 (4), 5 (6), 4 (8), 3 (10), 2 (12), 1 (14), 0 (16) 0 quarters with: 10 dimes (1), 9 (3), 8 (5), 7 (7), 6 (9), 5 (11), 4 (13), 3 (15), 2 (17), 1 (19), 0 (21). Torsten Sillke discussed how such computations can be accomplished with generating functions. See Herbert's Wilf's "Lectures on Integer Partitions" (page 10) at http://www.math.upenn.edu/~wilf The answer to our problem (293) is the coefficient of x^100 in the reciprocal of the following:   (1-x)(1-x5)(1-x10)(1-x25)(1-x50)(1-x100) Al Zimmermann provided the following table of the numbers of ways you can exchange various units of currency for smaller units of currency:   $100 9,823,546,661,905 Zimmermann added: I did allow $2 bills. I did not distinguish between $1 coins and $1 bills in change. I thought about that one and decided that if I did distinguish, then I should also distinguish among the 50 different quarters now being issued. And I really didn't want to do that. Following Caulfield and Zimmermann and disputing Larry King, Walter Wright says that a dollar coin cannot be considered change for a dollar bill: Webster's New World Dictionary defines change as "a number of coins or bills whose total value equals a single larger coin or bill." Questionable Mathematics. Al Zimmermann reports that: "About three years ago I went to a Citibank ATM in midtown Manhattan to withdraw some cash. The machine rejected my request with the following message:   I cannot give you $130 because I only have bills in $50 and $20 denominations. Please choose another amount." Of course $130 = $50 + 4 x $20. Readers are invited to submit more examples of questionable mathematics. New Challenge. What is the largest positive number that you can represent with three, distinct standard mathematical symbols, such as 8x9? The smallest?     Send answers, comments, and new questions by email to Frank.Morgan@williams.edu, to be eligible for Flatland and other book awards. Winning answers will appear in the next Math Chat. Math Chat appears on the first and third Thursdays of each month. Prof. Morgan's homepage is at www.williams.edu/Mathematics/fmorgan. THE MATH CHAT BOOK, including a $1000 Math Chat Book QUEST, questions and answers, and a list of past challenge winners, is now available from the MAA (800-331-1622).   Raymond Hettinger's list of the 293 ways to make change for a dollar: 1 : 0 0 0 0 0 100 (0 dollars, 0 half-dollars, 0 quarters, 0 dimes, 0 nickels, 100 pennies) 2 : 0 0 0 0 1 95 3 : 0 0 0 0 2 90 4 : 0 0 0 0 3 85 5 : 0 0 0 0 4 80 6 : 0 0 0 0 5 75 7 : 0 0 0 0 6 70 8 : 0 0 0 0 7 65 9 : 0 0 0 0 8 60 10 : 0 0 0 0 9 55 11 : 0 0 0 0 10 50 12 : 0 0 0 0 11 45 13 : 0 0 0 0 12 40 14 : 0 0 0 0 13 35 15 : 0 0 0 0 14 30 16 : 0 0 0 0 15 25 17 : 0 0 0 0 16 20 18 : 0 0 0 0 17 15 19 : 0 0 0 0 18 10 20 : 0 0 0 0 19 5 21 : 0 0 0 0 20 0 22 : 0 0 0 1 0 90 23 : 0 0 0 1 1 85 24 : 0 0 0 1 2 80 25 : 0 0 0 1 3 75 26 : 0 0 0 1 4 70 27 : 0 0 0 1 5 65 28 : 0 0 0 1 6 60 29 : 0 0 0 1 7 55 3

Which 1997 film starring Jack Nicholson is known in China as Mr. Cat Poop?

TV and Movies A Penny For Your Thoughts TV and Movies No one probably reads this page.....except for you and the last person.....lol Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, was home to Rocky and Bullwinkle. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), the first film featuring the character Indiana Jones, was crawling with four-, eight-, and no-legged creatures: - Number of boas, cobras and pythons used in the film: 7,500 - Number of tarantulas: 50 - Source of the name "Indiana Jones": it was the name of producer George Lucas' pet Malamute. The first ever televised murder case appeared on TV in 1955, Dec. 5-9. The accused was Harry Washburn. Twentieth Century-Fox studio cut all scenes showing physical contact between America's curly-haired darling Shirley Temple and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in "The Little Colonel" in 1934 to avoid social offense and to assure wide U.S. distribution. Pre-release showings of the film, particularly in the southern U.S., shocked audiences when the two actors touched fingers during their famous staircase dance sequence. Beaver Cleaver graduated in 1953. On Beaver Cleaver's US tour, he visited Albuquerque on a Tuesday. Muppets creator Jim Henson first created Kermit in 1955 - as a lizard. He was made from Henson's mother's coat and two halves of a Ping-Pong ball (no flipper feet or eleven-point collar). The person who performs the Muppets - Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Animal, and Grover is Frank Oz. Oz is also the voice of Star Wars Yoda. By the way, his real name is Frank Oznowicz. The 1997 Jack Nicholson film - "As Good As It Gets", is known in China as "Mr. Cat Poop". Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers (Moe, Curly and Shemp.) The writers of The Simpsons have never revealed what state Springfield is in. A theater manager in Seoul, Korea felt that The Sound of Music was too long, so he shortened it by cutting out all the songs. Bruce was the nickname of the mechanical shark used in the "Jaws" movies. The original title of the musical "Hello Dolly!" was "Dolly: A Damned Exasperating Woman." Why did they change it? The original had such music, poetry, and pizzazz. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants. A two hour motion picture uses 10,800 feet of film. Not including the previews and commercials. For many years, the globe on the NBC Nightly News spun in the wrong direction. On January 2, 1984, NBC finally set the world spinning back in the proper direction. In the Mario Brothers movie, the Princess' first name is Daisy, but in Mario 64, the game, her first name is Peach. Before that, it's Princess Toadstool. "60 Minutes" is the only show on CBS that doesn’t have a theme song. Dooley Wilson appeared as Sam in the movie Casablanca. Dooley was a drummer - not a pianist in real life. The man who really played the piano in Casablanca was a Warner Brothers staff musician who was at a piano off camera during the filming. The TV sitcom Seinfeld was originally named "The Seinfeld Chronicles". The pilot which was broadcast in 1989 also featured a kooky neighbor named Kessler. This character later became known as Kramer. In the movie 'Now and Then', when the girls are talking to the hippie (Brenden Fraser), and they get up to leave, Teeny (Thora Birch) puts out her cigarette twice. In Hitchcock’s movie, "Rear Window", Jimmy Stewart plays a character wearing a leg cast from the waist down. In one scene, the cast switches legs, and in another, the signature on the cast is missing. In the movie "Two Jakes," which is set in the 1940's, Jack Nicholson walks right by a B

How many teaspoons are there in a cup?

Cups to Teaspoons - How many tsp in a cup? Cups to Teaspoons Conversion How many teaspoons in a cup? Cups to teaspoons (tsp) conversion factors are listed below. To find out how many teaspoons in cups, multiply by the right factor or use the converter below. 1 Cup [US] = 48 Teaspoons [US] 1 Cup [Metric] = 50 Teaspoons [Metric] 1 Cup [US] = 39.97 Teaspoons [UK] Cup is a volume unit and used mostly in cooking to measure liquid and bulk, dry foods. There is no international standard for cup sizes but mostly united states customary and metric cups are used. The abbreviation is "c". Teaspoon is a commonly used volume unit in cooking recipes and prescriptions. 1 US teaspoon is about 5 milliliters or 1/6 of fluid ounces. The abbreviations are "tsp", "ts". For tsp to cups converter, please go to tsp to cups For other cooking unit conversions, please go to Cooking Units Conversion Converter Enter a US cup value that you want to convert into US teaspoons and click on the "convert" button.

What are the main four blood groups?

Blood groups - NHS Choices Blood groups  Blood groups Introduction  There are four main blood groups (types of blood): A, B, AB and O. Your blood group is determined by the genes you inherit from your parents. Each group can be either RhD positive or RhD negative, which means your blood group can be one of the eight types shown below (see the Rh system ). What is blood? Your body carries around four to six litres (7 to 10.5 pints) of blood. Blood is made up of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets in a liquid called plasma. Plasma is about 90% water, but also contains proteins, nutrients, hormones and waste products. Blood is made up of about 60% plasma and 40% blood cells. Each type of blood cell has a specific role to play: red blood cells carry oxygen around the body and remove carbon dioxide and other waste products; they give blood its red colour white blood cells are part of the immune system (the body's natural defence mechanism) and help fight infection platelets help the blood clot (thicken) to stop bleeding Antigens and antibodies Your blood group is identified by antigens and antibodies in the blood. Antibodies are part of your body's natural defences against invading substances such as germs. Antigens are protein molecules found on the surface of red blood cells. Antibodies are proteins found in plasma. Antibodies recognise anything foreign in your body and alert your immune system to destroy it. The ABO system There are four main blood groups defined by the ABO system: blood group A has A antigens on the red blood cells with anti-B antibodies in the plasma blood group B has B antigens with anti-A antibodies in the plasma blood group O has no antigens, but both anti-A and anti-B antibodies in the plasma blood group AB has both A and B antigens, but no antibodies Almost half (48%) of the UK population has blood group O, making this the most common blood group.  Receiving blood from the wrong ABO group can be life threatening.  For example, the anti-A antibodies in a recipient with group B blood will attack the group A cells if transfused to them. This is why group A blood must never be given to a group B person. As group O red blood cells don't have any A or B antigens, it can safely be given to any other group.

The average person grows how many inches of hair each year? 6, 10 or 15?

Is It Possible to Retain 12 inches of Hair Growth in 1 Year? | Black Girl with Long Hair Is It Possible to Retain 12 inches of Hair Growth in 1 Year? Style Icon Fifi Imagine retaining 12 inches of hair in one year. It’s pretty exciting, isn’t it? That’s like going from a clean-shaven big chop to shoulder length or going from shoulder length to almost waist length in one year! I was pretty excited about that prospect years ago and considered “challenging” myself to retain that much length in one year. However, the reality is the amount of hair you retain is both out of your control and determined by your practices. When it comes to hair growth and hair length retention it is common and encouraged to set length goals. Nevertheless some goals, no matter how well-intentioned, can be counterproductive. Can you retain 12 inches of hair in 12 months? First, let’s review a few facts common among most women. – On average we grow ½ inch of hair each month. This translates to 6 inches a year. – Even with healthy hair practices you will occasionally need to trim or dust your ends, leading to a regular loss of length – Even if you choose not to trim your hair any untrimmed split ends may likely lead to breakage – If you occasionally experience a spurt in growth (i.e. more than ½ inch in a month) it is unlikely that you will sustain that growth if your hair doesn’t regularly grow at that rate There’s nothing wrong with setting hair goals that will help to keep you dedicated to a healthy hair regimen. However, unless you have always been a “super grower”, averaging more than ¾ inch of hair growth a month, it’s not likely that you will retain 12 inches of hair length in a year no matter how amazing your hair products or how delicately you manage your hair. Okay, so now that I’ve been somewhat of a Debbie Downer, here’s some encouraging news: It may be quite rare to retain 12 inches in the course of one year BUT you can maximize your growth. Here are a few key reminders of practices you can incorporate into your hair regimen to reduce unnecessary breakage and retain healthier hair faster. Treat the ends of your hair like fine lace. That’s right. Diligently moisturize your hair, paying particular attention to the last 3-4 inches of your hair. Moisturizing and sealing your ends will limit breakage and allow for maximum retention. Stay Hydrated and Maintain a Healthy Diet Be sure that you are drinking sufficient water and receiving necessary nutrients/vitamins. If not, your body will prioritize the health of your internal organs and will allow your hair, skin and nails to receive fewer nutrients so that your vital organs will receive what they need. Wait for Color You might want to consider waiting to dye your hair until you reach a length that is a few inches shorter than your ultimate length goal. If you do choose to color be committed to deep conditioning on a weekly basis. Setting challenging length goals should be a source of motivation, rather than a way to determine if you can “cut it” as a natural. Basing your decision to remain natural on rapid hair growth is comparable to using your hair texture as a reason for choosing to remain natural: It is something that isn’t entirely in your control.   What changes have you made in your regime to maximize length retention?   Gen Island girl raised in the most royal of NYC's boroughs. Proud nerd, social scientist, educator and recovering awkward black girl. When not listening to NPR, trying to grow spiritually, or detangling my fro, I'm searching for the best shrimp and grits in the Queen City. length retention is different from hair growth. Hair growth is always greater than length retention. it’s all mathematical :) http://www.coilsandglory.com/lets-do-the-maths-of-natural-hair-length-retention/ Oy Sometimes I wish this site could rebrand and change their name…I’m sure it has crossed the editors mind. Because having long hair is such a outdated, tired expectation on women. Also our hair grows out not down. It looks more wide that long but “Black Girl Big Hair” doesn’t cut to the point. Nat

In degrees centigrade, what is the normal body temperature?

37 Celsius - Body temperature chart | F to C 37 Celsius Search for: 37 Celsius: Body temperature measurement and unit conversions 37 °C is a value that one encounters probably more often than any other temperature reading. If you are used to the Celsius scale, you recognize it immediately. Indeed, a normal body temperature of a healthy person is in the vicinity of 37 degrees Celsius, which makes this value so special and important. For the Fahrenheit folks, you may know it as 98.6 °F (as you can easily verify using our online converter ). It is important to realize however that the 37 Celsius (or 98.6 Fahrenheit) value is essentially an averaged benchmark. What is "normal" depends on various factors, both objective and subjective. At least some of those factors should be taken into account when reaching conclusions about whether one's body temperature is normal. Some objective factors affecting our body temperature include the time of day (with the lowest temperature in the morning and the highest typically around mid-afternoon), recent exercise (you get hot after a long run for instance), a recent meal, warm and/or alcoholic drinks, etc. All of these aspects can easily make one's temperature fluctuate within one or two degrees. There are also subjective factors, such as the way body temperature is being measured, the instrument (thermometer) type being used, etc. For example, oral and under the arm readings commonly differ (oral being higher), and fast digital thermometer readings may not always be as accurate as longer liquid column thermometer measurements. Digital thermometer Liquid column thermometer To summarize, the message we would like you to keep in mind is that the "normal body temperature" is more of a range rather than a well-defined number, and it should be relied on with reasonable flexibility. We wish you to stay healthy, and in cases when you do need to take a measurement and the only thermometer you have is not marked in the units you like, here is a chart that should help. °C

The condition of seasonal allergic rhinitis is better known by what name?

The condition of seasonal allergic rhinitis is better known by what name? - YouTube The condition of seasonal allergic rhinitis is better known by what name? Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jul 29, 2013 This improves the knowledge of the children indirectly as they never know that they are learning. - Category

By what name is the trachea more commonly known?

The Trachea (Human Anatomy): Picture, Function, Conditions, and More Human Anatomy Picture of the Trachea © 2014 WebMD, LLC. All rights reserved. The trachea, commonly known as the windpipe, is a tube about 4 inches long and less than an inch in diameter in most people. The trachea begins just under the larynx (voice box) and runs down behind the breastbone (sternum). The trachea then divides into two smaller tubes called bronchi: one bronchus for each lung. The trachea is composed of about 20 rings of tough cartilage. The back part of each ring is made of muscle and connective tissue. Moist, smooth tissue called mucosa lines the inside of the trachea. The trachea widens and lengthens slightly with each breath in, returning to its resting size with each breath out. Trachea Conditions Tracheal stenosis: Inflammation in the trachea can lead to scarring and narrowing of the windpipe. Surgery or endoscopy may be needed to correct the narrowing (stenosis), if severe. Tracheoesophageal fistula : An abnormal channel forms to connect the trachea and the esophagus. Passage of swallowed food from the esophagus into the trachea causes serious lung problems. Tracheal foreign body: An object is inhaled (aspirated) and lodges in the trachea or one of its branches. A procedure called bronchoscopy is usually needed to remove a foreign body from the trachea. Tracheal cancer: Cancer of the trachea is quite rare. Symptoms can include coughing or difficulty breathing. Tracheomalacia: The trachea is soft and floppy rather than rigid, usually due to a birth defect. In adults, tracheomalacia is generally caused by injury or by smoking. Tracheal obstruction: A tumor or other growth can compress and narrow the trachea, causing difficulty breathing. A stent or surgery is needed to open the trachea and improve breathing. Trachea Tests Flexible bronchoscopy : An endoscope (flexible tube with a lighted camera on its end) is passed through the nose or mouth into the trachea. Using bronchoscopy, a doctor can examine the trachea and its branches. Rigid bronchoscopy : A rigid metal tube is introduced through the mouth into the trachea. Rigid bronchoscopy is often more effective than flexible bronchoscopy, but it requires deep anesthesia. Computed tomography ( CT scan ): A CT scanner takes a series of X-rays, and a computer creates detailed images of the trachea and nearby structures. Magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI scan ): An MRI scanner uses radio waves in a magnetic field to create images of the trachea and nearby structures. Chest X-ray : A plain X-ray can tell if the trachea is deviated to either side of the chest. An X-ray might also identify masses or foreign bodies.

What are the names given to the pits in the skin from which hairs grow out of?

Folliculitis | Health | Patient Folliculitis 125 Folliculitis is an infection of the hair follicles in the skin. It is a common problem that is not usually serious. Tiny pus-filled spots (pustules) develop at the base of a hair, often in crops. Mild cases often resolve without treatment. Sometimes, antibiotic creams or tablets are needed. In recurrent cases, antiseptic skin washes can be used. What is folliculitis? Folliculitis means an inflammation or infection of the hair follicles of the skin. Most of the skin is covered with tiny hairs which grow out of hair follicles. In folliculitis, many hair follicles in one area of the skin are affected. The affected hair follicles swell into small pus-filled pimples. Each individual pimple looks like a small, rounded, yellow-red spot. Why does folliculitis occur? Most cases of folliculitis are due to an infection with a germ (bacterium) called Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). This bacterium is carried harmlessly in the noses of many people, without causing any problems. Occasionally, other germs (bacteria) are the cause of folliculitis. Folliculitis usually occurs at sites where hair follicles are damaged by friction or shaving, or where there is blockage of the follicle. Excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis) due to overactivity of the sweat glands can be another cause. Sometimes, using a steroid cream on the face can trigger a bout of folliculitis. The most common site affected is the beard area of men. Other common sites for folliculitis are the arms, legs, armpits and buttocks. Types of folliculitis Folliculitis can occur anywhere on hair-bearing skin. (It could not, for example, occur on the palms of the hands where there is no hair.) There are a few specific types of folliculitis that deserve a mention: Sycosis barbae - this is the medical name for a long-term (chronic) folliculitis in the beard area of the face in men. It often affects the upper lip and it can be difficult to treat. The skin is painful and crusted, with burning and itching on shaving. Numerous pustules develop in the hair follicles. Some men grow a beard to solve the problem. Hot tub folliculitis - as the name suggests, this tends to affect people who use hot tubs a lot. The hot water encourages germs (bacteria) called Pseudomonas spp. to grow (particularly if there is not enough chlorine in the water to keep it clean). Bathing in this 'soup' of bacteria can increase your risk of folliculitis. This type of folliculitis is generally harmless and is prevented by proper maintenance of hot tubs. Showering after using the hot tub does not seem to reduce the chance of folliculitis. Gram-negative folliculitis - this is a type of folliculitis that may occur after acne has been treated with long-term antibiotics. Different bacteria are involved (not staphylococci). Gram-negative refers to a type of stain that is used in a laboratory to identify different types of bacteria. Pseudo-folliculitis - this is not really a true folliculitis. It does look similar, as little lumps form at the bases of hairs. These lumps do not contain pus. They are actually due to ingrowing hairs. Sometimes this problem causes scarring. Pseudo-folliculitis is more common in people with curly or Afro-Caribbean hair. Ingrowing/ingrown hairs As mentioned above, these can cause a condition that looks like folliculitis. They are hairs that have curled around and grown back into the skin. Anyone can have ingrowing hairs (also called ingrown hairs), but they are more common in people who have very curly or coarse hair. Curly hair is more likely to bend back and re-enter the skin, especially after it's been shaved or cut. Ingrowing hairs may also be caused by dead skin cells blocking the hair growing as normal. Ingrowing hairs often irritate the skin and make a raised, red bump (or group of bumps) that looks like a little pimple. Sometimes the bump(s) can be painful. In men, ingrowing hairs often pop up as a bunch of little bumps on the chin, cheeks, or neck after they've shaved. In women they often occur on the legs or bikini area. Often an ingrowi

Where in the body would you find the cochlea and the stirrup?

What is the function of the stirrup in the human body? | Socratic What is the function of the stirrup in the human body? Start with a one sentence answer Then teach the underlying concepts Don't copy without citing sources Write a one sentence answer... Answer: I want someone to double check my answer Describe your changes (optional) 200 Cancel Jun 22, 2016 Answer: The stirrup or Stapes is actually one of the ear bones or ossicles, along with the Incus (the anvil) and the Malleus (the hammer). Explanation: The stirrup or Stapes is actually one of the ear bones or ossicles, along with the Incus (the anvil) and the Malleus (the hammer). These three bones vibrate to transfer sound waves from the tympanic membrane (eardrum) to the fluids in the cochlea or inner ear.

How many bones are there in a normal human hand?

Hand and Wrist - Anatomy Pictures and Information Home > Skeletal System > Bones of the Arm and Hand > Hand and Wrist Hand and Wrist The bones of the hand and wrist provide the body with support and flexibility to manipulate objects in many different ways. Each hand contains 27 distinct bones that give the hand an incredible range and precision of motion. The forearm's ulna and radius support the many muscles that manipulate the bones of the hand and wrist. Rotation of the radius around the ulna results in the supination and pronation of the hand. These bones also form the flexible wrist joint with the proximal row of the carpals.... Move up/down/left/right: Click compass arrows Rotate image: Click and drag in any direction, anywhere in the frame Identify objects: Click on them in the image Full Hand and Wrist Description [Continued from above] . . . There are eight small carpal bones in the wrist that are firmly bound in two rows of four bones each. The mass that results from these bones is called the carpus. The carpus is rounded on its proximal end, where it articulates with the ulna and radius at the wrist. The carpus is slightly concave on the palmar side, forming a canal known as the carpal tunnel through which tendons, ligaments, and nerves extend into the palm. Its distal surface articulates with the metacarpal bones, which are joined to the carpus by the palmar carpometacarpal ligaments. The five long, thin metacarpal bones of the palm extend from the carpus to each of the digits of the hand. Each metacarpal is numbered I to V with metacarpal I connecting to the bones of the thumb, II connecting to the index finger, III connecting to the ring finger, and so on. Movement of the metacarpals by tiny muscles in the hand allows the palm to be stretched, compressed, and folded as needed. The distal head of the metacarpals is rounded to form a condyloid (oval) joint with the phalanges of the fingers. These condyloid joints allow 360-degree motion of the fingers at their bases. Each of the digits of the hands contains 3 phalanges (singular: phalanx) except for the thumbs that contain only 2. The phalanges are long, slender bones that form hinge joints between each other. Phalanges that articulate with the metacarpals at the base of the digits are known as the proximal phalanges. The phalanges at the end of each digit are called the distal phalanges. In all of the digits except for the thumb the middle phalanges are found between the proximal and distal phalanges. Muscles in the forearms flex and extend the phalanges by pulling on long tendons that run through the wrist and hand. Prepared by Tim Taylor, Anatomy and Physiology Instructor

Which 1959 film won 11 Oscars?

1959 Academy Awards® Winners and History Room at the Top (1959, UK) Actor: CHARLTON HESTON in "Ben-Hur" , Laurence Harvey in "Room at the Top", Jack Lemmon in "Some Like It Hot" , Paul Muni in "The Last Angry Man", James Stewart in "Anatomy of a Murder" Actress: SIMONE SIGNORET in "Room at the Top", Doris Day in "Pillow Talk", Audrey Hepburn in "The Nun's Story", Katharine Hepburn in "Suddenly, Last Summer" , Elizabeth Taylor in "Suddenly, Last Summer" Supporting Actor: HUGH GRIFFITH in "Ben-Hur" , Arthur O'Connell in "Anatomy of a Murder", George C. Scott in "Anatomy of a Murder", Robert Vaughn in "The Young Philadelphians", Ed Wynn in "The Diary of Anne Frank" Supporting Actress: SHELLEY WINTERS in "The Diary of Anne Frank", Hermione Baddeley in "Room at the Top", Susan Kohner in "Imitation of Life", Juanita Moore in "Imitation of Life", Thelma Ritter in "Pillow Talk" Director: WILLIAM WYLER for "Ben-Hur" , Jack Clayton for "Room at the Top", George Stevens for "The Diary of Anne Frank", Billy Wilder for "Some Like It Hot" , Fred Zinnemann for "The Nun's Story" MGM's (producer Sam Zimbalist) and director William Wyler's three and a half-hour long epic drama Ben-Hur (with a spectacular sea battle and eleven minute chariot race choreographed by Yakima Canutt) broke the previous year's all-time record of Gigi (1958). It was the most-honored motion picture in Academy Awards history up to that time and for many years - until 1997, with its record-breaking eleven Oscars from twelve nominations. And it was the most expensive film of its time, budgeted at $15 million. Ben-Hur was a re-make of MGM's own 1926 silent film of the same name, and the first and only re-make to have won the Best Picture award. Both films were based on or inspired by General Lew Wallace's novel (first published in 1880) about the rise of Christianity. Ironically, the famed director Cecil B. DeMille, who had made 'Ben-Hur-like' films throughout his lifetime - without the same awards success as the 1959 winner, died the same year (on January 21, 1959). The awards for the Best Picture film covered the following categories: Best Picture, Best Actor (Charlton Heston), Best Supporting Actor (Hugh Griffith), Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound, Best Musical Score, Best Film Editing, Best Special Effects, and Best Costume Design. It lost out on only a single nomination, for Best Screenplay credited to Karl Tunberg (although other writers included Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Christopher Frye, and Gore Vidal). [The Best Screenplay Oscar was won by Neil Paterson for his intelligent script for Room at the Top.] The Best Picture's competition came from less sweeping dramas: director Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder (with seven nominations and no wins), a sensational small-town trial and courtroom drama regarding the suspected rape of an Army lieutenant's wife director George Stevens' The Diary of Anne Frank (with eight nominations and three wins - Best Supporting Actress, Best B/W Cinematography, and Best B/W Art Direction/Set Decoration), the overproduced story of the hiding of the Frank family in cramped conditions during the Nazi occup

Which actor won the 1995 Best Supporting Actor Oscar and the 1999 Best Actor Oscar, currently the only two times he has been nominated?

Academy Awards Best Actor The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) ); two were consecutive nominations (from 1930/31-1931/32) Tom Hanks (5) - with two wins (Philadelphia (1993), Forrest Gump (1994)); two were consecutive nominations (from 1993-1994) Sean Penn (5) - with two wins (Mystic River (2003) and Milk (2008)); nominations were from 1995-2008 The Most Best Actor Nominations: Actors with the highest number of Best Actor acting nominations (in parentheses) include: Spencer Tracy (9) - with two wins Laurence Olivier (9) - with one win (Hamlet (1948)); two were consecutive nominations (from 1939-1940) Jack Nicholson (8) - with two wins Paul Newman (8) - with one win (The Color of Money (1986)); two were consecutive nominations (from 1981-1982) Peter O'Toole (8) - with no wins; two were consecutive nominations (from 1968-1969); nominations from 1962-2006 Marlon Brando (7) - with two wins Dustin Hoffman (7) - with two wins Jack Lemmon (7) - with one win (Save the Tiger (1973)); two were consecutive nominations (from 1959-1960, and from 1979-1980) Paul Muni (6) - with one win (The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)); three were consecutive nominations (from 1935-1937) Richard Burton (6) - with no wins; three were consecutive nominations (from 1964-1966) Gary Cooper (5) - with two wins Tom Hanks (5) - with two wins Fredric March (5) - with two wins Sean Penn (5) - with two wins Daniel Day-Lewis (5) - with three wins James Stewart (5) - with one win ( Anthony Hopkins (3) - with one win ( The Silence of the Lambs (1991) ); nominations from 1991-1995 Russell Crowe (3) - with one win (Gladiator (2000)); three were consecutive nominations (from 1999-2001) Jeff Bridges (3) - with one win (Crazy Heart (2009)); nominations from 1984-2010 George Clooney (3) - with no wins; nominations from 2007-2011 Consecutive Best Actor-Winning Performers: There are only two actresses (Luise Rainer and Katharine Hepburn) who have received two consecutive Best Actress awards, as there are only two actors who have received two consecutive Best Actor statuette wins: Spencer Tracy (Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938)) Tom Hanks (Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994)) [Note: Jason Robards won two consecutive Best Supporting Actor Oscars in 1976 and 1977.] Winners of Both a Lead and Supporting Actor Oscar: In 1997, Jack Nicholson tied Walter Brennan for the most wins (3) for a male performer (Brennan has three Best Supporting Actor trophies, Nicholson has two for Best Actor and one for Best Supporting Actor). The only stars to win both a Best Actor and a Best Supporting Actor (BSA) Oscar are the following: Jack Nicholson (BA for Gene Hackman (BA for The French Connection (1971) , BSA for Unforgiven (1992) ) Kevin Spacey (BA for American Beauty (1999), BSA for The Usual Suspects (1995)) Denzel Washington (BA for Training Day (2001), BSA for Glory (1989)) The Only Best Actor Tie: In the Best Actor category, an unusual tie (the only occurrence among male acting performances) occurred in 1931/32 between Wallace Beery and Fredric March, for their respective performances in The Champ (1931/32) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931/32). The Most Best Actor Oscar Nominations - Without Winning: Peter O'Toole is the only star with eight Best Actor Oscar nominations without a single win. His record extends 44 years, from 1962 to 2006. Richard Burton was nominated seven times (and never won), although his first nomination was as Best Supporting Actor for My Cousin Rachel (1952) -- his last six nominations were as Best Actor. Oscar-Winning Actor Roles and Trends: Biographies of remarkable, real-life individuals (military figures or soldiers, law-and-order enforcers, historical figures) and portrayals of the mentally ill are heavily represented among male Oscar winners, particularly in the acting awards. It helps an

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Oscars fast facts Home » fastfacts » Oscars fast facts Oscars fast facts The shortest Oscar ceremony ever was the first, held in 1929; it lasted only about 15 minutes as all the winners had been announced three months earlier. The longest Oscar awards ceremony was in 2000, running for 4 hours and 16 minutes – beating a previous record by 16 minutes. Bob Hope has hosted the Oscars 18 times; Billy Crystal is in second place with 8 times. Tom Hanks is the youngest recipient of the Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award, which he received in 2002 at age 45. Kate Winslet received four Oscar nominations before reaching the age of 30. Elizabeth Taylor received four Oscar nominations before reaching the age of 28. Gone with the Wind, at 3 hours and 56 minutes, was the longest film to have won a Best Picture Oscar; it was also the first film in color to win Best Picture. The 1968 movie, War and Peace, was the longest film (431 minutes) to an Academy Award – for best Foreign picture. Julia Phillips was the first female producer to win Best Picture award, for The Sting (1973). The first female to win the Best Director award was Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008). Henry Fonda was first nominated for a Best Actor Oscar in 1941 for his role in The Grapes of Wrath but had to wait 41 years before he finally achieved a win in 1982 for his role in On Golden Pond. At 76, he is the oldest actor yet to have received the Best Actor award. The oldest actress to win an Oscar is Jessica Tandy – at 81 she won the Best Actress Oscar in 1990 for her performance in Driving Miss Daisy. Anthony Quinn’s performance as painter Paul Gaugin in Lust for Life (1956) is the shortest ever to win a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award, his second Oscar. He was on screen for only 8 minutes. (He won a similar award in 1952 playing opposite Marlon Brando in Elia Kazan’s Viva Zapata!) The shortest-ever winning performance for Best Supporting Actress belongs to Beatrice Straight, who won an Oscar in 1976 for her 5 minutes 40 seconds appearance as devastated wife Louise Schumacher in Network. Dame Judi Dench won an Oscar in 1998 for less than 8 minutes of screen time playing Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love. The shortest-ever Best Actor Oscar-winning performance was awarded to David Niven in 1958, having appeared for only 15 minutes and 38 seconds in Separate Tables. The second-shortest winning appearance was made by Anthony Hopkins in 1992, for less than 16 minutes of screen time as Dr Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs. In 1948, Jane Wyman won Best Actress award without uttering a word; she played the role of a deaf -mute person in the movie Johnny Belinda. The fewest lines actually spoken by an Oscar-winning actress won Patty Duke a Best Actress in a Supporting Role portraying the deaf and blind Helen Keller in the 1962 film The Miracle Worker. In the role she speaks only one word in the last scene: “Wah-wah” (for “water”). In 1993, Holly Hunter won a Best Actress Oscar for her role as a deaf person in the movie The Piano but she narrated a few scenes and does speak (although her face is covered) in the last scene of the film. The films with the most Oscar wins are Ben-Hur, Titanic and Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, each winning 11 Oscars from 12, 14 and 11 nominations respectively. See more in the  lists of Oscar winners . In total, the Middle-earth series (The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003) – and the The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) won 17 Oscars out of 33 nominations. William Wyler has directed more actors to Academy Award success than any other, with 34 nominations and 14 wins. Jack Nicholson leads the Best Actor Academy Award category with wins from 11 nominations, followed by Laurence Olivier, nominated 10 times and receiving one Best Actor award, and then Spencer Tracy with nine nominations resulting in two awards. Daniel Day-Lewis has won the most Best Actor awards, with 3 awards (1989, 2007, 2012). Meryl Streep had more Best

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Will This Be A Breakthrough Year for Women Directors at the Academy Awards? Will This Be A Breakthrough Year for Women Directors at the Academy Awards? {{article.article.images.featured.caption}} Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Full Bio The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. Loading ... Loading ... This story appears in the {{article.article.magazine.pretty_date}} issue of {{article.article.magazine.pubName}}. Subscribe In 86 years, only four women have been nominated for a best director Oscar. Only one, Kathryn Bigelow, has won. Lina Wertmuller was the first woman nominated for the 1976 film, Seven Beauties. Jane Campion was number two for the 1993 film, The Piano. Sofia Coppola is number three for the 2003 film, Lost in Translation, and number four is the only one to make it to the podium, Kathryn Bigelow for her film The Hurt Locker. As you can tell from these very low numbers it is very difficult for a woman to garner a best director nomination. There are several reasons for this. One reason is the low number of women in the directing branch. The way that you get an Oscar nomination is that the individual branch members nominate you. Of the over 6,000 members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, only 377 are members of the directing branch. And, only 36 of those 371 people are women. That's under 10%. The second reason is that many women -- though not all women as exemplified by Kathryn Bigelow -- make movies about women. These movies are never seen to have the gravitas as movies about men. In 2014, only two of the nine films nominated for best picture -- Gravity and Philomena -- told stories about women, and none of those nine were directed by a woman. In 2013, again there were nine best picture nominations, and two -- Beasts of a Southern Wild and Zero Dark Thirty -- had women (one has a girl) as the central character. And keep in mind that Kathryn Bigelow who won many critics awards as best director for that film was passed over by the Academy for her second nomination. When she makes a movie about men at war she gets the win, but when she makes a movie about war with a central female character she gets snubbed. Ava DuVernay on the set of Selma But this year could be a breakthrough year for women directors. I know it is overly optimistic and a tad delusional to think that women could get two nominations for best director, but there are two women -- Angelina Jolie for Unbroken and Ava DuVernay for Selma -- who should get HARD looks come awards time. The fact that both women have made movies about men will just enhance their chances of getting noticed. Angelina Jolie, arguably, has had the best year of her career. As an actress she was able to propel Maleficent to great box office heights -- this past weekend it crossed $500 million worldwide at the box office. She just co-convened an international conference on sex crimes in war, and was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth.  But it will be her film Unbroken based on the best selling book of the same name by Laura that will get Jolie into the Oscar conversation as a potential best director. The movie just screams Oscar. It was written by Joel and Ethan Coen with additional writing credits to William Nicholson and Richard LaGravenese. And it's a story about a man who survived incredible odds. Here's the imdb description: "A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II." And keep in mind that Jolie is not a directing novice. She made the really terrific and underseen film In the Land of Blood and Honey about the Bosnian war in 2011. Ava DuVernay started her career as a film publicist. But she had stories to tell so she became a director. She made two small, beautiful films, I Will Follow and Middle of Nowhere -- for which she won best director at Sundance. Both are stories about women we don't get to see often on our big screens. She also is the brains behind AFFRM - African American Film Festival Releasing Movem

In what year was the best foreign film category introduced to the Academy Awards?

1956 Academy Awards® Winners and History The Ten Commandments (1956) Actor: YUL BRYNNER in "The King and I" , James Dean in "Giant", Kirk Douglas in "Lust for Life", Rock Hudson in "Giant", Laurence Olivier in "Richard III" Actress: INGRID BERGMAN in "Anastasia", Carroll Baker in "Baby Doll" , Katharine Hepburn in "The Rainmaker", Nancy Kelly in "The Bad Seed", Deborah Kerr in "The King and I" Supporting Actor: ANTHONY QUINN in "Lust for Life", Don Murray in "Bus Stop", Anthony Perkins in "Friendly Persuasion", Mickey Rooney in "The Bold and the Brave", Robert Stack in "Written on the Wind" Supporting Actress: DOROTHY MALONE in "Written on the Wind" , Mildred Dunnock in "Baby Doll" , Eileen Heckart in "The Bad Seed", Mercedes McCambridge in "Giant", Patty McCormack in "The Bad Seed" Director: GEORGE STEVENS for "Giant", Michael Anderson for "Around the World in 80 Days", Walter Lang for "The King and I" , King Vidor for "War and Peace", William Wyler for "Friendly Persuasion" This was the year that the regular competitive category of Best Foreign Language film was introduced, instead of only being recognized as a special achievement Honorary Award or as a Best Picture nominee (as in 1938). The nominees were from West Germany, France, Japan, Italy, and Denmark. The first winner in this new category was Federico Fellini's La Strada with Anthony Quinn and a second nomination for Original Screenplay. Its win would help to create an interest in foreign-language films - with subtitles. Another Fellini film, The Nights of Cabiria (1957) would win the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in the following year. This was also the first year that all of the five Best Picture nominees were in color. Another possible trend, signaled by the victory of Marty (1955) , toward simpler, shorter, intimate dramas, did not occur again in 1956. Instead, there was the splashy emergence of wide-scale, expensive super-epics (colorful dramas, musicals, comedies, and costume pieces) all at least two hours long - mostly to compete with the resurgence of television. All of the major awards winners were gigantic - Mike Todd's Around the World in 80 Days, The King and I , Anastasia, Giant, De Mille's The Ten Commandments - the highest grossing film of the year, King Vidor's War and Peace, and Wyler's Friendly Persuasion. [And the trend toward blockbusters and colorful spectaculars was established for years to come. The next three Best Picture winners proved the point: Ben-Hur (1959) .] This was only the second time in Oscar's long history that the top six prizes (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress) went to six different films. It also occurred in 1952 and wouldn't occur again until another 49 years later - in 2005! The Best Picture nominees for 1956 included: the exciting globe-trotting travelogue Around the World in 80 Days (with eight nominations and five Oscars - Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Color Cinematography, Best Music Score (Victor Young - his first Oscar, won posthumously after 19 previous nominations), and Best Film Editing), the three hour epic and adaptation of

What was the name of author A. A. Milne's son, the name of whom he used in his Winnie The Pooh books?

A.A. Milne - Writer - Biography.com A.A. Milne English writer A.A. Milne is best known for his children's stories about the adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh. IN THESE GROUPS “No sensible author wants anything but praise.” “Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.” —A.A. Milne Synopsis British author A.A. Milne was born in London, England, on January 18, 1882. After attending the University of Cambridge's Trinity College and writing for the literary magazines Granta and Punch, Milne began a successful career as a novelist, poet and playwright in the 1920s. His best known works are his two collections of children's poetry, When We Were Young and Now We Are Six, and his two books of stories about the lovable bear Winnie-the-Pooh and his animal friends. Milne died on January 31, 1956. Early Life and Education A.A. Milne was born Alan Alexander Milne on January 18, 1882, in London, England. He and his two older brothers were raised in London by their parents, Sarah Marie (née Heginbotham) and John Vine Milne, the headmaster of a private school named Henley House. Milne was educated at Westminster School in London and at the University of Cambridge's Trinity College. While at Cambridge, he studied mathematics and also edited and wrote for the student magazine Granta. Realizing that writing was his true vocation, he moved to London after his graduation in 1903. He began writing for the literary magazine Punch in 1906, and his essays and humorous poetry were published in the magazine through 1914. Wartime Service and Literary Success Despite being a pacifist, in 1915, Milne served in World War I, enlisting in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and then working in the Royal Corps of Signals. He was discharged in 1919 and settled in London with his wife, Dorothy "Daphne" de Sélincourt (whom he had married in 1913). Their son, Christopher Robin, was born in 1920. During his military service, Milne had written his first play, a one-act farce titled Wurzel-Flummery. After the war, he achieved success as a playwright. His comedies of the early 1920s, including Mr. Pim Passes By (1921) and The Dover Road (1921), were enthusiastically received by critics and audiences. He also penned a detective novel titled The Red House Mystery, published in 1922. In 1929 he wrote a stage adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's classic children's book The Wind in the Willows, titled Toad of Toad Hall. 'Winnie-the-Pooh' and Other Children's Literature In 1924, Milne applied his long-time talent for light verse to a collection of children's poems titled When We Were Very Young. This book included poems such as "Buckingham Palace" and "Halfway Down," which were inspired by his 4-year-old son's pastimes. In 1927, Milne wrote a second volume of verse for young readers, titled Now We Are Six. Milne's greatest and enduring successes, however, were his books Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928). These two volumes told the adventures of a young boy named Christopher Robin, after Milne's own son (Christopher Robin Milne), and his animal playmates, who were inspired by the real Christopher Robin's stuffed toys. A bear named Winnie-the-Pooh was the central character, accompanied by fussy Rabbit, gloomy donkey Eeyore, bouncy tiger Tigger, kind kangaroo Kanga and her baby Roo, wise Owl and shy Piglet. The adventures of Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood, illustrated by artist Ernest H. Shepard, were all best-sellers and made Milne a household name. Later Years In the 1930s and '40s, A.A. Milne returned to writing for adults, publishing novels, short-story collections and a non-fiction, anti-war book entitled Peace with Honour. He wrote his autobiography, It's Too Late Now, in 1939. Milne suffered from illness in the early 1950s and died at his home in Hartfield, East Sussex, England, on January 31, 1956. Winnie-the-Pooh and the other characters of the Pooh stories have lived on as iconic figures in children's literature. Fact Check We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us ! Citation I

What is the profession of a leprechaun?

Leprechauns: Facts About the Irish Trickster Fairy Leprechauns: Facts About the Irish Trickster Fairy By Benjamin Radford, Live Science Contributor | June 20, 2013 08:19pm ET MORE An unidentified man in a St. Patrick's Day parade waving at the crowd wearing a green leprechaun hat and laughing March 17, 2012, Cork, Ireland. Credit: Peter O'Toole | Shutter Leprechauns are a type of fairy, though it's important to note that the fairies of Irish folklore were not cute Disneyfied pixies; they could be lustful, nasty, capricious creatures whose magic might delight you one day and kill you the next if you displeased them. Leprechauns are often described as wizened, bearded old men dressed in green (early versions were clad in red) and wearing buckled shoes, often with a leather apron. Sometimes they wear a pointed cap or hat and may be smoking a pipe. Leprechaun lore In their book "The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures," John and Caitlin Matthews trace leprechaun legends back to eighth-century legends of water spirits called "luchorpán," meaning small body. These sprites eventually merged with a mischievous household fairy said to haunt cellars and drink heavily. Other researchers say that the word leprechaun may be derived from the Irish leath bhrogan, meaning shoemaker. Indeed, though leprechauns are often associated with riches and gold, in folklore their main vocation is anything but glamorous: they are humble cobblers, or shoemakers. Shoemaking is apparently a lucrative business in the fairy world, since each leprechaun is said to have his own pot of gold, which can often be found at the end of a rainbow. According to Irish legends, people lucky enough to find a leprechaun and capture him (or, in some stories, steal his magical ring, coin or amulet) can barter his freedom for his treasure. Leprechauns are usually said to be able to grant the person three wishes. But dealing with leprechauns can be a tricky proposition. A trickster The leprechaun plays several roles in Irish folklore; he is principally a roguish trickster figure who cannot be trusted and will deceive whenever possible. In her encyclopedia "Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins," folklorist Carol Rose offers a typical tale of leprechaun trickery "concerning a man who managed to get a leprechaun to show him the bush in the field where his treasure was located. Having no spade [shovel], the man marked the tree with one of his red garters, then kindly released the sprite and went for a spade. Returning almost instantly he found that every one of the numerous trees in the field sported a red garter!" In the magical world, most spirits, fairies and other creatures have a distinctive sound that is associated with them. Some entities — such as the Irish fairy banshee and the Hispanic spirit La Llorona — are said to emit a mournful wail signifying their presence. In the case of the leprechaun, it's the tap-tap-tapping of his tiny cobbler hammer, driving nails into shoes, that announces they are near. In his collection of Irish fairy and folk tales, W.B. Yeats offered an 18th-century poem by William Allingham titled "The Lepracaun; Or, Fairy Shoemaker" which describes the sound: "Lay your ear close to the hill. Do you not catch the tiny clamour, Busy click of an elfin hammer, Voice of the Lepracaun singing shrill As he merrily plies his trade?" The 1825 publication of a book called "Fairy Legends" seemingly cemented the character of the modern leprechaun: "Since that time leprechauns seem to be entirely male and solitary," they note. It seems that all leprechauns are not only shoemakers but also old male loners, which makes sense from a cultural standpoint, since that type of fairy is so closely associated with shoemaking, a traditionally male vocation. Though there is something curious about all leprechauns being cobblers (what if they want to be writers, farmers, or doctors?), this designation also fits in well with the traditional folkloric division of labor among fairies. Leprechauns in popular culture As with many old legends and traditions, the ima

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Cruising the Canaries: La Palma, Tenerife and Lanzarote – On the Luce travel blog Cruising the Canaries: La Palma, Tenerife and Lanzarote Last updated on August 31, 2016 Volcanoes, black sand beaches and winter sun holidays – that was pretty much the extent of my knowledge of the Canary Islands. But as part of my cruise on board P&O Cruises’ ship Britannia , I got the chance to visit three of the islands and found out that there’s a lot more to them. The Canaries are a unique group of islands. They’re part of Spain but are actually far closer to Morocco (60 miles away versus 600 miles). They were formed by underwater volcanoes that erupted millions of years ago. They’re subtropical with long warm summers and mild winters. But what I didn’t realise was just how different they are. There are seven Canary Islands, with famous names Tenerife, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria as well the lesser-known La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro. They’re surprisingly varied – the landscapes, architecture and even the climate can be totally different between islands only a few hours apart. So a cruise was a good way to island-hop and get a taste of the Canaries in La Palma, Tenerife and Lanzarote. Arrecife’s Museo Historica La Palma Our first port of call was the island of La Palma. It’s the furthest north of the Canaries and the steepest and rockiest, with sharp peaks jutting up along the coastline. The ‘Isla Bonita’ hasn’t had much major development over the years so still has a traditional feel and peaceful atmosphere. We took a walk around the capital Santa Cruz de la Palma, where you can catch a glimpse of what life was like in its glory days as one of the Spanish Empire’s most important ports. The cobbled Calle Real is lined with old colonial merchants’ houses, Renaissance churches and pretty squares. Along the waterside Avenida Maritima we found a row of colourful houses that looked like they’d come from the Caribbean, with carved wooden balconies practically groaning with the weight of flowers. The town has a few museums, galleries and churches, but it’s also perfect to just wander around or sit in a pavement café and watch the world go by. What else to do: Tour a replica of Columbus’ ship the Santa Maria, visit the Iglesia De El Salvador, check out the Flemish art at the Museo Bellas Artes, walk around the crater of the Caldera de Taburiente. Wooden balconies on the Avenida Maritima La Palma harbour Tenerife Our second stop was in Tenerife, the biggest Canary Island. It’s famous for its beach resorts, but we headed to the north of the island to explore its greener side. Tenerife gets plenty of sunshine so the south is as dry as you’d expect from somewhere the same latitude as the Sahara Desert. But the trade winds condense humidity over the north so there’s more rainfall and areas like the Ortavia Valle are surprisingly green. The island has over 1400 different plant species, 100 of which aren’t found anywhere else in the world. Our garden tour started with some of them in the Botanic Gardens. It’s a lush green oasis filled with shady palm trees, exotic flowers, ponds full of waterlilies and lizards basking on the rocks. Even more colourful was the nearby Orchid Garden Sitio Litre, Tenerife’s oldest garden. A historic mansion is surrounded by fountains and a rainbow of beautiful orchids. It’s all very different to what you’d expect from a rocky volcanic island. What else to do: Visit Mount Teide National Park and get the cable car to the top of Spain’s highest mountain, hike the Masca Gorge, take a whale-watching boat trip, explore historic former capital La Laguna. The Botanic Garden and Sitio Litre Orchid Garden Waterlilies in the Botanic Gardens Lanzarote After the rocky peaks of the other islands, Lanzarote’s dusty landscape felt like being transported to the Moon. It’s closest to Africa and has a dramatic mix of volcanoes, red and black beaches and lava tubes. One of the lava tubes makes up the quirky Jameos del Agua nightclub and concert venue, part of our tour of the north of the island. It’s the work of local art

What colour is Sonic the Hedgehog?

Miles "Tails" Prower | Sonic News Network | Fandom powered by Wikia I've changed a lot since I started hanging out with Sonic , but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! — Miles "Tails" Prower, Sonic Adventure [6] Miles Prower (マイルス・パウアー, Mairusu Pauā ? ), better known by his nickname, Tails (テイルス, Teirusu ? ), is a fictional character from the Sonic the Hedgehog series . He is an anthropomorphic fox cub born exclusively with two twin-tails, hence his nickname. Because of his abnormality, Tails was the subject of bullying during his youth. One day, however, he met Sonic the Hedgehog and was inspired to become as cool as him after seeing him run like the wind. Tails soon after began following Sonic on his adventures and has since become his best friend and sidekick. He is able to use his twin-tails to fly by rotating them like helicopter rotors and is a mechanic genius and aerial pilot. A gentle and sweet-natured soul, Tails was initially timid and lacked courage. After meeting Sonic, however, Tails has become more confident, eventually growing into a more outgoing, brave and independent individual, and a hero in his own right. Since encountering Sonic, Tails has looked up to him and stood by his side, helping him however he can during their adventures. Contents [ show ] Concept and creation The concept for Tails was founded during the development of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 . After some discussion about making a sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) , portions of Sonic Team went to work with Sega of America 's Sega Technical Institute . A new element they wanted to introduce was a new character that would both serve as a sidekick to Sonic the Hedgehog and draw attention and new players to the franchise. An internal contest was held at STI which Yasushi Yamaguchi , originally the main artist and zone designer for Sega 's Sonic Team , won. Yamaguchi originally created Ray the Squirrel (who would only appear in SegaSonicArcade) [7] to be used as a sidekick, but designed Tails for the internal competition after Sega of Japan rejected the Flying Squirrel idea. The character was meant to hold a "deep admiration for Sonic." [8] The name 'Miles Prower' played on a speed pun (miles per hour) and was originally intended to be a tanuki, a raccoon-like canine native to east Asia, and extremely popular in Japanese folklore. The designers decided to change him to a fox, however, to avoid possible comparisons with Mario , who at the time had a power up called the Tanooki Suit, which allowed him to fly, and made him look like a tanuki. His entry won, but Sonic Team decided to change his character's name from "Miles" to "Tails" in which Yamaguchi was not too pleased at all about. Yamaguchi ended up with a compromise: he put the name "Miles" in as his legal name; "Tails" would be his nickname, ending up with the full name of Miles "Tails" Prower. The character debuted as Sonic's tag-along partner in the franchise's second game, and has remained an important character. However Tails' uniqueness was not established until Sonic the Hedgehog 3 when players were allowed to control his flying. [9] Tails was redesigned (along with all of the other Sonic characters) by Yuji Uekawa for Sonic Adventure. Tails' redesign saw him having his fur color changed to a slightly orange shade of yellow, and he gained visible blue irises. He also became slightly slimmer and taller. He also gained a more streamlined appearance with slightly more rounded ears as well as longer tails, which are used as his main form of attack, most notably the Tail Swipe . Later on, between Shadow the Hedgehog and Sonic Unleashed , he was made taller, given darker blue eyes, and receiving a few scratches on the front of his shoes. Appearance Tails is a young, anthropomorphic fox cub with a unique mutation of two tails instead of one. He has mostly yellow-orange fur with white fur around his muzzle, front torso, and the tips of his tails. He also has blue eyes. Typically, his attire consists simply of white gloves and red shoes with white toes. History Early lif

Walter Fredrick Morrison sold the rights to his Pluto Platter in 1955, but under what name did this toy become popular?

The History of the Frisbee - Who Invented the Frisbee? The History of the Frisbee By Mary Bellis Updated August 13, 2016. Every object has a history, and behind that history an inventor. Sometimes who was first can be a topic for hot debate. Often several people independent of each other will all think of the same good idea at around the same time and will later argue "No it was me, I thought of it first." For example, many people have claimed to have invented the Frisbee. The legend behind the “Frisbee” name The Frisbie Baking Company (1871-1958) of Bridgeport, Connecticut, made pies that were sold to many New England colleges. Hungry college students soon discovered that the empty pie tins could be tossed and caught, providing endless hours of game and sport. Many colleges have claimed to be the home of 'he who was first to fling.' Yale College has even argued that in 1820 a Yale undergraduate named Elihu Frisbie grabbed a passing collection tray from the chapel and flung it out into the campus, thereby becoming the true inventor of the Frisbie and winning glory for Yale. continue reading below our video Should I Buy my House or Continue to Rent? That tale is unlikely to be true since the words “Frisbie's Pies” was embossed in all the original pie tins and it was from the word “Frisbie” that the common name for the toy was coined. Early inventors In 1948, a Los Angeles building inspector named Walter Frederick Morrison and his partner Warren Franscioni invented a plastic version of the Frisbie that could fly further and with better accuracy than a tin pie plate. Morrison's father was also an inventor, who invented the automotive sealed-beam headlight. Another interesting tidbit was that Morrison had just returned to America after World War II, where he had been a prisoner in the infamous Stalag 13. His partnership with Warren Franscioni, who was also a war veteran, ended before their product had achieved any real success. The word 'Frisbee' is pronounced the same as the word “Frisbie.” Rich Knerr (Wham-O) was in search of a catchy new name to help increase sales after hearing about the original use of the terms “Frisbie” and “Frisbie-ing.” He borrowed from the two words to create the registered trademark “Frisbee.” Soon after, sales soared for the toy, due to Wham-O's clever marketing of Frisbee playing as a new sport . In 1964, the first professional model went on sale. Ed Headrick was the inventor at Wham-O who patented Wham-O's designs for the modern frisbee (U.S. patent 3,359,678). Ed Headrick's Frisbee, with its band of raised ridges called the Rings of Headrick, had stablized flight as opposed to the wobbly flight of its predecessor the Pluto Platter. Headrick, who invented the Wham-O Superball that sold over twenty-million units, held the utility patent for the modern day Frisbee, which has sold over two hundred million units to date. Mr. Headrick led the advertising program, new products program, was vice president of research and development, executive vice president, general manager and also served as CEO for Wham-O Incorporated over a ten-year period. The patent drawing at the top of this article is from U.S. patent 3,359,678 and was issued to Headrick on December 26, 1967. Today, the fifty-year-old Frisbee is owned by Mattel Toy Manufacturers, one of at least sixty manufacturers of flying discs. Wham-O sold over one hundred million units before selling the toy to Mattel.

What item of food inspired the idea for the computer game pac man?

pacmanmuseum.com - Pac-Man Creator Toru Iwatani Biography   Pac-Man Creator Toru Iwatani Biography Toru Iwatani (born January 25, 1955) is a Japanese video game designer and created one of the most popular arcade games of all time, Pac-Man. Iwatani was born in the Meguro ward of Tokyo, Japan. In 1977, at the age of 22, Iwatani joined Namco Ltd, a computer software company in Tokyo that produces video games. Game designer Toru Iwatani is totally self-taught, without any formal training in computers, visual arts, or graphic design. Namco Limited, whose main product lines at the time were projection-based amusement rides and light gun shooting galleries. Iwatani had expected that his job would involve working on pinball machines, and was initially disappointed that he would instead have to work on these strange, clinical 'video-games' instead. By way of compromise, Gee Bee (1978) was a heavily pinball-inspired paddle game, as were his next two designs (presumably developed by modifying Gee Bee), Bomb Bee and Cutie Q (both 1979). Iwatani wished to create a game that would target women and couples; his goal was for game centers to shed their somewhat sinister image for a lighter atmosphere, and he believed that the key to doing that was to get girls to come in. Toru Iwatani - around 1980 Programmers at Work The legend tells that Iwatani's eureka moment came when he removed a slice of pizza from a pie, creating the visual inspiration for his next big thing. It was in this moment that, according to Iwatani, Pac-Man was officially born. Now that he had the look, he needed that special something to attract his target audience. After listening to girls talk to one another, Iwatani determined that food and eating would be the way to get the girls in the arcade halls. He came up with the idea for "Puck-Man" and around 1978, he, along with Shigeo Funaki (programmer), Toshio Kai (sound and music), a hardware engineer and a cabinet designer produced the game, taking it from concept to finished product. Within 18 months, Iwatani and his team created a game that would change the games world. After many experiments, he came up with Pac-Man chomping his way through food placed around a maze, and being chased by ghosts. The four ghosts - Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde, as they were known outside Japan - were based on Obake no Q-Taro, a famous cartoon ghost. But bat-and-ball games were already on the way out, and Taito's introduction of Space Invaders in 1979 began an industry-wide shift towards shoot-'em-up games (indeed, Namco were quick to stake their claim in this territory with the Galaxian/Galaga series). Observing that there was too little variety to prevent this schmup-craze from eventually going the same way as the paddle games, Iwatani wanted to try to take his next game in another direction. He wanted to make a game that did not focus on conflict, and would be appealing to male and female audiences. The underlying theme he chose for his new game was 'eating' and the result was Puckman, later to be renamed Pac-Man. "Puck-Man" was released to the Japanese public on May 22, 1980 where it became a huge success. It caught the attention of arcade-game manufacturer Midway, who bought the United States rights for the game and released the game in the U.S. as "Pac-Man", for fear that kids may deface a Puck-Man cabinet by changing the 'P' to an 'F'. Due to its innovative concept and continuing international popularity, it is regarded as one of the all-time classic video games. Iwatani went on to create a few other video games, including Ridge Racer, Time Crisis and Libble Rabble, but none of them reached the amount of success that Pac-Man did. He was promoted within the ranks of Namco, eventually being responsible for overseeing the administration of the company. In a VH-1 Game Break interview, Iwatani said he did not personally profit from the creation of Pac-Man, saying, "The truth of the matter is, there were no rewards per se for the success of Pac-Man. I was just an employee. There was no change in my salary, no bonus, no official c

What is Barbie's boyfriend's first name?

Barbie is dating again, this time it's a hunky Australian - Jun. 29, 2004 Aussie hunk wins Barbie's heart Mattel says popular doll finds new love from Australia to replace the dumped Ken. June 29, 2004: 11:41 AM EDT By Joseph Lee, CNN/Money Staff Writer NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - If Britney and J. Lo can replace love so easily, so can Barbie.   Blaine doll, left, is Barbie's new love. The popular doll from Mattel Inc. ( MAT : down $0.16 to $18.09, Research , Estimates ) has a new love in her life, an Australian surfer named Blaine, the world's largest toymaker said Tuesday. Over the past few weeks, Mattel said more than 2 million people worldwide logged on to Barbie.com to help the world's most famous plastic-looking girl choose a new beau after Ken, her previous long-term boyfriend, was ditched earlier this year. The Blaine doll was the undisputed winner, the company said. After 43 years as one of the world's best-looking couples, Mattel announced the breakup of Barbie and Ken in February. But some experts saw the move by Mattel was purely "a publicity stunt." "It's certainly getting grown-ups like you talking about Barbie, and the metaphor that they are using reflects the majority of people's fascination with celebrity," said Chris Byrne, an independent toy consultant. Weak U.S. doll sales and a lackluster retail environment have hurt Mattel's profits recently. Adding some new romance to Barbie's closely watched personal life, Mattel not only raises Barbie's profile but also the awareness of Mattel's brand name, he said. "On one level, the Hollywood-like romance is tongue-in-cheek. But on the other level, it means serious business," Byrne added. Mattel reported in April that first-quarter profit dropped 73 percent on lower sales of its Barbie doll brand and higher administrative and sales costs, despite an increase in overall worldwide sales. YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Follow the news that matters to you. Create your own alert to be notified on topics you're interested in. Manage alerts | What is this? Mattel also gave a murky outlook, saying it wouldn't be clear until 2005 whether new merchandising strategies were effective. Despite their highly publicized breakup, Mattel said Barbie and Ken remain friends and will make an appearance in an upcoming film. The popular Mattel doll, created and named "Barbie Millicent Roberts" in 1959, has played every role from a nurse to pop music idol, and she's available for sale in more than 150 countries, according to the toy company. Mattel said the Blaine doll will be available in August at a suggested retail price of $14.95.

Which company who make toy cars and other models won the first toy of the year award in 1965 for a model Aston Martin from the first James Bond film?

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What was the name of the Japanese virtual pets that became very popular throughout the world in 1997?

Tamagotchi - Loveable Egg Page Tamagotchi Commemorative Edition Tamagotchi is BACK !! Bandai continues to release new versions of Tamagotchi Connection following the very successful U.S. launch of Version 1 on August 15, 2004. Follow all the news surrounding Tamagotchi Connection on our Tamagotchi Connection Information Center Page . Read on below for coverage the Original Tamagotchi back in 1997. Tamagotchi - This egg shaped loveable electronic bird creature that resembles a chicken virtual pet built by a Japanese toymaker, Bandai Company, took Japan by storm in late 1996. It was originally called Tamagocchi (Japanese word for loveable egg) in Japan, Bandai labeled it Tamagotchi in its early U.S. press releases. If you came into our website from one of the search engines to this page, be sure to back up and read the vast information about the virtual pet industry available from our Vitual Pet Home Page . Several Tamagotchi news reports are reproduced below. Reuters. 22 January 1997. "Virtual Pet" Craze Sweeps Japan Washington Post Jan. 27, 1997. Virtual pet-raising games - Cheep thrills: Virtual chickens need care and attention or they'll croak . Note, a very similar Tamagotchi article ran in the Washington Post on Jan 15 1997 credited to the Washington Post Foreign Service and the same writer. Pathfinder - Netlynewsnetwork March 21 1997. Bandai's Golden Egg "PA" News Centre. Gadgets & Gizmo's Section. 11 April 1997 Tamagocchi article Mad Dog syndicated column. At last the perfect pet this undated article was added to the list 18 April 1997 K-B Toys Announces U.S. Sales of Tamagotchi to Begin May 1 "The Toy That Ate Tokyo Is Heading West" Business Week 5 May 1997 page 6 Toy Life Form Invades the U.S. New York Times 3 May 1997. New York Times Tamagotchi Diary writer Joe Hutsko multi-part article about his daily interaction with his tamagotchi. Began 3 May 1997. 7th Level/Bandai CD ROM-2: Features Expanded Animation AP-Dow Jones News Service 19 June 1997. Tamagotchi is coming to CD-Rom. Pet Shop Toys Entertainment Weekly 20 June 1997 article features our web site. It also describes the sales battle between Giga Pets and Tamagotchi. Tamagotchi Versions Page 14 August 1997 we added a page showing several of the many versions of the Tamagotchi. AP-Dow Jones News Service 19 June 1997 7th Level/Bandai CD ROM-2: Features Expanded Animation DALLAS -- 7th Level Inc. and Bandai Co.'s Bandai Digital Entertainment unit will create a CD-ROM for the hand-held Tamagotchi toy. In a press release Wednesday, 7th Level said the CD-ROM will feature animation, story line and game options expanded from the Tamagotchi toy, in which a player raises a pet animal. 7th Level creates interactive multimedia products. Bandai Digital Entertainment produces interactive entertainment and educational multimedia products. 7th Level Inc. (SEVL) said the CD-ROM of the Tamagotchi virtual pet toy, which it is developing with Bandai Co.'s Bandai Digital Entertainment unit, will be on store shelves in the U.S. no later than mid-November. A company spokeswoman said the product will sell for $24.95. A CD-ROM version of the toy is now available in Japan but the spokeswoman said Bandai believes it is 'not a good quality product and wants a more advanced, high quality computer game for the U.S. market.' DALLAS (AP-Dow Jones)--7th Level Inc. and Bandai Co.'s Bandai Digital Entertainment unit will create a CD-ROM for the hand-held Tamagotchi toy in the U.S. In a press release Wednesday, 7th Level said the CD-ROM will feature animation, story line and game options expanded from the Tamagotchi toy, in which a player raises a pet animal. As reported Monday, Bandai is selling a Tamagotchi CD-ROM in Japan. A 7th Level spokesman said Bandai believes it is 'not a good, quality product and wants a more advanced, high-quality computer game for the U.S. market.' 7th Level said the virtual pet toy will be on store shelves in the U.S. no later than mid-November. The 7th Level spokeswoman said the product will sell for $24.95. Copyright © 1997 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. A

Nicknamed the Black Panther, who was the top scorer in the 1966 World Cup finals?

Eusebio, the 'Black Panther' who lit up 1966 football World Cup – NDTV Sports © Lisbon: Known as the "Black Panther" or simply "The King", football legend Eusebio, who has died aged 71, reigned over Portuguese football in the 1960s, bringing glory to both his club Benfica and his country. The top scorer in the 1966 World Cup and considered one of the best footballers of all time, Eusebio da Silva Ferreira died of cardio-pulmonary arrest early on Sunday morning. "Eusebio will always be eternal. Rest in peace," wrote Cristiano Ronaldo, the star of the Portuguese national team, in a message posted on his Facebook account alongside a photo of himself and Eusebio. The top Portuguese footballer of all time Eusebio rivalled all-time greats including Brazilian Pele, Argentina's Alfredo Di Stefano and England's Bobby Charlton. "I was the best player in the world, top scorer in the world and Europe. I did everything, except win a World Cup," Eusebio said in a interview in 2011, recalling his tears after Portugal's loss in the 1966 World Cup semi-final to England. From humble origins in the former Portuguese colony of Mozambique, Eusebio da Silva Ferreira was to emerge as one of the World Cup's most feared strikers, combining panther-like pace with a ferocious shooting ability. Known throughout his career simply as Eusebio, the poor boy from Maputo became a legend for his exploits with Portugal and Lisbon giants Benfica during the 1960s. Born in 1942, he rose to prominence in Mozambique football circles as a teenager through his performances for Sporting Lourenco Marques, a team with links to Sporting Lisbon. With his exceptional technique, strength and goal-scoring record, it was not long before word of Eusebio's prowess soon filtered back to Portugal. In December 1960 he was offered trials with Sporting. Although keen, Eusebio was not willing to risk leaving his beloved mother unless there was the firm promise of a contract. Sporting baulked, creating an opening for Benfica, who snapped up the youngster's signature. A wrangle with Sporting Lourenco Marques over Eusebio's registration was finally settled, and in 1961 he made his debut for the club, scoring a hat-trick in a friendly. Over the next five years, Eusebio developed as one of world football's best players. In an early game for Benfica, he had outshone Pele in a friendly with Santos, and in 1962 he scored the crucial goals in a 5-3 victory over Real Madrid in the European Cup final. When Madrid's legendary Hungarian Ferenc Puskas symbolically handed his jersey to Eusebio after the match, the message was clear - the torch had passed, and in 1965 Eusebio was named European Player of the Year. 1966 World Cup exploits But while Eusebio excelled with Benfica in Europe, it was his exploits at the 1966 World Cup for which he will be best remembered. Eusebio's nine goals in England propelled Portugal to a third-place finish, and a succession of opposing teams simply had no answer to the power and pace of his play. He scored twice in the 3-1 victory which sent holders Brazil out of the competition, showing great technique to lash home a spectacular volley for his second goal. In the quarter-finals Eusebio was unstoppable, pulling off a one-man rescue act after Portugal went 3-0 down against North Korea after just 20 minutes. The Koreans were blown away by a four-goal display from Eusebio as the Portuguese won 5-3. In the semi-final against England Eusebio was effectively marked out of the match but he did find the net again. He scored his ninth of the tournament in the third-place play-off win over the Soviet Union. He finished his 64-cap career having accumulated 41 goals for Portugal. He also earned European football's Golden Boot award twice and was Portugal's top scorer every season between 1964 and 1973. He helped Benfica to 11 league championships and five domestic cups. He also appeared on the losing side in the European Cup finals of 1963 and 1968. In 1975 he joined the flow of players involved in the ill-fated North American Soccer League, before retiring in 1979 after wi

Which Dutch footballer scored 90 goals in 135 games for A. C. Milan in the late 1980s and early 1990s?

Soccer's Clutchest Players of All Time | Bleacher Report Soccer's Clutchest Players of All Time By Thomas Cooper , Featured Columnist Apr 22, 2011 Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse the slideshow Mike Hewitt/Getty Images 35 Comments 'Clutch' is a sports term many soccer fans outside of the U.S may not be familiar with. It's definition however, of an athlete delivering the goods in those moments when the clock is ticking and the pressure is high, very much is. Soccer history is made up of such players. Those who consistently have been there when their team needed them most, to others whose clutch moments may have been confined to a tournament or single game but proved so valuable nonetheless. In no particular order, representing club and country, here are the 50 most clutch players in soccer history. Do you agree with the players that made the list? Are some not worthy of their inclusion or is there someone inexcusably missing out? Steven Gerrard Stu Forster/Getty Images Steven Gerrard's scores a last-minute equaliser to take West Ham to extra-time in the 2006 FA Cup Final It is intriguing to wonder how Liverpool Football Club would have fared over the past decade without Steven Gerrard, such has been the value of the contributions made by their skipper. Gerrard has cemented his legendary status on Merseyside with an ever reliable consistency. The more he progressed as a player the more unquestionable a prospect a Liverpool team without him in it seemed. The finest demonstration of the England international's clutch credentials came in one of Liverpool's finest campaigns, the 2004/05 season that saw them win a fifth European Cup. Their success in the Champions League that season may not have come at all if not for Gerrard's stunning late winner against Olympiakos in the group stage saw them qualify from Group A in second place. Gerrard's finest hour came in the final itself against AC Milan. Having gone 3-0 down in the first half the Liverpool captain pulled a goal back on 54 minutes and helped inspire a ten-minute spell that saw Liverpool bring it back to 3-3. Extra-time and penalties were eventually needed to win, but Gerrard deserved his man of the match award that night as he played a key role in salvaging what looked a lost cause. It would not be the last time Gerrard helped stop silverware from slipping from his team's grasp. A year later in the FA Cup final against West Ham he scored a perfectly struck long-range effort to equalise and take the game to extra-time before his side once more won on penalties. Getty Images/Getty Images Paolo Rossi in action against Brazil at the 1982 World Cup If ever a player was defined by their rise from zero to hero it was Paolo Rossi. The Italian striker was banned in 1980 for his alleged involvement in the Totonero betting scandal. After it was overturned and national team manager Enzo Bearzot included him in his squad for the 1982 World Cup, an out of form and seemingly uninspired Rossi struggled to repay his coach's faith in the tournament's opening games. After defeating Argentina 2-1 the Azzurri needed to beat what some argue was the second best Brazil side of all time, including such talents as Zico and Socrates, to progress from their second round Group C into the semi-finals. Rossi chose this moment to rise to the occasion, scoring one of the World Cup's great hat-tricks. The Juventus forward opened the scoring after five minutes, then restored Italy's lead after Socrates had equalised. Falcao brought Brazil level in the second half but Rossi would not be stopped and got his third and Italy's winner with just over 15 minutes left. Rossi proved he was no one-game wonder and added another brace in the 2-0 semi-final win over Poland and opened the scoring as Italy beat West Germany to win their third World Cup. When his country needed him most Rossi was there. Shaun Botterill/Getty Images Peter Schmeichel had a big hand in Denmark's Euro '92 triumph It is often noted that the greatest testament to the value of Peter Schmeichel to Manchester United was the difficulty Sir Ale

Who scored the last ever goal in an FA Cup semi-final replay?

FA Cup: 17 years since Ryan Giggs' semi-final magic - BBC Sport BBC Sport - FA Cup: 17 years since Ryan Giggs' semi-final magic FA Cup: 17 years since magical Giggs goal 14 Apr 2016 From the section Football It is 17 years to the day since Ryan Giggs scored a magical solo goal in an FA Cup semi-final replay against Arsenal at Villa Park in 1999. Arsenal and Manchester United could not be separated when they met in the 1999 semi-final at Villa Park on 11 April as the Premier League's then top two played out a goalless draw. But three days later the last-ever FA Cup semi-final replay would go down in history as a night of high drama. Goals from David Beckham and Dennis Bergkamp either side of half-time had left the tie poised at 1-1. Enter Ryan Giggs with 11 minutes remaining in extra time.

Who won the 1974 World Cup as a player and the 1990 World Cup as a coach?

World Cup Trivia - Participating as Player and as Coach World Cup Trivia - Participating as Player and as Coach All men played and coached the same country unless noted otherwise. Participations Name Country as player as coach ======================================================================= Javier AGUIRRE Mexico 1986 2002/2010 Milorad ARSENIJEVIC Yugoslavia 1930 1950 Franz BECKENBAUER West Germany 1966/1970/1974 1986/1990 Orvar BERGMARK Sweden 1958 1970 William "Billy" BINGHAM North. Ireland 1958 1982/1986 Oleg BLOKHIN Ukraine 1982/1986 [1] 2006 Robert "BOBBY" ROBSON England 1958 1986/1990 Hristo BONEV Bulgaria 1970/1974 1998 Juan Antonio CAMACHO Spain 1982/1986 2002 Vladislao CAP Argentina 1962 1974 Fabio CAPELLO Italy 1974 2010 [2] Ra�l C�RDENAS Mexico 1954/1958/1962 1970 Paulo C�sar CARPEGGIANI Brazil 1974 1998 [3] CHA BUM-KUN South Korea 1986 1998 Jackie CHARLTON England 1966/1970 1990/1994 [4] Valdir Pereira "DIDI" Brazil 1954/1958/1962 1970 [5] Carlos Verri "DUNGA" Brazil 1990/1994/1998 2010 Giovanni FERRARI Italy 1934/1938 1962 Alfredo FONI Italy 1938 1966 [6] Aurelio GONZ�LEZ Paraguay 1930 1958 Alexandre GUIMAR�ES Costa Rica 1990 2002/2006 Ernst HAPPEL Austria 1954/1958 1978 [7] Ricki HERBERT New Zealand 1982 2010 Josef HICKERSBERGER Austria 1978 1990 Glenn HODDLE England 1982/1986 1998 Jos� Eduardo HOHBERG Uruguay 1954 1970 HUH JONG-MOO South Korea 1986 2010 Pavel JANAS Poland 1982 2006 Henryk KASPERCZAK Poland 1974/1978 1998 [8] Srecko KATANEC Slovenia 1990 [9] 2002 KIM PYUNG-SUK South Korea 1986 1998 J�rgen KLINSMANN (West) Germany 1990/1994/1998 2006 Jakob "K�bi" KUHN Switzerland 1966 2006 Kamaeis LAABIDI Tunisia 1978 2002 Ricardo LAVOLPE Argentina 1978 2006 [10] Cesare MALDINI Italy 1962 1998/2002 [11] Diego MARADONA Argentina 1982/1986/1990/1994 2010 Mick McCARTHY Rep. of Ireland 1990 2002 Kalman MESZOLY Hungary 1962/1966 1982 Henri MICHEL France 1978 1986/1994/1998/2006 [12] Olle NORDIN Sweden 1978 1990 Morten OLSEN Denmark 1986 2002/2010 William Esplin ORMOND Scotland 1954 1974 Daniel PASSARELLA Argentina 1978/1982/1986 1998 Dimitar PENEV Bulgaria 1966/1970/1974 1994 Ilija PETKOVIC Serbia & Mont. 1974 [9] 2006 Herbert PROHASKA Austria 1978/1982 1998 Alfred "Alf" RAMSEY England 1950 1966/1970 Cayetano RE Paraguay 1958 1986 Fernando RIERA Chile 1950 1962 Jos� Antonio ROCA Mexico 1950 1978 Maur�cio RODRIGUEZ El Salvador 1970 1982 Jos� Em�lio SANTAMAR�A Uruguay 1954/1962 [13] 1982 [14] Helmut SENEKOWITSCH Austria 1958 1978 Jorge SOLARI Argenti

In which year were red and yellow cards first used in the English leagues?

How English football came to love and curse the red card - BBC News BBC News How English football came to love and curse the red card By Martin Winch BBC News 10 August 2013 Close share panel Image caption Red cards were first introduced to the global game in 1970 When Saturday comes, it brings with it goals, shock results and a sprinkling of the dreaded yellow and red cards. But while the goals and upsets have been occurring in the Football League for 125 years , the same cannot be said for the handing out of cards. They made their debut in the English game in 1976, and the first player to receive a red one was Blackburn Rovers winger Dave Wagstaffe. The former Wolves midfielder, who died this week aged 70, was given his marching orders in a Division Two match at Leyton Orient on 2 October. Later that afternoon a certain George Best also saw red playing for Fulham at Southampton in the same division. But where did the idea for the cards come from? Traffic lights The cards were shown after the Football League voluntarily adopted a system introduced to the game in the 1970 World Cup. David Barber, from the Football Association, said the idea is credited to English referee Ken Aston from Ilford, London. Image caption Winger Dave Wagstaffe left Wolves in 1976 for Blackburn Rovers Mr Barber said: "He refereed the 1963 FA Cup Final and was in charge of the referees at the '66 World Cup, during which there was confusion over [Argentina's] Antonio Rattin's dismissal against England. "Had he actually been sent off?" The player had indeed been given his marching orders, for reasons that were about as unclear as the indication of the dismissal itself. Mr Aston had to help persuade Argentina's captain to leave the field of play. It was while the referee was driving along Kensington High Street that he had the idea of introducing yellow and red cards in a bid to overcome language barriers and give a clear indication to players and supporters alike. He was stopped at traffic lights when it dawned on him that yellow could be for a caution, a warning to a player to take it easy. And red would simply mean stop - your game is over. The card system was trialled at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico and they were introduced into European club games at some point afterwards. Football violence Some six years later they made their way into the English game where they were used in the domestic game for less than five years initially. Tony Brown, from SoccerData, explained why two red cards were shown on the day they were introduced. "Wagstaffe was the first to receive a red, for arguing with the ref [after 36 mins]," Mr Brown said. "George Best received a red for foul language in the 67th minute." Image caption The inspiration for the cards came from colours of the traffic light He added: "In 1980, there was concern over violence on and off the pitch. "The FA, not the League, thought that 'demonstrative referees' were part of the problem, and decided to do away with red cards." The decision was ratified by the FA Council in January 1981 and two of the last red cards, for the time being, were shown to David Hodgson and Nicky Reid in a game between Manchester City and Middlesbrough. But Mr Brown said that by 1987 "the International Board, the rule-making body of the international game, said that England was out of step and should reintroduce cards for the 1987-88 season". Luton Town forward Mick Harford had the dubious honour of being shown the first red card in a league match following their reintroduction. The Hatter walked just four minutes into the opening day defeat at Derby County in Division One on 15 August 1987. Over 9,000 have followed in domestic matches and European games involving English teams, according to the English National Football Archive. The National Football Museum said the issuing of cards became part of the FA's laws of the game in 1992. And while showing red and yellow helps make referees' decisions clear most of the time, the debate over whether they should or should not have been issued rumbles on among the tales of goals a

Which Oscar winning actress is an anagram of Bringing Dream?

Horror Films HORROR FILMS Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Examples Horror Films are unsettling films designed to frighten and panic, cause dread and alarm, and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time in a cathartic experience. Horror films effectively center on the dark side of life, the forbidden, and strange and alarming events. They deal with our most primal nature and its fears: our nightmares, our vulnerability, our alienation, our revulsions, our terror of the unknown, our fear of death and dismemberment, loss of identity, or fear of sexuality. Whatever dark, primitive, and revolting traits that simultaneously attract and repel us are featured in the horror genre. Horror films are often combined with science fiction when the menace or monster is related to a corruption of technology, or when Earth is threatened by aliens. The fantasy and supernatural film genres are not synonymous with the horror genre, although thriller films may have some relation when they focus on the revolting and horrible acts of the killer/madman. Horror films are also known as chillers, scary movies, spookfests, and the macabre. See also Scariest Film Moments and Scenes (illustrated) - from many of the Greatest Horror Films ever made, Best Film Death Scenes (illustrated), and Three Great Horror Film Franchises . Introduction to Horror Films Genre: Horror films go back as far as the onset of films themselves, over a 100 years ago. From our earliest days, we use our vivid imaginations to see ghosts in shadowy shapes, to be emotionally connected to the unknown and to fear things that are improbable. Watching a horror film gives an opening into that scary world, into an outlet for the essence of fear itself, without actually being in danger. Weird as it sounds, there's a very real thrill and fun factor in being scared or watching disturbing, horrific images. Horror films, when done well and with less reliance on horrifying special effects, can be extremely potent film forms, tapping into our dream states and the horror of the irrational and unknown, and the horror within man himself. (The best horror films only imply or suggest the horror in subtle ways, rather than blatantly displaying it, i.e., Val Lewton's horror films.) In horror films, the irrational forces of chaos or horror invariably need to be defeated, and often these films end with a return to normalcy and victory over the monstrous. Of necessity, the earliest horror films were Gothic in style - meaning that they were usually set in spooky old mansions, castles, or fog-shrouded, dark and shadowy locales. Their main characters have included "unknown," human, supernatural or grotesque creatures, ranging from vampires, demented madmen, devils, unfriendly ghosts, monsters, mad scientists, "Frankensteins," "Jekyll/Hyde" dualities (good against evil), demons, zombies, evil spirits, arch fiends, Satanic villains, the "possessed," werewolves and freaks to even the unseen, diabolical presence of evil. Horror films developed out of a number of sources: folktales with devil characters, witchcraft, fables, myths, ghost stories, Grand Guignol melodramas, and Gothic or Victorian novels from Europe by way of Mary Shelley, Victor Hugo or Irish writer Bram Stoker, and American writers Robert Louis Stevenson and Edgar Allan Poe. Oscar Wilde's 1890 Faustian tale The Picture of Dorian Gray and H.G. Wells' 1896 story of The Island of Dr. Moreau were adapted into early film versions. In many ways, the expressionistic German silent cinema led

Who was the first person pictured on a British postage stamp?

Who was the first person pictured on a British postage stamp? | Reference.com Who was the first person pictured on a British postage stamp? A: Quick Answer The first British postal stamp featured the image of Queen Victoria, and it was issued in 1840. The stamp was known as the Penny Black because of its cost and color. It is believed to be the first adhesive postal stamp released. Full Answer Following in the footsteps of the Penny Black, all postal stamps from 1840 in the United Kingdom featured an image of the sitting monarch at the time of release. In the 1960s, Royal Mail recognized the potential for generating additional revenue by releasing specialty stamps with other images. As of 2014, both stamp varieties are sold in postal offices across the country.

In 1980, who became the first British solo female artist to have a UK number one album?

Kate Bush Queen Of British Pop - YouTube Kate Bush Queen Of British Pop Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Jan 10, 2011 Ten minute 2009 documentary that does just what it says on the tin! Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush 30 July 1958) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic vocal style have made her one of the United Kingdom's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years. Bush was signed by EMI at the age of 16 after being recommended by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour. In 1978, at age 19, she topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single "Wuthering Heights", becoming the first woman to have a UK number-one with a self-written song. After her 1979 tour — the only concert tour of her career — Kate released the 1980 album Never for Ever, which made her the first British solo female artist to top the UK album charts and the first female artist ever to enter the album chart at No. 1. In 1987, she won a BRIT Award for Best British Female Solo Artist. In 2002, Kate's songwriting ability was recognised with an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. In 2005, she released Aerial, her first album in 12 years. Category

Who was Britain's first million pound footballer?

The day Trevor Francis broke football's £1m mark - Telegraph Nottingham Forest The day Trevor Francis broke football's £1m mark A million-pound fee for a footballer is not much of a story these days. Premier League clubs made 26 such signings in the January transfer window alone. Marked man: Trevor Francis with his wife, Helen, and Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough at the City Ground after becoming Britain's most expensive player Photo: PA By Simon Briggs 7:30AM GMT 09 Feb 2009 But when Trevor Francis became the first British player to break the seven-figure barrier, 30 years ago on Monday, it felt like the sporting equivalent of putting a man on the Moon. Nottingham Forest supplied the payment to Birmingham City. Their initial outlay of £950,000 spiralled to £1.18 million with the addition of VAT and other sundries, though Brian Clough always claimed that the real figure was £999,999, out of concern for his new signing's state of mind. He was right to be worried: Francis is still remembered as the man who went for a million, yet never quite lived up to his billing. Technically, the deal was not a world record. Two Italian strikers – Giuseppe Savoldi and Paolo Rossi – had already cleared the two billion lire mark, which equated to well in excess of £1 million. But Serie A was not then so well known in Britain as it is today, and the reporters who gathered around the signing ceremony on Feb 9, 1979, had a breathless sense of history in the making. Related Articles Delivering the goods 08 Feb 2009 Clough, typically, put his own spin on events. He turned up in a bright red sports jacket, and with a squash racket in his hand, as if to suggest that his social life was far more important than this minor business formality. His comments were perfunctory, and not especially complimentary, in true 'Ol' Big 'Ead' fashion. Before Francis's debut, Clough instructed him to "just give the ball to John Robertson – he's a better player than you". Francis, not surprisingly, felt bemused by his lukewarm welcome. "When I signed for Forest, they said provocatively to the press that they thought I had great potential!" he would recall. "And they had just paid a million for me. I thought to myself, well, what can they get out of me that no one else has got?" The question was never fully answered. Francis went some way towards repaying Forest's investment when he broke through Malmo's tenacious defence with a diving header to win the 1979 European Cup final. But Clough and his assistant Peter Taylor could never quite agree where Francis should play: up front with his back to goal, or breaking forward from the right side of midfield. In the end, the million-pound misfit was shuffled on to Manchester City for another hefty sum. Francis was not alone in labouring under the weight of his giant price-tag, as the accompanying list should make clear. Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they sell for a record transfer fee. Take Ian Rush's £3.2 million move to Juventus in 1987, which lasted just over a year, and spawned the deathless quote "It was like living in a foreign country." Rush was thrown off balance by the warm embraces of the Juventus fans, and the equally intimate attentions of the local defenders. He suffered from acute homesickness, as did Paul Gascoigne at Lazio five years later. Yet some of these players felt out of place without even leaving the country: just look at Stan Collymore in his time at Liverpool. The ebbs and flows of football politics are reflected in the way the record has grown – stealthily at first, and then at a crazy gallop. During the 1980s, a handful of top British players drifted to the Continent, motivated not only by the size of the salaries on offer but by Uefa's post-Heysel ban on British clubs. Hence the elopements of Rush, David Platt, and Chris Waddle, the latter a former sausage-factory worker who became Marseille's £4.25 million man in 1989. Two years later, the lifting of the ban spun everything on its head. In 1995, a time when only three foreigners could appear in the European Cup, Manchester Unit

In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, what was the name of the little people who worked for Willy Wonka and loved to sing?

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 478 out of 708 people found the following review useful: Burton does it again ! from Belgium 5 July 2005 I have seen Charlie & The Chocolate Factory last night and though I usually don't care very much in giving my opinion, the journey M. Burton and his team made me cross deserves an homage. Especially with all that criticism rising around the film before it has been released. I have been a Tim Burton fan for more than a decade now; I grew up with his films. But what I have been through yesterday his really unique. I actually never thought he would offer us such a film one day. Fans of his first period, with all the lonely and desperate characters won't like it for sure. Since Mars Attacks !, and more specifically since Big Fish, Burton decided to tell things differently. His vision of the world slightly changed in every of his films : now, the rejected freak comes down to the world and stays. A world that remains frightening and weird even thought we call it "reality" but a world worth living in. And that's what Charlie & The Chocolate Factory is all about… It all begins with a main title sequence that may be one of the main weaknesses of the film. The sequence is very entertaining and visually ambitious but they decided to go with CGI and it looks like it was a decision they made in last minute. Since the film was proudly made with "real" sets, "real" Oompas Loompas, "real" squirrels, the main title looks inappropriate. It's not that important but it's a Tim Burton film and we know how much he usually works on his main title. Hopefully, Danny Elfman is there with a crazy mix of the Edward Scissorhands and Spider-Man (the music when the title of the film appears gave me shivers), a true musical roller-coaster that gives a hint on what his score will sound like through the film. After that, it's just emotions. All kinds of them: laughs (many – the audience laughed almost every thirty seconds), tears of joy (we all know Charlie's gonna find that ticket but when he does, you just can't refrain your heart to beat faster), mercy (the way Burton depicts the social misery of the Bucket's family is really touching), amazement (the Wonka Factory and its many rooms is true wonder, one the most achieved design Burton ever offered us) and many mores. Very much like the book, even though it seems simple and childish, you would like to stop for a second to collect those feelings and try to analyze them but you don't have the time. It just never stops (I realize it might be a flaw for some people in fact). Burton never has been so generous in terms of human warmness. Johnny Depp proposes another inventive and completely wacky interpretation here. I won't compare with Gene Wilder since I don't know the first film very well (pretty unknown flick here in Europe) and those comparisons should stop anyway. Depp makes of Wonka a tormented and unadapted character who doesn't know much about common courtesy and doesn't really care anyway. He built up his own universe in response to his authoritarian father and he's pretty proud of it. He just doesn't want those "weird" (a word he likes – you've all seen the TV spots) and boring parents with their despicable children to ruin what is life is based on. Yet… So Depp's Wonka is actually very moving and pathetic in his attempts to entertain his visitors. As Burton does everything he can to make you hate Augustus, Vercua, Violet and Mike at the moment you first see them, you get instantly closer to Wonka when you noticed he feels the same. In addition to that, John August's vision of Wonka's past (including an always perfect cameo by Christopher Lee) offers the character a real depth you didn't expect. Danny Elfman is also one of the main attractions of the film. While his score is already classic Burton/Elfman work with some interesting experiments (the main themes are splendid), the songs he wrote for the Oompas Loompas are just so funny. Hugh laughs in the audience for some musical choices. Those songs don't intend to stay with you f

What is the only bird that can swim but not fly?

What is the only bird that can swim but not fly? | Reference.com What is the only bird that can swim but not fly? A: Quick Answer The penguin is the only bird that can swim but not fly. These aquatic birds possess flipper-like wings and can spend as much as three-quarters of their lives in the sea. Penguins are almost exclusively found in the Southern Hemisphere, ranging from northwestern South America to coastal Antarctica.

In which year was actor Sean Connery born?

Sean Connery - Biography - IMDb Sean Connery Biography Showing all 227 items Jump to: Overview  (4) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (2) | Trade Mark  (7) | Trivia  (133) | Personal Quotes  (62) | Salary  (18) Overview (4) 6' 2" (1.88 m) Mini Bio (1) Sean Connery is best known for portraying the character James Bond, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables (1987). His film career also includes such films as Marnie (1964), The Name of the Rose (1986), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Highlander (1986), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), DragonHeart (1996) and The Rock (1996). Connery has been polled as "The Greatest Living Scot" and "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". In 1989, he was proclaimed "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine, and in 1999, at age 69, he was voted "Sexiest Man of the Century". Thomas Sean Connery was born on August 25, 1930 in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland. His mother, Euphemia McBain (née McLean), was a cleaning lady, and his father, Joseph Connery, was a factory worker and truck driver. He has a brother, Neil Connery , who works as a plasterer in Edinburgh. He is of Irish and Scottish descent. Before going into acting, Sean had many different jobs, such as a milkman, lorry driver, a laborer, artist's model for the Edinburgh College of Art, coffin polisher and bodybuilder. He also joined the Royal Navy, but was later discharged because of medical problems. At the age of 23, he had a choice between becoming a professional footballer or an actor, and even though he showed much promise in the sport, he chose acting and said it was one of his more intelligent moves. Powerful deep voice with Scottish accent Best known for playing James Bond Frequently plays tough, cunning heroes Often plays mentors in the latter half of his career Grey beard or moustache (in later years) Thick, dark eyebrows Pronounces 's' as "shh" Trivia (133) Was offered the role of Robert Elliott by Brian De Palma in Dressed to Kill (1980) and was enthusiastic about it, but declined on account of previously acquired commitments. Ranked #14 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997] In 1953, he entered the Mr. Universe contest, finishing third in the tall man's division. He was voted People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989. Father of Jason Connery . Wore a toupee in all the James Bond movies. He started losing his hair at the age of 17, and began wearing a hairpiece in films in 1958. Privately and in most of his post-Bond movies he did not wear a toupee. He has two small tattoos on his right arm. One says "Scotland forever", the other "Mum and Dad." He got them when he enlisted in the Royal Navy at the age of 16. Took dancing lessons for 11 years. His teacher was the Swedish dancer Yat Malmgren. Had radiation therapy for an undisclosed throat ailment in 1993. In a February 1995 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Connery said the treatment had been to remove benign tumors from his vocal chords after he found himself losing his voice while filming Rising Sun (1993). Donated his salary from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) to charity. Formerly worked as a coffin polisher. Older brother of Neil Connery . Formerly worked as a milk delivery man. Major contributor to the Scottish National Party (SNP). This was stopped for a while when the ruling Labour government said people living outside of the United Kingdom would not be allowed to donate money to British political parties. Voted 'Sexiest Man of the Century' by People Magazine. [1999] Said in an interview that during the filming of Never Say Never Again (1983), he was taking martial arts lessons and in the process angered the instructor who in turn broke his wrist. Connery stayed with the wrist broken for a number of years thinking it was only a minor pain... the instructor was Steven Seagal . Recipient of 22nd Annual Kennedy C

Who has appeared in more Alfred Hitchock films than any one else?

Alfred Hitchcock Geek: Alfred Hitchcock's Most Wanted Actresses Alfred Hitchcock's Most Wanted Actresses It was probably no surprise to Patricia Hitchcock that she was one of her father's most favored actresses. Like many good directors, Alfred Hitchcock tended to work with the same people – on screen and off. Among the male actors he preferred, such as Cary Grant and James Stewart (four films each) and Norman Lloyd (three films, several Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes and associate producer and director credits on the TV show as well), there is one who appeared more frequently than any other: Leo G. Carroll (six films). Many Hitchcock geeks and scholars know that one. But which female actor appears in more Hitchcock films? That answer is a bit dicier because it can change, depending on how you look at it. If you count TV appearances, his daughter Patricia Hitchcock takes the cake, with three movie credits and 10 roles in Alfred Hitchcock Presents. But let's stick to the movies. My answer is Clare Greet, who had speaking roles in a total of eight Hitchcock films (Number 13 (1922), The Ring (1927), The Manxman (1929), Murder! (1930), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), Sabotage (1936) and Jamaica Inn (1939), plus Lord Camber's Ladies (produced by Hitch, 1932). Clare Greet helped Hitch out and he never forgot it. In Number Thirteen, her first film with Hitchcock, Greet had been awarded the starring role. His uncle, John Hitchcock, had invested in the movie and when that money ran out, Greet kicked in more funds. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough. Filming was brought to a halt and both of those individuals lost their investment. Humiliated, Hitch took that lesson to heart and he tried never to lose an investor's money again, earning a reputation for shooting his films on or under schedule and budget and aiming for commercial success – which he usually got. Hitch never forgot Greet's generosity and the belief in his talents that it implied and he repaid the favor by offering her more acting roles in his films than anyone else. As an extra, Bess Flowers usually played what Sinatra would have a called a “classy broad.” That said, there's another woman who could also contend for that top spot. “Queen of the Hollywood Extras,” Bess Flowers, appeared in over 700 movies in her career as an uncredited, usually non-speaking, walk-on. She can be spotted in seven Hitchcock films: (Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941) as nightclub extra, Notorious (1946) as a party guest, Dial M for Murder (1954) as a woman departing the ship, Rear Window (1954) as a guest with a poodle at the songwriter's party, To Catch a Thief (1955) as a guest at the costume ball, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) as an attendee at the Royal Albert Hall concert, and Vertigo (1958) as a diner at Ernie's) and one episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (“The Legacy” (1956) as a diner at the hotel restaurant). Finally, we shouldn't forget (though at this point it could be an uphill battle) Hannah Jones, who appeared in six of Hitchcock's early films: Downhill (1927), Champagne (1928), Blackmail (1929), Elstree Calling (1930), Murder! (1930) and Rich and Strange (1931). She missed the number one spot by one film, but in case the name comes up on Jeopardy, there you go.

Loves Rental Styles is an anagram of which famous actor?

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In 1999, in the British Film Industry's list of best British films ever, what was the only film in the top ten to be made in the 1990s?

69 Must-See British Films 69 Must-See British Films   69 British Films you must see before you die! Compiling any film related list is never an exact science and no doubt to some we’ve left out some real stonkers! But as always it’s all about opinions and we’d love to hear yours. If you want to tell us your best British drama films email us at  contacts@britflicks.com Out of the 69 British drama films the top director with four entries is David Lean and if we had been able to include Dr Zhivago as a British film production he would have had five entries. Runners-up with 3 entries a piece are Ken Loach and the legendry Stanley Kubrick, followed by Steve McQueen, Shane Meadows, Neil Jordan, Mike Leigh, Michael Powell, Lynne Ramsay, Danny Boyle, Carol Reed, Anthony Minghella, John Boorman and Andrea Arnold all with two entries respectively. All 69 British drama films add up to a total of 8148 minutes or 5 days, 15 Hours and 47 minutes of footage, giving an average film length of 118 minutes. The longest being Lawrence of Arabia at a whopping 216 minutes, leaving David Lean’s 86 minute romance a real ‘Brief Encounter’.  69) Red Road (2006) dr. Andrea Arnold 113mins Cert 18 Jackie (Katie Dickie) works as a CCTV operator in Glasgow. Each day she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze. One day a man appears on her monitor, whom she thought she would never see again, whom she never wanted to see again. Now that she has no choice, she is compelled to confront him. A deeply heartfelt British film that deservedly garnered Arnold the Prix du Jury prize at Cannes, Red Road is a raw but beautifully observed account of tragedy, grief and atonement.     68) The Flying Scotsman (2006) dr. Douglas Mackinnon 96mins Cert PG Based on a remarkable true story, THE FLYING SCOTSMAN is an out-and-out inspirational, against-all-odds, crowd pleasing British film, which follows the turbulent life of cyclist Graeme Obree, who broke the World One Hour record on a bike of his own revolutionary design, constructed out of scrap metal...   Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.     66) Ratcatcher (1999) dr. Lynne Ramsay 94mins Cert 15 Set in Glasgow during the mid 70s, Ratcatcher is seen through the eyes of twelve-year-old James Gillespie (William Eadie), a young boy haunted by a secret. Feeling increasingly distant from his family, his only escape comes with the discovery of a new housing development on the outskirts of town where he has the freedom to lose himself in his own world.     65) Tryannosaur (2011) dr. Paddy Considine 92mins Cert 18 It follows the story of two lonely, damaged people brought together by circumstance. Joseph (Peter Mullan, WAR HORSE, NEDS) is an unemployed widower, drinker, and a man crippled by his own volatile temperament and furious anger. Hannah (Olivia Colman, HOT FUZZ, PEEP SHOW) is a Christian worker at a charity shop, a respectable woman who appears wholesome and happy. When the pair are brought together, Hannah appears as Joseph’s potential saviour, someone who can temper his fury and offer him warmth, kindness and acceptance.As their story develops Hannah’s own secrets are revealed — her relationship with husband James (Eddie Marsan, HAPPY GO LUCKY, SHERLOCK HOLMES) is violent and abusive — and as events spiral out of control, Joseph becomes her source of succour and comfort.    64) Fish Tank (2009) dr. Andrea Arnold 123mins Cert 15 A powerful and contemporary coming of age British film, from the director of Red Road. Fish Tank is the story of Mia (Katie Jarvis), a volatile 15-year-old, who is always in trouble and who has become excluded from school and ostracised by her friends. One hot summer's day her mother (Keirston Wareing) brings home a mysterious stranger called Connor (Michael Fassbender) who promises to change everything and bring love into all their lives. Touching on the themes of her Academy Award® winning short Wasp, Fish Tank is

According to the title of a 1983 film directed by Brian De Palma, by what name was Antonio Montana better known?

Scarface (1983) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error In Miami in 1980, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 22 titles created 16 Oct 2011 a list of 25 titles created 17 Sep 2012 a list of 26 titles created 16 Aug 2013 a list of 29 titles created 31 Mar 2015 a list of 22 titles created 31 Jul 2015 Search for " Scarface " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 4 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy. Director: Martin Scorsese Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends, a mafia underboss and a casino owner, for a trophy wife over a gambling empire. Director: Martin Scorsese The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son. Director: Francis Ford Coppola The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate. Director: Francis Ford Coppola After a simple jewelry heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant. Director: Quentin Tarantino A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process. Director: Martin Scorsese A group of professional bank robbers start to feel the heat from police when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist. Director: Michael Mann Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond. Director: Guy Ritchie A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did. Director: Tony Kaye Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi. Director: David Fincher The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. Director: Quentin Tarantino In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same. Directors: Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth Edit Storyline Tony Montana manages to leave Cuba during the Mariel exodus of 1980. He finds himself in a Florida refugee camp but his friend Manny has a way out for them: undertake a contract killing and arrangements will be made to get a green card. He's soon working for drug dealer Frank Lopez and shows his mettle when a deal with Colombian drug dealers goes bad. He also brings a new level of violence to Miami. Tony is protective of his younger sister but his mother knows what he does for a living and disowns him. Tony is impatient and wants it all however, including Frank's empire and his mistress Elvira Hancock. Once at the top however, Tony's outrageous actions make him a target and everything comes crumbling down. Written by garykmcd He was Tony Montana. The world will remember him by another name...SCARFACE. See mo

In which city did gangster Al Capone operate?

1. In which city did gangster Al Capone operate? - Liverpool Echo 1. In which city did gangster Al Capone operate? 2. Who had a number one hit in 1974 called Billy Don't Be A Hero?  Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 2. Who had a number one hit in 1974 called Billy Don't Be A Hero? 3. In 2003, the American Film Institute compiled a list of the top 50 movie villains – which character from a 1991 film was voted number one? 4. Which fictional hero, created by Baroness Orczy, takes his name from the small red flower with which he signs his messages? 5. Who played Hans Gruber in the film Die Hard? 6. What is the minimum number of darts a person needs to throw to complete a leg from 501? 7. Which was the first British football team to win the European Cup? 8. How many players make up a netball team? 9. In the Olympic Games, what five sports make up the modern pentathlon? 10. What is the maximum no of match points that can be held at one time in a tennis match at Wimbledon? 1. Chicago; 2. Paper Lace; 3. Hannibal Lecter; 4. The Scarlet Pimpernel; 5. Alan Rickman; 6. 9; 7. Celtic; 8. 7; 9. Running, fencing, swimming, horse riding and shooting; 10. 6 (when leading 6-0 in a tie-break) Like us on Facebook Most Read Most Recent

Who had a number one hit in 1974 called Billy Don't Be A Hero?

Paper Lace - Billy don't be a Hero 1974 - YouTube Paper Lace - Billy don't be a Hero 1974 Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Aug 21, 2009 Paper Lace - Billy don't be a Hero 1974 The marchin' band came down along Main Street The soldier-blues fell in behind I looked across and there I saw Billy Waiting to go and join the line And with her head upon his shoulder His young and lovely fiancee From where I stood, I saw she was cryin' And through her tears I heard her say "Billy, don't be a hero, don't be a fool with your life" "Billy, don't be a hero, come back and make me your wife" And as he started to go she said "Billy, keep your head lo-o-ow" "Billy, don't be a hero, come back to me" The soldier-blues were trapped on a hillside The battle raging all around The sergeant cried "We've got to hang on, boys" "We got to hold this piece a'ground" "I need a volunteer to ride up" "And bring us back some extra men" And Billy's hand was up in a moment Forgettin' all the words she said She said

In 2003, the American Film Institute compiled a list of the top 50 movie villains - which character from a 1991 film was voted number one?

1. In which city did gangster Al Capone operate? - Liverpool Echo 1. In which city did gangster Al Capone operate? 2. Who had a number one hit in 1974 called Billy Don't Be A Hero?  Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 2. Who had a number one hit in 1974 called Billy Don't Be A Hero? 3. In 2003, the American Film Institute compiled a list of the top 50 movie villains – which character from a 1991 film was voted number one? 4. Which fictional hero, created by Baroness Orczy, takes his name from the small red flower with which he signs his messages? 5. Who played Hans Gruber in the film Die Hard? 6. What is the minimum number of darts a person needs to throw to complete a leg from 501? 7. Which was the first British football team to win the European Cup? 8. How many players make up a netball team? 9. In the Olympic Games, what five sports make up the modern pentathlon? 10. What is the maximum no of match points that can be held at one time in a tennis match at Wimbledon? 1. Chicago; 2. Paper Lace; 3. Hannibal Lecter; 4. The Scarlet Pimpernel; 5. Alan Rickman; 6. 9; 7. Celtic; 8. 7; 9. Running, fencing, swimming, horse riding and shooting; 10. 6 (when leading 6-0 in a tie-break) Like us on Facebook Most Read Most Recent

Which fictional hero, created by Baroness Orczy, takes his name from the small red flower with which he signs his messages?

Orczy - definition of Orczy by The Free Dictionary Orczy - definition of Orczy by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Orczy Also found in: Thesaurus , Encyclopedia . Orczy (ˈɔːtsɪ) n (Biography) Baroness Emmuska (ˈɛmʊʃkə). 1865–1947, British novelist, born in Hungary; author of The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: novelist References in periodicals archive ? Based on the classic adventure novel by Baroness Emma Orczy, the production is set against a background of the French Revolution. The sensitivities of 'small, backward nations': Austria-Hungary, Serbia, and the regulation of the Danube 1870-71.) Like the Scarlet Pimpernel, made famous in the classic play and book by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, you seek it here, you seek it there - in fact, all of us seek it everywhere but it will leave no trace of its whereabouts. THEATRE The Scarlet Pimpernel/ Birkenhead Operatic Society Trust (BOST)/ Liverpool Empire; 08 Culture Diary 16) Baroness Orczy has told her story of writing the book first and then the play, the former's rejection by 'a round dozen' publishers and her determination not to pay for publication or sell her copyright, and the play's eventual success after acceptance by Fred Terry and Julia Neilson.

Who played the villain Hans Gruber in the film Die Hard?

Hans Gruber | Die Hard Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia "...I'm telling you, you're just going to have to kill me." "OK." ―Hans' response to Takagi as he casually blows his brains across the board room [src] Still believing him to be a terrorist, Takagi continued to make assumptions about the purpose of the takeover to which Gruber impatiently told him to sit down. He then continued to question Takagi over the code. After repeatedly denying that he knew the code, Takagi bravely asserted that they were just going to have to kill him. Unfortunately, Hans agreed, and killed Takagi by a single shot to the head from his weapon of choice, a Heckler & Koch P7M13 semi-automatic pistol. After that Gruber ordered Theo, his technical expert, to break through the locks on the vault. Theo reminded Hans that the final lock is powered by circuits that cannot be cut locally. Gruber promised to handle the last lock. Hans stares down the barrel of John's MP5. Hans was unaware, however, that observing them through the glass door from the outside was John McClane, who had slipped through the hands of the terrorists. McClane had stopped over at the tower to pick up his wife, Holly. After killing Karl's brother, Tony, Karl screams in anger and toss the office desk down, causing Hans to pushes him into the wall and tells him not to alter their plan. McClane used Tony's walkie-talkie to radio for help. This resulted in a cop car being sent over. The officer, Al Powell, did a quick check over, and left. McClane saw this and after having dispatched two more of the terrorists threw the body onto Powell's car. These were the first omens of the trouble to come. Master Plan "Mrs. McClane. How nice to make your acquaintance." ―Hans discovers Holly's relation to John McClane. [src] While acquiring a two-way radio, C4 explosives, and detonators from the body of one terrorist, McClane explained the situation via the two-way radio as the police, led by Deputy Police Chief Dwayne T. Robinson , arrived. The police sent in a SWAT team and an armored vehicle. McClane and Powell aware unable to prevent the SWAT team from being ambushed, but McClane managed to kill the terrorists attacking the SWAT team. One of Holly's coworkers, Harry Ellis , tried to negotiate with Hans and McClane for the return of the detonators. McClane helplessly tells Ellis that Hans would kill him to which Gruber proves when Ellis fails. The FBI arrived, and took control from the police. They ordered the power to the building shut down, which deactivates the vault's final lock as Gruber had intended. Theo ransacks the now-open vault, loading the bearer bonds into an ambulance to be used as their getaway vehicle. Hans intimidates Holly. McClane continued to sneak through the building to kill the terrorists. When he found Gruber working at the explosives planted on the roof, Gruber passed himself off as an escaped hostage. McClane appeared to let down his guard, and gave Gruber a gun; when Gruber attempted to fire the weapon, however, it is discovered that there were no bullets in the gun. As this happened, Gruber's men appeared from an elevator and fired at McClane, who was forced to flee, leaving behind the detonators. The roof was rigged to explode with the detonators, and Gruber lured the FBI into the trap by asking for helicopter transport for him and his men to Los Angeles International Airport in exchange for the hostages; Gruber planned to use the roof explosion to make the authorities believe him to be dead and allow him to escape with the bonds. As the helicopters travelled to the scene, Gruber observed a television news story from investigative reporter Richard Thornburg that Lucy mentions that Holly Gennero is McClane's wife. With the helicopter nearing with Special Agent Johnson and Agent Johnson on board, Gruber ordered the hostages to the roof, taking personal control over Holly. Death "Oh yes, what was it you said to me before? Yippee-ki-ay...motherfucker." ―Hans imitating John McClane before he tries to kill him [src] McClane arrived at the roof, dealt with the terrorists e

Which superhero takes pictures of himself in action and sells them to the Daily Bugle?

Daily Bugle (Team) - Comic Vine Daily Bugle Team » Daily Bugle appears in 916 issues . A New York City tabloid newspaper organization located in New York. J. Jonah Jameson, a superhero aggravant, served both as the editor and publisher. Under his leadership it was known for its smear campaigns against superheroes, particularly Spider-Man. It was sold to Dexter Bennett after Jameson suffered a heart attack. It was renamed to the DB and was destroyed after a battle between Electro and Spider-Man. The Daily Bugle wiki last edited by Exile-616 on 12/08/15 09:02AM View full history Origin The Daily Bugle was first founded in 1897 as New York 's daily tabloid newspaper. Creation Daily Bugle was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1962 Team Evolution During the 30's its reporters started getting involved in super-heroes' adventures like those of the hero Night Raven . During World War Two, the reporters covered the Invaders ' and the Howling Commandos ' activities, even one photographer, Jameson, almost caught a picture of Captain America without his mask. In 1945, Jameson became an editor and then publisher at the Daily Bugle and ran headlines about the death of Captain America despite the Government's denial. Later on, a young reporter named J. Jonah Jameson purchased the Bugle from the recently deceased Jameson (who was presumably his step-father), and financially helped the Bugle with his personal assets and inheritance as well as having it owned by his own company, Jameson Publications. Jameson became the paper's publisher and Chief-Editor and brought it many success, becoming one of the most dominating newspapers in New York, rivaled only by the Daily Globe . At the end of the 60's, Jameson's company purchased a building on 39th Street where the building became known as the Daily Bugle Building , a 46 stories tall complex with a 30-foot logo on the roof. For many years in the comics, the Daily Bugle aimed to support civil rights and was against organised crimes. After the death of Jonah's wife in the story, he became more focused and obsessed with his work to point of becoming self-absorbed and led smear campaigns against costumed vigilantes. Major Story Arcs A Nemesis Born When Spider-Man came to town, Jameson immediately launched editorial attacks against the young hero, ruining his career as an entertainer. Even during Spider-Man's heroic activities, Jameson still sees him as a criminal and uses his paper to ruin Spidey's reputation, even conspiring to form some of Spidey's notable threat including the Scorpion and the Spider-Slayers. Ironically, Spider-Man's alter ego, Peter Parker , works as a freelance photographer and sells pictures of himself as Spider-Man to the Bugle, even though they are used against him. However, Spider-Man has a supporter in the Daily Bugle in the form of Robbie Robertson , the city editor and Jameson's only employee whose not intimidated by him. Blackmail by Hobgoblin At one point in the story, the Hobgoblin attempts to blackmail Jameson by revealing his involvement in the formation of the Scorpion but Jameson publicly confesses about this conspiracy and resigns as Chief-Editor and named Robbie to take his place. However, he still remained active as publisher of the Bugle. Green Goblin Takes Over Later on, Norman Osborn blackmailed Jameson into selling him the Daily Bugle by threatening to hurt his family and hiring the supervillain Mad Jack to go after. But Jameson regained ownership of the Bugle after Norman Osborn went underground. Stop of Anti-Spider-Man Campaigns When the New Avengers were formed, a team Spider-Man joined, Iron Man struck a deal with Jameson that the Bugle will be allowed exclusive contents in exchange for halting his Anti-Spider-Man campaigns. Jameson agreed but found a loop hole by attacking the backgrounds of other Avengers like Luke Cage , Wolverine , and Spider Woman , while not even mentioning Spider-man. Angered by this, Luke Cage's wife Jessica Jones sold photos of their new child to the Bugle's rival, the Daily Globe. Civil War During the Civil War , the Dail

By what name was the serial killer Albert DeSalvo, who killed 13 women between 1962 and 1964, better known?

The Boston Strangler | Criminal Minds Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit The first murder attributed to the Boston Strangler was committed on June 14, 1962. The victim was Anna E. Slesers, a 55-year-old seamstress. It was initially attributed to a suicide, but was then believed to have been the result of a botched robbery, even though several pieces of jewelry were found at the scene. Between that day and August 30, five more women were killed; the second, an 85-year-old, died of a heart attack while her attacker was trying to strangle her. All of those victims were middle-aged or elderly, the youngest being 55. The Strangler then appears to have stopped killing for a few months, returning on December 5. During this second round of murders, the victims were usually in their late teens or early 20s. At the last crime scene, that of Mary Sullivan on January 4, 1964, the killer left a Happy New Year card propped up against her left foot. During the investigation, two psychics got involved with the task force in charge of the case, the "Strangler Bureau". The first, Paul Gordon, was an ad copywriter said to have ESP powers. He made a description of the killer of Anna E. Slesers which fit Arnold Wallace, a mental patient held at Boston State Hospital who had escaped on several occasions, most of which coincided with the Strangler murders. When he was consulted about the seventh Strangler murder, that of Sophie Clark, he, surprisingly, displayed detailed knowledge of her apartment and made a description that fit Lewis Barnett, who was an initial suspect in the murder. Nothing concrete came out of Gordon's advice. The second psychic, Peter Hurkos , was a well-known career psychic. He claimed to have assisted in the investigation and is confirmed to have been in Boston at the time of the investigation and to have spent time with the police, but a few days later, he was arrested for impersonating a police officer in order to gather information and later convicted of it. James A. Brussel , who previously had made a spot-on profile of the Mad Bomber in New York, aided the authorities. Unlike many contemporary and later psychologists and psychoanalysts involved in the case, he asserted that the murders were the work of a single man, attributing the changes in his behavior to changes in his regular life. In November of 1964, a convicted burglar named Albert DeSalvo (see below ), was caught for an unrelated series of attacks and confessed to the Strangler murders. Albert DeSalvo Edit DeSalvo at the time of his arrest. Albert Henry DeSalvo was born on September 3, 1931 in Chelsea, Massachusetts. His father, Frank DeSalvo, was a sadistic, violent, alcoholic fisherman from Newfoundland who brutally abused his wife, Charlotte DeSalvo, Albert and his five siblings, one brother and four sisters, and would regularly take home prostitutes and have sex with them in front of his family. Albert once saw him beat all of the teeth out of Charlotte's mouth and then break her fingers one by one. Frank also once sold all his children to a farmer in Maine for $9, though they managed to break out and return home, at which point Frank began teaching him to steal and encouraged him to do so. In 1943, aged 12, Albert was arrested for battery and robbery and was sent to a reform school. The next year he was paroled and got a job as a delivery boy. He was sent back to the same reform school for auto theft only two years later. At the age of 17, after being released, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was sent to Europe, where he met a German woman, Irmgard Beck, whom he married and brought back to the States, where he did a second tour in the Army. During his second tour, at Fort Dix, New Jersey, he was arrested for molesting a nine-year-old girl, narrowly escaping conviction because her parents wouldn't press charges. In spite of his court-martial, he was honorably discharged in 1956. Shortly afterwards, he was arrested twice for robbery. He demanded sex from his wife six times a day and called her rigid if she refused. When their first child, a girl named

In American Film Institute's list of the top 50 movie heroes, the number one hero, Atticus Finch, was from which film?

Top 50 Greatest Heroes and Villains Arts and Entertainment > Movies and Videos Top 50 Greatest Heroes and Villains The following table lists the top 50 greatest heroes and villians in film history, according to the American Film Institute, including James Bond, Indiana Jones, Norman Bates, Hannibal Lecter, and more. Rank Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird Dr. Hannibal Lecter, The Silence of the Lambs 2. Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark Norman Bates, Psycho Darth Vader, The Empire Strikes Back 4. The Wicked Witch of the West, The Wizard of Oz 5. Nurse Ratched, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 6. Clarice Starling, The Silence of the Lambs Mr. Potter, It's a Wonderful Life 7. George Bailey, It's a Wonderful Life Regan MacNeil, The Exorcist T. E. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia The Queen, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 11. Jefferson Smith, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II 12. Tom Joad, The Grapes of Wrath Alex De Large, A Clockwork Orange 13. HAL 9000, 2001: A Space Odyssey 14.

In which year did Superman appear in comics for the first time?

Superman Publication History | DC Database | Fandom powered by Wikia Golden Age Origins The first Superman character created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster was not a hero, but a villain. Their short story "The Reign of the Superman" concerned a bald-headed villain bent on dominating the world. The story did not sell, forcing the two to reposition their character on the right side of the law. In 1935, their Superman story was again rejected by newspaper syndicates wanting to avoid lawsuits, who recognized the character as being similar to a lead character from Philip Wylie's 1930 novel. DC decided to take a chance with Superman, figuring if any lawsuits were filed, they would just drop the feature. Early sketch of Superman/Clark Kent The revised Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1 , June 1938. Siegel and Shuster sold the rights to the company for $130 and a contract to supply the publisher with material. The Saturday Evening Post reported in 1941 that the pair was being paid still a fraction of DC's Superman profits. In 1946, when Siegel and Shuster sued for more money, DC fired them, prompting a legal battle that ended in 1948, when they signed away any further claim to Superman or any character created from him. DC soon took their names off the byline. Following the huge financial success of Superman: The Movie in 1978 and news reports of their pauper-like existences, Warner Communications gave Siegel and Shuster lifetime pensions of $35,000 per year and health care benefits. In addition, any media production which includes the Superman character must include the credit, "Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster". Close-up of Action Comics #1, the character's first published appearance World's Fair Superman first appeared in the flesh at the 1940 New York World's Fair, portrayed by actor Ray Middleton. Ray Middleton as Superman, 1940 Silver Age During a multimedia career spanning over seventy years, Superman has starred in nearly every imaginable situation, and his powers have increased to the point that he is nearly omnipotent. This poses a challenge for writers: "How does one write about a character who is nearly as powerful as God?" (Superman's Kryptonian name, Kal-El , resembles the Hebrew words for "voice of God") This problem contributed to a decline in Superman's popularity, especially during the 1960s and 1970s under the editorship of Mort Weisinger and then Julius Schwartz , when Marvel Comics brought a new level of character development to mainstream comic books. The Silver Age Superman Superman #149 - One of many "Deaths of Superman" Bronze Age Kal-L , the "other" real Superman After the establishment of DC Comics' Multiverse in the 1960s, it was established retroactively that a second primary Superman lived on the parallel world of Earth-Two. This Superman was supposed to be the Superman of the "Golden Age" comics, while the Silver Age incarnation had his adventures in the then current Earth designated as Earth-One . It was this separation of the two primary versions of the character that was meant to explain away problems of the character, who never ceased publication from the end of the Golden Age, such as one ongoing incarnation since his debut being still in his late twenties while shown in several specific Golden Age stories and not aging during all that time and many other supportive element conflictions. The writers of DC at the time did not originally believe that having two active Supermen would be successful sales and wrote that the Earth-Two Superman only as a one time event to clear up this problem. However the character along with the other now named Earth-Two incarnations proved so successful that Kal-L was brought back as a reoccurring character being featured in the renamed "Superman Family" series and hence un-retired though on a limited basis. However the writers at DC mostly did not want to do two Superman and mostly wrote the Earth-Two Superman almost as a direct copy of the main Superman with only superficial differences such as Kal-L discovered a rocket of Kryptoni

Which West Midlands comedian was born Chris Collins in 1957 and sang on a number one hit single in 1996?

People - Brownhills near Walsall West Midlands Home If you want to get under the skin of the people of our area, have a look at some of what has been said of the locality and its people. These stories may come from a few miles outside Brownhills itself but they are close enough to give a flavour of what we are and where we came from. The Case is Open By David M. Golden, Vanguard Press ( Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers Ltd. ) - 2011 ISBN: 978 1 84386 911 5 "A barrister that is always getting into trouble with the law is totally unheard of... That is until you meet Izaak Gatehouse; constantly striving to do well, he finds himself having to dodge being on the wrong side of the stand on more than one occasion. A loser in love but a good friend, Gatehouse watches from the sidelines as his colleague, friend and housemate, Ian Prospect seduces his way around Birmingham while he pines for the love of his life, Miss Janie soon to be nee Jetty...Bad luck follows Izaak as sure as night follows day; when he incinerates a cottage, is prohibited from practising law in California and wrecks a ceremony (not to mention a novel ice-cream business) amidst an ancient stone circle. Determination and desire see Gatehouse through his trials and tribulations in and out of the court room which surprises even him. Ultimately, when the going gets tough; Izaak pulls through (or so he thinks)... "   The Case is Busted By David M. Golden, Eloquent Books, New York, USA - 2009 ISBN: 978-1-60860-036-6 ISBN / SKU: 1-60860-036-X "David M. Golden brings forth a fountain of high farce in this intelligently written novel that boasts his own brand of self-deprecation at its finest--and funniest. Written with a smidge of Victorian style, Golden amuses and bemuses his readers with a series of misadventures that resides somewhere between dark comedy and "wholly inappropriate". Izaak Gatehouse is a working class male from the industrial heartland of the UK. Optimistic, accident prone and suffering from slight OCD tendencies, Izaak is determined to rise above his station and become an English barrister-at-law. But bad luck follows Izaak as sure as night follows day when he incinerates two motor cars, ruins a cocktail party, and destroys the windshield (not to mention a perfectly good bottle of wine) of a passing vaporetto. The pursuit of his love interest, an English Rose named Janie Jetty, creates a comical series of romantic disappointments that he is quick to recover from . A riotous comedy that will amuse even the most serious of solicitors, The Case is Busted is a must for your library collection."   Kiss Me Softly, Amy Turtle by Paul McDonald, Tindal Street Press, Birmingham - 2004 - ISBN 0 9541303 7 5 "The will-sapping tedium of life as a Walsall Reflector hack has given Dave ‘Ichabod’ McVane a serious thirst for the devil’s juice. Now, after years of debauchery, the booze has bitten back. Cathetered, bed-bound and with what feels like a rhinoceros buffeting its way through his stomach Dave wakes among ‘regulars’ in a hospital notorious for its high mortality rate. And if his darkest hour wasn’t dark enough, a sinister figure from his student days at the Walsall Academy of New Knowledge reappears...to leave Dave reeling with pain and paranoia as he faces a scalpel-happy surgeon. Join our hero as he embarks on a savage and hilarious ride from S&M to the NHS." *** A wonderful satirical comedy "who dun it" - but not for the prudish or squeamish. ***   Plunder of the Good Earth by Barbara Bradbury, The Lichfield Press, WS13 6AA. 2000 ISBN 0 905985 19 2 "Barbara Bradbury was born in Chasetown in Staffordshire, where her family had settled in the latter half of the nineteenth century. This novel however is a work of fiction based on her knowledge of the history and development of the area. She now lives in Harrogate. North Yorkshire, and is married with a grown-up son and daughter. Plunder of the Good Earth, is a haunting story of a life lived in the pit villages of Staffordshire close to the Cathedral City of Lichfield, with the joys and heartbreaks of an ex

Which British playwright wrote Educating Rita, Blood Brothers and Shirley Valentine?

'Blood Brothers' to open at Charter Arts High School - The Morning Call 'Blood Brothers' to open at Charter Arts High School Aria Sivick, Robert Stinner, Kristina D'Amico play the three narrators in Blood Brothers A musical that explores what happens when fraternal twins are separated at birth and raised in different social classes will be presented at Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts in Bethlehem. “Blood Brothers” by British playwright Willy Russell, who also wrote “Educating Rita” and “Shirley Valentine,” will be presented April 15-19 in the Charter Arts Black Box Theatre. The musical is loosely based on the 1844 novella, “The Corsican Brothers.” Twins Mickey and Eddie are raised by different families — one upper class and one lower class. Eddie goes to college and becomes a lawyer while Mickey loses his job and eventually goes to prison. Both fall in love with the same woman, which leads to tragic results. The production is directed and choreographed by Ashley Tait Weller and stars Albert Nelthropp as Mickey Johnstone and Brayden Nace as Edward Lyons, the separated twin. As their repsective mothers, Lynsey Jeffery is Mrs. Johnstone and Kara Snyder is Mrs. Lyons.   Robert Stinner, Aria Sivick and Kristina D’Amico serve as narrator. Musical Direction is by Lynn Flickinger and Neil Chaban, the 9-piece orchestra is conducted by Matt Wells, and technical direction and set design is by Peter Wrenn-Meleck. The 1993 Broadway production received six Tony Award nominations, including for best musical, and has developed a cult following. Popular songs from the show include “Tell Me It’s Not True” , “Easy Terms”, and “Marilyn Monroe.” “Blood Brothers,” 7 p.m. April 15-18 and 2 p.m. April 19, Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, 675 E. Broad St., Bethlehem. Tickets: $15, adults; $10, students and seniors. www.charterarts.org.

Who featured on Melanie C's number one single Never Be The Same Again in 2000, and died in a car accident in 2002?

Official Charts Flashback 1999: TLC – No Scrubs 28 March 2014 Official Charts Flashback 1999: TLC – No Scrubs TLC’s biggest hit is 15 years old this week, but it was beaten to the top by a little yellow puppet – remember Flat Eric? Google + TLC’s biggest hit is 15 years old this week, but it was beaten to the top by a little yellow puppet – remember Flat Eric? We look back at a pretty solid Top 5 from 1999. Ever been in a bar and a club and had someone come up and pester you, even though you’ve made it clear such attention is very unwelcome? It happens all the time to us at Official Charts HQ – we’re all stunningly beautiful, you see – and when it does, our go-to song for sending these tryhards on their way is TLC’s No Scrubs. "Oh yes, son, I'm talking to you." It’s 15 years this week since TLC’s anthem for anyone who’s sick of dating losers entered the Official Singles Chart at Number 7. It was the band’s third Top 10 hit, following 1995’s Waterfalls and 1996’s re-release of Creep and would go on to peak at Number 3, giving the band their highest chart position in the UK. TLC took their name from the trio of Tionne ‘T-Boz’ Watkins, Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes and Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas, three ladies who certainly didn’t take any nonsense. The band’s first Top 40 hit was 1992’s Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg, which peaked at Number 13. They would have to wait another two and a half years for Creep to bring them back to the Top 40. They’d have nine Top 40 hits in total, including four Top 10s, the last being 1999’s Unpretty (6). No Scrubs is the band’s biggest selling single, with a sales tally of over 618,000 copies. Waterfalls comes in second, shifting 333,000. Left Eye died in a car accident in 2002, which brought a premature end to TLC’s chart success. Although TLC never had a Number 1, Lisa Lopes topped the Official Singles Chart in 2000 with a featured rap on former Spice Girl Melanie C’s Never Be The Same Again. Arguably TLC’s most iconic song, No Scrubs has been covered by many popstars who know a killer track when they hear one. Check out Bastille doing the song acoustically before we have a look at the Top 5 this week back in 1999. 1: Mr Oizo – Flat Beat The tune that proved that puppets weren’t just for novelty records. Kind of. Although Flat Beat was actually by French DJ and producer Mr Oizo, it was really Flat Eric who was the main attraction. The star of a Levi’s jeans commercial, the cute yellow puppet with a sideline in chair-dancing helped this fairly minimal house track storm straight to the top of the Official Singles Chart this week in 1999. It was the tune that was absolutely everywhere, but Mr Oizo is a genuine one-hit wonder. Since his debut Number 1, he hasn’t troubled the charts at all. He did, however, sell over 700,000 copies of Flat Beat, so it’s not all bad news. 2: Cartoons – Witch Doctor From an über-cool puppet to in-your-face wannabe animations. Cartoons hailed from Denmark and were like a more extreme version of fellow Scandinavians, the equally bonkers Aqua. Witch Doctor, based on an old novelty song from the 1950s, was their debut hit and would go no further than runner-up position. One more Top 10 song awaited them – the even more frantic Doodah got to Number 7 in June 1999. Witch Doctor certainly cast the right spell: it’s sold 510,000 copies in the UK, over 4,000 of those just last year! 3: Billie – Honey To The Bee A fourth consecutive Top 3 for the lady now better known as Billie Piper, Honey To The Bee has had two shots at the Official Singles Chart. The first week all downloads counted toward the Official Singles Chart, Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles campaigned for his listeners to download Billie’s fourth single. Billie had long since given up the singing for chasing around the universe on Doctor Who, but the track still managed to make it to Number 17. Billie had three Number 1s in total: Because We Want To – her bestselling single with 315,000 copies sold – and Girlfriend from 1998, and Day & Night from 2000 . Honey To The Bee has sold 210,000 copies in the UK. Sweet. 4: Britney Spears – …Baby One

Who had a top ten hit in 1974 with Streets Of London?

The Greatest Hits - The 1974 UK Favorites Paul Anka & Odia Coates - (You're) Having My Baby - 10-1974 Charles Aznavour - She - 06-1974 Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet -12-1974 The Bay City Rollers - Remember (Sha-La-La) - 03-1974 The Bay City Rollers - Shang-A-Lang 05-1974 The Bay City Rollers - Summerlove Sensation - 08-1974 The Bay City Rollers - All Of Me Loves All Of You - 10-1974 Barry Blue - School Love - 03-1974 Marc Bolan & T. Rex - Teenage Dream - 02-1974 Ken Boothe - Everything I Own - 10-1974 David Bowie - Rebel Rebel - 02-1974 David Bowie - Knock On Wood - 10-1974 Johnny Bristol - Hang On In There Baby - 09-1974 The Carpenters - Jambalaya - 04-1974 David Cassidy - If I Didn't Care- 06-1974 The Chi-Lites - Homely Girl - 04-1974 The Chi-Lites - Too Good To Be Forgotten - 12-1974 Gigliola Cinquetti - Go (Beore You Break My Heart) - 06-1974 Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff - 08-1974 Cockney Rebel - Judy Teen - 06-1974 Cockney Rebel - Mr. Soft - 08-1974 Alice Cooper - Teenage Lament '74 - 02-1974 Lynsey De Paul - No Honestly - 11-1974 Stephanie De Sykes - Born With A Smile On My Face - 07-1974 John Denver - Annie's Song - 09-1974 Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes - Get Dancing - 12-1974 Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting - 09-1974 The Drifters - Kissin' In The Back Row Of The Movies - 07-1974 The Drifters - Down On The Beach Tonight - 11-1974 Rupie Edwards - Ire Feelings (Skanga) - 12-1974 David Essex - Gonna Make You A Star - 10-1974 The Faces - Pool Hall Richard/I Wish It Would Rain - 01-1974 Andy Fairweather-Low - Reggae Tune - 10-1974 Bryan Ferry - The In Crowd - 06-1974 First Class - Beach Baby - 07-1974 Gary Glitter - Remember Me This Way - 04-1974 Gary Glitter - Always Yours - 06-1974 Gary Glitter - Oh Yes! You're Beautiful - 11-1974 The Glitter Band - Angel Face - 04-1974 The Glitter Band - Just For You - 08-1974 The Glitter Band - Let's Get Together Again - 11-1974 Golden Earring - Radar Love - 01-1974 The Goodies - The In Betweenies/Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me - 12-1974 Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock - 04-1974 Hello - Tell Him - 12-1974 The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe - 03-1974 Eddie Holman - (Hey There) Lonely Girl - 11-1974 Hot Chocolate - Emma - 03-1974 The Hues Corporation - Rock The Boat - 08-1974 Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun - 03-1974 Terry Jacks - If You Go Away - 07-1974 Elton John - Candle In The Wind - 03-1974 Elton John - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - 12-1974 KC & The Sunshine Band - Queen Of Clubs - 09-1974 Andy Kim - Rock Me Gently - 09-1974 Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top - 01-1974 Ronnie Lane - How Come - 02-1974 Limmie & The Family Cookin' - A Walkin' Miracle - 04-1974 Lobo - I'd Love You To Want Me - 06-1974 Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme - 03-1974 Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World - 02-1974 Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet - 03-1974 Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run - 07-1974 George McCrae - Rock Your Baby - 07-1974 George McCrae - I Can't Leave You Alone - 10-1974 Ralph McTell - Streets Of London - 12-1974 Mouth & McNeal - I See A Star - 06-1974 Mud - Tiger Feet - 01-1974 Mud - The Cat Crept In - 04-1974 Mud - Rocket - 08-1974 Mud - Lonely This Christmas - 12-1974 Mungo Jerry - Long legged Woman Dressed In Black - 05-1974 The New Seekers - I Get A Little Sentimental Over You - 03-1974 Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love - 04-1974 Doony & Marie Osmond - I'mLeaving It (All) Up To You  - 08-1974 Little Jimmy Osmond - I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door - 04-1974 The Osmonds - I Can't Stop - 05-1974 The Osmonds - Love Me For A Reason - 08-1974 Paper Lace - Billy, Don't Be A Hero - 03-1974 Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died - 05-1974 Paper Lace - The Black Eyed Boys - 09-1974 The Pearls - Guilty - 07-1974 The Peppers - Pepper Box - 11-1974 Peters & Lee -Don't Stay Away Too Long - 05-1974 Pilot - Magic - 11-1974 Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil - 01-1974 Cozy Powell - Na Na Na - 09-1974 Elvis Presley - My Boy - 12-1974 Alan Price - Jarrow Song - 06-1974 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Young Girl - 07-1974 Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate

Which author wrote Patriot Games, Clear And Present Danger and The Hunt For Red October?

Amazon.com: Jack Ryan 3 Pack (The Hunt for Red October / Patriot Games / Clear and Present Danger): Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Sean Bean, Willem Dafoe, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones, Joss Ackland, Richard Jordan, Peter Firth, Tim Curry, John McTiernan, Phillip Noyce, Donald Stewart, John Milius, Larry Ferguson, Steven Zaillian, Tom Clancy, W. Peter Iliff: Movies & TV Ad feedback Special Offers and Product Promotions Save Big On Open-Box & Pre-owned: Buy "Jack Ryan 3 Pack (The Hunt for Red October / Patri...” from Amazon Warehouse Deals and save 64% off the $19.99 list price. Product is eligible for Amazon's 30-day returns policy and Prime or FREE Shipping. See all Open-Box & Pre-owned offers from Amazon Warehouse Deals. Editorial Reviews Product Description THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER: Based on Tom Clancy's bestseller, directed by John McTiernan (Die Hard) and starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin, The Hunt For Red October seethes with high-tech excitement and sweats with the tension of men who hold Doomsday in their hands. A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius (Connery). The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst (Baldwin) has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russion naval and air commands are trying to find him, too. The hunt is on! PATRIOT GAMES: Harrison Ford stars as Jack Ryan in this explosive thriller based on Tom Clancy's international best-seller. His days as an intelligence agent behind him, former CIA analyst Jack Ryan has traveled to London to vacation with his wife (Anne Archer, Fatal Attraction) and child (Thora Birch, All I Want For Christmas). Meeting his family outside of Buckingham Palace, Ryan is caught in the middle of a terrorist attack on Lord Holmes (James Fox, The Russian House), a member of the Royal Family. Ryan helps to thwart Holmes' assailants and becomes a local hero. But Ryan's courageous act marks him as a target in the sights of the terrorist (Sean Bean, Stormy Monday) whose brother he killed. Now Ryan must return to action for the most vital assignment of his life: to save his family. Costarring James Earl Jones (The Hunt For Red October). CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER: This is the third film based on Tom Clancy's high-tech espionage potboilers starring CIA deputy director Jack Ryan. Harrison Ford, returning to the Ryan role after his first go-round in 1992's Patriot Games, is assigned to a delicate anti-drug investigation after a close friend of the President (a Reaganesque Donald Moffat) is murdered by a Colombian drug cartel. When Ryan discovers that the President's wealthy friend was in league with the cartel, the President's devious national security adviser (Harris Yulin) and an ambitious CIA deputy director (Henry Czerny) send a secret paramilitary force into Colombia to wipe out the drug lords. The force is captured and then abandoned by the President's lackeys. It falls to Ryan to enter Colombia and rescue them, aided only by a renegade operative named Clark (Willem Dafoe), with both his life and career on the line. Amazon.com The Hunt for Red October Before Harrison Ford assumed the mantle of playing Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan hero in Patriot Games, Alec Baldwin took a swing at the character in this John McTiernan film and hit one to the fence. If less instantly sympathetic than Ford, Baldwin is in some respects more interesting and nuanced as Ryan, and drawing comparisons between both actors' performances can make for some interesting postmovie discussion. That aside, The Hunt for Red October stands alone as a uniquely exciting adventure with a fantastic costar: Sean Connery as a Russian nuclear submarine captain attempting to defect to the West on his ship. Ryan must figure out his true motives for approaching the U.S. McTiernan (Predator, Die Hard) made an exceptionally handsome movie here with action sequences t

Which song includes the lyrics I laughed at all of your jokes, my love you didn't need to coax?

Did You Write The Book Of Love? Did You Write The Book Of Love? Tuesday, June 1, 2010 AS OF DEC. 20, 2009 The Book Of Love By Mikel K "It's always hard to break in, but talent will find a home."--The Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency In this book, the author comes across as a cross between David Sedaris, Donald Miller, and Augusten Burroughs…that's what the author thinks, anyway. “We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” —Fredrick Koeing I lay down to nap, just now, but couldn't sleep, so I set my cell phone for a fifteen minute meditation period. I had mixed luck with that, because my cat, Kobain, parked his body on my chest, and his head in my hand, demanding to be scratched, and rubbed. Then I did something new: I set the alarm for a seven minute pray. I prayed for everyone who I could think of, and about all the things that I could think of that might need praying for: this went better than the meditation. Kobain, I guess, doesn't mind me praying because he got off my chest and lay down next to me while I prayed. There are certain songs that I can listen to over, and over, and not get tired of them. "Green Grass and High Tides," by The Outlaws is one of those songs, and so is, "American Girl," by Tom Petty. The lyrics in both songs make a great deal of sense to me, and the music drives me into a very enjoyable manic frenzy. A great song can make it seem as if life is treating you well, even if it isn't. A great song, for me, is better than taking a hit of anything, or a drink. Nobody has heard of me, but you will soon come to love me, at least that is my hope: my name is Mikel K, and I hope that you enjoy my stories. "Though seeing, they do not see though hearing, they do not hear or understand." --Matthew 13:30 The fact that you don't have cable means you don't really care. And frankly, I can't blame you. --Mary Franklin This is the beginning, but I will tell you, right now, that this book ends with, "The End…" How very clever. Senorita: I read your poetry in notes, last night; printed it, and I think I enjoy it so much I am going to add it into my journal. You've got a groupie! You love words, don't you? Mikel K: I love where I have landed. I come from drunk tanks, and mental institutions, bar room brawls, and the back seat of police cars. Senorita: And you are where you should be. Mikel K: Yup, yup. "Lately it occurs to me what a long strange trip it's been." --The Grateful Dead This book is mostly the truth, as I remember it. There are a few places where I stretch the truth, or out right lie, to cover someone's buttocks, often mine, or because I simply can't remember what really happened. Some of the characters Morisson: The runaway dog who ran to me, and, finally, stayed: part lab, part we have never been able to figure out what; all love. I have had people tell me that their dog is, "the best dog in the world," but, trust me, Morisson would give any dog on the planet a run for their money, and then run off with their money, and bring it to me. He is that good of a dog. Morisson is ALWAYS there with a hug for me or you. The only flaw that Morisson has, if it is a flaw, is that he lives in complete fear of storms: thunder and lightening make him shake, and beg for entrance into my bed, where he is not allowed. To see if I violate my own policy for him, in a storm, read on. Jaggar: Jaggar is my black cat. Someone found Jaggar in a fast food restaurant parking lot, when he was a very small kitten, with his chest caved in. His mother was lying near him, dead: she had been run over by the same car that caved in Jaggar's chest. I guess that getting that burger, and French fries, had been very important to someone. Jaggar was rushed to the vet, where I was taking my dogs, and cats, at the time. Different members of the staff, who were nursing Jaggar back to health, would bring him out, and show him to me. Sometimes, he would be licking a syringe, as if it were his mothers breast. I started to fall in love wi

What is the name of the Dutch speaking northern region of Belgium containing approximately half of the country's population?

Belgium Belgium Join the UNFORKIDS.COM Belgium The Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe bordered by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, France and for a short stretch by the North Sea. It is one of the founding and core members of the European Union, hosting its headquarters, as well as those of many other major international organizations, such as NATO. Belgium has a population of over ten-and-a-half million people, in an area of around 30,000 square kilometres (11,700 square miles). Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe, Belgium is linguistically divided. The Dutch-speaking northern region, Flanders, houses 58% of the population. Another 10% inhabits the officially bilingual Brussels-Capital Region, for approximately 85% using French. In this enclave within the Flemish Region however, neither language is the primary one for roughly half of the residents. French is the language in the southern region Wallonia apart from most of the 73,000 inhabitants of its German-speaking Community.This linguistic diversity often leads to political and cultural conflict and is reflected in Belgium's complex system of government and political history. Belgium derives its name from the Latin name of the northernmost part of Gaul, Gallia Belgica, named after a group of mostly Celtic tribes, Belgae. Historically, Belgium has been a part of the Low Countries, which included the Netherlands and Luxembourg and used to cover a somewhat larger region than the current Benelux group of states. From the end of the Middle Ages until the seventeenth century, it was a prosperous centre of commerce and culture. From the sixteenth century until the Belgian revolution in 1830, the area at that time called the Southern Netherlands, was the site of many battles between the European powers, and has been dubbed "the battlefield of Europe"and "the cockpit of Europe". Country:

What is the only country which is crossed by both the equator and the tropic of capricorn?

Which South American countries does the Tropic of Capricorn pass through? | Reference.com Which South American countries does the Tropic of Capricorn pass through? A: Quick Answer The South American countries that lie within the Tropic of Capricorn are Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Paraguay. Brazil is the only country in the world that crosses both the Equator and either tropic. Full Answer The Tropic of Capricorn, also called the Southern Tropic, lies approximately 23.5 degrees south of the Equator. It is the southernmost point at which the sun can be seen directly overhead at the winter solstice when the southern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun. It drifts slowly north at the rate of about 16 yards a year. The Tropic of Capricorn marks the dividing line between the Southern Temperate Zone on the south and the tropics on the north. The climates of most of the countries along the Tropic of Capricorn are arid or semi-arid. Summer comes to the Tropic of Capricorn during December, when the region receives its highest amount of direct solar radiation. The Tropic of Capricorn, named some 2,000 years ago, is so called because the sun reaches its highest point in the sky in the constellation Capricornus in December. The tropics are named for the Greek word “tropos,” meaning to turn, because the sun seems to turn and head in the opposite direction across the sky after the solstice.

Which British city has an underground railway system which is nicknamed The Clockwork Orange?

Glasgow Subway System (clockwork orange) - Kelvinbridge Station - YouTube Glasgow Subway System (clockwork orange) - Kelvinbridge Station Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Aug 1, 2013 A brief look at Kelvinbridge station on the Glasgow subway system on the late morning of Wednesday 31st July 2013. Unlike London, which has an entire network of tube lines, Glasgow has one route running in a circle connecting Queen Street station in the city centre with the southern and western suburbs of the city including Hillhead, Partick and Govan. For many years the line has been nicknamed the 'clockwork orange' as a result of the colour of the trains! The system is also narrow gauge. Click on the following link for a full history and description of the Glasgow Subway:

In which country would you find the original Legoland?

Legolund in Billund, Denmark - The Original Legoland Share By Terri Mapes The original Legoland (which opened in 1968) is located on the western half of Denmark , called Jutland . Legoland Denmark is centrally located if you're driving. It's 150 miles west of Copenhagen . If you want to fly in, the airport of Billund is literally next door to the park. Legoland's opening times become longer as it gets warmer; the park itself is open from late March through early October. Attention to Detail: Everything - and I mean EVERYTHING - in Legoland consists of countless Lego blocks built with creativity and craftsmanship alike. You'll walk past entire countries built in small scale, entirely out of lego pieces! You're allowed to bring your own food into the park but there are countless (slightly pricy) food stands and cafes. Exciting Rides: In the past few years, Legoland has been adding family rides as well as more thrill rides for the adventurous. There are pirate-themed boat rides, a gentle mining-themed rollercoaster, flying carpet rides, and lots more fitting for all ages from toddler to seniors. continue reading below our video Tips for Taking Better Travel Photos And while you're there, have your kids get a "real" Legoland driver’s licence at the Lego driving school! During Bad Weather: Considering Denmark 's unpredictable weather (see Weather in Denmark , there are a number of indoor activities, like the adorable-but-authentic toy museum with interactive mechanical toys. Or, head to the Lego playroom and build your own ideas in Lego pieces to win daily prizes. No Stress: Parents are often stressed looking after their children at theme parks. Not here. Simply rent a "KidSpotter"! A new Wi-Fi tracking network and instant messaging ensures you won't lose your kids. If they're out of sight, just send them an SMS message and their location will be displayed on the parental unit. What an idea! Special Services: Legoland offers special services such as a Babycare Center, a bank with ATMs, and Drying Machines for wet clothing. Dogs are allowed on leashes. They also have a First Aid station, handicap facilities, an Information Center, luggage lockers, and wheelchairs.

What is the only American state which starts with the letter A but doesn't end with the letter A?

List of States in America That Start With List of States in America That Start With Updated on June 26, 2015 The United States In recent news, the United States' president Barack Obama said that he has visited most of the 57 states in the United States. The video of Obama's speech has been making its rounds on the Internet. It was obviously a mistake on the president's part, but in reality, not many people probably even know how many states there are. Every single person knows what the United States are. Obama might have made a mistake, but surprisingly, not many people can name all of the states off the top of their head and quite a bit of people think that there are 52 states, 48 states or give or take a few more. There are 50 states in America and here is the list of them in alphabetical order. Some of the capitals have been listed next to the states and other fun facts are also listed besides others. List of States in America that Start with A List of states in America that start with A. Alabama- The capital is Montgomery and the largest city is Birmingham. Alaska- The capital is Juneau and the largest city is Anchorage. Arizona- The capital is Phoenix and the largest city is Phoenix. Arkansas- The capital is Little Rock and the largest city is Little rock. States that Start with the letter B There are no states that begin with the letter B. List of States in America that Start with C List of states in America that start with C. California- The capital is Sacramento and the largest city is Los Angeles Colorado- The capital is Denver and the largest city is Denver Connecticut- The capital is Hartford and the largest city is Bridgeport List of States in America that Start with D List of states in America that start with D. Delaware- The capital is Dover and the largest city is Wilmington States that Start with the Letter E There are no states that start with the letter E. States that Start with F Here are the states that start with the letter F. Florida- The capital is Tallahassee and the largest city is Jacksonville States that Start with G Here are the states that start with the letter G. Georgia- The capital is Atlanta and the largest city is Atlanta States that Start with H Here are the states that start with the letter H. Hawaii- The capital is Honolulu and the largest city is Honolulu States that Start with I Here are the states that start with the letter I. Idaho- The capital is Boise and the largest city is Boise Illinois- The capital is Springfield and the largest city is Chicago Indiana- The capital is Indianapolis and the largest city is Indianapolis Iowa- The capital is Des Moines and the largest city is Des Moines States that Start with J There are no states that start with the letter J. States that Start with the Letter K Here are the states that start with the letter K. Kansas- The capital is Topeka and the largest city is Wichita Kentucky- The capital is Frankfort and the largest city is Lexington States that Start with L Here are the states that start with the letter L. Louisiana- The nickname for this state is the pelican state States that Start with M Here are the states that start with the letter M. Maine- The nickname for this state is the pine tree state Maryland- The nickname for this state is the free state Massachusetts- The nickname for this state is the bay state Michigan- The nickname for this state is the wolverine state Minnesota- The nickname for this state is the north star state Mississippi- The nickname for this state is the magnolia state Missouri- The nickname for this state is the show-me state Montana- The nickname for this state is the treasure state States that Start with N Here are the states that start with the letter N. Nebraska States that Start with O Here are the states that start with the letter O. Ohio States that Start with P Here is the state that starts with the letter P. Pennsylvania States that Start with Q There are no states that start with the letter Q. States that Start with R Here are the states that start with the letter R. Rhode Island States that Start with S

As at the start of the 2003/04 season, how many winners of the English Premiership have there been?

History of the English Premier League - SuperSport - Football History of the English Premier League William McGregor statue © Action Images What is now known as the English Premier League has its roots in an earlier league, called the Football League, which was originally founded in 1888. The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football. It was the top level football league in England from its foundation until 1992. Since 1995 it has had 72 clubs evenly divided into three divisions, which are currently known as The Championship, League One and League Two. Promotion and relegation between these divisions is a central feature of the League and is further extended to allow the top Championship clubs to exchange places with the lowest placed clubs in the Premier League. A director of Aston Villa, William McGregor, was the first to set out to bring some order to a chaotic world where clubs arranged their own fixtures. On March 2, 1888, he wrote to the committee of his own club, Aston Villa, as well as to those of Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Preston North End and West Bromwich Albion, suggesting the creation of a league competition that would provide a number of guaranteed fixtures for its member clubs each season. The first meeting was held at Anderson's Hotel in London on March 23, 1888, on the eve of the FA Cup Final. The Football League was formally created and named in Manchester at a further meeting on April 17 at the Royal Hotel. In 1992, the First Division clubs resigned from the Football League to take advantage of a lucrative television rights deal and on May 27, 1992, the Premier League as we know it today was formed. This meant a break-up of the 104-year-old Football League that had operated until then with four divisions; the Premier League would operate with a single division and the Football League with three. There was no change in competition format; the same number of teams competed in the top flight, and promotion and relegation between the Premier League and the new First Division remained on the same terms as between the old First and Second Divisions. The 22 inaugural members of the new Premier League were Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Everton, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Oldham Athletic, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, and Wimbledon. A total of 43 clubs have played in the Premier League from its inception in 1992 until the end of the 2009/10 season. Two other clubs (Luton Town and Notts County) were signatories to the original agreement that created the Premier League, but were relegated prior to the inaugural Premier League season and have not subsequently returned to the top flight. Seven clubs have been members of the Premier League for every season since its inception. This group is composed of Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur. Due to insistence by Fifa that domestic leagues reduce the number of games clubs played, the number of clubs was reduced to 20 in 1995 when four teams were relegated from the league and only two teams promoted. On June 8, 2006, Fifa requested that all major European leagues, including Italy's Serie A and Spain's La Liga be reduced to 18 teams by the start of the 2007/08 season. The Premier League responded by announcing their intention to resist such a reduction. Ultimately, the 2007/08 season kicked off again with 20 teams. The league changed its name from the FA Premier League to simply the Premier League in 2007. FOREIGN PLAYERS At the inception of the Premier League in 1992/93, just 11 players named in the starting line-ups for the first round of matches were 'foreign' (players hailing from outside of the

In which county is Lord's cricket ground?

Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, England Statistics, Weather and records and schedule - vCricket.com capacity 28000 Lord's Cricket Ground, generally known as Lord's, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the European Cricket Council (ECC) and, until August 2005, the International Cricket Council (ICC). Lord's is widely referred to as the "home of cricket" and is home to the world's oldest sporting museum. Lord's today is not on its original site, being the third of three grounds that Lord established between 1787 and 1814. His first ground, now referred to as Lord's Old Ground, was where Dorset Square now stands. His second ground, Lord's Middle Ground, was used from 1811 to 1813 before being abandoned to make way for the construction through its outfield of the Regent's Canal. The present Lord's ground is about 250 yards (230 m) north-west of the site of the Middle Ground. The ground can hold 28,000 spectators. Proposals are being developed to increase capacity and amenity.[3] As of December 2013, it was proposed to redevelop the ground at a cost of around £200? million over a 14-year period. The current ground celebrated its two hundredth anniversary in 2014. To mark the occasion, on 5 July a Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) XI captained by Sachin Tendulkar played a Rest of the World XI led by Shane Warne in a 50 overs match

In the English and Scottish football leagues, which team has the longest name?

What is the longest football team name in the world? | Notes and Queries | guardian.co.uk What is the longest football team name in the world? Brad Powell, Liskeard England The longest name in the English league is my team Brighton and Hove albion with 21 letters. However Borussia Monchengladbach, of the Bundesleage is 23 letters. I'm sure there are longer names in germany though. Tony Greenfield, Brighton East Sussex I don't know but LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH football club must be a contender. Steffan John, Cardiff Wales US Major League Soccer(!) side New York/New Jersey Metro All-Stars have got to be in with a shout. Yanks! What's wrong with 'Rovers'?!! JJ, Newcastle UK Ballvereinborussiadortmundneunzehnhundertundneun (BVB09 Dortmund Germany) or Borussia Munchengladbach and probably another dozen German teams. Kevin Elliott, Berlin Germany Total Network Solutions Llansantffraid (league of Wales) maybe? Aled, Aberystwyth Wales The former side Horwich Railway Mechanics Institute Football Club would have been a contender. However, with a move to a neigbouring town, it has been shortened to Leigh Railway Mechanics Institute Football Club Aidan Corcoran, Bolton UK Interesting question - some of the initials prefacing town names of French clubs might spell out into longer names than the British names I can think of (for example OGC Nice) - the longest British would presumably be Brighton and Hove Albion, Inverness Clachnacuddin, Kirkintilloch Rob Roy and Norton and Stockton Ancients. Jim Kidd, Musselburgh, Scotland In response to the seagulls fan, 'Wolverhampton Wanderers' has 22 ! pd, Chesterfield uk some contenders would be Amsterdamche Football Club Ajax (Holland, 28) Real Sociedad de San Sebastian (SPAIN, 26) Zalaegerszegi Torna Egylet (Hungary, 24) Football Club Rotor Volgograd (russia, 26) Internazionale de Milano (Italy, 21) and Genclerbiligi Ankara spor Kulubu (Turkey, 30) IAN OGIER, Guernsey, C.I England That would be New York/New Jersey Metrostars - not Metro Allstars. GW, Durham UK 'glasgow celtic football and athletic club' has 36. richard hunter, ancrum scotland We think that: Genclerbiligi Ankara spor Kulubu (30) Brighton and Hove Albion (21) Daggenham and Redbridge(21) Could be contenders? Neale and Ben, Darwen England Total Network Solutions LLantsantffraid. That's 36. I don't know if they have an additional FC (12) phil, cardiff IIIINNNGGG-UUUUURRRR-LAAAAAAANNNDDDDD has 35 ... and 38 in some versions of the chant Dominic Rice, Brussels Belgium There are probably longer ones in Aussie Rules but a close one here is Mangoplah-Cookardinia United (24). Mick webster, Beechworth Australia Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic has 31. Mark Power, Dublin Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu is a place in New Zealand Wonder if they have a football team Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu City Tom, Horsham, England Garbarnia Szczakowianka Jaworzno. It's 30 letters long, not bad. QBA, Szczecin, Poland Well actually I used to play for Mangoplah, which has been a previous answer. However the full name of the club now stands at MCU-E, which in full is Mangoplah Cookardinia United Eastlakes Goannas. Perhaps another football club we use to play against is a contender - Ganmain Grong Grong Matong Lions. But MCU-E take the cake! Courtney Bourne, Wagga Wagga, Australia Sunderland Association Football Club has 33 letters which is quite good. Ryan , Newton Aycliffe, UK I think adding Football Club on to the name is cheating. Inverness Caledonian Thistle with 26 letters is longest in Scotland, possibly UK. Did Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic not change their name to AFC Bournemouth? Alex Bomphray, Edinburgh, Scotland PSV is a long one: Philips Sport Vereniging Eindhoven with 31 letters. Also NEC has a big name too: Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie with 27. Stephen, England You need to have a browser that supports greek encoding, but I can think of some greek teams with long names. For instance:

What was the first Australian city to host the Olympic games?

Sydney Olympic Games, 2000 | australia.gov.au Sydney Olympic Games, 2000 The exceptionally well-organised Sydney Games were a true celebration of Olympic values and sporting excellence. Olympic Committee The Sydney Olympic Games were held from 15 September to 1 October 2000. Sydney was awarded the right to host the 2000 Olympic Games in 1993. It was the second time that an Australian city had hosted the Olympic Games, the first being in Melbourne in 1956. The first Olympic Games of the modern era were held in Athens in 1896 following the founding of the International Olympic Committee in 1894. The Olympics began in Greece about 3,500 years ago but were discontinued in 393 AD. In 1887, Baron Pierre de Coubertin came up with the idea of reviving the Olympics. At the Sydney 2000 Olympics there were 199 competing countries and four individual athletes from East Timor who marched in the parade of nations. There were 10,651 athletes (4,069 women, 6,582 men). There were 300 events. One of the extraordinary characteristics of the Sydney Olympics was the number of volunteers, 46,967, which had grown from an original group of 500, honoured in a parade through the city after the games. The extent of interest world-wide in the Olympics is reflected in the 16,033 accredited media people (5,298 written press, 10,735 broadcasters). Highlights – 100 years of women's participation Cathy Freeman wins gold in the 400m. Image courtesy of the ABC. Sydney 2000 celebrated 100 years of women's participation in the Olympic Games. The Triathlon made its Olympic debut with the women's race as the first event. Brigitte McMahon of Switzerland swam, cycled and ran to win gold and beat the favoured Australian athlete Michelie Jones who won silver. McMahon only passed Jones in sight of the finish line. Taekwondo was another new addition to the Olympic programme. Australian Lauren Burns, won gold in taekwondo, women's -49kg. Roared on by home fans, Burns surged ahead to 4-2 in the second round after being tied at the end of first round. Susanthika Jayasinghe became the first Sri Lankan woman to win a medal, claiming bronze in the 200m, whilst Birgit Fischer of Germany earned two gold medals in kayaking to become the first woman in any sport to win medals 20 years apart, having won gold at the Moscow, Barcelona and Atlanta Olympic Games. Women also took part in weightlifting and the modern pentathlon for the very first time. Australian Maria Pekli, won silver in judo for the women's 57kg. Other Australian women gold medal winners included Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst for beach volleyball, and Jenny Armstrong and Belinda Stowell for sailing, in the women's 470 class. The Australian women's hockey, softball and water polo teams also showed their excellence in winning gold. Opening ceremony and Olympic Flame Sydney 200 opening ceremony. Image courtesy of the ABC. The opening ceremony began with a tribute to Australian culture, history and identity with over 120 Australian stock horses stepping out, paying tribute to Australian stockmen. Performances that followed included references to the arrival of the First Fleet, immigration and rural industry as well as a large display of lawnmowers and an Australian Hill's hoist clothes line representing domestic life and ingenuity. Music and performance highlights of the opening were two hundred (200) Indigenous women from Central Australia dancing to cleanse and protect the Games and hundreds of tap-dancing teenagers. Olivia Newton-John and John Farnham sang the duet 'Dare to Dream' while walking among the athletes. Torres Strait Islander Christine Anu sang 'My Island Home' and the Australian National Anthem was sung by the boy band Human Nature with the second verse sung by Julie Anthony. The games were opened by the Australian Governor-General Sir William Deane with the Olympic Flag carried around the arena by eight former Australian Olympic champions: Bill Roycroft, Murray Rose, Liane Tooth, Gillian Rolton, Marjorie Jackson, Lorraine Crapp, Michael Wenden and Nick Green. Cathy Freeman lighting the Olympic Fla

On a darts board, which number is directly opposite 1?

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In cricket, how many runs is a double nelson?

1. In cricket, how many runs make up a double Nelson? - Jade Wright - Liverpool Echo News Opinion 1. In cricket, how many runs make up a double Nelson? 2. What is Indiana Jones looking for in the film Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade?  Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 2. What is Indiana Jones looking for in the film Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade? 3. In which English city is the world`s largest chocolate factory? 4. What was the name of the British liner which exploded in 1962? 5. In which two European cities are Nobel prizes presented? 6. By what name is the domesticated albino variety of polecat better known? 7. The abbreviation RSVP is taken from what language? 8. Tresco is in which island group? 9. What are the four different colours of Blue Peter badges? 10. Peter Mayhew is best known for playing what Star Wars character? 1. 222; 2. The Holy Grail ; 3. Birmingham; 4. Dara; 5. Oslo and Stockholm; 6. Ferret; 7. French; 8. Scilly Isles; 9. Blue, Green, Silver and Gold; 10. Chewbacca Like us on Facebook Most Read Most Recent Most Read Most Recent

By what name was scultpor and painter Domenikos Theotocopoulos better known?

El Greco (also known as Domenikos Theotokopoulos), Art History & Styles of Art - Art.com Wiki 6 Some Examples of “El Greco’s” Artwork Personal life El Greco was born in 1641 on the island of Crete. After beginning his artistic training in Crete, he moved on to Venice and Rome before settling in the Spanish city of Toledo. In Rome, the painter espoused unpopular views on the artistic abilities of some of the most famous Renaissance painters. The artist had a single son, Jorge Manuel, in 1578. Jorge’s mother has been named as Jeronima de las Cuevas. The couple are not thought to have married, although she was named in his short will. He died in Toledo in 1614, leaving his possessions to his son and Jeronima. Career He began his career as a Byzantine icon painter on the Venice-controlled island of Crete. He would later reject his early realism as his artistic expression entered imaginative periods. Few of his works prior to his move to Venice have survived. During his three-year stay in Venice, the artist completed a number of important works in the Renaissance style, including The Miracle of Christ Healing the Blind. Still searching for realism in his work, he began to use perspective in his large paintings of Biblical scenes. Once he moved to Rome, he received no large-scale commissions, but he did earn a reputation as one of the best portrait and small-scale painters of the Renaissance period. He painted several celebrated portraits between 1590 and 1600, including Saint Jerome as Cardinal. In 1576, the artist settled in Toledo, where he found a group of intellectuals willing to commission religious altarpieces and large landscapes . He painted The View of Toledo, one of the best-known landscapes in sixteenth-century European art, soon after his arrival. His large altarpieces included Christ Driving the Traders from the Temple and The Burial of Count Orgaz, arguably his most famous work. Outside the influences of his Renaissance peers, he began to reject realism in earnest. By the start of the seventeenth century, his style turned to the mannerism for which he is best remembered. Fun Facts El Greco translates into English as “The Greek” and reflects his birthplace on the island of Crete. During his time in Rome, he publicly questioned the artistic ability of Michelangelo . The resulting backlash hastened his move from Rome to Toledo. His son Jorge Manuel appears in the famous paintingThe Burial of Count Orgaz. Related Artists

The book The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie caused controversy after it was claimed it was blasphemous against which religion?

Looking back at Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses | Books | The Guardian Salman Rushdie Looking back at Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses Writers, broadcasters, friends and publishing insiders recall what it was like to be caught up in the most controversial story in recent literary history, The Satanic Verses and the ensuing fatwa against its author, as Salman Rushdie prepares to bring out his eagerly awaited memoir A demonstration against The Satanic Verses, in Bradford, England, in 1989. Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features Friday 14 September 2012 17.55 EDT First published on Friday 14 September 2012 17.55 EDT Geoffrey Robertson QC Defended Salman Rushdie in the blasphemy case brought against The Satanic Verses On Valentine's Day 1989, the dying Ayatollah Khomeini launched the mother of all prosecutions against Salman Rushdie . As with the Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland, his fatwa was a case of sentence first and trial later. Rushdie's difficulties brought many of his north London friends into a closer and warmer contact with officers of the Special Branch than they might ever have thought likely. It was not long before a private prosecutor tried to issue a summons against the author of The Satanic Verses to attend, at the Old Bailey, his trial for blasphemous libel. The magistrate refused, so the prosecutor appealed to the High Court, where 13 Muslim barristers attempted to get the book banned, but their action forced them to draft an indictment against Rushdie and his publishers specifying with legal precision the way in which the novel had blasphemed. Their efforts convinced me that The Satanic Verses is not blasphemous. The book is the fictional story of two men, infused with Islam but confused by the temptations of the west. The first survives by returning to his roots. The other, Gibreel, poleaxed by his spiritual need to believe in God and his intellectual inability to return to the faith, finally kills himself. The plot, in short, is not an advertisement for apostasy. Our opponents could in the end only allege six blasphemies in the book, and each one was based either on a misreading or on theological error: God is described in the book as "The Destroyer of Man". As He is similarly described in the Old Testament and the Book of Revelation, especially of men who are unbelievers or enemies of the Jews. The book contains criticisms of the prophet Abraham for his conduct towards Hagar and Ismael, their son. Abraham deserves criticism and is not seen as without fault in Islamic, Christian or Jewish traditions. Rushdie refers to Muhammad as "Mahoud". He called him variously "a conjuror", "a magician" and a "false prophet". Rushdie does nothing of the sort. These descriptions come from the mouth of a drunken apostate, a character with whom neither author nor reader has sympathy. The book grossly insults the wives of the Prophet by having whores use their names. This is the point. The wives are expressly said to be chaste, and the adoption of their names by whores in a brothel symbolises the perversion and decadence into which the city had fallen before it surrendered to Islam. The book vilifies the close companions of the Prophet, calling them "bums from Persia" and "clowns", whereas the Qur'an treats them as men of righteousness. These phrases are used by a depraved hack poet, hired to pen propaganda against the Prophet. They do not represent the author's beliefs. The book criticises the teachings of Islam for containing too many rules and seeking to control every aspect of everyday life. Characters in the book do make such criticisms, but they cannot amount to blasphemy because they do not vilify God or the Prophet. The case had one very satisfying result: the Home Office announced it would not allow further blasphemy prosecutions, declaring "how inappropriate our legal mechanisms are for dealing with matters of faith and individual belief … the strength of their own belief is the best armour against mockers and blasphemers". Amen to that (Pussy Riot prosecutors please note). The crime of blasphemy has now