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Quintessence (physics) In physics, quintessence is a hypothetical form of dark energy postulated as an explanation of observations of an accelerating universe. Quintessence is a scalar field which has an equation of state (relating its pressure pq and density rhoq) of pq = wrhoq, where w is less than -1/3.
Quintessons Quintessons are fictional aliens from the Transformers universe. Within the TV series, they are the creators of the Transformers, although in most other fictional universes featuring the Transformers, they have no such status.
Quintet / Sextet Quintet / Sextet is an album which compiles recordings made for Prestige Records on 5 August 1955 by Miles Davis. Credited to "Miles Davis and Milt Jackson", this was an "all-star" session, and did not feature any of the members of Davis's working group of the time (Sonny Rollins, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones).
Quinteto Contrapunto Quinteto Contrapunto began when Rafael Suárez, its founder, was studying in Italy, and wrote a series of arrangements for two voices of Venezuelan folk pieces. When he returned to Venezuela, he showed his work to Domingo Mendoza, who was a singer in the Choir of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) at the time.
Quintette du Hot Club de France Quintette du Hot Club de France was one of the early, and most significant, jazz groups in Europe. Its most famous members might be Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, and Louis Vola, but the two rhythm guitarists were essential for the specific group sound.
Quintilius Rousse In Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series, Quintilius Rousse is the commander of the fleet of Eisande, a powerful admiral. He has blue eyes and a weather-beaten face that bears a scar down one side, where he was struck by a loose cable.
Quintin Dailey Quintin "Q" Dailey (born January 22, 1961 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'3" guard from the University of San Francisco, he played for the Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Clippers, and Seattle SuperSonics of the NBA.
Quintinshill rail crash The Quintinshill rail crash occurred on 22 May 1915, at Quintinshill, an intermediate block station on a double line with refuge loops on the Caledonian Railway near Gretna Green in Scotland. Involving five separate trains, the crash killed 227 people and in terms of casualties is by far the worst rail crash in the UK.
Quinto quarto In the cuisine of modern Rome quinto quarto is the offal (literally the "fifth quarter") of butchered animals. The name makes sense on more than one level: because offal amounts to about a fourth of the weight of the carcass; because the importance of offal in Italian cooking is at least as great as any of the outer quarters, fore and hind; and because in the past slaughterhouse workers were partly paid in kind with a share of the offal.
Quinto Real The Quinto Real or the Quinto del rey, the "King's fifth", was a 20% tax established in 1504 that Spain levied on income related to mineral working and precious metal mining in Spanish America. The tax was an important source of income for the Spanish monarchy for over two hundred years from its introduction in 1504.
Quinto Real (place) Quinto Real is a forest reserve north of Eugi in the northeast of Navarre in the western foothills of the Spanish Pyrenees, in the upper watersheds of the small Basque rivers: Erro, Baztán, EsterĂbar and Alduides.
Quinton McCracken Quinton Antoine McCracken (born March 16, 1970 in Wilmington, North Carolina) is a minor league free agent outfielder. He was the Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise's first center fielder and batter on March 31, 1998.
Quinton Miller A top-rated high-school pitching prospect of the class of 2008 from Shawnee High School in Medford, New Jersey. Despite the low to mid 90's range of his fastball and movement on his utility pitches as was on display for his club Arsenal team, scouts question his commitment and dedication to baseball with his braces, Mexican heritage, and style of clothing-which predominantly features flamboyantly-colored shirts and pants from the likes of Abercrombie and Hollister Co.
Quinton Point Quinton Point () is a point at the north side of the entrance to Perrier Bay, on the northwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, it was named by Charcot after Rene Quinton, French naturalist, then assistant at the Laboratoire de Pathologie Physiologique, College de France.
Quinton Quayle Quinton Mark Quayle is a British diplomat, and was the ambassador of the United Kingdom in Romania (Bucharest) between November 2002 and May 2006, replaced by Robin Barnett. Before taking up his post in Romania, he studied the Romanian language in IaĹźi and now speaks the language fluently.
Quinton, Birmingham Quinton is a suburb on the western edge of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It is a Birmingham City Council ward within the Edgbaston formal district, and forms a part of the Birmingham Edgbaston parliamentary constituency.
Quinton, Northamptonshire Quinton is a village and civil parish in the South Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England. It is about four miles south of Northampton, and according to the 2001 census had a population of 194.
Quintuple Alliance The Quintuple Alliance came into being at the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1818, when France joined the Quadruple Alliance created by Russia, Austria, Prussia and the United Kingdom to uphold the European peace settlement concluded at the Congress of Vienna in 1815.
Quintuple bond A quintuple bond in chemistry is an unusual type of chemical bond first observed in 2005 in a chromium dimer in an organometallic compound. Single bonds, double bonds and triple bonds are commonplace in chemistry.
Quintus Atrius Quintus Atrius was a Roman military officer involved in Julius Caesar's second expedition to Britain in 55 BC. He was left in charge of ten cohorts of infantry and 300 cavalry to guard the beach-head while Caesar began his march inland, but halted his commander's advance by sending him word that his ships had been damaged by a storm while riding at anchor off the shore.
Quintus Caecilius Iucundus Quintus Caecilius Iucundus is the fictional star of the Cambridge Latin Course series of books, set in Ancient Rome. He is the son of wealthy banker Lucius Caecilius Iucundus and his wife Metella, both of whom were real people.
Quintus Curtius Rufus Quintus Curtius Rufus was a Roman historian who wrote from about 60 through to 70 AD and generally thought to have written under the reign of Claudius. His only surviving work, Historiae Alexandri Magni, is a biography of Alexander the Great in Latin in ten books, of which the first two are lost, and the remaining eight are incomplete.
Quintus Fabius Ambustus (dictator) Quintus Fabius Ambustus (flourished lated 4th century BCE) was a politician in the Roman Republic. He was made dictator in 321 BCE, but immediately resigned, following some kind of irregularity in his election.
Quintus Fabius Ambustus (tribune) Quintus Fabius Ambustus (flourished early 4th century BCE) was a politician in the Roman Republic, the son of Marcus Fabius Ambustus. In 390 BCE, when his father was pontifex maximus, he and two of his brothers, Numerius and Caeso, were sent as emissaries to a Gaulish army besieging Clusium.
Quintus Fulvius Flaccus Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, son of Marcus Fulvius Flaccus (consul 264 BC), Quintus was consul in 237 BC, fighting the Gauls in northern Italy. He was censor in 231 BC, again consul in 224 BC, when he subdued the Boii.
Quintus Gargilius Martialis Quintus Gargilius Martialis was a Roman writer on horticulture. He has been identified by some with the military commander of the same name, mentioned in a Latin inscription of 260 as having lost his life in the colony of Auzia in Mauretania Caesariensis.
Quintus Ligarius Quintus Ligarius was a Roman soldier, circa 50 BC. He was accused of treason for having opposed Julius Caesar in a war in Africa, but was defended so eloquently by Cicero that he was pardoned and allowed to return to Rome.
Quintus Lutatius Catulus Quintus Lutatius Catulus Caesar (Latin: Q·LVTATIVS·C·F·CATVLVS·CAESAR) was a Roman general of the gens Lutatius and was a consul with Gaius Marius in 102 BC. His name was originally Sextus Julius Caesar, and he was Gaius Julius Caesar's father's first cousin.
Quintus Mucius Scaevola (consul 174 BC) Quintus Mucius Scaevola (flourished early 2nd century BC) was a politician of the Roman Republic, believed to be the son of his namesake who was praetor in 215 BC. He was made praetor in 179 BC, and became governor of Sicily.
Quintus Mucius Scaevola (praetor 215 BC) Quintus Mucius Scaevola (flourished late 3rd century BC) was a politician of the Roman Republic. He was made praetor in 215 BC, and became governor of Sardinia, a post that was extended twice, first for two years, and then for another year.
Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex (died 82 BCE), the son of Publius Mucius Scaevola was a politician of the Roman Republic and an important early authority on Roman law. He is credited with founding the study of law as a systematic discipline.
Quintus Pleminius Quintus Pleminius was a Roman propraetor who, in 205 BC, took Locris from the Carthaginians by the order of Scipio Africanus . He let his soldiers to do the most outrageous acts, was thrown into prison and there found his death in a mysterious way.
Quintus Popaedius Silo Quintus Popaedius Silo (sometimes seen as Pompaedius) was the leader of the Italian tribe of the Marsi and one of the leaders of the Italians during the Social War against Rome. He was a friend of Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger.
Quintus Servilius Caepio Quintus Servilius Caepio the Elder was a Roman statesman and general, Consul in 106 BC, Proconsul of Cisalpine Gaul 105 BC. He was the father of Quintus Servilius Caepio the Younger, the grandfather of Servilia Caepionis, and the great-grandfather of Marcus Junius Brutus.
Quintus Titurius Sabinus Quintus Titurius Sabinus, one of Caesar's legates during the Gallic Wars. He is first mentioned in Caesar's campaign against the Remi, in 57 BC, and in the following year he was sent by Caesar with three legions against the Unelli, Curiosolitae, and Lexovii (in Normandy), who were led by Viridovix.
Quinupristin/dalfopristin Quinupristin/dalfopristin (Synercid®) is a combination of two antibiotics used to treat infections by staphylococci and by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium. It is not effective against Enterococcus faecalis infections.
Quinzhee A quinzhee, or quinzee, is a type of snow shelter made by making a pile of snow, waiting for it to settle together, then hollowing out the inside. In contrast, an igloo is made by carefully stacking cut blocks of snow.
Quinzinzinzili Quinzinzinzili is a science fiction novel written in 1935 by the French author RĂ©gis Messac (1893 - 1945). With this book, Messac not only pioneered French science-fiction, but also wrote one of the first post-cataclysmic novels.
Quipu Quipu or khipu were recording devices used in the Inca Empire and its predecessor societies in the Andean region. A quipu usually consists of colored spun and plied thread from llama or alpaca hair or cotton cords with numeric and other values encoded by knots in a base 10 positional system.
Quiraing The Quiraing is a spectacular landslip on the eastern face of Meall na Suiramach, the northernmost summit of the Trotternish Ridge on the Isle of Skye. The whole of the Trotternish Ridge escarpment was formed by a great series of landslips; the Quiraing is the only part of the slip still moving, the road at its base near Flodigarry requires repairs each year.
Quire (architecture) A quire (sometimes incorrectly referred to as a choir) is an area of a church or cathedral, usually in the western part of the chancel between the nave and sanctuary which houses the altar. The quire is occasionally located in the eastern part of the nave.
Quireboys The Quireboys (aka The London Quireboys in US) is a British rock band who were briefly successful in the early 1990s, and who like Dogs D'Amour were associated with sleaze rock, although both band's music was a very British-flavoured blues rock.
Quirimbas Islands The Quirimbas Islands lie in the Indian Ocean off north eastern Mozambique, close to Pemba, the capital of the province of Cabo Delgado. The archipelago consist of about 27 islands, including Ibo, Matemo, Quilaluia, Quirimba, Quisiva and Rolas Island.
Quirinal Hill The Quirinal Hill (Latin, Collis Quirinalis) is one of the Seven Hills of Rome, at the north-east of the historical city center. Today it is the location of the official residence of the Italian Head of State, who resides in the Quirinal Palace; by metonymy "the Quirinal" has come to stand for the state bureaucracy of modern Italy.
Quirinal Palace The Quirinal Palace (known in Italian as the Palazzo del Quirinale or simply the Quirinale) is the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic upon the Quirinal Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome.
Quirinius Publius Sulpicius Quirinius (rendered in Greek ΚυĎήνιος Kyrenios, sometimes Grecized as Cyrenius, c. 51 BC - AD 21) was a Roman aristocrat: his governorship of Syria is one of the chronological anchors for the birth of Jesus.
Quirino Cristiani Quirino Cristiani (July 2, 1896 - August 2, 1984) was an Argentine animation director and cartoonist, responsible for the world's first two animated feature films as well as the first animated feature film with sound.
Quirino Paulino Quirino Paulino Castillo (known as Quirino or the Don) is an ex-captain of the army of the Dominican Republic, and alleged boss of drug-trafficking organization responsible for importing tons of cocaine into the United States since at least September 2003. Castillo's personal fortune was estimated at RD$2 billion.
Quirinus Quirrell Professor Quirinus Quirrell is a fictional character in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first novel in the Harry Potter series written by JK Rowling. Quirrell was the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry during Harry's first year at the school.
Quirkyalone "Quirkyalone" is a neologism, referring to someone who enjoys being single (but is not opposed to being in a relationship) and generally prefers to be alone rather than dating for the sake of being in a couple.
Quirm College for Young Ladies In Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, the Quirm College for Young Ladies is an educational institution located in the city of Quirm. In the books, Susan Sto Helit, Lady Sybil Ramkin and Miss Perspicacia Tick were educated there.
Quiroga (surname) The Quiroga name originates from the valley and locality of Quiroga in the province of Lugo in the Galician region of Spain. Legend has it that in the year 715, a powerful knight defended the entrance to Galicia through the Valley of Quiroga from invasion by the Moors.
Quirpon, Newfoundland and Labrador Quirpon is a small, picturesque community situated on the northern tip of the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is the most northerly sheltered harbour on the island.
Quis-ego The cultural convention of quis-ego, found among students in primary and secondary schools in the United Kingdom and other members of the Commonwealth, is a way to distribute free or unwanted goods. A person with something he wishes to give away shouts "quis?
Quisling Quisling, after Norwegian fascist politician Vidkun Quisling, is a term used to describe traitors and collaborationists. It was most commonly used for fascist political parties and military and paramilitary forces in occupied Allied countries which collaborated with Axis occupiers in World War II Europe, as well as for their members and other collaborators.
Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party The Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Quisqueyano DemĂłcrata Cristiano) is a minor political party of the Dominican Republic. In the 16 May 2006 election, the party was a member of the defeated Grand National Alliance.
Quistclose trust A Quistclose trust is a specific type of trust in common law jurisdictions which arises in relation to sums which are advanced by way of credit to a person for the that person's own use, but for a specific purpose. If the trust fails (because the purpose is not, or cannot, be fulfilled), then the sums become subject to a resulting trust in favour of the person who originally advanced the credit, and the person to whom the sums were advanced holds them as trustee.
Quit claim deed A quit claim deed is a legal document by which a person releases or "quits" any claim that they may have had to property. Of the different types of deeds, the quit-claim has the least assurance that the person receiving it will actually get any rights.
Quit India Movement The Quit India Movement (Bharat Chhodo Andolan or the August Movement) was a civil disobedience movement in India launched in August 1942 in response to Mahatma Gandhi's call for immediate independence of India. The aim was to bring the British government to the negotiating table.
Quit India speech The Quit India speech is a speech made by Mahatma Gandhi on August 8th 1942, on the eve of the Quit India movement. He called for determined, but passive resistance that signified the certitude that Gandhi foresaw for the movement is best described by his call to Do or Die .
Quitclaim deed A quitclaim deed is a term used in property law to describe a document by which a person (the "grantor") disclaims any interest the grantor might have in a piece of real property, and passes that claim to another person (the grantee). A quitclaim deed neither warrants nor professes that the grantor's claim is actually valid.
Quite an Adventure Quite an Adventure is a one-act comic opera by Edward Solomon with a libretto by Frank Desprez. It was produced at the Savoy Theatre from 15 December 1894 to 29 December 1894 as a companion piece to The Chieftain.
Quito Quito (official name: San Francisco de Quito) is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in northern Ecuador (see NG MapMachine satellite map) in the Guayllabamba river basin on the eastern slopes of the Pichincha ( 15,728Â ft]; 4,795 m), an active [[stratovolcano in the Andes mountains.
Quito Eterno Quito Eterno is an Ecuadorian educational program. It is a part of the CorporaciĂłn del Centro HistĂłrico of Quito, a non-profit citizen partnership aimed at finding solutions to the problems of the Historical Center (declared World Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 1978.
Quittapahilla Creek Quittapahilla Creek (nicknamed the "Quittie") is a tributary of Swatara Creek, approximately 25Â mi (40Â km) long, in south central Pennsylvania in the United States. It flows through the limestone hill country south of the Appalachian Mountains.
Quiver A quiver is a container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those shot from a bow, crossbow or blowgun. Quivers have different forms depending on their use: quivers may hang from an archer's belt, from a horse saddle, or be worn on the back (as seen in Robin Hood and The Lord of the Rings films).
Quiver (mathematics) In mathematics, a quiver is a directed graph where loops and multiple arrows between two vertices are allowed. They are commonly used in representation theory: a representation, V, of a quiver assigns a vector space V(x) to each vertex x of the quiver and a linear map V(a) to each arrow a.
Quiverfull Quiverfull is a relatively recent movement among conservative evangelical Protestant Christian couples chiefly in the United States, but with some adherents in Canada, and with claims of adherent also in Australia, New Zealand, England, and elsewhere. Its distinguishing viewpoint is to eagerly receive children as blessings from God, eschewing all forms of contraception, including natural family planning and sterilization.
Quivira and CĂbola Quivira and CĂbola are two of the fantastic Seven Cities of Gold existing only in a myth that originated around the year 1150 when the Moors conquered MĂ©rida, Spain. According to the legend, seven bishops fled the city, not only to save their own lives but also to prevent the Muslims from obtaining sacred religious relics.
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge Quivira National Wildlife Refuge is located in south central Kansas near the town of Stafford. Its proximity to the Central Flyway migration route and the salt marshes on the refuge combine to endow the refuge with a large variety of birds.
Quixote (software) Quixote is a framework for developing web applications in Python. Quixote "is based on a simple, flexible design, making it possible to write applications quickly and to benefit from the wide range of available third-party Python modules".
Quiz & Dragons: Capcom Quiz Game Quiz & Dragons: Capcom Quiz Game was the only quiz game released in the arcades by Capcom in 1992. The game combined elements of RPGs with that of board games to create a unique twist to the quiz game genre.
Quiz channel A quiz channel (also known as a participation television channel) is a television channel that focuses on phone in quizzes. The quizzes usually focus on puzzles such as fill in the blanks, name the celebrity and add up the numbers.
Quiz Kids (San Francisco) In 1999, Peninsula TV Cable 26 (aka "Pen-TV"), a TV station in the San Francisco Bay Area, introduced Quiz Kids, hosted by Brad Friedman, the Head of the Drama department at San Mateo High School. Schools compete in various categories (literature, history, the arts, sports, pop culture, geography, math, science, current events).
Quiz Kids Challenge The Quiz Kids Challenge was a game show series that aired in syndication from September 10, 1990 to December 28, 1990. It was a slightly different version of the Quiz Kids, and was hosted by Jonathan Prince and announced by Johnny Gilbert and Charlie Tuna.
Quiz league A quiz league is an organisation running quizzes on a home and away basis, usually in pubs. Like the pub quiz, it is chiefly a British phenomenon although the format has significant differences to a pub quiz due to the usual number of teams (two) and the presence of individual questions.
Quiz machine Quiz Machine is a term used in the UK for commerical coin operated video quiz games that offer cash prizes for winning performances. These machines are usually found sited in pubs, bars and other places of entertainment.
Quiz show scandals The American quiz show scandals of the 1950s were the result of the revelation that contestants of several popular television quiz shows were secretly given assistance by the producers to arrange the outcome of a supposed competition.
Quiz Show Quiz Show is a 1994 film which tells the true story of the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950's. It stars John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield, David Paymer, Hank Azaria, and Christopher McDonald.
Quizás, Quizás, Quizás "Quizás, Quizás, Quizás" (also known as "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" in English) is a popular song written in 1947 with Spanish lyrics by Cuban songwriter Osvaldo Farrés Osvaldo Farrés biography. The English lyrics were written by Joe Davis.
Quizbowl Quizbowl (also known as Quiz bowl, Scholastic Bowl, Brain Bowl, Academic Team, Academic Varsity Bowl, Scholar Quiz Bowl, Academic Bowl, Knowledge Bowl, College Bowl, or Whiz Quiz) is a family of games of questions and answers on all topics of human knowledge, commonly played in high school and college. The game is played with a lockout buzzer system between some number of teams, most commonly two teams of four players each.
Quiznos Sub Quiznos Sub (formerly Quizno's Subs) is a fast-food sandwich chain that specializes in toasted submarine sandwiches. As of 2005, it has become the second-largest submarine sandwich shop chain in North America, passing the older and slower-growing Blimpie, though still a fraction of the size of Subway.
Quizquiz Quizquiz (or Quisquis, meaning "Little Bird") was, along with Chalicuchima, one of Atahualpa's two leading generals. In April 1532 he (along with his companion) defeated and captured Huascar and soon killed that Inca's family.
QuizQuiz (computer game) QuizQuiz (Korean: 퀴ě¦í€´ě¦) was a massivley multiplayer online quiz game which utilized a chibi type anime graphical style to portray the players and the few environments or NPCs it contained. The game was released as a free beta download off of the Nexon Inc.
Quizzing in India Quizzing in India is quite popular, and has developed its own, unique flavour. Quizzing in India is different from American and British Quizzing in that it is diverse, with different genres catering to different geographical regions, age groups, interests, etc.
Qujialing culture The Qujialing culture (ĺ±ĺ®¶ĺ¶şć–‡ĺŚ–) (3000-2600 BC) was a Neolithic centered primarily around the middle Yangtze River region in Hubei and Hunan, China. The culture succeeded the Daxi culture and reached southern Shaanxi, northern Jiangxi and southwest Henan.
Qullasuyu Qulla Suyu (also Collasuyu) was the southeastern provincial region of the Inca Empire. It related specifically to the Aymara territories which are now largely incorporated into the modern Latin American state of northern Chile and Argentina, Peru and Bolivia which was annexed during the reign of Sapa Inca Huayna Cápac in the sixteenth century.
Qumar Qumar is a fictional Middle Eastern country in the television show The West Wing. In many aspects it bears resemblance to the emirate of Qatar, but can also be seen as an amalgam of many perceptions of the Middle East including oil wealth, radical Islam, state-sponsored terrorists, and the oppression of women.
Qumran Qumran (Hebrew:חירבת קומר×ן Khirbet Qumran) is located on a dry plateau about a mile inland from the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea in Israel. The site was constructed sometime during the reign of John Hyrcanus, 134-104 BC and saw various phases of occupation until, in the summer of 68, Titus and his X Fretensis destroyed it.
Quneitra Quneitra or Al Qunaytirah' (Arabic القنيطرة) is a city in southwestern Syria, capital of the Quneitra Governorate, which is now largely abandoned. It came under Israeli control as a result of the Six-Day War in 1967.
Qunu Qunu is a small rural village in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, near where Nelson Mandela was born, and where he retired after leaving office. It is the village to which Nelson Mandela's father relocated after being deposed as Mvezo chief.
Qunut Al Qunut literally means "being obedient" or "the act of standing" in Arabic. The word is usually used in reference to special supplications made in certain prayers while in the standing posture.
Quo Primum Quo Primum (from the first) is the name of a papal bull issued by Pope Pius V on 14 July 1570. It promulgated the 1570 edition of the Roman Missal, and made its use obligatory throughout the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church, except where there existed a different Mass liturgy of at least two hundred years' standing.
Quo Vadis (band) Quo Vadis is a melodic technical death metal band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Their latest offering, the 2005 triple DVD entitled Defiant Indoctrination is a concert performed and recorded in their home town on May 7, 2005.
Quo warranto Quo warranto (Medieval Latin for "by what warrant?") is one of the prerogative writs, the one that requires the person to whom it is directed to show what authority he has for exercising some right or power (or "franchise") he claims to hold.
Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi is a Latin phrase, literally meaning "What is legitimate for Jove (Jupiter), is not legitimate for oxen." and often translated as "Gods may do what cattle may not".
Quodia Quodia is a performing group that uses multi-media tools to tell stories. Established by Trey Gunn of King Crimson and Joe Mendelson of Rise Robots Rise in 2003, Quodia tours throughout the world combining the mediums of music, film, sound design, literature and theater into a comprehensive and immersive performance experience.
Quodlibet A quodlibet is a piece of music combining several different melodies in counterpoint, usually popular tunes, and often in a light-hearted manner. A famous example of a quodlibet is at the end of Bach's Goldberg Variations.
Quoile Castle Quoile Castle is a castle situated near Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland, just off the main road from Downpatrick to Strangford. It is a 16th century Tower house which was inhabited into the 18th century.
Quoin Island National Park Quoin Island is a national park in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia, 1947 km northwest of Brisbane. It is a terrestrial oasis in a desert of water situated about 30km North East of Iron Range National Park and LockhartRiver in the Cape Weymouth area.
Quintessons Quintessons are fictional aliens from the Transformers universe. Within the TV series, they are the creators of the Transformers, although in most other fictional universes featuring the Transformers, they have no such status.
Quintet / Sextet Quintet / Sextet is an album which compiles recordings made for Prestige Records on 5 August 1955 by Miles Davis. Credited to "Miles Davis and Milt Jackson", this was an "all-star" session, and did not feature any of the members of Davis's working group of the time (Sonny Rollins, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones).
Quinteto Contrapunto Quinteto Contrapunto began when Rafael Suárez, its founder, was studying in Italy, and wrote a series of arrangements for two voices of Venezuelan folk pieces. When he returned to Venezuela, he showed his work to Domingo Mendoza, who was a singer in the Choir of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) at the time.
Quintette du Hot Club de France Quintette du Hot Club de France was one of the early, and most significant, jazz groups in Europe. Its most famous members might be Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, and Louis Vola, but the two rhythm guitarists were essential for the specific group sound.
Quintilius Rousse In Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series, Quintilius Rousse is the commander of the fleet of Eisande, a powerful admiral. He has blue eyes and a weather-beaten face that bears a scar down one side, where he was struck by a loose cable.
Quintin Dailey Quintin "Q" Dailey (born January 22, 1961 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'3" guard from the University of San Francisco, he played for the Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Clippers, and Seattle SuperSonics of the NBA.
Quintinshill rail crash The Quintinshill rail crash occurred on 22 May 1915, at Quintinshill, an intermediate block station on a double line with refuge loops on the Caledonian Railway near Gretna Green in Scotland. Involving five separate trains, the crash killed 227 people and in terms of casualties is by far the worst rail crash in the UK.
Quinto quarto In the cuisine of modern Rome quinto quarto is the offal (literally the "fifth quarter") of butchered animals. The name makes sense on more than one level: because offal amounts to about a fourth of the weight of the carcass; because the importance of offal in Italian cooking is at least as great as any of the outer quarters, fore and hind; and because in the past slaughterhouse workers were partly paid in kind with a share of the offal.
Quinto Real The Quinto Real or the Quinto del rey, the "King's fifth", was a 20% tax established in 1504 that Spain levied on income related to mineral working and precious metal mining in Spanish America. The tax was an important source of income for the Spanish monarchy for over two hundred years from its introduction in 1504.
Quinto Real (place) Quinto Real is a forest reserve north of Eugi in the northeast of Navarre in the western foothills of the Spanish Pyrenees, in the upper watersheds of the small Basque rivers: Erro, Baztán, EsterĂbar and Alduides.
Quinton McCracken Quinton Antoine McCracken (born March 16, 1970 in Wilmington, North Carolina) is a minor league free agent outfielder. He was the Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise's first center fielder and batter on March 31, 1998.
Quinton Miller A top-rated high-school pitching prospect of the class of 2008 from Shawnee High School in Medford, New Jersey. Despite the low to mid 90's range of his fastball and movement on his utility pitches as was on display for his club Arsenal team, scouts question his commitment and dedication to baseball with his braces, Mexican heritage, and style of clothing-which predominantly features flamboyantly-colored shirts and pants from the likes of Abercrombie and Hollister Co.
Quinton Point Quinton Point () is a point at the north side of the entrance to Perrier Bay, on the northwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, it was named by Charcot after Rene Quinton, French naturalist, then assistant at the Laboratoire de Pathologie Physiologique, College de France.
Quinton Quayle Quinton Mark Quayle is a British diplomat, and was the ambassador of the United Kingdom in Romania (Bucharest) between November 2002 and May 2006, replaced by Robin Barnett. Before taking up his post in Romania, he studied the Romanian language in IaĹźi and now speaks the language fluently.
Quinton, Birmingham Quinton is a suburb on the western edge of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It is a Birmingham City Council ward within the Edgbaston formal district, and forms a part of the Birmingham Edgbaston parliamentary constituency.
Quinton, Northamptonshire Quinton is a village and civil parish in the South Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England. It is about four miles south of Northampton, and according to the 2001 census had a population of 194.
Quintuple Alliance The Quintuple Alliance came into being at the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1818, when France joined the Quadruple Alliance created by Russia, Austria, Prussia and the United Kingdom to uphold the European peace settlement concluded at the Congress of Vienna in 1815.
Quintuple bond A quintuple bond in chemistry is an unusual type of chemical bond first observed in 2005 in a chromium dimer in an organometallic compound. Single bonds, double bonds and triple bonds are commonplace in chemistry.
Quintus Atrius Quintus Atrius was a Roman military officer involved in Julius Caesar's second expedition to Britain in 55 BC. He was left in charge of ten cohorts of infantry and 300 cavalry to guard the beach-head while Caesar began his march inland, but halted his commander's advance by sending him word that his ships had been damaged by a storm while riding at anchor off the shore.
Quintus Caecilius Iucundus Quintus Caecilius Iucundus is the fictional star of the Cambridge Latin Course series of books, set in Ancient Rome. He is the son of wealthy banker Lucius Caecilius Iucundus and his wife Metella, both of whom were real people.
Quintus Curtius Rufus Quintus Curtius Rufus was a Roman historian who wrote from about 60 through to 70 AD and generally thought to have written under the reign of Claudius. His only surviving work, Historiae Alexandri Magni, is a biography of Alexander the Great in Latin in ten books, of which the first two are lost, and the remaining eight are incomplete.
Quintus Fabius Ambustus (dictator) Quintus Fabius Ambustus (flourished lated 4th century BCE) was a politician in the Roman Republic. He was made dictator in 321 BCE, but immediately resigned, following some kind of irregularity in his election.
Quintus Fabius Ambustus (tribune) Quintus Fabius Ambustus (flourished early 4th century BCE) was a politician in the Roman Republic, the son of Marcus Fabius Ambustus. In 390 BCE, when his father was pontifex maximus, he and two of his brothers, Numerius and Caeso, were sent as emissaries to a Gaulish army besieging Clusium.
Quintus Fulvius Flaccus Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, son of Marcus Fulvius Flaccus (consul 264 BC), Quintus was consul in 237 BC, fighting the Gauls in northern Italy. He was censor in 231 BC, again consul in 224 BC, when he subdued the Boii.
Quintus Gargilius Martialis Quintus Gargilius Martialis was a Roman writer on horticulture. He has been identified by some with the military commander of the same name, mentioned in a Latin inscription of 260 as having lost his life in the colony of Auzia in Mauretania Caesariensis.
Quintus Ligarius Quintus Ligarius was a Roman soldier, circa 50 BC. He was accused of treason for having opposed Julius Caesar in a war in Africa, but was defended so eloquently by Cicero that he was pardoned and allowed to return to Rome.
Quintus Lutatius Catulus Quintus Lutatius Catulus Caesar (Latin: Q·LVTATIVS·C·F·CATVLVS·CAESAR) was a Roman general of the gens Lutatius and was a consul with Gaius Marius in 102 BC. His name was originally Sextus Julius Caesar, and he was Gaius Julius Caesar's father's first cousin.
Quintus Mucius Scaevola (consul 174 BC) Quintus Mucius Scaevola (flourished early 2nd century BC) was a politician of the Roman Republic, believed to be the son of his namesake who was praetor in 215 BC. He was made praetor in 179 BC, and became governor of Sicily.
Quintus Mucius Scaevola (praetor 215 BC) Quintus Mucius Scaevola (flourished late 3rd century BC) was a politician of the Roman Republic. He was made praetor in 215 BC, and became governor of Sardinia, a post that was extended twice, first for two years, and then for another year.
Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex (died 82 BCE), the son of Publius Mucius Scaevola was a politician of the Roman Republic and an important early authority on Roman law. He is credited with founding the study of law as a systematic discipline.
Quintus Pleminius Quintus Pleminius was a Roman propraetor who, in 205 BC, took Locris from the Carthaginians by the order of Scipio Africanus . He let his soldiers to do the most outrageous acts, was thrown into prison and there found his death in a mysterious way.
Quintus Popaedius Silo Quintus Popaedius Silo (sometimes seen as Pompaedius) was the leader of the Italian tribe of the Marsi and one of the leaders of the Italians during the Social War against Rome. He was a friend of Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger.
Quintus Servilius Caepio Quintus Servilius Caepio the Elder was a Roman statesman and general, Consul in 106 BC, Proconsul of Cisalpine Gaul 105 BC. He was the father of Quintus Servilius Caepio the Younger, the grandfather of Servilia Caepionis, and the great-grandfather of Marcus Junius Brutus.
Quintus Titurius Sabinus Quintus Titurius Sabinus, one of Caesar's legates during the Gallic Wars. He is first mentioned in Caesar's campaign against the Remi, in 57 BC, and in the following year he was sent by Caesar with three legions against the Unelli, Curiosolitae, and Lexovii (in Normandy), who were led by Viridovix.
Quinupristin/dalfopristin Quinupristin/dalfopristin (Synercid®) is a combination of two antibiotics used to treat infections by staphylococci and by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium. It is not effective against Enterococcus faecalis infections.
Quinzhee A quinzhee, or quinzee, is a type of snow shelter made by making a pile of snow, waiting for it to settle together, then hollowing out the inside. In contrast, an igloo is made by carefully stacking cut blocks of snow.
Quinzinzinzili Quinzinzinzili is a science fiction novel written in 1935 by the French author RĂ©gis Messac (1893 - 1945). With this book, Messac not only pioneered French science-fiction, but also wrote one of the first post-cataclysmic novels.
Quipu Quipu or khipu were recording devices used in the Inca Empire and its predecessor societies in the Andean region. A quipu usually consists of colored spun and plied thread from llama or alpaca hair or cotton cords with numeric and other values encoded by knots in a base 10 positional system.
Quiraing The Quiraing is a spectacular landslip on the eastern face of Meall na Suiramach, the northernmost summit of the Trotternish Ridge on the Isle of Skye. The whole of the Trotternish Ridge escarpment was formed by a great series of landslips; the Quiraing is the only part of the slip still moving, the road at its base near Flodigarry requires repairs each year.
Quire (architecture) A quire (sometimes incorrectly referred to as a choir) is an area of a church or cathedral, usually in the western part of the chancel between the nave and sanctuary which houses the altar. The quire is occasionally located in the eastern part of the nave.
Quireboys The Quireboys (aka The London Quireboys in US) is a British rock band who were briefly successful in the early 1990s, and who like Dogs D'Amour were associated with sleaze rock, although both band's music was a very British-flavoured blues rock.
Quirimbas Islands The Quirimbas Islands lie in the Indian Ocean off north eastern Mozambique, close to Pemba, the capital of the province of Cabo Delgado. The archipelago consist of about 27 islands, including Ibo, Matemo, Quilaluia, Quirimba, Quisiva and Rolas Island.
Quirinal Hill The Quirinal Hill (Latin, Collis Quirinalis) is one of the Seven Hills of Rome, at the north-east of the historical city center. Today it is the location of the official residence of the Italian Head of State, who resides in the Quirinal Palace; by metonymy "the Quirinal" has come to stand for the state bureaucracy of modern Italy.
Quirinal Palace The Quirinal Palace (known in Italian as the Palazzo del Quirinale or simply the Quirinale) is the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic upon the Quirinal Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome.
Quirinius Publius Sulpicius Quirinius (rendered in Greek ΚυĎήνιος Kyrenios, sometimes Grecized as Cyrenius, c. 51 BC - AD 21) was a Roman aristocrat: his governorship of Syria is one of the chronological anchors for the birth of Jesus.
Quirino Cristiani Quirino Cristiani (July 2, 1896 - August 2, 1984) was an Argentine animation director and cartoonist, responsible for the world's first two animated feature films as well as the first animated feature film with sound.
Quirino Paulino Quirino Paulino Castillo (known as Quirino or the Don) is an ex-captain of the army of the Dominican Republic, and alleged boss of drug-trafficking organization responsible for importing tons of cocaine into the United States since at least September 2003. Castillo's personal fortune was estimated at RD$2 billion.
Quirinus Quirrell Professor Quirinus Quirrell is a fictional character in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first novel in the Harry Potter series written by JK Rowling. Quirrell was the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry during Harry's first year at the school.
Quirkyalone "Quirkyalone" is a neologism, referring to someone who enjoys being single (but is not opposed to being in a relationship) and generally prefers to be alone rather than dating for the sake of being in a couple.
Quirm College for Young Ladies In Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, the Quirm College for Young Ladies is an educational institution located in the city of Quirm. In the books, Susan Sto Helit, Lady Sybil Ramkin and Miss Perspicacia Tick were educated there.
Quiroga (surname) The Quiroga name originates from the valley and locality of Quiroga in the province of Lugo in the Galician region of Spain. Legend has it that in the year 715, a powerful knight defended the entrance to Galicia through the Valley of Quiroga from invasion by the Moors.
Quirpon, Newfoundland and Labrador Quirpon is a small, picturesque community situated on the northern tip of the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is the most northerly sheltered harbour on the island.
Quis-ego The cultural convention of quis-ego, found among students in primary and secondary schools in the United Kingdom and other members of the Commonwealth, is a way to distribute free or unwanted goods. A person with something he wishes to give away shouts "quis?
Quisling Quisling, after Norwegian fascist politician Vidkun Quisling, is a term used to describe traitors and collaborationists. It was most commonly used for fascist political parties and military and paramilitary forces in occupied Allied countries which collaborated with Axis occupiers in World War II Europe, as well as for their members and other collaborators.
Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party The Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Quisqueyano DemĂłcrata Cristiano) is a minor political party of the Dominican Republic. In the 16 May 2006 election, the party was a member of the defeated Grand National Alliance.
Quistclose trust A Quistclose trust is a specific type of trust in common law jurisdictions which arises in relation to sums which are advanced by way of credit to a person for the that person's own use, but for a specific purpose. If the trust fails (because the purpose is not, or cannot, be fulfilled), then the sums become subject to a resulting trust in favour of the person who originally advanced the credit, and the person to whom the sums were advanced holds them as trustee.
Quit claim deed A quit claim deed is a legal document by which a person releases or "quits" any claim that they may have had to property. Of the different types of deeds, the quit-claim has the least assurance that the person receiving it will actually get any rights.
Quit India Movement The Quit India Movement (Bharat Chhodo Andolan or the August Movement) was a civil disobedience movement in India launched in August 1942 in response to Mahatma Gandhi's call for immediate independence of India. The aim was to bring the British government to the negotiating table.
Quit India speech The Quit India speech is a speech made by Mahatma Gandhi on August 8th 1942, on the eve of the Quit India movement. He called for determined, but passive resistance that signified the certitude that Gandhi foresaw for the movement is best described by his call to Do or Die .
Quitclaim deed A quitclaim deed is a term used in property law to describe a document by which a person (the "grantor") disclaims any interest the grantor might have in a piece of real property, and passes that claim to another person (the grantee). A quitclaim deed neither warrants nor professes that the grantor's claim is actually valid.
Quite an Adventure Quite an Adventure is a one-act comic opera by Edward Solomon with a libretto by Frank Desprez. It was produced at the Savoy Theatre from 15 December 1894 to 29 December 1894 as a companion piece to The Chieftain.
Quito Quito (official name: San Francisco de Quito) is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in northern Ecuador (see NG MapMachine satellite map) in the Guayllabamba river basin on the eastern slopes of the Pichincha ( 15,728Â ft]; 4,795 m), an active [[stratovolcano in the Andes mountains.
Quito Eterno Quito Eterno is an Ecuadorian educational program. It is a part of the CorporaciĂłn del Centro HistĂłrico of Quito, a non-profit citizen partnership aimed at finding solutions to the problems of the Historical Center (declared World Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 1978.
Quittapahilla Creek Quittapahilla Creek (nicknamed the "Quittie") is a tributary of Swatara Creek, approximately 25Â mi (40Â km) long, in south central Pennsylvania in the United States. It flows through the limestone hill country south of the Appalachian Mountains.
Quiver A quiver is a container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those shot from a bow, crossbow or blowgun. Quivers have different forms depending on their use: quivers may hang from an archer's belt, from a horse saddle, or be worn on the back (as seen in Robin Hood and The Lord of the Rings films).
Quiver (mathematics) In mathematics, a quiver is a directed graph where loops and multiple arrows between two vertices are allowed. They are commonly used in representation theory: a representation, V, of a quiver assigns a vector space V(x) to each vertex x of the quiver and a linear map V(a) to each arrow a.
Quiverfull Quiverfull is a relatively recent movement among conservative evangelical Protestant Christian couples chiefly in the United States, but with some adherents in Canada, and with claims of adherent also in Australia, New Zealand, England, and elsewhere. Its distinguishing viewpoint is to eagerly receive children as blessings from God, eschewing all forms of contraception, including natural family planning and sterilization.
Quivira and CĂbola Quivira and CĂbola are two of the fantastic Seven Cities of Gold existing only in a myth that originated around the year 1150 when the Moors conquered MĂ©rida, Spain. According to the legend, seven bishops fled the city, not only to save their own lives but also to prevent the Muslims from obtaining sacred religious relics.
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge Quivira National Wildlife Refuge is located in south central Kansas near the town of Stafford. Its proximity to the Central Flyway migration route and the salt marshes on the refuge combine to endow the refuge with a large variety of birds.
Quixote (software) Quixote is a framework for developing web applications in Python. Quixote "is based on a simple, flexible design, making it possible to write applications quickly and to benefit from the wide range of available third-party Python modules".
Quiz & Dragons: Capcom Quiz Game Quiz & Dragons: Capcom Quiz Game was the only quiz game released in the arcades by Capcom in 1992. The game combined elements of RPGs with that of board games to create a unique twist to the quiz game genre.
Quiz channel A quiz channel (also known as a participation television channel) is a television channel that focuses on phone in quizzes. The quizzes usually focus on puzzles such as fill in the blanks, name the celebrity and add up the numbers.
Quiz Kids (San Francisco) In 1999, Peninsula TV Cable 26 (aka "Pen-TV"), a TV station in the San Francisco Bay Area, introduced Quiz Kids, hosted by Brad Friedman, the Head of the Drama department at San Mateo High School. Schools compete in various categories (literature, history, the arts, sports, pop culture, geography, math, science, current events).
Quiz Kids Challenge The Quiz Kids Challenge was a game show series that aired in syndication from September 10, 1990 to December 28, 1990. It was a slightly different version of the Quiz Kids, and was hosted by Jonathan Prince and announced by Johnny Gilbert and Charlie Tuna.
Quiz league A quiz league is an organisation running quizzes on a home and away basis, usually in pubs. Like the pub quiz, it is chiefly a British phenomenon although the format has significant differences to a pub quiz due to the usual number of teams (two) and the presence of individual questions.
Quiz machine Quiz Machine is a term used in the UK for commerical coin operated video quiz games that offer cash prizes for winning performances. These machines are usually found sited in pubs, bars and other places of entertainment.
Quiz show scandals The American quiz show scandals of the 1950s were the result of the revelation that contestants of several popular television quiz shows were secretly given assistance by the producers to arrange the outcome of a supposed competition.
Quiz Show Quiz Show is a 1994 film which tells the true story of the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950's. It stars John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield, David Paymer, Hank Azaria, and Christopher McDonald.
Quizás, Quizás, Quizás "Quizás, Quizás, Quizás" (also known as "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" in English) is a popular song written in 1947 with Spanish lyrics by Cuban songwriter Osvaldo Farrés Osvaldo Farrés biography. The English lyrics were written by Joe Davis.
Quizbowl Quizbowl (also known as Quiz bowl, Scholastic Bowl, Brain Bowl, Academic Team, Academic Varsity Bowl, Scholar Quiz Bowl, Academic Bowl, Knowledge Bowl, College Bowl, or Whiz Quiz) is a family of games of questions and answers on all topics of human knowledge, commonly played in high school and college. The game is played with a lockout buzzer system between some number of teams, most commonly two teams of four players each.
Quiznos Sub Quiznos Sub (formerly Quizno's Subs) is a fast-food sandwich chain that specializes in toasted submarine sandwiches. As of 2005, it has become the second-largest submarine sandwich shop chain in North America, passing the older and slower-growing Blimpie, though still a fraction of the size of Subway.
Quizquiz Quizquiz (or Quisquis, meaning "Little Bird") was, along with Chalicuchima, one of Atahualpa's two leading generals. In April 1532 he (along with his companion) defeated and captured Huascar and soon killed that Inca's family.
QuizQuiz (computer game) QuizQuiz (Korean: 퀴ě¦í€´ě¦) was a massivley multiplayer online quiz game which utilized a chibi type anime graphical style to portray the players and the few environments or NPCs it contained. The game was released as a free beta download off of the Nexon Inc.
Quizzing in India Quizzing in India is quite popular, and has developed its own, unique flavour. Quizzing in India is different from American and British Quizzing in that it is diverse, with different genres catering to different geographical regions, age groups, interests, etc.
Qujialing culture The Qujialing culture (ĺ±ĺ®¶ĺ¶şć–‡ĺŚ–) (3000-2600 BC) was a Neolithic centered primarily around the middle Yangtze River region in Hubei and Hunan, China. The culture succeeded the Daxi culture and reached southern Shaanxi, northern Jiangxi and southwest Henan.
Qullasuyu Qulla Suyu (also Collasuyu) was the southeastern provincial region of the Inca Empire. It related specifically to the Aymara territories which are now largely incorporated into the modern Latin American state of northern Chile and Argentina, Peru and Bolivia which was annexed during the reign of Sapa Inca Huayna Cápac in the sixteenth century.
Qumar Qumar is a fictional Middle Eastern country in the television show The West Wing. In many aspects it bears resemblance to the emirate of Qatar, but can also be seen as an amalgam of many perceptions of the Middle East including oil wealth, radical Islam, state-sponsored terrorists, and the oppression of women.
Qumran Qumran (Hebrew:חירבת קומר×ן Khirbet Qumran) is located on a dry plateau about a mile inland from the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea in Israel. The site was constructed sometime during the reign of John Hyrcanus, 134-104 BC and saw various phases of occupation until, in the summer of 68, Titus and his X Fretensis destroyed it.
Quneitra Quneitra or Al Qunaytirah' (Arabic القنيطرة) is a city in southwestern Syria, capital of the Quneitra Governorate, which is now largely abandoned. It came under Israeli control as a result of the Six-Day War in 1967.
Qunu Qunu is a small rural village in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, near where Nelson Mandela was born, and where he retired after leaving office. It is the village to which Nelson Mandela's father relocated after being deposed as Mvezo chief.
Qunut Al Qunut literally means "being obedient" or "the act of standing" in Arabic. The word is usually used in reference to special supplications made in certain prayers while in the standing posture.
Quo Primum Quo Primum (from the first) is the name of a papal bull issued by Pope Pius V on 14 July 1570. It promulgated the 1570 edition of the Roman Missal, and made its use obligatory throughout the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church, except where there existed a different Mass liturgy of at least two hundred years' standing.
Quo Vadis (band) Quo Vadis is a melodic technical death metal band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Their latest offering, the 2005 triple DVD entitled Defiant Indoctrination is a concert performed and recorded in their home town on May 7, 2005.
Quo warranto Quo warranto (Medieval Latin for "by what warrant?") is one of the prerogative writs, the one that requires the person to whom it is directed to show what authority he has for exercising some right or power (or "franchise") he claims to hold.
Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi is a Latin phrase, literally meaning "What is legitimate for Jove (Jupiter), is not legitimate for oxen." and often translated as "Gods may do what cattle may not".
Quodia Quodia is a performing group that uses multi-media tools to tell stories. Established by Trey Gunn of King Crimson and Joe Mendelson of Rise Robots Rise in 2003, Quodia tours throughout the world combining the mediums of music, film, sound design, literature and theater into a comprehensive and immersive performance experience.
Quodlibet A quodlibet is a piece of music combining several different melodies in counterpoint, usually popular tunes, and often in a light-hearted manner. A famous example of a quodlibet is at the end of Bach's Goldberg Variations.
Quoile Castle Quoile Castle is a castle situated near Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland, just off the main road from Downpatrick to Strangford. It is a 16th century Tower house which was inhabited into the 18th century.
Quoin Island National Park Quoin Island is a national park in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia, 1947 km northwest of Brisbane. It is a terrestrial oasis in a desert of water situated about 30km North East of Iron Range National Park and LockhartRiver in the Cape Weymouth area.
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