Problem: Doha, Qatar (CNN) -- An international donors' conference on Darfur kicked off Sunday in Doha with the hope of raising $7.25 billion to bring aid and sustainable development to the troubled region in Sudan.

"There is an opportunity to assist the people of Darfur through massive generosity," said Ali Al-Zatari, the representative of the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Sudan.

"Darfur still needs stability," Al-Zatari added. He said 3.5 million people need humanitarian assistance, and 1.5 million of them live in camps.

The conference, whose participants include the UN, the governments of Qatar and Sudan, and the World Bank, seeks to "to mobilize financial support for the recovery and development needs in Darfur."

Reactions to the conference, however, are mixed.

"The conference is a strong message to the Darfurian people that they are not forgotten," said Abdullah Adam Khatir, a Darfurian writer. "It will take time, it's a process,."

Al-Baqir Afifi, a civil society activist, on the other hand, disagreed with the conference's approach.

"Those who are going to pledge money want to know if the money is going to reach Darfur or not," he said. "It is still insecure in Darfur; there is chaos," he added.

Protests against the conference took place in some camps in Darfur last week.

"What are they going to do with this money when there is no security?" an activist who preferred not to be named said, according to AFP.

Violence broke out in Darfur in 2003 when non-Arab rebel groups took up arms against the central government in Khartoum, accusing it of neglect and discrimination.
1. How much money does the conference want to gather?
2. True or False: Attitudes toward the conference are all positive.
3. How many Dafurians need help?
4. Do all of them live in camps?
5. Who is Al-Baqir Afifi?
6. Did he agree with the conference's plan?
7. What does Al-Zatari thinks Darfur needs?
8. Who is Al-Zatari?
9. True or False: The UN took part in the conference.
10. Which governments took part?
Answer: 1. $7.25 billion
2. unknown
3. 3.5 million
4. 1.5 million of them live in camps
5. a civil society activist
6. disagreed with the conference's approach.
7. humanitarian assistance
8. representative of the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Sudan
9. unknown
10. unknown

Problem: Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29,1958 in Gary, Indiana. Being the seventh child in his family, Michael was often physically abused by his father, beaten up and also orally abused. But Michael also owed his success to his father's strict discipline.

Michael was always an entertainer. Even when he just started school, he would perform in front of his friends and classmates. He started his professional music career at the age of 11, as a member of The Jackson Five.

He is well-known for increasing the popularity of MTV through his music videos. Before this, music videos were made just to promote the album. But Michael's videos managed to change that by making them an art and a big business. Some of the music videos that are good examples of this are Beat It, Billie Jean, and thriller. Through these works the world got caught onto the idea of music videos and focused on music video channels.

Michael _ his fans and audience with his style of singing, dressing, and his complex dance moves, especially the moonwalks all around the world to show their love for him.

Through his work and various foundations , Michael raised and donated millions to charity, which is much more than any showman. He supported 39 charities in all. Apart from that, he had a great love for children, especially the poor ones, and he felt that children were the best thing than God.

Michael planned to start a 50-concert tour in July 2009. Sadly on June 25th, 2009, Michael passed away at home. Besides a great performer, showman and entertainer, he was a good and charitable person. Nobody can be another graeter entertainer like Michael Jackson ever again.
1. Is Michael Jackson still alive?
2. Where did he die?
3. Where's that?
4. When it happen?
5. What was the cause?
6. Where did he grow up?
7. Did he have any siblings?
8. How many?
9. What was his dad known for?
10. Did his dad help him in any way?
11. How so?
12. What was his first musical group?
13. Was he on tv?
14. What channel?
15. What songs is he known for?
16. Was he religious?
Answer: 1. no
2. at home
3. unknown
4. June 25th, 2009
5. unknown
6. unknown
7. yes
8. unknown
9. being abusive
10. yes
11. with his strict discipline
12. The Jackson Five
13. yes
14. MTV
15. Beat It, Billie Jean, and thriller
16. unknown

Problem: London (CNN) -- I remember well the shock when in 2000 Alex Rodriquez signed a 10 year, a quarter of a billion dollar deal ($252 million) to play baseball with the Texas Rangers.

It was beyond reality, and it didn't work out for the Rangers. He was later traded to the Yankees who happily increased the deal. Good for Rodriguez.

But at least he was being paid to work.

Rory McIlroy has now become Nike's poster boy -- certainly there will be a lot of strings attached; but he's not being paid by Nike to swing a club. He'll get millions more to do that.

Read more: Nike unveils Rory McIlroy: Tiger's heir apparent

Good for McIlroy. It's a better deal from Nike than Woods got.

His baseball cap now switches from Titleist to the Nike tick. TV ads have already been shot.

Now, I wonder which stable of Nike's sports stallions will he join?

Will he join Roger Federer and Michael Jordan at causing little or no offenses on or off the field of play?

Will he join Lance Armstrong and one day cause a massive scandal putting his Nike contract in jeopardy?

Or will he join the middle rank of bad boy athletes who's off the field scandals don't cost them their Nike deal; think Kobe Bryant or of course, Tiger Woods.

What's the difference? Lance Armstrong is accused of cheating his fans and his beloved sport and cashed in on that cheating. But remember, Nike actually stood by Armstrong for months in 2012, when all others headed for the exit.
1. Who signed a contract?
2. For how much?
3. For which team?
4. How long was it for?
5. Did he stay 10 years with them?
6. Why not?
7. Where did he end up playing?
8. Did he make good money with them?
9. Who is Rory McIlroy?
10. How much did he make?
11. How doe he relate to Tiger Woods?
12. Who else worked for Nike?
13. Was there anyone else that did?
14. What kind of problems did he cause?
15. Did anyone else cause problems for them?
16. Did they lose their contracts?
17. What else did Lance Armstrong do?
18. How did Nike react to that?
19. What did his other sponsors do?
Answer:
1. Alex Rodriquez
2. $252 million
3. Texas Rangers
4. 10 year
5. N0
6. It was beyond reality
7. Yankees
8. Yes
9. Nike's poster boy
10. millions
11. better
12. Roger Federer and Michael Jordan
13. Lance Armstrong
14. massive scandal
15. Kobe Bryant and Tiger Woods
16. No
17. cheating his fans and sport
18. Nike stood by Armstrong
19. headed for the exit