‘What a Night for a Knight’ was the first episode of which US animated television series, first broadcast in September 1969?

Scooby-Doo (series) | Hanna-Barbera Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969-71) Scooby Doo Title Card Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! made its CBS network debut on Saturday, September 13, 1969, with its first episode, "What a Night for a Knight". The first season ran 17 episodes. The show was a major ratings success for CBS, and they renewed it for a second season in 1970. The eight 1970 episodes of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! differed slightly from the first-season episodes in their uses of more slapstick humor, Archie Show-like "chase songs" during climactic sequences, Heather North performing the voice of Daphne in place of Christopherson, and a re-recorded version of the theme song sung by Austin Roberts. This season also marked an attempt at providing a real mystery with multiple suspects and red herring clues. Both seasons contained a laugh track , which was the standard practice for U.S. cartoon series during the 1960s and 1970s. The show also ran during the 1971-72 TV season, but no new episodes were created at this time. The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972-74) New Scooby-Doo Movies Title Card In 1972, after 25 half-hour episodes, the program was doubled to a full hour and called The New Scooby-Doo Movies , each episode of which featured a different guest star helping the gang solve mysteries. Among the most notable of these guest stars were The Harlem Globetrotters , the Three Stooges , Don Knotts and Batman & Robin , each of whom appeared at least twice on the show. Hanna-Barbera musical director Hoyt Curtin composed a new theme song for this series, and Curtin's theme would remain in use for much of Scooby-Doo's original broadcast run. After two seasons and 24 episodes of the New Movies format from 1972 to 1974, the show went to reruns of the original series until Scooby moved to ABC in 1976. The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Show & Laff-a-Lympics (1976-79) Scooby-Doo and Dynomutt On ABC, the show went through almost yearly format changes. For their 1976–1977 season, new episodes of Scooby-Doo were joined with a new Hanna-Barbera show, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder , to create The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour . (It became The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Show when a bonus Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! rerun was added to it in November 1976.) This hour-long package show later evolved into the longer programming blocks Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics (1977–1978) and Scooby's All-Stars]' (1978–1979). New Scooby episodes, in the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! format, were produced for each of these three seasons. Four of these episodes featured Scooby's dim-witted country cousin, Scooby-Dum , as a semi-regular character. The Scooby-Doo episodes produced during these three seasons were later packaged together for syndication as The Scooby-Doo Show , under which title they continue to air. For the Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics and Scooby's All-Stars programming blocks, Scooby-Doo was packaged alongside Laff-a-Lympics , a new Hanna-Barbera cartoon featuring many of its characters in parodies of Olympic sporting events. Scooby-Doo appeared on the show as the team captain of the "Scooby Doobies" team, with Shaggy and Scooby-Dum among his teammates. Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo & The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show (1979-85) Scrappy-Doo In 1979, Scooby's tiny nephew, Scrappy-Doo , was added to both the series and the billing, in an attempt to boost Scooby-Doo's slipping ratings. The 1979–1980 episodes, aired under the title Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo , succeeded in regenerating interest in the show, and as a result the entire show was overhauled in 1980 to focus more upon Scrappy-Doo. At this time, Scooby-Doo started to walk and run anthropomorphically on two feet, rather than four like a normal dog, as he did previously. The ratings improved with children, but many long-time fans reviled the Scrappy-Doo character. Fred, Daphne and Velma were dropped from the series, and the new Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo format was now composed of three seven-minute comedic adventures starring Scooby, Scrappy and Shaggy instead of one half-hour mystery.


What is the name of fictional character Babar the Elephant’s wife?

Characters | Babar Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia The cast of characters in the TV series includes but is not limited to: Contents [ show ] Babar's family Babar : The King of Celesteville. He brought his love of the city back to the great forest and built the beautiful, happy kingdom of Celesteville . However, he is a dedicated ruler and world traveler. Babar is very happy when he picnics at the lake with his family or joining in the antics of his lively children. His mother was Badou's great-grandmother and was shot by a poacher when he was young, so he is very protective and caring of his family, as well as the elephants and other animals of the kingdom in general. Celeste : Babar's wife and Queen of Celesteville. She has also traveled the world and has had many great adventures. She has a regal presence, an engaging manner and a gentle sense of humor. Arthur : Babar's mischief-making brother-in-law and Badou's great-uncle. He often gets himself (and one or more of the children) involved with practical jokes and stunts. Although the English and French versions of the official characters page lists him as a cousin, this goes against the canon of the show where he is clearly referred to as Celeste's brother, Babar's brother-in-law, and the uncle of Babar and Celeste's children. The Japanese version of the official Babar characters page also refers to him as Celeste’s younger brother. In addition, neither Celeste nor Arthur is ever referred to as a cousin of Babar, in the show. In the book, "The Story of Babar", Celeste and Arthur are shown to have two different mothers and we are told they are Babar's cousin and little cousin, respectively. This difference between the source material (the books) and adaptation (the animated television series) could explain the discrepancy between the English and French character pages and the show's own canon. Pom : The oldest of the triplets and the leader of the children. He is protective of his brother and sisters though he will gladly join in with Alexander in playfully teasing his sisters, Flora and Isabelle He is rarely seen doing anything wrong and appears to be his parents 'perfect child'. Flora : Flora is fun-loving and strong-willed. She can more than hold her own with her two brothers. Whether building tree houses, sliding down the banister at the palace, or preparing a surprise breakfast for their parents, Flora is always immersed in the action she is also seen to have low confidence at times when she doesn't seem to please others but she does try and always make the ones she loves happy. Alexander : The smallest of the triplets, is a non-stop ball of entertainment who is into everything and disarmingly naive about the commotion he causes he also has trouble obeying his father or living up to his promises at times but does try to make his father happy. Isabelle : The youngest of the four children. She began to walk and talk early in her age. Isabelle started as a baby in the series, but as the series progressed, she matured as a toddler and appears to be very smart and bright for her age she inherits her father's wisdom. Babar's close friends and royal court Madame (The Old Lady): From their first meeting in the city, the Old Lady and Babar shared a special friendship. She gave him a home and taught him about life in the city. Though she missed him greatly, she understood his decision to return to the forest. Babar built her a home in Celesteville, where she made the decision to stay and live with her friends, the elephants. Zephir : A monkey who happens to be one of Babar's oldest friends, and is considered one of the family. He is the first to take off with Arthur and the kids on some crazy adventure, but Babar knows that Zephir can always be trusted to look after the children and bring them home safely, Zephir also adores Arthur and his wild schemes and gets involve in mishaps cause by Arthur himshelf. Cornelius : The oldest and wisest elephant in Celesteville, and the Prime Minister, who takes his job as Babar's chief adviser very seriously, whether accompanying Babar on


Which English actress was born Dora Broadbent?

Dora Bryan - Biography - IMDb Dora Bryan Jump to: Overview  (4) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (1) | Trivia  (14) Overview (4) 5' 3" (1.6 m) Mini Bio (1) Dora Bryan was born on February 7, 1923 in Southport, Lancashire, England as Dora May Broadbent. She was an actress, known for A Taste of Honey (1961), Mirrormask (2005) and Apartment Zero (1988). She was married to Bill Lawton . She died on July 23, 2014 in Hove, East Sussex, England. Spouse (1) ( 7 February  1954      - 14 August  2008) (his death) (3 children) Trivia (14) She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1995 (1994 season) for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in "The Birthday Party". She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama. She has done a lot of charity work to help homeless and sick animals. Gave up smoking in 1985. Retired in 2006. Brighton, East Sussex, UK: Now 90 Dora is the subject of a major exhibition @ Grange Museum, Rottingdean, East Sussex Sep 2013 - Apr 2014. On display is her Best Actress Academy Award for her 1961 film A Taste of Honey. [September 2013] She chose the stage surname "Bryant" after the popular brand of matches Bryant and May but had to change it to "Bryan" after a theatre mis-spelled her chosen name in a theatre programme. She first appeared on stage, in a pantomime in Manchester, when she was 12. She worked with Ensa, the armed forces' entertainment body, during World War II. Was several times hospitalised after nervous breakdowns caused by repeated miscarriages. At one time ran a hotel in Brighton, which she later converted into a block of flats. Achieved international recognition as the domineering alcoholic mother of Rita Tushingham in "A Taste of Honey". At the age of 12, she made her stage debut in a pantomime in Manchester. At 15 she joined Oldham Repertory as an assistant stage manager and remained with the company for four years, by which time she had graduated to playing juvenile leads. Was the younger of two children of the director of a cotton mill. Twice played the mother in a mother and daughter role with Anne Reid , both times for Victoria Wood and despite being only 12 years older than Reid. The first time was in 1986 in a sketch for an episode of Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV. The second time was in 1998 in an episode of Dinnerladies. See also


In the Harry Potter series of books, what is the name of the Weasley’s Shop?

Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes | Harry Potter Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Fred and George Weasley 's fireworks terrify Umbridge Prior to their departure, they offered a discount for any Hogwarts students who would swear to use their products to eliminate Umbridge. Argus Filch banned all of Fred and George 's products from Hogwarts in 1996 . However, as no one paid much attention to things Filch banned, this had little effect. They opened a branch in Diagon Alley shortly after leaving Hogwarts in April 1996 , employing a shop assistant named Verity . They also intended to buy Zonko's Joke Shop in Hogsmeade in order to extend their business. However, because of Hogwarts security being raised to the point that all Hogsmeade trips were cancelled, they saw no point to this. The twins were strict with their businesses, as they threatened a boy for attempted shoplifting and charged their younger brother Ron full price for all the products. However, they allowed Harry to take anything he wanted, free of charge, which was because of his being their investor. They also accepted patronage from Draco Malfoy (whom they hated), allowing him to buy Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder , which he would use against Dumbledore's Army later, something Ron would resent the twins for. Their mother, despite not initially approving their dream, was glad to see they managed to make such success and joy in their career. The Second Wizarding War The inside trio, Ginny, and Mrs Weasley inside the shop In the summer of 1997, the Death Eaters seized control of the British Ministry of Magic . In the spring of 1998, it was discovered that the Weasleys had been helping the fugitive Harry Potter , and the family went into hiding. Although forced to close the shop in Diagon Alley, Fred and George continued to sell their products via mail order while at their Aunt Muriel 's. Fred and George both fought in the Battle of Hogwarts , where Fred was killed in an explosion whilst fighting alongside Percy Weasley . After the War George continued to operate the business after Fred's death, despite never fully getting over the loss of his twin. [2] Two years after Ron became an Auror he left the job, stating that he wanted to help his brother George with a shop he had always loved. Already a highly successful emporium, together they were able to successfully turn Weasley's Wizard Wheezes into an even more enormous money-spinner. [2] Products All employees at Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes wear a magenta robe. Location The first official premises of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes was at 93 Diagon Alley. During 1997 , the founders, Fred and George Weasley were known to be looking at buying Zonko's Joke Shop after it closed. However, due to various complications such as Fred 's death and the return of Voldemort , it is unknown whether this purchase was actually made or not. It is assumed that it was purchased, as the business was highly successful after Voldemort's death. If this second location was purchased, Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes could also have a branch located in Hogsmeade . Behind the scenes Filch 's ban on the store 's products did not span to Pygmy Puffs , as Ginny Weasley takes her Pygmy Puff, Arnold , in to Hogwarts . The  Half-Blood Prince  film's graphic designer, Eduardo Lima revealed that there are more than 300 names of products they had invented just for the film adaptation of "Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes". [3] Because Harry did not give his Triwizard Winnings over to Fred and George onscreen in the film version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , it is not clear just how the Weasley twins were able to establish Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes in the first place in the film adaption of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince . The cash register used in the sixth film was bought off on eBay.[ citation needed ] Despite the rebellious nature of some of these products, the twins were nevertheless subject to certain Ministry regulations . Fred and George's latter skill with their shop was actually foreshadowed in the video game versions of the series. In the PC/MAC version and c


Deva was the Roman name for which Cheshire city?

Roman Cheshire - CheshireTrove CheshireTrove Cheshire Roman History This is a starting attempt at the Roman history of the area. The content will be   added to and adjusted as time goes by. Eventually, new releases will appear at intervals. This page gives some information, hopefully interesting and  entertaining, about Roman times in   Cheshire and the Wirral peninsula. A good place to start finding out about Cheshire Roman History is with a trip around the ancient city of   Chester with an official guide , and a look at this document , issued by Cheshire County Council, now called Cheshire West and Chester to distinguish   it from the other lot. I can summarise this information here and try to add a few extras. Just as I   am not a trained geologist, neither am I an expert on Roman or any other history, so I would urge people to   treat any information given here with caution. The CheshireTrove Home Page British Tribes in Roman Times 800BC to 1BC: The Iron Age in Britain. The local people (in present-day Cheshire and Shropshire)   were called the Cornovii. According to a Wikipedia article there was another tribe of the same name in the north of Scotland (and perhaps another in Cornwall, which, if true,   may give a hint as to the origin of the name Cornwall).   Apparently, these tribes appear to be unrelated to each other.   To the West, among others, were the Ordovices in North   Wales and the Silures in South Wales. These two tribes gave their names to the Ordovicean and Silurian geological   periods, since the defining rock sequences of these two periods were first recognised in these tribes' territories. To   the North of the Cornovii (across the River Mersey) were the Brigantes. The Cornovii capital, according to the   above article was a hill-fort on the Wrekin, a hill near Shrewsbury which stands alone and is a landmark   from far off in all directions. The Wrekin, by the way, looks like a volcano, but isn't one, although it was   formed by volcanic activity in pre-cambrian times, and the rock is, among other things, lava. The name Wrekin, it seems, derives from the Virocon part of the name Viroconium Cornoviorum,   the township (Wroxeter) that the Cornovii moved to under the Romans. Not many people know that. 55 to 54BC: Julius Caesar invaded southern Britain after taking Gaul (basically, Western   Europe)   from 58BC on. He did not, however, consolidate the British conquests, though his successors made treaties with   the rulers of the southern kingdoms and trade increased between southern Britain and the Roman Empire.   These facts, by the way, are taken from the Ordnance Survey Map & Guide   to Roman Britain, an excellent and fascinating publication, and apologies for quoting the previous sentence   virtually word for word from it. The same applies to some of what follows. The Roman Invasion of Britain. Occupation Dates and Generals/Governors 43 to 47AD: After a century of military inaction against Britain by Octavian   (Julius Caesar's successor), Augustus (the first emperor), Tiberius and Gaius (Caligula), emperor Claudius   conquered south-east Britain with 40,000 men, and then began the conquest of Wales. 71 to 73AD: The conquest of Northern England. After the famous campaign in 60-61AD by   Boudicca and her East Anglian tribe the Iceni (during which Colchester (Camulodunum), St Albans (Verulamium) and London (Londinium)   were destroyed) and the suicide of Claudius' successor Nero (I don't suppose the two events were related),   Vespasian became emperor. He was in command from 69 to 79AD. The Romans were finally in control of Wales   (the Borderlands up to Prestatyn, Central Wales and the South at least) by the early 70s. There were   forts at Prestatyn and Ruthin. I suppose that, now relatively   safe from attack from the west, the time had come to attempt a conquest of Cheshire and the north-west of the   country and move north from there. 79 to 105AD:   So the Romans arrived in Cheshire in the early 70s AD a


In the 1977 film ‘The Eagle Has Landed’, which political figure is the target of a kidnap plot?

Interview with Anthony Sloman | Frames Cinema Journal Interview with Anthony Sloman By Keith M. Johnston   Anthony (Tony) Sloman has worked in the British film industry since the 1960s, starting out as a runner for Soho-based film companies such as Guild and Caledonian Film. At Caledonian, the editors Jack Harris and Derek York, and directors Charles Crichton and Bryan Forbes, encouraged him to go into editing and sponsored his union membership. Having worked as second assistant editor on films such as Where the Spies Are (Guest, 1965), Othello (Burge, 1965), One Million Years B.C. (Chaffey, 1966), and Vault of Horror (Baker, 1972), Tony expanded his cutting room skills as sound editor for television and film projects like Orson Welles’ Great Mysteries (Anglia, 1973), Count Dracula (BBC, 1977), and The Bounty (Donaldson, 1983); editor on Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare (Winters, 1975) and Dance Craze (Massot, 1981); and as a producer-director-editor of his own films, starting with Sweet and Sexy (Sloman, 1970) and Not Tonight Darling (Sloman, 1971). Alongside that work, Tony has also written and produced trailers for films as diverse as The Eagle Has Landed (Sturges, 1977), The Long Good Friday (Mackenzie, 1979) and Supergirl (Szwarc, 1984), and it is that work that is (broadly) the subject of this interview. This transcript is an edited version of an hour-long interview that was conducted at BAFTA London, on Wednesday 21st November 2012.   KMJ [Keith M. Johnston]: Tony, just to get us started, to get a personal perspective… how did you make the move from editing into trailer production? TS [Tony Sloman]: From the start, I wanted to progress on the classic route, from second assistant editor to dubbing assistant, first assistant, dubbing editor, editor, director… but [by the late 1960s] that route no longer existed because it was cheaper to hire people who had written a script, and get them to, you know, get an editor sorted out… but it was a great time to be working, it was really the end of the studio system – I worked in every studio… so I ended up track laying, and shooting effects, shooting post-sync, working with the director… generally, I wasn’t bad at what I did – I was peculiar, I was interested in film and to my horror, most people working in films were not, which was advantageous, because when the dubbing editor I was working for was listening to the cricket all the summer, I ended up track laying, shooting effects and dialogue, performance for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Hughes, 1968), because the director Ken Hughes was still directing the film!   KMJ: But moving into the editing side of the industry was always your aim? TS: That was a conscious decision, I didn’t want to do cameras… in my growing up period, it very slowly dawned on me, what is specific and peculiar that makes film work… editing – cutting as it was called in slang… was peculiar and specific to film. And when I kind of realised that, and that several of my own favourite directors were editors first… [people like] David Lean, Alan Resnais and John Sturgess… I decided to centre on trying to get into the cutting rooms rather than on the [studio] floor…   KMJ: And did the experience of working in cutting rooms help you get established in trailer production? TS: I don’t see how you could make trailers without editing experience. It’s interesting that when I met the trailer producers from the companies, from National Screen Services [N.S.S.] in particular, they’ve all come through the practicality of making films, generally in the cutting room… all of the trailer producers, they used to come in and – as second assistant editor [on a film] – I used to meet them because it would fall to me, once the picture had stopped shooting and was cutting, to find them the material that they want; that is, they would come in with scripts, and I would have to find them the slates and dupe them… I learned a lot – you couldn’t use the original again, obviously, without duping it, and sometimes [alternative] material found its way into trailers, which wasn’t in t


The ingredients for the 1947 wedding cake for the future Queen Elizabeth II were a present from the Girl Guides of which country?

Queen Elizabeth II’s Wedding | L'Atelier Blanc Contact Queen Elizabeth II’s Wedding This year the Queen celebrates 60 years on the throne. To celebrate her Diamond Jubilee we take a closer look at her wedding – from that fabulous gown to the impressive cake and even their wedding favours… The Queen is the first British monarch to have celebrated a diamond wedding anniversary! The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were married in Westminster Abbey on 20 November, 1947 at 1130GMT. There were over 2,000 guests at the royal occasion, including King and Queen of Denmark, the King and Queen of Yugoslavia, the Kings of Norway, Romania and the Shah of Iran. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh first met at a wedding! They were both in attendance at another royal wedding – Philip’s cousin, Princess Marina of Greece to The Duke of Kent, who was an uncle of the then Princess Elizabeth, in 1934. She was 13 and he was 18. The engagement between Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten RN was announced on the 9 July 1947, although they had become secretly engaged one year earlier in 1946. They kept it secret for a year because Elizabeth’s family opposed her marrying at such a young age. Philip reportedly proposed to his bride-to-be during a walk around the grounds of Balmoral – so romantic! The Queen’s platinum and diamond engagement ring was made by the jewellers Philip Antrobus, using diamonds from a tiara belonging to Philip’s mother. And her wedding ring was made from a nugget of Welsh gold which came from the Clogau St David’s mine, near Dolgellau. Philip had two stag parties the night before the wedding – the first at the Dorchester (pictured) to which the press were invited and the second with his closest friends at the Belfry Club. The Queen’s wedding dress was designed by Sir Norman Hartnell, who had submitted designs for the dress in August 1947. Elizabeth famously saved up her ration cards to purchase the material needed for her wedding gown. The fabric for the dress was woven at Winterthur Silks Limited, Dunfermline, in the Canmore factory, using silk that had come from Chinese silkworms at Lullingstone Castle. The gown was decorated with more than 10,000 white pearls imported from America, silver thread and tulle embroidery. It also included a 15-foot patterned full court train attached at the shoulders and ivory duchess sating high heels, also embellished with silver and pearls. The Queen’s bridal veil was made of tulle and held by a tiara of diamonds. This tiara was made for Queen Mary in 1919. It was made from re-used diamonds taken from a necklace/tiara purchased by Queen Victoria from Collingwood and Co and a wedding present for Queen Mary in 1893. The bride’s wedding bouquet was supplied by the Worshipful Company of Gardeners and arranged by the florist MH Longman. It had white orchids with a sprig of myrtle from the bush grown from the original myrtle in Queen Victoria’s wedding bouquet. An identical copy of the bouquet was made and presented to The Queen on her Golden Wedding in 1997. After the wedding, the dress was exhibited at St James’s Palace and was then shown in the capital towns of the British Isles and in Glasgow, Liverpool, Bristol, Preston, Leicester, Nottingham, Manchester, Bradford, Leeds and Huddersfield. The grave of the Unknown Warrior was the only stone that was not covered by the special carpet in the Abbey. The day after the wedding, Princess Elizabeth followed a Royal tradition started by her mother, of sending her wedding bouquet back to the Abbey to be laid on this grave. A tradition which Kate Middleton continued when she married Prince William. At her wedding, the Queen had eight bridesmaids – HRH The Princess Margaret, HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent, Lady Caroline Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Lady Mary Cambridge, Lady Elizabeth Lambart, The Hon. Pamela Mountbatten, The Hon. Margaret Elphinstone, The Hon. Diana Bowes-Lyon and two pages – HRH Prince William of Gloucester and HRH Prince Michael of Kent, both aged just five. The bridesmaids wore wreaths in their hair of miniature white shea


The Axel Springer company, the largest publishing house in Europe, has its headquarters in which city?

Who Is Axel Springer, the Company Behind Business Insider's $343 Million Acquisition? | Adweek Who Is Axel Springer, the Company Behind Business Insider's $343 Million Acquisition? German publisher is on a U.S. spending spree By Chris Ariens September 29, 2015, 11:36 AM EDT The Press Business Insider is just the latest American media investment for Axel Springer. Axel Springer's $343 million acquisition of Business Insider this morning gives the German publisher 97 percent of the news site and events company. And it is the continuation of the Berlin-based company's rapid-fire investing in stateside digital media. Since March 2014, Axel Springer has been the biggest investor in OZY.com , a news and culture site that counts Steve Jobs' widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, as an investor. And it's invested in Lerer Hippeau Ventures, the digital media fund of Huffington Post co-founder Ken Lerer and former CEO Eric Hippeau. The German firm also has stakes in popular news platform Mic.com ; social video news company NowThis Media; and Ashton Kutcher's media start-up A Plus. And in April, the company partnered with Politico for a European edition of the D.C.-based politics site, which has its own global ambitions . Axel Springer is the largest publishing house in Europe. The company was built from the ruble of post-World War II Germany in 1946 by journalist Axel Springer and his father, first with one newspaper serving Northwest Germany. Today, its flagship tabloid Bild is the most-circulated newspaper in Europe with more than 12 million daily readers. Business Insider, which Henry Blodget began as Silicon Alley Insider in 2007, got a $5 million shot in the arm in 2013 when Amazon founder Jeff Bezos invested in the company. As of today, Bezos owns 3 percent of the publication. Today's deal now values Business Insider at $442 million. Founder Blodget will remain at the helm, as will COO Julie Hansen. A German edition of Business Insider has already been announced and will launch in the fourth quarter. Get the Daily Digest newsletter: Check out our other newsletters: Daily Digest


The 8 major types of red wines - French Scout Syrah, cabernet, zinfandel are red grape varieties . This page describes wine styles by variety and production area. If only one (merlot, cabernet sauvignon) is mentioned on the label, then the wine is called varietal and is named after the grape with a capital initial (Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon). Varietal wines primarily show the fruit: how the wine tastes much depends on the grape variety.   Syrah (or Shiraz) (Sah-ra or Shi-raz) Syrah and shiraz are two names for the same variety. Europe vintners only use the name syrah. Food pairings: meat (steak, beef, wild game, stews, etc.) Districts: syrah excels in California, in Australia, and in France’s Rhone Valley. Typical taste in varietal wine: aromas and flavors of wild black fruit (such as blackcurrant), with overtones of black pepper spice and roasting meat. The abundance of fruit sensations is often complemented by warm alcohol and gripping tannins . Toffee notes if present come not from the fruit but from the wine having rested in oak barrels. The shiraz variety gives hearty, spicy reds. While shiraz is used to produce many average wines it can produce some of the world’s finest, deepest, and darkest reds with intense flavors and excellent longevity. You’ll discover Syrahs of value and elegance by reading my reviews of French wines .   Merlot (Mare-lo) Easy to drink. The softness of Merlot has made it an "introducing" wine for new red-wine drinkers. Food pairings: any will do. Districts: a key player in the Bordeaux blend , merlot is now also grown in Italy, Romania, California, Washington State, Chile, Australia, etc. It is the fourth wine grape variety in terms of coverage worldwide (after sultanine blanche, airen blanc, and grenache noir). Typical taste in varietal wine: typical scents include blackcherry, plums and herbal flavors. The texture is round but a middle palate gap is common. The Merlot type of wine is less tannic (rough) than Cabernet Sauvignon.   Cabernet sauvignon (Ca-burr-nay so-veen-yaw) Widely accepted as one of the world’s best varieties. Cabernet sauvignon is often blended with cabernet franc and merlot . It usually undergoes oak treatment. Food pairings: best with simply prepared red meat. Districts: cabernet sauvignon is planted wherever red wine grapes grow except in the Northern fringes such as Germany. It is part of the great red Médoc wines of France, and among the finest reds in Australia, California and Chile. Typical taste in varietal wine: full-bodied, but firm and gripping when young. With age, polyphenols polymerize: the grip fades away. The rich currant qualities of the Cabernet Sauvignon wine change to that of pencil box. Bell pepper notes remain. Another article deals with the health benefits of polyphenols . Vanilla notes if present come not from the fruit but from the oak treatment. They increase review ratings but may overwhelm the varietal taste .   (San-gee-oh-ve-zee) Food pairings: a good choice for Italian and other Mediterranean-style cuisines. Districts: sangiovese produces the Chiantis of Italy’s Tuscany region and, of late, good wines from California. Typical taste in varietal wine: the primary style is medium-bodied with fresh berry and plum flavors.   (Bar-bear-a) Not as popular as Merlot but with similar attributes. Food pairings: barbera wines are versatile: they match many dishes, including tomato sauces. Districts: another classic red of Italian origin. Widespread in California. Typical taste in varietal wine: juicy black cherry and plum fruit, a silky texture and excellent acidity. You may wish to read tasting notes of Barberas at La Spinetta .


The song ‘White Shadows’ by Coldplay is said to be a tribute to which late Hollywood producer?

Coldplay's Quiet Storm - Rolling Stone Coldplay's Quiet Storm Matt Taibbi's New Book: 'Insane Clown President' Coldplay's Quiet Storm Led by a man who's been proclaimed the world's sexiest vegetarian, they've have become the biggest rock band of the year, if not the coolest Jonny Buckland, Chris Martin, Guy Berryman and Will Champion of Coldplay pose at a studio session to promote the band's new album 'X&Y' at the W Hotel in New York City, on May 17th, 2005. Credit: Dave Hogan/Getty All Stories The morning after four bombs detonate in London, Chris Martin climbs aboard a Number Twenty-nine red double-decker bus and up its winding stairs. As we slowly putter south down Camden Road, Martin whips back the top of his hooded sweat shirt, smiles and says, "I haven't done this in so long." He's not talking about riding public transportation but rather about a visit to his old neighborhood, where he and Coldplay first started writing, rehearsing and performing the songs that would shape the group's rise to the top of the charts. Soon we are riding by the former Laurel Tree club, the site of Coldplay's very first gig – a sold-out affair under the awful name Starfish – and where they scored their first paycheck, for 80 pounds (about $130), and split it four ways. Further on, past the Lord Stanley pub, home to early band meetings and more than a few drunken nights, we hop off the bus and stroll up to a dingy three-story house at 268 Camden Road. Martin looks up to the second-story flat, once the headquarters of a Clash fan club. But in 1999. It was the apartment he shared with future Coldplay guitarist Jonny Buckland and two of their mates. "That's where we had our very first rehearsal," he says pointing to Buckland's room. "We had drules and everything and as long as we quit playing before midnight, no one complained. In no other house in London could you get away with that," For a moment be stands quietly as his brain floods with memories. "It's a dump, right" he says, breaking the silence. "But we used to love it. I still love it with a passion. That's where we wrote the songs that got us signed. Right in there." More News All Stories Christopher Anthony John Martin was born 190 miles southwest of London. As a child growing up in the sheltered, white, Church of England fearing town of Exeter, "I just didn't know anything about the outside world," he says. His mother was a teacher and his father an accountant, and one of Martin's earliest memories is of his parents returning from holiday in Venice and presenting him with a child-size guitar. But soon it was gathering dust and Martin had developed an attraction to the family piano. His musical world was flipped upside down at age eleven, when a new music teacher, Steven Tanner, arrived at his school with keyboards. "Before that, our music teacher was very classically based," says Martin. "But Steven told us that music was for everybody, and just because you didn't have classical training doesn't mean you can't play. Which was incredible. No one ever told us that was possible." He quickly wrote his first instrumental piece, loosely based on the Beverly Hills Cop theme song, "Axel F," but he wasn't yet thinking of music as his calling. "When you're born into a middle-class white family in the county of Devon, there are things that you feel like you're not allowed to do," he says. "Like be a pop star or grow your hair long." But Martin was soon inching toward London on to a stuffy British prep school called Sherborne. "My eye-opening years were between thirteen and seventeen," he says. "I was so cushioned until that. But at [Sherborne], it was the first time I'd ever experienced somebody disliking me." He pauses. "Well, I used to walk funny, and, to be quite honest, I was a bit of a knobhead – I wouldn't have liked me either." (This is Martin's way – any self-revelation is instantly defused by a wisecrack. He spits out jokes all day, and he frequently worries that personal details are either "cheesy" or "irrelevant.") Martin spent a lot of late nights at prep school in rehearsal room


How many points are scored for a try in Rugby league?

BBC SPORT | Rugby League | Laws & Equipment | How to score points How to score points There are four main ways to score in rugby league: Try - four points A try is worth four points - the maximum number of points you can score in one go in rugby league. It is scored when a player puts the ball on the ground with "downward pressure" (very important) inside the opposition's in-goal area between the try line and dead ball line. If a defender makes an offence while the opposition are about to score a try, then the referee can award a penalty kick in front of the posts after the conversion kick. This means the opposition can score eight points if they are successful in scoring the try, the goal kick and the penalty kick. But if the try was not scored because of the offence, the referee will award a penalty try in front of the posts, as well as the extra penalty kick. Goal kick - two points A team is awarded a goal kick after a try has been scored. The team has the chance to "convert" the kick at goal for two further points. The kick is taken from a point level with where the try was scored. The kick is successful if the ball goes between the opposition's goalposts and above the crossbar. Penalty - two points The referee will award a penalty when an offence has occurred. A player can punt, drop kick or take a place kick anywhere behind where the offence took place. They also have the choice of kicking for goal or for touch. A kick for goal is worth two points if successful. But to be successful, the ball has to go through the opposition's goalposts, above the crossbar. Two touch judges will raise their flags if the penalty is successfully kicked. If the team who gave away the penalty argue or commit further offences, the referee will punish them by taking the penalty 10 metres forward towards their goal-line. The team kicking also gets a new set of six tackles to play with. Play is re-started by placing the ball on the ground 10 metres into the field of play, parallel to where the ball went out to touch. Teams can kick in any direction even backwards if they want to find space for a set play. Drop goal - one point A drop goal can be a spectacular way of scoring. If successful it will add one point to a team's score. A drop goal is scored when a player kicks the ball from hand through the opposition's goal posts, above the crossbar. However, the ball must touch the ground between being dropped and kicked.


Which English-born Australian darts player has the nickname ‘The Silver Surfer’?

About: Sean Reed About: Sean Reed An Entity of Type : athlete ,   from Named Graph : http://dbpedia.org ,   within Data Space : dbpedia.org Sean Reed (born 28 June 1965) is an English-born Australian darts player. Property Sean Reed (born 28 June 1965) is an English-born Australian darts player. (en) Sean Reed (born 28 June 1965) is an English-born Australian darts player. (en)


Who played Vince Everett in the 1957 film ‘Jailhouse Rock’?

Jailhouse Rock | film by Thorpe [1957] | Britannica.com film by Thorpe [1957] Jailhouse Rock, American rock-and-roll film , released in 1957, that starred Elvis Presley in his third screen role. Widely considered his best film, it is primarily distinguished by a memorable title song and creative production numbers. Film still of Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock (1957). © 1957 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.; photograph, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Vince Everett (played by Presley) is imprisoned for manslaughter following his participation in a bar brawl. While serving his sentence, and with the help of a fellow inmate, Everett discovers he has a knack for writing and performing music. Upon his release, he becomes a singing sensation but must navigate the pitfalls of both fame and new love. Peggy Van Alden (played by Judy Tyler) is the talent agent who helps him on his way up. Judy Tyler and Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock (1957), directed by Richard … © 1957 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. Jailhouse Rock is highly popular with Presley fans because it depicts “the King” at a time in his career when his talent was still raw and untamed. In most of his later cinematic endeavours, his business manager, Col. Tom Parker , forbade Presley to stray too far from a “safe” image, but the film’s engrossing plot allows its star to play a character with a degree of emotional depth. Presley, however, refused to watch the completed film after his costar Tyler was killed in a car accident just weeks after shooting for the movie had ended. Production notes and credits Writers: Nedrick Young and Guy Trosper Music: Jeff Alexander Judy Tyler (Peggy Van Alden) Mickey Shaughnessy (Hunk Houghton)


Alurpoda Melanoleuca is the scientific name for which animal?

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (Giant Panda) Home » Ailuropoda melanoleuca (Giant Panda) Ailuropoda melanoleuca  Synonym(s): Ursus melanoleucus David, 1869 Taxonomic Notes: The Qinling Mountains population is a distinctive genetic cluster and is significantly different from other mountain populations (Lü et al. 2001, Zhang, B. et al. 2007), diverging ~0.3 million years ago, corresponding with the onset of the Penultimate Glaciation (Zhao et al. 2013). Some argue that it should be considered a separate subspecies (Wan et al. 2003, 2005), although subspecies designation is controversial and not widely accepted. Nonetheless, there is greater consensus that this population should be managed as a conservation unit to retain genetic structure and any localized adaptation. Vulnerable    C2a(i); D1 ver 3.1 Year Published: Swaisgood, R., Wang, D. & Wei, F. Reviewer(s): Rong, H. Justification: The Fourth National Survey (2011-2014) produced an estimated range-wide population of 1,864 Giant Pandas, excluding dependent young <1.5 years of age (State Forestry Administration 2015). Although no formal demographic analysis is available, there are demographic data available to enable estimation of age-related population composition (Sichuan Forestry Department 2015): if the population consists of 9.6% cubs, then the total population of Pandas is approximately 2,060. Mature adults are estimated to compose 50.5% of the total population, yielding an estimate of 1,040. Although this estimate does not contain confidence intervals, clearly the lower confidence interval would fall below 1,000 mature individuals, which meets the small population size criteria (D1) for Vulnerable. Additionally, the species falls under criteria C2. The Panda population is fragmented into subpopulations, each of which contains <1,000 adults (given that the total population is <1,000 adults); however, the size of the largest population is unknown given uncertainty in how much connectivity remains. It appears that at least one distinct populations in the Minshan mountains contains >400 mature individuals (State Forestry Administration 2015), so the species does not meet the criteria for Endangered (EN). The most tentative part of listing under C2 is a continued population decline. Evidence from a series of range-wide national surveys indicate that the previous population decline has been arrested, and the population has started to increase (State Forestry Administration 2015). Although inconsistencies in data collection methods, analysis, and sampling area make direct comparisons from survey results difficult, population estimates have consistently increased across survey since the Second National Survey conducted during 1985-1988. Initial uncertainties regarding whether modest population increases observed in the Third National Survey (2000-2004) were real warranted maintaining the Endangered status for the Giant Panda in the previous Red List assessment. Recent data from the Fourth National Survey (2011-2014) remove this uncertainty (State Forestry Administration 2015), and it is widely believed that the population has stabilized and has begun to increase in many parts of the range. An increase in available habitat and an expanding occupied range provide further support for the contention that Panda numbers are increasing. Forest protection and reforestation measures have increased forest cover in China (FAO 2010), and have supported an 11.8% increase in occupied habitat and 6.3% increase in unoccupied but suitable habitat between the Third and Fourth National Surveys (State Forestry Administration 2015). A survey of expert opinion among Giant Panda experts in the IUCN Bear Specialist Group was consistent with the results of the national survey: all believed that the Panda population was stable or increasing and that available habitat was increasing. Although the population is currently increasing, climate change is predicted to eliminate >35% of the Panda's bamboo habitat in the next 80 years, and thus the Panda population is projected to decline (Fan et al. 2012, Song


What was the first British recording to reach number one in the US Billboard Hot 100, in May 1962?

1962 #2. Stranger On The Shore - Acker Bilk - YouTube 1962 #2. Stranger On The Shore - Acker Bilk 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 Jun 5, 2015 "Stranger on the Shore" is a piece for clarinet written by Acker Bilk for his young daughter and originally named "Jenny" after her. It was subsequently used as the theme tune of a BBC TV drama serial for young people, Stranger on the Shore. It was first released in 1961 in the UK, and then in the US, and reached number 1 in the US and number 2 in the UK. In May 1969, the crew of Apollo 10 took "Stranger on the Shore" on their mission to the moon. Gene Cernan, a member of the crew, included the tune on a cassette tape used in the command module of the Apollo spacecraft. The track, performed by Bilk (as "Mr. Acker Bilk") with backing by the Leon Young String Chorale, was released as a single on Columbia Records in October 1961, with the label of the single openly proclaiming "Theme from the BBC TV. Series". The B-side was "Take My Lips". The single became a phenomenal success, topping the NME singles chart and spending nearly a year on the Record Retailer Top 50. It was the UK's biggest-selling single of 1962, the biggest-selling instrumental single of all time, and appears fifty-eighth in the official UK list of best-selling singles issued in 2002. it has sold 1.16 million copies as of November 2012. One of songwriter and music publisher Robert Mellin's major songwriting successes came in 1962, when he wrote lyrics for Acker Bilk's instrumental smash "Stranger on the Shore," allowing it to be covered by vocal acts like Andy Williams and the Drifters. On 26 May 1962, "Stranger on the Shore" became the first British recording to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 where it was issued by Atlantic Records on the Atco label, but it was quickly followed, on 22 December, by the Tornados' "Telstar", another instrumental. In the pre-rock era, Vera Lynn's "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" had reached #1 in 1952, on the shorter "Best Sellers In Stores" survey. After "Telstar", the next British performers to top the U.S. charts were the Beatles, with their first Capitol Records single "I Want to Hold Your Hand". "Stranger on the Shore" was Billboard's #1 single of 1962, and it spent seven weeks atop the "Easy Listening" chart, which later became known as the Adult Contemporary chart. The tune became the second of three "one-hit wonders" named "pop single of the year" by Billboard (the others being 1958's "Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu)" by Domenico Modugno and 2006's "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter. The song is certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. Category


The first purpose-built bobsleigh (or bobsled) track was opened in which European resort town in the early 20th Century?

Caspar Badrutt - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia I am Smart, Intelligent and Hard Working who Loves to help :) Caspar Badrutt Name  Caspar Badrutt Died  1904 Swiss hotelier and tourism entrepreneur Caspar Badrutt (1848–1904) was almost singlehandedly responsible for the origin of several modern winter sporting activities. These began when he sought to provide opportunities fun and frolic on the picturesque but cold slopes outside his first hotel in St Moritz, Switzerland. Sponsored Links St. Moritz in the 19th century was known as a summer Mineral spa town where the rich and royal took mineral cures during the months of May through September. However, Badrutt was not content with having two thirds of the year without guests. So, at the end of one season, Badrutt challenged some of his well-to-do English regulars to a bet: he would give them lodging for free if they found the locale inhospitable and uninteresting during a lengthy winter stay. Otherwise, if he won their satisfaction, the guests would have to talk up the experience amongst their acquaintances for all of the following year. The five gentlemen were well connected among the aristocracy of the day — including many scions of royal lines and other European nobles. Almost overnight, wintering in St Moritz at Badrutt's Kulm hotel became the rage, and increased crowding led to a search for diversions. Beginning in the 1870s, some Englishmen adapted a type of delivery sled for daring dashes down twisting narrow streets of St. Moritz. Subsequently, other tourists wanted a Victorian ride, and larger steerable devices were contrived: the early Luge/Skeleton individual sleds, and the Bobsleigh (or Bobsled). Careening around the town's streets became increasing popular, but the incidence and frequency of pedestrian collisions and risk to life grew proportionately. Therefore Badrutt stepped in and created the first purpose-built half-pipe track, now familiar from the Winter Olympic Games. This track later became the model for the Cresta Run skeleton racing track, built in 1884.


Tony Curtis played Albert DeSalvo in which 1968 film?

The Boston Strangler (1968) - 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 A series of brutal murders in Boston sparks a seemingly endless and increasingly complex manhunt. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 41 titles created 07 Jan 2012 a list of 32 titles created 01 Jan 2016 a list of 26 titles created 03 Jan 2016 a list of 35 titles created 10 months ago a list of 22 titles created 4 days ago Title: The Boston Strangler (1968) 7.1/10 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. Nominated for     1     Golden Globe. Another    2 nominations. See more awards  » Photos Based on the real-life case of the British serial killer John Christie, and what happened to his neighbours Tim and Beryl Evans. Director: Richard Fleischer Two wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the Leopold-Loeb case. Director: Richard Fleischer Boston, Mass. 1962: Thirteen innocent women were brutally slaughtered by a faceless monster. Now, through the eyes of the killer himself, we are taken on a sadistic journey from the jail ... See full summary  » Director: Keith Walley During the Korean War, Italian nurse Virna Lisi falls in love with two American fliers, Tony Curtis and George C. Scott. Lisi marries Curtis after he convinces her that Scott has been ... See full summary  » Director: Norman Panama In 1943, in the wake of the Allied amphibious landing on the Japanese held Bougainville Island, four Marines are sent to scout the location of Japanese minefields. Director: Stuart Heisler Tony Curtis plays an Indian (Nicknamed "Chief" by other soldiers) who fights in WWII and helps to raise the flag at Iwo Jima. Director: Delbert Mann In November 1941, American news photographer Johnny 'Bugsy' Williams manages to escape from the Japanese and finds himself back in Burma where he meets the beautiful Miss Haoli Young. ... See full summary  » Director: Henry Hathaway In New York City's Spanish Harlem, detectives Madigan and Bonaro are given 72 hours by their superior to capture a hoodlum wanted for homicide in Brooklyn. Director: Don Siegel Two escaped convicts chained together, white and black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture. Director: Stanley Kramer Studio publicist (Power) discovers Minnesota skating teacher (Henie) and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her. Director: Sidney Lanfield Boston Strangler: The Untold Story is an intense true-crime thriller about Albert De Salvo, a wise cracking, small time criminal with an unrelenting sex drive, who ultimately falsely ... See full summary  » Director: Michael Feifer In 13th-century Tangiers, regent Mustapha hires a paid assassin to kill baby Prince Hussein in order to usurp his throne but the assassin has second thoughts and steals the baby for himself. Director: Rudolph Maté Edit Storyline Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from the point of view of the investigators who have very few clues to build a case upon. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net> See All (42)  » Taglines: This is the true story of Albert DeSalvo, the self-confessed Boston Strangler, and of what he did to thirteen women and one city. See more  » Genres: 16 October 1968 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Der Frauenmörder von Boston See more  » Filming Locations: 4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System) Color: Film debut of Edward Winter . See more » Goofs A shot of Tony Curtis, in a doorway, includes a 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado in the background, at a time (in the story) which is supposedly 1963-64 (shortly after JFK's funeral). See more » Quotes See m


What is the name of the London art gallery where John Lennon first met Yoko Ono at her art show in November 1966?

John Lennon Meets Yoko Ono - John Lennon | HowStuffWorks John Lennon Meets Yoko Ono   Prev Next   © 6 Mason’s Yard, in the center of London, the former site of the Indica Gallery, where John Lennon and Yoko Ono first met on November 9, 1966. When John Lennon visited the Indica Gallery in Central London on November 9, 1966, in order to attend a private preview of an exhibition Unfinished Paintings and Objects, it wasn't purely due to artistic interest. More to the point, he had been enticed by the gallery's co-owner, John Dunbar (ex-husband of singer Marianne Faithfull), who had told him about a "happening" that would be taking place there, featuring a Japanese woman from New York in a black bag. As John revealed to Playboy interviewer David Sheff, this sounded to him like something to do with sex: "Artsy-fartsy orgies. Great!" Up Next How the RIAA Works What John saw on his arrival hardly turned him on, however. The Japanese-American woman was certainly there, but instead of being inside a bag she was just walking around, arranging some of the objects that would form part of her display the following day. It was to be an avant-garde exhibition, dealing with progressive, decidedly offbeat art. John soon found himself gazing in astonishment at some of the items: A fresh apple on a stand, priced at £200 (at that time, $480), and a bag of nails, a bargain at just £100 ($240)! "I thought this is a con; what the hell is this," he later recalled to BBC interviewer Andy Peebles. "Nothing's happening in the bags. I'm expecting an orgy, you know ... and it's all quiet." After being introduced to "the millionaire Beatle," the woman handed him a little card that said simply, "Breathe." John, although puzzled, responded politely with a quick pant. Next, his eyes settled on a ladder leading up to a canvas suspended from the ceiling, with a spyglass hanging from it on the end of a chain. Climbing to the top of the ladder, he looked through the spyglass to read a word printed in tiny letters. "You're on this ladder -- you feel like a fool, you could fall any minute -- and you look through it and it just says 'YES,' " he told David Sheff in 1980. "Well, all the so-called avant-garde art at the time, and everything that was supposedly interesting, was all negative; this smash-the-piano-with-a-hammer, break-the-sculpture, boring, negative crap. It was all anti-, anti-, anti-. Anti-art, anti-establishment. And just that 'YES' made me stay in a gallery full of apples and nails, instead of just walking out saying, 'I'm not gonna buy any of this crap.'" The humor in the work, while downright strange to many people, was of a kind that appealed to John's sense of the absurd, and his interest was now taken. Nearby was an object called "Hammer and Nail," consisting of a board with a chain and a hammer hanging on the end, and a bunch of nails positioned underneath. Could he hammer one of the nails in? "No," was the initial reply. Tut, tut! The gallery owner pointed out to the artist that this was no way to treat a Beatle. Besides, with all his money, John might buy the piece! John told Sheff in 1980, "So there was this little conference and she finally said, 'Okay, you can hammer a nail in for five shillings [60 cents].' So smart-ass here says, 'Well, I'll give you an imaginary five shillings and hammer an imaginary nail in.' And that's when we really met. That's when we locked eyes, and she got it and I got it, and that was it." The woman was, of course, Yoko Ono. Seven years older than John and then in the middle of her second marriage, she had turned her back on her middle-class background, and created quite a name for herself with the New York avant-garde set. Now she was attempting to cause a similar stir in London. She would set about her task by, among other things, covering one of the lion statues in Trafalgar Square in huge white sheets, and filming a feature-length movie focusing solely on 365 naked bottoms.


What is the title of the 2009 film, directed by Richard Curtis, about a pirate radio station?

The Boat That Rocked (2009) directed by Richard Curtis • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd 3 Despite its flaws (some of them almost hurtful, like blatant sexism, misogyny and homophobia - but it is based in the 60's so I can almost forgive it as it's "the times") I adore this movie. It's a character based, rock and roll fueled, riot. What it lacks in actual plot, it's through characterisation and genuine laughs, that it makes up for it in spades. There's a fantastic list of actors in this comedy, including but not limited to; Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nick Frost, Katherine Parkinson, Chris O'Dowd, Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Jack Davenport, Rhys Darby...................... and it goes on - they are all great and seem as though they are genuinely having a good time… Review by Andy Summers ★★★★ Back in the late Seventies there was a little station that we'd listen to called Radio Caroline North. It was hard to tune it in as it was in the old medium wave band and was effected by weather and other obstacles that being a pirate radio station attracted. Broadcasting from International waters, it managed to attract an almost clandestine audience who loved the thought of breaking the law. The Boat That Rocked reminded me a lot of those days, although the film is set back in 1966, it carried the same playful stigma that you were doing something and listening to something you shouldn't. Most of the tunes in the film are now considered classics and the colourful DJ's… Review by Travis Lytle ★★★ Despite an energetic soundtrack and an even more energetic cast, Richard Curtis' "The Boat That Rocked," also known as "Pirate Radio," can not muster the necessary energy to make the film stand up or stand out. The comedy, about a floating radio station in the 1960s, entertains but is far too dry to make a memorable cinematic splash. Revolving around the rogue radio that defied English censorship by bringing '60s pop and rock the airwaves of the United Kingdom, "The Boat That Rocked" tells the story of the DJs that broadcast verboten tunes from the North Sea. Focusing on the collection of personalities aboard the floating rabble rouser, the story has a solid premise. Its conflicts, however, feel manufactured and…


Michael Parkinson, James Coburn, Clement Freud and Christopher Lee all appear on which 1973 album cover?

Paul McCartney & Wings 'Band on the Run' (Lyric Video) - YouTube Paul McCartney & Wings 'Band on the Run' (Lyric Video) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Apr 29, 2014 http://www.PaulMcCartney.com Directed and produced by visual artist Ben Ib. April 2014 marks the 'Band on the Run' U.S. single's anniversary, released as a 7" on 8th April, 1974 (28th June 1974 in the UK, fact fans!). The 'Band on the Run' album was recorded in EMI Studios, Lagos and AIR Studios, London between August and October of 1973. Wings were without a drummer at the time so Paul stepped in and recorded all the drum tracks. It was during the Lagos sessions that Paul and Linda were mugged losing their money, camera and the original album demos to the thieves! This unfortunate event didn't stop 'Band on the Run' from becoming Wings' most successful album. It was the top selling album in the UK in 1974 and reached no.1 in the US on 3 separate occasions. It has gone on to sell over 7 million copies worldwide. The 'band on the run' on the iconic front cover features broadcasters Michael Parkinson and Clement Freud, singer / actor Kenny Lynch, actor James Coburn, actor Christopher Lee, boxer John Conteh as well as Paul, Linda and Denny Laine The album was re-mastered and reissued in 2010 as the first release in the on-going Paul McCartney Archive Collection, featuring previously unreleased performances and rare documentary footage. Get your copy of the remastered 'Band on the Run' here: Amazon -- Click HERE: http://smarturl.it/PM_BotR_Azn


Convert furlongs to mile - Conversion of Measurement Units ›› More information from the unit converter How many furlongs in 1 mile? The answer is 8. We assume you are converting between furlong [international] and mile. You can view more details on each measurement unit: The SI base unit for length is the metre. 1 metre is equal to 0.0049709695379 furlongs, or 0.000621371192237 mile. Note that rounding errors may occur, so always check the results. Use this page to learn how to convert between furlongs and miles. Type in your own numbers in the form to convert the units! ›› Want other units? You can do the reverse unit conversion from mile to furlongs , or enter any two units below: Enter two units to convert From: I'm feeling lucky, show me some random units . ›› Definition: Furlong A furlong is a measure of distance within Imperial units and U.S. customary units, and is equal to 660 feet or 201.168 metres. There are eight furlongs in a mile. Distances for thoroughbred horse races in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States are still given in miles and furlongs (example), but the unit is otherwise no longer in common use. It is heavily used within the rail industry (especially maintenance and repair services) in the UK, due to the legacy measurements and distance markers from when the tracks were first laid down. Coincidentally, 5 furlongs is approximately 1 kilometer (1.00584 to be exact). ›› Definition: Mile A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. Today, one mile is mainly equal to about 1609 m on land and 1852 m at sea and in the air, but see below for the details. The abbreviation for mile is 'mi'. There are more specific definitions of 'mile' such as the metric mile, statute mile, nautical mile, and survey mile. On this site, we assume that if you only specify 'mile' you want the statute mile. ›› Metric conversions and more ConvertUnits.com provides an online conversion calculator for all types of measurement units. You can find metric conversion tables for SI units, as well as English units, currency, and other data. Type in unit symbols, abbreviations, or full names for units of length, area, mass, pressure, and other types. Examples include mm, inch, 100 kg, US fluid ounce, 6'3", 10 stone 4, cubic cm, metres squared, grams, moles, feet per second, and many more!


Who was the US President nominee for the Democratic Party in the 2004 Presidential election?

United States presidential election, 2004 (President McCain) | Alternative History | Fandom powered by Wikia United States presidential election, 2004 (President McCain) 40,872pages on Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. United States presidential election, 2004 November 2, 2004 58.24% 40.61% Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by McCain/Bush (41 + D.C.), Blue denotes those won by Dean/Bayh (9). President before election John McCain Republican The United States presidential election of 2004 was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004, to elect the President of the United States. It was the 55th consecutive quadrennial election for President and Vice President. Republican Party candidate and incumbent President John McCain defeated Democratic Party candidate Howard Dean, the former Governor of Vermont. Foreign policy and the economy was the dominant theme throughout the election campaign, particularly McCain's conduct of the War on Terrorism, the War in Afghanistan and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. McCain capitalized on his popularity and experience while Dean's campaign suffered from several miscues. Four states changed allegiance. Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan and Wisconsin voted Democratic in 2000, but voted Republican in 2004. The election also marked the first time in U.S. history that Washington, D.C. went for a Republican candidate. In the Electoral College, McCain received 420 votes, and Dean 118. Contents [ show ] Background John McCain won the presidency in 2000 over the Democratic candidate Al Gore in one of the closest elections in U.S. history. After a long night of results the fate of the election had come down to a close race in the final state of Florida. After several hours of vote counting, John McCain was announced the winner of the election and the forty third President of the United States of America at 3:17 AM EST. The McCain/Bush ticket received 277 electoral votes to Gore's 261. Just eight months into his presidency, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 suddenly transformed McCain into a wartime president. McCain's approval ratings surged to as high as 95%. Within a month, the forces of a coalition led by the United States invaded Afghanistan, which had been sheltering Osama bin Laden, suspected mastermind of the September 11 attacks. By December, the Taliban had been removed as rulers of Kabul, and Osama bin Laden had been killed, although a long and ongoing military operation would follow. The McCain administration then turned its attention to Iraq. The administration argued that the need to remove Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq had become urgent. One of the stated reasons was that Saddam's regime had tried to acquire nuclear material and had not properly accounted for biological and chemical material it was known to have previously possessed, potential weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in violation of U.N. sanctions. On March 10, 2003 several intelligence agencies, including CIA, SIS, BND and DGSE presented further evidence of VX nerve agent and present in Iraq, and as well presented evidence of parts of the Chemical weapons programme being transported by army trucks towards Syria. The news were received as partial proof of the Iraqi WMD programme, but that this alone was no reason to intervene militarily. Two days later, Iraq expelled Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei, which according to the U.S. indicated that they had stumbled upon actual proof of their WMD programme. As a result, public opinion in the NATO countries that had agreed to participate in the Invasion of Iraq began favouring an invasion. This situation escalated to the point that a coalition of about forty nations, including the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Poland and other NATO countries which McCain called the “L


A sorrel is which animal with a light reddish-brown coat?

Difference Between Sorrel, Chestnut, And Red Roan Horses - KnowledgeNuts KnowledgeNuts Difference Between Sorrel, Chestnut, And Red Roan Horses By Debra Kelly on Wednesday, December 18, 2013 “Ohe, I cry a loud lament for Kalki! The little silver effigies which his postulants fashion and adore are well enough: but Kalki is a horse of another color.” — James Branch Cabell, The Silver Stallion: A Comedy of Redemption In A Nutshell A red horse is a red horse, right? There’s actually a variety of different types of coat colors that are applied to horses that might look very similar at first glance. A red roan is a horse that has white hairs mixed throughout the red. A sorrel horse is one that has a completely red base color and the possibility of white markings, while a chestnut horse is a much darker, brownish-red. The Whole Bushel Determining the correct term for a horse’s color just based on appearance can be surprisingly difficult. Chestnut, sorrel, red roan, chestnut roan, bay roan . . . they’re all terms used to describe horses that have a reddish or reddish-brown appearance. So what’s the difference? The easiest way to describe a sorrel horse is one that is a “true” red. A chestnut horse can often have a wine-colored appearance, or look brownish-red, while a sorrel is simply red. The red can be any shade, whether it’s pale red or dark. Most have the same color throughout their body, mane, and tail, with no other markings (save occasional white on the face or legs). A sorrel horse can, however, have a blonde mane and tail, but if there are black markings anywhere on his body, that horse would then be considered chestnut. Chestnut is another color that can be most basically described as red. A chestnut horse is usually darker than a sorrel, and includes horses that have a brown tint. The mane and tail can be the same color as the body, or blonde as in a sorrel horse. A red horse with a mane and tail that is so dark as to appear black is considered chestnut. It’s important to note, though, that a chestnut horse doesn’t have the genetic makeup to sport a black mane and tail; the appearance of such is only due to a very heavy red coloring that may make it appear black when placed against another color. A red roan horse is one which has either a sorrel or chestnut coat that is interspersed with white hairs. “Red roan” is the generic term, “chestnut roan” or “sorrel roan” are more specific terms based on the guidelines for deciding if a horse is sorrel or chestnut. In order to be considered a true roan, the horse must have white hairs through their entire coat. Some horses only show the roan pattern by their tails and across their bellies, a pattern more accurately called “rabicano.” (A true roan may also show the white hairs only across their back.) If a true roan horse loses a patch of their coat, the hairs will not grow back white—they will only grow back as the color of the base coat. If all that wasn’t confusing enough, don’t forget that a young horse can be a completely different color than he will be once he loses his first coat. A foal who looks grey when he is born might be red once he matures. Genetically, a sorrel horse and a chestnut horse are the same. The gene that gives them their red coloring is a recessive gene, making it necessary for the horse to have two red genes in order to show as red. The presence of any other color gene would override the red; because it’s a recessive color, two red parents will always have a red offspring. When a specific color gene is paired with a roan gene, that makes a red roan, chestnut roan, sorrel roan, or any of the other types of roan, such as blue. Show Me The Proof


Future Shock at 40: What the Tofflers Got Right (and Wrong) | Fast Company | Business + Innovation Future Shock at 40: What the Tofflers Got Right (and Wrong) Greg Lindsay 10.15.10 1:00 AM In the opening minutes of Future Shock, a 1972 documentary based on the book of the same name, a bearded, cigar-puffing, world-weary Orson Welles staggers down an airport’s moving walkway, treating the camera like a confidante. "In the course of my work, which has taken me to just about every corner of the globe, I see many aspects of a phenomenon which I’m just beginning to understand," he says. "Our modern technologies have changed the degree of sophistication beyond our wildest dreams. But this technology has exacted a pretty heavy price. We live in an age of anxiety and time of stress. And with all our sophistication, we are in fact the victims of our own technological strengths –- we are the victims of shock… a future shock." Published in 1970, Future Shock made its author Alvin Toffler — a former student radical, welder, newspaper report and Fortune editor — a household name. Written with his wife (and uncredited co-author), Heidi Toffler, the book was The World Is Flat of its day, selling 6 million copies and single-handedly inventing futurism. The Third Wave followed a decade later, and a third dispatch from the future a decade after that. On the 40th anniversary of the book’s publication (which I wrote about yesterday ), it’s worth asking why the Tofflers’ reputation seems stuck in the 1970s when their prognosis was more accurate than not. "Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time," the pair wrote. The accelerating changes they predicted included the "electronic frontier" of the Internet, Prozac, YouTube, cloning, home-schooling, the self-induced paralysis of too many choices, instant celebrities "swiftly fabricated and ruthlessly destroyed," and the end of blue-collar "second-wave" manufacturing, to be replaced by a "third wave" of knowledge workers. Not bad for 1970. Their misses included such classic Jetsonian tropes as underwater cities, handing teenagers the keys to the family spaceship, and the doubling of the planet’s population in just 11 years. And don’t ask Heidi Toffler about the paper clothes we’d use once and throwaway like Kleenex. "I was wrong," she said matter-of-factly at the book’s anniversary conference on Thursday. "But I was trying to make a larger point about a "throw-away society." How many plastic water bottles did we throw away last year?" And then there are the Tofflerisms: "Change is not merely necessary to life — it is life." "Technology feeds on itself. Technology makes more technology possible." "The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn." And still Heidi’s favorite: "Change is the only constant." (I bet you’d forgotten who said that. I had.) Perhaps it says something about the Tofflers’ reputation that while their contemporary Marshall McLuhan was adopted as the " patron saint " of early Wired,, the Toffler’s most ardent admirer among the digerati was AOL founder Steve Case, who read The Third Wave while in college and was captivated by the notion of the "electronic frontier." "Back then, nobody had PCs, and everything we take for granted wasn’t there," Case told me at a dinner for the Tofflers Wednesday night, "but I remember reading it and thinking it was inevitable, and that really inspired me to start what became AOL five years later" in 1985. "There’s no question that was a seminal moment for me." But the Tofflers may yet find traction with a new generation of aspiring futurists. Parag Khanna , the 33-year-old author of The Second World and forthcoming How to Run The World has sought the Tofflers for advice and still marvels at their track record. "A few things that Toffler got right in 1970 that are still spot on today," he said Thursday, "include the transience of our relationships with each other and with th


Which Pink Floyd album was released in March 1973?

Pink Floyd | The Official Site 2010s 21 January 1973 Session singer Clare Torry recorded her vocal for the song The Great Gig In The Sky at Abbey Road.  The song was included on Pink Floyd's next album, The Dark Side Of The Moon. Work continued on the album at Abbey Road throughout the month. 12 February 1973 Pink Floyd played the first of eight performances with Roland Petit's Ballets de Marseille at the  Palais des Sports in Paris. They performed One Of These Days, Careful  With That Axe, Eugene, Obscured By Clouds, When You're In and Echoes to accompany Roland Petit's choreographed ballet. 19 February 1973 Pink Floyd staged three days of full production rehearsals at London's Rainbow Theatre in preparation for their forthcoming North American tour. 27 February 1973 EMI held a press reception for The Dark Side Of The Moon at the London  Planetarium. Only Richard Wright attended the event; the other band members  refused in protest at what they believed to be an inferior sound system brought in by EMI. 4 March 1973 Pink Floyd began a 16-date US tour at Dane County Memorial Coliseum in Madison,  Wisconsin. The band were joined by saxophonist Dick Parry and backing vocalists  Nawasa Crowder, and Phyllis and Mary Ann Lindsey. Their set list featured the  whole of The Dark Side Of The Moon plus Obscured By Clouds, When  You're In and Careful With That Axe, Eugene, with an encore of One  Of These Days. The tour closed at Atlanta's Municipal Auditorium, when the  US promoter cancelled a scheduled show in Florida believing that a Santana show  in town would drastically reduce Pink Floyd's audience. 10 March 1973 The Dark Side Of The Moon was released in the US. Tracklisting: Speak  To Me; Breathe (In The Air); On The Run; Time; The Great Gig In The Sky; Money;  Us And Them; Any Colour You Like; Brain Damage; Eclipse. The album gave Pink  Floyd their first No. 1 chart placing. 23 March 1973 The Dark Side Of The Moon was released in the UK. It reached No. 2 in  the charts. 7 May 1973 Money (B-side: Any Colour You Like) was released in the US as  a single and reached No. 13 in the charts. 18 & 19 May 1973 Pink Floyd played two nights at Earls Court Exhibition Hall, with additional  personnel Dick Parry on saxophones and backing vocalists Liza Strike and Vicki Brown (mum  of solo artist and future Floyd backing singer Sam Brown). The set list included  the whole of The Dark Side Of The Moon. 16 June 1973 Pink Floyd returned to the US for their second American tour of the year. They played  13 shows, starting at New York's Saratoga Performing Arts Center and ending  at Florida's Tampa Stadium. The band set a new record gross at New Jersey's  Roosevelt Stadium by making $110,565 for a single performance. 1 October 1973 Pink Floyd began an intermittent 20 days of recording at Abbey Road studios,  working on what became known as the 'Household Objects Project'. The group,  assisted by engineer Alan Parsons, used elastic bands, wine glasses, matchsticks  and sticky tape in place of conventional instruments to make music. 4 November 1973 Pink Floyd played two shows at London's Rainbow Theatre, as a benefit for ex-Soft  Machine drummer Robert Wyatt. 5 December 1973 The Australian cult surf movie Crystal Voyager premiered in Melbourne.  The film featured Pink Floyd's Echoes as part of its soundtrack.


Which four letter word beginning with A is the name of a god depicted as a bull, symbolising fertility and strength in war?

Egyptian Glossary This page must completely load before it     will function properly. The links on this page are to an image or further description. You may need to use the "Return" button on your browser to return here. A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . X . Y . Z A ABTU. . The Greeks called this place Abydos. It was the seat of worship of Osiris . It was also called Busiris,    "the house of Osiris". Egyptian tradition says that the sun ended    his daily journey at Abydos, and entered into the underworld here,    through a gap in the mountains called "peq". In the 12th dynasty    it was believed that the souls of the dead entered into the    afterlife here. AKER . . The double lion god, gaurdian of     the sunrise and sunset. Gaurdian of the peaks that supported the sky . The western peak was called Manu , while the eastern peak was called Bakhu . AKH. . The akh was the aspect of a person that would join the gods in     the underworld being immortal and unchangeable. It was created     after death by the use of funerary text and spells, designed to     bring forth an akh. Once this was achieved that individual was     assured of not "dying a second time" a death that would mean the     end of one's existence. AKHET . . This was the horizon from which     the sun emerged and disappeared. The horizon thus embodied the     idea of both sunrise and sunset. It is similar to the two peaks     of the Djew or mountain symbol with a solar     disk in the center. Both the beginning and the end of each day     was guarded by Aker, a double lion god. In the New Kingdom, Harmakhet ("Horus in the Horizon")     became the god of the rising and setting sun. He was pictured as     a falcon, or as a sphinx with the body of a     lion. The Great Sphinx of Giza is an     example of "Horus in the Horizon". AMARNA. . The name given to the historical time period under the rule      of Amenophis IV / Akhenaten . During this     time period there were unprecedented changes in the government,     art and religion. AMENTA . . The     Underworld. Originally the place where the sun set, this name     was later applied to the West Bank of the Nile where the     Egyptians built their tombs. AMMUT . . A female demon, she is found in The Book of the Dead , She plays an     important role in the Hall of Maat . AMULET. . A     charm, often in the form of hieroglyphs, gods or sacred animals;     made of precious stones or faience. They were worn like jewelry     during life, and were included within the mummy wrappings for     the afterlife. AMUN . . A god who's cult center was the     temple of Amun at Karnak . He was     considered to be king of all the gods and the the creator of all     things. ANROSPHINX . . One of three varieties of Egyptian sphinx , having the head     of a man. ANKH . . A symbol of life, resembling a     looped cross. It was later adapted by Coptic Christians as their     cross. Widely used as an amulet. ANTHROPOID.      . A Greek word meaning; man-shaped. This term is used     for coffins made in the shape of a human. ANUBIS . . A jackal headed god. Guardian of     the necropolis . APIS BULL.      . The Apis Bull was sacred to Osiris. It was revered     from the earliest times, through the Graeco-Roman period. AQUERT. . A     name for the land of the dead. ATEF CROWN . . The atef crown was worn by Osiris . It is made up of the white     crown of Upper Egypt and the red feathers are representative of     Busiris, Osiris's cult center in the Delta. ATEN . . The god that gained its prominence     during the reign of Akhenaten , who     abolished the traditional cults of Egypt and replaced them with     the Aten. This created the first monotheistic cult in the world. B BA . . The ba can best be described as    someone's personality. Like a person's body, each ba was an    indiv


Which four letter word beginning with E is the yellowish-brown colour of unbleached linen?

The Vocabaret: Beguiling Word Play by Adrian Hoad-Reddick - issuu THE VOCABARET SEARCH THE WOODS Write a type of wood or tree in each set of blanks—from left to right, one letter per blank—to complete a longer word. For example, given the pattern __ __ __ H O L __, you would insert 'PINE' in the blanks to spell 'PINHOLE'. If you can’t think of a word with the pattern given, try dovetailing woods in the blanks to see if one of them forms a word. Answers, page 134. 1. __ A L __ N __ __ __ 2. __ __ __ U __ T R __ D E 3. __ B __ I N T __ E 4. C __ M E B __ C __ 5. U N __ __ __ U __ __ __ 6. __ __ P R E __ __ __ Y 7. E __ __ B R O __ S 8. B O N __ __ __ E 9. F E E B __ E M __ __ __ __ D __ E S S 10. O __ I G __ __ __ __ Y 11. __ __ __ __ __ __ Z L E 12. B E E F S __ __ __ __ 13. M I __ __ __ O N O __ N __ __ 14. __ U T __ __ __ __ 15. __ __ __ __ __ E S S 16. __ __ __ D W A T __ __ E R 17. H __ __ __ E T 18. __ __ Y __ O __ __ 19. F O R __ __ __ D I __ G L __ 20. __ __ S E __ __ __ KEYWORD what 3-letter keyword is found in the definitions of the following words? shillelagh, valomia, durmast, acorn, roble __ __ __ There are lots more KeyWord puzzles on page 63. Answers, page 134. © 2013 Adrian Hoad-Reddick, www.hoadworks.com THE VOCABARET BEASTS AT BAY This one was inspired by a puzzle of the same name by William R. Espy in The Game of Words Rhyming couplets provide the name of each beast contained in a larger word. Create your own clues and answers and be sure to send them in to hoad@hoadworks.com. I’ll publish them on the Vocabaret. Answers, page 134. __________ 1. There's a word that holds a rat, and means had visions in sleep. __________ 2. There's a word that holds a wren; a home of rabbits deep. __________ 3. One that holds a hog is a Japanese potentate of lore, __________ 4. One that holds a frog is a respite from the war. __________ 5. One that holds a toad is a serious twister, __________ 6. One that holds a ewe, adornments for wife (or sister.) __________ 7. One that holds a newt deserves your full attention __________ 8. One a puma holds, said of things that get second to last mention. __________ 9. There's one that holds a seal and is an African Republic, __________ 10. While the last holds a mule; the smallest bit of a compound pick. PHRASE ONE What do you think the expression“beasts at bay” means? Does it have to do with a feature of geography? Or perhaps the sound a dog makes? Hint: The mechanics of this game might help you come up with a plausible theory. Answers, page 134. p. 7 words within words CHOP CHOP, PART 1 Some words can survive without their heads and tails. Clip the 'MIDEAST' of its first and last letters and 'IDEAS' remains. Fill in the blanks in each sentence by putting a head and tail on another word in the sentence. Example:.An irate publisher urged his government to enact stricter laws to punish software ___________. (pirates, from irate) 1. The couple had hoped to enjoy lamb ________ for their main course. However, the waiter had obviously been sipping from the brandy and he managed to set himself ablaze. 2. The only upside of the company's May lay-off is the opportunity it affords fans to stay up late to watch the hockey _________. 3. The only way I could stomach liver as a child was to cut it into _________ and drown it in ketchup. 4. I've been wandering the streets of Camelot for hours. It's well nigh time I bumped into a ________. 5. The leg of Granny's rocker jarred the cabinet, and down fell all of Granny's ____________. 6. "You've just broken par for the first time. I'd expect to see at least a(n) _______ of enthusiasm." 7. An utter lack of ________ in the advancement practices of the company was the reason that she quit. 8. An eight-foot ladder would put us in fingertip range of the __________. 9. In a(n) _______ statement by the company's CEO, we learned that they were going to raze our town in order to expand the theme park. 10. It has become _________ to rend your blue jeans and wear them proudly in tatters. Answers, page 134. WORDPATHS Unearth the word from its etymological fossil..


Which four letter word beginning with G is a large, unwieldy umbrella, named after a Dickens character?

Full text of "Everybody's Illustrated book of puzzles" See other formats THE ILLUSTRATED     Hundred and Ninety-four Rebuses, Enigmts, Etc., with Answers.   SAXON & CO., PUBLISHERS, BOUTERIE STREET, LONDON, RC      9F C*MF. LIBRJMT, Iff   Ex Libris C. K. OGDEN   EVERYBODY'S  ILLUSTRATED  Book of Puzzles    LONDUN : \.\ON & O BOUYERIE STREET, FLEET STREET, E.C  1890.   LOSOOH : VE1X1JQ *SC CO., SO it 32, SAKUIhli BISECT, UJtCOLM 8 IXK   Everybody's Puzzle Book,   SELECTED BY   Fabled History of the First Riddle.  The ancients believed that the monster Sphynx was the inventor of riddles. Tho one she proposed for solution is this: "What animal is that which goes upon four legs in the morning, upon two at noon and upon three at night?" Many persons strove to ex- plain it, but failed and were torn to pieces by her. At length CEdipus solved it by say- ing that the animal was a man, who, in in- fancy, or in the morning of his life, creeps upon his hands and feet and so goes upon all fours; in the noon of his life walks on two feet, and in the night of old age requires a Stick and so totters upon three legs   No. 1. Picture Puzzle.  .LLKEL   No. 2. Enigma In Rhyme.  Green am I in spring, Late iu summer yellow;  In the autumn red, When the days grow mellow.  You may on me read;  You may on me write; Green, red, yellow, though I am,  I am always white.  Wrinkle not my face;  Let me live in clover; Look, but handle not;  Yes, you may turn me over.   No. 3. Arithmetic Tangle* A countrywoman carrying eggs to a garri- son, where she had three guards to pass, sold to the first guard half the number she had and half an egg more ; to the second, the half of what remained and half an egg beside, and to the third guard, she sold the half of the remainder and half another egg. When She arrived at the market place she had three dozen still to sell; how was this possible with- out breaking any of the eggs?   No. 4. A Star.  1. A letter. 2. Mamma. 3. Recited. 4. Escaped by stratagem. 5. Relating to the moon. 6. Title of address to a lady. 7. A provider of provisions. 8. A male nickname. 9. A letter.   No. 5. Conundrums.  (a) How do we know that Byron never wore a wig?  (b) "Why is the leaf of a tree like the human body?  (c) Which is the oldest tree in England?  (d) Why are feet like olden tales?  (e) Why is a spider a good correspondent?  (f) Why is a thief, picking a coiner's pocket, reminded of a line in Othello?  (g) Why is an undutiful son like one born deaf?  1C8C?;   Everybody s   (h) Why are the pages of a book like the days of a man!  (i) How many sides arc there to a tree!  (j Why is your nose like St. Paul's?  (k) What's that which every living man hath seen, but nevermore wit see again, I ween?  A Metamorphosis.  What a wonderful letter is N. Beside making a window of widow, it metamor- phoses a leviathan into two well known Jews, Levi N-athan ; makes a bungle of a bugle ; Norma, a Norman, and even causes a modest violet to be violent.  One of the nicest uses to put an N to is to change an eclipse into necklips, which charms, on a pretty woman, eclipse many others.  A Riddle Answered. "What is the difference between a widow and a window.'"' You give it up. I knew you would 1 Well, there is little if any, for the transparent griefs like the transparent panes of the other are Removed in course of repair- ing, and the latter is for mankind to look out of, while the former looks out for mankind.   Pnnlana.  Some one says that laundresses, like rail- roads, have their irons all over the country, and occasionally do a little mangling; but this, you know, is speaking ironically.  Is anything worse than the Englishman in Paris, who said he guessed a certain French lady to be mad, as her husband continually addressed her as March hare (Ma chere).  Theodore Rook was once asked to review a book called "Three Words to a Drunkard." "That I will do in three words," he said. "Pass the bottle!"  Motto


Which four letter word beginning with H is a Romanian or Israeli dance in which the performers form a ring?

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