Problem: Solomon Islands is a sovereign country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania lying to the east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu and covering a land area of . The country's capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal. The country takes its name from the Solomon Islands archipelago, which is a collection of Melanesian islands that also includes the North Solomon Islands (part of Papua New Guinea), but excludes outlying islands, such as Rennell and Bellona, and the Santa Cruz Islands.

The islands have been inhabited for thousands of years. In 1568, the Spanish navigator Alvaro de Mendana was the first European to visit them, naming them the "Islas Salomon". Britain defined its area of interest in the Solomon Islands archipelago in June 1893, when Captain Gibson R.N., of , declared the southern Solomon Islands a British protectorate. During World War II, the Solomon Islands campaign (19421945) saw fierce fighting between the United States and the Empire of Japan, such as in the Battle of Guadalcanal.

The official name of the then British overseas territory was changed from "the British Solomon Islands Protectorate" to "Solomon Islands" in 1975. Self-government was achieved in 1976; independence was obtained two years later. Today, Solomon Islands is a constitutional monarchy with the Queen of Solomon Islands, currently Queen Elizabeth II, as its head of state. Manasseh Sogavare is the current prime minister.
1. Where does the Solomon country take its name from?
2. What type of country is it?
3. How many major islands does it have?
4. and what about the smaller islands?
5. What is its capital
6. Which is located on which island?
7. Who was the first person to visit it?
8. In what year?
9. What type of monarchy is it now?
10. who is its head of state?
11. And its prime minister's name?
12. When was its self government achived?
Answer: 1. the Solomon Islands archipelago
2. it is a sovereign country
3. six
4. there are over 900 smaller islands
5. Honiara
6. Guadalcanal.
7. Alvaro de Mendana was the first European to visit
8. In 1568
9. a constitutional monarchy
10. currently Queen Elizabeth II
11. Manasseh Sogavare
12. in1976

Problem: (EW.com) -- Identity Thief (CinemaScore: B) fared even better than expected, bringing in $36.6 million over the weekend across 3,141 theaters. For comparison, Melissa McCarthy's last major film Bridesmaids (though it was in a supporting role) opened at $26.2 million, in 2,918 theaters. With an opening like this, big things are surely expected from Seth Gordon's R-rated comedy which has already surpassed its $35 million production budget. Though Bateman and Gordon had a successful run with Horrible Bosses after a $28.3 million opening weekend in July 2011, Bateman hasn't had this kind of luck with most of his starring roles. Universal's The Change-Up (with Ryan Reynolds) opened at $13.5 million in August 2011 and went on to gross only $37.1 million domestically, on a $52 million production budget.

Jonathan Levine's Warm Bodies took second place for its second weekend with $11.5 million, bringing its domestic total to $36.7 million. This breaks Levine's record, beating the lifetime domestic gross of his last feature, the cancer dramedy 50/50 with Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, which brought in $35 million.

The R-rated Hitchcock-style, prescription-drug thriller Side Effects (CinemaScore: B) ended up beating director Steven Soderbergh's January 2012 weekend opening of Haywire, earning $10 million weekend this weekend and averaging $3,845 per theater. We talked a little bit about stars Rooney Mara and Channing Tatum's box office history yesterday. Another star of Side Effects is Jude Law, and he's got a varied track record at the box office. He generally participates in ensemble casts -- Anna Karenina, the Sherlock Holmes franchise, Soderbergh's Contagion, The Holiday -- making his singular box office appeal somewhat more elusive. Side Effects has Soderbergh's name and another strong ensemble, and could go on to a respectable run, even though it won't reach Contagion heights (the epidemic thriller eventually grossed $76 million).
1. What movie outdid expectations?
2. How much revenue did it earn over the weekend?
3. How many theaters did it play in?
4. What movie was it compared to?
5. Who was in that movie?
6. Was she the main actress?
7. How much did that movie earn when it came out?
8. Was Horrible Bosses a success?
9. When did it open?
10. What movie was second?
11. Whose movie is it?
12. Does it's earnings break any records?
13. What beat the release of Soderbergh's movie?
14. What type of movie is it?
15. How many cast members of it are mentioned?
16. Which one has a varied record at the movies?
Answer: 1. Identity Thief
2. $36.6 million
3. 3,141
4. Bridesmaids
5. Melissa McCarthy
6. unknown
7. $26.2 million
8. yes
9. July 2011
10. Warm Bodies
11. Jonathan Levine's
12. yes
13. Side Effects
14. a prescription-drug thriller
15. Three
16. Jude Law

Problem: The Roaring Twenties was the period of Western society and Western culture that occurred during and around the 1920s. It was a period of sustained economic prosperity with a distinctive cultural edge in the United States and Western Europe, particularly in major cities such as Berlin, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, and Sydney. In the French Third Republic, the decade was known as the ""annees folles"" ("Crazy Years"), emphasizing the era's social, artistic and cultural dynamism. Jazz music blossomed, the flapper redefined the modern look for British and American women, and Art Deco peaked. Not everything roared: in the wake of the hyper-emotional patriotism of World War I, Warren G. Harding brought back normalcy to the politics of the United States. This era saw the large-scale use of automobiles, telephones, motion pictures, radio, and electric appliances. Aviation became a business. The economies saw rapid industrial growth, accelerated consumer demand, plus significant changes in lifestyle and culture. The media focused on celebrities, especially sports heroes and movie stars, as cities rooted for their home teams and filled the new palatial cinemas and gigantic sports stadiums. In most major democratic states, women won the right to vote.

The social and cultural features known as the Roaring Twenties began in leading metropolitan centers, then spread widely in the aftermath of World War I. The United States gained dominance in world finance. Thus, when Germany could no longer afford to pay World War I reparations to the United Kingdom, France and the other Allied Powers, the United States came up with the Dawes Plan; named after banker, and later 30th Vice President Charles G. Dawes, respectively. Wall Street invested heavily in Germany, which repaid its reparations to countries that, in turn, used the dollars to pay off their war debts to Washington. By the middle of the decade, prosperity was widespread, with the second half of the decade known, especially in Germany, as the "Golden Twenties".
1. What important world event did the roaring twenties occur in the wake of?
2. Did Germany benefit during this period?
3. What became an industry in this time?
4. What musical genre became popular?
5. What seemed to be the only thing that receded during the era?
6. What fashion statement became more common?
7. What group did television often focus on?
8. Anyone else?
9. Who gained suffrage?
10. Where did it originate?
Answer:
1. World War I.
2. Yes
3. Aviation
4. Jazz
5. American politics
6. Flapper
7. Celebrities
8. Sports heroes and movie stars
9. Women
10. Leading metropolitan centers