question: North Africa is a group of Mediterranean countries situated in the northern-most region of the African continent. The term "North Africa" has no single accepted definition. It is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Morocco in the west, to the Suez Canal and the Red Sea in the east. Others have limited it to the countries of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, a region known by the French during colonial times as "Afrique du Nord" and by the Arabs as the Maghreb ("West"). The most commonly accepted definition includes Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, as well as Libya, Sudan, and Egypt. The term "North Africa", when commonly used in North Africa and the Middle East, often refers only to the countries of the Maghreb and Libya. Egypt, due to its greater Middle Eastern associations, is in the Middle East.

The countries of North Africa share a common ethnic, cultural and linguistic identity that is unique to this region. North west Africa has been inhabited by Berbers since the beginning of recorded history, while the eastern part of North Africa has been home to the Egyptians. Following the Muslim conquest in the seventh century C.E., the region underwent a process of Arabization and Islamization that has defined its cultural landscape ever since.
1. Does North African countries share commonalties?
2. what do they share in common?
3. Who inhabits the North west?
4. When was the Muslim conquest?
5. Is "north Africa" defined?
6. Does it only have one definition?
7. what is the most common definition?
8. what kind of countries are in North Africa?
9. true or false, egypt is a part of north africa
10. is Egypt a part of the middle east?
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answer: 1. yes
2. ethnic, cultural and linguistic identities
3. Berbers
4. in the seventh century C.E.
5. somewhat
6. no
7. Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, as well as Libya, Sudan, and Egypt
8. countries situated in the northern-most region of the African continent
9. true
10. yes

question: The Encyclopedia of Mathematics (also EOM and formerly Encyclopaedia of Mathematics) is a large reference work in mathematics. It is available in book form and on CD-ROM.

The 2002 version contains more than 8,000 entries covering most areas of mathematics at a graduate level, and the presentation is technical in nature. The encyclopedia is edited by Michiel Hazewinkel and was published by Kluwer Academic Publishers until 2003, when Kluwer became part of Springer. The CD-ROM contains animations and three-dimensional objects.

The encyclopedia has been translated from the Soviet "Matematicheskaya entsiklopediya" (1977) originally edited by Ivan Matveevich Vinogradov and extended with comments and three supplements adding several thousand articles.

Until November 29, 2011, a static version of the encyclopedia could be browsed online free of charge online This URL now redirects to the new wiki incarnation of the EOM.

A new dynamic version of the encyclopedia is now available as a public wiki online. This new wiki is a collaboration between Springer and the European Mathematical Society. This new version of the encyclopedia includes the entire contents of the previous online version, but all entries can now be publicly updated to include the newest advancements in mathematics. All entries will be monitored for content accuracy by members of an editorial board selected by the European Mathematical Society.
1. What EOM stands for?
2. What is it?
3. In how many formats it is available?
4. What are they?
5. Was a static version available?
6. Was it discontinued?
7. When?
8. Was it free?
9. What is the new version now?
10. How many organizations work together to make it possible?
11. What are they?
12. Can this be edited by public?
13. How many entries were there in 2002?
14. Is the presentation technical?
15. Who was the editor?
16. And publisher?
17. Until when?
18. Then what organizational change happened?
19. What the CD contains?
20. Who select the editorial board?
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answer: 1. Encyclopedia of Mathematics
2. a reference work in mathematics.
3. Two
4. book and CD-RoM
5. yes
6. yes
7. November 29, 2011
8. yes
9. a public wiki online.
10. Two
11. Springer and the European Mathematical Society.
12. yes
13. more than 8,000
14. yes
15. Michiel Hazewinkel
16. Kluwer Academic Publishers
17. 2003
18. Kluwer became part of Springer
19. animations and three-dimensional objects
20. the European Mathematical Society.

question: (CNN) -- It was far from vintage Barcelona, but it was enough to keep alive the Catalan club's dwindling hopes of retaining the Spanish league title.

With white handkerchiefs waving in the Camp Nou to indicate the fans' frustration at what appeared to be another disappointing setback, Lionel Messi came to the rescue on Sunday to earn a 2-1 victory against Athletic Bilbao.

Having been knocked out of the Champions League, then losing the Copa del Rey final to Real Madrid, Gerardo Martino's team had been staring down the barrel of an unthinkable fourth successive defeat.

With Atletico Madrid having gone seven points clear at the top of the table with Friday's 2-0 win over Elche, it would've spelled disaster if Barca could not recover from Aritz Aduriz's opener for the fourth-placed Basques.

The early signs weren't good.

After Messi had a goal ruled out for offside, Aduriz hit the Barca woodwork with a spectacular overhead kick, then Alexis Sanchez smacked the Bilbao bar when it seemed easier to score.

Aduriz ghosted through Barca's frail defense to slot in a low shot five minutes after the break, and teammate Markel Susaeta had an effort ruled out for offside soon after.

To the home supporters' intense relief, Pedro provided the equalizer in the 72nd minute with his 15th league goal this season, diverting a low shot from Sanchez into the net from close range.

Soon after that, Messi picked himself up after being fouled on the edge of the penalty area and fired a free-kick through the wall.
1. Did Messi have a goal ruled out?
2. When was the game?
3. What was the score?
4. Who hit the woodwork?
5. Who did they beat?
6. Where was Messi fouled?
7. What hopes did the win keep alive?
8. What is the coaches name?
9. What were they knocked out of?
10. What were fans waving?
11. What team is the article about?
12. What did the white handkerchiefs represent?
13. Who did they lose the Copa del Rey final to?
14. When did Pedro score?
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answer:
1. Yes
2. Sunday
3. 2-1
4. Aduriz
5. Athletic Bilbao.
6. on the edge of the penalty area
7. Catalan club
8. Martino
9. Champions League
10. Camp Nou
11. Atletico Madrid
12. fans' frustration
13. Real Madrid
14. 72nd minute