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Quebec route 198 Route 198 is a 132 km two-lane highway which cuts through the Appalachian Mountains in the Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec, Canada. It acts both as a shortcut to get to Gaspé, Quebec without having to go through many small villages and steep climbs on Route 132, and it also is the only link to Murdochville, Quebec, the only municipality along this long stretch of highway.
Quebec route 201 Route 201 is a north/south provincial highway within the Canadian province of Quebec, running between Route 202 in Franklin (near the American border) and Route 342 in Rigaud. Its total length is approximately 71 kilometres.
Quebec route 202 Provincial Highway 202 (or Route 202) is an east/west highway in Quebec, Canada. Its western terminus is at the junction of Route 132 in Sainte-Barbe and its eastern terminus is in Cowansville at the junction of Route 139.
Quebec route 205 Provincial Highway 205 (or Route 205) is a two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Beauharnois at the junction of Route 132 and the southern terminus is at the junction of Route 219, close to Hemmingford.
Quebec route 212 Highway 212 (or Route 212) is a two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada. Its western terminus is in Cookshire-Eaton at the junction of Route 108 and its eastern terminus is in Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn at the junction of Route 161.
Quebec route 213 Route 213 is a short 9 km two-lane north/south highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Frelighsburg at the junction of Quebec route 237 and ends in Dunham at the junction of Quebec route 202. It is somewhat surprising that such a short stretch of highway, linking two small villages, got a provincial status.
Quebec route 214 Highway 214 (or Route 214) is a two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada. Its western terminus is in East Angus at the junction of Route 112 and its eastern terminus is in Nantes at the junction of Route 161.
Quebec route 215 Route 215 is a 30 km two-lane north/south highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Sutton at the junction of Quebec route 139 and ends in Waterloo at the junction of Quebec route 112. It is the shortest link between Sutton and Autoroute 10.
Quebec route 216 Highway 216 (or Route 216) is a two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley in the Eastern Townships at the junction of Route 108 and ends close to Sainte-Perpétue in Chaudière-Appalaches at the junction of Route 204.
Quebec route 218 Route 218 is a two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada. Its western terminus is at the junction of Route 132 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets and its eastern terminus is close to Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse at the junction of Route 281.
Quebec route 226 Provincial Highway 226 (or Route 226) is a two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada. Its western terminus is at the junction of Route 132 in Pierreville and its eastern terminus is close to Sainte-Croix at the junction of Route 271.
Quebec route 228 Provincial Highway 228 (or Route 228) is a 24 km two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts at the junction of Quebec route 281 near La Durantaye and ends in Montmagny at the junction of Autoroute 20. The highway only goes through one village along the way, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud.
Quebec route 230 Provincial Highway 230 (or Route 230) is a two-lane east/west highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Eastern Quebec, Canada. Its eastern terminus is in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska at the junction of Route 289 and the western terminus is at the junction of Route 132 in La Pocatière.
Quebec route 232 Provincial Highway 232 (or Route 232) is a two-lane east/west highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Eastern Quebec, Canada. Its eastern terminus is in Rimouski at the junction of Route 132 and the western terminus is at the junction of Route 289 in Rivière-Bleue.
Quebec route 236 Provincial Highway 236 (or Route 236) is a two-lane east/west highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. Its eastern terminus is in Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka at the junction of Route 132 and the western terminus is at the junction of Route 132 again, in Beauharnois.
Quebec route 249 Provincial Highway 249 (or Route 249) is a two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Asbestos at the junction of Route 255, and the southern terminus is at the junction of Route 112 close to Magog.
Quebec route 263 Provincial Highway 263 (or Route 263) is a two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in the community of Gentilly, part of BĂ©cancour at the junction of Route 132, and the southern terminus is at the junction of Route 161 close to Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn.
Quebec route 265 Provincial Highway 265 (or Route 265) is a two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Deschaillons at the junction of Route 132, and the southern terminus is at the junction of Route 165 in Plessisville.
Quebec route 267 Provincial Highway 267 (or Route 267) is a two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Plessisville at the junction of Route 265, and the southern terminus is at the junction of Route 269 in Saint-MĂ©thode-de-Frontenac, now part of Adstock.
Quebec route 269 Quebec Provincial Highway 269 (or Route 269) is a two-lane north-south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is close to Saint-Gilles at the junction of Route 116, and the southern terminus is at the junction of Route 173 in Armstrong, part of Saint-Théophile.
Quebec route 271 Provincial Highway 271 (or Route 271) is a two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Sainte-Croix at the junction of Route 132, and the southern terminus is at the junction of Route 173 in Saint-Georges.
Quebec route 273 Provincial Highway 273 (or Route 273) is a short 22km two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly at the junction of Route 132, and the southern terminus is at the junction of Route 269 in Saint-Gilles.
Quebec route 275 Highway 275 (or Route 275) is a two-lane north/south highway in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in the province of Quebec. Its northern terminus is in Saint-Romuald, now part of Lévis at the junction of Route 132 and its southern terminus is in Saint-Côme-Linière at the junction of Route 173.
Quebec route 276 Provincial Highway 276 (or Route 276) is a 40km two-lane east/west highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Chaudiere-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its eastern terminus is close to Lac-Etchemin at the junction of Route 277, and the western terminus is at the junction of Route 112 in Saint-Frédéric.
Quebec route 277 Provincial Highway 277 (or Route 277) is a two-lane north/south highway in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in the province of Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Saint-Henri at the junction of Route 173 and its southern terminus is in Sainte-Aurélie at the junction of Route 275.
Quebec route 279 Provincial Highway 279 (or Route 279) is a 48 km two-lane north-south highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Beaumont at the junction of Route 132 and ends in Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland at the junction of Route 216. The road goes through the Grande Plée Bleue between Beaumont and Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, crosses the Boyer River in St-Charles, and slowly goes up the Appalachian Mountains.
Quebec route 281 Provincial Highway 281 (or Route 281) is a 75 km two-lane north/south highway in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in the province of Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in St-Michel at the junction of Route 132 and its southern terminus is close to Saint-Camille-de-Lellis at the junction of Route 204.
Quebec route 283 Provincial Highway 283 (or Route 283) is a 62 km two-lane north/south highway in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in the province of Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Montmagny at the junction of Route 132 and its southern terminus is close to Saint-Just-de-Bretenières at the junction of Route 204.
Quebec route 285 Provincial Highway 285 (or Route 285) is a 48km two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Chaudiere-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in L'Islet at the junction of Route 132 and the southern terminus is close to Saint-Adalbert at the junction of Route 204.
Quebec route 287 Provincial Highway 287 (or Route 287) is a 42 km two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Eastern Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Saint-Denis at the junction of Route 132 and the southern terminus is at Lac de l'Est, part of the municipality of Mont-Carmel.
Quebec route 289 Provincial Highway 289 (or Route 289) is a two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of eastern Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Saint-André at the junction of Route 132 and the southern terminus is at the border of New Brunswick where it continues as Route 120.
Quebec route 291 Provincial Highway 291 (or Route 291) is 55 km two-lane north/south highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Rivière-du-Loup at the junction of Route 132 and ends in Saint-Honoré-de-Témiscouata at the junction of Route 185.
Quebec route 295 Provincial Highway 295 (or Route 295) is 98 km two-lane north/south highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Saint-Jean-de-Dieu at the junction of Route 293 and ends in DĂ©gelis at the junction of Route 185.
Quebec route 296 Provincial Highway 296 (or Route 296) is 60 km two-lane north/south highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Sainte-Françoise at the junction of Quebec route 293 and ends in Saint-Michel-du-Squatec at the junction of Quebec route 295. Provincial highways with even numbers usually follow the Saint Lawrence River in a somewhat east/west direction, but Route 296 is a north/south highway in most of its length.
Quebec route 297 Provincial Highway 297 (or Route 297) is short 25 km two-lane north/south highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Baie-des-Sables at the junction of Quebec route 132 and ends in Saint-Moise. The highway acts mainly as a shortcut between Baie-des-Sables and the southern section of Quebec route 132 which leads to the Matapédia River Valley and the southern part of the Gaspé Peninsula.
Quebec route 298 Provincial Highway 298 (or Route 298) is 40 km two-lane north/south highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Luceville at the junction of Quebec route 132 and ends in Saint-Charles-Garnier. Provincial highways with even numbers usually follow the Saint Lawrence River in a somewhat east/west direction, but Route 298 is a north/south highway in almost all of its length.
Quebec route 299 Provincial Highway 299 (or Route 299) is a 137 km two-lane highway which cuts through the Appalachian Mountains in Quebec, Canada. It starts at the junction of Route 132 in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts and ends again at the junction of Route 132 close to New Richmond.
Quebec route 315 Quebec route 315 is a road in the Canadian province of Quebec that connects the Gatineau sector of Masson-Angers to Namur. Initially, the road started in Buckingham just a few kilometres further north, but when Quebec's A-50 was extended further east as a Buckingham by-pass at its current end at Doherty Road, the section of Highway 309 between Buckingham and the junction at Highway 148 in Masson-Angers was renumbered Highway 315 while Highway 309 starts at Doherty Road and A-50.
Quebec route 335 Quebec Route 335 is a north-south route from Montreal north into the Lanaudière region of Quebec. It is the only secondary highway that runs through the Island of Montreal, and is Rue Saint-Denis south of The Metropolitan.
Quebec route 344 Provincial Highway 344 (or Route 344) is an east/west highway on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its western terminus is in Grenville-sur-la-Rouge at the junction of Route 148, and its eastern terminus is in L'Assomption at the junction of Route 343.
Quebec route 354 Route 354 (highest elevation: 507 ft) is an east-west regional road in Quebec, Canada, starting from Quebec route 159 in Ste-Anne de la Pérade going to St-Raymond. It follows the Rivière Ste-Anne on the south shore most of the time.
Quebec route 362 Provincial Highway 362 (or Route 362) is a scenic 50 km two-lane highway which follows the Saint Lawrence River in the Charlevoix region in Quebec, Canada. It starts at the junction of Route 138 in Baie-Saint-Paul and ends again at the junction of Route 138 in La Malbaie.
Quebec route 365 Route 365 is a 28 km north-south regional road in Quebec, Canada, linking Neuville and St-Raymond. It is the main road linking Quebec Autoroute 40 (exit 281) and the Quebec City area to St-Raymond and Pont-Rouge.
Quebec route 367 Provincial Highway 367 (or Route 367) is a 100 km two-lane north/south highway on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Although technically a north/south highway, long stretches of the road are east/west.
Quebec route 368 Provincial Highway 368 (or Route 368) is a 72 km two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada, which is located on Île d'Orléans and includes the Pont de l'Île which leads on to the island. It starts at the junction of Quebec Autoroute 40 at exit 325 in Beauport, now part of Quebec City, crosses the bridge and it goes around the island, going through all 6 villages on the island.
Quebec route 386 Provincial Highway 386 (or Route 386) is a 75 km two-lane east/west highway located in the Abitibi-TĂ©miscamingue region in Quebec, Canada. It starts at the junction of Route 111 close to Amos and ends at the junction of Route 113 in Senneterre.
Quebec route 389 Quebec's Route 389 connects Route 138 adjacent to Baie-Comeau with the Newfoundland and Labrador border, connecting with the Trans-Labrador Highway (Newfoundland and Labrador provincial highway 500) to Wabush and Labrador City, and beyond to Goose Bay. On its way it skirts the eastern shore of Manicouagan Reservoir.
Quebec route 395 Provincial Highway 395 (or Route 395) is a two-lane north/south highway located in the Abitibi-TĂ©miscamingue region in Quebec, Canada. It starts at the junction of Route 117 close to Cadillac, now part of Rouyn-Noranda and ends at the junction of Route 397 in Rochebaucourt.
Quebec route 397 Provincial Highway 397 (or Route 397) is a two-lane north/south highway located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region in Quebec, Canada. It starts at the junction of Route 117 in Val-d'Or and ends at the junction of Route 113 close to Lebel-sur-Quévillon.
Quebec route 399 Provincial Highway 399 (or Route 399) is a short 20km two-lane north/south highway located in the Abitibi-TĂ©miscamingue region in Quebec, Canada. It starts at the junction of Route 111 close to Amos and ends in the village of Berry.
Quebec sovereignty movement The Quebec sovereignty movement is a political movement aimed at attaining independent statehood (sovereignty) for the Canadian province of Quebec. The term separatist is used interchangeably with sovereigntist (alternate spelling sovereignist) outside of Quebec.
Quebec Senior Football League Quebec Senior Football League operated in the 1950's and 1960's and ceased operations after the 1966 season. It was a league for players that were both junior and a bit older than juniors, and included the Verdun Shamcats and the Chateauguay Ramblers.
Quebec Senior Hockey League The Quebec Senior Hockey League (QSHL) was an amateur ice hockey league that operated between 1944 and 1953 in Québec, Canada, before becoming the semi-professional Quebec Hockey League (QHL). The QSHL, though it operated as an amateur hockey league, was in truth more of a semi-pro league, as it employed highly skilled players, who were in turn highly paid.
Quebec Sign Language Quebec Sign Language, known in French as Langue des signes québécoise and typically abbreviated LSQ, is a sign language used in Canada. Most LSQ users are located in Quebec, but a few are scattered in major cities in the rest of the country.
Quebec Student Sports Federation The Quebec Student Sports Federation is not only the governing body for university athletics in Quebec, but also that of CEGEPs and high schools as well. It was founded in 1971 with the reformulations of three university athletic associations spanning the universities of Ontario and Quebec, and was renamed to the QSSF in 1989 following changes to the school sport structure in Quebec.
Quebec-New York Economic Summit The Quebec-New York Economic Summit is a quasi-annual economic summit held between the State of New York in the United States and the Province of Quebec in Canada. The summit was initiated by New York Governor George Pataki and Quebec Premier Jean Charest.
Quebec-Wallonia-Brussels Agency for Youth The Quebec-Wallonia-Brussels Agency for Youth (in French, "agence Québec Wallonie Bruxelles pour la jeunesse") (AQWBJ) is a semi-public international relations body that offers young people from Quebec, aged 18 to 30 years, the opportunity to gain experience in other countries through various programs involving missions and training courses in Wallonia and Brussels.
Quebec, County Durham Quebec is a small village in County Durham, in the north east of England. Once a mining village, it is situated 10Â km (6Â miles) west of the city of Durham, and close to the villages of Esh, Cornsay Colliery, Esh Winning, and Langley Park.
Quebec, The Revolutionary Age 1760-1791 Quebec, The Revolutionary Age 1760-1791 is a book (ISBN 0-7710-6658-9) by Canadian historian Dr. Hilda Neatby published in 1966 in both the French and English languages as part of The Canadian Centenary Series.
Quebrada de Humahuaca The Quebrada de Humahuaca is a narrow mountain valley located in the province of Jujuy in north-west Argentina, about 1,500 km from Buenos Aires (). It is about 155 kilometres long, oriented north-south, bordered by the Altiplano in the west and north, by the Sub-Andean hills in the east, and by the warm valleys (Valles Templados) in the south.
Quebrada de Ullum Dam The Ullum Dam is a dam on the San Juan River, in the Argentine province of San Juan Province. It is located at the gorge of the Quebrada de Ullum, 18 km upstream from the provincial capital San Juan, and creates a reservoir with an area of 32 km², a volume of 440 million m³, and average and maximum depths of 15 and 40 m, respectively.
Quebradillas, Puerto Rico Quebradillas (ke-brah-DEE-yahs) is a municipality of the island of Puerto Rico, located in the north-western shore bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of San Sebastián; east of Isabela; and west of Camuy. Quebradillas is spread over 18 wards and Ponce Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city).
Queckenstedt's maneuver Queckenstedt's maneuver is an outdated clinical test, formerly used for diagnosing spinal stenosis. The test is performed by placing the patient in lateral decubitus position, thereafter the clinician performs a lumbar puncture.
Quedam Shopping Centre The Quedam Shopping Centre is a complex of around 45 shops located in Yeovil,Somerset. As well as the usual array of British high street shops, the centre houses several independent retailers and a multi-storey car park of approximately 650 spaces.
Quedius curtipennis Quedius curtipennis is a beetle found in Britain. It is similar in appearance to Quedius fuliginosus, which is a less common species, however, the eyes of fuliginosus are more convex and the basal antennal segments darker.
Quedius fuliginosus Quedius fuliginosus is a beetle found in Britain. It is similar in appearance to Quedius curtipennis, which is a more common species, however, the eyes of fuliginosus are more convex and the basal antennal segments darker.
Quedlinburg (district) Quedlinburg is a district (Kreis) in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Wernigerode, Halberstadt , Bördekreis, Aschersleben-Staßfurt, Mansfelder Land, Sangerhausen and the district Nordhausen in Thuringia.
Queen (chess) The queen is the most powerful piece in the game of chess. Each player starts the game with one queen, placed in the middle of their first rank next to their king. Beginners often accidentally interchange the placement of the queen and king, thus the mnemonic "queen gets her color." The white queen starts on a white square, and the black queen on a black square. In algebraic notation, the white queen starts on d1 and the black queen on d8.
Queen (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) The Queen is a fictional character in the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs fairy tale and the Disney animated film based on it. The Queen was often referred to as "Queen Grimhilde" in Disney publications of the 1930s.
Queen at the Ballet Queen at the Ballet is a rock ballet created by Sean Bovim as a tribute to Freddie Mercury, that brings the legendary music of Queen vividly back to life - interpreting the stories behind classic tracks such as Bohemian Rhapsody, Radio Ga Ga and Killer Queen.
Queen Adreena Queen Adreena is an independent rock band from London, England which is currently signed to One Little Indian Records. Vocalist KatieJane Garside and guitarist Crispin Gray had previously collaborated in the celebrated but short-lived band Daisy Chainsaw.
Queen Alexandra Bridge The Queen Alexandra Bridge is a road traffic and pedestrian bridge spanning the River Wear in North East England, linking the Deptford and Southwick areas of Sunderland. The steel truss bridge was designed by Charles A.
Queen Alexandra Dock Queen Alexandra Dock is a dock in Cardiff Bay on the coast of Cardiff in south Wales. It was one of the principal ports during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century during the age of coal exportation and along with Barry grew to be the largest coal exporter in the world by 1913.
Queen Alexandra Range The Queen Alexandra Range is a major mountain range in Antarctica, about 160 km (100 mi) long, bordering the entire western side of Beardmore Glacier from the Ross Ice Shelf to the Antarctic polar plateau. The highest peak of the range is Mount Kirkpatrick at 4,528 m (14,855 ft).
Queen Alexandra Stakes The Queen Alexandra Stakes is a flat horse race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 2 mile 5 furlongs and 159 yards (4,779 metres) at Ascot Racecourse during the Royal Ascot meeting in June.
Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifles The Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifles is an armoured regiment of the New Zealand Army, part of the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps. It was formed in 1993 by the amalgamation of the remaining New Zealand regular and Territorial Force armoured units:
Queen Amanoa Queen Amanoa of Onderon was the Queen of Onderon from 4,070–4,000 BBY in the fictional Star Wars Expanded Universe. Technically, her husband Ommin ruled Onderon, but he had pursued his studies of the dark side of the Force so far that his body was a withered husk supported by machinery.
Queen Anne Style architecture The Queen Anne Style of British and American architecture reached its greatest popularity in the last quarter of the 19th century, manifesting itself in a number of different ways, not identically in Great Britain and the United States of America.
Queen Anne's Bounty Queen Anne's Bounty was a fund established in 1704 for the augmentation of the incomes of the poorer clergy, the amount of which for distribution in 1890 was ÂŁ176,896; it was the revenue from a tax on the Church prior to the Reformation, and which after that was appropriated by the Crown. Queen Anne's Bounty was merged with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners on April 2, 1947 by the Church Commissioners Measure 1947 to form the Church Commissioners.
Queen Anne's Revenge (song) Queen Anne's Revenge is a song by punk rock band Flogging Molly, appearing on their third studio album, Within a Mile of Home. It takes its name from the Queen Anne's Revenge, an English/French frigate that was famously taken over by Captain Blackbeard.
Queen Anne-Marie of Greece Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, (born Princess Anne-Marie Dagmar Ingrid of Denmark) (Greek: Άννα-ΜαĎία ΒαĎίλιĎĎα των Ελλήνων, pronounced in Greek, "Ana Maria") (born August 30 1946) is the wife of King Constantine II of Greece, who was deposed in referenda in 1973 and in 1974. Her title "Queen of Greece" (or Queen of the Hellenes) is not recognized under the terms of the Constitution of Greece.
Queen Anne, Seattle, Washington Queen Anne Hill is a neighborhood and hill in Seattle, Washington. The hill is the highest named hill in Seattle, Washington, with a maximum elevation of 456 feet (139 m), though the highest point in the city is the aptly named High Point in West Seattle, at 520 feet (158 m).
Queen Anula Queen Anula (reigned 47 BC - 42 BC), the Wicked or the Infamous, was the first queen in Sri Lankan history to have wielded meaningful power and authority. Anula initially rose to power as consort of king Chore Naga (also known as 'Coranaga' and 'Mahanaga'), son of king Valagambahu of Anuradhapura; however in her five-year reign she poisoned her way through at least four other husbands and consorts and eventually governed Rajarata on her own.
Queen bee The queen bee is an adult, mated female in a honeybee colony or hive; she is usually the mother of all the bees in the hive. The queens are developed from larvae selected by worker bees and specially fed in order to become sexually mature.
Queen Bee Entertainment Queen Bee Entertainment formally named Queen Bee Records until 2005, is a record label. All artists that are signed album's are released under Queen Bee and the distrubiting is the responsibility of Interscope Records.
Queen Bees and Wannabes Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence is a 2002 book by Rosalind Wiseman. It focuses on the ways in which girls in high schools form cliques, and on patterns of aggressive teen girl behavior and how to deal with them.
Queen Bitch "Queen Bitch" is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory. Bowie was a great Velvet Underground fan, recording a cover of "Waiting for the Man" in 1967 (which still remains unissued, though there is the live version on "Bowie at the Beeb" that immediately follows "Queen Bitch").
Queen city balladeers The Queen City Balladeers is a non- profit folk music organization in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Queen City Balladeers were established in 1963 by a group of students at the University of Cincinnati, and for over forty years have been sponsoring and promoting folk and acoustic music in the Greater Cincinnati area.
Queen Callista Queen Callista is the ruler of Megalith City, Megakat City's dark-ages counterpart, in the animated television series SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron. She first appears in Bride of the Pastmaster, where she is voiced by Tress MacNeille, and later on in a brief flashback in The Deadly Pyramid.
Queen Candypop Bud A Queen Candypop Bud is a fictional flower in the Video game, Pikmin 2, and is probably one of the rarest types of Candypop Bud there is. The Queen Candypop Bud is mainly there to redeem any lost pikmin from battles or hazards on your trip down the caves.
Queen Catherine In English, this name, which is derived from Greek Ekaterini, may be spelled Catherine, Katherine, Katharine, or Kathryn. Variants from other languages include Catherine (French language), Caterina (Italian language), Catalina (Spanish), Catarina (Portuguese language), Ekaterina (Russian), Katarzyna (Polish language), Katariina (Finnish language), Katarina (Swedish language) and Catharine or Katrina (German).
Queen City (American Elm cultivar) The American Elm U. americana cultivar Queen City was a selection made circa 1944 from a tree growing on the Lake Shore Boulevard, Toronto, distinguished by its symmetric vase-shape, dense branching, the lateral branches extending horizontally, and smooth bark.
Queen City FC Queen City FC are an American sports club, founded in 2006. The soccer team is a member of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), in the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and will make their debut in the brand new Eastern Conference in 2007.
Queen City Hotel The Queen City Hotel was constructed in 1871 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Cumberland, Maryland to serve both as a station and as a destination. Hosting over 100 rooms, it also had such features as formal gardens with a fountain, and a ballroom.
Queen Creek Tunnel The Queen Creek Tunnel is a roughly ÂĽ mile long (400 m) tunnel on US 60, just east of Superior, Arizona. Completed in 1952, the Queen Creek Tunnel replaced the Claypool Tunnel, linking Phoenix with Safford by way of Superior and Globe/Miami.
Queen Draga Draga Mašin (September 23, 1861 in Gornji Milanovac – June 11, 1903 in Belgrade), also known as Queen Draga, was a former lady-in-waiting to the mother of King Alexander of Serbia. She was a widow of Svetozar Mašin, a civil engineer.
Queen excluder In beekeeping the queen excluder is a selective barrier inside the beehive that allows worker bees but not the larger queens and drones to traverse the barrier. The queen excluder is either a sheet of perforated metal or plastic or a wire grid in a frame.
Queen Elanor's Confession Queen Elanor's Confession or Queen Eleanor's Confession is Child ballad 156. Although the figures are intended as Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry II of England, and William Marshall, the story is an entire invention.
Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation The Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation (QEMF) is a Belgian non-profit organization, founded in 1926 by the former Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. She founded the organization, based on her experience with the wounded from the front-line during the First World War.
Queen Elisabeth Music Competition The Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, a founder member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions (1957) has been, since its foundation, considered the world over to be one of the most prestigious, but also one of the most difficult in existence. It is devoted to violin (since 1951), piano (since 1952), to composition (since 1953) and to singing (since 1988).
Quebec route 201 Route 201 is a north/south provincial highway within the Canadian province of Quebec, running between Route 202 in Franklin (near the American border) and Route 342 in Rigaud. Its total length is approximately 71 kilometres.
Quebec route 202 Provincial Highway 202 (or Route 202) is an east/west highway in Quebec, Canada. Its western terminus is at the junction of Route 132 in Sainte-Barbe and its eastern terminus is in Cowansville at the junction of Route 139.
Quebec route 205 Provincial Highway 205 (or Route 205) is a two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Beauharnois at the junction of Route 132 and the southern terminus is at the junction of Route 219, close to Hemmingford.
Quebec route 212 Highway 212 (or Route 212) is a two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada. Its western terminus is in Cookshire-Eaton at the junction of Route 108 and its eastern terminus is in Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn at the junction of Route 161.
Quebec route 213 Route 213 is a short 9 km two-lane north/south highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Frelighsburg at the junction of Quebec route 237 and ends in Dunham at the junction of Quebec route 202. It is somewhat surprising that such a short stretch of highway, linking two small villages, got a provincial status.
Quebec route 214 Highway 214 (or Route 214) is a two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada. Its western terminus is in East Angus at the junction of Route 112 and its eastern terminus is in Nantes at the junction of Route 161.
Quebec route 215 Route 215 is a 30 km two-lane north/south highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Sutton at the junction of Quebec route 139 and ends in Waterloo at the junction of Quebec route 112. It is the shortest link between Sutton and Autoroute 10.
Quebec route 216 Highway 216 (or Route 216) is a two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley in the Eastern Townships at the junction of Route 108 and ends close to Sainte-Perpétue in Chaudière-Appalaches at the junction of Route 204.
Quebec route 218 Route 218 is a two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada. Its western terminus is at the junction of Route 132 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets and its eastern terminus is close to Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse at the junction of Route 281.
Quebec route 226 Provincial Highway 226 (or Route 226) is a two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada. Its western terminus is at the junction of Route 132 in Pierreville and its eastern terminus is close to Sainte-Croix at the junction of Route 271.
Quebec route 228 Provincial Highway 228 (or Route 228) is a 24 km two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts at the junction of Quebec route 281 near La Durantaye and ends in Montmagny at the junction of Autoroute 20. The highway only goes through one village along the way, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud.
Quebec route 230 Provincial Highway 230 (or Route 230) is a two-lane east/west highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Eastern Quebec, Canada. Its eastern terminus is in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska at the junction of Route 289 and the western terminus is at the junction of Route 132 in La Pocatière.
Quebec route 232 Provincial Highway 232 (or Route 232) is a two-lane east/west highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Eastern Quebec, Canada. Its eastern terminus is in Rimouski at the junction of Route 132 and the western terminus is at the junction of Route 289 in Rivière-Bleue.
Quebec route 236 Provincial Highway 236 (or Route 236) is a two-lane east/west highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. Its eastern terminus is in Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka at the junction of Route 132 and the western terminus is at the junction of Route 132 again, in Beauharnois.
Quebec route 249 Provincial Highway 249 (or Route 249) is a two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Asbestos at the junction of Route 255, and the southern terminus is at the junction of Route 112 close to Magog.
Quebec route 263 Provincial Highway 263 (or Route 263) is a two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in the community of Gentilly, part of BĂ©cancour at the junction of Route 132, and the southern terminus is at the junction of Route 161 close to Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn.
Quebec route 265 Provincial Highway 265 (or Route 265) is a two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Deschaillons at the junction of Route 132, and the southern terminus is at the junction of Route 165 in Plessisville.
Quebec route 267 Provincial Highway 267 (or Route 267) is a two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Plessisville at the junction of Route 265, and the southern terminus is at the junction of Route 269 in Saint-MĂ©thode-de-Frontenac, now part of Adstock.
Quebec route 269 Quebec Provincial Highway 269 (or Route 269) is a two-lane north-south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is close to Saint-Gilles at the junction of Route 116, and the southern terminus is at the junction of Route 173 in Armstrong, part of Saint-Théophile.
Quebec route 271 Provincial Highway 271 (or Route 271) is a two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Sainte-Croix at the junction of Route 132, and the southern terminus is at the junction of Route 173 in Saint-Georges.
Quebec route 273 Provincial Highway 273 (or Route 273) is a short 22km two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly at the junction of Route 132, and the southern terminus is at the junction of Route 269 in Saint-Gilles.
Quebec route 275 Highway 275 (or Route 275) is a two-lane north/south highway in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in the province of Quebec. Its northern terminus is in Saint-Romuald, now part of Lévis at the junction of Route 132 and its southern terminus is in Saint-Côme-Linière at the junction of Route 173.
Quebec route 276 Provincial Highway 276 (or Route 276) is a 40km two-lane east/west highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Chaudiere-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its eastern terminus is close to Lac-Etchemin at the junction of Route 277, and the western terminus is at the junction of Route 112 in Saint-Frédéric.
Quebec route 277 Provincial Highway 277 (or Route 277) is a two-lane north/south highway in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in the province of Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Saint-Henri at the junction of Route 173 and its southern terminus is in Sainte-Aurélie at the junction of Route 275.
Quebec route 279 Provincial Highway 279 (or Route 279) is a 48 km two-lane north-south highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Beaumont at the junction of Route 132 and ends in Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland at the junction of Route 216. The road goes through the Grande Plée Bleue between Beaumont and Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, crosses the Boyer River in St-Charles, and slowly goes up the Appalachian Mountains.
Quebec route 281 Provincial Highway 281 (or Route 281) is a 75 km two-lane north/south highway in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in the province of Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in St-Michel at the junction of Route 132 and its southern terminus is close to Saint-Camille-de-Lellis at the junction of Route 204.
Quebec route 283 Provincial Highway 283 (or Route 283) is a 62 km two-lane north/south highway in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in the province of Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Montmagny at the junction of Route 132 and its southern terminus is close to Saint-Just-de-Bretenières at the junction of Route 204.
Quebec route 285 Provincial Highway 285 (or Route 285) is a 48km two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Chaudiere-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in L'Islet at the junction of Route 132 and the southern terminus is close to Saint-Adalbert at the junction of Route 204.
Quebec route 287 Provincial Highway 287 (or Route 287) is a 42 km two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Eastern Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Saint-Denis at the junction of Route 132 and the southern terminus is at Lac de l'Est, part of the municipality of Mont-Carmel.
Quebec route 289 Provincial Highway 289 (or Route 289) is a two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of eastern Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Saint-André at the junction of Route 132 and the southern terminus is at the border of New Brunswick where it continues as Route 120.
Quebec route 291 Provincial Highway 291 (or Route 291) is 55 km two-lane north/south highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Rivière-du-Loup at the junction of Route 132 and ends in Saint-Honoré-de-Témiscouata at the junction of Route 185.
Quebec route 295 Provincial Highway 295 (or Route 295) is 98 km two-lane north/south highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Saint-Jean-de-Dieu at the junction of Route 293 and ends in DĂ©gelis at the junction of Route 185.
Quebec route 296 Provincial Highway 296 (or Route 296) is 60 km two-lane north/south highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Sainte-Françoise at the junction of Quebec route 293 and ends in Saint-Michel-du-Squatec at the junction of Quebec route 295. Provincial highways with even numbers usually follow the Saint Lawrence River in a somewhat east/west direction, but Route 296 is a north/south highway in most of its length.
Quebec route 297 Provincial Highway 297 (or Route 297) is short 25 km two-lane north/south highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Baie-des-Sables at the junction of Quebec route 132 and ends in Saint-Moise. The highway acts mainly as a shortcut between Baie-des-Sables and the southern section of Quebec route 132 which leads to the Matapédia River Valley and the southern part of the Gaspé Peninsula.
Quebec route 298 Provincial Highway 298 (or Route 298) is 40 km two-lane north/south highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Luceville at the junction of Quebec route 132 and ends in Saint-Charles-Garnier. Provincial highways with even numbers usually follow the Saint Lawrence River in a somewhat east/west direction, but Route 298 is a north/south highway in almost all of its length.
Quebec route 299 Provincial Highway 299 (or Route 299) is a 137 km two-lane highway which cuts through the Appalachian Mountains in Quebec, Canada. It starts at the junction of Route 132 in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts and ends again at the junction of Route 132 close to New Richmond.
Quebec route 315 Quebec route 315 is a road in the Canadian province of Quebec that connects the Gatineau sector of Masson-Angers to Namur. Initially, the road started in Buckingham just a few kilometres further north, but when Quebec's A-50 was extended further east as a Buckingham by-pass at its current end at Doherty Road, the section of Highway 309 between Buckingham and the junction at Highway 148 in Masson-Angers was renumbered Highway 315 while Highway 309 starts at Doherty Road and A-50.
Quebec route 335 Quebec Route 335 is a north-south route from Montreal north into the Lanaudière region of Quebec. It is the only secondary highway that runs through the Island of Montreal, and is Rue Saint-Denis south of The Metropolitan.
Quebec route 344 Provincial Highway 344 (or Route 344) is an east/west highway on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its western terminus is in Grenville-sur-la-Rouge at the junction of Route 148, and its eastern terminus is in L'Assomption at the junction of Route 343.
Quebec route 354 Route 354 (highest elevation: 507 ft) is an east-west regional road in Quebec, Canada, starting from Quebec route 159 in Ste-Anne de la Pérade going to St-Raymond. It follows the Rivière Ste-Anne on the south shore most of the time.
Quebec route 362 Provincial Highway 362 (or Route 362) is a scenic 50 km two-lane highway which follows the Saint Lawrence River in the Charlevoix region in Quebec, Canada. It starts at the junction of Route 138 in Baie-Saint-Paul and ends again at the junction of Route 138 in La Malbaie.
Quebec route 365 Route 365 is a 28 km north-south regional road in Quebec, Canada, linking Neuville and St-Raymond. It is the main road linking Quebec Autoroute 40 (exit 281) and the Quebec City area to St-Raymond and Pont-Rouge.
Quebec route 367 Provincial Highway 367 (or Route 367) is a 100 km two-lane north/south highway on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Although technically a north/south highway, long stretches of the road are east/west.
Quebec route 368 Provincial Highway 368 (or Route 368) is a 72 km two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada, which is located on Île d'Orléans and includes the Pont de l'Île which leads on to the island. It starts at the junction of Quebec Autoroute 40 at exit 325 in Beauport, now part of Quebec City, crosses the bridge and it goes around the island, going through all 6 villages on the island.
Quebec route 386 Provincial Highway 386 (or Route 386) is a 75 km two-lane east/west highway located in the Abitibi-TĂ©miscamingue region in Quebec, Canada. It starts at the junction of Route 111 close to Amos and ends at the junction of Route 113 in Senneterre.
Quebec route 389 Quebec's Route 389 connects Route 138 adjacent to Baie-Comeau with the Newfoundland and Labrador border, connecting with the Trans-Labrador Highway (Newfoundland and Labrador provincial highway 500) to Wabush and Labrador City, and beyond to Goose Bay. On its way it skirts the eastern shore of Manicouagan Reservoir.
Quebec route 395 Provincial Highway 395 (or Route 395) is a two-lane north/south highway located in the Abitibi-TĂ©miscamingue region in Quebec, Canada. It starts at the junction of Route 117 close to Cadillac, now part of Rouyn-Noranda and ends at the junction of Route 397 in Rochebaucourt.
Quebec route 397 Provincial Highway 397 (or Route 397) is a two-lane north/south highway located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region in Quebec, Canada. It starts at the junction of Route 117 in Val-d'Or and ends at the junction of Route 113 close to Lebel-sur-Quévillon.
Quebec route 399 Provincial Highway 399 (or Route 399) is a short 20km two-lane north/south highway located in the Abitibi-TĂ©miscamingue region in Quebec, Canada. It starts at the junction of Route 111 close to Amos and ends in the village of Berry.
Quebec sovereignty movement The Quebec sovereignty movement is a political movement aimed at attaining independent statehood (sovereignty) for the Canadian province of Quebec. The term separatist is used interchangeably with sovereigntist (alternate spelling sovereignist) outside of Quebec.
Quebec Senior Football League Quebec Senior Football League operated in the 1950's and 1960's and ceased operations after the 1966 season. It was a league for players that were both junior and a bit older than juniors, and included the Verdun Shamcats and the Chateauguay Ramblers.
Quebec Senior Hockey League The Quebec Senior Hockey League (QSHL) was an amateur ice hockey league that operated between 1944 and 1953 in Québec, Canada, before becoming the semi-professional Quebec Hockey League (QHL). The QSHL, though it operated as an amateur hockey league, was in truth more of a semi-pro league, as it employed highly skilled players, who were in turn highly paid.
Quebec Sign Language Quebec Sign Language, known in French as Langue des signes québécoise and typically abbreviated LSQ, is a sign language used in Canada. Most LSQ users are located in Quebec, but a few are scattered in major cities in the rest of the country.
Quebec Student Sports Federation The Quebec Student Sports Federation is not only the governing body for university athletics in Quebec, but also that of CEGEPs and high schools as well. It was founded in 1971 with the reformulations of three university athletic associations spanning the universities of Ontario and Quebec, and was renamed to the QSSF in 1989 following changes to the school sport structure in Quebec.
Quebec-New York Economic Summit The Quebec-New York Economic Summit is a quasi-annual economic summit held between the State of New York in the United States and the Province of Quebec in Canada. The summit was initiated by New York Governor George Pataki and Quebec Premier Jean Charest.
Quebec-Wallonia-Brussels Agency for Youth The Quebec-Wallonia-Brussels Agency for Youth (in French, "agence Québec Wallonie Bruxelles pour la jeunesse") (AQWBJ) is a semi-public international relations body that offers young people from Quebec, aged 18 to 30 years, the opportunity to gain experience in other countries through various programs involving missions and training courses in Wallonia and Brussels.
Quebec, County Durham Quebec is a small village in County Durham, in the north east of England. Once a mining village, it is situated 10Â km (6Â miles) west of the city of Durham, and close to the villages of Esh, Cornsay Colliery, Esh Winning, and Langley Park.
Quebec, The Revolutionary Age 1760-1791 Quebec, The Revolutionary Age 1760-1791 is a book (ISBN 0-7710-6658-9) by Canadian historian Dr. Hilda Neatby published in 1966 in both the French and English languages as part of The Canadian Centenary Series.
Quebrada de Humahuaca The Quebrada de Humahuaca is a narrow mountain valley located in the province of Jujuy in north-west Argentina, about 1,500 km from Buenos Aires (). It is about 155 kilometres long, oriented north-south, bordered by the Altiplano in the west and north, by the Sub-Andean hills in the east, and by the warm valleys (Valles Templados) in the south.
Quebrada de Ullum Dam The Ullum Dam is a dam on the San Juan River, in the Argentine province of San Juan Province. It is located at the gorge of the Quebrada de Ullum, 18 km upstream from the provincial capital San Juan, and creates a reservoir with an area of 32 km², a volume of 440 million m³, and average and maximum depths of 15 and 40 m, respectively.
Quebradillas, Puerto Rico Quebradillas (ke-brah-DEE-yahs) is a municipality of the island of Puerto Rico, located in the north-western shore bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of San Sebastián; east of Isabela; and west of Camuy. Quebradillas is spread over 18 wards and Ponce Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city).
Queckenstedt's maneuver Queckenstedt's maneuver is an outdated clinical test, formerly used for diagnosing spinal stenosis. The test is performed by placing the patient in lateral decubitus position, thereafter the clinician performs a lumbar puncture.
Quedam Shopping Centre The Quedam Shopping Centre is a complex of around 45 shops located in Yeovil,Somerset. As well as the usual array of British high street shops, the centre houses several independent retailers and a multi-storey car park of approximately 650 spaces.
Quedius curtipennis Quedius curtipennis is a beetle found in Britain. It is similar in appearance to Quedius fuliginosus, which is a less common species, however, the eyes of fuliginosus are more convex and the basal antennal segments darker.
Quedius fuliginosus Quedius fuliginosus is a beetle found in Britain. It is similar in appearance to Quedius curtipennis, which is a more common species, however, the eyes of fuliginosus are more convex and the basal antennal segments darker.
Quedlinburg (district) Quedlinburg is a district (Kreis) in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Wernigerode, Halberstadt , Bördekreis, Aschersleben-Staßfurt, Mansfelder Land, Sangerhausen and the district Nordhausen in Thuringia.
Queen (chess) The queen is the most powerful piece in the game of chess. Each player starts the game with one queen, placed in the middle of their first rank next to their king. Beginners often accidentally interchange the placement of the queen and king, thus the mnemonic "queen gets her color." The white queen starts on a white square, and the black queen on a black square. In algebraic notation, the white queen starts on d1 and the black queen on d8.
Queen (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) The Queen is a fictional character in the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs fairy tale and the Disney animated film based on it. The Queen was often referred to as "Queen Grimhilde" in Disney publications of the 1930s.
Queen at the Ballet Queen at the Ballet is a rock ballet created by Sean Bovim as a tribute to Freddie Mercury, that brings the legendary music of Queen vividly back to life - interpreting the stories behind classic tracks such as Bohemian Rhapsody, Radio Ga Ga and Killer Queen.
Queen Adreena Queen Adreena is an independent rock band from London, England which is currently signed to One Little Indian Records. Vocalist KatieJane Garside and guitarist Crispin Gray had previously collaborated in the celebrated but short-lived band Daisy Chainsaw.
Queen Alexandra Bridge The Queen Alexandra Bridge is a road traffic and pedestrian bridge spanning the River Wear in North East England, linking the Deptford and Southwick areas of Sunderland. The steel truss bridge was designed by Charles A.
Queen Alexandra Dock Queen Alexandra Dock is a dock in Cardiff Bay on the coast of Cardiff in south Wales. It was one of the principal ports during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century during the age of coal exportation and along with Barry grew to be the largest coal exporter in the world by 1913.
Queen Alexandra Range The Queen Alexandra Range is a major mountain range in Antarctica, about 160 km (100 mi) long, bordering the entire western side of Beardmore Glacier from the Ross Ice Shelf to the Antarctic polar plateau. The highest peak of the range is Mount Kirkpatrick at 4,528 m (14,855 ft).
Queen Alexandra Stakes The Queen Alexandra Stakes is a flat horse race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 2 mile 5 furlongs and 159 yards (4,779 metres) at Ascot Racecourse during the Royal Ascot meeting in June.
Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifles The Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifles is an armoured regiment of the New Zealand Army, part of the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps. It was formed in 1993 by the amalgamation of the remaining New Zealand regular and Territorial Force armoured units:
Queen Amanoa Queen Amanoa of Onderon was the Queen of Onderon from 4,070–4,000 BBY in the fictional Star Wars Expanded Universe. Technically, her husband Ommin ruled Onderon, but he had pursued his studies of the dark side of the Force so far that his body was a withered husk supported by machinery.
Queen Anne Style architecture The Queen Anne Style of British and American architecture reached its greatest popularity in the last quarter of the 19th century, manifesting itself in a number of different ways, not identically in Great Britain and the United States of America.
Queen Anne's Bounty Queen Anne's Bounty was a fund established in 1704 for the augmentation of the incomes of the poorer clergy, the amount of which for distribution in 1890 was ÂŁ176,896; it was the revenue from a tax on the Church prior to the Reformation, and which after that was appropriated by the Crown. Queen Anne's Bounty was merged with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners on April 2, 1947 by the Church Commissioners Measure 1947 to form the Church Commissioners.
Queen Anne's Revenge (song) Queen Anne's Revenge is a song by punk rock band Flogging Molly, appearing on their third studio album, Within a Mile of Home. It takes its name from the Queen Anne's Revenge, an English/French frigate that was famously taken over by Captain Blackbeard.
Queen Anne-Marie of Greece Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, (born Princess Anne-Marie Dagmar Ingrid of Denmark) (Greek: Άννα-ΜαĎία ΒαĎίλιĎĎα των Ελλήνων, pronounced in Greek, "Ana Maria") (born August 30 1946) is the wife of King Constantine II of Greece, who was deposed in referenda in 1973 and in 1974. Her title "Queen of Greece" (or Queen of the Hellenes) is not recognized under the terms of the Constitution of Greece.
Queen Anne, Seattle, Washington Queen Anne Hill is a neighborhood and hill in Seattle, Washington. The hill is the highest named hill in Seattle, Washington, with a maximum elevation of 456 feet (139 m), though the highest point in the city is the aptly named High Point in West Seattle, at 520 feet (158 m).
Queen Anula Queen Anula (reigned 47 BC - 42 BC), the Wicked or the Infamous, was the first queen in Sri Lankan history to have wielded meaningful power and authority. Anula initially rose to power as consort of king Chore Naga (also known as 'Coranaga' and 'Mahanaga'), son of king Valagambahu of Anuradhapura; however in her five-year reign she poisoned her way through at least four other husbands and consorts and eventually governed Rajarata on her own.
Queen bee The queen bee is an adult, mated female in a honeybee colony or hive; she is usually the mother of all the bees in the hive. The queens are developed from larvae selected by worker bees and specially fed in order to become sexually mature.
Queen Bee Entertainment Queen Bee Entertainment formally named Queen Bee Records until 2005, is a record label. All artists that are signed album's are released under Queen Bee and the distrubiting is the responsibility of Interscope Records.
Queen Bees and Wannabes Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence is a 2002 book by Rosalind Wiseman. It focuses on the ways in which girls in high schools form cliques, and on patterns of aggressive teen girl behavior and how to deal with them.
Queen Bitch "Queen Bitch" is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory. Bowie was a great Velvet Underground fan, recording a cover of "Waiting for the Man" in 1967 (which still remains unissued, though there is the live version on "Bowie at the Beeb" that immediately follows "Queen Bitch").
Queen city balladeers The Queen City Balladeers is a non- profit folk music organization in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Queen City Balladeers were established in 1963 by a group of students at the University of Cincinnati, and for over forty years have been sponsoring and promoting folk and acoustic music in the Greater Cincinnati area.
Queen Callista Queen Callista is the ruler of Megalith City, Megakat City's dark-ages counterpart, in the animated television series SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron. She first appears in Bride of the Pastmaster, where she is voiced by Tress MacNeille, and later on in a brief flashback in The Deadly Pyramid.
Queen Candypop Bud A Queen Candypop Bud is a fictional flower in the Video game, Pikmin 2, and is probably one of the rarest types of Candypop Bud there is. The Queen Candypop Bud is mainly there to redeem any lost pikmin from battles or hazards on your trip down the caves.
Queen Catherine In English, this name, which is derived from Greek Ekaterini, may be spelled Catherine, Katherine, Katharine, or Kathryn. Variants from other languages include Catherine (French language), Caterina (Italian language), Catalina (Spanish), Catarina (Portuguese language), Ekaterina (Russian), Katarzyna (Polish language), Katariina (Finnish language), Katarina (Swedish language) and Catharine or Katrina (German).
Queen City (American Elm cultivar) The American Elm U. americana cultivar Queen City was a selection made circa 1944 from a tree growing on the Lake Shore Boulevard, Toronto, distinguished by its symmetric vase-shape, dense branching, the lateral branches extending horizontally, and smooth bark.
Queen City FC Queen City FC are an American sports club, founded in 2006. The soccer team is a member of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), in the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and will make their debut in the brand new Eastern Conference in 2007.
Queen City Hotel The Queen City Hotel was constructed in 1871 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Cumberland, Maryland to serve both as a station and as a destination. Hosting over 100 rooms, it also had such features as formal gardens with a fountain, and a ballroom.
Queen Creek Tunnel The Queen Creek Tunnel is a roughly ÂĽ mile long (400 m) tunnel on US 60, just east of Superior, Arizona. Completed in 1952, the Queen Creek Tunnel replaced the Claypool Tunnel, linking Phoenix with Safford by way of Superior and Globe/Miami.
Queen Draga Draga Mašin (September 23, 1861 in Gornji Milanovac – June 11, 1903 in Belgrade), also known as Queen Draga, was a former lady-in-waiting to the mother of King Alexander of Serbia. She was a widow of Svetozar Mašin, a civil engineer.
Queen excluder In beekeeping the queen excluder is a selective barrier inside the beehive that allows worker bees but not the larger queens and drones to traverse the barrier. The queen excluder is either a sheet of perforated metal or plastic or a wire grid in a frame.
Queen Elanor's Confession Queen Elanor's Confession or Queen Eleanor's Confession is Child ballad 156. Although the figures are intended as Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry II of England, and William Marshall, the story is an entire invention.
Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation The Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation (QEMF) is a Belgian non-profit organization, founded in 1926 by the former Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. She founded the organization, based on her experience with the wounded from the front-line during the First World War.
Queen Elisabeth Music Competition The Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, a founder member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions (1957) has been, since its foundation, considered the world over to be one of the most prestigious, but also one of the most difficult in existence. It is devoted to violin (since 1951), piano (since 1952), to composition (since 1953) and to singing (since 1988).
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