Q: Blair: Blair was the first to appear in movies in history. In 1905, Blair appeared in the movie Rescued by Rover . It is a British film that a baby is kidnapped by an old woman, but the faithful family dog Rover saves the baby at last.

Though Rover is a common name, it became popular because of the dog hero in the movie.

Lassie: lassie used to be the most famous dog in the world. She is a character who has starred in many movies, TV shows and books over the years.

Lassie was created by Eric Knight and made her way into a short story in a newspaper in 1913 and into a novel in 1940.

Laika: Laika is the first animal that has orbited the earth. On November 3, 1957, Laika was sent to space in the Soviet Union's Sputnik 2.(2). The Soviets admitted soon after the launch that the spacecraft would not return. It meant that the poor animal would die. People argued a lot about Laika's death. Several countries issued stamps in memory of Laika. She became the first animal to give her life for the exploration of space.

Rin Tin Tin: Rin Tin Tin is the first American dog movie star. He first appeared in WhereThe North Begins in 1925. Rin Tin Tin went on to make 25 movies, he even signed his own contracts with paw prints . During his best time, he earned about 5 million dollars for those people who worked for him.

Snoopy: snoopy may be the most famous cartoon dog in the world. As a hunting beagle from Charles Schultz' popular newspaper comic strip , Peanuts, snoopy first appeared in 1950. Though snoopy was at first a minor figure, he grew to become the strip's best-known character. He is famous for always sleeping on top of his doghouse and sometimes dressing up and pretending himself as a World War I airplane pilot. Snoopy appeared in the Peanuts comic strips until Schultz's retirement ( and death ) in February of 2000.

Answer the following questions:
1. When was Laika sent into space?
2. on which spacecraft?
3. For which country?
4. Did she return to Earth?
5. When did Snoopy first appear in comics?6. What was the name of the strip?
7. Created by whom?
8. What breed of dog was he?
9. What did he sometimes pretend that he was?
10. When did he stop appearing in comics?
11. Why?
12. How many movies did Rin Tin Tin appear in?
13. Did he sign contracts?
14. How?
15. Who created the character Lassie?
16. What year was her novel written?
17. Which movie made the name Rover popular?
18. In what year?
19. What country created the film?
20. Who was the first American canine movie star?
A: 1. On November 3, 1957
2. Sputnik 2.
3. Soviet Union
4. no
5. in 1950
6. Peanuts
7. Charles Schultz
8. hunting beagle
9. A World War I airplane pilot
10. yes
11. Schultz retired and died
12. 25
13. yes
14. with paw prints
15. Eric Knight
16. 1940
17. Rescued by Rover
18. In 1905
19. Britain
20. Rin Tin Tin
Q: (CNN) -- Marc Marquez barely held off the legendary Valentino Rossi in a nail-biting conclusion to the opening race of the 2014 MotoGP season in Qatar but judging by his performances this weekend the second race won't be as close.

Marquez, the reigning world champion from Spain, finished well ahead of the pack Saturday in qualifying for the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, setting a record lap time and beating Repsol Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa by 0.289 seconds.

He was the fastest rider in practice yesterday, too.

"All weekend it has been going so well, but Sunday is the most important," Marquez told MotoGP's website. "We will have to push very hard the whole race.

"It will be an important start to the race when the tires are new, we can make a difference there before they start to slide. I'm happy with the base we have and we'll try to fight for the victory. I'm sure we'll be fighting with Pedrosa, he is our strongest rival."

Germany's Stefan Bradl starts third for LCR Honda, while two-time MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo and Rossi, his fellow Yamaha racer, begin fifth and sixth, respectively.

"The progression from the first practice on Friday is very big, we were two seconds behind and now half a second," said Lorenzo. "Anyway, as I thought, it's going to be a hard race tomorrow.

"Our goal is to fight for fourth or third position. I think it would be a good result because here our competitors are really strong so we need to make the best result we can. To finish on the podium would be a good thing."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who barely won in Qatar?
2. Who did he beat?
3. What year?
4. Where is Marquez from?
5. How did he end in Austin?
6. Did he set any records?
7. What?
8. What is the most important day according to an interview he gave?
9. What does he need to do on that day?
10. Who is his strongest competitor?
A: 1. Marc Marquez
2. Valentino Rossi
3. 2014
4. Spain
5. for the Grand Prix of the Americas
6. Yes
7. record lap time
8. Sunday
9. make a difference there before they start to slide
10. Pedrosa
Q: (TIME.com) -- Two of Emily Cunningham's three children have food allergies. And protecting her kids is taking toll on the family budget.

When she was nine months old, Cunningham's four-year-old daughter Elena ate a spoonful of yogurt and broke out in hives. Elena is allergic to eggs, tree nuts, dairy and peanuts, and even brief contact with one of the these hard-to-avoid items is all it takes to set off a potentially life-threatening immune reaction.

Cunningham's eight-month-old son Wyatt has a bad dairy allergy too.

In order to keep their kids safe and healthy, Emily Cunningham, a stay-at-home mother from Charlotte, North Carolina who writes the AllergenMenuMom blog, and her husband keep a completely allergy-free home, buying only food products that are free of any trace of their children's triggers.

But that protection comes at a high price. Between breathing medications and epipens of epinephrine, a drug used to treat anaphylactic shock, the Cunninghams spend about $1,000 a month to safeguard their children from their allergies, and that's before the grocery bill. Emily estimates her family spends $80 a month just on rice milk.

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About 4% to 6% of U.S. children under age 18 have food allergies, and the latest statistics show this percentage may be on the rise.

Why so many kids are experiencing allergies to common food items still isn't clear, although experts suspect that some of the trend can be attributed to improved public health and sanitation efforts that may have made us too clean to build strong enough immunity to common allergens found in food and the environment. Kids not eating things like nuts and shellfish at an earlier age may also contribute to the rise in food allergies.

Answer the following questions:
1. How man kids does Emily Cunningham have?
2. Do they have allergies?
3. Does this challenge her?
4. How?
5. Why is this?
6. What do they buy?
7. How much are these?
8. Does she have to spend more than this?
9. On what?
10. How much is that?
11. What are her kids' names?
12. What is Elena allergic to?
13. What about her son?
14. Is this a common problem?
15. How many kids have this problem?
16. Why do people get allergies?
17. Do doctors have any guesses?
18. Like what?
A:
1. Two
2. Yes.
3. Yes
4. Its taking toll on the family budget.
5. Protection comes at a high price.
6. Breathing medications and epipens of epinephrine
7. About $1,000 a month.
8. Yes
9. The grocery bill.
10. $80 a month just on rice milk.
11. Elena and Wyatt.
12. Eggs, tree nuts, dairy and peanuts.
13. Dairy.
14. Yes
15. 4% to 6% of U.S. children,
16. It isn't clear.
17. Yes
18. Not eating nuts and shellfish an earlier age.