Answer: national performance and ranking

Context: The Human Development Index has been criticized on a number of grounds including alleged ideological biases towards egalitarianism and so-called "Western models of development", failure to include any ecological considerations, lack of consideration of technological development or contributions to the human civilization, focusing exclusively on national performance and ranking, lack of attention to development from a global perspective, measurement error of the underlying statistics, and on the UNDP's changes in formula which can lead to severe misclassification in the categorisation of 'low', 'medium', 'high' or 'very high' human development countries.

Question: The HDI has been criticized for focusing exclusively on what?


Answer: Western

Question: Has the HDI been criticized for being biased towards Western or towards Eastern models of development?


Answer: global

Question: The HDI has been criticized for lack of what type of perspective on development?


Answer: egalitarianism

Question: Critics of the HDI cite its focus on which: egalitarianism or authoritarianism?


Answer: three

Context: Economists Hendrik Wolff, Howard Chong and Maximilian Auffhammer discuss the HDI from the perspective of data error in the underlying health, education and income statistics used to construct the HDI. They identified three sources of data error which are due to (i) data updating, (ii) formula revisions and (iii) thresholds to classify a country’s development status and conclude that 11%, 21% and 34% of all countries can be interpreted as currently misclassified in the development bins due to the three sources of data error, respectively. The authors suggest that the United Nations should discontinue the practice of classifying countries into development bins because - they claim - the cut-off values seem arbitrary, can provide incentives for strategic behavior in reporting official statistics, and have the potential to misguide politicians, investors, charity donors and the public who use the HDI at large.[citation needed] In 2010 the UNDP reacted to the criticism and updated the thresholds to classify nations as low, medium, and high human development countries. In a comment to The Economist in early January 2011, the Human Development Report Office responded to a January 6, 2011 article in the magazine which discusses the Wolff et al. paper. The Human Development Report Office states that they undertook a systematic revision of the methods used for the calculation of the HDI and that the new methodology directly addresses the critique by Wolff et al. in that it generates a system for continuous updating of the human development categories whenever formula or data revisions take place.

Question: How many economists were cited as pointing out data errors in the HDI?


Answer: 2010

Question: In what year did the UNDP respond to the criticism of its report?


Answer: The Economist

Question: Which magazine publication carried a statement from the Human Development Report Office in January, 2011?


Answer: 182

Context: The HDI has extended its geographical coverage: David Hastings, of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, published a report geographically extending the HDI to 230+ economies, whereas the UNDP HDI for 2009 enumerates 182 economies and coverage for the 2010 HDI dropped to 169 countries.

Question: How many countries were included in the 2009 HDI?


Answer: 169

Question: How many countries were included in the 2010 HDI?


Answer: Mediterranean Europe

Context: Some definitions of southern Europe, also known as Mediterranean Europe, include the countries of the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal), the Italian peninsula, southern France and Greece. Other definitions sometimes include the Balkan countries of southeast Europe, which are geographically in the southern part of Europe, but which have different historical, political, economic, and cultural backgrounds.

Question: What is another term for southern Europe


Answer: Iberian peninsula

Question: What is the name for the stretch of land on which Spain and Portugal are located?


Answer: Balkan countries

Question: What nations are sometimes included in the scope of southern Europe?


Answer: southern France

Question: What area of France is considered a part of Mediterranean Europe?


Answer: political, economic, and cultural attributes

Context: Different methods can be used to define southern Europe, including its political, economic, and cultural attributes. Southern Europe can also be defined by its natural features — its geography, climate, and flora.

Question: What are three characteristics that can be employed to characterize southern Europe?


Answer: geography, climate, and flora

Question: What are three aspects of the environment of southern Europe that can be used to distinguish the region?


Answer: The Mediterranean climate

Context: Southern Europe's most emblematic climate is that of the Mediterranean climate, which has become a typically known characteristic of the area. The Mediterranean climate covers much of Portugal, Spain, Southeast France, Italy, Croatia, Albania, Montenegro, Greece, the Western and Southern coastal regions of Turkey as well as the Mediterranean islands. Those areas of Mediterranean climate present similar vegetations and landscapes throughout, including dry hills, small plains, pine forests and olive trees.

Question: What kind of climate is exemplary of southern Europe?


Answer: Western and Southern coastal regions

Question: Which parts of Turkey are characterized by a Mediterranean climate?


Answer: vegetations and landscapes

Question: What are two broad categories of similarity among countries which have a Mediterranean climate?


Answer: mountain ranges of Spain and Italy

Context: Cooler climates can be found in certain parts of Southern European countries, for example within the mountain ranges of Spain and Italy. Additionally, the north coast of Spain experiences a wetter Atlantic climate.

Question: Where do colder areas occur within southern Europe?


Answer: north coast of Spain

Question: Where are more moist areas found in southern Europe?


Answer: Atlantic climate

Question: What term can be used to describe the wet area of North Spain?


Answer: phytochoria

Context: Southern Europe's flora is that of the Mediterranean Region, one of the phytochoria recognized by Armen Takhtajan. The Mediterranean and Submediterranean climate regions in Europe are found in much of Southern Europe, mainly in Southern Portugal, most of Spain, the southern coast of France, Italy, the Croatian coast, much of Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Greece, and the Mediterranean islands.

Question: What is a word that can be used to describe the plant life of southern Europe?


Answer: Armen Takhtajan

Question: Who coined the term phytochoria?


Answer: classical antiquity

Context: The period known as classical antiquity began with the rise of the city-states of Ancient Greece. Greek influence reached its zenith under the expansive empire of Alexander the Great, spreading throughout Asia.

Question: What era started when Ancient Greek cities became self-governing entities?


Answer: city-states

Question: What was the name of the different governments forming in Ancient Greece?


Answer: Alexander the Great

Question: Who was responsible for the bringing Greek culture as far as Asia?


Answer: Rome

Context: The Roman Empire came to dominate the entire Mediterranean basin in a vast empire based on Roman law and Roman legions. It promoted trade, tolerance, and Greek culture. By 300 AD the Roman Empire was divided into the Western Roman Empire based in Rome, and the Eastern Roman Empire based in Constantinople. The attacks of the Germanic peoples of northern Europe led to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire in AD 476, a date which traditionally marks the end of the classical period and the start of the Middle Ages.

Question: Where was the headquarters of the Western Roman Empire?


Answer: Constantinople

Question: Where was the headquarters of the Eastern Roman Empire?


Answer: Germanic

Question: Which tribes brought down the Western Roman Empire?


Answer: AD 476

Question: What year is considered the transition between the classical period and the Middle Ages?


Answer: 300 AD

Question: By what year was the Roman Empire split into two sections?


Answer: the Byzantine Empire

Context: During the Middle Ages, the Eastern Roman Empire survived, though modern historians refer to this state as the Byzantine Empire. In Western Europe, Germanic peoples moved into positions of power in the remnants of the former Western Roman Empire and established kingdoms and empires of their own.

Question: What is the Eastern Roman Empire in the Middle Ages called by contemporary scholars?


Answer: Germanic peoples

Question: Who took over the remains of the Western Roman Empire?


Answer: kingdoms and empires of their own

Question: What did Germanic people create in place of the Western Roman Empire?


Answer: the Crusades

Context: The period known as the Crusades, a series of religiously motivated military expeditions originally intended to bring the Levant back into Christian rule, began. Several Crusader states were founded in the eastern Mediterranean. These were all short-lived. The Crusaders would have a profound impact on many parts of Europe. Their Sack of Constantinople in 1204 brought an abrupt end to the Byzantine Empire. Though it would later be re-established, it would never recover its former glory. The Crusaders would establish trade routes that would develop into the Silk Road and open the way for the merchant republics of Genoa and Venice to become major economic powers. The Reconquista, a related movement, worked to reconquer Iberia for Christendom.

Question: What is the name of the period of armed incursions undertaken in the name of Christianity?


Answer: 1204

Question: When did Crusaders invade Constantinople?


Answer: Genoa and Venice

Question: Which two cities benefited greatly from the activities of Crusaders?


Answer: The Reconquista

Question: What was the name of another activity like the Crusades occuring on the Iberian peninsula?


Answer: the Byzantine Empire

Question: What empire was destroyed by the Sack of Constantinople?


Answer: The Late Middle Ages

Context: The Late Middle Ages represented a period of upheaval in Europe. The epidemic known as the Black Death and an associated famine caused demographic catastrophe in Europe as the population plummeted. Dynastic struggles and wars of conquest kept many of the states of Europe at war for much of the period. In the Balkans, the Ottoman Empire, a Turkish state originating in Anatolia, encroached steadily on former Byzantine lands, culminating in the Fall of Constantinople in 1453.

Question: What era was characterized by turmoil in Europe?


Answer: the Black Death

Question: What disease plagued Europe during the Late Middle Ages?


Answer: the Ottoman Empire

Question: Which new regime appeared in the Balkan region during the Late Middle Ages?


Answer: 1453

Question: When did the Ottoman Empire conquer Constantinople?


Answer: 14th century

Context: Beginning roughly in the 14th century in Florence, and later spreading through Europe with the development of the printing press, a Renaissance of knowledge challenged traditional doctrines in science and theology, with the Arabic texts and thought bringing about rediscovery of classical Greek and Roman knowledge.

Question: When was the start of the period known as the Renaissance?


Answer: Florence

Question: In what city did the Renaissance begin?


Answer: science and theology

Question: What areas of knowledge were subject to much debate during the Renaissance?


Answer: Greek and Roman

Question: The encounter with Arabic knowledge put Renaissance thinkers back in touch with the teachings of which ancient civilizations?


Answer: Portugal and Spain

Context: The Reconquista of Portugal and Spain led to a series of oceanic explorations resulting in the Age of Discovery that established direct links with Africa, the Americas, and Asia, while religious wars continued to be fought in Europe, which ended in 1648 with the Peace of Westphalia. The Spanish crown maintained its hegemony in Europe and was the leading power on the continent until the signing of the Treaty of the Pyrenees, which ended a conflict between Spain and France that had begun during the Thirty Years' War. An unprecedented series of major wars and political revolutions took place around Europe and indeed the world in the period between 1610 and 1700. Observers at the time, and many historians since, have argued that wars caused the revolutions. Galileo Galilei, invented the telescope and the thermometer which allowed him to observe and describe the solar system. Leonardo da Vinci painted the most famous work in the world. Guglielmo Marconi invented the radio.

Question: Which countries initiated the Age of Exploration following the Reconquista?


Answer: 1648

Question: When did religious conflict end in Europe?


Answer: Spain and France

Question: Between which two nations was the Treaty of the Pyrenees signed?


Answer: Galileo Galilei

Question: Which scientist developed a means of viewing space?


Answer: Guglielmo Marconi

Question: Who was responsible for creating the first radio?


Answer: the rise of colonial empires

Context: European overseas expansion led to the rise of colonial empires, producing the Columbian Exchange. The combination of resource inflows from the New World and the Industrial Revolution of Great Britain, allowed a new economy based on manufacturing instead of subsistence agriculture.

Question: What resulted from Europe's exploration of the New World?


Answer: the Columbian Exchange

Question: What institution of mercantilism was established with New World colonies?


Answer: manufacturing

Question: What replaced agriculture as the focus of European economy with the establishment of overseas colonies?


Answer: the Industrial Revolution of Great Britain

Question: Aside from the activities of colonies, what other event fostered the transition from agriculture to manufacturing?


Answer: between 1815 and 1871

Context: The period between 1815 and 1871 saw a large number of revolutionary attempts and independence wars. Balkan nations began to regain independence from the Ottoman Empire. Italy unified into a nation state. The capture of Rome in 1870 ended the Papal temporal power. Rivalry in a scramble for empires spread in what is known as The Age of Empire.

Question: When were there many struggles for independence or overthrowing prevailing governments?


Answer: the Ottoman Empire

Question: From whom did Balkan states start retaking their independence?


Answer: 1870

Question: In what year was Rome conquered?


Answer: The Age of Empire

Question: What phrase is used to describe the period marked by competition for extant lands?


Answer: 1914

Context: The outbreak of World War I in 1914 was precipitated by the rise of nationalism in Southeastern Europe as the Great Powers took up sides. The Allies defeated the Central Powers in 1918. During the Paris Peace Conference the Big Four imposed their terms in a series of treaties, especially the Treaty of Versailles.

Question: In what year did World War I begin?


Answer: 1918

Question: When did a victor emerge in World War I?


Answer: the Paris Peace Conference

Question: At what event did the major Allied powers assert their conditions at the end of the war?


Answer: The Nazi regime

Context: The Nazi regime under Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, and along with Mussolini's Italy sought to gain control of the continent by the Second World War. Following the Allied victory in the Second World War, Europe was divided by the Iron Curtain. The countries in Southeastern Europe were dominated by the Soviet Union and became communist states. The major non-communist Southern European countries joined a US-led military alliance (NATO) and formed the European Economic Community amongst themselves. The countries in the Soviet sphere of influence joined the military alliance known as the Warsaw Pact and the economic bloc called Comecon. Yugoslavia was neutal.

Question: Which group took control in 1933?


Answer: Adolf Hitler

Question: Who led the Nazis?


Answer: Italy

Question: Which country did Hitler align Germany with?


Answer: Mussolini

Question: Who was the leader of Italy when World War II started?


Answer: the Warsaw Pact

Question: What was the military partnership between countries aligned with the Soviet Union called?


Answer: European Union

Context: Italy became a major industrialized country again, due to its post-war economic miracle. The European Union (EU) involved the division of powers, with taxation, health and education handled by the nation states, while the EU had charge of market rules, competition, legal standards and environmentalism. The Soviet economic and political system collapsed, leading to the end of communism in the satellite countries in 1989, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union itself in 1991. As a consequence, Europe's integration deepened, the continent became depolarised, and the European Union expanded to subsequently include many of the formerly communist European countries – Romania and Bulgaria (2007) and Croatia (2013).

Question: What does EU stand for?


Answer: market rules, competition, legal standards and environmentalism

Question: What was the European Union tasked with managing?


Answer: 1989

Question: When did communism fall in allies of the Soviet Union?


Answer: 1991

Question: When did the USSR dissolve?


Answer: 2013

Question: In what year was Croatia admitted to the European Union?


Answer: Romance languages

Context: The most widely spoken family of languages in southern Europe are the Romance languages, the heirs of Latin, which have spread from the Italian peninsula, and are emblematic of Southwestern Europe. (See the Latin Arch.) By far the most common romance languages in Southern Europe are: Italian, which is spoken by over 50 million people in Italy, San Marino, and the Vatican; and Spanish, which is spoken by over 40 million people in Spain and Gibraltar. Other common romance languages include: Romanian, which is spoken in Romania and Moldova; Portuguese, which is spoken in Portugal; Catalan, which is spoken in eastern Spain; and Galician, which is spoken in northwestern Spain.

Question: What is the most common group of languages spoken in Mediterranean Europe?


Answer: Italy, San Marino, and the Vatican

Question: What are the three main areas of southern Europe where Italian speakers can be found?


Answer: eastern Spain

Question: Where can people who speak Catalan be found?


Answer: Galician

Question: What language is spoken in northwest Spain?


Answer: over 40 million

Question: How many people in Spain and Gibraltar are Spanish speakers?


Answer: Hellenic

Context: The Hellenic languages or Greek language are widely spoken in Greece and in the Greek part of Cyprus. Additionally, other varieties of Greek are spoken in small communities in parts of other European counties.

Question: What is another term for Greek?


Answer: Cyprus

Question: Outside of Greece itself, in what other nation is Greek a major language?


Answer: Macedonian

Context: Several South Slavic languages are spoken by millions of people in Southern Europe. Serbian is spoken in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia; Bulgarian is spoken in Bulgaria; Croatian is spoken in Croatia and Bosnia; Bosnian is spoken in Bosnia; Slovene is spoken in Slovenia; and Macedonian is spoken in Macedonia.

Question: What language is used in Macedonia?


Answer: Bulgarian

Question: What do people speak in Bulgaria?


Answer: Slovenia

Question: Slovene is a major language in what country?


Answer: English

Context: English is used as a second language in parts of Southern Europe. As a primary language, however, English has only a small presence in Southern Europe, only in Gibraltar (alongside Spanish) and Malta (secondary to Maltese).

Question: What is considered a de facto second language in Mediterranean Europe?


Answer: Spanish

Question: Besides English, what other language is spoken in Gibraltar?


Answer: Maltese

Question: Besides English, what other language is spoken in Malta?


Answer: Albanian

Context: There are other language groupings in Southern Europe. Albanian is spoken in Albania, Kosovo, Macedoonia, and parts of Greece. Maltese is a Semitic language that is the official language of Malta. The Basque language is spoken in the Basque Country, a region in northern Spain and southwestern France.

Question: What language can be found used in Kosovo and Albania?


Answer: Semitic

Question: What type of language is Maltese?


Answer: northern Spain and southwestern France

Question: Where is Basque Country located?


Answer: Christianity

Context: The predominant religion is southern Europe is Christianity. Christianity spread throughout Southern Europe during the Roman Empire, and Christianity was adopted as the official religion of the Roman Empire in the year 380 AD. Due to the historical break of the Christian Church into the western half based in Rome and the eastern half based in Constantinople, different branches of Christianity are prodominent in different parts of Europe. Christians in the western half of Southern Europe — e.g., Portugal, Spain, Italy — are generally Roman Catholic. Christians in the eastern half of Southern Europe — e.g., Greece, Macedonia — are generally Greek Orthodox.

Question: What is the main faith practiced in southern Europe?


Answer: 380 AD

Question: When did the Romans make Christianity their official religion?


Answer: Roman Catholic

Question: What denomination of Christianity is common in the western part of southern Europe?


Answer: Greek Orthodox

Question: Which denomination of Christianity is more common in the eastern part of Mediterranean Europe?


Answer: regions

Context: For its official works and publications, the United Nations Organization groups countries under a classification of regions. The assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience and does not imply any assumption regarding political or other affiliation of countries or territories by the United Nations. Southern Europe, as grouped for statistical convenience by the United Nations (the sub-regions according to the UN), includes following countries and territories:

Question: What term is used by the UNO to divide groups of nations?


Answer: statistical convenience

Question: What is the reason for the UNO's division into regions?


Answer: sub-regions

Question: What smaller unit makes up the southern Europe region?


Answer: Tourism Decision Metrics

Context: European Travel Commission divides the European region on the basis of Tourism Decision Metrics (TDM) model. Countries which belong to the Southern/Mediterranean Europe are:

Question: What does TDM stand for?


Answer: European Travel Commission

Question: Which group uses TDM as a metric?


Answer: BBC

Context: BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television broadcasts is dated to 2 November 1936.

Question: What is the acronym for British Broadcasting Corporation?


Answer: Royal charter

Question: Under what auspices does the BBC exist?


Answer: 1932

Question: When did the BBC start creating its own programming?


Answer: 2 November 1936

Question: On what date did the BBC being its regular TV broadcasts?


Answer: United Kingdom

Question: In what country is the BBC headquartered?


Answer: 30%

Context: The domestic TV BBC television channels are broadcast without any commercial advertising and collectively they account for more than 30% of all UK viewing. The services are funded by a television licence.

Question: What percentage of viewership across the UK is constituted by the BBC?


Answer: television production companies

Context: The BBC operates several television networks, television stations (although there is generally very little distinction between the two terms in the UK), and related programming services in the United Kingdom. As well as being a broadcaster, the corporation also produces a large number of its own programmes in-house, thereby ranking as one of the world's largest television production companies.

Question: As a result of shows that the BBC itself creates, it is one of the biggest what?


Answer: 30 September 1929

Context: Baird Television Ltd. made Britain's first television broadcast, on 30 September 1929 from its studio in Long Acre, London, via the BBC's London transmitter, using the electromechanical system pioneered by John Logie Baird. This system used a vertically-scanned image of 30 lines – just enough resolution for a close-up of one person, and with a bandwidth low enough to use existing radio transmitters. Simultaneous transmission of sound and picture was achieved on 30 March 1930, by using the BBC's new twin transmitter at Brookmans Park. By late 1930, 30 minutes of morning programmes were broadcast Monday to Friday, and 30 minutes at midnight on Tuesdays and Fridays, after BBC radio went off the air. Baird broadcasts via the BBC continued until June 1932.

Question: On what date was the first TV show seen in the UK?


Answer: Long Acre, London

Question: From where was the first TV show in the UK broadcasted?


Answer: 30

Question: How many lines made up the picture on Britain's earliest TV broadcasts?


Answer: June 1932

Question: When did Baird cease showing its programs on BBC?


Answer: 30 March 1930

Question: When were both audio and video first broadcasted at the same time?


Answer: Broadcasting House, London

Context: The BBC began its own regular television programming from the basement of Broadcasting House, London, on 22 August 1932. The studio moved to larger quarters in 16 Portland Place, London, in February 1934, and continued broadcasting the 30-line images, carried by telephone line to the medium wave transmitter at Brookmans Park, until 11 September 1935, by which time advances in all-electronic television systems made the electromechanical broadcasts obsolete.

Question: Where was the BBC's first studio located?


Answer: telephone line

Question: What was the medium that brought the BBC's signal to the transmitter?


Answer: electromechanical

Question: What term characterizes the type of broadcast made by the BBC prior to late 1935?


Answer: 16 Portland Place, London

Question: Where was the BBC's second studio located?


Answer: February 1934

Question: When did the BBC first change studios?


Answer: Alexandra Palace

Context: After a series of test transmissions and special broadcasts that began in August, regular BBC television broadcasts officially resumed on 1 October 1936, from a converted wing of Alexandra Palace in London, which housed two studios, various scenery stores, make-up areas, dressing rooms, offices, and the transmitter itself, now broadcasting on the VHF band. BBC television initially used two systems, on alternate weeks: the 240-line Baird intermediate film system and the 405-line Marconi-EMI system, each making the BBC the world's first regular high-definition television service, broadcasting Monday to Saturday from 15:00 to 16:00 and 21:00 to 22:00.

Question: Where did the BBC continue broadcasting from in October of 1936?


Answer: VHF

Question: What frequency band was used by the BBC starting in 1936?


Answer: 240

Question: How many lines did the Baird transmission contain?


Answer: 405

Question: How many lines did the Marconi-EMI transmission contain?


Answer: Monday to Saturday

Question: On what days did the BBC provide regular broadcasts?


Answer: six months

Context: The two systems were to run on a trial basis for six months; early television sets supported both resolutions. However, the Baird system, which used a mechanical camera for filmed programming and Farnsworth image dissector cameras for live programming, proved too cumbersome and visually inferior, and ended with closedown (at 22:00) on Saturday 13 February 1937.

Question: For how long did the BBC alternate different broadcasting systems?


Answer: Farnsworth image dissector

Question: What kind of camera was used to broadcast live shows under the Baird system?


Answer: 13 February 1937

Question: When was the Baird system officially abandoned?


Answer: 40 kilometres

Context: Initially, the station's range was officially a 40 kilometres radius of the Alexandra Palace transmitter—in practice, however, transmissions could be picked up a good deal further away, and on one occasion in 1938 were picked up by engineers at RCA in New York, who were experimenting with a British television set.

Question: How far from its studio could the BBC's broadcast originally reach?


Answer: 1938

Question: In what year were BBC broadcasts seen in the United States?


Answer: RCA

Question: What company did the U.S. engineers who saw the BBC broadcast work for?


Answer: a British television set

Question: What did the RCA employees use in order to receive the BBC signal?


Answer: Brookmans Park

Context: Mechanically scanned, 30-line television broadcasts by John Logie Baird began in 1929, using the BBC transmitter in London, and by 1930 a regular schedule of programmes was transmitted from the BBC antenna in Brookmans Park. Television production was switched from Baird's company to what is now known as BBC One on 2 August 1932, and continued until September 1935. Regularly scheduled electronically scanned television began from Alexandra Palace in London on 2 November 1936, to just a few hundred viewers in the immediate area. The first programme broadcast – and thus the first ever, on a dedicated TV channel – was "Opening of the BBC Television Service" at 15:00. The first major outside broadcast was the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in May 1937. The service was reaching an estimated 25,000–40,000 homes before the outbreak of World War II which caused the service to be suspended in September 1939. The VHF broadcasts would have provided an ideal radio beacon for German bombers homing in on London, and the engineers and technicians of the service would be needed for the war effort, in particular the radar programme.

Question: Where was the BBC's transmitter located in 1930?


Answer: 2 August 1932

Question: When did the BBC start broadcasting under the name BBC One?


Answer: Opening of the BBC Television Service

Question: What was the title of the first show seen on the BBC?


Answer: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

Question: Which members of British royalty were seen on the BBC in May of 1937?


Answer: September 1939

Question: When did the BBC cease broadcasts due to World War II?


Answer: VHF transmissions

Context: On 1 September 1939, two days before Britain declared war on Germany, the station was taken off air with little warning; the government was concerned that the VHF transmissions would act as a beacon to enemy aircraft homing in on London. Also, many of the television service's technical staff and engineers would be needed for the war effort, in particular on the radar programme. The last programme transmitted was a Mickey Mouse cartoon, Mickey's Gala Premier (1933), which was followed by test transmissions; this account refuted the popular memory according to which broadcasting was suspended before the end of the cartoon.

Question: What did the British fear could provide guidance to the German air force?


Answer: the radar programme

Question: What part of the military did many people working for the BBC end up serving in?


Answer: Mickey's Gala Premier

Question: What was the final thing shown on the BBC before it was shut down for the war?


Answer: before the end of the cartoon

Question: When did most people mistakenly remember the last broadcast as having ended?


Answer: 18,999

Context: According to figures from Britain's Radio Manufacturers Association, 18,999 television sets had been manufactured from 1936 to September 1939, when production was halted by the war.

Question: How many TVs were made between 1936 and the start of the war in 1939?


Answer: Jasmine Bligh

Context: BBC Television returned on 7 June 1946 at 15:00. Jasmine Bligh, one of the original announcers, made the first announcement, saying, 'Good afternoon everybody. How are you? Do you remember me, Jasmine Bligh?'. The Mickey Mouse cartoon of 1939 was repeated twenty minutes later.[unreliable source?] Alexandra Palace was the home base of the channel until the early 1950s when the majority of production moved into the newly acquired Lime Grove Studios.[original research?]

Question: Who was the first person to speak on BBC when it was turned back on following World War II?


Answer: 7 June 1946

Question: On what date did BBC return to the air after World War II?


Answer: Lime Grove Studios

Question: In the decade following the war, where did a large portion of the BBC move to?


Answer: Mickey Mouse

Question: What character was featured in the cartoon aired the day BBC broadcasting was restored?


Answer: Birmingham

Context: Postwar broadcast coverage was extended to Birmingham in 1949 with the opening of the Sutton Coldfield transmitting station, and by the mid-1950s most of the country was covered, transmitting a 405-line interlaced image on VHF.[original research?]

Question: What city received BBC signals starting in 1949?


Answer: Sutton Coldfield transmitting station

Question: Which facility brought the BBC's transmissions to Birmingham?


Answer: 405-line interlaced image

Question: What kind of image was broadcasted by the BBC by the mid-'50s?


Answer: VHF

Question: On what frequency band was the BBC broadcasting in thie 1950s?


Answer: BBC tv

Context: Television transmissions resumed from Alexandra Palace in 1946. The BBC Television Service (renamed "BBC tv" in 1960) showed popular programming, including drama, comedies, documentaries, game shows, and soap operas, covering a wide range of genres and regularly competed with ITV to become the channel with the highest ratings for that week. The channel also introduced the science fiction show Doctor Who on 23 November 1963 - at 17:16 - which went on to become one of Britain's most iconic and beloved television programmes.

Question: What was the name of the BBC changed to in 1960?


Answer: ITV

Question: What was the BBC's main competitor?


Answer: Doctor Who

Question: What program debuted on November 23, 1963?


Answer: Alexandra Palace

Question: Where did the BBC broadcast from following World War II?


Answer: ITV

Context: BBC TV was renamed BBC1 in 1964, after the launch of BBC2 (now BBC Two), the third television station (ITV was the second) for the UK; its remit, to provide more niche programming. The channel was due to launch on 20 April 1964, but was put off the air by a massive power failure that affected much of London, caused by a fire at Battersea Power Station. A videotape made on the opening night was rediscovered in 2003 by a BBC technician. In the end the launch went ahead the following night, hosted by Denis Tuohy holding a candle. BBC2 was the first British channel to use UHF and 625-line pictures, giving higher definition than the existing VHF 405-line system.

Question: What was the first station launched after the original BBC?


Answer: BBC2

Question: What was the third network started in the UK?


Answer: massive power failure

Question: What prevented BBC2 from broadcasting on its scheduled launch date?


Answer: Battersea Power Station

Question: Where was the cause of the power outage?


Answer: Denis Tuohy

Question: Who served as MC for the first BBC2 broadcast?


Answer: BBC Two

Context: On 1 July 1967, BBC Two became the first television channel in Europe to broadcast regularly in colour, using the West German PAL system that is still in use today although being gradually superseded by digital systems. (BBC One and ITV began 625-line colour broadcasts simultaneously on 15 November 1969). Unlike other terrestrial channels, BBC Two does not have soap opera or standard news programming, but a range of programmes intended to be eclectic and diverse (although if a programme has high audience ratings it is often eventually repositioned to BBC One). The different remit of BBC2 allowed its first controller, Sir David Attenborough to commission the first heavyweight documentaries and documentary series such as Civilisation, The Ascent of Man and Horizon.

Question: What was the first station to show programs in color?


Answer: 15 November 1969

Question: When did the other two major British stations start color programming?


Answer: soap opera or standard news programming

Question: What types of programs were not shown on BBC Two?


Answer: Sir David Attenborough

Question: Who was the first controller of BBC2?


Answer: documentaries

Question: What kinds of programs did Attenborough favor?


Answer: 1967

Context: In 1967 Tom and Jerry cartoons first aired on BBC One, with around 2 episodes shown every evening at 17:00, with occasional morning showings on CBBC. The BBC stopped airing the famous cartoon duo in 2000.

Question: When was the first broadcast of Tom and Jerry on BBC One?


Answer: 2000

Question: When was the final broadcast of Tom and Jerry?


Answer: 2

Question: How many episodes of Tom and Jerry were shown in the evenings?


Answer: CBBC

Question: On what channel was Tom and Jerry sometimes shown in the mornings?


Answer: BBC Natural History Unit

Context: David Attenborough was later granted sabbatical leave from his job as Controller to work with the BBC Natural History Unit which had existed since the 1950s. This unit is now famed throughout the world for producing high quality programmes with Attenborough such as Life on Earth, The Private Life of Plants, The Blue Planet, The Life of Mammals, Planet Earth and Frozen Planet.

Question: Which group did David Attenborough join while on sabbatical?


Answer: the 1950s

Question: When did the BBC Natural History Unit come into existence?


Answer: Life on Earth, The Private Life of Plants, The Blue Planet, The Life of Mammals, Planet Earth and Frozen Planet

Question: What are some shows that Attenborough created with the BBC Natural History Unit?


Answer: fifteen

Context: National and regional variations also occur within the BBC One and BBC Two schedules. England's BBC One output is split up into fifteen regions (such as South West and East), which exist mainly to produce local news programming, but also occasionally opt out of the network to show programmes of local importance (such as major local events). The other nations of the United Kingdom (Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) have been granted more autonomy from the English network; for example, programmes are mostly introduced by local announcers, rather than by those in London. BBC One and BBC Two schedules in the other UK nations can vary immensely from BBC One and BBC Two in England.

Question: How many different areas does BBC One accommodate with customized broadcasting?


Answer: Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Question: Which parts of the UK have more control over their BBC broadcasts?


Answer: local announcers

Question: Who hosts shows on BBC broadcasts outside of England?


Answer: major local events

Question: What kind of coverage might take precedence over standard BBC programming?


Answer: Give My Head Peace

Context: Programmes, such as the politically fuelled Give My Head Peace (produced by BBC Northern Ireland) and the soap opera River City (produced by BBC Scotland), have been created specifically to cater for some viewers in their respective nations, who may have found programmes created for English audiences irrelevant. BBC Scotland produces daily programmes for its Gaelic-speaking viewers, including current affairs, political and children's programming such as the popular Eòrpa and Dè a-nis?. BBC Wales also produces a large amount of Welsh language programming for S4C, particularly news, sport and other programmes, especially the soap opera Pobol y Cwm ('People of the Valley'). The UK nations also produce a number of programmes that are shown across the UK, such as BBC Scotland's comedy series Chewin' the Fat, and BBC Northern Ireland's talk show Patrick Kielty Almost Live.

Question: What is the name of a political show shown on BBC in Northern Ireland?


Answer: River City

Question: What is the name of a Scottish soap opera?


Answer: Gaelic

Question: What language does BBC Scotland provide programming for?


Answer: Eòrpa and Dè a-nis?

Question: What is a well-known Gaelic program?


Answer: Patrick Kielty Almost Live

Question: What is the name of a show from Northern Ireland broadcast all over the United Kingdom?


Answer: 25%

Context: The BBC is also renowned for its production of costume dramas, such as Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and contemporary social dramas such as Boys from the Blackstuff and Our Friends in the North. The BBC has come under pressure to commission more programmes from independent British production companies, and indeed is legally required to source 25% of its output from such companies by the terms of the Broadcasting Act 1990. Programmes have also been imported mainly from English-speaking countries: notable—though no longer shown—examples include The Simpsons from the United States and Neighbours from Australia. Because of the availability of programmes in English, few programmes need use sub-titles or dubbing unlike much European television.

Question: How much of its programming must the BBC obtain from other content producers?


Answer: The Simpsons

Question: What is a popular American show that was shown on the BBC?


Answer: Neighbours

Question: What is a television show from Australia that was shown on the BBC?


Answer: teletext

Context: The BBC also introduced Ceefax, the first teletext service, starting in 1974. This service allows BBC viewers to view textual information such as the latest news on their television. CEEFAX has not made a full transition to digital television, instead being replaced by the new interactive BBCi service.

Question: What kind of service was Ceefax?


Answer: 1974

Question: When was Ceefax launched?


Answer: BBCi

Question: What is the modern replacement for Ceefax?


Answer: May 2003

Context: In March 2003 the BBC announced that from the end of May 2003 (subsequently deferred to 14 July) it intended to transmit all eight of its domestic television channels (including the 15 regional variations of BBC 1) unencrypted from the Astra 2D satellite. This move was estimated to save the BBC £85 million over the next five years.

Question: When did the BBC say it would start using a satellite to transit its signal?


Answer: Astra 2D satellite

Question: What was the name of the satellite from which the BBC's signal was sent?


Answer: 14 July

Question: Due to delays, when was the actual date of the BBC's move to satellite broadcasts?


Answer: £85 million

Question: How much money was the move to satellite worth to the station over the following half decade?


Answer: Western Europe

Context: While the "footprint" of the Astra 2D satellite was smaller than that of Astra 2A, from which it was previously broadcast encrypted, it meant that viewers with appropriate equipment were able to receive BBC channels "free-to-air" over much of Western Europe. Consequently, some rights concerns have needed to be resolved with programme providers such as Hollywood studios and sporting organisations, which have expressed concern about the unencrypted signal leaking out. This led to some broadcasts being made unavailable on the Sky Digital platform, such as Scottish Premier League and Scottish Cup football, while on other platforms such broadcasts were not disrupted. Later, when rights contracts were renewed, this problem was resolved.

Question: With the right tools, what area could get free BBC broadcasts from Astra 2D?


Answer: Hollywood studios and sporting organisations

Question: What are some entities that have taken issue with the possibility that BBC programming was being viewed for free?


Answer: Sky Digital

Question: On what service were some shows removed as a result of issues over rights?


Answer: Scottish Premier League and Scottish Cup football

Question: What are two specific broadcasts suspended on Sky Digital?


Answer: 5 July 2004

Context: On 5 July 2004, the BBC celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its television news bulletins (although it had produced the Television Newsreel for several years before 1954). This event was marked by the release of a DVD, which showed highlights of the BBC's television coverage of significant events over the half-century, as well as changes in the format of the BBC television news; from the newsreel format of the first BBC Television News bulletins, to the 24-hour, worldwide news coverage available in 2004. A special edition of Radio Times was also produced, as well as a special section of the BBC News Online website. In 2005 the pioneering BBC television series Little Angels won a BAFTA award. Little Angels was the first reality parenting show and its most famous episode saw Welsh actress Jynine James try to cope with the tantrums of her six-year-old son.

Question: When was the 50th anniversary of BBC news broadcasts?


Answer: DVD

Question: On what form of media was a retrospective of the BBC's news broadcasts released to commemorate its 50th anniversary?


Answer: Newsreel

Question: In what format were the BBC's first new bulletins shown?


Answer: Little Angels

Question: What reality series was awarded a BAFTA in 2005?


Answer: Jana Bennett

Context: The BBC Television department headed by Jana Bennett was absorbed into a new, much larger group; BBC Vision, in late 2006. The new group was part of larger restructuring within the BBC with the onset of new media outlets and technology.

Question: Who was the leader of BBC Television in 2006?


Answer: BBC Vision

Question: What did BBC Television get absorbed into?


Answer: the onset of new media outlets and technology

Question: What caused the move of BBC Television into the BBC VIsion unit?


Answer: 2008

Context: In 2008, the BBC began experimenting with live streaming of certain channels in the UK, and in November 2008, all standard BBC television channels were made available to watch online.

Question: When did the BBC start exploring the use of internet streaming?


Answer: November 2008

Question: When was full coverage of the BBC's standard programming launched in online stream format?


Answer: Keeping Up Appearances

Context: In February 2016, it was confirmed by BBC Worldwide that Keeping Up Appearances is the corporation's most exported television programme, being sold nearly 1000 times to overseas broadcasters.

Question: As of early 2016, what BBC show has been sold outside of the country the most times?


Answer: nearly 1000

Question: How many sales of Keeping Up Appearances have been made to non-British buyers?


Answer: BBC Worldwide

Question: Who announced the status of Keeping Up Appearances as the most exported BBC show?


Answer: annually

Context: The BBC domestic television channels do not broadcast advertisements; they are instead funded by a television licence fee which TV viewers are required to pay annually. This includes viewers who watch real-time streams of the BBC's channels online or via their mobile phone. The BBC's international television channels are funded by advertisements and subscription.

Question: How often are people required to remit the TV license fee?


Answer: advertisements and subscription

Question: How do the BBC's non-domestic channels generate revenue?


Answer: 2013

Context: As a division within the BBC, Television was formerly known as BBC Vision for a few years in the early 21st century, until its name reverted to Television in 2013. It is responsible for the commissioning, producing, scheduling and broadcasting of all programming on the BBC's television channels, and is led by Danny Cohen.

Question: When did BBC Vision change back to BBC Television?


Answer: Danny Cohen

Question: Who is the current head of BBC Television?


Answer: commissioning, producing, scheduling and broadcasting

Question: What are the four responsibilities of BBC Television?


Answer: December 2004

Context: BBC Japan was a general entertainment channel, which operated between December 2004 and April 2006. It ceased operations after its Japanese distributor folded.

Question: When did BBC Japan begin broadcasting?


Answer: April 2006

Question: When did BBC Japan shut down?


Answer: general entertainment

Question: What was the genre of BBC Japan?


Answer: July 30, 1947

Context: Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (/ˈʃwɔːrtsənˌɛɡər/; German: [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈalɔʏs ˈʃvaɐ̯tsn̩ˌɛɡɐ]; born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American actor, filmmaker, businessman, investor, author, philanthropist, activist, former professional bodybuilder and politician. He served two terms as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011.

Question: What's Arnold Schwarzenegger's birth date?


Answer: Alois

Question: What's Arnold Schwarzenegger's middle name?


Answer: two

Question: How many terms did Schwarzenegger serve as California's governor?


Answer: 15

Context: Schwarzenegger began weight training at the age of 15. He won the Mr. Universe title at age 20 and went on to win the Mr. Olympia contest seven times. Schwarzenegger has remained a prominent presence in bodybuilding and has written many books and articles on the sport. He is widely considered to be among the greatest bodybuilders of all times as well as its biggest icon. Schwarzenegger gained worldwide fame as a Hollywood action film icon. His breakthrough film was the sword-and-sorcery epic Conan the Barbarian in 1982, which was a box-office hit and resulted in a sequel. In 1984, he appeared in James Cameron's science-fiction thriller film The Terminator, which was a massive critical and box-office success. Schwarzenegger subsequently reprised the Terminator character in the franchise's later installments in 1991, 2003, and 2015. He appeared in a number of successful films, such as Commando (1985), The Running Man (1987), Predator (1987), Twins (1988), Total Recall (1990), Kindergarten Cop (1990) and True Lies (1994). He was nicknamed the "Austrian Oak" in his bodybuilding days, "Arnie" during his acting career, and "The Governator" (a portmanteau of "Governor" and "The Terminator", one of his best-known movie roles).

Question: How old was Schwarzenegger when he started bodybuilding?


Answer: seven

Question: How many times was Schwarzenegger awarded the Mr. Olympia title?


Answer: Conan the Barbarian

Question: For which film from 1982 did Schwarzenegger first gain fame?


Answer: 20

Question: How old was Schwarzenegger when he won Mr. Universe?


Answer: Arnie

Question: What nickname did Schwarzenegger's co-stars call him by during his acting career?


Answer: 2011

Context: As a Republican, he was first elected on October 7, 2003, in a special recall election to replace then-Governor Gray Davis. Schwarzenegger was sworn in on November 17, to serve the remainder of Davis's term. Schwarzenegger was then re-elected on November 7, 2006, in California's 2006 gubernatorial election, to serve a full term as governor, defeating Democrat Phil Angelides, who was California State Treasurer at the time. Schwarzenegger was sworn in for his second term on January 5, 2007. In 2011, Schwarzenegger completed his second term as governor.

Question: What year marked the end of Schwarzenegger's second term in the governor's office?


Answer: Republican

Question: What political party did Schwarzenegger belong to?


Answer: Gray Davis

Question: What governor did Schwarzenegger replace?


Answer: January 5, 2007

Question: What date marked the start of Schwarzenegger's second gubernatorial term?


Answer: Austria

Context: Schwarzenegger was born in Thal, a village bordering the city of Graz in Styria, Austria and christened Arnold Alois. His parents were Gustav Schwarzenegger (August 17, 1907 – December 13, 1972), and Aurelia Schwarzenegger (née Jadrny; July 29, 1922 – August 2, 1998). Gustav was the local chief of police, and had served in World War II as a Hauptfeldwebel after voluntarily joining the Nazi Party in 1938, though he was discharged in 1943 following a bout of malaria. He married Arnold's mother on October 20, 1945;– he was 38, and she was 23 years old. According to Schwarzenegger, both of his parents were very strict: "Back then in Austria it was a very different world, if we did something bad or we disobeyed our parents, the rod was not spared." He grew up in a Roman Catholic family who attended Mass every Sunday.

Question: What country was Schwarzenegger born in?


Answer: Jadrny

Question: What was Schwarzenegger's mother's maiden name?


Answer: Gustav

Question: What was Schwarzenegger's father's first name?


Answer: chief of police

Question: What was Schwarzenegger's dad's job in their town?


Answer: Meinhard

Context: Gustav had a preference for his elder son, Meinhard (July 17, 1946 – May 20, 1971), over Arnold. His favoritism was "strong and blatant," which stemmed from unfounded suspicion that Arnold was not his biological child. Schwarzenegger has said his father had "no patience for listening or understanding your problems." Schwarzenegger had a good relationship with his mother and kept in touch with her until her death. In later life, Schwarzenegger commissioned the Simon Wiesenthal Center to research his father's wartime record, which came up with no evidence of Gustav's being involved in atrocities, despite Gustav's membership in the Nazi Party and SA. Schwarzenegger's father's background received wide press attention during the 2003 California recall campaign. At school, Schwarzenegger was apparently in the middle but stood out for his "cheerful, good-humored and exuberant" character. Money was a problem in their household; Schwarzenegger recalled that one of the highlights of his youth was when the family bought a refrigerator.

Question: What was Schwarzenegger's older brother's name?


Answer: refrigerator

Question: What appliance did Schwarzenegger's family buy that he called a highlight of his youth?


Answer: soccer

Context: As a boy, Schwarzenegger played several sports, heavily influenced by his father. He picked up his first barbell in 1960, when his soccer coach took his team to a local gym. At the age of 14, he chose bodybuilding over soccer as a career. Schwarzenegger has responded to a question asking if he was 13 when he started weightlifting: "I actually started weight training when I was 15, but I'd been participating in sports, like soccer, for years, so I felt that although I was slim, I was well-developed, at least enough so that I could start going to the gym and start Olympic lifting." However, his official website biography claims: "At 14, he started an intensive training program with Dan Farmer, studied psychology at 15 (to learn more about the power of mind over body) and at 17, officially started his competitive career." During a speech in 2001, he said, "My own plan formed when I was 14 years old. My father had wanted me to be a police officer like he was. My mother wanted me to go to trade school." Schwarzenegger took to visiting a gym in Graz, where he also frequented the local movie theaters to see bodybuilding idols such as Reg Park, Steve Reeves, and Johnny Weissmuller on the big screen. When Reeves died in 2000, Schwarzenegger fondly remembered him: "As a teenager, I grew up with Steve Reeves. His remarkable accomplishments allowed me a sense of what was possible, when others around me didn't always understand my dreams. Steve Reeves has been part of everything I've ever been fortunate enough to achieve." In 1961, Schwarzenegger met former Mr. Austria Kurt Marnul, who invited him to train at the gym in Graz. He was so dedicated as a youngster that he broke into the local gym on weekends, when it was usually closed, so that he could train. "It would make me sick to miss a workout... I knew I couldn't look at myself in the mirror the next morning if I didn't do it." When Schwarzenegger was asked about his first movie experience as a boy, he replied: "I was very young, but I remember my father taking me to the Austrian theaters and seeing some newsreels. The first real movie I saw, that I distinctly remember, was a John Wayne movie."

Question: What sport Schwarzenegger played led to a trip to the gym that sparked his love of weightlifting?


Answer: John Wayne

Question: Who starred in the first movie Schwarzenegger remembers seeing?


Answer: police officer

Question: What job did Schwarzenegger's father want him to pursue?


Answer: Steve Reeves

Question: Which of Schwarzenegger's bodybuilding idols died in 2000?


Answer: 1971

Context: On May 20, 1971, his brother, Meinhard, died in a car accident. Meinhard had been drinking and was killed instantly. Schwarzenegger did not attend his funeral. Meinhard was due to marry Erika Knapp, and the couple had a three-year-old son, Patrick. Schwarzenegger would pay for Patrick's education and help him to emigrate to the United States. Gustav died the following year from a stroke. In Pumping Iron, Schwarzenegger claimed that he did not attend his father's funeral because he was training for a bodybuilding contest. Later, he and the film's producer said this story was taken from another bodybuilder for the purpose of showing the extremes that some would go to for their sport and to make Schwarzenegger's image more cold and machine-like in order to fan controversy for the film. Barbara Baker, his first serious girlfriend, has said he informed her of his father's death without emotion and that he never spoke of his brother. Over time, he has given at least three versions of why he was absent from his father's funeral.

Question: What year did Schwarzenegger's brother die?


Answer: Patrick

Question: What is Meinhard's son named?


Answer: stroke

Question: What caused Schwarzenegger's father Gustav's death?


Answer: Barbara Baker

Question: Who was the first woman Schwarzenegger was serious about?


Answer: Fortune

Context: In an interview with Fortune in 2004, Schwarzenegger told how he suffered what "would now be called child abuse" at the hands of his father: "My hair was pulled. I was hit with belts. So was the kid next door. It was just the way it was. Many of the children I've seen were broken by their parents, which was the German-Austrian mentality. They didn't want to create an individual. It was all about conforming. I was one who did not conform, and whose will could not be broken. Therefore, I became a rebel. Every time I got hit, and every time someone said, 'you can't do this,' I said, 'this is not going to be for much longer, because I'm going to move out of here. I want to be rich. I want to be somebody.'"

Question: What magazine revealed the details of Schwarzenegger's childhood punishments in 2004?


Answer: Mr. Universe

Context: Schwarzenegger served in the Austrian Army in 1965 to fulfill the one year of service required at the time of all 18-year-old Austrian males. During his army service, he won the Junior Mr. Europe contest. He went AWOL during basic training so he could take part in the competition and spent a week in military prison: "Participating in the competition meant so much to me that I didn't carefully think through the consequences." He won another bodybuilding contest in Graz, at Steirer Hof Hotel (where he had placed second). He was voted best built man of Europe, which made him famous. "The Mr. Universe title was my ticket to America – the land of opportunity, where I could become a star and get rich." Schwarzenegger made his first plane trip in 1966, attending the NABBA Mr. Universe competition in London. He would come in second in the Mr. Universe competition, not having the muscle definition of American winner Chester Yorton.

Question: Which bodybuilding title did Schwarzenegger call his "ticket to America"?


Answer: Junior Mr. Europe

Question: Which competition did Schwarzenegger go AWOL to participate in?


Answer: 1966

Question: When did Schwarzenegger take an airplane for the first time ever?


Answer: London

Question: In what city was the 1966 NABBA Mr. Universe competition held?


Answer: Reg Park

Context: Charles "Wag" Bennett, one of the judges at the 1966 competition, was impressed with Schwarzenegger and he offered to coach him. As Schwarzenegger had little money, Bennett invited him to stay in his crowded family home above one of his two gyms in Forest Gate, London, England. Yorton's leg definition had been judged superior, and Schwarzenegger, under a training program devised by Bennett, concentrated on improving the muscle definition and power in his legs. Staying in the East End of London helped Schwarzenegger improve his rudimentary grasp of the English language. Also in 1966, Schwarzenegger had the opportunity to meet childhood idol Reg Park, who became his friend and mentor. The training paid off and, in 1967, Schwarzenegger won the title for the first time, becoming the youngest ever Mr. Universe at the age of 20. He would go on to win the title a further three times. Schwarzenegger then flew back to Munich, training for four to six hours daily, attending business school and working in a health club (Rolf Putziger's gym where he worked and trained from 1966–1968), returning in 1968 to London to win his next Mr. Universe title. He frequently told Roger C. Field, his English coach and friend in Munich at that time, "I'm going to become the greatest actor!"

Question: Which of the bodybuilders Schwarzenegger idolized as a kid did he meet in 1966?


Answer: legs

Question: Which part of his body did Schwarzenegger work to develop with Coach Bennett?


Answer: four

Question: How many total times has Schwarzenegger won the Mr. Universe title?


Answer: Rolf Putziger

Question: Who owned the gym Schwarzenegger worked in during the late sixties?


Answer: 10

Context: Schwarzenegger, who dreamed of moving to the U.S. since the age of 10, and saw bodybuilding as the avenue through which to do so, realized his dream by moving to the United States in September 1968 at the age of 21, speaking little English. There he trained at Gold's Gym in Venice, Los Angeles, California, under Joe Weider. From 1970 to 1974, one of Schwarzenegger's weight training partners was Ric Drasin, a professional wrestler who designed the original Gold's Gym logo in 1973. Schwarzenegger also became good friends with professional wrestler Superstar Billy Graham. In 1970, at age 23, he captured his first Mr. Olympia title in New York, and would go on to win the title a total of seven times.

Question: How old was Schwarzenegger when he started hoping he'd move to America?


Answer: 21

Question: How old was Schwarzenegger when he moved to the U.S.?


Answer: New York

Question: In what state did Schwarzenegger claim his first Mr. Olympia title?


Answer: Ric Drasin

Question: What's the name of the professional wrestler who designed the first logo for Gold's Gym?


Answer: LA Weekly

Context: Immigration law firm Siskind & Susser have stated that Schwarzenegger may have been an illegal immigrant at some point in the late 1960s or early 1970s because of violations in the terms of his visa. LA Weekly would later say in 2002 that Schwarzenegger is the most famous immigrant in America, who "overcame a thick Austrian accent and transcended the unlikely background of bodybuilding to become the biggest movie star in the world in the 1990s".

Question: What magazine called Schwarzenegger America's most famous immigrant?


Answer: Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder

Context: In 1977, Schwarzenegger's autobiography/weight-training guide Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder was published and became a huge success. After taking English classes at Santa Monica College in California, he earned a BA by correspondence from the University of Wisconsin–Superior, where he graduated with a degree in international marketing of fitness and business administration in 1979.

Question: What's the title of Schwarzenegger's 1977 book?


Answer: Santa Monica College

Question: At what college did Schwarzenegger study but not receive his degree?


Answer: Transcendental Meditation

Context: He tells that during this time he ran into a friend who told him that he was teaching Transcendental Meditation (TM), which prompted Schwarzenegger to reveal he had been struggling with anxiety for the first time in his life: "Even today, I still benefit from [the year of TM] because I don't merge and bring things together and see everything as one big problem."

Question: What does TM stand for?


Answer: anxiety

Question: What psychological problem did Schwarzenegger say he struggled with?


Answer: the Arnold Classic

Context: Schwarzenegger is considered among the most important figures in the history of bodybuilding, and his legacy is commemorated in the Arnold Classic annual bodybuilding competition. Schwarzenegger has remained a prominent face in the bodybuilding sport long after his retirement, in part because of his ownership of gyms and fitness magazines. He has presided over numerous contests and awards shows.

Question: What bodybuilding competition is named after Schwarzenegger?


Answer: monthly

Context: For many years, he wrote a monthly column for the bodybuilding magazines Muscle & Fitness and Flex. Shortly after being elected Governor, he was appointed executive editor of both magazines, in a largely symbolic capacity. The magazines agreed to donate $250,000 a year to the Governor's various physical fitness initiatives. When the deal, including the contract that gave Schwarzenegger at least $1 million a year, was made public in 2005, many criticized it as being a conflict of interest since the governor's office made decisions concerning regulation of dietary supplements in California. Consequently, Schwarzenegger relinquished the executive editor role in 2005. American Media Inc., which owns Muscle & Fitness and Flex, announced in March 2013 that Schwarzenegger had accepted their renewed offer to be executive editor of the magazines.

Question: How frequently did Schwarzenegger write a column for Muscle & Fitness and Flex?


Answer: $250,000

Question: How much did the magazines Schwarzenegger wrote for pledge to contribute to physical fitness initiatives each year when he was Governor?


Answer: executive editor

Question: What position did Schwarzenegger briefly hold at Muscle & Fitness and Flex?


Answer: Junior Mr. Europe

Context: One of the first competitions he won was the Junior Mr. Europe contest in 1965. He won Mr. Europe the following year, at age 19. He would go on to compete in, and win, many bodybuilding contests. His bodybuilding victories included five Mr. Universe (4 – NABBA [England], 1 – IFBB [USA]) wins, and seven Mr. Olympia wins, a record which would stand until Lee Haney won his eighth consecutive Mr. Olympia title in 1991.

Question: What bodybuilding title did Schwarzenegger win in 1965?


Answer: seven

Question: How many times did Schwarzenegger win the Mr. Olympia title?


Answer: half an hour

Context: Schwarzenegger continues to work out even today. When asked about his personal training during the 2011 Arnold Classic he said that he was still working out a half an hour with weights every day.

Question: In 2011, how much time each day did Schwarzenegger say he lifted weights?


Answer: Munich stone-lifting contest

Context: In 1967, Schwarzenegger won the Munich stone-lifting contest, in which a stone weighing 508 German pounds (254 kg/560 lbs.) is lifted between the legs while standing on two foot rests.

Question: In what competition did Schwarzenegger have to lift over 500 pounds while balancing on foot rests?


Answer: 1969

Context: Schwarzenegger's goal was to become the greatest bodybuilder in the world, which meant becoming Mr. Olympia. His first attempt was in 1969, when he lost to three-time champion Sergio Oliva. However, Schwarzenegger came back in 1970 and won the competition, making him the youngest ever Mr. Olympia at the age of 23, a record he still holds to this day.

Question: What year did Schwarzenegger first try to win the Mr. Olympia title?


Answer: Sergio Oliva

Question: Who won Mr. Olympia 1969?


Answer: 1970

Question: At which year's Mr. Olympia contest did Schwarzenegger become the youngest person to win the title?


Answer: 23

Question: How old was Schwarzenegger when he won Mr. Olympia in 1970?


Answer: Franco Columbu

Context: He continued his winning streak in the 1971–74 competitions. In 1975, Schwarzenegger was once again in top form, and won the title for the sixth consecutive time, beating Franco Columbu. After the 1975 Mr. Olympia contest, Schwarzenegger announced his retirement from professional bodybuilding.

Question: Who did Schwarzenegger beat to win his sixth Mr. Olympia in a row?


Answer: 1975

Question: What year did Schwarzenegger quit competing as a professional bodybuilder?


Answer: Mr. Olympia

Question: What was Schwarzenegger's last competition before retirement?


Answer: Pumping Iron

Context: Months before the 1975 Mr. Olympia contest, filmmakers George Butler and Robert Fiore persuaded Schwarzenegger to compete, in order to film his training in the bodybuilding documentary called Pumping Iron. Schwarzenegger had only three months to prepare for the competition, after losing significant weight to appear in the film Stay Hungry with Jeff Bridges. Lou Ferrigno proved not to be a threat, and a lighter-than-usual Schwarzenegger convincingly won the 1975 Mr. Olympia.

Question: What was the name of the bodybuilding film Schwarzenegger starred in?


Answer: three months

Question: How much time did Schwarzenegger have to train for the 1975 Mr. Olympia competition?


Answer: Jeff Bridges

Question: Who co-starred with Schwarzenegger in the film Stay Hungry?


Answer: Conan

Context: Schwarzenegger came out of retirement, however, to compete in the 1980 Mr. Olympia. Schwarzenegger was training for his role in Conan, and he got into such good shape because of the running, horseback riding and sword training, that he decided he wanted to win the Mr. Olympia contest one last time. He kept this plan a secret, in the event that a training accident would prevent his entry and cause him to lose face. Schwarzenegger had been hired to provide color commentary for network television, when he announced at the eleventh hour that while he was there: "Why not compete?" Schwarzenegger ended up winning the event with only seven weeks of preparation. After being declared Mr. Olympia for a seventh time, Schwarzenegger then officially retired from competition.

Question: For what Hollywood role was Schwarzenegger training in 1980?


Answer: seven

Question: How many weeks did Schwarzenegger spend getting ready for the 1980 Mr. Olympia contest?


Answer: seven

Question: How many times did Schwarzenegger win Mr. Olympia before retiring for good?


Answer: 1977

Context: Schwarzenegger has admitted to using performance-enhancing anabolic steroids while they were legal, writing in 1977 that "steroids were helpful to me in maintaining muscle size while on a strict diet in preparation for a contest. I did not use them for muscle growth, but rather for muscle maintenance when cutting up." He has called the drugs "tissue building."

Question: In what year did Schwarzenegger write that he used anabolic steroid because they were "helpful"?


Answer: Dr. Willi Heepe

Context: In 1999, Schwarzenegger sued Dr. Willi Heepe, a German doctor who publicly predicted his early death on the basis of a link between his steroid use and his later heart problems. As the doctor had never examined him personally, Schwarzenegger collected a US$10,000 libel judgment against him in a German court. In 1999, Schwarzenegger also sued and settled with The Globe, a U.S. tabloid which had made similar predictions about the bodybuilder's future health.

Question: What German doctor was sued by Schwarzenegger?


Answer: $10,000

Question: How much did the court award Schwarzenegger in the case against Heepe?


Answer: The Globe

Question: Which U.S. tabloid settled out of court with Schwarzenegger in 1999?


Answer: Hercules

Context: Schwarzenegger wanted to move from bodybuilding into acting, finally achieving it when he was chosen to play the role of Hercules in 1970's Hercules in New York. Credited under the name "Arnold Strong," his accent in the film was so thick that his lines were dubbed after production. His second film appearance was as a deaf mute hit-man for the mob in director Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye (1973), which was followed by a much more significant part in the film Stay Hungry (1976), for which he was awarded a Golden Globe for New Male Star of the Year. Schwarzenegger has discussed his early struggles in developing his acting career. "It was very difficult for me in the beginning – I was told by agents and casting people that my body was 'too weird', that I had a funny accent, and that my name was too long. You name it, and they told me I had to change it. Basically, everywhere I turned, I was told that I had no chance."

Question: What was Schwarzenegger's first film role?


Answer: Strong

Question: What last name was Schwarzenegger going by when he starred in Hercules in New York?


Answer: Robert Altman

Question: In 1973, who directed Schwarzenegger as a hit-man in The Long Goodbye?


Answer: New Male Star of the Year

Question: Schwarzenegger's role in Stay Hungry led to a Golden Globe win in what category?


Answer: weird

Question: What adjective did Schwarzenegger say agents used to describe his body?


Answer: 1991

Context: Schwarzenegger drew attention and boosted his profile in the bodybuilding film Pumping Iron (1977), elements of which were dramatized; in 1991, he purchased the rights to the film, its outtakes, and associated still photography. In 1977, he also appeared in an episode of the ABC situation comedy The San Pedro Beach Bums. Schwarzenegger auditioned for the title role of The Incredible Hulk, but did not win the role because of his height. Later, Lou Ferrigno got the part of Dr. David Banner's alter ego. Schwarzenegger appeared with Kirk Douglas and Ann-Margret in the 1979 comedy The Villain. In 1980, he starred in a biographical film of the 1950s actress Jayne Mansfield as Mansfield's husband, Mickey Hargitay.

Question: When did Schwarzenegger purchase the rights to the film Pumping Iron?


Answer: 1980

Question: In what year did Schwarzenegger play Jayne Mansfield's husband in a film?


Answer: The Incredible Hulk

Question: What role did Schwarzenegger miss out on because of his height?


Answer: The Villain

Question: What 1979 comedy film featured Schwarzenegger, Kirk Douglas, and Ann-Margret?


Answer: Conan the Destroyer

Context: Schwarzenegger's breakthrough film was the sword-and-sorcery epic Conan the Barbarian in 1982, which was a box-office hit. This was followed by a sequel, Conan the Destroyer, in 1984, although it was not as successful as its predecessor. In 1983, Schwarzenegger starred in the promotional video, Carnival in Rio. In 1984, he made his first appearance as the eponymous character, and what some would say was his acting career's signature role, in James Cameron's science fiction thriller film The Terminator. Following this, Schwarzenegger made Red Sonja in 1985.

Question: What was the title of the sequel to Conan the Barbarian?


Answer: 1984

Question: What year was the first Terminator movie released?


Answer: James Cameron

Question: Who directed The Terminator?


Answer: Sylvester Stallone

Context: During the 1980s, audiences had an appetite for action films, with both Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone becoming international stars. Schwarzenegger's roles reflected his sense of humor, separating him from more serious action hero films, such as the alternative universe poster for Terminator 2: Judgment Day starring Stallone in the comedy thriller Last Action Hero. He made a number of successful films, such as Commando (1985), Raw Deal (1986), The Running Man (1987), Predator (1987), and Red Heat (1988).

Question: What other action star was an international hit in the 1980s?


Answer: 1987

Question: What year was Schwarzenegger's film The Running Man released?


Answer: Twins

Context: Twins (1988), a comedy with Danny DeVito, also proved successful. Total Recall (1990) netted Schwarzenegger $10 million and 15% of the film's gross. A science fiction script, the film was based on the Philip K. Dick short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale". Kindergarten Cop (1990) reunited him with director Ivan Reitman, who directed him in Twins. Schwarzenegger had a brief foray into directing, first with a 1990 episode of the TV series Tales from the Crypt, entitled "The Switch", and then with the 1992 telemovie Christmas in Connecticut. He has not directed since.

Question: What's the title of the comedy movie Schwarzenegger starred in with Danny DeVito in 1988?


Answer: $10 million

Question: How much did Schwarzenegger make from the film Total Recall, on top of 15% of gross?


Answer: Christmas in Connecticut

Question: What 1992 TV movie did Schwarzenegger direct?


Answer: Tales from the Crypt

Question: An episode of what well-known TV series was Schwarzenegger's directorial debut?


Answer: Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Context: Schwarzenegger's commercial peak was his return as the title character in 1991's Terminator 2: Judgment Day, which was the highest-grossing film of 1991. In 1993, the National Association of Theatre Owners named him the "International Star of the Decade". His next film project, the 1993 self-aware action comedy spoof Last Action Hero, was released opposite Jurassic Park, and did not do well at the box office. His next film, the comedy drama True Lies (1994), was a popular spy film, and saw Schwarzenegger reunited with James Cameron.

Question: What Schwarzenegger film was 1991's highest-grossing movie?


Answer: the National Association of Theatre Owners

Question: What organization named Schwarzenegger the "International Star of the Decade" in 1993?


Answer: True Lies

Question: What 1994 film brought Schwarzenegger back together with director James Cameron?


Answer: Junior

Context: That same year, the comedy Junior was released, the last of Schwarzenegger's three collaborations with Ivan Reitman and again co-starring Danny DeVito. This film brought him his second Golden Globe nomination, this time for Best Actor – Musical or Comedy. It was followed by the action thriller Eraser (1996), the Christmas comedy Jingle All The Way (1996), and the comic book-based Batman & Robin (1997), in which he played the villain Mr. Freeze. This was his final film before taking time to recuperate from a back injury. Following the critical failure of Batman & Robin, his film career and box office prominence went into decline. He returned with the supernatural thriller End of Days (1999), later followed by the action films The 6th Day (2000) and Collateral Damage (2002), both of which failed to do well at the box office. In 2003, he made his third appearance as the title character in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, which went on to earn over $150 million domestically.

Question: What was Schwarzenegger's second film with co-star Danny DeVito?


Answer: $150 million

Question: How much did the third Terminator movie make domestically alone?


Answer: 82

Context: In tribute to Schwarzenegger in 2002, Forum Stadtpark, a local cultural association, proposed plans to build a 25-meter (82 ft) tall Terminator statue in a park in central Graz. Schwarzenegger reportedly said he was flattered, but thought the money would be better spent on social projects and the Special Olympics.

Question: How many feet tall was the proposed statue of Schwarzenegger?


Answer: Forum Stadtpark

Question: What was the name of the cultural association that wanted to build a Terminator statue?


Answer: The Kid & I

Context: His film appearances after becoming Governor of California included a three-second cameo appearance in The Rundown, and the 2004 remake of Around the World in 80 Days. In 2005, he appeared as himself in the film The Kid & I. He voiced Baron von Steuben in the Liberty's Kids episode "Valley Forge". He had been rumored to be appearing in Terminator Salvation as the original T-800; he denied his involvement, but he ultimately did appear briefly via his image being inserted into the movie from stock footage of the first Terminator movie. Schwarzenegger appeared in Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables, where he made a cameo appearance.

Question: Which 2005 movie featured Schwarzenegger as himself?


Answer: the Governator

Context: In January 2011, just weeks after leaving office in California, Schwarzenegger announced that he was reading several new scripts for future films, one of them being the World War II action drama With Wings as Eagles, written by Randall Wallace, based on a true story. On March 6, 2011, at the Arnold Seminar of the Arnold Classic, Schwarzenegger revealed that he was being considered for several films, including sequels to The Terminator and remakes of Predator and The Running Man, and that he was "packaging" a comic book character. The character was later revealed to be the Governator, star of the comic book and animated series of the same name. Schwarzenegger inspired the character and co-developed it with Stan Lee, who would have produced the series. Schwarzenegger would have voiced the Governator.

Question: What's the name of the comic book character modeled on Schwarzenegger?


Answer: Stan Lee

Question: What famous comic book writer did Schwarzenegger work with on the Governator?


Answer: With Wings as Eagles

Question: Schwarzenegger said he was reading scripts that included the one for what WWII film based on a true story?


Answer: Randall Wallace

Question: Who wrote the screenplay for With Wings as Eagles?


Answer: May 20

Context: On May 20, 2011, Schwarzenegger's entertainment counsel announced that all movie projects currently in development were being halted: "Schwarzenegger is focusing on personal matters and is not willing to commit to any production schedules or timelines". On July 11, 2011, it was announced that Schwarzenegger was considering a comeback film despite his legal problems. He appeared in The Expendables 2 (2012), and starred in The Last Stand (2013), his first leading role in 10 years, and Escape Plan (2013), his first co-starring role alongside Sylvester Stallone. He starred in Sabotage, released in March 2014, and appeared in The Expendables 3, released in August 2014. He starred in the fifth Terminator movie Terminator Genisys in 2015 and will reprise his role as Conan the Barbarian in The Legend of Conan.

Question: On what date in 2011 was the hold on Schwarzenegger's movie projects announced?


Answer: 10 years

Question: 2013's The Last Stand marked Schwarzenegger's first starring role in how long?


Answer: Escape Plan

Question: What was the first film Schwarzenegger co-starred in with Sylvester Stallone?


Answer: Terminator Genisys

Question: What's the title of the fifth film in the Terminator franchise?


Answer: 2015

Question: What year did Terminator Genisys debut?


Answer: 2004

Context: Schwarzenegger has been a registered Republican for many years. As an actor, his political views were always well known as they contrasted with those of many other prominent Hollywood stars, who are generally considered to be a liberal and Democratic-leaning community. At the 2004 Republican National Convention, Schwarzenegger gave a speech and explained why he was a Republican:

Question: In what year did Schwarzenegger speak at the Republican National Convention?


Answer: "Stop the Madness"

Context: In 1985, Schwarzenegger appeared in "Stop the Madness", an anti-drug music video sponsored by the Reagan administration. He first came to wide public notice as a Republican during the 1988 presidential election, accompanying then-Vice President George H.W. Bush at a campaign rally.

Question: What was the title of the anti-drug music video Schwarzenegger appeared in under the Reagan administration's sponsorship?


Answer: 1988

Question: In what presidential election year did Schwarzenegger make a name for himself as a prominent Republican?


Answer: George H.W. Bush

Question: Which candidate did Schwarzenegger appear with at a presidential campaign rally?


Answer: Conan the Republican

Context: Schwarzenegger's first political appointment was as chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, on which he served from 1990 to 1993. He was nominated by George H. W. Bush, who dubbed him "Conan the Republican". He later served as Chairman for the California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports under Governor Pete Wilson.

Question: What nickname did George H.W. Bush give to Schwarzenegger?


Answer: 1999

Context: In an interview with Talk magazine in late 1999, Schwarzenegger was asked if he thought of running for office. He replied, "I think about it many times. The possibility is there, because I feel it inside." The Hollywood Reporter claimed shortly after that Schwarzenegger sought to end speculation that he might run for governor of California. Following his initial comments, Schwarzenegger said, "I'm in show business – I am in the middle of my career. Why would I go away from that and jump into something else?"

Question: What year did Schwarzenegger's interview with Talk magazine take place?


Answer: The Hollywood Reporter

Question: Which media source said Schwarzenegger was trying to deal with rumors that he might run for governor of California?


Answer: August 6, 2003

Context: Schwarzenegger announced his candidacy in the 2003 California recall election for Governor of California on the August 6, 2003 episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Schwarzenegger had the most name recognition in a crowded field of candidates, but he had never held public office and his political views were unknown to most Californians. His candidacy immediately became national and international news, with media outlets dubbing him the "Governator" (referring to The Terminator movies, see above) and "The Running Man" (the name of another one of his films), and calling the recall election "Total Recall" (yet another movie starring Schwarzenegger). Schwarzenegger declined to participate in several debates with other recall replacement candidates, and appeared in only one debate on September 24, 2003.

Question: The episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno where Schwarzenegger announced his candidacy for Governor aired on what date?


Answer: one

Question: How many debates did Schwarzenegger participate in before the 2003 California recall election?


Answer: 55.4%

Context: On October 7, 2003, the recall election resulted in Governor Gray Davis being removed from office with 55.4% of the Yes vote in favor of a recall. Schwarzenegger was elected Governor of California under the second question on the ballot with 48.6% of the vote to choose a successor to Davis. Schwarzenegger defeated Democrat Cruz Bustamante, fellow Republican Tom McClintock, and others. His nearest rival, Bustamante, received 31% of the vote. In total, Schwarzenegger won the election by about 1.3 million votes. Under the regulations of the California Constitution, no runoff election was required. Schwarzenegger was the second foreign-born governor of California after Irish-born Governor John G. Downey in 1862.

Question: What percentage of the October 2003 vote was in favor of a recall?


Answer: Cruz Bustamante

Question: Who was Schwarzenegger's closest rival in the gubernatorial race of 2003?


Answer: 1.3 million

Question: By about what number of votes did Schwarzenegger win the 2003 recall election in California?


Answer: 31%

Question: What percentage of the vote did Schwarzenegger's opponent Bustamante receive?


Answer: John G. Downey

Question: Who was the first governor of California who had been born in a foreign country?


Answer: Willie Brown

Context: As soon as Schwarzenegger was elected governor, Willie Brown said he would start a drive to recall the governor. Schwarzenegger was equally entrenched in what he considered to be his mandate in cleaning up gridlock. Building on a catchphrase from the sketch "Hans and Franz" from Saturday Night Live (which partly parodied his bodybuilding career), Schwarzenegger called the Democratic State politicians "girlie men".

Question: What politician threatened to start working to recall Schwarzenegger right after he was elected?


Answer: Hans and Franz

Question: What Saturday Night Live sketch was Schwarzenegger referencing when he called opposing politicians "girlie men"?


Answer: November

Context: Schwarzenegger's early victories included repealing an unpopular increase in the vehicle registration fee as well as preventing driver's licenses being given out to illegal immigrants, but later he began to feel the backlash when powerful state unions began to oppose his various initiatives. Key among his reckoning with political realities was a special election he called in November 2005, in which four ballot measures he sponsored were defeated. Schwarzenegger accepted personal responsibility for the defeats and vowed to continue to seek consensus for the people of California. He would later comment that "no one could win if the opposition raised 160 million dollars to defeat you". The U.S. Supreme Court later found the public employee unions' use of compulsory fundraising during the campaign had been illegal in Knox v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1000.

Question: In what month of 2005 did Schwarzenegger hold a special election?


Answer: four

Question: How many of Schwarzenegger's ballot initiatives were defeated in the special election of 2005?


Answer: Susan Kennedy

Context: Schwarzenegger then went against the advice of fellow Republican strategists and appointed a Democrat, Susan Kennedy, as his Chief of Staff. Schwarzenegger gradually moved towards a more politically moderate position, determined to build a winning legacy with only a short time to go until the next gubernatorial election.

Question: Who did Schwarzenegger choose as Chief of Staff?


Answer: Phil Angelides

Context: Schwarzenegger ran for re-election against Democrat Phil Angelides, the California State Treasurer, in the 2006 elections, held on November 7, 2006. Despite a poor year nationally for the Republican party, Schwarzenegger won re-election with 56.0% of the vote compared with 38.9% for Angelides, a margin of well over one million votes. In recent years, many commentators have seen Schwarzenegger as moving away from the right and towards the center of the political spectrum. After hearing a speech by Schwarzenegger at the 2006 Martin Luther King, Jr. breakfast, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom said that, "[H]e's becoming a Democrat [… H]e's running back, not even to the center. I would say center-left".

Question: In the 2006 gubernatorial election, who did Schwarzenegger run against?


Answer: San Francisco

Question: Which city was Gavin Newsom mayor of when he said Schwarzenegger was turning Democrat?


Answer: United States Senate

Context: It was rumored that Schwarzenegger might run for the United States Senate in 2010, as his governorship would be term-limited by that time. This turned out to be false.

Question: What political office did people speculate Schwarzenegger might try for in 2010?


Answer: Wendy Leigh

Context: Wendy Leigh, who wrote an unofficial biography on Schwarzenegger, claims he plotted his political rise from an early age using the movie business and bodybuilding as building blocks to escape a depressing home. Leigh portrays Schwarzenegger as obsessed with power and quotes him as saying, "I wanted to be part of the small percentage of people who were leaders, not the large mass of followers. I think it is because I saw leaders use 100% of their potential – I was always fascinated by people in control of other people." Schwarzenegger has said that it was never his intention to enter politics, but he says, "I married into a political family. You get together with them and you hear about policy, about reaching out to help people. I was exposed to the idea of being a public servant and Eunice and Sargent Shriver became my heroes." Eunice Kennedy Shriver was sister of John F. Kennedy, and mother-in-law to Schwarzenegger; Sargent Shriver is husband to Eunice and father-in-law to Schwarzenegger. He cannot run for president as he is not a natural born citizen of the United States. In The Simpsons Movie (2007), he is portrayed as the president, and in the Sylvester Stallone movie, Demolition Man (1993, ten years before his first run for political office), it is revealed that a constitutional amendment passed which allowed Schwarzenegger to become president.

Question: What author claimed Schwarzenegger is power-obsessed?


Answer: Sargent Shriver

Question: What's Schwarzenegger's father-in-law's name?


Answer: The Simpsons Movie

Question: Schwarzenegger shows up as the President of the United States in what 2007 animated movie?


Answer: 1983

Context: Schwarzenegger is a dual Austrian/United States citizen. He holds Austrian citizenship by birth and has held U.S. citizenship since becoming naturalized in 1983. Being Austrian and thus European, he was able to win the 2007 European Voice campaigner of the year award for taking action against climate change with the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 and plans to introduce an emissions trading scheme with other US states and possibly with the EU.

Question: What year did Schwarzenegger become a naturalized citizen of the United States?


Answer: Austrian

Question: In what country besides the U.S. is Schwarzenegger a citizen?


Answer: John McCain

Context: Schwarzenegger's endorsement in the Republican primary of the 2008 U.S. presidential election was highly sought; despite being good friends with candidates Rudy Giuliani and Senator John McCain, Schwarzenegger remained neutral throughout 2007 and early 2008. Giuliani dropped out of the presidential race on January 30, 2008, largely because of a poor showing in Florida, and endorsed McCain. Later that night, Schwarzenegger was in the audience at a Republican debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. The following day, he endorsed McCain, joking, "It's Rudy's fault!" (in reference to his friendships with both candidates and that he could not make up his mind). Schwarzenegger's endorsement was thought to be a boost for Senator McCain's campaign; both spoke about their concerns for the environment and economy.

Question: Who did Schwarzenegger finally endorse in the 2008 Republican primary?


Answer: Rudy Giuliani

Question: Which candidate withdrew from the presidential race in January of 2008?


Answer: the environment and economy

Question: On which two major issues did McCain and Schwarzenegger publicly agree?


Answer: Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Context: In its April 2010 report, Progressive ethics watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington named Schwarzenegger one of 11 "worst governors" in the United States because of various ethics issues throughout Schwarzenegger's term as governor.

Question: What group awarded Schwarzenegger the title of one of the 11 "worst governors" in a 2010 report?


Answer: 89%

Context: Although he began his tenure as governor with record high approval ratings (as high as 89% in December 2003), he left office with a record low 23%, only one percent higher than that of Gray Davis's when he was recalled in October 2003.

Question: What was Schwarzenegger's highest approval rating during his stint as governor?


Answer: 23%

Question: What was Schwarzenegger's approval rating on the day his time in office ended?


Answer: Gropegate

Context: During his initial campaign for governor, allegations of sexual and personal misconduct were raised against Schwarzenegger, dubbed "Gropegate". Within the last five days before the election, news reports appeared in the Los Angeles Times recounting allegations of sexual misconduct from several individual women, six of whom eventually came forward with their personal stories.

Question: What was the controversy around Schwarzenegger's first gubernatorial campaign nicknamed?


Answer: six

Question: How many women spoke out publicly about misconduct on Schwarzenegger's part?


Answer: Los Angeles Times

Question: Which newspaper broke the story about Schwarzenegger's alleged sexual misconduct?


Answer: bathing suit

Context: Three of the women claimed he had grabbed their breasts, a fourth said he placed his hand under her skirt on her buttock. A fifth woman claimed Schwarzenegger tried to take off her bathing suit in a hotel elevator, and the last said he pulled her onto his lap and asked her about a sex act.

Question: One woman accused Schwarzenegger of trying to remove what item of clothing?


Answer: GQ

Context: Schwarzenegger admitted that he has "behaved badly sometimes" and apologized, but also stated that "a lot of [what] you see in the stories is not true". This came after an interview in adult magazine Oui from 1977 surfaced, in which Schwarzenegger discussed attending sexual orgies and using substances such as marijuana. Schwarzenegger is shown smoking a marijuana joint after winning Mr. Olympia in the 1975 documentary film Pumping Iron. In an interview with GQ magazine in October 2007, Schwarzenegger said, "[Marijuana] is not a drug. It's a leaf. My drug was pumping iron, trust me." His spokesperson later said the comment was meant to be a joke.

Question: What magazine published an interview quoting Schwarzenegger calling marijuana a "leaf"?


Answer: marijuana

Question: What drug does the documentary Pumping Iron show Schwarzenegger using?


Answer: Anna Richardson

Context: British television personality Anna Richardson settled a libel lawsuit in August 2006 against Schwarzenegger, his top aide, Sean Walsh, and his publicist, Sheryl Main. A joint statement read: "The parties are content to put this matter behind them and are pleased that this legal dispute has now been settled." Richardson claimed they tried to tarnish her reputation by dismissing her allegations that Schwarzenegger touched her breast during a press event for The 6th Day in London. She claimed Walsh and Main libeled her in a Los Angeles Times article when they contended she encouraged his behavior.

Question: Who sued Schwarzenegger and two of his employees for libel, settling in 2006?


Answer: The 6th Day

Question: What movie was Schwarzenegger promoting when the alleged incident took place?