TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: Posing in his flight overalls and aviator sunglasses, a Pakistani fighter pilot caused a stir at the Paris Air Show due to his uncanny resemblance to Top Gun star Tom Cruise. Squadron Leader Yaser Mudasser has been unwittingly compared to the Hollywood actor after images of him circulated on Twitter showing off Pakistan's new JF-17 Thunder fighter jet to a diplomat. Cruise played cult hero Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell in the 1985 movie, about U.S. Navy fighter pilots. But Squadron Leader Mudasser, played down the attention, saying: 'It's funny. One never imagines that you'll get this kind of attention when you're training day-in day-out.'Squadron Leader Yaser Mudasser was pictured at the Paris Air ShowHis image went viral after he was compared to Top Gun star Tom CruisePilot played down the comparison, saying he never imagined getting attention 
 Question:Arushi Prasad tweeted: '_ is so cute *top gun soundtrack in the background*.

SOLUTION: Yaser Mudasser

PROBLEM: A Japanese newspaper has unearthed previously secret audio suggesting that government armed forces in Algeria attacked al-Qaeda hostage-takers with abandon in January 2013, killing dozens of captives despite an apparent promise not to interfere with the terrorists and pleas from foreign governments to safeguard the innocents. The news outlet Nikkan-Gendai published the shocking revelation on December 5, contradicting one line of thought that suggested the terrorists killed their own hostages as they came under fire from the Algerian army. A Japanese government-certified translator has provided DailyMail.com with an exclusive copy of the news report in English, headlined: 'The truth regarding the Algeria Hostage crisis has been verified by audio information.'Al-Qaeda offshoot group took hundreds of hostages during a 2013 attack on an Algerian natural gas facilityFour-day standoff ended when Algeria's army attacked the militants, killing dozens of innocentsAudio recordings obtained by a Japanese newspaper indicate the Algerian special forces were aware they were targeting cars carrying hostagesIn one audio intercept, a terrorist complains that 'the army has violated the pledge ... [and] struck the vehicles carrying the hostages and our friends'Initial reports had suggested that the terrorists may have killed their hostages as their master plan fell apart in a hail of gunfire 
 Question:Overall, 685 _ workers and 107 foreigners were set free.

SOLUTION: Algeria

PROBLEM: William Tallon was more than just the Queen Mother’s favourite servant. He rose from impoverished beginnings to become her confidant and close friend. As the first part of a remarkable new biography revealed last week, Tallon was also a predatory homosexual who breached Royal security by bringing young men back to Clarence House at night. And he made powerful enemies. Here, in the final extract of Backstairs Billy, we reveal that courtiers took their revenge by banishing him from the Queen Mother’s side, shamefully disregarding her wish that he should be allowed to live at Clarence House for the rest of his life.Queen Mother's royal courtier William Tallon was known as Backstairs BillyRose from impoverished beginnings to become her confidant and friendBut he also breached protocol and brought young men to Clarence HouseOther courtiers took revenge by banishing him from Queen Mother's sideAlso denied her request that he should be allowed to live at Clarence House for the rest of his life 
 Question:For years he had organised lunches and dinners for the _, but he had never had to make his own meals.

SOLUTION:
Queen Mother