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336yqze83vet37vakvnt4i8m4uam5x | cnn | LONDON, England (CNN) -- A habitually violent young man was convicted Wednesday of the murder of teenage actor Rob Knox, who had starred in the latest "Harry Potter" film.
The father, brother and mother of Rob Knox pose together after the death of the young actor.
Karl Bishop, 22, attacked Knox and four friends with two kitchen knives outside a bar in Sidcup, south east London, last May. He stabbed them 10 times in less than two minutes, the Old Bailey court in central London heard.
Knox, 18, had rushed out of the bar after he heard that Bishop had threatened his younger brother Jamie but he ended up being stabbed five times, once in a main artery. He died in hospital later that night.
Bystanders said Bishop's face was "screwed up in rage" as he lashed out with the two knives, the Press Association reported.
Days before the attack, the actor had finished filming on "Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince," due for international release in July, in which he played the role of Marcus Belby. He was set to reprise the part in future "Harry Potter" films.
Knox's father Colin told mourners at his funeral, including co-star Rupert Grint, that his son had been "living the dream," PA said.
Prosecutor Brian Altman told the court that the young actor's promising life was ended by a "habitual knife carrier" who believed stabbing people was an "occupational hazard" and had previous convictions for knife crime.
Bishop is due to be sentenced on Thursday. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who starred in a Harry Potter film?
2. What actor was featured in a Harry Potter movie?
3. Who appeared in a film of the Harry Potter franchise?
Q2:
1. What happened to Rob Knox?
2. What came of Rob Knox?
3. What fate did Rob Knox meet?
Q3:
1. How many times was Rob Knox stabbed?
2. How many times did Rob Knox's attacker stabbed him?
3. What was the number of times that Rob Knox was attacked with the knife?
Q4:
1. What sort of weapon did Rob Knox's attacker used?
2. What weeapon was used in the attack against Rob Knox?
3. What did Karl Bishop use to murder Rob Knox?
Q5:
1. How long did the attack on Rob Knox last?
2. What was the duration of the attack on Rob Knox?
3. How long did the stabbing of Rob Knox last?
Q6:
1. How many people did Karl Bishop injured?
2. How many people were hurt in Karl Bishop's attack?
3. What was the number of people assaulted by Karl Bishop?
Q7:
1. Why did Rob Knox intervene with Karl Bishop?
2. What led Rob Knox to get into an altercation with Karl Bishop?
3. Why did Rob Knox engage with Karl Bishop
Q8:
1. Where did Rob Knox pass away?
2. In what location did Rob Knox pass away?
3. Where was Rob Knox when he died?
Q9:
1. What celebrity went to Rob Knox's funeral?
2. What famous actor attended Rob Knox's funeral?
3. Which well-known actor was Rob Knox's funeral attended by?
Q10:
1. Who murdered Rob Knox?
2. Who was guilty of the murder of Rob Knox?
3. Who took Rob Knox's life?
Q11:
1. Where did Karl Bishop attack multiple people?
2. In what location did Karl Bishop carry out his attack?
3. Where did Karl Bishop stab Rob Knox and his friends?
Q12:
1. Did Karl Bishop carry out his attack in the winter?
2. Was it wintertime when Rob Knox was attacked?
3. Did Rob Knox get stabbed in the winter?
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36zn444ytrytfyb14vl0lv1w4g1oiu | cnn | (CNN) -- In the mid-1970s, Gloria Estefan was studying psychology, international law and French at the University of Miami and singing with a local band on the side. She was planning to head to the Sorbonne to further her studies. But then Emilio Estefan swept her off her feet, and their band, the Miami Sound Machine, would soon sweep the nation with its Conga beat.
Estefan never made it to the Sorbonne, but she launched an enduring musical career that has made her into a beloved international artist.
Thirty-five years later, she remains married to that first and only boyfriend. And the seven-time Grammy winner has now released "The Standards," an album of classic American tunes with a Gloria Estefan twist. It opens with "Good Morning Heartache," and moves on to songs like "They Can't Take That Away From Me," "What A Difference A Day Makes," "Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar" and "Young at Heart."
The album, she said, brings her career back to some of those first shaky steps onto the national stage.
"It's such a natural thing for me, something that I wanted to do so long and 25 years ago when I danced the conga on 'The Tonight Show.' I sang 'Good Morning Heartache' with my piano player as a second song and this is like full circle," Estefan said. "That's why it starts the record."
Fans know her dance hits like "Conga," "Hotel Nacional," "Wepa" and "Rhythm is Gonna Get You." But there's something about the ballads -- "Coming out of the Dark", "Higher" -- that make the heart ache. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did Gloria Estefan study while at college?
2. What did Gloria Estefan study at the University of Miami?
3. What did Gloria Estefan study in school?
Q2:
1. Who studied psychology?
2. Who was learning psychology?
3. Who studied psychology at the University of Miami?
Q3:
1. Where did Gloria Estefan never go?
2. Where didn't Gloria Estefan make it to?
3. Where did Gloria Estefan not end up going?
Q4:
1. Why did Gloria Estefan go to the Sorbonne?
2. How come Gloria Estefan didn't make it to the Sorbonne?
3. What prevented Gloria Estefan from making it to the Sorbonne?
Q5:
1. Did Gloria Estefan have a companion?
2. Was Gloria Estefan in a relationship?
3. Did Gloria Estefan have anyone special in her life?
Q6:
1. Who was Gloria Estefan's companion?
2. Who was Gloria Estefan in a relationship with?
3. Who was that special someone for Gloria Estefan?
Q7:
1. Do Gloria and Emilio Estefan work together?
2. Do Emilio and Gloria Estefan work together?
3. Are Emilio and Gloria Estefan business partners?
Q8:
1. Who is Gloria Estefan's first and only boyfriend?
2. Who is Gloria Estefan in a relationship with?
3. Who is Gloria Estefan only one true love?
Q9:
1. When did Emilio and Gloria Estefan meet?
2. When did Gloria Estefan first meet Emilio?
3. How long ago did Gloria Estefan meet Emiliio?
Q10:
1. Are Emilio and Gloria Estefan still together?
2. Do Emilio and Gloria Estefan remain together to this day?
3. Is Gloria Estefan still married to Emilio Estefan?
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3a1pq49wvhh8nbtgsb549nn9bzwh15 | mctest | A little girl named Natalie went to the zoo with her father and her two brothers. Her father's name was Jared. Her brothers' names were Logan and Tim. They drove to the zoo in their car. Before they arrived at the zoo, they stopped at a McDonald's and ate breakfast. Natalie ate a biscuit. Her brothers ate sausage and eggs. Her father drank coffee.
All three children loved the zoo. Natalie's favorite animal was the gorilla. She loved to watch him jump up and down. She also liked it when he would pound on his chest and roar. It was very exciting. Logan's favorite animal was the giraffe. He thought that it looked funny. He also liked its spots. Tim's favorite animal was the crocodile because it looked tough.
Natalie, Logan, and Tim were not happy with the elephant. He was their least favorite animal. All he did was sleep in his cage.
Natalie shouted, "Hey, Mr. Elephant, we want to see you up close!" The elephant did not wake up. She yelled a few more times, but the elephant kept sleeping. She gave up and went to the next animal.
The last animals that they saw were the penguins. Natalie and her brothers thought that they were so cute. Natalie asked to take one home, but her father said no. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the number of children mentioned?
2. How many children does the story mention?
3. How many kids go to the zoo?
Q2:
1. What was the name of the girl?
2. Who was the little girl?
3. State the name of the little girl.
Q3:
1. Where did Natalie's father take her and her siblings?
2. Where did Natalie and her siblings go with her dad?
3. What location did Natalie and her family visit?
Q4:
1. Did Natalie's family stop at Burger King on their way to the zoo?
2. Did Natalie and her family make a stop at a Burger King while going to the zoo?
3. Was it Burger King that Natalie's family went to?
Q5:
1. What did Natalie have at McDonalds?
2. What did Natalie order at McDonalds?
3. What did Natalie have to eat from McDonalds?
Q6:
1. Who were Natalie's brothers?
2. What were the names of Natalie's brothers?
3. What two brothers did Natalie have?
Q7:
1. What did Logan and Tim order at McDonalds?
2. What did Logan and Tim have to eat at McDonalds?
3. What did Natalie's brothers eat at McDonalds?
Q8:
1. Did Natalie's dad drink a milkshake?
2. Was a milkshake the beverage that Natalie's dad order?
3. Did Natalie's father order a milkshake?
Q9:
1. Which animal did Natalie like best?
2. What animal was Natalie's favorite?
3. Which was Natalie's preferred animal at the zoo?
Q10:
1. What did Natalie love doing at the zoo?
2. What did Natalie enjoy watching the gorilla do?
3. What did it bring pleasure to Natalie to watch the gorilla do?
Q11:
1. Which animal did Logan like best?
2. What animal was Logan's favorite?
3. Which was Logan's preferred animal at the zoo?
Q12:
1. Why wasn't Tim a fan of the crocodile?
2. What made Tim against the crocodile?
3. For what reason was Tim not fond of the crocodile?
Q13:
1. Which animal did Natalie and her brothers not like?
2. What animal were Natalie and her brothers not fans of?
3. What animal did Natalie, Logan and Tim not enjoy?
Q14:
1. Why didn't Natalie and her brothers like the elephant?
2. For what reason were Natalie and her brothers not fond of the elephant?
3. Why weren't Natalie Logan and Tim into the elephant?
Q15:
1. Did the elephant ever wake up?
2. Did the elephant wake up at all?
3. Was the elephant awakened at any point?
Q16:
1. Did Natalie and her brothers see the flamingos last?
2. Were flamingos the last animal that Natalie and her brothers saw?
3. Did Natalie visit the flamingos last with her family?
Q17:
1. What was the last animal that Natalie and her brothers saw?
2. Which animals did Natalie and her family visit last?
3. What animals did Natalie Logan and Tim see very last?
Q18:
1. What was Natalie's question for her dad?
2. What question did Natalie ask her father?
3. What did Natalie ask her father if she could do?
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31uv0mxwnqc77o5jzgp1cp15nnx5ib | wikipedia | Historically, the channel's programming consisted mainly of featured classic theatrically released feature films from the Turner Entertainment film library – which comprises films from Warner Bros. Pictures (covering films released before 1950) and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (covering films released before May 1986). However, TCM now has licensing deals with other Hollywood film studios as well as its Time Warner sister company, Warner Bros. (which now controls the Turner Entertainment library and its own later films), and occasionally shows more recent films. Turner Classic Movies is a dedicated film channel and is available in United States, United Kingdom, France (TCM Cinéma), Spain (TCM España), Nordic countries, Middle East and Africa.
In 1986, eight years before the launch of Turner Classic Movies, Ted Turner acquired the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio for $1.5 billion. Concerns over Turner Entertainment's corporate debt load resulted in Turner selling the studio that October back to Kirk Kerkorian, from whom Turner had purchased the studio less than a year before. As part of the deal, Turner Entertainment retained ownership of MGM's library of films released up to May 9, 1986. Turner Broadcasting System was split into two companies; Turner Broadcasting System and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and reincorporated as MGM/UA Communications Co. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which television channel does the article discuss?
2. What TV channel is at the center of the article?
3. Which TV channel is this article about?
Q2:
1. What does TCM stand for?
2. What is TCM an acronym for?
3. What is TCM short for?
Q3:
1. How many regions is TCM available in?
2. How many regions can one watch TCM in?
3. What is the number of regions that broadcast TCM?
Q4:
1. What's one region where TCM is available?
2. What is a region where one can access TCM?
3. What is one of the regions where TCM is broadcast?
Q5:
1. Does TCM have the same name in all seven regions?
2. Do all seven regions use the same name for TCM?
3. Is TCM referred to uniformly in all regions that broadcast it?
Q6:
1. What region has a different name for TCM?
2. In what country is TCM known by a different name?
3. What country has a different name for TCM?
Q7:
1. What is TCM called in Spain?
2. What is the Spanish name for TCM?
3. What is TCM known as in Spain?
Q8:
1. What took place in 1994?
2. What occurred in 1994?
3. Name an event that took place in 1994.
Q9:
1. Who founded TCM?
2. Who was the founder of TCM?
3. Who is responsible for the creation of TCM?
Q10:
1. Is TCM named after Ted Turner?
2. Does TCM get its name from its founder?
3. Is the name TCM derived from the name of its founder?
Q11:
1. What film studio did Ted Turner acquire?
2. What movie studio did Ted Turner acquire?
3. What was the film studio acquired by Ted Turner?
Q12:
1. Did Ted Turner buy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for 2 billion dollars?
2. Did it cost Ted Turner $2 billion to purchase Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer?
3. Was Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer sold to Ted Turner for $2 billion?
Q13:
1. How much did Ted Turner buy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for?
2. How much did Ted Turner pay for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer?
3. How much money did it cost Ted Turner to buy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer?
Q14:
1. What caused a sale other than Ted Turner buying Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer?
2. What in Ted Turner's life lead to a sale other than him purchasing Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer?
3. What led to a sale in Ted Turner's life other than that of him buying Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer?
Q15:
1. Who was Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer sold back to?
2. Who bought Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from Ted Turner?
3. Who did Ted Turner have to sell Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer back to?
Q16:
1. What was the classic lineup on TCM?
2. What was TCM's classic lineup?
3. What kinds of programs did TCM classically play?
Q17:
1. Does TCM now feature more recent programming than before?
2. Has TCM changed to feature more a recent lineup than previously?
3. Does TCM broadcast more recent films than it used to?
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351sekwqs0ho7ka3z15c2uweiozdme | gutenberg | CHAPTER XCII.
OF THE INSOLENT DEFIANCE OF TARFE THE MOOR, AND THE DARING EXPLOIT OF HERNAN PEREZ DEL PULGAR.
When the Moorish knights beheld that all courteous challenges were unavailing, they sought various means to provoke the Christian warriors to the field. Sometimes a body of them, fleetly mounted, would gallop up to the skirts of the camp and try who should hurl his lance farthest within the barriers, having his name inscribed upon it or a label affixed containing some taunting defiance. These bravadoes caused great irritation; still, the Spanish warriors were restrained by the prohibition of the king.
Among the Moorish cavaliers was one named Tarfe, renowned for strength and daring spirit, but whose courage partook of fierce audacity rather than chivalric heroism. In one of these sallies, when skirting the Christian camp, this arrogant Moor outstripped his companions, overleaped the barriers, and, galloping close to the royal quarters, launched his lance so far within that it remained quivering in the earth close by the pavilions of the sovereigns. The royal guards rushed forth in pursuit, but the Moorish horsemen were already beyond the camp and scouring in a cloud of dust for the city. Upon wresting the lance from the earth a label was found upon it importing that it was intended for the queen.
Nothing could equal the indignation of the Christian warriors at the insolence of the bravado and the discourteous insult offered to the queen. Hernan Perez del Pulgar, surnamed "He of the exploits," was present, and resolved not to be outbraved by this daring infidel. "Who will stand by me," said he, "in an enterprise of desperate peril?" The Christian cavaliers well knew the harebrained valor of Hernan, yet not one hesitated to step forward. He chose fifteen companions, all of powerful arm and dauntless heart. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How did the Moors attempts to get the Christians onto the field?
2. How did the Moors try and get the Christians on the field?
3. What tactic was used by the Moors to draw Christians onto the field?
Q2:
1. What was one tactic the Moors used on the Christians?
2. Name on of the Moors' tactics to lure the Christians.
3. What was one way the Moors attempted to get the Christians to the field?
Q3:
1. What were the Spanish soldiers held back by?
2. What got in the way of the Spanish soldiers?
3. What presented a barrier to the Spanish soldiers?
Q4:
1. Which Moor made attempts that were notable?
2. Which Moor's tries were of note?
3. Who made attempts that should be taken notice of?
Q5:
1. What was Tarfe known for?
2. What were Tarfe's striking qualities?
3. What was Tarfe's claim to fame?
Q6:
1. What did Tarfe write on the lance he threw at the Spanish troops?
2. What did Tarfe inscribe upon the lance he threw at the Spanish?
3. What was written on the lance that Tarfe launched twoards the Spanish troops?
Q7:
1. Which of the Spaniards wanted to retaliate against Tarfe?
2. Which Spanish soldier wished to get back at Tarfe?
3. What was the name of the Spaniard that wished to retaliate?
Q8:
1. How many men were selected by Hernan Perez del Pulgar?
2. How many men did Hernan Perez del Pulgar choose to help him?
3. What was the number of men hand picked by Hernan Perez del Pulgar to fight?
Q9:
1. Were the men reluctant to help Hernan Perez del Pulgar?
2. Did the men not really want to help Hernan Perez del Pulgar?
3. Were the men frightened of helping Hernan Perez del Pulgar?
Q10:
1. What was the nickname of Hernan Perez del Pulgar?
2. What nickname did Hernan Perez del Pulgar go by?
3. By what other name was Hernan Perez del Pulgar known?
Q11:
1. Was Hernan Perez del Pulgar considered cautious?
2. Did his companions believe Hernan Perez del Pulgar to be prudent?
3. Was Hernan Perez del Pulgar known to throw caution into the wind?
Q12:
1. What did the men Hernan Perez del Pulgar chose have in common?
2. What was the commonality of the men chosen by Hernan Perez del Pulgar?
3. What quality did all the men that Hernan Perez del Pulgar chose share?
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3pjuzcgdj6gxj5vitkqrbgct7u4895 | cnn | San Francisco (CNN) -- Barry Bonds' former trainer was freed Friday from the prison where he's been held since he refused to testify in the baseball legend's perjury trial two weeks ago.
With the jury now deliberating the perjury and obstruction of justice case against Bonds, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston ordered Gary Anderson to be released.
Illston found Anderson in contempt of court on the first day of trial testimony when his lawyer informed her that he would not take the stand to answer questions about Bonds' steroid use.
It was the third time Anderson chose jail time over testimony. He was sent to prison for several weeks twice before when he refused to appear before a federal grand jury investigating Bonds.
The absence of the trainer's testimony hampered the government's case against Bonds, who is charged with lying under oath when he testified about his steroids use in 2003 before the grand jury that was investigating an alleged sports doping scandal involving Anderson of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative.
Bonds, 46, allegedly lied about knowingly taking performance-enhancing drugs and about being injected by anyone but his doctors.
The jury of eight women and four men are deciding Bonds' fate in a San Francisco federal courthouse less than two miles from the ballpark where Bonds broke Hank Aaron's major league home run record in August 2007.
The three perjury counts and one count of obstruction of justice could each carry a 10-year prison sentence upon conviction. A fourth perjury charge was dropped by prosecutors Wednesday. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was in jail?
2. Who had been imprisoned?
3. Who was currently sitting in jail?
Q2:
1. Who got out of prison?
2. Who was freed from prison?
3. Who was let out of jail?
Q3:
1.
2.
3.
Q4:
1. What were the charges against Barry Bonds?
2. What had Barry Bonds been charged with?
3. What crime was Barry Bonds accused of having committed?
Q5:
1. What did Susan Illston charge Gary Anderson with on day one?
2. What was Gary Anderson charged with on the first day of Barry Bonds' trial?
3. What did the judge find Gary Anderson guilty of on the first day of the trial?
Q6:
1. How many times had Gary Anderson been guilty of contempt of court?
2. How many times had Gary Anderson been charged with and found guilty of contempt of court?
3. How many contempt of court convictions did Gary Anderson have?
Q7:
1. Who did Gary Anderson refuse to appear for before the trial?
2. What body did Gary Anderson refuse to present himself to before the trial?
3. What did Gary Anderson not agree to appear for before the start of the trial?
Q8:
1. What was the profession of Susan Illston?
2. What did Susan Illston do for a living?
3. How was Susan Illston employed?
Q9:
1. What was the age of Barry Bonds?
2. How old was Barry Bonds?
3. State the age of Barry Bonds at the start of his trial.
Q10:
1. How many people were in the jury of the Barry Bonds trial?
2. How many people did the jury of Barry Bonds trial have in it?
3. How many people made up the jury at Barry Bonds' trial?
Q11:
1. How many women were in the jury at Barry Bonds' trial?
2. How many women served on the jury at Barry Bonds' trial?
3. What was the number of women represented in the jury of Barry Bonds' trial?
Q12:
1. What was the location of Barry Bonds' trial?
2. Where was Barry Bonds being tried?
3. In what city was Barry Bonds' trial being held?
Q13:
1. What was the San Francisco Federal courthouse less than two miles from?
2. What could be found less than two miles from the San France federal courthouse?
3. What was less than two miles away from the location of Barry Bonds' trial?
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3of2m9aatgowkxfw67hte9ndgvuzkx | mctest | Steve had a very long finger. It was the longest finger anyone in his town had. One day Steve shut the toilet seat, and his finger got caught in it. He couldn't get it out. It was very cold in the bathroom. This is why his sister brought him a coat. He was in the bathroom a long time. So, Steve started pasting a stone on the wall with glue on the end of his brush. Then he wrote the truth on this stone. He used a black pencil to write the truth on this stone, but the writing turned out blue. He did not know that his sister was watching him write the truth from the ceiling. He was upset because he always had a fear that he would have to share his secret power with his sister. It was too late, she saw that he wrote the truth on the stone. So he let her see his power. With a twirl of his long finger he magically made the toilet seat lift up. He could make things move with his mind. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What made Steve different from everyone else?
2. What about Steve was special?
3. What did Steve have that was unique?
Q2:
1. Did anyone else have a finger as long as Steve's?
2. Were there other people with fingers as long as Steve's?
3. Were people with long fingers like Steve a dime a dozen?
Q3:
1. How did Steve trap his finger?
2. What did Steve do to get his finger trapped?
3. How was Steve's finger immobilized?
Q4:
1. Was it warm in the bathroom?
2. Was the bathroom a warm place?
3. Was there a lot of heat in the bathroom?
Q5:
1. What did Steve stick upon the wall?
2. What did Steve affix to the wall?
3. What got stuck on the wall by Steve?
Q6:
1. How did Steve fix the stone upon the wall?
2. What did Steve do to keep the stone on the wall?
3. How did Steve attach the stone to the wall?
Q7:
1. What did Steve do after gluing the stone on the wall?
2. What did Steve do once he had glued the stone to the wall?
3. Once the stone was glued to the wall, what did Steve do with it?
Q8:
1. What did Steve write on the stone?
2. What did Steve's message on the stone say?
3. What was Steve's message upon the stone?
Q9:
1. Did Steve write his message with a red pencil?
2. Was it a red pencil that Steve used to write his message?
3. Was Steve's pencil a red one?
Q10:
1. Did Steve write his message in pink?
2. Was the message Steve wrote in pink ink?
3. Did Steve use pink to write his message?
Q11:
1. What color was Steve's message?
2. What color did Steve write the truth in?
3. What was the color of the message Steve put on the stone?
Q12:
1. Did anyone see Steve write the truth?
2. Was anyone watching as Steve wrote on the stone?
3. Was Steve spotted by anyone as he wrote on the stone?
Q13:
1. Did Steve know that his sister saw him write the truth?
2. Was Steve aware that his sister had seen him write the truth?
3. Did Steve know that his sister could see him writing?
Q14:
1. Was Steve happy that his sister saw him?
2. Did it make Steve happy knowing his sister saw him write?
3. Was Steve glad that his sister watched him write the truth?
Q15:
1. What were Steve's emotions?
2. How did Steve feel?
3. What emotion was Steve feeling?
Q16:
1. What put Steve in a bad mood?
2. Why was Steve upset?
3. What was the source of Steve's anger?
Q17:
1. What was Steve's power?
2. What special ability did Steve have?
3. What did Steve have the power to do?
Q18:
1. What gesture did Steve use?
2. How did Steve gesture?
3. What kind of movement did Steve make?
Q19:
1. What did Steve move?
2. What did Steve cause a movement with?
3. What did Steve cause to be set in motion?
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3p59jyt76lk5h527b9m7sp02eztt2w | mctest | Dave and John were playing catch in the living room. Rose told them that was dumb, but she did not stop them. She kept writing in her notebook. If they wanted to get in trouble, then they could. It was not her responsibility.
Dave told John to go long. Dave did not have good aim and missed John's hands when he threw the ball. Instead he hit the lamp and knocked it over. He was glad he did not hit the dishes. Nor did he hit the cat. John was not glad that he hit the lamp, but was glad that the lamp was not broken.
When John's dad came home, he was very happy that John came clean about the lamp even when it was not broken. After telling them off for playing inside, John's dad made them all a cake. The cake had lemon frosting, which was Dave's favorite. Rose cannot eat lemon, so she let Dave have her slice. He chose to take Rose's cake home to his Bro. Dave thanked her a lot. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was the ball thrown by?
2. Who was the one to throw the ball?
3. Who was the ball tossed around by?
Q2:
1. Who did Dave throw the ball at?
2. Who was Dave tossing the ball to?
3. Who was Dave aiming for as he threw the ball?
Q3:
1. Where were Dave and John playing?
2. Where did Dave and John play ball?
3. Where were Dave and John when they were throwing the ball?
Q4:
1. Did John catch the ball?
2. Was the ball caught by John?
3. Did the ball make it into John's hands?
Q5:
1. What happened John when he was going for the ball?
2. What happened as John tried to catch the ball?
3. What did John do as he tried to catch the ball?
Q6:
1. Did anyone see Dave and John?
2. Were Dave and John spotted by anyone?
3. Did Dave and John get seen by anybody?
Q7:
1. Who was in the living room with Dave and John?
2. Who was also in the living room, along with Dave and John?
3. What was the name of the girl in the living room?
Q8:
1. What was Rose doing in the living room?
2. What was Rose up to?
3. What was Rose's activity in the living room?
Q9:
1. Did Dave and John do anything after playing?
2. After playing with the ball, did Dave and John do anything in particular?
3. Once they were done with the ball, did Dave and John do anything?
Q10:
1. Who made the cake?
2. Who was the cake baked by?
3. Who baked a cake?
Q11:
1. What flavor was the cake?
2. What was the cake's flavor?
3. What sort of cake did John's dad make?
Q12:
1. Did anything get broken?
2. Did something shatter?
3. Was there anything that got broken?
Q13:
1. Did everyone have some cake?
2. Was the cake eaten by everyone present?
3. Did everybody get a piece of cake?
Q14:
1. Why didn't everyone have cake?
2. Why didn't everybody get a slice of cake?
3. Why wasn't the cake eaten by all?
Q15:
1. Who ate Rose's cake?
2. Who got Rose's piece of cake?
3. Who was Rose's cake given away to?
Q16:
1. Did someone get in trouble?
2. Was anybody punished?
3. Did anyone have to own up to their bad behavior?
Q17:
1. Who got in trouble?
2. Who was scolded?
3. Who got told off?
Q18:
1. Who was angry?
2. Who got upset?
3. Who was not happy with Dave and John?
Q19:
1. Why did John's dad get mad at the boys?
2. Why was John's dad frustrated with Dave and John?
3. Why did Dave and John get into trouble with John's dad?
Q20:
1. How did John's dad figure out the boys were playing inside?
2. How did John's dad know that Dave and John played inside?
3. What tipped John's dad off that the boys had been playing inside?
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3yw4xosqkqldsxz0sac3s2cz50bu1i | cnn | (CNN) -- Answers to the quiz are in bold.
1. What is the 5-digit number in which the first, third and last digits are the same, the first digit is four less than the second, the last is four less than the fourth and the second and fourth are the same? (Hint: The sum of all the digits is 33.) 59,595
2. Boris Smetana and Karl Smith were world-class chess champions. In one series of matches, each won every game. How? They were not playing each other
3. Nicole was sure she got the right answer when her botany teacher asked her to pick out the plant that was not a tree from the list below. Which one would you choose? Peach, plum, walnut, linden, banana Banana
4. Six bricklayers can lay 24 bricks in half an hour. How many bricks can 12 bricklayers lay in two hours? 192 (Each bricklayer lays four bricks in half an hour, or eight bricks in an hour. That is 16 bricks in two hours times 12 bricklayers who can lay 16 bricks each.)
5. What is the number that is one more than one-tenth of one-fifth of one-half of 4,000? 41. (4,000/2 = 2,000, /5=400,/10=40,+1=41)
6. In a pie-eating contest, Alice was neither first nor last, but she beat Evan. Ben beat Alice. Carol beat Dan who beat Ben. Who was last? Evan
7. What letter would logically complete the series below? A Z B Y C X D W E? V (There are two series: A to E forward and Z, Y, X, W backward) QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How are answers to the quiz determined?
2. How can you tell what the quiz answers are?
3. What indicates the answers to the quiz?
Q2:
1. What do all the digits add up to?
2. What is the sum of all the digits?
3. What sum do you get when you add up the digits?
Q3:
1. What were Nicole's emotions?
2. How was Nicole feeling?
3. What thoughts ran through Nicole's mind?
Q4:
1. What was Nicole sure she was right about?
2. What did Nicole feel confident she had gotten right?
3. What was Nicole certain she was correct about?
Q5:
1. Did Nicole answer the botany question?
2. Did Nicole give a response for the botany question?
3. Did Nicole give her answer to the question about botany?
Q6:
1. Did Nicole think her answer was right?
2. Was Nicole confident in the response she gave?
3. Did Nicole feel certain she had the correct answer?
Q7:
1. What plants were included in Nicole's question?
2. What were the plants in the question given to Nicole?
3. What plants appeared in Nicole's question?
Q8:
1. Did Nicole have other questions besides the botany one?
2. Did Nicole have to answer multiple questions?
3. Were there multiple questions for Nicole to respond to?
Q9:
1. What was the number of bricklayers present?
2. How many bricklayers are in the question?
3. What is the number of bricklayers mentioned in the question?
Q10:
1.
2.
3.
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3iaeqb9fmekkcw4h33bzbsy5gs7wdm | wikipedia | Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family spoken in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. It is spoken by 290 million people across the Strait of Malacca, including the coasts of the Malay Peninsula of Malaysia and the eastern coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, and has been established as a native language of part of western coastal Sarawak and West Kalimantan in Borneo. It is also used as a trading language in the southern Philippines, including the southern parts of the Zamboanga Peninsula, the Sulu Archipelago and the southern predominantly Muslim-inhabited municipalities of Bataraza and Balabac in Palawan.
As the "Bahasa Kebangsaan" or "Bahasa Nasional" (National Language) of several states, Standard Malay has various official names. In Singapore and Brunei it is called "Bahasa Melayu" (Malay language); in Malaysia, "Bahasa Malaysia" (Malaysian language); and in Indonesia, "Bahasa Indonesia" (Indonesian language) and is designated the "Bahasa Persatuan/ Pemersatu" ("unifying language/ "lingua franca""). However, in areas of central to southern Sumatra where the language is indigenous, Indonesians refer to it as "Bahasa Melayu" and consider it one of their regional languages.
Standard Malay, also called Court Malay, was the literary standard of the pre-colonial Malacca and Johor Sultanates, and so the language is sometimes called Malacca, Johor, or Riau Malay (or various combinations of those names) to distinguish it from the various other Malayan languages. According to "Ethnologue" 16, several of the Malayan varieties they currently list as separate languages, including the "Orang Asli" varieties of Peninsular Malay, are so closely related to standard Malay that they may prove to be dialects—these are listed with question marks in the infobox at right or on top (depending on device). There are also several Malay trade and creole languages which are based on a lingua franca derived from Classical Malay, as well as Macassar Malay, which appears to be a mixed language. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What language does the passage discussed?
2. What language is at the center of the article?
3. Which world language is mentioned in the article?
Q2:
1. What family speaks Malay?
2. What family of people is Malay spoken by?
3. What population speaks Malay?
Q3:
1. Where is Malay spoken?
2. Where do people speak Malay?
3. Where is Malay a main language?
Q4:
1. Are there several official names for standard Malay?
2. Are multiple official names ascribed to standard Malay?
3. Is standard Malay known under a number of official names?
Q5:
1. What is the name for standard Malay in Malaysia?
2. What is standard Malay called in Malaysia?
3. What do Malaysians call standard Malay?
Q6:
1. What is the name for standard Malay in Singapore?
2. What is standard Malay called in Singapore?
3. What do Signaporians call standard Malay?
Q7:
1. What is the name for standard Malay in Indonesia?
2. What is standard Malay called in Indonesia?
3. What do Indonesians call standard Malay?
Q8:
1. How many people speak Malay?
2. How many speakers does Malay have?
3. What's the number of people worldwide that speak Malay?
Q9:
1. Where is Malay a native language?
2. Where do people speak Malay as their native language?
3. In what region are there native speakers of Malay?
Q10:
1. What else is standard Malay called?
2. What's another name for standard Malay?
3. By what other name is standard Malay known?
Q11:
1. Is Malay also used as a trading language?
2. Does standard Malay also serve as a language for trading?
3. Is standard Malay also used in trading contexts?
Q12:
1. Why can Malay sometimes be referred to as Malacca, Johor or Riau Malay?
2. For what reason do people sometimes call Malay Malacca, Johor or Riau Malay?
3. Why are Malacca, Johor or Riau Malay also names for Malay?
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3uj1cz6izhpw128f4sjfgr7sxux5sk | wikipedia | Moses () is a prophet in the Abrahamic religions. According to the Hebrew Bible, he was adopted by an Egyptian princess, and later in life became the leader of the Israelites and lawgiver, to whom the authorship of the Torah, or acquisition of the Torah from Heaven is traditionally attributed. Also called "Moshe Rabbenu" in Hebrew (, "lit." "Moses our Teacher"), he is the most important prophet in Judaism. He is also an important prophet in Christianity, Islam, the Bahá'í Faith, and a number of other Abrahamic religions.
According to the Book of Exodus, Moses was born in a time when his people, the Israelites, an enslaved minority, were increasing in numbers and the Egyptian Pharaoh was worried that they might ally themselves with Egypt's enemies. Moses' Hebrew mother, Jochebed, secretly hid him when the Pharaoh ordered all newborn Hebrew boys to be killed in order to reduce the population of the Israelites. Through the Pharaoh's daughter (identified as Queen Bithia in the Midrash), the child was adopted as a foundling from the Nile river and grew up with the Egyptian royal family. After killing an Egyptian slavemaster (because the slavemaster was smiting a Hebrew), Moses fled across the Red Sea to Midian, where he encountered The Angel of the Lord, speaking to him from within a burning bush on Mount Horeb (which he regarded as the Mountain of God). QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is Moses's role in the Abrahamic religions?
2. What do the Abrahamic religions regard Moses as?
3. What is Moses's title?
Q2:
1. Who adopted Moses?
2. Who was Moses adopted by?
3. Who was the adoptive mother of Moses?
Q3:
1. Who secretly hid Moses?
2. Who was Moses secretly hidden by?
3. Who stowed Moses away so he would not be found?
Q4:
1. What is Queen Bithia's role?
2. What is Queen Bithia's role in Ancient Egypt?
3. What was Queen Bithia's relationship to the Egyptian monarchy?
Q5:
1. Who ran away across the Red Sea?
2. Who used the Red Sea to flee from the Egyptians?
3. Who used the Red Sea as an escape point?
Q6:
1. Where was the burning bush located?
2. What was the location of the burning bush?
3. Where did Moses see the burning bush?
Q7:
1. Whose life did Moses take?
2. Who was assasinated by Moses?
3. Who was killed by Moses?
Q8:
1. When did the birth of Moses occur?
2. During what time period was Moses born?
3. What was happening in the period when Moses was born?
Q9:
1. Who ordered the murder of all newborn Hebrews?
2. Under whose command were all newborn Hebrews to be killed?
3. Who commanded that all newborn Hebrews be murdered?
Q10:
1. Who adopted Moses?
2. Who was Moses adopted by?
3. Who was the adoptive family of Moses?
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3itxp059pwj481n0tun9h1qxfwajs4 | cnn | (CNN) -- When people want to give back to their community, they typically pull out their checkbooks.
Jayson Black decided to pull out his running shoes.
The 28-year-old IT consultant pledged to run 26.2 miles a day for 26 days -- a total of 681.2 miles -- to raise money and awareness for the Three Square Food Bank of Southern Nevada.
"My hopes are that people will see and hear about this epic mission and open their eyes a little bit," Black said on day eight of his challenge. "Las Vegas isn't all about the sparkling lights and big hotels and casinos. In the shadows and down the alleys that surround the Strip, people are hungry."
The mission
Black first came to CNN's attention through longtime iReporter Chris Morrow, who was in Las Vegas and read about his campaign.
Black spent Thanksgiving Day on the street.
He woke up, went to church and ran all day. After completing his daily marathon, Black came home for a Thanksgiving meal of salad and protein shakes.
CNN iReport: 26 marathons in 26 days
He's not complaining. He says he started this challenge to draw attention to impoverished people who go hungry on a daily basis.
"You drive around any city in the United States, and there's always someone somewhere holding a sign or digging through a garbage can for something to eat," he says. "It's great that everyone donates a turkey at Thanksgiving, but this is something bigger than just Thanksgiving."
An estimated 16.2% of the Southern Nevada population is considered "food insecure," meaning people do not know when or from where their next meal will come. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How many people in Southern Nevada have food insecurity?
2. What percentage of Southern Nevada is food insecure?
3. What percentage of people in Southern Nevada don't get enough to eat?
Q2:
1. How do people usually help with food insecurity?
2. What is a common way of lending a hand to the hungry?
3. What do people most commonly do to help the hungry?
Q3:
1. Is Jayson Black doing something other than pulling out his checkbook to help the hungry?
2. Is Jayson Black choosing another method, rather than getting out his checkbook, to help feed the hungry?
3. Is Jayson Black doing something other than just giving money to the cause of food insecurity?
Q4:
1. What is Jayson Black doing to raise awareness of food insecurity?
2. What is Jayson Black doing to help feed the hungry?
3. What is Jayson Black's method for helping raise awareness of food insecurity?
Q5:
1. How is Jayson Black's daily marathon helping?
2. What is Jayson Black's marathon initiative helping with?
3. What is the utility of Jayson Black running 26.2 miles every day?
Q6:
1. How did Jayson Black's story come to CNN's attention?
2. How did Jayson Black and his initiative grab CNN's attention?
3. How did CNN learn of Jayson Black's initiative?
Q7:
1. How old is Jayson Black?
2. What is Jayson Black's age?
3. State the age of Jayson Black.
Q8:
1. What is Jayson Black's day job?
2. How is Jayson Black primarily employed?
3. What does Jayson Black primarily do for employment?
Q9:
1. How is Jayson Black juggling his work with his daily marathon?
2. How is Jayson Black handling the balance between working and his daily marathon?
3. How is it going for Jayson Black, juggling his daily run and having to work?
Q10:
1. Is his daily marathon affecting Jayson Black's home life?
2. Does running 26.2 miles every day affect the home life of Jayson Black?
3. Does his daily run have any effects on Jayson Black's life at home?
Q11:
1. Did Jayson Black get to eat any turkey at home on Thanksgiving?
2. Was there even a little bit of turkey on Jayson Black's plate come Thanksgiving day?
3. Did Jayson Black at least get some turkey on Thanksgiving day?
Q12:
1. Does Jayson Black ses hungry people often?
2. Does Jayson Black often encounter people who are food insecure?
3. Is it common for Jayson Black to see people living with food insecurity?
Q13:
1. How can Jayson Black tell that someone isn't getting enough food?
2. How is Jayson Black able to spot food insecurity?
3. What indicates to Jayson Black that someone is food insecure?
Q14:
1. Does Jayson Black harbor resentment against people who donate turkeys on Thanksgiving?
2. Does Jayson Black resent those who give away turkeys on Thanksgiving?
3. Is Jayson Black resentful of those who donate a turkey on Thanksgiving day?
Q15:
1. What does Jayson Black say about hunger and Thanksgiving?
2. What is Jayson Black's opinion of hunger on Thanksgiving day?
3. What does Jayson Black have to say about the matter of Thanksgiving and people who go hungry?
Q16:
1. What did Jayson Black eat on Thanksgiving?
2. What meal did Jayson Black have Thanksgiving Day?
3. What was on Jayson Black's plate on Thanksgiving?
Q17:
1. Is Jayson Black complaining about his Thanksgiving meal?
2. Is Jayson Black ungrateful for what he ate on Thanksgiving?
3. Does Jayson Black have complaints regarding what he had to eat on THanksgiving?
Q18:
1. Why isn't Jayson Black complaining about his THanksgiving salad and protein shake?
2. Why are there no complaints from Jayson Black regarding his Thanksgiving salad and protein shake?
3. Why doesn't it bother Jayson Black to have salad and a protein shake on Thanksgiving?
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3hutx6f6vunp4dxzfs08yfuffl8o2p | cnn | A Sudanese woman sentenced to die for refusing to renounce her Christianity gave birth to a baby girl in prison Tuesday, her lawyers said.
Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, 27, delivered her baby at a women's prison in Khartoum, but her husband was not allowed to be present for the birth, sources told CNN. They asked not to be named for safety reasons.
Ibrahim was convicted of apostasy, or the renunciation of faith, about two weeks ago while she was eight months pregnant.
A Sudanese lawyer filed an appeal last week to reverse the verdict by the lower court.
She is in prison with her 20-month-old son, but Sudanese officials have said the toddler is free to leave any time, according to her lawyer, Mohamed Jar Elnabi.
Her husband, Daniel Wani, is a U.S. citizen who uses a wheelchair and "totally depends on her for all details of his life," her lawyer said.
The appeal
The appeals court in Khartoum will issue a ruling on the case in the next week, but it will first ask the lower court to submit the documents it used to make the ruling, according to her lawyer.
Once that's done, it will issue a case number, he said.
"We will continue checking with the appeals court, but Inshallah (Allah willing) ... the appeals court will reverse the sentence and set her free," he said.
Christian or Muslim?
Ibrahim says her father was a Sudanese Muslim and her mother was Ethiopian Orthodox. Her father left when she was 6, and she was raised as a Christian. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where does the article mention a baby being born?
2. Where does the birth of a child occur in the article?
3. In what location does the article speak of a child's birth?
Q2:
1. What city did Meriam Yehya Ibrahim give birth in?
2. What was the city where Meriam Yehya Ibrahim had her child?
3. What city was Meriam Yehya Ibrahim's child born in?
Q3:
1. Why was Meriam Yehya Ibrahim in prison?
2. For what reason was Meriam Yehya Ibrahim being detained?
3. What was the reason for Meriam Yehya Ibrahim's imprisonment?
Q4:
1. What was Meriam Yehya Ibrahim's nationality?
2. What nationality was Meriam Yehya Ibrahim?
3. What was the ethnicity of Meriam Yehya Ibrahim?
Q5:
1. What was the punishment for Meriam Yehya Ibrahim's crime?
2. What sentence was Meriam Yehya Ibrahim given for her crime?
3. What sentence did Meriam Yehya Ibrahim receive for not renouncing her faith?
Q6:
1. What was the name of the imprisoned woman?
2. Who was the woman in jail for refusing to renounce her faith?
3. Who was the Sudanese woman that gave birth in prison?
Q7:
1. Could Meriam Yehya Ibrahim's husband attend the birth of their child?
2. Was Meriam Yehya Ibrahim's husband able to be present for their child's birth?
3. Was the husband of Meriam Yehya Ibrahim allowed to witness their child's birth?
Q8:
1. Will Meriam Yehya Ibrahim definitely be put to death?
2. Is it for certain that Meriam Yehya Ibrahim will be executed?
3. Is the potential execution of Meriam Yehya Ibrahim a done deal?
Q9:
1. Why is it not certain whether Meriam Yehya Ibrahim will be executed?
2. For what reason is the execution of Meriam Yehya Ibrahim being called into question?
3. Why isn't it clear whether Meriam Yehya Ibrahim will be put to death?
Q10:
1. Is anyone in prison with Meriam Yehya Ibrahim?
2. Is there anybody in prison alongside Meriam Yehya Ibrahim?
3. Does Meriam Yehya Ibrahim have anyone in prison with her?
Q11:
1. Who is Meriam Yehya Ibrahim joined in prison by?
2. Who is in prison with Meriam Yehya Ibrahim?
3. Who is Meriam Yehya Ibrahim's companion while in prison?
Q12:
1. How old is Meriam Yehya Ibrahim's son?
2. What is the age of Meriam Yehya Ibrahim's son?
3. How many months old is the child of Meriam Yehya Ibrahim?
Q13:
1. Is Meriam Yehya Ibrahim's husband healthy?
2. Is Meriam Yehya Ibrahim's husband in good health?
3. Is the husband of Meriam Yehya Ibrahim in top form, healthwise?
Q14:
1. Is Daniel Wani Sudanese like his wife?
2. Is Meriam Yehya Ibrahim's husband Sudanese like her?
3. Does Meriam Yehya Ibrahim have a husband that is Sudanese, like she is?
Q15:
1. Where is Meriam Yehya Ibrahim's husband from?
2. Where is Daniel Wani from?
3. What is Daniel Wani's country of origin?
Q16:
1. Who is Meriam Yehya Ibrahim married to?
2. What is the name of Meriam Yehya Ibrahim's husband?
3. What's the name of the man married to Meriam Yehya Ibrahim?
Q17:
1. Was the father of Meriam Yehya Ibrahim a Christian like her?
2. Did Meriam Yehya Ibrahim have a dad who was Christian like she is?
3. Was Meriam Yehya Ibrahim raised by a Christian father?
Q18:
1. What was the religion of Meriam Yehya Ibrahim's father?
2. What religion did Meriam Yehya Ibrahim's dad follow?
3. What were the religious beliefs of Meriam Yehya Ibrahim's father?
Q19:
1. What were the religious beliefs of Meriam Yehya Ibrahim's mother?
2. What religion did Meriam Yehya Ibrahim's mom follow?
3. What was the religion of Meriam Yehya Ibrahim's mother?
Q20:
1. Did Meriam Yehya Ibrahim grow up with her father?
2. Was Meriam Yehya Ibrahim's present during her youth?
3. Did Meriam Yehya Ibrahim grow up with her dad in her life?
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3p1l2b7ad1pv5zj7pyiddbtolktlo3 | cnn | (CNN)The bored teenager who gunned down a college baseball player in Oklahoma simply because he and his two friends "had nothing to do," is now a convicted murderer.
Chancey Allen Luna was found guilty of first-degree murder Friday for his role in the August 2013 drive-by shooting of Christopher Lane, a 23-year-old college student in Duncan, about 80 miles south of Oklahoma City. Luna was 16 at the time of the shooting.
Lane, an Australian attending East Central University, was jogging when he was shot in the back by a gun fired by Luna.
A jury recommended Friday that Luna spend life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to court records. Because he was under 18 when the crime was committed, he is not eligible for the death penalty. He'll be formally sentenced in June.
The vehicle's driver, Michael Jones, pleaded guilty in March to second-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison. Jones, who was 17 at the time of the murder, will be eligible for parole starting in 2051, according to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
Prosecutors dropped first-degree murder charges filed against the third suspect, then only 15, after he agreed to testify against Luna and Jones, according to CNN affiliate KSWO. He will now be tried as a juvenile with accessory to murder after the fact.
Duncan police Chief Danny Ford told Australian radio station 3AW that when police arrested the teens, Jones offered a motive that made clear that Lane, a baseball player on scholarship, was chosen at random. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Was the shooting victim a woman?
2. Did Chancey Allen Luna kill a woman?
3. Was Christopher Lane female?
Q2:
1.
2.
3.
Q3:
1. What state did the crime take place in?
2. What state did the drive by shooting happen?
3. In what state did the drive by shooting take place?
Q4:
1. When did the drive by shooting take place?
2. When did the shooting occur?
3. Give the month and year when the drive by happened?
Q5:
1. Name Chancey Allen Luna's accomplice.
2. Who was Chancey Allen Luna's accomplice?
3. Who helped Chancey Allen Luna commit the drive by shooting?
Q6:
1. What was Chancey Allen Luna's age?
2. How old was Chancey Allen Luna?
3. At what age did Chancey Allen Luna commit the drive by shooting?
Q7:
1. When did the drive by shooting occur?
2. In what year did the shooting take place?
3. What year did Chancey Allen Luna commit the murder?
Q8:
1. Did the drive by shooting occur in the winter?
2. Was it winter when the driveby shooting take place?
3. Was winter the season the drive by shooting occured in?
Q9:
1. What was Christopher Lane's age?
2. How old was Christopher Lane at the time of the shooting?
3. How old was Christopher Lane when he was killed?
Q10:
1. Apart from the victim, what was the total number of people involved in the shooting?
2. How many people had a hand in the shooting?
3. What was the number of people involved in the shooting, not counting the victim?
Q11:
1. Why was Christopher Lane chosen as the shooting victim?
2. How did Chancey Allen Luna choose his victim?
3. Why was Christopher Lane shot?
Q12:
1. For what reason did Chancey Allen Luna shoot his victim?
2. What was Chancey Allen Luna's reason for killing?
3. What made Chancey Allen Luna decide to kill Christopher Lane?
Q13:
1.
2.
3.
Q14:
1. Why wasn't capital punishment an option for Chancey Allen Luna?
2. For what reason could Chancey Allen Luna not be put up for the death penalty?
3. Why wasn't the death penalty on the table for Chancey Allen Luna?
Q15:
1. When was Chancey Allen Luna sentenced?
2. What was the day of Chancey Allen Luna's sentencing?
3. On what day did Chancey Allen Luna receive his life sentence?
Q16:
1. Was Christopher Lane American?
2. Did Christopher Lane come from the US?
3. Was Christopher Lane born in the United States?
Q17:
1. What was Christopher Lane's occupation?
2. What did Christopher Lane do for a living?
3. How did Christopher Lane make a living?
Q18:
1.
2.
3.
Q19:
1. Who made an announcement on the radio?
2. Who gave a statement on the radio?
3. Whose statement was broadcast via radio?
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3d8you6s9ek8zj0xygokny3gdds6ux | gutenberg | CHAPTER XI
MR. LITTLESON, FLATTERER
Once more a little luncheon was in progress at the corner table in the millionaires' club. This time Littleson also was of the party. He had been describing his luncheon of the day before to his friends.
"I am dead sure of one thing," he declared. "She is on our side, and I honestly believe that she means getting that paper."
"But she hasn't even the entrée to the house now," Weiss objected.
"There are plenty of the servants there," Littleson answered, "whom she must know very well, and through whom she could get in, especially if Phineas is really up in his room. I tell you fellows, I truly believe we'll have that wretched document in our hands by this time to-morrow."
"The day I see it in ashes," Bardsley muttered, "I'll stand you fellows a magnum of Pommery '92."
"I wonder," Weiss remarked, "what sort of terms she is on with her cousin, the little girl with the big eyes."
"I wish to Heaven one of you could make friends with that child!" Bardsley exclaimed. "I'd give a tidy lot to know whether Phineas Duge lies there on his bed, or whether his hand is on the telephone half the time. You are sure, Littleson, that Dick Losting is in Europe?"
"Absolutely certain," Littleson answered. "I had a letter from him dated Paris only yesterday."
"Then who in God's name is shaking the Chicago markets like this!" Bardsley declared, striking the newspaper which lay by his side with the palm of his hand. "You notice, too, the stocks which are being hit are all ours, every one of them. Damn! If Phineas should be sitting up there in his room with that hideous little smile upon his lips, talking and talking across the wires hour after hour, while we hang round like idiots and play his game! It's maddening to think of." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who finally got to join in the party?
2. Who was finally included in the party?
3. Who got to be a part of the party for once?
Q2:
1. How could the party be described?
2. What was the purpose of the party?
3. What was the group meeting for?
Q3:
1. Where was the luncheon?
2. What was the location of the luncheon?
3. Where did the group have lunch?
Q4:
1. When did the luncheon take place?
2. What time did the group have lunch?
3. What time did the luncheon take place at?
Q5:
1. Did a luncheon occur the day before?
2. Was there a luncheon on the previous day as well?
3. Had lunch also happened the day before?
Q6:
1. What city is the group in?
2. In what city is the group having lunch?
3. What's the city where the group is lunching?
Q7:
1. What is the identity of the child?
2. What is the identity of the little girl with big eyes?
3. Who is the little girl with big eyes?
Q8:
1. What does the group want from the house?
2. What does the group wish to obtain from the house?
3. What's in the house that the group wants?
Q9:
1. Does the group want Phineas to greet them at the door?
2. Does the group wish to be greeted at the door by Phineas?
3. Is the group hoping to have Phineas at the door to greet them?
Q10:
1. Where does the group hope Phineas will be?
2. Where would the group prefer to find Phineas?
3. What location does the group prefer that Phineas stay in?
Q11:
1. What will Bardsley do in the case that the group is successful?
2. If the group succeeds, what is Bardsley going to do?
3. What will Bardsley get up to in the event of the group's success?
Q12:
1. Does Bardsley offer to give the men a magnum of Pommery 92?
2. Is a magnum of Pommery 92 offered by Bardsley?
3. Does Bardsley say he will stand the fellows a magnum of Pommery 92?
Q13:
1. When did a letter come for Littleson?
2. When did Littleson receive a missive?
3. When did a missive arrive for Littleson?
Q14:
1. Where did Littleson receive a letter from?
2. What was the provenance of Littleson's letter?
3. Where was the letter sent to Littleson from?
Q15:
1. Who did Littleson receive a letter from?
2. Who sent Littleson a letter?
3. Who wrote the letter to Littleson?
Q16:
1. What did Dick Losting write to Littleson about?
2. What was the subject of Dick Losting's letter to Littleson?
3. What was Dick Losting's purpose in writing to Littleson?
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3w8cv64qj2zqcgwbwokxot5sahp9ho | gutenberg | CHAPTER XVI.
DISCOVERED.
Cummings was bringing up the rear during this march across the city, and when Jake halted he naturally thought it was in obedience to some signal made by Poyor, therefore he remained silent until hearing Neal say imploringly:
"Go on, Jake. Don't stop now when we have a chance of getting away in safety, for what is gold in comparison with life?"
"Have you halted with any idea that it may be possible to carry anything off with us?" Cummings asked, speaking in a whisper, and Jake replied in the same cautious tone:
"That's the size of it. You brought us here with the promise that we could make ourselves rich, and when the first little thing goes wrong you run. Now I will do as I please."
"It is nothing less than suicide. We have before us a journey so long and difficult that however small a burden you may have to carry, it will seem all too heavy."
By this time Poyor turned back to learn the cause of the halt, and when it was explained he said gravely:
"Each instant we stand here brings death so much nearer. Even at this moment watchful eyes may be upon us, and once we are discovered flight will be almost impossible."
The little party stood directly in front of what was evidently the main entrance to the temple. It was formed of twenty slender shafts of white stone which in the moonlight looked translucent, and each column upheld a grotesque figure composed of what appeared to be silver. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What brought a halt to the group's advance?
2. What stopped the group from advancing?
3. What put an end to the group continuing to advance?
Q2:
1. Who brought the group to a halt?
2. Who stopped the group?
3. Who made the group stop advancing?
Q3:
1. Which man was in the rear?
2. Who was at the back of the group?
3. Who brought up the rear?
Q4:
1. Who did Cummings think had signalled?
2. Who did Cummings believe there was a signal from?
3. Who was Cummings under the impression that there had been a signal from?
Q5:
1. Did Cummings speak up?
2. Did Cummings start talking?
3. Did Cummings make his voice heard?
Q6:
1. Who spoke up?
2. Who started talking?
3. Who had something to say?
Q7:
1. Did Neal agree with stopping?
2. Did Neal think it was a good idea to stop?
3. Was Neal in favor of stopping?
Q8:
1. What did Neal think was more important than gold?
2. In Neal's opinion, what had more value than gold?
3. What was more important to Neal than gold?
Q9:
1. Who asked about taking things with them?
2. Who had a question about taking stuff with them?
3. Who wanted to know more about taking things with them?
Q10:
1. What did Jake say Cummings had promised?
2. What promise had Cummings made, according to Jake?
3. What does Jake claim that Cummings had made as a promise?
Q11:
1. Did anyone want to run?
2. Did Cummings wish to bolt?
3. Was Cummings in favor of running?
Q12:
1. Did Cummings think it was too dangerous to stay?
2. Did Cumming feel as though it was too dangerous to stay?
3. Did Cummings believe that staying would put the group into too much dnager?
Q13:
1. Who felt as though the group was being watched?
2. Who had the feeling that the group was being watched?
3. Who got the impression that there was something watching the group?
Q14:
1. Did Poyor believe that escape would be easy?
2. Did Poyor feel that escaping from the location would be simple?
3. Did Poyor think it would be simple to flee from their location?
Q15:
1. What was the group's location?
2. Where did the group stand?
3. Where had the group halted?
Q16:
1. What were the group at the main entrance of?
2. What had the group stopped at the main entrance to?
3. What had the group arrived at the main entrance of?
Q17:
1. What was the temple's main entrance made out of?
2. What materials made up the main entrance to the temple?
3. What was the main entrance of the temple constructed out of?
Q18:
1. What were the shafts at the entrance made of?
2. What material were the temple's shafts made of?
3. What was the material that the shafts in the main entrance of the temple were made from?
Q19:
1. What color were the shafts at the temple's entrance?
2. What was the color of the shafts in the main entrance of the temple?
3. What color was the stone of the shafts?
Q20:
1. How did shafts appear in the light?
2. How did the light alter the appearance of the shafts?
3. How did the shafts look in the moonlight?
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3xcc1odxdlb9t9r09v7dosxn6cirqn | race | Maybe you've heard of many musical bands, but have you heard of Little Big Town, a country musical group? There are four members in this band, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook and Phillip Sweet. They had a hard time when they began their band at first, but they didn't give up. Now it becomes very popular. "We take care of each other and we take care of the music," Karen Fairchild once said after one of their shows. As a fan of this band, I once had a chance to hang out with the members of Little Big Town. We talked about their hard beginning. At that time, they even didn't have their own stage. Fairchild also told me how the four of them were together when they were in trouble. Not only did they stand together on stage but also in their daily life. For example, they were right there when Phillip Sweet was caring for his daughter for the first time. They encouraged Kimberly Schlapman when they found her husband _ . At that time Kimberly was very sad to lose her husband. "When we have lived such a hard life together, it bonds us tightly," Phillip Sweet said. "We find true happiness is the joy of doing what we do for a living. We love the hard beginning. We also love the wonderful future." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was the author given the opportunity of spending time with?
2. What band did the author get to chill with?
3. Who did the writer get the chance to hang out with?
Q2:
1. How many people are in Little Big Town?
2. How many people does the band Little Big Town have in it?
3. How many members does Little Big Town have?
Q3:
1. What's the name of the first member of Little Big Town?
2. Who is the first musician listed from the band Little Big Town?
3. Which member of Little Big Town is listed first?
Q4:
1. What's the name of the second member of Little Big Town?
2. Who is the second musician listed from the band Little Big Town?
3. Which member of Little Big Town is listed second?
Q5:
1. What's the name of the third member of Little Big Town?
2. Who is the third musician listed from the band Little Big Town?
3. Which member of Little Big Town is listed third?
Q6:
1. What's the name of the fourth member of Little Big Town?
2. Who is the fourth musician listed from the band Little Big Town?
3. Which member of Little Big Town is listed last?
Q7:
1. What sort of genre does Little Big Town sing?
2. What musical genre is Little Big Town associated with?
3. What kind of music does Little Big Town play?
Q8:
1. Did Little Big Town have an easy start?
2. Were things easy for Little Big Town from the start?
3. Was debuting easy for Little Big Town?
Q9:
1. What was little Big Town missing at first?
2. What did Little Big Town not have when they first started?
3. What did Little Big Town lack when they began playing?
Q10:
1. How did Little Big Town get through their rough start?
2. What did Little Big Town do to make it through the tough times?
3. How did Little Big Town manage to make it through their hard beginning?
Q11:
1. Did a member of Little Big Town have a son?
2. Was there a member of Little Big Town with a son?
3. Is a son of one of the musicians mentioned in the article?
Q12:
1. What does Little Big Town say true pleasure is?
2. What is true pleasure to Little Big Town?
3. How does Little Big Town describe real pleasure?
Q13:
1. Are the members of Little Big Town really friends or do they just tolerate each other?
2. Is the friendship between Little Big Town a real friendship or is it just for show?
3. Do the members of Little Big Town pretend to be cordial with each other or are they truly friends?
Q14:
1. What did one of the members of Little Big Town grieve?
2. What terrible event did someone in Little Big Town have to go through?
3. What did someone in Little Big Town have to mourn that was difficult?
Q15:
1. Which member of little big town was quoted at the end?
2. What was the name of the LIttle Big Town member that spoke about their bond?
3. Who in the group talked about the bong between the members?
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3nc5l260mom9579b3nffiyo4p3lofa | wikipedia | The density, or more precisely, the volumetric mass density, of a substance is its mass per unit volume. The symbol most often used for density is "ρ" (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter "D" can also be used. Mathematically, density is defined as mass divided by volume:
where "ρ" is the density, "m" is the mass, and "V" is the volume. In some cases (for instance, in the United States oil and gas industry), density is loosely defined as its weight per unit volume, although this is scientifically inaccurate – this quantity is more specifically called specific weight.
For a pure substance the density has the same numerical value as its mass concentration. Different materials usually have different densities, and density may be relevant to buoyancy, purity and packaging. Osmium and iridium are the densest known elements at standard conditions for temperature and pressure but certain chemical compounds may be denser.
To simplify comparisons of density across different systems of units, it is sometimes replaced by the dimensionless quantity "relative density" or "specific gravity", i.e. the ratio of the density of the material to that of a standard material, usually water. Thus a relative density less than one means that the substance floats in water. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Is there one strict definition of density?
2. Does everything define density in the same way?
3. Is density always defined in the same manner in all context?
Q2:
1. What elements are the most dense at regular conditions?
2. Under regular conditions, which elements are the densest?
3. What two elements are the most dense with conditions that are regular?
Q3:
1. How is a substance's density determine?
2. How do you find the density of a substance?
3. What is the density of a substance defined by?
Q4:
1. How is substance mathematically defined?
2. What is the mathematical definition of density?
3. How is substance calculated in mathematics?
Q5:
1. What does V stand for in density equations?
2. In the equation to determine density, what does V mean?
3. What does the V represent when determining density?
Q6:
1. What does P stand for in density equations?
2. In the equation to determine density, what does P mean?
3. What does the P represent when determining density?
Q7:
1. What does M stand for in density equations?
2. In the equation to determine density, what does M mean?
3. What does the M represent when determining density?
Q8:
1. Is the English langauge letter P used in the density equation?
2. Does the density equation have the letter P from the English alphabet in it?
3. Does the density equation use the letter P from the English alphabet?
Q9:
1. What language does the P in the density equation come from?
2. What language is used for the letter P in the desnity equation?
3. When determining density, the letter P from what language is used?
Q10:
1. What letter resembles a P in the Greek alphabet?
2. Which Greek letter looks like a P?
3. Which letter in the Greek alphabet looks similar to a P?
Q11:
1. What symbol, other than rho, is used for density?
2. What's the symbol besides rho that can be used for density?
3. What symbol can represent density, in addition to the letter rho?
Q12:
1. In what context is density defined as weight per unit volume?
2. Who defines density as weight per unit volume?
3. In what context is density calculated as weight per unit volume?
Q13:
1. Is the United States oil and gas industry's definition of density correct?
2. Does the United States oil and gas industry use an accurate definition of density?
3. Is it accurate to define density as weight per unit volume?
Q14:
1. Is the United States oil and gas industry's definition of density scientifically accurate?
2. Would a scientist define density as weight per unit volume?
3. Is density defined as weight per unit volume in scientific contexts?
Q15:
1. What definition of density is better than that of the United States oil and gas industry?
2. How can we define density better than the United States oil and gas industry does?
3. What is a more accurate definition of density than weight per unit volume?
Q16:
1. In what context is density the same value as its mass concentration?
2. When does density become the same value as its mass concentration?
3.
Q17:
1. What is a replacement for density when trying to make comparison easier?
2. For more simple comparisons, what stands in for density?
3. What is used in place of density for more simple comparisons?
Q18:
1. What's an example of a dimensionless quantity?
2. What is one instance of a dimensionless quantity?
3. Give an example of a dimensionless quantity.
Q19:
1. What's an example of a dimensionless quantity, that is not relative density?
2. What is one instance of a dimensionless quantity, other than relative density?
3. Give an example of a dimensionless quantity, besides relative density.
Q20:
1. What is the relative density of floating objects?
2. What relative density do floating objects have?
3. What is the relative density of a floating object calculated as?
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3befod78w6tb7ora6q4jzq28577m43 | cnn | (CNN) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has added his brother-in-law to a military board in a move analysts say paves the way for an heir, according to South Korea's state-sponsored Yonhap news agency.
Kim Jong-il has named his brother-in-law Jang Song Thaek to a top military board.
The addition of his kin to the powerful National Defense Commission also solidifies his standing, Yonhap said.
Kim was reappointed Thursday as chairman of the military board in his first major public appearance since a reported stroke in August. His brother-in-law, Jang Song Thaek, is considered his right-hand man, according to Yonhap.
Jang, who has been married to Kim's sister since 1972, currently serves as a director of the Workers' Party, Yonhap said.
"Kim wants to keep the military in check and secure loyalty to both the military and the party," Cha Doo-hyeogn, a North Korea expert, told Yonhap.
Kim also increased the number of members in the military agency to 13, from eight, Yonhap said.
"Overall, the power of the National Defense Commission was strengthened," Seoul's Unification Ministry spokesman, Kim Ho-nyoun, told Yonhap in a briefing.
There were no other major changes in the new parliament, which signifies that Kim, 67, is prepared to maintain the status quo as he readies someone to take over from him, analysts told Yonhap.
Kim's recent health problems and long absence from public functions have prompted speculation on whether he is ready to groom an heir to the world's only communist dynasty. But the secretive nation shields its internal affairs from international scrutiny. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was wrong with Kim Jong-il's health?
2. What health issues did Kim Jong-il encounter?
3. What sort of health problems has Kim Jong-il been faced with?
Q2:
1. Who did Kim Jong-il name to the top military board?
2. Who did Kim Jong-il give a position at the top military board?
3. Who did Kim Jong-il appoint to the highest military board?
Q3:
1. What's the name of Kim Jong-il's brother in law?
2. Who is Kim Jong-il's brother in law?
3. Who is married to Kim Jong-il's sister?
Q4:
1. Who does Kim Jong-il consider to be his right hand man?
2. Who is viewed as the right hand man of Kim Jong-il?
3. Who is an essential ally of Kim Jong-il?
Q5:
1. How long has Jang Song Thaek been married to Kim Jong-il's sister?
2. For how many years have Jang Song Thaek and Kim Jong-il's sister been married?
3. How mamny years has the marriage between Kim Jong-il's sister and Jang Song Thaek lasted?
Q6:
1. Who is Jang Song Thaek?
2. What does Jang Song Thaek do?
3. Whta title and role does Jang Song Thaek have?
Q7:
1. Were there any changes to North Korean parliament?
2. Did the North Korean parliament undergo any changes?
3. Was anything going to be done differently in the parliament of North Korea?
Q8:
1. How many members did Kim Jong-il add to the military agency?
2. How many people did Kim Jong-il increase the military agency by?
3. How many extra people were appointed to the military agency by Kim Jong-il?
Q9:
1. What is Kim Jong-il's level of activity in public functions?
2. How often does Kim Jong-il appear in public?
3. How frequently is Kim Jong-il seen in public functions?
Q10:
1. What is the gossip about what Kim Jong-il is preparing?
2. What do people speculate that Kim Jong-il is about to do?
3. What does it seem like Kim Jong-il is getting ready to do?
Q11:
1. According to analysts, what paves a way for an heir to Kim Jong-il?
2. What is making a path for Kim Jong-il's heir, according to analysts?
3. What do analysts believe is creating space for an heir to Kim Jong-il?
Q12:
1. What was Kim Jong-il reappointed as?
2. What was the title that Kim Jong-il was reappointed to?
3. What title did Kim Jong-il receive again?
Q13:
1. What did Kim Ho-nyoun talk to Yonhap about in a briefing?
2. What was the subject of Kim Ho-nyoun's comments to Yonhap in the briefing?
3. What did Kim Ho-nyoun disclose to Yonhap in the context of a briefing?
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38bquhla9w0fbh1spajsdo8dm2aomq | gutenberg | CHAPTER XII BOBBY COON AND REDDY FOX PLAY TRICKS
It was night. All the little stars were looking down and twinkling and twinkling. Mother Moon was doing her best to make the Green Meadows as light as Mr. Sun did in the daytime. All the little birds except Hooty the Owl and Boomer the Night Hawk, and noisy Mr. Whip-poor-will were fast asleep in their little nests. Old Mother West Wind's Merry Little Breezes had all gone to sleep, too. It was oh so still! Indeed it was so very still that Bobby Coon, coming down the Lone Little Path through the wood, began to talk to himself.
"I don't see what people want to play all day and sleep all night for," said Bobby Coon. "Night's the best time to be about. Now Reddy Fox--"
"Be careful what you say about Reddy Fox," said a voice right behind Bobby Coon.
Bobby Coon turned around very quickly indeed, for he had thought he was all alone. There was Reddy Fox himself, trotting down the Lone Little Path through the wood.
"I thought you were home and fast asleep, Reddy Fox," said Bobby Coon.
"You were mistaken," said Reddy Fox. "For you see I'm out to take a walk in the moonlight."
So Bobby Coon and Reddy Fox walked together down the Lone Little Path through the wood to the Green Meadows. They met Jimmy Skunk, who had dreamed that there were a lot of beetles up on the hill, and was just going to climb the Crooked Little Path to see. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who prefers being nocturnal?
2. Who thinks noctural is the preferable state of being?
3. Who is more in favor of being nocturnal than diurnal?
Q2:
1. Who heard Bobby Coon talking?
2. Who overheard Bobby Coon talking to himself?
3. Who was Bobby Coon overheard by?
Q3:
1. Who heard Bobby Coon talking to himself?
2. Who listened in on Bobby Coon talking to himself?
3. Who was Bobby Coon's talk to himself overheard by?
Q4:
1. Did Reddy Fox care about what other said about him?
2. Was the opinion of others important to Reddy Fox?
3. Was it important to Reddy Fox what others thought of him?
Q5:
1. Was it true or false that Reddy Fox said he was out to hunt rabbits?
2. True or False: Reddy Fox said his business outside was hunting rabbits.
3. True or False: Reddy Fox said he was outside in the nighttime in order to hunt rabbits.
Q6:
1. What was Reddy Fox doing outside?
2. Why did Reddy Fox go out in the moonlight?
3. What was Reddy Fox's business outside in the moonlight?
Q7:
1. How many beetles did Jimmy Skunk think were on the hill?
2. How many beetles did Jimmy Skunk believe to be on the hill?
3. What was the number of beetles Jimmy Skunk imagined on top of the hill?
Q8:
1. Did Jimmy Skunk imagine more than a hundred beetles on the hill
2. Was it over a hundred beetles that Jimmy Skunk imagined on the hill?
3. Did Jimmy Skunk dream of more than one hundred beetles upon the hill?
Q9:
1. Why did Jimmy Skunk have bugs on the brain?
2. For what reason did Jimmy Skunk have beetles on his mind?
3. Why was Jimmy Skunk thinking about beetles?
Q10:
1. Where was Jimmy Skunk currently going?
2. What direction was Jimmy Skunk presently headed in?
3. Where was Jimmy Skunk headed off to?
Q11:
1. Why did Jimmy Skunk intend on climbing Crooked Little Path?
2. For what reason did Jimmy Skunk want to climb Crooked Little Path?
3. Why did Jimmy Skunk decide to go up the Crooked Little Path?
Q12:
1. What did Jimmy Skunk want to see on the path?
2. What was Jimmy Skunk going to Crooked Little Path to see?
3. What did Jimmy Skunk hope to find as he climbed Crooked Little Path?
Q13:
1. What was the name of one sleeping animal?
2. What was one of the sleeping animals called?
3. What name did one of the snoozing creatures have?
Q14:
1. Was there an owl that was awake?
2. Was one of the awake animals an owl?
3. Did an owl count among the animals that were awake?
Q15:
1. What sort of animal is Boomer?
2. How can Boomer be described?
3. Tell us what kind of animal Boomer is.
Q16:
1. What was the name of the path Bobby Coon walked upon?
2. Which path was Bobby Coon travelling on?
3. What path did Bobby Coon take his walk on?
Q17:
1. Who cared for the Breezes?
2. Who was in charge of looking after the Breezes?
3. Who were the Breezes looked after by?
Q18:
1. Does the story describe the moon as male or female?
2. Is the moon male or female according to the story?
3. What is the sex of the moon: male or female?
Q19:
1. What did the moon light up?
2. What did mother moon illuminate?
3. What was made bright by the moon's light?
Q20:
1. What looked down towards the earth?
2. What peers in a downward direction?
3. What gazed down towards the earth?
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31q0u3wydpfbumn4f2jsiayfy1d17b | gutenberg | Chapter III
WHO WAS IT?
Who had taken it? This question tormented Treherne all that sleepless night. He suspected three persons, for only these had approached the fire after the note was hidden. He had kept his eye on it, he thought, till the stir of breaking up. In that moment it must have been removed by the major, Frank Annon, or my lady; Sir Jasper was out of the question, for he never touched an ornament in the drawing room since he had awkwardly demolished a whole _étagère_ of costly trifles, to his mother's and sister's great grief. The major evidently suspected something, Annon was jealous, and my lady would be glad of a pretext to remove her daughter from his reach. Trusting to his skill in reading faces, he waited impatiently for morning, resolving to say nothing to anyone but Mrs. Snowdon, and from her merely to inquire what the note contained.
Treherne usually was invisible till lunch, often till dinner; therefore, fearing to excite suspicion by unwonted activity, he did not appear till noon. The mailbag had just been opened, and everyone was busy over their letters, but all looked up to exchange a word with the newcomer, and Octavia impulsively turned to meet him, then checked herself and hid her suddenly crimsoned face behind a newspaper. Treherne's eye took in everything, and saw at once in the unusually late arrival of the mail a pretext for discovering the pilferer of the note.
"All have letters but me, yet I expected one last night. Major, have you got it among yours?" And as he spoke, Treherne fixed his penetrating eyes full on the person he addressed. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How many suspects were there for the theft?
2. How many people were suspected in the theft?
3. How many people were potential suspects for stealing the ornament?
Q2:
1. What was the object of the theft?
2. What object was taken?
3. What did somebody steal?
Q3:
1. Where was the object stolen from?
2. Where did the theft of the ornament occur?
3. What room did someone steal an ornament from?
Q4:
1. Did anyone suspect a woman of stealing the ornament?
2. Were any women suspected of the theft of the ornament?
3. Were any women suspected of taking the ornament?
Q5:
1. Who was the first person suspected of stealing the ornament?
2. Who was a potential suspect of the ornament theft?
3. Who may have taken the ornament?
Q6:
1. Who was the first person suspected of stealing the ornament, besides the lady?
2. Who was a potential suspect of the ornament theft, in addition to the lady?
3. Who may have taken the ornament, if not the lady?
Q7:
1. Who was the first person suspected of stealing the ornament, besides the lady and Frank Annon?
2. Who was a potential suspect of the ornament theft, in addition to the lady and Frank Annon?
3. Who may have taken the ornament, if not the lady or Frank Annon?
Q8:
1. Who would not be back until after lunch?
2. Who would not be present until lunch was over?
3. Who was absent until after lunch had ended?
Q9:
1. How late would Treherne sometimes come out?
2. How long did Treherne sometimes wait to appear?
3. From time to time, how late in the day would Treherne appear?
Q10:
1. How long had it been since the mailbag was opened?
2. How long did it take for someone to open the mailbag?
3. How long ago was the mailbag looked into?
Q11:
1. Did the mailbag have a number of letters in it?
2. Were there multiple letters in the mailbag?
3. Did the mailbag have multiple different letters in it?
Q12:
1. Did the group greet the person who entered the room?
2. Did the people reading their letters acknowledge the newcomer's presence?
3. Was Treherne acknowledged by the group of people looking over their letters?
Q13:
1. Whose cheeks turned red upon seeing Treherne?
2. Who did Treherne's presence cause to blushed?
3. Who blushed upon sight of Treherne?
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3jrjswsmqhlsd4gtpebhcd5tiade3o | wikipedia | Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain (), is a sovereign state located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe, with two large archipelagoes, the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands off the North African Atlantic coast, two cities, Ceuta and Melilla, in the North African mainland and several small islands in the Alboran Sea near the Moroccan coast. The country's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. It is the only European country to have a border with an African country (Morocco) and its African territory accounts for nearly 5% of its population, mostly in the Canary Islands but also in Ceuta and Melilla.
With an area of , Spain is the largest country in Southern Europe, the second largest country in Western Europe and the European Union, and the fourth largest country in the European continent. By population, Spain is the sixth largest in Europe and the fifth in the European Union. Spain's capital and largest city is Madrid; other major urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Bilbao and Málaga. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What sort of territory is being discussed?
2. What is the main quality of the state the article talks about?
3. What kind of a state is Spain?
Q2:
1. What sovereign state does the article explore?
2. What sovereign state does the paragraph discuss?
3. What nation is at the center of the article?
Q3:
1. In what region is Spain the largest country?
2. In what context is Spain the biggest country?
3. What is Spain the largest country out of?
Q4:
1. Where does Spain's population rank within Europe?
2. What is the rank of Spain's population within Europe?
3. What does Spain's population rank as against other European nations?
Q5:
1. What borders Spain to the south?
2. What can be found at Spain's southern border?
3. What does Spain border on its southern side?
Q6:
1. Does Spain border Africa?
2. Is Africa on one of Spain's borders?
3. Does Spain share a border with an African country?
Q7:
1. Are there a lot of other European countries that border Africa besides Spain?
2. Are there many European countries, besides Spain, which border Africa?
3. Do lots of other countries in Europe border Africa, as does Spain?
Q8:
1. What African country does Spain border?
2. What African country shares a border with Spain?
3. Where in Africa does Spain border?
Q9:
1. What is the capital of Spain?
2. Which city is Spain's capital?
3. What city serves as the capital of Spain?
Q10:
1. How many large cities does Spain have in addition to Madrid?
2. Besides Madrid, how many other large urban zones are there in Spain?
3. How many metropolitan zones does Spain have, not counting Madrid?
Q11:
1. Where does Madrid rank in size within Spain?
2. How big is Madrid with respect to Spain's other cities?
3. What is the rank in size of Spain's capital city, compared to others?
Q12:
1. Which Spanish islands share the name of a bird?
2. What islands belonging to Spain have the same name as a bird?
3. Which Spanish islands have a name that can also refer to a bird?
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3vhp9mdgrnk8wic8di6onyun0ewfcc | wikipedia | Private schools, also known as independent schools, non-governmental, or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition, rather than relying on mandatory taxation through public (government) funding; at some private schools students may be able to get a scholarship, which makes the cost cheaper, depending on a talent the student may have (e.g. sport scholarship, art scholarship, academic scholarship), financial need, or tax credit scholarships that might be available.
In the United Kingdom and several other Commonwealth countries including Australia and Canada, the use of the term is generally restricted to primary and secondary educational levels; it is almost never used of universities and other tertiary institutions. Private education in North America covers the whole gamut of educational activity, ranging from pre-school to tertiary level institutions. Annual tuition fees at K-12 schools range from nothing at so called 'tuition-free' schools to more than $45,000 at several New England preparatory schools. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Does the government run private schools?
2. Are private education facilities administered by the government?
3. Is it the government's responsibility to run private schools?
Q2:
1. What else are private schools be called?
2. What's another term for a private school?
3. How else can private schools be referred to?
Q3:
1. What else are private or independent schools be called?
2. What's another term for a private or independent school?
3. How else can private or independent schools be referred to?
Q4:
1. What else are private schools be called, besides independent or non-governmental?
2. What's another term for a private school, in addition to independent or non-governmental?
3. How else can private schools be referred to, besides independent and non-governmental?
Q5:
1. Is anyone free to attend private schools?
2. Are private schools open to everyone?
3. Does everyone have the right to access private schools?
Q6:
1. How much does it cost to attend private school?
2. How much do people pay to go to private school?
3. What are the tuition costs of private school?
Q7:
1. Are taxes necessary to fund private schools?
2. Do private schools rely on taxes for funding?
3. Do private schools get their funding via taxes?
Q8:
1. How are private schools funded?
2. Where does the funding for private schools come from?
3. What is the funding source of private schools?
Q9:
1. What kinds of scholarships do private schools offer?
2. What's an example of a scholarship that private schools offer?
3. How might one come across a scholarship to attend private school?
Q10:
1. What kinds of scholarships do private schools offer, besides for sports?
2. What's an example of a scholarship that private schools offer, in addition to ones for sports?
3. How might one come across a scholarship to attend private school, other than playing sports?
Q11:
1. What kinds of scholarships do private schools offer, besides for sports or art?
2. What's an example of a scholarship that private schools offer, in addition to ones for sports or the arts?
3. How might one come across a scholarship to attend private school, other than playing sports or doing art?
Q12:
1. Are UK universities referred to as private schools?
2. Does the UK include universities in their private schools?
3. Is the word private used in the United Kingdom to refer to university?
Q13:
1. Are US universities sometimes private schools?
2. Does the US include universities in their definition of private schools?
3. Is the word private used in the United States to refer to university schooling?
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3rrcefrb7mcfoxndf1ealares09b4s | cnn | (CNN) -- NASCAR's Hall of Fame class for 2015 includes Bill Elliott, one of its most popular drivers ever, and Wendell Scott, the only African-American to win a top-level race, the auto racing sanctioning body announced Wednesday.
Three other drivers -- Fred Lorenzen, Joe Weatherly and Rex White -- will be inducted at a ceremony on January 30 at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Elliott won one Winston Cup title and 44 races in his 37-year career, including two victories at the Daytona 500. Known as "Awesome Bill from Dawsonville", a reference to his Georgia hometown, Elliott won the series top circuit championship in 1988. He was voted NASCAR's most popular driver a record 16 times.
In 1963, Scott became the only African-American to win a race at NASCAR's highest level, taking a 100-mile feature at Jacksonville, Florida, on December 1. He also was the first African-American to race full time in NASCAR's premier series, called the Grand National Series at the time.
Scott made the top 10 in 30% of the races in his 13-year Grand National career. He was portrayed in the 1977 movie "Greased Lightning" by Richard Pryor. He died in 1990.
Lorenzen was considered one of the sport's first superstars and won 26 races while running a part-time schedule in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Weatherly was a two-time champion, in 1962 and in 1963, when he raced for nine different teams.
White was a short-track specialist in the early days of NASCAR. And since there were few super speedways, White finished in the top five about half the time. He won the 1960 championship and 28 races in his career (only twice at tracks longer than a mile). QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is included in the 2015 Hall of Fame class?
2. Who is listed in the 2015 Hall of Fame class?
3. WHo counts among those inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2015?
Q2:
1. Which drivers are being inducted into the Hall of Fame on January 30th?
2. On January 30th, who will be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame?
3. Who is gaining entry into the NASCAR Hall of Fame come Jan. 30th?
Q3:
1. How many Daytona 500 victories does Bill Elliot have under his belt?
2. How many times has Bill Elliot won the Daytona 500?
3. What's the number of times that Bill Elliot has come out on top in the Daytona 500?
Q4:
1. Who raced with nine different teams?
2. Which racer had been a member of 9 different teams?
3. What's the name of the man who raced with 9 separate teams?
Q5:
1. What was the name of NASCAR's only Black man to win its highest level?
2. Who became the only African American to have won NASCAR's highest level?
3. What's the name of the only African American to have won at NASCAR's highest level?
Q6:
1. What 1977 film portrayed Wendell Scott's life?
2. What movie was made about Wendell Scott in 1977?
3. In 1977, what movie came out on the life of Wendell Scott?
Q7:
1. When did Wendell Scott die?
2. In what year did Wendell Scott pass away?
3. What was the year of Wendell Scott's passing?
Q8:
1. Where is Bill Elliot from?
2. What is Bill Elliot's home state?
3. Where was Bill Elliot born?
Q9:
1. Where is the NASCAR Hall of Fame?
2. What is the location of NASCAR's Hall of Fame?
3. Where can the NASCAR Hall of Fame be found?
Q10:
1. How many races did Rex White win?
2. What was the number of times that Rex White won a race?
3. How many times did Rex White come out on top in a race?
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369j354ofdapu1z2ebz3jj2p5dh6gi | cnn | (CNN) -- Long before Chen Guangcheng became internationally known as a human rights crusader, villagers near his home knew him as the man to go to when they had trouble with local authorities.
Despite having little formal legal education, Chen began advocating on behalf of villagers in 1996 at the age of 25, according to China Human Rights Defenders, a China-based human rights group.
Chen has been at the center of a burgeoning international impasse since his dramatic escape last week from the guards who kept him under house arrest in a small village in eastern China. He was confined to his home after serving four years in prison, apparently over his legal advocacy for what he called victims of abusive practices such as forced abortions by China's family planning officials.
Fellow activists say he made his way to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, where he remains as the United States and China try to sort out the future for Chen, who has sought to call attention to the practice of forced abortions and sterilizations in China.
Yet he never sought out to be a rabble-rouser, said New York University law professor Jerome Cohen, who first met Chen when the activist traveled to the United States as part of a State Department program in 2004.
"You got the feeling you were in the presence of some Chinese equivalent of Gandhi or something," Cohen said. "He had this gentle but steely moral force."
Chen was born in 1971 in Dongshigu, a small farming village in eastern Shandong province, more than 400 kilometers (248 miles) from Beijing. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was able to flee?
2. Who managed to escape house arrest?
3. Who evaded Chinese authorities?
Q2:
1. Where did Chen Guangcheng escape from?
2. What was the site of Chen Guangcheng's escape?
3. Where did Chen Guangcheng flee from?
Q3:
1. What had Chen Guangcheng been sentenced to?
2. How was Chen Guangcheng being punished?
3. How was Chen Guangcheng serving out his sentence?
Q4:
1. Was Chen Guangcheng guarded?
2. Were there people guarding Chen Guangcheng?
3. Were people making sure that Chen Guangcheng didn't flee house arrest?
Q5:
1. Had Chen Guangcheng already served prison time before house arrest?
2. Had Chen Guangcheng spent time in prison before being put under house arrest?
3. Was Chen Guangcheng in prison prior to being under house arrest?
Q6:
1. How much prison time did Chen Guangcheng serve?
2. How long was Chen Guangcheng in prison for?
3. How many years did Chen Guangcheng spend in prison?
Q7:
1. Why was Chen Guangcheng originally in trouble?
2. Why did Chen Guangcheng get in trouble with the law?
3. What set into motion Chen Guangcheng's problems with the law?
Q8:
1. Where did Chen Guangcheng escape to?
2. Where did Chen Guangcheng flee to?
3. To what location was Chen Guangcheng able to make his escape?
Q9:
1. What city was the US Embassy that Chen Guangcheng fled to?
2. In what city did Chen Guangcheng flee to the US Embassy?
3. What was the location of the US Embassy that Chen Guangcheng escaped to?
Q10:
1. What issues was Chen Guangcheng concerned with in China?
2. What issues were the subject of Chen Guangcheng's legal advocacy?
3. What social issues did Chen Guangcheng advocate against?
Q11:
1. When did Chen Guangcheng begin serving as a legal advocate?
2. In what year did Chen Guangcheng begin his legal advocacy?
3. In what year did Chen Guangcheng start acting as a legal advocate?
Q12:
1. How old was Chen Guangcheng in 1996?
2. What was Chen Guangcheng's age in 1996?
3. How old was Chen Guangcheng when he started serving as a legal advocate?
Q13:
1. Where was Chen Guangcheng born?
2. What was the location of Chen Guangcheng's birth?
3. What village was Chen Guangcheng born in?
Q14:
1. Was Chen Guangcheng born in China?
2. Is Donshigu in China?
3. Was Chen Guangcheng's birthplace located in China?
Q15:
1. In what year was Chen Guangcheng born?
2. What was the year of Chen Guangcheng's birth?
3. In what year did Chen Guangcheng come into the world?
Q16:
1. What is the distance between Donshigu and Beijing?
2. How many miles are there between Dongshigu and Beijing?
3. How many miles away from Beijing is Donshigu?
Q17:
1. Was Donshigu a large town?
2. Was Donshigu a bustling metropolis?
3. Was Donshigu a big city with lots going on in it?
Q18:
1. What does Jerome Cohen do for a living?
2. How is Jerome Cohen employed?
3. What is the occupation of Jerome Cohen?
Q19:
1. Where does Jerome Cohen serve as law professor?
2. Which university employs Jerome Cohen as a professor of law?
3. In what university is Jerome Cohen employed as a law professor?
Q20:
1. Had Jerome Cohen met Chen Guangcheng sometime in the past?
2. Was there a meeting in the past between Chen Guangcheng and Jerome Cohen?
3. Had Chen Guangcheng and Jerome Cohen met each other sometime in the past?
Q21:
1. When did Jerome Cohen first meet Chen Guangcheng?
2. In what year was Jerome Cohen introduced to Chen Guangcheng?
3. What year did Jerome Cohen and Chen Guangcheng meet for the first time?
Q22:
1. Where did Jerome Cohen first meet Chen Guangcheng?
2. In what country was Jerome Cohen introduced to Chen Guangcheng?
3. What country did Chen Guangcheng and Jerome Cohen meet in for the first time?
Q23:
1. Who did Jerome Cohen compare Chen Guangcheng to?
2. Who was Chen Guangcheng compared to by Jerome Cohen?
3. Who did Jerome Cohen say that Chen Guangcheng resembled in character?
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3q5c1wp23m1w7i9lr94vkqkj6j151u | race | On February 9 th,2013,Sarah Darling was walking along the street when she met a homeless man named Billy Ray Harris.She reached into her change purse,emptied out all the coins she had and gave them to the homeless man.Neither of them realized that this small generous act would change their lives. Sarah didn't realize that she had given Billy not only all her change but also her diamond ring that she had put in her change purse earlier until the following morning.She and her husband,Bill Krejci,rushed to see if they could find Billy.The homeless man was not only in the same place,he also immediately returned the ring.The grateful couple paid him back for his honesty by emptying out their pockets of all the money they had. Bill Krejci,a web designer,felt that he needed to do something more for this amazingly honest man.So on February 18th,he set up a special page to raise money for him.In just four days,Billy received over $ 85,000 and there seems to be no end yet. That is not enough.Billy is 1iving with a person who is generous instead of living in the streets.And that's not all--thanks to the news report,he got together again with his older brother,Edwin Harris who he had been unable to find for 27 years. All the good luck is just because Billy did the right thing--returning something that did not belong to him. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did Sarah Darling give Billy Ray Harris by mistake?
2. What did Sarah Darling mistakenly given the homeless man?
3. What did Sarah Darling leave with Billy Ray Harris on accident?
Q2:
1. Was Sarah Darling's ring returned to her?
2. Did Sarah Darling get her ring back?
3. Was Sarah Darling reunited with her diamond ring?
Q3:
1. Who was the homeless man Sarah Darling encountered?
2. What was the name of the unhoused man who gave Sarah back her ring?
3. Who was Sarah Darling's ring returned by?
Q4:
1. On what day did Sarah Darling meet Billy Ray Harris?
2. What day did Sarah Darling come across Billy Ray Harris?
3. What was the date when Sarah Darling encountered Billy Ray Harris?
Q5:
1. Was Billy Ray Harris in the same spot the day after meeting Sarah?
2. Did Billy Ray Harris stay in the same place the day after he first encountered Sarah Darling?
3. Was Sarah Darling able to find Billy Ray Harris in the same place the day after they first met?
Q6:
1. What does Bill Krejci do for a living?
2. How is Bill Krejci employed?
3. What is Bill Krejci's occupation?
Q7:
1. What did Bill Krejci set up for Billy Ray Harris?
2. What was created for Billy Ray Harris by Bill Krejci?
3. What did Bill Krejci get up and running for Billy Ray Harris?
Q8:
1. How much did Bill Krejci's site raise for Billy Ray Harris?
2. How much money was raised for Billy Ray Harris on Bill Krejci's site?
3. How much money did people donate to Bill Krejci's site for Billy Ray Harris?
Q9:
1. When did Bill Krejci create his site for Billy Ray Harris?
2. On what day did Bill Krejci set up a site for Billy Ray Harris?
3. What was the date when Bill Krejci got the page set up for Billy Ray Harris?
Q10:
1. Who was Billy Ray Harris reunited with?
2. Who was Billy Ray Harris able to see again after many years?
3. Who was Billy Ray Harris' reunion with?
Q11:
1. How long were Billy Ray Harris and his brother apart?
2. How long had Billy Ray Harris been separated from his brother?
3. How many years had it been since Billy Ray Harris last saw his brother?
Q12:
1. What was the name of Billy Ray Harris' brother?
2. Who was Billy Ray Harris' brother?
3. What was Billy Ray Harris's brother called?
Q13:
1. Why was Billy Ray Harris finally having some good luck?
2. For what reason did good fortune fall on Billy Ray Harris?
3. Why were good things happening to Billy Ray Harris?
Q14:
1. Was the couple grateful to Billy Ray Harris?
2. Did Sarah Darling and Bill Krejci feel grateful towards Billy Ray Harris?
3. Did the couple express their gratitude for Billy Ray Harris?
Q15:
1. What had Sarah Darling believed she gave Billy Ray Harris?
2. What did Sarah Darling think she had left with Billy Ray Harris?
3. What was Sarah Darling under the impression she had given Billy Ray Harris?
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3zpbjo59kp12f69s84pzapoi1y9dh6 | cnn | Baltimore (CNN) -- Erika Brannock, a survivor of the Boston Marathon bombing, anxiously purses her lips.
Her eyes jump and she is quick to smile and laugh.
This is what someone looks like waiting to meet the person, a stranger, who she believes saved her life.
"I told my cousin last night that it's kind of like the night before Christmas, where you're so excited, but nervous at the same time and you can't sleep," Brannock told CNN's AC360 on Wednesday.
'Ready to go home': Last victim, Brannock, leaves the hospital
Brannock is about to meet Amanda North, a woman who took her hand and did not let go.
The day of the marathon, the two women were standing near the finish line when the bombs went off.
North was there to watch her daughter run, while Brannock was supporting her mom.
Brannock was seriously injured. She suffered bone and tissue damage, eventually requiring the amputation of her lower left leg.
North was also injured. Like Brannock, her eardrums were busted.
She had cuts and lacerations on her leg. But in the immediate aftermath of the blast, North was unaware of her own injuries.
She just saw Brannock, who was clearly hurt more than she, and jumped in to help, offering her belt as a tourniquet for Brannock's leg.
Boston bombings destroy dancer's foot, but not her spirit
"She had heard me screaming for help and she said, 'My name is Joan from California, and I'm not going to let you go.' And she stayed with me the whole time," Brannock recalled. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Did Erika Brannock sustain serious injuries?
2. Were Erika Brannock's injuries serious?
3. Was Erika Brannock gravely wounded?
Q2:
1. What were the details of Erika Brannock's injuries?
2. What kind of damage did Erika Brannock sustain?
3. How was Erika Brannock injured?
Q3:
1. What did Erika Brannock's bone and tissue damage eventually require?
2. What did Erika Brannock eventually have to do regarding her bone and tissue damage?
3. How was Erika Brannock eventually forced to act regarding her injuries?
Q4:
1. Was Amanda North injured along with Erika Brannock?
2. Did Amanda North also sustain injuries, like Erika Brannock?
3. Was Amanda North wounded alongside Erika Brannock?
Q5:
1. Where was Amanda North injured?
2. What part of Amanda North's body sustained injury?
3. Where on her body was Amanda North wounded?
Q6:
1. Was Amanda North aware of her injuries?
2. Did Amanda North immediately take note of her wounds?
3. Were Amanda North's injuries immediately apparent to her?
Q7:
1. Who was more seriously wounded Erika Brannock or Amanda North?
2. Between Erika Brannock and Amanda North, whose injuries were more serious?
3. Who had the more grave injuries, between Erika Brannock and Amanda North?
Q8:
1. Did anyone offer to help Erika Brannock?
2. Did anyone agree to lend a hand to Erika Brannock?
3. Was anyone there to rescue Erika Brannock?
Q9:
1. How did Amanda North help Erika Brannock?
2. How did Amanda North come to Erika Brannock's rescue?
3. What did Amanda North do to help Erika Brannock out?
Q10:
1. What state does Joan come from?
2. What state is Joan originally from?
3. Where does Joan come from?
Q11:
1. How long did Amanada North stay with Erika Brannock?
2. For how much time was Amanda North at Erika Brannock's side?
3. For how long did Amanda North stick with Erika Brannock?
Q12:
1. Who was Erika Brannock interviewed by Wednesday morning?
2. Who was Erika Brannock's Wednesday morning interview with?
3. Who did Erika Brannock give an interview to on Wednesday?
Q13:
1. How did Erika Brannock feel about her interview with CNN?
2. What were Erika Brannock's emotions towards her interview with CNN?
3. How did the interview with CNN make Erika Brannock feel?
Q14:
1. Did Erika Brannock make a parallel with a holiday?
2. Did Erika Brannock compare her meeting with a holiday?
3. Did Erika Brannock make an allusion to a holiday when talking about her meeting?
Q15:
1. What holiday did Erika Brannock reference in her interview?
2. What holiday did Erika Brannock make an allusion to ?
3. Which holiday did Erika Brannock make a parallel with?
Q16:
1. Did Erika Brannock talk about the day after Christmas?
2. Was Erika Brannock to the day after Christmas?
3. Did Erika Brannock make a reference to the day after Christmas?
Q17:
1. Who was reunited on CNN?
2. Who did CNN reunite?
3. Who was brought back together on the CNN program?
Q18:
1. Where were Erika Brannock and Amanda North standing when the bombs went off?
2. What was Erika Brannock and Amanda North's location when the bombs went off?
3. At the time of the bombing, in what location were Erika Brannock and Amanda North standing?
Q19:
1. Who was Amanda North at the marathon to watch?
2. Who was Amanda North supporting at the marathon?
3. Who did Amanada North go to the marathon to watch run?
Q20:
1. Who was Erika Brannock at the marathon to watch?
2. Who was Erika Brannock supporting at the marathon?
3. Who did Erika Brannock go to the marathon to watch run?
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3h7z272lx77dqzv84yvs2byewvilpq | race | A Scottish woman has given birth to twins for the third time. Karen Rodger, 41, welcomed her first pair of girls rowan and Isla after having twice given birth to twin boys.
"I still haven't really taken it on board because I was convinced I was having two boys," Rodger told Sky News. Karen said her husband Colin was equally stunned when the couple learned they were going to have their fifth and sixth child. "He thought I was joking and immediately wrote back to say 'this is not funny'. I had to explain that it really was true," Karen said.
The average couple has about a 3 percent chance of having twins when not accounting for fertility drugs. And with each following pregnancy, the changes of producing twins a second, or even third time, become less.
Karen, a dance lecturer, first learned of the incredibly rare occurrence during a visit to her doctor and immediately texted her husband to share the news. "I just could not believe it. It never crossed my mind that it would be twins again. I just thought that wouldn't happen to people like me, but I'm ly delighted," she said.
It had been several years since the couple's last children were born. Their oldest twins are 14 and the second set was born just two years later. "I turned 40 and I thought, if I'm going to do it, I should do it now," Karen said. "I spoken to my husband and we both thought we'd quite like another one so that was it and, one month later, I was pregnant."
Colin says the age and gender difference will ensure a sweat-inducing dilemma for any future suitors of the twin girls. It will be a frightening challenge for any boyfriend. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What percent chance is there that a couple has twins?
2. What percentage of couples have twins?
3. What's the chance that a couple has twins, percentage wise?
Q2:
1. How many children is Karen Rodger mother to?
2. How many kids in Karen Rodger's brood?
3. What is the number of kids that Karen Rodger has given birth to?
Q3:
1. What's the name of Karen Rodger's husband?
2. Who is Karen Rodger married to?
3. Who is the man married to Karen Rodger?
Q4:
1. What are the names of Karen and Colin Rodger's new twins?
2. What did Karen and Colin Rodger name their new twins?
3. What names did Karen and Colin Rodger give their new twins?
Q5:
1. Did Karen Rodger just give birth to girls or boys?
2. Is Karen Rodger's new set of twins girls or boys?
3. Did Karen Rodger just have girl or boy twins?
Q6:
1. Is this Karen Rodger's first set of girls?
2. Is this the first time Karen Rodger has give birth to girl twins?
3. Is this Karen Rodger's first time giving birth to female twins?
Q7:
1. How is Karen Rodger employed?
2. What is Karen Rodger's occupation?
3. What is Karen Rodger's job?
Q8:
1. How many sets of twins does Karen Rodger have?
2. How many sets of twins has Karen Rodger given birth to?
3. What number of twin sets has Karen Rodger got?
Q9:
1. How old is Karen Rodger's first set of twins?
2. What is the age of Karne Rodger's first set of twins?
3. How old is the first set of twins Karen Rodger gave birth to?
Q10:
1. How old is Karen Rodger's second set of twins?
2. What is the age of Karne Rodger's second set of twins?
3. How old is the second set of twins Karen Rodger gave birth to?
Q11:
1. Did Karen Rodger think it was possible to have twins a third time?
2. Could Karen Rodger have anticipated having a third set of twins?
3. Did birthing twins for a third time seem possible to Karen Rodger?
Q12:
1. Was Karen Rodger happy about her new twins?
2. Did it please Karen Rodger to have a third set of twins?
3. Was Karen Rodger happy to learn she would have twins for a third time?
Q13:
1. At what age did Karen Rodger get pregnant with her third set of twins?
2. How old was Karen Rodger when she became pregnant with her most recent set of twins?
3. What age was Karen Rodger when she learned she was pregnant with twins for a third time?
Q14:
1. Did Karen Rodger's husband joke around when he learned of her latest pregnancy?
2. When Colin Rodger learned of his wife's third pregnancy, did he joke around?
3. Did Colin Rodger think that Karen Rodger's third pregnancy was a joke?
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3myyfcxhj37bfevovn6omlib9i34gf | race | TWO deer jumped out in front of 16-year-old Amanda Floyd's car. She stepped on the brakes . and stopped just in time.
But then she started texting. Distracted , Amanda turned left and right, then crashed into another car.
Luckily she wasn't in a real car. She was in a driving simulator at Roosevelt High School, Ohio, US."I never really realized you swerve that much," Amanda, a junior, said. She added that she doesn't text while driving any more. The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) and State Highway Patrol brought the simulator to the school. They said they wanted to help students learn about the dangers of driving drunk, while texting, or while talking on the phone.
Last year, state authorities reported 39 fatalities , 454 serious injuries and 12,410 crashes caused by distracted driving. Experts said that real numbers are probably higher.
The simulator is basically a computer game. Like many computer games, it was a hit with the students. They lined up and crowded around to watch each other take turns. The simulator has a steering wheel , brake and gas pedals . It is made up of three large computer screens on a table.
Students choose a distraction, for example driving drunk or driving while texting. They always crash, of course. Then they are pulled over by police, and learn the bad results of their driving: how much damage they've caused, what their fine is, if anyone died in the accident, and if they're going to go to prison.
"It teaches how to drive without being on the road," said Shante Thompson, 16. She had just crashed into a deer.
ODOT spokesman Justin Chesnic said hundreds of kids have gone behind the wheel so far. He said even more have benefited from watching their classmates.
"Driving is such a major responsibility, so take it seriously," he said. "Put away your cell phone. Don't put your makeup on. Don't be eating or playing with the radio.
"A lot of the accidents out there are because of distracted driving. It cannot only change your life, but it can change someone else's life forever. The results are serious."MCT QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What jumped in front of the car Amanda Floyd was driving?
2. What leapt in front of Amanda Floyd's car?
3. What animal leapt in front of the car Amanda FLoyd was in?
Q2:
1. How did Amanda Floyd react to the deer jumping in front of her car?
2. What did Amanda Floyd do when the deer jumped in front of her car?
3. When the deer leapt in front of her car, what was Amanda Floyd's reaction?
Q3:
1. What did Amanda Floyd do after the deer jumped in front of her car?
2. After the deer incident, what did Amanda Floyd do next?
3. Once the deer thing was over with, what was Amanda Floyd's next course of action?
Q4:
1. What happened while Amanda Floyd was texting?
2. What happened as Amanda Floyd texted?
3. When Amanda Floyd was texting, what occurred?
Q5:
1. How old is Amanda Floyd?
2. What is Amanda Floyd's age?
3. State the age of Amanda Floyd.
Q6:
1. Was Amanda Floyd driving a real car?
2. Was the car Amanda Floyd drove a real one?
3. Was Amanda Floyd driving a car for real?
Q7:
1. What was Amanda Floyd in fact driving?
2. What was Amanda Floyd piloting
3. What sort of 'car' was Amanda Floyd driving?
Q8:
1. Where was the simulator located?
2. What was the location of the car simulator?
3. Where did Amanda Floyd get to drive the car simulator?
Q9:
1. In what state does Amanda Floyd go to high school?
2. Where is Roosevelt High School located?
3. What state is Roosevelt High School in?
Q10:
1. Who brought the simulator to Roosevelt High School?
2. Who was the car simulator at Roosevelt High School sponsored by?
3. Who let students at Roosevelt High School try out the car simulator?
Q11:
1. Why did ODOT bring the driving simulator to Roosevelt High School?
2. Why were students at Roosevelt High School given the opportunity to use the driving simulator?
3. Why did ODOT want high school students to try out the driving simulator?
Q12:
1. How many wrecks are caused by distracted driving?
2. How many car crashes does distracted driving lead to?
3. How many car crashes are a consequence of distracted driving?
Q13:
1. Did students like the driving simulator?
2. Was the driving simulator popular with high school students?
3. Did high school students enjoy using the car simulator?
Q14:
1. What does the car simulator consist of?
2. What are the elements of the driving simulator?
3. What all does the driving simulator include?
Q15:
1. What does the car simulator consist of, besides a steering wheel, brake and gas pedals?
2. What are the elements of the driving simulato, in addition to a steering wheel, brake and gas pedalsr?
3. What all does the driving simulator include, along with the a steering wheel, brake and gas pedals?
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3pmby0ye273zv8lvaw6wd28cxf7c9l | wikipedia | Gymnasts sprint down a runway, which is a maximum of 25 meters in length, before hurdling onto a spring board. The gymnast is allowed to choose where they start on the runway. The body position is maintained while "punching" (blocking using only a shoulder movement) the vaulting platform. The gymnast then rotates to a standing position. In advanced gymnastics, multiple twists and somersaults may be added before landing. Successful vaults depend on the speed of the run, the length of the hurdle, the power the gymnast generates from the legs and shoulder girdle, the kinesthetic awareness in the air, and the speed of rotation in the case of more difficult and complex vaults.
According to FIG rules, only women compete in rhythmic gymnastics. This is a sport that combines elements of ballet, gymnastics, dance, and apparatus manipulation. The sport involves the performance of five separate routines with the use of five apparatus; ball, ribbon, hoop, clubs, rope—on a floor area, with a much greater emphasis on the aesthetic rather than the acrobatic. There are also group routines consisting of 5 gymnasts and 5 apparatuses of their choice. Rhythmic routines are scored out of a possible 30 points; the score for artistry (choreography and music) is averaged with the score for difficulty of the moves and then added to the score for execution. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the maximym length of a gymnast runway?
2. How long can a gymnast runway be, max?
3. What is the longest that a gymnast runway can get up to?
Q2:
1. What do gymnasts use to launch themselves?
2. How do gymnasts launch themselves?
3. How do gymnasts get themselves in the air?
Q3:
1. What is the body position of gymnasts as they launch?
2. How do gymnasts position their bodies to launch?
3. What body position do gymnasts use to launch themselves?
Q4:
1. What position do gymnasts use at the end of their move?
2. When finishing their move, what position are gynmnasts in?
3. How do gymnasts position their bodies at the end of their move?
Q5:
1. Does advanced gymnastics add movements?
2. Do gymnasts add movements to their routine as they become more skilled?
3. Are there more movements in a gymnast's routine the more skilled they are?
Q6:
1. Which gender performs rhythmic gymnastics?
2. What gender do FIG rules permit to participate in rhythmic gymnastics?
3. What sex is allowed to do rhythmic gymnastics, under FIG rules?
Q7:
1. What does rhythmic gymnastics consist of?
2. What is rhythmic gymnastics?
3. What are the elements of rhythmic gymnastics?
Q8:
1. What apparati are used for rhythmic gymnastics?
2. What objects appear in a rhythmic gymnastics routine?
3. What apparatuses does a rhythmic gymnast make use of?
Q9:
1. Are aesthetics or acrobatics more important in rhythmic gymnastics?
2. Does rhythmic gymnastics place more emphasis on aesthetics or acrobatics?
3. In rhythmic gymnastics, what is more important: aesthetics or acrobatics?
Q10:
1. How many participants are there in a group routine of rhythmic gymnastics?
2. In a rhythmic gymnastics routine, how many participate in a group routine?
3. How many people may participate in a group rhythmic gymnastics routine?
Q11:
1. How many points maximum can one score in a rhythmic gymnastics routine?
2. What is the maximum score in a rhythmic gymnastics routine?
3. How high can one score on a rhythmic routine?
Q12:
1. What scores does rhythmic gymnastics average?
2. What scores are averaged in rhythmic gymnastics?
3. What are the two scores averaged in rhythmic gymnastics?
Q13:
1. What are the average artistry and difficulty scores added to in rhythmic gymnastics?
2. What does rhythmic gymnastics add artistry and difficulty score averages to?
3. In rhythmic gymnastics, what is the average of artistry and difficulty scores added on to?
Q14:
1. How is the artistry score calculated?
2. How does rhythmic gymnastics calcuate the artistry score?
3. What are the components of the artistry score in rhythmic gymnastics?
Q15:
1. What is the number of apparati in a group routine?
2. How many apparatuses do group routines use for rhythmic gymnastics?
3. In rhythmic gymnastics, what's the number of apparatuses used in a group routine?
Q16:
1. Are gymnasts allowed to select where they start on a runway?
2. Do gymnasts have the ability to choose where they begin their routine on the runway?
3. Are gymnasts given the ability to select their starting point on the runway?
Q17:
1. Does a gymnasts success depend on speed?
2. Is the success of a gymnast dependent on their speed?
3. Is speed a deciding factor for the success of a gymnast?
Q18:
1. Who decides those that are allowed to participate in rhythmic gymnastics?
2. Who are participants in rhythmic gymnastics decided by?
3. Who admits people into rhythmic gymnastics?
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3amw0rghod23ezytgbb7f3231wvpnl | wikipedia | Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was king of England, Scotland and Ireland. He was king of Scotland from 1649 until his deposition in 1651, and king of England, Scotland and Ireland from the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 until his death.
Charles II's father, Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War. Although the Parliament of Scotland proclaimed Charles II king on 5 February 1649, England entered the period known as the English Interregnum or the English Commonwealth, and the country was a "de facto" republic, led by Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell defeated Charles II at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651, and Charles fled to mainland Europe. Cromwell became virtual dictator of England, Scotland and Ireland, and Charles spent the next nine years in exile in France, the Dutch Republic and the Spanish Netherlands. A political crisis that followed the death of Cromwell in 1658 resulted in the restoration of the monarchy, and Charles was invited to return to Britain. On 29 May 1660, his 30th birthday, he was received in London to public acclaim. After 1660, all legal documents were dated as if he had succeeded his father as king in 1649. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was Charles II's title?
2. What was Charles II known as?
3. What roles did Charles II hold?
Q2:
1. What was the first country Charles II ruled over?
2. Which country did Charles II rule over first?
3. What was the first nation governed by Charles II?
Q3:
1. Who was the father of Charles II?
2. What was the name of Charles II's dad?
3. What man was Charles II the son of?
Q4:
1. What happened to Charles I?
2. What became of Charles I?
3. What was the fate of Charles I?
Q5:
1. Where was Charles I executed?
2. What was the site of Charles I's execution?
3. Where was Charles I put to death?
Q6:
1. When was Charles I executed?
2. What was the date of Charles I's execution?
3. On what day was Charles I put to death?
Q7:
1. Did Charles II ever go to war?
2. Did Charles II ever participate in a war?
3. Were there any wars fought by Charles II?
Q8:
1. Did Charles II ever lose a battle?
2. Were any battles lost by Charles II?
3. Was Charles II ever defeated in war?
Q9:
1. What battle did Charles II lose?
2. When was Charles II defeated in battle?
3. When did Charles II lose in the context of war?
Q10:
1. Who beat Charles II in the Battle of Worcester?
2. Who did Charles II lose the Battle of Worcester to?
3. Who defeated Charles II during the Battle of Worcester?
Q11:
1. When did Charles II lose the Battle of Worcester?
2. When did Oliver Cromwell beat Charles II in battle?
3. When was Charles II defeated by Oliver Cromwell in battle?
Q12:
1. What happened after Charles II's defeat at Worcester?
2. What happened after Oliver Cromwell won the Battle of Worcester?
3. What happened after Charles II lost the Battle of Worcester?
Q13:
1. Did Charles II ever go to France?
2. Was Charles II ever in France?
3. Was France a place that Charles II once visited?
Q14:
1. When did Charles II go back to Britain?
2. What was the date when Charles II returned to Britain from France?
3. On what day did Charles II return to Britain?
Q15:
1. What city did Charles II return to?
2. To what British city did Charles II return?
3. Which city in Great Britain did Charles II go back to?
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374tnbha8bviqa3mnqz7woqk91jqye | cnn | (CNN) -- Here's what Katie Roche expected when she went into the hospital for spine surgery: two titanium rods, a bone graft, 17 screws in her vertebrae, eight hours in the operating room, and a week's stay in the hospital to recover.
Here's what she didn't expect on top of all that: sharing a hospital room with a feverish 6-year-old and contracting a nasty bacterial infection her mother says nearly killed her.
"She got so weak she couldn't even get out of bed to go to the bathroom -- I had to carry her," says her mother, Kathleen Roche. "For about 48 hours, I didn't think we'd have Katie with us much longer."
Because of the infection she picked up at the hospital, Katie, who was 19 at the time, dropped from 120 to 90 pounds.
The bacterium that made her so sick is called Clostridium difficile, and according to a study out this week, it's more common than ever among hospitalized children in the United States, and children who get it are more likely to die or require surgery.
The study found Clostridium difficile infections in hospitalized children went up 15% per year from 1997, when there were 3,565 infections, to 2006, when there were 7,779 infections.
The study looked at 10.5 million pediatric patients from 1997 to 2006, of whom 21,274, or 0.2%, had C. diff, as the bacteria are commonly called. The study was published this week in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.
"This is huge, and really concerning," says Dr. Peter Pronovost, director of the Quality and Safety research group at Johns Hopkins University. What's really disturbing, he says, is that these children didn't have to get sick. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who had surgery scheduled?
2. What was the name of the girl undergoing surgery?
3. Who needed surgery?
Q2:
1. What surgery was Katie Roche having?
2. Which surgery was Katie Roche scheduled for?
3. What kind of surgery was Katie Roche set to undergo?
Q3:
1. Who did Katie Roche share a hospital room with?
2. Who else was in Katie Roche's hospital room?
3. Who shared the hospital room of Katie Roche with her?
Q4:
1. What did Katie Roche contract from her hospital roommate?
2. What did Katie Roche get from the kid she shared a hospital room with?
3. What did the 6 year old in Katie Roche's hospital room transmit to her?
Q5:
1. How much weight did Katie Roche lose?
2. How many pounds did Katie Roche drop?
3. How many pounds thinner did Katie Roche get?
Q6:
1. Did Katie Roche become very weak?
2. Was Katie Roche rendered extremely weak?
3. Did Katie Roche lose an enormous amount of strength?
Q7:
1. Did Katie Roche's mom fear she wouldn't live much longer?
2. Did Katie Roche's mother fear she did not have much longer to live?
3. Was Kate Roche's mother fearful taht her daughter would soon die?
Q8:
1. What bacteria was Katie Roche infected with?
2. What bacteria did Katie Roche get from the hospital?
3. What's the name of the bacteria that made Katie Roche sick?
Q9:
1. Do children often die of C. diff?
2. Is Clostridium difficile often deadly in children?
3. If a kid is infected with c. diff, are they likely to die?
Q10:
1. What doctor said that c. diff infections are worrisome?
2. Who spoke about the troubling nature of c. diff infections?
3. Who gave comments concerning the troubling aspect of Clostridium difficile infections?
Q11:
1. What hospital does Dr. Peter Pronovos work at?
2. At what hospital is Dr. Peter Pronovos employed?
3. Which hospital is Dr. Peter Pronovos's place of employment?
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33foty3kemlh63i06jr3ywqtzaac1h | cnn | NEW YORK (CNN) -- It's been five years since Carrie Bradshaw journeyed to Paris in search of true love on the series finale of "Sex and the City." She appeared to have found it in the arms of Mr. Big, and she returned to New York -- and her now-settled friends -- ready for a new start.
Sarah Jessica Parker was a driving force in creating the "Sex and the City" movie.
Then came the inevitable cry: That's it? What happens next?
Sarah Jessica Parker, who played Carrie, wanted to find out as well. But the situation had to be right, she said, which prompted a cascade of rumors as plans for a movie came together, fell apart and came together again.
Now that the movie is out, Parker -- who's a producer of the film as well as one of its stars -- talked about the journey to making a big-screen "Sex and the City" with "Showbiz Tonight" anchor A.J. Hammer. The following is an edited version of that interview.
CNN: I think a lot of fans, maybe a lot of people, and those of you among the cast, didn't think this day would actually ever come ... but here we are. So how are you feeling deep inside, Sarah?
Sarah Jessica Parker: I feel extraordinarily privileged. I've spent the last two years cobbling this movie together. ... It's a once-in-a-lifetime kind of professional experience and one really shouldn't be greedy enough to ask for it twice. Watch the cast talk about the thrill of "Sex" » QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is the subject of the article?
2. What celebrity does the article talk about?
3. Who does the article center around?
Q2:
1. What famous TV series does the article talk about?
2. Which famous TV show appears in the article?
3. What celebrated program does the article discuss?
Q3:
1. Who was Carrie Bradshaw's boyfriend on Sex and the City?
2. Who did Carrie Bradshaw date on Sex and the City?
3. Who was Sarah Jessica Parker's character on Sex and the City in a relationship with?
Q4:
1. Who did Sarah Jessica Parker play on Sex and the City?
2. What was Sarah Jessica Parker's character on Sex and the City?
3. What character did Sarah Jessica Parker portray on Sex and the city?
Q5:
1. What is Sarah Jessica Parker's role in the Sex and the City movie, besides actress?
2. What role does Sarah Jessica Parker have in the Sex and the City movie, besides acting in it?
3. What is Sarah Jessica Parker doing for the Sex and the City movie, apart from acting in it?
Q6:
1. Where does Carrie Bradshaw follow Mr. Big to?
2. Where does Carrie Bradshaw go in search of true love?
3. What city does Carrie Bradshaw travel to in search of true love?
Q7:
1. Where does Carrie Bradshaw return to?
2. Where does Carrie Bradshaw go back to from Paris?
3. To what city does Carrie Bradshaw return from Paris?
Q8:
1. Who does Carrie Bradshaw go back to in New York?
2. Who joins Carrie Bradshaw when she returns to New York?
3. Who does Carrie Bradshaw go back to upon her arrival in New York?
Q9:
1. What news anchor does Sarah Jessica Parker speak with?
2. Who interviews Sarah Jessica Parker?
3. Who conducts the interview with Sarah Jessica Parker?
Q10:
1. What news outlet does AJ Hammer work for?
2. Which news outlet employs AJ Hammer?
3. Where does AJ Hammer work as a news anchor?
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3tvrfo09gkfiz8xzqp59wokhy3tlxy | cnn | (CNN) -- In a televised address Monday night, U.S. President Barack Obama explained the reasons he involved the U.S. military in the U.N.-authorized mission in Libya, saying "it was not in our national interest" to let the citizens of a rebel stronghold suffer a massacre at the hands of approaching pro-government forces.
Obama also said that NATO would take full control of the military mission on Wednesday.
Following is a collection of reactions from people including U.S. politicians and political analysts.
U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona:
"I think that the first part of his speech was excellent, and he laid out the reasons why it was important to intervene and what would have happened in Benghazi. ... He made a strong case."
"Then ... he made a very puzzling comment, and that was (regime change by force) would be a mistake. Gadhafi must have been comforted by that."
"The president's policy is Gadhafi must go. I think there's a chance, if we keep the pressure on, Gadhafi could be thrown under the bus (by people surrounding him.)"
"It's clear we're on the side of the rebels in this conflict. ... (But) if we tell Gadhafi, 'Don't worry, you're not going to be removed by force,' I think that's very encouraging for Gadhafi."
Fareed Zakaria, host of CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS":
"It was actually an important speech. It was quite carefully constructed. It had a humanitarian angle, a strategic angle. But at the heart of what Obama is saying is that there are places in the world where the United States does not have vital national interests, where we have not been attacked, but we have limited interests and we're going to try to find a way to have some kind of limited military response." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the site of the mission?
2. Where was the mission that Barack Obama discussed?
3. Where did Barack Obama say there was a mission?
Q2:
1. Who was involved in the Libya mission?
2. Who did Barack Obama say had a mission in Libya?
3. Whose mission in Libya was discussed by Barack Obama?
Q3:
1. Who got the US military involved in Libya?
2. Who gave the US military a mission in Libya?
3. Who involved the US military in a Libyian mission?
Q4:
1. Who was going to take control over the Libyian mission?
2. Who would take over handling the mission in Libya?
3. What organization was set to take the reigns of the mission in Libya?
Q5:
1. Who feels that Barack Obama made a strong case?
2. Who believes that Barack Obama made a solid case?
3. Who is of the opinion that Barack Obama's case was strong?
Q6:
1. Where is John McCain from?
2. What is John McCain's home state?
3. What state does John McCain represent in the Senate?
Q7:
1. What is Barack Obama's policy on Gadhafi?
2. What does Barack Obama think needs to happen with Gadhafi?
3. In the political policy opinion of Barack Obama, what should be done with Gadhafi?
Q8:
1. Whose side is the United States on?
2. Who does the US back in Libya?
3. Which group in Libya has the support of the United States?
Q9:
1. Who could throw Gadhafi under the bus?
2. Who might betray Gadhafi?
3. Who is it possible that Gadhafi may be betrayed by?
Q10:
1. Where might the people surrounding Gadhafi throw him?
2. Where could Gadhafi be thrown by those around him?
3. Where might the people close to Gadhafi throw the leader?
Q11:
1. Did Barack Obama give an address on the radio?
2. Was Barack Obama's address broadcast on the radio?
3. Did Barack Obama give a radio broadcast?
Q12:
1. Where was Barack Obama's speech aired?
2. What medium was Barack Obama's address aired on?
3. Through what medium did Barack Obama address the nation?
Q13:
1. When did Barack Obama give his address?
2. When did Barack Obama address the nation?
3. What was the day and time of Barack Obama's televised address?
Q14:
1. What comment of Barack Obama's was considered puzzling?
2. What strange comment did Barack Obama make?
3. Which puzzling comment came from Barack Obama?
Q15:
1. What is John McCain's title?
2. How is John McCain employed?
3. What governmental role does John McCain have?
Q16:
1. What party does John McCain represent?
2. What is John McCain's political party affiliation?
3. Which political party does John McCain belong to?
Q17:
1. Did the UN authorize the US military mission in Libya?
2. Was the US military's mission in Libya backed by the UN?
3. Did the US military receive US authorization for their mission in Libya?
Q18:
1. When was NATO going to take control in Libya?
2. When was NATO set to take over the US's mission in Libya?
3. When would NATO take over for the US military in Libya?
Q19:
1. Who needs to be thrown out of office?
2. Who needs to be overthrown?
3. Who must be expelled from his position?
Q20:
1. What kind of angle did Barack Obama speak from?
2. What sort of angle did Barack Obama take in his speech?
3. Which emotional angle did Barack Obama lean on in his address?
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36wlnqg78zaxgzk647qnuw35648bey | race | Passage 1 Mobile Phone Madness How much do you love your mobile phone? A Chinese student had to call 110 for help this week after he got his arm stuck in a toilet trying to rescue his mobile phone. After dropping his phone in the toilet, he decided to wrap(,) his arm in newspaper in the hopes of keeping clean. But the newspapers became larger in size in the water, and then even his roommates couldn't help him pull his arm out. So policemen were called and they spent an hour unsticking the stuck student. Passage 2 Crazy Pet Lovers How much do you love your pets? Many people in China are famous for how much they love their pets. They dress them up in fashionable clothing and buy them high quality food. But would they spend 7,000 English pounds (68,000 yuan) on a wedding for their pets? And that's what a couple in Brazil spent on a fancy wedding for their pet Yorkshire terriers( a kind of dog). Passage 3 Oh, rats! When something goes wrong, you can often hear Westerners cry "Oh, rats". But when it comes to Southern China, "Oh, rats!" can mean it's what you want for dinner. According to a report in China Daily, some restaurants in Guangzhou serve rat meat. But, actually, most of those rats are field mice. What would Mickey Mouse say? Passage 4 Liar , liar Here's some news that most women already know. Men tell more lies than women. The London Daily Mail cites a new study that says men tell about three lies a day, while women tell only two lies a day. Men are also less likely to feel guilty about lying, according to this week's survey of 3,000 people by a research organization called One Poll. According to the Poll, lying to our mothers is very popular. But then, so is lying at work. And both men and women will lie when it comes to how much they've drunk. So how easy is it to tell when someone is lying? QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did the Brazilian couple have as a pet?
2. What was the pet of the Brazilian couple?
3. What sort of animal did the Brazilians keep as a pet?
Q2:
1. Did the Brazilian couple have a Yorkshire cat?
2. Was the Brazilians' pet a Yorkshire cat?
3. Was the Yorkshire a cat?
Q3:
1. What is sometimes served in restaurant in Guangzhou?
2. What can you sometimes order in a Guangzhou restaurant?
3. What's on the menu from time to time at restaurants in Guangzhou?
Q4:
1. What source reported on rat meat in Chinese restaurants?
2. What source gave a report on rat meat in Guangzhou's restaurants?
3. Where was there an article about eating rats in the restaurants of Guangzhou?
Q5:
1. Is it true or false that polls say lying to your grandparents is popular?
2. True or False: polls claim that lying to grandparents is popular?
3. True or false: polls are stating that people often lie to their grandparents.
Q6:
1. Who are people often not very truthful with?
2. Who do people lie to often, if not their grandparents?
3. Who, instead of grandparents, do we often tell lies to?
Q7:
1. What do men and women lie about in equal measure?
2. What do both men and women ahve no problem lying about?
3. What is a common lie told by both men and women?
Q8:
1. What was the number of people surveyed by One Poll?
2. How many people participated in One Poll's survey?
3. How many people got and filled out the One Poll survey?
Q9:
1. What was the student unable to get out of?
2. What was the Chinese student unable to wrangle himself from?
3. What did the Chinese student become stuck in?
Q10:
1. What part of the Chinese student got stuck in the toilet?
2. Where on the Chinese student's body was he stuck in the toilet?
3. Which part of the Chinese student's body was he unable to get out of the toilet?
Q11:
1. What country was the student who got stuck in the toilet from?
2. In what country did a student get his arm stuck in the toilet?
3. What was the country of origin for the student with his arm stuck in the toilet?
Q12:
1. What was the Chinese student attempting to do in the toilet?
2. What was the student trying to accomplish when he got his arm stuck in the toilet?
3. What was the student in China trying to do in the toilet?
Q13:
1. How long did it take to free the student's arm from the toilet?
2. How long did it take to unstick the student's arm from the toilet?
3. How much time was required to get the student's arm out of the toilet?
Q14:
1. True or false: the Chinese student's arm was freed by his roommates.
2. Is it true or false that the Chinese student's roommates freed him?
3. True or false: it was the roommates of the Chinese student that got his arm out of the toilet.
Q15:
1. Did the Chinese student's roommates try and help him?
2. Did the roommates of the Chinese student attempt to come to his aid?
3. Did the Chinese student's roommates make an effort to free him from the toilet?
Q16:
1. What was the cost in pounds of the Brazilian dog wedding?
2. What amount in pounds did the Brazilian dog wedding cost?
3. State the cost of the wedding between Brazilian dogs in pounds.
Q17:
1. What was the cost in yuan of the Brazilian dog wedding?
2. What amount in yuan did the Brazilian dog wedding cost?
3. State the cost of the wedding between Brazilian dogs in yuan.
Q18:
1. What animal is the actual source of the "rat meat"?
2. Which animal is actually used to make "rat meat"?
3. What is the real animal used to make "rat meat"?
Q19:
1. Men lie more than women, according to what source?
2. Which source stated that men tell more lies than women?
3. What source found that men are more frequent liars than women?
Q20:
1. In what source was One Poll cited?
2. What newspaper used One Poll as a citation?
3. In what paper was One Poll used as a citation?
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3jwh6j9i9sd1a5xjx6t6kjxekm2bnw | race | Soccer star David Beckham will be there with his pop star wife Victoria. Elton John is attending with partner David Furnish.
The guest list for the April 29 union of Prince William and Kate Middleton is still being kept secret, but details have begun to leak out, with some coming forward to say they are attending and the Mail on Sunday newspaper claiming to have the official invitation roster .
The palace dismissed the newspaper's list as speculation Sunday.
It won't be clear until the day how the royal couple has balanced the protocol demands that they invite statesmen, diplomats, religious leaders, politicians and the like with invitations to the people they really want to see, particularly the crowd they made friends with when they met and fell in love at St. Andrews University in Scotland.
Kate Reardon, editor of high-society magazine Tatler, said many _ Britons acted as if they didn't really care about receiving an invitation while secretly checking the mail every day to see if the invitation had arrived.
"Everyone's been hoping," she said.
William and Middleton have showed their modern side by inviting a number of close friends, including some former sweethearts, the newspaper said.
The wedding is not technically a state event, which somewhat limits the protocol requirements applied to the guest list. But royal obligations still order that a large number of the 1,900 or so seats go to guests from the world of politics, not actual friends of the couple.
The couple have also invited many guests from the charities they work with, and Middleton has used her influence to invite the butcher, shopkeeper and pub owner from her home village of Bucklebury.
President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle were not invited and many other international leaders are also expected to be watching on TV, not from a seat at Westminster Abbey.
It is not clear if treasured Brits from the world of stage and screen and pop music will be on the list. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What famous soccer player is attending the royal wedding?
2. Which soccer star is set to attend Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding?
3. Who is the famous soccer player that will go to the royal wedding?
Q2:
1. Who is David Beckham going to the royal wedding with?
2. Who will accompany David Beckham to Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding?
3. Who is David Beckham attending the royal wedding with?
Q3:
1. Is Victoria Beckham a rap star?
2. Does Victoria Beckham rap?
3. Is Victoria Beckham known for being a rapper?
Q4:
1. When is the royal wedding?
2. What is the date of the royal wedding?
3. When is Prince William marrying Kate Middleton?
Q5:
1. Who did Elton John attend the royal wedding with?
2. Who acocmpanied Elton John to the royal wedding?
3. Who went to the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton with Elton John?
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35l9rvqfcoiow8keuzfokps6nvbhul | race | Not everyone can sit around and daydream while twirling hair or worrying about how they are going to style it for school pictures or a special event. Some kids have no hair at all due to illness. Locks of Love is an organization that helps kids deal with their hair loss by providing real hair wigs from donors.
Jessica Moon, a photo editor, donates her hair whenever she cuts it, waiting each time for it to grow the necessary 10 inches.
"I don't miss my hair at all," Moon said. "And it grows really quickly."
At Locks of Love, the focus is on helping kids who have gone bald and feel embarrassed to go out in public to go on with the activities they normally enjoy. Lauren Kukkamaa, who works for the organization, believes that it is important for kids to live out their lives as normally as possible.
"Many times, a lot of children feel embarrassed by their baldness, " she said. "They have low self-confidence, so they may want to stop playing sports or going to summer camps. When they get the hair wigs, they feel confident to start doing these things again."
"For a donor, I think it's a very personal donation," said Kukkamaa. "You're giving of yourself. If you're looking for a way to get involved and give back, I think it's a great opportunity for someone."
Moon, who first donated her hair when she was 15 after she found out her father had cancer, said donating is a good way to make a difference.
"The best part is that it's helpful for someone and it does make a difference for patients who need the hair," she said. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who doesn't miss having longer hair?
2. Who isn't sad about losing her hair?
3. Who is not bothered by a drastic hair cut?
Q2:
1. What does Jessica Moon do for a living?
2. What is Jessica Moon's profession?
3. How does Jessica Moon make a living?
Q3:
1. How long does Jessica Moon's hair have to be before she cuts it?
2. How long does Jessica Moon let her hair grow before cutting it?
3. What length does Jessica Moon's hair get to before she cuts it?
Q4:
1. What organization is focused on providing aid to children who have lost their hair?
2. What organization's mission is getting wigs for children who have gone bald?
3. What is the organizaiton that gets wigs for kids who have lost their hair?
Q5:
1. What does Locks of Love give children who have gone bald?
2. What are bald children provided with by Locks of Love?
3. What does Locks of Love provide to kids that have lost their hair?
Q6:
1. What employee of Locks of Love says its vital for children to live normally?
2. Who is employed by Locks of Love and stated that children have a need to live normally?
3. Which employee of Locks of Love noted that children are in need of normal lives?
Q7:
1. When did Jessica Moon donate hair for the first time?
2. When was the first time that Jessica Moon donated hair?
3. When did Jessica Moon first donate some of her locks?
Q8:
1. Who did Jessica Moon discover to have cancer?
2. Who in Jessica Moon's family was diagnosed with cancer?
3. What member of Jessica Moon's family was given a cancer diagnosis?
Q9:
1. What does being bald make some kids want to stop doing?
2. What do some kids just want to quit due to being bald?
3. What does losing their hair make some children lose interest in?
Q10:
1. Did Jessica Moon's father survive his cancer diagnosis?
2. Was Jessica Moon's dad an eventual cancer survivor?
3. Did Jessica Moon's father survive having cancer?
Q11:
1. What helps children regain their confidence?
2. How can kids get their confidence back?
3. What is instrumental in giving children back feelings of confidence?
Q12:
1. What is the best part of donating hair for Jessica Moon?
2. What does Jessica Moon like best about donating hair?
3. Which aspect of donating hair is the most fun for Jessica Moon?
Q13:
1. Why do some children go bald?
2. What causes some children to lose their hair?
3. Why don't some children have hair anymore?
Q14:
1. What grows quickly according to Jessica Moon?
2. What does Jessica Moon claim grows rapidly?
3. What comes back quickly, in the words of Jessica Moon?
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33iztu6j81153lspay2a8aycqucsxo | wikipedia | Macedonia or Macedon was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled by the royal Argead dynasty, which was followed by the Antipatrid and Antigonid dynasties. Home to the ancient Macedonians, the earliest kingdom was centered on the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, and bordered by Epirus to the west, Paeonia to the north, Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south.
Before the 4th century BC, Macedonia was a small kingdom outside of the area dominated by the great city-states of Athens, Sparta, and Thebes, and briefly subordinate to Achaemenid Persia. During the reign of the Argead king PhilipII (359–336 BC), Macedonia subdued mainland Greece and Thrace through conquest and diplomacy. With a reformed army containing phalanxes wielding the "sarissa" pike, PhilipII defeated the old powers of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea in 338BC; Sparta was occupied a century later by Antigonus III Doson. PhilipII's son Alexander the Great, leading a federation of Greek states, accomplished his father's objective of commanding the whole of Greece when he destroyed Thebes after the city revolted. During Alexander's subsequent campaign of conquest, he overthrew the Achaemenid Empire and conquered territory that stretched as far as the Indus River. For a brief period, his Macedonian empire was the most powerful in the worldthe definitive Hellenistic state, inaugurating the transition to a new period of Ancient Greek civilization. Greek arts and literature flourished in the new conquered lands and advances in philosophy, engineering, and science spread throughout much of the ancient world. Of particular importance were the contributions of Aristotle, tutor to Alexander, whose writings became a keystone of Western philosophy. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What ancient kingdom is discussed?
2. What is the ancient kingdom referenced in the article?
3. Which ancient kingdom does the article bring up?
Q2:
1. Was Macedonia in Greece?
2. Could Macedonia be found in Greece?
3. Was the location of Macedonia in side of Greece?
Q3:
1. Who borders Macedonia?
2. What is Macedonia bordered by?
3. Which kingdoms border that of Macedonia?
Q4:
1. Who was the area around Macedonia dominated by?
2. Who was dominate in the proximity of the Macedonian territory?
3. What was the region surrounding Macedonia dominated by?
Q5:
1. During Philip II's reign, what did Macedonia do?
2. What did Macedonia accomplish during the reign of Philip II?
3. When Philip II was king, what domination occured?
Q6:
1. What was Alexander the Great in charge of?
2. What fell under the purview of Alexander the Great?
3. What was Alexander the Great the leader of?
Q7:
1. What was the significance of Alexander the Great's reign in Ancient Greece?
2. Why was Alexander the Great's leadership important to Ancient Greece?
3. What did Alexander the Great's reign do for Ancient Greece?
Q8:
1. What is the relationship of Aristotle to Alexander the Great?
2. How is Aristotle related to Alexander the Great?
3. What role did Aristotle play in the life of Alexander the Great?
Q9:
1. What did Aristotle tutor Alexander the Great in?
2. What was the subject that Aristotle taught Alexander the Great?
3. What subject did Alexander learn under Aristotle's tutelage?
Q10:
1. Who was the Achaemenid Empire overthrown by?
2. Who caused the fall of the Achaemenid Empire?
3. Who was the Achaemenid Empire brought down by?
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3gs6s824sqxty8vusxp27xazut4nwk | wikipedia | Libertarianism (, "freedom") is a collection of political philosophies and movements that uphold liberty as a core principle. Libertarians seek to maximize political freedom and autonomy, emphasizing freedom of choice, voluntary association, individual judgment, and self-ownership.
Libertarians share a skepticism of authority and state power. However, they diverge on the scope of their opposition to existing political and economic systems. Various schools of libertarian thought offer a range of views regarding the legitimate functions of state and private power, often calling to restrict or to dissolve coercive social institutions.
Some libertarians advocate laissez-faire capitalism and strong private property rights, such as in land, infrastructure, and natural resources. Others, notably libertarian socialists, seek to abolish capitalism and private ownership of the means of production in favor of their common or cooperative ownership and management, viewing private property as a barrier to freedom and liberty. An additional line of division is between minarchists and anarchists. While minarchists think that a minimal centralized government is necessary, anarchists and anarcho-capitalists propose to completely eliminate the state.
The first recorded use of the term "libertarian" was in 1789, when William Belsham wrote about libertarianism in the context of metaphysics.
"Libertarian" came to mean an advocate or defender of liberty, especially in the political and social spheres, as early as 1796, when the London Packet printed on 12 February: "Lately marched out of the Prison at Bristol, 450 of the French Libertarians." The word was again used in a political sense in 1802, in a short piece critiquing a poem by "the author of Gebir", and has since been used with this meaning. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. When was the first use of the word libertarian?
2. What year did the word libertarian first appear in?
3. In what year did the first usage of the word libertarian occur?
Q2:
1. Who used the term libertarian for the first time?
2. Who was the first to use the term libertarian?
3. Who was the first person to make use of the term libertarian?
Q3:
1. What was the context of William Belsham's usage of the word libertarian?
2. In what context did William Belsham first make reference to libertarians?
3. What was William Belsham discussing when he first wrote about libertarians?
Q4:
1. How did William Belsham define libertarians?
2. What did the word libertarian mean to William Belsham?
3. What was the original definition of the term libertarian?
Q5:
1. What does the less specific word "libertarianism" mean?
2. What is meant by the rather general term "libertarianism"?
3. How can the general idea of "libertarianism" be defined?
Q6:
1. What does libertarianism consist of?
2. What makes up the philosophy of libertarianism?
3. What are the elements of libertarianism?
Q7:
1. What is fundamental to libertarian movements?
2. What do libertarian movements stand for?
3. What is a core principle of libertarian movements?
Q8:
1. What do libertarians mistrust?
2. What are libertarians often mistrustful of?
3. What do libertarians look upon with skepticism?
Q9:
1. Do different kinds of libertarians exists?
2. Is there more than one type of libertarian?
3. Are there multiple different ways of being a libertarian?
Q10:
1. What is one type of libertarian?
2. What is one branch of libertarianism?
3. What's one of the subgroups of libertarians?
Q11:
1. What do libertarian socialists want?
2. What is sought by the libertarian socialists?
3. What is the main goal of libertarian socialists?
Q12:
1. What do libertarian socialists want, in addition to abolishing capitalism?
2. What is sought by the libertarian socialists, along with the abolition of capitalism?
3. What is the main goal of libertarian socialists, in addition to capitalism's abolition?
Q13:
1. How do libertarians sometimes have opposing views?
2. What's an example of libertarians that don't agree on an issue?
3. What is one issue that libertarians do not all agree on?
Q14:
1. In what year was the London Packet written?
2. What was the year that the London Packet was written in?
3. When did the London Packet come out?
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30jnvc0or9kw4fdxdqvjaovhkhdqhb | gutenberg | Chapter 1
Kidnapped
"The entire affair is shrouded in mystery," said D'Arnot. "I have it on the best of authority that neither the police nor the special agents of the general staff have the faintest conception of how it was accomplished. All they know, all that anyone knows, is that Nikolas Rokoff has escaped."
John Clayton, Lord Greystoke--he who had been "Tarzan of the Apes"--sat in silence in the apartments of his friend, Lieutenant Paul D'Arnot, in Paris, gazing meditatively at the toe of his immaculate boot.
His mind revolved many memories, recalled by the escape of his arch-enemy from the French military prison to which he had been sentenced for life upon the testimony of the ape-man.
He thought of the lengths to which Rokoff had once gone to compass his death, and he realized that what the man had already done would doubtless be as nothing by comparison with what he would wish and plot to do now that he was again free.
Tarzan had recently brought his wife and infant son to London to escape the discomforts and dangers of the rainy season upon their vast estate in Uziri--the land of the savage Waziri warriors whose broad African domains the ape-man had once ruled.
He had run across the Channel for a brief visit with his old friend, but the news of the Russian's escape had already cast a shadow upon his outing, so that though he had but just arrived he was already contemplating an immediate return to London. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Whose nickname is Tarzan?
2. Who also goes by the name Tarzan?
3. What is the real name of the man known as Tarzan?
Q2:
1. What did Tarzan recently do?
2. What did John Clayton recently do?
3. What has Tarzan just done/
Q3:
1. Why did Tarzan come with his family to London?
2. Why did Tarzan come to London with his wife and child?
3. What was John Clayton's reason for bringing his wife and child to London?
Q4:
1. Is someone thought to have escaped?
2. Is a once captured man believed to have run away?
3. Is someone believed to have escaped capture?
Q5:
1. Who is potentially on the run?
2. Who is believed to have possible escaped?
3. Who is the man that may have escaped?
Q6:
1. Who thinks that Nikolas Rokoff is on the run?
2. Who believes Nikolas Rokoff to have escaped?
3. Who assumes that Nikolas Rokoff managed to escape?
Q7:
1. Is it clear how Nikolas Rokoff escaped?
2. Do authorities know how Nikolas Rokoff escaped?
3. Does anyone know how Nikolas Rokoff was able to run away?
Q8:
1. Is Tarzan a friend of Nikolas Rokoff?
2. Is there a great friendship between Nikolas Rokoff and John Clayton?
3. Do Tarzan and Nikolas Rokoff have an amicable relationship?
Q9:
1. What is the relationship between Tarzan and Nikolas Rokoff?
2. What are Tarzan and Nikolas Rokoff to each other?
3. How is the relationship between John Clayton and Nikolas Rokoff?
Q10:
1. Where did Nikolas Rokoff escape from?
2. Where did Nikolas Rokoff run away from?
3. What did Nikolas Rokoff manage to flee?
Q11:
1. Whose word put Nikolas Rokoff in jail?
2. Whose word was the reason that Nikolas Rokoff was in jail?
3. Whose word led to the imprisonment of Nikolas Rokoff?
Q12:
1. Who is the ape-man?
2. Who is also known as Tarzan the ape-man?
3. Whose alter ego is Tarzan the ape-man?
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33nf62tlxj26kiasole7qfznxx3kjj | mctest | Sarah looked up high. She could see the scissors up on top of the cabinet. If she could only reach them, she could cut the gum out of her baby sister's hair and her mom would never know. Her mom was still busy helping her brother take out the trash. Sarah quickly pushed a chair over to the cabinet. She climbed up on the chair and got the scissors. Then she hopped down and put the chair back at the table. Sarah ran to the bathroom and shut the door. While her sister sat on the floor, Sarah cut the gum and a big piece of Sally's hair, and then threw it into the trash.
Sarah put on her dress, then she and Sally headed back to the kitchen for breakfast. Sarah had taken a drink of her chocolate milk when she heard her brother Kyle start to laugh and point at Sally's head. Their mother heard the laugh and turned around to see what was so funny. Sarah began to turn red before their mother even asked what had happened. "I did it," Sarah said in a quiet voice, "I'm sorry, Mom." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did Sarah attempt to grab at?
2. What was Sarah trying to reach?
3. What was it necessary for Sarah to reach?
Q2:
1. Where were the scissors?
2. What was the location of the scissors?
3. Where was Sarah trying to grab the scissors from?
Q3:
1. Why did Sarah need the scissors?
2. What did Sarah need to do with the scissors?
3. Why were the scissors something that Sarah wanted?
Q4:
1. What was Sarah's mom doing as she thought about getting the scissors?
2. As Sarah thought about reaching the scissors, what was her mother doing?
3. What did Sarah's mother do as the girl tried to reach the scissors?
Q5:
1. What did Sarah climb on to?
2. What did Sarah stand on in order to reach the scissors?
3. What did Sarah use to lift herself up to the scissors?
Q6:
1. Was Sarah able to reach the scissors?
2. Did Sarah succed at getting to the scissors?
3. Did Sarah manage to grab the scissors?
Q7:
1. What did Sarah do with the scissors after hopping off the chair?
2. What did Sarah do with the scissors once she had climbed down the chair?
3. After jumping off the chair, what did Sarah do with the scissors?
Q8:
1. Where did Sarah and Sally go to get the gum out of Sally's hair?
2. Where did Sarah and her sister remove the gum from the girl's hair?
3. What room did Sarah and Sally go to in order to cut the gum out of Sally's hair?
Q9:
1. Where did Sally sit in the bathroom?
2. Where did Sarah's sister sit in the bathroom?
3. Where in the bathroom did Sally take a seat?
Q10:
1. What is the name of Sarah's sister?
2. What is Sarah's sister called?
3. Who is Sarah's sister?
Q11:
1. What did Sarah do with the wad of gum after cutting it out of Sally's hair?
2. What did Sarah do with the gum after getting it out of her sister's hair?
3. How did Sarah dispose of the wad of gum?
Q12:
1. Where did Sarah and her sister when they were done with the gum?
2. Once the gum was out of Sally's hair, what did she and Sarah do?
3. What did Sarah and Sally do once the gum had been cut out?
Q13:
1. What were Sarah and Sally going to the kitchen for?
2. Why did Sarah and Sally go to the kitchen?
3. What was the reason for Sarah and Sally travelling to the kitchen?
Q14:
1. What did Sarah have to drink?
2. What was Sarah's beverage of choice?
3. What did Sarah take a drink of?
Q15:
1. Who laughed?
2. Who started chuckling?
3. Who found something quite funny?
Q16:
1. How was Kyle related to Sarah?
2. What was Kyle's relationship to Sarah?
3. What relation did Kyle have to Sarah?
Q17:
1. Did Sarah admit that she gave Sally a haircut?
2. Did Sarah admit that she cut the gum out of Sally's hair?
3. Did Sarah come clean about cutting the gum out of her sister's hair?
Q18:
1. Did Sarah apologize for cutting Sally's hair?
2. Did Sarah say she was sorry for cutting Sally's hair?
3. Did Sarah express regret for cutting her sister's hair?
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3e1qt0tdfp9qu6olxew4o9bwqrxi8i | race | Mark Twain, the famous American writer, was traveling in France. Once he was going by train to Dijon. That afternoon he was very tired and wanted to sleep, so he asked the conductor to wake him up when they came to Dijon. But first he explained that he was a very heavy sleeper. "I'll probably protest loudly when you try to wake me up," he said to the conductor, "but do not take any notice, just put me off the train anyway." Then Mark Twain went to sleep. Later, when he woke up, it was night-time and the train was in Paris already. He realized at once that the conductor had forgotten to wake him up at Dijon. He was very angry. He ran up to the conductor and began to shout at him."I have never been so angry in all my life," Mark Twain said. The conductor looked at him calmly. "You are not half so angry as the American whom I put off at Dijon," he said. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What stop did Mark Twain want to get off at?
2. What station did Mark Twain want to get off at?
3. Which train station did Mark Twain want to be let off at?
Q2:
1. What was Mark Twain travelling in?
2. How was Mark Twain getting across France?
3. What was the means of transportation for Mark Twain?
Q3:
1. Who did Mark Twain ask to wake him up?
2. Who did Mark Twain request to awaken him?
3. Who was asked by Mark Twain to wake the author up?
Q4:
1. What author does the paragraph describe?
2. Who in the article had a hard time waking up?
3. Who in the article didn't get out of bed so easily?
Q5:
1. Did Mark Twain travel by night?
2. Was Mark Twain on a nighttime train?
3. Had night fallen when Mark Twain got on the train?
Q6:
1. During what time of day did Mark Twain travel by train?
2. When in the day did Mark Twain take the train through France?
3. When in the day did Mark Twain's train ride occur?
Q7:
1. Where is Mark Twain from?
2. What country is Mark Twain from?
3. What is the birthplace of Mark Twain?
Q8:
1. What country is Mark Twain currently in?
2. What country has Mark Twain left his home country for?
3. What country is Mark Twain travelling in?
Q9:
1. Is Mark Twain a light sleeper?
2. Is Mark Twain easily awoken?
3. Does Mark Twain have trouble staying asleep?
Q10:
1. What kind of sleeper is Mark Twain?
2. How can Mark Twain be described as he sleeps?
3. What is Mark Twain like as a sleeper?
Q11:
1. Does Mark Twain wake up peacefully?
2. Does Mark Twain awaken in a calm state?
3. Is Mark Twain peaceful when he wakes up?
Q12:
1. What does Mark Twain assume he will do upon waking up?
2. According to Mark Twain, what will he probably do when he wakes up?
3. What is Mark Twain likely to do once awoken?
Q13:
1. Does Mark Twain want the train conductor to be concerned by his protests?
2. Does Mark Twain wish for his protests to concern the train conductor?
3. Is Mark Twain hoping that the conductor will be disturbed by his shouting?
Q14:
1. What does Mark Twain want the conductor to do?
2. What request does Mark Twain make of the train conductor?
3. What is Mark Twain's request for the conductor of the train?
Q15:
1. Does the conductor throw Mark Twain off the train as he asked?
2. Does the conductor get Mark Twain off the train at Dijon as he asked?
3. Is Mark Twain's request fulfilled by the conductor?
Q16:
1. In what city is Mark Twain awakened?
2. What city does Mark Twain wake up in?
3. Where is Mark Twain when he wakes up?
Q17:
1. How does it make Mark Twain feel to wake up in Paris?
2. How does Mark Twain feel about waking up in Paris?
3. What are Mark Twain's emotions concerning waking up in Paris?
Q18:
1. Who does Mark Twain yell at?
2. Who gets a talking to from Mark Twain?
3. Who does Mark Twain become enraged with?
Q19:
1. Who is more furious than Mark Twain?
2. Who is in an even worse mood than Mark Twain?
3. Whose day is going even worse than Mark Twain's?
Q20:
1. Did the conductor speak to Mark Twain calmly?
2. Was the conductor calm when talking to Mark Twain about the other American?
3. Did the conductor explain the story of the other American to Mark Twain in a calm manner?
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3bdcf01ogxu7zdn9vlrbf2rqzt4yl1 | race | As a young man, Tom was a famous artist with a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son was ill. Tom and his wife thought it was nothing serious. But the boy died suddenly that night.. After his son died, Tom always felt very sad. To make matters worse, his wife also left him later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son, Emie. Sadly, he turned to alcohol for help. As time went by, Tom began to lose everything he had---his land, house, etc. A few months later, Tom passed away alone in a small bar. Hearing of Tom's death, I thought,"What a complete failure!" But later, I began to change my earlier opinion. I knew Tom's now adult son, Emie. He is one of the kindest, most caring men. I saw the love between Emie and his children. And I thought that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere. One day, I asked him what made him become such a specia1 person. Emie said quietly, "My father came into my room every night, give me a kiss and said,"love you, son." Hearing his words, I understood everything. Tom didn't leave many things behind. But he had been a kind loving father, and left behind his best love. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who needed alcohol to get by?
2. Who turned to alcohol to comfort themselves?
3. Who used alcohol as a coping mechanism
Q2:
1. What became of Tom due to his alcohol use?
2. What happened to Tom as a result of using alcohol?
3. What did Tom's alcohol use lead to?
Q3:
1. Was Tom survived by two children?
2. After Tom's death, where there two of his children left behind?
3. Did Tom leave behind two kids when he died?
Q4:
1. Who was Tom survived by?
2. Who did Tom leave behind when he died?
3. Who was the only living member of TOm's family after he passed?
Q5:
1. What did Emie's father do for a living?
2. What did Tom do as a job?
3. How was Tom employed?
Q6:
1. Was Tom single?
2. Was Tom a bachelor?
3. Is it true that Tom never married?
Q7:
1. Who was Tom married to?
2. What was the name of Tom's spouse?
3. Who was the woman that married Tom?
Q8:
1. Did Tom drink despite being rich?
2. Although he was rich, did Tom still drink?
3. Did Tom continue to overindulge with alcohol despite his wealth?
Q9:
1. Where did Tom die?
2. Where did Tom pass away?
3. What was Tom's location at the time of his death?
Q10:
1. Was there anyone in Tom's company when he passed?
2. Was Tom with other people when he died?
3. Did Tom have any companions at his side upon his death?
Q11:
1. Is Tom's surviving child now a teenager?
2. Is Emie a teenager now?
3. Is Tom's son currently in his teen years?
Q12:
1. What did Tom give his son every night?
2. What did Emie's father offer him every night?
3. What did Emie receive from his dad every night?
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3p1l2b7ad1pv5zj7pyiddbtomrsolk | race | Probably no other musical instrument is as popular as the guitar around the world. Musicians use the guitar for almost all kinds of music. Country and western music would not be the same without a guitar. The traditional Spanish folk music called Flamenco could not exist without a guitar. The sound of American blues music would not be the same without the sad cry of the guitar. And rock and roll music would almost be impossible without this instrument.
Music experts do not agree about where the guitar was first played. Most agree it is ancient. Some experts say an instrument very much like a guitar was played in Egypt more than 1,000 years ago. Most experts say that the ancestor of the modern guitar was brought to Spain from Persia sometime in the 12thcentury. The guitar continued to develop in Spain. In the 1700s it became similar to the instrument we know today.
Many famous musicians played the instrument. The famous Italian violins Niccole Paganism played and wrote music for the guitar in the early 1800s. Franz Schubert used the guitar to write some of his famous works. In modern times Spanish guitarist Andres Segovia helped make the instrument extremely popular.
In the 1930s, Les Paul began experimenting to make an electric guitar. He invented the solid-bodied electric guitar in 1946. The Gibson Guitar Company began producing its famous Les Paul Guitar in 1952. It became a powerful influence on popular music. The instrument has the same shape and the same six strings as the traditional guitar, but it sounds very different. Les Paul produced a series of extremely popular recordings that introduced the public to this music. Listen to this Les Paul recording. It was the fifth most popular song in the United States in 1952. It is called "Meet Mister Callaghan." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What level of popularity does the guitar have?
2. How can the popularity of the guitar be described?
3. How widespread is the guitar as a musical instrument?
Q2:
1. What kind of music is the guitar used in?
2. What genres of music use the guitar?
3. In what kinds of songs might you hear a guitar?
Q3:
1. Is it known where the guitar was first played?
2. Is the first known location of the guitar known?
3. Is it clear where the guitar was played for the very first time?
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3tvss0c0e10rtl0eptbegwgrj5wwto | race | Young women are more adventurous than young men when travelling abroad in gap years.One in three female backpackers visits more than three countries during a year out and travels alone, according to new research.
By contrast, the majority of their male counterparts visit only one country and tend to travel in groups, says a survey by the Gap Year company, which provides information and services for students considering taking a year out.
More women than men say that their prime reason for taking time off is to see the world and experience different cultures.Men are more likely to rank "having fun" higher on their list of _ .Women are more likely to value the challenge of a foreign trip, and many cited reasons such as learning a language and meeting new people.
The more adventurous gap years taken by women seem to work to their benefit; more than three quarters of those surveyed have reported increased confidence, self-reliance and independence, whereas only half of the men had that experience.
The research also shows that women are more likely to do voluntary work while travelling, with more than one in ten helping with teaching or development projects.One of the reasons given for this is a wish to see the country in an authentic light.
A greater proportion of women than men face objections or criticism from their families over their gapyear plans.Among the men surveyed, lack of money is the main barrier to travel.
Carolyn Martin, a doctor from London,is a typically confident female traveller.Starting in Cape Town, she travelled around southern Africa and Australia with a string of unusual and sometimes dangerous jobs.
"I had one job chasing elephants off the runway in Africa by banging a stick against a pan," she recalled."It was OK but one day I did get chased by one."
She said that she had travelled alone because "you meet more people". QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Why is travelling alone more fun for Carolyn Martin?
2. What makes solo travel preferable for Carolyn Martin?
3. Why does Carolyn Martin like traveling by herself the best?
Q2:
1. Did Carolyn Martin work with lions in Africa?
2. Did Carolyn Martin ever have a job with African lions?
3. Were lions a part of Carolyn Martin's work in Africa?
Q3:
1. Was Carolyn Martin chased by an elephant?
2. Was it an elephant that chased Carolyn Martin?
3. Did an elephant ever run after Carolyn Martin?
Q4:
1. Where is Carolyn Martin from?
2. What city does Carolyn Martin live in?
3. What is Carolyn Martin's city of origin?
Q5:
1. Who does the article say is the more adventerous population in a gap year?
2. According to the article, what travellers are most adventerous during gap year?
3. Who does the article argue to be more adventure seeking when travelling during a gap year?
Q6:
1. What is the number of countries usually visited by men on a gap year?
2. How many countries do the majority of men visit during a gap year?
3. On gap year, how many countries do men tend to visit?
Q7:
1. Are men or women more likely to travel alone?
2. Who tends to travel alone more frequently: men or women?
3. Do men or women tend to prefer solo travel?
Q8:
1. What is the average number of countries visited by women in a gap year traveling?
2. How many countries do most women go to during their gap year?
3. How many countries does a good number of women travellers go to in a year?
Q9:
1. Do men tend to cite different cultures as the main reason for travelling?
2. Are men interested in travelling mainly to see different cultures?
3. Is it the different cultures that usually attracts men the most to travelling?
Q10:
1. What do male travellers tend to seek most?
2. What is the main goal of most male travellers?
3. What are most men in search of when they travel?
Q11:
1. Is learning a new language a reason that women chose to travel?
2. Do women sometimes go traveling to learn a new language?
3. Do women travel in order to pick up a new language?
Q12:
1. Do men or women tend to gain self esteem from travelling?
2. Who gets the biggest self esteem boost from travelling?
3. Whose self esteem is most positively impacted by travelling?
Q13:
1. What do women gain while traveling besides self-esteem?
2. What does travel give women a boost in, along with self-esteem?
3. What besides their self-esteem do women feel an impact in when they travel?
Q14:
1. Do men sometimes report increased confidence, self-reliance and independence when traveling?
2. Does traveling sometimes provide a boost in confidence, self-reliance and independence for men?
3. Are men's confidence, self-reliance and independence impacted by going abroad?
Q15:
1. Who tends to seek out unpaid work while traveling, men or women?
2. Are men or women more likely to do unpaid work while traveling?
3. Is it men or women who tend to seek out volunteer positions during their travels?
Q16:
1. Why do women do volunteer work while traveling?
2. What makes women want to seek out volunteer work during their travels?
3. What makes unpaid work attractive to women who are travelling?
Q17:
1. How many women out of ten teach or help with a project during their travels?
2. If you took ten women, how many would teach or help with a project while travelling?
3. Out of ten women who are traveling, how many would choose to teach or help with a project?
Q18:
1. What main reason do men give for not traveling?
2. What tends to prevent men from making a trip?
3. What's the primary reason for a man to avoid travelling?
Q19:
1. What main reason do women give for not traveling?
2. What tends to prevent women from making a trip?
3. What's the primary reason for a woman to avoid travelling?
Q20:
1. What's the name for the year between university and getting a job?
2. What is the year between university and your career often called?
3. What do many call the year young people take off after finishing college and before they get a job?
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3rsdurm96amtt7dhez472716qyyyed | cnn | CAIRO, Egypt (CNN) -- Omar bin Laden has a message for his father, Osama: "Find another way."
Omar bin Laden says he last saw his father in 2000 when the son decided to leave al Qaeda.
The son of the most-wanted man in the world spoke Sunday to CNN in a quiet, middle-class suburb about an hour outside Cairo, Egypt.
Omar bin Laden, who works as a contractor, said he is talking publicly because he wants an end to the violence his father has inspired -- violence that has killed innocent civilians in a spate of attacks around the world, including those of September 11, 2001.
"I try and say to my father: 'Try to find another way to help or find your goal. This bomb, this weapons, it's not good to use it for anybody,' " he said in English learned in recent months from his British wife.
He said that's not just his own message, but one that a friend of his father's and other Muslims have expressed to him. "They too say ... my father should change [his] way," he said. Watch whether Omar bin Laden thinks his father will ever be caught »
He said he hasn't spoken to his father since 2000, when he walked away from an al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan with his father's blessings. He said he has no idea where his father is, but is confident he will never be caught because locals support him.
Asked if his father might be living along the Afghan-Pakistan border, he said, "Maybe, maybe not." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was Omar bin Laden sending a message to?
2. Who was a message being broadcast to?
3. Who was the intended recipient of Omar bin Laden's message?
Q2:
1. When was the last time Omar bin Laden saw his father?
2. When did Omar bin Laden last see his father?
3. When did Osama bin Laden last see his son?
Q3:
1. What happened during the last visit between Omar and Osama bin Laden?
2. What happened the last time Omar bin Laden saw his father?
3. The last time Omar bin Laden saw his dad, what took place?
Q4:
1. When did CNN interview Omar bin Laden?
2. When did CNN's interview with Omar bin Laden take place?
3. On what day of the week did Omar bin Laden speak with CNN?
Q5:
1. Who interviewed Omar bin Laden?
2. Who was Omar bin Laden interviewed by?
3. What media outlet's questions did Omar bin Laden answer?
Q6:
1. Where did Omar bin Laden speak with CNN?
2. What was the location of Omar bin Laden's CNN interview?
3. Where did CNN's interview with Omar bin Laden take place?
Q7:
1. Was Omar bin Laden's suburb loud?
2. Did Omar bin Laden live in a loud suburb?
3. Was Omar bin Laden's suburb a rowdy one?
Q8:
1. Was Omar bin Laden in a wealthy suburb?
2. Could Omar bin Laden's suburb be described as extremely rich?
3. Did Omar bin Laden live in a particularly well-off suburb?
Q9:
1. What country did CNN interview Omar bin Laden in?
2. In what country did the interview with Omar bin Laden take place?
3. Where was Omar bin Laden's suburb located?
Q10:
1. Was the interview with Omar bin Laden near a large metropolis?
2. Did Cnn's interview with Omar bin Laden take place near something large?
3. Was there a big city center near the middle-class suburb?
Q11:
1. What was near Omar bin Laden's suburb?
2. What city did Omar bin Laden get interviewed close by?
3. What city was nearby the location of CNN's interview with Omar bin Laden?
Q12:
1. How close was Omar bin Laden's suburb to Cairo?
2. What was the distance from Omar bin Laden's suburb to Cairo?
3. How far away was CNN's interview location to Cairo?
Q13:
1. What is Omar bin Laden's profession?
2. What does Omar bin Laden do for a living?
3. How is Omar bin Laden employed?
Q14:
1. Does Omar bin Laden approve of his father's murders?
2. Does Omar bin Laden approve of his dad's acts of terrorism?
3. Does Omar bin Laden see no problem with the killings done at his father's request?
Q15:
1. What language did Omar bin Laden recently learn?
2. Which language has Omar bin Laden just started speaking?
3. What language did Omar bin Laden recently pick up?
Q16:
1. Where did Omar bin Laden learn English from?
2. Who taught Omar bin Laden English?
3. Who was Omar bin Laden's English instructor?
Q17:
1. Is Omar bin Laden's wife Egyptian?
2. Does Omar bin Laden have an Egyptian wife?
3. Is Omar bin Laden married to an Egyptian woman?
Q18:
1. What is the nationality of Omar bin Laden's wife?
2. What nationality is the woman who married Omar bin Laden?
3. What nationality is the woman that is married to Omar bin Laden?
Q19:
1. Where does Omar bin Laden think his father is?
2. What does Omar bin Laden presume to be his father's location?
3. Where does Omar bin Laden figure his dad is?
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3p4rdnwnd56fenk4oitvdzka5nuija | cnn | A senior Palestinian Authority official died Wednesday after a confrontation with Israeli troops, prompting President Mahmoud Abbas to halt security coordination with Israel, according to Palestinian officials.
Ziyad Abu Ein died after clashes with Israeli soldiers midday Wednesday in the Palestinian village of Turmusaya, which is northeast of the West Bank city of Ramallah, longtime chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat said in a statement. Abu Ein -- a minister in Abbas' Fatah party and head of the Committee to Resist the Wall and Settlements -- was there participating in nonviolent demonstrations to mark international Human Rights Day, according to Erakat's statement.
There were varying reports of exactly how Abu Ein died, including what role -- if any -- Israeli authorities played in it.
Pictures from various news agencies depict an Israeli soldier with his hands to Abu Ein's neck, followed by another showing him on the ground. The official Palestinian news agency WAFA, meanwhile, reported that the Palestinian official lost consciousness after he inhaled tear gas and an Israeli soldier hit him in the chest.
"The Israeli soldiers called Abu Ein by name and seemed to be focused on him," witness Kamal Abu Safaka told CNN. "There was a lot of pushing, kicking and punching by the soldiers. ... When Abu Ein tried to intercede, they hit him on the chest with a rifle butt and grabbed him by the throat and pushed him back and then threw a large amount of tear gas and stun grenades."
Dr. Ahmed Bitawi, the director of the Ramallah hospital that inspected Abu Ein's body, said he died from asphyxiation after choking on vomit brought on by tear gas inhalation. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was Ziyad Abu Ein's cause of death?
2. How did Ziyad Abu Ein die?
3. What caused Ziyad Abu Ein to pass away?
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3xxu1swe8mvt6z0kqmrcewhvui4a01 | gutenberg | CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.
ANXIOUS TIMES--A SEARCH ORGANISED AND VIGOROUSLY CARRIED OUT.
It is not easy to conceive the state of alarm that prevailed in the settlement of the Norsemen when it came to be known that little Snorro and Olaf were lost. The terrible fact did not of course break on them all at once.
For some hours after the two adventurers had left home, Dame Gudrid went briskly about her household avocations, humming tunefully one of her native Icelandic airs, and thinking, no doubt, of Snorro. Astrid, assisted by Bertha, went about the dairy operations, gossiping of small matters in a pleasant way, and, among other things, providing Snorro's allowance of milk. Thora busied herself in the preparation of Snorro's little bed; and Freydissa, whose stern nature was always softened by the sight of the child, constructed, with elaborate care, a little coat for Snorro's body. Thus Snorro's interests were being tenderly cared for until the gradual descent of the sun induced the remark, that "Olaf must surely have taken a longer walk than usual that day."
"I must go and meet them," said Gudrid, becoming for the first time uneasy.
"Let me go with you," said Bertha.
"Come, child," returned Gudrid.
In passing the spot where the little bear had been cut up and skinned, they saw Hake standing with Biarne.
"Did you say that Olaf took the track of the woodcutters?" asked Gudrid.
"Ay, that was their road at starting," answered Biarne. "Are they not later than usual?"
"A little. We go to meet them." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was missing?
2. Who could not be found?
3. Whose location was unknown?
Q2:
1. Was Snorro and Olaf's disappearance cause for concern?
2. Was it alarming that Snorro and Olaf were missing?
3. Was the disappearance of Snorro and Olaf reason to worry?
Q3:
1. Who did Dame Gudrid have on her mind?
2. Who was in Dame Gudrid's thoughts?
3. Who appeared in Dame Gudrid's thoughts?
Q4:
1. What was Dame Gudrid doing when she thought of Snorro?
2. When did Dame Gudrid think of Snorro?
3. What was Dame Gudrid when Snorro appeared in her thoughts?
Q5:
1. What did Dame Gurdrid do as she completed household tasks?
2. What did Dame Gudrid do while she completed chores?
3. What was Dame Gudrid doing in tandem with her household tasks?
Q6:
1. Where did Olaf set out on his adventure?
2. What was the starting point of Olaf's adventure?
3. Where was Olaf when he started his adventure?
Q7:
1. Who was told where Olaf started his adventure?
2. Who learned where Olaf began his adventure?
3. Who had been informed of the starting point of Olaf's adventure?
Q8:
1. Who told Gudrid where Olaf started his adventure?
2. Who informed Gudrid of the starting point of Olaf's adventure?
3. From whom did Gudrid learn where Olaf began his adventure?
Q9:
1. How long did Gudrid do chores after Snorro and Olaf had left?
2. After the departure of Snorro and Olaf, how long did Gudrid spend doing household tasks?
3. How much of Gudrid's time was spent on household chores once Snorro and Olaf were gone?
Q10:
1. What was Gudrid humming?
2. What did Gudrid hum?
3. What melody was hummed by Gudrid?
Q11:
1. What was Gudrid feeling like?
2. What emotional state was Gudrid in?
3. How was Gudrid feeling emotionally?
Q12:
1. What was Gudrid going to do?
2. What did Gudrid plan on doing?
3. How did Gudrid plan to act?
Q13:
1. Did anyone want to accompany Gudrid?
2. Was there someone who wanted to go with Gudrid?
3. Did anyone volunteer to go with Gudrid?
Q14:
1. Who wanted to accompany Gudrid?
2. Who said they would go with Gudrid?
3. Who volunteered to go with Gudrid?
Q15:
1. Who was being assisted by Bertha?
2. Who received assistance from Bertha?
3. Who was helped by Bertha?
Q16:
1. What did Bertha help Astrid with?
2. What domain did Bertha lend a hand to Astrid in?
3. What did Astrid require Bertha's assistance with?
Q17:
1. What were Bertha and Astrid doing?
2. What were Bertha and Astrid up to?
3.
Q18:
1. What put Freydissa in a better mood?
2. What made Freydissa kinder?
3. What changed Freydissa's temperament for the better?
Q19:
1. Was Freydissa doing something for Snorro?
2. Was there something that Freydissa did for Snorro?
3. Did Freydissa create something that was for Snorro?
Q20:
1. What did Freydissa make Snorro?
2. What was constructed for Snorro by Freydissa?
3. What clothing item did Freydissa fashion to give to Snorro?
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3uwn2hhpuy50rrel8sf1a87en4hsnu | race | Do you want to know something about children in Africa? What to they do for fun every day? Find out here: Education School is expensive for many African children. Lots of families can't afford school uniforms or exercise books even though they don't have to pay for school. For those lucky enough to go to school , they have a lot to learn. Some take two language classes: English or French, and their first language. There is also math, science, history, social studies and geography. _ take up much of children's time after school. They have to get water and firewood for the family every day. Also there's cleaning , washing and helping Mum with the meal. Daily fun It's not all work and no play. Sports are very popular. Children can make goals with twigs ( )and their own footballs with plastic and bits of string ( ). They play in the country and the streets of old towns. There're many football teams for teenagers in Africa. Internet It's really expensive to get on the Internet. To surf the net for 20 hours costs over 600yuan. This is more than the average monthly pay per person. Egypt and South Africa are the top two users of the Internet in Africa. All of the capital cities there can get on the Internet. Some schools offer computer lessons but few students can enjoy computer fun at home. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the number of school subjects offered?
2. How many subjects may one study in school?
3. How many different subjects can one take classes in?
Q2:
1. What subjects are available to study in school?
2. What subjects do African schools offer courses in?
3. What subjects can you take classes in at an African school?
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3dr23u6we5exclen4th8uq9rc7jetu | wikipedia | Zoroastrianism, or more natively Mazdayasna, is one of the world's oldest extant religions, "combining a cosmogonic dualism and eschatological monotheism in a manner unique [...] among the major religions of the world". Ascribed to the teachings of the Iranian prophet Zoroaster (or Zarathustra), it exalts a deity of wisdom, Ahura Mazda ("Wise Lord"), as its Supreme Being. Major features of Zoroastrianism, such as messianism, heaven and hell, and free will have, some believe, influenced other religious systems, including Second Temple Judaism, Gnosticism, Christianity, and Islam.
With possible roots dating back to the second millennium BCE, Zoroastrianism enters recorded history in the 5th-century BCE, and along with a Mithraic Median prototype and a Zurvanist Sassanid successor it served as the state religion of the pre-Islamic Iranian empires from around 600 BCE to 650 CE. Zoroastrianism was suppressed from the 7th century onwards following the Muslim conquest of Persia of 633–654. Recent estimates place the current number of Zoroastrians at around 190000, with most living in India and in Iran and their number is declining. Besides the Zoroastrian diaspora, the older Mithraic faith Yazdânism is still practised amongst Kurds.
The most important texts of the religion are those of the Avesta, which includes the writings of Zoroaster known as the Gathas, enigmatic poems that define the religion's precepts, and the Yasna, the scripture. The full name by which Zoroaster addressed the deity is: Ahura, The Lord Creator, and Mazda, Supremely Wise. The religious philosophy of Zoroaster divided the early Iranian gods of Proto-Indo-Iranian tradition, but focused on responsibility, and did not create a devil per-se. Zoroaster proclaimed that there is only one God, the singularly creative and sustaining force of the Universe, and that human beings are given a right of choice, and because of cause and effect are also responsible for the consequences of their choices. The contesting force to Ahura Mazda was called Angra Mainyu, or angry spirit. Post-Zoroastrian scripture introduced the concept of Ahriman, the Devil, which was effectively a personification of Angra Mainyu. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is Zoroastrianism a combination of?
2. What is Zoroastrianism a mix of?
3. What is combined in the Zoroastrian religion?
Q2:
1. What are the most important Zoroastrian texts?
2. Which texts are most important in Zoroastrianism
3. What are the fundamental texts of Zoroastrianism?
Q3:
1. Whose musings are contained in the Avesta?
2. Whose writings does the Avesta contain?
3. Who does the Avesta include writing from?
Q4:
1. When may the roots of Zoroastrianism date back to?
2. When is it possible that Zoroastrianism dates back to?
3. How far back might Zoroastrianism date?
Q5:
1. Which Iranian prophet do Zoroastrians follow?
2. To what Iranian prophet are the teachings of Zoroastrianism ascribed?
3. What holy man do all of Zoroastrianism's teachings go back to?
Q6:
1. When was Zoroastrianism the state religion of pre-Islamic Iran?
2. When did Zoroastrianism serve as state religion to the empires of pre-Islamic Iran?
3. When was Zoroastrianism the state religion of Iranian empires, prior to the arrival of Islam?
Q7:
1. When did the suppression of Zoroastrianism begin?
2. When was Zoroastrianism stamped out?
3. When did Iran begin suppressing Zoroastrianism?
Q8:
1. What diety is exalted in Zoroastrianism?
2. Which god does Zoroastrianism worship?
3. Who is exalted in Zoroastrian belief?
Q9:
1. How many Zoroastrians are currently believed to exist?
2. What is the current estimated number of Zoroastrians worldwide?
3. How many Zoroastrians are there currently in the world, roughly speaking?
Q10:
1. What is the number of gods worshipped in Zoroastrianism?
2. How many gods does Zoroastrianism proclaim?
3. How many dieties are worshipped by the Zoroastrians?
Q11:
1. What force opposes Ahura Mazda?
2. What is the force that works against Ahura Mazda?
3. What is Ahura Mazda contested by?
Q12:
1. Does Zoroastrianism have any major features?
2. Are there any defining characteristics of Zoroastrianism?
3. Are there any qualities in particular that define Zoroastrianism?
Q13:
1. What are some major features of Zoroastrianism?
2. What are the defining characteristics of Zoroastrianism?
3. What major qualities define Zoroastrianism?
Q14:
1. What are some religious systems that have been influenced by Zoroastrianism?
2. Which religions has Zoroastrianism had an influence on?
3. What are some examples of belief systems that Zoroastrianism has impacted?
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37c0gnlmhf3mihpbclyvdyzsrdz6dp | wikipedia | Spectre (2015) is the twenty-fourth James Bond film produced by Eon Productions. It features Daniel Craig in his fourth performance as James Bond, and Christoph Waltz as Ernst Stavro Blofeld, with the film marking the character's re-introduction into the series. It was directed by Sam Mendes as his second James Bond film following Skyfall, and was written by John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Jez Butterworth. It is distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Columbia Pictures. With a budget around $245 million, it is the most expensive Bond film and one of the most expensive films ever made.
The story sees Bond pitted against the global criminal organisation Spectre, marking the group's first appearance in an Eon Productions film since 1971's Diamonds Are Forever,[N 2] and tying Craig's series of films together with an overarching storyline. Several recurring James Bond characters, including M, Q and Eve Moneypenny return, with the new additions of Léa Seydoux as Dr. Madeleine Swann, Dave Bautista as Mr. Hinx, Andrew Scott as Max Denbigh and Monica Bellucci as Lucia Sciarra. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who produced James Bond?
2. Who were the producers of James Bond?
3. Who was responsible for producing the James Bond film?
Q2:
1. What was the budget of the new James Bond movie?
2. How much did it cost to make the new James Bond film?
3. What was the budget for Spectre?
Q3:
1. Was Spectre's production budget a steal?
2. Was the new James Bond movie one of the most affordable ever made?
3. Was the new James Bond film a low-cost production?
Q4:
1. What movie came out in 1971?
2. What film was produced in 1971?
3. What was the 1971 James Bond Film?
Q5:
1. Who is James Bond's opponent in Spectre?
2. Who is working against James Bond in Spectre?
3. Who is James Bond's nemesis in Spectre?
Q6:
1. Who wrote the screenplay for Skyfall?
2. Who were the screenwriters of Skyfall?
3. Who was responsible for writing Skyfall?
Q7:
1. What recurring Bond characters appear in Spectre?
2. Who are the recurring characters from the Bond franchise that appear in Spectre?
3. Which recurring characters from the Bond universe have a role in Spectre?
Q8:
1. What number is Spectre in the list of Bond films?
2. How many Bond films have there been, including Spectre?
3. In the list of Bond films, what is Spectre's number?
Q9:
1. Who were new additions to the cast of Spectre?
2. What new characters were introduced in Spectre?
3. What new cast members did Spectre introduce?
Q10:
1. What did Sam Mendes direct?
2. What film was Sam Mendes the director for?
3. What was the movie directed by Sam Mendes?
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3ywrv122cszv3xjlrvli7cz7km8u8q | gutenberg | CHAPTER XIX
MAUD MAKES A MEMORANDUM
My mother used to say to me: "Never expect to find brains in a pretty girl." Perhaps she said it because I was not a pretty girl and she wished to encourage me. In any event, that absurd notion of the ancients that when the fairies bestow the gift of beauty on a baby they withhold all other qualities has so often been disproved that we may well disregard it.
Maud Stanton was a pretty girl--indeed, a beautiful girl--but she possessed brains as well as beauty and used her intellect to advantage more often than her quiet demeanor would indicate to others than her most intimate associates. From the first she had been impressed by the notion that there was something mysterious about A. Jones and that his romantic explanation of his former life and present position was intended to hide a truth that would embarrass him, were it fully known. Therefore she had secretly observed the young man, at such times as they were together, and had treasured every careless remark he had made--every admission or assertion--and made a note of it. The boy's arrest had startled her because it was so unexpected, and her first impulse was to doubt his innocence. Later, however, she had thoroughly reviewed the notes she had made and decided he was innocent.
In the quiet of her own room, when she was supposed to be asleep, Maud got out her notebook and read therein again the review of all she had learned concerning A. Jones of Sangoa. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was pretty?
2. Who was a beautiful girl?
3. Who made heads turn?
Q2:
1. Was Maud Stanton very good looking?
2. Was Maud Stanton a beautiful girl?
3. Did people find Maud Stanton attractive?
Q3:
1. What did Maud Stanton have going for her besides her looks?
2. What was Maud's best quality in addition to her looks?
3. What good quality did Maud Stanton have, besides being beautiful?
Q4:
1. Was the narrator attractive like Maud?
2. Was the narrator a looker, in the way that Maud Stanton was?
3. Was the narrator a beautiful girl like Maud Stanton?
Q5:
1. Who was keeping a secret, according to Maud Stanton?
2. Who did Maud Stanton believe to be hiding something?
3. Who had a secret, in the mind of Maud Stanton?
Q6:
1. What did Maud Stanton think would happen if A. Jones revealed his secret?
2. In Maud's opinion, what would A. Jones feel like were his secret revealed?
3. If people found out A Jones's secret, what did Maud fear would become of him?
Q7:
1. What did Maud Stanton do to try and uncover A. Jones's secret?
2. How did Maud Stanton attempt to reveal the secret of A. Jones?
3. What did Maud Stanton do in an attempt to figure out the secret of A. Jones?
Q8:
1. What surprised Maud Stanton?
2. What was a shock to Maud Stanton?
3. What was Maud Stanton taken aback by?
Q9:
1. Did Maud Stanton initially think A. Jones might be guilty?
2. At first, did it seem to Maud Stanton that A. Jones could be guilty?
3. Did Maud Stanton feel confident regarding A. Jones's guilt, at first?
Q10:
1. What conclusion did Maud come to, regarding A. Jones's guilt?
2. What did Maud Stanton end up thinking about the potential guilt of A. Jones?
3. What was Maud Stanton's final conclusion as to whether or not A. Jones was guilty?
Q11:
1. Where was A. Jones from?
2. What was the birthplace of A. Jones?
3. Where did A. Jones hail from?
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34qn5it0tzrfnb75to7yi5b03gq08g | race | Jack is an 11-year-old boy. One day he was playing with a ball. The ball went into the street, and Jack ran for the ball. A car hit him. Jack's parents took him to the hospital. The doctors told them, "Jack's head is hurt. Maybe he will wake up very soon. Maybe he will never wake up." Every day Jack's parents went to see him and talked to him. But Jack never talked to them. He just slept. One day Jack's father said, "Wake up, Jack. Let's go home and play with Cody." Cody is Jack's dog. When Jack's father said "Cody", Jack moved his arm. Then Jack's parents had an idea. They told the nurse, "We want to bring Jack's dog to the hospital. Is it OK?" "A dog in the hospital?" the nurse said. "That's very unusual. But. yes, it's OK." The next day, Jack's parents brought Cody to the hospital. When they put the dog on Jack's bed, Jack opened his eyes. Jack's parents brought Cody to the hospital every day. Cody jumped on Jack's bed and touched Jack's arm. Jack said his first words, "Bad dog!" After seven weeks Jack was well. He left the hospital and went home with Cody. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where was Jack located for most of the story?
2. What was Jack's location during the majority of the story?
3. Where was Jack confined to for a large part of the story?
Q2:
1. Why was Jack in the hospital?
2. What brought Jack to the hospital?
3. For what reason had Jack been sent to the hospital?
Q3:
1. Where was Jack when the car hit him?
2. When Jack got hit by the car, what was his location?
3. Where was Jack when he was struck by the vehicle?
Q4:
1. What was Jack doing out in the street?
2. Why had Jack gone into the street?
3. For what reason had Jack gone into the road?
Q5:
1. Did doctors feel optimistic about Jack's chances?
2. Did doctors feel confidnet that Jack would make a full recovery?
3. Did it seem clear to the doctors whether or not Jack would recover?
Q6:
1. What were the doctors not sure about?
2. What wasn't clear to the doctors?
3. What did the doctors not want to make a definitive announcement about?
Q7:
1. Was Jack visited by his mom and dad?
2. Did Jack's mother and father pay visits to their son?
3. Did Jack's mom and dad go see him in the hospital?
Q8:
1. How often did Jack's mom and dad go to see him in the hospital?
2. How often would Jack's mother and father pay visits to their son in the hospital?
3. At what frequency would Jack get visits from his parents in the hospital?
Q9:
1. Did Jack acknowledge his parents' presence when they first visited?
2. During his parents' first visits, did Jack know they were there?
3. Did it seem as though Jack was aware of his parents' presence when they first started visiting him in the hospital?
Q10:
1. What word did Jack finally respond to?
2. What was the first word to provoke a response from Jack?
3. What did his parents say that made Jack respond for the first time?
Q11:
1. Who is Cody?
2. What is Cody's relationship to Jack?
3. What role does Cody play in Jack's life?
Q12:
1. Who said the word Cody?
2. Who was the word Cody spoken by?
3. Who stated the name of Jack's dog allowed?
Q13:
1. What did Jack's parents ask the nurse?
2. What question did Jack's mom and dad have for the nurse?
3. What inquiry did the nurse receive from Jack's parents?
Q14:
1. Was bringing a dog to the hospital normal for the nurse?
2. Did the nurse think that a dog in the hospital was business as usual?
3. Was it totally normal for the nurse for someone to bring a dog to the hospital?
Q15:
1. Were Jack's parents allowed to bring Cody to the hospital?
2. Were Jack's parents granted the right to bring their dog to the hospital?
3. Did Cody get to go to the hospital with Jack's mom and dad?
Q16:
1. Where did Jack's parents put Cody?
2. Where was Cody placed by Jack's mom and dad?
3. Where did Jack's parents have the dog go?
Q17:
1. Did Jack respond to Cody's presence?
2. Did Cody's presence provoke a response in Jack?
3. Did having Cody near him make Jack react?
Q18:
1. Did Cody ever jump?
2. Was Cody a jumper?
3. Did Cody bounce up and down on Jack's bed?
Q19:
1. Where did Cody jump?
2. In what location was Cody jumping?
3. Where did Cody bounce up and down?
Q20:
1. Did Jack awake from his coma in the end?
2. Did Jack ever come to?
3. Did Jack regain consciousness at some point?
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32scwg5hih4v7es1hupqdsgh68p6pf | gutenberg | CHAPTER LXXVI Some Pleasant, Shady Talk In The Groves, Between My Lords Abrazza And Media, Babbalanja, Mohi, And Yoomy
Abrazza had a cool retreat--a grove of dates; where we were used to lounge of noons, and mix our converse with the babble of the rills; and mix our punches in goblets chased with grapes. And as ever, King Abrazza was the prince of hosts.
"Your crown," he said to Media; and with his own, he hung it on a bough.
"Be not ceremonious:" and stretched his royal legs upon the turf.
"Wine!" and his pages poured it out.
So on the grass we lounged; and King Abrazza, who loved his antique ancestors; and loved old times; and would not talk of moderns;--bade Yoomy sing old songs; bade Mohi rehearse old histories; bade Babbalanja tell of old ontologies; and commanded all, meanwhile, to drink his old, old wine.
So, all round we quaffed and quoted.
At last, we talked of old Homeric bards:--those who, ages back, harped, and begged, and groped their blinded way through all this charitable Mardi; receiving coppers then, and immortal glory now.
ABRAZZA--How came it, that they all were blind?
BABBALANJA--It was endemical, your Highness. Few grand poets have good eyes; for they needs blind must be, who ever gaze upon the sun. Vavona himself was blind: when, in the silence of his secret bower, he said--"I will build another world. Therein, let there be kings and slaves, philosophers and wits; whose checkered actions--strange, grotesque, and merry-sad, will entertain my idle moods." So, my lord, Vavona played at kings and crowns, and men and manners; and loved that lonely game to play. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where did Abrazza stretch his legs?
2. Where did Abrazza let his legs stretch out?
3. Where did Abrazza let his legs go out long?
Q2:
1. Whose crown had Abrazza taken?
2. Whose crown was in Abrazza's possession?
3. Who did the crown that Abrazza have belong to?
Q3:
1. Where did Abrazza place the crown?
2. What did Abrazza put the crown on?
3. What did Abrazza perch the crown upon?
Q4:
1. Where did the group rest?
2. Where was the group lounging about?
3. What was the group's location?
Q5:
1. Who was the drink poured by?
2. Who served the beverage?
3. Who poured the wine?
Q6:
1. What was the group drinking?
2. What did the group have to drink?
3. What was the beverage that was poured?
Q7:
1. What grew in the group's location?
2. What was growing where the group was?
3. What crop grew where the group was?
Q8:
1. Did the men drink from flutes?
2. Did the men drink their wine in flutes?
3. Was it flutes that the men had their wine in?
Q9:
1. What kind of cups did the men drink out of?
2. What sort of cups was the wine in?
3. What vessel did the group drink their wine from?
Q10:
1. What request was made of Mohi?
2. What was it asked that Mohi do?
3. What did someone ask Mohi to do?
Q11:
1. What request was made of Yoomy
2. What was it asked that Yoomy do?
3. What did someone ask Yoomy to do?
Q12:
1. What request was made of babbalanja?
2. What was it asked that babbalanja do?
3. What did someone ask babbalanja to do?
Q13:
1. What was everyone in the group to do?
2. What instruction was given to the entire group?
3. What was everyone in the group commanded to do?
Q14:
1. What was everyone supposed to drink?
2. What were all instructed to take a sip of?
3. What did the whole group have to take a drink of?
Q15:
1. Did everyone follow the instructions they were given?
2. Did all do as they were told?
3. Did everyone obey King Abrazza's isntructions?
Q16:
1. Who didn't have their sight?
2. Who could not see?
3. What group was described as being blind?
Q17:
1. Who didn't have their sight, besides Homeric bards?
2. Who could not see, in addition to the Homeric bards?
3. What group was described as being blind, like the Homeric bards?
Q18:
1. What did Vavona wish to create?
2. What did Vavona want to make?
3. What was it Vavona's desire to invent?
Q19:
1. Would Vavona's new world have royalty in it?
2. Would royalty exist in Vavona's other world?
3. Would there be royals in the world Vavona would make?
Q20:
1. Would Vavona's new world have wise men in it?
2. Would wise men exist in Vavona's other world?
3. Would there be sages in the world Vavona would make?
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37z929rlg98ym4j55o1dj7d6dscsth | race | Steve and Yaser first met in their chemistry class at an American university. Yaser was an international student from Jordan. He wanted to learn more about American culture and hoped that he and Steve would become good friends. At first, Steve seemed very friendly. He always greeted Yaser warmly before class. Sometimes he offered to study with Yaser. He even invited Yaser to have lunch with him. But after the term was over, Steve seemed distant. The two former classmates didn't see each other very often at school. One day Yaser decided to call Steve. Steve didn't seem very interested in talking to him. Yaser was hurt by Steve's change of attitude. "Steve said we were friends," Yaser complained, "and I thought friends were friends forever." Yaser was a little confused.
As a foreigner, he doesn't understand the way Americans view friendship. Americans use the word "friend" in a very general way. They may call both casual acquaintances(;) and close companions "friends". These friendships are based on common interests. When the shared activity ends, the friendship may fade . Now as Steve and Yaser are no longer classmates, their "friendship" has changed. In some cultures friendship means a strong lifelong bond between two people. In these cultures friendships develop slowly, since they are built to last. American society is one of rapid change. Studies show that one out five American families moves every year. American friendships develop quickly, and _ may change just quickly as well. People from the United States may at first seem friendly. Americans often chat easily with strangers. But American friendliness is not always an offer of true friendship. After an experience like Yaser's , people who've been in this country for only a few months may consider Americans to be fickle . Learning how Americans view friendship can help non-Americans avoid misunderstandings. It can also help them make friends in the American way. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where did Steve and Yaser meet?
2. Where was Steve and Yaser's first encounter?
3. Where did Steve and Yaser first come across each other?
Q2:
1. Did Steve and Yaser meet in a high school class?
2. Was it a high school class that Steve and Yaser met in?
3. Did Steve and Yaser first encounter each other at high school?
Q3:
1. Where did Steve and Yaser have class?
2. What was the location of STeve and Yaser's chemistry class?
3. Where was the chemistry class held?
Q4:
1. What is the American way of viewing friendship?
2. What view do Americans have of friendship?
3. How do people from the United States tend to approach friendship?
Q5:
1. Where was Yaser born?
2. What was Yaser's country of origin?
3. Where did Yaser come to the United States from?
Q6:
1. What meal did Steve and Yaser share?
2. What meal did Steve and Yaser eat together?
3. During what mealtime did Steve and Yaser dine together?
Q7:
1. What two emotions did Yaser feel?
2. What were two ways that Yaser felt?
3. What were Yaser's two emotions?
Q8:
1. Did American culture interest Yaser?
2. Did Yaser wish to know more about American culture?
3. Was Yaser fascinated by American culture?
Q9:
1. What description is given of American society?
2. What are the qualities of American society?
3. How does the article talk about society in the United States?
Q10:
1. How did Steve say hi to Yaser?
2. What was the quality of Steve's greeting to Yaser?
3. In what manner did Steve always greet Yaser?
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3ftf2t8wlri896r0rn6xpwffp729ws | wikipedia | The BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Limited, commonly known as the British Phonographic Industry or BPI, is the British recorded music industry's trade association.
Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all three "major" record companies in the UK (Warner Music UK, Sony Music Entertainment, and Universal Music Group), and hundreds of independent music labels and small to medium-sized music businesses.
It has represented the interests of British record companies since being formally incorporated in 1973 when the principal aim was to promote British music and fight copyright infringement.
In 2007, the association's legal name was changed from British Phonographic Industry Limited (The).
It founded the annual BRIT Awards for the British music industry in 1977, and, later, The Classic BRIT Awards. The organizing company, BRIT Awards Limited, is a fully owned subsidiary of the BPI. Proceeds from both shows go to the BRIT Trust, the charitable arm of the BPI that has donated almost £15m to charitable causes nationwide since its foundation in 1989. In September 2013, the BPI presented the first ever BRITs Icon Award to Sir Elton John. The BPI also endorsed the launch of the Mercury Prize for the Album of the Year in 1992.
The recorded music industry's Certified Awards program, which attributes Platinum, Gold and Silver status to singles, albums and music videos (Platinum and Gold only) based on their sales performance (see BPI Certified Awards program), has been administered by the BPI since its inception in 1973. In September 2008, the BPI became one of the founding members of UK Music, an umbrella organisation representing the interests of all parts of the industry. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is BPI short for?
2. What does BPI mean?
3. What is BPI an acronym for?
Q2:
1. Who are usually the members of BPI?
2. Who makes up the membership of BPI, generally speaking?
3. In general, who comprises the membership of the BPI?
Q3:
1. Where is BPI located?
2. In what country is BPI headquartered?
3. Where are the headquarters of the BPI?
Q4:
1. How many major companies make up the BPI?
2. What's the number of major companies included in BPI?
3. How many important companies comprise the BPI?
Q5:
1. What's one major record company in BPI?
2. Give the name of one of the major companies that comprises the BPI.
3. What is one of the important record labels affiliated with BPI?
Q6:
1. What's one major record company in BPI, besides Sony?
2. Give the name of one of the major companies that comprises the BPI, that is not Sony.
3. What is one of the important record labels affiliated with BPI, in addition to Sony?
Q7:
1. What's one major record company in BPI, besides Sony and Warner?
2. Give the name of one of the major companies that comprises the BPI, that isn't Sony or Warner.
3. What is one of the important record labels affiliated with BPI, in addition to Sony and Warner?
Q8:
1. Did BPI change its name?
2. Did the BPI undergo a name change?
3. Was the name of the BPI altered?
Q9:
1. What did BPI change its name to?
2. What is the new name of the BPI, since 2007?
3. Since 2007, what has the BPI been called?
Q10:
1. What did the British Recorded Music Industry used to be called?
2. What was the old name for the British Recorded Music Industry?
3. What was the British Recorded Music Industry once referred to as?
Q11:
1. When was the name of the British Recorded Music Industry changed?
2. In what year did the British Recorded Music Industry undergo a name changed?
3. When did the name of the British Recorded Music Industry get altered?
Q12:
1. What did the British Recorded Music Industry establish?
2. What was created by the British Recorded Music Industry?
3. What did the BPI create?
Q13:
1. When did the British Recorded Music Industry create the BRIT awards?
2. When were the annual BRIT awards founded by the British Recorded Music Industry?
3. In what year did the British Recorded Music Industry establish the annual BRIT awards?
Q14:
1. What came after the creation of the annual BRIT awards?
2. What was created after the establishment of the annual BRIT awards?
3. What awards ceremony was established after that of the annual BRIT awards?
Q15:
1. What owns the BRIT awards?
2. What do the BRIT awards belong to?
3.
Q16:
1. Where do the proceeds of the BRIT awards go?
2. Where is the money made off of the BRIT awards directed?
3. Who receives the proceeds generated by the BRIT awards?
Q17:
1. How much money have the BRIT awards donated thus far?
2. How many funds have the BRIT awards given away?
3. What's the amount of money that has been donated on behalf of the BRIT awards?
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382m9cohehfccytc4y7izmvtvn0euz | gutenberg | CHAPTER LXV - MISS LONGESTAFFE WRITES HOME
Lady Monogram, when she left Madame Melmotte's house after that entertainment of Imperial Majesty which had been to her of so very little avail, was not in a good humour. Sir Damask, who had himself affected to laugh at the whole thing, but who had been in truth as anxious as his wife to see the Emperor in private society, put her ladyship and Miss Longestaffe into the carriage without a word, and rushed off to his club in disgust. The affair from beginning to end, including the final failure, had been his wife's doing. He had been made to work like a slave, and had been taken against his will to Melmotte's house, and had seen no Emperor and shaken hands with no Prince! 'They may fight it out between them now like the Kilkenny cats.' That was his idea as he closed the carriage-door on the two ladies,--thinking that if a larger remnant were left of one cat than of the other that larger remnant would belong to his wife.
'What a horrid affair!' said Lady Monogram. 'Did anybody ever see anything so vulgar?' This was at any rate unreasonable, for whatever vulgarity there may have been, Lady Monogram had seen none of it.
'I don't know why you were so late,' said Georgiana.
'Late! Why it's not yet twelve. I don't suppose it was eleven when we got into the Square. Anywhere else it would have been early.'
'You knew they did not mean to stay long. It was particularly said so. I really think it was your own fault.' QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who left the house in a foul mood?
2. Who was in a sour mood when departing from the house?
3. Who left the house all angry?
Q2:
1. Whose house was Lady Monogram at?
2. In whose home was Lady Monogram?
3. Lady Monogram had been in the home of which lady?
Q3:
1. Was Lady Monogram put into a carriage?
2. Did Lady Monogram get into a carriage?
3. Was a carried brought for Lady Monogram?
Q4:
1. Who got in the carriage with Lady Monogram?
2. Who did Lady Monogram get into the carriage with?
3. Who was put alongside Lady Monogram in the carriage?
Q5:
1. Who put Lady Monogram and Miss LONGESTAFFE in the carriage?
2. Who got the carriage for Lady Monogram and Miss Longestaffe?
3. By whom was Lady Monogram and Miss Longestaffe's carriage called?
Q6:
1. Who was Sir Damask there to see?
2. Whose company was Sir Damask awaiting to be in?
3. Who would Sir Damask take court with?
Q7:
1. Did Sir Damask want to see the Emperor?
2. Was Sir Damask anxious to see the Emperor?
3. Did the thought of seeing the Emperor excite Sir Damask?
Q8:
1. Did Sir Damask end up seeing the Emporer?
2. Did Sir Damask have a meeting with the Emperor in the end?
3. Was Sir Damask eventually able to meet up with the Emperor?
Q9:
1. Who did Sir Damask want to shake hands with?
2. Whose hand did Sir Damask want to shake?
3. Who did Sir Damask wish to share a handshake with?
Q10:
1. What was the next stop of Sir Damask after putting the ladies in the carriage?
2. Once he'd gotten the women in the carriage where did Sir Damask go?
3. With Lady Monogram and Miss Longestaffe in the carriage, where did Sir Damask head off to?
Q11:
1. Did Sir Damask say anything about the ladies fighting?
2. Did Sir Damask make mention of the women's fight?
3. Did Sir Damask talk about the quarrel between the women?
Q12:
1. What animal did Sir Damask liken the women to?
2. Which animal did Sir Damask say that the fighting women were like?
3. What animal did the fighting women resemble, according to Sir Damask?
Q13:
1. Did anyone call the situation vulgar?
2. Was the situation referred to as vulgar by anyone?
3. Did anyone find what was happening disgusting?
Q14:
1. Who called the situation vulgar?
2. Who was horrified by the situation?
3. Who felt disgusted by what was going on?
Q15:
1. Who commented on Lady Monogram's lateness?
2. Who had something to say about Lady Monogram being late?
3. Who remarked upon Lady Monogram's tardiness?
Q16:
1. According to Lady Monogram, what time did they arrive in the square?
2. What time did Lady Monogram believe they'd arrived at the square?
3. In Lady Monogram's mind, when did they get to the square?
Q17:
1. Did Lady Monogram feel they arrived late?
2. Did the group arrive late in Lady Monogram's mind?
3. Was Lady Monogram of the opinion that the group had gotten there late?
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3ohyz19ugc5e9gs3s7tn4xddraxoav | wikipedia | Hyderabad (i/ˈhaɪdərəˌbæd/ HY-dər-ə-bad; often /ˈhaɪdrəˌbæd/) is the capital of the southern Indian state of Telangana and de jure capital of Andhra Pradesh.[A] Occupying 650 square kilometres (250 sq mi) along the banks of the Musi River, it has a population of about 6.7 million and a metropolitan population of about 7.75 million, making it the fourth most populous city and sixth most populous urban agglomeration in India. At an average altitude of 542 metres (1,778 ft), much of Hyderabad is situated on hilly terrain around artificial lakes, including Hussain Sagar—predating the city's founding—north of the city centre.
Established in 1591 by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, Hyderabad remained under the rule of the Qutb Shahi dynasty for nearly a century before the Mughals captured the region. In 1724, Mughal viceroy Asif Jah I declared his sovereignty and created his own dynasty, known as the Nizams of Hyderabad. The Nizam's dominions became a princely state during the British Raj, and remained so for 150 years, with the city serving as its capital. The Nizami influence can still be seen in the culture of the Hyderabadi Muslims. The city continued as the capital of Hyderabad State after it was brought into the Indian Union in 1948, and became the capital of Andhra Pradesh after the States Reorganisation Act, 1956. Since 1956, Rashtrapati Nilayam in the city has been the winter office of the President of India. In 2014, the newly formed state of Telangana split from Andhra Pradesh and the city became joint capital of the two states, a transitional arrangement scheduled to end by 2025. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was established in the 1950s?
2. What came about in the 1950s?
3. What did the decade of the 50s see the creation of?
Q2:
1. What is the capital of Telangana?
2. What serves as the capital of Telangana?
3. What is Telangana's capital called?
Q3:
1. When did Andhra Pradesh officially become a joint capital?
2. When was Andhra Pradesh officially cemented as a joint capital?
3. In what year did Andhra Pradesh become a joint capital?
Q4:
1. When will the arrangement with Andhra Pradesh end?
2. In what year is Andhra Pradesh set to no longer be a joint capital?
3. When will Andhra Pradesh cease to serve as a joint capital?
Q5:
1. How many people live in Andhra Pradesh?
2. What is the population of Andhra Pradesh?
3. What is the number of residents in Andhra Pradesh?
Q6:
1. How big is Andhra Pradesh?
2. What is the size of Andhra Pradesh?
3. How large is the capital city Andhra Pradesh?
Q7:
1. Is Andhra Pradesh close to a body of water?
2. Is Andhra Pradesh on the banks of a river?
3. Is there any water near Andhra Pradesh?
Q8:
1. What body of water is near Andhra Pradesh?
2. What sort of water source is Andhra Pradesh close to?
3. What kind of water is nearby Andhra Pradesh?
Q9:
1. What river is nearby Andhra Pradesh?
2. What is the river that's close to Andhra Pradesh?
3. Which river is Andhra Pradesh on the banks of?
Q10:
1. How many cities in India are larger than Andhra Pradesh?
2. What's the number of Indian cities larger than Andhra Pradesh?
3. How many Indian cities are bigger than Andhra Pradesh?
Q11:
1. How high is Andhra Pradesh?
2. What is the height of Andhra Pradesh?
3. How many meters high is Andhra Pradesh?
Q12:
1. Does Andhra Pradesh only have natural bodies of water?
2. Is every body of water in Andhra Pradesh a natural one?
3. Does Andhra Pradesh exclusively have natural water sources?
Q13:
1. What bodies of water in Andhra Pradesh are not natural?
2. What are the artificial sources of water in Andhra Pradesh?
3. What artificial bodies of water can be found in Andhra Pradesh?
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3lo69w1su3d7dm291f5582kmv1lgl1 | wikipedia | Modern-day Nigeria has been the site of numerous kingdoms and tribal states over the millennia. The modern state originated from British colonial rule beginning in the 19th century, and the merging of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and Northern Nigeria Protectorate in 1914. The British set up administrative and legal structures whilst practising indirect rule through traditional chiefdoms. Nigeria became a formally independent federation in 1960, and plunged into a civil war from 1967 to 1970. It has since alternated between democratically-elected civilian governments and military dictatorships, until it achieved a stable democracy in 1999, with its 2011 presidential elections being viewed as the first to be conducted reasonably freely and fairly.
Nigeria is often referred to as the "Giant of Africa", owing to its large population and economy. With approximately 182 million inhabitants, Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous country in the world. Nigeria has one of the largest populations of youth in the world. The country is viewed as a multinational state, as it is inhabited by over 500 ethnic groups, of which the three largest are the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba; these ethnic groups speak over 500 different languages, and are identified with wide variety of cultures. The official language is English. Nigeria is divided roughly in half between Christians, who live mostly in the southern part of the country, and Muslims in the northern part. A minority of the population practise religions indigenous to Nigeria, such as those native to Igbo and Yoruba peoples. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the nickname of Nigeria?
2. What is Nigeria often referred to as?
3. What to people tend to call Nigeria?
Q2:
1. Why does Nigeria have the nickname "Giant of Africa"?
2. What makes people call Nigeria the "Giant of Africa"?
3. Why is Nigeria often referred to as the "Giant of Africa"?
Q3:
1. How many ethnic groups are there in Nigeria?
2. How many ethnic groups does Nigeria have?
3. What is the numbe of ethnicities found in Nigeria?
Q4:
1. What is one of Nigeria's largest ethnic groups?
2. What is one of the biggest ethnic groups in Nigeria?
3. Name one of Nigeria's most sizeable ethnic groups.
Q5:
1. Has there been a civil war in Nigeria?
2. Has civil war ever broken out in Nigeria?
3. Has Nigeria suffered through civil war?
Q6:
1. When was there a civil war in Nigeria?
2. When did Nigeria have a civil war?
3. What years did the Nigerian civil war span?
Q7:
1. What was the origin of the Nigerian Civil War?
2. What brought about the civil war in Nigeria?
3. What caused civil war to break out in Nigeria?
Q8:
1. What merged in 1914?
2. What was brought together in 1914?
3. What was there a merger between?
Q9:
1. What structures did the British have in Nigeria?
2. What structures did the British set in place in Nigeria?
3. What were the structures set up by the British inside Nigeria?
Q10:
1. When did Nigeria become independent?
2. In what year did Nigeria gain its independence?
3. What year did Nigerian independence come about?
Q11:
1. What kind of government has there been in Nigeria?
2. What has Nigeria's government been like?
3. What kinds of governing styles has Nigeria waffled between?
Q12:
1. What happened with Nigerian elections in 2011?
2. What was the 2011 election in Nigeria like?
3. What was important about the 2011 elections in Nigeria?
Q13:
1. What is the population of Nigeria?
2. How many people live Nigeria?
3. What is the number of residents in Nigeria?
Q14:
1. Where does Nigeria rank in population amongst African nations?
2. Within the African continent, how does Nigeria's population rank?
3. What is the rank of Nigeria's population against other African nations?
Q15:
1. Where does Nigeria's population rank worldwide?
2. Amongst world countries, how does Nigeria's population rank?
3. What is the rank of Nigeria's population on a global scale?
Q16:
1. What religions are present in Nigeria?
2. What religions do people practice in Nigeria?
3. What are the religious systems that are dominant in Nigeria?
Q17:
1. What religion lives in the North of Nigeria?
2. People of what religious belief live in the north of Nigeria?
3. Northern Nigeria is home to people of what religious belief?
Q18:
1. What religion lives in the south of Nigeria?
2. People of what religious belief live in the south of Nigeria?
3. Southern Nigeria is home to people of what religious belief?
Q19:
1. Are there any native religions in Nigeria?
2. Is Nigeria home to any native religions?
3. Do any indigenous religions exist in Nigeria?
Q20:
1. Who practices indigenous religions in Nigeria?
2. Who are native religions practiced by in Nigeria?
3. Who are the adherents of Nigeria's native religions?
Q21:
1. What languages are spoken in Nigeria?
2. What do they speak in Nigeria?
3. Which languages are present in Nigeria?
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39lnwe0k4uwos3vy0hx9k1tlm62ium | mctest | Johnny wakes up early this morning. He is so happy. Today Daddy is taking him to the aquarium. Johnny wants to see blue fish, red fish, yellow fish, and green fish. He also wants to see really big fish.
Daddy and Johnny are at the aquarium.
"Look!" Johnny says. "There's a big red fish!" The fish swims away. A small yellow fish swims up to the glass and looks at Johnny.
"A yellow fish!" says Johnny, "He's tiny."
Lots of blue fish swim by behind the yellow fish.
"Look at all of those blue fish!" says Johnny. "They stay together."
Daddy points at a long fish and says "That one is as big as me!"
Johnny laughs. He still wants to find a green fish. He sees a lot of fish, but none of them are green.
"Daddy, I can't find a green fish. I want to see a green fish."
Daddy laughs. "Let's go to the next window and look."
Johnny looks through the next window and sees lots of fish, but none of them are green fish.
"I still don't see any green fish," says Johnny.
"Look there," Daddy tells him. Johnny sees a green sea turtle! It's a lot bigger than a fish.
After looking at all the fish, Daddy and Johnny go home again. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. When was Johnny awoken?
2. When did Johnny get up for the day?
3. What time did Johnny wake up?
Q2:
1. Where is Johnny going?
2. Where is Johnny making a trip to?
3. What place will Johnny visit?
Q3:
1. Who is taking Johnny to the aquarium?
2. Who is Johnny going to the aquarium?
3. Who will accompany Johnny on his trip to the aquarium?
Q4:
1. Which fish gazed upon Johnny?
2. What fish glanced at Johnny?
3. What was the fish that saw Johnny?
Q5:
1. Was the yellow fish big?
2. Was the yellow fish a large one?
3. Was the fish that was yellow quite sizeable?
Q6:
1. Did other fish swim behind the yellow one?
2. Were there fish swimming to the back of the yellow fish?
3. Did the yellow fish have other ones swimming behind it?
Q7:
1. What did Johnny's dad say upon spotting the long fish?
2. What did Johnny's father proclaim when he saw the long fish?
3. When Johnny's dad saw the long fish, what did he say?
Q8:
1. How did Johnny react to his dad's remark about the long fish?
2. What did Johnny do in response to his dad's comment about the long fish?
3. What did Johnny do when his dad joked about the long fish?
Q9:
1. Was a turtle one of the animals that Johnny saw?
2. Did Johnny come across a turtle at the aquarium?
3. Was there a turtle for Johnny to meet at the aquarium?
Q10:
1. Was the turtle bigger than the fish?
2. Was the turtle's size more considerable than that of the fish?
3. Was the turtle larger in size than were the fish?
Q11:
1. Did Johnny want to see a really big fish at the aquarium?
2. Did Johnny hope that the aquarium would have a really big fish to see?
3. Did Johnny have a desire to spot some big fish at the aquarium?
Q12:
1. What did Johnny and his dad do after their day at the aquarium?
2. After spending the whole day at the aquarium, what did Johnny and his dad do?
3. What was Johnny and his father's plan of action after seeing all the fish?
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3atthhxxwaog97pt5m8w48sphw2xit | gutenberg | CHAPTER XI: THUNDERSTORM THE FIRST
But what had become of the 'bit of writing' which Harry Verney, by the instigation of his evil genius, had put into the squire's fly- book? Tregarva had waited in terrible suspense for many weeks, expecting the explosion which he knew must follow its discovery. He had confided to Lancelot the contents of the paper, and Lancelot had tried many stratagems to get possession of it, but all in vain. Tregarva took this as calmly as he did everything else. Only once, on the morning of the eclaircissement between Lancelot and Argemone, he talked to Lancelot of leaving his place, and going out to seek his fortune; but some spell, which he did not explain, seemed to chain him to the Priory. Lancelot thought it was the want of money, and offered to lend him ten pounds whenever he liked; but Tregarva shook his head.
'You have treated me, sir, as no one else has done--like a man and a friend; but I am not going to make a market of your generosity. I will owe no man anything, save to love one another.'
'But how do you intend to live?' asked Lancelot, as they stood together in the cloisters.
'There's enough of me, sir, to make a good navigator if all trades fail.'
'Nonsense! you must not throw yourself away so.'
'Oh, sir, there's good to be done, believe me, among those poor fellows. They wander up and down the land like hogs and heathens, and no one tells them that they have a soul to be saved. Not one parson in a thousand gives a thought to them. They can manage old folks and little children, sir, but, somehow, they never can get hold of the young men--just those who want them most. There's a talk about ragged schools, now. Why don't they try ragged churches, sir, and a ragged service?' QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. State the name of the chapter at hand.
2. Which chapter appears here?
3. What is the name of the chapter at hand?
Q2:
1. Who placed a note in a book?
2. Who was a note placed into a book by?
3. Who left a note inside of a tome?
Q3:
1. Whose book did Harry Verney leave the note in?
2. Whose book did Harry Verney place a missive into?
3. Who had a note left in their book by Harry Verney?
Q4:
1. Who was worried about Harry Verney's note?
2. Who did not feel comfortable with the note Harry Verney left?
3. Who felt concern regarding Harry Verney's note?
Q5:
1. Did Tregarva spend a long time waiting?
2. Was Tregarva kept waiting for long?
3. Had Tregarva waited for a long amount of time?
Q6:
1. What did Tregarva expect after the note was found?
2. What did Tregarva think would happen upon the notes discovery?
3. What did Tregarva anticipate once the note had been located?
Q7:
1. Who did Tregarva talk to about the note?
2. Who did Tregarva confide in?
3. Who was Tregarva's confidant?
Q8:
1. Did Tregarva feel stressed about speaking with Lancelot?
2. Did the thought of talking to Lancelot stress Tregarva out?
3. Did Tregarva have anxiety about discussing with Lancelot?
Q9:
1. What was Tregarva's state?
2. How was Tregarva acting?
3. What sort of state was Tregarva in?
Q10:
1. Did Lancelot manage to take possession of the note?
2. Did Lancelot succeed in retrieving the note?
3. Was Lancelot able to get the note in his hands?
Q11:
1. What seemed to tie Tregarva to the Priory?
2. What was seemingly keeping Tregarva tethered to the Priory?
3. For what reason could Tregarva not extricate himself from the Priory?
Q12:
1. Why did Lancelot think Tregarva wouldn't leave the priory?
2. In the opinion of Lancelot, why wouldn't Tregarva extricate himself from the priory?
3. What did Lancelot think kept Tregarva tied to the Priory?
Q13:
1. Did Tregarva accept Lancelot's offer?
2. Did Tregarva take the money Lancelot offered him?
3. Did Tregarva want Lancelot to give him money?
Q14:
1. How much money did Lancelot offer Tregarva?
2. How much money was Lancelot willing to give Tregarva?
3. What was the sum offered to Tregarva by Lancelot?
Q15:
1. Who was in Lancelot's company when Tregarva talked to him?
2. Who was Lancelot with as Tregarva spoke to him?
3. Who along with Lancelot listened to Tregarva speak?
Q16:
1. Who was Lancelot's eclaircissement with?
2. Who did Lancelot clear something up with?
3. Who cleared up something with Lancelot/
Q17:
1. What did Tregarva say he would not do with Lancelot's generosity?
2. What did Tregarva vow not to do with Lancelot's generous spirit?
3. What did Tregarva wish to avoid doing with the generosity of Lancelot?
Q18:
1. What did Tregarva say about Lancelot's treatment of him?
2. How did Lancelot treat Tregarva, in the latter's words?
3. How did Tregarva claim that Lancelot acted towards him?
Q19:
1. What did Tregarva say men wander up and down as?
2. What do men walk around like according to Tregarva?
3. How did Tregarva say that men walk up and down?
Q20:
1. Does anyone speak to men?
2. Does anyone intervene with the men that walk around like hogs or heathens?
3. Are any thoughts cast upon the men that wander about like pigs?
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3z7ishfuh0vcpwdvxikqo4emmz0z8n | wikipedia | Yale University Press is a university press associated with Yale University. It was founded in 1908 by George Parmly Day, and became an official department of Yale University in 1961, but it remains financially and operationally autonomous.
, Yale University Press published approximately 300 new hardcover and 150 new paperback books annually and has more than 6,000 books in print. Its books have won five National Book Awards, two National Book Critics Circle Awards and eight Pulitzer Prizes.
The press co-owns the distributor TriLiteral LLC with MIT Press and Harvard University Press.
Since its inception in 1919, the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition has published the first collection of poetry by new poets. The first winner was Howard Buck; the 2011 winner was Katherine Larson.
Yale University Press and Yale Repertory Theatre jointly sponsor the Yale Drama Series, a playwriting competition. The winner of the annual competition is awarded the David C. Horn Prize of $10,000, publication of his/her manuscript by Yale University Press, and a staged reading at Yale Rep. The Yale Drama Series and David C. Horn Prize are funded by the David Charles Horn Foundation.
In 2007, Yale University Press acquired the Anchor Bible Series, a collection of more than 115 volumes of biblical scholarship, from the Doubleday Publishing Group. New and backlist titles are now published under the Anchor Yale Bible Series name. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the year of Yale University Press's founding?
2. When did Yale University Press get established?
3. In what year did Yale University Press first appear?
Q2:
1. Who created Yale University Press?
2. Who was Yale University Press founded by?
3. Who was the founder of Yale University Press?
Q3:
1. Was Yale University Press always operated from within yale University?
2. Was it always Yale University itself that operated Yale University Press?
3. Has Yale University been the sole distributor of Yale University Press?
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304sm51wa34yqipo52asjd7k7v8sb7 | gutenberg | CHAPTER XIII.
THE CORN SALVE DOCTOR.
After supper the two partners found that time hung a little heavily upon their hands. Matt suggested that they walk around the city a bit, taking in the sights, but Andy was too tired.
"I'll tell you what I will do, though," said the older member of the firm. "I'll get one of the accordions out and you can get a banjo, and we can practice a little. There is nothing like being prepared for an emergency, you know."
"That is true, and we'll have to brush up quite a bit if we wish to play in public," laughed Matt.
He accompanied Andy to the barn where the wagon was stored, and they brought not only the accordion and the banjo, but also a violin and a mouth harmonica.
These instruments they took to the bedroom which had been assigned to them, and here, while it was yet early, they tuned up and began to practice upon such simple tunes as both knew by heart. Matt first tried the banjo, and after he had it in tune with the accordion, the partners played half a dozen selections quite creditably.
"We wouldn't do for grand opera soloists, but I guess it will be good enough to attract crowds in small country towns," laughed Andy, as he ground out a lively German waltz.
"Supposing we try the violin and banjo," suggested Matt, and Andy took up the king of instruments.
But this did not go so well, and it was not long before Andy turned back to the accordion, which, according to his statement, half-played itself. Matt tried the mouth harmonica, and surprised not only Andy, but half a dozen listeners, by the wonderful effects he produced upon the little instrument. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was the younger of the pair?
2. Which man was the younger one?
3. Which member of the team was the youngest?
Q2:
1. Who was the older of the pair?
2. Which man was the older one?
3. Which member of the team was the elder?
Q3:
1. What did Matt suggest doing?
2. What was Matt's suggestion?
3. What idea did Matt have?
Q4:
1. What did Matt want to do as they walked around the city?
2. What did Matt propose doing as they walked about the city?
3. Why did Matt want to go for a walk around the city?
Q5:
1. Was Andy keen on walking around the city?
2. Did taking in the city sights interest Andy?
3. Was Andy in favor of taking a walk around the city?
Q6:
1. Why didn't Andy want to walk around the city?
2. Why wasn't Andy in favor of the city tour?
3. For what reason was Andy against walking about the city?
Q7:
1. What did Andy suggest doing instead of walking the city?
2. What did Andy want to do in lieu of walking about the city?
3. What was Andy in favor of doing, instead of taking in the city sights?
Q8:
1. What did Andy want to practice?
2. What did Andy think it best to get some practice with?
3. What instrument was Andy keen on practicing?
Q9:
1. What did Andy want to practice with the accordions?
2. What did Andy think it best to get some practice with, along with the accordions?
3. What instrument was Andy keen on practicing, in addition to the accordion?
Q10:
1. Where were the accordion and banjo kept?
2. What was the location of the accordion and banjo?
3. Where did Andy and Matt keep their instruments?
Q11:
1. Where was the wagon?
2. What was the wagon's location?
3. Where could the wagon be found?
Q12:
1. Did Matt and Andy bring any instruments besides the accordion and banjo?
2. Were there any instruments in the wagon along with the accordion and banjo?
3. Did Matt and Andy have instruments in addition to the accordion and banjo?
Q13:
1. Did Matt and Andy bring any instruments besides the accordion, violin and banjo?
2. Were there any instruments in the wagon along with the accordion, violin and banjo?
3. Did Matt and Andy have instruments in addition to the violin, accordion and banjo?
Q14:
1. Where did Matt and Andy take all of their instruments?
2. Where did Matt and Andy carry the musical instruments to?
3. To what location did Matt and Andy travel to with the instruments?
Q15:
1. Was it at the end of the day?
2. Was it night time once Matt and Andy arrived at the bedroom?
3. Did Matt and Andy get to the bedroom late?
Q16:
1. What instrument did Matt begin to play?
2. Which instrument did Matt select first?
3. What was the first instrument played by Matt?
Q17:
1. How many songs did Matt and Andy worked on?
2. How many tunes did Andy and Matt practiced?
3. What was the number of melodies that Andy and Matt practiced with?
Q18:
1. What kind of song did Andy play?
2. Which sort of tune did Andy choose to perform?
3. What melody was played by Andy?
Q19:
1. Did Matt have trouble playing the harmonica?
2. Was Matt a bad harmonica player?
3. Did Matt struggle to master the harmonica?
Q20:
1. Was Andy surprised at Matt's mastery of the harmonica?
2. Was Andy taken aback by how well Matt could play the harmonica?
3. Did Matt's harmonica playing skills surprise Andy?
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3ftf2t8wlri896r0rn6xpwffp6n9wb | wikipedia | Ramayana, originally titled as Kaavyam Ramayanam Kritsnam Sitaayaas Charitham Mahat, is an ancient Indian epic poem which narrates the struggle of the divine prince Rama to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana. Along with the Mahabharata, it forms the Sanskrit Itihasa.
The epic, traditionally ascribed to the Hindu sage Valmiki, narrates the life of Rama, the legendary prince of the Kosala Kingdom. It follows his banishment from the kingdom by his father King Dasharatha, his travels across forests in India with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana, the kidnapping of his wife by Ravana, the demon king of Lanka, resulting in a war with him, and Rama's eventual return to Ayodhya to be crowned king.
The "Ramayana" is one of the largest ancient epics in world literature. It consists of nearly 24,000 verses (mostly set in the Shloka meter), divided into seven Kandas (books) and about 500 sargas (chapters). In Hindu tradition, it is considered to be the "adi-kavya" (first poem). It depicts the duties of relationships, portraying ideal characters like the ideal father, the ideal servant, the ideal brother, the ideal wife and the ideal king. "Ramayana" was an important influence on later Sanskrit poetry and Hindu life and culture. Like "Mahabharata", "Ramayana" is not just a story: it presents the teachings of ancient Hindu sages in narrative allegory, interspersing philosophical and ethical elements. The characters Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, Bharata, Hanuman, Shatrughna, and Ravana are all fundamental to the cultural consciousness of India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and south-east Asian countries such as Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the divine Prince's name?
2. What is the divine Prince called?
3. Who is known as the divine Prince?
Q2:
1. Is Rama married?
2. Does Rama have a wife?
3. Is there anyone who is married to Rama?
Q3:
1. Who is Rama's wife?
2. What is the name of the woman married to Rama?
3. Who is Rama married to?
Q4:
1. What's the poem about Rama called?
2. What poem tells the story of Rama?
3. What is the name of the poem about Rama?
Q5:
1. What was Ramayana's name when it was written?
2. What was the original title of Ramayana?
3. What title was Ramayana first known under?
Q6:
1. Who was Rama's wife saved from?
2. Who was SIta rescued from?
3. Who did the wife of Rama need to be rescued from?
Q7:
1. Who is Ravana?
2. What is Ravana's role in the poem?
3. How does the poem describe Ravana?
Q8:
1. What kind of tale is Ramayana?
2. What genre of poem is Ramayana?
3. What sort of poem is Ramayana?
Q9:
1. Is Ramayana a work of fiction?
2. Is Ramayana a fictional tale?
3. Is Ramayana a made up story?
Q10:
1. How can Ramayana be described, other than as fiction?
2. What other genre does Ramayana fit into, besides simple fiction?
3. What literary form could one ascribe to Ramayana, in addition to fiction?
Q11:
1. Who is the presumed author of Ramayana?
2. Who is believed to have written Ramayana?
3. Who do scholars assume to be the creator of Ramayana?
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3pmby0ye273zv8lvaw6wd28cxidc9x | race | Below are reviews for three books and two book series. Each has been read and loved by students across the country.
The Outsiders
This book, first published in 1967. has become a classic for teens across the nation. It focuses on Ponyboy , who has been labeled all his life as a greaser. The greaser's opposing group is the " socs ". kids who have lots of money and can break any rules without getting in trouble. As the novel develops, S. E. Hinton allows the reader to see exactly how these labels affect teens in both the greaser and the soc group.
If you've ever watched the movie The Outsiders, this story may sound familiar, as the movie was based on the book . The Outsiders gives teens a look into life in the 50's and 60's, offering timeless lessons that still apply to today's youth.
Out of the Dust
Any student interested in the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl should read Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse. Hesse is able to capture the mood and spirit of this era through the use of poetry. The main character of the book, Billie Jo, is growing up in Oklahoma, the heart of the Dust Bowl. Through free verse poetry, Billie Jo narrates her tale of poverty and survival during this difficult time.
Out of the Dust is an excellent lesson in history . Due to the short length and writing style, the book is a quick but worthwhile read. By the end of the book, the reader is eager to start the story over again . Hesse is able to pack a lot of emotions and details into her short book , making the story very real and believable.
The Giver
The Giver depicts a perfect society in which citizens experience no pain, have never felt fear, and life is completely under control. However, as the reader progresses through the story, it's easy to see that this community is far from utopia . Instead, through the experiences felt by the main character Jonas, the reader learns there is a missing from life in this world..
During the Ceremony of the Twelves, each 12--year --old is assigned their life --long career in the community . Jonas is chosen to be the Receiver of Memories, a very special job assigned to one person at a time . When Jonas receives his training . he learns many truths about his community that change how he feels about his life, making him determined to do something to change it .
The Giver is a good book for teens who enjoy science fiction and fantasy. The book makes you examine your own life, values, and beliefs, striving to find how you would define the perfect society.
Anne of Green Gables
This eight-book series depicts the life of Anne Shirley, an orphan that is adopted in Prince Edward Island, Canada . The books are set in the 1800s to the 1900s, the last one taking place during World War I. Anne is a loveable spirit who has many misfortunes and laughable experiences when growing up and going to college.
The Anne of Green Gables series is fun to read. creating a strong attachment to the reader and making the last book a bitter -sweet experience. Teenage girls who are looking for a female role model will love Anne Shirley.
Harry Potter
J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series has sold more copies than any other series in history. The series , which includes seven books in all , fallows a boy wizard named Harry Potter.
Harry attends Hogwarts School of Witcheraft and Wizardy. The seven books follow Harry through seven years of wizarding school . During this time , readers experience the wizarding world through Harry's eyes and watch him make friends. Learn magic and fight a wizard.
The Harry Potter books are an enchanting read for all ages. No matter who you are. you will find yourself absorbed in the magical world created by J. K. Rowling. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. When did the Outsiders come out?
2. In what year was the outsiders published?
3. What was the year of publication of the outsiders?
Q2:
1. Who is the main character of the outsiders?
2. Who is the outsiders about?
3. What character does the Outsiders focus on?
Q3:
1. Who wrote the outsiders?
2. Who was the author of the outsiders?
3. Who penned the outsiders?
Q4:
1. Who is the main character in Out of the Dust?
2. What is the name of the main character in Out of the Dust?
3. Who does Out of the Dust focus on?
Q5:
1. Where does the main character of Out of the Dust grow up?
2. Where does Billie Jo grow up?
3. Where does the main character of Out of the Dust spend her youth?
Q6:
1. What kind of poetry style is Out of the Dust written in?
2. What poetry form does Out of the Dust use?
3. What sort of poetry makes up the tome Out of the Dust?
Q7:
1. Is Out of the Dust long?
2. Does Out of the Dust take forever to get through?
3. Would it take you forever to read Out of the Dust?
Q8:
1. Who is the target audience for the Giver?
2. What kind of people would most appreciate the Giver?
3. Who is most likely to enjoy The Giver?
Q9:
1. What job is Jonas given?
2. What is Jonas chosen to serve as?
3. What is Jonah appointed as?
Q10:
1. Did Jonah learn anything?
2. Was there any important information that Jonah picked up?
3. Did Jonah receive any pertinent info?
Q11:
1. Who wrote Harry Potter?
2. Who is the author of the Harry Potter series?
3. Whose mind does Harry Potter come from?
Q12:
1. How many books are there in the Harry Potter series?
2. How many Harry Potter books are there?
3. How many books did JK Rowling write about Harry Potter?
Q13:
1. What school exists in Harry Potter?
2. What schools is attended by the characters in Harry Potter?
3. What school does Harry Potter mention?
Q14:
1. How many years long is Harry Potter's schooling?
2. How many years does Harry Potter spend at wizarding school?
3. How many years of Harry Potter's life are spent at wizarding school?
Q15:
1. What age group is Harry Potter good for?
2. What age group would enjoy the Harry Potter series?
3. What is the target age group for Harry Potter?
Q16:
1. During what period is Anne of Green Gables set?
2. When does the book Anne of Green Gables take place?
3. What time period serves as the setting for Anne of Green Gables?
Q17:
1. Who is the orphan in Anne of Green Gables?
2. What is the orphan's name in Anne of Green Gables?
3. What girl is orphaned in Anne of Green Gables?
Q18:
1. Where is Anne of Green Gables adopted?
2. In what location does a family adopt Anne of Green Gables?
3. Where is the title character of Anne of Green Gables adopted?
Q19:
1. Is Anne of Green Gables a fun read?
2. Is Anne of Green Gables enjoyable to read?
3. Do a lot of people like reading Anne of Green Gables?
Q20:
1. Is Anne of Green Gables more geared towards boys or girls?
2. Are boys or girls more likely to enjoy Anne of Green Gables?
3. Who will probably be more attuned to Anne of Green Gables - boys or girls?
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3yoh7bii097fbdam5asqt3ahsemkv4 | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXIII
I
WHEN America entered the Great European War, Vida sent Raymie off to an officers' training-camp--less than a year after her wedding. Raymie was diligent and rather strong. He came out a first lieutenant of infantry, and was one of the earliest sent abroad.
Carol grew definitely afraid of Vida as Vida transferred the passion which had been released in marriage to the cause of the war; as she lost all tolerance. When Carol was touched by the desire for heroism in Raymie and tried tactfully to express it, Vida made her feel like an impertinent child.
By enlistment and draft, the sons of Lyman Cass, Nat Hicks, Sam Clark joined the army. But most of the soldiers were the sons of German and Swedish farmers unknown to Carol. Dr. Terry Gould and Dr. McGanum became captains in the medical corps, and were stationed at camps in Iowa and Georgia. They were the only officers, besides Raymie, from the Gopher Prairie district. Kennicott wanted to go with them, but the several doctors of the town forgot medical rivalry and, meeting in council, decided that he would do better to wait and keep the town well till he should be needed. Kennicott was forty-two now; the only youngish doctor left in a radius of eighteen miles. Old Dr. Westlake, who loved comfort like a cat, protestingly rolled out at night for country calls, and hunted through his collar-box for his G. A. R. button.
Carol did not quite know what she thought about Kennicott's going. Certainly she was no Spartan wife. She knew that he wanted to go; she knew that this longing was always in him, behind his unchanged trudging and remarks about the weather. She felt for him an admiring affection--and she was sorry that she had nothing more than affection. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What war did America start participate in?
2. Which war did the United States enter?
3. What conflict did the United States begin participating in?
Q2:
1. Who made Carol afraid?
2. Who did Carol feel uneasy around
3. Who frightened Carol?
Q3:
1. What did Carol feel like around Vida?
2. What did Vida make Carol feel like?
3. What was Carol's state when around Vida?
Q4:
1. What was the number of men to enlist in the Army?
2. How many men signed up for the army?
3. How many men agreed to join the army?
Q5:
1. Who were the fathers of most of the soldiers?
2. Who were the majority of the soldiers the children of?
3. Who did a large number of soldiers have for dads?
Q6:
1. What was the age of the youthful doctor?
2. How old was the young doctor?
3. How old was Kennicott?
Q7:
1. In what radius was Kennicott the only doctor?
2. What was the radius in which Kennicott was the only doctor?
3. Within what radius was there no one but Kennicott as a doctor?
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33l7pjkhcgyg3k4wrqv82gd50u38tm | gutenberg | CHAPTER XVI Old Man Coyote is Very Crafty.
Coyote has a crafty brain; His wits are sharp his ends to gain.
There is nothing in the world more true than that. Old Man Coyote has the craftiest brain of all the little people of the Green Forest or the Green Meadows. Sharp as are the wits of old Granny Fox, they are not quite so sharp as the wits of Old Man Coyote. If you want to fool him, you will have to get up very early in the morning, and then it is more than likely that you will be the one fooled, not he. There is very little going on around him that he doesn't know about. But once in a while something escapes him. The coming of Paddy the Beaver to the Green Forest was one of these things. He didn't know a thing about Paddy until Paddy had finished his dam and his house, and was cutting his supply of food for the winter.
You see, it was this way: When the Merry Little Breezes of Old Mother West Wind first heard what was going on in the Green Forest and hurried around over the Green Meadows and through the Green Forest to spread the news, as is their way, they took the greatest pains not to even hint it to Old Man Coyote because they were afraid that he would make trouble and perhaps drive Paddy away. The place that Paddy had chosen to build his dam was so deep in the Green Forest that Old Man Coyote seldom went that way. So it was that he knew nothing about Paddy, and Paddy knew nothing about him for some time. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What's this chapter called?
2. Give us the name of the chapter.
3. What is the title of this chapter?
Q2:
1. What is Coyote's brain like?
2. What sort of brain does Old Man Coyote have?
3. What kind of brain is that of Old Man Coyote?
Q3:
1. How are Old Man Coyote's witx?
2. How can the wits of Old Man Coyote be described?
3. How agile are the wits of Old Man Coyote?
Q4:
1. What is the truest statement?
2. What is there nothing more true than?
3. What statement has the most truth in it?
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3ngms9vztlifzuwi4kwpv4fqxwhffq | cnn | (CNN) -- It's a number that even astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is having a hard time wrapping his brilliant mind around.
His Christmas Day tweet commemorating the birthday of Isaac Newton was retweeted more than 69,000 times as of this writing, making it the most popular of his Twitter career so far -- and, arguably, his most controversial.
"On this day long ago, a child was born who, by age 30, would transform the world. Happy Birthday Isaac Newton b. Dec 25, 1642," the StarTalk host tweeted.
He followed it up with a nod to the commercialization of Christmas: "Merry Christmas to all. A Pagan holiday (BC) becomes a Religious holiday (AD). Which then becomes a Shopping holiday (USA)." By then, he was on a roll. Earlier in the day, he tweeted, "QUESTION: This year, what do all the world's Muslims and Jews call December 25th? ANSWER: Thursday."
His comments drew criticism and name-calling from various corners of the internet. "Overly reductive, deliberately cynical and unnecessarily provocative," one person said on Twitter.
Another accused him of "trolling Christmas today to show you how smart he is."
Tyson's response to the controversy? "Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them."
Later Friday, Tyson pondered "My Most Retweeted Tweet" in a Facebook post. He did not defend or disavow his comments. Instead, in true scientific form, he attempted to quantify their popularity compared to previous tweets.
"My sense in this case is that the high rate of re-tweeting, is not to share my enthusiasm of this fact, but is driven by accusations that the tweet is somehow anti-Christian," he wrote. "If a person actually wanted to express anti-Christian sentiment, my guess is that alerting people of Isaac Newton's birthday would appear nowhere on the list." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who sent out a tweet on Christmas day?
2. Whose tweet appeared on Christmas Day?
3. Who communicatec on twitter on Christmas?
Q2:
1. How many times was Neil deGrasse Tyson tweet retweeted?
2. How many times did people retweet the message Neil deGrasse Tyson sent out?
3. What was the number of times that Neil deGrasse Tyson's message on twitter got retweeted?
Q3:
1. What did Neil deGrasse Tyson tweet on Christmas Day?
2. What was Neil deGrasse Tyson's Christmas Day tweet?
3. What did Neil deGrasse Tyson have to say on twitter?
Q4:
1. What did Neil deGrasse Tyson follow his tweet on Christmas with?
2. What was Neil deGrasse Tyson follow-up to his big Christmas day tweet?
3. What did Neil deGrasse Tyson have to say after his tweet on Christmas?
Q5:
1. What did Neil deGrasse Tyson say to recognize Christmas's commercialization?
2. How did Neil deGrasse Tyson make a nod to the commercialization of Christmas?
3. What was Neil deGrasse Tyson's message that referenced how commercialized Christmas has become?
Q6:
1. Was Neil deGrasse Tyson on a roll with his tweets?
2. Was Neil deGrasse Tyson firing off a bunch of tweets?
3. Could Neil deGrasse Tyson simply not be stopped with his tweeting?
Q7:
1. Has Neil deGrasse Tyson already been tweeting when he sent his big Christmas tweet?
2. Was Neil deGrasse Tyson big tweet on Christmas day preceded by any others?
3. Had Neil deGrasse Tyson already been tweeting when he sent the more controversial message?
Q8:
1. What was Neil deGrasse Tyson's first tweet on Christmas Day?
2. What was the first thing that Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted out on Christmas Day?
3. What was the first tweet sent by Neil deGrasse Tyson on Christmas?
Q9:
1. Did everyone like Neil deGrasse Tyson's comments?
2. Was everything that Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted out received favorably?
3. Did the general public appreciate what Neil deGrasse Tyson said in his tweets?
Q10:
1. What was one person's response to Neil deGrasse Tyson's tweets?
2. What did one person say in response to Neil deGrasse Tyson's message?
3. How was Neil deGrasse Tyson's tweet taken by one Twitter user?
Q11:
1. What did a second person accuse Neil deGrasse Tyson of?
2. What was a second person's reaction to Neil deGrasse Tyson's tweets?
3. What did a second Twitter user say in response to Neil deGrasse Tyson's tweets?
Q12:
1. How did Neil deGrasse Tyson respond to accusations that he was trolling Christmas?
2. What did Neil deGrasse Tyson reply to the person who said he was trolling Christmas?
3. When accused of trolling Christmas, what did Neil deGrasse Tyson say in resposne?
Q13:
1. What did Neil deGrasse Tyson reflect upon in a Facebook post?
2. What did a Facebook post from Neil deGrasse Tyson talk about?
3. What did Neil deGrasse Tyson think about in his post to Facebook?
Q14:
1. When did Neil deGrasse Tyson post on Facebook?
2. When did Neil deGrasse Tyson's reflection appear on Facebook?
3. When did Neil deGrasse Tyson ponder on the Facebook platform?
Q15:
1. Did Neil deGrasse Tyson use Facebook to defend his tweets?
2. Did Neil deGrasse Tyson defend his tweets on Facebook?
3. Did Neil deGrasse Tyson make a defense of his Twitter comments in his Facebook post?
Q16:
1. What was the content of Neil deGrasse Tyson's facebook post?
2. What did Neil deGrasse Tyson have to say on Facebook?
3. What did Neil deGrasse Tyson's facebook message touch on?
Q17:
1. What did Neil deGrasse Tyson say on Facebook to explain his tweets?
2. What was Neil deGrasse Tyson's explanation on facebook for his tweets?
3. What explanation did Neil deGrasse Tyson give on Facebook of the things he had tweeted?
Q18:
1. Why did Neil deGrasse Tyson feel the need to explain himself on Facebook?
2. What drove Neil deGrasse Tyson to explain himself on Facebook?
3. Why did Neil deGrasse Tyson think it was necessary to explain his tweets on Facebook?
Q19:
1. What followed Neil deGrasse Tyson's explanation of his tweets on Facebook?
2. What did Neil deGrasse Tyson post on Facebook after his explanation of tweets?
3. What came after Neil deGrasse Tyson's explanation of his tweets that he posted to Facebook?
Q20:
1. What is Neil deGrasse Tyson knowmn as?
2. How is Neil deGrasse Tyson employed?
3. What is Neil deGrasse Tyson a celebrity for?
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3zppdn2slvwes6596ncr3q8fix99ec | cnn | Attorney General Eric Holder is not entirely ruling out a scenario under which a drone strike would be ordered against Americans on U.S. soil, but says it has never been done previously and he could only see it being considered in an extraordinary circumstance.
He began to winnow the list of those possible extraordinary circumstances Wednesday. In testimony Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, pressed Holder whether he believed it would be constitutional to target an American terror suspect "sitting at a cafe" if the suspect didn't pose an imminent threat.
"No," Holder replied.
But he also said the government has no intention of carrying out drone strikes inside the United States. Echoing what he said in a letter to U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, he called the possibility of domestic drone strikes "entirely hypothetical."
That letter, released Tuesday, was prompted by questions raised over the nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA. Specifically, members of the Senate Intelligence Committee sought the Obama administration's legal rationale for its use of drones to kill terror suspects overseas.
But Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican who has said he would do what he could to hold up Brennan's nomination until he got a full answer to his query, wanted to know whether the administration considered that policy applicable domestically.
Holder: Drone strike against Americans in the U.S. possible
In a letter to Paul dated on Monday, Holder said it was possible, "I suppose," to imagine an "extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate" under U.S. law for the president to authorize the military to "use lethal force" within the United States. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who testified?
2. Who gave testimony?
3. Whose testimony was heard?
Q2:
1. What is Eric Holder's title?
2. How is Eric Holder employed?
3. What is Eric Holder's role in government?
Q3:
1. What was the subject of Eric Holder's testimony?
2. What was Eric Holder giving testimony about?
3. What was Eric Holder testifying in regards to?
Q4:
1. What kind of drone strikes is Eric Holder's testimony about?
2. What sort of drone strikes does the article discuss?
3. What kind of drone strikes did Eric Holder have to give testimony about?
Q5:
1. Who would the potential drone strikes be carried out against?
2. Who would theoretical drone strikes be carried out against?
3. Who would be the target of the imagined drone strikes?
Q6:
1. Who questioned Eric Holder?
2. Who was Eric Holder questioned by?
3. Who had questions for Eric Holder regarding drone strikes against Americans?
Q7:
1. What is Eric Holder's job?
2. What does Eric Holder do for a living?
3. How is Eric Holder employed?
Q8:
1. What is Ted Cruz's political party?
2. What political party does Ted Cruz belong to?
3. What party does Ted Cruz represent in the senate?
Q9:
1. Which senator questioned Eric Holder?
2. Who was the senator that Eric Holder was questioned by?
3. What senator had questions for Eric Holder regarding drone strikes against Americans?
Q10:
1. What is Ted Cruz's job?
2. What does Ted Cruz do for a living?
3. How is Ted Cruz employed?
Q11:
1. Where is Ted Cruz from?
2. What state does Ted Cruz come from?
3. What state does Ted Cruz represent in Congress?
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3owepkl089ce8tutkphqfhbi0sc7ny | gutenberg | CHAPTER XI
DOWN IN THE CORNFIELD
The other boys gathered around in curiosity as Fred brought forth from the stack of cornstalks his missing suitcase. Beside the bag were several newspapers crumpled up into a wad.
"Those must be the newspapers he had the suitcase wrapped in," remarked Walt Baxter.
"More than likely," answered Jack. He picked up the wad of papers and glanced at them. "New York newspapers, too," he cried. "Nappy must have brought them with him from home."
"Was the suitcase locked, Fred?" questioned Randy.
"No. I didn't bother to lock it, because, you see, I had it with me. I only lock a suitcase when I check it."
"Then you'd better take a look inside and see if your duds are all right," advised Andy.
The youngest Rover quickly unstrapped the suitcase and threw back the catch. Then, as Randy sent the rays of the flashlight into the bag, he, as well as the others, uttered various exclamations.
"The mean fellow!"
"Fred, you ought to get after him for this!"
For a quick look inside the suitcase had revealed the fact that Nappy Martell had opened the bag and thrown handfuls of dirt amid the pieces of clothing and the various other articles Fred had packed therein.
"You'll have to have all that laundered stuff done over again before you can wear it," declared Jack. "And you'll have to have those neckties cleaned, too, I am afraid. Say! this is a shame!"
"Just wait! I think I'll be able to get square with Nappy Martell," muttered the youngest Rover. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What were the contents of the suitcase?
2. What did the boys discover in the suitcase?
3. What was in the suitcase for the boys to find?
Q2:
1. Who put dirt in the suitcase?
2. Who placed handfuls of dirt in the suitcase?
3. By whose hand did dirt get into the suitcase?
Q3:
1. Did the suitcase have anything else in it besides dirt?
2. Was there anything in the suitcase besides the piles of dirt?
3. Were there other contents of the suitcase in addition to the dirt?
Q4:
1. Who was the suitcase originally packed by?
2. Who had first packed the suitcase?
3. Who were articles originally put into the suitcase by?
Q5:
1. Who was the first person to comment on the contents of the suitcase?
2. Who was the first with something to say about what was in the suitcase?
3. Who made the first comments regarding what was in the suitcase?
Q6:
1. Did Jack think the suitcase affair was funny?
2. Did Jack laugh about what they found in the suitcase?
3. Did Jack think that what was in the suitcase was something to laugh at?
Q7:
1. What did Jack suggest?
2. What suggestion was made by Jack?
3. What did Jack think should be done with the contents of the suitcase?
Q8:
1. Did Jack make a comment about a specific kind of clothing?
2. Did Jack ahve something to say about a specific article of clothing?
3. Did Jack's comments touch on a specific clothing item?
Q9:
1. What clothing item did Jack mention?
2. What article of clothing did Jack say needed cleaned?
3. What piece of clothing did Jack comment on?
Q10:
1. Was the suitcase protected with something to make sure it stayed closed?
2. Was there any security mechanism on the suitcase to keep it closed?
3. Had anything been done to the suitcase to ensure it would remain closed?
Q11:
1. Who made the suggestion about opening the suitcase?
2. Who was the first to suggest that the suitcase be opened?
3. Who was the first to have the idea of opening up the suitcase?
Q12:
1. What did the boys use to see inside the suitcase?
2. What did the boys use to get a closer look inside the suitcase?
3. How were the boys able to see exactly what was in the suitcase?
Q13:
1. Where was the suitcase discovered?
2. What was the suitcase's location when Fred found it?
3. Where did Fred come across the suitcase?
Q14:
1. What did Fred Fred find next to the suitcase?
2. What was next to the suitcase when Fred came across it?
3. What was the suitcase near when Fred saw it?
Q15:
1. Were the newspapers by the suitcase pristine?
2. Were the newspapers near the suitcase in good condition?
3. Did Fred find nice new newspapers by the suitcase?
Q16:
1. What was the condition of the newspapers by the suitcase?
2. How were the newspapers next to the suitcase?
3. How could the newspapers that were with the suitcase be described?
Q17:
1. What was the provenance of the newspapers?
2. Where did the newspapers come from?
3. What city were the papers originally from?
Q18:
1. What function did the newspapers serve?
2. What were the newspapers used for?
3. What purpose had the papers been used to serve?
Q19:
1. Who thought the suitcase was wrapped in the newspapers?
2. Who figured that the newspapers were used to wrap the suitcase?
3. Whose idea was it that the newspapers got used to wrap the suitcase?
Q20:
1. Who may have been the owner of the newspapers?
2. Who might the newspapers have come from?
3. Who may have been the person the newspapers originally belonged to?
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37qw5d2zrgmfokrh2qqisbhjy8i8sk | race | One day when Jack was walking in the park, he saw a woman, who lived a few miles away, sitting on a bench with a dog beside her. The dog was looking up at the woman. Jack walked up to the woman and said, "Hello, Sue, how are you? May I sit and talk with you for a while?" "Of course, please sit down," Sue said. Jack sat down next to Sue on the bench, and they talked quietly together. The dog continued to look up at Sue, as if waiting to be fed. "That's a nice dog, isn't he?" Jack said, pointing at the animal. "Yes, he is. He's handsome. He's a bit of a mixture , but that's not a bad thing. He's strong and healthy." "And hungry," Jack said. "He hasn't taken his eyes off you. He thinks you've got some food for him." "That's true," Sue said. "But I haven't." They both laughed and then Jack said, "Does your dog bite?" "No," Sue said, "He's never bitten anyone. He's always gentle and friendly." Hearing this, Jack decided to hold out his hand and touched the animal's head. Suddenly it jumped up and bit him. "Hey!" Jack shouted. "You said your dog didn't bite." Sue answered in surprise, "Yeah, I did. But this is not my dog. Mine's at home." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Is Sue's dog a biter?
2. Does Sue's dog nip at people?
3. Is Sue's dog known to snap at people?
Q2:
1. Where is Sue's dog?
2. What is the location of Sue's dog?
3. Where can Sue's dog be found?
Q3:
1. What surprised Sue?
2. What was Sue taken aback by?
3. What came as a surprise to Sue?
Q4:
1. Who did the dog bite?
2. Who was snapped at?
3. Who got a bite from a dog?
Q5:
1. When did Jack go for a walk?
2. When did Jack take his walk?
3. When did Jack go for a stroll?
Q6:
1. Who did Jack see?
2. Who was spotted by Jack?
3. Who did Jack notice?
Q7:
1. Where did the woman live?
2. Where was the woman's house?
3. What was the location of the woman's house?
Q8:
1. What was the woman doing?
2. What was the woman up to?
3. What did Jack see the woman doing?
Q9:
1. What was next to the woman?
2. What was beside the woman?
3. What did Jack see near the woman?
Q10:
1. What is the woman's identity?
2. What is the woman's name?
3. Who is the woman on the bench?
Q11:
1. Did Jack and Sue know each other?
2. Were Jack and Sue previously acquainted?
3. Did Jack and Sue already know each other when they sat down on the bench?
Q12:
1. What kind of dog is next to Sue?
2. What breed of dog does Sue have with her?
3. What is the dog's breed?
Q13:
1. What did the dog look like?
2. What was the dog's mood?
3. How did the dog seem?
Q14:
1. What was the dog under the impression that Sue had?
2. What did the dog think Sue had?
3. What the dog believe Sue to be in possession of?
Q15:
1. Was Sue in possession of any food?
2. Did Sue have any food?
3. Did Sue have anything to eat on her?
Q16:
1. Who chuckled?
2. Who laughed out loud?
3. Who was joking around?
Q17:
1. What did Jack point at?
2. What was pointed out by Jack?
3. Towards what did Jack make a gesture?
Q18:
1. What kind of animal did Jack notice?
2. What sort of animal was pointed out by Jack
3. What was the animal that Jack gestured at?
Q19:
1. Was the dog ugly?
2. Was the dog gross to look at?
3. Did the dog have a disgusting face?
Q20:
1. Was the dog sick?
2. Was the dog in poor health?
3. Was the dog's health declining?
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3jnqlm5ft4mhysu220kg6yqllo0l2j | cnn | (CNN) -- England international defender Ashley Cole turned goal scorer as his late winner at Stamford Bridge Saturday gave Chelsea a 1-0 win over Stoke City to stay top of the English Premier League.
Cole was finding the net for the first time in over two years and he left it until the 85th minute, set up by a brilliant pass by Spain's Juan Mata.
His team had been made to struggle by the battling visitors and looked set for a fourth game without a win in all competitions before the full back's late intervention.
"I had a few shots in the first half and took too much time on the ball with them, but this time, the first thing that came into my brain was to dink it and I just did it," Cole said.
"It is mentally good to get a lead in the league table."
Fernando Torres scuffed Chelsea's best chance but Stoke might have gone ahead in the first half when a Jonathan Walters' header hit the crossbar.
The striker was also subjected to a strong challenge late in the game from Chelsea defender David Luiz, which left the Brazilian lucky to escape a straight red card.
Luiz, who signed from Benfica last year, sealed a new five-year contract with the Blues later Saturday, extending his deal to 2017.
"It is a great club and I look forward to winning more trophies here. I want to play for a long time at the top level -- which is what playing for Chelsea means," he told the club's official website. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Whose team was bested by Chelsea's?
2. Who did Chelsea beat?
3. Who lost to Chelsea?
Q2:
1. How many points did Chelsea get?
2. How many goals did Chelsea have?
3. What was Chelsea's final score against Stoke City?
Q3:
1. Who made Chelsea's one goal?
2. Who was Chelsea's sole goal made by?
3. Who scored the one goal Chelsea made?
Q4:
1. At what point in the game did Ashley Cole score a goal?
2. When in the game was the goal made by Ashley Cole?
3. At what moment in the game did Ashley Cole score a point?
Q5:
1. Before the game with Stoke City, when was the last time Ashley Cole had scored a goal?
2. When had Ashley Cole last scored a goal, before the game against Stoke City?
3. When was the last time Ashley Cole made a goal, before the one against stoke city?
Q6:
1. Why had Ashley Cole originally not been successful at scoring goals in the game?
2. What prevented Ashley Cole from scoring points in the game at first?
3. Why was Ashley Cole at first unsuccessful in scoring goals against Stoke City?
Q7:
1. What instinct did Ashley Cole have as he scored his goal?
2. What was Ashley Cole's instinct when scoring his goal?
3. What intuition did Ashley Cole have when he scored a point?
Q8:
1. Who was Ashley Cole assisted by in making his shot?
2. Who helped Ashley Cole score a goal?
3. Who did Ashley Cole get assistance from when scoring his goal?
Q9:
1. What prevented Jonathan Walters' shot from going through?
2. Why wasn't Jonathan Walters' shot a successful one?
3. What was Jonathan Walters' goal blocked by?
Q10:
1. What are the implications of playing for Chelsea?
2. What does it mean to play for Chelsea?
3. What's the deeper meaning of being on Chelsea's team?
Q11:
1. Who was a penalty given to?
2. Who got called out during the game?
3. Who received a penalty?
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3o7l7bfshep737ycahi4gj7i1l9ied | race | Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine, who rose to fame during Hollywood's golden age as the star of several Alfred Hitch.cock classics, died from natural causes at her home in Carmel, northern California on December 16, 2013 aged 96, US media reports said.
Born in Japan to British parents, Fontaine moved in 1919 to California, where she and her elder sister -screen idol Olivia de Havilland-were to shape successful movie careers.Fontaine and de Havilland remain the only sisters to have won lead actress honours at the Academy Awards.Yet the two sisters also had an uneasy relationship, with Fontaine recording a bitter competition in her own account "No Bed of Roses ".
Fontaine began her acting career in her late teens with Largely less important roles on the stage and later in mostly B-movies in the 1930s. It was not before famous British film director Hitchcock spotted her a decade later that her career took off.
Greatly surprised by her expressive looks, the suspense master cast Fontaine in his first US film, a 1940 adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier novel "Rebecca". She received an Academy Award nomination for her performance as a troubled wife. A year later, Fontaine finally won the long-sought golden figure, for her role as leading lady in "Suspicion" opposite Cary Grant, becoming the first and only actress to earn the title for a Hitchock film.
Although her sister, Olivia de Havilland, preceded her in gaining Hollywood fame, Fontaine was the first of the sisters to win an Oscar, beating Olivia's nomination as best actress in Mitchell Leisen's "Hold Back the Dawn".
The dislike ,between the sisters was felt at the Oscars ceremony."I froze. I stared across the table, where Olivia was sitting.'Get up there!' she whispered commandingly," Fontaine said."All the dislike we'd felt toward each other as children...all came rushing back in quickly changing pictures...I felt Olivia would spring across the table and seize me by the hair."
Olivia did not win her first Oscar until 1946, for her role as the lover of a World War I pilot in Leisen's " To Each His Own". Fontaine later made it known that her. sister had slighted her as she attempted to offer congratulations."She took one look at me, ignored my hand, seized her Oscar and wheeled away," she said.
The sisters were also reportedly competitors in love. Howard Hughes, a strange businessman who dated the elder de Havilland for a time, offered marriage to Fontaine several times."I married first, won the Oscar before Olivia did, and if I die first, she'll undoubtedly be extremely angry because I beat her to it!" Fontaine once joked.
As her film career fruited in the 1950s, Fontaine turned to television and dinner theatre, and also appeared in several Broadway productions, including the Lion in Winter". Anything but the ordinary lady, Fontaine was also a licensed pilot, a champion balloonist, an accomplished golfer, a licensed .decoration designer and a first-class cook. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Whose birthplace was Japan?
2. Who originally came from Japan?
3. Whose mother gave birth to her in Japan?
Q2:
1. Is Joan Fontaine of Japanese heritage?
2. Is Joan Fontaine ethnically Japanese?
3. Was Joan Fontaine born to Japanese parents?
Q3:
1. What was Joan Fontaine's heritage?
2. What was the ethnicity of Joan Fontaine's parents?
3. What nationality was Joan Fontaine?
Q4:
1. When was Joan Fontaine born?
2. What was Joan Fontaine's birthday?
3. On what day did Joan Fontaine come into the world?
Q5:
1. Is Joan Fontaine still living?
2. Is Joan Fontaine still alive?
3. Is Joan Fontaine currently alive?
Q6:
1. When did Joan Fontaine pass away?
2. On what date did Joan Fontaine pass?
3. What was the day when Joan Fontaine died?
Q7:
1. Did Joan Fontaine spend most of her life in Japan?
2. Did Joan Fontaine spend her whole life in Japan?
3. Was Joan Fontaine's main residence located in Japan?
Q8:
1. When did Joan Fontaine leave Japan?
2. When did Joan Fontaine move away from Japan?
3. In what year did Joan Fontaine move out of Japan?
Q9:
1. Did Joan Fontaine move to Florida with her family?
2. Did Joan Fontaine's family go to Florida from Japan?
3. Was Florida the place that Joan Fontaine's family moved to ?
Q10:
1. Where did Joan Fontaine's family move to?
2. Where did Joan Fontaine's family go from Japan?
3. When they moved out of Japan, where did Joan Fontaine and her family go?
Q11:
1. What is Joan Fontaine's claim to fame?
2. What is Joan Fontaine famous for?
3. Why is Joan Fontaine well known?
Q12:
1. Was Joan Fontaine's sister a movie star like her?
2. Did Joan Fontaine have movie rols like she did?
3. Did Joan Fontaine's sister also work in the acting business?
Q13:
1. Who was Joan Fontaine's sister?
2. What was the name of Joan Fontaine's sister?
3. Who did Joan Fontaine have for a sister?
Q14:
1. What distinction do Joan Fontaine and her sister share?
2. What distinction do Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland share?
3. What is the honor that both Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland have?
Q15:
1. Have sisters other than Joan Fontaine and hers both won a leading actress Oscar?
2. Have there been other pairs of sisters, besides Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland, that have won the Acadamy Award for best leading actress?
3. Has the Oscar for best leading actress gone to other pairs of sisters, besides Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland?
Q16:
1. What famous director took notice of Joan Fontaine?
2. What acclaimed director took an interest in Joan Fontaine?
3. What director's eye did Joan Fontaine catch?
Q17:
1. Did Joan Fontaine star in Hitchcock's last US film?
2. Did Joan Fontaine star in the last film Hitchcock made in the United States?
3. Was it Hitchcock's last American film that Joan Fontaine had a role in?
Q18:
1. How many films had Alfred Hitchcock made in the US before Rebecca?
2. How many movies had Alfred Hitchcock made in the states before Rebecca?
3. Where did Rebecca count among the movies that Hitchcock made in America
Q19:
1. Which Alfred Hitchcock movie did Joan Fontaine star in?
2. Which of Hitchcock's movies did Joan Fontaine have the leading role in?
3. What was the name of the Alfred Hitchcock movie that Joan Fontaine starred in?
Q20:
1. Did Joan Fontaine get an Oscar for her performance in Rebecca?
2. Was Joan Fontaine's Academy Award for her role in Rebecca?
3. Did Joan Fontaine's role in Rebecca get her the Oscar?
Q21:
1. What movie got Joan Fontaine her Oscar?
2. For what film did Joan Fontaine win an Academy Award?
3. What movie did Joan Fontaine receive an Oscar for her performance in?
Q22:
1. Did Joan Fontaine's sister win an Oscar before she did?
2. Was Olivia de Havilland the first sister to win an Academy Award?
3. Did Olivia de Havilland win an Oscar before Joan Fontaine?
Q23:
1. Could everyone at the Academy Awards see the love between Joan Fontaine and her sister?
2. Was the affection between Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine apparent at hte Oscars?
3. Was it obvious to everyone at the Oscars how much Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland liked each other?
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3pptzcwalqkiv0drjc1qavzmfuaqzq | cnn | (CNN) -- A June trial has been set for a Detroit-area man who said he accidentally shot and killed a 19-year-old woman he thought was breaking into his home.
Theodore Paul Wafer, 54, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Wednesday to second-degree murder charges in connection with the November 2, 2013 shooting of Renisha McBride. Authorities said McBride was intoxicated and possibly disoriented following a car crash before Wafer shot her on his porch in the community of Dearborn Heights.
The trial was set for June 2.
Last month, District Court Judge David Turfe said there was enough probable cause for Wafer to stand trial in connection with the shooting.
"Defendant came to the door with the shotgun," Turfe said, according to CNN Michigan affiliate WXYZ. "His first thought was to bring the gun, not call for help, or not answer the door. It suggests to this court, the defendant made a bad choice."
A friend of McBride told the court that she and the victim had been playing a drinking game with vodka and smoking marijuana the night of the shooting.
Wafer, whose lawyer said he shot the victim in self-defense, was charged with second-degree murder last month after days of pressure from McBride's relatives seeking an arrest.
He also was charged with manslaughter and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
Wafer told investigators he thought McBride was breaking into his home, and that the shotgun accidentally discharged when he investigated, police said.
McBride was unarmed and there was no evidence of a break-in, so Wafer -- who authorities say shot McBride from behind a closed, locked screen door -- cannot lawfully claim he needed to shoot her to stop an imminent threat of death or great bodily harm, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy told reporters in November. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is a man from Detroit being put on trial for?
2. What has a Detroit area man been accused of?
3. What crime is Theodore Paul Wafer being tried for?
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3570y55xzpjrdl98kuuv2ami4m9gyp | cnn | (CNN) -- Jeanne Cooper, who played Katherine Chancellor, the "Dame of Genoa City," on "The Young and the Restless," has died. She was 84.
Her death was confirmed by her son, actor Corbin Bernsen, on his Twitter account.
"Mom passed this morning," Bernsen posted. "She was in peace and without fear."
Cooper had been suffering from an undisclosed illness. The cause of death was not given.
Cooper was already a well-established TV actress when she took the role of Chancellor in 1973. "The Young and the Restless" was struggling in the ratings and its creator, William J. Bell, wanted to spice things up.
"Jeanne was the matriarch of the show in every sense of the word," said Lauralee Bell, Christine/Cricket on "The Young and the Restless" and William Bell's daughter.
"When you did work you were proud of, you'd hope for approval or a 'good job' from Jeanne as a child would from a parent. When things got too tense, she'd break the tension with her amazing wit. She would teach the younger actors without ever talking down to them. In fact, she would raise them up," said Bell. "She always had my back and my parents (and our whole family) always had hers."
Kate Linder, another member of "The Young and the Restless" cast, said Cooper was her "mentor and an amazing actress and friend." Linder, Esther Valentine on the show, said, "When Jeanne welcomed you into her life, you knew it and it was a fantastic feeling. This is truly the end of an era, not just for fans of 'The Young and the Restless' but for all of the people she touched throughout her long and distinguished career and life." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How is Corbin Bernson employed?
2. What does Corbin Bernson do for a living?
3. What is Corbin Bernson's occupation?
Q2:
1. What message did Corbin Bernson post to Twitter?
2. What did Corbin Bernson tweet?
3. What tweet did Corbin Bernson send out?
Q3:
1. Who was Corbin Bernson's mother?
2. Who was Corbin Bernson the son of?
3. What was the name of Corbin Bernson's mom?
Q4:
1. Did Corbin Bernson have a famous mother?
2. Was Jeanne Cooper famous?
3. Was Jeanne Cooper a well known actress?
Q5:
1. What was Jeanne Cooper known for?
2. What made Jeanne Cooper famous?
3. What was Jeanne Cooper's well-known occupation?
Q6:
1. What did Jeanne Cooper act in?
2. What was Jeanne Cooper an actress on?
3. What show did Jeanne Cooper portray a character on?
Q7:
1. Who was Jeanne Cooper's character on the Young and the Restless?
2. Who did Jeanne Cooper play on the Young and the Restless?
3. Which character on the Young and the Restless was portrayed by Jeanne Cooper?
Q8:
1. Did Jeanne Cooper's the Young and the Restless character hav ea nickname?
2. Did Katherine Chancellor have a nickname?
3. Was there another name for the Katherine Chancellor character?
Q9:
1. In what year did Jeanne Cooper start playing Katherine Chancellor?
2. When was Jeanne Cooper given the role of Katherine Chancellor?
3. In what year did Jeanne Cooper take on the part of Katherine Chancellor?
Q10:
1. Was the Young and the Restless a popular show in 1973?
2. Did the Young and the Restless have good ratings in 1972?
3. When Jeanne Cooper joined the Young and the Restless, was the show doing well?
Q11:
1. What show struggled in the ratings in 1973?
2. Which show did Jeanne Coooper join in 1973?
3. What television program did Jeanne Cooper play Katherine Chancellor on?
Q12:
1. Who viewed Jeanne Cooper as a mentor?
2. Who considered Jeanne Cooper to be a mentor?
3. Who felt as though Jeanne Cooper was someone to look up to and learn from?
Q13:
1. Who was Kate Linder?
2. What was Kate Linder's role?
3. How was Kate Linder employed?
Q14:
1. Who played Christine on the Young and the Restless?
2. Who was the character Christine portrayed by on the Young and the Restless?
3. Which actress portrayed Christine on the Young and the Restless?
Q15:
1. Who was Lauralee Bell's father?
2. Who was Lauralee Bell the daughter of?
3. What was the name of Lauralee Bell's father?
Q16:
1. Who was William Bell?
2. What role did William Bell have regarding the Young and the Restless?
3. What did William Bell do for the Young and the Restless?
Q17:
1. What was William Bell the creator of?
2. What show did WIlliam Bell create?
3. What television program was a creation of William Bell's?
Q18:
1. Why did William Bell hire Jeanne Cooper?
2. What made William Bell want to hire Jeanne Cooper?
3. What was William Bell's reasoning for adding Jeanne Cooper to the Young and the Restless?
Q19:
1. Did Jeanne Cooper pass away in her 90s?
2. Was Jeanne Cooper in her 90s when she passed away?
3. Was Jeanne Cooper laid to rest in her 90s?
Q20:
1. What was Jeanne Cooper's age when she died?
2. At what age did Jeanne Cooper pass away?
3. How old was Jeanne Cooper when she passed?
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33foty3kemlh63i06jr3ywqty2k1cz | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXVIII
DREAMS AND DRESS-MAKING
Tato was now one of the family. They left Taormina the next day, and Frascatti drove all the girls in his victoria to the station.
"You must come again, signorini," said he, looking regretful at their departure. "Next year the fountain of the ice cream soda will be in operation, like those you have in Chicago, which is America. Our culture increases with our civilization. It is even hinted that Il Duca is to abandon our island forever. He has been interesting to us, but not popular, and you will not miss him when you come again to find he is not here. If this time he has caused you an inconvenience, I am sorry. It is regrettable, but,--"
"But it is so!" said Patsy, laughing.
Tato was again transformed. Patricia, who was the smallest of the three nieces, though not especially slim, had quickly altered one of her own pretty white gowns to fit the child, and as she was deft with her needle and the others had enthusiastically assisted her, Tato now looked more like a fairy than ever.
It was really wonderful what a suitable dress could do for the tiny Sicilian maid. She had lost her free and boyish manner and become shy and retiring with strangers, although when in the society of the three nieces she was as sweet and frank as ever. She wore her new gown gracefully, too, as if well accustomed to feminine attire all her life. The only thing now needed, as Patsy said, was time in which to grow her hair, which had always been cut short, in boyish fashion. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where did the group depart from?
2. What place did the group leave behind?
3. What was the group's point of departure?
Q2:
1. Where did the group go from Taormina?
2. What did the group leave from Taormina?
3. What was the group's arrival destination from Taormina?
Q3:
1. Who was at the wheel?
2. What was the name of the driver?
3. Who got behind the wheel of the car?
Q4:
1. Who was Frascatti driving?
2. Who was Frascatti acting as chauffeur to?
3. Who was in the car with Frascatti?
Q5:
1. Were there laughs to be had in the car?
2. Did anyone in the car joke around?
3. Was someone in the car laughing?
Q6:
1. Who giggled?
2. Who found something funny?
3. Who had a laugh in the car?
Q7:
1. What did Patsy find funny?
2. What was Patsy laughing about?
3. What made Patsy giggle?
Q8:
1. What did Tato currently resemble?
2. What did Tato bear a striking resemblance to?
3. What sort of creature was Tato said to look like?
Q9:
1. Why did Tato bear resemblance to a fairy?
2. What made Tato look like a fairy?
3. What gave Tato resemblance to a fairy?
Q10:
1. Did Tato look nice in her gown?
2. Did Tato wear her dress well?
3. Did Tato's white gown suit her?
Q11:
1. What did Tato need to do?
2. What could Tato do to look even more like a fairy?
3. What would give Tato an even stronger resemblance to a fairy?
Q12:
1. What would be needed to grow Tato's hair?
2. What was needed in order to make Tato's hair grow?
3. How would Tato's hair ever get longer?
Q13:
1. What was Tato's current hair style?
2. How was Tato's hair styled at present?
3. What hairstyle was Tato presently sporting?
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3iaeqb9fmekkcw4h33bzbsy5gmnwdq | cnn | (CNN) -- Wednesday night's CNN debate lands at a critical moment in the Republican race.
This season, each debate has set the tone for the primary to follow. Newt Gingrich's savaging of the media helped propel him to victory in South Carolina. Mitt Romney's savaging of Gingrich helped him to clinch Florida. The current uncertainty about the race, and the extraordinary elasticity in the polls, is partly due to the fact that we haven't had a debate for a whole month.
It's important, then, for each of the candidates to make a powerful impression in this last confrontation before Arizona and Michigan vote on February 28. Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich will compete over who is the most conservative, and Ron Paul will push his unique brand of libertarianism. Same old, same old. But we might see something new from Mitt Romney: a glimmer of humanity.
The latest CNN/Time/ORC International Poll shows that Santorum is closing the gap on Romney in Arizona, but it's probably in Michigan that he stands the best chance of scoring an upset. A week ago, polls put Santorum as much as 10 points ahead in the Great Lakes State. But now they call it a statistical dead heat between him and Romney.
So it would serve Santorum well to hit Mitt hard in the debate. This is Rick's natural style -- he gets a thrill out of counting the flaws of his opponents. But Santorum also probably recognizes that the only way he'll win Michigan is by reminding voters of the doubts that they have about Romney's conservatism. That's what he's been doing in the western part of the state all this week, where he has hit out repeatedly at Romney's "well-oiled weathervane" stance on issues like abortion and Iran. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. On what night did the debate took place?
2. When was the Republican debate?
3. What was debate night for the Republicans?
Q2:
1. What network aired the Republican debate?
2. What channel did the Republican debate appear on?
3. Which network could viewers tune to for the Republican debate?
Q3:
1. Was the debate between Democrats?
2. Did CNN air the Democratic debate?
3. Was it the Democrats who debated Wednesday night?
Q4:
1. What party's debate did CNN air?
2. What part had a debate on CNN?
3. Members of what political party had a debate hosted by CNN?
Q5:
1. Who was the victor in South Carolina?
2. Who came out on top in the South Carolina primaries?
3. Who bested the other candidates in South Carolina?
Q6:
1. What was Newt Gingrich's South Carolina victory attributed to?
2. What helped Newt Gingrich cinch his victory in South Carolina?
3. What pushed Newt Gingrich to win in South Carolina?
Q7:
1. Who was the victor in Florida?
2. Who came out on top in the Florida primaries?
3. Who bested the other candidates in Florida?
Q8:
1. What was Mitt Romney's Florida victory attributed to?
2. What helped Mitt Romney cinch his victory in Florida?
3. What pushed Mitt Romney to win in Florida?
Q9:
1. How long had it been since the last Republican debate?
2. How much time had passed between Wednesday's debate and the last one?
3. How much time was there between the recent Republican debate and the last one?
Q10:
1. By how many points had Rick Santorum leading in the polls?
2. How many points ahead of other candidates was Rick Santorum in the polls?
3. What point lead did Rick Santorum have on the other candidates?
Q11:
1. In what state did Rick Santorum have a 10 point lead in the polls?
2. What state was Rick Santorum leading other candidates by 10 points in polls?
3. The polls of what state had Rick Santorum in front of other candidates by 10 points?
Q12:
1. What Great Lakes State was Rick Santorum leading in?
2. What is the actual name of the Great Lakes State?
3. What actual state is given the nickname of Great Lakes State?
Q13:
1. What news outlets conducted the international poll?
2. What media outlets were affiliated with the international poll?
3. What media outlets did the international poll have as associates?
Q14:
1. Will people in some states cast their vote in February?
2. Will some states' primaries be held in February?
3. Are voters in some states set to vote in February?
Q15:
1. Which state's primaries come first?
2. What is the first state to hold primaries?
3. What state has primaries before all the others?
Q16:
1. What is the second state to hold primaries?
2. What state's primaries come second?
3. What is the second state to hold Republican elections?
Q17:
1. What is voting day in February?
2. On what day in February will some votes be cast?
3. When in February are some states holding their elections?
Q18:
1. What is Ron Paul's political affiliation?
2. How can Ron Paul's politics be described?
3. What is the branch of politics that Ron Paul represents?
Q19:
1. What is the first name of the libertarian politician?
2. What is libertarian Paul's first name?
3. State the first name of the libertarian political Paul.
Q20:
1. What is pleasing to Rick Santorum about his opponents?
2. What does Rick Santorum find enjoyable about his opponents?
3. What is a plus regarding the opposing candidates for Rick Santorum?
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3ouygizwr7y0t36mf5994r6qtyv0pm | race | Lynn was a young French Canadian girl who grew up in the farming community. At the age of l6, her father thought that she had enough schooling and forced her to drop out of school to contribute to the family income. In l922, with limited education and skills, the future didn't look bright for Lynn. Her father demanded that Lynn find a job as soon as possible, but she didn't have the confidence to ask for a job.
One day, Lynn gathered her courage and knocked on her very first door. She was met by Margaret Costello, the office manager. In her broken English, Lynn told her she was interested in the secretarial position. Margaret decided to give her a chance.
Margaret sat her down at a typewriter and said, "Lynn, let's see how good you really are." She directed Lynn to type a single letter, and then left. Lynn looked at the clock and saw that it was 11:40 a.m. Everyone would be leaving for lunch at noon. She thought she should at least attempt the letter.
On her first try, she got through one line but made four mistakes. She pulled the paper out and threw it away. The clock now read 11:45. "At noon," she said to herself, "I'll move out with the crowd, and they will never see me again."
On her second attempt, things didn't get any better. Again she started over and finally completed the letter, full of mistakes, though. She looked at the clock: 11:55--five minutes to freedom.
Just then, Margaret walked in. She came directly over to Lynn, and put one hand on the desk and the other on the girl's shoulder. She read the letter and paused. Then she said, "Lynn, you're doing good work!"
Lynn was surprised. She looked at the letter, then up at Margaret. With those simple words of encouragement, her desire to escape disappeared and her confidence began to grow. She thought, "Well, if she thinks it's good, then it must be good. I think I'll stay!"
Lynn did stay at Carhartt Overall Company...for 51 years, through two world wars and 11 presidents--all because _ had the insight to give a shy and uncertain young girl the gift of self-confidence when she knocked on the door. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What nationality was ascribed to Lynn?
2. What was Lynn's ethnic background?
3. How could Lynn's nationality be described?
Q2:
1. How old was Lynn when she dropped out of school?
2. At what age did Lynn cease going to school?
3. When did Lynn drop out of school?
Q3:
1. Who was the Carhartt office manager?
2. Who worked as an office manager at Carhartt?
3. Who did Carhartt employ as an office manager?
Q4:
1. What job did Margaret Costello offer Lynn?
2. What position did Margaret Costello say that Lynn could have?
3. What job did Margaret Costello assign Lynn to?
Q5:
1. At what time was Lynn planning on bolting?
2. When did Lynn figure she would escape Carhartt?
3. What time did Lynn tell herself she was going to leave the office?
Q6:
1. What was the name of the company where Lynn remained employed?
2. What was the name of the business that Lynn stayed with?
3. What business did Lynn remain employed at for many years?
Q7:
1. How long did Lynn spend at Carhartt Overall Company?
2. For how many years was Lynn employed at Carhartt Overall Company?
3. How many years did Lynn work at Carhartt Overall Company for?
Q8:
1. How many presidents did Lynn see throughout her time at Carhartt Overall Company?
2. How many US presidents were there over the course of Lynn's tenure at Carhartt Overall Company?
3. During Lynn's time at Carhartt Overall Company, how many presidents did the US go through?
Q9:
1. How many world wars did Lynn see throughout her time at Carhartt Overall Company?
2. How many world wars were there over the course of Lynn's tenure at Carhartt Overall Company?
3. During Lynn's time at Carhartt Overall Company, how many wars did the world go through?
Q10:
1. How many times did Lynn mess up the first time she typed the letter?
2. When Lynn first started typing a letter, how many mistakes did she make?
3. How many errors did Lynn make on her first try with the letter?
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31uv0mxwnqc77o5jzgp1cp15nl1i5o | race | Long long ago, the colours of the world started to quarrel. Green said, "Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and hope. Without me, all animals would die." Blue said, "You only think about the earth instead of the sky and the sea. Without my peace, you would all be nothing. " Yellow laughed, "You are all so serious. I bring fun and warmth into the world. " Orange shouted, "1 am the colour of health and strength. I am the most important for I serve the needs of people' s life. " Red shouted out, "I am the most important of all. I am the colour of danger, bravery and love. I am brave to fight for truth. " Then Purple and Indigo came... The colours went on quarrelling, each saying he or she was the most important. Their quarrelling became louder and louder. Suddenly it thundered and rained hard. The colours felt so frightened that they stopped quarrelling and got together for comfort . At this time, rain began to speak, "You foolish colours, quarrelling among yourselves, each tried to be the most important. You don' t know that you each were made for a special purpose? Join hands with each other and come to me. " Doing as they were told, the colours united and joined hands. They formed a colourful rainbow. From then on, when a good rain washes the world, a rainbow appears in the sky. They begin to appreciate each other. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did the colors start to do?
2. WHat were all the colors doing with each other?
3. What did the shades of the earth do all of the sudden?
Q2:
1. How did blue see itself?
2. What did blue believe itself to be?
3. What was blue's self image?
Q3:
1. What did the world need, according to green?
2. What was a necessity for the globe, in green's eyes?
3. What did green claim to be necessary for the world?
Q4:
1. What is yellow's strength?
2. What does yellow bring to the table?
3. What does the world not have without yellow?
Q5:
1. What is represented by orange?
2. What does orange make people think of?
3. What is orange a symbol for?
Q6:
1. What is red a combattant for?
2. What does red bring awareness to?
3. What is red willing to go to battle for?
Q7:
1. Did every color think itself to be the most important?
2. Did all the colors believe they were the most important?
3. Did each color see itself as more important than all the rest?
Q8:
1. Did the colors fight quietly?
2. Was the fight between the colors a quiet one?
3. Were the colors careful not to make much noise as they fought?
Q9:
1. What occurred as the colors argue?
2. What event happened during the colors' quarrel?
3. As the colors quarrelled, what happened?
Q10:
1. What was the rain's request of all the colors?
2. What did the rain want for all the colors to do?
3. What demand did the rain make of the colors?
Q11:
1. What happened when all the colors joined hands?
2. What was caused by the colors holding hands?
3. When all the colors held hands, what took place?
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3zppdn2slvwes6596ncr3q8fhp19en | cnn | London, England (CNN) -- Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic finally took the stand Monday at the U.N.'s international tribunal at The Hague to defend himself against genocide charges stemming from the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict.
For CNN's Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson, the 64 year-old was as defiant and unrepentant as the man he recalled meeting outside Sarajevo in 1993-94, as Bosnian-Serb forces shelled the city.
Karadzic, who faces 11 charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide during the war, told the tribunal the Serb cause is "just and holy," and dismissed as myths two of the worst atrocities of a conflict that claimed 100,000 lives -- the three-year siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica massacre in 1995.
He even claimed that the image of the Muslims as victims was untrue and that they were the first to attack. Their fighters "had blood up to their shoulders," he said.
"I will defend that nation of ours and their cause that is just and holy," he said in his defiant opening statement. The aim of the "Muslim plotters," he added, was "100 percent power, as it was in the Ottoman Empire."
"This is reminiscent of those days," said Robertson, who reported from the Bosnian capital during the war. "These were the exact same justifications: 'we're the ones that had been under attack, we're the ones being wronged.'
"It's very telling that he's not trying to address specific issues, such as the Srebrenica massacre and such like, which are going to be the main parts of the prosecution. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. In what outlet does this story appear?
2. What news channel reported on this story?
3. What media group came out with this report?
Q2:
1. In what city is the CNN branch that reported the story based?
2. In what city was this story reported?
3. What city was the CNN affiliate in this story based in?
Q3:
1. What is Radovan Karadzic known for?
2. What is Radovan Karadzic's title?
3. What is Radovan Karadzic's occupation?
Q4:
1. How old is Radovan Karadzic?
2. What is Radovan Karadzic's age?
3. State the age of Radovan Karadzic.
Q5:
1. How many charges are there against Radovan Karadzic?
2. What's the number of charges Radovan Karadzic faces?
3. How many charges have been brought against Radovan Karadzic?
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31qnsg6a5rtt5m7pens7xklnbvt87n | race | An Englishman was showing a foreign visitor around London. "What's that strange building?" asked the visitor. "That's the Tower of London." "I see. How long did it take to build it?" "About 500 years." "In my country we can build it in five months," Shortly after that they came to St. Paul's Cathedral . "Very interesting!" said the visitor. "How long did it take to build it ?" "Near forty years." said the Englishman. "In my country we can finish it in forty days at most," said the visitor. This went on all day. They visited most of the best known buildings in the city. Every time they saw a new one, the visitor asked what it was and how long it took to build it. Then he said that they could do the same thing much faster in his country. At last the Englishman got angry with the visitor though he tried not to show it. Several days later they came to the House of Parliament and the visitor asked his usual question, "What is that?" The Englishman answered, " I have no idea. It wasn't there last night." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was the Englishman showing around?
2. Who got a tour of London from the Englishman?
3. Who was the Englishman taking on a tour?
Q2:
1. Who gave the foreign visitor a tour of London?
2. Who showed the foreign man around London?
3. Who did the foreign tourist get a tour of London from?
Q3:
1. Where was the Englishman showing the foreign visitor around?
2. What city did the Englishman give the foreign man a tour of?
3. Which city did the Englishman show off to the foreign tourist?
Q4:
1. Was the foreign visitor a man or a woman?
2. Did the Englishman show London to a man or a woman?
3. Was it a man or a woman who got a tour of London?
Q5:
1. Did the Englishman lose his nerve?
2. Did the Englishman become upset about something?
3. Did anything anger the Englishman?
Q6:
1. How long did the foreign visitor say it would take to build a cathedral in his country?
2. How many days would it take people to build a cathedral in the foreigner's country?
3. What amount of time would be necessary in the foreigner's home land to construct a cathedral?
Q7:
1. How long did it take the English to build St. Paul's Cathedral?
2. How much time did the English spend building St. Paul's Cathedral?
3. What was the amount of time necessary for the English to construct St. Paul's Cathedral?
Q8:
1. How long did it take the English to build the Tower of London?
2. How much time did the English spend building the Tower of London?
3. What was the amount of time necessary for the English to construct the Tower of London?
Q9:
1. How long did the foreign visitor say it would take to build a tower in his country?
2. How many days would it take people to build a tower in the foreigner's country?
3. What amount of time would be necessary in the foreigner's home land to construct a tower?
Q10:
1. Did the Englishman and the foreign visitor visit St. Mark's Cathedral?
2. Was it St. Mark's Cathedral that the Englishman took the foreigner to?
3. Did St. Mark's Cathedral receive a visit from the Englishman and foreign tourist?
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3kb8r4zv1e7v0dgxa2gbuzohi4lbgg | cnn | (CNN) -- Bagpipers sounded "Amazing Grace" on a snowy day at a Utah cemetery as military pallbearers marched to rest the casket of Pfc. Aaron Thomas Nemelka, one of 13 people gunned down last week in Ford Hood, Texas.
A throng of mourners arrived for the funeral service at a Mormon church in West Jordan, and then solemnly witnessed the burial of the 19-year-old combat engineer set for deployment in Afghanistan.
One of six of the Fort Hood victims laid to rest across the country on Saturday, Nemelka was buried at the Utah Veterans Memorial Park, south of Bluffdale.
American flags flapped in the freezing wind and a soldier played "Taps" amid a graveside huddle of military comrades, veterans, family members and Patriot Guard Riders, the motorcycle group that honors slain troops.
"This one is a little bit hard to understand," said Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, who spoke to reporters after the church service.
He said Nemelka's death is particularly hard to accept because of the circumstances.
Authorities say Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a U.S. Army psychiatrist, opened fire at a military processing center at Fort Hood on November 5, killing 13 people. Hasan, who was seriously wounded in the incident, was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder -- charges that make him eligible for the death penalty.
Nemelka graduated from high school in 2008 and enlisted the same year, and then was ready to deploy to Afghanistan in January.
The youngest of four children, Nemelka loved his work as a combat engineer and was being trained to defuse bombs, according to a report in Salt Lake City's Deseret News posted on the Nemelka family Web page. He had been assigned to the 510th Engineer Company, 20th Engineer Battalion in Fort Hood. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the musician's song?
2. What was the music player's song of choice?
3. What song was played on the bagpipes?
Q2:
1. Where did the bagpipers play Amazing Grace?
2. What was the setting for the song Amazing Grace?
3. Where was Amazing Grace played?
Q3:
1. How was the weather at the Utah cemetary?
2. What was the weather on the day of the funeral?
3. What were the weather conditions at the Utah cemetary?
Q4:
1. Did many people attend the funeral?
2. Were there a lot of people in attendance at the funeral?
3. Were there a lot of mourners at the funeral?
Q5:
1. What was the name of the man laid to rest?
2. Who was laid to rest?
3. Who was the funeral for?
Q6:
1. How many people lost their lives besides Aaron Thomas Nemelka?
2. How many people died in addition to Aaron Thomas Nemelka?
3. In addition to Aaron Thomas Nemelka, how many people were killed?
Q7:
1. What happened to Aaron Thomas Nemelka and the other victims?
2. How did Aaron Thomas Nemelka and other victims lose their lives?
3. What was the cause of death of Aaron Thomas Nemelka and the others?
Q8:
1. Where was Aaron Thomas Nemelka killed?
2. What was Aaron Thomas Nemelka's location when he died?
3. What was the location of Aaron Thomas Nemelka's murder?
Q9:
1. When did the Fort Hood massacre occur?
2. When were people gunned down at Fort Hood?
3. When did a gunman open fire at Fort Hood?
Q10:
1. What kind of church was Aaron Thomas Nemelka's funeral held at?
2. What sort of religious building held a funeral for Aaron Thomas Nemelka?
3. What church held a funeral for Aaron Thomas Nemelka?
Q11:
1. What was the location of the Mormon Church?
2. Where was the Mormon Church that laid Aaron Thomas Nemelka to rest?
3. Where was the church that held a funeral for Aaron Thomas Nemelka?
Q12:
1. In what park was Aaron Thomas Nemelka laid to rest?
2. What was the site of Aaron Thomas Nemelka's burial?
3. In what location was Aaron Thomas Nemelka buried?
Q13:
1. Who took the lives of Aaron Thomas Nemelka and 12 others?
2. Who gunned people down at Fort Hood?
3. Who was the Fort Hood massacre perpetrated by?
Q14:
1. What was Nidal Malik Hasan's job?
2. What did Nidal Malik Hasan do for a living?
3. How was Nidal Malik Hasan employed?
Q15:
1. On what day did Nidal Malik Hasan gun people down at Fort Hood?
2. What was the date of the Fort Hood massacre?
3. When did Nidal Malik Hasan commit the shooting at Fort Hood?
Q16:
1. Who gave a statement to journalists at Aaron Thomas Nemelka's funeral?
2. Who talked to reporters during Aaron Thomas Nemelka's funeral?
3. Who spoke with the press at Aaron Thomas Nemelka's funeral?
Q17:
1. Had the Utah governor come to terms with Aaron Thomas Nemelka's death?
2. Was the governor of Utah able to accept the Fort Hood shooting?
3. Was the death of Aaron Thomas Nemelka an easy pill for Gary Herbert to swallow?
Q18:
1. Did Nidal Malik Hasan survive the shooting?
2. Did Nidal Malik Hasan survive the Fort Hood massacre?
3. Did Nidal Malik Hasan come out of the Fort Hood shooting alive?
Q19:
1. Was the shooter injured during the Fort Hood massacre?
2. Did Nidal Malik Hasan sustain severe injuries at Fort Hood?
3. Was Nidal Malik Hasan injured during the shooting?
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3ea3qwiz4iv9sqg90c7zf57j4ujito | race | Coral Polge is a person who has provided comfort to thousands. She has a remarkable talent which may prove the survival of the human spirit after death, for Coral is a medium who draws the portraits of spirits who contact her.
Coral, whose parents were spiritualists, was brought up in Harrow, North London, where she attended a local spiritualist church. She studied art at the local college, where she specialized in textile design. Even though, at the time, she wasn't very good at drawing portraits, she met a medium who told her she would be a psychic artist.
She doesn't actually see the dead nor are her hands controlled by the spirits; instead she 'feels' them coming through. Early in her career she drew the portraits of 'spirit guides' from whom she had received help. These portraits of guides, who included Red Indians, nuns and monks, were remarkable, yet could have been attributed to the working of a strong imagination. She also drew portraits by holding on to letters that had been written by people who had since died.
Coral says, 'I know exactly what to draw without thinking about it. It's involuntary, like breathing or walking.' Not only are her portraits a good likeness but she sketches her subjects in clothes they would have worn in life.
Coral has displayed her talent at public meetings around the world. At one gathering there was a woman whose grandfather had just died. Her name was Phyllis Timms. Coral made a sketch of a man who had a long moustache and Phyllis recognized the man as her grandfather. However, she was reluctant to acknowledge the portrait without extra proof. Coral then said that the colour green was a link with the man whom she had drawn. Mrs Timms, whose maiden name had been Green, understood the significance of the comment and claimed the portrait.
There are some people for whom this is evidence of survival from beyond the grave. Others, who have their reservations, may put it down to an extraordinary kind of extrasensory perception . Whatever the reason, it remains a gift impossible to explain away and we should try to keep an open mind. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is Coral Polge's profession?
2. How does Coral Polge make a living?
3. What does Coral Polge do for a living?
Q2:
1. How does Coral Polge provide comfort?
2. What does Coral Polge to provide comfort to people?
3. How does Coral Polge put people at ease?
Q3:
1. What is it called when spirits contact you?
2. What is someone who talks to spirits calle?
3. What is the name for a person that communicates with the spirit realm?
Q4:
1. Is Coral Polge taken over by the spirits?
2. Do spirits invade Coral Polge's body?
3. Do spirits control Coral Polge's consciousness?
Q5:
1. What did Coral Polge study in school?
2. What was Coral Polge's school subject of choice?
3. What did Coral Polge focus on while at school?
Q6:
1.
2.
3.
Q7:
1. Was Coral Polge always good at what she does?
2. Did Coral Polge always have a knack for communicating with spirits?
3. Was communication with the spirit world always intuitive to Coral Polge?
Q8:
1. How does Coral Polge get in touch with spirits?
2. What does Coral Polge do to communicate with the spirit world?
3. What is Coral Polge's method for contacting spirits?
Q9:
1.
2.
3.
Q10:
1. What did Coral Polge do at the beginning of her career?
2. How did Coral Polge start her career?
3. What did Coral Polge do when she first started painting?
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35bldd71i6xa08985bv0giyuxq5vze | wikipedia | 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.
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. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is at the center of the article?
2. Who does the article focus on?
3. Whose life is this article about?
Q2:
1. Where was Steven Spielberg born?
2. What was the birthplace of Steven Spielberg?
3. Where did Steven Spielberg come into the world?
Q3:
1. What religion was Steven Spielberg born into?
2. What religion was Steven Spielberg raised as?
3. What was Steven Spielberg's religious upbringing?
Q4:
1. What did Steven Spielbergs mom do for a living?
2. What was the occupation of Steven Spielberg's mother?
3. What was Steven Spielberg's mother's job?
Q5:
1. Who was Steven Spielberg's mother?
2. What was the name of Steven Spielberg's mom?
3. What woman was Steven Spielberg the son of?
Q6:
1. When was Leah Adler born?
2. What was Leah Adler's year of birth?
3. In what year was Steven Spielberg's mom born?
Q7:
1. Who was Steven Spielberg's dad?
2. What was the name of Steven Spielberg's father?
3. What man was Steven Spielberg the son of?
Q8:
1. What did Steven Spielbergs dad do for a living?
2. What was the occupation of Steven Spielberg's father?
3. What was Steven Spielberg's dad's job?
Q9:
1. When was Arnold Spielberg born?
2. What was Arnold Spielberg's year of birth?
3. In what year was Steven Spielberg's dad born?
Q10:
1. Where were Arnold Spieberg's parents born?
2. Where were Steven Spielberg's paternal grandparents born?
3. What was the birthplace of Arnold Spielberg's parents?
Q11:
1. Did Steven Spielberg's paternal grandparents remain in Ukraine?
2. Did Steven Spielberg's paternal grandparents spend their whole lives in Ukraine?
3. Did Arnold Spielberg's parents remain in Ukraine their whole lives?
Q12:
1. Where did Steven Spielberg's paternal grandparents immigrate to?
2. Where did Steven Spielberg's eventually arrive?
3. What city did Steven Spielberg's grandparents on his father's side go to?
Q13:
1. When did Steven Spielberg's paternal grandparents immigrate to Cincinnati?
2. When did the paternal grandparents of Steven Spielberg get to Cincinnati?
3. When did Arnold Spielberg's parents arrive in Cincinnati?
Q14:
1. How long has Steven Spielberg been making movies?
2. How many years has Steven Spielberg's film career spanned?
3. For how long has Steven Spielberg been in the filmmaking business?
Q15:
1. Does the article name any of Steven Spielberg's movies?
2. Are any of Steven Spielberg's films named in the article?
3. Does the article talk about any movies Steven Spielberg has made?
Q16:
1. What is the first Steven Spielberg movie the article lists?
2. What is the first film by Steven Spielberg that the article talks about?
3. Which of Steven Spielberg's movies does the article talk about first?
Q17:
1. What is Schindler's List about?
2. What is the subject of Schindler's List?
3. What is Schindler's List the story of?
Q18:
1. How many Steven Spielberg movies does the article list in total?
2. What is the total number of Steven Spielberg movies the article mentions?
3. How many movies by Steven Spielberg does the article talk about in all?
Q19:
1. When did Steven Spielberg attend Hebrew school?
2. For how long did Steven Spielberg go to Hebrew school?
3. When did Steven Spielberg attend school that was reserved for Jewish children?
Q20:
1. During what years did Steven Spielberg attend Hebrew school?
2. Over the course of what years did Steven Spielberg go to Hebrew school?
3. What were the years when Steven Spielberg attended school that was reserved for Jewish children?
Q21:
1. Who taught Steven Spielberg in Hebrew school?
2. Who did Steven Spielberg take classes with in Hebrew school?
3. Who was Steven Spielberg's Hebrew school teacher?
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35bldd71i6xa08985bv0giyuwlizvk | race | Alice needs some money for a Mother's Day present. She tells her father about her problem. "I'll pay you to do some housework. You can clean up the yard ," her father says. "You can also wash my car and Mum's. Both of them need to be washed because they're really dirty." Alice works on the yard and washes her father's car. "Too bad! You didn't have time to wash Mum's car," Dad says when he pays her. The next morning Alice wakes up early. First she washes her mother's car. Then she goes to the flower shop. She also buys her mother's favourite bread on her way home. After breakfast Alice asks her mother to go to the garage . She opens the gate. "Wow!" Alice's mother says. "My car is _ ." "Open the door," Alice says. Alice's mother opens the door. There on the seat she sees a bunch of flowers. "Happy Mother's Day!" Alice says. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who pulled the door open?
2. Who was the door opened by?
3. Who unlatched the door?
Q2:
1. What did Alice's mom see in the car?
2. What did Alice's mother spot in her car?
3. What was in the car for Alice's mother to see?
Q3:
1. How many flowers did Alice get her mom?
2. How many flowers were in the car for Alice's mom?
3. What was the quantity of flowers that Alice offered her mother?
Q4:
1. Who needed cash?
2. Who was trying to acquire money?
3. Who was in need of some funds?
Q5:
1. Why did Alice need money?
2. What did Alice want cash for?
3. Why was Alice in need of some funds?
Q6:
1. Who did Alice want to get a present for?
2. Who did Alice want to offer a gift for?
3. Who was to be given a gift by Alice?
Q7:
1. Who did Alice talk to about getting her mom a present?
2. Who did Alice consult with on the subject of getting her mom a gift?
3. Who did Alice talk to regarding a gift for her mom?
Q8:
1. Did Alice's dad offer to help her with the gift?
2. Did Alice's father say he would help the girl raise money?
3. Was Alice's dad willing to help her get the money she needed for her mom's present?
Q9:
1. When did Alice ask her mom to go to the garage?
2. When did Alice request that her mom go into the garage?
3. When did Alice ask her mother to enter the garage?
Q10:
1. What did Alice's mom open?
2. What was opened by Alice's mother?
3. What did Alice's mother unlatch?
Q11:
1. What did Alice's mom exclaim?
2. What did Alice's mom say in surprise?
3. What exclamation came out of Alice's mother's mouth?
Q12:
1. What did Alice's mom open after the gate?
2. What was the next thing Alice's mother opened, after the gate?
3. After opening the gate, what did Alice's mom open next?
Q13:
1. What was the location of the bouquet?
2. Where was the bunch of flowers sitting?
3. Where did Alice leave flowers for her mother?
Q14:
1. How many cars did the garage have in it?
2. What was the number of cars in the garage?
3. What was the number of cars inside the garage?
Q15:
1. What was extremely dirty?
2. What was covered in filth?
3. What was in desperate need of being cleaned?
Q16:
1. Did Alice get paid?
2. Did Alice receive compensation for the work she did?
3. Was Alice paid for her work?
Q17:
1. What was Alice's job in the lawn?
2. What did Alice do in the lawn?
3. What was Alice tasked with doing in the lawn?
Q18:
1. When did mom's car get cleaned by Alice?
2. When did Alice clean her mother's car?
3. When did Alice give her mom's car a wash?
Q19:
1. When did Alice wake up?
2. When did Alice get up?
3. At what point in the day did Alice get up?
Q20:
1. What did Alice buy in addition to the flowers?
2. What did Alice get her mom, besides the flowers?
3. What was Alice's gift to her mom, not counting the flowers?
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3pptzcwalqkiv0drjc1qavzmg5mqzp | wikipedia | Lyon ( or ; , ; ), also known as "Lyons" , is a city in east-central France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, about from Paris, from Marseille and from Saint-Étienne. Inhabitants of the city are called "Lyonnais".
Lyon had a population of 506,615 in 2014 and is France's third-largest city after Paris and Marseille. Lyon is the capital of the Metropolis of Lyon and the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The metropolitan area of Lyon had a population of 2,237,676 in 2013, the second-largest in France after Paris.
The city is known for its cuisine and gastronomy and historical and architectural landmarks and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lyon was historically an important area for the production and weaving of silk.
Lyon played a significant role in the history of cinema: it is where Auguste and Louis Lumière invented the cinematographe. It is also known for its light festival, the Fête des Lumières, which begins every 8 December and lasts for four days, earning Lyon the title of Capital of Lights.
Economically, Lyon is a major centre for banking, as well as for the chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotech industries. The city contains a significant software industry with a particular focus on video games, and in recent years has fostered a growing local start-up sector. Lyon hosts the international headquarters of Interpol, Euronews, and International Agency for Research on Cancer. Lyon was ranked 19th globally and second in France for innovation in 2014. It ranked second in France and 39th globally in Mercer's 2015 liveability rankings. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. In what city did Lumiere invent cinematography?
2. What city was the site of Lumiere's invention of cinematography?
3. What city was the birthplace of Lumiere's cinematography?
Q2:
1. Why do people call Lyon the Capital of LIghts?
2. How did Lyon get the nickname the Capital of Lights?
3. What made people start calling Lyon the Capital of Lights?
Q3:
1. What is the name of Lyon's light festival?
2. What is Lyon's festival of lights called?
3. What is the name for the festival of lights in Lyon?
Q4:
1. Is Lyon's lights festival a month long?
2. Does the Fête des Lumières last a month?
3. Does Lyon celebrate the Fête des Lumières for an entire month?
Q5:
1. What is the start date of the Fête des Lumières?
2. If you want to see the whole Fête des Lumières, when should you arrive in Lyon?
3. When is it best to arrive in Lyon if I want to see the entire Fête des Lumières?
Q6:
1. Are there any historical landmarks in Lyon?
2. Are there any historically important locations in Lyon?
3. Does Lyon have any historical landmarks?
Q7:
1. Are there any architectural landmarks in Lyon?
2. Are there any architecturally important locations in Lyon?
3. Does Lyon have any architectural landmarks?
Q8:
1. What organization has a list of important landmarks across the globe?
2. What organization keeps track of worldwide important landmarks?
3. Which association is tasked with taking stock of important places in the world?
Q9:
1. What textile is commonly made in Lyon?
2. What fabric is Lyon associated with?
3. Which fabric is commonly made in Lyon?
Q10:
1. Is silk weaved or produced in Lyon?
2. Do they weave or produce silk in Lyon?
3. Does Lyon weave or produce silk?
Q11:
1. Is Germany the country where Lyon is located?
2. Can Lyon be found within Germany?
3. Is Lyon a German city?
Q12:
1. Where can Lyon be found?
2. What is the location of Lyon?
3. Where in Europe is Lyon?
Q13:
1. What is the east-central region of France?
2. What is the name for the east central region of France?
3. What do the French call the east-central part of their country?
Q14:
1. What is the name for inhabitants of Lyon?
2. What do you call someone who lives in Lyon?
3. What would be an adjective that describes me, if I lived in Lyon?
Q15:
1. How many French cities are larger than Lyon?
2. How many cities does France have that are bigger than Lyon?
3. What is the number of French cities that outrank Lyon in size?
Q16:
1. Is Paris a city that's bigger than Lyon?
2. Is Paris one of the cities that outranks Lyon in size?
3. Does Paris count among French cities that are larger than Lyon?
Q17:
1. What city along with Paris is bigger than Lyon?
2. Which French city outranks Lyon in size, that is not Paris?
3. Which city in France, other than Paris, is larger than Lyon?
Q18:
1. Is Lyon known for its food?
2. Is lyonnais gastronomy well known?
3. Is gastronomy one of Lyon's claims to fame?
Q19:
1. Do people who work in the video game industry often work in Lyon?
2. If I worked making video games, would there be work for me in Lyon?
3. Are there a lot of jobs in the video game sector in Lyon?
Q20:
1. Do people who work in the banking industry often work in Lyon?
2. If I worked as a banker, would there be work for me in Lyon?
3. Are there a lot of jobs in the banking sector in Lyon?
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32z9zlut1lktj30hyd3flj0h45fohy | gutenberg | CHAPTER 6
Can piety the discord heal, Or stanch the death-feud's enmity? --Scott
It must not be supposed that such a history of Guy's mind was expressed by himself, or understood by Mrs. Edmonstone; but she saw enough to guess at his character, perceive the sort of guidance he needed, and be doubly interested in him. Much did she wish he could have such a friend as her brother would have been, and hope that nothing would prevent a friendship with her nephew.
The present question about the horse was, she thought, unfortunate, since, though Guy had exercised great self-denial, it was no wonder Philip was annoyed. Mr. Edmonstone's vexation was soon over. As soon as she had persuaded him that there had been no offence, he strove to say with a good grace, that it was very proper, and told Guy he would be a thorough book-worm and tremendous scholar, which Guy took as an excellent joke.
Philip had made up his mind to be forbearing, and to say no more about it. Laura thought this a pity, as they could thus never come to an understanding; but when she hinted it, he wore such a dignified air of not being offended, that she was much ashamed of having tried to direct one so much better able to judge. On his side Guy had no idea the trouble he had caused; so, after bestowing his thanks in a gay, off-hand way, which Philip thought the worst feature of the case, he did his best to bring Hecuba back into his mind, drive the hunters out of it, and appease the much-aggrieved William of Deloraine. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who does the chapter begin with a quote from?
2. Who is quoted at the beginning of the chapter?
3. Who is the source of the citation at the start of the chapter?
Q2:
1. Whose mind is at first unsure?
2. Who has a questioning mind at the beginning?
3. Who at first has trouble making up their mind?
Q3:
1. Who would have been able to make an educated guess?
2. Whose guess would not have been totally blind?
3. Who had the capacity to make an educated guess about Guy?
Q4:
1. What could Mrs. Edmonstone make an educated guess about?
2. What was Mrs. Edmonstone able to deduce?
3. What was Mrs. Edmonstone capable of perceiving?
Q5:
1. What did Mrs. Edmonstone find to be a shame?
2. What did Mrs. Edmonstone think unfortunate?
3. What was too bad in the eyes of Mrs. Edmonstone?
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3v0z7ywsiy0kux6wg4mmt7onctyv2m | race | "Which meal do we all need most, breakfast, lunch or dinner?" Miss Baker asks. Boys and girls wave their hands in the air. They know the answer. "What do you think, Jim?" Miss Baker asks. "Dinner," Jim answers. "Dinner is the big meal of the day," says Miss Baker. "But I don't think we need it most." Tom puts up his hands. " Do we need lunch most?" "No," says Miss Baker. "We need breakfast most." "Why is this so?" "From night to morning is a long time to go without food," says Ann. "That's right," says Miss Baker. "We need food every morning. What may happen to us if we have no breakfast?" The students have many answers to give. "We may feel hungry." "We may not feel like working." "We may feel sick." "Yes, you are right," says Miss Baker. "Now let's talk about what makes a good breakfast. Give me your answers. I will write them on the blackboard." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did Jim respond?
2. What response did Jim give?
3. How did Jim answer his teacher's question?
Q2:
1. Does Miss Baker say that dinner is a small meal?
2. Is dinner a small meal, according to Miss Baker?
3. Does Miss Baker label dinner as a tiny meal?
Q3:
1. How big is dinner?
2. What sized meal is dinner?
3. What is the size of dinner?
Q4:
1. Is Jim's teacher married?
2. Do the children have a married teacher?
3. Is Miss Baker a married woman?
Q5:
1. Does Miss Baker think that dinner is the most important meal?
2. Is dinner the most important meal, according to Miss Baker?
3. Does Miss Baker view dinner as the meal that counts the most?
Q6:
1. Does Tom say what meal he thinks is most important?
2. Does Tom give an opinon on meals?
3. Has Tom got anything to say regarding meal importance?
Q7:
1. What did Tom do to grab Miss Baker's attention?
2. How did Tom get Miss Baker to notice him?
3. What did Tom do that got his teacher's attention?
Q8:
1. Does Miss Baker agree with Ann?
2. Does Miss Baker think Ann has the correct response?
3. Does Ann have the right answer, according to Miss Baker?
Q9:
1. Does Ann talk about the long time there is between breakfast and dinner?
2. Does Ann discuss the length between breakfast and dinner?
3. Is one of Ann's talking points the amount of time between breakfast and dinner?
Q10:
1. What is the time from night to morning a long time to do?
2. What is the nighttime a long time to be doing?
3. What is the night a long length of time for?
Q11:
1. Where does the teacher record the students' responses?
2. Where does Miss Baker write her students' answers?
3. Where does Miss Baker put down the students' thoughts?
Q12:
1. How many answers do the kids give to Miss Baker's question?
2. How many different responses does Miss Baker receive to her question?
3. How many different responses do the kids in the class have?
Q13:
1. What is one response a student gives?
2. What does one student say in response to Miss Baker's question?
3. How does one student answer Miss Baker's question?
Q14:
1. What is one response a student gives, besides that they may feel hungry?
2. What does one student say in response to Miss Baker's question, in addition to feeling hungry?
3. How does one student answer Miss Baker's question, other than that we may feel hungry?
Q15:
1. Is one response that the students may feel sick?
2. Does one student say we may feel sick as a response?
3. Is one student's answer to say that maybe we will feel sick?
Q16:
1. What is it important to have every morning?
2. What must we always have in the mornings?
3. What should always be a part of our morning diet?
Q17:
1. Is it girls or boys who waves their hands?
2. Do the male or female students wave their hands in the air?
3. Who shakes their hands up in the air, the girls or the boys?
Q18:
1. Why are all the students waving their hands?
2. What's got all the students waving their hands in the air?
3. Why are all the kids in Miss Baker's class making gestures with their hands?
Q19:
1. Who does Miss Baker call on first?
2. Who does Miss Baker choose first to answer her question?
3. Who is given the first opportunity to answer Miss Baker's query?
Q20:
1. How many options does Miss Baker give as a potential response to her question?
2. How many different ways might the students answer Miss Baker's question?
3. How many answers are there possible to the question Miss Baker asks?
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317hq483i7sbxdbp3gln661rflhinp | wikipedia | Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra (), also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra (), is a sovereign landlocked microstate in Southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. Created under a charter in 988, the present principality was formed in 1278. It is known as a principality as it is a diarchy headed by two Co-Princesthe Catholic Bishop of Urgell in Spain, and the President of France.
Andorra is the sixth-smallest nation in Europe, having an area of 468 km (181 sq mi) and a population of approximately . Andorra is the 16th-smallest country in the world by land and 11th-smallest country by population. Its capital Andorra la Vella is the highest capital city in Europe, at an elevation of above sea level. The official language is Catalan, although Spanish, Portuguese, and French are also commonly spoken.
Andorra's tourism services an estimated 10.2 million visitors annually. It is not a member of the European Union, but the euro is the official currency. It has been a member of the United Nations since 1993. In 2013, the people of Andorra had the highest life expectancy in the world at 81 years, according to "The Lancet". QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What's another name for the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra?
2. What is the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra also called?
3. How else is the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra referred to?
Q2:
1. When was Andorra created?
2. When was Andorra originally formed?
3. What was the year of Andorra's original creaiton?
Q3:
1. When was the present form of Andorra created?
2. When was the current state of Andorra formed?
3. In what year was the current form of Andorra established?
Q4:
1. Who is Andorra goverened by?
2. Who is in charge of Andorra?
3. Who is the head of state of Andorra?
Q5:
1. Who is one of the heads of state of Andorra?
2. Name one of the leaders of Andorra.
3. Who is one of the people that Andorra is governed by?
Q6:
1. Where is Urgell?
2. What is the location of Urgell?
3. In what country can Urgell be found?
Q7:
1. Who is the head of state of Andorra with the Catholic Bishop of Urgell?
2. Name one of the leaders of Andorra, besides Catholic Bishop of Urgell.
3. Who governs Andorra along with Catholic Bishop of Urgell?
Q8:
1. What kind of state is Andorra, due to having two co-Princes?
2. How is Andorra defined, due to its structure of two co-Princes?
3. What does having two co-Princes make Andorra?
Q9:
1. What is the location of Andorra?
2. Where can Andorra be found?
3. What continent is Andorra on?
Q10:
1. How does Andorra compare in size to other European countries?
2. What is Andorra's rank in size, within Europe?
3. Where does the land mass of Andorra rank with respect to other European countries?
Q11:
1. How big is Andorra?
2. What is the size of Andorra?
3. What is the area of Andorra?
Q12:
1. What is Andorra bordered by?
2. What countries border Andorra?
3. Which countries does Andorra share its borders with?
Q13:
1. Are there any mountains near Andorra?
2. Is there a mountain chain in close proximity to Andorra?
3. Is Andorra close to any mountains?
Q14:
1. How close is Andorra to a chain of mountains?
2. How close is Andorra to the Pyrenees?
3. What is the distance between Andorra and the Pyrenees mountains?
Q15:
1. What mountains are next to Andorra?
2. Which mountains are near Andorra?
3. What is the chain of mountains in close proximity to Andorra?
Q16:
1. Is Andorra landlocked?
2. Is Andorra surrounded by land?
3. Is Andorra completely surrounded only by other land masses?
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3rxcac0yirpcyfiq7qw13xygbeug8d | gutenberg | CHAPTER XI. THE ASHBURNS
Gregory Ashburn pushed back his chair and made shift to rise from the table at which he and his brother had but dined.
He was a tall, heavily built man, with a coarse, florid countenance set in a frame of reddish hair that hung straight and limp. In the colour of their hair lay the only point of resemblance between the brothers. For the rest Joseph was spare and of middle weight, pale of face, thin-lipped, and owning a cunning expression that was rendered very evil by virtue of the slight cast in his colourless eyes.
In earlier life Gregory had not been unhandsome; debauchery and sloth had puffed and coarsened him. Joseph, on the other hand, had never been aught but ill-favoured.
"Tis a week since Worcester field was fought," grumbled Gregory, looking lazily sideways at the mullioned windows as he spoke, "and never a word from the lad."
Joseph shrugged his narrow shoulders and sneered. It was Joseph's habit to sneer when he spoke, and his words were wont to fit the sneer.
"Doth the lack of news trouble you?" he asked, glancing across the table at his brother.
Gregory rose without meeting that glance.
"Truth to tell it does trouble me," he muttered.
"And yet," quoth Joseph, "tis a natural thing enough. When battles are fought it is not uncommon for men to die."
Gregory crossed slowly to the window, and stared out at the trees of the park which autumn was fast stripping. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the color of Gregory's hair?
2. What was Gregory's haircolor?
3. Which haircolor could be attributed to Gregory?
Q2:
1. Did Gregory have curly hair?
2. Was Gregory's hair curly?
3. Were Gregory's locks curled?
Q3:
1. What kind of hair did Gregory have?
2. What was Gregory's hair like, if not curly?
3. How could Gregory's hair be described?
Q4:
1. Was it true or false that Joseph had not always been unattractive?
2. True or false: Joseph used to be attractive.
3. True or false: Joseph was once an attractive man.
Q5:
1. Was Gregory always unattractive?
2. Had Gregory always been ugly?
3. Was Gregory always not very pleasant to look at?
Q6:
1. Who feels concerned by the lack of news?
2. Who is worried that no news has come?
3. Who is troubled by the fact that there hasn't been any news?
Q7:
1. Is it true or false that Gregory and Joseph were father and son?
2. True or false: Gregory is Joseph's dad.
3. True or false: Joseph is Gregory's son.
Q8:
1. How were Gregory and Joseph related to each other?
2. What was the relation between Gregory and Joseph?
3. What family member were Gregory and Joseph to each other?
Q9:
1. What happens in battle, according to Joseph?
2. What does Joseph claim happens when battles are fought?
3. What is a common outcome of battles, according to Joseph?
Q10:
1. What time in the year is it?
2. What season is described?
3. Which of the four seasons is currently happening/
Q11:
1. In what month does the story take place?
2. What month is mentioned in the story?
3. In what month do the events take place?
Q12:
1. Were Joseph's eyes brown?
2. Was Joseph a brown eyed man?
3. Did Joseph have eyes of a brown color?
Q13:
1. How did Joseph's eyes look?
2. What color of eyes did Joseph have?
3. What was Joseph's eye color?
Q14:
1. What had Gregory and Joseph just done?
2. What did Gregory and Joseph just get done doing?
3. What activity had Gregory and Joseph recently done?
Q15:
1. What sort of window was Gregory looking out of?
2. What was the quality of the windows Gregory gazed through?
3. What kind of windows were gazed through by Gregory?
Q16:
1. What can be seen through the window?
2. What does the window give out to?
3. What does the window have a view of?
Q17:
1. Who is the more heavily built brother?
2. Which brother has a heavier build?
3. Which of the brothers had a more weighty build?
Q18:
1. What was the only physical feature that Gregory and Joseph shared?
2. What was the sole physical feature that both Gregory and Joseph had?
3. What one physical quality did the brothers share?
Q19:
1. What did Joseph often do when he spoke?
2. What did Joseph habitually do while talking?
3. When Joseph talked, what did he have the habit of doing?
Q20:
1. Why was Gregory no longer handsome?
2. How did Gregory lose his good looks?
3. How had Gregory lost his attractive appearance?
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3bwi6rsp7g9aenhgrqe7puh9mxr7ej | race | The city of Yangzhou came into being at the Spring and Autumn Period ( about 500 AC ). As the key transportation link at joint place of the Great Canal ( Beijing-Hangzhou) and Changjiang (Yangtze River), Yangzhou has been from the Sui Dynasty (600 AD.) an economically rich city, and then reached its top in the Tang Dynasty. At that time Yangzhou was a famous port and one of few biggest cities in East Asia. With the improvement of the local economy and easy transportation way, there happened in the history a special local culture, which has an important place in Chinese culture. Many famous men of letters, poets, artists, scholars , statesmen, scientists and national heroes in the history were born in, lived in or had connection with Yangzhou. Li Bai, one of the greatest Chinese poets visited and stayed in Yangzhou several times in his life and one of his famous poems about Yangzhou has been so popular that Chinese of all ages can sing it and has become a symbol of Yangzhou . Zheng Banqiao, a famous Chinese painting painter in the Qing Dynasty heading a group called "Eight Eccentrics", had strongly influenced Chinese paintings. Wang Zhong and Yuan Yuan and some other scholars formed school of Yangzhou Scholars and achieved great success in the study of classic Chinese and writing. Zhu Ziqing, one of most famous modern Chinese writers and scholars, had always been proud of himself as a native of Yangzhou and thanked the city for being nourished by its rich culture. Quite a few other names you may come across frequently in the study of Chinese culture and history have connection with Yangzhou . Yangzhou was so attractive and important that many Chinese emperors in history had come specially to visit or check the city. Emperor Suiyang, who ordered to cut the Great Canal so that he could come more easily and quickly, died on his last trip to the city and buried here. Emperor Qianlong had come all the way from the north and visited the city nine times. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the location of Yangzhou, within Asia?
2. Where in Asia can Yangzhou be found?
3. WHat part of Asia is home to Yangzhou?
Q2:
1. Who was one of the most prestigious Chinese poets to visit Yangzhou?
2. Who was a well-respected Chinese poet that paid a visit to Yangzhou?
3. Which great Chinese poet did Yangzhou receive a visit from?
Q3:
1. What did Zheng Banqiao do?
2. What was the occupation of Zheng Banqiao?
3. What did Zheng Banqiao do for a living?
Q4:
1. When was Yangzhou created?
2. WHen did Yangzhou get founded?
3. During what period was Yangzhou established?
Q5:
1. What group was Zheng Banqiao in charge of?
2. Who had Zheng Banqiao as their leader?
3. Which organization was headed by Zheng Banqiao?
Q6:
1. Who was the founder of the Yangzhou Scholars?
2. Who did the Yangzhou Scholars have for a founder?
3. Who was responsible for the creation of the Yangzhou Scholars?
Q7:
1. What did the Yangzhou Scholars focus on?
2. What material was the primary focus of the Yangzhou Scholars?
3. What subjects did the Yangzhou scholars study?
Q8:
1. Which Emperor died on his last trip to Yangzhou?
2. What emperor passed away while on a last voyage to Yangzhou?
3. Who was the emporer that died the last time he went to Yangzhou?
Q9:
1. Did Qianlong make 10 visits to Yangzhou?
2. Was Yangzhou paid 10 visits by Qianlong?
3. Was it 10 visits that Qianlong made to Yangzhou?
Q10:
1. How many times did Qianlong travel to Yangzhou?
2. How many times did Qianlong visit Yangzhou?
3. What was the number of visits that Yangzhou received from Qianlong?
Q11:
1. Where was Qianlong from?
2. What part of the Asian region did Qianlong come from?
3. What was Qianlong's place of origin?
Q12:
1. What dynasty is Yangzhou associated with?
2. What is the dynasty that Yangzhou was started during?
3. During what dynasty was Yangzhou founded?
Q13:
1. During what dynasty did Yangzhou reach its peak?
2. What was the dynasty when Yangzhou was in its peak form?
3. During what Dynasty did Yangzhou arrive at its top form?
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3o6cyiuled16tyf3py1ols2t2rtwul | wikipedia | Helsinki is the capital and largest city of Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland. Helsinki has a population of , an urban population of , and a metropolitan population of over 1.4 million, making it the most populous municipality and urban area in Finland. Helsinki is some north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Helsinki has close historical connections with these three cities.
The Helsinki metropolitan area includes the urban core of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen, and surrounding commuter towns. It is the world's northernmost metro area of over one million people, and the city is the northernmost capital of an EU member state. The Helsinki metropolitan area is the third largest metropolitan area in the Nordic countries after Stockholm and Copenhagen, and the City of Helsinki is the third largest after Stockholm and Oslo. Helsinki is Finland's major political, educational, financial, cultural, and research center as well as one of northern Europe's major cities. Approximately 75% of foreign companies that operate in Finland have settled in the Helsinki region. The nearby municipality of Vantaa is the location of Helsinki Airport, with frequent service to various destinations in Europe and Asia. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which municipality is Finlan'ds most populous?
2. What is the most populous city in Finland?
3. Which of Finland's municipalities has the most people in it?
Q2:
1. What is the population of Helsinki?
2. How many people live in Helsinki?
3. What is the number of residents in Helsinki?
Q3:
1. How many foreign companies that operate in Finland have an office in Helsinki?
2. What is the percentage of foreign companies operating in Finland that operate out of Helsinki?
3. Give the percentage of foreign enterprises that have offices in Finland, located in Helsinki?
Q4:
1. What towns make up Helsinki's metropolitan area?
2. Name the towns located within Helsinki's metro area?
3. What are the towns located within the Helsinki metropolitan area?
Q5:
1. Does Helsinki serve as the capital of Finland?
2. Is the capital city of Finland Helsinki?
3. Does Finland have Helsinki for a capital?
Q6:
1. What region can Helsinki be found in?
2. Which region is Helsinki located in?
3. What region is home to Helsinki?
Q7:
1. Is Helsinki close to a body of water?
2. Are there any bodies of water in close proximity to Helsinki?
3. Has Helsinki got any water nearby?
Q8:
1. What body of water is Helsinki on the shore of?
2. Which body of water is Helsinki bordered by?
3. What source of water does Helsinki have near it?
Q9:
1. Where in Finland can Uusimaa be found?
2. What part of Finland is Uusimaa in?
3. Where in Finland is Uusimaa located?
Q10:
1. How many countries neighbor Helsinki?
2. How many countries are close to Helsinki?
3. What's the number of countries in close proximity to Helsinki?
Q11:
1. Is Helsinki to the east of Russia?
2. Is Russia to Helsinki's west?
3. Can Helsinki be found east of Russia?
Q12:
1. What city is to Helsinki's West?
2. What city can be found west of Helsinki?
3. If you look to the west of Helsinki, what city will you find?
Q13:
1. What is South of Helsinki?
2. What city is Helsinki north of?
3. What city can be found to Helsinki's south?
Q14:
1. What country is Tallinn in?
2. Tallin is a city in what country?
3. Which nation is home to the city of Tallin?
Q15:
1. What country is Stockholm in?
2. Stockholm is a city in what country?
3. Which nation is home to the city of Stockholm?
Q16:
1. Where does Helsinki rank in terms of Nordic metropolitan areas?
2. What is the rank of Helsinki's metropolitan area, with respect to other Nordic countries?
3. What is the rank of the Helsinki metro area, with regards to all Nordic countries?
Q17:
1. Which Nordic cities are bigger than Helsinki?
2. What cities in other Nordic countries are larger than Helsinki?
3. What Nordic cities is Helsinki smaller than?
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3u4j9857oebc7k5whzchombokdgb7g | wikipedia | Satire is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society.
A feature of satire is strong irony or sarcasm—"in satire, irony is militant"—but parody, burlesque, exaggeration, juxtaposition, comparison, analogy, and double entendre are all frequently used in satirical speech and writing. This "militant" irony or sarcasm often professes to approve of (or at least accept as natural) the very things the satirist wishes to attack.
Satire is nowadays found in many artistic forms of expression, including internet memes, literature, plays, commentary, television shows, and media such as lyrics.
The word satire comes from the Latin word "satur" and the subsequent phrase "." "Satur" meant "full" but the juxtaposition with "lanx" shifted the meaning to "miscellany or medley": the expression "lanx satura" literally means "a full dish of various kinds of fruits."
The word "satura" as used by Quintilian, however, was used to denote only Roman verse satire, a strict genre that imposed hexameter form, a narrower genre than what would be later intended as "satire". Quintilian famously said that "satura," that is a satire in hexameter verses, was a literary genre of wholly Roman origin ("satura tota nostra est"). He was aware of and commented on Greek satire, but at the time did not label it as such, although today the origin of satire is considered to be Aristophanes' Old Comedy. The first critic to use the term "satire" in the modern broader sense was Apuleius. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the subject of the article?
2. What does the article discuss?
3. What topic does the article touch on?
Q2:
1. What is the definition of satire?
2. How can satire be defined?
3. What is meant by the word Satire?
Q3:
1. Where does Satire originate from?
2. What is the origin of satire considered to be?
3. What is regarded as the first work of satire?
Q4:
1. Who use the word Satura?
2. Who was the word satura employed by?
3. Who put the word Satura to use?
Q5:
1. What was the word Satura used for?
2. What was meant by the word Satura?
3. What did the term Satura denotate?
Q6:
1. What did Quintilian say about Satura?
2. What was Quintilian's opinion of Satura?
3. What reminder did Quintilian give regarding Satura?
Q7:
1. Is the word satire derived from a foreign language?
2. Did the word Satura come from a different language?
3. Did the word satura originate from a language other than english?
Q8:
1. What language is the word Satura derived from?
2. Which language is the base of the word Satura?
3. From which language did the word Satura come out of?
Q9:
1. What does "Satur" mean in Latin?
2. What is the translation of the latin word satur?
3. What does the Latin word "Satur" translate to in English?
Q10:
1. Does juxtaposition with the word lanx change the meaning of "Satur"?
2. Does the word "Satur"'s meaning change when lanx is added to it?
3. When juxtaposed with the term lanx, does "Satur"'s meaning get altered?
Q11:
1. What does it mean when "Satur" is juxtaposed with the word lanx?
2. What term does the juxtaposition of "Satur" and lanx produce?
3. How can the words lanx and "Satur" together be translated into English?
Q12:
1. What is a literal translation of the term "lanx satura"?
2. What is literally meant by the expression "lanx satura"?
3. What is the actual translation of "lanx satura" into English?
Q13:
1. What is one feature of satire?
2. What's one of the defining characteristics of satire?
3. What's one way to tell if something is satirical?
Q14:
1. Is Satire employed in the present day?
2. Can you find examples of satire in the present day?
3. Do present day humorists make use of satire?
Q15:
1. Where is satire employed nowadays?
2. What sorts of media make use of satire in the present day?
3. Where can you find examples of satire in the current times?
Q16:
1. Is present day satire a form of artistic expression?
2. Does satire get expressed artistically today?
3. Is satire in the present day generally present in various forms of artistic expression?
Q17:
1. Can satire be used to shame people?
2. Can you use satire to humiliate someone?
3. Can an individual be shamed thorugh the use of satire?
Q18:
1. Is satire exclusively humorous?
2. Can one only use satire to humorous ends?
3. Is satire only used for humorous purposes?
Q19:
1. What is the main goal of satire?
2. What is satire mainly used to do?
3. What is the primary aim of satire?
Q20:
1. What does satirical writing employ?
2. What are forms used by satirical writers?
3. Under what forms might satirical expression appear?
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3zak8w07i4edl8eiwr83extp1k4u03 | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXII
PATERNAL ANXIETY
M. le Duc d'Aumont, Prime Minister of His Majesty King Louis XV of France, was exceedingly perturbed. He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second. And he was not succeeding.
The two sets of statements seemed inextricably linked together.
Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
It was the cause which was so singularly upsetting.
Milor Eglinton, his son-in-law, had sent in his resignation as Comptroller-General of Finance, and this without giving any reason for so sudden and decisive a step. At any rate Lydie herself professed to be ignorant of milor's motives for this extraordinary line of action as she was of his future purpose. All she knew--or all that she cared to tell her father--was that her husband had avowedly the intention of deserting her: he meant to quit Versailles immediately, thus vacating his post without a moment's notice, and leaving his wife, whom he had allowed to conduct all State affairs for him for over a year, to extricate herself, out of a tangle of work and an anomalous position, as best she might.
The only suggestion which milor had cared to put forward, with regard to her future, was that he was about to make her a free gift of his château and lands of Vincennes, the yearly revenues of which were close upon a million livres. This gift she desired not to accept. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Whose title was prime minister?
2. Who served as prime minister?
3. What was the prime minister's name?
Q2:
1. Who did M. le Duc d'Aumont serve as prime minister to?
2. Who was M. le Duc d'Aumont the prime minister under?
3. In whose service was M. le Duc d'Aumont employed as prime minister?
Q3:
1. How many meetings did M. le Duc d'Aumont have?
2. What was the number of meetings M. le Duc d'Aumont needed to attend?
3. How many times did M. le Duc d'Aumont need to sit down with someone and talk?
Q4:
1. What was the length of M. le Duc d'Aumont's two meetings?
2. How long did the M. le Duc d'Aumont's meetings last?
3. What was the duration of the interviews of M. le Duc d'Aumont?
Q5:
1. How many conflicting statements did M. le Duc d'Aumont receive?
2. How many statements were given to M. le Duc d'Aumont?
3. What was the number of statements M. le Duc d'Aumont was confronted with?
Q6:
1. Was Lydie acting in her usual manner?
2. Was everything peachy regarding Lydie's behavior?
3. Was Lydie carrying herself like she always did?
Q7:
1. Who was M. le Duc d'Aumont's son in law?
2. What was the name of M. le Duc d'Aumont's son in law?
3. Who was M. le Duc d'Aumont father in law to?
Q8:
1. Who said something to M. le Duc d'Aumont in the first interview?
2. Who was M. le Duc d'Aumont's first interview with?
3. Who did M. le Duc d'Aumont have a meeting with first?
Q9:
1. What did M. le Duc d'Aumont's son in law do for a living?
2. How was M. le Duc d'Aumont's son in law employed?
3. What was Milor Eglinton's occupation?
Q10:
1. Does Milor Eglinton still work as Comptroller-General?
2. Does Milor Eglinton continue to be employed as Comptroller-General?
3. Is M. le Duc d'Aumont still the Comptroller-General of Finance?
Q11:
1. Did Lydie have a husband?
2. Was Lydie someone's wife?
3. Did M. le Duc d'Aumont's daughter have a husband?
Q12:
1. Was it clear why Milor Eglinton was resigning from his post?
2. Did Milor Eglinton give a reason for quitting his job?
3. Did Milor Eglinton let it be known the reason he was resigning from his job?
Q13:
1. Did Milor Eglinton leave with M. le Duc d'Aumont's daughter?
2. Did Lydie leave with her husband?
3. Did Lydie's husband take her with him?
Q14:
1. WHo conducted state affairs?
2. Who was in charge with state affairs?
3. Who was given the responsibility of conducting state affairs?
Q15:
1. How long did Lydie conduct state affairs?
2. For how long was Lydie in charge of state affairs?
3. How long did Milor Eglinton's wife have control over state affairs?
Q16:
1. Did Lydie receive a gift?
2. Was a present given to Milor Eglinton's wife?
3. Was Lydie presented with a gift?
Q17:
1. Who gave Lydie a gift?
2. Who did Lydie receive a gift from?
3. By whom was Lydie gifted with something?
Q18:
1. What did Milor Eglinton give his wife?
2. What was Milor Eglinton's gift to Lydie?
3. What did Lydie receive from her husband?
Q19:
1. Did Lydie want the gift her husband got her?
2. Was Lydie excited about the gift she received from her husband?
3. Did Milor Eglinton's gift to his wife make her happy?
Q20:
1. Was anyone surprised by Lydie's behavior?
2. Was the way Lydie acted shocking to anyone?
3. Was anyone taken aback by Lydie's manner of behaving?
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3z4xg4zf48rnk1dgw0w5rjybe2s8xv | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXIII.
GUY IN LUCK.
Guy Waring reached Waterloo ten minutes too late. Nevitt had gone on by the West of England express. The porter at the labelling place "minded the gentleman well." He was a sharp-looking gentleman, with a queer look about the eyes, and a dark moustache curled round at the corners.
"Yes, yes," Guy cried eagerly, "that's him right enough. The eyes mark the man. And where was he going to?"
"He had his things labelled," the porter said, "for Plymouth."
"And when does the next train start?" Guy inquired, all on fire.
The porter, consulting the time-table in the muddle-headed way peculiar to railway porters, and stroking his chin with his hand to assist cerebration, announced, after a severe internal struggle, that the 3.45 down, slow, was the earliest train available.
There was nothing for it then, Guy perceived, but to run home to his rooms, possessing his soul in patience, pack up a few things in his Gladstone bag, and return at his leisure to catch the down train thus unfavourably introduced to his critical notice.
If Guy had dared, to be sure, he might have gone straight to a police-station, and got an inspector to telegraph along the line to stop the thief with his booty at Basingstoke or Salisbury. But Guy didn't dare. For to interfere with Nevitt now by legal means would be to risk the discovery of his own share in the forgery. And from that risk the startled and awakened young man shrank for a thousand reasons; though the chief among them all was certainly one that never would have occurred to any one but himself as even probable. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where did Guy rush off to?
2. Where did Guy scurry on home to?
3. Where did Guy go off home to in a rush?
Q2:
1. What was the brand of Guy's bag?
2. What sort of bag was carried by Guy?
3. What kind of bag did Guy have?
Q3:
1. What was Guy's family name?
2. What last name did Guy have?
3. State Guy's last name.
Q4:
1. Where did Guy arrive too late?
2. What place did Guy Waring not arrive at in time?
3. It was too late once Guy had made it to what location?
Q5:
1. Who did Guy Waring inquire about?
2. Who was the subject of Guy Waring's question?
3. Who was Guy Waring wanting to know more about?
Q6:
1. Was Nevitt stylish?
2. Did Nevitt dress well?
3. Was Nevitt a sharp dresser?
Q7:
1. Where was Nevitt headed?
2. What direction did Nevitt leave in?
3. Where was Nevitt going?
Q8:
1. When would the next train leave?
2. What was the next departure time for a train?
3. What time was a train next scheduled to leave at?
Q9:
1. Were he daring enough, what might Guy Waring have done?
2. What may Guy Waring have done, were he in a daring mood?
3. If Guy Waring was feeling daring, what could he have opted to do?
Q10:
1. Why might Guy Waring have gone to a police station?
2. What could Guy Waring have done at a police station?
3. What would going to a police station allow Guy Waring to do?
Q11:
1. What would be the consequence of Guy Waring taking legal measures?
2. What would occur were Guy Waring to take legal measures?
3. What would Guy Waring taking legal measures lead to?
Q12:
1. How many reasons did Guy Waring have for not taking legal measures?
2. How many reasons made Guy Waring wary of taking legal measures?
3. What was the number of reasons discouraging Guy Waring from taking legal measures?
Q13:
1. On which train did Nevitt depart?
2. What was the train that took Nevitt away?
3. Upon which train was Nevitt whisked away?
Q14:
1. Who remarked upon the strange look in Nevitt's eye?
2. Who saw that Nevitt had a bizarre look in his eye?
3. Who was put off by the look that Nevitt had in his eyes?
Q15:
1. What marks a man, according to Guy?
2. In Guy's words, what is a marker of a man?
3. What is a distinguishing feature of a man, for Guy Waring?
Q16:
1. What did the porter consult, regarding the next train?
2. What did the porter look at that was related to the next departing train?
3. What did the porter read over with respect to the next train?
Q17:
1. What gave Nevitt's destination away to the porter?
2. How did the porter know where Nevitt was headed?
3. How was the porter able to discern where Nevitt was going/
Q18:
1. Whose thoughts were not clear?
2. Who was described as muddle-headed?
3. Who had thoughts that were all muddled?
Q19:
1. What was the porter's location?
2. Where could the porter be found?
3.
Q20:
1. What did Guy Waring say with enthusiasm?
2. What was the exclamation cried out by Guy Waring?
3. What exclamation did Guy Waring make?
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3zv9h2yqqd7mu42kae5nyjctpcy3w5 | gutenberg | CHAPTER V.
A NIGHT OF TERROR.
Amos and Jim were early astir on Monday morning, the fifth of March, but before noon came both were convinced that the threatened trouble would blow over without the slightest semblance of a conflict between the soldiers and the citizens.
During the forenoon they had not so much as heard of Hardy Baker, or that faction to which he had allied himself, and Jim said, with a quiet chuckle of satisfaction:
"I reckon the barber got as much of a lesson as he needed Saturday afternoon, and has given over trying to set right the wrongs of the people."
"He must be at work, or we should have heard something regarding him," Amos replied, and then ceased even to think of the apprentice.
Shortly after noon those assembled under the Liberty Tree,--and there were quite as many as had gathered on Friday and Saturday,--were told that the Council had discussed with Governor Hutchinson the question of removing the troops from the city, and assured him the people would be satisfied with nothing else.
It was also said the Governor had refused to do anything regarding the matter; but that Samuel Adams had publicly declared the troops should be sent away, and that without loss of time.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Amos and Jim heard once more from Master Piemont's assistant.
It was told under the Liberty Tree that he had been seen in company with Attucks, the mulatto, and half a dozen others, near Wentworth's Wharf, and that Hardy had distinguished himself by taunting with cowardice, a squad of soldiers, until the redcoats avenged the insults with blows; but nothing more serious than a street brawl was the result. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which tree did people gather under?
2. Under what tree could an assembly of people be found?
3. Under which tree was there a gathering?
Q2:
1. Who held the title of Governor?
2. Who served as governor?
3. What was the name of the man serving as governor?
Q3:
1. Did the council have a word with Governor Hutchinson?
2. Did the council talk to Governor Hutchinson about something?
3. Was there a discussion between the council and Governor Hutchinson?
Q4:
1. What was the subject of the council's discussion with Governor Hutchinson?
2. What did the countil talk to Governor Hutchinson about?
3. Why did the council wish to have a word with Governor Hutichinson?
Q5:
1. Was Governor Hutchinson given reassurance from the council?
2. Did the council assure Governor Hutchinson of anything?
3. Was anything promised to Governor Hutchinson by the council?
Q6:
1. What did Governor Hutchinson about the matter of removing troops?
2. How did Governor Hutchinson with respect to removal of the troops?
3. What was Governor Hutchinson's course of action regarding the removal of troops?
Q7:
1. How was Attucks described?
2. What description was given of Attucks?
3. What was Attucks distinguishing feature?
Q8:
1. Where was Attucks seen?
2. Where could one have found Attucks?
3. What was the location of Attucks?
Q9:
1. Who menaced the troops?
2. Who were the soldiers harassed by?
3. Who threw taunts at the soldiers?
Q10:
1. What did the soldiers do in response to Hardy's insults?
2. How did the troops respond to Hardy's taunts?
3. What did the redcoats do about Hardy's harassment?
Q11:
1. Was the brawl with the soldiers serious?
2. Were the blows between Hardy and the troops serious?
3. Was there an intense fight between Hardy and the redcoats?
Q12:
1. On what day of the week did Amos and JIm get up early?
2. What day were Amos and Jim early risers?
3. On what weekday did Amos and Jim get up particularly early?
Q13:
1. What was the date when Amos and Jim got up early?
2. What was the date when Amos and Jim were early risers?
3. On what date did Amos and Jim wake up quite early?
Q14:
1. Did Amos and Jim expect conflict on March 5th?
2. Did Amos and Jim figure there would be a fight on the 5th of march?
3. Were Amos and Jim anticipating a brawl on March 5th?
Q15:
1. State Hardy's last name?
2. What was the family name of Hardy?
3. What last name did Hardy have?
Q16:
1. Who is "the barber" mentioned by Jim?
2. Which man is "the barber"?
3. Who is Jim talking about when he speaks of "the barber"?
Q17:
1. Who is "the barber"?
2. What is "the barber"'s name?
3. Which man is refereced as "the barber"?
Q18:
1. What does Amos assume to be Hardy Baker's location?
2. Where does Amos believe that Hardy Baker is?
3. WHere does Amos presume Hardy Baker to be located?
Q19:
1. When did the group learn of Hardy Baker?
2. When were the group given news about Hardy Baker in the afternoon?
3. When in the afternoon did the group find out about Hardy Baker?
Q20:
1. Who, besides Attucks, had Hardy been spotted with?
2. Whose company had Hardy Baker been seen in, besides Attucks?
3. Apart from Attucks, who had Hardy Baker been spotted in the company of?
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3x87c8jfv6bluordok7ie22jts8qsa | gutenberg | CHAPTER LV.
IN THE CASTLE THERE LIVED A KNIGHT.
Ayala was compelled to consent to remain at Stalham. The "I don't think" which she repeated so often was, of course, of no avail to her. Sir Harry would be angry, and Lady Albury would be disgusted, were she to go,--and so she remained. There was to be a week before Colonel Stubbs would come, and she was to remain not only for the week but also for some short time afterwards,--so that there might be yet a few days left of hunting under the Colonel. It could not, surely, have been doubtful to her after she had read that letter,--with the postscript,--that if she remained her happiness would be insured! He would not have come again and insisted on her being there to receive him if nothing were to come of it. And yet she had fought for permission to return to Kingsbury Crescent after her little fashion, and had at last yielded, as she told Lady Albury,--because Sir Harry seemed to wish it. "Of course he wishes it," said Lady Albury. "He has got the pony on purpose, and nobody likes being disappointed when he has done a thing so much as Sir Harry." Ayala, delighted as she was, did not make her secret known. She was fluttered, and apparently uneasy,--so that her friend did not know what to make of it, or which way to take it. Ayala's secret was to herself a secret still to be maintained with holy reticence. It might still be possible that Jonathan Stubbs should never say another word to her of his love. If he did,--why then all the world might know. Then there would be no secret. Then she could sit and discuss her love, and his love, all night long with Lady Albury, if Lady Albury would listen to her. In the meantime the secret must be a secret. To confess her love, and then to have her love disappointed,--that would be death to her! QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was made to do something?
2. Which person was compelled to do something?
3. Who was brought to consent to remaining somewhere?
Q2:
1. What was Ayala compelled to do?
2. What did Ayala feel she needed to do?
3. What did it seem necessary for Ayala to do?
Q3:
1. Who was going to get upset?
2. Whose mood would likely turn sour?
3. Who was not going to be happy?
Q4:
1. Is there someone who would be disgusted?
2. Would anyone be revolted?
3. Would anyone be met with a wave of disgust?
Q5:
1. Who would feel disgusted?
2. Who would be revolted?
3. Who would be overcome with feelings of disgust?
Q6:
1. What would disgust Lady Albury?
2. What would be revolting to Lady Albury?
3. What would be the source of Lady Albury's disgust?
Q7:
1. Who was off hunting animals?
2. Who was on the hunt?
3. Which hunter was currently doing that activity?
Q8:
1. How long before Colonel Stubbs arrived?
2. How long would it take Colonel Stubbs to come?
3. What amount of time would Colonel Stubbs need to arrive?
Q9:
1. Did Sir Harry get the pony on accident?
2. Was getting the pony something that Sir Harry did not on purpose?
3. Was it an accident when Sir Harry got the small horse?
Q10:
1. Is the feeling of disappointment one that people like?
2. Do people enjoy feeling let down?
3. Is disapointment an agreeable feeling?
Q11:
1. Who did not feel at ease?
2. Who felt uneasy?
3. Who was overcome with a feeling of uncomfortability?
Q12:
1. Did Ayala's friend know what to do with her unease?
2. Did Ayala's friend know how to handle her acting uneasy?
3. Was Ayala's uneasy nature something her friend knew how to handle?
Q13:
1. Who knew something others did not
2. Who had information that other people were not aware of?
3. Who was in posession of a secret?
Q14:
1.
2.
3.
Q15:
1. Did Ayala keep her secret?
2. Did Ayala decide not to reveal her secret?
3. Did Ayala choose not to let others know about her secret?
Q16:
1. What would be the consequence of Ayal's secret got out?
2. What if Ayala didn't have her secret anymore?
3. What would come of Ayal's secret no longer being hidden?
Q17:
1. Who did Ayala want to discuss with?
2. With whom did Ayala wish to converse?
3. Who was Ayala keen on having a conversation with?
Q18:
1. Does a secret have to remain a secret?
2. Does Ayala need to keep her secret to herself?
3. Is it imperative that Ayala not reveal her secret?
Q19:
1. What would be lethal to Ayala?
2. What would be the death of Ayala?
3. What would end Ayala's life?
Q20:
1. Who was keen on confessing?
2. Who thought it best to confess?
3. Who figured that the best path would be confession?
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3bxqmrhwkzyaomlplwv1cu024nzum8 | wikipedia | Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that began in the United States around 1870. Its origins are often attributed to the philosophers William James, John Dewey, and Charles Sanders Peirce. Peirce later described it in his pragmatic maxim: "Consider the practical effects of the objects of your conception. Then, your conception of those effects is the whole of your conception of the object."
Pragmatism considers thought an instrument or tool for prediction, problem solving and action, and rejects the idea that the function of thought is to describe, represent, or mirror reality. Pragmatists contend that most philosophical topics—such as the nature of knowledge, language, concepts, meaning, belief, and science—are all best viewed in terms of their practical uses and successes. The philosophy of pragmatism "emphasizes the practical application of ideas by acting on them to actually test them in human experiences". Pragmatism focuses on a "changing universe rather than an unchanging one as the Idealists, Realists and Thomists had claimed".
Pragmatism as a philosophical movement began in the United States in the 1870s. Charles Sanders Peirce (and his Pragmatic Maxim) is given credit for its development, along with later twentieth century contributors, William James and John Dewey. Its direction was determined by The Metaphysical Club members Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and Chauncey Wright, as well as John Dewey and George Herbert Mead. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is one way that we can predict things?
2. What is one method for making predictions?
3. What's one way that the future can be imagined right now?
Q2:
1. Who uses thought as an instrument of prediction?
2. Who believes that thought can be a way of predicting things?
3. What group harnesses the power of thought in order to predict?
Q3:
1. Who used pragmatism as a school of thought?
2. Who is given credit for developing pragmatism?
3. Who developed the school of pragmatism?
Q4:
1. Who used pragmatism as a school of thought, along with Charles Sanders Peirce?
2. Who is given credit for developing pragmatism, in addition to Charles Sanders Peirce?
3. Who developed the school of pragmatism, alongside Charles Sanders Peirce?
Q5:
1. Who used pragmatism as a school of thought, along with Charles Sanders Peirce and William James?
2. Who is given credit for developing pragmatism, in addition to Charles Sanders Peirce and William James?
3. Who developed the school of pragmatism, alongside William James and Charles Sanders Peirce?
Q6:
1. What is one philosophical topic treated by pragmatism?
2. What's one subject of philosophy that pragmatists are interested in?
3. What's one of the philosophical ideas that appear in pragmatist thought?
Q7:
1. What is one philosophical topic treated by pragmatism, besides the nature of knowledge?
2. What's one subject of philosophy that pragmatists are interested in, like the nature of knowledge?
3. What's one of the philosophical ideas, in addition to the nature of knowledge, that appear in pragmatist thought?
Q8:
1. What is one philosophical topic treated by pragmatism, besides the nature of knowledge and language?
2. What's one subject of philosophy that pragmatists are interested in, like the nature of knowledge and language?
3. What's one of the philosophical ideas, in addition to the nature of knowledge and language, that appear in pragmatist thought?
Q9:
1. What is one philosophical topic treated by pragmatism, besides concepts, the nature of knowledge and language?
2. What's one subject of philosophy that pragmatists are interested in, like the nature of knowledge, concepts and language?
3. What's one of the philosophical ideas, in addition to the nature of knowledge, concepts and language, that appear in pragmatist thought?
Q10:
1. When did the pragmatist movement start?
2. When did philsophers start identifying as pragmatists?
3. When was the school of pragmatism founded?
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3maod8e57qa8n80k22lo9go63ygxnz | wikipedia | 110 is a cartridge-based film format used in still photography. It was introduced by Kodak in 1972. 110 is essentially a miniaturised version of Kodak's earlier 126 film format. Each frame is , with one registration hole. There were 24 frames per cartridge that occasionally enabled the user to capture an extra image due to production variations.
The film is fully housed in a plastic cartridge, which also registers the image when the film is advanced. There is a continuous backing paper, and the frame number and film type are visible through a window at the rear of the cartridge. The film does not need to be rewound and is very simple to load and unload. It is pre-exposed with frame lines and numbers, a feature intended to make it easier and more efficient for photofinishers to print.
Unlike later competing formats, such as disc and APS film, processed 110 negatives were returned in strips, without the original cartridge. The 110 cartridge was introduced by Kodak in 1972 with Kodak Pocket Instamatic cameras. The new pocket-sized cameras became immediately popular, and soon displaced competing subminiature cameras, such as the Minolta 16 series, from the market. The 110 film width is 16 mm. A four frame strip measures 111 mm. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the 110 format for?
2. What is the use of the 110 format?
3. What is 110 a type of format for?
Q2:
1. What kind of film format is 110?
2. Which film format can 110 be described as?
3. What is one quality of the 110 film format?
Q3:
1. What kind of cartrige is used in the 110 film format?
2. What's the cartrige that 110 is housed in?
3. What sort of material is 110 cartridges made out of?
Q4:
1. When did 110 start being sold?
2. When was 110 introduced to the public?
3. In what year did Kodak comeout with 110?
Q5:
1. What is the width of 110?
2. How wide can 110 be?
3. How many millimeters wide is 110?
Q6:
1. What was 110 first sold with?
2. What kind of camera first came with 110?
3. What sort of camera did 110 first complement?
Q7:
1. Did people buy a lot of 110 when it came out?
2. Was 110 a success with the public when it came out?
3. Were people really into 110 when it was released?
Q8:
1. Who were the Kodak Pocket Instamatic camera in competition with?
2. What was a competitor of the Kodak Pocket Instamatic camera?
3. What was a similar product to the Kodak Pocket Instamatic camera?
Q9:
1. How many pictures could one 110 cartridge take?
2. What was the number of photographs that could be taken with one single 110 cartridge?
3. How many photos was it possible to take using a single 110 cartridge?
Q10:
1. What company produced 110 cartriges?
2. Who were the 110 cartridges made by?
3. What company introduced 110 cartridges to the market?
Q11:
1. Was the 110 format based on an earlier Kodak product?
2. Did Kodak model the 110 format after one of its earlier products?
3. Did Kodak use an earlier model as a base for the 110 format?
Q12:
1. What Kodak product was the 110 format based on?
2. What product did Kodak use as inspiration for the 110 format?
3. Which of Kodak's products did the company use as a springboard for the 110 format?
Q13:
1. What change did Kodak make to the 126 film to produce the 110?
2. How was the 110 film altered from the previous 126 format?
3. What did Kodak change between the 126 film and the 110?
Q14:
1. Is it hard to use the 110 film?
2. Is the 110 film format tough to get used to?
3. Does it require a lot of skill to use 110 film?
Q15:
1. What was the format that processed negatives used to be given back in?
2. In what shape were processed negatives once returned in?
3. How did they used to give you back your processed negatives with 110?
Q16:
1. Was it true that not all film rendered processed negatives in strips?
2. Was the giving back of processed negatives in strips different from other formats?
3. Did formats other than the 110 not give back processed negatives in strips?
Q17:
1. Is the frame number visible with the 110 format?
2. Does the 110 format demonstrate the frame number?
3. Does the 110 allow you to see the frame number?
Q18:
1. What does the 110 display in addition to the frame number?
2. What's visible with the 110 along with the frame number?
3. What is displayed alongside frame number in the 110 format?
Q19:
1. Can the 110 format be used for videos?
2. Can you use the 110 format to make videos?
3. Is 110 film able to be used to create a video?
Q20:
1. Using the 110 format, how long would a strip of 24 frames be?
2. What would be the length of a 24 strip frame in the 110 format?
3. How many millimeters would a 24 frame strip be with 110 film?
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3qxnc7eipivf1gqfygdci16bo1j90k | gutenberg | CHAPTER XVI
MORE DISCOVERIES
"You settled up with him in full?" gasped Rick.
"Yes-- some time ago."
"Not for that stock in the Sunset Irrigation Company."
"I was not talking about the Irrigation Company. That is another affair. Your father was to see us about that on the morning when he-- er-- when he failed to come here. I-- er-- I thought he had gone back home to get certain documents which he stated he did not have with him."
"And you haven't seen or heard of him since?"
"Not a word, Mr. Rover-- I give you my word."
"Did he leave any of his papers with you when he was here last?"
"No." Jesse Pelter took up the telephone on his desk. "Give me 2345 River!" he said to Central. He turned to Dick. "You will have to excuse me, Mr. Rover, I have some important business to transact."
"It isn't as important as finding my father,". answered Dick, bluntly.
"I do not know how I can aid you."
"Perhaps you don't care to try," returned Dick, pointedly, as he arose.
"What do you mean?" demanded the broker, and hanging up the telephone receiver, he, too, arose.
"Never mind what I mean, Mr. Pelter. If you will give me no aid, I'll find my father alone," and having thus spoken, Dick marched from the offices, leaving the broker staring after him curiously.
"Hum! Looks like a smart young man!" murmured Jesse Pelter, to himself. "And I thought Anderson Rover's boys were all school kids! This lad has grown up fast. I wonder what he'll do next? I guess I had better keep my eye on him." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who desired to locate his father?
2. Who wanted to locate his dad?
3. What was the name of the boy who was seeking his father?
Q2:
1. State Dick's last name.
2. What is Dick's last name?
3. What's the family name of Dick?
Q3:
1. Who is being questioned by Dick Rover?
2. Who is Dick Rover trying to get information out of?
3. Who is Dick Rover asking questions to?
Q4:
1. What is Jesse Pelter's occupation?
2. How is Jesse Pelter employed?
3. What does Jesse Pelter do for a living?
Q5:
1. Was Jesse Pelter helpful to Dick Rover?
2. Did Jesse Pelter lend a hand to Dick Rover?
3. Did Dick Rover receive assistance from Jesse Pelter?
Q6:
1. Who is Dick's father?
2. Who is Dick Rover the son of?
3. What is the name of Dick Rover's dad?
Q7:
1. What was Anderson Rover's last known location?
2. Where was Anderson Rover last seen?
3. What was Anderson Rover's location when he vanished?
Q8:
1. Did Anderson Rover leave anything behind?
2. Did Anderson Rover leave in his wake any possessions?
3. Was anything left in the offices by Anderson Rover?
Q9:
1. What was Anderson Rover supposed to talk about earlier in the day?
2. At the beginning of the day, what was Anderson Rover meant to settle?
3. What subject was to be discussed by Anderson Rover early on in the day?
Q10:
1. What had Anderson Rover meant to settle?
2. What matter was Anderson Rover supposed to take care of?
3. What was Anderson Rover supposed to figure out?
Q11:
1. Did Anderson Rover get to Jesse Pelter's office?
2. Did Anderson Rover make it to Jesse Pelter's?
3. Did Anderson Rover arrive at his intended destination?
Q12:
1. What documents was Anderson Rover missing?
2. What were the documents that Anderson Rover did not have?
3. Which papers were not in Anderson Rover's possession?
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