Problem: The 2000 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and commonly known as Sydney 2000 or the Millennium Olympic Games/Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event which was held between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was the second time that the Summer Olympics were held in Australia, and also the Southern Hemisphere, the first being in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1956.

Sydney was selected as the host city for the 2000 games in 1993. Teams from 199 countries participated. The United States won the most medals with 93, while Australia came in 4th with 58. The games cost was estimated to be A$6.6billion. The Games received universal acclaim, with the organisation, volunteers, sportsmanship and Australian public being lauded in the international media. Bill Bryson from "The Times" called the Sydney Games "one of the most successful events on the world stage", saying that they "couldn't be better".

James Mossop of the "Electronic Telegraph" called the Games in an article "such a success that any city considering bidding for future Olympics must be wondering how it can reach the standards set by Sydney", while Jack Todd in the Montreal Gazette suggested that the "IOC should quit while it's ahead. Admit there can never be a better Olympic Games, and be done with it", as "Sydney was both exceptional and the best".
1. what year were the games held?
2. where?
3. did they have an official name?
4. any unofficial names?
5. on what date did they start?
6. and end?
7. was this the first time this country hosted the games?
8. the fourth time?
9. how many times in total have they hosted?
10. what country is this?
11. when did they host before?
12. where?
13. in this competition who was the biggest winner?
14. with how many wins?
15. what did they win?
16. did the host country go to great expense to hold the games?
17. how much was spent?
18. were they considered successful?
19. who said so?
20. where doe he work?
Answer: 1. 2000
2. Sydney
3. Games of the XXVII Olympiad
4. Sydney 2000
5. 15 September 2000
6. 1 October 2000
7. It wasno
8. no
9. two
10. Australia
11. 1956.
12. Melbourne
13. The United States
14. 93
15. medals
16. yes
17. A$6.6billion
18. yes
19. Bill Bryson
20. "The Times"

Problem: Robert and Peter study in the same university. They do everything together and help each other. But they often play jokes on each other. The school year was over last month and they decided to travel through the country in America. They drove a car and could stop wherever they were interested in and started whenever they wanted. Of course they enjoyed themselves. It was very hot one day and they were both hungry and thirsty. They stopped in front of a restaurant by the road. They came in, sat down at a table and ordered some dishes. Robert looked around and found there was a small bowl on the table. He thought there was some ice cream in it and took a spoonful of it and put it into his mouth. Immediately he knew it was mustard ,but it was too late. Tears ran down his face, but he pretended nothing had happened. The other young man, seeing his friend crying, asked, "What are you crying about, Robert?" "I'm thinking of my father who was hanged twenty years ago," was his reply.

After a while, Peter made the same mistake. Tears ran down his cheeks, too. And his friend asked him why.

"I wonder why your father hadn't been hanged before he got married!"
1. How did the guys chose to travel?
2. What did they like about this method?
Answer: 1. by car
2. they could stop wherever they were interested in

Problem: Groups that emerged from the American psychedelic scene about the same time included Iron Butterfly, MC5, Blue Cheer and Vanilla Fudge. San Francisco band Blue Cheer released a crude and distorted cover of Eddie Cochran's classic "Summertime Blues", from their 1968 debut album Vincebus Eruptum, that outlined much of the later hard rock and heavy metal sound. The same month, Steppenwolf released its self-titled debut album, including "Born to Be Wild", which contained the first lyrical reference to heavy metal and helped popularise the style when it was used in the film Easy Rider (1969). Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968), with its 17-minute-long title track, using organs and with a lengthy drum solo, also prefigured later elements of the sound.

From outside the United Kingdom and the United States, the Canadian trio Rush released three distinctively hard rock albums in 197475 (Rush, Fly by Night and Caress of Steel) before moving toward a more progressive sound with the 1976 album 2112. The Irish band Thin Lizzy, which had formed in the late 1960s, made their most substantial commercial breakthrough in 1976 with the hard rock album Jailbreak and their worldwide hit "The Boys Are Back in Town", which reached number 8 in the UK and number 12 in the US. Their style, consisting of two duelling guitarists often playing leads in harmony, proved itself to be a large influence on later bands. They reached their commercial, and arguably their artistic peak with Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979). The arrival of Scorpions from Germany marked the geographical expansion of the subgenre. Australian-formed AC/DC, with a stripped back, riff heavy and abrasive style that also appealed to the punk generation, began to gain international attention from 1976, culminating in the release of their multi-platinum albums Let There Be Rock (1977) and Highway to Hell (1979). Also influenced by a punk ethos were heavy metal bands like Motorhead, while Judas Priest abandoned the remaining elements of the blues in their music, further differentiating the hard rock and heavy metal styles and helping to create the New Wave of British Heavy Metal which was pursued by bands like Iron Maiden, Saxon and Venom.
1. how many Groups that emerged ?
2. what did blue cheer release ?
3. of what ?
4. whats is the name ?
5. was in in 1970 ?
6. what is the year ?
7. what is the ablum name ?
8. what did he release in the same month ?
9. who released it ?
10. what movie was it in ?
11. in 1970 ?
12. in what year ?
13. what was 17 mins long ?
14. in what year ?
15. what did it prefigured ?
16. how many alubums did the Canadian trio Rush put out ?
17. who gain international attention from 1976 ?
18. what was released in 1979 ?
19. who abandoned blues ?
20. when did lizzy form ?
Answer:
1. Four
2. crude and distorted cover
3. Eddie Cochran's classic
4. Summertime Blues
5. no
6. 1968
7. Vincebus Eruptum
8. Born to Be Wild
9. Steppenwolf
10. Easy Ride
11. no
12. 1969
13. Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
14. 1968
15. later elements of the sound
16. three
17. AC/DC
18. Highway to Hell
19. Judas Priest
20. late 1960s