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401 | (CNN)Buddy Elias spent much of his life preserving the memory of his cousin Anne Frank. His death Monday brought back memories for me.
We met three years ago in an Atlanta hotel conference room. He and his wife, Gerti, were touring the United States to promote a new book.
I could tell instantly that he was related to Anne. His face resembled hers so much that it felt almost as though I was meeting her in person.
"Anne Frank's Family" had just been published, based on 14 boxes of letters, postcards, photos and documents that Gerti accidentally discovered in the attic of their house in Basel.
Elias told me that it wasn't just Anne who loved to write; everyone in the family did.
The 6,000 recovered documents told a story of a family torn apart by war and anti-Semitism. That day in Atlanta, I listened to Elias tell me about loved ones he lost. He told me he was lucky that his family had remained in neutral Switzerland when World War II broke out.
I thought back to our conversation Thursday when I learned the news of Elias' death. He died peacefully at his home in Basel, Switzerland, at 90, said an announcement posted on the website of Anne Frank Fonds, the foundation that Elias headed.
Like millions of people who read "The Diary of Anne Frank," I was deeply influenced by her words and in awe of her family's courage.
Anne received her diary on her 13th birthday and wrote in it for the two years that her family hid from the Nazis in the secret annex of an Amsterdam apartment. I was only in seventh grade when my father bought me the book in 1975.
Answer the following questions:
1. Who is the man who is the focus of the story?
2. What is his name?
3. What is the name of his wife?
4. How old was Elias at his death?
5. What country was he in when he died?
6. What country was he in when WWII started?
7. Where did the author of this article meet him?
8. Did Anne and Elias look as if they were related?
9. What place did Anne Frank spend time hidden?
10. What did Anne write in?
11. How old was she when she got it?
12. For what occasion did she receive it?
Numbered answers: | 1. Anne Frank's Cousin
2. Buddy Elias
3. Gerti
4. 90
5. Switzerland
6. Switzerland
7. In a hotel in Atlanta
8. yes
9. An annex in Amsterdam
10. her diary
11. 13
12. her birthday | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
402 | Read the text and answer the questions.
CHAPTER XL
"For once," Lady Carey said, with a faint smile, "your 'admirable Crichton' has failed you."
Lucille opened her eyes. She had been leaning back amongst the railway cushions.
"I think not," she said. "Only I blame myself that I ever trusted the Prince even so far as to give him that message. For I know very well that if Victor had received it he would have been here."
Lady Carey took up a great pile of papers and looked them carelessly through.
"I am afraid," she said, "that I do not agree with you. I do not think that Saxe Leinitzer had any desire except to see you safely away. I believe that he will be quite as disappointed as you are that your husband is not here to aid you. Some one must see you safely on the steamer at Havre. Perhaps he will come himself."
"I shall wait in Paris," Lucille said quietly, "for my husband."
"You may wait," Lady Carey said, "for a very long time."
Lucille looked at her steadily. "What do you mean?"
"What a fool you are, Lucille. If to other people it seems almost certain on the face of it that you were responsible for that drop of poison in your husband's liqueur glass, why should it not seem so to himself?"
Lucille laughed, but there was a look of horror in her dark eyes.
"How absurd. I know Victor better than to believe him capable of such a suspicion. Just as he knows me better than to believe me capable of such an act."
1. Who was to wait in Paris?
2. Why?
3. and his name?
4. and who was she discussing this with?
5. Did she think it was a good idea?
6. Why not?
7. Who does she have distrust now for?
Numbered answers: | 1. Lucille
2. for her husband
3. Victor
4. Lady Carey
5. No
6. blame for poisoning him
7. I know Victor better than to believe him capable of such a suspicion., Victor | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
403 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for Paris bus. The bus for Paris would not leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in line , others were walking around. There was a group of schoolgirls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in line. Tom looked around but there was no place for him to sit. He walked into the station cafe . he looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down before a large mirror on the wall. Just then, Mike, one of Tom's workmates came in and sat with Tom. "What time is your bus?" asked Mike. "There's plenty of time yet," answered Tom. "Well, I'll get you some more tea then," said Mike. They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at the clock again. "Oh! It's going backward !" he cried. "A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve and now it's half past eleven." "You're looking at the clock in the mirror." said Mike. Tom was so sad . The next bus was not to leave for another hour. Since then Tom has never liked mirrors. ,.
1. Was there a place for Tom to sit?
2. Was the station crowded?
3. Did he arrive late?
4. Where was he going?
5. What time was his departure?
6. Who did he talk to?
7. What did Mike get Tom?
8. Did they talk?
9. What time did Tom think it was?
10. What transportation was Tom taking?
11. Was there a group of boys there?
12. Who was?
13. Who was with them?
14. How did Mike and Tom know each other?
15. Were they near a mirror?
16. Did that mess Tom up?
17. What time did he see?
18. Did he miss his transportation?
19. How long would he have to wait?
20. Does he like mirrors?
21. Did he think there was lots of time before he had to leave?
Numbered answers: | 1. no
2. yes
3. no
4. Paris
5. five to twelve
6. Tom
7. tea
8. yes
9. twenty to twelve
10. the bus
11. no
12. a group of schoolgirls
13. their teacher
14. they were workmates
15. yes
16. yes
17. half past eleven
18. yes
19. another hour
20. no
21. yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
404 | New York is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, and with a particular emphasis on New York City. Founded by Milton Glaser and Clay Felker in 1968 as a competitor to "The New Yorker", it was brasher and less polite, and established itself as a cradle of New Journalism. Over time, it became more national in scope, publishing many noteworthy articles on American culture by writers such as Tom Wolfe, Jimmy Breslin, Nora Ephron, John Heilemann, Frank Rich, and Rebecca Traister.
In its 21st-century incarnation under editor-in-chief Adam Moss, "The nation's best and most-imitated city magazine is often not about the city—at least not in the overcrowded, traffic-clogged, five-boroughs sense", wrote then "Washington Post" media critic Howard Kurtz, as the magazine has increasingly published political and cultural stories of national significance.
Since its redesign and relaunch in 2004, the magazine has won more National Magazine Awards than any other publication, including the 2013 award for Magazine of the Year. It was one of the first dual-audience "lifestyle magazines", and its format and style have been emulated by some other American regional city publications.
In 2009, its paid and verified circulation was 408,622, with 95.8% of that coming from subscriptions. Its websites—NYmag.com, Vulture.com, The Cut, and Grub Street—receive visits from more than 14 million users per month.
Answer this series of questions:
1. What magazine is this about?
2. Is that the same as the New Yorker?
3. What topics does New York cover?
4. How does it differ from the New Yorker?
5. Are the two magazines in competition?
6. When was it founded?
7. By whom?
8. Who are some of the writers it has featured?
9. Who else?
10. Does it have a website?
11. How many?
12. How many visits do they get a month?
13. Who is the editor-in-chief?
14. Has it ever been redesigned?
15. When?
16. Do other magazines try to copy it?
17. Has it received awards?
18. Like what?
19. When was that?
20. Does it post national stories or just local?
Numbered answers: | 1. New York
2. no
3. magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style
4. brasher and less polite
5. yes
6. 1968
7. Milton Glaser and Clay Felke
8. Tom Wolfe and Jimmy Breslin
9. Nora Ephron, John Heilemann, Frank Rich, and Rebecca Traister.
10. yes
11. Four
12. more than 14 million
13. Adam Moss
14. yes
15. 2004
16. yes
17. yes
18. Magazine of the Year.
19. 2013
20. national | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
405 | Having just quit a highly moneymaking job with tech giant Microsoft in the United States,where he'd made millions working as a program manager, _
What Awuah wanted was to create a university in his native Ghana.a state-of-the-art education centre that would help educate the country's next generation of leaders.Awuah moved with his family,back to Ghana.There,he invested his own money and with the help of other donors he founded Ashesi University.
"Africa needs to have a renaissance ," says Awuah as he explained what drove him to
take the risky decision."The world needs to change in this way and I strongly believe that people like me need to be part of the solution;I need to be really actively involved in helping to drive this change in Africa''
Located about an hour's drive from the capital Accra,Ashesi,which appropriately translates to "beginning," is the first Ghanaian university to combine technical majors with a liberal arts approach.Its campus,set on 100 acres in a town called Berekuso,was designed to be inspiring for the more than 500 young Ghanaians studying there.
"So when I look at universities I see Africa fast--forward 30 years.When this 20-year-old is now in his or her 50s,that person is going to be a leader."
Today Ashesi,which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year,offers degrees in business,
information systems and computer science.There are plans to offer engineering and economics majors in the near future.The school's graduation rate is between 70%and 90%,according to Awuah.
In our last freshman class,50% of the students paid full tuition ,25%were on full
scholarships and 25%on partial scholarships ,"he said."The reason why variety is so important is that the most important conversation on campus is a conversation about the good society--what is the good society we would like to see in Africa? That conversation is a lot more interesting if you have variety in the classroom,"adds Awuah. .
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. who quit a job?
2. where?
3. Did he make very much money there?
4. doing what?
5. why did he leave?
6. what kind?
7. to accomplish what?
8. did he move with his family?
9. was he able to create the university?
10. where?
11. where at in Ghana?
12. how far is it from the capital?
13. what is the name of the school?
14. who paid for it?
15. how many students attend?
16. how many paid full tuition?
17. how many had partial scholarships?
18. what about full?
19. what makes conversations more interesting?
20. what is their graduation rate?
Numbered answers: | 1. Awuah.
2. At Microsoft.
3. Yes.
4. Working as a program manager.
5. He wanted was to create a university.
6. State-of-the-art.
7. Help educate the country's next generation of leaders.
8. Yes.
9. Yes.
10. Ghana.
11. Berekuso.
12. About an hour's drive from the capital.
13. Ashesi.
14. He and other donors.
15. More than 500.
16. 50%.
17. 25%.
18. 25%.
19. Variety in the classroom.
20. Between 70%and 90%. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
406 | John is six years old. He can read and write well. But he can't tell the time. His mother, Mrs Brown teaches him many times, but he still can't tell. He would say "breakfast time" "lunchtime" and "teatime" instead of saying eight o'clock, twelve o'clock and four o'clock in the afternoon. His mother doesn't know how to help him One day, John's aunt, Mary, comes to see his mother. His mother tells her about that. His aunt says, "Let me help you. I think I can help him." When John comes home after school, Mary begins to teach him. "Can you _ , John?" she asks. "Yes. One, two, three, four..." John says. "That's fine. Now I put the long hand on twelve and the short hand on one-that is one o'clock If I put the short hand on two, what is the time?" "Two o'clock " "Good. And on three?" "Three o'clock. " Then it is four o'clock in the afternoon, and John's aunt asks him, "What time is it now, John?" "Teatime, Aunt, and I am very hungry ," John looks at the clock and answers.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. Who is John's mother?
2. Can she help John?
3. How old is John?
4. Can he read and write?
5. Can he count?
6. Who tries to teach him?
7. Who else?
8. How is she related to him?
9. Did he tell the time after she taught him?
10. Did he want food at four o'clock?
Numbered answers: | 1. Mrs Brown
2. No
3. six
4. Yes
5. No
6. Mrs Brown
7. Mary
8. His Aunt
9. Yes
10. Yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
407 | Yahoo! is a web services provider, wholly owned by Verizon Communications through Oath Inc. and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. The original Yahoo! company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was incorporated on March 2, 1995. Yahoo was one of the pioneers of the early Internet era in the 1990s. Marissa Mayer, a former Google executive, served as CEO and President of Yahoo until June 2017.
It was globally known for its Web portal, search engine Yahoo! Search, and related services, including Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping, video sharing, fantasy sports, and its social media website. At its height it was one of the most popular sites in the United States. According to third-party web analytics providers, Alexa and SimilarWeb, Yahoo! was the highest-read news and media website, with over 7 billion views per month, being the sixth most visited website globally in 2016. According to news sources, roughly 700 million people visited Yahoo websites every month. Yahoo itself claimed it attracted "more than half a billion consumers every month in more than 30 languages".
Once the most popular website in the U.S., Yahoo slowly started to decline since the late 2000s, and in 2017, Verizon Communications acquired most of Yahoo's Internet business for $4.48 billion, excluding its stakes in Alibaba Group and Yahoo! Japan which were transferred to Yahoo's successor company Altaba.
1. What is Yahoo?
2. When was it started?
3. By whom?
4. Who owns it now?
5. Since when?
6. Where is the headquarters?
7. Was it popular?
8. How popular?
9. Was it the most visited website?
10. What number was it
11. How much was it sold for?
12. About how many visited each month?
13. Was it all in English?
14. How many different ones?
15. What country did the president go to?
16. What company did the president go to?
17. What are some of their services?
Numbered answers: | 1. A web services provider
2. January 1994
3. Jerry Yang and David Filo
4. Verizon Communications
5. 2017
6. Sunnyvale, California
7. Yes
8. Globally
9. No
10. 6th
11. $4.48 billion
12. Roughly 700 million
13. No
14. More than 30
15. unknown
16. Google
17. Email, news, finance, answers | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
408 | CHAPTER XLIV. THE GALIMAFRE
Speats and raxes, speats and raxes, speat and raxes Lord Somerville's billet
Never wont to let the grass grow under his feet, Henry of Navarre was impatient of awaiting his troops at Pont de Dronne, and proposed to hasten on to Quinet, as a convenient centre for collecting the neighbouring gentry for conference. Thus, early on Monday, a party of about thirty set forth on horseback, including the Ribaumonts, Rayonette being perched by turns in front of her father or mother, and the Duke de Quinet declaring that he should do his best to divide the journey into stages not too long for Philip, since he was anxious to give his mother plenty of time to make preparations for her royal guest.
He had, however, little reckoned on the young King's promptitude. The first courier he had dispatched was overtaken at a _cabaret_ only five leagues from Pont de Dronne, baiting his horse, as he said; the second was found on the road with a lame horse; and the halt a day's journey remained beyond it. The last stage had been ridden, much to the Duke's discontent, for it brought them to a mere village inn, with scarcely any accommodation. The only tolerable bed was resigned by the King to the use of Philip, whose looks spoke the exhaustion of which his tongue scorned to complain. So painful and feverish a night ensued that Eustacie was anxious that he should not move until the Duke should, as he promised, send a mule litter back for him; but this proposal he resented; and in the height of his constitutional obstinacy, appeared booted and spurred at the first signal to mount.
1. Who is anxious about the military arrival?
2. Where were they arriving at?
3. Where did he suggest would be a good meeting point?
4. When did they head out?
5. How many went?
6. How did they travel?
7. Who was before her father?
8. For whom was the time shortened?
9. Who were preparations being made for?
10. What happened to the first messenger?
11. And the second messenger?
12. Where was the last stage led?
13. Was it a big inn?
14. Who got the best bed?
15. Who felt anxious that night?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. Henry of Navarre
2. Pont de Dronne
3. Quinet
4. early on Monday
5. about thirty
6. on horseback
7. Rayonette
8. Philip
9. the King
10. he was overtaken
11. he was found on the road with a lame horse
12. a village inn
13. no
14. Philip
15. Eustacie | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
409 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
When Carrie Conley's husband left in the early 1960s, she started raising six children on her own. She took a job at a hospital, delivering meals to patients as what was called "a tray girl".
Jerry Johnson, the youngest child in the family, was 5 years old when his dad left. Speaking with his mother recently, Johnson heard his mother repeat the question she asked at that time. "Lord, what am I going to do with all these kids by myself?" The answers came in the form of lima beans, black-eyed peas and low prices on chicken necks. "Something to boil for every day of the week," Conley said.
"I cannot remember one Christmas that I didn't feel like the luckiest kid in the world," Johnson said, "even though now I realize we had hardly anything in terms of money."
"How did you hold all that together?" he asked his mother.
Conley said she would save up her sick days at work, going in no matter how she felt. Then in December, the company would pay her for the unused sick days. More help came in castoffs , when wealthy families would clean out their toy chests at Christmastime and take a load of toys to the Salvation Army. Conley would pick through them, finding the best ones for her children. The result of those sacrifices led to a big, happy Christmas for Conley and her kids.
"But I never did tell you it was a Santa Claus," Conley said, "I couldn't give any man credit for what I had done."
Johnson thanked his mom for her sacrifices, and for the good example she set for him and his siblings. "I think it's helping us all be better parents," Johnson said.
In 1975, Conley retired from Detroit's Outer Drive Hospital. Jerry was a sophomore in college at that time. He later graduated from Washington University Medical School and received a degree in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics.
1. When did Carries husband leave?
2. How many kids did she have?
3. Did she have help taking care of them?
4. Where did she work?
5. What did she do there?
6. What did people call the position?
7. What year did she retire?
8. What was the name of her last son that was born?
9. How old was he when his father left?
10. Where did he go to school?
11. What did he go for?
12. Did he feel like his Christmases as a child were bad?
13. How did he say he would feel on that holiday?
14. Did they have a lot of cash?
15. What did his mom conserve all year even if she was feeling ill?
16. What would the place she worked for do?
17. Would she get donated gifts for them?
18. Did she let them think the stuff was from Santa?
19. Why?
20. Does he believe she was a bad role model?
21. What does he think her influence has taught him?
Numbered answers: | 1. in the early 1960s
2. six
3. No
4. at a hospital
5. she delivered meals to patients
6. "tray girl"
7. 1975
8. Jerry Johnson
9. 5 years old
10. Washington University Medical School
11. Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
12. No
13. He said he would feel "like the luckiest kid in the world"
14. No
15. her sick days
16. the company would pay her for the unused sick days
17. Yes
18. No
19. Because she couldn't give any man credit for what she had done
20. No
21. To be better parents | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
410 | One day John and Sally's mother made up her mind to bake a very special cake for her son and daughter, but she didn't have the ingredients. She told John and Sally to go to the grocer's to buy the things she would need.
"I'll need some popcorn, a pea, some melon balls, and a cup of yogurt. I'm going to make a very special cake today," she said.
"Wow, that sounds horrible," said John.
"Yeah, we'd rather watch TV and eat potato chips," said Sally.
"Don't talk back, kids. Do what I said and head into town. It's a beautiful day. Go the long way and follow the river until you get there. Don't take the short way through the forest. A lion has escaped from the zoo. He might be hiding in the forest."
So John and Sally started the walk into town, but because they were disobedient children, they didn't follow the river like their mother told them. Instead they took the short way through the forest.
"I'm not afraid of a lion in the forest," said John. "Besides, I think mom has been eating too many melon balls and is letting her imagination get away from her again. If there were a lion in the forest, we would know about it."
So they wandered along the forest path, jumping in mud puddles and throwing sticks at one another. But as soon as John and Sally were in the darkest part of the forest, they heard a terrible roar. It was the lion! Horrified, they ran for their lives out of the forest, all the way back home.
"We're sorry!" they both said to their mother. "We'll never be disobedient again!"
And from that day forward, whenever their mother told them to do something, they did it right away like they were told.
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. John and Sally's mother made up her mind to bake a very special cak
Numbered questions: | 1. Who wants to bake a special cake? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
411 | New York (CNN) -- A self-described "ex-madam" who claims she supplied fellow city comptroller candidate Eliot Spitzer with escorts several years ago is facing charges of illegally distributing prescription drugs, authorities said.
Kristin Davis, 38, was arrested on Monday night and charged with selling Adderall, Xanax and other drugs. She's also accused of orchestrating the sale of approximately 180 oxycodone pills for cash.
The candidate was released Tuesday on $100,000 bail, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for September 5. Prosecutors said she will have strict pretrial supervision.
"Prescription drug abuse is the fastest-growing drug problem in this country, resulting in more overdose deaths than heroin and cocaine combined, and this office has a zero tolerance policy towards anyone who helps to spread this plague at any level," Preet Bharara, Manhattan U.S. Attorney, said in a statement.
Spitzer, Weiner and why New York is talking about sex
Davis is charged with four counts of distributing and possessing with intent to distribute a controlled substance. She faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for each count, if convicted.
Prosecutors allege that from 2009 through 2011 Davis bought ecstasy pills, Adderall pills and Xanax pills from an FBI cooperating witness at least once a month, paying hundreds of dollars for each purchase. She told the witness she provided these drugs to people at house parties, authorities say.
An attorney for Davis was could not be immediately reached for comment.
Davis' campaign manager, Andrew Miller, said he was aware of the arrest but couldn't provide any information.
Answer the following questions:
1. Who is facing charges?
2. how old is she?
3. what is she being charged with?
4. what kind of time is she facing?
5. what were the drugs?
6. what was she doing with the drugs?
7. was she providing them to people at house parties?
8. where did she get the drugs?
9. how much was she paying?
10. what else did she allegedly do?
11. what as her bail?
12. did she get bailed out?
13. when?
14. Did her attorney have any comments?
15. were they going to keep a close eye on her leading up to trial?
16. what kind of supervision?
17. when is the hearing set?
18. during what time frame were the crimes allegedly committed?
19. who was her campaign manager?
20. did he share anything about the ordeal?
Numbered answers: | 1. Kristin Davis
2. 38
3. illegally distributing prescription drugs
4. 20 years in prison for each count,
5. Adderall, Xanax, ecstasy and oxycodone
6. saling
7. That is what she said
8. FBI cooperating witness
9. paying hundreds of dollars for each purchase
10. She was a madame
11. $100,000
12. yes
13. Tuesday
14. No
15. Yes
16. strict pretrial
17. September 5
18. 2009 through 2011
19. Andrew Miller
20. no | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
412 | Read the text and answer the questions.
Recently, a small group of birdwatchers spent three weeks around Mount Vernon. They were busy counting wild birds on Mount Vernon's wetlands, south of Washington, D.C. They began in the middle of December and worked until the beginning of January, 2015.
The birdwatchers were among 70,000 volunteers who collected information for the National Audubon Society, a U.S. conservation group. They counted birds in more than 2,400 areas in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean Sea and other parts of the Americas.
The Audubon Society's first "Christmas Bird Count" took place 115 years ago in 1900. At that time, a man named Frank Chapman suggested a new Christmas tradition that people count birds instead of shooting them around the holiday.
Harry Glasgow has taken part in the Christmas Bird Count for the past 10 years. This year, he was one of the volunteer birdwatchers at Mount Vernon.
"I think it's a tremendous use of a lot of unofficial talent around the nation to keep track of birds. Birds are one of the surest indicators of the health of ecology."
Last year, the bird count recorded over 66 million birds of 2,403 different species.
Gary Langham is chief scientist with the National Audubon Society.
"The Audubon climate report says that half the birds in North America -- 314 out of 588 species -- are seriously threatened by climate change. The impacts sort of cut across all birds, all sizes, all kinds, all places."
Information from the bird counts has shown that birds are staying farther north during the winter months because of warmer weather. Birdwatcher Jaime Reidy has noted the difference close to Washington, in the state of Virginia.
"You get to see them at odd times of the year, a little earlier, staying a little later."
Gary Langham says other conditions are affecting bird populations.
"You can imagine the birds that live along the beach or along the rocky shore line as sea levels are rising around the world. That is impacting them, you know."
David Yarnold is president of the Audubon Society. In his words, "Christmas Bird Count data is becoming important not only in documenting current climate change, but in predicting the future effects of climate change on North American bird populations. If we know what to expect, we can start taking actions now to do something about it."
1. Who were people volunteering for?
2. What were they doing?
3. In how many parts of the U.S.?
4. Any other countries?
5. Does this counting event have a name?
6. What?
7. Who's idea was it?
8. What year did it start?
9. What is the information used for?
10. Can it help with understanding climate change?
11. Who says it can help?
12. Who is he?
13. Where does he work?
14. How long has Harry Glasgow helped out?
15. Where did he go this year?
16. What month did they start?
17. When did they stop?
18. Was he part of a group?
19. How many birds were counted the previous year?
20. What portion of North American birds have a problem with climate change?
Numbered answers: | 1. National Audubon Society,
2. Counted birds.
3. More than 2,400.
4. Yes.
5. Yes.
6. "Christmas Bird Count"
7. Frank Chapman.
8. 1900.
9. Keep track of birds.
10. Yes.
11. Gary Langham.
12. Chief scientist.
13. National Audubon Society.
14. 10 years.
15. Mount Vernon.
16. December
17. Beginning of January.
18. Yes.
19. Over 66 million.
20. Half. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
413 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
(CNN) -- We've all done things in our past we might prefer the general public not talk about, but only the lucky few get to be the targets of whole industries dedicated to digging those things up.
Targets like celebrities.
Politicians.
And apparently CEOs, that is if the abrupt resignation of Mozilla's new chief Brendan Eich is any indication.
For many, the story of Eich -- who stepped down this week amid criticism of his contribution to a 2008 initiative to ban same-sex marriage-- is one of freedom of speech trampled by the intolerant.
I don't see it that way.
Don't get me wrong; to paraphrase Voltaire, I disagree with Eich's views on marriage equality but will defend to the death his First Amendment right to express them. But as I've written in the past, the First Amendment doesn't protect him, Mozilla, or anyone else from others' using their First Amendment right to signal their disapproval.
To me, Eich's case is about the power of information, and how -- with technology, 24-hour news and social media- -everyone's past is just a hashtag away from being the present.
Sometimes this is a good thing for the public, like the digging up of David Duke's KKK past as he attempted to climb the political ladder. Sometimes the information is significant, but used mainly to score points against a political opponent, as in the GOP's escalation of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky saga. But more often than not it's about gossip to sell magazines or get clicks on a website.
1. Who was a CEO?
2. Of what company?
3. Was he fired?
4. How did he leave?
5. What did he contribute to?
6. Wanting to do what?
7. Did the author agree with his thoughts on this matter?
8. But what did the author think he should be able to do?
9. Which is protected by what?
10. Does that also protect people who don't agree with him?
11. Who was a part of the KKK?
12. What was he trying to do?
13. Who else has been exposed?
14. Who increased the attention on that?
15. How can people share things that happened in the past?
Numbered answers: | 1. Brendan Eich
2. Mozilla's
3. No
4. resigned
5. a 2008 initiative
6. to ban same-sex marriage
7. No
8. his right to express them.
9. First Amendment
10. Technically yes, but author doesn't think so.
11. David Duke
12. climb the political ladder
13. Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky
14. the GOP's
15. with technology | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
414 | CHAPTER XXVI
THE BAXTERS TRY TO MAKE TERMS
For the moment after Tom found himself in the presence of the Baxters he could not speak. Then he turned fiercely upon Bill Noxton.
"You have fooled me!" he cried hotly.
"That's right," laughed Noxton sarcastically.
"And let me add, ye was fooled putty easy."
"It's Tom Rover!" ejaculated Dan Baxter, as he leaped to his feet, followed by his parent. "Where did you find him, Noxton; over to that fire?"
"Yes."
"Were the others of the party with him?" put in Arnold Baxter quickly.
"No, he was alone. He got lost from the rest last night, when they gave us the slip in the dark."
"Then you have seen nothing of the others?" said Arnold Baxter, and it was plain to see that he was keenly disappointed.
"No, but I reckon they can't be far off," replied Noxton.
Seeing that Tom contemplated running away, he made the youth dismount. "Better make a prisoner of him," he suggested.
"By all means!" cried Dan Baxter, and brought forth a stout lariat. With this Toni's hands were bound behind him, and his feet were also secured.
"That's number one, Roebuck," laughed Arnold Baxter, turning to the man who had thus far remained silent.
"Tom Rover?" asked the man laconically.
"Yes."
"A bright-looking chap."
"Oh, he's bright enough," growled Baxter senior.
"But it won't help him any," put in Dan, bound to say something.
"Is he the oldest of the three?"
"No, Dick is the oldest. Tom comes next."
Answer this series of questions:
1. Who fooled Tom?
2. What did Bill say when Tom yelled at him?
3. What is Tom's last name?
4. Had he seen the others?
5. Why was he alone?
6. Who's hands were tied?
7. What else was tied?
8. What number was it?
9. Who pointed out that he was smart enough?
10. Who is older?
Numbered answers: | 1. Bill Noxton
2. "That's right,"
3. Rover
4. No
5. He got lost from the rest
6. Toni's
7. his feet
8. one
9. Baxter senior
10. Dick | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
415 | CHAPTER XIII. The Delights of Anticipation
"It's time Anne was in to do her sewing," said Marilla, glancing at the clock and then out into the yellow August afternoon where everything drowsed in the heat. "She stayed playing with Diana more than half an hour more'n I gave her leave to; and now she's perched out there on the woodpile talking to Matthew, nineteen to the dozen, when she knows perfectly well she ought to be at her work. And of course he's listening to her like a perfect ninny. I never saw such an infatuated man. The more she talks and the odder the things she says, the more he's delighted evidently. Anne Shirley, you come right in here this minute, do you hear me!"
A series of staccato taps on the west window brought Anne flying in from the yard, eyes shining, cheeks faintly flushed with pink, unbraided hair streaming behind her in a torrent of brightness.
"Oh, Marilla," she exclaimed breathlessly, "there's going to be a Sunday-school picnic next week--in Mr. Harmon Andrews's field, right near the lake of Shining Waters. And Mrs. Superintendent Bell and Mrs. Rachel Lynde are going to make ice cream--think of it, Marilla--ICE CREAM! And, oh, Marilla, can I go to it?"
"Just look at the clock, if you please, Anne. What time did I tell you to come in?"
"Two o'clock--but isn't it splendid about the picnic, Marilla? Please can I go? Oh, I've never been to a picnic--I've dreamed of picnics, but I've never--"
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. Where will the picnic be?
2. Who owns the property?
3. Was anyone excited about the event?
4. Who?
5. Who was she speaking with?
6. Did she ask her anything?
7. What?
8. Was she allowed?
9. Who else would be at the event?
10. Anyone else?
11. Were they doing anything in particular there?
12. What?
13. What activity did Marla want her to do?
14. What did she glance at?
15. Who did the girl play with first?
16. And then?
17. What did she do with him?
Numbered answers: | 1. near the lake of Shining Waters
2. Mr. Harmon Andrews
3. Yes
4. Anne
5. Marilla
6. Yes
7. if she could go to the picnic
8. unknown
9. Mrs. Superintendent Bell
10. Mrs. Rachel Lynde
11. Yes
12. making ice cream
13. sewing
14. the clock
15. Diana
16. Matthew
17. talk | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
416 | 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.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. Who had no idea the trouble he'd created?
2. Who wanted to end the conversation?
3. Who wanted to be forbearing?
4. Who was doubly interested in Guy?
5. What animal was the unfortunate question concerning?
6. Who was frustrated?
Numbered answers: | 1. Guy
2. unknown
3. Philip
4. Mrs. Edmonstone
5. the horse
6. Mr. Edmonstone | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
417 | Are you looking for a summer reading list for your child or teen? Keep your child reading all summer with this selection of 2012 summer reading lists.
Books for primary school students
Kenneth Cadow: Alfie Runs Away
When his mother wants to give away his favorite shoes just because they're too small, Alfie decides he's had enough.
Kate Feiffer: My Side of the Car
It might be raining on Dad's side of the car, but imaginative Sadie argues that it is not raining on her side, so their trip to the zoo doesn't need to be put off.
Books for high school students
Flinn: Beastly
A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast, a proud Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find true love before he can return.
Lord: A Night to Remember
A description of the sinking of the " Titanic". a reputedly unsinkable ship that went down in the Atlantic on April 10, 1912 after hitting an iceberg, resulting in the deaths of over l, 500 people.
Books for high school students
Mark Twain: Huckleberry Finn
It's Mark Twain's classic story about a young man and his slave Jim. They travel upriver to escape slavery and in the process Huck discovers what it J11cans to be a man. It teaches us about the value of friendship and sacrifice.
Charles Dickens: Great Expectations
It is about a young man named Pip who inherits ( ) a great deal of wealth from an unknown source.The money quickly moves him up the scale in London.however, at the same time it also teaches him about the dangers of ambition.
1. Who wrote a night to remember?
2. What is the subject matter?
3. And it's geared for what age group?
4. How many books are recommended for that age group?
5. How many for the younger group?
6. Pip is the man character in what classic novel?
7. Who was the author?
8. Who wanted to go to see animals in their cages?
9. Which story is a modern adaptation of a classic fairytale?
10. Mark Twain wrote which novel?
Numbered answers: | 1. Lord
2. The " Titanic
3. High school students
4. Four
5. Two
6. Great Expectations
7. Charles Dickens
8. Huckleberry
9. Beastly
10. Mark Twain | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
418 | (CNN) -- Branden Grace stepped up his bid for back-to-back tournament wins by taking a four-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Volvo Golf Champions tournament at The Links at Fancourt Friday.
The 23-year-old South African carded a seven-under-par 66 to set the pace on 12-under 134 after two rounds.
Compatriot Thomas Aiken, who shot 70, and England's Lee Slattery, who raced up the field with a best-of-the-day 65, are his nearest challengers.
European Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal of Spain showed he is still a force at 45 with an impressive 68 to be alone on fourth on 139.
Grace only received an invitation to the 35-strong champions-only field by winning last week's Joburg Open and has seized his opportunity in fine style.
He was paired with first round leader Nicolas Colsaerts of Belgium, who crashed to a 76 to fall six shots off the pace.
Home favorite Ernie Els, fellow three-time major winner Padraig Harrington of Ireland and reigning British Open champion Darren Clarke of Northern Ireland are eight shots off the blistering pace being set by Grace.
Meanwhile, Colombia's Camilo Villegas and David Toms of the United Stages led after the first round of the PGA Tour's $5.6 million Humana Challenge in California.
Villegas carded his nine-under 63 on the Nicklaus Private Course and Toms matched him at La Quinta Country Club.
South Korean rooke Bae Sang-moon was in the chasing group on 64 with Ted Potter, Brandt Snedeker and Bob Estes.
Toms played with star attraction Phil Mickelson, who struggled to a two-over 74 after a triple-bogey seven at the par-four 14th, on the toughest of the three courses used for the tournament.
1. Who was ahead in the Volvo tournament initially?
2. How old is Grace?
3. Where is he from?
4. How did he do?
5. What did Compatriot Thomas Aiken do?
6. CWHat did he shoot?
7. How did Lee Slattery do?
8. Who is the European Ryder cup captain?
9. Where is he from?
10. Who was Grace paired with?
11. How did he do?
12. Who was the favorite from Ireland?
13. How did Colombia's Camilo Villegas and David Toms do?
14. Who was the South Korean?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. Nicolas Colsaerts
2. 23
3. south africa
4. four shot leader at halfway
5. joint second
6. 70
7. shot 65 (eight under par)
8. Jose Maria Olazabal
9. Spain
10. Nicolas Colsaerts
11. 76
12. Padraig Harrington
13. led after the 1st round
14. Bae Sang-moon | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
419 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
Tiger Mom, You've been criticized a lot since your book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, came out. One problem is that some people don't get your humor. They think you're serious about all things and Lulu and I are suffering a lot from such a strict mother. That is not true. But for real, it's not their fault. No outsider can know what our family is really like. They don't hear us laughing over each other's jokes. They don't see us eating our hamburgers with fried rice. They don't know how much fun we have when the six of us dogs included squeeze into one bed and argue about what movies to download from Netflix. I admit it: Having you as a mother was no tea party. There were some play dates I wish I'd gone to and some piano camps I wish I'd got away from. But now that I'm 18 and about to leave the tiger den , I'm glad you and Daddy raised me the way you did. A lot of people have accused you of producing robot kids who can't think for themselves. Well, I came to the opposite conclusion: your strict parenting made me more independent . Everybody's talking about the birthday cards we once made for you, which you refused to take because they weren't good enough. Funny how some people believe that Lulu and I will feel hurt for life. But let's face it: It took me 30 second; I didn't put my heart into it. That's why, when you rejected it, I didn't feel hurt at all. There's one more thing: I have come to understand what it really means to live a meaningful life to the fullest. To me, it's about knowing that you've tried your best, body and mind. You feel _ when the piano piece you've practiced for days and hours finally comes to life beneath your fingertips. You feel _ when you do something on your own that you never thought you could. And for that, Tiger Mom, thank you. Yours, Sophia
1. What kind of mother does Lulu have?
2. How many people and dogs pile into a bed?
3. What does the narrator call her household?
4. What is the narrator's name?
5. What does she call her mom?
6. Who wrote a book?
7. What is her book called?
8. How long did Sophia spend making her mom's card?
9. What occasion was the card for?
10. True or False: Tiger Mom loved the card.
11. Why not?
12. What instrument does Sophia play?
Numbered answers: | 1. a strict mother
2. six
3. Tiger
4. Sophia
5. Tiger Mom
6. Tiger Mom
7. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
8. 30 second;
9. birthday
10. no
11. because Sophia didn't put her heart into it
12. piano | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
420 | Actress Patricia Modell, who was married to former Cleveland Browns/Baltimore Ravens owner Art Modell, died Wednesday, the Ravens organization announced. She was 80.
She is survived by her husband, their two sons, John and David, and six grandchildren, the Ravens said.
Modell, also known as Patricia Breslin, appeared on television, film, and the New York stage during her 22-year acting career, the Ravens said. Her most widely known role was as nurse Meg Bentley in the daytime soap opera General Hospital in the late 1960s, and she also played Laura Brooks on the primetime TV drama "Peyton Place."
Modell was also a regular on "Twilight Zone," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Perry Mason," and "Maverick."
At one point, the Ravens said, Modell had appeared in more television shows than any other woman in U.S. history. Her record was eventually broken by one of her closest friends, the late Lucille Ball.
Modell retired from acting after the couple married in 1969 and became involved in philanthropy. In Cleveland, she did work for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Cerebral Palsy Association, and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
She and her husband started and funded the Hospice of the Western Reserve in Cleveland.
Modell was a major contributor in Baltimore to the St. Vincent's Center and the Baltimore Museum of Art. The Modells contributed $3.5 million to the Lyric Opera House, which was recently renamed the Patricia and Arthur Modell Performing Arts Center at The Lyric.
The Modells pledged $5 million to help start a public boarding school, The SEED School, for disadvantaged students. They were named the 2009 Outstanding Philanthropists of the Year for their work and donations by the Association of Fundraising Professionals in Maryland.
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. Actress
2. 22 years
3. Meg Bentley
4. General Hospital
5. late 60's
6. 1969
7. Charity work
8. Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Cerebral Palsy Association, and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
9. Art Modell
10. He was the owner of the Browns and Ravens
11. 1969
12. Yes
13. Two, John and David
14. She died
15. 80
Numbered questions: | 1. what did Patricia Modell do for a living?
2. for how long?
3. what was her best known gig?
4. in what show?
5. during what years?
6. when did she retire?
7. what did she do afterward?
8. for which organizations?
9. who was her spouse?
10. what was his job?
11. when did they marry?
12. did they have any kids?
13. how many?
14. what happened on Wednesday?
15. how old was she? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
421 | Tiger was a pig. Tiger's aunt Tabby always took care of Tiger. All Tiger had to do was make an oink and Tabby would come running to check on Tiger. Sometimes Tiger got into fights with his brother Tom and Tabby always took Tiger's side. One time Tiger accidentally lit a bush on fire when he was playing with a looking glass and the bush burned to the ground. Tabby was very mad and Tiger blamed it on Tom. Tabby believed Tiger, because she thought Tom was a trouble maker. One time Tabby took a trip to the ocean and she took Tiger, but not Tom. Tom was very upset, but acted like he didn't want to go. Tom said he would rather go to the forest, the moon or the mountains, but never would he go to the ocean. This wasn't true, but Tom didn't want to let Tiger and Tabby know that they hurt him. When Tabby and Tom went to the ocean, their uncle Leon came to visit and to take care of Tom. Tom had never met Leon before. Leon loved Tom and made him feel very special. When Tabby and Tom came home Leon left and Tom went to live with him. They went to the ocean together; the mountains, the forest and Leon even took Tom to the moon. Tom was happy, because he got to see things that Tiger never got to see. They lived happily ever after.
Answer the following questions:
1. What was Tiger?
2. Who took care of him?
3. who was called?
4. who did he fight with?
5. named?
6. who's side did Tabby take?
7. Was he very well behaved?
8. Why?
9. Where did he and his aunt go?
10. Did they take his brother?
11. Was Tom ok with this?
12. Did he let that show?
13. Who stayed with him while they were gone?
14. named?
15. Did Tom like him?
16. What did Tom do when Leon left?
17. Did they have fun together?
18. was he happy?
Numbered answers: | 1. a pig
2. his aunt
3. Tabby
4. his brother
5. Tom
6. Tiger's
7. No
8. he would blame Tom
9. the ocean
10. No
11. No
12. No
13. their uncle
14. Leon
15. Yes
16. he went to live with him
17. yes
18. yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
422 | Read the text and answer the questions.
"I believe you're the right person to write an advice column for the students called Dear Amy!" Jenny, editor of the school newspaper, said to Andy, who finally agreed to accept the job if Jenny promised not to tell it to anyone else. At first it wasn't too bad. Most of the letters he received were interesting and quite easy to answer. Then came a letter from a person named Joe. "Dear Amy," it began, "I'm in real trouble. I've wanted to be a songwriter all my life, but my parents don't even let me take music lessons. I have a guitar, but they both get angry if I play. I've tried explaining, but they didn't listen. I feel sad. Should I run away from home? Maybe that will make my parents agree." The letter signed "Joe". Andy thought about this letter for a long time. Should he advise someone to run away from home? Probably not. But didn't Joe have a right to be a songwriter if he wanted to? Andy thought hard, but couldn't think out a good answer. Andy couldn't sleep. He just worried about poor Joe. At a bar a few days later, Eleanor, a girl in Andy's maths class, sat down next to him and asked, " What's wrong with you? You look a little worried." "I guess I do," said Andy. "If you get a problem, why don't you try writing to Dear Amy about it?" asked Eleanor. Andy sighed. But Eleanor continued, "In fact, I guess Dear Amy is rather busy with other problems. She still hasn't answered the _ letter I wrote her last week. You'd better read it -- it may even make the most hard-hearted person cry! It was supposed to be from a songwriter named Joe."
1. how did the letter begin?
2. what was the name of the person the letter came from?
3. how did it begin?
Numbered answers: | 1. Jenny thought it would be a good idea
2. joe
3. "Dear Amy," | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
423 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
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.
1. What was Lynn's nationality?
2. When did she drop out of school?
3. What was the name of the office manager?
4. What position did Margaret give Lynn?
5. What time was Lynn going to leave?
6. What company did Lynn stay with?
7. And how long was she with that company?
8. How many presidents did she see during that time?
9. And how many world wars?
10. On her first try with the letter, how many mistakes did Lynn make?
Numbered answers: | 1. French Canadian
2. At the age of l6
3. Margaret Costello
4. the secretarial position
5. At noon
6. Carhartt Overall Company
7. 51 years
8. 11
9. two
10. four | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
424 | (CNN) -- With Snoop Dogg bowing out of his feud with Iggy Azalea, it seems Eminem is more than willing to take his place.
In a leaked snippet from a new Eminem song called "Vegas," the controversial rapper appears to tell Iggy to put away her "rape whistle."
"Unless you're Nicki/grab you by the wrist let's ski/so what's it gon be/put that s**t away Iggy/You don't wanna blow that rape whistle on me," Eminem raps.
Those lyrics come on the heels of Em taking shots at singer Lana Del Rey in a freestyle, saying that he'd punch her "right in the face twice" like NFL player Ray Rice, who was suspended from the league after he was seen on video knocking his then-fiance unconscious.
That kind of lyricism isn't surprising from Eminem, whose rhymes have been called homophobic in addition to misogynistic and violent. The rapper has explained in the past that the words he puts on wax are part of the "personas that I create in my music."
To Iggy Azalea, that approach is not only offensive, but uninspired.
"I'm bored of the old men threatening young women as entertainment trend and much more interested in the young women getting $ trend," the Australian artist tweeted on Thursday. "It's especially awkward because my 14 year old brother is the biggest eminem fan and now the artist he admired says he wants to rape me. nice!"
Besides, she adds, "women in music have the bigger b***s anyhow."
Iggy is right that she's come up against a wave of criticism as her star power continues to rise. Last month, she went toe-to-toe with Snoop Dogg when the California rapper posted a series of mean-spirited photos and comments about the "Fancy" rapper, including calling her a "f****ng c**t."
Answer this series of questions:
1. who was feuding before?
2. did they end it?
3. now who is feuding?
4. what was the first hint at it?
5. from what?
6. which song?
7. what does it say?
8. what else had Eminiem just done that was controversial?
9. saying what?
10. what did Ray Rice do?
11. Does Iggy feel that the lyrics are offensive?
12. and what else does she think about it?
13. what is she bored of?
14. what does she think is more appealing?
15. why is she catching more criticism?
Numbered answers: | 1. Snoop Dogg and Iggy Azalea
2. yes
3. Iggy Azalea and Eminem
4. leaked snippet
5. a new Eminem song
6. Vegas
7. tell Iggy to put away her "rape whistle
8. taking shots at singer Lana Del Rey in a freestyle
9. saying that he'd punch her "right in the face twice" like NFL player Ray Rice
10. he hit Lana Del Rey unconcious
11. yes
12. uninspired
13. old men threatening young women as entertainment trend
14. young women getting $ trend
15. her star power continues to rise | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
425 | Dearborn, Michigan (CNN) -- Steve Bengelsvorf and Terry Flynn are chatting over beers on a hot, humid Wednesday night at Bamboozles, a Dearborn, Michigan, bar and restaurant, and a common pit stop for nearby factory workers.
Both these clean-cut men sitting at the bar in polo-style shirts have a lot in common. They work at the nearby Severstal steel company. They're nearing retirement. And they both have strong opinions about who the next president should be.
But their politics are as different as their taste in beer.
"I'm not for Obamacare, I'm not for his immigration policies, I don't particularly agree with 100% of his economic policies," Bengelsvorf said.
For the record, he's a Bud Light guy -- and a Mitt Romney supporter.
"We can't go further into debt, and Obama is putting us further and further into debt by all these stimulus plans."
Flynn, a Miller Lite guy, supports President Barack Obama.
If it weren't for the Obama-backed health care law, Flynn said his friend's unemployed son (a recent college graduate) wouldn't have health insurance coverage.
CNN Poll: Health care ruling has not impacted race for White House, so far
When it comes to the economy, Flynn admits it's taking too long to recover from the recession. But he said that "going back to the policies that got us into this mess is not the direction we want to go."
Severstal supplies steel to the big three automakers -- Ford, General Motors and Chrysler -- so Flynn's and Bengelsvorf's jobs are tied to the auto industry.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. Do the men in the story agree on politics?
2. Who does Bengelsvorf like?
3. And Flynn?
4. What kind of beer does Bengelsvorf drink?
5. And Flynn?
6. Why doesn't Bengelsvorf like Obama?
7. Does Flynn like Obamacare?
8. Why?
9. Does he agree with everything Obama does?
10. Does he think the economy is getting better fast enough?
11. What job do the two men have?
12. Are they young men?
13. What state do they live in?
Numbered answers: | 1. No
2. Mitt Romney
3. Barack Obama
4. Bud Light
5. Miller Lite
6. he's not for Obamacare, his immigration policies, and he doesn't agree with 100% of his economic policies
7. Yes
8. his friend's unemployed son wouldn't have health insurance coverage without it
9. unknown
10. No
11. They work at the nearby Severstal steel company
12. No
13. Michigan | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
426 | Mark is 30 years old, and lives in a big house. He is a doctor. Mark enjoys his job because he helps sick people get better. He works with another doctor, named Zeke, and with four nurses.
Mark had to study hard to become a doctor. He had to go to a special school for seven years. Learning to be a doctor is difficult. Only very smart and hardworking people can become doctors. Mark was not sad when he was studying. He enjoyed learning all about why people get sick and how to make them feel better.
Now, Mark is a very good doctor. Sometimes other doctors ask him questions, because he knows more about some things that they do. Jim and Alice are two other doctors who became friends with Mark. Jim is 40 years old, and Alice is 25 years old. Sometimes they all have dinner together, and at other times they listen to music at Mark's house.
In his free time, Mark likes to play basketball. Mark works hard, and sometimes he wants to have fun. But really, his job is fun to him. When he wakes up in the morning, he always is excited thinking about how he can help people as a doctor.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. What is Mark?
2. does he live in a house?
3. Is it small?
4. Does he like being a Dr.?
5. Does he work alone?
6. With whom does he work?
7. Who is called...?
8. anyone else?
9. who?
10. Did he go to school to be a Dr?
11. for how long?
12. Was school easy?
13. Did he like studying?
14. Is he a good doctor?
15. Do others agree with this?
16. Does he have friends?
17. Who are they?
18. Are they Drs?
19. Does he have hobbies?
Numbered answers: | 1. a doctor
2. yes
3. No
4. Yes
5. No
6. with another doctor
7. Zeke
8. yes
9. nurses
10. Yes
11. for seven years.
12. No
13. Yes
14. Yes
15. yes
16. yes
17. Jim and Alice
18. yes
19. yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
427 | One morning, Billy was giving some milk to his lamb, Beverly. He heard a noise coming from a nearby rock. He went to see what was making the sound, and Beverly followed him. He looked around the rock, but couldn't see anything. Billy tried to lift the rock with a stick, to see what was under it, but it was too heavy.
"I wonder what's making that noise," Billy said. Beverly ate some grass. He went back home. Beverly followed him.
Billy asked his wife, Judy, if she had anything that could lift the rock. She looked around the kitchen and found a spoon and a towel. "Use the spoon to dig under the rock," she said. "Then you can put the towel under the rock, and pull it towards you."
"That's a good idea," Billy said. He dug under the rock with the spoon. Then he tried to pull it towards him with the towel, but it was too heavy.
Then Beverly, the lamb, started pushing the rock with her forehead. At first, the rock only rolled around in its hole. Then, when Billy pulled and Beverly pushed at the same time, it rolled downhill.
"Thank you, Beverly," Billy said. "I couldn't have done it without you."
Billy and Beverly looked where the rock had been. In the middle of the circle of dirt, they saw a little cave with some baby bunnies in it. The bunnies looked hungry, and were crying for food. Billy went back home and told Judy, and she gave the bunnies some lettuce.
1. What was Billy curious about?
2. Where was it?
3. Who is Beverly?
Numbered answers: | 1. a noise
2. by a rock
3. Billy's lamb | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
428 | Arabic (, ' or ' or ) is a Central Semitic language complex that first emerged in Iron Age northwestern Arabia and is now the "lingua franca" of the Arab world. It is named after the Arabs, a term initially used to describe peoples living from Mesopotamia in the east to the Anti-Lebanon mountains in the west, in northwestern Arabia, and in the Sinai peninsula.
The modern written language (Modern Standard Arabic) is derived from Classical Arabic. It is widely taught in schools and universities, and is used to varying degrees in workplaces, government, and the media. The two formal varieties are grouped together as Literary Arabic ("fuṣḥā"), which is the official language of 26 states and the liturgical language of Islam. Modern Standard Arabic largely follows the grammatical standards of Classical Arabic and uses much of the same vocabulary. However, it has discarded some grammatical constructions and vocabulary that no longer have any counterpart in the spoken varieties, and has adopted certain new constructions and vocabulary from the spoken varieties. Much of the new vocabulary is used to denote concepts that have arisen in the post-classical era, especially in modern times.
During the Middle Ages, Literary Arabic was a major vehicle of culture in Europe, especially in science, mathematics and philosophy. As a result, many European languages have also borrowed many words from it. Arabic influence, mainly in vocabulary, is seen in European languages, mainly Spanish and to a lesser extent Portuguese, Valencian and Catalan, owing to both the proximity of Christian European and Muslim Arab civilizations and 800 years of Arabic culture and language in the Iberian Peninsula, referred to in Arabic as al-Andalus. Sicilian has about 500 Arabic words as result of Sicily being progressively conquered by Saracens from North Africa, from the mid 9th to mid 10th centuries. Many of these words relate to agriculture and related activities (Hull and Ruffino). Balkan languages, including Greek and Bulgarian, have also acquired a significant number of Arabic words through contact with Ottoman Turkish.
1. what type of language is it
2. when did it come about
3. in what country
4. what words are used to describe it in the arab world
5. what was the term first used for
6. where does the modern day language come from
7. is this a language that is taught in a lot of places
8. what are the two varieties of the language
9. Which one is the vofficial language in 26 states
10. Is it also a language used in Islam
11. What does the modern language not include anymore
12. Where was literary arabic used a lot in middle ages
13. what country
14. do some european languages now use words from it
15. what is the main language it is seen in
16. who has roughly 500 arabic words
17. why is this
18. during what centuries
19. what other languages have used their words
20. from contact with who
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. A Central Semitic language complex
2. The Iron Age
3. northwestern Arabia
4. Lingua Franca
5. To describe people living in certain regions.
6. Classical Arabic
7. Yes.
8. Literary and Modern Standard Arabic
9. Literary Arabic.
10. Yes
11. Grammatical constructions and some vocabulary.
12. Science, mathematics and philosophy.
13. Throughout Europe.
14. Yes.
15. Spanish
16. Sicily.
17. They were conquered by Saracens from North Africa.
18. The ninth to mid tenth centuries.
19. Greek and Bulgarian
20. The Ottoman Turkish. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
429 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
CHAPTER VII
"ROSARIO IS DEAD!"
Fenella never became absolutely unconscious. She was for some time in a state apparently of intense nervous prostration. Her breath was coming quickly, her eyes and her fingers seemed to be clinging to his as though for support. Her touch, her intimate presence, her reliance upon him, seemed to Arnold to infect the very atmosphere of the place with a thrill of the strangest excitement.
"You think that he is dead?" she faltered once.
"Of course not," he replied reassuringly. "I saw no weapon at all. It was just a quarrel."
She half closed her eyes.
"There was blood upon his waistcoat," she declared, "and I saw something flash through the window."
"I will go and see, if you like," Arnold suggested.
Her fingers gripped his.
"Not yet! Don't leave me yet! Why did you say that you recognized the hand--that it was the same hand you saw upon the window-sill last night?"
"Because of the signet ring," Arnold answered promptly. "It was a crude-looking affair, but the stone was bright scarlet. It was impossible to mistake it."
"It was only the ring, then?"
"Only the ring, of course," he admitted. "I did not see the hand close enough. It was foolish of me, perhaps, to say anything about it, and yet--and yet the man last night--he was looking for Rosario. Why should it not be the same?"
He heard the breath come through her teeth in a little sob.
"Don't say anything at present to any one else. Indeed, there are others who might have worn such a ring."
1. What did the woman say was on the waistcoat?
2. Where did she see something flash?
3. Did the woman grip someone's fingers?
4. Whose?
5. Was Fenella totally unconscious?
6. How was her breath coming?
7. What did she infect the atmosphere with?
8. According to whom?
9. What did Arnold not see?
10. What was the hand wearing?
11. What color was the stone?
12. Bright or dull?
13. Who was the man looking for?
14. Did Arnold witness a quarrel?
15. Did he get a close look at that hand?
Numbered answers: | 1. blood
2. through the window
3. yes
4. Arnold
5. no
6. quickly
7. excitement
8. Arnold
9. the hand
10. a signet ring
11. scarlet
12. bright
13. Rosario
14. yes
15. no | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
430 | CHAPTER XXX
THE ENEMY RUNS AWAY
In a very few minutes Dave and his chums were on the way to find Merwell and Jasniff. As the party walked along Hooker Montgomery told more about his dealings with the rascally students. It was plain to Dave that the so-styled doctor had been nothing but a weak tool, and in a way the youth had to pity the poor wretch whom dissipation had so dragged down.
In less than five minutes the party arrived at a small residence set well back in a garden. The walk was unshoveled, and they had to pick their way through the snow. When they rang the doorbell a tall, thin elderly woman answered their summons.
"Good-evening, Mrs. Slater," said Hooker Montgomery. "I'd like to see Mr. Merwell and Mr. Jasniff."
"They have gone," was the sharp answer, and Mrs. Slater looked as if she wished to shut the door in the faces of the callers.
"When will they be back?"
"They won't be back."
"Will you kindly tell me where they have gone?" questioned Dave.
"Who are you?" And the woman eyed Dave suspiciously.
"My name is David Porter, and I wish to see Merwell and Jasniff very much."
"Porter! Then you must be that young villain Link told me about--the one who made so much trouble for him out on the ranch!" exclaimed Mrs. Slater. "Well, you can't see Link, or his friend. They have gone, and they won't be back."
"Have they gone to Rockville Academy?"
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. THE ENEMY RUNS AWAY
2. Hooker Montgomery
3. snowy
4. Hooker Montgomery
5. doctor
6. the youth
7. Mr. Merwell and Mr. Jasniff.
8. Mrs. Slater
9. no
10. yes
11. no
12. Hooker Montgomery.
13. Porter
14. Link told her
15. the ranch
16. no
17. yes
18. no
19. unknown
20. no
Numbered questions: | 1. What is the name of this chapter?
2. Who was the bad person?
3. What was the weather like?
4. who was the weak "tool"?
5. What was his occupation?
6. Who pittied him?
7. Upon whos home did they come to?
8. Who spoke to them at the entrance of the home?
9. Was she fat?
10. was she old?
11. was she pleasant?
12. who questioned her?
13. Who did she accuse of being trouble?
14. Why did she thin that?
15. Where he know the accused?
16. Do we know if they left for the school?
17. Did the home have a garden?
18. was it a large home?
19. Was the house in a big city?
20. was the walk clean? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
431 | (CNN) -- Members of the international community have reacted to the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran and the oppostion protests which have accompanied the result.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pictured at a rally held in Tehran Sunday to celebrate his re-election as Iranian president.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement Saturday: "We are monitoring the situation as it unfolds in Iran but we, like the rest of the world, are waiting and watching to see what the Iranian people decide.
"The United States has refrained from commenting on the election in Iran. We obviously hope that the outcome reflects the genuine will and desire of the Iranian people." White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Saturday the administration was "impressed by the vigorous debate and enthusiasm that this election generated, particularly among young Iranians."
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, commenting on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday, said: "I have doubts, but withhold comment." He added that the Iranian government had suppressed crowds and limited free speech, which raised questions. He also said that the strong showing by Ahmadinejad was "unlikely," based on pre-election analysis. Gallery: Emotions run high after election »
Israel's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Liberman said in a statement that "the problem which Iran poses for the international community is not personal in nature, but derives from its policy.
"In any case, in light of Tehran's ongoing policy, and even more so after Ahmadinejad's re-election, the international community must continue to act uncompromisingly to prevent the nuclearization of Iran, and to halt its activity in support of terror organizations and undermining stability in the Middle East.
Answer the following questions:
1. Who was the US Secretary of state?
2. Who was re-elected in Iran?
3. What is his last name?
4. To what position?
5. Were the protests limited to Iran?
6. Where was Mahmoud at a rally?
7. When was it?
8. What was the purpose of the rally?
9. What did Biden have to say?
10. What did the government of Iran do that was questionable?
11. Anything else?
12. Who was the White House spokesperson?
13. When did he make a statement?
14. Who was the Israel minister of foreign affairs?
15. Did he say the issue is personal?
16. Where does it come from?
Numbered answers: | 1. Hillary
2. Mahmoud
3. Ahmadinejad
4. president
5. no
6. Tehran
7. Sunday
8. celebrate
9. must continue to act uncompromisingly
10. suppressed crowds
11. limited free speech
12. Robert Gibbs
13. Saturday
14. Avigdor Liberman
15. no
16. policy | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
432 | Read the text and answer the questions.
A Sudanese woman has been freed from prison a month after being sentenced to die by hanging for refusing to renounce her Christian faith.
"I am a Christian," Meriam Yehya Ibrahim told the judge at her sentencing hearing in May, "and I will remain a Christian."
An appeals court in Sudan ruled that a lower court's judgment against the 27-year-old was faulty, her lawyer, Mohaned Mustafa El-Nour, said Monday. He declined to elaborate.
An international controversy erupted over Ibraham's conviction in May by a Sudanese court on charges of apostasy, or the renunciation of faith, and adultery. Ibrahim was eight months pregnant when was sentenced to suffer 100 lashes and then be hanged.
"I'm so frustrated. I don't know what to do," her husband, Daniel Wani told CNN in May. "I'm just praying." Wani, uses a wheelchair and "totally depends on her for all details of his life," Ibrahim's lawyer said.
Ibrahim was reunited with her husband after getting out of custody, her lawyer said Monday.
Ibrahim gave birth to a girl in a prison last month, two weeks after she was sentenced. She was in the women's prison with her 20-month-old son, but Sudanese officials said the toddler was free to leave at any time, according to her lawyer.
The criminal complaint filed by a brother, a Muslim, said her family was shocked to find out Ibrahim had married a Christian, U.S. citizen Daniel Wani, after she was missing for several years, according to her lawyer. A Muslim woman's marriage to a Christian man is not considered legal in Sudan, thus the adultery charge.
1. Who is a Muslim not allowed to marry?
2. What would they be charged with?
3. In what nation?
4. Where was the baby born?
5. What was the gender?
6. How old is her brother?
7. Was the boy allowed to leave?
8. Who was the mother?
9. How old is she?
10. Who is her attorney?
11. How far along was her pregnancy when she was sentenced?
12. How many times was she beat?
13. What was her nationality?
14. Did she deny Christianity?
15. How was she supposed to be killed?
16. Who was she married to?
17. What is his religion?
18. What is his nationality?
19. Can he walk?
20. Who filed the complaint?
Numbered answers: | 1. A Christian
2. Adultery
3. Sudan
4. In prison
5. Girl
6. 20 months
7. Yes
8. Ibrahim
9. 27
10. Mohaned Mustafa El-Nour
11. Eight months
12. 100
13. Sudanese
14. No
15. Hanged
16. Daniel Wani
17. Christianity
18. U.S. Citizen
19. No
20. Her brother | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
433 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
It's not every week that England's greatest playwright William Shakespeare hits the headlines, but the Bard of Avon has been the subject of two news stories in recent days as new information has come to light about the writer and his working environment.
In the first development, a portrait of Shakespeare, which is believed to be the only picture painted of him during his lifetime, was _ in London.
The artwork has been dated back to 1610, meaning it was painted six years before the writer's death.
The painting had been owned by a family descended from Shakespeare's literary patron tor hundreds of years without them ever knowing who the man in the picture was.
Alec Cobbe, who inherited the portrait, realized that the painting was a likeness of Shakespeare after visiting an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery where he saw a portrait that had, until 70 years ago, been accepted as a life portrait of Shakespeare.
Mr Cobhe immediately realized he was looking at a copy of the painting that had been in his family for centuries.
The painting will now go on display in Shakespeare's hometown Stratford-upon-Avon.
In a separate story, archaeologists in London believe they have unearthed the remains of Shakespeare's first theatre.
The site was excavated by a team from the Museum of London last summer, and is believed to have been built in 1576.
Experts think that Shakespeare himself acted at the theatre, which may have been where the play Romeo and Juliet was premiered .
It is believed that 25 years after construction, the building was pulled down and moved timber by timber to the South Bank of the Thames, where a reconstruction of the theatre now stands.
1. who is England's greatest playwright
2. The artwork has been dated back to
3. The painting had been owned by a family descended from
4. when was the art work painted
5. where is the picture of Shakespeare located?
6. are there lots of portrats of Shakespeare
7. The painting had been owned by who?
8. how long did they have the portrait?
9. did they know who the man in the picture was.
10. who is Alec Cobbe
11. what did he realize?
12. how did he come to this realization?
13. The painting will now go on display where
14. what do archaeologists in London believe
15. what do Experts think
16. what plays premiered there
Numbered answers: | 1. William Shakespeare
2. 1610
3. Shakespeare's literary patron
4. during his lifetime
5. Shakespeare's hometown
6. no
7. by a family descended from Shakespeare's literary patron
8. hundreds of years
9. no
10. he inherited the portrait
11. that the painting was a likeness of Shakespeare
12. after visiting an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery
13. in Shakespeare's hometown
14. that they have unearthed the remains of Shakespeare's first theatre
15. that Shakespeare acted at the theatre
16. Romeo and Juliet | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
434 | Geomatics (including geomatics engineering), also known as surveying engineering or geospatial science (including geospatial engineering and geospatial technology), is the discipline of gathering, storing, processing, and delivering geographic information or spatially referenced information. In other words, it "consists of products, services and tools involved in the collection, integration and management of geographic data".
Michel Paradis, a French-Canadian surveyor, introduced "geomatics" as a new scientific term in an article published in 1981 in "The Canadian Surveyor" and in a keynote address at the centennial congress of the Canadian Institute of Surveying in April 1982. He claimed that at the end of the 20th century the needs for geographical information would reach a scope without precedent in history and in order to address these needs, it was necessary to integrate in a new discipline both the traditional disciplines of land surveying and the new tools and techniques of data capture, manipulation, storage and diffusion.
Geomatics includes the tools and techniques used in land surveying, remote sensing, cartography, geographic information systems (GIS), global-navigation satellite systems (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Compass), photogrammetry, geophysics, geography, and related forms of earth mapping. The term was originally used in Canada, because it is similar in origin to both French and English, but has since been adopted by the International Organization for Standardization, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and many other international authorities, although some (especially in the United States) have shown a preference for the term "geospatial technology".
Answer this series of questions:
1. who introduced geomatics?
2. where's he from?
3. when was it introduced?
4. How was the term introduced to the scientific community
5. where was that published?
6. was there another way he the phrase?
7. what traditional field needed to be integrated?
8. how many new tools are listed?
9. what's 1?
10. another?
11. what does GIS stand for?
12. is geomatics the word, used internationally?
13. does the US?
14. what do they prefer?
15. what are other terms for Geomatics?
16. collection and integration of what?
Numbered answers: | 1. Michel Paradis
2. Canada
3. 1981
4. in an article
5. in "The Canadian Surveyor"
6. "geospatial technology"
7. land surveying
8. four
9. data capture
10. manipulation
11. geographic information systems
12. yestional Organization for Standardization, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and many other international authorities,
13. no
14. "geospatial technology"
15. surveying engineering or geospatial science
16. geographic data | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
435 | CHAPTER VIII
And these two, as I have told you, Were the friends of Hiawatha, Chibiabos, the musician, And the very strong man, Kwasind.
--Hiawatha.
TORPENHOW was paging the last sheets of some manuscript, while the Nilghai, who had come for chess and remained to talk tactics, was reading through the first part, commenting scornfully the while.
'It's picturesque enough and it's sketchy,' said he; 'but as a serious consideration of affairs in Eastern Europe, it's not worth much.'
'It's off my hands at any rate.... Thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine slips altogether, aren't there? That should make between eleven and twelve pages of valuable misinformation. Heigho!' Torpenhow shuffled the writing together and hummed--
Young lambs to sell, young lambs to sell, If I'd as much money as I could tell, I never would cry, Young lambs to sell!
Dick entered, self-conscious and a little defiant, but in the best of tempers with all the world.
'Back at last?' said Torpenhow.
'More or less. What have you been doing?'
'Work. Dickie, you behave as though the Bank of England were behind you. Here's Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday gone and you haven't done a line. It's scandalous.'
'The notions come and go, my children--they come and go like our 'baccy,' he answered, filling his pipe. 'Moreover,' he stooped to thrust a spill into the grate, 'Apollo does not always stretch his---- Oh, confound your clumsy jests, Nilghai!'
'This is not the place to preach the theory of direct inspiration,' said the Nilghai, returning Torpenhow's large and workmanlike bellows to their nail on the wall. 'We believe in cobblers' wax. La!--where you sit down.'
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. What was to be sold?
2. Who was humming?
3. And what else at the time?
4. What?
5. Did Hiawatha have any friends?
6. How many?
7. Name one?
8. What does he do?
9. And the other?
10. Is he weak?
11. Who came in?
12. Was he in a good mood?
13. How many days had he not written anything?
14. Which days?
15. Who came to play a game?
16. What game?
17. What did they discuss?
18. How many sheets were of bad information?
19. What did he put in his pipe?
20. Where did the bellows go?
Numbered answers: | 1. Young lambs.
2. Torpenhow
3. shuffled
4. The writing
5. Yes
6. Two
7. Chibiabos
8. A musician
9. Kwasind.
10. A very strong man
11. Dick
12. The best.
13. Three
14. Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.
15. The Nilghai.
16. Chess.
17. Tactics
18. Eleven to twelve.
19. 'baccy,'
20. To their nail on the wall | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
436 | Phonology is a branch of linguistics concerned with the systematic organization of sounds in languages. It has traditionally focused largely on the study of the systems of phonemes in particular languages (and therefore used to be also called phonemics, or phonematics), but it may also cover any linguistic analysis either at a level beneath the word (including syllable, onset and rime, articulatory gestures, articulatory features, mora, etc.) or at all levels of language where sound is considered to be structured for conveying linguistic meaning. Phonology also includes the study of equivalent organizational systems in sign languages.
The word phonology (as in the phonology of English) can also refer to the phonological system (sound system) of a given language. This is one of the fundamental systems which a language is considered to comprise, like its syntax and its vocabulary.
Phonology is often distinguished from phonetics. While phonetics concerns the physical production, acoustic transmission and perception of the sounds of speech, phonology describes the way sounds function within a given language or across languages to encode meaning. For many linguists, phonetics belongs to descriptive linguistics, and phonology to theoretical linguistics, although establishing the phonological system of a language is necessarily an application of theoretical principles to analysis of phonetic evidence. Note that this distinction was not always made, particularly before the development of the modern concept of the phoneme in the mid 20th century. Some subfields of modern phonology have a crossover with phonetics in descriptive disciplines such as psycholinguistics and speech perception, resulting in specific areas like articulatory phonology or laboratory phonology.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. When was the concept of the phoneme put forth?
2. Does phonology usually focus on phonemes is certain languages?
3. Did phonology have a different name at one point?
4. More than one?
5. What is one of those names?
6. And the other name?
7. Is phonology commonly differentiated from something?
8. From what?
9. How many concepts does phonetics concern?
10. And one of those concepts is?
11. And another one?
12. And the last one?
13. According to people who work in the field to which brand of linguistics does phonetics belong to?
14. And does phonology belong to a specific one?
15. Which one?
16. What is a person called who works in this field?
17. Can sign languages fall under this field in linguistics?
18. Under what branch specifically?
19. Can a sound system be considered part of a fundamental system of a language?
Numbered answers: | 1. the mid 20th century.
2. yes
3. yes
4. yes
5. phonematics
6. phonemics
7. yes
8. phonetics
9. Three
10. physical production of the sounds of speech
11. the acoustic transmission of those sounds
12. The perception of the sounds
13. descriptive linguistics
14. yes
15. theoretical linguistics
16. linguist
17. yes
18. Phonology
19. yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
437 | Lemuel Gulliver enjoyed travelling. He was a ship's doctor. On May 4, 1699, they were going to the Far East in the ship called the Antelope. One night, his ship crashed against the rocks, Gulliver was washed to the land. He found himself a prisoner of tiny people. They were less than 6 inches tall and lived in the island country of Lilliput. After he promised to behave well, they set him free and he could visit the city. The people of Blefuscu wanted to attack Lilliput. The king of Lilliput turned to Gulliver. He stopped Blefuscu attacking Lilliput by pulling its ships to Lilliput. The king was happy. _ wanted to make the people of Blefuscu his slaves , so he asked Gulliver to bring some more ships. Gulliver did not like this plan. The king got angry. Some bad men in Lilliput wanted to kill Gulliver. Gulliver had to run away from Lilliput to Blefuscu. He was welcomed by the king of Blefuscu. They soon became good friends. Three days after that , he asked king to send him twenty of his largest ships and two thousand men to pull the boat to the shore. In this boat, he set sail for England. On the third day he saw a big ship to the southeast. He called out to the ship. The ship was moving very slowly. They raised a flag .His heart was full of happiness when he saw the English flag .
1. What was Lemuel Gulliver's profession?
2. What did he like doing?
3. What happened to his ship one evening?
4. Was he able to reach land?
5. What did the persons of Blefuscu want to attack?
6. Were the people from there small?
7. What was their height?
8. What did the leader of that country want to make the people of Blefusco?
9. Was the king ever mad at Gulliver?
10. Where did Gulliver escape to when he left Lilliput?
11. How many men did he request to aid in pushing the boat to land?
12. How many ships were requested?
13. Were they small ships?
14. What kind of flag was on the ship he encountered?
Numbered answers: | 1. He's a doctor
2. He enjoyed travelling
3. his ship crashed against the rocks
4. Yes
5. Lilliput
6. yes
7. 6 inches tall
8. his slaves
9. Yes
10. to Blefuscu
11. two thousand
12. twenty
13. No
14. the English flag | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
438 | Baroness Thatcher, Britain's greatest post-war prime minister, died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke (a disease related to blood vessels in the brain), her family announced on 8 April 2013. Her son, Sir Mark, and daughter Carol confirmed her death that morning. zxxk Margaret Thatcher, daughter of a businessman and mayor of Grantham, was educated at the local grammar school, and at Oxford, where she got a degree in chemistry, and upon graduation she worked for four years as a research chemist. She then qualified as a lawyer in 1954. As Miss Margaret Roberts, she stood twice in parliamentary elections for the Conservative Party , before being elected (after her marriage) to the House of Commons in 1959. When the Conservatives returned to office in June 1970, she was appointed secretary of state for education and science. After the Conservatives lost power in 1974, she was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet , and was elected leader of the Conservative Party in 1975. Baroness Thatcher became prime minister on 4 May 1979 and went on to earn the nickname "the Iron Lady", becoming known for her strong responses to the political and economic crisis, which Thatcher's supporters think are good for Britain, while her opposers argue that her policies destroyed British manufacturing. Lady Thatcher governed Britain from 1979 to 1990. She will go down in history not only as Britain's first female prime minister, but as the woman who changed Britain's economy in addition to being an awesome rival on the international stage. zxxk Lady Thatcher was the only British prime minister to leave behind a set of ideas about the role of the state which other leaders and nations try to copy and apply.
1. What killed Thatcher?
2. When?
3. How old was she?
4. What was her previous title?
5. How many kids did she have?
6. And their names?
7. Where did she get her degree?
8. In what?
9. How long did she hold a job in that field?
10. When did she become an attorney?
11. Prior to '74, what party was she affiliated with?
12. When did she become Prime Minster?
13. What did people also call her?
14. For how many years did she govern the economy?
15. She was the first female in that office?
16. Was she known for being weak?
17. What do her opposers think her policies did?
18. Her supporters thought she we did great, though, right?
19. What are strokes related to?
20. When was she the head of the Conservative party?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. stroke
2. 8 April 2013
3. 87
4. Prime minister
5. Two
6. Sir Mark and Carol
7. Oxford
8. chemistry
9. four years
10. 1954.
11. Conservatives
12. 4 May 1979
13. "the Iron Lady"
14. 11
15. Yes
16. No
17. destroyed British manufacturing
18. Yes
19. a disease related to blood vessels in the brain
20. 1975 | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
439 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
"I can't see clearly, because I don't wear my glasses today." We always hear people saying something like this. Glasses are very important to many people. Do you know how they were invented and developed? Glasses took a long time to develop into what you can find in the glasses store today. The Chinese first used colored glasses as fashion. They thought that those glasses had magic, but they didn't think that glasses could help eyes to see clearly. In 1262, the inventor, Roger Bacon, discovered the amazing function of lenses , and he thought that glasses could be used to help people to see. Twenty years later, in Florence, Italy, the inventor, Alessandro di Spina, made the first pair of glasses that could help people to see. Although these glasses worked, scientists didn't understand how glasses helped eyes to see. They thought that eyes sent out light onto whatever a person was looking at, and then the light came back to the eyes. Johannes Kepler finally found out how glasses worked. Inventors continued to improve glasses. In 1784, Ben Franklin created glasses that had bifocal lenses. Many years later, in 1827, George Airy made circle-shaped glasses to correct _ , an eye problem that stops the eyes from seeing things clearly.
1. What do people need to see clear?
2. are they important?
3. Who created them?
4. When?
5. what was their purpose?
6. did they work?
7. how?
8. did they ever find out how?
9. who found this?
10. did they always stay the same?
11. what changed?
12. how?
13. who made those?
14. were there other changes?
15. by who?
16. what did he change?
17. what was their purpose?
18. Who used glasses first?
19. for what?
20. what did they think of them?
Numbered answers: | 1. glasses
2. yes
3. Alessandro di Spina
4. In 1282
5. help people to see
6. yes
7. scientists didn't understand how
8. yes
9. Johannes Kepler
10. no
11. they continued to improve
12. bifocal lenses
13. Ben Franklin
14. yes
15. George Airy
16. made circle-shaped glasses
17. to correct an eye problem
18. The Chinese
19. fashion
20. they had magic | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
440 | CHAPTER XI. THE MARPLOT
Mr. Wilding's appearance produced as many different emotions as there were individuals present. He made the company a sweeping bow on his admission by Albemarle's orders, a bow which was returned by a stare from one and all. Diana eyed him in amazement, Ruth in hope; Richard averted his glance from that of his brother-in-law, whilst Sir Rowland met it with a scowl of enmity--they had not come face to face since the occasion of that encounter in which Sir Rowland's self-love had been so rudely handled. Albemarle's face expressed a sort of satisfaction, which was reflected on the countenances of Phelips and Luttrell; whilst Trenchard never thought of attempting to dissemble his profound dismay. And this dismay was shared, though not in so deep a measure, by Wilding himself. Trenchard's presence gave him pause; for he had been far, indeed, from dreaming that his friend had a hand in this affair. At sight of him all was made clear to Mr. Wilding. At once he saw the role which Trenchard had assumed on this occasion, saw to the bottom of the motives that had inspired him to take the bull by the horns and level against Richard and Blake this accusation before they had leisure to level it against himself.
His quick wits having fathomed Trenchard's motive, Mr. Wilding was deeply touched by this proof of friendship, and for a second, as deeply nonplussed, at loss now how to discharge the task on which he came.
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. a bow
2. Mr. Wilding
3. Albemarle
4. Yes
5. Richard
6. brother-in-law
7. No
8. Diana
9. a bow
10. No
Numbered questions: | 1. What was everyone looking at?
2. of who?
3. who ordered the bow?
4. Was there any family memebers present?
5. who?
6. who was?
7. was he looking at him?
8. Who looked at him in amazement?
9. why was he recieving all these stares?
10. is that what produced emotions? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
441 | (CNN) -- Like a pop star leaving their biggest hit for the encore, Sepp Blatter made sure he saved his best for last.
As a long day at the FIFA Congress in Sao Paulo came to an end, the 78-year-old announced he would stand for a fifth term -- reneging on a promise he made four years ago.
The news, which was expected, came after FIFA rejected the opportunity to impose age limits and maximum terms for officials.
"I know that my mandate will finish next year on 29 May in Zurich -- but my mission is not finished," he told Congress.
"And I tell you together we will build the new FIFA together. We have the foundations today because we have the budget for the next four years.
"We have the foundation, now we work. Congress you will decide who takes this great institution forward.
"But I can tell you I am ready to accompany you in the future."
The Swiss has been heavily criticized following allegations of corruption over FIFA's bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
On Wednesday, a number of European members urged him not to stand for president.
Speaking after a tense meeting between Blatter and UEFA members, the mood within the European camp was unequivocally clear.
David Gill, the English FA's representative on the Exco committee said: "The very fact in 2011 he was clear it was just for four years, that should have been the situation. To change his mind is disappointing," he said.
Answer the following questions:
1. Who announced he would stand for his fifth term?
2. What's his name?
3. Where did the FIFA congress take place?
4. When did he make his promise?
5. When would his mandate be completed?
6. Do they have the budget for the next 4 years?
7. Who was criticized for corruption in the 2018 world cup?
8. Was Sepp Blatter asked not to stand for president?
9. Who asked him to do that?
10. Who mentioned that to change Blatter's mind is disappointing?
Numbered answers: | 1. 78-year-old
2. Sepp Blatter
3. Sao Paulo
4. four years ago
5. May 29
6. YES
7. The Swiss
8. YES
9. European members
10. David Gill | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
442 | Read the text and answer the questions.
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American major record label established in 1958 as the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group (WMG), and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. Warner Bros. Records was established on March 19, 1958, as the recorded-music division of the American film studio Warner Bros.. For most of its early existence it was one of a group of labels owned and operated by larger parent corporations. The sequence of companies that controlled Warner Bros. and its allied labels evolved through a convoluted series of corporate mergers and acquisitions from the early 1960s to the early 2000s. Over this period, Warner Bros. Records grew from a struggling minor player in the music industry to become one of the top recording labels in the world.
In 2003, these music assets were divested by their then owner Time Warner and purchased by a private equity group. This independent company traded as the Warner Music Group before being bought by Access Industries in 2011. WMG is the smallest of the three major international music conglomerates and the world's last publicly traded major music company. Cameron Strang serves as CEO of the company.
Artists currently signed to Warner Bros. Records include Sleeping with Sirens, Cher, Kylie Minogue, Kimbra, the Goo Goo Dolls, Sheryl Crow, Ciara, Gorillaz, Adam Lambert, Bette Midler, Blur, Duran Duran, Fleet Foxes, Jason Derulo, Kid Rock, Lily Allen, Linkin Park, Muse, Nile Rodgers, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Black Keys, My Chemical Romance and Regina Spektor.
1. when were the music assets sold?
2. who was the parent company?
Numbered answers: | 1. In 2003
2. Time Warner | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
443 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
I'm sitting here in this coffee shop. You know the one there by Allen street. The town is filled with thousands of middle class college kids living off their parent's money.
The coffee shop is where the ones come to play the part of sophisticated bohemians . The pretensions glow from their line-less faces as they sip cappuccinos and chew strawberry cookies. The boys to my right are discussing Nabokov with a serious air, a copy of Sartre's Cuba lies on the table.
The young woman on my left is declaring that she can never allow her creativity to be killed by entering the work force. The man with her scratches his goatee in agreement, occasionally suggesting they go back to his place to hear his new Washington Squares CD. Matt has just designed a new international symbol for peace. He moves from table to table trying to sell hand painted T-shirts that bear the design. Tomorrow he's leaving for the 25th anniversary Woodstock concert where he hopes to strike it rich with his creation.
Gopha the skinny Indian boy feels like singing me a verse of 'It Ain't Me Babe' when I ask him if he's a friend of Monica's. Jason is trying to talk Gopha into a dollar bet on a game of chess. Between times Jason will chew your ear off with his plans to conquer the music industry while studying entertainment law, but when it comes to his never ending dollar chess matches he's quiet as a church mouse.
I sit among them. To all surface appearances one and the same. If they could only see I would rather reach into their flesh and tear out their shallow little hearts than listen to another second of their prattle .
With no job, no gigs, and my girlfriend's so far gone she might as well be on another planet, I've been leading the writer's quiet cafe life, spending my free time outdoors drinking iced teas and cheap wines. I chat warmly with whoever decides to squander away their hours in my surrounding area.
But behind my eyes is an unspoken challenge to any and every one of these social elites to just once say one thing that would inspire me. Just one little idea which is new and meaningful. Unfortunately original thoughts are zero here.
In my secret mind I wish to run like a madman banging gongs and speaking in tongues. Or maybe jump on a table and sing the Star Spangled Banner in the forgotten language of the Hottentots. I know these thoughts only reveal me as a fool because the spark I search for cannot be found in acts of shocking performance art. Where it truly comes from is one of the mysteries which will always hang around me.
1. Where is he at?
2. Where is his girlfriend?
3. What is he searching for?
4. What does he do?
5. Who is the town filled with?
6. What are those doing?
7. What part are they playing?
8. Why will the woman's creativity be killed?
9. Where is Matt going?
10. Where is he going tomorrow?
11. Why?
12. What would he rather do?
13. Who sings a song?
14. What does Gopha do?
15. What is Jason studying?
16. What are the boys talking about?
17. What lies on the table?
18. What kind of thoughts are not happening there?
19. What street are they near?
20. Is he working?
Numbered answers: | 1. in the coffee shop
2. so far gone
3. the spark
4. He is a writer
5. thousands of middle class college kids
6. living off their parent's money
7. sophisticated bohemians
8. by entering the work force
9. from table to table trying to sell hand painted T-shirts that bear the design
10. the 25th anniversary Woodstock concert
11. he hopes to strike it rich with his creation
12. run like a madman banging gongs and speaking in tongues
13. the Hottentots
14. he feels like singing me a verse of 'It Ain't Me Babe'
15. entertainment law,
16. a game of chess
17. a copy of Sartre's Cuba lies on the table
18. original thoughts
19. Allen street
20. No | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
444 | (CNN) -- California's parole board Tuesday refused to release onetime Manson family acolyte Leslie Van Houten, finding the 60-year-old remains dangerous more than four decades after the group's Southern California murder spree.
The board found that Van Houten "still poses a risk to society," spokesman Luis Patino said. The decision marks the 19th time that she has been denied parole, and she won't be eligible again until 2013, Patino said.
Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Patrick Sequeira praised the decision.
"The crime itself was absolutely horrendous -- the brutal slaughter of two individuals in their home, in a cruel and very horrifying manner," said Sequeira. "It is our position that she never really has fully accepted responsibility for her crimes."
Known as "Lulu" while one of notorious spree killer Charles Manson's followers, Van Houten helped hold down Rosemary LaBianca while other Manson family members stabbed her and her husband, Leno LaBianca in 1969. She was 19 at the time.
She has been imprisoned at the California Institution for Women at Frontera for more than three decades, following her final conviction on first-degree murder charges in 1978 and a sentence of life in prison.
Prison spokesman Lt. Robert Patterson told CNN in 2009 that Van Houten is a model inmate involved in prison programs and a mentor to other inmates in the facility's college program. And lawyer Brandie Devall, who has been representing Van Houten for just under a year, said Tuesday before the hearing that the "fact that Leslie has had good reports since 1978" should help persuade the parole board to release her.
Answer this series of questions:
1. Who was refused parole?
2. What cult family was she a member of?
3. What is she in prison for?
4. How long did she get?
5. What did she do?
6. Why did she do that?
7. Who?
8. What was she called back then?
9. What famous killer did she help with this crime?
10. What did they do during that crime?
11. Why did the parole board deny her release?
12. Has she owned up to her part in the crime?
13. How old is she now?
14. How old was she at the time of the murders?
15. How many times has she gone before the parole board?
16. How long has she been imprisoned?
17. How has she been as a prisoner?
18. Has she been helping other prisoners?
19. Who's her lawyer?
20. Has Lulu had good reports during her time in prison?
Numbered answers: | 1. Leslie Van Houten.
2. Manson family.
3. First-degree murder.
4. Life in prison.
5. Helped hold down Rosemary LaBianca.
6. So others could stab her.
7. Other Manson family members.
8. Lulu.
9. Charles Manson.
10. Slaughter of two individuals.
11. She still poses a risk to society.
12. No.
13. 60.
14. 19.
15. 19.
16. 40 years.
17. A model inmate.
18. Yes.
19. Brandie Devall.
20. Yes. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
445 | By-elections also spelled bye-election (known as special elections in the United States, and bypolls in India) are used to fill elected offices that have become vacant between general elections.
In most cases these elections occur after the incumbent dies or resigns, but they also occur when the incumbent becomes ineligible to continue in office (because of a recall, ennoblement, criminal conviction, or failure to maintain a minimum attendance). Less commonly, these elections have been called when a constituency election is invalidated by voting irregularities.
In the United States, these contests have been called "special elections" because they do not always occur on Election Day like regular congressional elections. A 2016 study of special elections to the United States House of Representatives found "that while candidate characteristics affect special election outcomes, presidential approval is predictive of special election outcomes as well. Furthermore, we find that the effect of presidential approval on special election outcomes has increased in magnitude from 1995 to 2014, with the 2002 midterm representing an important juncture in the nationalization of special elections."
The procedure for filling a vacant seat in the House of Commons of England was developed during the Reformation Parliament of the 16th century by Thomas Cromwell; previously a seat had remained empty upon the death of a member. Cromwell devised a new election that would be called by the king at a time of the king's choosing. This made it a simple matter to ensure the seat rewarded an ally of the crown.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. What is the term used for special elections?
2. Why are they special?
3. What sways these elections?
4. What is the main thing?
5. How do you know? What was done?
6. When was the study done?
7. On all elections or specific ones?
8. On what offices?
9. Is it having more of an impact over time?
10. What year was the turning point?
Numbered answers: | 1. By-elections
2. do not always occur on Election Day
3. candidate characteristics
4. presidential approval
5. increased in magnitude
6. 2016
7. specific
8. United States House of Representatives
9. Yes
10. 2002 | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
446 | CHAPTER XXXV.
Were uneasiness of conscience measured by extent of crime, human history had been different, and one should look to see the contrivers of greedy wars and the mighty marauders of the money-market in one troop of self-lacerating penitents with the meaner robber and cut-purse and the murderer that doth his butchery in small with his own hand. No doubt wickedness hath its rewards to distribute; but who so wins in this devil's game must needs be baser, more cruel, more brutal than the order of this planet will allow for the multitude born of woman, the most of these carrying a form of conscience--a fear which is the shadow of justice, a pity which is the shadow of love--that hindereth from the prize of serene wickedness, itself difficult of maintenance in our composite flesh.
On the twenty-ninth of December Deronda knew that the Grandcourts had arrived at the Abbey, but he had had no glimpse of them before he went to dress for dinner. There had been a splendid fall of snow, allowing the party of children the rare pleasures of snow-balling and snow-building, and in the Christmas holidays the Mallinger girls were content with no amusement unless it were joined in and managed by "cousin," as they had always called Deronda. After that outdoor exertion he had been playing billiards, and thus the hours had passed without his dwelling at all on the prospect of meeting Gwendolen at dinner. Nevertheless that prospect was interesting to him; and when, a little tired and heated with working at amusement, he went to his room before the half-hour bell had rung, he began to think of it with some speculation on the sort of influence her marriage with Grandcourt would have on her, and on the probability that there would be some discernible shades of change in her manner since he saw her at Diplow, just as there had been since his first vision of her at Leubronn.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. What is measured by degree of criminality?
2. Who arrived in December?
3. Who knew this?
4. Did he see them before his meal?
5. What did he do before eating?
6. How was the weather?
7. What were the kids gonna do?
8. Which kids wanted to play with "cousin?"
9. Who was "cousin?"
10. What was he doing?
11. Who did he plan to meet later?
12. Where did he go before something rang?
13. Who was she engaged to?
14. Where had he seen Gwen?
15. And where else had he seen her?
Numbered answers: | 1. unknown
2. the Grandcourts
3. Deronda
4. no
5. went to dress
6. it was snowing
7. snow-balling and snow-building
8. Mallinger girls
9. Deronda
10. playing billiards
11. Gwendolen
12. to his room
13. Grandcourt
14. at dinner
15. Leubronn | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
447 | The city of Bern or Berne (German: Bern, pronounced [bɛrn] ( listen); French: Berne [bɛʁn]; Italian: Berna [ˈbɛrna]; Romansh: Berna [ˈbɛrnɐ] (help·info); Bernese German: Bärn [b̥æːrn]) is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to by the Swiss as their (e.g. in German) Bundesstadt, or "federal city".[note 1] With a population of 140,634 (November 2015), Bern is the fifth most populous city in Switzerland. The Bern agglomeration, which includes 36 municipalities, had a population of 406,900 in 2014. The metropolitan area had a population of 660,000 in 2000. Bern is also the capital of the Canton of Bern, the second most populous of Switzerland's cantons.
The official language of Bern is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the Alemannic Swiss German dialect called Bernese German.
In 1983 the historic old town in the centre of Bern became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Bern is ranked among the world’s top ten cities for the best quality of life (2010).
1. What is the de facto Swiss capital?
2. How else it it spelled?
3. How many people live in the area?
4. How many cities are in there?
5. What is the official language?
6. Is it the same Germany spoken in Germany?
7. What do most people speak?
8. Is it a bad city to live in?
9. How good of a place to live is it?
10. In the county?
11. How many people live in the city?
12. Is it the biggest city in the country?
13. What is its ranking?
14. What is the city called by the residents?
Numbered answers: | 1. Bärn
2. Bern or Berne
3. 406,900 in 2014
4. 36
5. German
6. no
7. Bernese German
8. no
9. top ten
10. world’s top ten
11. 140,634
12. no
13. fifth
14. Bundesstad | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
448 | CHAPTER I. A DISPERSION
'A telegram! Make haste and open it, Jane; they always make me so nervous! I believe that is the reason Reginald always _will_ telegraph when he is coming,' said Miss Adeline Mohun, a very pretty, well preserved, though delicate-looking lady of some age about forty, as her elder sister, brisk and lively and some years older, came into the room.
'No, it is not Reggie. It is from Lily. Poor Lily! Jasper--- accident---Come.'
'Poor dear Lily! Is it young Jasper or old Jasper, I wonder?'
'If it were young Jasper she would have put Japs. I am afraid it is her husband. If so, she will be going off to him. I must catch the 11.20 train. Will you come, Ada?'
'Oh no; I should be knocked up, and on your hands. The suspense is bad enough at home.'
'If it is old Jasper, we shall see in the paper to-day. I will send it down to you from the station. Supposing it is Sir Jasper, and she wants to go out to him, we must take in some of the children.'
'Oh! Dear little Primrose would be nice enough, but what should we do with that Halfpenny woman? If we had the other girls, I suppose they would be at school all day; but surely some might go to Beechcroft. And mind, Jane, I will not have you overtasking yourself! Do not take any of them without having Gillian to help you. That I stipulate.'
Jane Mohun seemed as if she did not hear as these sentences were uttered at intervals, while she stood dashing off postcards at her davenport. Then she said, on her way to the door---
1. Who was sending postcards?
2. Who was on a davenport?
3. What was she doing?
4. What was nerve-racking?
5. Who opened it?
6. Does she have a sister?
7. Her name?
8. Is she younger?
9. About how old was she?
10. Was the telegram from Reginald?
11. Who was it from?
12. What happened?
13. Involving whom?
14. Who is supposed to assist Jane?
15. Where will the girls go if not to school?
16. What time is the train?
17. Who is Lily's husband?
18. What is his title?
19. What is halfpenny?
20. Who is nice?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. Lily
2. Jane Mohun
3. dashing off postcards
4. a telegram
5. Jane
6. yes
7. Miss Adeline Mohun
8. no
9. about forty
10. no
11. Lily
12. an accident
13. Jasper
14. Gillian
15. Beechcroft
16. 11.20
17. Jasper
18. Sir Jasper
19. a woman
20. Primrose | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
449 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
Chicago is next to a beautiful lake, Lake Michigan. In the summer Lake Michigan is warm and blue .People lie on the beaches and swim in the water. In the winter Lake Michigan is cold and gray .Snow covers the beaches, and ice covers the water. On a cold January day, a little boy and his father were playing in the snow on Chicago beach. The boy was Jimrsy Tontlewicx. He was four years old .Several Minutes went by .The father still couldn't find Jimmy. Firemen arrived .Twenty minutes later they found Jimmy and pulled him out of the water. Jimmy was not breathing, and his heart was not beating . He was dead. At the beach paramedics worked on Jimmy for an hour . He began to breathe , and his heart began to beat . The paramedics rushed Jimmy to the hospital.Doctors at the hospital put Jimmy in bed .They put him on a cold mattress because they wanted his body to warm up slowly. They gave him some medicine because they wanted him to sleep .After six weeks in the hospital he got better ,Then he went to another hospital. He stayed there for seven weeks .He began to walk ,talk ,and play again. Jimmy was in the water for more than 20 minutes . He couldn't breathe in the water . He couldn't get any oxygen .But today he is alive and healthy. How is it possible? Jimmy is alive because the water was ice cold. Usually the brain needs a lot of oxygen .But when it's very cold , the brain slows down. It does not need much oxygen .So the ice cold water saved Jimmy . Jimmy's father has another reason .He says ,"Jimmy is alive today because he is a fighter . "
1. When did the incident occur?
2. Where was it?
3. What was the body of water involved?
4. Who was involved?
5. What was the boy's name?
6. How long did he disappear for?
7. Who found him?
8. Where did they find him?
9. Did they take him to more than one hospital?
10. How long was he at the first one?
11. How long at the second one?
Numbered answers: | 1. On a cold January day
2. on a Chicago beach.
3. Lake Michigan
4. a little boy and his father
5. Jimrsy Tontlewicx
6. Twenty minutes
7. Firemen
8. the water
9. yes
10. six weeks
11. seven weeks | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
450 | Do you have imagination? Do you like to solve problems? Can you? If so, you could be the next great inventor. "But I'm just a kid",you might be! Don't worry about a little thing like age. For example, one famous inventor-- Benjamin Franklin--got his start when he was only 12. At that young age, he created paddles for his hands to help him swim faster. Finally his creation led to what we know is called flippers!
So you don't have to be adult to be an inventor. One thing you do need, though, is something that kids have plenty of: curiosity and imagination. Kids are known for looking at things in new and unique ways.
So what should you do if you have what is a great idea for an invention? Talk to a friend or family member about it. Get input from others about your idea. Then ask them to help you create a working model--called a prototype of your idea.
Once you have a prototype, you can test it. Sometimes your idea turns out to be not as great as you thought. At other times, though, you realize it is a good idea and your prototype can help you figure out how to make it even better.
If your idea is really a good one, an adult can help you contact companies that might be interested in it. You will also want an adult's help to get a patent for your idea, so that it is protected and can't be stolen by someone else. If you need some inspiration, consider these kids and their inventions:
Jeanie Low invented the Kiddie Stool when she was just 11. It's a folding stool that fits under the kitchen sink. Kids can unfold it and use it to reach the sink all by themselves.
At the age of 15, Louis Braille invented the system named after him that allows the blind to read.
Chelsea Lanmon received a patent when she was just 8 for the "pocket diaper ",a new type of diaper that includes a pocket for holding baby wipes and powder.
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. Benjamin Franklin-
2. 12
3. paddles for his hands to help him swim faster.
4. yes
5. test it
6. whether it's a great idea or not
7. yes
8. companies that might be interested in it
9. yes
10. get a patent
11. no
Numbered questions: | 1. What inventor became famous a long time ago?
2. How old was he when he started inventing?
3. What did he make?
4. Does this mean kids can invent things too?
5. What should you do once you have a prototype?
6. What will testing it prove?
7. Should you contact someone if it's a good idea?
8. Who should you get in touch with?
9. Can someone steal your idea?
10. What can you do about that?
11. Can a kid get one? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
451 | CHAPTER XIII: Lightfoot And Paddy Become Partners
The instant Lightfoot saw Paddy the Beaver he knew that for the time being, at least, there was no danger. He knew that Paddy is one of the shyest of all the little people of the Green Forest and that when he is found working in the daytime it means that he has been undisturbed for a long time; otherwise he would work only at night.
Paddy saw Lightfoot almost as soon as he stepped out on the bank. He kept right on swimming with the branch of a poplar-tree until he reached his food pile, which, you know, is in the water. There he forced the branch down until it was held by other branches already sunken in the pond. This done, he swam over to where Lightfoot was watching. "Hello, Lightfoot!" he exclaimed. "You are looking handsomer than ever. How are you feeling these fine autumn days?"
"Anxious," replied Lightfoot. "I am feeling terribly anxious. Do you know what day this is?"
"No," replied Paddy, "I don't know what day it is, and I don't particularly care. It is enough for me that it is one of the finest days we've had for a long time."
"I wish I could feel that way," said Lightfoot wistfully. "I wish I could feel that way, Paddy, but I can't. No, Sir, I can't. You see, this is the first of the most dreadful days in all the year for me. The hunters started looking for me before Mr. Sun was really out of bed. At least one hunter did, and I don't doubt there are others. I fooled that one, but from now to the end of the hunting season there will not be a single moment of daylight when I will feel absolutely safe."
Answer the following questions:
1. What kind of animal is Paddy?
2. How many characters are speaking in this passage?
3. Who is the other?
4. Is Lightfoot excited about the day?
5. How does he feel?
6. Is Paddy an extrovert?
7. Where does he live?
8. Does Lightfoot feel safe when he sees paddy?
9. What was Paddy doing?
10. Does he usually work during the day?
11. What kind of tree branch was Paddy carrying?
12. Where is his food pile?
13. Who approached who at that point?
14. Is it springtime?
15. What is it?
16. What does Paddy think of his friend's appearance?
Numbered answers: | 1. Beaver
2. Two
3. Lightfoot
4. No
5. Anxious
6. No
7. Green Forest
8. Yes
9. working in the daytime
10. No
11. poplar
12. in the water
13. Paddy approached Lightfoot
14. No
15. autumn
16. That he looked handsomer than ever | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
452 | Read the text and answer the questions.
Torx (pronounced ), developed in 1967 by Camcar Textron, is the trademark for a type of screw head characterized by a 6-point star-shaped pattern. A popular generic name for the drive is "star", as in star screwdriver or star bits. The official generic name, standardized by the International Organization for Standardization as ISO 10664, is hexalobular internal. This is sometimes abbreviated in databases and catalogs as 6lobe (starting with numeral, "6", not a capital letter, "G"). Torx Plus is an improved head profile.
Torx screws are commonly found on automobiles, motorcycles, bicycle brake systems (disc brakes), hard disk drives, computer systems and consumer electronics. Initially, they were sometimes used in applications requiring tamper resistance, since the drive systems and screwdrivers were not widely available; as drivers became more common, tamper-resistant variants, as described below, were developed. Torx screws are also becoming increasingly popular in construction industries.
By design, Torx head screws resist cam-out better than Phillips head or slot head screws. Whereas Phillips heads were allegedly designed to "cause" the driver to cam out, to prevent overtightening, Torx heads were designed to "prevent" cam-out. The development of better torque-limiting automatic screwdrivers for use in factories allowed this change. Rather than rely on the tool to slip out of the screw head when a desired torque level is reached (which risks damage to the driver tip, screw head, and/or workpiece), torque-limiting driver designs achieve a desired torque consistently.
1. When was Torx created?
2. by who?
3. Is it trademarked?
4. What is it?
5. What's special about it?
6. What do people like to call it?
7. Why?
8. Is there an official generic name?
9. What is it?
10. Does this have a shortened version?
11. What/
12. Who made this the official name?
13. Are there other types of screw heads?
14. What are they?
15. Which one makes the driver cam out?
16. Why?
17. What do Torx stop?
18. What does a slot head do best?
19. Where are Torx starting to get more popular?
20. Do you see them on cars?
Numbered answers: | 1. 1967
2. Camcar Textron,
3. yes
4. a type of screw head
5. a 6-point star-shaped pattern
6. star
7. as in star screwdriver
8. Yes
9. hexalobular internal
10. Yes
11. 6lobe
12. International Organization for Standardization
13. Yes
14. Phillips head or slot head screws
15. Phillips heads
16. to prevent overtightening
17. cam-out.
18. achieve a desired torque consistently.
19. in construction industries.
20. Yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
453 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
CHAPTER NINETEEN.
THE DARKEST HOUR.
A long time after the events narrated in the last chapter, John Adams and Edward Young sat together one evening in the cave at the top of the mountain, where poor Fletcher Christian had been wont to hold his lonely vigils.
"I've bin thinkin' of late," said Young, "that it is very foolish of us to content ourselves with merely fishing from the rocks, when there are better fish to be had in deep water, and plenty of material at hand for making canoes."
"You're right, sir; we ought to try our hands at a canoe. Pity we didn't do so before the native men was all killed. They knew what sort o' trees to use, and how to split 'em up into planks, an' all that sort o' thing."
"But McCoy used to study that subject, and talk much about it, when we were in Otaheite," returned Young. "I've no doubt that with his aid we could build a good enough canoe, and the women would be as able as the men, no doubt, to direct us what to do if we were in a difficulty. McCoy is a handy fellow, you know, with tools, as he has proved more than once since the death of poor Williams."
Adams shook his head.
"No doubt, Mr Young, he's handy enough with the tools; but ever since he discovered how to make spirits, neither he nor Quintal, as you know, sir, are fit for anything."
"True," said Young, with a perplexed look; "it never occurred to me before that strong drink was such a curse. I begin now to understand why some men that I have known have been so enthusiastic in their outcry against it. Perhaps it would be right for you and me to refuse to drink with Quintal and McCoy, seeing that they are evidently killing themselves with it."
1. What is the chapter title?
2. Who is sitting together?
3. What do they want to build?
4. Do they have all knowledge to build one?
5. Who did?
6. What happened to the natives?
7. What is one of the things the natives knew?
8. Who found out how to make alcohol?
9. Is he useful now?
10. Where are the two men at?
11. Where is the cave?
12. Who is poor?
13. What did he hold?
14. Where will better fish be at?
15. What else will be easier to find in this area?
Numbered answers: | 1. THE DARKEST HOUR
2. John Adams and Edward Young
3. canoes
4. No
5. the native men
6. the native men was all killed
7. what sort o' trees to use
8. Mr Young
9. No
10. in the cave
11. at the top of the mountain
12. Fletcher Christian
13. lonely vigils
14. in deep water
15. material for making canoes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
454 | A gramophone record (phonograph record in American English) or vinyl record, commonly known as a "record", is an analogue sound storage medium in the form of a flat polyvinyl chloride (previously shellac) disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove. The groove usually starts near the periphery and ends near the center of the disc. Phonograph records are generally described by their diameter in inches (12", 10", 7"), the rotational speed in rpm at which they are played (16 2⁄3, 33 1⁄3, 45, 78), and their time capacity resulting from a combination of those parameters (LP – long playing 33 1⁄3 rpm, SP – 78 rpm single, EP – 12-inch single or extended play, 33 or 45 rpm); their reproductive quality or level of fidelity (high-fidelity, orthophonic, full-range, etc.), and the number of audio channels provided (mono, stereo, quad, etc.).
The phonograph disc record was the primary medium used for music reproduction until late in the 20th century, replacing the phonograph cylinder record–with which it had co-existed from the late 1880s through to the 1920s–by the late 1920s. Records retained the largest market share even when new formats such as compact cassette were mass-marketed. By the late 1980s, digital media, in the form of the compact disc, had gained a larger market share, and the vinyl record left the mainstream in 1991. From the 1990s to the 2010s, records continued to be manufactured and sold on a much smaller scale, and were especially used by disc jockeys (DJ)s, released by artists in some genres, and listened to by a niche market of audiophiles. The phonograph record has made a niche resurgence in the early 21st century – 9.2 million records were sold in the U.S. in 2014, a 260% increase since 2009. Likewise, in the UK sales have increased five-fold from 2009 to 2014.
Answer this series of questions:
1. Is "phonograph record" a British term?
2. What dialect is it from?
3. How many synonyms are there for what's often called just a "record" are there?
4. What are they?
5. Are these items digital?
6. Are they currently the most popular way to transmit music?
7. When did they stop being the most popular?
8. What was popular before?
9. When did the gramophone record become more popular than the cylinder?
10. And what replaced the gramophone record?
11. Are vinyl records fading away?
12. Who uses them today?
13. What's the nickname of that profession?
14. What kind of people like to hear music coming from records?
15. How many different ways of distinguishing types of records are there?
16. What are they?
17. How many sizes are there?
18. How many speeds?
19. How is the speed measured?
20. What material are they made from?
Numbered answers: | 1. No
2. American English
3. three
4. gramophone record, phonograph record and vinyl record
5. no
6. No
7. late in the 20th century
8. the phonograph cylinder record
9. the late 1920s
10. compact discs
11. No
12. disc jockeys
13. DJs
14. audiophiles
15. Five
16. diameter, speed, time capacity, reproductive quality and number of audio channels
17. three
18. four
19. in the rpm at which they are played
20. polyvinyl chloride | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
455 | Glucose is a simple sugar with the molecular formula CHO. Glucose circulates in the blood of animals as blood sugar. It is made during photosynthesis from water and carbon dioxide, using energy from sunlight. It is the most important source of energy for cellular respiration. Glucose is stored as a polymer, in plants as starch and in animals as glycogen.
With 6 carbon atoms, it is classed as a hexose, a subcategory of the monosaccharides. -Glucose is one of the 16 aldohexose stereoisomers. The -isomer, -glucose, also known as dextrose, occurs widely in nature, but the -isomer, -glucose, does not. Glucose can be obtained by hydrolysis of carbohydrates such as milk sugar, cane sugar, maltose, cellulose, glycogen, etc. It is commonly commercially manufactured from cornstarch by hydrolysis via pressurized steaming at controlled pH in a jet followed by further enzymatic depolymerization. In 1747, Andreas Marggraf was the first to isolate glucose. Glucose is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the most important medications needed in a basic health system. The name glucose derives through the French from the Greek γλυκός, which means "sweet," in reference to must, the sweet, first press of grapes in the making of wine. The suffix "-ose" is a chemical classifier, denoting a carbohydrate.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. Is glucose simple or complex?
2. what is it molecular makeup?
3. What is it in animals?
4. What is one of the components it is made from?
5. They other?
6. Using what?
7. From what?
8. Who was the first to discover glucose?
9. When?
10. What important list is glucose on?
11. Who creates the list?
12. Where does the name come from?
13. What does it mean?
14. What does "ose" mean?
Numbered answers: | 1. simple
2. CHO
3. blood sugar
4. water
5. carbon dioxide
6. energy
7. sunlight
8. Andreas Marggraf
9. 1747
10. List of Essential Medicines
11. the World Health Organization
12. from Greek
13. "sweet"
14. a carbohydrate | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
456 | CHAPTER TWENTY.
HAROLD APPEARS IN A NEW CHARACTER, AND TWO OLD CHARACTERS REAPPEAR TO HAROLD.
The mind of Yambo was a strange compound--a curious mixture of gravity and rollicking joviality; at one time displaying a phase of intense solemnity; at another exhibiting quiet pleasantry and humour, but earnestness was the prevailing trait of his character. Whether indulging his passionate fondness for the jumping-jack, or engaged in guiding the deliberations of his counsellors, the earnest chief was equally devoted to the work in hand. Being a savage--and, consequently, led entirely by feeling, which is perhaps the chief characteristic of savage, as distinguished from civilised, man,--he hated his enemies with exceeding bitterness, and loved his friends with all his heart.
Yambo was very tender to Harold during his illness, and the latter felt corresponding gratitude, so that there sprang up between the two a closer friendship than one could have supposed to be possible, considering that they were so different from each other, mentally, physically, and socially, and that their only mode of exchanging ideas was through the medium of a very incompetent interpreter.
Among other things Harold discovered that his friend the chief was extremely fond of anecdotes and stories. He, therefore, while in a convalescent state and unable for much physical exercise, amused himself, and spent much of his time, in narrating to him the adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Yambo's appetite for mental food increased, and when Crusoe's tale was finished he eagerly demanded more. Some of his warriors also came to hear, and at last the hut was unable to contain the audiences that wished to enter. Harold, therefore, removed to an open space under a banyan-tree, and there daily, for several hours, related all the tales and narratives with which he was acquainted, to the hundreds of open-eyed and open-mouthed negroes who squatted around him.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. Who was helpful when Harold was sick?
2. What did he feel?
3. Did something spring up?
4. What?
5. Were they alike?
6. How did they differ?
7. How else?
8. And?
9. How did they communicate?
10. Was he competent?
11. What did Yambo do?
12. How was his mind?
13. Who did he love?
14. Which people did he love?
15. How much?
16. Who did he hate?
17. How badly?
18. Who had an adventure?
19. Where did Harold move to?
20. How many heard the stories?
Numbered answers: | 1. Yambo
2. gratitude
3. yes
4. a friendship
5. no
6. mentally
7. physically
8. socially
9. an interpreter.
10. no
11. he was a chief
12. it was a strange compound
13. anecdotes and stories
14. his friends
15. with all his heart
16. his enemies
17. with exceeding bitterness
18. Robinson Crusoe
19. an open space under a banyan-tree
20. hundreds | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
457 | There are many great movie directors of all time and the following are five of those who have largely impressed audience with their body of work.
As a member of the New Hollywood gang, Francis Coppola is best remembered for The God Father series. His decision to cast Marlon Brando in the lead also met with fierce opposition from the studio bosses. Good sense became popular, and The God Father went on to become one of the most memorable movies ever. Critics may point out that he has become less creative after his seventies, but try as one might, no one can possibly take the place of this great director's work.
Stanley Kubrick's movies focus on the themes like sci-fi, horror, dark humor and war. He used symbolism in most of his movies, giving us some wonderful screen visuals, as shown in 2001: A Space Odyssey. His actors in Hollywood complained about the endless number of retakes, but they appreciated the performance he milked out of them. People argue about films like Lolita, A Clockwork Orange and Paths of Glory, but these are now seen as classics.
Steven Spielberg is a great success at the box office, and he is one of the world's most popular filmmakers today. As the creator of classics like Schindler's List, Jurassic Park, ET, Indiana Jones series, Jaws, Saving Private Ryan, no one can win his hold over the audience. His critics accuse him of being emotional and over the top, _
Woody Allen is a director who directs movies full of crime and hate. This comic genius has given us Annie Hall, Hannah and Her Sisters and Midnight in Paris, which have also become classical. His movies constantly include characters who arouse the audience's sympathy and laughter at the same time, as they set out on a journey of self-discovery. Hollywood star power has never fazed Allen. Thankfully, awards and honors do not interest him, which results in creativity that is original.
1. Who is remembered for the Godfather?
2. What was his occupation?
3. What was met with fierce opposition?
4. Did it work?
5. Does he continue to be creative?
6. Who is considered to be emotional?
7. Who directed ET?
8. and Space Odyssey?
9. What does he use in many of his movies?
10. Did his actors complain about him?
11. why?
12. but how did they feel at the end?
13. Who does movies about crime?
14. and what other types?
15. Has star power fazed him?
16. A clockwork orange was made by who?
17. Does he do romantic comedies?
18. The article states it will talk about how many directors?
19. how many does it talk about?
20. Who does war movies?
Numbered answers: | 1. Francis Coppola
2. Movie director
3. His decision to cast Marlon Brando in the lead
4. No
5. No
6. Woody Allen
7. Steven Spielberg
8. Stanley Kubrick
9. Symbolism
10. Yes
11. The endless number of retakes
12. They appreciated the performance he milked out of them
13. Woody Allen
14. Also hate.
15. No
16. Stanley Kubrick
17. No
18. Five
19. Four
20. Stanley Kubrick | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
458 | (CNN) -- Mark McGwire deserves a ban from baseball more than any sympathy.
It is sad to hear his quavery confession of a career filled with steroids, his sorrow over the pain it caused his family and fans, his revelation of a life of lies that burned inside him like a hidden disease and consumed the game he loved.
But for those of us who also love baseball, the damage he did was too deep and his further threat to the integrity of the game is too great to justify his return.
McGwire's entire playing career is indelibly stained and his judgment is not to be trusted. What else are we to make of a man who cheated and didn't come clean for 20 years? Can he be trusted to coach other players who may be using steroids? Is he fit for any job that is also a test of character and personal standards? Baseball should bar him from coaching and never again allow his name on a Hall of Fame ballot.
St. Louis manager Tony La Russa, McGwire's longtime apologist, is leading the charge to rehabilitate him in his new role as the Cardinals' batting coach, saying Monday's admission and expression of regret is worthy of respect.
This from a manager who either closed his eyes to drug use on his teams, didn't know what he should have known, or kept conspiratorially silent about it through all the years with McGwire on the Oakland Athletics (along with Jose Canseco) and on the Cards.
1. Which sport does Mark McGwire play?
2. What drugs did he use?
3. Is he sad about that?
4. Whom did he cause pain?
5. Who else?
6. How long was it until he confessed?
7. Does the author think he should be in the Hall of Fame?
8. What about being a coach?
9. Who is the manager of St. Louis?
10. Does he support McGwire?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. baseball
2. steroids
3. yes
4. his family
5. fans
6. 20 years?
7. no
8. no
9. Tony La Russa
10. yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
459 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
Bratislava ( or ; , or "" ) is the capital of Slovakia, and with a population of about 450,000, the country's largest city. The greater metropolitan area is home to more than 650,000 people. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia, occupying both banks of the River Danube and the left bank of the River Morava. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two sovereign states.
The history of the city has been strongly influenced by people of different nations and religions, namely by Austrians, Croats, Czechs, Germans, Hungarians, Jews, Serbs and Slovaks (in alphabetical order). The city served as the coronation site and legislative center of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1536 to 1783, and has been home to many Slovak, Hungarian and German historical figures.
Bratislava is the political, cultural and economic centre of Slovakia. It is the seat of the Slovak president, the parliament and the Slovak Executive. It is home to several universities, museums, theatres, galleries and other important cultural and educational institutions. Many of Slovakia's large businesses and financial institutions also have headquarters there.
The capital of Slovakia is the eighth best city for freelancers to live in, mostly because of fast internet and the low taxes. In 2017, Bratislava was ranked as the third richest region of the European Union by GDP (PPP) per capita (after Hamburg and Luxembourg City). GDP at purchasing power parity is about three times higher than in other Slovak regions.
1. What is the name of this town?
2. What is that in?
3. How many people live there?
4. Does that make it the biggest town?
5. Which river is near it?
6. Are there any more?
7. Which one?
Numbered answers: | 1. Bratislava
2. in southwestern Slovakia
3. 450,000
4. Yes
5. River Danube
6. Yes
7. River Morava | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
460 | Moscow (CNN) -- There is no basic human right to barge into a church to make a political statement, jump around near the altar, and shout obscenities. But there is most certainly the right not to lose your liberty for doing so, even if the act is offensive.
But that is exactly what happened Friday. A court in Moscow sentenced the three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison.
In my two decades monitoring human rights in Russia I've never seen anything like the Pussy Riot case -- the media attention, the outpouring of public support, the celebrity statements for the detained and criminally charged punk band members.
The image of three young women facing down an inexorable system of unfair justice and an oppressive state has crystallized for many in the West what is wrong with human rights in Russia. To be sure, it is deeply troubling.
For me, even more shocking were the images of Stanislav Markelov, a human rights lawyer, lying on the sidewalk with the back of his head blown off in 2009, or the body of tax lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in prison in 2009 after he blew the whistle on a massive government extortion scheme.
The Pussy Riot case shines a much needed, if highly disturbing, spotlight on the issue of freedom of expression in post-Soviet Russia
On February 21, four members of the group performed what they call a "punk prayer" in Moscow's Russian Orthodox Christ the Savior Cathedral. They danced around and shouted some words to their song, "Virgin Mary, Get Putin Out." The stunt lasted less than a minute before the women were forcibly removed.
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. No
2. A feminist punk band
3. Prison
4. Two
5. A court in Moscow
6. Friday
7. On February 21
8. The Savior Cathedral
9. The issue of freedom of expression
10. Less than a minute
11. Four
12. They were forcibly removed.
13. A human rights lawyer
14. For me, even more shocking were the images of Stanislav Markelov, a human rights lawyer, lying on the sidewalk with the back of his head blown off in 2009
15. A tax lawyer
16. Blew the whistle on a massive government extortion scheme
17. He died in prison
18. 2009
19. Two decades
20. Yes
Numbered questions: | 1. Was there any human rights?
2. Who are the Pussy Riot?
3. Where they will end up?
4. For how many years?
5. Who ordered the verdict?
6. When?
7. When they did the so called punk prayer?
8. Where?
9. Who they were protesting against?
10. How long they could perform their act at the church?
11. How many of them were there?
12. What happened to them next?
13. Who was Markelov?
14. What happened to him?
15. Who was Magnitsky?
16. What he did?
17. What happened to him at the end?
18. When?
19. How long the author of the article monitoring Russia?
20. Does she think this case is exceptional? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
461 | JACKSON HEIGHTS, New York (CNN) -- Every day, unemployed men gather under the elevated 7 train in Jackson Heights, Queens. Many of them are homeless. All of them are hungry.
Jorge Munoz estimates he has served more than 70,000 free meals since 2004.
At around 9:30 each night, relief comes in the form of Jorge Munoz's white pickup truck, filled with hot food, coffee and hot chocolate.
The men eagerly accept containers of chicken and rice from Munoz, devouring the food on the spot. Quiet gratitude radiates from the crowd.
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"I thank God for touching that man's heart," says Eduardo, one of the regulars.
Watching Munoz, 44, distribute meals and offer extra cups of coffee, it's clear he's passionate about bringing food to hungry people. For more than four years, Munoz and his family have been feeding those in need seven nights a week, 365 days a year. To date, he estimates he's served more than 70,000 meals. Watch Munoz describe how his work is a family affair »
Word of his mobile soup kitchen has spread, and people of all backgrounds and status now join the largely-Hispanic crowd surrounding his truck -- Egyptians, Chinese, Ethiopians, South Asians, white and black Americans and a British man who lost his job.
"I'll help anyone who needs to eat. Just line up," Munoz says.
Answer the following questions:
1. Who delivers meals to the homeless?
2. What time does he arrive?
3. What does he drive?
4. How old is he?
5. How long has he been doing this?
6. How often does he serve?
7. year-round?
8. How many total meals has he served?
9. Does he charge for his delivery?
10. Does he discriminate when he serves?
11. What ethnicity of people frequent his truck?
12. Which group is the most prominent?
13. What kind of food does he serve?
14. Is it boisterous and noisy?
15. Does he offer beverages?
16. Which ones?
17. What location does he serve his food?
18. In what city?
Numbered answers: | 1. Jorge Munoz
2. around 9:30
3. white pickup truck
4. 44
5. more than four years
6. daily
7. yes
8. more than 70,000
9. no
10. no
11. Hispanic, Egyptians, Chinese, Ethiopians, South Asians, white and black Americans and a British man
12. Hispanic
13. chicken and rice
14. no
15. yes
16. coffee and hot chocolate
17. under the elevated 7 train
18. Jackson Heights, Queens | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
462 | Read the text and answer the questions.
Ada is a structured, statically typed, imperative, wide-spectrum, and object-oriented high-level computer programming language, extended from Pascal and other languages. It has built-in language support for design-by-contract, extremely strong typing, explicit concurrency, offering tasks, synchronous message passing, protected objects, and non-determinism. Ada improves code safety and maintainability by using the compiler to find errors in favor of runtime errors. Ada is an international standard; the current version (known as Ada 2012) is defined by ISO/IEC 8652:2012.
Ada was originally designed by a team led by Jean Ichbiah of CII Honeywell Bull under contract to the United States Department of Defense (DoD) from 1977 to 1983 to supersede over 450 programming languages used by the DoD at that time. Ada was named after Ada Lovelace (1815–1852), who has been credited with being the first computer programmer.
Ada was originally targeted at embedded and real-time systems. The Ada 95 revision, designed by S. Tucker Taft of Intermetrics between 1992 and 1995, improved support for systems, numerical, financial, and object-oriented programming (OOP).
Features of Ada include: strong typing, modularity mechanisms (packages), run-time checking, parallel processing (tasks, synchronous message passing, protected objects, and nondeterministic select statements), exception handling, and generics. Ada 95 added support for object-oriented programming, including dynamic dispatch.
1. What type of language is Ada?
2. What is a language it was derived from?
3. Is it low-level?
4. Does it have task support?
5. Does it make things safer?
6. What is the latest kind?
7. What criteria defines it?
8. Is it internationally accepted?
9. Who first created it?
10. For what organization?
11. For what government organization?
12. When?
13. How many other machine languages did it replace?
14. Who inspired the name?
15. What was she famous for?
16. Who developed the 95 iteration of the language?
17. When?
18. Did the 95 iteration weaken system assistance?
19. How is the code's support for type entry characterized?
Numbered answers: | 1. computer programming
2. Pascal and others
3. no
4. yes
5. yes
6. Ada 95
7. improved support for systems, numerical, financial, and object-oriented programming (OOP)
8. yes
9. Jean Ichbiah and his team
10. CII Honeywell Bull
11. the United States Department of Defense
12. from 1977 to 1983
13. over 450
14. Ada Lovelace
15. first computer programmer
16. S. Tucker Taft
17. between 1992 and 1995
18. no
19. dynamic dispatch | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
463 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a measurement standards laboratory, and a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce. Its mission is to promote innovation and industrial competitiveness.
NIST's activities are organized into laboratory programs that include Nanoscale Science and Technology, Engineering, Information Technology, Neutron Research, Material Measurement, and Physical Measurement.
The Articles of Confederation, ratified by the colonies in 1781, contained the clause, "The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective states—fixing the standards of weights and measures throughout the United States". Article 1, section 8, of the Constitution of the United States (1789), transferred this power to Congress; "The Congress shall have power...To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures".
In January 1790, President George Washington, in his first annual message to Congress stated that, "Uniformity in the currency, weights, and measures of the United States is an object of great importance, and will, I am persuaded, be duly attended to", and ordered Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson to prepare a plan for Establishing Uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and Measures of the United States, afterwards referred to as the Jefferson report. On October 25, 1791, Washington appealed a third time to Congress, "A uniformity of the weights and measures of the country is among the important objects submitted to you by the Constitution and if it can be derived from a standard at once invariable and universal, must be no less honorable to the public council than conducive to the public convenience", but it was not until 1838, that a uniform set of standards was worked out.
1. What does NIST stand for?
2. What kind of lab is it?
3. What kind of agency?
4. What government organization does it belong to?
5. What is its goal?
6. What is one of the agency's programs?
7. And another?
8. Do they have any others?
9. How many are mentioned?
10. When were the Articles of Confederation passed?
11. When was their ability to regulate currency passed to Congress?
Numbered answers: | 1. The National Institute of Standards and Technology
2. measurement standards
3. non-regulatory
4. the United States Department of Commerce
5. promote innovation and industrial competitiveness
6. Nanoscale Science and Technology
7. Information Technology
8. yes, many
9. Six
10. 1781
11. 1789 | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
464 | CHAPTER XX
BACK IN CAMP
"What's this you are saying, Link?" demanded Phil, who had overheard the conversation just recorded. "You ought to be ashamed of yourself to talk that way. Just because Dave spent part of his life in the poorhouse after he was stolen away from his parents is no reason why you should speak as you do."
"And that isn't the reason why I am talking this way," retorted the prisoner. "I've got another reason, and Dave Porter will find out what it is before very long."
"You just said that I was not Dave Porter," remarked our hero. "What do you mean by that?"
"Never mind what I mean; you'll find out sooner or later," answered Link, with an expression of cunning on his countenance.
"Oh, don't listen to him!" broke in Roger; "he is only trying to worry you, Dave. Let us get back to the bungalows and tell Mr. Wadsworth about this capture."
"I'm not going back with you," retorted Link Merwell. And now, with his hands tied behind him, he made a leap over the rocks in the direction of the woods.
The sudden movement on the part of the prisoner, surrounded as he was by all of the boys, came somewhat as a surprise. But Dave, Roger and Phil were quick to recover, and away they bounded in pursuit of the fleeing one.
Terror lent speed to Link Merwell's feet, and soon he gained the edge of the growth, which at this point was quite heavy.
Answer this series of questions:
1. Where did Dave live at one time?
2. Was he with his parents?
3. Why not?
4. Who is the prisoner?
5. What kind of expression did he have?
6. What is his last name?
7. Are his hands bound?
8. Where does Roger want to go?
9. Who does he want to see there?
10. And tell him what?
11. Does Link want to go too?
12. What did he jump over?
13. Which way did he go?
14. Did the boys expect that?
15. How many were there, besides Link?
16. What are their names?
17. What did they do after Link leapt?
18. Did they catch him immediately?
19. What emotion did Link feel?
20. Where did he run to?
Numbered answers: | 1. the poorhouse
2. no
3. he was stolen away
4. Link
5. cunning
6. Merwell
7. yes
8. the bungalows
9. Mr. Wadsworth
10. about this capture
11. No.
12. the rocks
13. in the direction of the woods.
14. no
15. Three
16. Dave, Roger and Phil
17. recovered
18. no
19. Terror
20. the edge of the growth | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
465 | Every day since March 8, people all over the world keep asking the same question: Where did Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 go? It turns out to be the biggest mystery in modern aviation history. In the early hours of March 8, a Boeing 777 took off from Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur . It was heading to Beijing. But about two hours into the flight, the plane lost contact. There were 239 people on board the Malaysia Airlines flight, including 154 Chinese. About 12 countries, including China, the US and Australia, have joined the search for the missing plane and passengers. The plane's disappearance was a "mystery", said officials. The plane was flying at a height of more than 10,000 meters when it suddenly lost contact. The weather was clear. The pilots didn't make any distress calls . When a plane crashes, broken parts are usually recovered. But up to April 2, officials have not found anything. People are also talking about a possible hijacking. Interpol said that two people on the flight used stolen passports. But that information alone isn't evidence of a hijack. The investigation is still going on. It could take months or even years to find out what happened to the flight. "We are looking at all possibilities," said Malaysian Transport Minister Hishamuddin Hussein. "The most important thing now is to find the plane." On March 24 came a piece of sad news. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said that the plane "ended in the southern Indian Ocean". Everyone on the plane died. But the mystery is still not solved. Nobody is giving up. China has said it will work hard to find out the truth at all costs.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. what is the plane number?
2. who owned the plane?
3. where did it originate?
4. where was it's destination?
5. how many persons on the trip?
6. what type of plane was it?
7. what occurred with it?
8. was it stormy?
9. what was it like outside?
10. did the captain signal for help?
11. which PM is mentioned?
12. what country does he represent?
13. did he say something?
14. what?
15. when did the plane depart?
16. in the afternoon?
17. when?
18. was foul play suspected?
19. who was suspicious?
20. why?
Numbered answers: | 1. MH370
2. Malaysia Airlines
3. Kuala Lumpur
4. Beijing
5. 239
6. Boeing 777
7. lost contact
8. no
9. clear
10. no
11. Najib Razak
12. Malaysia
13. yes
14. the plane "ended in the southern Indian Ocean".
15. March 8
16. no
17. early hours
18. yes
19. People
20. two people on the flight used stolen passports | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
466 | Linda and David have traveled by air from London to Sydney, Australia. Linda has promised her mother that she will ring her to let her know that they have arrived safely. This is something she had done ever since she was a child. David thinks it is not a good idea to ring so far, to spend too much, and to say so little. "If there were an accident. " He says, 'they'd know soon enough. Bad news travels fast. " But Linda has promised that she would ring. "However," she says, "'it doesn't cost much when you just think that it's the other side of the world. It's only six pence per second . " "If you're on that telephone for less than one minute, I'll eat my hat,' David says, "And one minute's nearly four pounds. " "That's no more than you'd pay for a new hat," ''Linda answers. She has asked the man at the hotel desk to get her the number. The telephone rings. Linda picks it up. "Hello, Mum. Is that you ?" She says. "Six pence per second," David reminds her. "Hello, love. " It is Mrs Lee, Linda's mother, speaking from London. "I can hear you very clearly just like you are in the next room. It's a better line than when you called me from your office. Do you remember? I shouted at that time, and still you couldn't hear me sometimes. " "Yes, Mum. "Linda puts in. . "I just wanted to ring to ....... " "I remember how you rang when you went to Betty's house to eat, when you were a little girl. And then when you ..." Mrs Lee is a great talker "Nearly four pounds. " says David. Linda tries to tell her mother that it is time to say goodbye. "Yes, all right, "says Mrs Lee," But you will write, won't you, as you did when you were at work ..." Once again, Mrs Lee talks about the pass. and there is no stopping her. "Four pounds fifty, 'says David. At last, Linda cuts her mother short, promises to write, and rings off. "There! That wasn't long, was it ?" "Four pounds, ninety pence." David answers. "And you didn't even say that we've arrived."
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. David and whom are traveling?
2. Who says "Four pounds, ninety pence."
3. Whos answers the phone?
4. who will eat a hat?
5. Who says bad news travels fast?
6. Who is at the hotel desk
7. Who shouted
8. What travels fast?
9. Who says hello love
10. Who says hello love
Numbered answers: | 1. Linda
2. David
3. Mrs Lee
4. unknown
5. He says
6. man
7. I
8. Bad news
9. Mrs Lee
10. Mrs Lee | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
467 | CHAPTER III
LISTER CLEARS THE GROUND
The sun was on the rocks and the lichen shone in rings of soft and varied color. Blue shadows filled the dale, which, from the side of the Buttress, looked profoundly deep. A row of young men and women followed a ledge that crossed the face of the steep crag; Mortimer Hyslop leading, a girl and Vernon a few yards behind, Lister and Barbara farther off.
Hyslop knew the rocks and was a good leader. He was cool and cautious and did not undertake a climb until he was satisfied about his companions' powers. The slanting edge looked dangerous, but was not, although one must be steady and there was an awkward corner. At the turning, the ledge got narrow, and one must seize a knob and then step lightly on a stone embedded in mossy soil.
When they reached the spot Hyslop stopped and told Vernon what to do; the girl immediately behind him was a clever mountaineer. They went round and Lister watched from a few yards off. For a moment or two each in turn, supported by one foot with body braced against the rock, grasped the knob and vanished round the corner. It was plain one must get a firm hold, but Lister thought this was all. He was used to the tall skeleton trestles that carried the rails across Canadian ravines.
After the others disappeared Lister seized the knob. He thought the stone he stood on moved and he cautiously took a heavier strain on his arm. He could get across, but he obeyed an impulse and gave the stone a push. It rolled out and, when he swung himself back to the ledge, plunged down and smashed upon the rocks below. For a few moments the echoes rolled about the crags, and then Hyslop shouted: "Are you all right? Can you get round?"
1. what kind of leader was Hyslop?
2. what made him a good leader?
3. who was following him?
4. who else?
5. who was further behind them?
6. what happened when they reached the spot?
7. what did Lister do?
8. what did he do after all the others were gone?
9. what was the group following?
10. was it crossing something?
11. how did they go around the corner?
12. what was obvious they needed to do to do this?
13. what was Lister used to?
14. what did Lister fear happened when he moved?
15. what did he do to the stone?
16. did it move?
17. did anyone hear it fall?
18. Did anyone check on Lister?
19. what did they say?
20. what happened when the rock fell?
21. What did Hyslop always do before a climb?
22. was the edge safe?
Numbered answers: | 1. good
2. He was cool and cautious
3. a girl
4. Vernon
5. Lister and Barbara
6. Hyslop stopped and told Vernon what to do
7. watched
8. he seized the knob
9. a ledge
10. yes
11. one must seize a knob and then step lightly on a stone
12. a firm hold
13. tall skeleton trestles
14. He thought the stone he stood on moved
15. gave it a push.
16. yes
17. yes
18. yes
19. Are you all right? Can you get round?
20. it smashed upon the rocks below
21. make sure he was satisfied about his companions' powers.
22. yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
468 | CHAPTER XIV
GETTING READY FOR THE ENCAMPMENT
For fully ten seconds after the head teacher appeared nobody spoke. Lew Flapp arose slowly to his feet, and bringing out his handkerchief applied it to his bleeding nose.
"What does this mean?" demanded George Strong sternly.
"He--he pitched into me," faltered Flapp.
"That is hardly true," returned Tom hotly.
"Both of you are well aware that it is against the rules of this school to fight," went on the teacher.
"I know that, Mr. Strong," answered Tom. "But Flapp struck me first."
"It isn't so!" cried the big boy. "I wasn't doing anything, when Rover came along and started to quarrel."
"My brother Sam and Harry Moss can prove that Flapp struck me first."
"That is true," said Harry Moss, while Sam nodded.
"What was the quarrel about?"
"I caught him here, beating Harry with this boat chain. I told him to stop and then he pitched into me."
"Is this true, Moss?"
"Ye--yes, sir, but--I--I--didn't want to say anything about it, sir."
"Do you mean to say that Flapp attacked you with that chain?"
Harry Moss was silent.
"Answer me."
"He did. But, Mr. Strong, I don't want to make any complaint. He and some of the others think I'm a--a sneak already," and now Harry could hardly keep back his tears.
"I don't know why he attacked Harry," put in Tom. "But I couldn't stand it, and I took the chain away from him and told him to stop. Then he struck me, and we pitched into each other--and I guess he got the worst of it," added Tom, a bit triumphantly.
1. What was the fight about?
2. What is the teachers name?
3. who lost?
4. where did this take place?
5. did Harry have a sister?
6. Did he have a brother?
7. what object was used in the altercation?
8. who was nicknamed
9. what was used for the bloody face?
10. what color was it?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. Beating Harry
2. George Strong
3. Lew Flapp
4. school
5. unknown
6. Yes
7. boat chain
8. Tom
9. handkerchief
10. unknown | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
469 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
(CNN) -- Uncertainty over the fate of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was further compounded Saturday by reports that two men whose names matched those on the passenger manifest had reported their passports stolen.
Malaysian authorities apparently did not check the stolen documents on an international law enforcement agency database, CNN has learned.
After the airline released a manifest of the 239 people on the plane, Austria denied that one of its citizens was on the flight as the list had stated. The Austrian citizen was safe and sound, and his passport had been stolen two years ago, Austrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Weiss said.
Similarly, Italy's foreign ministry confirmed that no Italians were on the flight, even though an Italian was listed on the manifest. Malaysian officials said they were aware of reports that the Italian's passport was also stolen but had not confirmed it.
On Saturday, Italian police visited the home of the parents of Luigi Maraldi, the man whose name appeared on the manifest, to inform them about the missing flight, said a police official in Cesena, in northern Italy.
Maraldi's father, Walter, told police that he had just spoken to his son, who was fine and not on the missing flight, said the official, who is not authorized to speak to the media. Maraldi was vacationing in Thailand, his father said. The police official said that Maraldi had reported his passport stolen in Malaysia last August and had obtained a new one.
U.S. law enforcement sources, however, told CNN they've been told that both documents were stolen in Thailand.
1. What was the number of the flight?
2. Which airlines?
3. How many lost passport?
4. How many was on the plane?
5. Who is Martin Weiss?
6. for whom?
7. Was his countryman safe?
8. Because of passport theft?
9. How about Italians - were they safe?
10. Who confirmed that?
11. What was the name of the Italian on the list?
12. Did police visit his home?
13. Who did they talk to?
14. Did he talk to his son recently?
15. Was his passport stolen too?
16. In which country?
17. When?
18. Did he get a new one?
19. Did anyone think they were stolen in another country?
20. Which country?
Numbered answers: | 1. \370
2. Malaysia
3. Two
4. 239
5. spokesman
6. Austrian Foreign Ministry
7. yes
8. no
9. yes
10. Italy's foreign ministry
11. Luigi Marald
12. his parents home
13. Maraldi's father
14. yes
15. yes
16. Malaysia
17. last August
18. yes
19. yes
20. Thailand. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
470 | CHAPTER VII
HOW JOB HASKERS WENT SLEIGH-RIDING
On the instant the noise in Dormitory No. 12 came to an end. Shadow Hamilton dropped the chair and sat upon it and Luke Watson swung his banjo out of sight under a bedspread. Dave remained on one knee, picking up the books that had been scattered.
"You--you young rascals!" spluttered Job Haskers, when he could speak. "How dare you throw books at me?"
He glared around at the students, then strode into the dormitory and caught Dave by the shoulder.
"I say how dare you throw books at me?" he went on.
"I haven't thrown any books, Mr. Haskers," answered Dave, calmly.
"What!"
"I threw that book, Mr. Haskers," said Roger, promptly. "But I didn't throw it at you."
"Ahem! So it was you, Master Morr! Nice proceedings, I must say. Instead of going to bed you all cut up like wild Indians. This must be stopped. Every student in this room will report to me to-morrow after school. I will take down your names." The teacher drew out a notebook and began to write rapidly. "Who knocked over that stand?"
"I did," answered Shadow. "It was an--er--an accident."
"Who was making that awful noise dancing?"
"I was dancing," answered Sam. "But I don't think I made much noise."
"It is outrageous, this noise up here, and it must be stopped once and for all. Now go to bed, all of you, and not another sound, remember!" And with this warning, Job Haskers withdrew from the room, closing the door sharply after him.
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. the teacher
2. Dave
3. No. 12
4. yes
5. Luke Watson
6. swung it out of sight
7. Roger
8. report to him
9. a notebook
10. yes
11. Sam
12. Roger's
13. wild Indians
14. Shadow
15. yes
16. Dave
17. under a bedspread
18. Dave
19. Shadow Hamilton
20. Dave
Numbered questions: | 1. Who was Mr. Haskers?
2. Who said he hadn't thrown any books?
3. What number Dormitory were people in?
4. Did someone have a banjo?
5. Who?
6. What did he do with it?
7. Who said he threw the book?
8. What did the teacher tell everyone they had to do tomorrow?
9. What did Haskers start to write in?
10. Was someone dancing?
11. Who?
12. Whose last name was Morr?
13. What did Haskers compare the noisy students to?
14. Who felled the stand?
15. Was someone cleaning up the books?
16. Who?
17. Where exactly did Luke hide the banjo?
18. Who was bent down cleaning up?
19. Who dropped a chair?
20. And who was taken by the shoulder? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
471 | Jeb Bush name-checked Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein and Mark Zuckerberg on Monday while telling University of South Carolina graduates that "young people and newcomers are often the great discoverers."
The former Florida Republican governor's commencement speech -- short, optimistic and apolitical -- came the day after he'd said he planned to release 250,000 emails from his days in office. He will also write an accompanying eBook that he'll release next year.
Bush's preemptive approach is one of the clearest signs yet of how seriously he is considering a run for president and allows him to address potential areas of criticism before opposition researchers dig in.
On Monday, Bush made no references to his own political future, but did sound a number of optimistic notes -- and he told the new graduates not to fear failure.
He said graduates shouldn't "be afraid to shake things up," and that they should embrace a rapidly changing economy even when doing so is daunting.
"Most of America feels that way -- you're not alone. And in many ways, that's OK. Because that anxiety can be positive," he said. "When you're thrown into new situations, you don't just challenge yourself. You see things that other people might not see."
The point of his speech, Bush said, was to tell graduates to "dream big, don't be afraid of change and find joy everywhere you can."
And they shouldn't see their ages as impediments, he said.
"Darwin was 29 when he developed the theory of natural selection. Einstein was 26 when he developed the theory of relativity. And Mark Zuckerberg, for crying out loud, was 19 years old when he developed Facebook," Bush said.
Answer the following questions:
1. Who said graduates shouldn't be afraid to shake things up?
2. Is he South Dakota's former governor?
3. What state was he the head of?
4. What school was he speaking at?
5. Who did he name-check?
6. Anyone else?
7. Did he talk about his next steps?
8. What wast the moral of the talk he gave?
9. How many adjectives was the talk described as?
10. Was the talk after releasing 250,000 electronic mails?
Numbered answers: | 1. Bush
2. no
3. Florida
4. University of South Carolina
5. Charles Darwin
6. Albert Einstein and Mark Zuckerberg
7. no
8. "dream big, don't be afraid of change and find joy everywhere you can."
9. three
10. no | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
472 | Read the text and answer the questions.
The motif of the England national football team has three lions passant guardant, the emblem of King Richard I, who reigned from 1189 to 1199. The lions, often blue, have had minor changes to colour and appearance. Initially topped by a crown, this was removed in 1949 when the FA was given an official coat of arms by the College of Arms; this introduced ten Tudor roses, one for each of the regional branches of the FA. Since 2003, England top their logo with a star to recognise their World Cup win in 1966; this was first embroidered onto the left sleeve of the home kit, and a year later was moved to its current position, first on the away shirt.
Although England's first away kits were blue, England's traditional away colours are red shirts, white shorts and red socks. In 1996, England's away kit was changed to grey shirts, shorts and socks. This kit was only worn three times, including against Germany in the semi-final of Euro 96 but the deviation from the traditional red was unpopular with supporters and the England away kit remained red until 2011, when a navy blue away kit was introduced. The away kit is also sometimes worn during home matches, when a new edition has been released to promote it.
1. Which team uses the emblem of past royalty as their motif?
2. what is on it?
3. what royalty did it belong to?
4. when did he rule?
5. what color are the lions?
6. what changes have been made?
7. when?
8. why?
9. by who?
10. what was added to the motif?
11. what was the significance?
12. what color uniform do they usually wear?
13. has it always been that color?
14. what have they been before?
15. what did the star symbolize that was added to the logo?
16. when?
17. where is the logo worn?
Numbered answers: | 1. the England national football team
2. three lions passant guardant
3. King Richard I
4. 1189 to 1199
5. blue
6. a crown was removed
7. 1949
8. they were given an official coat of arms
9. the College of Arms
10. ten Tudor roses
11. one for each of the regional branches of the FA
12. grey shirts, shorts and socks
13. no
14. blue and then red
15. their World Cup win
16. 1966
17. the left sleeve | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
473 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
It was the Fourth of July and Frank the cowboy had a meal planned. He was going to cook for the whole town and do it in a bear costume, which was what they did in his part of the nation to celebrate the holiday and was not weird at all.
Unfortunately Frank had mistaken powdered soap for sugar because the eye holes in his bear costume didn't quite match up with his own eyes. He put the whole box of soap in the strawberry punch that he meant to give to his party guests.
"Try the punch," Frank said. Since they didn't want to be mean, after all Frank went through a lot of trouble in order to respect the town's bear costume wearing ways, the whole town drank the gross drink. No one got sick, but they were all pretty grossed out and after talking to each other planned to help Frank make the meal next year to keep it from happening again.
1. What month was it?
2. Was Frank a cowboy?
3. What did he have planned?
4. Who was he going to cook for?
5. What was he going to wear while he cooked?
6. Whas that wierd in the part of the nation he lived in?
7. What did Frank mistake for sugar?
8. Where did he put the whole box of soap?
9. Who did he mean to give the strawberry punch to?
10. What did frank say to them about the punch?
11. Did Frank go to a lot of trouble to respect the towns bear costume wearing ways?
12. Did the whole town drink the punch?
13. Did anyone get sick?
14. Did it gross them out?
15. Did they plan anything to fix the problem?
16. What did they plan to do?
17. When did they plan to do that?
18. Did they want to keep it from happening again?
Numbered answers: | 1. July
2. yes
3. a meal
4. the whole town
5. a bear costume
6. no
7. powdered soap
8. in the strawberry punch
9. party guests
10. Try the punch
11. yes
12. yes
13. No
14. yes
15. yes
16. they planned to help Frank make the meal
17. next year
18. yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
474 | (CNN) -- A five-year-old British boy who was kidnapped in Pakistan earlier this month has been found safe and is back with his relatives, the British High Commission said Tuesday.
Sahil Saeed was released at a school in the Punjab province of Pakistan, said Assistant Chief Constable David Thompson of the Greater Manchester Police in England, near his parents' residence in Oldham.
From there, Sahil wandered into a field and was found by residents who looked after him until police arrived, Thompson said.
Regional Pakistani police said Sahil was found near the town of Danga in Punjab province, close to where he was abducted March 3.
Sahil was in good condition, said Aslam Tareen, the head of the regional police.
"He is with members of family in Pakistan and the Pakistani police, and there is also contact from the British High Commission," Thompson said. He added that Sahil had already spoken to his mother and father in England by telephone and that both parents were "clearly relieved" to speak to their son.
The High Commission issued a statement thanking police in Jhelum, another town in the eastern province of Punjab, for the boy's return.
"This is fantastic news that brings to an end a traumatic ordeal faced by Sahil and his family," said Adam Thomson, the British high commissioner to Pakistan.
Police arrested some of the kidnappers, said Rana Sanaullah, the provincial law minister.
Sahil, a British citizen of Pakistani descent, was on the last day of a two-week vacation in Pakistan before he was to return home to Oldham, in northern England.
Answer this series of questions:
1. Who was kidnapped?
2. Where does he live?
3. Where is that?
4. Where was he taken?
5. What was he doing in Pakistan?
6. How long was it to last?
7. How much was left?
8. When was he kidnapped?
9. Did they let him go?
10. Where?
11. Where was that?
12. Where did he go?
13. Who found him?
14. Where?
15. Had he been beaten?
16. Did someone call the police?
17. Did he get to speak with his parents?
18. How?
19. Where were they?
20. Did they catch any kidnappers?
Numbered answers: | 1. A five-year-old British boy.
2. Oldham.
3. England.
4. Near the town of Danga in Punjab province.
5. Vacation.
6. Two weeks.
7. One day.
8. March 3.
9. Yes.
10. At a school.
11. The Punjab province.
12. unknown
13. Residents.
14. A field.
15. No.
16. Yes.
17. Yes.
18. Telephone.
19. England.
20. Yes. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
475 | Did you ever wonder who invented products like Liquid Paper, Kevlar or paper bags? Most would think a man invented these items. Guess what? Women invented each of these. What? You don't believe me? Well, read this:
Liquid Paper was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham in 1951 and originally called Mistake Out. Being a typist, Bette was increasingly _ with being unable to erase her typing mistakes. The messy business left her hands black and the paper dirty. Bette was good at painting and remembered that an artist paints over mistakes. She applied that same principle to typing mistakes and Liquid Paper was born, making Bette into a self-made millionaire.
Kevlar, yes, the Kevlar of the bullet proof vest --what police officers and soldiers wear, was invented by Stephanie Kwolek. Stephanie worked for the DuPont Company as a research chemist. She was asked to find a high-performance fiber. Originally, this fiber was intended to be used for car tires . However, the fiber she developed in 1964 was amazing and is still used in products such as sailboats, skis, shoes, and yes, bullet proof vests. In 1995 Stephanie was named to the National Inventor's Hall of Fame.
Margaret Knight invented a machine that revolutionized the making of paper bags. Paper bags had been made like envelopes but Margaret developed a machine that would fold and paste a flat-bottom paper bag, the very same type we still use today. Margaret's family was poor and she started working at the age of nine. Her first invention at the age of twelve was a safety tool for a loom . Later she worked for the Columbia Paper Bag Company. It was there that she worked on improving the making of paper bags. She was issued her patent in 1870.
So next time you use a new product or an old one, will you wonder who made it? Do some research on the web and answer a few questions like: Who invented it? How was it invented? You may be surprised at some of the stories you uncover.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. Women invented which 3 common products?
2. Who invented liquid paper?
3. In what year?
4. What was the product originally called?
5. What was Bette before becoming an inventor?
6. She was also good at what?
7. Who invented the bullet proof vest?
8. When was it developed?
9. Is it still used today?
10. What honor did she receive in 1995?
11. What did Margaret Knight invent?
12. At what age did she begin working?
13. At what age did she have her first invetion?
14. What did she create?
15. When was her patent issued?
Numbered answers: | 1. Liquid Paper, Kevlar or paper bags
2. Bette Nesmith Graham
3. 1951
4. Mistake Out.
5. Typist
6. Painting
7. Stephanie Kwolek
8. 1964
9. yes
10. National Inventor's Hall of Fame
11. a machine that revolutionized the making of paper bags
12. Nine
13. 12
14. safety tool for a loom
15. 1870 | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
476 | (CNN) -- Michael Schumacher has been one of Pirelli's biggest critics this season, but Formula One's tire supplier has backed the seven-time world champion to end his long wait for a victory at Sunday's European Grand Prix.
The 43-year-old, who has not finished on the podium since coming out of retirement in 2010, told CNN that dealing with the rapidly degrading rubber this year was like "driving on raw eggs."
He has been outshone by Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg, but Pirelli's motorsport director Paul Hembery believes the German can perform well in Valencia, where he has failed to make the top-10 in two previous attempts.
Schumacher did, however, top the qualifying times at another street circuit last month in Monaco, but started the race sixth due to a penalty and ended up retiring early -- as he did last time out in Canada.
"I think you have to look at someone like, maybe Michael, getting the pole position," Hembery told F1's official website.
"He probably would have won Monaco if he hadn't been penalized, so why not here? Michael for Valencia, that's where the money should go."
Sauber chief: "F1 better than ever"
Schumacher, who won 91 grands prix between 1992 and 2006, was penalized in Monte Carlo due to a collision with Bruno Senna at the Spanish Grand Prix.
The former Ferrari driver has endured a miserable start to the 2012 season, collecting just two world championship points and retiring from five of the first seven races. Rosberg, meanwhile, is fifth on 67 points and clinched the first race win of his career in China.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. What athlete is mentioned?
2. What sport is he in?
3. Who has been critical of his driving?
4. Has Schumacher ever won a grand prix?
5. How many?
6. During what years?
7. Has he ever gotten in a wreck on the track?
8. Where?
9. With who?
10. Did he qualify anywhere recently?
11. When?
12. Where?
Numbered answers: | 1. Pirelli
2. racing
3. Michael Schumacher
4. yes
5. 91
6. between 1992 and 2006
7. yes
8. at the Spanish Grand Prix
9. Bruno Senna
10. yes
11. last month
12. in Monaco | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
477 | CHAPTER SEVEN.
THE MIDDY OBTAINS A DECIDED ADVANCE, AND MAKES PETER THE GREAT HIS CONFIDANT.
Many months passed, after the events narrated in the last chapter, before George Foster had the good-fortune to meet again with Hugh Sommers, and several weeks elapsed before he had the chance of another interview with the daughter.
Indeed, he was beginning to despair of ever again seeing either the one or the other, and it required the utmost energy and the most original suggestions of a hopeful nature on the part of his faithful friend to prevent his giving way altogether, and having, as Peter expressed it, "anoder fit ob de blues."
At last fortune favoured him. He was busy in the garden one day planting flowers, when Peter came to him and said--
"I's got news for you to-day, Geo'ge."
"Indeed," said the middy, with a weary sigh; "what may your news be?"
"You 'member dat pictur' ob de coffee-house in de town what you doo'd?"
"Yes, now you mention it, I do, though I had almost forgotten it."
"Ah! but I not forgit 'im! Well, yesterday I tuk it to massa, an' he bery much pleased. He say, bring you up to de house, an' he gib you some work to do."
"I wish," returned Foster, "that he'd ask me to make a portrait of little Hester Sommers."
"You forgit, Geo'ge, de Moors neber git deir portraits doo'd. Dey 'fraid ob de evil eye."
"Well, when are we to go up?"
"Now--I jist come for you."
1. who came to visit George?
2. and who came to him to deliver some news?
3. what was his news?
4. how long had it been since George met with Hugh?
5. was George beginning to despair?
6. how did Peter describe it when he felt that way?
7. who is a middy?
8. what was he doing when Peter arrived?
9. was it fortunate that Peter had come to him?
10. when were they supposed to go visit the master?
11. what was George going to do for him?
12. what did Foster wish he asked him?
13. what did Peter say they never do?
14. why don't they?
Numbered answers: | 1. Hugh Sommers
2. Peter
3. His master has work for George
4. many months
5. yes
6. "anoder fit ob de blues."
7. George
8. planting flowers
9. yes
10. now
11. some work
12. to make a portrait of little Hester Sommers
13. get their portraits done
14. They're afraid of the evil eye | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
478 | (CNN) -- Organizers of the 2018 Russia World Cup insist they have nothing to hide ahead of an investigation into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments.
Football's world governing body FIFA awarded the 2018 competition to Russia and the 2022 World Cup to Qatar in December 2010, a decision which has been dogged by allegations of corruption and wrongdoing.
Michael Garcia, a former New York attorney, is head of the investigative arm of FIFA's ethics committee and will visit all of the countries involved in the bidding process for the two tournaments, beginning in London next week. Garcia has always insisted he is completely independent from FIFA and would not hesitate to take action against president Sepp Blatter or other top FIFA officials if he found evidence that they broke the rules.
The head of media for Russia 2018 says the committee will co-operate fully with Garcia's fact-finding investigation.
"We can confirm the local organizing committee (LOC) will fully support Mr Garcia's work if he contacts us," read a statement issued to CNN.
"The Russia 2018 committee ran a bid campaign in full compliance with FIFA rules and ethics, and we were awarded the right to host the FIFA World Cup because of the unique and compelling proposition we put together.
"The LOC continues to conduct itself with exactly the same degree of transparency, commitment to excellence and spirit of fair play."
Blog: Can the Qatar World Cup be moved?
How and where Garcia's potential meeting with Russia takes place is open to question given in April he was one of 18 people barred from entering the country over what Moscow said were human rights abuses, linked to the lawyer's arrest and charging of Viktor Bout, a Russian, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence in the U.S. for arms trafficking.
1. What media outlet published this story?
2. Who claims they have nothing to hide?
3. what process is being investigated?
4. for which tournaments?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. CNN
2. Organizers of the 2018 Russia World Cup
3. The bidding process
4. the 2018 and 2022 tournaments | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
479 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
Did you sleep the day away on March 21? Well, you should have done that because it was World Sleeping Day. This is the one day of the year when people around the world care about their sleep and ask themselves a lot of questions about sleep. Why do we need sleep? Nobody as yet can give a correct answer to this question. However, tests have shown that lack of sleep over about four weeks leads to a strong drop in body temperature, great weight loss and finally sickness. Different people need different amounts of sleep. Eight hours a night is considered the average amount of sleep. For teenagers the least number of sleeping hours advised by doctors are ten hours for primary school students, nine for junior highs and eight for senior highs. Some people seem to get along just fine with very little sleep at night. Leading American scientist Thomas Edison said that sleep was a waste of time. He did, however, take naps during the day. On the other hand, Albert Einstein, another great scientist, said he needed at least ten hours' sleep a night. Here are some of the most useful suggestions, for a good night's sleep. Go to bed regularly. Use your bed only to sleep. Don't exercise in the evening. Keep the bedroom dark and quiet. Drink a glass of milk before sleep.
1. What holiday was on March 2?
2. What is a question about snoozing that is yet unanswered?
3. What happens to a person who doesn't get enough?
4. what happens to body temp?
5. and what about weight?
6. does everyone need the same amount per night?
7. what is the average?
8. is it different for teens?
9. what should they be getting?
10. and senior high?
11. How many hours would Albert Einstein get a night?
12. What are some ways to get the best rest?
13. what else?
Numbered answers: | 1. World Sleeping Day
2. Why do we need sleep?
3. They get sick.
4. It drops.
5. weight is lost
6. no
7. Eight Hours.
8. yes
9. Junior High students should get nine hours
10. Eight
11. ten hours
12. Go to bed early,
13. Use your bed just for sleep. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
480 | Local businessmen are increasingly facing competition from on line retailers. Larry Pollock, owner of Camera Co/Op on South Congress, said he has been dealing with this kind of problem for years, even before the Internet. The struggle began with mail-order catalogues, which are similar to online retailers in that they have few employees to pay, no sales tax fees and no business venue to lease and manage.
"Their overhead is lower, but they don't offer a service like we do," Pollock said.
Pollock, however, said providing a valuable service to customers does not always guarantee continued sales.
"We spend 30 minutes to an hour with somebody and they go home and buy it online," he said.
According to the state comptroller's office, online shopping is developing at a more rapid rate than traditional businesses.
In spite of how fair or unfair online shopping may be to the local businessmen, consumers will continue to turn to the Internet for its variety and accessibility, said Mitch Wilson, an online shopper. "You have a larger selection and it's easier to compare prices."
Wilson said he built his personal computer and paid a third of the price by shopping online.
"Before the Internet, I would have had to go and buy an assembled computer from somebody like Dell," he said. "Before I started shopping online I could never find all the pieces I wanted. No single store had everything needed, so shopping online saved me from having to buy from Dell."
Janny Brazeal, a psychology freshman, said online shopping is too impersonal.
"I'd rather see it in person, touch it, know that I'm getting it," she said.
Brazeal also said she would not give out her credit card number or other personal information online no matter how safe the site claims it is.
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. Providing a valuable service
2. Larry Pollock
3. Camera Co/Op
4. South Congress
5. Yes
6. Years
7. Lower
8. No.
Numbered questions: | 1. What doesn't always guarantee continued sales?
2. Who made this assertion?
3. What company does he own?
4. Where's that located?
5. Has he been dealing with this issue since before the Internet?
6. For how long?
7. Is the overhead for online businesses higher or lower?
8. Do they offer the same service as Pollock? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
481 | CHAPTER LXXIX
The Wharton Wedding
It was at last settled that the Wharton marriage should take place during the second week in June. There were various reasons for the postponement. In the first place Mary Wharton, after a few preliminary inquiries, found herself forced to declare that Messrs. Muddocks and Cramble could not send her forth equipped as she ought to be equipped for such a husband in so short a time. "Perhaps they do it quicker in London," she said to Everett with a soft regret, remembering the metropolitan glories of her sister's wedding. And then Arthur Fletcher could be present during the Whitsuntide holidays; and the presence of Arthur Fletcher was essential. And it was not only his presence at the altar that was needed;--Parliament was not so exacting but that he might have given that;--but it was considered by the united families to be highly desirable that he should on this occasion remain some days in the country. Emily had promised to attend the wedding, and would of course be at Wharton for at least a week. As soon as Everett had succeeded in wresting a promise from his sister, the tidings were conveyed to Fletcher. It was a great step gained. When in London she was her own mistress; but surrounded as she would be down in Herefordshire by Fletchers and Whartons, she must be stubborn indeed if she should still refuse to be taken back into the flock, and be made once more happy by marrying the man whom she confessed that she loved with her whole heart. The letter to Arthur Fletcher containing the news was from his brother John, and was written in a very business-like fashion. "We have put off Mary's marriage a few days, so that you and she should be down here together. If you mean to go on with it, now is your time." Arthur, in answer to this, merely said he would spend the Whitsuntide holidays at Longbarns.
Answer the following questions:
1. What month is the wedding to occur?
2. Is it during the third week?
3. Is it happening on schedule?
4. Why not?
5. Who would be able to come now?
6. Who got married before her?
7. What was her name?
8. There was a note penned to whom?
9. Was it casually worded?
10. What was his response?
Numbered answers: | 1. June
2. No.
3. No
4. Various reasons.
5. Arthur Fletcher.
6. Her sister.
7. Emily.
8. John.
9. Yes.
10. He would spend the Whitsuntide holidays at Longbarns | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
482 | Read the text and answer the questions.
U.S. billionaire Bill Gates went to watch a game of his friend, U.S. teen player Ariel Hsing, at the ExCel Centre while the girl was playing against Chinese Li Xiaoxia. Gates wore an orange jacket and dark blue baseball cap. He sat in the front row of thespectators' stand andapplauded for every point Hsing scored. "I'm wishing her the best of luck, but the opposite player is really great," Gates said. Hsing was in her third match at London 2012. She had already beaten Mexico's Yadira Silva and Luxembourg's Ni Xia Lian. Hsing is known in the U.S. as a close friend with billionaires Warren Buffett and Gates. She is close enough to call them "Uncle Warren" and "Uncle Bill". Buffett met Hsing when she was only 9. Two years later, he invited her to play against his friends. She has returned several times after that. Earlier this year after winning a position on the U.S. team, she took a few points off Buffett and Gates. When asked whether he has won a point off Hsing, Gates said, "She beat me when she was nine. She has been nice to me."
1. Who are two of Hsing's billionaire friends?
2. Is she friends with Warren Buffet and Bill Gates?
3. Are they billionaires?
4. What does Hsing call them?
5. How was old was she when she met Bill Gates?
6. How old was she when he invited her to play against his buddies?
7. What did Bill wear to the game at ExCel Centre?
8. Did he have a good seat?
9. Who did Hsing defeat from Mexico?
Numbered answers: | 1. unknown
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. "Uncle Warren" and "Uncle Bill".
5. Nine
6. 11
7. orange jacket and dark blue baseball ca
8. Yes
9. Yadira Silva and Luxembourg's Ni Xia Lian. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
483 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
Aristotle (; , , "Aristotélēs"; 384–322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidice, on the northern periphery of Classical Greece. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, whereafter Proxenus of Atarneus became his guardian. At seventeen or eighteen years of age, he joined Plato's Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of thirty-seven (c. 347 BC). His writings cover many subjects – including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government – and constitute the first comprehensive system of Western philosophy. Shortly after Plato died, Aristotle left Athens and, at the request of Philip II of Macedon, tutored Alexander the Great beginning in 343 BC.
Teaching Alexander the Great gave Aristotle many opportunities and an abundance of supplies. He established a library in the Lyceum which aided in the production of many of his hundreds of books, which were written on papyrus scrolls. The fact that Aristotle was a pupil of Plato contributed to his former views of Platonism, but, following Plato's death, Aristotle immersed himself in empirical studies and shifted from Platonism to empiricism. He believed all peoples' concepts and all of their knowledge was ultimately based on perception. Aristotle's views on natural sciences represent the groundwork underlying many of his works.
1. Who is the article about?
2. Who did he teach?
3. Which school did Aristotle go to?
4. Where was his library?
5. What are Plato’s views called?
6. Did Aristotle follow Platonism all his life?
7. then what?
8. Upto what age was he at the school?
9. Who was his father?
10. Who was Aristotle?
11. What did he write his books on?
12. What age did he start school?
13. Who was his guardian?
14. What made him start studying empiricism?
15. Who requested he teach Alexander?
16. What are some subjects that he wrote about?
17. Where was he born?
18. where is that?
19. What does he believe knowledge is based on?
20. was his father alive when he was an adult?
Numbered answers: | 1. Aristotle
2. Alexander the Great
3. Plato's Academy
4. Lyceum
5. Platonism
6. No
7. empiricism
8. thirty-seven
9. Nicomachus
10. ancient Greek philosopher and scientist
11. papyrus scrolls
12. seventeen or eighteen
13. Proxenus of Atarneus
14. Plato's death
15. Philip II of Macedon
16. physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government
17. Stagira
18. Greece
19. perception
20. No | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
484 | Steubenville, Ohio (CNN) -- One of the teens who recorded himself mocking the girl at the center of an Ohio rape case "did a really dumb thing and regrets it" but did not commit any crime, his lawyer said Monday.
The attorney, Dennis McNamara, said there was "no excuse or justification" for the jokes Michael Nodianos made, "and with some sober reflection, he is ashamed and embarrassed to hear them himself."
"He sincerely regrets his behavior and his comments and the effect that it's had on the parties involved, including his own family," McNamara told reporters in Steubenville, the small Ohio town that has become the focus of national attention because of the case. "He was not raised to act in this manner."
Two 16-year-old members of the town's powerhouse high school football team are charged with sexually assaulting a girl after a series of parties in August. They are set for trial in a juvenile court in February.
McNamara said Nodianos, 18, has been interviewed by detectives "at some length" and is not the subject of an investigation.
"Michael is a really good kid from a really good family who did a really dumb thing and regrets it," he said. "Beyond that, he has no involvement in the criminal case or in any of the underlying activity that led to the filing of the criminal charges."
Defense battles social media blizzard in Ohio rape case
The case gained national attention after The New York Times published a lengthy piece on it in December. The activist hacker group Anonymous and other critics have accused community leaders of trying to paper over rampant misconduct by football players and suggested that other students took part in the assaults or failed to do enough stop them. Anonymous helped organize a weekend protest in Steubenville that drew a crowd of hundreds to the town, a community of about 18,000 on the Ohio River across the river from West Virginia.
Answer this series of questions:
1. Who feels badly over something he did?
2. Who said so?
3. Who did he tell.
4. Is it a large place?
Numbered answers: | 1. McNamara
2. Steubenville,
3. told reporters in Steubenville
4. no | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
485 | Washington (CNN) -- So just why is 1999 suddenly such a flashpoint in Campaign 2012?
Team Obama says 1999 is the birth year of "The Big Bain Lie" and goes on to suggest that Mitt Romney might have committed a felony.
That provoked a rare statement from Romney campaign manager Matt Rhoades, who called on President Barack Obama to apologize for "the out of control behavior of his staff, which demeans the office that he holds."
Pointed rhetoric aside, just what is the 1999 debate about and why is it potentially significant in the Obama versus Romney race?
Fortune: Documents -- Romney didn't manage Bain funds
At issue is whether Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, is telling the truth when he says he had no role in investment and operations decisions at Bain Capital once he left in February 1999 to take over the Salt Lake City Olympic Games.
Talking Points Memo this week questioned Romney's claim by citing Securities and Exchange Commission filings listing Romney as Bain's top officer after 1999. The Boston Globe on Thursday carried a similar account -- and that was seized upon by Team Obama.
"Either Mitt Romney, through his own words and his own signature, was misrepresenting his position at Bain to the SEC, which is a felony, or he was misrepresenting his position at Bain to the American people to avoid responsibility for some of the consequences of his investments," Stephanie Cutter, deputy Obama campaign manager, said on a campaign conference call.
Remember that last part of Cutter's statement -- about responsibility for "his" investments.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. Who may have done a crime?
2. And it was called what?
3. And when was it supposed to have occurred?
4. Who is making this claim?
5. His occupation at the time of the accusation?
6. What state was he in charge of?
7. And the corporation in question is?
8. Who is the Campaign manager speaking out?
9. Who had documents that that he did not manage Bain fund?
10. and who is his campaign manager?
Numbered answers: | 1. Mitt Romney
2. The Big Bain Lie
3. 1999
4. Team Obama
5. Running the Salt Lake City Olympic Games
6. Massachusetts
7. Bain Capital
8. Mitt Romney
9. Fortune
10. Stephanie Cutter | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
486 | On a sunny day in July, Sylvia left the front gate open. From the spot where Rex was napping in the grassy yard, he had listened to the sound of the gate sliding open, and waited for it to snap shut. It didn't. The click of Sylvia's shoes faded into the distance, and yet the snap of the shutting gate didn't come. Finally, Rex pushed himself up on one paw so he could look towards the front of the yard, where the gate moved in the breeze. Rex moved slowly towards the gate at first, but as he neared the sidewalk he shot through the opening, his shiny black fur twinkling in the sun as he sped down the street. Rex ran from block to block through the neighborhood, with no leash to pull him back. When all four legs started to burn from running, Rex slowed down and started sniffing the grass around him. His stomach growled and he hoped he'd find some food in the grass. All he found was sidewalk chalk, a few little black ants, and flowers that made him sneeze. The sun was going down, and Rex thought about Sylvia coming home to rub his ears and fill his food bowl. He looked up and down the sidewalk for his home. Nothing. Rex was lost. He stood completely still and raised his ears as high as they would go. He sat and listened, and listened and sat. Just as the sun passed over the mountains in the distance, Rex heard, from very far away, the soft "click click click" of Sylvia walking towards the house. Rex ran home.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. what did rex hear?
2. what sound did that make?
3. was it loud?
4. what month was it?
5. how was the weather/
6. what did sylvia do on that day?
7. what didn't rex hear?
8. where was he?
9. doing what?
10. what color was he?
11. did rex immediately leave?
12. was his fur matted?
13. where did he run?
14. what wasn't he wearing that he usually did?
15. what did he do when he finished running?
16. what was he feeling then?
17. was he able to get anything to eat?
18. did rex know where his home was?
19. how did he know where it was?
20. where did the sun set behind?
Numbered answers: | 1. Sylvia walking towards the house
2. click click click
3. no
4. July
5. sunny
6. left the front gate open
7. the gate closing
8. the yard
9. napping
10. black
11. no
12. no
13. the neighborhood
14. a leash
15. slowed down and started sniffing the grass
16. hungry
17. no
18. no
19. he heard sylvia walking home
20. the mountains | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
487 | Punjab (Urdu, Punjabi: پنجاب, panj-āb, "five waters": listen (help·info)), also spelled Panjab, is the most populous of the four provinces of Pakistan. It has an area of 205,344 square kilometres (79,284 square miles) and a population of 91.379.615 in 2011, approximately 56% of the country's total population. Its provincial capital and largest city is Lahore. Punjab is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir to the northeast and Punjab and Rajasthan to the east. In Pakistan it is bordered by Sindh to the south, Balochistān and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, and Islamabad and Azad Kashmir to the north.
Punjab's geography mostly consists of the alluvial plain of the Indus River and its four major tributaries in Pakistan, the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, and Sutlej rivers. There are several mountainous regions, including the Sulaiman Mountains in the southwest part of the province, and Margalla Hills, Salt Range, and Pothohar Plateau in the north. Agriculture is the chief source of income and employment in Punjab; wheat and cotton are the principal crops. Since independence, Punjab has become the seat of political and economic power; it remains the most industrialised province of Pakistan. It counts for 39.2% of large scale manufacturing and 70% of small scale manufacturing in the country. Its capital Lahore is a major regional cultural, historical, and economic centre.
1. ters?
2. What means five waters?
3. Where is it located?
4. how many provinces are there?
5. Do a lot of people live here?
6. Do many people live here?
7. What is the largest city?
8. Does it have any other meaning?
9. What does its geography look like?
10. Of what?
11. Are there any mountains?
12. how many examples are listed?
13. Can you name one?
14. What is the main source of income?
15. which crops?
16. Punjab has become the most what in Pakistan?
17. What percent manufacturing?
18. and small scale?
19. Where is the major economic centre?
20. and historical centre?
Numbered answers: | 1. unknown
2. Punjab
3. Pakistan
4. four
5. Agriculture
6. yes
7. Lahore
8. only 'Five Waters"
9. alluvial plain
10. the Indus River
11. yes
12. Three
13. Sulaiman Mountains
14. Agriculture
15. wheat and cotton
16. most populous
17. 39.2% of large scale manufacturing
18. 70%
19. Lahore
20. Lahore is | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
488 | (CNN) -- Obsession often brings joy and sorrow in equal measure.
Inside that thin, shiny packet giving off a mystical glow sits five stickers -- five faces of five men whose very presence can turn lives upside down.
Welcome to the world of World Cup sticker collecting.
"My girlfriend gave me an ultimatum the other day, her or the football stickers? Shame really, I thought she was the one," Daniel Blazer, a British collector, told CNN.
While most relationships survive the sticker phase, Blazer is not alone in his infatuation with the shiny adhesives which smile back at those dreaming of the holy grail -- the full sticker album.
Some are relentless in their pursuit of that holy grail, setting up spreadsheets and even calling in their spouse to increase the odds of successful swapping.
"My husband, Stephen, is obsessed with his sticker album," Emma Conway, who blogs under the name of brummymummyof2, told CNN.
"He has his own spreadsheet so he knows what he needs and what he doesn't. It does get annoying.
"Every time I go near a shop I have to get my three-year-old daughter some stickers and then get some for my 31-year-old husband.
"He's a fantastic dad to our two children but I think the opportunity to collect stickers reminds him and his friends of being kids.
"When I go to work, he gives me his swaps, and I swap them with my colleagues and then bring them back.
"I'm like a drug dealer...but with stickers."
1. What event are the stickers associated with?
2. How many people are quoted in the article?
3. Is one of them a man?
4. Where's he from?
5. What's his name?
6. Who's the other person quoted?
7. Is she single?
8. What is her spouse's name?
9. How old is he?
10. How many children do they have?
11. How many people in their family collect stickers?
12. Who, besides the husband, does?
13. Does Stephen have a method to keep track of his stickers?
14. What is it?
15. Does the wife have a blog?
16. What screen name does she use?
17. Does she help her hubby with his hobby?
18. How?
19. Does she help in another way?
20. How's that?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. the World Cup
2. two
3. yes
4. Britain
5. Daniel Blazer
6. Emma Conway
7. no
8. Stephen
9. 31
10. two
11. two
12. their three-year-old daughter
13. yes
14. a spreadsheet
15. yes
16. brummymummyof2
17. yes
18. she buys them for him in shops
19. yes
20. take them to work and swaps with colleagues | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
489 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
Raleigh (/ˈrɑːli/; RAH-lee) is the capital of the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees, which line the streets in the heart of the city. The city covers a land area of 142.8 square miles (370 km2). The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population to be 439,896 as of July 1, 2014. It is also one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. The city of Raleigh is named after Sir Walter Raleigh, who established the lost Roanoke Colony in present-day Dare County.
Raleigh is home to North Carolina State University and is part of the Research Triangle area, together with Durham (home of Duke University) and Chapel Hill (home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). The "Triangle" nickname originated after the 1959 creation of the Research Triangle Park, located in Durham & Wake Counties partway between the three cities and their universities. The Research Triangle region encompasses the U.S. Census Bureau's Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Combined Statistical Area (CSA), which had an estimated population of 2,037,430 in 2013. The Raleigh Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) had an estimated population of 1,214,516 in 2013.
1. what is Raliegh home to?
2. what makes it a triangle?
3. when did this nickname start
4. is it growing slowly?
5. what is another nickname?
6. why?
7. who is the city named for?
8. what did Sir Walter Raleigh do?
9. is the city named for him?
10. what county is it in?
Numbered answers: | 1. home to North Carolina State University
2. combination of three cities and their universities
3. it gets it after the creation of the Research Triangle Park
4. Not slow. It has an estimated population of 2,037,430 in 2013
5. it called "City of Oaks"
6. Because have many oak trees
7. unknown
8. he created the lost Roanoke Colony
9. Yes named after Sir Walter Raleigh
10. Wake County | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
490 | (Oprah.com) -- When Chicagoan Tammy Jo Long visited Savannah, Georgia, ten years ago, she was delighted by its fountain-filled parks, corner cafés -- and grand architecture.
Long had always been a design aficionado, but the Italianate and Victorian homes she encountered in Savannah became "an obsession," she says. "I saw a mansion with enormous cornices and cast-iron window surrounds, and I was hooked." So hooked, in fact, that she decided to buy a second home there, closing the deal on her next visit.
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Her learning curve:
Long was determined to restore her new house to its original glory. Though she'd remodeled a few kitchens and bathrooms over the years, a historically accurate renovation that did justice to the Savannah architecture she loved was daunting.
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But the all-nighters spent poring over floor plans and scouring eBay for doorknobs paid off: Every detail of the home -- from the crown moldings to the brass finger pulls -- is as it was in the 1800s. Yearning to share her handiwork, Long turned the home into a vacation rental. Soon, enchanted out-of-towners were eagerly booking their stays.
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Her business model:
In 2003 Long quit her job in sales and bought and restored four more homes, traveling between Savannah and Chicago (where she and her ex-husband share custody of their 9-year-old son). "Some of the properties had been vacant for 20 years," Long says. "They had rats you could put a saddle on."
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. 2003
2. sales
3. homes
4. four
5. two
6. Savannah and Chicago
7. son
8. Nine
9. unknown
10. rats
Numbered questions: | 1. In what year did Long quit her job?
2. What was her line of work at that time?
3. What did she buy?
4. How many?
5. How many cities did she travel between?
6. Which ones?
7. Does she have a daughter or son?
8. How old is he?
9. Is she currently married?
10. What sort of animals were in some of the properties? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
491 | CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE.
A GREAT FIELD-DAY, IN WHICH SLAGG DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF.
Now, although we have said that Jim Slagg knew how to pull a trigger, it does not follow that he knew how to avoid pulling that important little piece of metal. He was aware, of course, that the keeping of his forefinger off the trigger was a point of importance, but how to keep it off when in a state of nervous expectation, he knew not, because his memory and the forefinger of his right hand appeared to get disconnected at such times, and it did not occur to him, just at first, that there was such an arrangement in gun-locks as half-cock.
Flinn reminded him of the fact, however, when, soon after entering the jungle, his straw hat was blown off his head by an accidental discharge of Slagg's gun.
"Niver mention it," said Flinn, picking up his riven headpiece, while poor Slagg overwhelmed him with protestations and apologies, and the black boy stood behind exposing his teeth, and gums and the whites of his eyes freely; "niver mention it, Mr Slagg; accidents _will_ happen, you know, in the best regulated families. As for me beaver, it's better riddled than whole in this warm weather. Maybe you'd as well carry your gun at what sodgers call `the showlder,' wid the muzzle pintin' at the moon--so; that's it. Don't blame yoursilf, Mr Slagg. Sure, it's worse than that I was when I begood, for the nasty thing I carried wint off somehow of its own accord, an' I shot me mother's finest pig--wan barrel into the tail, an' the other into the hid. You see, they both wint off a'most at the same moment. We must learn by exparience, av coorse. You've not had much shootin' yet, I suppose?"
Answer the following questions:
1. What was damaged by an accidental gunshot?
2. Whose?
3. What was it made of?
4. Who shot it?
5. What's his first name?
6. Was discharging his weapon inadvertently a new problem for him?
7. Was he aware he shouldn't keep his finger on the trigger?
8. Why did he?
9. Did he feel bad about the incident?
10. Was he forgiven by his victim?
Numbered answers: | 1. A hat
2. Flinn's
3. Straw
4. Slagg
5. Jim
6. No
7. Yes
8. He was nervous
9. Yes
10. Yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
492 | Read the text and answer the questions.
Uganda ( or ), officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region. Uganda also lies within the Nile basin, and has a varied but generally a modified equatorial climate.
Uganda takes its name from the Buganda kingdom, which encompasses a large portion of the south of the country, including the capital Kampala. The people of Uganda were hunter-gatherers until 1,700 to 2,300 years ago, when Bantu-speaking populations migrated to the southern parts of the country.
Beginning in 1894, the area was ruled as a protectorate by the British, who established administrative law across the territory. Uganda gained independence from Britain on 9 October 1962. The period since then has been marked by intermittent conflicts, including a lengthy civil war against the Lord's Resistance Army in the Northern Region, which has caused hundreds of thousands of casualties.
1. What is the offical name of Uganda?
2. Where does it take it's name from?
3. What lake is a large part of in the sourthern portion of the country?
4. When were the people of Uganda hunter Gatherers till?
5. When did it gain it's independence from the Btitish?
6. What other countries share portions of Lake Victoria?
7. What country borders it to the north?
8. When did it start being ruled by the British?
9. What is Uganda's capital?
10. What basin is the country part of?
11. and what type of climate does it have?
12. What has marked the country since it's independence from Britian?
13. Who was it that migrated to the southern part of the country 1,700 to 2,300 years ago?
14. What lake region is Uganda in?
15. Who borders Uganda to the west?
16. and to the east?
Numbered answers: | 1. Republic of Uganda.
2. The Buganda kingdom.
3. Lake Victoria.
4. 1,700 to 2,300 years ago
5. 9 October 1962.
6. Kenya and Tanzania.
7. South Sudan
8. 1894
9. Kampala
10. The Nile basin,
11. a modified equatorial climate.
12. conflicts
13. Bantu-speaking populations
14. African Great Lakes region.
15. Democratic Republic of the Congo
16. Kenya | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
493 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
After ruling the tennis world for almost five years, Roger Federer is adjusting to life at NO.2. But, like any king whose throne has been taken away, the Swiss star is already planning secretly his return to power, beginning at this week's US Open. The problem is, many experts think he will never do it. They blame everything from age and tough competition to his racket and psychology. For years Federer, 27, had enjoyed the view from the top. Competitors saw him as undefeated, and for the most part he was. However, before the 2008 season began, Federer had an illness that stole his strength and clearly affected his play on the court. Ever since, he has struggled to return to form, winning just two of his last 14 tournaments. "Twenty-seven is an age when _ ." tennis great John McEnroe told the New York Times. Pancho Sefura, another tennis great, noted that Federer is also facing a maturing crop of young talents. "There are too many great players now," he said, naming Britain's Andy Murray, 21, and Latvia's Ernests Gulbis, 20. US magazine Sports Illustrated tennis columnist Jon Wertheim suggested that part of Federer's problem could be his insistence on using a small racket. He says that the smaller head demands ball control. But we see time and again that racket makers try to get players to use a certain stick -- one they would like to market to consumers and it has a negative effect the professional game. Sports psychologist Jim Loehr told the Times that Federer is probably feeling "a sense of doubt" after being considered as undefeated for so long. If Federer is to recover his state of being undefeated, Loehr said he must overcome his doubt. "Federer doesn't need fame and money. But he has to get better. He has to go to a whole new level. That's the only way he stays in the game," he said. As for beginning his first Grand Slam in ages as the NO.2 seed, Federer said it might be for the best. "Five years almost, I was expected to win every tournament I entered," he said, "so maybe Rafael Nadal now feels what I had to feel for a very long time. It will be interesting to see how he handles it."
1. How long was he the best at tennis?
2. And where does he rank now?
3. what is he planning in secret?
4. to begin where?
5. Do most think he will do it?
6. What reasons do they have for thinking that?
7. How old is he?
8. When did he get so sick that it hurt his career?
9. How many tournaments has he won recently?
10. out of how many?
11. What has reporter Wertheim said might be part of the problem?
12. Why does that matter?
13. Are the racket makers partly to blame?
14. and how so?
15. What does Loehr think might be bothering him?
16. ANd what does he think he must overcome to become his old self?
17. What does he say that he doesn't need?
Numbered answers: | 1. Five years almost
2. NO.2
3. return to power
4. this week's US Open
5. No
6. age, tough competition,his racket, psychology.
7. 27
8. before the 2008 season began
9. two
10. 14
11. his insistence on using a small racket
12. smaller head demands ball control
13. yes
14. They try to get players to use a certain stick -- one they would like to market to consumers
15. a sense of doubt
16. his doub
17. fame and money | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
494 | (CNN) -- Three people have been charged in last year's theft of the famous "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, a prosecutor said Friday.
The prosecutor, Robert Parys, said he could not immediately confirm details about those charged, but Poland's official PAP news agency reported the main suspect is a Swedish man, Anders Hoegstroem.
Prosecutors say Hoegstroem incited two Poles to steal the sign, which sat atop the entrance to the camp, PAP reported. He pleaded not guilty, and would face a sentence of 10 years in prison if convicted, the news agency reported.
Hoegstroem was arrested in February in Stockholm, Sweden, and the Swedish court allowed him to be transferred to Poland in April, PAP said.
The sign reading "Arbeit Macht Frei" -- German for "Work Sets You Free" -- was emblematic of the Nazi camps of World War II. It was stolen in December of last year, prompting outrage around the world.
The sign was found 70 hours later in a village near Torun, roughly 210 miles (340 kilometers) to the north, and had been chopped into three parts, PAP reported.
The men managed to remove the heavy iron sign by unscrewing it from one side and pulling off on the other, police spokeswoman Agnieszka Szczygiel said at the time.
More than 1 million people died in gas chambers or were starved to death in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp complex; about 90 percent of the victims were Jews.
Answer this series of questions:
1. who is the prosecutor?
2. and who is the suspect?
3. how many people died in gas chambers?
4. where was Hoegstrom arrested?
5. how many people were charged in the theft of the sign?
6. what was the sign made of?
Numbered answers: | 1. Robert Parys
2. Anders Hoegstroem
3. More than 1 million people
4. Stockholm, Sweden,
5. Two Poles
6. The sign reading "Arbeit Macht Frei" | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
495 | Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia (; Czech and , "Česko-Slovensko") was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993.
From 1939 to 1945, following its forced division and partial incorporation into Nazi Germany, the state did not "de facto" exist but its government-in-exile continued to operate.
From 1948 to 1990, Czechoslovakia was part of the Soviet bloc with a command economy. Its economic status was formalized in membership of Comecon from 1949, and its defense status in the Warsaw Pact of May 1955. A period of political liberalization in 1968, known as the Prague Spring, was forcibly ended when the Soviet Union, assisted by several other Warsaw Pact countries, invaded. In 1989, as Marxist–Leninist governments and communism were ending all over Europe, Czechoslovaks peacefully deposed their government in the Velvet Revolution; state price controls were removed after a period of preparation. In 1993, Czechoslovakia split into the two sovereign states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The country was of generally irregular terrain. The western area was part of the north-central European uplands. The eastern region was composed of the northern reaches of the Carpathian Mountains and lands of the Danube River basin.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. Was Czechoslovakia ever apart of the Soviet bloc?
2. when were they a part of it?
3. What happened in 1993?
4. What were the two states?
5. When did it gain independence?
6. Who it did gain independence from?
7. Do they have an alternate name?
8. Were they a sovereign state?
9. Where in Europe is it located?
10. When was it originated?
11. True or false, their government was once in exile
12. What kind of economy did they have from 48-90
13. What was the Prague Spring?
14. When did this occur?
15. What type of terrain do they have?
16. Did they have mountains?
17. What body of water is present?
18. What river speicifcally?
Numbered answers: | 1. yes
2. 1948 to 1990
3. Czechoslovakia split into the two sovereign states
4. Czech Republic and Slovakia.
5. 1 January 1993.
6. Austro-Hungarian Empire
7. Czech and , "Česko-Slovensko
8. yes
9. Central Europe
10. October 1918
11. True
12. a command economy.
13. A period of political liberalization
14. 1968
15. irregular
16. yes
17. River basin
18. Danube | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
496 | CHAPTER IX
THE FOOTBALL MEETING
In a few days Dave felt as much at home as ever. Nearly all of his old friends had returned to Oak Hall, and dormitories Nos. 11 and 12 were filled with as bright a crowd of lads as could well be found anywhere. In the number were Gus Plum and Chip Macklin, but the former was no longer the bully as of old, and the latter had lost his toadying manner, and was quite manly, and the other students treated them as if all had always been the best of friends.
It did Dave's heart good to see the change in Plum, and he was likewise pleased over the different way in which Macklin acted.
"I never thought it was in Gus and Chip," he said, privately, to Roger. "It shows what a fellow can do if he sets his mind to it."
"It's to your credit as much as to their own," declared the senator's son. "I don't believe Gus would have reformed if you hadn't braced him up."
"I wish I could reform Nat Poole."
"You'll never do it, Dave--but you may scare him into behaving himself."
"Have you met Guy Frapley, Roger--I mean to talk to?"
"Yes, in the gym., where Phil and I were practicing with the Indian clubs."
"What do you think of him?"
"I think he is fairly aching to become the leader of the school. He was leader at Laverport, and it breaks his heart to play second fiddle to anybody here. He and Nat are as thick as two peas. They tell me he is a great football player, so I suppose he will try to run the eleven--if the fellows will let him."
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. Who was one person who returned to Oak Hall?
2. Name another?
3. What kind of manner did Chip Macklin used to have?
4. Was there a change in Gus Plum also?
5. Which dormitories are mentioned in the story?
6. Was Dave pleased?
7. Who did he speak to about Gus and Chip?
8. What position did Roger's father have?
9. Does Roger think Dave should get credit for Gus?
10. Why?
11. Has Roger met Guy Frapley?
12. What was he doing when he met Guy?
13. Who was he with then?
14. Where was je?
15. Who does Dave wish he could reform?
16. Does Roger think he'll succeed in it?
17. Was Guy Frapley a leader before?
18. Where?
19. Is he good at football?
20. Who is he thick with?
Numbered answers: | 1. Gus Plum
2. Chip Macklin
3. toadying manner
4. no longer the bully as of old
5. Nos. 11 and 12
6. Yes
7. Roger
8. senator
9. yes
10. He didn't believe Gus would have reformed if you hadn't braced him up."
11. Yes
12. practicing with the Indian clubs
13. Phi
14. in the gym
15. Nat Poole
16. No
17. Yes
18. Laverport
19. Yes
20. Nat | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
497 | CHAPTER III.
VALVE MAKING.
One morning, when Rollo awaked, he heard a sharp clicking against the window.
"Nathan," said he, "Nathan, I believe there is a snow-storm."
But Nathan was too sleepy to hear or understand.
Rollo looked up, but there was a curtain against the window, and he could not see very well. He listened. He heard a low, moaning sound made by the wind, and a continuance of the sharp clicking which he had heard at first.
When he had got up, and dressed himself, he found that there was a violent snow-storm. At first he was glad of it, for he liked snow-storms. But then, pretty soon, he was sorry, for it had been winter a long time, and he was impatient for the spring.
After breakfast, he and Nathan read and studied for two hours, under their mother's direction. When they were released from these duties, Rollo proposed to Nathan that they should go out into the shed, and see how the storm came on. There was a large door in the shed, opening towards the street, where they could stand, protected from the wind, and see the drifts of snow.
They accordingly put on their caps, and went. They found that the snow was pretty deep. It was heaped up upon the fence and against the windows; and there was a curious-shaped drift, with the top curled over in a singular manner, running along from the corner of the shed towards the garden gate.
"Ah," says Rollo, "when it clears up, I mean to go and wade through it."
1. Did the pair go outside?
2. what did they wear to do this?
3. who woke first?
4. what told his there was a snow-storm?
5. did they eat a meal?
6. what?
7. when he got up, could Rollo see out?
8. why?
9. how many sounds could he hear?
10. name one
Numbered answers: | 1. yes
2. their caps
3. Rollo
4. Rollo
5. yes
6. breakfast
7. no
8. there was a curtain against the window
9. two
10. moaning sound made by the wind | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
498 | Published in 1896 and one of the most memorable horror stories ever written, Dracula, by Irish writer Bram Stoker,is the story of a vampire ,someone who lives on human blood. Stoker wrote the book after reading stories about Central European vampires and set his novel in Transylvania. Even today,there are readers of the book who believe that Transylvania is a mythical country,a figment of Stoker's imagination. Nothing could be further from the truth. Transylvania is part of modern-day Central European country Romania,and the country does indeed have a history of mythological vampires.
However,Romanians are always puzzled by the description of the novel's central character, Count Dracula,a tall,elegant aristocrat with impeccable manners who also happens to speak very good English. This is a world away from the images of vampires that they have grown up with. Romanian vampires are half-human creatures who live solitary lives in the forests,not aristocrats living in castles with well-stocked libraries.
So where did Stoke get the image for his Dracula? The answer becomes clearer when one learns of his relationship with a man called Henry Irving,the greatest British stage actor of his time.
Stoker was working as a civil servant in his home city of Dublin when he first met Irving. Bored with his tedious life and work, Stoker took every opportunity to visit the theatre and for a while was the drama critic for the Dublin Evening Mail. One of the reviews he wrote was of a performance of Shakespeare's play Hamlet,with Irving in the lead role.
Irving was so pleased with Stoker's review of his performance that he asked to meet him. Stoker couldn't believe his luck when one night,he was invited to a dinner party where Irving was the guest of honour. Irving entertained the assembled dinner guests with some renditions of famous poems and speeches from Shakespeare.
Stoker was already writing the first chapters of Dracula and began to base the central character on Irving,in the vain hope that if it ever became a stage play, Irving would play the central character. Sadly,Irving never did,but the two men became close friends,and in 1878 Stoker left the civil service and became Irving's manager in London.
1. Who wrote Dracula?
2. What was it about?
3. Where did it take place?
4. Was it a typical vampire to others that were written about?
5. Did Bram base the character off of someone he knew?
6. Who was that?
7. Did they work together?
8. How did they become acquainted?
9. How did they start talking to each other?
10. Where did they meet?
11. Did they see each other after that?
12. When was that?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. Bram Stoker
2. story of a vampire ,someone who lives on human blood.
3. Transylvania
4. No, he wasa tall,elegant aristocrat with impeccable manners who also happens to speak very good English.
5. his relationship with a man called Henry Irving
6. the greatest British stage actor of his time.
7. Stoker took every opportunity to visit the theatre
8. he wrote a review of a performance of Shakespeare's play Hamlet,with Irving in the lead role.
9. Irving was please with his review and asked to meet him.
10. a dinner party where Irving was the guest of honour
11. Yes, he became Irving's manager in London.
12. 1878 | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
499 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Marshallese: Aolepān Aorōkin M̧ajeļ),[note 1] is an island country located near the equator in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of the International Date Line. Geographically, the country is part of the larger island group of Micronesia. The country's population of 53,158 people (at the 2011 Census) is spread out over 29 coral atolls, comprising 1,156 individual islands and islets. The islands share maritime boundaries with the Federated States of Micronesia to the west, Wake Island to the north,[note 2] Kiribati to the south-east, and Nauru to the south. About 27,797 of the islanders (at the 2011 Census) live on Majuro, which contains the capital.
Micronesian colonists gradually settled the Marshall Islands during the 2nd millennium BC, with inter-island navigation made possible using traditional stick charts. Islands in the archipelago were first explored by Europeans in the 1520s, with Spanish explorer Alonso de Salazar sighting an atoll in August 1526. Other expeditions by Spanish and English ships followed. The islands derive their name from British explorer John Marshall, who visited in 1788. The islands were historically known by the inhabitants as "jolet jen Anij" (Gifts from God).
1. How did the Marshal Islands origianaly become populated?
2. When did the island become inhabited?
3. Who settled there?
4. What did the Europeans find?
5. when?
6. what is the official name of the Islands?
7. Where is it located?
8. How did it get its name?
9. When?
10. What were the islands previously known as?
11. What does that mean?
12. what was the last recorded population?
13. Does the country belong to any groups?
14. which group?
15. how many islands does the country consist of?
16. Who do they share boundaries with west of them?
17. to the south east?
18. What country is south of them?
19. Is there a country to the north?
20. Which one?
Numbered answers: | 1. with stick charts.
2. during the 2nd millennium BC
3. Micronesian colonists
4. Islands in the archipelago
5. in the 1520s,
6. the Republic of the Marshall Islands
7. near the equator in the Pacific Ocean
8. from British explorer John Marshall,
9. in 1788.
10. "jolet jen Anij"
11. Gifts from God
12. 53,158 people
13. yes
14. the larger island group of Micronesia.
15. 1,156
16. the Federated States of Micronesia
17. Kiribati
18. Nauru
19. yes
20. Wake Island | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
500 | Theangelshavefinallybeenconnectedtogether andthebowshaveallbeencarefully fixed across the branches.After three months of hard work, 16-year-old Suzy Jordan's tree is finally appearing at the yearly Festival of Trees in honor of her best friend, Emily Austin.
"All that's needed now is a real angel,"says Suzy,"to help 13-year-old Emily recover from a recent bone marrow transplant and finally remove the leukemia "
"Emily is the strongest person I know.There's always such brightness about her,"says Suzy,a student ar Orem High School.
Last year,when Emily's cancer was _ ,she helped Suzy and other students decorate a red-and-white Christmas tree for Primary Children's Medical Center at the Festival of Trees.
"It was so much fun for her,"says Emily's mother, Laurie,"she's seen the inside of the hospital more than a school since she was 5".
But the good conditions didn't last long.In August, Suzy learned that her friend's leukemia returned, becoming worse.And she knew exactly what to do show her support.
"Emily was so excited about helping out with the festival tree last year that I decided to surprise her by giving away a tree of my own,"she says.
Because of being in hospital, Emily won't be able to see the tree."But I'm taking pictures to surprise her,"says Suzy."I want her to know that she'll always be an angel to me."
Suzy's tree has given Emily's family hope for a miracle ."It has given Emily hope that she has a chance to be a normal girl and do all the things other girls do,"says Laurie Austin.
Suzy's greatest hope is that she'll be able to give away more trees to the festival, with one big difference."The best wish of all,"she says,"is that Emily will be there with me, putting on the decoration."
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. Emily Austin.
2. yes
3. yes
4. leukemia
5. bone marrow transplant
6. 13
7. 16
8. Christmas tree
9. Primary Children's Medical Center
10. Emily
11. no
12. August
13. Orem High School
14. given them hope
15. no
16. she is in the hospital
17. pictures
18. Suzy
19. red and white
20. yes
Numbered questions: | 1. Who is Suzy's friend?
2. Does she have a problem?
3. Is it a health problem?
4. What is it?
5. What is the treatment?
6. How old is she?
7. How old is Suzy?
8. What kind of tree is she working on?
9. Where will it be shown?
10. Who is she trying to honor?
11. Did she get better?
12. When did the cancer return?
13. Where does Suzy go to school?
14. What did the tree do for Emily's family?
15. Will she be able to visit the tree in person?
16. Why not
17. How will she see it?
18. Who is taking them?
19. What color was the previous year's tree?
20. Did Emily help with it? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |