Question: What two countries had a large amount of Myanmar artwork?

In 1962, Myanmar — which was called Burma and is wedged high up in Southeast Asia between India and China — closed its doors to the world and threw away the keys for almost 40 years. Under surveillance-obsessed military rule, little from outside could get in, and little from inside could get out, including art. There was Myanmar art in the West — England and Germany had made out like the colonial bandits they were — but very little in the United States. Finally, in the early 2000s, Myanmar re-established cautious international contact and began to advertise, in the interest of tourism, its cultural riches. Loans of art became possible, among the first a big one to the Metropolitan Museum for “Lost Kingdoms: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia” last year. Even then, at the last minute, promised pieces were held back, though extraordinary things came through, the largest being a monumental stone stele, carved on both sides with mysterious, apparently non-Buddhist figures and dating from around the fourth century.

Answer: England and Germany

In 1962, Myanmar — which was called Burma and is wedged high up in Southeast Asia between India and China — closed its doors to the world and threw away the keys for almost 40 years. Under surveillance-obsessed military rule, little from outside could get in, and little from inside could get out, including art. <hl> There was Myanmar art in the West — England and Germany had made out like the colonial bandits they were — but very little in the United States. <hl> Finally, in the early 2000s, Myanmar re-established cautious international contact and began to advertise, in the interest of tourism, its cultural riches. Loans of art became possible, among the first a big one to the Metropolitan Museum for “Lost Kingdoms: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia” last year. Even then, at the last minute, promised pieces were held back, though extraordinary things came through, the largest being a monumental stone stele, carved on both sides with mysterious, apparently non-Buddhist figures and dating from around the fourth century.

In 1962, Myanmar — which was called Burma and is wedged high up in Southeast Asia between India and China — closed its doors to the world and threw away the keys for almost 40 years. Under surveillance-obsessed military rule, little from outside could get in, and little from inside could get out, including art. There was Myanmar art in the West — <hl> England and Germany <hl> had made out like the colonial bandits they were — but very little in the United States. Finally, in the early 2000s, Myanmar re-established cautious international contact and began to advertise, in the interest of tourism, its cultural riches. Loans of art became possible, among the first a big one to the Metropolitan Museum for “Lost Kingdoms: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia” last year. Even then, at the last minute, promised pieces were held back, though extraordinary things came through, the largest being a monumental stone stele, carved on both sides with mysterious, apparently non-Buddhist figures and dating from around the fourth century.


Question: When does the writer feel most like a consumer?

I love the calm snarkiness of this essay, and it went right over the heads of some making comments here. If there is ever a moment where I am made to feel like a consumer, it is when I have already bought a ticket and am waiting to board. Everyone has been assigned literally several different levels of gold and silver status. It is hilarious and sad. I don’t take it seriously since the costs of tickets is absurd anyway. Roger of Queens: As an infrequent flier with a status somewhere between lead and copper, I am quite pleased with the fact that there are people willing to pay $1,000 for a round trip from N.Y.C. to San Diego, in return for an extra few inches of legroom and a free cocktail. Thanks to their subsidy, I can make the same trip in the back of the plane for $400, which barely even covers my share of the fuel cost.

Answer: when I have already bought a ticket and am waiting to board

I love the calm snarkiness of this essay, and it went right over the heads of some making comments here. <hl> If there is ever a moment where I am made to feel like a consumer, it is when I have already bought a ticket and am waiting to board . <hl> Everyone has been assigned literally several different levels of gold and silver status. It is hilarious and sad. I don’t take it seriously since the costs of tickets is absurd anyway. Roger of Queens: As an infrequent flier with a status somewhere between lead and copper, I am quite pleased with the fact that there are people willing to pay $1,000 for a round trip from N.Y.C. to San Diego, in return for an extra few inches of legroom and a free cocktail. Thanks to their subsidy, I can make the same trip in the back of the plane for $400, which barely even covers my share of the fuel cost.

I love the calm snarkiness of this essay, and it went right over the heads of some making comments here. If there is ever a moment where I am made to feel like a consumer, it is <hl> when I have already bought a ticket and am waiting to board <hl>. Everyone has been assigned literally several different levels of gold and silver status. It is hilarious and sad. I don’t take it seriously since the costs of tickets is absurd anyway. Roger of Queens: As an infrequent flier with a status somewhere between lead and copper, I am quite pleased with the fact that there are people willing to pay $1,000 for a round trip from N.Y.C. to San Diego, in return for an extra few inches of legroom and a free cocktail. Thanks to their subsidy, I can make the same trip in the back of the plane for $400, which barely even covers my share of the fuel cost.

If there is ever a moment where I am made to feel like a consumer, it is <hl> when I have already bought a ticket and am waiting to board <hl> .


Question: On which team does Cam Newton play?

PICK: COLTS Panthers (3-0) at Buccaneers (1-2) 1 p.m. Line: Panthers by 3 The Panthers are undefeated despite playing most of the time without Luke Kuechly or Kelvin Benjamin. The team has rarely been associated with such perseverance, but Cam Newton has the Panthers just four wins short of the team’s division-leading total from last season. The team has endured another loss, with defensive end Charles Johnson sidelined, but a trade for Jared Allen should pay dividends soon even if he is limited this week.

Answer: Panthers

<hl> PICK: COLTS Panthers (3-0) at Buccaneers (1-2) 1 p.m. <hl> Line: Panthers by 3 The Panthers are undefeated despite playing most of the time without Luke Kuechly or Kelvin Benjamin. The team has rarely been associated with such perseverance, but Cam Newton has the Panthers just four wins short of the team’s division-leading total from last season. The team has endured another loss, with defensive end Charles Johnson sidelined, but a trade for Jared Allen should pay dividends soon even if he is limited this week.

PICK: COLTS <hl> Panthers <hl> (3-0) at Buccaneers (1-2) 1 p.m. Line: Panthers by 3 The Panthers are undefeated despite playing most of the time without Luke Kuechly or Kelvin Benjamin. The team has rarely been associated with such perseverance, but Cam Newton has the Panthers just four wins short of the team’s division-leading total from last season. The team has endured another loss, with defensive end Charles Johnson sidelined, but a trade for Jared Allen should pay dividends soon even if he is limited this week.


Question: Who is strong in the Americas?

The transaction valued Wincor Nixdorf at 1.7 billion euros, or about $1.8 billion, including debt. It would create the world’s largest maker of A.T.M.s and extend the reach of the two companies: Diebold is strong in the Americas, and Wincor Nixdorf is strong in Europe. Under the terms of the deal, Diebold said it would pay about €52.50 a share for Wincor Nixdorf in cash and stock, representing a 35 percent premium over Wincor Nixdorf’s closing price in mid-October, when the companies confirmed they were in talks.

Answer: Diebold

The transaction valued Wincor Nixdorf at 1.7 billion euros, or about $1.8 billion, including debt. <hl> It would create the world’s largest maker of A.T.M.s and extend the reach of the two companies: Diebold is strong in the Americas, and Wincor Nixdorf is strong in Europe. <hl> Under the terms of the deal, Diebold said it would pay about €52.50 a share for Wincor Nixdorf in cash and stock, representing a 35 percent premium over Wincor Nixdorf’s closing price in mid-October, when the companies confirmed they were in talks.

The transaction valued Wincor Nixdorf at 1.7 billion euros, or about $1.8 billion, including debt. It would create the world’s largest maker of A.T.M.s and extend the reach of the two companies: <hl> Diebold <hl> is strong in the Americas, and Wincor Nixdorf is strong in Europe. Under the terms of the deal, Diebold said it would pay about €52.50 a share for Wincor Nixdorf in cash and stock, representing a 35 percent premium over Wincor Nixdorf’s closing price in mid-October, when the companies confirmed they were in talks.


Question: How long did it take to push the Boko Haram fighters back from Bosso?

Boko Haram fighters crossed the Komadougou River separating Nigeria from Niger and attacked Bosso, a remote town that is a local seat of government with an open-air market that has been sheltering thousands of refugees from the conflict. An army officer in Niger said the fighters were pushed back after at least three hours of combat. Speaking from Niamey, the capital, the officer said all the Boko Haram fighters who entered Bosso were killed. Other Niger government officials could not be reached on Friday afternoon, and phone lines to Bosso, on Niger’s eastern edge, were not working.

Answer: three hours

Boko Haram fighters crossed the Komadougou River separating Nigeria from Niger and attacked Bosso, a remote town that is a local seat of government with an open-air market that has been sheltering thousands of refugees from the conflict. <hl> An army officer in Niger said the fighters were pushed back after at least three hours of combat. <hl> Speaking from Niamey, the capital, the officer said all the Boko Haram fighters who entered Bosso were killed. Other Niger government officials could not be reached on Friday afternoon, and phone lines to Bosso, on Niger’s eastern edge, were not working.

Boko Haram fighters crossed the Komadougou River separating Nigeria from Niger and attacked Bosso, a remote town that is a local seat of government with an open-air market that has been sheltering thousands of refugees from the conflict. An army officer in Niger said the fighters were pushed back after at least <hl> three hours <hl> of combat. Speaking from Niamey, the capital, the officer said all the Boko Haram fighters who entered Bosso were killed. Other Niger government officials could not be reached on Friday afternoon, and phone lines to Bosso, on Niger’s eastern edge, were not working.


Question: what did Harris do when joking about Oyelowo?

This year, in addition to Ms. Arquette’s speech, the question of race in Hollywood was addressed with both humor — in his opening monologue, Mr. Harris made a barbed allusion to the lack of diversity among the Academy by saying, “Tonight we honor Hollywood’s best and whitest, sorry, brightest” — and emotion. The latter came at the hands of actors, musicians and others who wanted to express indignation that the director of “Selma,” Ava DuVernay, wasn’t nominated and neither was David Oyelowo, who played the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. When the audience applauded Mr. Oyelowo, who participated in a bit with Mr. Harris, the host said with a smirk, “Oh sure, now you like him.”

Answer: smirk

This year, in addition to Ms. Arquette’s speech, the question of race in Hollywood was addressed with both humor — in his opening monologue, Mr. Harris made a barbed allusion to the lack of diversity among the Academy by saying, “Tonight we honor Hollywood’s best and whitest, sorry, brightest” — and emotion. <hl> The latter came at the hands of actors, musicians and others who wanted to express indignation that the director of “Selma,” Ava DuVernay, wasn’t nominated and neither was David Oyelowo, who played the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. When the audience applauded Mr. Oyelowo, who participated in a bit with Mr. Harris, the host said with a smirk , “Oh sure, now you like him.” <hl>

This year, in addition to Ms. Arquette’s speech, the question of race in Hollywood was addressed with both humor — in his opening monologue, Mr. Harris made a barbed allusion to the lack of diversity among the Academy by saying, “Tonight we honor Hollywood’s best and whitest, sorry, brightest” — and emotion. The latter came at the hands of actors, musicians and others who wanted to express indignation that the director of “Selma,” Ava DuVernay, wasn’t nominated and neither was David Oyelowo, who played the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. When the audience applauded Mr. Oyelowo, who participated in a bit with Mr. Harris, the host said with a <hl> smirk <hl>, “Oh sure, now you like him.”

The latter came at the hands of actors, musicians and others who wanted to express indignation that the director of “Selma,” Ava DuVernay, wasn’t nominated and neither was David Oyelowo, who played the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. When the audience applauded Mr. Oyelowo, who participated in a bit with Mr. Harris, the host said with a <hl> smirk <hl> , “Oh sure, now you like him.”


Question: What former associate director at the Rockefeller Foundation was made executive director in place of Ms. Chen?

As of mid-May, the fund had raised just $18 million in the 2015 fiscal year, compared with an average of $29 million a year over the last decade. The Education Department said on Tuesday that by June 30, the end of the fiscal year, the fund had raised $21.75 million, but it said it could not provide a list of new grants that were secured in May and June. Under Ms. Chen, the organization’s staff shrank to 10, from 21. Most recently, the chief financial officer left only a few months after she was hired. According to one of the people familiar with confidential discussions about the circumstances of Ms. Chen’s departure, members of the board had been unsettled by a recent audit committee meeting in which Ms. Chen was unable to answer questions about the fund’s finances. Ms. Chen, whose resignation was first reported by Politico New York, did not respond to an email. The Education Department’s press office offered a statement on her behalf, saying she “greatly appreciated the opportunity to work with the chancellor and the city’s extraordinary philanthropic community.” The department said that Sarah Geisenheimer, a former associate director at the Rockefeller Foundation and a senior adviser to Ms. Fariña, had been made acting executive director of the fund, effective immediately, and that it would conduct a formal search for a permanent executive director.

Answer: Sarah Geisenheimer

As of mid-May, the fund had raised just $18 million in the 2015 fiscal year, compared with an average of $29 million a year over the last decade. The Education Department said on Tuesday that by June 30, the end of the fiscal year, the fund had raised $21.75 million, but it said it could not provide a list of new grants that were secured in May and June. Under Ms. Chen, the organization’s staff shrank to 10, from 21. Most recently, the chief financial officer left only a few months after she was hired. According to one of the people familiar with confidential discussions about the circumstances of Ms. Chen’s departure, members of the board had been unsettled by a recent audit committee meeting in which Ms. Chen was unable to answer questions about the fund’s finances. Ms. Chen, whose resignation was first reported by Politico New York, did not respond to an email. The Education Department’s press office offered a statement on her behalf, saying she “greatly appreciated the opportunity to work with the chancellor and the city’s extraordinary philanthropic community.” <hl> The department said that Sarah Geisenheimer , a former associate director at the Rockefeller Foundation and a senior adviser to Ms. Fariña, had been made acting executive director of the fund, effective immediately, and that it would conduct a formal search for a permanent executive director. <hl>

As of mid-May, the fund had raised just $18 million in the 2015 fiscal year, compared with an average of $29 million a year over the last decade. The Education Department said on Tuesday that by June 30, the end of the fiscal year, the fund had raised $21.75 million, but it said it could not provide a list of new grants that were secured in May and June. Under Ms. Chen, the organization’s staff shrank to 10, from 21. Most recently, the chief financial officer left only a few months after she was hired. According to one of the people familiar with confidential discussions about the circumstances of Ms. Chen’s departure, members of the board had been unsettled by a recent audit committee meeting in which Ms. Chen was unable to answer questions about the fund’s finances. Ms. Chen, whose resignation was first reported by Politico New York, did not respond to an email. The Education Department’s press office offered a statement on her behalf, saying she “greatly appreciated the opportunity to work with the chancellor and the city’s extraordinary philanthropic community.” The department said that <hl> Sarah Geisenheimer <hl>, a former associate director at the Rockefeller Foundation and a senior adviser to Ms. Fariña, had been made acting executive director of the fund, effective immediately, and that it would conduct a formal search for a permanent executive director.

The department said that <hl> Sarah Geisenheimer <hl> , a former associate director at the Rockefeller Foundation and a senior adviser to Ms. Fariña, had been made acting executive director of the fund, effective immediately, and that it would conduct a formal search for a permanent executive director.


Question: Ted William's 43rd home run was played where?

On Sept. 25 the lead was gone, after the Red Sox beat the Yankees, 4-1, at Fenway Park behind Ted Williams’s 43rd home run and a four-hitter by Mel Parnell. Still hopeful Yankees fans thronged Grand Central Terminal to greet the team as it arrived that night from Boston on Track 17. “So aggressive were the fans in their efforts to reach the ball players,” The New York Times wrote, “that the police and station guards had to escort several of the team to side exits to avoid accidental injury to the already crippled squad.” The optimistic fans had their hopes dashed the next night at Yankee Stadium. The Sox took over first place with a 7-6 win, Johnny Pesky scoring on a squeeze by Bobby Doerr.

Answer: Fenway Park

<hl> On Sept. 25 the lead was gone, after the Red Sox beat the Yankees, 4-1, at Fenway Park behind Ted Williams’s 43rd home run and a four-hitter by Mel Parnell. <hl> Still hopeful Yankees fans thronged Grand Central Terminal to greet the team as it arrived that night from Boston on Track 17. “So aggressive were the fans in their efforts to reach the ball players,” The New York Times wrote, “that the police and station guards had to escort several of the team to side exits to avoid accidental injury to the already crippled squad.” The optimistic fans had their hopes dashed the next night at Yankee Stadium. The Sox took over first place with a 7-6 win, Johnny Pesky scoring on a squeeze by Bobby Doerr.

On Sept. 25 the lead was gone, after the Red Sox beat the Yankees, 4-1, at <hl> Fenway Park <hl> behind Ted Williams’s 43rd home run and a four-hitter by Mel Parnell. Still hopeful Yankees fans thronged Grand Central Terminal to greet the team as it arrived that night from Boston on Track 17. “So aggressive were the fans in their efforts to reach the ball players,” The New York Times wrote, “that the police and station guards had to escort several of the team to side exits to avoid accidental injury to the already crippled squad.” The optimistic fans had their hopes dashed the next night at Yankee Stadium. The Sox took over first place with a 7-6 win, Johnny Pesky scoring on a squeeze by Bobby Doerr.


Question: Where does the event mentioned in the passage take place?

CHANTILLY, Va. —  On a recent Wednesday morning, 100 intelligence analysts crammed into a nondescript conference room here and dialed into a group call with 100 counterparts in Argentina, Brazil, Cyprus, India, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Taiwan and Ukraine.

Answer: CHANTILLY, Va

<hl> CHANTILLY, Va . — On a recent Wednesday morning, 100 intelligence analysts crammed into a nondescript conference room here and dialed into a group call with 100 counterparts in Argentina, Brazil, Cyprus, India, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Taiwan and Ukraine. <hl>

<hl> CHANTILLY, Va <hl>. — On a recent Wednesday morning, 100 intelligence analysts crammed into a nondescript conference room here and dialed into a group call with 100 counterparts in Argentina, Brazil, Cyprus, India, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Taiwan and Ukraine.

<hl> CHANTILLY, Va <hl> . — On a recent Wednesday morning, 100 intelligence analysts crammed into a nondescript conference room here and dialed into a group call with 100 counterparts in Argentina, Brazil, Cyprus, India, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Taiwan and Ukraine.


Question: What does Leive think everybody does better if?

I think everybody does better if they really like some aspect of what they’re doing, but work is work. We can’t all work in jobs where we feel like our heart is singing every day. There’s that old expression, “If work was that great, the rich would keep it for themselves.” The idea that your job is going to make your heart sing on a daily basis is just not true. If that’s the expectation of a 25-year-old today, they’re going to be sorely disappointed. But you can aim for a pretty good heart-singing-to-bummed-out ratio.

Answer: if they really like some aspect of what they’re doing

<hl> I think everybody does better if they really like some aspect of what they’re doing , but work is work. <hl> We can’t all work in jobs where we feel like our heart is singing every day. There’s that old expression, “If work was that great, the rich would keep it for themselves.” The idea that your job is going to make your heart sing on a daily basis is just not true. If that’s the expectation of a 25-year-old today, they’re going to be sorely disappointed. But you can aim for a pretty good heart-singing-to-bummed-out ratio.

I think everybody does better <hl> if they really like some aspect of what they’re doing <hl>, but work is work. We can’t all work in jobs where we feel like our heart is singing every day. There’s that old expression, “If work was that great, the rich would keep it for themselves.” The idea that your job is going to make your heart sing on a daily basis is just not true. If that’s the expectation of a 25-year-old today, they’re going to be sorely disappointed. But you can aim for a pretty good heart-singing-to-bummed-out ratio.

I think everybody does better <hl> if they really like some aspect of what they’re doing <hl> , but work is work.


Question: Which street was the alligator sighted?

A three-foot-long alligator that attained fleeting fame on Thursday night after the police posted a picture of it on Twitter crossing a busy Manhattan street during the evening rush died unexpectedly on Friday, according to a spokeswoman for the Animal Care Centers of NYC.  Officers from the Police Department’s 34th Precinct found the animal crossing Ninth Avenue at 205th Street in the Inwood section of Manhattan on Thursday night and, after posting the photo and a series of jokes on Twitter, took it to the agency’s Manhattan Animal Care Center, said Alexandra Silver, the spokeswoman.

Answer: Ninth Avenue at 205th Street

A three-foot-long alligator that attained fleeting fame on Thursday night after the police posted a picture of it on Twitter crossing a busy Manhattan street during the evening rush died unexpectedly on Friday, according to a spokeswoman for the Animal Care Centers of NYC. <hl> Officers from the Police Department’s 34th Precinct found the animal crossing Ninth Avenue at 205th Street in the Inwood section of Manhattan on Thursday night and, after posting the photo and a series of jokes on Twitter, took it to the agency’s Manhattan Animal Care Center, said Alexandra Silver, the spokeswoman. <hl>

A three-foot-long alligator that attained fleeting fame on Thursday night after the police posted a picture of it on Twitter crossing a busy Manhattan street during the evening rush died unexpectedly on Friday, according to a spokeswoman for the Animal Care Centers of NYC. Officers from the Police Department’s 34th Precinct found the animal crossing <hl> Ninth Avenue at 205th Street <hl> in the Inwood section of Manhattan on Thursday night and, after posting the photo and a series of jokes on Twitter, took it to the agency’s Manhattan Animal Care Center, said Alexandra Silver, the spokeswoman.


Question: Would community health centers be affected?

Mr. Reid is using his power to filibuster bills and toss up chaff — a role Senate Republicans enjoyed for several years — to push back on anything Mr. McConnell may wish to accomplish. “There seems to be a pattern of Harry Reid whipping his members into a frenzy,” said Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Republican of West Virginia. For years, Congress has had to settle for temporary patches to prevent deep cuts in Medicare payments to doctors, like a 21 percent cut scheduled to take effect April 1 if Congress does not intervene. The House measure would permanently remove the threat of such cuts, and would require some higher-income Medicare beneficiaries to pay higher premiums, a change Republicans hail as a major reform. It also would renew the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program and provide $7.2 billion for community health centers — crucial to both rural and urban areas where doctors are scarce — over two years.

Answer: provide $7.2 billion for community health centers — crucial to both rural and urban areas where doctors are scarce — over two years.

Mr. Reid is using his power to filibuster bills and toss up chaff — a role Senate Republicans enjoyed for several years — to push back on anything Mr. McConnell may wish to accomplish. “There seems to be a pattern of Harry Reid whipping his members into a frenzy,” said Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Republican of West Virginia. For years, Congress has had to settle for temporary patches to prevent deep cuts in Medicare payments to doctors, like a 21 percent cut scheduled to take effect April 1 if Congress does not intervene. The House measure would permanently remove the threat of such cuts, and would require some higher-income Medicare beneficiaries to pay higher premiums, a change Republicans hail as a major reform. <hl> It also would renew the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program and provide $7.2 billion for community health centers — crucial to both rural and urban areas where doctors are scarce — over two years. <hl>

Mr. Reid is using his power to filibuster bills and toss up chaff — a role Senate Republicans enjoyed for several years — to push back on anything Mr. McConnell may wish to accomplish. “There seems to be a pattern of Harry Reid whipping his members into a frenzy,” said Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Republican of West Virginia. For years, Congress has had to settle for temporary patches to prevent deep cuts in Medicare payments to doctors, like a 21 percent cut scheduled to take effect April 1 if Congress does not intervene. The House measure would permanently remove the threat of such cuts, and would require some higher-income Medicare beneficiaries to pay higher premiums, a change Republicans hail as a major reform. It also would renew the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program and <hl> provide $7.2 billion for community health centers — crucial to both rural and urban areas where doctors are scarce — over two years. <hl>


Question: What does al-Sham think will hurt more than violent war?

What happened to more than 150 soldiers who had been in the hospital, along with several dozen civilians, was unclear. The state news agency, SANA, said they were “reunited with their comrades,” while insurgent groups contended that many had been captured or killed. There were also competing versions of what prompted their flight. State news media portrayed it as a planned escape carried out with the help of air and artillery strikes in “a successful tactical operation.” Insurgents said the troops fled when they heard the sounds of their opponents digging a tunnel underneath the hospital to blow it up. A video had been posted online earlier of a fighter called Abu Mosaab, who is known for tunneling under government positions, and a commander with his group, Ahrar al-Sham, issued a statement saying: “The psychological war might have a bigger impact than traditional war. This is what Allah bestowed on us by leaking the news of Abu Mosaab’s arrival to Jisr al-Shughour.”

Answer: The psychological war might have a bigger impact than traditional war

What happened to more than 150 soldiers who had been in the hospital, along with several dozen civilians, was unclear. The state news agency, SANA, said they were “reunited with their comrades,” while insurgent groups contended that many had been captured or killed. There were also competing versions of what prompted their flight. State news media portrayed it as a planned escape carried out with the help of air and artillery strikes in “a successful tactical operation.” Insurgents said the troops fled when they heard the sounds of their opponents digging a tunnel underneath the hospital to blow it up. <hl> A video had been posted online earlier of a fighter called Abu Mosaab, who is known for tunneling under government positions, and a commander with his group, Ahrar al-Sham, issued a statement saying: “ The psychological war might have a bigger impact than traditional war . <hl> This is what Allah bestowed on us by leaking the news of Abu Mosaab’s arrival to Jisr al-Shughour.”

What happened to more than 150 soldiers who had been in the hospital, along with several dozen civilians, was unclear. The state news agency, SANA, said they were “reunited with their comrades,” while insurgent groups contended that many had been captured or killed. There were also competing versions of what prompted their flight. State news media portrayed it as a planned escape carried out with the help of air and artillery strikes in “a successful tactical operation.” Insurgents said the troops fled when they heard the sounds of their opponents digging a tunnel underneath the hospital to blow it up. A video had been posted online earlier of a fighter called Abu Mosaab, who is known for tunneling under government positions, and a commander with his group, Ahrar al-Sham, issued a statement saying: “<hl> The psychological war might have a bigger impact than traditional war <hl>. This is what Allah bestowed on us by leaking the news of Abu Mosaab’s arrival to Jisr al-Shughour.”

A video had been posted online earlier of a fighter called Abu Mosaab, who is known for tunneling under government positions, and a commander with his group, Ahrar al-Sham, issued a statement saying: “ <hl> The psychological war might have a bigger impact than traditional war <hl> .


Question: How many homers did Swanson have?

“If you hit it well, you should get rewarded for it,” said the Vanderbilt junior shortstop Dansby Swanson, the most outstanding player at last year’s Series and the first overall pick in the major league amateur draft, by Arizona. “I think that’s what is happening this year.” Swanson led the Commodores with 15 homers after hitting only three last season. Scoring rose as well, to 5.44 runs per game in the regular season from 5.08, reversing a recent trend. Curiously, so did strikeouts by pitchers, who discovered they could throw the new ball harder and snap sharper breaking pitches. Before Iowa lost in regional play, Hawkeyes Coach Rick Heller said he had never seen as many pitchers hit 95 miles per hour on the radar gun as he did this season. “I think the biggest thing, quite frankly, is our pitchers enjoy throwing it more,” said Louisiana State Coach Paul Mainieri, whose pitching staff struck out 93 more batters than it did last year. “There are no blisters. They get a little bit more movement, maybe even a little more velocity.”

Answer: 15

“If you hit it well, you should get rewarded for it,” said the Vanderbilt junior shortstop Dansby Swanson, the most outstanding player at last year’s Series and the first overall pick in the major league amateur draft, by Arizona. “I think that’s what is happening this year.” <hl> Swanson led the Commodores with 15 homers after hitting only three last season. <hl> Scoring rose as well, to 5.44 runs per game in the regular season from 5.08, reversing a recent trend. Curiously, so did strikeouts by pitchers, who discovered they could throw the new ball harder and snap sharper breaking pitches. Before Iowa lost in regional play, Hawkeyes Coach Rick Heller said he had never seen as many pitchers hit 95 miles per hour on the radar gun as he did this season. “I think the biggest thing, quite frankly, is our pitchers enjoy throwing it more,” said Louisiana State Coach Paul Mainieri, whose pitching staff struck out 93 more batters than it did last year. “There are no blisters. They get a little bit more movement, maybe even a little more velocity.”

“If you hit it well, you should get rewarded for it,” said the Vanderbilt junior shortstop Dansby Swanson, the most outstanding player at last year’s Series and the first overall pick in the major league amateur draft, by Arizona. “I think that’s what is happening this year.” Swanson led the Commodores with <hl> 15 <hl> homers after hitting only three last season. Scoring rose as well, to 5.44 runs per game in the regular season from 5.08, reversing a recent trend. Curiously, so did strikeouts by pitchers, who discovered they could throw the new ball harder and snap sharper breaking pitches. Before Iowa lost in regional play, Hawkeyes Coach Rick Heller said he had never seen as many pitchers hit 95 miles per hour on the radar gun as he did this season. “I think the biggest thing, quite frankly, is our pitchers enjoy throwing it more,” said Louisiana State Coach Paul Mainieri, whose pitching staff struck out 93 more batters than it did last year. “There are no blisters. They get a little bit more movement, maybe even a little more velocity.”


Question: Who wrote "For Kenneth Gaburo"?

Nate Wooley’s new work “For Kenneth Gaburo” is a setting of a sentence by Mr. Gaburo (1926-93), a searching composer, conductor, pianist and language theorist. But its presentation of the words is extreme, to say the least. Abstractions of text in music aren’t new. Listening to the premiere of “For Kenneth Gaburo” on Monday evening at the Wild Project in the East Village, I thought of Morton Feldman’s glacial “Three Voices” (1982), in which long passages repeat and deconstruct, to the point of wordlessness, the opening of Frank O’Hara’s poem “wind”: “Who’d have thought/that snow falls.”

Answer: Nate Wooley

<hl> Nate Wooley ’s new work “For Kenneth Gaburo” is a setting of a sentence by Mr. Gaburo (1926-93), a searching composer, conductor, pianist and language theorist. <hl> But its presentation of the words is extreme, to say the least. Abstractions of text in music aren’t new. Listening to the premiere of “For Kenneth Gaburo” on Monday evening at the Wild Project in the East Village, I thought of Morton Feldman’s glacial “Three Voices” (1982), in which long passages repeat and deconstruct, to the point of wordlessness, the opening of Frank O’Hara’s poem “wind”: “Who’d have thought/that snow falls.”

<hl> Nate Wooley <hl>’s new work “For Kenneth Gaburo” is a setting of a sentence by Mr. Gaburo (1926-93), a searching composer, conductor, pianist and language theorist. But its presentation of the words is extreme, to say the least. Abstractions of text in music aren’t new. Listening to the premiere of “For Kenneth Gaburo” on Monday evening at the Wild Project in the East Village, I thought of Morton Feldman’s glacial “Three Voices” (1982), in which long passages repeat and deconstruct, to the point of wordlessness, the opening of Frank O’Hara’s poem “wind”: “Who’d have thought/that snow falls.”

<hl> Nate Wooley <hl> ’s new work “For Kenneth Gaburo” is a setting of a sentence by Mr. Gaburo (1926-93), a searching composer, conductor, pianist and language theorist.


Question: When was the last major issue with voting age?

“I have my own environment that I grew up in, my own experiences that lead me to make the choices that I do,” she said, explaining that her parents were not very politically active. The last time the voting age was a major issue was in 1971, when lawmakers passed the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18 from 21, aligning it with the minimum age for military service during the Vietnam War. In Maryland, Takoma Park lowered the voting age to 16 for municipal contests in 2013, and Hyattsville did so in 2015, after local advocates pushed for changing it.

Answer: last time the voting age was a major issue was in 1971

“I have my own environment that I grew up in, my own experiences that lead me to make the choices that I do,” she said, explaining that her parents were not very politically active. <hl> The last time the voting age was a major issue was in 1971 , when lawmakers passed the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18 from 21, aligning it with the minimum age for military service during the Vietnam War. <hl> In Maryland, Takoma Park lowered the voting age to 16 for municipal contests in 2013, and Hyattsville did so in 2015, after local advocates pushed for changing it.

“I have my own environment that I grew up in, my own experiences that lead me to make the choices that I do,” she said, explaining that her parents were not very politically active. The <hl> last time the voting age was a major issue was in 1971 <hl>, when lawmakers passed the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18 from 21, aligning it with the minimum age for military service during the Vietnam War. In Maryland, Takoma Park lowered the voting age to 16 for municipal contests in 2013, and Hyattsville did so in 2015, after local advocates pushed for changing it.

The <hl> last time the voting age was a major issue was in 1971 <hl> , when lawmakers passed the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18 from 21, aligning it with the minimum age for military service during the Vietnam War.


Question: What does Joan Enger have to do with J. Patryce Design?

Q. Our fireplace surround is outdated brick. Should we replace it before selling? A. “Most people like the idea of a fireplace, even if they barely use it,” said Sandra Smith, a real estate salesperson at Compass, in Manhattan. So “a fireplace brings value to a property.” But whether it’s worth spending the time and money to update the surround on your fireplace depends on a number of factors, she said. If your whole home is in need of renovation, changing the surround is unlikely to make much of a difference in buyers’ eyes. And if the fireplace is nonfunctional, “you should take that into account in determining how much you want to invest,” Ms. Smith said, because some buyers may prefer to use the space for something else, like built-in bookshelves. However, if the rest of your home is in good shape and has an up-to-date look, and you have a working fireplace, an outdated surround needs attention. “The mantel serves as a center-point of the home, and you usually design a room around it,” said Joan Enger, owner of J. Patryce Design, in Hoboken, N.J. “So it has to be right.”

Answer: owner

Q. Our fireplace surround is outdated brick. Should we replace it before selling? A. “Most people like the idea of a fireplace, even if they barely use it,” said Sandra Smith, a real estate salesperson at Compass, in Manhattan. So “a fireplace brings value to a property.” But whether it’s worth spending the time and money to update the surround on your fireplace depends on a number of factors, she said. If your whole home is in need of renovation, changing the surround is unlikely to make much of a difference in buyers’ eyes. And if the fireplace is nonfunctional, “you should take that into account in determining how much you want to invest,” Ms. Smith said, because some buyers may prefer to use the space for something else, like built-in bookshelves. However, if the rest of your home is in good shape and has an up-to-date look, and you have a working fireplace, an outdated surround needs attention. <hl> “The mantel serves as a center-point of the home, and you usually design a room around it,” said Joan Enger, owner of J. Patryce Design, in Hoboken, N.J. <hl> “So it has to be right.”

Q. Our fireplace surround is outdated brick. Should we replace it before selling? A. “Most people like the idea of a fireplace, even if they barely use it,” said Sandra Smith, a real estate salesperson at Compass, in Manhattan. So “a fireplace brings value to a property.” But whether it’s worth spending the time and money to update the surround on your fireplace depends on a number of factors, she said. If your whole home is in need of renovation, changing the surround is unlikely to make much of a difference in buyers’ eyes. And if the fireplace is nonfunctional, “you should take that into account in determining how much you want to invest,” Ms. Smith said, because some buyers may prefer to use the space for something else, like built-in bookshelves. However, if the rest of your home is in good shape and has an up-to-date look, and you have a working fireplace, an outdated surround needs attention. “The mantel serves as a center-point of the home, and you usually design a room around it,” said Joan Enger, <hl> owner <hl> of J. Patryce Design, in Hoboken, N.J. “So it has to be right.”


Question: The billionaire was what nationality?

Mr. Cardona said it was “unrealistic” to expect applicants to spend too much time in Malta. As he walked through the halls of the former hospital building that houses his office, he passed one Chinese billionaire and his entourage in a small conference room. In another room, a Turkish magnate waited to get his photograph for a residence card. “We want to attract the real highfliers,” Mr. Cardona said.

Answer: Chinese

Mr. Cardona said it was “unrealistic” to expect applicants to spend too much time in Malta. <hl> As he walked through the halls of the former hospital building that houses his office, he passed one Chinese billionaire and his entourage in a small conference room. <hl> In another room, a Turkish magnate waited to get his photograph for a residence card. “We want to attract the real highfliers,” Mr. Cardona said.

Mr. Cardona said it was “unrealistic” to expect applicants to spend too much time in Malta. As he walked through the halls of the former hospital building that houses his office, he passed one <hl> Chinese <hl> billionaire and his entourage in a small conference room. In another room, a Turkish magnate waited to get his photograph for a residence card. “We want to attract the real highfliers,” Mr. Cardona said.


Question: Which baseball teams was Mattingly apart of?

Mattingly’s election to baseball’s Hall of Fame in this, his last year of eligibility, is probably not forthcoming (this year’s class of inductees will be announced Tuesday), a melancholy fact. But then, his playing days as a Yankee had something of a melancholy cast. He arrived for a cup of coffee in 1982, a year after the Yankees went to the World Series, and retired in 1995, a year before they returned. And in the last half of his career he was a diminished player, his skills attenuated by the persistent back problems that forced him to quit prematurely at 34, his spirit likely withered by the mortifying shenanigans of the Yankees’ principal owner, George Steinbrenner, and his minions (who once ordered Mattingly fined and benched for not getting a haircut), not to mention the ignominy of a last-place finish in 1990.

Answer: Yankee

Mattingly’s election to baseball’s Hall of Fame in this, his last year of eligibility, is probably not forthcoming (this year’s class of inductees will be announced Tuesday), a melancholy fact. <hl> But then, his playing days as a Yankee had something of a melancholy cast. <hl> He arrived for a cup of coffee in 1982, a year after the Yankees went to the World Series, and retired in 1995, a year before they returned. And in the last half of his career he was a diminished player, his skills attenuated by the persistent back problems that forced him to quit prematurely at 34, his spirit likely withered by the mortifying shenanigans of the Yankees’ principal owner, George Steinbrenner, and his minions (who once ordered Mattingly fined and benched for not getting a haircut), not to mention the ignominy of a last-place finish in 1990.

Mattingly’s election to baseball’s Hall of Fame in this, his last year of eligibility, is probably not forthcoming (this year’s class of inductees will be announced Tuesday), a melancholy fact. But then, his playing days as a <hl> Yankee <hl> had something of a melancholy cast. He arrived for a cup of coffee in 1982, a year after the Yankees went to the World Series, and retired in 1995, a year before they returned. And in the last half of his career he was a diminished player, his skills attenuated by the persistent back problems that forced him to quit prematurely at 34, his spirit likely withered by the mortifying shenanigans of the Yankees’ principal owner, George Steinbrenner, and his minions (who once ordered Mattingly fined and benched for not getting a haircut), not to mention the ignominy of a last-place finish in 1990.


Question: Who was Googled a lot because people were surprised he was not more popular?

The stage was strangely denuded, like a forest after overzealous logging. There were eight contenders where there had once been 11 — back in the glory days of Scott Walker. Even so, Bush couldn’t and didn’t stand out the way he, more than anyone else, really needed to. He can take some solace though, in the No. 1 questions about two rivals that were trending on Google. “Who is Rand Paul?” was one. And the other, my favorite: “Why do Republicans hate Ted Cruz?”

Answer: Ted Cruz

The stage was strangely denuded, like a forest after overzealous logging. There were eight contenders where there had once been 11 — back in the glory days of Scott Walker. Even so, Bush couldn’t and didn’t stand out the way he, more than anyone else, really needed to. He can take some solace though, in the No. 1 questions about two rivals that were trending on Google. “Who is Rand Paul?” was one. <hl> And the other, my favorite: “Why do Republicans hate Ted Cruz ?” <hl>

The stage was strangely denuded, like a forest after overzealous logging. There were eight contenders where there had once been 11 — back in the glory days of Scott Walker. Even so, Bush couldn’t and didn’t stand out the way he, more than anyone else, really needed to. He can take some solace though, in the No. 1 questions about two rivals that were trending on Google. “Who is Rand Paul?” was one. And the other, my favorite: “Why do Republicans hate <hl> Ted Cruz <hl>?”

And the other, my favorite: “Why do Republicans hate <hl> Ted Cruz <hl> ?”


Question: The cost of transportation demonstrated an increase of how many percent between the years 2009-2014?

While slashing resources in its public schools, the school board vastly increased public spending on private schools. The cost of transporting children, including gender-segregated busing, rose to $27.3 million in 2013-14 from $22 million in 2009-10, a 24 percent increase. Public spending on private school placement for special education students grew by 33 percent between 2010-11 and 2013-14, and the district placed students in private schools when appropriate spaces were available in public ones.

Answer: 24 percent increase

While slashing resources in its public schools, the school board vastly increased public spending on private schools. <hl> The cost of transporting children, including gender-segregated busing, rose to $27.3 million in 2013-14 from $22 million in 2009-10, a 24 percent increase . <hl> Public spending on private school placement for special education students grew by 33 percent between 2010-11 and 2013-14, and the district placed students in private schools when appropriate spaces were available in public ones.

While slashing resources in its public schools, the school board vastly increased public spending on private schools. The cost of transporting children, including gender-segregated busing, rose to $27.3 million in 2013-14 from $22 million in 2009-10, a <hl> 24 percent increase <hl>. Public spending on private school placement for special education students grew by 33 percent between 2010-11 and 2013-14, and the district placed students in private schools when appropriate spaces were available in public ones.

The cost of transporting children, including gender-segregated busing, rose to $27.3 million in 2013-14 from $22 million in 2009-10, a <hl> 24 percent increase <hl> .


Question: Who did the French and US collaborate against?

What startled France, a country where the customer is always wrong, was the revolt of the taxi rider. For the last half year, many have turned away from cabs, loving the convenience of Uber and the way the drivers would open doors and not have the meter prematurely racking up the tab. The French were stunned to learn that the fifth floor of the American Embassy, a few doors from the Élysée Palace, was a trompe l’oeil design hiding what they call the “big ears” of eavesdropping equipment pointed at François Hollande (and his actress girlfriend, Julie Gayet, who is stealthily hanging out at the Élysée). “It’s a little bit like an invited guest whom you’ve surprised looking into the bedroom through a keyhole,” huffed Laurent Joffrin in a signed editorial in Libération, concluding the only way to deal with this “stain” by a “condescending ally” against the rules of good conduct was to give asylum to “the courageous whistle-blower,” Edward Snowden. French officials, pleased with the successful collaboration of the French and the U.S. against jihadists in Africa, Libya, Mali and Syria, were more inclined to treat the wiretapping as an old story. (Though Libération denounced that as hypocritical, “a case of Tartufferie.”) I visited the Foreign Ministry at the Quai d’Orsay — bristling with emergency meetings on terrorism — to check on the status of French-American relations.

Answer: jihadists

What startled France, a country where the customer is always wrong, was the revolt of the taxi rider. For the last half year, many have turned away from cabs, loving the convenience of Uber and the way the drivers would open doors and not have the meter prematurely racking up the tab. The French were stunned to learn that the fifth floor of the American Embassy, a few doors from the Élysée Palace, was a trompe l’oeil design hiding what they call the “big ears” of eavesdropping equipment pointed at François Hollande (and his actress girlfriend, Julie Gayet, who is stealthily hanging out at the Élysée). “It’s a little bit like an invited guest whom you’ve surprised looking into the bedroom through a keyhole,” huffed Laurent Joffrin in a signed editorial in Libération, concluding the only way to deal with this “stain” by a “condescending ally” against the rules of good conduct was to give asylum to “the courageous whistle-blower,” Edward Snowden. <hl> French officials, pleased with the successful collaboration of the French and the U.S. against jihadists in Africa, Libya, Mali and Syria, were more inclined to treat the wiretapping as an old story. <hl> (Though Libération denounced that as hypocritical, “a case of Tartufferie.”) I visited the Foreign Ministry at the Quai d’Orsay — bristling with emergency meetings on terrorism — to check on the status of French-American relations.

What startled France, a country where the customer is always wrong, was the revolt of the taxi rider. For the last half year, many have turned away from cabs, loving the convenience of Uber and the way the drivers would open doors and not have the meter prematurely racking up the tab. The French were stunned to learn that the fifth floor of the American Embassy, a few doors from the Élysée Palace, was a trompe l’oeil design hiding what they call the “big ears” of eavesdropping equipment pointed at François Hollande (and his actress girlfriend, Julie Gayet, who is stealthily hanging out at the Élysée). “It’s a little bit like an invited guest whom you’ve surprised looking into the bedroom through a keyhole,” huffed Laurent Joffrin in a signed editorial in Libération, concluding the only way to deal with this “stain” by a “condescending ally” against the rules of good conduct was to give asylum to “the courageous whistle-blower,” Edward Snowden. French officials, pleased with the successful collaboration of the French and the U.S. against <hl> jihadists <hl> in Africa, Libya, Mali and Syria, were more inclined to treat the wiretapping as an old story. (Though Libération denounced that as hypocritical, “a case of Tartufferie.”) I visited the Foreign Ministry at the Quai d’Orsay — bristling with emergency meetings on terrorism — to check on the status of French-American relations.


Question: What do some soldiers forget on their first day of excercise

In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians’ soldierly skills lacking, and the group generally in need of instruction. “I came into it expecting them not to know much of the basics,” said Sgt. Michael Faranda, who is teaching maneuvers. He was correct. Things “every soldier should know,” he said, they did not. Some even forgot their helmets on the first day of exercises. Still, Sergeant Faranda said, the Ukrainians’ willingness to go into combat was all the more notable for their lack of preparation for it.

Answer: helmets

In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians’ soldierly skills lacking, and the group generally in need of instruction. “I came into it expecting them not to know much of the basics,” said Sgt. Michael Faranda, who is teaching maneuvers. He was correct. Things “every soldier should know,” he said, they did not. <hl> Some even forgot their helmets on the first day of exercises. <hl> Still, Sergeant Faranda said, the Ukrainians’ willingness to go into combat was all the more notable for their lack of preparation for it.

In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians’ soldierly skills lacking, and the group generally in need of instruction. “I came into it expecting them not to know much of the basics,” said Sgt. Michael Faranda, who is teaching maneuvers. He was correct. Things “every soldier should know,” he said, they did not. Some even forgot their <hl> helmets <hl> on the first day of exercises. Still, Sergeant Faranda said, the Ukrainians’ willingness to go into combat was all the more notable for their lack of preparation for it.


Question: Which companies are experimenting with ways packages can be delivered to people's trunks?

If a person who owns a high-end vehicle enters a mall, a phone could offer recommendations for stores and deals specific to that person, and the car manufacturer would get a piece of the action for any sale. To prevent someone from being bombarded with ads, the driver’s previous purchases in specific stores could correlate to any on-screen ads. “The key needs a new name,” Mr. Kostepen said. “It’s really a lifestyle token.” But not everyone is so sanguine about this approach. “I have seen scenarios in which drivers are offered coupons,” said Ron Montoya, the consumer advice editor for Edmunds.com, the automotive website. “It’s certainly feasible, but a lot of people might find this intrusive.” Advanced digital keys — whether a physical key or a smartphone app — could also be authorized for one-time use, allowing other people to enter vehicles but locking them out if they tried to do so again. Both Audi and Volvo are experimenting with systems that allow groceries and packages to be delivered to the trunks of cars, with the owner notified of each entry. Car keys could also be authorized and then de-authorized for rental car drivers, Mr. Green noted. “Ninety-five percent of the time, a car sits there doing nothing,” Mr. Green said. “There are huge possibilities when keys are digital.”

Answer: Audi and Volvo

If a person who owns a high-end vehicle enters a mall, a phone could offer recommendations for stores and deals specific to that person, and the car manufacturer would get a piece of the action for any sale. To prevent someone from being bombarded with ads, the driver’s previous purchases in specific stores could correlate to any on-screen ads. “The key needs a new name,” Mr. Kostepen said. “It’s really a lifestyle token.” But not everyone is so sanguine about this approach. “I have seen scenarios in which drivers are offered coupons,” said Ron Montoya, the consumer advice editor for Edmunds.com, the automotive website. “It’s certainly feasible, but a lot of people might find this intrusive.” Advanced digital keys — whether a physical key or a smartphone app — could also be authorized for one-time use, allowing other people to enter vehicles but locking them out if they tried to do so again. <hl> Both Audi and Volvo are experimenting with systems that allow groceries and packages to be delivered to the trunks of cars, with the owner notified of each entry. <hl> Car keys could also be authorized and then de-authorized for rental car drivers, Mr. Green noted. “Ninety-five percent of the time, a car sits there doing nothing,” Mr. Green said. “There are huge possibilities when keys are digital.”

If a person who owns a high-end vehicle enters a mall, a phone could offer recommendations for stores and deals specific to that person, and the car manufacturer would get a piece of the action for any sale. To prevent someone from being bombarded with ads, the driver’s previous purchases in specific stores could correlate to any on-screen ads. “The key needs a new name,” Mr. Kostepen said. “It’s really a lifestyle token.” But not everyone is so sanguine about this approach. “I have seen scenarios in which drivers are offered coupons,” said Ron Montoya, the consumer advice editor for Edmunds.com, the automotive website. “It’s certainly feasible, but a lot of people might find this intrusive.” Advanced digital keys — whether a physical key or a smartphone app — could also be authorized for one-time use, allowing other people to enter vehicles but locking them out if they tried to do so again. Both <hl> Audi and Volvo <hl> are experimenting with systems that allow groceries and packages to be delivered to the trunks of cars, with the owner notified of each entry. Car keys could also be authorized and then de-authorized for rental car drivers, Mr. Green noted. “Ninety-five percent of the time, a car sits there doing nothing,” Mr. Green said. “There are huge possibilities when keys are digital.”


Question: What kind of cancer did Stuart Scott have?

When the longtime ESPN anchor Stuart Scott quietly agreed to write a memoir last year, appendiceal cancer and chemotherapy were weakening him. His appearances on the network were dwindling. His life was slipping away. There was no assurance that he would survive until late May, when Blue Rider Press expected to publish his book, “Every Day I Fight.” So last fall, when Scott was in the midst of a hospitalization that lasted 75 days, a decision was made to advance the publication to early March. Perhaps Scott would live until then.

Answer: appendiceal cancer

<hl> When the longtime ESPN anchor Stuart Scott quietly agreed to write a memoir last year, appendiceal cancer and chemotherapy were weakening him. <hl> His appearances on the network were dwindling. His life was slipping away. There was no assurance that he would survive until late May, when Blue Rider Press expected to publish his book, “Every Day I Fight.” So last fall, when Scott was in the midst of a hospitalization that lasted 75 days, a decision was made to advance the publication to early March. Perhaps Scott would live until then.

When the longtime ESPN anchor Stuart Scott quietly agreed to write a memoir last year, <hl> appendiceal cancer <hl> and chemotherapy were weakening him. His appearances on the network were dwindling. His life was slipping away. There was no assurance that he would survive until late May, when Blue Rider Press expected to publish his book, “Every Day I Fight.” So last fall, when Scott was in the midst of a hospitalization that lasted 75 days, a decision was made to advance the publication to early March. Perhaps Scott would live until then.


Question: Who took a 45-city concert tour of Europe?

“Throughout my life, I happily deferred to family, companions, children,” she said. “This was mine. I didn’t have to compromise, and I say that in the best of ways.” In 1994, within the space of a few weeks, Ms. Smith lost her husband, the musician Fred Sonic Smith, to heart failure, and her brother, Todd Smith, who was also her road manager, to a stroke. Almost two decades later, Ms. Smith was still making peace with their absence. Those losses, and newer, fresher sorrows, pierce her elegiac new book, “M Train,” which in its own elliptical way is as much a love story about her late husband as “Just Kids,” her stunning 2010 memoir of youth and bohemia, was about Robert Mapplethorpe. The book, out next week, is a sort of first salvo before the 40th anniversary of “Horses,” the 68-year-old poet/rocker/visual artist/author’s historic first album. Ms. Smith, who spent her summer on a 45-city concert tour of Europe, is about to embark on an 18-city book tour, after which follows another grueling performance schedule that has her working, quite happily, into January.

Answer: Ms. Smith

“Throughout my life, I happily deferred to family, companions, children,” she said. “This was mine. I didn’t have to compromise, and I say that in the best of ways.” <hl> In 1994, within the space of a few weeks, Ms. Smith lost her husband, the musician Fred Sonic Smith, to heart failure, and her brother, Todd Smith, who was also her road manager, to a stroke. <hl> Almost two decades later, Ms. Smith was still making peace with their absence. Those losses, and newer, fresher sorrows, pierce her elegiac new book, “M Train,” which in its own elliptical way is as much a love story about her late husband as “Just Kids,” her stunning 2010 memoir of youth and bohemia, was about Robert Mapplethorpe. The book, out next week, is a sort of first salvo before the 40th anniversary of “Horses,” the 68-year-old poet/rocker/visual artist/author’s historic first album. Ms. Smith, who spent her summer on a 45-city concert tour of Europe, is about to embark on an 18-city book tour, after which follows another grueling performance schedule that has her working, quite happily, into January.

“Throughout my life, I happily deferred to family, companions, children,” she said. “This was mine. I didn’t have to compromise, and I say that in the best of ways.” In 1994, within the space of a few weeks, <hl> Ms. Smith <hl> lost her husband, the musician Fred Sonic Smith, to heart failure, and her brother, Todd Smith, who was also her road manager, to a stroke. Almost two decades later, Ms. Smith was still making peace with their absence. Those losses, and newer, fresher sorrows, pierce her elegiac new book, “M Train,” which in its own elliptical way is as much a love story about her late husband as “Just Kids,” her stunning 2010 memoir of youth and bohemia, was about Robert Mapplethorpe. The book, out next week, is a sort of first salvo before the 40th anniversary of “Horses,” the 68-year-old poet/rocker/visual artist/author’s historic first album. Ms. Smith, who spent her summer on a 45-city concert tour of Europe, is about to embark on an 18-city book tour, after which follows another grueling performance schedule that has her working, quite happily, into January.


Question: Who was identified as a Mexican composer?

Some of those elements are evident in his Piano Concerto (1938), a vast and sometimes unwieldy piece whose slow movement features an unusual duet between harp and piano and whose virtuosic whirlwinds, acerbic chords and gentle pentatonic, folklorish melodies were deftly and energetically rendered by the pianist Jorge Federico Osorio on Saturday evening, with Mr. Botstein conducting the American Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Chávez’s catalog includes six symphonies. The second, the Sinfonía India, uses native Yaqui instruments and North Mexican melodies and is one of Mr. Chávez’s best-known pieces; it led Copland and other prominent American supporters to identify Mr. Chávez as a quintessentially “Mexican composer.”

Answer: Mr. Chávez

Some of those elements are evident in his Piano Concerto (1938), a vast and sometimes unwieldy piece whose slow movement features an unusual duet between harp and piano and whose virtuosic whirlwinds, acerbic chords and gentle pentatonic, folklorish melodies were deftly and energetically rendered by the pianist Jorge Federico Osorio on Saturday evening, with Mr. Botstein conducting the American Symphony Orchestra. <hl> Mr. Chávez ’s catalog includes six symphonies. <hl> The second, the Sinfonía India, uses native Yaqui instruments and North Mexican melodies and is one of Mr. Chávez’s best-known pieces; it led Copland and other prominent American supporters to identify Mr. Chávez as a quintessentially “Mexican composer.”

Some of those elements are evident in his Piano Concerto (1938), a vast and sometimes unwieldy piece whose slow movement features an unusual duet between harp and piano and whose virtuosic whirlwinds, acerbic chords and gentle pentatonic, folklorish melodies were deftly and energetically rendered by the pianist Jorge Federico Osorio on Saturday evening, with Mr. Botstein conducting the American Symphony Orchestra. <hl> Mr. Chávez <hl>’s catalog includes six symphonies. The second, the Sinfonía India, uses native Yaqui instruments and North Mexican melodies and is one of Mr. Chávez’s best-known pieces; it led Copland and other prominent American supporters to identify Mr. Chávez as a quintessentially “Mexican composer.”

<hl> Mr. Chávez <hl> ’s catalog includes six symphonies.


Question: What did the subject's sister study in school?

A. No. I think for women it wasn’t expected in my family, even though my sister ended up studying gemology. She was a diamond grader in New York and eventually worked for our gemstones division. When I did look to enter the business, the idea wasn’t rejected, but it was just not expected. Q. Why did you want to join? A. I think very innately I had a strong connection to the product and the business because I grew up in it. Every single meal conversation was about the company, and growing up as a child I was interested. But later on my first reaction was, “I’m not going to go into the business, I’m going to find my own identity, and do my own thing,” which is why I studied art history and languages and started working in the art world and then the fashion industry.

Answer: gemology

A. No. <hl> I think for women it wasn’t expected in my family, even though my sister ended up studying gemology . <hl> She was a diamond grader in New York and eventually worked for our gemstones division. When I did look to enter the business, the idea wasn’t rejected, but it was just not expected. Q. Why did you want to join? A. I think very innately I had a strong connection to the product and the business because I grew up in it. Every single meal conversation was about the company, and growing up as a child I was interested. But later on my first reaction was, “I’m not going to go into the business, I’m going to find my own identity, and do my own thing,” which is why I studied art history and languages and started working in the art world and then the fashion industry.

A. No. I think for women it wasn’t expected in my family, even though my sister ended up studying <hl> gemology <hl>. She was a diamond grader in New York and eventually worked for our gemstones division. When I did look to enter the business, the idea wasn’t rejected, but it was just not expected. Q. Why did you want to join? A. I think very innately I had a strong connection to the product and the business because I grew up in it. Every single meal conversation was about the company, and growing up as a child I was interested. But later on my first reaction was, “I’m not going to go into the business, I’m going to find my own identity, and do my own thing,” which is why I studied art history and languages and started working in the art world and then the fashion industry.

I think for women it wasn’t expected in my family, even though my sister ended up studying <hl> gemology <hl> .


Question: What did the other diner state?

“The guacamole was seriously one of the best I’ve ever tasted,” wrote one diner. But another referred to it as “not something that’s out of this world extraordinary.”

Answer: not something that’s out of this world extraordinary

“The guacamole was seriously one of the best I’ve ever tasted,” wrote one diner. <hl> But another referred to it as “ not something that’s out of this world extraordinary . <hl> ”

“The guacamole was seriously one of the best I’ve ever tasted,” wrote one diner. But another referred to it as “<hl> not something that’s out of this world extraordinary <hl>.”

But another referred to it as “ <hl> not something that’s out of this world extraordinary <hl> .


Question: What will the visitors hold as they are counting down?

A separate event, the Girls Prep Ultimate Pi Day 5K, a 3.14-mile run to raise funds for Girls Prep Schools, charter institutions in New York, is at 9:26:53 a.m. on Roosevelt Island, with a race for runners 9 and under at 10:30. (Registration is at publicprep.org/ultimatepiday.) And at 8:30 p.m., the museum will repeat the morning’s free demonstration of pi (location to be announced), with visitors standing in huge circles and holding glow sticks as measuring tools. After a countdown to 9:26:53, the event will conclude with hot chocolate and something even the math-averse can usually digest: pie.

Answer: glow sticks

A separate event, the Girls Prep Ultimate Pi Day 5K, a 3.14-mile run to raise funds for Girls Prep Schools, charter institutions in New York, is at 9:26:53 a.m. on Roosevelt Island, with a race for runners 9 and under at 10:30. (Registration is at publicprep.org/ultimatepiday.) <hl> And at 8:30 p.m., the museum will repeat the morning’s free demonstration of pi (location to be announced), with visitors standing in huge circles and holding glow sticks as measuring tools. <hl> After a countdown to 9:26:53, the event will conclude with hot chocolate and something even the math-averse can usually digest: pie.

A separate event, the Girls Prep Ultimate Pi Day 5K, a 3.14-mile run to raise funds for Girls Prep Schools, charter institutions in New York, is at 9:26:53 a.m. on Roosevelt Island, with a race for runners 9 and under at 10:30. (Registration is at publicprep.org/ultimatepiday.) And at 8:30 p.m., the museum will repeat the morning’s free demonstration of pi (location to be announced), with visitors standing in huge circles and holding <hl> glow sticks <hl> as measuring tools. After a countdown to 9:26:53, the event will conclude with hot chocolate and something even the math-averse can usually digest: pie.


Question: What was the point difference in the score?

Dez Wells and Jake Layman each scored 14 for the Terrapins (22-5, 10-4 Big Ten), who were locked in a tie game with 5 minutes 38 seconds left before Trimble took over. After Wells made two free throws, Trimble narrowly beat the shot clock with a jump shot from the top of the key. Trimble, a freshman guard, connected again from 3-point range with 2:18 remaining for a 62-54 lead. ARIZONA 87, U.S.C. 57 Kaleb Tarczewski scored 15 points, Stanley Johnson added 13, and No. 7 Arizona routed visiting Southern California. Arizona (23-3, 11-2 Pacific-12) led the Trojans (10-16, 2-12) by 18 at halftime and cruised to its 35th straight home victory.

Answer: 62-54

Dez Wells and Jake Layman each scored 14 for the Terrapins (22-5, 10-4 Big Ten), who were locked in a tie game with 5 minutes 38 seconds left before Trimble took over. After Wells made two free throws, Trimble narrowly beat the shot clock with a jump shot from the top of the key. <hl> Trimble, a freshman guard, connected again from 3-point range with 2:18 remaining for a 62-54 lead. <hl> ARIZONA 87, U.S.C. 57 Kaleb Tarczewski scored 15 points, Stanley Johnson added 13, and No. 7 Arizona routed visiting Southern California. Arizona (23-3, 11-2 Pacific-12) led the Trojans (10-16, 2-12) by 18 at halftime and cruised to its 35th straight home victory.

Dez Wells and Jake Layman each scored 14 for the Terrapins (22-5, 10-4 Big Ten), who were locked in a tie game with 5 minutes 38 seconds left before Trimble took over. After Wells made two free throws, Trimble narrowly beat the shot clock with a jump shot from the top of the key. Trimble, a freshman guard, connected again from 3-point range with 2:18 remaining for a <hl> 62-54 <hl> lead. ARIZONA 87, U.S.C. 57 Kaleb Tarczewski scored 15 points, Stanley Johnson added 13, and No. 7 Arizona routed visiting Southern California. Arizona (23-3, 11-2 Pacific-12) led the Trojans (10-16, 2-12) by 18 at halftime and cruised to its 35th straight home victory.


Question: What did the friend inherit?

A friend of mine inherited a Bavarian coffee set from her maternal great-grandmother, a woman who fled Europe in the late 1930s, carrying little more than the purpose-built, velvet-lined case that still holds it. That family is scattered across the globe and the way of life the coffee set embodied has vanished, but the dainty china pot and matching cups remain flawless. Porcelain is like that. We all know that the sweep of a careless elbow can shatter it into unmendable bits. But take some basic precautions and in a hundred years it will look as good as new — its colors undimmed, its whites snowy — after you and your children are dead and gone. It is fragile, and it is strong.

Answer: Bavarian coffee set

<hl> A friend of mine inherited a  Bavarian coffee set from her maternal great-grandmother, a woman who fled Europe in the late 1930s, carrying little more than the purpose-built, velvet-lined case that still holds it. <hl> That family is scattered across the globe and the way of life the coffee set embodied has vanished, but the dainty china pot and matching cups remain flawless. Porcelain is like that. We all know that the sweep of a careless elbow can shatter it into unmendable bits. But take some basic precautions and in a hundred years it will look as good as new — its colors undimmed, its whites snowy — after you and your children are dead and gone. It is fragile, and it is strong.

A friend of mine inherited a <hl> Bavarian coffee set <hl> from her maternal great-grandmother, a woman who fled Europe in the late 1930s, carrying little more than the purpose-built, velvet-lined case that still holds it. That family is scattered across the globe and the way of life the coffee set embodied has vanished, but the dainty china pot and matching cups remain flawless. Porcelain is like that. We all know that the sweep of a careless elbow can shatter it into unmendable bits. But take some basic precautions and in a hundred years it will look as good as new — its colors undimmed, its whites snowy — after you and your children are dead and gone. It is fragile, and it is strong.


Question: Who does David Monti help recruit?

“Meb’s the only one who asks for the redeye,” David Monti, who helps recruit elite athletes for the race, said, laughing. “He’s a guy that thrives on structure and detail.” Attention to routine has built a glorious running career over 26.2 miles for Keflezighi, the only person who has won the New York City Marathon (2009), the Boston Marathon (2014) and an Olympic marathon medal (silver, 2004 Athens Games). At 40, he enters Sunday’s race among a half-dozen favorites and is expected to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics by finishing among the top three at the United States Olympic marathon trials on Feb. 13 in Los Angeles. Frank Shorter is widely considered the greatest male American marathoner, having won gold at the 1972 Munich Olympics, taken silver at the 1976 Montreal Games and finished first for four consecutive years at Japan’s Fukuoka Marathon, a de facto world championship in the 1970s. Yet given the persistence of Keflezighi’s career in an event where the top runners often flare as brightly and briefly as shooting stars, said Amby Burfoot, winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon, “Meb’s longevity on top is without equal, I think.” A thread that stitches Keflezighi’s triumphs is his success not in time-trial races on flat courses like Berlin but on challenging courses without pacesetters in New York and Boston, and in championship races like the Olympics, where strategy and tactics are as important as sheer speed.

Answer: elite athletes

<hl> “Meb’s the only one who asks for the redeye,” David Monti, who helps recruit elite athletes for the race, said, laughing. <hl> “He’s a guy that thrives on structure and detail.” Attention to routine has built a glorious running career over 26.2 miles for Keflezighi, the only person who has won the New York City Marathon (2009), the Boston Marathon (2014) and an Olympic marathon medal (silver, 2004 Athens Games). At 40, he enters Sunday’s race among a half-dozen favorites and is expected to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics by finishing among the top three at the United States Olympic marathon trials on Feb. 13 in Los Angeles. Frank Shorter is widely considered the greatest male American marathoner, having won gold at the 1972 Munich Olympics, taken silver at the 1976 Montreal Games and finished first for four consecutive years at Japan’s Fukuoka Marathon, a de facto world championship in the 1970s. Yet given the persistence of Keflezighi’s career in an event where the top runners often flare as brightly and briefly as shooting stars, said Amby Burfoot, winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon, “Meb’s longevity on top is without equal, I think.” A thread that stitches Keflezighi’s triumphs is his success not in time-trial races on flat courses like Berlin but on challenging courses without pacesetters in New York and Boston, and in championship races like the Olympics, where strategy and tactics are as important as sheer speed.

“Meb’s the only one who asks for the redeye,” David Monti, who helps recruit <hl> elite athletes <hl> for the race, said, laughing. “He’s a guy that thrives on structure and detail.” Attention to routine has built a glorious running career over 26.2 miles for Keflezighi, the only person who has won the New York City Marathon (2009), the Boston Marathon (2014) and an Olympic marathon medal (silver, 2004 Athens Games). At 40, he enters Sunday’s race among a half-dozen favorites and is expected to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics by finishing among the top three at the United States Olympic marathon trials on Feb. 13 in Los Angeles. Frank Shorter is widely considered the greatest male American marathoner, having won gold at the 1972 Munich Olympics, taken silver at the 1976 Montreal Games and finished first for four consecutive years at Japan’s Fukuoka Marathon, a de facto world championship in the 1970s. Yet given the persistence of Keflezighi’s career in an event where the top runners often flare as brightly and briefly as shooting stars, said Amby Burfoot, winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon, “Meb’s longevity on top is without equal, I think.” A thread that stitches Keflezighi’s triumphs is his success not in time-trial races on flat courses like Berlin but on challenging courses without pacesetters in New York and Boston, and in championship races like the Olympics, where strategy and tactics are as important as sheer speed.


Question: After packing up his neurosurgeon days, what is Ben Carson's new profession?

Each time Ben Carson prepared to cut into a human brain, the neurosurgeon, who was the first to separate twins conjoined at the head, said a prayer. He would scrub his hands, close his eyes and ask for God’s help. “Lord, you be the neurosurgeon,” he has described himself thinking. “I’ll be the hands.” Since packing up his scalpel and becoming a Republican presidential candidate, Mr. Carson has not shied from talking about his Christian faith and sprinkling policy pronouncements with prayer as he travels the country talking to voters in his blunt but soft-spoken style. So far it has worked — he has overtaken Donald J. Trump in a new national poll of Republicans and is beating him in Iowa, the crucial caucus state. But Mr. Carson’s religion has been cast in a harsher light in recent days, as Mr. Trump, whose support among evangelicals is falling, suggested that the doctor is not a mainstream Christian because he is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination.

Answer: Republican presidential candidate

Each time Ben Carson prepared to cut into a human brain, the neurosurgeon, who was the first to separate twins conjoined at the head, said a prayer. He would scrub his hands, close his eyes and ask for God’s help. “Lord, you be the neurosurgeon,” he has described himself thinking. “I’ll be the hands.” <hl> Since packing up his scalpel and becoming a Republican presidential candidate , Mr. Carson has not shied from talking about his Christian faith and sprinkling policy pronouncements with prayer as he travels the country talking to voters in his blunt but soft-spoken style. <hl> So far it has worked — he has overtaken Donald J. Trump in a new national poll of Republicans and is beating him in Iowa, the crucial caucus state. But Mr. Carson’s religion has been cast in a harsher light in recent days, as Mr. Trump, whose support among evangelicals is falling, suggested that the doctor is not a mainstream Christian because he is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination.

Each time Ben Carson prepared to cut into a human brain, the neurosurgeon, who was the first to separate twins conjoined at the head, said a prayer. He would scrub his hands, close his eyes and ask for God’s help. “Lord, you be the neurosurgeon,” he has described himself thinking. “I’ll be the hands.” Since packing up his scalpel and becoming a <hl> Republican presidential candidate <hl>, Mr. Carson has not shied from talking about his Christian faith and sprinkling policy pronouncements with prayer as he travels the country talking to voters in his blunt but soft-spoken style. So far it has worked — he has overtaken Donald J. Trump in a new national poll of Republicans and is beating him in Iowa, the crucial caucus state. But Mr. Carson’s religion has been cast in a harsher light in recent days, as Mr. Trump, whose support among evangelicals is falling, suggested that the doctor is not a mainstream Christian because he is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination.

Since packing up his scalpel and becoming a <hl> Republican presidential candidate <hl> , Mr. Carson has not shied from talking about his Christian faith and sprinkling policy pronouncements with prayer as he travels the country talking to voters in his blunt but soft-spoken style.


Question: What city were children being forced to beg in?

Tens of thousands of children in Senegal are being exploited by Quranic teachers who force them to beg in the streets, Human Rights Watch said Monday, blaming the government for failing to carry out a 2005 law aimed at stopping the trafficking of children and their exploitation in Quranic schools. A 2014 government census of the Islamic schools found that more than 30,000 children were being forced to beg in the capital, Dakar, alone. Nine of the students, called talibes, testified to regular beatings with rubber whips, wood and rope by their teacher and his assistants, the watchdog group said.

Answer: Dakar

Tens of thousands of children in Senegal are being exploited by Quranic teachers who force them to beg in the streets, Human Rights Watch said Monday, blaming the government for failing to carry out a 2005 law aimed at stopping the trafficking of children and their exploitation in Quranic schools. <hl> A 2014 government census of the Islamic schools found that more than 30,000 children were being forced to beg in the capital, Dakar , alone. <hl> Nine of the students, called talibes, testified to regular beatings with rubber whips, wood and rope by their teacher and his assistants, the watchdog group said.

Tens of thousands of children in Senegal are being exploited by Quranic teachers who force them to beg in the streets, Human Rights Watch said Monday, blaming the government for failing to carry out a 2005 law aimed at stopping the trafficking of children and their exploitation in Quranic schools. A 2014 government census of the Islamic schools found that more than 30,000 children were being forced to beg in the capital, <hl> Dakar <hl>, alone. Nine of the students, called talibes, testified to regular beatings with rubber whips, wood and rope by their teacher and his assistants, the watchdog group said.

A 2014 government census of the Islamic schools found that more than 30,000 children were being forced to beg in the capital, <hl> Dakar <hl> , alone.


Question: Between 2010 and 2013 what gushed into countries driving up asset prices?

The original taper tantrum happened in June 2013. It is a cute name for what occurred when global financial markets collectively went berserk over the realization that the Fed was serious about tapering its program of quantitative easing — or put more plainly, that the Fed would wind down its injections of money into the financial system over time. There was a second, similar explosion of volatility in October 2014, as the Fed’s intentions to raise interest rates in 2015 became clearer. In effect, the Fed’s easy money policies had led global investors to search for higher-yielding securities, which they found in many faster-growing emerging markets. Money gushed into these countries in search of better returns from 2010 until 2013, driving up asset prices.

Answer: Money

The original taper tantrum happened in June 2013. It is a cute name for what occurred when global financial markets collectively went berserk over the realization that the Fed was serious about tapering its program of quantitative easing — or put more plainly, that the Fed would wind down its injections of money into the financial system over time. There was a second, similar explosion of volatility in October 2014, as the Fed’s intentions to raise interest rates in 2015 became clearer. In effect, the Fed’s easy money policies had led global investors to search for higher-yielding securities, which they found in many faster-growing emerging markets. <hl> Money gushed into these countries in search of better returns from 2010 until 2013, driving up asset prices. <hl>

The original taper tantrum happened in June 2013. It is a cute name for what occurred when global financial markets collectively went berserk over the realization that the Fed was serious about tapering its program of quantitative easing — or put more plainly, that the Fed would wind down its injections of money into the financial system over time. There was a second, similar explosion of volatility in October 2014, as the Fed’s intentions to raise interest rates in 2015 became clearer. In effect, the Fed’s easy money policies had led global investors to search for higher-yielding securities, which they found in many faster-growing emerging markets. <hl> Money <hl> gushed into these countries in search of better returns from 2010 until 2013, driving up asset prices.


Question: Ozaydemir has holdings in wiring manufacture, roofing tile manufacturing, and what?

“They’re not closed — there’s a lot of smuggling, people have to live” in Syria, said Savas M. Ozaydemir, a leading Eskisehir industrialist with holdings in roofing tile manufacturing, wiring manufacture and real estate. “But of course, it might be 30 percent of what it was.” The route around Iraq and Syria through Iran is much longer and costlier — and Iran has imposed a hefty fee on Turkish trucks, ostensibly because they may fill up on subsidized diesel fuel while in Iran. Turkey’s strong support for democracy in Syria and for the removal of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, an Iranian ally, have not helped.

Answer: real estate

<hl> “They’re not closed — there’s a lot of smuggling, people have to live” in Syria, said Savas M. Ozaydemir, a leading Eskisehir industrialist with holdings in roofing tile manufacturing, wiring manufacture and real estate . <hl> “But of course, it might be 30 percent of what it was.” The route around Iraq and Syria through Iran is much longer and costlier — and Iran has imposed a hefty fee on Turkish trucks, ostensibly because they may fill up on subsidized diesel fuel while in Iran. Turkey’s strong support for democracy in Syria and for the removal of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, an Iranian ally, have not helped.

“They’re not closed — there’s a lot of smuggling, people have to live” in Syria, said Savas M. Ozaydemir, a leading Eskisehir industrialist with holdings in roofing tile manufacturing, wiring manufacture and <hl> real estate <hl>. “But of course, it might be 30 percent of what it was.” The route around Iraq and Syria through Iran is much longer and costlier — and Iran has imposed a hefty fee on Turkish trucks, ostensibly because they may fill up on subsidized diesel fuel while in Iran. Turkey’s strong support for democracy in Syria and for the removal of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, an Iranian ally, have not helped.

“They’re not closed — there’s a lot of smuggling, people have to live” in Syria, said Savas M. Ozaydemir, a leading Eskisehir industrialist with holdings in roofing tile manufacturing, wiring manufacture and <hl> real estate <hl> .


Question: How much does Mr Edwards make as a porter per week?

During an interview last week at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Westchester County, Mr. Nuñez showed reporters purple scars around his right ankle that he said were the result of CERT officers’ intentionally shackling him too tightly. Some of the former honor block residents have lost privileges that had taken years to earn at Clinton. Mr. Edwards, who had supervised 50 inmates at the prison tailor shop, had been able to earn as much as $45 a week. Since being moved to Sing Sing, he has been working as a porter making $3 a week. “They took everything from me,” he said. “They did everything they could to blame the ones who stayed.”

Answer: $3

During an interview last week at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Westchester County, Mr. Nuñez showed reporters purple scars around his right ankle that he said were the result of CERT officers’ intentionally shackling him too tightly. Some of the former honor block residents have lost privileges that had taken years to earn at Clinton. Mr. Edwards, who had supervised 50 inmates at the prison tailor shop, had been able to earn as much as $45 a week. <hl> Since being moved to Sing Sing, he has been working as a porter making $3 a week. <hl> “They took everything from me,” he said. “They did everything they could to blame the ones who stayed.”

During an interview last week at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Westchester County, Mr. Nuñez showed reporters purple scars around his right ankle that he said were the result of CERT officers’ intentionally shackling him too tightly. Some of the former honor block residents have lost privileges that had taken years to earn at Clinton. Mr. Edwards, who had supervised 50 inmates at the prison tailor shop, had been able to earn as much as $45 a week. Since being moved to Sing Sing, he has been working as a porter making <hl> $3 <hl> a week. “They took everything from me,” he said. “They did everything they could to blame the ones who stayed.”


Question: What does David Monti Thrive on?

Answer: structure and detail

“Meb’s the only one who asks for the redeye,” David Monti, who helps recruit elite athletes for the race, said, laughing. <hl> “He’s a guy that thrives on structure and detail .” <hl> Attention to routine has built a glorious running career over 26.2 miles for Keflezighi, the only person who has won the New York City Marathon (2009), the Boston Marathon (2014) and an Olympic marathon medal (silver, 2004 Athens Games). At 40, he enters Sunday’s race among a half-dozen favorites and is expected to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics by finishing among the top three at the United States Olympic marathon trials on Feb. 13 in Los Angeles. Frank Shorter is widely considered the greatest male American marathoner, having won gold at the 1972 Munich Olympics, taken silver at the 1976 Montreal Games and finished first for four consecutive years at Japan’s Fukuoka Marathon, a de facto world championship in the 1970s. Yet given the persistence of Keflezighi’s career in an event where the top runners often flare as brightly and briefly as shooting stars, said Amby Burfoot, winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon, “Meb’s longevity on top is without equal, I think.” A thread that stitches Keflezighi’s triumphs is his success not in time-trial races on flat courses like Berlin but on challenging courses without pacesetters in New York and Boston, and in championship races like the Olympics, where strategy and tactics are as important as sheer speed.

“Meb’s the only one who asks for the redeye,” David Monti, who helps recruit elite athletes for the race, said, laughing. “He’s a guy that thrives on <hl> structure and detail <hl>.” Attention to routine has built a glorious running career over 26.2 miles for Keflezighi, the only person who has won the New York City Marathon (2009), the Boston Marathon (2014) and an Olympic marathon medal (silver, 2004 Athens Games). At 40, he enters Sunday’s race among a half-dozen favorites and is expected to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics by finishing among the top three at the United States Olympic marathon trials on Feb. 13 in Los Angeles. Frank Shorter is widely considered the greatest male American marathoner, having won gold at the 1972 Munich Olympics, taken silver at the 1976 Montreal Games and finished first for four consecutive years at Japan’s Fukuoka Marathon, a de facto world championship in the 1970s. Yet given the persistence of Keflezighi’s career in an event where the top runners often flare as brightly and briefly as shooting stars, said Amby Burfoot, winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon, “Meb’s longevity on top is without equal, I think.” A thread that stitches Keflezighi’s triumphs is his success not in time-trial races on flat courses like Berlin but on challenging courses without pacesetters in New York and Boston, and in championship races like the Olympics, where strategy and tactics are as important as sheer speed.

“He’s a guy that thrives on <hl> structure and detail <hl> .”


Question: Who made the film Burnt?

The film might have felt fresh and invigorating in, say, 1996. That’s when “Big Night,” a much-admired foodie movie, was released. In recent years, though, mercurial chefs, photogenic plates of grub and kitchen dramatics have been everywhere, especially reality television, both lowbrow and high-end. The food-as-art world has become a bit tiresome, except to those who live in it or can afford to eat this stuff five nights a week. And so pretty much everything in “Burnt,” which was directed by John Wells from a screenplay by Steven Knight and a story by Michael Kalesniko, is something we’ve seen before, though perhaps not so slickly rendered. Mr. Cooper plays Adam Jones, a hot chef in Paris until he flamed out, thanks to a self-destructive personality abetted by substance abuse. As the story begins in earnest, he has turned up in London, determined to make a new start and reclaim his culinary stature.

Answer: John Wells

The film might have felt fresh and invigorating in, say, 1996. That’s when “Big Night,” a much-admired foodie movie, was released. In recent years, though, mercurial chefs, photogenic plates of grub and kitchen dramatics have been everywhere, especially reality television, both lowbrow and high-end. The food-as-art world has become a bit tiresome, except to those who live in it or can afford to eat this stuff five nights a week. <hl> And so pretty much everything in “Burnt,” which was directed by John Wells from a screenplay by Steven Knight and a story by Michael Kalesniko, is something we’ve seen before, though perhaps not so slickly rendered. <hl> Mr. Cooper plays Adam Jones, a hot chef in Paris until he flamed out, thanks to a self-destructive personality abetted by substance abuse. As the story begins in earnest, he has turned up in London, determined to make a new start and reclaim his culinary stature.

The film might have felt fresh and invigorating in, say, 1996. That’s when “Big Night,” a much-admired foodie movie, was released. In recent years, though, mercurial chefs, photogenic plates of grub and kitchen dramatics have been everywhere, especially reality television, both lowbrow and high-end. The food-as-art world has become a bit tiresome, except to those who live in it or can afford to eat this stuff five nights a week. And so pretty much everything in “Burnt,” which was directed by <hl> John Wells <hl> from a screenplay by Steven Knight and a story by Michael Kalesniko, is something we’ve seen before, though perhaps not so slickly rendered. Mr. Cooper plays Adam Jones, a hot chef in Paris until he flamed out, thanks to a self-destructive personality abetted by substance abuse. As the story begins in earnest, he has turned up in London, determined to make a new start and reclaim his culinary stature.