Q: I want to test the ability of students to read a passage and answer questions about it. Could you please come up with a good question for the passage "Matsushita provided a cash infusion, but the clash of cultures was too great to overcome, and five years later Matsushita sold an 80% stake in MCA/Universal to Canadian drinks distributor Seagram for $5.7 billion. Seagram sold off its stake in DuPont to fund this expansion into the entertainment industry. Hoping to build an entertainment empire around Universal, Seagram bought PolyGram in 1999 and other entertainment properties, but the fluctuating profits characteristic of Hollywood were no substitute for the reliable income stream gained from the previously held shares in DuPont."?
A: What problems did Matsushita have?

Q: I want to test the ability of students to read a passage and answer questions about it. Could you please come up with a good question for the passage "Following the earthquake, donations were made by people from all over mainland China, with booths set up in schools, at banks, and around gas stations. People also donated blood, resulting in according to Xinhua long line-ups in most major Chinese cities. Many donated through text messaging on mobile phones to accounts set up by China Unicom and China Mobile By May 16, the Chinese government had allocated a total of $772 million for earthquake relief so far, up sharply from $159 million from May 14."?
A: What could people do at gas stations?

Q: I want to test the ability of students to read a passage and answer questions about it. Could you please come up with a good question for the passage "It is the world's fourth oldest major film studio, after the renowned French studios Gaumont Film Company and Pathe, and the Danish Nordisk Film company."?
A: Which of the following company is not Danish, Pathe or Nordisk Film?

Q: I want to test the ability of students to read a passage and answer questions about it. Could you please come up with a good question for the passage "In 1975, a group of Chicago Cubs fans based in Washington, D.C. formed the Emil Verban Society. The society is a select club of high profile Cub fans, currently headed by Illinois Senator Dick Durbin which is named for Emil Verban, who in three seasons with the Cubs in the 1940s batted .280 with 39 runs batted in and one home run. Verban was picked as the epitome of a Cub player, explains columnist George Will, because "He exemplified mediocrity under pressure, he was competent but obscure and typifying of the work ethics." Verban initially believed he was being ridiculed, but his ill feeling disappeared several years later when he was flown to Washington to meet President Ronald Reagan, also a society member, at the White House. Hillary Clinton, Jim Belushi, Joe Mantegna, Rahm Emanuel, Dick Cheney and many others have been included among its membership."?
A:
What quelled Verban initial cynicism of the group?