Q: Washington (CNN)Ted Cruz is back in his favorite place: the spotlight.

As the first candidate to quit the charade of "exploring" a presidential run and actually jumping in, the Texas Republican senator presented an image Monday of decisiveness and vision -- all before an auditorium of mostly supportive young evangelicals.

Now comes the hard part.

Cruz must make inroads with wide swaths of the GOP if he hopes to break through as a top-tier candidate. He doesn't have many friends in the party establishment thanks to his hard-line tactics on issues like Obamacare. And he's facing steep competition for the conservative vote from the likes of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. Even evangelicals, Cruz's target audience during his launch speech at Liberty University, aren't firmly in his column.

The firebrand's decision to jump-start the 2016 election season now is an implicit admission of the daunting challenges he will face in a crowded GOP field where multiple Republicans will vie for the same social and evangelical support base.

"Ted is clearly a player," said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, a Christian public policy ministry. "But the competition this cycle is very steep."

By choosing Liberty University in Virginia, which was founded by fundamentalist preacher Jerry Falwell, to roll out his long shot campaign, Cruz made clear he won't cede the Christian right to another candidate.

"From the dawn of this country, at every stage, America has enjoyed God's providential blessing," said Cruz, roaming the stage with a microphone like a megachurch preacher on a Sunday morning. "Over and over again, when we faced impossible odds, the American people rose to the challenge. You know, compared to that, repealing Obamacare and abolishing the IRS ain't all that tough."

1. president of the Family Research Council,
2. Tony Perkins
3. Christian public policy ministry
4. Ted Cruz
5. Texas
6. Republican
7. the spotlight.
8. . Scott Walker
9. Wisconsin
10. Wisconsin Gov.
11. Liberty University
12. Jerry Falwell
13. unknown
14. No
15. Yes
16. repeal
17. yes
18. 2016

Numbered questions:
1. who said "ted is a player"?
2. what is his name?
3. what does the Family research Council do?
4. who was Tony referring to?
5. which state is he a senator?
6. is he republican or a democrat?
7. what is his favorite place to be?
8. who is giving him competition?
9. of what state?
10. what title does Scott Walker have?
11. where was Cruz's launch speech?
12. who found it?
13. does Ted have many friends in the party?
14. is Cruz prepared to cede the Christian right?
15. doe he want to abolish the IRS?
16. what does he want to do to Obamacare?
17. Is he looking to target evangelicals?
18. what year did he kick off his campaign?

Q: Appointments to the Order of the British Empire were at first made on the nomination of the self-governing Dominions of the Empire, the Viceroy of India, and the colonial governors, as well as on nominations from within the United Kingdom. As the Empire evolved into the Commonwealth, nominations continued to come from the Commonwealth realms, in which the monarch remained head of state. These overseas nominations have been discontinued in realms that have established their own Orderssuch as the Order of Australia, the Order of Canada, and the New Zealand Order of Meritbut members of the Order are still appointed in the British Overseas Territories.

Any individual made a member of the Order for gallantry could wear an emblem of two crossed silver oak leaves on the same riband, ribbon or bow as the badge. It could not be awarded posthumously and was effectively replaced in 1974 with the Queen's Gallantry Medal. If recipients of the Order of the British Empire for Gallantry received promotion within the Order, whether for gallantry or otherwise, they continued to wear also the insignia of the lower grade with the oak leaves. However, they only used the post-nominal letters of the higher grade.

1. the Commonwealth
2. The nomination of the self-governing Dominions of the Empire
3. Yes
4. Order of the British Empire
5. the monarch
6. Overseas
7. yes
8. India
9. Two
10. The Order for gallantry
11. No
12. The Queen's Gallantry Medal
13. 1974
14. They were discontinued
15. Yes
16. Order of Merit
17. yes
18. Yes, they did too
19. No
20. For gallantry or otherwise

Numbered questions:
1. What did the Empire change to?
2. What were appointments based on?
3. Can the United Kingdom make nominations?
4. What were the appointments for?
5. Who was in charge of some states?
6. Which areas was that?
7. Did the Viceroy make nominations?
8. Where is he from?
9. How many leaves were on the emblem?
10. People belonging to what could wear that?
11. Could you become a member after death?
12. What replaced it?
13. When?
14. What happened to overseas nominations in areas with their own orders?
15. Could the still be appointed in the British areas?
16. What was the name of New Zealands group?
17. Did Canada have their own?
18. What about Australia?
19. What about China?
20. What could you get a promotion for?

Q: BEIJING, China (CNN) -- When we requested an interview with members of the Communist Youth League, I expected an army of suits with well-rehearsed answers. Instead, we met three students casually dressed in jeans, just 18 to 23 years old.

Christina Zhang wants to be a linguistics teacher or professor. She plans to attend graduate school.

The interview was arranged by the State Council Information Office, in advance of the upcoming 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Unlike many government-sanctioned shoots, it was not carefully choreographed or closely monitored. The students did arrive with a "minder" of sorts, but he was no older than them and didn't interrupt the conversation.

We sat down for tea at Ritan Park in downtown Beijing. My questions seemed to be more sensitive than they expected, but the students remained poised and answered every one.

All of the students are members of the Chinese Communist Party and the Communist Youth League, the same organization that launched the successful careers of Chinese President Hu Jintao and many of China's other top leaders.

"I think Communism is an ideal state of society that everyone should pursue," said Natalie Chen, an 18-year-old freshman and finance major at Peking University's Guanghua School of Management. "In the Communist society, everything is fair in economics, in politics, in education. Everybody has equal opportunity and that's a great society."

"Do you think everything is fair in China?" I asked Natalie.

"At present I have to say no," she said. "But, we are of course making progress towards it." Watch Chang's interview with the students "

1. linguistics
2. She plans to
3. 60th
4. the founding of the People's Republic of China
5. 18
6. Natalie
7. freshman
8. finance
9. Peking University
10. Guanghua School of Management
11. No
12. jeans
13. 18
14. 23

Numbered questions:
1. What kind of teacher does Christina Zhang wish to be?
2. Will she attend grad school?
3. The interview was to mark which anniversary?
4. Of what?
5. How old is Chen?
6. What is her first name?
7. Is she a freshman or senior?
8. What is her major?
9. What university does she attend?
10. What particular school at the university?
11. Did anyone show up to the Communist Youth League meeting in suits?
12. What did they wear?
13. What age was the youngest student there?
14. And the oldest?