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where was the peace treaty signed that brought world war i to an end?
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[ { "title": "Peace treaty", "text": "issues or separate treaties signed between each party. There are many possible issues which may be included in a peace treaty. Some of these may be: In modern times certain intractable conflict situations may first be brought to a ceasefire and are then dealt with via a p...
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which welsh singer was invited to sing at the white house on millennium eve?
[ { "title": "Paul Child (singer)", "text": "Paul Child (singer) Paul Child (born Paul Michael Thomas) is a Welsh singer who lives in Bridgend, Wales. Paul sang in a number of rock bands as a teenager and moved on to work on the circuit in Tenerife. In 1996 Child returned to Wales and continued his career. Be...
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[ { "title": "I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing", "text": "I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing is the self-produced ninth album by American R&B singer Barry White, released in 1979 on the 20th Century-Fox Records label. \"I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing\" fulfilled White's 20th Centu...
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which company was responsible for the oil spill in alaska in 1989?
[ { "title": "Exxon Valdez oil spill", "text": "Exxon Valdez oil spill The \"Exxon Valdez\" oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska, March 24, 1989, when \"Exxon Valdez\", an oil tanker owned by Exxon Shipping Company, bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef, 1.5 ...
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[ { "title": "Oil spill governance in the United States", "text": "are co-ordinated by the USCG. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Response and Restoration (NOAA) works closely with the USCG in providing assistance in technical areas such as Consideration of Alternatives, Oil disp...
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vehicles from which country use the international registration letter c?
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[ { "title": "International vehicle registration code", "text": "system is used for vehicles belonging to the diplomats of foreign countries with license plate from the host country. That system is host country-specific and varies largely from country to country. For example TR on a diplomatic car in the USA ...
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what date is father's day?
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[ { "title": "Rolex Day-Date", "text": "Rolex Day-Date The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Day-Date is a COSC certified, self-winding chronometer manufactured by Rolex. Initially presented in 1956, the Day-Date was the first watch to display the date, as well as the day, in its entirety. The Day-Date is one of Rolex's...
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in which decade of the 20th century was the fbi set up?
[ { "title": "Fame in the 20th Century", "text": "Fame in the 20th Century Fame in the 20th Century is a 1993 BBC documentary television series and book by Clive James. The book and series examined the phenomenon of fame and how it expanded to international mass media proportions throughout the 20th century. ...
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[ { "title": "Great Pianists of the 20th Century", "text": "Great Pianists of the 20th Century Great Pianists of the 20th Century was a 200-CD box set released by Philips Records in 1999 and sponsored by Steinway & Sons. The box set comprises 100 volumes featuring 72 pianists of the 20th century, each volume ...
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in which decade of the 20th century was dan aykroyd born?
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[ { "title": "Dan Aykroyd", "text": "\"\", which claimed to describe cases drawn from the archives of \"The Office Of Scientific Investigation And Research.\" In 2005, Aykroyd produced the DVD \"Dan Aykroyd: Unplugged on UFOs\". Aykroyd is interviewed for 80 minutes by UFOlogist David Sereda discussing in dep...
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which american wrote the game of chess in 1959?
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[ { "title": "The Game of the Century (chess)", "text": "one of the leading American chess masters at the time of this game. He won the 1953 U.S. Open Championship, and later represented the United States in the 1962, 1964, and 1968 Chess Olympiads. He became an International Master in 1962, and probably woul...
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which company first manufactured the electric toothbrush?
[ { "title": "Electric toothbrush", "text": "braces). The Broxo Electric Toothbrush was introduced in the U.S. by E. R. Squibb and Sons Pharmaceuticals in 1960. After introduction, it was marketed in the U.S. by Squibb under the names Broxo-Dent or Broxodent. In the 1980s Squibb transferred distribution of th...
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[ { "title": "Electric toothbrush", "text": "ultrasonic toothbrushes, depending on whether they make movements that are below, in or above the audible range (20–20,000 Hz or 2400–2,400,000 movements per minute), respectively. The first electric toothbrush was produced by the Electro Massage Tooth Brush Compan...
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who lived under the pseudonym of harriet brown in new york form the 40s to the 90s?
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[ { "title": "Harriet A. Brown", "text": "was an occasional contributor to the newspaper press. In 1902 she wrote \"Scientific dress cutting and making, \"The Harriet A. Brown system,\" simplified and improved; directions for its use\". Harriet A. Brown married Albert G. Brown (1848-1935) and had two children...
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which actor bought the island of tetiaroa?
[ { "title": "Tetiaroa", "text": "eight of Marlon Brando's eleven children are involved in the project. Waltzing with Brando by Bernard Judge Tetiaroa Teti'aroa is an atoll in the Windward group of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, an overseas territorial collectivity of France in the Pacific Ocean. On...
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[ { "title": "We Bought a Zoo", "text": "adaptation of Benjamin Mee's memoir \"We Bought a Zoo\". He then began rewriting the film's script, which was originally written by Aline Brosh McKenna. This was the first film that was directed by Crowe since the 2005 film \"Elizabethtown\". The film was released on D...
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between 1952 and 1954 did the number of tv stations in the usa double, triple or quadruple?
[ { "title": "Quadruple bond", "text": "to give a bond order of 2, meaning that there exists a double bond between the two carbons in a dicarbon (C) molecule. The molecular orbital diagram of diatomic carbon would show that there are two pi bonds and no sigma bonds. However, a recent paper by S. Shaik et al. ...
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[ { "title": "The Time in Between (TV series)", "text": "Courage and Love\") and aired with an average of 3.4 million viewers (14% share). In Portugal, the series aired on TVI. In Japan, the series premiered in June 2015 on NHK General TV as \"Jonetsu no Shira\" (\"Sira's Passion\"). The rights for the series...
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what was wham!'s first no 1?
[ { "title": "Freedom (Wham! song)", "text": "was used by George Michael as an introduction to his song, \"Faith\", played on a church organ. Freedom (Wham! song) \"Freedom\" is a hit song by British pop duo Wham!. It became the group's second number one hit on the UK Singles Chart and reached number three in...
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[ { "title": "Wham!", "text": "with Paul Weller in The Style Council, and was replaced by Pepsi DeMacque. Holliman and DeMacque would later record as Pepsi & Shirlie. Wham followed up \"Young Guns (Go for It)\" with a reissue of \"Wham Rap (Enjoy What You Do)\", \"Bad Boys\" and \"Club Tropicana\". By the end...
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which musical featured the song you'll never walk alone?
[ { "title": "You'll Never Walk Alone", "text": "facts relating to the unlawful killing by negligence of 96 Liverpool supporters. On 13 March 2016, after Borussia Dortmund's 2-0 win against 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the German Bundesliga, supporters of both teams performed the song to commemorate a Dortmund fan who ...
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[ { "title": "May You Never Be Alone", "text": "Studios in Nashville on March 1, 1950. He is backed by Dale Potter (fiddle), Don Davis (steel guitar), Zeke Turner (lead guitar), Clyde Baum (mandolin), Jack Shook (rhythm guitar), and probably Ernie Newton (bass). Clyde Baum plays the only mandolin solo to be e...
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in which year was bloody sunday in londonderry?
[ { "title": "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "text": "uplifting structure. Bono once commented that \"love is...a central theme\" of \"Sunday Bloody Sunday\" The band have said the lyrics refer to the events of both Bloody Sunday in 1972 and Bloody Sunday in 1920, but are not specifically about either event. The song...
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[ { "title": "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "text": "Sunday Bloody Sunday \"Sunday Bloody Sunday\" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the opening track from their 1983 album \"War\" and was released as the album's third single on 21 March 1983 in Germany and the Netherlands. \"Sunday Bloody Sunday\" is noted for...
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the first untethered space walk took place from which space craft?
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[ { "title": "Somerset Space Walk", "text": "Somerset Space Walk The Somerset Space Walk is a sculpture trail model of the Solar System, located in Somerset, England. The model uses the towpath of the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal to display a model of the Sun and its planets in their proportionally correct si...
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what was the main color of a storm trooper in star wars?
[ { "title": "Clone trooper", "text": "film series and in the \"Star Wars\" expanded universe media, a number of specialized trooper units are seen, including elite special forces units such as the 'Advanced Reconnaissance Commandos' (ARC troopers), and Null ARCs, who usually work alone. All clone commandos a...
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[ { "title": "Star Wars: Storm in the Glass", "text": "Star Wars: Storm in the Glass Star Wars: Storm in the Glass (, refers to operation of Persian Gulf War \"Desert Storm\"), sometimes translated as Star Wars: Tempest in a Teapot, is a humorous 2004 English-to-Russian movie spoof of the 1999 science fantasy...
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luxor international airport is in which country?
[ { "title": "Luxor International Airport", "text": "Luxor International Airport Luxor International Airport is the main airport serving the city of Luxor, Egypt. It is located four miles (6 km) east of the city. Many charter airlines use the airport, as it is a popular tourist destination for those visiting ...
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[ { "title": "Air Luxor", "text": "Air Luxor Air Luxor was an airline based in Luxor Plaza in Lisbon, Portugal, operating a limited number of scheduled flights out of Portela Airport, Lisbon. The airline's operations were located in Building C1 and Hangar 7 in Delta Park, an area in Lisbon Airport. The airlin...
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which country did albert einstein move to as the nazis rose to power?
[ { "title": "Albert Einstein", "text": "Elsa to join him as his special guests. Walter Isaacson, Einstein's biographer, described this as \"one of the most memorable scenes in the new era of celebrity\". Chaplin visited Einstein at his home on a later trip to Berlin, and recalled his \"modest little flat\" a...
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[ { "title": "Albert Einstein Archives", "text": "was a member of the university's first board of governors. In 1925, the original 46-page manuscript of the general theory of relativity ended up at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Einstein did not save all of his written material, but from 1919, as his fam...
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in the 90s how many points have been awarded for finishing first in a grand prix?
[ { "title": "1981 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season", "text": "developed in the 1950s, to aluminium frames featuring large, twin beams as first pioneered by Spanish constructor, Antonio Cobas. The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1981: Points are awarded to the top ten finishers. A rid...
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[ { "title": "USCF Grand Prix", "text": "they do. USCF Grand Prix The USCF Grand Prix is a set of chess tournaments for prize money rated by the United States Chess Federation. In general, a tournament must have at least $300 in guaranteed prizes to award \"Grand Prix\" points. At the end of the year, prizes ...
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which lawyer made raymond burr famous?
[ { "title": "Raymond Burr", "text": "Raymond Burr Raymond William Stacy Burr (May 21, 1917September 12, 1993) was a Canadian American actor, primarily known for his title roles in the television dramas \"Perry Mason\" and \"Ironside\". He was prominently involved in multiple charitable endeavors, such as wor...
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[ { "title": "Raymond Burr", "text": "museum. Burr was a trustee and an early supporter who chaired the museum's first capital campaign and made direct contributions from his collection. A display about Burr as an actor, benefactor and collector opened in the museum's Great Hall of Shells in 2012. From 2000 t...
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which broadcasting company did edward j noble found?
[ { "title": "Edward J. Noble", "text": "of its two radio networks, he founded the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) when he purchased the Blue Network (formerly part of NBC) on October 12, 1943. He tried to build ABC into an innovative and competitive broadcaster, but was hampered by financial problems and...
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[ { "title": "Edward J. Noble", "text": "Edward J. Noble Edward John Noble (October 8, 1882 – December 28, 1958) was an American broadcasting and candy industrialist originally from Gouverneur, New York. He co-founded the Life Savers Corporation in 1913. He founded the American Broadcasting Company when he pu...
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in which decade did the jackson 5 sign to motown?
[ { "title": "The Essential Michael Jackson", "text": "The Essential Michael Jackson The Essential Michael Jackson is a greatest hits compilation album by American singer Michael Jackson. It was released on July 19, 2005, by Sony Music's catalog division Legacy Recordings as part of \"The Essential\" series. ...
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[ { "title": "50 Best Songs – The Motown Years: Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5", "text": "50 Best Songs – The Motown Years: Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 50 Best Songs – The Motown Years: Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 (also known as 50 Best Songs or The Motown Years) is a 3-disc compilation box set by Am...
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in which state is harrah's auto collection situated?
[ { "title": "William F. Harrah", "text": "won Best of Show at Pebble Beach. After his death Holiday Inn acquired Harrah's of which the car collection was part of. The bulk of the collection were sold at several auctions between 1984-1986 for more than $100 million. An outcry by the people of Reno and Sparks ...
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[ { "title": "William F. Harrah", "text": "skin color or gender. The main theater in Harrah's Reno was named \"Sammy's Showroom\" after entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. (whose Duesenberg replica now resides in the museum that bears Harrah's name), and actor-comedian Bill Cosby recalls Harrah as a good friend. The...
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what was the name of gene autry's horse?
[ { "title": "Gene Autry", "text": "starring role by Levine in 1935 in the 12-part serial \"The Phantom Empire.\" Shortly thereafter, Mascot was absorbed by the newly formed Republic Pictures Corp. and Autry went along to make a further 44 films up to 1940, all B Westerns in which he played under his own name...
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[ { "title": "Gene Autry", "text": "into the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association's ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1979. Autry received several honors for his contributions to rodeo. Gene Autry was often portrayed in the comics, primarily during the heyday of Western-themed comics, the 1940s and 1950s. The Regist...
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which city has a sports team of steelers and team of pirates?
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[ { "title": "2007 East Carolina Pirates football team", "text": "2007 East Carolina Pirates football team The 2007 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season and played their home games in Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium. The team was coache...
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what went with blood and sweat in the name of the 60s rock band?
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[ { "title": "Blood, Sweat and Towers", "text": "Blood, Sweat and Towers Blood, Sweat and Towers is the debut album of English punk rock band the Towers of London, released on 5 June 2006. The album features thirteen tracks, four of which have been released in the United Kingdom as singles. The album was heav...
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which musical featured the song i feel pretty?
[ { "title": "I Feel Pretty", "text": "I Feel Pretty \"I Feel Pretty\" is a song from the 1957 musical \"West Side Story\". \"The New York Times\" explained that \"Mr. Sondheim…has said he was never particularly fond of his lyrics in 'West Side Story,' especially 'I Feel Pretty, later expressing that \"The id...
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[ { "title": "I Feel Pretty (film)", "text": "27, 2018, due to strong test screening results. The release date was later changed again to April 20, 2018, a week earlier, to avoid competition with \"\", which after \"I Feel Pretty\"s initial move, had itself moved from its May 4, 2018 date to April 27. , \"I F...
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"who said, ""being no 1 tennis player in the world doesn't necessarily mean you're intelligent?"""
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[ { "title": "You Said No", "text": "also became the first band ever to enter the UK charts 3-2-1 with their first three singles. \"You Said No\" is about being rejected at a disco by a girl and feeling humiliated. The song was first recorded under the title \"Crash and Burn\", and this version was included o...
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who produced the first jetliner in 1957?
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[ { "title": "Avro Canada C102 Jetliner", "text": "Ontario. Canada Post issued a stamp to commemorate the development of the Jetliner. Jetliner Road in Mississauga, Ontario is named for the airliner at Toronto Pearson International Airport. \"Avro Jetliner Private\" also commemorates the aircraft at Ottawa Mc...
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in which decade of the 20th century was james caan born?
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[ { "title": "James Caan", "text": "to Sheila Marie Ryan (a former girlfriend of Elvis Presley's) in 1976 was short-lived; they divorced the following year. Their son, Scott Caan, who also is an actor, was born August 23, 1976. Caan was married to Ingrid Hajek from September 1990 to March 1994; they had a son...
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in which country is the deepwater port of trondheim?
[ { "title": "Trondheim", "text": "Trondheim Trondheim (; historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem) is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It has a population of 193,501 (4th quarter 2017), and is the third-most populous municipality in Norway, although the fourth largest urban area. It ...
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[ { "title": "Gulf Gateway Deepwater Port", "text": "Gulf Gateway Deepwater Port Gulf Gateway Deepwater Port was the first offshore liquefied natural gas LNG import facility. Gulf Gateway was owned by Excelerate Energy Limited Partnership. It was located in Block 603 of the West Cameron Area, South Addition a...
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in which state is camp david?
[ { "title": "Camp David", "text": "Camp David Camp David is the country retreat for the President of the United States. It is located in the wooded hills of Catoctin Mountain Park near Thurmont, Maryland, also near Emmitsburg, Maryland about 62 miles (100 km) north-northwest of Washington, D.C. It is officia...
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[ { "title": "Camp David", "text": "in 1935 and was completed in 1938. In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt converted it to a presidential retreat and renamed it \"Shangri-La\" (for the fictional Himalayan paradise in the 1933 novel \"Lost Horizon\" by British author James Hilton, which he had jokingly re...
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what was the statue of liberty originally called?
[ { "title": "Statue of Liberty", "text": "it as a welcoming sight. Oral histories of immigrants record their feelings of exhilaration on first viewing the Statue of Liberty. One immigrant who arrived from Greece recalled: Originally, the statue was a dull copper color, but shortly after 1900 a green patina, ...
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[ { "title": "Statue of Liberty", "text": "public protest against the proposed exterior painting. The Army Corps of Engineers studied the patina for any ill effects to the statue and concluded that it protected the skin, \"softened the outlines of the Statue and made it beautiful.\" The statue was painted onl...
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who sang the bond theme form from russia with love?
[ { "title": "From Russia with Love (soundtrack)", "text": "From Russia with Love (soundtrack) From Russia with Love is the soundtrack for the second James Bond film of the same name. This is the first series film with John Barry as the primary soundtrack composer. John Barry, arranger of Monty Norman's \"Jam...
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which company was responsible for the oil spill in new york harbor in 1990?
[ { "title": "Oil spill governance in the United States", "text": "debates is illustrated in the question \"who is liable in the case of a vessel spill?\" The cargo owner or the ship operator/ owner? Another significant issue was the interaction of domestic legislation and international measures. In 1980's, i...
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[ { "title": "Oil spill governance in the United States", "text": "are co-ordinated by the USCG. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Response and Restoration (NOAA) works closely with the USCG in providing assistance in technical areas such as Consideration of Alternatives, Oil disp...
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who had an 80s no 1 with don't you want me?
[ { "title": "Don't You Want Me", "text": "acrobats and the Alcazar ballet. The whole video shoot took almost 23 hours, and actually includes Annikafiore's boyfriend juggling with fire in the background The Alcazar dog Selma was styled in a pink ballerina dress and waited the whole day for the filming of her ...
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[ { "title": "I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me", "text": "hit for producer Allen Reynolds. In the years since, Reynolds produced many No. 1 hits for artists like Crystal Gayle, Dickey Lee, Kathy Mattea and The O'Kanes, but during the 1990s became most associated with producing the hits of Garth B...
[ "the human league", "the league unlimited orchestra", "the dead daughters", "the future (band)", "league unlimited orchestra", "human league" ]
which star of hannah and her sisters has a child called free?
[ { "title": "Hannah and Her Sisters", "text": "in a 2016 poll of \"Time Out\" contributors, with editor Joshua Rothkopf singling out the character of Holly as \"the kind of desperate, flailing Manhattanite that future director-writers would spin entire careers out of\". Hannah and Her Sisters Hannah and Her ...
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[ { "title": "Hannah and Her Sisters", "text": "about someone else and his obsession with mortality.\" Allen admits the role of Hannah was based on Farrow being \"a romanticised perception of Mia. She's very stable, she has eight children now, and she's able to run her career and have good relationships with ...
[ "barbara hershey", "barbara seagull", "barbara lynn herzstein", "barbara seagull" ]
who had 70s hits with have you seen her and oh girl?
[ { "title": "Have You Seen Her", "text": "Have You Seen Her \"Have You Seen Her\" is a song recorded by the soul vocal group, The Chi-Lites, and released on Brunswick Records in 1971. Composed by the lead singer Eugene Record and Barbara Acklin, the song was included on the group's 1971 album \"(For God's Sa...
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[ { "title": "Have You Seen Her Face", "text": "Have You Seen Her Face \"Have You Seen Her Face\" is a song by the American rock band the Byrds, written by the group's bass player Chris Hillman and included on their 1967 album \"Younger Than Yesterday\". \"Have You Seen Her Face\" was written following a reco...
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in which decade of the 20th century was father's day first celebrated?
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[ { "title": "Leaving the 20th Century", "text": "Leaving the 20th Century Leaving the 20th Century is a recording of the Manic Millennium concert by the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers, released in 2000. The concert was announced on October 5th 1998 and which also celebrated the 10th anniversary of th...
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will rogers airport was built in which us state?
[ { "title": "Will Rogers World Airport", "text": "in 1935. The city's other major airport, Wiley Post Airport, along with the Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport in Barrow, Alaska, are named for Wiley Post, who also died in the same crash. Will Rogers World Airport is the only airport to use the designat...
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[ { "title": "Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport", "text": "Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport, often referred to as Post/Rogers Memorial is a public airport located in Utqiagvik, the largest city and borough seat of the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state o...
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in which decade of the 20th century was andy williams born?
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[ { "title": "Merry Christmas (Andy Williams album)", "text": "& Jones Ltd.\" From the liner notes for the original album: Merry Christmas (Andy Williams album) Merry Christmas is the second Christmas album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released by Columbia Records in 1965, and his seventeenth...
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what book was mark david chapman carrying with him when he killed john lennon on 12/8/80?
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[ { "title": "Mark David Chapman", "text": "Mark David Chapman Mark David Chapman (born May 10, 1955) is an American convict who shot and killed John Lennon at the entrance to the Dakota apartment building in New York City on December 8, 1980. Chapman fired five times at Lennon, hitting him four times in the ...
[ "j.d. salinger's catcher in the rye" ]
what writer worked as a pinkerton detective on cases involving movie comic fatty arbuckle and gambler nick arnstein?
[ { "title": "Nick and Nora Charles", "text": "the bantering, romantically involved detective duo has become a well-used trope in literature, stage, screen, and television ever since. The characters first appear in Dashiell Hammett's best-selling last novel \"The Thin Man\" (1934). Nick is an alcoholic former...
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[ { "title": "Pinkerton (detective agency)", "text": "1960s, even the word \"detective\" disappeared from the agency's letterhead. In 1999, the company was bought by Securitas AB, a Swedish security company, for $384 million, followed by the acquisition of longtime Pinkerton rival, the William J. Burns Detect...
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what writer was expelled from west point for showing up for a public parade wearing only a white belt and gloves?
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[ { "title": "Seat belt", "text": "belt for crash protection. Also, many automatic seat belt systems are incompatible with child safety seats, or only compatible with special modifications. Starting in 1971 and ending in 1972, the United States conducted a research project on seat belt effectiveness on a tota...
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what frenchman wrote about two fantastic space odysseys--one to the moon and one to the sun--more than 200 years before jules verne?
[ { "title": "From the Earth to the Moon", "text": "stories of Baron Munchausen and Cyrano de Bergerac. In 1889 Verne wrote a second sequel to the novel, \"The Purchase of the North Pole\", which has the Gun Club members (led by J. T. Maston) plan to use the \"Columbiad\" to alter the tilt of the earth to ena...
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[ { "title": "Jules Verne ATV", "text": "with waste for disposal. In total, of water, of oxygen and of propellant was transferred to the \"Zvezda\" module, and \"Jules Verne\" was also used to reboost the space station on four occasions. About of dry cargo was removed from the ATV and remained aboard the ISS....
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"what kind of tree was betty smith referring to in her book ""a tree grows in brooklyn""?"
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[ { "title": "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (musical)", "text": "weary from years of broken promises, daughter Francie idolizes her father, and Aunt Cissy is the victim of a string of romantic misadventures with common-law husbands, each of which she insists on calling \"Harry\" after her first lover. A Tree Grows...
[ "an ailanthus, known as the tree of heaven" ]
"what couple live next door to dagwood and blondie bumstead in ""blondie""?"
[ { "title": "Blondie (comic strip)", "text": "over all he surveys, with one notable exception—his formidable and domineering wife, Cora. Blondie and Dagwood's best friends are their next-door neighbors Herb and Tootsie Woodley, although Dagwood and Herb's friendship is frequently volatile. Lou is the burly, ...
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[ { "title": "Dagwood Bumstead", "text": "another appearance in \"Garfield \"comic strips in August 20, 2005 to invite Jon and Garfield for his and Blondie's anniversary party. In the song \"Homemade Mummy\" alternative rapper Aesop Rock briefly refers to Dagwood. Dagwood Bumstead Dagwood Bumstead is a main c...
[ "herb and tootsie woodley" ]
who was the lone ranger's great grand-nephew?
[ { "title": "Lone Ranger", "text": "became a juvenile sidekick to the Masked Man, is Dan Reid. When Trendle and Striker later created \"The Green Hornet\" in 1936, they made this Dan Reid the father of Britt Reid, alias the Green Hornet, thereby making the Lone Ranger the Green Hornet's great-uncle. Througho...
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[ { "title": "The Lone Ranger (serial)", "text": "force Joan to marry him, which was an unusual plot element for a sound serial. The Lone Ranger was superior in terms of plot and execution when compared to the average western serial, although it contained many features standard to the genre such as explosions...
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"psychologist william moulton marston, inventor of the polygraph, or lie detector, also created a famous comic book heroine,. who was she?"""
[ { "title": "William Moulton Marston", "text": "William Moulton Marston William Moulton Marston (May 9, 1893 – May 2, 1947), also known by the pen name Charles Moulton (), was an American psychologist, inventor of an early prototype of the lie detector, self-help author, and comic book writer who created the...
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[ { "title": "William Moulton Marston", "text": "of the polygraph, when he subsequently embarked on a career in entertainment and comic book writing and appeared as a salesman in ads for Gillette Razors, using a polygraph motif. From his psychological work, Marston became convinced that women were more honest...
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"""last night i dreamt i went to manderley again,"" was the first line of what daphne du maurier novel?"
[ { "title": "Rebecca (novel)", "text": "something happens.'\" Du Maurier and her husband, \"Tommy Browning, like Rebecca and Maximilian de Winter, were not faithful to one another.\" Subsequent to the novel's publication, \"Jan Ricardo, tragically, died during the Second World War. She threw herself under a ...
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[ { "title": "Daphne du Maurier", "text": "was 34 when Lawrence died, said the following in her old age and it was quoted in a 2009 newspaper profile of Lawrence: \"It makes me laugh when I keep hearing stories about my mother supposedly being a lesbian. She was the complete reverse. Her appetite for men verg...
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"what is the actual title of leonardo da vinci's ""mona lisa""?"
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[ { "title": "Cultural references to Leonardo da Vinci", "text": "portrait as Mona Lisa\" in 1954. In 1963 following the painting's visit to the United States, Andy Warhol created serigraph prints of multiple \"Mona Lisa\"s called \"Thirty are Better than One\", like his works of Marilyn Monroe (\"Twenty-five...
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in henry wadsworth longfellow's famous poem, hiawatha, what was the name of hiawatha's wife?
[ { "title": "Hiawatha and Minnehaha", "text": "Hiawatha and Minnehaha Hiawatha and Minnehaha is a sculpture by Jacob Fjelde that has stood in Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis since the early twentieth century. Now a popular fixture of the park, its placement there was originally controversial. In 1855, Henry Wa...
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[ { "title": "The Song of Hiawatha", "text": "from the poem. The most famous was the 1937 Silly Symphony \"Little Hiawatha,\" whose hero is a small boy whose pants keep falling down. The 1941 Warner Bros. cartoon \"Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt\" features Bugs Bunny and a pint-sized version of Hiawatha in quest of r...
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what famous american writer worked as an entertainer aboard a swedish ocean liner cruising the caribbean before being drafted to serve in world war ii?
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[ { "title": "Swedish American Line", "text": "Swedish American Line Swedish American Line (, abbreviated SAL) is a Swedish passenger shipping line. It was founded in December 1914 under the name Rederiaktiebolaget Sverige-Nordamerika, beginning ocean liner service from Gothenburg to New York in 1915. In 1925...
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what did famed architect frank lloyd wright reply when an important client called to complain that water on the roof of his newly completed house was leaking onto a dinner guest?
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[ { "title": "Frank Lloyd Wright", "text": "Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (born Frank Lincoln Wright, June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures, 532 of which were completed. Wright believed in designing str...
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what were the first names of l'il abner yokum's parents in the popular al capp comic strip?
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[ { "title": "Al Capp", "text": "commentary, \"Li'l Abner\" is considered a classic of the genre. The comic strip stars Li'l Abner Yokum—the simple-minded, loutish but good-natured and eternally innocent hayseed who lives with his parents—scrawny but superhuman Mammy Yokum, and shiftless, childlike Pappy Yoku...
[ "mammy was pansy; pappy, lucifer" ]
what were the first names of robert louis stevenson's dr. jekyll and mr. hyde?
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[ { "title": "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", "text": "Armitage. A Musical was created by Frank Wildhorn, Steve Cuden, and Leslie Bricusse: \"Jekyll & Hyde: The Gothic Musical Thriller - The Complete Work\" (1994). S. G. Hulme Beaman illustrated a 1930s edition. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde S...
[ "the good doctor was henry; the evil mr. hyde, edward" ]
"in what unusual way did writer nathan weinstein follow publisher horace greeley's advice to ""go west, young man""?"
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[ { "title": "Go West, young man", "text": "Indiana Congressman Richard W. Thompson over whether or not Soule could trick readers by forging a Greeley article. Grinnell College historian Joseph Frazier Wall claims that Greeley himself denied providing that advice, and \"[spent] the rest of this life vigorousl...
[ "he changed his last name to west--and became famous as nathanael west, author of miss lonelyhearts and the day of the locust" ]
what was the name of the she-ape that rescued the infant tarzan and raised him to be lord of the apes?
[ { "title": "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes", "text": "shipwrecked on the African coast. John builds a home in the trees, and Alice gives birth to a son. Alice later grows ill from malaria and dies. While John is grieving her, the tree house is visited by curious great apes, one of whom ki...
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[ { "title": "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes", "text": "Philippe expresses his hope that perhaps they may someday be reunited. In a departure from most previous Tarzan films, \"Greystoke\" returned to Burroughs' original novel for many elements of its plot. It also utilized a number of corr...
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in what best-selling book did an author offer acknowledgement to a friend who later killed him?
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[ { "title": "An Offer You Can't Refuse (novel)", "text": "An Offer You Can't Refuse (novel) An Offer You Can’t Refuse is a novel by British author Jill Mansell. An Offer You Can't Refuse, was in The Sunday Times paperback charts for five weeks in 2008. \"In 2008, sales of Jill's novels in their Headline edit...
[ "the complete scarsdale medical diet, in which dr. herman tarnower thanked his friend jean harris" ]
what was the title of mac west's 1959 autobiography?
[ { "title": "Mae West", "text": "she released an autobiography, \"Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It\", which became a best seller and was reprinted with a new chapter in 1970. West guest-starred on television, including \"The Dean Martin Show\" in 1959 and \"The Red Skelton Show\" in 1960, to promote her au...
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[ { "title": "The Autobiography of Malcolm X", "text": "his authorial agency when the \"Autobiography\"s \"fractured construction\", caused by Malcolm X's rift with Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam, \"overturned the design\" of the manuscript and created a narrative crisis. In the \"Autobiography\"s ep...
[ "goodness had nothing to do with it" ]
how many copies did doubleday run off the presses in its first printing of bill cosby's 1987 book time flies?
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[ { "title": "Bill Cosby in advertising", "text": "to run in print, on television, as point of sale, and in promotional programs. Coca-Cola purchased Columbia Pictures in 1982. In 1987, Columbia decided revenues from its spy comedy \"Leonard Part 6\" (1987) would offset its losses on \"Ishtar\" (1987). Leadin...
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"what words did lewis carroll combine to come up with the term ""chortle"" in through a looking-glass?"
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[ { "title": "Through the Looking-Glass", "text": "the snoring Red King and White Knight. The 2009 Syfy TV miniseries \"Alice\" contains elements from \"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland\" and \"Through the Looking-Glass\". Through the Looking-Glass Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) ...
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"what literary animals ""dined on mince, and slices of quince, which they ate with a runcible spoon""? and just what is a runcible spoon?"
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[ { "title": "Runcible", "text": "bowl. \"Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable\" defines a runcible spoon as: \"A horn spoon with a bowl at each end, one the size of a table-spoon and the other the size of a tea-spoon. There is a joint midway between the two bowls by which the bowls can be folded over.\" T...
[ "the owl and the pussy-cat did the dining in the poem of the same name by edward lear. a runcible spoon is a three-pronged fork, that's curved like a spoon and has a cutting edge" ]
"who wrote, ""oh, east is east, and west is west, and never the twain shall meet""?"
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[ { "title": "East Is East (1999 film)", "text": "reads: \"Oh East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet\". George Khan is a Pakistani Muslim who has lived in Britain since 1937. He has a wife in Pakistan. He and his second wife Ella, a British Roman Catholic woman of Irish descent, have b...
[ "rudyard kipling, in the ballad of east and west" ]
who was the subject of the 1968 biography always on sunday?
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[ { "title": "It Always Rains on Sunday", "text": "It Always Rains on Sunday It Always Rains on Sunday is a 1947 British film adaptation of Arthur La Bern's novel by the same name, directed by Robert Hamer. The film has been compared with the poetic realism movement in the French cinema of a few years earlier...
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where did mystery writer agatha christie acquire her extensive knowledge of poisons?
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[ { "title": "Adaptations of Agatha Christie", "text": "Marple\", introducing Mabel West (daughter of Miss Marple's mystery-writer nephew Raymond West, a canonical Christie character) and her duck Oliver as new characters. Adaptations of Agatha Christie Adaptations of the works of Agatha Christie: Episodes of...
[ "in a hospital dispensary--where she worked during world war i" ]
"shakespeare wrote that ""brevity is the soul of wit."" what did noted wit dorothy parker say it was?"
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[ { "title": "Wit", "text": "Wit Wit is a form of intelligent humour, the ability to say or write things that are clever and usually funny. A wit is a person skilled at making clever and funny remarks. Forms of wit include the quip, repartee, and wisecrack. As in the wit of Dorothy Parker's set, the Algonquin...
[ "the soul of lingerie" ]
"""the temperature hit ninety degrees the day she arrived"" was the opening line of one of the best-selling novel ever. what was it?"
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[ { "title": "Bret \"Hit Man\" Hart: The Best There Is, the Best There Was, the Best There Ever Will Be", "text": "expressed that he wished to do another collection of matches at some time. Bret \"Hit Man\" Hart: The Best There Is, the Best There Was, the Best There Ever Will Be Bret \"Hit Man\" Hart: The Bes...
[ "the valley of the dolls by jacqueline susann" ]
what is the native country of agatha chrisitie's detective hercule poirot?
[ { "title": "Hercule Poirot", "text": "Hercule Poirot Hercule Poirot (, ; ) is a fictional Belgian detective, created by Agatha Christie. Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-lived characters, appearing in 42 novels, one play (\"Black Coffee\"), and more than 50 short stories published between 19...
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[ { "title": "Agatha Christie's Poirot", "text": "it was adapted into a novel in 1998, with the permission of the Christie Estate, it was not previously available in novel format. David Suchet did give a live reading of the original play version for the Agatha Christie Theatre Company, and therefore felt that...
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what was the hometown of sgt. snorkel in beetle bailey?
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[ { "title": "Beetle Bailey", "text": "Features Syndicate, was animated by Paramount Cartoon Studios in the U.S. and Artransa Film Studios in Sydney, Australia, and was first broadcast in Beetle Bailey (1963 TV series) and Beetle Bailey (1989 TV series). The opening credits included the sound of a bugle revei...
[ "pork corners, kansas" ]
most of us are familiar with the faces of dr. b. h. mckeeby and nan wood, but who are they and where have we seen them?
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[ { "title": "Where the Heaven Are We", "text": "Heaven Are We\", Swim Deep went to the United States and performed with The Homophones and Fantastic Imagination. In May, two months prior to the release of \"Where the Heaven Are We\", an EP, \"Sun on My Back\", was released in Japan only. \"Sun on My Back\" i...
[ "the farmer and his wife in grant wood's classic painting, american gothic" ]
the last of the really great whangdoodles and mandy are children's books written by what well-known oscar-winning actress?
[ { "title": "The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles", "text": "The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles is a children's novel written by Julie Edwards, the married name of singer and actress Dame Julie Andrews. More recent editions credit the book to \"Julie Andr...
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[ { "title": "The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles", "text": "children explore this world. Each time the children return, they venture farther and farther into Whangdoodleland, intending to reach the palace where the Last Whangdoodle resides. However, the Whangdoodle's Prime Minister, the \"Oily Prock\",...
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by what pseudonym is writer frederick dannay manfred bennington lee better known?
[ { "title": "Ellery Queen", "text": "Ellery Queen Ellery Queen is a crime fiction pseudonym created in 1929 by Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee, and later used by other authors under Dannay and Lee's supervision. Dannay and Lee's main fictional character, whom they also named Ellery Queen, is a mys...
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[ { "title": "Frederick Manfred", "text": "and \"Riders of Judgment\". For a time he lived in a house which is now the interpretive center of Blue Mounds State Park in Rock County, Minnesota. He attended Calvin College in Michigan. He had three children with his wife Maryanna Shorba Manfred: Freya Manfred, Fr...
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"what play opens with ""now is the winter of our discontent""?"
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[ { "title": "The Winter of Our Discontent", "text": "The Winter of Our Discontent The Winter of Our Discontent is John Steinbeck's last novel, published in 1961. The title comes from the first two lines of William Shakespeare's \"Richard III: \"Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer by th...
[ "shakespeare's the tragedy of king richard iii" ]
"what is the origin of the expression ""cowabunga!""--the war cry of the teenage mutant ninja turtles? a :it was the greeting exchanged by buffalo bob smith and chief thunderthud on the ""howdy doody"""
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[ { "title": "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze", "text": "\"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II\", \"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III\", and 2007's animated release, \"TMNT\". Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze is ...
[ "it was the greeting exchanged by buffalo bob smith and chief thunderthud on the howdy doody tv show in the 1950s" ]
how many times did ernest hemingway revise the last page of a farewell to arms?
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[ { "title": "A Farewell to Arms", "text": "has also been the target of various controversy. Upon its flimsy publication—due to the medium of its release—through Scriber's Magazine, it was banned from Boston newsstands due to accusations of a pornographic nature, despite Hemingway's deliberate exclusion of gr...
[ "39 times" ]
what is the name of the elementary school attended by lucy, linus and charlie brown in charles schulz's peanuts comic strip?
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[ { "title": "It's Magic, Charlie Brown", "text": "and Charlie Brown laugh and happily dance away to conclude a satisfying day, ignoring Lucy's pleads to get her down. Linus eventually pulls Lucy down with his blanket during the closing credits, and Lucy, angry and embarrassed about what happened, gives up an...
[ "oakwood, warrington", "birchwood", "gorse covert", "locking stumps", "birchwood, cheshire" ]
how many syllables are there in a japanese haiku poem?
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[ { "title": "Haiku", "text": "such as \"kyo\" () may look like two syllables to English speakers but are in fact a single \"on\" (as well as a single syllable) in Japanese. In 1973, the Haiku Society of America noted that the norm for writers of haiku in English was to use 17 syllables, but they also noted a...
[ "17, arranged in 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables" ]
in the original l. frank baum story the wonderful wizard of oz, what color were dorothy's slippers?
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[ { "title": "Political interpretations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", "text": "Oz].\" Kassinger, in her book \"Gold: From Greek Myth to Computer Chips\", purports that \"The Wizard symbolizes bankers who support the gold standard and oppose adding silver to it... Only Dorothy's \"silver\" slippers can take ...
[ "sliver", "sliver (album)", "sliver (disambiguation)" ]
what was art-world guru andy warhol's name at birth?
[ { "title": "Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board", "text": "extraordinarily expensive, costing us at least $10 million defending ourselves. Eventually, we decided that we wanted our money to go to artists and not to lawyers'. Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board The Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board, Inc...
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[ { "title": "Ella Guru", "text": "Ella Guru Ella Guru (born May 24, 1966) is an American painter and musician living in Hastings, United Kingdom. She was a member of Mambo Taxi and the Voodoo Queens. In 1999, she became one of the founding members of the Stuckist art movement. Guru (birth name Ella Drauglis)...
[ "andy warhaul", "warhol", "warholian pop", "andy warhola", "andrew warhola", "andy warhol foundation for the visual arts", "warholite", "andy warhol", "drella", "andrew warhol", "andy wahrol", "andy worhol", "andrew warhola", "andy warhol foundation", "warholesque", "warholian", "war...
what phrase did french impressionist artist paul cezanne teach his pet parrot to say over and over again?
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[ { "title": "Over and Over Again", "text": "Over and Over Again \"Over and Over Again\" is a song by English singer Nathan Sykes. The song was written by Sykes, alongside Harmony Samuels, Carmen Reece and Major Johnson Finley, and was released in the United Kingdom on 18 October 2015 as the second single fro...
[ "cezanne is a great painter!" ]
what was the maiden name of blondie bumstead, the comic-strip wife of hapless dagwood bumstead?
[ { "title": "Dagwood Bumstead", "text": "another appearance in \"Garfield \"comic strips in August 20, 2005 to invite Jon and Garfield for his and Blondie's anniversary party. In the song \"Homemade Mummy\" alternative rapper Aesop Rock briefly refers to Dagwood. Dagwood Bumstead Dagwood Bumstead is a main c...
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[ { "title": "Dagwood Bumstead", "text": "national contest. The family circle is rounded out by Daisy the dog. The origin of both Dagwood's last name and Daisy's name came from Chic Young's long-time friend Arthur Bumstead and his dog, Daisy. His favorite things in life include his wife Blondie, his kids, nap...
[ "boopadoop" ]
whose autobiography is entitled the wheel of fortune?
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[ { "title": "Wheel of Fortune (1951 song)", "text": "Wheel of Fortune (1951 song) \"Wheel of Fortune\" is a popular song written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss and published in 1951. It is best remembered in the 1952 hit version by Kay Starr. The song was originally recorded in 1951, for RCA by Jo...
[ "the answer is not vanna white, who was only eight years old when the book was published in 1965. its author was french singer edith piaf" ]
what famous comic strip character was inspired by the 1936 henry fonda film trail of the lonesome pine?
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[ { "title": "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936 film)", "text": "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936 film) The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is a 1936 American romance film based on the novel of the same name. Directed by Henry Hathaway, it stars Fred MacMurray, Sylvia Sidney, and Henry Fonda. It was the sec...
[ "al capp's li'l abner" ]
what was the original name of the orphan created in 1924 by cartoonist harold gray in the comic strip we know as little orphan annie?
[ { "title": "Harold Gray", "text": "\"Chicago Tribune\" and stayed until 1919 when he left to freelance in commercial art. In 1923, while residing in Lombard, Illinois, he became a Freemason. From 1921 to 1924, he did the lettering for Sidney Smith's \"The Gumps\". After he came up with a strip idea in 1924 ...
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[ { "title": "Little Orphan Annie", "text": "from the Chicago Tribune-New York Times Syndicate, Inc. for the dates 1943, 1959–61 and 1965–68, as well as originals and photocopies of the printed versions of \"Little Orphan Annie\", both daily and Sunday strips. Considering both Cupples & Leon and Pacific Comic...
[ "otto", "oddo" ]
what pulitzer prize-winning novelist worked as a hod carrier, wheeling 100-pound barrows of concrete along scaffolding, during construction of new york's madison square garden in the 1920s?
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[ { "title": "Madison Square Garden Company", "text": "Dolan is said to be trying to avoid being deposed in the case. In December 2018, the Los Angeles Clippers countersued the Madison Square Garden Company alleging that they are trying to prevent competition from a new arena by trying to stop its constructio...
[ "john steinbeck iii", "steinbeck", "stienbeck, john", "john steinback", "john steinbeck fellowship", "john stienbeck", "john ernst steinbeck", "steinbeck, john", "steinbeck country", "john steinbeck", "steinbeckian", "steinbeck country", "john ernst steinbeck iii", "j. steinbeck", "john ...
in what play does the title character have a son named swiss cheese?
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[ { "title": "Swiss cheese", "text": "debris such as hay dust in the milk played a role in reduced hole size in Swiss cheeses, or even \"blind cheese\". Historically, the holes were seen as a sign of imperfection and cheese makers originally tried to avoid them by pressing during production. In modern times, ...
[ "mother courage and her children by bertolt brecht" ]
how many grandchildren did artist grandma moses have?
[ { "title": "Grandma Gatewood", "text": "Grandma Gatewood Emma Rowena Gatewood, better known as Grandma Gatewood (October 25, 1887–June 4, 1973), was an extreme hiker and ultra-light hiking pioneer who was the first woman to hike the Appalachian Trail from Mount Oglethorpe in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Mai...
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[ { "title": "Grandma Moses", "text": "Grandma Moses Anna Mary Robertson Moses (September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961), known by her nickname Grandma Moses, was an American folk artist. She began painting in earnest at the age of 78 and is often cited as an example of an individual who successfully began a ca...
[ "11", "eleven" ]
in the early james bond books, agent 007 packed a walther ppk. what weapon replaced it in his later appearances?
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[ { "title": "James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire", "text": "James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire is a first-person shooter video game based on the James Bond franchise. Developed and published by Electronic Arts, it was released for PlayStation 2, GameCube and Xbox game consoles. It...
[ "a german-made, 9-millimeter, heckler and koch semi-automatic pistol" ]
"who said ""nothing is so much to be feared as fear?"
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[ { "title": "Fear Nothing", "text": "Fear Nothing Fear Nothing is a novel released in 1997 by the best-selling author Dean Koontz. The book is the first installment in what is reported to be a three-part series of books, known as the Moonlight Bay Trilogy, featuring Christopher Snow, who suffers from the rar...
[ "henry david thoreau, in his 14-volume journal, published posthumously in 1906" ]
what was the name of elizabeth barrett browning's pet golden cocker spaniel ?
[ { "title": "Elizabeth Barrett Browning", "text": "of Edward's trip to Torquay. She wrote to Mitford, \"That was a very near escape from madness, absolute hopeless madness\". The family returned to Wimpole Street in 1841. At Wimpole Street Barrett Browning spent most of her time in her upstairs room. Her hea...
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[ { "title": "Cocker Spaniel", "text": "Symptoms can include discoloring of the pupil, and treatment may include surgery to remove the cataract. Cocker Spaniels have a sweet disposition and tend to be intelligent, making them a good pet for families in particular. This breed of dog is easy to train but due to...
[ "flush (disambiguation)", "flush (song)", "flush" ]
what famous novel provided the basic story line for francis ford coppola's 1979 vietnam war film epic, apocalypse now?
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[ { "title": "Apocalypse Now Redux", "text": "Carmine and Francis Ford Coppola (with some tracks co-composed by Mickey Hart and Richard Hansen). The first track is an abridged version of The Doors' eleven-minute epic \"The End\". All songs written by Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola, except where note...
[ "the heart of darkness by joseph conrad, published in 1902 and set in africa" ]
"what famous british poet and playwright had an m--for ""murderer""--branded on his left thumb?"
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[ { "title": "James Miller (playwright)", "text": "man who had offended Miller. Several of his poems were published in \"Gentleman's Magazine\". Miller also contributed some religious writings, publishing a volume of his sermons. His sermons display an air of distinguished piety, and a zeal for the interest o...
[ "ben jonson, for killing an actor in a duel in 1598. jonson escaped the gallows by pleading benefit of clergy and forfeiting all his goods and chattels" ]
what famous character in literature was inspired by an augustinian monk named alonso quizado.
[ { "title": "Alonso Quijano", "text": "Alonso Quijano Alonso Quijano (spelled \"Quixano\" in English and Early Modern Spanish) is the personal name of the famous fictional hidalgo or knight better known as Don Quijote, the leading character of the novel \"Don Quijote de la Mancha\", written by Miguel de Cerv...
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[ { "title": "Monk (character class)", "text": "convenient to start in this class and pick up a weapon skill later rather than disarming oneself with an armed fighter in order to build the skill from scratch. Monk (character class) The monk is a character class in a number of role-playing tabletop and video g...
[ "alonso quijano", "don chisciotte", "don kihot", "don quichotte de cervantes", "benengeli", "don qvixote de la mancha", "el ingenioso hidalgo don quixote de la mancha", "el quijote", "the ingenious hidalgo don quixote of la mancha", "el ingenioso hidalgo don quixote de la mancha", "don quijote",...
the title of what poetic drama by robert browning was used to name a kentucky town?
[ { "title": "Pippa Passes", "text": "in His heaven—All's right with the world!\" The town of Pippa Passes, Kentucky, is formally named after the poem thanks to a grant from the Browning Society. In the Israeli playwright Nissim Aloni play \"Napoleon – dead or alive!\" (1970) there is a character named Pippa,...
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[ { "title": "Robert Browning", "text": "Anthony Burgess wrote: \"We all want to like Browning, but we find it very hard.\" Gerard Manley Hopkins and George Santayana were also critical. The latter expressed his views in the essay \"The Poetry of Barbarism,\" which attacks Browning and Walt Whitman for what h...
[ "pipa passes", "song from pippa passes", "pippa passes" ]
what were the names of the brothers karamozov in the novel by feodor dostoevsky?
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[ { "title": "The Brothers Karamazov", "text": "Kyodai\" (2013, created by Misato Sato) is a modern retelling of the book. Footnotes Bibliography The Brothers Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov (, \"Brat'ya Karamazovy\", ), also translated as The Karamazov Brothers, is the final novel by the Russian author Fyod...
[ "dmitri, ivan, alexei and smerdyakov" ]
what exotic city was featured in national geographic magazine's first photo story in 1905?
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[ { "title": "National Geographic", "text": "tablet edition for its multimedia presentation of Robert Draper's story \"The Last Chase,\" about the final days of a tornado researcher who was killed in the line of duty. In February 2017, National Geographic received the National Magazine Award (\"Ellie\") for b...
[ "lhasa", "lhasa, tibet", "拉萨", "administrative divisions of lhasa", "lahasa", "lhosa", "拉萨市", "拉薩", "capital of tibet", "lasa, xizang", "lhasa, xizang", "拉薩市", "chengguan district, lhasa", "lhassa", "dharkay restaurant", "lāsà" ]
what was mystery writer dashiell hammett's first name?
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[ { "title": "Dashiell Hammett", "text": "Dashiell Hammett Samuel Dashiell Hammett (; May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (\"The Malt...
[ "samuel, or sam" ]
how many exclamation points did author tom wolfe use in his blockbuster bestseller the bonfire of the vanities?
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[ { "title": "The Bonfire of the Vanities (film)", "text": "is applauding Peter Fallow's premiere of his book. Fallow says that Sherman McCoy has moved away from New York City to an unknown destination, presumably to live in obscurity. The novel of \"The Bonfire of the Vanities\" was a bestseller. Warner Bros...
[ "two thousand, three hundred and forty-three", "2343", "2,343" ]