Answer: Lisbon, Algarve, Madeira, Porto and the city of Coimbra

Context: Tourist hotspots in Portugal are Lisbon, Algarve, Madeira, Porto and the city of Coimbra, also, between 4-5 million religious pilgrims visit Fátima each year, where apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to three shepherd children reportedly took place in 1917. The Sanctuary of Fátima is one of the largest Roman Catholic shrines in the world. The Portuguese government continues to promote and develop new tourist destinations, such as the Douro Valley, the island of Porto Santo, and Alentejo. Lisbon is the 16th European city which attracts the most tourists (with seven million tourists occupying the city's hotels in 2006, a number that grew 11.8% compared to previous year). Lisbon in recent years surpassed the Algarve as the leading tourist region in Portugal. Porto and Northern Portugal, especially the urban areas north of Douro River valley, was the tourist destination which grew most (11.9%) in 2006, surpassing Madeira (in 2010), as the third most visited destination.[citation needed]

Question: What are the tourist hotspots in Portugal?


Answer: Fátima

Question: Where do 4-5 million religious pilgrims visit in Portugal every year?


Answer: Blessed Virgin Mary to three shepherd children

Question: What apparitions reportedly took place in 1917?


Answer: Douro Valley, the island of Porto Santo, and Alentejo

Question: What tourist destinations are the Portuguese government continuing to promote and develop?


Answer: Lisbon

Question: What is the 16th European city to attract the most tourists?


Answer: fast economic growth with increasing consumption and purchase of new automobiles

Context: By the early 1970s Portugal's fast economic growth with increasing consumption and purchase of new automobiles set the priority for improvements in transportation. Again in the 1990s, after joining the European Economic Community, the country built many new motorways. Today, the country has a 68,732 km (42,708 mi) road network, of which almost 3,000 km (1,864 mi) are part of system of 44 motorways. Opened in 1944, the first motorway (which linked Lisbon to the National Stadium) was an innovative project that made Portugal among one of the first countries in the world to establish a motorway (this roadway eventually became the Lisbon-Cascais highway, or A5). But, although a few other tracts were created (around 1960 and 1970), it was only after the beginning of the 1980s that large-scale motorway construction was implemented. In 1972, Brisa, the highway concessionaire, was founded to handle the management of many of the regions motorways. On many highways, toll needs to be paid, see Via Verde. Vasco da Gama bridge is the longest bridge in Europe.

Question: What prompted transportation improvements in Portugal in the 1970's?


Answer: new motorways

Question: After joining the European Economic Community in the 90's, what did Portugal begin building?


Answer: 68,732 km (42,708 mi)

Question: How long is Portugal's total road network?


Answer: 1944

Question: In which year was the first motorway opened in Portugal?


Answer: 89,015 km2 (34,369 sq mi)

Context: Continental Portugal's 89,015 km2 (34,369 sq mi) territory is serviced by four international airports located near the principal cities of Lisbon, Porto, Faro and Beja. Lisbon's geographical position makes it a stopover for many foreign airlines at several airports within the country. The primary flag-carrier is TAP Portugal, although many other domestic airlines provide services within and without the country. The government decided to build a new airport outside Lisbon, in Alcochete, to replace Lisbon Portela Airport, though this plan has been stalled due to the austerity. Currently, the most important airports are in Lisbon, Porto, Faro, Funchal (Madeira), and Ponta Delgada (Azores), managed by the national airport authority group ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal.

Question: How much land does the Continental Portugal cover?


Answer: four

Question: How many national airports does Portugal have?


Answer: Lisbon, Porto, Faro and Beja

Question: Near what cities are the Portuguese airports located?


Answer: geographical position

Question: Why is Lisbon a popular stopover for many foreign airlines?


Answer: TAP Portugal

Question: What is the primary flag-carrier in Portugal?


Answer: Spain

Context: A national railway system that extends throughout the country and into Spain, is supported and administered by Comboios de Portugal. Rail transport of passengers and goods is derived using the 2,791 km (1,734 mi) of railway lines currently in service, of which 1,430 km (889 mi) are electrified and about 900 km (559 mi) allow train speeds greater than 120 km/h (75 mph). The railway network is managed by the REFER while the transport of passengers and goods are the responsibility of Comboios de Portugal (CP), both public companies. In 2006 the CP carried 133 million passengers and 9,750,000 t (9,600,000 long tons; 10,700,000 short tons) of goods.

Question: Into what country does Portugal's railway system expand?


Answer: Comboios de Portugal

Question: What entity supports and administrates Portugal's railway system?


Answer: 2,791 km (1,734 mi)

Question: How long is the total railway system in Portugal?


Answer: 1,430 km (889 mi)

Question: How long is the amount of railway lines that are electrified?


Answer: 900 km (559 mi)

Question: How long is the amount of railway lines that permit speeds greater than 120 km/h?


Answer: Lisbon Metro and Metro Sul do Tejo in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area and Porto Metro in the Porto Metropolitan Area

Context: The two largest metropolitan areas have subway systems: Lisbon Metro and Metro Sul do Tejo in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area and Porto Metro in the Porto Metropolitan Area, each with more than 35 km (22 mi) of lines. In Portugal, Lisbon tram services have been supplied by the Companhia de Carris de Ferro de Lisboa (Carris), for over a century. In Porto, a tram network, of which only a tourist line on the shores of the Douro remain, began construction on 12 September 1895 (a first for the Iberian Peninsula). All major cities and towns have their own local urban transport network, as well as taxi services.

Question: What are the two subway systems in Portugal?


Answer: more than 35 km (22 mi)

Question: How long are each of the subway systems?


Answer: Companhia de Carris de Ferro de Lisboa (Carris)

Question: By what company have the Lisbon tram services been supplies by?


Answer: over a century

Question: For how long has the Libon tram service existed?


Answer: R&D units belonging to public universities and state-managed autonomous research institutions

Context: Scientific and technological research activities in Portugal are mainly conducted within a network of R&D units belonging to public universities and state-managed autonomous research institutions like the INETI – Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação and the INRB – Instituto Nacional dos Recursos Biológicos. The funding and management of this research system is mainly conducted under the authority of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education (MCTES) itself and the MCTES's Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT). The largest R&D units of the public universities by volume of research grants and peer-reviewed publications, include biosciences research institutions like the Instituto de Medicina Molecular, the Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, the IPATIMUP, the Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular and the Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute.

Question: In what type of network are most scientific research studies conducted in Portugal?


Answer: INETI – Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação

Question: What is one example of a state-managed autonomous research institution?


Answer: Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education (MCTES)

Question: By which ministry is authority granted for funding and managing Portugal's research system?


Answer: Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência and the Champalimaud Foundation

Context: Among the largest non-state-run research institutions in Portugal are the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência and the Champalimaud Foundation, a neuroscience and oncology research centre, which in addition awards every year one of the highest monetary prizes of any science prize in the world. A number of both national and multinational high-tech and industrial companies, are also responsible for research and development projects. One of the oldest learned societies of Portugal is the Sciences Academy of Lisbon, founded in 1779.

Question: What are two of the large non-state run research institutions in Portugal?


Answer: neuroscience and oncology research centre

Question: What is the Champalimaud Foundation?


Answer: one of the highest monetary prizes of any science prize in the world

Question: What does the Champalimaud Foundation award every year?


Answer: 1779

Question: In what year was the Sciences Academy of Lisbon founded?


Answer: Lisbon Oceanarium

Context: Portugal has the largest aquarium in Europe, the Lisbon Oceanarium, and the Portuguese have several other notable organizations focused on science-related exhibits and divulgation, like the state agency Ciência Viva, a programme of the Portuguese Ministry of Science and Technology to the promotion of a scientific and technological culture among the Portuguese population, the Science Museum of the University of Coimbra, the National Museum of Natural History at the University of Lisbon, and the Visionarium.

Question: What is the name of the largest European aquarium?


Answer: scientific and technological culture among the Portuguese population

Question: What does the state agency Ciencia Viva promote?


Answer: Science Museum of the University of Coimbra, the National Museum of Natural History at the University of Lisbon, and the Visionarium

Question: What are some examples of notable organizations focused on scientific exhibitions?


Answer: the emergence and growth of several science parks throughout the world

Context: With the emergence and growth of several science parks throughout the world that helped create many thousands of scientific, technological and knowledge-based businesses, Portugal started to develop several science parks across the country. These include the Taguspark (in Oeiras), the Coimbra iParque (in Coimbra), the biocant (in Cantanhede), the Madeira Tecnopolo (in Funchal), Sines Tecnopolo (in Sines), Tecmaia (in Maia) and Parkurbis (in Covilhã). Companies locate in the Portuguese science parks to take advantage of a variety of services ranging from financial and legal advice through to marketing and technological support.

Question: What was responsible for creating thousands of scientific, technological, and knowledge-based businesses?


Answer: Taguspark (in Oeiras), the Coimbra iParque (in Coimbra), the biocant (in Cantanhede), the Madeira Tecnopolo (in Funchal)

Question: What are some examples of the science parks being built in Portugal?


Answer: take advantage of a variety of services ranging from financial and legal advice through to marketing and technological support

Question: For what reason to companies locate in the Portuguese science parks?


Answer: wind and river power

Context: Portugal has considerable resources of wind and river power, the two most cost-effective renewable sources. Since the turn of the 21st century, there has been a trend towards the development of a renewable resource industry and reduction of both consumption and use of fossil fuel resources. In 2006, the world's largest solar power plant at that date, the Moura Photovoltaic Power Station, began operating near Moura, in the south, while the world's first commercial wave power farm, the Aguçadoura Wave Farm, opened in the Norte region (2008). By the end of 2006, 66% of the country's electrical production was from coal and fuel power plants, while 29% were derived from hydroelectric dams, and 6% by wind energy.

Question: What are the two most considerable sources of renewable energy in Portugal?


Answer: Moura, in the south

Question: Where was Moura Photovoltaic Power Station located?


Answer: Norte region

Question: Where was the Agucadoura Wave Farm located?


Answer: 29%

Question: By the end of 2006, what percentage of Portugal's energy production was from renewable sources?


Answer: Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN)

Context: Portugal’s national energy transmission company, Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN), uses sophisticated modeling to predict weather, especially wind patterns, and computer programs to calculate energy from the various renewable-energy plants. Before the solar/wind revolution, Portugal had generated electricity from hydropower plants on its rivers for decades. New programs combine wind and water: wind-driven turbines pump water uphill at night, the most blustery period; then the water flows downhill by day, generating electricity, when consumer demand is highest. Portugal’s distribution system is also now a two-way street. Instead of just delivering electricity, it draws electricity from even the smallest generators, like rooftop solar panels. The government aggressively encouraged such contributions by setting a premium price for those who buy rooftop-generated solar electricity.

Question: What is the name of Portugal's national energy transmission company?


Answer: uses sophisticated modeling to predict weather, especially wind patterns, and computer programs to calculate energy from the various renewable-energy plants

Question: What does REN do?


Answer: hydropower plants on its rivers

Question: Through what renewable resource had Portugal generated electricity before the solar/wind revolution?


Answer: wind-driven turbines

Question: What is used to pump water uphill in Portugal?


Answer: setting a premium price

Question: How did the Portuguese government encourage rooftop solar panels?


Answer: 10,562,178

Context: The Statistics Portugal (Portuguese: INE - Instituto Nacional de Estatística) estimates that, according to the 2011 census, the population was 10,562,178 (of which 52% was female, 48% was male). This population has been relatively homogeneous for most of its history: a single religion (Catholicism) and a single language have contributed to this ethnic and national unity, namely after the expulsion of the Moors and Jews. A considerable number of Moors and Jews, nevertheless, stayed in Portugal, under the condition that they converted to Catholicism, and afterwards they were known as Mouriscos (former Muslims) and Cristãos Novos (New Christians or former Jews) some of whom may have continued to observe rabbinic Judaism in secret, as in the case of the secret Jews of Belmonte, who now observe the Jewish faith openly. After 1772 the distinction between Old and New Christians was abolished by decree. Some famous Portuguese New Christians were the mathematician Pedro Nunes and the physician and naturalist Garcia de Orta.

Question: What was the Portuguese population in 2011?


Answer: 52%

Question: What percentage of the Portuguese population in 2011 was female?


Answer: 48%

Question: What percentage of the Portuguese population in 2011 was male?


Answer: Catholicism

Question: What is the dominant religion in Portugal?


Answer: Mouriscos

Question: What were the Moors who converted to Catholicism known as?


Answer: Paleolithic peoples

Context: The most important demographic influence in the modern Portuguese seems to be the oldest one; current interpretation of Y-chromosome and mtDNA data suggests that the Portuguese have their origin in Paleolithic peoples that began arriving to the European continent around 45,000 years ago. All subsequent migrations did leave an impact, genetically and culturally, but the main population source of the Portuguese is still Paleolithic. Genetic studies show Portuguese populations not to be significantly different from other European populations.

Question: In what group of people do the Portuguese have their origin?


Answer: 45,000 years ago

Question: When did people first start arriving in the European continent?


Answer: Paleolithic

Question: What is the main population source of the Portuguese people?


Answer: colonial history

Context: Portugal's colonial history has long since been a cornerstone of its national identity, as has its geographic position at the south-western corner of Europe, looking out into the Atlantic Ocean. It was one of the last western colonial European powers to give up its overseas territories (among them Angola and Mozambique in 1975), turning over the administration of Macau to the People's Republic of China at the end of 1999. Consequently, it has both influenced and been influenced by cultures from former colonies or dependencies, resulting in immigration from these former territories for both economic and/or personal reasons. Portugal, long a country of emigration (the vast majority of Brazilians have Portuguese ancestry), has now become a country of net immigration, and not just from the last Indian (Portuguese until 1961), African (Portuguese until 1975), and Far East Asian (Portuguese until 1999) overseas territories. An estimated 800,000 Portuguese returned to Portugal as the country's African possessions gained independence in 1975. By 2007, Portugal had 10,617,575 inhabitants of whom about 332,137 were legal immigrants.

Question: What is the cornerstone of Portugal's national identity?


Answer: Atlantic Ocean

Question: Which ocean does Portugal border?


Answer: Angola and Mozambique

Question: What were two of the last territories Portugal gave up?


Answer: Portuguese

Question: The vast majority of Brazilians have what ancestry in common?


Answer: 10,617,575

Question: How many inhabitants did Portugal have by 2007?


Answer: 81.0%

Context: According to the 2011 Census, 81.0% of the Portuguese population are Roman Catholic. The country has small Protestant, Latter-day Saint, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Eastern Orthodox Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Baha'i, Buddhist, Jewish and Spiritist communities. Influences from African Traditional Religion and Chinese Traditional Religion are also felt among many people, particularly in fields related with Traditional Chinese Medicine and African Witch Doctors. Some 6.8% of the population declared themselves to be non-religious, and 8.3% did not give any answer about their religion.

Question: What percentage of the Portuguese people are Roman Catholic?


Answer: Protestant, Latter-day Saint, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Eastern Orthodox Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Baha'i, Buddhist, Jewish and Spiritist

Question: What other religious communities exist in Portugal?


Answer: 6.8%

Question: What percentage of the Portuguese people identify as non-religious?


Answer: 8.3%

Question: What percentage of the Portuguese population did not give an answer for their religion in the 2011 census?


Answer: Christian

Context: Many Portuguese holidays, festivals and traditions have a Christian origin or connotation. Although relations between the Portuguese state and the Roman Catholic Church were generally amiable and stable since the earliest years of the Portuguese nation, their relative power fluctuated. In the 13th and 14th centuries, the church enjoyed both riches and power stemming from its role in the reconquest, its close identification with early Portuguese nationalism and the foundation of the Portuguese educational system, including the first university. The growth of the Portuguese overseas empire made its missionaries important agents of colonization, with important roles in the education and evangelization of people from all the inhabited continents. The growth of liberal and nascent republican movements during the eras leading to the formation of the First Portuguese Republic (1910–26) changed the role and importance of organized religion.

Question: In what religion do many Portuguese holidays and festivals find their origin?


Answer: 13th and 14th

Question: In what centuries did the Roman Catholic Church play a role in the reconquest?


Answer: formation of the First Portuguese Republic

Question: What changed the role and importance of organized religion in Portugal?


Answer: 1910–26

Question: During what years did the formation of the First Portuguese Republic take place?


Answer: 25 July 1139

Context: Within the white inescutcheon, the five quinas (small blue shields) with their five white bezants representing the five wounds of Christ (Portuguese: Cinco Chagas) when crucified and are popularly associated with the "Miracle of Ourique". The story associated with this miracle tells that before the Battle of Ourique (25 July 1139), an old hermit appeared before Count Afonso Henriques (future Afonso I) as a divine messenger. He foretold Afonso's victory and assured him that God was watching over him and his peers. The messenger advised him to walk away from his camp, alone, if he heard a nearby chapel bell tolling, in the following night. In doing so, he witnessed an apparition of Jesus on the cross. Ecstatic, Afonso heard Jesus promising victories for the coming battles, as well as God's wish to act through Afonso, and his descendants, in order to create an empire which would carry His name to unknown lands, thus choosing the Portuguese to perform great tasks.

Question: On what date did the Battle of Ourique take place?


Answer: victories for the coming battles, as well as God's wish to act through Afonso

Question: Afonso heard Jesus promising what?


Answer: in order to create an empire which would carry His name to unknown lands

Question: Why did God want to act through Afonso?


Answer: Portuguese

Context: Portuguese is the official language of Portugal. Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Northern Portugal, originating from Galician-Portuguese, which was the common language of the Galician and Portuguese people until the independence of Portugal. Particularly in the North of Portugal, there are still many similarities between the Galician culture and the Portuguese culture. Galicia is a consultative observer of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries. According to the Ethnologue of Languages, Portuguese and Spanish have a lexical similarity of 89% - educated speakers of each language can communicate easily with one another.

Question: What is the official name of Portugal?


Answer: Romance

Question: What type of language is Portuguese?


Answer: Galicia and Northern Portugal

Question: Where did Portuguese originate?


Answer: Galician-Portuguese

Question: What was the common name of the Galician and Portuguese people?


Answer: Latin

Context: The Portuguese language is derived from the Latin spoken by the romanized Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago—particularly the Celts, Tartessians, Lusitanians and Iberians. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the language spread worldwide as Portugal established a colonial and commercial empire between 1415 and 1999. Portuguese is now spoken as a native language in five different continents, with Brazil accounting for the largest number of native Portuguese speakers of any country (200 million speakers in 2012).

Question: From what language is Portuguese derived?


Answer: Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula

Question: By what group of people is Portuguese derived?


Answer: 1415 and 1999

Question: Between what years did Portugal establish a colonial and commercial empire?


Answer: five

Question: In how many continents is Portuguese spoken as a native language?


Answer: Brazil

Question: What country has the largest number of native Portuguese speakers?


Answer: 99 percent

Context: The total adult literacy rate is 99 percent. Portuguese primary school enrollments are close to 100 percent. According to the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009, the average Portuguese 15-year-old student, when rated in terms of reading literacy, mathematics and science knowledge, is placed at the same level as those students from the United States, Sweden, Germany, Ireland, France, Denmark, United Kingdom, Hungary and Taipei, with 489 points (493 is the average). Over 35% of college-age citizens (20 years old) attend one of the country's higher education institutions (compared with 50% in the United States and 35% in the OECD countries). In addition to being a destination for international students, Portugal is also among the top places of origin for international students. All higher education students, both domestic and international, totaled 380,937 in 2005.

Question: What is the adult literacy rate in Portugal?


Answer: 100 percent

Question: Portuguese primary school enrollment is close to what percent?


Answer: Over 35%

Question: What percentage of college-age citizens attend a higher education institution in Portugal?


Answer: 50%

Question: What percentage of college-age citizens attend a higher education institution in the United States?


Answer: 1290

Context: Portuguese universities have existed since 1290. The oldest Portuguese university was first established in Lisbon before moving to Coimbra. Historically, within the scope of the Portuguese Empire, the Portuguese founded the oldest engineering school of the Americas (the Real Academia de Artilharia, Fortificação e Desenho of Rio de Janeiro) in 1792, as well as the oldest medical college in Asia (the Escola Médico-Cirúrgica of Goa) in 1842. The largest university in Portugal is the University of Lisbon.

Question: Since when have Portuguese universities existed?


Answer: Lisbon

Question: Where was the oldest Portuguese university established?


Answer: Coimbra

Question: Where did the oldest Portuguese university relocate to?


Answer: the Real Academia de Artilharia, Fortificação e Desenho of Rio de Janeiro

Question: What is the oldest engineering school of the Americas?


Answer: the Escola Médico-Cirúrgica of Goa

Question: What is the oldest medical college in Asia?


Answer: 2006

Context: The Bologna process has been adopted, since 2006, by Portuguese universities and poly-technical institutes. Higher education in state-run educational establishments is provided on a competitive basis, a system of numerus clausus is enforced through a national database on student admissions. However, every higher education institution offers also a number of additional vacant places through other extraordinary admission processes for sportsmen, mature applicants (over 23 years old), international students, foreign students from the Lusosphere, degree owners from other institutions, students from other institutions (academic transfer), former students (readmission), and course change, which are subject to specific standards and regulations set by each institution or course department. Most student costs are supported with public money. However, with the increasing tuition fees a student has to pay to attend a Portuguese state-run higher education institution and the attraction of new types of students (many as part-time students or in evening classes) like employees, businessmen, parents, and pensioners, many departments make a substantial profit from every additional student enrolled in courses, with benefits for the college or university's gross tuition revenue and without loss of educational quality (teacher per student, computer per student, classroom size per student, etc.).

Question: When was the Bologna process adopted?


Answer: public money

Question: What are most higher education student costs supported with?


Answer: over 23 years old

Question: Over what age are higher education applicants considered mature?


Answer: developing health policy as well as managing the SNS

Context: The Ministry of Health is responsible for developing health policy as well as managing the SNS. Five regional health administrations are in charge of implementing the national health policy objectives, developing guidelines and protocols and supervising health care delivery. Decentralization efforts have aimed at shifting financial and management responsibility to the regional level. In practice, however, the autonomy of regional health administrations over budget setting and spending has been limited to primary care.

Question: What is the Ministry of Health responsible for?


Answer: Five

Question: How many regional health administrations exist in Portugal?


Answer: implementing the national health policy objectives, developing guidelines and protocols and supervising health care delivery

Question: What are the regional health administrations in charge of?


Answer: noncommunicable diseases

Context: Similar to the other Eur-A countries, most Portuguese die from noncommunicable diseases. Mortality from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is higher than in the eurozone, but its two main components, ischaemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease, display inverse trends compared with the Eur-A, with cerebrovascular disease being the single biggest killer in Portugal (17%). Portuguese people die 12% less often from cancer than in the Eur-A, but mortality is not declining as rapidly as in the Eur-A. Cancer is more frequent among children as well as among women younger than 44 years. Although lung cancer (slowly increasing among women) and breast cancer (decreasing rapidly) are scarcer, cancer of the cervix and the prostate are more frequent. Portugal has the highest mortality rate for diabetes in the Eur-A, with a sharp increase since the 1980s.

Question: What do most Portuguese people die from?


Answer: ischaemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease

Question: What are the two main components of cardiovascular disease?


Answer: cerebrovascular disease

Question: What is the biggest killer in Portugal?


Answer: 12%

Question: What percentage of Portuguese people die less often from cancer than in the Eur-A?


Answer: children as well as among women younger than 44 years

Question: Who is cancer more common among in Portugal?


Answer: self-reporting at the household level

Context: People are usually well informed about their health status, the positive and negative effects of their behaviour on their health and their use of health care services. Yet their perceptions of their health can differ from what administrative and examination-based data show about levels of illness within populations. Thus, survey results based on self-reporting at the household level complement other data on health status and the use of services. Only one third of adults rated their health as good or very good in Portugal (Kasmel et al., 2004). This is the lowest of the Eur-A countries reporting and reflects the relatively adverse situation of the country in terms of mortality and selected morbidity.

Question: What survey results complement on data on health status?


Answer: one third

Question: What number of Portuguese adults rated their health as good or very good?


Answer: 1990s and 2000s

Context: Portugal has developed a specific culture while being influenced by various civilizations that have crossed the Mediterranean and the European continent, or were introduced when it played an active role during the Age of Discovery. In the 1990s and 2000s (decade), Portugal modernized its public cultural facilities, in addition to the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation established in 1956 in Lisbon. These include the Belém Cultural Centre in Lisbon, Serralves Foundation and the Casa da Música, both in Porto, as well as new public cultural facilities like municipal libraries and concert halls that were built or renovated in many municipalities across the country. Portugal is home to fifteen UNESCO World Heritage Sites, ranking it 8th in Europe and 17th in the world.

Question: Portugal modernized its public cultural facilities during what two decades?


Answer: 1956

Question: In what year was the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation established?


Answer: Lisbon

Question: Where was the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation established?


Answer: Belém Cultural Centre in Lisbon, Serralves Foundation and the Casa da Música

Question: What are some examples of Portugal's public cultural facilities?


Answer: fifteen

Question: How many UNESCO World Heritage Sites is Portugal home to?


Answer: Portuguese late Gothic

Context: Traditional architecture is distinctive and include the Manueline, also known as Portuguese late Gothic, a sumptuous, composite Portuguese style of architectural ornamentation of the first decades of the 16th century. A 20th-century interpretation of traditional architecture, Soft Portuguese style, appears extensively in major cities, especially Lisbon. Modern Portugal has given the world renowned architects like Eduardo Souto de Moura, Álvaro Siza Vieira (both Pritzker Prize winners) and Gonçalo Byrne. In Portugal Tomás Taveira is also noteworthy, particularly for stadium design.

Question: What is the Manueline style also known as?


Answer: a sumptuous, composite Portuguese style of architectural ornamentation of the first decades of the 16th century

Question: What is the Manueline style?


Answer: A 20th-century interpretation of traditional architecture

Question: What is Soft Portuguese style?


Answer: Eduardo Souto de Moura, Álvaro Siza Vieira (both Pritzker Prize winners) and Gonçalo Byrne

Question: Who are some of the most renowned architects to come from Portugal?


Answer: stadium design

Question: For what is Tomas Taveira particularly noteworthy for in Portugal?


Answer: late 19th century

Context: Portuguese cinema has a long tradition, reaching back to the birth of the medium in the late 19th century. Portuguese film directors such as Arthur Duarte, António Lopes Ribeiro, António Reis, Pedro Costa, Manoel de Oliveira, João César Monteiro, António-Pedro Vasconcelos, Fernando Lopes, João Botelho and Leonel Vieira, are among those that gained notability. Noted Portuguese film actors include Joaquim de Almeida, Daniela Ruah, Maria de Medeiros, Diogo Infante, Soraia Chaves, Ribeirinho, Lúcia Moniz, and Diogo Morgado.

Question: In which period was cinema born?


Answer: Arthur Duarte, António Lopes Ribeiro, António Reis, Pedro Costa, Manoel de Oliveira, João César Monteiro, António-Pedro Vasconcelos, Fernando Lopes

Question: Who are some examples of Portuguese film directors?


Answer: Joaquim de Almeida, Daniela Ruah, Maria de Medeiros, Diogo Infante, Soraia Chaves, Ribeirinho, Lúcia Moniz, and Diogo Morgado

Question: Who are some noted Portuguese actors?


Answer: late 19th century

Question: In which period was cinema born?


Answer: Arthur Duarte, António Lopes Ribeiro, António Reis, Pedro Costa, Manoel de Oliveira, João César Monteiro, António-Pedro Vasconcelos, Fernando Lopes

Question: Who are some examples of Portuguese film directors?


Answer: Joaquim de Almeida, Daniela Ruah, Maria de Medeiros, Diogo Infante, Soraia Chaves, Ribeirinho, Lúcia Moniz, and Diogo Morgado

Question: Who are some noted Portuguese actors?


Answer: Adventurer and poet

Context: Adventurer and poet Luís de Camões (c. 1524–1580) wrote the epic poem "Os Lusíadas" (The Lusiads), with Virgil's Aeneid as his main influence. Modern Portuguese poetry is rooted in neoclassic and contemporary styles, as exemplified by Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935). Modern Portuguese literature is represented by authors such as Almeida Garrett, Camilo Castelo Branco, Eça de Queiroz, Fernando Pessoa, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, António Lobo Antunes and Miguel Torga. Particularly popular and distinguished is José Saramago, recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Question: Who was Luís de Camões?


Answer: "Os Lusíadas" (The Lusiads)

Question: What epic poem did Luís de Camões write?


Answer: Virgil's Aeneid

Question: What was Luís de Camões main influence?


Answer: neoclassic and contemporary styles

Question: What styles are modern Portuguese poetry rooted in?


Answer: Almeida Garrett, Camilo Castelo Branco, Eça de Queiroz, Fernando Pessoa, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, António Lobo Antunes and Miguel Torga

Question: Who are some modern Portuguese authors?


Answer: bacalhau

Context: Portuguese cuisine is diverse. The Portuguese consume a lot of dry cod (bacalhau in Portuguese), for which there are hundreds of recipes. There are more than enough bacalhau dishes for each day of the year. Two other popular fish recipes are grilled sardines and caldeirada, a potato-based stew that can be made from several types of fish. Typical Portuguese meat recipes, that may be made out of beef, pork, lamb, or chicken, include cozido à portuguesa, feijoada, frango de churrasco, leitão (roast suckling pig) and carne de porco à alentejana. A very popular northern dish is the arroz de sarrabulho (rice stewed in pigs blood) or the arroz de cabidela (rice and chickens meat stewed in chickens blood).

Question: What is dry cod known as in Portuguese?


Answer: grilled sardines and caldeirada

Question: Other than bacalhau, what are two other popular fish recipes in Portugal?


Answer: a potato-based stew that can be made from several types of fish

Question: What is caldeirada?


Answer: beef, pork, lamb, or chicken

Question: What meats are often used in Portuguese recipes?


Answer: arroz de sarrabulho (rice stewed in pigs blood) or the arroz de cabidela (rice and chickens meat stewed in chickens blood)

Question: What are two popular Northern Portugal dishes?


Answer: Francesinha (Frenchie) from Porto, and bifanas (grilled pork) or prego (grilled beef) sandwiches

Context: Typical fast food dishes include the Francesinha (Frenchie) from Porto, and bifanas (grilled pork) or prego (grilled beef) sandwiches, which are well known around the country. The Portuguese art of pastry has its origins in the many medieval Catholic monasteries spread widely across the country. These monasteries, using very few ingredients (mostly almonds, flour, eggs and some liquor), managed to create a spectacular wide range of different pastries, of which pastéis de Belém (or pastéis de nata) originally from Lisbon, and ovos moles from Aveiro are examples. Portuguese cuisine is very diverse, with different regions having their own traditional dishes. The Portuguese have a culture of good food, and throughout the country there are myriads of good restaurants and typical small tasquinhas.

Question: What are three examples of fast food dishes in Portugal?


Answer: in the many medieval Catholic monasteries spread widely across the country

Question: Where does the Portuguese art of pastry have its origins?


Answer: almonds, flour, eggs and some liquor

Question: What are the main ingredients used to make pastries in the monasteries?


Answer: pastéis de Belém (or pastéis de nata) originally from Lisbon, and ovos moles from Aveiro

Question: What are two examples of Portuguese pastries?


Answer: since the times of the Romans

Context: Portuguese wines have enjoyed international recognition since the times of the Romans, who associated Portugal with their god Bacchus. Today, the country is known by wine lovers and its wines have won several international prizes. Some of the best Portuguese wines are: Vinho Verde, Vinho Alvarinho, Vinho do Douro, Vinho do Alentejo, Vinho do Dão, Vinho da Bairrada and the sweet: Port Wine, Madeira Wine, the Moscatel from Setúbal and Favaios. Port and Madeira are particularly appreciated in a wide range of places around the world.

Question: Since when have Portuguese wines garnished international recognition?


Answer: Bacchus

Question: With which Roman God was Portugal associated with?


Answer: Vinho Verde, Vinho Alvarinho, Vinho do Douro, Vinho do Alentejo, Vinho do Dão, Vinho da Bairrada and the sweet: Port Wine, Madeira Wine

Question: What are some of the best Portuguese wines?


Answer: Port and Madeira

Question: Which two Portuguese wines are especially enjoyed around the world?


Answer: Festival Sudoeste in Zambujeira do Mar, Festival de Paredes de Coura in Paredes de Coura, Festival Vilar de Mouros near Caminha,

Context: Portugal has several summer music festivals, such as Festival Sudoeste in Zambujeira do Mar, Festival de Paredes de Coura in Paredes de Coura, Festival Vilar de Mouros near Caminha, Boom Festival in Idanha-a-Nova Municipality, Optimus Alive!, Sumol Summer Fest in Ericeira, Rock in Rio Lisboa and Super Bock Super Rock in Greater Lisbon. Out of the summer season, Portugal has a large number of festivals, designed more to an urban audience, like Flowfest or Hip Hop Porto. Furthermore, one of the largest international Goa trance festivals takes place in central Portugal every two years, the Boom Festival, that is also the only festival in Portugal to win international awards: European Festival Award 2010 – Green'n'Clean Festival of the Year and the Greener Festival Award Outstanding 2008 and 2010. There is also the student festivals of Queima das Fitas are major events in a number of cities across Portugal. In 2005, Portugal held the MTV Europe Music Awards, in Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon.

Question: What are a couple examples of Summer music festivals held in Portugal?


Answer: Flowfest or Hip Hop Porto

Question: What are a couple examples of non-Summer music festivals in Portugal?


Answer: one of the largest international Goa trance festivals takes place in central Portugal every two years

Question: What is the Boom Festival?


Answer: European Festival Award 2010 – Green'n'Clean Festival of the Year and the Greener Festival Award Outstanding 2008 and 2010

Question: What international awards have been won by the Boom Festival?


Answer: 2005

Question: In which year did Portugal hold the MTV Europe Music Awards?


Answer: Artur Pizarro, Maria João Pires, Sequeira Costa

Context: In the classical music domain, Portugal is represented by names as the pianists Artur Pizarro, Maria João Pires, Sequeira Costa, the violinists Carlos Damas, Gerardo Ribeiro and in the past by the great cellist Guilhermina Suggia. Notable composers include José Vianna da Motta, Carlos Seixas, João Domingos Bomtempo, João de Sousa Carvalho, Luís de Freitas Branco and his student Joly Braga Santos, Fernando Lopes-Graça, Emmanuel Nunes and Sérgio Azevedo. Similarly, contemporary composers such as Nuno Malo and Miguel d'Oliveira have achieved some international success writing original music for film and television.

Question: What are some examples of classical pianists from Portugal?


Answer: Carlos Damas, Gerardo Ribeiro

Question: What are some examples of classical violinists from Portugal?


Answer: José Vianna da Motta, Carlos Seixas, João Domingos Bomtempo, João de Sousa Carvalho, Luís de Freitas Branco and his student Joly Braga Santos

Question: Who are some notable musical composers from Portugal?


Answer: Nuno Malo and Miguel d'Oliveira

Question: Who are some contemporary composers from Portugal?


Answer: 20th century

Context: The 20th century saw the arrival of Modernism, and along with it came the most prominent Portuguese painters: Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, who was heavily influenced by French painters, particularly by the Delaunays. Among his best-known works is Canção Popular a Russa e o Fígaro. Another great modernist painters/writers were Carlos Botelho and Almada Negreiros, friend to the poet Fernando Pessoa, who painted his (Pessoa's) portrait. He was deeply influenced by both Cubist and Futurist trends. Prominent international figures in visual arts nowadays include painters Vieira da Silva, Júlio Pomar, Helena Almeida, Joana Vasconcelos, Julião Sarmento and Paula Rego.

Question: In which century did Portugal see the arrival of Modernism?


Answer: French painters, particularly by the Delaunays

Question: By what group was Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso most heavily influenced by?


Answer: Canção Popular a Russa e o Fígaro

Question: What is one of Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso's best known works?


Answer: Vieira da Silva, Júlio Pomar, Helena Almeida, Joana Vasconcelos, Julião Sarmento and Paula Rego

Question: Who are some of the most prominent modern visual artists in Portugal?


Answer: Football

Context: Football is the most popular sport in Portugal. There are several football competitions ranging from local amateur to world-class professional level. The legendary Eusébio is still a major symbol of Portuguese football history. FIFA World Player of the Year winners Luís Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo who won the FIFA Ballon d'Or for 2013 and 2014, are among the numerous examples of other world-class football players born in Portugal and noted worldwide. Portuguese football managers are also noteworthy, with José Mourinho, André Villas-Boas, Fernando Santos, Carlos Queiroz and Manuel José among the most renowned.

Question: What is the most popular sport in Portugal?


Answer: Eusébio

Question: What is still a major symbol of Portuguese football history?


Answer: Luís Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo

Question: Who are two examples of the top football players born in Portugal?


Answer: FIFA World Player of the Year

Question: What award did both Luís Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo win?


Answer: José Mourinho, André Villas-Boas, Fernando Santos, Carlos Queiroz and Manuel José

Question: Who are some of the most renowned football managers in Portugal?


Answer: SL Benfica, FC Porto, and Sporting CP

Context: SL Benfica, FC Porto, and Sporting CP are the largest sports clubs by popularity and by number of trophies won, often known as "os três grandes" ("the big three"). They have won eight titles in the European UEFA club competitions, were present in many finals and have been regular contenders in the last stages almost every season. Other than football, many Portuguese sports clubs, including the "big three", compete in several other sports events with a varying level of success and popularity, these may include roller hockey, basketball, futsal, handball, and volleyball. The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) – Federação Portuguesa de Futebol – annually hosts the Algarve Cup, a prestigious women`s football tournament that has been celebrated in the Algarvian part of Portugal.

Question: What are the three largest sports clubs by popularity in Portugal?


Answer: "os três grandes" ("the big three")

Question: What are the three largest sports club by popularity in Portugal known as?


Answer: eight

Question: How many titles in the European UEFA club competitions have "the big three" won?


Answer: roller hockey, basketball, futsal, handball, and volleyball

Question: Other than football, what other sports are popular in Portugal?


Answer: Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) – Federação Portuguesa de Futebol

Question: By what entity is the Algarve Cup hosted?


Answer: 1977

Context: Kanye Omari West (/ˈkɑːnjeɪ/; born June 8, 1977) is an American hip hop recording artist, record producer, rapper, fashion designer, and entrepreneur. He is among the most acclaimed musicians of the 21st century, attracting both praise and controversy for his work and his outspoken public persona.

Question: What year was Kanye born?


Answer: hip hop

Question: What kind of music does Kanye West perform?


Answer: Omari

Question: What is Kanye West's middle name?


Answer: June 8, 1977

Question: When is Kanye West's birthday?


Answer: Roc-A-Fella Records

Context: Raised in Chicago, West briefly attended art school before becoming known as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the early 2000s, producing hit singles for artists such as Jay-Z and Alicia Keys. Intent on pursuing a solo career as a rapper, West released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004 to widespread commercial and critical success, and founded record label GOOD Music. He went on to explore a variety of different musical styles on subsequent albums that included the baroque-inflected Late Registration (2005), the arena-inspired Graduation (2007), and the starkly polarizing 808s & Heartbreak (2008). In 2010, he released his critically acclaimed fifth album, the maximalist My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and the following year he collaborated with Jay-Z on the joint LP Watch the Throne (2011). West released his abrasive sixth album, Yeezus, to further critical praise in 2013. Following a series of recording delays and work on non-musical projects, West's seventh album, The Life of Pablo, was released in 2016.

Question: What was the first label that Kanye produced for?


Answer: Jay-Z and Alicia Keys

Question: Who are some well known artists that Kanye produced for early in his career?


Answer: 7

Question: How many albums has Kanye released since starting his solo career in 2004?


Answer: Jay-Z

Question: With which artists that Kanye formerly produced for did he go on to collaborate with?


Answer: Chicago

Question: Where did Kanye West live as a child?


Answer: producer

Question: What was Kanye West's first job title after art school?


Answer: 2004

Question: What year did Kanye West release his first rap CD?


Answer: 7

Question: How many total CDs has Kanye West released in his career so far?


Answer: 32 million

Context: West is one of the best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 32 million albums and 100 million digital downloads worldwide. He has won a total of 21 Grammy Awards, making him one of the most awarded artists of all time and the most Grammy-awarded artist of his age. Three of his albums rank on Rolling Stone's 2012 "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list; two of his albums feature at first and eighth, respectively, in Pitchfork Media's The 100 Best Albums of 2010–2014. He has also been included in a number of Forbes annual lists. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2005 and 2015.

Question: How many albums has Kanye sold?


Answer: 100 million

Question: How many downloads do Kanye's tracks have across the globe?


Answer: Grammy

Question: Kanye is known for having the most of what type of award for his age?


Answer: 3

Question: How many albums does Kanye have on the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list?


Answer: Time

Question: What popular magazine placed Kanye on their annual list in 2005 and 2015?


Answer: 32 million

Question: How many CDs has Kanye West sold?


Answer: 21

Question: How many Grammy Awards has Kanye West won?


Answer: 3

Question: How many of Kanye West's albums were recognized by Rolling Stone Magazine?


Answer: 2005 and 2015

Question: Which years was Kanye West mentioned in Time Magazine?


Answer: English

Context: Kanye Omari West was born on June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia. His parents divorced when he was three and he and his mother moved to Chicago, Illinois. His father, Ray West, is a former Black Panther and was one of the first black photojournalists at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Ray West was later a Christian counselor, and in 2006, opened the Good Water Store and Café in Lexington Park, Maryland with startup capital from his son. West's mother, Dr. Donda C. (Williams) West, was a professor of English at Clark Atlanta University, and the Chair of the English Department at Chicago State University before retiring to serve as his manager. West was raised in a middle-class background, attending Polaris High School in suburban Oak Lawn, Illinois after living in Chicago.

Question: What subject did Kanye's mother teach at her university?


Answer: Atlanta

Question: What Georgia city was Kanye West born?


Answer: Good Water Store and Café

Question: What was the name of the business that Kanye West helped fund in 2006?


Answer: Chicago State University

Question: Where did Kanye West's mother work before becoming his manager?


Answer: Polaris High School

Question: What was the name of Kanye West's high school?


Answer: Nanjing, China

Context: At the age of 10, West moved with his mother to Nanjing, China, where she was teaching at Nanjing University as part of an exchange program. According to his mother, West was the only foreigner in his class, but settled in well and quickly picked up the language, although he has since forgotten most of it. When asked about his grades in high school, West replied, "I got A's and B's. And I'm not even frontin'."

Question: Where did Kanye and his mother relocate when he was 10?


Answer: foreigner

Question: While staying in China, Kanye was the only what in his class?


Answer: A's and B's

Question: How well did Kanye do in high school?


Answer: 10

Question: At what age did Kanye West relocate to China?


Answer: Nanjing University

Question: What University was the cause of West's mother moving the family to China?


Answer: poetry

Context: West demonstrated an affinity for the arts at an early age; he began writing poetry when he was five years old. His mother recalled that she first took notice of West's passion for drawing and music when he was in the third grade. Growing up in the city,[which?] West became deeply involved in its hip hop scene. He started rapping in the third grade and began making musical compositions in the seventh grade, eventually selling them to other artists. At age thirteen, West wrote a rap song called "Green Eggs and Ham" and began to persuade his mother to pay $25 an hour for time in a recording studio. It was a small, crude basement studio where a microphone hung from the ceiling by a wire clothes hanger. Although this wasn't what West's mother wanted, she nonetheless supported him. West crossed paths with producer/DJ No I.D., with whom he quickly formed a close friendship. No I.D. soon became West's mentor, and it was from him that West learned how to sample and program beats after he received his first sampler at age 15.

Question: What was Kanye creating when he was five?


Answer: "Green Eggs and Ham"

Question: What was one of the first tracks written by Kanye when he was 13?


Answer: DJ No I.D.

Question: Who did Kanye meet early in his career who later mentored him?


Answer: writing poetry

Question: What activity did Kanye West start doing when he was five?


Answer: Green Eggs and Ham

Question: What was the name of the song he wrote at age thirteen?


Answer: No I.D.

Question: What was the name of the producer that helped Kanye West?


Answer: American Academy of Art

Context: After graduating from high school, West received a scholarship to attend Chicago's American Academy of Art in 1997 and began taking painting classes, but shortly after transferred to Chicago State University to study English. He soon realized that his busy class schedule was detrimental to his musical work, and at 20 he dropped out of college to pursue his musical dreams. This action greatly displeased his mother, who was also a professor at the university. She later commented, "It was drummed into my head that college is the ticket to a good life... but some career goals don't require college. For Kanye to make an album called College Dropout it was more about having the guts to embrace who you are, rather than following the path society has carved out for you."

Question: Where did Kanye receive a scholarship to attend?


Answer: 20

Question: How old was Kanye when he dropped out of college?


Answer: Chicago's American Academy of Art

Question: What school did Kanye West go to in 1997?


Answer: English

Question: What subject was Kanye West's focus at Chicago State University?


Answer: 20

Question: At what age did Kanye West leave school to follow his musical passion?


Answer: College Dropout

Question: What was the name of the CD that Kanye recorded based on his failed college experience?


Answer: local artists

Context: Kanye West began his early production career in the mid-1990s, making beats primarily for burgeoning local artists, eventually developing a style that involved speeding up vocal samples from classic soul records. His first official production credits came at the age of nineteen when he produced eight tracks on Down to Earth, the 1996 debut album of a Chicago rapper named Grav. For a time, West acted as a ghost producer for Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie. Because of his association with D-Dot, West wasn't able to release a solo album, so he formed and became a member and producer of the Go-Getters, a late-1990s Chicago rap group composed of him, GLC, Timmy G, Really Doe, and Arrowstar. His group was managed by John "Monopoly" Johnson, Don Crowley, and Happy Lewis under the management firm Hustle Period. After attending a series of promotional photo shoots and making some radio appearances, The Go-Getters released their first and only studio album World Record Holders in 1999. The album featured other Chicago-based rappers such as Rhymefest, Mikkey Halsted, Miss Criss, and Shayla G. Meanwhile, the production was handled by West, Arrowstar, Boogz, and Brian "All Day" Miller.

Question: Who were the beats Kanye made in the 90's originally intended for?


Answer: classic soul records

Question: What types of records did Kanye sample in his early career.


Answer: Go-Getters

Question: What music group did Kanye join when he couldn't release his solo album?


Answer: mid-1990s

Question: In what time period did Kanye begin producing?


Answer: mid-1990s

Question: When did Kanye West start his production career?


Answer: Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie

Question: For which artist did Kanye West act as a ghost producer?


Answer: Go-Getters

Question: What late 1990s Chicago rap group was Kanye West a member of?


Answer: Hustle Period

Question: What firm managed Kanye West's rap group?


Answer: 1999

Question: What year was the first Go-Getters album released?


Answer: Foxy Brown

Context: West spent much of the late-1990s producing records for a number of well-known artists and music groups. The third song on Foxy Brown's second studio album Chyna Doll was produced by West. Her second effort subsequently became the very first hip-hop album by a female rapper to debut at the top of the U.S. Billboard 200 chart in its first week of release. West produced three of the tracks on Harlem World's first and only album The Movement alongside Jermaine Dupri and the production duo Trackmasters. His songs featured rappers Nas, Drag-On, and R&B singer Carl Thomas. The ninth track from World Party, the last Goodie Mob album to feature the rap group's four founding members prior to their break-up, was co-produced by West with his manager Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie. At the close of the millennium, West ended up producing six songs for Tell 'Em Why U Madd, an album that was released by D-Dot under the alias of The Madd Rapper; a fictional character he created for a skit on The Notorious B.I.G.'s second and final studio album Life After Death. West's songs featured guest appearances from rappers such as Ma$e, Raekwon, and Eminem.

Question: Kanye produced the third song from the second album of what artist?


Answer: Ma$e, Raekwon, and Eminem.

Question: What rappers were featured in the songs that Kanye produced for Tell 'Em Why U Madd?


Answer: Foxy Brown

Question: Which U.S. Billboard 200 chart topper did Kanye West produce a song for?


Answer: Tell 'Em Why U Madd

Question: What was the name of the CD produced by Kanye that was by a made-up character?


Answer: Roc-A-Fella Records

Context: West got his big break in the year 2000, when he began to produce for artists on Roc-A-Fella Records. West came to achieve recognition and is often credited with revitalizing Jay-Z's career with his contributions to the rap mogul's influential 2001 album The Blueprint. The Blueprint is consistently ranked among the greatest hip-hop albums, and the critical and financial success of the album generated substantial interest in West as a producer. Serving as an in-house producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, West produced records for other artists from the label, including Beanie Sigel, Freeway, and Cam'ron. He also crafted hit songs for Ludacris, Alicia Keys, and Janet Jackson.

Question: What label did Kanye begin to work for in 2000?


Answer: The Blueprint

Question: What album did Kanye receive production credits on in 2001?


Answer: 2000

Question: In what year did Roc-A-Fella make Kanye West known?


Answer: The Blueprint

Question: What was the name of the CD West produced for Jay Z in 2001?


Answer: rapper

Context: Despite his success as a producer, West's true aspiration was to be a rapper. Though he had developed his rapping long before he began producing, it was often a challenge for West to be accepted as a rapper, and he struggled to attain a record deal. Multiple record companies ignored him because he did not portray the gangsta image prominent in mainstream hip hop at the time. After a series of meetings with Capitol Records, West was ultimately denied an artist deal.

Question: Although Kanye was achieving fame by producing, what did he actually want to be?


Answer: Capitol Records

Question: What label declined to work with Kanye after many meetings?


Answer: rapper

Question: What career was Kanye's ultimate dream?


Answer: gangsta image

Question: What did Kanye West not have that made record companies turn him down?


Answer: Capitol Records

Question: Which record company turned Kanye down after many meetings?


Answer: Joe Weinberger

Context: According to Capitol Record's A&R, Joe Weinberger, he was approached by West and almost signed a deal with him, but another person in the company convinced Capitol's president not to. Desperate to keep West from defecting to another label, then-label head Damon Dash reluctantly signed West to Roc-A-Fella Records. Jay-Z later admitted that Roc-A-Fella was initially reluctant to support West as a rapper, claiming that many saw him as a producer first and foremost, and that his background contrasted with that of his labelmates.

Question: Who almost picked up Kanye but was ultimately swayed?


Answer: Roc-A-Fella

Question: What label finally (although reluctantly) picked up Kanye?


Answer: a producer

Question: What did Kanye's peers see him as while he tried to pursue his rap career?


Answer: Joe Weinberger

Question: What man was almost ready to give Kanye a record deal?


Answer: Roc-A-Fella

Question: What record company eventually signed Kanye West?


Answer: Through The Wire

Context: West's breakthrough came a year later on October 23, 2002, when, while driving home from a California recording studio after working late, he fell asleep at the wheel and was involved in a near-fatal car crash. The crash left him with a shattered jaw, which had to be wired shut in reconstructive surgery. The accident inspired West; two weeks after being admitted to the hospital, he recorded a song at the Record Plant Studios with his jaw still wired shut. The composition, "Through The Wire", expressed West's experience after the accident, and helped lay the foundation for his debut album, as according to West "all the better artists have expressed what they were going through". West added that "the album was my medicine", as working on the record distracted him from the pain. "Through The Wire" was first available on West's Get Well Soon... mixtape, released December 2002. At the same time, West announced that he was working on an album called The College Dropout, whose overall theme was to "make your own decisions. Don't let society tell you, 'This is what you have to do.'"

Question: What track did Kanye compose and perform while injured from his accident?


Answer: Get Well Soon...

Question: What was the name of Kanye's 2002 mixtape that he wrote while in the hospital?


Answer: The College Dropout

Question: After dropping his mixtape, Kanye revealed the name of his debut album to be what?


Answer: October 23, 2002

Question: What was the date of Kanye's car wreck?


Answer: "Through The Wire"

Question: What song did Kanye record about his experience with what happened after the wreck?


Answer: Get Well Soon

Question: What was the name of the mixtape Kanye released in December of 2002?


Answer: it was leaked

Context: Carrying a Louis Vuitton backpack filled with old disks and demos to the studio and back, West crafted much of his production for his debut album in less than fifteen minutes at a time. He recorded the remainder of the album in Los Angeles while recovering from the car accident. Once he had completed the album, it was leaked months before its release date. However, West decided to use the opportunity to review the album, and The College Dropout was significantly remixed, remastered, and revised before being released. As a result, certain tracks originally destined for the album were subsequently retracted, among them "Keep the Receipt" with Ol' Dirty Bastard and "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" with Consequence. West meticulously refined the production, adding string arrangements, gospel choirs, improved drum programming and new verses. West's perfectionism led The College Dropout to have its release postponed three times from its initial date in August 2003.

Question: What happened to Kanye's debut album that caused him to remaster most of it?


Answer: 3

Question: How many times was the release date for Kanye's first album pushed back?


Answer: Los Angeles

Question: In what city did West finish recording his first album?


Answer: 3

Question: How many times was The College Dropout's release put off?


Answer: August 2003

Question: What was supposed to be the original release date for The College Dropout?


Answer: 2

Context: The College Dropout was eventually issued by Roc-A-Fella in February 2004, shooting to number two on the Billboard 200 as his debut single, "Through the Wire" peaked at number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for five weeks. "Slow Jamz", his second single featuring Twista and Jamie Foxx, became an even bigger success: it became the three musicians' first number one hit. The College Dropout received near-universal critical acclaim from contemporary music critics, was voted the top album of the year by two major music publications, and has consistently been ranked among the great hip-hop works and debut albums by artists. "Jesus Walks", the album's fourth single, perhaps exposed West to a wider audience; the song's subject matter concerns faith and Christianity. The song nevertheless reached the top 20 of the Billboard pop charts, despite industry executives' predictions that a song containing such blatant declarations of faith would never make it to radio. The College Dropout would eventually be certified triple platinum in the US, and garnered West 10 Grammy nominations, including Album of the Year, and Best Rap Album (which it received). During this period, West also founded GOOD Music, a record label and management company that would go on to house affiliate artists and producers, such as No I.D. and John Legend. At the time, the focal point of West's production style was the use of sped-up vocal samples from soul records. However, partly because of the acclaim of The College Dropout, such sampling had been much copied by others; with that overuse, and also because West felt he had become too dependent on the technique, he decided to find a new sound.

Question: What place on the Billboard chart did Kanye's album debut at?


Answer: 2

Question: How many publications voted The College Dropout for album of the year?


Answer: Jesus Walks

Question: What was the name of the single off the debut album that gave Kanye mainstream attention?


Answer: GOOD Music

Question: What label did Kanye create following the success of his first album's release?


Answer: February 2004

Question: When was The College Dropout finally released?


Answer: "Slow Jamz"

Question: What song was the second released off of Kanye's The College Dropout album?


Answer: 10

Question: How many Grammy nominations did The College Dropout receive?


Answer: GOOD Music

Question: What was the name of the record label that West founded?


Answer: string orchestra

Context: Beginning his second effort that fall, West would invest two million dollars and take over a year to craft his second album. West was significantly inspired by Roseland NYC Live, a 1998 live album by English trip hop group Portishead, produced with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Early in his career, the live album had inspired him to incorporate string arrangements into his hip-hop production. Though West had not been able to afford many live instruments around the time of his debut album, the money from his commercial success enabled him to hire a string orchestra for his second album Late Registration. West collaborated with American film score composer Jon Brion, who served as the album's co-executive producer for several tracks. Although Brion had no prior experience in creating hip-hop records, he and West found that they could productively work together after their first afternoon in the studio where they discovered that neither confined his musical knowledge and vision to one specific genre. Late Registration sold over 2.3 million units in the United States alone by the end of 2005 and was considered by industry observers as the only successful major album release of the fall season, which had been plagued by steadily declining CD sales.

Question: What kind of ensemble did Kanye hire to work on his second album?


Answer: Jon Brion

Question: What composer worked alongside Kanye on the album's production?


Answer: Late Registration

Question: What was the name of Kanye's second studio album?


Answer: 2.3 million

Question: How many copies of Late Registration sold in its first year?


Answer: Portishead

Question: What English music group was an inspiration for Kanye West on his second album?


Answer: Late Registration

Question: What was the name of West's second album?


Answer: 2.3 million

Question: How many copies of Late Registration were sold in the United States?


Answer: Best New Artist

Context: While West had encountered controversy a year prior when he stormed out of the American Music Awards of 2004 after losing Best New Artist, the rapper's first large-scale controversy came just days following Late Registration's release, during a benefit concert for Hurricane Katrina victims. In September 2005, NBC broadcast A Concert for Hurricane Relief, and West was a featured speaker. When West was presenting alongside actor Mike Myers, he deviated from the prepared script. Myers spoke next and continued to read the script. Once it was West's turn to speak again, he said, "George Bush doesn't care about black people." West's comment reached much of the United States, leading to mixed reactions; President Bush would later call it one of the most "disgusting moments" of his presidency. West raised further controversy in January 2006 when he posed on the cover of Rolling Stone wearing a crown of thorns.

Question: The loss of which award caused Kanye to leave the American Music Awards?


Answer: Hurricane Katrina

Question: Kanye participated alongside Mike Meyers in a relief benefit show for what natural disaster?


Answer: Rolling Stone

Question: What magazine did Kanye don a thorn crown for the cover of in 2006?


Answer: Best New Artist

Question: In which AMA category did Kanye lose in 2004?


Answer: Mike Myers

Question: Which actor was alongside Kanye West when he insulted President Bush?


Answer: Rolling Stone

Question: What magazine did Kanye West pose for in 2006 that caused another controversy?


Answer: A Concert for Hurricane Relief

Question: What broadcast for NBC was Kanye presenting for when he spoke negatively about President Bush?


Answer: U2

Context: Fresh off spending the previous year touring the world with U2 on their Vertigo Tour, West felt inspired to compose anthemic rap songs that could operate more efficiently in large arenas. To this end, West incorporated the synthesizer into his hip-hop production, utilized slower tempos, and experimented with electronic music and influenced by music of the 1980s. In addition to U2, West drew musical inspiration from arena rock bands such as The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin in terms of melody and chord progression. To make his next effort, the third in a planned tetralogy of education-themed studio albums, more introspective and personal in lyricism, West listened to folk and country singer-songwriters Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash in hopes of developing methods to augment his wordplay and storytelling ability.

Question: What band did Kanye tour with for a year?


Answer: large arenas

Question: What setting did Kanye want his next tracks to perform well in?


Answer: Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash

Question: Who did Kanye study in order to develop his lyrical skills?


Answer: U2

Question: Which band did Kanye West travel with for the Vertigo Tour?


Answer: 1980s

Question: What decade of music inspired Kanye West after his tour with U2?


Answer: The Rolling Stones

Question: Other than U2 and Led Zeppelin, what other band inspired Kanye West?


Answer: Bob Dylan

Question: What other country singer besides Johnny Cash did Kanye listen to?


Answer: Graduation

Context: West's third studio album, Graduation, garnered major publicity when its release date pitted West in a sales competition against rapper 50 Cent's Curtis. Upon their September 2007 releases, Graduation outsold Curtis by a large margin, debuting at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and selling 957,000 copies in its first week. Graduation once again continued the string of critical and commercial successes by West, and the album's lead single, "Stronger", garnered the rapper his third number-one hit. "Stronger", which samples French house duo Daft Punk, has been accredited to not only encouraging other hip-hop artists to incorporate house and electronica elements into their music, but also for playing a part in the revival of disco and electro-infused music in the late 2000s. Ben Detrick of XXL cited the outcome of the sales competition between 50 Cent's Curtis and West's Graduation as being responsible for altering the direction of hip-hop and paving the way for new rappers who didn't follow the hardcore-gangster mold, writing, "If there was ever a watershed moment to indicate hip-hop's changing direction, it may have come when 50 Cent competed with Kanye in 2007 to see whose album would claim superior sales."

Question: What was the name of Kanye's third album?


Answer: 50 Cent

Question: Kanye released Graduation at the same time of what other famous rapper, thus drawing media comparison?


Answer: 957,000

Question: How many copies did Graduation sell in its first week of release?


Answer: Daft Punk

Question: What famous electronic duo did Kanye sample on his third album?


Answer: Graduation

Question: What was the name of Kanye West's third CD?


Answer: 50 Cent

Question: What artist was Kanye's third album release competing against?


Answer: Daft Punk

Question: What music group was in Kanye's first release off of Graduation?


Answer: Alexis Phifer

Context: West's life took a different direction when his mother, Donda West, died of complications from cosmetic surgery involving abdominoplasty and breast reduction in November 2007. Months later, West and fiancée Alexis Phifer ended their engagement and their long-term intermittent relationship, which had begun in 2002. The events profoundly affected West, who set off for his 2008 Glow in the Dark Tour shortly thereafter. Purportedly because his emotions could not be conveyed through rapping, West decided to sing using the voice audio processor Auto-Tune, which would become a central part of his next effort. West had previously experimented with the technology on his debut album The College Dropout for the background vocals of "Jesus Walks" and "Never Let Me Down." Recorded mostly in Honolulu, Hawaii in three weeks, West announced his fourth album, 808s & Heartbreak, at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, where he performed its lead single, "Love Lockdown". Music audiences were taken aback by the uncharacteristic production style and the presence of Auto-Tune, which typified the pre-release response to the record.

Question: Following the loss of his mother, who did Kanye end his long-term relationship with?


Answer: Auto-Tune

Question: What vocal technology did Kanye pick up for his next set of artistic endeavors?


Answer: 2007

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


Answer: Alexis Phifer

Question: What was the name of Kanye's ex-fiance?


Answer: Glow in the Dark Tour

Question: What was the name of Kanye's 2008 music tour?


Answer: Hawaii

Question: In what state did Kanye West record them majority of his fourth album?


Answer: "Love Lockdown"

Question: What was the first song released off of Kanye's fourth album?


Answer: Island Def Jam

Context: 808s & Heartbreak, which features extensive use of the eponymous Roland TR-808 drum machine and contains themes of love, loneliness, and heartache, was released by Island Def Jam to capitalize on Thanksgiving weekend in November 2008. Reviews were positive, though slightly more mixed than his previous efforts. Despite this, the record's singles demonstrated outstanding chart performances. Upon its release, the lead single "Love Lockdown" debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and became a "Hot Shot Debut", while follow-up single "Heartless" performed similarly and became his second consecutive "Hot Shot Debut" by debuting at number four on the Billboard Hot 100. While it was criticized prior to release, 808s & Heartbreak had a significant effect on hip-hop music, encouraging other rappers to take more creative risks with their productions.

Question: What label pushed out Kanye's fourth studio album?


Answer: 808s & Heartbreak

Question: Which album by Kanye West featured the song "Love Lockdown"?


Answer: Island Def Jam

Question: 808s & Heartbreak was released by what company?


Answer: November 2008

Question: When was 808s & Heartbreaks released?


Answer: Heartless

Question: What was the second song released off of 808s?


Answer: Roland TR-808 drum machine

Question: The major usage of musical machine on 808s was described as eponymous?


Answer: Matthew Trammell

Context: In 2012, Rolling Stone journalist Matthew Trammell asserted that the record was ahead of its time and wrote, "Now that popular music has finally caught up to it, 808s & Heartbreak has revealed itself to be Kanye’s most vulnerable work, and perhaps his most brilliant."

Question: What journalist gave "808s and Hearbreak" critical acclimation 4 years after its release?


Answer: Matthew Trammell

Question: What was the name of the journalist that wrote about Kanye's album in 2012?


Answer: 2009 MTV Video Music Awards

Context: West's controversial incident the following year at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards was arguably his biggest controversy, and led to widespread outrage throughout the music industry. During the ceremony, West crashed the stage and grabbed the microphone from winner Taylor Swift in order to proclaim that, instead, Beyoncé's video for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", nominated for the same award, was "one of the best videos of all time". He was subsequently withdrawn from the remainder of the show for his actions. West's tour with Lady Gaga was cancelled in response to the controversy, and it was suggested that the incident was partially responsible for 808s & Heartbreak's lack of nominations at the 52nd Grammy Awards.

Question: Where did Kanye's famous mic-grab incident occur at?


Answer: Taylor Swift

Question: From who did Kanye grab the mic from to make his statement?


Answer: Lady Gaga

Question: Kanye's tour with what artist was cancelled following his outburst at the VMA's?


Answer: 2009

Question: In what year did Kanye's biggest controversy so far take place?


Answer: Beyoncé

Question: What artist did Kanye West interrupt Taylor Swift to defend?


Answer: Lady Gaga

Question: Which artist was Kanye supposed to tour with, but couldn't due to the Taylor Swift controversy?


Answer: 52nd Grammy Awards

Question: What awards ceremony did Kanye not receive any nominations for after the MTV controversy?


Answer: Hawaii

Context: Following the highly publicized incident, West took a brief break from music and threw himself into fashion, only to hole up in Hawaii for the next few months writing and recording his next album. Importing his favorite producers and artists to work on and inspire his recording, West kept engineers behind the boards 24 hours a day and slept only in increments. Noah Callahan-Bever, a writer for Complex, was present during the sessions and described the "communal" atmosphere as thus: "With the right songs and the right album, he can overcome any and all controversy, and we are here to contribute, challenge, and inspire." A variety of artists contributed to the project, including close friends Jay-Z, Kid Cudi and Pusha T, as well as off-the-wall collaborations, such as with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver.

Question: Where did Kanye base himself to create his next album?


Answer: fashion

Question: What industry did Kanye turn to after taking a break from recording music?


Answer: Hawaii

Question: What state did Kanye West hide in while writing his next album?


Answer: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Context: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, West's fifth studio album, was released in November 2010 to rave reviews from critics, many of whom described it as his best work that solidified his comeback. In stark contrast to his previous effort, which featured a minimalist sound, Dark Fantasy adopts a maximalist philosophy and deals with themes of celebrity and excess. The record included the international hit "All of the Lights", and Billboard hits "Power", "Monster", and "Runaway", the latter of which accompanied a 35-minute film of the same name. During this time, West initiated the free music program GOOD Fridays through his website, offering a free download of previously unreleased songs each Friday, a portion of which were included on the album. This promotion ran from August 20 - December 17, 2010. Dark Fantasy went on to go platinum in the United States, but its omission as a contender for Album of the Year at the 54th Grammy Awards was viewed as a "snub" by several media outlets.

Question: What is the name of Kanye's album released in 2010?


Answer: Album of the Year

Question: What award was My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy omitted from?


Answer: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Question: What was the name of Kanye's fifth album?


Answer: November 2010

Question: When was Kanye West's fifth album debuted?


Answer: "All of the Lights"

Question: What song off of Kanye's fifth album was a hit internationally?


Answer: GOOD Fridays

Question: What was the name of the free music promotion on Kanye's website in 2010?


Answer: Coachella

Context: Following a headlining set at Coachella 2011 that was described by The Hollywood Reporter as "one of greatest hip-hop sets of all time", West released the collaborative album Watch the Throne with Jay-Z. By employing a sales strategy that released the album digitally weeks before its physical counterpart, Watch the Throne became one of the few major label albums in the Internet age to avoid a leak. "Niggas in Paris" became the record's highest charting single, peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2012, West released the compilation album Cruel Summer, a collection of tracks by artists from West's record label GOOD Music. Cruel Summer produced four singles, two of which charted within the top twenty of the Hot 100: "Mercy" and "Clique". West also directed a film of the same name that premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival in custom pyramid-shaped screening pavilion featuring seven screens.

Question: What festival did Kanye headline in 2011?


Answer: Jay-Z

Question: With what other hiphop artist did Kanye collaborate with?


Answer: Cannes Film Festival

Question: Where did Kanye premier a film directed by himself in 2012?


Answer: Coachella

Question: What event did Kanye headline in 2011?


Answer: Watch the Throne

Question: What was the name of the joint album Kanye made with Jay Z?


Answer: "Niggas in Paris"

Question: What was the top single off the album "Watch the Throne"?


Answer: 2012

Question: In what year was "Cruel Summer" released?


Answer: 2012 Cannes Film Festival

Question: What film festival did Kanye West premier a film called "Cruel Summer"?


Answer: Paris

Context: Sessions for West's sixth solo effort begin to take shape in early 2013 in his own personal loft's living room at a Paris hotel. Determined to "undermine the commercial", he once again brought together close collaborators and attempted to incorporate Chicago drill, dancehall, acid house, and industrial music. Primarily inspired by architecture, West's perfectionist tendencies led him to contact producer Rick Rubin fifteen days shy of its due date to strip down the record's sound in favor of a more minimalist approach. Initial promotion of his sixth album included worldwide video projections of the album's music and live television performances. Yeezus, West's sixth album, was released June 18, 2013 to rave reviews from critics. It became the rapper's sixth consecutive number one debut, but also marked his lowest solo opening week sales. Def Jam issued "Black Skinhead" to radio in July 2013 as the album's lead single. On September 6, 2013, Kanye West announced he would be headlining his first solo tour in five years, to support Yeezus, with fellow American rapper Kendrick Lamar accompanying him along the way.

Question: Where did Kanye begin production on his sixth album?


Answer: Yeezus

Question: What became the name of his sixth studio album?


Answer: Kendrick Lamar

Question: Who did Kanye tour alongside of in order to promote the efforts of Yeezus?


Answer: 2013

Question: In what year did Kanye West begin working on his sixth album?


Answer: architecture

Question: What was the inspiration behind Kanye West's decision to call Rick Rubin?


Answer: Yeezus

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


Answer: June 18, 2013

Question: On what date was Yeezus released?


Answer: Kendrick Lamar

Question: What artist did Kanye go on tour with while promoting album number six?


Answer: North

Context: In June 2013, West and television personality Kim Kardashian announced the birth of their first child, North. In October 2013, the couple announced their engagement to widespread media attention. November 2013, West stated that he was beginning work on his next studio album, hoping to release it by mid-2014, with production by Rick Rubin and Q-Tip. In December 2013, Adidas announced the beginning of an official apparel collaboration with West, to be premiered the following year. In May 2014, West and Kardashian were married in a private ceremony in Florence, Italy, with a variety of artists and celebrities in attendance. West released a single, "Only One", featuring Paul McCartney, on December 31, 2014. "FourFiveSeconds", a single jointly produced with Rihanna and McCartney, was released in January 2015. West also appeared on the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special, where he premiered a new song entitled "Wolves", featuring Sia Furler and fellow Chicago rapper, Vic Mensa. In February 2015, West premiered his clothing collaboration with Adidas, entitled Yeezy Season 1, to generally positive reviews. This would include West's Yeezy Boost sneakers. In March 2015, West released the single "All Day" featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom and Paul McCartney. West performed the song at the 2015 BRIT Awards with a number of US rappers and UK grime MC's including: Skepta, Wiley, Novelist, Fekky, Krept & Konan, Stormzy, Allan Kingdom, Theophilus London and Vic Mensa. He would premiere the second iteration of his clothing line, Yeezy Season 2, in September 2015 at New York Fashion Week.

Question: What was the name of Kanye's first child with Kim Kardashian?


Answer: Adidas

Question: What brand set to collaborate on an apparel line with Kanye?


Answer: Paul McCartney

Question: What famous British artist worked with Kanye on multiple singles?


Answer: 2015 BRIT Awards

Question: Where did Kanye perform his single "All Day" with a menagerie of other artists?


Answer: Kim Kardashian

Question: Who is the mother of Kanye's first child?


Answer: North

Question: What is Kanye West's first child's name?


Answer: Florence

Question: In what Italian city were Kim Kardashian and Kanye West wed?


Answer: Paul McCartney

Question: What musician joined Kanye West on the song "Only One"?


Answer: Yeezy Season 1

Question: What was the name of the Adidas clothing line by Kanye West that he released in 2013?


Answer: SWISH

Context: Having initially announced a new album entitled So Help Me God slated for a 2014 release, in March 2015 West announced that the album would instead be tentatively called SWISH. Later that month, West was awarded an honorary doctorate by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for his contributions to music, fashion, and popular culture, officially making him an honorary DFA. The next month, West headlined at the Glastonbury Festival in the UK, despite a petition signed by almost 135,000 people against his appearance. At one point, he told the audience: "You are now watching the greatest living rock star on the planet." Media outlets, including social media sites such as Twitter, were sharply divided on his performance. NME stated, "The decision to book West for the slot has proved controversial since its announcement, and the show itself appeared to polarise both Glastonbury goers and those who tuned in to watch on their TVs." The publication added that "he's letting his music speak for and prove itself." The Guardian said that "his set has a potent ferocity – but there are gaps and stutters, and he cuts a strangely lone figure in front of the vast crowd."

Question: What did Kanye change the title of his next planned album from So Help Me God to?


Answer: Art Institute of Chicago

Question: From which institution did Kanye receive an honorary doctorate?


Answer: 135,000

Question: How many people signed a petition to keep Kanye from performing at Glastonbury Festival?


Answer: So Help Me God

Question: What was the original name of Kanye's album "SWISH"?


Answer: School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Question: What school awarded Kanye west an honorary doctorate?


Answer: 135,000

Question: How many people petitioned his show at the Glastonbury Music Festival in the UK?


Answer: February 11

Context: In December 2015, West released a song titled "Facts". He announced in January 2016 on Twitter that SWISH would be released on February 11, after releasing new song "Real Friends" and a snippet of "No More Parties in L.A." with Kendrick Lamar. This also revived the GOOD Fridays initiative in which Kanye releases new singles every Friday. On January 26, 2016, West revealed he had renamed the album from SWISH to Waves, and also announced the premier of his Yeezy Season 3 clothing line at Madison Square Garden. In early 2016, several weeks prior to the release of his new album, West became embroiled in a short-lived social media altercation with rapper Wiz Khalifa on Twitter that eventually involved their mutual ex-partner, Amber Rose, who protested to West's mention of her and Khalifa's child. The feud involved allegations by Rose concerning her sexual relationship with West, and received significant media attention. As of February 2, 2016, West and Khalifa had reconciled. Several days ahead of the album's release, West again changed the title, this time to The Life of Pablo. On February 11, West premiered the album at Madison Square Garden as part of the presentation of his Yeezy Season 3 clothing line. Following the preview, West announced that he would be modifying the track list once more before its release to the public, and further delayed its release to finalize the recording of the track "Waves" at the behest of co-writer Chance the Rapper. He released the album exclusively on Tidal on 14 February 2016 following a performance on SNL.

Question: What was the tentative release date announced for Kanye's next studio album?


Answer: Waves

Question: What was Kanye's next album renamed again to?


Answer: Wiz Khalifa

Question: With what other rapper did Kanye west have a Twitter feud with in early 2016?


Answer: The Life of Pablo

Question: What became the final title of Kanye's next album?


Answer: Tidal

Question: What platform was The Life of Pablo officially released on?


Answer: "Facts"

Question: What song by West was debuted in December 2015?


Answer: Waves

Question: On January 26, 2016, Kanye told the world he changed the name of his next album from SWISH to what?


Answer: Wiz Khalifa

Question: What artist did Kanye West have a feud with over Amber Rose?


Answer: Yeezy Season 3

Question: What was the name of Kanye's clothing line premiered at Madison Square Garden?


Answer: David Bowie

Context: West's musical career has been defined by frequent stylistic shifts, and has seen him develop and explore a variety of different musical approaches and genres throughout his work. When asked about his musical inspirations, he has named A Tribe Called Quest, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, George Michael, LL Cool J, Phil Collins and Madonna as early interests. He has further described musician David Bowie as one of his "most important inspirations," and named producer Puff Daddy as the "most important cultural figure in my life." Early in his career, West pioneered a style of production dubbed "chipmunk soul" which utilized pitched-up vocal samples, usually from soul and R&B songs, along with his own drums and instrumentation. His first major release featuring his trademark soulful vocal sampling style was "This Can't Be Life", a track from Jay-Z’s The Dynasty: Roc La Familia. West has said that Wu-Tang Clan producer RZA influenced him in his style, and has named Wu-Tang rappers Ghostface Killah and Ol' Dirty Bastard as inspirations. RZA spoke positively of the comparisons, stating in an interview for Rolling Stone, "All good. I got super respect for Kanye [...] [he] is going to inspire people to be like him." West further developed his style on his 2004 debut album, The College Dropout. After a rough version was leaked, he meticulously refined the production, adding string arrangements, gospel choirs, and improved drum programming.

Question: What English musician did Kanye cite as one of his biggest inspirations?


Answer: Wu-Tang Clan

Question: Kanye has stated that members from which rap group influenced his early style?


Answer: chipmunk soul

Question: What name did Kanye's early production style coin.


Answer: David Bowie

Question: What artist was named by Kanye West to be his "most important inspiration"?


Answer: Puff Daddy

Question: Who was Kanye's greatest cultural figure?


Answer: "This Can't Be Life"

Question: What was the name of the song that first featured Kanye's "chipmunk soul" style?


Answer: Jon Brion

Context: For his second album, Late Registration (2005), he collaborated with film score composer Jon Brion and drew influence from non-rap influences such as English trip hop group Portishead. Blending West's primary soulful hip hop production with Brion's elaborate chamber pop orchestration, the album experimentally incorporated a wide array of different genres and prominent orchestral elements, including string arrangements, piano chords, brass flecks, and horn riffs among other symphonic instrumentation. It also incorporated a myriad of foreign and vintage instruments not typical in popular music, let alone hip hop, such as a celesta, harpsichord, Chamberlin, CS-80 analog synthesizer, Chinese bells and berimbau, vibraphones, and marimba. Rolling Stone described Late Registration as West claiming "the whole world of music as hip-hop turf" chronicling the album as "his mad quest to explode every cliché about hip-hop identity." Critic Robert Christgau wrote that "there's never been hip-hop so complex and subtle musically." For a period of time, Kanye West stood as the sole current pop star to tour with a string section, as audible on his 2006 live album Late Orchestration.

Question: What composer did Kanye collaborate with for his second record?


Answer: orchestral elements, including string arrangements, piano chords, brass flecks, and horn riffs among other symphonic instrumentation

Question: What classical elements did Brion bring to the production of Kanye's album?


Answer: a string section

Question: What sort of orchestra did Kanye tour with while promoting his second album?


Answer: Jon Brion

Question: What composer did Kanye West work with for his second album?


Answer: Portishead

Question: What English trip-hop group helped influence Kanye on his second album?


Answer: Graduation

Context: With his third album, Graduation (2007), West moved away from the sound of his previous releases and towards a more atmospheric, rock-tinged, electronic-influenced soundscape. The musical evolution arose from him listening to music genres encompassing European Britpop and Euro-disco, American alternative and indie-rock, and his native Chicago house. Towards this end, West retracted much of the live instrumentation that characterized his previous album and replaced it with heavy, gothic synthesizers, distorted synth-chords, rave stabs, house beats, electro-disco rhythms, and a wide array of modulated electronic noises and digital audio-effects. In addition, West drew musical inspiration from arena rock bands such as The Rolling Stones, U2, and Led Zeppelin in terms of melody and chord progression.

Question: What was the name of Kanye's third record?


Answer: more atmospheric, rock-tinged, electronic-influenced soundscape

Question: What musical direction did Kanye take with his third album?


Answer: melody and chord progression

Question: Kanye drew inspiration from The Rolling Stones, U2, and Led Zeppelin in what ways?


Answer: 2007

Question: What year was Kanye West's third album released?