Problem: Please answer a question about the following article about Hellenistic period:
Roman entanglement in the Balkans began when Illyrian piratical raids on Roman merchants led to invasions of Illyria (the First and, Second Illyrian Wars). Tension between Macedon and Rome increased when the young king of Macedon, Philip V harbored one of the chief pirates, Demetrius of Pharos (a former client of Rome). As a result, in an attempt to reduce Roman influence in the Balkans, Philip allied himself with Carthage after Hannibal had dealt the Romans a massive defeat at the Battle of Cannae (216 BC) during the Second Punic War. Forcing the Romans to fight on another front when they were at a nadir of manpower gained Philip the lasting enmity of the Romans; the only real result from the somewhat insubstantial First Macedonian War (215202 BC).
Hannibal defeated whom at the Battle of Cannae?
A: the Romans
Problem: Please answer a question about the following article about Federal Bureau of Investigation:
In 2000, the FBI began the Trilogy project to upgrade its outdated information technology (IT) infrastructure. This project, originally scheduled to take three years and cost around $380 million, ended up going far over budget and behind schedule. Efforts to deploy modern computers and networking equipment were generally successful, but attempts to develop new investigation software, outsourced to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), were not. Virtual Case File, or VCF, as the software was known, was plagued by poorly defined goals, and repeated changes in management. In January 2005, more than two years after the software was originally planned for completion, the FBI officially abandoned the project. At least $100 million (and much more by some estimates) was spent on the project, which never became operational. The FBI has been forced to continue using its decade-old Automated Case Support system, which IT experts consider woefully inadequate. In March 2005, the FBI announced it was beginning a new, more ambitious software project, code-named Sentinel, which they expected to complete by 2009.
When did the FBI begin the Trilogy project?
A: 2000
Problem: Please answer a question about the following article about Premier League:
The BBC's highlights package on Saturday and Sunday nights, as well as other evenings when fixtures justify, will run until 2016. Television rights alone for the period 2010 to 2013 have been purchased for 1.782 billion. On 22 June 2009, due to troubles encountered by Setanta Sports after it failed to meet a final deadline over a 30 million payment to the Premier League, ESPN was awarded two packages of UK rights containing a total of 46 matches that were available for the 200910 season as well as a package of 23 matches per season from 201011 to 201213. On 13 June 2012, the Premier League announced that BT had been awarded 38 games a season for the 201314 through 201516 seasons at 246 million-a-year. The remaining 116 games were retained by Sky who paid 760 million-a-year. The total domestic rights have raised 3.018 billion, an increase of 70.2% over the 201011 to 201213 rights. The value of the licensing deal rose by another 70.2% in 2015, when Sky and BT paid a total of 5.136 billion to renew their contracts with the Premier League for another three years up to the 201819 season.
When did Setanta Sports fail to meet their payments deadline?
A: 22 June 2009
Problem: Please answer a question about the following article about Kievan Rus%27:
From the 9th century, the Pecheneg nomads began an uneasy relationship with Kievan Rus. For over two centuries they launched sporadic raids into the lands of Rus, which sometimes escalated into full-scale wars (such as the 920 war on the Pechenegs by Igor of Kiev reported in the Primary Chronicle), but there were also temporary military alliances (e.g. the 943 Byzantine campaign by Igor). In 968, the Pechenegs attacked and besieged the city of Kiev. Some speculation exists that the Pechenegs drove off the Tivertsi and the Ulichs to the regions of the upper Dniester river in Bukovina. The Byzantine Empire was known to support the Pechenegs in their military campaigns against the Eastern Slavic states.[citation needed]
How early did the relationship begin between the Pecheneg and the Rus?
A:
9th century