question: BT Group plc (trading as BT) is a holding company which owns British Telecommunications plc, a British multinational telecommunications company with head offices in London, United Kingdom. It has operations in around 180 countries and is the largest provider of fixed-line, mobile and broadband services in the UK, and also provides subscription television and IT services.

BT's origins date back to the founding of the Electric Telegraph Company in 1846 which developed a nationwide communications network. In 1912, the General Post Office, a government department, became the monopoly telecoms supplier in the United Kingdom. The Post Office Act of 1969 led to the GPO becoming a public corporation. British Telecommunications, trading as "British Telecom", was formed in 1980, and became independent of the Post Office in 1981. British Telecommunications was privatised in 1984, becoming "British Telecommunications plc", with some 50 percent of its shares sold to investors. The Government sold its remaining stake in further share sales in 1991 and 1993. BT has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange, a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

BT controls a number of large subsidiaries. BT Global Services division supplies telecoms services to corporate and government customers worldwide, and its BT Consumer division supplies telephony, broadband, and subscription television services in Great Britain to around 18million customers. BT announced in February 2015 that it had agreed to acquire EE for 12.5 billion, and received final regulatory approval from the Competition and Markets Authority on 15 January 2016. The transaction was completed on 29 January 2016.
1. Which holding is held by British Telecomm?
2. In what country is it located?
3. Does it do business outside that country?
4. Besides UK, in how many others?
5. What organization controlled telecoms in the UK in 1912?
6. What act made it a public corp?
7. What business formed in 1980?
8. When did it go private?
9. How many were investor shares?
10. Did Government keep their shares?
11. When did they sell?
12. Does it have a secondary listing?
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answer: 1. unknown
2. United Kingdom.
3. yes
4. in around 180 countries
5. the General Post Office
6. The Post Office Act of 1969
7. British Telecom
8. in 1984
9. some 50 percent
10. no
11. in 1991 and 1993
12. yes

question: Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- The day after Christmas was a tough one for Santa in his ancestral homeland of Turkey.

A Muslim youth group held a demonstration Thursday in Istanbul, blasting the "jolly old elf" of legend and lore for contributing to moral decay and urging residents to turn against him.

"Traditions such as new year celebrations, Christmas tree decorations, and Santa Claus leaving presents are leading to degeneration of our culture and leading to identity crises in our society. It tears our youth from their own culture and familiarizes them with the culture of the West leading them to embrace those values," the Anatolia Youth Association said in a statement.

The group used an inflatable plastic Santa as a prop -- littering the ground below it with beer cans, a syringe and a cross to illustrate the dangers of inviting Santa into Turkish homes.

They also distributed an image of a man delivering a brutal left hook to Santa's bearded cheek.

Three years ago, the same group stabbed a blow-up Santa.

Such sentiments are not widespread in Turkey.

Many secular Muslims in Turkey decorate their homes with Christmas trees and Santas -- known in Turkey as "Noel Baba," or Father Christmas. They exchange gifts not on Christmas, but rather New Year's Day.

Despite Thursday's unpleasantness, Turkey and ol' Claus go way back -- all the way to 4th Century. That's when, as religious tradition has it, the Christian St. Nicholas secretly gifted money and other items to residents around his home in what is now the southern Turkish city of Demre, becoming the model for the modern Santa Claus.
1. What custom is controversial in Turkey?
2. Who doesn't like the custom?
3. How long has Santa been associated with this country?
4. Who is Santa patterned after?
5. What religion is he?
6. What did he do?
7. Where?
8. Where is that?
9. Does all of Turkey agree with the demonstrators?
10. What other religion celebrate the tradition?
11. Are they religious?
12. How do they celebrate?
13. Do they exchange presents on Christmas?
14. Do they some other time?
15. Is Santa known by anything else?
16. What did the demonstrators do to show their displeasure?
17. What did this signify?
18. What else did they do?
19. What did they do three years ago?
20. Where was this demonstration?
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answer: 1. Santa
2. A Muslim youth group
3. Since the 4th Century.
4. St. Nicholas
5. Christian
6. Gave money and other items away
7. Demre
8. Southern Turkey
9. No
10. Muslims
11. Secular
12. Decorate with Christmas trees and Santas
13. Do they some other time?
14. on New Year's Day.
15. "Noel Baba," or Father Christmas
16. Surrounded a plastic Santa with beer cans, a syringe and a cross
17. the dangers that would invade Turkish homes.
18. Handed out an image of a man hitting Santa.
19. Stabbed a blow-up Santa.
20. Istanbul

question: (CNN) -- When a black man dies at the hands of a white police officer, not often is there video evidence that could end the speculation and show what happened.

In the case of John Crawford III, there is video evidence -- and Walmart needs to release the tape to the public immediately.

Crawford was 22 years old when he and his girlfriend went to the Walmart last month in Beavercreek, a suburb of Dayton, Ohio. They planned to pick up the ingredients for s'mores for a family cookout. Crawford had two young children.

While browsing, he picked up an unpackaged BB gun from one of the store shelves, and continued shopping. A man named Ronald Ritchie saw him and called 911. A black man was "walking around with a gun in the store," and "pointing it at people," Ritchie told them.

A few minutes later, Crawford was dead -- shot on sight by police. His last words? "It's not real." The gun was a toy, and it was unloaded.

(Absurdly, if Crawford had been carrying a loaded assault weapon in a threatening manner, it would have been legal under Ohio's open carry laws. This is exactly why gun safety advocates like myself have so long criticized these laws for creating a culture of fear.)

Was Ritchie more likely to see phantom danger and call the cops because Crawford was a black man? Were those cops more likely to pull the trigger -- by all accounts, without warning Crawford -- because Crawford was black? In other words, is Crawford dead today because he was black in America?
1. Who was in walmart?
2. what did he pick up in the store?
3. Who saw him?
4. what did he say?
5. Then what?
6. Did he live?
7. What were his last words?
8. who shot him?
9. Where was the Walmart located ?
10. How old was he?
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answer:
1. John Crawford
2. A BB gun
3. Ronald Ritchie
4. A black man was "walking around with a gun in the store," and "pointing it at people,"
5. Crawford was shot
6. No
7. "It's not real"
8. Police
9. Beavercreek
10. 22