Question: What do corporations have a history of?

Re “Falling Through the Legal Cracks” (Business Day, Dec. 30): The failure of General Motors to take appropriate actions when it learned that a defective ignition switch in vehicles it sold caused the injuries and deaths of innocent people speaks volumes about corporate morality and accountability. That is why plaintiffs must be able to sue without caps. The history of corporations’ failure to protect the public is replete with such stories, from flammable pajamas to the lack of safety guards on dangerous machinery. Without the threat of recovery from lawsuits brought by plaintiffs and the potential for punitive damages, corporations have shown that they will not do what is morally required, but merely weigh the costs against the risks and take steps to discourage those who have suffered personal injuries and/or deaths of loved ones from suing.

Answer: protect the public

Re “Falling Through the Legal Cracks” (Business Day, Dec. 30): The failure of General Motors to take appropriate actions when it learned that a defective ignition switch in vehicles it sold caused the injuries and deaths of innocent people speaks volumes about corporate morality and accountability. That is why plaintiffs must be able to sue without caps. <hl> The history of corporations’ failure to protect the public is replete with such stories, from flammable pajamas to the lack of safety guards on dangerous machinery. <hl> Without the threat of recovery from lawsuits brought by plaintiffs and the potential for punitive damages, corporations have shown that they will not do what is morally required, but merely weigh the costs against the risks and take steps to discourage those who have suffered personal injuries and/or deaths of loved ones from suing.

Re “Falling Through the Legal Cracks” (Business Day, Dec. 30): The failure of General Motors to take appropriate actions when it learned that a defective ignition switch in vehicles it sold caused the injuries and deaths of innocent people speaks volumes about corporate morality and accountability. That is why plaintiffs must be able to sue without caps. The history of corporations’ failure to <hl> protect the public <hl> is replete with such stories, from flammable pajamas to the lack of safety guards on dangerous machinery. Without the threat of recovery from lawsuits brought by plaintiffs and the potential for punitive damages, corporations have shown that they will not do what is morally required, but merely weigh the costs against the risks and take steps to discourage those who have suffered personal injuries and/or deaths of loved ones from suing.


Question: Who reported the lifting of the moratorium?

HONG KONG —  China’s securities regulator plans to lift its moratorium on new stock market listings before the end of the year, the official news agency Xinhua said on Friday. A spokesman for the regulator said that after “perfecting” the system for initial public offerings, China would allow an initial group of 28 companies to proceed with listings in the coming weeks and would seek to streamline and strengthen oversight of the listing process, Xinhua said.

Answer: official news agency Xinhua

<hl> HONG KONG — China’s securities regulator plans to lift its moratorium on new stock market listings before the end of the year, the official news agency Xinhua said on Friday. <hl> A spokesman for the regulator said that after “perfecting” the system for initial public offerings, China would allow an initial group of 28 companies to proceed with listings in the coming weeks and would seek to streamline and strengthen oversight of the listing process, Xinhua said.

HONG KONG — China’s securities regulator plans to lift its moratorium on new stock market listings before the end of the year, the <hl> official news agency Xinhua <hl> said on Friday. A spokesman for the regulator said that after “perfecting” the system for initial public offerings, China would allow an initial group of 28 companies to proceed with listings in the coming weeks and would seek to streamline and strengthen oversight of the listing process, Xinhua said.


Question: What was Sidney Loeb's nationality?

FRONT PAGE An article on Saturday about Israel’s success in ensuring a sufficient supply of water even during droughts by desalinating Mediterranean seawater and recycling of wastewater referred imprecisely to Sidney Loeb, an American who moved to Israel in 1967 and taught water professionals how to desalinate seawater. He was one of the scientists who invented the reverse osmosis method, not its lone inventor. (The others were Srinivasa Sourirajan, a fellow student at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1959, and their teacher Samuel Yuster.)

Answer: American

<hl> FRONT PAGE An article on Saturday about Israel’s success in ensuring a sufficient supply of water even during droughts by desalinating Mediterranean seawater and recycling of wastewater referred imprecisely to Sidney Loeb, an American who moved to Israel in 1967 and taught water professionals how to desalinate seawater. <hl> He was one of the scientists who invented the reverse osmosis method, not its lone inventor. (The others were Srinivasa Sourirajan, a fellow student at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1959, and their teacher Samuel Yuster.)

FRONT PAGE An article on Saturday about Israel’s success in ensuring a sufficient supply of water even during droughts by desalinating Mediterranean seawater and recycling of wastewater referred imprecisely to Sidney Loeb, an <hl> American <hl> who moved to Israel in 1967 and taught water professionals how to desalinate seawater. He was one of the scientists who invented the reverse osmosis method, not its lone inventor. (The others were Srinivasa Sourirajan, a fellow student at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1959, and their teacher Samuel Yuster.)


Question: Stock investing is a sport for who in recent years in Shanghai?

Here’s how to make sense of what is a truly global story, stretching from the streets of Shanghai, where stock investing has become a middle-class sport in recent years, to the oil fields of both the Middle East and Middle America, to the hallways of power in the Federal Reserve in Washington. The immediate cause of the outburst of global volatility was China, where the sharp drop in stocks on Monday continued a rout that has been underway — with periodic pauses because of government interventions — all summer.

Answer: middle-class

Here’s how to make sense of what is a truly global story, stretching from the streets of Shanghai, where stock investing has become <hl> a middle-class sport in recent years, to the oil fields of both the Middle East and Middle America, to the hallways of power in the Federal Reserve in Washington. <hl> The immediate cause of the outburst of global volatility was China, where the sharp drop in stocks on Monday continued a rout that has been underway — with periodic pauses because of government interventions — all summer.

Here’s how to make sense of what is a truly global story, stretching from the streets of Shanghai, where stock investing has become a <hl> middle-class <hl> sport in recent years, to the oil fields of both the Middle East and Middle America, to the hallways of power in the Federal Reserve in Washington. The immediate cause of the outburst of global volatility was China, where the sharp drop in stocks on Monday continued a rout that has been underway — with periodic pauses because of government interventions — all summer.


Question: What is the budget for the couple looking for homes in the Turks and Caicos?

10 P.M. (FX) JUSTIFIED Timothy Olyphant plays Raylan Givens, the fictional United States marshal created by Elmore Leonard in his novel “Pronto.” In this episode Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) tries to take money from Avery Markham (Sam Elliott). 10 P.M. (CBS) PERSON OF INTEREST John Reese (Jim Caviezel) has to protect a reckless bounty hunter. Harold Finch (Michael Emerson) follows through on the plot he hatched in Hong Kong. 10:30 (HGTV) HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL Prospective buyers set a budget and work with a real estate agent to find a home abroad. In this episode a couple with a $240,000 budget looks for places in the Turks and Caicos. Conflict sets in when it is revealed that they have different motives for the purchase. What’s Streaming Now MAD MEN This AMC series’s final episodes will be broadcast starting on April 5. The first half of Season 7 is available for streaming now on Netflix. (netflix.com)

Answer: $240,000

10 P.M. (FX) JUSTIFIED Timothy Olyphant plays Raylan Givens, the fictional United States marshal created by Elmore Leonard in his novel “Pronto.” In this episode Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) tries to take money from Avery Markham (Sam Elliott). 10 P.M. (CBS) PERSON OF INTEREST John Reese (Jim Caviezel) has to protect a reckless bounty hunter. Harold Finch (Michael Emerson) follows through on the plot he hatched in Hong Kong. 10:30 (HGTV) HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL Prospective buyers set a budget and work with a real estate agent to find a home abroad. <hl> In this episode a couple with a $240,000 budget looks for places in the Turks and Caicos. <hl> Conflict sets in when it is revealed that they have different motives for the purchase. What’s Streaming Now MAD MEN This AMC series’s final episodes will be broadcast starting on April 5. The first half of Season 7 is available for streaming now on Netflix. (netflix.com)

10 P.M. (FX) JUSTIFIED Timothy Olyphant plays Raylan Givens, the fictional United States marshal created by Elmore Leonard in his novel “Pronto.” In this episode Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) tries to take money from Avery Markham (Sam Elliott). 10 P.M. (CBS) PERSON OF INTEREST John Reese (Jim Caviezel) has to protect a reckless bounty hunter. Harold Finch (Michael Emerson) follows through on the plot he hatched in Hong Kong. 10:30 (HGTV) HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL Prospective buyers set a budget and work with a real estate agent to find a home abroad. In this episode a couple with a <hl> $240,000 <hl> budget looks for places in the Turks and Caicos. Conflict sets in when it is revealed that they have different motives for the purchase. What’s Streaming Now MAD MEN This AMC series’s final episodes will be broadcast starting on April 5. The first half of Season 7 is available for streaming now on Netflix. (netflix.com)


Question: Who is Laudomia Pucci?

Laudomia Pucci, the interim chief executive of Emilio Pucci and Mr. Pucci’s daughter, attested to Mr. Fairchild’s particular mixture of kindness and cutting. “He was extremely, extremely nice with my father, whenever he talked to him,” she said. “But at the same time, he had that niceness and then this very dry sense of humor.”

Answer: the interim chief executive of Emilio Pucci and Mr. Pucci’s daughter

<hl> Laudomia Pucci, the interim chief executive of Emilio Pucci and Mr. Pucci’s daughter , attested to Mr. Fairchild’s particular mixture of kindness and cutting. <hl> “He was extremely, extremely nice with my father, whenever he talked to him,” she said. “But at the same time, he had that niceness and then this very dry sense of humor.”

Laudomia Pucci, <hl> the interim chief executive of Emilio Pucci and Mr. Pucci’s daughter <hl>, attested to Mr. Fairchild’s particular mixture of kindness and cutting. “He was extremely, extremely nice with my father, whenever he talked to him,” she said. “But at the same time, he had that niceness and then this very dry sense of humor.”

Laudomia Pucci, <hl> the interim chief executive of Emilio Pucci and Mr. Pucci’s daughter <hl> , attested to Mr. Fairchild’s particular mixture of kindness and cutting.


Question: What day were people waiting in great anticipation for

The Monday session had been the subject of great anticipation over the weekend, as Assembly members discussed with one another how the situation might unfold, and considered who could succeed Mr. Silver. Some worried that the charges against him could taint all Assembly Democrats, hurting members when they seek re-election. Some long-serving members, on the other hand, were concerned that Mr. Silver was being unfairly condemned before standing trial, and were wary about seeking his ouster before he had a chance to defend himself in court.

Answer: Monday

<hl> The Monday session had been the subject of great anticipation over the weekend, as Assembly members discussed with one another how the situation might unfold, and considered who could succeed Mr. Silver. <hl> Some worried that the charges against him could taint all Assembly Democrats, hurting members when they seek re-election. Some long-serving members, on the other hand, were concerned that Mr. Silver was being unfairly condemned before standing trial, and were wary about seeking his ouster before he had a chance to defend himself in court.

The <hl> Monday <hl> session had been the subject of great anticipation over the weekend, as Assembly members discussed with one another how the situation might unfold, and considered who could succeed Mr. Silver. Some worried that the charges against him could taint all Assembly Democrats, hurting members when they seek re-election. Some long-serving members, on the other hand, were concerned that Mr. Silver was being unfairly condemned before standing trial, and were wary about seeking his ouster before he had a chance to defend himself in court.


Question: Who is the manager of NASA?

That convergence hasn’t happened for 32 years. This last eclipse of the year has led some, er, imaginative observers to predict that a giant asteroid will hit Earth within the next six days — a notion that NASA has firmly rebuffed. “There is no scientific basis — not one shred of evidence — that an asteroid or any other celestial object will impact Earth on those dates,” said Dr. Paul Chodas, manager of NASA’s Near-Earth Object office in Pasadena, Calif.

Answer: Dr. Paul Chodas

That convergence hasn’t happened for 32 years. This last eclipse of the year has led some, er, imaginative observers to predict that a giant asteroid will hit Earth within the next six days — a notion that NASA has firmly rebuffed. <hl> “There is no scientific basis — not one shred of evidence — that an asteroid or any other celestial object will impact Earth on those dates,” said Dr. Paul Chodas , manager of NASA’s Near-Earth Object office in Pasadena, Calif. <hl>

That convergence hasn’t happened for 32 years. This last eclipse of the year has led some, er, imaginative observers to predict that a giant asteroid will hit Earth within the next six days — a notion that NASA has firmly rebuffed. “There is no scientific basis — not one shred of evidence — that an asteroid or any other celestial object will impact Earth on those dates,” said <hl> Dr. Paul Chodas <hl>, manager of NASA’s Near-Earth Object office in Pasadena, Calif.

“There is no scientific basis — not one shred of evidence — that an asteroid or any other celestial object will impact Earth on those dates,” said <hl> Dr. Paul Chodas <hl> , manager of NASA’s Near-Earth Object office in Pasadena, Calif.


Question: What accent did the author's mother had?

My mother loved shrimp. She had no qualms about where her shrimp came from, if they were fresh or frozen, large or small. She would eat them in a grimy airport cafe or a five-star restaurant. And when she was done with her crustaceans, she always beamed a big smile and, in her posh British accent, said, “Oh, that was just lovely.” My mother was the one who taught me how to cook shrimp — and everything else. (When I was really young, I was allowed to lick the leftover chocolate cake icing out of the bowl when I helped in the kitchen.) So I jumped at the chance to become her personal chef for the last two weeks of her life.

Answer: British

My mother loved shrimp. She had no qualms about where her shrimp came from, if they were fresh or frozen, large or small. She would eat them in a grimy airport cafe or a five-star restaurant. <hl> And when she was done with her crustaceans, she always beamed a big smile and, in her posh British accent, said, “Oh, that was just lovely.” <hl> My mother was the one who taught me how to cook shrimp — and everything else. (When I was really young, I was allowed to lick the leftover chocolate cake icing out of the bowl when I helped in the kitchen.) So I jumped at the chance to become her personal chef for the last two weeks of her life.

My mother loved shrimp. She had no qualms about where her shrimp came from, if they were fresh or frozen, large or small. She would eat them in a grimy airport cafe or a five-star restaurant. And when she was done with her crustaceans, she always beamed a big smile and, in her posh <hl> British <hl> accent, said, “Oh, that was just lovely.” My mother was the one who taught me how to cook shrimp — and everything else. (When I was really young, I was allowed to lick the leftover chocolate cake icing out of the bowl when I helped in the kitchen.) So I jumped at the chance to become her personal chef for the last two weeks of her life.


Question: How many Tony awards was the musical nominated for

Oh cruel fate. You make a musical about two struggling playwrights who are always outshined by Shakespeare; the musical is nominated for 10 Tony Awards, and the only one it wins is for the guy who plays Shakespeare. The cheeky creators of “Something Rotten!” had been hoping for a different outcome. But licking their wounds was not going to help them bounce back, so, instead, they have embraced an unorthodox post-Tonys marketing strategy: calling attention to their plight. On Facebook, Twitter and in a full-page ad in The New York Times on Sunday, the show is trumpeting its status as “Loser!” in the best-musical race. The campaign notes that the show is not alone: a string of successful shows, from “West Side Story” to “Wicked,” had in previous years been passed over for best musical. “You’re always hoping that you’re going to win, but if you don’t, you have to think about how to position your show,” said Kevin McCollum, the lead producer of “Rotten!” “Very few shows have the confidence to go with the headline ‘Loser!,’ but it illustrates that we’re confident enough to acknowledge our loss and celebrate those that came before us.”

Answer: 10

Oh cruel fate. <hl> You make a musical about two struggling playwrights who are always outshined by Shakespeare; the musical is nominated for 10 Tony Awards, and the only one it wins is for the guy who plays Shakespeare. <hl> The cheeky creators of “Something Rotten!” had been hoping for a different outcome. But licking their wounds was not going to help them bounce back, so, instead, they have embraced an unorthodox post-Tonys marketing strategy: calling attention to their plight. On Facebook, Twitter and in a full-page ad in The New York Times on Sunday, the show is trumpeting its status as “Loser!” in the best-musical race. The campaign notes that the show is not alone: a string of successful shows, from “West Side Story” to “Wicked,” had in previous years been passed over for best musical. “You’re always hoping that you’re going to win, but if you don’t, you have to think about how to position your show,” said Kevin McCollum, the lead producer of “Rotten!” “Very few shows have the confidence to go with the headline ‘Loser!,’ but it illustrates that we’re confident enough to acknowledge our loss and celebrate those that came before us.”

Oh cruel fate. You make a musical about two struggling playwrights who are always outshined by Shakespeare; the musical is nominated for <hl> 10 <hl> Tony Awards, and the only one it wins is for the guy who plays Shakespeare. The cheeky creators of “Something Rotten!” had been hoping for a different outcome. But licking their wounds was not going to help them bounce back, so, instead, they have embraced an unorthodox post-Tonys marketing strategy: calling attention to their plight. On Facebook, Twitter and in a full-page ad in The New York Times on Sunday, the show is trumpeting its status as “Loser!” in the best-musical race. The campaign notes that the show is not alone: a string of successful shows, from “West Side Story” to “Wicked,” had in previous years been passed over for best musical. “You’re always hoping that you’re going to win, but if you don’t, you have to think about how to position your show,” said Kevin McCollum, the lead producer of “Rotten!” “Very few shows have the confidence to go with the headline ‘Loser!,’ but it illustrates that we’re confident enough to acknowledge our loss and celebrate those that came before us.”


Question: In what year was the begging of Hippie Modernism?

If you think bell bottoms and beads were the beginning and end of 1960s countercultural design, “Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia” at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis has news. This was the decade, shading into the 1970s, whose architects created the Relaxation Cube, the walk-in Knowledge Box, inflatable Instant Cities and Microhouses for the masses. The Canadian designer Evelyn Roth crocheted heat-repelling car covers from discarded videotape film; the Italian Ettore Sottsass cooked up a tabletop dispenser for incense, LSD, opium and laughing gas.

Answer: the 1970s

If you think bell bottoms and beads were the beginning and end of 1960s countercultural design, “Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia” at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis has news. <hl> This was the decade, shading into the 1970s , whose architects created the Relaxation Cube, the walk-in Knowledge Box, inflatable Instant Cities and Microhouses for the masses. <hl> The Canadian designer Evelyn Roth crocheted heat-repelling car covers from discarded videotape film; the Italian Ettore Sottsass cooked up a tabletop dispenser for incense, LSD, opium and laughing gas.

If you think bell bottoms and beads were the beginning and end of 1960s countercultural design, “Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia” at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis has news. This was the decade, shading into <hl> the 1970s <hl>, whose architects created the Relaxation Cube, the walk-in Knowledge Box, inflatable Instant Cities and Microhouses for the masses. The Canadian designer Evelyn Roth crocheted heat-repelling car covers from discarded videotape film; the Italian Ettore Sottsass cooked up a tabletop dispenser for incense, LSD, opium and laughing gas.

This was the decade, shading into <hl> the 1970s <hl> , whose architects created the Relaxation Cube, the walk-in Knowledge Box, inflatable Instant Cities and Microhouses for the masses.


Question: What did the nomination letter about Dr. Schatz say?

In 2009, the Mayo Clinic recognized Dr. Schatz with a Distinguished Alumni Award. A nominating letter praised his courage because “criticizing an investigation which was overseen by some of the leading figures in the American Public Health Service was an action that was, to say the very least, potentially harmful to his career.” Irwin Jacob Schatz was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba, on Oct. 16, 1931, the son of Jacob Schatz and the former Reva Rechtman. His parents ran a kosher-style restaurant in Winnipeg. He earned undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Manitoba and a fellowship from the Mayo Clinic. Besides his wife, the former Barbara Jane Binder, his survivors include his sons, Jacob, Edward, Stephen and Brian, who is a United States senator from Hawaii; nine grandchildren; and a sister, Bea Berger.

Answer: praised his courage

In 2009, the Mayo Clinic recognized Dr. Schatz with a Distinguished Alumni Award. <hl> A nominating letter praised his courage because “criticizing an investigation which was overseen by some of the leading figures in the American Public Health Service was an action that was, to say the very least, potentially harmful to his career.” <hl> Irwin Jacob Schatz was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba, on Oct. 16, 1931, the son of Jacob Schatz and the former Reva Rechtman. His parents ran a kosher-style restaurant in Winnipeg. He earned undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Manitoba and a fellowship from the Mayo Clinic. Besides his wife, the former Barbara Jane Binder, his survivors include his sons, Jacob, Edward, Stephen and Brian, who is a United States senator from Hawaii; nine grandchildren; and a sister, Bea Berger.

In 2009, the Mayo Clinic recognized Dr. Schatz with a Distinguished Alumni Award. A nominating letter <hl> praised his courage <hl> because “criticizing an investigation which was overseen by some of the leading figures in the American Public Health Service was an action that was, to say the very least, potentially harmful to his career.” Irwin Jacob Schatz was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba, on Oct. 16, 1931, the son of Jacob Schatz and the former Reva Rechtman. His parents ran a kosher-style restaurant in Winnipeg. He earned undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Manitoba and a fellowship from the Mayo Clinic. Besides his wife, the former Barbara Jane Binder, his survivors include his sons, Jacob, Edward, Stephen and Brian, who is a United States senator from Hawaii; nine grandchildren; and a sister, Bea Berger.


Question: Where was a body hidden?

A 15-year-old boy lured an 8-year-old girl into his apartment in Santa Cruz, Calif., and killed her before hiding her body in a recycling bin, the police said Tuesday. Chief Kevin Vogel of the Santa Cruz police said the girl, Madyson Middleton, went willingly into the apartment at the Tannery Arts Center, a housing complex for artists where they lived, and was probably dead before she was reported missing Sunday night, sparking a search by hundreds of volunteers. The suspect, whose name was not released because he is a juvenile, knew the victim, Chief Vogel said. The boy was arrested on suspicion of murder.

Answer: recycling bin

A 15-year-old boy lured an 8-year-old girl into his apartment in Santa Cruz, Calif., and killed her before hiding her body in <hl> a recycling bin , the police said Tuesday. <hl> Chief Kevin Vogel of the Santa Cruz police said the girl, Madyson Middleton, went willingly into the apartment at the Tannery Arts Center, a housing complex for artists where they lived, and was probably dead before she was reported missing Sunday night, sparking a search by hundreds of volunteers. The suspect, whose name was not released because he is a juvenile, knew the victim, Chief Vogel said. The boy was arrested on suspicion of murder.

A 15-year-old boy lured an 8-year-old girl into his apartment in Santa Cruz, Calif., and killed her before hiding her body in a <hl> recycling bin <hl>, the police said Tuesday. Chief Kevin Vogel of the Santa Cruz police said the girl, Madyson Middleton, went willingly into the apartment at the Tannery Arts Center, a housing complex for artists where they lived, and was probably dead before she was reported missing Sunday night, sparking a search by hundreds of volunteers. The suspect, whose name was not released because he is a juvenile, knew the victim, Chief Vogel said. The boy was arrested on suspicion of murder.

a <hl> recycling bin <hl> , the police said Tuesday.


Question: What is the nationality of the attacker?

Four more attacks were reported on Thursday. A Palestinian gunman drove up to an Israeli military checkpoint in the West Bank and opened fire on the soldiers there, according to the military. The assailant was shot and killed, and one soldier and one bystander were wounded. Palestinian news outlets identified the gunman as an officer in the Palestinian Authority’s intelligence service. Hours later, in Jerusalem, an Israeli police officer was stabbed by a Palestinian resident of the West Bank, the authorities said. A Palestinian doctor from a nearby clinic gave first aid. Police officers at the scene fatally shot the assailant. At night, a gunman fired at an Israeli vehicle near a West Bank settlement, causing no injuries. And two Palestinians stabbed a soldier in Hebron and were subsequently killed.

Answer: Palestinian

Four more attacks were reported on Thursday. <hl> A Palestinian gunman drove up to an Israeli military checkpoint in the West Bank and opened fire on the soldiers there, according to the military. <hl> The assailant was shot and killed, and one soldier and one bystander were wounded. Palestinian news outlets identified the gunman as an officer in the Palestinian Authority’s intelligence service. Hours later, in Jerusalem, an Israeli police officer was stabbed by a Palestinian resident of the West Bank, the authorities said. A Palestinian doctor from a nearby clinic gave first aid. Police officers at the scene fatally shot the assailant. At night, a gunman fired at an Israeli vehicle near a West Bank settlement, causing no injuries. And two Palestinians stabbed a soldier in Hebron and were subsequently killed.

Four more attacks were reported on Thursday. A <hl> Palestinian <hl> gunman drove up to an Israeli military checkpoint in the West Bank and opened fire on the soldiers there, according to the military. The assailant was shot and killed, and one soldier and one bystander were wounded. Palestinian news outlets identified the gunman as an officer in the Palestinian Authority’s intelligence service. Hours later, in Jerusalem, an Israeli police officer was stabbed by a Palestinian resident of the West Bank, the authorities said. A Palestinian doctor from a nearby clinic gave first aid. Police officers at the scene fatally shot the assailant. At night, a gunman fired at an Israeli vehicle near a West Bank settlement, causing no injuries. And two Palestinians stabbed a soldier in Hebron and were subsequently killed.


Question: Where were the cars with 1.6-liter motors imported from?

Beginning with the 2013 model year, cars like the Passat were equipped with a system that uses the chemical urea to neutralize nitrogen oxide emissions and is considered effective when properly configured. Those vehicles may be easier to repair. Volkswagen did not sell any engines smaller than 2 liters in the United States, though a small number of cars with 1.6-liter motors may have been imported from Mexico or other countries. Representatives of Volkswagen and its Audi division have been in talks with the Environmental Protection Agency about how to make cars in the United States compliant.

Answer: Mexico

Beginning with the 2013 model year, cars like the Passat were equipped with a system that uses the chemical urea to neutralize nitrogen oxide emissions and is considered effective when properly configured. Those vehicles may be easier to repair. <hl> Volkswagen did not sell any engines smaller than 2 liters in the United States, though a small number of cars with 1.6-liter motors may have been imported from Mexico or other countries. <hl> Representatives of Volkswagen and its Audi division have been in talks with the Environmental Protection Agency about how to make cars in the United States compliant.

Beginning with the 2013 model year, cars like the Passat were equipped with a system that uses the chemical urea to neutralize nitrogen oxide emissions and is considered effective when properly configured. Those vehicles may be easier to repair. Volkswagen did not sell any engines smaller than 2 liters in the United States, though a small number of cars with 1.6-liter motors may have been imported from <hl> Mexico <hl> or other countries. Representatives of Volkswagen and its Audi division have been in talks with the Environmental Protection Agency about how to make cars in the United States compliant.


Question: Where will the celebration be held?

“The first digits are actually 3.1415,” said Cindy Lawrence, the museum’s executive director and co-founder. (Pi’s decimal places extend indefinitely.) “So Saturday’s date is the first five digits of pi.” Thus on Saturday, the museum has planned a grand celebration, starting at 9 a.m. in Madison Square Park, where even small children can help form circles. “We’ll get people to line up and count out the distance around the circles, and others to do the distance across them,” Ms. Lawrence said. This pacing will illustrate that the circumference is about three times greater. Staff members will also pass out a graphic and lead a brief countdown to 9:26:53 a.m. because, yes, those are the next digits in pi.

Answer: Madison Square Park

“The first digits are actually 3.1415,” said Cindy Lawrence, the museum’s executive director and co-founder. (Pi’s decimal places extend indefinitely.) “So Saturday’s date is the first five digits of pi.” <hl> Thus on Saturday, the museum has planned a grand celebration, starting at 9 a.m. in Madison Square Park , where even small children can help form circles. <hl> “We’ll get people to line up and count out the distance around the circles, and others to do the distance across them,” Ms. Lawrence said. This pacing will illustrate that the circumference is about three times greater. Staff members will also pass out a graphic and lead a brief countdown to 9:26:53 a.m. because, yes, those are the next digits in pi.

“The first digits are actually 3.1415,” said Cindy Lawrence, the museum’s executive director and co-founder. (Pi’s decimal places extend indefinitely.) “So Saturday’s date is the first five digits of pi.” Thus on Saturday, the museum has planned a grand celebration, starting at 9 a.m. in <hl> Madison Square Park <hl>, where even small children can help form circles. “We’ll get people to line up and count out the distance around the circles, and others to do the distance across them,” Ms. Lawrence said. This pacing will illustrate that the circumference is about three times greater. Staff members will also pass out a graphic and lead a brief countdown to 9:26:53 a.m. because, yes, those are the next digits in pi.

Thus on Saturday, the museum has planned a grand celebration, starting at 9 a.m. in <hl> Madison Square Park <hl> , where even small children can help form circles.


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

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

Answer: Showtime

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

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


Question: Who distanced himself from Kyrgios?

“These kids, they’ve got to get under control,” Harrison said. “They’re going to get hurt.” Harrison added that he believed Kokkinakis and Kyrgios were hiding behind tennis’s genteel code of conduct. “If he wants to get into it, I will bury him,” Harrison said. “Wawrinka should’ve decked Kyrgios, and I should deck that kid.” Kokkinakis, however, distanced himself from Kyrgios, and said it was unfair to conflate the two. “I let him know — I made it pretty clear that he can’t be doing that,” Kokkinakis said of Kyrgios’s insult. “If he’s got a problem, he’s got to say it in private. The way he went about it definitely wasn’t the right thing.” The elder statesmen of the tour have been similarly indignant. “Obviously it’s the talk of the locker room, and everybody has their opinion,” Roger Federer said. “But I think that we all agree that he definitely crossed the line by a long shot. We’re not used to that kind of talk in tennis.” Federer suggested he might support further punishment for Kyrgios. “A fine is one thing; we’ll see if there’s going to be more coming,” Federer said. “I haven’t heard anything, but clearly it was very disappointing and not great for the sport, one that I think many players have tried to build up and make it a good image. We want kids to be wanting to get into this sport, I guess, because it’s a nice sport, it’s clean, it’s fair, and all these things. I don’t think there should be any room for that kind of talk.”

Answer: Kokkinakis

“These kids, they’ve got to get under control,” Harrison said. “They’re going to get hurt.” <hl> Harrison added that he believed Kokkinakis and Kyrgios were hiding behind tennis’s genteel code of conduct. <hl> “If he wants to get into it, I will bury him,” Harrison said. “Wawrinka should’ve decked Kyrgios, and I should deck that kid.” Kokkinakis, however, distanced himself from Kyrgios, and said it was unfair to conflate the two. “I let him know — I made it pretty clear that he can’t be doing that,” Kokkinakis said of Kyrgios’s insult. “If he’s got a problem, he’s got to say it in private. The way he went about it definitely wasn’t the right thing.” The elder statesmen of the tour have been similarly indignant. “Obviously it’s the talk of the locker room, and everybody has their opinion,” Roger Federer said. “But I think that we all agree that he definitely crossed the line by a long shot. We’re not used to that kind of talk in tennis.” Federer suggested he might support further punishment for Kyrgios. “A fine is one thing; we’ll see if there’s going to be more coming,” Federer said. “I haven’t heard anything, but clearly it was very disappointing and not great for the sport, one that I think many players have tried to build up and make it a good image. We want kids to be wanting to get into this sport, I guess, because it’s a nice sport, it’s clean, it’s fair, and all these things. I don’t think there should be any room for that kind of talk.”

“These kids, they’ve got to get under control,” Harrison said. “They’re going to get hurt.” Harrison added that he believed <hl> Kokkinakis <hl> and Kyrgios were hiding behind tennis’s genteel code of conduct. “If he wants to get into it, I will bury him,” Harrison said. “Wawrinka should’ve decked Kyrgios, and I should deck that kid.” Kokkinakis, however, distanced himself from Kyrgios, and said it was unfair to conflate the two. “I let him know — I made it pretty clear that he can’t be doing that,” Kokkinakis said of Kyrgios’s insult. “If he’s got a problem, he’s got to say it in private. The way he went about it definitely wasn’t the right thing.” The elder statesmen of the tour have been similarly indignant. “Obviously it’s the talk of the locker room, and everybody has their opinion,” Roger Federer said. “But I think that we all agree that he definitely crossed the line by a long shot. We’re not used to that kind of talk in tennis.” Federer suggested he might support further punishment for Kyrgios. “A fine is one thing; we’ll see if there’s going to be more coming,” Federer said. “I haven’t heard anything, but clearly it was very disappointing and not great for the sport, one that I think many players have tried to build up and make it a good image. We want kids to be wanting to get into this sport, I guess, because it’s a nice sport, it’s clean, it’s fair, and all these things. I don’t think there should be any room for that kind of talk.”


Question: Who made a sort of feminist pitch at the end of her speech at the Oscars?

There were some moments that went against the usual Oscar formula of tears and gratitude. Patricia Arquette’s feminist call to arms at the end of her acceptance speech for supporting actress was unexpected and fierce. “We have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America,” she said as Meryl Streep and others roared their approval. “Citizenfour,” about the National Security Agency leaker Edward J. Snowden, won best documentary, and its makers thanked Mr. Snowden, who is still in Russia, for his courage. Mr. Harris joked that Mr. Snowden “couldn’t be here for some treason.” Oscar nights usually do have their share of political posturing, but this was a particularly passionate evening.

Answer: Patricia Arquette

There were some moments that went against the usual Oscar formula of tears and gratitude. <hl> Patricia Arquette ’s feminist call to arms at the end of her acceptance speech for supporting actress was unexpected and fierce. <hl> “We have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America,” she said as Meryl Streep and others roared their approval. “Citizenfour,” about the National Security Agency leaker Edward J. Snowden, won best documentary, and its makers thanked Mr. Snowden, who is still in Russia, for his courage. Mr. Harris joked that Mr. Snowden “couldn’t be here for some treason.” Oscar nights usually do have their share of political posturing, but this was a particularly passionate evening.

There were some moments that went against the usual Oscar formula of tears and gratitude. <hl> Patricia Arquette <hl>’s feminist call to arms at the end of her acceptance speech for supporting actress was unexpected and fierce. “We have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America,” she said as Meryl Streep and others roared their approval. “Citizenfour,” about the National Security Agency leaker Edward J. Snowden, won best documentary, and its makers thanked Mr. Snowden, who is still in Russia, for his courage. Mr. Harris joked that Mr. Snowden “couldn’t be here for some treason.” Oscar nights usually do have their share of political posturing, but this was a particularly passionate evening.

<hl> Patricia Arquette <hl> ’s feminist call to arms at the end of her acceptance speech for supporting actress was unexpected and fierce.


Question: How many new jobs would be created?

Their main pitch: The overhauled plan, updated from a widely panned version first offered in January, would generate millions of dollars in new tax revenue, create tens of thousands of new jobs and produce thousands of new housing units, parks and other neighborhood amenities that would provide a lasting legacy. And with taxpayer help, to the tune of more than $700 million, the Games would spur the much-needed upgrade of the transportation infrastructure, improving local roads as well as the beleaguered subway system. Officials argued that these were costs that taxpayers would have to bear regardless of whether Boston won the Olympics. The plan went into great detail on how the Games would transform two Boston neighborhoods: Widett Circle, the home of a temporary Olympic Stadium, and Columbia Point, home to the athletes’ village.

Answer: thousands of new jobs

<hl> Their main pitch: The overhauled plan, updated from a widely panned version first offered in January, would generate millions of dollars in new tax revenue, create tens of thousands of new jobs and produce thousands of new housing units, parks and other neighborhood amenities that would provide a lasting legacy. <hl> And with taxpayer help, to the tune of more than $700 million, the Games would spur the much-needed upgrade of the transportation infrastructure, improving local roads as well as the beleaguered subway system. Officials argued that these were costs that taxpayers would have to bear regardless of whether Boston won the Olympics. The plan went into great detail on how the Games would transform two Boston neighborhoods: Widett Circle, the home of a temporary Olympic Stadium, and Columbia Point, home to the athletes’ village.

Their main pitch: The overhauled plan, updated from a widely panned version first offered in January, would generate millions of dollars in new tax revenue, create tens of <hl> thousands of new jobs <hl> and produce thousands of new housing units, parks and other neighborhood amenities that would provide a lasting legacy. And with taxpayer help, to the tune of more than $700 million, the Games would spur the much-needed upgrade of the transportation infrastructure, improving local roads as well as the beleaguered subway system. Officials argued that these were costs that taxpayers would have to bear regardless of whether Boston won the Olympics. The plan went into great detail on how the Games would transform two Boston neighborhoods: Widett Circle, the home of a temporary Olympic Stadium, and Columbia Point, home to the athletes’ village.


Question: When was the last pavilion?

Ms. Chalabi, a daughter of Ahmad Chalabi, the onetime United States-backed Iraqi opposition leader, said her foundation asked to represent Iraq again after organizing the last pavilion, in 2013. The government gave approval and curatorial “carte blanche,” she said, but no money. The foundation chose Philippe Van Cauteren, artistic director of the S.M.A.K. contemporary art museum in Ghent, Belgium, to put together the exhibition, and funded it with 600,000 euros (about $675,000) from private Iraqi companies and individuals.

Answer: in 2013

<hl> Ms. Chalabi, a daughter of Ahmad Chalabi, the onetime United States-backed Iraqi opposition leader, said her foundation asked to represent Iraq again after organizing the last pavilion, in 2013 . <hl> The government gave approval and curatorial “carte blanche,” she said, but no money. The foundation chose Philippe Van Cauteren, artistic director of the S.M.A.K. contemporary art museum in Ghent, Belgium, to put together the exhibition, and funded it with 600,000 euros (about $675,000) from private Iraqi companies and individuals.

Ms. Chalabi, a daughter of Ahmad Chalabi, the onetime United States-backed Iraqi opposition leader, said her foundation asked to represent Iraq again after organizing the last pavilion, <hl> in 2013 <hl>. The government gave approval and curatorial “carte blanche,” she said, but no money. The foundation chose Philippe Van Cauteren, artistic director of the S.M.A.K. contemporary art museum in Ghent, Belgium, to put together the exhibition, and funded it with 600,000 euros (about $675,000) from private Iraqi companies and individuals.

Ms. Chalabi, a daughter of Ahmad Chalabi, the onetime United States-backed Iraqi opposition leader, said her foundation asked to represent Iraq again after organizing the last pavilion, <hl> in 2013 <hl> .


Question: Which politician compared Mr. Trump to a "reality television sideshow?"

The remarks bore little resemblance to Mrs. Clinton’s previous dismissals of Mr. Trump. She had portrayed him as a reality television sideshow who voiced more extreme beliefs that, she contended, his more serious Republican rivals shared. But since Mr. Trump’s response to the Dec. 2 terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif., Mrs. Clinton and her campaign, confounded by his continued strength in the polls, have had to rethink how they handle Mr. Trump and what his candidacy, and the anger in the electorate that has fueled it, means for her chances in 2016. Some of her own voters are giving her reason to. Bennie Stickley, a 75-year-old in Gilbertville, Iowa, who retired from a John Deere factory, said he was supporting Mrs. Clinton but agrees with Mr. Trump’s proposal to bar Muslims. “I’m for him on that,” he said. “We shouldn’t be letting those people into the country,” he added. “She’s as amazed as everyone else is” by his staying power, said Edward G. Rendell, a former governor of Pennsylvania, who recently spoke to Mrs. Clinton about Mr. Trump. That befuddlement played out in the 24 hours after Mr. Trump released his proposal on Monday. The Clinton campaign, caught off guard, seemed to grapple publicly with how to respond.

Answer: Mrs. Clinton

<hl> The remarks bore little resemblance to Mrs. Clinton ’s previous dismissals of Mr. Trump. <hl> She had portrayed him as a reality television sideshow who voiced more extreme beliefs that, she contended, his more serious Republican rivals shared. But since Mr. Trump’s response to the Dec. 2 terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif., Mrs. Clinton and her campaign, confounded by his continued strength in the polls, have had to rethink how they handle Mr. Trump and what his candidacy, and the anger in the electorate that has fueled it, means for her chances in 2016. Some of her own voters are giving her reason to. Bennie Stickley, a 75-year-old in Gilbertville, Iowa, who retired from a John Deere factory, said he was supporting Mrs. Clinton but agrees with Mr. Trump’s proposal to bar Muslims. “I’m for him on that,” he said. “We shouldn’t be letting those people into the country,” he added. “She’s as amazed as everyone else is” by his staying power, said Edward G. Rendell, a former governor of Pennsylvania, who recently spoke to Mrs. Clinton about Mr. Trump. That befuddlement played out in the 24 hours after Mr. Trump released his proposal on Monday. The Clinton campaign, caught off guard, seemed to grapple publicly with how to respond.

The remarks bore little resemblance to <hl> Mrs. Clinton <hl>’s previous dismissals of Mr. Trump. She had portrayed him as a reality television sideshow who voiced more extreme beliefs that, she contended, his more serious Republican rivals shared. But since Mr. Trump’s response to the Dec. 2 terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif., Mrs. Clinton and her campaign, confounded by his continued strength in the polls, have had to rethink how they handle Mr. Trump and what his candidacy, and the anger in the electorate that has fueled it, means for her chances in 2016. Some of her own voters are giving her reason to. Bennie Stickley, a 75-year-old in Gilbertville, Iowa, who retired from a John Deere factory, said he was supporting Mrs. Clinton but agrees with Mr. Trump’s proposal to bar Muslims. “I’m for him on that,” he said. “We shouldn’t be letting those people into the country,” he added. “She’s as amazed as everyone else is” by his staying power, said Edward G. Rendell, a former governor of Pennsylvania, who recently spoke to Mrs. Clinton about Mr. Trump. That befuddlement played out in the 24 hours after Mr. Trump released his proposal on Monday. The Clinton campaign, caught off guard, seemed to grapple publicly with how to respond.

The remarks bore little resemblance to <hl> Mrs. Clinton <hl> ’s previous dismissals of Mr. Trump.


Question: Who reported the news?

The Siberian Times first reported news of the discovery in city of Yakutsk last month. The cubs were unveiled at the Kingdom of Permafrost Museum in Yakutian last week. Placed on an ice-block pedestal, they looked like sleeping house cats bundled in thick brown coats. The lion cubs probably died in their dens after a landslide, Albert Protopopov, a researcher with the Yakutian Academy of Sciences, said to The Siberian Times. Heaps of mud, rock and ice entombed their corpses from the elements for thousands of years.

Answer: The Siberian Times

<hl> The Siberian Times first reported news of the discovery in city of Yakutsk last month. <hl> The cubs were unveiled at the Kingdom of Permafrost Museum in Yakutian last week. Placed on an ice-block pedestal, they looked like sleeping house cats bundled in thick brown coats. The lion cubs probably died in their dens after a landslide, Albert Protopopov, a researcher with the Yakutian Academy of Sciences, said to The Siberian Times. Heaps of mud, rock and ice entombed their corpses from the elements for thousands of years.

<hl> The Siberian Times <hl> first reported news of the discovery in city of Yakutsk last month. The cubs were unveiled at the Kingdom of Permafrost Museum in Yakutian last week. Placed on an ice-block pedestal, they looked like sleeping house cats bundled in thick brown coats. The lion cubs probably died in their dens after a landslide, Albert Protopopov, a researcher with the Yakutian Academy of Sciences, said to The Siberian Times. Heaps of mud, rock and ice entombed their corpses from the elements for thousands of years.


Question: What service may Hicklin offer on airplanes in the future?

Hicklin said he will eventually launch projects such as in-room book selections at hotels, or perhaps book-concierge services on flights. But for now, he’s happy to keep the project small and localized. “I’m running this store out of completely selfish motivation,” he said. “I get the benefit from being surrounded by books in this beautiful location, engaging with people in an environment that I create and that reflects my sensibility.” Below, Hicklin shared his own list — the 10 books he’d want with him on a desert island. “Tess of the D’Urbervilles,” by Thomas Hardy; “Another Country,” by James Baldwin; “If This Is a Man,” by Primo Levi; “Watership Down,” by Richard Adams; “A Collection of Essays,” by George Orwell; “The Long-Winded Lady: Notes from The New Yorker,” by Maeve Brennan; “A Handful of Dust,” by Evelyn Waugh; “Eastern Approaches,” by Fitzroy Maclean; “The Line of Beauty,” by Alan Hollinghurst; “The Secret History,” by Donna Tartt.

Answer: book-concierge services

<hl> Hicklin said he will eventually launch projects such as in-room book selections at hotels, or perhaps book-concierge services on flights. <hl> But for now, he’s happy to keep the project small and localized. “I’m running this store out of completely selfish motivation,” he said. “I get the benefit from being surrounded by books in this beautiful location, engaging with people in an environment that I create and that reflects my sensibility.” Below, Hicklin shared his own list — the 10 books he’d want with him on a desert island. “Tess of the D’Urbervilles,” by Thomas Hardy; “Another Country,” by James Baldwin; “If This Is a Man,” by Primo Levi; “Watership Down,” by Richard Adams; “A Collection of Essays,” by George Orwell; “The Long-Winded Lady: Notes from The New Yorker,” by Maeve Brennan; “A Handful of Dust,” by Evelyn Waugh; “Eastern Approaches,” by Fitzroy Maclean; “The Line of Beauty,” by Alan Hollinghurst; “The Secret History,” by Donna Tartt.

Hicklin said he will eventually launch projects such as in-room book selections at hotels, or perhaps <hl> book-concierge services <hl> on flights. But for now, he’s happy to keep the project small and localized. “I’m running this store out of completely selfish motivation,” he said. “I get the benefit from being surrounded by books in this beautiful location, engaging with people in an environment that I create and that reflects my sensibility.” Below, Hicklin shared his own list — the 10 books he’d want with him on a desert island. “Tess of the D’Urbervilles,” by Thomas Hardy; “Another Country,” by James Baldwin; “If This Is a Man,” by Primo Levi; “Watership Down,” by Richard Adams; “A Collection of Essays,” by George Orwell; “The Long-Winded Lady: Notes from The New Yorker,” by Maeve Brennan; “A Handful of Dust,” by Evelyn Waugh; “Eastern Approaches,” by Fitzroy Maclean; “The Line of Beauty,” by Alan Hollinghurst; “The Secret History,” by Donna Tartt.


Question: Who is Fraser Nelson?

Those start with his pledge to hold a referendum by the end of 2017 on Britain’s continued membership in the European Union. He will also be under increased pressure from the other big winner of the election, the Scottish National Party, to revisit the question of independence for Scotland. “A small majority can quickly turn into a bed of nails,” said Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator magazine. Backbenchers in Mr. Cameron’s own party, many of them farther to the right than he is on questions of immigration and Britain’s membership in the European Union, “will be his real opposition,” Mr. Nelson said.

Answer: editor of The Spectator magazine

Those start with his pledge to hold a referendum by the end of 2017 on Britain’s continued membership in the European Union. He will also be under increased pressure from the other big winner of the election, the Scottish National Party, to revisit the question of independence for Scotland. <hl> “A small majority can quickly turn into a bed of nails,” said Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator magazine . <hl> Backbenchers in Mr. Cameron’s own party, many of them farther to the right than he is on questions of immigration and Britain’s membership in the European Union, “will be his real opposition,” Mr. Nelson said.

Those start with his pledge to hold a referendum by the end of 2017 on Britain’s continued membership in the European Union. He will also be under increased pressure from the other big winner of the election, the Scottish National Party, to revisit the question of independence for Scotland. “A small majority can quickly turn into a bed of nails,” said Fraser Nelson, <hl> editor of The Spectator magazine <hl>. Backbenchers in Mr. Cameron’s own party, many of them farther to the right than he is on questions of immigration and Britain’s membership in the European Union, “will be his real opposition,” Mr. Nelson said.

“A small majority can quickly turn into a bed of nails,” said Fraser Nelson, <hl> editor of The Spectator magazine <hl> .


Question: What did certain countries have poor records on that created an appearance problem for Mrs. Clinton?

The donations from countries with poor records on women’s rights, however, presented a difficult appearance problem for a candidate running in part as the embodiment of women’s aspirations to equality. “It’s a perfect example of the conflict of interest here,” said Richard W. Painter, a White House ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush. “The United States has at least two issues that are very important with Saudi Arabia,” he said. “One is continuing to fight terrorism, and the second is the rights of women.” Mrs. Clinton’s ramp-up to a candidacy built around women’s issues continues in New York on Monday, when she and the philanthropist Melinda Gates unveil the “No Ceilings” report. The next day, Mrs. Clinton will be the keynote speaker at a United Nations gathering on women’s empowerment.

Answer: women’s rights

<hl> The donations from countries with poor records on women’s rights , however, presented a difficult appearance problem for a candidate running in part as the embodiment of women’s aspirations to equality. <hl> “It’s a perfect example of the conflict of interest here,” said Richard W. Painter, a White House ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush. “The United States has at least two issues that are very important with Saudi Arabia,” he said. “One is continuing to fight terrorism, and the second is the rights of women.” Mrs. Clinton’s ramp-up to a candidacy built around women’s issues continues in New York on Monday, when she and the philanthropist Melinda Gates unveil the “No Ceilings” report. The next day, Mrs. Clinton will be the keynote speaker at a United Nations gathering on women’s empowerment.

The donations from countries with poor records on <hl> women’s rights <hl>, however, presented a difficult appearance problem for a candidate running in part as the embodiment of women’s aspirations to equality. “It’s a perfect example of the conflict of interest here,” said Richard W. Painter, a White House ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush. “The United States has at least two issues that are very important with Saudi Arabia,” he said. “One is continuing to fight terrorism, and the second is the rights of women.” Mrs. Clinton’s ramp-up to a candidacy built around women’s issues continues in New York on Monday, when she and the philanthropist Melinda Gates unveil the “No Ceilings” report. The next day, Mrs. Clinton will be the keynote speaker at a United Nations gathering on women’s empowerment.

The donations from countries with poor records on <hl> women’s rights <hl> , however, presented a difficult appearance problem for a candidate running in part as the embodiment of women’s aspirations to equality.


Question: Who is Megan Konar?

Over the long term, Dr. Hanak believes, the state should not only encourage farmers to store water in the ground, but also consider creating a market to allow them to buy and sell their allotments. Megan Konar, an engineer at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is among the experts eager to see California lead the world toward more sustainable methods. Recent research she did with a graduate student, Landon Marston, found that 18.5 percent of the American grain supply, an essential link in the food chain, is coming from parts of the country where the aquifers are being depleted. Other research suggests that overpumping of water is even more severe in parts of India and Africa, a long-term risk to the global food supply. As climate change forces farmers to grow crops in hotter conditions, water demand is only going to rise.

Answer: an engineer at the University of Illinois,

Over the long term, Dr. Hanak believes, the state should not only encourage farmers to store water in the ground, but also consider creating a market to allow them to buy and sell their allotments. <hl> Megan Konar, an engineer at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is among the experts eager to see California lead the world toward more sustainable methods. <hl> Recent research she did with a graduate student, Landon Marston, found that 18.5 percent of the American grain supply, an essential link in the food chain, is coming from parts of the country where the aquifers are being depleted. Other research suggests that overpumping of water is even more severe in parts of India and Africa, a long-term risk to the global food supply. As climate change forces farmers to grow crops in hotter conditions, water demand is only going to rise.

Over the long term, Dr. Hanak believes, the state should not only encourage farmers to store water in the ground, but also consider creating a market to allow them to buy and sell their allotments. Megan Konar, <hl> an engineer at the University of Illinois, <hl> Urbana-Champaign, is among the experts eager to see California lead the world toward more sustainable methods. Recent research she did with a graduate student, Landon Marston, found that 18.5 percent of the American grain supply, an essential link in the food chain, is coming from parts of the country where the aquifers are being depleted. Other research suggests that overpumping of water is even more severe in parts of India and Africa, a long-term risk to the global food supply. As climate change forces farmers to grow crops in hotter conditions, water demand is only going to rise.


Question: Who was scolded by Pliny?

Literature has given us especially brilliant stories about office work — “Bartleby the Scrivener,” by Melville; “Something Happened,” by Joseph Heller; “Then We Came to the End,” by Joshua Ferris — and, also, oddly enough, about working in hotels: “An American Tragedy,” by Theodore Dreiser; “I Served the King of England,” by Bohumil Hrabal; “Confessions of Felix Krull,” by Thomas Mann. Another through-line, of work that is miserable to do, can be traced from Émile Zola to Upton Sinclair to Barbara Ehrenreich. But then there are books that are about work not by having some kind of work as their subject matter, but instead by being incarnations of an extraordinary amount of work: a luxurious, wonderful kind of work, the elective work of learning. In order to finish his vast projects, amid his other state responsibilities, Pliny barely slept, never married and had someone read to him or take dictation even as he prepared for his bath. His nephew tells the story of how once after a dinner, when a book was being read aloud and another diner interrupted to correct the reader’s pronunciation of a word, Pliny the Elder scolded him: “We have lost more than 10 lines through your interruption.”

Answer: diner

Literature has given us especially brilliant stories about office work — “Bartleby the Scrivener,” by Melville; “Something Happened,” by Joseph Heller; “Then We Came to the End,” by Joshua Ferris — and, also, oddly enough, about working in hotels: “An American Tragedy,” by Theodore Dreiser; “I Served the King of England,” by Bohumil Hrabal; “Confessions of Felix Krull,” by Thomas Mann. Another through-line, of work that is miserable to do, can be traced from Émile Zola to Upton Sinclair to Barbara Ehrenreich. But then there are books that are about work not by having some kind of work as their subject matter, but instead by being incarnations of an extraordinary amount of work: a luxurious, wonderful kind of work, the elective work of learning. In order to finish his vast projects, amid his other state responsibilities, Pliny barely slept, never married and had someone read to him or take dictation even as he prepared for his bath. <hl> His nephew tells the story of how once after a dinner, when a book was being read aloud and another diner interrupted to correct the reader’s pronunciation of a word, Pliny the Elder scolded him: “We have lost more than 10 lines through your interruption.” <hl>

Literature has given us especially brilliant stories about office work — “Bartleby the Scrivener,” by Melville; “Something Happened,” by Joseph Heller; “Then We Came to the End,” by Joshua Ferris — and, also, oddly enough, about working in hotels: “An American Tragedy,” by Theodore Dreiser; “I Served the King of England,” by Bohumil Hrabal; “Confessions of Felix Krull,” by Thomas Mann. Another through-line, of work that is miserable to do, can be traced from Émile Zola to Upton Sinclair to Barbara Ehrenreich. But then there are books that are about work not by having some kind of work as their subject matter, but instead by being incarnations of an extraordinary amount of work: a luxurious, wonderful kind of work, the elective work of learning. In order to finish his vast projects, amid his other state responsibilities, Pliny barely slept, never married and had someone read to him or take dictation even as he prepared for his bath. His nephew tells the story of how once after a dinner, when a book was being read aloud and another <hl> diner <hl> interrupted to correct the reader’s pronunciation of a word, Pliny the Elder scolded him: “We have lost more than 10 lines through your interruption.”


Question: Jean Pisani-Ferry works as a policy adviser to which countries government?

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: French government

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. <hl> “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.”

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 <hl> French government <hl>, wrote in a blog post this week. “Outright deflation would be an even more dangerous threat.”

“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 <hl> French government <hl> , wrote in a blog post this week.


Question: He missed how many months to recover from surgery?

After his 27th hole, Woods was 19 strokes off the leader’s pace. Talk about disheartening. Asked what he had been thinking when he made the turn in 44, tying his worst nine-hole score as a pro, Woods said: “Just keep fighting. Just keep grinding each and every shot. That’s all I can do. It was not a very good day from the very start until the end, but I fought all day.” In official tour events, Woods has not bettered par in his last six competitive rounds, dating to August. He missed nearly six months to recover from back surgery and in recent weeks was slowed by influenza. Golfers are like stage actors. They cannot be sure how well they will deliver their lines until the curtain comes up and they are performing in front of an audience. “Hitting golf balls is one thing, and playing golf at home is another,” Woods said. “Playing tournament golf is entirely another. I have to continue with the process.”

Answer: six months

After his 27th hole, Woods was 19 strokes off the leader’s pace. Talk about disheartening. Asked what he had been thinking when he made the turn in 44, tying his worst nine-hole score as a pro, Woods said: “Just keep fighting. Just keep grinding each and every shot. That’s all I can do. It was not a very good day from the very start until the end, but I fought all day.” In official tour events, Woods has not bettered par in his last six competitive rounds, dating to August. <hl> He missed nearly six months to recover from back surgery and in recent weeks was slowed by influenza. <hl> Golfers are like stage actors. They cannot be sure how well they will deliver their lines until the curtain comes up and they are performing in front of an audience. “Hitting golf balls is one thing, and playing golf at home is another,” Woods said. “Playing tournament golf is entirely another. I have to continue with the process.”

After his 27th hole, Woods was 19 strokes off the leader’s pace. Talk about disheartening. Asked what he had been thinking when he made the turn in 44, tying his worst nine-hole score as a pro, Woods said: “Just keep fighting. Just keep grinding each and every shot. That’s all I can do. It was not a very good day from the very start until the end, but I fought all day.” In official tour events, Woods has not bettered par in his last six competitive rounds, dating to August. He missed nearly <hl> six months <hl> to recover from back surgery and in recent weeks was slowed by influenza. Golfers are like stage actors. They cannot be sure how well they will deliver their lines until the curtain comes up and they are performing in front of an audience. “Hitting golf balls is one thing, and playing golf at home is another,” Woods said. “Playing tournament golf is entirely another. I have to continue with the process.”


Question: How many men were included in the six randomized trials?

Before 1983, six randomized controlled trials involving 2,467 men were conducted. None were explicit studies of the recommended diet (and none involved women), but all explored the relationship between dietary fat, cholesterol and mortality. Five of them were secondary prevention trials — meaning that they involved only men with known problems already. Only one included healthy participants, who would be at lower risk, and therefore would be likely to have less benefit from dietary changes. That’s a lot of participants. Moreover, many of them were at high risk. And in all of them, there was no significant difference among them in the rate of death from coronary heart disease. There were also no differences in mortality from all causes, which is the metric that matters.

Answer: 2,467

<hl> Before 1983, six randomized controlled trials involving 2,467 men were conducted. <hl> None were explicit studies of the recommended diet (and none involved women), but all explored the relationship between dietary fat, cholesterol and mortality. Five of them were secondary prevention trials — meaning that they involved only men with known problems already. Only one included healthy participants, who would be at lower risk, and therefore would be likely to have less benefit from dietary changes. That’s a lot of participants. Moreover, many of them were at high risk. And in all of them, there was no significant difference among them in the rate of death from coronary heart disease. There were also no differences in mortality from all causes, which is the metric that matters.

Before 1983, six randomized controlled trials involving <hl> 2,467 <hl> men were conducted. None were explicit studies of the recommended diet (and none involved women), but all explored the relationship between dietary fat, cholesterol and mortality. Five of them were secondary prevention trials — meaning that they involved only men with known problems already. Only one included healthy participants, who would be at lower risk, and therefore would be likely to have less benefit from dietary changes. That’s a lot of participants. Moreover, many of them were at high risk. And in all of them, there was no significant difference among them in the rate of death from coronary heart disease. There were also no differences in mortality from all causes, which is the metric that matters.


Question: What percentage 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 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: 1 percent

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. <hl> About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade. <hl>

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 <hl> 1 percent <hl> of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.


Question: What didn't he want to repeat in the country?

“No matter how they explained their position, the state is falling apart,” he said in 2012. “Interethnic, interclan and intertribal conflicts continue.” He added, “And you want us to constantly repeat these mistakes in other countries?” He argued against intervention by outside powers in Syria as well, adding that Russia was “not concerned with the fate” of President Bashar al-Assad’s government.

Answer: mistakes

“No matter how they explained their position, the state is falling apart,” he said in 2012. “Interethnic, interclan and intertribal conflicts continue.” <hl> He added, “And you want us to constantly repeat these mistakes in other countries?” <hl> He argued against intervention by outside powers in Syria as well, adding that Russia was “not concerned with the fate” of President Bashar al-Assad’s government.

“No matter how they explained their position, the state is falling apart,” he said in 2012. “Interethnic, interclan and intertribal conflicts continue.” He added, “And you want us to constantly repeat these <hl> mistakes <hl> in other countries?” He argued against intervention by outside powers in Syria as well, adding that Russia was “not concerned with the fate” of President Bashar al-Assad’s government.


Question: What communication did more than 350 American rabbis recently use to declare that environmental action needs to taken now?

Perhaps the biggest question now is whether rising concern about the environment among religious groups will translate into stronger political demands that governments find ways to reduce the cost of low-carbon energy supplies, improve their reliability and speed their deployment. This month, more than 350 American rabbis issued a letter of their own, declaring that the time for action was at hand. “The hope is that over and over in our history, when our country faced the need for profound change, it has been our communities of moral commitment, religious covenant and spiritual search that have arisen to meet the need,” the rabbis declared. “So it was 50 years ago during the civil rights movement, and so it must be today.”

Answer: a letter

Perhaps the biggest question now is whether rising concern about the environment among religious groups will translate into stronger political demands that governments find ways to reduce the cost of low-carbon energy supplies, improve their reliability and speed their deployment. <hl> This month, more than 350 American rabbis issued a letter of their own, declaring that the time for action was at hand. <hl> “The hope is that over and over in our history, when our country faced the need for profound change, it has been our communities of moral commitment, religious covenant and spiritual search that have arisen to meet the need,” the rabbis declared. “So it was 50 years ago during the civil rights movement, and so it must be today.”

Perhaps the biggest question now is whether rising concern about the environment among religious groups will translate into stronger political demands that governments find ways to reduce the cost of low-carbon energy supplies, improve their reliability and speed their deployment. This month, more than 350 American rabbis issued <hl> a letter <hl> of their own, declaring that the time for action was at hand. “The hope is that over and over in our history, when our country faced the need for profound change, it has been our communities of moral commitment, religious covenant and spiritual search that have arisen to meet the need,” the rabbis declared. “So it was 50 years ago during the civil rights movement, and so it must be today.”


Question: What did Mr. Makovsky think would be the eventual outcome of the debate?

David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said that even though the White House had been effective at privately engaging skeptics of the deal on its merits, Mr. Obama appeared to be “hyping” his case to the public, perhaps in an effort to match the incendiary language of his opponents. “These two sides are just playing off each other, and they’re just going to drive this debate off a cliff,” Mr. Makovsky said. “You come to expect a certain high road in political persuasion from this president, and if he feels that the critics are being unfair, call them on that, but don’t say, ‘I see your low road, and I’m going to double it.’ ”

Answer: they’re just going to drive this debate off a cliff

David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said that even though the White House had been effective at privately engaging skeptics of the deal on its merits, Mr. Obama appeared to be “hyping” his case to the public, perhaps in an effort to match the incendiary language of his opponents. <hl> “These two sides are just playing off each other, and they’re just going to drive this debate off a cliff ,” Mr. Makovsky said. <hl> “You come to expect a certain high road in political persuasion from this president, and if he feels that the critics are being unfair, call them on that, but don’t say, ‘I see your low road, and I’m going to double it.’ ”

David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said that even though the White House had been effective at privately engaging skeptics of the deal on its merits, Mr. Obama appeared to be “hyping” his case to the public, perhaps in an effort to match the incendiary language of his opponents. “These two sides are just playing off each other, and <hl> they’re just going to drive this debate off a cliff <hl>,” Mr. Makovsky said. “You come to expect a certain high road in political persuasion from this president, and if he feels that the critics are being unfair, call them on that, but don’t say, ‘I see your low road, and I’m going to double it.’ ”

“These two sides are just playing off each other, and <hl> they’re just going to drive this debate off a cliff <hl> ,” Mr. Makovsky said.


Question: What is the Blue Door Gallery's website?

YONKERS Blue Door Gallery Group exhibition by the Manhattan Quilters Guild. Through April 18. Thursdays through Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. Blue Door Gallery, 13 Riverdale Avenue. 914-375-5100; bluedoorartcenter.org. YONKERS Hudson River Museum “Frohawk Two Feathers: Kill Your Best Ideas, the Battle for New York and Its Lifeline, the Hudson River.” “Promoting the President: In Celebration of Washington’s Birthday.” Through May 17. $3 to $6; members, free. Wednesdays through Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Hudson River Museum, 511 Warburton Avenue. 914-963-4550; hrm.org.

Answer: bluedoorartcenter.org

914-375-5100; bluedoorartcenter.org .

YONKERS Blue Door Gallery Group exhibition by the Manhattan Quilters Guild. Through April 18. Thursdays through Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. Blue Door Gallery, 13 Riverdale Avenue. <hl> 914-375-5100; bluedoorartcenter.org . <hl> YONKERS Hudson River Museum “Frohawk Two Feathers: Kill Your Best Ideas, the Battle for New York and Its Lifeline, the Hudson River.” “Promoting the President: In Celebration of Washington’s Birthday.” Through May 17. $3 to $6; members, free. Wednesdays through Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Hudson River Museum, 511 Warburton Avenue. 914-963-4550; hrm.org.

YONKERS Blue Door Gallery Group exhibition by the Manhattan Quilters Guild. Through April 18. Thursdays through Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. Blue Door Gallery, 13 Riverdale Avenue. 914-375-5100; <hl> bluedoorartcenter.org <hl>. YONKERS Hudson River Museum “Frohawk Two Feathers: Kill Your Best Ideas, the Battle for New York and Its Lifeline, the Hudson River.” “Promoting the President: In Celebration of Washington’s Birthday.” Through May 17. $3 to $6; members, free. Wednesdays through Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Hudson River Museum, 511 Warburton Avenue. 914-963-4550; hrm.org.

914-375-5100; <hl> bluedoorartcenter.org <hl> .


Question: What time is Morton Feldman's Piano and String Quartet performing at on Sunday?

This week night offers a couple of strong concert choices. On Sunday, you can head to Spectrum, a very cozy space on the Lower East Side, for Morton Feldman’s late, visionary Piano and String Quartet, featuring the pianist Joseph Branciforte and string players drawn from several ensembles: Christopher Otto, Pauline Kim Harris, John Pickford Richards and Mariel Roberts. (9 p.m., 121 Ludlow Street, second floor, spectrumnyc.com.) And on Thursday there’s the second installment in the Argento Chamber Ensemble’s Mahler as New York Contemporary series, which this time pairs the chamber arrangement of “Das Lied von der Erde” with recent works by Oliver Schneller and Jesse Jones. (7:30 p.m., Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, at 67th Street, 212-933-5812, argentomusic.com.)

Answer: 9 p.m.

This week night offers a couple of strong concert choices. On Sunday, you can head to Spectrum, a very cozy space on the Lower East Side, for Morton Feldman’s late, visionary Piano and String Quartet, featuring the pianist Joseph Branciforte and string players drawn from several ensembles: Christopher Otto, Pauline Kim Harris, John Pickford Richards and Mariel Roberts. <hl> ( 9 p.m. , 121 Ludlow Street, second floor, spectrumnyc.com.) <hl> And on Thursday there’s the second installment in the Argento Chamber Ensemble’s Mahler as New York Contemporary series, which this time pairs the chamber arrangement of “Das Lied von der Erde” with recent works by Oliver Schneller and Jesse Jones. (7:30 p.m., Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, at 67th Street, 212-933-5812, argentomusic.com.)

This week night offers a couple of strong concert choices. On Sunday, you can head to Spectrum, a very cozy space on the Lower East Side, for Morton Feldman’s late, visionary Piano and String Quartet, featuring the pianist Joseph Branciforte and string players drawn from several ensembles: Christopher Otto, Pauline Kim Harris, John Pickford Richards and Mariel Roberts. (<hl> 9 p.m. <hl>, 121 Ludlow Street, second floor, spectrumnyc.com.) And on Thursday there’s the second installment in the Argento Chamber Ensemble’s Mahler as New York Contemporary series, which this time pairs the chamber arrangement of “Das Lied von der Erde” with recent works by Oliver Schneller and Jesse Jones. (7:30 p.m., Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, at 67th Street, 212-933-5812, argentomusic.com.)

( <hl> 9 p.m. <hl> , 121 Ludlow Street, second floor, spectrumnyc.com.)


Question: What percentage of voters voted for Mr. Shumlin?

But on Thursday, members of the Vermont House and Senate elected the state’s governor — by secret ballot. They chose Peter Shumlin, a Democrat, giving him his third two-year term. That’s right: 179 state legislators had the final say, not the 193,603 voters who cast ballots for governor in the Nov. 4 election. “Thank you all for making it possible for me to be able to give this speech today,” Mr. Shumlin told legislators a few hours later as he delivered his inaugural address in the House chamber. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart.” He had reason to be grateful. In November, Mr. Shumlin won only 46.4 percent of the vote, not the 50 percent required by the Vermont Constitution to claim victory outright. He was nearly toppled by Scott Milne, a little-known Republican businessman, who won 45.1 percent.

Answer: 46.4 percent

But on Thursday, members of the Vermont House and Senate elected the state’s governor — by secret ballot. They chose Peter Shumlin, a Democrat, giving him his third two-year term. That’s right: 179 state legislators had the final say, not the 193,603 voters who cast ballots for governor in the Nov. 4 election. “Thank you all for making it possible for me to be able to give this speech today,” Mr. Shumlin told legislators a few hours later as he delivered his inaugural address in the House chamber. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart.” He had reason to be grateful. <hl> In November, Mr. Shumlin won only 46.4 percent of the vote, not the 50 percent required by the Vermont Constitution to claim victory outright. <hl> He was nearly toppled by Scott Milne, a little-known Republican businessman, who won 45.1 percent.

But on Thursday, members of the Vermont House and Senate elected the state’s governor — by secret ballot. They chose Peter Shumlin, a Democrat, giving him his third two-year term. That’s right: 179 state legislators had the final say, not the 193,603 voters who cast ballots for governor in the Nov. 4 election. “Thank you all for making it possible for me to be able to give this speech today,” Mr. Shumlin told legislators a few hours later as he delivered his inaugural address in the House chamber. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart.” He had reason to be grateful. In November, Mr. Shumlin won only <hl> 46.4 percent <hl> of the vote, not the 50 percent required by the Vermont Constitution to claim victory outright. He was nearly toppled by Scott Milne, a little-known Republican businessman, who won 45.1 percent.


Question: Cougars were playing against what team?

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

Answer: Arizona State

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

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

The Washington State sophomore threw for 497 yards and five touchdowns as the host Cougars topped <hl> Arizona State <hl> , 38-24, to become eligible for a bowl game for the second time in Coach Mike Leach’s four years with the program.