In this task you are expected to write an SQL query that will return the data asked for in the question. An SQL query works by selecting data from a table where certain conditions apply. A table contains columns where every row in that table must have a value for each column. Every table has a primary key that uniquely identifies each row, usually an id. To choose which columns are returned you specify that after the "SELECT" statement. Next, you use a "FROM" statement to specify what tables you want to select the data from. When you specify a table you can rename it with the "AS" statement. You can reference that table by whatever name follows the "AS" statement. If you want to select data from multiple tables you need to use the "JOIN" statement. This will join the tables together by pairing a row in one table with every row in the other table (Cartesian Product). To limit the number of rows returned you should use the "ON" statement. This will only return rows where the condition specified after the statement is true, this is usually an equals operator with primary keys. You can also use the "WHERE" statement to specify that only rows with column values statisfying a certain condition, should be returned. The "GROUP BY" statement will group rows together that have equal column values for whatever columns follows the statement. The "HAVING" statement will return groups that statisfy whatever condition follows the statement. Any column(s) being returned from grouped rows must either be an aggregate function, (AVG, MAX, COUNT, SUM, ...) of a column, or the column(s) that the data was grouped by. To sort the returned data you can use the "ORDER BY" command which will order the data by whatever aggregate function or column follows the statement. The "DESC" statement will sort in descending order and the "ASC" statement will sort in ascending order. Finally, you can use the "LIMIT" statement to return a certain number of rows. When "*" is used in an SQL statement every column is returned. For example, SELECT * FROM table WHERE attribute = 1, will select every column from rows with the attribute column equal to 1.

Q: What are the distinct id and type of the thing that has the status 'Close' or has a status record before the date '2017-06-19 02:59:21'

A: SELECT DISTINCT T2.thing_id ,  T2.Type_of_Thing_Code FROM Timed_Status_of_Things AS T1 JOIN Things AS T2 ON T1.thing_id  =  T2.thing_id WHERE T1.Status_of_Thing_Code  =  'Close' OR T1.Date_and_Date  <  '2017-06-19 02:59:21'
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Q: How many trips stated from  a station in Mountain View and ended at one in Palo Alto?

A: SELECT count(*) FROM station AS T1 JOIN trip AS T2 JOIN station AS T3 JOIN trip AS T4 ON T1.id  =  T2.start_station_id AND T2.id  =  T4.id AND T3.id  =  T4.end_station_id WHERE T1.city  =  "Mountain View" AND T3.city  =  "Palo Alto"
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Q: How many drivers were in the Australian Grand Prix held in 2009?

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SELECT count(*) FROM results AS T1 JOIN races AS T2 ON T1.raceid = T2.raceid WHERE T2.name = "Australian Grand Prix" AND YEAR = 2009
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