Q: When Debbie Parkhurst choked on a piece of apple at her Maryland home, her dog jumped in, landing hard on her chest and forcing the piece of apple to pop out of her throat. Debbie Parkhurst's husband, Kevin, was at his job at a Wilmington, Del., chemical firm when she took a midday break from jewelry and bit into an apple. When the Keesling family of Indiana were about to be overcome by carbon monoxide(CO), their cat clawed at wife Cathy's hair until she woke up and called for help. For their timely acts, Toby, a golden 2 1/2-year-old dog, and Winnie, a gray-eyed American shorthair, were named Dog and Cat of the Year by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Neither Parkhurst nor Keesling could explain their pets' timely heroics,though Parkhurst suggested it might have been guided by God intervention . "That's what our veterinarian said,"she said. "He wasn't making a joke; he's very spiritual, and now I have to agree with him." But both pets were themselves rescued in baby, Toby as a 4-week-old baby thrown into a garbage bin to die, and Winnie as a week-old orphan hiding under a barn, so helpless that Keesling's husband, Eric, had to feed her milk. As the Keeslings recalled it, a gas-driven pump spread carbon monoxide through the house. By the time Winnie moved into rescue spot, the couple's 14-year-old son, Michael, was already unconscious. "Winnie jumped on the bed and was clawing at me, with a kind of angry noise," Cathy Keesling said. "When I woke up I felt like a T-bar had hit me across the head." State police and officers responding to her 911 call said the family was only minutes from death, judging by the amount of poisonous gas in the house.

Answer the following questions:
1. what was Debbie taking a break from?
2. what did she do?
3. Did she choke?
4. who saved her?
5. how?
6. and then what happened?
7. where was her husband?
8. what is his job?
9. is it at a chemical firm?
10. where at?
11. what was the Dog's name?
12. how old?
13. What is the cat's name that they talk about?
14. what kind of cat?
15. what was her heroic act?
16. how was that heroic?
17. was the family saved?
18. how?
19. were those 2 animals recognized for their acts?
20. how?
A: 1. jewelry
2. bit into an apple
3. yes
4. her dog
5. jumped on her chest
6. the piece of apple popped out
7. at his job
8. unknown
9. yes
10. Wilmington, Del.
11. Toby
12. 2 1/2
13. Winnie
14. an American shorthair
15. woke up Cathy
16. the family was being 0vercome by carbon monoxide
17. yes
18. State police and officers responded
19. yes
20. they named Dog and Cat of the Year
Q: Tamil is a Dravidian language predominantly spoken by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, and also by the Tamil diaspora, Sri Lankan Moors, Burghers, Douglas, and Chindians. Tamil is an official language of two countries, Sri Lanka and Singapore. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the Indian Union Territory of Puducherry. It is also used as one of the languages of education in Malaysia, along with English, Malay and Mandarin. Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities in the four other South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India.

Tamil is one of the longest-surviving classical languages in the world. It is also stated as 20th in the Ethnologue list of most-spoken languages worldwide. Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions from 500 BC have been found on Adichanallur and 2,200-year-old Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions have been found on Samanamalai. It has been described as "the only language of contemporary India which is recognizably continuous with a classical past." The variety and quality of classical Tamil literature has led to it being described as "one of the great classical traditions and literatures of the world".

Answer the following questions:
1. What is Tamil?
2. spoken where?
3. Is it the official language of any countries?
4. How many?
5. Is it an old language?
6. How old?
7. It is spoken a lot
8. Is it in the top 10 languages spoken?
9. What number is it?
10. How is it used in Malaysia?
11. Where are the two countries where it is official?
A: 1. It is a Dravidian language
2. India and Sri Lanka
3. Yes
4. Two countries
5. Yes
6. At least 2,200 year old
7. Yes
8. NO
9. 22
10. . Quite often as its also used as one of the languages of education in Malaysia
11. In Sri Lanka and Signapore
Q: Bergen, historically Bjrgvin, is a city and municipality in Hordaland on the west coast of Norway. , the municipality's population was 278,121, and the Bergen metropolitan region has about 420,000 inhabitants. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of Bergenshalvyen. The city centre and northern neighbourhoods are on Byfjorden, 'the city fjord', and the city is surrounded by mountains; Bergen is known as the 'city of seven mountains'. Many of the extra-municipal suburbs are on islands. Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland and consists of eight boroughsArna, Bergenhus, Fana, Fyllingsdalen, Laksevag, Ytrebygda, Arstad and Asane.

Trading in Bergen may have started as early as the 1020s. According to tradition, the city was founded in 1070 by king Olav Kyrre and was named Bjrgvin, 'the green meadow among the mountains'. It served as Norway's capital in the 13th century, and from the end of the 13th century became a bureau city of the Hanseatic League. Until 1789, Bergen enjoyed exclusive rights to mediate trade between Northern Norway and abroad and it was the largest city in Norway until the 1830s when it was surpassed by the capital, Christiania (now known as Oslo). What remains of the quays, Bryggen, is a World Heritage Site. The city was hit by numerous fires over the years. The Bergen School of Meteorology was developed at the Geophysical Institute beginning in 1917, the Norwegian School of Economics was founded in 1936, and the University of Bergen in 1946. From 1831 to 1972, Bergen was its own county. In 1972 the municipality absorbed four surrounding municipalities and became a part of Hordaland county.

Answer the following questions:
1. What is the next to biggest Norwegian city?
2. What Norwegian region is it located in?
3. How many people live in the municipality?
4. And the metro area?
5. Is it ringed by forests?
6. What is around the city?
7. What's its nickname?
8. Where are lots of the suburban areas found?
9. How many boroughs does it have?
10. What are their names?
11. When did commerce begin in the area?
12. And when was Bergen officially founded?
13. By whom?
14. What was its original name?
15. What does that mean?
16. When was it the capital of the nation?
17. After that, what organization did it join?
18. Did Bergen ever have sole rights to trade in an area of the country?
A:
1. Bergen
2. the west coast
3. 278,121
4. 420,000
5. no
6. mountains
7. the city of seven mountains
8. on islands
9. eight
10. Arna, Bergenhus, Fana, Fyllingsdalen, Laksevag, Ytrebygda, Arstad and Asane
11. as early as the 1020s
12. in 1070
13. king Olav Kyrre
14. Bjrgvin
15. 'the green meadow among the mountains'
16. in the 13th century
17. the Hanseatic League
18. yes