Question:
Reconstruction played out against an economy in ruin. The Confederacy in 1861 had 297 towns and cities with a total population of 835,000 people; of these 162 with 681,000 people were at one point occupied by Union forces. Eleven were destroyed or severely damaged by war action, including Atlanta (with an 1860 population of 9,600), Charleston, Columbia, and Richmond (with prewar populations of 40,500, 8,100, and 37,900, respectively); the eleven contained 115,900 people in the 1860 census, or 14% of the urban South. The number of people who lived in the destroyed towns represented just over 1% of the Confederacys combined urban and rural populations. The rate of damage in smaller towns was much loweronly 45 courthouses were burned out of a total of 830.

How many of the 830 courthouses were not burned?

Answer:
785

Question:
The highest rate of provincial corporate income tax was reduced from 17% to 14% on July 1, 2006. It was further reduced to 13% on July 1, 2007, and finally to 12% on July 1, 2008. The tax on paid-up capital was reduced from 0.6% to 0.3% on July 1, 2006, to 0.15% on July 1, 2007, and abolished altogether on July 1, 2008. These displayed values were obtained by adding the corporate income tax for each year with the corporate capital tax.

How many percentage points was the tax on paid-up capital reduced from July 1, 2006 to July 1, 2008?

Answer:
0.6

Question:
After defeating the Bills, the Steelers stayed home to take on the visiting Lions. They started off scoring in the 1st quarter as Ben Roethlisberger found Antonio Brown on 2 consecutive TD passes from 34 and 47 yards out for leads of 7-0 and then 14-0. The Lions were able to get on the board as David Akers nailed a 35-yard field goal to make the score 14-3. The Steelers managed to pull away by 2 touchdowns as Shaun Suisham nailed a 25-yard field goal for a 17-3 lead. The Lions drew closer as Matthew Stafford found Calvin Johnson on a 79-yard TD pass shortening the lead to 17-10 not long before Suisham nailed a 34-yard field goal to make the score 20-10. Just then, the Lions managed to take the lead scoring 17 straight points when Stafford found Calvin Johnson again on a 19-yard pass making the score 20-17 and with the Lions taking the lead as Joique Bell ran for a 4-yard TD moving them ahead 24-20 and then finally wrapped things up in the first half as Akers nailed a 19-yard field goal to take a 27-20 lead at halftime.After the break, the Steelers got back to work as Suisham nailed a 21-yard field goal to shorten the Lions' lead to 27-23. They took the lead in the 4th quarter as Roethlisberger found Will Johnson on a 1-yard pass making the score 30-27. After a failed fake field goal attempt by the Lions, the Steelers set the ball up at their own 3-yard line. Due to a huge penalty against the team, the Steelers were able to move further down the field and seal the win for themselves as Roethlisberger found Jerricho Cotchery on a 20-yard pass for a final score of 37-27.

How many TD passes did Ben Roethlisberger throw in the first quarter?

Answer:
2

Question:
Trying to snap a two-game losing skid, the Saints flew to Bank of America Stadium for a Week 12 NFC South rematch against the Carolina Panthers with second place on the line. In the first quarter, New Orleans trailed early as Panthers kicker John Kasay managed to get a 45-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Saints took the lead with QB Drew Brees completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Lance Moore, along with kicker Olindo Mare kicking a 46-yard field goal. Carolina ended the half as Kasay nailing a 29-yard field goal. In the third quarter, New Orleans ran away with the game as Brees completed a 1-yard TD pass to WR Billy Miller, got an 8-yard TD run, and completed a 4-yard TD pass to WR Marques Colston. For Marques Colston, this marked his fifth-straight game of having at least 65 reception yards in one game.

How many touchdowns did brees score in the third quarter?

Answer:
3