During which TV game show were the contestants invited to go wild in the aisles?

How to Become a Fan of the TV Game Show Called Supermarket Sweep How to Become a Fan of the TV Game Show Called Supermarket Sweep Community Q&A In the 1990s and early 2000s, there was once a TV game show that let contestants run wild through a supermarket in an attempt to claim a 5,000 (US) dollar prize if you passed all three levels. Although many people were and are fans of the show then and now, if you'd like to become a fan of this show, read on, as you too can become a fan of this show much like the rest of the current fans. Steps 1 Recognize how the show's introductory credits began. Although their introductory credits differed from other shows, this show had a special segment before they called out the contestants. Although each season had it's own introductory statement, the same statement was used throughout each episode in the season. At first it asked questions like "What show lets you run wild through a Supermarket? (To which the audience yelled Supermarket Sweep) or "What show lets you grab everything you can get your hands on?(again, the audience yells Supermarket Sweep) and several other statement questions. However, following this, the announcer to the show asked for players from three teams of two in the audience (later in the series' run when this show went onto the PAX-TV channel, they filmed the three sets of 2 contestants running around the corner opposite the audience area from the supermarket) "Who's got the (product name)?" To which point, they told them "OK, you're on!" And following these, the announcer called "And here's our host, David Ruprecht". 2 Notice how the game was played. There were several parts to this game, with each part containing several pricing games that were related to pricing products you'd find on the average supermarket shelf and which related to time you'd obtain to run the Big Sweep at the end of the game, the winner of that game going onto the Bonus sweep all to earn your $5,000 prize Pricing games: The game began with each team being awarded a free minute and thirty second time that they could use in the Big Sweep at the end of the game. The show began with what Supermarket Sweep called the "Mini sweep" which was introduced a year into the show's run on Lifetime after the company realized that the players weren't being given enough Big Sweep time and could pick up some money in the end as a result. The host gave a clue to a product using a rhyming phrase/sentence. These were very easy, and sometimes you could even tell which item they were trying to find by listening to the intonation of the words that were boldly mentioned. The player who guessed the right answer, could pick up either a free $50 (if they brought back this product within 30 seconds) or $100 (if brought back within 20 seconds). They asked the players to split up. One player of each team stayed onset and the other was asked to leave. Leading up to the Round Robin round, only one player was allowed out on the floor to play the remainder of the pricing game. However, halfway through (up until the first advertisement) these players switched and ended up playing more pricing games - all in an attempt to pick up time for the Big Sweep. Throughout this series' run, they played several pricing games. For most pricing games they had, what the teams won from guessing correctly would be time to add to the Sweep time. Sometimes even, teams would get 10 seconds of sweep time for only 1 correct answer out of 3 (if given a pricing game where they had to select 1 of 3 prices along a row of products) (Such as pick the product with the lowest price: 1) Axe deodorant 2) Planters Peanuts or 3) Box of Kleenex tissues (price would be based on Pacific coast prices)). (this type of game was common before the first advertisement break, but could sometimes happen following the first podium pricing game (if the game happened during the PAX-TV run of the series. If all three contestants chose to answer the same way to a multiple choice question and were all correct, all three would pick up an extra thirty seconds of Sweep time. A l


Who hosted the BBC gameshow Going For Gold which featured contestants from various European countries?

January | 2015 | ADAM'S NOSTALGIC MEMORIES ADAM'S NOSTALGIC MEMORIES Where I remember old things. Menu Game Show Memories – Part 4. Going For Gold (BBC1, 1987-1996) Another game show review, and even though it was only ever shown in daytime, this show became very popular. It was partly because people were coming, and everyone’s trying. This review will mostly be based on the first series. It was the show where people competed to become the quiz champion of Europe. Henry Kelly was the host and revealed to find that champion would take 23 weeks because of the rather compilated knockout system. But we were assured that after 92 episodes and nearly six months we would have our winner who received the star prize of a trip to the Olympics in Seoul, and there were a few other smaller prizes on offer for the runners-up.  The contestants came from 14 countries across Europe and in the rather overcrowded preliminary round they were asked “what am I?”-type questions as four were needed to progress to what was oddly called “the first round proper”.  At this point Henry would talk to the contestants about their interests and a lot of viewers found it rather amusing as he tried to start a conversation with some guy from Holland or Austria. They then answered questions on categories, the first three to score six points go into the next round.  In the four in a row round, contestants simply had to pick a category and then get four questions right in a row in the time they had. The two highest scorers then went into the final. This round was memorable for the catchphrases such as “the big four zone” and “playing catch-up”. The winner was the first to nine points. Congratulations Hans, you’re into the next round! This carried on for endless weekly finals, semi-finals and so on until they finally got their super champion many months later.  This format carried on for many years, until curiously, in the final series the show only featured contestants from the UK so they were all representing their various counties to keep it competitive. I do believe that the early series were shown across Europe though and it gained a following in various countries.  Going For Gold ran for nine years on the BBC, and a few years later, Channel 5 revived the show under the name One To Win (not to be confused with the other One To Win that I reviewed recently that was actually a revival of Bob’s Full House). Then, about a decade later, Channel 5 revived it again, but this time back under the Going For Gold name. However, this time it was an hour long so there was a lot of padding with annoying phone-in competitions and it lasted just one series. I did enjoy watching Going For Gold but it’s not my favourite BBC daytime game show, I’ll writing about that soon, it’s a show that is less famous but I think is a lot better. The Going For Gold format does still linger though, the French version is still very popular to this day. Obscure TV Memories – Part 5. Caught In The Act (BBC1, 1992) In 1990, ITV launched You’ve Been Framed, a show which featured a lot of what were always called “home video howlers”. BBC1 decided that they wanted to do a show like this, so a couple of years later they launched Caught In The Act which had practically the same idea. It was hosted by Shane Richie in one of his earliest TV presenting roles, fully a decade before he landed his dream part of playing a barrowboy in EastEnders.  The format would be that every week Shane would firstly introduce some “camcorder calamities” from around the world, and then he would have a stilted conversation with a reporter in a particular country who would introduce some more clips from where they were. All of these clips were accompanied by daft slide whistle and trumpet noises. Do this four times.  Then there would be another segment where Shane introduced three contestants from various parts of the UK who had sent in a video. The studio audience then had to press their buttons to determine which one they thought was the funniest. The winner would get a cash prize, an editing suite, and a place in the


Of all the gameshows that were revived for a series of one-off specials in Ant And Dec's Gameshow Marathon which was the oldest?

UK Game Show Records - UKGameshows UK Game Show Records This Good Game Guide lists various UK game show records. If you have a question that you think should be included, feel free to contact us . Contents 7.1 Highest rated game show Firsts First UK-produced radio game show: The oldest show for which we have a listing is the write-in quiz What's Wrong with This? from 1925. The earliest we know of with actual on-air contestants is Inter Regional Spelling Competition, broadcast on the BBC Regional Service on 25 November 1937. First TV game show: Spelling Bee , shown by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on 31st May 1938, transmitted live from Alexandra Palace. First TV game show offering cash prizes: Take Your Pick , broadcast on 23rd September 1955 by Associated-Rediffusion. Broadcasting records Longest running Longest-running game show (TV): This used to be an easy one to call, as Come Dancing enjoyed such a head start that even after it ended, it took a very long time for other long-runners to catch up. However, as that show didn't have a made-for-TV competition format for its first couple of years (it covered existing contests, but didn't stage its own), we can now declare it officially overtaken, by not one but two shows: A Question of Sport and University Challenge . Which of those is the actual longest-running, depends on how you measure it. Counting only the periods when they ran as regular series, University Challenge (21/9/62 to 3/9/87 and 21/9/94 to present) beats A Question of Sport (5/1/70 to present), but if you count AQoS from its regional pilot (2/12/68) then it has the upper hand. Though if you consider the UC revival to have begun with the 1992 special, then University Challenge takes the lead again. It's a big can of worms, but two things we can say for certain are that AQoS has the longest continuous period in regular production, while UC has aired new episodes in the most different calendar years; 2016 was its fiftieth (while "only" the 48th for AQoS). All-time longest-running game show (radio): Round Britain Quiz has run continuously since 1947. Longest-running game show broadcast in UK (TV): Technically, it's A Song for Europe , which first aired in 1957, and annually between 1959 and 2010 (sometimes under different titles). The Eurovision Song Contest has been broadcast annually since 1956, but is not usually a UK production. Most episodes produced: Countdown aired its 6000th episode on 5 September 2014, and is still going strong with around 250 new episodes each year. Shortest running All-time shortest-running game show (TV): Aside from intentional one-offs, ITV Play 's The Debbie King Show started and ended on Monday 5th March 2007. Exports Most successful UK format export: Who Wants to be a Millionaire? has been licensed to at least 107 territories including Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, the Caribbean, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle East, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Vietnam. The Weakest Link is not far behind with at least 98 territories licensed. Hosts Longest serving hosts Longest tenure by time (TV): Counting only regular series, Magnus Magnusson 's span as host of Mastermind lasted ten days short of 25 years, beating Bamber Gascoigne 's tenure on University Challenge by eight days. However, if you count the 1987 International University Challenge specials which followed the end of the regular series, then Bamber's run is extended by nearly four months. You could extend it even further by including Bamber's appearances


Who was the special guest who took part in the 200th edition of A Question Of Sport to help give it its highest ever viewing figures of over 19 million?

A Question of Sport - UKGameshows A Question of Sport Bill Beaumont (2 programmes, 1996) Sue Barker (2 programmes in 1996, then 1997-) Jimmy Carr (Sport Relief special 2008) Jason Manford (A Question of Sport: Super Saturday) Co-hosts Phil Tufnell (2008-) There have also been several stand-in captains over the years. They have included: Bobby Moore; Bobby Charlton; John Barnes; Roger Black; Jonathan Davies; Will Carling; Sam Torrance; Matthew Pinsent; David Ginola; David Seaman; Michael Owen; Shane Warne; Jamie Redknapp; Ricky Hatton; Dennis Taylor and Gary Speed. Ally McCoist, John Parrott and Phil Tufnell were all also stand-in captains before becoming regulars. Broadcast BBC1 North West (regional), 2 December 1968 (Pilot) BBC North West for BBC1, 5 January 1970 to present as A Question of Sport: Super Saturday BBC One, 21 June to 19 July 2014 (5 episodes in 1 series) Synopsis The eternal question: What Happens Next? This show has been going for years and years and years. And maybe longer than that. Past captains (well, Bill Beaumont anyway - and of course David Coleman) have hosted the show and it has been regular prime-time viewing. And yes, it's about sport. Each team is made up of three people, two famous sporting guests and a captain who is usually more portly. The traditional show invariably began with the Picture Round. 12 boxes each hide a picture of a famous sportsperson in an interesting pose (usually, Media Studies fans, a long shot but always an action shot). Each person would score two points if they got it correct, but if they don't know it's passed over to the opposition for a bonus. Every member of both teams gets a go. Generally there is two pictures for every sport represented by the team members that week. A typical picture from the board. This, believe it or not, is Princess Anne - although Emlyn Hughes failed to recognise her (see 'Key Moments', below). Then comes the Specialised Subject round. Each person would get a collage of clips based on their sport, and they would be asked to name two specific people in it. The captains, however, would get a completely random selection of sports, being the captains and everything. Then comes the Home and Away round, a round devoted to everybody's third-favourite Australian soap. Ha, not really! Actually each guest in turn chooses to answer either a question on their own sport ("home") for one point or a general question ("away") for two. The team captains usually don't get the choice and have to take an "away" question. Mystery Personality next, and a short piece of film of a famous personality filmed from odd positions and situations. They are carefully filmed so as never to completely give away who they are (or not, as was the case when they decided to show a full facial shot of Katharine Merry). Two points for a correct answer and one point if they don't know and the opposition gets it. Then, it's What Happens Next? A piece of film starts and at an inopportune moment it stops and the contestants need to guess... well, you get the idea. Usually with some outrageous (i.e.wrong) guesses, you can be sure that hilarity will ensue when it turns out that a little cat runs onto the pitch or somesuch. Every week. The One Minute Round, nine questions, nine points and sixty seconds. A nice mixture of trivia, picture questions and the famous "These three people all have surnames connected with snowball fighting" question. Completely random, completely pointless but good fun nonetheless. Finally, the Picture Round reprise, the six remaining pictures are taken one at a time a la Round One and the same points apply and at the end of the round, whoever wins, wins and whoever loses loses, predictably enough. For no particularly good reason except to annoy us, the 1998 season reordered the rounds, and dropped the One Minute Round in favour of an On the Buzzer end game that Ally McCoist tended to dominate (John Parrott was once so miffed by McCoist's constant luck in that round that he (Parrott) went to sit in the audience in protest). Not a particularly inspired decision,


Who presented Ask The Family when it was revived in 2005?

Ask the Family (TV Series 1967–1984) - 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 General knowledge contest between two families of four, each consisting of the two parents and two offspring. Creator: a list of 299 titles created 11 Mar 2012 a list of 1911 titles created 9 months ago a list of 22 titles created 5 months ago Title: Ask the Family (1967–1984) 6.7/10 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. Add Image Add an image Do you have any images for this title? Storyline General knowledge contest between two families of four, each consisting of the two parents and two offspring. 12 June 1967 (UK) See more  » Company Credits Referenced in Serendipity  (2001) See more » Soundtracks Performed by Joe Harriott John Mayer Double Quintet Theme tune (Isle Of Bute , Scotland) – See all my reviews BBC 2 are currently doing a reinvention of this almost forgotten quiz show and when I say " reinvention " I do mean reinvention. Comparing the new version presented by Dick and Dom to this rather staid original is like comparing the new version of DOCTOR WHO with the old series , especially the worst moments featuring Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy It's surely no coincidence that BBC 2 has intermittently been showing the original on weekday afternoons and are probably having a cheap laugh at it too . The quiz starts with a really snazzy theme tune that was reworked by Mint Royale as From Rusholme With Love , you'll know the tune even if you don't know the title , when Sly and Mickey had a punch up in GET CARTER that was the sound playing in the background , similiarly when Tom Cruise runs through deserted streets at the start of VANILLA SKY that was From Rusholme With Love on the soundtrack . A really funky tune and funky is not in keeping with this show as the lights go up and presenter Robert Robinson presents the two families with father who looks either like a well dressed Friar Tuck or a young Anthony Eden , two children who could be either boys or girls it's so hard to tell ( well it was the 1970s ) and mother . This is what I don't understand , the parents look totally sexually frigid and it's impossible to believe they actually have an active sex life . I'm not being cheeky or nothing but the parents always without exception come across as repressed middle class church goers who only have sex to reproduce The questions are asked and take the form of " What symphony was this taken from ? " or " what is this an anagram of ? " etc . It's done in a studio without an audience and this only adds to the sterile proceedings . In fact I would say there's more atmosphere on the moon . The winners go through to the next round and in the grand final both families are given a prize of their choice . One winning family received furniture for their home but I don't know what the other family got because I was too busy laughing at the formers prize . Furniture ? FURNITURE ? I guess they were too proud to pop down to the social security and ask for some new furniture . Possibly the most middle class quiz show ever produced and certainly the most dated 4 of 11 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you? Yes


What were the names of the four original zones in The Crystal Maze?

The Crystal Maze : Wikis (The Full Wiki) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Crystal Maze The Crystal Maze title card (series 3-6) Format 6 (inc. 5 Christmas Specials) No. of episodes Lee International Studios, Shepperton then later Aces High Studio, North Weald, UK Running time 15 February 1990 – 10 August 1995 Chronology Fort Boyard The Crystal Maze was a game show , produced by Chatsworth Television and shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom from 15 February 1990 to 10 August 1995. There was one series per year, with the first four series presented by Richard O'Brien and the final two by Ed Tudor-Pole , who made his debut in the 1993 Christmas special. Each show was one hour long, including commercial breaks. Contents 13 External links Format Originally, Chatsworth Television intended to make a British version of the French show Fort Boyard , but when it became clear that the fort would not be available at the time of the pilot show, Fort Boyard's creator Jacques Antoine was consulted about developing an alternative format that could be shot elsewhere. As a result, the show ended up using a similar concept to Fort Boyard, but was substantially different in presentation and style. It was filmed on a very large set, originally at H Stage in Shepperton Studios , but in later series at an adapted aircraft hangar named Aces High Studios, at North Weald Airfield in Essex . A UK version of Fort Boyard was eventually made by Five, long after Channel 4 ended The Crystal Maze. The set was divided into four 'Zones' (originally Aztec, Futuristic, Medieval and Industrial; Industrial was replaced by Ocean from series four onwards), as well as the Crystal Dome, a giant geometric acrylic glass 'crystal' (see the title card at the right) at the centre of the maze, where the teams play their final challenge after playing games in each of the four Zones. In each episode, a team consisting of three men and three women (including a team captain and vice-captain) would enter the 'maze,' starting from a pre-determined Zone, and play three or four games of various types in each Zone before entering the Crystal Dome. The teams were put together by Chatsworth from individual applicants, only meeting each other for the first time on the day before filming their episode, unlike the UK version of Fort Boyard which was eventually made some years later, in which teams applied and played as teams. The objective of the show was to amass as many 'time crystals' as possible (these were golf ball-sized Swarovski glass crystals) by playing the games in each Zone; each game successfully played would win one 'time crystal.' When the team reached the Crystal Dome, they had to collect as many gold 'tokens' as possible in order to win a prize. Each crystal that the team won earlier would allow them five seconds of time in the Dome to collect tokens, so the more crystals the team won in the Zones, the more time and thus the better chance they had of getting a high gold token count. Before each game in a Zone, the team captain(or vice captain should the team captain be locked in) would choose which contestant would play and which type of challenge the game would involve. Games were classed as Physical, Mental, Skill or Mystery. These were typically puzzle games, often involving dexterity (especially the Skill games). The chosen team member would be sent into a chamber to play a game, and their team-mates could advise them from outside (except in specific mental games where the team would be instructed not to confer, although general encouragement could still be shouted in). Successfully solving the puzzle would release a crystal. In the early series, the captain's choice of game and contestant was genuine; in later series, it was not a free choice and was 'imposed' on the team by the production team. Each game had a time limit of two, two-and-a-half, or three minutes. If the contestant failed to exit the chamber in time, they would be 'locked in.' In some games, known as 'automatic lock-in' games, the contestant could also be locked in by committing a f


Who commanded the Scottish army at the Battle Of Bannockburn?

Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn approximately 20,000 men Battle Summary: In the spring of 1314, Edward Bruce, brother of King Robert the Bruce, laid siege to English-held Stirling Castle . Unable to make any significant progress, he struck a deal with the castle's commander, Sir Philip Moubray, that if the castle was not relieved by Midsummer Day (June 24) it would be surrendered to the Scots. By the terms of the deal a large English force was required to arrive within three miles of the castle by the specified date. This arrangement displeased both King Robert, who wished to avoid pitched battles, and King Edward II who viewed the potential loss of the castle as a blow to his prestige. Seeing an opportunity to regain the Scottish lands lost since his father's death in 1307, Edward prepared to march north that summer. Assembling a force numbering around 20,000 men, the army included seasoned veterans of the Scottish campaigns such as the Earl of Pembroke, Henry de Beaumont, and Robert Clifford. Departing Berwick-upon-Tweed on June 17, it moved north through Edinburgh and arrived south of Stirling on the 23rd. Long aware of Edward's intentions, Bruce was able to assemble 6,000-7,000 skilled troops as well as 500 cavalry, under Sir Robert Keith, and approximately 2,000 "small folk." With the advantage of time, Bruce was able train his soldiers and better prepare them for the coming battle. The basic Scottish unit, the schiltron (shield-troop) consisted of around 500 spearmen fighting as a cohesive unit. As the immobility of schiltron had been fatal at the Battle of Falkirk , Bruce instructed his soldiers in fighting on the move. As the English marched north, Bruce shifted his army to the New Park, a wooded area overlooking the Falkirk-Stirling road, a low-lying plain known as the Carse, as well as a small stream, the Bannock Burn, and its nearby marshes. As the road offered some of the only firm ground on which the English heavy cavalry could operate, it was Bruce's goal to force Edward to move right, over the Carse, in order to reach Stirling. To accomplish this, camouflaged pits, three feet deep and containing caltrops, were dug on both sides of the road. Once Edward's army was on the Carse, it would be constricted by the Bannock Burn and its wetlands and forced to fight on a narrow front, thus negating its superior numbers. Despite this commanding position, Bruce debated giving battle until the last minute but was swayed by reports that English morale was low. On June 23, Moubray arrived in Edward's camp and told the king that battle was not necessary as the terms of the bargain had been met. This advice was ignored, as part of the English army, led by the Earls of Gloucester and Hereford, moved to attack Bruce's division at the south end of the New Park. As the English approached, Sir Henry de Bohun, nephew of the Earl of Hereford, spotted Bruce riding in front of his troops and charged. The Scottish king, unarmored and armed with only a battle axe, turned and met Bohun's charge. Evading the knight 's lance, Bruce cleaved Bohun's head in two with his axe. Chastised by his commanders for taking such a risk, Bruce simply complained that he had broken his axe. The incident helped inspire the Scots and they, with aid of the pits, drove off Gloucester and Hereford's attack. To the north, a small English force led by Henry de Beaumont and Robert Clifford was also beaten off by the Scottish division of the Earl of Moray. In both cases, the English cavalry was defeated by the solid wall of Scottish spears. Unable to move up the road, Edward's army moved to the right, crossing the Bannock Burn, and camped for the night on the Carse. At dawn on the 24th, with Edward's army surrounded on three sides by the Bannock Burn, Bruce turned to the offensive. Advancing in four divisions, led by Edward Bruce, James Douglas, the Earl of Moray, and the king, the Scottish army moved towards the English. As they drew near, they paused and knelt in prayer. Seeing this, Edward reportedly exclaimed, "Ha! they kneel for mercy!" To wh


With which re-released song did The Bluebells have a number one hit in 1993?

The Bluebells ~ Young at Heart (HQ) - YouTube The Bluebells ~ Young at Heart (HQ) 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 Sep 27, 2013 Going back to the 80's now with this great song by "The Bluebells" which was released in 1984 and made number 8 in the UK charts, but was re-released as a single in 1993 when the song was used for a car TV advertisement, and on that occasion it made number 1 for four weeks... I can't believe it was 29 years ago when this one was released, am feeling old now lol... Try and watch this one to the very end as the last picture has a message for all of us who are not quite as mature as the ones in this video... Category


At which athletics event did American Mike Powell break the world record in 1991, a record which had stood for almost 33 years?

The jump for the ages | NBC SportsWorld By Nick Zaccardi The jump for the ages Mike Powell broke an iconic record in 1991, supplanting its holder and a legendary long jumper in one bound. And it may never be broken. Mike Powell/Allsport Mike Powell knew the milestone was coming. On July 11, Powell’s world record in the men’s long jump turned 8,351 days old, and his thoughts traveled back to its birth, Aug. 30, 1991. They often do. The previous world record, etched indelibly by Bob Beamon at the 1968 Olympics, turned 8,351 days old on Aug. 30, 1991. Powell snapped it that night, in Tokyo during a World Championships epic event with Carl Lewis. Powell has now held the world record longer than Beamon did, and nobody is currently jumping close to it. “It’s lasted 23 years,” Powell, an avowed stat geek, said in a recent phone interview. “I didn’t think it would last 23 minutes.” Neither did Beamon on Oct. 18, 1968. *** As storm clouds gathered, Bob Beamon bowed, stepped back, leaned forward and accelerated down a runway for his first Olympic final jump at Mexico City’s Olympic Stadium . “It felt like a regular jump,” he told Sports Illustrated 46 years ago. Beamon loped 19 strides and launched off the takeoff board like nobody had ever seen. Jesse Owens, peering through binoculars inside the stadium, estimated Beamon leapt vertically five to six feet, according to SI. Beamon fell to Earth. His white shoes dug into the landing pit, six seconds after his first step down the runway. Momentum carried Beamon to three mini jumps out of the pit. He jogged away, wiggling his arms and receiving one low-five before reaching a bench. Then he waited. Bob Beamon. Mexico City. 1968. (Credit: Tony Duffy /Allsport) The jump was so long, so unexpected, that the measuring device couldn’t extend far enough to record it. It took about a half-hour to locate and lay out tape to confirm what Beamon figured, that he’d broken the world record of 27 feet, 4 3/4 inches. Officials announced the mark in meters – 8.90 – but Beamon, not fully versed in metrics, couldn’t fathom it. He has said he thought it might have been a shot put mark. Teammate Ralph Boston, the 1960 Olympic champion, broke the news to him: Beamon leaped clear past 28 feet, to 29 feet, 2 1/2 inches. He shattered the record by nearly two feet. Beamon collapsed to his knees and covered his eyes in disbelief. Descriptions of the feat have since ranged from a “mutation” performance by a medical expert; to being in “the twilight zone” by Beamon; to what “might be the clearest instance of adrenaline-driven overachievement that the sports world has ever seen” by SI. Perhaps the best came on Oct. 18, 1968, from one of Beamon’s competitors to SI. “Compared to that jump, the rest of us are children,” said Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of the Soviet Union, who ceded his share of the world record that day. Mexico City marked Beamon’s first and last Olympics, nine months before man landed on the moon. He never again jumped 27 feet, partially due to injury. *** Beamon has said he expected his world record to be broken “in the next 30 minutes” at the Olympics. The conditions were ripe, jumping at an altitude more than 7,000 feet above sea level. Beamon also benefited from the maximum allowable tailwind for record purposes, 2 meters per second. But nobody challenged it in Mexico City. In fact, nobody would jump within a foot of Beamon through the 1970s. Then came Carl Lewis, whose prodigious talent was rivaled by his steadfast confidence that he would one day break Beamon’s record. Lewis would win four straight Olympic long jump gold medals from 1984 through 1996, along with five more in the sprints. Officially, he never beat Beamon’s mark, but Lewis maintains the record book lies. He and others point to the National Sports Festival in Indianapolis on July 24, 1982. “Carl jumped 30 feet,” NBC Olympics track and field analyst Dwight Stones said. “I was right there.” Stones, then a high jumper, said long jumper Jason Grimes approached him in the infield before Lewis sprinted down the runway that day. “You want to s


International Nursing Day was chosen as May 12th as it is the anniversary of the birth of which famous person from history?

International Nurses Day 12 May » Tripoli International Nurses Day Information about International Nurses Day with this year's events and a history and the origin of nurses week: Each year, on the 12th of May, nurses celebrate nursing and raise the profile of their work in a variety of ways and events. Few can say they are untouched by the hard work and dedication of nurses in the UK and throughout the world and International Nurses Day is an opportunity to learn about the work of nurses and their workplaces. Many hospitals, day centres, wards, etc hold open days, coffee mornings, fund raising events and use the day for health care promotions and to raise the profile of the profession. It is also a day for nurses worldwide to celebrate their profession and unite to take pride in their jobs and show the world the importance of their work. Nurses Day The reason that Nurses Day is held on the 12th May each year is because this is the birth date of Florence Nightingale. She made many reforms to nursing and health care and drastically cut the death rate amongst soldiers in the Crimean War as a result of her hard work, dedication and training of fellow nurses. Westminster Abbey Nurses Day Service Each year, on the day that would have been her birthday, there is a service at Westminster Abbey, London to commemorate her life and celebrate the nursing  profession. A lamp is taken from the Nurses' Chapel at the Abbey and handed from one nurse to the next nurse during the service. The last person the lamp is handed  to is the Dean who then places the symbolic lamp onto the High Altar. This ceremony is done to signify the passing of knowledge from one nurse to another, much like Florence Nightingale did when she set up her Schools of Nursing. It also signifies her nickname The Lady of the Lamp. St Margaret's Church Service Florence Nightingale was buried at St Margaret's Church, East Wellow, Hampshire and there is a service of remembrance on her birthdate as well as the Sunday after the anniversary of her birthday. A nursing student carries a candle to the alter at the beginning of this service. The first QARANC student nurse to have been the candle bearer was Private Jeremy Done in 2012. The Drummer Boy continues the adventures of QARANC nurse, Scott Grey, who has the special gift of seeing military ghosts. In this novel he is haunted by the ghost of a Gordon Highlander  Drummer Boy from the Battle of Waterloo. It is based on the legends of the Tidworth Military Hospital Drummer Boy. Chapters take place in modern day Aberdeen, at the Noose & Monkey bar and restaurant as well as His Majestyï¿½s Theatre and Garthdee. Other scenes take place at  Tidworth and during the Napoleonic War where I describe battlefield medical care of this era. Read the first three chapters for free on most devices. If you like this page and would like to easily share it with your friends and family please use the social networking buttons below:     Tweet History of Nurses Day The International Council For Nurses (ICN) in America started the event in 1965, though it was not officially recognised by the US Government until 1974. In 1999 nurses and public sector employees union UNISON mounted a campaign to change the date and remove the historical importance of Florence Nightingale from Nurses Week because they felt that she no longer reflected modern day nursing because of her class and social background. They thought that she was not in keeping with the multi-cultural nature of modern nursing.  Unison suggested the day be celebrated on 21 May which was the birthday of Elizabeth Fry. She was a 19th century reformer who founded the Institution of Nursing Sisters several years before Florence Nightingale set up her own nursing team. She went on to improve the life of the mentally ill and made many reforms in hospitals. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) disagreed with this campaign and were backed by many more nurses who felt that Florence Nightingale was an important founder of modern nursing and should rightly be remembered and celebrated on Internation


In music, which group named themselves after the main character in the 1984 film Paris, Texas?

Paris, Texas - Dictionary definition of Paris, Texas | Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary Paris, Texas International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers COPYRIGHT 2001 The Gale Group Inc. PARIS, TEXAS West Germany-France, 1984 Director: Wim Wenders Production: Road Movies Filmproduktion (West Berlin)/Argos Films (Paris), in association with Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Channel 4, and Project Film; in color; running time: 148 minutes; length: 13,320 feet. Released 1984. Executive producer: Chris Sievernich; producers: Don Guest, Anatole Dauman; screenplay: Sam Shepard; assistant director: Claire Denis; photography: Robby Muller; assistant photographers: Agnes Godard, Pim Tjujerman; editor: Peter Pryzgodda; assistant editor: Anne Schnee; sound editor: Dominique Auvray; sound recordist: Jean-Paul Mugel; sound re-recordist: Hartmut Eichgrun; art director: Kate Altman; music: Ry Cooder. Cast: Harry Dean Stanton (Travis Anderson); Dean Stockwell (Walter R. Anderson); Aurore Clement (Anne Anderson); Hunter Carson (Hunter Anderson); Nastassja Kinski (Jane); Bernhard Wicki (Doctor Ulmer); Sam Berry (Gas Station Attendant); Claresie Mobley (Car Rental Clerk); Viva Auder (Woman on TV); Socorro Valdez (Carmelita); Edward Fayton (Hunter's Friend); Justin Hogg (Hunter, age 3); Tom Farrell (Screaming Man); John Lurie ("Slater"); Jeni Vici ("Stretch"); Sally Norwell ("Nurse Bibs"); Sharon Menzel (Comedienne); The Mydolls (Rehearsing Band). Awards: BAFTA Award for Best Director, 1984. Palme d'Or at Cannes, 1984. Publications Shepard, Sam, Paris, Texas (in English, French and German), edited by Chris Sievernin, Berlin, 1984. Books: Devillers, Jean-Pierre, Berlin, L.A., Berlin: Wim Wenders, Paris, 1985. Boujut, Michel, Wim Wenders, third edition, Paris, 1986. Wenders, Wim, Written in the West: Photographien aus demAmerikanischen Western, Munich, 1987. Geist, Kathe, The Cinema of Wim Wenders: From Paris, France, toParis, Texas, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988. Kolker, Robert P., and Peter Beicken, The Films of Wim Wenders, New York, 1993. Cook, Roger F., and Gerd Gemunden, editors, The Cinema of WimWenders: Image, Narrative and the Postmodern Condition, Detroit, 1997. Wenders, Wim, The Act of Seeing: Essays and Conversations, translated by Michael Hofmann, New York, 1999. Articles: Berthelius, M., "Drömmen om Amerika: Historien om Wim Wenders," in Chaplin (Stockholm), vol. 26, no. 3, 1984. Variety (New York), 23 May 1984. Carson, Kit, in Film Comment (New York), May-June 1984. Bergala, Alain, and others, in Cahiers du Cinéma (Paris), Summer 1984. Welsh, H., in Jeune Cinéma (Paris), July-August 1984. Johnston, Sheila, in Monthly Film Bulletin (London), August 1984. "Production Diary" in Cinema (West Germany), August, September, and October 1984. Bishop, R., and T. Ryan, "Wim Wenders: An American Saga," in Cinema Papers (Melbourne), August 1984. Pym, John, "The Road from Wuppertal," in Sight and Sound (London), Autumn 1984. Ranvaud, Don, "Paris, Texas, to Sydney, Australia," in Sight andSound (London), Autumn 1984. "Special Issue" of Positif (Paris), September 1984. Simsolo, Noël, and others, in Revue du Cinéma/Image et Son (Paris), September 1984. Goldschmidt, D., in Cinématographe (Paris), September-October 1984. Baron, Saskia, in Stills (London), October 1984. Proper, R. A. F., interview with Robby Müller, in Skoop (Amsterdam), November 1984. Simons, J., "Paris, Texas: Wim Wenders' Wedergeboorte," in Skrien (Amsterdam), November-December 1984. Film (West Germany), December 1984. Kornum Larsen, J., in Kosmorama (Copenhagen), December 1984. Verstappen, W., in Skoop (Amsterdam), December 1984-January 1985. Dieckmann, F., in Film Quarterly (Berkeley), Winter 1984–85. Wooton, Adrian, in Film Directions (Belfast), Winter 1984–85. Bromet, Frans, and M. J. A. Holland, in Skoop (Amsterdam), February 1985. Scharres, B., "Robby Müller and Paris, Texas," in American Cinematographer (Los Angeles), February 1985. Freitag, I., in Filmfaust (Frankfurt), February-March 1985. De Gaetano, R., and P. Lughi, in Cinema Nuovo (Bari), June 1985. Fantauzzi, S., "Wenders


Who were the last football team other than Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea to win the top league in England?

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


From which country does the drink Stella Artois originate?

Stella Artois | Beer Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Stella Artois Logo 2015 Stella Artois brewery in Leuven Stella Artois is a 5.2% ABV global lager first brewed in Leuven, Belgium in 1926 as a Christmas brew, and named Stella after the Latin for "star." [1] Although Belgium is best known internationally for its ales, the so-called "table beers," the bottom-fermented pilsner lagers such as Stella Artois head the list for domestic consumption, making up almost 75% of Belgian beer production. Stella is promoted as an international brand by its brewer, InBev . In its home market of Belgium, however, it is marketed, priced and sold as a regular lager. It is brewed in Belgium and the United Kingdom , as well as other countries, including Australia . Much of the Stella Artois exported from Europe is currently produced at the InBev Brewery in Belgium, and packaged in the Beck's brewery in Bremen, Germany . The Anno 1366 on the Stella Artois logo refers to the origin of brewing in the city of Leuven. The city's tax records dated 1366 mention the existence of a local brewpub called Den Hoorn, ('Hoorn' in Flemish meaning 'Horn' in English, as is represented in the logo on the beer label). The name Artois was coupled to the brewery in 1708, when new owner Sebastian Artois achieved the title of Master Brewer . The frame that surrounds the name Stella Artois on the label refers to the traditional style of window frame found in Flemish architecture. Stella Artois is available on draught and in several packaged sizes, including a 275 ml bottle, 284 ml bottle, a 330 ml bottle, a 440 ml can, a 50cl can, a pint size can known as "La Grande Biere" (568 ml), 66 cl bottle, 70 cl bottle and a 1-liter bottle. Contents 1366 - Records of taxes exist on Leuven's Den Horen Brewery, a brewery that is still in existence today. 1708 - Sebastian Artois becomes the master brewer at Den Horen. 1717 - Sebastian Artois gives his name to the brewery. 1926 - Stella Artois was launched initially as a seasonal beer especially for the Christmas holiday market. 1930 - The first Stella Artois beer is exported to the European market. 1960 - 1 million hectoliters of Stella Artois is produced annually for the first time. 1993 - InBev open a new fully automated brewery in Leuven. 2006 - Total production volume reaches over 10 million hectoliters annually. Advertising Edit For some time, Stella Artois' advertising slogan in the United Kingdom was "Reassuringly Expensive". The UK television advertising campaigns became known for their distinctive style of imitating European cinema and their leitmotiv inspired by Giuseppe Verdi's La forza del destino. The campaigns began with a series of adverts based on Jean de Florette, moving on to other genres including war movies, silent comedy and even surrealism (for which the slogan was changed to "Reassuringly Elephants"). They have used notable movie directors such as Jonathan Glazer, and their aim was to portray the drink in a context of sophisticated European culture. During 2007, the "reassuringly expensive" slogan was dropped, and the word "Stella" has been avoided in the advertisements. This has been seen as a reaction to the lager's perceived connection with aggression and binge-drinking in the United Kingdom, where it is nicknamed "wife beater". [2] In Belgium, Stella Artois is promoted as Mijn thuis is waar mijn Stella staat and Chez moi, c'est près de ma Stella (My home is where my Stella is). Interestingly, in Belgium, Stella is sold as a regular lager and does not enjoy the more flattering reputation it has abroad. Stella Artois is also brewed in Abbotsford, Melbourne by Carlton & United Beverages for the Australian market under license from InBev. Stella Artois has had a long association with film. Dating back to 1994 (in the UK), the beer has organized a range of events as well as TV sponsorship of Channel 4 films and a website. Most recently the beer brand has adopted the new identity - Studio Artois. Stella Artois has been a primary sponsor of the film festivals at Cannes and Sundance. In May 2008, an advertisi


What did Earl John Montagu allegedly invent so that he could eat with one hand while playing cards with the other?

What Storytelling Does to Our Brains Written by Leo Widrich Nov 29, 2012 Last updated: Feb 1, 2016 5 minutes to read In 1748, the British politician and aristocrat John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, used a lot of his free time for playing cards. One of the problems he had was that he greatly enjoyed eating a snack, whilst still keeping one hand free for the cards. So he came up with the idea to eat beef between slices of toast, which would allow him to finally eat and play cards at the same time. Eating his newly invented “sandwich,” the name for two slices of bread with meat in between, became one of the most popular meal inventions in the western world. Now you are very likely to never forget the story of who invented the sandwich. Or at least, much less likely to do so than if it had been presented in bullet points or another purely information based form. For over 27,000 years, since the first cave paintings were discovered, telling stories has been one of our most fundamental communication methods. Here is the science around storytelling and how we can use it to make better decisions every day: How our brains become more active when we tell stories We all enjoy a good story, whether it’s a novel, a movie or simply something one of our friends is explaining to us that they’ve experienced. But why do we feel so much more engaged when we hear a narrative about events? It’s quite simple. If we listen to a Powerpoint presentation with boring bullet points, certain parts in the brain get activated. Scientists call these Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area. Overall, it hits our language processing parts in the brain, where we decode words into meaning. And that’s it, nothing else happens. When we are being told a story, though, things change dramatically, according to  researchers in Spain . Not only are the language processing parts in our brain activated, but any other area in our brain that we would use when experiencing the events of the story are too. If someone tells us about how delicious certain foods were, our sensory cortex lights up. If it’s about motion, our motor cortex gets active: “Metaphors like “The singer had a velvet voice” and “He had leathery hands” roused the sensory cortex. […] Then, the brains of participants were scanned as they read sentences like “John grasped the object” and “Pablo kicked the ball.” The scans revealed activity in the motor cortex, which coordinates the body’s movements.” A story can put your whole brain to work. And yet, it gets better: When we tell stories to others that have helped us shape our thinking and way of life, we can have the same effect on them too. The brains of the person telling a story and listening to it, can synchronize, says Uri Hasson from Princeton: “When the woman spoke English, the volunteers understood her story, and their brains synchronized.  When she had activity in her insula, an emotional brain region, the listeners did too.  When her frontal cortex lit up, so did theirs. By simply telling a story, the woman could plant ideas, thoughts and emotions into the listeners’ brains.” Anything you’ve experienced, you can get others to experience the same. Or at least, get their brain areas active, too:   Evolution has wired our brains for storytelling – how to make use of it Now all this is interesting. We know that we can activate our brains better if we listen to stories. The still unanswered question is: Why is that? Why does the format of a story, where events unfold one after the other have such a profound impact on our learning? The simple answer is this: We are wired that way. A story, if broken down into the simplest form is a connection of cause and effect. And that is exactly how we think. We think in narratives all day long, no matter if it is about buying groceries, whether we think about work or our spouse at home. We make up (short) stories in our heads for every action and conversation. In fact, Jeremy Hsu found : “Personal stories and gossip make up 65% of our conversations.” Now, whenever we hear a story, we want to relate it to one of ou


About - KFC.com YouTube WHAT MADE US GREAT IS STILL WHAT MAKES US GREAT KFC Corporation, based in Louisville, Kentucky, is one of the few brands in America that can boast a rich, decades-long history of success and innovation. It all started with one cook who created a soon-to-be world-famous recipe more than 70 years ago, a list of secret herbs and spices scratched out on the back of the door to his kitchen. That cook was Colonel Harland Sanders , of course, and now KFC is the world’s most popular chicken restaurant chain, specializing in that same Original Recipe® along with Extra Crispy™ chicken , home-style sides and buttermilk biscuits . There are more than 20,000 KFC outlets in 125 countries and territories around the world. And you know what? There’s still a cook in a kitchen in every last one of them, freshly preparing delicious, complete family meals at affordable prices.


Which fruit was originally known as the love apple?

Why is a tomato called a love apple? | HowStuffWorks Why is a tomato called a love apple? Andy Sotiriou/Photodisc/ Getty Images The 1937 film "Shall We Dance" featured "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," a song penned by George and Ira Gershwin. The ditty is a rundown of all the words that two lovebirds pronounce differently, thanks to their accents -- words like bananas, either and oysters. Because the pair can't see eye-to-eye on these matters, the song goes, they should just nip this affair in the bud right now. "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" makes brief note of the fact that half of the couple prefers the pronunciation " tomato ," while the other half prefers "tomahto." But this disagreement merely scratches the surface of what to call a tomato, and if the Gershwins had decided to write the entire song about tomatoes, they would have had ample material. For example, when this couple refers to tomatoes, are they thinking of beefsteak, heirloom or cherry tomatoes? Do they prefer varietals like the Abraham Lincoln, the Fourth of July or the Black Russian? Would they rather we refer to the tomato's formal botanical classification, Lycopersicon esculentum, which translates as "edible wolf peach" [source: Ray ]? And does anyone in this relationship prefer calling tomatoes "love apples," as they are sometimes known? Tomato, Tomahto Sliced, diced or whole tomatoes? We can thank the Aztecs for the tomato, both the name in English (which is derived from the Aztec word "tomatl") and the food itself. One of the first references to tomatoes in historical documents mentions that Aztecs who practiced cannibalism used the red fruit as a side dish to the main course of human flesh [source: Epstein ]. When the tomato made its way to Europe, many were convinced that the fruit was poisonous, because it was classified alongside the deadly belladonna and nightshade. So how does a food associated with cannibalism and believed to be toxic become known as the love apple? 1


Which drink is advertised with the slogan made in Scotland from girders?

End of the dynasty that made Irn-Bru – from girders | The Independent Tuesday 17 March 2009 00:00 BST Click to follow Indy Lifestyle Online For years, its slogan was "Barr's Irn-Bru: made in Scotland from girders". But now the beloved Scottish fizzy drink's catchphrase is wrong in two ways: first, the closest it gets to girders is 0.002 per cent of ammonium ferric citrate listed in its ingredients. And second, the last member of the Barr family, who have made Irn-Bru for more than 130 years, is to step down. Robin Barr, whose great-grandfather set up the family business in 1875, said he was retiring as chairman of AG Barr in May, after 31 years of running the company. His decision all but ends the Barr family's involvement with the bright orange-coloured drink that has been synonymous with Scottish culture for more than 100 years. Until six years ago, Irn-Bru was one of a couple of brands in the world to outsell the behemoth Coca-Cola on home soil. The other is Inca Kola in Peru. Under Mr Barr's chairmanship, Irn-Bru was launched in a host of other countries, including Russia (where it is much-loved), Ireland, Poland, Greece and the Middle East. A G Barr has other brands including Tizer, which it bought in 1975, and Strathmore Spring Water, but Irn-Bru which remains its most powerful and recognisable brand. At the heart of Irn-Bru's success has been its powerful advertising campaigns, which have not only tapped into the Scottish sense of humour but also national pride. In fact its slogans, "made in Scotland from girders", and "Scotland's other drink", referring to whisky, gave it a resonance that extended way beyond Scotland's borders. Other ads involved a man singing a song about his girlfriend who liked Irn-Bru and was therefore perceived to be more macho than he was. The lines went: "They say that love hurts but that's an understatement, With you love makes me turn black and blue. Got a funny feeling you've been drinking Irn-Bru". It is so revered that when McDonald's opened in Scotland people complained, and apparently picketed, the restaurants for not selling Irn-Bru. It is available in some branches. The Barr family's ability to maximise the brand's value and capture the zeitgeist has been evident throughout Irn-Bru's history. For instance, Iron Brew was rebranded Irn-Bru in 1947 as fears grew that the Labour government under Clement Attlee was to change food-labelling laws to ensure product names had to be literally accurate. Mr Barr's great-grandfather Robert founded the business in 1875 in Falkirk. Two years later, his son, Robert Fulton Barr, started a second soft-drinks business in Glasgow, taken over by his brother Andrew Greig Barr in 1892. He started selling Iron Brew in 1901, initially under the Strachan's brew name. In the UK, Irn-Bru is the third-biggest selling soft drink, after Pepsi and Coca-Cola. Last year, AG Barr said that Irn-Bru's sales were bigger than those of Lilt, Sprite and Tango combined. Mr Barr, 71, who still owns 6.5 per cent of the company, will stay as a non-executive director. Ronnie Hanna, who has been a non-executive director for five years, will become non-executive chairman. But another family member, Julie Barr, remains A G Barr's company secretary and legal affairs manager. More about:


Founded in Switzerland in 1866 by a German pharmacist, what is the world's largest food company?

Nestle Celebrates 150 Years Of Selling The World's Most Iconic Brands Nestle Celebrates 150 Years Of Selling The World's Most Iconic Brands Aug 2, 2016 | Share | Share CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwired - August 01, 2016) - Happy Birthday Nestlé! The company widely known for its popular products like Butterfinger, Nescafé, and Gerber, is celebrating its 150th anniversary this week. The world's largest food company was founded in Switzerland in 1866 by pharmacist Henri Nestlé. The next year, he partnered with chocolatier Daniel Peter and the two released the first milk chocolate bar in 1875. Today, the company manufacturers more than 2,000 brands, that are sold in 189 countries. In 1937, researchers in Nestlé's Swiss laboratories created the first instant coffee. One year later, the innovative product made its way to the U.S. as Nescafé, which was a hit among U.S. consumers. In fact, Nestlé chocolate and Nescafé instant coffee fueled American soldiers during World War II and astronauts who traveled to the moon during the 1960s. Other Nestlé iconic brands include Nestlé Toll House, Hot Pockets, SweeTarts, Lean Cuisine, Perrier, Nesquik, Nespresso and Fancy Feast, reaching 97% of US households. For the past 10 years, the company has worked to reduce sugar, sodium and saturated fats from its products, helping millions of consumers striving for better health. As part of its anniversary celebration, on August 4, Nestlé in the U.S. will embark on its largest single day of organized community service. Honoring the 120 hometowns in 47 states in which Nestlé businesses operate in the U.S., the company will bring its longstanding commitment to "Good Food, Good Life" to more than 150 different community events nationwide. #Nestlé150for150 unites more than 6,000 employees with dozens of nonprofit organizations for a day dedicated to service. The celebration comes a week before the Aug. 10 birthday of founder Henri Nestlé who was born Aug. 10, 1814 and died July 7, 1890. Continue Reading


What was the first line of the Italian song O Sole Mio altered to in a long series of TV adverts for a food brand?

Venetian gondoliers upset by tourists ice cream jingle O Sole Mio request | Daily Mail Online comments Anger: Gondoliers in Venice are fed up with tourists requesting O Sole Mio - the song made used in the Cornetto ice cream adverts Venice's famous gondoliers are up in arms over requests from tourists to continually sing ice cream jingle 'O Sole Mio' instead of being serenaded with local melodies. According to the Association of Venice Gondola Rowers, visitors to the famous lagoon city ask for the classic song - made famous by the 1980's classic Just one Cornetto ad - more than anything else. A romantic ride along the picturesque canals of the northern Italian city can cost as much as £100 for half an hour - so for that price tourists would be expected to get whatever song they ask for. However Venice city councillor Alberto Mazzonetto, who is also a member of the ultra nationalist anti immigration Northern League party, said: 'Most of the songs sung by gondoliers come from southern Italy. 'This is detrimental to tourists as it presents a distorted image of the city of Venice as some kind of new Disneyland, which has little to do with the place. 'I'm not blaming the gondoliers it's not their fault but the instead I blame the Gondola Authority - they get 600,000 Euro a year from the council and they do have the power to do something. 'They can tell gondoliers what to wear and what not to wear - for instance they are not allowed to wear trainers and there is a disciplinary code so they could tell them to sing more Venetian songs. 'It is an insult to our heritage and a real punch to the stomach to have Venetian gondoliers singing songs from southern Italy.' Tradition: Lines of gondolas on the canals of Venice. A Venetian councillor has said gondoliers sing too many songs from southern Italy The Northern League also has a dislike of southern Italy as well as immigrants. Mr Mazzonetto added that he had heard reports that some gondoliers had been refusing to sing songs from southern Italy but pointed out that at the end of the day the customer was paying so if they insisted there was nothing that could be done. However singer-songwriter Nino D'Angelo, who is from Naples, defended the southern Italian songs and said: 'O Sole Mio is a famous Neapolitan song that's known all over the world.  'It's one of the most beautiful songs and I don't believe anyone has forced gondoliers to sing it. 'On the contrary, I think tourists request it - it's not just a Neapolitan song but a world anthem.' Aldo Reato, president of the Association of Venice Gondola Rowers , said: 'We try to open and close the gondola ride with a Venetian song but the problem is tourists only know O Sole Mio. They don't know any others.'


What is the main alcoholic spirit used to make a Daiquiri cocktail?

Daiquiri Cocktail Recipe You must be logged in to post a comment. Adding comment …  dannynannady2007.2b626c1 posted 10 months ago I usually enjoy the videos with Dushan, but FREE POURING a daiquiri???? You gotta be out of your mind... johndixon548gmailcom1017305228 posted 1 year ago I made this tonight with Pusser's British Navy Rum and Rose's Lime Juice. Very citrusy until I added an additional .5 oz (ish) of rum. Refreshing! cholo7 posted 2 years ago I thought the classic is supposed to be with light rum?? CocktailSeb posted 2 years ago Dark Rum?!?!


Which type of food is named after the French for twice cooked?

Culinary Dictionary - B, Food Dictionary, Whats Cooking America Culinary Dictionary Linda’s Culinary Dictionary – B A Dictionary of Cooking, Food, and Beverage Terms   An outstanding and large culinary dictionary and glossary that includes the definitions and history of cooking, food, and beverage terms. Please click on a letter below to alphabetically search the many food and cooking terms:       baba (BAH-bah) – Baba is called babka in Poland and Babas Au Rhum in France.  In French, the word baba meaning, “falling over or dizzy.”  These are small cakes made from yeast dough containing raisins or currants.  They are baked in cylindrical molds and then soaked with sugar syrup usually flavored with rum (originally they were soaked in a sweet fortified wine).  After these cakes were soaked in the wine sauce for a day, the dried fruits would fall out of them. Baba Au Rhum – In the 18th century, French chef, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826),created a cake that he served with a rum sauce that he called Baba Au Savarin.  The dessert became very popular in France, but the people called it Baba Au Rhum and soon dropped the name Savarin. History:  For a history of Baba and Baba Au Rhum, check out Linda Stradley’s History of Cakes .   bacon – Bacon comes from the fatty parts of the pig, especially the sides.  The most desirable bacon is cut from the breast of the hog.  It is cured with either sugar or salt, which gives it a sweet or salty taste. History:  Bacon has played a prominent role in the history of superstition.  It was considered a sacred food by the pagans and was regarded as a symbol of prosperity.  It was frequently used as an offering to the Gods, and was believed to have curative properties.  If a knife, which caused a wound, was stuck into bacon afterwards, it was supposed to prevent infection.   bagel (BAY-guhl) – Bagel derives from the Yiddish word beygl, which comes from the German word beugel meaning a “bracelet.”  Bagels are bread rolls in the shape of a doughnut or an old-fashioned curtain ring.  The brown crust is obtained on the rolls by first boiling them in water and then baking them in an oven. History:  According to legend, the world’s first bagel was produced in 1683 as a tribute to Jan Sobieski, King of Poland.  The king, a renowned horseman, had just saved the people of Austria from an onslaught by Turkish invaders.  In gratitude, a local baker shaped yeast dough into the shape of stirrup to honor him and called it the Austrian word for stirrup, “beugel.”  The roll soon became a hit throughout Eastern Europe. Over time, its shape evolved into a circle with a hole in the center and its named was converted to its modern form, bagel.  In the 1880s, hundreds of thousands of Eastern European Jews immigrated to America, bringing with them a love for bagels.  In 1927, Polish baker Harry Lender opened the first bagel plant outside New York City in New Haven, Conn.  The bagel’s popularity began to spread in the United States.   bagna cauda (BAHN-yah KOW-dah) – Bagna Cauda is an Italian term that means “hot Bath.”  It is like a Swiss fondue except that it has a much more boisterous flavor.  The original recipe called for walnut oil, but olive oil is now used and is considered the key to a successful sauce.  The sauce is made up of anchovy fillets, olive oil, garlic, cream, butter, and vinegar.     baguette(bag-EHT) – Is French for a “rod,” “wand,” or “stick.”  Baguette is the name for anything long and skinny, including drumsticks, strips of wood, etc.  The baguette is generally known as a French white bread due to its popularity in that country.  Baguettes are formed into a long, narrow, cylindrical loaf.  It usually has a thin, crisp brown crust and an open-holed, chewy interior. History:  The shape for which it is famous was developed by an Austrian baker and brought to France in the middle of the nineteenth century.  At first French bread was all shaped round, but when bakers realized that their crusts were so tasty, they gave the bread more crust by making them long.   bain-marie (bahn mah-REE) –


Alicante, Cardinal, Cassidy, Niagara and Palamino are all varieties of which fruit?

Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: 1 April Questions Macclesfield Pub Quiz League 1 April Questions Specialist set by TheLamb (please note that although these are all the questions, the subjects are not in the order in which they were asked) SPORT 01. Q. Which Irn-Bru Scottish League team recently became the first British football team to be promoted in the current 2007/2008 season ? A. EAST FIFE (Division 3 Champions) 02. Q. On what date is the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games ? A. 8th AUGUST (08.08.08) 03. Q. At which course will the 2008 (British) Open Golf Championship take place ? A. ROYAL BIRKDALE 04. Q. Who trained the first, second and third placed horses in the 2008 Cheltenham Gold Cup ? 05. Q. At which weight is boxer Joe Calzaghe considered to be the undisputed World Champion ? 06. Q. In which park is the Melbourne Australian Formula 1 motor racing circuit situated ? A. ALBERT PARK 07. Q. Dwain Chambers was banned by UK Athletics in 2004 for the mis-use of which anabolic steroid ? 08. Q. England fly-half Johnny Wilkinson was replaced in the starting line-up for the final 2008 Rugby 6 Nations test against Ireland by whom ? A. DANNY CIPRIANI (a) Q. What colour jacket is worn by the No. 1 dog in greyhound racing ? A. RED (b) Q. Which British girl gymnast became European and World Champion on Bars in 2006? A. BETH TWEDDLE (c) Q. In the recent Test Cricket series in New Zealand who was the first England batsman to score a century ? A. TIM AMBROSE QUOTATIONS 01. Q. Which author said “In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king” ? A. H. G. WELLS 02. Q. Who said of Lord Byron “He is mad, bad and dangerous to know” ? A. LADY CAROLINE LAMB 03. Q. Which American poet, famous for her wisecracks, said “Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses” ? A. DOROTHY PARKER 04. Q. Which former Prime Minister said, in 1921 “Love your neighbour is not merely sound Christianity, it’s good business” ? A. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE 05. Q. Which Conservative politician said, in 1974 “Harold Wilson is going around the country stirring up apathy” ? A. WILLIAM WHITELAW 06. Q. Which inventor said “Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration” ? 07. Q. Which early American politician and author said “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” ? A. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 08. Q. Which former US President said “I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I’m in a cabinet meeting” ? A. RONALD REAGAN (a) Q. Who or what did Oscar Wilde describe as “The unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable” ? A. FOX HUNTERS (b) Q. Who said “I never forget a face, but in your case I’ll make an exception” ? A. GROUCHO MARX (c) Q. Who said “This case has had full analyzation and has been looked at a lot” ? A. GEORGE W. BUSH THE MUSIC ROUND For all you lovers of pop, this one’s about classical music ! But cheer up, there are plenty of clues. 01. Q. Which anthem by Handel, also used for the UEFA Champions League and P&O cruise adverts, has been sung at every coronation since that of George II in 1727 ? A. ZADOK THE PRIEST 02. Q. From which composition was the music for the Rugby World Cup’s ‘World in union’ taken. It is also sung as an alternative national anthem entitled ‘I vow to thee my country’ A. JUPITER (From the Planets Suite by Gustav Holst) 03. Q. The first four notes from which world famous symphony were used by the BBC during WWII to introduce their radio broadcasts, because they evoked the Morse code for V, symbolising victory ? A. BEETHOVEN’S 5TH 04. Q. To who’s wedding march, from his music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, have more brides walked down the aisle since 1842, than any other composition ? A. FELIX MENDELSSOHN 05. Q. Music to the films ‘Out of Africa’, ‘Dances with Wolves’ and arrangement of the James Bond theme have one thing in common. Name it. A. JOHN BARRY (He wrote the first two and arranged Monty Norman’s original Bond theme) 06. Q. Augustus Jaeger was Edward Elgar’s best friend. Jaeger being German for ‘hunter’ inspired


In what year was the Big Mac introduced into McDonalds?

The Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Big Mac A Meal Disguised as a Sandwich: The Big Mac By Jamie Fox, Fall 2009 Alan Jalowitz Two all-beef patties special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun. Click on any picture in this story to see its full version, as well as in the gallery at the bottom of the page. A hamburger built of two 1.6oz beef patties, special “Mac” sauce (akin to Thousand Island dressing), iceberg lettuce, American cheese, pickles, and onions, all served on a three-part sesame seed bun, sounds more like a day’s worth of food than a single sandwich. From modest beginnings as an early McDonald’s franchise owner in the 1960s, Jim Delligatti used persistence and innovation to develop the Big Mac, which first sold for 45 cents. The sandwich was originally test-run in a dozen Delligatti McDonald’s stores around Pittsburgh before being added to the national McDonald’s menu in 1968. The Big Mac is now sold internationally and is one of the company’s signature products. Michael James Delligatti was born in Uniontown, Fayette County in 1918. Delligatti’s father’s job forced the family to move frequently. He never went to college and started his career working for Isaly’s Dairy, a chain of family-owned dairies and restaurants, in the 1950s. By the mid-50s, Delligatti wanted to open his own restaurant and decided to attend a restaurant show in Chicago in 1956. At the show, a McDonald’s booth caught Delligatti’s attention and led to an invitation to a McDonald’s that had just opened in Illinois. Delligatti discovered if he went with McDonald’s, the money he’d save on paper goods purchased through the company would pay for his franchise fee. Alan Jalowitz Jim Delligatti with a Big Mac as seen in a picture at the Big Mac Museum. In 1957, Jim Delligatti opened his first McDonald’s on McKnight Road in the North Hills area of Pittsburgh. He was one of McDonald’s earliest franchise owners; by the 1960s, he was operating a dozen stores in the Pittsburgh area. Delligatti had an exclusive territorial franchise for metropolitan Pittsburgh but was struggling with sub-par store volumes. He decided that the only way to broaden his customer base and increase sales was to add to the McDonald’s menu. For the next few years, Jim Delligatti spent time and energy to create a new product for the McDonald’s menu. Delligatti used every opportunity to partner with other multi-store franchise owners and McDonald’s top managers and discuss the need to improve the menu to gain sales through a new target market. Delligatti’s eventual idea was to combine two-all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, and onions on a sesame seed bun. The special sauce recipe remains a secret, but it is recognized as a variant of Thousand Island dressing. Original names for the burger included “Aristocrat” and “Blue Ribbon Burger.” The name “Big Mac” was created by Esther Glickstein Rose, a 21-year-old Advertising Secretary who worked at McDonald’s Corporate office in Chicago. Delligatti’s sandwich idea was not wholly his own, however. Bob Wian, the founder of the Big Boy drive-in chain, virtually built his entire franchise around a double-decker sandwich. Delligatti was introduced to this type of sandwich when he managed a Big Boy drive-in in the early 1950s in southern California. When Delligatti started looking for new menu items Wian’s Big Boy sandwich quickly came to mind. Delligatti said that inventing the Big Mac “wasn’t like discovering the light bulb. The bulb was already there. All I did was screw it in the socket.” Alan Jalowitz Uniontown is proclaimed the home town of the Big Mac on this exhibit at the Big Mac Museum. One of Delligatti’s obstacles in getting the Big Mac approved for sale was its proposed price of 45 cents—twice that of a regular cheeseburger. It took the support of Ralph Lanphar, a regional manager in Columbus, to obtain corporate permission to test the Big Mac. This permission was limited—Delligatti could only test the sandwich at his Uniontown store


Which three films are tied for winning the most Academy Awards, with 11 Oscars each?

Oscars Facts: 25 Things You (Probably) Don't Know About the Academy Awards | Moviefone Oscars Facts: 25 Things You (Probably) Don't Know About the Academy Awards by Phil Pirrello It's almost here -- the 88th Academy Awards finally airs this Sunday, and we're counting down the minutes. We've already given you our Oscar predictions , and now we're bringing you some of the best (and, um, craziest) facts about Hollywood's biggest awards show. From the first Best Actor winner, to the "one dollar" Oscar rule, here are 25 things you (probably) don't know about the Oscars. 1. The youngest Oscar winner was Tatum O'Neal (above), who won Best Supporting Actress for " Paper Moon " (1973) when she was only 10 years old. Shirley Temple won the short-lived Juvenile Award at 6 years old. 2. After winning Best Actress for " Cabaret " (1972), Liza Minnelli became (and still is) the only Oscar winner whose parents both earned Oscars. Her mother, Judy Garland , received an honorary award in 1939 and her father, Vincente Minnelli , won Best Director for " Gigi " (1958). 3. Nameplates for all potential winners are prepared ahead of time; in 2014, the Academy made 215 of them! 4. The first Academy Awards were presented in 1929 at a private dinner of about 270 people. It was first televised in 1953, and now the Oscars ceremony can be seen in more than 200 countries. 5. Only three women have received Best Director nominations, while Kathryn Bigelow is the lone winner for " The Hurt Locker " (2009). Interestingly, Bigelow beat out ex-husband James Cameron , who was nominated for the technological wonder " Avatar ." 6. At 82, Christopher Plummer (above) became the oldest person to win an Academy Award. He received the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work in " Beginners " (2010) opposite Ewan McGregor . 7. Peter Finch (" Network ") and Heath Ledger (" The Dark Knight ") are the only actors to be awarded an Academy Award posthumously. Ledger's Oscar -- and his entire fortune -- was gifted to his young daughter, Matilda. 8. With her nomination last year for " Into the Woods ," Meryl Streep has been nominated a record 19 times. She has won three Best Actress Oscars -- the last for " The Iron Lady " (2011). 9. Katharine Hepburn won a record four Academy Awards -- all Best Actress Oscars -- the last for " On Golden Pond " (1981), which starred another Hollywood legend, Henry Fonda . 10. The first Oscars were held at the famous Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Today, the ceremony takes place at the Dolby Theatre (around the corner from the Roosevelt), its tenth venue over the decades. 11. Jack Nicholson (above) is the most-nominated male actor, receiving 12 Oscar nominations beginning with 1969's " Easy Rider ." His three wins tie him with Walter Brennan and Daniel Day-Lewis . 12. Oscar statuettes are technically property of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. As a result, before an Academy Award winner or his estate can sell his Oscar, he must first offer to sell it to the Academy first for one dollar (yes, one dollar). This, of course, is to discourage winners from selling the award for financial gain. Oscars awarded before 1950, however, are not bound by this agreement. In 2011, Orson Welles ' 1941 Oscar for " Citizen Kane " was sold at auction for over $800,000 in 2011! 13. Only three films have won all of the "Big Five" Academy Award categories: " It Happened One Night " (1934), " One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest " (1975), and " The Silence of the Lambs " (1991). The "Big Five" categories are: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay (either adapted or original). 14. In 1940, the LA Times broke the Academy's embargo and published the names of all the Oscar winners prior to the ceremony. As a result, the Academy introduced the sealed envelope tradition that is present to this day. 15. The legendary Alfred Hitchcock was nominated five times for Best Director, but never took home the Oscar. 16. " Ben-Hur ," " Titanic ," and " The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King " (above) are the most successful film


As at 2006, Which actress has had 13 Oscar nominations, more than any other actress?

2006 Academy Awards® Winners and History Monster House (2006) Actor: FOREST WHITAKER in "The Last King of Scotland," Leonardo         DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond," Ryan Gosling in "Half         Nelson," Peter O'Toole in "Venus," Will Smith         in "The Pursuit of Happyness" Actress: HELEN MIRREN in "The Queen," Penelope Cruz in "Volver," Judi         Dench in "Notes on a Scandal," Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada," Kate Winslet         in "Little Children" Supporting Actor: ALAN ARKIN in "Little Miss Sunshine," Jackie Earle         Haley in "Little Children," Djimon Honsou in "Blood         Diamond," Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls," Mark Wahlberg in "The Departed" Supporting Actress: JENNIFER HUDSON in "Dreamgirls," Adriana Barraza in "Babel," Cate         Blanchett in "Notes on a Scandal," Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine," Rinko         Kikuchi in "Babel" Director: MARTIN SCORSESE for "The Departed," Clint Eastwood         for "Letters From Iwo Jima," Stephen Frears for "The         Queen," Paul Greengrass for "United 93," Alejandro         González Iñárritu for "Babel" The          2006 nominees continued Hollywood's trend of nominating relatively          low-to-modestly budgeted films with ensemble casts and personal          subjects, again eschewing big budgeted Hollywood studio epics,          though in this year, three of the Best Picture-nominated films          were at least partially bankrolled by a major studio. Three          of the five films were released by specialty divisions, while          director Clint Eastwood's Letters From Iwo Jima was          able to be made by a studio, using his reputation to get financing          for its narrowly-appealing content. It was one of the most diverse and international          rosters of nominees and winners in recent Academy history.          The five films that were nominated for Best Picture had a total          of only 26 nominations -- the fewest since 1932/1933 (when          10 films were nominated for the top prize but there were fewer          awards categories). No single film received nominations in          more than six categories. And the Oscar wins were spread out          over numerous films - many received either one or two awards. As with last year, there was a perceived backlash          against flashy, "popcorn" Best Picture nominees and          winners. Mega-budget, special effects-heavy box-office blockbusters          that received minimal nominations included: Gore Verbinski's Pirates           of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (4 technical           nominations, with a sole Oscar win for Best Visual Effects),           one of the fastest grossing films in history, reaching           $100M and $200M box office dollars in record time, and           grossing over $1B worldwide, as the second part of a           planned trilogy Brett Ratner's X-Men:           The Last Stand (no nominations), the third film           in the series, grossing box-office of about $460 worldwide Ron Howard's The Da Vinci Code (no           nominations), which grossed over $750M worldwide despite           savage reviews Superman           Returns (one nomination for Best Visual Effects),           the fifth in the series, directed by former X-Men director           Bryan Singer and a total worldwide box-office of almost           $400M Martin Campbell's Casino           Royale (no nominations), the exciting 007 "reboot" starring           Daniel Craig as the new James Bond, which grossed about           $550M worldwide J.J. Abrams' Mission           Impossible III (no nominations), starring and


Which 1981 film is the only Best Picture Oscar winner to contain all of the letters of Oscar in its title?

1981 Academy Awards® Winners and History Reds (1981) Actor: HENRY FONDA in "On Golden Pond", Warren Beatty in "Reds",         Burt Lancaster in "Atlantic City", Dudley Moore in "Arthur",         Paul Newman in "Absence of Malice" Actress: KATHARINE HEPBURN in "On Golden Pond", Diane Keaton         in "Reds", Marsha Mason in "Only When I Laugh",         Susan Sarandon in "Atlantic City", Meryl Streep in "The         French Lieutenant's Woman" Supporting Actor: JOHN GIELGUD in "Arthur", James Coco in "Only         When I Laugh", Ian Holm in "Chariots of Fire",         Jack Nicholson in "Reds", Howard E. Rollins, Jr. in "Ragtime" Supporting Actress: MAUREEN STAPLETON in "Reds", Melinda Dillon in "Absence         of Malice", Jane Fonda in "On Golden Pond", Joan         Hackett in "Only When I Laugh", Elizabeth McGovern         in "Ragtime" Director: WARREN BEATTY for "Reds", Hugh Hudson for "Chariots         of Fire", Louis Malle for "Atlantic City", Mark Rydell for "On Golden Pond",         Steven Spielberg for "Raiders of the          Lost Ark" The          Best Picture winner this year was a surprise and major upset win          for British producer David Puttnam's low-budget Chariots           of Fire, directed by Hugh Hudson, with seven nominations          and four wins. It also took top honors for Best Screenplay          (Colin Welland), Best Original Score (Vangelis' rich electronic,          throbbing score, especially during the iconic opening credits          sequence) and Best Costume Design. The win signaled the start of another mini-British          renaissance of film awards for this year and the next - with Gandhi           (1982) soon breaking all British film Oscar records. (It          had been 13 years since another British-made film had won Best          Picture, Oliver! (1968)) Chariots of Fire was          also the second sports film to win Best Picture (the          first was Rocky (1976) ). It          also marked the first of four biopics to win the top award          during the 80s, joining Gandhi (1982), Amadeus (1984),          and The Last Emperor (1987). Of the top five competitors for Best Picture,          two were historical epics, two were about senior-citizens,          and one was a throwback to the action/adventure films of the          past: Chariots of Fire was the inspirational           story of the 1924 Olympics running event in Paris and the           motivations of two of Britain's runners, Cambridge University           students - English Jew Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross) and Scottish           Christian missionary Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson). The film,           which contained an anti-Semitism subplot, soon became the           most-successful foreign film in US box-office history Warren Beatty's $35 million, three-hour long           American epic masterpiece and front-runner in the competition, Reds (with           twelve nominations and three wins) including Best Director           (Warren Beatty), Best Supporting Actress (Maureen Stapleton),           and Best Cinematography (Vittorio Storaro, the winner of           the same award for Apocalypse            Now (1979) .) Reds was the film biography of           American communist and romantic figure John Reed, a left-wing           radical journalist and author of Ten Days That Shook the            World, who journeyed from Oregon to Greenwich Village           and then to Russia to cover first-hand the 1917 Bolshevik           Revolution on the streets of Petrograd [Beatty received simultaneous nominations as producer, director,           co-writer (with English dramatist


As it 2006, who is the most nominated male actor in Oscar history?

Actors with the most Academy Awards Nominations Of History in the Oscars Jack Nicholson in Easy Rider (Best Actor in Supporting Role Oscar Nomination in 1969) Jack Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1970) Jack Nicholson in The Last Detail (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1973) Jack Nicholson in Chinatown (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1974) JACK NICHOLSON in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (Best Actor Academy Award Winner in 1975) Jack Nicholson in Reds (Best Actor in Supporting Role Oscar Nomination in 1981) JACK NICHOLSON in TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (Best Actor in Supporting Role Academy Award Winner in 1983) Jack Nicholson in Prizzi's Honor (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1985) Jack Nicholson in Ironweed (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1987) Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men (Best Actor in Supporting Role Oscar Nomination in 1992) JACK NICHOLSON in AS GOOD AS IT GETS (Best Actor Academy Award Winner in 1997) Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 2002) 10 Laurence Olivier in Wuthering Heights (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1939) Laurence Olivier in Rebecca (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1940) Laurence Olivier in Henry V (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1946) LAURENCE OLIVIER in HAMLET (Best Actor Academy Award Winner in 1948) Laurence Olivier in Richard III (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1956) Laurence Olivier in The Entertainer (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1960) Laurence Olivier in Othello (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1965) Laurence Olivier in Sleuth (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1972) Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man (Best Actor in Supporting Role Oscar Nomination in 1976) Laurence Olivier in The Boys From Brazil (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1978) 9 Spencer Tracy in San Francisco (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1936) SPENCER TRACY in CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS (Best Actor Academy Award Winner in 1937) SPENCER TRACY in BOYS TOWN (Best Actor Academy Award Winner in 1938) Spencer Tracy in Father of the Bride (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1950) Spencer Tracy in Bad Day at Black Rock (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1955) Spencer Tracy in The Old Man and the Sea (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1958) Spencer Tracy in Inherit the Wind (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1960) Spencer Tracy in Judgment at Nuremberg (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1961) Spencer Tracy in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1967) Paul Newman (1 Oscar) Paul Newman in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1958) Paul Newman in The Hustler (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1961) Paul Newman in Hud (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1963) Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1967) Paul Newman in Absence of Malice (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1981) Paul Newman in The Verdict (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1982) PAUL NEWMAN in THE COLOR OF MONEY (Best Actor Academy Award Winner in 1986) Paul Newman in Nobody's Fool (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1994) Paul Newman in Road to Perdition (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 2002) 8 Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1951) Marlon Brando in Viva Zapata! (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1952) Marlon Brando in Julius Caesar (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1953) MARLON BRANDO in ON THE WATERFRONT (Best Actor Academy Award Winner in 1954) Marlon Brando in Sayonara (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1957) MARLON BRANDO in THE GODFATHER (Best Actor Academy Award Winner in 1972) Marlon Brando in Last Tango in Paris (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1973) Marlon Brando in A Dry White Season (Best Actor in Supporting Role Oscar Nomination in 1989) Jack Lemmon (2 Oscars) JACK LEMMON in MISTER ROBERTS (Best Actor in Supporting Role Academy Award Winner in 1955) Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1959) Jack Lemmon in The Apartment (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1960) Jack Lemmon in Days of Wine and Roses (Best Actor Oscar Nomination in 1962) JACK LEMMON in SAVE THE TIGER (Best Actor Academy Award Winner in 1973) Jack Lemmon in The China Syndrome (


What is the most common street name in Britain?

Most Common Street Names In The UK | The Fact Site Most Common Street Names In The UK Home » Travel & Tourism »Most Common Street Names In The UK Most Common Street Names In The UK So, I was on a one hour bus journey today, it was rather boring, so I decided to look for funny street names. Whilst looking, I saw three roads called Church Road, which made me wonder what the most common road name is. So here goes! Here’s a list of the UK’s 50 most popular street names. High Street Chester Road Mill Road One street name I’d like to see would be one called ‘The Road’, I’m pretty sure there is one, but I’ve never seen one, if you live near ‘The Road’ please take a pic and let me know! Luke Ward is the founder of The Fact Site. He's a professional blogger & researcher with over 6 years experience in fact finding, SEO, web design & other internet wizardry. He loves to write about celebs, gaming, film & TV. Hernandez I am really happy that i have been cured from (HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS) with the herbal medicine of Dr Ighodalo, i have been suffering from this disease for the past 2 years without solution until i came across the email of this doctor who have cure so many people with his herbal medicine, i also choose to give him a chance to help me, he told me what to do and i kindly did it, and he gave me his herbal medicine and direct me on how to use it, i also follow his instructions for use and he ask us to go for a check up after 1 week and 4days which i did, to my greatest surprise my result came out as negative, i am really happy that there is someone like doctor Ighodalo who is ready to help anytime any day. To all the readers and viewers that is doubting this testimony stop doubting it and contact this doctor if you really have one and see if he will not actually help you. i am not a stupid woman that i will come out to the public and start saying what someone have not done for me and i know that there are some people out there who are really suffering and hurting their family just because of these diseases here is his contact: [email protected] he also told me that he has cure for these diseases listed below . HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS . GET YOUR EX BACK AND MAKE SHE/HIM LOVE YOU MORE . CANCER There are more funny/strange streets names in uk like Back Action Street in Manchester, Grope Lane, swan lane etc., Anonymous My fave street name is in York – Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate. You can’t make that up!!!! Rich Here’s one: Coldharbour Lane. Anonymous


Which British city has more miles of canal than Venice?

Birmingham Canal Navigations | Canal & River Trust Find events and activities within miles of It is one of the most intricate canal networks in the world. The hub of the BCN is the bustling city centre junction at  Gas Street Basin . Here, colourful boats and historic canal architecture sit side-by-side with vibrant modern restaurants, cafes and bars. The basin is in the heart of Birmingham’s cosmopolitan nightlife and shopping districts. The mainlines and city centre canals are busy with boaters, walkers and cyclists. However, elsewhere on the BCN, you can really get away from it all on winding suburban canals and some surprisingly rural branches. In the northern waters of the BCN, there are some rarely-explored waterways that are truly off the beaten track. The canals were the life-blood of Victorian Birmingham and the Black Country. At their height, they were so busy that gas lighting was installed beside the locks to permit round-the-clock operation. Boats were built without cabins for maximum carrying capacity, and a near-tidal effect was produced as swarms of narrowboats converged on the Black Country collieries at the same time every day.