Q: Our village carpenter , John Hill, came one day and made a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for the job.

My wife said to me quietly, "It's his ninth cup of tea today." But she said in a loud voice, "It is a beautiful table, dear, isn't it?"

"I will decide about that when I see the bill, " I read:

One dining table, 10 November, 1989.

Cost of wood: $17.00

Paint: $1.50

Work: 8 hours ($1 an hour) $8.00

Total: $36.50

When I was looking at the bill, John said, "It's been a fine day, hasn't it? Quite sunny." "Yes," I said, "I'm glad it is only the 10thof November."

"Me, too," said John. "You wait. It'll be a lot colder by the end of the month."

"Yes, colder.... And more expensive! Dining tables will be $20 more expensive on November 30th, won't they, John?" John looked hard at me for half a minute. Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes? I gave his bill back to him.

"If it isn't too much trouble, John," I said, "Please add it up again and you can forget the date."

I paid him $26.50and he was happy to get it.

1. $26.50
2. No
3. Yes
4. $10.00
5. Yes
6. Too many man hours
7. The 10th
8. $20 more expensive
9. on November 30th
10. $10.00
11. No
12. blue
13. John Hill
14. The wife
15. They wanted it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows.
16. No
17. Nine
18. $1 an hour
19. wood
20. $1.50

Numbered questions:
1. How much did he pay for the table?
2. Was the carpenter angry about that?
3. Was it less than he billed?
4. By how much?
5. Was there an addition error?
6. What did the carpenter mistakenly add to the priuce?
7. What day of the month was it?
8. What did the man joke would be different at the end of the month?
9. On which date?
10. If that were true, how much more would a table be on the 20th?
11. Does the carpenter have green eyes?
12. What color?
13. What's the carpenter's name?
14. Who was the table for?
15. Why couldn't they just buy any table from a store?
16. Did the husband come home in the afternoon?
17. How many beverages did the worker partake in that day?
18. How much does the carpenter bill for labor?
19. What cost $17?
20. And how much for the paint?

Q: There was once an octopus who lived under the ocean. His name was Fred. Fred had never seen the world above the ocean before. He had spent all of his life under water with his friends, a blow fish named Joey, a sponge named Pam, a star fish named Elaine, and another octopus, Stacey. So you can imagine his surprise when he found a treasure chest that had been lost by a ship that had sunk. Inside the chest were things that were completely new to him. Among these was a whole bunch of food items, such as a bottle of ketchup, a coffee mug, a cherry pie, a sandwich, and more. When Fred found these things, he wanted to keep them all for himself. So when he returned to his friends, he didn't tell them what he had found. When his best friend Stacey asked him where he had been, Fred lied and said that he had only gone for a swim. But Stacey didn't believe him. Later on, when Fred was sound asleep in his bed, Stacey visited his room to see what he had been up to. She went digging around in his room for something interesting. When she found the treasure chest, she was amazed at what was inside. But she was also upset at Fred for lying to her, so she woke up him in the middle of the night to yell at him. Fred understood his mistake and apologized to Stacey, and then they shared the food.

1. under the ocean
2. His name was Fred
3. Fred had never seen the world above the ocean before.
4. yes
5. Three
6. Joey, Pam, Elaine, a, Stacey
7. treasure chest
8. ocean.
9. YES
10. yes
11. food items

Numbered questions:
1. Where did the octopus live?
2. Was it male or female?
3. Had he ever been out of the sea?
4. Did he have friends?
5. How many?
6. What were there names?
7. What did he find?
8. where?
9. Did he open the chest?
10. Did he recognize the contents?
11. What kind of items did he find?

Q: The BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Limited, commonly known as the British Phonographic Industry or BPI, is the British recorded music industry's trade association.

Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all three "major" record companies in the UK (Warner Music UK, Sony Music Entertainment, and Universal Music Group), and hundreds of independent music labels and small to medium-sized music businesses.

It has represented the interests of British record companies since being formally incorporated in 1973 when the principal aim was to promote British music and fight copyright infringement.

In 2007, the association's legal name was changed from British Phonographic Industry Limited (The).

It founded the annual BRIT Awards for the British music industry in 1977, and, later, The Classic BRIT Awards. The organizing company, BRIT Awards Limited, is a fully owned subsidiary of the BPI. Proceeds from both shows go to the BRIT Trust, the charitable arm of the BPI that has donated almost 15m to charitable causes nationwide since its foundation in 1989. In September 2013, the BPI presented the first ever BRITs Icon Award to Sir Elton John. The BPI also endorsed the launch of the Mercury Prize for the Album of the Year in 1992.

The recorded music industry's Certified Awards program, which attributes Platinum, Gold and Silver status to singles, albums and music videos (Platinum and Gold only) based on their sales performance (see BPI Certified Awards program), has been administered by the BPI since its inception in 1973. In September 2008, the BPI became one of the founding members of UK Music, an umbrella organisation representing the interests of all parts of the industry.

1. the British recorded music industry's trade association
2. British record companies
3. hundreds of music companies
4. the trhee "major" record companies in the UK
5. Warner Music UK, Sony Music Entertainment, and Universal Music Group
6. the association's legal name was changed
7. British Phonographic Industry Limited (The)
8. the annual BRIT Awards for the British music industry in 1977
9. the inception of the BPI
10. the British Phonographic Industry
11. BPI
12. The Certified Awards program
13. no
14. an umbrella organisation of BPI
15. to promote British music and fight copyright infringement
16. to the BRIT Trust
17. the charitable arm of the BPI
18. the BPI presented the first ever BRITs Icon Award to Sir Elton John
19. the Mercury Prize for the Album of the Year
20. unknown

Numbered questions:
1. What is the BPI?
2. Whose interests does it represent?
3. What is its membership made up of?
4. Including which three companies?
5. What are those?
6. What happened in 2007?
7. From what?
8. What was founded in 1977?
9. What happened in 1973?
10. What is a common name for the BPI?
11. Who does BRIT Awards Limited, belong to?
12. What attributes attributes Platinum, Gold and Silver status to singles?
13. Do music videos get silver singles status?
14. What is UK Music?
15. What was the main aim of being incorporated in 1973?
16. What do profits of the BRIT Awards and the Classic BRIT Awards go to?
17. What is the BRIT Trust?
18. What happened in 2013?
19. What prize was started in 1992?
20. Was an award also given to David Bowie in 2013?