Idea for the Q&A below: The important part for answering this question is: The amendment supersedes Article I, 3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which senators were elected by state legislatures.
Q: The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established the popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states. The amendment supersedes Article I, 3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which senators were elected by state legislatures. It also alters the procedure for filling vacancies in the Senate, allowing for state legislatures to permit their governors to make temporary appointments until a special election can be held.

Answer this question based on the passage: who elected members of the senate before the 17th amendment?
A: state legislatures

Idea for the Q&A below: The relevant information to answer the above question is: "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is a 1995 song recorded by American alternative rock band Deep Blue Something.
Q: Context: "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is a 1995 song recorded by American alternative rock band Deep Blue Something. Originally appearing on the album 11th Song, it was later re-recorded and released on their album Home. It was the band's only hit, peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside the United States, the song topped the charts in the United Kingdom, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, Belgium (Flanders), Canada, Germany, the Republic of Ireland and Sweden.

Question: who sang the song breakfast at tiffany's?
A: Deep Blue Something

Idea for the Q&A below: This is the relevant information: While best known for the sweepstakes and Prize Patrol it uses to promote its magazine subscriptions, the majority of the company's revenue now comes from merchandise.
Q: PCH is a direct-marketing company that sells merchandise, magazine subscriptions and operates several prize-based websites. While best known for the sweepstakes and Prize Patrol it uses to promote its magazine subscriptions, the majority of the company's revenue now comes from merchandise. The company has been selling books, media, jewelry and other consumer items since the 1980s. PCH operates eight websites, including PCH Search and Win, PCH Lotto, PCH Games, PCH Save and Win, and Candystand.

Answer this question: where does publishers clearing house get their funding?
A: merchandise

Idea for the Q&A below: This is the relevant information: The Gerontology Research Group (GRG), an organization that tracks supercentenarians and validates longevity claims, has validated claims of over 700 American supercentenarians and as of 15 July 2018, lists six verified living American supercentenarians, the oldest of whom is Lessie Brown, born September 22, 1904, aged 113 years, 296 days.
Q: Passage: This article includes lists of supercentenarians from the United States (people from the United States who have attained the age of at least 110 years). The Gerontology Research Group (GRG), an organization that tracks supercentenarians and validates longevity claims, has validated claims of over 700 American supercentenarians and as of 15 July 2018, lists six verified living American supercentenarians, the oldest of whom is Lessie Brown, born September 22, 1904, aged 113 years, 296 days. The oldest person ever from the United States was Sarah Knauss, who died on December 30, 1999, aged 119 years, 97 days.

Question: Based on this passage, who is the oldest living person in the united states?
A: Lessie Brown