input: (CNN) -- Michael Schumacher has been one of Pirelli's biggest critics this season, but Formula One's tire supplier has backed the seven-time world champion to end his long wait for a victory at Sunday's European Grand Prix.

The 43-year-old, who has not finished on the podium since coming out of retirement in 2010, told CNN that dealing with the rapidly degrading rubber this year was like "driving on raw eggs."

He has been outshone by Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg, but Pirelli's motorsport director Paul Hembery believes the German can perform well in Valencia, where he has failed to make the top-10 in two previous attempts.

Schumacher did, however, top the qualifying times at another street circuit last month in Monaco, but started the race sixth due to a penalty and ended up retiring early -- as he did last time out in Canada.

"I think you have to look at someone like, maybe Michael, getting the pole position," Hembery told F1's official website.

"He probably would have won Monaco if he hadn't been penalized, so why not here? Michael for Valencia, that's where the money should go."

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Schumacher, who won 91 grands prix between 1992 and 2006, was penalized in Monte Carlo due to a collision with Bruno Senna at the Spanish Grand Prix.

The former Ferrari driver has endured a miserable start to the 2012 season, collecting just two world championship points and retiring from five of the first seven races. Rosberg, meanwhile, is fifth on 67 points and clinched the first race win of his career in China. 1. What athlete is mentioned?
2. What sport is he in?
3. Who has been critical of his driving?
4. Has Schumacher ever won a grand prix?
5. How many?
6. During what years?
7. Has he ever gotten in a wreck on the track?
8. Where?
9. With who?
10. Did he qualify anywhere recently?
11. When?
12. Where? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. Pirelli
2. racing
3. Michael Schumacher
4. yes
5. 91
6. between 1992 and 2006
7. yes
8. at the Spanish Grand Prix
9. Bruno Senna
10. yes
11. last month
12. in Monaco

question: CHAPTER XVII.

Five minutes later, Tom Thurston entered, and Julia Monson came down to receive HIM, her pique not interfering, and it being rather stylish to be disengaged on the morning of the day when the household was in all the confusion of a premeditated rout.

{premeditated rout = planned party}

"This is SO good of you, Miss Monson," said Tom, as he made his bow--I heard it all, being still on the sofa--"This is SO good of you, when your time must have so many demands on it."

"Not in the least, Mr. Thurston--mamma and the housekeeper have settled every thing, and I am really pleased to see you, as you can give me the history of the new play--"

"Ah! Miss Monson, my heart--my faculties--my ideas--" Tom was getting bothered, and he made a desperate effort to extricate himself--"In short, my JUDGMENT is so confused and monopolized, that I have no powers left to think or speak of plays. In a word, I was not there."

"That explains it, then--and what has thus confused your mind, Mr. Thurston?"

"The approach of this awful night. You will be surrounded by a host of admirers, pouring into your ears their admiration and love, and then what shall I have to support me, but that 'yes,' with which you once raised me from the depths of despair to an elevation of happiness that was high as the highest pinnacle of the caverns of Kentucky; raising me from the depths of Chimborazo."

{caverns of Kentucky = Mammoth Cave; Chimborazo = a 20,500 foot volcano in Ecuador}
1. who came in?
2. and who was there to greet him?
3. what was going on in the house?
4. was she happy to see him?
5. what did she say to him?
6. who was on the sofa?
7. what does he say of his judgement?
8. and what does he lack?
9. to do what with?
10. who says something to him about his confusion?
****
answer: 1. Tom Thurston
2. Julia Monson
3. a party
4. Yes
5. I am really pleased to see you"
6. "I"
7. is so confused and monopolized
8. powers
9. to think or speak of plays
10. Miss Monson

Question: (CNN) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has added his brother-in-law to a military board in a move analysts say paves the way for an heir, according to South Korea's state-sponsored Yonhap news agency.

Kim Jong-il has named his brother-in-law Jang Song Thaek to a top military board.

The addition of his kin to the powerful National Defense Commission also solidifies his standing, Yonhap said.

Kim was reappointed Thursday as chairman of the military board in his first major public appearance since a reported stroke in August. His brother-in-law, Jang Song Thaek, is considered his right-hand man, according to Yonhap.

Jang, who has been married to Kim's sister since 1972, currently serves as a director of the Workers' Party, Yonhap said.

"Kim wants to keep the military in check and secure loyalty to both the military and the party," Cha Doo-hyeogn, a North Korea expert, told Yonhap.

Kim also increased the number of members in the military agency to 13, from eight, Yonhap said.

"Overall, the power of the National Defense Commission was strengthened," Seoul's Unification Ministry spokesman, Kim Ho-nyoun, told Yonhap in a briefing.

There were no other major changes in the new parliament, which signifies that Kim, 67, is prepared to maintain the status quo as he readies someone to take over from him, analysts told Yonhap.

Kim's recent health problems and long absence from public functions have prompted speculation on whether he is ready to groom an heir to the world's only communist dynasty. But the secretive nation shields its internal affairs from international scrutiny. 1. What kind of health problems has he been having?
2. Who did he name to the top military board?
3. What is his name?
4. Who does he consider to be his right hand man?
5. How long has Jang been married to Kim's sister?
6. What is Jang
7. Were there any changes to the parliament?
8. How many people did he increase the agency with?
9. How active is Kim in public functions?
10. What do people speculate that he is getting ready to do?
11. What do analysts say paves a way for an heir?
12. What was Kim reappointed as?
13. What did Kim Ho-nyoun tell Yonhap in a briefing? Provide a numbered list of answers.
****
A numbered of answers:
1. he had a stroke
2. his brother-in-law
3. Jang Song Thaek
4. Jang Song Thaek
5. 46 years today
6. a director of the Workers' Party
7. no
8. Five
9. not very
10. have someone take over from him
11. adding the brother-in-law to a military board
12. chairman of the military board
13. Overall, the power of the National Defense Commission was strengthened