query: La Gioconda and Louise are both types of which musical style?

pos: La Gioconda (opera) La Gioconda is an opera in four acts by Amilcare Ponchielli set to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito (as Tobia Gorrio), based on "Angelo, Tyrant of Padua", a play in prose by Victor Hugo, dating from 1835. (This is the same source as Gaetano Rossi had used for his libretto for Mercadante's "Il giuramento" in 1837).

pos: Louise (opera) Louise is an opera ("roman musical" ) in four acts by Gustave Charpentier to an original French libretto by the composer, with some contributions by Saint-Pol-Roux, a symbolist poet and inspiration of the surrealists.

neg: Goadec Sisters The Goadec Sisters (Ar C'hoarezed Goadeg in Breton) usually known as "Les sœurs Goadec" in French, was a Breton singer group originating from Treffrin (Côtes d'Armor, France). The trio represent the traditional music of Brittany, singing a cappella. The three sisters were Maryvonne (1900-1983), Eugenie (1909-2003) and Anastasie Goadec (1913-1998). They began to animate "fest-noz" (night festival) in 1956, among the pipers and bombard players. Accompanied until 1964 by their two sisters, Louise (1903-1964) and Ernestine (1911-1964), their repertoire consists mainly of laments ("Gwerzioù" in Breton). As a trio, they attempted to integrate the song to dance and adapted the technique of repetition ("kan ha diskan").

neg: Louise Redknapp Louise Elizabeth Redknapp (née Nurding, born 4 November 1974), professionally known as Louise, is an English singer and media personality. She was a member of Eternal, an R&B girl group which debuted in 1993 with their quadruple-platinum studio album "Always & Forever". In 1995, Redknapp departed the group for a solo career, in which she released the platinum-selling albums "Naked" (1996), "Woman In Me" (1997) and "Elbow Beach" (2000). Redknapp has sold over 15 million records in her home country, the United Kingdom.

neg: Il viaggio a Reims Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L'albergo del giglio d'oro (The Journey to Reims, or The Hotel of the Golden Fleur-de-lis) is an operatic dramma giocoso, originally performed in three acts, by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Balocchi, based in part on "Corinne, ou L'Italie" by Mme de Staël.

neg: L'italiana in Algeri L'Italiana in Algeri (] ; English: The Italian Girl in Algiers ) is an operatic "dramma giocoso" in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli, based on his earlier text set by Luigi Mosca. It premiered at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice on 22 May 1813. The music is characteristic of Rossini's style, remarkable for its fusion of sustained, manic energy with elegant, pristine melodies.

neg: Opéra féerie Opéra féerie (plural: "opéras féeries ") is a French genre of opera or opéra-ballet, often with elements of magic in their stories. Popular in the 18th century, from the time of Jean-Philippe Rameau onwards, the form reached its culmination with works such as "La belle au bois dormant" by Michele Carafa and "Cendrillon" by Nicolas Isouard at the beginning of the 19th century.

neg: Le nuove musiche Le nuove musiche ("The New Musics") is a collection of monodies and songs for solo voice and basso continuo by the composer Giulio Caccini, published in Florence in July 1602. It is one of the earliest and most significant examples of music written in the early baroque style of the "seconda pratica". It contains 12 madrigals and 10 arias.

neg: Sonata da chiesa Sonata da chiesa (Italian for "church sonata") is an instrumental composition dating from the Baroque period, generally consisting of four movements. More than one melody was often used, and the movements were ordered slow–fast–slow–fast with respect to tempo. The second movement was usually a fugal allegro, and the third and fourth were binary forms that sometimes resembled the sarabande and gigue.

neg: Louise Bennett-Coverley Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley or Miss Lou, OM, OJ, MBE (7 September 1919 – 26 July 2006), was a Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator. Writing and performing her poems in Jamaican Patois or Creole, she worked to preserve the practice of presenting poetry, folk songs and stories in patois ("nation language").

neg: Let Me Entertain You (Gypsy) "Let Me Entertain You" and "May We Entertain You?" are two songs from the musical "Gypsy". The former is the more popular reprise of the latter. "May We" is performed by Baby June and Baby Louise, while "Let Me" is performed by Louise. The song was written by Jule Styne (music) and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics).

neg: Nouvelle Chanson Nouvelle Chanson (] , meaning "New Song"), derived from the French expression nouvelle scène française, sometimes anglicized as New Chanson, is a musical genre of Chanson which emerged in France in the 1990s and developed in the 2000s. This genre takes inspiration from such forefathers of French Chanson as Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens or Barbara, albeit in a more soft-pop music style. However, the principal influences appear to be rockier artists such as Serge Gainsbourg or Brigitte Fontaine. Principal French exponents of Nouvelle Chanson include artists such as Benjamin Biolay, Émilie Simon, Coralie Clément, Keren Ann, Françoiz Breut, Olivia Ruiz, and Camille. The term Chanson Nouveau is also used, and as a developing genre, there is considerable disagreement even in France about who belongs in this genre and how it is to be described.

neg: Musique mesurée Musique mesurée à l'antique (] ) was a style of vocal musical composition in France in the late 16th century. In "musique mesurée", longer syllables in the French language were set to longer note values, and shorter syllables to shorter, in a homophonic texture but in a situation of metric fluidity, in an attempt to imitate contemporary understanding of Ancient Greek music. Although this compositional method did not attain popularity at first, it attracted some of the most famous composers of the time. Its basis in a desire to re-create the artistic ethos of Ancient Greece, especially in respect to text declamation, had a strong similarity to contemporary movements in Italy, such as the work of the Florentine Camerata which engendered the first operas, and brought about the beginning of the Baroque era in music.

neg: Neoclassical dark wave Neoclassical dark wave refers to a subgenre of dark wave music that is characterized by an ethereal atmosphere and angelic female voices but also adds strong influences from classical music. Neoclassical dark wave is distinct from the art music form known as neoclassical music, a style of classical music dating from the early twentieth century. In the context of popular music, the term 'neoclassical' is frequently used to refer to music influenced by classical (including elements from the baroque, classical, romantic, impressionistic music).

neg: Coladeira The coladeira (] ; Cape Verdean Creole: "koladera," ] ) is a music genre from Cape Verde.

neg: La Bolduc Mary Rose-Anna Bolduc, née Travers, (June 4, 1894 – February 20, 1941) was a musician and singer of French Canadian music. She was known as Madame Bolduc or La Bolduc. During the peak of her popularity in the 1930s, she was known as the "Queen of Canadian Folk Singers". Bolduc is often considered to be Quebec's first singer/songwriter. Her style combined the traditional folk music of Ireland and Quebec, usually in upbeat, comedic songs.

neg: L-pop L-pop (an abbreviation for Lao popular music) is a musical genre consisting of pop, rock, hip hop, electronic, and R&B music.

neg: Gaetano Martinelli Gaetano Martinelli (? – 1802) was an Italian librettist active in the court theatres of Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg from 1766 to 1769 and in Lisbon as the court poet to Joseph I of Portugal and his daughter Maria I from 1769 until his death in 1802. He was one of a group of reforming Italian librettists which also included Calzabigi, Verazi, and Migliavacca, who moved away from the traditional Metastasian plot structures that had dominated opera during the first half of the 18th century. The majority of his early libretti were for comic ("opera buffa") or semi-comic ("dramma giocoso") operas.

neg: La Chapelle Royale La Chapelle Royale is a French ensemble of baroque music.

neg: Chakacha Chakacha is a traditional music and dance style (a "ngoma") of the Swahili people of coastal Kenya and Tanzania, originally associated with weddings and performed and watched by women. In the late 20th century, musical groups such as Mombasa Roots, Safari Sound Band and Them Mushrooms have adapted this style to afropop music. Basically, the women are dressed in very light transparent clothing and have a belt around their waists for ease of movement. Tanzanian ladies, especially around the coastal areas are very good at this dance.

neg: Gong Linna Gong Linna (龚琳娜) (born 1975 in Guiyang, Guizhou) is a Chinese fusion singer. Her style is one which combines the traditional "lightness" and "ch'i" of centuries-old melodies with new lyrics. She has performed many pieces composed or arranged by her husband, German composer Robert Zollitsch who is known in China as Lao Luo (老锣), and collaborated with Portuguese fado musician António Chainho.

neg: Louise Wallis Louise Wallis is a DJ, singer, and writer who is also known for her animal advocacy. She lives in London, England.


query: The Jungle Book is about a boy who evades what type of animal?

pos: The Jungle Book (2016 film) The Jungle Book is a 2016 American fantasy adventure film, directed and co-produced by Jon Favreau, produced by Walt Disney Pictures, and written by Justin Marks. Based on Rudyard Kipling's eponymous collective works and inspired by Walt Disney's 1967 animated film of the same name, "The Jungle Book" is a live-action/CGI film that tells the story of Mowgli, an orphaned human boy who, guided by his animal guardians, sets out on a journey of self-discovery while evading the threatening Shere Khan. The film introduces Neel Sethi as Mowgli and also features the voices of Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong'o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, and Christopher Walken.

pos: Shere Khan Shere Khan (Hindi: शेर खान ; Urdu: شیر خان ) is a fictional Bengal tiger and the main antagonist of Rudyard Kipling's "Jungle Book" and its adaptations. According to The Kipling Society, the word "Shere" (or ""shir"") translates as "tiger" and "Khan" is a title of distinction, used together "to show that he is chief among tigers." Other sources indicate "Shere" may mean "tiger" or "lion" in Persian, Urdu, and Punjabi, and that "Khan" translates as "king", or "leader", in a number of languages influenced by the Mongols, including Pashto and Urdu. The name may have originated from the nickname of the Afghan origin King who once ruled in India, Sher Shah Suri.

neg: Orang Pendek Orang Pendek (Indonesian for "short person") is the most common name given to a cryptid, or cryptozoological animal, that reportedly inhabits remote, mountainous forests on the island of Sumatra. The animal has allegedly been seen and documented for at least one hundred years by forest tribes, local villagers, Dutch colonists and Western scientists and travellers. Consensus among witnesses is that the animal is a ground-dwelling, bipedal primate that is covered in short fur and stands between 80 and tall.

neg: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Sylvester and the Magic Pebble is a children's picture book written and illustrated by William Steig. It earned him the Caldecott Medal (1970), his first of many Caldecott and Newbery Medal honors. It tells the tale of Sylvester, a donkey from the fictional community of Oatsdale, who collects pebbles "of unusual shape and color." One day he finds a pebble that grants wishes. Immediately afterward, a lion scares Sylvester, and as a defense he wishes himself into a rock--the only thing he could think of at the moment. Unfortunately, the magic pebble falls off the rock, and Sylvester is unable to revert to his donkey form as the pebble must be in contact with the wish-maker to work. The rest of the story deals with the resulting aftermath: Sylvester's personal attempt to change back into his true self and his parents' search for their only son.

neg: Mole (animal) Moles are small mammals adapted to a subterranean lifestyle (i.e., fossorial). They have cylindrical bodies, velvety fur, very small, inconspicuous ears and eyes, reduced hindlimbs and short, powerful forelimbs with large paws adapted for digging. The term "mole" is especially and most properly used for "true moles" of the Talpidae family in the order Eulipotyphla found in most parts of North America, Asia, and Europe; although it may also refer to other completely unrelated mammals of Australia and southern Africa that have also evolved the mole body plan; it is not commonly used for some talpids, such as desmans and shrew-moles, which do not quite fit the common definition of "mole".

neg: Kala (Tarzan) Kala is a fictional ape character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's original Tarzan novel, "Tarzan of the Apes", and in movies based on it.

neg: The Green Fisherman The Green Fisherman ("Il Pescatore Verde") is a fictional character who appears in Carlo Collodi's book "The Adventures of Pinocchio" ("Le avventure di Pinocchio"). He dwells in a sea cave on the coast of Busy Bee Island ("Isola delle Api Industriose") where he lives on a diet seemingly composed entirely of sea life. He is described as "...so ugly, he looked like a sea monster. Instead of hair, he had on his head a dense clump of green grass; green was the skin on his body, green were his eyes, green was his long beard which drooped downards. He looked like a great lizard erected on its hind legs."

neg: Veo The Veo ("Manis cryptus") is a cryptid described in "The Beasts That Hide from Man: Seeking the World's Last Undiscovered Animals" by Karl Shuker as living on the island of Rintja (Rinca) and resembling other pangolins, or scaly ant-eaters. This creature is reported to be as big as a horse. No modern Pangolin approaches that size but on the nearby islands of Java and Borneo, large pangolins of up to 8 feet did once live.

neg: The Wind in the Willows The Wind in the Willows is a children's novel by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animals in a pastoral version of Edwardian England. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality and camaraderie, and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the Thames Valley.

neg: Horton Hatches the Egg Horton Hatches the Egg is a children's book written and illustrated by Theodor Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss and published in 1940 by Random House. The book tells the story of Horton the Elephant, who is tricked into sitting on a bird's egg while its mother, Mayzie, takes a permanent vacation to Palm Beach. Horton endures a number of hardships but persists, often stating, "I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful, one hundred percent!" Ultimately, the egg hatches, revealing an elephant-bird, a creature with a blend of Mayzie's and Horton's features.

neg: Jiggs (chimpanzee) Jiggs ("circa" 1929 – February 28, 1938) was a male chimpanzee and animal actor who originated the character of Cheeta in the 1930s Hollywood Tarzan movies. He was owned and trained by Tony and Jacqueline Gentry.

neg: Aesop Aesop ( ; Ancient Greek: Αἴσωπος , "Aisōpos "; c. 620 – 564 BCE) was a Greek fabulist and story teller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as "Aesop's Fables". Although his existence remains unclear and no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. Many of the tales are characterized by animals and inanimate objects that speak, solve problems, and generally have human characteristics.

neg: Jungle girl (stock character) A jungle girl (so-called, but usually adult woman) is an archetype or stock character, often used in popular fiction, of a female adventurer, superhero or even a damsel in distress living in a jungle or rainforest setting.

neg: Bonobo The bonobo ( or ; "Pan paniscus"), formerly called the pygmy chimpanzee and less often, the dwarf or gracile chimpanzee, is an endangered great ape and one of the two species making up the genus "Pan"; the other is "Pan troglodytes", or the common chimpanzee. Although the name "chimpanzee" is sometimes used to refer to both species together, it is usually understood as referring to the common chimpanzee, whereas "Pan paniscus" is usually referred to as the bonobo.

neg: Jungle crow The jungle crow ("Corvus macrorhynchos"), is a widespread Asian species of crow. It is very adaptable and is able to survive on a wide range of food sources, making it capable of colonizing new areas, due to which it is often considered a nuisance, especially on islands. It has a large bill which is the source of its scientific name "macrorhynchos" (Ancient Greek for "large beak"), and it is sometimes known by the common names large-billed crow or thick-billed crow. It can also be mistaken for a raven. Johann Georg Wagler first described the species from a holotype obtained from Java in the year 1827.

neg: Fable Fable is a literary genre: a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized (given human qualities, such as the ability to speak human language) and that illustrates or leads to a particular moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be added explicitly as a pithy maxim.

neg: Camouflage Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see (crypsis), or by disguising them as something else (mimesis). Examples include the leopard's spotted coat, the battledress of a modern soldier, and the leaf-mimic katydid's wings. A third approach, motion dazzle, confuses the observer with a conspicuous pattern, making the object visible but momentarily harder to locate. The majority of camouflage methods aim for crypsis, often through a general resemblance to the background, high contrast disruptive coloration, eliminating shadow, and countershading. In the open ocean, where there is no background, the principal methods of camouflage are transparency, silvering, and countershading, while the ability to produce light is among other things used for counter-illumination on the undersides of cephalopods such as squid. Some animals, such as chameleons and octopuses, are capable of actively changing their skin pattern and colours, whether for camouflage or for signalling.

neg: Ball-tailed cat The ball-tailed cat ("Felis caudaglobosa") is a fictional fearsome critter of North America most commonly described as having similar traits to that of a mountain lion, except with an exceedingly long tail to which there is affixed a solid, bulbous mass for striking its prey. Tales of ball-tailed cats were common among woodsmen during the turn of the 20th century and many variations exist; two of the more prominent variants are the digmaul and the silvercat. The latter is distinguishable for not only having a smooth-sided ball for knocking wayfarers unconscious, but in addition a spiked-side for piercing and grappling its victims.

neg: The Gorilla Hunters The Gorilla Hunters: A Tale of the Wilds of Africa (1861) is a boys' adventure novel by Scottish author R. M. Ballantyne . A sequel to his hugely successful 1858 novel "The Coral Island" and set in "darkest Africa", its main characters are the earlier novel's three boys: Ralph, Peterkin and Jack. The book's themes are similar to those of "The Coral Island", in which the boys testify to the positive influence of missionary work among the natives. Central in the novel is the hunt for gorillas, an animal until recently unknown to the Western world, which came to play an important role in contemporary debates on evolution and the relation between white Westerners and Africans.

neg: La (Tarzan) La is a character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's series of Tarzan novels. She first appeared in the second Tarzan novel, "The Return of Tarzan" (1913), and reappeared in the fifth, "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar" (1916), the ninth, "Tarzan and the Golden Lion" (1923), and the fourteenth, "Tarzan the Invincible" (1930). She is also mentioned in the juvenile Tarzan story "Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins, with Jad-Bal-Ja, the Golden Lion" (1936), the events of which occur between "Tarzan and the Golden Lion" and "Tarzan the Invincible".

neg: Tarzan (radio program) As told in the "Tarzan" book series, the episodes centered around young Lord Greystoke, who was raised by a female ape as Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, and Jane Parker, a girl who was separated from a safari. Vincent Terrace wrote in his book, "Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows", "Stories relate Tarzan's efforts to protect his adopted homeland from evildoers."

neg: Mowgli Mowgli is a fictional character and the protagonist of Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book" stories. He is a naked feral child from the Pench area in Seoni, India, who originally appeared in Kipling's short story "In the Rukh" (collected in "Many Inventions", 1893) and then went on to become the most prominent and memorable character in his collections "The Jungle Book" and "The Second Jungle Book" (1894–1895), which also featured stories about other characters.


query: When does the English lexicographer and etymologist born who was with  Nicholas Radbourn in the Channel 4 programme "Countdown"?

pos: Nick Hewer Nicholas Radbourn "Nick" Hewer (born 17 February 1944) is an English television presenter and former public relations consultant. From 2005 to 2014, he appeared as Lord Sugar's adviser on the British television series "The Apprentice". Since January 2012, he has presented the Channel 4 programme "Countdown" with Rachel Riley and Susie Dent, having taken over from Jeff Stelling. He is the fifth presenter of "Countdown" and the longest-serving one since the death of the original host, Richard Whiteley, in 2005.

pos: Susie Dent Susie Dent (born November 19, 1964) is an English lexicographer and etymologist. She has appeared in "Dictionary Corner" on the Channel 4 game show "Countdown" every year since 1992. She also appears on "8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown", which is a late night comedy version of the show presented by comedian Jimmy Carr.

neg: Patrick Hanks Patrick Hanks (born 24 March 1940) is an English lexicographer, corpus linguist, and onomastician. He has edited dictionaries of general language, as well as dictionaries of personal names.

neg: Ted Robbins Edward Michael Robbins (born 11 August 1955) is an English actor, television presenter and radio broadcaster and presents a Sunday morning show on BBC Radio Lancashire

neg: Christopher Biggins Christopher Kenneth Biggins (born 16 December 1948) is an English actor and television presenter.

neg: Mark Alban Mark Timothy Alban , , (born 19 April 1966) is an English medical doctor and former first-class cricketer.

neg: Nick Black Professor Sir Nicholas Andrew Black FFPH, FRCP Edin, FRCS Engl, MD (born 1951), known as Nick, is a British physician and health services researcher.

neg: Andy Coulson Andrew Edward "Andy" Coulson (born 21 January 1968) is an English journalist and political strategist.

neg: Stephen Mulhern Stephen Daniel Mulhern (born 4 April 1977 in Stratford, London) is an English presenter, entertainer, and magician, best known for presenting television programmes for ITV.

neg: James Whitbread Lee Glaisher James Whitbread Lee Glaisher FRS FRSE FRAS (5 November 1848, Lewisham – 7 December 1928, Cambridge), son of James Glaisher, the meteorologist, was a prolific English mathematician and astronomer.

neg: Nicholas Crane Nicholas Crane (born 6 May 1954) is an English geographer, explorer, writer and broadcaster. Since 2004 he has written and presented four notable television series for BBC Two: "Coast", "Great British Journeys", "Map Man" and "Town".

neg: Alastair Stewart Alastair James Stewart OBE (born 22 June 1952) is an English journalist and newscaster, employed by ITN where he is a main newscaster for "ITV News".

neg: Laurence Urdang Laurence Urdang (March 21, 1927 – August 21, 2008) was a lexicographer, editor and author noted for first computerising the unabridged "Random House Dictionary of the English Language", published in 1966. He was also the founding editor of "Verbatim", a quarterly newsletter on language.

neg: Sir Ralph Wedgwood, 4th Baronet Professor Sir Ralph Nicholas Wedgwood, 4th Baronet (born 10 December 1964) is a British philosopher.

neg: The Etymologicon The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language is a non-fiction book by Mark Forsyth published in 2011. The book presents the surprising origin of everyday words used in English, with each definition being thematically linked to the next to provide a flowing narrative unlike reference books on etymology. The content of the book was derived from the author's blog, "The Inky Fool".

neg: Joseph Esmond Riddle Joseph Esmond Riddle (1804–1859) was an English cleric, scholar and lexicographer.

neg: Nathan Bailey Nathan Bailey (died 27 June 1742), was an English philologist and lexicographer. He was the author of several dictionaries, including his "Universal Etymological Dictionary", which appeared in some 30 editions between 1721 and 1802. Bailey's "Dictionarium Britannicum" (1730 and 1736) was the primary resource mined by Samuel Johnson for his "Dictionary of the English Language" (1755).

neg: Nick Cater Nicholas Charles Cater (born 7 July 1958) is a British-born Australian journalist and author who writes on culture and politics. He is a columnist for "The Australian" newspaper. Cater’s book "The Lucky Culture" has been compared to Donald Horne’s "The Lucky Country" for its substance and influence.

neg: Aidan Nichols John Christopher "Aidan" Nichols {'1': ", '2': ", '3': 'OP', '4': "} (born 17 September 1948) is an English academic and Catholic priest.

neg: John Caius John Caius (born John Kays) ( ; 6 October 1510 – 29 July 1573), also known as Johannes Caius and Ioannes Caius, was an English physician, and second founder of the present Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

neg: Nicholas Fuller Nicholas Fuller (c. 1557 – 1626) was an English Hebraist and philologist.

neg: Nicholas Cleobury Nicholas Cleobury (born 23 June 1950) is an English conductor.


query: What American actor was in both "Touched by an Angel" and "Jack's Place"?

pos: Jack's Place (TV series) Jack's Place is an American drama series that aired from May 26, 1992 to July 13, 1993 on ABC. The series was about a retired jazz musician named Jack Evans (Hal Linden) who runs a restaurant where romances tend to start. The waitress, Chelsea, was played by Finola Hughes and the bartender Greg was played by John Dye.

pos: John Dye John Carroll Dye (January 31, 1963 – January 10, 2011) was an American film and television actor known for his role as Andrew in the religious television drama series "Touched by an Angel".

neg: Michael Edwards (actor) Michael David Edwards (born September 16, 1944) is an American actor and model. He appeared briefly as "General John Connor" in "". He is pictured and interviewed in the book "Male Model: The World Behind the Camera".

neg: Heather Angel (actress) Heather Grace Angel (9 February 1909 – 13 December 1986) was a British-American actress. She filed a petition for naturalization as a citizen of the United States (No. 120988) in 1944.

neg: Angel Face (1953 film) Angel Face is a 1953 American black-and-white film noir directed by Otto Preminger. The drama, filmed on location in Beverly Hills, California, features Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons.

neg: Jack Carr (animator) Jack Carr (May 17, 1906 – February 2, 1967) was an American animator and actor.

neg: Eddie Jemison Edward Francis "Eddie" Jemison, Jr. (born 1963) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles in the "Ocean's Eleven" trilogy and the television series "Hung" and IZombie.

neg: Ed Quinn Arthur Edward "Ed" Quinn (born February 26, 1968) is an American model, musician, and actor who has appeared in several film and television roles, including "Two Broke Girls, Eureka", "Young Americans" and "True Blood".

neg: Russell Todd Russell Todd Goldberg (born March 14, 1958) is an American former film and television actor. His film and television acting career includes a part in the film "He Knows You're Alone" and roles in television series including "Another World", "The Bold and the Beautiful" and "The Young and the Restless".

neg: List of Promised Land episodes "Promised Land" is an American drama series which aired on CBS from 1996 to 1999. It is a spin-off from another series, "Touched by an Angel". During the course of the series, episodes of "Promised Land " aired over seasons.

neg: Jack Stauffer Jack Stauffer (born December 3, 1945 in New York, New York, U.S.) is an American actor of film, television, and theater. He is also a director of theater productions.

neg: Jack Hill (actor) Jack Hill (September 12, 1887 – November 22, 1963) was an American actor, who appeared in scores of Laurel & Hardy comedies.

neg: Bruce McGill Bruce Travis McGill (born July 11, 1950) is an American actor who has an extensive list of credits in film and television. He is perhaps best known for his work with director Michael Mann in the movies "The Insider", "Ali", and "Collateral". Also notable is his breakout role in the 1978 comedy classic "Animal House". He also appeared on television with a frequent recurring role as Jack Dalton on the series "MacGyver" in the 1980s. Also appears in an episode of N.C.I.S. S14 E19,

neg: Jack Grinnage Jack Grinnage (born January 20, 1931) is an American actor with a film and television career spanning seven decades. Born in Los Angeles, Grinnage made his first television appearances in 1954. The following year, he played as Moose – one of three teenage rebels who chase James Dean – in "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955). "Rebel Without a Cause" was his first movie where he received a screen credit.

neg: John Towey John Madden Towey (born February 13, 1940) is an American actor. He studied acting and directing at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. He received B.F.A. degree in directing in 1967. Acted two seasons at the Arena Stage in Washington D.C. (1977–78 and 1981). Acted two seasons at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis (1984–1986) and two seasons at The Public Theater in New York 1987-89, before moving to Los Angeles in 1990. A classically trained pianist, John has performed over 100 programs since 2001 at grade schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The program is an introduction to classical music entitled, Piano Masters. He also gives piano concerts at retirement homes throughout Southern California.

neg: Jack Rice Jack Rice (May 14, 1893 – December 14, 1968) was an American actor best known for appearing as the scrounging, freeloading brother-in-law in Edgar Kennedy's series of short domestic comedy films at the RKO studio, and also as "Ollie" in around a dozen of Columbia Pictures's series of the "Blondie" comic strip.

neg: Jack DeLeon Jack DeLeon (December 19, 1924 – October 16, 2006) was an American actor. He is best known for playing Marty Morrison on the television series "Barney Miller" from 1975 to 1982. In 1972, he appeared in an episode of "Emergency!" ("Show Biz") as Billy Zimmer from an advertising agency. His film credits included "Linda Lovelace for President" (1975), "I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?" (1975), "The Choirboys" (1977) and "Little Miss Marker" (1980), and he voiced Sergeant Samuel McPherson in the 1977 Dr. Seuss animated television special "Halloween Is Grinch Night". He was also known for the voice of Dwalin in the 1977 animated version of "The Hobbit".

neg: Jack Scalia Jack Scalia (born November 10, 1950) is an American actor. He has had many roles in television series (both as a regular and as a guest-star), television movies, and feature films. He is perhaps best known for his role as Chris Stamp on "All My Children" from 2001 to 2003.

neg: Jack Haley (disambiguation) Jack Haley (1898–1979) was an American actor.

neg: Marco Lopez (actor) Marco Antonio Lopez (born September 10, 1935), also credited as Marco Antonio, Antonio Lopez, and Marco Lopez, is an American actor who was known for his roles in Irwin Allen's "The Poseidon Adventure", Jack Webb-produced television series, such as "Adam-12", where he played the recurring character of Officer Sanchez, "Emergency!" starring as himself, and "Dragnet", where he was credited as Marco Antonio, and was the stand in for Webb on long shots. His first Hollywood job was as a stand-in for Elvis Presley in the 1956 movie "Love Me Tender".

neg: Alexis Cruz Alexis Cruz (born September 29, 1974) is an American actor, known for his performances as Rafael in "Touched by an Angel" and as Skaara in "Stargate" and "Stargate SG-1".

neg: Bruce Cabot Bruce Cabot (April 20, 1904 – May 3, 1972) was an American film actor, best remembered as Jack Driscoll in "King Kong" (1933) and for his roles in films such as the 1936 version of "Last of the Mohicans", Fritz Lang's "Fury" and the western "Dodge City". He was also known as one of "Wayne's Regulars", appearing in a number of John Wayne films beginning with "Angel and the Badman".


query: What was the birth date of the Kenyan runner that Frances Koons finished 2nd to at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Track 5000m race?

pos: Frances Koons Frances Koons (born April 2, 1986, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is an American middle distance runner who attended Villanova University and now runs professionally for New Balance. Koons finished 2nd to Sally Kipyego at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Track 5000m race, and 3rd to Angela Bizzarri and Nicole Blood at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Track 5000m race. Koons ran the 1200m opening leg for the Villanova team that won the 2004 Penn Relays Championship of America distance medley relay. She earned 10 NCAA All-American honors in Cross Country and Track & Field while at Villanova. Koons also earned 5 individual and 2 team Big East titles during her career. Koons graduated from Villanova University in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics. In April 2010 at the Penn Relays Koons won the women's Olympic Development event at 5,000 meters and qualified for U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

pos: Sally Kipyego Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego (born 19 December 1985) is a Kenyan long- and middle-distance runner. She was the silver medallist in the 10,000 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and the silver medalist in the same race at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. She has a personal record of 30:38.35 minutes for that event and her 5000 metres best of 14:30.42 minutes makes her the second fastest Kenyan woman for the distance.

neg: Duncan Kibet Duncan Kibet (born 25 April 1978) is a runner from Kenya. He became the second fastest marathoner ever with a time of 2:04:27 hours, when he won the 2009 Rotterdam Marathon. As of November 2013, he is the 9th fastest marathoner of all time on a certified world record eligible course.

neg: Viola Cheptoo Lagat Viola Cheptoo Lagat (born 13 March 1989) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specialising in the 1500 metres. She competed at the 2015 World Championships, 2016 World Indoor Championships and 2016 Summer Olympics.

neg: Doris Changeywo Doris Chepkwemoi Changeywo (born 12 December 1984 in Chebyuk, Mount Elgon District) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the 10,000 metres and cross country running.

neg: Mbarak Hussein Mbarak Kipkorir Hussein (born 4 April 1965) is a Kenyan athlete who specialises in long distance running, including the marathon. Having been a resident of Albuquerque since 1987, he obtained United States citizenship in 2004 and began representing the US internationally in 2007.

neg: Joyce Chepchumba Joyce Chepchumba (born 6 November 1970 in Kericho) is a long distance athlete from Kenya.

neg: Betsy Saina Betsy Saina (born 30 June 1988) is a Kenyan athlete in long distance running.

neg: Paul Kipkoech Paul Kipkoech (January 6, 1963 – March 16, 1995) was a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres and cross-country running. He became world champion over 10,000 m in 1987.

neg: Emmanuel Kipsang Emmanuel Kiprono Kipsang (born 13 June 1991) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in distances from 3000 metres up to the half marathon. He was the 2013 Kenyan champion in the 10,000 m

neg: Kenneth Mburu Mungara Kenneth Mburu Mungara, also known as Kennedy Mburu, (born 7 September 1973 in Limuru) is a Kenyan long distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He holds the Master's 40-45 age group world record in the marathon.

neg: Peter Koech Peter Koech (born February 18, 1958) is a former long-distance runner from Kenya who won a silver medal in the 3,000 meters steeplechase event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He held the world record in this event for over three years, running 8:05.35 in 1989. It was the first electronically timed world record for the event and is still in the top 25 performers in history.

neg: Salome Chepchumba Salome Chepchumba (born 29 September 1982) is a female middle-distance runner from Kenya, who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.

neg: John Kelai John Ekiru Kelai (born 29 December 1976) is a male long-distance runner from Kenya, who specialises in the marathon. He set his personal best of 2:09:09 hours for the distance at the 2005 edition of the Eindhoven Marathon, where he finished fourth. He is a two-time winner of the Enschede Marathon, also in the Netherlands, and had consecutive wins at the Mumbai Marathon in 2007–2008.

neg: Musa Amer Obaid Musa Amer Obaid (Arabic: موسى عامر عبيد  , born April 18, 1985 in Kenya) is a middle distance runner mainly competing in steeplechase. He was born Moses Kipkirui, but represents Qatar after changing nationality from his birth country Kenya. Other runners who have made the same switch include Saif Saeed Shaheen.

neg: Janet Rono Janet Jelagat Rono (born 9 December 1988) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in marathon races.

neg: Cosmas Silei Cosmas Silei (born 10 September 1948) is a Kenyan former middle distance runner who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

neg: Kipkurui Misoi Kipkurui Misoi (born 23 October 1978 in Bomet) is a retired Kenyan long-distance runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase.

neg: Julius Kirwa Julius Kirwa (born May 3, 1989 in Nandi Hills) is a Kenyan runner who mainly runs 400 metres races.

neg: Jonas Cheruiyot Jonas Cheruiyot (born 11 January 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres.

neg: Eliud Kipchoge Eliud Kipchoge (born 5 November 1984 in Kapsisiywa, Nandi District) is a Kenyan long distance runner, and the 2016 Olympic marathon gold medallist.

neg: Evans Rutto Evans Rutto (born 8 April 1978 in Marakwet District) is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who specialises in road running events. He made the fastest-ever marathon debut by winning the 2003 Chicago Marathon in a time of 2:05:50. He won the London Marathon and a second title in Chicago the following year.


query: What was the nickname of the player who Oakland Athletics drafted with the tenth overall pick of the 1984 Major League Baseball Draft ?

pos: 1984 Oakland Athletics season The Oakland Athletics' 1984 season involved the A's finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses. While the A's struggled for a third consecutive season, they staged a major coup by drafting future superstar Mark McGwire with the tenth overall pick of the 1984 Major League Baseball Draft. The season also marked the end of Rickey Henderson's first (of four) stints with the Athletics. His second stint would begin in 1989.

pos: Mark McGwire Mark David McGwire (born October 1, 1963), nicknamed Big Mac, is an American former professional baseball player and currently a bench coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). As a first baseman, his MLB career spanned from 1986 to 2001 while playing for the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals. He quickly grabbed media attention in 1987 as a rookie with the Athletics by hitting 33 home runs before the All-Star break, and would lead the major leagues in home runs that year with 49, setting the single-season rookie record. He appeared in six straight All-Star Games from 1987 to 1992 despite a brief career decline related to injuries. Another string of six consecutive All-Star appearances followed from 1995 to 2001. Each season from 1996 to 1999, he again led the major leagues in home runs.

neg: Bill Bathe William David Bathe (born October 14, 1960 in Downey, California), is a former professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues for 3 years. He played for the Oakland Athletics in 1986 and for the San Francisco Giants from 1989 –1990 .

neg: Carlos Gómez Carlos Argelis Gómez Peña, nicknamed Go-Go, (born December 4, 1985) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Milwaukee Brewers, and Houston Astros. Gómez is a two-time MLB All-Star and a Gold Glove Award winner.

neg: Bill Werle William George "Bill" Werle (December 21, 1920 – November 27, 2010) was a left-handed major league baseball pitcher from Oakland, California. He pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox from 1949 to 1954. His nickname was "Bugs" because of his interest in entomology. He threw and batted left-handed. His playing weight was 182 pounds.

neg: Elmer Leonard Elmer Ellsworth Leonard (November 12, 1888 – May 27, 1981), nicknamed "Tiny", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1911 season.

neg: Rex Hudler Rex Allen Hudler (born September 2, 1960) is a TV Color Commentator for the Kansas City Royals and a former Major League Baseball utility player. He played a total of fourteen seasons after being a first round draft pick of the New York Yankees in 1978. During his career, he was known primarily by the nickname "Wonderdog", after the character from the old "Super Friends" animated television series. He was also known by the moniker "Bug Eater".

neg: Matt Harrington Matt Harrington (born February 1, 1982) is a retired professional baseball pitcher and a former first round pick in Major League Baseball's First-Year Player Draft. Harrington was selected in the MLB draft five times in consecutive years, without coming to an agreement with his selecting team on any of the five occasions - the only such baseball player to have been drafted so many times without signing a contract.

neg: Tim Lincecum Timothy Leroy Lincecum ( ; born June 15, 1984), nicknamed "The Freak," is an American professional baseball starting pitcher who is currently a free agent. He pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants from 2007 to 2015 and for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 2016. Lincecum helped the Giants win three World Series championships in a five-year span. Lincecum was the team's ace starter in 2010 and as a relief pitcher in 2012 and 2014, winning the Babe Ruth Award in 2010 as the most valuable player of the MLB postseason.

neg: Rico Carty Ricardo Adolfo Jacobo Carty (born September 1, 1939) is a Dominican former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder in a career that spanned from 1963 to 1979. Nicknamed "Beeg Boy", he was the 1970 National League (NL) batting champion with a .366 average and made his only All-Star appearance that season.

neg: Dion James Dion James (born November 9, 1962) is a former Major League Baseball player who played as a left and center fielder for an eleven-year career from 1983 to 1985, 1987–1990, 1992–1993, 1995-1996. James starred at C.K. McClatchy High School in Sacramento, California before being selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the first round (25th overall) in the 1980 Amateur Entry Draft. He played for the Brewers, Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees all of the American League and the Atlanta Braves of the National League.

neg: Kent Anderson Kent McKay Anderson (born August 12, 1963) is a retired Major League Baseball infielder. He graduated from Hudgens Academy High School in 1981 and was drafted in the 4th round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft by the Anaheim Angels.

neg: Matt Murton Matthew Henry Murton (born October 3, 1981), nicknamed "Thunder Matt", is an American professional baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, Colorado Rockies, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers.

neg: Ray Fosse Raymond Earl Fosse (born April 4, 1947 in Marion, Illinois) is an American former professional baseball player and current television sports color commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher. He was drafted in the first round of the 1965 amateur draft by the Cleveland Indians. He was the Indians' first ever draft pick, as 1965 was the first year of the Major League Baseball Draft. He batted and threw right-handed. He has been a television and radio broadcaster for the Oakland Athletics since 1986.

neg: Tom Henke Thomas Anthony "Tom" Henke (born December 21, 1957), nicknamed "The Terminator" because of his ability and success as a closer, is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He was one of the most dominant and feared closers during the late 1980s and early 1990s, pitching for the Texas Rangers (1982–1984, 1993–1994), Toronto Blue Jays (1985–1992), and St. Louis Cardinals (1995).

neg: Quintin Berry Quintin Lonell Berry (born November 21, 1984) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, and Chicago Cubs.

neg: Jerry Robertson (baseball) Jerry Lee Robertson (October 13, 1943 – March 24, 1996) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. Born in Winchester, Kansas, the right-hander was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 27th round of the 1965 amateur draft, and later drafted by the Montreal Expos from the Cardinals as the 38th pick in the 1968 expansion draft. He played for the Expos (1969) and Detroit Tigers (1970).

neg: Josh Donaldson Joshua Adam Donaldson (born December 8, 1985) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was initially drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2007 MLB Draft after playing for Auburn University during his time in college. Donaldson has also played for the Oakland Athletics, making his debut for the team in 2010, progressing with the team and eventually becoming an All-Star in the 2014 MLB season.

neg: Zoilo Versalles Zoilo Casanova Versalles Rodriguez (] ; December 18, 1939 – June 9, 1995), nicknamed "Zorro", was a Cuban professional baseball player. He played as a shortstop in Major League Baseball, most notably for the Minnesota Twins. He was the catalyst who led the 1965 Twins to their first World Series after moving from Washington to Minnesota. The same year he also won the American League Most Valuable Player award.

neg: Linc Blakely Lincoln Howard Blakely (February 12, 1912 – September 28, 1976) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He grew up in Oakland, California and attended Oakland Technical High School. He played for the Cincinnati Reds.

neg: Phil Rizzuto Philip Francis Rizzuto (September 25, 1917 – August 13, 2007), nicknamed "The Scooter", was an American Major League Baseball shortstop. He spent his entire 13-year baseball career with the New York Yankees (1941–1956), and was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994.

neg: Eddie Mayo Edward Joseph Mayo (born Edward Joseph Mayoski; April 15, 1910 – November 27, 2006), nicknamed "Hotshot" and "Steady Eddie", was a professional baseball infielder. He played nine seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Giants (1936), Boston Braves (1937–38), Philadelphia Athletics (1943) and Detroit Tigers (1944–48).


query: When was the actor known as the Creeper born?

pos: The Brute Man The Brute Man is a 1946 American horror thriller film starring Rondo Hatton as the Creeper, a murderer seeking revenge against the people he holds responsible for the disfigurement of his face. Directed by Jean Yarbrough, the film features Tom Neal and Jan Wiley as a married pair of friends the Creeper blames for his deformities. Jane Adams also starred as a blind pianist for whom the Creeper tries to raise money for an operation to restore her vision.

pos: Rondo Hatton Rondo Hatton (April 22, 1894 – February 2, 1946) was an American soldier, journalist and occasional actor with a minor career playing thuggish bit and extra parts in Hollywood B-movies, culminating in his elevation to horror movie star-status with Universal Studios in the last two years of his life, and posthumously as a movie cult icon. He was known for his unique facial features, which were the result of acromegaly, a syndrome caused by a disorder of the pituitary gland. He was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, to Missouri-born teachers.

neg: Skip Homeier George Vincent Homeier (October 5, 1930 – June 25, 2017), known professionally as Skip Homeier, was an American actor who started his career at the age of eleven and became a child star.

neg: Josh Hammond Josh Hammond (born September 7, 1979) is an American actor, known for his film roles in Jeepers Creepers II, Black Cadillac, and The Brotherhood. He has also made TV guest appearances in Malcolm in the Middle, Scrubs, , and Boston Public.

neg: Larry Underwood Larry W. Underwood (born September 9, 1966 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Dr. Gangrene.

neg: Trent Lewis Thomas Trent Lewis II (born 16 November 1979), known professionally as Trent Lewis, is an American actor.

neg: Stephen Frost Stephen Frederick Eustace Frost (born 28 December 1955) is an English actor and comedian.

neg: John C. Reilly John Christopher Reilly (born May 24, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, singer, screenwriter, and producer.

neg: Thom Christopher Thom Christopher (born October 5, 1940) is an American actor.

neg: David Quilter David Quilter (born 11 June 1942) is an English actor who has made numerous appearances in British television plays and series since the mid-1960s.

neg: Whip Hubley Grant Shelby "Whip" Hubley, Jr. (born May 17, 1957) is an American actor.

neg: Harry Goaz Harry Goaz (born December 27, 1960 as Harry Preston King) is an American actor best known for his roles as Deputy Andy Brennan in the TV drama series, "Twin Peaks" (1990–1991, 2017), and as Sgt. Knight in the NBC TV series, "Eerie Indiana" (1991-2).

neg: Dick Gautier Richard "Dick" Gautier (October 30, 1931 – January 13, 2017) was an American actor, comedian, singer, and caricaturist. He was known for his television roles as Hymie the Robot in the television series "Get Smart", and Robin Hood in the short-lived TV comedy series "When Things Were Rotten", a Mel Brooks send-up of the classic legend.

neg: Clayton Hill Clayton Hill (May 7, 1931 – July 26, 2009) was an American actor who appeared in many films, but was best known for his role as the "sweater zombie" in the 1978 horror film "Dawn of the Dead" by director George A. Romero.

neg: Ethyl Eichelberger Ethyl Eichelberger (born James Roy Eichelberger, July 17, 1945 – August 12, 1990) was an American drag performer, playwright, and actor. He became an influential figure in experimental theater and writing, and performed nearly forty plays. He became more widely known as a commercial actor in the 1980s.

neg: Arliss Howard Arliss Howard (born Leslie Richard Howard; October 18, 1954) is an American actor, writer and film director.

neg: Daryl Haney Daryl Haney (born June 21, 1963 in Charlottesville, Virginia), also known by the pen name D. R. Haney, is an American actor, screenwriter, novelist, and essayist.

neg: Arye Gross Arye Gross (born March 17, 1960) is an American actor.

neg: William C. Watson William C. Watson (October 5, 1938 – November 5, 1997) was an American actor.

neg: Tim Thomerson Joseph Timothy "Tim" Thomerson (born April 8, 1946) is an American actor and comedian.

neg: Trevor Cooper Trevor "Trev" Cooper (born 21 May 1953) is an English actor.

neg: Alex Frost Alexander Richard "Alex" Frost (born February 17, 1987) is an American actor.


query: Are David Nixon and Charlie Chaplin from the same country originally?

pos: David Nixon (director) David Nixon is an American film director and film producer. He is the director and producer of "Letters to God" and a co-producer and assistant director of "Fireproof" and "Facing the Giants".

pos: Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': 'KBE', '4': "} (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. Chaplin became a worldwide icon through his screen persona "the Tramp" and is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the film industry. His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both adulation and controversy.

neg: Donald A. Nixon Donald A. Nixon (born 1946) is a businessman. He is the nephew of former President Richard Nixon and the son of Richard Nixon's brother, Donald Nixon and Clara Jane.

neg: Michael Chaplin (actor) Michael John Chaplin (born 7 March 1946) is an American actor born in Santa Monica, California. He is the second child and eldest son from Charlie Chaplin's fourth and final marriage, to Oona O'Neill.

neg: Dale Nixon Dale Nixon is also credited as the bass player on the Great Cynics album "Posi". It's assumed that, despite the punk in-joke, it probably wasn't Giles himself.

neg: This Is My Song (1967 song) "This Is My Song" is a song written by Charlie Chaplin in 1966, and performed by Petula Clark.

neg: Charlie Wright Charles George "Charlie" Wright (born 11 December 1938 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish-born Hong Kong former footballer and manager.

neg: Roger Nixon Roger Alfred Nixon (August 8, 1921 – October 13, 2009) was an American composer, musician, and professor of music. He wrote over 60 compositions for orchestra, band, choir and opera. Nixon received multiple awards and honors for his works, many of which contain a feel of the rhythms and dances of the early settlers of his native state of California.

neg: John Chaplin (disambiguation) John Chaplin is a former American track and field athlete and coach.

neg: Our Gang (novel) Our Gang (1971) is Philip Roth's fifth novel. A marked departure from his previous book, the popular "Portnoy's Complaint", "Our Gang" is a political satire written in the form of a closet drama. Centered on the character of "Trick E. Dixon", a caricature of then-President Richard Nixon, the book takes its cue from an actual quote from Nixon:

neg: Marmaduke Nixon Marmaduke George Nixon (1814 – 27 May 1864) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in rural South Auckland, New Zealand. He had seen service with the British Army in India as a Major in the 39th Regiment of Foot.

neg: David Frye David Frye (November 21, 1933January 24, 2011) was an American comedian, specializing in comic imitations of famous political figures, most of whom were based on notable Americans, including former U.S. Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon, Vice Presidents Spiro Agnew and Nelson Rockefeller, Senators Hubert Humphrey and Bobby Kennedy, as well as film celebrities, e.g., George C. Scott, Henry Fonda, Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Jack Nicholson, Jack Palance and Rod Steiger, and media figures, e.g., William F. Buckley Jr. and Larry King.

neg: David Bullard David Bullard (born 1952, London) is a British-born and South African naturalized columnist, author and celebrity public speaker known for his controversial satire.

neg: David Garrick (1913 film) David Garrick is a 1913 British black-and-white silent film based on the life of British actor David Garrick. The film starred Seymour Hicks and Ellaline Terriss and was based on the 1864 play "David Garrick" by T. W. Robertson, adapted by Max Pemberton. The film was directed by Leedham Bantock.

neg: David Shoenberg David Shoenberg was born in 1911, the son of Isaac Shoenberg. Isaac came to Britain and acquired British nationality, but then returned to Russia where David was born. David was, however, a British citizen, and was brought to Britain as a boy. He was educated at Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took his doctorate in 1935.

neg: Charlie Lennon Charles "Charlie" Lennon was a Republic of Ireland international footballer.

neg: Charlie Allan (musician) Charlie Allan (born 27 February 1963) is a Scottish actor and musician. He is the Chief Executive of The Clanranald Trust for Scotland, a recognized non-profit organization in Scotland, which would spread and revive primarily Scottish culture and Scottish heritage through entertainment and education. For this purpose, a replica of a medieval Scottish village named Duncarron has been constructed.

neg: Charlie David Charles David Lubiniecki (born August 9, 1980), better known as Charlie David, is a Canadian actor, writer, director and producer, best known for the male lead in the LGBT horror series "Dante's Cove". He has also worked as a TV host on a number of shows like "F.Y.E!", "SpyTV", "Bump!" and "Crash Test Mommy".

neg: Norm Nixon Norman Ellard Nixon (born October 11, 1955) is an American retired professional basketball player who spent twelve seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A four-time NBA All-Star, he won two NBA championships with the Lakers at the onset of their Showtime era in the 1980s.

neg: Norman Mitchell (comedian) Norman Mitchell is a Filipino comedian, born in Davao, Philippines. His genre mainly composes songs turned into Parodies to entertain his audience, thus he is known as the Parody King of the Philippines. His shows are known as the Norman Mitchell Parody Shows.

neg: Billy West (silent film actor) Billy West (September 22, 1892 – July 21, 1975) was a film actor, producer, and director of the silent film era. He is best known as a Charlie Chaplin impersonator.

neg: Philip Meninsky Philip Meninsky (born 1919 in Fulham, England, died in 2007) was the son of Bernard Meninsky. Despite an early passion for art, at his father's wish, he initially trained as an accountant, before being called up for National Service.


query: What ethnicity was the designer of the Heinkel HeS 3?

pos: Heinkel HeS 3 The Heinkel HeS 3 "(HeS - Heinkel Strahltriebwerke)" was the world's first operational jet engine to power an aircraft. Designed by Hans von Ohain while working at Heinkel, the engine first flew as the primary power of the Heinkel He 178, piloted by Erich Warsitz on 27 August 1939. Although successful, the engine had too little thrust to be really useful, and work started on the more powerful Heinkel HeS 8 as their first production design.

pos: Hans von Ohain Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain (14 December 191113 March 1998) was a German physicist, the designer of the first "operational" jet engine. His first design ran in March 1937, and it was one of his engines that powered the world's first flyable all-jet aircraft, the prototype of the Heinkel He 178 (He 178 V1) in late August 1939. In spite of these early successes, other German designs quickly eclipsed Ohain's, and none of his engine designs entered widespread production or operational use.

neg: Alexander Arkhangelsky (aircraft designer) Alexander Alexandrovich Arkhangelsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Арха́нгельский , 1892–1978) was an aircraft designer and doctor of technical sciences.

neg: Stanisław Rogalski Stanisław Rogalski (25 May 1904 – 6 February 1976) was a Polish aircraft designer, best known as one of the founding trio of the inter-war period RWD airplane factory in Warsaw. After World War II he moved to the United States, where he ended his career at Grumman as an aerodynamics expert.

neg: Andreas Mogensen Andreas Enevold Mogensen (born November 2, 1976) is a Danish engineer and astronaut. He was the first Dane to fly in space as part of the "iriss" programme.

neg: Max Ibel Max Ibel (1 January 1896 – 19 March 1981) is credited as one of the creators of the Luftwaffe. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

neg: Heinkel HE 2 The Heinkel He 2, produced in Sweden as the Svenska S 3 and nicknamed the "Hansa", was a reconnaissance floatplane built in small numbers to equip the Swedish Navy in the 1920s. It was a refinement of the HE 1, sharing its same basic configuration as a low-wing, strut-braced monoplane with no tail fin and a rudder that barely protruded above and below the line of the fuselage.

neg: Horten Ho 229 The Horten H.IX, RLM designation Ho 229 (or Gotha Go 229 for extensive re-design work done by Gotha to prepare the aircraft for mass production) was a German prototype fighter/bomber initially designed by Reimar and Walter Horten to be built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik late in World War II. It was the first flying wing to be powered by jet engines.

neg: Heinkel He 71 The Heinkel He 71 was a German single-seat monoplane, a smaller version of the two-seat Heinkel He 64. A low-wing monoplane with a fixed conventional landing gear, the prototype first flew with an open cockpit and a 60 hp Hirth HM 60 engine. It was later modified with an enclosed cabin and a 78 hp Hirth HM 4 engine. With additional fuel tanks to increase range it was used by German aviator Elly Beinhorn on a flight around Africa.

neg: Heinkel He 100 The Heinkel He 100 was a German pre-World War II fighter aircraft design from Heinkel. Although it proved to be one of the fastest fighter aircraft in the world at the time of its development, the design was not ordered into series production. Approximately 19 prototypes and pre-production examples were built. None are known to have survived the war.

neg: Joseph Beuys Joseph Beuys (] ; 12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German Fluxus, happening, and performance artist as well as a sculptor, installation artist, graphic artist, art theorist, and pedagogue.

neg: Tung Hua Lin Tung Hua Lin (May 26, 1911 – June 18, 2007) was a Chinese-American aerospace and structural engineer best known for designing China's first twin engine aircraft during World War II.

neg: Sam Hecht Sam Hecht, born in London 1969, British industrial designer. Sam Hecht and Kim Colin are retained designers of Muji.

neg: Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Я́ковлев ; 1 April [O.S. 19 March] 1906 22 August 1989) was a Soviet aeronautical engineer. He designed the Yakovlev military aircraft and founded the Yakovlev Design Bureau. Yakovlev was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1938.

neg: Erwin Leo Himmel Erwin Leo Himmel (born April 9, 1956 in Graz, Austria) is an Austrian automobile designer. He was one of the first designers who recognized the future importance of a consistent brand design in the automotive industry.

neg: Hermann Ganswindt Hermann Ganswindt (June 12, 1856, Voigtshof bei Seeburg, East Prussia – October 25, 1934, Berlin, Germany) was a German inventor and spaceflight scientist, whose inventions (such as the dirigible, the helicopter, and the internal combustion engine) are thought to have been ahead of his time.

neg: Herbert Alexandrovich Yefremov Dr. Herbert Aleksandrovich Efremov (Russian: Герберт Александрович Ефремов , born 15 March 1933) is a Russian design engineer and Professor of Technical Sciences.

neg: Heinkel HD 20 The Heinkel HD 20 was a twin engine, three seat German biplane built in 1926 for civil survey work.

neg: Luigi Colani Luigi Colani (born Lutz Colani 2 August 1928), is a German industrial designer of kurdish descent .

neg: Eero Saarinen Eero Saarinen (] ) (August 20, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was a 20th-century Finnish American architect and industrial designer noted for his neo-futuristic style. Saarinen is known for designing the TWA Flight Center in New York City and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.

neg: Isi Metzstein Isi Israel Metzstein (7 July 1928 – 10 January 2012) was a German-born architect who worked at Gillespie, Kidd & Coia and taught at the Glasgow School of Art. He became known for his postwar architectural designs working in the European modernist style of Le Corbusier and the American Frank Lloyd Wright.

neg: Heinkel He 119 The Heinkel He 119 was an experimental single-engine monoplane developed in Germany. A private venture by Heinkel to test radical ideas by the Günter brothers, the He 119 was originally intended to act as an unarmed reconnaissance bomber capable of eluding all fighters due to its high performance.


query: What was the name of the character played by the Irish actress known for her role as Cruella De Vil in the feature-length ITV police procedural Trial & Retribution?

pos: Trial & Retribution Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that first aired on ITV1 on 19 October 1997. Written and devised by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series "Prime Suspect", each episode was typically broadcast over two nights. David Hayman stars as the main protagonist of the series, DCS Michael "Mike" Walker. Throughout the series, he has two main sidekicks: DI Pat North (Kate Buffery) and DCI Róisín Connor (Victoria Smurfit).

pos: Victoria Smurfit Victoria Smurfit (born 31 March 1974) is an Irish actress. She is known for her role as Cruella De Vil in "Once Upon a Time".

neg: Pat Bishop Patricia Mary Bishop (13 June 1946 – 28 March 2000) was a Northern Irish actress noted for her performances in Australian theatre, film and television.

neg: Colin Howell Colin Howell (born 14 March 1959) is a Northern Irish convicted double murderer. The murders and surrounding story were the subject of an ITV drama series "The Secret" broadcast in April and May 2016.

neg: Clara Seger Clara Seger is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama "", portrayed by Alana de la Garza.

neg: Lyndsey Marshal Lyndsey Marshal (born 16 June 1978) is an English actress best known for her performance in "The Hours", and as the recurring character Cleopatra on HBO's "Rome", and as Lady Sarah Hill in BBC period drama "Garrow's Law".

neg: Vilma Hollingbery Vilma Hollingbery (born 21 July 1932) is a British actress. She has appeared in many TV programmes and films since the 1960s, and is known for her appearances as Claudia Wren in "Psychoville", and has also appeared in "A Touch of Frost", the 1980 film "Babylon", "Doctor Who" and "The Bill", in which she has appeared six times as different characters.

neg: John Hanna (prison officer) Christopher John Hanna (c. 1947 – 27 December 1992), was a prison officer who held a senior position inside the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland. In June 1990 he was sentenced to life imprisonment at Maghaberry for helping the Provisional IRA kill colleague Brian Armour two years previously. He was also accused by former Ulster Defence Association (UDA) leader Andy Tyrie of complicity in UDA South Belfast brigadier John McMichael's death in 1987. McMichael was blown up by a booby-trap bomb placed underneath his car. According to Tyrie, Hanna gathered information about McMichael when the latter visited loyalist inmates. Hanna in his turn passed on the information to local Belfast actress, Rosena Brown with whom Hanna was infatuated. Brown, dubbed the "IRA Mata Hari", served as an Intelligence Officer of the IRA. Hanna also passed on information about Armour to Brown, who was named at Hanna's trial.

neg: Audrey Dalton Audrey Dalton (born 21 January 1934) is an Irish television and film actress.

neg: Doña Croll Doña Croll (born 29 August 1953) is a Jamaican-born British actress. She is best known for her British soap opera roles as Pearl McHugh in Channel 5's "Family Affairs" and more recently as Vera Corrigan in the BBC soap opera "Doctors", and as Emerald Fox in the popular BBC soap opera, "EastEnders".

neg: Billie Whitelaw Billie Honor Whitelaw, CBE (6 June 1932 – 21 December 2014) was an English actress. She worked in close collaboration with Irish playwright Samuel Beckett for 25 years and was regarded as one of the foremost interpreters of his works. She was also known for her portrayal of Mrs. Baylock, the demonic nanny in the 1976 horror film "The Omen".

neg: Raquel Cassidy Raquel Josephine Dominic Cassidy (born 22 January 1968) is an English actress.

neg: Valerie Lilley Valerie Lilley (born 14 April 1939) is a Northern Irish actress who has played many television roles on dramas such as "Doctors" and "Grange Hill". Lilley most recently appeared on Channel 4's comedy drama "Shameless" portraying Patty Croker.

neg: Rita Brannigan Rita Brannigan is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Emmerdale", played by Emma Kearney.

neg: Gillian Kearney Gillian Louise Kearney (born 9 May 1972, Liverpool, Merseyside) is an English actress best known for her early role as Debbie McGrath in Channel 4's Liverpool-based soap opera "Brookside" and the spin-off mini-series "Damon and Debbie", and for playing Jessica Harrison in the long-running BBC television medical drama series "Casualty", as well as Emma Barton in the ITV Yorkshire-based soap opera "Emmerdale".

neg: Geraldine O'Rawe Geraldine O'Rawe (born 4 March 1971) is a Northern Irish actress.

neg: Catherine Nevin Catherine Nevin (née Scully, born 1 October 1950) is an Irish woman who was convicted in 2000 of murdering her husband Tom Nevin at Jack White's Inn, a pub owned by the couple in County Wicklow. The jury in her trial also found her guilty on three charges of soliciting others to kill him after five days of deliberation, then the longest period of deliberation in the history of the Irish State. Nevin was the subject of significant coverage by the tabloid press and Justice Mella Carroll ordered a ban on the press commenting on Nevin's appearance or demeanour during the trial. Nevin in 2016 was diagnosed with a brain tumor and given only months to live by doctors at the Mater Hospital

neg: Dark Angel (2016 TV series) Dark Angel is a British two-part television drama miniseries, based on the adaptation of the book "Mary Ann Cotton: Britain's First Female Serial Killer" by David Wilson. The series was broadcast on 31 October and 7 November 2016, and starred Joanne Froggatt as protagonist Mary Ann Cotton, widely regarded as Britain's first female serial killer, who was found guilty of murder in March 1873 for the murder of three of her husbands, allegedly in order to collect on their insurance policies.

neg: Gillian Lewis Gillian Lewis was an English character actress who, after a varied stage career in the 1950s and early '60s, appeared in a number of television drama series until the late 1970s. Her best known roles were probably as the runaway heiress Geraldine Melford in the original London production of Slade and Reynolds' musical "Free as Air" and, on television, as Drusilla Lamb, secretary to Mr. Rose in the detective series of that name.

neg: Love/Hate (TV series) Love/Hate is an Irish dramatic television series broadcast on RTÉ Television. The show aired between 2010 and 2014 on RTÉ One and on RTÉ Player. The show depicts fictional characters in Dublin's criminal underworld.

neg: Shirley Armitage Shirley Armitage is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street". Played by Lisa Lewis, the character appeared for a period of six years between 1983 and 1989. Shirley became the programme's first regular black character.

neg: Elizabeth Donnelly Elizabeth "Liz" Donnelly is a fictional character from the NBC crime drama "", portrayed by Judith Light. She made her first screen appearance during the episode "Guilt", which was broadcast on March 29, 2002.


query: Chang Ucchin was born in korea during a time that ended with the conclusion of what?

pos: Chang Ucchin Chang Ucchin (26 November 1917 – 27 December 1990) is one of the representatives of modern Korean fine art. Chang was born when Korea was still under Japanese colonial rule. He studied western art at Tokyo's Imperial School of Art. He became a professor of fine arts at Seoul National University in 1954, but resigned to paint full-time from 1960.

pos: Korea under Japanese rule Korea under Japanese rule began with the end of the short-lived Korean Empire in 1910 and ended at the conclusion of World War II in 1945. Japanese rule of Korea was the outcome of a process that began with the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876, whereby a complex coalition of the Meiji government, military, and business officials sought to integrate Korea both politically and economically into the Empire of Japan. A major stepping-stone towards the Japanese occupation of Korea was the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905, in which the then-Korean Empire was declared a protectorate of Japan. The annexation of Korea by Japan was set up in the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, which was never actually signed by the Korean Regent, Gojong.

neg: August Faction Incident August Incident (Korean: 8월 종파 사건 ), officially coined as the "Second Arduous March", was an attempted removal of Kim Il-sung from power by leading North Korean figures from the Soviet-Korean faction and the Yanan faction, with support from the Soviet Union and China, at the 2nd Plenary Session of the 3rd Central Committee in 1956. The attempt to remove Kim failed and the participators were arrested and later executed. Through this political struggle, Kim Il-sung quashed all opposition to him within the central party leadership.

neg: New Qing History The New Qing History is a school of thought that gained prominence in the United States in the mid-1990s by offering a wide-ranging revision of history of the Manchu Qing dynasty. Earlier historians had emphasized the power of Han Chinese to “sinicize” their conquerors, that is, to assimilate and make them Chinese in their thought and institutions. In the 1980s and early 1990s, American scholars began to learn Manchu and took advantage of newly opened Chinese- and Manchu-language archives. This research found that the Manchu rulers were savvy in manipulating their subjects and from the 1630s through at least the 18th century, emperors developed a sense of Manchu identity and used Central Asian models of rule as much as they did Confucian ones. According to some scholars, at the height of their power, the Qing regarded "China" as only a part, although a very important part, of a much wider empire that extended into the Inner Asian territories of Mongolia, Tibet, the Northeast (today sometimes called Manchuria) and Xinjiang, or Chinese (Eastern) Turkestan.

neg: Culture of South Korea The contemporary culture of South Korea developed from the traditional culture of Korea which was prevalent in the early Korean nomadic tribes. By maintaining thousands of years of ancient Korean with influence from ancient Chinese culture South Korea split on its own path of cultural development away from North Korean culture since the division of Korea in 1948. The industrialization, urbanization and westernization of South Korea, especially Seoul, have brought many changes to the way Korean people live. Changing economics and lifestyles have led to a concentration of population in major cities (and depopulation of the rural countryside), with multi-generational households separating into nuclear family living arrangements.

neg: Capital punishment in South Korea Capital punishment is a legal penalty in South Korea. Presently, there is a moratorium in effect on executions by the state. The last execution took place in December 1997. As of 2013, there are at least sixty people in South Korea under a death sentence

neg: Ming poetry Ming poetry refers to the poetry of or typical of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). With over one million specimens of Ming poetry surviving today, the poetry of the Ming dynasty represents one of the major periods of Classical Chinese poetry, as well as an area of active modern academic research. Ming poetry (and Chinese art and literature in general) is marked by 2 transitional phases, the transition between the Yuan dynasty which was the predecessor to the Ming, and the Qing-Ming transition which eventually resulted in the succeeding Qing dynasty. Although in politico-dynastic terms, the dynastic leadership of China is historically relatively clear-cut, the poetic periods involved encompass the lifespans and works of poets whose lives and poetic output transcend both the end of one dynasty and the initiatory period of the next.

neg: Second Battle of Naktong Bulge The Second Battle of Naktong Bulge was an engagement between United Nations (UN) and North Korean (NK) forces early in the Korean War from September 1 to September 15, 1950, along the Naktong River in South Korea. It was a part of the Battle of Pusan Perimeter, and was one of several large engagements fought simultaneously. The battle ended in a victory for the United Nations after large numbers of United States (US) and Republic of Korea (ROK) troops repelled a strong North Korean attack.

neg: Post-90s The Post-90s generation () is a generation in China, especially in urban areas, generally considered to be born between 1990 and 1999 though sometimes considered to start with those born in fall 1989 (as they would graduate with those born in 1990). They are the second generation of Chinese people to grow up as only children and in the post-Tiananmen era and the first generation to be born after the protests. They are also China's last 20th century born cohort.

neg: Iljinhoe The Iljinhoe (一進會; 일진회) was a nationwide pro-Japan organization in Korea formed on August 8, 1904. A Japanese record states the number of party members was about 800,000, but another survey record by the Japanese Resident-General of Korea in 1910 shows the number was about 90,000. After seeing the failure of Korea's isolationism, the party claimed that Korea could not develop capitalism on its own, and demanded a merger with the Japanese Empire. Song Byung Joon (송병준), the leader of the group and a high-ranking official in the Korean government before the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty who was considered a leading national traitor of Korea, actively pushed ahead the annexation and received a title of nobility from the Japanese government in 1920. The group was disbanded on September 26, 1910, a month after the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty.

neg: Economic history of China (1912–49) After the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912, China underwent a period of instability and disrupted economic activity. During the Nanjing decade (1927–1937), China advanced in a number of industrial sectors, in particular those related to the military, in an effort to catch up with the west and prepare for war with Japan. The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) and the following Chinese civil war caused the collapse of the Republic of China and formation of the People's Republic of China.

neg: Yi Bangja Yi Bangja, Crown Princess Uimin of Korea (also "Euimin", Japanese: 李方子 "Ri Masako") (4 November 1901 – 30 April 1989) was the consort of Crown Prince Euimin of Korea. She and her husband would have been the emperor and empress of the Empire of Korea if Korea had not been annexed to the Empire of Japan in 1910.

neg: Impeachment of Park Geun-hye The impeachment of Park Geun-hye, former President of South Korea, was the culmination of a political scandal involving interventions to the presidency from her aide. The impeachment vote took place on 9 December 2016, whilst 234 members in the 300-member National Assembly voting in favor of the impeachment and temporary suspension of Park Geun-hye's presidential powers and duties. Thus, Hwang Kyo-ahn, then prime minister, became acting president while the Constitutional Court of Korea was due to determine whether to accept the impeachment. The court upheld the impeachment in a unanimous 8–0 decision on 10 March 2017, removing Park from the office. A fresh election was held on 9 May 2017, electing Moon Jae-in, former leader of the Democratic Party, as the next president.

neg: Fin-de-Siècle Splendor Fin-de-Siècle Splendor: Repressed Modernities of Late Qing Fiction, 1848-1911 is a 1997 non-fiction book by David Der-Wei Wang, published by Stanford University Press. David Wang's thesis is that modernity was already beginning to appear in fiction published in the late Qing Dynasty of China, defined by Wang as beginning in 1849, around the start of the Taiping rebellion, rather than only appearing after the Qing Dynasty concluded in 1912. This is the first English-language full-length book written by a single author that surveyed late Qing Dynasty fiction.

neg: Fifth Republic of Korea The Fifth Republic of South Korea was the government of South Korea from 1981 to 1987, replacing the Fourth Republic of South Korea. Throughout this period, the government was controlled by Chun Doo-hwan, a military colleague of the assassinated president Park Chung-hee. This period saw extensive efforts at reform. It laid the foundations for the relatively stable democratic system of the subsequent Sixth Republic in 1987.

neg: List of border incidents involving North Korea The following is a list of border incidents involving North and South Korea since the Korean Armistice Agreement of July 27, 1953, ended large scale military action of the Korean War. Most of these incidents took place near either the Korean Demilitarized Zone or the Northern Limit Line. This list includes engagements on land, air, and sea, but does not include alleged incursions and terrorist incidents that occurred away from the border. A total of 3,693 armed North Korean agents have infiltrated into South Korea between 1954 and 1992, with 20% of these occurring between 1967 and 1968.

neg: Seoul Spring The Seoul Spring was a period of democratization in South Korea from 26 October 1979 to 17 May 1980. This expression was derived from the Prague spring of Czechoslovakia in 1968.

neg: Three Suns (eschatology) The doctrine of the Three Suns () or three stages of the end-time (), or Three Ages, is a teleological and eschatological doctrine found in some Chinese salvationist religions and schools of Confucianism.

neg: Chang Young-hee Jang Yeong-hui (September 14, 1952 – May 9, 2009) was a South Korean professor, scholar, translator, and essayist.

neg: Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River The Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River, also known as the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on () or the Second Phase Campaign Western Sector (), was a decisive battle in the Korean War, and it took place from November 25 to December 2, 1950, along the Ch'ongch'on River Valley in the northwestern part of North Korea. In response to the successful Chinese First Phase Campaign against the United Nations forces, General Douglas MacArthur launched the Home-by-Christmas Offensive to evict the Chinese forces from Korea and to end the war. Anticipating this reaction, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army Commander Peng Dehuai planned a counteroffensive, dubbed the "Second Phase Campaign", against the advancing UN forces.

neg: Conclusion of the American Civil War This is a timeline of the conclusion of the American Civil War which includes important battles, skirmishes, raids and other events of 1865. These led to additional Confederate surrenders, key Confederate captures, and disbandments of Confederate military units that occurred after Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender on April 9, 1865.

neg: He Jin He Jin (died 22 September 189), courtesy name Suigao, was a military general and regent of the late Eastern Han dynasty. He was an elder half-brother of Empress He, the empress consort of Emperor Ling, and a maternal uncle of Emperor Shao. In 189, he and his sister shared power as regents when the young Emperor Shao was put on the throne following Emperor Ling's death. During the time, the conflict between He Jin and the influential eunuch faction intensified. The eunuch faction lured He Jin into a trap in the imperial palace and assassinated him. While He Jin's subordinates slaughtered the eunuch faction in revenge, the warlord Dong Zhuo took advantage of the power vacuum to enter the imperial capital Luoyang and seize control of the Han central government. The subsequent breakdown of central command brought forth the beginning of massive civil wars which led to the end of the Han dynasty and the start of the Three Kingdoms period.


query: What is the name of the Professor who used the term "worlds funniest joke" at a United Kingdom University for research?

pos: World's funniest joke The "world's funniest joke" is a term used by Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertfordshire in 2002 to summarize one of the results of his research. For his experiment, named LaughLab, he created a website where people could rate and submit jokes. Purposes of the research included discovering the joke that had the widest appeal and understanding among different cultures, demographics and countries.

pos: Richard Wiseman Richard J. Wiseman (born 1966) is a Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. He has written several best-selling popular psychology books that have been translated into over 30 languages. He has given keynote addresses to The Royal Society, The Swiss Economic Forum, Google and Amazon. He is a fellow for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and a patron of the British Humanist Association.

neg: Donald Trefusis Professor Donald Cornwallis Treadway Trefusis (1921–2008) is an eccentric fictional character created by Stephen Fry.

neg: Sandra Dawson Dame Sandra June Noble Dawson DBE FAcSS (born 4 June 1946) is a British social scientist and academic. She was Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge from 1999 to 2009, making her the first woman to be master of a formerly all male College at the University of Cambridge. She is KPMG Professor of Management Studies at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.

neg: Alan Carter (philosopher) Alan Brian Carter (born 1952, Lincolnshire, England) is Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow.

neg: Emily Grossman Emily Grossman is a science communicator and populariser, as of 2015 is a resident expert on "The Alan Titchmarsh Show", and has been a panelist on the Sky1 television show "Duck Quacks Don't Echo". She has a PhD in cancer research, with expertise in molecular biology and genetics. She has hosted events and given lectures at a number of institutions including the Royal Academy, the Royal Statistical Society, the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh, Scotland and various museums, both on science topics as well as advocating the encouragement of women in science. While based at the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, she discovered a new molecule.

neg: Peter Higgs Peter Ware Higgs (born 29 May 1929) is a British theoretical physicist, emeritus professor at the University of Edinburgh, and Nobel Prize laureate for his work on the mass of subatomic particles.

neg: Sam Glucksberg Sam Glucksberg is a Canadian professor in the Psychology Department at Princeton University in New Jersey, known for his works on figurative language: metaphors, irony, sarcasm, and idioms. He is particularly known for manipulating the Candle Problem experiment which had participants figure out the best way to erect a candle on a wall. Along with performing experiments, Glucksberg has also written "Understanding Figurative Language: From Metaphors to Idioms", published by Oxford University Press in 2001.

neg: Richard Friend Sir Richard Henry Friend (born 18 January 1953) FRS FREng is Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge and Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor at the National University of Singapore. Friend's research concerns the physics and engineering of carbon-based semiconductors.

neg: Neil Smith (linguist) Neilson Voyne Smith FBA (born 1939), known as Neil Smith, is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at University College London.

neg: Joke A joke is a display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh and is not meant to be taken seriously. It takes the form of a story, usually with dialogue, and ends in a punch line. It is in the punch line that the audience becomes aware that the story contains a second, conflicting meaning. This can be done using a pun or other word play such as irony, a logical incompatibility, nonsense, or other means. Linguist Robert Hetzron offers the definition:

neg: Roger Cashmore Roger John Cashmore (born 22 August 1944) is the Chair of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Previously he was Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford and Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Oxford.

neg: Simon Armitage Simon Robert Armitage CBE (born 26 May 1963) is an English poet, playwright and novelist. He is currently a Professor of Poetry at the University of Sheffield. On 19 June 2015, Armitage was elected to the part-time position of Oxford Professor of Poetry, succeeding Geoffrey Hill.

neg: Professor Branestawm Professor Branestawm is a series of thirteen books written by the English author Norman Hunter. Written over a 50-year period, between 1933 and 1983, the children's books feature as protagonist the eponymous inventor, Professor Theophilus Branestawm, who is depicted throughout the books as the archetypal absent-minded professor. The name "Branestawm" is a pun, as a homophone of the word "brainstorm".

neg: Trevor Robbins Trevor William Robbins CBE FRS FMedSci is a Professor of Cognitive neuroscience and Head of the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge. Robbins has an international reputation in the fields of cognitive neuroscience, behavioural neuroscience and psychopharmacology.

neg: Arnold Ashley Miles Sir Arnold Ashley Miles CBE FRS (20 March 1904 – 11 February 1988), known as Ashley Miles, was the Director of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine and Professor of Experimental Pathology in the University of London from 1952 to 1971.

neg: Ron Laskey Ronald Alfred Laskey CBE FRS (born 26 January 1945) is a British cell biologist and cancer researcher. He was the Charles Darwin Professor of Embryology at the University of Cambridge. In 1991, he co-founded the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research Campaign Institute (now known as the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute), along with five other senior scientists including Professor Sir John Gurdon. In 2001, he founded the Medical Research Council Cancer Cell Unit in 2001, and was Director of the Unit until 2010. Laskey is also a Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge.

neg: Patricia Simpson Patricia "Pat" Simpson FRS is a distinguished British developmental biologist. She is an Emeritus Professor of the Department of Zoology of the University of Cambridge, having previously been Professor of Comparative Embryology, and a Fellow of Newnham College. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2000.

neg: Alan Sokal Alan David Sokal ( ; born January 24, 1955) is a professor of mathematics at University College London and professor of physics at New York University. He works in statistical mechanics and combinatorics. He is best known to the wider public for his criticism of postmodernism, after the Sokal affair in 1996 when his deliberately nonsensical paper was published by Duke University's "Social Text". He also works to counter faulty scientific reasoning, as seen with his involvement in criticising the critical positivity ratio concept in positive psychology.

neg: Neil Chalmers Sir Neil Robert Chalmers (19 June 1942), is a British zoologist and academic. He is a former Director of the Natural History Museum in London, and former warden of Wadham College, Oxford.

neg: W. Geoffrey Arnott William Geoffrey Arnott (17 September 1930 – 1 December 2010) was a British Hellenist who studied comic and other forms of poetry, as well as birds in the ancient world. He was received his undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Cambridge, and taught at the University of Leeds for most of his career.

neg: Simon Colton Simon Colton (London, 1973) is a British computer scientist, currently working in the Computational Creativity Group at Goldsmiths College in the University of London, where he is Professor of Computational Creativity. He previously led a research group of the same name at Imperial College, London in the position of Reader. He graduated from the University of Durham with a degree in Mathematics, gained a MSc. in Pure Mathematics at the University of Liverpool, and finally a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Edinburgh, under the supervision of Professor Alan Bundy.