There are twenty countries in Africa that speak French as an official language, and they are, complete with their capital and head of government (or president, where there is both a president and a prime-minister but where the prime-minister is head of government): 1. BENIN (Porto Novo; President Yayi Boni) 2. BURKINA FASO (Ouagadougou; President … Read more

Much of the body of water that surrounds the Republic of Ireland (and Northern Ireland, too, for that matter) is the Atlantic Ocean, which lies predominantly to the north and west. Two seas and one channel also surround Ireland to the south and to the east. The Irish Sea lies between the Republic of Ireland … Read more

-55 degrees Fahrenheit equals just under 225 degrees Kelvin.

Hi there! I'll try to answer your question, but I can only really account accurately for one of the dates in question. On 29th June 1613, the Globe Theatre, the iconic 'home' of William Shakespeare, burnt down due to fire. The roof of it, as well as the modern reproduction in the centre of London, … Read more

The time difference between Atlanta and Dublin is 6 hours. A typical commercial flight from Atlanta, Georgia to Dublin, Ireland is likely to take about eight and a half hours, according to howmanyhours.com. If you leave Atlanta at midday, you would arrive at about half past two the following morning local time, or about half … Read more

English is either the official language or one of the other officially recognised languages of the following states of India: Arunachal Pradesh (official) , Kerala (other) , Meghalaya (official) , Nagaland (official) , Tripura (official (joint)) , Uttarakhand (official (joint)) .

It means that whatever 'it' is, it will be useful for them in the future. For example, She hoped that being editor of the school newspaper would put her in good stead for a career in journalism

A suffix is a series of letters placed on the end of a word to alter, slightly, its meaning. In contract, a prefix is a series of letters placed before the word with the same intention Examples of suffixes include: -able - indicates the preceding action is possible, such as in touchable - possible to … Read more

I'm not sure you're going to believe this but French people speak French.

Although French is one of two official languages of Mali, it is not as widely used as the other, Bambara, which is understood by as many as six million people. Almost all of the people who speak French in Mali speak it as a second language. French was introduced to Mali whilst under the control … Read more

William Shakespeare had three children with his wife Anne Hathaway.

The eldest of these was Susanna Shakespeare (later Hall), who lived between 1583 and 1649.

The Shakespeares' had only one son, Hamnet, who was one of two twins and who died aged eleven of unknown causes. He lived from 1585 to 1596.
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William Shakespeare lived for large periods of time in both London and Stratford-Upon-Avon. Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he moved to London to embark upon a career as an actor, writer and part owner of his own playing company, called Lord Chamberlain's Men (later renamed the King's … Read more

Emmeline Pankhurst was born in July 1858 and had eleven siblings, although the first of these died at just two years of age. She was the oldest of five girls.

The suffix ly has three purposes.        Firstly, it can show that the verb is being done in that manner. Words which end in ly are adverbs, as they describe (as an adjective does) the subject of the sentence (the verb).    For example...  Something which is done quietly is done in a … Read more

If someone is dignified, it means that they are characterised by good manners and decorum. For example, in the phrase dignified conduct.

You could actually say there are five categories.

Traditionally, Shakespeare's plays could be divided into three different categories; Comedies, Tragedies and Histories, in order of how many of each Shakespeare wrote, with the most first.

However, recently some have argued for a fourth category, Romances, which include The Tempest, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, … Read more

Great Britain would fit in the whole of France, including overseas territory, more than three times, but not quite in Metropolitan France. The area of Great Britain is 80,823 square miles and the total area of France is 260,558 square miles, whilst the area of Metropolitan France (the mainland and Corsica) is less than three … Read more

Aesop lived in ancient Greece in the mid-sixth century BC. Little is known about where he actually comes from. Many suggestions have been made in regards to his birthplace, including Amorium, Phrygia, Sardis (all modern-day Turkey), Egypt, Ethiopia, Athens, Samos (Greek Island) and Thrace (a region of southeast Europe incorporating Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey).

Queen Elizabeth I ruled England until 1603, when Shakespeare was 38 years old, and King James I ruled from 1603 until 1625, 9 years after Shakespeare's death.

There aren't any synonyms that are as good as the word itself, but you could use achromatic, ivory, chalky, fair, milky, neutral, pearly or snowy. Or, for that matter, any other noun that is white in colour with a 'y' added onto the end of it!