Question: The 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from March 24 until August 8, 2008, prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, with the theme of "one world, one dream". Plans for the relay were announced on April 26, 2007, in Beijing, China. The relay, also called by the organizers as the "Journey of Harmony", lasted 129 days and carried the torch 137,000 km (85,000 mi) the longest distance of any Olympic torch relay since the tradition was started ahead of the 1936 Summer Olympics.

After being lit at the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece on March 24, the torch traveled to the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, and then to Beijing, arriving on March 31. From Beijing, the torch was following a route passing through six continents. The torch has visited cities along the Silk Road, symbolizing ancient links between China and the rest of the world. The relay also included an ascent with the flame to the top of Mount Everest on the border of Nepal and Tibet, China from the Chinese side, which was closed specially for the event. 1. Where were the games born?
2. What did they light there?
3. When?
4. Where did it go after that?
5. Did it go anywhere else?
6. Where?
7. When did it get there?
8. How many large places did it pass through?
9. Did it go really high at any point?
10. Where was that?
11. What year was all this?
12. How long did the running last?
13. What was the sponsor phrase?
14. Did the running have a nickname?
15. What was it?
16. How far did it go?
17. How far is that in miles?
18. Is that the shortest ever?
19. When was the first running?
20. Where did it act as a link symbol? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. in Olympia, Greece
2. the torch
3. on March 24
4. to the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens
5. Yes
6. to Beijing
7. on March 31
8. six
9. Yes
10. the top of Mount Everest
11. 2008
12. from March 24 until August 8, 2008
13. one world, one dream
14. Yes
15. the Journey of Harmony
16. 137,000 km
17. 85,000 mi
18. No
19. ahead of the 1936 Summer Olympics.
20. along the Silk Road

Question: (CNN) -- Olivia Wise, a teenager who refused to let an inoperable brain tumor kill her spirit, died Monday.

Olivia gained fame in the last weeks of her 16-year-long life when a Katy Perry song she recorded in a Toronto studio in September became a viral hit online.

"She died peacefully in her home surrounded by the extraordinary love of her family," a family statement sent to CNN said.

The teenager said that she didn't want people crying at her funeral, but that they should celebrate her life, her mother wrote in a letter to CNN.

Her version of Perry's hit "Roar," which she recorded in September after learning there were no more treatments available, drew the attention of Perry after it was published on YouTube in October.

"I was very moved and you sounded great," Perry told her in a video posted on YouTube. "I love you. A lot of people love you and that's why your video got to me. It moved everybody that saw it."

Perry concluded with: "Keep roaring!"

The international attention drew more than a million viewers to Olivia's song and helped raise $77,000 for the Liv Wise Fund that was started in her name in support of brain tumor research.

The video shows OIivia sitting in a wheelchair in the middle of the studio, singing softly at first and struggling with her breaths.

"'Cause I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roar."

Her energy grows and she smiles as she sings "I got the eye of a tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire." 1. who died?
2. on what day?
3. did he die of natural causes?
4. what killed her?
5. was she 47 when she passed?
6. how old was she?
7. was she well known?
8. for what?
9. did she do that in her bathroom?
10. where did she do it?
11. where was it located?
12. what month did this happen?
13. was it an original work?
14. what was it?
15. who's?
16. what was it called?
17. is that a popular work?
18. where did she release it?
19. when?
20. did the original artist know about it?
21. did she like it? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Olivia Wise
2. Monday
3. Yes
4. a brain tumor
5. No
6. 16
7. Yes
8. she recorded a song and it went viral
9. No
10. in a studio
11. Toronto
12. September
13. No
14. a cover of someone else's song
15. Katy Perry
16. Roar
17. Yes
18. YouTube
19. October
20. Yes
21. Yes

Question: One morning, Ann's neighbor Tracy found a lost dog wandering around the local elementary school. She asked Ann if she could keep an eye on the dog. Ann said that she could watch it only for the day. Tracy took photos of the dog and printed off 400 FOUND fliers , and put them in mailboxes. Meanwhile, Ann went to the dollar store and bought some pet supplies, warning her two sons not to fall in love with the dog. At the time, Ann's son Thomas was 10 years old, and Jack, who was recovering from a heart operation, was 21 years old. Four days later Ann was still looking after the dog, whom they had started to call Riley. When she arrived home from work, the dog threw itself against the screen door and barked madly at her. As soon as she opened the door, Riley dashed into the boys' room where Ann found Jack suffering from a heart attack. Riley ran over to Jack, but as soon as Ann bent over to help him the dog went silent. "If it hadn't come to get me, the doctor said Jack would have died," Ann reported to a local newspaper. At this point, no one had called to claim the dog, so Ann decided to keep it. The next morning Tracy got a call. A man named Peter recognized his lost dog and called the number on the flier. Tracy started crying, and told him, "That dog saved my friend's son." Peter drove to Ann's house to pick up his dog, and saw Thomas and Jack crying in the window. After a few moments Peter said, "Maybe Odie was supposed to find you, maybe you should keep it." 1. Where did Tracy find a dog?
2. What did Tracy ask Ann?
3. What did Ann say? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. elementary school
2. keep an eye on the dog
3. she could

Question: Millie thought she would like to stop eating meat, but she didn't know if she could do it. Once, when she was younger, she had tried to go without eating meat, but before the first day was over, her stomach had felt a little empty. "Hmm," she had thought. "Maybe it's not good for me to stop eating meat. Maybe that's why I feel so hungry."

But, now, she wondered if there was anything she could do so she wouldn't feel so hungry, even if she did stop eating meat.

She went to the library, and there, she saw a magazine. Below the title, the cover said, "Learn to live on vegetables!" She read in the magazine that it was good to change her meal plan slowly. If she really felt hungry for a little meat, the magazine said, it was okay to have some, and then go back to eating her veggies.

She also read that beans could give her body a lot of the same things meat could, but that eating things like rice and noodles would help the beans do a better job of building her body and giving it energy. That way, she would feel better, instead of feeling so hungry!

Millie wasn't sure if it would work this time, but the magazine's tips made her want to give it another try! 1. what did she want to stop eating?
2. had she ever tried to stop before?
3. and when was that?
4. what happened the first day she tried to quit?
5. where did she go to get more info about it?
6. What did the cover of the mag say?
7. how did the article suggest she accomplish her goal?
8. what did she read was a good replacement for meat?
9. and what would help them do a better job?
10. did she want to try again? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. meat
2. yes
3. when she was younger
4. her stomach had felt a little empty
5. the library
6. Learn to live on vegetables!
7. slowly
8. beans
9. rice and noodles
10. yes