Q: Kashmir is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, it denotes a larger area that includes the Indian-administered territory of Jammu and Kashmir (subdivided into Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh divisions), the Pakistani-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, and Chinese-administered territories of Aksai Chin and the Trans-Karakoram Tract.

In the first half of the 1st millennium, the Kashmir region became an important centre of Hinduism and later of Buddhism; later still, in the ninth century, Kashmir Shaivism arose. In 1339, Shah Mir became the first Muslim ruler of Kashmir, inaugurating the "Salatin-i-Kashmir" or Shah Mir dynasty. Kashmir was part of the Mughal Empire from 1586 to 1751, and thereafter, until 1820, of the Afghan Durrani Empire. That year, the Sikhs, under Ranjit Singh, annexed Kashmir. In 1846, after the Sikh defeat in the First Anglo-Sikh War, and upon the purchase of the region from the British under the Treaty of Amritsar, the Raja of Jammu, Gulab Singh, became the new ruler of Kashmir. The rule of his descendants, under the "paramountcy" (or tutelage) of the British Crown, lasted until the partition of India in 1947, when the former princely state of the British Raj was claimed by both Pakistan and India. It is currently a disputed territory, administered by three countries: India, Pakistan, and China.

1. the Kashmir region
2. Hinduism, Buddhism and Kashmir Shaivism
3. the Indian subcontinent
4. the northernmost geographical region
5. the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range
6. the Indian-administered territory, the Pakistani-administered territories and the Chinese-administered territories
7. India, Pakistan, and China
8. Pakistan and India
9. Shah Mir
10. 1820

Numbered questions:
1. What region was important for relions?
2. What religions were important there?
3. Where is it located?
4. Which part?
5. What used to outline the region?
6. What outlines the area now?
7. Who runs the area now?
8. Before then?
9. Who was the first Muslim ruler?
10. When did the Sikh take over?

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. In context of spaceflight, a satellite is an artificial object which has been intentionally placed into orbit. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as Earth's Moon.

In 1957 the Soviet Union launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. Since then, about 6,600 satellites from more than 40 countries have been launched. According to a 2013 estimate, 3,600 remained in orbit. Of those, about 1,000 were operational; while the rest have lived out their useful lives and became space debris. Approximately 500 operational satellites are in low-Earth orbit, 50 are in medium-Earth orbit (at 20,000km), and the rest are in geostationary orbit (at 36,000km). A few large satellites have been launched in parts and assembled in orbit. Over a dozen space probes have been placed into orbit around other bodies and become artificial satellites to the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, a few asteroids, and the Sun.

Satellites are used for many purposes. Common types include military and civilian Earth observation satellites, communications satellites, navigation satellites, weather satellites, and space telescopes. Space stations and human spacecraft in orbit are also satellites. Satellite orbits vary greatly, depending on the purpose of the satellite, and are classified in a number of ways. Well-known (overlapping) classes include low Earth orbit, polar orbit, and geostationary orbit. 1. what is a satellite?
2. what did the soviet union do in 1957
3. what was it called?
4. how many satellites are in orbit?
5. What planets do they orbit around?
6. do they ever become debris?
7. how fast do they go
8. what are satellites used for?
9. such as?
10. and what else?
numbered_answers: 1. an artificial object which has been intentionally placed into orbit.
2. launched the world's first artificial satellite
3. Sputnik 1
4. 3,600
5. Earth , Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,
6. Yes
7. unknown
8. many purposes
9. military and civilian Earth observation
10. communications

(CNN) -- Eric "The Actor" Lynch, who became a celebrity among celebrities by calling in to Howard Stern's radio show, died Saturday, his manager said.

Lynch, 39, stood just 3 feet tall, but his reach was long thanks to the entertaining chemistry he developed with Stern over a decade of phone calls.

"Despite our sometimes testy on-air relationship the entire staff absolutely loved Eric the Actor," a message on Stern's website said Monday. "When he visited the show in person everyone lined up to take pictures with him. And not just us -- celebrities all over the world loved Eric."

His manager, Johnny Fratto, confirmed Lynch's death in a Twitter posting Sunday: "I am so sorry and so sad to inform everyone that my friend Eric "The Actor" Lynch passed away yesterday afternoon!!!"

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, who had Lynch on his show in 2008, tweeted that he was "my all-time favorite Howard Stern caller and I will miss him terribly."

Comedian Wanda Sykes was also a Lynch fan. She tweeted: "Sad to hear about the passing of #EricTheActor. He was one of my favorite callers. #ByeForNow"

Bravo TV host Andy Cohen initially tweeted that he was praying that word of Lynch's death was not true, but then: "seems like it's true ... So RIP Eric the Actor. One of the great Stern callers ever. He was incredibly entertaining for many years. :-("

Comedian Artie Lange, who is well-known for his work on Stern's radio show, tweeted that Lynch "truly didn't care what u thought of him. Which in some ways made him happier than us all." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. How old was Eric Lynch when he died?
2. Name three entertainers mentioned in the story
3. Was Lynch tall by most standards?
4. Who is Johnny Fratto?
5. How did he confirm Lynch's death?
6. Was Lynch's relationship always sunny with Howard Stern?
7. What was Lynch's nickname?
8. On which day of the week did he die?
9. What network was Andy Cohen on?
10. In which year did Jimmy Kimmel have Lynch on?
11. When Lynch visited the Stern show in person what did people line up for?
12. Did Lynch care what you thought of him?
13. Was he sadder than the rest of us because of that?
14. What did he do for the Howard Stern show?
15. Which female comedian was a fan of his?
Answer:
1. 39
2. Artie Lange, Howard Stern, Jimmy Kimmel
3. No
4. His manager
5. in a Twitter posting
6. no
7. The Actor
8. Saturday
9. Bravo
10. 2008
11. to take pictures with him
12. truly didn't care what u thought of him
13. no
14. calling in
15. Wanda Sykes