question: (CNN) -- Sarah McLachlan, the Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter whose ballads helped so many of us through heartache, breakups and loss, was barely out of her teenage years when her first album was released back in 1988.

Now, she's a 46-year-old divorced mom of two girls touring the country to promote her seventh full-length solo album, called "Shine On."

"I'm a whole hell of a lot older," she joked, when I asked her, during a casual conversation at CNN's studios earlier this week, how much her life has changed.

McLachlan credits her success in the '90s, fueled by memorable hits such as "I Will Remember You" and "Angel," with allowing her to take time off, have children and be a full-time parent. Her girls, now ages 7 and 12, have traveled on tour with her since they were babies.

"They're the great leveler because they couldn't care less what it is that I do for a living," she said with a laugh.

The three-time Grammy Award winner and Canadian-born singer didn't quite set out on her career to empower women, but that's what she's done. She spearheaded the Lilith Fair, a concert tour comprised of only female artists and female-led bands in the late 1990s and again in 2010, which raised millions for charities.

During our mom-to-mom chat, we talked about her biggest worries as a parent, what she admires about the singer Lorde and why her sex life is thriving. The video above and this transcript of our conversation have been edited for length and clarity:
1. Who is responsible for the hit "I Will Remember You"?
2. In what country was she born?
3. How old is she now?
4. When was her first album released?
5. What decade did she become most successful?
6. What did she decide to do with her earnings?
7. How many children does she have?
8. How old are they?
9. Have they always traveled with her?
10. Is she currently married?
11. Despite that, what does she say is thriving?
12. How many Grammys has she won?
13. Who has she empowered?
14. Was it intentional?
15. Which tour did she lead?
16. What years did it occur?
17. What was notable about this tour?
18. How much was raised?
19. Was the tour male-dominated?
20. What roles did women play in the tour?
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answer: 1. McLachlan
2. Canada
3. 46
4. 1988
5. the '90s
6. take time off
7. two
8. 7 and 12
9. no
10. no
11. her sex life
12. three
13. women
14. no
15. Lilith Fair
16. 1990s and 2010
17. raised money for charities.
18. millions
19. no
20. artists and band members

question: (CNN) -- Passengers have been rescued from a gondola dangling over a freezing creek after the tower snapped in half Tuesday at a ski resort near Whistler, British Columbia.

Rescuers try to reach the passengers trapped inside one of the suspended gondolas Tuesday.

Doug Forseth, senior vice president of the resort, said a total of 53 passengers had been rescued. He said no more people are trapped.

The section of the lift affected by the accident had 15 cars going up the mountain and 15 coming down at the time, but they were sparsely populated, Forseth said.

Three people were freed on the up side, each in a different gondola car, along with 50 people divided among the 15 cars on the down side, he said.

The accident occurred at a tower that was constructed in two pieces, and the top part came away from the lower part, Forseth said. He said resort officials did not know what caused the structural failure, but an investigation would be conducted Wednesday.

Tyler Noble, a reporter for CNNRadio affiliate CKNW in Vancouver, was on the scene at the Whistler Blackcomb resort about 110 miles north of Vancouver. He reported that at least two gondola cars hit the ground after the accident, both from relatively low heights near the tower that split and caused the system's heavy cable line to slacken.

"One hit a bus stop and the other hit a house," Noble said. "Another one was suspended over a creek, but everyone is out of that car."
1. Where is Tyler Noble a report?
2. What city is that based in?
3. What is Doug Forseth's role?
4. How many people were saved?
5. Were more trapped?
6. When did this happen?
7. Was it cold at the time?
8. When would the investigation begin?
9. What was the gondola hanging over?
10. Where was the creek at?
11. In what province?
12. What is the name of the resort?
13. Where did the gondolas hit?
14. Was one hanging over the creek?
15. Was anyone in it?
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answer: 1. CNNRadio affiliate CKNW
2. Whistler
3. senior vice president
4. 53
5. no
6. Tuesday
7. yes
8. Wednesday.
9. a freezing creek
10. a ski resort
11. Whistler, British Columbia.
12. Whistler Blackcomb resort
13. One hit a bus stop and the other hit a house
14. yes
15. no

question: Brasilia (Portuguese pronunciation: [bazilj]) is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District. The city is located atop the Brazilian highlands in the country's center-western region. It was founded on April 21, 1960, to serve as the new national capital. Brasilia and its metro (encompassing the whole of the Federal District) had a population of 2,556,149 in 2011, making it the 4th most populous city in Brazil. Among major Latin American cities, Brasilia has the highest GDP per capita at R$61,915 (US$36,175).

The city has a unique status in Brazil, as it is an administrative division rather than a legal municipality like other cities in Brazil. The name 'Brasilia' is commonly used as a synonym for the Federal District through synecdoche; However, the Federal District is composed of 31 administrative regions, only one of which is Brasilia proper, with a population of 209,926 in a 2011 survey; Demographic publications generally do not make this distinction and list the population of Brasilia as synonymous with the population of the Federal District, considering the whole of it as its metropolitan area. The city was one of the main host cities of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Additionally, Brasilia hosted the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.
1. as of 2011, what is the population of Brasilia?
2. what country is it capital of?
3. how many administrative regions are actually known as Brasilia?
4. when did it host the FIFA cup?
5. and the confederations cup?
6. what rank is it among populous Latin American cities?
7. does any other Latin American city have a higher GDP?
8. how much is it per capita in USD?
9. when was it founded?
10. what region is it in?
11. does it have special status?
12. is it a legal municipality?
13. what is it?
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answer:
1. 2,556,149
2. Brazil
3. 31
4. 2014
5. 2013
6. 4th
7. No
8. $36,175
9. April 21, 1960
10. center-western
11. Yes
12. No
13. administrative division