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Queen Street Bridge The Queen Street Bridge in Toronto, Canada carries vehicles and Toronto Transit Commission's streetcars along Queen Street East. The steel bridge was built in 1911 to replace an early stone bridge over the Don River.
Queen Street Bus Terminal Queen Street Bus Terminal, also known as the Ban San Bus Terminal, is a bus terminal in Singapore. It is an aging terminal located in a relatively inconvenient location due to changes in transport patterns around it.
Queen Street massacre The Queen Street massacre was a tragedy that resulted in the deaths of 8 people, and serious injury to 5 more, as well as severely traumatising many more individuals, on the afternoon of December 8, 1987 in Melbourne, Australia.
Queen Street Mall, Brisbane The Queen Street Mall is a mall in the centre of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Originally a part of Queen Street, the mall was closed to traffic in 1982 and several facilities in the mall, including Wintergarden and The Myer Centre, have opened since then.
Queen Street West Queen Street West describes both the western branch of Queen Street, a major east-west thoroughfare, and a series of neighbourhoods or commercial districts, situated west of Yonge Street in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Queen Street begins in the west at the intersection of King Street, The Queensway, and Roncesvalles Avenue.
Queen Street, Auckland Queen Street is the major commercial thoroughfare of Auckland, New Zealands main population centre. It rises from the waterfront, close to the terminal of the Hauraki Gulf ferries, and extends uphill for almost three kilometres in a mostly straight south-southwesterly direction towards the residential suburbs in the middle of the isthmus.
Queen Street, Brisbane Queen Street in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is the city's central road, partly covered by a pedestrian mall called the Queen Street Mall. Queen Street ends at the Victoria Bridge and is bounded by two of the Brisbane River's central reaches.
Queen Street, Singapore Queen Street is one of the oldest streets in Singapore and once had a very strong Eurasian presence. Beginning at Arab street, Queen Street forms major junctions with Ophir Road, Rochor Road, Middle Road and Bras Basah Road before ending at the junction of Stamford Road and Armenian Street.
Queen versus pawn The chess endgame of a queen versus pawn (with both sides having no other pieces other than the king) is usually an easy win for the side with the queen. However, if the pawn has advanced to its seventh rank it has possibilities of reaching a draw, and there are some drawn positions with the pawn on the sixth rank.
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery is a museum located in Launceston, Tasmania. Established in , the Queen Victoria has a strong reputation for it's excellent collection which houses a fine exhibition of Colonial Art, contemporary craft and design, Tasmanian history and natural sciences, specifically a zoology collection.
Queen Victoria School HM Queen Victoria School, opened in 1908, is Scotland's Ministry of Defence school for the sons and daughters of Scottish soldiers, sailors and airmen. It occupies a fine Scottish baronial style building on a campus some three miles to the north of Dunblane in rural Stirling.
Queen Victoria Street, Fremantle Queen Victoria Street is the main road entering Fremantle's city centre from the direction of Perth. It turns off Stirling Highway and bridges the Swan River before meeting incoming traffic from Canning Highway and taking it into the centre of Fremantle.
Queen Victoria Village Queen Victoria Village, generally known as QV Village or just QV, is a precinct in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Covering the city block bounded by Lonsdale, Little Lonsdale, Swanston, and Russell Streets, and located directly opposite the State Library of Victoria and Melbourne Central, QV comprises a large shopping centre, a central plaza, an underground food court, Melbourne central city's first full-size supermarket, apartment buildings, and the global headquarters of BHP Billiton.
Queen Village, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Queen Village is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, just south of the Center City district. It is bounded approximately by South Street to the north, Washington Avenue to the south, the Delaware River to the east, and 6th Street to the west.
Queen Whydah The Queen Whydah, Vidua regia also known as Shaft-tailed Whydah is a small, sparrow-like bird of Southern Africa, from south Angola to south Mozambique. During the breeding season the male has black crown and upper body plumage, golden breast and four elongated black tail shaft feathers with expanded tips.
Queen's Anniversary Prize The Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education is a biennially awarded series of prizes awarded to Universities and Colleges in the further and higher education sectors within the United Kingdom. Uniquely it forms part of the British honours system, to date rounds have occurred in 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2005.
Queen's Award for Enterprise The Queen's Award for Enterprise is an award for British companies and other organizations who excel at international trade, innovation or sustainable development. The prestigious award is the greatest accolade a British company can receive.
Queen's Award for Forestry The Queen's Award for Forestry is awarded by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to recognise outstanding contributions to forestry by a Commonwealth citizen nominated by the Commonwealth Forestry Association. The award recognises achievements and supports future work of an outstanding mid-career forester who combines exceptional contributions with an innovative approach to their work.
Queen's Baton Relay The Queen's Baton Relay, similar to the Olympic Torch Relay, is a relay around the world held prior to the beginning of the Commonwealth Games. The Baton carries a message from the Head of the Commonwealth, currently Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Queen's Club Championships The Queen's Club Championships is an annual tournament for male tennis players, held on grass courts at the Queen's Club in London. The event is an International Series tournament on Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour.
Queen's College (University of Melbourne) Queen's College is a residential College affiliated with the University of Melbourne providing accommodation to 218 students who are attending the University of Melbourne, RMIT University and Monash University's Victorian College of Pharmacy.
Queen's College Lagos Situated in Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria, Queen's College Lagos is often referred to as the "Sister College" of King's College, Lagos. Founded in 1927, it is a large government-owned girl's secondary (high) school with boarding facilities.
Queen's College Old Boys' Association Secondary School Queen's College Old Boys' Association Secondary School (皇ä»čŠç”źćśä¸ĺ¸) is a school on the Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. It was founded by Queen's College Old Boys' Association, an alumni organisation of Queen's College, in 1987.
Queen's College, Hong Kong Queen's College (皇ä»ć›¸é™˘), initially named the Central School (ä¸ĺ¤®ć›¸é™˘) in 1862, renamed as Victoria College (ç¶ĺ¤šĺ©äşžć›¸é™˘) in 1889, is a sixth form college for boys with a secondary school attached. It was the first public secondary school founded in Hong Kong by the British colonial government.
Queen's College, London Queen's College is an all-girls English public school located in Harley Street, London. It was founded in 1848 by Frederick Denison Maurice, Professor of English Literature and History at King's College, London.
Queen's College, Nassau Queen's College, founded in 1890, is the oldest private school in the Bahamas. Located in Nassau, QC is a Methodist school that consists of three levels - an early learning centre, primary school and high school.
Queen's Colour Squadron The Queen's Colour Squadron is a unit of the RAF Regiment. It is a dual operational/ceremonial unit; in its operational role, it is a field squadron responsible for the defence of RAF and other assets on the ground from enemy forces.
Queen's Commendation for Bravery The Queen's Commendation for Bravery is one of the United Kingdom awards granted for bravery entailing risk to life and meriting national recognition. The award may be granted posthumously and is not restricted to British subjects.
Queen's Commissioner The King's Commissioner (Commissaris van de Koning) is the head of a province in the Netherlands, who is chairman of both the Provinciale Staten (PS; the directly elected provincial parliament) and the Gedeputeerde Staten (GS; the executive branch), but only has a right to vote in the latter. Since the reigning monarch is a queen, and has been since 1890, the current term is Queen's Commissioner (Commissaris van de Koningin).
Queen's Counsel Queen's Counsel (postnominal QC), during the reign of a male sovereign known as King's Counsel (KC), are, in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, barristers, or in Scotland advocates, appointed by letters patent to be one of "Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law"; similar offices also exist in other Commonwealth countries. They do not constitute a separate order or degree of lawyers.
Queen's Division The Queen's Division is a British Army command, training and administrative apparatus designated for the current large infantry regiments. The Queen's Division was formed in 1968 with the regimentation of the Home Counties Brigade, Fusiliers Brigade and East Anglian Brigade, followed by the union of the new regiments.
Queen's Dock The Queen's Dock is a dock, on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool it is situated in the southern dock system, connected to King's Dock to the north, Coburg Dock to the south. The dock was opened in 1785, designed by Jesse Hartley.
Queen's English Society The Queen's English Society was founded in 1972 by Joe Clifton, an Oxford graduate and schoolteacher. A letter he had sent to his local newspaper (the West Sussex Gazette) deploring the current decline in standards of English had resulted in so many sympathetic letters from readers that he was encouraged to form a group to try to do something about the problem.
Queen's Faculty of Applied Science The Faculty of Applied Science is the faculty responsible for all students pursuing degrees in the various engineering disciplines at Queen's University. Undergraduate students are represented by the Engineering Society.
Queen's Faculty of Education The Faculty of Education of Queen's University in Canada was founded originally in 1907, and later opened again in 1965. Over 23,000 teachers and education professionals have graduated from the faculty since 1907.
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry The Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry is awarded for a book of verse published by someone from the United Kingdom or a Commonwealth realm. Originally the award was open only to British subjects living in the United Kingdom, but in 1985 the scope was extended to include people from the Commonwealth realms.
Queen's Guard The Queen's Guard and Queen's Life Guard are the names given to contingents of infantry and cavalry soldiers charged with guarding the official royal residences in London. The British Army has had regiments of both Horse Guards and Foot Guards since before the restoration of King Charles II, and, since 1660, these have been responsible for guarding the Sovereign Palaces.
Queen's Guide The Queen's Guide award is the highest attainable award for members of Girlguiding UK. Although originally awarded to Girl Guides, it is now only attainable by members of the Senior Section (including Rangers, Young Leaders and Young Guiders) aged between 16 and 25.
Queen's Guide to the Sands The Queen's Guide to the Sands is the royally appointed guide to crossing the sands of Morecambe Bay, an ancient and potentially dangerous tidal crossing in northwest England. As of 2006, the Guide is Cedric Robinson MBE, who became the 25th guide in 1963.
Queen's House The Queen's House, Greenwich, was designed and begun in 1616-1617 by architect Inigo Jones for Anne of Denmark (the queen of King James I of England) and was completed, also by Jones, about 1635 for Henrietta Maria, queen of King Charles I. The Queen's House is one of the most important buildings in British architectural history, being the first consciously classical building to have been put up in Britain.
Queen's influences Queen are remembered for its never-before-seen theatrics, showmanship, expert musicianship (both live and in studio) camp and bombast so much that critics have since classified the band as a major player in the evolution of rock music. Queen are noted in particular for its musical eclecticism and ground-breaking live shows.
Queen's Lancashire Regiment The Queen's Lancashire Regiment (30th, 40th, 47th, 59th, 81st and 82nd Regiments of Foot) (QLR) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the King's Division. It was formed on the 25th March 1970 at Connaught Barracks in Dover through the amalgamation of the two remaining Lancashire infantry regiments, the Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) and the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire).
Queen's Lawn The Queen's Lawn is a green area situated at the centre of Imperial College London South Kensington campus, right next to the Queen's Tower. It provides an open space of 1600 sq metres for holding college activities.
Queen's metal Queen's Metal, an alloy of nine parts tin and one each of antimony, lead, and bismuth, is intermediate in hardness between pewter and britannia metal. It was developed by English pewtersmiths in the 16th century; the recipe was initially a secret and was reserved for pieces made for the English royal family.
Queen's Medical Centre The Queen's Medical Centre (popularly known as QMC or Queen's Med) situated in Nottingham, England, is the largest hospital in the United Kingdom, and the largest teaching hospital in Europe. It was officially opened by the Queen on 28 July 1977, and admitted its first patient in 1978.
Queen's Official Birthday The Queen's Official Birthday (sometimes known as "the Queen's Birthday") is celebrated as a public holiday in several Commonwealth countries – usually Commonwealth Realms, although it is also celebrated in Fiji, now a republic. The word "Queen" in the name of the celebration is replaced by "King" when appropriate.
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders was a regiment of the British Army. The regiment was raised from among the members of the Clan Cameron in 1793 by Sir Allan Cameron of Erracht (1753-1828)as the 79th Highlanders in 1793 on the Irish establishment, it became part of the British Army in 1804.
Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) The Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons), officially abbreviated "QOHldrs," was an infantry regiment in the Scottish Division of the British Army. It was formed on 7 February 1961 at Redford Barracks, Edinburgh, with the amalgamation of 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders.
Queen's Own Hussars The Queen's Own Hussars, normally referred to by the abbreviation QOH, was a United Kingdom cavalry regiment, formed from the amalgamation of 3rd The King's Own Hussars and the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars in Tidworth in 1958.
Queen's Park (London) Queen's Park is an area of North West London divided between the London Borough of Brent and the City of Westminster. The main thoroughfare of the area is the Salusbury Road with Queen's Park tube station at one end and Brondesbury Park railway station at the other.
Queen's Park (TTC) Queen's Park is a station on the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Canada. It is located at 671 University Avenue (also known as Queen’s Park) at College Street, and opened in 1963.
Queen's Park Oval Queen's Park Oval, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, is the largest cricket ground in the West Indies and has hosted more Test matches than any other ground in the Caribbean. It has been chosen to host a number of matches in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
Queen's Park station Queen's Park station is a Network Rail station served by London Underground and Silverlink Metro with some unadvertised Silverlink County services. It is in West Kilburn at the southern end of Salusbury Road, London NW6 near the public park (an extra-territorial possession of the City of London) from which it takes its name.
Queen's Park Savannah Port of Spain's largest open space—and one of the world's largest traffic roundabouts—is the Queen's Park Savannah, known colloquially simply as "the Savannah". It occupies about 260 acres Agostini, Keifel A.
Queen's Park, Crewe Queen's Park in Crewe, Cheshire was laid out by railway engineer Francis Webb. It is a product of 1880s railway politics: the London and North Western Railway bought the land and donated it to the town as a park in order to prevent the Great Western Railway from building a railway line through it.
Queen's Park, Glasgow Situated on the south side of the city of Glasgow, in Scotland, Queen's Park lies approximately two miles from the city centre, and can refer both to the park itself, the adjacent residential district, or the football team Queen's Park F.C.
Queen's Pawn Game In the most general sense the term Queen's Pawn Game can refer to any chess opening which starts with 1. d4, the second most popular opening move, but is now usually used to describe openings where White opens with 1.
Queen's Personal Jamaican Flag The Queen's Personal Jamaican Flag, sometimes known as the Royal Standard of Jamaica is the personal flag of Queen Elizabeth II in her role as Queen of Jamaica. The flag was approved for use in 1962 and the proportion as approximately 4:7~.
Queen's Personal New Zealand Flag The Queen's Personal New Zealand Flag, sometimes known as the Royal Standard of New Zealand is the personal flag of Queen Elizabeth II in her role as Queen of New Zealand. The flag was approved for use in 1962.
Queen's Plate The Queen's Plate is North America's oldest thoroughbred horse race, run at a distance of 1ÂĽ miles for 3-year-old thoroughbed horses, foaled in Canada. The race takes place each July at Woodbine Racetrack, Etobicoke (Toronto), Ontario.
Queen's Players The Queen's Players is a sketch comedy/improvisation/rock and roll troupe that performs at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario in the Clark Hall and Alfie's pubs. It produces three productions every year: one in the fall, one in the winter, and one show in the summer.
Queen's Police Officer The King's/Queen's Police Officer is the senior officer from the Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department of the London Metropolitan Police responsible for the personal security of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.
Queen's Printer The Queen's Printer (or King's Printer when the monarch is male) is a position defined by letters patent under the royal prerogative in the United Kingdom. The holder of the letters patent has the nearly exclusive right of printing, publishing and importing the King James Bible and Book of Common Prayer within the United Kingdom's jurisdiction.
Queen's Privy Council for Canada The Queen's Privy Council for Canada (QPC) (French: Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada) (CPR) is the council of advisers to the Queen of Canada, whose members are appointed by the Governor General of Canada for life on the advice of the Prime Minister.
Queen's Quay Terminal Queen's Quay Terminal was a cold storage facility built in 1926 by Moores & Dunford (NYC) and converted to a condo/mall complex in 1983. The renovations by Zeidler Roberts added 3 floors to the original 10 floor structure.
Queen's Quay-Ferry Docks (TTC) Queen's Quay-Ferry Docks is the only dedicated underground streetcar station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada not part of an existing station on the city's subway/RT system (streetcars travel underground to meet subway trains at Union, Spadina, and St. Clair West stations).
Queen's Regulations and Orders The Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Canadian Forces (QR&O) is a publication of the Department of National Defence, and contains orders and regulations that govern the Canadian Forces. It is regarded as the primary document of military law and regulations in Canada.
Queen's Road Queen's Road is the first road in Hong Kong, spanning across Victoria City from Shek Tong Tsui to Wan Chai. At most points, it marks the original shoreline before land reclamation projects permanently extended the land into Victoria Harbour.
Queen's Royal College Queen's Royal College is one of the oldest secondary schools in Trinidad and Tobago, referred to for short as QRC. Once the pre-eminent educational institution in the country, the school declined somewhat in prestige after the 1960s with the evolution of competing campuses.
Queen's Royal Irish Hussars The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars, normally referred to by the abbreviation QRIH, was a British cavalry regiment formed from the amalgamation of the 4th Queen's Own Hussars and the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars in Hohne, West Germany in 1958.
Queen's Scout The Queen's Scout or King's Scout Award is the highest youth award achievable in the Scouting movement in several countries. It is awarded in realms of the Commonwealth, including the United Kingdom and Australia, where the Scouts operate under the ceremonial leadership of the monarch.
Queen's Service Order The Queen's Service Order was established by Queen Elizabeth II on 13 March 1975. It is a New Zealand Order awarded for "for valuable voluntary service to the community or meritorious and faithful services to the Crown or similar services within the public sector, whether in elected or appointed office", excepting military service.
Queen's School of Business The Queen's School of Business is located in Queen's University, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. With its first commerce program established in 1919, it is the oldest and thought to be one of the most prestigious business schools in Canada.
Queen's Tobacco-pipe The Queen's Tobacco-pipe once was the common name of the furnace in the north-east corner of the tobacco warehouses in the docks of London. It got its name for the burning of all sorts of contraband, especially tobacco and cigars.
Queen's Tower (Sheffield) Queen's Tower is a house in Sheffield, lying on East Bank Road in the Norfolk Park area of the city. It was designed by Woodhead & Hurst for Samuel Roberts, a local cutler, as a tribute to Mary Queen of Scots, and completed in 1839.
Queen's University Queen's University, generally referred to simply as Queen's, is a coeducational, non-sectarian, research-intensive university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Queen's University was founded on October 16, 1841, 26 years before Canadian Confederation.
Queen's University Belfast Boat Club Queen's University Belfast Boat Club (QUBBC) is the Boat Club of Queen's University Belfast which is in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is based on the River Lagan in the Stranmillis area of the city, about 10 mins walk from the university.
Queen's University Enrichment Studies Each year, Queen's University offers younger students a chance to visit, and participate in classes with other students from across Canada and The United States. There are 3 different programs, for different age levels.
Queen's University Hockey Club Queens University Hockey Club Men's Section was formed at Queen's in the latter part of the nineteenth Century. The Belfast News Letter reported the Ulster Hockey Union AGM of 19 September 1898, and recorded that "a committee meeting was held afterwards when Queen's College Hockey Club was admitted to membership.
Queen's University of Ireland The Queen's University of Ireland was established formally by Royal Charter on September 3, 1850, as the degree-awarding university of the Queen's Colleges of Belfast, Cork, and Galway that were established in 1845 "to afford a university education to members of all religious denominations" in Ireland.
Queen's University Solar Vehicle Team The Queen’s University Solar Vehicle Team (QSVT) is a dynamic, multidisciplinary student design project at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, whose goal is to design and build vehicles that are solely powered by the sun’s energy. One of the two original Canadian teams, the Queen’s University Solar Vehicle Team has designed, built and raced solar powered vehicles since 1988.
Queen's Venturer Award The Queen's Venturer Award is the highest award in the Venturer section of Scouts Canada, the Canadian branch of the Scout movement. The award is presented to Venturers who have acquired competence and skills that will be of considerable use to themselves, their company, and their community.
Queen's Wood Queen's Wood is a 21 hectare area of ancient woodland in North London, abutting Highgate Wood and lying between East Finchley, Highgate Village, Muswell Hill and Crouch End. It was originally part of the Ancient Forest of Middlesex which covered much of London, Hertfordshire and Essex and was mentioned in the Domesday Book and is now one of three Local Nature Reserves in the London borough of Haringey.
Queen's-McGill rivalry This refers to the rivalry, both in academics and athletics between Queen's University and McGill University, two prestigious universities in Central Canada. Both schools have rich histories of academic excellence, as well as athletic competition and school pride.
Queen-in-Council The Queen-in-Council (or King-in-Council) is the technical term that refers to the exercise of executive authority in each of the Commonwealth Realms. It means quite literally The Queen advised by her Privy Council.
Queen-in-Parliament The Queen-in-Parliament (or King-in-Parliament when there is a male monarch), sometimes referred to as the Crown-in-Parliament, is a constitutional law term for the Crown in its legislative role, acting with the advice and consent of the House of Commons and House of Lords (in the United Kingdom) or Senate (in other Commonwealth Realms). Each Realm parliament consists of the Crown and the two houses of Parliament (or the unicameral House of Representatives of New Zealand), and bills passed by the two houses are sent to the Sovereign, or Governor General as her representative, for royal assent before they become law.
Queen: The Story of an American Family Queen: The Story of an American family by Alex Haley and David Stevens is a partly factual historical novel which has served to bring back to the consciousness of many White Americans the plight of the children of the plantation - the offspring of black slave women and their white masters, who rarely acknowledged the children, who were legally their slaves.
Queenadreena Queenadreena is an independent rock band from London, England which is currently signed to One Little Indian Records. Vocalist KatieJane Garside and guitarist Crispin Gray had previously collaborated in the celebrated but short-lived band Daisy Chainsaw.
Queenborough-in-Sheppey Queenborough-in-Sheppey was a municipal borough in Kent, England from 1968, to 1974. It was created a merger of the municipal borough of Queenborough], with the [[Sheerness urban district and Sheppey Rural District, and occupied the entire Isle of Sheppey.
Queene's Day Queene's Day celebrates the accession of Elizabeth the First on November 17 1558. Observance of the latter, though once universal in England and Wales, is now maintained in only one English village, namely Berry Pomeroy in Devon.
Queenfish Queenfish (Seriphus politus) are a species of croaker occurring from Uncle Sam Bank, Baja California, to Yaquina Bay, Oregon; they are the only species in the genus Seriphus. They are common during summer in shallow water around pier pilings on sandy bottoms.
Queenie Queenie was a caricature of the historical figure Queen Elizabeth I of England, played by Miranda Richardson in the second series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, which was set in Elizabethan England. Though only twice referred to as "Queenie" in the series (once by Lord Flashheart and once as self-reference in her poem for Blackadder's voyage), this name is commonly used by the general public.
Queenie Newall Sybil Fenton "Queenie" Newall (October 17, 1854 – June 24, 1929) is a British archer who won the gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. She was 53 years old at the time, still the oldest female gold medal winner at the Olympic Games.
Queening stool A Queening Stool is a device which is used to facilitate the act of queening. It is a low seat which fits over the submissive's face and contains an opening to allow oral-genital and/or oral-anal stimulation of the Domme whilst seated.
Queens (group) Queens are a Polish girl group, made of Patrycja WĂłdz, Monika Niedek and Agnieszka Maksyjan. They had a hit in Poland with the song "Od A Do Zet" in early 2006, and ended joint sixth in the 2006 Polish national final for Eurovision with the song "I Fell In Love".
Queens Blackout of 2006 Residents of the Northwest area of Queens, New York City began experiencing power outages Monday, July 17, 2006. An estimated 25,000 Con Ed customers in the neighborhoods of Woodside, Sunnyside, Long Island City, and Astoria were without electrical service for a week, with the majority of customers with full power by Tuesday, July 25.
Queens Center Queens Center is an urban shopping mall in the Elmhurst section of Queens, a borough of New York City.It is located at the intersection of Queens Boulevard and Woodhaven Boulevard, two of the borough's busiest streets.
Queens Community Board 1 The Queens Community Board 1 is a local government in New York City, encompassing the neighborhoods of Astoria, Old Astoria, Long Island City, Queensbridge, Ditmars, Ravenswood, Steinway, Garden Bay, and Woodside, in the borough of Queens. It is delimited by the East River on both west and north, by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway on the east, as well as by Northern Boulevard, the Long Island Rail Road and Bridge Plaza North on the south.
Queens Community Board 3 The Queens Community Board 3 is a local government in New York City, encompassing the neighborhoods of Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst and North Corona, in the borough of Queens. It is delimited by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to the west, the Grand Central Parkway to the north, Flushing Meadows Corona Park on the east, and Roosevelt Avenue on the south.
Queens County Farm Museum The Queens County Farm Museum is located on 47 acres of the New York City neighborhood of Bellerose, Queens. The museum occupies the city's largest remaining tract of undisturbed farmland (in operation since 1697), and is also the city's only working historical farm.
Queen Street Bus Terminal Queen Street Bus Terminal, also known as the Ban San Bus Terminal, is a bus terminal in Singapore. It is an aging terminal located in a relatively inconvenient location due to changes in transport patterns around it.
Queen Street massacre The Queen Street massacre was a tragedy that resulted in the deaths of 8 people, and serious injury to 5 more, as well as severely traumatising many more individuals, on the afternoon of December 8, 1987 in Melbourne, Australia.
Queen Street Mall, Brisbane The Queen Street Mall is a mall in the centre of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Originally a part of Queen Street, the mall was closed to traffic in 1982 and several facilities in the mall, including Wintergarden and The Myer Centre, have opened since then.
Queen Street West Queen Street West describes both the western branch of Queen Street, a major east-west thoroughfare, and a series of neighbourhoods or commercial districts, situated west of Yonge Street in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Queen Street begins in the west at the intersection of King Street, The Queensway, and Roncesvalles Avenue.
Queen Street, Auckland Queen Street is the major commercial thoroughfare of Auckland, New Zealands main population centre. It rises from the waterfront, close to the terminal of the Hauraki Gulf ferries, and extends uphill for almost three kilometres in a mostly straight south-southwesterly direction towards the residential suburbs in the middle of the isthmus.
Queen Street, Brisbane Queen Street in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is the city's central road, partly covered by a pedestrian mall called the Queen Street Mall. Queen Street ends at the Victoria Bridge and is bounded by two of the Brisbane River's central reaches.
Queen Street, Singapore Queen Street is one of the oldest streets in Singapore and once had a very strong Eurasian presence. Beginning at Arab street, Queen Street forms major junctions with Ophir Road, Rochor Road, Middle Road and Bras Basah Road before ending at the junction of Stamford Road and Armenian Street.
Queen versus pawn The chess endgame of a queen versus pawn (with both sides having no other pieces other than the king) is usually an easy win for the side with the queen. However, if the pawn has advanced to its seventh rank it has possibilities of reaching a draw, and there are some drawn positions with the pawn on the sixth rank.
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery is a museum located in Launceston, Tasmania. Established in , the Queen Victoria has a strong reputation for it's excellent collection which houses a fine exhibition of Colonial Art, contemporary craft and design, Tasmanian history and natural sciences, specifically a zoology collection.
Queen Victoria School HM Queen Victoria School, opened in 1908, is Scotland's Ministry of Defence school for the sons and daughters of Scottish soldiers, sailors and airmen. It occupies a fine Scottish baronial style building on a campus some three miles to the north of Dunblane in rural Stirling.
Queen Victoria Street, Fremantle Queen Victoria Street is the main road entering Fremantle's city centre from the direction of Perth. It turns off Stirling Highway and bridges the Swan River before meeting incoming traffic from Canning Highway and taking it into the centre of Fremantle.
Queen Victoria Village Queen Victoria Village, generally known as QV Village or just QV, is a precinct in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Covering the city block bounded by Lonsdale, Little Lonsdale, Swanston, and Russell Streets, and located directly opposite the State Library of Victoria and Melbourne Central, QV comprises a large shopping centre, a central plaza, an underground food court, Melbourne central city's first full-size supermarket, apartment buildings, and the global headquarters of BHP Billiton.
Queen Village, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Queen Village is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, just south of the Center City district. It is bounded approximately by South Street to the north, Washington Avenue to the south, the Delaware River to the east, and 6th Street to the west.
Queen Whydah The Queen Whydah, Vidua regia also known as Shaft-tailed Whydah is a small, sparrow-like bird of Southern Africa, from south Angola to south Mozambique. During the breeding season the male has black crown and upper body plumage, golden breast and four elongated black tail shaft feathers with expanded tips.
Queen's Anniversary Prize The Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education is a biennially awarded series of prizes awarded to Universities and Colleges in the further and higher education sectors within the United Kingdom. Uniquely it forms part of the British honours system, to date rounds have occurred in 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2005.
Queen's Award for Enterprise The Queen's Award for Enterprise is an award for British companies and other organizations who excel at international trade, innovation or sustainable development. The prestigious award is the greatest accolade a British company can receive.
Queen's Award for Forestry The Queen's Award for Forestry is awarded by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to recognise outstanding contributions to forestry by a Commonwealth citizen nominated by the Commonwealth Forestry Association. The award recognises achievements and supports future work of an outstanding mid-career forester who combines exceptional contributions with an innovative approach to their work.
Queen's Baton Relay The Queen's Baton Relay, similar to the Olympic Torch Relay, is a relay around the world held prior to the beginning of the Commonwealth Games. The Baton carries a message from the Head of the Commonwealth, currently Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Queen's Club Championships The Queen's Club Championships is an annual tournament for male tennis players, held on grass courts at the Queen's Club in London. The event is an International Series tournament on Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour.
Queen's College (University of Melbourne) Queen's College is a residential College affiliated with the University of Melbourne providing accommodation to 218 students who are attending the University of Melbourne, RMIT University and Monash University's Victorian College of Pharmacy.
Queen's College Lagos Situated in Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria, Queen's College Lagos is often referred to as the "Sister College" of King's College, Lagos. Founded in 1927, it is a large government-owned girl's secondary (high) school with boarding facilities.
Queen's College Old Boys' Association Secondary School Queen's College Old Boys' Association Secondary School (皇ä»čŠç”źćśä¸ĺ¸) is a school on the Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. It was founded by Queen's College Old Boys' Association, an alumni organisation of Queen's College, in 1987.
Queen's College, Hong Kong Queen's College (皇ä»ć›¸é™˘), initially named the Central School (ä¸ĺ¤®ć›¸é™˘) in 1862, renamed as Victoria College (ç¶ĺ¤šĺ©äşžć›¸é™˘) in 1889, is a sixth form college for boys with a secondary school attached. It was the first public secondary school founded in Hong Kong by the British colonial government.
Queen's College, London Queen's College is an all-girls English public school located in Harley Street, London. It was founded in 1848 by Frederick Denison Maurice, Professor of English Literature and History at King's College, London.
Queen's College, Nassau Queen's College, founded in 1890, is the oldest private school in the Bahamas. Located in Nassau, QC is a Methodist school that consists of three levels - an early learning centre, primary school and high school.
Queen's Colour Squadron The Queen's Colour Squadron is a unit of the RAF Regiment. It is a dual operational/ceremonial unit; in its operational role, it is a field squadron responsible for the defence of RAF and other assets on the ground from enemy forces.
Queen's Commendation for Bravery The Queen's Commendation for Bravery is one of the United Kingdom awards granted for bravery entailing risk to life and meriting national recognition. The award may be granted posthumously and is not restricted to British subjects.
Queen's Commissioner The King's Commissioner (Commissaris van de Koning) is the head of a province in the Netherlands, who is chairman of both the Provinciale Staten (PS; the directly elected provincial parliament) and the Gedeputeerde Staten (GS; the executive branch), but only has a right to vote in the latter. Since the reigning monarch is a queen, and has been since 1890, the current term is Queen's Commissioner (Commissaris van de Koningin).
Queen's Counsel Queen's Counsel (postnominal QC), during the reign of a male sovereign known as King's Counsel (KC), are, in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, barristers, or in Scotland advocates, appointed by letters patent to be one of "Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law"; similar offices also exist in other Commonwealth countries. They do not constitute a separate order or degree of lawyers.
Queen's Division The Queen's Division is a British Army command, training and administrative apparatus designated for the current large infantry regiments. The Queen's Division was formed in 1968 with the regimentation of the Home Counties Brigade, Fusiliers Brigade and East Anglian Brigade, followed by the union of the new regiments.
Queen's Dock The Queen's Dock is a dock, on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool it is situated in the southern dock system, connected to King's Dock to the north, Coburg Dock to the south. The dock was opened in 1785, designed by Jesse Hartley.
Queen's English Society The Queen's English Society was founded in 1972 by Joe Clifton, an Oxford graduate and schoolteacher. A letter he had sent to his local newspaper (the West Sussex Gazette) deploring the current decline in standards of English had resulted in so many sympathetic letters from readers that he was encouraged to form a group to try to do something about the problem.
Queen's Faculty of Applied Science The Faculty of Applied Science is the faculty responsible for all students pursuing degrees in the various engineering disciplines at Queen's University. Undergraduate students are represented by the Engineering Society.
Queen's Faculty of Education The Faculty of Education of Queen's University in Canada was founded originally in 1907, and later opened again in 1965. Over 23,000 teachers and education professionals have graduated from the faculty since 1907.
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry The Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry is awarded for a book of verse published by someone from the United Kingdom or a Commonwealth realm. Originally the award was open only to British subjects living in the United Kingdom, but in 1985 the scope was extended to include people from the Commonwealth realms.
Queen's Guard The Queen's Guard and Queen's Life Guard are the names given to contingents of infantry and cavalry soldiers charged with guarding the official royal residences in London. The British Army has had regiments of both Horse Guards and Foot Guards since before the restoration of King Charles II, and, since 1660, these have been responsible for guarding the Sovereign Palaces.
Queen's Guide The Queen's Guide award is the highest attainable award for members of Girlguiding UK. Although originally awarded to Girl Guides, it is now only attainable by members of the Senior Section (including Rangers, Young Leaders and Young Guiders) aged between 16 and 25.
Queen's Guide to the Sands The Queen's Guide to the Sands is the royally appointed guide to crossing the sands of Morecambe Bay, an ancient and potentially dangerous tidal crossing in northwest England. As of 2006, the Guide is Cedric Robinson MBE, who became the 25th guide in 1963.
Queen's House The Queen's House, Greenwich, was designed and begun in 1616-1617 by architect Inigo Jones for Anne of Denmark (the queen of King James I of England) and was completed, also by Jones, about 1635 for Henrietta Maria, queen of King Charles I. The Queen's House is one of the most important buildings in British architectural history, being the first consciously classical building to have been put up in Britain.
Queen's influences Queen are remembered for its never-before-seen theatrics, showmanship, expert musicianship (both live and in studio) camp and bombast so much that critics have since classified the band as a major player in the evolution of rock music. Queen are noted in particular for its musical eclecticism and ground-breaking live shows.
Queen's Lancashire Regiment The Queen's Lancashire Regiment (30th, 40th, 47th, 59th, 81st and 82nd Regiments of Foot) (QLR) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the King's Division. It was formed on the 25th March 1970 at Connaught Barracks in Dover through the amalgamation of the two remaining Lancashire infantry regiments, the Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) and the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire).
Queen's Lawn The Queen's Lawn is a green area situated at the centre of Imperial College London South Kensington campus, right next to the Queen's Tower. It provides an open space of 1600 sq metres for holding college activities.
Queen's metal Queen's Metal, an alloy of nine parts tin and one each of antimony, lead, and bismuth, is intermediate in hardness between pewter and britannia metal. It was developed by English pewtersmiths in the 16th century; the recipe was initially a secret and was reserved for pieces made for the English royal family.
Queen's Medical Centre The Queen's Medical Centre (popularly known as QMC or Queen's Med) situated in Nottingham, England, is the largest hospital in the United Kingdom, and the largest teaching hospital in Europe. It was officially opened by the Queen on 28 July 1977, and admitted its first patient in 1978.
Queen's Official Birthday The Queen's Official Birthday (sometimes known as "the Queen's Birthday") is celebrated as a public holiday in several Commonwealth countries – usually Commonwealth Realms, although it is also celebrated in Fiji, now a republic. The word "Queen" in the name of the celebration is replaced by "King" when appropriate.
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders was a regiment of the British Army. The regiment was raised from among the members of the Clan Cameron in 1793 by Sir Allan Cameron of Erracht (1753-1828)as the 79th Highlanders in 1793 on the Irish establishment, it became part of the British Army in 1804.
Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) The Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons), officially abbreviated "QOHldrs," was an infantry regiment in the Scottish Division of the British Army. It was formed on 7 February 1961 at Redford Barracks, Edinburgh, with the amalgamation of 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders.
Queen's Own Hussars The Queen's Own Hussars, normally referred to by the abbreviation QOH, was a United Kingdom cavalry regiment, formed from the amalgamation of 3rd The King's Own Hussars and the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars in Tidworth in 1958.
Queen's Park (London) Queen's Park is an area of North West London divided between the London Borough of Brent and the City of Westminster. The main thoroughfare of the area is the Salusbury Road with Queen's Park tube station at one end and Brondesbury Park railway station at the other.
Queen's Park (TTC) Queen's Park is a station on the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Canada. It is located at 671 University Avenue (also known as Queen’s Park) at College Street, and opened in 1963.
Queen's Park Oval Queen's Park Oval, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, is the largest cricket ground in the West Indies and has hosted more Test matches than any other ground in the Caribbean. It has been chosen to host a number of matches in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
Queen's Park station Queen's Park station is a Network Rail station served by London Underground and Silverlink Metro with some unadvertised Silverlink County services. It is in West Kilburn at the southern end of Salusbury Road, London NW6 near the public park (an extra-territorial possession of the City of London) from which it takes its name.
Queen's Park Savannah Port of Spain's largest open space—and one of the world's largest traffic roundabouts—is the Queen's Park Savannah, known colloquially simply as "the Savannah". It occupies about 260 acres Agostini, Keifel A.
Queen's Park, Crewe Queen's Park in Crewe, Cheshire was laid out by railway engineer Francis Webb. It is a product of 1880s railway politics: the London and North Western Railway bought the land and donated it to the town as a park in order to prevent the Great Western Railway from building a railway line through it.
Queen's Park, Glasgow Situated on the south side of the city of Glasgow, in Scotland, Queen's Park lies approximately two miles from the city centre, and can refer both to the park itself, the adjacent residential district, or the football team Queen's Park F.C.
Queen's Pawn Game In the most general sense the term Queen's Pawn Game can refer to any chess opening which starts with 1. d4, the second most popular opening move, but is now usually used to describe openings where White opens with 1.
Queen's Personal Jamaican Flag The Queen's Personal Jamaican Flag, sometimes known as the Royal Standard of Jamaica is the personal flag of Queen Elizabeth II in her role as Queen of Jamaica. The flag was approved for use in 1962 and the proportion as approximately 4:7~.
Queen's Personal New Zealand Flag The Queen's Personal New Zealand Flag, sometimes known as the Royal Standard of New Zealand is the personal flag of Queen Elizabeth II in her role as Queen of New Zealand. The flag was approved for use in 1962.
Queen's Plate The Queen's Plate is North America's oldest thoroughbred horse race, run at a distance of 1ÂĽ miles for 3-year-old thoroughbed horses, foaled in Canada. The race takes place each July at Woodbine Racetrack, Etobicoke (Toronto), Ontario.
Queen's Players The Queen's Players is a sketch comedy/improvisation/rock and roll troupe that performs at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario in the Clark Hall and Alfie's pubs. It produces three productions every year: one in the fall, one in the winter, and one show in the summer.
Queen's Police Officer The King's/Queen's Police Officer is the senior officer from the Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department of the London Metropolitan Police responsible for the personal security of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.
Queen's Printer The Queen's Printer (or King's Printer when the monarch is male) is a position defined by letters patent under the royal prerogative in the United Kingdom. The holder of the letters patent has the nearly exclusive right of printing, publishing and importing the King James Bible and Book of Common Prayer within the United Kingdom's jurisdiction.
Queen's Privy Council for Canada The Queen's Privy Council for Canada (QPC) (French: Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada) (CPR) is the council of advisers to the Queen of Canada, whose members are appointed by the Governor General of Canada for life on the advice of the Prime Minister.
Queen's Quay Terminal Queen's Quay Terminal was a cold storage facility built in 1926 by Moores & Dunford (NYC) and converted to a condo/mall complex in 1983. The renovations by Zeidler Roberts added 3 floors to the original 10 floor structure.
Queen's Quay-Ferry Docks (TTC) Queen's Quay-Ferry Docks is the only dedicated underground streetcar station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada not part of an existing station on the city's subway/RT system (streetcars travel underground to meet subway trains at Union, Spadina, and St. Clair West stations).
Queen's Regulations and Orders The Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Canadian Forces (QR&O) is a publication of the Department of National Defence, and contains orders and regulations that govern the Canadian Forces. It is regarded as the primary document of military law and regulations in Canada.
Queen's Road Queen's Road is the first road in Hong Kong, spanning across Victoria City from Shek Tong Tsui to Wan Chai. At most points, it marks the original shoreline before land reclamation projects permanently extended the land into Victoria Harbour.
Queen's Royal College Queen's Royal College is one of the oldest secondary schools in Trinidad and Tobago, referred to for short as QRC. Once the pre-eminent educational institution in the country, the school declined somewhat in prestige after the 1960s with the evolution of competing campuses.
Queen's Royal Irish Hussars The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars, normally referred to by the abbreviation QRIH, was a British cavalry regiment formed from the amalgamation of the 4th Queen's Own Hussars and the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars in Hohne, West Germany in 1958.
Queen's Scout The Queen's Scout or King's Scout Award is the highest youth award achievable in the Scouting movement in several countries. It is awarded in realms of the Commonwealth, including the United Kingdom and Australia, where the Scouts operate under the ceremonial leadership of the monarch.
Queen's Service Order The Queen's Service Order was established by Queen Elizabeth II on 13 March 1975. It is a New Zealand Order awarded for "for valuable voluntary service to the community or meritorious and faithful services to the Crown or similar services within the public sector, whether in elected or appointed office", excepting military service.
Queen's School of Business The Queen's School of Business is located in Queen's University, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. With its first commerce program established in 1919, it is the oldest and thought to be one of the most prestigious business schools in Canada.
Queen's Tobacco-pipe The Queen's Tobacco-pipe once was the common name of the furnace in the north-east corner of the tobacco warehouses in the docks of London. It got its name for the burning of all sorts of contraband, especially tobacco and cigars.
Queen's Tower (Sheffield) Queen's Tower is a house in Sheffield, lying on East Bank Road in the Norfolk Park area of the city. It was designed by Woodhead & Hurst for Samuel Roberts, a local cutler, as a tribute to Mary Queen of Scots, and completed in 1839.
Queen's University Queen's University, generally referred to simply as Queen's, is a coeducational, non-sectarian, research-intensive university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Queen's University was founded on October 16, 1841, 26 years before Canadian Confederation.
Queen's University Belfast Boat Club Queen's University Belfast Boat Club (QUBBC) is the Boat Club of Queen's University Belfast which is in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is based on the River Lagan in the Stranmillis area of the city, about 10 mins walk from the university.
Queen's University Enrichment Studies Each year, Queen's University offers younger students a chance to visit, and participate in classes with other students from across Canada and The United States. There are 3 different programs, for different age levels.
Queen's University Hockey Club Queens University Hockey Club Men's Section was formed at Queen's in the latter part of the nineteenth Century. The Belfast News Letter reported the Ulster Hockey Union AGM of 19 September 1898, and recorded that "a committee meeting was held afterwards when Queen's College Hockey Club was admitted to membership.
Queen's University of Ireland The Queen's University of Ireland was established formally by Royal Charter on September 3, 1850, as the degree-awarding university of the Queen's Colleges of Belfast, Cork, and Galway that were established in 1845 "to afford a university education to members of all religious denominations" in Ireland.
Queen's University Solar Vehicle Team The Queen’s University Solar Vehicle Team (QSVT) is a dynamic, multidisciplinary student design project at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, whose goal is to design and build vehicles that are solely powered by the sun’s energy. One of the two original Canadian teams, the Queen’s University Solar Vehicle Team has designed, built and raced solar powered vehicles since 1988.
Queen's Venturer Award The Queen's Venturer Award is the highest award in the Venturer section of Scouts Canada, the Canadian branch of the Scout movement. The award is presented to Venturers who have acquired competence and skills that will be of considerable use to themselves, their company, and their community.
Queen's Wood Queen's Wood is a 21 hectare area of ancient woodland in North London, abutting Highgate Wood and lying between East Finchley, Highgate Village, Muswell Hill and Crouch End. It was originally part of the Ancient Forest of Middlesex which covered much of London, Hertfordshire and Essex and was mentioned in the Domesday Book and is now one of three Local Nature Reserves in the London borough of Haringey.
Queen's-McGill rivalry This refers to the rivalry, both in academics and athletics between Queen's University and McGill University, two prestigious universities in Central Canada. Both schools have rich histories of academic excellence, as well as athletic competition and school pride.
Queen-in-Council The Queen-in-Council (or King-in-Council) is the technical term that refers to the exercise of executive authority in each of the Commonwealth Realms. It means quite literally The Queen advised by her Privy Council.
Queen-in-Parliament The Queen-in-Parliament (or King-in-Parliament when there is a male monarch), sometimes referred to as the Crown-in-Parliament, is a constitutional law term for the Crown in its legislative role, acting with the advice and consent of the House of Commons and House of Lords (in the United Kingdom) or Senate (in other Commonwealth Realms). Each Realm parliament consists of the Crown and the two houses of Parliament (or the unicameral House of Representatives of New Zealand), and bills passed by the two houses are sent to the Sovereign, or Governor General as her representative, for royal assent before they become law.
Queen: The Story of an American Family Queen: The Story of an American family by Alex Haley and David Stevens is a partly factual historical novel which has served to bring back to the consciousness of many White Americans the plight of the children of the plantation - the offspring of black slave women and their white masters, who rarely acknowledged the children, who were legally their slaves.
Queenadreena Queenadreena is an independent rock band from London, England which is currently signed to One Little Indian Records. Vocalist KatieJane Garside and guitarist Crispin Gray had previously collaborated in the celebrated but short-lived band Daisy Chainsaw.
Queenborough-in-Sheppey Queenborough-in-Sheppey was a municipal borough in Kent, England from 1968, to 1974. It was created a merger of the municipal borough of Queenborough], with the [[Sheerness urban district and Sheppey Rural District, and occupied the entire Isle of Sheppey.
Queene's Day Queene's Day celebrates the accession of Elizabeth the First on November 17 1558. Observance of the latter, though once universal in England and Wales, is now maintained in only one English village, namely Berry Pomeroy in Devon.
Queenfish Queenfish (Seriphus politus) are a species of croaker occurring from Uncle Sam Bank, Baja California, to Yaquina Bay, Oregon; they are the only species in the genus Seriphus. They are common during summer in shallow water around pier pilings on sandy bottoms.
Queenie Queenie was a caricature of the historical figure Queen Elizabeth I of England, played by Miranda Richardson in the second series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, which was set in Elizabethan England. Though only twice referred to as "Queenie" in the series (once by Lord Flashheart and once as self-reference in her poem for Blackadder's voyage), this name is commonly used by the general public.
Queenie Newall Sybil Fenton "Queenie" Newall (October 17, 1854 – June 24, 1929) is a British archer who won the gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. She was 53 years old at the time, still the oldest female gold medal winner at the Olympic Games.
Queening stool A Queening Stool is a device which is used to facilitate the act of queening. It is a low seat which fits over the submissive's face and contains an opening to allow oral-genital and/or oral-anal stimulation of the Domme whilst seated.
Queens (group) Queens are a Polish girl group, made of Patrycja WĂłdz, Monika Niedek and Agnieszka Maksyjan. They had a hit in Poland with the song "Od A Do Zet" in early 2006, and ended joint sixth in the 2006 Polish national final for Eurovision with the song "I Fell In Love".
Queens Blackout of 2006 Residents of the Northwest area of Queens, New York City began experiencing power outages Monday, July 17, 2006. An estimated 25,000 Con Ed customers in the neighborhoods of Woodside, Sunnyside, Long Island City, and Astoria were without electrical service for a week, with the majority of customers with full power by Tuesday, July 25.
Queens Center Queens Center is an urban shopping mall in the Elmhurst section of Queens, a borough of New York City.It is located at the intersection of Queens Boulevard and Woodhaven Boulevard, two of the borough's busiest streets.
Queens Community Board 1 The Queens Community Board 1 is a local government in New York City, encompassing the neighborhoods of Astoria, Old Astoria, Long Island City, Queensbridge, Ditmars, Ravenswood, Steinway, Garden Bay, and Woodside, in the borough of Queens. It is delimited by the East River on both west and north, by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway on the east, as well as by Northern Boulevard, the Long Island Rail Road and Bridge Plaza North on the south.
Queens Community Board 3 The Queens Community Board 3 is a local government in New York City, encompassing the neighborhoods of Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst and North Corona, in the borough of Queens. It is delimited by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to the west, the Grand Central Parkway to the north, Flushing Meadows Corona Park on the east, and Roosevelt Avenue on the south.
Queens County Farm Museum The Queens County Farm Museum is located on 47 acres of the New York City neighborhood of Bellerose, Queens. The museum occupies the city's largest remaining tract of undisturbed farmland (in operation since 1697), and is also the city's only working historical farm.
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