question: CHAPTER XI

Thus William Wetherell became established in Coniston, and was started at last--poor man--upon a life that was fairly tranquil. Lem Hallowell had once covered him with blushes by unfolding a newspaper in the store and reading an editorial beginning: "We publish today a new and attractive feature of the Guardian, a weekly contribution from a correspondent whose modesty is to be compared only with his genius as a writer. We are confident that the readers of our Raper will appreciate the letter in another column signed 'W. W.'" And from that day William was accorded much of the deference due to a litterateur which the fates had hitherto denied him. Indeed, during the six years which we are about to skip over so lightly, he became a marked man in Coniston, and it was voted in towns meeting that he be intrusted with that most important of literary labors, the Town History of Coniston.

During this period, too, there sprang up the strangest of intimacies between him and Jethro Bass. Surely no more dissimilar men than these have ever been friends, and that the friendship was sometimes misjudged was one of the clouds on William Wetherell's horizon. As the years went on he was still unable to pay off the mortgage; and sometimes, indeed, he could not even meet the interest, in spite of the princely sum he received from Mr. Willard of the Guardian. This was one of the clouds on Jethro's horizon, too, if men had but known it, and he took such moneys as Wetherell insisted upon giving him grudgingly enough. It is needless to say that he refrained from making use of Mr. Wetherell politically, although no poorer vessel for political purposes was ever constructed. It is quite as needless to say, perhaps, that Chester Perkins never got to be Chairman of the Board of Selectmen.
1. who was established in Coniston ?
2. who covered him ?
3. how ?
4. was the Guardian a yearly contribution ?
5. what was the column signed by ?
6. who became a marked man ?
7. what is the most important of literary labors ?
8. who was unable to pay the mortgage ?
9. Who paid him a large sum of money ?
10. of where ?
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answer: 1. William Wetherell
2. Lem Hallowell
3. reading an editorial
4. unknown
5. W. W.'"
6. William
7. the Town History of Coniston
8. William Wetherell
9. Mr. Willard
10. the Guardian

question: CHAPTER I. The Troubles of King Prigio.

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"I'm sure I don't know what to do with that boy!" said King Prigio of Pantouflia.

"If _you_ don't know, my dear," said Queen Rosalind, his illustrious consort, "I can't see what is to be done. You are so clever."

The king and queen were sitting in the royal library, of which the shelves were full of the most delightful fairy books in all languages, all equally familiar to King Prigio. The queen could not read most of them herself, but the king used to read them aloud to her. A good many years had passed--seventeen, in fact--since Queen Rosalind was married, but you would not think it to look at her. Her grey eyes were as kind and soft and beautiful, her dark hair as dark, and her pretty colour as like a white rose blushing, as on the day when she was a bride. And she was as fond of the king as when he was only Prince Prigio, and he was as fond of her as on the night when he first met her at the ball.

"No, I don't know what to do with Dick," said the king.

He meant his son, Prince Ricardo, but he called him Dick in private.

"I believe it's the fault of his education," his Majesty went on. "We have not brought him up rightly. These fairy books are at the bottom of his provoking behaviour," and he glanced round the shelves. "Now, when _I_ was a boy, my dear mother tried to prevent me from reading fairy books, because she did not believe in fairies."
1. Where were the king and queen sitting?
2. Was the queen able to read well?
3. Who was Dick?
4. Who did the queen say was clever?
5. How long had passed since the king and queen were married?
6. Did the queen have light hair?
7. Who used to read to her?
8. Did they like each other?
9. What name did Dick usually go by?
10. Were they having trouble with him?
11. What did the king think the problem was?
12. What kind of books were to blame?
13. Who didn't believe in fairies?
14. What was the queen's name?
15. And the king's?
16. Where was he the king of?
17. What color were the queen's eyes?
18. Did she seem mean?
19. What flower did she resemble when she blushed?
20. Where did she meet her husband?
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answer: 1. in the royal library
2. no
3. He meant his son, Prince Ricardo, but he called him Dick in private.
4. the king
5. seventeen years
6. no
7. the king
8. yes
9. Prince Ricardo
10. yes
11. his education
12. fairy books
13. The king's mother
14. Rosalind
15. Prigio
16. Pantouflia
17. grey
18. no
19. white rose
20. at the ball

question: Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American major record label established in 1958 as the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group (WMG), and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. Warner Bros. Records was established on March 19, 1958, as the recorded-music division of the American film studio Warner Bros.. For most of its early existence it was one of a group of labels owned and operated by larger parent corporations. The sequence of companies that controlled Warner Bros. and its allied labels evolved through a convoluted series of corporate mergers and acquisitions from the early 1960s to the early 2000s. Over this period, Warner Bros. Records grew from a struggling minor player in the music industry to become one of the top recording labels in the world.

In 2003, these music assets were divested by their then owner Time Warner and purchased by a private equity group. This independent company traded as the Warner Music Group before being bought by Access Industries in 2011. WMG is the smallest of the three major international music conglomerates and the world's last publicly traded major music company. Cameron Strang serves as CEO of the company.

Artists currently signed to Warner Bros. Records include Sleeping with Sirens, Cher, Kylie Minogue, Kimbra, the Goo Goo Dolls, Sheryl Crow, Ciara, Gorillaz, Adam Lambert, Bette Midler, Blur, Duran Duran, Fleet Foxes, Jason Derulo, Kid Rock, Lily Allen, Linkin Park, Muse, Nile Rodgers, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Black Keys, My Chemical Romance and Regina Spektor.
1. Does this company sign artists?
2. What is the company called?
3. When was it started?
4. Is it called something different now?
5. Who is someone they signed?
6. Anyone else?
7. Was it autonomous at first?
8. Who long did it shift around?
9. Did it start big and then get small?
10. Who had them in 2003?
11. After that?
12. What happened in 2011?
13. How many huge musical businesses are there?
14. Are they the biggest?
15. Are they all on the public market?
16. Who runs it?
17. Do they only sign women?
18. What male example is there?
19. Do they have less than 5 people right now?
20. Do they make films?
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answer:
1. yes
2. Warner Bros. Records Inc.
3. 1958
4. WMG
5. Sleeping with Sirens
6. Cher
7. no
8. from the early 1960s to the early 2000s.
9. no
10. Time Warner
11. A private equity group.
12. It was bought by Access Industries.
13. Three
14. yes
15. no
16. Cameron Strang
17. no
18. Adam Lambert
19. no
20. no