Question: What is Mrs. Geller's job?

Mrs. Geller, 27, is a litigation associate at the law firm Farber, Pappalardo & Carbonari in White Plains. She graduated from Fordham and received a law degree cum laude from Pace University. She is the daughter of Dr. Devmani J. Jaitly and Dr. Sharad C. Jaitly of Greenwich. The bride’s father is a cardiologist in West Nyack, N.Y. Her mother is an oncologist at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, where she is also a clinical assistant professor, teaching palliative medicine to students from New York Medical College in Valhalla, N.Y. Mr. Geller, 28, works in Manhattan as the editor of Boy Genius Report, a mobile and online news provider that is part of the Penske Media Corporation. He is a son of Susan R. Geller and Stephen L. Geller, also of Greenwich, who are retired. The groom’s mother was the chief executive and his father was the owner and chairman of SLG Advertising, a company in Greenwich.

Answer: litigation associate

<hl> Mrs. Geller, 27, is a litigation associate at the law firm Farber, Pappalardo & Carbonari in White Plains. <hl> She graduated from Fordham and received a law degree cum laude from Pace University. She is the daughter of Dr. Devmani J. Jaitly and Dr. Sharad C. Jaitly of Greenwich. The bride’s father is a cardiologist in West Nyack, N.Y. Her mother is an oncologist at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, where she is also a clinical assistant professor, teaching palliative medicine to students from New York Medical College in Valhalla, N.Y. Mr. Geller, 28, works in Manhattan as the editor of Boy Genius Report, a mobile and online news provider that is part of the Penske Media Corporation. He is a son of Susan R. Geller and Stephen L. Geller, also of Greenwich, who are retired. The groom’s mother was the chief executive and his father was the owner and chairman of SLG Advertising, a company in Greenwich.

Mrs. Geller, 27, is a <hl> litigation associate <hl> at the law firm Farber, Pappalardo & Carbonari in White Plains. She graduated from Fordham and received a law degree cum laude from Pace University. She is the daughter of Dr. Devmani J. Jaitly and Dr. Sharad C. Jaitly of Greenwich. The bride’s father is a cardiologist in West Nyack, N.Y. Her mother is an oncologist at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, where she is also a clinical assistant professor, teaching palliative medicine to students from New York Medical College in Valhalla, N.Y. Mr. Geller, 28, works in Manhattan as the editor of Boy Genius Report, a mobile and online news provider that is part of the Penske Media Corporation. He is a son of Susan R. Geller and Stephen L. Geller, also of Greenwich, who are retired. The groom’s mother was the chief executive and his father was the owner and chairman of SLG Advertising, a company in Greenwich.


Question: In which area has Microsoft once had a dominant position in the worldwide market?

The same, he said, could turn out to be true of Google. The rise of mobile devices and the prevalence of apps could make the traditional search engine less central. And if the regulators emerge victorious, they could end up constraining Google in a way that makes its services less useful to consumers — which would be a hollow victory indeed. The similarities in the cases against Microsoft and Google are striking. Microsoft once had a dominant position in the worldwide market for computer operating systems: Windows was installed on nearly 90 percent of desktop computers. Google’s current position in the market for web search engines looks similarly unbeatable: The company claims nine out of every 10 searches in Europe.

Answer: computer operating systems

The same, he said, could turn out to be true of Google. The rise of mobile devices and the prevalence of apps could make the traditional search engine less central. And if the regulators emerge victorious, they could end up constraining Google in a way that makes its services less useful to consumers — which would be a hollow victory indeed. The similarities in the cases against Microsoft and Google are striking. <hl> Microsoft once had a dominant position in the worldwide market for computer operating systems : Windows was installed on nearly 90 percent of desktop computers. <hl> Google’s current position in the market for web search engines looks similarly unbeatable: The company claims nine out of every 10 searches in Europe.

The same, he said, could turn out to be true of Google. The rise of mobile devices and the prevalence of apps could make the traditional search engine less central. And if the regulators emerge victorious, they could end up constraining Google in a way that makes its services less useful to consumers — which would be a hollow victory indeed. The similarities in the cases against Microsoft and Google are striking. Microsoft once had a dominant position in the worldwide market for <hl> computer operating systems <hl>: Windows was installed on nearly 90 percent of desktop computers. Google’s current position in the market for web search engines looks similarly unbeatable: The company claims nine out of every 10 searches in Europe.

Microsoft once had a dominant position in the worldwide market for <hl> computer operating systems <hl> : Windows was installed on nearly 90 percent of desktop computers.


Question: What team did Sather lead as general manager?

Glen Sather, who has been at the helm of the Rangers since 2000, said Wednesday that he was relinquishing his role as general manager in favor of his assistant Jeff Gorton. Sather, 71, will remain team president. After missing the playoffs in Sather’s first four seasons, the Rangers have reached the postseason in nine of the last 10 years. They advanced to the Eastern Conference finals three times in the last four seasons, including a trip to the Stanley Cup finals in 2014, when they lost to the Los Angeles Kings in five games.

Answer: the Rangers

<hl> Glen Sather, who has been at the helm of the Rangers since 2000, said Wednesday that he was relinquishing his role as general manager in favor of his assistant Jeff Gorton. <hl> Sather, 71, will remain team president. After missing the playoffs in Sather’s first four seasons, the Rangers have reached the postseason in nine of the last 10 years. They advanced to the Eastern Conference finals three times in the last four seasons, including a trip to the Stanley Cup finals in 2014, when they lost to the Los Angeles Kings in five games.

Glen Sather, who has been at the helm of <hl> the Rangers <hl> since 2000, said Wednesday that he was relinquishing his role as general manager in favor of his assistant Jeff Gorton. Sather, 71, will remain team president. After missing the playoffs in Sather’s first four seasons, the Rangers have reached the postseason in nine of the last 10 years. They advanced to the Eastern Conference finals three times in the last four seasons, including a trip to the Stanley Cup finals in 2014, when they lost to the Los Angeles Kings in five games.


Question: A verdict given by a jury becomes what?

“We did not believe the allegations then and we don’t believe them now,” the statement noted. “We feel strongly that Isiah Thomas was held responsible for sordid allegations that were completely unrelated to him, and for which M.S.G. bore responsibility.” Several problems arise here. The facts of the Browne harassment case are no longer “allegations.” A jury verdict is not a friendly tap on your shoulder or advice whispered in your ear. You appeal a verdict or accept it, at which point, like freshly poured concrete, it quickly hardens into accepted fact.

Answer: accepted fact.

“We did not believe the allegations then and we don’t believe them now,” the statement noted. “We feel strongly that Isiah Thomas was held responsible for sordid allegations that were completely unrelated to him, and for which M.S.G. bore responsibility.” Several problems arise here. The facts of the Browne harassment case are no longer “allegations.” A jury verdict is not a friendly tap on your shoulder or advice whispered in your ear. <hl> You appeal a verdict or accept it, at which point, like freshly poured concrete, it quickly hardens into accepted fact. <hl>

“We did not believe the allegations then and we don’t believe them now,” the statement noted. “We feel strongly that Isiah Thomas was held responsible for sordid allegations that were completely unrelated to him, and for which M.S.G. bore responsibility.” Several problems arise here. The facts of the Browne harassment case are no longer “allegations.” A jury verdict is not a friendly tap on your shoulder or advice whispered in your ear. You appeal a verdict or accept it, at which point, like freshly poured concrete, it quickly hardens into <hl> accepted fact. <hl>


Question: Why is the exhibition A New World to Come fascinating?

★ ‘For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968-1979’ (through Jan. 10) This exceptionally informative exhibition presents photographs, photography books, paintings, sculptures and videos produced by 29 Japanese artists during a decade of ideological disillusionment following the utopian excitement of the 1960s. Most of the works are black and white and driven by abstract concepts, with many focused on the nature of photography itself. It’s a dry show, but it’s fascinating for its revelation of memes and trends that continue to resonate in photographic art around the world. Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, Manhattan, 212-832-1155, japansociety.org. (Johnson)

Answer: for its revelation of memes and trends that continue to resonate in photographic art around the world

★ ‘For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968-1979’ (through Jan. 10) This exceptionally informative exhibition presents photographs, photography books, paintings, sculptures and videos produced by 29 Japanese artists during a decade of ideological disillusionment following the utopian excitement of the 1960s. Most of the works are black and white and driven by abstract concepts, with many focused on the nature of photography itself. <hl> It’s a dry show, but it’s fascinating for its revelation of memes and trends that continue to resonate in photographic art around the world . <hl> Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, Manhattan, 212-832-1155, japansociety.org. (Johnson)

★ ‘For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968-1979’ (through Jan. 10) This exceptionally informative exhibition presents photographs, photography books, paintings, sculptures and videos produced by 29 Japanese artists during a decade of ideological disillusionment following the utopian excitement of the 1960s. Most of the works are black and white and driven by abstract concepts, with many focused on the nature of photography itself. It’s a dry show, but it’s fascinating <hl> for its revelation of memes and trends that continue to resonate in photographic art around the world <hl>. Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, Manhattan, 212-832-1155, japansociety.org. (Johnson)

It’s a dry show, but it’s fascinating <hl> for its revelation of memes and trends that continue to resonate in photographic art around the world <hl> .


Question: How many days later from the escape was Mr. Sweat discovered?

Two days later, a state police sergeant happened upon Mr. Sweat on a rural road a mile and a half from the Canadian border. He chased him into an open field, and when the prisoner refused his order to stop running, the sergeant, a firearms instructor, dropped to one knee and fired, striking him twice from a distance of more than 50 yards with a .45-caliber pistol, two people briefed on the shooting said. Mr. Sweat provided the account to investigators from the State Police, the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, and the State Inspector General’s Office during several sessions in recent weeks, according to the people briefed on his statements. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the investigation. The escape, the manhunt and the resulting spectacle proved to be an embarrassment for the Corrections Department and the administration of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

Answer: Two days later

<hl> Two days later , a state police sergeant happened upon Mr. Sweat on a rural road a mile and a half from the Canadian border. <hl> He chased him into an open field, and when the prisoner refused his order to stop running, the sergeant, a firearms instructor, dropped to one knee and fired, striking him twice from a distance of more than 50 yards with a .45-caliber pistol, two people briefed on the shooting said. Mr. Sweat provided the account to investigators from the State Police, the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, and the State Inspector General’s Office during several sessions in recent weeks, according to the people briefed on his statements. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the investigation. The escape, the manhunt and the resulting spectacle proved to be an embarrassment for the Corrections Department and the administration of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

<hl> Two days later <hl>, a state police sergeant happened upon Mr. Sweat on a rural road a mile and a half from the Canadian border. He chased him into an open field, and when the prisoner refused his order to stop running, the sergeant, a firearms instructor, dropped to one knee and fired, striking him twice from a distance of more than 50 yards with a .45-caliber pistol, two people briefed on the shooting said. Mr. Sweat provided the account to investigators from the State Police, the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, and the State Inspector General’s Office during several sessions in recent weeks, according to the people briefed on his statements. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the investigation. The escape, the manhunt and the resulting spectacle proved to be an embarrassment for the Corrections Department and the administration of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

<hl> Two days later <hl> , a state police sergeant happened upon Mr. Sweat on a rural road a mile and a half from the Canadian border.


Question: How long did it take for Sandy to go unconscious after getting into bed?

“Can you come with me?” she asked. So Daryl and Sandy walked to the bathroom together, and Daryl sat outside the door while his dying wife sat on the toilet. He helped Sandy back into bed, and within five minutes she was unconscious. Daryl watched her for a while, not quite feeling anything. Still to come were the calls to 911 and the coroner and the undertaker, and the writing up of the death notice, highlighting the reasons for Sandy’s decision. Still to come, too, was the brutal reality of what it would feel like for Sandy to be completely gone from his life. “How powerful a presence is her absence,” Daryl would say at a memorial service that summer, quoting from a poem by Fred Chappell. “The rooms were quiet when she was resident./Now they lie silent. That is different.”

Answer: within five minutes

“Can you come with me?” she asked. So Daryl and Sandy walked to the bathroom together, and Daryl sat outside the door while his dying wife sat on the toilet. <hl> He helped Sandy back into bed, and within five minutes she was unconscious. <hl> Daryl watched her for a while, not quite feeling anything. Still to come were the calls to 911 and the coroner and the undertaker, and the writing up of the death notice, highlighting the reasons for Sandy’s decision. Still to come, too, was the brutal reality of what it would feel like for Sandy to be completely gone from his life. “How powerful a presence is her absence,” Daryl would say at a memorial service that summer, quoting from a poem by Fred Chappell. “The rooms were quiet when she was resident./Now they lie silent. That is different.”

“Can you come with me?” she asked. So Daryl and Sandy walked to the bathroom together, and Daryl sat outside the door while his dying wife sat on the toilet. He helped Sandy back into bed, and <hl> within five minutes <hl> she was unconscious. Daryl watched her for a while, not quite feeling anything. Still to come were the calls to 911 and the coroner and the undertaker, and the writing up of the death notice, highlighting the reasons for Sandy’s decision. Still to come, too, was the brutal reality of what it would feel like for Sandy to be completely gone from his life. “How powerful a presence is her absence,” Daryl would say at a memorial service that summer, quoting from a poem by Fred Chappell. “The rooms were quiet when she was resident./Now they lie silent. That is different.”


Question: Who was in charge of the Jesuit religious order in Cuba from 2010 to 2012?

But as he arrives in Havana on Saturday, the first stop of a nine-day papal trip to Cuba and the United States, Francis faces a new challenge altogether: Having helped open up Cuba to the world, the first Latin American pope must now try to fully open up Cuba to the Roman Catholic Church. “It is an occasion to ask for more openness,” said the Rev. Jorge Cela, who oversaw the Jesuit religious order in Cuba from 2010 to 2012. “The relationship is not easy.” From his own experiences in the 1970s, when Argentina was ruled by a military dictatorship, Francis knows the complexity, dangers and difficult compromises of coexisting with repressive authorities. For decades, the Cuban church has been wary of inciting the wrath of a Communist government that all but marginalized it after the 1959 revolution, when priests were cast out, religious schools were closed and the state was declared atheist.

Answer: Rev. Jorge Cela

But as he arrives in Havana on Saturday, the first stop of a nine-day papal trip to Cuba and the United States, Francis faces a new challenge altogether: Having helped open up Cuba to the world, the first Latin American pope must now try to fully open up Cuba to the Roman Catholic Church. <hl> “It is an occasion to ask for more openness,” said the Rev. Jorge Cela , who oversaw the Jesuit religious order in Cuba from 2010 to 2012. <hl> “The relationship is not easy.” From his own experiences in the 1970s, when Argentina was ruled by a military dictatorship, Francis knows the complexity, dangers and difficult compromises of coexisting with repressive authorities. For decades, the Cuban church has been wary of inciting the wrath of a Communist government that all but marginalized it after the 1959 revolution, when priests were cast out, religious schools were closed and the state was declared atheist.

But as he arrives in Havana on Saturday, the first stop of a nine-day papal trip to Cuba and the United States, Francis faces a new challenge altogether: Having helped open up Cuba to the world, the first Latin American pope must now try to fully open up Cuba to the Roman Catholic Church. “It is an occasion to ask for more openness,” said the <hl> Rev. Jorge Cela <hl>, who oversaw the Jesuit religious order in Cuba from 2010 to 2012. “The relationship is not easy.” From his own experiences in the 1970s, when Argentina was ruled by a military dictatorship, Francis knows the complexity, dangers and difficult compromises of coexisting with repressive authorities. For decades, the Cuban church has been wary of inciting the wrath of a Communist government that all but marginalized it after the 1959 revolution, when priests were cast out, religious schools were closed and the state was declared atheist.

“It is an occasion to ask for more openness,” said the <hl> Rev. Jorge Cela <hl> , who oversaw the Jesuit religious order in Cuba from 2010 to 2012.


Question: What instrument did Earl "Fatha" Hines play?

LISTENING Right now I’m really into Earl “Fatha” Hines. He was a stride piano player who had a big band in the ’30s and ’40s. You watch clips of him playing and what he’s doing just seems impossible. His left hand is leaping around playing the bass line and what would essentially be the accompanying guitar rhythm while his right hand is playing this really arrhythmic, somewhat modern sounding stuff. Geez, I really wish I could play stride piano — though not enough to actually practice. WATCHING I’m catching up on all the YouTube videos that people sent me over the five years of making “Inside Out.” Lately it’s been Laurel and Hardy shorts and clips of steam engines, like what powered the early railroad. And Warner Bros. “Looney Tunes” never get old. It’s hard to pick a favorite, but “Gorilla My Dreams” and “Hare Tonic” are pretty funny. FOLLOWING Walt_at_Disneyland on Instagram. It’s some guy who has found all these pictures of Walt Disney at Disneyland and he’s posting one a day. I don’t know how long it will be before he runs out.

Answer: piano

LISTENING Right now I’m really into Earl “Fatha” Hines. <hl> He was a stride piano player who had a big band in the ’30s and ’40s. <hl> You watch clips of him playing and what he’s doing just seems impossible. His left hand is leaping around playing the bass line and what would essentially be the accompanying guitar rhythm while his right hand is playing this really arrhythmic, somewhat modern sounding stuff. Geez, I really wish I could play stride piano — though not enough to actually practice. WATCHING I’m catching up on all the YouTube videos that people sent me over the five years of making “Inside Out.” Lately it’s been Laurel and Hardy shorts and clips of steam engines, like what powered the early railroad. And Warner Bros. “Looney Tunes” never get old. It’s hard to pick a favorite, but “Gorilla My Dreams” and “Hare Tonic” are pretty funny. FOLLOWING Walt_at_Disneyland on Instagram. It’s some guy who has found all these pictures of Walt Disney at Disneyland and he’s posting one a day. I don’t know how long it will be before he runs out.

LISTENING Right now I’m really into Earl “Fatha” Hines. He was a stride <hl> piano <hl> player who had a big band in the ’30s and ’40s. You watch clips of him playing and what he’s doing just seems impossible. His left hand is leaping around playing the bass line and what would essentially be the accompanying guitar rhythm while his right hand is playing this really arrhythmic, somewhat modern sounding stuff. Geez, I really wish I could play stride piano — though not enough to actually practice. WATCHING I’m catching up on all the YouTube videos that people sent me over the five years of making “Inside Out.” Lately it’s been Laurel and Hardy shorts and clips of steam engines, like what powered the early railroad. And Warner Bros. “Looney Tunes” never get old. It’s hard to pick a favorite, but “Gorilla My Dreams” and “Hare Tonic” are pretty funny. FOLLOWING Walt_at_Disneyland on Instagram. It’s some guy who has found all these pictures of Walt Disney at Disneyland and he’s posting one a day. I don’t know how long it will be before he runs out.


Question: Which network airs a TV show featuring the Notre Dame college football team?

“At times it can be a little much, a little bit of a hassle,” Prosise said. “But it’s kind of cool to say you have your own TV show and you’re part of a TV show.” Showtime has shown Notre Dame in a positive light, though Kelly was not happy that it carried a teaser of him telling the team that tackle Ronnie Stanley was unable to accept being a captain. The scene was not included in the program, and Stanley later revealed that he could not accept because of parking violations. Stephen Espinoza, the executive vice president and general manager of Showtime sports and event programming, said the network had apologized. He also said that Showtime had worked with the university on story lines and on putting the show together and that it retained control over the program’s content. The university is aware of what scenes Showtime plans to use but does not see the full program until it runs. Espinoza said the network also understood it was about student-athletes and did not want to embarrass anyone. Players had the option of signing releases and could ask not to be filmed. “This show can only be produced in collaboration,” Espinoza said. Viewers have seen some lows, including the raw emotion of quarterback Malik Zaire after he broke his ankle, ending his season.

Answer: Showtime

“At times it can be a little much, a little bit of a hassle,” Prosise said. <hl> “But it’s kind of cool to say you have your own TV show and you’re part of a TV show.” Showtime has shown Notre Dame in a positive light, though Kelly was not happy that it carried a teaser of him telling the team that tackle Ronnie Stanley was unable to accept being a captain. <hl> The scene was not included in the program, and Stanley later revealed that he could not accept because of parking violations. Stephen Espinoza, the executive vice president and general manager of Showtime sports and event programming, said the network had apologized. He also said that Showtime had worked with the university on story lines and on putting the show together and that it retained control over the program’s content. The university is aware of what scenes Showtime plans to use but does not see the full program until it runs. Espinoza said the network also understood it was about student-athletes and did not want to embarrass anyone. Players had the option of signing releases and could ask not to be filmed. “This show can only be produced in collaboration,” Espinoza said. Viewers have seen some lows, including the raw emotion of quarterback Malik Zaire after he broke his ankle, ending his season.

“At times it can be a little much, a little bit of a hassle,” Prosise said. “But it’s kind of cool to say you have your own TV show and you’re part of a TV show.” <hl> Showtime <hl> has shown Notre Dame in a positive light, though Kelly was not happy that it carried a teaser of him telling the team that tackle Ronnie Stanley was unable to accept being a captain. The scene was not included in the program, and Stanley later revealed that he could not accept because of parking violations. Stephen Espinoza, the executive vice president and general manager of Showtime sports and event programming, said the network had apologized. He also said that Showtime had worked with the university on story lines and on putting the show together and that it retained control over the program’s content. The university is aware of what scenes Showtime plans to use but does not see the full program until it runs. Espinoza said the network also understood it was about student-athletes and did not want to embarrass anyone. Players had the option of signing releases and could ask not to be filmed. “This show can only be produced in collaboration,” Espinoza said. Viewers have seen some lows, including the raw emotion of quarterback Malik Zaire after he broke his ankle, ending his season.


Question: What organization is now involved because two of the detainees are gay?

“If China is committed to advancing the rights of women, then it should be working to address the issues raised by these women’s rights activists — not silencing them,” said Samantha Power, the American ambassador to the United Nations. From Morocco to India to New York, supporters have been posting images of themselves wearing masks that bear the photos of the jailed women. Because two of the detainees are lesbian and another is bisexual, overseas gay rights organizations like All Out have jumped into the fray, collecting more than 85,000 signatures and popularizing the hashtag #freethefive on Twitter.

Answer: All Out

“If China is committed to advancing the rights of women, then it should be working to address the issues raised by these women’s rights activists — not silencing them,” said Samantha Power, the American ambassador to the United Nations. From Morocco to India to New York, supporters have been posting images of themselves wearing masks that bear the photos of the jailed women. <hl> Because two of the detainees are lesbian and another is bisexual, overseas gay rights organizations like All Out have jumped into the fray, collecting more than 85,000 signatures and popularizing the hashtag #freethefive on Twitter. <hl>

“If China is committed to advancing the rights of women, then it should be working to address the issues raised by these women’s rights activists — not silencing them,” said Samantha Power, the American ambassador to the United Nations. From Morocco to India to New York, supporters have been posting images of themselves wearing masks that bear the photos of the jailed women. Because two of the detainees are lesbian and another is bisexual, overseas gay rights organizations like <hl> All Out <hl> have jumped into the fray, collecting more than 85,000 signatures and popularizing the hashtag #freethefive on Twitter.


Question: Who is the director of Love?

‘Love’ (No rating, 2:14) Telling the story of a romance entirely through explicit sex, the Argentine director Gaspar Noé creates a visual tranquillity and dreamy eroticism that strips the film of salaciousness and highlights the only conversation it cares about: The one that runs from between the legs to between the ears. (Catsoulis) ★ ‘The Martian’ (PG-13, 2:21) Matt Damon stars in Ridley Scott’s space western and blissed-out cosmic high about an American astronaut who, like a latter-day Robinson Crusoe, learns to survive on his own island of despair. Funny, loose and optimistic. (Dargis) ‘Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials’ (PG-13, 2:11) The second in a series about a racially diverse but otherwise interchangeable set of teenagers adds nothing new to the unkillable dystopian genre, but it’s at least less ponderous than its predecessor. The many chases and ludicrous narrow escapes offer respectable doses of adrenaline. (John Williams) ‘Meet the Patels’ (PG, 1:28) This tidy, easygoing documentary — about the efforts of Indian-born parents to marry off their prosperous son (the actor Ravi Patel) through assorted matchmaking means — is a fascinating, good-humored and sometimes dramatic examination of family dynamics. Though Mr. Patel is on camera most often (shot by his wry, understated foil, sister and co-director, Geeta), it’s his parents and the barely seen Geeta who prove most compelling. (Webster)

Answer: Gaspar Noé

<hl> ‘Love’ (No rating, 2:14) Telling the story of a romance entirely through explicit sex, the Argentine director Gaspar Noé creates a visual tranquillity and dreamy eroticism that strips the film of salaciousness and highlights the only conversation it cares about: The one that runs from between the legs to between the ears. <hl> (Catsoulis) ★ ‘The Martian’ (PG-13, 2:21) Matt Damon stars in Ridley Scott’s space western and blissed-out cosmic high about an American astronaut who, like a latter-day Robinson Crusoe, learns to survive on his own island of despair. Funny, loose and optimistic. (Dargis) ‘Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials’ (PG-13, 2:11) The second in a series about a racially diverse but otherwise interchangeable set of teenagers adds nothing new to the unkillable dystopian genre, but it’s at least less ponderous than its predecessor. The many chases and ludicrous narrow escapes offer respectable doses of adrenaline. (John Williams) ‘Meet the Patels’ (PG, 1:28) This tidy, easygoing documentary — about the efforts of Indian-born parents to marry off their prosperous son (the actor Ravi Patel) through assorted matchmaking means — is a fascinating, good-humored and sometimes dramatic examination of family dynamics. Though Mr. Patel is on camera most often (shot by his wry, understated foil, sister and co-director, Geeta), it’s his parents and the barely seen Geeta who prove most compelling. (Webster)

‘Love’ (No rating, 2:14) Telling the story of a romance entirely through explicit sex, the Argentine director <hl> Gaspar Noé <hl> creates a visual tranquillity and dreamy eroticism that strips the film of salaciousness and highlights the only conversation it cares about: The one that runs from between the legs to between the ears. (Catsoulis) ★ ‘The Martian’ (PG-13, 2:21) Matt Damon stars in Ridley Scott’s space western and blissed-out cosmic high about an American astronaut who, like a latter-day Robinson Crusoe, learns to survive on his own island of despair. Funny, loose and optimistic. (Dargis) ‘Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials’ (PG-13, 2:11) The second in a series about a racially diverse but otherwise interchangeable set of teenagers adds nothing new to the unkillable dystopian genre, but it’s at least less ponderous than its predecessor. The many chases and ludicrous narrow escapes offer respectable doses of adrenaline. (John Williams) ‘Meet the Patels’ (PG, 1:28) This tidy, easygoing documentary — about the efforts of Indian-born parents to marry off their prosperous son (the actor Ravi Patel) through assorted matchmaking means — is a fascinating, good-humored and sometimes dramatic examination of family dynamics. Though Mr. Patel is on camera most often (shot by his wry, understated foil, sister and co-director, Geeta), it’s his parents and the barely seen Geeta who prove most compelling. (Webster)


Question: Who rode the rental van from West Virginia to Maryland?

Then the ex-inmate, a newly minted symbol of second chances, rode the family’s rental van from West Virginia back to Maryland. Mr. Norris, 58, was one of 22 federal prisoners released on July 28 through a continuing bipartisan push to shorten the sentences of nonviolent drug offenders who, during the war-on-drugs fervor of decades ago, received punishments far lengthier than they would have drawn today. The mass incarceration of those days crowded prisons at great expense, and was found to have disproportionately penalized minority crack-cocaine offenders like Mr. Norris, who was convicted of possessing and selling the substance in 1992 and sentenced to 30 years in prison. The commutations, announced on March 31, preserve the conviction but end the sentence.

Answer: Mr. Norris

Then the ex-inmate, a newly minted symbol of second chances, rode the family’s rental van from West Virginia back to Maryland. <hl> Mr. Norris , 58, was one of 22 federal prisoners released on July 28 through a continuing bipartisan push to shorten the sentences of nonviolent drug offenders who, during the war-on-drugs fervor of decades ago, received punishments far lengthier than they would have drawn today. <hl> The mass incarceration of those days crowded prisons at great expense, and was found to have disproportionately penalized minority crack-cocaine offenders like Mr. Norris, who was convicted of possessing and selling the substance in 1992 and sentenced to 30 years in prison. The commutations, announced on March 31, preserve the conviction but end the sentence.

Then the ex-inmate, a newly minted symbol of second chances, rode the family’s rental van from West Virginia back to Maryland. <hl> Mr. Norris <hl>, 58, was one of 22 federal prisoners released on July 28 through a continuing bipartisan push to shorten the sentences of nonviolent drug offenders who, during the war-on-drugs fervor of decades ago, received punishments far lengthier than they would have drawn today. The mass incarceration of those days crowded prisons at great expense, and was found to have disproportionately penalized minority crack-cocaine offenders like Mr. Norris, who was convicted of possessing and selling the substance in 1992 and sentenced to 30 years in prison. The commutations, announced on March 31, preserve the conviction but end the sentence.

<hl> Mr. Norris <hl> , 58, was one of 22 federal prisoners released on July 28 through a continuing bipartisan push to shorten the sentences of nonviolent drug offenders who, during the war-on-drugs fervor of decades ago, received punishments far lengthier than they would have drawn today.


Question: Who hit a three-run homer in Game 163?

When the Yankees play in their wild-card showdown on Tuesday, many will no doubt recall the team’s most famous one-game do-or-die affair, Game 163 in Boston in 1978, when Bucky Dent hit a three-run homer over the Green Monster to win the division title. But two years before Dent was born, the Yankees were involved in a similar make-or-break game. It came on the final day of the season and capped a pennant race with enough drama to rival that of 1978.

Answer: Bucky Dent

<hl> When the Yankees play in their wild-card showdown on Tuesday, many will no doubt recall the team’s most famous one-game do-or-die affair, Game 163 in Boston in 1978, when Bucky Dent hit a three-run homer over the Green Monster to win the division title. <hl> But two years before Dent was born, the Yankees were involved in a similar make-or-break game. It came on the final day of the season and capped a pennant race with enough drama to rival that of 1978.

When the Yankees play in their wild-card showdown on Tuesday, many will no doubt recall the team’s most famous one-game do-or-die affair, Game 163 in Boston in 1978, when <hl> Bucky Dent <hl> hit a three-run homer over the Green Monster to win the division title. But two years before Dent was born, the Yankees were involved in a similar make-or-break game. It came on the final day of the season and capped a pennant race with enough drama to rival that of 1978.


Question: What other extreme weather condition are the tourists familiar with?

“We got to eat at the Boathouse for Sunday brunch, and we really enjoyed that, so we were talking about doing the more touristy things,” she said. “It’s nice to come back and have more of an excuse to do the touristy things.” Mr. Garcia said he was neither relieved nor disappointed by the blizzard’s last-minute zag to the east. “I’m indifferent,” he said. “It was nice weather. I enjoyed it. I was out till midnight walking Monday night — had a late dinner at Quality Meats and walked around. So it was great. We’re used to the hype in Miami, with the hurricanes. I guess it’s terrible if you have to run a business, but for us it didn’t affect us.”

Answer: hurricanes

“We got to eat at the Boathouse for Sunday brunch, and we really enjoyed that, so we were talking about doing the more touristy things,” she said. “It’s nice to come back and have more of an excuse to do the touristy things.” Mr. Garcia said he was neither relieved nor disappointed by the blizzard’s last-minute zag to the east. “I’m indifferent,” he said. “It was nice weather. I enjoyed it. I was out till midnight walking Monday night — had a late dinner at Quality Meats and walked around. So it was great. <hl> We’re used to the hype in Miami, with the hurricanes . <hl> I guess it’s terrible if you have to run a business, but for us it didn’t affect us.”

“We got to eat at the Boathouse for Sunday brunch, and we really enjoyed that, so we were talking about doing the more touristy things,” she said. “It’s nice to come back and have more of an excuse to do the touristy things.” Mr. Garcia said he was neither relieved nor disappointed by the blizzard’s last-minute zag to the east. “I’m indifferent,” he said. “It was nice weather. I enjoyed it. I was out till midnight walking Monday night — had a late dinner at Quality Meats and walked around. So it was great. We’re used to the hype in Miami, with the <hl> hurricanes <hl>. I guess it’s terrible if you have to run a business, but for us it didn’t affect us.”

We’re used to the hype in Miami, with the <hl> hurricanes <hl> .


Question: How many of the shirts are used for advertising?

The new photo book “Rap Tees: A Collection of Hip-Hop T-Shirts 1980-1999” by DJ Ross One documents 500 shirts, from hip-hop’s dawn — the first item is a Sugar Hill Gang shirt from 1980, a year after that group released “Rapper’s Delight,” widely considered the first commercial hip-hop single — to its turn-of-the-millennium ubiquity. All the shirts are advertisements, but they go about their job in vastly different ways: Some emphasize logos, others favor slogans or let photos do the talking; a rare few let artists have their way.

Answer: All

The new photo book “Rap Tees: A Collection of Hip-Hop T-Shirts 1980-1999” by DJ Ross One documents 500 shirts, from hip-hop’s dawn — the first item is a Sugar Hill Gang shirt from 1980, a year after that group released “Rapper’s Delight,” widely considered the first commercial hip-hop single — to its turn-of-the-millennium ubiquity. <hl> All the shirts are advertisements, but they go about their job in vastly different ways: <hl> Some emphasize logos, others favor slogans or let photos do the talking; a rare few let artists have their way.

The new photo book “Rap Tees: A Collection of Hip-Hop T-Shirts 1980-1999” by DJ Ross One documents 500 shirts, from hip-hop’s dawn — the first item is a Sugar Hill Gang shirt from 1980, a year after that group released “Rapper’s Delight,” widely considered the first commercial hip-hop single — to its turn-of-the-millennium ubiquity. <hl> All <hl> the shirts are advertisements, but they go about their job in vastly different ways: Some emphasize logos, others favor slogans or let photos do the talking; a rare few let artists have their way.


Question: how long have businesses been unable to run?

Laxman Lal Karna, a Madhesi political leader, said talks would not progress unless a curfew in parts of the southern plains was lifted and soldiers, who have been patrolling some of towns, returned to their barracks. In the past month, at least 36 people have been killed in protests over the draft constitution, including 11 police officers and a 2-year-old child. Schools, workplaces and shops have been shut for nearly a month in many of the southern districts.

Answer: nearly a month

Laxman Lal Karna, a Madhesi political leader, said talks would not progress unless a curfew in parts of the southern plains was lifted and soldiers, who have been patrolling some of towns, returned to their barracks. In the past month, at least 36 people have been killed in protests over the draft constitution, including 11 police officers and a 2-year-old child. <hl> Schools, workplaces and shops have been shut for nearly a month in many of the southern districts. <hl>

Laxman Lal Karna, a Madhesi political leader, said talks would not progress unless a curfew in parts of the southern plains was lifted and soldiers, who have been patrolling some of towns, returned to their barracks. In the past month, at least 36 people have been killed in protests over the draft constitution, including 11 police officers and a 2-year-old child. Schools, workplaces and shops have been shut for <hl> nearly a month <hl> in many of the southern districts.


Question: How many note cards made up Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings?

In 1971, Yoko Ono gave herself an imaginary solo show at MoMA by means of a few cut-and-paste photographs and some strategically placed newspaper advertisements. More than 40 years later, the real thing has come to pass and it was worth the wait. Enhanced by films and a soundtrack, the show is largely archival, with lots of works on paper, including the 151 hand-typed note cards that, in 1964, became “Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings,” and demonstrate how radical this artist’s early experiments with language and performance were. A 2015 sculpture rounds things out. Sure to put you off balance, it’s a reminder of what a wake-up-to-life call that art can be, a message that this underestimated artist has been delivering for years. Holland Cotter (Through Sept. 7. Read the full review, or find more at moma.org.) ‘The Look of Silence’

Answer: 151

In 1971, Yoko Ono gave herself an imaginary solo show at MoMA by means of a few cut-and-paste photographs and some strategically placed newspaper advertisements. More than 40 years later, the real thing has come to pass and it was worth the wait. <hl> Enhanced by films and a soundtrack, the show is largely archival, with lots of works on paper, including the 151 hand-typed note cards that, in 1964, became “Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings,” and demonstrate how radical this artist’s early experiments with language and performance were. <hl> A 2015 sculpture rounds things out. Sure to put you off balance, it’s a reminder of what a wake-up-to-life call that art can be, a message that this underestimated artist has been delivering for years. Holland Cotter (Through Sept. 7. Read the full review, or find more at moma.org.) ‘The Look of Silence’

In 1971, Yoko Ono gave herself an imaginary solo show at MoMA by means of a few cut-and-paste photographs and some strategically placed newspaper advertisements. More than 40 years later, the real thing has come to pass and it was worth the wait. Enhanced by films and a soundtrack, the show is largely archival, with lots of works on paper, including the <hl> 151 <hl> hand-typed note cards that, in 1964, became “Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings,” and demonstrate how radical this artist’s early experiments with language and performance were. A 2015 sculpture rounds things out. Sure to put you off balance, it’s a reminder of what a wake-up-to-life call that art can be, a message that this underestimated artist has been delivering for years. Holland Cotter (Through Sept. 7. Read the full review, or find more at moma.org.) ‘The Look of Silence’


Question: Which sections are lacking originality?

The sections on art and writing are, for the most part, banal — predictable musings about whether characters ought to be “likable” or not, and the pleasures of rereading favorite short books. It’s the chapters about Mr. Hamid’s own life and his meditations on Pakistan’s tumultuous recent history that command attention — and call out for a volume of their own. Like so many characters in his fiction, Mr. Hamid seems to be of two minds about many things — especially the country of his birth. One moment he is lamenting the hazards of life in Pakistan, where death can come in the form of militant terror attacks and American drone strikes, and where one can be killed for “being liberal, for being mystical, for being in politics, the army or the police, or for simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

Answer: art and writing

<hl> The sections on art and writing are, for the most part, banal — predictable musings about whether characters ought to be “likable” or not, and the pleasures of rereading favorite short books. <hl> It’s the chapters about Mr. Hamid’s own life and his meditations on Pakistan’s tumultuous recent history that command attention — and call out for a volume of their own. Like so many characters in his fiction, Mr. Hamid seems to be of two minds about many things — especially the country of his birth. One moment he is lamenting the hazards of life in Pakistan, where death can come in the form of militant terror attacks and American drone strikes, and where one can be killed for “being liberal, for being mystical, for being in politics, the army or the police, or for simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

The sections on <hl> art and writing <hl> are, for the most part, banal — predictable musings about whether characters ought to be “likable” or not, and the pleasures of rereading favorite short books. It’s the chapters about Mr. Hamid’s own life and his meditations on Pakistan’s tumultuous recent history that command attention — and call out for a volume of their own. Like so many characters in his fiction, Mr. Hamid seems to be of two minds about many things — especially the country of his birth. One moment he is lamenting the hazards of life in Pakistan, where death can come in the form of militant terror attacks and American drone strikes, and where one can be killed for “being liberal, for being mystical, for being in politics, the army or the police, or for simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time.”


Question: What is reassuring for employees?

I was about 25. Nobody ever really sits you down and says, “Here’s some Management 101 on how to do it.” It’s a skill you have to learn. Just because you know how to be a good friend, and even a good co-worker, doesn’t mean that you’re going to know how to be a good boss. I didn’t ask as many questions in the beginning as I should have. Any specific memo-to-self moments? The big challenge for me was learning how to be firm and clear. It’s very reassuring for employees to understand what is expected of them. Otherwise, how will they know that they’re doing a good job? Finding a way to do that while also creating an office that is warm and friendly and engaging is a balancing act that it took me a while to master. Really getting to know your team and being interested in their lives also gives you good will. So when you’re in a situation where you need to deliver a message that maybe isn’t so easy to hear, it will land on this mattress of good karma. People want to be understood and respected as individuals.

Answer: to understand what is expected of them

I was about 25. Nobody ever really sits you down and says, “Here’s some Management 101 on how to do it.” It’s a skill you have to learn. Just because you know how to be a good friend, and even a good co-worker, doesn’t mean that you’re going to know how to be a good boss. I didn’t ask as many questions in the beginning as I should have. Any specific memo-to-self moments? The big challenge for me was learning how to be firm and clear. <hl> It’s very reassuring for employees to understand what is expected of them . <hl> Otherwise, how will they know that they’re doing a good job? Finding a way to do that while also creating an office that is warm and friendly and engaging is a balancing act that it took me a while to master. Really getting to know your team and being interested in their lives also gives you good will. So when you’re in a situation where you need to deliver a message that maybe isn’t so easy to hear, it will land on this mattress of good karma. People want to be understood and respected as individuals.

I was about 25. Nobody ever really sits you down and says, “Here’s some Management 101 on how to do it.” It’s a skill you have to learn. Just because you know how to be a good friend, and even a good co-worker, doesn’t mean that you’re going to know how to be a good boss. I didn’t ask as many questions in the beginning as I should have. Any specific memo-to-self moments? The big challenge for me was learning how to be firm and clear. It’s very reassuring for employees <hl> to understand what is expected of them <hl>. Otherwise, how will they know that they’re doing a good job? Finding a way to do that while also creating an office that is warm and friendly and engaging is a balancing act that it took me a while to master. Really getting to know your team and being interested in their lives also gives you good will. So when you’re in a situation where you need to deliver a message that maybe isn’t so easy to hear, it will land on this mattress of good karma. People want to be understood and respected as individuals.

It’s very reassuring for employees <hl> to understand what is expected of them <hl> .


Question: Where was the victim taken for medical treatment?

An assailant wearing medical garb and wielding a box cutter attacked a 16-year-old girl who was walking to school in Queens on Wednesday morning, the police said. The attacker had not been captured by the afternoon, the police said. “She’s slashed in her face, twice,” said Robert K. Boyce, the New York Police Department’s chief of detectives. “Once from her ear to her throat, to the middle of her throat, and another part of the face as well.” The victim, an exchange student from China whom the police did not publicly identify, was taken to Long Island Jewish Medical Center with wounds that Chief Boyce said were not considered to be life-threatening. The attack, he said, “came out of nowhere.” The girl has been living in the country for eight months, Chief Boyce said. He said her sister and brother were with her at the hospital.

Answer: Long Island Jewish Medical Center

An assailant wearing medical garb and wielding a box cutter attacked a 16-year-old girl who was walking to school in Queens on Wednesday morning, the police said. The attacker had not been captured by the afternoon, the police said. “She’s slashed in her face, twice,” said Robert K. Boyce, the New York Police Department’s chief of detectives. “Once from her ear to her throat, to the middle of her throat, and another part of the face as well.” <hl> The victim, an exchange student from China whom the police did not publicly identify, was taken to Long Island Jewish Medical Center with wounds that Chief Boyce said were not considered to be life-threatening. <hl> The attack, he said, “came out of nowhere.” The girl has been living in the country for eight months, Chief Boyce said. He said her sister and brother were with her at the hospital.

An assailant wearing medical garb and wielding a box cutter attacked a 16-year-old girl who was walking to school in Queens on Wednesday morning, the police said. The attacker had not been captured by the afternoon, the police said. “She’s slashed in her face, twice,” said Robert K. Boyce, the New York Police Department’s chief of detectives. “Once from her ear to her throat, to the middle of her throat, and another part of the face as well.” The victim, an exchange student from China whom the police did not publicly identify, was taken to <hl> Long Island Jewish Medical Center <hl> with wounds that Chief Boyce said were not considered to be life-threatening. The attack, he said, “came out of nowhere.” The girl has been living in the country for eight months, Chief Boyce said. He said her sister and brother were with her at the hospital.


Question: Madeleine was considered what, to Ashraf Ghani?

WASHINGTON — When Ashraf Ghani, the president of Afghanistan, stepped up to speak at a formal dinner in his honor this week at the State Department, he looked out at a room of familiar faces, a fact he quickly made clear. He referred to Madeleine K. Albright, seated beside him, as his “mentor.” He called Secretary of State John Kerry, the host, “a remarkable friend of Afghanistan.” He joked that retired Gen. David H. Petraeus, who sat one table over, rarely slept while commanding American forces in Afghanistan.

Answer: mentor

WASHINGTON — When Ashraf Ghani, the president of Afghanistan, stepped up to speak at a formal dinner in his honor this week at the State Department, he looked out at a room of familiar faces, a fact he quickly made clear. <hl> He referred to Madeleine K. Albright, seated beside him, as his “ mentor .” <hl> He called Secretary of State John Kerry, the host, “a remarkable friend of Afghanistan.” He joked that retired Gen. David H. Petraeus, who sat one table over, rarely slept while commanding American forces in Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON — When Ashraf Ghani, the president of Afghanistan, stepped up to speak at a formal dinner in his honor this week at the State Department, he looked out at a room of familiar faces, a fact he quickly made clear. He referred to Madeleine K. Albright, seated beside him, as his “<hl> mentor <hl>.” He called Secretary of State John Kerry, the host, “a remarkable friend of Afghanistan.” He joked that retired Gen. David H. Petraeus, who sat one table over, rarely slept while commanding American forces in Afghanistan.

He referred to Madeleine K. Albright, seated beside him, as his “ <hl> mentor <hl> .”


Question: Who is the president of France?

The French President, François Hollande, says France is “at war” against “a jihadi army.” France will be “pitiless.” There will be “no respite, no truce.” More than two years ago, after President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons, Hollande was ready to bomb Syria alongside President Obama. Then Obama wavered. Hesitation has been Obama’s modus operandi on Syria. Now there are body bags in Paris. Since 2013, ISIS has come to terrorize the world. Hollande will travel to Washington and Moscow next week in an attempt to forge a broad coalition to act “decisively” against it. If the President Obama he finds is the same Obama who spoke in Turkey on Monday, the French president will be disappointed. The contrast between Hollande’s fire and Obama’s flatness as he insisted he would not put American troops on the ground to defeat ISIS was one of the stranger aspects of being in Paris this week.

Answer: François Hollande

<hl> The French President, François Hollande , says France is “at war” against “a jihadi army.” <hl> France will be “pitiless.” There will be “no respite, no truce.” More than two years ago, after President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons, Hollande was ready to bomb Syria alongside President Obama. Then Obama wavered. Hesitation has been Obama’s modus operandi on Syria. Now there are body bags in Paris. Since 2013, ISIS has come to terrorize the world. Hollande will travel to Washington and Moscow next week in an attempt to forge a broad coalition to act “decisively” against it. If the President Obama he finds is the same Obama who spoke in Turkey on Monday, the French president will be disappointed. The contrast between Hollande’s fire and Obama’s flatness as he insisted he would not put American troops on the ground to defeat ISIS was one of the stranger aspects of being in Paris this week.

The French President, <hl> François Hollande <hl>, says France is “at war” against “a jihadi army.” France will be “pitiless.” There will be “no respite, no truce.” More than two years ago, after President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons, Hollande was ready to bomb Syria alongside President Obama. Then Obama wavered. Hesitation has been Obama’s modus operandi on Syria. Now there are body bags in Paris. Since 2013, ISIS has come to terrorize the world. Hollande will travel to Washington and Moscow next week in an attempt to forge a broad coalition to act “decisively” against it. If the President Obama he finds is the same Obama who spoke in Turkey on Monday, the French president will be disappointed. The contrast between Hollande’s fire and Obama’s flatness as he insisted he would not put American troops on the ground to defeat ISIS was one of the stranger aspects of being in Paris this week.

The French President, <hl> François Hollande <hl> , says France is “at war” against “a jihadi army.”


Question: Who was Kate Reinders doing an impressions of?

My preview audience (I recognized many members of the fraternity of Broadway show folk) awarded this expenditure of energy with two standing ovations. The first occurred halfway through the first act, after Mr. Oscar’s Nostradamus led a number that foresaw the shape of entertainment to come. It features melodic and choreographic references to pretty much every musical you’ve ever heard of, from “West Side Story” to “Les Misérables.” Any classics that were not namechecked then are dutifully mentioned in the second-act number “Make an Omelette,” which registers as an act of force-feeding an already overstuffed audience. “Omelette,” by the way, is a misreading of “Hamlet” by Nostradamus, who tries to predict what Shakespeare’s chef d’oeuvre will be so Nick can steal the idea. When I was in grade school, it was considered the height of wit to refer to “Hamlet” as “Omelette,” and it is such heights that “Something Rotten!” occupies. Phallic humor abounds, starting with the oversized codpieces worn by the men. (Gregg Barnes did the costumes.) It is a codpiece into which Nigel, played with rather charming nerdiness by Mr. Cariani, reaches when he tells the girl he adores, Portia (Kate Reinders, doing an impression of Kristin Chenoweth), “I have something to show you.” Fortunately, it’s only a sonnet that he keeps next to his privates. And, oh yes, there’s a sonnet reading by Mr. Cariani that is rendered as a parallel to premature ejaculation. (Sometimes you wonder if the show isn’t made up of scenes culled from the wastebaskets of the “Saturday Night Live” staff.) The cast also includes Heidi Blickenstaff as Nick’s stalwart wife, Bea, a precocious feminist (“This is the ’90s! We’ve got a woman on the throne.”); Gerry Vichi as a Jewish theater lover named, uh, Shylock; Brooks Ashmanskas as a disapproving Puritan, prone to many inadvertent erection jokes; and Peter Bartlett, doing his inimitably rococo thing in a couple of roles.

Answer: Kristin Chenoweth

My preview audience (I recognized many members of the fraternity of Broadway show folk) awarded this expenditure of energy with two standing ovations. The first occurred halfway through the first act, after Mr. Oscar’s Nostradamus led a number that foresaw the shape of entertainment to come. It features melodic and choreographic references to pretty much every musical you’ve ever heard of, from “West Side Story” to “Les Misérables.” Any classics that were not namechecked then are dutifully mentioned in the second-act number “Make an Omelette,” which registers as an act of force-feeding an already overstuffed audience. “Omelette,” by the way, is a misreading of “Hamlet” by Nostradamus, who tries to predict what Shakespeare’s chef d’oeuvre will be so Nick can steal the idea. When I was in grade school, it was considered the height of wit to refer to “Hamlet” as “Omelette,” and it is such heights that “Something Rotten!” occupies. Phallic humor abounds, starting with the oversized codpieces worn by the men. (Gregg Barnes did the costumes.) <hl> It is a codpiece into which Nigel, played with rather charming nerdiness by Mr. Cariani, reaches when he tells the girl he adores, Portia (Kate Reinders, doing an impression of Kristin Chenoweth ), “I have something to show you.” <hl> Fortunately, it’s only a sonnet that he keeps next to his privates. And, oh yes, there’s a sonnet reading by Mr. Cariani that is rendered as a parallel to premature ejaculation. (Sometimes you wonder if the show isn’t made up of scenes culled from the wastebaskets of the “Saturday Night Live” staff.) The cast also includes Heidi Blickenstaff as Nick’s stalwart wife, Bea, a precocious feminist (“This is the ’90s! We’ve got a woman on the throne.”); Gerry Vichi as a Jewish theater lover named, uh, Shylock; Brooks Ashmanskas as a disapproving Puritan, prone to many inadvertent erection jokes; and Peter Bartlett, doing his inimitably rococo thing in a couple of roles.

My preview audience (I recognized many members of the fraternity of Broadway show folk) awarded this expenditure of energy with two standing ovations. The first occurred halfway through the first act, after Mr. Oscar’s Nostradamus led a number that foresaw the shape of entertainment to come. It features melodic and choreographic references to pretty much every musical you’ve ever heard of, from “West Side Story” to “Les Misérables.” Any classics that were not namechecked then are dutifully mentioned in the second-act number “Make an Omelette,” which registers as an act of force-feeding an already overstuffed audience. “Omelette,” by the way, is a misreading of “Hamlet” by Nostradamus, who tries to predict what Shakespeare’s chef d’oeuvre will be so Nick can steal the idea. When I was in grade school, it was considered the height of wit to refer to “Hamlet” as “Omelette,” and it is such heights that “Something Rotten!” occupies. Phallic humor abounds, starting with the oversized codpieces worn by the men. (Gregg Barnes did the costumes.) It is a codpiece into which Nigel, played with rather charming nerdiness by Mr. Cariani, reaches when he tells the girl he adores, Portia (Kate Reinders, doing an impression of <hl> Kristin Chenoweth <hl>), “I have something to show you.” Fortunately, it’s only a sonnet that he keeps next to his privates. And, oh yes, there’s a sonnet reading by Mr. Cariani that is rendered as a parallel to premature ejaculation. (Sometimes you wonder if the show isn’t made up of scenes culled from the wastebaskets of the “Saturday Night Live” staff.) The cast also includes Heidi Blickenstaff as Nick’s stalwart wife, Bea, a precocious feminist (“This is the ’90s! We’ve got a woman on the throne.”); Gerry Vichi as a Jewish theater lover named, uh, Shylock; Brooks Ashmanskas as a disapproving Puritan, prone to many inadvertent erection jokes; and Peter Bartlett, doing his inimitably rococo thing in a couple of roles.

It is a codpiece into which Nigel, played with rather charming nerdiness by Mr. Cariani, reaches when he tells the girl he adores, Portia (Kate Reinders, doing an impression of <hl> Kristin Chenoweth <hl> ), “I have something to show you.”


Question: Can a politician claim to care about the middle class if they support the sides of the blow back?

Some details still need to be worked out. In the coming months, the Labor Department will solicit public comment on how to adjust the new salary threshold so it does not erode all over again. The best option is to raise it in line with wages or prices, whichever is greater in a given year. There will also be inevitable blowback from business interests, but their Republican allies in Congress should think twice about backing them up: No party and no politician that opposes the new overtime rules can credibly claim to care about the middle class.

Answer: No party and no politician that opposes the new overtime rules can credibly claim to care about the middle class.

Some details still need to be worked out. In the coming months, the Labor Department will solicit public comment on how to adjust the new salary threshold so it does not erode all over again. The best option is to raise it in line with wages or prices, whichever is greater in a given year. <hl> There will also be inevitable blowback from business interests, but their Republican allies in Congress should think twice about backing them up: No party and no politician that opposes the new overtime rules can credibly claim to care about the middle class. <hl>

Some details still need to be worked out. In the coming months, the Labor Department will solicit public comment on how to adjust the new salary threshold so it does not erode all over again. The best option is to raise it in line with wages or prices, whichever is greater in a given year. There will also be inevitable blowback from business interests, but their Republican allies in Congress should think twice about backing them up: <hl> No party and no politician that opposes the new overtime rules can credibly claim to care about the middle class. <hl>


Question: Where did Mr. Schrock get his M.B.A?

Ms. Berman, 34, will keep her name. She works in New York as the finance director and a senior adviser for the campaign to re-elect Senator Gillibrand in 2018. She graduated from Wesleyan. The bride’s father is a trial lawyer in New York. Mr. Schrock, 29, is a manager in the internal consulting group at Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company, in New York. In May, he received an M.B.A. from Cornell, where he also received a doctoral degree in pharmacology. He graduated from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.

Answer: Cornell

Ms. Berman, 34, will keep her name. She works in New York as the finance director and a senior adviser for the campaign to re-elect Senator Gillibrand in 2018. She graduated from Wesleyan. The bride’s father is a trial lawyer in New York. Mr. Schrock, 29, is a manager in the internal consulting group at Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company, in New York. <hl> In May, he received an M.B.A. from Cornell , where he also received a doctoral degree in pharmacology. <hl> He graduated from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.

Ms. Berman, 34, will keep her name. She works in New York as the finance director and a senior adviser for the campaign to re-elect Senator Gillibrand in 2018. She graduated from Wesleyan. The bride’s father is a trial lawyer in New York. Mr. Schrock, 29, is a manager in the internal consulting group at Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company, in New York. In May, he received an M.B.A. from <hl> Cornell <hl>, where he also received a doctoral degree in pharmacology. He graduated from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.

In May, he received an M.B.A. from <hl> Cornell <hl> , where he also received a doctoral degree in pharmacology.


Question: How much more potent can synthetic marijuana be in relation to organic marijuana?

Law enforcement agencies, from the Drug Enforcement Administration to local police departments, have struggled to control the flow of synthetic cannabinoids, substances that look like marijuana that are sprayed with a hallucinogenic chemical and then smoked. Those chemicals, typically imported from China by American distributors, come in hundreds of varieties; new formulations appear monthly, with molecules subtly tweaked to try to skirt the D.E.A.’s list of illegal drugs as well as drug-detecting urine tests. Although the entire class of drugs is illegal because of the psychological effects, each new variety can present distinct health risks caused by its underlying chemistry or contaminants in renegade manufacturing facilities. Experts warn that the popular term “synthetic marijuana” is a misnomer, as the substances merely resemble marijuana but can be 100 times as potent. The use of synthetic cannabinoids as well as calls to poison control centers had decreased from 2011 through 2014, as awareness of their danger and illegality has spread, national data indicates.

Answer: 100 times as potent

Law enforcement agencies, from the Drug Enforcement Administration to local police departments, have struggled to control the flow of synthetic cannabinoids, substances that look like marijuana that are sprayed with a hallucinogenic chemical and then smoked. Those chemicals, typically imported from China by American distributors, come in hundreds of varieties; new formulations appear monthly, with molecules subtly tweaked to try to skirt the D.E.A.’s list of illegal drugs as well as drug-detecting urine tests. Although the entire class of drugs is illegal because of the psychological effects, each new variety can present distinct health risks caused by its underlying chemistry or contaminants in renegade manufacturing facilities. <hl> Experts warn that the popular term “synthetic marijuana” is a misnomer, as the substances merely resemble marijuana but can be 100 times as potent . <hl> The use of synthetic cannabinoids as well as calls to poison control centers had decreased from 2011 through 2014, as awareness of their danger and illegality has spread, national data indicates.

Law enforcement agencies, from the Drug Enforcement Administration to local police departments, have struggled to control the flow of synthetic cannabinoids, substances that look like marijuana that are sprayed with a hallucinogenic chemical and then smoked. Those chemicals, typically imported from China by American distributors, come in hundreds of varieties; new formulations appear monthly, with molecules subtly tweaked to try to skirt the D.E.A.’s list of illegal drugs as well as drug-detecting urine tests. Although the entire class of drugs is illegal because of the psychological effects, each new variety can present distinct health risks caused by its underlying chemistry or contaminants in renegade manufacturing facilities. Experts warn that the popular term “synthetic marijuana” is a misnomer, as the substances merely resemble marijuana but can be <hl> 100 times as potent <hl>. The use of synthetic cannabinoids as well as calls to poison control centers had decreased from 2011 through 2014, as awareness of their danger and illegality has spread, national data indicates.

Experts warn that the popular term “synthetic marijuana” is a misnomer, as the substances merely resemble marijuana but can be <hl> 100 times as potent <hl> .


Question: What type of customers are the companies?

“About 30 percent of our server business is now to cloud companies, and growing at a fast clip,” said Diane Bryant, head of Intel’s data center group, in a recent interview. “It’s the new opportunity for our revenue stream.” Intel is trying to enter the mobile business and sensors too, so far with little impact. The shift to more data center chips means lots of things will change for Intel, not least the kinds of customers it works with. Intel’s mix of cloud-computing customers shows how much influence is wielded by just a handful of big operations. Of 200 cloud company customers that Intel tracks, just seven take one-third of those chips: Google, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and Facebook, as well as Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent of China. While the rest are now growing at twice the rate of the top seven, Ms. Bryant said, the big companies are unusually demanding customers, even designing their own chip modifications to make their global clouds work better.

Answer: unusually demanding

“About 30 percent of our server business is now to cloud companies, and growing at a fast clip,” said Diane Bryant, head of Intel’s data center group, in a recent interview. “It’s the new opportunity for our revenue stream.” Intel is trying to enter the mobile business and sensors too, so far with little impact. The shift to more data center chips means lots of things will change for Intel, not least the kinds of customers it works with. Intel’s mix of cloud-computing customers shows how much influence is wielded by just a handful of big operations. Of 200 cloud company customers that Intel tracks, just seven take one-third of those chips: Google, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and Facebook, as well as Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent of China. <hl> While the rest are now growing at twice the rate of the top seven, Ms. Bryant said, the big companies are unusually demanding customers, even designing their own chip modifications to make their global clouds work better. <hl>

“About 30 percent of our server business is now to cloud companies, and growing at a fast clip,” said Diane Bryant, head of Intel’s data center group, in a recent interview. “It’s the new opportunity for our revenue stream.” Intel is trying to enter the mobile business and sensors too, so far with little impact. The shift to more data center chips means lots of things will change for Intel, not least the kinds of customers it works with. Intel’s mix of cloud-computing customers shows how much influence is wielded by just a handful of big operations. Of 200 cloud company customers that Intel tracks, just seven take one-third of those chips: Google, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and Facebook, as well as Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent of China. While the rest are now growing at twice the rate of the top seven, Ms. Bryant said, the big companies are <hl> unusually demanding <hl> customers, even designing their own chip modifications to make their global clouds work better.


Question: What two countries lead the effort to transform the way in which the selection of the secretary general is chosen?

Croatia and Namibia are leading an effort to give the organization’s 193 member states a greater say in the selection of the secretary general as part of a yearly resolution that is being drafted. New guidelines, which are still being negotiated and will be finalized by mid-September, would allow members to formally nominate applicants and vet the finalists. Until now, the five permanent members of the Security Council — Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States — have bargained behind closed doors to pick from a short list of candidates that is not formally publicized. Those who have prevailed have been palatable to those five governments, a common-denominator criterion that has the potential to doom the chances of more impressive and qualified public servants. Currently, there is not an effort underway to make the process truly democratic by allowing member states to elect the secretary general though a vote. Yet, by opening it to greater public scrutiny, the Security Council would be likely to take into account input and concerns from around the globe.

Answer: Croatia and Namibia

<hl> Croatia and Namibia are leading an effort to give the organization’s 193 member states a greater say in the selection of the secretary general as part of a yearly resolution that is being drafted. <hl> New guidelines, which are still being negotiated and will be finalized by mid-September, would allow members to formally nominate applicants and vet the finalists. Until now, the five permanent members of the Security Council — Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States — have bargained behind closed doors to pick from a short list of candidates that is not formally publicized. Those who have prevailed have been palatable to those five governments, a common-denominator criterion that has the potential to doom the chances of more impressive and qualified public servants. Currently, there is not an effort underway to make the process truly democratic by allowing member states to elect the secretary general though a vote. Yet, by opening it to greater public scrutiny, the Security Council would be likely to take into account input and concerns from around the globe.

<hl> Croatia and Namibia <hl> are leading an effort to give the organization’s 193 member states a greater say in the selection of the secretary general as part of a yearly resolution that is being drafted. New guidelines, which are still being negotiated and will be finalized by mid-September, would allow members to formally nominate applicants and vet the finalists. Until now, the five permanent members of the Security Council — Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States — have bargained behind closed doors to pick from a short list of candidates that is not formally publicized. Those who have prevailed have been palatable to those five governments, a common-denominator criterion that has the potential to doom the chances of more impressive and qualified public servants. Currently, there is not an effort underway to make the process truly democratic by allowing member states to elect the secretary general though a vote. Yet, by opening it to greater public scrutiny, the Security Council would be likely to take into account input and concerns from around the globe.


Question: Where id GS tried to work at?

RBG: There were many firms who put up sign-up sheets that said, “Men Only.” And I had three strikes against me. First, I was Jewish, and the Wall Street firms were just beginning to accept Jews. Then I was a woman. But the killer was my daughter Jane, who was 4 by then. PG: They didn’t even hide why they were rejecting you? GS: No. I tried to get a much less prestigious job, at Time magazine. And they made it very clear that women researched, and men wrote. No exceptions, in spite of Clare Boothe Luce. PG: You remind me of my grandmother’s line: Rejection is the best thing that can happen. It pushes us. There might not be a Ms. magazine or Notorious R.B.G. without it.

Answer: Time magazine

RBG: There were many firms who put up sign-up sheets that said, “Men Only.” And I had three strikes against me. First, I was Jewish, and the Wall Street firms were just beginning to accept Jews. Then I was a woman. But the killer was my daughter Jane, who was 4 by then. PG: They didn’t even hide why they were rejecting you? GS: No. <hl> I tried to get a much less prestigious job, at Time magazine . <hl> And they made it very clear that women researched, and men wrote. No exceptions, in spite of Clare Boothe Luce. PG: You remind me of my grandmother’s line: Rejection is the best thing that can happen. It pushes us. There might not be a Ms. magazine or Notorious R.B.G. without it.

RBG: There were many firms who put up sign-up sheets that said, “Men Only.” And I had three strikes against me. First, I was Jewish, and the Wall Street firms were just beginning to accept Jews. Then I was a woman. But the killer was my daughter Jane, who was 4 by then. PG: They didn’t even hide why they were rejecting you? GS: No. I tried to get a much less prestigious job, at <hl> Time magazine <hl>. And they made it very clear that women researched, and men wrote. No exceptions, in spite of Clare Boothe Luce. PG: You remind me of my grandmother’s line: Rejection is the best thing that can happen. It pushes us. There might not be a Ms. magazine or Notorious R.B.G. without it.

I tried to get a much less prestigious job, at <hl> Time magazine <hl> .


Question: What belief system is this grandfather known to espouse?

Soon after the Duma attack, three Israeli Jews were detained on suspicion of involvement in such a network and in previous arson attacks. The three are being held under administrative detention orders, without formal charges. One of them, Meir Ettinger, is the grandson of Meir Kahane, the American-Israeli rabbi regarded as the father of far-right Jewish militancy. Shin Bet did not indicate in its statement on Thursday whether the recent arrests were connected to those earlier detentions, or whether the terrorist organization it referred to was the network responsible for the manifesto and arson manual.

Answer: far-right Jewish militancy

Soon after the Duma attack, three Israeli Jews were detained on suspicion of involvement in such a network and in previous arson attacks. The three are being held under administrative detention orders, without formal charges. <hl> One of them, Meir Ettinger, is the grandson of Meir Kahane, the American-Israeli rabbi regarded as the father of far-right Jewish militancy . <hl> Shin Bet did not indicate in its statement on Thursday whether the recent arrests were connected to those earlier detentions, or whether the terrorist organization it referred to was the network responsible for the manifesto and arson manual.

Soon after the Duma attack, three Israeli Jews were detained on suspicion of involvement in such a network and in previous arson attacks. The three are being held under administrative detention orders, without formal charges. One of them, Meir Ettinger, is the grandson of Meir Kahane, the American-Israeli rabbi regarded as the father of <hl> far-right Jewish militancy <hl>. Shin Bet did not indicate in its statement on Thursday whether the recent arrests were connected to those earlier detentions, or whether the terrorist organization it referred to was the network responsible for the manifesto and arson manual.

One of them, Meir Ettinger, is the grandson of Meir Kahane, the American-Israeli rabbi regarded as the father of <hl> far-right Jewish militancy <hl> .


Question: What type of show was School of Rock?

It can be read as an ode to Mr. Lloyd Webber’s rock ’n’ roll coming-of-age, containing snippets of the Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (an inescapable radio hit from his adolescence); Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water” (a nod to that band’s lead singer, Ian Gillan, the original Jesus of “Superstar”); and “Walk on the Wild Side,” by Lou Reed (whose music was ubiquitous on his early visits to New York). Looking solely at the show’s creative team, Mr. Slater acknowledged, “Certainly, from a socio-economic standpoint, this is not the most obvious group to make ‘School of Rock — The Musical.’”

Answer: Musical

The Musical .

It can be read as an ode to Mr. Lloyd Webber’s rock ’n’ roll coming-of-age, containing snippets of the Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (an inescapable radio hit from his adolescence); Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water” (a nod to that band’s lead singer, Ian Gillan, the original Jesus of “Superstar”); and “Walk on the Wild Side,” by Lou Reed (whose music was ubiquitous on his early visits to New York). Looking solely at the show’s creative team, Mr. Slater acknowledged, “Certainly, from a socio-economic standpoint, this is not the most obvious group to make ‘School of Rock — <hl> The Musical . <hl> ’ ”

It can be read as an ode to Mr. Lloyd Webber’s rock ’n’ roll coming-of-age, containing snippets of the Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (an inescapable radio hit from his adolescence); Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water” (a nod to that band’s lead singer, Ian Gillan, the original Jesus of “Superstar”); and “Walk on the Wild Side,” by Lou Reed (whose music was ubiquitous on his early visits to New York). Looking solely at the show’s creative team, Mr. Slater acknowledged, “Certainly, from a socio-economic standpoint, this is not the most obvious group to make ‘School of Rock — The <hl> Musical <hl>.’”


Question: Why was lending to Puerto Rico so enticing for lenders?

Q. How did Puerto Rico get here? A. For years, the commonwealth borrowed too much money, trying to paper over declining government revenue and prevent deep cuts in services and layoffs of public workers. Puerto Rico easily found lenders willing to extend the government more debt. The bonds made for hot investments across the mainland United States because the interest is often “triple tax exempt,” meaning the holder does not pay state, federal or city income taxes. But all that debt, now totaling $72 billion, couldn’t solve the structural problems in Puerto Rico’s economy: high labor costs and shipping costs, an exodus of educated people to the mainland United States and the expiration of a special federal tax credit meant to attract big corporations to the island and keep them there.

Answer: triple tax exempt

Q. How did Puerto Rico get here? A. For years, the commonwealth borrowed too much money, trying to paper over declining government revenue and prevent deep cuts in services and layoffs of public workers. Puerto Rico easily found lenders willing to extend the government more debt. <hl> The bonds made for hot investments across the mainland United States because the interest is often “ triple tax exempt ,” meaning the holder does not pay state, federal or city income taxes. <hl> But all that debt, now totaling $72 billion, couldn’t solve the structural problems in Puerto Rico’s economy: high labor costs and shipping costs, an exodus of educated people to the mainland United States and the expiration of a special federal tax credit meant to attract big corporations to the island and keep them there.

Q. How did Puerto Rico get here? A. For years, the commonwealth borrowed too much money, trying to paper over declining government revenue and prevent deep cuts in services and layoffs of public workers. Puerto Rico easily found lenders willing to extend the government more debt. The bonds made for hot investments across the mainland United States because the interest is often “<hl> triple tax exempt <hl>,” meaning the holder does not pay state, federal or city income taxes. But all that debt, now totaling $72 billion, couldn’t solve the structural problems in Puerto Rico’s economy: high labor costs and shipping costs, an exodus of educated people to the mainland United States and the expiration of a special federal tax credit meant to attract big corporations to the island and keep them there.

The bonds made for hot investments across the mainland United States because the interest is often “ <hl> triple tax exempt <hl> ,” meaning the holder does not pay state, federal or city income taxes.


Question: How are banks raising cash?

“Why on earth would someone buy a negative-yielding bond?” Mr. LeBas said. “The reason, of course, is that you expect somebody else to buy it off you.” Whatever the cause, the shift came so fast that it forced banks to raise cash by selling Treasury bonds, traders said. And that, in turn, helped increase long-term interest rates in the United States.

Answer: by selling Treasury bonds

“Why on earth would someone buy a negative-yielding bond?” Mr. LeBas said. “The reason, of course, is that you expect somebody else to buy it off you.” <hl> Whatever the cause, the shift came so fast that it forced banks to raise cash by selling Treasury bonds , traders said. <hl> And that, in turn, helped increase long-term interest rates in the United States.

“Why on earth would someone buy a negative-yielding bond?” Mr. LeBas said. “The reason, of course, is that you expect somebody else to buy it off you.” Whatever the cause, the shift came so fast that it forced banks to raise cash <hl> by selling Treasury bonds <hl>, traders said. And that, in turn, helped increase long-term interest rates in the United States.

Whatever the cause, the shift came so fast that it forced banks to raise cash <hl> by selling Treasury bonds <hl> , traders said.


Question: What were the men doing?

Outside, shaking women wept into tissues. Stern men, rocking back and forth, blinked out tears. The grief was felt throughout the Orthodox neighborhoods of Brooklyn, and in Israel, where Ms. Sassoon had met her husband. Even as people failed to make sense of the seven deaths — the largest toll from a fire in New York City since 2007 — the mourners turned their thoughts to the mother who leapt out of her bedroom window and a sister who also somehow survived. “Mommy, Mommy, help me!” one neighbor heard Siporah cry as she stumbled outside.

Answer: Stern men, rocking back and forth, blinked out tears.

Outside, shaking women wept into tissues. <hl> Stern men, rocking back and forth, blinked out tears. The grief was felt throughout the Orthodox neighborhoods of Brooklyn, and in Israel, where Ms. Sassoon had met her husband. <hl> Even as people failed to make sense of the seven deaths — the largest toll from a fire in New York City since 2007 — the mourners turned their thoughts to the mother who leapt out of her bedroom window and a sister who also somehow survived. “Mommy, Mommy, help me!” one neighbor heard Siporah cry as she stumbled outside.

Outside, shaking women wept into tissues. <hl> Stern men, rocking back and forth, blinked out tears. <hl> The grief was felt throughout the Orthodox neighborhoods of Brooklyn, and in Israel, where Ms. Sassoon had met her husband. Even as people failed to make sense of the seven deaths — the largest toll from a fire in New York City since 2007 — the mourners turned their thoughts to the mother who leapt out of her bedroom window and a sister who also somehow survived. “Mommy, Mommy, help me!” one neighbor heard Siporah cry as she stumbled outside.


Question: In which city will the Chiefs and the Bengals play this week?

The Chiefs’ secondary has had a hard time defending the pass, which makes a trip to Cincinnati to go against the Bengals’ thriving offense a case of unfortunate timing. Last week, Bengals wide receiver A. J. Green humiliated Baltimore with 227 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Sean Smith will be back from a suspension and will do his best against Green, but with Phillip Gaines out with a knee injury, Cincinnati’s offense may be off to the races. PICK: BENGALS Cowboys (2-1) at Saints (0-3) 8:30 p.m. Line: Even The Saints’ offense performed reasonably well with Drew Brees sidelined last week, but frustration continued as the team remained winless and finished the week three games behind two teams in its division. Brees has expressed optimism that he will be back this week, but how his shoulder woes could affect his ability to stretch the field is unknown.

Answer: Cincinnati

<hl> The Chiefs’ secondary has had a hard time defending the pass, which makes a trip to Cincinnati to go against the Bengals’ thriving offense a case of unfortunate timing. <hl> Last week, Bengals wide receiver A. J. Green humiliated Baltimore with 227 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Sean Smith will be back from a suspension and will do his best against Green, but with Phillip Gaines out with a knee injury, Cincinnati’s offense may be off to the races. PICK: BENGALS Cowboys (2-1) at Saints (0-3) 8:30 p.m. Line: Even The Saints’ offense performed reasonably well with Drew Brees sidelined last week, but frustration continued as the team remained winless and finished the week three games behind two teams in its division. Brees has expressed optimism that he will be back this week, but how his shoulder woes could affect his ability to stretch the field is unknown.

The Chiefs’ secondary has had a hard time defending the pass, which makes a trip to <hl> Cincinnati <hl> to go against the Bengals’ thriving offense a case of unfortunate timing. Last week, Bengals wide receiver A. J. Green humiliated Baltimore with 227 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Sean Smith will be back from a suspension and will do his best against Green, but with Phillip Gaines out with a knee injury, Cincinnati’s offense may be off to the races. PICK: BENGALS Cowboys (2-1) at Saints (0-3) 8:30 p.m. Line: Even The Saints’ offense performed reasonably well with Drew Brees sidelined last week, but frustration continued as the team remained winless and finished the week three games behind two teams in its division. Brees has expressed optimism that he will be back this week, but how his shoulder woes could affect his ability to stretch the field is unknown.


Question: What does the exhibition include?

But at the Hermitage Amsterdam, the Dutch outpost of the of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, a new exhibition approaches the occasion in the spirit of love and forgiveness. The exhibition — “Alexander, Napoleon & Josephine, A Story of Friendship, War and Art From the Hermitage” — dutifully includes a hall full of wartime wares, including pistols, swords, uniforms and large-scale paintings depicting battle scenes of the French invasion of Russia in 1812 (all of them commemorating Russian victories). But the predominant theme of the show is the relationship between Napoleon; his wife, Empress Josephine; and Czar Alexander I of Russia, who courted Josephine after defeating her husband in battle. “Of course, it was not a ménage à trois,” said Paul Mosterd, deputy director of the Hermitage Amsterdam, “but it was a friendship between the three of them, and a kind of romance as well.”

Answer: a hall full of wartime wares

But at the Hermitage Amsterdam, the Dutch outpost of the of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, a new exhibition approaches the occasion in the spirit of love and forgiveness. <hl> The exhibition — “Alexander, Napoleon & Josephine, A Story of Friendship, War and Art From the Hermitage” — dutifully includes a hall full of wartime wares , including pistols, swords, uniforms and large-scale paintings depicting battle scenes of the French invasion of Russia in 1812 (all of them commemorating Russian victories). <hl> But the predominant theme of the show is the relationship between Napoleon; his wife, Empress Josephine; and Czar Alexander I of Russia, who courted Josephine after defeating her husband in battle. “Of course, it was not a ménage à trois,” said Paul Mosterd, deputy director of the Hermitage Amsterdam, “but it was a friendship between the three of them, and a kind of romance as well.”

But at the Hermitage Amsterdam, the Dutch outpost of the of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, a new exhibition approaches the occasion in the spirit of love and forgiveness. The exhibition — “Alexander, Napoleon & Josephine, A Story of Friendship, War and Art From the Hermitage” — dutifully includes <hl> a hall full of wartime wares <hl>, including pistols, swords, uniforms and large-scale paintings depicting battle scenes of the French invasion of Russia in 1812 (all of them commemorating Russian victories). But the predominant theme of the show is the relationship between Napoleon; his wife, Empress Josephine; and Czar Alexander I of Russia, who courted Josephine after defeating her husband in battle. “Of course, it was not a ménage à trois,” said Paul Mosterd, deputy director of the Hermitage Amsterdam, “but it was a friendship between the three of them, and a kind of romance as well.”

The exhibition — “Alexander, Napoleon & Josephine, A Story of Friendship, War and Art From the Hermitage” — dutifully includes <hl> a hall full of wartime wares <hl> , including pistols, swords, uniforms and large-scale paintings depicting battle scenes of the French invasion of Russia in 1812 (all of them commemorating Russian victories).


Question: Rueben Randle and Odell Beckham Jr. both play what position for the Giants?

Coughlin said: “We dedicated the game to him. We showed him the game ball that will be awarded to him. Everyone was able to cheer him on and try to make him feel better. He said he watched the game, and he was very proud of how we finished.” EXTRA POINTS Wide receivers Odell Beckham Jr. and Rueben Randle have hamstring injuries that could jeopardize their readiness for the Giants’ next game, at Philadelphia on Oct. 19. Tom Coughlin said he was hoping Beckham and Randle could practice this week in some capacity, even if they were limited. Coughlin offered no update on the availability of Victor Cruz, another receiver, for the Eagles game. ... Middle linebacker Jon Beason, who left Sunday’s game against the San Francisco 49ers early in the first quarter with a concussion, was in “pretty good shape” on Monday morning, Coughlin said.

Answer: Wide receivers

Coughlin said: “We dedicated the game to him. We showed him the game ball that will be awarded to him. Everyone was able to cheer him on and try to make him feel better. He said he watched the game, and he was very proud of how we finished.” <hl> EXTRA POINTS Wide receivers Odell Beckham Jr. and Rueben Randle have hamstring injuries that could jeopardize their readiness for the Giants’ next game, at Philadelphia on Oct. 19. <hl> Tom Coughlin said he was hoping Beckham and Randle could practice this week in some capacity, even if they were limited. Coughlin offered no update on the availability of Victor Cruz, another receiver, for the Eagles game. ... Middle linebacker Jon Beason, who left Sunday’s game against the San Francisco 49ers early in the first quarter with a concussion, was in “pretty good shape” on Monday morning, Coughlin said.

Coughlin said: “We dedicated the game to him. We showed him the game ball that will be awarded to him. Everyone was able to cheer him on and try to make him feel better. He said he watched the game, and he was very proud of how we finished.” EXTRA POINTS <hl> Wide receivers <hl> Odell Beckham Jr. and Rueben Randle have hamstring injuries that could jeopardize their readiness for the Giants’ next game, at Philadelphia on Oct. 19. Tom Coughlin said he was hoping Beckham and Randle could practice this week in some capacity, even if they were limited. Coughlin offered no update on the availability of Victor Cruz, another receiver, for the Eagles game. ... Middle linebacker Jon Beason, who left Sunday’s game against the San Francisco 49ers early in the first quarter with a concussion, was in “pretty good shape” on Monday morning, Coughlin said.