Which novelist won the 1993 Booker Prize for his novel ‘Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha’?

Roddy Doyle - Bio, Facts, Family | Famous Birthdays Roddy Doyle Author Born In Ireland#15 About Irish novelist known for his Barrytown trilogy and his stand alone novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, which won the 1993 Booker Prize. Before Fame He earned a Bachelor's degree from University College Dublin and worked for several years as a teacher before turning his focus to writing.


Barbara Pierce is married to which former US President?

George and Barbara Bush celebrate 70th wedding anniversary | Fox News George and Barbara Bush celebrate 70th wedding anniversary Published        January 06, 2015 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 livefyre Email Print Former President George H.W. Bush and first lady Barbara Bush are marking a milestone in their love story this Tuesday, celebrating 70 years of marriage. The longest-wed presidential couple set the record in 2000 when they surpassed John and Abigail Adam’s 54-year union. Their story began when they met at a Christmas dance at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., when the  future president was 16 years old. A year and a half later, the couple was engaged, right before President Bush shipped out overseas to fight in World War II as a naval pilot. A few years later, in Sept. 1944, Bush was sent home after he was shot down and nearly killed during a mission over the Pacific. A few months later, Bush and then Barbara Pierce were married in Rye, N.Y. on Jan. 6, 1945. The future president was 20 and Barbara was 19. They would have six children--one of whom died as a toddler--, including future President George W. Bush. “I married the first man I ever kissed,” Barbara once said. “When I tell my children that they just about throw up.” Seventy years ago this very day, Barbara Pierce of Rye, NY made me the happiest, and luckiest, man on earth. pic.twitter.com/rgZqpL9XfE


Cube root of 343 Theorems What is Cube Root of 343 ? 343 is said to be a perfect cube because 7 x 7 x 7 is equal to 343. Since 343 is a whole number, it is a perfect cube. The nearest previous perfect cube is 216 and the nearest next perfect cube is 512 .


The city of Linz is in which European country?

City of Linz - Linz, welcome Linz is a UNESCO City of Media Arts The contemporary Danube city that looks to the future In 2016, the European Capital of Culture 2009 invites its visitors to discover Linz as a contemporary city that looks to the future. The aim of Linz Tourismus is to enable guests to experience the UNESCO City of Media Arts with all their senses. An impetus for internationalisation that is a great opportunity for the Danube city. That’s why the tourist board has also decided to make the theme of media arts the focus for tourism in the Creative City for 2016. Linz is a symbiosis as a city of industry, culture and nature, and an international, contemporary Creative City – surrounded by stunning natural landscapes. The city’s designation as a UNESCO City of Media Arts shows that Linz, together with Lyon, Sapporo, Tel Aviv and Dakar, is one of the world’s most future-orientated locations. In addition to pioneering technology and visionary media arts, the city offers a variety of historical and cultural highlights, as well as culinary delights. Diverse media arts activities are already being planned and carried out, such as a series of three dialogues in Linz‘s Kepler Salon beginning in November 2015, a virtual City of Media Arts tour and a cooperation project with the museum of the future, Ars Electronica Center. http://www.aec.at/aeblog/en/2015/01/13/linz-als-pionierstadt-der-medienkunst/ Media arts highlights in the UNESCO City of Media Arts The main players in the UNESCO City of Media Arts include Ars Electronica Center and Creative Region GmbH, the Tabakfabrik, the OK Offenes Kulturhaus, Linz Uni-versity of Arts and Industrial Design, Hagenberg University of Applied Sciences, the Johannes Kepler University, the Anton Bruckner Private University, and many educational institutions and training facilities. The independent scene is also integrated, with organisations such as Time’s Up, Stadtwerkstatt, Radio FRO and dorf tv. Only cities that can demonstrate extraordinary achievements in one of the catego-ries of literature, film, music, crafts and folk art, gastronomy, design or media arts are accepted by UNESCO into the Creative Cities Network. Ars Electronica Center Highlights include Ars Electronica Center – a gravitational centre for pioneering technology and visionary media arts – with its annual festival in September and the renowned Prix Ars Electronica. The digital archive of Ars Electronica is the largest archive in the world for the genesis of cyber arts. Ars Electronica Festival The first Ars Electronica Festival and the first visualisierte Klangwolke (clouds of sound) were staged as early as 1979. Christoph Lindinger, co-director of the Ars Electronica Futurelab, one of the architects behind the recently designated UNESCO City of Media Arts: “It is precisely because Linz focused on the connection between technology, arts and the participation of the population earlier than any other city that the many creatives, technology researchers and guests here in Linz were never only commentators on current events, but were also always pioneers and relevant co-creators of a technological revolution which, with the Internet, social media and other digital tools, has been part of our everyday life for a long time." Prix Ars Electronica – world-renowned media arts prize The Prix Ars Electronica has the world’s longest tradition as a media arts competition. Tim Berners-Lee, for instance, the inventor of the World Wide Web, was awarded the renowned Linz media arts prize by Ars Electronica in 1995 for his hypertext concept – the first prize he had ever received for this. In the same year, Ars Electronica Center was created as a unique museum of the future. The Ars Electronica Futurelab is a research and development unit, which was named one of the top 10 media laboratories in the world by the magazine WIRED. The world’s largest outdoor gallery at Linz’s harbour Be inspired by oversized graffiti artwork in the UNESCO City of Media Arts on a boat trip in Linz harbour. The world’s largest connected outdoor gallery wi


The bull represents which sign of the Zodiac?

Taurus Zodiac Sign Symbol: Its Meaning and Origin Get a free online I Ching reading. The 64 hexagrams of the ancient Chinese I Ching, The Book of Change, and what they mean in divination. Books by Stefan Stenudd: Tarot Unfolded The imaginative reading of the Tarot divination cards focuses on what impressions the images and their symbols give. Several spreads are presented, as well as the meanings of all the 78 cards and their pictures. Click the image to see the book at Amazon. Life Energy Encyclopedia Qi (chi), prana, pneuma, spiritus, and all the other life force concepts around the world explained and compared. Click the image to see the book at Amazon. Cosmos of the Ancients All the philosophers of Ancient Greece and what they thought about cosmology, myth, religion and the gods. Click the image to see the book at Amazon. Sunday Brunch with the World Maker Fiction. A brunch conversation slips into the mysterious, soon to burst beyond the realm of possibility. Click the image to see the book at Amazon. The Taurus Symbol Its Origin and Meaning in Astrology The above image is the established symbol (also called glyph) for the Zodiac sign Taurus, the Bull. It's a simple representation of the head of a bull, with its horns. Both the Zodiac sign and its symbol have been along for ages.      The Zodiac division of the ecliptic into twelve parts, each assigned a Zodiac sign, is probably of Babylonian (Mesopotamia) origin. They were very early with astrology, mapping the sky and noting planetary movements thousands of years ago.      The Zodiac, very much like the one we know today, might have emerged in Mesopotamia around 1000 BC. But Babylonian astrology is probably far older than that. No Bull at First The Babylonians didn't connect this Zodiac sign to the Bull, though. They called the constellation The Steer of Heaven. But already in Classical Greece, the Bull was established as the name of the sign and the constellation.      It's not that easy to see a bull in the constellation of Taurus. Most images of it mark the horns by connecting a couple of the stars, but that's about it. The rest is up to the imagination. Several of the Zodiac constellations are equally vague. Here's the constellation Taurus, with the image of the Bull added to it in a typical fashion:      As you can see, the formation of the stars doesn't support the idea of a bull very convincingly. The reason for the choice is, as far as I know, buried in history.      Below is an antique illustration of the same constellation, where the figure of the bull has also been added. It's from a 17th century book: Firmamentum sobiescianum, by Johannes Hevelius, 1690. Taurus in Ink Below is an ink version of the symbol for Taurus, which I did a number of years back in an experiment of using Japanese ink calligraphy (shodo) for old European astrology symbols. I've used these pictures on my astrology websites, mainly for fun and for the odd graphic effect, and I've seen them copied all over the Internet. I'm fine with that, although I think it wouldn't hurt if the source was mentioned. Well, what to do?      Anyway, here's that ink again, this time in the original black and white (click on the image to see a bigger version): Taurus the Sign As for the picture commonly used to represent the Taurus Zodiac sign, it's been an image of a bull for as long as that has been its name - probably longer than the symbol described above has existed. Below is one typical example, where the stars of the constellation Taurus have also been marked. It's an illustration from Poeticon astronomicon, a 1482 book by Hyginus.      For the header of this website, I combined the symbol for Taurus with an image of a bull. Well, actually I think it's an African water buffalo, but the head and the horns are there. I also added the primary symbol of the Taurus traits: agriculture, in the form of crops on a field. Zodiac Sign Symbols Here are the symbols (glyphs) of all the twelve Zodiac signs, and links to pages telling more about each Zodiac sign symbol.


What is the surname of rowing brothers Greg and Jonny, who won Olympic Gold Medals in 1992?

OLYMPICS / Barcelona 1992: Rowing: Searle brothers surge through to gold | The Independent OLYMPICS / Barcelona 1992: Rowing: Searle brothers surge through to gold Sunday 2 August 1992 23:02 BST Click to follow The Independent Online THE SEARLE brothers, Greg and Jonny, gave Britain its second rowing gold in the most spectacular fashion here yesterday. Coming from behind in the coxed pairs, they overhauled another team of brothers, Carmine and Giuseppe Abbagnale, in the last few strokes of the race. The Italians, seven times world champions and one of the great crews in rowing history, had built up a lead of four and a half seconds at the half-way stage. Dumitru Popescu and Nicolai Taga, of Romania, were in second place and the Searles in third. However, Greg, 20, and Jonny, 23, seem to have been convinced all their lives that they would one day take the top prize in sport, and take it together. In an extraordinary climax to the race they drove to the finish line, cutting the deficit of a boat's length in the last 200 metres and racing the Italians to a halt. It was as striking a reversal of the old order as any in rowing. 'Everything was going black at the end,' Greg, the 15st 11lb powerhouse, said. 'But being brothers we both switched into the same autopilot and got moving. There is no one I would rather row with and no one I would trust more than Jonny. We have always been competitive with each other and now it's brilliant to be on the same side.' Underlining their effort, their cox, Garry Herbert, a 22-year-old history student, said: 'I wanted them to be prepared to die for us, and they nearly did.' 'Garry was brilliant,' Greg said. 'He told us exactly where the Italians were and he really motivated us with things like: 'If not now, when? If not you, who? How much do you want this?' We knew then that we wanted it more than them.' The brothers from Chertsey, Surrey, are coached by Steve Gunn, who should have spent this summer teaching at Hampton School, where the Searles first learned their rowing. Instead Gunn chose to drop almost everything to take his former pupils to their first Olympics. He knew they would win if it was close enough for them to make a fight of it. 'How many races like that has Jonny won for me over the last seven years or so?' he said. It was when Jonny began to win medals after taking up the sport at school that his younger brother forsook rugby for rowing and went on to match his brother's achievements by winning junior world gold medals in 1989 and 1990. The brothers raced together for the first time in the eights in 1990, when they came fourth in the world championships. In 1991 they took bronze, still in the eights, before switching to the coxed pairs this year. Gunn resumed his work with the brothers after their victory over Britain's other gold medallists, Steven Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent, in the Olympic trials at Nottingham in April. The spectators thought the Abbagnales would stay ahead yesterday because the Searles had not yet shown in the regatta sufficient speed to catch them. But few knew that Jonny broke a rib in their famous victory over Redgrave and Pinsent. For five weeks he carried the injury, but after an X-ray it was strapped and he took two weeks off before the Lucerne regatta, where he raced without proper preparation. Their fourth place there seemed to many the measure of their Olympic challenge. At altitude training camp in Austria their times, measured as a percentage of the supposed gold medal time, were the slowest of the British boats for the first week when the programme demanded that the rate of strokes to the minute be kept low. But as the rate came up so they climbed through the rankings. The team psychologist, Brian Miller, has spent months developing the race preparation and focus skills of the team, but he denies any responsibility for their victory. He says that if all the athletes had to put their hands in a flame for as long as was endurable the Searles would be the last to quit. At 20 and 23 they are 10 years younger than the Abbagnales. They will not kee


Joe Frazier said ‘He’s phoney, using his blackness to get his way’, about which other boxer?

celebrity insults about famous men Don't be so humble, you're not that great. - - - Golda Meir (to Moshe Dayan) Do you mind if I sit back a little? Because your breath is very        bad. - - - Donald Trump (to Larry King) I'm not having points taken off me by an incompetent old fool.        You're the pits of the world. - - - John McEnroe (to tennis judge Edward James) You can't see as well as these fucking flowers - and they're fucking        plastic. - - - John McEnroe (to a line judge) What other problems do you have besides being unemployed, a moron        and a dork? - - - John McEnroe (to a spectator at a tennis match) You're like a pay toilet, aren't you? You don't give a shit for        nothing. - - - Howard Hughes (to Robert Mitchum) Who picks your clothes - Stevie Wonder? - - - Don Rickles (to David Letterman on 02/5/96 "Late Show") He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader        to the dictionary. - - - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway) Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? - - - Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner) He's phony, using his blackness to get his way. - - - Joe Frazier (about Muhammad Ali) Joe Frazier is so ugly he should donate his face to the US Bureau        of Wildlife. - - - Muhammad Ali His writing is limited to songs for dead blondes. - - - Keith Richards (about Elton John) I'm glad I've given up drugs and alcohol. It would be awful to be        like Keith Richards. He's pathetic. It's like a monkey with arthritis,        trying to go on stage and look young. I have great respect for the        Stones but they would have been better if they had thrown Keith        out 15 years ago. - - - Elton John (about Keith Richards) If I were married to you, I'd put poison in your coffee. - - - Lady Astor (to Winston Churchill) If you were my wife, I'd drink it. - - - Winston Churchill, in reply You will either die on the gallows or of a loathsome disease. - - - John Montague (to John Wilkes) That depends on whether I embrace your principles or your mistress. - - - John Wilkes, in reply Do you mind if I smoke? - - - Oscar Wilde (to Sarah Bernhardt) I don't care if you burn. - - - Sarah Bernhardt, in reply My dear Whistler, you leave your pictures in such a sketchy, unfinished        state. Why don't you ever finish them? - - - Frederic Leighton (to James McNeill Whistler) My dear Leighton, why do you ever begin yours? - - - James McNeill Whistler, in reply Insulting comments        about famous actors He's the type of man who will end up dying in his own arms. - - - Mamie Van Doren (about Warren Beatty) You're so vain. You probably think this song is about you. - - - Carly Simon (about Warren Beatty) The only reason he had a child is so that he can meet babysitters. - - - David Letterman (about Warren Beatty, 1991) What makes him think a middle-aged actor, who's played with a chimp,        could have a future in politics? - - - Ronald Reagan (about Clint Eastwood running for mayor of Carmel) Most of the time he sounds like he has a mouth full of wet toilet        paper. - - - Rex Reed (about Marlon Brando) He couldn't ad-lib a fart after a baked-bean dinner. - - - Johnny Carson (about Chevy Chase) He acts like he's got a Mixmaster up his ass and doesn't want anyone        to know it. - - - Marlon Brando (about Montgomery Clift) He got a reputation as a great actor by just thinking hard about        the next line. - - - King Vidor (about Gary Cooper) I've got three words for him: Am. A. Teur. - - - Charlie Sheen (about Colin Farrell) His ears made him look like a taxicab with both doors open. - - - Howard Hughes (about Clark Gable) Steve Martin has basically one joke and he's it. - - - Dave Felton Nothing happens. At all. Ever. Remember when Steve Martin was funny?        Apparently, neither does he. - - - Robert Wilonsk (about the movie, Cheaper by the Dozen) Now there sits a man with an open mi


What is the title of the 1978 sequel to the 1970 film ‘Love Story’, starring Ryan O’Neal’?

Oliver's Story (1978) - 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 | Drama , Romance | 27 April 1979 (Finland) In this sequel to Love Story (1970), grieving Oliver is being pressured by his in-laws to move on and take part in the family business. He meets a pretty heiress and they start dating, but memories of Jennie come rushing back. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 101 titles created 05 Dec 2010 a list of 39 titles created 11 Jun 2012 a list of 54 titles created 13 Jul 2013 a list of 2455 titles created 04 Jan 2014 a list of 73 titles created 05 Jul 2015 Search for " Oliver's Story " 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. Edit Storyline In this sequel to Love Story (1970), grieving Oliver is being pressured by his in-laws to move on and take part in the family business. He meets a pretty heiress and they start dating, but memories of Jennie come rushing back. It takes someone very special to help you forget someone very special. Genres: 27 April 1979 (Finland) See more  » Also Known As: A História de Oliver See more  » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia The hotel in Hong Kong is the same exterior used in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). See more » Goofs Oliver drives to his father's retirement party. It is clearly winter since there are no leaves on the trees. He stays overnight at his father's house. The next morning the scene in the kitchen shows that it is now spring or summer, since there are now leaves on the trees (not evergreens) outside the windows. See more » Connections (Victoria, BC) – See all my reviews The (belated) sequel to "Love Story", "Oliver's Story" was rejected by audiences at the box office, and it's all but forgotten today, even with it being released on both VHS and DVD. Watching it, it's pretty easy to figure out why. For one thing, it's hard to sympathize with Oliver; while he has lost his wife, he is rich and with a good job, and he just silently mopes around instead of expressing anguish or sadness. Not surprisingly, O'Neal performance is lacklustre. While Candace Bergman actually give a better performance than most of the other movies she made in the '70s, she lacks spark and spirit. What on earth do these two people see in each other? And the end of the movie is very unsatisfying, leaving the characters' plot threads in the air. The only real good thing about the movie is Ray Milland, though he only makes a few brief appearances. 11 of 13 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you? Yes


Who wrote the children’s story ‘James and the Giant Peach’?

James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl Roald Dahl James and the Giant Peach Published in 1961 Background Background James Henry Trotter lives with his two horrid aunts, Spiker and Sponge. He hasn't got a single friend in the whole wide world. That is not, until he meets the Old Green Grasshopper and the rest of the insects aboard a giant, magical peach! James and the Giant Peach was Roald Dahl's first classic novel for children. Although The Gremlins is sometimes referred to as an earlier example of his writing for children, James was Roald's first conscious attempt to write for a younger audience after several years of writing primarily adult short stories. Roald started writing it in 1959 after encouragement from his agent, Sheila St Lawrence. In the orchard at Roald's home in the Buckinghamshire countryside, there was a cherry tree. Seeing this tree made him wonder: what if, one day, one of those cherries just kept on and on growing bigger and bigger? From giant cherries Roald also considered ever-increasing pears and even apples, but eventually settled on a giant peach as the method for James's magical journey. The book is dedicated to his two eldest daughters, Olivia and Tessa. It was first published in 1961 to glowing reviews and marked the beginning of his prolific career as a children's author. James and the Giant Peach is still a favourite more than 50 years later. In 1996, an animated film version featuring the voices of Simon Callow, Richard Dreyfuss, Joanna Lumley, Miriam Margolyes, Pete Postlethwaite and Susan Sarandon was released, while David Wood's theatrical adaptation remains popular, playing across the UK. Find out more about the period in Roald Dahl's life during which he wrote James and the Giant Peach


Soft, Rigid Gas Permeable and Plano are all types of what?

Types of Contact Lenses Types of Contact Lenses Decorative (Plano) Contact Lenses Soft Contact Lenses Soft contact lenses are made of soft, flexible plastics that allow oxygen to pass through to the cornea. Soft contact lenses may be easier to adjust to and are more comfortable than rigid gas permeable lenses. Newer soft lens materials include silicone-hydrogels to provide more oxygen to your eye while you wear your lenses. [ back to top ] Rigid Gas Permeable (RGP) Contact Lenses Rigid gas permeable contact lenses (RGPs) are more durable and resistant to deposit buildup, and generally give a clearer, crisper vision. They tend to be less expensive over the life of the lens since they last longer than soft contact lenses. They are easier to handle and less likely to tear. However, they are not as comfortable initially as soft contacts and it may take a few weeks to get used to wearing RGPs, compared to several days for soft contacts. [ back to top ] Extended Wear Contact Lenses Extended wear contact lenses are available for overnight or continuous wear ranging from one to six nights or up to 30 days. Extended wear contact lenses are usually soft contact lenses. They are made of flexible plastics that allow oxygen to pass through to the cornea. There are also a very few rigid gas permeable lenses that are designed and approved for overnight wear. Length of continuous wear depends on lens type and your eye care professional’s evaluation of your tolerance for overnight wear. It’s important for the eyes to have a rest without lenses for at least one night following each scheduled removal. [ back to top] Disposable (Replacement Schedule) Contact Lenses The majority of soft contact lens wearers are prescribed some type of frequent replacement schedule. “Disposable,” as defined by the FDA, means used once and discarded. With a true daily wear disposable schedule, a brand new pair of lenses is used each day. Some soft contact lenses are referred to as “disposable” by contact lens sellers, but actually, they are for frequent/planned replacement. With extended wear lenses, the lenses may be worn continuously for the prescribed wearing period (for example, 7 days to 30 days) and then thrown away. When you remove your lenses, make sure to clean and disinfect them properly before reinserting. [ back to top ] Specialized Uses of Contact lenses Conventional contact lenses correct vision in the same way that glasses do, only they are in contact with the eye. Two types of lenses that serve a different purpose are orthokeratology lenses and decorative (plano) lenses . Orthokeratology (Ortho-K) Orthokeratology, or Ortho-K, is a lens fitting procedure that uses specially designed rigid gas permeable (RGP) contact lenses to change the curvature of the cornea to temporarily improve the eye’s ability to focus on objects. This procedure is primarily used for the correction of myopia (nearsightedness). Overnight Ortho-K lenses are the most common type of Ortho-K. There are some Ortho-K lenses that are prescribed only for daytime wear. Overnight Ortho-K lenses are commonly prescribed to be worn while sleeping for at least eight hours each night. They are removed upon awakening and not worn during the day. Some people can go all day without their glasses or contact lenses. Others will find that their vision correction will wear off during the day. The vision correction effect is temporary. If Ortho-K is discontinued, the corneas will return to their original curvature and the eye to its original amount of nearsightedness. Ortho-K lenses must continue to be worn every night or on some other prescribed maintenance schedule in order to maintain the treatment effect. Your eye care professional will determine the best maintenance schedule for you. Currently, FDA requires that eye care professionals be trained and certified before using overnight Ortho-K lenses in their practice. You should ask your eye care professional about what lenses he or she is certified to fit if you are considering this procedure.


The Battle of Caporetto was fought during which war?

World War I - Battle of Caporetto on the Italian Front World War I World War I: Battle of Caporetto German troops at the Battle of Caporetto.  Photograph Source: Public Domain Battle of Caporetto - Conflict & Dates: The Battle of Caporetto was fought October 24-November 19, 1917, during World War I (1914-1918). Armies & Commanders 25 divisions, 2,200 guns Battle of Caporetto - Background: With the conclusion of the Eleventh Battle of Isonzo in September 1917, Austro-Hungarian forces were nearing the point of collapse in the area around Gorizia. Faced with this crisis, Emperor Charles I sought aid from his German allies. Though the Germans felt that the war would be won on the Western Front, they agreed to provide troops and support for a limited offensive designed to throw the Italians back across the Isonzo River and, if possible, past the Tagliamento River. For this purpose, the composite Austro-German Fourteenth Army was formed under the command of General Otto von Below. Battle of Caporetto - Preparations: In September, the Italian commander-in-chief, General Luigi Cadorna, became aware that an enemy offensive was in the offing. As a result, he ordered the commanders of the Second and Third Armies, Generals Luigi Capello and Emmanuel Philibert, to begin preparing defenses in depth to meet any attack. Having issued these orders, Cadorna failed to see that they were obeyed and instead began an inspection tour of other fronts which lasted until October 19. On the Second Army front, Capello did little as he preferred to plan for an offensive in the Tolmino area. Further weakening Cadorna's situation was an insistence on keeping the bulk of the two armies' troops on the east bank of the Isonzo despite the fact that the enemy still held crossings to the north. As a result, these troops were in prime position to be cut off by an Austro-German attack down the Isonzo Valley. In addition, the Italian reserves on the west bank were placed too far to the rear to rapidly aid the front lines. For the upcoming offensive, Below intended to launch the main assault with the Fourteenth Army from a salient near Tolmino. This was to be supported by secondary attacks to the north and south, as well as by an offensive near the coast by General Svetozar Boroevic's Second Army. The assault was to be preceded by a heavy artillery bombardment as well as the use of poison gas and smoke. Also, Below intended to employ a substantial number of storm troopers which were to use infiltration tactics to pierce the Italian lines. With planning complete, Below began shifting his troops into place. This done, the offensive commenced with the opening bombardment which began before dawn on October 24. Battle of Caporetto - The Italians Routed: Caught by complete surprise, Capello's men suffered badly from the shelling and gas attacks. Advancing between Tolmino and Plezzo, Below's troops were able to quickly shatter the Italian lines and began driving west. Bypassing Italian strong points, the Fourteenth Army advanced over 15 miles by nightfall. Surrounded and isolated, the Italian posts in its rear were reduced in the coming days. Elsewhere, the Italian lines held and were able to turn back Below's secondary attacks, while the Third Army held Boroevic in check ( Map ). Despite these minor successes, Below's advance threatened the flanks of the Italian troops to the north and south. Alerted to the enemy breakthrough, Italian morale elsewhere on the front began to plummet. Though Capello recommended a withdrawal to the Tagliamento on the 24th, Cadorna refused and worked to rescue the situation. It was not until a few days later, with Italian troops in full retreat that Cadorna was forced to accept that a movement to the Tagliamento was inevitable. At this point, vital time had been lost and Austro-Germans forces were in close pursuit. On October 30, Cadorna ordered his men to cross the river and establish a new defensive line. This effort took four days and was quickly thwarted when German troops established a bridgehead over the river on November 2. By this


What is the name of the official residence of the Mayor of the City of New York?

Gracie Mansion is the official residence of the mayor of the City of New York, New York Gracie Mansion is the official residence of the mayor of the City of New York, New York Date Created/Published: [between 1980 and 2006] Medium: 1 transparency : color ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-highsm-13941 (digital file from original) LC-HS503-3089 (color film transparency) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. Call Number: LC-HS503- 3089 (ONLINE) [P&P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Notes: Built during 1799, the mansion is located in Carl Schurz Park, at East End Avenue and Eighty-eighth Street in Manhattan. The mansion is on the shore of the East River. Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:124). Forms part of the Selects Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. Subjects: Part of: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- Carol M. Highsmith Archive. Bookmark This Record: View the MARC Record for this item. Rights assessment is your responsibility. The Library of Congress generally does not own rights to material in  its collections and, therefore, cannot grant or deny permission to  publish or otherwise distribute the material. For further rights  information, see "Rights Information" below and the Rights and  Restrictions Information page  ( http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/rights.html ). Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-highsm-13941 (digital file from original) LC-HS503-3089 (color film transparency) Call Number: LC-HS503- 3089 (ONLINE) [P&P] Medium: 1 transparency : color ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller Rights assessment is your responsibility. Some images in this collection are described in groups; others are described individually. In some cases, all of the images in the group display online, in other cases they do not. You can download online images yourself. Alternatively, you can purchase copies of various types. Determine whether the desired materials can be retrieved online. Look in the Medium field above to determine whether the description is for one photograph or more than one. If the description is for a single item and it is displaying, you can download or purchase a print. Cite the number that begins with "LC-DIG..." when purchasing copies through Library of Congress Duplication Services. If the description is for more than one item and there is a "Click for more images" icon displaying, select that. Individual images will display; you can download or purchase prints. Cite the number that begins with "LC-DIG..." when purchasing copies through Library of Congress Duplication Services. If the description is for more than one item and there is no "Click for more images" icon displaying, return to the "About this Item" tab and select the "Check for  online items from this group" link. Then select the  "Obtaining Copies" tab for any retrieved items that are of interest. If the images do not display online -- Select images for reproduction through one of these methods: Visit the Prints & Photographs Reading Room and request to view the group (general information about service in the reading room is available at: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/info/001_ref.html ). P&P reading room staff can provide up to 15 photocopies of items per calendar year. (Color images cannot be photocopied.) For assistance, see our Ask a Librarian page. OR Hire a freelance researcher to do further selection for you (a list of researchers is available at: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/resource/013_pic.html ). Purchasing Copies Library of Congress Duplication Services can make copies of various types from ima


‘The Postage Stamp’ is a hole on which Scottish golf course?

8th Hole : Old Course : Royal Troon Golf Club PAR      3 Hole Overview Originally called "Ailsa" because there is a perfect view of the rocky islet of that name, from the tee. The smallness of the putting surface accounted for the current name when William Park writing in "Golf Illustrated" said, " A pitching surface skimmed down to the size of a Postage Stamp". Much has been written about the famous eighth hole at Royal Troon, aptly named the "Postage Stamp". The tee is on high ground and a dropping shot is played over a gully to a long but extremely narrow green set into the side of a large sandhill. Two bunkers protect the left side of the green while a large crater bunker shields the approach. Any mistake on the right will find one of the two deep bunkers with near vertical faces. There is no safe way to play this hole, the ball must find the green with the tee-shot. Many top players have come to grief at this the shortest hole in Open Championship golf. Hole Stats


Zermatt and Verbier are ski resorts in which European country?

Site officiel de l'office du tourisme de Verbier/Val de Bagnes Site officiel de l'office du tourisme de Verbier/Val de Bagnes Office du tourisme de Verbier Place centrale 2 Newsletter Brochures PRO Emplois & Annonces Patrie du ski freeride en hiver et du VTT en été, la destination de Verbier/Val de Bagnes est rattachée aux 4 Vallées, le plus grand domaine skiable des Alpes suisses. La station de Verbier (1500m) doit sa renommée aux nombreux événements internationaux qu'elle accueille chaque année: du célébre festival de musique classique Verbier Festival à la compétition freeride Xtreme de Verbier en passant par la légendaire Patrouille des Glaciers, course de ski alpinisme qui traverse les paysages mythiques du Valais.


In King Arthur’s ‘Camelot’, what is Excalibur?

A Discussion of the Origins of King Arthur's Sword By David Nash Ford EXCALIBUR The Tradition: The Name "Excalibur" was first used for King Arthur 's sword by the French Romancers. It was not the famous "Sword in the Stone" (which broke in battle), but a second sword acquired by the King through the intercession of his druidic advisor, Merddyn ( Merlin ). Worried that Arthur would fall in battle, Merlin took the King to a magical lake where a mysterious hand thrust itself up from the water, holding aloft a magnificent sword. It was the Lady of the Lake offering Arthur a magic unbreakable blade, fashioned by an Avalonian elf smith, along with a scabbard which would protect him as long as he wore it. Towards the end of his reign, during the troubled times of Medrod's rebellion, Excalibur was stolen by Arthur's wicked half-sister, Morgan le Fay . Though it was recovered, the scabbard was lost forever. Thus Arthur was mortally wounded at the Battle of Camlann. The King then instructed Bedwyr (or Girflet) to return Excalibur to the lake from whence it came. However, when questioned about the circumstances of its return, Bedwyr claimed to have seen nothing unusual. Arthur therefore knew that Bedwyr had kept Excalibur for himself and sent him back to the Lake once more. Hurling the sword into the misty waters this time, Bedwyr saw the mystic hand appear to catch Excalibur and draw it beneath the rippling waters for the last time. The Name: The earliest Arthurian stories give the name of King Arthur's sword as Caladfwlch, a Welsh word derived from Calad-Bolg meaning "Hard Lightning". Later it developed to become the Caliburn of Geoffrey and Monmouth and finally the Frenchified Excalibur that we know today. Ancient Origins: Legendary figures throughout the World are associated with magical swords, often the symbol of their Kingship. It is interesting to note that Curtana, a 17th century successor of the original sword of Ogier the Dane, is still used at the British Coronation to this day. King Arthur's tale has particular similarities to the Norse Legend of Sigurd, but even closer parallels can be drawn with the Irish hero, Cú Chulainn who also bore a sword named Caladbolg. Such swords were usually said to have been forged by an elfan smith. In Saxon mythology his name is Wayland, but to the Celts he was Gofannon. He is also to be identified with the Roman Vulcan and Greek Hephaestus who made magical weapons for the Muses to give to Perseus, and for Thetis to give to Achilles. The later surrender of the sword is well known as a universal symbol of defeat. Here it is emblematic of death itself. The deposition of swords, weaponry and other valuables in sacred lakes and rivers was a popular practice amongst the Celtic peoples. Strabo records such rituals near Toulouse and notes that other sacred lakes existed throughout Europe. Gregory of Tours alludes to a three-day festival of deposition at Lake Gévaudan in the Cevennes. Some scholars believe that such rituals were part of Celtic funerary rites. Archaeolgical finds of exotic metalwork deposits at Llyn Fawr in Morgannwg include axes and sickles of around 600 bc. Further weaponry was discovered Llyn Cerrig Bach on Ynys Mon (Anglesey) dating from the 2nd century bc to the 1st century AD. Celtic Iron-Age deposits in rivers are too numerous to count. Especially well known are the superb Battersea Shield and Waterloo Helmet from the Thames. This major British River appears to have been particularly popular for swords like Arthur's.   Britannia.com  (T) 302.234.8904    (F) 302.234.9154    Copyright ©2000 Britannia.com, LLC


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What is the name of Britain’s highest chalk sea cliff?

Aerial view highest chalk sea cliffs in Britain - Beachy Head Eastbourne - YouTube Aerial view highest chalk sea cliffs in Britain - Beachy Head Eastbourne 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 Apr 25, 2016 Check out this amazing view of the cliffs of Beachy Head, shot by a DJI Phantom 3 Drone. Beachy Head is a chalk headland in East Sussex, England. It is situated close to Eastbourne, immediately east of the Seven Sisters.The cliff is the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain, rising to 162 metres (531 ft) above sea level. Enjoy!


Which British actor played the role of Leon Trotsky in the 1972 film ‘The Assassination of Trotsky’?

The Assassination of Trotsky (1972) - 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 The Assassination of Trotsky ( 1972 ) R | After having been forced to leave the Soviet Union 1929 Trotsky has ended up in Mexico 1940. He is still busy with politics, promoting socialism to the world. Stalin has sent out an ... See full summary  » Director: 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. 10 June 2016 8:04 AM, -08:00 | The Guardian - Film News Around The Web a list of 27 titles created 22 Apr 2013 a list of 45 titles created 10 Apr 2014 a list of 33 titles created 14 Mar 2015 a list of 29 titles created 5 months ago a list of 41 titles created 2 months ago Title: The Assassination of Trotsky (1972) 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. Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths... "A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man." Director: Jacques Deray Paris, 1942. Robert Klein cannot find any fault with the state of affairs in German-occupied France. He has a well-furnished flat, a mistress, and business is booming. Jews facing ... See full summary  » Director: Joseph Losey In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. ... See full summary  » Director: Georges Lautner During the 1930s, in Marseilles, France, two small time crooks work for local crime bosses until they decide to go into business for themselves. Director: Jacques Deray     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X   Her youth has been spent working for a farm family, being raped by father and son, marrying the son who has now left her a happy widow. She is happy because World War I is over and she is ... See full summary  » Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre In Italy, the gambler and professor of poetry Daniele Dominici arrives in the seaside town of Rimini and is hired to teach for four months in the Liceu replacing another teacher. His ... See full summary  » Director: Valerio Zurlini At Oxford, Austrian student Anna is dating fellow student William whom she plans to marry but she ends up sleeping with two unhappily married Oxford professors instead. Director: Joseph Losey A man sells his soul to the devil in order to have the woman he loves. Directors: Richard Burton, Nevill Coghill Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Andreas Teuber A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications--and many bloody shootouts-ensue. Director: Duccio Tessari In 1789, when the Revolution went on, a bandit named "Black Tulip" held the surroundings of village Roussillon in fear. The poor people respected him as Robin Hood, who declare himself a ... See full summary  » Director: Christian-Jaque This movie depicts the authentic story of the hunt for the dangerous criminal Emile Buisson, who escaped from prison in 1947. During three years Buisson manages to hide from detective ... See full summary  » Director: Jacques Deray Explores the confrontation between the woman who has everything, including emptiness, and a penniless poet who has nothing but the ability to fill a wealthy woman's needs. Director: Joseph Losey Edit Storyline After having been forced to leave the Soviet Union 1929 Trotsky has ended up in Mexico 1940. He is still busy with politics, promoting socialism to the world. Stalin has sent out an assassin, Frank Jackson. Jackson befriends a young communist and gets an invitation to Trotsky's house. Written by Mattias Thuresson A Web of Intrique A Conspirac


Pumba is what type of animal in the film ‘The Lion King’?

Pumbaa | The Lion King Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Timon and Pumbaa argue “ Timon: Forget it, Pumbaa. I've been dragging you down long enough. I'm goin' home...and I suggest you do the same. Pumbaa: Oh, I—I would if I could, but I can't. Timon: Oh, sure you can, buddy. I won't stop you. Pumbaa: No, I mean...I don't have a home. Timon: You don't? What happened? Are you lost? No place good enough for ya? What, you're all alone in this big empty world? Oh...truth is...I'm all alone, too. Pumbaa, you're the only friend I've ever had. —Pumbaa ” The film begins with Timon and Pumbaa in a movie theater, watching the original film. Both of them appreciate the majesty that is " Circle of Life ", but Timon isn't willing to let the movie run its course. He fast-forwards the movie to when they first appear. Timon and Pumbaa argue for a moment, Pumbaa not wanting the audience to become confused and Timon complaining that they aren't in the first half. Finally, they agree to show the viewers about their backstories. Timon "hires" Pumbaa Pumbaa makes his first appearance a few days after Timon sets out to go to the big pointy rock at the indirect suggestion of Rafiki. While the meerkat walks through some high grass, he hears something groaning and stalking him. Thinking it's a predator, he flees, but it is merely Pumbaa, who seeks companionship. Timon is briefly against taking another animal with him, but he gives Pumbaa a once-over, taking in his sharp hooves and curved tusks, pleased by the fact that most animals will give him a pretty wide berth. Pumbaa isn't talking about these "weapons" but his flatulence problem. Despite this, Timon "hires" Pumbaa to take him to the big pointy rock. The warthog suggest they are friends, but Timon clarifies that they are only acquaintances for now. Pumbaa watches the pyramid of animals They head toward Pride Rock with high hopes, hopes that are squashed when they see a crowd gathered around it. Timon opts to "look beyond what he sees" (advice that Rafiki gave him before), thinking that his dream home will be in Pride Rock, but he is disappointed when he sees how many animals are there. Pumbaa offers to look behind the Pride Rock, and Timon accepts this idea as his, much to Pumbaa's shock. As the two try to cross through the crowd, Pumbaa, nervous from the various looks of the crowd, tries to get out of the crowd but accidentally farts when Timon pulls his tail, causing the animals around him to pass out from the smell. The other animals ahead believe that they are bowing, leading everyone to bow before Simba. Pumbaa thinks that his gas will be a problem to Timon, but the meerkat is very happy to have someone with powerful gas as a weapon. Timon calls Pumbaa to live with him near a small water spring and cave. There, Pumbaa makes a large nest for himself and a little nest for Timon. Timon casually takes Pumbaa's bed. However, the tolerant warthog peacefully goes to sleep in a small bed. He wishes Timon a good night, and the two fall asleep. The duo live there from the time Simba is an infant until the time he is a mischievous and boisterous cub. It's Simba's antics that drive them away. The stack of animals organized during "Shall we run for our lives?" " I Just Can't Wait to be King " is aggravated and unbalanced by Timon. The animals fall over, Pumbaa pulling Timon out of harms way as the tower falls. The two continue to search for their dream home. Along the way, Pumbaa tells Timon a story about a beautiful jungle that he once saw which could be exactly what Timon is looking for, but Timon says that such a place is just a fantasy and that he would continue to look for "beyond what he sees." Pumbaa reminds him that he will never know when he finds what he's looking for, but Timon still does not listen. The Elephant Graveyard is one of their choices for a home. Timon remarks that it has "good bones," but Pumbaa is apprehensive about its atmosphere. Eventually, the sight of various predators (Mufasa rushing to save the cubs and Scar singing " Be Prepared ") drives the two to press on. Pumbaa off


In September 1951, which three countries signed a mutual defence pact, known as the ANZUS Treaty?

The ANZUS Treaty and SEATO Alliance, Australia's responses to the threat of communism - international, Australia in the Vietnam War Era, History Year 9, NSW | Online Education Home Schooling Skwirk Australia 1 Exams Background World War Two was a major turning point in Australian international diplomacy and politics. The fact that Japanese invasion became a real threat during the War, changed the way the country viewed itself. Before 1945 Australia's main 'friend' on the international level was Britain. Less than 50 years after independence, many Australians still saw themselves as more British and European than anything else. It came as somewhat of a shock when, during the Second World War, Australia discovered that it was a part of the Pacific region, and not part of Europe. Australia became very aware of its isolation in the Pacific region, and when countries in South-East Asia started to turn to communism, Australia began looking for international allies that she could rely on in case of further unrest in the Pacific region and the possibility of invasion from the north. See image 1, see image 2 Meanwhile, Britain was also moving more and more towards Europe and at the same time was beginning to pull out of her colonies in the East. Although there were still ties with Britain, Australia started to move towards a closer relationship with America - a 'near' neighbour. ANZUS Australia wanted a NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) -style pact to enhance its security in the region; a mutual support agreement, meaning that each country would have to come to the defence of the others in the event of attack. America already had a peace deal with Japan, so the Americans held back from such a committed agreement. Instead they agreed to sign the ANZUS treaty. ANZUS stands for the Australia - New Zealand - United States Security Treaty which was signed in September 1951 and came into effect the following April. The main substance of the treaty is as follows The parties will consult together whenever, in the opinion of any one of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the Parties is threatened in the Pacific. Article III of the ANZUS Treaty, 1951 The ANZUS pact did not commit the US to intervening in the event of an attack on Australia or New Zealand, only to 'consultation', but it was hailed as a great diplomatic success in Australia. See image 3 SEATO By 1954 the situation in South-East Asia was looking more and more dangerous for Australia. There was an overwhelming fear of the further spread of 'monolithic' communism (as it was known at the time). In 1954 the French finally withdrew from Indo-China and North Vietnam became a communist regime. There had also been further unrest in Malaya and Indonesia. And the Korean War had shown that China was willing to provide armed support for other communist regimes. The Australian government felt it was imperative that they have a proper defensive treaty. A number of other countries felt the same way and the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) was created to deal with the situation. Even though it is called the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation, only three South-East Asian countries signed it. See image 4 Bringing together America, Australia, New Zealand, Britain, France, The Philippines, Thailand and Pakistan, SEATO was created specifically to combat the threat of spreading communism in South-East Asia. The wording of the treaty was much stronger than that of ANZUS. It bound each member to come to the others' aid in the event of external aggression. Each Party recognises that aggression by means of armed attack in the Treaty Area against any of the Parties or against any State or territory which the Parties by unanimous agreement may hereafter designate, would endanger its own peace and safety, and agrees that it will in that event act to meet the common danger in accordance its constitutional processes. Article IV of the SEATO Treaty, 1954 It was intended to be the Asian version of NATO, but it never reached the same level as the N


The island of Gran Canaria lies in which body of water?

Why Gran Canaria And The Canary Islands Are Worth A Visit | The Huffington Post Why Gran Canaria And The Canary Islands Are Worth A Visit 04/20/2012 08:53 am ET | Updated Apr 20, 2012 The following is an excerpt from the new book Going Local in Gran Canaria: How to Turn a Holiday Destination into a Home by Matthew Hirtes, out now from Summertime Publishing. Think Gran Canaria, think skyscraper hotels an eyesore '70s "entertainment" complexes. Think again. From the ruggedly charming (in other words, warts-and-all) north coast, dotted with natural swimming pools, to the verdant and mountainous interior, Gran Canaria's so much more than your bog-standard package-tour destination. Peel back its veneer, and there's a whole new world to discover. Which possibly explains why many of its more than 2 million annual visitors decide to return, some even to stay. African in terms of geography but Spanish politically speaking, you'll find Gran Canaria in the Atlantic Ocean, 130 miles off the coast of Africa. Cadiz, the nearest port on the Iberian peninsula, lies 777 miles away. The third largest, despite its name, of the Canaries, the island's sandwiched between Tenerife in the west and Fuerteventura in the east. Las Palmas, located on the northeast tip of Gran Canaria, is its capital. Located in the heart of the Canarian Archipelago, Gran Canaria's as round as a ball. And just as bouncy, with its inhabitants a particularly vivacious bunch. It may not be the largest island in the Canaries but it houses almost half the population. As any hot-spot theorist will tell you, the tectonic-plate splitting of South America from Africa formed the Canary Islands. A mantle plume expelled molten rock to the surface. Gran Canaria's origins date back 15 million years, but it wasn't until another million had elapsed before anything happened above sea level. The Moors once ruled mainland Spain, but the North African influence is as keenly felt on Canarian soil. Not least because of the shortish stretch of water separating the orphan Canaries from Mother Africa. They even import sand from the Sahara to furnish the dunes of Maspalomas, the jewel in the crown of Gran Canaria's beaches. There are more than 80 beaches on the islands. Chances are your average tourists will visit just two, Playa del Ingles and the neighboring Maspalomas. Whilst this pretty pair is not without its merits, the two are just the tip of, to extend the analogy even further, a whole north pole of icebergs. Away from the main resorts, you'll find delights such as Sardina del Norte. When I heard an estate agent trumpeting this area as a "zone of great potential," I thought to myself, Oh, leave it alone, it's perfect. An environmentalist acquaintance of mine, Cuco, is also worried about Sardina. He claims its tiny beach is unable to sustain the number of people who go there. And considering that these are almost exclusively Canarians from the north of the island, I feel slightly guilty even mentioning its name. So, just as there's little grotty about neighboring Lanzarote, Gran Canaria's not just an 18-30 mecca. Instead, to borrow a line from celebrated author Julia Donaldson, it's a land "with fiery mountains and golden sands." One which caters for outdoorsy types with a surfeit of cycling, hiking and mountain-climbing options. Indeed, traveling to the center of the island will fool any sat-nav into identifying you location as Asia with the mountains resembling a collection of mini Everests. For keen sightseers, it's an ideal destination with stunning vistas unfolding before your very eyes. There are miradors, viewing points, aplenty should you wish to pause for a more lingering look. A World Biosphere Reserve, Gran Canaria's an eco-friendly destination. Around 50% of the island makes up this reserve, encompassing six rural towns with a population of over 18,000. Get back to nature on Gran Canaria with a stay in one of the casa rurales, rural houses converted into self-catering establishments and hotels for the benefit of environmental tourism. The Canarian Network of Naturally Prot


In the Harry Potter series of books during which month of the year is Harry Potter’s birthday?

Harry Potter | Harry Potter Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia "You have shown bravery beyond anything I could have expected of you." —Dumbledore to Harry after the latter escaped from Voldemort [src] On 25 August , 1994 Harry, the Weasley family (besides Mrs Weasley ), and Hermione Granger attended the Quidditch World Cup. At Stoatshead Hill, Cedric Diggory and his father, Amos joined them. Once at the camp grounds, they met Ludo Bagman, Barty Crouch Snr with his house-elf Winky, and many other Hogwarts students and their families, including: Seamus Finnigan , Dean Thomas , Oliver Wood , and Draco Malfoy . They were able to see the match between the Irish and Bulgarian national teams up close, because Harry, the Weasleys, and Hermione had seats in the Top Box, thanks to a favour Mr Weasley had done for Ludo Bagman . It was during this World Cup that Harry learned of the existence of foreign wizarding schools, something he had not given any thought to before the cup. The reappearance of the Dark Mark at the 1994 Quidditch World Cup The night after the match, while the Irish team's supporters were still celebrating, a group of black-cloaked, hooded figures held terrifying celebrations of their own by suspending the Muggle camp site manager and his family in air like twisted marionettes probably done via Levicorpus . On Mr Weasley's orders, Harry fled into the woods near the camp site, along with Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, and Ginny. The group was separated in the woods, and in the chaos, Harry had lost his wand. The trio ran into Draco Malfoy, and he all but told them that his father was among the cloaked wizards. Later, Harry learned that Barty Crouch Jr had stolen his wand from his pocket. While in a clearing in the woods, Harry, Ron, and Hermione heard someone shout the incantation Morsmordre , casting the Dark Mark — a green skull with a snake protruding from its mouth like a tongue — into the sky. Although Harry did not immediately recognise its significance, he soon learned that the Dark Mark had evil implications. Then, Barty Crouch Snr, Amos Diggory, and other Ministry of Magic employees Apparated into the clearing and began to question Harry, Ron, and Hermione about the Dark Mark. After Harry mentioned he had heard another voice conjure the Dark Mark, the Ministry employees searched the area and found the house-elf Winky unconscious in the bushes. Since Harry's wand was found in Winky's hand, Mr Crouch fired her for bringing shame to his family. At the Hogwarts start-of-term feast, Professor Dumbledore announced that Hogwarts would host the Triwizard Tournament , a recently revived inter-school competition in which the Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and the Durmstrang Institute would also participate. New rules stated that only students seventeen and older could compete, for safety reasons. Also, during the start of term feast, Dumbledore introduced "Mad-Eye" Moody , an ex-Auror, as the newly appointed Defence Against the Dark Arts professor. This news was greeted with a mixture of responses, as Moody was known to be a great Auror , a little crazy, and to have a magical eye, earning him the nickname "Mad-Eye" Moody. The Goblet of Fire selects Harry as the fourth champion Around Hallowe'en, the students from Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and Durmstrang Institute arrived at the school. Viktor Krum , Fleur Delacour , and Cedric Diggory were all chosen to represent their respective schools in this tournament. However, Harry was mysteriously chosen as a fourth competitor, even though he was under-age and even though he had never entered his name into the Goblet of Fire during the selection process. Many people, even Ron, did not believe Harry's story, believing this to be nothing but another attempt to gain fame. This caused extreme tension between the two friends. Hermione, on the other hand, "accepted his story without question", and assisted Harry in preparing for the Tournament by teaching him useful spells, such as the Summoning Charm , which Harry used in the first task of the Tournament. The champions were to face t


In the Harry Potter series of books what is the name of the driver of the Knight Bus?

Knight Bus | Harry Potter Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Harry Potter: "How come the Muggles don’t hear the bus?" Stan Shunpike: "Them! Don’ listen properly, do they? Don’ look properly either. Never notice nuffink, they don’" — Harry talking to Stan the Knight Bus Conductor in 1993 [src] The Knight Bus is a triple-decker, purple AEC Regent III RT that assists stranded individuals of the wizarding community through public transportation. It operates at a very fast speed and obstacles will jump out of its way. To hail the bus, a witch or wizard must stick their wand hand in the air in the same manner that a Muggle might do to hail a taxi, though it is possible to book tickets for travel on the bus in advance. Contents On 20 April , 1994 , Rubeus Hagrid and the hippogriff Buckbeak travelled together on the Knight Bus for a hearing in front of the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures in regards to Buckbeak's future following the attack on Draco Malfoy . [3] During the holiday break in 1995 , Hermione used the Knight Bus to join everyone at 12 Grimmauld Place after Nagini 's attack on Arthur Weasley . [4] In 1996 , Harry, Ron, and Hermione travelled back to Hogwarts from 12 Grimmauld Place on the Knight Bus after the Christmas holidays. They were accompanied by Lupin and Tonks . Madam Marsh was also on the Knight Bus but had to get off due to illness. [5] Etymology The Knight Bus is named after the various night bus services throughout Great Britain , as well as a play on the word "knight", as it gives the connotation that the vehicle comes to the rescue of those who need it. [6] Behind the scenes The Knight Bus seen in the 2004 movie Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban used a body constructed from three separate RT-class AEC Regent III buses. The triple-deck body was then fitted to a Dennis Javelin bus chassis. In order to portray the bus driving at high speeds, the cars around the bus drove slower while the bus drove at its top speed, and the footage was sped up afterward. Two buses were constructed for the film's external shots, while the interior shots were filmed on a set that would rock back and forth to simulate the bus' movement. One of the props is currently on display at The Making of Harry Potter . The other was moved to Orlando, Florida in 2010 for the grand opening ceremony of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter , where it carried some of the actors from the film series to the ceremony. It remained in storage until 2014, when it was moved outdoors as part of the upcoming Diagon Alley attraction. [7] The bus's height posed a challenge for the filmmakers when the vehicle was required to pass underneath bridges. To solve this problem, the top of the bus was designed to be removable. Since Apparition would be a faster and more practical way of transportation, the Knight Bus may be used for those who cannot use Apparition or Portkeys, or those who are underage, and therefore need the bus, and may even be accessible to Squibs. The Shrunken Head in the film version of the book In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban , a talking Shrunken Head with a Caribbean accent was hung from the rear-view mirror. In the book, items appear to jump away to avoid collision. In the film, the bus just swerves around or squeezes past (or through) obstacles, and in terms of the latter, the driver is shown throwing a switch that causes the bus to contract. The bus also becomes invisible within the distance, materialising when called, and vanishing when leaving. One notable feature of the film adaptation of the Knight Bus is the large chandelier hanging from the ceiling. In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 , the Knight Bus squeezes in between two London Buses brick by brick. In a International trailer for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban , Harry says to Stanley Shunpike while riding the Knight Bus: "Isn't this a bit dangerous?" to which Stan replies: "No. We haven't had an accident in about a week." These lines were cut from the final version of the movie. The LEGO Harry Potter Knight Bus set


In the Harry Potter series of books who killed Cedric Diggory in the Goblet of Fire film?

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) The Harry Potter Films - Part 4 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) d. Mike Newell, 157 minutes Film Plot Summary In the film's prologue, Frank Bryce (Eric Sykes),        Riddle manor's elderly caretaker, investigated a light in the middle        of the night that was illuminated in the nearby manor. He eavesdropped        on a conversation between servant Wormtail (Timothy Spall), Lord        Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) - seated in a chair, and a third unnamed        or unrecognizable individual (later revealed to be Barty Crouch,        Jr. (David Tennant)). They seemed to be conspiring, plotting and        scheming to capture and then murder a boy (Harry). A large snake        named Nagini, a symbol of Voldemort, reported that Bryce, the old        Muggle caretaker, was listening outside their door. Voldemort's        killing command of "Avada        Kedavra" murdered        the old man. The entire prologue was experienced by young Hogwarts student Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) as a troubling nightmare of a present-time event. He was with his best schoolmate friends, Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) at the Weasley household, just before they set off on an early morning hike to a Portkey, and to the 422nd Quidditch World Cup. They were joined by the Weasley family, including Ron's sister Ginny Weasley (Bonnie Wright), and Cedric Diggory (Robert Pattinson) and his father. The final match was held in a giant open-air stadium - the teams were the green-uniformed Irish against the red-uniformed Bulgarians, led by Viktor Krum (Stanislav Ianevski). The end of the match's competition was marked by a violent, fiery attack of a group of black-garbed Death Eaters (evil wizards and witches, all followers of Dark Lord Voldemort) on the campsites of the spectators. They were scattered when a Dark Mark (a skull-shaped symbol of Voldemort, imprinted on the left forearm of all Death Eaters) was cast into the sky from an unknown individual (the third individual in Harry's dream, revealed later to be  Voldemort's helper Barty Crouch, Jr. (David Tennant)), witnessed only by Harry. (He wrote a letter to his godfather Sirius Black, to tell him about his dream and the Quidditch match events.) The Hogwarts Express train took the students to school, Harry's fourth year. During opening announcements at the school, Headmaster Albus Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) told everyone that Hogwarts had been selected to host the Triwizard Tournament, bringing together three schools to compete in a series of "magical contests...not for the faint-hearted." Each school would select a single student to represent them, and "eternal glory" awaited the student who won the tournament, by surviving three "extremely dangerous" tasks. At the same time, the Auror (or dark wizard catcher), Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody (Brendan Gleason), arrived. He was the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher - noted for his all-seeing, moving glass eye, powerful magic skills, disregard for rules and for teaching illegal lessons in his classroom, artificial leg (and limp), and ever-present drinking flask. Dumbledore called upon the head of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, Mr. Bartemius Crouch (Roger Lloyd-Pack), to explain the rules of the tournament, causing an uproar when he said no one under the age of 17 was to be considered. The outrageously crazy Moody taught his students an illegal lesson about the three Unforgiveable Curses, including the Imperius Curse (when a victim was forced to do another's bidding), the Cruciatus Curse (aka the Torture Curse), and the third - the Killing Curse ("Avada Kedavra") - survived by only one person, Harry Potter. Candidates names were placed in the magical Goblet of Fire for the TriWizard contest, for champion selection, to win the TriWizard cup. The three champions were: Cedric Diggory (representing Hogwarts) Viktor Krum (representing Durmstrang Institute from Bul


Which late actor played Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry potter films?

Richard Harris - IMDb IMDb Actor | Soundtrack | Producer A genuine star of cinema on screen and a fiery hell raiser off screen, Richard St John Harris was born on October 1, 1930 in Limerick, Ireland, to a farming family. He was the son of Mildred Josephine (Harty) and Ivan John Harris, and was an excellent rugby player, with a strong passion for literature. Unfortunately, a bout of tuberculosis as a ... See full bio » Born:


In the Harry Potter series of books which animal is Hagrid allergic to?

Rubeus Hagrid | About The Harry Potter Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Sirius Black Though Hagrid described Sirius Black as having been a "trouble-maker" in his youth, Hagrid had clearly been fond of him, as well as his best friend, James Potter , when they were students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry . After graduating, Sirius, along with James, Lily Evans , Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew , joined the Order of the Phoenix around the same time as Hagrid. When James and Lily discovered they were Voldemort 's next targets, they went into to hiding with the use of the Fidelius Charm ; Peter Pettigrew had been made their Secret-Keeper , unbeknownst to anyone else, and betrayed the Potters to Voldemort, framing Sirius for the crime. For many years, everybody, including Hagrid, believed Sirius was the betrayer. The night James and Lily died, Hagrid met Sirius in Godric's Hollow , where Hagrid had been sent to rescue the infant Harry Potter from the wreckage of the Potter's destroyed home, and Sirius lent Hagrid his flying motorbike to deliver Harry to Albus Dumbledore . By 1993 , Hagrid was horrified to think that he comforted the "murdering traitor" that very night. Hagrid learned the truth in 1994 , after Sirius escaped from Azkaban and exposed Pettigrew as having been in hiding as Ron Weasley 's pet rat, Scabbers. When Harry and Hermione Granger helped Sirius avoid the fate of receiving the Dementor's Kiss , they also saved Buckbeak , who was poised for execution as ordered by the Ministry of Magic , and in doing so, provided Sirius with transportation to make his escape. [15] Dumbledore re-instated the Order of the Phoenix in 1995 , and following Sirius's tragic death during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries in 1996 , Harry inherited Buckbeak, who he sent back into Hagrid's care at Hogwarts. [17] Hogwarts staff Edit Remus Lupin Hagrid would have known Remus Lupin for about as long as he knew the Potters and Sirius Black , though they did not appear to be particularly close until 1993 , when Lupin was appointed Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, and they became co-workers. Both Hagrid and Lupin knew what it was like to be within the wizarding community, yet still considered outsiders and face its prejudices, as Lupin was a werewolf and Hagrid was a half-giant. In 1995 , they both joined the re-instated Order of the Phoenix , and worked together throughout the Second Wizarding War to protect Harry Potter and bring about the end of Lord Voldemort . Minerva McGonagall Hagrid greatly respected Minerva McGonagall , the Transfiguration professor and Head of Gryffindor House . They attended Hogwarts at the same time, and they later became members of the Hogwarts staff. As one of the most strict professors at Hogwarts , McGonagall sometimes disapproved of Hagrid's unrefined behaviour, especially during the Sorting ceremony . However, they were close friends, and fellow members of the Order of the Phoenix in both wars. In 1995 , when Dolores Umbridge brought several Ministry officials to either have Hagrid forcibly removed from the school grounds, arrested, or both, McGonagall immediately came to Hagrid's defence; she took four simultaneous stunners straight to her chest as she rushed to Hagrid's aid, and was incapacitated for some time at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries . Hagrid was furious when McGonagall got stunned to the point that he attacked the Ministry officials who injured her. After Albus Dumbledore 's death, McGonagall stated that she appreciated Hagrid's opinion very much, as Dumbledore had, and took it into consideration when determining the best time to close the school. McGonagall later became Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry , where Hagrid was still living by 2017 . Also, Mcgonagall showed no disdain when Hagrid drunkenly kissed her on the cheek at a Hogwarts Christmas celebration. On the contrary, she began to giggle and blushed. Severus Snape Hagrid always stoutly defended Severus Snape against Harry's doubts and allegations, on the basis


In the Harry Potter series of books what are the names of Molly Weasley’s brothers who were killed by Death Eaters in the First Wizarding War?

Harry Potter Before Book 1: What is Molly Weasley's family backstory? - Quora Quora Written Jul 16, 2013 Molly Weasley is a pure-blood born to the Prewett family. She had two brothers - Fabian and Gideon Prewett. As mentioned in Book 5, those two were in the original order and were both killed by Death Eaters (five) in/during (possibly) the First Wizarding War. It has been mentioned that the family name ended with their death although it stays on with Molly's children. Her family might also have been branded as "blood-traitors" because they involved themselves with the Order. It has also been mentioned that she is related to the Blacks. In the following Black Family Tree, there is a Prewett couple mentioned - Ignatius and Lucretia Prewetts. Considering Percy's middle name was Ignatius, Molly must have been close to them. Although their names being on the family tree does indicate them not being Pro-Order/Muggles/Half-Bloods. Apart from this there is no "official or confirmed" knowledge about her past which has been mentioned in the books, or later on by Jo.


What is the name of the wizarding pub in London in the Harry Potter novels?

Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Diagon Alley - Wikibooks, open books for an open world Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Diagon Alley From Wikibooks, open books for an open world General Overview[ edit ] Diagon Alley is the main wizarding shopping street in London. On this street we can find any number of shops specifically for wizards, including an apothecary, Eeylops Owl Emporium, Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor (which actually sounds like a nice place for Muggles as well), Flourish and Blott's bookstore, Gringotts Wizarding Bank , Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions, The Magical Menagerie pet store, Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 BC, and Quality Quidditch Supplies. The Leaky Cauldron pub backs onto this street, and the entrance to Knockturn Alley lies in this street as well. The merchants of Diagon Alley are well prepared for the annual influx of students needing to buy supplies for their year at Hogwarts . Extended Description[ edit ] Beginner warning: Details follow which you may not wish to read at your current level. Located behind the Leaky Cauldron pub, open to the sky, but somehow invisible to Muggles , Diagon Alley is an old-fashioned street lined with quaint buildings that house traditional shops serving the wizarding community. There are many more stores than are named; for instance, the first time he enters Diagon Alley in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry sees a shop selling cauldrons. The shop is never named, but presumably Harry does buy his cauldron there. Likewise, the store where he buys his telescope is unnamed. Many of the stores in Diagon Alley have some significance to the series and some are visited repeatedly. The Apothecary is never named, but presumably Harry must visit it each year for potion ingredients. He is initially quite intrigued by the available supplies, but apparently these become commonplace to him, as there is only one other time it is mentioned, in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban , where it doesn't even merit a full sentence. Eeylops' Owl Emporium is a store specializing in owls and supplies for them, which of course serve both as pets and as as a means of communications in the Wizarding world. In the first book, Harry receives an owl from Hagrid as a birthday present; this owl, Hedwig , remains Harry's companion through much of the series. Florean Fortescue 's Ice Cream Parlour plays a relatively minor role. Hagrid, on Harry's first visit to Diagon Alley, presents him with a large ice cream, which one supposes must have come from Fortescue's establishment. Harry spends a fortnight in Diagon Alley at the start of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban , during which time he spends nearly every afternoon in Fortescue's. In the sixth book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, we hear that Fortescue has vanished, and damage to his store indicates that he didn't leave willingly. It is assumed that he has been captured by Death Eaters . Flourish and Blott's Bookstore is so overloaded with Spell books that it apparently takes magic to keep its shelves from tipping over. This is where Harry, Ron , and Hermione buy their school books most years. This is also the scene of a confrontation between Lucius Malfoy and Arthur Weasley which escalates to physical violence, in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets . Gringotts Wizarding Bank is the one place where Wizards keep their money. Harry visits Gringotts in the first book, where he is astonished to find that his parents have left a large amount of money in the vaults for him, and further that quite a lot of it is actually in gold. Visiting again later, in company with the Weasley family, he is rather embarrassed to see how very little is in their vault, compared to what is in his. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , Harry determines that one of the Horcruxes is, in fact, stored in a deep vault at Gringotts. Harry and Professor Dumbledore between them have decided that the places where Voldemort had hidden his Horcruxes were all places of deep significance to Voldemort; while


In the Harry Potter series of books what make and model is the Weasley family’s flying car?

Flying Ford Anglia | Harry Potter Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Arthur: "But the things our lot has taking to enchanting, you wouldn't believe..." Molly: "LIKE CARS, FOR INSTANCE?" Arthur: "C-Cars, Molly dear?" Molly: "Yes, Arthur, cars. Imagine a wizard buying a rusty old car and telling his wife all he wanted to do with it was take it apart to see how it worked, while really he was enchanting it to make it fly." — Exchange between Arthur and Molly Weasley [src] The Flying Ford Anglia was a light blue Ford Anglia 105E Deluxe that was modified by Arthur Weasley to be able to fly , as well as become invisible , via the use of a specially installed device called an Invisibility Booster . It was also modified so that it could fit eight people, six trunks, two owls , and a rat comfortably. Contents Flight between Little Whinging and the Burrow "Your sons flew that enchanted car of yours to Surrey and back last night." —Molly Weasley on her son's flight [src] Fred, George, and Ron Weasley flying to the Burrow after rescuing Harry Potter from 4 Privet Drive The Flying Ford Anglia was used in the summer of 1992 by Fred , George , and Ron Weasley to rescue Harry Potter, who was locked up in his room at the Dursleys' and had been unable to receive any mail from the Wizarding community as a result of Dobby 's attempts to protect him. When they arrived at 4 Privet Drive , the Weasley boys pulled the car up to Harry's window, alerting him to their presence, after which they proceeded to pull off the bars on Harry's window and help him retrieve his things. As they were returning to the Burrow , Harry was worried that his friends would get in trouble for using the car due to the Reasonable Restriction for Underage Magic , but as they did not place the spell upon the car and were "only borrowing it, "it "[didn't] count." Upon their Return to the Burrow, Mrs Weasley was furious with her sons for taking the car but placed no blame on Harry. The next morning, at breakfast, Mrs Weasley told Mr Weasley what the boys had done, and, startled, he began to ask how it went before hastily switching to a reprimand at a look from his wife. He tried to excuse the car by referring to a loophole in the law regarding ownership of charmed objects , but Molly noted that he was the one who had written that law. Last Flight Driving the Flying Ford Anglia to Hogwarts and into the Whomping Willow At the start of their second year, Harry and Ron used the enchanted car to get to Hogwarts when the entrance to Platform 9¾ was sealed by Dobby , in another attempt to protect Harry by preventing his return to school. Ron was worried that his parents might not be able to get back through, so they used the car to fly to Hogwarts . Just as they arrived on school grounds, the car began to break down and they ended up crashing into the Whomping Willow. Professor Snape informed them that their journey was "seen by no less than seven Muggles " and that if it had been up to him he would have had them on the train back to London the very same night. The car, after having unloaded everything and everyone in it, drove off into the Forbidden Forest , where it later saved Harry, Ron, and Hagrid 's dog, Fang , from Aragog 's family . Considering it did all of this on its own, the enchantment placed on the car apparently gave it some level of sentience. Arthur was fined 50 Galleons for bewitching the car illegally. Destiny In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 , at some point between 1993 and 1998, the car was presumably taken into the Room of Hidden Things by a member of the Hogwarts staff. In the level "Fiendfyre Frenzy", the car is upside-down on the first part when you are escaping from the flames , and you have to lift it up and use it as a bridge. It is presumably destroyed along with the other artefacts in the Room of Hidden Things. Since it is the Lego videogame, it is not canon. [1] Its canon fate is unknown, but it is possibly still dwelling in the forest. Behind the scenes The Flying Ford Anglia


In the Harry Potter series of books what is the name of Harry Potter’s pet owl?

Harry Potter's Owl Name Harry Potter's Owl Name by Sam Harry Potter's Owl plays an important part through the first six books by J.K. Rowling. Here all what there is to know about her, from name to type plus some fun facts. Hedwig, as Harry Potter's owl is called, accompanies the wizarding boy from his first day in this new and exciting adventure. She is his companion at Hogwarts as well as giving him support and friendship when he has to spend the vacations at the house of his Muggle relatives / the Dursley's. Hedwig, Harry Potter's owl, makes her first appearance in the book 'Harry Potter and The Philosopher's / Sorcerer's Stone'. She is a birthday present from Rubeus Hagrid, the 'Keeper of Keys and Grounds' at Hogwarts, to Harry during their first visit to Diagon Alley. She accompanies Harry through his time at school and serves as link to the magical world when he has to spend the holidays at the home of the Dursleys, his Muggle relatives. Hedwig is an accomplished post owl and can find the recipient of a message without the need of an address. Additionally she is highly intelligent and often takes the initiative, for example, when she visits Hermione to make sure that Harry gets his birthday presents from her. She is also a very proud bird and over the years she and Harry have some minor fall-outs which never last very long. In the books she described as eating nuts and 'owl pellets', together with the prey she hunts, but in reality this type of owl is an exclusive meat eater (see below). Hedwig, Hogwarts Castle and Crest View on Amazon Hedwig's Name Harry names her after a witch he finds mentioned in one of his first school books, 'A History of Magic' by Bathilda Bagshot. The only thing that J.K. Rowling herself mentioned in interviews about her name choice for Harry's owl is 'Hedwig was a Saint'. Now there are two saints of this name in the calendar, one is 'St. Hedwig of Silesia' (1174-1243) and the other is St. Hedwig, a polish queen that lived from 1373 to 1399. Both were known for caring for the poor, needy and orphans and in the case of the first one, an order that carried her name was later founded and she was chosen as the Patron Saint. This order, 'The Sister of St. Hedwig' exists until today and runs schools and orphanages. There are currently around 300 St. Hedwig Sisters worldwide. As Harry himself is an orphan, it is only fitting that his first friend was named after this special saint, as he needed the protection of 'St. Hedwig' ;-) It is little details like this, that make the > Harry Potter Series < so special and great fun to research more in depth for fans like me! Hedwig - the Actor(s) Hedwig is a Snowy Owl and is actually played in the movies by male birds. One main one and, at least, two back-up and stunt birds. The reason for this was, that male Snowy Owls are smaller, hence easier to handle for child actors, and whiter than female ones. The real name of the main Hedwig is Gizmo, the 'main owl actor', but it was actually an owl called 'Ook' that was casted the very first for a role in 'Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone', even before Daniel Radcliffe himself! And the third owl is called 'Sprout', yes, just like Prof. Sprout, the herbology teacher. All owls were trained by Gary Gero, who also trained Fang (Hagrid's dog) and the cat that plays Mrs.Norris. His, rather sparse, website can be found here: http://www.birdsandanimals.com. Hedwig's Death Many fans were deeply upset as Hedwig was killed at the beginning of 'Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows' in 'The Battle of the Seven Potters'. Whilst it is shown in the film that she dies protecting Harry, in the book she is hit by a stray curse whilst sitting in her cage. J.K. Rowling stated in an interview that Hedwig's death symbolizes the end of his innocence and, relatively protected, childhood. Hedwig - Fun Facts Hedwig, together with the Weasley family owl Errol, lives now > here < and can be visited by everybody. The one confusing bit about that website, apart of the ridiculous small print in the sidebar, is that it misspells Errol's n


What is the title of the third Harry Potter book?

Harry Potter (book series) | Harry Potter Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Harry Potter (book series) Share This article is not part of the Harry Potter universe . This article covers a subject that is part of the real world, and thus should not be taken as a part of the Harry Potter universe. All seven books together in a special edition box set The Harry Potter books make up the popular series written by J. K. Rowling . The series spans seven books. The books have been made into movies by Warner Bros. Pictures with the last book split into two films. The books concern a wizard called Harry Potter and his journey through Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry . The stories tell of him overcoming dangerous obstacles to defeat the Dark wizard Lord Voldemort who killed his parents when Harry was 15 months old. The first book, Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone , was published in 1997 by Bloomsbury in London. The last book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , sold more than 12 million copies in the U.S. Beginning on 6 October , 2015 , the entire series was presented in a fully-illustrated format, with over 100 illustrations per title, by Jim Kay . [1] The 7 books were also all reunited in one ebook the same year. Contents [ show ] Publishing The French edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ; Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers in English Harry Potter at the Wizarding School. It is said that J. K. Rowling sent her preliminary copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone to 12 publishers before it was accepted and published by Bloomsbury . The following is an incomplete list of publishers of the books all over the world. India : Manjul Publishing House (Hindi and its dialects) Vietnam: Nhà xuất bản Trẻ Poland: Media Rodzina The Dutch version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Titles of the series The author published seven books in the Harry Potter series, as well as numerous complementary books. You can get all seven eBooks as one download on Pottermore with Harry Potter: The Complete Collection . A sequel to the original series, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was released July 31st, 2016. Original series The following is a list of the seven books in the Harry Potter Series. Each novel corresponds to a year-long period of time, usually in reference to Harry Potter 's year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry . Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ("Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in the U.S) (UK release: 26/06/97; US release 9/01/98) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (UK & US releases: 21/07/07) Sequel This sequel takes place nineteen years after the events of the final book in the original series. It is unknown weather this will be a stand alone novel or the start of a new series. Quidditch Through the Ages , a complementary novel to the series Complementary books Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay (19 November, 2016) Audiobook editions Since the inception of Harry Potter series, the stories have also been released as audiobooks. In the United Kingdom, the audiobooks were narrated by Stephen Fry , with Jim Dale handling the narration for the U.S. editions. The audiobooks were released in both CD and cassette formats, though the cassette editions are no longer in print due to the general lack of demand for titles in this format. For the earlier books in the series, there was generally a delay between the release of the print and audio editions. [3] The later editions generally saw the audio copies being released the same day as the print editions, likely a result of the growing popularity of the series. Most recently the books were made available in the first ever online audio editions through Pottermore via the Pottermore Shop and were also made available to libraries for lending. Enhanced Ebooks In October 2015, Enhanced Editions of the 7 books were published exclusively on iBooks by Pottermore . Enhanced editions are said to include the full original text plus illustrations, animations and interactions as well as annotations writ


In the Harry Potter series of books what is the name of the team sport, played by seven players on each team, at Hogwarts School?

Gryffindor Quidditch team | Harry Potter Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia 1993-1994 school year "This is our last chance — my last chance — to win the Quidditch Cup . I'll be leaving at the end of this year. I'll never get another shot at it." — Oliver Wood explaining his last chance to win the cup [src] In the 1993–1994 school year, the team is said by Lee Jordan to be "the best team Hogwarts has seen in the last few years". This was the first year that they had won the Quidditch Cup since Charles Weasley was on the team. Gryffindor kept the same team as the previous year. It was seventeen-year-old captain Oliver Wood's last season. They trained three times a week. [11] The Slytherin versus Gryffindor match was re-scheduled as Flint claimed his Seeker, Malfoy had an injured arm, so the first match was Gryffindor versus Hufflepuff. The match right before a mass of Dementors converge on the Quidditch pitch The game was played in heavy rain, ferocious wind, thunder, and lightning. The wind was so powerful that the players staggered sideways as they walked onto the very muddy pitch. The sound of the thunder drowned out the crowd's shouts. Madam Hooch's whistle to start the match coincided with the first bolt of lightening. Harry's vision was hindered by the constant raindrops on his glasses and he was almost struck by a Bludger twice. Wood called for a time-out when Gryffindor were fifty points up. Hermione Granger used " Impervius " so Harry's glasses would repel any water. When both Seekers had spotted the Snitch, Harry then saw at least one hundred Dementors that had entered the stadium. He heard his mother's last words before she was killed by Lord Voldemort and he fell about fifty feet to the ground. Albus Dumbledore ran onto the pitch waving his wand and slowing Harry's fall. He then got rid of the Dementors, magicked Harry onto a stretcher and carried him to the castle floating upon it. Cedric caught the Snitch, giving Hufflepuff a win by 100 points. He offered a re-match, but Gryffindor accepted the defeat. Harry's Nimbus 2000 was blown to the Whomping Willow which destroyed it. [12] Gryffindor increased their training to five times a week (under the supervision of Madam Hooch ) [13] Gryffindor's final practise before their match against Ravenclaw was their current side's best ever. Harry caught the Snitch within ten seconds of its release. The team performed their moves faultlessly and Wood had no criticisms. Harry receives a Firebolt for Christmas that is soon confiscated by McGonagall For the game against Ravenclaw, Harry flew his new Firebolt . His opposing Seeker, fourth year Cho Chang , flew a Comet 260 . In clear, cool conditions, Gryffindor took an eighty point lead, but Ravenclaw managed to claw it back to 80-30. When Harry spotted the Snitch for the third time, Malfoy, Crabbe , Goyle , and Flint walked onto the pitch, dressed as Dementors. Harry cast a Patronus at them and then caught the Snitch, giving Gryffindor victory, whose fans ran onto the pitch in celebration. [14] On the first Saturday after the Easter holidays Gryffindor played Slytherin. Gryffindor had trained every day in preparation for the game. Slytherin were leading the Championship by exactly 200 points, meaning Gryffindor needed to win the match by 210 points to claim the Quidditch Cup. Gryffindor wins the cup Three quarters of the crowd supported Gryffindor. Johnson scored first. Then Flint crashed into her, so Fred threw his bat at the back of Flint's head which smashed into his broom handle, bloodying his nose. Penalties were given to each side. Alicia Spinnet scored and Wood saved. Bell scored another penalty after Montague grabbed her head. Flint then scored for Slytherin. Bole hit Alicia with his club and George elbowed him in the face, resulting in two more penalties. Wood saved again and Gryffindor scored. A goal from Bell made the score 50-10. Bole and Derrick winded Wood with two Bludgers to the stomach. Johnson scored the resulting penalty, and Gryffindor moved into a 70-10 lead when Alicia scored. As Harry chased the Snitch, Ma