question: CHAPTER 18

That we, whose work commenced in tears, May see our labours thrive, Till finished with success, to make Our drooping hearts revive. Though he despond that sows his grain, Yet, doubtless, he shall come To bind his full-ear'd sheaves, and bring The joyful harvest home.

--Psalm 126. New Version

Business cares soon began. Arthur consented to allow his brother to lay his embarrassments before his father. 'Do as you please,' he said; 'but make him understand that I am not asking him to help me out of the scrape. He does all he can for me, and cannot afford more; or, if he could, Theodora ought to be thought of first. All I wish is, that something should be secured to Violet and the children, and that, if I don't get clear in my lifetime, these debts may not be left for Johnnie.

'That you may rely on,' said John. 'I wish I could help you; but there were many things at Barbuda that seemed so like fancies of my own, that I could not ask my father to pay for them, and I have not much at my disposal just now.'

'It is a good one to hear you apologizing to me!' said Arthur, laughing, but rather sadly, as John carried off the ominous pocket-book to the study, hoping to effect great things for his brother; and, as the best introduction, he began by producing the letter written at Christmas. Lord Martindale was touched by the commencement, but was presently lost in surprise on discovering Percy's advance.
1. Who was glad to hear an apology?
2. Was he upset?
3. What was he?
4. Did Arthur have a sibling?
5. Who should've been thought of first?
6. Who said he didn't want to ask his father to pay for his fancies?
7. Did he have a lot of money?
8. What did John take to the study?
9. When was the letter written?
10. Who seemed deep in surprise?
11. What did John want Arthur to make sure their dad understood?
12. What did John say was all he wanted?
13. Which brother was asking for Violet and the kids to be taken care of?
14. Where were there a lot of things that were like fancies?
15. What did John want to do when he took the pocket-book?
16. What was the Lord touched by?
17. Who did Arthur say he didn't want to have to pay his debts?
18. What was beginning soon?
19. Who does Arthur say does all he can for Arthur?
20. Is his father able to pay more?
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answer: 1. Arthur
2. no
3. sad but laughing
4. yes
5. Theodora
6. John
7. no
8. the pocket-book
9. at Christmas
10. Lord Martindale
11. that he wasn't asking him to help him out of a scrape
12. that something should be secured to Violet and the children
13. Arthur
14. Barbuda
15. great things for his brother
16. by the commencement,
17. Johnnie
18. business
19. his father
20. no

question: LONDON, England (CNN) -- British police are reviewing the death of Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones, 40 years after the hard-living rocker was found dead in a swimming pool.

An autographed photo of Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones who was found dead in July 1969

Police in Sussex, in southern England, have confirmed they are examining documents given to them by an investigative journalist who has been researching events surrounding Jones' death.

Scott Jones, who is not related to the musician, has spent four years reviewing the evidence and speaking to key witnesses in the case.

In an article published in the Daily Mail in November 2008, Jones wrote, "I'm convinced Brian Jones' death was not fully investigated. The only question that remains is why?"

Brian Jones' body was found in the swimming pool after a party at his home in Cotchford Farm, East Sussex in July 1969. He was 27.

An inquest returned a verdict of death by misadventure, despite post mortem results showing he had not taken illegal drugs and had only consumed the alcoholic equivalent of three and a half pints of beer.

One of the most popular conspiracy theories that followed was that Jones was murdered by his builder, Frank Thorogood.

The theory gained credence after Thorogood allegedly confessed to the killing before his death in 1993. The storyline formed the basis of the 2005 film "Stoned."

Sussex police told CNN they could not say how long it would take to review the new material, nor whether it could lead to a full investigation.
1. Who was found dead in his pool in 1969?
2. How old was he?
3. What was he the founder of?
4. Where was he found?
5. In what location?
6. What are police looking at that a journalist gave them?
7. What's the journalist's name?
8. In what publication did he write an article about Brian Jones' death?
9. What was the verdict about the death of Jones?
10. What verdict did an inquest return?
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answer: 1. Brian Jones
2. 27
3. Rolling Stones
4. swimming pool
5. Cotchford Farm, East Sussex
6. documents
7. Scott Jones
8. Daily Mail
9. Jones was murdered by his builder, Frank Thorogood.
10. death by misadventure

question: In biology, kingdom (Latin: regnum, plural regna) is the second highest taxonomic rank, just below domain. Kingdoms are divided into smaller groups called phyla. Traditionally, some textbooks from the United States used a system of six kingdoms (Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Archaea/Archaeabacteria, and Bacteria/Eubacteria) while textbooks in Great Britain, India, Australia, Latin America and other countries used five kingdoms (Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista and Monera). Some recent classifications based on modern cladistics have explicitly abandoned the term "kingdom", noting that the traditional kingdoms are not monophyletic, i.e., do not consist of all the descendants of a common ancestor.

When Carolus Linnaeus introduced the rank-based system of nomenclature into biology in 1735, the highest rank was given the name "kingdom" and was followed by four other main or principal ranks: class, order, genus and species. Later two further main ranks were introduced, making the sequence kingdom, phylum or division, class, order, family, genus and species. In the 1960s a rank was introduced above kingdom, namely domain (or empire), so that kingdom is no longer the highest rank.

Prefixes can be added so "subkingdom" ("subregnum") and "infrakingdom" (also known as "infraregnum") are the two ranks immediately below kingdom. Superkingdom may be considered as an equivalent of domain or empire or as an independent rank between kingdom and domain or subdomain. In some classification systems the additional rank "branch" (Latin: "ramus") can be inserted between subkingdom and infrakingdom (e.g. Protostomia and Deuterostomia in the classification of Cavalier-Smith).
1. Which rank is this article about?
2. What is above it?
3. And below it?
4. How many kingdoms does the US recognize?
5. And elsewhere?
6. How many kingdoms do they agree on?
7. Which ones are those?
8. What kingdoms does the US have that the others don't?
9. And which ones do others have that the US doesn't?
10. Who created this system?
11. When?
12. What science is this part of?
13. Was kingdom the highest rank at first?
14. Is it still?
15. Why not?
16. What's another name for domain?
17. Originally how many ranks were below kingdom?
18. What were they?
19. Is it still like that?
20. What happened?
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answer:
1. Kingdom
2. domain
3. phyla
4. Six
5. Five
6. Four
7. Animalia, Plantae, Fungi and Protista
8. Archaea/Archaeabacteria, and Bacteria/Eubacteria
9. Monera
10. Carolus Linnaeus
11. 1735
12. biology
13. yes
14. no
15. in the 1960s a rank was introduced above kingdom
16. empire
17. four
18. class, order, genus and species
19. no
20. later, 2 other ranks were introduced