question: Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American major record label established in 1958 as the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group (WMG), and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. Warner Bros. Records was established on March 19, 1958, as the recorded-music division of the American film studio Warner Bros.. For most of its early existence it was one of a group of labels owned and operated by larger parent corporations. The sequence of companies that controlled Warner Bros. and its allied labels evolved through a convoluted series of corporate mergers and acquisitions from the early 1960s to the early 2000s. Over this period, Warner Bros. Records grew from a struggling minor player in the music industry to become one of the top recording labels in the world.

In 2003, these music assets were divested by their then owner Time Warner and purchased by a private equity group. This independent company traded as the Warner Music Group before being bought by Access Industries in 2011. WMG is the smallest of the three major international music conglomerates and the world's last publicly traded major music company. Cameron Strang serves as CEO of the company.

Artists currently signed to Warner Bros. Records include Sleeping with Sirens, Cher, Kylie Minogue, Kimbra, the Goo Goo Dolls, Sheryl Crow, Ciara, Gorillaz, Adam Lambert, Bette Midler, Blur, Duran Duran, Fleet Foxes, Jason Derulo, Kid Rock, Lily Allen, Linkin Park, Muse, Nile Rodgers, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Black Keys, My Chemical Romance and Regina Spektor.
1. Does this company sign artists?
2. What is the company called?
3. When was it started?
4. Is it called something different now?
5. Who is someone they signed?
6. Anyone else?
7. Was it autonomous at first?
8. Who long did it shift around?
9. Did it start big and then get small?
10. Who had them in 2003?
11. After that?
12. What happened in 2011?
13. How many huge musical businesses are there?
14. Are they the biggest?
15. Are they all on the public market?
16. Who runs it?
17. Do they only sign women?
18. What male example is there?
19. Do they have less than 5 people right now?
20. Do they make films?
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answer: 1. yes
2. Warner Bros. Records Inc.
3. 1958
4. WMG
5. Sleeping with Sirens
6. Cher
7. no
8. from the early 1960s to the early 2000s.
9. no
10. Time Warner
11. A private equity group.
12. It was bought by Access Industries.
13. Three
14. yes
15. no
16. Cameron Strang
17. no
18. Adam Lambert
19. no
20. no

question: CHAPTER XVII

THE PASSAGE OF THE MOUNTAINS

Kermode had been gone a fortnight when Prescott reached the camp and heard from Ferguson and others of his latest exploit. He smiled as he listened to their stories, but that he should find people willing to talk about the man did not surprise him. Kermode was not likely to pass unnoticed: his talents were of a kind that seized attention. Where he went there was laughter and sometimes strife; he had a trick of winning warm attachment, and even where his departure was not regretted he was remembered.

Ferguson insisted on taking Prescott in, for his comrade's sake, and late one evening he sat talking with him beside the stove. His house was rudely put together, shingle-roofed and walled with shiplap boards that gave out strong resinous odors. The joints were not tight and stinging draughts crept in. Deep snow lay about the camp and the frost was keen.

"I can't venture to predict Kermode's movements," said the clergyman. "It was his intention to make for a camp half-way to the coast, but he may change his mind long before he gets there."

"Yes," Prescott replied; "that's the kind of man he is."

Ferguson smiled.

"You and Kermode strike me as differing in many ways; yet you seem strongly attached to him."

"That's true," Prescott assented. "I can't see that I owe him anything, and he once led me into a piece of foolishness that nobody but himself could have thought of. I knew the thing was crazy, but I did it when he urged me, and I've regretted it ever since. Still, when I meet the fellow I expect I shan't have a word of blame for him."
1. who insisted on taking Prescott in?
2. who seemed attached to Kermode?
3. how long had Kermode been gone?
4. where were Ferguson and Prescott having a conversation?
5. who house was the stove in?
6. was his roof double shingled?
7. what material was it walled with?
8. where was Kermode planning to make camp?
9. according to who?
10. what did Kermode lead Prescott into on one occasion?
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answer: 1. Ferguson did
2. Prescott
3. a fortnight
4. beside the stove
5. Ferguson's
6. unknown
7. shiplap boards
8. half-way to the coast
9. the clergyman
10. into a piece of foolishness

question: Mark got a letter from his granddaddy that said there was something cool to see. He called his granddaddy on the telephone and asked what it was. He was told that he needs to come over to see it for himself. After asking his parents if it was OK, Mark went to his granddaddy's house. When he got there, they turned off the television and lamp and went around to the backyard. In his granddaddy's backyard, there was a river and lots of plants and flowers. They followed the river and found a pond. The pond was full of goldfish because it was a goldfish pond. There were goldfish of every different color in the pond and it was an amazing sight. Mark had lunch with his granddaddy by the pond and thanked him for showing the interesting pond to him. After that, Mark went home and told his parents about how cool the trip was.
1. why did mark go to his granddad's?
2. where was it?
3. what was there?
4. what did they see next?
5. what was in it?
6. what colors were they?
7. what did he and his granddad do next?
8. and then what?
9. did he leave after?
10. what did he think of the trip?
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answer:
1. There was something cool to see.
2. In the backyard.
3. A river and lots of plants and flowers.
4. A pond.
5. Goldfish.
6. Every different color.
7. Had lunch.
8. He thanked him.
9. Yes.
10. It was cool.