Question: Which country does the world see as the country of hope and opportunity

But the images of migrants chanting “Germany, Germany” as they weave their way across the Continent toward their new promised land have moved many in a country that has for decades been trying to atone for the genocide it committed in World War II. In the words of Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose apparent mercilessness during the Greek bailout talks prompted mocked-up photographs of her dressed in Nazi uniform: “The world sees Germany as a country of hope and opportunity, and that was certainly not always the case.”

Answer: Germany

<hl> But the images of migrants chanting “ Germany , Germany” as they weave their way across the Continent toward their new promised land have moved many in a country that has for decades been trying to atone for the genocide it committed in World War II. <hl> In the words of Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose apparent mercilessness during the Greek bailout talks prompted mocked-up photographs of her dressed in Nazi uniform: “The world sees Germany as a country of hope and opportunity, and that was certainly not always the case.”

But the images of migrants chanting “<hl> Germany <hl>, Germany” as they weave their way across the Continent toward their new promised land have moved many in a country that has for decades been trying to atone for the genocide it committed in World War II. In the words of Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose apparent mercilessness during the Greek bailout talks prompted mocked-up photographs of her dressed in Nazi uniform: “The world sees Germany as a country of hope and opportunity, and that was certainly not always the case.”

But the images of migrants chanting “ <hl> Germany <hl> , Germany” as they weave their way across the Continent toward their new promised land have moved many in a country that has for decades been trying to atone for the genocide it committed in World War II.


Question: About how many American dollars does three and a half billion billion Euros equal?

For Deutsche Bank, the change will entail a reduction of hundreds of billions of euros in the bank’s use of borrowed funds. It also means that the bank will earn a lower return on the money it invests than in the past. The bank will aim for a 10 percent return on capital, down from a previous target of 12 percent and a far cry from the 25 percent return that Deutsche Bank sought to achieve before the financial crisis. In addition, the bank said it aimed to cut costs by 3.5 billion euros, or about $3.8 billion, a year. The cuts would seem to suggest that Deutsche Bank will have little choice but to join other European banks like UBS or Barclays in scaling back its American operations.

Answer: $3.8 billion

For Deutsche Bank, the change will entail a reduction of hundreds of billions of euros in the bank’s use of borrowed funds. It also means that the bank will earn a lower return on the money it invests than in the past. The bank will aim for a 10 percent return on capital, down from a previous target of 12 percent and a far cry from the 25 percent return that Deutsche Bank sought to achieve before the financial crisis. <hl> In addition, the bank said it aimed to cut costs by 3.5 billion euros, or about $3.8 billion , a year. <hl> The cuts would seem to suggest that Deutsche Bank will have little choice but to join other European banks like UBS or Barclays in scaling back its American operations.

For Deutsche Bank, the change will entail a reduction of hundreds of billions of euros in the bank’s use of borrowed funds. It also means that the bank will earn a lower return on the money it invests than in the past. The bank will aim for a 10 percent return on capital, down from a previous target of 12 percent and a far cry from the 25 percent return that Deutsche Bank sought to achieve before the financial crisis. In addition, the bank said it aimed to cut costs by 3.5 billion euros, or about <hl> $3.8 billion <hl>, a year. The cuts would seem to suggest that Deutsche Bank will have little choice but to join other European banks like UBS or Barclays in scaling back its American operations.

In addition, the bank said it aimed to cut costs by 3.5 billion euros, or about <hl> $3.8 billion <hl> , a year.


Question: How long was the delay?

In the meantime, the deterioration of the corridor has caused a trail of woe for the trains, and passengers, using it. At Princeton Junction train station in New Jersey on Friday morning, an announcement informed the crowded platform that trains to New York’s Pennsylvania Station were delayed by 30 minutes. Soumitra Patil, 37, shook his head and laughed. Mr. Patil, who works in information technology at a bank in Manhattan, said he had missed meetings because of the delays. “I’m playing catch-up the whole day because of this,” he said.

Answer: 30 minutes

In the meantime, the deterioration of the corridor has caused a trail of woe for the trains, and passengers, using it. <hl> At Princeton Junction train station in New Jersey on Friday morning, an announcement informed the crowded platform that trains to New York’s Pennsylvania Station were delayed by 30 minutes . <hl> Soumitra Patil, 37, shook his head and laughed. Mr. Patil, who works in information technology at a bank in Manhattan, said he had missed meetings because of the delays. “I’m playing catch-up the whole day because of this,” he said.

In the meantime, the deterioration of the corridor has caused a trail of woe for the trains, and passengers, using it. At Princeton Junction train station in New Jersey on Friday morning, an announcement informed the crowded platform that trains to New York’s Pennsylvania Station were delayed by <hl> 30 minutes <hl>. Soumitra Patil, 37, shook his head and laughed. Mr. Patil, who works in information technology at a bank in Manhattan, said he had missed meetings because of the delays. “I’m playing catch-up the whole day because of this,” he said.

At Princeton Junction train station in New Jersey on Friday morning, an announcement informed the crowded platform that trains to New York’s Pennsylvania Station were delayed by <hl> 30 minutes <hl> .


Question: Who was a long time speaker of the NY state Assembly

ALBANY — Sheldon Silver, the longtime speaker of the New York State Assembly, agreed on Sunday to relinquish his duties on a temporary basis as he fights federal corruption charges.

Answer: Sheldon Silver

<hl> ALBANY — Sheldon Silver , the longtime speaker of the New York State Assembly, agreed on Sunday to relinquish his duties on a temporary basis as he fights federal corruption charges. <hl>

ALBANY — <hl> Sheldon Silver <hl>, the longtime speaker of the New York State Assembly, agreed on Sunday to relinquish his duties on a temporary basis as he fights federal corruption charges.

ALBANY — <hl> Sheldon Silver <hl> , the longtime speaker of the New York State Assembly, agreed on Sunday to relinquish his duties on a temporary basis as he fights federal corruption charges.


Question: Who plays Will's twin daughters?

The fleeting pleasures of “People Places Things,” Jim Strouse’s winsome trifle of a comedy, derive almost entirely from the charm of its star, Jemaine Clement, the New Zealand-born actor best known in America as one-half of the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords. Mr. Clement plays Will, a married 40-year-old graphic novelist and teacher of comic book art whose college classes are perceptive, witty mini-essays on drawing and narrative (illustrated by Mr. Strouse, a faculty member at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan). The story begins at a fifth birthday party for Will’s twin daughters (Gia and Aundrea Gadsby) in his family’s Brooklyn brownstone. In the middle of the celebration, Will goes upstairs and finds his wife, Charlie (Stephanie Allynne), having sex with their friend Gary (an ill-used Michael Chernus), an Off Broadway performance artist.

Answer: Gia and Aundrea Gadsby

The fleeting pleasures of “People Places Things,” Jim Strouse’s winsome trifle of a comedy, derive almost entirely from the charm of its star, Jemaine Clement, the New Zealand-born actor best known in America as one-half of the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords. Mr. Clement plays Will, a married 40-year-old graphic novelist and teacher of comic book art whose college classes are perceptive, witty mini-essays on drawing and narrative (illustrated by Mr. Strouse, a faculty member at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan). <hl> The story begins at a fifth birthday party for Will’s twin daughters ( Gia and Aundrea Gadsby ) in his family’s Brooklyn brownstone. <hl> In the middle of the celebration, Will goes upstairs and finds his wife, Charlie (Stephanie Allynne), having sex with their friend Gary (an ill-used Michael Chernus), an Off Broadway performance artist.

The fleeting pleasures of “People Places Things,” Jim Strouse’s winsome trifle of a comedy, derive almost entirely from the charm of its star, Jemaine Clement, the New Zealand-born actor best known in America as one-half of the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords. Mr. Clement plays Will, a married 40-year-old graphic novelist and teacher of comic book art whose college classes are perceptive, witty mini-essays on drawing and narrative (illustrated by Mr. Strouse, a faculty member at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan). The story begins at a fifth birthday party for Will’s twin daughters (<hl> Gia and Aundrea Gadsby <hl>) in his family’s Brooklyn brownstone. In the middle of the celebration, Will goes upstairs and finds his wife, Charlie (Stephanie Allynne), having sex with their friend Gary (an ill-used Michael Chernus), an Off Broadway performance artist.

The story begins at a fifth birthday party for Will’s twin daughters ( <hl> Gia and Aundrea Gadsby <hl> ) in his family’s Brooklyn brownstone.


Question: Besides Maltese, what is the other official language of Malta?

Malta’s citizenship program, which offers a passport to those willing to pay 1.2 million euros, about $1.3 million, has been controversial since it was introduced more than a year ago. But the residency requirements, meant to make the program more palatable, are only increasing the consternation among critics, who say the program has resulted in the sale of citizenship to the global 0.1 percent. Applicants must show they have rented a property in Malta for 12 months. But they do not necessarily have to spend any time in this Mediterranean island nation, raising the question of what genuine links they are establishing. “It is questionable how the residency requirement is being applied,” said Tonio Fenech, a member of Malta’s Parliament Lawyers, accountants and real estate agents say the citizenship program has catapulted Malta onto the radar of the global elite. Applications are pouring in, and the program aims to raise €2 billion, more than a quarter of Malta’s gross domestic product. “We want to attract individuals who can add value to our country because of their ideas, and their networks and their businesses and their talent,” said Jonathan Cardona, chief executive of Identity Malta, which administers the Individual Investor Program. Housed in a sprawling, fortresslike 16th-century building once used as a hospital, the Malta citizenship program nods to the country’s multicultural past, punctuated over the years by invasion. The Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Fatimids, Normans, Sicilians, Spanish, French, a European lay religious order and the British all tried to conquer or rule Malta, and many succeeded. Maltese, the official language with English, looks and sounds Arabic, but its speakers are primarily Roman Catholics who pray to Allah, or God.

Answer: English

Malta’s citizenship program, which offers a passport to those willing to pay 1.2 million euros, about $1.3 million, has been controversial since it was introduced more than a year ago. But the residency requirements, meant to make the program more palatable, are only increasing the consternation among critics, who say the program has resulted in the sale of citizenship to the global 0.1 percent. Applicants must show they have rented a property in Malta for 12 months. But they do not necessarily have to spend any time in this Mediterranean island nation, raising the question of what genuine links they are establishing. “It is questionable how the residency requirement is being applied,” said Tonio Fenech, a member of Malta’s Parliament Lawyers, accountants and real estate agents say the citizenship program has catapulted Malta onto the radar of the global elite. Applications are pouring in, and the program aims to raise €2 billion, more than a quarter of Malta’s gross domestic product. “We want to attract individuals who can add value to our country because of their ideas, and their networks and their businesses and their talent,” said Jonathan Cardona, chief executive of Identity Malta, which administers the Individual Investor Program. Housed in a sprawling, fortresslike 16th-century building once used as a hospital, the Malta citizenship program nods to the country’s multicultural past, punctuated over the years by invasion. The Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Fatimids, Normans, Sicilians, Spanish, French, a European lay religious order and the British all tried to conquer or rule Malta, and many succeeded. <hl> Maltese, the official language with English , looks and sounds Arabic, but its speakers are primarily Roman Catholics who pray to Allah, or God. <hl>

Malta’s citizenship program, which offers a passport to those willing to pay 1.2 million euros, about $1.3 million, has been controversial since it was introduced more than a year ago. But the residency requirements, meant to make the program more palatable, are only increasing the consternation among critics, who say the program has resulted in the sale of citizenship to the global 0.1 percent. Applicants must show they have rented a property in Malta for 12 months. But they do not necessarily have to spend any time in this Mediterranean island nation, raising the question of what genuine links they are establishing. “It is questionable how the residency requirement is being applied,” said Tonio Fenech, a member of Malta’s Parliament Lawyers, accountants and real estate agents say the citizenship program has catapulted Malta onto the radar of the global elite. Applications are pouring in, and the program aims to raise €2 billion, more than a quarter of Malta’s gross domestic product. “We want to attract individuals who can add value to our country because of their ideas, and their networks and their businesses and their talent,” said Jonathan Cardona, chief executive of Identity Malta, which administers the Individual Investor Program. Housed in a sprawling, fortresslike 16th-century building once used as a hospital, the Malta citizenship program nods to the country’s multicultural past, punctuated over the years by invasion. The Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Fatimids, Normans, Sicilians, Spanish, French, a European lay religious order and the British all tried to conquer or rule Malta, and many succeeded. Maltese, the official language with <hl> English <hl>, looks and sounds Arabic, but its speakers are primarily Roman Catholics who pray to Allah, or God.

Maltese, the official language with <hl> English <hl> , looks and sounds Arabic, but its speakers are primarily Roman Catholics who pray to Allah, or God.


Question: Who became the youngest winner of the Ted Hughes poetry prize?

A wunderkind rapper and spoken word performer equally influenced by Wu-Tang Clan and Joyce, Bukowski and Blake; an English poet whose musical sense of language bridges the worlds of rap and traditional lyric verse; a fan favorite at the Glastonbury music festival who became the youngest winner of the Ted Hughes poetry prize. Such dichotomies not only attest to the 29-year-old Kate Tempest’s gift for shattering — and transcending — convention and conventional genres, but they also underscore the tensions and contradictions that fuel her dynamic art. Tiresias, the blind seer in Greek mythology who lived as a man and a woman, is the presiding figure in her collection “Hold Your Own,” and the contemporary characters in her dazzling story-poem “Brand New Ancients” are also conflicted beings in search of a self. They are torn between confidence and self-loathing, between aching loneliness and the tumult of love, between ambition and a revulsion for the phony accouterments of fame. Ms. Tempest describes these ordinary people as gods, and their quarrels — so reminiscent of the squabbling among the Greek gods on Mount Olympus — are both petty and profound.

Answer: Kate Tempest

A wunderkind rapper and spoken word performer equally influenced by Wu-Tang Clan and Joyce, Bukowski and Blake; an English poet whose musical sense of language bridges the worlds of rap and traditional lyric verse; a fan favorite at the Glastonbury music festival who became the youngest winner of the Ted Hughes poetry prize. <hl> Such dichotomies not only attest to the 29-year-old Kate Tempest ’s gift for shattering — and transcending — convention and conventional genres, but they also underscore the tensions and contradictions that fuel her dynamic art. <hl> Tiresias, the blind seer in Greek mythology who lived as a man and a woman, is the presiding figure in her collection “Hold Your Own,” and the contemporary characters in her dazzling story-poem “Brand New Ancients” are also conflicted beings in search of a self. They are torn between confidence and self-loathing, between aching loneliness and the tumult of love, between ambition and a revulsion for the phony accouterments of fame. Ms. Tempest describes these ordinary people as gods, and their quarrels — so reminiscent of the squabbling among the Greek gods on Mount Olympus — are both petty and profound.

A wunderkind rapper and spoken word performer equally influenced by Wu-Tang Clan and Joyce, Bukowski and Blake; an English poet whose musical sense of language bridges the worlds of rap and traditional lyric verse; a fan favorite at the Glastonbury music festival who became the youngest winner of the Ted Hughes poetry prize. Such dichotomies not only attest to the 29-year-old <hl> Kate Tempest <hl>’s gift for shattering — and transcending — convention and conventional genres, but they also underscore the tensions and contradictions that fuel her dynamic art. Tiresias, the blind seer in Greek mythology who lived as a man and a woman, is the presiding figure in her collection “Hold Your Own,” and the contemporary characters in her dazzling story-poem “Brand New Ancients” are also conflicted beings in search of a self. They are torn between confidence and self-loathing, between aching loneliness and the tumult of love, between ambition and a revulsion for the phony accouterments of fame. Ms. Tempest describes these ordinary people as gods, and their quarrels — so reminiscent of the squabbling among the Greek gods on Mount Olympus — are both petty and profound.

Such dichotomies not only attest to the 29-year-old <hl> Kate Tempest <hl> ’s gift for shattering — and transcending — convention and conventional genres, but they also underscore the tensions and contradictions that fuel her dynamic art.


Question: What does Jean Pisani-Ferry think would be a serious threat to the economy?

Mr. Draghi reiterated that the E.C.B. does not try to achieve a certain exchange rate for the euro. The recent decline in the euro, he said, is “a natural outcome of diverging monetary policy path in the U.S. and the euro area. Markets expect a less accommodative monetary policy in the United States. This contributes to a stronger dollar.” Mr. Draghi and other top E.C.B. officials appear to be preparing financial markets for stronger action to combat low inflation. “Low inflation is already a serious obstacle to economic recovery and rebalancing within the eurozone,” Jean Pisani-Ferry, an economist who serves as a policy adviser to the French government, wrote in a blog post this week. “Outright deflation would be an even more dangerous threat.”

Answer: Outright deflation

Mr. Draghi reiterated that the E.C.B. does not try to achieve a certain exchange rate for the euro. The recent decline in the euro, he said, is “a natural outcome of diverging monetary policy path in the U.S. and the euro area. Markets expect a less accommodative monetary policy in the United States. This contributes to a stronger dollar.” Mr. Draghi and other top E.C.B. officials appear to be preparing financial markets for stronger action to combat low inflation. “Low inflation is already a serious obstacle to economic recovery and rebalancing within the eurozone,” Jean Pisani-Ferry, an economist who serves as a policy adviser to the French government, wrote in a blog post this week. <hl> “ Outright deflation would be an even more dangerous threat.” <hl>

Mr. Draghi reiterated that the E.C.B. does not try to achieve a certain exchange rate for the euro. The recent decline in the euro, he said, is “a natural outcome of diverging monetary policy path in the U.S. and the euro area. Markets expect a less accommodative monetary policy in the United States. This contributes to a stronger dollar.” Mr. Draghi and other top E.C.B. officials appear to be preparing financial markets for stronger action to combat low inflation. “Low inflation is already a serious obstacle to economic recovery and rebalancing within the eurozone,” Jean Pisani-Ferry, an economist who serves as a policy adviser to the French government, wrote in a blog post this week. “<hl> Outright deflation <hl> would be an even more dangerous threat.”

“ <hl> Outright deflation <hl> would be an even more dangerous threat.”


Question: Foreign countries mentioned include Israel and what other country?

Your claim that the negotiations place tough constraints on Iran rings hollow, based on the permissibility of Iran’s keeping its nuclear installations and the large number of centrifuges still allowed. Furthermore, a 10-year limit to an agreement makes it almost worthless. ANTHONY WINSTON East Brunswick, N.J. To the Editor: As a Democrat who supports Israel, I am saddened and dismayed that its prime minister would use the podium of one of our most hallowed political institutions to bad-mouth a deal that has not even been struck. With friends like that, who needs enemies?

Answer: Iran

<hl> Your claim that the negotiations place tough constraints on Iran rings hollow, based on the permissibility of Iran’s keeping its nuclear installations and the large number of centrifuges still allowed. <hl> Furthermore, a 10-year limit to an agreement makes it almost worthless. ANTHONY WINSTON East Brunswick, N.J. To the Editor: As a Democrat who supports Israel, I am saddened and dismayed that its prime minister would use the podium of one of our most hallowed political institutions to bad-mouth a deal that has not even been struck. With friends like that, who needs enemies?

Your claim that the negotiations place tough constraints on <hl> Iran <hl> rings hollow, based on the permissibility of Iran’s keeping its nuclear installations and the large number of centrifuges still allowed. Furthermore, a 10-year limit to an agreement makes it almost worthless. ANTHONY WINSTON East Brunswick, N.J. To the Editor: As a Democrat who supports Israel, I am saddened and dismayed that its prime minister would use the podium of one of our most hallowed political institutions to bad-mouth a deal that has not even been struck. With friends like that, who needs enemies?


Question: Who had goals in regulation for the Flyers?

Brayden Schenn and Claude Giroux had goals in regulation for the host Flyers, who were shut out in the previous two games and entered averaging an N.H.L.-worst 1.70 goals per game. BLUES 2, SABRES 1 Troy Brouwer and Robby Fabbri scored third-period goals, and St. Louis came back to win in Buffalo. Jake Allen made 24 saves in the win, the Blues’ second against Buffalo in the last week. KINGS 3, PANTHERS 1 Jonathan Quick bounced back from a poor performance and Alec Martinez scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period to lift Los Angeles over Florida.

Answer: Brayden Schenn and Claude Giroux

<hl> Brayden Schenn and Claude Giroux had goals in regulation for the host Flyers, who were shut out in the previous two games and entered averaging an N.H.L.-worst 1.70 goals per game. <hl> BLUES 2, SABRES 1 Troy Brouwer and Robby Fabbri scored third-period goals, and St. Louis came back to win in Buffalo. Jake Allen made 24 saves in the win, the Blues’ second against Buffalo in the last week. KINGS 3, PANTHERS 1 Jonathan Quick bounced back from a poor performance and Alec Martinez scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period to lift Los Angeles over Florida.

<hl> Brayden Schenn and Claude Giroux <hl> had goals in regulation for the host Flyers, who were shut out in the previous two games and entered averaging an N.H.L.-worst 1.70 goals per game. BLUES 2, SABRES 1 Troy Brouwer and Robby Fabbri scored third-period goals, and St. Louis came back to win in Buffalo. Jake Allen made 24 saves in the win, the Blues’ second against Buffalo in the last week. KINGS 3, PANTHERS 1 Jonathan Quick bounced back from a poor performance and Alec Martinez scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period to lift Los Angeles over Florida.


Question: Octavio Cisneros holds what rank?

The city’s population of children in foster care hit its peak in the early 1990s, amid a crack epidemic, topping 49,000 in December 1991. Since then, the numbers have steadily declined, in part because of a shift in strategy that seeks to keep families unified as long as possible while addressing underlying problems in the household. On Sunday, officials from the children’s services agency addressed the Holy Child Jesus congregation at a Spanish-language morning Mass and at an English-language midday Mass. The appearance of the baby last month was celebrated in the parish as a message of hope. Some have taken to calling the boy Emmanuel. The Rev. Christopher R. Heanue, a parochial vicar at the church, has nicknamed him John the Baptist. During one of the Sunday services, the church’s pastor, Bishop Octavio Cisneros, referred to the baby as “our little one.” “I would like to express our gratitude to you in person for taking care of the baby that was found here Thanksgiving week, the start of this very special time of the year,” Ms. McKnight told congregants at the midday Mass. The baby, she reported, was “thriving” in his foster home. “But,” she said, “this little one has come to represent something greater.” She then introduced the agency’s “call to action” on adoption. After the services, Bishop Cisneros said he was hopeful about the campaign.

Answer: Bishop

The city’s population of children in foster care hit its peak in the early 1990s, amid a crack epidemic, topping 49,000 in December 1991. Since then, the numbers have steadily declined, in part because of a shift in strategy that seeks to keep families unified as long as possible while addressing underlying problems in the household. On Sunday, officials from the children’s services agency addressed the Holy Child Jesus congregation at a Spanish-language morning Mass and at an English-language midday Mass. The appearance of the baby last month was celebrated in the parish as a message of hope. Some have taken to calling the boy Emmanuel. The Rev. Christopher R. Heanue, a parochial vicar at the church, has nicknamed him John the Baptist. <hl> During one of the Sunday services, the church’s pastor, Bishop Octavio Cisneros, referred to the baby as “our little one.” <hl> “I would like to express our gratitude to you in person for taking care of the baby that was found here Thanksgiving week, the start of this very special time of the year,” Ms. McKnight told congregants at the midday Mass. The baby, she reported, was “thriving” in his foster home. “But,” she said, “this little one has come to represent something greater.” She then introduced the agency’s “call to action” on adoption. After the services, Bishop Cisneros said he was hopeful about the campaign.

The city’s population of children in foster care hit its peak in the early 1990s, amid a crack epidemic, topping 49,000 in December 1991. Since then, the numbers have steadily declined, in part because of a shift in strategy that seeks to keep families unified as long as possible while addressing underlying problems in the household. On Sunday, officials from the children’s services agency addressed the Holy Child Jesus congregation at a Spanish-language morning Mass and at an English-language midday Mass. The appearance of the baby last month was celebrated in the parish as a message of hope. Some have taken to calling the boy Emmanuel. The Rev. Christopher R. Heanue, a parochial vicar at the church, has nicknamed him John the Baptist. During one of the Sunday services, the church’s pastor, <hl> Bishop <hl> Octavio Cisneros, referred to the baby as “our little one.” “I would like to express our gratitude to you in person for taking care of the baby that was found here Thanksgiving week, the start of this very special time of the year,” Ms. McKnight told congregants at the midday Mass. The baby, she reported, was “thriving” in his foster home. “But,” she said, “this little one has come to represent something greater.” She then introduced the agency’s “call to action” on adoption. After the services, Bishop Cisneros said he was hopeful about the campaign.


Question: What is the name of the Tennessee team?

TITANS 42, JAGUARS 39 Tennessee ended the N.F.L.’s longest home skid at 11 games. The Titans had not won on their own field since Oct. 12, 2014, when a blocked field-goal attempt helped them beat, coincidentally, Jacksonville. This time, the teams combined for six touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Only one game since 1940 has featured more in a fourth quarter, according to Stats L.L.C. The Jaguars’ Blake Bortles threw for 322 yards and five touchdowns, setting a franchise record for touchdown passes in a season (27).

Answer: Titans

TITANS 42, JAGUARS 39 Tennessee ended the N.F.L.’s longest home skid at 11 games. <hl> The Titans had not won on their own field since Oct. 12, 2014, when a blocked field-goal attempt helped them beat, coincidentally, Jacksonville. <hl> This time, the teams combined for six touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Only one game since 1940 has featured more in a fourth quarter, according to Stats L.L.C. The Jaguars’ Blake Bortles threw for 322 yards and five touchdowns, setting a franchise record for touchdown passes in a season (27).

TITANS 42, JAGUARS 39 Tennessee ended the N.F.L.’s longest home skid at 11 games. The <hl> Titans <hl> had not won on their own field since Oct. 12, 2014, when a blocked field-goal attempt helped them beat, coincidentally, Jacksonville. This time, the teams combined for six touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Only one game since 1940 has featured more in a fourth quarter, according to Stats L.L.C. The Jaguars’ Blake Bortles threw for 322 yards and five touchdowns, setting a franchise record for touchdown passes in a season (27).


Question: What percentage of men play videogames?

Like men, about half of all women play video games. But men are far more likely to call themselves “gamers.” That’s according to a new Pew Research Center survey that found 48 percent of women play video games, just shy of the 50 percent of men who play. The gamer identity was far less attractive to women, however, with 6 percent of them adopting the label compared with 15 percent of men. Video game experts said it was no surprise that women are shunning an association with gaming culture as the community of hard-core players has become increasingly identified with sexist attitudes among its fringe members.

Answer: 50 percent of men

Like men, about half of all women play video games. But men are far more likely to call themselves “gamers.” <hl> That’s according to a new Pew Research Center survey that found 48 percent of women play video games, just shy of the 50 percent of men who play. <hl> The gamer identity was far less attractive to women, however, with 6 percent of them adopting the label compared with 15 percent of men. Video game experts said it was no surprise that women are shunning an association with gaming culture as the community of hard-core players has become increasingly identified with sexist attitudes among its fringe members.

Like men, about half of all women play video games. But men are far more likely to call themselves “gamers.” That’s according to a new Pew Research Center survey that found 48 percent of women play video games, just shy of the <hl> 50 percent of men <hl> who play. The gamer identity was far less attractive to women, however, with 6 percent of them adopting the label compared with 15 percent of men. Video game experts said it was no surprise that women are shunning an association with gaming culture as the community of hard-core players has become increasingly identified with sexist attitudes among its fringe members.


Question: How many submissions of art were made?

A major focus of the Iraqi pavilion this year (held at Ca’ Dandolo, a palazzo on the Grand Canal) is a set of drawings by adult Iraqi refugees who fled the Islamic State’s onslaught. These depictions — a hooded militant shooting a mother and child, a bandaged man whose bleeding heart is shaped like Iraq — were produced when the Ruya Foundation took paper, pencils and crayons to refugees in three camps in northern Iraq. All 546 submissions were then flown to Beijing and shown to the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who made a selection for a book published by the foundation. (That book is on sale at the exhibition and proceeds will go to the refugees.)

Answer: 546

A major focus of the Iraqi pavilion this year (held at Ca’ Dandolo, a palazzo on the Grand Canal) is a set of drawings by adult Iraqi refugees who fled the Islamic State’s onslaught. These depictions — a hooded militant shooting a mother and child, a bandaged man whose bleeding heart is shaped like Iraq — were produced when the Ruya Foundation took paper, pencils and crayons to refugees in three camps in northern Iraq. <hl> All 546 submissions were then flown to Beijing and shown to the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who made a selection for a book published by the foundation. <hl> (That book is on sale at the exhibition and proceeds will go to the refugees.)

A major focus of the Iraqi pavilion this year (held at Ca’ Dandolo, a palazzo on the Grand Canal) is a set of drawings by adult Iraqi refugees who fled the Islamic State’s onslaught. These depictions — a hooded militant shooting a mother and child, a bandaged man whose bleeding heart is shaped like Iraq — were produced when the Ruya Foundation took paper, pencils and crayons to refugees in three camps in northern Iraq. All <hl> 546 <hl> submissions were then flown to Beijing and shown to the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who made a selection for a book published by the foundation. (That book is on sale at the exhibition and proceeds will go to the refugees.)


Question: Where did the boat stop 300 yards off of?

SAN PEDRO, Calif. —  The boat stopped 300 yards off San Nicolas Island at 5:30 a.m. Monday, and Zach Jirkovsky was among those who stirred from his bunk. An environmental engineer, he had been to the island two years before for work, and ever since, he had been thinking about a return trip and about swimming the 70-mile channel back to the Southern California mainland. It was far too great a distance to bridge alone, so he asked his friends from a swim group called the Deep Enders in Ventura, Calif., to take on the challenge as a relay. Most of the Deep Enders were collegiate swimmers once upon a time, and all had serious channel crossings on their résumés.

Answer: San Nicolas Island

<hl> SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The boat stopped 300 yards off San Nicolas Island at 5:30 a.m. Monday, and Zach Jirkovsky was among those who stirred from his bunk. <hl> An environmental engineer, he had been to the island two years before for work, and ever since, he had been thinking about a return trip and about swimming the 70-mile channel back to the Southern California mainland. It was far too great a distance to bridge alone, so he asked his friends from a swim group called the Deep Enders in Ventura, Calif., to take on the challenge as a relay. Most of the Deep Enders were collegiate swimmers once upon a time, and all had serious channel crossings on their résumés.

SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The boat stopped 300 yards off <hl> San Nicolas Island <hl> at 5:30 a.m. Monday, and Zach Jirkovsky was among those who stirred from his bunk. An environmental engineer, he had been to the island two years before for work, and ever since, he had been thinking about a return trip and about swimming the 70-mile channel back to the Southern California mainland. It was far too great a distance to bridge alone, so he asked his friends from a swim group called the Deep Enders in Ventura, Calif., to take on the challenge as a relay. Most of the Deep Enders were collegiate swimmers once upon a time, and all had serious channel crossings on their résumés.


Question: What country is providing training for the Ukrainian?

The training aims to remold the Ukrainian units by increasing the responsibilities of noncommissioned officers, fixing a Soviet legacy of an officer-heavy infantry. Without sergeants paying attention, basic mistakes were being made, the trainers said. Capt. Nicholas Salimbene, an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off. “It’s about the professionalism of the force,” he said. “We want them to look like soldiers.” “You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.” The Ukrainians should, too, Captain Salimbene said. The United States is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians. Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “99 percent” of the men in the course had already been in combat.

Answer: United States

The training aims to remold the Ukrainian units by increasing the responsibilities of noncommissioned officers, fixing a Soviet legacy of an officer-heavy infantry. Without sergeants paying attention, basic mistakes were being made, the trainers said. Capt. Nicholas Salimbene, an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off. “It’s about the professionalism of the force,” he said. “We want them to look like soldiers.” “You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.” The Ukrainians should, too, Captain Salimbene said. <hl> The United States is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians. <hl> Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “99 percent” of the men in the course had already been in combat.

The training aims to remold the Ukrainian units by increasing the responsibilities of noncommissioned officers, fixing a Soviet legacy of an officer-heavy infantry. Without sergeants paying attention, basic mistakes were being made, the trainers said. Capt. Nicholas Salimbene, an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off. “It’s about the professionalism of the force,” he said. “We want them to look like soldiers.” “You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.” The Ukrainians should, too, Captain Salimbene said. The <hl> United States <hl> is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians. Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “99 percent” of the men in the course had already been in combat.


Question: Where is Ms. Friedman from?

“Knowing you have a little extra security is very comforting and helpful,” said Ms. Friedman, who is from Fair Lawn, N.J. The introduction of the program, called Bridge to Success, comes as law school graduates across the country face increasing competition in a depressed job market that is only slowly recovering from the economic downturn. “This builds on the overall approach that we’ve taken to be very student-centric, to listen to what students need,” said Nicholas W. Allard, dean of Brooklyn Law School. He said it was the school’s strong financial standing, including an endowment of $133 million as of May, that made the program possible.

Answer: Fair Lawn, N.J.

<hl> “Knowing you have a little extra security is very comforting and helpful,” said Ms. Friedman, who is from Fair Lawn, N.J. The introduction of the program, called Bridge to Success, comes as law school graduates across the country face increasing competition in a depressed job market that is only slowly recovering from the economic downturn. <hl> “This builds on the overall approach that we’ve taken to be very student-centric, to listen to what students need,” said Nicholas W. Allard, dean of Brooklyn Law School. He said it was the school’s strong financial standing, including an endowment of $133 million as of May, that made the program possible.

“Knowing you have a little extra security is very comforting and helpful,” said Ms. Friedman, who is from <hl> Fair Lawn, N.J. <hl> The introduction of the program, called Bridge to Success, comes as law school graduates across the country face increasing competition in a depressed job market that is only slowly recovering from the economic downturn. “This builds on the overall approach that we’ve taken to be very student-centric, to listen to what students need,” said Nicholas W. Allard, dean of Brooklyn Law School. He said it was the school’s strong financial standing, including an endowment of $133 million as of May, that made the program possible.


Question: Who should read to a child as soon as possible and use expressive gestures?

Ms. Jefferson said Ms. Harper had described bringing her son to the Del Amo Behavioral Health System in Torrance, Calif., near where they had lived before moving to Oregon. “He calls and says, ‘Take me out, take me out,’ ” Ms. Jefferson said, recalling her conversations with Ms. Harper. “She didn’t take him out until the doctor said he was ready to get out.” One piece of advice Ms. Harper dispensed online for a parent with an autistic infant was to start reading to the child as soon as possible and to use expressive gestures. An online posting from six years ago included the unlikely revelation that she used to read to her son a book by Donald J. Trump, the real estate mogul now running for president, who recently suggested that childhood vaccines cause autism — a claim Ms. Harper dismisses in her postings.

Answer: a parent with an autistic infant

Ms. Jefferson said Ms. Harper had described bringing her son to the Del Amo Behavioral Health System in Torrance, Calif., near where they had lived before moving to Oregon. “He calls and says, ‘Take me out, take me out,’ ” Ms. Jefferson said, recalling her conversations with Ms. Harper. “She didn’t take him out until the doctor said he was ready to get out.” <hl> One piece of advice Ms. Harper dispensed online for a parent with an autistic infant was to start reading to the child as soon as possible and to use expressive gestures. <hl> An online posting from six years ago included the unlikely revelation that she used to read to her son a book by Donald J. Trump, the real estate mogul now running for president, who recently suggested that childhood vaccines cause autism — a claim Ms. Harper dismisses in her postings.

Ms. Jefferson said Ms. Harper had described bringing her son to the Del Amo Behavioral Health System in Torrance, Calif., near where they had lived before moving to Oregon. “He calls and says, ‘Take me out, take me out,’ ” Ms. Jefferson said, recalling her conversations with Ms. Harper. “She didn’t take him out until the doctor said he was ready to get out.” One piece of advice Ms. Harper dispensed online for <hl> a parent with an autistic infant <hl> was to start reading to the child as soon as possible and to use expressive gestures. An online posting from six years ago included the unlikely revelation that she used to read to her son a book by Donald J. Trump, the real estate mogul now running for president, who recently suggested that childhood vaccines cause autism — a claim Ms. Harper dismisses in her postings.


Question: In the Cabaret Cinema series, the Rubin Museum of Art will host public talks about what subject?

Consequences (through Friday) Truth be told, this overarching theme for the Rubin Museum of Art’s Cabaret Cinema series is fairly accommodating. With the occasional exception of the Coen brothers at their most fatalistic, what other filmmaker would claim that his or her onscreen actions have no reactions? Still, the museum (which has an accompanying series of public talks about karma) has assembled some fairly instructive examples. The series wraps up this Friday with “Prince of the Himalayas.” At 9:30 p.m., 150 West 17th Street, Chelsea, 212-620-5000, rubinmuseum.org. (Grode)

Answer: karma

Consequences (through Friday) Truth be told, this overarching theme for the Rubin Museum of Art’s Cabaret Cinema series is fairly accommodating. With the occasional exception of the Coen brothers at their most fatalistic, what other filmmaker would claim that his or her onscreen actions have no reactions? <hl> Still, the museum (which has an accompanying series of public talks about karma ) has assembled some fairly instructive examples. <hl> The series wraps up this Friday with “Prince of the Himalayas.” At 9:30 p.m., 150 West 17th Street, Chelsea, 212-620-5000, rubinmuseum.org. (Grode)

Consequences (through Friday) Truth be told, this overarching theme for the Rubin Museum of Art’s Cabaret Cinema series is fairly accommodating. With the occasional exception of the Coen brothers at their most fatalistic, what other filmmaker would claim that his or her onscreen actions have no reactions? Still, the museum (which has an accompanying series of public talks about <hl> karma <hl>) has assembled some fairly instructive examples. The series wraps up this Friday with “Prince of the Himalayas.” At 9:30 p.m., 150 West 17th Street, Chelsea, 212-620-5000, rubinmuseum.org. (Grode)

Still, the museum (which has an accompanying series of public talks about <hl> karma <hl> ) has assembled some fairly instructive examples.


Question: How many states no longer purchase guardrails from Trinity?

Trinity Industries, which has been accused of making a guardrail that can malfunction and impale drivers, indicated on Friday that it would resume selling the product — days after the Virginia attorney general’s office said the guardrail had “failed miserably” in a crash test. It has been almost a year since Trinity stopped shipping its guardrail system, called the ET-Plus, after a jury in a whistle-blower case found that the company had defrauded the federal government when it failed to disclose potentially hazardous changes it made in 2005. More than 30 states also suspended purchase of the guardrails units.

Answer: More than 30

Trinity Industries, which has been accused of making a guardrail that can malfunction and impale drivers, indicated on Friday that it would resume selling the product — days after the Virginia attorney general’s office said the guardrail had “failed miserably” in a crash test. It has been almost a year since Trinity stopped shipping its guardrail system, called the ET-Plus, after a jury in a whistle-blower case found that the company had defrauded the federal government when it failed to disclose potentially hazardous changes it made in 2005. <hl> More than 30 states also suspended purchase of the guardrails units. <hl>

Trinity Industries, which has been accused of making a guardrail that can malfunction and impale drivers, indicated on Friday that it would resume selling the product — days after the Virginia attorney general’s office said the guardrail had “failed miserably” in a crash test. It has been almost a year since Trinity stopped shipping its guardrail system, called the ET-Plus, after a jury in a whistle-blower case found that the company had defrauded the federal government when it failed to disclose potentially hazardous changes it made in 2005. <hl> More than 30 <hl> states also suspended purchase of the guardrails units.


Question: Who plays the derelict?

As with any young talent, she has a way to go, including as a screenwriter. “Trainwreck” has groaners and dead spots (including a dreary art-film parody with Daniel Radcliffe and Marisa Tomei), and its jokes about race don’t have the penetrating wit that her material on sex and gender does. Like a lot of white people, Ms. Schumer can fumble when latching onto race; unlike a lot of white performers, she takes on race directly. The looming appearance of LeBron James, who plays himself as well as Aaron’s odd-couple-like best friend, may be a heat-seeking gimmick (he’s the movie’s biggest star), but he’s a surprisingly limber comic presence and he helps set up a sharp scene in which Aaron challenges Amy’s bumblingly false claim about having black friends. Amy wiggles through that embarrassment, as she does repeatedly. That could be seen as having your cake and eating it too, but mostly it adds another ding to an often ridiculous, imperfect, recognizable character. (This is, after all, a woman who, when she cuts back on her drinking, donates her booze to a derelict played by Dave Attell.) At times in some of her bits, Ms. Schumer has, like other comics, used fakey apologies as get-out-of- jail cards, as a way to both toss out insults and smilingly refuse responsibility for them. In “Trainwreck,” as in her best work elsewhere, Ms. Schumer is at her strongest when she insists that women aren’t distressed damsels but — as they toddle, walk and race in the highest of heels, the tightest of skirts, the sexiest, mightiest of poses — the absolute agents of their lives and desires.

Answer: Dave Attell

As with any young talent, she has a way to go, including as a screenwriter. “Trainwreck” has groaners and dead spots (including a dreary art-film parody with Daniel Radcliffe and Marisa Tomei), and its jokes about race don’t have the penetrating wit that her material on sex and gender does. Like a lot of white people, Ms. Schumer can fumble when latching onto race; unlike a lot of white performers, she takes on race directly. The looming appearance of LeBron James, who plays himself as well as Aaron’s odd-couple-like best friend, may be a heat-seeking gimmick (he’s the movie’s biggest star), but he’s a surprisingly limber comic presence and he helps set up a sharp scene in which Aaron challenges Amy’s bumblingly false claim about having black friends. Amy wiggles through that embarrassment, as she does repeatedly. That could be seen as having your cake and eating it too, but mostly it adds another ding to an often ridiculous, imperfect, recognizable character. <hl> (This is, after all, a woman who, when she cuts back on her drinking, donates her booze to a derelict played by Dave Attell .) <hl> At times in some of her bits, Ms. Schumer has, like other comics, used fakey apologies as get-out-of- jail cards, as a way to both toss out insults and smilingly refuse responsibility for them. In “Trainwreck,” as in her best work elsewhere, Ms. Schumer is at her strongest when she insists that women aren’t distressed damsels but — as they toddle, walk and race in the highest of heels, the tightest of skirts, the sexiest, mightiest of poses — the absolute agents of their lives and desires.

As with any young talent, she has a way to go, including as a screenwriter. “Trainwreck” has groaners and dead spots (including a dreary art-film parody with Daniel Radcliffe and Marisa Tomei), and its jokes about race don’t have the penetrating wit that her material on sex and gender does. Like a lot of white people, Ms. Schumer can fumble when latching onto race; unlike a lot of white performers, she takes on race directly. The looming appearance of LeBron James, who plays himself as well as Aaron’s odd-couple-like best friend, may be a heat-seeking gimmick (he’s the movie’s biggest star), but he’s a surprisingly limber comic presence and he helps set up a sharp scene in which Aaron challenges Amy’s bumblingly false claim about having black friends. Amy wiggles through that embarrassment, as she does repeatedly. That could be seen as having your cake and eating it too, but mostly it adds another ding to an often ridiculous, imperfect, recognizable character. (This is, after all, a woman who, when she cuts back on her drinking, donates her booze to a derelict played by <hl> Dave Attell <hl>.) At times in some of her bits, Ms. Schumer has, like other comics, used fakey apologies as get-out-of- jail cards, as a way to both toss out insults and smilingly refuse responsibility for them. In “Trainwreck,” as in her best work elsewhere, Ms. Schumer is at her strongest when she insists that women aren’t distressed damsels but — as they toddle, walk and race in the highest of heels, the tightest of skirts, the sexiest, mightiest of poses — the absolute agents of their lives and desires.

(This is, after all, a woman who, when she cuts back on her drinking, donates her booze to a derelict played by <hl> Dave Attell <hl> .)


Question: Who accompanied the star?

An appealing portrait miniature of a woman who loses and finds her bearings, “Alex of Venice” takes place against that messy Los Angeles backdrop of beachside attractions and boardwalk crowds, millionaire mansions and homeless encampments known as Venice. That’s the neighborhood in which the heroine, Alex (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), grew up and that, with her family, she still calls home. She may not notice the carnival anymore, but the director, Chris Messina, takes time to gently point out some of the more picturesque sites, like the Venice sign that serves as a gateway to the Pacific and the arched walkways that Orson Welles immortalized in “Touch of Evil.”

Answer: Chris Messina

An appealing portrait miniature of a woman who loses and finds her bearings, “Alex of Venice” takes place against that messy Los Angeles backdrop of beachside attractions and boardwalk crowds, millionaire mansions and homeless encampments known as Venice. That’s the neighborhood in which the heroine, Alex (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), grew up and that, with her family, she still calls home. <hl> She may not notice the carnival anymore, but the director, Chris Messina , takes time to gently point out some of the more picturesque sites, like the Venice sign that serves as a gateway to the Pacific and the arched walkways that Orson Welles immortalized in “Touch of Evil.” <hl>

An appealing portrait miniature of a woman who loses and finds her bearings, “Alex of Venice” takes place against that messy Los Angeles backdrop of beachside attractions and boardwalk crowds, millionaire mansions and homeless encampments known as Venice. That’s the neighborhood in which the heroine, Alex (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), grew up and that, with her family, she still calls home. She may not notice the carnival anymore, but the director, <hl> Chris Messina <hl>, takes time to gently point out some of the more picturesque sites, like the Venice sign that serves as a gateway to the Pacific and the arched walkways that Orson Welles immortalized in “Touch of Evil.”

She may not notice the carnival anymore, but the director, <hl> Chris Messina <hl> , takes time to gently point out some of the more picturesque sites, like the Venice sign that serves as a gateway to the Pacific and the arched walkways that Orson Welles immortalized in “Touch of Evil.”


Question: How much did Paul Mellon pay for Cezanne's "Boy in a Red Waistcoat"?

The $616,000 paid in 1958 by the banking heir Paul Mellon for Cézanne’s “Boy in a Red Waistcoat” at Sotheby’s sale of works from the Jakob Goldschmidt Collection — the first-ever “black tie” evening sale — was hailed as an auction high for a modern work of art. But then Old Masters were still the dominant collecting taste. Also, as “Capital in the 21st Century” points out, at that time the richest 10 percent claimed less than 35 percent of America’s national income, down from 50 percent in the 1920s, when Huntington was spending $20,000 on phone calls. It’s worth noting that this income-adjusted methodology ranks Van Gogh’s “Dr. Gachet” as the most expensive artwork sold at auction in modern times. That result was a direct product of Japan’s late 1980s “bubble” economy. Now, as the auction houses never tire of telling us, there are a lot more players at the top end of the art market from a lot more countries. No fewer than five telephone bidders were prepared to spend more than $120 million on Picasso’s “Femmes d’Alger” in New York last month.

Answer: $616,000

<hl> The $616,000 paid in 1958 by the banking heir Paul Mellon for Cézanne’s <hl> “Boy in a Red Waistcoat” at Sotheby’s sale of works from the Jakob Goldschmidt Collection — the first-ever “black tie” evening sale — was hailed as an auction high for a modern work of art. But then Old Masters were still the dominant collecting taste. Also, as “Capital in the 21st Century” points out, at that time the richest 10 percent claimed less than 35 percent of America’s national income, down from 50 percent in the 1920s, when Huntington was spending $20,000 on phone calls. It’s worth noting that this income-adjusted methodology ranks Van Gogh’s “Dr. Gachet” as the most expensive artwork sold at auction in modern times. That result was a direct product of Japan’s late 1980s “bubble” economy. Now, as the auction houses never tire of telling us, there are a lot more players at the top end of the art market from a lot more countries. No fewer than five telephone bidders were prepared to spend more than $120 million on Picasso’s “Femmes d’Alger” in New York last month.

The <hl> $616,000 <hl> paid in 1958 by the banking heir Paul Mellon for Cézanne’s “Boy in a Red Waistcoat” at Sotheby’s sale of works from the Jakob Goldschmidt Collection — the first-ever “black tie” evening sale — was hailed as an auction high for a modern work of art. But then Old Masters were still the dominant collecting taste. Also, as “Capital in the 21st Century” points out, at that time the richest 10 percent claimed less than 35 percent of America’s national income, down from 50 percent in the 1920s, when Huntington was spending $20,000 on phone calls. It’s worth noting that this income-adjusted methodology ranks Van Gogh’s “Dr. Gachet” as the most expensive artwork sold at auction in modern times. That result was a direct product of Japan’s late 1980s “bubble” economy. Now, as the auction houses never tire of telling us, there are a lot more players at the top end of the art market from a lot more countries. No fewer than five telephone bidders were prepared to spend more than $120 million on Picasso’s “Femmes d’Alger” in New York last month.


Question: What kind of talking device for communication was the unschool troops learned?

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: encrypted walkie-talkie

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. <hl> 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. <hl> 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 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 <hl> encrypted walkie-talkie <hl>; 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.

The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an <hl> encrypted walkie-talkie <hl> ; 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.


Question: Who said N.J.I.T was hoping for a completion date?

“I think we become a strong candidate now for all of these leagues,” Engles said. “We can attract some conferences now with a new facility.” Kaplan said the institute was hoping for a September 2017 completion date. Commissioners for the Northeast Conference, the America East Conference and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference each congratulated N.J.I.T. on the announcement of the new arena. But beyond that, they deferred comment. One hope for N.J.I.T. could come from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, a league of historically black colleges and universities.

Answer: Kaplan

“I think we become a strong candidate now for all of these leagues,” Engles said. <hl> “We can attract some conferences now with a new facility.” Kaplan said the institute was hoping for a September 2017 completion date. <hl> Commissioners for the Northeast Conference, the America East Conference and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference each congratulated N.J.I.T. on the announcement of the new arena. But beyond that, they deferred comment. One hope for N.J.I.T. could come from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, a league of historically black colleges and universities.

“I think we become a strong candidate now for all of these leagues,” Engles said. “We can attract some conferences now with a new facility.” <hl> Kaplan <hl> said the institute was hoping for a September 2017 completion date. Commissioners for the Northeast Conference, the America East Conference and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference each congratulated N.J.I.T. on the announcement of the new arena. But beyond that, they deferred comment. One hope for N.J.I.T. could come from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, a league of historically black colleges and universities.


Question: What figure had previously conversed multiple times with Mr. Heastie?

Ms. Miner noted that she had spoken to Mr. Heastie many times in the past; Mr. Heastie served for 14 years in the Assembly before becoming speaker. But in many cases Tuesday, Mr. Heastie, now one of the most powerful men in Albany, seemed to be introducing himself to members of the public. In his first five months on the job, Mr. Heastie has established himself as a quiet presence in the Capitol, with terse answers to reporters’ questions and a sedate, often dispassionate way of delivering speeches.

Answer: Ms. Miner

<hl> Ms. Miner noted that she had spoken to Mr. Heastie many times in the past; Mr. Heastie served for 14 years in the Assembly before becoming speaker. <hl> But in many cases Tuesday, Mr. Heastie, now one of the most powerful men in Albany, seemed to be introducing himself to members of the public. In his first five months on the job, Mr. Heastie has established himself as a quiet presence in the Capitol, with terse answers to reporters’ questions and a sedate, often dispassionate way of delivering speeches.

<hl> Ms. Miner <hl> noted that she had spoken to Mr. Heastie many times in the past; Mr. Heastie served for 14 years in the Assembly before becoming speaker. But in many cases Tuesday, Mr. Heastie, now one of the most powerful men in Albany, seemed to be introducing himself to members of the public. In his first five months on the job, Mr. Heastie has established himself as a quiet presence in the Capitol, with terse answers to reporters’ questions and a sedate, often dispassionate way of delivering speeches.


Question: How long has the store Alley of Ghosts been open?

This little shop’s odd moniker is apt, given the creative pursuits of its trio of owners: an artist and poet, a mixologist and a former fashion magazine editor. Along an easy-to-miss alley, this seven-month-old boutique is jam-packed with quirky contemporary clothes and accessories as well as vintage items, mostly from Cambodia. Current offerings include ultra soft cotton T-shirts silkscreened with bespectacled cow heads ($18). 252 Alley of Ghosts (Pub Street Extension/New Street A); 855-15-378-088; ministryofapm.com In their 14-month-old whitewashed space on the second floor of a French Colonial-era apartment building, the Parisians Christine Gleizes and Regis Bastide curate an array of items based on Ms. Gleizes’s travels. Cotton wraps by the Senegalese-based designer Johanna Bramble, inspired by the sacred baobab tree, rely on a time-honored weaving method ($90 to $169). Trendy handbags from Vietnam by the French designer Valérie Cordier are a collage of colors and patterns evoking Latin America and Asia, using materials like denim, rivets and leather remnants ($63 to $145). 29, Street 9; 855-17-543-541; christines-store.com Hailed as Cambodia’s first concept shop in Phnom Penh, trunkh now has an outpost in Siem Reap with repurposed and newly designed items inspired by Cambodian everyday life. The Californian and Aussie owners of both shops sell Khmer objects they find on road trips like old, painted signs from a beauty shop and a veterinary hospital ($200 to $600). Their signature piece: a robin’s-egg shutter turned into a brushed-steel and glass table ($350).

Answer: seven

This little shop’s odd moniker is apt, given the creative pursuits of its trio of owners: an artist and poet, a mixologist and a former fashion magazine editor. <hl> Along an easy-to-miss alley, this seven -month-old boutique is jam-packed with quirky contemporary clothes and accessories as well as vintage items, mostly from Cambodia. <hl> Current offerings include ultra soft cotton T-shirts silkscreened with bespectacled cow heads ($18). 252 Alley of Ghosts (Pub Street Extension/New Street A); 855-15-378-088; ministryofapm.com In their 14-month-old whitewashed space on the second floor of a French Colonial-era apartment building, the Parisians Christine Gleizes and Regis Bastide curate an array of items based on Ms. Gleizes’s travels. Cotton wraps by the Senegalese-based designer Johanna Bramble, inspired by the sacred baobab tree, rely on a time-honored weaving method ($90 to $169). Trendy handbags from Vietnam by the French designer Valérie Cordier are a collage of colors and patterns evoking Latin America and Asia, using materials like denim, rivets and leather remnants ($63 to $145). 29, Street 9; 855-17-543-541; christines-store.com Hailed as Cambodia’s first concept shop in Phnom Penh, trunkh now has an outpost in Siem Reap with repurposed and newly designed items inspired by Cambodian everyday life. The Californian and Aussie owners of both shops sell Khmer objects they find on road trips like old, painted signs from a beauty shop and a veterinary hospital ($200 to $600). Their signature piece: a robin’s-egg shutter turned into a brushed-steel and glass table ($350).

This little shop’s odd moniker is apt, given the creative pursuits of its trio of owners: an artist and poet, a mixologist and a former fashion magazine editor. Along an easy-to-miss alley, this <hl> seven <hl>-month-old boutique is jam-packed with quirky contemporary clothes and accessories as well as vintage items, mostly from Cambodia. Current offerings include ultra soft cotton T-shirts silkscreened with bespectacled cow heads ($18). 252 Alley of Ghosts (Pub Street Extension/New Street A); 855-15-378-088; ministryofapm.com In their 14-month-old whitewashed space on the second floor of a French Colonial-era apartment building, the Parisians Christine Gleizes and Regis Bastide curate an array of items based on Ms. Gleizes’s travels. Cotton wraps by the Senegalese-based designer Johanna Bramble, inspired by the sacred baobab tree, rely on a time-honored weaving method ($90 to $169). Trendy handbags from Vietnam by the French designer Valérie Cordier are a collage of colors and patterns evoking Latin America and Asia, using materials like denim, rivets and leather remnants ($63 to $145). 29, Street 9; 855-17-543-541; christines-store.com Hailed as Cambodia’s first concept shop in Phnom Penh, trunkh now has an outpost in Siem Reap with repurposed and newly designed items inspired by Cambodian everyday life. The Californian and Aussie owners of both shops sell Khmer objects they find on road trips like old, painted signs from a beauty shop and a veterinary hospital ($200 to $600). Their signature piece: a robin’s-egg shutter turned into a brushed-steel and glass table ($350).

Along an easy-to-miss alley, this <hl> seven <hl> -month-old boutique is jam-packed with quirky contemporary clothes and accessories as well as vintage items, mostly from Cambodia.


Question: What job did Mr. Clinton help Mr. Rodman get in 2010?

When Mr. Rodham was short on cash in 2010, Mr. Clinton helped get him a job for $72,000 a year raising investments in GreenTech Automotive, an electric car company then owned by Terry McAuliffe, an old friend of Mr. Clinton’s and now the governor of Virginia. “I was complaining to my brother-in-law I didn’t have any money. And he asked McAuliffe to give me a job,” Mr. Rodham said during the court proceedings, which were the result of a lawsuit over unpaid legal bills filed by his lawyer in a child support case. A brother down on his luck seeking help from more successful siblings is a familiar story, and presidents and their families have hardly been immune from that sometimes uncomfortable situation. For the Clintons, Tony Rodham has not been the only source of embarrassment.

Answer: raising investments in GreenTech Automotive

<hl> When Mr. Rodham was short on cash in 2010, Mr. Clinton helped get him a job for $72,000 a year raising investments in GreenTech Automotive , an electric car company then owned by Terry McAuliffe, an old friend of Mr. Clinton’s and now the governor of Virginia. <hl> “I was complaining to my brother-in-law I didn’t have any money. And he asked McAuliffe to give me a job,” Mr. Rodham said during the court proceedings, which were the result of a lawsuit over unpaid legal bills filed by his lawyer in a child support case. A brother down on his luck seeking help from more successful siblings is a familiar story, and presidents and their families have hardly been immune from that sometimes uncomfortable situation. For the Clintons, Tony Rodham has not been the only source of embarrassment.

When Mr. Rodham was short on cash in 2010, Mr. Clinton helped get him a job for $72,000 a year <hl> raising investments in GreenTech Automotive <hl>, an electric car company then owned by Terry McAuliffe, an old friend of Mr. Clinton’s and now the governor of Virginia. “I was complaining to my brother-in-law I didn’t have any money. And he asked McAuliffe to give me a job,” Mr. Rodham said during the court proceedings, which were the result of a lawsuit over unpaid legal bills filed by his lawyer in a child support case. A brother down on his luck seeking help from more successful siblings is a familiar story, and presidents and their families have hardly been immune from that sometimes uncomfortable situation. For the Clintons, Tony Rodham has not been the only source of embarrassment.

When Mr. Rodham was short on cash in 2010, Mr. Clinton helped get him a job for $72,000 a year <hl> raising investments in GreenTech Automotive <hl> , an electric car company then owned by Terry McAuliffe, an old friend of Mr. Clinton’s and now the governor of Virginia.


Question: Is the anonymity of the volunteers certain ?

These volunteers should be able to do their work without having to worry that the United States government is monitoring what they read and write. Unfortunately, their anonymity is far from certain because, using upstream surveillance, the N.S.A. intercepts and searches virtually all of the international text-based traffic that flows across the Internet “backbone” inside the United States. This is the network of fiber-optic cables and junctions that connect Wikipedia with its global community of readers and editors.

Answer: far from certain

These volunteers should be able to do their work without having to worry that the United States government is monitoring what they read and write. <hl> Unfortunately, their anonymity is far from certain because, using upstream surveillance, the N.S.A. intercepts and searches virtually all of the international text-based traffic that flows across the Internet “backbone” inside the United States. <hl> This is the network of fiber-optic cables and junctions that connect Wikipedia with its global community of readers and editors.

These volunteers should be able to do their work without having to worry that the United States government is monitoring what they read and write. Unfortunately, their anonymity is <hl> far from certain <hl> because, using upstream surveillance, the N.S.A. intercepts and searches virtually all of the international text-based traffic that flows across the Internet “backbone” inside the United States. This is the network of fiber-optic cables and junctions that connect Wikipedia with its global community of readers and editors.


Question: What did lundqvist call Julien's remarks?

“I know he does some acting on the side,” Julien said in a postgame news conference Friday, “but it doesn’t need to be on the ice.” Lundqvist called Julien’s remarks “disrespectful,” adding that his head and neck were still sore from the collision. “Diving has never been an option for me,” Lundqvist said. With Stepan out indefinitely, Vigneault recast his forward-line combinations Saturday, with the rookie Oscar Lindberg centering J. T. Miller and Jesper Fast, and Kevin Hayes centering Emerson Etem and Chris Kreider, who has one goal in his last 10 games.

Answer: disrespectful

“I know he does some acting on the side,” Julien said in a postgame news conference Friday, “but it doesn’t need to be on the ice.” <hl> Lundqvist called Julien’s remarks “ disrespectful ,” adding that his head and neck were still sore from the collision. <hl> “Diving has never been an option for me,” Lundqvist said. With Stepan out indefinitely, Vigneault recast his forward-line combinations Saturday, with the rookie Oscar Lindberg centering J. T. Miller and Jesper Fast, and Kevin Hayes centering Emerson Etem and Chris Kreider, who has one goal in his last 10 games.

“I know he does some acting on the side,” Julien said in a postgame news conference Friday, “but it doesn’t need to be on the ice.” Lundqvist called Julien’s remarks “<hl> disrespectful <hl>,” adding that his head and neck were still sore from the collision. “Diving has never been an option for me,” Lundqvist said. With Stepan out indefinitely, Vigneault recast his forward-line combinations Saturday, with the rookie Oscar Lindberg centering J. T. Miller and Jesper Fast, and Kevin Hayes centering Emerson Etem and Chris Kreider, who has one goal in his last 10 games.

Lundqvist called Julien’s remarks “ <hl> disrespectful <hl> ,” adding that his head and neck were still sore from the collision.


Question: What advice should women NOT be given in 2015?

Take Mr. Wadhwa’s claim that women in tech often underplay their accomplishments and that they should adopt a brash tone. In an article responding to the WNYC podcast, Mr. Wadhwa wrote that his findings were the product of two research
 reports, but those do not mention the confidence problem. When I asked him about it, he said the idea was born out of many interviews with women. His critics concede that women do sometimes underplay their strengths, but they point to another concern: Studies show that when women speak up in negotiations or other meetings, they are often penalized for doing so. And should women get ahead by aping the air of overconfidence and bravado that characterizes the Valley’s most cringe-inducing men? “I think that in 2015 we can give women better advice than ‘Behave more like men,’ ” said Cate Huston, a software engineer who has worked at Google and IBM.

Answer: ‘Behave more like men,’

Take Mr. Wadhwa’s claim that women in tech often underplay their accomplishments and that they should adopt a brash tone. In an article responding to the WNYC podcast, Mr. Wadhwa wrote that his findings were the product of two research reports, but those do not mention the confidence problem. When I asked him about it, he said the idea was born out of many interviews with women. His critics concede that women do sometimes underplay their strengths, but they point to another concern: Studies show that when women speak up in negotiations or other meetings, they are often penalized for doing so. And should women get ahead by aping the air of overconfidence and bravado that characterizes the Valley’s most cringe-inducing men? <hl> “I think that in 2015 we can give women better advice than ‘Behave more like men,’ ” said Cate Huston, a software engineer who has worked at Google and IBM. <hl>

Take Mr. Wadhwa’s claim that women in tech often underplay their accomplishments and that they should adopt a brash tone. In an article responding to the WNYC podcast, Mr. Wadhwa wrote that his findings were the product of two research reports, but those do not mention the confidence problem. When I asked him about it, he said the idea was born out of many interviews with women. His critics concede that women do sometimes underplay their strengths, but they point to another concern: Studies show that when women speak up in negotiations or other meetings, they are often penalized for doing so. And should women get ahead by aping the air of overconfidence and bravado that characterizes the Valley’s most cringe-inducing men? “I think that in 2015 we can give women better advice than <hl> ‘Behave more like men,’ <hl> ” said Cate Huston, a software engineer who has worked at Google and IBM.


Question: Which lines make stops on Flatbush and can reach Midtown Manhattan in half an hour.

The North Slope is well served by subway lines, including the 2, 3, B and Q, which make stops on Flatbush and reach Midtown Manhattan in about a half-hour. Nine trains stop at Atlantic Avenue - Barclays Center, including the D, N, 4 and 5. The R train serves stations along Fourth Avenue. Center and South Slope residents can catch the F and G on Fourth Avenue, Seventh Avenue and 15th Street-Prospect Park. The History Washington Park was home to a forerunner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, which used the Old Stone House of Gowanus, a 17th-century structure, as their clubhouse in the late 19th century. A reconstruction of the house stands in the park today.

Answer: 2, 3, B and Q

<hl> The North Slope is well served by subway lines, including the 2, 3, B and Q , which make stops on Flatbush and reach Midtown Manhattan in about a half-hour. <hl> Nine trains stop at Atlantic Avenue - Barclays Center, including the D, N, 4 and 5. The R train serves stations along Fourth Avenue. Center and South Slope residents can catch the F and G on Fourth Avenue, Seventh Avenue and 15th Street-Prospect Park. The History Washington Park was home to a forerunner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, which used the Old Stone House of Gowanus, a 17th-century structure, as their clubhouse in the late 19th century. A reconstruction of the house stands in the park today.

The North Slope is well served by subway lines, including the <hl> 2, 3, B and Q <hl>, which make stops on Flatbush and reach Midtown Manhattan in about a half-hour. Nine trains stop at Atlantic Avenue - Barclays Center, including the D, N, 4 and 5. The R train serves stations along Fourth Avenue. Center and South Slope residents can catch the F and G on Fourth Avenue, Seventh Avenue and 15th Street-Prospect Park. The History Washington Park was home to a forerunner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, which used the Old Stone House of Gowanus, a 17th-century structure, as their clubhouse in the late 19th century. A reconstruction of the house stands in the park today.

The North Slope is well served by subway lines, including the <hl> 2, 3, B and Q <hl> , which make stops on Flatbush and reach Midtown Manhattan in about a half-hour.


Question: How many scoreless innings were pitched by the Mets?

Torres’s elongated preparation apparently worked: De Jesus grounded out, and the Mets went on to win, 2-1, in 13 innings on Sunday afternoon. The Mets’ bullpen threw seven scoreless innings, and Bobby Parnell picked up his first victory since June 16, 2013. “We won the game,” Manager Terry Collins said. “That’s the only good thing that happened besides the pitching today.” The teams combined to use 11 pitchers during the final seven innings, and a 12th, the Reds’ Mike Leake, made an appearance as a pinch-hitter. The Mets left runners on base in the eighth through the 12th innings before loading the bases with no outs in the bottom of the 13th. The Reds brought outfielder Skip Schumaker into the infield to try to prevent the winning run, but Lucas Duda hit a high chopper that first baseman Joey Votto failed to field cleanly. Votto’s bobble allowed Dilson Herrera to sprint home from third with the winning run.

Answer: seven

Torres’s elongated preparation apparently worked: De Jesus grounded out, and the Mets went on to win, 2-1, in 13 innings on Sunday afternoon. <hl> The Mets’ bullpen threw seven scoreless innings, and Bobby Parnell picked up his first victory since June 16, 2013. <hl> “We won the game,” Manager Terry Collins said. “That’s the only good thing that happened besides the pitching today.” The teams combined to use 11 pitchers during the final seven innings, and a 12th, the Reds’ Mike Leake, made an appearance as a pinch-hitter. The Mets left runners on base in the eighth through the 12th innings before loading the bases with no outs in the bottom of the 13th. The Reds brought outfielder Skip Schumaker into the infield to try to prevent the winning run, but Lucas Duda hit a high chopper that first baseman Joey Votto failed to field cleanly. Votto’s bobble allowed Dilson Herrera to sprint home from third with the winning run.

Torres’s elongated preparation apparently worked: De Jesus grounded out, and the Mets went on to win, 2-1, in 13 innings on Sunday afternoon. The Mets’ bullpen threw <hl> seven <hl> scoreless innings, and Bobby Parnell picked up his first victory since June 16, 2013. “We won the game,” Manager Terry Collins said. “That’s the only good thing that happened besides the pitching today.” The teams combined to use 11 pitchers during the final seven innings, and a 12th, the Reds’ Mike Leake, made an appearance as a pinch-hitter. The Mets left runners on base in the eighth through the 12th innings before loading the bases with no outs in the bottom of the 13th. The Reds brought outfielder Skip Schumaker into the infield to try to prevent the winning run, but Lucas Duda hit a high chopper that first baseman Joey Votto failed to field cleanly. Votto’s bobble allowed Dilson Herrera to sprint home from third with the winning run.


Question: Who holds onto the phone and package during the show?

Yondr, a year-old company based in San Francisco, may have a low-tech workaround: a form-fitting, tamper-proof neoprene case that patrons are handed as they enter a theater. Phones are turned off or put on vibrate, slipped into the case and locked; the patron holds the package during the show. If the audience member needs to take a call, he or she can exit the theater and have the device removed. After the show the case is returned to a hamper near the exits, like 3-D glasses at a movie theater. The comedian Hannibal Buress tried the system at a show in California in May.

Answer: patron

<hl> Yondr, a year-old company based in San Francisco, may have a low-tech workaround: a form-fitting, tamper-proof neoprene case that patron s are handed as they enter a theater. <hl> Phones are turned off or put on vibrate, slipped into the case and locked; the patron holds the package during the show. If the audience member needs to take a call, he or she can exit the theater and have the device removed. After the show the case is returned to a hamper near the exits, like 3-D glasses at a movie theater. The comedian Hannibal Buress tried the system at a show in California in May.

Yondr, a year-old company based in San Francisco, may have a low-tech workaround: a form-fitting, tamper-proof neoprene case that <hl> patron <hl>s are handed as they enter a theater. Phones are turned off or put on vibrate, slipped into the case and locked; the patron holds the package during the show. If the audience member needs to take a call, he or she can exit the theater and have the device removed. After the show the case is returned to a hamper near the exits, like 3-D glasses at a movie theater. The comedian Hannibal Buress tried the system at a show in California in May.

Yondr, a year-old company based in San Francisco, may have a low-tech workaround: a form-fitting, tamper-proof neoprene case that <hl> patron <hl> s are handed as they enter a theater.


Question: How many people died from the Amtrak crash?

Such a system could have helped prevent the fiery crash of a high-speed train in 2013 near Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The wreck killed 79 people when the train roared through a curve at 120 miles per hour, twice the posted speed limit, and derailed. Like the Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, which killed eight and injured more than 200, the accident in Spain occurred on a section of track that was fitted with a speed-alert system but had not yet been upgraded with an automatic braking system. “We still live in the shadow of the accident in Spain,” said Christopher Carr, the director of safety at the European Railway Agency, which monitors and sets train safety standards.

Answer: eight

Such a system could have helped prevent the fiery crash of a high-speed train in 2013 near Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The wreck killed 79 people when the train roared through a curve at 120 miles per hour, twice the posted speed limit, and derailed. <hl> Like the Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, which killed eight and injured more than 200, the accident in Spain occurred on a section of track that was fitted with a speed-alert system but had not yet been upgraded with an automatic braking system. <hl> “We still live in the shadow of the accident in Spain,” said Christopher Carr, the director of safety at the European Railway Agency, which monitors and sets train safety standards.

Such a system could have helped prevent the fiery crash of a high-speed train in 2013 near Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The wreck killed 79 people when the train roared through a curve at 120 miles per hour, twice the posted speed limit, and derailed. Like the Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, which killed <hl> eight <hl> and injured more than 200, the accident in Spain occurred on a section of track that was fitted with a speed-alert system but had not yet been upgraded with an automatic braking system. “We still live in the shadow of the accident in Spain,” said Christopher Carr, the director of safety at the European Railway Agency, which monitors and sets train safety standards.


Question: Where is Fiat Chrysler's sport utility vehicle plant located?

The union will most likely not start final negotiations with either G.M. or Ford until a vote is taken on the Fiat Chrysler deal. Mr. Williams said he expected the deal to set a pattern for talks at G.M. and Ford, but left open the possibility that those companies, which are more profitable, might be asked for better economic terms. “The pattern is unique to each company,” Mr. Williams said. Earlier on Tuesday, workers at Fiat Chrysler’s sport utility vehicle plant in Detroit said they were hopeful that a deal that preserved jobs could be reached. “I’m just hoping I can keep coming back every day so I can provide and build for my family,” said Jeremiah Meyerhoff, an entry-level worker at the plant who was hired three years ago and earns about $19 an hour. Another entry-level worker, Fred Alnajjar, said he hoped the new contract included raises for all union members.

Answer: Detroit

The union will most likely not start final negotiations with either G.M. or Ford until a vote is taken on the Fiat Chrysler deal. Mr. Williams said he expected the deal to set a pattern for talks at G.M. and Ford, but left open the possibility that those companies, which are more profitable, might be asked for better economic terms. “The pattern is unique to each company,” Mr. Williams said. <hl> Earlier on Tuesday, workers at Fiat Chrysler’s sport utility vehicle plant in Detroit said they were hopeful that a deal that preserved jobs could be reached. <hl> “I’m just hoping I can keep coming back every day so I can provide and build for my family,” said Jeremiah Meyerhoff, an entry-level worker at the plant who was hired three years ago and earns about $19 an hour. Another entry-level worker, Fred Alnajjar, said he hoped the new contract included raises for all union members.

The union will most likely not start final negotiations with either G.M. or Ford until a vote is taken on the Fiat Chrysler deal. Mr. Williams said he expected the deal to set a pattern for talks at G.M. and Ford, but left open the possibility that those companies, which are more profitable, might be asked for better economic terms. “The pattern is unique to each company,” Mr. Williams said. Earlier on Tuesday, workers at Fiat Chrysler’s sport utility vehicle plant in <hl> Detroit <hl> said they were hopeful that a deal that preserved jobs could be reached. “I’m just hoping I can keep coming back every day so I can provide and build for my family,” said Jeremiah Meyerhoff, an entry-level worker at the plant who was hired three years ago and earns about $19 an hour. Another entry-level worker, Fred Alnajjar, said he hoped the new contract included raises for all union members.