Problem: At the height of his power, Zhou Yongkang controlled police forces, spy agencies, court systems and prosecution offices across China -- and the domestic security czar wasn't shy in deploying his vast assets to crush dissent and unrest in the name of "preserving social stability."

During his reign before retiring in 2012, as worsening income inequality and official corruption fueled mass discontent nationwide, Zhou oversaw the domestic security budget swell to surpass that of the two million-strong Chinese military -- the world's largest.

As a member of the ruling Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee -- China's top decision-making body -- Zhou was one of nine men who effectively ruled the country of more than 1.3 billion people.

Away from the spotlight, though, Zhou and his family members were reportedly taking advantage of his leadership position to accumulate enormous wealth. The allegedly blatant exchange between money and power, as revealed by China's state media, would eventually prompt Zhou's shocking downfall last summer.

After months of intense political rumors, the Communist Party's disciplinary arm in late July announced a formal investigation into Zhou for "serious disciplinary violations." On Saturday, state-run Xinhua news agency reported his arrest after the Communist leadership expelled him from the party.

Zhou's case was sent to the country's highest prosecution authority, paving the way for a criminal trial that would make him the most senior official ever to face corruption charges in the history of the People's Republic.

Party investigators found the 71-year-old former leader received huge bribes, abused his power to benefit family and friends, and leaked state secrets, according to Xinhua. He was also accused of having affairs with multiple women, and trading power and money for sex.
1. Who was the domestic security czar?
2. Where?
3. Did he control a bunch of groups?
4. How many?
5. What are two of them?
6. And the other two?
7. What committee did he belong to?
8. How many were on it/
9. What did the group do?
10. When did he retire?
11. What grew under his control?
12. Which budget got bigger?
13. What was it bigger than?
14. How many people were in the country?
15. Did he and his family get rich?
16. How old is he?
17. What did he take in exchange for favors?
18. Did he keep state secrets safe?
19. Was he faithful to his wife?
20. What kind of charges is he up against?
Answer: 1. Zhou Yongkang
2. China
3. yes
4. Four
5. police forces, spy agencies
6. court systems and prosecution offices
7. Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee
8. nine
9. effectively ruled the country
10. 2012
11. income inequality and official corruption
12. domestic security budget
13. The military budget
14. 1.3 billion people
15. yes
16. 71-years-old
17. huge bribes
18. Nope!
19. no
20. corruption charges

Problem: The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (stylized in its logo as abc since 1957) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is owned by the DisneyABC Television Group, a subsidiary of Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is part of the Big Three television networks. The network is headquartered on Columbus Avenue and West 66th Street in Manhattan, with additional major offices and production facilities in New York City, Los Angeles and Burbank, California.

ABC originally launched on October 12, 1943 as a radio network, separated from and serving as the successor to the NBC Blue Network, which had been purchased by Edward J. Noble. It extended its operations to television in 1948, following in the footsteps of established broadcast networks CBS and NBC. In the mid-1950s, ABC merged with United Paramount Theatres, a chain of movie theaters that formerly operated as a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. Leonard Goldenson, who had been the head of UPT, made the new television network profitable by helping develop and greenlight many successful series. In the 1980s, after purchasing an 80% interest in cable sports channel ESPN, the network's parent merged with Capital Cities Communications, owner of several print publications, and television and radio stations. In 1996, most of Capital Cities/ABC's assets were purchased by The Walt Disney Company.
1. When did ABC launch?
2. Where is it headquartered?
3. Does it have locations elsewhere?
4. For example?
5. Who did they first merge with?
6. What kind of business is that?
7. Did they purchase another business?
8. What?
9. What's that?
10. Were they ever bought out?
11. When?
12. For how much?
13. By who?
Answer: 1. October 12, 1943
2. On Columbus Avenue and West 66th Street in Manhattan
3. Yes
4. New York City, Los Angeles and Burbank, California.
5. United Paramount Theatres
6. A chain of movie theaters
7. Yes
8. An 80% interest in ESPN
9. A cable sports channel
10. Yes
11. In 1996
12. unknown
13. The Walt Disney Company.

Problem: "Mobile phone killed my man," screamed one headline last year. Also came claims that an unpublished study had found that mobile phones could cause memory loss. And a British newspaper devoted its front page to a picture supposedly showing how mobile phones could heat the brain.

For anyone who uses a mobile phone, these are worrying times. But speak to the scientists whose work is the focus of these scares and you hear a different story.

One of the oddest effects comes from the now famous"memory loss" study. Alan Preece and his colleagues at the University of Bristol placed a device that imitated the microwave radiation of mobile phones to the left ear of volunteers. The volunteers were good at recalling words and pictures they had been shown on a computer screen. Preece says he still can't comment on the effects of using a mobile phone for years on end. But he rules out the suggestion that mobile phones have an immediate effect on our cognitive abilities. "I'm pretty sure there is no effect on short-term memory," he says.

Another expert, Tattersall, remarked that his latest findings have removed fears about memory loss. One result, for instance, suggests that nerve cell synapses exposed to microwaves become more -- rather than less -- receptive to undergoing changes linked to memory formation.

An even happier outcome would be that microwaves turned out to be good for you. It sounds crazy, but a couple of years ago a team led by William Adey at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in California found that mice exposed to microwaves for two hours a day were less likely to develop brain tumours when given a cancer-causing chemical.

"If _ doesn't certainly cause cancer in animals and cells, then it probably isn't going to cause cancer in humans," says William. And while there's still no absolute evidence that mobile phone use does damage your memories or give you cancer, the conclusion is: don't be afraid.
1. Did an American newspaper report on brain heating and cell phones?
2. Are scientists worried about cell phones killing brain cells?
3. What animal is mentioned in the West Coast experiment?
4. Where did Mr. Preece work?
5. How long were the rodents put near those waves?
6. What is the name of a military oriented building on the West Coast?
7. Are microwaves okay for rodents?
8. Were the furry lab species provided with chocolate for this experiment?
9. What side of the head was tested in by Mr. P?
10. What was one title from a publication?
Answer:
1. no
2. no
3. mice
4. University of Bristol
5. two hours
6. the Veterans Affairs Medical Center
7. yes
8. unknown
9. left
10. Mobile phone killed my man