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Article: Claude Monet
Section: Vétheuile

Question: Where was Monet living in the spring of 1880?

After several difficult months following the death of Camille, Monet began to create some of his best paintings of the 19th century.
During the early 1880s, Monet painted several groups of landscapes and seascapes in what he considered to be campaigns to document the French countryside.
These began to evolve into series of pictures in which he documented the same scene many times in order to capture the changing of light and the passing of the seasons.
Monet's friend Ernest Hoschedé became bankrupt, and left in 1878 for Belgium.
After the death of Camille Monet in September 1879, and while Monet continued to live in the house in Vétheuil, Alice Hoschedé helped Monet to raise his two sons, Jean and Michel.
She took them to Paris to live alongside her own six children, Blanche, (who married Jean Monet), Germaine, Hoschedé, Marthe, Jean-Pierre, and Jacques.
In the spring of 1880, Alice Hoschedé and all the children left Paris and rejoined Monet at Vétheuil.
In 1881, all of them moved to Poissy, which Monet hated.
In April 1883, looking out the window of the little train between Vernon and Gasny, he discovered Giverny in Normandy.
Monet, Alice Hoschedé and the children moved to Vernon, then to the house in Giverny, where he planted a large garden and where he painted for much of the rest of his life.
Following the death of her estranged husband, Monet married Alice Hoschedé in 1892.
Article: Anatomy
Section: Bird anatomy

Question: Where are scales located on the bodies of birds?

Birds are tetrapods but though their hind limbs are used for walking or hopping, their front limbs are wings covered with feathers and adapted for flight.
Birds are endothermic, have a high metabolic rate, a light skeletal system and powerful muscles.
The long bones are thin, hollow and very light.
Air sac extensions from the lungs occupy the centre of some bones.
The sternum is wide and usually has a keel and the caudal vertebrae are fused.
There are no teeth and the narrow jaws are adapted into a horn-covered beak.
The eyes are relatively large, particularly in nocturnal species such as owls.
They face forwards in predators and sideways in ducks.
The feathers are outgrowths of the epidermis and are found in localized bands from where they fan out over the skin.
Large flight feathers are found on the wings and tail, contour feathers cover the bird's surface and fine down occurs on young birds and under the contour feathers of water birds.
The only cutaneous gland is the single uropygial gland near the base of the tail.
This produces an oily secretion that waterproofs the feathers when the bird preens.
There are scales on the legs and feet and claws on the tips of the toes.
Article: Gossip Girl
Section: Development

Question: The characteristics for each character in the pilot were based on what book?

The "Gossip Girl" book series was originally supposed to be adapted into a film starring Lindsay Lohan with head "Gilmore Girls" creator Amy Sherman-Palladino.
When the film project did not get off the ground, Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz took over the project to create a television series.
As of October 2006, Schwartz was working on the pilot.
He said: "I was very skeptical.
I don't want to do "The O.C.
NYC".
But I thought the books were smart.
The characters are worldly in a way that Orange County kids aren't."
The characteristics for each character in the pilot were based on the first "Gossip Girl" book.
In January 2007, the show was given the green light by The CW.
Article: Forbidden City
Section: Influence

Question: What year did Jean Michel Jarre perform a live concert in front of the Forbidden City?

The Forbidden City, the culmination of the two-thousand-year development of classical Chinese and East Asian architecture, has been influential in the subsequent development of Chinese architecture, as well as providing inspiration for many artistic works.
Some specific examples include:
Depiction in art, film, literature and popular culture
The Forbidden City has served as the scene to many works of fiction.
In recent years, it has been depicted in films and television series.
Some notable examples include:
 "The Forbidden City" (1918), a fiction film about a Chinese emperor and an American.
 "The Last Emperor" (1987), a biographical film about Puyi, was the first feature film ever authorised by the government of the People's Republic of China to be filmed in the Forbidden City.
 "Marco Polo" a joint NBC and RAI TV miniseries broadcast in the early 1980s, was filmed inside the Forbidden City.
Note, however, that the present Forbidden City did not exist in the Yuan dynasty, when Marco Polo met Kublai Khan.
Performance venue
The Forbidden City has also served as a performance venue.
However, its use for this purpose is strictly limited, due to the heavy impact of equipment and performance on the ancient structures.
Almost all performances said to be "in the Forbidden City" are held outside the palace walls.
 Giacomo Puccini's opera, "Turandot", the story of a Chinese princess, was performed at the Imperial Shrine just outside the Forbidden City for the first time in 1998.
 In 1997, Greek-born composer and keyboardist Yanni performed a live concert in front of the Forbidden City.
The concert was recorded and later released as part of the "Tribute" album.
 In 2001, the Three Tenors, Spanish singers Plácido Domingo and José Carreras and the Italian singer Luciano Pavarotti sang in front of Forbidden City main gate as one of their performances.
 In 2004, the French musician Jean Michel Jarre performed a live concert in front of the Forbidden City, accompanied by 260 musicians, as part of the "Year of France in China" festivities.
Article: Curling
Section: Shoes

Question: What is the difference between a slider shoe and a non sliding shoe's design?

Curling shoes are similar to ordinary athletic shoes except that they have dissimilar soles; the "slider shoe" is designed for the off foot (or sliding foot) and the "non-sliding shoe" for the hack foot.
The "slider shoe" is designed to slide and typically has a Teflon sole.
It is worn by the thrower during delivery from the hack and by sweepers or the skip to glide down the ice when sweeping or otherwise traveling down the sheet quickly.
Stainless steel was once common for slider soles, and "red brick" sliders with lateral blocks of PVC on the sole are also available.
Most shoes have a full-sole sliding surface, but some shoes have a sliding surface covering only the outline of the shoe and other enhancements with the full-sole slider.
Some shoes have small disc sliders covering the front and heel portions or only the front portion of the foot, which allow more flexibility in the sliding foot for curlers playing with tuck deliveries.
When a player is not throwing, the player's slider shoe can be temporarily rendered non-slippery by using a slip-on gripper.
Ordinary athletic shoes may be converted to sliders by using a step-on or slip-on Teflon slider or by applying electrical or gaffer tape directly to the sole or over a piece of cardboard.
This arrangement often suits casual or beginning players.
The "non-sliding shoe", or "hack foot shoe," is worn by the thrower on the hack foot during delivery and is designed to grip.
It may have a normal athletic shoe sole or a special layer of rubbery material applied to the sole of a thickness to match the sliding shoe.
The toe of the hack foot shoe may also have a rubberised coating on the top surface or a flap that hangs over the toe to reduce wear on the top of the shoe as it drags on the ice behind the thrower.
Article: Pho
Section: Development

Question: When was sesame oil and tofu first used by vendors?

In the late 1920s, various vendors experimented with (a seasoning made of ground cinnamon, star anise, , and clove), sesame oil, tofu, and even "Lethocerus indicus" extract ("").
This "" failed to enter the mainstream.
"", served with beef cooked rare, had been introduced by 1930.
Chicken pho appeared in 1939, possibly because beef was not sold at the markets on Mondays and Fridays at the time.
With the Partition of Vietnam in 1954, over a million people fled North Vietnam for the South.
Pho, previously unpopular in the South, suddenly took off.
No longer confined to northern culinary traditions, variations in meat and broth appeared, and additional garnishes, such as lime, bean sprouts, culantro ('), cinnamon basil ('), and Hoisin sauce ('), became standard fare. '
also began to rival fully cooked "" in popularity.
Meanwhile, in North Vietnam, private pho restaurants were nationalized ("") and began serving pho noodles made from old rice, while street vendors were expected to use noodles made of imported potato flour.
During the so-called "" after the War, state-owned pho eateries served a meatless variety of the dish known as "pilotless pho" ('), in reference to the U.S. military's .
The broth consisted of boiled water with MSG added for taste, as there were often shortages on various foodstuffs like meat and rice during that period.
Bread or cold rice was often served as a side dish, leading to the present-day practice of dipping ' in pho.
Article: Where Have You Been
Section: Live performances

Question: In what way did Rihanna use the "cleopatra" style in her performance?

Rihanna performed "Where Have You Been" for the first time live at the 2012 Post-Grammy Charity Fundraiser, along with "We Found Love", on February 13, 2012.
On April 15, 2012, Rihanna performed the song at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, again with "We Found Love".
On May 5, 2012, Rihanna performed the song on "Saturday Night Live" in the United States.
The performance featured an aesthetic similar to that of the music video; the "SNL" set was decorated in a "One Thousand and One Nights" fashion.
Rihanna and her backup dancers performed a highly choreographed dance routine, the same as the music video, and wore Arabian inspired outfits.
She also performed the song at the 2012 Robin Hood Benefit in New York.
The performance was in "Cleopatra" style.
The singer performed the song on "American Idol"'s season 11 finale on May 23, 2012.
Rihanna performed "Where Have You Been" at Radio 1's Hackney Weekend on June 24, 2012, as the tenth song on the set list.
The performance featured a giant sphinx on the stage.
Article: Dexter (TV series)
Section: Video game

Question: Why is it speculated that there won't be an Xbox 360 & PlayStation 3 release of the Dexter game?

Other media.
Video game.
A video game based on "Dexter" developed by Icarus Studios and based on the events of season one, was released on September 13, 2009.
It is available for the iPhone platform in the iTunes App Store.
The game was released on the iPad on October 15, 2010, and on PC on February 15, 2011.
The cast and crew of "Dexter" have been very supportive, with some of the cast providing full voice work for the game, including Michael C. Hall.
The game has received many positive reviews, including an 8/10 from IGN.
No additional content for the game has been released or announced as planned.
Plans to release the game on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 seem to have been cancelled, as there has been no recent information regarding expansion of the game onto these platforms.
Article: Periodic table
Section: Mendeleev's table

Question: What characteristic of Mendeleev's periodic table implicitly predicted the properties of elements that had not yet been discovered?

Russian chemistry professor Dmitri Mendeleev and German chemist Julius Lothar Meyer independently published their periodic tables in 1869 and 1870, respectively.
Mendeleev's table was his first published version; that of Meyer was an expanded version of his (Meyer's) table of 1864.
They both constructed their tables by listing the elements in rows or columns in order of atomic weight and starting a new row or column when the characteristics of the elements began to repeat.
The recognition and acceptance afforded to Mendeleev's table came from two decisions he made.
The first was to leave gaps in the table when it seemed that the corresponding element had not yet been discovered.
Mendeleev was not the first chemist to do so, but he was the first to be recognized as using the trends in his periodic table to predict the properties of those missing elements, such as gallium and germanium.
The second decision was to occasionally ignore the order suggested by the atomic weights and switch adjacent elements, such as tellurium and iodine, to better classify them into chemical families.
With the development of theories of atomic structure, it became apparent that Mendeleev had unintentionally listed the elements in order of increasing atomic number or nuclear charge.
The significance of atomic numbers to the organization of the periodic table was not appreciated until the existence and properties of protons and neutrons became understood.
Mendeleev's periodic tables used atomic weight instead of atomic number to organize the elements, information determinable to fair precision in his time.
Atomic weight worked well enough in most cases to (as noted) give a presentation that was able to predict the properties of missing elements more accurately than any other method then known.
Substitution of atomic numbers, once understood, gave a definitive, integer-based sequence for the elements, still used today even as new synthetic elements are being produced and studied.
Article: The Vampire Diaries
Section: U.S. Nielsen ratings

Question: When did the Vampire Diaries first air on TV?

The series premiere on September 10, 2009 gave The CW its biggest series premiere scoring 4.91 million viewers.
Adding in DVR numbers, the ratings for the premiere swelled to an official 5.7 million viewers.
The following is a table for the seasonal rankings, based on average total estimated viewers per episode of "The Vampire Diaries".
"Rank" refers to how "The Vampire Diaries" rated compared to the other television series which aired during prime time hours.
Article: Peking duck
Section: Reheating

Question: What is the duck rinsed with in the last step?

Whole Peking Ducks can be ordered as takeaways.
The ducks can be reheated at home with an oven, grill or boiling oil.
When an oven is used, the duck is heated at a temperature of 150 °C (300 °F) for 20 minutes, and then at 160 °C (325 °F) for another 10 minutes.
The grilling method involves filling the duck with boiling water before placing it on a griddle, 70 cm (28 in) above the cooking fire.
The boiling water is replaced every 3–4 minutes until the duck's skin is piping hot.
To reheat the Peking Duck with oil, the duck is sliced into thin pieces and placed in a strainer held over a wok of boiling oil.
The duck is then rinsed several times with the oil.
Article: Vitruvian Man
Section: Derivative works

Question: Who created "Glad Day"?

The "Vitruvian Man" has inspired a number of derivative works:
 Cesare Cesariano (1521) who edited the important 1521 edition of "De Architectura" of Vitruvius (Leonardo da Vinci is supposed to have provided the illustrations for this edition).
 Albrecht Dürer (1528) in his book "Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion" (four books on human proportions)
 Pietro di Giacomo Cataneo (1554)
 Heinrich Lautensack (1618)
 William Blake (1795) "Glad Day", now known as "Albion rose".
This representation is without the circle and square.
 The Italian 1 euro coin
Article: Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
Section: The Grand Bazaar today

Question: How many people work at the Grand Bazaar?

Today the Grand Bazaar is a thriving complex, employing 26,000 people visited by between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily, and one of the major landmarks of Istanbul.
It must compete with modern shopping malls common in Istanbul, but its beauty and fascination represent a formidable advantage for it.
The head of the Grand Bazaar Artisans Association claimed that the complex was in 2011 - the year of its 550th birthday - the most visited monument in the world.
A restoration project starting in 2012 should renew its infrastructure, heating and lighting systems.
Moreover, the "han"s inside the Market will be renovated and later additions will be demolished.
This project should finally solve the big problems of the market: for example, in the whole Bazaar there is no proper toilet facility.
Moreover, the lacks of controls in the past years allowed many dealers to remove columns and skive walls in their shops to gain space: This, together with the substitution of lead (stolen in the last years) with concrete on the market's roof, has created a great hazard when the earthquake expected in Istanbul in the next years will occur.
The Grand Bazaar is opened each day except Sundays and bank holidays from 9:00 until 19:00.
Article: SeaWorld
Section: SeaWorld Orlando

Question: Which year did Seaworld Orlando open?

 Orlando.
SeaWorld Orlando opened on December 15, 1973, and had crowds topping 5,400 on its opening day.
"One Ocean", a new Shamu show which premiered April 22, 2011, is hosted here, along with "Clyde and Seamore Take Pirate Island", an adventure with two sea lions, and "Blue Horizons", the park's dolphin show.
The park contains 3 roller coasters: Kraken, a floorless coaster based on the mythical sea creature, Manta, a coaster designed to simulate how manta rays move, and the Shamu Express, a coaster oriented to kids located in Shamu's Happy Harbor.
It is also home to the original Journey to Atlantis Water Coaster.
SeaWorld After Dark is SeaWorld Orlando's night program, featuring the fireworks show "Reflections", a sea lions show "Sea Lions Tonite" and Shamu show "Shamu Rocks".
Article: Hersheypark
Section: Regional competition

Question: What amusement park is located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania?

Regional competition includes:
DelGrosso's Amusement Park, located in Tipton, Pennsylvania
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom, located near Allentown, Pennsylvania
Kennywood Park, located near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Knoebels Amusement Resort, located in Elysburg, Pennsylvania
Six Flags America, located near Baltimore, Maryland
Six Flags Great Adventure, located in Jackson, New Jersey
Dutch Wonderland, located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Sesame Place, located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania
Article: Fruitvale Station
Section: Music

Question: Who scored Fruitvale Station?

The musical score to "Fruitvale Station" was composed by Ludwig Göransson.
Also a USC graduate, Göransson said of the scoring process: "Ryan and I talked a lot about how sound design was going to have a huge role in the movie and very early on I got sent the actual sound recordings of the Bart Train.
I manipulated the train sound and made it almost feel like a dark ambient synth sound and I used it almost throughout the whole Bart platform scene.
The other element in the score is lots of layered and manipulated guitars sounding almost like haunting pads."
Coogler added: "One thing that we always wanted to be conscious of with the score, was to make sure that it always felt organic.
A lot of the film would play without score, so Ludwig made sure that whenever we brought score in came out of sounds in the environment."
A soundtrack album, "Fruitvale Station – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack", was be released digitally on September 24, 2013 and on CD October 15, 2013 through Lakeshore Records.
Article: Canada
Section: Geography

Question: What is the most densely populated part of Canada?

Canada occupies a major northern portion of North America, sharing land borders with the contiguous United States to the south (the longest border between two countries in the world) and the US state of Alaska to the northwest.
Canada stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west; to the north lies the Arctic Ocean.
Greenland is to the northeast, while Saint Pierre and Miquelon is south of Newfoundland.
By total area (including its waters), Canada is the second-largest country in the world, after Russia.
By land area alone, Canada ranks fourth.
The country lies between latitudes 41° and 84°N, and longitudes 52° and 141°W.
Since 1925, Canada has claimed the portion of the Arctic between 60° and 141°W longitude, but this claim is not universally recognized.
Canada is home to the world's northernmost settlement, Canadian Forces Station Alert, on the northern tip of Ellesmere Island – latitude 82.5°N – which lies from the North Pole.
Much of the Canadian Arctic is covered by ice and permafrost.
Canada has the longest coastline in the world, with a total length of ; additionally, its border with the United States is the world's longest land border, stretching .
Since the end of the last glacial period, Canada has consisted of eight distinct forest regions, including extensive boreal forest on the Canadian Shield.
Canada has around 31,700 large lakes, more than any other country, containing much of the world's fresh water.
There are also fresh-water glaciers in the Canadian Rockies and the Coast Mountains.
Canada is geologically active, having many earthquakes and potentially active volcanoes, notably Mount Meager, Mount Garibaldi, Mount Cayley, and the Mount Edziza volcanic complex.
The volcanic eruption of the Tseax Cone in 1775 was among Canada's worst natural disasters, killing 2,000 Nisga'a people and destroying their village in the Nass River valley of northern British Columbia.
The eruption produced a lava flow, and, according to Nisga'a legend, blocked the flow of the Nass River.
Canada's population density, at , is among the lowest in the world.
The most densely populated part of the country is the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor, situated in Southern Quebec and Southern Ontario along the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River.
Average winter and summer high temperatures across Canada vary from region to region.
Winters can be harsh in many parts of the country, particularly in the interior and Prairie provinces, which experience a continental climate, where daily average temperatures are near −15 °C (5 °F), but can drop below with severe wind chills.
In noncoastal regions, snow can cover the ground for almost six months of the year, while in parts of the north snow can persist year-round.
Coastal British Columbia has a temperate climate, with a mild and rainy winter.
On the east and west coasts, average high temperatures are generally in the low 20s °C (70s °F), while between the coasts, the average summer high temperature ranges from , with temperatures in some interior locations occasionally exceeding .
Article: Wushu (sport)
Section: Wushu as an Olympic event

Question: When was Wushu's bid rejected?

The IWUF placed a bid to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to have wushu included in future Olympic Games, but did not meet with success.
However, the IOC allowed China to organize an international wushu event during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, but this event is not one of the 28 official Olympic sports, nor is it a demonstration event.
Instead, it was called the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Wushu Tournament.
Wushu was one of 8 sports that was considered for inclusion in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
On May 29, 2013, Wushu's bid was rejected.