question: Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the , which is engaged in business through its four operating components: electronics (AV, IT & communication products, semiconductors, video games, network services and medical business), motion pictures (movies and TV shows), music (record labels and music publishing) and financial services (banking and insurance). These make Sony one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world. The group consists of Sony Corporation, Sony Pictures, Sony Mobile, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony Music, Sony Financial Holdings and others.

Sony is among the semiconductor sales leaders and as of 2016, the fifth-largest television manufacturer in the world after Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, TCL and Hisense.

The company's current slogan is "BE MOVED". Their former slogans were "make.believe" (20092014), "like.no.other" (20052009), "The One and Only" (19801982) and "It's a Sony" (19822002).

Sony has a weak tie to the Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) keiretsu, the successor to the Mitsui keiretsu.

Sony began in the wake of World War II. In 1946, Masaru Ibuka started an electronics shop in a department store building in Tokyo. The company started with a capital of 190,000 and a total of eight employees. In May 1946, Ibuka was joined by Akio Morita to found a company called "Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo" (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation). The company built Japan's first tape recorder, called the Type-G. In 1958, the company changed its name to "Sony".
1. What type of buisness is Sony?
2. What do they lead in with sales?
3. as of when?
4. Are they a large manufactur?
5. of what?
6. where do they rank?
7. how many operating componets do they have?
8. what does this make them?
9. in the US only?
10. Does the buisness have other facets?
11. how many are mentioned?
12. Do they have a slogan?
13. what is it?
14. what was it 1982?
15. Does it have strong ties with SMFG?
16. What does SMFG stand for?
17. and they are?
18. What did the company buikd the first of in Japan?
19. named?
20. when did they change their name?
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answer: 1. electronics
2. semiconductor
3. 2016
4. yes
5. television
6. fifth-largest
7. Four
8. one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies
9. no
10. yes
11. Six
12. yes
13. "BE MOVED"
14. "It's a Sony"
15. no
16. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
17. the successor to the Mitsui keiretsu.
18. tape recorder
19. Type-G
20. 1958

question: CHAPTER V

THE BOYS AND A BULL

"Wonder what Sam wants?" said Dave, as the shouting continued. "I guess I'll have to go and see."

He ran over the rocks in the direction of the cries, and soon came in sight of his chum.

"Hurry up!" cried Sam. "I want you!"

"What is it, Sam?" questioned Dave.

"We are going to have trouble."

"What, have Jasniff and those others come here?"

"No, but maybe it's just as bad, Dave. Just look toward the autos."

Dave did as requested, and his face became a study. He was half inclined to laugh, yet, having been brought up in the country, he well knew the seriousness of the situation.

The two automobiles stood side by side, about three yards apart. Between them was a big and angry-looking bull, tramping the ground and snorting viciously. The bull had a chain around his neck, and to the end of this was a small-sized tree stump, which the animal had evidently pulled from the ground in his endeavor to get away from his pasture. The tree stump had become entangled in the wheel of one of the automobiles, and the bull was giving vicious jerks, first one way and then another, causing the machine to "slew around" in an alarming fashion.

"Sam, we'll have to get him out of there!" cried Dave. "If we don't he may break that wheel--or do worse."

"I'm afraid he'll run off with the car!" gasped Sam. He was almost out of breath from running and calling.
1. Who did Dave run to?
2. What did he run on?
3. Are Sam and Dave friends?
4. Why does Sam want him to come over?
5. How many autos are there?
6. Are they parked head to head?
7. What distance is between them?
8. What's between them?
9. Is it in a good mood?
10. What is around it?
11. Around what part of its body?
12. And on the other end of the chain?
13. Was it still planted?
14. What was the tree stump stuck in?
15. Did the bull mind?
16. How did the bull try to free itself?
17. What did the car do when it did that?
18. What is Dave afraid of?
19. And Sam?
20. Is Sam panting?
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answer: 1. Sam
2. The rocks
3. Yes
4. To look toward the autos
5. Two
6. No
7. About three yards
8. A bull
9. No
10. A chain
11. His neck
12. A small-sized tree stump
13. No
14. The wheel of one of the automobiles
15. Yes
16. With vicious jerks
17. "slew around" in an alarming fashion
18. That he'll break that wheel
19. That he'll run off with the car
20. Yes

question: (CNN) -- On North Halsted Street, between Buckingham and Roscoe in Chicago, a monument stands with a plaque in honor of a brilliant thinker who is as responsible for the way we live our lives today as any person who has ever lived.

His name is Alan Turing, a Brit, and among his many credits and accolades, many historians refer to him as "the father of computer science." When Time magazine listed him among its 100 most influential people of the 20th century, it said "that everyone who taps at a keyboard, opening a spreadsheet or a word-processing program, is working on an incarnation of a Turing machine."

A pretty high honor to say the least. And yet in 1952, while filing a robbery report with the police, Turing -- the man whose algorithms cracked the Enigma code used by the Nazis in World War II -- found himself arrested at his home in England.

His crime? Being gay.

Turing was convicted of "gross indecency," a felony in Britain at that time. He was forced to choose between prison and being injected with female hormones, a form of chemical castration.

He reluctantly chose the latter. Despite his accomplishments, he lost his job. And in June 1954, he lost his will to live. He was 41.

If the Western world is somewhat haunted by what Steve Jobs might have accomplished had cancer not taken him from us, we should be downright tormented by what we lost from the senseless excommunication of his predecessor.
1. Who does the monument honor?
2. Was he heterosexual?
3. Did he take his own life?
4. How old was he when he died?
5. Why was he excommunicated?
6. What were the circumstances of his arrest?
7. Was he a British citizen?
8. What do historians call him?
9. What honor did he get from Time magazine?
10. What were his options after being arrested?
11. What did he pick?
12. Did he choose willingly?
13. What crime was he convicted of?
14. Is this a misdemeanor?
15. Is it a felony?
16. Where is the statue located?
17. What street is it on?
18. Does the monument have a plaque?
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answer:
1. Alan Turing
2. no
3. yes
4. 41
5. Being gay.
6. he was filing a robbery report
7. yes
8. the father of computer science
9. one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century
10. choose between prison and being injected with female hormones
11. being injected with female hormones
12. no
13. gross indecency
14. no
15. yes
16. Chicago
17. North Halsted Street
18. yes