huutuan/long_squad_v2 huggingface dataset:
Question: Who were the final two contestants on season eight of American Idol?
Answer: Kris Allen and Adam Lambert
Question: Who won season eight of American Idol?
Answer: Kris Allen
Question: What state is American Idol winner Kris Allen from?
Answer: Arkansas
Question: How many votes were cast in the American Idol finale in season eight?
Answer: 100 million
Question: Who won the season?
Answer: Kris Allen
Question: The only prior season to have matching controversy over the winner was?
Answer: season two
Question: How many votes were cast for the final two?
Answer: 100 million
Question: Who was accused of teaching the public how to power text for the winner?
Answer: AT&T employees
Question: What was the name of the song that Kris Allen and Adam Lamber released after American Idol?
Answer: No Boundaries
Question: Who helped write the song "No Boundaries"?
Answer: DioGuardi
Question: What was the coronation song for this season?
Answer: No Boundaries
Question: Who co-wrote the coronation song?
Answer: DioGuardi
Question: Unlike every previous winner, the winner of this season failed to achieve what status?
Answer: gold album status
Question: How many contestants from this season reached platinum album status?
Answer: none
Question: Who filled the judges spot vacated by Paula Abdul on season nine of American Idol?
Answer: Ellen DeGeneres
Question: At what point during season 9 of American Idol did Ellen Degeneres become a judge?
Answer: Hollywood Week
Question: When did season nine premiere?
Answer: January 12, 2010
Question: Which original judge left prior to the start of the season?
Answer: Paula Abdul
Question: Who replaced Abdul?
Answer: Ellen DeGeneres
Question: When did Ellen join the judges' panel?
Answer: Hollywood Week
Question: Which contestant had to go to the hospital during the week of the top 20?
Answer: Crystal Bowersox
Question: What producer wanted to remove Crystal Bowersox from the competition?
Answer: Ken Warwick
Question: Why was Crystal Bowersox in the hospital during the week of the top 20 on American Idol?
Answer: diabetic ketoacidosis
Question: Which contestant had Type-I diabetes?
Answer: Crystal Bowersox
Question: When was Crystal hospitalized?
Answer: top 20 week
Question: What was changed so she could still qualify?
Answer: The schedule
Question: Who did Bowersox later reveal wanted her to be disqualified?
Answer: Ken Warwick
Question: What role does Warwick have on the show?
Answer: producer
Question: Which contestant was saved by the judges in season nine of American Idol?
Answer: Michael Lynche
Question: At what point did the judges use their save on American Idols ninth season?
Answer: top nine
Question: Who was the first American Idol contestant to return to the show as a mentor?
Answer: Adam Lambert
Question: How much money was brought in by the Idol Gives Back special on season nine of American Idol?
Answer: $45 million
Question: Who was saved with the Judges' Save?
Answer: Michael Lynche
Question: Which former contestant was a mentor this season?
Answer: Adam Lambert
Question: Who had their final season in the show in season nine?
Answer: Simon Cowell
Question: Why did Paula Abdul appear on the season nine finale of American Idol?
Answer: tribute to Simon Cowell
Question: Who had a special tribute at the finale?
Answer: Simon Cowell
Question: Which former Idol star made an appearance for Cowell's tribute?
Answer: Paula Abdul
Question: Who was the winner of American Idols ninth season?
Answer: Lee DeWyze
Question: What U2 song was released by Lee DeWyze after winning American Idol?
Answer: Beautiful Day
Question: When was the finale held?
Answer: May 26
Question: What song did DeWyze cover for his first release?
Answer: Beautiful Day
Question: Which song did Bowersox cover for her first release?
Answer: Up to the Mountain
Question: In which season of American Idol did Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez become judges?
Answer: ten
Question: Who replace weekly mentors as a more permanent mentor on American Idols tenth season? 
Answer: Jimmy Iovine
Question: What show did Simon Cowell join after leaving American Idol?
Answer: The X Factor
Question: Who was the executive producer of American Idols tenth season?
Answer: Nigel Lythgoe
Question: When did season ten premiere?
Answer: January 19, 2011
Question: Who returned as executive producer this season?
Answer: Nigel Lythgoe
Question: Which two new judges joined Randy Jackson on the judges' panel?
Answer: Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler
Question: Who was the in-house mentor this season?
Answer: Jimmy Iovine
Question: What was the first season of American Idol to feature online auditions?
Answer: Season ten
Question: What website hosted auditions for American Idols tenth season?
Answer: Myspace
Question: How did Karen Rodriguez audition for American Idol season ten?
Answer: Myspace
Question: This is the first season to have what kind of auditions?
Answer: online
Question: Where could contestants submit a video audition?
Answer: Myspace
Question: Which contestant had a fiancé that had suffered brain damage?
Answer: Chris Medina
Question: In which round was Chris Medina eliminated n season ten of American Idol?
Answer: Top 40
Question: Which season ten contestant was in the hospital instead of at the Top 13 results show?
Answer: Casey Abrams
Question: Which contestants did the judges save on season ten of American Idol?
Answer: Casey Abrams
Question: Which contestant cared for his brain-damaged fiancee?
Answer: Chris Medina
Question: When was Medina eliminated from the competition?
Answer: Top 40 round
Question: Which contestant suffered from ulcerative colitis?
Answer: Casey Abrams
Question: Which show did Abrams miss because he was in the hospital?
Answer: Top 13 result show
Question: What contestant came in ninth on season ten of American Idol?
Answer: Pia Toscano
Question: What actor was upset when Pia Toscano was eliminated on American Idol?
Answer: Tom Hanks
Question: Which fan favorite was unexpectedly eliminated earlier than expected?
Answer: Pia Toscano
Question: Which actor criticized Toscano's elimination?
Answer: Tom Hanks
Question: What genre of music did season ten American Idol contestant Lauren Alaina sing?
Answer: country
Question: Who was the winner of American Idols tenth season?
Answer: Scotty McCreery
Question: What song did Scotty McCreery first release after winning American Idol?
Answer: I Love You This Big
Question: What song did Lauren Alaina release after coming in second on American Idol?
Answer: Like My Mother Does
Question: What is the name of the successful album that Ruben Studdard released in 2003?
Answer: Soulful
Question: When was the season finale of Idol?
Answer: May 25
Question: Scotty's first album reached the top Billboard spot, the first time for an Idol winner since when?
Answer: Ruben Studdard
Question: In what year did American Idol first air its eleventh season?
Answer: 2012
Question: How many contestants made it to the finals on season 11 of American Idol?
Answer: 25
Question: What contestant was removed from the competition for concealing legal troubles?
Answer: Jermaine Jones
Question: When did season 11 premiere?
Answer: January 18, 2012
Question: Who joined the finalists, making it a Top 25?
Answer: Jermaine Jones
Question: When was Jones removed from the show?
Answer: March 14
Question: Why was Jones disqualified?
Answer: concealing arrests and outstanding warrants
Question: Which season 11 contestant had to go to the hospital before the Top 13 Results?
Answer: Phillip Phillips
Question: Why was Phillip Phillips hospitalized during his time on American Idol?
Answer: kidney stones
Question: How many times did Phillip Phillips have surgery when he was on American Idol?
Answer: eight
Question: Which contestant thought about leaving the contest because of pain in his kidney?
Answer: Phillip Phillips
Question: Which contestant had eight surgeries during his Idol run?
Answer: Phillip Phillips
Question: What kind of pain did Phillips endure?
Answer: kidney pain
Question: Which contestant was saved by the judges on season 11 of American Idol?
Answer: Jessica Sanchez
Question: Who was the first female to be saved by the judges on American Idol?
Answer: Jessica Sanchez
Question: Who was eliminated the week after judges saved Jessica Sanchez on American Idol?
Answer: Colton Dixon
Question: How far did Jessica Sanchez make it on American Idol?
Answer: final two
Question: When did the judges use their save this season?
Answer: Top 7
Question: Who was the recipient of the Judges' Save?
Answer: Jessica Sanchez
Question: Which contestant was sent home the following week?
Answer: Colton Dixon
Question: What former contestant did Ace Young ask to marry him?
Answer: Diana DeGarmo
Question: In what season was Ace Young a finalist on American Idol?
Answer: five
Question: In What season did Diana DeGarmo come in second on American Idol?
Answer: three
Question: Which season was Ace Young on?
Answer: season five
Question: Which season was Diana DeGarmo on?
Answer: season three
Question: What is the first song that Phillip Phliips released after winning American Idol?
Answer: Home
Question: What is the name of the song that Jessica Sanchez released first after American Idol?
Answer: Change Nothing
Question: What was Phillip's coronation song?
Answer: Home
Question: What song did Sanchez release?
Answer: Change Nothing
Question: Which song is the best selling coronation song of all Idol seasons?
Answer: Home
Question: What year did season 12 of American Idol first air?
Answer: 2013
Question: What was Mariah Careys position on season 12 of American Idol?
Answer: Judges
Question: What website showed video of an altercation between Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj?
Answer: TMZ
Question: When did season 12 premiere?
Answer: January 16, 2013
Question: How many judges did this season have?
Answer: four
Question: How many girls were in the top 10 on season 12 of American Idol?
Answer: five
Question: Who was the last guy to be sent home on season 12 of American Idol?
Answer: Lazaro Arbos
Question: How many contestants did this season have?
Answer: 10
Question: How many weeks in a row were male contestants eliminated?
Answer: five
Question: Who as the last man to be eliminated?
Answer: Lazaro Arbos
Question: How many contestants were able to perform for two weeks without any eliminations?
Answer: four
Question: Who was the winner of American Idols twelfth season?
Answer: Candice Glover
Question: Which contestant came in second on season 12 of American Idol?
Answer: Kree Harrison
Question: What was the first song released by Candice Glover after winning American Idol?
Answer: I Am Beautiful
Question: What song did Kree Harrison first release after being on American Idol?
Answer: All Cried Out
Question: Who was the runner up?
Answer: Kree Harrison
Question: What was Glover's first single?
Answer: I Am Beautiful
Question: What was Harrison's first single?
Answer: All Cried Out
Question: This is the first season when what did not happen to the first runner up?
Answer: not signed by a music label
Question: Which long time judge decided to leave his position at the end of the season?
Answer: Randy Jackson
Question: How many seasons was Mariah Carey a judge on American Idol?
Answer: one
Question: Who announced this would be his final year as a judge?
Answer: Randy Jackson
Question: Who were the other judges to leave after this season?
Answer: Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj
Question: What year did season 13 of American Idol first air?
Answer: 2014
Question: Who was the host of American idol in its thirteenth season?
Answer: Ryan Seacrest
Question: What new role did Randy Jackson assume during American Idols thirteenth season?
Answer: in-mentor
Question: Who directed the thirteenth season of American Idol?
Answer: Gregg Gelfand
Question: When did season 13 premiere?
Answer: January 15, 2014
Question: Who was the mentor this season?
Answer: Randy Jackson
Question: Which former judge came back to the judges' panel this season?
Answer: Jennifer Lopez
Question: Which former mentor joined the judges' panel this season?
Answer: Harry Connick, Jr.
Question: Per Blankens, Jesse Ignjatovic, and Evan Pragger replaced which two executives?
Answer: Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick
Question: Which contestant was saved by the judges after getting the least votes on season 13 of American Idol?
Answer: Sam Woolf
Question: At what point in season 13 did American Idol air its 500th show?
Answer: Top 3 performance night
Question: Contestants could perform what in the final rounds for the first time ever?
Answer: songs they wrote themselves
Question: Who received the Judges' Save this season?
Answer: Sam Woolf
Question: When did the judges use their save on Woolf?
Answer: Top 8
Question: What episode was the 500th of the entire series?
Answer: Top 3 performance night
Question: Who came in second on season 13 of American Idol?
Answer: Jena Irene
Question: What song did Caleb Johnson first release after winning American Idol? 
Answer: As Long as You Love Me
Question: What song did Jena Irene release after coming in second on American Idol? 
Answer: We Are One
Question: Who was the runner up this season?
Answer: Jena Irene
Question: What was Johnson's coronation song?
Answer: As Long as You Love Me
Question: What was Irene's coronation song?
Answer: We Are One
Question: What year did American Idol first air its fourteenth season?
Answer: 2015
Question: Who was the host of American Idol in its fourteenth season? 
Answer: Ryan Seacrest
Question: Which former contestant replaced Keith Urban for auditions in New York City?
Answer: Adam Lambert
Question: What was Keith Urbans position on American Idol in its fourteenth season? 
Answer: judges
Question: Who did not come back as a mentor in season 14?
Answer: Randy Jackson
Question: When did season 14 premiere?
Answer: January 7, 2015
Question: Who took Urban's spot at the New York auditions?
Answer: Adam Lambert
Question: How many episodes did American Idol have each week of the top ten?
Answer: one
Question: What drink company ended their relationship with American Idol in season 14?
Answer: Coca Cola
Question: What car company had a relationship with American Idol in season 14?
Answer: Ford Motor Company
Question: What record label had a contract with the winner of American Idols fourteenth season?
Answer: Big Machine Records
Question: Starting this season, how many episodes of Idol aired every week?
Answer: one
Question: Who ended their sponsorship this season?
Answer: Coca Cola
Question: What other company reduced their sponsorship this season?
Answer: Ford Motor Company
Question: This season, the winner won a recording contract with what company?
Answer: Big Machine Records
Question: Who came in second on American Idol in season 14?
Answer: Clark Beckham
Question: Who came in third on American Idol in season 14?
Answer: Jax
Question: What was the name of Nick Fradianis victory song?
Answer: Beautiful Life
Question: What song did Jax release after coming in third on American Idol?
Answer: Forcefield
Question: Who won this season of Idol?
Answer: Nick Fradiani
Question: Who was the runner up of Idol?
Answer: Clark Beckham
Question: What was Nick's coronation song?
Answer: Beautiful Life
Question: What was Beckham's first release?
Answer: Champion
Question: Which contestant came in third place?
Answer: Jax
Question: What year did Fox announce the cancellation of American Idol?
Answer: 2015
Question: How many seasons of American Idol have there been?
Answer: 15
Question: How many seasons was Jennifer Lopez a judge on American Idol? 
Answer: 5
Question: What was Keith Urbans role on American Idols fifteenth season?
Answer: judges
Question: Who hosted American Idol in its last season?
Answer: Ryan Seacrest
Question: When did Fox announce that Season 15 would be the final season?
Answer: May 11, 2015
Question: Who is returning as host?
Answer: Ryan Seacrest
Question: As of 2012, how many finalists did American Idol have? 
Answer: 131
Question: When did American Idol begin? 
Answer: 2002
Question: What region of the United States were American Idols first five winners from? 
Answer: Southern
Question: What state is American Idol contestant Clay Aiken from?
Answer: North Carolina
Question: What state is American Idol contestant Chris Daughtry from? 
Answer: North Carolina
Question: How many Idol winners have come from the southern part of America?
Answer: ten
Question: In addition to Clay Aiken and Kellie Pickler, which other Idol is from North Carolina?
Answer: Chris Daughtry
Question: How many CDs from American Idol contestants had been sold at the beginning of 2010? 
Answer: 47 million
Question: In the same study, how much more likely was someone from Kentucky to tune into the show?
Answer: 16 percent
Question: How many CDS were sold by Idol contestants up to 2010?
Answer: 47 million
Question: Of the CDs sold, how many were by the contestants with southern ties?
Answer: 85 percent
Question: What state is Taylor Hicks from? 
Answer: Alabama
Question: Where do people in the Southern United States often begin singing? 
Answer: church
Question: Where do a lot of people get their start in singing in the south?
Answer: church
Question: Where is Taylor Hicks from?
Answer: Alabama
Question: What does the acronym WGWG stand for? 
Answer: White guy with guitar
Question: Who won season eleven of American Idol? 
Answer: Phillip Phillips
Question: What is the name of the book written by Richard Rushfield about American Idol? 
Answer: American Idol: The Untold Story
Question: How many seasons in a row were won by caucasian guitar playing males? 
Answer: five
Question: What instrument did the winners for five seasons in a row play?
Answer: guitar
Question: What is the WGWG factor?
Answer: White guy with guitar
Question: Who wrote American Idol: The Untold Story?
Answer: Richard Rushfield
Question: Who was named the winner of Season 11?
Answer: Phillip Phillips
Question: What company are contestants required to sign a contract with on American Idol?
Answer: 19 Entertainment
Question: Who won season two of American Idol? 
Answer: Ruben Studdard
Question: Who came in second on season two of American Idol? 
Answer: Clay Aiken
Question: What year did Vote for the Worst cease operations? 
Answer: 2013
Question: How many more text votes were there in season eight of American Idol over season seven? 
Answer: 100 million
Question: Which season had the biggest voting controversy?
Answer: season two
Question: Which season had a voting controversy because of a huge increase in text votes?
Answer: season eight
Question: Which voting concern has been present since the first season?
Answer: power voting
Question: When did Vote for the Girls start?
Answer: 2010
Question: When did Vote for the Worst close?
Answer: 2013
Question: What is the name of the special that raises money for charities on American Idol?
Answer: Idol Gives Back
Question: How much money has American Idol raised for charity with its Idol Gives Back specials? 
Answer: $185 million
Question: What is the name of the charity that Idol has?
Answer: Idol Gives Back
Question: When was the first Idol Gives Back?
Answer: season six
Question: What year did American Idol being to air on television? 
Answer: 2002
Question: How many people watched the first episode of American Idol? 
Answer: 9.9 million
Question: How many people on average watched the American Idol finale in its first season? 
Answer: 23 million
Question: What season of the year did American Idol first air on television? 
Answer: summer
Question: When did American Idol premiere?
Answer: June 2002
Question: How many people watched the first episode of American Idol?
Answer: 9.9 million
Question: What was the average for viewership by finale night?
Answer: 23 million
Question: How many people watched the first episode of American Idols second season? 
Answer: 26.5 million
Question: How many people on average tuned in to watch American Idol in its second season? 
Answer: 21.7 million
Question: What contestant won the second season of American Idol? 
Answer: Ruben Studdard
Question: During what season did American Idol become the highest rated show across all demographics? 
Answer: season four
Question: Which season of American Idol was watched by the most people? 
Answer: season five
Question: How many people watched the second season premiere of American Idol?
Answer: 26.5 million
Question: How many people watched on average for season two?
Answer: 21.7 million
Question: By what season was American Idol the most watched show on TV?
Answer: four
Question: During which season to American Idols rating begin to fall?
Answer: Season six
Question: What did other television networks refer to American Idol as because of its ratings?
Answer: the Death Star
Question: Which television network originally aired The Cosby Show? 
Answer: NBC
Question: Which season premiere was the most watched of all seasons?
Answer: Season six
Question: What was the show called by other networks?
Answer: the Death Star
Question: Season six saw what for the first time in viewership?
Answer: decline
Question: Season six was the first season where what had more viewers?
Answer: results show
Question: During which season of American Idol did Fox beat the other networks in ratings for the first time? 
Answer: season seven
Question: Why were television ratings down across the board during American Idols seventh season? 
Answer: Writers Guild of America strike
Question: On what season was Kristy Lee Cook a contestant on American Idol? 
Answer: season seven
Question: Who was eliminated during the lowest rated show since season one?
Answer: Kristy Lee Cook
Question: What was the series' third most watched finale?
Answer: season seven
Question: Because of the rebound in viewers, Fox became what for the first time?
Answer: the most watched TV network
Question: What happened in 2007-2008 that had a drop in viewers for all networks?
Answer: Writers Guild of America strike
Question: Which television network originally aired All in the Family? 
Answer: CBS
Question: In what year did NBC beat American Idol in the ratings for the first time?
Answer: 2010
Question: What finally beat Idol in the ratings during season nine?
Answer: 2010 Winter Olympics
Question: How many people watched the 2010 Winter Olympics on February 17 as compared to the 18.4 million who tuned into Idol?
Answer: 30.1 million
Question: At the end of season nine, American Idol remained on top as the most watched show for how many years in a row?
Answer: six
Question: What was the average age of American Idols viewers in its first season? 
Answer: 32.1
Question: What was the average age of American Idols viewers in its tenth season? 
Answer: 47.2
Question: What is the median age of viewers this season?
Answer: 47.2
Question: What was the median age for viewers for season one?
Answer: 32.1
Question: For how many years was American Idol the top rated show on television? 
Answer: eight
Question: What program saw more viewers than American Idol this season?
Answer: Sunday Night Football
Question: How long did Fox reign in the 18-49 demographics in the Nielsen ratings?
Answer: eight years
Question: How many people on average watched season 12 of American Idol? 
Answer: 13.3 million
Question: During which season did American Idol fall out of the top ten shows in ratings? 
Answer: 13
Question: When did American Idol first air on television? 
Answer: 2002
Question: The season finale for season 12 had how many fewer viewers than season 11?
Answer: 7.2 million
Question: How many viewers watched on average this season?
Answer: 13.3 million
Question: What drink company ended its relationship with American Idol during season 14?
Answer: Coca-Cola
Question: How many people watched American Idols finale in season 14?
Answer: 8.03 million
Question: After what season will American Idol be cancelled? 
Answer: 15
Question: When did Fox announce the following season would be Idol's last?
Answer: May 11, 2015
Question: How many people watched the season 14 finale?
Answer: 8.03 million
Question: For how many years was American Idol the highest rated reality show on television?
Answer: 9
Question: For how many years was Fox the highest rated network with young adults because of American Idol? 
Answer: 8
Question: What television network originally aired the show Glee?
Answer: Fox
Question: What television network originally aired the show House? 
Answer: Fox
Question: Who created American Idol? 
Answer: Simon Fuller
Question: What dancing show featuring celebrities has been helped by American Idol?
Answer: Dancing with the Stars
Question: What is another singing show similar to American Idol? 
Answer: The Voice
Question: What show helped launched the career of Kelly Clarkson? 
Answer: American Idol
Question: What show helped launched the career of Carrie Underwood? 
Answer: American Idol
Question: What show helped launched the career of Daughtry? 
Answer: American Idol
Question: How many number one Billboard singles were released by American Idol contestants in the shows first decade? 
Answer: 345
Question: Who is the president of Mediabase? 
Answer: Rich Meyer
Question: Who was the most successful American Idol winner on radio as of 2010? 
Answer: Kelly Clarkson
Question: How many number ones have Idol singers achieved on Billboard charts in just the first ten years?
Answer: 345
Question: Who authored books on Billboard charts?
Answer: Fred Bronson
Question: How many contestants had at least one million radio spins by 2010?
Answer: four
Question: How many radio spins did Kelly Clarkson have by 2010?
Answer: over four million
Question: How many albums have been sold by American Idol contestants up until 2013?
Answer: 59 million
Question: How many single have been sold by American Idol contestants up until 2013? 
Answer: 120 million
Question: How many albums have Idol contestants created as of 2013?
Answer: 59 million
Question: How many singles and digital downloads have Idol contestants created as of 2013?
Answer: 120 million
Question: Which American Idol contestant won an Oscar for Dreamgirls? 
Answer: Jennifer Hudson
Question: What job does Debra Byrd do on American Idol? 
Answer: vocal coach
Question: In what area of the entertainment industry have some Idol contestants found success?
Answer: musical theatre
Question: Which Idol won an Academy Award?
Answer: Jennifer Hudson
Question: What film did Jennifer Hudson win an Academy Award for?
Answer: Dreamgirls
Question: Who recommended the role for Hudon?
Answer: Debra Byrd
Question: What did American Idols first winner sing at the Lincoln Memorial in 2002? 
Answer: the national anthem
Question: Which journalist felt Idol produced entertaining TV more than entertaining music?
Answer: Ken Tucker
Question: Which publication did Tucker work for?
Answer: Entertainment Weekly
Question: Who called American Idol a conniving multimedia monster?
Answer: Karla Peterson
Question: Where did the season one winner sing the national anthem that received huge criticism?
Answer: Lincoln Memorial
Question: Who was accused of being mean and cruel on American Idol? 
Answer: Simon Cowell
Question: What singer had bad things to say about contestants on American Idol? 
Answer: John Mayer
Question: What magazine does Ramin Wetoodeh write for? 
Answer: Newsweek
Question: Sheryl Crow felt the show undermined art and promoted what?
Answer: commercialism
Question: Who said that American Idol has reshaped the American songbook?
Answer: Ann Powers
Question: Who was accused of helping meanness thrive?
Answer: Simon Cowell
Question: Which singer said the contestants are not real artists with self respect?
Answer: John Mayer
Question: What famous singer declined an offer to be a judge on American Idol after having been a mentor? 
Answer: Elton John
Question: What year did Carrie Underwood win a Country Music Award for Best Female Artist? 
Answer: 2006
Question: What singer criticized Carrie Underwood for winning a Country Music Award? 
Answer: LeAnn Rimes
Question: Who felt that American Idol helped the true art form of music get lost?
Answer: Usher
Question: Who won the Best Female Artist in Country Music Awards in 2006?
Answer: Carrie Underwood
Question: Who did Carrie beat out for the award?
Answer: Faith Hill
Question: Who said that Carrie had not paid her dues to win that award?
Answer: LeAnn Rimes
Question: Who was a mentor but later turned down the opportunity to judge Idol?
Answer: Elton John
Question: Which genre has felt the impact of Idol the most?
Answer: country music
Question: How many nominations has American Idol received for Outstanding Reality Competition Program?  
Answer: 9
Question: What director win an Emmy Award for his work on American Idol? 
Answer: Bruce Gower
Question: How many total Emmy Awards has American Idol won? 
Answer: 8
Question: What American Idol special received a Governors Award in 2007?
Answer: Idol Gives Back
Question: How many times was American Idol nominated for an Emmy?
Answer: nine
Question: What award did American Idol win for its Idol Gives Back charity work?
Answer: Governor's Award in 2007
Question: How much money did American Idol make in 2004?
Answer: $900 million
Question: How much money did American Idol generate from its first eight seasons? 
Answer: $6.4 billion
Question: What is the name of the American Idol theme attraction with Disney? 
Answer: The American Idol Experience
Question: How much money did American Idol generate from ads in its seventh season?
Answer: $900 million
Question: Who did Idol partner with to create The American Idol Experience?
Answer: Disney
Question: In which season did American Idol become the costliest show for advertising on television? 
Answer: season four
Question: How much did advertisers spend for a 30 second ad spot on the American Idol season four finale?
Answer: $1.3 million
Question: How much did advertisers spend for a 30 second ad spot during American Idol in 2014? 
Answer: less than $300,000
Question: How much did advertisers spend for a 30 second ad spot during American Idol in its seventh season? 
Answer: $737,000
Question: By what season was Idol the  highest advertising cost of all shows?
Answer: four
Question: How much did Idol earn in ad revenue alone for season 8?
Answer: 800 million
Question: In which season did Coca-Cola become a sponsor of American Idol? 
Answer: season one
Question: In which season did Ford Motor Company become a sponsor of American Idol? 
Answer: season one
Question: Which mobile carrier became a sponsor of American Idol in its second season? 
Answer: AT&T Wireless
Question: When did Coca-Cola stop being a sponsor of American Idol? 
Answer: after season 13
Question: In which season did iTunes begin a partnership with American Idol? 
Answer: seven
Question: How much did it cost each company for the first season?
Answer: 10 million
Question: How much did it cost each company in season 7?
Answer: 35 million
Question: Who was the third largest sponsor?
Answer: AT&T
Question: What service did AT&T promote on American Idol as a way of voting? 
Answer: text-messaging
Question: How many product placements had Idol shown by season six?
Answer: 4,349
Question: Which major drink manufacturer decided at the beginning of American Idol not to be a sponsor? 
Answer: PepsiCo
Question: What show did PepsiCo begin sponsoring in hopes of not missing another opportunity like American Idol? 
Answer: The X Factor
Question: Which soda company did not want to sponsor American Idol?
Answer: PepsiCo
Question: In hopes of not repeating another mistake, which show did PepsiCo sponsor?
Answer: The X Factor
Question: PepsiCo fell to what place by 2010, which is in part credited with refusing to sponsor American Idol?
Answer: third
Question: Which season of American Idol had the highest profit on its tour?
Answer: season five
Question: What company was a sponsor of the American Idol tour in its ninth season? 
Answer: M&M's Pretzel Chocolate Candies
Question: Who was added to the tour in season 12?
Answer: a semi-finalist who won a sing-off
Question: Who sponsored the first seven tours?
Answer: Kellogg's Pop-Tarts
Question: Who sponsored the ninth tour?
Answer: M&M's Pretzel Chocolate Candies
Question: Which was the most successful tour?
Answer: season five
Question: For how many seasons did American Idol put out a compilation of hits at seasons end? 
Answer: five
Question: What company has released studio recordings from American Idol since season seven?
Answer: iTunes
Question: Idol releases both the performances as well as what for sale?
Answer: the winner's coronation single
Question: How were the recordings released for the initial five seasons?
Answer: as a compilation album
Question: Because all five were in the top ten of Billboard's charts, this made Idol what?
Answer: the most successful soundtrack franchise
Question: Who joined Idol as a sponsor in season seven?
Answer: iTunes
Question: What company has the right to all recordings from contestants on American Idol?
Answer: 19 Recordings
Question: What company took over as American Idols music label in 2010?
Answer: UMG
Question: What company had released music from American Idol in addition to Sony Music Entertainment? 
Answer: BMG
Question: Who owns 19 Recordings?
Answer: 19 Entertainment
Question: Who owns the rights to all phonographic material done by the contestants?
Answer: 19 Recordings
Question: Who did 19 initially partner with to distribute the recordings?
Answer: BMG
Question: Who did BMG partner with in 2005-2007?
Answer: Sony Music Entertainment
Question: Who replaced Sony in 2010 as Idol's music label?
Answer: UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M Records
Question: What company has a them park attraction known as The American Idol Experience? 
Answer: The Walt Disney Company
Question: In what year did The Walt Disney Company open The American Idol Experience? 
Answer: 2009
Question: In what year did The Walt Disney Company close The American Idol Experience? 
Answer: 2014
Question: What company had a partnership with The Walt Disney Company for The American Idol Experience? 
Answer: 19 Entertainment
Question: When did the American Idol Experience open?
Answer: February 14, 2009
Question: Where did it open?
Answer: Walt Disney World
Question: What did the winner win?
Answer: Dream Ticket
Question: When did the Experience close?
Answer: August 30, 2014
Question: What network broadcasted American Idol live in Canada for thirteen seasons? 
Answer: CTV
Question: In what year did CTV stop showing live broadcasts of American Idol? 
Answer: 2014
Question: What Canadian network began airing American Idol in 2015? 
Answer: Yes TV
Question: How many nations receive the Idol broadcast?
Answer: over 100
Question: Who aired the first thirteen seasons in Canada?
Answer: CTV and/or CTV Two
Question: Who stated in August 2014 that they picked up the rights beginning in its 2015 season?
Answer: Yes TV
Question: How many days does someone in the United Kingdom have to wait to watch American Idol after its original broadcast? 
Answer: one
Question: What television network in Asia shows American Idol? 
Answer: STAR World
Question: On what days of the week does American Idol air in the Philippines? 
Answer: Thursday and Friday
Question: Who broadcasts Idol in southeast Asia?
Answer: STAR World
Question: Who broadcast the 12th season in Italy?
Answer: La3
Question: How many consecutive years did either the performance or results show rank number one?
Answer: eight
Question: What is the three word Latin name for domesticated dogs?
Answer: Canis lupus familiaris
Question: What is Canis familiaris?
Answer: domestic dog
Question: How long has the domestic dog been selectively bred?
Answer: millennia
Question: Along with various behaviors and physical attributes, what were domestic dogs bred for?
Answer: sensory capabilities
Question: What decade had significant studies of dog genes to determine origins?
Answer: 2010s
Question: Testing revealed today's dogs trace back by how many years?
Answer: 40,000
Question: What is the region where domesticated dogs ancestry traces to?
Answer: Eurasia
Question: What type of diet can modern domesticated dogs thrive eating that other dogs cannot?
Answer: starch-rich
Question: What was undertaken in 2010 to determine where dogs originated from?
Answer: extensive genetic studies
Question: What is the most common phrase, or nickname, used by people in the United States to describe dogs in general?
Answer: man's best friend
Question: What moniker has been given to dogs in Western cultures?
Answer: man's best friend
Question: Dogs are a source of what in some cultures?
Answer: meat
Question: What is the Proto-Germanic word that "dog" may have come from?
Answer: dukkōn
Question: What may be the earliest vocabulary that the word "dog" came from?
Answer: Proto-Indo-European
Question: Where does the word dog originate?
Answer: Old English docga
Question: Dog could also come from the original layer of what vocabulary?
Answer: Proto-Indo-European
Question: What was the common 14th-century word for dogs for those who spoke English?
Answer: hound
Question: What breed was so prolific it became a prototype of hound?
Answer: mastiff.
Question: In what century did "hound" start to only apply to hunting dogs?
Answer: 16th
Question: What was the common term for all domesticated dogs in England during the 14th century?
Answer: hound
Question: When did the word dog become the common term for canines?
Answer: 16th century
Question: Hound became the term for dogs who did what activity during this time?
Answer: hunting
Question: What Proto-Indo-European word is hound from?
Answer: *kwon- "dog"
Question: What are a single birth group of puppies of a dog called collectively?
Answer: a litter.
Question: What is the male who is father of the pups called?
Answer: sire
Question: What is the French word that "puppy" comes from?
Answer: poupée
Question: What is giving birth to dogs called?
Answer: whelping
Question: What is the English word for female dog that has also become profanity?
Answer: bitch
Question: A male canine is called a dog while a female canine is called a what in reference to breeding?
Answer: bitch
Question: What are canine offspring referred as?
Answer: litter
Question: What is the father of a litter referred as?
Answer: sire
Question: What is the mother of a litter referred as?
Answer: dam
Question: What are the individual litter canines called?
Answer: pups
Question: What year are dogs first listed in Systema Naturae?
Answer: 1758
Question: Who published Systema Naturae?
Answer: Linnaeus
Question: What is the modern single English word for Canis lupus?
Answer: wolf
Question: What 1982 publication listed regular family dogs under wolves?
Answer: Mammal Species of the World
Question: What is the Latin word for dog?
Answer: Canis
Question: Canis familiaris is the classification for dogs, and is known as what?
Answer: family dog
Question: What is the Latin name for a wolf?
Answer: Canis lupus
Question: Feral dogs have what Latin classification?
Answer: Canis dingo
Question: What year was Canis familiaris listed under Canis lupus?
Answer: 1982
Question: What year was it decided that if wolves and dogs were one species, then their scientific name is the name of the wild variety?
Answer: 2003
Question: What 2005 publication in its third edition kept to that ruling?
Answer: Mammal Species of the World
Question: What Latin dog term is still used because wild and domesticated dogs are recognizably different?
Answer: Canis familiaris.
Question: What official body recognizes both Canis lupus and Canis familiaris?
Answer: ICZN
Question: Many researchers prefer what term?
Answer: Canis familiaris.
Question: Who ruled in 2003 that scientific names for wild animals share the same scientific name as their domestic counterparts?
Answer: ICZN
Question: What was this decision called?
Answer: Opinion 2027
Question: What indicated dogs and gray wolves developed as two monophyletic clades?
Answer: genetic studies
Question: The common relative of dogs and existing wolves is now considered what?
Answer: extinct.
Question: Modern dogs likely began when human beings were considered to be what?
Answer: hunter-gatherers
Question: Due to admixture, what species are many Arctic dogs related to?
Answer: Taimyr wolf of North Asia
Question: Rather than with agriculturists, dogs seemingly were during the time of who?
Answer: human hunter-gatherers
Question: Most breeds share a genetic likeness to what animal?
Answer: gray wolf
Question: Some Arctic breeds are more like what wolf rather than the gray wolf?
Answer: Taimyr
Question: What species shows more difference in size, looks and actions than any other?
Answer: Modern dog breeds
Question: What are dog teeth best suited for?
Answer: catching and tearing.
Question: Dogs are considered to be predators and what else?
Answer: scavengers
Question: What bones in dog legs are fused?
Answer: wrist
Question: A dog's heart and vascular ability if best suited for sprinting and what else?
Answer: endurance
Question: What are a dog's teeth mainly used for?
Answer: catching and tearing
Question: Dogs originated as predators and what?
Answer: scavengers
Question: What breed was the largest dog known to have lived?
Answer: English Mastiff
Question: What is the biggest known dog?
Answer: English Mastiff
Question: Along with a gruff guard hair, what else makes up the double coat?
Answer: soft down hair
Question: What is the more common coat for dogs from colder climates?
Answer: double
Question: What is a single coat?
Answer: topcoat only
Question: When a dog has a camouflage pattern on its coat, this is called what?
Answer: countershading
Question: A dog with countershading has dark coloring where?
Answer: upper surfaces
Question: A natural camo pattern is known as what?
Answer: countershading
Question: What color is on a dogs upper surfaces if it has countershading?
Answer: dark coloring
Question: What is reduced when a dog has countershading?
Answer: visibility
Question: What part of a dog can be straight, curly or cork-screwed?
Answer: tails
Question: What does a dog communicate with its tail?
Answer: emotional state
Question: What part of a dog can be straight, curled, or cork-screwed?
Answer: tails
Question: What are all dogs susceptible to?
Answer: parasites
Question: Pyometra usually affects what type of female dog?
Answer: unspayed
Question: Who does pyometra affect?
Answer: unspayed females
Question: What are fleas, ticks and mites called?
Answer: parasites
Question: Grapes, raisins, onions, garlic and what common sugar alcohol (sweetener) is toxic to dogs?
Answer: xylitol
Question: What type of nut is poisonous to dogs?
Answer: macadamia
Question: What is the chemical in chocolate that is poisonous to dogs?
Answer: theobromine
Question: Some human foods can be what to dogs?
Answer: toxic
Question: What in tobacco can hurt dogs?
Answer: nicotine
Question: What form of chocolate is especially toxic to dogs?
Answer: dark
Question: Mutts, dogs that have several breed characteristics, live how much longer than purebred dogs?
Answer: 1.2 years
Question: Do bigger dogs typically have longer or shorter lives?
Answer: shorter
Question: When was a study done that discovered mixed breeds tend to live longer than pure breeds?
Answer: 2013
Question: Typically, how much longer do mixed breeds live?
Answer: 1.2 years longer
Question: What is the median lifespan of canines?
Answer: 10 to 13 years.
Question: What is the canine breed with shortest median lifespan?
Answer: Dogue de Bordeaux
Question: What is the median length of life for the canine breed that lives the least amount of years?
Answer: 5.2 years
Question: What is the average lifespan of an Irish Wolfhound?
Answer: 6 to 7 years.
Question: Which dog has the shortest lifespan?
Answer: Dogue de Bordeaux
Question: What is the average lifespan for a Dogue de Borddeaux?
Answer: 5.2 years
Question: What is the average length of years of life for canines with long lifespans?
Answer: 14 to 15 years.
Question: What is the name of the canine that is reported to have lived the longest?
Answer: Bluey
Question: What is the name of the dog in the Guinness Book of World Records for longest lived?
Answer: Pusuke
Question: What year did the dog die that is reported to be the longest lived but not officially in a record book?
Answer: 1939
Question: What was the name of the dog who lived to be 29.5 years?
Answer: Bluey
Question: When did Bluey die?
Answer: 1939
Question: Who did the Guinness Book of World Records say was the oldest dog in 2011?
Answer: Pusuke
Question: What does going into heat (estrous) prepare a female dog for?
Answer: pregnancy.
Question: Some larger breeds could take how long to become sexually mature?
Answer: two years
Question: What does a female dog experience at sexual maturity?
Answer: first estrous cycle
Question: How long do female dogs carry before delivering puppies?
Answer: 58 to 68 days
Question: What is the average length of dog pregnancy?
Answer: 63 days
Question: What is the average number of pups in a litter?
Answer: about six
Question: For small dogs, what is the average number of pups in a litter?
Answer: one to four
Question: What is the average for a dog to bear her litter?
Answer: 63 days
Question: What is the average number of pups per litter?
Answer: six
Question: Smaller dogs tend to have how many pups per litter?
Answer: one to four
Question: What is it called when an animal is altered to prevent procreation?
Answer: Neutering
Question: According to the text, what agency recommends altering dogs to prevent pregnancies?
Answer: the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
Question: What is typically surgically removed on male dogs to prevent procreation?
Answer: testicles
Question: What is usually removed in female dogs to prevent pregnancy?
Answer: ovaries and uterus
Question: In neutering, what is removed in a male dog?
Answer: testicles
Question: In neutering, what is removed in female dogs?
Answer: ovaries and uterus
Question: What does the ASPCA recommend for dogs who are not used for breeding purposes?
Answer: neutered
Question: Hypersexual behavior in male dogs is diminished by what?
Answer: Neutering
Question: According to the text, what is a possible side effect of neutering a female dog?
Answer: urinary incontinence
Question: Female dogs are less likely to develop cancer if what happens?
Answer: Spayed
Question: What is increased in female dogs with neutering?
Answer: urinary incontinence
Question: What is increased in male dogs with neutering?
Answer: prostate cancer
Question: What is the name of the dog that could ID over 200 things?
Answer: Rico
Question: What is the name of the Border collie that knew over 1000 words?
Answer: Chaser
Question: In addition to interpreting body language and verbal commands dogs can also interpret what two other things?
Answer: gesturing and pointing
Question: What wild canine did better at a problem-solving experiment?
Answer: Australian dingos
Question: What is one thing, according to the text, that domesticated dogs use humans for?
Answer: to solve their problems for them.
Question: Perceiving information and retaining it is what?
Answer: intelligence
Question: How many labels does Rico the dog know?
Answer: over 200
Question: What kind of memory skills do dogs have?
Answer: advanced
Question: How many words did Chaser know?
Answer: over 1,000
Question: Dogs are estimated to be domesticated as far back as what date range of years on the calendar?
Answer: 9,000–30,000 years BCE
Question: Dog minds have been shaped by thousands of years of contact with what species?
Answer: humans.
Question: What do some dog skills parallel in human beings?
Answer: social-cognitive skills of human children
Question: Dogs are  very well attuned to what other species' behaviors?
Answer: humans.
Question: Dogs can understand and communicate with what other species?
Answer: humans.
Question: What is a dog's responses to stimuli known as?
Answer: Dog behavior
Question: More than any other species, dogs are able to do what with people?
Answer: understand and communicate
Question: Dogs have some social skills that parallel what?
Answer: human children
Question: What is gustatory communication include in dogs?
Answer: scents, pheromones and taste
Question: People communicate with dogs by voice commands, body language or posture and what else?
Answer: hand signals
Question: Eye gaze, vocalization and body posture are examples of what?
Answer: Dog communication
Question: In addition to vocalization and body posture, how do people communicate with dogs?
Answer: hand signals
Question: Dogs having ears that are not erect may be due to what?
Answer: atrophy of the jaw muscles.
Question: What kind of features differentiate gray wolves from dogs?
Answer: diagnostic features