question: Canberra ( or ) is the capital city of Australia. With a population of 403,468, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne. A resident of Canberra is known as a "Canberran". Although Canberra is the capital and seat of government, many federal government ministries have secondary seats in state capital cities, as do the Governor-General and the Prime Minister.

The site of Canberra was selected for the location of the nation's capital in 1908 as a compromise between rivals Sydney and Melbourne, Australia's two largest cities. It is unusual among Australian cities, being an entirely planned city outside of any state, similar to Washington, D.C. in the United States, or Brasilia in Brazil. Following an international contest for the city's design, a blueprint by American architects Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin was selected and construction commenced in 1913. The Griffins' plan featured geometric motifs such as circles, hexagons and triangles, and was centred on axes aligned with significant topographical landmarks in the Australian Capital Territory.

The city's design was influenced by the garden city movement and incorporates significant areas of natural vegetation. The growth and development of Canberra were hindered by the World Wars and the Great Depression, which exacerbated a series of planning disputes and the ineffectiveness of a procession of bodies that were created in turn to oversee the development of the city. The national capital emerged as a thriving city after World War II, as Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies championed its development and the National Capital Development Commission was formed with executive powers. Although the Australian Capital Territory is now self-governing, the Commonwealth Government retains some influence through the National Capital Authority.
1. What is the capital city of Australia?
2. What are Australia's two largest cities?
3. What's Canberra's population?
4. Is it Australia's largest inland city?
5. What is its rank overall?
6. What is a resident of Canberra called?
7. Who were the architects responsible for its design?
8. And what year did they start the construction?
9. What was the design influenced by?
10. Did the world wars hinder Canberra's growth?
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answer: 1. Canberra
2. Sydney and Melbourne
3. 403,468
4. Yes
5. eighth
6. Canberran
7. Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin
8. 1913
9. geometric motifs
10. Yes

Steve the penguin lived at the zoo. Steve loved to lie on his towel outside during the summer. In the winter Steve would get too cold and would stay in his house. Steve loved the zookeeper's helper Bob. The zookeeper's name was Joe, but he never came in to see Steve. Bob would feed Steve treats all summer long when he was working. In the spring, Tim was the zookeeper's helper and would never feed Steve treats, so Steve didn't like him. Steve loved that Bob would give him was fish more than anything. Steve also liked bananas, oranges and apples, but fish was his favorite. Steve would stick his tongue out at the visitors to the zoo, other times he turn around and show them his back because they were always looking at Steve and he didn't like that. Sometimes he would wave his arm to some visitors if they seemed to be nice. Steve loved the summer; it was his favorite time of the year. He got treats and his favorite helper Bob worked during the summer. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who's favorite food was fish?
2. what kind of animal was he?
3. where did he live?
4. what did he enjoy doing?
5. where?
6. during what season?
7. what did he do in the winter?
8. why?
9. How did the animal love?
10. what was his job?
11. who was the in charge of the zoo?
12. Did he ever visit?
13. When was Bob around?
14. was there someone else before then?
15. In what season?
16. what was his name?
17. Did Steve like him?
18. why not?
Answer: 1. Steve
2. penguin
3. the zoo.
4. lie on his towel
5. outside
6. the summer
7. stay in his house
8. he was too cold
9. Bob
10. he zookeeper's helper
11. Joe
12. no
13. summer
14. yes
15. spring
16. Tim
17. no
18. he would never feed Steve treats

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Homer ( , "Homeros") is the name ascribed by the ancient Greeks to the legendary author of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey", two epic poems which are the central works of ancient Greek literature. The "Iliad" is set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Greek states. It focuses on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles lasting a few weeks during the last year of the war. The "Odyssey" focuses on the journey home of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, after the fall of Troy.

Many accounts of Homer's life circulated in classical antiquity, the most widespread being that he was a blind bard from Ionia, a region of central coastal Anatolia in present-day Turkey. Modern scholars consider them legends.

The Homeric Questionby whom, when, where and under what circumstances were the "Iliad" and "Odyssey" composedcontinues to be debated. Broadly speaking, modern scholarly opinion falls into two groups. One holds that most of the "Iliad" and (according to some) the "Odyssey" are the works of a single poet of genius. The other considers the Homeric poems to be the result of a process of working and re-working by many contributors, and that "Homer" is best seen as a label for an entire tradition. It is generally accepted that the poems were composed at some point around the late 8th or early 7th century BC. The poems are in Homeric Greek, also known as Epic Greek, a literary language which shows a mixture of features of the Ionic and Aeolic dialects from different centuries; the predominant influence is Eastern Ionic. Most researchers believe that the poems were originally transmitted orally. 1. Can you name one of Homer's poems?
2. Can you name another?
3. Who is the main character in the Odyssey?
4. Was he a king?
5. Of which place?
6. After which event did the Odyssey take place?
7. How long did the Trojan war last?
8. Was Troy a state?
9. What was it?
10. Name one of the main characters in the Iliad?
11. Can you name another?
12. What is the "Homeric Question"?
13. Has it been settled?
14. Where was Homer from?
15. What modern country is that part of?
16. Was he blind?
17. On the Homeric Question, how many sides are there?
18. Does one side think there was only one author of the Iliad?
19. What language are Homer's poem written in?
20. Around when were they put together?
numbered_answers:
1. Odyssey
2. Iliad
3. Odysseus
4. YES
5. Ithaca
6. the fall of Troy
7. ten years
8. no
9. city
10. King Agamemnon
11. Achilles
12. by whom, when, where and under what circumstances were the "Iliad" and "Odyssey" composed
13. no
14. Ionia
15. Turkey
16. yes
17. two
18. yes
19. Homeric Greek
20. late 8th or early 7th century BC