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Cyprus

The Turkish invasion, followed by occupation and the declaration of independence of the TRNC have been condemned by United Nations resolutions, which are reaffirmed by the Security Council every year. The last major effort to settle the Cyprus dispute was the Annan Plan in 2004, drafted by the then Secretary General, Kofi Annan. The plan was put to a referendum in both Northern Cyprus and the Republic of Cyprus. 65% of Turkish Cypriots voted in support of the plan and 74% Greek Cypriots voted against the plan, claiming that it disproportionately favoured the Turkish side. In total, 66.7% of the voters rejected the Annan Plan V. On 1 May 2004 Cyprus joined the European Union, together with nine other countries. Cyprus was accepted into the EU as a whole, although the EU legislation is suspended in the territory occupied by Turkey (TRNC), until a final settlement of the Cyprus problem. In July 2006, the island served as a haven for people fleeing Lebanon, due to the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah (also called "The July War").

Question: In what year did the last major effort to settle the Cyprus dispute take place?
Answer: 2004

Question: How many Turkish Cypriots voted for the Annan Plan in 2004?
Answer: 65%

Question: How many Greek Cypriots voted against the Annan Plan in 2004?
Answer: 74%

Question: In what year did Cyprus join the European Union?
Answer: 2004

Question: In 2006 people fled to Cyprus from what country?
Answer: Lebanon
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Cyprus has one of the warmest climates in the Mediterranean part of the European Union.[citation needed] The average annual temperature on the coast is around 24 °C (75 °F) during the day and 14 °C (57 °F) at night. Generally, summers last about eight months, beginning in April with average temperatures of 21–23 °C (70–73 °F) during the day and 11–13 °C (52–55 °F) at night, and ending in November with average temperatures of 22–23 °C (72–73 °F) during the day and 12–14 °C (54–57 °F) at night, although in the remaining four months temperatures sometimes exceed 20 °C (68 °F).

Question: What type of climate does Cyprus have?
Answer: one of the warmest climates in the Mediterranean

Question: In Cyprus, what is the average temperature during the day?
Answer: 24 °C (75 °F)

Question: How long do summers generally last on Cyprus?
Answer: eight months

Question: What month typically marks the end of summer on Cyprus?
Answer: November
Cyprus

Cyprus suffers from a chronic shortage of water. The country relies heavily on rain to provide household water, but in the past 30 years average yearly precipitation has decreased. Between 2001 and 2004, exceptionally heavy annual rainfall pushed water reserves up, with supply exceeding demand, allowing total storage in the island's reservoirs to rise to an all-time high by the start of 2005. However, since then demand has increased annually – a result of local population growth, foreigners moving to Cyprus and the number of visiting tourists – while supply has fallen as a result of more frequent droughts.

Question: What resource is scarce on Cyprus?
Answer: water

Question: What do people living in Cyprus rely on for household water?
Answer: rain

Question: When did Cyprus receive enough rainfall to fill up their water reserves?
Answer: Between 2001 and 2004

Question: Why has demand for water increased annually on Cyprus?
Answer: local population growth, foreigners moving to Cyprus and the number of visiting tourists

Question: Why has the water supply shrunk in previous years?
Answer: more frequent droughts
Cyprus

Dams remain the principal source of water both for domestic and agricultural use; Cyprus has a total of 107 dams (plus one currently under construction) and reservoirs, with a total water storage capacity of about 330,000,000 m3 (1.2×1010 cu ft). Water desalination plants are gradually being constructed to deal with recent years of prolonged drought. The Government has invested heavily in the creation of water desalination plants which have supplied almost 50 per cent of domestic water since 2001. Efforts have also been made to raise public awareness of the situation and to encourage domestic water users to take more responsibility for the conservation of this increasingly scarce commodity.

Question: What do the people of Cyprus rely on for domestic and agricultural supply of water?
Answer: Dams

Question: What is the total number of completed dams located on Cyprus?
Answer: 107

Question: What is the capacity of water that the dams on Cyprus can hold?
Answer: 330,000,000 m3 (1.2×1010 cu ft).

Question: What has the government invested in to help supply water for Cyprus?
Answer: desalination plants

Question: What percentage of domestic water do desalination plants provide on Cyprus?
Answer: almost 50 per cent
Cyprus

Since 1965, following clashes between the two communities, the Turkish Cypriot seats in the House remain vacant. In 1974 Cyprus was divided de facto when the Turkish army occupied the northern third of the island. The Turkish Cypriots subsequently declared independence in 1983 as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus but were recognised only by Turkey. In 1985 the TRNC adopted a constitution and held its first elections. The United Nations recognises the sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus over the entire island of Cyprus.

Question: In what years was Cyprus divided?
Answer: 1974

Question: Which part of Cyprus was occupied by the Turkish army?
Answer: northern third of the island

Question: In 1983, Turkish Cypriots declared what?
Answer: independence

Question: What organization recognizes the sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus?
Answer: The United Nations
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According to the latest International Monetary Fund estimates, its per capita GDP (adjusted for purchasing power) at $30,769 is just above the average of the European Union.[citation needed] Cyprus has been sought as a base for several offshore businesses for its low tax rates. Tourism, financial services and shipping are significant parts of the economy. Economic policy of the Cyprus government has focused on meeting the criteria for admission to the European Union. The Cypriot government adopted the euro as the national currency on 1 January 2008.

Question: What is the per capita GDP of Cyprus given by the IMF?
Answer: $30,769

Question: Why has Cyprus been sought out by offshore businesses?
Answer: low tax rates

Question: What are three of the largest contributors to the Cyprus economy?
Answer: Tourism, financial services and shipping

Question: When was the Euro declared as the national currency of Cyprus?
Answer: 1 January 2008
Cyprus

Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots share a lot in common in their culture but also have differences. Several traditional food (such as souvla and halloumi) and beverages are similar, as well as expressions and ways of life. Hospitality and buying or offering food and drinks for guests or others are common among both. In both communities, music, dance and art are integral parts of social life and many artistic, verbal and nonverbal expressions, traditional dances such as tsifteteli, similarities in dance costumes and importance placed on social activities are shared between the communities. However, the two communities have distinct religions and religious cultures, with the Greek Cypriots traditionally being Greek Orthodox and Turkish Cypriots traditionally being Sunni Muslims, which has partly hindered cultural exchange. Greek Cypriots have influences from Greece and Christianity, while Turkish Cypriots have influences from Turkey and Islam.

Question: Which foods do Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots have in common?
Answer: souvla and halloumi

Question: Which art forms are integral parts of everyday life?
Answer: music, dance and art

Question: What is something that Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots do not have in common?
Answer: religions and religious

Question: What religion do Greek Cypriots usually practice?
Answer: Sunni Muslims
Cyprus

Popular music in Cyprus is generally influenced by the Greek Laïka scene; artists who play in this genre include international platinum star Anna Vissi, Evridiki, and Sarbel. Hip Hop, R&B and reggae have been supported by the emergence of Cypriot rap and the urban music scene at Ayia Napa. Cypriot rock music and Éntekhno rock is often associated with artists such as Michalis Hatzigiannis and Alkinoos Ioannidis. Metal also has a small following in Cyprus represented by bands such as Armageddon (rev.16:16), Blynd, Winter's Verge and Quadraphonic.

Question: What influences popular music in Cyprus?
Answer: Greek Laïka scene

Question: What are some famous Cypriot artists?
Answer: Anna Vissi, Evridiki, and Sarbel

Question: What other genres of music are enjoyed in Cyprus?
Answer: Hip Hop, R&B and reggae

Question: Which artists are associated with Cypriot rock music?
Answer: Michalis Hatzigiannis and Alkinoos Ioannidis

Question: What are some famous metal Cypriot bands?
Answer: Armageddon (rev.16:16), Blynd, Winter's Verge and Quadraphonic
Cyprus

Examples of Cyprus in foreign literature, include the works of Shakespeare, with the majority of the play Othello by William Shakespeare set on the island of Cyprus. British writer Lawrence Durrell lived in Cyprus from 1952 until 1956, during his time working for the British colonial government on the island, and wrote the book Bitter Lemons concerning his time in Cyprus which won the second Duff Cooper Prize in 1957. More recently British writer Victoria Hislop used Cyprus as the setting for her 2014 novel The Sunrise.

Question: Where was William Shakespeare's Othello set?
Answer: Cyprus

Question: Where did British writer Lawrence Durrell reside from 1952-1956?
Answer: Cyprus

Question: What book did Lawrence Durrell write while living on Cyprus?
Answer: Bitter Lemons

Question: Which 2014 novel uses Cyprus as its main location?
Answer: The Sunrise
Cyprus

Local television companies in Cyprus include the state owned Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation which runs two television channels. In addition on the Greek side of the island there are the private channels ANT1 Cyprus, Plus TV, Mega Channel, Sigma TV, Nimonia TV (NTV) and New Extra. In Northern Cyprus, the local channels are BRT, the Turkish Cypriot equivalent to the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, and a number of private channels. The majority of local arts and cultural programming is produced by the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation and BRT, with local arts documentaries, review programmes and filmed drama series.

Question: What is the name of a local television company in Cyprus?
Answer: Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation

Question: Which television broadcasters produce art and cultural programming?
Answer: Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation and BRT

Question: What is BRT?
Answer: the Turkish Cypriot equivalent to the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation
Steven_Spielberg

In a career spanning more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as archetypes of modern Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking. In later years, his films began addressing humanistic issues such as the Holocaust (in Schindler's List), the transatlantic slave trade (in Amistad), war (in Empire of the Sun, Saving Private Ryan, War Horse and Bridge of Spies) and terrorism (in Munich). His other films include Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones film series, and A.I. Artificial Intelligence.

Question: What issue did Spielberg address in his movie Schindler's List?
Answer: the Holocaust

Question: What issue did Spielberg address in his movie Amistad?
Answer: the transatlantic slave trade

Question: What issue did Spielberg address in his movie Munich?
Answer: terrorism

Question: How long has Steven Spielberg had his career so far?
Answer: more than four decades

Question: In what film did Spielberg address humanistic issues?
Answer: Schindler's List

Question: In what film did Spielberg cover the slave trade?
Answer: Amistad

Question: In what films did Spielberg address war?
Answer: Empire of the Sun, Saving Private Ryan, War Horse and Bridge of Spies

Question: In what film did Spielberg address terrorism?
Answer: Munich

Question: What type of films did Spielberg find early success with?
Answer: y science-fiction and adventure

Question: What is Spielberg's most critically acclaimed film?

Question: What film of Spielberg's was his first to address humanistic issues?

Question: What was Spielberg's first adventure film?

Question: What was Spielberg's first science-fiction movie?
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Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to an Orthodox Jewish family. His mother, Leah (Adler) Posner (born 1920), was a restaurateur and concert pianist, and his father, Arnold Spielberg (born 1917), was an electrical engineer involved in the development of computers. His paternal grandparents were immigrants from Ukraine who settled in Cincinnati in the first decade of the 1900s. In 1950, his family moved to Haddon Township, New Jersey when his father took a job with RCA. Three years later, the family moved to Phoenix, Arizona.:548 Spielberg attended Hebrew school from 1953 to 1957, in classes taught by Rabbi Albert L. Lewis.

Question: Where was Steven Spielberg born?
Answer: Cincinnati, Ohio

Question: What religion was Steven Spielberg's family?
Answer: Orthodox Jewish

Question: Where were Steven Spielberg's granparents from?
Answer: Ukraine

Question: Where did Steven Spielberg's family move to in 1953?
Answer: Phoenix, Arizona

Question: What job did Steven Spielberg's father have?
Answer: electrical engineer

Question: Where was Spielberg born?
Answer: Cincinnati, Ohio

Question: What religion was Spielberg's family?
Answer: Orthodox Jewish

Question: What was Spielberg's mother's career?
Answer: restaurateur and concert pianist

Question: What was Spielberg's father's career?
Answer: electrical engineer involved in the development of computers

Question: Where did Spielberg's paternal grandparents immigrate from?
Answer: Ukraine

Question: What was Spielberg's paternal grandfather's first name?

Question: What was Spielberg's paternal grandmother's first name?

Question: In what year did Rabbi Albert L. Lewis join Hebrew School in Phoenix, Arizona?

Question: In what year did Spielberg's father become an electrical engineer?

Question: In what year was RCA founded?
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Spielberg won the Academy Award for Best Director for Schindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998). Three of Spielberg's films—Jaws (1975), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and Jurassic Park (1993)—achieved box office records, originated and came to epitomize the blockbuster film. The unadjusted gross of all Spielberg-directed films exceeds $9 billion worldwide, making him the highest-grossing director in history. His personal net worth is estimated to be more than $3 billion. He has been associated with composer John Williams since 1974, who composed music for all save five of Spielberg's feature films.

Question: How much money has all of Steven Spielberg's movies grossed worldwide?
Answer: exceeds $9 billion

Question: What composer has Steven Spielberg been associated with since 1974?
Answer: John Williams

Question: How much money is Steven Spielberg worth?
Answer: more than $3 billion

Question: What record does Steven Spielberg have?
Answer: the highest-grossing director in history

Question: Who has composed most of Steven Spielberg's movies?
Answer: John Williams

Question: When was Jaws released?
Answer: 1975

Question: When did Jurassic Park come out?
Answer: 1993

Question: What did Spielberg win for Schindler's List?
Answer: Academy Award for Best Director

Question: What is Spielberg's net worth?
Answer: more than $3 billion

Question: Who composes music for most of Spielberg's movies?
Answer: John Williams

Question: How much have all Spielberg-directed films combined earned in adjusted gross?

Question: How much in unadjusted gross have Spielberg-directed films combined earned in the United States?

Question: What is one of Spielberg's movies that has had the music composed by John Williams?

Question: What is one of Spielberg's movies that John Williams hasn't composed the music for?

Question: What was Spielberg's first movie?
Steven_Spielberg

As a child, Spielberg faced difficulty reconciling being an Orthodox Jew with the perception of him by other children he played with. "It isn't something I enjoy admitting," he once said, "but when I was seven, eight, nine years old, God forgive me, I was embarrassed because we were Orthodox Jews. I was embarrassed by the outward perception of my parents' Jewish practices. I was never really ashamed to be Jewish, but I was uneasy at times." Spielberg also said he suffered from acts of anti-Semitic prejudice and bullying: "In high school, I got smacked and kicked around. Two bloody noses. It was horrible."

Question: When did Steven Spielberg have trouble dealing with being an Orthodox Jew?
Answer: As a child

Question: How did Steven Spielberg feel about being an Orhtodox Jew?
Answer: embarrassed

Question: What kind of prejudice did Spielberg have to deal with in High school?
Answer: anti-Semitic

Question: How many bloody noses did Spielberg get in High School?
Answer: Two

Question: At what age was Spielberg embarrassed by his family being Jewish?
Answer: seven, eight, nine years old

Question: What was Spielberg bullied because of?
Answer: anti-Semitic prejudice

Question: How many bloody noses did Spielberg get in high school?
Answer: Two

Question: How many bloody noses did Spielberg get from fighting while in elementary school?

Question: How many Orthodox Jew friends did Spielberg have while in high school?

Question: At what age did Spielberg become alright with being an Orthodox Jew?

Question: How many bloody noses from fighting did Spielberg get in middle school?

Question: What kind of prejudice did Spielberg have to deal with while in elementary school?
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In 1958, he became a Boy Scout and fulfilled a requirement for the photography merit badge by making a nine-minute 8 mm film entitled The Last Gunfight. Years later, Spielberg recalled to a magazine interviewer, "My dad's still-camera was broken, so I asked the scoutmaster if I could tell a story with my father's movie camera. He said yes, and I got an idea to do a Western. I made it and got my merit badge. That was how it all started." At age thirteen, while living in Phoenix, Spielberg won a prize for a 40-minute war film he titled Escape to Nowhere, using a cast composed of other high school friends. That motivated him to make 15 more amateur 8mm films.:548 In 1963, at age sixteen, Spielberg wrote and directed his first independent film, a 140-minute science fiction adventure called Firelight, which would later inspire Close Encounters. The film was made for $500, most of which came from his father, and was shown in a local cinema for one evening, which earned back its cost.

Question: What was Spielberg's first indepenent film?
Answer: Firelight

Question: How long was Spielberg's film "Escape to Nowhere"?
Answer: 40-minute

Question: How much money did Spielberg spend to film Close Encounters?
Answer: $500

Question: Who did Spielberg get money from to film Close Encounters?
Answer: his father

Question: What genre was Spielberg's first film "The Last Gunfight"
Answer: Western

Question: When did Spielberg join the Boy Scouts?
Answer: 1958

Question: What film did Spielberg make to earn a merit badge?
Answer: The Last Gunfight

Question: Why did Spielberg make a movie instead of taking still photos for the photography merit badge?
Answer: dad's still-camera was broken

Question: At what age did Spielberg make 'Escape to Nowhere'?
Answer: thirteen

Question: What film led to Close Encounters?
Answer: Firelight

Question: How many high school friends did Spielberg have?

Question: How much did Escape to Nowhere cost to make?

Question: What was the runtime for Close Encounters?

Question: In what year did Spielberg tell a magazine interviewer about earning his Boy Scouts merit badge?

Question: What motion picture format was Firelight shot in?
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While still a student, he was offered a small unpaid intern job at Universal Studios with the editing department. He was later given the opportunity to make a short film for theatrical release, the 26-minute, 35mm, Amblin', which he wrote and directed. Studio vice president Sidney Sheinberg was impressed by the film, which had won a number of awards, and offered Spielberg a seven-year directing contract. It made him the youngest director ever to be signed for a long-term deal with a major Hollywood studio.:548 He subsequently dropped out of college to begin professionally directing TV productions with Universal.

Question: What job was SPielberg offered when he was a student?
Answer: Universal Studios

Question: Who offered Spielberg a contract at Universal Studios?
Answer: Sidney Sheinberg

Question: What short film did Spielberg make for theatrical release?
Answer: Amblin

Question: What did Steven Spielberg do to begin directing TV prouctions for Universal?
Answer: dropped out of college

Question: How did Sidney Sheinberg feel about the film "Amblin'"
Answer: impressed

Question: What studio gave Spielberg an unpaid internship?
Answer: Universal Studios

Question: What department did Spielberg have an unpaid internship with?
Answer: editing

Question: How long was 'Amblin'?
Answer: 26-minute

Question: What was Sidney Sheinberg's position with Universal?
Answer: vice president

Question: How long of a contract did Sheinberg give Spielberg?
Answer: seven-year

Question: Who was the producer for Amblin'?

Question: Who greenlit Spielberg making Amblin'?

Question: Who was the CEO of Universal Studios at the time that Amblin' was released?

Question: Who offered Spielberg an intern job at Universal Studios?
Steven_Spielberg

His first professional TV job came when he was hired to direct one of the segments for the 1969 pilot episode of Night Gallery. The segment, "Eyes," starred Joan Crawford; she and Spielberg were reportedly close friends until her death. The episode is unusual in his body of work, in that the camerawork is more highly stylized than his later, more "mature" films. After this, and an episode of Marcus Welby, M.D., Spielberg got his first feature-length assignment: an episode of The Name of the Game called "L.A. 2017". This futuristic science fiction episode impressed Universal Studios and they signed him to a short contract. He did another segment on Night Gallery and did some work for shows such as Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law and The Psychiatrist, before landing the first series episode of Columbo (previous episodes were actually TV films).

Question: Who starred in the TV show segment "Eyes"
Answer: Joan Crawford

Question: What was Steven Spielberg's first feature-length assignment?
Answer: an episode of The Name of the Game called "L.A. 2017".

Question: What genre was Steven Spielberg's episode of "The Name of the Game"?
Answer: science fiction

Question: What was the relatioship between Joan Crawford and Steven Spielberg?
Answer: reportedly close friends

Question: What year was Spielberg hired to direct one of the segments for "Night Gallery"?
Answer: 1969

Question: What was the first TV episode Spielberg directed part of?
Answer: 1969 pilot episode of Night Gallery

Question: Who starred in Spielberg's TV debut?
Answer: Joan Crawford

Question: What was Spielberg's first full TV episode to direct?
Answer: an episode of The Name of the Game called "L.A. 2017"

Question: What genre was 'LA 2017'?
Answer: futuristic science fiction

Question: What law show did Spielberg work on?
Answer: Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Question: In what year did Spielberg direct an episode of The Name of the Game?

Question: In what year did Spielberg direct an episode of Marcus Welby, M.D.?

Question: What was the name of the Marcus Welby, M.D. episode that Spielberg directed?

Question: In what city did Joan Crawford die?

Question: In what year did Spielberg work on the tv show Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law?
Steven_Spielberg

Based on the strength of his work, Universal signed Spielberg to do four TV films. The first was a Richard Matheson adaptation called Duel. The film is about a psychotic Peterbilt 281 tanker truck driver who chases the terrified driver (Dennis Weaver) of a small Plymouth Valiant and tries to run him off the road. Special praise of this film by the influential British critic Dilys Powell was highly significant to Spielberg's career. Another TV film (Something Evil) was made and released to capitalize on the popularity of The Exorcist, then a major best-selling book which had not yet been released as a film. He fulfilled his contract by directing the TV film-length pilot of a show called Savage, starring Martin Landau. Spielberg's debut full-length feature film was The Sugarland Express, about a married couple who are chased by police as the couple tries to regain custody of their baby. Spielberg's cinematography for the police chase was praised by reviewers, and The Hollywood Reporter stated that "a major new director is on the horizon.":223 However, the film fared poorly at the box office and received a limited release.

Question: How many TV films did Universal sign Spielbergo to direct?
Answer: four

Question: What British critic helped boost Steven Spielberg's career?
Answer: Dilys Powell

Question: Who starred in the TV show "Savage"?
Answer: Martin Landau

Question: How did Steven Spielberg's film "The Sugarland Express" do in the box office?
Answer: poorly

Question: What were the married couple in Steven Spielberg's film "The Sugarland Express" trying to regain?
Answer: custody of their baby

Question: How many TV movies was Spielberg signed to direct?
Answer: four

Question: What kind of truck was 'Duel' about?
Answer: Peterbilt 281 tanker

Question: Which British critic praised 'Duel'?
Answer: Dilys Powell

Question: Which TV film Spielberg directed played off 'The Exorcist'?
Answer: Something Evil

Question: Who starred in 'Savage'/
Answer: Martin Landau

Question: Who starred in Duel as the tanker truck driver?

Question: Who starred in Something Evil?

Question: Who starred as the father in The Sugarland Express?

Question: What was the tv movie Savage about?

Question: Who starred as the mother in The Sugarland Express?
Steven_Spielberg

Studio producers Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown offered Spielberg the director's chair for Jaws, a thriller-horror film based on the Peter Benchley novel about an enormous killer shark. Spielberg has often referred to the gruelling shoot as his professional crucible. Despite the film's ultimate, enormous success, it was nearly shut down due to delays and budget over-runs. But Spielberg persevered and finished the film. It was an enormous hit, winning three Academy Awards (for editing, original score and sound) and grossing more than $470 million worldwide at the box office. It also set the domestic record for box office gross, leading to what the press described as "Jawsmania.":248 Jaws made Spielberg a household name and one of America's youngest multi-millionaires, allowing him a great deal of autonomy for his future projects.:250 It was nominated for Best Picture and featured Spielberg's first of three collaborations with actor Richard Dreyfuss.

Question: What film did Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown offer Steven Spielberg to direct?
Answer: Jaws

Question: Why was Jaws nearly shut down?
Answer: delays and budget over-runs

Question: How many Academy Awards did the film "Jaws" win?
Answer: three

Question: How much money did the film "Jaws" gross worldwide?
Answer: $470 million worldwide

Question: What was the film "Jaws" nominated for?
Answer: Best Picture

Question: Who made Spielberg the 'Jaws' director?
Answer: Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown

Question: Who wrote the 'Jaws' book?
Answer: Peter Benchley

Question: How many Academy Awards did 'Jaws' win?
Answer: three

Question: How much did 'Jaws' earn in theaters?
Answer: more than $470 million worldwide

Question: How many times did Spielberg work with Richard Dreyfus?
Answer: three

Question: How much did Jaws earn in America?

Question: How many Best Picture Academy awards has Richard D. Zanuck won?

Question: How many Best Picture Academy awards has David Brown won?

Question: How much profit has Richard Dreyfuss movies made over the course of his career?

Question: Which one of Spielberg's movies has he said had few problems directing?
Steven_Spielberg

Rejecting offers to direct Jaws 2, King Kong and Superman, Spielberg and actor Richard Dreyfuss re-convened to work on a film about UFOs, which became Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). One of the rare films both written and directed by Spielberg, Close Encounters was a critical and box office hit, giving Spielberg his first Best Director nomination from the Academy as well as earning six other Academy Awards nominations. It won Oscars in two categories (Cinematography, Vilmos Zsigmond, and a Special Achievement Award for Sound Effects Editing, Frank E. Warner). This second blockbuster helped to secure Spielberg's rise. His next film, 1941, a big-budgeted World War II farce, was not nearly as successful and though it grossed over $92.4 million worldwide (and did make a small profit for co-producing studios Columbia and Universal) it was seen as a disappointment, mainly with the critics.

Question: What films did Spielberg turn down in the 70s?
Answer: Jaws 2, King Kong and Superman

Question: How many Oscars did Close Encounters win?
Answer: two

Question: How many Oscars did Close Encounters get nominated for, besides Best Director?
Answer: six

Question: What was the genre of '1941'?
Answer: World War II farce

Question: How much did '1941' earn?
Answer: over $92.4 million worldwide

Question: In what year did Vilmos Zsigmond become a cinematographer?

Question: In what year did Frank E. Warner become a sound effects editor?

Question: How much did Close Encounters earn overseas?

Question: Who starred in 1941?

Question: How much did 1941 earn in the US?
Steven_Spielberg

Spielberg then revisited his Close Encounters project and, with financial backing from Columbia Pictures, released Close Encounters: The Special Edition in 1980. For this, Spielberg fixed some of the flaws he thought impeded the original 1977 version of the film and also, at the behest of Columbia, and as a condition of Spielberg revising the film, shot additional footage showing the audience the interior of the mothership seen at the end of the film (a decision Spielberg would later regret as he felt the interior of the mothership should have remained a mystery). Nevertheless, the re-release was a moderate success, while the 2001 DVD release of the film restored the original ending.

Question: When did Spielberg re-release Close Encounters?
Answer: 1980

Question: What new footage did Columbia require for a Close Encounters revisit?
Answer: the interior of the mothership

Question: What was the Close Encounters revisit called?
Answer: Close Encounters: The Special Edition

Question: Which studio funded Close Encounters?
Answer: Columbia Pictures

Question: When did a Close Encounters DVD come out?
Answer: 2001

Question: What was one of the flaws Spielberg saw in the original Close Encounters?

Question: Did the special edition or DVD release make more money?

Question: Which studio released the 1977 version of Close Encounters?

Question: What studio released the 2001 DVD version of Close Encounters?

Question: In what year did Spielberg say he regretted showing the motherships interior in the 1980 version of Close Encounters?
Steven_Spielberg

Next, Spielberg teamed with Star Wars creator and friend George Lucas on an action adventure film, Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first of the Indiana Jones films. The archaeologist and adventurer hero Indiana Jones was played by Harrison Ford (whom Lucas had previously cast in his Star Wars films as Han Solo). The film was considered an homage to the cliffhanger serials of the Golden Age of Hollywood. It became the biggest film at the box office in 1981, and the recipient of numerous Oscar nominations including Best Director (Spielberg's second nomination) and Best Picture (the second Spielberg film to be nominated for Best Picture). Raiders is still considered a landmark example of the action-adventure genre. The film also led to Ford's casting in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner.

Question: Who was responsible for Star Wars?
Answer: George Lucas

Question: Who played Indiana Jones?
Answer: Harrison Ford

Question: Who played Han Solo?
Answer: Harrison Ford

Question: What was the first Indiana Jones movie?
Answer: Raiders of the Lost Ark

Question: When did the first Indiana Jones movie come out?
Answer: 1981

Question: In what year did Spielberg become friends with George Lucas?

Question: In what year did Blade Runner release?

Question: In what year did the second Star Wars movie get released?

Question: What was the first movie Ridley Scott got an Oscar nomination for?

Question: What was the first movie George Lucas got an Oscar nomination for?
Steven_Spielberg

His next directorial feature was the Raiders prequel Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Teaming up once again with Lucas and Ford, the film was plagued with uncertainty for the material and script. This film and the Spielberg-produced Gremlins led to the creation of the PG-13 rating due to the high level of violence in films targeted at younger audiences. In spite of this, Temple of Doom is rated PG by the MPAA, even though it is the darkest and, possibly, most violent Indy film. Nonetheless, the film was still a huge blockbuster hit in 1984. It was on this project that Spielberg also met his future wife, actress Kate Capshaw.

Question: What rating did 'Temple of Doom' receive?
Answer: PG

Question: When did 'Temple of Doom' debut?
Answer: 1984

Question: What movie caused 'PG-13' to be created?
Answer: Gremlins

Question: Why did Gremlins need 'PG-13'?
Answer: the high level of violence in films targeted at younger audiences

Question: What was Spielberg's future wife's career?
Answer: actress

Question: What rating did Gremlins get?

Question: Which is the least violent Indiana Jones movie?

Question: In what year did the original Indiana Jones movie release?

Question: In what year did Kate Capshaw start her acting career?

Question: In what year did Kate Capshaw do her last movie?
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In 1985, Spielberg released The Color Purple, an adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, about a generation of empowered African-American women during depression-era America. Starring Whoopi Goldberg and future talk-show superstar Oprah Winfrey, the film was a box office smash and critics hailed Spielberg's successful foray into the dramatic genre. Roger Ebert proclaimed it the best film of the year and later entered it into his Great Films archive. The film received eleven Academy Award nominations, including two for Goldberg and Winfrey. However, much to the surprise of many, Spielberg did not get a Best Director nomination.

Question: Who wrote 'The Color Purple'?
Answer: Alice Walker

Question: What was 'The Color Purple' about?
Answer: a generation of empowered African-American women during depression-era America

Question: Who starred in 'The Color Purple'?
Answer: Whoopi Goldberg and future talk-show superstar Oprah Winfrey

Question: What did Ebert think of 'The Color Purple'?
Answer: proclaimed it the best film of the year and later entered it into his Great Films archive

Question: How many Oscar nominations did 'The Color Purple' get?
Answer: eleven

Question: In what year did the novel The Color Purple release?

Question: What was Oprah Winfrey's first movie?

Question: What was Whoopi Goldberg's first movie?
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In 1987, as China began opening to Western capital investment, Spielberg shot the first American film in Shanghai since the 1930s, an adaptation of J. G. Ballard's autobiographical novel Empire of the Sun, starring John Malkovich and a young Christian Bale. The film garnered much praise from critics and was nominated for several Oscars, but did not yield substantial box office revenues. Reviewer Andrew Sarris called it the best film of the year and later included it among the best films of the decade. Spielberg was also a co-producer of the 1987 film *batteries not included.

Question: Until the 1980s, when had an American film last been shot in Shanghai?
Answer: the 1930s

Question: Who wrote 'Empire of the Sun'?
Answer: J. G. Ballard

Question: Who starred in 'Empire of the Sun'?
Answer: John Malkovich and a young Christian Bale

Question: Who thought 'Empire of the Sun' was the best film of the year?
Answer: Andrew Sarris

Question: What was Spielberg's role on 'Batteries Not Included'?
Answer: co-producer

Question: Where was "Batteries Not Included" shot?

Question: Before Empire of the Sun what was the last American movie shot in Shanghai?

Question: Who was nominated for an Oscar for Empire of the Sun?

Question: In what year did the novel Empire of the Sun get released?

Question: What was Christian  Bale's first movie?
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After two forays into more serious dramatic films, Spielberg then directed the third Indiana Jones film, 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Once again teaming up with Lucas and Ford, Spielberg also cast actor Sean Connery in a supporting role as Indy's father. The film earned generally positive reviews and was another box office success, becoming the highest grossing film worldwide that year; its total box office receipts even topped those of Tim Burton's much-anticipated film Batman, which had been the bigger hit domestically. Also in 1989, he re-united with actor Richard Dreyfuss for the romantic comedy-drama Always, about a daredevil pilot who extinguishes forest fires. Spielberg's first romantic film, Always was only a moderate success and had mixed reviews.

Question: When did the 3rd Indiana Jones film come out?
Answer: 1989

Question: What was the 3rd Indiana Jones film called?
Answer: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Question: Who played Indiana Jones's father?
Answer: Sean Connery

Question: Who directed 'Batman'?
Answer: Tim Burton

Question: What was 'Always' about?
Answer: a daredevil pilot who extinguishes forest fires

Question: When did the second Indiana Jones movie come out?

Question: Besides Richard Dreyfuss who else starred in Always?

Question: What is Sean Connery's highest grossing movie?

Question: What is Spielberg's most profitable movie?

Question: What is Tim Burton's most profitable movie?
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Spielberg's next film, Schindler's List, was based on the true story of Oskar Schindler, a man who risked his life to save 1,100 Jews from the Holocaust. Schindler's List earned Spielberg his first Academy Award for Best Director (it also won Best Picture). With the film a huge success at the box office, Spielberg used the profits to set up the Shoah Foundation, a non-profit organization that archives filmed testimony of Holocaust survivors. In 1997, the American Film Institute listed it among the 10 Greatest American Films ever Made (#9) which moved up to (#8) when the list was remade in 2007.

Question: Whose life was 'Schindler's List' based on?
Answer: Oskar Schindler

Question: How many Jews did Schindler save?
Answer: 1,100

Question: What did Spielberg first win Best Director for?
Answer: Schindler's List

Question: What did Spielberg do with 'Schindler's List' profits?
Answer: set up the Shoah Foundation, a non-profit organization that archives filmed testimony of Holocaust survivors

Question: Where did the American Film Institute rank 'Schindler's List' in 1997?
Answer: #9

Question: In what year was the Shoah Foundation set up?

Question: What movie did the American Film Institute rank as #1 on their 10 Greatest American Films ever Made list in 2007?

Question: What was the first Spielberg movie to win the Best Picture award?

Question: How many Holocaust survivors have filmed testimony for the Shoah Foundation?
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His next theatrical release in that same year was the World War II film Saving Private Ryan, about a group of U.S. soldiers led by Capt. Miller (Tom Hanks) sent to bring home a paratrooper whose three older brothers were killed in the same twenty-four hours, June 5–6, of the Normandy landing. The film was a huge box office success, grossing over $481 million worldwide and was the biggest film of the year at the North American box office (worldwide it made second place after Michael Bay's Armageddon). Spielberg won his second Academy Award for his direction. The film's graphic, realistic depiction of combat violence influenced later war films such as Black Hawk Down and Enemy at the Gates. The film was also the first major hit for DreamWorks, which co-produced the film with Paramount Pictures (as such, it was Spielberg's first release from the latter that was not part of the Indiana Jones series). Later, Spielberg and Tom Hanks produced a TV mini-series based on Stephen Ambrose's book Band of Brothers. The ten-part HBO mini-series follows Easy Company of the 101st Airborne Division's 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The series won a number of awards at the Golden Globes and the Emmys.

Question: Who did Tom Hanks play in 'Saving Private Ryan'?
Answer: Capt. Miller

Question: What war was 'Saving Private Ryan' about?
Answer: World War II

Question: How much did 'Saving Private Ryan' earn?
Answer: over $481 million worldwide

Question: Which film beat 'Saving Private Ryan' worldwide?
Answer: Armageddon

Question: Who directed 'Armageddon'?
Answer: Michael Bay

Question: What was Tom Hanks first movie?

Question: How much did Saving Private Ryan earn in America?

Question: How much did Armageddon make in the US?

Question: Which studio produced Armageddon?

Question: Who directed Enemy at the Gates?
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Spielberg and actor Tom Cruise collaborated for the first time for the futuristic neo-noir Minority Report, based upon the science fiction short story written by Philip K. Dick about a Washington D.C. police captain in the year 2054 who has been foreseen to murder a man he has not yet met. The film received strong reviews with the review tallying website Rotten Tomatoes giving it a 92% approval rating, reporting that 206 out of the 225 reviews they tallied were positive. The film earned over $358 million worldwide. Roger Ebert, who named it the best film of 2002, praised its breathtaking vision of the future as well as for the way Spielberg blended CGI with live-action.

Question: What movie did Spielberg collaborate with Cruise for?
Answer: Minority Report

Question: When is Minority Report set?
Answer: 2054

Question: What was the Rotten Tomatoes rating for Minority Report?
Answer: 92%

Question: How much did Minority Report earn?
Answer: over $358 million worldwide

Question: When was Minority Report released?
Answer: 2002

Question: How much did Minority Report earn in the US?

Question: In what year was Philip K. Dicks novel Minority Report published?

Question: Who produced Minority Report?

Question: What was Spielberg's first move to blend CGI and live-action?
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Also in 2005, Spielberg directed a modern adaptation of War of the Worlds (a co-production of Paramount and DreamWorks), based on the H. G. Wells book of the same name (Spielberg had been a huge fan of the book and the original 1953 film). It starred Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning, and, as with past Spielberg films, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) provided the visual effects. Unlike E.T. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, which depicted friendly alien visitors, War of the Worlds featured violent invaders. The film was another huge box office smash, grossing over $591 million worldwide.

Question: Which studios produced Spielberg's 'War of the Worlds'?
Answer: Paramount and DreamWorks

Question: Who wrote the 'War of the Worlds' book?
Answer: H. G. Wells

Question: When was the first 'War of the Worlds' movie released?
Answer: 1953

Question: Who did the visual effects for 'War of the Worlds'?
Answer: Industrial Light & Magic

Question: How much did 'War of the Worlds' earn?
Answer: over $591 million worldwide

Question: In what year was the novel War of the Worlds published?

Question: What was the first film Industrial Light & Magic did the visual effects for?

Question: How much did War of the Worlds earn in the US?

Question: How much did War of the Worlds earn overseas?

Question: What was Dakota Fanning's first movie?
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Spielberg's film Munich, about the events following the 1972 Munich Massacre of Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games, was his second film essaying Jewish relations in the world (the first being Schindler's List). The film is based on Vengeance, a book by Canadian journalist George Jonas. It was previously adapted into the 1986 made-for-TV film Sword of Gideon. The film received strong critical praise, but underperformed at the U.S. and world box-office; it remains one of Spielberg's most controversial films to date. Munich received five Academy Awards nominations, including Best Picture, Film Editing, Original Music Score (by John Williams), Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Director for Spielberg. It was Spielberg's sixth Best Director nomination and fifth Best Picture nomination.

Question: What was 'Munich' about?
Answer: the 1972 Munich Massacre of Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games

Question: What book was 'Munich' based on?
Answer: Vengeance

Question: Who wrote 'Vengeance'?
Answer: George Jonas

Question: How many Oscar nominations did 'Munich' get?
Answer: five

Question: Who composed music for 'Munich'?
Answer: John Williams

Question: In what year was the book Vengeance published?

Question: Who directed Sword of Gideon?

Question: Who did the score for Sword of Gideon?

Question: How many Israeli athletes died during the 1972 Munich Massacre?

Question: What was George Jonas' first novel to be published?
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In June 2006, Steven Spielberg announced he would direct a scientifically accurate film about "a group of explorers who travel through a worm hole and into another dimension", from a treatment by Kip Thorne and producer Lynda Obst. In January 2007, screenwriter Jonathan Nolan met with them to discuss adapting Obst and Thorne's treatment into a narrative screenplay. The screenwriter suggested the addition of a "time element" to the treatment's basic idea, which was welcomed by Obst and Thorne. In March of that year, Paramount hired Nolan, as well as scientists from Caltech, forming a workshop to adapt the treatment under the title Interstellar. The following July, Kip Thorne said there was a push by people for him to portray himself in the film. Spielberg later abandoned Interstellar, which was eventually directed by Christopher Nolan.

Question: When did Spielberg announce what would become 'Interstellar'?
Answer: June 2006

Question: Who took over directing 'Interstellar'?
Answer: Christopher Nolan

Question: What was the concept for 'Interstellar'?
Answer: a group of explorers who travel through a worm hole and into another dimension

Question: Who wrote the 'Interstellar' script?
Answer: Jonathan Nolan

Question: What university provided scientific consultation for 'Interstellar'?
Answer: Caltech

Question: In what year did Kip Thorne and Lynda Obst do a treatment of Interstellar?

Question: In what year did Lynda Obst become a producer?

Question: In what year did Jonathan Nolan become a screenwriter?

Question: In what year did Christopher Nolan become a director?