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Some advocates for Tibet, Darfur, and the spiritual practice Falun Gong, planned to protest the April 9 arrival of the torch in San Francisco. China had already requested the torch route in San Francisco be shortened. On April 7, 2008, two days prior to the actual torch relay, three activists carrying Tibetan flags scaled the suspension cables of the Golden Gate Bridge to unfurl two banners, one saying "One World, One Dream. Free Tibet", and the other, "Free Tibet '08". Among them was San Francisco resident Laurel Sutherlin, who spoke to the local TV station KPIX-CBS5 live from a cellphone, urging the International Olympic Committee to ask China not to allow the torch to go through Tibet. "Sutherlin said he was worried that the torch's planned route through Tibet would lead to more arrests and Chinese officials would use force to stifle dissent." The three activists and five supporters face charges related to trespassing, conspiracy and causing a public nuisance.

Question: Three protester climbed what to hang two banners on April 7, 2008?
Answer: Golden Gate Bridge

Question: Laurel Sutherlin spoke to which TV station about his concerns?
Answer: KPIX-CBS5

Question: Who asked that the San Francisco relay route be shortened?
Answer: China

Question: What famous bridge had two banners hung from it by protesters?
Answer: Golden Gate Bridge

Question: Who spoke to station KPIX-CBS5 about the bridge banner protests?
Answer: Laurel Sutherlin

Question: How many supporters face charges for the bridge stunt?
Answer: five

Question: How many activists may be charged with crimes for the bridge stunt?
Answer: three
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The torch was lit at a park outside at AT&T Park at about 1:17 pm PDT (20:17 UTC), briefly held aloft by American and Chinese Olympic officials. The relay descended into confusion as the first runner in the elaborately planned relay disappeared into a warehouse on a waterfront pier where it stayed for a half-an-hour. There were clashes between thousands of pro-China demonstrators, many of whom said they were bused in by the Chinese Consulate and other pro-China groups, and both pro-Tibet and Darfur protesters. The non-Chinese demonstrators were reported to have been swamped and trailed by angry crowds. Around 2 pm PDT (21:00 UTC), the torch resurfaced about 3 km (1.9 mi) away from the stadium along Van Ness Avenue, a heavily trafficked thoroughfare that was not on official route plans. Television reports showed the flame flanked by motorcycles and uniformed police officers. Two torchbearers carried the flame running slowly behind a truck and surrounded by Olympic security guards. During the torch relay, two torchbearers, Andrew Michael who uses a wheelchair and is the Vice President for Sustainable Development for the Bay Area Council and Director of Partnerships For Change, and an environmental advocate, Majora Carter, managed to display Tibetan flags in protest, resulting in their ejection from the relay. The closing ceremony at Justin Herman Plaza was canceled due to the presence of large numbers of protesters at the site. The torch run ended with a final stretch through San Francisco's Marina district and was then moved by bus to San Francisco International Airport for a makeshift closing ceremony at the terminal, from which the free media was excluded. San Jose Mercury News described the "deceiving" event as "a game of Where's Waldo, played against the landscape of a lovely city." International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said the San Francisco relay had "fortunately" avoided much of the disruptions that marred the legs in London and Paris, but "was, however, not the joyous party that we had wished it to be."

Question: Where did the first relay runner disappear to with the torch??
Answer: a warehouse

Question: Which wheelchair-bound torchbearer was ejected from the relay for showing a Tibetan flag?
Answer: Andrew Michael

Question: What wheelchair-bound bearer of the Olympic torch displayed a Tibetan flag?
Answer: Andrew Michael

Question: Where was the last part of the San Francisco torch relay carried through before getting on a bus?
Answer: Marina district

Question: Where was a makeshift closing ceremony held for the torch relay in San Francisco?
Answer: San Francisco International Airport

Question: After the bearer of the torch disappeared into a warehouse, what road did the relay reappear on?
Answer: Van Ness Avenue
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 Argentina: The torch relay leg in Buenos Aires, Argentina, held on April 11, began with an artistic show at the Lola Mora amphitheatre in Costanera Sur. In the end of the show the mayor of Buenos Aires Mauricio Macri gave the torch to the first torchbearer, Carlos Espínola. The leg finished at the Buenos Aires Riding Club in the Palermo district, the last torchbearer being Gabriela Sabatini. The 13.8 km route included landmarks like the obelisk and Plaza de Mayo. The day was marked by several pro-Tibet protests, which included a giant banner reading "Free Tibet", and an alternative "human rights torch" that was lit by protesters and paraded along the route the flame was to take. Most of these protests were peaceful in nature, and the torch was not impeded. Chinese immigrants also turned out in support of the Games, but only minor scuffles were reported between both groups. Runners surrounded by rows of security carried the Olympic flame past thousands of jubilant Argentines in the most trouble-free torch relay in nearly a week. People showered the parade route with confetti as banks, government offices and businesses took an impromptu half-day holiday for the only Latin American stop on the flame's five-continent journey.

Question: When did the Olympic torch relay begin in Buenos Aires?
Answer: April 11

Question: Where did the torch route start in Buenos Aires?
Answer: the Lola Mora amphitheatre

Question: Who was the mayor of Buenos Aires?
Answer: Mauricio Macri

Question: Where did the Olympic torch relay begin in Argentina?
Answer: Buenos Aires

Question: What place held an opening show for the relay?
Answer: Lola Mora amphitheatre

Question: What is the name of the mayor who passed off the torch to the first bearer in Argentina?
Answer: Mauricio Macri

Question: Who was the first bearer of the torch in Argentina?
Answer: Carlos Espínola.

Question: What was showered along the route in some places?
Answer: confetti
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Argentine activists told a news conference that they would not try to snuff out the torch's flame as demonstrators had in Paris and London. "I want to announce that we will not put out the Olympic torch," said pro-Tibet activist Jorge Carcavallo. "We'll be carrying out surprise actions throughout the city of Buenos Aires, but all of these will be peaceful." Among other activities, protesters organized an alternative march that went from the Obelisk to the city hall, featuring their own "Human Rights Torch." A giant banner reading "Free Tibet" was also displayed on the torch route. According to a representative from the NGO 'Human Rights Torch Relay', their objective was to "show the contradiction between the Olympic Games and the presence of widespread human rights violations in China"

Question: What is the name of the activist who promised peaceful protests?
Answer: Jorge Carcavallo

Question: What route was planned for an alternative march?
Answer: from the Obelisk to the city hall

Question: What was on the banner that was displayed where the torchbearers would carry the torch?
Answer: Free Tibet

Question: What is the name of the protester who said they would not try to extinguish the torch?
Answer: Jorge Carcavallo.

Question: Where did the other march travel form and to?
Answer: Obelisk to the city hall

Question: What was the name given to the torch carried on the alternative march?
Answer: Human Rights Torch.

Question: What did the large banner say that was along the alternative march route?
Answer: Free Tibet

Question: What was the unsanctioned alternative relay called?
Answer: Human Rights Torch Relay
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The outreach director of HRTR, Susan Prager, is also the communication director of "Friends of Falun Gong", a quasi-government non-profit funded by fmr. Congressman Tom Lanto's wife and Ambassador Mark Palmer of NED. A major setback to the event was caused by footballer Diego Maradona, scheduled to open the relay through Buenos Aires, pulling out in an attempt to avoid the Olympic controversy. Trying to avoid the scenes that marred the relay in the UK, France and the US, the city government designed a complex security operative to protect the torch relay, involving 1200 police officers and 3000 other people, including public employees and volunteers. Overall, the protests were peaceful in nature, although there were a few incidents such as the throwing of several water balloons in an attempt to extinguish the Olympic flame, and minor scuffles between Olympic protesters and supporters from Chinese immigrant communities.

Question: Who was the outreach director of HRTR?
Answer: Susan Prager

Question: What was the non profit that was funded by Mark Palmer?
Answer: Friends of Falun Gong

Question: Which footballer decided to not be a torchbearer because of the controversy?
Answer: Diego Maradona

Question: How many police officers were in place to avoid controversy along the torch route?
Answer: 1200

Question: What was thrown to try and put out the flame?
Answer: water balloons

Question: What is Susan Prager communication director of?
Answer: Friends of Falun Gong

Question: What football star backed out due to relay controversy?
Answer: Diego Maradona

Question: How many police officers were part of the security operative?
Answer: 1200

Question: What was tossed at the torch trying to put it out?
Answer: water balloons

Question: The protests were considered to be overall what in nature?
Answer: peaceful
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 Tanzania: Dar es Salaam was the torch's only stop in Africa, on April 13. The relay began at the grand terminal of the TAZARA Railway, which was China's largest foreign aid project of the 1970s, and continued for 5 km through the old city to the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Temeke, which was built with Chinese aid in 2005. The torch was lit by Vice-President Ali Mohamed Shein. About a thousand people followed the relay, waving the Olympic flag. The only noted instance of protest was Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai's withdrawal from the list of torchbearers, in protest against human rights abuses in Tibet.

Question: Where was the only African destination for the torch?
Answer: Dar es Salaam

Question: When did the torch arrive in Dar es Salaam?
Answer: April 13

Question: Where did the route start for the torch in Dar es Salaam?
Answer: the TAZARA Railway

Question: Where was the solitary place the relay was held in Africa?
Answer: Dar es Salaam

Question: What is the name of the railway where the Olympic torch relay began in Africa?
Answer: TAZARA

Question: Where did the relay terminate in Africa?
Answer: Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium

Question: What country paid for the stadium through aid money?
Answer: China

Question: Who it the torch in Africa?
Answer: Vice-President Ali Mohamed Shein.
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 Sultanate of Oman: Muscat was the torch's only stop in the Middle East, on April 14. The relay covered 20 km. No protests or incidents were reported. One of the torchbearers was Syrian actress Sulaf Fawakherji.

Question: Which Middle East location was the only area the torch visited?
Answer: Muscat

Question: When did the torch arrive in Muscat?
Answer: April 14

Question: Which actress carried the torch for part of the route?
Answer: Sulaf Fawakherji

Question: Where was the only place the Olympic torch was carried in the Middle East?
Answer: Muscat

Question: How far was the relay route in kilometers in the Middle East?
Answer: 20

Question: What is the name of the Syrian actress who was one to bear the torch?
Answer: Sulaf Fawakherji.
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 Pakistan: The Olympic torch reached Islamabad for the first time ever on April 16. President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani spoke at the opening ceremony of the relay. Security was high, for what one newspaper called the "most sensitive leg" of the torch's Olympic journey. The relay was initially supposed to carry the torch around Islamabad, but the entire relay was cancelled due to security concerns regarding "militant threats or anti-China protests", and replaced by an indoors ceremony with the torch carried around the track of Jinnah Stadium. In fear of violent protests and bomb attacks, the torch relay in Pakistan took place in a stadium behind closed doors. Although the relay was behind closed doors, thousands of policemen and soldiers guarded the flame. As a consequence, no incidents arose.

Question: When did the torch arrive in Islamabad?
Answer: April 16

Question: Where was an indoor ceremony held since the outdoor relay was cancelled?
Answer: Jinnah Stadium

Question: Who spoke at the opening ceremony in Islamabad in addition to President Musharraf?
Answer: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani

Question: Where did the Olympic torch relay start in Pakistan?
Answer: Islamabad

Question: Instead of a traditinal relay, where was the track the torch was carried in Pakistan?
Answer: Jinnah Stadium.
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 India: Due to concerns about pro-Tibet protests, the relay through New Delhi on April 17 was cut to just 2.3 km (less than 1.5 miles), which was shared amongst 70 runners. It concluded at the India Gate. The event was peaceful due to the public not being allowed at the relay. A total of five intended torchbearers -Kiran Bedi, Soha Ali Khan, Sachin Tendulkar, Bhaichung Bhutia and Sunil Gavaskar- withdrew from the event, citing "personal reasons", or, in Bhutia's case, explicitly wishing to "stand by the people of Tibet and their struggle" and protest against the PRC "crackdown" in Tibet. Indian national football captain, Baichung Bhutia refused to take part in the Indian leg of the torch relay, citing concerns over Tibet. Bhutia, who is Sikkimese, is the first athlete to refuse to run with the torch. Indian film star Aamir Khan states on his personal blog that the "Olympic Games do not belong to China" and confirms taking part in the torch relay "with a prayer in his heart for the people of Tibet, and ... for all people across the world who are victims of human rights violations". Rahul Gandhi, son of the Congress President Sonia Gandhi and scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family, also refused to carry the torch.

Question: When did the torch visit New Delhi?
Answer: April 17

Question: How many runners carried the torch in New Delhi?
Answer: 70

Question: Which football captain did not participate in the relay to show support for Tibet?
Answer: Baichung Bhutia

Question: How many torchbearers did not participate because of their concerns with Tibet?
Answer: five

Question: Where did the torch relay happen in India?
Answer: New Delhi

Question: How long was the route in India in miles?
Answer: 1.5

Question: How many bearers of the torch were used in India?
Answer: 70

Question: How many bearers decided not to participate?
Answer: five

Question: What is the name of the footballer who refused to be a part of the relay?
Answer: Baichung Bhutia
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Wary of protests, the Indian authorities have decided to shorten the route of the relay in New Delhi, and have given it the security normally associated with Republic Day celebrations, which are considered terrorist targets. Chinese intelligence's expectations of points on the relay route that would be particularly 'vulnerable' to protesters were presented to the Indian ambassador to Beijing, Nirupama Sen. The Indian media responded angrily to the news that the ambassador, a distinguished lady diplomat, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry at 2 am local time; the news was later denied by anonymous sources in Delhi. The Indian media reported that India's Commerce Minister, Kamal Nath, cancelled an official trip to Beijing in protest, though both Nath and Chinese sources have denied it.

Question: The security given to the torch relay in New Delhi is reminiscent of the security of what?
Answer: Republic Day celebrations

Question: The Chinese presented a list of vulnerable relay locations to who?
Answer: Nirupama Sen.

Question: Who supposedly cancelled a trip to Beijing in protest?
Answer: India's Commerce Minister

Question: Who was said to have canceled an official trip to China in protest?
Answer: Kamal Nath

Question: At what time in the middle of the night was the diplomat summoned?
Answer: 2 am

Question: The Olympic relay had the same security precautions taken as what other special day?
Answer: Republic Day

Question: What kind of targets do Republic Day events present as?
Answer: terrorist targets.
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India rejected Chinese demands that the torch route be clear of India's 150,000-strong Tibetan exile community, by which they required a ban on congregation near the curtailed 3 km route. In response Indian officials said India was a democracy, and "a wholesale ban on protests was out of the question". Contradicting some other reports, Indian officials also refused permission to the "Olympic Holy Flame Protection Unit". The combined effect is a "rapid deterioration" of relations between India and China. Meanwhile, the Tibetan government in exile, which is based in India, has stated that it did not support the disruption of the Olympic torch relay.

Question: How many people comprised the Tibetan exile community?
Answer: 150,000

Question: India refused China's request that the Tibetan exile community be avoided because they said India is what?
Answer: a democracy

Question: Where is the exiled Tibetan government?
Answer: India

Question: How many Tibetan exiles are said to be in India?
Answer: 150,000

Question: A wholesale ban on what was denied?
Answer: protests

Question: What Olympic group was denied by India?
Answer: Olympic Holy Flame Protection Unit

Question: What deteriorated between India and China?
Answer: relations

Question: Who said they did not support relay interruptions?
Answer: the Tibetan government in exile
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The noted Indian social activist and a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Kiran Bedi refused to participate saying "she doesn’t want to run in the event as ‘caged woman’." On April 15, Bollywood actress Soha Ali Khan pulled out of the Olympic torch relay, citing “very strong personal reasons”. On April 16, a protest was organised in Delhi "against Chinese repression in Tibet", and was broken up by the police.

Question: Who did not want to participate in the relay as 'caged woman'?
Answer: Kiran Bedi

Question: Where was Bedi retired from?
Answer: Indian Police Service

Question: Which actress decided to not participate on April 15?
Answer: Soha Ali Khan

Question: When did a protest in Delhi occur to protest against Chinese repression in Tibet?
Answer: April 16

Question: What retired police officer refused to carry the torch in India?
Answer: Kiran Bedi

Question: What actress removed herself from participation in the relay?
Answer: Soha Ali Khan

Question: Where was a protest organized about the Olympic relay in India?
Answer: Delhi

Question: Who disbanded the protest in Delhi?
Answer: police.

Question: The retired police officer said she would not run as what?
Answer: caged woman
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 Thailand: The April 18 relay through Bangkok was the Olympic flame's first visit to Thailand. The relay covered just over 10 km, and included Bangkok's Chinatown. The torch was carried past Democracy Monument, Chitralada Palace and a number of other city landmarks. M.R. Narisa Chakrabongse, Green World Foundation (GWF) chairwoman, withdrew from the torch-running ceremony, protesting against China's actions in Tibet. Several hundred protesters were present, along with Olympic supporters. Thai authorities threatened to arrest foreign protesters and ban them from future entry into Thailand. A coalition of Thai human rights groups announced that it would organise a "small demonstration" during the relay, and several hundred people did indeed take part in protests, facing Beijing supporters. Intended torchbearer Mom Rajawongse Narissara Chakrabongse boycotted the relay, to protest against China's actions in Tibet. In Bangkok, students told the media that the Chinese Embassy provided them with transportation and gave them shirts to wear.

Question: When did the Olympic torch reach Bangkok?
Answer: April 18

Question: Who is the Green World Foundation chairwoman who refused to participate in the relay?
Answer: M.R. Narisa Chakrabongse

Question: The media was told that the Chinese supplied with shirts and transportation?
Answer: students

Question: When did the torch go through Bankok?
Answer: April 18

Question: The relay route was a little over how many kilometers?
Answer: 10

Question: Who were told they would be banned from reentering Thailand?
Answer: foreign protesters

Question: What scheduled bearer of the torch boycotted?
Answer: Mom Rajawongse Narissara Chakrabongse
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 Malaysia: The event was held in the capital city, Kuala Lumpur, on April 21. The 16.5 km long-relay began from the historic Independence Square, passed in front of several city landmarks before coming to an end at the iconic Petronas Twin Towers. Among the landmarks the Olympic flame passed next to were the Parliament House, National Mosque, KL Tower and Merdeka Stadium. A team of 1000 personnel from the Malaysian police Special Action Squad guarded the event and escorted the torchbearers. The last time an Olympic torch relay was held in Malaysia was the 1964 Tokyo edition.

Question: When did the torch visit Malaysia?
Answer: April 21

Question: What is the capital city of Malaysia?
Answer: Kuala Lumpur

Question: Where did the route begin in Malaysia?
Answer: Independence Square

Question: Prior to the 2008 games, when did Malaysia last see an Olympic torch relay?
Answer: 1964

Question: What is the location of the start of the relay in Malaysia?
Answer: Independence Square

Question: Where did the relay end in Malaysia?
Answer: Petronas Twin Towers.

Question: What year was the last torch relay event in Malaysia?
Answer: 1964

Question: How many Special Police protected the relay event?
Answer: 1000
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Just days before the relay supporters of Falun Gong demonstrated in front of the Chinese embassy in the Malaysian capital. As many as 1,000 personnel from the special police unit were expected to be deployed on the day of the relay. A Japanese family with Malaysian citizenship and their 5-year-old child who unfurled a Tibetan flag were hit by a group of Chinese nationals with plastic air-filled batons and heckled by a crowd of Chinese citizens during the confrontation at Independence Square where the relay began, and the Chinese group shouted: "Taiwan and Tibet belong to China." Later during the day, the Chinese volunteers forcefully took away placards from two other Malaysians protesting at the relay. One of the protesting Malaysian was hit in the head.

Question: Which supporters protested near the Chinese embassy in Malaysia?
Answer: Falun Gong

Question: Supporters of what demonstrated at the Chinese embassy in Malaysia?
Answer: Falun Gong

Question: What were a Japanese family who unveiled a Tibetan flag hit with?
Answer: plastic air-filled batons

Question: What did the Chinese group yell?
Answer: Taiwan and Tibet belong to China.

Question: What did Chinese volunteers take from two Malaysian demonstrators?
Answer: placards
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 Indonesia: The Olympic flame reached Jakarta on April 22. The original 20 km relay through Jakarta was cancelled due to "security worries", at the request of the Chinese embassy, and the torch was instead carried round the city main's stadium, as it had been in Islamabad. Several dozen pro-Tibet protesters gathered near the stadium, and were dispersed by the police. The event was held in the streets around the city main's stadium. The cancelling of the relay through the city itself was decided due to security concerns and at the request of the Chinese embassy. Only invitees and journalists were admitted inside the stadium. Protests took place outside the stadium.

Question: When did the Olympic torch visit Jakarta?
Answer: April 22

Question: Who requested that the original route be cancelled?
Answer: the Chinese embassy

Question: Along with invited people, who were the only other people allowed in the stadium?
Answer: journalists

Question: Where did the torch relay begin in Indonesia?
Answer: Jakarta

Question: How many kilometers was the planned route that was cancelled?
Answer: 20

Question: Why was the first route not taken?
Answer: security worries

Question: What type of facility was the torch carried at instead.
Answer: stadium.

Question: Where did protests occur when non one except invited guests and the press were allowed inside the stadium?
Answer: outside the stadium.
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 Australia: The event was held in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory on April 24, and covered around 16 km of Canberra's central areas, from Reconciliation Place to Commonwealth Park. Upon its arrival in Canberra, the Olympic flame was presented by Chinese officials to local Aboriginal elder Agnes Shea, of the Ngunnawal people. She, in turn, offered them a message stick, as a gift of peace and welcome. Hundreds of pro-Tibet protesters and thousands of Chinese students reportedly attended. Demonstrators and counter-demonstrators were kept apart by the Australian Federal Police. Preparations for the event were marred by a disagreement over the role of the Chinese flame attendants, with Australian and Chinese officials arguing publicly over their function and prerogatives during a press conference.

Question: When did the torch arrive in Canberra?
Answer: April 24

Question: Who received the flame from Chinese officials in Canberra?
Answer: Agnes Shea

Question: What did Agnes Shea give to the Chinese in return?
Answer: a message stick

Question: Who publicly argued at a press conference?
Answer: Australian and Chinese officials

Question: Where was the relay held in Australia?
Answer: Canberra

Question: How many kilometers was the route in Australia?
Answer: 16

Question: What was the location of the beginning of the Olympic torch route in Australia?
Answer: Reconciliation Place

Question: Who kept the demonstrators separated?
Answer: Australian Federal Police.

Question: What is the name of the Aboriginal elder who received the torch from Chinese officials?
Answer: Agnes Shea
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Following the events in Olympia, there were reports that China requested permission to deploy People's Liberation Army personnel along the relay route to protect the flame in Canberra. Australian authorities stated that such a request, if it were to be made, would be refused. Chinese officials labeled it a rumor. Australian police have been given powers to search relay spectators, following a call by the Chinese Students and Scholars Association for Chinese Australian students to "go defend our sacred torch" against "ethnic degenerate scum and anti-China separatists". Tony Goh, chairman of the Australian Council of Chinese Organisations, has said the ACCO would be taking "thousands" of pro-Beijing demonstrators to Canberra by bus, to support the torch relay. Zhang Rongan, a Chinese Australian student organising pro-Beijing demonstrations, told the press that Chinese diplomats were assisting with the organization of buses, meals and accommodation for pro-Beijing demonstrators, and helping them organise a "peaceful show of strength". Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Chinese officials were urging supporters to "turn up and put a point of view", but that he had no objection to it as long as they remained peaceful.

Question: Who did the Chinese want to deploy to Canberra to protect the flame?
Answer: People's Liberation Army personnel

Question: Chinese Australian students were told to defend what against scum and separatists?
Answer: sacred torch

Question: Who was the chairman of the Australian Council of Chinese Organisations?
Answer: Tony Goh

Question: Who was the Foreign Minister who said he was okay with protests as long as they were peaceful?
Answer: Stephen Smith

Question: What group did China want along the relay route in Canberra?
Answer: People's Liberation Army

Question: Who was given permission to search attendees of the relay?
Answer: Australian police

Question: Who said that thousands of pro-Beijing supporters would be bused in?
Answer: Tony Goh

Question: Who told the media that Chinese diplomats were arranging a "peaceful show of strength"?
Answer: Zhang Rongan

Question: Who was the Foreign Minister who indicated Chinese officials wanted supporting demonstrators to show up and show their point of view?
Answer: Stephen Smith
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Intended torchbearer Lin Hatfield Dodds withdrew from the event, explaining that she wished to express concern about China's human rights record. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said her decision was "a very good example of peacefully making a point".

Question: Who withdrew as a torchbearer because of her concerns about human rights?
Answer: Lin Hatfield Dodds

Question: Who said Dodds' withdrawal was a good example of peacefully protesting?
Answer: Foreign Minister Stephen Smith

Question: Who withdrew from the torch event?
Answer: Lin Hatfield Dodds

Question: Who was the foreign minister that said her decision was a good example of peacefully making a point?
Answer: Stephen Smith
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Up to 600 pro-Tibet protesters were expected to attend the relay, along with between 2,000 and 10,000 Chinese supporters. Taking note of the high number of Chinese supporters, Ted Quinlan, head of the Canberra torch relay committee, said: "We didn't expect this reaction from the Chinese community. It is obviously a well-coordinated plan to take the day by weight of numbers. But we have assurances that it will be done peacefully.". Also, Australia's ACT Chief Minister, Jon Stanhope confirmed that the Chinese embassy was closely involve to ensure that "pro-China demonstrators vastly outnumbered Tibetan activists." Australian freestyle swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe ended the Australian leg of the torch relay April 24, 2008, touching the flame to light a cauldron after a run that was only marginally marked by protests. People demonstrated both for China and for Tibet. At least five people were arrested during the torch relay. Police said "the five were arrested for interfering with the event under special powers enacted in the wake of massive protests against Chinese policy toward Tibet." At one point, groups of Chinese students surrounded and intimidated pro-Tibet protesters. One person had to be pulled aboard a police launch when a group of pro-Chinese students looked like they might force him into the lake.

Question: Who was the head of the Canberra torch relay committee?
Answer: Ted Quinlan

Question: How many supporters of Tibet were expected in Canberra to protest?
Answer: 600

Question: ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope said which organization intended to ensure that China supporters outweighed Tibet supporters?
Answer: the Chinese embassy

Question: Which athlete carried the torch for the final leg?
Answer: Ian Thorpe

Question: How many supporters of Tibet were expected to attend the torch relay?
Answer: Up to 600

Question: It was thought that how many Chinese supporters would attend the torch relay?
Answer: between 2,000 and 10,000

Question: Who did not expect that reaction from the Chinese community?
Answer: Ted Quinlan

Question: Who was involved to ensure the pro Chinese demonstrators outweighed the Tibetan demonstrators?
Answer: the Chinese embassy
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 Japan: The event was held in Nagano, which hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics, on April 26. Japanese Buddhist temple Zenkō-ji, which was originally scheduled to be the starting point for the Olympic torch relay in Nagano, refused to host the torch and pulled out of the relay plans, amid speculation that monks there sympathized with anti-Chinese government protesters. as well as the risk of disruption by violent protests. Parts of Zenkō-ji temple's main building (Zenkō-ji Hondō), reconstructed in 1707 and one of the National Treasures of Japan, was then vandalized with spraypaint. A new starting point, previously the site of a municipal building and now a parking lot, was chosen by the city. An event the city had planned to hold at the Minami Nagano Sports Park following the torch relay was also canceled out of concern about disruptions caused by demonstrators protesting against China's recent crackdown in Tibet. Thousands of riot police were mobilized to protect the torch along its route. The show of force kept most protesters in check, but slogans shouted by pro-China or pro-Tibet demonstrators, Japanese nationalists, and human rights organizations flooded the air. Five men were arrested and four injured amidst scenes of mob violence. The torch route was packed with mostly peaceful demonstrators. The public was not allowed at the parking lot where the relay started. After the Zenkoji monks held a prayer ceremony for victims of the recent events in Tibet. More than 100 police officers ran with the torch and riot police lined the streets while three helicopters flew above. Only two Chinese guards were allowed to accompany the torch because of Japan's concern over their treatment of demonstrators at previous relays. A man with a Tibetan flag tried to stop the torch at the beginning of the relay but was dragged off by police. Some raw eggs were also thrown from the crowd.

Question: Who hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics?
Answer: Nagano

Question: When did the torch arrive in Nagano?
Answer: April 26

Question: Where was the torch relay held in Japan?
Answer: Nagano

Question: Which Olympics did Nagano host?
Answer: 1998 Winter Olympics

Question: What location was supposed to be the start of the relay event in Nagano?
Answer: Japanese Buddhist temple Zenkō-ji

Question: When monks pulled out of the event, where was the new starting point for the relay?
Answer: a municipal building

Question: How many Chinese guards were allowed to go with the torch?
Answer: two
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 South Korea: The event was held in Seoul, which hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics, on April 27. Intended torchbearers Choi Seung-kook and Park Won-sun boycotted the event to protest against the Chinese government's crackdown in Tibet. More than 8,000 riot police were deployed to guard the 24-kilometre route, which began at Olympic Park, which was built when Seoul hosted the 1988 Summer Games. On the day of the torch relay in Seoul, Chinese students clashed with protesters, throwing rocks, bottles, and punches. A North Korean defector whose brother defected to China but was captured and executed by the DPRK, attempted to set himself on fire in protest of China's treatment of North Korean refugees. He poured gasoline on himself but police quickly surrounded him and carried him away. Two other demonstrators tried to storm the torch but failed. Fighting broke out near the beginning of the relay between a group of 500 Chinese supporters and approximately 50 protesters who carried a banner that read: "Free North Korean refugees in China." The students threw stones and water bottles as approximately 2,500 police tried to keep the groups separated. Police said they arrested five people, including a Chinese student who was arrested for allegedly throwing rocks. Thousands of Chinese followed the torch on its 4.5 hour journey, some chanting, "Go China, go Olympics!" By the end of the relay, Chinese students became violent, and it was reported in Korean media that they were "lynching" everyone who was disagreeing with them. One police man was also rushed to hospital after being attacked by Chinese students. On Apr 29, the Secretary of Justice, Kim Kyung Han, told the prime minister that he will find "every single Chinese who was involved and bring them to justice." Later in the day, South Korea's Prosecutor's Office, National Police Agency, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Intelligence Service made a joint statement saying that they will be deporting every Chinese student that was involved in the incident. China defended the conduct of the students.

Question: Where was the torch relay event held in South Korea?
Answer: Seoul

Question: When did Seoul host the Olympics?
Answer: 1988 Summer Olympics

Question: Where was the start point for the relay?
Answer: Olympic Park

Question: Who became violent during the relay route and was promised deportation when caught?
Answer: Chinese students

Question: Where was the relay event held in South Korea?
Answer: Seoul

Question: Which Olympics did Seoul host?
Answer: 1988 Summer Olympics
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 North Korea: The event was held in Pyongyang on April 28. It was the first time that the Olympic torch has traveled to North Korea. A crowd of thousands waving pink paper flowers and small flags with the Beijing Olympics logo were organized by the authoritarian regime watched the beginning of the relay in Pyongyang, some waving Chinese flags. The event was presided over by the head of the country's parliament, Kim Yong Nam. The North, an ally of China, has been critical of disruptions to the torch relay elsewhere and has supported Beijing in its actions against protests in Tibet. Kim passed the torch to the first runner Pak Du Ik, who played on North Korea's 1966 World Cup soccer team, as he began the 19-kilometre route through Pyongyang. The relay began from the large sculpted flame of the obelisk of the Juche Tower, which commemorates the national ideology of Juche, or "self-reliance", created by the country's late founding President Kim Il Sung, father of leader Kim Jong Il, who did not attend.

Question: When did the torch arrive in Pyongyang?
Answer: April 28

Question: Who presided over the torch event in North Korea?
Answer: Kim Yong Nam

Question: Who was the first torchbearer in North Korea?
Answer: Pak Du Ik

Question: Where did the relay start?
Answer: the Juche Tower

Question: Where was the relay event held in North Korea?
Answer: Pyongyang.

Question: What date did the torch relay event take place?
Answer: April 28.

Question: What did people in the crowd wave at the beginning of the relay?
Answer: pink paper flowers and small flags

Question: Who was the first runner with the torch?
Answer: Pak Du Ik
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 Vietnam: The event was held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 29. Some 60 torchbearers carried the torch from the downtown Opera House to the Military Zone 7 Competition Hall stadium near Tan Son Nhat International Airport along an undisclosed route. Vietnam is involved in a territorial dispute with China (and other countries) for sovereignty of the Spratly and Paracel Islands; tensions have risen recently[when?] following reports that the Chinese government had established a county-level city named Sansha in the disputed territories, resulting in anti-Chinese demonstrations in December 2007 in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. However to sustain its relationship with China the Vietnamese government has actively sought to head off protests during the torch relay, with Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng warning government agencies that "hostile forces" may try to disrupt the torch relay.

Question: When did the torch arrive in Vietnam?
Answer: April 29

Question: Where was the torch event held in Vietnam?
Answer: Ho Chi Minh City

Question: How many torchbearers carried the torch in Vietnam?
Answer: 60

Question: Where did the torch event begin in Vietnam?
Answer: the downtown Opera House

Question: Where did the torch event end?
Answer: the Military Zone 7 Competition Hall stadium

Question: Where was the torch event held in Vietnam?
Answer: Ho Chi Minh City.

Question: What areas are involved in the dispute between Vietnam and China?
Answer: the Spratly and Paracel Islands

Question: The Chinese government established what city in this disputed area?
Answer: Sansha

Question: As a result, demonstrations were held in what two cities in December 2007?
Answer: Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Question: Who was the Prime Minister of Vietnam?
Answer: Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
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Prior to the rally, seven anti-China protestors were arrested in Hanoi after unfurling a banner and shouting "Boycott the Beijing Olympics" through a loudhailer at a market. A Vietnamese American was deported for planning protests against the torch, while a prominent blogger, Điếu Cày (real name Nguyễn Văn Hải), who blogged about protests around the world and who called for demonstrations in Vietnam, was arrested on charges of tax evasion. Outside Vietnam, there were protests by overseas Vietnamese in Paris, San Francisco and Canberra. Lê Minh Phiếu, a torchbearer who is a Vietnamese law student studying in France, wrote a letter to the president of the International Olympic Committee protesting China's "politicisation of the Olympics", citing maps of the torch relay at the official Beijing Olympic website depicting the disputed islands as Chinese territory and posted it on his blog. One day before the relay was to start, the official website appeared to have been updated to remove the disputed islands and dotted lines marking China's maritime claims in the South China Sea.

Question: How many people protesting China were arrested in Hanoi prior to the rally?
Answer: seven

Question: Which blogger calling for demonstrations was arrested for tax evasion?
Answer: Điếu Cày

Question: Which torchbearer sent a letter of protest to the president of the International Olympic Committee?
Answer: Lê Minh Phiếu

Question: How many protesters were arrested in Hanoi prior to the rally?
Answer: seven

Question: What is blogger Điếu Cày's real name?
Answer: Nguyễn Văn Hải

Question: Though he urged for demonstrations in Vietnam, Nguyễn Văn Hải was charged with what crime?
Answer: tax evasion.

Question: What is the name of the torchbearer who wrote a letter to the IOC president about discrepancies on a website?
Answer: Lê Minh Phiếu

Question: What was removed from the website that Lê Minh Phiếu had written about?
Answer: disputed islands and dotted lines marking China's maritime claims
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 Hong Kong: The event was held in Hong Kong on May 2. In the ceremony held at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui, Chief Executive Donald Tsang handed the torch to the first torchbearer, Olympic medalist Lee Lai Shan. The torch relay then traveled through Nathan Road, Lantau Link, Sha Tin (crossed Shing Mun River via a dragon boat, which had been never used before in the history of Olympic torch relays), Victoria Harbour (crossed by Tin Hau, a VIP vessel managed by the Marine Department) before ending in Golden Bauhinia Square in Wan Chai. A total of 120 torchbearers were selected to participate in the event consisting of celebrities, athletes and pro-Beijing camp politicians. No politicians from the pro-democracy camp were selected as torchbearers. One torchbearer could not participate due to flight delay. It was estimated that more than 200,000 spectators came out and watched the relay. Many enthusiastic supporters wore red shirts and waved large Chinese flags. According to Hong Kong Chief Secretary for Administration Henry Tang, 3,000 police were deployed to ensure order.

Question: When did the torch arrive in Hong Kong?
Answer: May 2

Question: Who was the first torchbearer in Hong Kong?
Answer: Lee Lai Shan

Question: Where was the torch event started in Hong Kong?
Answer: Hong Kong Cultural Centre

Question: Where did the torch relay end in Hong Kong?
Answer: Golden Bauhinia Square in Wan Chai

Question: How many torchbearers participated in the relay event in Hong Kong?
Answer: 120

Question: When was the relay event held in Hong Kong?
Answer: May 2.

Question: Who handed the torch to Lee Lai Shan, the first torchbearer?
Answer: Donald Tsang

Question: What was used to get the torch across the Shing Mun River?
Answer: a dragon boat

Question: How many torchbearers carried the torch?
Answer: 120

Question: The torchbearers included athletes, celebrities and who?
Answer: pro-Beijing camp politicians.
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There were several protests along the torch relay route. Members of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China, including pro-democracy activist Szeto Wah, waved novelty inflatable plastic Olympic flames, which they said symbolised democracy. They wanted accountability for the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 and the implementation of democracy in Hong Kong. Political activist and Legislative Council member Leung Kwok-hung (Longhair) also joined the protest, saying "I'm very proud that in Hong Kong we still have people brave enough to speak out." Pro-democracy activists were overwhelmed by a crowd of torch supporters with insults like "running dog," "traitor," "get out!," and "I love the Communist Party." At the same time, about 10 members of the Civil Human Rights Front had orange banners calling for human rights improvements and universal suffrage. Onlookers were saying "Aren't you Chinese?" in Mandarin putonghua as they tried to cover the orange banners with a large Chinese national flag. One woman had an orange sign that said, "Olympic flame for democracy", while a man carried a poster with a tank and the slogan "One world, two dreams". A university student and former RDHK radio host Christina Chan wrapped the Tibetan snow lion flag around her body and later began waving it. Several onlookers heckled Chan, shouting "What kind of Chinese are you?" and "What a shame!" In the end, she and some of the protesters were taken away against their will by the authorities via a police vehicle "for their own protection." Chan is currently[when?] suing the Hong Kong government, claiming her human rights were breached. (case number HCAL139/08)

Question: What did Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China members wave to symbolize democracy?
Answer: plastic Olympic flames

Question: This group wanted accountability for what 1989 event?
Answer: Tiananmen Square protests

Question: Who wrapped a Tibetan flag around her body and later waved it?
Answer: Christina Chan

Question: Who removed Chan from the protest?
Answer: police

Question: Why is Chan suing the Hong Kong government?
Answer: her human rights were breached.

Question: Some people waved plastic inflated flames, saying they symbolize what?
Answer: democracy.

Question: Who was proud that Hong Kong still has brave people speaking out?
Answer: Leung Kwok-hung

Question: What did radio host Christina Chan wear before waving it?
Answer: Tibetan snow lion flag