Please answer this: Given the following passage "In the 1970s, computer engineers at research institutions throughout the United States began to link their computers together using telecommunications technology. The effort was funded by ARPA (now DARPA), and the computer network that resulted was called the ARPANET. The technologies that made the Arpanet possible spread and evolved.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: Having provided money to a project with a specific purpose in mind is referred to as?
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Answer: funded

Please answer this: Given the following passage "On September 30, 1987, Foster filed an application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to patent his invented sport. The patent application covered the rules of the game, specifically detailing the goalposts and rebound netting and their impact on gameplay. Foster's application was granted on March 27, 1990. The patent expired on September 30, 2007.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: What determines who wins the game?
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Answer: the rules

Please answer this: Given the following passage "In 1762, George III acquired Buckingham House and it was enlarged over the next 75 years. During the 18th century, London was dogged by crime, and the Bow Street Runners were established in 1750 as a professional police force. In total, more than 200 offences were punishable by death, including petty theft. Most children born in the city died before reaching their third birthday. The coffeehouse became a popular place to debate ideas, with growing literacy and the development of the printing press making news widely available; and Fleet Street became the centre of the British press.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: What happened about 12 years before George III acquired Buckingham House?
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Answer:
the Bow Street Runners were established