Answer: East Asian countries

Context: Dog meat is consumed in some East Asian countries, including Korea, China, and Vietnam, a practice that dates back to antiquity. It is estimated that 13–16 million dogs are killed and consumed in Asia every year. Other cultures, such as Polynesia and pre-Columbian Mexico, also consumed dog meat in their history. However, Western, South Asian, African, and Middle Eastern cultures, in general, regard consumption of dog meat as taboo. In some places, however, such as in rural areas of Poland, dog fat is believed to have medicinal properties—being good for the lungs for instance. Dog meat is also consumed in some parts of Switzerland. Proponents of eating dog meat have argued that placing a distinction between livestock and dogs is western hypocrisy, and that there is no difference with eating the meat of different animals.

Question: Where do some people eat dogs?


Answer: taboo.

Question: In addition to others, Western culture considers eating dog meat as what?


Answer: dog fat

Question: In rural Poland areas, what is considered medicinal for lungs?


Answer: western hypocrisy

Question: What do people who eat dog meat consider Western culture, since people there do eat many different animals?


Answer: taboo

Question: The West, South Asia and Middle East think eating dogs is what?


Answer: medicinal properties

Question: Dog fat in some parts of Poland is thought to have what?


Answer: gaejang-guk

Context: The most popular Korean dog dish is gaejang-guk (also called bosintang), a spicy stew meant to balance the body's heat during the summer months; followers of the custom claim this is done to ensure good health by balancing one's gi, or vital energy of the body. A 19th century version of gaejang-guk explains that the dish is prepared by boiling dog meat with scallions and chili powder. Variations of the dish contain chicken and bamboo shoots. While the dishes are still popular in Korea with a segment of the population, dog is not as widely consumed as beef, chicken, and pork.

Question: What is the best known Korean dish made with dog meat?


Answer: a spicy stew

Question: What is Gaejang-guk?


Answer: to balance the body's heat

Question: Why do people eat Gaejang-guk in the summer months?


Answer: scallions and chili powder.

Question: What is dog meat boiled with to create Gaejang-guk?


Answer: the summer months

Question: When is the Korean dog recipe usually eaten?


Answer: scallions and chili powder.

Question: What are two other ingredients in the dog meat recipe in Korea?


Answer: 4.5 million

Context: Citing a 2008 study, the U.S. Center for Disease Control estimated in 2015 that 4.5 million people in the USA are bitten by dogs each year. A 2015 study estimated that 1.8% of the U.S. population is bitten each year. In the 1980s and 1990s the US averaged 17 fatalities per year, while in the 2000s this has increased to 26. 77% of dog bites are from the pet of family or friends, and 50% of attacks occur on the property of the dog's legal owner.

Question: How many people are bitten by dogs every year in America?


Answer: 17

Question: During the 1980s and 1990s, how many people were killed annually because of dog bites?


Answer: 26

Question: In the 2000s, how many people died every year because of dog bites?


Answer: 4.5 million

Question: According to a 2008 CDC report, how many are bitten in the United States annually?


Answer: 2000s

Question: What decade saw an increase from 17 to 26 deaths caused by dogs?


Answer: less severe

Context: A Colorado study found bites in children were less severe than bites in adults. The incidence of dog bites in the US is 12.9 per 10,000 inhabitants, but for boys aged 5 to 9, the incidence rate is 60.7 per 10,000. Moreover, children have a much higher chance to be bitten in the face or neck. Sharp claws with powerful muscles behind them can lacerate flesh in a scratch that can lead to serious infections.

Question: According to a Colorado study, dog bites are what in children as compared to adults?


Answer: 12.9

Question: Out of 10,000 people, how many people are bitten by dogs in the United States?


Answer: 60.7

Question: Out of 10,000 boys between five and nine years old, how many are bitten annually by dogs?


Answer: the face or neck.

Question: Children are often bit where by dogs?


Answer: infections.

Question: A dog scratch can lead to what medical condition?


Answer: Colorado

Question: Where was the study done that showed dog bites were less serious in children than adults?


Answer: 60.7

Question: About 12.9 out of 10,000 are bit by dogs, but what is the number in 10,000 for young boys from 5 to 9?


Answer: infections.

Question: According to the text, dog scratches can cause what?


Answer: cats

Context: In the United States, cats and dogs are a factor in more than 86,000 falls each year. It has been estimated around 2% of dog-related injuries treated in UK hospitals are domestic accidents. The same study found that while dog involvement in road traffic accidents was difficult to quantify, dog-associated road accidents involving injury more commonly involved two-wheeled vehicles.

Question: In addition to dogs, what other animal is responsible for over 86,000 falls every year?


Answer: two-wheeled vehicles.

Question: Vehicle accidents with resulting injuries that involve dogs are more common with what type of vehicle?


Answer: two-wheeled vehicles

Question: What sort of vehicle is most likely associated with accidents involving dogs?


Answer: dog roundworm

Context: Toxocara canis (dog roundworm) eggs in dog feces can cause toxocariasis. In the United States, about 10,000 cases of Toxocara infection are reported in humans each year, and almost 14% of the U.S. population is infected. In Great Britain, 24% of soil samples taken from public parks contained T. canis eggs. Untreated toxocariasis can cause retinal damage and decreased vision. Dog feces can also contain hookworms that cause cutaneous larva migrans in humans.

Question: What is the common name of the species that causes Toxocariasis?


Answer: dog feces

Question: How are Toxicara canis infections spread?


Answer: 10,000

Question: About how many people get a Toxocara infection each year?


Answer: retinal damage and decreased vision.

Question: Toxocariasis can lead to what in humans?


Answer: roundworm

Question: Toxocariasis is caused by what kind of eggs in dog feces?


Answer: 14

Question: What percentage of people in America are infected with the Toxocara infection?


Answer: 10,000

Question: How many Toxocara infection cases are reported annually in the US?


Answer: 24

Question: What percentage of soil contained T. canis eggs in Great Britain public parks?


Answer: retinal damage and decreased vision

Question: If toxocariasis is left untreated, what can happen to a person?


Answer: 2005

Context: A 2005 paper states "recent research has failed to support earlier findings that pet ownership is associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, a reduced use of general practitioner services, or any psychological or physical benefits on health for community dwelling older people. Research has, however, pointed to significantly less absenteeism from school through sickness among children who live with pets." In one study, new guardians reported a highly significant reduction in minor health problems during the first month following pet acquisition, and this effect was sustained in those with dogs through to the end of the study.

Question: What year did a publication come out indicating having a pet does not mean lower risk of heart disease in the elderly?


Answer: absenteeism from school

Question: What is lowered in children who have pets?


Answer: 2005

Question: What year did a report state that research did not support better health for elderly people who own pets?


Answer: exercise

Context: In addition, people with pet dogs took considerably more physical exercise than those with cats and those without pets. The results provide evidence that keeping pets may have positive effects on human health and behaviour, and that for guardians of dogs these effects are relatively long-term. Pet guardianship has also been associated with increased coronary artery disease survival, with human guardians being significantly less likely to die within one year of an acute myocardial infarction than those who did not own dogs.

Question: People with dogs get more of what than people with cats or no animals?


Answer: exercise

Question: People with dogs do what more than people who have cats or no pets?


Answer: immune-stimulating microorganisms

Context: The health benefits of dogs can result from contact with dogs in general, and not solely from having dogs as pets. For example, when in the presence of a pet dog, people show reductions in cardiovascular, behavioral, and psychological indicators of anxiety. Other health benefits are gained from exposure to immune-stimulating microorganisms, which, according to the hygiene hypothesis, can protect against allergies and autoimmune diseases. The benefits of contact with a dog also include social support, as dogs are able to not only provide companionship and social support themselves, but also to act as facilitators of social interactions between humans. One study indicated that wheelchair users experience more positive social interactions with strangers when they are accompanied by a dog than when they are not. In 2015, a study found that pet owners were significantly more likely to get to know people in their neighborhood than non-pet owners.

Question: What do humans get exposed to with pets that may help them not get sick?


Answer: social interactions

Question: Dogs can act as a facilitator of what between human beings?


Answer: 2015

Question: What year was the study done that indicated people with pets are more likely to get to know neighbors?


Answer: anxiety

Question: What is lessened when people are with their pet dogs?


Answer: strangers

Question: People in wheelchairs have better social interactions with who when dogs are involved?


Answer: mental institutions

Context: The practice of using dogs and other animals as a part of therapy dates back to the late 18th century, when animals were introduced into mental institutions to help socialize patients with mental disorders. Animal-assisted intervention research has shown that animal-assisted therapy with a dog can increase social behaviors, such as smiling and laughing, among people with Alzheimer's disease. One study demonstrated that children with ADHD and conduct disorders who participated in an education program with dogs and other animals showed increased attendance, increased knowledge and skill objectives, and decreased antisocial and violent behavior compared to those who were not in an animal-assisted program.

Question: Dogs were taken where to help people with mental disorders socialize?


Answer: social behaviors

Question: Therapy dogs can help increase what in people suffering with Alzheimer's?


Answer: antisocial and violent behavior

Question: What was decreased in children with ADHD when they were exposed to therapy dogs?


Answer: the late 18th century

Question: When did people start using dogs as therapy?


Answer: mental institutions

Question: Where were dogs introduced then to help people socialize people?


Answer: dogs

Question: Children who have ADHD or conduct disorders respond better when what is a part of their treatment plan?


Answer: animal-assisted therapy

Question: People with Alzheimer's smile and laugh more with what kind of therapy?


Answer: diseases

Context: Medical detection dogs are capable of detecting diseases by sniffing a person directly or samples of urine or other specimens. Dogs can detect odour in one part per trillion, as their brain's olfactory cortex is (relative to total brain size) 40 times larger than humans. Dogs may have as many as 300 million odour receptors in their nose, while humans may have only 5 million. Each dog is trained specifically for the detection of single disease from the blood glucose level indicative to diabetes to cancer. To train a cancer dog requires 6 months. A Labrador Retriever called Daisy has detected 551 cancer patients with an accuracy of 93 percent and received the Blue Cross (for pets) Medal for her life-saving skills.

Question: What can trained dogs detect by sniffing a person or a sample of their urine?


Answer: 40 times larger

Question: How much larger is a dog brain olfactory cortex when compared to humans?


Answer: trillion

Question: A dog can detect smells in one part per what?


Answer: 40 times larger

Question: How much larger is a dog's olfactory cortex than a person's?


Answer: 551

Question: How many cancer patients has Daisy detected?


Answer: Cerberus

Context: In Greek mythology, Cerberus is a three-headed watchdog who guards the gates of Hades. In Norse mythology, a bloody, four-eyed dog called Garmr guards Helheim. In Persian mythology, two four-eyed dogs guard the Chinvat Bridge. In Philippine mythology, Kimat who is the pet of Tadaklan, god of thunder, is responsible for lightning. In Welsh mythology, Annwn is guarded by Cŵn Annwn.

Question: What is the name of the dog with three heads in Greek mythology?


Answer: the gates of Hades.

Question: What did Cerberus guard?


Answer: Garmr

Question: What is the name of the dog with four eyes in Norse mythology?


Answer: Kimat

Question: What is the name of the dog in Philippine mythology who is responsible for lightning?


Answer: thunder

Question: Kimat is the dog of Tadaklan, who is the god of what?


Answer: Persian

Question: In what mythology do two canines watch over the Chinvat Bridge?


Answer: Cerberus

Question: Who is the three headed watchdog guarding Hades?


Answer: Garmr

Question: Who is the dog that guards Helheim?


Answer: god of thunder

Question: Who is Tadaklan?


Answer: Kimat

Question: Who is Tadaklan's pet that is responsible for lightning?


Answer: the gates of Naraka.

Context: In Hindu mythology, Yama, the god of death owns two watch dogs who have four eyes. They are said to watch over the gates of Naraka. Hunter god Muthappan from North Malabar region of Kerala has a hunting dog as his mount. Dogs are found in and out of the Muthappan Temple and offerings at the shrine take the form of bronze dog figurines.

Question: In Hindu mythology, what do the two dogs who are owned by the god of death watch over?


Answer: Yama

Question: What is the name of the god of death?


Answer: bronze dog figurines.

Question: Offerings at the Muthappan Temple shrine take on what form?


Answer: Yama

Question: Who owns two dogs with four eyes each in Hindu mythology?


Answer: the gates of Naraka

Question: What do Yama's dogs watch over?


Answer: mount

Question: What does Muthappan use for his hunting dog for?


Answer: bronze dog figurines

Question: Offerings left at the Muthappan Temple shrine take on what form?


Answer: as unclean

Context: In Islam, dogs are viewed as unclean because they are viewed as scavengers. In 2015 city councillor Hasan Küçük of The Hague called for dog ownership to be made illegal in that city. Islamic activists in Lérida, Spain, lobbied for dogs to be kept out of Muslim neighborhoods, saying their presence violated Muslims' religious freedom. In Britain, police sniffer dogs are carefully used, and are not permitted to contact passengers, only their luggage. They are required to wear leather dog booties when searching mosques or Muslim homes.

Question: How are dogs viewed in Islam?


Answer: scavengers

Question: Why are dogs viewed as unclean in Islam?


Answer: The Hague

Question: What city made owing dogs illegal in 2015?


Answer: leather dog booties

Question: In Britain, a dog used in a search at a mosque or a home occupied by Muslims must wear what?


Answer: scavengers

Question: Why are dogs seen as unclean in Islam?


Answer: 2015

Question: When did it become illegal for a person to own a dog in The Hague?


Answer: Lérida, Spain

Question: Where did activists want dogs kept out of neighborhoods because it violated religious freedom?


Answer: their luggage

Question: What are sniffer dogs used by British police allowed to touch instead of a passenger?


Answer: faithfulness.

Context: Jewish law does not prohibit keeping dogs and other pets. Jewish law requires Jews to feed dogs (and other animals that they own) before themselves, and make arrangements for feeding them before obtaining them. In Christianity, dogs represent faithfulness.

Question: What do dogs represent to Christians?


Answer: themselves

Question: Jewish law dictates that anyone owning a dog must feed the dog before who?


Answer: feed

Question: If a Jewish person owns a dog, he must do what to do the dog before he does it to himself?


Answer: faithfulness

Question: What does a dog represent in the Christian culture?


Answer: kind protectors.

Context: In Asian countries such as China, Korea, and Japan, dogs are viewed as kind protectors. The role of the dog in Chinese mythology includes a position as one of the twelve animals which cyclically represent years (the zodiacal dog).

Question: Three Asian countries see dogs as what?


Answer: China

Question: What country has the dog as part of its 12 animals that represent years?


Answer: as kind protectors

Question: How are dogs viewed in Asian countries?


Answer: caves.

Context: Cultural depictions of dogs in art extend back thousands of years to when dogs were portrayed on the walls of caves. Representations of dogs became more elaborate as individual breeds evolved and the relationships between human and canine developed. Hunting scenes were popular in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Dogs were depicted to symbolize guidance, protection, loyalty, fidelity, faithfulness, watchfulness, and love.

Question: Thousands of years ago, dogs were depicted on the walls of what?


Answer: Hunting

Question: What scenes were popular in art during the Middle Ages?


Answer: caves

Question: Dogs were depicted as art on the walls of what?


Answer: Hunting scenes

Question: What kind of art scene was popular in the Middle Ages?


Answer: became more elaborate

Question: As relationships between people and dogs got closer, what happened to the art that had dogs in it?


Answer: humans

Context: Dogs are also vulnerable to some of the same health conditions as humans, including diabetes, dental and heart disease, epilepsy, cancer, hypothyroidism, and arthritis.

Question: Dogs can have the same health issues as who?


Answer: Male French Bulldogs

Context: Some dog breeds have acquired traits through selective breeding that interfere with reproduction. Male French Bulldogs, for instance, are incapable of mounting the female. For many dogs of this breed, the female must be artificially inseminated in order to reproduce.

Question: Which dog is not able to mount a female dog?


Answer: run away

Context: Although it is said that the "dog is man's best friend" regarding 17–24% of dogs in the developed countries, in the developing world they are feral, village or community dogs, with pet dogs uncommon. These live their lives as scavengers and have never been owned by humans, with one study showing their most common response when approached by strangers was to run away (52%) or respond with aggression (11%). We know little about these dogs, nor about the dogs that live in developed countries that are feral, stray or are in shelters, yet the great majority of modern research on dog cognition has focused on pet dogs living in human homes.

Question: When these feral dogs are approached by a person, they tend to do this 52% of the time?


Answer: respond with aggression

Question: When these feral dogs are approached by a person, they tend to do this 11% of the time?


Answer: pet dogs living in human homes.

Question: Dog cognition has been studied on what kind of dogs?


Answer: significant benefits

Context: Wolves, and their dog descendants, would have derived significant benefits from living in human camps—more safety, more reliable food, lesser caloric needs, and more chance to breed. They would have benefited from humans' upright gait that gives them larger range over which to see potential predators and prey, as well as color vision that, at least by day, gives humans better visual discrimination. Camp dogs would also have benefited from human tool use, as in bringing down larger prey and controlling fire for a range of purposes.

Question: What would wolves have gotten from living with humans?


Answer: the domestication of dogs

Context: The cohabitation of dogs and humans would have greatly improved the chances of survival for early human groups, and the domestication of dogs may have been one of the key forces that led to human success.

Question: What has likely led to human success?


Answer: poorly controlled

Context: The scientific evidence is mixed as to whether companionship of a dog can enhance human physical health and psychological wellbeing. Studies suggesting that there are benefits to physical health and psychological wellbeing have been criticised for being poorly controlled, and finding that "[t]he health of elderly people is related to their health habits and social supports but not to their ownership of, or attachment to, a companion animal." Earlier studies have shown that people who keep pet dogs or cats exhibit better mental and physical health than those who do not, making fewer visits to the doctor and being less likely to be on medication than non-guardians.

Question: Studies that people are better off with dogs have been criticized for being what?


Answer: to the doctor

Question: People who have cats or dogs make fewer visits where?


Answer: 1936 Summer Olympics.

Context: The 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from March 24 until August 8, 2008, prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, with the theme of "one world, one dream". Plans for the relay were announced on April 26, 2007, in Beijing, China. The relay, also called by the organizers as the "Journey of Harmony", lasted 129 days and carried the torch 137,000 km (85,000 mi) – the longest distance of any Olympic torch relay since the tradition was started ahead of the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Question: When did the tradition of people carrying the Olympic torch before the Olympic games begin?


Answer: 129 days

Question: How many days did people carry the Olympic torch before the 2008 Summer Olympics?


Answer: one world, one dream

Question: What was the theme for the torch relay?


Answer: Journey of Harmony

Question: What did the organizers of the torch relay call it?


Answer: one world, one dream

Question: What was the 2008 Olympic slogan?


Answer: Beijing, China.

Question: Where were the details of the torch relay made known?


Answer: "Journey of Harmony"

Question: What was the torch relay referred to as by organizers?


Answer: 85,000 mi

Question: How many miles was the Olympic torch relayed?


Answer: March 24

Context: After being lit at the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece on March 24, the torch traveled to the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, and then to Beijing, arriving on March 31. From Beijing, the torch was following a route passing through six continents. The torch has visited cities along the Silk Road, symbolizing ancient links between China and the rest of the world. The relay also included an ascent with the flame to the top of Mount Everest on the border of Nepal and Tibet, China from the Chinese side, which was closed specially for the event.

Question: What day was the Olympic torch lit for the 2008 games?


Answer: Olympia, Greece

Question: Where did the Olympics originate?


Answer: March 31

Question: When did the Olympic torch reach Beijing?


Answer: six

Question: How many continents did the torch visit after Beijing?


Answer: Silk Road

Question: The torch was on what road to symbolize historic links between China and the world?


Answer: Olympia, Greece

Question: Where was the Olympic torch lit?


Answer: March 24

Question: What date was the Olympic torch lit?


Answer: Panathinaiko Stadium

Question: What is the name of the stadium in Greece were the torch was taken to?


Answer: March 31.

Question: What date did the Olympic torch arrive at its destination in China?


Answer: Mount Everest

Question: What mountain was the torch taken up?


Answer: hundreds

Context: In many cities along the North American and European route, the torch relay was protested by advocates of Tibetan independence, animal rights, and legal online gambling, and people protesting against China's human rights record, resulting in confrontations at a few of the relay locations. These protests, which ranged from hundreds of people in San Francisco, to effectively none in Pyongyang, forced the path of the torch relay to be changed or shortened on a number of occasions. The torch was extinguished by Chinese security officials several times during the Paris leg for security reasons, and once in protest in Paris.

Question: How many people protested on the San Francisco torch route?


Answer: effectively none

Question: How many people protested at the Pyongyang torch route?


Answer: protesting

Question: What were some groups doing along the torch route that was not supportive of the Olympics?


Answer: Chinese security officials

Question: Who put out the torch along the route for protection?


Answer: the Chinese government

Context: The attacks on the torch in London and Paris were described as "despicable" by the Chinese government, condemning them as "deliberate disruptions... who gave no thought to the Olympic spirit or the laws of Britain and France" and who "tarnish the lofty Olympic spirit", and vowed they would continue with the relay and not allow the protests to "impede the Olympic spirit". Large-scale counter-protests by overseas Chinese and foreign-based Chinese nationals became prevalent in later segments of the relay. In San Francisco, the number of supporters were much more than the number of protesters, and in Australia, Japan, South Korea, the counter-protesters overwhelmed the protesters. A couple of skirmishes between the protesters and supporters were reported. No major protests were visible in the Latin America, Africa, and Western Asia legs of the torch relay.

Question: Who condemned the various attacks on the torch relay route?


Answer: supporters

Question: In San Francisco, who had a larger presence than the protesters?


Answer: counter-protesters

Question: Who overwhelmed the protesters in Japan?


Answer: counter-protesters

Question: Who amassed in large scale against protesters?


Answer: skirmishes

Question: What was said to have occurred between some supporters and protesters?


Answer: Latin America, Africa, and Western Asia

Question: What three areas of the globe were protests reported as not big?


Answer: Jacques Rogge

Context: Prompted by the chaotic torch relays in Western Europe and North America, the president of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge described the situation as a "crisis" for the organization and stated that any athletes displaying Tibetan flags at Olympic venues could be expelled from the games. though he stopped short of cancelling the relay altogether despite calls to do so by some IOC members. The outcome of the relay influenced the IOC's decision to scrap global relays in future editions of the games.

Question: Who is the president of the International Olympic Committee?


Answer: Tibetan

Question: Athletes wearing what kind of flag at any Olympic venue faced the possibility of expulsion from the Olympics?


Answer: global relays

Question: Because of the relay issues, IOC decided to no longer have what in subsequent Olympics?


Answer: Jacques Rogge

Question: What is the name of the man who said the protesting of the torch relay as a "crisis"?


Answer: could be expelled

Question: What could happen to Olympic sports participants who showed a Tibetan flag at events?


Answer: IOC members.

Question: Who asked that the torch relay be ended?


Answer: global relays

Question: What was halted with the torch relay for future Olympics?


Answer: Paralympic Games

Context: In June 2008, the Beijing Games' Organizing Committee announced that the planned international torch relay for the Paralympic Games had been cancelled. The Committee stated that the relay was being cancelled to enable the Chinese government to "focus on the rescue and relief work" following the Sichuan earthquake.

Question: The international torch relay was canceled for what event in June 2008?


Answer: Paralympic Games

Question: For what events was the torch relay decided to not be held?


Answer: Lucky Cloud

Context: The Olympic Torch is based on traditional scrolls and uses a traditional Chinese design known as "Lucky Cloud". It is made from aluminum. It is 72 centimetres high and weighs 985 grams. The torch is designed to remain lit in 65 kilometre per hour (37 mile per hour) winds, and in rain of up to 50 millimetres (2 inches) per hour. An ignition key is used to ignite and extinguish the flame. The torch is fueled by cans of propane. Each can will light the torch for 15 minutes. It is designed by a team from Lenovo Group. The Torch is designed in reference to the traditional Chinese concept of the 5 elements that make up the entire universe.

Question: What is the Chinese design used on the Olympic Torch?


Answer: aluminum.

Question: What is the Olympic Torch made from?


Answer: 985 grams

Question: How much does the Olympic Torch weigh?


Answer: An ignition key

Question: What is used to light the flame on the Olympic Torch?


Answer: Lucky Cloud

Question: What was the design name of the Chinese Olympic Torch?


Answer: aluminum.

Question: What metal is the torch constructed from?


Answer: 37

Question: What wind speed will the torch flame still stay lit in MPH?


Answer: 2

Question: How much rainfall in inches per hour can the torch stay lit under?


Answer: propane.

Question: What fuel is used for the torch?


Answer: a chartered Air China Airbus A330

Context: Internationally, the torch and its accompanying party traveled in a chartered Air China Airbus A330 (registered B-6075), painted in the red and yellow colors of the Olympic Games. Air China was chosen by the Beijing Committees of the Olympic Game as the designated Olympic torch carrier in March 2008 for its long-standing participation in the Olympic cause. The plane traveled a total of 137,000 km (85,000 mi) for a duration of 130 days through 21 countries and regions.

Question: When it was necessary for the Olympic Torch to be on an airplane, which one was used?


Answer: red and yellow

Question: What color was the chartered plane?


Answer: March 2008

Question: When was it decided that Air China would be the official torch carrier?


Answer: 130 days

Question: How many days did the plane travel?


Answer: Airbus A330

Question: What type of aircraft did the Torch team travel in?


Answer: red and yellow

Question: What colors was the aircraft painted?


Answer: Air China

Question: What was the name of the airline that transported the Olympic Torch?


Answer: 130

Question: How many days did the plane travel with the Torch team?


Answer: 21

Question: How many different places were visited by the aircraft taking the Torch team?


Answer: six

Context: The route carried the torch through six continents from March 2008 to May 2008 to August 2008. The planned route originally included a stop in Taipei between Ho Chi Minh City and Hong Kong, but there was disagreement in Beijing and Taipei over language used to describe whether it was an international or a domestic part of the route. While the Olympic committees of China and Chinese Taipei reached initial consensus on the approach, the government of the Republic of China in Taiwan intervened, stating that this placement could be interpreted as placing Taiwan on the same level as Hong Kong and Macau, an implication it objected to. The Beijing Organizing Committee attempted to continue negotiation, but further disputes arose over the flag or the anthem of the Republic of China along the 24 km torch route in Taiwan. By the midnight deadline for concluding the negotiation on September 21, 2007, Taiwan and China were unable to come to terms with the issue of the Torch Relay. In the end, both sides of the Taiwan Strait decided to eliminate the Taipei leg.

Question: How many continents did the torch visit?


Answer: Taipei

Question: What was the stop that was to happen between Ho Chi Minh City and Hong Kong?


Answer: Hong Kong and Macau

Question: The Republic of China felt that the wrong decision could place Taiwan on the same level as what two areas?


Answer: continents

Question: The torch route covered six what?


Answer: Taiwan.

Question: What government disagreed on the language used to describe the torch route?


Answer: Hong Kong and Macau

Question: What two places did Taiwan not want to be considered equal with in the language of the torch's route description?


Answer: 24

Question: How many kilometers was the torch supposed to go through Taiwan?


Answer: March 24, 2008

Context: Greece: On March 24, 2008, the Olympic Flame was ignited at Olympia, Greece, site of the ancient Olympic Games. The actress Maria Nafpliotou, in the role of a High Priestess, ignited the torch of the first torchbearer, a silver medalist of the 2004 Summer Olympics in taekwondo Alexandros Nikolaidis from Greece, who handed the flame over to the second torchbearer, Olympic champion in women's breaststroke Luo Xuejuan from China. Following the recent unrest in Tibet, three members of Reporters Without Borders, including Robert Ménard, breached security and attempted to disrupt a speech by Liu Qi, the head of Beijing's Olympic organising committee during the torch lighting ceremony in Olympia, Greece. The People's Republic of China called this a "disgraceful" attempt to sabotage the Olympics. On March 30, 2008 in Athens, during ceremonies marking the handing over of the torch from Greek officials to organizers of the Beijing games, demonstrators shouted 'Free Tibet' and unfurled banners; some 10 of the 15 protesters were taken into police detention. After the hand-off, protests continued internationally, with particularly violent confrontations with police in Nepal.

Question: On what date did the Olympic Flame get lit?


Answer: Olympia, Greece.

Question: Where did the Olympic Flame get lit?


Answer: Alexandros Nikolaidis

Question: Who was the first person to carry the torch?


Answer: Maria Nafpliotou

Question: Who initially lit the Olympic Torch?


Answer: March 30, 2008

Question: When did demonstrators yell for Tibet to be freed?


Answer: Olympia, Greece.

Question: Where is the location of the original Olympic events?


Answer: Maria Nafpliotou

Question: What is the name of the woman who lit the torch for the new games?


Answer: silver

Question: What medal did the first torchbearer have from prior games?


Answer: Alexandros Nikolaidis

Question: What is the name of the first torchbearer for the 2008 Olympics?


Answer: Nepal.

Question: What place had police experience violent problems with protesters?


Answer: Carrefour

Context: China: In China, the torch was first welcomed by Politburo Standing Committee member Zhou Yongkang and State Councilor Liu Yandong. It was subsequently passed onto CPC General Secretary Hu Jintao. A call to boycott French hypermart Carrefour from May 1 began spreading through mobile text messaging and online chat rooms amongst the Chinese over the weekend from April 12, accusing the company's major shareholder, the LVMH Group, of donating funds to the Dalai Lama. There were also calls to extend the boycott to include French luxury goods and cosmetic products. According to the Washington Times on April 15, however, the Chinese government was attempting to "calm the situation" through censorship: "All comments posted on popular Internet forum Sohu.com relating to a boycott of Carrefour have been deleted." Chinese protesters organized boycotts of the French-owned retail chain Carrefour in major Chinese cities including Kunming, Hefei and Wuhan, accusing the French nation of pro-secessionist conspiracy and anti-Chinese racism. Some burned French flags, some added Nazism's Swastika to the French flag, and spread short online messages calling for large protests in front of French consulates and embassy. The Carrefour boycott was met with anti-boycott demonstrators who insisted on entering one of the Carrefour stores in Kunming, only to be blocked by boycotters wielding large Chinese flags and hit by water bottles. The BBC reported that hundreds of people demonstrated in Beijing, Wuhan, Hefei, Kunming and Qingdao.

Question: Action was taken to boycott which company?


Answer: the LVMH Group

Question: Who was the biggest shareholder of Carrefour?


Answer: the French flag

Question: What did some protesters burn?


Answer: Kunming

Question: Where were anti-protesters blocked from entering a Carrefour store with Chinese flags?


Answer: the LVMH Group

Question: Who was said to have given money to the Dalai Lama?


Answer: censorship

Question: What method did the Chinese government use to ease the boycott situation?


Answer: Carrefour

Question: What French company was being boycotted?


Answer: People's Daily

Context: In response to the demonstrations, an editorial in the People's Daily urged Chinese people to "express [their] patriotic enthusiasm calmly and rationally, and express patriotic aspiration in an orderly and legal manner".

Question: In what publication were Chinese people asked to be orderly and legal because of the protests and demonstrations?


Answer: People's Daily

Question: What is the name of the publication where Chinese people were advised to be calm and rational about patriotism?


Answer: legal

Question: The Chinese people were told to show patriotism in an orderly and what manner?


Answer: Almaty

Context: Kazakhstan: The first torchbearer in Almaty, where the Olympic torch arrived for the first time ever on April 2, was the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev. The route ran 20 km from Medeo stadium to Astana Square. There were reports that Uighur activists were arrested and some were deported back to China.

Question: What virgin site did the torch visit on April 2?


Answer: Nursultan Nazarbaev.

Question: Who was the first person to be handed the torch in Almaty?


Answer: the President of Kazakhstan

Question: Who is Nursultan Nazarbaev?


Answer: Astana Square.

Question: The route in Almaty went from Medeo Stadium to where?


Answer: Uighur activists

Question: What kind of activists were arrested in Almaty?


Answer: Kazakhstan

Question: What country did the torch get to for the first time?


Answer: Nursultan Nazarbaev.

Question: What is the name of the president who was the first torchbearer in Almaty?


Answer: 20

Question: What was the distance in kilometers for the route in Kazakhstan?


Answer: Uighur

Question: What activists were reported to have been arrested?


Answer: April 3

Context: Turkey: The torch relay leg in Istanbul, held on April 3, started on Sultanahmet Square and finished in Taksim Square. Uyghurs living in Turkey protested at Chinese treatment of their compatriots living in Xinjiang. Several protesters who tried to disrupt the relay were promptly arrested by the police.

Question: When was the torch in Istanbul?


Answer: Taksim Square

Question: Where did the torch end up in Istanbul?


Answer: Sultanahmet Square

Question: Where did the torch start in Instanbul?


Answer: Uyghurs living in Turkey

Question: Who protested for their compatriots who were in Xinjiang?


Answer: Istanbul

Question: What city was the Olympic Torch at on April 3rd?


Answer: Sultanahmet Square

Question: What is the name of the place in the city where the torch relay started in Turkey?


Answer: Taksim Square.

Question: Where did the torch relay finish in Turkey?


Answer: Uyghurs

Question: What people in Turkey protested for their people living in China?


Answer: arrested

Question: What happened to protesters who tried to interrupt the carrying of the torch?


Answer: April 5

Context: Russia: On April 5 the Olympic torch arrived at Saint Petersburg, Russia. The length of the torch relay route in the city was 20 km, with the start at the Victory Square and finish at the Palace Square. Mixed martial arts icon and former PRIDE Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko was one the torch bearers. This gives him the distinction of the being the first active MMA fighter to carry the Olympic flame.

Question: When did the torch arrive in Saint Petersburg?


Answer: Victory Square

Question: Where was the start of the torch route in Saint Petersburg?


Answer: Palace Square

Question: Where did the torch route end in Saint Petersburg?


Answer: Fedor Emelianenko

Question: Who is the first MMA fighter to participate in carrying the Olympic torch?


Answer: Saint Petersburg

Question: Where in Russia was the first stop for the relay?


Answer: Victory Square

Question: What city location did the torch relay begin in Russia?


Answer: Palace Square.

Question: What was the last location for the relay in Russia?


Answer: Fedor Emelianenko

Question: What is the name of the MMA fighter who carried the torch in Russia?


Answer: London

Context: Great Britain: The torch relay leg held in London, the host city of the 2012 Summer Olympics, on April 6 began at Wembley Stadium, passed through the City of London, and eventually ended at O2 Arena in the eastern part of the city. The 48 km (30 mi) leg took a total of seven and a half hours to complete, and attracted protests by pro-Tibetan independence and pro-Human Rights supporters, prompting changes to the planned route and an unscheduled move onto a bus, which was then briefly halted by protestors. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has officially complained to Beijing Organising Committee about the conduct of the tracksuit-clad Chinese security guards. The Chinese officials, seen manhandling protesters, were described by both the London Mayor Ken Livingstone and Lord Coe, chairman of the London Olympic Committee as "thugs". A Metropolitan police briefing paper revealed that security for the torch relay cost £750,000 and the participation of the Chinese security team had been agreed in advance, despite the Mayor stating, "We did not know beforehand these thugs were from the security services. Had I known so, we would have said no."

Question: Which city hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics?


Answer: April 6

Question: When did the torch route begin in London?


Answer: £750,000

Question: How much did security cost for the torch relay in London?


Answer: London

Question: What city held the Olympics in 2012?


Answer: Wembley Stadium

Question: Where did the torch relay begin in London for the 2008 Olympics?


Answer: O2 Arena

Question: Where did the relay end in London?


Answer: 30 mi

Question: How many miles was the relay in England?


Answer: thugs

Question: What word was used by London officials to describe Chinese security guards for their treatment of protesters?


Answer: 80

Context: Of the 80 torch-bearers in London, Sir Steve Redgrave, who started the relay, mentioned to the media that he had received e-mailed pleas to boycott the event and could "see why they would like to make an issue" of it. Francesca Martinez and Richard Vaughan refused to carry the torch, while Konnie Huq decided to carry it and also speak out against China. The pro-Tibetan Member of Parliament Norman Baker asked all bearers to reconsider. Amid pressure from both directions, Prime Minister Gordon Brown welcomed the torch outside 10 Downing Street without holding or touching it. The London relay saw the torch surrounded by what the BBC described as "a mobile protective ring." Protests began as soon as Redgrave started the event, leading to at least thirty-five arrests. In Ladbroke Grove a demonstrator attempted to snatch the torch from Konnie Huq in a momentary struggle, and in a separate incident, a fire extinguisher was set off near the torch. The Chinese ambassador carried the torch through Chinatown after an unpublicized change to the route amid security concerns. The torch made an unscheduled move onto a bus along Fleet Street amid security concerns and efforts to evade the protesters. In an effort to counter the pro-Tibet protesters and show their support for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, more than 2,000 Chinese also gathered on the torch route and demonstrated with signs, banners and Chinese flags. A large number of supporters were concentrated in Trafalgar Square, displaying the Olympic slogan "One World, One Dream".

Question: How many torchbearers took part in the London route?


Answer: Sir Steve Redgrave

Question: Who was the first person to hold the torch for the London route?


Answer: Richard Vaughan

Question: Along with Francesca Martinez, who decided to not carry the torch?


Answer: Prime Minister Gordon Brown

Question: Who was outside at 10 Downing Street to welcome the torch without actually touching it?


Answer: Sir Steve Redgrave

Question: Who got emails asking him to boycott the torch relay?


Answer: 80

Question: How many people carried the torch in England for the 2008 Olympics?


Answer: Francesca Martinez and Richard Vaughan

Question: What two people in England declined to bear the torch?


Answer: 10 Downing Street

Question: Where did Gordon Brown welcome the torch?


Answer: Ladbroke Grove

Question: Where was an attempt made to take the torch?


Answer: April 7

Context: France: The torch relay leg in Paris, held on April 7, began on the first level of the Eiffel Tower and finished at the Stade Charléty. The relay was initially supposed to cover 28 km, but it was shortened at the demand of Chinese officials following widespread protests by pro-Tibet and human rights activists, who repeatedly attempted to disrupt, hinder or halt the procession. A scheduled ceremony at the town hall was cancelled at the request of the Chinese authorities, and, also at the request of Chinese authorities, the torch finished the relay by bus instead of being carried by athletes. Paris City officials had announced plans to greet the Olympic flame with peaceful protest when the torch was to reach the French capital. The city government attached a banner reading "Paris defends human rights throughout the world" to the City Hall, in an attempt to promote values "of all humanity and of human rights." Members from Reporters Without Borders turned out in large numbers to protest. An estimated 3,000 French police protected the Olympic torch relay as it departed from the Eiffel Tower and criss-crossed Paris amid threat of protests. Widespread pro-Tibet protests, including an attempt by more than one demonstrator to extinguish the flame with water or fire extinguishers, prompted relay authorities to put out the flame five times (according to the police authorities in Paris) and load the torch onto a bus, at the demand of Chinese officials. This was later denied by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, despite video footage broadcast by French television network France 2 which showed Chinese flame attendants extinguishing the torch. Backup flames are with the relay at all times to relight the torch. French judoka and torchbearer David Douillet expressed his annoyance at the Chinese flame attendants who extinguished the torch which he was about to hand over to Teddy Riner: "I understand they're afraid of everything, but this is just annoying. They extinguished the flame despite the fact that there was no risk, and they could see it and they knew it. I don't know why they did it."

Question: When did the torch relay in Paris occur?


Answer: the Eiffel Tower

Question: Where did the Paris route start for the torch relay?


Answer: by bus

Question: Rather than being carried by an athlete, how did the torch end its route in Paris?


Answer: Teddy Riner

Question: The flame of the torch was put out when David Douillet was ready to hand it to who?


Answer: April 7

Question: What date did the torch relay begin in France?


Answer: Paris

Question: What city in France did the torch relay start at?


Answer: Eiffel Tower

Question: Where location was the torch relay started in the city in Paris?


Answer: 3,000

Question: About how many police were said to have protected the torch in France?


Answer: five

Question: How many times was the torch put out in France die to security concerns?


Answer: Green Party officials.

Context: Chinese officials canceled the torch relay ceremony amidst disruptions, including a Tibetan flag flown from a window in the City Hall by Green Party officials. The third torchbearer in the Paris leg, Jin Jing, who was disabled and carried the torch on a wheelchair, was assaulted several times by unidentified protestors seemingly from the pro-Tibet independent camp. In interviews, Jin Jing said that she was "tugged at, scratched" and "kicked", but that she "did not feel the pain at the time." She received praise from ethnic Chinese worldwide as "Angel in Wheelchair". The Chinese government gave the comment that "the Chinese respect France a lot" but "Paris [has slapped] its own face."

Question: Who threw a a Tibetan flag from a City Hall window?


Answer: Jin Jing

Question: Which torchbearer was in a wheelchair?


Answer: Angel in Wheelchair

Question: What was Jin Jing called by ethnic Chinese?


Answer: torch relay ceremony

Question: What was stopped due to protest interruptions?


Answer: Jin Jing

Question: What is the name of the handicapped bearer of the torch?


Answer: Angel in Wheelchair

Question: What did the ethnic Chinese call the disabled torch bearer?


Answer: Green Party officials.

Question: Who put a flag of Tibet out of the window at City Hall?


Answer: Reporters Without Borders

Context: Reporters Without Borders organised several symbolic protests, including scaling the Eiffel Tower to hang a protest banner from it, and hanging an identical banner from the Notre Dame cathedral.

Question: Which organization planned several protests?


Answer: the Eiffel Tower

Question: What did Reporters Without Borders scale in order to put a protest banner on it?


Answer: Notre Dame cathedral

Question: Which cathedral did Reporters Without Borders hang another protest banner?


Answer: banner

Question: What was hung from the Eiffel Tower?


Answer: Reporters Without Borders

Question: Who climbed the Eiffel Tower to hang a protest banner?


Answer: Notre Dame cathedral.

Question: Where else was a copy of the banner at Eiffel Tower hung?


Answer: the Trocadéro

Context: Several hundred pro-Tibet protesters gathered at the Trocadéro with banners and Tibetan flags, and remained there for a peaceful protest, never approaching the torch relay itself. Among them was Jane Birkin, who spoke to the media about the "lack of freedom of speech" in China. Also present was Thupten Gyatso, President of the French Tibetan community, who called upon pro-Tibet demonstrators to "remain calm, non-violent, peaceful".

Question: Where did hundreds of pro-Tibet protesters meet?


Answer: Jane Birkin

Question: Who spoke to the media about China's lack of freedom of speech?


Answer: Thupten Gyatso

Question: Who is the President of the French Tibetan community that urged protesters to remain peaceful?


Answer: Trocadéro

Question: Where did pro-Tibetan protesters get together?


Answer: peaceful

Question: The Trocadéro was not disruptive of the relay and said to have been what?


Answer: Jane Birkin

Question: Who, of the Trocadéro protest, spoke to the media?


Answer: freedom of speech

Question: What did the person who spoke to the media at Trocadéro say China lacked?


Answer: the National Assembly's session

Context: French members of Parliament and other French politicians also organised a protest. All political parties in Parliament—UMP, Socialists, New Centre, Communists, Democratic Movement (centre) and Greens—jointly requested a pause in the National Assembly's session, which was granted, so that MPs could step outside and unfurl a banner which read "Respect for Human Rights in China". The coach containing the torch drove past the National Assembly and the assembled protesting MPs, who shouted "Freedom for Tibet!" several times as it passed.

Question: What did the political parties request a brief stop in?


Answer: Respect for Human Rights in China

Question: What text was on the banner that the politicians unrolled outside?


Answer: Freedom for Tibet!

Question: What did MPs yell when the torch passed them?


Answer: Parliament

Question: Various French politicians started protests including members of what?


Answer: National Assembly's session

Question: All the French political factions requested a temporary halt to what?


Answer: Respect for Human Rights in China

Question: Why did the banner say that was unveiled during the temporary halt?


Answer: Freedom for Tibet!

Question: What did the Parliamentary members yell as the relay passed?


Answer: Tibetan flags

Context: French police were criticised for their handling of the events, and notably for confiscating Tibetan flags from demonstrators. The newspaper Libération commented: "The police did so much that only the Chinese were given freedom of expression. The Tibetan flag was forbidden everywhere except on the Trocadéro." Minister of the Interior Michèle Alliot-Marie later stated that the police had not been ordered to do so, and that they had acted on their own initiative. A cameraman for France 2 was struck in the face by a police officer, knocked unconscious, and had to be sent to hospital.

Question: What did French police take from demonstrators?


Answer: Libération

Question: Which newspaper reported that only the Chinese could express themselves?


Answer: the Trocadéro

Question: Where was the only place the Tibetan flag could be held?


Answer: Michèle Alliot-Marie

Question: Who was the Minister of the Interior?


Answer: Tibetan flags

Question: What did French law enforcement take from protesters?


Answer: the Trocadéro.

Question: Where was the only place Tibetan flags were permitted?


Answer: Michèle Alliot-Marie

Question: Who said the police acted on their own in taking the flags?


Answer: a police officer

Question: Who rendered a France 2 camera person unconscious?


Answer: San Francisco

Context: United States of America: The torch relay's North American leg occurred in San Francisco, California on April 9. On the day of the relay officials diverted the torch run to an unannounced route. The start was at McCovey Cove, where Norman Bellingham of the U.S. Olympic Committee gave the torch to the first torchbearer, Chinese 1992 Olympic champion swimmer Lin Li. The planned closing ceremony at Justin Herman Plaza was cancelled and instead, a ceremony was held at San Francisco International Airport, where the torch was to leave for Buenos Aires. The route changes allowed the run to avoid large numbers of China supporters and protesters against China. As people found out there would be no closing ceremony at Justin Herman Plaza, there were angry reactions. One demonstrator was quoted as saying that the route changes were an effort to "thwart any organized protest that had been planned." San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, a critic of Mayor Gavin Newsom, said that it was a "cynical plan to please the Bush State Department and the Chinese government because of the incredible influence of money." Newsom, on the other hand, said he felt it was in "everyone's best interest" and that he believed people had been "afforded the right to protest and support the torch" despite the route changes. Peter Ueberroth, head of the U.S. Olympic Committee, praised the route changes, saying, "The city of San Francisco, from a global perspective, will be applauded." People who saw the torch were surprised and cheered as shown from live video of CBS and NBC. The cost to the city for hosting the event was reported to be USD $726,400, nearly half of which has been recovered by private fundraising. Mayor Gavin Newsom said that "exponential" costs associated with mass arrests were avoided by his decision to change the route in consultation with police chief Heather Fong.

Question: Where did the torch start it's North American route?


Answer: April 9

Question: What day did the torch arrive in San Francisco?


Answer: Lin Li

Question: What is the name of the first North American torchbearer?


Answer: San Francisco International Airport

Question: The route end was changed from Justin Herman plaza to what?


Answer: Peter Ueberroth

Question: Who was the head of the U.S. Olympic Committee?


Answer: San Francisco

Question: What city in the United States held the 2008 Olympic Torch relay?


Answer: April 9.

Question: What was the date of the relay in the United States?


Answer: Norman Bellingham

Question: What is the name of the person who handed off the torch to the torchbearer in the United States 2008 Olympic relay?


Answer: Justin Herman Plaza

Question: What is the name of the location where the relay ending event was canceled?


Answer: San Francisco Board of Supervisors

Context: On April 1, 2008, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a resolution addressing human rights concerns when the Beijing Olympic torch arrives in San Francisco on April 9. The resolution would welcome the torch with "alarm and protest at the failure of China to meet its past solemn promises to the international community, including the citizens of San Francisco, to cease the egregious and ongoing human rights abuses in China and occupied Tibet." On April 8, numerous protests were planned including one at the city's United Nations Plaza led by actor Richard Gere and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Question: Who approved a resolution concerning human rights on April 1, 2008?


Answer: human rights abuses

Question: The concern was over what in China and Tibet?


Answer: April 8

Question: What date was the protest which was led by Gere and Tutu?


Answer: April 1, 2008

Question: When was a resolution agreed to about Chinese human rights issues in San Francisco?


Answer: San Francisco Board of Supervisors

Question: Who approved the resolution?


Answer: United Nations Plaza

Question: Where was a protest planned in San Francisco?


Answer: Richard Gere

Question: What actor was scheduled to attend a San Francisco Olympic protest?


Answer: Golden Gate Bridge

Context: Some advocates for Tibet, Darfur, and the spiritual practice Falun Gong, planned to protest the April 9 arrival of the torch in San Francisco. China had already requested the torch route in San Francisco be shortened. On April 7, 2008, two days prior to the actual torch relay, three activists carrying Tibetan flags scaled the suspension cables of the Golden Gate Bridge to unfurl two banners, one saying "One World, One Dream. Free Tibet", and the other, "Free Tibet '08". Among them was San Francisco resident Laurel Sutherlin, who spoke to the local TV station KPIX-CBS5 live from a cellphone, urging the International Olympic Committee to ask China not to allow the torch to go through Tibet. "Sutherlin said he was worried that the torch's planned route through Tibet would lead to more arrests and Chinese officials would use force to stifle dissent." The three activists and five supporters face charges related to trespassing, conspiracy and causing a public nuisance.

Question: Three protester climbed what to hang two banners on April 7, 2008?


Answer: KPIX-CBS5

Question: Laurel Sutherlin spoke to which TV station about his concerns?


Answer: China

Question: Who asked that the San Francisco relay route be shortened?


Answer: Golden Gate Bridge

Question: What famous bridge had two banners hung from it by protesters?


Answer: Laurel Sutherlin

Question: Who spoke to station KPIX-CBS5 about the bridge banner protests?


Answer: five

Question: How many supporters face charges for the bridge stunt?


Answer: three

Question: How many activists may be charged with crimes for the bridge stunt?


Answer: a warehouse

Context: The torch was lit at a park outside at AT&T Park at about 1:17 pm PDT (20:17 UTC), briefly held aloft by American and Chinese Olympic officials. The relay descended into confusion as the first runner in the elaborately planned relay disappeared into a warehouse on a waterfront pier where it stayed for a half-an-hour. There were clashes between thousands of pro-China demonstrators, many of whom said they were bused in by the Chinese Consulate and other pro-China groups, and both pro-Tibet and Darfur protesters. The non-Chinese demonstrators were reported to have been swamped and trailed by angry crowds. Around 2 pm PDT (21:00 UTC), the torch resurfaced about 3 km (1.9 mi) away from the stadium along Van Ness Avenue, a heavily trafficked thoroughfare that was not on official route plans. Television reports showed the flame flanked by motorcycles and uniformed police officers. Two torchbearers carried the flame running slowly behind a truck and surrounded by Olympic security guards. During the torch relay, two torchbearers, Andrew Michael who uses a wheelchair and is the Vice President for Sustainable Development for the Bay Area Council and Director of Partnerships For Change, and an environmental advocate, Majora Carter, managed to display Tibetan flags in protest, resulting in their ejection from the relay. The closing ceremony at Justin Herman Plaza was canceled due to the presence of large numbers of protesters at the site. The torch run ended with a final stretch through San Francisco's Marina district and was then moved by bus to San Francisco International Airport for a makeshift closing ceremony at the terminal, from which the free media was excluded. San Jose Mercury News described the "deceiving" event as "a game of Where's Waldo, played against the landscape of a lovely city." International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said the San Francisco relay had "fortunately" avoided much of the disruptions that marred the legs in London and Paris, but "was, however, not the joyous party that we had wished it to be."

Question: Where did the first relay runner disappear to with the torch??


Answer: Andrew Michael

Question: Which wheelchair-bound torchbearer was ejected from the relay for showing a Tibetan flag?


Answer: Andrew Michael

Question: What wheelchair-bound bearer of the Olympic torch displayed a Tibetan flag?


Answer: Marina district

Question: Where was the last part of the San Francisco torch relay carried through before getting on a bus?


Answer: San Francisco International Airport

Question: Where was a makeshift closing ceremony held for the torch relay in San Francisco?


Answer: Van Ness Avenue

Question: After the bearer of the torch disappeared into a warehouse, what road did the relay reappear on?


Answer: April 11

Context: Argentina: The torch relay leg in Buenos Aires, Argentina, held on April 11, began with an artistic show at the Lola Mora amphitheatre in Costanera Sur. In the end of the show the mayor of Buenos Aires Mauricio Macri gave the torch to the first torchbearer, Carlos Espínola. The leg finished at the Buenos Aires Riding Club in the Palermo district, the last torchbearer being Gabriela Sabatini. The 13.8 km route included landmarks like the obelisk and Plaza de Mayo. The day was marked by several pro-Tibet protests, which included a giant banner reading "Free Tibet", and an alternative "human rights torch" that was lit by protesters and paraded along the route the flame was to take. Most of these protests were peaceful in nature, and the torch was not impeded. Chinese immigrants also turned out in support of the Games, but only minor scuffles were reported between both groups. Runners surrounded by rows of security carried the Olympic flame past thousands of jubilant Argentines in the most trouble-free torch relay in nearly a week. People showered the parade route with confetti as banks, government offices and businesses took an impromptu half-day holiday for the only Latin American stop on the flame's five-continent journey.

Question: When did the Olympic torch relay begin in Buenos Aires?


Answer: the Lola Mora amphitheatre

Question: Where did the torch route start in Buenos Aires?


Answer: Mauricio Macri

Question: Who was the mayor of Buenos Aires?


Answer: Buenos Aires

Question: Where did the Olympic torch relay begin in Argentina?


Answer: Lola Mora amphitheatre

Question: What place held an opening show for the relay?


Answer: Mauricio Macri

Question: What is the name of the mayor who passed off the torch to the first bearer in Argentina?


Answer: Carlos Espínola.

Question: Who was the first bearer of the torch in Argentina?


Answer: confetti

Question: What was showered along the route in some places?


Answer: Jorge Carcavallo

Context: Argentine activists told a news conference that they would not try to snuff out the torch's flame as demonstrators had in Paris and London. "I want to announce that we will not put out the Olympic torch," said pro-Tibet activist Jorge Carcavallo. "We'll be carrying out surprise actions throughout the city of Buenos Aires, but all of these will be peaceful." Among other activities, protesters organized an alternative march that went from the Obelisk to the city hall, featuring their own "Human Rights Torch." A giant banner reading "Free Tibet" was also displayed on the torch route. According to a representative from the NGO 'Human Rights Torch Relay', their objective was to "show the contradiction between the Olympic Games and the presence of widespread human rights violations in China"

Question: What is the name of the activist who promised peaceful protests?


Answer: from the Obelisk to the city hall

Question: What route was planned for an alternative march?


Answer: Free Tibet

Question: What was on the banner that was displayed where the torchbearers would carry the torch?


Answer: Jorge Carcavallo.

Question: What is the name of the protester who said they would not try to extinguish the torch?


Answer: Obelisk to the city hall

Question: Where did the other march travel form and to?


Answer: Human Rights Torch.

Question: What was the name given to the torch carried on the alternative march?


Answer: Free Tibet

Question: What did the large banner say that was along the alternative march route?


Answer: Human Rights Torch Relay

Question: What was the unsanctioned alternative relay called?


Answer: Susan Prager

Context: The outreach director of HRTR, Susan Prager, is also the communication director of "Friends of Falun Gong", a quasi-government non-profit funded by fmr. Congressman Tom Lanto's wife and Ambassador Mark Palmer of NED. A major setback to the event was caused by footballer Diego Maradona, scheduled to open the relay through Buenos Aires, pulling out in an attempt to avoid the Olympic controversy. Trying to avoid the scenes that marred the relay in the UK, France and the US, the city government designed a complex security operative to protect the torch relay, involving 1200 police officers and 3000 other people, including public employees and volunteers. Overall, the protests were peaceful in nature, although there were a few incidents such as the throwing of several water balloons in an attempt to extinguish the Olympic flame, and minor scuffles between Olympic protesters and supporters from Chinese immigrant communities.

Question: Who was the outreach director of HRTR?


Answer: Friends of Falun Gong

Question: What was the non profit that was funded by Mark Palmer?


Answer: Diego Maradona

Question: Which footballer decided to not be a torchbearer because of the controversy?


Answer: 1200

Question: How many police officers were in place to avoid controversy along the torch route?


Answer: water balloons

Question: What was thrown to try and put out the flame?


Answer: Friends of Falun Gong

Question: What is Susan Prager communication director of?


Answer: Diego Maradona

Question: What football star backed out due to relay controversy?


Answer: 1200

Question: How many police officers were part of the security operative?


Answer: water balloons

Question: What was tossed at the torch trying to put it out?


Answer: peaceful

Question: The protests were considered to be overall what in nature?


Answer: Dar es Salaam

Context: Tanzania: Dar es Salaam was the torch's only stop in Africa, on April 13. The relay began at the grand terminal of the TAZARA Railway, which was China's largest foreign aid project of the 1970s, and continued for 5 km through the old city to the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Temeke, which was built with Chinese aid in 2005. The torch was lit by Vice-President Ali Mohamed Shein. About a thousand people followed the relay, waving the Olympic flag. The only noted instance of protest was Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai's withdrawal from the list of torchbearers, in protest against human rights abuses in Tibet.

Question: Where was the only African destination for the torch?


Answer: April 13

Question: When did the torch arrive in Dar es Salaam?


Answer: the TAZARA Railway

Question: Where did the route start for the torch in Dar es Salaam?


Answer: Dar es Salaam

Question: Where was the solitary place the relay was held in Africa?


Answer: TAZARA

Question: What is the name of the railway where the Olympic torch relay began in Africa?


Answer: Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium

Question: Where did the relay terminate in Africa?


Answer: China

Question: What country paid for the stadium through aid money?


Answer: Vice-President Ali Mohamed Shein.

Question: Who it the torch in Africa?


Answer: Muscat

Context: Sultanate of Oman: Muscat was the torch's only stop in the Middle East, on April 14. The relay covered 20 km. No protests or incidents were reported. One of the torchbearers was Syrian actress Sulaf Fawakherji.

Question: Which Middle East location was the only area the torch visited?


Answer: April 14

Question: When did the torch arrive in Muscat?


Answer: Sulaf Fawakherji

Question: Which actress carried the torch for part of the route?


Answer: Muscat

Question: Where was the only place the Olympic torch was carried in the Middle East?


Answer: 20

Question: How far was the relay route in kilometers in the Middle East?


Answer: Sulaf Fawakherji.

Question: What is the name of the Syrian actress who was one to bear the torch?


Answer: April 16

Context: Pakistan: The Olympic torch reached Islamabad for the first time ever on April 16. President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani spoke at the opening ceremony of the relay. Security was high, for what one newspaper called the "most sensitive leg" of the torch's Olympic journey. The relay was initially supposed to carry the torch around Islamabad, but the entire relay was cancelled due to security concerns regarding "militant threats or anti-China protests", and replaced by an indoors ceremony with the torch carried around the track of Jinnah Stadium. In fear of violent protests and bomb attacks, the torch relay in Pakistan took place in a stadium behind closed doors. Although the relay was behind closed doors, thousands of policemen and soldiers guarded the flame. As a consequence, no incidents arose.

Question: When did the torch arrive in Islamabad?


Answer: Jinnah Stadium

Question: Where was an indoor ceremony held since the outdoor relay was cancelled?


Answer: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani

Question: Who spoke at the opening ceremony in Islamabad in addition to President Musharraf?


Answer: Islamabad

Question: Where did the Olympic torch relay start in Pakistan?


Answer: Jinnah Stadium.

Question: Instead of a traditinal relay, where was the track the torch was carried in Pakistan?


Answer: April 17

Context: India: Due to concerns about pro-Tibet protests, the relay through New Delhi on April 17 was cut to just 2.3 km (less than 1.5 miles), which was shared amongst 70 runners. It concluded at the India Gate. The event was peaceful due to the public not being allowed at the relay. A total of five intended torchbearers -Kiran Bedi, Soha Ali Khan, Sachin Tendulkar, Bhaichung Bhutia and Sunil Gavaskar- withdrew from the event, citing "personal reasons", or, in Bhutia's case, explicitly wishing to "stand by the people of Tibet and their struggle" and protest against the PRC "crackdown" in Tibet. Indian national football captain, Baichung Bhutia refused to take part in the Indian leg of the torch relay, citing concerns over Tibet. Bhutia, who is Sikkimese, is the first athlete to refuse to run with the torch. Indian film star Aamir Khan states on his personal blog that the "Olympic Games do not belong to China" and confirms taking part in the torch relay "with a prayer in his heart for the people of Tibet, and ... for all people across the world who are victims of human rights violations". Rahul Gandhi, son of the Congress President Sonia Gandhi and scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family, also refused to carry the torch.

Question: When did the torch visit New Delhi?


Answer: 70

Question: How many runners carried the torch in New Delhi?


Answer: Baichung Bhutia

Question: Which football captain did not participate in the relay to show support for Tibet?


Answer: five

Question: How many torchbearers did not participate because of their concerns with Tibet?


Answer: New Delhi

Question: Where did the torch relay happen in India?


Answer: 1.5

Question: How long was the route in India in miles?


Answer: 70

Question: How many bearers of the torch were used in India?


Answer: five

Question: How many bearers decided not to participate?


Answer: Baichung Bhutia

Question: What is the name of the footballer who refused to be a part of the relay?


Answer: Republic Day celebrations

Context: Wary of protests, the Indian authorities have decided to shorten the route of the relay in New Delhi, and have given it the security normally associated with Republic Day celebrations, which are considered terrorist targets. Chinese intelligence's expectations of points on the relay route that would be particularly 'vulnerable' to protesters were presented to the Indian ambassador to Beijing, Nirupama Sen. The Indian media responded angrily to the news that the ambassador, a distinguished lady diplomat, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry at 2 am local time; the news was later denied by anonymous sources in Delhi. The Indian media reported that India's Commerce Minister, Kamal Nath, cancelled an official trip to Beijing in protest, though both Nath and Chinese sources have denied it.

Question: The security given to the torch relay in New Delhi is reminiscent of the security of what?


Answer: Nirupama Sen.

Question: The Chinese presented a list of vulnerable relay locations to who?


Answer: India's Commerce Minister

Question: Who supposedly cancelled a trip to Beijing in protest?


Answer: Kamal Nath

Question: Who was said to have canceled an official trip to China in protest?


Answer: 2 am

Question: At what time in the middle of the night was the diplomat summoned?


Answer: Republic Day

Question: The Olympic relay had the same security precautions taken as what other special day?


Answer: terrorist targets.

Question: What kind of targets do Republic Day events present as?


Answer: 150,000

Context: India rejected Chinese demands that the torch route be clear of India's 150,000-strong Tibetan exile community, by which they required a ban on congregation near the curtailed 3 km route. In response Indian officials said India was a democracy, and "a wholesale ban on protests was out of the question". Contradicting some other reports, Indian officials also refused permission to the "Olympic Holy Flame Protection Unit". The combined effect is a "rapid deterioration" of relations between India and China. Meanwhile, the Tibetan government in exile, which is based in India, has stated that it did not support the disruption of the Olympic torch relay.

Question: How many people comprised the Tibetan exile community?


Answer: a democracy

Question: India refused China's request that the Tibetan exile community be avoided because they said India is what?


Answer: India

Question: Where is the exiled Tibetan government?


Answer: 150,000

Question: How many Tibetan exiles are said to be in India?


Answer: protests

Question: A wholesale ban on what was denied?


Answer: Olympic Holy Flame Protection Unit

Question: What Olympic group was denied by India?


Answer: relations

Question: What deteriorated between India and China?


Answer: the Tibetan government in exile

Question: Who said they did not support relay interruptions?


Answer: Kiran Bedi

Context: The noted Indian social activist and a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Kiran Bedi refused to participate saying "she doesn’t want to run in the event as ‘caged woman’." On April 15, Bollywood actress Soha Ali Khan pulled out of the Olympic torch relay, citing “very strong personal reasons”. On April 16, a protest was organised in Delhi "against Chinese repression in Tibet", and was broken up by the police.

Question: Who did not want to participate in the relay as 'caged woman'?


Answer: Indian Police Service

Question: Where was Bedi retired from?


Answer: Soha Ali Khan

Question: Which actress decided to not participate on April 15?


Answer: April 16

Question: When did a protest in Delhi occur to protest against Chinese repression in Tibet?


Answer: Kiran Bedi

Question: What retired police officer refused to carry the torch in India?


Answer: Soha Ali Khan

Question: What actress removed herself from participation in the relay?


Answer: Delhi

Question: Where was a protest organized about the Olympic relay in India?


Answer: police.

Question: Who disbanded the protest in Delhi?


Answer: caged woman

Question: The retired police officer said she would not run as what?


Answer: April 18

Context: Thailand: The April 18 relay through Bangkok was the Olympic flame's first visit to Thailand. The relay covered just over 10 km, and included Bangkok's Chinatown. The torch was carried past Democracy Monument, Chitralada Palace and a number of other city landmarks. M.R. Narisa Chakrabongse, Green World Foundation (GWF) chairwoman, withdrew from the torch-running ceremony, protesting against China's actions in Tibet. Several hundred protesters were present, along with Olympic supporters. Thai authorities threatened to arrest foreign protesters and ban them from future entry into Thailand. A coalition of Thai human rights groups announced that it would organise a "small demonstration" during the relay, and several hundred people did indeed take part in protests, facing Beijing supporters. Intended torchbearer Mom Rajawongse Narissara Chakrabongse boycotted the relay, to protest against China's actions in Tibet. In Bangkok, students told the media that the Chinese Embassy provided them with transportation and gave them shirts to wear.

Question: When did the Olympic torch reach Bangkok?


Answer: M.R. Narisa Chakrabongse

Question: Who is the Green World Foundation chairwoman who refused to participate in the relay?


Answer: students

Question: The media was told that the Chinese supplied with shirts and transportation?


Answer: April 18

Question: When did the torch go through Bankok?


Answer: 10

Question: The relay route was a little over how many kilometers?


Answer: foreign protesters

Question: Who were told they would be banned from reentering Thailand?


Answer: Mom Rajawongse Narissara Chakrabongse

Question: What scheduled bearer of the torch boycotted?


Answer: April 21

Context: Malaysia: The event was held in the capital city, Kuala Lumpur, on April 21. The 16.5 km long-relay began from the historic Independence Square, passed in front of several city landmarks before coming to an end at the iconic Petronas Twin Towers. Among the landmarks the Olympic flame passed next to were the Parliament House, National Mosque, KL Tower and Merdeka Stadium. A team of 1000 personnel from the Malaysian police Special Action Squad guarded the event and escorted the torchbearers. The last time an Olympic torch relay was held in Malaysia was the 1964 Tokyo edition.

Question: When did the torch visit Malaysia?


Answer: Kuala Lumpur

Question: What is the capital city of Malaysia?


Answer: Independence Square

Question: Where did the route begin in Malaysia?


Answer: 1964

Question: Prior to the 2008 games, when did Malaysia last see an Olympic torch relay?


Answer: Independence Square

Question: What is the location of the start of the relay in Malaysia?


Answer: Petronas Twin Towers.

Question: Where did the relay end in Malaysia?


Answer: 1964

Question: What year was the last torch relay event in Malaysia?


Answer: 1000

Question: How many Special Police protected the relay event?


Answer: Falun Gong

Context: Just days before the relay supporters of Falun Gong demonstrated in front of the Chinese embassy in the Malaysian capital. As many as 1,000 personnel from the special police unit were expected to be deployed on the day of the relay. A Japanese family with Malaysian citizenship and their 5-year-old child who unfurled a Tibetan flag were hit by a group of Chinese nationals with plastic air-filled batons and heckled by a crowd of Chinese citizens during the confrontation at Independence Square where the relay began, and the Chinese group shouted: "Taiwan and Tibet belong to China." Later during the day, the Chinese volunteers forcefully took away placards from two other Malaysians protesting at the relay. One of the protesting Malaysian was hit in the head.

Question: Which supporters protested near the Chinese embassy in Malaysia?


Answer: Falun Gong

Question: Supporters of what demonstrated at the Chinese embassy in Malaysia?


Answer: plastic air-filled batons

Question: What were a Japanese family who unveiled a Tibetan flag hit with?


Answer: Taiwan and Tibet belong to China.

Question: What did the Chinese group yell?


Answer: placards

Question: What did Chinese volunteers take from two Malaysian demonstrators?


Answer: April 22

Context: Indonesia: The Olympic flame reached Jakarta on April 22. The original 20 km relay through Jakarta was cancelled due to "security worries", at the request of the Chinese embassy, and the torch was instead carried round the city main's stadium, as it had been in Islamabad. Several dozen pro-Tibet protesters gathered near the stadium, and were dispersed by the police. The event was held in the streets around the city main's stadium. The cancelling of the relay through the city itself was decided due to security concerns and at the request of the Chinese embassy. Only invitees and journalists were admitted inside the stadium. Protests took place outside the stadium.

Question: When did the Olympic torch visit Jakarta?


Answer: the Chinese embassy

Question: Who requested that the original route be cancelled?


Answer: journalists

Question: Along with invited people, who were the only other people allowed in the stadium?


Answer: Jakarta

Question: Where did the torch relay begin in Indonesia?


Answer: 20

Question: How many kilometers was the planned route that was cancelled?


Answer: security worries

Question: Why was the first route not taken?


Answer: stadium.

Question: What type of facility was the torch carried at instead.


Answer: outside the stadium.

Question: Where did protests occur when non one except invited guests and the press were allowed inside the stadium?


Answer: April 24

Context: Australia: The event was held in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory on April 24, and covered around 16 km of Canberra's central areas, from Reconciliation Place to Commonwealth Park. Upon its arrival in Canberra, the Olympic flame was presented by Chinese officials to local Aboriginal elder Agnes Shea, of the Ngunnawal people. She, in turn, offered them a message stick, as a gift of peace and welcome. Hundreds of pro-Tibet protesters and thousands of Chinese students reportedly attended. Demonstrators and counter-demonstrators were kept apart by the Australian Federal Police. Preparations for the event were marred by a disagreement over the role of the Chinese flame attendants, with Australian and Chinese officials arguing publicly over their function and prerogatives during a press conference.

Question: When did the torch arrive in Canberra?


Answer: Agnes Shea

Question: Who received the flame from Chinese officials in Canberra?


Answer: a message stick

Question: What did Agnes Shea give to the Chinese in return?


Answer: Australian and Chinese officials

Question: Who publicly argued at a press conference?


Answer: Canberra

Question: Where was the relay held in Australia?


Answer: 16

Question: How many kilometers was the route in Australia?


Answer: Reconciliation Place

Question: What was the location of the beginning of the Olympic torch route in Australia?


Answer: Australian Federal Police.

Question: Who kept the demonstrators separated?


Answer: Agnes Shea

Question: What is the name of the Aboriginal elder who received the torch from Chinese officials?


Answer: People's Liberation Army personnel

Context: Following the events in Olympia, there were reports that China requested permission to deploy People's Liberation Army personnel along the relay route to protect the flame in Canberra. Australian authorities stated that such a request, if it were to be made, would be refused. Chinese officials labeled it a rumor. Australian police have been given powers to search relay spectators, following a call by the Chinese Students and Scholars Association for Chinese Australian students to "go defend our sacred torch" against "ethnic degenerate scum and anti-China separatists". Tony Goh, chairman of the Australian Council of Chinese Organisations, has said the ACCO would be taking "thousands" of pro-Beijing demonstrators to Canberra by bus, to support the torch relay. Zhang Rongan, a Chinese Australian student organising pro-Beijing demonstrations, told the press that Chinese diplomats were assisting with the organization of buses, meals and accommodation for pro-Beijing demonstrators, and helping them organise a "peaceful show of strength". Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Chinese officials were urging supporters to "turn up and put a point of view", but that he had no objection to it as long as they remained peaceful.

Question: Who did the Chinese want to deploy to Canberra to protect the flame?


Answer: sacred torch

Question: Chinese Australian students were told to defend what against scum and separatists?


Answer: Tony Goh

Question: Who was the chairman of the Australian Council of Chinese Organisations?


Answer: Stephen Smith

Question: Who was the Foreign Minister who said he was okay with protests as long as they were peaceful?


Answer: People's Liberation Army

Question: What group did China want along the relay route in Canberra?


Answer: Australian police

Question: Who was given permission to search attendees of the relay?


Answer: Tony Goh

Question: Who said that thousands of pro-Beijing supporters would be bused in?


Answer: Zhang Rongan

Question: Who told the media that Chinese diplomats were arranging a "peaceful show of strength"?


Answer: Stephen Smith

Question: Who was the Foreign Minister who indicated Chinese officials wanted supporting demonstrators to show up and show their point of view?


Answer: Lin Hatfield Dodds

Context: Intended torchbearer Lin Hatfield Dodds withdrew from the event, explaining that she wished to express concern about China's human rights record. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said her decision was "a very good example of peacefully making a point".

Question: Who withdrew as a torchbearer because of her concerns about human rights?


Answer: Foreign Minister Stephen Smith

Question: Who said Dodds' withdrawal was a good example of peacefully protesting?


Answer: Lin Hatfield Dodds

Question: Who withdrew from the torch event?


Answer: Stephen Smith

Question: Who was the foreign minister that said her decision was a good example of peacefully making a point?


Answer: Ted Quinlan

Context: Up to 600 pro-Tibet protesters were expected to attend the relay, along with between 2,000 and 10,000 Chinese supporters. Taking note of the high number of Chinese supporters, Ted Quinlan, head of the Canberra torch relay committee, said: "We didn't expect this reaction from the Chinese community. It is obviously a well-coordinated plan to take the day by weight of numbers. But we have assurances that it will be done peacefully.". Also, Australia's ACT Chief Minister, Jon Stanhope confirmed that the Chinese embassy was closely involve to ensure that "pro-China demonstrators vastly outnumbered Tibetan activists." Australian freestyle swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe ended the Australian leg of the torch relay April 24, 2008, touching the flame to light a cauldron after a run that was only marginally marked by protests. People demonstrated both for China and for Tibet. At least five people were arrested during the torch relay. Police said "the five were arrested for interfering with the event under special powers enacted in the wake of massive protests against Chinese policy toward Tibet." At one point, groups of Chinese students surrounded and intimidated pro-Tibet protesters. One person had to be pulled aboard a police launch when a group of pro-Chinese students looked like they might force him into the lake.

Question: Who was the head of the Canberra torch relay committee?


Answer: 600

Question: How many supporters of Tibet were expected in Canberra to protest?


Answer: the Chinese embassy

Question: ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope said which organization intended to ensure that China supporters outweighed Tibet supporters?


Answer: Ian Thorpe

Question: Which athlete carried the torch for the final leg?


Answer: Up to 600

Question: How many supporters of Tibet were expected to attend the torch relay?


Answer: between 2,000 and 10,000

Question: It was thought that how many Chinese supporters would attend the torch relay?


Answer: Ted Quinlan

Question: Who did not expect that reaction from the Chinese community?


Answer: the Chinese embassy

Question: Who was involved to ensure the pro Chinese demonstrators outweighed the Tibetan demonstrators?


Answer: Nagano

Context: Japan: The event was held in Nagano, which hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics, on April 26. Japanese Buddhist temple Zenkō-ji, which was originally scheduled to be the starting point for the Olympic torch relay in Nagano, refused to host the torch and pulled out of the relay plans, amid speculation that monks there sympathized with anti-Chinese government protesters. as well as the risk of disruption by violent protests. Parts of Zenkō-ji temple's main building (Zenkō-ji Hondō), reconstructed in 1707 and one of the National Treasures of Japan, was then vandalized with spraypaint. A new starting point, previously the site of a municipal building and now a parking lot, was chosen by the city. An event the city had planned to hold at the Minami Nagano Sports Park following the torch relay was also canceled out of concern about disruptions caused by demonstrators protesting against China's recent crackdown in Tibet. Thousands of riot police were mobilized to protect the torch along its route. The show of force kept most protesters in check, but slogans shouted by pro-China or pro-Tibet demonstrators, Japanese nationalists, and human rights organizations flooded the air. Five men were arrested and four injured amidst scenes of mob violence. The torch route was packed with mostly peaceful demonstrators. The public was not allowed at the parking lot where the relay started. After the Zenkoji monks held a prayer ceremony for victims of the recent events in Tibet. More than 100 police officers ran with the torch and riot police lined the streets while three helicopters flew above. Only two Chinese guards were allowed to accompany the torch because of Japan's concern over their treatment of demonstrators at previous relays. A man with a Tibetan flag tried to stop the torch at the beginning of the relay but was dragged off by police. Some raw eggs were also thrown from the crowd.

Question: Who hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics?


Answer: April 26

Question: When did the torch arrive in Nagano?


Answer: Nagano

Question: Where was the torch relay held in Japan?


Answer: 1998 Winter Olympics

Question: Which Olympics did Nagano host?


Answer: Japanese Buddhist temple Zenkō-ji

Question: What location was supposed to be the start of the relay event in Nagano?


Answer: a municipal building

Question: When monks pulled out of the event, where was the new starting point for the relay?


Answer: two

Question: How many Chinese guards were allowed to go with the torch?


Answer: Seoul

Context: South Korea: The event was held in Seoul, which hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics, on April 27. Intended torchbearers Choi Seung-kook and Park Won-sun boycotted the event to protest against the Chinese government's crackdown in Tibet. More than 8,000 riot police were deployed to guard the 24-kilometre route, which began at Olympic Park, which was built when Seoul hosted the 1988 Summer Games. On the day of the torch relay in Seoul, Chinese students clashed with protesters, throwing rocks, bottles, and punches. A North Korean defector whose brother defected to China but was captured and executed by the DPRK, attempted to set himself on fire in protest of China's treatment of North Korean refugees. He poured gasoline on himself but police quickly surrounded him and carried him away. Two other demonstrators tried to storm the torch but failed. Fighting broke out near the beginning of the relay between a group of 500 Chinese supporters and approximately 50 protesters who carried a banner that read: "Free North Korean refugees in China." The students threw stones and water bottles as approximately 2,500 police tried to keep the groups separated. Police said they arrested five people, including a Chinese student who was arrested for allegedly throwing rocks. Thousands of Chinese followed the torch on its 4.5 hour journey, some chanting, "Go China, go Olympics!" By the end of the relay, Chinese students became violent, and it was reported in Korean media that they were "lynching" everyone who was disagreeing with them. One police man was also rushed to hospital after being attacked by Chinese students. On Apr 29, the Secretary of Justice, Kim Kyung Han, told the prime minister that he will find "every single Chinese who was involved and bring them to justice." Later in the day, South Korea's Prosecutor's Office, National Police Agency, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Intelligence Service made a joint statement saying that they will be deporting every Chinese student that was involved in the incident. China defended the conduct of the students.

Question: Where was the torch relay event held in South Korea?


Answer: 1988 Summer Olympics

Question: When did Seoul host the Olympics?


Answer: Olympic Park

Question: Where was the start point for the relay?


Answer: Chinese students

Question: Who became violent during the relay route and was promised deportation when caught?


Answer: Seoul

Question: Where was the relay event held in South Korea?


Answer: 1988 Summer Olympics

Question: Which Olympics did Seoul host?


Answer: April 28

Context: North Korea: The event was held in Pyongyang on April 28. It was the first time that the Olympic torch has traveled to North Korea. A crowd of thousands waving pink paper flowers and small flags with the Beijing Olympics logo were organized by the authoritarian regime watched the beginning of the relay in Pyongyang, some waving Chinese flags. The event was presided over by the head of the country's parliament, Kim Yong Nam. The North, an ally of China, has been critical of disruptions to the torch relay elsewhere and has supported Beijing in its actions against protests in Tibet. Kim passed the torch to the first runner Pak Du Ik, who played on North Korea's 1966 World Cup soccer team, as he began the 19-kilometre route through Pyongyang. The relay began from the large sculpted flame of the obelisk of the Juche Tower, which commemorates the national ideology of Juche, or "self-reliance", created by the country's late founding President Kim Il Sung, father of leader Kim Jong Il, who did not attend.

Question: When did the torch arrive in Pyongyang?


Answer: Kim Yong Nam

Question: Who presided over the torch event in North Korea?


Answer: Pak Du Ik

Question: Who was the first torchbearer in North Korea?


Answer: the Juche Tower

Question: Where did the relay start?


Answer: Pyongyang.

Question: Where was the relay event held in North Korea?


Answer: April 28.

Question: What date did the torch relay event take place?


Answer: pink paper flowers and small flags

Question: What did people in the crowd wave at the beginning of the relay?


Answer: Pak Du Ik

Question: Who was the first runner with the torch?


Answer: a propaganda stunt.

Context: The United Nations Organization and its children's agency UNICEF withdrew their staff, saying that it wasn't sure the event would help its mission of raising awareness of conditions for children and amid concerns that the relay would be used as a propaganda stunt. "It was unconscionable," said a UN official who was briefed on the arguments. North Korea is frequently listed among the world’s worst offenders against human rights.

Question: The United Nations Organization and UNICEF felt the relay could be used as what?


Answer: against human rights.

Question: North Korea is often listed among the worst offenders in the world in what regard?


Answer: UNICEF

Question: What is the children's agency of the United Nations Organization?


Answer: their staff

Question: Both organizations withdrew what?


Answer: raising awareness of conditions for children

Question: What is the mission of the organizations?


Answer: North Korea

Question: Who is often listed amongst the world's worst offenders when it comes to human rights?