Answer: electropop

Context: West's fourth studio album, 808s & Heartbreak (2008), marked an even more radical departure from his previous releases, largely abandoning rap and hip hop stylings in favor of a stark electropop sound composed of virtual synthesis, the Roland TR-808 drum machine, and explicitly auto-tuned vocal tracks. Drawing inspiration from artists such as Gary Numan, TJ Swan and Boy George, and maintaining a "minimal but functional" approach towards the album's studio production, West explored the electronic feel produced by Auto-Tune and utilized the sounds created by the 808, manipulating its pitch to produce a distorted, electronic sound; he then sought to juxtapose mechanical sounds with the traditional sounds of taiko drums and choir monks. The album's music features austere production and elements such as dense drums, lengthy strings, droning synthesizers, and somber piano, and drew comparisons to the work of 1980s post-punk and new wave groups, with West himself later confessing an affinity with British post-punk group Joy Division. Rolling Stone journalist Matthew Trammell asserted that the record was ahead of its time and wrote in a 2012 article, "Now that popular music has finally caught up to it, 808s & Heartbreak has revealed itself to be Kanye’s most vulnerable work, and perhaps his most brilliant."

Question: What kind of sound did Kanye abandon a rap and hiphop one for with his fourth album?


Answer: Gary Numan, TJ Swan and Boy George

Question: Who did Kanye become inspired by while creating 808s & Heartbreak?


Answer: dense drums, lengthy strings, droning synthesizers, and somber piano

Question: What types of instruments are present on his fourth album?


Answer: Boy George

Question: What other artist besides Gary Numan and TJ Swan helped inspire Kanye's fourth album?


Answer: post-punk

Question: What other type of 1980s group was Kanye's fourth album compared to other than new wave?


Answer: Rolling Stone

Question: The article about Kanye's fourth album written by Matthew Trammell was published in what magazine?


Answer: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Context: West's fifth album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, has been noted by writers for its maximalist aesthetic and its incorporation of elements from West's previous four albums. Entertainment Weekly's Simon Vozick-Levinson perceives that such elements "all recur at various points", namely "the luxurious soul of 2004's The College Dropout, the symphonic pomp of Late Registration, the gloss of 2007's Graduation, and the emotionally exhausted electro of 2008's 808s & Heartbreak". Sean Fennessey of The Village Voice writes that West "absorb[ed] the gifts of his handpicked collaborators, and occasionally elevat[ed] them" on previous studio albums, noting collaborators and elements as Jon Brion for Late Registration, DJ Toomp for Graduation, and Kid Cudi for 808s & Heartbreak.

Question: What is Kanye's fifth album titled?


Answer: Simon Vozick-Levinson

Question: What journalist drew comparisons between My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and other Kanye albums?


Answer: Jon Brion

Question: What musician collaborated with Kanye West for his album Late Registration?


Answer: DJ Toomp

Question: What artist worked with Kanye on his album Graduation?


Answer: 808s & Heartbreak

Question: Kid Cudi joined Kanye for which album?


Answer: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Question: Which album by Kanye West has been talked about by writers for having maximalist aesthetic?


Answer: a protest to music

Context: Describing his sixth studio album Yeezus (2013) as "a protest to music," West embraced an abrasive style that incorporated industrial music, acid house, dancehall, punk, electro, and Chicago drill. Inspired by the minimalist design of Le Corbusier and primarily electronic in nature, the album features distorted drum machines and "synthesizers that sound like they're malfunctioning, low-resolution samplers that add a pixelated digital aura to the most analog sounds." To this end, the album incorporates glitches reminiscent of CD skips or corrupted MP3's, and Auto-Tuned vocals are modulated to a point in which they are difficult to decipher. It also continues West's practice of eclectic samples: he employs a sample of Nina Simone's "Strange Fruit," an obscure Hindi sample on "I Am a God", and a sample of 1970s Hungarian rock group Omega on "New Slaves". "On Sight" interpolates a melody from "Sermon (He'll Give Us What We Really Need)" by the Holy Name of Mary Choral Family. Rolling Stone called the album a "brilliant, obsessive-compulsive career auto-correct".

Question: What did Kanye state that Yeezus was?


Answer: Le Corbusier

Question: What artist did Kanye draw inspiration from when crafting Yeezus?


Answer: 2013

Question: In what year was Kanye West's sixth album released?


Answer: Yeezus

Question: What was the title of Kanye's sixth album?


Answer: clothing line

Context: In September 2005, West announced that he would release his Pastelle Clothing line in spring 2006, claiming "Now that I have a Grammy under my belt and Late Registration is finished, I am ready to launch my clothing line next spring." The line was developed over the following four years – with multiple pieces teased by West himself – before the line was ultimately cancelled in 2009. In 2009, West collaborated with Nike to release his own shoe, the Air Yeezys, with a second version released in 2012. In January 2009, West introduced his first shoe line designed for Louis Vuitton during Paris Fashion Week. The line was released in summer 2009. West has additionally designed shoewear for Bape and Italian shoemaker Giuseppe Zanotti.

Question: What did Kanye announce he would release after acquiring a Grammy in 2005?


Answer: cancelled

Question: What finally become of Kanye's clothing line in 2009?


Answer: September 2005

Question: When did Kanye West annouce his Pastelle Clothing line?


Answer: 2009

Question: What year was Kanye's Pastelle Clothing Line scrapped?


Answer: Nike

Question: What company worked with Kanye in 2009 to create his own shoe line?


Answer: Louis Vuitton

Question: For what brand did Kanye design a shoe meant for Paris Fashion Week?


Answer: women

Context: On October 1, 2011, Kanye West premiered his women's fashion label, DW Kanye West at Paris Fashion Week. He received support from DSquared2 duo Dean and Dan Caten, Olivier Theyskens, Jeremy Scott, Azzedine Alaïa, and the Olsen twins, who were also in attendance during his show. His debut fashion show received mixed-to-negative reviews, ranging from reserved observations by Style.com to excoriating commentary by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, Elleuk.com, The Daily Telegraph, Harper's Bazaar and many others. On March 6, 2012, West premiered a second fashion line at Paris Fashion Week. The line's reception was markedly improved from the previous presentation, with a number of critics heralding West for his "much improved" sophomore effort.

Question: Form whom was Kanye's 2011 fashion label designed for?


Answer: mixed-to-negative reviews

Question: What kind of reviews did Kanye's fashion line spark?


Answer: March 6, 2012

Question: When did Kanye debut his second effort in the fashion world?


Answer: October 1, 2011

Question: On what day was Kanye's women's clothing line debuted?


Answer: DW Kanye West

Question: What was the name of Kanye West's women's clothing line?


Answer: October 1, 2011

Question: On what day was Kanye's women's line premiered at Paris fashion week?


Answer: DW Kanye West

Question: What was the name of West's fashion line for women?


Answer: mixed-to-negative

Question: The fashion line shown in Paris received what sort of reviews?


Answer: March 6, 2012

Question: On what day did West release his second fashion line?


Answer: Adidas

Context: On December 3, 2013, Adidas officially confirmed a new shoe collaboration deal with West. After months of anticipation and rumors, West confirmed the release of the Adidas Yeezy Boosts with a Twitter announcement directing fans to the domain yeezy.supply. In 2015, West unveiled his Yeezy Season clothing line, premiering Season 1 in collaboration with Adidas early in the year. The release of the Yeezy Boosts and the full Adidas collaboration was showcased in New York City on February 12, 2015, with free streaming to 50 cinemas in 13 countries around the world. An initial release of the Adidas Yeezy Boosts was limited to 9000 pairs to be available only in New York City via the Adidas smartphone app; the Adidas Yeezy Boosts were sold out within 10 minutes. The shoes released worldwide on February 28, 2015, were limited to select boutique stores and the Adidas UK stores. He followed with Season 2 later that year at New York Fashion Week. On February 11, West premiered his Yeezy Season 3 clothing line at Madison Square Garden in conjunction with the previewing of his album The Life of Pablo.

Question: What brand struck a deal with Kanye and sparked a new clothing line?


Answer: 3

Question: How many "seasons" of clothing did Kanye release?


Answer: Adidas Yeezy Boosts

Question: What were the shoes designed by Kanye and released by Adidas called?


Answer: 9000

Question: How many pairs of shoes were sold in the initial release in New York City?


Answer: Adidas Yeezy Boosts

Question: What shoe was announced on Twitter by Kanye West?


Answer: 2015

Question: In what year did Kanye premier his Season line?


Answer: The Life of Pablo

Question: What album release coincided with Kanye's Yeezy Season 3 clothing line?


Answer: Fatburger

Context: In August 2008, West revealed plans to open 10 Fatburger restaurants in the Chicago area; the first was set to open in September 2008 in Orland Park. The second followed in January 2009, while a third location is yet to be revealed, although the process is being finalized. His company, KW Foods LLC, bought the rights to the chain in Chicago. Ultimately, in 2009, only two locations actually opened. In February 2011, West shut down the Fatburger located in Orland Park. Later that year, the remaining Beverly location also was shuttered.

Question: What restaurant chain did Kanye aspire to open in his native Chicago?


Answer: 2

Question: How many restaurants did Kanye open?


Answer: shut down

Question: What happened to the Fatburger chains that Kanye established?


Answer: Fatburger

Question: What was the name of the restaurant Kanye annouced he was opening?


Answer: 2

Question: How many of Kanye's Fatburger restaurants were actually opened?


Answer: 2011

Question: When was Kanye's last Fatburger restaurant closed?


Answer: KW Foods LLC

Question: What is the name of Kanye West's food company?


Answer: GOOD Music

Context: West founded the record label and production company GOOD Music in 2004, in conjunction with Sony BMG, shortly after releasing his debut album, The College Dropout. John Legend, Common, and West were the label's inaugural artists. The label houses artists including West, Big Sean, Pusha T, Teyana Taylor, Yasiin Bey / Mos Def, D'banj and John Legend, and producers including Hudson Mohawke, Q-Tip, Travis Scott, No I.D., Jeff Bhasker, and S1. GOOD Music has released ten albums certified gold or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In November 2015, West appointed Pusha T the new president of GOOD Music.

Question: What did Kanye call the label he founded in 2004?


Answer: Pusha T

Question: As of 2015, who did Kanye choose as the new president of GOOD Music?


Answer: 2004

Question: What year did Kanye West open his GOOD Music production company and record label?


Answer: John Legend

Question: What other artist besides Kanye West and Common was among the first to record at GOOD Music?


Answer: Pusha T

Question: Who did Kanye name President of GOOD Music in 2015?


Answer: to make products and experiences that people want and can afford

Context: On January 5, 2012, West announced his establishment of the creative content company DONDA, named after his late mother Donda West. In his announcement, West proclaimed that the company would "pick up where Steve Jobs left off"; DONDA would operate as "a design company which will galvanize amazing thinkers in a creative space to bounce their dreams and ideas" with the "goal to make products and experiences that people want and can afford." West is notoriously secretive about the company's operations, maintaining neither an official website nor a social media presence. In stating DONDA's creative philosophy, West articulated the need to "put creatives in a room together with like minds" in order to "simplify and aesthetically improve everything we see, taste, touch, and feel.". Contemporary critics have noted the consistent minimalistic aesthetic exhibited throughout DONDA creative projects.

Question: What was the goal of Kanye's new creative company DONDA?


Answer: mother Donda West

Question: Kanye's creative content company DONDA was named after who?


Answer: January 5, 2012

Question: On what date did Kanye go public with his DONDA company?


Answer: Tidal

Context: On March 30, 2015, it was announced that West is a co-owner, with various other music artists, in the music streaming service Tidal. The service specialises in lossless audio and high definition music videos. Jay Z acquired the parent company of Tidal, Aspiro, in the first quarter of 2015. Including Beyoncé and Jay-Z, sixteen artist stakeholders (such as Rihanna, Beyoncé, Madonna, Chris Martin, Nicki Minaj and more) co-own Tidal, with the majority owning a 3% equity stake. The idea of having an all artist owned streaming service was created by those involved to adapt to the increased demand for streaming within the current music industry, and to rival other streaming services such as Spotify, which have been criticised for their low payout of royalties. "The challenge is to get everyone to respect music again, to recognize its value", stated Jay-Z on the release of Tidal.

Question: What platform was Kanye named a co-owner of in 2015?


Answer: Jay-Z

Question: What longtime friend of Kanye acquired Tidal in 2015?


Answer: low payout of royalties

Question: What criticisms of other streaming platforms does Tidal stand to challenge?


Answer: Tidal

Question: What music streaming service is Kanye West a co-owner of?


Answer: lossless audio and high definition music videos

Question: What is Tidal's specialization?


Answer: Jay Z

Question: Which famous rapper bought Aspiro?


Answer: Spotify

Question: What music service is a huge competitor for Tidal?


Answer: Kanye West Foundation

Context: West, alongside his mother, founded the "Kanye West Foundation" in Chicago in 2003, tasked with a mission to battle dropout and illiteracy rates, while partnering with community organizations to provide underprivileged youth access to music education. In 2007, the West and the Foundation partnered with Strong American Schools as part of their "Ed in '08" campaign. As spokesman for the campaign, West appeared in a series of PSAs for the organization, and hosted an inaugural benefit concert in August of that year.

Question: With the help of his mom, what foundation did Kanye create early in his career?


Answer: battle dropout and illiteracy rates, while partnering with community organizations to provide underprivileged youth access to music education

Question: What is the goal of the Kanye West Foundation?


Answer: Kanye West Foundation

Question: What was founded by Kanye West and his mother?


Answer: 2007

Question: In What year did the Kanye West Foundation Partner with Strong American Schools?


Answer: Chicago

Question: Where was the "Kanye West Foundation" founded?


Answer: music education

Question: What other mission besides dropout and illiteracy rates did the Kanye West Foundation seek to improve?


Answer: "Ed in '08"

Question: What campaign did the Kanye West Foundation partner with in 2007?


Answer: August

Question: In what month was the inaugural concert held for the "Ed in '08" campaign?


Answer: The Dr. Donda West Foundation

Context: In 2008, following the death of West's mother, the foundation was rechristened "The Dr. Donda West Foundation." The foundation ceased operations in 2011.

Question: What was the Kanye West Foundation renamed to in 2008?


Answer: 2011

Question: What year did the foundation end its run?


Answer: 2008

Question: In what year did Kanye West's mother pass away?


Answer: The Dr. Donda West Foundation

Question: Kanye's foundation was changed to what name following his mother's death?


Answer: 2008

Question: What year did the foundation stop operating?


Answer: 100 Black Men of America, a Live Earth concert benefit, World Water Day rally

Context: West has additionally appeared and participated in many fundraisers, benefit concerts, and has done community work for Hurricane Katrina relief, the Kanye West Foundation, the Millions More Movement, 100 Black Men of America, a Live Earth concert benefit, World Water Day rally and march, Nike runs, and a MTV special helping young Iraq War veterans who struggle through debt and PTSD a second chance after returning home.

Question: What are some charitable efforts Kanye west has participated in?


Answer: A Concert for Hurricane Relief

Context: West has been an outspoken and controversial celebrity throughout his career, receiving both criticism and praise from many, including the mainstream media, other artists and entertainers, and two U.S. presidents. On September 2, 2005, during a benefit concert for Hurricane Katrina relief on NBC, A Concert for Hurricane Relief, West (a featured speaker) accused President George W. Bush of not "car[ing] about black people". When West was presenting alongside actor Mike Myers, he deviated from the prepared script to criticize the media's portrayal of hurricane victims, saying:

Question: During what show did Kanye take an opportunity to criticize the efforts of a U.S. President?


Answer: George W. Bush

Question: Which U.S. President did Kanye criticize after the events of Hurricane Katrina?


Answer: George W. Bush

Question: Which President did Kanye West accuse of "Not caring for black people"?


Answer: September 2, 2005

Question: On what day did the Kanye's famous George W. Bush criticism take place?


Answer: Rick Kaplan cut off the microphone and then cut away to Chris Tucker

Context: Myers spoke next and continued to read the script. Once it was West's turn to speak again, he said, "George Bush doesn't care about black people." At this point, telethon producer Rick Kaplan cut off the microphone and then cut away to Chris Tucker, who was unaware of the cut for a few seconds. Still, West's comment reached much of the United States.

Question: What happened after Kanye made his controversial statement?


Answer: George Bush

Question: Who did Kanye West say doesn't care about black people?


Answer: "one of the most disgusting moments" of his presidency

Context: Bush stated in an interview that the comment was "one of the most disgusting moments" of his presidency. In November 2010, in a taped interview with Matt Lauer for the Today show, West expressed regret for his criticism of Bush. "I would tell George Bush in my moment of frustration, I didn't have the grounds to call him a racist", he told Lauer. "I believe that in a situation of high emotion like that we as human beings don't always choose the right words." The following day, Bush reacted to the apology in a live interview with Lauer saying he appreciated the rapper's remorse. "I'm not a hater", Bush said. "I don't hate Kanye West. I was talking about an environment in which people were willing to say things that hurt. Nobody wants to be called a racist if in your heart you believe in equality of races." Reactions were mixed, but some felt that West had no need to apologize. "It was not the particulars of your words that mattered, it was the essence of a feeling of the insensitivity towards our communities that many of us have felt for far too long", argued Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons. Bush himself was receptive to the apology, saying, "I appreciate that. It wasn't just Kanye West who was talking like that during Katrina, I cited him as an example, I cited others as an example as well. You know, I appreciate that."

Question: How did George W. Bush describe Kanye's controversial statement?


Answer: Matt Lauer

Question: To which reporter did Kanye West express regret for his remark about President Bush?


Answer: Kazakhstan

Context: In September 2013, West was widely rebuked by human rights groups for performing in Kazakhstan at the wedding of authoritarian President Nursultan Nazarbayev's grandson. He traveled to Kazakhstan, which has one of the poorest human rights records in the world, as a personal guest of Nazarbayev. Other notable Western performers, including Sting, have previously cancelled performances in the country over human rights concerns. West was reportedly paid US$3 million for his performance. West had previously participated in cultural boycotts, joining Shakira and Rage Against The Machine in refusing to perform in Arizona after the 2010 implementation of stop and search laws directed against potential illegal aliens.

Question: Kanye was criticized by human rights groups for performing in what country?


Answer: $3 million

Question: How much was Kanye paid to perform in Kazakhstan?


Answer: one of the poorest

Question: How is Kazakhstan's human rights record compared to the rest of the world?


Answer: Kazakhstan

Question: What country's President paid Kanye West to perform at his grandson's wedding?


Answer: Arizona

Question: Kanye, Shakira, and Rage Against the Machine refused to perform in what state due to a new law against illegal aliens?


Answer: human rights concerns

Question: For what reason did Sting and other artists cancel their scheduled performances in Kazakhstan?


Answer: Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Context: Later in 2013, West launched a tirade on Twitter directed at talk show host Jimmy Kimmel after his ABC program Jimmy Kimmel Live! ran a sketch on September 25 involving two children re-enacting West's recent interview with Zane Lowe for BBC Radio 1 in which he calls himself the biggest rock star on the planet. Kimmel reveals the following night that West called him to demand an apology shortly before taping.

Question: What TV show lampooned one of Kanye's BBC Radio 1 interviews?


Answer: an apology

Question: What did Kanye demand from Jimmy Kimmel in regards to the sketch?


Answer: Jimmy Kimmel

Question: What person was Kanye's rant on Twitter directed at?


Answer: Zane Lowe

Question: The skit on JImmy Kimmel Live! was a depiction of Kanye West and what reporter?


Answer: BBC Radio 1

Question: On what radio station did Kanye West deem himself "the biggest rockstar on the planet"?


Answer: Obama

Context: During a November 26, 2013 radio interview, West explained why he believed that President Obama had problems pushing policies in Washington: "Man, let me tell you something about George Bush and oil money and Obama and no money. People want to say Obama can't make these moves or he's not executing. That's because he ain't got those connections. Black people don't have the same level of connections as Jewish people...We ain't Jewish. We don't got family that got money like that." In response to his comments, the Anti-Defamation League stated: "There it goes again, the age-old canard that Jews are all-powerful and control the levers of power in government." On December 21, 2013, West backed off of the original comment and told a Chicago radio station that "I thought I was giving a compliment, but if anything it came off more ignorant. I don’t know how being told you have money is an insult."

Question: What president did Kanye comment on as having trouble pushing policies while in office?


Answer: Jewish people

Question: What type of people did Kanye state had more power than Black people?


Answer: November 26, 2013

Question: On what day did Kanye do an interview about President Obama pushing policies in Washington?


Answer: December 21, 2013

Question: On what day did Kanye take back his original comment about Jews?


Answer: Bill Cosby

Context: In February 2016, West again became embroiled in controversy when he posted a tweet seemingly asserting Bill Cosby's innocence in the wake of over 50 women making allegations of sexual assault directed at Cosby.

Question: What celebrity knee-deep in controversy did Kanye endorse in a 2016 tweet?


Answer: Bill Cosby

Question: What actor was Kanye defending on Twitter in February 2016?


Answer: Gretchen Wilson

Context: In 2004, West had his first of a number of public incidents during his attendance at music award events. At the American Music Awards of 2004, West stormed out of the auditorium after losing Best New Artist to country singer Gretchen Wilson. He later commented, "I felt like I was definitely robbed [...] I was the best new artist this year." After the 2006 Grammy nominations were released, West said he would "really have a problem" if he did not win the Album of the Year, saying, "I don't care what I do, I don't care how much I stunt – you can never take away from the amount of work I put into it. I don't want to hear all of that politically correct stuff." On November 2, 2006, when his "Touch the Sky" failed to win Best Video at the MTV Europe Music Awards, West went onto the stage as the award was being presented to Justice and Simian for "We Are Your Friends" and argued that he should have won the award instead. Hundreds of news outlets worldwide criticized the outburst. On November 7, 2006, West apologized for this outburst publicly during his performance as support act for U2 for their Vertigo concert in Brisbane. He later spoofed the incident on the 33rd season premiere of Saturday Night Live in September 2007.

Question: To who did Kanye lose the Best New Artist award in 2004?


Answer: Touch the Sky

Question: The video for what song failed to win an award for again in 2006, leading to an onstage outburst by Kanye?


Answer: Gretchen Wilson

Question: What artist did Kanye West lose "Best New Artist" to at the 2004 AMAs?


Answer: Touch the Sky

Question: Which Kanye West video failed to win Best Video at the MTV Europe Music Awards?


Answer: November 7, 2006

Question: On what day did Kanye apologize for his ranting at the MTV Europe Awards?


Answer: Saturday Night Live

Question: What show did Kanye perform a spoof about the incident at the MTV Europe Awards?


Answer: race

Context: On September 9, 2007, West suggested that his race had something to do with his being overlooked for opening the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) in favor of Britney Spears; he claimed, "Maybe my skin’s not right." West was performing at the event; that night, he lost all five awards that he was nominated for, including Best Male Artist and Video of the Year. After the show, he was visibly upset that he had lost at the VMAs two years in a row, stating that he would not come back to MTV ever again. He also appeared on several radio stations saying that when he made the song "Stronger" that it was his dream to open the VMAs with it. He has also stated that Spears has not had a hit in a long period of time and that MTV exploited her for ratings.

Question: What did Kanye believe was a contributing factor in him not opening for the 2007 MTV VMAs?


Answer: Stronger

Question: With what song did Kanye aspire to open the VMAs with?


Answer: his race

Question: What factor did Kanye West accuse of being the reason for his being excluded for the opening of the 2007 VMAs?


Answer: "Stronger"

Question: What song was Kanye's dream to perform on the VMAs?


Answer: Taylor Swift

Context: On September 13, 2009, during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards while Taylor Swift was accepting her award for Best Female Video for "You Belong with Me", West went on stage and grabbed the microphone to proclaim that Beyoncé's video for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", nominated for the same award, was "one of the best videos of all time". He was subsequently removed from the remainder of the show for his actions. When Beyoncé later won the award for Best Video of the Year for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", she called Swift up on stage so that she could finish her acceptance speech. West was criticized by various celebrities for the outburst, and by President Barack Obama, who called West a "jackass". In addition, West's VMA disruption sparked a large influx of Internet photo memes with blogs, forums and "tweets" with the "Let you finish" photo-jokes. He posted a Tweet soon after the event where he stated, "Everybody wanna booooo me but I'm a fan of real pop culture... I'm not crazy y'all, I'm just real." He then posted two apologies for the outburst on his personal blog; one on the night of the incident, and the other the following day, when he also apologized during an appearance on The Jay Leno Show. After Swift appeared on The View two days after the outburst, partly to discuss the matter, West called her to apologize personally. Swift said she accepted his apology.

Question: What artist's award reception did Kanye interrupt onstage at the 2009 MTV VMAs?


Answer: Obama

Question: Which U.S. President criticized Kanye for his VMA outburst?


Answer: President Barack Obama

Question: Which President called Kanye West a jackass for his behavior at the 2009 VMAs?


Answer: Taylor Swift

Context: In September 2010, West wrote a series of apologetic tweets addressed to Swift including "Beyonce didn't need that. MTV didn't need that and Taylor and her family friends and fans definitely didn't want or need that" and concluding with "I'm sorry Taylor." He also revealed he had written a song for Swift and if she did not accept the song, he would perform it himself. However, on November 8, 2010, in an interview with a Minnesota radio station, he seemed to recant his past apologies by attempting to describe the act at the 2009 awards show as "selfless" and downgrade the perception of disrespect it created. In "Famous," a track from his 2016 album The Life of Pablo, West implies that this incident led to Swift's stardom, rapping, "I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex/ Why? I made that bitch famous." After some media backlash about the reference, West posted on Twitter "I did not diss Taylor Swift and I've never dissed her...First thing is I'm an artist and as an artist I will express how I feel with no censorship." He continued by adding that he had asked both Swift and his wife, Kim Kardashian, for permission to publish the line.

Question: To which artist did Kanye profusely apologize to?


Answer: Famous

Question: What song did Kanye end up writing that referenced his outburst against Taylor Swift?


Answer: September 2010

Question: When did Kanye West post to Twitter apoloizing to Taylor Swift?


Answer: November 8, 2010

Question: When did Kanye take back his apology to Taylor Swift, saying that he was being "selfless"?


Answer: The Life of Pablo

Question: What album by Kanye was released in 2016?


Answer: Beck

Context: On February 8, 2015, at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, West walked on stage as Beck was accepting his award for Album of the Year and then walked off stage, making everyone think he was joking around. After the awards show, West stated in an interview that he was not joking and that "Beck needs to respect artistry, he should have given his award to Beyoncé". On February 26, 2015, he publicly apologized to Beck on Twitter.

Question: Which artist's award reception did Kanye interrupt at the 57th Grammy Awards?


Answer: Beyoncé

Question: To who did Kanye state that Beck should hand his award over to?


Answer: Beck

Question: What artist's acceptance speech did Kanye interrupt by walking on stage at the 57th Grammys?


Answer: February 26, 2015

Question: What day did Kanye apologize to Beck on Twitter?


Answer: Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award

Context: On August 30, 2015, West was presented with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards. In his acceptance speech, he stated, "Y'all might be thinking right now, 'I wonder did he smoke something before he came out here?' And the answer is: 'Yes, I rolled up a little something. I knocked the edge off.'" At the end of his speech, he announced, "I have decided in 2020 to run for president."

Question: What award did Kanye capture at the 2015 MTV VMAs?


Answer: 2020

Question: When does Kanye intend to run for president?


Answer: Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award

Question: What award was presented to Kanye West on August 30, 2015?


Answer: Glastonbury Festival 2015

Context: Music fans have turned to Change.org around the globe to try and block West's participation at various events. The largest unsuccessful petition has been to the Glastonbury Festival 2015 with 133,000+ voters stating they would prefer a rock band to headline. On July 20, 2015, within five days of West's announcement as the headlining artist of the closing ceremonies of the 2015 Pan American Games, Change.org user XYZ collected over 50,000 signatures for West's removal as headliner citing the headlining artist should be Canadian. In his Pan American Games Closing Ceremony performance, close to the end of his performance, West closed the show by tossing his faulty microphone in the air and walked off stage.

Question: For what event was the largest amount of signatures collected in an attempt to keep Kanye from performing at it?


Answer: 2015 Pan American Games

Question: What was another event that garnered a large amount of protest for Kanye's removal of headliner status?


Answer: Change.org

Question: What website have music fans been using to try to block Kanye West's performance at different events?


Answer: Glastonbury Festival

Question: What festival was the largest failed petition to keep Kanye from performing?


Answer: 50,000

Question: How many signatures were gathered for Kanye's removal from the 2015 Pan American Games?


Answer: Alexis Phifer

Context: West began an on-and-off relationship with designer Alexis Phifer in 2002, and they became engaged in August 2006. The pair ended their 18-month engagement in 2008. West subsequently dated model Amber Rose from 2008 until the summer of 2010. West began dating reality star and longtime friend Kim Kardashian in April 2012. West and Kardashian became engaged in October 2013, and married on May 24, 2014 at Fort di Belvedere in Florence, Italy. Their private ceremony was subject to widespread mainstream coverage, with West taking issue with the couple's portrayal in the media. They have two children: daughter North "Nori" West (born June 15, 2013) and son Saint West (born December 5, 2015). In April 2015, West and Kardashian traveled to Jerusalem to have North baptized in the Armenian Apostolic Church at the Cathedral of St. James. The couple's high status and respective careers have resulted in their relationship becoming subject to heavy media coverage; The New York Times referred to their marriage as "a historic blizzard of celebrity."

Question: Kanye's first engagement was to which well-known designer?


Answer: Amber Rose

Question: What model did Kanye begin to date in 2008?


Answer: Kim Kardashian

Question: Who has Kanye finally settled with an married in 2014?


Answer: 2

Question: How many children does Kanye have with Kim?


Answer: 2002

Question: What year did Kanye West begin his relationship with Alexis Phifer?


Answer: August 2006

Question: When did Alexis Phifer and Kanye West get engaged?


Answer: Amber Rose

Question: Who did Kanye date from 2008 to 2010?


Answer: April 2012

Question: When did Kanye West start dating Kim Kardashian?


Answer: Armenian Apostolic Church at the Cathedral of St. James

Question: Where in Jerusalem did Kardashian and West have their daughter North baptised?


Answer: 58

Context: On November 10, 2007, at approximately 7:35 pm, paramedics responding to an emergency call transported West's mother, Donda West, to the nearby Centinela Freeman Hospital in Marina del Rey, California. She was unresponsive in the emergency room, and after resuscitation attempts, doctors pronounced her dead at approximately 8:30 pm, at age 58. The Los Angeles County coroner's office said in January 2008 that West had died of heart disease while suffering "multiple post-operative factors" after plastic surgery. She had undergone liposuction and breast reduction. Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Andre Aboolian had refused to do the surgery because West had a health condition that placed her at risk for a heart attack. Aboolian referred her to an internist to investigate her cardiac issue. She never met with the doctor recommended by Aboolian and had the procedures performed by a third doctor, Jan Adams.

Question: How old was Kanye's mother when she died?


Answer: Andre Aboolian

Question: What doctor did Donda West ignore the recommendation of to invest her heart condition?


Answer: 7:35 pm

Question: At approximately what time did paramedics receive the call about Kanye West's mother, Donda?


Answer: heart disease

Question: What condition along with complications for the plastic surgery caused the death of Donda West?


Answer: Andre Aboolian

Question: What doctor originally turned Donda West down for her plastic surgery operation?


Answer: Jan Adams

Question: What was the name of the doctor who performed the surgery that ended up killing Donda West?


Answer: Larry King Live

Context: Adams sent condolences to Donda West's family but declined to publicly discuss the procedure, citing confidentiality. West’s family, through celebrity attorney Ed McPherson, filed complaints with the Medical Board against Adams and Aboolian for violating patient confidentiality following her death. Adams had previously been under scrutiny by the medical board. He appeared on Larry King Live on November 20, 2007, but left before speaking. Two days later, he appeared again, with his attorney, stating he was there to "defend himself". He said that the recently released autopsy results "spoke for themselves". The final coroner's report January 10, 2008, concluded that Donda West died of "coronary artery disease and multiple post-operative factors due to or as a consequence of liposuction and mammoplasty".

Question: What talk show did the doctor who performed Donda West's plastic surgery appear on?


Answer: "coronary artery disease and multiple post-operative factors due to or as a consequence of liposuction and mammoplasty"

Question: What was the final cause of Donda's death determined by the coroner?


Answer: Ed McPherson

Question: What was the name of the West's family's attorney during the incident surrounding the death of Donda West?


Answer: violating patient confidentiality

Question: What reasons did West's family give for filing complaints against Adams and Aboolian?


Answer: Larry King Live

Question: On what show did Adams appear to "defend himself"?


Answer: January 10, 2008

Question: On what day did the final coroner's report show that Donda died from heart disease and complications from surgery?


Answer: Oklahoma City

Context: The funeral and burial for Donda West was held in Oklahoma City on November 20, 2007. West played his first concert following the funeral at The O2 in London on November 22. He dedicated a performance of "Hey Mama", as well as a cover of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'", to his mother, and did so on all other dates of his Glow in the Dark tour.

Question: Where was Donda West's funeral?


Answer: "Hey Mama", as well as a cover of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'"

Question: What songs did Kanye dedicate to his late mother as his performance at The O2 in London?


Answer: Oklahoma City

Question: In what city was the funeral and burial for Donda West held?


Answer: November 20, 2007

Question: On what day was the funeral of Donda West?


Answer: November 22

Question: What day was Kanye's first concert after the death of his mother?


Answer: Glow in the Dark tour

Question: On what tour did Kanye perform "Hey Mama" and his version of Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" in memory of his mother?


Answer: New Zealand

Context: At a December 2008 press conference in New Zealand, West spoke about his mother's death for the first time. "It was like losing an arm and a leg and trying to walk through that", he told reporters.

Question: Where did Kanye first speak on his mother's death?


Answer: New Zealand

Question: Where did Kanye West first speak about his mother's death?


Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Context: California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the "Donda West Law", legislation which makes it mandatory for patients to provide medical clearance for elective cosmetic surgery.

Question: What famous governor signed legislation in honor of Donda West's death?


Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Question: What governor passed a law in honor of Donda West?


Answer: "Donda West Law"

Question: What was the name of the law passed by Arnold Schwarzenegger?


Answer: Robert "Evel" Knievel

Context: In December 2006, Robert "Evel" Knievel sued West for trademark infringement in West's video for "Touch the Sky". Knievel took issue with a "sexually charged video" in which West takes on the persona of "Evel Kanyevel" and attempts flying a rocket over a canyon. The suit claimed infringement on Knievel's trademarked name and likeness. Knievel also claimed that the "vulgar and offensive" images depicted in the video damaged his reputation. The suit sought monetary damages and an injunction to stop distribution of the video. West's attorneys argued that the music video amounted to satire and therefore was covered under the First Amendment. Just days before his death in November 2007, Knievel amicably settled the suit after being paid a visit from West, saying, "I thought he was a wonderful guy and quite a gentleman."

Question: What famous stuntman sued Kanye for purported use of his likeness in 2006?


Answer: days before his death in November 2007

Question: When was the suit settled?


Answer: Robert "Evel" Knievel

Question: Which celebrity sued West in 2006 for trademark infrigement?


Answer: Evel Kanyevel

Question: What was the name of the nickname Kanye West took on in his video "Touch the Sky"?


Answer: November 2007

Question: When did Knievel settle the argument with West?


Answer: felony vandalism

Context: On September 11, 2008, West and his road manager/bodyguard Don "Don C." Crowley were arrested at Los Angeles International Airport and booked on charges of felony vandalism after an altercation with the paparazzi in which West and Crowley broke the photographers' cameras. West was later released from the Los Angeles Police Department's Pacific Division station in Culver City on $20,000 bail bond. On September 26, 2008, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said it would not file felony counts against West over the incident. Instead the case file was forwarded to the city attorney's office, which charged West with one count of misdemeanor vandalism, one count of grand theft and one count of battery and his manager with three counts of each on March 18, 2009. West's and Crowley's arraignment was delayed from an original date of April 14, 2009.

Question: What was Kanye arrested for in 2008?


Answer: $20,000

Question: How much was Kanye's bail bond?


Answer: one count of misdemeanor vandalism, one count of grand theft and one count of battery

Question: What was Kanye finally charged with?


Answer: September 11, 2008

Question: On what day was Kanye West arrested at the Los Angeles International Airport?


Answer: felony vandalism

Question: What were the charges filed against Kanye West?


Answer: Don "Don C." Crowley

Question: What was the name of the bodyguard also accused of vandalism?


Answer: $20,000

Question: What was the dollar amount of Kanye's bond?


Answer: scuffle involving a photographer outside the famous Tup Tup Palace nightclub in Newcastle

Context: West was arrested again on November 14, 2008 at the Hilton hotel near Gateshead after another scuffle involving a photographer outside the famous Tup Tup Palace nightclub in Newcastle upon Tyne. He was later released "with no further action", according to a police spokesperson.

Question: What was Kanye second arrest for?


Answer: November 14, 2008

Question: What was the date of Kanye's second arrest?


Answer: Hilton hotel near Gateshead

Question: Where was Kanye arrested at for the second time?


Answer: Tup Tup Palace nightclub

Question: At what location did the incident leading to West's second arrest take place?


Answer: Daniel Ramos

Context: On July 19, 2013, West was leaving LAX as he was surrounded by dozens of paparazzi. West became increasingly agitated as a photographer, Daniel Ramos, continued to ask him why people were not allowed to speak in his presence. West then says, "I told you don't talk to me, right? You trying to get me in trouble so I steal off on you and have to pay you like $250,000 and shit." Then he allegedly charged the man and grabbed him and his camera. The incident captured by TMZ, took place for a few seconds before a female voice can be heard telling West to stop. West then released the man, and his camera, and drove away from the scene. Medics were later called to the scene on behalf of the photographer who was grabbed. It was reported West could be charged with felony attempted robbery behind the matter. However, the charges were reduced to misdemeanor criminal battery and attempted grand theft. In March 2014, West was sentenced to serve two years' probation for the misdemeanor battery conviction and required to attend 24 anger management sessions, perform 250 hours of community service and pay restitution to Ramos.

Question: What paparazzi member did Kanye attack at LAX in 2013?


Answer: misdemeanor criminal battery and attempted grand theft

Question: What was Kanye convicted for after his paparazzi attack?


Answer: Daniel Ramos

Question: What was the name of the man who was hassling West outside of LAX that West later attacked?


Answer: 2

Question: How many years' probation was Kanye supposed to serve for this altercation?


Answer: anger management

Question: He had to attend 24 sessions of what kind of therapy?


Answer: 250

Question: How many hours of community service did Kanye receive?


Answer: Christian

Context: After the success of his song "Jesus Walks" from the album The College Dropout, West was questioned on his beliefs and said, "I will say that I'm spiritual. I have accepted Jesus as my Savior. And I will say that I fall short every day." More recently, in September 2014, West referred to himself as a Christian during one of his concerts.

Question: What are Kanye's religious beliefs?


Answer: The College Dropout

Question: "Jesus Walks" was on which of Kanye's albums?


Answer: Christian

Question: September of 2014, Kanye called himself a what during one of his concerts?


Answer: among the most critically acclaimed

Context: West is among the most critically acclaimed artists of the twenty-first century, receiving praise from music critics, fans, fellow musicians, artists, and wider cultural figures for his work. AllMusic editor Jason Birchmeier writes of his impact, "As his career progressed throughout the early 21st century, West shattered certain stereotypes about rappers, becoming a superstar on his own terms without adapting his appearance, his rhetoric, or his music to fit any one musical mold." Jon Caramanic of The New York Times said that West has been "a frequent lightning rod for controversy, a bombastic figure who can count rankling two presidents among his achievements, along with being a reliably dyspeptic presence at award shows (when he attends them)." Village Voice Media senior editor Ben Westhoff dubbed him the greatest hip hop artist of all time, writing that "he's made the best albums and changed the game the most, and his music is the most likely to endure," while Complex called him the 21st century's "most important artist of any art form, of any genre." The Guardian has compared West to David Bowie, arguing that "there is nobody else who can sell as many records as West does (30m-odd album sales and counting) while remaining so resolutely experimental and capable of stirring things up culturally and politically."

Question: How is Kanye viewed as a 21st century artist?


Answer: David Bowie

Question: What famous English artist was Kanye compared to by The Guardian?


Answer: Jon Caramanic

Question: What reporter compared Kanye West to a lightning rod?


Answer: Ben Westhoff

Question: Who said Kanye West was the greatest hip hop artist of all time?


Answer: The Guardian

Question: What magazine compared Kanye to David Bowie?


Answer: homophobia in hip hop

Context: West's middle-class background, flamboyant fashion sense and outspokenness have additionally set him apart from other rappers. Early in his career, he was among the first rappers to publicly criticize the preponderance of homophobia in hip hop. The sales competition between rapper 50 Cent's Curtis and West's Graduation altered the direction of hip hop and helped pave the way for new rappers who did not follow the hardcore-gangster mold. Rosie Swash of The Guardian viewed the sales competition as a historical moment in hip-hop, because it "highlighted the diverging facets of hip-hop in the last decade; the former was gangsta rap for the noughties, while West was the thinking man's alternative." Rolling Stone credited West with transforming hip hop's mainstream, "establishing a style of introspective yet glossy rap [...]", and called him "as interesting and complicated a pop star as the 2000s produced—a rapper who mastered, upped and moved beyond the hip-hop game, a producer who created a signature sound and then abandoned it to his imitators, a flashy, free-spending sybarite with insightful things to say about college, culture and economics, an egomaniac with more than enough artistic firepower to back it up." His 2008 album 808s & Heartbreak polarized both listeners and critics upon its release, but was commercially successful and impacted hip hop and pop stylistically, as it laid the groundwork for a new wave of artists who generally eschewed typical rap braggadocio for intimate subject matter and introspection, including Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, Drake, Future, Kid Cudi, Childish Gambino, Lil Durk, Chief Keef, and Soulja Boy. According to Ben Detrick of XXL magazine, West effectively led a new wave of artists, including Kid Cudi, Wale, Lupe Fiasco, Kidz in the Hall, and Drake, who lacked the interest or ability to rap about gunplay or drug-dealing.

Question: What overabundance of themes did Kanye criticize early in his career?


Answer: gangsta rap

Question: The shift away from what genre of rap is Kanye credited for?


Answer: middle-class

Question: What kind of background did Kanye West grow up in?


Answer: 50 Cent

Question: Who did Kanye West have a sales competition with during his album release of Graduation?


Answer: Ben Detrick

Question: Who said that Kanye West effectively led a new wave of artists that weren't only interested in rapping about gunplay or drug dealing?


Answer: influential

Context: A substantial number of artists and other figures have been influenced by, or complimented, West's work, including hip hop artists RZA of Wu-Tang Clan, Chuck D of Public Enemy, and DJ Premier of Gang Starr. Both Drake and Casey Veggies have acknowledged being influenced directly by West. Non-rap artists such as English singer-songwriters Adele and Lily Allen, New Zealand artist Lorde, rock band Arctic Monkeys, pop singer Halsey, Sergio Pizzorno of English rock band Kasabian and American indie rock group MGMT have cited West as an influence. Experimental and electronic artists such as James Blake Daniel Lopatin, and Tim Hecker have also cited West's work as an inspiration. Experimental rock pioneer and Velvet Underground founder Lou Reed, in a review of West's album Yeezus, wrote that "the guy really, really, really is talented. He's really trying to raise the bar. No one's near doing what he’s doing, it’s not even on the same planet." Musicians such as Paul McCartney and Prince have also commended West's work. Famed Tesla Motors CEO and inventor Elon Musk complimented West in a piece for Time Magazine's 100 most influential people list, writing that:

Question: A number of artists have cited Kanye as being what to them?


Answer: inventor Elon Musk

Question: Who complimented West in Time Magazine?


Answer: 6

Context: West's first six solo studio albums, all of which have gone platinum, have received numerous awards and critical acclaim. All of his albums have been commercially successful, with Yeezus, his sixth solo album, becoming his fifth consecutive No. 1 album in the U.S. upon release. West has had six songs exceed 3 million in digital sales as of December 2012, with "Gold Digger" selling 3,086,000, "Stronger" selling 4,402,000, "Heartless" selling 3,742,000, "E.T." selling over 4,000,000, "Love Lockdown" selling over 3,000,000, and "Niggas in Paris" selling over 3,000,000, placing him third in overall digital sales of the past decade. He has sold over 30 million digital songs in the United States making him one of the best-selling digital artists of all-time.

Question: How many songs has Kanye had that have exceeded 3 million digital sales?


Answer: over 30 million

Question: How many songs has Kanye sold digitally in his career?


Answer: 6

Question: How many of West's six albums have gone platinum?


Answer: Yeezus

Question: What was Kanye's fifth consecutive number one album?


Answer: 3,086,000

Question: As of 2012, how many downloads have there been of "Golddigger"?


Answer: third

Question: What rank is West in total sales for the last decade?


Answer: 30 million

Question: How many total digital songs has Kanye West sold in the US?


Answer: 21

Context: As of 2013, West has won a total of 21 Grammy Awards, making him one of the most awarded artists of all-time. About.com ranked Kanye West No. 8 on their "Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers" list. On May 16, 2008, Kanye West was crowned by MTV as the year's No. 1 "Hottest MC in the Game." On December 17, 2010, Kanye West was voted as the MTV Man of the Year by MTV. Billboard ranked Kanye West No. 3 on their list of Top 10 Producers of the Decade. West ties with Bob Dylan for having topped the annual Pazz & Jop critic poll the most number of times ever, with four number-one albums each. West has also been included twice in the Time 100 annual lists of the most influential people in the world as well as being listed in a number of Forbes annual lists.

Question: How many Grammies has Kanye won as of 2013?


Answer: Bob Dylan

Question: With which artist does Kanye tie with for reaching the top of the annual Pazz & Jop Critic Poll?


Answer: twice

Question: How many times has Kanye placed in the annual Time Magazine people list?


Answer: 21

Question: In 2013, West had won how many total Grammy Awards?


Answer: 8

Question: What rank did About.com give Kanye "Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers" list?


Answer: May 16, 2008

Question: On what day did MTV name Kanye as the year's Number 1 "Hottest MC in the Game."?


Answer: MTV Man of the Year

Question: December 17, 2010 was the day Kanye was nominated by MTV for what?


Answer: Bob Dylan

Question: What musician did West tie with for topping the annual Pazz & Jop critic poll 4 times each?


Answer: 3

Context: In its 2012 list of "500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Rolling Stone included three of West's albums—The College Dropout at number 298, Late Registration at number 118, and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy at number 353.

Question: How many of Kanye's albums placed on the 2012 Rolling Stone list?


Answer: 3

Question: How many of West's albums were included on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list?


Answer: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Context: The Pitchfork online music publication ranked My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy as the world's best album of the decade "so far"—between 2010 and 2014—on August 19, 2014, while Yeezus was ranked in the eighth position of a list of 100 albums. During the same week, the song "Runaway" (featuring Pusha T) was ranked in the third position in the publication's list of the 200 "best tracks" released since 2010.

Question: Which one of Kanye's albums won The Pitchfork's Album of the Decade (so far) award?


Answer: eighth

Question: What place did Yeezus secure on the list of 100 albums?


Answer: The Pitchfork

Question: What online music publication ranked Kanye's album "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" as the world's best album so far?


Answer: Yeezus

Question: What album was ranked 8 on a list of 100 albums?


Answer: "Runaway"

Question: What song was ranked third in a list of 200 "best tracks" since 2010?


Answer: George W. Bush

Context: West's outspoken views and ventures outside of music have received significant mainstream attention. He has been a frequent source of controversy and public scrutiny for his conduct at award shows, on social media, and in other public settings. His more publicized comments include his declaration that President George W. Bush "doesn't care about black people" during a live 2005 television broadcast for Hurricane Katrina relief, and his interruption of singer Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. West's efforts as a designer include collaborations with Nike, Louis Vuitton, and A.P.C. on both clothing and footwear, and have most prominently resulted in the Yeezy Season collaboration with Adidas beginning in 2013. He is the founder and head of the creative content company DONDA.

Question: What President did Kanye West insult on air in 2005?


Answer: Taylor Swift

Question: Whose speech did Kanye West ruin at the 2009 MTV Awards?


Answer: clothing and footwear

Question: What fashion items does Kanye West design?


Answer: DONDA

Question: What company did Kanye West begin?


Answer: 2013

Question: What year did Kanye West begin working with Adidas?


Answer: nontheistic

Context: Buddhism /ˈbudɪzəm/ is a nontheistic religion[note 1] or philosophy (Sanskrit: धर्म dharma; Pali: धम्म dhamma) that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha, commonly known as the Buddha ("the awakened one"). According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha lived and taught in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, present-day Nepal sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE.[note 1] He is recognized by Buddhists as an awakened or enlightened teacher who shared his insights to help sentient beings end their suffering through the elimination of ignorance and craving. Buddhists believe that this is accomplished through the direct understanding and perception of dependent origination and the Four Noble Truths.

Question: What type of religion is Buddhism?


Answer: teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha

Question: What are the practices of Buddhism based on?


Answer: present-day Nepal

Question: Where did the Buddha live?


Answer: through the direct understanding and perception of dependent origination and the Four Noble Truths

Question: How do Buddhists believe their suffering can be ended?


Answer: ignorance and craving

Question: What did the Buddha teach should be given up to end suffering?


Answer: nontheistic religion

Question: What type of religion is Buddhism?


Answer: Gautama Buddha

Question: Who's teaching is Buddhism based upon?


Answer: between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE

Question: When was Buddha alive?


Answer: present-day Nepal

Question: Where did Buddha reside when he was alive?


Answer: Gautama Buddha

Question: Who's teachings is Buddhism based upon?


Answer: Nepal

Question: Where was Buddha thought to live?


Answer: sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE

Question: When approximately was Buddha alive?


Answer: Gautama Buddha

Question: Buddhism is based on the teaching of who?


Answer: 4

Question: How many noble truths are there?


Answer: Indian

Question: Buddha was part of what subcontinent?


Answer: Buddha

Question: Who is "the awakened one"


Answer: Theravada ("The School of the Elders") and Mahayana ("The Great Vehicle")

Context: Two major extant branches of Buddhism are generally recognized by scholars: Theravada ("The School of the Elders") and Mahayana ("The Great Vehicle"). Vajrayana, a body of teachings attributed to Indian siddhas, may be viewed as a third branch or merely a part of Mahayana. Theravada has a widespread following in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. Mahayana which includes the traditions of Pure Land, Zen, Nichiren Buddhism, Shingon, and Tiantai (Tendai) is found throughout East Asia. Tibetan Buddhism, which preserves the Vajrayana teachings of eighth century India, is practiced in regions surrounding the Himalayas, Mongolia and Kalmykia. Buddhists number between an estimated 488 million[web 1] and 535 million, making it one of the world's major religions.

Question: What are the two major branches of Buddhism?


Answer: Vajrayana

Question: What is sometimes viewed as the third branch of Buddhism?


Answer: Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia

Question: Where does Theravada have the largest following?


Answer: Pure Land, Zen, Nichiren Buddhism, Shingon, and Tiantai (Tendai)

Question: Mahayana includes which practices of Buddhism?


Answer: 488 million[web 1] and 535 million

Question: What is the estimated number of Buddhists in the world?


Answer: Mahayana

Question: Which branch practices the teachings of Zen?


Answer: Vajrayana

Question: What minor branch is sometimes attributed to Mahayana?


Answer: Vajrayana

Question: What kind of teachings does Tibetan Buddhism preserve?


Answer: Indian siddhas

Question: Vajrayana is attributed to who?


Answer: The School of the Elders

Question: Theravada means what?


Answer: the attainment of the sublime state of Nirvana

Context: In Theravada Buddhism, the ultimate goal is the attainment of the sublime state of Nirvana, achieved by practicing the Noble Eightfold Path (also known as the Middle Way), thus escaping what is seen as a cycle of suffering and rebirth. Mahayana Buddhism instead aspires to Buddhahood via the bodhisattva path, a state wherein one remains in this cycle to help other beings reach awakening. Tibetan Buddhism aspires to Buddhahood or rainbow body.

Question: What is the goal of Theravada Buddhism?


Answer: practicing the Noble Eightfold Path (also known as the Middle Way)

Question: How is Nirvana achieved?


Answer: a state wherein one remains in this cycle to help other beings reach awakening

Question: What is the bodhisattva path?


Answer: Buddhahood or rainbow body

Question: What is the goal of Tibetan Buddhism?


Answer: by practicing the Noble Eightfold Path

Question: How is Nirvana attained?


Answer: Theravada

Question: In what buddhism is the goal a state of nirvana?


Answer: Tibetan

Question: What buddhism has a goal of Buddhahood or rainbow body?


Answer: the Middle Way

Question: The Noble Eightfold Path is also known as what?


Answer: bodhisattva

Question: Mahayana aspires to Buddhahood through what path?


Answer: suffering and rebirth

Question: Theravada escapes what cycle?


Answer: the Buddha, the Dharma (the teachings), and the Sangha (the community)

Context: Buddhist schools vary on the exact nature of the path to liberation, the importance and canonicity of various teachings and scriptures, and especially their respective practices. Buddhism denies a creator deity and posits that mundane deities such as Mahabrahma are misperceived to be a creator. The foundations of Buddhist tradition and practice are the Three Jewels: the Buddha, the Dharma (the teachings), and the Sangha (the community). Taking "refuge in the triple gem" has traditionally been a declaration and commitment to being on the Buddhist path, and in general distinguishes a Buddhist from a non-Buddhist. Other practices are Ten Meritorious Deeds including, giving charity to reduce the greediness; following ethical precepts; renouncing conventional living and becoming a monastic; the development of mindfulness and practice of meditation; cultivation of higher wisdom and discernment; study of scriptures; devotional practices; ceremonies; and in the Mahayana tradition, invocation of buddhas and bodhisattvas.

Question: What are the Three Jewels of the Buddhist tradition?


Answer: cultivation of higher wisdom and discernment

Question: What is one of the Ten Meritorious Deeds of Buddhism?


Answer: Ten Meritorious Deeds

Question: What other practices do Buddhists adhere to?


Answer: renouncing conventional living and becoming a monastic

Question: What is one of the Ten Meritorious Deeds?


Answer: creator

Question: Buddhism denies what kind of deity?


Answer: greediness

Question: Of the Ten Meritorious Deeds, giving charity reduces what?


Answer: Mahayana

Question: Invocation of buddhas and bodhisattvas is in what tradition?


Answer: Nidānakathā of the Jataka tales of the Theravada

Context: This narrative draws on the Nidānakathā of the Jataka tales of the Theravada, which is ascribed to Buddhaghoṣa in the 5th century CE. Earlier biographies such as the Buddhacarita, the Lokottaravādin Mahāvastu, and the Sarvāstivādin Lalitavistara Sūtra, give different accounts. Scholars are hesitant to make unqualified claims about the historical facts of the Buddha's life. Most accept that he lived, taught and founded a monastic order, but do not consistently accept all of the details contained in his biographies.

Question: The Nidānakathā of the Jataka tales of the Theravada is attributed to who?


Answer: Buddhacarita, the Lokottaravādin Mahāvastu, and the Sarvāstivādin Lalitavistara Sūtra

Question: What are some other biographies that differ from the Jataka tales?


Answer: Most accept that he lived, taught and founded a monastic order

Question: What do scholars recognize about the life of the Buddha?


Answer: 5th century CE

Question: When was the Buddhagohosa written?


Answer: the Buddhacarita

Question: What is one of the earlier biographies on Buddhism?


Answer: Buddha

Question: Who founded a monastic order in his life?


Answer: Buddha

Question: Scholars do not make claims without evidence about who's life?


Answer: monastic

Question: Most accept that Buddha lived and taught in what type of order?


Answer: 5th ce

Question: The Jataka tales of the Theravada happened in what century?


Answer: Michael Carrithers

Context: According to author Michael Carrithers, while there are good reasons to doubt the traditional account, "the outline of the life must be true: birth, maturity, renunciation, search, awakening and liberation, teaching, death." In writing her biography of the Buddha, Karen Armstrong noted, "It is obviously difficult, therefore, to write a biography of the Buddha that meets modern criteria, because we have very little information that can be considered historically sound... [but] we can be reasonably confident Siddhatta Gotama did indeed exist and that his disciples preserved the memory of his life and teachings as well as they could."[dubious – discuss]

Question: Who said "the outline of the life must be true: birth, maturity, renunciation, search, awakening and liberation, teaching, death."?


Answer: birth, maturity, renunciation

Question: What are some of the outlines of life?


Answer: Karen Armstrong

Question: Who wrote a biography of Buddha?


Answer: Siddhatta Gotama

Question: What do some say is Buddha's real name?


Answer: disciples

Question: What are the helpers called that helped Buddha?


Answer: Michael Carrithers

Question: Who believes "the outline of the life must be true" in reference to Buddha?


Answer: the Buddha

Question: Karen Armstrong wrote a biography on who?


Answer: Siddhatta Gotama

Question: Karen Armstrong has said that we can be confident who existed?


Answer: fifth century BCE

Context: The evidence of the early texts suggests that Siddhārtha Gautama was born in a community that was on the periphery, both geographically and culturally, of the northeastern Indian subcontinent in the fifth century BCE. It was either a small republic, in which case his father was an elected chieftain, or an oligarchy, in which case his father was an oligarch.

Question: According to early texts, when was Siddhārtha Gautama born?


Answer: in a community that was on the periphery, both geographically and culturally, of the northeastern Indian subcontinent

Question: According to early texts, where was Siddhārtha Gautama born?


Answer: It was either a small republic, in which case his father was an elected chieftain, or an oligarchy, in which case his father was an oligarch.

Question: What type of community was Siddhārtha Gautama raised in?


Answer: the northeastern Indian subcontinent

Question: Where was Siddhārtha Gautama born?


Answer: fifth century BCE

Question: When did Siddhārtha Gautama live?


Answer: a small republic

Question: What size was Siddhārtha Gautama's birthplace?


Answer: early texts

Question: Where did we find proof of his existence?


Answer: an oligarchy

Question: What was most likely Siddhārtha Gautama's father?


Answer: Siddhārtha Gautama

Question: Who was born in a northeastern part of India/


Answer: elected chieftain

Question: If Siddhartha lived in a small republic, his father would have been a what?


Answer: Asita

Context: According to this narrative, shortly after the birth of young prince Gautama, an astrologer named Asita visited the young prince's father, Suddhodana, and prophesied that Siddhartha would either become a great king or renounce the material world to become a holy man, depending on whether he saw what life was like outside the palace walls.

Question: What was the name of the astrologer who visited Prince Gautama's father?


Answer: Siddhartha would either become a great king or renounce the material world to become a holy man

Question: What was the prediction made by Asita?


Answer: depending on whether he saw what life was like outside the palace walls

Question: According to Asita, how would Siddhartha decide which path to take in life?


Answer: an astrologer

Question: What was the occupation of the person who visited Gautama?


Answer: Suddhodana

Question: What was the name of his father?


Answer: a great king

Question: What was Buddha predicted to become contrary with his life as we know it?


Answer: Asita

Question: What was the name of the astrologer that visited Gautama's father?


Answer: Suddhodana

Question: What is Gautama's fathers name?


Answer: holy man

Question: Asita prophesied that Siddhartha would be a kind or a what?


Answer: prevented him from leaving the palace grounds

Context: Śuddhodana was determined to see his son become a king, so he prevented him from leaving the palace grounds. But at age 29, despite his father's efforts, Gautama ventured beyond the palace several times. In a series of encounters—known in Buddhist literature as the four sights—he learned of the suffering of ordinary people, encountering an old man, a sick man, a corpse and, finally, an ascetic holy man, apparently content and at peace with the world. These experiences prompted Gautama to abandon royal life and take up a spiritual quest.

Question: What did Śuddhodana do to ensure that his son became a king instead of a holy man?


Answer: 29

Question: How old was Gautama when he first left the palace grounds?


Answer: he learned of the suffering of ordinary people

Question: What happened when Gautama left the palace grounds?


Answer: encountering an old man, a sick man, a corpse and, finally, an ascetic holy man

Question: What are the four sights in Buddhism?


Answer: a king

Question: What did Buddha's father want him to become?


Answer: 29

Question: By what age was he venturing outside?


Answer: the four sights

Question: What were his first four encounters called?


Answer: abandon royal life

Question: What did Gautama do after learning about the outside world?


Answer: a king

Question: Suddhodana wanted his son to become what?


Answer: 29

Question: At what age did Gautama venture out from the palace area?


Answer: four

Question: How many "sights" did Gautama have that are well known?


Answer: corpse

Question: Gautama encountered an old man, a sick man, a holy man, and a what?


Answer: went to study with famous religious teachers of the day

Context: Gautama first went to study with famous religious teachers of the day, and mastered the meditative attainments they taught. But he found that they did not provide a permanent end to suffering, so he continued his quest. He next attempted an extreme asceticism, which was a religious pursuit common among the śramaṇas, a religious culture distinct from the Vedic one. Gautama underwent prolonged fasting, breath-holding, and exposure to pain. He almost starved himself to death in the process. He realized that he had taken this kind of practice to its limit, and had not put an end to suffering. So in a pivotal moment he accepted milk and rice from a village girl and changed his approach. He devoted himself to anapanasati meditation, through which he discovered what Buddhists call the Middle Way (Skt. madhyamā-pratipad): a path of moderation between the extremes of self-indulgence and self-mortification.[web 2][web 3]

Question: What was the first thing Gautama did on his spiritual quest?


Answer: the Middle Way

Question: What is the path of moderation between the extremes of self-indulgence and self-mortification called?


Answer: prolonged fasting, breath-holding, and exposure to pain

Question: What are some of the practices Gautama underwent on his quest?


Answer: meditation

Question: What was the first skill Gautama learnt?


Answer: asceticism

Question: What almost killed Gautama in his pursuit?


Answer: milk and rice

Question: What did he receive from the locals that changed his approach?


Answer: Middle Way

Question: What is the path of moderation called he followed?


Answer: they did not provide a permanent end to suffering

Question: Gautama didn't like the religious teaching he initially found because of why?


Answer: milk and rice

Question: What did Gautama accept from a village girl?


Answer: anapanasati

Question: Gautama devoted himself to what type of meditation?


Answer: the Middle Way

Question: Buddhists call anapanasati what?


Answer: 35

Context: Gautama was now determined to complete his spiritual quest. At the age of 35, he famously sat in meditation under a Ficus religiosa tree now called the Bodhi Tree in the town of Bodh Gaya and vowed not to rise before achieving enlightenment. After many days, he finally destroyed the fetters of his mind, thereby liberating himself from the cycle of suffering and rebirth, and arose as a fully enlightened being (Skt. samyaksaṃbuddha). Soon thereafter, he attracted a band of followers and instituted a monastic order. Now, as the Buddha, he spent the rest of his life teaching the path of awakening he had discovered, traveling throughout the northeastern part of the Indian subcontinent, and died at the age of 80 (483 BCE) in Kushinagar, India. The south branch of the original fig tree available only in Anuradhapura Sri Lanka is known as Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi.

Question: How old was Gautama when he sat under the Bodhi Tree?


Answer: Ficus religiosa

Question: What kind of tree was the Bodhi Tree?


Answer: he spent the rest of his life teaching the path of awakening he had discovered

Question: What did Gautama spend the rest of his life doing after reaching enlightenment?


Answer: 80

Question: How old was the Buddha at the time of his death?


Answer: Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi

Question: What is the south branch of the tree Gautama sat under called?


Answer: Ficus religiosa

Question: What was the tree called he sat under?


Answer: Bodhi Tree

Question: What was the tree renamed that Gautama achieved enlightenment under?


Answer: 80

Question: At what age did Gautama come to pass?


Answer: Bodhi Tree

Question: When he was 35 Gautama sat in meditation under what tree?


Answer: Ficus religiosa

Question: What type of tree was the Bodhi Tree?


Answer: Bodh Gaya

Question: What town was the Bodhi Tree in?


Answer: Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi

Question: The south branch of the original fig tree is known as?


Answer: the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death

Context: Within Buddhism, samsara is defined as the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death that arises from ordinary beings' grasping and fixating on a self and experiences. Specifically, samsara refers to the process of cycling through one rebirth after another within the six realms of existence,[note 2] where each realm can be understood as physical realm or a psychological state characterized by a particular type of suffering. Samsara arises out of avidya (ignorance) and is characterized by dukkha (suffering, anxiety, dissatisfaction). In the Buddhist view, liberation from samsara is possible by following the Buddhist path.

Question: What is samsara?


Answer: ignorance

Question: What is avidya?


Answer: suffering, anxiety, dissatisfaction

Question: What is dukkha?


Answer: In the Buddhist view, liberation from samsara is possible by following the Buddhist path.

Question: Is liberation from samsara possible?


Answer: Samsara

Question: The cycle of birth and death is called what in Buddhism?


Answer: six

Question: How many realms of existence are there in Buddhism?


Answer: ignorance

Question: avidya is what kind of samsara?


Answer: by following the Buddhist path

Question: How can you be freed from samsara?


Answer: the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death

Question: What is samsara defined as?


Answer: six

Question: How many realms of existance are within the cycle of rebirths?


Answer: psychological

Question: Realms can be understood as physical realms of what type of states?


Answer: avidya

Question: Samsara is caused by what?


Answer: following the Buddhist path

Question: A person can get away from samsara by doing what?


Answer: action, work

Context: In Buddhism, Karma (from Sanskrit: "action, work") is the force that drives saṃsāra—the cycle of suffering and rebirth for each being. Good, skillful deeds (Pali: "kusala") and bad, unskillful (Pāli: "akusala") actions produce "seeds" in the mind that come to fruition either in this life or in a subsequent rebirth. The avoidance of unwholesome actions and the cultivation of positive actions is called sīla. Karma specifically refers to those actions of body, speech or mind that spring from mental intent (cetanā), and bring about a consequence or phala "fruit" or vipāka "result".

Question: What does the Sanskrit term Karma translate as?


Answer: the force that drives saṃsāra

Question: What is karma according to Buddhism?


Answer: sīla

Question: What is theavoidance of unwholesome actions and the cultivation of positive actions called?


Answer: actions of body, speech or mind that spring from mental intent

Question: What actions does karma refer to in Buddhism?


Answer: action, work

Question: What is the definition of Karma from Sanskrit?


Answer: sīla

Question: What is the avoidance of bad acts called?


Answer: cetanā

Question: Karma's actions come from what?


Answer: vipāka

Question: What is the result of Karma called?


Answer: the force that drives saṃsāra

Question: What is Karma?


Answer: sīla

Question: Avoidance of unwholesome actions and use of positive actions is called what?


Answer: result

Question: what does vipaka mean?


Answer: Theravada Buddhism

Context: In Theravada Buddhism there can be no divine salvation or forgiveness for one's karma, since it is a purely impersonal process that is a part of the makeup of the universe.[citation needed] In Mahayana Buddhism, the texts of certain Mahayana sutras (such as the Lotus Sutra, the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra and the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra) claim that the recitation or merely the hearing of their texts can expunge great swathes of negative karma. Some forms of Buddhism (for example, Vajrayana) regard the recitation of mantras as a means for cutting off of previous negative karma. The Japanese Pure Land teacher Genshin taught that Amitābha has the power to destroy the karma that would otherwise bind one in saṃsāra.

Question: In which branch of Buddhism is it believed that there can be no divine salvation or forgiveness for karma?


Answer: the Lotus Sutra, the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra and the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra

Question: In Mahayana Buddhism, what are some Mahayana sutras that are believed to remove negative karma just by the hearing of the texts?


Answer: Vajrayana

Question: The reciting of mantras as a means for removing past negative karma is a part of which branch of Buddhism?


Answer: Amitābha

Question: According to Genshin, who has the power to destroy karma?


Answer: Theravada Buddhism

Question: What Buddhism says that salvation is unattainable?


Answer: Amitābha

Question: Who has the power to destroy bad karma?


Answer: Mahayana

Question: What type of sutra is the Lotus Sutra?


Answer: negative

Question: Some mantras are used for cutting off what type of karma?


Answer: Genshin

Question: Who was the Japanese Pure Land teacher?


Answer: Amitābha

Question: According to Genshin, whats has the power to destroy karma?


Answer: Rebirth

Context: Rebirth refers to a process whereby beings go through a succession of lifetimes as one of many possible forms of sentient life, each running from conception to death. The doctrine of anattā (Sanskrit anātman) rejects the concepts of a permanent self or an unchanging, eternal soul, as it is called in Hinduism and Christianity. According to Buddhism there ultimately is no such thing as a self independent from the rest of the universe. Buddhists also refer to themselves as the believers of the anatta doctrine—Nairatmyavadin or Anattavadin. Rebirth in subsequent existences must be understood as the continuation of a dynamic, ever-changing process of pratītyasamutpāda ("dependent arising") determined by the laws of cause and effect (karma) rather than that of one being, reincarnating from one existence to the next.

Question: What is the process in which beings go through cycles of lifetimes as many forms of sentient life?


Answer: The doctrine of anattā (Sanskrit anātman)

Question: Which doctrine denies the concept of a permanent self or soul?


Answer: the laws of cause and effect

Question: In Buddhism, rebirth into consecutive lives is determined by what?


Answer: from conception to death.

Question: Sentient life according to Buddhism runs between what two points?


Answer: karma

Question: The laws of cause and effect can also be called?


Answer: Rebirth

Question: What is the name for the process of a succession of lifetimes?


Answer: anatta

Question: What doctrine rejects the idea of permanent self?


Answer: pratītyasamutpāda

Question: "dependent arising" is the meaning of what word?


Answer: eternal soul

Question: Hinduism and Christianity use what term for a permanent self?


Answer: skilled Buddhist practitioners known as anāgāmis (non-returners)

Context: The above are further subdivided into 31 planes of existence.[web 4] Rebirths in some of the higher heavens, known as the Śuddhāvāsa Worlds or Pure Abodes, can be attained only by skilled Buddhist practitioners known as anāgāmis (non-returners). Rebirths in the Ārūpyadhātu (formless realms) can be attained by only those who can meditate on the arūpajhānas, the highest object of meditation.

Question: Rebirth into the Śuddhāvāsa Worlds or Pure Abodes can only be attained by who?


Answer: those who can meditate on the arūpajhānas, the highest object of meditation

Question: Rebirth into the formless realms can only be attained by who?


Answer: 31

Question: How many planes of existence are there?


Answer: Pure Abodes

Question: What are the higher heavens called?


Answer: anāgāmis

Question: What are skilled Buddhists called?


Answer: formless realms

Question: What is another name for Ārūpyadhātu?


Answer: arūpajhānas

Question: What is the highest object of meditation called?


Answer: 31

Question: How many planes of existence?


Answer: anāgāmis

Question: Skilled buddhist practictioners that can get to the higher heavens are known as what?


Answer: arūpajhānas

Question: What is the highest object of meditation?


Answer: formless realms

Question: What does arupyadhatu mean?


Answer: East Asian and Tibetan

Context: According to East Asian and Tibetan Buddhism, there is an intermediate state (Tibetan "bardo") between one life and the next. The orthodox Theravada position rejects this; however there are passages in the Samyutta Nikaya of the Pali Canon that seem to lend support to the idea that the Buddha taught of an intermediate stage between one life and the next.[page needed]

Question: There is a transitional state between one life and the next according to what branches of Buddhism?


Answer: Theravada

Question: What branch of Buddhism rejects that there is a transitional state between lives?


Answer: Samyutta Nikaya of the Pali Canon

Question: Passages in what teaching support the idea that the Buddha taught of a stage between lives?


Answer: bardo

Question: What is the state called between lives?


Answer: Theravada

Question: Which major part of Buddhism rejects bardo?


Answer: Samyutta Nikaya

Question: What book discusses bardo?


Answer: East Asian

Question: Other than Tibetan Buddhism, what other Buddhism supports bardo?


Answer: East Asian and Tibetan

Question: There is an intermediate state between one life and the next according to what Buddism?


Answer: orthodox

Question: What type of Theravada rejects the intermediate state idea?


Answer: Pali

Question: Some passages of what Canon support the idea of intermediate stages?


Answer: the Four Noble Truths

Context: The teachings on the Four Noble Truths are regarded as central to the teachings of Buddhism, and are said to provide a conceptual framework for Buddhist thought. These four truths explain the nature of dukkha (suffering, anxiety, unsatisfactoriness), its causes, and how it can be overcome. The four truths are:[note 4]

Question: What is considered to be central to the teachings of Buddhism?


Answer: the nature of dukkha (suffering, anxiety, unsatisfactoriness), its causes, and how it can be overcome

Question: What do the Four Noble Truths explain?


Answer: the Four Noble Truths

Question: What teachings are the most important to Buddhism?


Answer: suffering

Question: What part of Dukkha deals with pain?


Answer: Four Noble Truths

Question: What is considered central to the teachings of Buddhism?


Answer: dukkha

Question: The four truths explain the nature of what?


Answer: the nature of dukkha

Context: The first truth explains the nature of dukkha. Dukkha is commonly translated as "suffering", "anxiety", "unsatisfactoriness", "unease", etc., and it is said to have the following three aspects:

Question: What does the first of the Four Noble Truths explain?


Answer: "suffering", "anxiety", "unsatisfactoriness", "unease", etc.

Question: What is Dukkha?


Answer: Dukkha

Question: What does the first truth cover?


Answer: suffering

Question: What is another word for Dukkha?


Answer: anxiety

Question: What is another nature of Dukkha?


Answer: three

Question: How many aspects are there to Dukkha?


Answer: unsatisfactoriness

Question: Dukkha can be translated as what word in regards to unhappiness?


Answer: Dukkha

Question: Suffering, anxiety, unsatisfactoriness, and unease is the translation of what word?


Answer: three

Question: How many aspects does dukkha have?


Answer: that the origin of dukkha can be known

Context: The second truth is that the origin of dukkha can be known. Within the context of the four noble truths, the origin of dukkha is commonly explained as craving (Pali: tanha) conditioned by ignorance (Pali: avijja). On a deeper level, the root cause of dukkha is identified as ignorance (Pali: avijja) of the true nature of things. The third noble truth is that the complete cessation of dukkha is possible, and the fourth noble truth identifies a path to this cessation.[note 7]

Question: What does the second of the Four Noble Truths explain?


Answer: craving (Pali: tanha) conditioned by ignorance (Pali: avijja)

Question: What is the origin of dukkha?


Answer: the complete cessation of dukkha is possible

Question: What is the third of the Four Noble Truths explain?


Answer: identifies a path to this cessation

Question: What is the fourth of the Four Noble Truths explain?


Answer: dukkha can be known.

Question: What is the second truth?


Answer: craving

Question: How is the meaning of Dukkha explained?


Answer: ignorance

Question: What is a contributing factor to Dukkha?


Answer: the origin of dukkha can be known

Question: The second truth is?


Answer: ignorance

Question: The origin of dukkha is explained as craving conditioned by what?


Answer: true nature of things

Question: The root cause of dukkha is identified as ignorance of what?


Answer: dukkha

Question: The third noble truth is that the complete cessation of what is possible?


Answer: The Noble Eightfold Path

Context: The Noble Eightfold Path—the fourth of the Buddha's Noble Truths—consists of a set of eight interconnected factors or conditions, that when developed together, lead to the cessation of dukkha. These eight factors are: Right View (or Right Understanding), Right Intention (or Right Thought), Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration.

Question: What is the fourth of the Buddha's Four Noble Truths?


Answer: lead to the cessation of dukkha

Question: What is the purpose of the Noble Eightfold Path?


Answer: Right View (or Right Understanding), Right Intention (or Right Thought), Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration

Question: What are the eight factors of the Noble Eightfold Path?


Answer: the fourth

Question: The Noble Eightfold Path is which of Buddha's Truths?


Answer: Eight

Question: The fourth truth consists of how many factors?


Answer: the cessation of dukkha

Question: What is the end goal of the Fourth Truth?


Answer: Right Action

Question: What is one of the eight factors?


Answer: the fourth

Question: The Noble Eightfold Path is which Noble Truth?


Answer: eight

Question: The noble Eightfold path is a set of how many inerconnected factors?


Answer: dukkha

Question: When the eight factors are developed together, is leads to the cessation of what?


Answer: Ajahn Sucitto

Context: Ajahn Sucitto describes the path as "a mandala of interconnected factors that support and moderate each other." The eight factors of the path are not to be understood as stages, in which each stage is completed before moving on to the next. Rather, they are understood as eight significant dimensions of one's behaviour—mental, spoken, and bodily—that operate in dependence on one another; taken together, they define a complete path, or way of living.

Question: Who describes the Noble Eightfold Path as "a mandala of interconnected factors that support and moderate each other."?


Answer: as eight significant dimensions of one's behaviour

Question: How are the eight factors of the Noble Eightfold Path to be understood?


Answer: mental, spoken, and bodily

Question: What can one's behaviour be divided into?


Answer: Ajahn Sucitto

Question: Who describes the path as "a mandala of interconnected factor that support and moderate each other"?


Answer: the yoga practice of his teacher Kalama with what later became known as "the immeasurables"

Context: While he searched for enlightenment, Gautama combined the yoga practice of his teacher Kalama with what later became known as "the immeasurables".[dubious – discuss] Gautama thus invented a new kind of human, one without egotism.[dubious – discuss] What Thich Nhat Hanh calls the "Four Immeasurable Minds" of love, compassion, joy, and equanimity[full citation needed] are also known as brahmaviharas, divine abodes, or simply as four immeasurables.[web 5] Pema Chödrön calls them the "four limitless ones". Of the four, mettā or loving-kindness meditation is perhaps the best known.[web 5] The Four Immeasurables are taught as a form of meditation that cultivates "wholesome attitudes towards all sentient beings."[web 6][web 7]

Question: During his search for enlightenment, Gautama combined what teachings?


Answer: one without egotism

Question: What was the new kind of human invented by Gautama?


Answer: brahmaviharas, divine abodes, or simply as four immeasurables

Question: What are the Four Immeasurable Minds also known as?


Answer: mettā or loving-kindness meditation

Question: What is the best known of the four immeasurables?


Answer: wholesome attitudes towards all sentient beings

Question: The Four Immeasurables are taught as a form of meditation that cultivates what?


Answer: Kalama

Question: Gautama combined the yoga practice of what teacher?


Answer: egotism

Question: Gautama invented a new kind of human without what?


Answer: love, compassion, joy, and equanimity

Question: What are the "four Immeasurable minds"?


Answer: Pema Chödrön

Question: Who calls the four immeasurable minds "four limitless ones"?


Answer: meditation

Question: The Four Immeasurables are taught as a form of what?


Answer: prior to his enlightenment

Context: An important guiding principle of Buddhist practice is the Middle Way (or Middle Path), which is said to have been discovered by Gautama Buddha prior to his enlightenment. The Middle Way has several definitions:

Question: When did Gautama Buddha discover the Middle Way?


Answer: the Middle Way

Question: An important guiding priciple of Buddhist practice is what?


Answer: enlightenment

Question: Guatama discovered the middle path before his what?


Answer: Abhidharma, Buddhist philosophy and Reality in Buddhism

Context: Buddhist scholars have produced a number of intellectual theories, philosophies and world view concepts (see, for example, Abhidharma, Buddhist philosophy and Reality in Buddhism). Some schools of Buddhism discourage doctrinal study, and some regard it as essential practice.

Question: What are some of the theories and philosophies produced by Buddhist scholars?


Answer: Some schools of Buddhism discourage doctrinal study, and some regard it as essential practice.

Question: Does Buddhism encourage or discourage doctrinal studies?


Answer: Buddhist scholars

Question: Who has produced a number of theories and concepts such as Abhidharma and Reality in Buddhism?


Answer: doctrinal

Question: Some schools within Buddhism discourage what type of study?


Answer: liberation

Context: The concept of liberation (nirvāṇa)—the goal of the Buddhist path—is closely related to overcoming ignorance (avidyā), a fundamental misunderstanding or mis-perception of the nature of reality. In awakening to the true nature of the self and all phenomena one develops dispassion for the objects of clinging, and is liberated from suffering (dukkha) and the cycle of incessant rebirths (saṃsāra). To this end, the Buddha recommended viewing things as characterized by the three marks of existence.

Question: What is the goal of the Buddhist path?


Answer: suffering (dukkha) and the cycle of incessant rebirths (saṃsāra)

Question: Upon awakening to the true nature of the self, what is one is liberated from?


Answer: nirvāṇa

Question: Liberation is know as what?


Answer: nirvāṇa

Question: What is the goal of the buddhist path?


Answer: objects

Question: In awakening to the true nature of the self, one no longer care about what?


Answer: three

Question: Buddha recommended viewing thing by how many marks of existence?


Answer: all compounded or conditioned phenomena (all things and experiences) are inconstant, unsteady, and impermanent

Context: Impermanence (Pāli: anicca) expresses the Buddhist notion that all compounded or conditioned phenomena (all things and experiences) are inconstant, unsteady, and impermanent. Everything we can experience through our senses is made up of parts, and its existence is dependent on external conditions. Everything is in constant flux, and so conditions and the thing itself are constantly changing. Things are constantly coming into being, and ceasing to be. Since nothing lasts, there is no inherent or fixed nature to any object or experience. According to the doctrine of impermanence, life embodies this flux in the aging process, the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra), and in any experience of loss. The doctrine asserts that because things are impermanent, attachment to them is futile and leads to suffering (dukkha).

Question: What is the meaning of impermanence in Buddhism?


Answer: in the aging process, the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra), and in any experience of loss

Question: According to the Buddhist doctrine of impermanence, how does life express impermanence?


Answer: because things are impermanent

Question: Why is attachment to things futile?


Answer: Everything

Question: What is in a constant flux?


Answer: ceasing to be

Question: Everything is continuously coming into being and what?


Answer: saṃsāra

Question: The cycle of rebirth is also called what?


Answer: suffering

Question: According to doctrine, because all thing don't last, attachment can lead to what?


Answer: suffering, pain, unsatisfactoriness, sorrow, affliction, anxiety, dissatisfaction, discomfort, anguish, stress, misery, and frustration

Context: Suffering (Pāli: दुक्ख dukkha; Sanskrit दुःख duḥkha) is also a central concept in Buddhism. The word roughly corresponds to a number of terms in English including suffering, pain, unsatisfactoriness, sorrow, affliction, anxiety, dissatisfaction, discomfort, anguish, stress, misery, and frustration. Although the term is often translated as "suffering", its philosophical meaning is more analogous to "disquietude" as in the condition of being disturbed. As such, "suffering" is too narrow a translation with "negative emotional connotations"[web 9] that can give the impression that the Buddhist view is pessimistic, but Buddhism seeks to be neither pessimistic nor optimistic, but realistic. In English-language Buddhist literature translated from Pāli, "dukkha" is often left untranslated, so as to encompass its full range of meaning.[note 8]

Question: The term dukkha corresponds to what English terms?


Answer: disquietude

Question: Dukkha is often translated as suffering, but the philosophical meaning of dukkha of more closely related to what term?


Answer: realistic

Question: Buddhism seeks to be neither pessimistic or optimistic, but what?


Answer: Buddhism

Question: Suffering is a central concept in what?


Answer: disquietude

Question: The philosophical meaning of suffering is close what term?


Answer: disquietude

Question: The condition of being disturbed is what?