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American_Idol

Ford Motor Company and Coca-Cola were two of the first sponsors of American Idol in its first season. The sponsorship deal cost around $10 million in season one, rising to $35 million by season 7, and between $50 to $60 million in season 10. The third major sponsor AT&T Wireless joined in the second season but ended after season 12, and Coca-Cola officially ended its sponsorship after season 13 amidst the declining ratings of Idol in the mid-2010s. iTunes sponsored the show since season seven.

Question: In which season did Coca-Cola become a sponsor of American Idol? 
Answer: season one

Question: In which season did Ford Motor Company become a sponsor of American Idol? 
Answer: season one

Question: Which mobile carrier became a sponsor of American Idol in its second season? 
Answer: AT&T Wireless

Question: When did Coca-Cola stop being a sponsor of American Idol? 
Answer: after season 13

Question: In which season did iTunes begin a partnership with American Idol? 
Answer: seven

Question: How much did it cost each company for the first season?
Answer: 10 million

Question: How much did it cost each company in season 7?
Answer: 35 million

Question: Who was the third largest sponsor?
Answer: AT&T
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American Idol prominent display of its sponsors' logo and products had been noted since the early seasons. By season six, Idol showed 4,349 product placements according to Nielsen Media Research. The branded entertainment integration proved beneficial to its advertisers – promotion of AT&T text-messaging as a means to vote successfully introduced the technology into the wider culture, and Coca-Cola has seen its equity increased during the show.

Question: What service did AT&T promote on American Idol as a way of voting? 
Answer: text-messaging

Question: How many product placements had Idol shown by season six?
Answer: 4,349
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Coca-Cola's archrival PepsiCo declined to sponsor American Idol at the show's start. What the Los Angeles Times later called "missing one of the biggest marketing opportunities in a generation" contributed to Pepsi losing market share, by 2010 falling to third place from second in the United States. PepsiCo sponsored the American version of Cowell's The X Factor in hopes of not repeating its Idol mistake until its cancellation.

Question: Which major drink manufacturer decided at the beginning of American Idol not to be a sponsor? 
Answer: PepsiCo

Question: What show did PepsiCo begin sponsoring in hopes of not missing another opportunity like American Idol? 
Answer: The X Factor

Question: Which soda company did not want to sponsor American Idol?
Answer: PepsiCo

Question: In hopes of not repeating another mistake, which show did PepsiCo sponsor?
Answer: The X Factor

Question: PepsiCo fell to what place by 2010, which is in part credited with refusing to sponsor American Idol?
Answer: third
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The top ten (eleven in season ten) toured at the end of every season. In the season twelve tour a semi-finalist who won a sing-off was also added to the tour. Kellogg's Pop-Tarts was the sponsor for the first seven seasons, and Guitar Hero was added for the season seven tour. M&M's Pretzel Chocolate Candies was a sponsor of the season nine tour. The season five tour was the most successful tour with gross of over $35 million.

Question: Which season of American Idol had the highest profit on its tour?
Answer: season five

Question: What company was a sponsor of the American Idol tour in its ninth season? 
Answer: M&M's Pretzel Chocolate Candies

Question: Who was added to the tour in season 12?
Answer: a semi-finalist who won a sing-off

Question: Who sponsored the first seven tours?
Answer: Kellogg's Pop-Tarts

Question: Who sponsored the ninth tour?
Answer: M&M's Pretzel Chocolate Candies

Question: Which was the most successful tour?
Answer: season five
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19 Recordings, a recording label owned by 19 Entertainment, currently hold the rights to phonographic material recorded by all the contestants. 19 originally partnered with Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) to promote and distribute the recordings through its labels RCA Records, Arista Records, J Records, Jive Records. In 2005-2007, BMG partnered with Sony Music Entertainment to form a joint venture known as Sony BMG Music Entertainment. From 2008-2010, Sony Music handled the distribution following their acquisition of BMG. Sony Music was partnered with American Idol and distribute its music, and In 2010, Sony was replaced by as the music label for American Idol by UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M Records.

Question: What company has the right to all recordings from contestants on American Idol?
Answer: 19 Recordings

Question: What company took over as American Idols music label in 2010?
Answer: UMG

Question: What company had released music from American Idol in addition to Sony Music Entertainment? 
Answer: BMG

Question: Who owns 19 Recordings?
Answer: 19 Entertainment

Question: Who owns the rights to all phonographic material done by the contestants?
Answer: 19 Recordings

Question: Who did 19 initially partner with to distribute the recordings?
Answer: BMG

Question: Who did BMG partner with in 2005-2007?
Answer: Sony Music Entertainment

Question: Who replaced Sony in 2010 as Idol's music label?
Answer: UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M Records
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On February 14, 2009, The Walt Disney Company debuted "The American Idol Experience" at its Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. In this live production, co-produced by 19 Entertainment, park guests chose from a list of songs and auditioned privately for Disney cast members. Those selected then performed on a stage in a 1000-seat theater replicating the Idol set. Three judges, whose mannerisms and style mimicked those of the real Idol judges, critiqued the performances. Audience members then voted for their favorite performer. There were several preliminary-round shows during the day that culminated in a "finals" show in the evening where one of the winners of the previous rounds that day was selected as the overall winner. The winner of the finals show received a "Dream Ticket" that granted them front-of-the-line privileges at any future American Idol audition. The attraction closed on August 30, 2014.

Question: What company has a them park attraction known as The American Idol Experience? 
Answer: The Walt Disney Company

Question: In what year did The Walt Disney Company open The American Idol Experience? 
Answer: 2009

Question: In what year did The Walt Disney Company close The American Idol Experience? 
Answer: 2014

Question: What company had a partnership with The Walt Disney Company for The American Idol Experience? 
Answer: 19 Entertainment

Question: When did the American Idol Experience open?
Answer: February 14, 2009

Question: Where did it open?
Answer: Walt Disney World

Question: What did the winner win?
Answer: Dream Ticket

Question: When did the Experience close?
Answer: August 30, 2014
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American Idol is broadcast to over 100 nations outside of the United States. In most nations these are not live broadcasts and may be tape delayed by several days or weeks. In Canada, the first thirteen seasons of American Idol were aired live by CTV and/or CTV Two, in simulcast with Fox. CTV dropped Idol after its thirteenth season and in August 2014, Yes TV announced that it had picked up Canadian rights to American Idol beginning in its 2015 season.

Question: How many different countries air American Idol on television? 
Answer: over 100

Question: What network broadcasted American Idol live in Canada for thirteen seasons? 
Answer: CTV

Question: In what year did CTV stop showing live broadcasts of American Idol? 
Answer: 2014

Question: What Canadian network began airing American Idol in 2015? 
Answer: Yes TV

Question: How many nations receive the Idol broadcast?
Answer: over 100

Question: Who aired the first thirteen seasons in Canada?
Answer: CTV and/or CTV Two

Question: Who stated in August 2014 that they picked up the rights beginning in its 2015 season?
Answer: Yes TV
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In Latin America, the show is broadcast and subtitled by Sony Entertainment Television. In southeast Asia, it is broadcast by STAR World every Thursday and Friday nine or ten hours after. In Philippines, it is aired every Thursday and Friday nine or ten hours after its United States telecast; from 2002 to 2007 on ABC 5; 2008–11 on QTV, then GMA News TV; and since 2012 on ETC. On Philippine television history. In Australia, it is aired a few hours after the U.S. telecast. It was aired on Network Ten from 2002 to 2007 and then again in 2013, from 2008 to 2012 on Fox8, from season 13 onwards it airs on digital channel, Eleven, a sister channel to Network Ten. In the United Kingdom, episodes are aired one day after the U.S. broadcast on digital channel ITV2. As of season 12, the episodes air on 5*. It is also aired in Ireland on TV3 two days after the telecast. In Brazil and Israel, the show airs two days after its original broadcast. In the instances where the airing is delayed, the shows may sometimes be combined into one episode to summarize the results. In Italy, the twelfth season was broadcast by La3.

Question: What network in Italy aired American Idol in season twelve? 
Answer: La3

Question: How many days does someone in the United Kingdom have to wait to watch American Idol after its original broadcast? 
Answer: one

Question: What television network in Asia shows American Idol? 
Answer: STAR World

Question: On what days of the week does American Idol air in the Philippines? 
Answer: Thursday and Friday

Question: Who broadcasts Idol in southeast Asia?
Answer: STAR World

Question: Who broadcast the 12th season in Italy?
Answer: La3
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Individual contestants have generated controversy in this competition for their past actions, or for being 'ringers' planted by the producers. A number of contestants had been disqualified for various reasons, such as for having an existing contract or undisclosed criminal records, although the show had been accused of double standard for disqualifying some but not others.

Question: Producers have been accused of planting what within the show?
Answer: ringers
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Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of American Idol. It holds the distinction of having the longest winning streak in the Nielsen annual television ratings; it became the highest-rated of all television programs in the United States overall for an unprecedented seven consecutive years, or eight consecutive (and total) years when either its performance or result show was ranked number one overall.

Question: How many consecutive years was American Idol the top rated show?
Answer: seven

Question: How many consecutive years did either the performance or results show rank number one?
Answer: eight
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The 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from March 24 until August 8, 2008, prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, with the theme of "one world, one dream". Plans for the relay were announced on April 26, 2007, in Beijing, China. The relay, also called by the organizers as the "Journey of Harmony", lasted 129 days and carried the torch 137,000 km (85,000 mi) – the longest distance of any Olympic torch relay since the tradition was started ahead of the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Question: When did the tradition of people carrying the Olympic torch before the Olympic games begin?
Answer: 1936 Summer Olympics.

Question: How many days did people carry the Olympic torch before the 2008 Summer Olympics?
Answer: 129 days

Question: What was the theme for the torch relay?
Answer: one world, one dream

Question: What did the organizers of the torch relay call it?
Answer: Journey of Harmony

Question: What was the 2008 Olympic slogan?
Answer: one world, one dream

Question: Where were the details of the torch relay made known?
Answer: Beijing, China.

Question: What was the torch relay referred to as by organizers?
Answer: "Journey of Harmony"

Question: How many miles was the Olympic torch relayed?
Answer: 85,000 mi
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After being lit at the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece on March 24, the torch traveled to the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, and then to Beijing, arriving on March 31. From Beijing, the torch was following a route passing through six continents. The torch has visited cities along the Silk Road, symbolizing ancient links between China and the rest of the world. The relay also included an ascent with the flame to the top of Mount Everest on the border of Nepal and Tibet, China from the Chinese side, which was closed specially for the event.

Question: What day was the Olympic torch lit for the 2008 games?
Answer: March 24

Question: Where did the Olympics originate?
Answer: Olympia, Greece

Question: When did the Olympic torch reach Beijing?
Answer: March 31

Question: How many continents did the torch visit after Beijing?
Answer: six

Question: The torch was on what road to symbolize historic links between China and the world?
Answer: Silk Road

Question: Where was the Olympic torch lit?
Answer: Olympia, Greece

Question: What date was the Olympic torch lit?
Answer: March 24

Question: What is the name of the stadium in Greece were the torch was taken to?
Answer: Panathinaiko Stadium

Question: What date did the Olympic torch arrive at its destination in China?
Answer: March 31.

Question: What mountain was the torch taken up?
Answer: Mount Everest
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In many cities along the North American and European route, the torch relay was protested by advocates of Tibetan independence, animal rights, and legal online gambling, and people protesting against China's human rights record, resulting in confrontations at a few of the relay locations. These protests, which ranged from hundreds of people in San Francisco, to effectively none in Pyongyang, forced the path of the torch relay to be changed or shortened on a number of occasions. The torch was extinguished by Chinese security officials several times during the Paris leg for security reasons, and once in protest in Paris.

Question: How many people protested on the San Francisco torch route?
Answer: hundreds

Question: How many people protested at the Pyongyang torch route?
Answer: effectively none

Question: What were some groups doing along the torch route that was not supportive of the Olympics?
Answer: protesting

Question: Who put out the torch along the route for protection?
Answer: Chinese security officials
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The attacks on the torch in London and Paris were described as "despicable" by the Chinese government, condemning them as "deliberate disruptions... who gave no thought to the Olympic spirit or the laws of Britain and France" and who "tarnish the lofty Olympic spirit", and vowed they would continue with the relay and not allow the protests to "impede the Olympic spirit". Large-scale counter-protests by overseas Chinese and foreign-based Chinese nationals became prevalent in later segments of the relay. In San Francisco, the number of supporters were much more than the number of protesters, and in Australia, Japan, South Korea, the counter-protesters overwhelmed the protesters. A couple of skirmishes between the protesters and supporters were reported. No major protests were visible in the Latin America, Africa, and Western Asia legs of the torch relay.

Question: Who condemned the various attacks on the torch relay route?
Answer: the Chinese government

Question: In San Francisco, who had a larger presence than the protesters? 
Answer: supporters

Question: Who overwhelmed the protesters in Japan?
Answer: counter-protesters

Question: Who amassed in large scale against protesters?
Answer: counter-protesters

Question: What was said to have occurred between some supporters and protesters?
Answer: skirmishes

Question: What three areas of the globe were protests reported as not big?
Answer: Latin America, Africa, and Western Asia
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Prompted by the chaotic torch relays in Western Europe and North America, the president of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge described the situation as a "crisis" for the organization and stated that any athletes displaying Tibetan flags at Olympic venues could be expelled from the games. though he stopped short of cancelling the relay altogether despite calls to do so by some IOC members. The outcome of the relay influenced the IOC's decision to scrap global relays in future editions of the games.

Question: Who is the president of the International Olympic Committee?
Answer: Jacques Rogge

Question: Athletes wearing what kind of flag at any Olympic venue faced the possibility of expulsion from the Olympics?
Answer: Tibetan

Question: Because of the relay issues, IOC decided to no longer have what in subsequent Olympics?
Answer: global relays

Question: What is the name of the man who said the protesting of the torch relay as a "crisis"?
Answer: Jacques Rogge

Question: What could happen to Olympic sports participants who showed a Tibetan flag at events?
Answer: could be expelled

Question: Who asked that the torch relay be ended?
Answer: IOC members.

Question: What was halted with the torch relay for future Olympics?
Answer: global relays
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In June 2008, the Beijing Games' Organizing Committee announced that the planned international torch relay for the Paralympic Games had been cancelled. The Committee stated that the relay was being cancelled to enable the Chinese government to "focus on the rescue and relief work" following the Sichuan earthquake.

Question: The international torch relay was canceled for what event in June 2008?
Answer: Paralympic Games

Question: For what events was the torch relay decided to not be held?
Answer: Paralympic Games
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The Olympic Torch is based on traditional scrolls and uses a traditional Chinese design known as "Lucky Cloud". It is made from aluminum. It is 72 centimetres high and weighs 985 grams. The torch is designed to remain lit in 65 kilometre per hour (37 mile per hour) winds, and in rain of up to 50 millimetres (2 inches) per hour. An ignition key is used to ignite and extinguish the flame. The torch is fueled by cans of propane. Each can will light the torch for 15 minutes. It is designed by a team from Lenovo Group. The Torch is designed in reference to the traditional Chinese concept of the 5 elements that make up the entire universe.

Question: What is the Chinese design used on the Olympic Torch?
Answer: Lucky Cloud

Question: What is the Olympic Torch made from?
Answer: aluminum.

Question: How much does the Olympic Torch weigh?
Answer: 985 grams

Question: What is used to light the flame on the Olympic Torch?
Answer: An ignition key

Question: What was the design name of the Chinese Olympic Torch?
Answer: Lucky Cloud

Question: What metal is the torch constructed from?
Answer: aluminum.

Question: What wind speed will the torch flame still stay lit in MPH?
Answer: 37

Question: How much rainfall in inches per hour can the torch stay lit under?
Answer: 2

Question: What fuel is used for the torch?
Answer: propane.
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Internationally, the torch and its accompanying party traveled in a chartered Air China Airbus A330 (registered B-6075), painted in the red and yellow colors of the Olympic Games. Air China was chosen by the Beijing Committees of the Olympic Game as the designated Olympic torch carrier in March 2008 for its long-standing participation in the Olympic cause. The plane traveled a total of 137,000 km (85,000 mi) for a duration of 130 days through 21 countries and regions.

Question: When it was necessary for the Olympic Torch to be on an airplane, which one was used?
Answer: a chartered Air China Airbus A330

Question: What color was the chartered plane?
Answer: red and yellow

Question: When was it decided that Air China would be the official torch carrier?
Answer: March 2008

Question: How many days did the plane travel?
Answer: 130 days

Question: What type of aircraft did the Torch team travel in?
Answer: Airbus A330

Question: What colors was the aircraft painted?
Answer: red and yellow

Question: What was the name of the airline that transported the Olympic Torch?
Answer: Air China

Question: How many days did the plane travel with the Torch team?
Answer: 130

Question: How many different places were visited by the aircraft taking the Torch team?
Answer: 21
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The route carried the torch through six continents from March 2008 to May 2008 to August 2008. The planned route originally included a stop in Taipei between Ho Chi Minh City and Hong Kong, but there was disagreement in Beijing and Taipei over language used to describe whether it was an international or a domestic part of the route. While the Olympic committees of China and Chinese Taipei reached initial consensus on the approach, the government of the Republic of China in Taiwan intervened, stating that this placement could be interpreted as placing Taiwan on the same level as Hong Kong and Macau, an implication it objected to. The Beijing Organizing Committee attempted to continue negotiation, but further disputes arose over the flag or the anthem of the Republic of China along the 24 km torch route in Taiwan. By the midnight deadline for concluding the negotiation on September 21, 2007, Taiwan and China were unable to come to terms with the issue of the Torch Relay. In the end, both sides of the Taiwan Strait decided to eliminate the Taipei leg.

Question: How many continents did the torch visit?
Answer: six

Question: What was the stop that was to happen between Ho Chi Minh City and Hong Kong?
Answer: Taipei

Question: The Republic of China felt that the wrong decision could place Taiwan on the same level as what two areas?
Answer: Hong Kong and Macau

Question: The torch route covered six what?
Answer: continents

Question: What government disagreed on the language used to describe the torch route?
Answer: Taiwan.

Question: What two places did Taiwan not want to be considered equal with in the language of the torch's route description?
Answer: Hong Kong and Macau

Question: How many kilometers was the torch supposed to go through Taiwan?
Answer: 24
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 Greece: On March 24, 2008, the Olympic Flame was ignited at Olympia, Greece, site of the ancient Olympic Games. The actress Maria Nafpliotou, in the role of a High Priestess, ignited the torch of the first torchbearer, a silver medalist of the 2004 Summer Olympics in taekwondo Alexandros Nikolaidis from Greece, who handed the flame over to the second torchbearer, Olympic champion in women's breaststroke Luo Xuejuan from China. Following the recent unrest in Tibet, three members of Reporters Without Borders, including Robert Ménard, breached security and attempted to disrupt a speech by Liu Qi, the head of Beijing's Olympic organising committee during the torch lighting ceremony in Olympia, Greece. The People's Republic of China called this a "disgraceful" attempt to sabotage the Olympics. On March 30, 2008 in Athens, during ceremonies marking the handing over of the torch from Greek officials to organizers of the Beijing games, demonstrators shouted 'Free Tibet' and unfurled banners; some 10 of the 15 protesters were taken into police detention. After the hand-off, protests continued internationally, with particularly violent confrontations with police in Nepal.

Question: On what date did the Olympic Flame get lit?
Answer: March 24, 2008

Question: Where did the Olympic Flame get lit?
Answer: Olympia, Greece.

Question: Who was the first person to carry the torch?
Answer: Alexandros Nikolaidis

Question: Who initially lit the Olympic Torch?
Answer: Maria Nafpliotou

Question: When did demonstrators yell for Tibet to be freed?
Answer: March 30, 2008

Question: Where is the location of the original Olympic events?
Answer: Olympia, Greece.

Question: What is the name of the woman who lit the torch for the new games?
Answer: Maria Nafpliotou

Question: What medal did the first torchbearer have from prior games?
Answer: silver

Question: What is the name of the first torchbearer for the 2008 Olympics?
Answer: Alexandros Nikolaidis

Question: What place had police experience violent problems with protesters?
Answer: Nepal.
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 China: In China, the torch was first welcomed by Politburo Standing Committee member Zhou Yongkang and State Councilor Liu Yandong. It was subsequently passed onto CPC General Secretary Hu Jintao. A call to boycott French hypermart Carrefour from May 1 began spreading through mobile text messaging and online chat rooms amongst the Chinese over the weekend from April 12, accusing the company's major shareholder, the LVMH Group, of donating funds to the Dalai Lama. There were also calls to extend the boycott to include French luxury goods and cosmetic products. According to the Washington Times on April 15, however, the Chinese government was attempting to "calm the situation" through censorship: "All comments posted on popular Internet forum Sohu.com relating to a boycott of Carrefour have been deleted." Chinese protesters organized boycotts of the French-owned retail chain Carrefour in major Chinese cities including Kunming, Hefei and Wuhan, accusing the French nation of pro-secessionist conspiracy and anti-Chinese racism. Some burned French flags, some added Nazism's Swastika to the French flag, and spread short online messages calling for large protests in front of French consulates and embassy. The Carrefour boycott was met with anti-boycott demonstrators who insisted on entering one of the Carrefour stores in Kunming, only to be blocked by boycotters wielding large Chinese flags and hit by water bottles. The BBC reported that hundreds of people demonstrated in Beijing, Wuhan, Hefei, Kunming and Qingdao.

Question: Action was taken to boycott which company?
Answer: Carrefour

Question: Who was the biggest shareholder of Carrefour?
Answer: the LVMH Group

Question: What did some protesters burn?
Answer: the French flag

Question: Where were anti-protesters blocked from entering a Carrefour store with Chinese flags?
Answer: Kunming

Question: Who was said to have given money to the Dalai Lama?
Answer: the LVMH Group

Question: What method did the Chinese government use to ease the boycott situation?
Answer: censorship

Question: What French company was being boycotted?
Answer: Carrefour
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In response to the demonstrations, an editorial in the People's Daily urged Chinese people to "express [their] patriotic enthusiasm calmly and rationally, and express patriotic aspiration in an orderly and legal manner".

Question: In what publication were Chinese people asked to be orderly and legal because of the protests and demonstrations?
Answer: People's Daily

Question: What is the name of the publication where Chinese people were advised to be calm and rational about patriotism?
Answer: People's Daily

Question: The Chinese people were told to show patriotism in an orderly and what manner?
Answer: legal
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 Kazakhstan: The first torchbearer in Almaty, where the Olympic torch arrived for the first time ever on April 2, was the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev. The route ran 20 km from Medeo stadium to Astana Square. There were reports that Uighur activists were arrested and some were deported back to China.

Question: What virgin site did the torch visit on April 2?
Answer: Almaty

Question: Who was the first person to be handed the torch in Almaty?
Answer: Nursultan Nazarbaev.

Question: Who is Nursultan Nazarbaev?
Answer: the President of Kazakhstan

Question: The route in Almaty went from Medeo Stadium to where?
Answer: Astana Square.

Question: What kind of activists were arrested in Almaty?
Answer: Uighur activists

Question: What country did the torch get to for the first time?
Answer: Kazakhstan

Question: What is the name of the president who was the first torchbearer in Almaty?
Answer: Nursultan Nazarbaev.

Question: What was the distance in kilometers for the route in Kazakhstan?
Answer: 20

Question: What activists were reported to have been arrested?
Answer: Uighur
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 Turkey: The torch relay leg in Istanbul, held on April 3, started on Sultanahmet Square and finished in Taksim Square. Uyghurs living in Turkey protested at Chinese treatment of their compatriots living in Xinjiang. Several protesters who tried to disrupt the relay were promptly arrested by the police.

Question: When was the torch in Istanbul?
Answer: April 3

Question: Where did the torch end up in Istanbul?
Answer: Taksim Square

Question: Where did the torch start in Instanbul?
Answer: Sultanahmet Square

Question: Who protested for their compatriots who were in Xinjiang?
Answer: Uyghurs living in Turkey

Question: What city was the Olympic Torch at on April 3rd?
Answer: Istanbul

Question: What is the name of the place in the city where the torch relay started in Turkey?
Answer: Sultanahmet Square

Question: Where did the torch relay finish in Turkey?
Answer: Taksim Square.

Question: What people in Turkey protested for their people living in China?
Answer: Uyghurs

Question: What happened to protesters who tried to interrupt the carrying of the torch?
Answer: arrested
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 Russia: On April 5 the Olympic torch arrived at Saint Petersburg, Russia. The length of the torch relay route in the city was 20 km, with the start at the Victory Square and finish at the Palace Square. Mixed martial arts icon and former PRIDE Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko was one the torch bearers. This gives him the distinction of the being the first active MMA fighter to carry the Olympic flame.

Question: When did the torch arrive in Saint Petersburg?
Answer: April 5

Question: Where was the start of the torch route in Saint Petersburg?
Answer: Victory Square

Question: Where did the torch route end in Saint Petersburg?
Answer: Palace Square

Question: Who is the first MMA fighter to participate in carrying the Olympic torch?
Answer: Fedor Emelianenko

Question: Where in Russia was the first stop for the relay?
Answer: Saint Petersburg

Question: What city location did the torch relay begin in Russia?
Answer: Victory Square

Question: What was the last location for the relay in Russia?
Answer: Palace Square.

Question: What is the name of the MMA fighter who carried the torch in Russia?
Answer: Fedor Emelianenko
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 Great Britain: The torch relay leg held in London, the host city of the 2012 Summer Olympics, on April 6 began at Wembley Stadium, passed through the City of London, and eventually ended at O2 Arena in the eastern part of the city. The 48 km (30 mi) leg took a total of seven and a half hours to complete, and attracted protests by pro-Tibetan independence and pro-Human Rights supporters, prompting changes to the planned route and an unscheduled move onto a bus, which was then briefly halted by protestors. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has officially complained to Beijing Organising Committee about the conduct of the tracksuit-clad Chinese security guards. The Chinese officials, seen manhandling protesters, were described by both the London Mayor Ken Livingstone and Lord Coe, chairman of the London Olympic Committee as "thugs". A Metropolitan police briefing paper revealed that security for the torch relay cost £750,000 and the participation of the Chinese security team had been agreed in advance, despite the Mayor stating, "We did not know beforehand these thugs were from the security services. Had I known so, we would have said no."

Question: Which city hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics?
Answer: London

Question: When did the torch route begin in London?
Answer: April 6

Question: How much did security cost for the torch relay in London?
Answer: £750,000

Question: What city held the Olympics in 2012?
Answer: London

Question: Where did the torch relay begin in London for the 2008 Olympics?
Answer: Wembley Stadium

Question: Where did the relay end in London?
Answer: O2 Arena

Question: How many miles was the relay in England?
Answer: 30 mi

Question: What word was used by London officials to describe Chinese security guards for their treatment of protesters?
Answer: thugs
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Of the 80 torch-bearers in London, Sir Steve Redgrave, who started the relay, mentioned to the media that he had received e-mailed pleas to boycott the event and could "see why they would like to make an issue" of it. Francesca Martinez and Richard Vaughan refused to carry the torch, while Konnie Huq decided to carry it and also speak out against China. The pro-Tibetan Member of Parliament Norman Baker asked all bearers to reconsider. Amid pressure from both directions, Prime Minister Gordon Brown welcomed the torch outside 10 Downing Street without holding or touching it. The London relay saw the torch surrounded by what the BBC described as "a mobile protective ring." Protests began as soon as Redgrave started the event, leading to at least thirty-five arrests. In Ladbroke Grove a demonstrator attempted to snatch the torch from Konnie Huq in a momentary struggle, and in a separate incident, a fire extinguisher was set off near the torch. The Chinese ambassador carried the torch through Chinatown after an unpublicized change to the route amid security concerns. The torch made an unscheduled move onto a bus along Fleet Street amid security concerns and efforts to evade the protesters. In an effort to counter the pro-Tibet protesters and show their support for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, more than 2,000 Chinese also gathered on the torch route and demonstrated with signs, banners and Chinese flags. A large number of supporters were concentrated in Trafalgar Square, displaying the Olympic slogan "One World, One Dream".

Question: How many torchbearers took part in the London route?
Answer: 80

Question: Who was the first person to hold the torch for the London route?
Answer: Sir Steve Redgrave

Question: Along with Francesca Martinez, who decided to not carry the torch?
Answer: Richard Vaughan

Question: Who was outside at 10 Downing Street to welcome the torch without actually touching it?
Answer: Prime Minister Gordon Brown

Question: Who got emails asking him to boycott the torch relay?
Answer: Sir Steve Redgrave

Question: How many people carried the torch in England for the 2008 Olympics?
Answer: 80

Question: What two people in England declined to bear the torch?
Answer: Francesca Martinez and Richard Vaughan

Question: Where did Gordon Brown welcome the torch?
Answer: 10 Downing Street

Question: Where was an attempt made to take the torch?
Answer: Ladbroke Grove
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 France: The torch relay leg in Paris, held on April 7, began on the first level of the Eiffel Tower and finished at the Stade Charléty. The relay was initially supposed to cover 28 km, but it was shortened at the demand of Chinese officials following widespread protests by pro-Tibet and human rights activists, who repeatedly attempted to disrupt, hinder or halt the procession. A scheduled ceremony at the town hall was cancelled at the request of the Chinese authorities, and, also at the request of Chinese authorities, the torch finished the relay by bus instead of being carried by athletes. Paris City officials had announced plans to greet the Olympic flame with peaceful protest when the torch was to reach the French capital. The city government attached a banner reading "Paris defends human rights throughout the world" to the City Hall, in an attempt to promote values "of all humanity and of human rights." Members from Reporters Without Borders turned out in large numbers to protest. An estimated 3,000 French police protected the Olympic torch relay as it departed from the Eiffel Tower and criss-crossed Paris amid threat of protests. Widespread pro-Tibet protests, including an attempt by more than one demonstrator to extinguish the flame with water or fire extinguishers, prompted relay authorities to put out the flame five times (according to the police authorities in Paris) and load the torch onto a bus, at the demand of Chinese officials. This was later denied by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, despite video footage broadcast by French television network France 2 which showed Chinese flame attendants extinguishing the torch. Backup flames are with the relay at all times to relight the torch. French judoka and torchbearer David Douillet expressed his annoyance at the Chinese flame attendants who extinguished the torch which he was about to hand over to Teddy Riner: "I understand they're afraid of everything, but this is just annoying. They extinguished the flame despite the fact that there was no risk, and they could see it and they knew it. I don't know why they did it."

Question: When did the torch relay in Paris occur?
Answer: April 7

Question: Where did the Paris route start for the torch relay?
Answer: the Eiffel Tower

Question: Rather than being carried by an athlete, how did the torch end its route in Paris?
Answer: by bus

Question: The flame of the torch was put out when David Douillet was ready to hand it to who?
Answer: Teddy Riner

Question: What date did the torch relay begin in France?
Answer: April 7

Question: What city in France did the torch relay start at?
Answer: Paris

Question: Where location was the torch relay started in the city in Paris?
Answer: Eiffel Tower

Question: About how many police were said to have protected the torch in France?
Answer: 3,000

Question: How many times was the torch put out in France die to security concerns?
Answer: five
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Chinese officials canceled the torch relay ceremony amidst disruptions, including a Tibetan flag flown from a window in the City Hall by Green Party officials. The third torchbearer in the Paris leg, Jin Jing, who was disabled and carried the torch on a wheelchair, was assaulted several times by unidentified protestors seemingly from the pro-Tibet independent camp. In interviews, Jin Jing said that she was "tugged at, scratched" and "kicked", but that she "did not feel the pain at the time." She received praise from ethnic Chinese worldwide as "Angel in Wheelchair". The Chinese government gave the comment that "the Chinese respect France a lot" but "Paris [has slapped] its own face."

Question: Who threw a a Tibetan flag from a City Hall window?
Answer: Green Party officials.

Question: Which torchbearer was in a wheelchair?
Answer: Jin Jing

Question: What was Jin Jing called by ethnic Chinese?
Answer: Angel in Wheelchair

Question: What was stopped due to protest interruptions?
Answer: torch relay ceremony

Question: What is the name of the handicapped bearer of the torch?
Answer: Jin Jing

Question: What did the ethnic Chinese call the disabled torch bearer?
Answer: Angel in Wheelchair

Question: Who put a flag of Tibet out of the window at City Hall?
Answer: Green Party officials.
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Reporters Without Borders organised several symbolic protests, including scaling the Eiffel Tower to hang a protest banner from it, and hanging an identical banner from the Notre Dame cathedral.

Question: Which organization planned several protests?
Answer: Reporters Without Borders

Question: What did Reporters Without Borders scale in order to put a protest banner on it?
Answer: the Eiffel Tower

Question: Which cathedral did Reporters Without Borders hang another protest banner?
Answer: Notre Dame cathedral

Question: What was hung from the Eiffel Tower?
Answer: banner

Question: Who climbed the Eiffel Tower to hang a protest banner?
Answer: Reporters Without Borders

Question: Where else was a copy of the banner at Eiffel Tower hung?
Answer: Notre Dame cathedral.
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Several hundred pro-Tibet protesters gathered at the Trocadéro with banners and Tibetan flags, and remained there for a peaceful protest, never approaching the torch relay itself. Among them was Jane Birkin, who spoke to the media about the "lack of freedom of speech" in China. Also present was Thupten Gyatso, President of the French Tibetan community, who called upon pro-Tibet demonstrators to "remain calm, non-violent, peaceful".

Question: Where did hundreds of pro-Tibet protesters meet?
Answer: the Trocadéro

Question: Who spoke to the media about China's lack of freedom of speech?
Answer: Jane Birkin

Question: Who is the President of the French Tibetan community that urged protesters to remain peaceful?
Answer: Thupten Gyatso

Question: Where did pro-Tibetan protesters get together?
Answer: Trocadéro

Question: The Trocadéro was not disruptive of the relay and said to have been what?
Answer: peaceful

Question: Who, of the Trocadéro protest, spoke to the media?
Answer: Jane Birkin

Question: What did the person who spoke to the media at Trocadéro say China lacked?
Answer: freedom of speech
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French members of Parliament and other French politicians also organised a protest. All political parties in Parliament—UMP, Socialists, New Centre, Communists, Democratic Movement (centre) and Greens—jointly requested a pause in the National Assembly's session, which was granted, so that MPs could step outside and unfurl a banner which read "Respect for Human Rights in China". The coach containing the torch drove past the National Assembly and the assembled protesting MPs, who shouted "Freedom for Tibet!" several times as it passed.

Question: What did the political parties request a brief stop in?
Answer: the National Assembly's session

Question: What text was on the banner that the politicians unrolled outside?
Answer: Respect for Human Rights in China

Question: What did MPs yell when the torch passed them?
Answer: Freedom for Tibet!

Question: Various French politicians started protests including members of what?
Answer: Parliament

Question: All the French political factions requested a temporary halt to what?
Answer: National Assembly's session

Question: Why did the banner say that was unveiled during the temporary halt?
Answer: Respect for Human Rights in China

Question: What did the Parliamentary members yell as the relay passed?
Answer: Freedom for Tibet!
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French police were criticised for their handling of the events, and notably for confiscating Tibetan flags from demonstrators. The newspaper Libération commented: "The police did so much that only the Chinese were given freedom of expression. The Tibetan flag was forbidden everywhere except on the Trocadéro." Minister of the Interior Michèle Alliot-Marie later stated that the police had not been ordered to do so, and that they had acted on their own initiative. A cameraman for France 2 was struck in the face by a police officer, knocked unconscious, and had to be sent to hospital.

Question: What did French police take from demonstrators?
Answer: Tibetan flags

Question: Which newspaper reported that only the Chinese could express themselves?
Answer: Libération

Question: Where was the only place the Tibetan flag could be held?
Answer: the Trocadéro

Question: Who was the Minister of the Interior?
Answer: Michèle Alliot-Marie

Question: What did French law enforcement take from protesters?
Answer: Tibetan flags

Question: Where was the only place Tibetan flags were permitted?
Answer: the Trocadéro.

Question: Who said the police acted on their own in taking the flags?
Answer: Michèle Alliot-Marie

Question: Who rendered a France 2 camera person unconscious?
Answer: a police officer
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 United States of America: The torch relay's North American leg occurred in San Francisco, California on April 9. On the day of the relay officials diverted the torch run to an unannounced route. The start was at McCovey Cove, where Norman Bellingham of the U.S. Olympic Committee gave the torch to the first torchbearer, Chinese 1992 Olympic champion swimmer Lin Li. The planned closing ceremony at Justin Herman Plaza was cancelled and instead, a ceremony was held at San Francisco International Airport, where the torch was to leave for Buenos Aires. The route changes allowed the run to avoid large numbers of China supporters and protesters against China. As people found out there would be no closing ceremony at Justin Herman Plaza, there were angry reactions. One demonstrator was quoted as saying that the route changes were an effort to "thwart any organized protest that had been planned." San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, a critic of Mayor Gavin Newsom, said that it was a "cynical plan to please the Bush State Department and the Chinese government because of the incredible influence of money." Newsom, on the other hand, said he felt it was in "everyone's best interest" and that he believed people had been "afforded the right to protest and support the torch" despite the route changes. Peter Ueberroth, head of the U.S. Olympic Committee, praised the route changes, saying, "The city of San Francisco, from a global perspective, will be applauded." People who saw the torch were surprised and cheered as shown from live video of CBS and NBC. The cost to the city for hosting the event was reported to be USD $726,400, nearly half of which has been recovered by private fundraising. Mayor Gavin Newsom said that "exponential" costs associated with mass arrests were avoided by his decision to change the route in consultation with police chief Heather Fong.

Question: Where did the torch start it's North American route?
Answer: San Francisco

Question: What day did the torch arrive in San Francisco?
Answer: April 9

Question: What is the name of the first North American torchbearer?
Answer: Lin Li

Question: The route end was changed from Justin Herman plaza to what?
Answer: San Francisco International Airport

Question: Who was the head of the U.S. Olympic Committee?
Answer: Peter Ueberroth

Question: What city in the United States held the 2008 Olympic Torch relay?
Answer: San Francisco

Question: What was the date of the relay in the United States?
Answer: April 9.

Question: What is the name of the person who handed off the torch to the torchbearer in the United States 2008 Olympic relay?
Answer: Norman Bellingham

Question: What is the name of the location where the relay ending event was canceled?
Answer: Justin Herman Plaza
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On April 1, 2008, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a resolution addressing human rights concerns when the Beijing Olympic torch arrives in San Francisco on April 9. The resolution would welcome the torch with "alarm and protest at the failure of China to meet its past solemn promises to the international community, including the citizens of San Francisco, to cease the egregious and ongoing human rights abuses in China and occupied Tibet." On April 8, numerous protests were planned including one at the city's United Nations Plaza led by actor Richard Gere and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Question: Who approved a resolution concerning human rights on April 1, 2008?
Answer: San Francisco Board of Supervisors

Question: The concern was over what in China and Tibet?
Answer: human rights abuses

Question: What date was the protest which was led by Gere and Tutu?
Answer: April 8

Question: When was a resolution agreed to about Chinese human rights issues in San Francisco?
Answer: April 1, 2008

Question: Who approved the resolution?
Answer: San Francisco Board of Supervisors

Question: Where was a protest planned in San Francisco?
Answer: United Nations Plaza

Question: What actor was scheduled to attend a San Francisco Olympic protest?
Answer: Richard Gere