Question: Which SNL veteran wrote jokes on sticky notes to be passed along to Mr. Feig?

In Budapest last June, Kent Sublette, a veteran of “Saturday Night Live,” and Katie Dippold, the screenwriter for “The Heat” and now co-writer of the new “Ghostbusters,” watched the action and scribbled jokes on sticky notes, which were handed to Mr. Feig, who also shouted extra one-liners to his cast. In the editing room, these “alts,” as they’re known, are assembled into multiple cuts, which Mr. Feig test-screens religiously. In Hollywood, test screening is done grudgingly, considered a pernicious studio tool and the enemy of the auteur. “It doesn’t work very well if a movie is supposed to make you feel difficult emotions,” Mr. Apatow said. “If you’re making a David Lynch movie, it doesn’t work at all.” But for comedy, he continued, it’s often the best way to refine jokes. Their semi-scientific process involves recording viewers’ laughter across different versions. Mr. Feig, a former stand-up comic, compared it with road-testing an act. “Spy” has had about 10 test screenings, he said, although unlike “Bridesmaids,” it scored well with audiences out of the gate. In a South by Southwest preview, one critic called it “a home run.”

Answer: Kent Sublette

<hl> In Budapest last June, Kent Sublette , a veteran of “Saturday Night Live,” and Katie Dippold, the screenwriter for “The Heat” and now co-writer of the new “Ghostbusters,” watched the action and scribbled jokes on sticky notes, which were handed to Mr. Feig, who also shouted extra one-liners to his cast. <hl> In the editing room, these “alts,” as they’re known, are assembled into multiple cuts, which Mr. Feig test-screens religiously. In Hollywood, test screening is done grudgingly, considered a pernicious studio tool and the enemy of the auteur. “It doesn’t work very well if a movie is supposed to make you feel difficult emotions,” Mr. Apatow said. “If you’re making a David Lynch movie, it doesn’t work at all.” But for comedy, he continued, it’s often the best way to refine jokes. Their semi-scientific process involves recording viewers’ laughter across different versions. Mr. Feig, a former stand-up comic, compared it with road-testing an act. “Spy” has had about 10 test screenings, he said, although unlike “Bridesmaids,” it scored well with audiences out of the gate. In a South by Southwest preview, one critic called it “a home run.”

In Budapest last June, <hl> Kent Sublette <hl>, a veteran of “Saturday Night Live,” and Katie Dippold, the screenwriter for “The Heat” and now co-writer of the new “Ghostbusters,” watched the action and scribbled jokes on sticky notes, which were handed to Mr. Feig, who also shouted extra one-liners to his cast. In the editing room, these “alts,” as they’re known, are assembled into multiple cuts, which Mr. Feig test-screens religiously. In Hollywood, test screening is done grudgingly, considered a pernicious studio tool and the enemy of the auteur. “It doesn’t work very well if a movie is supposed to make you feel difficult emotions,” Mr. Apatow said. “If you’re making a David Lynch movie, it doesn’t work at all.” But for comedy, he continued, it’s often the best way to refine jokes. Their semi-scientific process involves recording viewers’ laughter across different versions. Mr. Feig, a former stand-up comic, compared it with road-testing an act. “Spy” has had about 10 test screenings, he said, although unlike “Bridesmaids,” it scored well with audiences out of the gate. In a South by Southwest preview, one critic called it “a home run.”

In Budapest last June, <hl> Kent Sublette <hl> , a veteran of “Saturday Night Live,” and Katie Dippold, the screenwriter for “The Heat” and now co-writer of the new “Ghostbusters,” watched the action and scribbled jokes on sticky notes, which were handed to Mr. Feig, who also shouted extra one-liners to his cast.


Question: How many counties does the western Washington State Girl Scouts cover?

“Our development office has these clapper doodads, like you use on New Year’s Eve, and we clap them whenever we get a success,” the Girl Scouts’ area chief executive, Megan Ferland, recalled with a chuckle. That day, she said, “the clappers were going crazy.” One hundred thousand dollars was a big donation for the council, which represents about 25,500 girls in 17 counties in the western part of Washington State.

Answer: 17

“Our development office has these clapper doodads, like you use on New Year’s Eve, and we clap them whenever we get a success,” the Girl Scouts’ area chief executive, Megan Ferland, recalled with a chuckle. That day, she said, “the clappers were going crazy.” <hl> One hundred thousand dollars was a big donation for the council, which represents about 25,500 girls in 17 counties in the western part of Washington State. <hl>

“Our development office has these clapper doodads, like you use on New Year’s Eve, and we clap them whenever we get a success,” the Girl Scouts’ area chief executive, Megan Ferland, recalled with a chuckle. That day, she said, “the clappers were going crazy.” One hundred thousand dollars was a big donation for the council, which represents about 25,500 girls in <hl> 17 <hl> counties in the western part of Washington State.


Question: A millennium-old civilization was said to have ended when?

Kathleen Parthé, the director of Russian studies at the University of Rochester and the author of two books that address village prose, said of Mr. Rasputin in an email, “Like many of Russia’s best-known writers, he was always slightly out of step with the times — too bold in the 1960s and 1970s with his nostalgia for the radiant village past, too critical of the Soviet destruction of the environment around his beloved Lake Baikal, too disdainful of Western-style democracy, too bitter about those he said had brought a millennium-old civilization to an end in 1917.” She added, “As a writer he may have been a spent force, but as a cultural icon who helped legitimize the latest version of Russian authoritarianism,” he was receiving “a very grand send-off.”

Answer: 1917

<hl> Kathleen Parthé, the director of Russian studies at the University of Rochester and the author of two books that address village prose, said of Mr. Rasputin in an email, “Like many of Russia’s best-known writers, he was always slightly out of step with the times — too bold in the 1960s and 1970s with his nostalgia for the radiant village past, too critical of the Soviet destruction of the environment around his beloved Lake Baikal, too disdainful of Western-style democracy, too bitter about those he said had brought a millennium-old civilization to an end in 1917 .” <hl> She added, “As a writer he may have been a spent force, but as a cultural icon who helped legitimize the latest version of Russian authoritarianism,” he was receiving “a very grand send-off.”

Kathleen Parthé, the director of Russian studies at the University of Rochester and the author of two books that address village prose, said of Mr. Rasputin in an email, “Like many of Russia’s best-known writers, he was always slightly out of step with the times — too bold in the 1960s and 1970s with his nostalgia for the radiant village past, too critical of the Soviet destruction of the environment around his beloved Lake Baikal, too disdainful of Western-style democracy, too bitter about those he said had brought a millennium-old civilization to an end in <hl> 1917 <hl>.” She added, “As a writer he may have been a spent force, but as a cultural icon who helped legitimize the latest version of Russian authoritarianism,” he was receiving “a very grand send-off.”

Kathleen Parthé, the director of Russian studies at the University of Rochester and the author of two books that address village prose, said of Mr. Rasputin in an email, “Like many of Russia’s best-known writers, he was always slightly out of step with the times — too bold in the 1960s and 1970s with his nostalgia for the radiant village past, too critical of the Soviet destruction of the environment around his beloved Lake Baikal, too disdainful of Western-style democracy, too bitter about those he said had brought a millennium-old civilization to an end in <hl> 1917 <hl> .”


Question: Who did the study supported by Department of Transportation?

“Tech and innovation in the auto industry are moving so much faster than the regulators can keep up with it,” she said. The Department of Transportation has sponsored research at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute into whether the safety benefit of having head-up displays in cars outweighs the risk of distraction; that study is expected to conclude in 2016. Another take on the fledgling technology comes from a Vancouver, British Columbia, start-up called DD Technologies — started by two entrepreneurs who said they were inspired to build a head-up display after watching an “Iron Man” movie. The company’s display, Iris, which should soon be available in limited quantities, allows drivers to read the contents of a text. But the entrepreneurs say they’re not encouraging the behavior — well, not exactly.

Answer: Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

“Tech and innovation in the auto industry are moving so much faster than the regulators can keep up with it,” she said. <hl> The Department of Transportation has sponsored research at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute into whether the safety benefit of having head-up displays in cars outweighs the risk of distraction; that study is expected to conclude in 2016. <hl> Another take on the fledgling technology comes from a Vancouver, British Columbia, start-up called DD Technologies — started by two entrepreneurs who said they were inspired to build a head-up display after watching an “Iron Man” movie. The company’s display, Iris, which should soon be available in limited quantities, allows drivers to read the contents of a text. But the entrepreneurs say they’re not encouraging the behavior — well, not exactly.

“Tech and innovation in the auto industry are moving so much faster than the regulators can keep up with it,” she said. The Department of Transportation has sponsored research at the <hl> Virginia Tech Transportation Institute <hl> into whether the safety benefit of having head-up displays in cars outweighs the risk of distraction; that study is expected to conclude in 2016. Another take on the fledgling technology comes from a Vancouver, British Columbia, start-up called DD Technologies — started by two entrepreneurs who said they were inspired to build a head-up display after watching an “Iron Man” movie. The company’s display, Iris, which should soon be available in limited quantities, allows drivers to read the contents of a text. But the entrepreneurs say they’re not encouraging the behavior — well, not exactly.


Question: who is in charge of Redstone's health decisions?

In the suit, filed last week, Manuela Herzer, who once had a romantic relationship with Mr. Redstone, said that he had been unable to “communicate reliably or competently manage his own health care” for weeks. The petition specifically asked that the court decide whether Ms. Herzer was improperly removed on Oct. 16 from control of an advanced health care directive that put her in charge of his health decisions. Philippe Dauman, the chief executive of Viacom, has since been put in control of Mr. Redstone’s medical care. The petition included personal details, including claims that Mr. Redstone is incontinent, requires suctioning to remove phlegm up to 20 times day, is “obsessed with eating steak” even while on a feeding tube, and “demands, to the extent he can be understood, to engage in sexual activity every day.”

Answer: Philippe Dauman,

In the suit, filed last week, Manuela Herzer, who once had a romantic relationship with Mr. Redstone, said that he had been unable to “communicate reliably or competently manage his own health care” for weeks. The petition specifically asked that the court decide whether Ms. Herzer was improperly removed on Oct. 16 from control of an advanced health care directive that put her in charge of his health decisions. <hl> Philippe Dauman, the chief executive of Viacom, has since been put in control of Mr. Redstone’s medical care. <hl> The petition included personal details, including claims that Mr. Redstone is incontinent, requires suctioning to remove phlegm up to 20 times day, is “obsessed with eating steak” even while on a feeding tube, and “demands, to the extent he can be understood, to engage in sexual activity every day.”

In the suit, filed last week, Manuela Herzer, who once had a romantic relationship with Mr. Redstone, said that he had been unable to “communicate reliably or competently manage his own health care” for weeks. The petition specifically asked that the court decide whether Ms. Herzer was improperly removed on Oct. 16 from control of an advanced health care directive that put her in charge of his health decisions. <hl> Philippe Dauman, <hl> the chief executive of Viacom, has since been put in control of Mr. Redstone’s medical care. The petition included personal details, including claims that Mr. Redstone is incontinent, requires suctioning to remove phlegm up to 20 times day, is “obsessed with eating steak” even while on a feeding tube, and “demands, to the extent he can be understood, to engage in sexual activity every day.”


Question: What preferred method of pay is being used for hostage takers?

In the old days, criminals liked their ransom payments in briefcases full of unmarked bills. These days, there’s a new preferred method for hostage takers: the virtual currency Bitcoin. In a modern day version of a mob shakedown, hackers around the world have seized files on millions of computers, taken down public websites and even, in a few cases, threatened physical harm. The victims — who have ranged from ordinary computer users to financial firms and police departments — are told that their only way out is through a Bitcoin payment that is sometimes more than $20,000.

Answer: Bitcoin

In the old days, criminals liked their ransom payments in briefcases full of unmarked bills. <hl> These days, there’s a new preferred method for hostage takers: the virtual currency Bitcoin . <hl> In a modern day version of a mob shakedown, hackers around the world have seized files on millions of computers, taken down public websites and even, in a few cases, threatened physical harm. The victims — who have ranged from ordinary computer users to financial firms and police departments — are told that their only way out is through a Bitcoin payment that is sometimes more than $20,000.

In the old days, criminals liked their ransom payments in briefcases full of unmarked bills. These days, there’s a new preferred method for hostage takers: the virtual currency <hl> Bitcoin <hl>. In a modern day version of a mob shakedown, hackers around the world have seized files on millions of computers, taken down public websites and even, in a few cases, threatened physical harm. The victims — who have ranged from ordinary computer users to financial firms and police departments — are told that their only way out is through a Bitcoin payment that is sometimes more than $20,000.

These days, there’s a new preferred method for hostage takers: the virtual currency <hl> Bitcoin <hl> .


Question: How long did Tiant live in Boston?

“I told him Boston is a good place to play,” Tiant said. “I lived there for 43 years. I live in Maine now, but I lived in Boston for years, and for me, it is my second country. People were great to me, and they are still great to me. They show me respect, admiration and love. They don’t have that anywhere else I’ve been, just in Boston.” Tiant was a larger-than-life figure in Boston: a portly, cigar-smoking character whose starts were big events. He was also known as an exceptional clutch performer. In the memorable 1975 World Series, Tiant won two games against the Cincinnati Reds, including a shutout in Game 1. He also won the final regularly scheduled game of the 1978 season with a two-hit shutout against the Blue Jays that forced the famous one-game playoff with the Yankees. But Tiant’s status as Boston sports royalty was solidified as far back as 1972, when he went 15-6 with a 1.91 E.R.A., the best in baseball that season. Tiant was unable to return to Cuba for 46 years. After leaving Cuba, he did not see his father for 14 years until Luis Tiant Sr. was allowed to come to Boston to watch the 1975 World Series. “It’s sad,” Tiant said. “It was 46 years before I go back to my country, and a lot of my friends and people I played with and went to school with, they died. It’s not a comfortable situation. I didn’t see my father for 14 years. I thought I would never see him again.” Moncada grew teary-eyed when he spoke of his own family. He said that until he left Cuba nine months ago, he had not gone more than a week without seeing his family. But the future might not be as difficult for him as the past was for Tiant. The governments of Cuba and the United States have initiated a process that could lead to a normalization of relations. If that is achieved, it may not be as difficult for the current group of Cuban players to travel home and then return to the United States to play.

Answer: 43 years

“I lived there for 43 years .

“I told him Boston is a good place to play,” Tiant said. <hl> “I lived there for 43 years . <hl> I live in Maine now, but I lived in Boston for years, and for me, it is my second country. People were great to me, and they are still great to me. They show me respect, admiration and love. They don’t have that anywhere else I’ve been, just in Boston.” Tiant was a larger-than-life figure in Boston: a portly, cigar-smoking character whose starts were big events. He was also known as an exceptional clutch performer. In the memorable 1975 World Series, Tiant won two games against the Cincinnati Reds, including a shutout in Game 1. He also won the final regularly scheduled game of the 1978 season with a two-hit shutout against the Blue Jays that forced the famous one-game playoff with the Yankees. But Tiant’s status as Boston sports royalty was solidified as far back as 1972, when he went 15-6 with a 1.91 E.R.A., the best in baseball that season. Tiant was unable to return to Cuba for 46 years. After leaving Cuba, he did not see his father for 14 years until Luis Tiant Sr. was allowed to come to Boston to watch the 1975 World Series. “It’s sad,” Tiant said. “It was 46 years before I go back to my country, and a lot of my friends and people I played with and went to school with, they died. It’s not a comfortable situation. I didn’t see my father for 14 years. I thought I would never see him again.” Moncada grew teary-eyed when he spoke of his own family. He said that until he left Cuba nine months ago, he had not gone more than a week without seeing his family. But the future might not be as difficult for him as the past was for Tiant. The governments of Cuba and the United States have initiated a process that could lead to a normalization of relations. If that is achieved, it may not be as difficult for the current group of Cuban players to travel home and then return to the United States to play.

“I told him Boston is a good place to play,” Tiant said. “I lived there for <hl> 43 years <hl>. I live in Maine now, but I lived in Boston for years, and for me, it is my second country. People were great to me, and they are still great to me. They show me respect, admiration and love. They don’t have that anywhere else I’ve been, just in Boston.” Tiant was a larger-than-life figure in Boston: a portly, cigar-smoking character whose starts were big events. He was also known as an exceptional clutch performer. In the memorable 1975 World Series, Tiant won two games against the Cincinnati Reds, including a shutout in Game 1. He also won the final regularly scheduled game of the 1978 season with a two-hit shutout against the Blue Jays that forced the famous one-game playoff with the Yankees. But Tiant’s status as Boston sports royalty was solidified as far back as 1972, when he went 15-6 with a 1.91 E.R.A., the best in baseball that season. Tiant was unable to return to Cuba for 46 years. After leaving Cuba, he did not see his father for 14 years until Luis Tiant Sr. was allowed to come to Boston to watch the 1975 World Series. “It’s sad,” Tiant said. “It was 46 years before I go back to my country, and a lot of my friends and people I played with and went to school with, they died. It’s not a comfortable situation. I didn’t see my father for 14 years. I thought I would never see him again.” Moncada grew teary-eyed when he spoke of his own family. He said that until he left Cuba nine months ago, he had not gone more than a week without seeing his family. But the future might not be as difficult for him as the past was for Tiant. The governments of Cuba and the United States have initiated a process that could lead to a normalization of relations. If that is achieved, it may not be as difficult for the current group of Cuban players to travel home and then return to the United States to play.


Question: In Euros, how much is Deutsche Bank intending to cut its costs by?

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

Answer: 3.5 billion euros

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

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

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


Question: What did Gary Cohn say that he had no real concern about?

The Goldman Sachs Group is in the middle of its biennial election of the next class of managing directors, an envied status that puts the lucky few just a breath away from the company’s loftiest title of partner. The managing director class that will be inducted starting in January is being culled now, said Gary Cohn, president and chief operating officer, who added he had “no real concerns” about the culture of the bank. Mr. Cohn said Goldman had learned to adapt and change over the years as its model shifted from a traditional private partnership to a global publicly traded company.

Answer: the culture of the bank

The Goldman Sachs Group is in the middle of its biennial election of the next class of managing directors, an envied status that puts the lucky few just a breath away from the company’s loftiest title of partner. <hl> The managing director class that will be inducted starting in January is being culled now, said Gary Cohn, president and chief operating officer, who added he had “no real concerns” about the culture of the bank . <hl> Mr. Cohn said Goldman had learned to adapt and change over the years as its model shifted from a traditional private partnership to a global publicly traded company.

The Goldman Sachs Group is in the middle of its biennial election of the next class of managing directors, an envied status that puts the lucky few just a breath away from the company’s loftiest title of partner. The managing director class that will be inducted starting in January is being culled now, said Gary Cohn, president and chief operating officer, who added he had “no real concerns” about <hl> the culture of the bank <hl>. Mr. Cohn said Goldman had learned to adapt and change over the years as its model shifted from a traditional private partnership to a global publicly traded company.

The managing director class that will be inducted starting in January is being culled now, said Gary Cohn, president and chief operating officer, who added he had “no real concerns” about <hl> the culture of the bank <hl> .


Question: Who had no idea of Mr. Harper-Mercer's fascination about guns?

But as she was leaving, the sheriff and his deputies intercepted her and broke the news that her son was the gunman. Ms. Harper, who divorced her husband a decade ago, appears to have been by far the most significant figure in her son’s troubled life; neighbors say he rarely left their apartment. Unlike his father, who said on television that he had no idea Mr. Harper-Mercer cared so deeply about guns, his mother was well aware of his fascination. In fact, she shared it: In a series of online postings over a decade, Ms. Harper, a nurse, said she kept numerous firearms in her home and expressed pride in her knowledge about them, as well as in her son’s expertise on the subject. She also opened up about her difficulties raising a son who used to bang his head against the wall, and said that both she and her son struggled with Asperger’s syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder. She tried to counsel others whose children faced similar problems. All the while, she expressed hope that her son could lead a successful life in finance or as a filmmaker. Ms. Harper did not respond to messages seeking comment.

Answer: his father

But as she was leaving, the sheriff and his deputies intercepted her and broke the news that her son was the gunman. Ms. Harper, who divorced her husband a decade ago, appears to have been by far the most significant figure in her son’s troubled life; neighbors say he rarely left their apartment. <hl> Unlike his father , who said on television that he had no idea Mr. Harper-Mercer cared so deeply about guns, his mother was well aware of his fascination. <hl> In fact, she shared it: In a series of online postings over a decade, Ms. Harper, a nurse, said she kept numerous firearms in her home and expressed pride in her knowledge about them, as well as in her son’s expertise on the subject. She also opened up about her difficulties raising a son who used to bang his head against the wall, and said that both she and her son struggled with Asperger’s syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder. She tried to counsel others whose children faced similar problems. All the while, she expressed hope that her son could lead a successful life in finance or as a filmmaker. Ms. Harper did not respond to messages seeking comment.

But as she was leaving, the sheriff and his deputies intercepted her and broke the news that her son was the gunman. Ms. Harper, who divorced her husband a decade ago, appears to have been by far the most significant figure in her son’s troubled life; neighbors say he rarely left their apartment. Unlike <hl> his father <hl>, who said on television that he had no idea Mr. Harper-Mercer cared so deeply about guns, his mother was well aware of his fascination. In fact, she shared it: In a series of online postings over a decade, Ms. Harper, a nurse, said she kept numerous firearms in her home and expressed pride in her knowledge about them, as well as in her son’s expertise on the subject. She also opened up about her difficulties raising a son who used to bang his head against the wall, and said that both she and her son struggled with Asperger’s syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder. She tried to counsel others whose children faced similar problems. All the while, she expressed hope that her son could lead a successful life in finance or as a filmmaker. Ms. Harper did not respond to messages seeking comment.

Unlike <hl> his father <hl> , who said on television that he had no idea Mr. Harper-Mercer cared so deeply about guns, his mother was well aware of his fascination.


Question: Where was Ms MacKinnon speaking from before returning to rehearsal?

She might have been talking about herself. Though conscious of her considerable gifts as an actor — she’s so able to project emotion that her face can seem almost see-through — Ms. Moss still confesses to “major moments” where she thinks: “I can’t believe they asked me to do this, they’re crazy. This is all a mistake.” Pam MacKinnon, the play’s director and a Tony winner for “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” disagreed. Speaking backstage as she prepared to return to rehearsal, she said that Ms. Moss had both the vulnerability and the sharpness that the role demands. “She’s incredibly intuitive, incredibly smart, and she is sort of an observer, even though she’s at the center of this rehearsal process,” Ms. MacKinnon said.

Answer: backstage

She might have been talking about herself. Though conscious of her considerable gifts as an actor — she’s so able to project emotion that her face can seem almost see-through — Ms. Moss still confesses to “major moments” where she thinks: “I can’t believe they asked me to do this, they’re crazy. This is all a mistake.” Pam MacKinnon, the play’s director and a Tony winner for “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” disagreed. <hl> Speaking backstage as she prepared to return to rehearsal, she said that Ms. Moss had both the vulnerability and the sharpness that the role demands. <hl> “She’s incredibly intuitive, incredibly smart, and she is sort of an observer, even though she’s at the center of this rehearsal process,” Ms. MacKinnon said.

She might have been talking about herself. Though conscious of her considerable gifts as an actor — she’s so able to project emotion that her face can seem almost see-through — Ms. Moss still confesses to “major moments” where she thinks: “I can’t believe they asked me to do this, they’re crazy. This is all a mistake.” Pam MacKinnon, the play’s director and a Tony winner for “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” disagreed. Speaking <hl> backstage <hl> as she prepared to return to rehearsal, she said that Ms. Moss had both the vulnerability and the sharpness that the role demands. “She’s incredibly intuitive, incredibly smart, and she is sort of an observer, even though she’s at the center of this rehearsal process,” Ms. MacKinnon said.


Question: Who finances the science and technology competition for middle school student?

Intel will continue to support a separate talent search aimed at international student competition at least through 2019, which is Intel’s contractual term, said Ms. Dundas, the Intel spokeswoman. In addition to the Intel-sponsored prize, the society also runs a science and technology competition for middle school students, financed by the Broadcom Foundation. Although Broadcom, another semiconductor company, was bought this year, the Broadcom Foundation is independent and will continue to support the prize.

Answer: Broadcom Foundation

Intel will continue to support a separate talent search aimed at international student competition at least through 2019, which is Intel’s contractual term, said Ms. Dundas, the Intel spokeswoman. <hl> In addition to the Intel-sponsored prize, the society also runs a science and technology competition for middle school students, financed by the Broadcom Foundation . <hl> Although Broadcom, another semiconductor company, was bought this year, the Broadcom Foundation is independent and will continue to support the prize.

Intel will continue to support a separate talent search aimed at international student competition at least through 2019, which is Intel’s contractual term, said Ms. Dundas, the Intel spokeswoman. In addition to the Intel-sponsored prize, the society also runs a science and technology competition for middle school students, financed by the <hl> Broadcom Foundation <hl>. Although Broadcom, another semiconductor company, was bought this year, the Broadcom Foundation is independent and will continue to support the prize.

In addition to the Intel-sponsored prize, the society also runs a science and technology competition for middle school students, financed by the <hl> Broadcom Foundation <hl> .


Question: Which country has become a major movie producer in the USA?

So schools have evolved to place more emphasis on the collaborative filmmaking process. “Incoming students may know how to operate a camera,” said Bob Gazzale, president of the nonprofit American Film Institute in Los Angeles, whose conservatory counts directors like David Lynch and Terrence Malick as graduates. “What we teach them is how to work together to tell a story.” Schools are also changing to keep pace with the entertainment industry, which is unrecognizable compared to the days when Martin Scorsese was a film student at New York University and Michael Bay at Wesleyan. Computer-generated visual effects have replaced movie stars as the primary reason the masses buy tickets. China is rapidly becoming Hollywood’s No. 1 box office market. Netflix is now making movies at almost the same clip as Paramount. Big studios now expect filmmakers to help create spinoff video games. And television has stolen much of film’s cultural and financial heat. To keep up, administrators have broadened their curriculums. Film school used to essentially mean learning to direct, write and shoot a movie. Now students go to study television writing and production, digital media, computer animation or video game design. If a picture moves, there is a program for it. At the film school of the University of Texas, Austin, a class offers instruction in “virtual realities, cyborg identities, multimedia applications, technological convergence, digital divide and transnational politics.” Creating entertainment for an increasingly diverse audience — Hispanic moviegoers now drive the North American box office, according to industry data — is a growing focus in film schools across the board. Among the new classes in DePaul University’s film program: “Writing the Web Series.” You Wanna Work in Movies? Good Luck One very important aspect of film school has not changed: There is still no guarantee of a career.

Answer: China

China is rapidly becoming Hollywood’s

So schools have evolved to place more emphasis on the collaborative filmmaking process. “Incoming students may know how to operate a camera,” said Bob Gazzale, president of the nonprofit American Film Institute in Los Angeles, whose conservatory counts directors like David Lynch and Terrence Malick as graduates. “What we teach them is how to work together to tell a story.” Schools are also changing to keep pace with the entertainment industry, which is unrecognizable compared to the days when Martin Scorsese was a film student at New York University and Michael Bay at Wesleyan. Computer-generated visual effects have replaced movie stars as the primary reason the masses buy tickets. <hl> China is rapidly becoming Hollywood’s <hl> No. 1 box office market. Netflix is now making movies at almost the same clip as Paramount. Big studios now expect filmmakers to help create spinoff video games. And television has stolen much of film’s cultural and financial heat. To keep up, administrators have broadened their curriculums. Film school used to essentially mean learning to direct, write and shoot a movie. Now students go to study television writing and production, digital media, computer animation or video game design. If a picture moves, there is a program for it. At the film school of the University of Texas, Austin, a class offers instruction in “virtual realities, cyborg identities, multimedia applications, technological convergence, digital divide and transnational politics.” Creating entertainment for an increasingly diverse audience — Hispanic moviegoers now drive the North American box office, according to industry data — is a growing focus in film schools across the board. Among the new classes in DePaul University’s film program: “Writing the Web Series.” You Wanna Work in Movies? Good Luck One very important aspect of film school has not changed: There is still no guarantee of a career.

So schools have evolved to place more emphasis on the collaborative filmmaking process. “Incoming students may know how to operate a camera,” said Bob Gazzale, president of the nonprofit American Film Institute in Los Angeles, whose conservatory counts directors like David Lynch and Terrence Malick as graduates. “What we teach them is how to work together to tell a story.” Schools are also changing to keep pace with the entertainment industry, which is unrecognizable compared to the days when Martin Scorsese was a film student at New York University and Michael Bay at Wesleyan. Computer-generated visual effects have replaced movie stars as the primary reason the masses buy tickets. <hl> China <hl> is rapidly becoming Hollywood’s No. 1 box office market. Netflix is now making movies at almost the same clip as Paramount. Big studios now expect filmmakers to help create spinoff video games. And television has stolen much of film’s cultural and financial heat. To keep up, administrators have broadened their curriculums. Film school used to essentially mean learning to direct, write and shoot a movie. Now students go to study television writing and production, digital media, computer animation or video game design. If a picture moves, there is a program for it. At the film school of the University of Texas, Austin, a class offers instruction in “virtual realities, cyborg identities, multimedia applications, technological convergence, digital divide and transnational politics.” Creating entertainment for an increasingly diverse audience — Hispanic moviegoers now drive the North American box office, according to industry data — is a growing focus in film schools across the board. Among the new classes in DePaul University’s film program: “Writing the Web Series.” You Wanna Work in Movies? Good Luck One very important aspect of film school has not changed: There is still no guarantee of a career.


Question: How many states banned sick leave policies?

Oregon, Philadelphia and Emeryville, Calif., have all passed paid sick-leave policies this year, and Montgomery County, Md., is expected to soon. Last year, 11 states and cities did so, up from only two in 2011. (Eleven other states, including Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia, have gone the other direction, banning cities from enacting paid sick leave.)

Answer: Eleven other states

Oregon, Philadelphia and Emeryville, Calif., have all passed paid sick-leave policies this year, and Montgomery County, Md., is expected to soon. Last year, 11 states and cities did so, up from only two in 2011. <hl> ( Eleven other states , including Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia, have gone the other direction, banning cities from enacting paid sick leave.) <hl>

Oregon, Philadelphia and Emeryville, Calif., have all passed paid sick-leave policies this year, and Montgomery County, Md., is expected to soon. Last year, 11 states and cities did so, up from only two in 2011. (<hl> Eleven other states <hl>, including Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia, have gone the other direction, banning cities from enacting paid sick leave.)

( <hl> Eleven other states <hl> , including Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia, have gone the other direction, banning cities from enacting paid sick leave.)


Question: How many calls did state poison controls centers receive about spice in the first three weeks of April?

A sharp rise in visits to emergency rooms and calls to poison control centers nationwide has some health officials fearing that more potent and dangerous variations of a popular drug known as spice have reached the nation’s streets, resulting in several deaths. In the first three weeks of April, state poison control centers received about 1,000 reports of adverse reactions to spice — the street name for a family of synthetic substances that mimic the effects of marijuana — more than doubling the total from January through March, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers.

Answer: 1,000 reports

A sharp rise in visits to emergency rooms and calls to poison control centers nationwide has some health officials fearing that more potent and dangerous variations of a popular drug known as spice have reached the nation’s streets, resulting in several deaths. <hl> In the first three weeks of April, state poison control centers received about 1,000 reports of adverse reactions to spice — the street name for a family of synthetic substances that mimic the effects of marijuana — more than doubling the total from January through March, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers. <hl>

A sharp rise in visits to emergency rooms and calls to poison control centers nationwide has some health officials fearing that more potent and dangerous variations of a popular drug known as spice have reached the nation’s streets, resulting in several deaths. In the first three weeks of April, state poison control centers received about <hl> 1,000 reports <hl> of adverse reactions to spice — the street name for a family of synthetic substances that mimic the effects of marijuana — more than doubling the total from January through March, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers.


Question: What form appears to be involved in a large number of cases?

Experts were unsure whether the increase this month in spice-related emergencies reflected greater use of the drug or a particularly dangerous formulation. Dr. Ryan said a large portion of cases appeared to involve a form called mab-chminaca.

Answer: mab-chminaca

Experts were unsure whether the increase this month in spice-related emergencies reflected greater use of the drug or a particularly dangerous formulation. <hl> Dr. Ryan said a large portion of cases appeared to involve a form called mab-chminaca . <hl>

Experts were unsure whether the increase this month in spice-related emergencies reflected greater use of the drug or a particularly dangerous formulation. Dr. Ryan said a large portion of cases appeared to involve a form called <hl> mab-chminaca <hl>.

Dr. Ryan said a large portion of cases appeared to involve a form called <hl> mab-chminaca <hl> .


Question: What was the name of the movie was shot with a dashboard-mounted video camera?

★ ‘Steve Jobs’ (R, 2:02) This three-panel portrait of the Apple co-founder, written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Danny Boyle, portrays Jobs (Michael Fassbender) as a complicated, ambitious man caught in a tangle of messy personal and business relationships. Isolating Jobs at three crucial moments in his career, the film plays like a fast, busy backstage comedy and ends up being a richly intelligent exploration of our ambivalence about technology, genius and consumer capitalism. (Scott) ‘Suffragette’ (PG-13, 1:47) Carey Mulligan plays Maud Watts, a laundry worker in London in 1912 who becomes a militant supporter of women’s voting rights. In telling her story, Sarah Gavron (the director) and Abi Morgan (who wrote the screenplay) hit a few soft and sentimental notes, but they also explore the vital and still relevant connection between feminism and class consciousness in modern democratic politics. (Scott) ★ ‘Taxi’ (No rating, 1:22) Shot almost entirely with a dashboard-mounted video camera, Jafar Panahi’s latest film — his third since the Iranian government banned him from practicing his craft in 2010 — is a wry meditation on the slippery boundary between movies and reality and a pointed work of social criticism. What seems like a random series of encounters turns out to be an elegantly shaped and poignant parable of modern urban life. (Scott) ★ ‘Theeb’ (No rating, 1:40, in Arabic) The title character in the “Arabic western,” set in 1916 and heavily influenced by Sergio Leone, is a Bedouin boy stranded in the desert with the mercenary who killed his older brother. The survival drama is as tough as it is picturesque. (Holden)

Answer: Taxi

★ ‘Steve Jobs’ (R, 2:02) This three-panel portrait of the Apple co-founder, written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Danny Boyle, portrays Jobs (Michael Fassbender) as a complicated, ambitious man caught in a tangle of messy personal and business relationships. Isolating Jobs at three crucial moments in his career, the film plays like a fast, busy backstage comedy and ends up being a richly intelligent exploration of our ambivalence about technology, genius and consumer capitalism. (Scott) ‘Suffragette’ (PG-13, 1:47) Carey Mulligan plays Maud Watts, a laundry worker in London in 1912 who becomes a militant supporter of women’s voting rights. In telling her story, Sarah Gavron (the director) and Abi Morgan (who wrote the screenplay) hit a few soft and sentimental notes, but they also explore the vital and still relevant connection between feminism and class consciousness in modern democratic politics. <hl> (Scott) ★ ‘ Taxi ’ (No rating, 1:22) Shot almost entirely with a dashboard-mounted video camera, Jafar Panahi’s latest film — his third since the Iranian government banned him from practicing his craft in 2010 — is a wry meditation on the slippery boundary between movies and reality and a pointed work of social criticism. <hl> What seems like a random series of encounters turns out to be an elegantly shaped and poignant parable of modern urban life. (Scott) ★ ‘Theeb’ (No rating, 1:40, in Arabic) The title character in the “Arabic western,” set in 1916 and heavily influenced by Sergio Leone, is a Bedouin boy stranded in the desert with the mercenary who killed his older brother. The survival drama is as tough as it is picturesque. (Holden)

★ ‘Steve Jobs’ (R, 2:02) This three-panel portrait of the Apple co-founder, written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Danny Boyle, portrays Jobs (Michael Fassbender) as a complicated, ambitious man caught in a tangle of messy personal and business relationships. Isolating Jobs at three crucial moments in his career, the film plays like a fast, busy backstage comedy and ends up being a richly intelligent exploration of our ambivalence about technology, genius and consumer capitalism. (Scott) ‘Suffragette’ (PG-13, 1:47) Carey Mulligan plays Maud Watts, a laundry worker in London in 1912 who becomes a militant supporter of women’s voting rights. In telling her story, Sarah Gavron (the director) and Abi Morgan (who wrote the screenplay) hit a few soft and sentimental notes, but they also explore the vital and still relevant connection between feminism and class consciousness in modern democratic politics. (Scott) ★ ‘<hl> Taxi <hl>’ (No rating, 1:22) Shot almost entirely with a dashboard-mounted video camera, Jafar Panahi’s latest film — his third since the Iranian government banned him from practicing his craft in 2010 — is a wry meditation on the slippery boundary between movies and reality and a pointed work of social criticism. What seems like a random series of encounters turns out to be an elegantly shaped and poignant parable of modern urban life. (Scott) ★ ‘Theeb’ (No rating, 1:40, in Arabic) The title character in the “Arabic western,” set in 1916 and heavily influenced by Sergio Leone, is a Bedouin boy stranded in the desert with the mercenary who killed his older brother. The survival drama is as tough as it is picturesque. (Holden)

(Scott) ★ ‘ <hl> Taxi <hl> ’ (No rating, 1:22) Shot almost entirely with a dashboard-mounted video camera, Jafar Panahi’s latest film — his third since the Iranian government banned him from practicing his craft in 2010 — is a wry meditation on the slippery boundary between movies and reality and a pointed work of social criticism.


Question: What is Ms. Smith doing in January?

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

Answer: embark on an 18-city book tour

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

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

Ms. Smith, who spent her summer on a 45-city concert tour of Europe, is about to <hl> embark on an 18-city book tour <hl> , after which follows another grueling performance schedule that has her working, quite happily, into January.


Question: Where did some of the evacuees sleep at during the fire?

On Monday, the fire leapt across Highway 20, embers blowing from treetop to treetop, dismaying the firefighters, who had hoped to contain the blaze to one side of the road. The ability of a fire to keep catching — called its probability of ignition — is assessed by fire experts. The Rocky Fire has a probability of ignition of 100 percent, almost unheard-of when the tinder is forest and scrub, as it is here. “That’s something I’ve never seen,” Captain Oatman said. In the gymnasium of nearby Middletown High School, a few evacuees were sleeping on green cots in an impromptu Red Cross shelter, one of two in the area. In the school’s theater, about a dozen people ate a meal of chicken and linguine, occasionally rising to scan a large printout of the day’s fire map on the wall, anxiously checking how close the angry red blotch was to their homes.

Answer: Middletown High School

On Monday, the fire leapt across Highway 20, embers blowing from treetop to treetop, dismaying the firefighters, who had hoped to contain the blaze to one side of the road. The ability of a fire to keep catching — called its probability of ignition — is assessed by fire experts. The Rocky Fire has a probability of ignition of 100 percent, almost unheard-of when the tinder is forest and scrub, as it is here. “That’s something I’ve never seen,” Captain Oatman said. <hl> In the gymnasium of nearby Middletown High School , a few evacuees were sleeping on green cots in an impromptu Red Cross shelter, one of two in the area. <hl> In the school’s theater, about a dozen people ate a meal of chicken and linguine, occasionally rising to scan a large printout of the day’s fire map on the wall, anxiously checking how close the angry red blotch was to their homes.

On Monday, the fire leapt across Highway 20, embers blowing from treetop to treetop, dismaying the firefighters, who had hoped to contain the blaze to one side of the road. The ability of a fire to keep catching — called its probability of ignition — is assessed by fire experts. The Rocky Fire has a probability of ignition of 100 percent, almost unheard-of when the tinder is forest and scrub, as it is here. “That’s something I’ve never seen,” Captain Oatman said. In the gymnasium of nearby <hl> Middletown High School <hl>, a few evacuees were sleeping on green cots in an impromptu Red Cross shelter, one of two in the area. In the school’s theater, about a dozen people ate a meal of chicken and linguine, occasionally rising to scan a large printout of the day’s fire map on the wall, anxiously checking how close the angry red blotch was to their homes.

In the gymnasium of nearby <hl> Middletown High School <hl> , a few evacuees were sleeping on green cots in an impromptu Red Cross shelter, one of two in the area.


Question: Who is the director of Arizona's department of Water resources?

If the connection between groundwater and surface water is considered, that time frame for running out of water altogether will almost certainly be even shorter. Arizona’s top water official told ProPublica that it was both politically difficult and costly to properly account for the interconnection. But deep in a 685-page document that is part of Arizona’s water plan, the state lists 42 groundwater basins that it says are connected to surface water, indicating a potential conflict over rights to those supplies. It’s unclear how much water flows from one into the other, but the documents show that many of the water sources are heavily relied on as sources of both groundwater and surface supplies at the same time. Thomas Buschatzke, the director of Arizona’s Department of Water Resources, acknowledged that pumping from wells could dry up streams, but said the current law kept the two resources separate, and “it would be a huge upset to the economy to do away with that.”

Answer: Thomas Buschatzke

If the connection between groundwater and surface water is considered, that time frame for running out of water altogether will almost certainly be even shorter. Arizona’s top water official told ProPublica that it was both politically difficult and costly to properly account for the interconnection. But deep in a 685-page document that is part of Arizona’s water plan, the state lists 42 groundwater basins that it says are connected to surface water, indicating a potential conflict over rights to those supplies. It’s unclear how much water flows from one into the other, but the documents show that many of the water sources are heavily relied on as sources of both groundwater and surface supplies at the same time. <hl> Thomas Buschatzke , the director of Arizona’s Department of Water Resources, acknowledged that pumping from wells could dry up streams, but said the current law kept the two resources separate, and “it would be a huge upset to the economy to do away with that.” <hl>

If the connection between groundwater and surface water is considered, that time frame for running out of water altogether will almost certainly be even shorter. Arizona’s top water official told ProPublica that it was both politically difficult and costly to properly account for the interconnection. But deep in a 685-page document that is part of Arizona’s water plan, the state lists 42 groundwater basins that it says are connected to surface water, indicating a potential conflict over rights to those supplies. It’s unclear how much water flows from one into the other, but the documents show that many of the water sources are heavily relied on as sources of both groundwater and surface supplies at the same time. <hl> Thomas Buschatzke <hl>, the director of Arizona’s Department of Water Resources, acknowledged that pumping from wells could dry up streams, but said the current law kept the two resources separate, and “it would be a huge upset to the economy to do away with that.”

<hl> Thomas Buschatzke <hl> , the director of Arizona’s Department of Water Resources, acknowledged that pumping from wells could dry up streams, but said the current law kept the two resources separate, and “it would be a huge upset to the economy to do away with that.”


Question: How many new housing units would be built?

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

<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 <hl> 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.


Question: How many chain stores were in the Bronx in 2014?

The Bronx led the city’s five boroughs in the largest percentage of new chain stores from 2014 to 2015, up to 944 from 914. Nur Moznu, a manager who has worked for Zaro’s for nine years, said many customers had come in to say they would miss the fresh bread and bagels.

Answer: 914

<hl> The Bronx led the city’s five boroughs in the largest percentage of new chain stores from 2014 to 2015, up to 944 from 914 . <hl> Nur Moznu, a manager who has worked for Zaro’s for nine years, said many customers had come in to say they would miss the fresh bread and bagels.

The Bronx led the city’s five boroughs in the largest percentage of new chain stores from 2014 to 2015, up to 944 from <hl> 914 <hl>. Nur Moznu, a manager who has worked for Zaro’s for nine years, said many customers had come in to say they would miss the fresh bread and bagels.

The Bronx led the city’s five boroughs in the largest percentage of new chain stores from 2014 to 2015, up to 944 from <hl> 914 <hl> .


Question: Where was Barnum's Museum located?

“No one will attempt to make a hero of such material,” one account said. “He will appear in petticoats in history.” Few capitalized on these events as quickly as P. T. Barnum. The era’s undisputed master showman announced that he would pay $500 for Davis’s dress. The possibility that it would soon appear at the Manhattan headquarters of Barnum’s entertainment empire set the country abuzz. Barnum’s American Museum was then the nation’s most popular tourist destination. Located on lower Broadway, it was said to be either the greatest collection of diversions in the greatest city on earth, or an “ill-looking, ungainly, rambling structure,” containing a “paltry collection of preposterous things.”

Answer: lower Broadway

“No one will attempt to make a hero of such material,” one account said. “He will appear in petticoats in history.” Few capitalized on these events as quickly as P. T. Barnum. The era’s undisputed master showman announced that he would pay $500 for Davis’s dress. The possibility that it would soon appear at the Manhattan headquarters of Barnum’s entertainment empire set the country abuzz. Barnum’s American Museum was then the nation’s most popular tourist destination. <hl> Located on lower Broadway , it was said to be either the greatest collection of diversions in the greatest city on earth, or an “ill-looking, ungainly, rambling structure,” containing a “paltry collection of preposterous things.” <hl>

“No one will attempt to make a hero of such material,” one account said. “He will appear in petticoats in history.” Few capitalized on these events as quickly as P. T. Barnum. The era’s undisputed master showman announced that he would pay $500 for Davis’s dress. The possibility that it would soon appear at the Manhattan headquarters of Barnum’s entertainment empire set the country abuzz. Barnum’s American Museum was then the nation’s most popular tourist destination. Located on <hl> lower Broadway <hl>, it was said to be either the greatest collection of diversions in the greatest city on earth, or an “ill-looking, ungainly, rambling structure,” containing a “paltry collection of preposterous things.”

Located on <hl> lower Broadway <hl> , it was said to be either the greatest collection of diversions in the greatest city on earth, or an “ill-looking, ungainly, rambling structure,” containing a “paltry collection of preposterous things.”


Question: Who came forward to swear she had not seen Mr. Hincapie on the subway platform when the murder happened?

The judge’s ruling came after lengthy hearings, starting in February, during which Mr. Hincapie testified that a detective had beaten a confession out of him and a previously unknown witness, Mariluz Santana, came forward to swear she had not seen Mr. Hincapie on the subway platform when the murder happened. Mr. Watkins, a tourist from Utah visiting New York for the United States Open, was stabbed in the chest on Sept. 3, 1990, in a struggle with at least six young men who had tried to rob his family inside the Seventh Avenue subway station at 53rd Street. Some of the men later said they needed money to go dancing at the Roseland Ballroom. Mr. Hincapie, now 43, was arrested the next day and confessed to taking part. He was one of seven young men convicted of felony murder at two separate trials. Under state law, everyone who takes part in a mugging can be held responsible for murder if a victim dies.

Answer: Mariluz Santana

<hl> The judge’s ruling came after lengthy hearings, starting in February, during which Mr. Hincapie testified that a detective had beaten a confession out of him and a previously unknown witness, Mariluz Santana , came forward to swear she had not seen Mr. Hincapie on the subway platform when the murder happened. <hl> Mr. Watkins, a tourist from Utah visiting New York for the United States Open, was stabbed in the chest on Sept. 3, 1990, in a struggle with at least six young men who had tried to rob his family inside the Seventh Avenue subway station at 53rd Street. Some of the men later said they needed money to go dancing at the Roseland Ballroom. Mr. Hincapie, now 43, was arrested the next day and confessed to taking part. He was one of seven young men convicted of felony murder at two separate trials. Under state law, everyone who takes part in a mugging can be held responsible for murder if a victim dies.

The judge’s ruling came after lengthy hearings, starting in February, during which Mr. Hincapie testified that a detective had beaten a confession out of him and a previously unknown witness, <hl> Mariluz Santana <hl>, came forward to swear she had not seen Mr. Hincapie on the subway platform when the murder happened. Mr. Watkins, a tourist from Utah visiting New York for the United States Open, was stabbed in the chest on Sept. 3, 1990, in a struggle with at least six young men who had tried to rob his family inside the Seventh Avenue subway station at 53rd Street. Some of the men later said they needed money to go dancing at the Roseland Ballroom. Mr. Hincapie, now 43, was arrested the next day and confessed to taking part. He was one of seven young men convicted of felony murder at two separate trials. Under state law, everyone who takes part in a mugging can be held responsible for murder if a victim dies.

The judge’s ruling came after lengthy hearings, starting in February, during which Mr. Hincapie testified that a detective had beaten a confession out of him and a previously unknown witness, <hl> Mariluz Santana <hl> , came forward to swear she had not seen Mr. Hincapie on the subway platform when the murder happened.


Question: where did their boyfriends go to school?

“This knocked me off my feet,” she said, adding, “when I left Sweet Briar, there was no question that I would go on to graduate school.” Jo Ann Soderquist Kramer, class of ’64, said that when she arrived for her freshman year, she and her roommate each unpacked identical framed 8-by-10 photographs of their high school sweethearts and set them carefully on their bureaus. She also recalled being driven all the way to Massachusetts one football weekend (the sweethearts were Amherst and Williams men) in a white Cadillac with a hired driver named Coffee Jackson.

Answer: Amherst and Williams

“This knocked me off my feet,” she said, adding, “when I left Sweet Briar, there was no question that I would go on to graduate school.” Jo Ann Soderquist Kramer, class of ’64, said that when she arrived for her freshman year, she and her roommate each unpacked identical framed 8-by-10 photographs of their high school sweethearts and set them carefully on their bureaus. <hl> She also recalled being driven all the way to Massachusetts one football weekend (the sweethearts were Amherst and Williams men) in a white Cadillac with a hired driver named Coffee Jackson. <hl>

“This knocked me off my feet,” she said, adding, “when I left Sweet Briar, there was no question that I would go on to graduate school.” Jo Ann Soderquist Kramer, class of ’64, said that when she arrived for her freshman year, she and her roommate each unpacked identical framed 8-by-10 photographs of their high school sweethearts and set them carefully on their bureaus. She also recalled being driven all the way to Massachusetts one football weekend (the sweethearts were <hl> Amherst and Williams <hl> men) in a white Cadillac with a hired driver named Coffee Jackson.


Question: Fabrizio Donato won what medal at the 2912 London Olympics?

The Italian Olympic Committee requested two-year doping bans for 26 track and field athletes — several of whom were expected to compete at next year’s Rio de Janeiro Games. The list includes Fabrizio Donato, the bronze medalist in triple jump at the 2012 London Olympics, and Andrew Howe, the silver medalist in long jump at the 2007 world championships. All 26 are accused of evading doping tests, but they maintain there was an administrative error. They will face trials at the committee’s antidoping court, with decisions expected sometime next year. Five of the 26 had already qualified for the Rio Games; about 10 have retired.

Answer: bronze

The Italian Olympic Committee requested two-year doping bans for 26 track and field athletes — several of whom were expected to compete at next year’s Rio de Janeiro Games. <hl> The list includes Fabrizio Donato, the bronze medalist in triple jump at the 2012 London Olympics, and Andrew Howe, the silver medalist in long jump at the 2007 world championships. <hl> All 26 are accused of evading doping tests, but they maintain there was an administrative error. They will face trials at the committee’s antidoping court, with decisions expected sometime next year. Five of the 26 had already qualified for the Rio Games; about 10 have retired.

The Italian Olympic Committee requested two-year doping bans for 26 track and field athletes — several of whom were expected to compete at next year’s Rio de Janeiro Games. The list includes Fabrizio Donato, the <hl> bronze <hl> medalist in triple jump at the 2012 London Olympics, and Andrew Howe, the silver medalist in long jump at the 2007 world championships. All 26 are accused of evading doping tests, but they maintain there was an administrative error. They will face trials at the committee’s antidoping court, with decisions expected sometime next year. Five of the 26 had already qualified for the Rio Games; about 10 have retired.


Question: Which country is Entang Wiharso from?

One of Indonesia’s most prominent contemporary artists, Entang Wiharso represented his country in the Venice Biennale of 2013. He has been included in other biennials and museum exhibitions from Tokyo to Rome. This gaudy, overstuffed exhibition reveals an artist of extraordinary industry and canny versatility. In near mural-scale paintings and in sculptures cast in aluminum, brass and resin, he mixes traditional Indonesian styles with Pop and Surrealism, creating allegories of psychic stress in a global economy. Mr. Wiharso’s paintings exude moods of darkly comical hysteria, calling to mind the works of James Ensor. Painted with a dry, Expressionist touch, “Double Protection: Invisible Threat” has a shirtless man with four eyes and a wide, clownish grin dominating the right half of the almost 10-foot-wide canvas. Other male and female figures fill the picture, kneeling or lying prone in a hellish laboratory where tubes, wires and cables circulate between machines and human bodies. Here and there, knife-wielding hands hint at potential murderous violence. With too many shiny, cast-metal reliefs representing intertwining, struggling figures, the exhibition gives the impression of an art fair booth. The show’s most impressive sculpture, “Inheritance,” should have a room to itself but must compete with a large relief and another big painting. It consists of a nuclear family — mother, father and two children — cast life-size in nearly black graphite and arrayed around a dinner table on which lies an enormous carp, whose silvery skin is accented by bright red splotches. It’s a very postmodern tableau, but it has the mystery, too, of an old folk tale.

Answer: Indonesia

<hl> One of Indonesia ’s most prominent contemporary artists, Entang Wiharso represented his country in the Venice Biennale of 2013. <hl> He has been included in other biennials and museum exhibitions from Tokyo to Rome. This gaudy, overstuffed exhibition reveals an artist of extraordinary industry and canny versatility. In near mural-scale paintings and in sculptures cast in aluminum, brass and resin, he mixes traditional Indonesian styles with Pop and Surrealism, creating allegories of psychic stress in a global economy. Mr. Wiharso’s paintings exude moods of darkly comical hysteria, calling to mind the works of James Ensor. Painted with a dry, Expressionist touch, “Double Protection: Invisible Threat” has a shirtless man with four eyes and a wide, clownish grin dominating the right half of the almost 10-foot-wide canvas. Other male and female figures fill the picture, kneeling or lying prone in a hellish laboratory where tubes, wires and cables circulate between machines and human bodies. Here and there, knife-wielding hands hint at potential murderous violence. With too many shiny, cast-metal reliefs representing intertwining, struggling figures, the exhibition gives the impression of an art fair booth. The show’s most impressive sculpture, “Inheritance,” should have a room to itself but must compete with a large relief and another big painting. It consists of a nuclear family — mother, father and two children — cast life-size in nearly black graphite and arrayed around a dinner table on which lies an enormous carp, whose silvery skin is accented by bright red splotches. It’s a very postmodern tableau, but it has the mystery, too, of an old folk tale.

One of <hl> Indonesia <hl>’s most prominent contemporary artists, Entang Wiharso represented his country in the Venice Biennale of 2013. He has been included in other biennials and museum exhibitions from Tokyo to Rome. This gaudy, overstuffed exhibition reveals an artist of extraordinary industry and canny versatility. In near mural-scale paintings and in sculptures cast in aluminum, brass and resin, he mixes traditional Indonesian styles with Pop and Surrealism, creating allegories of psychic stress in a global economy. Mr. Wiharso’s paintings exude moods of darkly comical hysteria, calling to mind the works of James Ensor. Painted with a dry, Expressionist touch, “Double Protection: Invisible Threat” has a shirtless man with four eyes and a wide, clownish grin dominating the right half of the almost 10-foot-wide canvas. Other male and female figures fill the picture, kneeling or lying prone in a hellish laboratory where tubes, wires and cables circulate between machines and human bodies. Here and there, knife-wielding hands hint at potential murderous violence. With too many shiny, cast-metal reliefs representing intertwining, struggling figures, the exhibition gives the impression of an art fair booth. The show’s most impressive sculpture, “Inheritance,” should have a room to itself but must compete with a large relief and another big painting. It consists of a nuclear family — mother, father and two children — cast life-size in nearly black graphite and arrayed around a dinner table on which lies an enormous carp, whose silvery skin is accented by bright red splotches. It’s a very postmodern tableau, but it has the mystery, too, of an old folk tale.

One of <hl> Indonesia <hl> ’s most prominent contemporary artists, Entang Wiharso represented his country in the Venice Biennale of 2013.


Question: What have the activists pioneered?

BEIJING — The young Chinese feminists shaved their heads to protest inequality in higher education and stormed men’s restrooms to highlight the indignities women face in their prolonged waits at public toilets. To publicize domestic violence, two prominent activists, Li Tingting and Wei Tingting, put on white wedding gowns, splashed them with red paint and marched through one of the capital’s most popular tourist districts chanting, “Yes to love, no to violence.” Media-savvy, fearless and well-connected to feminists outside China, the young activists over the last three years have taken their righteous indignation to the streets, pioneering a brand of guerrilla theater familiar in the West but largely unheard-of in this authoritarian nation.

Answer: a brand of guerrilla theater

BEIJING — The young Chinese feminists shaved their heads to protest inequality in higher education and stormed men’s restrooms to highlight the indignities women face in their prolonged waits at public toilets. To publicize domestic violence, two prominent activists, Li Tingting and Wei Tingting, put on white wedding gowns, splashed them with red paint and marched through one of the capital’s most popular tourist districts chanting, “Yes to love, no to violence.” <hl> Media-savvy, fearless and well-connected to feminists outside China, the young activists over the last three years have taken their righteous indignation to the streets, pioneering a brand of guerrilla theater familiar in the West but largely unheard-of in this authoritarian nation. <hl>

BEIJING — The young Chinese feminists shaved their heads to protest inequality in higher education and stormed men’s restrooms to highlight the indignities women face in their prolonged waits at public toilets. To publicize domestic violence, two prominent activists, Li Tingting and Wei Tingting, put on white wedding gowns, splashed them with red paint and marched through one of the capital’s most popular tourist districts chanting, “Yes to love, no to violence.” Media-savvy, fearless and well-connected to feminists outside China, the young activists over the last three years have taken their righteous indignation to the streets, pioneering <hl> a brand of guerrilla theater <hl> familiar in the West but largely unheard-of in this authoritarian nation.


Question: Which artist will be giving a talk on April 12th?

CATSKILL The Thomas Cole National Historic Site An artist talk by Stephen Hannock. April 12 at 2 p.m. $7 and $9. The Thomas Cole National Historic Site, 218 Spring Street. 518-943-7465; thomascole.org. GARRISON Desmond Fish Library Coffee and conversation with the author Allison Pataki and the filmmaker Beatrice Copeland. April 10 at 11 a.m. Free. Desmond Fish Library, 472 Route 403. 845-424-3020; desmondfishlibrary.org. HYDE PARK The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum The Hudson Valley History Reading Festival, author talks and book signings. April 18, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free. The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, 4079 Albany Post Road. 845-486-7745; fdrlibrary.marist.edu. MARLBORO The Falcon “Amplify Sound Concert Series,” poetry readings and performances. April 6 at 7 p.m. Donations accepted. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W. liveatthefalcon.com; 845-236-7970. MOUNT VERNON St. Paul’s Church “Mourning Lincoln: Reactions to the Assassination of President Lincoln,” lecture. April 11 at 2 p.m. Free. St. Paul’s Church, 897 South Columbus Avenue. 914-667-4116; nps.gov/sapa.

Answer: Stephen Hannock

An artist talk by Stephen Hannock .

CATSKILL The Thomas Cole National Historic Site <hl> An artist talk by Stephen Hannock . <hl> April 12 at 2 p.m. $7 and $9. The Thomas Cole National Historic Site, 218 Spring Street. 518-943-7465; thomascole.org. GARRISON Desmond Fish Library Coffee and conversation with the author Allison Pataki and the filmmaker Beatrice Copeland. April 10 at 11 a.m. Free. Desmond Fish Library, 472 Route 403. 845-424-3020; desmondfishlibrary.org. HYDE PARK The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum The Hudson Valley History Reading Festival, author talks and book signings. April 18, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free. The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, 4079 Albany Post Road. 845-486-7745; fdrlibrary.marist.edu. MARLBORO The Falcon “Amplify Sound Concert Series,” poetry readings and performances. April 6 at 7 p.m. Donations accepted. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W. liveatthefalcon.com; 845-236-7970. MOUNT VERNON St. Paul’s Church “Mourning Lincoln: Reactions to the Assassination of President Lincoln,” lecture. April 11 at 2 p.m. Free. St. Paul’s Church, 897 South Columbus Avenue. 914-667-4116; nps.gov/sapa.

CATSKILL The Thomas Cole National Historic Site An artist talk by <hl> Stephen Hannock <hl>. April 12 at 2 p.m. $7 and $9. The Thomas Cole National Historic Site, 218 Spring Street. 518-943-7465; thomascole.org. GARRISON Desmond Fish Library Coffee and conversation with the author Allison Pataki and the filmmaker Beatrice Copeland. April 10 at 11 a.m. Free. Desmond Fish Library, 472 Route 403. 845-424-3020; desmondfishlibrary.org. HYDE PARK The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum The Hudson Valley History Reading Festival, author talks and book signings. April 18, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free. The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, 4079 Albany Post Road. 845-486-7745; fdrlibrary.marist.edu. MARLBORO The Falcon “Amplify Sound Concert Series,” poetry readings and performances. April 6 at 7 p.m. Donations accepted. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W. liveatthefalcon.com; 845-236-7970. MOUNT VERNON St. Paul’s Church “Mourning Lincoln: Reactions to the Assassination of President Lincoln,” lecture. April 11 at 2 p.m. Free. St. Paul’s Church, 897 South Columbus Avenue. 914-667-4116; nps.gov/sapa.

An artist talk by <hl> Stephen Hannock <hl> .


Question: What did the Patriots force, giving Brady another chance?

Darren Sproles returned a punt 83 yards for the Eagles’ second special-teams touchdown, giving Philadelphia a 21-point lead, but New England came charging back, with Tom Brady throwing for a score and then, after an onside kick, running the ball in from the 1 to cut the gap to 7 points with three minutes left. New England’s second onside kick failed, but the Patriots forced a third-down fumble to give Brady one more chance. The rally fell short when Brady’s passes bounced out of his receivers’ hands. The Patriots are now on a regular-season losing streak for the first time since 2012. 49ERS 26, BEARS 20 Blaine Gabbert ran for a tying touchdown late in regulation and threw a 71-yard scoring pass to Torrey Smith in overtime to push San Francisco past host Chicago.

Answer: forced a third-down fumble

Darren Sproles returned a punt 83 yards for the Eagles’ second special-teams touchdown, giving Philadelphia a 21-point lead, but New England came charging back, with Tom Brady throwing for a score and then, after an onside kick, running the ball in from the 1 to cut the gap to 7 points with three minutes left. <hl> New England’s second onside kick failed, but the Patriots forced a third-down fumble to give Brady one more chance. <hl> The rally fell short when Brady’s passes bounced out of his receivers’ hands. The Patriots are now on a regular-season losing streak for the first time since 2012. 49ERS 26, BEARS 20 Blaine Gabbert ran for a tying touchdown late in regulation and threw a 71-yard scoring pass to Torrey Smith in overtime to push San Francisco past host Chicago.

Darren Sproles returned a punt 83 yards for the Eagles’ second special-teams touchdown, giving Philadelphia a 21-point lead, but New England came charging back, with Tom Brady throwing for a score and then, after an onside kick, running the ball in from the 1 to cut the gap to 7 points with three minutes left. New England’s second onside kick failed, but the Patriots <hl> forced a third-down fumble <hl> to give Brady one more chance. The rally fell short when Brady’s passes bounced out of his receivers’ hands. The Patriots are now on a regular-season losing streak for the first time since 2012. 49ERS 26, BEARS 20 Blaine Gabbert ran for a tying touchdown late in regulation and threw a 71-yard scoring pass to Torrey Smith in overtime to push San Francisco past host Chicago.


Question: What language are some of Poles' work in?

Third, Begley makes no mention of the many complex attempts by Polish gentiles to come to terms with the country’s responsibility, which would include the novels of Jerzy Andrzejewski and Andrzej Szczypiorski and films by Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Kawalerowicz and Wanda Jakubowska. There is also a great deal of important historical work by Poles on the Holocaust, some of which is now available in English. Many countries involved in the Holocaust acknowledged their collective responsibility only after considerable delay: France did not begin to question its myth of heroic Resistance until the 1980s and 1990s. Poles are now “working through the past” — as Theodor Adorno put it — in a way comparable to the collective memory work of Germans since the 1960s. Last year’s opening of a Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw is only the most visible sign of this.

Answer: English

Third, Begley makes no mention of the many complex attempts by Polish gentiles to come to terms with the country’s responsibility, which would include the novels of Jerzy Andrzejewski and Andrzej Szczypiorski and films by Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Kawalerowicz and Wanda Jakubowska. <hl> There is also a great deal of important historical work by Poles on the Holocaust, some of which is now available in English . <hl> Many countries involved in the Holocaust acknowledged their collective responsibility only after considerable delay: France did not begin to question its myth of heroic Resistance until the 1980s and 1990s. Poles are now “working through the past” — as Theodor Adorno put it — in a way comparable to the collective memory work of Germans since the 1960s. Last year’s opening of a Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw is only the most visible sign of this.

Third, Begley makes no mention of the many complex attempts by Polish gentiles to come to terms with the country’s responsibility, which would include the novels of Jerzy Andrzejewski and Andrzej Szczypiorski and films by Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Kawalerowicz and Wanda Jakubowska. There is also a great deal of important historical work by Poles on the Holocaust, some of which is now available in <hl> English <hl>. Many countries involved in the Holocaust acknowledged their collective responsibility only after considerable delay: France did not begin to question its myth of heroic Resistance until the 1980s and 1990s. Poles are now “working through the past” — as Theodor Adorno put it — in a way comparable to the collective memory work of Germans since the 1960s. Last year’s opening of a Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw is only the most visible sign of this.

There is also a great deal of important historical work by Poles on the Holocaust, some of which is now available in <hl> English <hl> .


Question: What was the nation's most popular tourist destination at the time?

Answer: Barnum’s American Museum

“No one will attempt to make a hero of such material,” one account said. “He will appear in petticoats in history.” Few capitalized on these events as quickly as P. T. Barnum. The era’s undisputed master showman announced that he would pay $500 for Davis’s dress. The possibility that it would soon appear at the Manhattan headquarters of Barnum’s entertainment empire set the country abuzz. <hl> Barnum’s American Museum was then the nation’s most popular tourist destination. <hl> Located on lower Broadway, it was said to be either the greatest collection of diversions in the greatest city on earth, or an “ill-looking, ungainly, rambling structure,” containing a “paltry collection of preposterous things.”

“No one will attempt to make a hero of such material,” one account said. “He will appear in petticoats in history.” Few capitalized on these events as quickly as P. T. Barnum. The era’s undisputed master showman announced that he would pay $500 for Davis’s dress. The possibility that it would soon appear at the Manhattan headquarters of Barnum’s entertainment empire set the country abuzz. <hl> Barnum’s American Museum <hl> was then the nation’s most popular tourist destination. Located on lower Broadway, it was said to be either the greatest collection of diversions in the greatest city on earth, or an “ill-looking, ungainly, rambling structure,” containing a “paltry collection of preposterous things.”


Question: What were the occupations of Morris Wilkins?

During the post-World War II marriage boom, when gas shortages persuaded honeymooners from New York and Philadelphia to stay closer to home, hoteliers began luring newlyweds to the Poconos instead of to Niagara Falls. But it wasn’t until 1968 that those northeastern Pennsylvania mountains would be unblushingly branded the libidinous Land of Love. That was when Morris Wilkins, a former electrician and submariner, in the unlikely guise of Cupid, sparked a romantic reformation in his own Poconos hotel, the nondescript lakeside Cove Haven resort. Mr. Wilkins, by all accounts, designed and installed the Poconos’ first heart-shaped bathtub.

Answer: electrician and submariner

During the post-World War II marriage boom, when gas shortages persuaded honeymooners from New York and Philadelphia to stay closer to home, hoteliers began luring newlyweds to the Poconos instead of to Niagara Falls. But it wasn’t until 1968 that those northeastern Pennsylvania mountains would be unblushingly branded the libidinous Land of Love. <hl> That was when Morris Wilkins, a former electrician and submariner , in the unlikely guise of Cupid, sparked a romantic reformation in his own Poconos hotel, the nondescript lakeside Cove Haven resort. <hl> Mr. Wilkins, by all accounts, designed and installed the Poconos’ first heart-shaped bathtub.

During the post-World War II marriage boom, when gas shortages persuaded honeymooners from New York and Philadelphia to stay closer to home, hoteliers began luring newlyweds to the Poconos instead of to Niagara Falls. But it wasn’t until 1968 that those northeastern Pennsylvania mountains would be unblushingly branded the libidinous Land of Love. That was when Morris Wilkins, a former <hl> electrician and submariner <hl>, in the unlikely guise of Cupid, sparked a romantic reformation in his own Poconos hotel, the nondescript lakeside Cove Haven resort. Mr. Wilkins, by all accounts, designed and installed the Poconos’ first heart-shaped bathtub.

That was when Morris Wilkins, a former <hl> electrician and submariner <hl> , in the unlikely guise of Cupid, sparked a romantic reformation in his own Poconos hotel, the nondescript lakeside Cove Haven resort.


Question: What did he realize?

A brain infection caused by a parasite was eventually suspected. Slowly, he recovered. “That changed him; it made him live in the moment,” Julie Trice said. “It made him realize that tomorrow is not promised, and neither is the next game.” Healthy again, Travis Trice had time to work out and get stronger. “He got up to maybe 175 pounds,” Izzo said, laughing. “But this past summer, he really advanced a lot physically. And I think he got more confident, too. Travis has always had a high basketball I.Q., but this season, I saw Travis develop in new ways. The last six weeks, he’s just been electric.”

Answer: It made him realize that tomorrow is not promised, and neither is the next game

A brain infection caused by a parasite was eventually suspected. Slowly, he recovered. “That changed him; it made him live in the moment,” Julie Trice said. <hl> “ It made him realize that tomorrow is not promised, and neither is the next game .” <hl> Healthy again, Travis Trice had time to work out and get stronger. “He got up to maybe 175 pounds,” Izzo said, laughing. “But this past summer, he really advanced a lot physically. And I think he got more confident, too. Travis has always had a high basketball I.Q., but this season, I saw Travis develop in new ways. The last six weeks, he’s just been electric.”

A brain infection caused by a parasite was eventually suspected. Slowly, he recovered. “That changed him; it made him live in the moment,” Julie Trice said. “<hl> It made him realize that tomorrow is not promised, and neither is the next game <hl>.” Healthy again, Travis Trice had time to work out and get stronger. “He got up to maybe 175 pounds,” Izzo said, laughing. “But this past summer, he really advanced a lot physically. And I think he got more confident, too. Travis has always had a high basketball I.Q., but this season, I saw Travis develop in new ways. The last six weeks, he’s just been electric.”

“ <hl> It made him realize that tomorrow is not promised, and neither is the next game <hl> .”


Question: What is "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" about?

As I said, potentially awful stuff. But Mr. Gomez-Rejon turns down the melodramatic volume and slows the plot almost to the point of stasis. (The music, by Brian Eno with contributions from Nico Muhly, is also wielded gently and judiciously). “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” is about growing up, facing death, making and losing friends and other rites of passage, but it’s also, and more immediately, about drifting, hanging out, wasting time and succumbing to confusion. And it provides three young people in whose company it is a pleasure to drift and wonder and loaf.

Answer: growing up, facing death, making and losing friends and other rites of passage

As I said, potentially awful stuff. But Mr. Gomez-Rejon turns down the melodramatic volume and slows the plot almost to the point of stasis. (The music, by Brian Eno with contributions from Nico Muhly, is also wielded gently and judiciously). <hl> “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” is about growing up, facing death, making and losing friends and other rites of passage , but it’s also, and more immediately, about drifting, hanging out, wasting time and succumbing to confusion. <hl> And it provides three young people in whose company it is a pleasure to drift and wonder and loaf.

As I said, potentially awful stuff. But Mr. Gomez-Rejon turns down the melodramatic volume and slows the plot almost to the point of stasis. (The music, by Brian Eno with contributions from Nico Muhly, is also wielded gently and judiciously). “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” is about <hl> growing up, facing death, making and losing friends and other rites of passage <hl>, but it’s also, and more immediately, about drifting, hanging out, wasting time and succumbing to confusion. And it provides three young people in whose company it is a pleasure to drift and wonder and loaf.

“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” is about <hl> growing up, facing death, making and losing friends and other rites of passage <hl> , but it’s also, and more immediately, about drifting, hanging out, wasting time and succumbing to confusion.


Question: How does the final suite of Wild Tales begin?

Érica Rivas and Diego Gentile, “Wild Tales” Damián Szifrón’s tragicomic allegory of modern-day Argentina comprises five suites of perfectly choreographed insanity, the last of which begins as a perfectly ordinary wedding reception and mutates into a war among the betrothed and their guests. Ms. Rivas’s brewing hysteria and Mr. Gentile’s macho cluelessness are played for both laughs but also something larger and grimmer. They help make a violent Looney Toons bit feel like sick national cataclysm. (Read the review) The HBO All-Stars (Power-Rankings Edition)

Answer: as a perfectly ordinary wedding reception

<hl> Érica Rivas and Diego Gentile, “Wild Tales” Damián Szifrón’s tragicomic allegory of modern-day Argentina comprises five suites of perfectly choreographed insanity, the last of which begins as a perfectly ordinary wedding reception and mutates into a war among the betrothed and their guests. <hl> Ms. Rivas’s brewing hysteria and Mr. Gentile’s macho cluelessness are played for both laughs but also something larger and grimmer. They help make a violent Looney Toons bit feel like sick national cataclysm. (Read the review) The HBO All-Stars (Power-Rankings Edition)

Érica Rivas and Diego Gentile, “Wild Tales” Damián Szifrón’s tragicomic allegory of modern-day Argentina comprises five suites of perfectly choreographed insanity, the last of which begins <hl> as a perfectly ordinary wedding reception <hl> and mutates into a war among the betrothed and their guests. Ms. Rivas’s brewing hysteria and Mr. Gentile’s macho cluelessness are played for both laughs but also something larger and grimmer. They help make a violent Looney Toons bit feel like sick national cataclysm. (Read the review) The HBO All-Stars (Power-Rankings Edition)