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Los Angeles (CNN) -- A jury began deliberating Wednesday afternoon in actress Nicollette Sheridan's wrongful termination lawsuit against "Desperate Housewives" creator Marc Cherry.

The jury of nine women and three men is to decide whether Cherry killed off a Sheridan's character in retaliation for the actress complaining that he hit her during a rehearsal for the ABC comedy. A verdict requires the agreement of nine jurors.

Sheridan is asking for $5.7 million in damages from ABC and Cherry, although the actress was paid $4 million in her last year of work and is still earning royalties from her vested interest in the hit series.

Sheridan lawyer Mark Baute, in his closing Wednesday morning, told jurors they have two questions to answer: Did Cherry hit Sheridan on the head on September 24, 2008, or was it a "light tap," as the defense claims? And, did Cherry get ABC's approval to kill Sheridan's character in May 2008, as the defense claims, or was the decision made in December, after a human resources investigator cleared him in the slapping incident?

Baute called Cherry a "really obvious liar" who was covering up the real reason he killed off Edie Britt, the sassy blonde character Sheridan played for the show's first five seasons.

He accused other ABC employees of conspiring to cover up evidence that it was a revenge firing in order to protect a show that has earned over $1 billion in eight seasons.

Cherry and ABC claim they decided Britt would die in season five in May 2008, four months before the incident in which Cherry allegedly struck Sheridan.
1. Who is Marc Cherry?
2. Who was suing him?
3. For what?
4. How many jurors decided the case?
5. How many must be in agreement?
6. How much did Sheridan earn her last year on the show?
7. What was her lawyer asking for in damages?
8. What did Sheridan allege Cherry fired her for?
9. for what?
10. How was her character written off the show?
11. What was her name?
12. What season was she killed?
13. Who is Mark Baute?
14. What has he accused ABC employees of doing?

Numbered answers:
1. Desperate Housewives creator
2. Nicollette Sheridan
3. Wrongful termination
4. 12
5. Nine
6. $4 million
7. $5.7 million
8. Retaliation
9. She said that he hit her during a rehearsal
10. She was killed off
11. unknown
12. 2008,
13. Sheridan's lawyer
14. Lying

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The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is a stock exchange located in the City of London, England. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$6.06trillion (short scale), making it the third-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement (the largest in Europe, ahead of Euronext). The Exchange was founded in 1801 and its current premises are situated in Paternoster Square close to St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London. The Exchange is part of the London Stock Exchange Group.

London Stock Exchange is one of the world's oldest stock exchanges and can trace its history back more than 300 years.London Stock Exchange Group was created in October 2007 when London Stock Exchange merged with Milan Stock Exchange, Borsa Italiana.

The Royal Exchange had been founded by English financier Thomas Gresham on the model of the Antwerp Bourse, as a stock exchange. It was opened by Elizabeth I of England in 1571.

During the 17th century, stockbrokers were not allowed in the Royal Exchange due to their rude manners. They had to operate from other establishments in the vicinity, notably Jonathan's Coffee-House. At that coffee house, a broker named John Casting started listing the prices of a few commodities, exchange rates and certain key provisions such as salt, coal and paper in 1698. Originally, this was not a daily list and was only published a few days of the week.
1. What is one of the world's oldest stock exchanges?
2. How long can it traces its history back?
3. Where is it located
4. Where in London?
5. Is it the largest in Europe?
6. When was it founded?
7. What is its value?
8. What is it a part of?
9. When was that founded?
10. Who opened The Royal Exchange?
11. When?
12. Who was Thomas Gresham
13. Where did stockbrokers operate from in the 17th century?
14. Why?
15. Why?
16. Who started listing prices?
17. When?

Numbered answers:
1. The London Stock Exchange
2. more than 300 years
3. City of London
4. situated in Paternoster Square close to St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London
5. yes
6. in 1801
7. US$6.06trillion
8. part of the London Stock Exchange Group.
9. London Stock Exchange Group was created in October 2007
10. Thomas Gresham
11. 1571
12. English financier
13. Jonathan's Coffee-House
14. were not allowed in the Royal Exchange
15. due to their rude manners
16. John Casting
17. in 1698

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The House of Habsburg, also called House of Austria, was one of the most influential and outstanding royal houses of Europe. The throne of the Holy Roman Empire was continuously occupied by the Habsburgs between 1438 and 1740. The house also produced emperors and kings of the Kingdom of Bohemia, Kingdom of England ("Jure uxoris" King), Kingdom of Germany, Kingdom of Hungary, Kingdom of Croatia, Second Mexican Empire, Kingdom of Ireland ("Jure uxoris" King), Kingdom of Portugal, and Spain, as well as rulers of several Dutch and Italian principalities. From the 16th century, following the reign of Charles V, the dynasty was split between its Austrian and Spanish branches. Although they ruled distinct territories, they nevertheless maintained close relations and frequently intermarried.

The House takes its name from Habsburg Castle, a fortress built in the 1020s in present-day Switzerland, in the canton of Aargau, by Count Radbot of Klettgau, who chose to name his fortress Habsburg. His grandson Otto II was the first to take the fortress name as his own, adding "Count of Habsburg" to his title. The House of Habsburg gathered dynastic momentum through the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.

By 1276, Count Radbot's seventh generation descendant Rudolph of Habsburg had moved the family's power base from Habsburg Castle to the Duchy of Austria. Rudolph had become King of Germany in 1273, and the dynasty of the House of Habsburg was truly entrenched in 1276 when Rudolph became ruler of Austria, which the Habsburgs ruled until 1918.
1. Where is the House of Habsburg?
2. Where is it?
3. What else is it known by?
4. Where does it get it's name?
5. Where is that?
6. In which part?
7. Who named it?
8. Was it his?
9. When was it built?
10. Who decided to make Habsburg part of his name?
11. Was he related to the Count?
12. What did he add to his own name?
13. Who moved the family?
14. Which generation was he from?
15. Where did they move to?
16. When?
17. Did Rudolph become a King
18. Where?
19. When?
20. What was he in 1276?
Numbered answers:
1. most influential and outstanding royal houses of Europe
2. Europe
3. House of Austria
4. Habsburg Castle
5. Switzerland
6. canton of Aargau
7. Count Radbot of Klettgau
8. yes
9. 1020s
10. Otto II
11. His grandson
12. adding "Count of Habsburg
13. Rudolph of Habsburg
14. Count Radbot's seventh generation descendant
15. Duchy of Austria
16. 1276
17. yes
18. Germany
19. 1273
20. Austria