Question: The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Busch Stadium has been their home ballpark since 2006. With origins as one of the early professional baseball clubs in St. Louis, entrepreneur Chris von der Ahe purchased a barnstorming club in 1881, then known as the Brown Stockings, and established them as charter members of the American Association (AA) the following season. Upon the discontinuation of the AA, St. Louis joined the NL in 1892; at that time, they were called the Browns and the Perfectos before they were officially renamed as the Cardinals in 1900.

One of the most successful franchises in baseball history, the Cardinals have won 11 World Series championships, the second-most in Major League Baseball and most in the National League. Their 19 National League pennants rank third in NL history. In addition, St. Louis has won 13 division titles in the East and Central divisions. While still in the AA, St. Louis won four league championships, qualifying them to play in a forerunner of the World Series. They tied in 1885 and won outright in 1886, both times against Chicago, in the first meetings of the CardinalsCubs rivalry that continues to this day. 1. what was the very first name of the team?
2. when did they get the name Cardinals?
3. who was the early mentioned owner?
4. when did he buy them?
5. what state do they play in?
6. in what city?
7. who is their main rival?
8. did they face the cubs in championships prior to the 20th century?
9. how many times?
10. are they a member of the American League?
11. what league are they in?
12. what division are they a part of?
13. what years did they face the cubs in championships?
14. did they win both times?
15. how many times did they win?
16. how many times have they won the world series
17. is that the most in the MLB?
18. how does it rank?
19. what is the name of their stadium?
20. when did that become their park? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. the Brown Stockings
2. 1900
3. Chris von der Ahe
4. 1881
5. Missouri
6. St. Louis
7. the Cubs
8. Yes
9. two
10. No
11. the National League
12. the Central division
13. 1885 and 1886,
14. No
15. once
16. 11
17. No
18. second
19. Busch Stadium
20. 2006.

Question: Steve Flaig of Grand Rapids, Michigan, knew he'd been adopted as a baby, and when he turned 18, in 2003, he decided he'd try to track down his birth mother. The agency from which he'd been adopted gave him his mother's name: Christine Tallady. But online searches didn't turn up any results, and Flaig let it go.

In 2007, though, he searched for the name again online. This time, the search results included a home address near the Lowe's store where Flaig, then 22, worked as a deliveryman.When he mentioned the coincidence to his boss, his boss said, " You mean Chris Tallady, who works here?"

Flaig and Tallady, 45, a cashier, had said hi to each other a few times at thestore, but they'd never really talked. He hadn't even known her name. Flaig thought, " There's no possible way she's my mother."

For a few months, Flaig avoided Tallady. " I wasn't sure how to approach her," he told a local reporter. Finally, an adoption agency employee volunteered to call Tallady for him.

When Tallady realized that the nice guy she'd been waving at was her son, she _ . " I wasn't ready to be a mother at that time." She'd given him up for adoption in 1985, when she was 23. However, she'd always hoped to meet her birth son one day. Later that day, mother and son talked for almost three hours at a nearbybar.

Married with two other children, Tallady said, "I have a complete family now." 1. How long did Flaig avoid Tallady?
2. Was he sure how to approach her?
3. Whom did he tell that?
4. Who finally made the call to Tallady?
5. What Steve given up for adoption?
6. What year?
7. How old was his mother?
8. Did she hope to meet her son someday?
9. Did they talk that day?
10. For how long?
11. Where?
12. Where did Steve live?
13. Did he know he was adopted?
14. How old was he when he decided to track down his mother?
15. What year was that?
16. Did he know his mothers name?
17. What was it?
18. Did an online search in 2007 reveal an address?
19. What was it near?
20. What did Steve do there? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. For a few months.
2. No.
3. A local reporter.
4. Adoption agency employee.
5. Yes.
6. 1985.
7. 23.
8. Yes.
9. Yes.
10. Almost three hours.
11. A nearby bar.
12. Grand Rapids, Michigan.
13. Yes.
14. 18.
15. 2003
16. Yes.
17. Christine Tallady.
18. Yes.
19. Lowe's store.
20. Deliveryman.

Question: (CNN) -- The list of those on the program for superstar pop singer Whitney Houston's funeral covers the spectrum of the entertainment world.

Actor Kevin Costner, who starred with Houston in the 1992 hit movie "The Bodyguard," will speak at the service on Saturday, according to a source with knowledge of the funeral plans.

Gospel singer Kim Burrell told CNN's Jason Carroll she will sing, "I Believe in You and Me," a selection made by the Houston family. The song was included in the soundtrack from "The Preacher's Wife," a 1996 film starring Houston.

The ceremony also will feature performances by Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys and Aretha Franklin, who is Houston's godmother. Singer Roberta Flack will attend, but it was unclear whether she would perform.

Houston's ex-husband, Bobby Brown, has been officially invited to the funeral, according to Houston representative Kristen Foster.

Brown was openly emotional at a show in Mississippi on Saturday night following news of Houston's death, then pulled out of a performance in Nashville on Sunday night and flew to Los Angeles.

He will rejoin New Edition Thursday night for a performance in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, according to a New Edition publicist. Brown considers performing as therapy to get him through a difficult time, a source close to Brown said.

Foster said gospel singer Donnie McClurkin, actor-director Tyler Perry, producer Clive Davis, composer and music director Rickey Minor and Houston's cousin, Dionne Warwick, are among those on the program for the funeral.

Minor, who worked with Houston, told CNN that he will be involved with the funeral's music and that the New Jersey Mass Choir will perform. 1. Who were at the funeral?
2. Whose funeral?
3. Who was she?
4. Who will be one of the speakers?
5. Who is he?
6. How he is related to her?
7. In what movie?
8. When?
9. BTW, when is the service?
10. Who was her husband?
11. Is he invited?
12. Who confirmed that?
13. What Brown was doing in Mississippi?
14. What was his reaction at the news?
15. When did that happen?
16. What happened in Nashville?
17. On what day?
18. Where he ended up then?
19. Who is Donnie McClurkin?
20. Which choir will perform there? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. pectrum of the entertainment world
2. Whitney
3. pop singer
4. Kevin Costner
5. Actor
6. who starred with Houston
7. The Bodyguard
8. 1992
9. unknown
10. Bobby Brown
11. yes
12. Kristen Foster
13. a show
14. openly emotional
15. Saturday nigh
16. ulled out of a performance
17. Sunday
18. Los Angeles
19. gospel singer
20. New Jersey Mass Choir