Question: What show does haven't to worry about being dropped?

We’ve been mentioning all the fall TV series premieres this month, but our television reporter now looks back at five years of shows that never made it out of the fall. On “The Late Show,” which has no worries of being dropped, Secretary of State John Kerry is a guest (11:35 p.m. Eastern, CBS). • It’s good to be Alaskan. Each person who has lived in the state for at least one year gets a $2,072 dividend from the Alaska Permanent Fund today. Alaska began distributing the money, which comes from oil royalties, in 1982. The checks have totaled about $38,000 since then. • China’s National Day. Today begins a weeklong holiday in China for the 66th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. About four million Chinese will celebrate with trips abroad. • Go meatless? Today is World Vegetarian Day, and we have 4,778 ways you can celebrate. BACK STORY The world’s coffee producers would like you to celebrate the first International Coffee Day today.

Answer: “The Late Show,”

We’ve been mentioning all the fall TV series premieres this month, but our television reporter now looks back at five years of shows that never made it out of the fall. <hl> On “The Late Show,” which has no worries of being dropped, Secretary of State John Kerry is a guest (11:35 p.m. Eastern, CBS). <hl> • It’s good to be Alaskan. Each person who has lived in the state for at least one year gets a $2,072 dividend from the Alaska Permanent Fund today. Alaska began distributing the money, which comes from oil royalties, in 1982. The checks have totaled about $38,000 since then. • China’s National Day. Today begins a weeklong holiday in China for the 66th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. About four million Chinese will celebrate with trips abroad. • Go meatless? Today is World Vegetarian Day, and we have 4,778 ways you can celebrate. BACK STORY The world’s coffee producers would like you to celebrate the first International Coffee Day today.

We’ve been mentioning all the fall TV series premieres this month, but our television reporter now looks back at five years of shows that never made it out of the fall. On <hl> “The Late Show,” <hl> which has no worries of being dropped, Secretary of State John Kerry is a guest (11:35 p.m. Eastern, CBS). • It’s good to be Alaskan. Each person who has lived in the state for at least one year gets a $2,072 dividend from the Alaska Permanent Fund today. Alaska began distributing the money, which comes from oil royalties, in 1982. The checks have totaled about $38,000 since then. • China’s National Day. Today begins a weeklong holiday in China for the 66th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. About four million Chinese will celebrate with trips abroad. • Go meatless? Today is World Vegetarian Day, and we have 4,778 ways you can celebrate. BACK STORY The world’s coffee producers would like you to celebrate the first International Coffee Day today.


Question: How much money has the NFL agreed to pay out in the lawsuit?

But Robert Stern, one of the scientists at the Boston University center, told me that he expected a test to be developed within a decade that will be able to diagnose C.T.E. in living people. As for symptoms, the real problem is that plenty of people suffer from lost impulse control and depression without having C.T.E. Even so, the primary symptoms the settlement will reward financially are those that suggest cognitive impairment, rather than the behavioral and mood symptoms of C.T.E. “At a minimum,” said Stern, “former players whose behavior changes in ways that suggest C.T.E. should have full evaluations paid for by the settlement. And treatment would be nice, too.” It’s hard not to view the settlement as the cynical effort by the N.F.L. to contain its potential C.T.E. liability; indeed, once the settlement is final, it will be nearly impossible for players — past, present and future — to be compensated if they are found to have the disease. Even the plaintiffs’ expert has said that only 17 percent of the roughly 21,000 former players who have become part of the class will ever see any money. Oh, and did I mention that the N.F.L. has agreed to pay the plaintiffs’ lawyers over $112 million? It’s not the nation’s dominant sports league for nothing.

Answer: $112 million

But Robert Stern, one of the scientists at the Boston University center, told me that he expected a test to be developed within a decade that will be able to diagnose C.T.E. in living people. As for symptoms, the real problem is that plenty of people suffer from lost impulse control and depression without having C.T.E. Even so, the primary symptoms the settlement will reward financially are those that suggest cognitive impairment, rather than the behavioral and mood symptoms of C.T.E. “At a minimum,” said Stern, “former players whose behavior changes in ways that suggest C.T.E. should have full evaluations paid for by the settlement. And treatment would be nice, too.” It’s hard not to view the settlement as the cynical effort by the N.F.L. to contain its potential C.T.E. liability; indeed, once the settlement is final, it will be nearly impossible for players — past, present and future — to be compensated if they are found to have the disease. Even the plaintiffs’ expert has said that only 17 percent of the roughly 21,000 former players who have become part of the class will ever see any money. <hl> Oh, and did I mention that the N.F.L. has agreed to pay the plaintiffs’ lawyers over $112 million ? <hl> It’s not the nation’s dominant sports league for nothing.

But Robert Stern, one of the scientists at the Boston University center, told me that he expected a test to be developed within a decade that will be able to diagnose C.T.E. in living people. As for symptoms, the real problem is that plenty of people suffer from lost impulse control and depression without having C.T.E. Even so, the primary symptoms the settlement will reward financially are those that suggest cognitive impairment, rather than the behavioral and mood symptoms of C.T.E. “At a minimum,” said Stern, “former players whose behavior changes in ways that suggest C.T.E. should have full evaluations paid for by the settlement. And treatment would be nice, too.” It’s hard not to view the settlement as the cynical effort by the N.F.L. to contain its potential C.T.E. liability; indeed, once the settlement is final, it will be nearly impossible for players — past, present and future — to be compensated if they are found to have the disease. Even the plaintiffs’ expert has said that only 17 percent of the roughly 21,000 former players who have become part of the class will ever see any money. Oh, and did I mention that the N.F.L. has agreed to pay the plaintiffs’ lawyers over <hl> $112 million <hl>? It’s not the nation’s dominant sports league for nothing.

Oh, and did I mention that the N.F.L. has agreed to pay the plaintiffs’ lawyers over <hl> $112 million <hl> ?


Question: Where did Ms. Simpson used to party in her college days?

Born in Gaylord, Minn., to a minister father and housewife mother, Ms. Simpson studied advertising and communications in New York, when she wasn’t partying at places like Danceteria, Area and other clubs of the moment. Inspired by the East Village scene, she started dolling up in 1987, aiming for a “flirty career girl” look, and soon became one of the scene’s reigning drag personalities. She started a feisty drag zine called My Comrade, which covered go-go boys, celebs and queer politics, and hosted a weekly drag party called Channel 69 at the Pyramid Club on Avenue A. Her stature grew when she performed at the outdoor drag festival Wigstock. “I didn’t think of Linda as being a separate person from myself,” said Ms. Simpson, who makes a living from event hosting and performing. “I already had a love of sarcasm, so it was transferred to the stage,” she added. “After being shamed for being feminine most of my life, it was liberating to wear a dress and be applauded for that.” For a pop cultural moment in the mid-1990s, drag flourished. RuPaul had a hit record, and the drag road movie “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” was a box office hit.

Answer: places like Danceteria, Area and other clubs of the moment

<hl> Born in Gaylord, Minn., to a minister father and housewife mother, Ms. Simpson studied advertising and communications in New York, when she wasn’t partying at places like Danceteria, Area and other clubs of the moment . <hl> Inspired by the East Village scene, she started dolling up in 1987, aiming for a “flirty career girl” look, and soon became one of the scene’s reigning drag personalities. She started a feisty drag zine called My Comrade, which covered go-go boys, celebs and queer politics, and hosted a weekly drag party called Channel 69 at the Pyramid Club on Avenue A. Her stature grew when she performed at the outdoor drag festival Wigstock. “I didn’t think of Linda as being a separate person from myself,” said Ms. Simpson, who makes a living from event hosting and performing. “I already had a love of sarcasm, so it was transferred to the stage,” she added. “After being shamed for being feminine most of my life, it was liberating to wear a dress and be applauded for that.” For a pop cultural moment in the mid-1990s, drag flourished. RuPaul had a hit record, and the drag road movie “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” was a box office hit.

Born in Gaylord, Minn., to a minister father and housewife mother, Ms. Simpson studied advertising and communications in New York, when she wasn’t partying at <hl> places like Danceteria, Area and other clubs of the moment <hl>. Inspired by the East Village scene, she started dolling up in 1987, aiming for a “flirty career girl” look, and soon became one of the scene’s reigning drag personalities. She started a feisty drag zine called My Comrade, which covered go-go boys, celebs and queer politics, and hosted a weekly drag party called Channel 69 at the Pyramid Club on Avenue A. Her stature grew when she performed at the outdoor drag festival Wigstock. “I didn’t think of Linda as being a separate person from myself,” said Ms. Simpson, who makes a living from event hosting and performing. “I already had a love of sarcasm, so it was transferred to the stage,” she added. “After being shamed for being feminine most of my life, it was liberating to wear a dress and be applauded for that.” For a pop cultural moment in the mid-1990s, drag flourished. RuPaul had a hit record, and the drag road movie “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” was a box office hit.

Born in Gaylord, Minn., to a minister father and housewife mother, Ms. Simpson studied advertising and communications in New York, when she wasn’t partying at <hl> places like Danceteria, Area and other clubs of the moment <hl> .


Question: where was the Kia Classic held?

Charley Hoffman took advantage of calmer afternoon conditions to take the first-round lead in the windswept Texas Open, shooting a five-under-par 67. Aaron Baddeley was second after a 68. Max Homa had a 69, and Phil Mickelson and Ryan Palmer each shot a 70. ■ Mirim Lee birdied all four par-5 holes and finished with a bogey-free seven-under 65 to take the first-round lead in the Kia Classic in Carlsbad, Calif. Yani Tseng had a 66, and the top-ranked Lydia Ko, 17, was in a group two strokes back at 67.

Answer: Carlsbad, Calif

Charley Hoffman took advantage of calmer afternoon conditions to take the first-round lead in the windswept Texas Open, shooting a five-under-par 67. Aaron Baddeley was second after a 68. Max Homa had a 69, and Phil Mickelson and Ryan Palmer each shot a 70. <hl> ■ Mirim Lee birdied all four par-5 holes and finished with a bogey-free seven-under 65 to take the first-round lead in the Kia Classic in Carlsbad, Calif . <hl> Yani Tseng had a 66, and the top-ranked Lydia Ko, 17, was in a group two strokes back at 67.

Charley Hoffman took advantage of calmer afternoon conditions to take the first-round lead in the windswept Texas Open, shooting a five-under-par 67. Aaron Baddeley was second after a 68. Max Homa had a 69, and Phil Mickelson and Ryan Palmer each shot a 70. ■ Mirim Lee birdied all four par-5 holes and finished with a bogey-free seven-under 65 to take the first-round lead in the Kia Classic in <hl> Carlsbad, Calif <hl>. Yani Tseng had a 66, and the top-ranked Lydia Ko, 17, was in a group two strokes back at 67.

■ Mirim Lee birdied all four par-5 holes and finished with a bogey-free seven-under 65 to take the first-round lead in the Kia Classic in <hl> Carlsbad, Calif <hl> .


Question: What is Curry's first name?

And on Sunday night, neither seemed to be able to make a basket. The Cavaliers shot 1 for 8 in overtime, and they won the game. Iman Shumpert hit their one bucket, a 3-pointer that put them on the board 1 minute 13 seconds in, but he also had a layup blocked. LeBron James was 0 for 3. Matthew Dellavedova and J.R. Smith both missed. James Jones missed a wide-open 3 that would have put his team ahead with 11 seconds left. The Warriors made just two shots, both by Draymond Green from inside two feet. Stephen Curry was 0 for 4, had two turnovers and put up an air ball with a chance to retake the lead with seven seconds left. Over all in the game, Curry was 5 for 23 from the floor and 2 for 15 from 3-point range, bringing up memories of John Starks’s 2-for-18 and 0-for-11 performance for the Knicks in Game 7 of the 1994 finals.

Answer: Stephen

And on Sunday night, neither seemed to be able to make a basket. The Cavaliers shot 1 for 8 in overtime, and they won the game. Iman Shumpert hit their one bucket, a 3-pointer that put them on the board 1 minute 13 seconds in, but he also had a layup blocked. LeBron James was 0 for 3. Matthew Dellavedova and J.R. Smith both missed. James Jones missed a wide-open 3 that would have put his team ahead with 11 seconds left. The Warriors made just two shots, both by Draymond Green from inside two feet. <hl> Stephen Curry was 0 for 4, had two turnovers and put up an air ball with a chance to retake the lead with seven seconds left. <hl> Over all in the game, Curry was 5 for 23 from the floor and 2 for 15 from 3-point range, bringing up memories of John Starks’s 2-for-18 and 0-for-11 performance for the Knicks in Game 7 of the 1994 finals.

And on Sunday night, neither seemed to be able to make a basket. The Cavaliers shot 1 for 8 in overtime, and they won the game. Iman Shumpert hit their one bucket, a 3-pointer that put them on the board 1 minute 13 seconds in, but he also had a layup blocked. LeBron James was 0 for 3. Matthew Dellavedova and J.R. Smith both missed. James Jones missed a wide-open 3 that would have put his team ahead with 11 seconds left. The Warriors made just two shots, both by Draymond Green from inside two feet. <hl> Stephen <hl> Curry was 0 for 4, had two turnovers and put up an air ball with a chance to retake the lead with seven seconds left. Over all in the game, Curry was 5 for 23 from the floor and 2 for 15 from 3-point range, bringing up memories of John Starks’s 2-for-18 and 0-for-11 performance for the Knicks in Game 7 of the 1994 finals.


Question: With whom did Mr. Stillerman and Mr. Collier treasure their relationship with?

“This is continually evolving, and we made some adjustments early from some of the criticisms we heard from the creative community,” said Joel Stillerman, president of original programming and development for the network. Both Mr. Stillerman and Mr. Collier treasure their relationships with showrunners, including Vince Gilligan, the star creator of “Breaking Bad” and now “Better Call Saul.” Mr. Gilligan appreciated how he could help with marketing efforts for both of his shows, even when he “was a nobody,” he said.

Answer: showrunners

“This is continually evolving, and we made some adjustments early from some of the criticisms we heard from the creative community,” said Joel Stillerman, president of original programming and development for the network. <hl> Both Mr. Stillerman and Mr. Collier treasure their relationships with showrunners , including Vince Gilligan, the star creator of “Breaking Bad” and now “Better Call Saul.” <hl> Mr. Gilligan appreciated how he could help with marketing efforts for both of his shows, even when he “was a nobody,” he said.

“This is continually evolving, and we made some adjustments early from some of the criticisms we heard from the creative community,” said Joel Stillerman, president of original programming and development for the network. Both Mr. Stillerman and Mr. Collier treasure their relationships with <hl> showrunners <hl>, including Vince Gilligan, the star creator of “Breaking Bad” and now “Better Call Saul.” Mr. Gilligan appreciated how he could help with marketing efforts for both of his shows, even when he “was a nobody,” he said.

Both Mr. Stillerman and Mr. Collier treasure their relationships with <hl> showrunners <hl> , including Vince Gilligan, the star creator of “Breaking Bad” and now “Better Call Saul.”


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

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

Answer: helmets

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

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


Question: What significant event happened when the subject was a child?

“Black Rage” was hailed as a timely analysis of a people in crisis. Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, in a review in The New York Times, called it “one of the most important books on the Negro to appear in the last decade.” He added, “The thesis is understated, deliberately dismal, and intensely eloquent; its impact is overwhelming.” William Henry Grier, known as Bill, was born on Feb. 7, 1926, in Birmingham, Ala. When he was 12, his father, Henry, lost his job at the post office and the family moved in with relatives in Detroit.

Answer: his father, Henry, lost his job at the post office

“Black Rage” was hailed as a timely analysis of a people in crisis. Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, in a review in The New York Times, called it “one of the most important books on the Negro to appear in the last decade.” He added, “The thesis is understated, deliberately dismal, and intensely eloquent; its impact is overwhelming.” William Henry Grier, known as Bill, was born on Feb. 7, 1926, in Birmingham, Ala. <hl> When he was 12, his father, Henry, lost his job at the post office and the family moved in with relatives in Detroit. <hl>

“Black Rage” was hailed as a timely analysis of a people in crisis. Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, in a review in The New York Times, called it “one of the most important books on the Negro to appear in the last decade.” He added, “The thesis is understated, deliberately dismal, and intensely eloquent; its impact is overwhelming.” William Henry Grier, known as Bill, was born on Feb. 7, 1926, in Birmingham, Ala. When he was 12, <hl> his father, Henry, lost his job at the post office <hl> and the family moved in with relatives in Detroit.


Question: Which nations had better environmental ratings when studied by Yale?

You would never know that in many parts of the world, like the United States, the rivers and skies are getting cleaner. The race for riches, ironically, produces the wealth that can be used to clean the environment. A few years ago, a team of researchers led by Daniel Esty of Yale looked at the environmental health of 150 countries. The nations with higher income per capita had better environmental ratings. As countries get richer they invest to tackle environmental problems that directly kill human beings (though they don’t necessarily tackle problems that despoil the natural commons). You would never suspect, from this encyclical, that over the last decade, one of the most castigated industries has, ironically, produced some of the most important economic and environmental gains. I’m talking of course about fracking.

Answer: nations with higher income

You would never know that in many parts of the world, like the United States, the rivers and skies are getting cleaner. The race for riches, ironically, produces the wealth that can be used to clean the environment. A few years ago, a team of researchers led by Daniel Esty of Yale looked at the environmental health of 150 countries. <hl> The nations with higher income per capita had better environmental ratings. <hl> As countries get richer they invest to tackle environmental problems that directly kill human beings (though they don’t necessarily tackle problems that despoil the natural commons). You would never suspect, from this encyclical, that over the last decade, one of the most castigated industries has, ironically, produced some of the most important economic and environmental gains. I’m talking of course about fracking.

You would never know that in many parts of the world, like the United States, the rivers and skies are getting cleaner. The race for riches, ironically, produces the wealth that can be used to clean the environment. A few years ago, a team of researchers led by Daniel Esty of Yale looked at the environmental health of 150 countries. The <hl> nations with higher income <hl> per capita had better environmental ratings. As countries get richer they invest to tackle environmental problems that directly kill human beings (though they don’t necessarily tackle problems that despoil the natural commons). You would never suspect, from this encyclical, that over the last decade, one of the most castigated industries has, ironically, produced some of the most important economic and environmental gains. I’m talking of course about fracking.


Question: What was the activist trying to draw attention to with her 1,200 mile trek?

The detentions took place early last month on the eve of International Women’s Day as the women planned a public awareness campaign about sexual harassment on public transportation. Now, as security agents from Beijing fan out across the country hunting down the volunteers who took part in the women’s theatrical protests, many young feminists have gone into hiding. “We’re so afraid and confused,” said one of them, Xiao Meili, 26, who recently completed a 1,200-mile trek across China to draw attention to sexual violence. “We don’t understand what we did wrong to warrant such a ferocious backlash.” Despite government efforts to keep reporting of the crackdown out of the domestic news media, the jailing of the five women has not gone unnoticed here. Word has spread across college campuses, and more than 1,100 people took the risky step last week of adding their names to a petition demanding the women’s release.

Answer: sexual violence

The detentions took place early last month on the eve of International Women’s Day as the women planned a public awareness campaign about sexual harassment on public transportation. Now, as security agents from Beijing fan out across the country hunting down the volunteers who took part in the women’s theatrical protests, many young feminists have gone into hiding. <hl> “We’re so afraid and confused,” said one of them, Xiao Meili, 26, who recently completed a 1,200-mile trek across China to draw attention to sexual violence . <hl> “We don’t understand what we did wrong to warrant such a ferocious backlash.” Despite government efforts to keep reporting of the crackdown out of the domestic news media, the jailing of the five women has not gone unnoticed here. Word has spread across college campuses, and more than 1,100 people took the risky step last week of adding their names to a petition demanding the women’s release.

The detentions took place early last month on the eve of International Women’s Day as the women planned a public awareness campaign about sexual harassment on public transportation. Now, as security agents from Beijing fan out across the country hunting down the volunteers who took part in the women’s theatrical protests, many young feminists have gone into hiding. “We’re so afraid and confused,” said one of them, Xiao Meili, 26, who recently completed a 1,200-mile trek across China to draw attention to <hl> sexual violence <hl>. “We don’t understand what we did wrong to warrant such a ferocious backlash.” Despite government efforts to keep reporting of the crackdown out of the domestic news media, the jailing of the five women has not gone unnoticed here. Word has spread across college campuses, and more than 1,100 people took the risky step last week of adding their names to a petition demanding the women’s release.

“We’re so afraid and confused,” said one of them, Xiao Meili, 26, who recently completed a 1,200-mile trek across China to draw attention to <hl> sexual violence <hl> .


Question: What did the research implied that chimpazees could do?

An article on Wednesday about research suggesting that chimpanzees have the cognitive ability to cook misstated, at one point, the surname of the Harvard anthropologist who hypothesized that cooking has driven changes in human evolution. As the article correctly noted elsewhere, he is Richard Wrangham, not Wrangell. BUSINESS DAY An article on Tuesday about a decision by the airbag manufacturer Takata to continue using a chemical compound deemed dangerous by experts misstated the point at which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began receiving complaints about rupturing Takata airbags. It was in 2001, not “almost 15 years ago.” The error was repeated in articles on Sept. 15, 2014, and on May 20, which referred to the complaints as having started in 2000, rather than 2001. • An article on May 23 about the environmental threat posed by plastic microbeads used as exfoliating agents in personal care products misstated the source of PHA, a naturally occurring plastic that one company is developing as a biodegradable substitute. It is produced by bacteria, not by mushrooms. SPORTS

Answer: chimpanzees have the cognitive ability to cook

<hl> An article on Wednesday about research suggesting that chimpanzees have the cognitive ability to cook misstated, at one point, the surname of the Harvard anthropologist who hypothesized that cooking has driven changes in human evolution. <hl> As the article correctly noted elsewhere, he is Richard Wrangham, not Wrangell. BUSINESS DAY An article on Tuesday about a decision by the airbag manufacturer Takata to continue using a chemical compound deemed dangerous by experts misstated the point at which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began receiving complaints about rupturing Takata airbags. It was in 2001, not “almost 15 years ago.” The error was repeated in articles on Sept. 15, 2014, and on May 20, which referred to the complaints as having started in 2000, rather than 2001. • An article on May 23 about the environmental threat posed by plastic microbeads used as exfoliating agents in personal care products misstated the source of PHA, a naturally occurring plastic that one company is developing as a biodegradable substitute. It is produced by bacteria, not by mushrooms. SPORTS

An article on Wednesday about research suggesting that <hl> chimpanzees have the cognitive ability to cook <hl> misstated, at one point, the surname of the Harvard anthropologist who hypothesized that cooking has driven changes in human evolution. As the article correctly noted elsewhere, he is Richard Wrangham, not Wrangell. BUSINESS DAY An article on Tuesday about a decision by the airbag manufacturer Takata to continue using a chemical compound deemed dangerous by experts misstated the point at which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began receiving complaints about rupturing Takata airbags. It was in 2001, not “almost 15 years ago.” The error was repeated in articles on Sept. 15, 2014, and on May 20, which referred to the complaints as having started in 2000, rather than 2001. • An article on May 23 about the environmental threat posed by plastic microbeads used as exfoliating agents in personal care products misstated the source of PHA, a naturally occurring plastic that one company is developing as a biodegradable substitute. It is produced by bacteria, not by mushrooms. SPORTS


Question: What Agency was reported to have surveillance abuses?

The revelations about American wrongdoing in the Senate torture report, and, earlier, about the National Security Agency’s surveillance abuses, have taught The Times a lesson, Mr. Baquet said. “We’ve learned the perils of not monitoring and policing warfare” as rigorously as possible, and of too readily agreeing to government requests to withhold information.

Answer: the National Security Agency

<hl> The revelations about American wrongdoing in the Senate torture report, and, earlier, about the National Security Agency ’s surveillance abuses, have taught The Times a lesson, Mr. Baquet said. <hl> “We’ve learned the perils of not monitoring and policing warfare” as rigorously as possible, and of too readily agreeing to government requests to withhold information.

The revelations about American wrongdoing in the Senate torture report, and, earlier, about <hl> the National Security Agency <hl>’s surveillance abuses, have taught The Times a lesson, Mr. Baquet said. “We’ve learned the perils of not monitoring and policing warfare” as rigorously as possible, and of too readily agreeing to government requests to withhold information.

The revelations about American wrongdoing in the Senate torture report, and, earlier, about <hl> the National Security Agency <hl> ’s surveillance abuses, have taught The Times a lesson, Mr. Baquet said.


Question: Was the current with the athletes or against them for the last five hours?

But the shark disappeared, the current turned at midmorning Tuesday, and for the final five hours of the swim, the athletes swam with the current, their every stroke infused with the momentum of the ocean. Warmuth took the final shift as the Deep Enders closed in on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. “I was just gliding across the water,” Warmuth said. “It was very fluid; the water was warm and glassy. It was an amazing feeling.” With the Palos Verdes bluffs looming larger with every stroke, the sea became murky as four-foot waves swelled and thrashed the rocky shore. Behind Warmuth, her teammates dived into the water and swam to shore in a V formation, symbolizing victory. Warmuth checked the waves, timed it right and let the tide push her onto the rocks, crusted with razor-sharp barnacles. At 4:52 p.m. Tuesday — 33 hours 37 minutes 26 seconds after the relay began — Warmuth took the required three steps clear of the tide line, not far from the Terranea Resort, in Rancho Palos Verdes. Soon her friends joined her on shore. Having navigated swirling seas, thick with jellyfish and as deep as 1,000 feet in some places, they hugged and celebrated, elated and exhausted.

Answer: the athletes swam with the current

<hl> But the shark disappeared, the current turned at midmorning Tuesday, and for the final five hours of the swim, the athletes swam with the current , their every stroke infused with the momentum of the ocean. <hl> Warmuth took the final shift as the Deep Enders closed in on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. “I was just gliding across the water,” Warmuth said. “It was very fluid; the water was warm and glassy. It was an amazing feeling.” With the Palos Verdes bluffs looming larger with every stroke, the sea became murky as four-foot waves swelled and thrashed the rocky shore. Behind Warmuth, her teammates dived into the water and swam to shore in a V formation, symbolizing victory. Warmuth checked the waves, timed it right and let the tide push her onto the rocks, crusted with razor-sharp barnacles. At 4:52 p.m. Tuesday — 33 hours 37 minutes 26 seconds after the relay began — Warmuth took the required three steps clear of the tide line, not far from the Terranea Resort, in Rancho Palos Verdes. Soon her friends joined her on shore. Having navigated swirling seas, thick with jellyfish and as deep as 1,000 feet in some places, they hugged and celebrated, elated and exhausted.

But the shark disappeared, the current turned at midmorning Tuesday, and for the final five hours of the swim, <hl> the athletes swam with the current <hl>, their every stroke infused with the momentum of the ocean. Warmuth took the final shift as the Deep Enders closed in on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. “I was just gliding across the water,” Warmuth said. “It was very fluid; the water was warm and glassy. It was an amazing feeling.” With the Palos Verdes bluffs looming larger with every stroke, the sea became murky as four-foot waves swelled and thrashed the rocky shore. Behind Warmuth, her teammates dived into the water and swam to shore in a V formation, symbolizing victory. Warmuth checked the waves, timed it right and let the tide push her onto the rocks, crusted with razor-sharp barnacles. At 4:52 p.m. Tuesday — 33 hours 37 minutes 26 seconds after the relay began — Warmuth took the required three steps clear of the tide line, not far from the Terranea Resort, in Rancho Palos Verdes. Soon her friends joined her on shore. Having navigated swirling seas, thick with jellyfish and as deep as 1,000 feet in some places, they hugged and celebrated, elated and exhausted.

But the shark disappeared, the current turned at midmorning Tuesday, and for the final five hours of the swim, <hl> the athletes swam with the current <hl> , their every stroke infused with the momentum of the ocean.


Question: Who did the Republican's nominate?

Smith made history, but she didn’t make any real dent in the election. Most people didn’t seem to take her very seriously, and it didn’t help that her signature campaign tactic was passing out muffin recipes. The Republicans, in the end, nominated Barry Goldwater. The Democrats’ first big moment came in 1972 when Shirley Chisholm ran for the presidential nomination. Chisholm, an African-American, would have been a double historic first. But her party was in no way ready to make symbolic gestures. They needed a winner! So they nominated George McGovern. HAVE you noticed a pattern here?

Answer: Barry Goldwater

Smith made history, but she didn’t make any real dent in the election. Most people didn’t seem to take her very seriously, and it didn’t help that her signature campaign tactic was passing out muffin recipes. <hl> The Republicans, in the end, nominated Barry Goldwater . <hl> The Democrats’ first big moment came in 1972 when Shirley Chisholm ran for the presidential nomination. Chisholm, an African-American, would have been a double historic first. But her party was in no way ready to make symbolic gestures. They needed a winner! So they nominated George McGovern. HAVE you noticed a pattern here?

Smith made history, but she didn’t make any real dent in the election. Most people didn’t seem to take her very seriously, and it didn’t help that her signature campaign tactic was passing out muffin recipes. The Republicans, in the end, nominated <hl> Barry Goldwater <hl>. The Democrats’ first big moment came in 1972 when Shirley Chisholm ran for the presidential nomination. Chisholm, an African-American, would have been a double historic first. But her party was in no way ready to make symbolic gestures. They needed a winner! So they nominated George McGovern. HAVE you noticed a pattern here?

The Republicans, in the end, nominated <hl> Barry Goldwater <hl> .


Question: Which actor plays the head of the Yonkers housing authority?

Perhaps this is Mr. Simon refusing to invent motives that aren’t in the public record. In any case, it leaves him with a bit of a cipher at the middle of his story. The excellent actor Oscar Isaac (“Inside Llewyn Davis”) gives Wasicsko a convincing semblance of life, projecting decency, nervous energy, joy and disappointment, but he never seems to have quite enough to work with. That’s reflected in the series, which occasionally takes a break from its tightly scripted council meetings and back-room deals for emotion-building montages set to Bruce Springsteen songs (“Hungry Heart,” “Brilliant Disguise,” “Secret Garden”). The cast also includes Alfred Molina, giving an amusing caricature of a machine politician, and a number of actors who do good work as various cogs in the political and legal apparatus: Bob Balaban as the judge, Terry Kinney as the head of the Yonkers housing authority, Clarke Peters as a smooth-talking consultant and, especially, Catherine Keener as an anti-integration protester.

Answer: Terry Kinney

Perhaps this is Mr. Simon refusing to invent motives that aren’t in the public record. In any case, it leaves him with a bit of a cipher at the middle of his story. The excellent actor Oscar Isaac (“Inside Llewyn Davis”) gives Wasicsko a convincing semblance of life, projecting decency, nervous energy, joy and disappointment, but he never seems to have quite enough to work with. That’s reflected in the series, which occasionally takes a break from its tightly scripted council meetings and back-room deals for emotion-building montages set to Bruce Springsteen songs (“Hungry Heart,” “Brilliant Disguise,” “Secret Garden”). <hl> The cast also includes Alfred Molina, giving an amusing caricature of a machine politician, and a number of actors who do good work as various cogs in the political and legal apparatus: Bob Balaban as the judge, Terry Kinney as the head of the Yonkers housing authority, Clarke Peters as a smooth-talking consultant and, especially, Catherine Keener as an anti-integration protester. <hl>

Perhaps this is Mr. Simon refusing to invent motives that aren’t in the public record. In any case, it leaves him with a bit of a cipher at the middle of his story. The excellent actor Oscar Isaac (“Inside Llewyn Davis”) gives Wasicsko a convincing semblance of life, projecting decency, nervous energy, joy and disappointment, but he never seems to have quite enough to work with. That’s reflected in the series, which occasionally takes a break from its tightly scripted council meetings and back-room deals for emotion-building montages set to Bruce Springsteen songs (“Hungry Heart,” “Brilliant Disguise,” “Secret Garden”). The cast also includes Alfred Molina, giving an amusing caricature of a machine politician, and a number of actors who do good work as various cogs in the political and legal apparatus: Bob Balaban as the judge, <hl> Terry Kinney <hl> as the head of the Yonkers housing authority, Clarke Peters as a smooth-talking consultant and, especially, Catherine Keener as an anti-integration protester.


Question: How many US military trained the Ukrainian in remedial military instructions?

For a moment, he twirled the rope in his hands like a lasso, then threw the hook over the wire, and tugged hard, testing for explosives. When nothing happened he signaled two comrades, who ran up and started snipping the wire with cutters. Although this was a typical training exercise for raw recruits in an elemental soldierly skill, there was nothing typical about the scene. Far from enlistees, these soldiers were regulars in the Ukrainian National Guard, presumably battle-hardened after months on the front lines in eastern Ukraine. And the trainer was an American military instructor, drilling troops for battle with the United States’ former Cold War foe, Russia, and Russian-backed separatists. “It’s been a long time since I heard a target called an Ivan,” First Sgt. David Dzwik, one of the trainers, said in an interview out in the sunny forest, while observing the Ukrainians run through drills. “Now, I’m hearing it again.” The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses. Here in western Ukraine, they are far from the fighting, and their job is to instill some basic military know-how in Ukrainian soldiers, who the trainers have discovered are woefully unprepared. The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready. When the war began a year ago, the Ukrainian Army was all but worthless — rife with corruption and Russian spies, and made up largely of “skeleton” battalions of officers with just a few men. About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.

Answer: 300

For a moment, he twirled the rope in his hands like a lasso, then threw the hook over the wire, and tugged hard, testing for explosives. When nothing happened he signaled two comrades, who ran up and started snipping the wire with cutters. Although this was a typical training exercise for raw recruits in an elemental soldierly skill, there was nothing typical about the scene. Far from enlistees, these soldiers were regulars in the Ukrainian National Guard, presumably battle-hardened after months on the front lines in eastern Ukraine. And the trainer was an American military instructor, drilling troops for battle with the United States’ former Cold War foe, Russia, and Russian-backed separatists. “It’s been a long time since I heard a target called an Ivan,” First Sgt. David Dzwik, one of the trainers, said in an interview out in the sunny forest, while observing the Ukrainians run through drills. “Now, I’m hearing it again.” <hl> The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses. <hl> Here in western Ukraine, they are far from the fighting, and their job is to instill some basic military know-how in Ukrainian soldiers, who the trainers have discovered are woefully unprepared. The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready. When the war began a year ago, the Ukrainian Army was all but worthless — rife with corruption and Russian spies, and made up largely of “skeleton” battalions of officers with just a few men. About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.

For a moment, he twirled the rope in his hands like a lasso, then threw the hook over the wire, and tugged hard, testing for explosives. When nothing happened he signaled two comrades, who ran up and started snipping the wire with cutters. Although this was a typical training exercise for raw recruits in an elemental soldierly skill, there was nothing typical about the scene. Far from enlistees, these soldiers were regulars in the Ukrainian National Guard, presumably battle-hardened after months on the front lines in eastern Ukraine. And the trainer was an American military instructor, drilling troops for battle with the United States’ former Cold War foe, Russia, and Russian-backed separatists. “It’s been a long time since I heard a target called an Ivan,” First Sgt. David Dzwik, one of the trainers, said in an interview out in the sunny forest, while observing the Ukrainians run through drills. “Now, I’m hearing it again.” The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by <hl> 300 <hl> United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses. Here in western Ukraine, they are far from the fighting, and their job is to instill some basic military know-how in Ukrainian soldiers, who the trainers have discovered are woefully unprepared. The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready. When the war began a year ago, the Ukrainian Army was all but worthless — rife with corruption and Russian spies, and made up largely of “skeleton” battalions of officers with just a few men. About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.


Question: What will a good-faith mistake look like?

Police commanders and prosecutors generally support camera use, arguing that they provide useful evidence, and will usually show the officers conducting themselves professionally. Views among officers and the unions representing them are more mixed, varying from place to place. “A negative is that police might say, ‘We just won’t put ourselves in bad situations,’ that they say, ‘We are not going to jeopardize our lives because if we make a good-faith mistake, it is going to look like a crime, and we’re going to get prosecuted for murder,’ ” said Francis T. Cullen, a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati.

Answer: like a crime

Police commanders and prosecutors generally support camera use, arguing that they provide useful evidence, and will usually show the officers conducting themselves professionally. Views among officers and the unions representing them are more mixed, varying from place to place. <hl> “A negative is that police might say, ‘We just won’t put ourselves in bad situations,’ that they say, ‘We are not going to jeopardize our lives because if we make a good-faith mistake, it is going to look like a crime , and we’re going to get prosecuted for murder,’ ” said Francis T. Cullen, a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. <hl>

Police commanders and prosecutors generally support camera use, arguing that they provide useful evidence, and will usually show the officers conducting themselves professionally. Views among officers and the unions representing them are more mixed, varying from place to place. “A negative is that police might say, ‘We just won’t put ourselves in bad situations,’ that they say, ‘We are not going to jeopardize our lives because if we make a good-faith mistake, it is going to look <hl> like a crime <hl>, and we’re going to get prosecuted for murder,’ ” said Francis T. Cullen, a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati.

“A negative is that police might say, ‘We just won’t put ourselves in bad situations,’ that they say, ‘We are not going to jeopardize our lives because if we make a good-faith mistake, it is going to look <hl> like a crime <hl> , and we’re going to get prosecuted for murder,’ ” said Francis T. Cullen, a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati.


Question: When can I see Arthur Vitellos work In Stamford?

STAMFORD P.M.W. Gallery “Noir 2,” etchings, lithographs, drawings and paintings by Ann Chernow. Through June 21. By appointment only. P.M.W. Gallery, 530 Roxbury Road. 203-322-5427; pmwgallery.com. STAMFORD Stamford Art Association “Up, Down, All Around — Small Works,” group show. “Familiar/Unfamiliar,” Arthur Vitello III. Through July 9. Thursdays and Fridays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 3 p.m. Stamford Art Association, 39 Franklin Street. 203-325-1139; stamfordartassociation.org.

Answer: Through July 9

Through July 9 .

STAMFORD P.M.W. Gallery “Noir 2,” etchings, lithographs, drawings and paintings by Ann Chernow. Through June 21. By appointment only. P.M.W. Gallery, 530 Roxbury Road. 203-322-5427; pmwgallery.com. STAMFORD Stamford Art Association “Up, Down, All Around — Small Works,” group show. “Familiar/Unfamiliar,” Arthur Vitello III. <hl> Through July 9 . <hl> Thursdays and Fridays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 3 p.m. Stamford Art Association, 39 Franklin Street. 203-325-1139; stamfordartassociation.org.

STAMFORD P.M.W. Gallery “Noir 2,” etchings, lithographs, drawings and paintings by Ann Chernow. Through June 21. By appointment only. P.M.W. Gallery, 530 Roxbury Road. 203-322-5427; pmwgallery.com. STAMFORD Stamford Art Association “Up, Down, All Around — Small Works,” group show. “Familiar/Unfamiliar,” Arthur Vitello III. <hl> Through July 9 <hl>. Thursdays and Fridays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 3 p.m. Stamford Art Association, 39 Franklin Street. 203-325-1139; stamfordartassociation.org.


Question: How much was spent on the makeover?

Q. Your next makeover is at 1156 Avenue of the Americas.  A. That’s a building that we’ve owned since 1999. I was looking at the building and I said, well, if this building was for sale now and one of the major brokers had it on the market it would come with a high-gloss book and it would show all of the possibilities a buyer could do with the building. So I thought there’s no reason we shouldn’t do it. We own it. We could do what a broker would say could be done. It’s about an 84,000-square-foot building, so it’s rather on the small side, and on that we’re spending $4 million. Q. What’s your occupancy rate portfoliowide?  A. We’re over 96 percent. We have a high renewal rate as well — in excess of 70 percent.

Answer: $4 million

Q. Your next makeover is at 1156 Avenue of the Americas. A. That’s a building that we’ve owned since 1999. I was looking at the building and I said, well, if this building was for sale now and one of the major brokers had it on the market it would come with a high-gloss book and it would show all of the possibilities a buyer could do with the building. So I thought there’s no reason we shouldn’t do it. We own it. We could do what a broker would say could be done. <hl> It’s about an 84,000-square-foot building, so it’s rather on the small side, and on that we’re spending $4 million . <hl> Q. What’s your occupancy rate portfoliowide? A. We’re over 96 percent. We have a high renewal rate as well — in excess of 70 percent.

Q. Your next makeover is at 1156 Avenue of the Americas. A. That’s a building that we’ve owned since 1999. I was looking at the building and I said, well, if this building was for sale now and one of the major brokers had it on the market it would come with a high-gloss book and it would show all of the possibilities a buyer could do with the building. So I thought there’s no reason we shouldn’t do it. We own it. We could do what a broker would say could be done. It’s about an 84,000-square-foot building, so it’s rather on the small side, and on that we’re spending <hl> $4 million <hl>. Q. What’s your occupancy rate portfoliowide? A. We’re over 96 percent. We have a high renewal rate as well — in excess of 70 percent.

It’s about an 84,000-square-foot building, so it’s rather on the small side, and on that we’re spending <hl> $4 million <hl> .


Question: Luke Falk scored how many touchdowns?

LUKE FALK The Washington State sophomore threw for 497 yards and five touchdowns as the host Cougars topped Arizona State, 38-24, to become eligible for a bowl game for the second time in Coach Mike Leach’s four years with the program. Falk completed 36 of 55 passes, with one interception. KYLE BOLIN A third-string quarterback at Louisville, Bolin threw for a season-high 362 yards and three touchdowns as the host Cardinals routed Syracuse, 41-17, for their third straight victory. STACY COLEY The Miami junior wide receiver finished with 132 yards, including a 67-yard score, as the host Hurricanes became bowl-eligible by topping Virginia, 27-21. News and Notes

Answer: five

LUKE FALK <hl> The Washington State sophomore threw for 497 yards and five touchdowns as the host Cougars topped Arizona State, 38-24, to become eligible for a bowl game for the second time in Coach Mike Leach’s four years with the program. <hl> Falk completed 36 of 55 passes, with one interception. KYLE BOLIN A third-string quarterback at Louisville, Bolin threw for a season-high 362 yards and three touchdowns as the host Cardinals routed Syracuse, 41-17, for their third straight victory. STACY COLEY The Miami junior wide receiver finished with 132 yards, including a 67-yard score, as the host Hurricanes became bowl-eligible by topping Virginia, 27-21. News and Notes

LUKE FALK The Washington State sophomore threw for 497 yards and <hl> five <hl> touchdowns as the host Cougars topped Arizona State, 38-24, to become eligible for a bowl game for the second time in Coach Mike Leach’s four years with the program. Falk completed 36 of 55 passes, with one interception. KYLE BOLIN A third-string quarterback at Louisville, Bolin threw for a season-high 362 yards and three touchdowns as the host Cardinals routed Syracuse, 41-17, for their third straight victory. STACY COLEY The Miami junior wide receiver finished with 132 yards, including a 67-yard score, as the host Hurricanes became bowl-eligible by topping Virginia, 27-21. News and Notes


Question: In the Hunger Games what character is played by Jennifer Lawrence?

What’s Streaming Now THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 (2014) Katniss Everdeen, now squirreled away in District 13, once thought destroyed, leads the charge against the Capitol. This is essentially a war movie and the first time in the series that the filmmakers treat Jennifer Lawrence’s “butch goddess of dystopian cinema,” Manohla Dargis wrote in The New York Times, “just like, well, the girl.” (hulu.com) (Image: Ms. Lawrence) HEMLOCK GROVE Evildoers run rampant in a dingy Pennsylvania industrial town as the friendship between a werewolf and a rich guy who likes the taste of his own blood comes to a disturbing end. (netflix.com)

Answer: Katniss Everdeen

<hl> What’s Streaming Now THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 (2014) Katniss Everdeen , now squirreled away in District 13, once thought destroyed, leads the charge against the Capitol. <hl> This is essentially a war movie and the first time in the series that the filmmakers treat Jennifer Lawrence’s “butch goddess of dystopian cinema,” Manohla Dargis wrote in The New York Times, “just like, well, the girl.” (hulu.com) (Image: Ms. Lawrence) HEMLOCK GROVE Evildoers run rampant in a dingy Pennsylvania industrial town as the friendship between a werewolf and a rich guy who likes the taste of his own blood comes to a disturbing end. (netflix.com)

What’s Streaming Now THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 (2014) <hl> Katniss Everdeen <hl>, now squirreled away in District 13, once thought destroyed, leads the charge against the Capitol. This is essentially a war movie and the first time in the series that the filmmakers treat Jennifer Lawrence’s “butch goddess of dystopian cinema,” Manohla Dargis wrote in The New York Times, “just like, well, the girl.” (hulu.com) (Image: Ms. Lawrence) HEMLOCK GROVE Evildoers run rampant in a dingy Pennsylvania industrial town as the friendship between a werewolf and a rich guy who likes the taste of his own blood comes to a disturbing end. (netflix.com)

What’s Streaming Now THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 (2014) <hl> Katniss Everdeen <hl> , now squirreled away in District 13, once thought destroyed, leads the charge against the Capitol.


Question: How many seats did Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's party National League for Democracy win?

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s election commission on Friday announced the final tally of the country’s Nov. 8 landmark election, a rout by the opposition, led by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Her party, the National League for Democracy, won 390 seats compared with 42 for the governing party, a state-run television station reported in its Friday evening broadcast. The remaining 59 available seats in Parliament were won by smaller parties. One-quarter of the seats were not contested and are controlled by the military.

Answer: 390 seats

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s election commission on Friday announced the final tally of the country’s Nov. 8 landmark election, a rout by the opposition, led by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. <hl> Her party, the National League for Democracy, won 390 seats compared with 42 for the governing party, a state-run television station reported in its Friday evening broadcast. <hl> The remaining 59 available seats in Parliament were won by smaller parties. One-quarter of the seats were not contested and are controlled by the military.

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s election commission on Friday announced the final tally of the country’s Nov. 8 landmark election, a rout by the opposition, led by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Her party, the National League for Democracy, won <hl> 390 seats <hl> compared with 42 for the governing party, a state-run television station reported in its Friday evening broadcast. The remaining 59 available seats in Parliament were won by smaller parties. One-quarter of the seats were not contested and are controlled by the military.


Question: What foundation was Porzingis affiliated with at a charity in the Bronx?

Except for publicity events. One day after the T-shirt signing in White Plains, Porzingis appeared at a similar function in the shadow of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center. He arrived in a party bus with 15 children from the Garden of Dreams Foundation, a charity in the Bronx. Dressed in track pants and a blue-and-white trimmed Santa hat, he led his charges into an area penned off by barricades and there, in front of reporters, went through the motions of “surprising” them with gifts. The 20-minute photo-op did not leave much room for spontaneity. Looming over everything around him, Porzingis grinned into a firestorm of 100 flashing phones. He was painfully genial, smiling and shaking hands. He approximated laughter at every corny joke about his height. The one authentic moment came when he offered to hold a selfie stick for a picture with the children and his arm shot out to a gasp-inducing length. But then the youths were hustled off and the news media were unleashed. A television news crew put a camera in his face and asked how it felt to be playing in New York. Though he was smiling, his eyes went cold, and the muscles of his lips began to tighten. “I love it here,” Porzingis said. “New York’s the place to be.”

Answer: Garden of Dreams Foundation

Except for publicity events. One day after the T-shirt signing in White Plains, Porzingis appeared at a similar function in the shadow of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center. <hl> He arrived in a party bus with 15 children from the Garden of Dreams Foundation , a charity in the Bronx. <hl> Dressed in track pants and a blue-and-white trimmed Santa hat, he led his charges into an area penned off by barricades and there, in front of reporters, went through the motions of “surprising” them with gifts. The 20-minute photo-op did not leave much room for spontaneity. Looming over everything around him, Porzingis grinned into a firestorm of 100 flashing phones. He was painfully genial, smiling and shaking hands. He approximated laughter at every corny joke about his height. The one authentic moment came when he offered to hold a selfie stick for a picture with the children and his arm shot out to a gasp-inducing length. But then the youths were hustled off and the news media were unleashed. A television news crew put a camera in his face and asked how it felt to be playing in New York. Though he was smiling, his eyes went cold, and the muscles of his lips began to tighten. “I love it here,” Porzingis said. “New York’s the place to be.”

Except for publicity events. One day after the T-shirt signing in White Plains, Porzingis appeared at a similar function in the shadow of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center. He arrived in a party bus with 15 children from the <hl> Garden of Dreams Foundation <hl>, a charity in the Bronx. Dressed in track pants and a blue-and-white trimmed Santa hat, he led his charges into an area penned off by barricades and there, in front of reporters, went through the motions of “surprising” them with gifts. The 20-minute photo-op did not leave much room for spontaneity. Looming over everything around him, Porzingis grinned into a firestorm of 100 flashing phones. He was painfully genial, smiling and shaking hands. He approximated laughter at every corny joke about his height. The one authentic moment came when he offered to hold a selfie stick for a picture with the children and his arm shot out to a gasp-inducing length. But then the youths were hustled off and the news media were unleashed. A television news crew put a camera in his face and asked how it felt to be playing in New York. Though he was smiling, his eyes went cold, and the muscles of his lips began to tighten. “I love it here,” Porzingis said. “New York’s the place to be.”

He arrived in a party bus with 15 children from the <hl> Garden of Dreams Foundation <hl> , a charity in the Bronx.


Question: How many percent of solar systems were install on Long island in New York?

Long Island’s high electric costs have made it an attractive market for solar. About 40 percent of all systems installed in New York are on Long Island, according to the state’s Energy Research and Development Authority. Buyers are “certainly willing to pay more” for a house with the electric bills to prove the savings attached to its solar system, Mr. O’Connor said. But, he added, most lenders haven’t yet recognized that market shift. Arthur Wilson, a builder developing five homes (all presold) with geothermal and solar panels in Middle Island on Long Island, has had his own issues with lenders. He said that an appraisal of $498,000 for the second house to be completed was recently “shot down” as too high by bank reviewers who he said were untrained in valuing green home features.

Answer: 40

Long Island’s high electric costs have made it an attractive market for solar. <hl> About 40 percent of all systems installed in New York are on Long Island, according to the state’s Energy Research and Development Authority. <hl> Buyers are “certainly willing to pay more” for a house with the electric bills to prove the savings attached to its solar system, Mr. O’Connor said. But, he added, most lenders haven’t yet recognized that market shift. Arthur Wilson, a builder developing five homes (all presold) with geothermal and solar panels in Middle Island on Long Island, has had his own issues with lenders. He said that an appraisal of $498,000 for the second house to be completed was recently “shot down” as too high by bank reviewers who he said were untrained in valuing green home features.

Long Island’s high electric costs have made it an attractive market for solar. About <hl> 40 <hl> percent of all systems installed in New York are on Long Island, according to the state’s Energy Research and Development Authority. Buyers are “certainly willing to pay more” for a house with the electric bills to prove the savings attached to its solar system, Mr. O’Connor said. But, he added, most lenders haven’t yet recognized that market shift. Arthur Wilson, a builder developing five homes (all presold) with geothermal and solar panels in Middle Island on Long Island, has had his own issues with lenders. He said that an appraisal of $498,000 for the second house to be completed was recently “shot down” as too high by bank reviewers who he said were untrained in valuing green home features.


Question: The Marquand had an average sales price of what?

Among the early entries was the Marquand, from HFZ Capital Group, in partnership with Vornado Realty Trust, a prewar rental-turned-condo at 11 East 68th Street, with an average sales price of $4,400 per square foot, according to a spokeswoman for the project. Closings began in 2014, and only a $46.5 million penthouse remains to be sold. That the area might be starting to resemble other parts of Manhattan does not surprise Mr. Wolf, the architect, who believes neighborhood and status are a lot less important than before. Noting that clients in their 60s are moving downtown for the energy and clients in their 40s are moving uptown for the quiet, he said, “The boundaries have just broken down.”

Answer: $4,400 per square foot

<hl> Among the early entries was the Marquand, from HFZ Capital Group, in partnership with Vornado Realty Trust, a prewar rental-turned-condo at 11 East 68th Street, with an average sales price of $4,400 per square foot , according to a spokeswoman for the project. <hl> Closings began in 2014, and only a $46.5 million penthouse remains to be sold. That the area might be starting to resemble other parts of Manhattan does not surprise Mr. Wolf, the architect, who believes neighborhood and status are a lot less important than before. Noting that clients in their 60s are moving downtown for the energy and clients in their 40s are moving uptown for the quiet, he said, “The boundaries have just broken down.”

Among the early entries was the Marquand, from HFZ Capital Group, in partnership with Vornado Realty Trust, a prewar rental-turned-condo at 11 East 68th Street, with an average sales price of <hl> $4,400 per square foot <hl>, according to a spokeswoman for the project. Closings began in 2014, and only a $46.5 million penthouse remains to be sold. That the area might be starting to resemble other parts of Manhattan does not surprise Mr. Wolf, the architect, who believes neighborhood and status are a lot less important than before. Noting that clients in their 60s are moving downtown for the energy and clients in their 40s are moving uptown for the quiet, he said, “The boundaries have just broken down.”

Among the early entries was the Marquand, from HFZ Capital Group, in partnership with Vornado Realty Trust, a prewar rental-turned-condo at 11 East 68th Street, with an average sales price of <hl> $4,400 per square foot <hl> , according to a spokeswoman for the project.


Question: Who helped to establish Picasso in Barcelona?

BARCELONA — When a young Pablo Picasso left Barcelona for Paris in 1904, he left behind a group of friends who proved to be perhaps the greatest influence on his early life and work. One prominent Catalonian family, the Reventós, helped establish Picasso in Barcelona, where his family had settled from Málaga when he was a teenager. Two brothers, Jacint (“Cinto”) and Ramón (“Moni”) Reventós, became crucial friends for the young Picasso, influencing him both politically and artistically: Their household was frequented by pillars of the Catalan Modernisme movement, such as Santiago Rusiñol and Ramón Casas. Jacint Reventós remained a friend until he and Picasso were elderly.

Answer: the Reventós

BARCELONA — When a young Pablo Picasso left Barcelona for Paris in 1904, he left behind a group of friends who proved to be perhaps the greatest influence on his early life and work. <hl> One prominent Catalonian family, the Reventós , helped establish Picasso in Barcelona, where his family had settled from Málaga when he was a teenager. <hl> Two brothers, Jacint (“Cinto”) and Ramón (“Moni”) Reventós, became crucial friends for the young Picasso, influencing him both politically and artistically: Their household was frequented by pillars of the Catalan Modernisme movement, such as Santiago Rusiñol and Ramón Casas. Jacint Reventós remained a friend until he and Picasso were elderly.

BARCELONA — When a young Pablo Picasso left Barcelona for Paris in 1904, he left behind a group of friends who proved to be perhaps the greatest influence on his early life and work. One prominent Catalonian family, <hl> the Reventós <hl>, helped establish Picasso in Barcelona, where his family had settled from Málaga when he was a teenager. Two brothers, Jacint (“Cinto”) and Ramón (“Moni”) Reventós, became crucial friends for the young Picasso, influencing him both politically and artistically: Their household was frequented by pillars of the Catalan Modernisme movement, such as Santiago Rusiñol and Ramón Casas. Jacint Reventós remained a friend until he and Picasso were elderly.

One prominent Catalonian family, <hl> the Reventós <hl> , helped establish Picasso in Barcelona, where his family had settled from Málaga when he was a teenager.


Question: What disease did Natalie have?

After three days in the hospital, Natalie got better. A new chest X-ray showed that there was much less fluid in her chest. Her fever resolved. They changed one of the antibiotics and the nausea she had had all but disappeared. They told her she could go home. They prescribed antibiotics for her to take at home, and removed her IV catheter. Natalie went back to school, and the next day was interviewed by a TV reporter because she was one of the few who survived her kind of pneumonia in Nebraska. She talked about her disappointment over missing swim meets.

Answer: pneumonia

After three days in the hospital, Natalie got better. A new chest X-ray showed that there was much less fluid in her chest. Her fever resolved. They changed one of the antibiotics and the nausea she had had all but disappeared. They told her she could go home. They prescribed antibiotics for her to take at home, and removed her IV catheter. <hl> Natalie went back to school, and the next day was interviewed by a TV reporter because she was one of the few who survived her kind of pneumonia in Nebraska. <hl> She talked about her disappointment over missing swim meets.

After three days in the hospital, Natalie got better. A new chest X-ray showed that there was much less fluid in her chest. Her fever resolved. They changed one of the antibiotics and the nausea she had had all but disappeared. They told her she could go home. They prescribed antibiotics for her to take at home, and removed her IV catheter. Natalie went back to school, and the next day was interviewed by a TV reporter because she was one of the few who survived her kind of <hl> pneumonia <hl> in Nebraska. She talked about her disappointment over missing swim meets.


Question: What is Alexander's reaction to Napoleon and Josephine?

“It’s a love story, a children’s book and a fairy tale at once,” Mr. Mosterd said. “Josephine is a lady who comes from Martinique and who makes the most wonderful career ever. She and Napoleon are both self-made people. Alexander is born with a golden spoon in his mouth and has never met self-made people. But he is totally impressed with both of them; these are real friendships. Even Napoleon writes to Josephine, after he met Alexander the first time, ‘that Tsar is handsome and blond and athletic, and if I was a lady, I would be attracted to him.”’

Answer: he is totally impressed with both of them

“It’s a love story, a children’s book and a fairy tale at once,” Mr. Mosterd said. “Josephine is a lady who comes from Martinique and who makes the most wonderful career ever. She and Napoleon are both self-made people. Alexander is born with a golden spoon in his mouth and has never met self-made people. <hl> But he is totally impressed with both of them ; these are real friendships. <hl> Even Napoleon writes to Josephine, after he met Alexander the first time, ‘that Tsar is handsome and blond and athletic, and if I was a lady, I would be attracted to him.”’

“It’s a love story, a children’s book and a fairy tale at once,” Mr. Mosterd said. “Josephine is a lady who comes from Martinique and who makes the most wonderful career ever. She and Napoleon are both self-made people. Alexander is born with a golden spoon in his mouth and has never met self-made people. But <hl> he is totally impressed with both of them <hl>; these are real friendships. Even Napoleon writes to Josephine, after he met Alexander the first time, ‘that Tsar is handsome and blond and athletic, and if I was a lady, I would be attracted to him.”’

But <hl> he is totally impressed with both of them <hl> ; these are real friendships.


Question: What number should I call to reach the Duck Pond Gallery?

PORT CHESTER Clay Art Center “Divergent Currents: The Ripple Effect of Japan on American Ceramic Artists.” Through May 9. Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and by appointment. Clay Art Center, 40 Beech Street. clayartcenter.org; 914-937-2047. PORT EWEN Duck Pond Gallery, at Town of Esopus Library “Art Play,” group show. Through April 27. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Duck Pond Gallery, at Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal Street. esopuslibrary.org; 845-338-5580. POUGHKEEPSIE The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge “Bridge Music,” sound installation by Joseph Bertolozzi. Through Oct. 31. Dawn to dusk. The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge. josephbertolozzi.com. POUGHKEEPSIE Vassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center “ Through the Looking Glass: Daguerreotype Masterworks From the Dawn of Photography.” April 10 through June 14. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m. Vassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, 124 Raymond Avenue. 845-437-5632; fllac.vassar.edu.

Answer: 845-338-5580

PORT CHESTER Clay Art Center “Divergent Currents: The Ripple Effect of Japan on American Ceramic Artists.” Through May 9. Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and by appointment. Clay Art Center, 40 Beech Street. clayartcenter.org; 914-937-2047. PORT EWEN Duck Pond Gallery, at Town of Esopus Library “Art Play,” group show. Through April 27. <hl> Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Duck Pond Gallery, at Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal Street. esopuslibrary.org; 845-338-5580 . <hl> POUGHKEEPSIE The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge “Bridge Music,” sound installation by Joseph Bertolozzi. Through Oct. 31. Dawn to dusk. The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge. josephbertolozzi.com. POUGHKEEPSIE Vassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center “ Through the Looking Glass: Daguerreotype Masterworks From the Dawn of Photography.” April 10 through June 14. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m. Vassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, 124 Raymond Avenue. 845-437-5632; fllac.vassar.edu.

PORT CHESTER Clay Art Center “Divergent Currents: The Ripple Effect of Japan on American Ceramic Artists.” Through May 9. Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and by appointment. Clay Art Center, 40 Beech Street. clayartcenter.org; 914-937-2047. PORT EWEN Duck Pond Gallery, at Town of Esopus Library “Art Play,” group show. Through April 27. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Duck Pond Gallery, at Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal Street. esopuslibrary.org; <hl> 845-338-5580 <hl>. POUGHKEEPSIE The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge “Bridge Music,” sound installation by Joseph Bertolozzi. Through Oct. 31. Dawn to dusk. The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge. josephbertolozzi.com. POUGHKEEPSIE Vassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center “ Through the Looking Glass: Daguerreotype Masterworks From the Dawn of Photography.” April 10 through June 14. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m. Vassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, 124 Raymond Avenue. 845-437-5632; fllac.vassar.edu.

Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Duck Pond Gallery, at Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal Street. esopuslibrary.org; <hl> 845-338-5580 <hl> .


Question: What is the center connected to?

Mark Lubell, the center’s executive director, said architects would soon begin remaking the space, which has more than 5,000 square feet for exhibitions on two floors, into raw, airy galleries with a continuous glass front along the Bowery. He said he believes the connection to the street — along with a cafe and screens beaming out images from the center’s programming — will telegraph the institution’s intention to become a hub for conversations about the increasingly complex way pictures circulate and function in the digital age. “It’s going to be a big challenge to think about what an exhibition will even mean in that context,” Mr. Lubell said. By New York museum standards, the turnaround time for the new space is whiplash fast, but Mr. Lubell said that he hoped the center would become known for such nimbleness. “We don’t know everything yet, which is a little discomforting for some people,” he said, “but we’re figuring it out together.”

Answer: the street

Mark Lubell, the center’s executive director, said architects would soon begin remaking the space, which has more than 5,000 square feet for exhibitions on two floors, into raw, airy galleries with a continuous glass front along the Bowery. <hl> He said he believes the connection to the street — along with a cafe and screens beaming out images from the center’s programming — will telegraph the institution’s intention to become a hub for conversations about the increasingly complex way pictures circulate and function in the digital age. <hl> “It’s going to be a big challenge to think about what an exhibition will even mean in that context,” Mr. Lubell said. By New York museum standards, the turnaround time for the new space is whiplash fast, but Mr. Lubell said that he hoped the center would become known for such nimbleness. “We don’t know everything yet, which is a little discomforting for some people,” he said, “but we’re figuring it out together.”

Mark Lubell, the center’s executive director, said architects would soon begin remaking the space, which has more than 5,000 square feet for exhibitions on two floors, into raw, airy galleries with a continuous glass front along the Bowery. He said he believes the connection to <hl> the street <hl> — along with a cafe and screens beaming out images from the center’s programming — will telegraph the institution’s intention to become a hub for conversations about the increasingly complex way pictures circulate and function in the digital age. “It’s going to be a big challenge to think about what an exhibition will even mean in that context,” Mr. Lubell said. By New York museum standards, the turnaround time for the new space is whiplash fast, but Mr. Lubell said that he hoped the center would become known for such nimbleness. “We don’t know everything yet, which is a little discomforting for some people,” he said, “but we’re figuring it out together.”


Question: When did Neuer misread the free kick from Santi Cazorla?

Fine keepers and thin margins can win games. Yet in the last 13 minutes, Neuer was beaten twice. The first was his own fault. By popular acclaim the best goalkeeper on earth, Neuer misread a high, swinging free kick from Santi Cazorla, pawing at thin air. Olivier Giroud swept in behind him to bundle the ball into the net.

Answer: last 13 minutes

Fine keepers and thin margins can win games. <hl> Yet in the last 13 minutes , Neuer was beaten twice. <hl> The first was his own fault. By popular acclaim the best goalkeeper on earth, Neuer misread a high, swinging free kick from Santi Cazorla, pawing at thin air. Olivier Giroud swept in behind him to bundle the ball into the net.

Fine keepers and thin margins can win games. Yet in the <hl> last 13 minutes <hl>, Neuer was beaten twice. The first was his own fault. By popular acclaim the best goalkeeper on earth, Neuer misread a high, swinging free kick from Santi Cazorla, pawing at thin air. Olivier Giroud swept in behind him to bundle the ball into the net.

Yet in the <hl> last 13 minutes <hl> , Neuer was beaten twice.


Question: What kind of refrigerator was the kitchen renovated with?

The three-story house was updated over the last 15 years. It has a gambrel roof, a white clapboard exterior and an exposed stone base. A gentle C shape, it faces south, and bends around a patio and pool. The entrance is through a glassed-in porch whose windows have the original copper hardware and open to screens. Other original features include maple floors and raised wall paneling, which contrast with Sputnik-style light fixtures. The floor plan is open, with a broad bay of floor-to-ceiling windows in the living area, which has a fireplace. Intersecting walls of windows in the informal dining room area face the pool and patio. There is also a formal dining area. The kitchen was updated during renovations with a Sub-Zero refrigerator, a Miele range, a Jenn-Air oven and quartz countertops. A bar with a separate sink is just off the kitchen. Four bedrooms are on the second floor, including the master, which is part of a suite with a bathroom and a walk-in closet with a picture window overlooking the pool. The remaining two bedrooms are on the third floor, built into the eaves, with pitched ceilings. The basement is finished with wood-paneled walls, a fireplace and a wet bar.

Answer: Sub-Zero

The three-story house was updated over the last 15 years. It has a gambrel roof, a white clapboard exterior and an exposed stone base. A gentle C shape, it faces south, and bends around a patio and pool. The entrance is through a glassed-in porch whose windows have the original copper hardware and open to screens. Other original features include maple floors and raised wall paneling, which contrast with Sputnik-style light fixtures. The floor plan is open, with a broad bay of floor-to-ceiling windows in the living area, which has a fireplace. Intersecting walls of windows in the informal dining room area face the pool and patio. There is also a formal dining area. <hl> The kitchen was updated during renovations with a Sub-Zero refrigerator, a Miele range, a Jenn-Air oven and quartz countertops. <hl> A bar with a separate sink is just off the kitchen. Four bedrooms are on the second floor, including the master, which is part of a suite with a bathroom and a walk-in closet with a picture window overlooking the pool. The remaining two bedrooms are on the third floor, built into the eaves, with pitched ceilings. The basement is finished with wood-paneled walls, a fireplace and a wet bar.

The three-story house was updated over the last 15 years. It has a gambrel roof, a white clapboard exterior and an exposed stone base. A gentle C shape, it faces south, and bends around a patio and pool. The entrance is through a glassed-in porch whose windows have the original copper hardware and open to screens. Other original features include maple floors and raised wall paneling, which contrast with Sputnik-style light fixtures. The floor plan is open, with a broad bay of floor-to-ceiling windows in the living area, which has a fireplace. Intersecting walls of windows in the informal dining room area face the pool and patio. There is also a formal dining area. The kitchen was updated during renovations with a <hl> Sub-Zero <hl> refrigerator, a Miele range, a Jenn-Air oven and quartz countertops. A bar with a separate sink is just off the kitchen. Four bedrooms are on the second floor, including the master, which is part of a suite with a bathroom and a walk-in closet with a picture window overlooking the pool. The remaining two bedrooms are on the third floor, built into the eaves, with pitched ceilings. The basement is finished with wood-paneled walls, a fireplace and a wet bar.


Question: Who did the dissident group Pussy Riot protest?

As international attention to the women’s case mounts, some rights advocates see echoes of the public relations maelstrom surrounding the female Russian dissident group, Pussy Riot, whose members were arrested in 2012 for their protests against President Vladimir V. Putin. Sophie Richardson, the China director at Human Rights Watch, said the five jailed feminists have drawn far more international attention than the scores of Chinese activists who have been detained during the previous two years of an intensified government drive against political dissent.

Answer: President Vladimir V. Putin

<hl> As international attention to the women’s case mounts, some rights advocates see echoes of the public relations maelstrom surrounding the female Russian dissident group, Pussy Riot, whose members were arrested in 2012 for their protests against President Vladimir V. Putin . <hl> Sophie Richardson, the China director at Human Rights Watch, said the five jailed feminists have drawn far more international attention than the scores of Chinese activists who have been detained during the previous two years of an intensified government drive against political dissent.

As international attention to the women’s case mounts, some rights advocates see echoes of the public relations maelstrom surrounding the female Russian dissident group, Pussy Riot, whose members were arrested in 2012 for their protests against <hl> President Vladimir V. Putin <hl>. Sophie Richardson, the China director at Human Rights Watch, said the five jailed feminists have drawn far more international attention than the scores of Chinese activists who have been detained during the previous two years of an intensified government drive against political dissent.

As international attention to the women’s case mounts, some rights advocates see echoes of the public relations maelstrom surrounding the female Russian dissident group, Pussy Riot, whose members were arrested in 2012 for their protests against <hl> President Vladimir V. Putin <hl> .


Question: Do they want their lawsuit to change slowly or quickly?

At one point, they tried to find someone who would do the home study that would be a requirement for adoption, but could not find anyone who would come to their home to do it. Both women are cautiously hopeful that the lawsuit will quickly change their situation. “It seems like it’s just the logical next step, but oftentimes, Mississippi doesn’t take the logical next step,” Ms. Smith said. Last year, 29 percent of Mississippi’s same-sex-couple households were raising children younger than 18 — the highest percentage of any state in the nation, the complaint said.

Answer: quickly

At one point, they tried to find someone who would do the home study that would be a requirement for adoption, but could not find anyone who would come to their home to do it. <hl> Both women are cautiously hopeful that the lawsuit will quickly change their situation. <hl> “It seems like it’s just the logical next step, but oftentimes, Mississippi doesn’t take the logical next step,” Ms. Smith said. Last year, 29 percent of Mississippi’s same-sex-couple households were raising children younger than 18 — the highest percentage of any state in the nation, the complaint said.

At one point, they tried to find someone who would do the home study that would be a requirement for adoption, but could not find anyone who would come to their home to do it. Both women are cautiously hopeful that the lawsuit will <hl> quickly <hl> change their situation. “It seems like it’s just the logical next step, but oftentimes, Mississippi doesn’t take the logical next step,” Ms. Smith said. Last year, 29 percent of Mississippi’s same-sex-couple households were raising children younger than 18 — the highest percentage of any state in the nation, the complaint said.


Question: How many people ages 18-19 voted in the most recent election?

“Given the general malaise that faces this country’s political process right now, this is a way to get young people actually excited,” said Scott Warren, executive director of Generation Citizen. Mr. Warren cited the midterm elections last year to make his point. Nationally, only 36 percent of eligible voters participated, a 72-year low for all federal elections, according to a report by the group. Only 19.9 percent of voters ages 18 to 29 cast ballots, the lowest youth turnout rate ever recorded, the report said. Jillian Wu, a 17-year-old high school senior in San Francisco, said that granting 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote while they were still living with their parents would encourage a habit that continued once they left the nest. Ms. Wu, who sits on Vote16USA’s 12-member youth advisory board, is working on a campaign to lower San Francisco’s voting age for local elections. She balks at claims by opponents that teenagers would just follow their parents’ political views.

Answer: 19.9 percent of voters ages 18 to 29 cast ballots

“Given the general malaise that faces this country’s political process right now, this is a way to get young people actually excited,” said Scott Warren, executive director of Generation Citizen. Mr. Warren cited the midterm elections last year to make his point. Nationally, only 36 percent of eligible voters participated, a 72-year low for all federal elections, according to a report by the group. <hl> Only 19.9 percent of voters ages 18 to 29 cast ballots , the lowest youth turnout rate ever recorded, the report said. <hl> Jillian Wu, a 17-year-old high school senior in San Francisco, said that granting 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote while they were still living with their parents would encourage a habit that continued once they left the nest. Ms. Wu, who sits on Vote16USA’s 12-member youth advisory board, is working on a campaign to lower San Francisco’s voting age for local elections. She balks at claims by opponents that teenagers would just follow their parents’ political views.

“Given the general malaise that faces this country’s political process right now, this is a way to get young people actually excited,” said Scott Warren, executive director of Generation Citizen. Mr. Warren cited the midterm elections last year to make his point. Nationally, only 36 percent of eligible voters participated, a 72-year low for all federal elections, according to a report by the group. Only <hl> 19.9 percent of voters ages 18 to 29 cast ballots <hl>, the lowest youth turnout rate ever recorded, the report said. Jillian Wu, a 17-year-old high school senior in San Francisco, said that granting 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote while they were still living with their parents would encourage a habit that continued once they left the nest. Ms. Wu, who sits on Vote16USA’s 12-member youth advisory board, is working on a campaign to lower San Francisco’s voting age for local elections. She balks at claims by opponents that teenagers would just follow their parents’ political views.

Only <hl> 19.9 percent of voters ages 18 to 29 cast ballots <hl> , the lowest youth turnout rate ever recorded, the report said.


Question: Where did Mr. Brezner spot Mr. Williams in the late '70s?

Mr. Brezner, who later worked out of Los Angeles, spotted a young Mr. Williams in an improv class there in the late ’70s and helped channel his perpetual motion into a routine that was cohesive and sometimes even sedately self-revealing. “He had comedic energy that rebounded through the room,” Mr. Brezner told The New York Times in 1985. “It felt like you’d stepped into a wind tunnel.” He added, “If he just did his thing, the effect was that people laughed a lot, but they wouldn’t know who he is.”

Answer: an improv class

<hl> Mr. Brezner, who later worked out of Los Angeles, spotted a young Mr. Williams in an improv class there in the late ’70s and helped channel his perpetual motion into a routine that was cohesive and sometimes even sedately self-revealing. <hl> “He had comedic energy that rebounded through the room,” Mr. Brezner told The New York Times in 1985. “It felt like you’d stepped into a wind tunnel.” He added, “If he just did his thing, the effect was that people laughed a lot, but they wouldn’t know who he is.”

Mr. Brezner, who later worked out of Los Angeles, spotted a young Mr. Williams in <hl> an improv class <hl> there in the late ’70s and helped channel his perpetual motion into a routine that was cohesive and sometimes even sedately self-revealing. “He had comedic energy that rebounded through the room,” Mr. Brezner told The New York Times in 1985. “It felt like you’d stepped into a wind tunnel.” He added, “If he just did his thing, the effect was that people laughed a lot, but they wouldn’t know who he is.”


Question: How many more people want water compared to the past?

For most of the 1900s, the bureau’s system — which grew into the largest wholesale water utility in the country — worked. But the West of the 21st century is not the West of Roosevelt. There are now millions more people who want water, but there is far less of it. The science of climate change shows that in the future, there will be less still. “We have to think differently,” said Michael Connor, the deputy secretary of the Interior Department, which includes the Bureau of Reclamation. “It’s not enough just to conserve water. We need to rethink these projects. We have a lot of infrastructure, but a lot of it doesn’t work very well anymore. We need to undertake what amounts to a giant replumbing project across the West.” Mr. Connor said that in the future, the nation’s water agency would have to put climate change at the center of its mission.

Answer: millions more

For most of the 1900s, the bureau’s system — which grew into the largest wholesale water utility in the country — worked. But the West of the 21st century is not the West of Roosevelt. <hl> There are now millions more people who want water, but there is far less of it. <hl> The science of climate change shows that in the future, there will be less still. “We have to think differently,” said Michael Connor, the deputy secretary of the Interior Department, which includes the Bureau of Reclamation. “It’s not enough just to conserve water. We need to rethink these projects. We have a lot of infrastructure, but a lot of it doesn’t work very well anymore. We need to undertake what amounts to a giant replumbing project across the West.” Mr. Connor said that in the future, the nation’s water agency would have to put climate change at the center of its mission.

For most of the 1900s, the bureau’s system — which grew into the largest wholesale water utility in the country — worked. But the West of the 21st century is not the West of Roosevelt. There are now <hl> millions more <hl> people who want water, but there is far less of it. The science of climate change shows that in the future, there will be less still. “We have to think differently,” said Michael Connor, the deputy secretary of the Interior Department, which includes the Bureau of Reclamation. “It’s not enough just to conserve water. We need to rethink these projects. We have a lot of infrastructure, but a lot of it doesn’t work very well anymore. We need to undertake what amounts to a giant replumbing project across the West.” Mr. Connor said that in the future, the nation’s water agency would have to put climate change at the center of its mission.


Question: What movie rating does "Love the Coopers" have?

‘Love the Coopers’ (PG-13, 1:47) You can’t manufacture a Christmas classic by cobbling together scenes and themes from previous Christmas classics, but this dud tries. It’s the usual story of a dysfunctional family that gathers for a holiday meal, and it’s full of recognizable names — Diane Keaton, John Goodman, Marisa Tomei, Olivia Wilde — but it almost never feels genuine. (Genzlinger) ‘Macbeth’ (R, 1:52) The best reason to see this slick version of the sanguineous tragedy is Michael Fassbender’s exceptionally fine title performances, though the writing isn’t bad, either. A mushy-mouthed Marion Cotillard co-stars; Justin Kurzel directed. (Dargis)

Answer: PG-13

‘Love the Coopers’ ( PG-13 , 1:47)

<hl> ‘Love the Coopers’ ( PG-13 , 1:47) <hl> You can’t manufacture a Christmas classic by cobbling together scenes and themes from previous Christmas classics, but this dud tries. It’s the usual story of a dysfunctional family that gathers for a holiday meal, and it’s full of recognizable names — Diane Keaton, John Goodman, Marisa Tomei, Olivia Wilde — but it almost never feels genuine. (Genzlinger) ‘Macbeth’ (R, 1:52) The best reason to see this slick version of the sanguineous tragedy is Michael Fassbender’s exceptionally fine title performances, though the writing isn’t bad, either. A mushy-mouthed Marion Cotillard co-stars; Justin Kurzel directed. (Dargis)

‘Love the Coopers’ (<hl> PG-13 <hl>, 1:47) You can’t manufacture a Christmas classic by cobbling together scenes and themes from previous Christmas classics, but this dud tries. It’s the usual story of a dysfunctional family that gathers for a holiday meal, and it’s full of recognizable names — Diane Keaton, John Goodman, Marisa Tomei, Olivia Wilde — but it almost never feels genuine. (Genzlinger) ‘Macbeth’ (R, 1:52) The best reason to see this slick version of the sanguineous tragedy is Michael Fassbender’s exceptionally fine title performances, though the writing isn’t bad, either. A mushy-mouthed Marion Cotillard co-stars; Justin Kurzel directed. (Dargis)

‘Love the Coopers’ ( <hl> PG-13 <hl> , 1:47)