CharlesV (; ; Dutch: "Karel"; ) (24 February 1500 21 September 1558) was ruler of both the Spanish Empire from 1516 and the Holy Roman Empire from 1519, as well as of the lands of the former Duchy of Burgundy from 1506. He voluntarily stepped down from these and other positions by a series of abdications between 1554 and 1556. Through inheritance, he brought together under his rule extensive territories in western, central, and southern Europe, and the Spanish colonies in the Americas and Asia. As a result, his domains spanned nearly four million square kilometers and were the first to be described as "the empire on which the sun never sets".

Charles was the heir of three of Europe's leading dynasties: the Houses of Valois-Burgundy (Burgundy and Netherlands), Habsburg (Holy Roman Empire), and Trastamara (Spain). He inherited the Burgundian Netherlands and the Franche-Comte as heir of the House of Valois-Burgundy. From his own dynasty, the Habsburgs, he inherited Austria and other lands in central Europe. He was also elected to succeed his Habsburg grandfather, Maximilian I, as Holy Roman Emperor, a title held by the Habsburgs since 1440. From the Spanish House of Trastamara, he inherited the crowns of Castile, which was in the process of developing a nascent empire in the Americas and Asia, and Crown of Aragon, which included a Mediterranean empire extending to Southern Italy. Charles was the first king to rule Castile and Aragon simultaneously in his own right and as a result he is sometimes referred to as the first king of Spain. The personal union, under Charles, of the Holy Roman Empire with the Spanish Empire resulted in the closest Europe would come to a universal monarchy since the death of Louis the Pious. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What did Charles V rule over?
2. When?
3. What he forcefully removed?
4. Who was one of the three people who left him a dynasty?
5. From where?
6. Who is another person he inherited from?
7. Where from?
8. Who did he receive the Crowns of Castile from/
9. What were they in the process of doing?
10. What else?
Answer: 1. the Spanish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire
2. from 1516 and from 1519
3. no
4. the Houses of Valois-Burgundy
5. Burgundy and Netherlands
6. House of Habsburg
7. Holy Roman Empire
8. From the Spanish House of Trastamara
9. developing a nascent empire in the Americas and Asia
10. Crown of Aragon

The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register and became The Times on 1 January 1788. The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, itself wholly owned by the News Corp group headed by Rupert Murdoch. The Times and The Sunday Times do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1967.

The Times is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, including The Times of India (founded in 1838), The Straits Times (Singapore) (1845), The New York Times (1851), The Irish Times (1859), Le Temps (France) (1861-1942), the Cape Times (South Africa) (1872), the Los Angeles Times (1881), The Seattle Times (1891), The Manila Times (1898), The Daily Times (Malawi) (1900), El Tiempo (Colombia) (1911), The Canberra Times (1926), and The Times (Malta) (1935). In these countries, the newspaper is often referred to as The London Times or The Times of London. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What was The Times' original title?
2. What year was that?
3. What name did it adopt on January 1, 1788?
4. Was it the first to use that name?
5. Since then, how many others have used it?
6. Where is the original Times based?
7. How often is it published?
8. Does it have a sister paper?
9. Named?
10. Was it founded before or after The Times?
11. In what year?
12. Do they share staff?
13. What do they share?
14. How long have they had the same owner?
15. Who is their publisher?
16. and the owner's name?
17. Who is the overall head of the parent company?
18. What is the Times equivalent in France?
19. What about Columbia?
20. Which is the most recent country to adopt usage of "The Times"?
21. in what year?
Answer: 1. The Daily Universal Register
2. 1785
3. The Times
4. yes
5. at least 14
6. London
7. daily
8. yes
9. The Sunday Times
10. after
11. 1821
12. no
13. publisher and owner
14. since 1967
15. Times Newspapers
16. News UK
17. Rupert Murdoch
18. Le Temps
19. El Tiempo
20. Malta
21. 1935

(CNN) -- Whether they're raising their adopted baby girl, dodging homophobic quips from their fraternity brothers or teaching the "Single Ladies" dance to the football team after glee club, it seems gay characters are becoming a vital part of prime time TV.

With characters like "Modern Family's" Mitchell and Cameron, Calvin from "Greek" and Kurt from "Glee," the number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) characters on scripted programs has just about doubled since 2005, according to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance against Defamation.

And characters will continue to identify as LGBT as time goes on, such as "Ugly Betty's" Justin, who recently had his first same-sex kiss. But Jarrett Barrios, president of GLAAD said, "We still have a long way to go before we're fully represented [on] TV."

In addition to the increasing number LGBT characters on scripted shows, which currently represents a little more than 3 percent of all leading and supporting characters on broadcast networks, there are also more openly gay actors and producers working in Hollywood, says Barrios.

Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson plays the character Mitchell on the ABC prime time show "Modern Family." Like his on-screen role, Ferguson himself is openly gay.

"The opportunity to play not only a well developed gay character, but a dad, a son and brother was really appealing to me. ... I chose to play him very close to myself and I think that truthfulness was appealing to the creators," Ferguson told CNN.

However, Ferguson says his sexual orientation does not make him any more qualified to tackle a gay role than Eric Stonestreet, his straight co-star who plays Mitchell's partner Cameron. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Is the article about straight characters?
2. Then what?
3. What is the first program?
4. Who is the first person?
5. Who is Mitchell?
6. Who is the actor?
7. Is he gay?
8. Who else is on the program?
9. Who does he play?
10. How is he related to Mitchell?
Answer:
1. no
2. gay characters
3. unknown
4. unknown
5. character on Modern Family.
6. Jesse Tyler Ferguson
7. Yes
8. Eric Stonestreet
9. Cameron
10. co-star