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Queets River The Queets River is located in the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. It rises at the foot of the Queets glacier, on Mount Queets, in the Olympic Mountains, within the Olympic National Park, and drains into the Pacific Ocean, 47 miles away, dropping over 5,000 feet.
Quechan The Quechan (also Yuma, Yuman, Kwtsan, Kwtsaan) are a Native American tribe who live on the Fort Yuma Reservation on the lower Colorado River in Arizona just north of the border with Mexico. The Quechan are one of the Yuman tribes.
Quechan traditional narratives Quechan traditional narratives include myths, legends, tales, and oral histories preserved by the Quechan (Yuma) people of the lower Colorado River area of southeastern California, southwestern Arizona, and northeastern Baja California.
Quechee, Vermont Quechee is one of five unincorporated villages in the town of Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont. It is the site of the Quechee Gorge on the Ottauquechee River and is also the home to the Quechee Lakes planned community.
Quechua Quechua (Runa Simi; Kichwa in Ecuador) is a Native American language of South America. It was the language of the Inca Empire, and is today spoken in various dialects by some 10 million people throughout South America, including Peru and Bolivia, southern Colombia and Ecuador, north-western Argentina and northern Chile.
Queijo coalho Queijo coalho or Queijo de coalho ('coalho' cheese in Portuguese, pronounced 'KAY-zhoo KWAH-lyoo') is a firm but very lightweight cheese produced in Brazil. It is rather salty and has an almost 'squeaky' texture when bitten into.
Queiszig Queiszig was a Thuringian settlement on the river Queis (Polish Kwisa) in Lusatia, then the Thuringian mark of Meiszen. It was abandoned in 1945 after the expulsion of the German population by the Russians after WW II.
Quel maledetto treno blindato Quel maledetto treno blindato is an Italian war movie directed by Enzo G. Castellari, written by Sandro Continenza, Sergio Grieco, Franco Marotta, Romano Migliorini, & Laura Toscano, and starring Bo Svenson, Peter Hooten, Fred Williamson, Michael Pergolani, and Jackie Basehart.
Quel'Thalas In the fictional Warcraft Universe, Quel'Thalas is the homeland of the High Elves. It is a region that will be released in the expansion pack for World of Warcraft called World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade.
Quelimane Quelimane (pronounced "Kelly-mane") is a seaport in Mozambique, with a population of 153,187 (1997 census). It is the administrative capital of the Zambezia Province, and stands 25 km from the mouth of the Rio dos Bons Sinais (or "River of the Good Signs").
Quelqu'un Que J'Aime, Quelqu'un Qui M'Aime "Quelqu'un Que J'Aime, Quelqu'un Qui M'Aime" (meaning "Someone I Love, Someone Who Loves Me") is the fourth radio single from CĂ©line Dion's album, called Dion Chante Plamondon. It was released in Canada on July 6 1992.
Quelques jours en septembre Quelques Jours en Septembre (A Few Days in September) is the first film by Santiago Amigorena, who previously wrote screenplays for films by CĂ©dric Klapisch and Catherine Breillat among others. The film premiered out of competition at the 2006 Venice Film Festival.
Queluz National Palace The Queluz National Palace (Portuguese: Palácio Nacional de Queluz) is a 18th century palace located in the city of Queluz, in Portugal near Lisbon. The Palace of Queluz was the residence of the Kings of Portugal and, given its exuberant baroque-rococo architecture and gardens, is also nicknamed the Portuguese Versailles.
Quem terra, pontus, sidera Quem terra, pontus, sidera is an ancient hymn in honour of the Blessed Virgin, ascribed to Fortunatus. The Roman Breviary divides it into two parts: the first, beginning with "Quem terra, pontus, sidera", assigned to Matins; the second, beginning with "O gloriosa virginum", similarly assigned to Lauds.
Quemadero The Quemadero (Quemadero De Tablada) was a place of execution built by the first inquisitors at Seville in 1481; it was decorated with four large statues representing prophets. The architect, as a follower of Judaism, was one of the first to fall victim to the Inquisition.
Quemahoning Reservoir The Quemahoning Dam, located on Quemahoning Creek on the border of Quemahoning Township, Pennsylvania and Conemaugh Township, Pennsylvania, just south of Hollsopple, was constructed by the Manufacturers Water Company to supply water for the Cambria Steel Company's works in Johnstown, PA. Construction was begun in 1910 and completed in 1913.
Quems The Quems were a group of American Indians that were recorded as having settled along both banks of the Rio Grande in what is now Texas. A group of hunter-gatherers, they are known to have settled around present-day Eagle Pass.
Quendor Quendor is the name of the large fictional kingdom in which Infocom's Zork series of computer games is set. The history of Quendor was incrementally built and expanded per the plot requirements of each new game, rather than being set in stone early on with only minor details being fleshed out.
Quenelle A quenelle is a type of forcemeat, or ground meat patty, made with a delicate white meat or fish and very lightly spiced, so that it is much more delicately flavored than sausage, for instance. It is typically poached.
Quench A quench refers to a rapid cooling. In polymer chemistry and materials science, quenching is used to prevent low-temperature processes such as phase transformations from occurring by only providing a narrow window of time in which the reaction is both thermodynamically favorable and kinetically accessible.
Quenched approximation In particle physics, quenched approximation is an approximation often used in lattice gauge theory in which the quantum loops of fermions in Feynman diagrams are neglected. Equivalently, the corresponding one-loop determinants are set to one.
Quenching (disambiguation) * In materials science, quenching is the rapid cooling of a solid to lock it into a metastable crystal structure rather than allow it to cool slowly and revert to a softer structure. It is most commonly used to harden steel by introducing martensite, in which case the steel must be cooled from a temperature at which austenite is stable.
Queniborough Queniborough is a village in the county of Leicestershire, United Kingdom just north of Syston and to the north of Leicester with 972 properties in the village and 1,878 registered electors (2003). It is particularly famous for its Parish church of St Mary's which Pevsner said "It has one of the finest spires in the whole of Leicestershire".
Quent Cordair Fine Art Quent Cordair Fine Art is a Romantic Realist art gallery located in Burlingame, California just south of San Francisco. The gallery was established by artist Quent Cordair in 1996, and since then has grown to a premier provider of fine art and serves an international clientele of private and corporate collectors.
Quentin Anderson Quentin Anderson (1912 - 18 February, 2003) was an American literary critic and cultural historian at Columbia University. His research focused on 19th century American authors, especially Henry James, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Walt Whitman, and their attempts to define American identity as both connected to and differentiated from European precedents.
Quentin Barboni Quentin Coish is a pro wrestler who has made his career in Newfoundland, Canada. Quentin wrestled most of his career under the name Quentin Barboni winning several titles in Cutting Edge Wrestling, including the CEW Tag Team titles with Magnus, Norman Tharx and WP.
Quentin Bryce Quentin Alice Louise Bryce AC (born 1942) is Governor of Queensland, Australia. She grew up in Ilfracombe, Queensland, and studied at Moreton Bay College, Brisbane, and later at the University of Queensland, where she was graduated with a bachelor of arts and laws.
Quentin Costa (Nip/Tuck episode) Quentin Costa is the finale to the third season of the FX TV series Nip/Tuck. It was written and directed by series creator Ryan Murphy, and is the conclusion to the often talked about The Carver storyline, which had been prevalent throughout the third season.
Quentin Crisp Quentin Crisp (December 25, 1908 – November 21, 1999), was an English writer, artist's model, actor and raconteur known for his memorable and insightful witticisms. He became a gay icon in the 1970s after publication of his memoir The Naked Civil Servant brought to the attention of the general public his defiant exhibitionism and longstanding refusal to conceal his homosexuality.
Quentin Elias Quentin Elias (born May 10,1974) is a model and dance music artist, Quentin moved to Paris] at the age of 15 to pursue a modeling career. He then developed his vocal talents and in [[1996 became the lead singer of the group Alliage, a boy band quartet.
Quentin George Murray Smythe Quentin George Murray Smythe (6 August 1916-October 1997) was a South African recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Quentin Griffin Quentin LaVell Griffin (born January 12, 1981 in Houston, Texas) is an American football running back who was recently released by the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos from the University of Oklahoma with the 11th pick of the fourth round (108th overall) in the 2003 NFL Draft.
Quentin Kawananakoa Quentin Kawananakoa, formally Quentin KĹ«hiĹŤ Kawananakoa (born September 28, 1961), is the current head of the House of Kawananakoa and could claim the title of prince and heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawai`i. His claim to the throne has been affirmed by historians and elders of the native Hawaiian community, as a relative of the House of Kamehameha and House of Kalakaua.
Quentin L. Kopp Quentin Lewis Kopp (born 1928 in Syracuse, New York) served as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and as a member of the California State Senate from 1986-1998, representing California's 8th Senatorial District, which included the northern portions of San Mateo County and southern portions of San Francisco.
Quentin Lee Quentin Lee is the director of such movies as Ethan Mao (2004), Drift (2000), and Flow (1996). Lee also co-directed Shopping For Fangs (1997) with Justin Lin, known for his controversial film Better Luck Tomorrow (2002).
Quentin Matsys Quentin Matsys, his first name also recorded as Quinten or Kwinten and his last name as Massys, Metsys, or Matsijs (1466 - 1530), was a painter in the Flemish tradition and a founder of the Antwerp school. He was born at Leuven, where he was trained as an ironsmith.
Quentin Quail Quentin Quail is a screwball tale about a quail (voiced by Tedd Pierce) who goes through various trials and tribulations to try to get a worm for his baby, only to be rebuffed because the worm looks like Frank Sinatra.
Quentin Quire Quentin Quire is a fictional comic book character, an Omega-level mutant telepath in the Marvel Universe codenamed Kid Omega. He has transcended to a higher plane of existence as a "green" phoenix of the Phoenix Host.
Quentin Roosevelt Quentin Roosevelt (November 19, 1897 – July 14, 1918) was the youngest and favorite son of President Theodore Roosevelt. Family and friends agreed that Quentin had many of his father's positive qualities and few of the negative ones.
Quentin Smith Quentin Smith is a philosopher and philosophy professor at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He is most well-known for his work in the philosophy of time, philosophy of language, philosophy of physics and philosophy of religion.
Quentin Stafford-Fraser James Quentin Stafford-Fraser was instrumental in the creation of the Trojan room coffee pot: the first webcam. He wrote the XCoffee client program which allowed the state of the coffee pot to be displayed on a screen.
Quentin Tarantino Film Festival The Quentin Tarantino Film Festival is a semi-annual film and multimedia event held in Austin, Texas and attended by film director Quentin Tarantino. Most recently, the Alamo Drafthouse theater in downtown Austin, Texas has been the selected venue.
Quentin Young Quentin Young (born 1923) is Chicago-based physician who is recognized for his efforts in advocating for single-payer health care in the United States. An activist who opposed the Vietnam War and worked on the Civil Rights movement, Young is best known for speaking out about social justice in the realm of health policy.
Quenton Leach Quenton Leach (born August 20, 1972) is a Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Dockers between 1995 and 1998. He was drafted from Claremont in the WAFL as a foundation selection in the 1994 AFL Draft and played mainly as a defender.
Quepano The Quepano were a band of American Indians that lived in the region around Cerralvo, in northeastern Nuevo LeĂłn, near the end of the seventeenth century; some were also known to be at the San Antonio de Valero Mission in San Antonio during the first half of the next century. They appear to have been Coahuiltecans.
Quequechan River The Quequechan River, also known as the Quiquechan River, is a river in Fall River, Massachusetts that flows northwest to connect the South Watuppa Pond to the Taunton River. The name means "Falling River" in Wampanoag, hence the town's name.
Quercitron Quercitron is a yellow dye obtained from the bark of the Black oak (Quercus velutina), a fine forest tree indigenous in North America. The name is a shortened form of quercicitron, from Latin quercus, oak, and citron, lemon, and was invented by Dr Edward Bancroft (1744-1821), who by act of parliament in 1785 was granted special privileges in regard to the importation and use of the substance.
Quercus chrysolepis Quercus chrysolepis, commonly termed Canyon live oak, is a species of evergreen oak that is found in the southwestern part of North America, notably in the California Coast Ranges. This tree is often found near creeks and drainage swales growing in moist cool microhabitats.
Quercy Quercy (pronounced in French; ) (Occitan: Carcin, pronounced , locally ) is a former province of France located in the southwest of France, bounded on the north by Limousin, on the west by PĂ©rigord and Agenais, on the south by Gascony and Languedoc, and on the east by Rouergue and Auvergne.
Querelle des Bouffons The Querelle des Bouffons (English: War of the Comic Actors) was the name given to a battle of musical philosophies in France which took place between 1752 and 1754. The controversy concerned the relative merits of French and Italian opera.
Querelle Jansen Querelle Jansen (born October 14, 1985 in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands) is a Dutch supermodel. Her real name is Lisette Jansen; Querelle is her professional name, chosen by an agent who had been looking for a model to name after her favourite literary character, Jean Genet's Georges Querelle.
Querfurt Querfurt a town in Merseburg-Querfurt district (Kreis) in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, situated in a fertile country on the Querne, 18 miles west from Merseburg, on a branch line from Oberroblingen. Pop.
Quernmore Quernmore (pronounced "kwor-mer") is a village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. It is about three miles east of Lancaster itself, and according to the 2001 census had a population of 532 local people, some sheep, and a high proportion of collie dogs.
Quervain Peak Quervain Peak () is a peak in the central part of the Boyle Mountains in Graham Land. Mapped by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from surveys and air photos, 1956-59, it was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Alfred de Quervain, a Swiss glaciologist who in 1909 first applied photogrammetric methods to the measurement of surface glacier flow.
Query (complexity) In descriptive complexity, a query is a mapping from structures of one vocabulary to structures of another vocabulary. Neil Immerman, in his book "Descriptive Complexity", "use[s] the concept of query as the fundamental paradigm of computation" (p.
Query by humming Query by humming (QbH) is a music retrieval system that branches off the original classification systems of title, artist, composer, and genre. It normally applies to songs or other music with a distinct single theme or melody.
Query Island Query Island () is a prominent rocky island lying between the foot of Clarke Glacier and Keyhole Island on the south side of Mikkelsen Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. Surveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), it was so named because of the difficulty in deciding from a distance whether the feature was an island or part of the mainland.
Query optimization 'Query optimization' is a function of many relational database management systems in which multiple query plans for satisfying a query are examined and a good query plan is identified. This may or not be the absolute best strategy because there are many ways of doing plans.
Query optimizer The query optimizer is the component of a database management system that attempts to determine the most efficient way to execute a query. The optimizer considers the possible query plans for a given input query, and attempts to determine which of those plans will be the most efficient.
Query Throughput In Computer Science, Query Throughput (QthD) is a measurement used to determine the performance of a database system. The throughput metric is a classical throughput measure characterizing the ability of the system to support a multi-user workload in a balanced way.
Quesnel Highland The Quesnel Highland is a geographic area in the Central Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia. As defined by BC government geographer in Landforms of British Columbia, an account and analysis of British Columbia geography taht is often cited as authoritative.
Quesnel River The Quesnel River is a major tributary of the Fraser River in the Cariboo District of central British Columbia. It begins at the outflow of Quesnel Lake, at the town of Likely and flows for about 100km to its confluence with the Fraser at the city of Quesnel.
Queso de bola The Queso de Bola (literally "ball of cheese"; edam cheese) is a cheese molded to form the shape of a ball. Together with bibingka and hamon it has long been one of the foods that serves as a Christmas icon in the Philippines.
Queso flameado El Queso flameado es un delicioso platillo mexicano que acompaña las carnes asadas o bien se disfruta solo acompañado de tortillas. Sus ingredientes principales son el queso Oaxaca que se derrite al calor y una salsa especial que contiene chorizo, tomate, cebolla, chile y algunas especies.
Queso Chihuahua Queso Chihuahua or Chihuahua cheese is a soft white cow's-milk cheese of Mexican origin available in braids, balls or rounds. Asadero, which means "roaster" or "broiler," has favorable melting properties and becomes softly stringy when heated--very similar to unaged Monterey jack cheese.
Queso Records Queso Records was an independent record label created by the band Bowling for Soup while they were in Texas. The band released two albums on the label, Bowling for Soup (1994) and Cell Mates (1996), which was a joint record with fellow Denton-based band The V.
Quess Paraya Quess Paraya is a fictional character from the movie Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack. She is introduced as a spoiled daughter of the Earth Federation Minister Adenaur Paraya, but eventually defects to Char Aznable's Neo-Zeon movement.
Quest A quest is a journey towards a goal used in mythology and literature as a plot. In literature, the objects of quests require great exertion on the part of the hero, and the overcoming of many obstacles, typically including much travel, which also allows the storyteller to showcase exotic locations and cultures.
Quest (gaming) A quest in a gaming context, especially in MMORPGs, is generally a task or series of tasks, which a player or group of players may complete in order to gain a reward. Rewards may include experience points, loot, spells, in-game currency, faction hits, access to new rooms or areas, or any combination of the above.
Quest atlantis Quest Atlantis (QA) is a 3D multi-user learning environment designed to immerse children, ages 9-12, in meaningful inquiry tasks. Quest Atlantis combines strategies used in the commercial gaming environment with lessons from educational research on learning and motivation.
Quest Academy Quest Academy is a small private school for gifted and talented children located in Palatine, Illinois. The school is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States, and it is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools and the National Association for Gifted Children.
Quest Aerospace Quest Aerospace is a company based in Cave Creek, Arizona, USA that designs and produces model rocket kits. Powered by compressed black powder motors, some of these rockets can achieve altitudes of over 2000 feet.
Quest Cliffs Quest Cliffs () is a line of steep east-facing cliffs immediately north of The Slot in the Geologists Range. Seen by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62), they were named after the Quest, the ship of the Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition, 1921-22.
Quest Development Corporation Quest Development Corporation was a small, privately held software development company in San Luis Obispo, California that primarily developed backup software under contract to Symantec Corporation in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Formed in a condominium apartment just before the heyday of technology company mergers and acquisitions during the 1990s, the original Quest operation became part of Astora Software, Arcada Software, Seagate Software, VERITAS Software and Symantec Corporation.
Quest for Bush Quest for Bush, also known as "Night of Bush Capturing", is a free online video game that was released by the Global Islamic Media Front in September 2006. The aim of the game is to fight American soldiers and, eventually, to kill George W.
Quest for Glory Quest for Glory is a series of hybrid role-playing/adventure computer games designed by Corey and Lori Ann Cole. The series combined humor, puzzle elements, themes and characters borrowed from various legends, puns, and memorable characters, creating one of the better-remembered series in the Sierra stable.
Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero Hero's Quest I: So You Want To Be A Hero (later re-released as Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero because of copyright issues involving the Hero Quest boardgame) was an adventure game/role-playing game hybrid, designed by Lori Ann Cole and published by Sierra On-line. Hero's Quest I has been credited for being a genre-inventing game, as no other game before it had tried to mix adventure gaming with role-playing-like elements such as statistic building (strength, intelligence, health) that would actually have an impact on the ability to accomplish certain parts of the game.
Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire was the sequel of the awarded Hero's Quest I: So You Want to be a Hero game. The franchise was renamed as Quest for Glory because of copyright issues involving the "HeroQuest" boardgame.
Quest for the Historical Jesus The quest for the historical Jesus is the attempt to use historical rather than religious methods to construct a verifiable biography of Jesus. As originally defined by Albert Schweitzer, the quest began in the 18th century with Hermann Samuel Reimarus.
Quest Channel Quest Channel () is a channel leading southwestward from Adelaide Anchorage between Hibbert Rock and Henkes Islands, off the south end of Adelaide Island. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the survey motorboat which charted this area in 1963.
Quest International Quest International is a major producer of flavors and fragrances with sales of ÂŁ560 million in 2005.ICI report on revenue from Quest Quest creates and markets flavours and fragrance concepts and solutions for the fast moving consumer goods industries.
Quest magazine Quest magazine was published monthly by the Ambassador International Cultural Foundation from July 1977 to September 1981. It began life under the working name of Human Potential and was a project directed by Stanley Rader.
Quest Network Services Quest Network Services started originally as a Bulletin board system (BBS) back in May of 1994. Quest BBS of Chicago hosted by sysop, Kristofer Luck with the help of Matt Aldmeyer started Quest with the hope of getting people to communicate better by connecting a series of computers called today a computer network.
Quest Nunatak Quest Nunatak () is the northeasternmost of the Whichaway Nunataks, 1,065 m. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, it was so named because it was the last rock outcrop visited on the transpolar route of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in December 1957 when a further search was made for plant fossils previously found in the area by the expedition's geologist.
Quest of the Delta Knights Quest of the Delta Knights is a 1993 fantasy/adventure (sword and sorcery) film that was infamously featured in a September 1998 episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. It is one of only a few movies shown on MST3K that was made in the 1990's.
Quest Racing Quest Racing is a UK auto racing team headed by Mike Thompson, the squad having been rebranded from its former guise as GA Motorsports when Thompson bought the controlling stake from original founder Gary Ayles. For 2006 the team runs an Alfa Romeo 156 for Irishman Eoin Murray in the latter rounds of the British Touring Car Championship.
Quest Systems Quest Systems, or Quest Systems Linux, was an open source software company founded in the 1980s by Ted Ralph Kurts, better known as Ted Jesus Christ GOD. The company was rather successful until Kurts suffered a mental breakdown after narrowly failing to secure exclusive contracts with both IMB and Sun Microsystems.
Quest University Quest University Canada (formerly Sea to Sky University) is a new private non-profit liberal arts and sciences university in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. It will open its doors in September 2007 with a planned enrollment of 160 students growing to 640 by 2010.
Questacon Questacon – the National Science and Technology Centre, is located on the southern shore of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, Australia. It is a large centre with more than 200 interactive exhibits relating to science and technology.
Questar Corporation Questar Corporation is a company based in New Hope, Pennsylvania, which manufactures precision optical devices for consumer, industrial, aerospace, and military markets. Its telescopes produced for the consumer market sold under the name brand name "Questar" have been referred to as the "Rolls Royce" of astronomical instruments.
Questing Questing is a game played across a community or geographic place. Originally coined in the USA, it is similar to the concept of letterboxing where clues lead to sealed boxes to be found in a type of treasure hunt.
Questing Beast The Questing Beast, or the Beast Galtisant (Barking Beast), is a monster from Arthurian legend, the subject of quests by famous knights like King Pellinore, Sir Palamedes, and Sir Percival. The strange creature has the head and neck of a serpent, the body of a leopard, the haunches of a lion and the feet of a hart.
Question and Answer Question and Answer is a science fiction novel by Poul Anderson that originally appeared in the June and July 1954 issues of Astounding Science Fiction. It was reprinted in 1956 as part of Ace Double D-199 under the title Planet of No Return, and again as a stand-alone Ace novel in February 1978 under the original title.
Question mark The question mark (also known as an interrogation point, query, or eroteme) is a punctuation mark that replaces the full stop at the end of an interrogative sentence. It can also be used mid-sentence to mark a merely interrogative phrase, where it functions similarly to a comma, such as in the single sentence "Where shall we go?
Question of fact In law, a question of fact (also known as a point of fact) is a question which must be answered by reference to facts and evidence, and inferences arising from those facts. Such a question is distinct from a question of law, which must be answered by applying relevant legal principles.
Question of law In law, a question of law (also known as a point of law) is a question which must be answered by applying relevant legal principles, by an interpretation of the law. Such a question is distinct from a question of fact, which must be answered by reference to facts and evidence, and inferences arising from those facts.
Question of privilege A Question of privilege in parliamentary procedure is a privileged motion relating to the rights and privileges of the assembly as a whole, or its members. Such questions may interrupt pending business, and may even interrupt speeches if particularly urgent.
Question Period Question Period or, as it is known on the Order Paper, Oral Questions (French: questions orales), is a Canadian parliamentary practice similar to the British Prime Minister's Questions in which Members of Parliament submit questions to the government ministers including the Prime Minister for answer. It lasts 45 minutes pursuant to Standing Order 30(5): "Not later than 2:15 o'clock p.
Question Period (TV series) Question Period is a Canadian television newsmagazine which airs weekly on CTV. The program, which takes its name from the parliamentary process of Question Period, is an interview and panel discussion series on Canadian politics, similar in format to the American program Meet the Press.
Question Time Question Time is a section of proceedings in a parliament in which backbenchers (members of Parliament who are not Ministers), including members of the minority parties, ask questions of the Prime Minister (and, in some countries, other government ministers) which they are obliged to answer. It usually occurs daily while parliament is sitting, though it can be cancelled in exceptional circumstances.
Quechan The Quechan (also Yuma, Yuman, Kwtsan, Kwtsaan) are a Native American tribe who live on the Fort Yuma Reservation on the lower Colorado River in Arizona just north of the border with Mexico. The Quechan are one of the Yuman tribes.
Quechan traditional narratives Quechan traditional narratives include myths, legends, tales, and oral histories preserved by the Quechan (Yuma) people of the lower Colorado River area of southeastern California, southwestern Arizona, and northeastern Baja California.
Quechee, Vermont Quechee is one of five unincorporated villages in the town of Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont. It is the site of the Quechee Gorge on the Ottauquechee River and is also the home to the Quechee Lakes planned community.
Quechua Quechua (Runa Simi; Kichwa in Ecuador) is a Native American language of South America. It was the language of the Inca Empire, and is today spoken in various dialects by some 10 million people throughout South America, including Peru and Bolivia, southern Colombia and Ecuador, north-western Argentina and northern Chile.
Queijo coalho Queijo coalho or Queijo de coalho ('coalho' cheese in Portuguese, pronounced 'KAY-zhoo KWAH-lyoo') is a firm but very lightweight cheese produced in Brazil. It is rather salty and has an almost 'squeaky' texture when bitten into.
Queiszig Queiszig was a Thuringian settlement on the river Queis (Polish Kwisa) in Lusatia, then the Thuringian mark of Meiszen. It was abandoned in 1945 after the expulsion of the German population by the Russians after WW II.
Quel maledetto treno blindato Quel maledetto treno blindato is an Italian war movie directed by Enzo G. Castellari, written by Sandro Continenza, Sergio Grieco, Franco Marotta, Romano Migliorini, & Laura Toscano, and starring Bo Svenson, Peter Hooten, Fred Williamson, Michael Pergolani, and Jackie Basehart.
Quel'Thalas In the fictional Warcraft Universe, Quel'Thalas is the homeland of the High Elves. It is a region that will be released in the expansion pack for World of Warcraft called World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade.
Quelimane Quelimane (pronounced "Kelly-mane") is a seaport in Mozambique, with a population of 153,187 (1997 census). It is the administrative capital of the Zambezia Province, and stands 25 km from the mouth of the Rio dos Bons Sinais (or "River of the Good Signs").
Quelqu'un Que J'Aime, Quelqu'un Qui M'Aime "Quelqu'un Que J'Aime, Quelqu'un Qui M'Aime" (meaning "Someone I Love, Someone Who Loves Me") is the fourth radio single from CĂ©line Dion's album, called Dion Chante Plamondon. It was released in Canada on July 6 1992.
Quelques jours en septembre Quelques Jours en Septembre (A Few Days in September) is the first film by Santiago Amigorena, who previously wrote screenplays for films by CĂ©dric Klapisch and Catherine Breillat among others. The film premiered out of competition at the 2006 Venice Film Festival.
Queluz National Palace The Queluz National Palace (Portuguese: Palácio Nacional de Queluz) is a 18th century palace located in the city of Queluz, in Portugal near Lisbon. The Palace of Queluz was the residence of the Kings of Portugal and, given its exuberant baroque-rococo architecture and gardens, is also nicknamed the Portuguese Versailles.
Quem terra, pontus, sidera Quem terra, pontus, sidera is an ancient hymn in honour of the Blessed Virgin, ascribed to Fortunatus. The Roman Breviary divides it into two parts: the first, beginning with "Quem terra, pontus, sidera", assigned to Matins; the second, beginning with "O gloriosa virginum", similarly assigned to Lauds.
Quemadero The Quemadero (Quemadero De Tablada) was a place of execution built by the first inquisitors at Seville in 1481; it was decorated with four large statues representing prophets. The architect, as a follower of Judaism, was one of the first to fall victim to the Inquisition.
Quemahoning Reservoir The Quemahoning Dam, located on Quemahoning Creek on the border of Quemahoning Township, Pennsylvania and Conemaugh Township, Pennsylvania, just south of Hollsopple, was constructed by the Manufacturers Water Company to supply water for the Cambria Steel Company's works in Johnstown, PA. Construction was begun in 1910 and completed in 1913.
Quems The Quems were a group of American Indians that were recorded as having settled along both banks of the Rio Grande in what is now Texas. A group of hunter-gatherers, they are known to have settled around present-day Eagle Pass.
Quendor Quendor is the name of the large fictional kingdom in which Infocom's Zork series of computer games is set. The history of Quendor was incrementally built and expanded per the plot requirements of each new game, rather than being set in stone early on with only minor details being fleshed out.
Quenelle A quenelle is a type of forcemeat, or ground meat patty, made with a delicate white meat or fish and very lightly spiced, so that it is much more delicately flavored than sausage, for instance. It is typically poached.
Quench A quench refers to a rapid cooling. In polymer chemistry and materials science, quenching is used to prevent low-temperature processes such as phase transformations from occurring by only providing a narrow window of time in which the reaction is both thermodynamically favorable and kinetically accessible.
Quenched approximation In particle physics, quenched approximation is an approximation often used in lattice gauge theory in which the quantum loops of fermions in Feynman diagrams are neglected. Equivalently, the corresponding one-loop determinants are set to one.
Quenching (disambiguation) * In materials science, quenching is the rapid cooling of a solid to lock it into a metastable crystal structure rather than allow it to cool slowly and revert to a softer structure. It is most commonly used to harden steel by introducing martensite, in which case the steel must be cooled from a temperature at which austenite is stable.
Queniborough Queniborough is a village in the county of Leicestershire, United Kingdom just north of Syston and to the north of Leicester with 972 properties in the village and 1,878 registered electors (2003). It is particularly famous for its Parish church of St Mary's which Pevsner said "It has one of the finest spires in the whole of Leicestershire".
Quent Cordair Fine Art Quent Cordair Fine Art is a Romantic Realist art gallery located in Burlingame, California just south of San Francisco. The gallery was established by artist Quent Cordair in 1996, and since then has grown to a premier provider of fine art and serves an international clientele of private and corporate collectors.
Quentin Anderson Quentin Anderson (1912 - 18 February, 2003) was an American literary critic and cultural historian at Columbia University. His research focused on 19th century American authors, especially Henry James, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Walt Whitman, and their attempts to define American identity as both connected to and differentiated from European precedents.
Quentin Barboni Quentin Coish is a pro wrestler who has made his career in Newfoundland, Canada. Quentin wrestled most of his career under the name Quentin Barboni winning several titles in Cutting Edge Wrestling, including the CEW Tag Team titles with Magnus, Norman Tharx and WP.
Quentin Bryce Quentin Alice Louise Bryce AC (born 1942) is Governor of Queensland, Australia. She grew up in Ilfracombe, Queensland, and studied at Moreton Bay College, Brisbane, and later at the University of Queensland, where she was graduated with a bachelor of arts and laws.
Quentin Costa (Nip/Tuck episode) Quentin Costa is the finale to the third season of the FX TV series Nip/Tuck. It was written and directed by series creator Ryan Murphy, and is the conclusion to the often talked about The Carver storyline, which had been prevalent throughout the third season.
Quentin Crisp Quentin Crisp (December 25, 1908 – November 21, 1999), was an English writer, artist's model, actor and raconteur known for his memorable and insightful witticisms. He became a gay icon in the 1970s after publication of his memoir The Naked Civil Servant brought to the attention of the general public his defiant exhibitionism and longstanding refusal to conceal his homosexuality.
Quentin Elias Quentin Elias (born May 10,1974) is a model and dance music artist, Quentin moved to Paris] at the age of 15 to pursue a modeling career. He then developed his vocal talents and in [[1996 became the lead singer of the group Alliage, a boy band quartet.
Quentin George Murray Smythe Quentin George Murray Smythe (6 August 1916-October 1997) was a South African recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Quentin Griffin Quentin LaVell Griffin (born January 12, 1981 in Houston, Texas) is an American football running back who was recently released by the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos from the University of Oklahoma with the 11th pick of the fourth round (108th overall) in the 2003 NFL Draft.
Quentin Kawananakoa Quentin Kawananakoa, formally Quentin KĹ«hiĹŤ Kawananakoa (born September 28, 1961), is the current head of the House of Kawananakoa and could claim the title of prince and heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawai`i. His claim to the throne has been affirmed by historians and elders of the native Hawaiian community, as a relative of the House of Kamehameha and House of Kalakaua.
Quentin L. Kopp Quentin Lewis Kopp (born 1928 in Syracuse, New York) served as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and as a member of the California State Senate from 1986-1998, representing California's 8th Senatorial District, which included the northern portions of San Mateo County and southern portions of San Francisco.
Quentin Lee Quentin Lee is the director of such movies as Ethan Mao (2004), Drift (2000), and Flow (1996). Lee also co-directed Shopping For Fangs (1997) with Justin Lin, known for his controversial film Better Luck Tomorrow (2002).
Quentin Matsys Quentin Matsys, his first name also recorded as Quinten or Kwinten and his last name as Massys, Metsys, or Matsijs (1466 - 1530), was a painter in the Flemish tradition and a founder of the Antwerp school. He was born at Leuven, where he was trained as an ironsmith.
Quentin Quail Quentin Quail is a screwball tale about a quail (voiced by Tedd Pierce) who goes through various trials and tribulations to try to get a worm for his baby, only to be rebuffed because the worm looks like Frank Sinatra.
Quentin Quire Quentin Quire is a fictional comic book character, an Omega-level mutant telepath in the Marvel Universe codenamed Kid Omega. He has transcended to a higher plane of existence as a "green" phoenix of the Phoenix Host.
Quentin Roosevelt Quentin Roosevelt (November 19, 1897 – July 14, 1918) was the youngest and favorite son of President Theodore Roosevelt. Family and friends agreed that Quentin had many of his father's positive qualities and few of the negative ones.
Quentin Smith Quentin Smith is a philosopher and philosophy professor at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He is most well-known for his work in the philosophy of time, philosophy of language, philosophy of physics and philosophy of religion.
Quentin Stafford-Fraser James Quentin Stafford-Fraser was instrumental in the creation of the Trojan room coffee pot: the first webcam. He wrote the XCoffee client program which allowed the state of the coffee pot to be displayed on a screen.
Quentin Tarantino Film Festival The Quentin Tarantino Film Festival is a semi-annual film and multimedia event held in Austin, Texas and attended by film director Quentin Tarantino. Most recently, the Alamo Drafthouse theater in downtown Austin, Texas has been the selected venue.
Quentin Young Quentin Young (born 1923) is Chicago-based physician who is recognized for his efforts in advocating for single-payer health care in the United States. An activist who opposed the Vietnam War and worked on the Civil Rights movement, Young is best known for speaking out about social justice in the realm of health policy.
Quenton Leach Quenton Leach (born August 20, 1972) is a Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Dockers between 1995 and 1998. He was drafted from Claremont in the WAFL as a foundation selection in the 1994 AFL Draft and played mainly as a defender.
Quepano The Quepano were a band of American Indians that lived in the region around Cerralvo, in northeastern Nuevo LeĂłn, near the end of the seventeenth century; some were also known to be at the San Antonio de Valero Mission in San Antonio during the first half of the next century. They appear to have been Coahuiltecans.
Quequechan River The Quequechan River, also known as the Quiquechan River, is a river in Fall River, Massachusetts that flows northwest to connect the South Watuppa Pond to the Taunton River. The name means "Falling River" in Wampanoag, hence the town's name.
Quercitron Quercitron is a yellow dye obtained from the bark of the Black oak (Quercus velutina), a fine forest tree indigenous in North America. The name is a shortened form of quercicitron, from Latin quercus, oak, and citron, lemon, and was invented by Dr Edward Bancroft (1744-1821), who by act of parliament in 1785 was granted special privileges in regard to the importation and use of the substance.
Quercus chrysolepis Quercus chrysolepis, commonly termed Canyon live oak, is a species of evergreen oak that is found in the southwestern part of North America, notably in the California Coast Ranges. This tree is often found near creeks and drainage swales growing in moist cool microhabitats.
Quercy Quercy (pronounced in French; ) (Occitan: Carcin, pronounced , locally ) is a former province of France located in the southwest of France, bounded on the north by Limousin, on the west by PĂ©rigord and Agenais, on the south by Gascony and Languedoc, and on the east by Rouergue and Auvergne.
Querelle des Bouffons The Querelle des Bouffons (English: War of the Comic Actors) was the name given to a battle of musical philosophies in France which took place between 1752 and 1754. The controversy concerned the relative merits of French and Italian opera.
Querelle Jansen Querelle Jansen (born October 14, 1985 in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands) is a Dutch supermodel. Her real name is Lisette Jansen; Querelle is her professional name, chosen by an agent who had been looking for a model to name after her favourite literary character, Jean Genet's Georges Querelle.
Querfurt Querfurt a town in Merseburg-Querfurt district (Kreis) in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, situated in a fertile country on the Querne, 18 miles west from Merseburg, on a branch line from Oberroblingen. Pop.
Quernmore Quernmore (pronounced "kwor-mer") is a village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. It is about three miles east of Lancaster itself, and according to the 2001 census had a population of 532 local people, some sheep, and a high proportion of collie dogs.
Quervain Peak Quervain Peak () is a peak in the central part of the Boyle Mountains in Graham Land. Mapped by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from surveys and air photos, 1956-59, it was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Alfred de Quervain, a Swiss glaciologist who in 1909 first applied photogrammetric methods to the measurement of surface glacier flow.
Query (complexity) In descriptive complexity, a query is a mapping from structures of one vocabulary to structures of another vocabulary. Neil Immerman, in his book "Descriptive Complexity", "use[s] the concept of query as the fundamental paradigm of computation" (p.
Query by humming Query by humming (QbH) is a music retrieval system that branches off the original classification systems of title, artist, composer, and genre. It normally applies to songs or other music with a distinct single theme or melody.
Query Island Query Island () is a prominent rocky island lying between the foot of Clarke Glacier and Keyhole Island on the south side of Mikkelsen Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. Surveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), it was so named because of the difficulty in deciding from a distance whether the feature was an island or part of the mainland.
Query optimization 'Query optimization' is a function of many relational database management systems in which multiple query plans for satisfying a query are examined and a good query plan is identified. This may or not be the absolute best strategy because there are many ways of doing plans.
Query optimizer The query optimizer is the component of a database management system that attempts to determine the most efficient way to execute a query. The optimizer considers the possible query plans for a given input query, and attempts to determine which of those plans will be the most efficient.
Query Throughput In Computer Science, Query Throughput (QthD) is a measurement used to determine the performance of a database system. The throughput metric is a classical throughput measure characterizing the ability of the system to support a multi-user workload in a balanced way.
Quesnel Highland The Quesnel Highland is a geographic area in the Central Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia. As defined by BC government geographer in Landforms of British Columbia, an account and analysis of British Columbia geography taht is often cited as authoritative.
Quesnel River The Quesnel River is a major tributary of the Fraser River in the Cariboo District of central British Columbia. It begins at the outflow of Quesnel Lake, at the town of Likely and flows for about 100km to its confluence with the Fraser at the city of Quesnel.
Queso de bola The Queso de Bola (literally "ball of cheese"; edam cheese) is a cheese molded to form the shape of a ball. Together with bibingka and hamon it has long been one of the foods that serves as a Christmas icon in the Philippines.
Queso flameado El Queso flameado es un delicioso platillo mexicano que acompaña las carnes asadas o bien se disfruta solo acompañado de tortillas. Sus ingredientes principales son el queso Oaxaca que se derrite al calor y una salsa especial que contiene chorizo, tomate, cebolla, chile y algunas especies.
Queso Chihuahua Queso Chihuahua or Chihuahua cheese is a soft white cow's-milk cheese of Mexican origin available in braids, balls or rounds. Asadero, which means "roaster" or "broiler," has favorable melting properties and becomes softly stringy when heated--very similar to unaged Monterey jack cheese.
Queso Records Queso Records was an independent record label created by the band Bowling for Soup while they were in Texas. The band released two albums on the label, Bowling for Soup (1994) and Cell Mates (1996), which was a joint record with fellow Denton-based band The V.
Quess Paraya Quess Paraya is a fictional character from the movie Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack. She is introduced as a spoiled daughter of the Earth Federation Minister Adenaur Paraya, but eventually defects to Char Aznable's Neo-Zeon movement.
Quest A quest is a journey towards a goal used in mythology and literature as a plot. In literature, the objects of quests require great exertion on the part of the hero, and the overcoming of many obstacles, typically including much travel, which also allows the storyteller to showcase exotic locations and cultures.
Quest (gaming) A quest in a gaming context, especially in MMORPGs, is generally a task or series of tasks, which a player or group of players may complete in order to gain a reward. Rewards may include experience points, loot, spells, in-game currency, faction hits, access to new rooms or areas, or any combination of the above.
Quest atlantis Quest Atlantis (QA) is a 3D multi-user learning environment designed to immerse children, ages 9-12, in meaningful inquiry tasks. Quest Atlantis combines strategies used in the commercial gaming environment with lessons from educational research on learning and motivation.
Quest Academy Quest Academy is a small private school for gifted and talented children located in Palatine, Illinois. The school is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States, and it is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools and the National Association for Gifted Children.
Quest Aerospace Quest Aerospace is a company based in Cave Creek, Arizona, USA that designs and produces model rocket kits. Powered by compressed black powder motors, some of these rockets can achieve altitudes of over 2000 feet.
Quest Cliffs Quest Cliffs () is a line of steep east-facing cliffs immediately north of The Slot in the Geologists Range. Seen by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62), they were named after the Quest, the ship of the Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition, 1921-22.
Quest Development Corporation Quest Development Corporation was a small, privately held software development company in San Luis Obispo, California that primarily developed backup software under contract to Symantec Corporation in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Formed in a condominium apartment just before the heyday of technology company mergers and acquisitions during the 1990s, the original Quest operation became part of Astora Software, Arcada Software, Seagate Software, VERITAS Software and Symantec Corporation.
Quest for Bush Quest for Bush, also known as "Night of Bush Capturing", is a free online video game that was released by the Global Islamic Media Front in September 2006. The aim of the game is to fight American soldiers and, eventually, to kill George W.
Quest for Glory Quest for Glory is a series of hybrid role-playing/adventure computer games designed by Corey and Lori Ann Cole. The series combined humor, puzzle elements, themes and characters borrowed from various legends, puns, and memorable characters, creating one of the better-remembered series in the Sierra stable.
Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero Hero's Quest I: So You Want To Be A Hero (later re-released as Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero because of copyright issues involving the Hero Quest boardgame) was an adventure game/role-playing game hybrid, designed by Lori Ann Cole and published by Sierra On-line. Hero's Quest I has been credited for being a genre-inventing game, as no other game before it had tried to mix adventure gaming with role-playing-like elements such as statistic building (strength, intelligence, health) that would actually have an impact on the ability to accomplish certain parts of the game.
Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire was the sequel of the awarded Hero's Quest I: So You Want to be a Hero game. The franchise was renamed as Quest for Glory because of copyright issues involving the "HeroQuest" boardgame.
Quest for the Historical Jesus The quest for the historical Jesus is the attempt to use historical rather than religious methods to construct a verifiable biography of Jesus. As originally defined by Albert Schweitzer, the quest began in the 18th century with Hermann Samuel Reimarus.
Quest Channel Quest Channel () is a channel leading southwestward from Adelaide Anchorage between Hibbert Rock and Henkes Islands, off the south end of Adelaide Island. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the survey motorboat which charted this area in 1963.
Quest International Quest International is a major producer of flavors and fragrances with sales of ÂŁ560 million in 2005.ICI report on revenue from Quest Quest creates and markets flavours and fragrance concepts and solutions for the fast moving consumer goods industries.
Quest magazine Quest magazine was published monthly by the Ambassador International Cultural Foundation from July 1977 to September 1981. It began life under the working name of Human Potential and was a project directed by Stanley Rader.
Quest Network Services Quest Network Services started originally as a Bulletin board system (BBS) back in May of 1994. Quest BBS of Chicago hosted by sysop, Kristofer Luck with the help of Matt Aldmeyer started Quest with the hope of getting people to communicate better by connecting a series of computers called today a computer network.
Quest Nunatak Quest Nunatak () is the northeasternmost of the Whichaway Nunataks, 1,065 m. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, it was so named because it was the last rock outcrop visited on the transpolar route of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in December 1957 when a further search was made for plant fossils previously found in the area by the expedition's geologist.
Quest of the Delta Knights Quest of the Delta Knights is a 1993 fantasy/adventure (sword and sorcery) film that was infamously featured in a September 1998 episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. It is one of only a few movies shown on MST3K that was made in the 1990's.
Quest Racing Quest Racing is a UK auto racing team headed by Mike Thompson, the squad having been rebranded from its former guise as GA Motorsports when Thompson bought the controlling stake from original founder Gary Ayles. For 2006 the team runs an Alfa Romeo 156 for Irishman Eoin Murray in the latter rounds of the British Touring Car Championship.
Quest Systems Quest Systems, or Quest Systems Linux, was an open source software company founded in the 1980s by Ted Ralph Kurts, better known as Ted Jesus Christ GOD. The company was rather successful until Kurts suffered a mental breakdown after narrowly failing to secure exclusive contracts with both IMB and Sun Microsystems.
Quest University Quest University Canada (formerly Sea to Sky University) is a new private non-profit liberal arts and sciences university in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. It will open its doors in September 2007 with a planned enrollment of 160 students growing to 640 by 2010.
Questacon Questacon – the National Science and Technology Centre, is located on the southern shore of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, Australia. It is a large centre with more than 200 interactive exhibits relating to science and technology.
Questar Corporation Questar Corporation is a company based in New Hope, Pennsylvania, which manufactures precision optical devices for consumer, industrial, aerospace, and military markets. Its telescopes produced for the consumer market sold under the name brand name "Questar" have been referred to as the "Rolls Royce" of astronomical instruments.
Questing Questing is a game played across a community or geographic place. Originally coined in the USA, it is similar to the concept of letterboxing where clues lead to sealed boxes to be found in a type of treasure hunt.
Questing Beast The Questing Beast, or the Beast Galtisant (Barking Beast), is a monster from Arthurian legend, the subject of quests by famous knights like King Pellinore, Sir Palamedes, and Sir Percival. The strange creature has the head and neck of a serpent, the body of a leopard, the haunches of a lion and the feet of a hart.
Question and Answer Question and Answer is a science fiction novel by Poul Anderson that originally appeared in the June and July 1954 issues of Astounding Science Fiction. It was reprinted in 1956 as part of Ace Double D-199 under the title Planet of No Return, and again as a stand-alone Ace novel in February 1978 under the original title.
Question mark The question mark (also known as an interrogation point, query, or eroteme) is a punctuation mark that replaces the full stop at the end of an interrogative sentence. It can also be used mid-sentence to mark a merely interrogative phrase, where it functions similarly to a comma, such as in the single sentence "Where shall we go?
Question of fact In law, a question of fact (also known as a point of fact) is a question which must be answered by reference to facts and evidence, and inferences arising from those facts. Such a question is distinct from a question of law, which must be answered by applying relevant legal principles.
Question of law In law, a question of law (also known as a point of law) is a question which must be answered by applying relevant legal principles, by an interpretation of the law. Such a question is distinct from a question of fact, which must be answered by reference to facts and evidence, and inferences arising from those facts.
Question of privilege A Question of privilege in parliamentary procedure is a privileged motion relating to the rights and privileges of the assembly as a whole, or its members. Such questions may interrupt pending business, and may even interrupt speeches if particularly urgent.
Question Period Question Period or, as it is known on the Order Paper, Oral Questions (French: questions orales), is a Canadian parliamentary practice similar to the British Prime Minister's Questions in which Members of Parliament submit questions to the government ministers including the Prime Minister for answer. It lasts 45 minutes pursuant to Standing Order 30(5): "Not later than 2:15 o'clock p.
Question Period (TV series) Question Period is a Canadian television newsmagazine which airs weekly on CTV. The program, which takes its name from the parliamentary process of Question Period, is an interview and panel discussion series on Canadian politics, similar in format to the American program Meet the Press.
Question Time Question Time is a section of proceedings in a parliament in which backbenchers (members of Parliament who are not Ministers), including members of the minority parties, ask questions of the Prime Minister (and, in some countries, other government ministers) which they are obliged to answer. It usually occurs daily while parliament is sitting, though it can be cancelled in exceptional circumstances.
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