Question: Antioch on the Orontes (; , also Syrian Antioch) was an ancient Greco-Roman city on the eastern side of the Orontes River. Its ruins lie near the modern city of Antakya, Turkey, and lends the modern city its name.

Antioch was founded near the end of the 4th century BC by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals. The city's geographical, military, and economic location benefited its occupants, particularly such features as the spice trade, the Silk Road, and the Persian Royal Road. It eventually rivaled Alexandria as the chief city of the Near East. It was also the main center of Hellenistic Judaism at the end of the Second Temple period. Most of the urban development of Antioch was done during the Roman Empire, when the city was one of the most important in the eastern Mediterranean area of Rome's dominions.

Antioch was called "the cradle of Christianity" as a result of its longevity and the pivotal role that it played in the emergence of both Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity. The Christian New Testament asserts that the name "Christian" first emerged in Antioch. It was one of the four cities of the Syrian tetrapolis, and its residents were known as "Antiochenes". The city was a metropolis of half a million people during Augustan times, but it declined to relative insignificance during the Middle Ages because of warfare, repeated earthquakes, and a change in trade routes, which no longer passed through Antioch from the far east following the Mongol conquests. 1. WHen was Antioch founded?
2. By who?
3. WHo was he?
4. Where was it located?
5. Are any modern places near it?
6. What one?
7. What was one way the city's placement was a good one?
8. ANy other ways?
9. Was it near any particular trading lines?
10. What was one?
11. And another?
12. Was the city associated with any faiths?
13. How many?
14. WHat was one?
15. How is it connected to that religion?
16. WHat is the other faith?
17. How was it important to that one? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Antioch was founded near the end of the 4th century BC
2. by Seleucus I Nicator
3. he was one of Alexander the Great's generals.
4. on the eastern side of the Orontes River
5. yes
6. Antakya
7. its economic location benefited its occupants
8. unknown
9. yes
10. the Persian Royal Road
11. the Silk Road
12. yes
13. two
14. Christianity.
15. The Christian New Testament asserts that the name "Christian" first emerged in Antioch.
16. Judaism
17. it played a pivotal role in its emergence

Question: Bush takes ice bucket challenge . Bush has joined a growing list of celebrities across the world to take the ice bucket challenge. He did it to help raise money for Lou Gehrig's disease and chose his predecessor Bill Clinton to do it next. In a video posted on Wednesday on Bush's Facebook page, the former president, wearing a navy blue coat while sitting at a table, said he was challenged by his daughter Jenna Bush Hager to take the challenge. As he wrote the check, Laura Bush appeared with a white bucket and poured ice water over her husband's head and then said, "That check is for me. I don't want to ruin my hairstyle." Bush then announced his choice. "Now it's my right to challenge my friend Bill Clinton to the ALS Challenge," he said. "Yesterday was Bill's birthday and my gift to him is a bucket of cold water." The online campaign challenges people to either dump a bucket of ice water over their heads or donate to support research for Lou Gehrig's disease. When a person accepts the ice bucket challenge, he or she must challenge another person to partake in the raising money effort. Many famous people in different fields around the world took part in the activity, including Bill Gates, Stephen King, Christiano Ronaldo, and Lady Gaga, and so on. 1. What does he do?
2. Is he the only one who does it?
3. Who else does it?
4. What are they trying to make money for?
5. Who does he ask to go after him?
6. Who is he?
7. What do people do in this contest?
8. From what?
9. Who asked him to do it?
10. Who is she?
11. Did put it over his own head?
12. Who did? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. takes ice bucket challenge
2. no
3. celebrities
4. to raise money for Lou Gehrig's disease
5. Bill Clinton
6. Bush's predecessor
7. pour ice water over their head
8. a bucket
9. his daughter
10. Jenna Bush Hager
11. no
12. Laura Bush

Question: It was a hot summer day. My dad and I were getting ready to go out for a ride on the boat. Just then the phone call came, the call changed that sunny and beautiful day into a cold and dark one. When I saw my father answering the phone, he was crying. I'd never seen my dad cry before. My heart sank. What possibly could happen? "Max, I'm so sorry," I heard him say. That's when it hit me. I knew that Suzie had died. Max has been my dad's best friend for years. Suzie, his daughter, had a serious illness. She knew she was different from other kids. Although she couldn't live a normal life, she was still happy. When Suzie and I were little girls, we spent quite a bit of time together. When Suzie was ten, she had to live in a hospital. About eight months before she died, we talked at least twice a week on the phone until the end. Suzie was always so excited to talk to me and wanted to know everything I did and every thing I ate. When Suzie and I first started calling each other, I thought _ would be more of a burden on me, but I was completely wrong. I learned so much from her. She gave me more than I could ever give her. I will never forget her or the talks we had. I now know that I must never take anything for granted, especially my health and the gift of life. 1. What were the child and father getting ready to do?
2. When?
3. Was it a god day?
4. Why not?
5. How did he find out?
6. from who?
7. Who was he?
8. What happened to Suzie?
9. Was she sad?
10. Were the two girls friends?
11. What did they do before she died?
12. about what?
13. Did Suzie enjoy this?
14. Did you?
15. Did they know each other for long?
16. since when?
17. What happened when she was 10?
18. Did the dad cry when he heard tghe news?
19. Did they go for a boat ride?
20. How was the weather that day? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. go out for a ride on the boat
2. a hot summer day
3. no
4. Suzie had died
5. a phone call
6. Max
7. my dad's best friend for years
8. She had a serious illness
9. no
10. yes
11. they talked at least twice a week on the phone until the end
12. everything I did and every thing I ate
13. yes
14. yes
15. yes
16. since they were little girls
17. she had to live in a hospital
18. yes
19. no
20. sunny and beautiful