The film The Madness Of King George tells the story of which King of the United Kingdom?

What was the truth about the madness of George III? - BBC News BBC News What was the truth about the madness of George III? 15 April 2013 Close share panel Image caption Nigel Hawthorne in the National Theatre production of The Madness of George III Modern medicine may help us to discover the real reasons behind King George III's erratic behaviour, writes historian Lucy Worsley. George III is well known in children's history books for being the "mad king who lost America". In recent years, though, it has become fashionable among historians to put his "madness" down to the physical, genetic blood disorder called porphyria. Its symptoms include aches and pains, as well as blue urine. The theory formed the basis of a long-running play by Alan Bennett, The Madness of George III, which was later adapted for film starring Nigel Hawthorne in the title role. However, a new research project based at St George's, University of London, has concluded that George III did actually suffer from mental illness after all. A royal biography George William Frederick born in London 1738, died Windsor Castle 1820 King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 and King of Hanover from 1814 until his death Became heir to the throne at 12 when his father, Frederick Louis, died in 1751 Wed Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in 1761 - the marriage lasted for 50 years Intermittently mad for the last 11 years of his reign, during which his son - the future George IV - acted as regent And the four Georges Using the evidence of thousands of George III's own handwritten letters, Dr Peter Garrard and Dr Vassiliki Rentoumi have been analysing his use of language. They have discovered that during his episodes of illness, his sentences were much longer than when he was well. A sentence containing 400 words and eight verbs was not unusual. George III, when ill, often repeated himself, and at the same time his vocabulary became much more complex, creative and colourful. These are features that can be seen today in the writing and speech of patients experiencing the manic phase of psychiatric illnesses such as bipolar disorder. Mania, or harmful euphoria, is at one end of a spectrum of mood disorders, with sadness, or depression, at the other. George's being in a manic state would also match contemporary descriptions of his illness by witnesses. They spoke of his "incessant loquacity" and his habit of talking until the foam ran out of his mouth. Sometimes he suffered from convulsions, and his pages had to sit on him to keep him safe on the floor. The researchers have even thrown doubt on one of the key planks in the case for porphyria, the blue urine. George III's medical records show that the king was given medicine based on gentian. This plant, with its deep blue flowers, is still used today as a mild tonic, but may turn the urine blue. So maybe it wasn't the king's "madness" that caused his most famous symptom. It could have simply been his medicine. I interviewed the researchers at St George's for a new documentary series, Fit To Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History. In this series, I re-examine our kings and queens as individual members of the human race, rather than just as impregnable icons of splendour and power. They suffered many of exactly the same biological and psychological weaknesses as the rest of us - only with rather more serious consequences. George III's recurring bouts of illness caused him to withdraw from daily business to recuperate out of the public eye at secluded Kew Palace, near Richmond. Each time he withdrew to Kew, this triggered a crisis - who was to make decisions in his absence? His son, the Prince of Wales, with whom George III had a terrible relationship, wanted to be appointed regent, and to act as the king in everything but name. But the future George IV was very much associated with the political opposition, and the government was determined to keep him out. Find out more Lucy Worsley examines how royal illness changed history in Fit To Rule, 15 April at 21:00 BST on BBC Two Watch Fit To Rule on iPlayer Strikingly


Which nation has won the Eurovision Song Contest more than any other?

Video: Watch: Highlights of the Eurovision Song Contest final 2015 in Vienna - Telegraph Sweden's Mans Zelmerlow won the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna on Sunday, beating Russia and Italy in the world's biggest international music show. The 28-year-old singer and TV presenter, who had been a bookmakers' favourite, performed the winning electro-pop ballad "Heroes," dancing in front of a black screen with animated gnomes. Mans Zelmerloew representing Sweden celebrates winning the final of the 60th annual Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna (Reuters) Sweden has won the 60-year-old competition six times, more than any other nation apart from Ireland. Sweden won most recently in 2012 with "Euphoria" by Loreen and now gets to host the contest again next year. This year's theme was Building Bridges, which many artists interpreted as an appeal for tolerance in performances that included a gay kiss scene by Lithuania. "We are all heroes no matter who we love, who we are or what we believe in," Zelmerlow told the crowd in Vienna after getting a hug from last year's victor, bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst of Austria. He beat Russia's Polina Gagarina, whose song "A Million Voices" reaped top scores from most former Soviet satellite states that earned angry jeers from the crowd in Austria. Mans Zelmerlow representing Sweden performs the song 'Heroes' (AP) "Please remember that our motto is building bridges and that music should stand over politics tonight," presenter Alice Tumler told the audience. The annual kitsch-fest was watched last year by more than 195 million people in 45 countries, or more viewers than the Super Bowl. This year China broadcast the world's longest running music competition, a fixture in the gay calendar, live for the first time. While viewers are often puzzled by the inclusion of countries outside Europe such as Israel, which qualifies thanks to membership of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), this year the net was cast even wider. To mark 60 years since the first Eurovision in 1955, Australia was given a wild card entry and singer Guy Sebastian and his up-tempo song "Tonight Again," a big hit with the crowds in Austria, finished fifth. Singer Guy Sebastian (R) representing Australia performs the song "Tonight Again" (Reuters) Eurovision is hugely popular in Australia, where about 3 million people watched it last year, and broadcaster SBS is an associate member of the EBU. Recent hosts have spent an average of 25 million euros on staging the event. But EBU media director Jean Philip de Tender said it was possible to host it for 11 million euros, allowing the host nation to breakeven, meaning even small or cash-strapped countries have a chance.


In 1978, which country became the first to receive nul points overall, with their entry Mil Etter Mil?

Nul Points | Eurovision Song Contest Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia 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. Jahn Teigen at the 1978 contest, said to be the most famous "nul pointer" of all "Nul Points" is considered to be the most famous phenomenon of the Eurovision Song Contest . The term refers to an entry (or entries) that fails to earn a single point. It is often preceded by the words "the dreaded", as it is the one score that every country is determined to avoid getting. To date, there have been 36 victims of "nul points" in the finals, with 2 entries even failing to get a single point in the semifinals and even 3 entries not getting a point on one half of the split vote system.   The most unfortunate victims are Norway and Austria, having each scored "nul points" 4 times. As of 2016, it is deemed almost impossible to attain nul points due to the new voting system . Contents


With which country did Celine Dion win the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988 singing Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi?

Eurovision Song Contest 1988 - Winner - Switzerland - Céline Dion - Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi - YouTube Eurovision Song Contest 1988 - Winner - Switzerland - Céline Dion - Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Oct 30, 2011 Eurovision Song Contest 1988 - Winner - Switzerland - Céline Dion - Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi Category


Who represented Russia in the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest after having a number one hit the previous year in the UK?

Eurovision Winners Videos - 2000s 2000s 2009 - Norway    Alexander Rybak, "Fairytale" Fairytale was elected through the Norwegian festival Melodi Grand Prix 2009. Rybak's song won in the biggest landslide of the contest's history, and competed against eighteen other Eurovision entries in the second semi-final on 14 May 2009, where it qualified for the final. The final took place on May 16, and the song won with 387 points – a new ESC record. It was Norway's third Eurovision Song Contest win.  The backing dancers for the Eurovision performance, Sigbjørn Rua, Torkjell Lunde Børsheim and Hallgrim Hansegård, are from the Norwegian dance company Frikar, performing the folk dance halling. The backing singers, Jorunn Hauge and Karianne Kjærnes, wore long pink dresses designed by Norwegian designer Leila Hafzi. 2008 - Russia    Dima Bilan, "Believe" "Believe" is the winning Russian entry for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest sung by Dima Bilan. The song was composed and written by Jim Beanz (aka. James Washington) & Dima Bilan. On 20 May 2008 Bilan sang in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest, and the song was voted into the final by public vote. It was performed 24th out of 25 songs in the final on 24 May 2008. The Russian figure skater, Olympic gold medalist and three-time world champion Evgeni Plushenko, skated on artificial ice on stage as part of the song performance, while the Hungarian composer and violinist Edvin Marton played his Stradivarius. This song won the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, finishing with a total of 272 points, becoming the fourth ex-Soviet Union country to win the annual contest. Traditionally the country that takes first place in Eurovision hosts the next contest. With the victory of Dima Bilan with his song Believe the following Eurovision was held in Moscow although many people wanted to see it in St. Petersburg. The performance of Dima Bilan cost the country €10,000,000 but the show brought victory to Russia which was priceless. With so much money and efforts put into the preparation of the show Russia finally won it’s right to host Eurovision for the first time in the history of the contest. Not only fans were happy for Dima Bilan. Dmitriy Medvedev, the president of Russia, admitted that he himself watched the contest and called right away to congratulate Dima and all the team. He mentioned that it’s not only Dima’s personal victory, but triumph of the whole country. Dima Bilan also represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006, with the dark pop song "Never Let You Go", where he took second place. 2007 - Serbia    Marija Serifovic, "Molitva" "Molitva" (Cyrillic: Молитва; English: "Prayer") is a song by Serbian singer Marija Šerifović. It was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. It was Serbia's Eurovision debut as an independent nation; the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro having dissolved in June 2006. The song was released as a CD single in nine different versions on June 27, 2007 by Connective Records. Molitva was the first song containing no English language lyrics to win since 1998; the 2004 winner "Wild Dances" by Ruslana had been sung mostly in Ukrainian but contained some English phrases. It was also the first time a ballad has won since televoting became the standard. The song is also notable for its stage presentation because it lacked dance routines, revealing or showy costumes, pyrotechnics and other gimmicks. The Eurovision Song Contest is often accused of concentrating on these things instead of the music itself. Many elements of "Molitva" contrasted with the previous winner, "Hard Rock Hallelujah". Marija's performance was complemented by the notable presence of the five backing singers, who joined together afterwards to form Beauty Queens. Two days after the final, it was claimed that the song was plagiarized from Albanian artist Soni Malaj's song Ndarja. This has however been strongly denied by Marjan Filipovski, the Macedonian composer of Ndarja. 2006 - Finland    Lordi, "Hard Rock Hallelujah" "Hard Rock Hallelujah" is a song by the


Which comedian created and played Tony Ferrino, a Portuguese singer who had won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980 with the song Papa Bendi?

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST Overview   The     Contest's name comes from the EBU's Eurovision TV distribution network.     Because it is the highest-profile event distributed by the network, the     Song Contest itself is often simply called "Eurovision" (especially in the United     Kingdom , which transmits fewer Eurovision Network broadcasts than     most continental countries). ESC is an abbreviation used when referring     to the Contest on websites and in forums.   The     structure of the Contest is as follows:   Each       country, through a variety of means, chooses an artist and song to       represent them. Each       song from every country is then performed once on the night, vocally       live. After       all songs have been performed, viewers have ten minutes to vote for       their favourite song. Viewers can not vote for their own country       e.g. voters in Ireland can not vote for the Irish entry. All       the votes are added up per country (e.g. all of the votes from Irish       televoters, from French voters etc.) Each       country, via satellite link, reveals its votes. The top ten songs       voted for in each country receive points, from 1-8, then 10 and 12       points. Points are announced per country in reverse order. In       the end, the winner is the country with the most points. In a tie,       it is the country with (any number of) points awarded from most       countries that wins. The       winning country receives the honour of hosting the next year's       Contest.   The     programme can reach a potential television audience of more than one     billion. Any member of the EBU (even those outside Europe) may     participate in the Contest. Of these non-European members, only Israel     and Morocco have participated in the Contest. Lebanon had planned to     enter the 2005 Contest, but they were forced to withdraw because they admitted that they could not be sure the broadcast wouldn't be cut     whilst Israel were performing.   The     theme music played before and after the broadcasts of the Eurovision     Song Contest (and other Eurovision broadcasts) is the prelude to     Marc-Antoine Charpentier's setting of Te Deum.   History   In     the event of a tie it used to be the song with the most twelve points     which won (as was the case in 1991) however it is now the song which     received any points from the most countries which wins the tiebreak   Rules   The     official rules of the Contest are long, technical, and ever-changing.     Many of the rules cover technical aspects of the television broadcast     itself. However, a few of the more important rules affecting the conduct     and outcome of the Contest follow. (Link     to the full rules for the 2005 Contest)   Number     of Songs   Each     country is entitled to enter just one song. The Contest final is limited     to 24 songs. For the 2006 Contest in Greece ,     the countries that will take those places fall into three categories.   The       countries with the ten highest scores in the final of the 2005       Contest. (Greece, Malta, Romania, Israel ,       Latvia, Moldova, Switzerland , Norway , and Denmark )       (After Serbia & Montenegro's withdrawal on 20 March, 2006,       Croatia (11th in the 2005 final) goes through to the 2006       final) The       four largest contributors to the EBU general budget. ( France , Germany , Spain ,       and the United Kingdom) The       countries with the ten highest scores in the semi-final of the 2006       Contest. (To be chosen from among Albania, Andorra, Armenia,       Belarus, Belgium ,       Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus ,       Estonia, Finland , Iceland , Ireland ,       Lithuania, FYR Macedonia, Monaco, Netherlands , Poland , Portugal , Russia ,       Sloven


What was the name of the act comprising of Gemma Abbey and Chris Cromby who became the first UK act to receive no points overall?

Stock Auditor 2006 Annual by KPS Media - issuu issuu All six issues from 2006 Stock Auditor www.iltsa.co.uk THE MAGAZINE FOR THE INSTITUTE OF LICENSED TRADE STOCK AUDITORS ISSUE 63 Page 6 The first Fifty Years Page 8 The New Generation of Brewers 53rd A.G.M. Mildenhall, Suffolk 19th - 21st May 2006 See pages 10 & 11 New Licensing Hours Page 13 www.iltsa.co.uk Page 16 I have tried to monitor how the extended hours have affected my clients and find that there has been no major improvement in trade, in fact Christmas appears to have been rather flat in the majority of cases. Yes, there was the usual increase in trade but it seemed shorter and not as marked as in previous years. Perhaps this should have been expected as there has been no significant increase in drinkers, they have only so much money to spend, just slightly more time in which to spend it. As I write January figures are coming in and I see a drop in takings compared with last year. The Licensed Trade faces an estimated bill of some 120 million pounds to implement the Act – and that figure can only rise as other costs become apparent. I would welcome your appraisal of the new hours – are your clients finding that they cost more than they are worth – indeed do they take advantage of the extra hours ? ILTSA TRAINING COURSE - Craiglands Hotel - 16th to 20th March 2006 From The Editor Chris Swift Tel:- 01422 316641 chrisswift@iltsa.co.uk 01968 670600 President & Chair Exam & Training Happy New Year to you all ! After a very relaxing Christmas, January has been an extremely busy month. There is much uncertainty within the Licensed Trade at the moment, the extended hours have not produced the expected’fix all’ for all the trade problems. In fact there are many more pitfalls for the unwary licensee. One of my clients was ordered to close at eight on a busy Friday night by the Police – the reason there was a fight outside the pub which had nothing at all to do with the premises. When the licensee emptied his pub he was then criticised for telling his customers it was an order from the Police. In another case locally a long standing licensee was the victim of a ‘sting’ operation organised by the Police along with Trading Standards Officers. On ‘Mad Friday’ when customers were six deep at the bar they sent in an underage person to see if they would be served. The Licensee was fined on the spot. He was also Vice Chairman of the local Pub watch scheme and has resigned in disgust. Whilst in no way exonerating underage sales I feel there must be far more worthwhile areas for the Police to concentrate on. In another bizarre situation a Barnsley Licensee had gone on holiday to replenish his batteries only to be informed that his pub had been shut down by the Police – The reason, his relief manager did not hold the requisite personal license ! The threat of ADZ’s ( Alcohol Disorder Zones ) still hangs over the trade and the Steve Berry F.I.L.S.A. steveberry@iltsa.co.uk Favourite food :‘ Real Spanish Paella‘ Trevor Perrott F.I.L.S.A.. 01483 829437 Treasurer trevorperrott@iltsa.co.uk Favourite food :‘ A hot curry ’ Smoking ban may well put a further nail in the coffin. Is it any wonder that the major Pub Cos seem to be having a problem recruiting suitable licensees, I have never seen as many ‘To Let’ signs outside premises. January is often a time for us, and our clients, to take stock of the situation. ( No pun intended ) Many of my clients appear to be questioning their future in the trade, with increasing rents, increasing power bills and a decline in barrelage many see no future for them and their families. Not only am I carrying out stock audits but I am frequently being asked to see if there are cost reductions possible within the business. The next round of brewery price rises are on the way, in fact some of the smaller breweries have already struck – my advice to clients this year is not only to pass the full increase on but to try and add a penny or two to cover other increased costs. Thanks to everybody who has helped put this magazine together in particular the newer m


After the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest, how many times had the United Kingdom finished second?

BBC - Eurovision facts and figures - Media Centre The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Engelbert Humperdinck to sing Love Will Set You Free Eurovision facts and figures The first ever Eurovision Song Contest took place on the 24th of May, 1956, in Lugano, Switzerland In 54 years, over 1,200 songs have competed in the Eurovision Song Contest Dutch conductor Dolf van der Linde conducted for seven different countries (Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland) Johnny Logan won the Eurovision Song Contest three times. In 1980 and 1987 he represented Ireland as performer and won both times, in 1992 he wrote Linda Martin's winning entry Why Me Poland made the most impressive debute in 1994, when Edyta Gorniak came 2nd with To Nie Ja, closely followed by Serbia's victory in 2007. Although Serbia & Montenegro was represented twice before, it was the first time that Serbia took part as an independent country Norway can be found at the bottom of the list as many as ten times. They came last in 1963, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1990, 1997, 2001 and 2004. They also won three times (in 1985, 1995 and 2009) Ireland won a record 7 times, Luxembourg, France and the United Kingdom 5 times. Sweden and the Netherlands won 4 times. ABBA is the most successful Eurovision Song Contest winner. The Swedish pop band won the contest in 1974. In 2001, the largest audience ever attended the Eurovision Song Contest. Almost 38,000 people gathered at Copenhagen's Parken Stadium. The most covered Eurovision Song Contest song is Domenico Modugno's Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu, also known as Volare. The song has been covered by stars Frank Sinatra, Cliff Richard and David Bowie. Televoting was introduced in 1997 In 2004, the first televised Eurovision Song Contest semi-final took place. In 2008, a second semi-final was introduced. Recently, the contest was won by Greece (2005), Finland (2006), Serbia (2007), Russia (2008) Norway (2009), Germany (2010) and Azerbaijan (2011). In 2007, 90 million people saw the Eurovision Song Contest, in 2008 105 million people tuned in. In 2009, 125 million people watched the competition and over 10 million phone and SMS votes were cast for the Eurovision Song Contest. Most winning songs were performed in English - songs (mostly) in English won 22 times. French is also popular with 14 victories, Dutch and Hebrew songs won 3 times each. Baku After Ell and Nikki took the title for Azerbaijan last year, the contest travels to the city of Baku. Baku, also known as Baky or Bakı, is the largest city in the Caucasus and is the capital of Azerbaijan. It is situated on the western coast of the Caspian Sea and the population of the city is now around 3.7 million. The Eurovision Song contest will take place in Baku’s Crystal Arena, which for this event has a seating capacity of over 16,000. Participating countries United Kingdom Contest highlights 1955 - The concept of the Eurovision Song Contest was the brainchild of EBU Director Marcel Bezençon 1956 - The first Eurovision Song Contest took place in Lugano, Switzerland, on the 24th of May 1958 - Italy’s Domenico Modugno finishes 3rd with Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu, better known as Volare. It would become the most covered song in the history of Eurovision 1964 - A demonstrator manages to reach the stage during the live broadcast. Unfortunately, there is no archive material of the 1964 contest 1968 - The first ever Eurovision Song Contest broadcast in colour 1969 - A controversial outcome, as Spain, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and France all finish first 1974 - ABBA wins for Sweden. They would become the most successful Eurovision Song Contest winners ever 1975 - A new voting system is being introduced. Each country gives 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points to its top-10 1977 - The contest has to be postponed from April to May due to a strike of camera men at the BBC 1979 - Israel wins the contest for the second time in a row 1980 - Previous year’s winner Israel could not host the contest and the Netherlands offered to take over the production. The


In the BBC's poll of 2002 to find the 100 Greatest Britons, which four people in the top ten were alive during the 20th century?

The American January 2009 by Blue Edge Publishing Ltd. - issuu issuu THE ESSENTIAL MONTHLY FOR ALL AMERICANS Est. 1976 THE AMERICAN • JANUARY 2009 • Issue 669 ® HAPPY NEW YEAR ...and enjoy Burns Night RESTAURANT REVIEWS MUSIC • ARTS SPORTS • POLITICS www.theamerican.co.uk MANDY PATINKIN Theater reviews including TREASURE ISLAND @lÀkÜ~~¶ÜafÜC8 :YddÜ^ja]f\kÜYf\Ü^YeadqÜafÜl`]ÜLJ8Üo`]f]n]jÜqgmÀj]ÜgfÜl`]Üegn]ÜafÜl`]ÜLB K¥DgZad]ÜhYqÜegfl`dqÜ[mklge]jkÜ_]lÜ~Üeafml]kÜ^gjÜÜYÜegfl`Üoal`ÜK¥DgZad]ÀkÜLJ8ÜÜ:YfY\YÜGYkkÜ K]plÜ:~ÜlgÜÜlgÜY\\ÜqgmjÜhYkkÜlg\Yq K`]Üd]_YdÜklm^^ÜNal`ÜgmjÜLJ8ÜÜ:YfY\YÜGYkkÜK¥DgZad]ÜhYqÜegfl`dqÜ[mklge]jkÜoaddÜ_]lÜ~Üaf[dmkan]Üeafml]kÜlgÜmk]ÜYfqÜlae]Ü^gjÜÜYÜegfl`ÜK`YlÜogjckÜgmlÜYlÜYfÜ]imanYd]flÜhja[]Üg^ÜhÜh]jÜeafml]ÜPgmjÜhYkkÜ eafml]kÜYj]Ü^gjÜ[YddkÜeY\]Ü^jgeÜl`]ÜLBÜlgÜegZad]kÜYf\ÜdYf\daf]kÜ:YddkÜlgÜhj]eameÜjYl]ÜfmeZ]jkÜYf\Ügl`]jÜfgf¥_]g_jYh`a[ÜfmeZ]jkÜ©o`a[`Ü[YfÜnYjqÜgn]jÜlae]ªÜYj]fÀlÜaf[dm\]\ÜYf\Üo]Ü`Yn]ÜYÜeafaemeÜ[YddÜ[`Yj_]Ü g^ÜhÜPgmjÜhYkkÜoaddÜdYklÜ^gjÜÜ\YqkÜN]Àj]ÜY^jYa\Ül`YlÜl`akÜhdYfÜakfÀlÜ^gjÜZmkaf]kkÜj]_akl]j]\Ü[mklge]jkÜYf\ÜqgmÜeYqÜ`Yn]ÜlgÜhYqÜYÜ\]hgkal The American ® Issue 669 – January 2009 Published by Blue Edge Publishing Ltd. Old Byre House, East Knoyle, Salisbury SP3 6AW, UK Publisher: Michael Burland +44 (0)1747 830328 theamerican@blueedge.co.uk Please contact us with your news or article ideas Advertising & Promotions: Sabrina Sully, Commercial Director Nadia Abd Rabbo, Ad Manager +44 (0)1747 830520 sabrina.theamerican@blueedge.co.uk nadia.theamerican@blueedge.co.uk Subscriptions enquiries: Phone +44 (0)1747 830328, email theamerican@blueedge.co.uk Correspondents: Virginia Schultz, Wining & Dining virginias@blueedge.co.uk Mary Bailey, Social maryb@blueedge.co.uk Cece Mills, Arts cecem@blueedge.co.uk Jarlath O’Connell, Theater jarlatho@blueedge.co.uk Bob Pickens, Columnist bobp@blueedge.co.uk Richard Gale, Sports Editor richardg@blueedge.co.uk Sean Chaplin, Sports seanc@blueedge.co.uk Dom Mills, Motorsports domm@blueedge.co.uk Jeremy Lanaway, Hockey jeremyl@blueedge.co.uk Riki Evans Johnson, European rikie@blueedge.co.uk Nadia Abd Rabbo, Music nadiaa@blueedge.co.uk ©2009 Blue Edge Publishing Ltd. Welcome T his issue of The American comes out just before Christmas and lasts until the end of January, so it’s a good time to wish all our subscribers and readers a Happy New Year. Or, if you’re reading this toward the end of the month, I hope you’ve had a good start to 2009. We are all, of course, living in a time of great uncertainty in the world, uncertainty that may feel all the stronger for expatriates, living far from the familiarity of home and family. In this issue our regular columnist Bob Pickens reflects on whether living abroad brings its own kind of wisdom. The wisdom, or at least the professional accuracy, of political pundits during the recent presidential campaign is explored by Sir Robert Worcester – fascinating to read during this Inaugural month. Our music section has its own kind of familiarity, with reviews of albums by two new artists who are reinvigorating old musical genres. And to make all of us feel at home in Britain, January is bracketed by two Scottish festivals that will bring a glow to the heart – Hogmanay and Burns Night. Enjoy your magazine. Michael Burland, Editor SOME OF THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS Sir Robert Worcester, a Kansas City native, is the founder of the MORI polling and research organisation and the best known pollster in the UK. Estelle Lovatt is an artist, arts correspondent, author, radio producer and presenter, Chair of the Women’s Radio Group and a tutor on arts courses. Dan Eales and Alan Ferrett are the brains behind The Johnsons, our regular cartoon,. And Dan and Alan’s brains are a lot sharper than their creations’! Printed by The Westdale Press Ltd 70 Portmanmoor Road, Industrial Estate, East Moors, Cardiff CF24 5HB Don’t forget to check out The American online at www.theamerican.co.uk Cover: Burn’s Night (courtesy britainonview.com). Inset: Treasure Island (© Clive Barda). The entire contents of The American and www.theameri


Which four letters are worth 3 points each in the game of scrabble?

Scrabble Rules - How to Play Scrabble - Official SCRABBLE Rules Scrabble Rules Links to Scrabble rules and Scrabble official game   instructions. Two to four players play in any game of Scrabble. The object of   Scrabble is to score more points than one's opponent. A player   collects points by placing words on the game board. Each letter has   a different point value, so the strategy becomes to play words with   high scoring letter combinations. The Scrabble Board A Scrabble game board is made of up cells in a square grid. The   Scrabble board is 15 cells wide by 15 cells high. The Scrabble tiles   fit within these cells one to a cell. Scrabble Tiles Scrabble   is played with exactly 100 tiles. 98 of these tiles contain letters   on them, while there are 2 blank tiles. These blank tiles add a   wildcard aspect to Scrabble. The blanks substitute for any letter in   the alphabet. Once played, a blank tile remains for the remainder of   the game the letter for which it was substituted when first played. Various letters have different point values, depending on the   rarity of the letter and the difficulty in playing it. Blank tiles   have no point value. Tile Values Here are the point values for each letter in Scrabble. 0 Points - Blank tile. 1 Point - A, E, I, L, N, O, R, S, T and U. 2 Points - D and G. 3 Points - B, C, M and P. 4 Points - F, H, V, W and Y. 5 Points - K. 8 Points - J and X. 10 Points - Q and Z. Extra Point Values Some squares on the Scrabble board represent multipliers. If a   tile is placed on this square, then the tile's value is multiplied   by a factor or either 2x or 3x. Certain tiles multiply the point   value of an entire word and not simply the tile on that space. Double Letter Scores - Light blue cells are found isolated   on the board. When a tile is placed on this space, that tile's point   value is multiplied by two. Triple Letter Score - This is a dark blue cell on the   Scrabble. The tile placed on this square has its points multiplied   by three. Double Word Score - Light red cells are found running   diagonally towards the four corners of the board. When a player   plays a word on one of these squares, the point value of the entire   word is multiplied by two. Triple Word Score - This is a dark red square on the   Scrabble board. These are found on the four sides of the board   equidistant from the four corners of the board. When a word is   played using this square, then the points for the word are   multiplied by three. One Single Use - Note that extra point squares are only   usable once. If one player plays a word using this cells, then the   next time that space is used to make a word, the point value is not   multiplied. Starting the Game Without looking into the tile bag, each of the Scrabble players   takes one tile out of the tile bag. Whichever player has the letter   closest to the beginning of the alphabet goes first. A blank tile is   considered better than an "A". These tiles are placed into the bag   once more. Starting the game, each player begins their turn by drawing seven   tiles apiece from the bag. The player can do one of three things on   a turn. The player can place a word, exchange tiles or pass. Most of   the time, the player will take the option of playing a word. Exchanging tiles allows a player to replace anywhere between one   and all of the tiles on the player's rack. If this option is taken,   the player cannot do anything else that hand. Therefore, a tile   exchange cannot be performed on a turn when the player places a word   on the board. A player may pass at any time. If all player's pass twice in a   row, then the game ends. The First Word Score A player begins the game by placing a word on the star square at   the center of the board. This star acts as a double word score. The   star cell does not act as a double word score for subsequent players   playing off the center square. Play continues in a clockwise direction around the Scrabble   board. Replacing Scr


What are the first names of the four children who enter Narnia in The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe?

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis - review | Children's books | The Guardian Children's books The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis - review 'I now understand why The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is a children's classic. It is a must read for us all!' Children's books The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis - review 'I now understand why The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is a children's classic. It is a must read for us all!' PicklesZA Close , The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Four children – Lucy, Peter, Susan and Edmund all enter Narnia – a magical world where animals talk and the White Witch who reigns as Queen makes it always winter and never Christmas. They enter at different times, but from the same place – the old Wardrobe. Lucy enters first and encounters the Faun who is in the pay of the White Witch and tries to kidnap her. Edmund, who enters second, finds the White Witch and thinks she's kind and caring, only to later discover that she is a cruel, evil and untrustworthy woman. Susan and Peter enter together and find Lucy and Edmund. They all meet Mr. and Mrs. Beaver who invites them to lunch at their cottage. During lunch they realize that Edmund (who had fought and was angry with the other three) had left to join forces with the White Witch whom he believed would make him Prince. The Beavers along with the three children set off on a long and perilous journey to find Aslan – the King and Lord of Narnia – and rescue Edmund. Together, the children join forces with Aslan's army against the heartless and wicked White Witch. I loved how Lewis created Narnia, a land of magical creatures and adventure. Lewis describes his characters, writing about them in the form that children aged nine and above, and even some adults would enjoy. I liked Lucy best because she is a curious, truthful and kindhearted girl whom I could relate to. This book taught me two important lessons; that looks can be deceiving and that two wrongs don't make a right. Lewis has a clear and vivid writing style, which makes it easy for the reader to follow and remain engrossed. My favourite part in the book was when Aslan was un-stoning the statues and everything came to life. It made me feel as if all the un-stoned animals were right there in front of me, beckoning me to join them. I now understand why The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is a children's classic. It is a must read for us all! • Buy this book at the Guardian Bookshop . Want to tell the world about a book you've read? Join the site and send us your review!


Which England international footballer started his footballing career at Canadian club Calgary Foothills FC?

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FInd the connection - thinkypedia.com FInd the connection Answer the questions and find the link 1. Which England international footballer started his footballing career at Canadian club Calgary Foothills FC? 2. How are twin sisters Monica and Gabriela Irimia better known in the music world? 3. Which famous song includes the line "my shavin' razor's cold and it stings"? 4. Who is the chubbiest out of all of Snow White's seven dwarfs? 5. Which Liverpool player is currently the record FA Cup final goalscorer, with 5 goals to his name? 6. Which two word rhyming name is the common name for the plant called the Impatiens Walleriana? 7. Which former Big Brother contestant who was famous for quotes such as "what is the opposite of opposite?" and "do fish get thirsty?" and later went on to present "Braniac: Science Abuse" on Sky television? 8. Which song gave Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff a number one hit in 1991? 9. Which 1999 Oscar winning film was directed by Mike Leigh and starred Jim Broadbent as Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan fame? 10. What is the connection?


Which famous song includes the line my shavin' razor's cold and it stings?

References To Other Songs Or Musicians - TMBW: The They Might Be Giants Knowledge Base References To Other Songs Or Musicians From This Might Be A Wiki TMBG often make obvious or subtle references to other songs and musicians, bands, or performers. This list includes many of those references. However, without the Johns' stamp of validation, it must be admitted that some of them may just be guesses. Contents Lyrical references[ edit | edit source ] Ana Ng - "All alone at the '64 World's Fair / Eighty dolls yelling 'Small girl after all'" - Disney's It's a Small World song and ride repeats the line "It's a small world after all" in . The ride was unveiled at the fair and eventually moved to Disneyland. Ana Ng - "It's like a whirlpool and it never ends" is a reference to the Tommy Roe song "Dizzy": "My head is spinning, like a whirlpool it never ends." The Biggest One - Lyrics play on Gloria Gaynor 's "I Will Survive" ("Change the lock, throw away the key, I will survive") Birdhouse In Your Soul (Demo) - "Give me something to write on" and "I don't feel thirty" both play on extemporaneous lines from Van Halen 's "Hot For Teacher", in which David Lee Roth exhorts, "I don't feel tardy." Birds Fly - The line about "a good luck charm hanging off my arm" refers to the Elvis Presley song "Good Luck Charm." Brain Problem Situation - The line "Wake up / Put on my makeup / And pick the rake up / And rake my hair" could be a reference to " Chop Suey! " by System of a Down ("Wake up / Grab a brush and put a little makeup"), or " I Say A Little Prayer " by Bacharach and David ("The moment I wake up / Before I put on my makeup"). Cage & Aquarium - Contains the line "This is the spawning of the Cage and Aquarium" in the chorus; a skewed match to the song " Age of Aquarius " which contains the line "This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius" in its chorus. Age of Aquarius is originally from the 60's musical " Hair ", but is a well-known oldies song in its own right. Circular Karate Chop - The lyric " short sharp shock " originally appeared in Gilbert and Sullivan 's 1885 comic opera The Mikado . The same phrase has also been used in other musical and literary works. Damn Good Times - "She acts like David Lee Roth when he turned 21", song itself a reference to David Lee Roth's "Damn Good" from the 1987 DLR album Skyscraper. Damn Good Times - "I know a girl who's got a record machine" is almost exactly the same as a line from "20 Flight Rock" by Eddie Cochran . Free Bird's Rebirth - Reference to the Lynyrd Skynyrd song. Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal - last verse in which TMBG makes references to several of their own songs "Well, I told you about the world - its address", "Chess Piece Face's patience must be wearing thin", etc., mimics the Beatles' "Glass Onion" ("I told you about Strawberry Fields", etc, in which the Beatles reference themselves) I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die - Twist on "Hope I die before I get old" from The Who 's "My Generation" Impossible - "Well I'd like to be an octofish" may refer to the Captain Beefheart song "Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish" from the 1969 album Trout Mask Replica . Iowa - "And if that broom don't fly / I'm gonna buy you / a Dustbuster" is a play on the traditional lullaby " Hush Little Baby ". It's Not My Birthday - "When this grey world crumbles like a cake / I'll be hanging from the hope / that I'll never see that recipe again" is a play on "Someone left the cake out in the rain...and I'll never have that recipe again" from "MacArthur Park" by Richard Harris . Lucky Ball & Chain - A modified quote of Darlene Love 's song "(Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry" ("playing 'Here Comes the Bride' when he walks in the door"), which itself references "The Wedding March (Here Comes the Bride) ". Maine - "Shaving razor's rusty, but the sting brings you exactly back to Maine" is probably a reference to the Monkees song "Daydream Believer" ("The shaving razor's cold, and it stings"). Mainstream U.S.A. - We Are the World (which TMBG have covered ), Ringo Starr 's " Back Off Boogaloo ", g


Who is the chubbiest out of all of Snow White's seven dwarfs?

It's Behind You - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs THE ORIGINS:   The  Origin of the Fairy Tale �Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs� comes from a  collection of Folk tales published between 1812-1815.. Written and collected  by the Brothers Grimm- Jacob and Wilhelm, it was first published in English  in 1823, and illustrated by George Cruikshank (who also illustrated the  novels of Charles Dickens). In their book �The Classic Fairy Tales� Iona and Peter  Opie describe how �the story of Snow White was one of the tales  Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm collected in Cassel from two sisters, Jeannette and  Amalie Hassenpflug, whose brother Ludwig was to marry their sister Lotte The story,  a morality, perhaps, on the spitefulness of which beauty queens are capable,  was in fact well known in Hesse at the beginning of the nineteenth century;  and it has subsequently been found with little variation over a wide area  from Ireland to Asia Minor, and in several parts of North and West Africa.� The story of  Dwarfs feature in many Northern European folk tales, often as miners working  with precious metals and stones. In ancient Norse legend Odin, the Norse god  had a sword made by these little men. Lucky Seven The  number of dwarfs in �Snow White� holds a mystical significance. The number  seven being regarded as a magical number: �The Seventh Son of a Seventh Son�  dating back to ancient Arabian legend. According to the Bible it took seven  days to create the world, and ancient astronomers believed that there were  seven planets. Shakespeare quotes the �Seven ages of Man�- infant, student,  lover, soldier, justice, maturity and senility� All the great  Jewish feasts lasted for seven days, and there are legends of seven hills,  seven cities and  seven sacred trees. The Sky holds the stars known as �The  Seven Sisters� and, of course the bingo  callers cry of �Number Seven- lucky for some!� continues the magical  significance. The Opies  continue: �The tale  of Snow White contains elements that lie deep in European folk tradition;  but it is not necessarily an old story, and has probably come under literary  .influence. Thus the theme of the glass coffin, in which lay Snow White's  body, remaining ever as beautiful as the day it was laid to rest, was a  feature of the story of Lisa in the Pentamerone published 1634. Lisa,  like Snow White, was a lovely seven-year-old child, and she died, or  appeared to have died, through having a comb stuck in her head. For years  her body was kept secretly in a casket of crystal; and it remained lovely,  so lovely that when her uncle's wife discovered it in a locked room, it  aroused her most intense jealousy In addition  the aunt's extreme enmity is shown to have been due to her supposing that  her husband was having an affair with the beautiful girl. The aunt did not  know Lisa was her husband's niece, and does not seem to have been aware that  the girl had for years lain in a coma. When the aunt opens the casket she  thinks the maiden merely asleep, takes hold of her by the hair and drags her  out, fortuitously dislodging the comb in her head and restoring her to life. Hi Ho, Hi Ho! Other  than the Brothers Grimm publishing their version, the popularity of the tale  of �Snow White� must lie with Walt Disney. Before the film of �Snow White�  was made, most people regarded cartoons as something that happened before  the main feature film- cartoon �shorts� to amuse and entertain. Disney  believed that his animators and �imagineers� could do something more- that  they could create a feature film that would enthrall and amaze, but in the  cartoon medium. �Snow White�  was released at Christmas 1937. It was the first feature length cartoon  ever, and premiered at Radio City Music Hall. Disney himself  was influenced by an early silent film based on the story. It was made in  1916 and left a deep impression on him. A cartoon version was made by Max  Fleisher- Betty Boop as Snow White, released in 1933. The cartoon short  features Betty dreaming she is Snow


Which Liverpool player is currently the record FA Cup final goalscorer, with 5 goals to his name?

50 Greatest Goal Scorers in World Football History | Bleacher Report 50 Greatest Goal Scorers in World Football History Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse the slideshow Shaun Botterill/Getty Images 18 Comments Herein lies who I consider to be the greatest 50 goal scorers in World Football History. They aren't all strikers, they aren't all retired and some of them have certainly fallen from grace. Nevertheless they all could find the back of the net at some point in their careers and that value should never be overlooked. Enjoy. Ronaldo Stuart Franklin/Getty Images Brazilian striker Ronaldo played for some of Europe's elite clubs including Inter Milan, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Barcelona and PSV Eindhoven. Ronaldo still holds the record for most World Cup goals with 15 and is considered by some to be the best striker of all time. Alan Shearer made his name in England playing for Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United. The striker is still the top goalscorer in Premier League history with 260 goals. Lionel Messi Denis Doyle/Getty Images Barcelona striker Lionel Messi is now within five strikes of becoming the Catalan club's all time leading goalscorer. Currently on 230, Messi recently broke the record for goals in a Champions League match by scoring five in one game against Bayer Leverkusen. Messi is only 24 years of age and is being touted as the best player of all time. Period. Cristiano Ronaldo Denis Doyle/Getty Images Portuguese winger-cum-forward Cristiano Ronaldo is the current rival to Lionel Messi's title as the best player in modern football. Ronaldo has scored 98 goals in 89 league matches for current club Real Madrid. A quite incredible statistic. Thierry Henry Brandon Wade/Getty Images New York Red Bull's striker Thierry Henry recently had an honorary statue unveiled at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium in honour of his services to the London club. Ian Rush Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Former Liverpool legend Ian Rush is the record FA Cup final goalscorer, joint record League Cup goalscorer, record Welsh international goalscorer, record Liverpool goalscorer and record Merseyside Derby goalscorer. Rush was clinical in his heyday. Andy Cole Gary M. Prior/Getty Images Andy Cole sits only behind Alan Shearer in the Premier League list of all time goalscorers with an impressive 187 strikes to his name. Cole is most famous for playing for Newcastle and Manchester United. Jurgen Klinsmann Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images Jurgen Klinsmann may have has a reputation as a bit of a diver, but he was also an excellent goalscorer in his day. Klinsmann scored 47 times for the German national team. Robin Van Persie Mike Hewitt/Getty Images Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie is one of the most prolific strikers in Europe right now. The Dutchman has struck 26 times in 28 league games this season so far. Pele Chris Brunskill/Getty Images Brazil legend Pele is considered by most to be the best player of all time, but Lionel Messi is slowly beginning to turn hardened followers. Pele had a league goalscoring record of 1152 in 1220 games for Santos and New York Cosmos combined, as well as notching 77 goals in 92 appearances for Brazil. He has won three World Cups. Gary Lineker Stu Forster/Getty Images Tottenham Hotspur striker Gary Lineker was prolific enough for his club, but he really impressed at national level for England. Lineker scored 48 goals in 80 international appearances as a striker and won the World Cup golden shoe in 1986. Miroslav Klose Paolo Bruno/Getty Images Miroslav Klose is a German national team legend and is still going strong for Lazio at the age of 33. Klose is currently joint second in the all time rankings of World Cup goalscorers with 14 strikes to his name. Samuel Eto'o Dmitry Korotayev/Getty Images Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o is the most decorated African player of all time and has scored 53 international goals in 109 games for his country. Eto'o was perhaps at his best when playing for Barcelona where he scored 108 league goals in 145 league games. Barcelona striker David Villa is one of the most feared strikers in


Which two word rhyming name is the common name for the plant called the Impatiens Walleriana?


Which song gave Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff a number one hit in 1991?

The Wonder Stuff — Listen for free on Spotify The Wonder Stuff Play on Spotify Somewhere between the mid-'80s and mid-'90s, the Wonder Stuff were one of the biggest bands in the U.K. Starting as a revved-up guitar pop band, later adding offbeat folk influences while occasionally nodding to the excess of the Madchester scene, cleverness and eclecticism were the Wonder Stuff's calling cards. The group was also blessed/cursed with a frontman, Miles Hunt , who had a gift of arrogant gab, delivering bitingly witty lyrics and lively interviews that won plenty of space in the U.K. music press. The Wonder Stuff were formed in Stourbridge, West Midlands, England in 1986. The original lineup featured Miles Hunt on vocals and guitar, Malcolm Treece on guitar and vocals, Rob Jones aka The Bass Thing on bass, and Martin Gilks on drums. The group began rehearsing in March, and in September they went into the studio to cut their debut EP, A Wonderful Day. Positive press from the EP and early gigs helped the Wonder Stuff land a record deal with Polydor in 1987. After hitting the U.K. singles chart with the song "It's Yer Money I'm After, Baby," the group released its first album, The Eight Legged Groove Machine, in August 1988. The album's modest success led to the Wonder Stuff's first headlining tour of the U.K., as well as appearances at the Reading and Glastonbury Festivals. In September 1989, the single "Don't Let Me Down Gently" broke into the U.K. Top 20, and one month later, the Wonder Stuff dropped their second album, Hup! A more eclectic effort that debuted new banjo and fiddle man Martin Bell, Hup! rose to number five on the U.K. albums chart. Near the end of 1989, Rob Jones quit the Wonder Stuff and relocated to the United States; Paul Clifford signed on as their new bassist a few months later. (Jones died in July 1993; he was only 29.) After a stretch of U.K. touring, the Wonder Stuff began work on their third album. Never Loved Elvis appeared in June 1991, and became the band's highest-charting album, peaking at number three in the U.K. It featured the single "The Size of a Cow," which became a number five hit in England and a college radio favorite in America. The Wonder Stuff also cut a cover of Tommy Roe 's "Dizzy" with comedian Vic Reeves that became a number one British hit. In October 1993, the Wonder Stuff's fourth album appeared in shops, Construction for the Modern Idiot. While the album went to number four on the U.K. charts, it didn't enjoy the same success as Never Loved Elvis, and reviews were lukewarm. A massive tour followed, and the band, worn out and at loose ends, opted to cancel upcoming jaunts to Australia and the Far East. In June 1994, the Wonder Stuff announced in their fan club newsletter that they were calling it a day. For their final show, they headlined the Phoenix Festival in Stratford-on-Avon, a gig booked far in advance. Miles Hunt toured as a solo act and formed the band Vent 414, while Malcolm Treece, Martin Gilks, and Paul Clifford worked together in the group Weknowwhereyoulive. In 2000, the Wonder Stuff reunited for a one-off show in London, with Hunt , Treece, Gilks, and Bell joined by new bassist Stuart Quinell and keyboardist Pete Whittaker, who had toured with the group in the '90s. Demand for tickets led to the single show expanding into a five-night run, in addition to two nights in the Midlands. The band toured sporadically until 2004, when Gilks and Bell had a falling out with Hunt . While the Wonder Stuff were believed to be defunct, Hunt assembled a new lineup of the band and cut a studio album, Escape from Rubbish Island, that was released in September 2004. Hunt 's new Wonder Stuff released another studio album, Suspended by Stars, in 2006. That same year, Martin Gilks lost his life in a motorcycle accident at the age of 41. While the Wonder Stuff's lineup became increasingly fluid from this point onward, Miles Hunt remained the group's frontman and constant presence, and they toured regularly in the U.K. and Europe. In 2016, the Wonder Stuff celebrated the 30th anniversary of


Which 1999 Oscar winning film was directed by Mike Leigh and starred Jim Broadbent as Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan fame?

Jim Broadbent | Biography and Filmography | 1949 Voiced the character of Santa in the animated feature "Arthur Christmas" 2010 Re-teamed with director Mike Leigh for "Another Year" 2009 Played King William IV, opposite Emily Blunt as Queen Victoria, in "The Young Victoria" 2009 Joined the cast of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" as Horace Slughorn, the newly appointed Hogwarts Potions master 2008 Cast in the fourth film in the Indiana Jones series, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" 2007 Cast as chief Inspector Butterman in the U.K. comedy "Hot Fuzz" 2007 Portrayed the Earl of Longford in the HBO original movie "Longford"; earned an Emmy nomination for Best Actor 2006 Cast in Terry Zwigoff's adaptation of Daniel Clowes' comic story "Art School Confidential" 2005 Voiced Madame Gasket in the animated feature "Robots" 2005 Cast in Andrew Adamson's adaption of C.S. Lewis' children's novel "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 2004 Cast as Lord Kelvin in Disney's live action feature "Around the World in 80 Days" based on the classical novel by Jules Verne 2004 Reprised his role as Bridget's dad in "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" 2003 Received a Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Word Album for his work on Winnie-The-Pooh 2002 Cast as Desmond Morton in the HBO miniseries "The Gathering Storm"; earned a Golden Globe nomination 2002 Cast as Boss Tweed in Martin Scorsese's "Gangs of New York" 2001 Won an Oscar playing John Bayley, the husband of writer Iris Murdoch, in the biopic "Iris" 2001 Portrayed Zidler, the owner of the titular establishment, in "Moulin Rouge!" 2001 Played the title character's father in "Bridget Jones's Diary" 2000 Co-starred as William Gilbert in Mike Leigh's biopic of Gilbert & Sullivan "Topsy-Turvy" 1998 Offered a fine supporting turn as a sleazy nightclub owner in "Little Voice" 1996 Landed featured role in "The Secret Agent" 1995 Reunited with Loncraine for "Richard III"; played the Duke of Buckingham 1994 Featured in Woody Allen's "Bullets Over Broadway" 1994 Directed by Richard Loncraine in BBC's "Wide-Eyed and Legless" (released theatrically in the U.S. as "The Wedding Gift") 1992 Penned (also acted) the comedy short "A Sense of History" (aka "Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright"), again directed by Mike Leigh 1991 Played first leading role in a feature "Life is Sweet," directed by Mike Leigh 1991 Acted in the British six-part comedy-drama series "Gone to Dogs" 1989 Acted in London at the Old Vic in a revival of the Georges Feydeau comedy, "A Flea in Her Ear" 1988 Cast as Prince Albert in the BBC comedy "Blackadder's Christmas Carol" 1987 First American film, "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace" 1986 Most prominent feature role up to that time, "The Good Father"; also first feature film for director Mike Newell 1985 Had featured role in the BBC adaptation of "Silas Marner" 1983 Acted in Leigh's TV production "Birth of a Nation: Tales Out of School" 1979 Earliest collaboration with Mike Leigh was a stage production of Leigh's "Ecstasy" 1978 Earliest feature film appearances included small roles in the British films, "The Life Story of Baal" and "The Shout" 1977


Which phrase was first used in a novel by William Burroughs in 1962 and is now commonly used to describe a type of music?

Transcript | This American Life @bargainsnfinds : This American Life #286 : MindGames https://t.co/ASlo1fkhgU @ItsJustNotThere : RT @sethmoulton : Thanks @iraglass @thisamerlife for having me on to talk about the SIV program and my friend, Mohammed. Tune in: https://t. @richmon78 : Very compelling and interesting story. This American Life: #577 : Something Only I Can See https://t.co/EMnDjD5VYu @Jodi_Weinberger : Listening to @TigNotaro "something only I can see," - cheeks hurt, can't breathe @ThisAmerLife @basbleucrb : Seriously - This American Life, Sara Bareilles, and Leslie Odom, Jr. https://t.co/hy9v1ebRCL @HassanPRG : RT @BlackManPodcast : Nikole Hannah-Jones looks at a district that accidentally launched a desegregation program. @ThisAmerLife .' https://t @writeousness : See this! https://t.co/0cnqwNzxZp with @leslieodomjr from @ThisAmerLife Seriously. @sarigoodfriend : "No I'm not calling [Trump] 'like' a draft dodger. I'm calling him a draft dodger." @ThisAmerLife episode 607: https://t.co/OVS91p7OuV @elainecorden : @brawluk THIS AMERICAN LIFE? That makes sense. @cmcatalinaz : I also found This American Life!!! I think I'm giving up on music for the next 150 hrs lol @BlackManPodcast : Nikole Hannah-Jones looks at a district that accidentally launched a desegregation program. @ThisAmerLife .' https://t.co/C5jggevB64. [3/3]. @IamFeliciaRenae : I added a video to a @YouTube playlist https://t.co/trt5ncG86D Seriously - This American Life, Sara Bareilles, and Leslie Odom, Jr. @posaune76 : RT @kev_mcg : Thinking about this story from a 2001 @ThisAmerLife episode about a 4-year-old learning about MLK https://t.co/uPuVRtqxgD http @Tse_38 : A Better Way - This American Life, Neil Patrick Harris, Robert Lopez and... https://t.co/x006mOw117 via @YouTube Sign up for Our Newsletter I'm ready. Iggy Pop Now I've met William Burroughs once, and have been inspired by him, but I am not an expert on Burroughs, unlike this guy. Oliver Harris I'm Oliver Harris. I'm a professor of American literature. I'm the author and editor of 10 books on or about William Burroughs. The strange thing is that a million people who never heard of William Burroughs can sing lines from The Ticket That Exploded, and that's because Burroughs' book is where Iggy Pop found the raw materials of Lust for Life. It's where Johnny Ann comes from, along with those hypnotizing chickens and the flesh gimmick and the strip tease and the torture film. Pop responded to the way Burroughs was working back in the 1960s in a kind of montage way that we now take for granted in a digital era, but Burroughs was pioneering it. Iggy Pop This is coming out of some Lust for Life, all right. He's not just in my music. Burroughs is everywhere. He's in Dylan's Tombstone Blues. He's on the cover of Sergeant Pepper's two rows behind Paul, right next to Marilyn Monroe. He inspired band names like the Soft Machine, a great band, and Steely Dan, which is named after a strap-on dildo in Naked Lunch. I didn't know that. The world was introduced to the phrase "heavy metal" in the book Nova Express. He worked with Kurt Cobain on a spoken word track, The Priest, They Called Him. Fight tuberculosis, folks. As Lou Reed said, without William, there is nothing. William Burroughs I am writing for people who are interested in exploring unexplored psychic areas. Iggy Pop This month, it has been 100 years since the birth of William Seward Burroughs II. By the time he died, the man left behind a humongous body of work. Bear with us. It's going to get weird. There will be drugs, sex, violence, aliens, the beats, of course, Tangiers, Paris, New York, and cats. We'll play around with cut ups too, but that will be explained. We've trawled through Burroughs' work and the archives, particularly Burroughs, The Movie, a film directed by Howard Brookner, which is being rereleased later this year. We've also spoken to many people that have been permanently touched by William Burroughs. John Waters I'm looking at my little collection here. I have the book Queer by William Burroughs. And it's autographed, "To J


Who first coined the words madcap, hobnob and swagger?

Words Shakespeare Invented   Words Shakespeare Invented The English language owes a great debt to Shakespeare. He invented over 1700 of our common words by changing nouns into verbs, changing verbs into adjectives, connecting words never before used together, adding prefixes and suffixes, and devising words wholly original. Below is a list of a few of the words Shakespeare coined, hyperlinked to the play and scene from which it comes. When the word appears in multiple plays, the link will take you to the play in which it first appears. For a more in-depth look at Shakespeare's coined words, please click here .


What two word phrase is Sweeney Todd Cockney rhyming slang for?

Cockney Rhyming Slang Cockney Rhyming Slang Close this window Cockney rhyming slang is a form of English slang which originated in the East End of London . Many of its expressions have passed into common language, and the creation of new ones is no longer restricted to Cockneys. Up until the late 20th Century, rhyming slang was also common in Australian slang, probably due to the formative influence of cockney on Australian English. It developed as a way of obscuring the meaning of sentences to those who did not understand the slang , though it remains a matter of speculation whether this was a linguistic accident, or whether it was developed intentionally to assist criminals or to maintain a particular community. Rhyming slang works by replacing the word to be obscured with the first word of a phrase that rhymes with that word. For instance, "face" would be replaced by "boat," because face rhymes with "boat race." Similarly "feet" becomes "plates" ("plates of meat"), and "money" is "bread" (a very common usage, from "bread and honey"). Sometimes the full phrase is used, for example "Currant Bun" to mean "The Sun" (often referring to the British tabloid newspaper of that name). There is no hard and fast rule for this, and you just have to know whether a particular expression is always shortened, never shortened, or can be used either way. Other examples of Cockney Rhyming Slang, or phrases inspired by it, are: Adam and Eve = believe = as in "would you Adam and Eve it?" Almond Rocks = socks Aris = Aristotle = bottle & glass = arse (a two-stage rhyme) [see Plaster below] Artful Dodger = lodger Berk or Burk = Berkshire Hunt = cunt (used as an insult, never as an anatomical reference) Boat = boat race = face Bob Hope = soap Boracic (freq. contracted to brassic) = boracic lint = skint (i.e. penniless) Bottle = bottle and glass = arse (i. e. courage; Courage also happens to be the name of a brewery) Brahms = Brahms and Liszt (classical composers) = pissed (i.e. drunk) Brass Tacks = facts Bristol = Bristol City = titty (i.e. breast) Brown bread = dead Chalfonts = Chalfont St Giles = piles (i.e. haemorrhoids) Chalk Farm = arm China = china plate = mate Cobblers = cobblers' awls = balls or 'bollocks' (i.e. testicles , but usually meant in the sense of 'rubbish' as in "You're talking a load of cobblers") Cock and Hen = ten Creamed = cream crackered = knackered (i.e. exhausted or beaten) Currant bun = sun or The Sun newspaper Daisies = daisy roots = boots Darby and Joan = moan Dicky = dicky dirt = shirt Dicky or Dickie = dickie bird = word = as in "not a dickie", or even "not a dickie bird" Dog = dog and bone = phone Duck and Dive = skive Ducks and Geese = F--k-in' Police Duke of Kent = rent Dukes = Duke[s] of York = fork, i.e. hand, now chiefly when balled into a fist Dustbin Lid = kid Emmas = Emma Freud (English author and columnist) = haemorrhoids Farmers = Farmer Giles = piles (slang for haemorrhoids ) Flowery Dell = ( prison ) cell Gregory = Gregory Peck = neck, or cheque Gypsy's = Gypsy's kiss = piss Hampton Wick = prick (i.e. penis) Half-inch = pinch (i.e. steal) Jack = Jack Jones = alone ("On my Jack" = "On my own") Jam jar = car Jam tart = heart J. Arthur = J. Arthur Rank (1930s UK flour magnate and film producer) = wank (i.e. masturbate) Jimmy = Jimmy Riddle (unknown person, not the character killed during the Waco siege)= piddle or widdle (urinate) Jugs = jugs of beer = ears Khyber = Khyber Pass = arse Lady Godiva = fiver (i.e. five- pound note) Lionels = Lionel Blairs (English variety performer) = flares (as in flared trousers) Loaf = loaf of bread = head ("use your loaf") Lucy Lockett = pocket Mickey Bliss = piss (as in "take the Mickey" = "take the piss" = satirise) Minces (or mincers) = mince pies = eyes Mutton = Mutt and Jeff = deaf = named after Mutt and Jeff , two early 20th century comic strip characters Nobbies = Nobby Stiles (English footballer) = piles (haemorrhoids) North and South = mouth Oily rag = fag (i.e. cigarette) Ones and twos = shoes Orchestras = orchestra stalls = balls (Orchestra stalls = part o


Which word in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet would score the most points in a game of Scrabble?

NATO phonetic alphabet synonyms, NATO phonetic alphabet antonyms - FreeThesaurus.com NATO phonetic alphabet synonyms, NATO phonetic alphabet antonyms - FreeThesaurus.com http://www.freethesaurus.com/NATO+phonetic+alphabet Related to NATO phonetic alphabet: International Phonetic Alphabet noun an alphabet of characters intended to represent specific sounds of speech Synonyms Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: Write what you mean clearly and correctly. References in periodicals archive ? 40 Bath The horse's name is taken from the letters of the International Civil Aviation Organisation, also called the Nato Phonetic Alphabet or Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, which uses the Irish spelling of whiskey with an 'e' rather than the Scottish version as in the horse's name.


Beelzebub is Hebrew for what phrase, which is also the title of a famous novel?

"Why Did William Golding Name His Novel 'The Lord of the Flies'?" - A-Level English - Marked by Teachers.com Lord of the Flies, on the surface, may resemble any other children adventure story. ... 5 star(s) Toward the end, Jack who is atrocious and animalistic replaces Ralph who is sensible and far-sighted as chief on the island, suggesting the complete collapse of morality, both within the characters and on the island. The novel ends with the return of order and sanity only when a British naval officer comes to their rescue. To what extent can Lord of the Flies be considered a Marxist piece? 3 star(s) allies (he was on the ship that sank the German ship Bismarck.) Golding said in his essay 'Fable' - originally given as part of a lecture series in 1962 - "My book was to say: you think that now the war is over and an evil thing destroyed, you are safe because you are naturally kind and decent. The Beast in Lord of the Flies 3 star(s) Later Simon discovers that the beast is nothing more than a dead airman and takes the man down to free the boys of "the beast" but by this time the beast is alive and well inside many of the boys. What does chapter one of &quot;The Spire&quot; reveal about Jocelin and his attitude to ... reminds the reader that Jocelin is a man of God and that he has immense faith in Him. This contrasts with the previous paragraph about Goody Pangall where it seemed that Jocelin had become so immersed in his thoughts about her that he had forgotten about who, and where, he was. Lord of the Flies Summary Ralph is furious when he finds that a ship is passing, and the fire at the top of the mountain is out. The hunter's were so excited over their first pig kill that they forgot about the fire. Piggy insults Jack, who hits Piggy, causing him to break one of the lenses of his glasses. Higher - Lord of the Flies - Character not in harmony with his society best for the job, and would seize it by force if necessary. Jack is also the first to partially break the codes of civilisation imposed on the boys by our society. When Ralph, Simon, and he go out, he is the only one who even contemplates killing a pig: "Jack drew his knife again with a flourish. Human Nature in Lord of the Flies are still too strong for him to give in completely to his savage urges. At this point, Roger still feels constrained by ?parents and school and policemen and the law??the figures and institutions that enforce society?s moral code. Before long, Roger and most of the other boys lose their respect for these forces. Lord of the Flies: The Darkness of Man's Heart The first time Ralph blows the conch, the boys dispersed all over the island automatically respond and rush toward the sound, and the group is unified. Ralph sets a new rule regarding the conch: anyone with possession of the shell has the right to speak. Want the latest Marked by Teachers news? Get our newsletter Sign up


What three letter word was removed from decimal coins in 1982?

money slang history, words, expressions and money slang meanings,       london cockney money slang words meanings expressions counterfeit coins Here's an interesting fact... As at 2009 official sources (including The Royal Mint) state that               2.5% - that's one in every forty - of pound coins in circulation in the UK are               counterfeit. This explains why so many pound coins fail to work in parking               machines and other coin-slot machines. Aside from the coin-machine test, other common indicators of a fake £1 coin are: front and backs not being perfectly aligned with each other off-centre design words around the milled edges being incorrect for the coin design                 or year (The Royal Mint provides details of what goes with what) absent cross on the milled edge, which is apparently difficult                 to fake coins looking too 'new' for their year or feeling 'soapy' or                 different (and my local butcher told me) fakes don't bounce on the floor                 the same as real ones The Royal Mint advises (surely in hope rather than in any sort of               expectation) that anyone discovering a fake one pound coin should hand it in to               their local police station. Call me a cynic, but if anyone knows of a single               instance of a fake one pound coin ever having been handed into a police               station, I'd love to know about it.   the undated 20p 'mule' coin This fascinating 2008 minting error of the new design 20p coin               generated much interest, and provides a wonderful example of how a daft mistake               can undermine even the most rigorous quality assurance system. Here's the official story from the Royal Mint: "...In November               2008 a number of 20p coins were incorrectly minted resulting in their having no               date. This problem affected less than 250,000 coins of the 136 million 20p               pieces minted in 2008-09 and was due to the previous obverse (the 'heads' side)               being used with the new reverse (the 'tails' side) design, meaning the year of               issue did not feature at all. These coins remain legal tender and still have a face value               of 20p..." I love the way they say "less than", as if 250,000 coins could get               lost down the back of a settee. Despite the numbers involved, the 20p 'mule' (slang for a faulty               coin, based on the metaphor of a cross between a horse and a donkey) is worth a               lot more than 20p, but not nearly as much as some of the bigger sums (thousands               or even millions of pounds) at which they are occasionally offered for sale on               auction websites. In late 2008 there would have been quite a lot of these in               circulation - perhaps one in every five hundred or so, but not so many now.               Check your change..   slang money words -             meanings, origins and derivations While the origins of these slang terms are many and various,               certainly a lot of English money slang is rooted in various London communities,               which for different reasons liked to use language only known in their own               circles, notably wholesale markets, street traders, crime and the underworld,               the docks, taxi-cab driving, and the immigrant communities. London has for               centuries been extremely cosmopolitan, both as a travel hub and a place for               foreign people to live and work and start their own busineses. This contributed


In which year was the word homosexual first used?

The Term "Homosexual" , homosexual men who have learned to act like heterosexual men, through force or habit Uraniaster or uranisierter Mann, heterosexual man who acts like a homosexual (often due to lack of women, e.g. in prisons or military environment) All of these were matched by female counterparts for the Urningin. Kennedy (1980) remarks that ï¿½the theory seems ready to collapse under the weight of its own complexitiesï¿½, and the terminology of Uranismus was gradually dropped, although it lived on in England for almost half a century as ï¿½Uranian loveï¿½ (and the modern gay tourist agency Uranian Travel). But let us honestly acknowledge that the system of descriptive classification used today is nearly the same as Ulrichsï¿½s, though the terminology seems less absurd: homosexual closet or latent gay situational homosexual The main difference is that the concept of the ï¿½feminine soulï¿½ has been dropped since the 1960s, though in the 1990s it was revived in the term ï¿½transgenderï¿½. Many (perhaps most) folk cultures have a concept of a natural (biological) third sex in addition to male and female, and the most recent anthropological theorists are coming round once again to the possibility that there really is  physiologically and psychologically  a third sex or third gender (Herdt 1994). The motivating source or etiology of homosexuality has been debated ever since, and the ï¿½causeï¿½ of homosexuality or specific categories such as effeminacy are as hotly disputed today as they were in the 1890s. The basic emancipationist argument was (and often still is) that homosexual desire is congenital and therefore it is inhumane for the law to punish homosexual acts as if they were crimes wilfully chosen. Ulrichs was not scientifically disinterested: he was politically motivated by a fear that the Prussians would invade Hanover and impose the anti-homosexual statute of the Prussian penal code (which had no equivalent in Hanover)  which is precisely what happened when Prussia annexed Hanover in 1866. Ulrichs was briefly imprisoned for expressing outspoken Social Democrat views, and in 1867 the police confiscated his collection of homosexual research material. He was ridiculed in the press, and forced to leave Hanover on his release from prison. He moved to Bavaria and in August 1867 at the Congress of German Jurists in Munich gave a speech for homosexual rights which Kennedy says ï¿½mark[s] the beginning of the public homosexual emancipation movement in Germanyï¿½. But by 1872 Prussiaï¿½s anti-homosexual legislation was extended to all of unified Germany. In 1880 Ulrichs felt compelled to leave his country, and he settled in Italy for the remaining fifteen years of his life. The word Homosexualität was coined by the German-Hungarian Károly Mária Kertbeny (born Karl Maria Benkert; 182482). It is a compound of Greek homo, same, and Medieval Latin sexualis, sexual, and was coined along the lines of the late eighteenth-century French botanical terms unisexuel and bisexuel. There are no grounds for rejecting it as a ï¿½bastardï¿½ term, any more than innumerable Greek/Latin hybrids such as petroleum and automobile and television. It occurs first in a letter to Karl Heinrich Ulrichs dated 6 May 1868, and then in two pamphlets published in 1869 in Leipzig arguing for reform of Paragraph 143 of the Prussian Penal Code penalizing sexual relations between men (Paragraph 143 des Preussichen Strafgesetzbuches vom 14.4.1851 und seine Aufrechterhaltung als Paragraph 152 im Entwurf eines Strafgesetzbuches für den Norddeutschen Bund [Paragraph 143 of the Prussian Penal Code and its Maintenance as Paragraph 152 of the Draft of a Penal Code for the North German Confederation] and Das Gemeinschädliche des Paragraph 143 des Preussischen Strafgesetzbuches . . . [The Social Harm Caused by Paragraph 143 of the Prussian Penal Code]). Kertbenyï¿½s noun for the male homosexual was Homosexualisten, and Homosexualistinnen for the female homosexual. The term ï¿½homosexualistï¿½ is used even today (e.g. by Gore Vidal), as a kind of provincial


As at 2006, who are the only team to have played in every World Cup?

FIFA.com - FIFA World Cup™ FIFA World Cup™ You're logging in with Facebook You're logging in with Twitter You're logging in with Google+ Connect Login Error The email address/password you submitted is wrong or could not be found. Please try again. If you are not a member of the FIFA.com Club, please register first. The email address/password you submitted is wrong or could not be found. Please try again. If you are not a member of the FIFA.com Club, please register first. This Facebook account is already present Your Club account has been locked due to a breach of our Terms of Service. Please set up a new account in line with the Club rules. Review the Club Rules . Alternatively, you can email us by completing our contact form . Please enter a valid email address The email address/password you submitted is wrong or could not be found. Please try again. If you are not a member of the FIFA.com Club, please register first. Log-in unsuccessful FIFA World Cup™ © Foto-net The FIFA World Cup™ is the biggest single-event sporting competition in the world and is contested by the senior men's national teams from the 208 Member Associations of FIFA. The competition has been played every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. It fulfils FIFA’s objectives to touch the world, develop the game, and build a better future through a variety of ways. Tournament format The current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of one month – this phase is often called the Final Competition. A qualification phase, the Preliminary Competition which currently takes place over the preceding three years, is used to determine which teams qualify for the tournament together with the host nation(s). The preliminary competition for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ sees a total of 204 entries across six continents competing for 31 available spots. For the last FIFA World Cup, 200 teams played a total of 853 matches as 31 teams qualified for South Africa. Both the preliminary and final competitions act as a massive promotion for the game of football and for the host nation(s) and are therefore wonderful opportunities to help promote values of respect, fair play and discipline to the watching world. Understandably, the organisation of such an event is a huge task for FIFA and the Local Organising Committee and is therefore one of the main activities of FIFA over a four-year period. Facts and figures The 19 FIFA World Cup tournaments have been won by eight different national teams. Brazil have won five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other winners are Italy, with four titles; Germany, with three wins; Argentina and inaugural winners Uruguay, with two; and England, France, and Spain, with one title each. The FIFA World Cup is the world's most widely viewed sporting event; an estimated 715.1 million people watched the final match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup held in Germany and the 2010 event in South Africa was broadcast to 204 countries on 245 different channels. Inside the stadiums, a total of 3,170,856 spectators attended the 64 matches an average of 49,670 per match and the third highest aggregate attendance behind USA 1994 and Germany 2006. There were also over six million people who attended public viewing events in 16 sites across the world: ten within South Africa and a further six across the globe in Rome, Paris, Berlin, Sydney, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro. A total of 350,000 fans attended the International FIFA Fan Fest in Berlin for the semi-final match between Germany and Spain. 177,853 accreditations for the last FIFA World Cup were printed, while the hospitality programme attracted almost a quarter of a million guests. Over three quarters of a million litres of beer were sold in the stadiums and 390,600 hot dogs were sold in the public catering concessions; many to the half a million international visitors who descended on South Africa. The F


In which year were 3 points for a win first introduced to the group stages of the World Cup finals?

World Cup Football Firsts 1966 England The FIRST time drug testing was introduced was in World Cup finals in 1966. Players banned after failing in drug testing include Haiti's Ernest Jean-Joseph (1974), Scotland's Willie Johnston (1978) and Argentina's Diego Maradona (1994). The FIRST World Cup mascot was a lion-like boy called Willie used for the England 1966 World Cup. The FIRST player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup Final was Geoff Hurst of England in 1966, with a goal in each of the first-half, second-half and extra-time.. The FIRST first team to score two own goals in the one tournament was Bulgaria. They did so in favour of Portugal and Hungary, losing both matches. The FIRST Asian team to progress beyond the first round of the World Cup finals was North Korea in 1966. 1970 Mexico The FIRST substitution of a goalkeeper was Romania's Necula Raducanu who replaced Steve Adamache in a match against Brazil on 10 June 1970. The FIRST player to receive a yellow card was Lovchev of the USSR in the 1970 opening match against Mexico on 31 May 1970. The FIRST substitute to score a goal was     Mexico's Juan Basaguren in the match against El Salvador on 7 June 1970. The FIRST time substitutes were used in World Cup finals matches was 1970. Before 1970, only injured players were allowed to be replaced. The FIRST substitute in World Cup finals was Soviet player Anatoly Puzach who replaced Serebrannikov in the 1970 opening match against Mexico on 31 May 1970. 1974 Germany The FIRST red-carded player was Chile's Carlos Caszely in a match against West Germany on 14 June 1974. The FIRST time that the newly designed FIFA World Cup Trophy was awarded was in 1974, replacing the Jules Rimet Trophy. The FIRST black African nation to play in a World Cup finals was Zaire (now called the Democratic Republic of Congo) in 1974. The FIRST Oceanian nation to qualify the World Cup was Australia in 1974 1978 Argentina The FIRST qualifying match played on artificial turf was between Canada and USA on 24 Sept 1976 in Vancouver,  Canada. The FIRST qualifying match played indoor was between USA and Canada on 20 Oct 1976 in Seattle,  USA. The FIRST team to win a qualifying match on penalty shootout was     Tunisia, which won 4:2 on penalties over Morocco after a 1:1 tie at home on 9 Jan 1977. The FIRST country to withdraw from the World Cup due to the inability to pay the entrance fee was     Sri  Lanka which withdrew from the 1978 World Cup. The FIRST time penalty shootouts for tied games were introduced to the World Cup was in 1978 (though the first to occur was in 1982) The FIRST player to score for both teams in a match was Ernie Brandts of the Netherlands. In a game in 1978, he first scored an own goal Italy, and then the equaliser for his own team. 1982 Spain The FIRST match decided with a penalty shoot-out was the semi-final between West Germany and France on 8 July, 1982, in which the Germans won the shootout 5:4. The FIRST player to take penalty in a shootout in World Cup finals was Alain Giresse of France, who scored the FIRST ever penalty in a shootout where France lost 4:5 to West Germany. The FIRST substitute to score a hat-trick was     Laszlo Kiss of Hungary in a match against El Salvador on 15 June 1982. 1994 Usa The FIRST Final decided on penalty shoot-out was the 1994 Final in which Brazil beat Italy 3:2 on penalty shoot-out after the match finished in a 0:0 tie. The FIRST player to take a penalty shootout in a final was Franco Baresi of Italy, taking the shootout in the 1994 final but blasted it over the bar. The FIRST match played indoors was at the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit, USA on 18 June 1994, in a match between     USA and Switzerland. The FIRST goalkeeper to be sent-off was Gianluca Pagliuca of Italy in a match against Norway on 23 June 1994. The FIRST player to have scored five goals in a single match was  Oleg Salenko during the 1994 FIFA World Cup match between Russia and Cameroon. 1998 France The FIRST player to score a golden goal was     France's L


What was the name of the dog who found the World Cup in 1966 after it had been stolen?

The story of Pickles the dog and the stolen trophy | Football | The Guardian Close This article is 10 years old On a Sunday evening in March 40 years ago, David Corbett left his ground-floor flat in Norwood, south London, to make a telephone call from the kiosk across the road. With the Thames lighterman was Pickles, the four-year-old mongrel he had taken off his brother John's hands, when he was a puppy, because he chewed furniture. 'I put the lead on Pickles and he went over to the neighbour's car,' recalls Corbett, now 66. 'Pickles drew my attention to a package, tightly bound in newspaper, lying by the front wheel. I picked it up and tore some paper and saw a woman holding a dish over her head, and disks with the words Germany, Uruguay, Brazil. I rushed inside to my wife. She was one of those anti-sport wives. But I said, "I've found the World Cup! I've found the World Cup!"' Corbett, or more precisely, Pickles, had indeed discovered the missing Jules Rimet trophy. Yet, if the Metropolitan Police had not bungled an operation two days earlier, when a ransom demand went wrong, Pickles would not have found the trophy and his place as lead character in a tale that, even today, may not be fully over. The trophy was stolen on 20 March 1966, a week before Pickles' intervention, from the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster where it was being exhibited in a glass cabinet. Five guards were detailed to keep constant watch. On the Sunday, though, the guard stationed next to the trophy had the day off. With the others enjoying a cup of coffee or a call of nature, it was only when George Franklin finally inspected the case just after midday that he discovered the theft. The thieves had broken in through the back doors. For the Football Association and Sir Stanley Rous, the English president of Fifa, this was the nightmare scenario. Three months before hosting the 1966 World Cup, there was no trophy. The investigation began. Detective Inspector Bill Little heard witness statements from senior guard Frank Hudson and Margaret Coombes, a woman attending a Sunday-school service in a different part of the hall. Both saw a man loitering by the gents. Although their descriptions differed, the police announced they were searching for just one thief. Meanwhile, the FA attempted to deal with the crisis. Before the theft became public, the FA secretary, Denis Follows, visited silversmith George Bird at his workshop in Fenchurch Street. Follows asked Bird to make a replica of the trophy from the same solid gold as the original, and was told nothing else other than to keep his mouth shut. Very few people, including Rous, knew about the visit. Once the world discovered the theft, a deluge of crank theories arrived at Scotland Yard. One man wrote to say that his clock had told him the trophy was in Wicklow, Ireland. A Susanna Bell in Chile believed 'a coloured man' was the thief. Adolf Hieke sent a photograph from a German newspaper and placed an 'X' on it against the man he believed to be guilty. With the Metropolitan Police an international joke, Little handed over the investigation to the Flying Squad's top man, DI Len Buggy. His break came when the Chelsea and FA chairman Joe Mears was phoned by a man calling himself Jackson. 'There will be a parcel at Chelsea football club tomorrow. Follow the instructions inside,' he told Mears. On the Wednesday after the theft, it arrived containing part of the Jules Rimet. A ransom note demanded £15,000 in five and one pound notes. 'Dear Joe Kno (sic) no doubt you view with very much concern the loss of the world cup...' it began. 'To me it is only so much scrap gold. If I don't hear from you by Thursday or Friday at the latest I assume its one for the POT.' Jackson called, seeking confirmation that Mears had the parcel. 'Give me £15,000 on Friday and the cup will arrive by cab on Saturday,' he said. As Jackson had requested, Mears posted the message, 'Willing to do business Joe', in Thursday's edition of London's Evening News. But he ignored the warning not to tell the police. On Friday, Buggy arrived


In which city did every match from the 1930 World Cup take place?

World Cup 1930 in Uruguay - World Cup Brazil 2014 Guide World Cup Brazil 2014 Guide Join the World Cup Experience Primary menu Date: 13 July -30 July Final: Argentina – Uruguay 2-4 Top scorer: Guillermo Stábile (Argentina) (8 goals) World Cup 1930 Background In the beginning of the 20th century, a global football tournament was always organised in the Summer Olympics. It was the 1900 Olympics which included this beautiful sport for the first time in history. It was FIFA, founded in 1904, that started to manage the football tournaments in the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Olympics. Since FIFA and the IOC (international Olympics Committee) were disagreeing about the status of amateur players, FIFA became more eager to organize a global football tournament outside the Olympics, the official first FIFA World Cup. Jules Rimet On May 26 1928, it was in the capital of the Netherlands, Amsterdam, where the FIFA president Jules Rimet announced plans to organize a football tournament independent of the Olympics in 1930. On May 18 1929, FIFA announced in a Barcelona congress that the very first World Cup would be held in Uruguay. This tournament eventually contributed to the absence of a football tournament in the 1932 Olympics, the IOC did not include football in the schedule. There were obvious reasons why Uruguay was chosen among other countries as a possible host country. Uruguay in that time was the champions of the 1924 and 1928 Olympics and the country was celebrating its 100th constitution birthday in 1930. When Uruguay’s national association offered to pay all the costs such as travel and accommodation costs of the participating teams, it was clear Uruguay would be chosen as the first country to host a World Cup.  The countries Hungary, Netherlands, Sweden, Italy and Spain which were all interested in being the host, withdrew in favour of Uruguay. World Cup 1930 Participants 1 host city in Uruguay Only 13 countries participated in the first ever 1930 World Cup in Uruguay. 7 countries from South America participated: Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, Peru and Bolivia. It was the highest amount of South American countries to have participated in a World Cup. This is also the only World Cup which contained more countries from South America than from Europe. 4 countries from Europe participated: France, Belgium, Yugoslavia (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Romania. 2 countries from North/Central America and Caribbean participated: USA and Mexico. Every country affiliated with FIFA was invited to participate in the first ever World Cup. Many European countries however, declined since Uruguay was just too far away.  We are talking about 1930; this means flying was not yet a common reasonable priced activity. The trip had to be made by ship. With only 2 months to go before the kick-off, not 1 European country had announced to join the World Cup. Jules Rimet intervened and pulled some political strings. 4 European countries then decided last minute to participate in the 1930 World Cup. Romania, Belgium and France were travelling with the same ship to Uruguay, the SS Conte Verde. They were picked up one by one. The ship also picked up three European referees and Jules Rimet who carried the World Cup trophy in his bag. The Brazilian team was picked up in Rio de Janeiro before arriving in Uruguay. Yugoslavia travelled alone with a mail steamship called Florida. SS Conte Verde World Cup 1930 Pools Since 13 is an uneven number, there was 1 pool which consisted of 4 countries. The other 3 pools consisted of 3 countries. The pool draw occurred in Montevideo after all teams had arrived. There were 4 seed countries which were considered the top teams. They were kept apart from each other and were placed in different pools. The 4 seed countries were Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and USA and were chosen by the FIFA organizing Committee. The original idea was to choose the format of a straight knockout system. However since only 13 teams participated, the first-round pools were formed. This original format would however be implemented in the 2 upcomi