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Arena_Football_League

After 12 years as commissioner of the AFL, David Baker retired unexpectedly on July 25, 2008, just two days before ArenaBowl XXII; deputy commissioner Ed Policy was named interim commissioner until Baker's replacement was found. Baker explained, "When I took over as commissioner, I thought it would be for one year. It turned into 12. But now it's time."

Question: How long did David Baker expect to serve as commissioner of the AFL?
Answer: one year

Question: In early August 2008, who was not working for the AFL, Ed Policy or David Baker?
Answer: David Baker

Question: __ worked for a law fir, in San Francisco.
Answer: Ed Policy

Question: __ was born in Poland, Ohio.
Answer: Ed Policy

Question: What was the first name of the commissioner replaced by Ed Policy?
Answer: David

Question: Which commissioner retired prior to the ArenaBowl XXII, Ed Policy, or David Baker?
Answer: David Baker

Question: Which came first: Baker took over as commissioner or Ed Policy was named interim commissioner?
Answer: took over as commissioner

Question: __ was born in 1971.
Answer: Ed Policy

Question: In June 2008, who had a higher rank in the AFL, David Baker or Ed Policy?
Answer: David Baker
Arena_Football_League

In October 2008, Tom Benson announced that the New Orleans VooDoo were ceasing operations and folding "based on circumstances currently affecting the league and the team". Shortly thereafter, an article in Sports Business Journal announced that the AFL had a tentative agreement to sell a $100 million stake in the league to Platinum Equity; in exchange, Platinum Equity would create a centralized, single-entity business model that would streamline league and team operations and allow the league to be more profitable. Benson's move to shut down the VooDoo came during the Platinum Equity conference call, leading to speculation that he had folded because of the deal.

Question: What is the New Orleans VooDoo part of?
Answer: league

Question: What was AFL not?
Answer: profitable

Question: Where did Benson work?
Answer: AFL

Question: Why did Platinum Equity want to take over the New Orleans VooDoo?
Answer: to be more profitable

Question: According to Tom Benson, why did he shut down the New Orleans VooDoo?
Answer: circumstances currently affecting the league and the team

Question: What is New Orleans VooDoo?
Answer: team

Question: What happened first, the Tom Benson announcement or the Sports Business Journal article?
Answer: Tom Benson

Question: What used to be in charge of the New Orleans VooDoo?
Answer: Tom Benson

Question: How did others learn of the agreement?
Answer: Sports Business Journal announced

Question: What was the topic of the article published about the New Orleans VooDoo?
Answer: a tentative agreement

Question: When did Benson decide to cease operations?
Answer: during the Platinum Equity conference call

Question: How was Platinum to benefit the AFL?
Answer: to be more profitable

Question: What were Platinum's efforts worth to the AFL?
Answer: $100 million stake

Question: What is Sports BUsiness Journal?
Answer: Journal

Question: What happened first the Platinum Equity conference call or the article in Sports Business Journal?
Answer: the Platinum Equity conference call

Question: What league was Voodoo a part of?
Answer: AFL

Question: What made others believe Benton was being dishonest?
Answer: Benson's move to shut down the VooDoo came during the Platinum Equity conference call

Question: Why do people have reason to doubt Tom Benson's statement from October 2008?
Answer: because of the deal

Question: Who did Benson have a deal with?
Answer: AFL
Arena_Football_League

The practice of playing one or two preseason exhibition games by each team before the start of the regular season was discontinued when the NBC contract was initiated, and the regular season was extended from 14 games, the length that it had been since 1996, to 16 from 2001 to 2010, and since 2016. From 2011 to 2015, the regular season league expanded to 18 games, with each team having two bye weeks and the option of two preseason games.

Question: For the first decade of the twenty first century, how many games per season did each team play?
Answer: 16

Question: Were there more regular season games in 2001 or 2011?
Answer: 2011

Question: When did preseason games end?
Answer: 2001

Question: When were seasons 18 games long?
Answer: From 2011 to 2015

Question: What changed the length of the seasons?
Answer: the NBC contract

Question: Teams were in a relationship with others in a?
Answer: league

Question: Were there more regular season games in 2001 or 1996?
Answer: 2001

Question: What is the current length of a regular season?
Answer: 14 games

Question: How many games used to be in a season?
Answer: 14

Question: Games are experienced through?
Answer: playing

Question: How many more games were in a regular season in 2013 compared to 2005?
Answer: two

Question: What is the highest amount of games a team has played during a season?
Answer: 18 games

Question: In what year did the season once again feature preseason games?
Answer: 2011

Question: Preseason games aren't part of the?
Answer: regular season
Arena_Football_League

On September 30, 1987, Foster filed an application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to patent his invented sport. The patent application covered the rules of the game, specifically detailing the goalposts and rebound netting and their impact on gameplay. Foster's application was granted on March 27, 1990. The patent expired on September 30, 2007.

Question: What happened 20 years before september 30, 2007?
Answer: Foster filed an application

Question: What happened 27 months and 27 days after Foster filed an application?
Answer: Foster's application was granted

Question: what happened 20 years after the application was filed?
Answer: The patent expired

Question: What determines who wins the game?
Answer: the rules

Question: What lasted 17 years?
Answer: The patent

Question: How did Foster own his idea?
Answer: Foster's application was granted

Question: What did Foster do at the patent and trademark office?
Answer: filed an application

Question: What happened to Forster's application after two years?
Answer: Foster's application was granted

Question: What was a necessary component of his request?
Answer: the rules of the game
Arena_Football_League

While some teams have enjoyed considerable on-field and even financial success, many teams in the history of the league have enjoyed little success either on or off of the field of play. There are a number of franchises which existed in the form of a number of largely-unrelated teams under numerous management groups until they folded (an example is the New York CityHawks whose owners transferred the team from New York to Hartford to become the New England Sea Wolves after two seasons, then after another two seasons were sold and became the Toronto Phantoms, who lasted another two seasons until folding). There are a number of reasons why these teams failed, including financially weak ownership groups, lack of deep financial support from some owners otherwise capable of providing it, lack of media exposure, and the host city's evident lack of interest in its team or the sport as a whole.

Question: What was the fourth reason for failure
Answer: the host city's evident lack of interest in its team

Question: Which of the following is not a reason teams fail: lack of media exposure, the host city's lack of interest, or financial success?
Answer: financial success

Question: What is the current state of the New England Sea Wolves?
Answer: failed

Question: What bird represented the team mascot
Answer: CityHawks

Question: What is the mascot of the team in New York City?
Answer: CityHawks

Question: Where did the New York City Hawks move to?
Answer: Hartford

Question: Was the team known as the Phantoms or the Sea Wolves first?
Answer: Sea Wolves

Question: Which foreign city did the NYC Hawks eventually move to?
Answer: Toronto

Question: Which city did the Sea Wolves play for before Hartford?
Answer: New York

Question: What was the second reason why teams will fold
Answer: lack of deep financial support from some owners

Question: What city did the Sea Wolves play in?
Answer: Hartford
Arena_Football_League

From the 1987 season until the late 1990s, the most exposure the league would receive was on ESPN, which aired tape-delayed games, often well after midnight, and often edited to match the alloted time slot. The league received its first taste of wide exposure in 1998, when Arena Bowl XII was televised nationally as part of ABC's old Wide World of Sports.

Question: What was the catalyst for exposure?
Answer: the most exposure the league would receive was on ESPN

Question: When was the league garnering attention?
Answer: 1998

Question: What sport season finale was on tv
Answer: Arena Bowl XII

Question: When did ESPN show the games
Answer: tape-delayed

Question: what is the second organization mentioned?
Answer: ESPN

Question: What might lead to you knowing the score before you watched a game, and why?
Answer: ESPN, which aired tape-delayed games, often well after midnight, and often edited to match the alloted time slot

Question: What did ESPN do so that games would not go over on tv
Answer: edited

Question: What change was made?
Answer: The league received its first taste of wide exposure in 1998, when Arena Bowl XII was televised nationally as part of ABC's old Wide World of Sports

Question: what is the first group mentioned?
Answer: the league

Question: What stymied the growth of the league?
Answer: the most exposure the league would receive was on ESPN, which aired tape-delayed games, often well after midnight, and often edited to match the alloted time slot

Question: When could you watch arena football
Answer: after midnight

Question: how far reaching was the last program mentioned?
Answer: nationally

Question: When did arean football get shown to a big audience
Answer: 1998

Question: How did the league struggle to gain exposure?
Answer: the most exposure the league would receive was on ESPN, which aired tape-delayed games

Question: What was barely noticed before-hand?
Answer: the league

Question: When did the league get it's "fifteen minutes in the limelight?"
Answer: 1987 season until the late 1990s

Question: what is the first time period mentioned?
Answer: 1987

Question: what is the last time period mentioned?
Answer: 1998
Arena_Football_League

On Saturday, July 23, 1989, much of America learned of the AFL for an unintended reason, when the Pittsburgh Gladiators' head coach, Joe Haering, made football history by punching commissioner Jim Foster during a game with the Chicago Bruisers. The national media ran with the story, including a photo in USA Today. The game was played between the two teams in Sacramento's Arco Arena, as part of the AFL's 'Barnstorming America' tour. Foster had walked onto the field of play to mediate an altercation between the two teams when Haering, a former NFL assistant, punched him in the jaw. Haering was suspended without pay.

Question: Most people discovered the AFL for the first time after what occurence?
Answer: the Pittsburgh Gladiators' head coach, Joe Haering, made football history by punching commissioner Jim Foster during a game with the Chicago Bruisers

Question: Who was the aggressor, Haering or Foster?
Answer: Joe Haering

Question: what occupation was mentioned first?
Answer: head coach

Question: what groups were mentioned last?
Answer: the two teams

Question: Which team's coach had nothing to do with the incident ?
Answer: the Chicago Bruisers

Question: what place was mentioned first?
Answer: America

Question: who was mentioned last?
Answer: Haering

Question: What was a upside to the altercation?
Answer: much of America learned of the AFL

Question: what organization was mentioned last?
Answer: NFL

Question: How did the AFL handle Joe's action?
Answer: Haering was suspended without pay

Question: Why was the punch unique?
Answer: made football history
Arena_Football_League

After its return in 2010, the AFL had its national television deal with the NFL Network for a weekly Friday night game. All AFL games not on the NFL Network could be seen for free online, provided by Ustream.

Question: If you don't subscribe to the NFL Network, you can watch things via?
Answer: Ustream

Question: What could you see after the end of the work week?
Answer: Friday night game

Question: What parts of the country had access to the AFL on NFL network?
Answer: national

Question: What guarantees you could end the work week with a game?
Answer: All AFL games not on the NFL Network could be seen for free online, provided by Ustream

Question: What could you watch prior to Saturday morning?
Answer: the AFL

Question: What broadcasting coverage region did the NFL Network provide?
Answer: national

Question: When could you watch AFL games?
Answer: Friday

Question: What provided a way to watch the AFL each week?
Answer: NFL Network

Question: What medium is the NFL Network on?
Answer: television

Question: The NFL Network was in what industry?
Answer: television

Question: Where could you view the AFL prior to the weekend?
Answer: the NFL Network

Question: Who made cheapskates happy?
Answer: Ustream

Question: What returned after 2009?
Answer: the AFL
Arena_Football_League

In 2014, the league announced the granting of a new franchise to former Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil, previously part-owner of the Jacksonville Sharks. That franchise, the Las Vegas Outlaws, were originally to play in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in 2015, but instead played their home games at the Thomas & Mack Center, previous home to the Las Vegas Sting and Las Vegas Gladiators. After 20 years as a familiar name to the league, an AFL mainstay, the Iowa Barnstormers, departed the league to join the Indoor Football League. The San Antonio Talons folded on October 13, 2014, after the league (which owned the team) failed to find a new owner. On November 16, 2014, despite a successful season record-wise, the Pittsburgh Power became the second team to cease operations after the 2014 season. This resulted from poor attendance. It was later announced by the league that the Power would go dormant for 2015 and were looking for new ownership.

Question: What was the first team mentioned to have ceased operations?
Answer: The San Antonio Talons

Question: What season did Pittsburgh Power fold?
Answer: 2015

Question: What did a lack of fans cause to happen?
Answer: the Pittsburgh Power became the second team to cease operations after the 2014 season

Question: Who ceased operations just before Halloween?
Answer: San Antonio Talons

Question: Who was taking a "time-out"?
Answer: Pittsburgh Power

Question: What did Pittsburgh Power do they searched for a buyer?
Answer: go dormant

Question: Who played at the Thomas and Mack Center instead of somewhere else?
Answer: Jacksonville Sharks

Question: Where were the Outlaws originally slated to play?
Answer: MGM Grand Garden Arena

Question: The team that was owned by a rock star, played where?
Answer: Thomas & Mack Center
Arena_Football_League

The NFL Network ceased airing Arena Football League games partway through the 2012 season as a result of ongoing labor problems within the league. Briefly, the games were broadcast on a tape delay to prevent the embarrassment that would result should the players stage a work stoppage immediately prior to a scheduled broadcast. (In at least once incidence this actually happened, resulting in a non-competitive game being played with replacement players, and further such incidents were threatened.) Once the labor issues were resolved, the NFL Network resumed the practice of broadcasting a live Friday night game. NFL Network dropped the league at the end of the 2012 season.

Question: What resulted in non-competitive games being played by replacement players?
Answer: players stage a work stoppage immediately prior to a scheduled broadcast

Question: Spring and Winter are two examples of what that include two others?
Answer: season

Question: What happened in at least one instance?
Answer: players stage a work stoppage immediately prior to a scheduled broadcast

Question: What did the NFL Network concern about?
Answer: the players stage a work stoppage immediately prior to a scheduled broadcast

Question: When were non-competitive games played?
Answer: partway through the 2012 season

Question: Replacements had a threat of what?
Answer: further such incidents

Question: The action of exchangng something with another, often newer or working is called?
Answer: replacement

Question: How many times did the players stage a work stoppage?
Answer: at least once

Question: What did the NFL Network do to prevent disruption of the scheduled broadcast?
Answer: the games were broadcast on a tape delay

Question: VCR and casette players both were devices that had magnitized material in it, called what?
Answer: tape

Question: The feeling of self-consciousness, often associated with a feeling of awkwardness is called?
Answer: embarrassment

Question: What were being threatened in the games?
Answer: non-competitive game being played with replacement players

Question: SC Olimpiyskiy is a large stadium that hosted the summer olympics in the past alond with other sports games, this kind of building is also referred to as what kind of place?
Answer: Arena

Question: What was thankfully returned?
Answer: broadcasting

Question: What kind of game was broadcasting after the short break?
Answer: live

Question: What was the issue that NFL Network wanted top avoid by ceasing airing the games?
Answer: embarrassment
Arena_Football_League

One of the league's early success stories was the Detroit Drive. A primary team for some of the AFL's most highly regarded players, including George LaFrance and Gary and Alvin Rettig, as well as being a second career chance for quarterback Art Schlichter, the Drive regularly played before sold out crowds at Joe Louis Arena, and went to the ArenaBowl every year of their existence (1988–1993). The AFL's first dynasty came to an end when their owner, Mike Ilitch (who also owned Little Caesars Pizza and the Detroit Red Wings) bought the Detroit Tigers baseball team and sold the AFL team.

Question: What league did the drive play for?
Answer: AFL

Question: What tournament arena did the Drive play at?
Answer: ArenaBowl

Question: What team that Ilitch owned did not affect the sale of an AFL team?
Answer: Detroit Red Wings

Question: Where did the Drive team of Detroit play?
Answer: AFL

Question: What is the name of the Arena Football League Championship game?
Answer: ArenaBowl

Question: Who were Lafrance and Alvin?
Answer: highly regarded players

Question: What Detroit team was no longer owned by Ilitch?
Answer: Drive
Arena_Football_League

Although the Arenafootball2 league played its tenth season in 2009, a conference call in December 2008 resulted in enough votes from owners and cooperation from the AFLPA for the AFL to suspend the entire 2009 season in order to create "a long-term plan to improve its economic model". In doing so, the AFL became the second sports league to cancel an entire season, after the National Hockey League cancelled the 2004-05 season because of a lockout. The AFL also became the third sports league to lose its postseason (the first being Major League Baseball, which lost its postseason in 1994 because of a strike). Efforts to reformat the league's business model were placed under the leadership of Columbus Destroyers owner Jim Renacci and interim commissioner Policy.

Question: What caused the AFL to halt the 2009 season?
Answer: a long-term plan to improve its economic model

Question: Which league was the last to cancel its season?
Answer: AFL

Question: By what method was the decision made to suspend the AFL season?
Answer: votes

Question: The National Hockey League took action after a?
Answer: lockout

Question: Which league do the Columbus Destroyers play in?
Answer: AFL

Question: Who didn't lose their entire season?
Answer: Arenafootball2 league

Question: The National Hockey League first did?
Answer: cancel an entire season

Question: What league was Jim Renacci involved with?
Answer: Arenafootball2
Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic

Many regions in Russia were affected by the Soviet famine of 1932–1933: Volga; Central Black Soil Region; North Caucasus; the Urals; the Crimea; part of Western Siberia; and the Kazak ASSR. With the adoption of the 1936 Soviet Constitution on December 5, 1936, the size of the RSFSR was significantly reduced. The Kazakh ASSR and Kirghiz ASSR were transformed into the Kazakh and Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republics. The Karakalpak Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic was transferred to the Uzbek SSR.

Question: Which republic lost their autonomous status?
Answer: The Kazakh ASSR and Kirghiz ASSR

Question: When did the event that took place a few years before the Soviet Constitution happened?
Answer: 1932–1933

Question: An event from what culture impacted the Kazakhs?
Answer: Russia

Question: What does the A in ASSR stand for?
Answer: Autonomous

Question: Which republic was included in another Soviet Socialist Republic?
Answer: Karakalpak Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic

Question: Which happened earlier, the Soviet famine or the adoption of the 1936 Soviet Constitution?
Answer: the Soviet famine

Question: What does ASSR stand for?
Answer: Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic

Question: The political system of the soviets was?
Answer: Socialist

Question: Which Russian region affected by the Soviet famine was the second to be mentioned?
Answer: Central Black Soil Region

Question: Which happened earlier, the Soviet famine or the size of the RSFSR was significantly reduced?
Answer: the Soviet famine

Question: What does SSR stand for?
Answer: Soviet Socialist Republics

Question: What does the R in ASSR stand for?
Answer: Republic
Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic

At the end of World War II Soviet troops occupied southern Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands, making them part of the RSFSR. The status of the southernmost Kurils remains in dispute with Japan.

Question: What occurred that puts the status of some islands in dispute?
Answer: Soviet troops occupied southern Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands

Question: What is the country in dispute with Japan?
Answer: RSFSR

Question: Some of the Kiril Islands are in limbo, not knowing if they are included with Japan or whom?
Answer: the RSFSR

Question: Who is in control of the Kuril Islands that are to the south?
Answer: remains in dispute

Question: During which part of the war did the Soviets occupy islands?
Answer: the end

Question: Which place has the lowest latitude according to the text?
Answer: southernmost Kurils

Question: The Kurils are host to?
Answer: Soviet troops

Question: Who, not the country which occupied the southern Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands, claims the Kurils?
Answer: Japan

Question: What did the soviet troops do with the islands?
Answer: making them part of the RSFSR

Question: Troops work for the?
Answer: RSFSR

Question: What kind of territories were taken over by the Soviets?
Answer: Islands

Question: What army occupied the Islands?
Answer: Soviet