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501 | (CNN) -- The 2009 snooker world champion John Higgins has said his "conscience is clear" following allegations of match fixing.
British newspaper The News of the World claimed the 34-year-old accepted a $398,000 bribe to throw frames in future matches during a meeting with undercover reporters in Kiev, Ukraine.
However, in a statement read out on the BBC, the Scotsman denied ever intentionally losing a match or taking a bribe at any point in his career.
"My conscience is 100 percent clear," said Higgins.
"I have never been involved in any form of snooker match fixing ... I have never deliberately missed a shot, never mind intentionally lost a frame or a match."
Snooker's governing body -- The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) -- announced through an official statement that Higgins had been suspended from future tournaments pending an investigation.
The same statement confirmed his manager, Pat Mooney, resigned from his position on the board of the WPBSA after he was alleged to have been at the meeting with Higgins in Kiev.
The three-time world champion claimed clearing his name will be the biggest challenge of his career and he will assist snooker authorities with the forthcoming investigation.
"Today is the start of the biggest match of my life. I will co-operate fully with the snooker authorities. I have built my reputation on honesty and integrity."
Higgins is one of the most successful snooker players in history and has won game's top prize on three occasions, taking last year's championship in addition to previous triumphs in 1998 and 2007.
Answer the following questions:
1. Who is John Higgins
2. What were the allegations
3. What is one British newspaper
4. How old is John
5. What was the amount of the bribe
6. What was the meeting with
7. Where
8. What nationality is John
9. What did he deny
10. What is his conscience
11. How much is it clear
12. What is WPBSA
13. Did Pat Mooney resign
14. From what?
15. Who is John's manager
Numbered answers: | 1. The 2009 snooker world champion
2. match fixing
3. The News of the World
4. 34
5. $398,000
6. reporters
7. Kiev
8. Scottish
9. intentionally losing
10. clear
11. 100%
12. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
13. yes
14. WPBSA board
15. Pat Mooney | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
502 | Read the text and answer the questions.
Linda and Lucy were best friends. They graduated from high school and went to the same college for further studies.
After some days Linda found that her friend was behaving strangely. She would remain quiet, sleep too much and turn wild, very often. At first, Linda thought it was just because of the problems she had met in her studies. However, Lucy became even stranger over time. Finally, Linda couldn't take it any longer and asked Lucy about her strange behavior. Lucy broke into tears and said that she was going around with a boy, who was taking drugs and forcing her to take them, too.
Linda was shocked by her story. She then advised her friend to leave the boy. She reminded Lucy of her dreams of becoming a successful doctor and encouraged her to set an example for others. She also reminded her of how her parents would feel if they found out what their daughter was up to. Through her efforts, Lucy was finally able to leave the boy and drugs. During this time, her friend always stood by her.
Finally, the two friends graduated and their friendship grew stronger. They both became successful doctors, but never let each other down by getting into bad habits. They lived happily as close friends.
From the story we can know that true friends are those who encourage you to become the best you can ever be. They believe in you and will never leave you.
1. what was lucy taking?
2. who was lucy to linda?
3. why did she think she was on drugs?
4. did she become less strange or more strange?
5. was she taking drugs voluntarily?
6. was linda suprised?
7. who was making Lucy take drugs?
8. did he take them as well?
9. do true friends ever leave you according to the story?
10. what did both Lucy and Linda become after graduating?
11. was this one of Lucy's dreams?
12. who reminded her of it?
13. what did Linda tell Lucy to do?
Numbered answers: | 1. drugs
2. best friend
3. she was behaving strangely
4. Lucy became even stranger over time
5. no
6. yes
7. her boyfriend
8. yes
9. no
10. successful doctors
11. yes
12. Linda
13. leave the boy and drugs | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
503 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
CHAPTER VIII
IN THE SWAMP
"There she is!"
"She seems to be all right!"
"Shall we go on board?"
Such were the cries from the Rovers and their friends as they came in sight of the _Dora_. The view of the houseboat filled them all with pleasure.
"Wait!" said Harold Bird. "Don't show yourselves!"
Dick at least understood and held the others back.
"Keep out of sight--we want to investigate first," he said, in a low tone. "There is no use in our running our heads into the lion's mouth."
"Mine cracious, vos der a lion aroundt here?" demanded Hans, turning pale.
"Maybe you'll find a lion if you don't keep quiet," answered Sam, with a snicker.
After that but little was said. Gradually they drew so close that they could see from one end of the _Dora_ to the other. Not a person was in sight.
"Really does look as if the craft was deserted," was Harold Bird's comment. "Perhaps they got scared when they saw what a crowd was following them."
"I move two of us go on board and the rest stay here," said Tom. "Then, if there is trouble, the crowd to stay behind can come to the rescue."
"That's a good scheme," answered his elder brother. "Supposing Sam and I go? You can lead the rescuing party, if it becomes necessary."
This was also agreed to, and a minute later Dick and Sam, with their pistols in hand, crawled from the bushes and made for the side of the houseboat. A gangplank was out and they saw the footprints of several men and also two horses.
1. Who are they looking for?
2. Who thinks they should stay hidden?
3. What does Dick say they should do first?
4. Is there anyone on the boat?
5. Why does Bird think the people left?
6. How did they feel when they first saw the boat?
7. What does Hans think might actually be close?
8. Can they see the whole boat?
9. How many are going on the boat?
10. who's idea is that?
11. What might they run into?
12. Who will help in case of trouble?
13. Who agrees with Tom?
14. Does everyone agree?
15. Who goes to the boat?
16. Who suggested which two would go?
17. Who does he think should lead the crowd/
18. Do they take anything to the boat?
19. Do they notice anyone?
20. Who?
Numbered answers: | 1. Dora
2. Harold Bird
3. investigate
4. no
5. they got scared
6. good
7. a lion
8. yes
9. two
10. Tom's
11. trouble
12. the crowd that stayed behind
13. his elder brother.
14. yes
15. Dick and Sam
16. Dick
17. Tom
18. pistols
19. yes
20. several men | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
504 | The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). OMB's most prominent function is to produce the President's Budget, but OMB also measures the quality of agency programs, policies, and procedures to see if they comply with the president's policies and coordinates inter-agency policy initiatives.
The current OMB Director is Mick Mulvaney. The OMB Director reports to the President, Vice President and the White House Chief of Staff.
The Bureau of the Budget, OMB's predecessor, was established in 1921 as a part of the Department of the Treasury by the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, which was signed into law by president Warren G. Harding. The Bureau of the Budget was moved to the Executive Office of the President in 1939 and was run by Harold D. Smith during the government's rapid expansion of spending during the Second World War. James L. Sundquist, a staffer at the Bureau of the Budget described the relationship between the President and the Bureau as extremely close and of subsequent Bureau Directors as politicians and not public administrators.
The Bureau was reorganized into the Office of Management and Budget in 1970 during the Nixon administration. The first OMB included Roy Ash (head), Paul O'Neill (assistant director), Fred Malek (deputy director) and Frank Zarb (associate director) and two dozen others.
Answer this series of questions:
1. Who is the current director?
2. what does OMB stand for?
3. Doesthe director just report to one person?
4. how many?
5. who?
6. What was it’s predecessor?
7. When was that established?
8. When was it reorganized?
9. To what?
10. Under what administration?
11. What is it’s main function?
12. Does it also do other things?
13. could you give an example please?
14. why?
15. when was the bureau moved to the office of the president?
16. who ran it?
17. what was happening in the world at the time?
18. Who was the first deputy director?
19. name the employee who spoke about the relationships?
20. who was the first head?
Numbered answers: | 1. Mick Mulvaney
2. The Office of Management and Budget
3. no
4. Three
5. the President, Vice President and the White House Chief of Staff
6. The Bureau of the Budget
7. 1921
8. 1970
9. the Office of Management and Budget
10. the Nixon administration
11. to produce the President's Budget
12. yes
13. it also measures the quality of agency programs, policies, and procedures
14. to see if they comply with the president's policies
15. in 1939
16. Harold D. Smith
17. the Second World War
18. Fred Malek
19. James L. Sundquist
20. Roy Ash | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
505 | CHAPTER XXVII
SAMMY JAY WORRIES
It isn't often Sammy Jay worries about anybody but himself. Truth to tell, he doesn't worry about himself very often. You see, Sammy is smart, and he knows he is smart. Under that pointed cap of his are some of the cleverest wits in all the Green Forest. Sammy seldom worries about himself because he feels quite able to take care of himself.
But Sammy Jay was worrying now. He was worrying about Lightfoot the Deer. Yes, Sir, Sammy Jay was worrying about Lightfoot the Deer. For two days he had been unable to find Lightfoot or any trace of Lightfoot. But he did find plenty of hunters with terrible guns. It seemed to him that they were everywhere in the Green Forest. Sammy began to suspect that one of them must have succeeded in killing Lightfoot the Deer.
Sammy knew all of Lightfoot's hiding-places. He visited every one of them. Lightfoot wasn't to be found, and no one whom Sammy met had seen Lightfoot for two days.
Sammy felt badly. You see, he was very fond of Lightfoot. You remember it was Sammy who warned Lightfoot of the coming of the hunter on the morning when the dreadful hunting season began. Ever since the hunting season had opened, Sammy had done his best to make trouble for the hunters. Whenever he had found one of them he had screamed at the top of his voice to warn every one within hearing just where that hunter was. Once a hunter had lost his temper and shot at Sammy, but Sammy had suspected that something of the kind might happen, and he had taken care to keep just out of reach.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. What was Lightfoot?
2. Who worried about it?
3. For how long had he not seen Lightfoot?
4. Did he like the deer?
5. What did he warn Lightfoot about?
6. What had Sammy done ever since the season started?
7. What did he do when he found one?
8. Did one of the hunters get mad?
9. Then what did he do?
10. Did he end up getting injured?
11. Did Sammy worry a lot?
Numbered answers: | 1. Deer.
2. Sammy Jay
3. two days
4. yes
5. coming of the hunter
6. make trouble
7. screamed
8. yes
9. shot at Sammy
10. no
11. Sammy seldom worries about himself but he was worrying about Lightfoot | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
506 | Sikhism (), or Sikhi ( "", , from "Sikh", meaning a "disciple", or a "learner"), is a monotheistic Indian religion that originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent about the end of the 15th century. It is one of the youngest of the major world religions. The fundamental beliefs of Sikhism, articulated in the sacred scripture Guru Granth Sahib, include faith and meditation on the name of the one creator, unity of all humankind, engaging in selfless service, striving for social justice for the benefit and prosperity of all, and honest conduct and livelihood while living a householder's life. In the early 21st century there were nearly 25 million Sikhs worldwide, the great majority of them living in the Indian state of Punjab.
Sikhism is based on the spiritual teachings of Guru Nanak, the first Guru, and the nine Sikh gurus that succeeded him. The Tenth Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, named the Sikh scripture Guru Granth Sahib as his successor, terminating the line of human Gurus and making the scripture the eternal, impersonal spiritual guide for Sikhs. Sikhism rejects claims that any particular religious tradition has a monopoly on Absolute Truth.
Sikhism emphasises simran (meditation on the words of the Guru Granth Sahib), that can be expressed musically through kirtan or internally through Nam Japo (repeat God's name) as a means to feel God's presence. It teaches followers to avoid the "Five Thieves" (lust, rage, greed, attachment and conceit). Hand in hand, secular life is considered to be intertwined with the spiritual life. Guru Nanak taught that living an "active, creative, and practical life" of "truthfulness, fidelity, self-control and purity" is above the metaphysical truth, and that the ideal man is one who "establishes union with God, knows His Will, and carries out that Will". Guru Hargobind, the sixth Sikh Guru, established the political/temporal (Miri) and spiritual (Piri) realms to be mutually coexistent.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. How many Gurus were there?
2. Who was the first?
3. Who was tenth?
4. Were there any after him?
5. What is the religion called?
6. What is that from?
7. What does that mean?
8. How many gods does it have?
9. What is their main book called?
10. About how many Sikhs are there?
Numbered answers: | 1. 10
2. Guru Nanak
3. Guru Gobind Singh
4. Yes
5. Sikhism
6. Sikh
7. disciple
8. one
9. unknown
10. 25 million Sikhs | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
507 | (CNN) -- A Cincinnati man charged with fatally shooting his 11-year-old daughter Thursday was denied a temporary release to attend the girl's funeral.
Citing security concerns, state court Judge Nadine Allen denied a motion filed by a lawyer for Deandre Kelley, 34, who was charged with the shooting death of daughter Achauntiara Lanza during an argument with the victim's mother, according to bailiff Gail Ruth.
Kelley's lawyer, Hugh McCloskey Jr., said the judge expressed concern that people might want to hurt his client or that his presence at the funeral could spark a dispute.
"This motion was requested because it was requested by Mr. Kelley's family, especially the deceased young lady's mother," he said. "This is a family unit, whether we like it or not. They're suffering right now. In order to start healing, it's something they need to go through together."
The mother, who was not identified, could not be reached for comment.
Prosecutors said Kelley showed up at slumber party Lanza was hosting at her mother's house in the early hours of of January 12 and argued with her mother. Kelley allegedly fired his gun into the air during the exchange, with an errant bullet striking Lanza in an upstairs bedroom.
The girl, struck in the upper torso, was later pronounced dead at Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
Prosecutors said the dispute began hours before the shooting: Kelley and the victim's mother argued because he brought a gun into the home while the girl was having a slumber party with friends. Kelley left and went drinking.
1. Who was shot?
2. Was she killed by the shot?
3. How old was she?
4. Why was a motioned filed?
5. Was the victim related to the shooter?
6. How/.
7. What is the shooter
8. How old was he?
9. Who is his lawyer?
10. Did the family want Kelley at the funeral?
11. How did this happen?
12. Did he intentionally kill Lanza?
13. What date did the incident occur?
14. Who was he arguing with?
15. Were there other people present?
16. Who?
17. Where on her body was she shot?
18. Where did they take her for treatment?
19. Why did the judge deny the motion?
20. Any other reason?
Numbered answers: | 1. Achauntiara Lanza
2. Yes
3. 11 years
4. For the defendant to go to the funeral.
5. Yes
6. His daughter.
7. Deandre Kelley
8. 34
9. Hugh McCloskey Jr
10. Yes
11. He fired his gun during an argument.
12. No.
13. January 12
14. Lanza's mother.
15. Yes
16. The girl's friends.
17. Upper torso
18. Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
19. Because people might want to hurt him
20. His presence could spark a dispute. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
508 | Modern-day Nigeria has been the site of numerous kingdoms and tribal states over the millennia. The modern state originated from British colonial rule beginning in the 19th century, and the merging of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and Northern Nigeria Protectorate in 1914. The British set up administrative and legal structures whilst practising indirect rule through traditional chiefdoms. Nigeria became a formally independent federation in 1960, and plunged into a civil war from 1967 to 1970. It has since alternated between democratically-elected civilian governments and military dictatorships, until it achieved a stable democracy in 1999, with its 2011 presidential elections being viewed as the first to be conducted reasonably freely and fairly.
Nigeria is often referred to as the "Giant of Africa", owing to its large population and economy. With approximately 182 million inhabitants, Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous country in the world. Nigeria has one of the largest populations of youth in the world. The country is viewed as a multinational state, as it is inhabited by over 500 ethnic groups, of which the three largest are the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba; these ethnic groups speak over 500 different languages, and are identified with wide variety of cultures. The official language is English. Nigeria is divided roughly in half between Christians, who live mostly in the southern part of the country, and Muslims in the northern part. A minority of the population practise religions indigenous to Nigeria, such as those native to Igbo and Yoruba peoples.
1. what is Nigeria called?
2. why?
3. how many ethnic groups?
4. whats one of the largest?
5. have they had a civil war?
6. when?
7. where did it originate from?
8. what merging happened?
9. what structures did the Brits have there?
10. when did it become independent?
11. what type of government have they had?
12. /what happened in 2011?
13. what the population?
14. where does in rank in population?
15. what about the world?
16. what religions?
17. which lives in the north?
18. and South?
19. any native religions?
20. what people celebrate those religions?
21. what do they speak there?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. the "Giant of Africa"
2. It has a large population and economy.
3. over 500
4. the Hausa
5. yes
6. from 1967 to 1970.
7. from British colonial rule
8. the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and Northern Nigeria Protectorate in 1914.
9. administrative and legal
10. in 1960
11. democratically-elected civilian governments and military dictatorships,
12. the first to be conducted reasonably freely and fairly.
13. 182 million
14. Most populous in Africa
15. seventh
16. Christians and Muslims
17. Muslims
18. Christians
19. yes
20. those native to Igbo and Yoruba peoples.
21. over 500 different languages | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
509 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
In 1883. John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. However, bridge building experts throughout the world thought this was an impossible feat and told Roebling to forget the idea, but Roebling could not ignore the vision he had in his mind of this bridge. After much discussion and persuasion he managed to convince his son Washington, an up and coming engineer, that the bridge in fact could be built.
The project started well, but when it was only a few months underway a tragic accident on the site took the life of John Roebling. Washington was injured and left with a certain amount of brain damage, which resulted in him not being able to walk or talk or even move.
"We told them so." "Crazy men and their crazy dreams.'' "It's foolish to chase wild visions." Evcryone had a negative comment to make and felt that the project should be scrapped since the Roeblings were the only ones who knew how the bridge could be built. In spite of his handicap, Washington was never discouraged.
One day he was lying on his bed in hospital, seeing the sky and the tops of the trees outside for just a moment with the sunlight streaming through the windows, and a gentle breeze bowing the flimsy white curtains apart when an idea hit him. He decided to make the best use of the only finger he could move. Thus, he slowly developed a code of communication with his wife.
He touched his wife's arm with that finger, indicating to her that he wanted her to call the engineers again. Then he used the same method of tapping her arm to tell the engineers what to do. It seemed foolish but the project was under way again.
For 13 years Washington tapped out his instructions with his finger on his wife's arm until the bridge was finally completed.
1. When did John get the idea?
2. What was the idea for?
3. What did it connect?
4. Did people tell him it was not possible?
5. Did he listen?
6. What was his son's name?
7. What the son's profession.
8. What happened to the bridge shortly after start?
9. Did someone die?
10. Who?
11. What was Washighton's injury?
Numbered answers: | 1. In 1883
2. build a spectacular bridge
3. connecting New York with the Long Island
4. Yes
5. yes
6. Washington
7. engineer
8. tragic accident
9. Yes
10. John Roebling
11. brain damage, which resulted in him not being able to walk or talk or even move. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
510 | Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco (), is a sovereign city-state, country and microstate located on the French Riviera in Western Europe. France borders the country on three sides while the other side borders the Mediterranean Sea. Monaco has an area of and a population of about 38,400, according to the last census of 2016. With 19,009 inhabitants per km², it is the second-smallest and most densely populated sovereign state in the world. Monaco has a land border of , a coastline of , and a width that varies between . The highest point in the country is a narrow pathway named Chemin des Révoires on the slopes of Mont Agel, in the Les Révoires "Ward", which is above sea level. Monaco's most populous "Quartier" is Monte Carlo and the most populous "Ward" is Larvotto/Bas Moulins. Through land reclamation, Monaco's land mass has expanded by twenty percent; in 2005, it had an area of only . Monaco is known as a playground for the rich and famous, due to its tax laws. In 2014, it was noted about 30% of the population was made up of millionaires, more than in Zürich or Geneva.
Monaco is a principality governed under a form of constitutional monarchy, with Prince Albert II as head of state. Although Prince Albert II is a constitutional monarch, he wields immense political power. The House of Grimaldi have ruled Monaco, with brief interruptions, since 1297. The official language is French, but Monégasque, Italian, and English are widely spoken and understood. The state's sovereignty was officially recognized by the Franco-Monegasque Treaty of 1861, with Monaco becoming a full United Nations voting member in 1993. Despite Monaco's independence and separate foreign policy, its defense is the responsibility of France. However, Monaco does maintain two small military units.
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. Monaco
2. the Principality of Monaco
3. yes
4. under a form of constitutional monarchy
5. Prince Albert II
6. The House of Grimaldi
7. since 1297
8. no
9. French
10. no
11. Monégasque, Italian, and English
12. about 38,400
13. yes
14. a playground for the rich and famous
15. its tax laws
16. millionaires
17. on the French Riviera
18. France
19. two
20. sovereignty was officially recognized
Numbered questions: | 1. What city is the topic of the article?
2. What is the official name?
3. Is it also considered a country?
4. How is it governed?
5. Who rules?
6. What house does he belong to?
7. How long have they been in power?
8. Is Prince Albert merely a figurehead?
9. What is the official language?
10. Is that the only language spoken?
11. What others are used?
12. How many people populate Monaco?
13. Is it the most densely populated state in the world?
14. What is Monaco know as?
15. Why does it have this reputation?
16. What type of person makes up almost a third of it's population?
17. Where is it located?
18. Who is tasked with the defense of Monaco?
19. How many military units does it command?
20. What occured in 1861? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
511 | I'm Bolivia Williams, a students at Bard College. I was the only person in my family who was Facebook friends with my mom, Rynn, when she died four years ago. At that time, my brother and sister were still young. As soon as we got the news that she died, I thought it would be an easy way to let everyone know what happened. Right after I posted the news, so many people offered their help and shared stories about her. I like to visit my mom's page to tell her things that I'm doing and I like to look at her pictures there. I sing with the Brooklyn Youth Chorus ,and we did a concert for the tenth anniversary of 9/11,which was also my mom's birthday. It was an unforgettable day. I posted, "You will be proud of me--I will sing at the site of the World Trade Center tomorrow. I know you will be looking down, smiling. "When I'm writing to her, it feels like I'm still here. In the beginning, I wasn't sure how to face my mom's death. But I've grown up now. I haven't been on my mom's page for a month, but I would miss _ if it were gone. Her page allows me to think that she's still here. I used to go to my mom's page to look at her pictures, which would make me feel really sad, Now, when I visit it, I smile more often than cry. ,.
Answer the following questions:
1. What does she like to visit?
2. Does it make her sad?
3. How does she react now?
4. What happened to her mother?
5. How did she let others know?
6. What was the response?
7. Is she an only child?
8. How many siblings does she has?
9. Are they older than her?
10. Where does she go to school?
11. How long has it been since her mother died?
12. What is her mom's birthday?
13. What did she do on that day to remember her mom?
Numbered answers: | 1. Her mom's facebook page
2. Not anymore
3. She smiles more often than cry.
4. She died
5. Through Facebook.
6. People offered their help and shared stories
7. No
8. Two
9. No
10. Bard College
11. Four years
12. 9/11
13. Wrote to her on facebook | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
512 | Read the text and answer the questions.
The process of making beer is known as brewing. A dedicated building for the making of beer is called a brewery, though beer can be made in the home and has been for much of its history. A company that makes beer is called either a brewery or a brewing company. Beer made on a domestic scale for non-commercial reasons is classified as homebrewing regardless of where it is made, though most homebrewed beer is made in the home. Brewing beer is subject to legislation and taxation in developed countries, which from the late 19th century largely restricted brewing to a commercial operation only. However, the UK government relaxed legislation in 1963, followed by Australia in 1972 and the US in 1978, allowing homebrewing to become a popular hobby.
After boiling, the hopped wort is now cooled, ready for the yeast. In some breweries, the hopped wort may pass through a hopback, which is a small vat filled with hops, to add aromatic hop flavouring and to act as a filter; but usually the hopped wort is simply cooled for the fermenter, where the yeast is added. During fermentation, the wort becomes beer in a process which requires a week to months depending on the type of yeast and strength of the beer. In addition to producing ethanol, fine particulate matter suspended in the wort settles during fermentation. Once fermentation is complete, the yeast also settles, leaving the beer clear.
1. When does the yeast settle?
2. What effect does that have on the beer?
3. What's the process of making beer known as?
4. Are there whole buildings dedicated to just doing that?
5. What are they called?
6. Where else has beer been made for much of its history?
7. What scale is beer classified as when made for non-commercial reasons?
8. Are there any laws related to brewing beer?
9. What about taxes?
10. From which century have these restricted practices existed?
11. Which government first relaxed them a bit?
12. When?
13. What country was next?
14. Did the US relax its rules before or after the Aussies?
15. When the US finally get on board with less restrictions?
16. What effect on homebrewing did that have in the states?
17. When do you put in the yeast?
18. What's a hopback?
19. Does the hop flavouring have an aroma?
20. How long does it take for the wort to become beer?
Numbered answers: | 1. Once fermentation is complete
2. leaving the beer clear.
3. Brewing
4. Yes
5. A brewery
6. In the home
7. Homebrewing
8. Yes
9. Yes
10. The 19th century
11. The UK
12. 1963
13. Australia
14. After
15. In 1978
16. Homebrewing became popular
17. After the hopped wort is cooled
18. A small vat filled with hops
19. Yes
20. Aweek to months | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
513 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
CHAPTER XVIII: DOUBLE, DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE
'Truly the tender mercies of the weak, As of the wicked, are but cruel.'
And how did Lilias show that she had been truly benefited by her sorrows? Did she fall back into her habits of self-indulgence, or did she run into ill-directed activity, selfish as her indolence, because only gratifying the passion of the moment?
Those who lived with her saw but little change; kind-hearted and generous she had ever been, and many had been her good impulses, so that while she daily became more steady in well-doing, and exerting herself on principle, no one remarked it, and no one entered into the struggles which it cost her to tame her impetuosity, or force herself to do what was disagreeable to herself, and might offend Emily.
However, Emily could forgive a great deal when she found that Lily was ready to take any part of the business of the household and schoolroom, which she chose to impose upon her, without the least objection, yet to leave her to assume as much of the credit of managing as she chose--to have no will or way of her own, and to help her to keep her wardrobe in order.
The schoolroom was just now more of a labour than had ever been the case, at least to one who, like Lilias, if she did a thing at all, would not be satisfied with half doing it. Phyllis was not altered, except that she cried less, and had in a great measure cured herself of dawdling habits and tricks, by her honest efforts to obey well- remembered orders of Eleanor's; but still her slowness and dulness were trying to her teachers, and Lily had often to reproach herself for being angry with her 'when she was doing her best.'
1. Who found they could forgive a great deal?
2. Who was forgiven?
3. Had her routines before been generous to others?
4. Did her housemates see a big difference in her?
5. How many places was she ready to participate in helping with?
6. What were they?
7. Which one was more work?
8. Was she able to only go halfway in effort in there?
9. Who tried to comply with directives?
10. Whose directives?
11. Who had to remind herself to not be cross with the girl?
Numbered answers: | 1. Emily
2. Lily
3. yes
4. no
5. Two
6. the business of the household and schoolroom
7. The schoolroom
8. no
9. lily
10. Emily
11. lily | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
514 | A Scottish woman has given birth to twins for the third time. Karen Rodger, 41, welcomed her first pair of girls rowan and Isla after having twice given birth to twin boys.
"I still haven't really taken it on board because I was convinced I was having two boys," Rodger told Sky News. Karen said her husband Colin was equally stunned when the couple learned they were going to have their fifth and sixth child. "He thought I was joking and immediately wrote back to say 'this is not funny'. I had to explain that it really was true," Karen said.
The average couple has about a 3 percent chance of having twins when not accounting for fertility drugs. And with each following pregnancy, the changes of producing twins a second, or even third time, become less.
Karen, a dance lecturer, first learned of the incredibly rare occurrence during a visit to her doctor and immediately texted her husband to share the news. "I just could not believe it. It never crossed my mind that it would be twins again. I just thought that wouldn't happen to people like me, but I'm ly delighted," she said.
It had been several years since the couple's last children were born. Their oldest twins are 14 and the second set was born just two years later. "I turned 40 and I thought, if I'm going to do it, I should do it now," Karen said. "I spoken to my husband and we both thought we'd quite like another one so that was it and, one month later, I was pregnant."
Colin says the age and gender difference will ensure a sweat-inducing dilemma for any future suitors of the twin girls. It will be a frightening challenge for any boyfriend.
Answer this series of questions:
1. what is the percent chance a couple has twins?
2. how many children does Karen Rodger have?
3. what is her husbands name?
4. what did they name the new twins?
5. are they girls or boys?
6. is this there first set of girls?
7. what does Karen do for a living?
8. how many sets of twins does she have?
9. how old is the first set?
10. and the second?
11. did Karen think anything like this could happen?
12. was she happy about it?
13. how old was she when she got pregnant with them?
14. was Colin joking around when heard the news?
Numbered answers: | 1. Three
2. six
3. Colin
4. rowan and Isla
5. girls
6. Yes
7. a dance lecturer,
8. Three
9. 14
10. 12
11. No
12. Yes
13. 40
14. Yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
515 | CHAPTER ONE.
TREATS OF OUR HERO'S EARLY LIFE, AND TOUCHES ON DOMESTIC MATTERS.
William Osten was a wanderer by nature. He was born with a thirst for adventure that nothing could quench, and with a desire to rove that nothing could subdue.
Even in babyhood, when his limbs were fat and feeble, and his visage was round and red, he displayed his tendency to wander in ways and under circumstances that other babies never dreamt of. He kept his poor mother in a chronic fever of alarm, and all but broke the heart of his nurse, long before he could walk, by making his escape from the nursery over and over again, on his hands and knees; which latter bore constant marks of being compelled to do the duty of feet in dirty places.
Baby Will never cried. To have heard him yell would have rejoiced the hearts of mother and nurse, for that would have assured them of his being near at hand and out of mischief--at least not engaged in more than ordinary mischief. But Baby Will was a natural philosopher from his birth. He displayed his wisdom by holding his peace at all times, except when very hard pressed by hunger or pain, and appeared to regard life in general in a grave, earnest, inquiring spirit. Nevertheless, we would not have it understood that Will was a slow, phlegmatic baby. By no means. His silence was deep, his gravity profound, and his earnestness intense, so that, as a rule, his existence was unobtrusive. But his energy was tremendous. What he undertook to do he usually did with all his might and main--whether it was the rending of his pinafore or the smashing of his drum!
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. where would he escape from as a baby?
2. did he do this just once?
3. what was he by nature?
4. was he skinny as a baby?
5. how was his body?
6. what about his limbs?
7. did he cry a lot?
8. would it make everyone happy if he did?
9. why?
10. did his mother worry about him?
11. what was he from the time he was born?
12. when would he not have peace?
13. did he have a lot of energy?
14. what would he do with his drum?
15. what was he thirsty for?
16. could he walk when escaping from the nursery?
17. how would he do it?
18. what is said about his silence?
19. what did he display by being peaceful?
20. what did he regard life in?
Numbered answers: | 1. the nursery
2. no
3. wanderer
4. no
5. round and red
6. fat and feeble
7. no
8. yes
9. that would have assured them of his being near at hand
10. yes
11. philosopher
12. when very hard pressed by hunger or pain
13. yes
14. smash it
15. adventure
16. no
17. on his hands and knees
18. it was deep
19. his wisdom
20. a grave, earnest, inquiring spirit. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
516 | Sometimes Karen likes to go to the library. Her friend Michael also likes the library, but her other friend James does not like the library. Karen and Michael like to read about different things. They can learn about things that they don't know much about. They also like to read fun and exciting stories.
The librarian, Mr. Hernandez, knows Michael and Karen, because they are in the library a lot. He knows what kind of books they like. When the library gets new books, he tells Karen and Michael about any books that he thinks they would like. James only goes to the library when he has to read a book for class. Mr. Hernandez does not know very much about James, because James does not go to the library often.
Karen's favorite books are about airplanes, cars, and trains. She like reading about how fast they can go, and about the workers who build them. When she grows up, she is going to buy a fast car and travel to different states. Michael likes books about dinosaurs, cowboys, and fireworks. When he grows up, he is going to buy a costume and dress up like a cowboy.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. Where does Karen like to go?
2. Who does she often go with?
3. What are her favorite books?
4. What are Michael's?
5. do they have another friend?
6. whats their name?
7. do they know the librarian?
Numbered answers: | 1. the library
2. Michael
3. about airplanes, cars, and trains
4. dinosaurs, cowboys, and fireworks
5. yes
6. James
7. yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
517 | The kids were playing outside. They were drawing with chalk. They drew many things with the chalk. One of those things was a star. There was nothing else for them to do because it was the weekend. Then they stopped drawing with the chalk a little later. They did not want to go on because they were tired. They walked a little then started to splash by the lake that was nearby instead. They thought it was a good idea because it was a hot day. They played for hours. They were making a lot of noise and laughing and talking. They went home. They did this because they were very tired. They all ate some bread. They were now quiet. They couldn't have anything else to eat until their mother called them for dinner. They waited and did not say a word. They were resting. Soon it would be time for the family meal.
1. What were the kids doing?
2. Where?
3. Doing what?
4. with what?
5. What did they draw?
6. Like what?
7. Did they have anything else to do?
8. Why?
9. When did they stop drawing?
10. Why?
11. Where did they go?
12. What did they do there?
13. Was it close?
14. What did they think?
15. why?
16. Did they play long?
17. how long?
18. What were they doing?
19. What else?
20. anything else?
Numbered answers: | 1. playing
2. outside
3. drawing
4. chalk
5. many things
6. a star.
7. No
8. it was the weekend
9. a little later
10. they were tired
11. the lake
12. They splashed
13. yes
14. it was a good idea
15. it was a hot day
16. yes
17. hours
18. making noise
19. laughing
20. talking | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
518 | (CNN) -- Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student who was found guilty of using a webcam to spy on and intimidate his gay roommate, has reported to a New Jersey jail Thursday where he will serve a 30-day sentence, according to Middlesex County Sheriff Mildred Scott.
Ravi turned himself in to authorities, who then transported him to jail Thursday afternoon, Scott said.
Is 30-day sentence fair?
A day earlier, Ravi apologized for spying on his roommate, Tyler Clementi, with a webcam.
"I accept responsibility for and regret my thoughtless, insensitive, immature, stupid and childish choices that I made on September 19, 2010, and September 21, 2010," Ravi said in a statement Wednesday.
Clementi, 18, killed himself by jumping off New York's George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River after learning Ravi had secretly recorded his intimate encounter with another man.
Ravi's court appearance Wednesday formalized his decision to head to jail, waiving his right not to serve jail time twice for the same crime, as prosecutors appeal his sentence.
New Jersey prosecutors argue that Ravi's crimes warranted more than a 30-day jail term and called Superior Judge Glenn Berman's sentence "insufficient under the sentencing laws of this state."
Berman defended the jail sentence Wednesday, CNN affiliate WABC reported.
"I can't find it in me to remand him to state prison that house people convicted of offenses such as murder, armed robbery and rape," Berman said. "I don't believe that fits this case. I believe that he has to be punished and he will be."
1. Who is the former Rutgers student that is the subject of the story?
2. What was he found guilty of doing?
3. Did police have to bring him into custody?
4. When did he turn himself in?
5. How long does he have to serve?
6. Who is the police spokesperson that spoke about the sentence?
7. What's her position in law enforcement?
8. Did the accused apologize for his actions?
9. How long before he turned himself in, did he do that?
10. On what dates did he spy on his roommate?
11. What was his roommates' name?
12. What activity was he taped doing?
13. Did he find out about the recording?
14. What did he do afterwards?
15. What bridge?
16. In what state?
17. Has Ravi asserted his right to not serve time twice?
18. Is his sentence being appealed?
19. By whom?
20. Do they feel the length of imprisonment is just?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. Dharun Ravi
2. using a webcam to spy on and intimidate his gay roommate
3. no
4. Thursday afternoon
5. 30 days
6. Mildred Scott
7. County Sheriff
8. yes
9. A day earlier
10. September 19, 2010, and September 21, 2010
11. Tyler Clementi
12. an intimate encounter with another man
13. yes
14. killed himself by jumping off a bridge
15. George Washington Bridge
16. New York
17. no
18. yes
19. prosecutors
20. no | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
519 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
Justin sat down for dinner with his Mother, who was 40, and Father, who was 45 and Sister as he always did when it was time to eat. He always sat across from his sister, Melissa. Tonight's dinner was meatloaf, mashed potatoes with butter, and green peas. Justin's mother made the best meatloaf. She said that her mother used the same recipe. Similar recipes were made by her friend, her aunt, and sister. But the one Justin's mom used was the best. Melissa was 7 years old, and Justin was 10. Melissa waited until she didn't think Mom and dad were looking and stuck her tongue out at Justin. What Melissa didn't know was that her mom had seen her and told her that it wasn't polite. "But mom! I was only playing!" Melissa said. "No 'buts', young lady!" Mom said. Justin shook his head as he took a bite of mashed potatoes.
1. What meal was Julian having?
2. With how many other people?
3. Who was 40?
4. How old was his Father?
5. Where did Justin always sit?
6. What is her name?
7. What main dish were they eating?
8. Made by whom?
9. Were there any sides?
10. How many?
11. Did other family members make meatloaf?
12. Who did it best?
13. Who stuck out their tongue?
14. How old was she?
15. What did Justin do?
16. How old is he?
17. Was the mother pleased?
18. Was Melissa surprised to get caught?
19. Did she talk back?
20. to whom?
Numbered answers: | 1. dinner
2. three
3. his Mother
4. 45
5. across from his sister
6. Melissa
7. meatloaf
8. Justin's mother
9. yes
10. two
11. yes
12. Justin's mom
13. Melissa
14. Seven
15. shook his head
16. 10
17. no
18. yes
19. Yes
20. her mother | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
520 | CHAPTER THIRTY ONE.
RETRIBUTION.
Owing to the success of the buffalo runners, the winter passed away in comparative comfort. But, as we have said, some of the settlers who had been ruined by the failure of the fisheries and the depredations of the mice, and who did not share much in the profits of the autumn hunt, were obliged once again to seek their old port of refuge at Pembina.
Among these was the Swiss family Morel. Andre went, because he did not wish to remain comparatively idle in the colony during the long months of winter. Elise went for the purpose of keeping house--perhaps we should say keeping hut--for Andre. Fred Jenkins went because he wanted to learn more about Indian ways and customs, as well as to perfect himself in the art of hunting the buffalo--that was all!
There were some who did not believe what the bold seaman said. Elise Morel was one of these--perhaps the most unbelieving amongst them.
Indeed, she laughed quite hilariously when his motive was reported to her by Billie Sinclair the day before they started.
"Why do you laugh so?" inquired Little Bill, who was always more or less in a state of surprise when he got upon this subject with Elise.
"It is not easy to say, Billie," answered the girl, with another pleasant little laugh, "but it is so funny that a sailor should take such a fancy to come out here, so far away from his native element, and find so much interest in snow-shoe walking and Indian customs."
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. Swiss family Morel
2. purpose of keeping house
3. because he did not wish to remain comparatively idle in the colony during the long months of winter
4. Fred Jenkins
5. he wanted to learn more about Indian ways and customs, as well as to perfect himself in the art of hunting the buffalo
6. it is so funny that a sailor should take such a fancy to come out here, so far away from his native element, and find so much interest in snow-shoe walking and Indian customs."
7. the girl
8. a sailor should take such a fancy to come out here, so far away from his native element, and find so much interest in snow-shoe walking and Indian customs."
9. Elise Morel
10. his motive
Numbered questions: | 1. Where was Andre'?
2. Why was Elise there?
3. Why did Andre want to get out of there?
4. Who else was there?
5. Why did he come along?
6. Was something funy?
7. Who answered Billy?
8. What was humorous?
9. Was someone surprised?
10. Was something reported to her? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
521 | The 2008 Sichuan earthquake or the Great Sichuan earthquake, measured at 8.0 Ms and 7.9 Mw, and occurred at 02:28:01 PM China Standard Time at epicenter (06:28:01 UTC) on May 12 in Sichuan province, killed 69,197 people and left 18,222 missing.
It is also known as the Wenchuan earthquake (Chinese: 汶川大地震; pinyin: Wènchuān dà dìzhèn; literally: "Great Wenchuan earthquake"), after the location of the earthquake's epicenter, Wenchuan County, Sichuan. The epicenter was 80 kilometres (50 mi) west-northwest of Chengdu, the provincial capital, with a focal depth of 19 km (12 mi). The earthquake was also felt in nearby countries and as far away as both Beijing and Shanghai—1,500 km (930 mi) and 1,700 km (1,060 mi) away—where office buildings swayed with the tremor. Strong aftershocks, some exceeding magnitude 6, continued to hit the area even months after the main quake, causing new casualties and damage.
Official figures (as of July 21, 2008 12:00 CST) stated that 69,197 were confirmed dead, including 68,636 in Sichuan province, and 374,176 injured, with 18,222 listed as missing. The earthquake left about 4.8 million people homeless, though the number could be as high as 11 million. Approximately 15 million people lived in the affected area. It was the deadliest earthquake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, which killed at least 240,000 people, and the strongest in the country since the 1950 Chayu earthquake, which registered at 8.5 on the Richter magnitude scale. It is the 21st deadliest earthquake of all time. On November 6, 2008, the central government announced that it would spend 1 trillion RMB (about US $146.5 billion) over the next three years to rebuild areas ravaged by the earthquake, as part of the Chinese economic stimulus program.
Answer the following questions:
1. how far away was the earthquake felt?
2. how many people were affected in the area?
3. which earthquake is the article mostly about?
4. how many people died in it?
5. what is another name for the same quake?
6. anything else?
7. is that the quakes epicenter?
8. how big were the aftershocks?
9. how many were thought to be injured?
10. which earthquake was more deadly?
11. how many people were killed by that?
12. which earthquake is the 21st deadliest of all time?
13. how big was the Chayu earthquake?
14. how much RMB was needed to rebuild?
15. how much is that in USD?
16. did office buildings sway?
17. what is the provincial capital?
18. how many people were missing?
19. were people left homeless?
20. about how many on the high end?
Numbered answers: | 1. As far away as both Beijing and Shanghai.
2. Approximately 15 million people.
3. The 2008 Sichuan earthquake
4. 69,197 people
5. Great Sichuan earthquake
6. Wenchuan earthquake
7. Yes
8. some exceeded magnitude 6.
9. 374,176
10. The 1976 Tangshan earthquake
11. 240,000
12. The Sichuan earthquake
13. 8.5 on the Richter magnitude scale.
14. 1 trillion RMB
15. About US $146.5 billion
16. Yes
17. Chengdu
18. 18,222
19. Yes
20. 11 million | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
522 | Read the text and answer the questions.
CHAPTER IV
WHAT HAPPENED AT THE BARN
"Nat has fallen into the water!"
"Where is he? I can't see a thing."
"He must have gone down in some cistern."
These and other cries rang out, and all of the boys of Oak Hall were filled with consternation. Dave had located the splash fairly well, and as quickly as he could he felt his way in that direction.
"Nat, where are you?" he called out.
"Here, down in a cistern! Help me out, or I'll be frozen to death."
Dave now reached the edge of the cistern. Two of the boards which had covered it had broken, letting Nat down quite unexpectedly. Fortunately there was only three feet of water in the cistern, so there was no fear of drowning. But the water was icy and far from agreeable.
As Dave leaned down to give Poole his hand, the door of the barn was flung open and a farmer strode in, a lantern in one hand and a stout stick in the other. The man held the light over his head and looked around suspiciously.
"Wot yeou fellers doin' here?" he demanded.
"Come here with the light--one of our party has fallen into the cistern!" cried Dave.
"Into the cistern, eh? Mebbe it serves him right. Ain't got no business in my barn," answered the farmer, as he came closer.
"We ran in because your dogs came after us," explained Roger.
"An' where did yeou come from? Ye don't belong around here, I know."
1. what chapter is this ?
2. the title is ?
3. who down in a cistern ?
4. how did he end up there ?
5. if he dont get out what will happen
6. could he see anything ?
7. where did they think he down in ?
8. were there other crys
9. where are the boys from ?
10. who located the splash ?
11. did he find it slow ?
12. he felt his way into what ?
13. did nat edge of the cister ?
14. who was it ?
15. how many boards were there ?
16. were the boards ingood standing ?
17. who gave poole his hand ?
18. who came in ?
19. what did he have in one hand ?
20. and the other ?
Numbered answers: | 1. IV
2. WHAT HAPPENED AT THE BARN
3. Nat
4. Nat has fallen into the wate
5. frozen to death."
6. no.
7. cistern
8. yes
9. Oak Hall
10. Dave
11. no
12. direction
13. no
14. Dave
15. Two
16. broken
17. Dave
18. farmer
19. lantern
20. stout stick | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
523 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
Amman, Jordan (CNN) -- The wife of an alleged suicide bomber who killed eight people at a U.S. base in Afghanistan last week says she is shocked by his actions but "proud" of what he did.
Defne Bayrak, the Turkish wife of Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi -- a Jordanian doctor identified as the attacker -- said she doubted accusations her husband had been an intelligence agent, but was satisfied he did not die in vain.
"I am proud of my husband. My husband accomplished a very big operation in such a war," she told reporters. "If he is a martyr, may God accept his martyrdom."
Al-Balawi has been named as the suspected bomber behind a December 30 attack on a U.S. base in Khost, in southeastern Afghanistan, that killed seven CIA officers and contractors, and a Jordanian army captain.
U.S. and Jordanian officials say al-Balawi had been recruited as a counterterrorism intelligence agent, despite concerns over his extremist views, and was being used in the hunt for a senior al Qaeda figure.
Bayrak, speaking from their home in Istanbul, told CNN Turk television she was "shocked" to hear what he had done.
"It is impossible for me to make a guess if he was an agent, what was his reason going there," she said. "I am not saying whether I am believing or not believing. I am trying to say, we were not expecting something like this."
Al-Balawi's mother, Shnara Fadel al-Balawi, told CNN her son, who she said had been a loner since childhood, had aspired to go to America, even telling her last year that he had booked a ticket to the United States.
1. Who commented?
2. Who is she?
3. What her husband did?
4. Where?
5. Anyone killed or injured?
6. What was the perpretrator's occupation?
7. Is the wife repented?
8. Where exactly it happened?
9. When?
10. How many nationalites were killed?
11. What are they?
12. Any civilian fatalities?
13. What was the alleged person's job there?
14. Was his views conducive?
15. Then what views he had?
16. Who were they targeting?
17. Is the wife bit confued?
18. Who else been interviewed?
19. Who was interviewing?
20. What he told about her son?
21. Did he have any aspirations?
Numbered answers: | 1. Defne Bayrak
2. the Turkish wife of Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi
3. alleged suicide bomber
4. a U.S. base in Afghanistan
5. eight people
6. doctor
7. he is shocked by his actions but "proud" of what he did.
8. U.S. base in Khost, in southeastern Afghanistan,
9. December 30
10. Two
11. American and Jordanian
12. No
13. counterterrorism intelligence agent
14. No.
15. extremist views
16. a senior al Qaeda figure.
17. Yes
18. Al-Balawi's mother
19. CNN
20. He was a loner
21. to go to America | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
524 | Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- Ukraine and Russia plan to approve a road map to improved trade relations on Tuesday, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Sunday in a late-night interview on Ukraine's national broadcaster, Inter TV.
The announcement comes just hours after a European Union officer said the EU had halted work on a trade agreement with Ukraine, after Kiev failed to show "clear commitment" to signing the deal.
Stefan Fule, European commissioner for enlargement and European neighborhood policy, said earlier Sunday on Twitter that the words and deeds of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his government on the proposed pact were "further & further apart. Their arguments have no grounds in reality."
Fule said he had told Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov in Brussels, Belgium, last week that further discussion on the agreement was conditional on a clear commitment by Kiev to sign the deal, but he had received no response.
"Work on hold, had no answer," he tweeted.
Last month, Kiev spurned the agreement in favor of closer economic ties with Moscow, and the prime minister's Sunday night interview revealed new details about that relationship.
Azarov said that in addition to the trade relations deal, he hoped an agreement could be reached Tuesday on gas commerce, which would hopefully provide a solution for Ukraine's unprofitable gas transportation system.
"We hope to renew negotiations about the three-party consortium, which would include Europe as well, to provide transparent conditions for gas transit and gas transportation system management," Azarov said.
However, Azarov rejected claims that Ukraine is leaning toward joining Russia and other former Soviet republics in the Customs Union.
Answer this series of questions:
1. Who is the Ukrainian President?
2. Who is the European commissioner for enlargement and European neighborhood policy?
3. Where did he make a statement?
4. When?
5. Who was it about?
6. Was it about his argument about the pact?
7. Does he feel they are realistic?
8. Who is the Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister?
9. Did he talk to Fule?
10. When?
11. Where?
12. Whose commitment were they waiting on?
13. Did they respond?
14. Who does Kiev want closer ties with?
15. What kind of ties?
16. What did the European Union stop working on?
17. With who?
18. What else do they want an agreement on?
19. What kind of conditions do they want for gas systems?
20. Did Azarov confirm that the Ukraine is probably going to go with Russia?
Numbered answers: | 1. Viktor Yanukovych
2. Stefan Fule
3. on Twitter
4. Sunday
5. Viktor Yanukovych
6. yes
7. no
8. Serhiy Arbuzov
9. yes
10. last week
11. Brussels, Belgium
12. Kiev
13. no
14. Moscow
15. economic
16. a trade agreement
17. Ukraine
18. gas commerce
19. transparent
20. no | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
525 | Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering and science that includes mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, and others. Robotics deals with the design, construction, operation, and use of robots, as well as computer systems for their control, sensory feedback, and information processing.
These technologies are used to develop machines that can substitute for humans. Robots can be used in any situation and for any purpose, but today many are used in dangerous environments (including bomb detection and de-activation), manufacturing processes, or where humans cannot survive. Robots can take on any form but some are made to resemble humans in appearance. This is said to help in the acceptance of a robot in certain replicative behaviors usually performed by people. Such robots attempt to replicate walking, lifting, speech, cognition, and basically anything a human can do. Many of today's robots are inspired by nature, contributing to the field of bio-inspired robotics.
The concept of creating machines that can operate autonomously dates back to classical times, but research into the functionality and potential uses of robots did not grow substantially until the 20th century. Throughout history, it has been frequently assumed that robots will one day be able to mimic human behavior and manage tasks in a human-like fashion. Today, robotics is a rapidly growing field, as technological advances continue; researching, designing, and building new robots serve various practical purposes, whether domestically, commercially, or militarily. Many robots are built to do jobs that are hazardous to people such as defusing bombs, finding survivors in unstable ruins, and exploring mines and shipwrecks. Robotics is also used in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) as a teaching aid.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. how many different fields come together in robotics?
2. why build a robot?
3. how old is the idea of an autonomous machine?
4. is buoilding the robot part of robotics?
5. when did the possibility start becoming reality?
6. are robots a fixed shape?
7. why make them look human?
8. what historic assumption is made about them?
9. how many human activities are listed as being possible?
10. is the field of study shrinking?
11. where inspires a lot of recent robots?
12. what 2 dangerous activives do they do?
13. are they only military in purpose?
14. can they help children
15. what STEM activies dio they do?
Numbered answers: | 1. mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, and others
2. jobs that are hazardous to people
3. classical times
4. yes
5. 20th century
6. no
7. to help in the acceptance of a robot
8. that robots will one day be able to mimic human behavior
9. basically anything a human can do
10. no
11. nature
12. defusing bombs, finding survivors in unstable ruins, and exploring mines and shipwrecks
13. no
14. unknown
15. teaching aid | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
526 | Legends about the development of coffee are varied and interesting, involving chance occurrences, political tricks, and the pursuit of wealth and power.
According to one story, a sheepherder named Kaldi, as he tended his sheep, noticed the effect of coffee beans. He noticed that the sheep became excited after eating the red "cherries" from a certain plant when they changed pastures . He tried it himself, and was soon as overactive as his sheep. Another story relates that a monk happened to discover that this fruit from the shiny green plant could help him stay awake.
Another legend gives us the name for coffee, "mocha". Omar, an Arabian was thrown to the desert with his followers to die of starvation. In desperation, Omar had his friends boil and eat the fruit from an unknown plant. Not only did the soup save the group, but the residents of the nearest town, Mocha, took their survival as a religious sign. The plant and its beverage were named Mocha to honor this event.
Coffee was introduced much later to countries beyond Arabia, whose inhabitants believed it to be a tasty thing and guarded its secret as if they were top secret military plans. The government forbade transportation of the plant out of the Moslem nations. The actual spread of coffee was started illegally. One Arab named Baba Budan smuggled beans to some mountains near Mysore, India, and started a farm there. Early in this century, some of those original plants were found still growing fruitfully in the region.
Coffee today is grown and enjoyed worldwide, and is one of the few crops that small farmers in third-world countries can profitably export.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. What crop can small farmers profit from on export?
2. Is it grown and enjoyed worldwide today?
3. When was it introduced to countries beyond Arabia?
4. What secret did they guard like top secret military plans?
5. What did the Arabian goverment forbade?
6. Was the actual spread of coffee legal?
7. Who is Baba Budan?
8. What did he do?
9. Where to?
10. What did he do with them there?
11. What was found early in this century?
12. What is another name for coffee?
13. Who named it that?
14. Who was thrown in the desert to die of starvation?
15. How did they survive?
16. What was the name of the nearest town?
17. Why was the plant and its beverage named Mocha?
18. Who was Kaldi?
19. What did he notice about his sheep?
20. When they did what?
Numbered answers: | 1. Coffee
2. yes
3. much later
4. coffee
5. transporting it out of Moslem nations.
6. in the beginning
7. An Arab
8. smuggled beans
9. near Mysore, India
10. started a farm
11. some of those plants
12. mocha
13. unknown
14. Omar and his followers
15. eating an unknown plant
16. Mocha
17. to honor the event
18. a sheepherder n
19. they became excited
20. eating the "cherries" | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
527 | Lisa wants a new pet. Sometimes it is very hard trying to choose a new pet. There are so many different animals, each cuter than the last. There are cats, dogs, and goldfishes. In the end, Lisa chose a bunny. Lisa's bunny is very cute. The bunny has snowy white fur and large black eyes. His ears are large, floppy, and grey. She named the bunny Chomper since Chomper loves to eat everything. Chomper eats carrots, celery, and even licks Lisa's fingers! Nothing to worry, Chompers has a very small mouth and he is never fussy. Except...every time Lisa leans down to kiss Chomper - he runs away! Why? Chomper thinks Lisa is trying to steal his treats! He hates sharing his treats. Chomper always wants second helpings of food. Lisa is afraid Chomper would get so big he could fall off her lap. But not to worry Lisa, Chomper hops around the house a lot. Chomper knows how to stay fit like Lisa. It's clear as day! Lisa and Chomper make great friends.
1. WHat does the girl want?
2. What kind did she choose?
3. What color is it?
4. What color are it's eyes?
5. and she named it what?
6. What does he like to eat?
7. Does he like to give kisses?
8. What does he do when she tries?
9. Why does he do that?
10. Does he want extra to eat?
11. What is she afraid will happen if she gives in to this?
12. Does the pet get plenty of exercise?
Numbered answers: | 1. a new pet
2. a bunny
3. white
4. black
5. Chomper
6. everything
7. no
8. he runs away!
9. He hates sharing his treats
10. yes
11. he gets too big
12. yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
528 | Māori, also known as Te Reo ("the language"), is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the Māori people, the indigenous population of New Zealand. Since 1987, it has been one of New Zealand's official languages. It is closely related to Cook Islands Māori, Tuamotuan, and Tahitian.
A national census undertaken in 2013 reported that about 148,000 people, or 3.7% of the New Zealand population, could hold a conversation in Māori about everyday things. , 55% of Māori adults reported some knowledge of the language; of these speakers, 64% use Māori at home and 50,000 can speak the language "very well" or "well".
There was originally no native writing system for Māori. Missionaries brought the Latin alphabet around 1814, and linguist Samuel Lee worked with chief Hongi Hika to systematize the written language in 1820. The resultant phonetic spellings were remarkably successful. Written Māori has changed little since then.
The English word comes from the Māori language, where it is spelled "Māori". In New Zealand, the Māori language is commonly referred to as "Te Reo" "the language", short for "te reo Māori".
The spelling "Maori" (without macron) is standard in English outside New Zealand in both general and linguistic usage. The Māori-language spelling "Māori" (with macron) has become common in New Zealand English in recent years, particularly in Māori-specific cultural contexts, although the traditional English spelling is still prevalent in general media and government use.
1. When was Maori first written down?
2. Who worked together towards that cause?
3. Was Hongi Hika a chief?
4. What was Lee's profession?
5. Who first introduced the alphabet to the region?
6. When did that occur?
7. Has the written language gone through a lot of changes since then?
8. What is the language called in New Zealand?
9. What does that mean?
10. What is the horizontal line above the "a" called?
11. Is the term ever used without that symbol?
12. Who speaks this language?
13. Are they native to Australia?
14. Where then?
15. Is it an official language?
16. What other dialects is it related to?
17. About how many people in the country can speak this?
18. Is that over half of New Zealand's population?
19. About what percentage of Maori adults know at least a little of the language?
20. About how many can speak the language well or very well?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. 1820
2. Samuel Lee and Hongi Hika
3. Yes
4. linguist
5. Missionaries
6. around 1814
7. No
8. "Te Reo"
9. the language
10. macron
11. Yes
12. the Māori people
13. No
14. New Zealand
15. Yes
16. Cook Islands Māori, Tuamotuan, and Tahitian.
17. 148,000
18. No
19. 55
20. 50,000 | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
529 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
(CNN) -- Federal authorities arrested a man suspected of taking part in a plot to abduct a prosecutor's father on behalf of a prisoner serving a life sentence in North Carolina, the FBI said Monday.
The FBI's Philadelphia bureau took Jakym Tibbs, 21, into custody early Monday at a residence in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, FBI spokeswoman Shelley Lynch said.
He was expected to appear in federal court in Harrisburg later in the day, Lynch said.
The FBI had offered a $25,000 reward for Tibbs and Quantavious Thompson, 18. Thompson was arrested last Wednesday and is scheduled to be in court later this week.
"It is too soon to determine whether the reward offered played a role in his capture. The investigation into the kidnapping of Frank Janssen from his home in Wake Forest, North Carolina, is ongoing," Lynch said in a statement.
Tibbs' apprehension marks the seventh arrest in the April 5 abduction of Janssen. He was rescued by police five days later at an apartment in Atlanta.
The kidnappers sent demands to Janssen's family "for the benefit" of Kelvin Melton, an inmate at Polk Correctional Institution in Butner, North Carolina, according to an affidavit in support of a search warrant related to criminal complaints against the defendants.
Janssen's daughter, Colleen Janssen, is an assistant district attorney in Wake County and had prosecuted Melton, officials said.
Melton is serving a life sentence without parole.
Authorities said they traced a call to Melton's prison cell, from where he allegedly communicated with the kidnappers.
1. Who was arrested?
2. How old was he?
3. When was he captured?
4. How much was the reward?
5. Who else was arrested?
6. How old is he?
7. Was he arrested on Thursday?
8. Who spoke about the arrests?
9. What is her job?
10. How many arrests have there been?
11. Who was kidnapped?
12. From where?
13. In what city?
14. Where was he found?
15. How soon?
16. Does Janssen have a daughter?
17. Why was Janssen kidnapped?
18. Is Melton in jail?
19. Where?
20. Where is that?
Numbered answers: | 1. Jakym Tibbs
2. 21
3. early Monday
4. $25,000
5. Quantavious Thompson
6. 18
7. no
8. Shelley Lynch
9. FBI spokeswoman
10. seven
11. Frank Janssen
12. his home
13. Wake Forest, North Carolina
14. Atlanta
15. five days later
16. yes
17. his daughter had prosecuted Melton
18. yes
19. Polk Correctional Institution
20. Butner, North Carolina, | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
530 | (CNN)A fourth man has been indicted in connection with a plot to provide material support to terrorists and for some of the men to join ISIS, according to an indictment from Brooklyn Federal Court released Monday.
Dilkhayot Kasimov was added to a superseding indictment in which three previously arrested men -- Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, Akhror Saidakhmetov, and Abror Habibov -- were charged with two counts of providing support to a foreign terrorist organization. Those three have pleaded not guilty. It is unclear if Kasimov has been arrested.
The indictment and a criminal complaint filed last month say Juraboev and Saidakhmetov planned to join ISIS and had purchased airline tickets to Turkey.
Saidakhmetov has also been charged with travel document fraud after telling authorities he intended to travel for entertainment purposes, according to the indictment.
He and Habibov were charged with conspiracy to use a firearm to commit a crime.
The names: Who has been recruited to ISIS from the West
Habibov is a 30-year-old Uzbekistani citizen, who police say "helped organize and finance" the operation. He was arrested in Jacksonville, Florida.
Court documents say Habibov operates mall kiosks that sell kitchenware and repair mobile phones. He has locations in Florida, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Habibov was in the United States legally, but overstayed his visa, according to police.
Saidakhmetov, 19, lives in Brooklyn with Juraboev, his roommate. They are permanent residents of the United States.
Court documents say Saidakhmetov, a citizen of Kazakhstan, worked at Habibov's mall kiosks in three different states in the fall and winter of 2014.
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. Four
2. In connection with a plot to provide material support to terrorists and for some of the men to join ISIS
3. Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, Akhror Saidakhmetov, and Abror Habibov
4. Two counts of providing support to a foreign terrorist organization
5. No
6. Saidakhmetov
7. He planned to join ISIS
8. A 30-year-old Uzbekistani citizen
9. He "helped organize and finance" the operation.
10. Yes
11. Jacksonville, Florida.
12. unknown
13. Yes
14. Brooklyn
15. Juraboev
16. Mall kiosks
17. Three
18. In the fall and winter of 2014
19. 19
Numbered questions: | 1. How many men have been indicated?
2. Why were they indicated?
3. Who were some of the men arrested?
4. What were they charged with?
5. Did they plead guilty?
6. Who was charged with fraud?
7. Why was he traveling?
8. Who is Habibov?
9. What did he do?
10. Was he arrested?
11. were at?
12. What does Babibov do?
13. What Habib was US resident?
14. Where does Saidakhmetov live?
15. with who?
16. Where did he work?
17. in how many states?
18. When did he work for Habibov?
19. How old is Saidakhmetov? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
531 | (WIRED) -- If you work for IBM, you can bring your iPhone to work, but forget about using the phone's voice-activated digital assistant. Siri isn't welcome on Big Blue's networks.
The reason? Siri ships everything you say to her to a big data center in Maiden, North Carolina. And the story of what really happens to all of your Siri-launched searches, e-mail messages and inappropriate jokes is a bit of a black box.
IBM CIO Jeanette Horan told MIT's Technology Review this week that her company has banned Siri outright because, according to the magazine, "The company worries that the spoken queries might be stored somewhere."
Apple's new 'spaceship' campus: What will the neighbors say?
It turns out that Horan is right to worry. In fact, Apple's iPhone Software License Agreement spells this out: "When you use Siri or Dictation, the things you say will be recorded and sent to Apple in order to convert what you say into text," Apple says. Siri collects a bunch of other information -- names of people from your address book and other unspecified user data, all to help Siri do a better job.
How long does Apple store all of this stuff, and who gets a look at it? Well, the company doesn't actually say. Again, from the user agreement: "By using Siri or Dictation, you agree and consent to Apple's and its subsidiaries' and agents' transmission, collection, maintenance, processing, and use of this information, including your voice input and User Data, to provide and improve Siri, Dictation, and other Apple products and services."
Answer the following questions:
1. Who is the Chief Information Officer at IBM?
2. Who isn't allowed at IBM?
3. Who's that?
4. Does the iPhone license agreement say you can be recorded?
5. And sent to Apple so it can be?
6. What's something Siri saves?
7. What do they say is the reason for that?
8. Does Apple spell out who reads those texts?
9. Is it just when talking to Siri?
10. What else?
11. Where is the recorded info sent?
12. Where is it located?
13. Where's that?
14. What is IBM afraid will happen?
15. What is something you allow Apple to do with the info if you agree to their terms?
16. Does that include your recorded voice?
17. Just Apple?
18. Who else?
19. Do they store your user info, too?
20. What's IBM's nickname?
Numbered answers: | 1. Jeanette Horan
2. Siri.
3. Voice-activated digital assistant.
4. Yes.
5. Converted into text,
6. Names of people from your address book
7. To help Siri do a better job.
8. No.
9. No.
10. Dictation.
11. A data center.
12. Maiden.
13. North Carolina
14. The spoken queries might be stored.
15. Consent to Apple transmitting your data.
16. Yes.
17. No.
18. Their subsidiaries' and agents.
19. Yes.
20. Big Blue. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
532 | Read the text and answer the questions.
During the 14th century in the northeastern part of the state nomad tribes by the name of Jornado hunted bison along the Rio Grande; they left numerous rock paintings throughout the northeastern part of the state. When the Spanish explorers reached this area they found their descendants, Suma and Manso tribes. In the southern part of the state, in a region known as Aridoamerica, Chichimeca people survived by hunting, gathering, and farming between AD 300 and 1300. The Chichimeca are the ancestors of the Tepehuan people.
During the Napoleonic Occupation of Spain, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic priest of progressive ideas, declared Mexican independence in the small town of Dolores, Guanajuato on September 16, 1810 with a proclamation known as the "Grito de Dolores". Hidalgo built a large support among intellectuals, liberal priests and many poor people. Hidalgo fought to protect the rights of the poor and indigenous population. He started on a march to the capital, Mexico City, but retreated back north when faced with the elite of the royal forces at the outskirts of the capital. He established a liberal government from Guadalajara, Jalisco but was soon forced to flee north by the royal forces that recaptured the city. Hidalgo attempted to reach the United States and gain American support for Mexican independence. HIdalgo reached Saltillo, Coahuila where he publicly resigned his military post and rejected a pardon offered by Viceroy Francisco Venegas in return for Hidalgo's surrender. A short time later, he and his supporters were captured by royalist Ignacio Elizondo at the Wells of Baján (Norias de Baján) on March 21, 1811 and taken to the city of Chihuahua. Hidalgo forced the Bishop of Valladolid, Manuel Abad y Queipo, to rescind the excommunication order he had circulated against him on September 24, 1810. Later, the Inquisition issued an excommunication edict on October 13, 1810 condemning Miguel Hidalgo as a seditionary, apostate, and heretic.
1. Who was the progressive Catholic?
2. What did he do in Dolores?
3. When?
4. What was the document called that made declaration?
5. How many groups did he get help from?
6. Did he start his journey in Guadalupe?
7. Where did he start it?
8. Did he ever resign his spot in the military?
9. Where?
10. Was he excommunicated?
11. When?
12. By who?
13. Did they give four reasons for this?
14. How many?
15. What were they?
16. Are other wanders mentioned?
17. Who was the capturer?
18. Where did this happen?
19. On what date?
20. Were the detainees moved to Tijuana?
Numbered answers: | 1. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
2. He fought to protect the rights of the poor and indigenous population
3. September 16, 1810
4. Grito de Dolores
5. Three
6. No
7. Dolores, Guanajuato
8. Yes
9. Saltillo, Coahuila
10. Yes
11. October 13, 1810
12. The Inquisition
13. No
14. Three
15. a seditionary, apostate, and heretic.
16. unknown
17. Ignacio Elizondo
18. Wells of Baján (Norias de Baján)
19. March 21, 1811
20. No | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
533 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
Philosophy of space and time is the branch of philosophy concerned with the issues surrounding the ontology, epistemology, and character of space and time. While such ideas have been central to philosophy from its inception, the philosophy of space and time was both an inspiration for and a central aspect of early analytic philosophy. The subject focuses on a number of basic issues, including whether or not time and space exist independently of the mind, whether they exist independently of one another, what accounts for time's apparently unidirectional flow, whether times other than the present moment exist, and questions about the nature of identity (particularly the nature of identity over time).
The earliest recorded Western philosophy of time was expounded by the ancient Egyptian thinker Ptahhotep (c. 2650–2600 BC), who said, "Do not lessen the time of following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit." The Vedas, the earliest texts on Indian philosophy and Hindu philosophy, dating back to the late 2nd millennium BC, describe ancient Hindu cosmology, in which the universe goes through repeated cycles of creation, destruction, and rebirth, with each cycle lasting 4,320,000 years. Ancient Greek philosophers, including Parmenides and Heraclitus, wrote essays on the nature of time.
1. Philosophy of space and time if a branch of what?
2. When was the earlies recorded weatern philosophy of time expounded?
3. What is the earliest texts if Indian and Hindu Philosophy called?
4. When did that date to?
5. Which Ancient greek philosophers wrote essays on nature and time?
6. Did the Vedas describle ccosmology?
7. How long did it describle the universes repeated cycles of creation to last?
8. What was the philosophy of space and time an insperation for?
9. What basic issues does it focus on?
10. Who said do not lessen the time of the following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit?
Numbered answers: | 1. Philosophy
2. c. 2650–2600 BC
3. The Vedas
4. late 2nd millennium BC
5. Parmenides and Heraclitus
6. yes
7. 4,320,000 years
8. analytic philosophy
9. whether or not time and space exist independently of the mind and whether they exist independently of one another
10. Ptahhotep | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
534 | CHAPTER VIII.
AN INTERRUPTION.
Nathan, who had looked upon the men under Colonel Allen much as he had Corporal 'Lige, was literally amazed by this ready submission of the king's troops, standing silent and motionless by the side of Isaac as the garrison was paraded without arms, and the surrender made in due form.
Some days afterward Isaac learned that the spoils of war at this place were one hundred and twenty iron cannon, fifty swivels, two ten-inch mortars, one howitzer, one cohorn, ten tons musket-balls, three cartloads flints, thirty gun-carriages, a quantity of shells, a large amount of material for boat building, one hundred stand of small arms, ten casks of powder, two brass cannon, thirty barrels of flour and eighteen barrels of pork.
Forty-eight soldiers were surrendered and preparations were at once begun to send these, together with the women and children, to Hartford.
Hardly was the surrender made complete when such of the troops as had been left on the opposite shore under Seth Warner, arrived in a schooner, much to the surprise of all, until it was learned that Captain Herrick, who had been sent to Skenesborough to seize the son of the governor, had succeeded in his mission without bloodshed.
He took not only the young major, but twelve negroes and attendants, seized the schooner owned by the elder Skene, and had come down the lake in the early morning with the hope of aiding in the capture of Ticonderoga.
Isaac had supposed this victory would end the adventure, and was saying to himself that his experience had been rather pleasing than otherwise, so much so in fact that he almost regretted the time was near at hand for him to return home, when he saw, much to his surprise, a portion of the troops being formed in line as if to leave Ticonderoga.
Answer this series of questions:
1. What was Nathan amazed about?
2. Did they win that battle?
3. How many ended up giving up?
4. Where were they headed?
5. Where were the king's troops standing?
6. Were there soldiers left elsewhere?
7. Where?
8. Who was in charge of them?
9. How did they show up?
10. Who was sent to Skeneborough?
11. Why?
12. And did he?
13. Were there any casualties?
14. What rank was the son?
15. Did he capture anyone else?
16. Who?
17. Who owned the boat they were in?
18. What time of day was it?
19. Why had they arrived?
20. Was Isaac excited to get home?
Numbered answers: | 1. the ready submission of the king's troops
2. yes
3. Forty-eight
4. to Hartford
5. by the side of Isaac
6. yes
7. on the opposite shore
8. Seth Warner
9. in a schooner
10. Captain Herrick
11. to seize the son of the governor
12. yes
13. no
14. major
15. yes
16. twelve negroes and attendants
17. Skene
18. morning
19. to aid in the capture of Ticonderoga.
20. no | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
535 | CHAPTER VII
Dick and Veronica returned laden with parcels. They explained that "Daddy Slee," as it appeared he was generally called, a local builder of renown, was following in his pony-cart, and was kindly bringing the bulkier things with him.
"I tried to hustle him," said Dick, "but coming up after he had washed himself and had his tea seemed to be his idea of hustling. He has got the reputation of being an honest old Johnny, slow but sure; the others, they tell me, are slower. I thought you might care, later on, to talk to him about the house."
Veronica took off her things and put them away, each one in its proper place. She said, if no one wanted her, she would read a chapter of "The Vicar of Wakefield," and retired upstairs. Robina and I had an egg with our tea; Mr. Slee arrived as we had finished, and I took him straight into the kitchen. He was a large man, with a dreamy expression and a habit of sighing. He sighed when he saw our kitchen.
"There's four days' work for three men here," he said, "and you'll want a new stove. Lord! what trouble children can be!"
Robina agreed with him.
"Meanwhile," she demanded, "how am I to cook?"
"Myself, missie," sighed Mr. Slee, "I don't see how you are going to cook."
"We'll all have to tramp home again," thought Dick.
"And tell Little Mother the reason, and frighten her out of her life!" retorted Robina indignantly.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. Who was following the two?
2. Why?
3. how?
4. What did the two bring?
5. a lot of them?
6. what were their names?
7. What did Veronica do with her stuff?
8. did she leave them around?
9. what did she do with them?
10. Where was Mr. Slee taken to?
11. Was he happy with the state of the room?
12. how do you know?
13. What did Robinas agree with?
14. what was needed in the room?
15. What did Mr Slee agree with?
16. Where did Veronica go?
17. to do what?
18. what?
19. Was Mr. Slee thin?
20. what did he have a habit of?
Numbered answers: | 1. Daddy Slee
2. bringing the bulkier
3. pony-cart
4. parcels
5. yes
6. Dick and Veronica
7. took off her things
8. no
9. put them away
10. the kitchen
11. no
12. He sighed
13. what trouble children can be!
14. a new stove
15. Robena being able to cook
16. upstairs
17. to read
18. The Vicar of Wakefield,
19. no
20. sighing | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
536 | (CNN) -- Inside the Charles Manson room at the Museum of Death in Hollywood, Anne Forde looks at crime scene photos from the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.
"I was a kid when he was involved in these crimes," says Forde, who grew up in County Cork, Ireland. "It's just been a fascination for me ever since."
"His eyes just stand out and look crazy," says Debbie Roberts, who was visiting the museum from Kentucky. "I can see how people followed him."
A few miles away on Saturday mornings, Scott Michaels is hosting the "Helter Skelter Tragical History Tour." For $65, you can buy a bus seat to see where the murders took place, as Michaels tells the story of Helter Skelter.
"We have people from around the world that sign up," says Michaels. "We added an additional anniversary tour, which is sold out."
August 9 marks the 45th anniversary of the murders of Sharon Tate and four others on Cielo Drive in the Benedict Canyon neighborhood of Los Angeles. Tate, who was 8½ months pregnant and married to movie director Roman Polanski, was stabbed 16 times as she pleaded for the life of her unborn child. The next night, supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and Rosemary LaBianca were tortured and killed inside their home near Hollywood.
Fast facts: Manson family murders
Since then, Charles Manson, who was convicted of orchestrating the murders, has been the focus of continued fascination.
"People seem to be fascinated by things that are strange and bizarre," says Vincent Bugliosi, sitting in his Los Angeles-area living room.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. who visited the museum from kentucky?
2. what is the name of Scott Michaels' tour?
3. what is the topic of the article?
4. how old was Forde when the crimes were committed?
5. was Manson convicted?
6. how did Debbie describe his eyes?
7. is Michaels' anniversary tour booked up?
8. how much is a seat on his bus?
9. are people fascinated with Manson?
10. why does Vincent think they are?
11. where does he live?
12. what year were the murders?
13. was Tate pregnant?
14. who was she married to?
15. who was tortured?
16. how many times was Tate stabbed?
17. what was the date that this happened?
18. how many people in total were murdered on Cielo drive?
19. where were Leno and Rosemary killed?
20. what was Leno's title?
Numbered answers: | 1. Debbie Roberts
2. "Helter Skelter Tragical History Tour."
3. Charles Manson
4. young
5. yes
6. the look crazy
7. yes
8. $65
9. yes
10. because people seem to be fascinated by things that are strange and bizarre
11. Los Angeles
12. 1969
13. yes
14. Roman Polanski
15. Leno LaBianca and Rosemary LaBianca w
16. 16
17. August 9
18. fie
19. inside their home
20. supermarket executive | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
537 | Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. This ethnically diverse, densely populated neighborhood is notable as the home of the U.S. film industry, including several of its historic studios, and its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the industry and the people in it.
Hollywood was a small community in 1870 and was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. It was consolidated with the city of Los Angeles in 1910, and soon thereafter a prominent film industry emerged, eventually becoming the most recognizable film industry in the world.
In 1853, one adobe hut stood in Nopalera (Nopal field), named for the Mexican Nopal cactus indigenous to the area. By 1870, an agricultural community flourished. The area was known as the Cahuenga Valley, after the pass in the Santa Monica Mountains immediately to the north.
According to the diary of H. J. Whitley, known as the "Father of Hollywood," on his honeymoon in 1886 he stood at the top of the hill looking out over the valley. Along came a Chinese man in a wagon carrying wood. The man got out of the wagon and bowed. The Chinese man was asked what he was doing and replied, "I holly-wood," meaning 'hauling wood.' H. J. Whitley had an epiphany and decided to name his new town Hollywood. "Holly" would represent England and "wood" would represent his Scottish heritage. Whitley had already started over 100 towns across the western United States.
1. What city is Hollywood in?
2. In what state?
3. When was Hollywood incorporated?
4. When did it merge with L.A.?
5. What industry is it known for?
6. Does it have many studios?
7. What was the area known as in 1870?
8. Named after what?
9. Where is the mountains from the town?
10. Who named Hollywood?
11. What is he known as?
12. Who gave him the idea for the name?
13. What was the man doing?
14. With what?
15. When did this all happen?
16. Did Whitley record these events?
17. Where?
18. Is this the first city he named or founded?
19. How many others?
20. Where?
Numbered answers: | 1. Los Angeles
2. California
3. 1903
4. 1910
5. film
6. yes
7. Cahuenga Valley
8. the pass in the Santa Monica Mountains
9. to the north
10. H. J. Whitley
11. the Father of Hollywood
12. a Chinese man
13. hauling wood
14. a wagon
15. 1886
16. yes
17. in a diary
18. no
19. over 100
20. the western United States | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
538 | Yu Qiuyu is a famous writer. Once, he went to Germany to learn more about the life there. He found a room for renting . The owner was an old man. Yu looked around the room and found it very nice, so he decided to rent it. The old man smiled, saying, "Don't worry, young man. You haven't lived here. I think you can try living here for a few days. Then you can decide whether to live for a long time or not." Yu thought it fair enough, and finally signed a contract of five days. The room was quite comfortable. The cleaners took away the trash every day. The hallway was always tidy and clean. On the fifth day, when Yu wanted to talk with the old man about the long-time rent, he broke a glass carelessly. He was very nervous, feeling that the glass was expensive. However, when he told the old man on the phone, the old man said , "Don't worry. It's not a big deal. I'll bring one later." Yu swept the glass pieces into the trash bag together with other things, and put them outside of the door. A moment later, the old man came. After entering the room, he asked before Yu said anything, "Then where are the glass pieces?" Yu answered quickly, "I put them outside." The old man went out at once. After looking at the trash bag, he came back to the room with a _ face. He said to Yu, "You can move out tomorrow, because I won't rent the room to you." Yu couldn't believe his ears and asked, "Is it because I broke your favorite glass that you are upset?" "No, it's because you didn't think of others." Just then, the old man went out of the room with a pen and another trash bag. He poured out the trash that Yu had put in the bag. Then the old man picked up every piece of glass very carefully. After a long time, he put all the glass pieces into a trash bag, and wrote with the pen on the bag: "Dangerous! Glass pieces inside". And other trash was put into another bag, with "Safe" written on it. Yu was looking at it. He didn't know what to say. His face burned with shame.
1. What did Yu break?
2. At first, was the old man angry about it?
3. What did Yu want to talk to the man about when the glass got broken?
4. Did he think the glass cost a lot?
5. What did he put the glass pieces in?
6. Where did he put that bag?
7. What did the old man write on his trash bag?
8. Did the old man offer the room to Yu after he placed the broken glass in the garbage bag?
9. What was Yu's profession?
10. Was he well-known?
11. Where did Yu find this room for rent?
12. How long was his initial contract for the room?
13. How often did the cleaners remove trash?
14. On what day of the contract did he break the glass?
15. Did Yu feel shame after the old man reprimanded him?
16. What did the old man write on his second bag?
17. What was the real reason the old man decided not to rent Yu the room?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. a glass
2. no
3. the long-time rent
4. yes
5. a trash bag
6. outside
7. "Dangerous! Glass pieces inside"
8. no
9. writer
10. yes
11. Germany to learn more about the life there. He found a room for renting .
12. five days.
13. every day
14. On the fifth day
15. yes
16. "Safe"
17. because Yu didn't think of others | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
539 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
The English word "translation" derives from the Latin translatio (which itself comes from trans- and from fero, the supine form of which is latum—together meaning "a carrying across" or "a bringing across"). The modern Romance languages use equivalents of the English term "translation" that are derived from that same Latin source or from the alternative Latin traducere ("to lead across" or "to bring across"). The Slavic and Germanic languages (except in the case of the Dutch equivalent, "vertaling"—a "re-language-ing") likewise use calques of these Latin sources.
Despite occasional theoretical diversity, the actual practice of translation has hardly changed since antiquity. Except for some extreme metaphrasers in the early Christian period and the Middle Ages, and adapters in various periods (especially pre-Classical Rome, and the 18th century), translators have generally shown prudent flexibility in seeking equivalents — "literal" where possible, paraphrastic where necessary — for the original meaning and other crucial "values" (e.g., style, verse form, concordance with musical accompaniment or, in films, with speech articulatory movements) as determined from context.
1. Has translating changed a bunch over the years?
2. When did a couple major changes happen?
3. Where there any others?
4. And they were?
5. Are people who translate very stiff?
6. Do they favor authentic or generalized translating?
7. Where does the term come from?
8. What was it called there?
9. How many definitions does that translate into?
10. Do they give any examples of what it translates into?
11. And they are?
12. Does anyone else have alternate examples that translate differently?
13. Who?
14. How do they translate it?
15. What other types of speeches also utilize these origins?
16. Are there any exceptions?
17. Are there very important variables to keep in tact when translating?
18. Like what?
19. Does it matter in movies?
20. In what aspect?
Numbered answers: | 1. No
2. early Christian period and the Middle Ages
3. Yes
4. pre-Classical Rome, and the 18th century
5. No
6. Literal/Authentic
7. Latin
8. the Latin translatio (which itself comes from trans- and from fero, the supine form of which is latum
9. unknown
10. Yes
11. "a carrying across" or "a bringing across"
12. Yes
13. The modern Romance languages
14. "to lead across" or "to bring across
15. Slavic and Germanic languages
16. the Dutch equivalent, "vertaling"
17. Yes
18. style, verse form, concordance with musical accompaniment
19. Yes
20. concordance with musical accompaniment or, in films, with speech articulatory movement | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
540 | Short Skirts Are Out!
After decades of skimpy skirts and sleeveless tops on game days, some schools in the US are saying cheerleader uniforms will have to meet stricter dress codes when they are worn in class.
In Lake County, Florida, cheerleaders with uniforms too skimpy for the code are being asked to wear long shorts or trousers under their skirts and a T-shirt under the sleeveless tops, according to a district memo. Principals at two of Lake's eight high schools - Leesburg and Lake Minneola - are not allowing the outfits in school at all.
Michelle Thomas, a cheerleader at Leesburg High School, was disappointed when she learned she couldn't wear her outfit to school on game days.
"It shows that we're a team just like all the other sports," she said.
But the school administrators did not agree. "During the educational portion of the day, they have to meet the dress code just like every other student," said school board chairwoman Debbie Stivender, who ordered the staff to bring the outfits into line with the dress code.
Bare midriffs are banned across the state by the Florida High School Athletic Association, but no state rules mention cheerleader miniskirts. Sheila Noone, a spokeswoman for cheerleading uniform company Varsity Brands, says the outfits haven't become more revealing over the last 10 years. She says that the short skirts are designed to help the girls jump and kick.
"Cheerleading is athletic," Noone said. "There's a lot of jumping, so you won't want a knee-length skirt that might hamper a tie touch."
Most cheerleaders were sad to hear the news, but say they'll follow the rules. Even male cheerleaders, whose pants and tops meet dress codes, chose not to wear their outfits to show unity.
"I understanding, because they are kind of short," said Holly Bishop, 14, a Lake Minneola High School cheerleader, about her miniskirt. "It would have been really, really cool to wear them to school."
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. cheerleader uniforms will have to meet stricter dress codes
2. Lake County, Florida
3. two of Lake's eight high schools
4. two of Lake's eight high schools - Leesburg and Lake Minneola - are not allowing the outfits in school at all.
5. Michelle Thomas, a cheerleader at Leesburg High Schoo
6. a cheerleader at Leesburg High Schoo
7. couldn't wear her outfit
8. short skirts are designed to help the girls jump and kick.
9. Holly Bishop, 14
10. Holly Bishop, 14, a Lake Minneola
11. the educational portion of the day, they have to meet the dress code
12. but say they'll follow the rules.
Numbered questions: | 1. What outfit has been banned at some schools?
2. Where?
3. How many high schools are in that county?
4. How many have banned the uniform?
5. Where does Michelle Thomas go to school?
6. What sport is she in?
7. What does she want to wear on game days?
8. Why do they need short skirts?
9. How old is Holly Bishop?
10. Where is she a cheerleader?
11. What portion of the day should they be dressed to code?
12. Will the cheerleaders go by the rules? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
541 | During the years after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, structural engineers have been trying hard to solve a question that would otherwise have been completely unthinkable: Can building be designed to stand catastrophic blasts by terrorists?
Soon after the terrorist attacks on the twin towers, structural engineers from the University at Buffalo and the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) traveled to ground zero as part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation. They spent two days beginning the task of formulating ideas about how to design such structures and to search for clues on how to do so in buildings that were damaged, but still are standing.
"Our objective in visiting ground zero was to go and look at the buildings surrounding the World Trade Center, those buildings that are still standing, but that sustained damage," said M. Bruneau, Ph.D. "Our immediate hope is that we can develop a better understanding as to why those buildings remain standing, while our long-term goal is to see whether earthquake engineering technologies can be married to existing technologies to achieve enhanced performance of buildings in the event of terrorist attacks," he added.
Photographs taken by the investigators demonstrate the monumental damage to the World Trade Center towers and buildings nearby. One building a block away from the towers remains standing, but was badly damaged. "This building is many meters away from the World Trade Center and yet we see a column there that used to be part of that building," explained A. Whittaker, Ph.D. "The column became a missile that shot across the road, through the window and through the floor."
The visit to the area also brought some surprises, according to the engineers. For example, the floor framing system in one of the buildings was quite strong , allowing floors that were pierced by tons of falling debris to survive. "Good framing systems may provide a simple, but reliable strategy for blast resistance," he added. Other strategies may include providing alternate paths for gravity loads in the event that a load-bearing column fails. "We also need a better understanding of the mechanism of collapse," said A. Whittaker. "We need to find out what causes a building to collapse and how you can predict it."
A. Reinhorn, Ph.D. noted that "earthquake shaking has led to the collapse of buildings in the past. Solutions developed for earthquake-resistant design may apply to blast engineering and terrorist-resistant design. Part of our mission now is to transfer these solutions and to develop new ones where none exist at present."
Answer the following questions:
1. What are engineers trying to solve?
2. What question is that?
3. Who funded the project?
4. Where did they travel to?
5. Where is ground zero?
6. Does M. Bruneau have a degree?
Numbered answers: | 1. to solve a question that would otherwise have been completely unthinkable:
2. Can building be designed to stand catastrophic blasts by terrorists?
3. structural engineers from the University at Buffalo and the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER)
4. traveled to ground zero
5. World Trade Center
6. Ph.D | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
542 | Read the text and answer the questions.
Willie Stewart still remembers his first day of kayaking through the grand Canyon. He was getting bounced around in the roughest white water he had ever seen. There was nothing the river threw at him.
There he was in a 40-pound boat, with only a few months of training and one arm. Tied to his left shoulder was a prosthetic limb that he'd had for just about a week. The plan was to paddle for 20 days over 227 miles of the roughest white water in the United States. It was one of the most remarkable adventures that the Grand Canyon had ever seen.
It started with a casual phone call in the spring of 2005. A good friend, Mike Crenshaw, finally got a permit from the National Park Service to lead a private party of 16 boaters down the Colorado River that coming August. He had a slot open for Willie, "Was he interested ?"
"It was the chance of a lifetime," Stewart said. He had been waiting years for this trip to happen. "How could I refuse ?"
But before they set off, Stewart had a couple of things to take care of. He had to get a white-water kayak, learn how to use it, and get an arm.
For most of his life, the _ 45-year-old man has lived with only his right arm. He lost his left arm in a horrible accident when he was 18.Stewart was doing a summer construction job inprefix = st1 /Washington,D.C.The trailing end of rope he was carrying got twisted in an industrial fan. Before he could react, the fan reeled in the rope tight and cut his arm just above the elbow.
He became a bitter young man, angry at the unfairness of what had happened ,and often got into fights. In time, he learned to channel his rage into sports. He joined a rugby team, established a reputation as a fearless player and eventually was elected captain. His days of rage long gone, he found peace and purpose in his life.
1. Who got a permit to lead a party of boaters down the Colorado River?
2. Who had only one arm?
3. How old was he when he lost it?
4. What kind of job was he doing at the time?
5. What got twisted in a fan?
6. Were there 15 boaters in the party going down the Colorado?
7. Where was Stewart kayaking on his first day?
8. How much did the boat weigh?
9. How many days were they supposed to paddle for?
10. Over how many miles?
11. When was the phone call about the trip made?
12. Of what year?
13. Did Stewart have anything tied over his shoulder?
14. What?
15. How long had he had it?
16. How old was he?
17. Was he mad about what happened to him?
18. How did he act out?
19. What positive thing did he learn to do with his anger?
20. What did he join?
Numbered answers: | 1. Mike Crenshaw
2. Willie Stewart
3. 18
4. construction
5. rope
6. No
7. through the grand Canyon
8. 40lbs
9. 20
10. 227
11. In the Spring
12. 2005
13. Yes
14. a prosthetic limb
15. for just about a week
16. 45
17. Yes
18. often got into fights
19. to channel into sports
20. a rugby team | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
543 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
Mary Cassatt was born in Pennsylvania in 1844. When she was seven, her family moved to Europe. They wanted their children to understand European ways and the people who lived there. They travelled a lot and she had visited many countries by the time she was 10 years old. After four years they returned to America.
In those days, women didn't have professions, and there were very few women artists. Her family did not approve when she decided that she would become an artist. She studied first in Philadelphia. She happened to be in Chicago in 1871 when the huge fire broke out there. She lost many of her paintings in that fire.
She went to Paris to study painting. She met Camille Pissarro there. He taught her Impressionism, a method of painting where the artists used small strokes of unmixed color1s to create an image. She once said of Pissarro that " _ " because he was such a good teacher. She spent a lot of time at the Louvre Museum copying paintings of the famous artists.
In 1874, her sister, Lydia, came to live with her in Paris. Lydia was her best friend and posed for many of Mary's paintings. Three years later, her parents came to Paris, also to live with them. Lydia became very ill and died from a disease. Mary missed her very much. Her parents became elderly and she cared for them, but she still found time to paint.
One of the more interesting works of Mary Cassatt is her painting, Portrait of Mrs. Curry, Sketch of Mr. Cassatt. Though she never had children of her own, she loved children and painted portraits of the children of her friends and family. She became known as the painter of mothers and children.
She lost her sight due to cataracts in her eyes in 1914 and was not able to paint during the later years of her life.
1. When was Cassatt born?
2. Where was she born?
3. Where did her family movie when she was seven?
4. Did her family approve when she decided to become an artist?
5. Why not?
6. Who did she meet when in Paris studing painting?
7. What did she teach her?
8. Why did her family move to europe in the first place?
9. Where did she study first?
10. What did she become known for painting?
11. What year did her family return to America?
12. How is impressionism described?
13. What happened in Chicago in 1871 while she was there?
14. Who came to live with her in Paris in 1874?
15. Did anyone else come to live with her after that?
Numbered answers: | 1. 1844
2. in Pennsylvania
3. to Europe
4. No
5. In those days, women didn't have professions, and there were very few women artists
6. Camille Pissarro
7. Impressionism
8. They wanted their children to understand European ways and the people who lived there.
9. Philadelphia
10. She became known as the painter of mothers and children
11. 1955
12. a method of painting where the artists used small strokes of unmixed color1s to create an image.
13. A the huge fire broke out there. She lost many of her paintings in that fire.
14. her sister, Lydia
15. yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
544 | In a telephone call Monday between Russia's Defense Minister General Sergei Shoigu and the U.S. Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel, Shoigu described the activity of U.S. and NATO troops near Russia's border as "unprecedented."
According to the official Russian version of the call, his American counterpart assured him the alliance did not have "provocative or expansionist" intentions -- and that Russia should know this.
But it hardly seems to matter how often NATO makes these assurances. The Kremlin will never trust them. Fear of the Western military alliance's steady march east is deep-rooted. It strikes at the very heart of Russia's national sense of security, a relic of Cold War enmity which has seeped down to post-Soviet generations.
Ilya Saraev is a 15-year-old pupil at the First Moscow cadet school in Moscow. He thinks long and hard when I ask him about NATO. "I think NATO might be a friend to Russia but there's one point I don't understand: Why it needs to approach the border with Russia more and more," he says.
Cadet school is an education in patriotism, like something from a bygone era. Besides the regular classes, there are lessons in ballroom dancing. Teenage cadets proudly leading local beauties through the waltz while outside their classmates rehearse the goosestep.
After the takeover of Crimea, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry accused Russia of behaving in a 19th century fashion in the 21st century. In some ways it's an epithet that seems to ring true here. The children are immaculately mannered and thoughtful. They write to their fellow cadets in Crimea. They say they feel sad there's this tension between brother nations -- Russia and Ukraine.
Answer this series of questions:
1. Who is Chuck Hagel?
2. Did he describe something?
3. Who did?
4. Was the pairing povocative according to him?
5. Whi is a teen?
6. Is he a soldier?
7. What is he?
8. What type of school is that?
9. Is this a new form of education?
10. When is it from?
Numbered answers: | 1. U.S. Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel,
2. No
3. Russia's Defense Minister General Sergei Shoigu
4. no
5. Ilya Saraev
6. No
7. A pupil at the First Moscow cadet school in Moscow
8. an education in patriotism
9. No
10. from a bygone era | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
545 | (CNN) -- Ray McDonald, who plays for the San Francisco 49ers, was arrested August 31 on felony domestic violence charges involving his pregnant fiancee. The San Jose Police Department said McDonald's fiancee had "visible injuries," and the Sacramento Bee reported that police were previously called to his house in May.
McDonald is out on bail while the case is under investigation by the district attorney's office. He is due in court on September 15 and has yet to be charged.
But none of this stopped McDonald from playing on Sunday in the 49ers season opener, a decision the San Francisco Board of Supervisors just denounced. They've called for McDonald to be sidelined (with pay) pending the outcome of the September 15 court appearance.
Do we need cell phone video of every assault to make the NFL pick up the ball? Apparently we do.
There's Greg Hardy of the Carolina Panthers, who was convicted in July on domestic violence charges. Think he's in jail or suspended indefinitely like Rice? Nope -- under NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's leadership, he's on the field. And there are many other examples where the NFL looked the other way or was way too lenient.
Ray Rice has been punished for his despicable elevator assault on Janay Palmer, who's now his wife. Now it's time for the NFL to be punished for its despicable handling of it. The NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, must go. With Goodell in charge, nothing is going to change the next time another player is charged with felony domestic violence. And next time is already here.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. Who was arrested?
2. What was the charge?
3. Was he sent to the jail?
4. Did he get bail?
5. What does he do for living?
6. Which team?
7. Will he continue playing?
8. When is the next game for him?
9. What is the game?
10. Did the board like the idea?
11. What they expect him to do?
12. Until when?
13. Who did he commit crime against?
14. Did he have incidents before?
15. When?
16. What other players did similar offences?
17. What was his team?
18. Where did he end up?
19. Can he play again?
20. Who was suspended?
21. What was his offence?
Numbered answers: | 1. Ray McDonald
2. domestic violence
3. no
4. yes
5. plays for NFL
6. San Francisco 49ers
7. yes
8. Sunday
9. 49ers season opener
10. no
11. sidelined
12. outcome of the September 15 court appearance.
13. his pregnant fiancee
14. yes
15. in May.
16. Greg Hardy
17. Carolina Panthers
18. in jail
19. unknown
20. Rice
21. elevator assault on Janay Palmer | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
546 | CHAPTER XIV.
MR. LAGUNE'S POINT OF VIEW.
For three days the Laboratory at South Kensington saw nothing of Lagune, and then he came back more invincibly voluble than ever. Everyone had expected him to return apostate, but he brought back an invigorated faith, a propaganda unashamed. From some source he had derived strength and conviction afresh. Even the rhetorical Smithers availed nothing. There was a joined battle over the insufficient tea-cups, and the elderly young assistant demonstrator hovered on the verge of the discussion, rejoicing, it is supposed, over the entanglements of Smithers. For at the outset Smithers displayed an overweening confidence and civility, and at the end his ears were red and his finer manners lost to him.
Lewisham, it was remarked by Miss Heydinger, made but a poor figure in this discussion. Once or twice he seemed about to address Lagune, and thought better of it with the words upon his lips.
Lagune's treatment of the exposure was light and vigorous. "The man Chaffery," he said, "has made a clean breast of it. His point of view--"
"Facts are facts," said Smithers.
"A fact is a synthesis of impressions," said Lagune; "but that you will learn when you are older. The thing is that we were at cross purposes. I told Chaffery you were beginners. He treated you as beginners--arranged a demonstration."
"It _was_ a demonstration," said Smithers.
"Precisely. If it had not been for your interruptions ..."
"Ah!"
"He forged elementary effects ..."
"You can't but admit that."
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. where is the laboratory?
2. how long was Lagune gone?
3. was he expected back in good spirits?
4. how did he return?
5. what was fresh?
6. strength from?
7. what was wrong with the teacups
8. who commented about Lweisham?
9. did she think he came out of things well?
10. did he say anything?
11. did he look like he might?
12. but what happened?
13. who made a clean breast of it?
14. Smithers thinks facts are?
15. Lagune thinks the same?
16. what does he say?
17. was there a misunderstanding?
18. who forged something?
19. what did he forge?
Numbered answers: | 1. South Kensington
2. three days
3. unknown
4. with an invigorated faith, a propaganda unashamed.
5. conviction
6. some source
7. they were insufficient
8. Miss Heydinger
9. unknown
10. no
11. yes
12. he thought better of it
13. The man Chaffery,
14. facts
15. no
16. A fact is a synthesis of impressions
17. yes
18. Chaffery
19. elementary effects | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
547 | Wednesday night 7: 30 p. m. at the Chuckle Bar!
Starring Rodney Mann, Pedro Mendez and Larry Dunne!
Next Wednesday night at the Chuckle Bar we have an all star line up of comedians. Three of the world's best known comedians are coming together for one night only. Book your tickets by calling 1 900 555 6565 or be at the door early to buy them before the show begins.
Rodney Mann
Mann is famous for his jokes about average people and their life. Many of his jokes are social commentaries on everyday things. He loves to set his jokes in New York, the city where he grew up.
Mann's most famous opening line, "You know, I was walking down the street the other day. . . " is known all over the world. He is just back from his tour of Europe, and is appearing at the Chuckle Bar for one night only. Don't miss it!
Pedro Mendez
Pedro Mendez grew up on a small farm in Panama. He moved to the USA with his parents when he was ten, and has been telling jokes and making people laugh ever since. Recently, the 30 year old comedian began to film a new TV programme that he will both act in and produce.
Experience Mendez's unique Latin style humor for yourself. His routine, "I had a farm in Panama", is a classic that should not be missed.
Larry Dunne
Larry Dunne has been making people laugh all over the world for more than five decades. He began his career by performing for soldiers in Hawaii in the 1950s, and since then, he has been the host of his own late night TV programme. The videos and DVDs of his performances are the best sellers of any stand-up acts out there. As an old style comedian, Dunne uses lots of singing and dancing as part of his routines.
Dunne is best known for his jokes about life in the USA and how it has changed during his lifetime. This will be Dunne's last show before he retires, so don't miss it.
Call 1-900-555-6565 to reserve your tickets or be at the door by 7: 00 p. m. .
1. How many comedians will be at the Chuckle Bar on Wednesday night?
2. What time is the show?
3. How can people book tickets?
4. Or?
5. Who is famous for his jokes about normal people?
6. Where is the locale of many of his jokes?
7. What significance does New York have for him?
8. What is a frequent opener for Mann?
9. Where did he just get back from?
10. How many nights will he perform at the Chuckle bar?
11. Who grew up on a small farm?
12. Where?
13. How old was he when he relocated to the United States?
14. How old is he?
15. What did he do recently?
16. Will he act in it?
17. What is a common opener of his?
18. Who has been a comedian for over five decades?
19. Who was his first audience?
20. Where?
21. When?
22. Does he have his own TV show?
Numbered answers: | 1. three
2. 7:30 pm
3. call 1 900 555 6565
4. at the door
5. Rodney Mann
6. New York
7. he grew up there
8. "You know, I was walking down the street the other day. . . "
9. Europe
10. one
11. Pedro Mendez
12. Panama
13. ten
14. 30
15. filmed a new TV programme
16. yes
17. "I had a farm in Panama"
18. Larry Dunne
19. soldiers
20. Hawaii
21. 1950s
22. yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
548 | CHAPTER FIFTEEN
A TELEGRAM
"November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year," said Margaret, standing at the window one dull afternoon, looking out at the frostbitten garden.
"That's the reason I was born in it," observed Jo pensively, quite unconscious of the blot on her nose.
"If something very pleasant should happen now, we should think it a delightful month," said Beth, who took a hopeful view of everything, even November.
"I dare say, but nothing pleasant ever does happen in this family," said Meg, who was out of sorts. "We go grubbing along day after day, without a bit of change, and very little fun. We might as well be in a treadmill."
"My patience, how blue we are!" cried Jo. "I don't much wonder, poor dear, for you see other girls having splendid times, while you grind, grind, year in and year out. Oh, don't I wish I could manage things for you as I do for my heroines! You're pretty enough and good enough already, so I'd have some rich relation leave you a fortune unexpectedly. Then you'd dash out as an heiress, scorn everyone who has slighted you, go abroad, and come home my Lady Something in a blaze of splendor and elegance."
"People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays, men have to work and women marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world," said Meg bitterly.
"Jo and I are going to make fortunes for you all. Just wait ten years, and see if we don't," said Amy, who sat in a corner making mud pies, as Hannah called her little clay models of birds, fruit, and faces.
1. who hat a blot on her nose?
2. what month is it?
3. who was born in that month?
4. who was making pies?
5. what did she say she was going to make?
6. with who?
7. who had a hopeful view of everything?
8. did Meg think that pleasant things always happen to the family?
9. what did she say they might as well be in?
10. who did she think has to work?
11. what did she think women should do?
12. do people have fortunes left to them anymore?
13. who wanted a fortune left to her friends?
14. where was Margaret standing?
15. what was she looking at?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. Jo
2. November
3. Jo
4. Amy
5. fortunes
6. Jo
7. Beth
8. no
9. a treadmill
10. men
11. marry for money
12. No
13. unknown
14. at the window
15. the frostbitten garden | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
549 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
CHAPTER XXVII
THE COLLISION IN THE FOG
"Hullo! Mumps isn't keeping this flag of truce very good," remarked Sam, as the seashell dropped at his feet.
"There is something inside of the shell," said Tom. "A bit of paper. Perhaps it's a message?"
"I'll soon see," returned his younger brother, and ran to where he could not be seen from the other yacht.
He pulled from the seashell a small, square of paper, upon which had been hastily scrawled the following in lead pencil:
"I will help you all I can and hope you won't prosecute me. I will see that Dora S. gets something to eat, even if I give her my share. They intend to go to Sand Haven if they can give you the slip."
"Good for Mumps! He's coming to his senses," cried Sam, and showed the others the message. Dick read the words with much satisfaction.
"I hope he does stand by Dora," he said. "If so, I'll shield him all I can when the crowd is brought up for trial."
"If he tells the truth we may as well put into harbor and make for Sand Haven," said Martin Harris, who had now resumed the chase once more.
"Yes; but he may not be telling the truth," was Sergeant Brown's comment. "The whole thing may be a trick to get us to go to Sand Haven while that crowd goes somewhere else."
"I think they are tired of carrying the girl around," said Carter. "To give her up to us would have been no hardship."
1. who sent the message about Dora?
2. who thought it might be a trick?
3. where did he think it was trying to get them to go?
4. what was in the shell?
5. what was on the paper?
6. written in what?
7. who offered to give Dora their food?
8. where did he say they were going?
9. who did carter think they had grown tired of carrying?
10. was the paper in the shape of a circle?
11. what shape was it?
12. was the writing neat?
13. how did Mumps message make Dick feel?
14. who did Sam show it to?
Numbered answers: | 1. Mumps
2. Sergeant Brown
3. Sand Haven
4. A bit of pape
5. a message
6. lead penci
7. Mumps
8. Sand Haven
9. Dora
10. no
11. square
12. no
13. satisfied
14. the others | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
550 | CHAPTER XVIII
THE NEW DECK HAND
Having said so much, Peter Slade seemed more inclined to talk, one reason being that he wanted to get at the bottom of the mystery which had brought Tad Sobber and his uncle to that part of the globe. Tad had hinted of great wealth, and of getting the best of the Rovers and some other people, but had not gone into any details.
Peter said he had come to Nassau to join his mother, who was stopping there for her health. His father was coming on later, and then the family was going across the ocean.
"I know there is something up between your crowd and the Merrick crowd," said the youth. "You are both after something, ain't you?"
"Yes," answered Tom.
"What?"
"I can't tell you that, Slade. It's something quite valuable, though."
"Well, I guess Sobber's uncle will get ahead of you."
"Perhaps so. What is the name of the tramp steamer he is looking for?"
"The _Josephine_."
"Was she to be here?"
"They hoped she would be."
"Were they going to hire her?" asked Sam.
"I suppose so."
"Then Merrick had money."
"Yes, he had some, and that Spaniard had some, too."
A little more conversation followed, and then the Rover boys asked Slade where he was going to stop, and said they might see him later.
"This is mighty interesting," remarked Tom, as he and his brother hurried to their hotel. "We must tell father of this without delay."
But Mr. Rover could not be found until that evening, when the party came back from the visit to the flower gardens. He listened with deep interest to what was said, and then went off on a hunt for Sid Merrick and the tramp steamer _Josephine_ without delay.
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. A mystery
2. Great wealth
3. And of getting the best of the Rovers and some other people
4. Peter
5. No
6. Yes
7. No
8. Merrick
9. And Spaniard had some, too
10. No
Numbered questions: | 1. What brought Tad and his uncle?
2. What had Tad alluded to?
3. and?
4. Who was there for his mom?
5. Was his father there?
6. Was he going to be
7. Is Tom open with Slade about his intentions?
8. Who had money?
9. and?
10. Was Mr. Rover around at the time? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
551 | One of its earliest massive implementations was brought about by Egyptians against the British occupation in the 1919 Revolution. Civil disobedience is one of the many ways people have rebelled against what they deem to be unfair laws. It has been used in many nonviolent resistance movements in India (Gandhi's campaigns for independence from the British Empire), in Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution and in East Germany to oust their communist governments, In South Africa in the fight against apartheid, in the American Civil Rights Movement, in the Singing Revolution to bring independence to the Baltic countries from the Soviet Union, recently with the 2003 Rose Revolution in Georgia and the 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine, among other various movements worldwide.
One of the oldest depictions of civil disobedience is in Sophocles' play Antigone, in which Antigone, one of the daughters of former King of Thebes, Oedipus, defies Creon, the current King of Thebes, who is trying to stop her from giving her brother Polynices a proper burial. She gives a stirring speech in which she tells him that she must obey her conscience rather than human law. She is not at all afraid of the death he threatens her with (and eventually carries out), but she is afraid of how her conscience will smite her if she does not do this.
Answer the following questions:
1. what revolution happened in 2003?
2. what is the general article topic?
3. what is one of the oldest depictions of it?
4. what old play has tells a story about disobedience?
5. what is her relationship to the king?
6. when was the orange revolution?
7. who does Oedipus defy?
8. who is Antigone's brother?
Numbered answers: | 1. Rose Revolution in Georgia
2. Civil disobedience
3. the 1919 Revolution
4. Antigone
5. daughter'
6. 2004
7. Creon
8. Polynices | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
552 | Read the text and answer the questions.
Greenland is an autonomous constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe (specifically Norway and Denmark, the colonial powers, as well as the nearby island of Iceland) for more than a millennium. The majority of its residents are Inuit, whose ancestors began migrating from the Canadian mainland in the 13th century, gradually settling across the island.
Greenland is the world's largest island (Australia, although larger, is generally considered to be a continental landmass rather than an island). Three-quarters of Greenland is covered by the only permanent ice sheet outside Antarctica. With a population of about 56,480 (2013), it is the least densely populated country in the world. The Arctic Umiaq Line ferry acts as a lifeline for western Greenland, connecting the various cities and settlements.
Greenland has been inhabited off and on for at least the last 4,500 years by Arctic peoples whose forebears migrated there from what is now Canada. Norsemen settled the uninhabited southern part of Greenland beginning in the 10th century, and Inuit peoples arrived in the 13th century. The Norse colonies disappeared in the late 15th century. Soon after their demise, beginning in 1499, the Portuguese briefly explored and claimed the island, naming it "Terra do Lavrador" (later applied to Labrador in Canada). In the early 18th century, Scandinavian explorers reached Greenland again. To strengthen trading and power, Denmark-Norway affirmed sovereignty over the island.
1. What's the world's largest island?
2. It's located within the Kingdom of what?
3. Which two oceans does it sit in the middle of?
4. Which continent is literally, physically a part of?
5. What covers most of Antarctica?
6. And Greenland?
7. What's the population of Greenland?
8. Where does it rank in the world for population?
9. For how long has it been lived on?
10. Where did the people mostly come from?
11. What people moved into the southern part?
12. When?
13. Who arrived there next?
14. What happened to the Norse people?
15. When?
16. Who arrived next?
17. What did they call the place?
18. Who arrived next?
19. Is it west of the Archipelago?
20. Who was it mostly culturally tied to?
Numbered answers: | 1. Greenland
2. Denmark
3. the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans
4. North America
5. ice
6. also ice
7. about 56,480
8. it is the least densely populated
9. 4,500 years
10. what is now Canada
11. Norsemen
12. the 10th century
13. Inuit peoples
14. they disappeared
15. in the late 15th century
16. the Portuguese
17. Terra do Lavrador
18. Scandinavian explorers
19. no
20. Europe | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
553 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
Doctors say obesity,also known as severe overweight,is a complex condition.A doctor may advise medical interventions in addition to changes in behavior.But experts say the more successful weightloss plans include a wellbalanced diet and exercise.
People who want to avoid weight gain have to balance the number of calories they eat with the number of calories they use.To lose weight,you can reduce the number of calories you take in,or increase the number you use,or both.Experts at the National Institutes of Health say to lose weight,a person should do some moderate or intensive physical exercise most days of the week.This could include fast walking,sports or strength training.
A recent study looked at four of the most popular dieting plans in the United States.Researchers at Stanford University studied more than three hundred overweight women,mostly in their thirties or forties.Each woman went on one of the four plans:Atkins,The Zone,Ornish or LEARN.The women attended diet classes and received written information about the food plans.At the end of a year,the women on the Atkins diet had lost the most,more than four and a half kilograms on average.
Christopher Gardner led the study,reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association. He said the Atkins diet may be more successful because of its simple message to lower the intake of sugar.Also,he said the advice to increase protein in the diet leads to more satisfying meals.
But last week,another report suggested that only a small minority of people have longterm success in dieting.Researchers at the University of California found that most dieters regained their lost weight within five years.And often they gained back even more.But those who kept the weight off generally were the ones who exercised.
1. how many people were in the study?
2. were they both male and female?
3. what gender were they?
4. what was it about?
5. less than 10 of them?
6. exactly how many?
7. were they named?
8. what was one?
9. another?
10. where was it conducted?
11. by who?
12. from where?
13. who was the leader?
14. were the results published?
15. where?
16. was one plan more successful?
17. which one?
18. why?
19. which is?
20. any other reason?
21. what?
Numbered answers: | 1. more than three hundred
2. No
3. female
4. dieting plans
5. Yes
6. four
7. Yes
8. Atkins
9. The Zone
10. the United States
11. Researchers
12. Stanford University
13. Christopher Gardner
14. Yes
15. the Journal of the American Medical Association.
16. Yes
17. the Atkins diet
18. because of its simple message
19. to lower the intake of sugar.
20. Yes
21. to increase protein in the diet leads to more satisfying meals. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
554 | (CNN) -- A Mexican man who was allegedly killed on orders from his own cartel believed they were hunting for him after he began working as an informant and was fearful for his life, according to court documents.
Police say soldier Michael Jackson Apodaca, 18, acted as the gunman.
Jose Daniel Gonzalez Galeana began to worry after he began working as an informant for immigration officials in the United States.
"The victim was concerned for his own well-being and the safety of his family," the documents said, referencing statements the victim made to a witness.
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials gave Gonzalez a visa so he could live in El Paso, Texas, his fellow Juarez cartel members began to get suspicious, El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen said at a press conference.
Allen said Gonzalez's exit from Mexico, combined with a raid on a cartel warehouse and the arrest of cartel lieutenant Pedro "El Tigre" Aranas Sanchez led cartel members to believe he might be working as an informant, Allen said.
Then, a Mexican newspaper named Gonzalez as an informant in the arrest of the high-ranking cartel member, according to court documents. Police say Gonzales quickly became the target of his own cartel.
Police said Gonzalez knew if his fellow cartel members found him, he would likely be killed, police said.
On May 15, the cartel found him.
He was shot eight times outside his home in El Paso, Texas, police said.
Pfc. Michael Jackson Apodaca, 18, Ruben Rodriguez Dorado, 30, and Christopher Andrew Duran, 17, were each named as suspects Monday and each are facing one count of capital murder. The three men are being held on $1 million bond.
Answer this series of questions:
1. What news outlet posted this?
2. Who was supposedly killed?
3. By whom?
4. How old was the killer?
5. When did the victim begin to worry?
6. Who did he work for?
7. From where?
8. What was of concern to the man killed?
9. Where was he moved to?
10. Who got wary of this?
11. Who was arrested causing more alarm about him?
12. Who called him a snitch after that?
13. What was Gonzalez clear would happen if caught by colleagues?
14. When did they find him?
15. How was he murdered?
16. How many times?
17. Where?
18. How many others are accused in connection?
19. How much is to bail out of jail?
Numbered answers: | 1. CNN
2. Jose Daniel Gonzalez Galeana
3. Michael Jackson Apodaca
4. 18
5. after he began working as an informant
6. immigration officials
7. the United States
8. his well-being and his family's safety
9. El Paso, Texas
10. his fellow cartel members
11. Pedro Aranas Sanchez
12. a Mexican newspaper
13. he would be killed
14. May 15
15. He was shot
16. eight
17. outside his home
18. three
19. $1 million | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
555 | (CNN) -- The Connecticut Senate on Thursday voted to repeal the death penalty, setting the stage for Connecticut to join several states that have recently abolished capital punishment.
In the last five years, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York and Illinois have repealed the death penalty. California voters will decide the issue in November.
The bill now goes to the House of Representatives, where it is also expected to pass. Gov. Dannel Malloy, a Democrat, has vowed to sign the measure into law should it reach his desk, his office said.
"For everyone, it's a vote of conscience," said Senate President Donald Williams Jr., a Democrat who says he's long supported a repeal. "We have a majority of legislators in Connecticut in favor of this so that the energies of our criminal justice system can be focused in a more appropriate manner."
In 2009, state lawmakers in both houses tried to pass a similar bill, but were ultimately blocked by then-Gov. Jodi Rell, a Republican.
Capital punishment has existed in Connecticut since its colonial days. But the state was forced to review its death penalty laws beginning in 1972 when a Supreme Court decision required greater consistency in its application. A moratorium was then imposed until a 1976 court decision upheld the constitutionality of capital punishment.
Since then, Connecticut juries have handed down 15 death sentences. Of those, only one person has actually been executed, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, a nonpartisan group that studies death penalty laws.
Michael Ross, a convicted serial killer, was put to death by lethal injection in 2005 after giving up his appeals.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. Who was executed in Connecticut after 1976?
2. How?
3. When?
4. Who voted on Thursday?
5. To do what?
6. Who will vote next?
7. What states already have?
8. When will the next state choose?
9. Who will vote in Connecticut next?
10. Is it going to be successful?
11. Where will it go next?
12. What will he do?
13. What party is he?
14. Who stopped the previous bill?
15. What party?
16. How many sentences have been given since 1976?
Numbered answers: | 1. Michael Ross,
2. by lethal injection
3. in 2005
4. The Connecticut Senate
5. to repeal the death penalty
6. California
7. New Jersey, New Mexico, New York and Illinois
8. in November.
9. the House of Representatives,
10. it is expected to
11. Gov. Dannel Malloy
12. sign the bill
13. a Democrat
14. Jodi Rell
15. Republican.
16. 15 | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
556 | Chapter XLVI
The Hours of Suspense
ON Sunday morning, when the church bells in Stoniton were ringing for morning service, Bartle Massey re-entered Adam's room, after a short absence, and said, "Adam, here's a visitor wants to see you."
Adam was seated with is back towards the door, but he started up and turned round instantly, with a flushed face and an eager look. His face was even thinner and more worn than we have seen it before, but he was washed and shaven this Sunday morning.
"Is it any news?" he said.
"Keep yourself quiet, my lad," said Bartle; "keep quiet. It's not what you're thinking of. It's the young Methodist woman come from the prison. She's at the bottom o' the stairs, and wants to know if you think well to see her, for she has something to say to you about that poor castaway; but she wouldn't come in without your leave, she said. She thought you'd perhaps like to go out and speak to her. These preaching women are not so back'ard commonly," Bartle muttered to himself.
"Ask her to come in," said Adam.
He was standing with his face towards the door, and as Dinah entered, lifting up her mild grey eyes towards him, she saw at once the great change that had come since the day when she had looked up at the tall man in the cottage. There was a trembling in her clear voice as she put her hand into his and said, "Be comforted, Adam Bede, the Lord has not forsaken her."
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. Who had grey eyes?
2. Who said to be quiet?
3. Who was he talking to?
4. Where did Bartie re-enter?
5. What day of the week was it?
6. Was it evening?
7. Who wanted to see Adam?
8. Who did the visitor turn out to be?
9. What did she want to say something about?
10. What denomination was she?
11. Was Adam standing in his room?
12. Was he facing the door?
Numbered answers: | 1. Dinah
2. Bartle
3. Adam
4. Adam's room
5. Sunday
6. no
7. a visitor
8. Dinah
9. about that poor castaway
10. Methodist
11. yes
12. yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
557 | (CNN) -- The U.S. will come face to face with the man who helped inspire the "Miracle of Medinah" once more when it faces Europe at the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.
Ian Poulter, the man known as "Mr Ryder Cup" will be part of the European side after securing a wildcard pick from captain Paul McGinley.
Poulter is joined by Scotsman Stephen Gallacher and England's Lee Westwood -- but there is no room for former World No.1 Luke Donald.
Poulter, 38, won all four of his matches two years ago as Europe came back from the brink to record an astonishing 14½ - 13½ victory.
Westwood, who made his Ryder Cup debut in 1997, has won 21 points in 37 matches and has appeared in eight editions of the competition.
Gallacher, who will be playing in front of his home crowd, finished third at the Italian Open and only just missed out on automatic qualification.
McGinley, the European captain, told a news conference that omitting Donald, who boasts an impressive Ryder Cup record, was one of his most difficult tasks.
"It was a very difficult conversation with him for a number of reasons," McGinley told reporters ahead of the match getting under way on September 26.
"My relationship with Luke is very close. He has played in every Ryder Cup I've been involved in apart from 2008 which we both missed.
"I've partnered Luke twice in 2004 and 2006 and vice-captained him in 2010 and 12. I forged a very strong relationship with him.
1. Who is the man that helped to inspire the "Miracle of Medinah"?
2. When?
3. Where?
4. How is Ian Poulter known?
5. How old is Poulter?
6. How many matches did Poulter win in the past two years?
7. When did Westwood make his Ryder Cup debut?
8. How many points did he do in 37 matches?
9. How many appeared did he have in this competition?
10. Will Gallacher play in front of his home crowd?
11. Which position did he finish at the Italian Open?
12. What did McGinley tell to the news?
13. How many times did McGinley get partnered Luke?
14. When?
15. how about as vice-captained, when was that?
Numbered answers: | 1. Ian Poulter
2. 2014
3. Gleneagles
4. Mr Ryder Cup
5. 38
6. won all four of his matches two years ago
7. 1997
8. 21
9. eight
10. yes
11. third
12. omitting Donald, who boasts an impressive Ryder Cup record, was one of his most difficult tasks.
13. twice
14. in 2004 and 2006
15. vice-captained him in 2010 and 12 | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
558 | CHAPTER XXIX. "BONY."
Mrs. Ellmother reluctantly entered the room.
Since Emily had seen her last, her personal appearance doubly justified the nickname by which her late mistress had distinguished her. The old servant was worn and wasted; her gown hung loose on her angular body; the big bones of her face stood out, more prominently than ever. She took Emily's offered hand doubtingly. "I hope I see you well, miss," she said--with hardly a vestige left of her former firmness of voice and manner.
"I am afraid you have been suffering from illness," Emily answered gently.
"It's the life I'm leading that wears me down; I want work and change."
Making that reply, she looked round, and discovered Francine observing her with undisguised curiosity. "You have got company with you," she said to Emily. "I had better go away, and come back another time."
Francine stopped her before she could open the door. "You mustn't go away; I wish to speak to you."
"About what, miss?"
The eyes of the two women met--one, near the end of her life, concealing under a rugged surface a nature sensitively affectionate and incorruptibly true: the other, young in years, with out the virtues of youth, hard in manner and hard at heart. In silence on either side, they stood face to face; strangers brought together by the force of circumstances, working inexorably toward their hidden end.
Emily introduced Mrs. Ellmother to Francine. "It may be worth your while," she hinted, "to hear what this young lady has to say."
1. Had Emily seen Mrs. Ellmother recently?
2. Did she look well?
3. Was anyone with her?
4. How were clothes?
5. what stood out?
6. What did Emily say she was afraid had happened to her?
7. how did she reply?
8. and what did she want?
9. were the women the same age?
10. Who was introduced to Francine?
11. by who?
12. was Francine old?
13. Did Mrs Ellmother enter the room swiftly?
14. how then?
15. did she have a nickname?
16. who gave it to her?
17. how did she take Emily's hand?
18. did she sound the same asalways?
19. how then?
20. and?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. no
2. no
3. yes
4. loose
5. the big bones of her face
6. suffering from illness,
7. It's the life I'm leading that wears me down
8. want work and change
9. no
10. Mrs. Ellmother
11. Emily
12. no
13. no
14. reluctantly
15. who gave it to her?
16. her late mistress
17. doubtingly.
18. no
19. with hardly a vestige left of her former firmness of voice
20. manner. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
559 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
English law is the common law legal system governing England and Wales, comprising criminal law and civil law.
English law has no formal codification: the essence of English common law is that it is made by judges sitting in courts applying statute, and legal precedent ("stare decisis") from previous cases. A decision of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the highest civil appeal court of the United Kingdom, is binding on every other court.
Some rulings are derived from legislation; others, known as common law, are based on rulings of previous courts. For example, murder is a common law crime rather than one established by an Act of Parliament. Common law can be amended or repealed by Parliament; murder, for example, now carries a mandatory life sentence rather than the death penalty.
The first schedule of the Interpretation Act 1978, defines the following terms: "British Islands", "England", and "United Kingdom". The use of the term "British Isles" is virtually obsolete in statutes and, when it does appear, it is taken to be synonymous with "British Islands". For interpretation purposes, England includes a number of specified elements:
"Great Britain" means England, Wales, Scotland, their adjacent territorial waters and the islands of Orkney and Shetland, the Hebrides and, by virtue of the Island of Rockall Act 1972, Rockall. "United Kingdom" means Great Britain and Northern Ireland and their adjacent territorial waters, but not the Isle of Man, nor the Channel Islands, whose independent status was discussed in "Rover International Ltd. v Canon Film Sales Ltd." (1987) 1 WLR 1597 and "Chloride Industrial Batteries Ltd. v F. & W. Freight Ltd." (1989) 1 WLR 823. "British Islands"but not "British Isles"means the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
1. Does English law have a formal codification?
2. Who makes it?
3. What is stare decisis?
4. Where does it come from?
5. Where else are ruling derived from?
6. What is the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom?
7. What act was passed in 1978
8. What is the punishment for murder?
9. What does the Interpretation Act 19787 define?
10. What does "Great Britain" mean
11. Are islands a part of that?
12. Which ones?
13. What act made Rockall a part of this?
14. What does United Kingdom mean?
15. Does that include Isle of Man?
Numbered answers: | 1. no
2. judges
3. legal precedent
4. from previous cases
5. from legislation
6. its highest civil appeal court of the United Kingdom
7. the Interpretation Act 1978
8. a mandatory life sentence
9. it defines the following terms: "British Islands", "England", and "United Kingdom"
10. "Great Britain" means England, Wales, Scotland
11. yes
12. the islands of Orkney and Shetland, the Hebrides and, by virtue of the Island of Rockall
13. Rockall Act 1972,
14. "United Kingdom" means Great Britain and Northern Ireland and their adjacent territorial waters
15. no | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
560 | CHAPTER VIII
A TIME OF WAITING
Dinah woke two minutes before one o'clock, and Nat at once lay down and, resolutely refusing to allow himself to think any more of the situation, was soon fast asleep.
"It am jess beginning to get light, Marse Glober," the negress said when, as it seemed to him, he had not been five minutes asleep. However, he jumped up at once.
"It is very dark, still, Dinah."
"It am dark, sah, but not so dark as it was. Bes' be off at once. Must get well away before dem black fellows wake up."
"How is Madame Duchesne?"
"She sleep, sah; she no wake for another tree or four hours. Dinah give pretty strong dose. Bes' dat she should know noting about it till we get to a safe place."
"But is there any safe place, Dinah?"
"Yes, massa; me take you where dey neber tink of searching, but good way off in hills."
Myra by this time was on her feet also.
"Have you slept well, Myra?"
"Yes, I have slept pretty well, but in spite of the two blankets under us it was awfully hard, and I feel stiff all over now."
"How shall we divide the things, Dinah?"
"Well, sah, do you tink you can take de head of de barrow? Dat pretty heaby weight."
"Oh, nonsense!" Nat said. "Madame Duchesne is a light weight, and if I could get her comfortably on my back I could carry her any distance."
"Dat bery well before starting, Marse Glober, you tell anoder story before we gone very far."
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. Nat
2. Dinah
3. two minutes before one o'clock
4. yes
5. three or four hours.
6. gave a strong dose
7. leave
8. black
9. a safe place
10. no
Numbered questions: | 1. Who was asleep?
2. Who had just woken?
3. When did Dinah wake up?
4. Was Madame Duchesne still asleep?
5. How much longer did they think she would be asleep for?
6. Why were they so sure?
7. What were they plotting to do while she slept?
8. What skin color were they?
9. Where were they going?
10. Was it light out? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
561 | What do Tom Sawyer and Jumping Frogs have in common? Stories about both of them were created by one man: Mark Twain. Twain was four years old when his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, located on the west bank of the Mississippi. Twain grew up there and was fascinated with (......) life along the river----the steamboats, the giant lumber rafts, and the people who worked on them.
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is one of Twain's best loved short stories, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of his most famous novels. Both these works are celebrated by events held during National Tom Sawyer Days, which originated in the late 1950s and became national in the 1960s. Children enter their frogs in the jumping contest during National Tom Sawyer Days. There's also a fence painting contest to see who can paint the fastest. The idea for this contest comes from a scene in Tom Sawyer, in which Tom has been told to paint the fence in front of the house he lives in. It's a beautiful day, and he would rather be doing anything else. As his friends walk by, he makes them believe that it's fun to paint, and they join in the "fun". By the end of the day, the fence has three coats of paint!
Although the story of Tom Sawyer is a fiction, it's based on facts. If you go to Hannibal, you'll see the white fence, which still stands at Twain's boyhood home.
Answer the following questions:
1. What's one of Mark Twain's most popular novels?
2. What else is celebrated in National Tom Sawyer Days?
3. Is it an official holiday?
4. Where?
5. When did it become official?
6. What days is the holiday held on?
7. What's an example of a thing that people do to celebrate it?
8. Anything else?
9. Is Tom Sawyer a real person?
10. Did he live in Missouri?
11. Did he enjoy painting?
12. Did he like frogs?
13. Is he based on a real person?
14. Who?
15. What did Twain like about his home?
16. How old was he when he started living there?
17. When was he born?
Numbered answers: | 1. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
2. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
3. Yes
4. Missouri
5. The 1960s
6. unknown
7. Children enter their frogs in jumping contests.
8. Fence painting contest
9. No
10. unknown
11. No
12. unknown
13. Yes
14. Mark Twain
15. Life along the river
16. Four
17. unknown | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
562 | Read the text and answer the questions.
My wife Julie and I were out on the road that runs around where we live, when we saw an old worn-out dog stumbling painfully up the road. We stopped, bent down, talked gently to the dog and patted it. I checked and there was a collar with a phone number. I called but no one answered.
The dog was painfully thin. So Julie ran home to get some of our dog's food while I tried to encourage the dog. After Julie came back, we sat down on the sidewalk while our new friend made short work of the food. Eventually we got her home.
After trying for many times we got a response from the number. A lady came around with a bunch of flowers for us. She explained that Tara had been her father's dog. She was very old and got lost that morning. So, Tara was safely returned home.
Here is the truth of the story:
Actually Julie and I were out that morning because I was leaving. She was trying to persuade me to come back, but I wasn't hearing anything that made that sound likely.
I was about to turn and go when an old black dog walked between us and almost fell down. Suddenly we had something more important than _ to worry about. There was a creature in need right before us and we had to work together to help it.
We did help it. And here I am writing the story in my own home, in my own family.
In the song "Love Is Not a Fight" Warren Barfield talks about marriage. At one point he sings, "And if we try to leave, may God send angels to guard the door."
Sometimes angels come disguised as dogs.
1. Who was the author of the story walking with?
2. What was the real reason they were walking?
3. Was his wife happy to see him go?
4. What did they encounter on their walk?
5. Was the dog fat?
6. Did the dog have any identification?
7. Was the author able to immediately reach someone at the number?
8. What color was the dog?
9. Was the author able to ever reach the owner of the dog?
10. Was it a man or woman?
11. Did she give them anything for finding the dog?
Numbered answers: | 1. With his wife Julie
2. The author was leaving
3. No
4. an old worn-out dog stumbling painfully up the road
5. No
6. It had a collar with a phone number
7. No
8. black
9. Yes
10. a woman
11. a bunch of flowers | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
563 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
Should universities focus on training workers for the next decade or curing diseases for the next century? A group of governors, educators, and CEOs weighed in on the best way universities can prepare for the future. They debated how the U.S. can take the responsibility for research while still preparing students for real jobs. Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin said that the first thing she thinks about as governor is educating Oklahoma students and strengthening the workforce. So she's carrying out a program called "America Works: Education and Training for Tomorrow's Jobs" that aims to "reorganize our education system with the current needs of our employers". The state governor added that this new educational approach doesn't just benefit students and companies, but also improves the state economy. "We've been able to attract new companies to our state because of what we're doing with our universities, because our students are a pipeline for the workforce," she said. "General Electric Company (one of the world's biggest companies) is coming to Oklahoma." Other group members were more focused on the long-term goals of a research university. Amy Gutmann pointed out that "basic research is the foundation for everything else that happens at a university. And if we don't do it, nobody else will." "And if nobody does that research, we'll pay the price in health care bills," argued Vagelos, who is a former CEO of Merck & Co., Inc, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. "The jobs of universities are basic research, which is what is needed for attacks on disease," he said. "There has been a reduction in coronary heart disease by 60% in the last forty years because of this research, and that reduces health care costs." James Hunt, former North Carolina governor, argued for a happy medium. Effective communication, he said, would help the public see that the research conducted at universities actually serves a practical purpose. Eli Broad, founder of the Broad Foundations, agreed. "We have to show the public what research has achieved," he said. "We have to show how it actually goes from basic research to something they can understand."
1. who was involved in the best way universities can prepare?
2. what program is she working on?
3. what does it do?
4. how has it helped?
5. who is Vagelos?
6. what is that?
7. What did he say the job of universities is?
8. What is reduced?
9. and what else?
10. by how much?
11. Who argued for a happy medium?
12. who is he?
13. what did he say will help?
14. how will it help?
15. what are other members more focused on?
16. who agreed with James Hunt?
17. who is he?
18. who do they want to show?
Numbered answers: | 1. Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin
2. America Works: Education and Training for Tomorrow's Jobs
3. reorganize our education system with the current needs of our employers
4. attract new companies
5. former CEO of Merck & Co
6. one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world
7. basic research
8. health care costs.
9. coronary heart disease
10. 60%
11. James Hunt
12. former North Carolina governor,
13. Effective communication
14. public see that the research conducted at universities actually serves a practical purpose
15. what research has achieved
16. Eli Broad
17. founder of the Broad Foundations
18. the public | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
564 | CHAPTER XI
Marie and Victor
"Are you taking me to the girls, Harry?"
"No," Harry said. "It would not be safe to do so. There are already suspicions, and they have been denounced."
Marie gave a cry of alarm.
"I have managed to suppress the document, Marie, and we start with them in a day or two. Still it will be better for you not to go near them. I will arrange for you to meet them to-morrow."
"Where am I going, then?"
"You are going to the house of a worthy couple, who have shown themselves faithful and trustworthy by nursing a friend of mine, who has for nearly six months been lying ill there. You will be perfectly safe there till we can arrange matters."
"But if Robespierre has signed my release, as they said, I am safe enough, surely, and can go where I like."
"I think you will be safe from re-arrest here in Paris, Marie, because you could appeal to him; but outside Paris it might be different. However, we can talk about that to-morrow, when you have had a good night's rest."
Harry did not think it necessary to say, that when Lebat was missed it would probably be ascertained that he was last seen leaving La Force with her, and that if inquiries were set on foot about him she might be sought for. However, Marie said no more on the subject, quite content that Harry should make whatever arrangements he thought best, and she now began to ask all sorts of questions about her sisters, and so passed the time until they were close to the Place de Carrousel; then Harry called Jacques to stop.
Answer this series of questions:
1. To whom does Marie want to be taken?
2. Is she going there?
3. Why not?
4. When will she see them?
5. Where will she go instead?
6. Are they trustworthy?
7. What good deed have they done?
8. Why are they doing that?
9. For how long?
10. Who signed Marie's release?
11. Will she be safe in Paris?
12. What about elsewhere?
13. When will they discuss her leaving?
14. Where was Lebat seen last?
15. With whom?
16. Who did she ask about?
17. Where were they traveling to?
18. Who was taking them there?
19. What did Harry suppress?
20. Will she be safe with the couple?
Numbered answers: | 1. the girls
2. no
3. It would not be safe
4. to-morrow
5. the house of a worthy couple
6. yes
7. nursing a friend
8. he is ill
9. nearly six months
10. Robespierre
11. yes
12. it might be different
13. to-morrow
14. leaving La Force
15. Marie
16. her sisters
17. the Place de Carrousel
18. Jacques
19. the document
20. yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
565 | CHAPTER XXIII
AN ELECTION OF OFFICERS
"Election of officers to-morrow!"
"As if every cadet at the school didn't know it, Pepper."
"Well, Andy, have you made up your mind how you are going to vote?"
"Sure I have," replied the acrobatic youth. "I am going to vote for Bart Conners for major, since Jack don't want to run again."
"That's the way I am going to vote, too."
"How about the two captains?" asked Joe Nelson.
"Well, I think I'll vote for Dave Kearney for one," answered Pepper. "I am not so sure about the other."
"What's the matter with Harry Blossom?" asked Bert Field. "He seems to be a nice sort."
"He is."
"I understand Reff Ritter wants to be a captain," put in Stuffer.
"Sure, an' he'd be afther wantin' to be major, only he ain't popular enough," came from Emerald.
"Coulter is out for a captaincy, too," said Jack, who had come up during the talk.
"Do you think either of them will be elected?" asked Andy.
"Not if I can prevent it," replied the young major. "Neither of them deserves any office."
"I understand Dan Baxter wants to be major," said Stuffer. "Talk about gall! What has he ever done for the school? Nothing."
"He won't get the office," said Jack.
"Is Bart going to have a walkover?" asked Pepper.
"Hardly. Both Dave Kearney and Harry Blossom will run against him, and so will Bob Grenwood, and they all have their friends."
"Well, let the best fellows win, say I!" cried Andy, and then he ran off, to do some fancy "stunts" in the gymnasium.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. What event is about to happen?
2. When?
3. Where were these elections taking place?
4. Who are they going to elect?
5. What was he running for?
6. Who was going to vote for him?
7. Who would he have voted for if they had run?
8. What other position is being voted on?
9. Who is in the running for that?
10. Who is he running against?
11. Who else wants the job?
12. Does he have higher aspirations?
13. Anyone else interested in captain?
14. Who knew this?
15. Who else wants to be major?
16. Did they think he would win?
17. Who is the gymnast of the bunch?
Numbered answers: | 1. Election of officers
2. tomorrow
3. at the school
4. Bart Conners
5. major
6. Andy
7. Jack
8. two captains
9. Dave Kearney
10. Harry Blossom
11. Reff Ritter
12. yes, major
13. Coulter
14. Jack
15. Dan Baxter
16. no
17. Andy | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
566 | Limit the use of private cars, improve public transport and encourage the use of bicycles to control traffic congestion during the 2008 Olympics, experts from foreign countries advised Beijing on Friday. Professor Nigel Wilson, of the civil and environmental engineering department of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said he was "supportive to the limiting of private cars during the Olympic Games", saying that in foreign countries, the method is also adopted during big events, but he was unsure about the approach. The government planned to keep an average of more than one million cars off the roads to improve traffic flow during the Olympics, said Liu Xiaoming, deputy director of the Beijing Traffic Committee, at the China Planning Network First Urban Transportation Congress. Sharing Wilson's view, Dr. Yoshitsugu Hayashi, dean of the Graduate School of Environmental Studies of Nagoya University, believed the reduction in car use should be achieved not by banning, but through _ . "Drivers who don't use their private cars could be given points," he said, "and the points could be exchanged for goods from online shopping." Wetzel stressed limiting the use of company cars. "Governmental officials should also be encouraged to use public transportation or ride bicycles," he said, adding that he himself is a bicycle-rider in London. Matthew Martimo, director of Traffic Engineering with Citilabs, said the bicycle was China's advantage. "Limiting private cars is an idea worth trying but it is just a temporary solution," he said. "The real cause of congestion is high density of people in Beijing and many have cars." Beijing, with a population of 15 million, is home to more than three million automobiles, and the number is rising by 1,000 a day. Professor Wilson said the Olympic Games was a great opportunity for Beijing to think about traffic problems and develop transportation, adding that the city had already been making public transport more efficient. Beijing has promised to stretch its 114-kilometer city railway to 200 kilometers before the opening of the Olympic Games. "We are looking forward to borrowing Beijing's experiences and drawing from its lessons in preparation for the 2012 Olympics," said Wetzel.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. how many cars did they want to keep off the road during the Olympics?
2. How were they going to achieve that?
3. what were they encouraging people to use?
4. which olympics were these?
5. who advised Beijing?
6. where was he from?
7. which department?
8. where else is that method used?
9. during what time?
10. Did they think cars should be banned?
11. what did they propose instead?
12. what can they use points for?
13. what is the real cause of traffic problems?
14. Do most of them have cars?
15. how many people live there?
16. how many of them have vehicles?
17. what were they going to do with the railway?
18. what was it before expansion?
19. what would they expand it to?
20. when?
Numbered answers: | 1. one million
2. Drivers who don't use their private cars could be given points
3. public transportation or ride bicycles
4. the 2008 Olympics
5. Professor Nigel Wilson
6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
7. environmental engineering
8. foreign countries
9. big events
10. no
11. drivers who comply given points
12. goods from online shopping
13. high density of people in Beijing
14. yes
15. 15 million
16. three million
17. expand it
18. 114-kilometer
19. 200 kilometers
20. before the opening of the Olympic Games | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
567 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- It was Anabella De León's frail 86-year-old mother who answered the door when the men came knocking. "They told her, 'say to Anabella that we are going to kill her very soon,'" De León told CNN. The visit left her mother crying, anxious and shocked.
Congresswoman Anabella de Leon with her husband in London for a performance of "Seven" by Vital Voices.
That was four months ago. No attempt on her life has been made, De León said, but she still looks over her shoulder, takes alternative routes in her car, constantly checking that she's not being followed.
Anabella De León is not well known outside Guatemala. Within the Central American country though, she has made headlines as an outspoken critic of corruption. She's serving her fourth term in Congress as a member of the Patriotic Party, which last weekend elected her to one of its top posts of Third National Secretary.
The death threats are not new. Since 2002, she's been protected by at least one security guard on request from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Her 26-year-old son is also shadowed by a security guard; a precautionary move in response to earlier threats connected to De León's anti-corruption efforts.
"The fight against corruption doesn't give you friends," she said. "[It] gives you enemies, important and dangerous enemies," she told CNN during a recent trip to London for a performance of the play "Seven," which profiles De León and six other international female leaders. Read more about "Seven."
1. What political party does De Leon belong to?
2. What role has she just assumed in the party?
3. Why does she need protection?
4. Who requested the protection?
5. What is she doing in London?
6. Did anyone join her?
7. Why was her mother crying?
8. How old is she?
9. What precautions does De Leon take?
10. Anything else?
11. Does she have children?
12. How old?
13. Does the child receive protection?
Numbered answers: | 1. Patriotic Party,
2. ourth term in Congress
3. earlier threats connected to De León's anti-corruption efforts.
4. nter-American Commission on Human Rights
5. performance of "Seven" by Vital Voices.
6. husband
7. men came knocking. "They told her, 'say to Anabella that we are going to kill her very soon
8. 86
9. protected by at least one security guard
10. takes alternative routes in her car, constantly checking that she's not being followed.
11. yes
12. 26
13. yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
568 | Chapter XLVIII
Another Meeting in the Wood
THE next day, at evening, two men were walking from opposite points towards the same scene, drawn thither by a common memory. The scene was the Grove by Donnithorne Chase: you know who the men were.
The old squire's funeral had taken place that morning, the will had been read, and now in the first breathing-space, Arthur Donnithorne had come out for a lonely walk, that he might look fixedly at the new future before him and confirm himself in a sad resolution. He thought he could do that best in the Grove.
Adam too had come from Stontion on Monday evening, and to-day he had not left home, except to go to the family at the Hall Farm and tell them everything that Mr. Irwine had left untold. He had agreed with the Poysers that he would follow them to their new neighbourhood, wherever that might be, for he meant to give up the management of the woods, and, as soon as it was practicable, he would wind up his business with Jonathan Burge and settle with his mother and Seth in a home within reach of the friends to whom he felt bound by a mutual sorrow.
"Seth and me are sure to find work," he said. "A man that's got our trade at his finger-ends is at home everywhere; and we must make a new start. My mother won't stand in the way, for she's told me, since I came home, she'd made up her mind to being buried in another parish, if I wished it, and if I'd be more comfortable elsewhere. It's wonderful how quiet she's been ever since I came back. It seems as if the very greatness o' the trouble had quieted and calmed her. We shall all be better in a new country, though there's some I shall be loath to leave behind. But I won't part from you and yours, if I can help it, Mr. Poyser. Trouble's made us kin."
1. Who will find work?
2. How many were walking from opposite points?
3. What was common in them?
4. Who came to Stontion on Monday?
5. What time of the day?
6. Did he go out?
7. Was there exception to that?
8. What was that?
9. Did someone have leave his story unfinished?
10. Who was that?
11. Did someone completed it?
12. Who?
13. When did the funeral take place?
14. Whose funeral?
15. Did the deceased have a will?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. Seth
2. two
3. a memory
4. Adam
5. evening
6. no
7. yes
8. to go to the family at the Hall Farm
9. yes
10. Mr. Irwine
11. yes
12. Adam
13. that morning
14. The old squire's
15. yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
569 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
We have two daughters: Kristen is seven years old and Kelly is four.Last Sunday evening, we invited some people home for dinner.I dressed them nicely for the party, and told them that their job was to join Mommy in answering the door when the bell rang.Mommy would introduce them to the guests, and then they would take the guests' coats upstairs and put them on the bed in the second bedroom. The guests arrived.I introduced my two daughters to each of them.The adults were nice and kind and said how lucky we were to have such good kids. Each of the guests paid too much attention to Kelly, the younger one, admiring her dress, her hair and her smile.They said she was a remarkable girl to be carrying coats upstairs at her age. I thought to myself that we adults usually make a big "to do" over the younger one because she's the one who seems more easily hurt.We do it with the best of intention . But we seldom think of how it might affect the other child.I was a little worried that Kristen would feel she was being outshined .I was about to serve dinner when I realized that she had been missing for twenty minutes.I ran upstairs and found her in the bedroom, crying. I said, "What are you doing, my dear?" She turned to me with a sad expression and said, "Mommy, why don't people like me the way they like my sister? Is it because I'm not pretty? Is that why they don't say nice things about me as much?" I tried to explain to her, kissing and held her in arms to make her feel better. Now, whenever I visit a friend's home, I make it a point to speak to the elder child first.
1. How old is Kristen?
2. Does Kristen have a sister?
3. What is her name?
4. How old is Kelly?
5. Did the guests pay too much attention to one of the girls?
6. Who did they pay more attention to?
7. Why did the guests come over?
8. Do we know how many guests there were?
9. Did the guests like Kelly's dress?
10. did Kristen feel left out?
11. What was the girls job?
12. Did they have any other jobs?
13. what was it?
14. Did they answer the door by themselves?
15. Who did they answer it with?
16. Who does the mother speak to first when visiting friends?
Numbered answers: | 1. seven years old
2. yes
3. Kelly
4. four
5. yes
6. Kelly
7. for dinner
8. no
9. yes
10. yes
11. to take the coats upstairs
12. yes
13. answering the door
14. no
15. mommy
16. the elder child | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
570 | CHAPTER V
OFF FOR WOODCRAFT
Edward Muldoon, otherwise Sparrer, surreptitiously pinched himself to make sure that he was not dreaming. He, newsboy from the lower East Side of New York, who had never been farther from it than Coney Island, riding in a brilliantly lighted Pullman coach on his way into the great woods of which he had dreamed so much since he became a Scout, and of which he had only the vaguest idea! It couldn't be.
And yet it was. The roar of the wheels told him that it was. The very feel of the luxurious seat in which he was sitting told him that it was. And to clinch the fact and at the same time make it harder to believe there were his three companions, Upton, his patrol leader, Harrison and Pat Malone, whom he had secretly made his hero. Yes, it was all true, and yet he couldn't get rid of the idea that sooner or later he would wake up and find it all a beautiful dream.
The fact is, this trip was in the nature of a Christmas present. From their first meeting Pat had taken a great fancy to the street gamin. He recognized a kindred spirit. Instinctively he realized that the difference between Sparrer and himself at the same age was mainly one of environment. The youngster's sturdy independence and self-reliance, his quick wit, even his impudence, struck responsive chords in the young woodsman. Sparrer was what he himself would have been had his nursery been a New York East Side tenement instead of the log cabin of a mill settlement in the lumber district of the North Woods.
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. Edward Muldoon
2. pinched himself
3. to make sure that he was not dreaming
4. New York
5. the lower East Side
6. He was a newsboy
7. Pat Malone
8. into the great woods
9. a Christmas present
10. Pat
11. Pat had taken a great fancy to him.
12. a log cabin
13. a mill settlement
14. the lumber district
15. the North Woods
16. a Pullman coach
17. his three companions
18. Upton, Harrison, and Pat
19. his patrol leader
20. Coney Island
Numbered questions: | 1. Who is Sparrer
2. What did he do?
3. Why?
4. Where did he live?
5. What part?
6. What did he do to make money
7. Who was his secret hero?
8. Where was he going?
9. What was this trip?
10. From who?
11. Why?
12. Where was his nursery?
13. where?
14. in what district?
15. where?
16. What kind of coach were they in?
17. Who was with them also?
18. What were their names?
19. Who was Upton?
20. What is farthest Sparrer had gone before? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
571 | CHAPTER V.
MOHUN APPEARS FOR THE LAST TIME IN THIS HISTORY.
Besides my Lord Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, who for family reasons had kindly promised his protection and patronage to Colonel Esmond, he had other great friends in power now, both able and willing to assist him, and he might, with such allies, look forward to as fortunate advancement in civil life at home as he had got rapid promotion abroad. His Grace was magnanimous enough to offer to take Mr. Esmond as secretary on his Paris embassy, but no doubt he intended that proposal should be rejected; at any rate, Esmond could not bear the thoughts of attending his mistress farther than the church-door after her marriage, and so declined that offer which his generous rival made him.
Other gentlemen in power were liberal at least of compliments and promises to Colonel Esmond. Mr. Harley, now become my Lord Oxford and Mortimer, and installed Knight of the Garter on the same day as his Grace of Hamilton had received the same honor, sent to the Colonel to say that a seat in Parliament should be at his disposal presently, and Mr. St. John held out many flattering hopes of advancement to the Colonel when he should enter the House. Esmond's friends were all successful, and the most successful and triumphant of all was his dear old commander, General Webb, who was now appointed Lieutenant-General of the Land Forces, and received with particular honor by the Ministry, by the Queen, and the people out of doors, who huzza'd the brave chief when they used to see him in his chariot going to the House or to the Drawing-room, or hobbling on foot to his coach from St. Stephen's upon his glorious old crutch and stick, and cheered him as loud as they had ever done Marlborough.
Answer the following questions:
1. Where do you think this takes place?
2. Did Colonel Esmond have friends in high places?
3. Who promised to protect Esmond?
4. What position was Esmond offered?
5. Where would that have taken place?
6. Was His Grace certain Esmond would accept the offer?
7. Why did Esmond not accept?
Numbered answers: | 1. y the Ministry, by the Queen, Perhaps the United Kingdom.
2. he had other great friends in power now. Yes.
3. Lord Duke of Hamilton and Brandon. Lord Duke of Hamilton and Brandon.
4. offer to take Mr. Esmond as secretary. Secretary to His Grace.
5. on his Paris. In Paris.
6. no doubt he intended that proposal should be rejected. No.
7. could not bear the thoughts of attending his mistress farther than the church-door after her marriage | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
572 | Read the text and answer the questions.
What could a poem writer and a movie director share? More than you think! Langston Hughes began writing poems in high school and soon became one of America's greatest writers. Most of his writing is about his experiences as an African American. He wrote poems about people who worked hard through life but still found things to be happy about. He wrote plays and books about justice for all people, and he wrote kids' books, too. The Sweet and Sour Animal Book is a book of his animal poems. Pictures and photos were used in the book. "Hold fast to dreams" is a line in a famous Hughes poem. That's exactly what he did throughout his life. When Steven Spielberg was in middle school, he wanted to make a film. He had an idea for a movie, but no money. He started a tree-planting business and made his film with the money he earned. Spielberg never stopped making films, even after many film schools refused him. Today he is one of the most popular and important filmmakers in the world. His movies are about people who are adventurous , brave, kind. His characters often fight for what is good. Some of his films are about his Jewish background, such as Schindler's List. Spielberg once said, "I don't dream that much at night because I dream for a living." In different ways, both Hughes and Spielberg have encouraged people of all ages to reach for their dreams.
1. What is the writers name?
2. What were most his writings about?
3. Did he write about justice?
4. For whom?
5. Who else did he write books for?
6. What was a famous line mentioned in his children's book?
7. What book was this line from?
8. Who wanted to make a film while in middle school?
9. Why couldn't he make one?
10. How did he earn money?
11. Did he stop making films?
12. Where is he now considered most popular?
13. What is his background?
14. Were his movies about this backgroud?
Numbered answers: | 1. Langston Hughes
2. his experiences
3. Yes
4. all people
5. kids
6. Hold fast to dreams
7. its a line in a famous Hughes poem
8. Steven Spielberg
9. no money
10. He started a tree-planting business
11. No
12. the world.
13. he has a Jewish background
14. Schindler's List | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
573 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
CHAPTER XXVII
THE SILVER CLASP
It was about eleven o'clock on a hot morning and Kenwardine, who had adopted native customs, was leisurely getting his breakfast in the patio. Two or three letters lay among the fruit and wine, but he did not mean to open them yet. He was something of a sybarite and the letters might blunt his enjoyment of the well-served meal. Clare, who had not eaten much, sat opposite, watching him. His pose as he leaned back with a wineglass in his hand was negligently graceful, and his white clothes, drawn in at the waist by a black silk sash, showed his well-knit figure. There were touches of gray in his hair and wrinkles round his eyes, but in spite of this he had a look of careless youth. Clare, however, thought she noticed a hint of preoccupation that she knew and disliked.
Presently Kenwardine picked out an envelope with a British stamp from among the rest and turned it over before inserting a knife behind the flap, which yielded easily, as if the gum had lost its strength. Then he took out the letter and smiled with ironical amusement. If it had been read by any unauthorized person before it reached him, the reader would have been much misled, but it told him what he wanted to know. There was one word an Englishman or American would not have used, though a Teuton might have done so, but Kenwardine thought a Spaniard would not notice this, even if he knew English well. The other letters were not important, and he glanced at his daughter.
1. What time was it in the morning?
2. Who had adopted the native customs?
3. Where was he getting his breakfast?
4. Who was sitting and watching him?
5. What color clothes was he wearing?
6. and what fabric was the sash?
7. What look did he have?
8. Did he have wrinkles?
9. and what about a few gray hair?
10. Did the envelope have an American stamp?
Numbered answers: | 1. eleven o'clock
2. Kenwardine
3. the patio
4. Clare
5. white
6. silk
7. of careless youth
8. yes
9. yes
10. no | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
574 | (CNN) -- Serena Williams underlined her status as the overwhelming favorite for the women's U.S. Open title with a crushing "double bagel" win over Carla Suarez Navarro in the quarterfinals of the New York grand slam.
The defending champion, bidding for a fifth singles triumph at Flushing Meadows, beat the Spanish world No. 20 6-0 6-0 to become the first woman since Martina Navratilova in 1989 to win a women's U.S. Open quarterfinal without losing a game.
"I played well -- I played really well," world No. 1 Williams told the WTA's official website. "I was just more focused than anything.
"I like to believe there is always room for improvement though. I haven't really thought about it yet, but off the bat, I think it was very difficult to hit a big serve today because of the winds, and I didn't get my serve up as much as I wanted to. But I don't know. I do think I definitely played well tonight."
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The American's latest commanding win means she has lost just 13 games at the tournament ahead of her semifinal meeting with Li Na, who is appearing in the last four of the year's final grand slam for the first time after beating Russia's Ekaterina Makarova.
"I'm still in the tournament and I'm not thinking like, 'I'm really dominant now'," added Williams. "I'm thinking I have a really tough match in the next round and want to do well."
Earlier in the day second seed Victoria Azarenka, beaten by Williams in the 2012 final, won her delayed fourth round match against former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic.
Answer this series of questions:
1. What sport is this article about?
2. What male player is mentioned?
3. Who is the article mostly about?
4. Is she an underdog in the upcoming event?
5. What is the name of the tournament?
6. Who won it last year?
7. What city is it in?
8. What did Williams say after the match?
9. Who was she talking to?
10. Did she play as good as she is capable of playing?
Numbered answers: | 1. Tennis
2. unknown
3. Serena Williams
4. No
5. women's U.S. Open
6. Carla Suarez Navarro
7. New York
8. "I played well -- I played really well"
9. WTA
10. No | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
575 | (CNN) -- For all the headaches on the campaign trail, you would not think a candidate would be hounded by his own dog.
That, however, has been the relentless fate of Republican contender Mitt Romney. A trip to Canada 30 years ago with the family pooch in a car top carrier, has been the gift that just keeps giving to Democrats. They've lampooned him as cruel at worst, foolish at best, with bumper stickers and T-shirts that say "Dogs aren't luggage!" and "Mitt is Mean!"
Republicans have counterattacked by pointing out that President Obama wrote in his own book about eating dog as a child, helping the dog fight become a theme at this year's White House Correspondents Association dinner.
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel nipped at both of them. "If Mitt Romney offers you a ride, call shotgun. And if President Obama starts buttering you, run!"
It would be easy to dismiss all of this as political silliness were it not for one troubling fact: Sometimes the way a president connects with critters can affect the way voters relate to him.
"Presidents and their pets have a long and storied history," says Garrett Graff, a goldfish owner and editor-in-chief at Washingtonian magazine. His theory about why voters take such an interest in such matters: "Most of us don't 'get' Middle East oil politics, and the rise and fall of the G.D.P., but we can 'get' if you connect with a dog or you connect with a cat."
First a little history. Ever since George Washington took office with horses and hounds in tow, presidents have welcomed animals into their lives. A lot of animals.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. How long ago did someone go on a trip?
2. Where did they go?
3. What is this story about?
4. Did he have a pet?
5. What kind?
6. Why were people mad at him?
7. What did they say?
8. Are any other presidents mentioned?
9. Which is one?
10. Did he have a pet?
11. Did he eat a cat?
12. What did he eat?
13. Who made fun of them?
14. Did anybody else?
15. What did he say about Mitt?
16. And the other?
17. Which editor is mentioned?
Numbered answers: | 1. 30 years ago
2. Canada
3. Mitt Romney
4. yes
5. dog
6. the family pooch was in a car top carrier
7. unknown
8. yes
9. President Obama
10. no
11. no
12. dog
13. Democrats
14. Jimmy Kimmel
15. If Mitt Romney offers you a ride, call shotgun
16. And if President Obama starts buttering you, run!
17. Garrett Graff | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
576 | Dixon, Illinois (CNN) -- William Heirens, the "Lipstick Killer," is believed to be the longest-serving inmate in the United States. He turns 81 on November 15.
Diabetes has ravaged his body, but his mind is sharp.
"Bill's never allowed himself to be institutionalized," said Dolores Kennedy, his long-time friend and advocate. "He's kept himself focused on the positives."
The days are spent mostly watching television and reading magazines. Using a wheelchair and sharing a cell with a roommate in the health unit of Dixon Correctional Center, he still yearns for a chance at freedom. It is something he has not tasted since 1946.
Heirens has been locked behind bars and walls for 63 years, making inmate C06103 the longest-serving prisoner in Illinois history, state officials say.
According to Steven Drizin, the legal director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University, Heirens "has served longer than anyone in the U.S. that I can find."
He was put away a year after the end of World War II. It is a dubious record, but fitting for the man dubbed the Lipstick Killer, whose crime spree remains among the most infamous in the history of Chicago, the city of Capone and Leopold and Loeb.
The scar-faced gangster and the thrill-kill pair are long gone. Heirens, however, has not slipped into the past. He lives in the present and hopes for a future outside prison. Supporters have championed his cause, convinced that he is innocent, or arguing that he has been rehabilitated, a model inmate who has served his sentence.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. Who is the person who has been in prison the longest in the US?
2. What is he known as?
3. How old is he?
4. Does he have any diseases?
5. how long has he been imprisoned?
6. In what State?
7. When was he jailed?
8. What other criminals are famous in Chicago?
9. Is anyone pleaded for his release?
10. What is one reason why?
11. and other reason?
12. When is his birthday
Numbered answers: | 1. William Heirens
2. "Lipstick Killer"
3. 81
4. Diabetes
5. for 63 years
6. Illinois
7. a year after the end of World War II
8. Capone and Leopold and Loeb
9. yes
10. he is innocent
11. has been rehabilitated
12. November 15 | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
577 | Do you know Su Bingtian? He is a Chinese runner. He was born in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province on August 20th, 1989. When he was a child, he liked running in the school running team. His parents supported him in practicing running and they often encouraged him to run. Though it's very hard for him to win every race, he never gives up. He tries his best to run well every day. He took part in the regular match in November, 2004 for the first time. After that, he won many first prizes in all kinds of matches. On May 31st, 2015, in Saturday's Eugene Grand Prix, the 1.72 meters-tall runner finished third in 9.99 seconds, behind American Tyson Gay in 9.88 seconds and Mike Rodgers in 9.90 seconds. Su Bingtian becomes beats 10-second barrier as the first Asian-born. China's Zhang Peimeng, who raced to his personal best of 10.00 seconds in 2013, is considered the closest to beating the barrier. Now Su Bingtian broke his record. "I am so proud of my result. I can write my name into history now and I will work harder and run faster," said Su Bingtian. Now let's congratulate to Su Bingtian! We hope Su Bingtian will have a better future and good luck to him!
1. Who beat Zhang Peimeng's record?
2. What is his nationality?
3. Where is he from?
4. When was his first regular meet?
5. When was the Grand Prix?
6. What was the height of the 3rd place finisher?
7. And his time?
8. Who was from the USA?
9. What was his time?
10. Who was the other Chinese racer?
11. What is his best speed?
12. When was that reached?
Numbered answers: | 1. Su Bingtian
2. Chinese
3. Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province
4. November, 2004
5. May 31st, 2015
6. 1.72 meters
7. 9.99 seconds
8. Tyson Gay
9. 9.88 seconds
10. Zhang Peimeng
11. 10.00 seconds
12. 2013 | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
578 | Communications in Somalia encompasses the communications services and capacity of Somalia. Telecommunications, internet, radio, print, television and postal services in the nation are largely concentrated in the private sector. Several of the telecom firms have begun expanding their activities abroad. The Federal government operates two official radio and television networks, which exist alongside a number of private and foreign stations. Print media in the country is also progressively giving way to news radio stations and online portals, as internet connectivity and access increases. Additionally, the national postal service is slated to be officially relaunched in 2013 after a long absence. In 2012, a National Communications Act was also approved by Cabinet members, which lays the foundation for the establishment of a National Communications regulator in the broadcasting and telecommunications sectors.
After the start of the civil war, various new telecommunications companies began to spring up in the country and competed to provide missing infrastructure. Somalia now offers some of the most technologically advanced and competitively priced telecommunications and internet services in the world. Funded by Somali entrepreneurs and backed by expertise from China, Korea and Europe, these nascent telecommunications firms offer affordable mobile phone and internet services that are not available in many other parts of the continent. Customers can conduct money transfers (such as through the popular Dahabshiil) and other banking activities via mobile phones, as well as easily gain wireless Internet access.
1. How is money transferred?
2. Using what app?
3. Is it popular?
4. What can be gained with it?
5. Is it hard to get?
6. Which nation is having problems with communication services?
7. How many networks are there?
8. Where are the experts from?
9. Who provided funds for them?
10. When will postal service resume?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. via mobile phones
2. Dahabshill
3. yes
4. internet access
5. no
6. somalia
7. unknown
8. China, Korea, and Europe
9. Somali entrepreneurs
10. 2013 | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
579 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton's most vocal critics have long tried to tie the former secretary of state to President Barack Obama, hoping that her 2016 run would be dragged down by the somewhat unpopular president.
But ahead of Tuesday's State of the Union address, critics say Clinton is making their job easy.
Tim Miller, the executive director of America Rising, an anti-Clinton communications and research super PAC, argues in talking points to other Republicans that Clinton is tying herself to Obama by working with and hiring many of his staffers ahead of her all-but-certain 2016 run.
"By hiring his key political and policy staff and making no public moves to place clear distance between herself and the President on issues likely to be front and center in the coming Congress, Clinton is signaling that she's not just from the same party as the President, but that she's an Obama Democrat, who will back his policies, pursue his agenda, and represent a Third Term of the Obama Administration," Miller argues in a memo to the group's supporters.
Since last year, Clinton has been meeting with a broad array of Democratic operatives and possible campaign staffers ahead of a possible 2016 run. But in the last month, Clinton has reportedly began to tap certain Democratic operatives -- many with ties to Obama's two successful presidential runs -- for certain jobs on her nascent campaign.
John Podesta, a top aide on the Obama White House, has said a number of times that he plans to leave the White House in early February and would happily work for Clinton is she runs.
1. Who was tied to the president?
2. How did her critics feel?
3. which run were they thinking of?
4. Who was Tim Miller?
5. What was that?
6. What did they believe?
7. how?
8. Did she make a clear distance between them?
9. Is she the same party?
10. Has she met with anyone?
Numbered answers: | 1. Hillary Clinton.
2. Clinton is making their job easy.
3. 2016 Run for president.
4. Executive director of America Rising
5. A suiper-PAC.
6. Clinton was tying herself to Obama.
7. working with and hiring many of his staffers
8. No.
9. Yes she is.
10. Yes she has. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
580 | Kuwait (; ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in Western Asia. Situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, it shares borders with Iraq and Saudi Arabia. , Kuwait has a population of 4.2 million people; 1.3 million are Kuwaitis and 2.9 million are expatriates. Expatriates account for 70% of the population.
Oil reserves were discovered in 1938. From 1946 to 1982, the country underwent large-scale modernization. In the 1980s, Kuwait experienced a period of geopolitical instability and an economic crisis following the stock market crash. In 1990, Kuwait was invaded by Iraq. The Iraqi occupation came to an end in 1991 after military intervention by coalition forces. At the end of the war, there were extensive efforts to revive the economy and rebuild national infrastructure.
Kuwait is a constitutional state with a semi-democratic political system. It has a high income economy backed by the world's sixth largest oil reserves. The Kuwaiti dinar is the highest valued currency in the world. According to the World Bank, the country has the fourth highest per capita income in the world. The Constitution was promulgated in 1962. The Kuwait National Cultural District is a member of the Global Cultural Districts Network.
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. 70%
2. 2.9 million
3. 4.2 million
4. semi-democratic
5. 1938
6. a period of geopolitical instability and an economic crisis
7. very
8. From 1946 to 1982
9. 1962.
10. northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf,
11. Iraq and Saudi Arabia
12. 1990
13. coalition forces
14. 1991
15. yes
Numbered questions: | 1. what percent of Kuwait's population are expats?
2. how many people is that?
3. what is the total population?
4. is it a democratic country?
5. when was oil discovered there?
6. what did it experience in the 1980s?
7. how big are its oil reserves?
8. when did Kuwait undergo modernization?
9. when was the constitution promulgated?
10. where is kuwait situated?
11. who does it share borders with?
12. when was it invaded by Iraq?
13. who intervened?
14. when did the occupation come to an end?
15. did they have to rebuild their infrastructure? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
581 | Ben Jones was walking home from school one day when he saw a black cat. It was walking across the srteet in front of him.Ben stopped, turned around, and walked down a different srteet to go home. Why did he do that? "It's unlucky when a black cat crossed the street in front of you," says Ben, "I did not want to walk down that street!" Many people think that some things bring bad luck or good luck. For example, some people think that 13 is an unlucky number. They never invite 13 people to a party. "I never walk under a ladder ," says Ben. "And I never open an umbrella inside the house. They both bring bad luck." And what brings good luck? "We have a horseshoe over the front door of our house for good luck," says Ben."And when I find a peney on the ground, I always pick it up. That brings me good luck all day!"
Answer the following questions:
1. Did a dog walk in front of Ben?
2. What did?
3. Was it orange?
4. What color was it?
5. What did Ben do?
6. Does he travel under ladders?
7. What good things are there?
8. When did he see the cat?
9. What is his last name?
10. Why did he alter his route?
11. Does he use umbrellas indoors?
12. Why not?
Numbered answers: | 1. no
2. a cat
3. no
4. black
5. went another way
6. no
7. horseshoes and pennies
8. walking home from school
9. Jones
10. to avoid the black cat
11. no
12. bring bad luck | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
582 | Read the text and answer the questions.
CHAPTER XX
Now, what is this that haunts me like my shadow, Frisking and mumming like an elf in moonlight! --BEN JONSON.
Peveril found the master of the vessel rather less rude than those in his station of life usually are, and received from him full satisfaction concerning the fate of Fenella, upon whom the captain bestowed a hearty curse, for obliging him to lay-to until he had sent his boat ashore, and had her back again.
"I hope," said Peveril, "no violence was necessary to reconcile her to go ashore? I trust she offered no foolish resistance?"
"Resist! mein Gott," said the captain, "she did resist like a troop of horse--she did cry, you might hear her at Whitehaven--she did go up the rigging like a cat up a chimney; but dat vas ein trick of her old trade."
"What trade do you mean?" said Peveril.
"Oh," said the seaman, "I vas know more about her than you, Meinheer. I vas know that she vas a little, very little girl, and prentice to one seiltanzer, when my lady yonder had the good luck to buy her."
"A seiltanzer!" said Peveril; "what do you mean by that?"
"I mean a rope-danzer, a mountebank, a Hans pickel-harring. I vas know Adrian Brackel vell--he sell de powders dat empty men's stomach, and fill him's own purse. Not know Adrian Brackel, mein Gott! I have smoked many a pound of tabak with him."
Peveril now remembered that Fenella had been brought into the family when he and the young Earl were in England, and while the Countess was absent on an expedition to the continent. Where the Countess found her, she never communicated to the young men; but only intimated, that she had received her out of compassion, in order to relieve her from a situation of extreme distress.
1. What did he smoke?
2. Who was an Earl in England?
3. A seiltanzer?
4. Who resisted?
5. Who was less rude?
6. What did the Countess do?
7. Who bestowed the curse and upon whom?
8. Who was the rope danzer?
9. Why did the Countess receive her?
10. How did she resist?
11. Who filled his purse?
Numbered answers: | 1. tabak
2. Adrian Brackel
3. Yes
4. Fenella
5. the master of the vessel
6. she intimated that she had received Fenella out of compassion
7. The captain, upon Fenella
8. Adrian Brackel
9. in order to relieve her from a situation of extreme distress
10. she cried and went up the rigging
11. Adrian Brackel | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
583 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. Its name translates to "White city". The urban area of the City of Belgrade has a population of 1.23 million, while over 1,68 million people live within its administrative limits.
One of the most important prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved within the Belgrade area in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thraco-Dacians inhabited the region, and after 279 BC Celts conquered the city, naming it "Singidūn". It was conquered by the Romans during the reign of Augustus, and awarded city rights in the mid-2nd century. It was settled by the Slavs in the 520s, and changed hands several times between the Byzantine Empire, Frankish Empire, Bulgarian Empire and Kingdom of Hungary before it became the capital of Serbian king Stephen Dragutin (1282–1316). In 1521, Belgrade was conquered by the Ottoman Empire and became the seat of the Sanjak of Smederevo. It frequently passed from Ottoman to Habsburg rule, which saw the destruction of most of the city during the Austro-Ottoman wars. Belgrade was again named the capital of Serbia in 1841. Northern Belgrade remained the southernmost Habsburg post until 1918, when the city was reunited. As a strategic location, the city was battled over in 115 wars and razed 44 times. Belgrade was the capital of Yugoslavia from its creation in 1918.
1. What is the main subject?
2. What culture developed in the 6th millenium BC?
3. Where is it a capital of?
4. In terms of size, what's it ranking?
5. What's its population?
6. From what era was the Vinca culture?
7. Who lived there in antique times?
8. Until when?
9. What was it called then?
10. When did the Romans take over?
Numbered answers: | 1. Belgrade
2. Vinča
3. Serbia
4. 1.23 million
5. 1.23 million
6. 6th millennium BC
7. Thraco-Dacians
8. 279 BC
9. Singidūn
10. during the reign of Augustus | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
584 | The Independent State of Samoa ( Samoan: Malo Sa 'oloto Tuto 'atasi o Sāmoa, IPA: [ˌsaːˈmoa]), commonly known as Samoa (Samoan: Sāmoa) and formerly known as Western Samoa, is a Unitary Parliamentary Republic with eleven administrative divisions. The two main islands are Savai'i and Upolu with four smaller islands surrounding the landmasses. The capital city is Apia. The Lapita people discovered and settled the Samoan islands around 3,500 years ago. They developed a unique language and cultural identity.
The origins of the Samoans are closely studied in modern research about Polynesia in various scientific disciplines such as genetics, linguistics and anthropology. Scientific research is ongoing, although a number of different theories exist; including one proposing that the Samoans originated from Austronesian predecessors during the terminal eastward Lapita expansion period from Southeast Asia and Melanesia between 2,500 and 1,500 BCE. The Samoan origins are currently being reassessed due to new scientific evidence and carbon dating findings from 2003 and onwards.
Answer this series of questions:
1. What did the Independent State of Samoa used to be called?
2. What are the 2 main islands?
3. How many smaller islands are there?
4. What is the capital?
5. When were the islands discovered?
6. By who?
7. Was their language one that was used elsewhere?
8. What is the Independent State of Samoa's shorter name?
9. How many divisions are there?
10. What kind of republic is it?
11. What is the name in the \Samoan language?
12. W
13. What scientific fields study the Samoans?
14. Is the research already done?
15. When was the expansion period?
16. Where are the Samoans thought to have come from during that period?
Numbered answers: | 1. Western Samoa
2. Savai'i and Upolu
3. Four
4. Apia
5. 3,500 years ago
6. The Lapita people
7. no
8. Samoa
9. 11
10. Unitary Parliamentary Republic
11. unknown
12. unknown
13. such as genetics, linguistics and anthropology.
14. ongoing
15. between 2,500 and 1,500 BCE
16. Austronesian | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
585 | A Sudanese woman sentenced to die for refusing to renounce her Christianity gave birth to a baby girl in prison Tuesday, her lawyers said.
Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, 27, delivered her baby at a women's prison in Khartoum, but her husband was not allowed to be present for the birth, sources told CNN. They asked not to be named for safety reasons.
Ibrahim was convicted of apostasy, or the renunciation of faith, about two weeks ago while she was eight months pregnant.
A Sudanese lawyer filed an appeal last week to reverse the verdict by the lower court.
She is in prison with her 20-month-old son, but Sudanese officials have said the toddler is free to leave any time, according to her lawyer, Mohamed Jar Elnabi.
Her husband, Daniel Wani, is a U.S. citizen who uses a wheelchair and "totally depends on her for all details of his life," her lawyer said.
The appeal
The appeals court in Khartoum will issue a ruling on the case in the next week, but it will first ask the lower court to submit the documents it used to make the ruling, according to her lawyer.
Once that's done, it will issue a case number, he said.
"We will continue checking with the appeals court, but Inshallah (Allah willing) ... the appeals court will reverse the sentence and set her free," he said.
Christian or Muslim?
Ibrahim says her father was a Sudanese Muslim and her mother was Ethiopian Orthodox. Her father left when she was 6, and she was raised as a Christian.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. Where did the birth in the article occur?
2. In which city?
3. Why was the woman in prison?
4. What nationality was the woman?
5. What was the punishment for this crime?
6. What was the woman's name?
7. Could her husband attend the birth?
8. Is it a certainty that she will be put to death?
9. Why not?
10. Is anyone with her in prison?
11. Who?
12. How old is he?
13. Is her husband healthy?
14. Is he also Sudanese?
15. Where is he from?
16. what's his name?
17. Was Ibrahim's father also a Christian?
18. What religion did he follow?
19. What about her mother's religion?
20. Did she grow up with her father?
Numbered answers: | 1. at a woman's prison
2. Khartoum
3. for refusing to renounce her Christianity
4. A Sudanese woman
5. she was sentenced to die
6. Meriam Yehya Ibrahim
7. No
8. No
9. The verdict is being appealed
10. Yes
11. Her son
12. 20 months old
13. No
14. no
15. the U.S.
16. Daniel Wani
17. no
18. he was a Muslim
19. she was Ethiopian Orthodox
20. No | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
586 | An American called Simon goes to London to see his friend, Rick. Rick tells him that his flat is on the first floor. When he gets there, Simon goes straight to the first floor of the building. But people there tells him that there is no Rick on that floor. Do you know why? In fact, English people call the first floor of a building the ground floor. The floor above the ground floor is the first floor, but Americans call it the second floor. The story shows that there are a few culture differences between English and America, though they both speak English. English people usually hide their feelings. They seldom start a dialogue with strangers . For example, on the train they often spend their time reading newspapers or books. But Americans are quite different. They're more active and easier to talk with. English people and Americans use different _ for many things. English people usually use football, eraser and mail, but Americans use soccer, rubber and post.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. Who went to London?
2. Where is he from?
3. Why did he go to London?
4. What is his friend's name?
5. Are their differences betwenn the two cultures?
6. What is one of them?
Numbered answers: | 1. Simon
2. America
3. to see his friend
4. Rick
5. yes
6. English people call the first floor of a building the ground floor | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
587 | A man got fired from his job. He was in such a bad mood after. He walked out the door with his gum and gloves. He got madder and madder. A mailman walking by asked him how his day had been. He pushed the mailman who fell on a teacher. A nearby baby started crying. The man then felt bad and apologized. He knew the only thing that could make him happy would be pancakes. He went to a pancake restaurant and ordered a stack of pancakes. He ate the pancakes he had put syrup on and helped a worker sweep the floor. He had forgotten all about the firing from his other job. The worker was so surprised with how helpful the man was he told his boss. The boss talked to the man and asked if he'd like a job there. The man was so happy that his day had made such a turn around! He took the job and became head pancake maker.
1. Who got fired?
2. What did he walk out the door with?
3. What did the mailman ask him?
4. how did the mailman fall down?
5. who did he fall on?
6. what did the child do?
7. did the guy care about what he'd done?
Numbered answers: | 1. A man
2. his gum
3. how his day had been
4. He pushed the mailman
5. a teacher
6. it started crying
7. he felt bad | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
588 | CHAPTER VI.
The Bridge over the Rhine.
"George," said Kate, speaking before she quite got up to them, "will you tell me whether you have been preparing all your things for an open sale by auction?" Then she stole a look at Alice, and having learned from that glance that something had occurred which prevented Alice from joining her in her raillery, she went on with it herself rapidly, as though to cover Alice's confusion, and give her time to rally before they should all move. "Would you believe it? he had three razors laid out on his table--"
"A man must shave,--even at Basle."
"But not with three razors at once; and three hair-brushes, and half a dozen toothbrushes, and a small collection of combs, and four or five little glass bottles, looking as though they contained poison,--all with silver tops. I can only suppose you desired to startle the weak mind of the chambermaid. I have put them all up; but remember this, if they are taken out again you are responsible. And I will not put up your boots, George. What can you have wanted with three pairs of boots at Basle?"
"When you have completed the list of my wardrobe we'll go out upon the bridge. That is, if Alice likes it."
"Oh, yes; I shall like it."
"Come along then," said Kate. And so they moved away. When they got upon the bridge Alice and Kate were together, while George strolled behind them, close to them, but not taking any part in their conversation,--as though he had merely gone with them as an escort. Kate seemed to be perfectly content with this arrangement, chattering to Alice, so that she might show that there was nothing serious on the minds of any of them. It need hardly be said that Alice at this time made no appeal to George to join them. He followed them at their heels, with his hands behind his back, looking down upon the pavement and simply waiting upon their pleasure.
1. Who was Kate speaking to?
2. What did she want to know?
3. Did she allow him to answer?
4. Was she shocked that he had something?
5. What was it?
6. What was his excuse for having them?
7. Where were they?
8. Who was on the bridge?
9. Was George talking to them?
10. Did this upset Kate?
11. What other belongings did George have?
12. Anything else?
13. HOw many pairs of boots did he own?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. George
2. whether he had been preparing all his things for an open sale by auction
3. no
4. yes
5. three razors laid out on his table
6. A man must shave
7. Basle
8. Alice and Kate
9. no
10. no
11. three hair-brushes, and half a dozen toothbrushes, and a small collection of combs
12. four or five little glass bottles
13. three | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
589 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
Our village carpenter ,John Hill, came one day and made a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for his job. My wife said to me quietly, "That's his ninth cup of tea today." But she said in a loud voice, "It's a beautiful table, dear, isn't it?" "I'll decide about that when I see the bill." I said. John laughed and gave me his bill. It said: One dining table 10thNovember,2014 Cost of wood $17.00 Paint $1.50 Work,8 hour( $1.00 an hour) $ 8.00 Total $ 36.50 When I was looking at the bill,John said,"It's been a fine day,hasn't it? Quite sunny." "Yes," I said."I'm glad it's only the 10thof November." "Me too." said John, "You wait--it'll be a lot colder by the end of the month." "Yes, colder--and more expensive! Dining tables will be $20 more expensive on November 30th, won't they, John?" John looked hard at me for half a minute. I gave his bill back to him. "If it isn't too much trouble, John," I said,"please add it up again. You can forget the date..." I paid him $26.50 and he was happy to get it.
1. Who was the carpenter?
2. What did he drink to excess?
3. What was he there to make?
4. Did it have to fit a certain dimension?
5. Did it have to fit next to the bed?
6. Where did it have to fit between?
7. How many line items did he charge?
8. What did he think it added up to?
9. Was that the difference between that and the real total?
10. Who called the woodwork beautiful?
11. Did they all live in the same bustling city?
12. What day was the woodwork completed on?
13. When would the woodwork be more expensive according to the man's joke?
14. Did they wind up paying the wrong amount?
15. Was the woodworker unhappy with that?
16. How many drinks had he had according to the woman?
17. Was it a rainy day?
Numbered answers: | 1. John Hill
2. tea
3. a table
4. yes
5. no
6. the space between the two windows
7. Three
8. $36.50
9. $10
10. the wife
11. unknown
12. November 10, 2014
13. November 30th
14. no
15. no
16. Nine
17. no | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
590 | To unambiguously specify the date, dual dating or Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are sometimes used with dates. Dual dating uses two consecutive years because of differences in the starting date of the year, or includes both the Julian and Gregorian dates. Old Style and New Style (N.S.) indicate either whether the start of the Julian year has been adjusted to start on 1 January (N.S.) even though documents written at the time use a different start of year (O.S.), or whether a date conforms to the Julian calendar (O.S.) rather than the Gregorian (N.S.).
The Gregorian calendar was a reform of the Julian calendar instituted in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, by papal bull Inter gravissimas dated 24 February 1582. The motivation for the adjustment was to bring the date for the celebration of Easter to the time of year in which it was celebrated when it was introduced by the early Church. Although a recommendation of the First Council of Nicaea in 325 specified that all Christians should celebrate Easter on the same day, it took almost five centuries before virtually all Christians achieved that objective by adopting the rules of the Church of Alexandria (see Easter for the issues which arose).
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. a reform of the Julian calenda
2. the pope
3. No
4. ope Gregory XIII
5. unknown
6. yes
7. 24 February 1582
8. no
9. bring the date for the celebration of Easter t
10. all Christians should celebrate Easter on the same day,
Numbered questions: | 1. Which calendar is the Gregorian based on?
2. Who decided to do it?
3. Pope Francis?
4. Which?
5. Is that where the word Gregorian came from?
6. Did this happen in the sixteenth century?
7. What was the exact date it was first introduced?
8. Was it made because of Christmas?
9. What celebration was at the root of this new calendar?
10. What was their goal regarding Easter? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
591 | This week Faith Lapidus and Doug Johnson will tell you about Chuck Berry.Chuck Berry,born on October 18,1926,is often called the father of rock and roll.He is one of the most popular and influential performers of rhythm-and-blues and rock'n'roll music during the 1950s,1960s and 1970s.
He started singing in church when he was six years old.His interest in music stuck with him.A lot of Chuck Berry's material is about teenage life,especially school.Chuck Berry left school when he was 17.He headed west with two friends,but they did not get far.They were arrested after they used a gun to steal a car in Kansas City,Missouri.He was set free after four years.
Chuck Berry signed his first recording contract in 1955,with the company Chess Records.Because one of his early hits,"Rock&Roll Music", _ in the United States then,which was greeted with enthusiastic reviews.Many other famous bands copied it again and again.
Filmmaker Taylor Hackford made a documentary called"Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll", named for a Chuck Berry song.It centered on the making of a concert to honor the musician on his 60th birthday in 1986.Guitarist Keith Richards from the Rolling Stones organized the concert.Listening to Chuck Berry songs got him interested in music.In Keith Richards'words,"I didn't dream I could make a living at it but that's what I wanted to do."More than 75 artists and bands have done their own versions of Chuck Berry songs.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland,Ohio,included Chuck Berry in its first year of honors in 1986.The Hall of Fame had this to say:"While no individual can be said to have invented rock and roll,Chuck Berry comes the closest of any single figure to being the one who put all the essential pieces together."
Thank you for your listening.Faith Lapidus and Doug Johnson were your announcers.
Answer the following questions:
1. Who is the article about?
2. What is Berry often called?
3. What decades did Barry play in?
4. How old was he when he started singing?
5. How old was he when he left school?
6. Why was he arrested?
7. How long was he in jail for?
8. When did he sign his first recording contract?
9. What was the name of his studio?
10. What was one of his first hits?
11. Who made a documentary about Berry?
12. What was the name of the documentary?
13. What birthday did the documentary honor?
14. What other musician tid Berry inspire?
15. Where is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
16. When did they honor Berry?
17. Did they credit Berry with putting the pieces together of starting rock & roll?
18. What is Berry's birthday?
19. Did many other bands copy Berry's early music?
20. Who were the announcers for the article?
Numbered answers: | 1. Chuck Berry
2. the father of rock and roll
3. 1950s,1960s and 1970s
4. six years old
5. 17
6. used a gun to steal a car
7. four years
8. 1955
9. Chess Records
10. Rock&Roll Music
11. Taylor Hackford
12. "Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll
13. 60th
14. Keith Richards
15. Cleveland,Ohio
16. 1986
17. Yes
18. October 18,1926
19. Yes
20. Faith Lapidus and Doug Johnson | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
592 | Read the text and answer the questions.
(CNN)The fiancée of former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez has been granted immunity, compelling her to testify at his murder trial, according to a decision released by the trial judge on Tuesday.
In early January, the fiancée, Shayanna Jenkins, met with Bristol County, Massachusetts, prosecutors in what court documents call an immunity meeting, but the results of that meeting are secret, even from the Hernandez defense team.
"It allows the prosecutor to force her to testify in front of the jury without taking the Fifth" (Amendment against self incrimination), CNN legal analyst Paul Callan said of the order. "If she lies, she can still be prosecuted for perjury because a grant of immunity never (immunizes) someone against committing perjury on the witness stand."
Hernandez, the former tight end who once had a $40 million contract, has pleaded not guilty to orchestrating the death of Odin Lloyd. He has also pleaded not guilty to weapons charges.
His co-defendants, Ernest Wallace and Carlos Ortiz, have also pleaded not guilty and will be tried separately.
Jenkins has been a regular at hearings for Hernandez. He has often been seen mouthing "I love you" to her.
Jenkins is on the prosecution's witness list. It is not known whether her testimony will help or hurt Hernandez.
"Normally, a fiancée is not going to testify adversely against her true love," said Callan, a former New York homicide prosecutor. But there is no privilege in Massachusetts allowing engaged couples to avoid testifying against one another.
Prosecutors suspect Jenkins of following instructions from Hernandez to get rid of the murder weapon from their home by removing the gun inside a box, putting it in a black trash bag, and borrowing her sister's car to take the bag to a dumpster and throw it away. According to court documents, she doesn't remember where. Her sister was the girlfriend of the victim and has already testified against Hernandez.
1. Who is the fiancee?
2. Who is she engaged to?
3. Which team was he on?
4. What position?
5. How much was his contract?
6. How did he plea?
7. Who was charged along with him?
8. What was their plea?
9. Will they stand trial together?
10. Who was murdered?
11. Who did his girlfriend meet?
12. When?
13. Was the meeting publicized?
14. Did the defendent's attorney know what happened there?
15. If she is not honest with what will she be charged?
16. Who made the statement about perjury?
17. What did he do previously?
18. How did she allegedly help her fiance?
19. Where did she dump the gun?
20. Who did her sister date?
Numbered answers: | 1. Shayanna Jenkins
2. Aaron Hernandez
3. the New England Patriots
4. tight end
5. $40 million
6. not guilty
7. Ernest Wallace and Carlos Ortiz
8. not guilty
9. no
10. Odin Lloyd
11. Bristol County, Massachusetts, prosecutors
12. In early January
13. no
14. no
15. perjury
16. CNN legal analyst Paul Callan
17. he was a New York homicide prosecutor
18. by getting rid of the murder weapon
19. a dumpster
20. the victim | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
593 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
A MEETING.
About a week after the dissolution of the Crooked Creek Company, Harry was riding over from Hetertown, and had nearly reached the creek on his way home, when he met George Purvis.
This was their first meeting since their fight, for George had been away on a visit to some relatives in Richmond.
When Harry saw George riding slowly toward him, he felt very much embarrassed, and very much annoyed because he was embarrassed.
How should he meet George? What should he say; or should he say anything?
He did not want to appear anxious to "make up" with him, nor did he want to seem as if he bore malice toward him. If he only knew how George felt about it!
As it was, he wished he had stopped somewhere on the road. He had thought of stopping at the mill--why had he not? That would just have given George time to pass.
Both boys appeared to be riding as slowly as their horses would consent to go, and yet when they met, Harry had not half made up his mind what he would say, or how he should say it, or whether it would be better or not to say anything.
"Hello, George!" said he, quite unpremeditatedly.
"Hello!" said George, reining in his horse "Where are you going?"
"Going home," said Harry, also stopping in the road.
Thus the quarrel came to an end.
"So you've sold the telegraph?" said George.
"Yes," said Harry. "And I think we made a pretty good bargain. I didn't think we'd do so well when we started."
1. what had Harry sold?
2. where was he riding from?
3. how long after the dissolution was he going home?
4. what is George's full name?
5. why was he annoyed?
6. who did he see riding towards him?
7. what were they riding on?
8. had he decided what to do when they met?
9. did he get a good bargain for his company?
10. what did George ask him first?
11. did Harry want to appear anxious?
12. where had he thought of stopping?
13. did he?
14. how did the two greet each other?
15. did the quarrel end?
16. what did Harry wish he had done?
17. where had George been?
18. what had he been doing there?
19. had Harry reached home when he met him?
20. what was he near?
Numbered answers: | 1. Telegraph.
2. Hetertown,
3. About a week.
4. George Purvis.
5. Because he was embarrassed.
6. George.
7. Horses.
8. No.
9. Yes.
10. "Where are you going?"
11. No.
12. The mill.
13. No.
14. Hello.
15. Yes.
16. Stopped somewhere on the road.
17. Richmond.
18. Visiting some relatives.
19. No.
20. The creek. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
594 | CHAPTER III. SWEDENBORG AND THE SIBYL.
MY narrative may move on again from the point at which it paused in the first chapter.
Mary and I (as you may remember) had left the bailiff alone at the decoy, and had set forth on our way together to Dermody's cottage.
As we approached the garden gate, I saw a servant from the house waiting there. He carried a message from my mother--a message for me.
"My mistress wishes you to go home, Master George, as soon as you can. A letter has come by the coach. My master means to take a post-chaise from London, and sends word that we may expect him in the course of the day."
Mary's attentive face saddened when she heard those words.
"Must you really go away, George," she whispered, "before you see what I have got waiting for you at home?"
I remembered Mary's promised "surprise," the secret of which was only to be revealed to me when we got to the cottage. How could I disappoint her? My poor little lady-love looked ready to cry at the bare prospect of it.
I dismissed the servant with a message of the temporizing sort. My love to my mother--and I would be back at the house in half an hour.
We entered the cottage.
Dame Dermody was sitting in the light of the window, as usual, with one of the mystic books of Emanuel Swedenborg open on her lap. She solemnly lifted her hand on our appearance, signing to us to occupy our customary corner without speaking to her. It was an act of domestic high treason to interrupt the Sibyl at her books. We crept quietly into our places. Mary waited until she saw her grandmother's gray head bend down, and her grandmother's bushy eyebrows contract attentively, over her reading. Then, and then only, the discreet child rose on tiptoe, disappeared noiselessly in the direction of her bedchamber, and came back to me carrying something carefully wrapped up in her best cambric handkerchief.
Answer this series of questions:
1. Where the narrator was heading?
2. Where is it?
3. Who was with the narrator?
4. Who they had left?
5. Where?
6. What's the name of the narrator?
7. Who was living in the cottage?
8. How she is related to George?
9. Could they enter the cottage?
10. Who they met there?
11. Where she was seated?
12. What was she doing then?
13. What?
14. Did she acknowledge them?
15. How?
16. What she expected them to do then?
17. Was it okay to interrupt her reading?
18. Why?
19. Who was seated first?
20. Did get something from her at the end?
Numbered answers: | 1. garden gate
2. Dermody's cottage
3. Mary
4. bailiff
5. the decoy
6. George
7. Dame Dermody
8. She isn't
9. Yes
10. Dame Dermody
11. in the light of the window
12. reading
13. books of Emanuel Swedenborg
14. yes
15. lifted her hand
16. occupy our customary corner without speaking to her
17. No
18. It was an act of domestic high treason to interrupt the Sibyl at her books
19. George
20. yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
595 | CHAPTER XIV
"Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him."--JOB XL. 9.
A few moments later Licinia came running back into the room.
"Augusta!" she exclaimed excitedly even before she had crossed the threshold. "Augusta! quick! the Cæsar!"
Dea Flavia started, for she had indeed been suddenly awakened from a dream. Slowly, and with eyes still vague and thoughtful, she turned to her slave.
"The Cæsar?" she repeated, whilst a puzzled frown appeared between her brows and the young blood faded from her cheeks. "The Cæsar?"
"Aye," said the old woman hurriedly. "He is in the atrium even now, having just arrived, and his slaves fill the vestibule. He desires speech with thee."
"He does not often come at this hour," said Dea Flavia, whose face had become very white and set at mention of a name which indeed had the power of rousing terror in every heart just now. "Doth he seem angered?" she asked under her breath.
"No, no," said Licinia reassuringly, "how could he be angered against thee, my pet lamb? But come quickly, dear, to thy robing room; what dress wilt put on to greet the Cæsar in?"
"Nay, nay," she said with a tremulous little laugh, "we'll not keep my kinsman waiting. That indeed might anger him. He has been in this room before and hath liked to watch me at my work. Let him come now, an he wills."
Licinia would have protested for she loved to deck her darling out in all the finery that, to her mind, rendered the Augusta more beautiful than a goddess, but there was no time to say anything for even now the Cæsar's voice was heard at the further end of the atrium.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. Who was in the atrium?
2. What did Licinia like to dress Augusta in?
3. Was the Caesar angry?
4. Where were his slaves?
5. What did Caesar want?
6. With who?
7. Why had Dea Flavia been startled?
8. Who woke her?
9. Did Dea become worried?
10. Why?
Numbered answers: | 1. it was the Caesar
2. in all the finery that rendered the Augusta more beautiful than a goddness
3. NO
4. In the room
5. He desired speech with thee
6. With Dea Flavia
7. she was suddenly awakened from a dream
8. Licinia
9. Yes
10. he just arrived. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
596 | (CNN) -- "You are obviously, to me, always going to be The Dude," Piers Morgan said to Jeff Bridges, referring to the actor's title role in the 1998 Coen brothers movie, "The Big Lebowski."
The Oscar-winning actor is a guest on Thursday's "Piers Morgan Tonight." Bridges, who took a year off from movies to focus on his music career, will release his self-titled album August 16.
"You're The Dude," continued Morgan. "To millions of people around the world, Jeff Bridges, you will always be The Dude. I can't pretend anything else."
The CNN host proudly stated that he "ritually" watches "Lebowski" annually.
Bridges said from the moment he read the script, he knew the film was destined to be a classic.
"I read that thing and I, you know, it made me laugh -- all the way through it," said Bridges.
"John Goodman came out with a great quote about your performance," said Morgan. "He said, 'It's like watching a diamond cutter. When you look at the diamond, you don't think of the work, you just notice there are no flaws.' "
Bridges, whose Hollywood career has spanned some 40 years and 60 films, openly admitted that he owes his great success to his veteran actor dad, Lloyd Bridges.
"I'm a product of nepotism," said Bridges. "My dad, you know... the hardest thing about acting as a profession is getting the break."
When Morgan pointed out Bridges' reputation as "the nicest guy in show business," the younger Bridges again credited his father's guidance.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. Who is quaoted?
2. Who was he speaking to?
3. Regarding what?
4. Where?
5. Does he have any other talents?
6. What?
7. IS it a tradition to view the piece starring the talent?
8. Did it take long to determine the piece would be a part of history?
Numbered answers: | 1. Piers Morgan
2. Jeff Bridges
3. a movie
4. on Piers Morgan Tonight.
5. yes
6. music
7. yes
8. no | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
597 | Do you know the open-air art gallery in London's Blackall Street? Probably -not. Not many Londoners know it either, but Henri does and he is willing to show it to you.
Henri used to sleep in parks until he met a charity that helps homeless people get back on their feet by becoming tour guides.
Rather than show traditional London sights, "Unseen Tours" t _ Henri has been teaching tourists about the history and architecture of Shoreditch, where he slept on public benches for three years.
When he felt separated from the society, contact with the volunteer network "The Sock Mob" gave Henri hope. "Not everyone just looked down on me," he said. The tours aren't the only actions trying to help those who have suffered a misfortune to stand tall again.
An innovative college for homeless people in London, the first of its kind in the country, is attracting hundreds of students. The Recovery College, set up by St Mungo's charity, is providing courses designed to improve technical skills and life skills.
According to Andy Williams, who helps to organize the college, the most popular courses have proved to be about raising self-confidence and developing self-pride.
Steve, now in his 50s, told a reporter how much of a difference it makes to "have a bit of confidence". He had difficulty learning to read and had to leave school when he was 12. Because Steve's problem was not recognized at the time, he was "seen to be unable to read or write", and suffered with depression and alcohol addiction. He says the status of "student" is itself important for people who are used to being treated as outcasts
Some charities aim not only to help the homeless become independent but also to make them popular. The Homeless World Cup started ten years ago. Today the tournament draws teams from 48 countries made up of players-men and women-who are, or have been, living in the streets. It gives them a chance to become football heroes.
1. Where is the open air gallery?
2. What kind of gallery is it?
3. Do many londoners know it?
4. Who does?
5. Where did henry used to rest?
6. What does Henri do now?
7. What is the name of his tour?
8. What does it show?
9. Did he sleep there?
10. What college is innovative?
11. Where is it?
12. Were there others before?
13. How many people are going there?
14. Who started the college?
15. What kind of classes do they have?
16. Who helps sort it out?
17. Who gave henri hope?
18. What are they?
19. Who thinks it is important to have confidence?
20. How old is he?
Numbered answers: | 1. London's Blackall Street
2. An art gallery
3. Not many
4. Henri
5. In parks
6. He's a tour guide
7. Unseen Tours
8. The history and architecture of Shoreditch
9. Yes
10. The Recovery College
11. London
12. No
13. Hundreds
14. St Mungo's charity
15. Courses designed to improve technical skills and life skills
16. Andy Williams
17. The Sock Mob
18. A volunteer network
19. Steve
20. In his 50s | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
598 | Communications in Somalia encompasses the communications services and capacity of Somalia. Telecommunications, internet, radio, print, television and postal services in the nation are largely concentrated in the private sector. Several of the telecom firms have begun expanding their activities abroad. The Federal government operates two official radio and television networks, which exist alongside a number of private and foreign stations. Print media in the country is also progressively giving way to news radio stations and online portals, as internet connectivity and access increases. Additionally, the national postal service is slated to be officially relaunched in 2013 after a long absence. In 2012, a National Communications Act was also approved by Cabinet members, which lays the foundation for the establishment of a National Communications regulator in the broadcasting and telecommunications sectors.
After the start of the civil war, various new telecommunications companies began to spring up in the country and competed to provide missing infrastructure. Somalia now offers some of the most technologically advanced and competitively priced telecommunications and internet services in the world. Funded by Somali entrepreneurs and backed by expertise from China, Korea and Europe, these nascent telecommunications firms offer affordable mobile phone and internet services that are not available in many other parts of the continent. Customers can conduct money transfers (such as through the popular Dahabshiil) and other banking activities via mobile phones, as well as easily gain wireless Internet access.
1. How many official radio and tv networks does the federal government operate?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. The Federal government operates two official radio and television networks, two radio stations | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
599 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
The Globe and Mail is a nationally distributed Canadian newspaper printed in six cities across the country. With a weekly readership of 2,018,923 in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it falls slightly behind the "Toronto Star" in overall weekly circulation because the "Star" publishes a Sunday edition while the "Globe" does not. "The Globe and Mail" is regarded by some as Canada's "newspaper of record". The newspaper is owned by The Woodbridge Company, based in Toronto.
The predecessor to "The Globe and Mail" was "The Globe", founded in 1844 by Scottish immigrant George Brown, who became a Father of Confederation. Brown's liberal politics led him to court the support of the Clear Grits, precursor to the modern Liberal Party of Canada. "The Globe" began in Toronto as a weekly party organ for Brown's Reform Party, but seeing the economic gains that he could make in the newspaper business, Brown soon targeted a wide audience of liberal minded freeholders. He selected as the motto for the editorial page a quotation from Junius, "The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures." The quotation is carried on the editorial page to this day.
1. Which country is the newspaper circulated in?
2. Does it have the highest weekly reader rate of all Canadian newspapers?
3. Which paper does?
4. What is the reason for the Globe and Mail being behind?
5. Who owns the Globe and Mail?
6. Who founded the previous newspaper?
7. Where was he from?
8. What was his political stance?
9. What was the original party he belonged to?
10. Was was his title?
11. What lead to the creation of the Liberal Party of Canada?
12. What made George decide to spread the paper to a wider population?
13. Did he use any type of motto?
14. What happened to the motto?
Numbered answers: | 1. Canada
2. no
3. Toronto Star
4. The "Star" publishes a Sunday edition while the "Globe" does not.
5. Woodbridge Company,
6. George Brown
7. Scotland
8. liberal
9. Reform Party,
10. a Father of Confederation
11. he Clear Grits
12. economic gains
13. yes
14. carried on the editorial page to this day. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
600 | The city's name was historically written as 那古野 or 名護屋 (both read as "Nagoya"). One possible origin is the adjective , meaning 'peaceful'.
The name Chūkyō (中京, consisting of "chū" (middle) + "kyō" (capital)) is also used to refer to Nagoya. Notable examples of the use of the name Chūkyō include the Chūkyō Industrial Area, Chūkyō Metropolitan Area, Chūkyō Television Broadcasting, Chukyo University and the Chukyo Racecourse.
Oda Nobunaga and his protégés Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu were powerful warlords based in the Nagoya area who gradually succeeded in unifying Japan. In 1610, Tokugawa Ieyasu moved the capital of Owari Province from Kiyosu, about seven kilometers () away, to a more strategic location in present-day Nagoya.
During this period Nagoya Castle was constructed, built partly from materials taken from Kiyosu Castle. During the construction, the entire town around Kiyosu Castle, consisting of around 60,000 people, moved from Kiyosu to the newly planned town around Nagoya Castle. Around the same time, the nearby ancient Atsuta Shrine was designated as a , called Miya (the Shrine), on the important Tōkaidō road, which linked the two capitals of Kyoto and Edo (now Tokyo). A town developed around the temple to support travelers. The castle and shrine towns formed the city.
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. yes
2. Chūkyō
3. "chū" (middle) + "kyō" (capital)
4. yes
5. Oda Nobunaga
6. Toyotomi Hideyoshi
7. unifying Japan
8. no
9. 1610
10. Tokugawa Ieyasu
11. 1610
12. Kiyosu
13. about seven kilometers
14. it is a more strategic location
15. Nagoya Castle
16. Kiyosu Castle
17. yes
18. it moved from Kiyosu to the newly planned town around Nagoya Castle
19. peacefu
Numbered questions: | 1. Does the city of Nagoya have another name?
2. What is it?
3. What does that mean in Japanese?
4. Were there warlords in the area?
5. Name one of them.
6. Name another, please.
7. What was their goal for the country?
8. Was Nagoya always the capital of its province?
9. Since when has it been?
10. Who made that happen?
11. When?
12. What was the old capital?
13. How far away is it from Nagoya?
14. What's the advantage of where the new capital is?
15. Did any important buildings go up around the time of the move?
16. Where did they get the stuff to build it?
17. Was there a population center there, too.
18. What happened to it?
19. What word do some people think the city's name comes from? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |