Problem: Michael and Dick are good friends, but they like to play jokes on each other. One holiday, they decided to go to London together. They went to the station and bought their tickets. Michael got on the train first. He dropped his ticket on the platform when he got into the carriage. Dick, who was close behind, saw the ticket fall and quickly picked it up. He put it in his pocket, but didn't tell Michael. After they had been in the train for a while, they heard the conductor coming down the corridor, shouting, "Tickets, please!" Michael looked for his ticket and of course couldn't find it. "Oh dear, I can't find my ticket, Dick," Michael said. "Look for it carefully, Michael; it must be somewhere." said Dick. "No, I can't find it anywhere. What shall I do?" said Michael. "Perhaps you'd better hide under the seat; then the conductor won't know you are here." So Michael hid under the seat. At this time, the conductor came in. "Tickets, please," he said. Dick handed him tow tickets and said, "This is mine. The other is my friend's. But he prefers to stay under the seat."
1. who got on the train first?
2. who else went on the train?
3. are michael and dick friends?
4. do they ever play jokes on each other?
5. what was the conductor shouting?
6. did Michael have his ticket?
7. who had it?
8. where were they going?
9. where did michael hide?
10. did the conductor come by?
Answer: 1. Michael
2. Dick
3. yes
4. yes
5. Tickets, please
6. no
7. Michael
8. London
9. under the seat
10. yes

Problem: The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is an external intelligence service of the United States federal government specializing in defense and military intelligence.

A component of the Department of Defense (DoD) and the United States Intelligence Community (IC), DIA informs national civilian and defense policymakers about the military intentions and capabilities of foreign governments and non-state actors. It also provides intelligence assistance, integration and coordination across uniformed military service intelligence components, which remain structurally separate from DIA. The agency's role encompasses the collection and analysis of military-related foreign political, economic, industrial, geographic, and medical and health intelligence. DIA produces approximately one-fourth of all intelligence content that goes into the President's Daily Brief.

DIA's intelligence operations extend beyond the zones of combat, and approximately half of its employees serve overseas at hundreds of locations and U.S. Embassies in 140 countries. The agency specializes in collection and analysis of human-source intelligence (HUMINT), both overt and clandestine, while also handling American military-diplomatic relations abroad. DIA concurrently serves as the national manager for the highly technical measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT) and the Defense Department manager for counterintelligence programs. The agency has no law enforcement authority, but it is sometimes portrayed so in American popular culture.
1. Are the Defense Intelligence Agencies operations limited to zones of combat?
2. What is the Defense Intelligence Agency?
3. of what goverment?
4. Specializing in what?
5. Does it have any law inforcement authority?
6. What department is it a component of?
7. How much of the U.S. Presiden'ts Daily intelligence content does it produce?
8. What does the Defencse Intelligence Agency speclalize in collecting and analysis of?
9. What does inform civilain and defencse policy makers of?
10. and what else?
11. of who?
12. Where are half of it's employes located?
13. In how may different countries?
Answer: 1. Yes
2. an external intelligence service
3. the United States
4. in defense and military intelligence
5. no
6. Department of Defense
7. one-fourth
8. human-source intelligence
9. the military intentions
10. capabilities
11. foreign governments and non-state actors
12. overseas
13. 140

Problem: Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Bloomberg L.P. was founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981 with the help of Thomas Secunda, Duncan MacMillan, Charles Zegar, and a 30% ownership investment by Merrill Lynch.

Bloomberg L.P. provides financial software tools such as an analytics and equity trading platform, data services, and news to financial companies and organizations through the Bloomberg Terminal (via its Bloomberg Professional Service), its core revenue-generating product. Bloomberg L.P. also includes a wire service (Bloomberg News), a global television network (Bloomberg Television), digital websites, a radio station (WBBR), subscription-only newsletters, and three magazines: "Bloomberg Businessweek", "Bloomberg Markets", and "Bloomberg Pursuits". In 2014, Bloomberg L.P. launched Bloomberg Politics, a multiplatform media property that merged the company's political news teams, and has recruited two veteran political journalists, Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, to run it.

In 1981, Salomon Brothers was acquired, and Michael Bloomberg, a general partner, was given a $10 million partnership settlement. Bloomberg, having designed in-house computerized financial systems for Salomon, used his $10 million severance check to start Innovative Market Systems (IMS). Bloomberg developed and built his own computerized system to provide real-time market data, financial calculations and other financial analytics to Wall Street firms. In 1983, Merrill Lynch invested $30 million in IMS to help finance the development of "the Bloomberg" terminal computer system and by 1984, IMS was selling machines to all of Merrill Lynch's clients.
1. When was Bloomberg given a settlement?
2. How much was the settlement?
3. What is Bloomberg L.P?
4. Where is their headquarters?
5. Who founded Bloomberg L.P?
6. When?
7. Was he the sole founder?
8. What did he use the settlement money for?
9. What does IMS stand for?
10. Did Merrill Lynch invest in IMS?
11. When did Merrill Lynch invest?
12. How much did they invest?
13. What was launched in 2014?
14. How many people were hired to run Bloomberg Poitics?
15. What were their names?
16. What was his TV network called?
17. What was his radio station called?
18. Did he have magazines?
19. how many?
20. what were they named?
Answer:
1. In 1981
2. $10 million
3. a financial software, data, and media company
4. Midtown Manhattan, New York City
5. Michael Bloomberg
6. 1981
7. no
8. to start Innovative Market Systems
9. Innovative Market Systems
10. yes
11. 1983
12. $30 million
13. Bloomberg Politics
14. two
15. Mark Halperin and John Heilemann
16. Bloomberg Television
17. WBBR
18. yes
19. three
20. "Bloomberg Businessweek", "Bloomberg Markets", and "Bloomberg Pursuits"