question: Andrew Carneigie, known as the King of Steel, built the steel industry in the United States, and, in the process, became one of the wealthiest men in America. His success resulted partly from his ability to sell the product and partly from his policy of expanding during periods of economic decline, when most of his competitors were reducing their investments. Carnegie believed that individuals should progress through hard work, but he also felt strongly that the wealthy should use their fortunes for the benefit of society. He opposed charity, preferring instead to provide educational opportunities that would allow others to help themselves. "He who dies rich, dies disgraced", he often said. Among his more noteworthy contributions to society are those that bear his name, including the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, which has a library, a museum of fine arts, and a museum of national history. He also founded a school of technology that is now part of Carnegie-Mellon University. Other philanthropic gifts are the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to promote understanding between nations, the Carnegie Institute of Washington to fund scientific research, and Carnegie Hall to provide a center for the arts. _ . His contributions of more than five million dollars established 2,500 libraries in small communities throughout the country and formed the nucleus of the public library system that we all enjoy today.
1. Who was given a royal nickname?
2. What was it?
3. Was he a poor man?
4. How much money did he have?
5. How did he make his money?
6. In which country?
7. Was he a greedy man?
8. How so?
9. How did he feel about people being greedy?
10. Did he support any charities?
11. Why not?
12. How did he think you should help others?
13. Did he provide any of those educational opportunities?
14. What are some of those?
15. What about internationally?
16. What is that?
17. And what is their aim?
18. How many libraries were established due to his philanthropy
19. Where are the majority located?
20. Did he contribute less than a million dollars?
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answer: 1. Andrew Carneigie
2. King of Steel
3. no
4. One of the wealthiest men in America
5. The steel industry
6. United States,
7. No
8. but he also felt strongly that the wealthy should use their fortunes for the benefit of society.
9. "He who dies rich, dies disgraced",
10. No
11. He opposed charity
12. By providing educational opportunities that would allow others to help themselves
13. Yes
14. Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, Carnegie-Mellon University.
15. Yes
16. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
17. Understanding between the nations
18. 2,500
19. Small communities throughout the country
20. More than five million

question: Probably no other musical instrument is as popular as the guitar around the world. Musicians use the guitar for almost all kinds of music. Country and western music would not be the same without a guitar. The traditional Spanish folk music called Flamenco could not exist without a guitar. The sound of American blues music would not be the same without the sad cry of the guitar. And rock and roll music would almost be impossible without this instrument.

Music experts do not agree about where the guitar was first played. Most agree it is ancient. Some experts say an instrument very much like a guitar was played in Egypt more than 1,000 years ago. Most experts say that the ancestor of the modern guitar was brought to Spain from Persia sometime in the 12thcentury. The guitar continued to develop in Spain. In the 1700s it became similar to the instrument we know today.

Many famous musicians played the instrument. The famous Italian violins Niccole Paganism played and wrote music for the guitar in the early 1800s. Franz Schubert used the guitar to write some of his famous works. In modern times Spanish guitarist Andres Segovia helped make the instrument extremely popular.

In the 1930s, Les Paul began experimenting to make an electric guitar. He invented the solid-bodied electric guitar in 1946. The Gibson Guitar Company began producing its famous Les Paul Guitar in 1952. It became a powerful influence on popular music. The instrument has the same shape and the same six strings as the traditional guitar, but it sounds very different. Les Paul produced a series of extremely popular recordings that introduced the public to this music. Listen to this Les Paul recording. It was the fifth most popular song in the United States in 1952. It is called "Meet Mister Callaghan."
1. How popular is the guitar?
2. What kinds of music is it used in?
3. Do they know where the guitar first was played?
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answer: 1. Probably no other musical instrument is as popular
2. almost all kinds of music
3. no

question: Normandy (; , pronounced , Norman: "Normaundie", from Old French "Normanz", plural of "Normant", originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is one of the 18 regions of France, roughly corresponding to the historical Duchy of Normandy.

Administratively, Normandy is divided into five "departments": Calvados, Eure, Manche, Orne, and Seine-Maritime. It covers 30,627km (11,926 sq mi), forming roughly 5% of the territory of France. Its population of 3.37million accounts for around 5% of the population of France. Normans is the name given to the inhabitants of Normandy, and the region is the homeland of the Norman language.

The historical region of Normandy comprised the present-day region of Normandy, as well as small areas now part of the "departements," or departments of Mayenne and Sarthe. The Channel Islands (referred to as "Iles Anglo-Normandes" in French) are also historically part of Normandy; they cover 194km and comprise two bailiwicks: Guernsey and Jersey, which are British Crown dependencies over which Queen Elizabeth II reigns as Duke of Normandy.

Normandy's name is derived from the settlement of the territory by mainly Danish and Norwegian Vikings ("Northmen") from the 9th century, and confirmed by treaty in the 10th century between King Charles III of France and Earl Rollo of Mre, Norway. For a century and a half following the Norman conquest of England in 1066, Normandy and England were linked by Norman and Frankish rulers.
1. How many regions were there?
2. How many km does it cover?
3. what percent of france does it make up?
4. how many miles does it cover?
5. How many people live there?
6. What percent of the population is that?
7. What are the people there called?
8. What language is founded there?
9. where is the name comprised from?
10. How is Normandy and England linked?
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answer:
1. 18
2. 30,627
3. Five
4. 11,926
5. 3.37million
6. Five
7. Normans
8. Norman
9. northman
10. two bailiwicks are British Crown dependencies