Q: The former Victoria University of Manchester, now the University of Manchester, was founded in 1851 as Owens College. In 1880, the college joined the federal Victoria University, gaining an independent university charter in 1904 as the Victoria University of Manchester after the collapse of the federal university.

On 1 October 2004, the Victoria University of Manchester merged with the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) to form a new, larger entity, and the new university was named the University of Manchester.

The university was founded in 1851 as Owens College, named after John Owens, a textile merchant, who left a bequest of 96,942 for the purpose. Its first accommodation was at Cobden House on Quay Street, Manchester, in a house which had been the residence of Richard Cobden. In 1859, Owens College was approved as a provincial examination centre for matriculation candidates of the University of London. As the college progressed it became inadequate so a move to Chorlton on Medlock was planned in 1871. Alfred Waterhouse was the architect of the new college building, west of Oxford Road, which was opened in 1873. Owens College became the first affiliate college of the federal Victoria University in 1880. In 1884, University College Liverpool also joined the Victoria University, followed in 1887 by the Yorkshire College in Leeds.

1. John Owens
2. a textile merchant,
3. University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST)
4. Yes
5. Victoria University of Manchester
6. 96,942
7. provincial examination centre
8. matriculation candidates
9. University of London
10. University of Manchester
11. 1851
12. Cobden House
13. Quay Street,
14. it had been the residence of Richard Cobden
15. Chorlton on Medlock
16. it became inadequate
17. University College Liverpool
18. 1884
19. Alfred Waterhouse
20. Yes

Numbered questions:
1. who was it originally named after?
2. who was he?
3. which school did it merge with?
4. did they have to change names after this?
5. what was the name before the merger?
6. How much did owens leave behind?
7. what was it approved as?
8. for?
9. from?
10. what was the school renamed?
11. when was it founded?
12. what was the first living quarters called?
13. where was it?
14. why was it called that?
15. where did they move to?
16. why?
17. which other school joined them?
18. when?
19. who designed the new school?
20. did any other school join?

Q: Quebec ( or ; ) is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario, James Bay, and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the US states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is historically and politically considered to be part of Central Canada (with Ontario).

Quebec is the second-most populous province of Canada, after Ontario. It is the only one to have a predominantly French-speaking population, with French as the sole provincial official language. Most inhabitants live in urban areas near the Saint Lawrence River between Montreal and Quebec City, the capital. Approximately half of Quebec residents live in the Greater Montreal Area, including the Island of Montreal. English-speaking communities and English-language institutions are concentrated in the west of the island of Montreal but are also significantly present in the Outaouais, Eastern Townships, and Gaspe regions. The Nord-du-Quebec region, occupying the northern half of the province, is sparsely populated and inhabited primarily by Aboriginal peoples. The climate around the major cities is four-season continental with cold and snowy winters combined with warm to hot humid summers, but further north long winter seasons dominate and as a result the northern areas of the province are marked by tundra conditions. Even in central Quebec, at comparatively southerly latitudes, winters are severe in inland areas.

1. French
2. Canada
3. no
4. the west
5. yes
6. Quebec City
7. the Greater Montreal Area
8. in the west of the island of Montreal
9. four-season continental
10. cold and snowy
11. severe
12. warm to hot
13. Quebec
14. administrative division
15. the territory of Nunavut
16. New York.
17. Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia.

Numbered questions:
1. What language is spoken here?
2. What country is it in?
3. Is Hudson Bay on its east side?
4. where is it?
5. Does it border the US at all?
6. what is its capital?
7. where do most people live?
8. where would you find most english speaking areas?
9. What climate does the area have?
10. how aret the winters?
11. how are they in the inlands?
12. how are the summers?
13. What is the largest province by area?
14. and its the second largest what?
15. what is the largest?
16. name a US state that borders
17. it shares maritime borders with who?

Q: Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making it Connecticut's third-largest city after the coastal cities of Bridgeport and New Haven. Census Bureau estimates since then have indicated Hartford's fall to fourth place statewide, as a result of sustained population growth in the coastal city of Stamford.

Hartford is nicknamed the "Insurance Capital of the World", as it hosts many insurance company headquarters and insurance is the region's major industry. The city was founded in 1635 and is among the oldest cities in the United States. It is home to the nation's oldest public art museum (Wadsworth Atheneum), the oldest publicly funded park (Bushnell Park), the oldest continuously published newspaper ("The Hartford Courant"), and the second-oldest secondary school (Hartford Public High School). It also is home to Trinity College, a private liberal arts college, and the Mark Twain House where the author wrote his most famous works and raised his family, among other historically significant attractions. Twain wrote in 1868, "Of all the beautiful towns it has been my fortune to see this is the chief."

1. no
2. third
3. Connecticut
4. Bridgeport and New Haven
5. Insurance Capital of the World
6. because insurance is the region's major industry
7. 1635
8. no
9. 124,775
10. 2010
11. according to the 2010 Census
12. no
13. Stamford
14. Wadsworth Atheneum
15. yes
16. The Hartford Courant
17. Of all the beautiful towns it has been my fortune to see this is the chief.
18. in 1868
19. yes
20. Hartford Public High School

Numbered questions:
1. Is Hartford the largest city in Connecticut?
2. what rank is it?
3. what state is it the capital of?
4. what cities are larger?
5. what is it nicknamed?
6. why is it nicknamed that?
7. when was Hartford founded?
8. is it one of the newest cities in the U.S.?
9. what is its population?
10. as of what year?
11. according to what?
12. do they still think it is it still in 3rd place in the state by population?
13. which city is estimated to have over taken it?
14. what is the nations oldest public art museum?
15. Does Hartford have the oldest continuously published newspaper?
16. what is it called?
17. what did Twain say about the city?
18. when did he say that?
19. did he live there?
20. what is the name of the second-oldest secondary school?