question: Los Angeles (CNN) -- Actor Wesley Snipes said he was nervous about going to jail on Thursday, but was hopeful that his prayers would be answered.

"We still have prayers out there. We still believe in miracles. So don't send me up the river yet," Snipes said in an interview on CNN's "Larry King Live" Tuesday night.

The 48-year-old actor will report to McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Lewis Run, Pennsylvania, Thursday to begin serving a three-year sentence for failing to file tax returns.

Snipes' attorney said he is appealing Snipes' misdemeanor convictions for not filing tax returns in 1999, 2000 and 2001. Snipes was acquitted of felony charges.

The actor conceded he was uneasy about losing his freedom if his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court fails.

"I think any man would be nervous if his liberty is at stake," Snipes said. "I'm disappointed that the system seems not to be working for me in this situation."

Prosecutors said Snipes earned $40 million since 1999 but had filed no returns and had been involved in a tax resisters group.

Snipes disputed such involvement and said that the failure to file was his advisers' fault.

"This is another thing that has been misreported: It has been framed that I was a conspirator and that I was an architect in a scheme by an organization that has been characterized as tax protesters," Snipes said. "The press hasn't reported that I was a client of people who I trusted [who] had knowledge and expertise in the areas of tax law that would protect my interests."
1. who is going to prison?
2. what is his occupation?
3. is he 60 years old?
4. what is his age?
5. what is the name of the prison?
6. what city is it in?
7. which state?
8. why was he prosecuted?
9. how many years did he fail to submit the required documents?
10. which years?
11. did he make a great deal of money?
12. how much?
13. why didn't he submit the required documents?
14. who conducted the discussion?
15. on what show?
16. on which channel?
17. on which day of the week?
18. was it conducted during the day?
19. when was it conducted?
20. how long is his prison term?
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answer: 1. Wesley Snipes
2. Actor
3. No
4. 48
5. McKean Federal Correctional Institution
6. Lewis Run
7. Pennsylvania
8. for not filing tax returns
9. three
10. 1999, 2000 and 2001
11. Yes
12. $40 million dollars
13. he was involved in a tax resisters group.
14. Larry King
15. "Larry King Live"
16. CNN
17. Tuesday
18. No
19. at night.
20. 3 years

question: Siberia is an extensive geographical region, and by the broadest definition is also known as North Asia. Siberia has historically been a part of Russia since the 17th century.

The territory of Siberia extends eastwards from the Ural Mountains to the watershed between the Pacific and Arctic drainage basins. The Yenisei River conditionally divides Siberia into two parts, Western and Eastern. Siberia stretches southwards from the Arctic Ocean to the hills of north-central Kazakhstan and to the national borders of Mongolia and China. With an area of , Siberia accounts for 77% of Russia's land area, but it is home to just 40 million people27% of the country's population. This is equivalent to an average population density of about (approximately equal to that of Australia), making Siberia one of the most sparsely populated regions on Earth. If it were a country by itself, it would still be the largest country in area, but in population it would be the world's 35th-largest and Asia's 14th-largest.

Worldwide, Siberia is well known primarily for its long harsh winters, with a January average of 25C (13F), as well as its extensive history of use by Russian and Soviet administrations as a place for prisons, labor camps, and exile.
1. How cold is it in Jan?
2. Is this a small area?
3. What is the eastern boundart?
4. Is it divided?
5. By what?
6. Into how many parts?
7. What are they?
8. What is the population?
9. What percentage of Russians is that?
10. Do many people live there?
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answer: 1. average of 25C
2. No
3. Pacific and Arctic drainage basins
4. Yes
5. The Yenisei River
6. two
7. Western and Eastern.
8. 40 million
9. 27
10. 40 million

question: Constantine the Great (; ; 27 February 272AD 22 May 337AD), also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine (in the Orthodox Church as Saint Constantine the Great, Equal-to-the-Apostles), was a Roman Emperor of Illyrian-Greek origin from 306 to 337AD. He was the son of Flavius Valerius Constantius, a Roman Army officer, and his consort Helena. His father became "Caesar", the deputy emperor in the west, in 293AD. Constantine was sent east, where he rose through the ranks to become a military tribune under Emperors Diocletian and Galerius. In 305, Constantius raised himself to the rank of "Augustus", senior western emperor, and Constantine was recalled west to campaign under his father in Britannia (Britain). Constantine was acclaimed as emperor by the army at Eboracum (modern-day York) after his father's death in 306AD, and he emerged victorious in a series of civil wars against Emperors Maxentius and Licinius to become sole ruler of both west and east by 324AD.

As emperor, Constantine enacted many administrative, financial, social, and military reforms to strengthen the empire. The government was restructured, and the civil and military authorities were separated. A new gold coin was introduced to combat inflation known as the solidus. It became the standard for Byzantine and European currencies for more than a thousand years.
1. who was emperor?
2. Who was his father?
3. When Did Constantine die?
4. What did Constantine become in 305?
5. When was Constantine declared Emperor?
6. What is the solidus?
7. Did he enact reforms as emperor?
8. When was Constantine emperor until?
9. How long was the solidus the standard currency?
10. Who was his mother?
11. What did his father become in 293 AD
12. Who acclaimed him as emperor?
13. Was he victorious against other Emperors?
14. Where was he sent?
15. What Emperors was he victorious against?
16. Did he enact military reforms?
17. Were the civil and military authorities combined?
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answer:
1. Constantine the Great
2. Flavius Valerius Constantius
3. 22 May 337
4. rank of "Augustus"
5. 306AD
6. gold coin
7. yes
8. 337AD
9. more than a thousand years
10. Helena
11. "Caesar", the deputy emperor in the west
12. the army at Eboracum
13. yes
14. recalled west
15. Emperors Maxentius and Licinius
16. yes
17. no