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Q: The Boren-McCurdy proposals were partially brought about by which Oklahoma politician in 1992? Manifesto Records (UK) Manifesto Records was a UK based dance music record sub label of Mercury Records which focused on dance music across all genres. The label began operations in 1995 with the first release being a remi...
David Lyle Boren
Q: Which magazine was started first Arthur's Magazine or First for Women? Radio City (Indian radio station) Radio City is India's first private FM radio station and was started on 3 July 2001. It broadcasts on 91.1 (earlier 91.0 in most cities) megahertz from Mumbai (where it was started in 2004), Bengaluru (started fi...
Arthur's Magazine
Q: Cadmium Chloride is slightly soluble in this chemical, it is also called what? Cadmium chloride Cadmium chloride is a white crystalline compound of cadmium and chlorine, with the formula CdCl. It is a hygroscopic solid that is highly soluble in water and slightly soluble in alcohol. Although it is considered to be i...
alcohol
Q: Which tennis player won more Grand Slam titles, Henri Leconte or Jonathan Stark? Li Na Li Na (; ; born 26 February 1982) is a retired Chinese professional tennis player, who achieved a career-high WTA-ranking of world No. 2 on 17 February 2014. Over the course of her career, Li won seven WTA singles titles and two G...
Jonathan Stark
Q: Which genus of moth in the world's seventh-largest country contains only one species? India India, officially the Republic of India ("Bhārat Gaṇarājya"), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country (with over 1.2 billion people), and the most populous democ...
Crambidae
Q: Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives includes guest appearances from which hip hop record executive? Lights Out Paris Lights Out Paris is the first studio album by American hip hop artist Sims, a member of Minneapolis indie hip hop collective Doomtree. It was released July 28, 2005 on Doomtree Records and includes gue...
Jaime Meline
Q: Gunmen from Laredo starred which narrator of "Frontier"? Louis Stevens (writer) Louis Stevens (December 25, 1896 – September 29, 1963) was an American screenwriter of the silent and sound film eras. Born on Christmas Day 1896 in Riga, Latvia, Stevens entered the film industry in 1920 when he co-wrote the silent film...
Walter Darwin Coy
Q: Where did the form of music played by Die Rhöner Säuwäntzt originate? Pantun Sunda Pantun Sunda is a type of Sundanese oral narrative performance interspersed with songs and music played on a "kacapi", a kind of zither. A pantun is intended to be recited during an evening-length performance during which a single per...
United States
Q: In which American football game was Malcolm Smith named Most Valuable player? Winston Lagoon Winston Lagoon ( ) is a lagoon indenting the southeast coast of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean, about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northeast of Cape Lockyer. The feature is roughly portrayed on an American sealer char...
Super Bowl XLVIII
Q: What are the names of the current members of American heavy metal band who wrote the music for Hurt Locker The Musical? Joey Vera Joseph "Joey" Vera (born April 24, 1963) is an American heavy metal bassist who is known as a member of the heavy metal band Armored Saint and the progressive metal band Fates Warning....
Hetfield and Ulrich, longtime lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, and bassist Robert Trujillo.
Q: How old is the female main protagonist of Catching Fire? Catching Fire Catching Fire is a 2009 science fiction young adult novel by the American novelist Suzanne Collins, the second book in "The Hunger Games trilogy". As the sequel to the 2008 bestseller "The Hunger Games", it continues the story of Katniss Everdeen...
16-year-old
Q: New Faces of 1952 is a musical revue with songs and comedy skits, it helped jump start the career of which young performer, and American actress? Guess Who I Saw Today "Guess Who I Saw Today" is a popular jazz song written by Murray Grand with lyrics by Elisse Boyd. The song was originally composed for Leonard Sillm...
Carol Lawrence
Q: Were Pavel Urysohn and Leonid Levin known for the same type of work? Leonid Ramzin Leonid Konstantinovich Ramzin (Russian: Леони́д Константи́нович Рамзи́н ) (1887–1948) was a Soviet thermal engineer, and the inventor of a type of flow-through boiler known as the straight-flow boiler, or Ramzin boiler. He was a laure...
no
Q: What profession does Nicholas Ray and Elia Kazan have in common? Baby Doll Baby Doll is a 1956 American black comedy drama film directed by Elia Kazan, and starring Carroll Baker, Karl Malden and Eli Wallach. The film also features Mildred Dunnock and Rip Torn. It was produced by Kazan and Tennessee Williams, and ad...
director
Q: Where is the company that purchased Aixam based in? WizKids WizKids/NECA, LLC is an American company based in New Jersey that first made its mark in the game industry producing collectible miniatures wargames. WizKids was purchased by and is a subsidiary of National Entertainment Collectibles Association. The compan...
Roseau, Minnesota, USA
Q: The Royal Commission into Drug Trafficking (1977–1979) or Woodward Royal Commission was a royal commission initiated by the New South Wales Government to investigate drug trafficking in New South Wales, Australia, especially links between the New South Wales Police and Mafia, The Honoured Society, is a Calabrian 'Nd...
Australia
Q: The axial turbojet Pirna 014 was designed by engineers from this German aircraft and aircraft engine manufacturer based in which city? Hexatron Engineering Hexatron Engineering Co., Inc. is an American aerospace engineering, aircraft engine and aircraft parts manufacturer based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The company w...
Dessau
Q: Pauline Henry was known as the vocalist of a very popular cover song. Which album was this song from? Cover version In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a previously recorded, commercially released song by someone other than the original artist or com...
The Joshua Tree
Q: Don Barry Mason was the founder of the Psychedelic Shamanistic Institute (PSI), which other member that's Welsh, that died on 10 April 2016? Australian twenty five-cent coin The twenty five-cent coin of the Australian decimal currency system was issued as a part of a 14 coin collectors set on from the 10 April 2016 ...
Dennis Howard Marks
Q: Are Gin and tonic and Paloma both cocktails based on tequila? Parallel key In music, a major scale and a minor scale that have the same tonic are called parallel keys and are said to be in a parallel relationship. The parallel minor or tonic minor of a particular major key is the minor key based on the same tonic; s...
no
Q: Lee Jun-fan played what character in "The Green Hornet" television series? The Green Hornet (2011 film) The Green Hornet is a 2011 American superhero action comedy film based on the character of the same name by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker that had originated in a 1930s radio program and has appeared in movie...
Kato
Q: An edited version of "Just the Two of Us" reached number two on the "Billboard" Hot 100 behind a song written and composed by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon which spend how many weeks at No. 1 on the "Billboard" hot 100? New Arrangement New Arrangement is an album by Jackie DeShannon, released by Columbia Records ...
nine
Q: Are both Tim McIlrath and Spike Slawson American punk rock musicians? Give It All "Give It All" is a song by American rock band Rise Against. It was originally recorded for the 2004 compilation album "Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1", while a slightly altered version appeared on the band's third studio album "Siren Song o...
yes
Q: El Nuevo Cojo and Golf Magazine are both special interest publications but which one is owned by Time Inc? Australian Law Librarians' Association The Australian Law Librarians' Association is the professional body for Law Library staff in Australia. Currently it has official state level bodies in NSW, Victoria, Sout...
Golf Magazine
Q: Who funds the bowling team that includes the school bus driver for Springfield Elementary School? Team Homer "Team Homer" is the twelfth episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> seventh season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 7, 1996. In the episode, Homer starts a bowling t...
Mr. Burns
Q: Who developed the prototype pacemaker used by the 34th President of the USA? Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower ( ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American politician and Army general who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. During World War II, he was a ...
R Adams Cowley
Q: What actor in the film D.C. Cab also had a role in the TV series Barney Miller? Barbara Avedon Barbara Avedon (June 14, 1925 – August 31, 1994) was a television writer, political activist, and feminist. She was one of the writers for the television series "Bewitched", and helped a group of Jefferson High School stud...
Max Gail
Q: Which industry do Richard Hawley and Chicago's Catherine belong to? Late Night Final Late Night Final is the second studio album (and first full-length album after the mini-album "Richard Hawley" released six months earlier) from musician Richard Hawley, released in the UK in October 2001 by Setanta Records. Named ...
rock band
Q: Are Pam Veasey and Jon Jost both American? Pam Veasey Pamela Renea Veasey (born May 25, 1962) is an American television writer, producer and director. All the Vermeers in New York All the Vermeers in New York is a 1990 American film written, directed and produced by Jon Jost. Marc Veasey Marc Allison Veasey (born Ja...
yes
Q: Maurice Hines and his brother were famous for what? Maurice Spata Muriki or Maurice Spata (, ; ) was the ruler of Arta from late 1399/early 1400 until his death in 1414 or 1415. Maurice's reign was dominated by his wars with Carlo I Tocco. Maurice was able to defend his capital of Arta, but despite some victories fa...
dancer Gregory Hines
Q: Are the New Orleans Outfall Canals the same length as the Augusta Canal? Augusta Canal The Augusta Canal is a historic canal located in Augusta, Georgia, United States. The canal is fed by the Savannah River and passes through three levels (approximately 13 miles total) in suburban and urban Augusta before the water...
yes
Q: What southern California based band covered Blue Öyster Cult's Godzilla? David Lucas (composer) David Lucas (born David Helfman April 21, 1937) is an American rock and roll composer, singer, and music producer. He has written a number of commercial jingles, such as AT&T's "Reach Out and Touch Someone." In 1981, he r...
Fu Manchu
Q: The Swedish-British entertainment studio executive and film executive producer, who was the Executive producer for a 2016 American action thriller film directed by Babak Najafi, currently serve? Joe Wizan Joe Wizan (January 7, 1935 – March 21, 2011) was an American film producer and studio executive. He was head of ...
CEO of Lionsgate UK & Europe
Q: an Emmy Award winner and two-time Tony Award winner, was on the episode 15 of the third season of "Chuck". what is her name ? Jane Alexander Jane Alexander (born October 28, 1939) is an American author, actress and former director of the National Endowment for the Arts. She is a Tony Award winner and two-time Emmy A...
Swoosie Kurtz
Q: What is the current name of the Atlanta Mansion built for the daughter of the 41st Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia? Rainbow Terrace Rainbow Terrace, now known as Lullwater Estate, is the Mediterranean-style Atlanta mansion built for Lucy Beall Candler Owens Heinz (1882–1962), daughter of Coca-Cola co-founder Asa Griggs Ca...
Lullwater Estate
Q: Who invented the type of script used in autographs? Gupta script The Gupta script (sometimes referred to as Gupta Brahmi Script or Late Brahmi Script) was used for writing Sanskrit and is associated with the Gupta Empire of India which was a period of material prosperity and great religious and scientific developmen...
the Sumerians
Q: Approximately what percentage of the global population is made up of the ethnic group Princess Fragrant was produced to improve relations with? Azerbaijanis Azerbaijanis ( ) or Azeris (Azerbaijani: "Azərbaycanlılar" آذربایجانلیلار, "Azərilər" آذریلر), also known as Azerbaijani Turks (Azerbaijani: "Azərbaycan türklər...
17%
Q: The Boren-McCurdy proposals were partially brought about by which Oklahoma politician in 1992? Manifesto Records (UK) Manifesto Records was a UK based dance music record sub label of Mercury Records which focused on dance music across all genres. The label began operations in 1995 with the first release being a remi...
David Lyle Boren
Q: The Thoen Stone is on display at a museum in what county? Kings County Museum (Hampton, New Brunswick) The Kings County Museum is located in Hampton, New Brunswick and is run by the Kings County Historical and Archival Society, housed in the Centennial Building, with displays also in the old Kings County gaol next d...
Lawrence County