question: I once was the leader of running a skills camp for a Boy Scout group. The weekend long camp included a lot of different games. One of the games was for fire-building. The point of the game was to help teach campers how to best build fires. There are many different ways you can build a campfire. You can build a lean-to campfire. You can also build a teepee fire. To build the fires you must find and sort different sizes of sticks and brush and larger logs to get the fire going. The goal of the game is to build a fire big enough to burn a string that is hanging a few feet above the ground. My group was falling behind, so I gave the idea of throwing a bunch of leaves on the fire all at once to make a huge fire to quickly burn the string. We were not allowed to win the game because it was said we cheated.
1. How long was the camp?
2. Why did campers play the fire-building game?
3. Is there only one correct way to do so?
4. Is the goal to build a small fire?
5. How tall does the fire need to be?
6. What does throwing leaves on the fire accomplish?
7. Was this against the rules?
8. Did they win the game?
9. Why not?
10. What organization ran the camp?
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answer: 1. weekend
2. teach them to build fires
3. no
4. no
5. a few feet
6. make a huge fire
7. yes
8. no
9. they cheated
10. Boy Scouts

question: Los Angeles (CNN) -- Actress Carmen Zapata, whose most visible film role was as a choir nun in "Sister Act," died Sunday at her Los Angeles home. She was 86.

Zapata's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honors her six decades of work on the stage, which began in New York in 1946.

Her death from heart problems was confirmed by a representative at the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts in Los Angeles, which Zapata co-founded in 1973.

She was "an accomplished actress, translator, theater producer, and community leader who was knighted by King Juan Carlos of Spain," according to her biography on the group's website.

Zapata, a Mexican-American born in New York, founded the theater group to promote bilingual stage productions. The goal was to "instill cultural pride to Spanish-speaking audiences, and serve as an introduction to the rich and eloquent history of the diverse Hispanic culture to English-speaking audiences," the website said.

She was 19 when she made her Broadway debut as a member of the chorus in "Oklahoma." She initially performed under the stage name Marge Cameron at a time when discrimination against Hispanic actors was more common.

Her television and film resume is slim until the 1970s, when she began landing acting jobs on series including "Room 222," "Bonanza" and "McMillan & Wife." In 1971, she was hired for a recurring role on "The New Dick Van Dyke Show."

Other shows that decade in which she appears in multiple episodes include "Adam-12," "Love, American Style," "Marcus Welby, M.D.," "Medical Center" and "The Streets of San Francisco." She often played different characters in the same series, according to IMDB.com.
1. Where was Zapata born?
2. What organization did she start?
3. Did she act as a teen?
4. Can you give an example?
5. What name did she use at the time?
6. Why?
7. Is she still alive?
8. When did she pass?
9. Where?
10. How old was she?
11. What is considered her most notable movie?
12. What job did her character have?
13. Was she on tv too?
14. What program?
15. Can you give an example?
16. Was that a one time role?
17. Was she enshrined in Hollywood?
18. Where specifically?
19. For what reason?
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answer: 1. in New York
2. the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts
3. Yes
4. she made her Broadway debut as a member of the chorus in "Oklahoma."
5. Marge Cameron
6. discrimination against Hispanic actors was more common.
7. No
8. Sunday
9. at her Los Angeles home
10. She was 86
11. "Sister Act,"
12. a choir nun
13. Yes
14. Many programs
15. "The New Dick Van Dyke Show."
16. No
17. Yes
18. the Hollywood Walk of Fame
19. her six decades of work on the stage

question: When the tearful broadcaster broke the news to North Koreans that their leader, Kim Jong Il, had died, the audience in the hall gasped.

Then the hysterics began, along with the bawling and sobbing.

"Father!" mourners cried. A wailing woman pounded her fist against her chest to signify heartache. Some appeared to go into physical convulsions. Other North Koreans sobbed so hard, they barely maintained their balance.

"Our leader endured all the hardships," one mourner told state-run Korean Central News Agency in a televised interview. "I can't believe it. Our leader, he's still with us."

Even the reporter holding KCNA's microphone bowed his head and trembled.

In North Korean media videos viewed by CNN, people wept in fitful, theatrical proportions. Whether the mass grieving was genuine is up to debate.

Cultures grieve differently. For instance, in South Korea, it's acceptable to express sorrow vocally, said Sung-Yoon Lee, a research fellow at the National Asia Research Program.

But North Korea presents a unique case.

"It's such a regimented, uniform society, people are conditioned from their early years to praise and adore their leader," he said. "The passing of their leader would be an indication to grieve properly so they are not to be stigmatized by failing to grieve properly. There are always people watching you -- if you are not devastated by the news, you may get in trouble."

While some may exaggerate, for others the grief is authentic, Lee said.

"I think there would be great deal of sincerity, because they're so programmed and conditioned and have an incentive to outperform their families, neighbors in grieving properly," he said. "North Koreans are raised to praise their leader, as are Christians for God. For North Koreans, it's part of the rhetoric to thank the fatherly leader. For them to learn the death of a near God-like leader, it certainly has an emotional reaction."
1. What Asian country is this story primarily about?
2. Which of their leaders is mentioned?
3. WHat heppened to him?
4. Who reported on it?
5. How did the people react to the news?
6. How can you tell?
7. Anything else?
8. Did the newsman remain composed?
9. WHat did he do?
10. Are these reactions sincere?
11. who tried to explain these reactions?
12. Who is he?
13. Where?
14. What explanation did he give for why some reactions might not be sincere?
15. What explanation did he give for why some reactions might be sincere?
16. Is it a diverse country?
17. Are there a lot of rules?
18. How do they feel about their leader?
19. What do they call him?
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answer:
1. North Korea
2. Kim Jong Il
3. he died
4. KCNA
5. They were upset
6. A wailing woman pounded her fist against her chest
7. Some went into convulsions
8. No
9. bowed his head and trembled
10. some were
11. Sung-Yoon Lee
12. a research fellow
13. at the National Asia Research Program
14. There are always people watching you -- if you are not devastated by the news, you may get in trouble
15. because they're so programmed
16. No
17. Yes
18. they adore him
19. Father