question: ABC News is the news division of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), owned by the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company. Its flagship program is the daily evening newscast "ABC World News Tonight"; other programs include morning news-talk show "Good Morning America", newsmagazine series "Nightline", "Primetime" and "20/20", and Sunday morning political affairs program "This Week with George Stephanopolous".

ABC began news broadcasts early in its independent existence as a radio network after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ordered NBC to spin off the former NBC Blue Network into an independent company in 1943. The split (which NBC conducted voluntarily in the event that its appeal to have the ruling overturned was denied) was enforced to expand competition in radio broadcasting in the United States as the industry had only a few companies such as NBC and CBS that dominated the radio market, and in particular, was intended to prevent the limited competition from dominating news and political broadcasting and projecting narrow points-of-view. Television broadcasting was suspended, however, during World War II.

Regular television news broadcasts on ABC began soon after the network signed on its initial owned-and-operated television station (WJZ-TV, now WABC-TV) and production center in New York City in August 1948. ABC news broadcasts have continued as the television network expanded nationwide, a process that took many years beginning with its launch in 1948. However, from the 1950s through the early 1970s, ABC News' programs (as was the case with the television network in general during that period) consistently ranked third in viewership behind news programs on CBS and NBC. Until the 1970s, the ABC television network had fewer affiliate stations, as well as a weaker prime-time programming slate to be able to truly support the network's news operations in comparison to the two larger networks, each of which had established their radio news operations during the 1930s.
1. Who owns ABC?
2. what medium did it broadcast on first?
3. What began in August 1948
4. how often is the fklagship show aired?
5. who forced a broadcaster to split?
6. which federal agency wanted it?
7. what did WABC-TV used to be called
8. what is ABC News top show?
9. what did NBC split off to form ABC
10. Where was ABC broadcasting studio in 1948?
11. what morning talkshow is mentioned?
12. why did the FCC want NBC to break up?
13. Were ABCs news shows top rated by viewership?
14. how many news magazine series are mentioned?
15. which networks were dominating the market?
16. Did ABC have more affiliates up to the 1970s?
17. what are the newsmagazine series called?
18. what happened to TV broadcsting during the war?
19. when had the 2 larger networks established themselves?
20. what's the sunday morning show called?
21. Did ABC have better programs than the bigger 2 networks, wa
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answer: 1. the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company
2. a radio network
3. Regular television news broadcasts
4. daily
5. NBC conducted the split voluntarily
6. Federal Communications Commission
7. WJZ-TV
8. the daily evening newscast
9. in 1943
10. New York City
11. Good Morning America
12. to expand competition in radio broadcasting in the United States
13. no
14. three
15. CBS and NBC
16. no
17. "Nightline", "Primetime" and "20/20"
18. it was suspended
19. during the 1930s
20. This Week with George Stephanopolous
21. no

question: Sally was walking through the park. The bluebirds were singing and the weather was nice. She waved at her neighbor Jerry, who was taking his kitten out. Then she heard a loud noise. The noise was coming from a nearby tree. She walked over to the tree to take a look and found a puppy curled up by the roots. It was making a loud, sad noise. Sally bent down and picked up the puppy. It quickly quieted down, and licked her face. Sally laughed. The puppy was brown with white paws, and she thought it was the cutest puppy she ever saw. She couldn't find a tag on him, so she took him home. When she got home, she fed the puppy some meat that she had in her fridge. The puppy seemed to like it. She also gave him a bowl of water and he lapped it all up. Then the puppy yawned. Sally picked him up and brought him to her bed and put him on her pillow. Sally looked at him with a smile. "I'm going to call you...Jackson." Jackson wagged his tail a little, and fell asleep.
1. Where was she walking?
2. What was happening there?
3. Did she see anyone she knew
4. Who did she see?
5. What was he doing?
6. What grabbed her attention next?
7. What made it?
8. How did she interact with it?
9. How did it respond to that?
10. What color was it?
11. What did she think of it?
12. where did she bring it?
13. What did it eat?
14. Was it enjoyed?
15. Did it drink?
16. What did it drink?
17. Where did it sleep?
18. Did she name it?
19. What?
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answer: 1. Through the park.
2. Birds were singing in the sun.
3. Yes
4. Her neighbor Jerry.
5. Taking his kitten out.
6. A loud noise from a tree.
7. A puppy.
8. Sally bent down and picked up the puppy.
9. It quieted down, and licked her face.
10. brown with white paws.
11. It was cute.
12. Home.
13. meat
14. Yes
15. Yes
16. water
17. Her bed
18. Yes
19. Jackson

question: The Suez Crisis, also named the Tripartite Aggression (in the Arab world) and Operation Kadesh or Sinai War (in Israel), was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel, followed by the United Kingdom and France. The aims were to regain Western control of the Suez Canal and to remove Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser from power. After the fighting had started, political pressure from the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Nations led to a withdrawal by the three invaders. The episode humiliated Great Britain and France and strengthened Nasser.

On 29 October, Israel invaded the Egyptian Sinai. Britain and France issued a joint ultimatum to cease fire, which was ignored. On 5 November, Britain and France landed paratroopers along the Suez Canal. The Egyptian forces were defeated, but they did block the canal to all shipping. It later became clear that the Israeli invasion and the subsequent Anglo-French attack had been planned beforehand by the three countries.

The three allies had attained a number of their military objectives, but the Canal was now useless. Heavy political pressure from the United States and the USSR led to a withdrawal. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower had strongly warned Britain not to invade; he now threatened serious damage to the British financial system by selling the US government's pound sterling bonds. Historians conclude the crisis "signified the end of Great Britain's role as one of the world's major powers". The Suez Canal was closed from October 1956 until March 1957. Israel fulfilled some of its objectives, such as attaining freedom of navigation through the Straits of Tiran, which Egypt had blocked to Israeli shipping since 1950.
1. What was the invasion of Egypt in 1956 Called?
2. What was another name for it?
3. And the other name?
4. Who infiltrated them?
5. And then?
6. Why?
7. and?
8. Who tried to shut this all down?
9. Who did it make look poorly?
10. Who did it make look good?
11. Why was the canal the center of the fight?
12. Why?
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answer:
1. The Suez Crisis
2. the Tripartite Aggression
3. Operation Kadesh or Sinai War
4. Israel
5. the United Kingdom and France
6. for control of the Suez Canal a
7. to remove Gamal Abdel Nasser from power
8. the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Nations
9. Great Britain and France
10. Nasser
11. yes
12. Egypt had blocked Israeli shipping