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who does the voice of alex in madagascar?
[ "Ben Stiller" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 26.41, "text": "David Schwimmer, and Jada Pinkett Smith. However, voice actor Danny Jacobs replaced Sacha Baron Cohen as the voice of the character King Julien. Carl Reiner provided the voice of Santa Claus. Santa Claus crash lands in his sleigh on Madagascar and loses his memory after Alex shoots him down, leaving him, Marty, Gloria and Melman to be Santa for the night. King Julien realises that Christmas is about giving and not receiving. The film series has grossed over $2.2 billion, making it the 24th highest-grossing franchise of all time, the fourth highest-grossing animated franchise (behind \"\"Despicable Me\"\", \"\"Shrek\"\", and \"\"Ice", "title": "Madagascar (franchise)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.45, "text": "Merry Madagascar Merry Madagascar is a Christmas special first broadcast on the NBC network on November 17, 2009, which starred the characters from the \"\"Madagascar\"\" film series. The story appears to take place sometime between the first and second movies. It features many of the same voices from the film (except Sacha Baron Cohen, who was replaced by Danny Jacobs, who voices Julien in \"\"The Penguins of Madagascar\"\" television series), including Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, and Jada Pinkett Smith. Carl Reiner provided the voice of Santa Claus. As the story begins, Alex (Ben Stiller), Marty (Chris Rock), Melman", "title": "Merry Madagascar" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.12, "text": "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is a 2008 American computer-animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation. As the sequel to the 2005 film \"\"Madagascar\"\", it continues the adventures of Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, and Gloria the Hippo. It was directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath, with a screenplay written by Etan Cohen, Darnell, and McGrath. The voice actors Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, and Andy Richter return for the sequel, joined by Bernie Mac, Alec Baldwin, Sherri Shepherd, Elisa Gabrielli, and", "title": "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.3, "text": "directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath, along with Conrad Vernon. Alex, Marty, Gloria, and Melman are still struggling to get home to New York. This time, their journey takes them to Europe where they purchase a failing traveling circus as they become close friends with the staff like Stefano the sea lion (Martin Short), Vitaly the tiger (Bryan Cranston), Gia the jaguar (Jessica Chastain), and Sonya the bear (Frank Welker), King Julien's (Sacha Baron Cohen) true love. Together, they spectacularly revitalize the business even as the fanatical Monaco Animal Control officer Captain Chantel DuBois (Frances McDormand) relentlessly pursues them.", "title": "Madagascar (franchise)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.95, "text": "New York. This time their journey takes them to a traveling circus in Europe which they will reinvent Madagascar style. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is a 2008 American computer-animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation. As the sequel to the 2005 film \"\"Madagascar\"\", it continues the adventures of Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, and Gloria the Hippo. It was directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath, with a screenplay written by Etan Cohen, Darnell, and McGrath. The voice actors Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric", "title": "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.8, "text": "(David Schwimmer), and Gloria (Jada Pinkett Smith) attempt to escape Madagascar and return to New York City using a hot air balloon they built, only to be thwarted by the lemur population, led by King Julien (Danny Jacobs), who mistake them for the \"\"red night goblin\"\" that visits every year at this time, the 24th of \"\"Julianuary\"\". Immediately after that, the \"\"red night goblin\"\" appears and begins showering the island with coals. Evading the barrage, Alex manages to shoot it down, but the four friends discover that the \"\"red night goblin\"\" was, in fact, Santa Claus; it becomes clear that", "title": "Merry Madagascar" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.72, "text": "Melman the giraffe, and Alex the lion. Each character in the game has his or her own ability. To gain their abilities, the player must first find three cards, known as power cards, to gain the character's ability. Marty the Zebra (Phil LaMarr), Alex the Lion (Wally Wingert), Gloria the Hippopotamus (Bettina Bush) and Melman the Giraffe (Stephen Stanton) live in the Central Park Zoo in New York City, New York. On Marty's tenth birthday, Marty starts to have doubts that the zoo is where he belongs, and finds that life in the zoo is boring. That night, a penguin", "title": "Madagascar (video game)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.66, "text": "is. Despite still being stranded on Madagascar [which is right back where they started], the animals, with the holiday spirit filling them, decide to make the best of the situation and create their own Christmas along with the lemurs on Madagascar. However, Julien (still wanting to get back on the naughty list) hits Alex with a coconut, causing a large lump on the lion's head. When his friends ask if he's all right, he asks, \"\"Who's Alex?\"\", making Marty, Gloria and Melman groan in despair. The special ends with Julien's assistant, Mort (Andy Richter), yelling \"\"Merry Christmas and Happy Julianuary,", "title": "Merry Madagascar" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.58, "text": "by the lemurs, though King Julien's adviser, Maurice the aye-aye, cautions them about Alex's predatory nature. King Julien ignores Maurice's concerns and persuades the group to help the lemurs fend off the fossa, who hunt the lemurs as prey. While Alex initially scares the fossa away and is worshiped by the lemurs, later, compelled by hunger, he attacks Marty. Realizing that Alex is now a threat, King Julien banishes him to the far side of the island where the fossa live. Seeing what has happened to Alex, and how difficult it is to survive with so many predators around the", "title": "Madagascar (2005 film)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.45, "text": "the Hedge\"\" short film \"\"Hammy's Boomerang Adventure\"\" and \"\"First Flight\"\". Valentine's Day is one of Alex the lion's (Ben Stiller) favorite holidays back in the zoo, for he was practically showered with Valentines from numerous admirers, but now that he is in Africa, he is finding that Valentine's Day is not what he was used to. Soon after, a perfume, called \"\"Love Potion no. 9\"\", is tossed out of a delivery plane and is discovered by King Julien (Danny Jacobs), who wants to sell it to the animals of the Savannah. Meanwhile, Marty the zebra (Chris Rock), meets a female", "title": "Madly Madagascar" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.34, "text": "the United Kingdom, visiting nine cities between January 2013 and March 2013. \"\"Madagascar Live! Operation: Vacation\"\" is a 20-minute live stage show featuring Alex, Gloria, King Julien, Mort and The Penguins along with live singers, a live band and dancers. The show opened in 2013 at Busch Gardens Tampa and SeaWorld San Diego. The show closed at SeaWorld in January 2015 and at Busch Gardens in September 2015. \"\"Madagascar Live! Prepare to Party\"\" is a 20-minute live stage show featuring Alex, King Julien, Gloria, Mort and The Penguins as they each present their special party games while dancing and singing.", "title": "Madagascar (franchise)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.17, "text": "her. Alex and Marty discover that the stranded New Yorkers have built a camp and dammed up the river, and Alex is captured by them. Zuba rushes to his aid, but Alex saves them both by dancing for the tourists, who remember him fondly from the zoo. Marty, Melman, Gloria, the penguins, and the chimpanzees arrive in the repaired airplane and help Alex destroy the dam, restoring the water. Makunga angrily makes a stand for control, but Alex tricks him into being subdued by Nana. Zuba offers Alex the title of alpha lion, but he declines, and father and son", "title": "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.14, "text": "Vista. Alex has been the official Greek voice of many Disney characters such as Tigger (only his singing voice) and has starred in more than 40 movies such as Lion King 2, Simba's Pride,\"\"Tarzan\"\", \"\"Mulan\"\", \"\"Brother Bear\"\", and many TV shows – he has the role of Johnny in the Greek production of Disney's \"\"Johnny and the Sprites\"\", Captain Monogram, Dad, Irving, Buford, Norm, Roger in Disney's \"\"Phineas and Ferb\"\". In 1998 he performed the singing voice of Jethro in the first classic animated movie of DreamWorks, The Prince of Egypt. He has also performed in Musical Theatre productions in", "title": "Alexandros Panayi" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.08, "text": "penguins set about repairing the plane, assisted by numerous chimpanzees recruited by Mason and Phil. They steal vehicles from several groups of New Yorkers who are on safari and strip them for parts. Nana, a tough old woman who beat up Alex during the events of \"\"Madagascar\"\", takes charge of the stranded tourists and helps them survive in the wilderness. The zoo animals' excitement soon turns to disappointment. In a scheme to oust Zuba as alpha lion, Makunga insists that Alex complete a rite of passage which Alex mistakes for a talent contest. It is actually a fighting contest, and", "title": "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.06, "text": "the release date for March 27, 2015, and a new pair of writers, Michael Colton and John Aboud. In August 2013, it was reported that Benedict Cumberbatch would voice Agent Classified from the North Wind and John Malkovich the film's charming villain, Dr. Octavious Brine (a.k.a. Dave the octopus). On May 20, 2014, the film's release date was moved up to November 26, 2014, switching places with DreamWorks Animation's other film \"\"Home\"\". \"\"The Penguins of Madagascar\"\" is a television series that aired on Nickelodeon. In this series, which is non-canonical to the rest of the franchise, the series follows the", "title": "Madagascar (franchise)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.05, "text": "\"\"goes easy on the pop culture jokes, I should clarify: one of the smarter things in the script is how Alex, who digs his Bob Fosse and Jerome Robbins dance moves, becomes the film's primary pop-cult gag.\"\" Roger Ebert of the \"\"Chicago Sun-Times\"\" gave the film 3 stars and wrote \"\"This is a brighter, more engaging film than the original \"\"Madagascar\"\". Steven D. Greydanus complained the film's plot was similar to \"\"The Lion King\"\", \"\"Joe Versus the Volcano\"\", and \"\"Happy Feet\"\". Carrie Rickey of \"\"The Philadelphia Inquirer\"\" gave the film 2 stars and wrote \"\"Take the flat tire that was", "title": "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 20.95, "text": "their lives in blissful captivity and are unexpectedly shipped back to Africa. Now they must struggle to survive while attempting to return to New York City with the help of a crafty cadre of penguins and with many other characters along the way. \"\"Madagascar\"\" is a 2005 computer-animated comedy film and the first film in the series. Directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath, the film tells the story of four Central Park Zoo animals: Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller), Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock), Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer), and Gloria the Hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith). These animals have", "title": "Madagascar (franchise)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.89, "text": "Conrad Vernon, and Andy Richter reprised their roles as Skipper, Rico, Mason, and Mort respectively, Jeff Bennett replaced Chris Miller as Kowalski, James Patrick Stuart replaced Christopher Knights as Private, Danny Jacobs replaced Sacha Baron Cohen as Julien, and Kevin Michael Richardson replaced Cedric the Entertainer as Maurice. The series also features a new character, Marlene, an otter voiced by Nicole Sullivan. \"\"All Hail King Julien\"\" is a television series starring the lemur King Julien from the \"\"Madagascar\"\" franchise, which takes place in Madagascar, before the events of the first film. The series debuted on December 19, 2014, on Netflix,", "title": "Madagascar (franchise)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.84, "text": "by poachers. The crate containing Alakay falls into the ocean and drifts to New York City, where he is renamed Alex and grows up at the Central Park Zoo with Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe, and Gloria the hippopotamus. Years later, following their adventure in Madagascar, the zoo animals—Alex, Marty, Melman, Gloria, the penguins Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private, and chimpanzees Mason and Phil—prepare to return to New York aboard a battered airplane piloted by the penguins, accompanied by the lemurs King Julien XIII the ring-tailed lemur, Maurice the aye-aye, and Mort the mouse lemur. The plane runs out", "title": "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.81, "text": "when the first five 22-minute episodes were released. The series features the voices of Danny Jacobs (replacing Sacha Baron Cohen and reprising his role from \"\"The Penguins of Madagascar\"\") as King Julien; Henry Winkler as Julien's regal predecessor, Uncle King Julien; Andy Richter as Mort; Kevin Michael Richardson (replacing Cedric the Entertainer) as Maurice; and India de Beaufort as Clover, the king's special-ops expert. \"\"The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper\"\" is a computer-animated short film, which premiered in theaters on October 7, 2005 with the stop-motion film, \"\"\"\". The short was directed by animation veteran Gary Trousdale, produced by", "title": "Madagascar (franchise)" } ]
how many votes did each state get under the articles of confederation?
[ "one" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.11, "text": "required the votes of nine of the 13 states to pass; any decision to amend the Articles required the unanimous consent of the states. Each state's legislature appointed multiple members to its delegation, allowing delegates to return their homes without leaving their state unrepresented. Under the Articles, states were forbidden from negotiating with other nations or maintaining a military without Congress's consent, but the Articles, designed to preserve the independence and sovereignty of the states, reserved almost all other powers to the states. Congress lacked the power to raise revenue, and incapable of enforcing its own legislation and instructions. As", "title": "Confederation Period" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22, "text": "Congressional powers that did not require nine votes were: Committee of the States A Committee of the States was an arm of the United States government, under the Articles of Confederation. The Committee consisted of one member from each state, and carried out the functions of government while the Congress of the Confederation was in recess. In the draft of the Articles of Confederation by John Dickinson and the draft committee, this Committee was called the Council of State, vested with executive and staff control for commerce, trade, education and issues as delegated by Congress. A minimum of nine of", "title": "Committee of the States" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.7, "text": "Jay submitted the treaty to Congress, precipitating a divisive debate. Southerners, led by James Monroe of Virginia, opposed the provision regarding the Mississippi and accused Jay of favoring Northeastern commercial interests over Western growth. Ratification of treaties required nine votes under the Articles of Confederation, and all five Southern states voted against ratification, dooming the treaty. Under the leadership of Foreign Minister Vergennes, France had entered the Revolutionary War, in large part to damage the British. The French were an indispensable ally during the war, providing supplies, finances, and a powerful navy. In 1778, France and the United States signed", "title": "Confederation Period" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.45, "text": "States was governed by a unicameral Congress, the Congress of the Confederation, which operated under authority granted to it by the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution. The 11th Article authorized Congress to admit new states to the Union provided nine states consented. Under the Articles, each state cast one vote on each proposed measure in Congress. During this period, the Confederation Congress enacted two ordinances governing the admission of new states into the Union. The first such ordinance was the Land Ordinance of 1784, enacted April 23, 1784. Thomas Jefferson was its principal author. The Ordinance called for", "title": "Admission to the Union" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.88, "text": "under the Articles of Confederation, which provided for a very limited central government; what power that did exist was vested in the Congress of the Confederation, a unicameral legislature consisting of representatives elected by the states. The Congress of the Confederation had elected a president, but this position was largely ceremonial and was not equivalent to the presidency that was established by the United States Constitution. Under the U.S. Constitution, the president was chosen by the Electoral College, which consisted of electors selected by each state. Prior to the ratification of the Twelfth Amendment, each elector cast two votes; the", "title": "1788–89 United States elections" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 20.81, "text": "legislature in which each state, regardless of size, would have one vote, as under the Articles of Confederation. Roger Sherman combined the two plans with the Connecticut Compromise, and his measure passed on July 16, 1787 by seven to six—a margin of one vote. Other contentious issues were slavery and the federal regulation of commerce, which resulted in additional compromises. The Residence Act of 1790 empowered President George Washington to locate a permanent capital along the Potomac River. Robert Morris, a representative from Pennsylvania, convinced Congress to designate Philadelphia as the temporary capital city of the United States federal government.", "title": "Independence National Historical Park" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 20.75, "text": "state's presidential electors gathering in their state's capital. Under the rules then in place, each elector could vote for two persons (but the two people chosen by the elector could not both inhabit the same state as that elector), with the candidate who won the most votes becoming president and the candidate with the second-most becoming vice president. Each elector cast one vote for Washington, while John Adams won the most votes of all other candidates, and thus won election as vice president. Electors from 10 of the 13 states cast votes. There were no votes from New York, because", "title": "Confederation Period" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.2, "text": "recommend to the several states, for the purpose of obtaining from them such powers as will render the federal government adequate to\"\" its declared purposes. Seven amendments to the Articles of Confederation were proposed. Under these reforms, Congress would gain \"\"sole and exclusive\"\" power to regulate trade. States could not favor foreigners over citizens. Tax bills would require 70% vote, public debt 85%, not 100%. Congress could charge states a late payment penalty fee. A state withholding troops would be charged for them, plus a penalty. If a state did not pay, Congress could collect directly from its cities and", "title": "History of the United States Constitution" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 20.17, "text": "Committee of the States A Committee of the States was an arm of the United States government, under the Articles of Confederation. The Committee consisted of one member from each state, and carried out the functions of government while the Congress of the Confederation was in recess. In the draft of the Articles of Confederation by John Dickinson and the draft committee, this Committee was called the Council of State, vested with executive and staff control for commerce, trade, education and issues as delegated by Congress. A minimum of nine of the thirteen states would have had to vote in", "title": "Committee of the States" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.09, "text": "another exceptionable part of the confederation. \"\"The sense of the majority should prevail. However this kind of logical legerdemain will never counteract the plain suggestions of justice and common sense.\"\" He continues by stating, \"\"for we can enumerate nine states, which contain less than a majority of the people and it is constitutionally possible, that these nine may give the vote.\"\" The overall gist of Federalist No. 22, is that the current structure under the confederation is weak and unable to support the demands that are required of a global nation. Federalist No. 22 Federalist No. 22 is an essay", "title": "Federalist No. 22" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.98, "text": "Kentucky into the Union as a sovereign state. The discussion ended with Congress making the determination that, in light of this development, it would be \"\"unadvisable\"\" to admit Kentucky into the Union, as it could do so \"\"under the Articles of Confederation\"\" only, but not \"\"under the Constitution\"\". By the end of July 1788, 11 of the 13 states had ratified the new Constitution. Congress continued to convene under the Articles with a quorum until October. On Saturday, September 13, 1788, the Confederation Congress voted the resolve to implement the new Constitution, and on Monday, September 15 published an announcement", "title": "Articles of Confederation" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 19.73, "text": "by Congress and ratified by the unanimous vote of all thirteen state legislatures. This proved to be a major flaw in the Articles, as it created an insurmountable obstacle to constitutional reform. The amendment process crafted during the Constitutional Convention, James Madison later wrote in The Federalist No. 43, was designed to establish a balance between pliancy and rigidity: One of the main reasons for the 1787 Convention was that the Articles of Confederation required the unanimous consent of all 13 states for the national government to take action. This system had proved unworkable, and the newly written Constitution sought", "title": "Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 19.67, "text": "under one legislative body from the Articles of Confederation. The New Jersey Plan was opposed by James Madison and Edmund Randolph (the proponents of the Virginia State Plan). Under the New Jersey Plan, the unicameral legislature with one vote per state was inherited from the Articles of Confederation. This position reflected the belief that the states were independent entities and, as they entered the United States of America freely and individually, remained so. The plan proposed the following: Variations also proposed that state governments must be bound by oath to support the Articles, that a policy should be established to", "title": "New Jersey Plan" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.53, "text": "that the new Constitution had been ratified by the necessary nine states, set the first Wednesday in February 1789 for the presidential electors to meet and select a new president, and set the first Wednesday of March 1789 as the day the new government would take over and the government under the Articles of Confederation would come to an end. On that same September 13, it determined that New York would remain the national capital. Articles of Confederation The Articles of Confederation, formally the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was an agreement among the 13 original states of the", "title": "Articles of Confederation" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 19.48, "text": "the most important decisions, every state had at least one vote. The larger states Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Hannover and Württemberg had each four votes, and the lesser states three or two. Of the 39 states, 25 had only one vote. The North German Confederation was a different entity than the German Confederation. But it can also be regarded as the brain child of a long lasting reform debate within the German Confederation. The new Bundesrat even referred to the diet in art. 6, when it newly distributed the votes for the single states. Prussia with its original four votes", "title": "Bundesrat of Germany" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.39, "text": "The House meets in the south wing of the United States Capitol. Under the Articles of Confederation, the Congress of the Confederation was a unicameral body in which each state was equally represented, and in which each state had a veto over most action. After eight years of a more limited confederal government under the Articles, numerous political leaders such as James Madison and Alexander Hamilton initiated the Constitutional Convention in 1787, which received the Confederation Congress's sanction to \"\"amend the Articles of Confederation\"\". All states except Rhode Island agreed to send delegates. The issue of how to structure Congress", "title": "United States House of Representatives" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 19.23, "text": "Congress of the Confederation The Congress of the Confederation, or the Confederation Congress, formally referred to as the United States in Congress Assembled, was the governing body of the United States of America that existed from March 1, 1781, to March 4, 1789. A unicameral body with legislative and executive function, it comprised delegates appointed by the legislatures of the several states. Each state delegation had one vote. It was preceded by the Second Continental Congress (1775–1781) and governed under the newly adopted \"\"Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union\"\", which were proposed in 1776–1777, adopted by the Continental Congress in", "title": "Congress of the Confederation" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 19.23, "text": "notably Virginia, maintained laws against payment of debts to British creditors. The British often ignored the provision of Article 7 regarding removal of slaves. The Articles of Confederation created a Union of states, albeit a loose one. The confederation's central government was a unicameral Congress with legislative and executive function, and was composed of delegates from each state in the Union. Congress received only those powers which the states had previously (during the Revolutionary Era) recognized as belonging to king and parliament. Each state had one vote in Congress, regardless of its size or population, and any act of Congress", "title": "Confederation Period" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 19.19, "text": "could do nothing significant without nine states, and some legislation required all thirteen. When a state produced only one member in attendance, its vote was not counted. If a state's delegation were evenly divided, its vote could not be counted towards the nine-count requirement. The Articles Congress had \"\"virtually ceased trying to govern\"\". The vision of a \"\"respectable nation\"\" among nations seemed to be fading in the eyes of revolutionaries such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Rufus King. Their dream of a republic, a nation without hereditary rulers, with power derived from the people in frequent elections, was in", "title": "United States Constitution" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.19, "text": "On May 16, 1785, a delegation submitted a petition for statehood to Congress. Eventually, seven states voted to admit what would have been the 14th federal state under the proposed name of \"\"Frankland\"\". This was, however, less than the two-thirds majority required under the Articles of Confederation to add additional states to the confederation. The following month, the Franklin government convened to address their options and to replace the vacancy at Speaker of the House, to which position they elected Joseph Hardin. In an attempt to curry favor for their cause, delegation leaders changed the \"\"official\"\" name of the area", "title": "State of Franklin" } ]
who plays mike's mother in mike and molly?
[ "Rondi Reed" ]
[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 27.23, "text": "primary-school teacher, invites police officer Mike to give a talk to her class, they begin dating. Mike and Molly live in the home of Molly's mother Joyce (Swoosie Kurtz) and sister Victoria (Katy Mixon). Joyce is in an on-off relationship with widower Vince Moranto (Louis Mustillo), who is often seen at the house. Mike is regularly kept company by his best friend and partner in the police force, Carl McMillan (Reno Wilson). Other prominent characters in the series include Carl's grandmother Rosetta (Cleo King); Mike's mother Peggy (Rondi Reed) and cafe worker Samuel (Nyambi Nyambi). David Anthony Higgins, who plays", "title": "Mike & Molly (season 3)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.8, "text": "her class, they begin dating. Molly lives at home with her mother Joyce (Swoosie Kurtz), and sister Victoria (Katy Mixon). Joyce is in an on-off relationship with widower Vince Moranto (Louis Mustillo), who is often seen at the house. Mike lives alone in an apartment but is regularly kept company by his best friend and partner in the police force Carl McMillan (Reno Wilson). Other prominent characters in the series include Carl's grandmother Rosetta (Cleo King), Mike's mother Peggy (Rondi Reed) and cafe worker Samuel (Nyambi Nyambi). Holly Robinson Peete has a recurring guest role in Season 2 as Carl's", "title": "Mike & Molly (season 2)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.78, "text": "at the house. Mike is regularly kept company by his best friend and partner in the police force, Carl McMillan (Reno Wilson). Other prominent characters in the series include Mike's mother Peggy (Rondi Reed), cafe worker Samuel (Nyambi Nyambi), and Mike and Molly's friend and co-Overeaters Anonymous member Harry (David Anthony Higgins). In promos leading up the fourth-season premiere, CBS billed the series as The New Mike & Molly. Though the cast and setting remains essentially the same, the \"\"new\"\" refers to a reboot of the series from the previous season: Molly has quit her teaching job, and is now", "title": "Mike & Molly (season 4)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.75, "text": "a talk to her class, they begin dating. Molly lives at home with her mother Joyce (Swoosie Kurtz), and sister Victoria (Katy Mixon). Joyce is in an on-off relationship with widower Vince Moranto (Louis Mustillo), who is often seen at the house. Mike lives alone in an apartment but is regularly kept company by his best friend and partner in the police force Carl McMillan (Reno Wilson). Other prominent characters in the series include Carl's grandmother Rosetta (Cleo King); Mike's mother Peggy (Rondi Reed) and cafe worker Samuel (Nyambi Nyambi). Season one of \"\"Mike & Molly\"\" consisted of 24 episodes", "title": "Mike & Molly (season 1)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 26.73, "text": "Molly's sister, while Wilson portrays Carl, Mike's partner. Billy Gardell was the next actor cast in the series, as the titular Mike. Swoosie Kurtz then joined the series as Molly's mother, Joyce. Following Kurtz, Nyambi Nyambi boarded the series as Samuel, a regular waiter at Abe's Hot Beef, where Mike and Carl frequent. Melissa McCarthy completed the cast when she signed on to play the role of the eponymous Molly. \"\"Mike & Molly\"\" has received moderately positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the show holds a rating of 77% with an average rating of 6/10, based on 22 reviews.", "title": "Mike & Molly" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.25, "text": "Mustillo). Mike is regularly kept company by his best friend and partner in the police force, Carl McMillan (Reno Wilson). Other prominent characters in the series include Mike's mother Peggy (Rondi Reed), cafe worker/owner Samuel (Nyambi Nyambi), and Mike and Molly's friend and co-Overeaters Anonymous member Harry (David Anthony Higgins). <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Mike & Molly (season 5) The fifth season of the television comedy series \"\"Mike & Molly\"\" began airing on December 8, 2014, in its new Monday at 8:30 pm timeslot and concluded on May 18, 2015, on CBS in the United States. The season is produced by Chuck Lorre", "title": "Mike & Molly (season 5)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 26.05, "text": "characters Mike Biggs (Billy Gardell) and Molly Flynn (Melissa McCarthy), a couple who meet at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting in Chicago, Illinois. After Molly, a primary-school teacher (changing career to author in season 4), invites police officer Mike to give a talk to her class, they begin dating. As of the end of season 2, the two are married. Mike and Molly live in the home of Molly's mother Joyce (Swoosie Kurtz) and sister Victoria (Katy Mixon). Joyce is married to widower Vince Moranto (Louis Mustillo). Mike is regularly kept company by his best friend and partner in the police", "title": "Mike & Molly (season 6)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.89, "text": "force, Carl McMillan (Reno Wilson). Other prominent characters in the series include Mike's mother Peggy (Rondi Reed), and cafe worker/owner Samuel (Nyambi Nyambi). <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Mike & Molly (season 6) The sixth and final season of the television comedy series \"\"Mike & Molly\"\" began on January 6, 2016, in its new Wednesday at 8:30 pm timeslot, on CBS in the United States. The season is produced by Chuck Lorre Productions and Warner Bros. Television, with series showrunner Al Higgins serving as executive producer along with Chuck Lorre. On March 12, 2015, CBS renewed \"\"Mike & Molly\"\" for a sixth season. On", "title": "Mike & Molly (season 6)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.78, "text": "Are Men\"\". The series focuses on the title characters Mike Biggs (Billy Gardell) and Molly Flynn (Melissa McCarthy), a couple who meet at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting in Chicago, Illinois. After Molly, a primary-school teacher (changing career to author this season), invites police officer Mike to give a talk to her class, they begin dating. As of the end of season 2, the two are married. Mike and Molly live in the home of Molly's mother Joyce (Swoosie Kurtz) and sister Victoria (Katy Mixon). Joyce is in an on-off relationship with widower Vince Moranto (Louis Mustillo), who is often seen", "title": "Mike & Molly (season 4)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.42, "text": "on December 8, 2014, replacing cancelled comedy \"\"The Millers\"\". The series focuses on the title characters Mike Biggs (Billy Gardell) and Molly Flynn (Melissa McCarthy), a couple who meet at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting in Chicago, Illinois. After Molly, a primary-school teacher (changing career to author in season 4), invites police officer Mike to give a talk to her class, they begin dating. As of the end of season 2, the two are married. Mike and Molly live in the home of Molly's mother Joyce (Swoosie Kurtz) and sister Victoria (Katy Mixon). Joyce is married to widower Vince Moranto (Louis", "title": "Mike & Molly (season 5)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.28, "text": "plays both Marjorie from \"\"Mom\"\" and Abby (Dharma's mother) in \"\"Dharma & Greg\"\". Also, Allison Janney and Jaime Pressly from \"\"Mom\"\" appeared in episodes of \"\"Two and a Half Men\"\". In the season 6 \"\"Big Bang Theory\"\" episode \"\"The Holographic Excitation\"\", Sheldon and Amy are fighting over which couple to go as to a Halloween party. Among her suggestions seen on a whiteboard are \"\"Blossom & Joey\"\" (Blossom and Amy both being played by Mayim Bialik) and \"\"Dharma & Greg\"\". Katy Mixon, who plays Victoria on \"\"Mike & Molly\"\", also had a recurring role as the character, Betsy, on \"\"Two", "title": "Chuck Lorre" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.06, "text": "drama series \"\"Nurse Jackie\"\". In 2010, Kurtz began starring on the CBS sitcom \"\"Mike & Molly\"\" as Joyce Flynn. Most recently, Kurtz has appeared in a recurring part as Matt LeBlanc's mother in the comedy series \"\"Man with a Plan\"\". Although her main focus has been television, Kurtz has starred in several major Hollywood films including the Agatha Christie drama \"\"Caribbean Mystery\"\" (1983), \"\"Dangerous Liaisons\"\" (1988), its remake \"\"Cruel Intentions\"\" (1999), as a lesbian activist in the acclaimed indie film \"\"Citizen Ruth\"\" (1996), and alongside Jim Carrey in \"\"Liar Liar\"\" (1997). From 1964 to 1970 Kurtz was romantically involved with", "title": "Swoosie Kurtz" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.69, "text": "episodes and aired Mondays in the United States at 9.30 p.m. after \"\"Mike & Molly\"\". The series received average ratings of 8.34 million viewers, placing it as the number 42 most watched show of the television season. Allison Janney won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards for her performance as Bonnie Plunkett, and the series was also nominated for a People's Choice Award for Favorite New Comedy. \"\"Mom\"\" was renewed for a second season to premiere in the 2014–15 television season. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Mom (season 1) The first season", "title": "Mom (season 1)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.47, "text": "and references himself as broadcasting from Mud Lick, Kentucky. An \"\"X-Files\"\" episode, \"\"Kitten\"\" S11 E6 (first aired February 7, 2018) takes place primarily in Mud Lick, with some scenes in Vietnam and FBI Headquarters (Virginia). The premise is that U.S. Marines in Vietnam were exposed to a mind-altering gas, and later subjected to experiments at a facility in Mud Lick, making them see monsters and go on lethal rampages. In the comedic sitcom, Mike & Molly, Rondi Reed played Margaret \"\"Peggy\"\" Biggs, the mother of Officer Mike Biggs. Peggy was from “Mud Lick” (state unspecified), which was featured in a", "title": "Mud Lick, Kentucky" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.23, "text": "Mike & Molly Mike & Molly is an American sitcom created by Mark Roberts which aired on CBS from September 20, 2010, to May 16, 2016, for a total of six seasons and 127 episodes. The series stars Billy Gardell and Melissa McCarthy as the eponymous Mike and Molly, a couple who meet in a Chicago Overeaters Anonymous group and fall in love. The 13-episode sixth season began airing on January 6, 2016. On January 12, 2016, CBS announced that it would cancel \"\"Mike & Molly\"\" after the sixth season concluded, electing not to renew its licensing agreement with Warner", "title": "Mike & Molly" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.97, "text": "Theatre in New York City. He also appeared in the CBS sitcom \"\"Mike & Molly\"\" in the role of Vince, a love interest and later husband of Molly's mother. Louis Mustillo Louis Mustillo (born May 28, 1958) is an American actor. Mustillo was born in Buffalo, New York. He attended American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where he was a contemporary of the Canadian actor, Elias Koteas, and Illeana Douglas. According to the American Academy's 1983 graduation program, Mustillo and Douglas graduated from the Academy's two year program in a ceremony held at NYC's Royale Theatre on April 26, 1983. They", "title": "Louis Mustillo" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.86, "text": "and a Half Men\"\". The star of \"\"Disjointed\"\", Kathy Bates, has appeared in episodes of \"\"Two and a Half Men\"\", \"\"Mike & Molly\"\", and \"\"The Big Bang Theory.\"\" Emily Osment had recurring roles on both \"\"Mom\"\" and \"\"The Kominsky Method\"\". Lorre won BMI Television Music Awards in 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2009 for \"\"Two and a Half Men\"\". On March 12, 2009, Lorre received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard. Three months later, Lorre received an honorary degree from the State University of New York at Potsdam and gave a keynote address at", "title": "Chuck Lorre" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.72, "text": "United States. Lorre was executive producer of \"\"Mike & Molly\"\", created by Mark Roberts, which premiered on CBS in September 2010. His seventh show, created with Gemma Baker and Eddie Gorodetsky, \"\"Mom,\"\" premiered on CBS on September 23, 2013. On March 13, 2014, CBS announced the second season renewal of \"\"Mom\"\". The unique vanity cards for Chuck Lorre Productions have become a \"\"trademark\"\" for Lorre. Typically, on the end of every episode of his productions beginning with \"\"Dharma & Greg\"\" (an Apple Macintosh computer was used for Lorre's production card on \"\"Grace Under Fire\"\" and \"\"Cybill\"\"), Lorre includes a different", "title": "Chuck Lorre" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.53, "text": "Mike & Molly (season 2) The second season of the television comedy series \"\"Mike & Molly\"\" began airing on September 26, 2011 on CBS in the United States. The season was produced by Chuck Lorre Productions and Warner Bros. Television, with series creator Mark Roberts serving as executive producer along with Chuck Lorre, James Burrows and Don Foster. The series focuses on the title characters Mike Biggs (Billy Gardell) and Molly Flynn (Melissa McCarthy), a couple who meet at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting in Chicago, Illinois. After Molly, a primary-school teacher, invites police officer Mike to give a talk to", "title": "Mike & Molly (season 2)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.41, "text": "slot to \"\"Mom\"\" until the season debut of \"\"Mike & Molly\"\" on November 4, 2013. The show received a full first season order for 22 episodes on October 18, 2013. On March 13, 2014, CBS announced the second season renewal of \"\"Mom\"\". The series moved from Mondays at 9:30 PM to Thursdays at 8:30 PM for the first fourteen episodes until the series moved to Thursdays at 9:30 PM following \"\"The Odd Couple\"\" series premiere and the series finale of \"\"Two and a Half Men\"\". By season three, the focus became more about Christy and Bonnie and their group from", "title": "Mom (TV series)" } ]
when did end of the fing world come out?
[ "24 October 2017" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.19, "text": "Heard and Rendered, by Abel Gance\"\". Filming began in mid-1929 and was finished roughly a year later. The film had been edited to a running time of just over three hours. When the backers felt that the film was becoming far too long, they took production control away from Gance and cut the film to 105 minutes. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film was released in France in January 1931 under the title \"\"La Fin du monde\"\" at a rough length of 105 minutes and was never shown in the United States in this form.", "title": "End of the World (1931 film)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.8, "text": "La Fin du monde est à 7 heures La Fin du monde est à 7 heures (\"\"The end of the world is at 7 o'clock\"\") was a Quebec television comedy series, which aired on TQS from 1997 to 2000. The show was originally broadcast daily at 7 p.m., but was later moved to the 6 p.m. slot and ended its run in the 10 p.m. slot, with no name change. Although literally a reference to the program's original time slot, the title was also a pun; in spoken Quebec French, the pronunciation of \"\"à sept heures\"\" is virtually indistinguishable from", "title": "La Fin du monde est à 7 heures" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.7, "text": "\"\"El Cielo Rojo\"\" (2008) and \"\"El Sanatorio\"\" (2010). The latter won a Golden Skull at the Morbid Film Fest in Mexico and received very positive reviews. \"\"El Fin\"\" will be out on theaters by February 24, 2012. Depressed by the recent death of his parents and losing his job, Nico; an ordinary 26-year-old, decides to take refuge in his house for six months. Until that feared day when the media announces the end of the world is soon coming, caused by a gigantic meteorite crash, Nico is convinced by his close friend Carlos to come with him to Nosara, a", "title": "El Fin" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.39, "text": "The End (story) The End (original Spanish title: El fin) is a short story by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, first published in \"\"La Nación\"\" in 1953. It was included in the 1956 edition of \"\"Ficciones\"\", part two (\"\"Artifices\"\"). \"\"The End\"\" is a response to the Argentine epic \"\"Martín Fierro\"\", which Borges had discussed in a long essay published earlier that year. In the story, a man who presumably has had a crippling stroke winds up half seeing and half hearing a definitive fight between a \"\"negro\"\" guitarist who has been dwelling in the man's store and a mysterious stranger", "title": "The End (story)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.23, "text": "common fear which had emerged in the years approaching the turn of the century, known at the time as \"\"fin de siècle\"\" or 'end of the age', which anticipated apocalypse at midnight on the last day of 1899. In the late 1890s it was common for novels, prior to full volume publication, to be serialised in magazines or newspapers, with each part of the serialisation ending upon a cliff hanger to entice audiences to buy the next edition. This is a practice familiar from the first publication of Charles Dickens' novels in the nineteenth century. \"\"The War of the Worlds\"\"", "title": "The War of the Worlds" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.22, "text": "It was featured in competition at the Sydney Film Festival in June 2016. The film was also screened at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was released in Quebec and France on 21 September 2016, with its Toronto release following on 23 September. In 2017, the film was in competition for the Grand Jury Prize at Italy's Riviera International Film Festival. In Canada, it was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 7 February 2017. It was released in the United States on 30 June 2017, by Netflix. The film premiered to polarized reactions from festival audiences and critics,", "title": "It's Only the End of the World" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.14, "text": "Hasta el fin del mundo (album) Hasta el Fin del Mundo (\"\"Until the end of the world\"\") is an album by Mexican recording artist Pedro Fernández, released by Fonovisa Records on November 10, 2014. Pedro Fernández titled this album \"\"Hasta el Fin del Mundo\"\" even though he is no longer on the telenovela of the same name Hasta el fin del mundo for which he wrote the titled theme song. Fernández said, at the time of the release, that it was his most personal album. \"\"In this album we looked for balance\"\", he said. \"\"We wanted romantic songs and also", "title": "Hasta el fin del mundo (album)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 19.95, "text": "premiered its first episode on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on 24 October 2017, after which all eight episodes were released on All 4. \"\"The End of the F***ing World\"\" was a co-production with Netflix who exclusively released it internationally on 5 January 2018. On that weekend, sales of the graphic novel rose considerably, with Fantagraphics Books selling out of the current print run according to Forsman. \"\"The End of the F***ing World\"\" currently holds an approval rating of 98% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on 44 reviews, with an average rating of 8.21/10. The site's consensus", "title": "The End of the F***ing World" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.8, "text": "in Korean cinema history. \"\"El Fin del Mundo\"\" (\"\"The End of the World\"\") is a 13-minute split screen film made by visual artists Moon Kyung-won and Jeon Joon-ho, which depicts the destructive environmental changes the world faces in the future and the subsequent end of art and birth of new art based on dialogue between two artists in different times and space, played by Lee and Im Soo-jung. The film was screened at dOCUMENTA in 2012, considered the world's most prestigious and innovative contemporary art platform. A longtime art collector and honorary ambassador for the National Museum of Contemporary Art", "title": "Lee Jung-jae" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.77, "text": "including the title song, and is the album's producer. Hasta el fin del mundo (album) Hasta el Fin del Mundo (\"\"Until the end of the world\"\") is an album by Mexican recording artist Pedro Fernández, released by Fonovisa Records on November 10, 2014. Pedro Fernández titled this album \"\"Hasta el Fin del Mundo\"\" even though he is no longer on the telenovela of the same name Hasta el fin del mundo for which he wrote the titled theme song. Fernández said, at the time of the release, that it was his most personal album. \"\"In this album we looked for", "title": "Hasta el fin del mundo (album)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.77, "text": "The End (2012 film) The End () is a 2012 Spanish thriller film directed by Jorge Torregrossa and based on David Monteagudo's novel \"\"Fin\"\", with a screenplay by Sergio G. Sánchez and Jorge Guerricaechevarría. The film was produced by Antena 3 Films. It was first screened at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival in September and later opened in Spain on 23 November of the same year. The film also marks the screen debut of model Andrés Velencoso. Felix is invited to a weekend reunion with a group of old friends at a remote mountain cabin. It has been twenty", "title": "The End (2012 film)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.66, "text": "name in 1985. The song was reworked into a story of the history of the free software movement in 2007 and released as \"\"Infinite Hands\"\" under the GPL and other free licenses with permission of Leslie Fish and C. J. Cherryh. Finity's End Finity's End is a science fiction novel by American writer C. J. Cherryh. It is part of the Merchanter novels series, set in her Alliance-Union universe, in which humanity has split into three major power blocs: Union, the Merchanter's Alliance and Earth. \"\"Finity's End\"\" was shortlisted for a Locus Award in 1998. It is eighteen years after", "title": "Finity's End" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 19.55, "text": "The End of the F***ing World The End of the F***ing World is a British dark comedy-drama television programme, based on a graphic novel of the same name by Charles Forsman. The eight-part programme premiered its first episode on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on 24 October 2017, after which all eight episodes were released on All 4. It was a co-production with Netflix, who released it internationally on 5 January 2018. The programme follows James (Alex Lawther), a 17-year-old who believes himself to be a psychopath, and Alyssa (Jessica Barden), a rebellious classmate who sees in James a", "title": "The End of the F***ing World" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.52, "text": "of sight into a luminous mist. The End (2012 film) The End () is a 2012 Spanish thriller film directed by Jorge Torregrossa and based on David Monteagudo's novel \"\"Fin\"\", with a screenplay by Sergio G. Sánchez and Jorge Guerricaechevarría. The film was produced by Antena 3 Films. It was first screened at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival in September and later opened in Spain on 23 November of the same year. The film also marks the screen debut of model Andrés Velencoso. Felix is invited to a weekend reunion with a group of old friends at a remote", "title": "The End (2012 film)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 19.5, "text": "praising the programme's surreal concept and execution. The End of the F***ing World The End of the F***ing World is a British dark comedy-drama television programme, based on a graphic novel of the same name by Charles Forsman. The eight-part programme premiered its first episode on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on 24 October 2017, after which all eight episodes were released on All 4. It was a co-production with Netflix, who released it internationally on 5 January 2018. The programme follows James (Alex Lawther), a 17-year-old who believes himself to be a psychopath, and Alyssa (Jessica Barden), a", "title": "The End of the F***ing World" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.41, "text": "The Japanese title, translated as \"\"It's a Wonderful World\"\", was not used internationally due to copyright issues. Instead, the game was released in North America and Europe under the name \"\"The World Ends with You\"\". The game was officially announced on September 13, 2006 by Square Enix, and premiered at the 2006 Tokyo Game Show two weeks later. On December 5, 2007, Square Enix announced that the game would be released for Europe and Australia in April 2008, while a similar announcement was made for a North American release on December 17, 2007. A special \"\"Wonderful World\"\" edition of the", "title": "The World Ends with You" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.17, "text": "El Fin De Los Inicuos El Fin De Los Inicuos (translated: The End of the Iniquitous Ones) was released in 1986 through the small Umbral label, company which was practically ruined, and would disappear some months later; after releasing the album \"\"Un Paso Mas En La Batalla\"\", band members Osvaldo Civile and Gustavo Rowek did quit, Walter Giardino (guitar), Miguel Roldan (guitar) and Gustavo Andino (drums) did replace them, but four months later Giardino is fired from the group because he had a fight with bassist and main man Ricardo Iorio, Adrian Cenci then replaces drummer Andino as well, to", "title": "El Fin De Los Inicuos" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.08, "text": "sound engineer Bill Porter on June 8, 1962, at the RCA Studios in Nashville, produced by Chet Atkins, and featuring Floyd Cramer. Released by RCA Records in December 1962, \"\"The End of the World\"\" peaked in March 1963 at No. 2 on the \"\"Billboard\"\" Hot 100 (behind \"\"Our Day Will Come\"\" by Ruby & the Romantics), No. 2 on the Billboard country singles, No. 1 on Billboard's easy listening, and No. 4 on Billboard's rhythm and blues. It is the first, and, to date, only time that a song cracked the Top 10 on all four Billboard charts. \"\"Billboard\"\" ranked", "title": "The End of the World (Skeeter Davis song)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.06, "text": "Although American director Cecil B. DeMille showed interest in purchasing the rights to the film, it was released in 1934 by American film distributor Harold Auten who trimmed the running time to 54 minutes in the fashion of various exploitation films of the time. Auten's version was re-titled \"\"Paris After Dark\"\" and included a new opening by Dr. Clyde Fisher discussing the scientific nature of the film. Auten's version of the film removed most of the film's dialogue filling it with title cards and made the leading character Jean Novalic into a minor character who only has a few scenes", "title": "End of the World (1931 film)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.02, "text": "The End of the World (video) The End of the World (also known as End of Ze World) was a Flash animated viral video created by Jason Windsor of Albino Blacksheep in 2003. As of 2017, the official upload of the video on YouTube has over 11 million views. Around the time the video was created, the United States invaded Iraq, which ultimately led to the Iraq War. In an interview with \"\"Daily Dot\"\" in 2017, Windsor said “I don’t know that I really thought that the world was going to end...I guess that was kind of the first time", "title": "The End of the World (video)" } ]
when will yugioh arc v episode 100 be dubbed?
[ "July 22, 2017" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.28, "text": "anime/cartoon block on ProSieben Maxx. In North America, the English Dub began airing on Canada's Teletoon on July 24, 2015, and on Nicktoons in the United States on February 21, 2016. A manga one-shot illustrated by Naohito Miyoshi was published in the July 2014 issue of Shueisha's \"\"V Jump\"\" magazine released on May 21, 2014. An English version was released on May 26, 2014 on Weekly Shonen Jump. A full adaptation by Miyoshi began serialization in \"\"V Jump\"\" on August 21, 2015. It was published in English by Viz Media in its digital \"\"Shonen Jump\"\" on August 24, 2015. A", "title": "Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.17, "text": "game was released for the PSP and PS Vita. The series ranked 64th in the Tokyo Anime Award Festival in Top 90 TV Anime 2016 category with 729 votes and ranked 250 in NHK Best 400 Anime of All Times to air on its channel However, the series was poorly received on the Japanese streaming site Niconico and currently occupies all spots in the Top 10 Worst Rated Episodes. Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V The series was succeeded by \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS\"\", which premiered on May 10, 2017. In Paradise City's You Show Duel School, a second-year middle school student named Yuya Sakaki aspires", "title": "Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.16, "text": "written by Shin Yoshida and illustrated by Naoto Miyashi, began serialization in the extended February 2011 issue of Shueisha's \"\"V Jump\"\" magazine, released on December 18, 2010. \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V\"\" is the fourth main spin-off series, which aired for 148 episodes between April 6, 2014 to March 26, 2017, following \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal\"\". The series focuses on a new protagonist, Yūya Sakaki, who participates in the world of Action Duels, in which enhanced Solid Vision systems give substance to monsters and environments. The series introduces Pendulum Monsters and Pendulum Summoning, which were added to the trading card game. \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS\"\" is the", "title": "Yu-Gi-Oh!" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.05, "text": "active remains of ARC-V serving as wormholes, with Ray's essence still in the reactor core within the Fusion Dimension, until Yuya pacifies Zarc. \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc V\"\" was first announced in December 2013 in Shueisha's \"\"Weekly Shonen Jump\"\" magazine. The anime series aired on TV Tokyo between April 6, 2014 and March 26, 2017, which replaced \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal\"\" in its initial time slot. 4K Media Inc. acquired the series outside of Japan and planned to release the series internationally in 2015. The 4K version had its debut on March 12, 2015 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as part of the \"\"Yep!\"\"", "title": "Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.02, "text": "2008 to September 10, 2011, though several episodes were left unaired. The English-language version premiered on July 24 at San Diego Comic-Con 2008, where the first English-dubbed episode was previewed. Like the previous two English dubs, changes have been made to the plot, cards, and character names. On June 1, 2009, the series began airing 5 days a week on Cartoon Network. A manga based on the show began serialization in \"\"V-Jump Monthly Magazine\"\" from August 2009 to January 2015. \"\"5D's\"\" was eventually succeeded by \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal\"\", which premiered on April 11, 2011. \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's\"\" is set in the future", "title": "Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 17.69, "text": "Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal The anime series, animated by Gallop, aired on TV Tokyo between April 2011 and March 2014, with an English-language version airing in North America between October 2011 and August 2013. A second series, titled , aired in Japan between October 2012 and March 2014 and in North America between August 2013 and February 2015. The series was succeeded by \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V\"\". The series aired on The CW's Saturday morning cartoon block, Toonzai, and continued to air on its successor, Vortexx. The series was later broadcast on Nicktoons starting April 12, 2013. After Vortexx ended, new episodes were streamed", "title": "Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 17.44, "text": "spin-off manga by Akihiro Tomonaga titled was serialized in \"\"Saikyō Jump\"\" between April 3, 2015 and August 3, 2017 and was collected in two volumes. There are currently four official soundtracks released by Marvelous Entertainment. \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V\"\" adds new game play elements to the \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh!\"\" Trading Card Game. Following the release of Starter Deck 2014, Pendulum Monsters were introduced to the trading card game. A hybrid of Monster and Spell, they can either be summoned conventionally, or \"\"activated\"\" in the newly added Pendulum Zones as Spell Cards, with their own separate effect. On the Pendulum Scale, the cards have a", "title": "Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 17.42, "text": "May 10, 2017. The series is being directed by Masahiro Hosoda at Studio Gallop with screenplay by Shin Yoshida and character design by Ken'ichi Hara. The series is being simulcast with English subtitles outside of Asia by Crunchyroll. This makes it the first series in the \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh!\"\" franchise to receive an official simulcast alongside its Japanese broadcast. An edited English-dubbed version is in production by 4K Media Inc. The pilot episode was previewed along with a digitally remastered screening of \"\"\"\" on March 11, 2018 in the US, and June 13, 2018 in the UK. Teletoon began airing the English", "title": "Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 17.33, "text": "December 5, 2013. It was released as \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal: World Duel Carnival\"\" in North America on September 25, 2014. Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal The anime series, animated by Gallop, aired on TV Tokyo between April 2011 and March 2014, with an English-language version airing in North America between October 2011 and August 2013. A second series, titled , aired in Japan between October 2012 and March 2014 and in North America between August 2013 and February 2015. The series was succeeded by \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V\"\". The series aired on The CW's Saturday morning cartoon block, Toonzai, and continued to air on its successor,", "title": "Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 17.28, "text": "Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V The series was succeeded by \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS\"\", which premiered on May 10, 2017. In Paradise City's You Show Duel School, a second-year middle school student named Yuya Sakaki aspires to become a professional Dueltainer. Yuya awakens a new power called Pendulum Summoning, which attracted attention of the Leo Corporation's president, Declan Akaba. Yuya later meets three Duelists who greatly resemble him: The collected Xyz duelist Yuto whom he unknowingly absorbed, the overconfident Synchro duelist Yugo, and the sadistic Fusion duelist Yuri. These look-alikes originate from other dimensions besides Yuya's Standard Dimension as he and his friends find themselves", "title": "Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 17.25, "text": "Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V (manga) The series began serialization in Shueisha's \"\"V-Jump\"\" magazine in August 2015, and also began serialization by Viz Media in English in its digital \"\"Weekly Shonen Jump\"\" on August 24, 2015. The story takes place in Maiami City, where the Leo Corporation developed Solid Vision which became an inseparable part of daily life due to its ability to give physical mass to data. Its application to Duel Monsters created an interactive experience that save rise to challenging Action Duels where duelists to traverse environments to locate Action Cards to help them in a pinch. The story follows Yuya", "title": "Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V (manga)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 17.22, "text": "manga adaptation by Masahiro Hikokubo and Satou Masashi began serialization in \"\"V-Jump\"\" from August 2009 and, like the \"\"GX\"\" manga, differs from the anime in storyline and characterization. The manga is also published in North America by Viz Media. \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal\"\" is the third main spin-off series, which aired in Japan between April 11, 2011 and March 23, 2014, which aired for 146 episodes. The first series aired between April 11, 2011 and September 24, 2012. The story revolves around a boy named Yuma Tsukumo who, joined by an interstellar being known as Astral, must gather the 100 Numbers cards", "title": "Yu-Gi-Oh!" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 17.2, "text": "Monsters, and Battle City arcs are released under the title \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist\"\", while the Memory World arc was released as \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World\"\". A spin-off manga titled \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh! R\"\" was illustrated by Akira Ito under Takahashi's supervision. The story is of disputed canonicity and takes place in the original manga's universe, between the Battle City and Millennium World arcs, where Yugi and his friends must stop a man named Yako Tenma who plans to use Anzu Mazaki's body to revive the deceased Pegasus. The spin-off was serialized in \"\"V-Jump\"\" between April 21, 2004 and December 21, 2007 and was compiled", "title": "Yu-Gi-Oh!" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 17.17, "text": "which aired in North America between September 9, 2006 and November 25, 2006. It is set before the end of \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters\"\", apparently somewhere between episodes 198 and 199, and involves Yugi and his friends being pulled into a world filled with real Duel Monsters they can summon using capsules. It is similar to the Virtual RPG arc in many respects, but it does not seem to have anything to do with the early Capsule Monster Chess game featured in early volumes of the original manga. It is currently the only animated \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh!\"\" media not to be released in", "title": "Yu-Gi-Oh!" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 17.11, "text": "for the first-ever Japanese animated series to be broadcast on the popular children’s network. The \"\"Yugioh!\"\" franchise (\"\"Yugioh!\"\", \"\"Yugioh! GX\"\", \"\"Yugioh! 5Ds\"\" and \"\"Yugioh! Zexal\"\" and \"\"Arc V\"\" programs) is now in its 12th consecutive season of broadcast, with over 700 episodes of content. From mid 2003 through mid 2012, Lacey served as Executive Vice President International for 4Kids Entertainment, managing worldwide TV and video placement of all program content, including \"\"Dinosaur King\"\", \"\"Kirby\"\", \"\"Cubix\"\", \"\"One Piece\"\" and others, as well as assisting in structuring co-production arrangements, including the colorful \"\"Viva Pinata\"\" comedy series and the \"\"Chaotic\"\" action adventure series,", "title": "Brian Lacey (entertainment executive)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 17.08, "text": "States, including \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters\"\" and its spinoffs. The office produced dubbed episodes of \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal\"\" and \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V\"\" and is currently working on the English dub for \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS\"\". The company was recently granted the rights to manage the gaming properties, Bomberman, Contra and Frogger from Konami. Rounding out their IP portfolio is Rebecca Bonbon, the girl’s anime brand created by Yuko Shimuzu. 4K Media 4K Media Inc. is an American production company currently owned by Konami. It was formerly a subsidiary of 4Kids Entertainment (which later became 4Licensing Corporation) and was responsible for adapting and producing English language", "title": "4K Media" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 17.05, "text": "series follows a boy named Jaden Yuki as he attends a Duel Academy, built by Seto Kaiba, in the hopes of becoming the next Duel King. Like the previous seasons, 4Kids Entertainment licensed the series outside Japan and aired it in North America between October 10, 2005 and July 12, 2008, though episodes 157–180 were not dubbed. A manga adaptation by Naoyuki Kageyama was serialized in Shueisha's \"\"V-Jump\"\" magazine between December 17, 2005 and March 19, 2011. The manga differs from that of the anime, featuring new storylines and monsters, as well as some personality changes in some of the", "title": "Yu-Gi-Oh!" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 17, "text": "on the CW4Kids. The series moved over to the Toonzai block on September 18, 2010. The last episode of the dubbed series aired on September 10, 2011, leaving out several episodes from the Japanese broadcast. As a result, \"\"5D's\"\" became the second series to not have a complete English dub. Changes have been made to the plot and cards, character names have been localized, and violent scenes have been edited. In Germany, however, the dub stopped using the 4Kids version and began adapting the show directly from Japan from episode 65 onward for unknown reasons. While the original voice cast", "title": "Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 16.95, "text": "fifth main spin-off series and was announced at Shueisha's Jump Festa event on December 17, 2016 and began airing in Japan in May 10, 2017, following \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V\"\". The series follow a new protagonist named Yusaku Fujiki who engages in duels on a virtual world under the alias \"\"Playmaker\"\", determined to take down an elusive group of hackers known as the \"\"Knights of Hanoi\"\". The series introduces Link Monsters, which are also added to the trading card game. The \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh!\"\" Trading Card Game is a Japanese collectible card battle game developed and published by Konami. Based on the Duel Monsters", "title": "Yu-Gi-Oh!" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 16.89, "text": "the English dubbed series ending on September 10, 2011. This was due to a lawsuit from TV Tokyo. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (season 4) The fourth season of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's lasts from episodes 93 to 134 (with the title Road to Destiny, in the English dub). As the WRGP begins (known as the \"\"\"\"World Racing Grand Prix\"\"\"\" in the English dub, while known as the \"\"\"\"World Riding Duel Grand Prix\"\"\"\" in the Japanese version), the 3 Emperors of Yliaster begin to make their move. The show uses seven pieces of theme music. For episodes 93 through 103, the opening theme is", "title": "Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (season 4)" } ]
where is all the money stored in a bank?
[ "bank vaults" ]
[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 20.34, "text": "Bank vault A bank vault is a secure space where money, valuables, records, and documents are stored. It is intended to protect their contents from theft, unauthorized use, fire, natural disasters, and other threats, much like a safe. Unlike safes, vaults are an integral part of the building within which they are built, using armored walls and a tightly fashioned door closed with a complex lock. Historically, strongrooms were built in the basement of a bank where the ceilings were vaulted, hence the name. Modern bank vaults typically contain many safe deposit boxes, as well as places for teller cash", "title": "Bank vault" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.22, "text": "billion Mark, in 620 million banknotes with a volume of , about 300 boxcars), including all the currency collected at the time of the monetary union and the never-used 200 and 500 Mark der DDR banknotes, was placed into storage in 1990 and 1991 in two long sandstone caverns in the Thekenberge near Halberstadt. In total, 3,000 tonnes of banknotes, passbooks, and checks were stored there, having been brought by military convoy from the \"\"Staatsbank der DDR\"\" in Berlin. The currency became the property of the \"\"Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau\"\" (KfW) in 1994 through its merger with the \"\"Staatsbank Berlin\"\" (the", "title": "East German mark" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.5, "text": "all of the bank's transaction records are stored in her head via her photographic memory. A tactical team is sent out after them by the bank, whose leader works with Berlin, and after escaping, hear something about a bank account number from Kaja. Red arrives and dispatches Kaja to his plane, now in possession of Berlin's money. Meeting Berlin for the first time at a pier, Red blackmails him with his money in exchange for the safe return of Naomi. Liz later learns that Kaja has frozen the escrow accounts in which Berlin's money is parked, whose codes Red trades", "title": "Monarch Douglas Bank" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.48, "text": "closely with the banking industry and law enforcement in order to keep up with such advances in burglary. Bank vault A bank vault is a secure space where money, valuables, records, and documents are stored. It is intended to protect their contents from theft, unauthorized use, fire, natural disasters, and other threats, much like a safe. Unlike safes, vaults are an integral part of the building within which they are built, using armored walls and a tightly fashioned door closed with a complex lock. Historically, strongrooms were built in the basement of a bank where the ceilings were vaulted, hence", "title": "Bank vault" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.73, "text": "surveying office as saying that the gold vaults take up an area of roughly half the Federal Square and have a depth of dozens of meters, down to the level of the Aar river. The SNB says that the gold reserves are stored in different safe places in Switzerland (70% -mostly under the Bundesplatz in Berne and at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel) and abroad (i.e. Bank of England and Bank of Canada). From the latter years of the 1990s until sometime during 2005, the Nationalbank transferred from its possession (incompetently, when the gold price was at its", "title": "Swiss National Bank" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.38, "text": "15 containing the system ROMs, cartridge ROM, I/O registers, video RAM on B-series machines, and a small amount of RAM to store system variables. BASIC program text is stored in Bank 1. On 128 KB models, Bank 2 contains all BASIC variables, however on 256 KB models they're spread out among Banks 2–4. However, unlike the later Commodore 128, the CBM-IIs do not have the system ROMs mapped into banks other than 15, which has very limited program RAM (1k free, plus a 4k expander board could be installed). This meant that software had to include its own OS routines", "title": "Commodore CBM-II" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.3, "text": "generated, which means that it is different every time the game is played. The game features a form of permanent death in which all items are lost upon death. Money that has been stored in the bank is retained. After the player wins the game, a new difficulty mode is unlocked, \"\"New Game Plus\"\". Enemies become stronger, helpful items become rarer, and gameplay shifts to a more stealth game-inspired mechanic. David Pittman wrote and published the game independently after he quit 2K Marin. After his wife, Kim Pittman, helped to finance the game's development, he budgeted for a December 2013", "title": "Eldritch (video game)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.17, "text": "many decades and has yet to be resolved. The funds from the robbery were originally kept at the house of Stalin's friends in Tiflis, Mikha and Maro Bochoridze. The money was sewn into a mattress so that it could be moved and stored easily without arousing suspicion. The mattress was moved to another safe house, then later put on the director's couch at the Tiflis Meteorological Observatory, possibly because Stalin had worked there. Some sources claim that Stalin himself helped put the money in the observatory. The director stated that he never knew that the stolen money had been stored", "title": "1907 Tiflis bank robbery" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.14, "text": "India is epidemic. India currently tops the list for illegal monies in the entire world, estimated to be almost US$1,456 billion stored in Swiss banks in the form of unaccounted money. According to the data provided by the Swiss Banking Association, India has more black money than the rest of the world combined. Indian Swiss bank account assets are worth 13 times (1300%) the country’s national debt, and, if this black money is seized and brought back to the country, India has the potential to become one of the richest countries in the world. Allegations of Indians holding trillions in", "title": "Black market" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.14, "text": "until 2002. Currently an estimated 28 percent of all funds held outside the country of origin (sometimes called \"\"offshore\"\" funds) are kept in Switzerland. In 2009 Swiss banks managed 5.4 trillion Swiss Francs. The Bank of International Settlements, an organization that facilitates cooperation among the world's central banks, is headquartered in the city of Basel. Founded in 1930, the BIS chose to locate in Switzerland because of the country's neutrality, which was important to an organization founded by countries that had been on both sides of World War I. In May 2006, foreign banks operating in Switzerland managed 870 billion", "title": "Economy of Switzerland" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 17.97, "text": "quantity of the donor's semen, as well as reducing the refractory time (i.e. the time between viable ejaculations). All sperm is frozen in straws or vials and stored for as long as the sperm donor may and can maintain it. Donors are subject to tests for infectious diseases such as human immunoviruses HIV (HIV-1 and HIV-2), human T-cell lymphotropic viruses (HTLV-1 and HTLV-2), syphilis, chlamydia, gonorrhea, Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis C virus, cytomegalovirus (CMV), Trypanosoma cruzi and Malaria as well as hereditary diseases such as cystic fibrosis, Sickle cell anemia, Familial Mediterranean fever, Gaucher's disease, Thalassaemia, Tay-Sachs disease, Canavan's disease,", "title": "Sperm bank" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 17.8, "text": "the world. These include coins, bank notes, dies, plates, and engraving tools, bank and government ledgers, weights and scales, cash registers, wallets, numismatic medals and cards and examples of counterfeit money. This collection was on display until 2013, and currently most of it is in storage and is not available to visitors. The National Currency Collection also encompasses a library and archive, which contain over 8,500 books, pamphlets, catalogues and journals dating back to the Middle Ages. The Museum offers various educational programs for school groups and the general public, in both English and French. The creation of a national", "title": "Bank of Canada Museum" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 17.77, "text": "as opposed to earlier trade which occurred using forms of pre-money. The earliest forms of storage utilized were the rudimentary money-boxes (θΗΣΑΥΡΌΣ) which were made similar in form to the construction of a bee-hive, and were found for example in the Mycenae tombs of 1550–1500 BC. Private and civic entities within ancient Grecian society, especially , performed financial transactions. (Gilbart p. 3) The temples were the places where treasure was deposited for safe-keeping. The three temples thought the most important were the temple to Artemis in Ephesus, and temple of Hera within Samos, and within Delphi, the temple to Apollo.", "title": "History of banking" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 17.67, "text": "on his police radio. Detective Iger (Clifton Collins Jr.), who had just been in the bank hears the call, and decides to check it out. While walking back to check on the bank he hears another, anonymous call on his radio about the robbery. The robbers find only $70,000 in the vault. Leah wants to leave, but Vee and Cyrus demand more money. The assistant manager (James Franco) says he will tell them where $6 million is stored, as long as they don't hurt anyone. He tells them the money is in the basement vault which is a part of", "title": "The Vault (film)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 17.67, "text": "i.e., when data item is stored in bank , data item is stored in bank . (Cache) memory is divided in banks to evade the effects of the bank cycle time (see above) \"\"[=> missing \"\"bank cycle\"\" definition, above]\"\". When data is stored or retrieved consecutively each bank has enough time to recover before the next request for that bank arrives. The number of memory modules needed to have the same number of data bits as the bus. A bank can consist of one or more memory modules. Memory bank A memory bank is a logical unit of storage in", "title": "Memory bank" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 17.59, "text": "banks by Indians is unknown. Some reports claim a total of US$1.06 - $1.4 trillions is held illegally in Switzerland. Other reports, including those reported by the Swiss Bankers Association and the Government of Switzerland, claim these reports are false and fabricated, and the total amount held in all Swiss bank accounts by citizens of India is about 2 billion. In February 2012, the director of India's Central Bureau of Investigation said that Indians have US$500 billion of illegal funds in foreign tax havens, more than any other country. In March 2012, the government of India clarified in its parliament", "title": "Indian black money" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 17.55, "text": "issued certificates of deposit as evidence of a claim upon a portion of the goods stored in the warehouses, a form of \"\"representative money\"\". According to economist William Stanley Jevons (1875), representative money in the form of bank notes arose because metal coins often were \"\"variously clipped or depreciated\"\" during use, but using representations for the value stored in banks ensured its worth. He noted that paper and other materials have been used as representative money. In 1895 economist Joseph Shield Nicholson wrote that credit expansion and contraction was in fact the expansion and contractions of representative money. In 1934", "title": "Representative money" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 17.55, "text": "rest of the money is divided between the Swiss Bank Account Client (Biswanath Basu) and the rest of the money is kept in Adi's garage. After this, Shantimoy is thrown out of his house and all his property and land is occupied. The only property left, near the Airport is transformed into a temple. In depression, Shantimoy suffers a heart attack and Sweety gets worried about her father's health. She requests Adi to stop all this but Adi refuses to do so. Sweety gets angry with Adi but later understands and again stays by his side. In the meantime, Shantimoy", "title": "Loveria" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 17.53, "text": "report. Anyone claiming to have such figures (for India) should be forced to identify their source and explain the methodology used to produce them.\"\" In August 2010, the government revised the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement to provide means for investigations of black money in Swiss banks. This revision, expected to become active by January 2012, will allow the government to make inquiries of Swiss banks in cases where they have specific information about possible black money being stored in Switzerland. In 2011, the Indian government received the names of 782 Indians who had accounts with HSBC. As of December, 2011,", "title": "Indian black money" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 17.52, "text": "actually are held outside the United States). All holdings of U.S.-dollar bank deposits held by non-residents of the United States are known as \"\"eurodollars\"\" (not to be confused with the euro), regardless of the location of the bank holding the deposit (which may be inside or outside the U.S.). Economist Paul Samuelson and others (including, at his death, Milton Friedman) have maintained that the overseas demand for dollars allows the United States to maintain persistent trade deficits without causing the value of the currency to depreciate or the flow of trade to readjust. But Samuelson stated in 2005 that at", "title": "International use of the U.S. dollar" } ]
when did season 4 of the originals air?
[ "March 17, 2017" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.31, "text": "The Vampire Diaries (season 4) \"\"The Vampire Diaries\"\", a one-hour American supernatural drama, was renewed for a fourth season by the U.S. channel The CW on May 3, 2012, seven days before the third season's finale. Unlike the previous seasons that aired in September, it premiered on October 11, 2012, to avoid competition from major television shows. Season 4 consisted of 23 episodes instead of the usual 22 episodes. On January 11, 2013, it was announced that a back-door pilot focused on the Originals, titled \"\"The Originals\"\" will air on April 25 for series pick-up. On April 26, 2013, The", "title": "The Vampire Diaries (season 4)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.28, "text": "second spin-off attempt will be overseen by Julie Plec, with no involvement by Kevin Williamson. \"\"The Originals\"\" was officially picked up by The CW on April 26, 2013, for the 2013–14 season. Season one of \"\"The Originals\"\" was set to premiere on Tuesday, October 15. However, on July 29, 2013, The CW announced that the series premiere would instead air on October 3, 2013, following the fifth-season premiere of \"\"The Vampire Diaries\"\" in order to attract fans of the series. On October 10, 2013, the CW ordered three additional scripts for the series. On November 11, 2013, the CW decided", "title": "The Originals (TV series)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.23, "text": "CW announced that \"\"The Originals\"\", \"\"The Vampire Diaries\"\" spin-off series, was picked up for a full season slated to premiere next fall. On February 11, 2013, The CW renewed the series for a fifth season. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> On May 3, 2012 The CW renewed \"\"The Vampire Diaries\"\" for a fourth season. Unlike previous seasons, it started on October 11. Kevin Williamson, Julie Plec, Leslie Morgenstein and Bob Levy are executive producers for the series. The season was concluded on May 16, 2013. The series stars Nina Dobrev who plays Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce, Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore, Ian Somerhalder", "title": "The Vampire Diaries (season 4)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.98, "text": "If the series gets picked up for the 2013-2014 season, she'd be a regular cast member. The Vampire Diaries (season 4) \"\"The Vampire Diaries\"\", a one-hour American supernatural drama, was renewed for a fourth season by the U.S. channel The CW on May 3, 2012, seven days before the third season's finale. Unlike the previous seasons that aired in September, it premiered on October 11, 2012, to avoid competition from major television shows. Season 4 consisted of 23 episodes instead of the usual 22 episodes. On January 11, 2013, it was announced that a back-door pilot focused on the Originals,", "title": "The Vampire Diaries (season 4)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.91, "text": "face a reawakened ancient menace set on destroying anything in its path. The fifth and final season of the series takes place seven years after the fourth season, with Hope now being a teenager at a school for supernatural children, the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young and Gifted. On January 11, 2013, it was announced that a backdoor pilot focused on the Originals, starring Joseph Morgan as Klaus and titled \"\"The Originals\"\" would air sometime in April for a potential series pick-up for the 2013–2014 season. On April 26, 2013, \"\"The Originals\"\" was confirmed for a full series. This", "title": "The Originals (TV series)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.56, "text": "The Originals (TV series) The Originals is an American television series that began airing on The CW on October 3, 2013. Created as a spin-off of \"\"The Vampire Diaries,\"\" the series follows vampire-werewolf hybrid Klaus Mikaelson as he and his family become embroiled in the supernatural politics of New Orleans. On May 10, 2017, The CW renewed the series for a fifth season. On July 20, 2017, it was announced by series creator Julie Plec ahead of Comic Con that the series' fifth season would be its last. The final season debuted on April 18, 2018. \"\"The Originals,\"\" a spin-off", "title": "The Originals (TV series)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.08, "text": "The Originals (season 1) \"\"The Originals\"\" is an American supernatural drama television series created by Julie Plec for The CW. A spin-off of \"\"The Vampire Diaries\"\", the series makes use of certain characters and story elements from the series of books of the same name. The first season premiered with a special preview on October 3, 2013, following the season premiere of its parent series, before premiering in its regular time slot on October 8, 2013. The show is set in New Orleans which the Mikaelson family and original vampires helped to build. In the first season, the focus was", "title": "The Originals (season 1)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.06, "text": "a pilot order from The CW. On May 9, 2013 the series was picked up for the 2013–14 season by The CW. On January 11, 2013, it was announced that a back-door pilot of \"\"The Vampire Diaries\"\" entitled \"\"The Originals\"\" focusing on the Original family of vampires was in the works. The pilot aired in April 2013 as part of \"\"The Vampire Diaries\"\" fourth season. It was soon after picked up for series by The CW, which will air its first season in the 2013–14 season. Joseph Morgan reprises his role as Klaus. It also stars \"\"The Vampire Diaries\"\" actors", "title": "Julie Plec" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.98, "text": "announced that the spin-off, titled \"\"Legacies\"\", was ordered to series for the 2018–19 season. The show will center around \"\"a 17-year-old Hope, along with Alaric's twin daughters, and other young witches, vampires, and werewolves\"\" as they come of age at the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young and Gifted. The Originals (TV series) The Originals is an American television series that began airing on The CW on October 3, 2013. Created as a spin-off of \"\"The Vampire Diaries,\"\" the series follows vampire-werewolf hybrid Klaus Mikaelson as he and his family become embroiled in the supernatural politics of New Orleans. On", "title": "The Originals (TV series)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.72, "text": "said could happen in a few years. A spin-off was in development for the 2011 fall line-up but due to Kevin Williamson's commitment to \"\"The Secret Circle\"\", it was put on hold indefinitely. On January 11, 2013, it was announced that a back-door pilot focused on the Originals, starring Joseph Morgan as Klaus titled \"\"The Originals\"\" would air on April 25 for a potential series pick-up for the 2013–2014 season. This second spin-off attempt was carried out by Julie Plec with no involvement by Kevin Williamson. On April 26, 2013, The CW announced that \"\"The Originals\"\" had been ordered to", "title": "The Vampire Diaries" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.56, "text": "received numerous award nominations, winning four People's Choice Award and many Teen Choice Awards. On April 26, 2013, The CW officially announced that the spin-off \"\"The Originals\"\", which focuses on the Original family of vampires, had been ordered to series, and the show began airing during the 2013–14 American television season. On April 6, 2015, lead actress Nina Dobrev confirmed via Instagram that she and co-star Michael Trevino (who plays Tyler Lockwood) would be leaving the show after its sixth season. Dobrev returned to record a voiceover for the seventh-season finale. Trevino appeared as a guest star in season seven", "title": "The Vampire Diaries" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.52, "text": "primarily on Klaus (Joseph Morgan), Elijah (Daniel Gillies), and Rebekah (Claire Holt) who found out in the backdoor pilot, aired on April 25, 2013, how Hayley Marshall (Phoebe Tonkin) was pregnant with Klaus' child. Having fled the city many years ago, they return to find Marcel (Charles Michael Davis) (Klaus' protégé) leading the city. The family decide to take back the city. The show also revolves around the relationship between them and other supernatural beings, including witches. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The first season received mixed reviews with 7.8 from IMDB The Originals (season 1) \"\"The Originals\"\" is an American supernatural drama television", "title": "The Originals (season 1)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.44, "text": "series premiere in the 2013–14 television season. \"\"The Originals\"\" premiered on October 3, 2013. Daniel Gillies as Elijah, Claire Holt as Rebekah, and Phoebe Tonkin as Hayley will also continue to play their characters, originally from \"\"The Vampire Diaries\"\", in the new spin-off series. \"\"The Originals\"\" is about the Mikaelson siblings, who are the original family of vampires, and their take-over of New Orleans. The show also involves Hayley and Klaus's daughter, Hope. Producers reported that there would be a transition of the characters in both series. Claire Holt made a special cameo on episodes of \"\"The Vampire Diaries\"\", in", "title": "The Vampire Diaries" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.42, "text": "The Exes (season 4) The fourth and final season of the TV Land's original sitcom \"\"The Exes\"\" premiered on November 5, 2014 at 10:30 PM EST. A total of 22 episodes were produced for the fourth season, which was split into winter and summer segments of 12 and 10 episodes each, respectively. The series stars Donald Faison, Wayne Knight, Kristen Johnston, David Alan Basche and Kelly Stables. As of September 16, 2015, 64 episodes of \"\"The Exes\"\" have aired, concluding the fourth season and the series. On February 3, 2014, TV Land renewed \"\"The Exes\"\" for a 12-episode fourth season,", "title": "The Exes (season 4)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.25, "text": "had been officially renewed for another two seasons and would return in late 2015, airing on Foxtel channel SoHo. It was also announced that all the original cast and crew members would return. Production on the fourth season began on 29 February 2016 and concluded on 5 August 2016. The episode order was extended from the usual 10 episodes to 12, with Foxtel's Director of Television, Brian Walsh stating, \"\"we have extended the commission order to 12 episodes this year because the storylines are so strong\"\". Having departed the series at the end of the second season, Bevan Lee returned", "title": "A Place to Call Home (season 4)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.25, "text": "Tokyo. The English adaptation of the season began airing on May 18, 2008 on Adult Swim in the United States, and the last episode of the season aired on December 6, 2008. Seven DVD compilations, each containing four episodes of the season, were released by Aniplex between May 24, 2006 to December 20, 2006. Viz Media released the season on seventeen DVDs from May 12, 2009 to November 17, 2009. Each of them contain four episodes in both English and Japanese languages. Two DVD box sets collecting the entire season were released on November 3, 2009 and February 16, 2010.", "title": "Bleach (season 4)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.25, "text": "All That (season 4) \"\"All Thats fourth season\"\"' ran from November 15, 1997 to November 28, 1998. 21 episodes aired. The show saw many changes before the start of the season. Original/former cast members Katrina Johnson and Alisa Reyes both had left the show, and former new cast member Tricia Dickson was fired. The producers hired Danny Tamberelli, Christy Knowings and Leon Frierson. This would be the final season for Lori Beth Denberg; in a live chat on Nick.com, she reasoned that she left \"\"All That\"\", because she \"\"was getting older.\"\" Denberg was the last original female cast member on", "title": "All That (season 4)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.22, "text": "programming (mixed in with three former Kids' WB originals) in September 2008. Because of this additional deal, 4Kids provided programming for both The CW and Fox in the 2008–09 season giving 4Kids nine hours of combined children's programming on two broadcast networks, as 4KidsTV ran until December 27, 2008. The new block, The CW4Kids, started May 24, 2008. The CW4Kids was renamed to Toonzai starting on August 14, 2010, featuring \"\"Magical Do-Re-Mi!\"\", \"\"Cubix: Robots for Everyone\"\", \"\"Dinosaur King\"\", \"\"Yu-Gi-Oh!\"\",\"\" Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's\"\", \"\"Sonic X\"\" and \"\"Dragon Ball Z Kai\"\". Even though 4Kids TV was discontinued as it was online only, this", "title": "4Licensing Corporation" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.03, "text": "18 episodes, continued airing on Sunday nights at 9:00 PM during the summer months, but unlike the previous seasons, the first twelve episodes aired during the summer, starting from June 3, 2001 and the remaining six aired during January and February 2002, ending on February 10, 2002. In the United Kingdom, the season was broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10:00 PM, two episodes a night, between January 9 and March 6, 2002. The season continued the series' critical and award success, with the series winning 3 Emmy awards, 2 Golden Globe awards, and a SAG award. Season four also achieved", "title": "Sex and the City (season 4)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.02, "text": "Z., Eric F., and House must each create an original mutant. Face Off (season 4) The fourth season of the Syfy reality television series Face Off premiered on January 15, 2013 and ended March 26, 2013. The season featured 14 prosthetic makeup artists competing against each other to create makeup effects. Anthony Kosar of Chicago, Illinois, was the winner of the season. The grand prize for the fourth season was a position as a guest lecturer at the Make Up For Ever Academies in New York and Paris, a 2013 Fiat 500, and $100,000. The finals venue for this season", "title": "Face Off (season 4)" } ]
what is the setting of the grinch who stole christmas?
[ "Whoville on Christmas Eve" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.3, "text": "constructed on the backlot of Universal Studios behind the Bates Motel set from \"\"Psycho\"\". Rick Baker was hired to design and create the film's prosthetic makeup for Carrey and the rest of the cast. It took a number of tests, and ultimately Carrey admiring a photo of Baker in his first test makeup, for the decision to use Baker's original makeup design. The Grinch suit was covered in yak hair, dyed green and sewed onto a spandex suit. The first application of the makeup took up to 8 hours, after which a frustrated Carrey kicked a hole in the wall", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.23, "text": "narrator. The Grinch (voiced by Boris Karloff) is the film's main character. He lives in a cave atop Mt. Crumpit, located above the village of Whoville. The Grinch is a surly character with a heart \"\"two sizes too small\"\" who has especially hated Christmas for 53 years. On Christmas Eve, he finally becomes fed up with seeing the decorations and hearing all the music and caroling in the village and wishes he could stop Christmas Day from coming to Whoville. When he sees his dog, Max, with snow all over his face in the shape of a hat and beard,", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.89, "text": "high mountain just north of the town of Whoville, home of the merry and warm-hearted Whos. His only companion is his unloved, but loyal dog, Max. From his cave, the Grinch can hear the noisy Christmas festivities that take place in Whoville. Continuously annoyed, he devises a wicked scheme to steal their presents, trees, and food for their Christmas feast. He crudely disguises himself as Santa Claus, and forces Max, disguised as a reindeer, to drag a sleigh down the mountain towards Whoville. Once at Whoville, the Grinch slides down the chimney of one house and steals all of the", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.8, "text": "was produced by the Old Globe Theatre, San Diego in 1998. It also was produced on Broadway and a limited-engagement US tour in 2008. The North American Tour began in the fall of 2010 and has subsequently toured every fall since. The book was adapted into a 13-minute song, performed by the Boston Pops Orchestra, arranged by Danny Troob, and featuring bassist Reid Burton and actor Will LeBow narrating it on the Boston Pops's 2013 CD, \"\"A Boston Pops Christmas – Live from Symphony Hall with Keith Lockhart\"\". As of 2005, the book had been translated into nine languages, including", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.78, "text": "Seaman wrote the final screenplay following eight drafts, but Geisel also had veto power over the script. She objected to several jokes and sexual innuendos in the screenplay, including one about a family who did not have a Christmas tree or presents jokingly called the \"\"Who-steins\"\" and the placement of a stuffed trophy of The Cat in the Hat on the Grinch's wall. Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer did an uncredited rewrite of the script. The film was shot between September 1999 and January 2000. Geisel visited the set in October 1999. Much of the Whoville set was", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.78, "text": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!) is a 1966 Christmas animated television special directed and co-produced by Chuck Jones. It is based on the eponymous children's book by Dr. Seuss, the story of the Grinch trying to take away Christmas from the townsfolk of Whoville below his mountain hideaway. Originally telecast in the United States on CBS on December 18, 1966, it went on to become a perennial holiday special. The special also features the voice of Boris Karloff as the Grinch and the", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.62, "text": "(alternatively titled \"\"The Cat in the Hat Gets Grinched\"\"), aired on ABC in 1982. Though credited to DePatie-Freleng, it was produced by Marvel Productions, which had taken over DePatie-Freleng in 1981. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!) is a 1966 Christmas animated television special directed and co-produced by Chuck Jones. It is based on the eponymous children's book by Dr. Seuss, the story of the Grinch trying to take away Christmas from the townsfolk of Whoville below his mountain hideaway. Originally telecast in the", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.55, "text": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas and simply The Grinch in the UK) is a 2000 American Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by Ron Howard and written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. Based on Dr. Seuss's 1957 book of the same name, the film was the first Dr. Seuss book to be adapted into a full-length feature film. The film stars Jim Carrey in the title role, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin, Molly Shannon and Taylor Momsen. Because the film is", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.5, "text": "in 1995 and 1998 playing to sold-out houses every time. The musical was performed at the Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, where it has run every Christmas season since 1998. The Old Globe production was directed by Jack O'Brien. This version featured songs from the television special, which had music by Albert Hague and lyrics by Seuss. A then-unknown Vanessa Anne Hudgens played Cindy Lou Who (1998–1999). For the 2007 Christmas season, three new songs were added to both this and the subsequent Broadway production. These songs are \"\"This Time of Year\"\", \"\"It's the Thought That Counts\"\" and \"\"Fah Who", "title": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.44, "text": "Lake City, Spokane, Seattle, New York City, Chicago, Costa Mesa and Denver. In 2015, the production toured in North America with shows in Worcester, Detroit, Appleton, Columbus, Jacksonville, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. Stefán Karl performed as Grinch, Bob Lauder as Old Max, and Genny Gagnon and Rachel Katzke as Cindy Lou Who. The musical will make its UK premiere at The Lowry, in Salford from 10 December 2019 to 5 January 2020. Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, or simply How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, is", "title": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.41, "text": "and labeled as a \"\"50th Birthday Deluxe Edition\"\". That labeling refers to the 1957 date of the book's publication rather than to the date of the 1966 TV special. This DVD release featured a new retrospective featurette and contained all the bonus features from the previous release, except for the audio commentary, and the Grinch was restored to his original green color. This edition is also available as part of the four-disc \"\"Classic Christmas Favorites\"\" box set. The special was again re-released on DVD with Phil Roman's and June Foray's audio commentary replacing the \"\"Horton Hears a Who!\"\" bonus special.", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.39, "text": "to erect before he leaves. The mayor then shames Cindy Lou for inviting the Grinch. Since the Grinch's attack has failed to crush the Whos' Christmas spirit, he concocts a plan to steal all of their presents, decorations, and food while they are sleeping. Creating a Santa suit and powered sleigh, and dressing his dog Max as a reindeer, the Grinch descends to Whoville and steals all of the Christmas gifts. When Cindy Lou catches him stealing the tree, he tells her he is taking it to Santa's workshop for repair of a defective light. On Christmas morning, the Whos", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.23, "text": "Whos' Christmas presents, the Christmas tree, and the log for their fire. He is briefly interrupted in his burglary by Cindy Lou, a little Who girl, but concocts a crafty lie to effect his escape from her home. After stealing from one house, he does the same thing to all the other houses in the village of Whoville. After spending all night stealing stuff from the houses of Whoville, the Grinch travels back to the top of Mount Crumpit, intending to dump all of the Christmas stuff into the abyss. As dawn arrives, the Grinch expects the people in Whoville", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.16, "text": "animated feature film, titled \"\"The Grinch\"\" directed by Scott Mosier and Yarrow Cheney and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the Grinch. It was originally scheduled to be released on November 10, 2017, but in June 2016, it was pushed back to November 9, 2018. Several audio recordings and audio-visual adaptations of the book have also been published. In 1975, Zero Mostel narrated an LP record of the story. In 1992, Random House Home Video released an updated animated version of the book narrated by Walter Matthau. In 2009, an interactive e-book version was released for the iPhone. A musical stage version", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.16, "text": "he decides to disguise himself as Santa Claus and steal Christmas. The Grinch makes himself a Santa coat and hat and disguises the innocent Max as a reindeer. He loads empty bags onto a sleigh and travels to Whoville with some difficulty. In the first house he is almost caught by Cindy Lou Who (voiced by an uncredited June Foray), a small Who girl who wakes up and sees him taking the Christmas tree. Pretending to be Santa, the Grinch tells Cindy Lou that he is merely taking the tree to his workshop for repairs, and then gets her a", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.14, "text": "based on a children's picture book, many additions were made to the storyline to bring it up to feature-length including some information about the backstory of the title character and reworking the story's minor character Cindy Lou Who as a main character. Most of the rhymes that were used in the book were also used in the film, though some of the lines were to some degree changed and several new rhymes were put in. The film also borrowed some music and character elements (such as the Grinch's green skin tone) that originated in the 1966 animated television special. Produced", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.14, "text": "Doraze\"\" (which was part of the animated television special). From the Children's Theatre Company, the musical was transferred to Broadway by Running Subway (James Sanna). This version with book and lyrics by Timothy Mason, original score by Mel Marvin, directed by Matt August and created and conceived by Jack O'Brien. The Broadway production debuted on November 8, 2006 at the Foxwoods Theatre (then the Hilton theatre) for the Christmas season and closed on January 7, 2007. This production is notable for being the first Broadway musical to offer 12 performances a week. In the first week of December 2006, the", "title": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.11, "text": "occurrence for Broadway shows. Cast 2006 season 2007 season A limited-engagement tour ran during the Christmas season of 2008. The musical started at the Hippodrome in Baltimore from November 11 to 23, and then played the Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre in Boston from November 26 to December 28. Matt August directed the show, with John DeLuca as original choreographer and Bob Richard as co-choreographer. The cast included Stefán Karl Stefánsson (who was best known for playing Robbie Rotten on the children's TV series \"\"LazyTown\"\") starring as the Grinch, Walter Charles as Old Max, and Andrew Keenan-Bolger as Young", "title": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.11, "text": "Max. In 2009, the musical was produced at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California, and ran from November 10, 2009 to December 27, 2009. Stefán Karl reprised his role from the tour as the Grinch, with John Larroquette as Old Max, Kayley Stallings and Issadora Ava Tulalian as Cindy Lou Who, and James Royce as Young Max. In 2010, a North American tour ran in the cities of Omaha, Houston, Dallas, Tempe and Toronto. Stefán Karl performed as the Grinch and Brooke Lynn Boyd as Cindy Lou Who. In 2011, the tour played Providence, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, St. Louis and San", "title": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.11, "text": "slide over the edge of the cliff, he desperately strains to save them, but cannot. He then sees Cindy Lou on top of the sleigh because she has come to spend Christmas with him. Motivated to save not just gifts but a life, the Grinch finds the strength to lift the loaded sleigh and Cindy Lou to safety. They then ride the sleigh down the mountain to return the gifts. The Grinch confesses to the burglary, apologizes, and surrenders himself to the police chief. The chief accepts the Grinch's apology, and refuses to follow the mayor's desire to have the", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" } ]
when was the forward assist added to the m16?
[ "1967" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.58, "text": "result, the design was split into two variants: the Air Force's M16 without the forward assist, and the XM16E1 (AKA: M16A1) with the forward assist for the other service branches. In November 1963, McNamara approved the U.S. Army's order of 85,000 XM16E1s; and to appease General LeMay, the Air Force was granted an order for another 19,000 M16s. In March 1964, the M16 rifle went into production and the Army accepted delivery of the first batch of 2129 rifles later that year, and an additional 57,240 rifles the following year. The Colt ArmaLite AR-15 was discontinued with the adoption of", "title": "ArmaLite AR-15" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.11, "text": "Air Force's M16 without the forward assist, and the XM16E1 with the forward assist for the other service branches. In November 1963, McNamara approved the U.S. Army's order of 85,000 XM16E1s; and to appease General LeMay, the Air Force was granted an order for another 19,000 M16s. In March 1964, the M16 rifle went into production and the Army accepted delivery of the first batch of 2,129 rifles later that year, and an additional 57,240 rifles the following year. In 1964, the Army was informed that DuPont could not mass-produce the IMR 4475 stick powder to the specifications demanded by", "title": "M16 rifle" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.64, "text": "provide sustained rates of automatic fire. The 30-round M16 box magazine was not available until 1969. The \"\"Model 606A\"\" had a forward assist. The \"\"Model 606B\"\" had a forward assist and the four-position selector. The Army purchased fewer than 200 Heavy Assault Rifle M1s for use in the Small Arms Weapons Systems (SAWS) tests in 1965. The CAR-15 Heavy Assault Rifle M2 were belt-fed machine-guns developed under the CAR-15 banner, although they have little in common with the M16 rifle. Also called the Colt Machine Gun or CMG-1, it was an open-bolt, belt-fed, 5.56×45mm machine gun made by Colt in", "title": "CAR-15" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.81, "text": "services. McNamara ordered its adoption, despite receiving reports of several deficiencies, most notably the lack of a chrome-plated chamber. After minor modifications, the new redesigned rifle was renamed the Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16. Meanwhile, the Army relented and recommended the adoption of the M16 for jungle warfare operations. However, the Army insisted on the inclusion of a forward assist to help push the bolt into battery in the event that a cartridge failed to seat into the chamber. The Air Force, Colt and Eugene Stoner believed that the addition of a forward assist was an unjustified expense. As a", "title": "ArmaLite AR-15" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.78, "text": "part of the CAR-15 Military Weapons System, but was added in 1966 in response to the US military's desire for a shorter M16 and without the \"\"Model 607\"\" SMG's inadequacies. Colt engineer Rob Roy designed a simpler two-position telescoping tubular aluminum buttstock to replace the complicated extending triangular version. The fragile and ad hoc triangular handguards were replaced by reinforced round handguards. Each half of the round handguard is identical, simplifying logistics by not requiring a top/bottom or left/right pair. The \"\"Model 609\"\" Commando has a forward assist, while the \"\"Model 610\"\" Commando does not. A \"\"Model 610B\"\" with a", "title": "CAR-15" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.73, "text": "chrome plated and slick-sided, lacking forward assist notches. Later, the chrome plated carriers were dropped in favor of Army issued notched and parkerized carriers though the interior portion of the bolt carrier is still chrome-lined. The Air Force continued to operate these weapons until around 2001, at which time the Air Force converted all of its M16s to the M16A2 configuration. The M16 was also adopted by the British SAS, who used it during the Falklands War. The U.S. Army XM16E1 was essentially the same weapon as the M16 with the addition of a forward assist and corresponding notches in", "title": "M16 rifle" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.45, "text": "the new redesigned rifle was renamed the \"\"Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16\"\". Inexplicably, the modification to the new M16 did not include a chrome-plated barrel. Meanwhile, the Army relented and recommended the adoption of the M16 for jungle warfare operations. However, the Army insisted on the inclusion of a forward assist to help push the bolt into battery in the event that a cartridge failed to seat into the chamber. The Air Force, Colt and Eugene Stoner believed that the addition of a forward assist was an unjustified expense. As a result, the design was split into two variants: the", "title": "M16 rifle" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.38, "text": "be used to fully close the bolt. Doing so will produce a very distinct \"\"click\"\" rather than the loud sound of the bolt slamming forward. The original use was partway through the firearm's use in the Vietnam War. Before the forward assist, the M16 was often carried \"\"Locked and Loaded\"\"—that is, cocked with a round in the chamber, and with the safety on—because the noise made by a platoon of some 30 men pulling back and releasing the bolt handle would alert the enemy of their location. The assist allowed soldiers to carry a firearm without a round in the", "title": "Forward assist" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.02, "text": "chamber until necessary. The forward assist had been implemented in 2007 on the MSAR STG-556, a U.S.-made clone of the Austrian Steyr AUG assault rifle, but the usefulness of such device is questionable, since the design is not normally prone to the malfunction that led to the need of the forward assist in other firearms; in fact \"\"Microtech Small Arms Research Inc.\"\", the manufacturer of the STG-556, has dropped the forward assist on all rifles manufactured since November 2008. The forward assist may cause the cartridge to become jammed, requiring a cleaning rod to be pushed into the muzzle of", "title": "Forward assist" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.86, "text": "reduce problems with muzzle flash and loud report. The Air Force's GAU-5/A (XM177) and the Army's XM177E1 variants differed over the latter's inclusion of a forward assist, although some GAU-5s do have the forward assist. The final Air Force GAU-5/A and Army XM177E2 had an barrel with a longer flash/sound suppressor. The lengthening of the barrel was to support the attachment of Colt's own XM148 40 mm grenade launcher. These versions were also known as the Colt Commando model commonly referenced and marketed as the CAR-15. The variants were issued in limited numbers to special forces, helicopter crews, Air Force", "title": "M16 rifle" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.78, "text": "Forward assist Forward assisting is the practice of moving the bolt or bolt carrier of a firearm fully forward when the return spring has not done so (or there is a chance that it will not have done so). Some firearms have a dedicated device to allow forward assisting; on others it is simply a procedure performed on the cocking handle. The forward assist on a firearm is a button found commonly on AR-15 rifle derivatives, such as the M16 rifle, and is usually located near the bolt closure. When hit, it pushes the bolt carrier forward, ensuring that the", "title": "Forward assist" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.56, "text": "modification of an existing firearm as was case with the original M16K. In the 1990s agreement was entered into between La France Specialties and NAIT to distribute La France Specialty products. La France Specialties was acquired by Surefire, LLC in 2004, and all La France products are still available. The M16K uses the early Colt AR-15 upper receiver, and therefore lacks the forward assist and shell deflector found on A1 and later upper receivers. The rear sight consists of a metal tube welded onto the carrying handle in place of the original adjustable sight, creating a quasi-ghost ring sight. The", "title": "La France M16K" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.23, "text": "forward assists and with shortened pistol grips from the Survival Rifle (see below). The later \"\"Model 607A\"\" was made with XM16E1 receiver with forward assist and standard pistol grip. The handguard was made from full-length rifle handguard by cutting it in half and using either the fore or aft pair, after machining the ends to fit the slip ring and handguard cap. Because of the short barrel, the CAR-15 SMGs suffered from a loud and bright muzzle blast, and a number of muzzle devices were developed to reduce this. The SMGs were initially fitted with the standard M16 rifle's \"\"duckbill\"\"", "title": "CAR-15" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.98, "text": "raised lower engagement surface. The bolt hold open device had a slanted and serrated surface that had to be engaged with a bare thumb, index finger, or thumb nail because of the lack of this surface. The U.S. Air Force continued to use the ArmaLite AR-15 marked rifles in various configurations into the 1990s. This was the first M16 variant adopted operationally, originally by the U.S. Air Force. It was equipped with triangular handguards, butt stocks without a compartment for the storage of a cleaning kit, a three-pronged flash suppressor, full auto, and no forward assist. Bolt carriers were originally", "title": "M16 rifle" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 19.81, "text": "the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG), and designated them \"\"XM177E2\"\". Delivery was completed by the end of September 1967. The Air Force adopted a similar model without the forward assist feature as the \"\"GAU-5A/A\"\". Sources debate whether or not this was a Colt Model 630 or 649. According to John Plaster and other sources, the lack of 30-round magazines continued to be problematic and SOG operators resorted to pooling their personal resources and purchasing the larger capacity magazines on the civilian U.S. market. Problems with range, accuracy, barrel fouling, and usage of tracer bullets continued to", "title": "CAR-15 XM177" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.36, "text": "M16 rifle The M16 rifle, officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16, is a United States military adaptation of the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle. The original M16 was a 5.56mm automatic rifle with a 20-round magazine. In 1964, the M16 entered U.S. military service and the following year was deployed for jungle warfare operations during the Vietnam War. In 1969, the M16A1 replaced the M14 rifle to become the U.S. military's standard service rifle. The M16A1 improvements include a bolt-assist, chrome-plated bore and a 30-round magazine. In 1983, the U.S. Marine Corps adopted the M16A2 rifle and the U.S. Army adopted", "title": "M16 rifle" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 19.34, "text": "with the longer barrels were called the \"\"Model 629\"\" and \"\"Model 649\"\". The \"\"Model 629\"\" Commando has a forward assist; the \"\"Model 649\"\" Commando does not. In April 1967, the Army purchased 510 \"\"Model 629\"\" Commandos for use by troops assigned to the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG), and designated them \"\"XM177E2\"\". Delivery was completed by the end of September 1967. The Air Force adopted a similar model without the forward assist feature as the \"\"GAU-5A/A\"\". Sources debate whether or not this was a Colt \"\"Model 630\"\" or \"\"Model 649\"\". According to John Plaster and other", "title": "CAR-15" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.25, "text": "a longer barrel, it's no longer than the Colt Commando, as the longer barrel did not require the long 4.5 inch moderator of the XM177 series, only the much shorter M16 birdcage-type flash hider. Colt labeled the M16 carbines the \"\"Model 651\"\", \"\"652\"\", \"\"653\"\", or \"\"654\"\", depending on whether or not it had a fixed or retractable buttstock, or a forward assist. Only the \"\"Model 653\"\" M16A1 carbine, with retractable buttstock and forward assist would be purchased in significant numbers by the U.S. military. The Malaysian Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of the Philippines, purchased Model 653s in small", "title": "CAR-15" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.97, "text": "forward bolt assist. It is believed that approximately 4,000-5,000 Portuguese variants were produced; nearly all of them were sold to the Portuguese National Defense Ministry by the Brussels-based arms dealer SIDEM International in 1960. The AR-10 was officially adopted by the Portuguese paratrooper battalions (\"\"Caçadores páraquedistas\"\"), and the rifle saw considerable combat service in Portugal's counter-insurgency campaigns in Angola and Mozambique. In U.S. Army tests at Aberdeen Proving Ground in November 1960, and later in Portuguese service, the AR-10 gained a reputation for accuracy (some rifles would group into 25 mm (1 inch) at 100 meters with service ammunition). Portuguese", "title": "ArmaLite AR-10" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.75, "text": "the CAR-15 family. However, the United States military had already committed to purchases before Colt created the concept of the CAR-15 weapons system. The principal difference between the \"\"Model 603\"\" and \"\"Model 604\"\" is that the former has a forward assist, allowing a user to manually close a stuck bolt. The \"\"Model 606\"\" CAR-15 Heavy Assault Rifles were heavy barrel (HBAR), open-bolt, full-automatic-only firearms developed for sustained automatic fire. Like the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR), the CAR-15 HBARs did not have a quick-change barrel. The CAR-15 Heavy Assault Rifle M1 used 20-round M16 box magazines, which limited its ability to", "title": "CAR-15" } ]
when did nsync bye bye bye come out?
[ "January 11, 2000" ]
[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.86, "text": "Bye Bye Bye \"\"Bye Bye Bye\"\" is a song by American boy band, NSYNC. It was released on January 11, 2000 as the lead single from their third studio album \"\"No Strings Attached\"\". The song was written and produced by Kristian Lundin and Jake Schulze, with additional writing by Andreas Carlsson. Its lyrics describe the end of a romantic relationship; it was reported to also reference the group's separation from their manager Lou Pearlman and their record label RCA Records. \"\"Bye Bye Bye\"\" was a commercial success, peaking at number 4 on the US \"\"Billboard\"\" Hot 100 and within the", "title": "Bye Bye Bye" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.66, "text": "out of court, NSYNC signed with Jive. With their legal woes behind them, NSYNC refocused and worked on tracks for its second album. In January 2000, the group released \"\"Bye Bye Bye\"\", an upbeat dance track, which shot into the top 5 of the Hot 100 and spent 5 weeks atop the Hot 100 Airplay chart. The song is often considered the group's signature song. The accompanying album, \"\"No Strings Attached\"\", was released on March 21, 2000. It sold a record 2.42 million in its first week of release. By the end of 2000, it had sold over 9.9 million", "title": "NSYNC" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.22, "text": "preteen friendly. Originally, \"\"No Strings Attached\"\" was due for release in the fall 1999. But because of the ongoing legal battle between the band and its management, it was delayed several times. Towards the end of 1999, it was reported that a settlement had been reached, putting aside the lawsuit that their management had filed. The settlement allowed the band to freely release the album under its current band name, with a March 7 initial schedule. \"\"Bye Bye Bye\"\" was solicited to radio stations on January 17, the same night the group would debut the song at the American Music", "title": "No Strings Attached (NSYNC album)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.84, "text": "song was played at the LIFEbeat AIDS benefit concert in New York on December 1, 1999. Lyrically, \"\"Bye Bye Bye\"\" describes a man's desires to end a romantic relationship with a difficult significant other. During production of NSYNC's second album \"\"No Strings Attached\"\" (2000), the group sued their manager Lou Pearlman, who they alleged had been stealing their profits. This brought about allegations that the lyrics also addressed their separation from Pearlman and subsequent departure from RCA Records. \"\"Bye Bye Bye\"\" was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described the song as a", "title": "Bye Bye Bye" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.86, "text": "Awards. Jive went on to various means in building the anticipation for \"\"No Strings Attached\"\". To promote the album, the group appeared on numerous national television shows. Three weeks before the album's release on March 21, 2000, NSYNC did more media, including appearances on MTV, \"\"Good Morning America\"\", \"\"Saturday Night Live\"\", and the Oscars. The music video to \"\"Bye Bye Bye\"\" was heavily rotated, which the \"\"Rolling Stone\"\" magazine called a \"\"seemingly every other half hour\"\" on MTV. MTV Networks' then Chairman and CEO Tom Freston said, \"\"NSYNC's clear accessibility means that they've been featured not just in heavy video", "title": "No Strings Attached (NSYNC album)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.55, "text": "NSYNC discography American boy band NSYNC has released three studio albums and 18 singles. The band first charted in 1996 and released its self-titled debut album in 1997. Their debut studio album \"\"'N SYNC\"\" (1997) was preceded by the lead single \"\"I Want You Back\"\", which entered the top five in New Zealand and the United Kingdom, and the top 20 in the United States. Supported by the commercial success of its lead single \"\"Bye Bye Bye\"\", their second studio album \"\"No Strings Attached\"\" (2000) debuted with 2.4 million copies sold in the first week. The second single, \"\"It's Gonna", "title": "NSYNC discography" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.44, "text": "In 2018, iHeartRadio's Nicole Mastrogiannis ranked Timberlake's appearance in the video as the top \"\"Iconic Music Moments From the 00s.\"\" The same year \"\"Billboard\"\" critics ranked it 21st among the \"\"greatest music videos of the 21st century.\"\" On YouTube, it has more than 179 million views as of November 2018. Remixes Bye Bye Bye \"\"Bye Bye Bye\"\" is a song by American boy band, NSYNC. It was released on January 11, 2000 as the lead single from their third studio album \"\"No Strings Attached\"\". The song was written and produced by Kristian Lundin and Jake Schulze, with additional writing by", "title": "Bye Bye Bye" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.14, "text": "was the most added pop single to radio of all time, being added to over 200 radio stations in the first week alone. The record was previously held by rivals the Backstreet Boys. The song was a bigger hit internationally, reaching the top of the charts in Australia and New Zealand and number 3 in the United Kingdom. On the week of March 24, 2014, the song re-entered the New Zealand Singles Chart at number 14. The video, directed by Wayne Isham and choreographed by Darrin Dewitt Henson, features NSYNC as puppets controlled by an evil puppetress (played by Kim", "title": "Bye Bye Bye" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.02, "text": "11 in Jacksonville, Florida through August 22 in Boston, Massachusetts. The band also stated that the Boston, Massachusetts show will be their 10-Year Anniversary Show. On June 3, 2014, an acoustic video was released for \"\"Same Old War\"\", taken from the acoustic version of their \"\"Oak Island EP\"\", which was released on June 24. On July 9, 2014 the band released their cover of the NSYNC's \"\"Bye Bye Bye\"\" featuring vocals from Cody Carson of Set It Off. On October 7, 2014, the band released their cover of Maroon 5's \"\"Maps\"\". They followed this with further covers of Tove Lo's", "title": "Our Last Night" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.97, "text": "Greatest Hits (NSYNC album) Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American boy band NSYNC. Released on October 25, 2005, the album debuted at #47 on the \"\"Billboard\"\" 200 albums chart. It didn't chart in the UK on release, but debuted at #96 on the UK Albums Chart dated September 7, 2013 in the wake of NSYNC's brief reunion performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. It features hits like \"\"Bye Bye Bye\"\", \"\"It's Gonna Be Me\"\", \"\"I Want You Back\"\", \"\"Tearin' Up My Heart\"\" and \"\"Pop\"\". This album also marks the third and final overall release under", "title": "Greatest Hits (NSYNC album)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.7, "text": "the members regrouped again for the last NSYNC Challenge for the Children, but did not perform. In the fall of 2005, NSYNC released a greatest hits album. It included one song, \"\"I'll Never Stop\"\", that had previously not been released in the US. In 2007, Bass confirmed the group's breakup. In January 2010, the band released another album, \"\"The Collection\"\", consisting of singles released only in the UK. On August 25, 2013, the members of NSYNC regrouped for a one-off performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. They performed a medley of \"\"Girlfriend\"\" and \"\"Bye Bye Bye\"\" during Timberlake's", "title": "NSYNC" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.28, "text": "pm on January 26, 2011, Citadel Broadcasting began simulcasting 1350 KTIK on 93.1, and imaged itself as \"\"93-1 The Ticket\"\". Longtime DJ Matt \"\"MJ\"\" Johnson announced a Super Bowl contest, and played Bye Bye Bye by NSync as the final song on 93.1 Hit Music Now. The new format debuted with Idaho Sports Talk with Jeff Caves and Mike Prater, who interviewed Johnson. Minor league sports broadcasts such as the Boise Hawks and the Idaho Steelheads will not be heard on the FM frequency, instead it will broadcast either ESPN Radio or Westwood One programming. On February 2, 2011, the", "title": "KTIK-FM" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.16, "text": "white room with the Dream logo flashing behind them; in the second, the girls danced on stage in a California desert; in the third, the girls moved around a rotating white room; the same one used previously in the videos for *NSYNC's \"\"Bye Bye Bye\"\" and Sugar Ray's \"\"Fly\"\". The video debuted at number 9 on MTV's \"\"Total Request Live\"\" (\"\"TRL\"\") on December 11, 2000. The video peaked at number 2 on March 29, 2001 and was retired after spending 65 days on the countdown. It was the first video by an all-female group to be retired on \"\"TRL\"\". Dream", "title": "He Loves U Not" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.67, "text": "aired on Mix 101.1 was \"\"Bye Bye Bye\"\" by NSYNC. In November 2014, the Australian Radio Network announced that Mix 101.1 would rebrand to KIIS 101.1 on 19 January 2015 with a new breakfast and drive show. \"\"Matt & Jane\"\" replaced \"\"Chrissie & Jane\"\" in the station's breakfast timeslot, with existing presenter Jane Hall to remain alongside former Fox FM breakfast and Triple M drive host Matt Tilley. \"\"Rosso on Drive\"\" was replaced by \"\"Hughesy & Kate\"\", hosted by Dave Hughes and Kate Langbroek and formerly of Nova 100 breakfast. Both shows began on 19 January 2015, with the latter", "title": "KIIS 101.1" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.53, "text": "conflicts relating to their lawsuit. The group made up the dates in their final tour expansion known as \"\"The Winter Shows\"\". During an AOL chat with fans, Chasez stated they were already preparing for their upcoming tour in 2000. He also expressed hoping to tour the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, Australia and Japan. During this leg, the band performed their new singles, \"\"Bye Bye Bye\"\" and \"\"Music of My Heart\"\". The leg ended with a New Year's Eve concert in Honolulu. The band's performance at Disney's \"\"Summer Jam\"\" was filmed on May 12, 1999 and aired on ABC in June.", "title": "NSYNC in Concert" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.5, "text": "Back\"\", \"\"Bye Bye Bye\"\", \"\"This I Promise You\"\", \"\"Girlfriend\"\", \"\"Pop\"\" and \"\"It's Gonna Be Me\"\" reached the top 10 in several international charts, with the latter being a US \"\"Billboard\"\" Hot 100 number one. In addition to a host of Grammy Award nominations, NSYNC has performed at the World Series, the Super Bowl and the Olympic Games, and sang or recorded with Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Phil Collins, Celine Dion, Aerosmith, Nelly, Left Eye, Mary J. Blige, country music supergroup Alabama, and Gloria Estefan. Although NSYNC announced the start of a \"\"temporary hiatus\"\" in early 2002,", "title": "NSYNC" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.34, "text": "French Fry Day 2018, YouTube personality Miranda Sings in collaboration with Dunkin Donuts, released an adapted version of Friday, as part of the Donut Fries marketing strategy. On June 7, 2018, Black appeared as a contestant in of the reality television musical competition series \"\"\"\", broadcast on Fox. The series is hosted by Fergie and judged by Sean Combs, Meghan Trainor and DJ Khaled. Black sang \"\"Bye Bye Bye\"\" from NSYNC for her audition, and received the go-ahead for the next round with \"\"three blue rings\"\" from all three judges. In the next round, she picked contestant James Graham from", "title": "Rebecca Black" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.19, "text": "Jake Schulze, Rami, Teddy Riley, Kevin \"\"She'kspere\"\" Briggs, Richard Marx, Veit Renn, Babyface, and Guy Roche. After several delays due to legal battles, \"\"No Strings Attached\"\" was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. The album debuted atop the U.S. \"\"Billboard\"\" 200 with first-week sales of 2.4 million copies, setting the record for one-week sales in the country; a record that lasted 15 years, until Adele surpassed the first-week sales record in 2015 with her third studio album \"\"25\"\". Four singles were released from the album. Its lead single \"\"Bye Bye Bye\"\" is credited with creating the hype for", "title": "No Strings Attached (NSYNC album)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.95, "text": "to sign on at 8:00 AM Adelaide Time. The final song on SAFM was NSYNC's, \"\"Bye Bye Bye\"\". The first song on hit107 was \"\"Cosby Sweater\"\" by Hilltop Hoods and the first non-Australian song was \"\"Blame\"\" by Calvin Harris feat. John Newman. hit107 is simulcast on Digital Radio in Adelaide. HIT 107 hit107 (call sign: 5SSA) is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, on a frequency of 107.1 MHz, and is part of Southern Cross Austereo's Hit Network. The station commenced broadcasting in 1980, on the frequency of 107.5 MHz, with a call sign of", "title": "HIT 107" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.89, "text": "a mashup with NSYNC's \"\"Bye Bye Bye\"\". In 2013, Charli XCX performed a cover live at the Borderline Music in Chicago. The singer-songwriter also performed a version of the song in August 2013 for \"\"The A.V. Club\"\" A.V. Undercover series. Also in 2013, British boy-band One Direction performed a cover of the song during their \"\"Take Me Home Tour\"\", live at a Stockholm, Sweden concert. Backstreet Boys member Howie D approved the cover, saying, \"\"It’s nice to see groups like that pay homage to us. We definitely paid homage to groups in the earlier days that we admired[..] So it’s", "title": "I Want It That Way" } ]
when did they start putting barcodes on products?
[ "July 1972," ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.12, "text": "used in the United States. George J. Laurer is considered the inventor of U.P.C. or Uniform Product Code, which was invented in 1973. In June 1974, the first U.P.C. scanner was installed at a Marsh's supermarket in Troy, Ohio. The first product to have a barcode included was a packet of Wrigley's Gum. There is a wide range of hardware that is manufactured today for use in Barcode Systems. The best known brand of handheld scanners and mobile computers is Symbol, which is now a division of Motorola. Other manufacturers include Intermec, HHP (Hand Held Products), Microscan Systems, Unitech, Metrologic,", "title": "Barcode system" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.23, "text": "reading system was patented in November 1969 by John F. Keidel for the General Atronics Corp. It was soon realized that there would have to be some sort of industry standard set. In 1970, the Universal Grocery Products Identification Code or UGPIC was written by a company called Logicon Inc. The first company to produce bar code equipment for retail trade use (using UGPIC) was the American company Monarch Marking in 1970, and for industrial use, the British company Plessey Telecommunications was also first in 1970. UGPIC evolved into the U.P.C. symbol set or Universal Product Code, which is still", "title": "Barcode system" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.64, "text": "almost universal. Their use has spread to many other tasks that are generically referred to as automatic identification and data capture (AIDC). The very first scanning of the now-ubiquitous Universal Product Code (UPC) barcode was on a pack of Wrigley Company chewing gum in June 1974. QR codes, a specific type of 2D barcode, have recently become very popular. Other systems have made inroads in the AIDC market, but the simplicity, universality and low cost of barcodes has limited the role of these other systems, particularly before technologies such as radio-frequency identification (RFID) became available after 2000. In 1948 Bernard", "title": "Barcode" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.56, "text": "their products. There were no cost savings for a grocery to use it, unless at least 70% of the grocery's products had the barcode printed on the product by the manufacturer. IBM projected that 75% would be needed in 1975. Yet, although this was achieved, there were still scanning machines in fewer than 200 grocery stores by 1977. Economic studies conducted for the grocery industry committee projected over $40 million in savings to the industry from scanning by the mid-1970s. Those numbers were not achieved in that time-frame and some predicted the demise of barcode scanning. The usefulness of the", "title": "Barcode" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.41, "text": "industry in the US was searching for a way to speed up the check-out process in shops. The Ad Hoc Committee for a Uniform Grocery Product Identification Code was established to find a solution. In 1973, the Universal Product Code (UPC) was selected by this group as the first single standard for unique product identification, and in 1974, the Uniform Code Council (UCC) was founded to administer the standard. On 26 June 1974, a pack of Wrigley’s chewing gum became the first ever product with a barcode to be scanned in a shop. In 1976, the original 12-digit code was", "title": "GS1" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.25, "text": "that was used to guide government appointments. In 1973, McKinsey & Company led a project for a consortium of grocery chains represented by the U.S. Supermarket Ad Hoc Committee on a Uniform Grocery Product Code to create the barcode. According to the book \"\"\"\"Business Research Methods\"\"\"\", the barcode became commonplace after a study by McKinsey persuaded Krogers to adopt it. In the 1970s and 1980s, McKinsey helped European companies change their organizational structure to M-form (Multidivisional Form), which organizes the company into semi-autonomous divisions that function around a product, industry or customer, rather than a function or expertise. In the", "title": "McKinsey & Company" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.23, "text": "holes. This form of paper data storage was never made reliable and was not used in any subsequent machine. As of 2014, Universal Product Code barcodes, first used in 1974, are ubiquitous. Some people recommend a width of at least 3 pixels for each minimum-width gap and each minimum-width bar for 1D barcodes; and a width of at least 4 pixels—e.g., a 4 × 4 pixel = 16 pixel module for 2D barcodes. For a typical black-and-white barcode scanned by a typical 300 dpi image scanner, and assuming roughly half the space is occupied by finder patterns, fiducial alignment patterns,", "title": "Paper data storage" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.23, "text": "such as smartphones with cameras. The barcode was invented by Norman Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver and patented in US in 1952 (US Patent 2,612,994). The invention was based on Morse code that was extended to thin and thick bars. However, it took over twenty years before this invention became commercially successful. An early use of one type of barcode in an industrial context was sponsored by the Association of American Railroads in the late 1960s. Developed by General Telephone and Electronics (GTE) and called KarTrak ACI (Automatic Car Identification), this scheme involved placing colored stripes in various combinations on", "title": "Barcode" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.22, "text": "for more than 40 years. In 1973, the grocery industry came together to agree on one way of doing business by adopting the U.P.C. barcode to drive speed and efficiency at retail check out. This cooperation marked the beginning of GS1 US. Here is a timeline of GS1 US history: 1973 – The formation of the Uniform Product Code Council (UPCC) 1974 – First live scan of a U.P.C. barcode with numbering system administered by the UPCC. The first scan was a 10-pack of gum in a supermarket in Ohio. 1983 – UPCC adds the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) standards", "title": "GS1 US" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.2, "text": "IBM executives at the meeting noticed the crowds at the RCA booth and immediately developed their own system. IBM marketing specialist Alec Jablonover remembered that the company still employed Woodland, and he established a new facility in North Carolina to lead development. In July 1972, RCA began an 18-month test in a Kroger store in Cincinnati. Barcodes were printed on small pieces of adhesive paper, and attached by hand by store employees when they were adding price tags. The code proved to have a serious problem; the printers would sometimes smear ink, rendering the code unreadable in most orientations. However,", "title": "Barcode" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.09, "text": "intrusive surveillance technology, and from some Christians, pioneered by a 1982 book \"\"The New Money System 666\"\" by Mary Stewart Relfe, who thought the codes hid the number 666, representing the \"\"Number of the Beast.\"\" Television host Phil Donahue described barcodes as a \"\"corporate plot against consumers\"\". In 1981, the United States Department of Defense adopted the use of Code 39 for marking all products sold to the United States military. This system, Logistics Applications of Automated Marking and Reading Symbols (LOGMARS), is still used by DoD and is widely viewed as the catalyst for widespread adoption of barcoding in", "title": "Barcode" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.05, "text": "George J. Laurer George Joseph Laurer (born September 23, 1925 in New York, NY) developed the Universal Product Code, commonly known as the barcode, in 1973. As an engineer at IBM, he was asked to develop the pattern used for the Universal Product Code. A 36-year veteran of the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) who retired in June 1987, George Laurer is the holder of 25 patents. He is also the author of 20 published Technical Disclosure Bulletins. During his career, IBM recognized and rewarded him for many technical innovations. He received the prestigious “Raleigh, N.C. Inventor of the Year”", "title": "George J. Laurer" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.77, "text": "other scanning system was installed at General Trading Company's distribution center in Carlstadt, New Jersey to direct shipments to the proper loading bay. In 1966, the National Association of Food Chains (NAFC) held a meeting on the idea of automated checkout systems. RCA, who had purchased the rights to the original Woodland patent, attended the meeting and initiated an internal project to develop a system based on the bullseye code. The Kroger grocery chain volunteered to test it. In the mid-1970s, the NAFC established the Ad-Hoc Committee for U.S. Supermarkets on a Uniform Grocery-Product Code to set guidelines for barcode", "title": "Barcode" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.69, "text": "for businesses to track inventory using barcode scanning without a need to purchase expensive scanning hardware. A fully automated demand forecasting and inventory optimization system to attain key inventory optimization metrics such as: The Universal Product Code (UPC) was adopted by the grocery industry in April 1973 as the standard barcode for all grocers, though it was not introduced at retailing locations until 1974. This helped drive down costs for inventory management because retailers in the United States and Canada didn't have to purchase multiple barcode readers to scan competing barcodes. There was now one primary barcode for grocers and", "title": "Inventory management software" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.62, "text": "to a barcode symbology developed by Plessey, which is still used in some libraries and for shelf tags in retail stores, in part as a solution to their internal requirement for stock control. The system was first used in the early 1970s by J.Sainsbury to identify all of its products on supermarket shelves for its product restocking system. The chief advantages are the relative ease of printing using the dot-matrix printers, which were popular at the time of the code's introduction, and its somewhat higher density than the more common 2 of 5 and 3 of 9 codes. Plessey barcodes", "title": "Plessey" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.52, "text": "inquiry to the Drexel Institute asking about research into a method of automatically reading product information during checkout. Silver joined together with fellow graduate student Norman Joseph Woodland to work on a solution. Woodland's first idea was to use ultraviolet light sensitive ink. The team built a working prototype but decided that the system was too unstable and expensive. They went back to the drawing board. On October 20, 1949, Woodland and Silver filed their patent application for the \"\"Classifying Apparatus and Method\"\", describing their invention as \"\"article classification… through the medium of identifying patterns\"\". The first commercially successful barcode", "title": "Barcode system" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.48, "text": "standards. But some retailers (clothing, furniture) do not use the GS1 system (rather other barcode symbologies or article number systems). On the other hand, some retailers use the EAN/UPC barcode symbology, but without using a GTIN (for products sold in their own stores only). Wallace Flint proposed an automated checkout system in 1932 using punched cards. Bernard Silver and Norman Joseph Woodland, a graduate student from Drexel Institute of Technology (now Drexel University), developed a bull's-eye style code and applied for the patent in 1949. In the 1960s, railroads experimented with a multicolor barcode for tracking rail cars, but they", "title": "Universal Product Code" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.48, "text": "the first bar code scanning equipment. The first product to be scanned using a Universal Product Code (UPC) bar code was a 10-pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit gum. (This pack of gum is now on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.) In 1984, Wrigley introduced a new gum, Extra, which followed the new trend of sugar-free gums in the US. Wrigley also assumed control of the Chicago Cubs after his father's death in 1977, and sold the team to the Chicago Tribune in 1981. William \"\"Beau\"\" Wrigley IV (1963–), following the death of Wrigley III (his", "title": "Wrigley Company" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.44, "text": "barcode required the adoption of expensive scanners by a critical mass of retailers while manufacturers simultaneously adopted barcode labels. Neither wanted to move first and results were not promising for the first couple of years, with \"\"Business Week\"\" proclaiming \"\"The Supermarket Scanner That Failed\"\" in a 1976 article. On the other hand, experience with barcode scanning in those stores revealed additional benefits. The detailed sales information acquired by the new systems allowed greater responsiveness to customer habits, needs and preferences. This was reflected in the fact that about 5 weeks after installing barcode scanners, sales in grocery stores typically started", "title": "Barcode" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.36, "text": "product master data. By 2005, the organisation was present in over 90 countries which started to use the name GS1 on a worldwide basis. Whilst \"\"GS1\"\" is not an acronym it refers to the organisation offering one global system of standards. Barcodes defined by GS1 standards are very common. They encode a product identification number that can be scanned electronically, making it easier for products to be tracked, processed, and stored. Barcodes allow for greater safety, reliability, speed and efficiency of supply chains. They have a crucial role in the retail industry, moving beyond just faster checkout to improved inventory", "title": "GS1" } ]
by what name is holi known in west bengal and orissa?
[ "Basanto utsav", "Dol Jatra" ]
[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.61, "text": "the \"\"Dolamandapa\"\" (podium in Jagannath temple). People used to offer natural colours known as \"\"abira\"\" to the deities and apply on each other's feats. In West Bengal, Holi is known by the name of \"\"Dol Jatra\"\", \"\"Dol Purnima\"\" or the \"\"Swing Festival\"\". The festival is celebrated in a dignified manner by placing the icons of Krishna and Radha on a picturesquely decorated palanquin which is then taken round the main streets of the city or the village. On the Dol Purnima day in the early morning, students dress up in saffron-coloured or pure white clothes and wear garlands of fragrant", "title": "Holi" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.16, "text": "(, , , , , ) is also known as Phakuwa or Phagwah (), Festival of Colours, or Dola jātra in Odisha, and as Dol Jatra () or Basanto utsav (\"\"spring festival\"\") in West Bengal and Assam. The customs and celebrations vary between regions of India. Holi is of particular significance in the Braj region, which includes locations traditionally associated with the Lord Krishna: Mathura, Vrindavan, Nandgaon, Uttar Pradesh, and Barsana, which become touristic during the season of Holi. Outside India and Nepal, Holi is observed by the minority Hindus in Bangladesh and Pakistan as well in countries with large", "title": "Holi" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.59, "text": "of the god Krishna, and is supposedly coincident with the advent of spring. Holi is locally known here as Dolyatra or Basanta Utsab. The celebrations start in the city with the burning of Holika bonfire on the night before Holi. The festival of colour involve throwing, sprinkling and smearing powdered colour (aabir), and water colour (jal rang) on others. Unknown passersby often get drenched by coloured water balloons, and celebrations often get rowdy with the men partaking the intoxicating drink of \"\"shiddhi\"\" (bhang), often laced with the stronger \"\"charas\"\". Nowadays, Holi party usually means frolicking dance and various delicacies like", "title": "Culture of West Bengal" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21, "text": "Hugli-Chuchura Chinsurah (also known as Hooghly-Chinsura or Hooghly) is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. It lies on the Hooghly River, 35 km north of Kolkata (Calcutta). It is located in the district of Hugli and is home to the district headquarters. Chuchura houses the Commissioner of the Burdwan Range. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). The District Court building of Chinsurah is the longest building in West Bengal. Hooghly-Chuchura was a municipality formed by the merging of two towns, Hugli and Chinsura, in 1865. The", "title": "Hugli-Chuchura" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.48, "text": "Hooghly district Hooghly district () is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal in India. It can alternatively be spelt \"\"Hoogli\"\" or \"\"Hugli\"\". The district is named after the Hooghly River. The headquarters of the district are at Hooghly-Chinsura (\"\"Chuchura\"\"). There are four subdivisions: Chinsura Sadar, Serampore, Chandannagar, and Arambag. The district of Hooghly derived its name from the town of Hooghly on the west bank of the Hooghly River about 40 km north of Kolkata. This town was a river port in the fifteenth century. The district has thousands of years of rich heritage in the", "title": "Hooghly district" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.25, "text": "completed primary school then they join the Higher school in Aura, named \"\"Auria Charu Chandra Dutta Vidyaniketan\"\". The most famous festival in this village is \"\"Baba Dharmaraj Puja\"\". Holi is another festival of Kuara. It was introduced by the Gosai family. The gods Krishna and Radha are said to have come to Battala. Kuara (West Bengal) Kuara is a village in Katwa II CD Block in Katwa subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in West Bengal, India. Kuara is located about 22 km from Katwa. As per the 2011 Census of India Kuara had a total population of 4,885, of which", "title": "Kuara (West Bengal)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.2, "text": "Holi Holi (; \"\"Holī\"\") is a Hindu spring festival, originating from the Indian subcontinent, celebrated predominantly in India, but has also spread to other areas of Asia and parts of the Western world through the diaspora from the Indian subcontinent, also known as the \"\"festival of colours\"\" or the \"\"festival of love\"\". The festival signifies the victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring, end of winter, and for many a festive day to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and repair broken relationships. It is also celebrated as a thanksgiving for a good harvest. It lasts", "title": "Holi" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.16, "text": "Hooghly River The Hooghly River (\"\"Hugli\"\"; Anglicized alternatively spelled \"\"Hoogli\"\" or \"\"Hugli\"\") or the Bhāgirathi-Hooghly, traditionally called 'Ganga', is an approximately distributary of the Ganges River in West Bengal, India. The Ganges splits into the Padma and the Hooghly near Giria, Murshidabad. The Padma flows eastward into Bangladesh, whereas the Hooghly flows south through West Bengal. The river flows through the Rarh region, the lower deltaic districts of West Bengal, and eventually into the Bay of Bengal. The upper riparian zone of the river is called Bhagirathi while the lower riparian zone is called Hooghly. Calcutta and Hugli-Chinsura, the headquarter", "title": "Hooghly River" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.14, "text": "The town was home to Jyotish Chandra Ghosh (Mastar mashay), hailed as a guru by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Notable figures associated with the town include Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Shashi Bhusan Chatterjee, Bhudev Mukhopadhyay, Akshay Chandra Sarkar, Dr. Murarimohan Mukherjee and mathematician Narayan Chandra Ghosh. Hugli-Chuchura Chinsurah (also known as Hooghly-Chinsura or Hooghly) is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. It lies on the Hooghly River, 35 km north of Kolkata (Calcutta). It is located in the district of Hugli and is home to the district headquarters. Chuchura houses the Commissioner of the Burdwan", "title": "Hugli-Chuchura" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.05, "text": "secondary schools, 22 colleges, and 6 technical institutes in Hooghly district. The most notable institutions among them are: Hooghly district Hooghly district () is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal in India. It can alternatively be spelt \"\"Hoogli\"\" or \"\"Hugli\"\". The district is named after the Hooghly River. The headquarters of the district are at Hooghly-Chinsura (\"\"Chuchura\"\"). There are four subdivisions: Chinsura Sadar, Serampore, Chandannagar, and Arambag. The district of Hooghly derived its name from the town of Hooghly on the west bank of the Hooghly River about 40 km north of Kolkata. This town was", "title": "Hooghly district" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.02, "text": "corresponding to the North Indian festival of Holi, is celebrated on account of the god Krishna, and is supposedly coincident with the advent of spring. Holi is locally known here as Dolyatra or Basanta Utsab. The celebrations start in the city with the burning of Holika bonfire on the night before Holi. The festival of colour involve throwing, sprinkling and smearing powdered colour (aabir), and water colour (jal rang) on others. Unknown passersby often get drenched by coloured water balloons, and celebrations often get rowdy and rambunctious with the men partaking the intoxicating drink of \"\"shiddhi\"\" (bhang), often laced with", "title": "Festivals in Kolkata" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.78, "text": "playfully steal each other's \"\"cheer\"\". The colours used on Holi are derived from natural sources. Dulhendi, known as \"\"Charadi\"\" (छरड़ी) (from \"\"Chharad\"\" (छरड़)), is made from flower extracts, ash and water. Holi is celebrated with great gusto much in the same way all across North India. Holi is known as \"\"Phaguwa\"\" in the local Bhojpuri dialect. In this region as well, the legend of Holika is prevalent. On the eve of Phalgun Poornima, people light bonfires. They put dried cow dung cakes, wood of the Araad or Redi tree and Holika tree, grains from the fresh harvest and unwanted wood", "title": "Holi" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.69, "text": "South India, \"\"mandana\"\" in Rajasthan, and rural arts in other parts of India. This art is known as \"\"chowk-poorana\"\" or \"\"chowkpurana\"\" in Punjab and is given shape by the peasant women of the state. In courtyards, this art is drawn on cloth. The art includes drawing tree motifs, flowers, ferns, creepers, plants, peacocks, palanquins, geometric patterns along with vertical, horizontal and oblique lines. These arts add to the festive atmosphere. Folk theatrical performances known as swang or nautanki take place during Holi, with the latter originating in the Punjab. Holi, along with many other Hindu festivals, is celebrated in Nepal", "title": "Holi" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.52, "text": "large number of tourists from different parts of the India. As in other parts of India, in rural Telangana, children celebrate kamuda and collect money, rice, corn and wood for weeks prior to Holi, and on Kamudha night all the wood is put together and set on fire. Hindus celebrate Holi as it relates to the legend of Kama Deva. Holi is known by three names: Kamavilas, Kaman Pandigai and Kama-Dahanam In Jammu & Kashmir, Holi celebrations are much in line with the general definition of Holi celebrations: a high-spirited festival to mark the beginning of the harvesting of the", "title": "Holi" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.44, "text": "Puran poli Puran poli, also known as holige and bakshalu, is an Indian sweet flatbread from many regions of India as evident by the names below. The various names for the flatbread include \"\"puran poli\"\" પુરણ પોળી or \"\"vedmi\"\" વેડમી in Gujarati, \"\"puran poli\"\" (पुरण पोळी) in Marathi, \"\"boli\"\" (Malayalam/Tamil), \"\"bakshalu\"\" (Telugu I), \"\"polae\"\"/\"\"polelu\"\" (పోలె/పోలెలు for plural which is much thinner version in Telangana, \"\"holige\"\" (ಹೋಳಿಗೆ),\"\"obbattu\"\" (ಒಬ್ಬಟ್ಟು) in, Orugatalle (ಒರುಗಾಟಲ್) Kannada, \"\"ubbatti\"\", or simply, \"\"poli\"\" in Konkani. A recipe for bobbatlu (as \"\"bakshyam\"\") is mentioned in \"\"Manucharitra\"\", a 14th-century Telugu encyclopedia compiled by Allasani peddana, who ruled from present-day Andhra", "title": "Puran poli" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.28, "text": "in the area covered by the old Hazaribagh, Ranchi and Singhbhum districts before these were broken down into numerous smaller units, in Jharkhand. Some of them are also found in Orissa, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal. They are one of the smaller of the thirty scheduled tribes inhabiting Jharkhand. Birhors number around 10,000. According to some sources, their numbers could be lesser than this. They speak the Birhor language, which belongs to the Munda group of languages of the Austroasiatic language family. Their language has similarities with Santali, Mundari and Ho languages. Birhors have a positive language attitude. They freely use", "title": "Birhor people" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.27, "text": "Santali language Santali (Ol Chiki: ) is a language in the Santal subfamily of Austroasiatic languages, related to Ho and Mundari, spoken mainly in the Indian states of Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Odisha, Tripura and West Bengal. It is a recognized regional language of India per the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India. It is spoken by around 6.2 million people in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. The Ol Chiki script, also called Ol Cemet', Ol Ciki, or simply Ol, was invented by Pandit Raghunath Murmu in the first half of the 20th century CE to write Santali,", "title": "Santali language" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.23, "text": "in the month of January and held with much fanfare. Diwali and Holi are two major festivals celebrated with great spirit by all the respective cast. The population is a complete combination of Bengalis, Oriyas, Biharis, Gujarati, Marwadis and few others. Sometimes it is jocularly commented that if you visit Rishra you will be able to see all the classes and communities of people in India, perhaps the main reason for the vibrancy of Rishra. Rishra enjoys a vibrant community life and has more linguistic as well as religious diversity than most other towns in West Bengal. Despite a comparatively", "title": "Rishra" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.22, "text": "Bhai Phonta, Jagaddhatri Puja and Kartik Puja. On 1 January Kalpataru Day is observed as an auspicious day associated with Ramakrishna Paramhansa. The winter solstice is celebrated a Paush Sankranti in mid January, followed by \"\"Netaji Jayanti\"\" or the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Saraswati Puja. The spring festival of Holi is celebrated in the form of Dolyatra. The year ends with Charak Puja and Gajan. Temple architecture in West bengal architecture has assumed a unique identity and evolved into the Bengali terra cotta temple architecture which is also a very common style of Hindu temples in", "title": "Hinduism in West Bengal" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.05, "text": "Ho language Ho (𑢹𑣉𑣉 𑣎𑣋𑣜, IPA: /hoː ʤʌgʌr/) is a Munda language of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily in India by about 1.04 million people (0.103% of India's population) per the 2001 census. Ho is a very old tribal language. It is spoken by the Ho people,Munda,Kolha and Kol tribal communities of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhatisgarh, West Bengal, Assam and is written with the Warang Citi script. Devanagari, Latin script, Oriya script, Telugu script, and Eastern Nagari script are sometimes used, although native speakers are said to prefer a Ho script. The name \"\"Ho\"\" is derived from the native", "title": "Ho language" } ]
who plays frankie heck's mom on the middle?
[ "Marsha Mason" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.31, "text": "in Auckland, New Zealand. She played George Needleman's mother in Tyler Perry's \"\"Madea's Witness Protection\"\" (2012). On September 23, 2010, she played Ms. Rinsky, Brick Heck's teacher in the second-season premiere episode of \"\"The Middle\"\". This appearance reunited her with Patricia Heaton, her co-star from \"\"Everybody Loves Raymond\"\". The two women's characters, of course, clash, with Heaton's Frankie Heck always managing to get pushed out of sorts into disastrous action usually resulting in some kind of public chastisement by Roberts' Rinsky, an expert at passive-aggressive manipulation. Roberts returned in two other episodes that season, \"\"The Math Class\"\" and the finale,", "title": "Doris Roberts" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.89, "text": "the FX comedy \"\"Wilfred\"\", starring Elijah Wood. Since 2011, she has appeared on \"\"Whitney\"\" as Whitney's mother. In April 2012, she appeared in the David Lindsay-Abaire play \"\"Good People\"\" as Margie. On November 2012, she made a guest appearance on ABC's \"\"The Middle\"\" as Frankie Heck's (Patricia Heaton) dental teacher. In 2013, Kaczmarek guest starred on NBC's long-running legal drama, \"\"\"\", as Suffolk County D.A. Pamela \"\"Pam\"\" James. In 2013, Kaczmarek played the lead role of Ms. Liz, a third-generation dairy woman in the feature film \"\"Lost on Purpose\"\", starring alongside C. Thomas Howell, James Lafferty, Dale Dickey and Academy", "title": "Jane Kaczmarek" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.31, "text": "television critics and earned numerous award nominations. A spin-off of the series centered around Eden Sher's character Sue Heck was set to launch in 2019. However, the pilot was passed on by ABC, but is being shopped to other networks. The series features Frances \"\"Frankie\"\" Heck (Patricia Heaton), a middle class, middle-aged, Midwestern woman and her husband Mike (Neil Flynn), who reside in the small fictional town of Orson, Indiana based on the real town of Jasper, Indiana. They are the parents of three children, Axl (Charlie McDermott), Sue (Eden Sher), and Brick (Atticus Shaffer). The series is narrated by", "title": "The Middle (TV series)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.75, "text": "a middle aged Midwestern woman married to Michael \"\"Mike\"\" Heck (Neil Flynn), who reside in the small fictional town of Orson, Indiana. The town of Orson is based on Jasper, Indiana. Frankie and Mike are the parents of three children, Axl (Charlie McDermott), Sue (Eden Sher), and Brick (Atticus Shaffer). The series ended with a one-hour series finale on May 22, 2018. A spinoff was in the works, but was abandoned by ABC in November 2018. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The Middle (season 9) The ninth and final season of the television comedy series \"\"The Middle\"\" began on October 3, 2017, on ABC", "title": "The Middle (season 9)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.72, "text": "The Middle (season 3) The third season of the television comedy series \"\"The Middle\"\" began airing on September 21, 2011 and concluded on May 23, 2012, on ABC in the United States. It is produced by Blackie and Blondie Productions and Warner Bros. Television with series creators DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler as executive producers. The show features Frances \"\"Frankie\"\" Heck (Patricia Heaton), a working-class, Midwestern woman married to Mike Heck (Neil Flynn) who resides in the small fictional town of Orson, Indiana. They are the parents of three children, Axl (Charlie McDermott), Sue (Eden Sher), and Brick (Atticus Shaffer).", "title": "The Middle (season 3)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.64, "text": "The Middle (season 6) The sixth season of the television comedy series \"\"The Middle\"\" began airing on September 24, 2014, on ABC in the United States. It is produced by Blackie and Blondie Productions and Warner Bros. Television with series creators DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler as executive producers. The show features Frances \"\"Frankie\"\" Heck (Patricia Heaton), a working-class, Midwestern woman married to Mike Heck (Neil Flynn) who resides in the small fictional town of Orson, Indiana. They are the parents of three children, Axl (Charlie McDermott), Sue (Eden Sher), and Brick (Atticus Shaffer). On May 8, 2014, ABC renewed", "title": "The Middle (season 6)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.52, "text": "The Middle (season 1) The first season of the television comedy series \"\"The Middle\"\" aired between September 30, 2009 and May 19, 2010, on ABC in the United States. It was produced by Blackie and Blondie Productions and Warner Bros. Television with series creators DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler as executive producers. The show features Frances \"\"Frankie\"\" Heck (Patricia Heaton), a working-class, Midwestern woman married to Mike Heck (Neil Flynn) who resides in the small fictional town of Orson, Indiana. They are the parents of three children, Axl (Charlie McDermott), Sue (Eden Sher), and Brick (Atticus Shaffer). After airing only", "title": "The Middle (season 1)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.27, "text": "<onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The Middle (season 3) The third season of the television comedy series \"\"The Middle\"\" began airing on September 21, 2011 and concluded on May 23, 2012, on ABC in the United States. It is produced by Blackie and Blondie Productions and Warner Bros. Television with series creators DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler as executive producers. The show features Frances \"\"Frankie\"\" Heck (Patricia Heaton), a working-class, Midwestern woman married to Mike Heck (Neil Flynn) who resides in the small fictional town of Orson, Indiana. They are the parents of three children, Axl (Charlie McDermott), Sue (Eden Sher), and Brick (Atticus", "title": "The Middle (season 3)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.39, "text": "Film Channel (IFC) miniseries \"\"Bollywood Hero\"\", where he portrays himself and the difficulties he faces after a career as a comic actor, trying to attain leading man status. Starting in fall of 2009, Kattan appeared in a supporting role in \"\"The Middle\"\". Kattan played Bob, a colleague of Frankie Heck's at Mr. Ehlert's car dealership. Kattan appeared in an episode of \"\"How I Met Your Mother\"\" as a star in \"\"The Wedding Bride\"\", a fictional movie within the show. He played himself acting as Jed Mosely, a character based on the main character Ted with an arrogant personality. He reappeared", "title": "Chris Kattan" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.34, "text": "are the parents of three children, Axl (Charlie McDermott), Sue (Eden Sher) and Brick (Atticus Shaffer). <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The Middle (season 8) The eighth season of the television comedy series \"\"The Middle\"\" began airing on October 11, 2016, on ABC in the United States. It is produced by Blackie and Blondie Productions and Warner Bros. Television with series creators DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler as executive producers. The season contains twenty three episodes. The season concluded on May 16, 2017. The show is about a working class family led by Frances \"\"Frankie\"\" Heck (Patricia Heaton), a middle aged Midwestern woman married", "title": "The Middle (season 8)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.19, "text": "TV series \"\"Between Brothers\"\" from 1997 to 1999. He played studio head and Greg Warner's (Anthony Clark) boss George Savitsky on \"\"Yes Dear\"\". He played Shawn Spencer's grandfather on the episode \"\"The Old and the Restless\"\" on the USA Network TV series \"\"Psych\"\", with an uncredited cameo in the sixth season. He had a recurring role as Mr. Ehlert, owner of the car dealership where Frankie Heck works on the ABC-TV series \"\"The Middle\"\". He co-starred on the TBS sitcom on \"\"Sullivan & Son,\"\" where he played the foul-mouthed Hank Murphy. He currently appears in 'Lodge 49' on the AMC", "title": "Brian Doyle-Murray" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.64, "text": "of \"\"Raising Hope\"\". In a December 2013 episode of \"\"The Millers\"\" he played Bud Miller, father to Margo Martindale's character, Carol. In his final television role in April 2015 he reprised his role as Frankie's father on \"\"The Middle\"\", along with real-life brother Dick Van Dyke playing his character's brother. Van Dyke was married twice and had three children with first wife Carol, daughters Jerri Lynn and Kelly Jean and son Ronald. Kelly Jean Van Dyke committed suicide in 1991, following struggles with substance abuse. Jerry and wife Shirley resided together on their 800-acre ranch near Hot Springs, Arkansas. Van", "title": "Jerry Van Dyke" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.58, "text": "The Middle (season 8) The eighth season of the television comedy series \"\"The Middle\"\" began airing on October 11, 2016, on ABC in the United States. It is produced by Blackie and Blondie Productions and Warner Bros. Television with series creators DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler as executive producers. The season contains twenty three episodes. The season concluded on May 16, 2017. The show is about a working class family led by Frances \"\"Frankie\"\" Heck (Patricia Heaton), a middle aged Midwestern woman married to Michael \"\"Mike\"\" Heck (Neil Flynn), who reside in the small fictional town of Orson, Indiana. They", "title": "The Middle (season 8)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.48, "text": "Cherry's \"\"Desperate Housewives\"\" as a character named Vern; it is unknown if this was intended to be the same character or merely an inside-joke. The first tip-off that the series was in trouble came early on when actress Josette DiCarlo, who originally portrayed Frankie's mother in the pilot, was replaced by character-actress Camille Saviola. DiCarlo was cast in the part before Nucci landed the lead, and since then-32-year-old Nucci was significantly older than the 24-year-old character he was playing, DiCarlo was deemed too young to portray his mother. \"\"I honestly wasn't given any explanation,\"\" said DiCarlo, \"\"but during studio audience", "title": "Some of My Best Friends" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.47, "text": "lives of others whilst being happy amongst themselves. Upon their arrival, actress Helen Pearson, who plays mother Frankie Dean, assessed that they were \"\"really supportive of each other\"\", and \"\"quite solid, like an old-fashioned family unit\"\", despite their lack of finances which required them to undertake \"\"various scams to keep body and soul together.\"\" As time went on, the Deans were affected by affairs and parental separation, more typical of the soap's other families. Steph had several romances throughout her time in the series. In her early years, Stenson played her as a flirt, who acted out for the attention", "title": "Steph Cunningham" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.44, "text": "Patricia Heaton Patricia Helen Heaton (born March 4, 1958) is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as Debra Barone in the CBS sitcom \"\"Everybody Loves Raymond\"\" (1996–2005) and as Frances \"\"Frankie\"\" Heck on the ABC sitcom \"\"The Middle\"\" (2009–2018). Heaton is a three-time Emmy Award winner – twice winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for \"\"Everybody Loves Raymond\"\", and a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Culinary Program as host of \"\"Patricia Heaton Parties\"\" (2015–16). Patricia Heaton was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Patricia (née Hurd) and", "title": "Patricia Heaton" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.44, "text": "Patricia Heaton Patricia Helen Heaton (born March 4, 1958) is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as Debra Barone in the CBS sitcom \"\"Everybody Loves Raymond\"\" (1996–2005) and as Frances \"\"Frankie\"\" Heck on the ABC sitcom \"\"The Middle\"\" (2009–2018). Heaton is a three-time Emmy Award winner – twice winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for \"\"Everybody Loves Raymond\"\", and a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Culinary Program as host of \"\"Patricia Heaton Parties\"\" (2015–16). Patricia Heaton was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Patricia (née Hurd) and", "title": "Patricia Heaton" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.95, "text": "and empowerment. The Healys—Mary Jane, Steve, and their teenage son and daughter Nick and Frankie—appear to be a picture-perfect suburban family. Mary Jane Healy (Elizabeth Stanley) is a mom obsessed with keeping it all together despite the fact that her life is spinning out of control. She secretly harbors an addiction to prescription pain pills, and her marriage to Steve (Sean Allan Krill) is distant and sexless. Her daughter, Frankie (Celia Gooding), who is adopted and the only black member of the family, feels alienated by the way her \"\"colorblind\"\" mother has diminished Frankie's black identity. She is also exploring", "title": "Jagged Little Pill (musical)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.83, "text": "grade, Muniz was home-schooled by his mother. He appeared in commercials and made his film debut in the made-for-television movie \"\"To Dance With Olivia\"\" (1997), starring Lou Gossett Jr. In that same year, he appeared in the CBS Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation of \"\"What the Deaf Man Heard\"\". A small role in the film \"\"Lost & Found\"\" (1999) led to his breakout role as the title character on \"\"Malcolm in the Middle\"\". Fox premiered Linwood Boomer's \"\"Malcolm in the Middle,\"\" starring Muniz, on January 9, 2000, as a mid-season replacement, and the show was quickly met with accolades. The", "title": "Frankie Muniz" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.69, "text": "buys a tuxedo, goes on a date with a woman (Laurie Metcalf) who thinks he is Jeff, reducing her to an emotional wreck, and then loses his head (literally) over Frankie's best friend Trish (Glenne Headly) who has taken refuge in Frankie's apartment after walking out on her husband who is a star on the popular daytime soap opera \"\"New Jersey\"\". Frankie also develops feelings for the android and befriends Jeff on a lesser level. Frankie's mother, (Polly Bergen) learns from Frankie's ex-boyfriend's (Steve) mother that Frankie has a doctor boyfriend (Jeff) and expects Frankie to bring him to the", "title": "Making Mr. Right" } ]
where did keep your fingers crossed come from?
[ "biblical Kingdom of Israel" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.5, "text": "Crossed fingers To cross one's fingers is a hand gesture commonly used to wish for luck. Occasionally it is interpreted as an attempt to implore God for protection. The gesture is referred to by the common expressions \"\"cross your fingers\"\", \"\"keep your fingers crossed\"\", or just \"\"fingers crossed\"\". The act of crossing one's fingers mainly belongs to Christianity. The earliest use of the gesture had two people crossing their index fingers to form a cross. To use the gesture is considered an excuse of telling of a white lie by children. By extension, a similar belief is that crossing one's", "title": "Crossed fingers" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.44, "text": "known for vitiating oaths. Wishing for luck is gestured by pressing thumbs. The same gesture is used in many Slavic countries such as Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Bulgaria and ex-Yugoslav republics. Crossed fingers To cross one's fingers is a hand gesture commonly used to wish for luck. Occasionally it is interpreted as an attempt to implore God for protection. The gesture is referred to by the common expressions \"\"cross your fingers\"\", \"\"keep your fingers crossed\"\", or just \"\"fingers crossed\"\". The act of crossing one's fingers mainly belongs to Christianity. The earliest use of the gesture had two people", "title": "Crossed fingers" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.97, "text": "point. A wish made on a cross was a way of \"\"anchoring\"\" the wish at the intersection of the cross until the wish was fulfilled. The 1787 \"\"A Provincial Glossary, with a Collection of Local Proverbs, and Popular Superstitions\"\" by Francis Grose records the recommendation to keep one's fingers crossed until one sees a dog to avert the bad luck attracted by walking under a ladder. In Vietnam the gesture is considered rude, especially to another person. Referring to female genitals, it is comparable to the finger in western culture. In German-speaking countries and also Sweden the gesture is only", "title": "Crossed fingers" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.22, "text": "to the early centuries of the Catholic Church. Common use of crossed fingers is found in the Christians who would cross their fingers to invoke the power associated with Christ's cross for protection, when faced with evil. In 16th-century England, people continued to cross fingers or make the sign of the cross to ward off evil, as well as when people coughed or sneezed. This superstition thus became popular among many early European Christian cultures. In some places, a comrade or well-wisher placed his index finger over the index finger of the person making the wish, the two fingers forming", "title": "Crossed fingers" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.56, "text": "captures innocence at its best moments by using a ridiculous number of instruments (thirty-one, to be exact) that could keep a marching band happy, all of which makes up fourteen very shiny and happy songs.\"\" However, Stylus Magazine's Akiva Gottlieb \"\"[found] their puerile, psychologically regressive child's play boring and self-absorbed\"\". Fingers Crossed Fingers Crossed is the first studio album by Australian indie pop band Architecture in Helsinki, which was released on 29 November 2002 by independent record label, Trifekta. It is known especially for its gentle, high-pitched synthesizers and an ambitiously wide array of musical instruments, many unconventional and prominent.", "title": "Fingers Crossed" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.36, "text": "Fingers Crossed Fingers Crossed is the first studio album by Australian indie pop band Architecture in Helsinki, which was released on 29 November 2002 by independent record label, Trifekta. It is known especially for its gentle, high-pitched synthesizers and an ambitiously wide array of musical instruments, many unconventional and prominent. The instruments used include glockenspiel, woodwinds, xylophone, flute, four different kinds of guitar, trumpet, tuba, trombone, melodica, thumb piano, clarinet, recorder, bass, and various drums and percussion including hand claps, finger snaps, and the taps of tap shoes. It also uses a variety of voices, mainly in gender and age.", "title": "Fingers Crossed" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.94, "text": "label and their frequently volatile relationship contributed to the break-up of the duo in June 1970. After the break-up with Sam, Prater went back to their early Miami label, Alston Records, where he recorded one single, \"\"Keep My Fingers Crossed\"\" backed with \"\"Love Business\"\" (Alston A-4596), and also performed sporadically over the next year. Sam & Dave reunited in August 1971 and performed throughout most of the decade through 1981. They enjoyed a brief resurgence in popularity due to the Blues Brothers's 1979 recording of \"\"Soul Man\"\". Sam & Dave also recorded \"\"Come On, Come Over\"\", which appeared on the", "title": "Dave Prater" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.8, "text": "a cross. The one person makes the wish, the other empathizes and supports. Over centuries, the custom was simplified, so that a person could wish on his own, by crossing his index and middle fingers to form an X. But traces remain—two people hooking index fingers as a sign of greeting or agreement is still common in some circles today. Charles Panati believes that the act of crossing one's fingers as a sign of luck or making a wish traces back to pre-Christian times, speculating that the cross was a symbol of unity and benign spirits dwelt at the intersection", "title": "Crossed fingers" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.16, "text": "Later Days The band was formed by lead singer Mike Wassef in 2001 in Naples, FL. For the 3 years, they released numerous demos and played shows throughout South Florida, many with good friends and contemporaries Fake Problems. This period culminated with the release of \"\"I've Got My Fingers Crossed, But I'm Not Holding My Breath\"\" in 2003, which was recorded at Skylab Studios in Gainesville, FL and Produced by Maharamzeez and John Faratzis In 2005 the band recorded with Incubus producer, Jim Wirt at 4th Street Studios in Santa Monica, CA and Ameraycan/Paramount Studios in North Hollywood, CA, releasing", "title": "Later Days" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.09, "text": "as Catch Me a Spy and Keep Your Fingers Crossed. A young British schoolteacher heads to the Eastern Bloc to try to locate her husband who has gone missing, and soon turns out to have been detained by Soviet intelligence as a spy. The Boats. The \"\"gunboats\"\" in the movie were:- Lalage, a 70 ft WW2 Fairmile harbor defense launch, the East German boat, and the Calshot Salar, a 60 ft WW2 Royal Air Force \"\"three leg\"\" pinnace, the British boat. Lalage was owned and operated by Captain Jack Glover of Dumbarton, who in addition was an extra in the", "title": "To Catch a Spy" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.77, "text": "without cross-fingerings. The Boehm system was developed in part to replace cross-fingerings. The first key added to the flute, the short F key, crossed the flute's body, replacing a fingering with an open hole above a closed one, and is presumably the origin of the name for such \"\"cross\"\" fingerings. Fork fingering is any fingering where a central hole is uncovered while the holes to each side are kept covered. One advantage of the Giorgi flute was that it removed the necessity of fork fingering for playing chromatic notes. Johann Sebastian Bach introduced an innovation in fingering for the organ", "title": "Fingering (music)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.64, "text": "crossed fingers of both hands (26%), thumbs through fingers (6%) (boys only) and arms crossed across the chest (2%). Other gestures, reported in ones and twos, included miming an injection into the arm, licking the thumb, making a T-shape with the hands, three fingers held up and the \"\"Vulcan\"\" sign from Star Trek. Virtually all schools reported the use of crossed fingers. The holding up of one hand with middle and index fingers crossed was the usual gesture found in New Zealand in 1999–2001. The T-shape was also used when saying \"\"time-out\"\". The time-out gesture is made with two hands", "title": "Truce term" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.56, "text": "by historical drama Thenpandi Singam. The story follows focusing on a Police officer, Rekha (Anu Hasan) thtries to find out her kidnapped sister several years before. Gowsik (Vijay Adhiraj) as her former lover subverts the ideas of Rekha makes everyone keeps their fingers crossed. It was written by lyricist Piraisoodan, composed by the music director C. Sathya. It was sung by Balram. The Series was released on 2008 on Kalaignar TV. The Show was also broadcast internationally on Channel's international distribution. It aired in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, South East Asia, Middle East, Oceania, South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa", "title": "Rekha IPS" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.5, "text": "fingers invalidates a promise being made. Judges often render verdicts with the phrase \"\"May God have mercy upon your soul\"\" to reaffirm God's supreme authority over the law. Most judges felt that while they could pass a sentence of death upon a person, they personally did not have the authority to destroy souls and that only God had the authority to do that. As a result, some judges would cross their fingers whenever they said the phrase as a result of concern for the criminal's soul as they said it as a prayer. Common usage of the gesture traces back", "title": "Crossed fingers" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.48, "text": "also in March 2008. In 2010, Kit Kat made their own 'Cross your Fingers' advert using clips from Arsenal, West Ham, Oxford United and also Millwall's Den. The Den is served by the National Rail station South Bermondsey, which is a five-minute walk away from the ground. Away supporters have their own walkway link, which is available to them on match days. There are no official car parking facilities for supporters. The P12 bus stops closest to the ground in Ilderton Road, just a two-minute walk away. The 21, 53 and 172 buses all stop on the Old Kent Road,", "title": "The Den" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.33, "text": "his role, Shehzad says \"\"Also, my part is very strong, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed ... I’m also coming with a whole new look, I have a moustache, I’m wearing a bracelet in my hand and am always in shalwar kameez, so it’s kind of a wadera look and that’s something I’ve never done before ... I’m also very confident about it because my director told me that this particular character was in line with my presence.\"\" Principal photography commenced on 18 January 2017 and was concluded on 17 November 17, the eleven month shooting period marked Alif Allah", "title": "Alif Allah Aur Insaan" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.3, "text": "printing his own monthly paper. Fiske next enrolled at Dr. Chapin's Collegiate School for Boys, a college preparatory school on Madison Avenue where he continued to pursue writing. Upon finishing there, he traveled for a summer in Europe and then entered New York University in 1878. There he was asked to sign a pledge to forsake dens of iniquity like theaters, taverns, dance halls, and billiard rooms. Fiske subsequently admitted that he and his friends kept their fingers crossed when it came to attending theaters. At college, Fiske often wrote short stories and sketches for magazines and soon became an", "title": "Harrison Grey Fiske" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.27, "text": "record label, Trifekta, which released their debut single, \"\"Like a Call\"\" in December. Nearly two years after starting work, \"\"Fingers Crossed\"\" was issued on 29 November 2002. Most of the group's members play multiple instruments and their music makes use of a wide range of instruments, from analog synthesizers, samplers, the glockenspiel and handclaps; to concert band instruments like the trumpet, tuba, trombone, saxophone, clarinet and recorder; and the more standard guitars, bass guitar and drums. In 2003, Architecture in Helsinki toured Australia supporting The Go-Betweens, then undertook their own east coast tour followed with a support tour for international", "title": "Architecture in Helsinki" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.23, "text": "forms such as \"\"kings\"\" and \"\"I've got kings X\"\". There was also one report of \"\"times X\"\". Similarly derivatives of \"\"time-out\"\" are often accompanied by the traditional crossed fingers. In France children use the word \"\"pouce\"\" as the equivalent of the English \"\"pax\"\" and the American \"\"time-out\"\". The literal translation of pouce is thumb or big toe. \"\"Lu !\"\" is -- or was -- a common truce term in Châteauroux, central France, in the fifties and sixties. The Opies found that in England and Wales children usually held up crossed fingers. Sometimes crossing the fingers of both hands was required", "title": "Truce term" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.22, "text": "the drag race with leader Gil de Ferran off the final turn by .027 of a second (27 thousandths), with Raul Boesel joining the photo finish just .055 of a second behind Marty Reid calling the 1998 Craftsman Truck Series finale at Las Vegas, where Jack Sprague won the race but fell short on the championship to Ron Hornaday. Bob Jenkins calling the 1999 Goody's 500, when Dale Earnhardt bumped Terry Labonte in Turn 2 of the final lap Marty Reid, which later he would say \"\"keep your fingers crossed\"\" after the accident, calling the big wreck on lap 57", "title": "ESPN SpeedWorld" } ]
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