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Have you ever been to some big cities in the world? The information below will be helpful to you. Budapest For many centuries, Budapest was two cities, with Buda on the west side of the river Danube and Pest on the east side. Budapest became one city in 1872, and it has been the capital city of Hungary for about eighty years. The population of Budapest is about three million, and the city is a very popular place for tourists. Visitors like to take boat rides along the Danube. Budapest is also known for its exciting nightlife. The best time to visit is summer since Budapest is very cold in winter. Los Angeles Los Angeles was founded in 1781. With 3.5 million people it is now the biggest city in California and the second largest city in the United States. It is famous for its modern highways, its movie stars, and its smog. When the city is really smoggy, you can't see the near-by Mountains. The weather is usually dry and warm. Visitors like to go to the film studios and to drive along Hollywood Street. There are many good beaches near the city, and Los Angeles is also close to Disneyland. Taipei Since the founding of Taipei in the 18th century, the city has grown to a population of 2.3 million. Taipei is an exciting city, but the weather is humid and not always pleasant. It's also a very busy city, and the streets are always full of people. There is an excellent museum that many people visit. Taipei is quite an expensive city, but not more expensive than some neighboring cities such as Hong Kong and Tokyo. So more and more travelers go to Taipei to shop.
1. Was Budapest always one city?
2. How many was it?
3. What was one called?
4. Where was it located?
5. What was the other?
6. Where was it located?
7. When did they combine?
8. Is it an important city in it's country?
9. How many people live there?
10. Do other people visit?
11. What do they do?
12. Where?
13. When do people like to go?
14. Why?
15. When was LA started?
16. What is the climate like there?
17. What is it close to?
18. How many people live in Taipei?
19. Is it cheap to live there?
20. Do people prefer to buy things in Hong Kong?

Numbered answers:
1. no
2. two
3. Buda
4. the west side of the river
5. Danube and Pest
6. the east side
7. in 1872
8. yes
9. The population of Budapest is about three million
10. yes
11. take boat rides
12. along the Danube
13. summer
14. because it's very cold in winter
15. 1781
16. dry and warm
17. Disneyland
18. 2.3 million
19. no
20. no

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1. What is the 5-digit number in which the first, third and last digits are the same, the first digit is four less than the second, the last is four less than the fourth and the second and fourth are the same? (Hint: The sum of all the digits is 33.) 59,595

2. Boris Smetana and Karl Smith were world-class chess champions. In one series of matches, each won every game. How? They were not playing each other

3. Nicole was sure she got the right answer when her botany teacher asked her to pick out the plant that was not a tree from the list below. Which one would you choose? Peach, plum, walnut, linden, banana Banana

4. Six bricklayers can lay 24 bricks in half an hour. How many bricks can 12 bricklayers lay in two hours? 192 (Each bricklayer lays four bricks in half an hour, or eight bricks in an hour. That is 16 bricks in two hours times 12 bricklayers who can lay 16 bricks each.)

5. What is the number that is one more than one-tenth of one-fifth of one-half of 4,000? 41. (4,000/2 = 2,000, /5=400,/10=40,+1=41)

6. In a pie-eating contest, Alice was neither first nor last, but she beat Evan. Ben beat Alice. Carol beat Dan who beat Ben. Who was last? Evan

7. What letter would logically complete the series below? A Z B Y C X D W E? V (There are two series: A to E forward and Z, Y, X, W backward)
1. How many digits are in the number?
2. Are they all the same?
3. What do you get when you add them up?
4. Name two chess players.
5. Did they lose a game?
6. What class was Nicole in?
7. Do bananas grow on trees?
8. How many bricks can 6 workers lay?
9. Was Alice first in the contest?
10. Who did she beat?

Numbered answers:
1. Five
2. No, first, third and last digits are the same,
3. 33
4. Boris Smetana and Karl Smith
5. No, each won every game
6. botany
7. yes, banana Banana
8. 24 bricks
9. No, Alice was neither first nor last
10. she beat Evan

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The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity. Special relativity applies to elementary particles and their interactions, describing all their physical phenomena except gravity. General relativity explains the law of gravitation and its relation to other forces of nature. It applies to the cosmological and astrophysical realm, including astronomy.

The theory transformed theoretical physics and astronomy during the 20th century, superseding a 200-year-old theory of mechanics created primarily by Isaac Newton. It introduced concepts including spacetime as a unified entity of space and time, relativity of simultaneity, kinematic and gravitational time dilation, and length contraction. In the field of physics, relativity improved the science of elementary particles and their fundamental interactions, along with ushering in the nuclear age. With relativity, cosmology and astrophysics predicted extraordinary astronomical phenomena such as neutron stars, black holes, and gravitational waves.

Albert Einstein published the theory of special relativity in 1905, building on many theoretical results and empirical findings obtained by Albert A. Michelson, Hendrik Lorentz, Henri Poincare and others. Max Planck, Hermann Minkowski and others did subsequent work.

Einstein developed general relativity between 1907 and 1915, with contributions by many others after 1915. The final form of general relativity was published in 1916.
1. What did Einstein publish in 1905?
2. Did he build on anyone else's results?
3. What was one of their names?
4. How about another?
5. Anyone else specifically mentioned?
6. Did anyone do work based on Einstein?
7. Who was one of those people?
8. Who had a theory of mechanics?
9. How long had it been around?
10. Did Einstein's theory take precedence over Newton's?
11. What was one of the concepts it introduced?
12. What was another?
13. What field has relativity added improvements to?
14. What did it usher in?
15. Is it known if Godzilla will crush Japan and take over the world?
16. What extraordinary phenomena has been predicted with relativity?
17. What else?
18. Any other cool stuff?
19. When was the final form of general relativity published?
20. How many years had it taken Einstein to develop it?
Numbered answers:
1. theory of special relativity
2. Yes
3. Albert A. Michelson
4. Hendrik Lorentz
5. Henri Poincare
6. Yes
7. Max Planck
8. Isaac Newton
9. 200 years
10. Yes
11. spacetime as unified entity of space and time
12. Relativity of simultaneity
13. Physics
14. Nuclear age
15. unknown
16. Neutron stars
17. Black holes
18. Gravitational Waves
19. 1916
20. 9 years