He has also made regular appearances on the Stephen Fry-hosted comedy quiz show "QI" since 2003. In 1999, he landed the lead, playing an Essex man from the past in the sitcom "Dark Ages," which used the concept of medieval villagers and their fears to parody contemporary issues. Jupitus...
An excellent timekeeper one of London’s best-known landmarks. It strikes hours with its striking sound broadcast by BBC.(a microphone permanently installed in the tower and connected by line to Broadcasting House.) Answer 3 Red double-deckers Royal family Princess Diana Gardening Football and ...
Britannica Quiz That Swinging ’60s Quiz Principal band members John Lennon(born October 9, 1940,Liverpool,Merseyside,England—died December 8, 1980,New York City,New York,U.S.) Paul McCartney(born June 18, 1942, Liverpool) George Harrison(born February 25, 1943, Liverpool—died November 29,...
New South Wales - British Colony, Indigenous People, Landmarks: Human remains discovered in 1968 and 1974 at Mungo in southwestern New South Wales are the oldest so far uncovered in Australia, dating from about 46,000 to 50,000 years ago. The land was m
Maritime Antarctica—the islands and coasts—supports more life than inland Antarctica, and the surrounding ocean is as rich in life as the land is barren. Britannica Quiz Largest, Tallest, and Smallest Around the Globe Quiz From the late 18th to the mid-20th century, whalers and sealers ...
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Britannica Quiz Modern Art: Who Sculpted It? Across the Atlantic, the publication of the Irish writer James Joyce’s Ulysses in 1922 was a landmark event in the development of Modernist literature. Dense, lengthy, and controversial, the novel details the events of one day in the life of thr...
Britannica Quiz Modern Art: Who Sculpted It? Across the Atlantic, the publication of the Irish writerJames Joyce’sUlyssesin 1922 was a landmark event in the development of Modernist literature. Dense, lengthy, and controversial, thenoveldetails the events of one day in the life of three Dubli...
expounding what he called the “new geography.” With this new, clear-cut concept of geography as a bridge between the natural sciences and thehumanities, he soon won attention. HisBritain and the British Seas(1902, 2nd ed. 1930), written withassuranceand style, is a recognized landmark in...