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Article: Six Flags
Section: Growth and acquisitions

Question: How long ago did georgia open six flags theme park?

The original park, in Arlington (between Dallas and Fort Worth) was sold in 1966 to a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which was actively pursuing non-railroad investments in an effort to diversify its sources of income.
(In 1968, the Pennsylvania Railroad merged with the New York Central Railroad to form Penn Central Corp.) With the new owners came a more abundant supply of capital for geographic expansion and park additions.
Six Flags opened Six Flags Over Georgia in 1967 and Six Flags Over Mid-America in 1971, which would, along with Six Flags Over Texas, be the only three parks that would be constructed by the company.
The company continued to grow by acquiring independent parks.
Six Flags purchased AstroWorld in Houston, Texas in 1975, Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey in 1977 and Magic Mountain in Valencia, California in 1979.
These purchases were followed by Penn Central selling assets to Bally Manufacturing in 1982.
In 1984, the Great America theme park in Gurnee, Illinois was acquired from the Marriott hotel chain.
Also in 1984, as a result of its acquisition of Great America, Six Flags acquired the rights to Time Warner/Warner Bros.' "Looney Tunes" animated characters for use in Six Flags properties.
Bally surrendered control of the chain to Wesray Capital Corporation in a 1987 leveraged buyout.
Time Warner quickly began to gain more leverage in the company, gaining a 19.5% stake in Six Flags in 1990 and then 50% in 1991, with the remaining shares of the company being split by Blackstone Group and Wertheim Schroder & Company.
Time Warner purchased the remaining stake in Six Flags in 1993, changing the company's name from "Six Flags Corp".
to "Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc".
In 1996, Six Flags began to manage Fiesta Texas theme park in San Antonio, Texas and purchased the park from USAA in 1998.
Article: Fruit
Section: Nonfood uses

Question: What are some uses for coconut shells?

Because fruits have been such a major part of the human diet, different cultures have developed many different uses for various fruits that they do not depend on as being edible.
Many dry fruits are used as decorations or in dried flower arrangements, such as unicorn plant, lotus, wheat, annual honesty and milkweed.
Ornamental trees and shrubs are often cultivated for their colorful fruits, including holly, pyracantha, viburnum, skimmia, beautyberry and cotoneaster.
Fruits of opium poppy are the source of opium which contains the drugs morphine and codeine, as well as the biologically inactive chemical theabaine from which the drug oxycodone is synthesized.
Osage orange fruits are used to repel cockroaches.
Bayberry fruits provide a wax often used to make candles.
Many fruits provide natural dyes, e.g.
walnut, sumac, cherry and mulberry.
Dried gourds are used as decorations, water jugs, bird houses, musical instruments, cups and dishes.
Pumpkins are carved into Jack-o'-lanterns for Halloween.
The spiny fruit of burdock or cocklebur were the inspiration for the invention of Velcro.
Coir is a fiber from the fruit of coconut that is used for doormats, brushes, mattresses, floortiles, sacking, insulation and as a growing medium for container plants.
The shell of the coconut fruit is used to make souvenir heads, cups, bowls, musical instruments and bird houses.
Fruit is often used as a subject of still life paintings.
Article: Stonehenge
Section: Setting and access

Question: What date did the Stonehenge visitors center open?

When Stonehenge was first opened to the public it was possible to walk among and even climb on the stones, but the stones were roped off in 1977 as a result of serious erosion.
Visitors are no longer permitted to touch the stones, but are able to walk around the monument from a short distance away.
English Heritage does, however, permit access during the summer and winter solstice, and the spring and autumn equinox.
Additionally, visitors can make special bookings to access the stones throughout the year.
The access situation and the proximity of the two roads has drawn widespread criticism, highlighted by a 2006 National Geographic survey.
In the survey of conditions at 94 leading World Heritage Sites, 400 conservation and tourism experts ranked Stonehenge 75th in the list of destinations, declaring it to be "in moderate trouble".
As motorised traffic increased, the setting of the monument began to be affected by the proximity of the two roads on either side – the A344 to Shrewton on the north side, and the A303 to Winterbourne Stoke to the south.
Plans to upgrade the A303 and close the A344 to restore the vista from the stones have been considered since the monument became a World Heritage Site.
However, the controversy surrounding expensive re-routing of the roads has led to the scheme being cancelled on multiple occasions.
On 6 December 2007, it was announced that extensive plans to build Stonehenge road tunnel under the landscape and create a permanent visitors' centre had been cancelled.
On 13 May 2009, the government gave approval for a £25 million scheme to create a smaller visitors' centre and close the A344, although this was dependent on funding and local authority planning consent.
On 20 January 2010 Wiltshire Council granted planning permission for a centre to the west and English Heritage confirmed that funds to build it would be available, supported by a £10m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
On 23 June 2013 the A344 was closed to begin the work of removing the section of road and grassing it over.
The centre, designed by Denton Corker Marshall, opened to the public on 18 December 2013.
Article: Battle of Austerlitz
Section: "War and Peace"

Question: Who was Andrei's hero?

The Battle of Austerlitz is a major event in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace".
As the battle is about to start, Prince Andrei, one of the main characters, thinks that the approaching "day be his Toulon, or his Arcola," references to Napoleon's early victories.
Andrei hopes for glory, even thinking to himself, "I shall march forward and sweep everything before me."
Later in the battle, however, Andrei falls into enemy hands and even meets his hero, Napoleon.
But the previous enthusiasm has been shattered; he no longer thinks much of Napoleon, "so petty did his hero with his paltry vanity and delight in victory appear, compared to that lofty, righteous and kindly sky which he had seen and comprehended."
Tolstoy, who is known for his hatred of Napoléon, portrays Austerlitz as an early test for Russia, one which ended badly because the soldiers fought for irrelevant things like glory or renown rather than the higher virtues which would produce, according to Tolstoy, a victory at Borodino during the 1812 invasion.
Article: Iran
Section: Provinces and cities

Question: What is the number of people in Tabriz?

Iran is divided into thirty one provinces ("ostān"), each governed by an appointed governor (استاندار, ostāndār).
The provinces are divided into counties ("shahrestān"), and subdivided into districts ("bakhsh") and sub-districts ("dehestān").
Iran has one of the highest urban growth rates in the world.
From 1950 to 2002, the urban proportion of the population increased from 27% to 60%.
The United Nations predicts that by 2030, 80% of the population will be urban.
Most internal migrants have settled near the cities of Tehran, Isfahan, Ahvaz, and Qom.
The listed populations are from the 2006/07 (1385 AP) census.
Tehran, with a population of 7,705,036, is the largest city in Iran and is the capital.
Tehran, like many big cities, suffers from severe air pollution.
It is the hub of the country's communication and transport network.
Mashhad, with a population of 2,410,800, is the second largest Iranian city and the centre of the Razavi Khorasan Province.
Mashhad is one of the holiest Shia cities in the world as it is the site of the Imam Reza shrine.
It is the centre of tourism in Iran, and between 15 and 20 million pilgrims go to the Imam Reza's shrine every year.
Another major Iranian city is Isfahan (population 1,583,609), which is the capital of Isfahan Province.
The Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
The city contains a wide variety of Islamic architectural sites ranging from the 11th to the 19th century.
The growth of the suburban area around the city has turned Isfahan into Iran's second most populous metropolitan area (3,430,353).
The fourth major city of Iran is Tabriz (population 1,378,935), the capital of the East Azerbaijan Province.
It is also the second industrial city of Iran after Tehran.
Tabriz had been the second largest city in Iran until the late 1960s and one of its former capitals and residence of the crown prince under the Qajar dynasty.
The city has proven extremely influential in the country’s recent history.
The fifth major city is Karaj (population 1,377,450), located in Alborz Province and situated 20 km west of Tehran, at the foot of the Alborz mountains; however, the city is increasingly becoming an extension of metropolitan Tehran.
The sixth major Iranian city is Shiraz (population 1,214,808); it is the capital of Fars Province.
The Elamite civilization to the west greatly influenced the area, which soon came to be known as Persis.
The ancient Persians were present in the region from about the 9th century BCE, and became rulers of a large empire under the Achaemenid dynasty in the 6th century BCE.
The ruins of Persepolis and Pasargadae, two of the four capitals of the Achaemenid Empire, are located in or near Shiraz.
Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire and is situated northeast of modern Shiraz.
UNESCO declared the citadel of Persepolis a World Heritage Site in 1979.
Article: Rice
Section: Arsenic concerns

Question: What level is considered safe for aresnic in drinking water?

Rice and rice products contain arsenic, a known poison and Group 1 carcinogen.
There is no safe level of arsenic, but, as of 2012, a limit of 10 parts per billion has been established in the United States for drinking water, twice the level of 5 parts per billion originally proposed by the EPA.
Consumption of one serving of some varieties of rice gives more exposure to arsenic than consumption of 1 liter of water that contains 5 parts per billion arsenic; however, the amount of arsenic in rice varies widely with the greatest concentration in brown rice and rice grown on land formerly used to grow cotton; in the United States, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and Texas.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is studying this issue, but has not established a limit.
China has set a limit of 150 ppb for arsenic in rice.
White rice grown in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and Texas, which account for 76 percent of American-produced rice had higher levels of arsenic than other regions of the world studied, possibly because of past use of arsenic-based pesticides to control cotton weevils.
Rice from Thailand and India contain the least arsenic among rice varieties in one study.
Article: Galbi
Section: History

Question: What is the translation of Wang Galbi?

The ingredients (often, ribs or meats) are marinated in a sauce made primarily from soy sauce, garlic, and sugar.
However, several variations on the marinade exist, including recipes that utilize sesame oil, rice wine or hot pepper paste.
Fruit juice, lemon-lime soda and honey have become more common additions to Korean marinades in recent years, and is present in some incarnations of the dish.
When cooked on a griddle or grill, the meat is usually cut in thin slices across the bones.
This style of cut, called L.A. Galbi, permits the marinade to penetrate the meat faster.
It also allows the meat to cook more quickly, creates a more tender cut, and makes it easier to eat the finished dish with chopsticks.
The traditional cut is called Wang Galbi, literally meaning King Ribs.
In this version, the ribs are cut into 2 to 5 inch segments, and the meat is filleted in layers away from the bone to form a uniformly thin layer.
Wang Galbi is usually what is served in traditional Korean restaurants, as the traditional cut is considered more genuine.
Rarely, if ever, are L.A. Galbi served at top establishments.
Pre-cut galbi is available from many meat markets in Korea and elsewhere.
"Galbi" is generally served in restaurants known as "galbi houses", and the meat is cooked right at customers' tables on grills set in the tables (usually by the customers themselves).
It is typically served with lettuce, perilla, or other leafy vegetables used to wrap the meat, which is then dipped in "ssamjang" (쌈장), a sauce made of fermented bean paste and red pepper paste.
It is often accompanied by side dishes known as banchan.
Many Korean dishes incorporate ribs, including soups and stews.
Some restaurants serve "pork galbi", and chicken galbi is a specialty of the Chuncheon region.
"Galbitang" is a clear soup containing pieces of "galbi".
"Galbi jjigae" is a thick stew with many large pieces of galbi, usually single bone cuts, which may also contain red peppers, green peppers, kimchi, and "doenjang" (Korean bean paste).
"Galbi Jjim" is short ribs braised in a sweet soy sauce based sauce.
Article: The Creation of Adam
Section: Miscellany

Question: Who was the inspiration for "Creation of Adam"?

Michelangelo's main source of inspiration for his Adam in his "Creation of Adam" seems to have been a cameo showing a nude Augustus Caesar riding sidesaddle on a Capricorn.
This cameo is now at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland.
The cameo used to belong to cardinal Domenico Grimani who lived in Rome while Michelangelo painted the ceiling.
Evidence suggests that Michelangelo and Grimani were friends.
The only parts of Michelangelo's Adam that could not have been borrowed from this cameo are his right hand and arm; this may explain why Michelangelo had to draw Adam's right hand and arm three times when he made the drawing for Adam that is now in the British Museum.
Some scholars have been dissatisfied with the theory Michelangelo was mainly inspired by Lorenzo Ghiberti's Adam in his "Creation of Adam".
This cameo offers an alternative theory.
Article: Disneyland
Section: Critter Country

Question: What is the main attraction of Critter Country?

Critter Country opened in 1972 as "Bear Country", and was renamed in 1988.
Formerly the area was home to Indian Village, where indigenous tribespeople demonstrated their dances and other customs.
Today, the main draw of the area is Splash Mountain, a log-flume journey inspired by the Uncle Remus stories of Joel Chandler Harris and the animated segments of Disney's Academy Award-winning 1946 film, "Song of the South".
In 2003, a dark ride called The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh replaced the Country Bear Jamboree, which closed in 2001.
The attraction is still open in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.
Article: Payphone (song)
Section: Covers

Question: Who has covered the song Payphone?

On 7 May 2012, singing sisters Cimorelli posted a cover on YouTube, which has been watched over 15 million times but Dani and Lauren changed up the rap.
Tanner Patrick, Dave Days, Megan Nicole, Tiffany Alvord and Avery also posted cover versions of "Payphone".
In July 2012, Canadian indie group Walk off the Earth released a cover on YouTube where many of the instruments being played are looped live, allowing one member to effectively play six instruments over the course of the song, with the recorded loops all playing at once.
The same month, the band Boyce Avenue also released a cover of the song.
American post-hardcore group Crown The Empire has done a heavy cover of the song as well for Fearless Records' compilation album "Punk Goes Pop 5".
Comedy rapper Rucka Rucka Ali recorded a parody, "Dago", on his 2012 album "Rucka's World".
In October 2012, Daniel Evans, a finalist on season 5 of The X Factor (UK) published and subsequently released an acoustic piano ballad version on his YouTube channel.
Article: South Park
Section: Ratings

Question: When did Season 14 or South Park Premiere?

When "South Park" debuted, it was a huge ratings success for Comedy Central and is seen as being largely responsible for the success of the channel, with Herzog crediting it for putting the network "on the map".
The show's first episode, "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe", earned a Nielsen rating of 1.3 (980,000 viewers), at the time considered high for a cable program.
The show instantly generated buzz among television viewers, and mass viewing parties began assembling on college campuses.
By the time the eighth episode "Starvin' Marvin" aired three months after the show debuted, ratings and viewership had tripled, and "South Park" was already the most successful show in Comedy Central's history.
When the tenth episode "Damien" aired the following February, viewership increased another 33 percent.
The episode earned a 6.4 rating, which at the time was over 10 times the average rating earned by a cable show aired in prime time.
The ratings peaked with the second episode of season two, "Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut", which aired on April 22, 1998.
The episode earned an 8.2 rating (6.2 million viewers) and, at the time, set a record as the highest-rated non-sports show in basic cable history.
During the spring of 1998, eight of the ten highest-rated shows on basic cable were "South Park" episodes.
The success of "South Park" prompted more cable companies to carry Comedy Central and led it to its becoming one of the fastest-growing cable channels.
The number of households that had Comedy Central jumped from 9.1 million in 1997 to 50 million in June 1998.
When the show debuted, the most Comedy Central had earned for a 30-second commercial was US$7,500.
Within a year, advertisers were paying an average of US$40,000 for 30 seconds of advertising time during airings of "South Park" in its second season, while some paid as much as US$80,000.
By the third season (1999), the series' ratings began to decrease.
The third season premiere episode drew 3.4 million viewers, a dramatic drop from the 5.5 million of the previous season's premiere.
Stone and Parker attributed this drop in the show's ratings to the media hype that surrounded the show in the previous year, adding that the third season ratings reflected the show's "true" fan base.
The show's ratings dropped further in its fourth season (2000), with episodes averaging just above 1.5 million viewers.
The ratings eventually increased, and seasons five through nine consistently averaged about 3 million viewers per episode.
Though its viewership is lower than it was at the height of its popularity in its earliest seasons, "South Park" remains one of the highest-rated series on Comedy Central.
The season 14 (2010) premiere gained 3.7 million viewers, the show's highest-rated season premiere since 1998.
Article: Machu Picchu
Section: Human Sacrifice, Aliens and Mysticism

Question: Is evidence that indicates the use of retainer sacrifices?

There is little information on human sacrifices taking place at Machu Picchu.
This is can be attributed to the fact that many sacrifices were never given a proper burial and their skeletal remains have succumbed to the elements.
However, there is evidence that indicates the use of retainer sacrifices.
In these unique cases, human sacrifices were made to accompany a deceased noble in the afterlife.
Although human sacrifices occurred, it was much more common to offer animal, liquid and dirt sacrifices to the gods.
These offerings were made at the Altar of the Condor and are still made today by members of the New Age Andean religion.
It is a belief among some New Age Andean cosmologists that aliens once inhabited the Cusco region of Peru and are responsible for building Machu Picchu's grand architecture.
These views have been widely refuted by Peruvians as they feel their ancestors were capable of such technological and architectural feats.
Article: Jackson Pollock
Section: Authenticity issues

Question: Where were twenty-four paintings in a similar style to Jackson Pollock discovered?

In 2003, twenty-four Pollock-esque paintings and drawings were found in a locker in Wainscott, New York.
An inconclusive debate continues about whether or not these works are Pollock originals.
Physicists have argued over whether fractals can be used to authenticate the paintings.
This would require an analysis of geometric consistency of the paint splatters in Pollock's work at a microscopic level, and would be measured against the finding that patterns in Pollock's paintings increased in complexity with time.
Analysis of the synthetic pigments shows that some were not patented until the 1980s, and therefore that it is highly improbable that Pollock could have used such paints.
In 2006 a documentary, "Who the *$&% Is Jackson Pollock?"
was made concerning Teri Horton, a truck driver who in 1992 bought an abstract painting for five dollars at a thrift store in California.
This work may be a lost Pollock painting but its authenticity is debated.
Article: Australia
Section: States and territories

Question: How many states does Australia contain and what are their names?

Australia has six states—New South Wales (NSW), Queensland (QLD), South Australia (SA), Tasmania (TAS), Victoria (VIC) and Western Australia (WA)—and two major mainland territories—the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and the Northern Territory (NT).
In most respects these two territories function as states, but the Commonwealth Parliament can override any legislation of their parliaments.
By contrast, federal legislation overrides state legislation only in areas that are set out in Section 51 of the Australian Constitution; state parliaments retain all residual legislative powers, including those over schools, state police, the state judiciary, roads, public transport and local government, since these do not fall under the provisions listed in Section 51.
Each state and major mainland territory has its own parliament—unicameral in the Northern Territory, the ACT and Queensland—and bicameral in the other states.
The states are sovereign entities, although subject to certain powers of the Commonwealth as defined by the Constitution.
The lower houses are known as the Legislative Assembly (the House of Assembly in South Australia and Tasmania); the upper houses are known as the Legislative Council.
The head of the government in each state is the Premier and in each territory the Chief Minister.
The Queen is represented in each state by a Governor; and in the Northern Territory, the Administrator.
In the Commonwealth, the Queen's representative is the Governor-General.
The federal parliament directly administers the following territories:
 Ashmore and Cartier Islands
 Australian Antarctic Territory
 Christmas Island
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
 Coral Sea Islands
 Heard Island and McDonald Islands
 Jervis Bay Territory, a naval base and sea port for the national capital in land that was formerly part of New South Wales
Norfolk Island is also technically an external territory; however, under the Norfolk Island Act 1979 it has been granted more autonomy and is governed locally by its own legislative assembly.
The Queen is represented by an Administrator.