Poultry (/poltri/) are domesticated birds kept by humans for the eggs they produce, their meat, their feathers, or sometimes as pets. These birds are most typically members of the superorder Galloanserae (fowl), especially the order Galliformes (which includes chickens, quails and turkeys) and the family Anatidae, in order Anseriformes, commonly known as "waterfowl" and including domestic ducks and domestic geese. Poultry also includes other birds that are killed for their meat, such as the young of pigeons (known as squabs) but does not include similar wild birds hunted for sport or food and known as game. The word "poultry" comes from the French/Norman word poule, itself derived from the Latin word pullus, which means small animal.

The domestication of poultry took place several thousand years ago. This may have originally been as a result of people hatching and rearing young birds from eggs collected from the wild, but later involved keeping the birds permanently in captivity. Domesticated chickens may have been used for cockfighting at first and quail kept for their songs, but soon it was realised how useful it was having a captive-bred source of food. Selective breeding for fast growth, egg-laying ability, conformation, plumage and docility took place over the centuries, and modern breeds often look very different from their wild ancestors. Although some birds are still kept in small flocks in extensive systems, most birds available in the market today are reared in intensive commercial enterprises. Poultry is the second most widely eaten type of meat globally and, along with eggs, provides nutritionally beneficial food containing high-quality protein accompanied by a low proportion of fat. All poultry meat should be properly handled and sufficiently cooked in order to reduce the risk of food poisoning. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. When was poultry first domesticated?
2. Why might people have kept quail in captivity before using them for nourishment?
3. What about chickens?
4. Are today's chickens virtually the same as their ancestors?
5. What did breeders look for when breeding?
6. How can one avoid food poisoning when eating poultry?
7. How is the term poultry defined?
8. Are pidgeons considered poultry?
9. What are they sometimes alternatively called?
10. From which language is "poultry" derived?
11. Which means?
12. In what language originally?
13. Which scientific order includes both chickens and turkeys?
14. Which is a subcategory of which superorder?
15. How are most birds raised today?
16. Globally, where does poultry rank as a meat source?
17. Are chickens and eggs a high source of fat?
18. What nuitritonal benefit do they have?
19. Originally, where did people find birds to raise?
Answer: 1. several thousand years ago.
2. for their songs
3. for cockfighting
4. no
5. fast growth, egg-laying ability, conformation, plumage and docility
6. by properly handling and sufficiently cooking
7. domesticated birds kept by humans for the eggs they produce, their meat, their feathers, or sometimes as pets.
8. yes
9. squabs
10. the French/Norman word poule
11. small animal
12. Latin
13. Galliformes
14. Galloanserae
15. in intensive commercial enterprises.
16. second
17. no
18. they contain high-quality protein
19. eggs collected from the wild

Located at a varying distance no closer than 33 million miles from the earth, Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System after Mercury. In English Mars carries a name of the Roman god of war, and is often referred to as the "Red Planet" because the reddish iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance that is distinctive among the astronomical bodies visible to the naked eye. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, having surface features reminiscent both of the impact craters of the Moon and the valleys, deserts, and polar ice caps of Earth.

The rotational period and seasonal cycles of Mars are likewise similar to those of Earth, as is the tilt that produces the seasons. Mars is the site of Olympus Mons, the largest volcano and second-highest known mountain in the Solar System, and of Valles Marineris, one of the largest canyons in the Solar System. The smooth Borealis basin in the northern hemisphere covers 40% of the planet and may be a giant impact feature. Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos, which are small and irregularly shaped. These may be captured asteroids, similar to 5261 Eureka, a Mars trojan. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What is the distance between the earth and mars?
2. How close is it mars to the sun?
3. Is it a small planet?
4. Is the the smallest of all the planets?
5. Which planet is the smallest?
6. Does mars have trojans?
7. Name one.
8. Does mars have similarities to earth?
9. What type of similarities?
10. Does mars have moons?
11. How many?
12. What do they look like?
13. Can mars be seen without a telescope?
14. What color is mars?
15. What gives it this color?
16. Does mars have volcanoes?
17. Name one.
18. Is it big?
19. How big?
20. What is the texture of the Borealis basin?
21. Where is it located?
Answer: 1. 33 million miles
2. the fourth planet from the Sun
3. Yes
4. No
5. Mercury
6. Yes
7. 5261 Eureka
8. Yes
9. valleys, deserts, and polar ice caps
10. Yes
11. two
12. small and irregularly shaped
13. Yes
14. Red
15. reddish iron oxide
16. Yes
17. Olympus Mons
18. Yes
19. largest in the Solar System
20. smooth
21. the northern hemisphere

Baseball statistics play an important role in evaluating a player's and/or team's progress.

Since the flow of a baseball game has natural breaks to it, and normally players act individually rather than performing in clusters, the sport lends itself to easy record-keeping and statistics. Statistics have been kept for professional baseball since the creation of the National League and American League, now part of Major League Baseball.

Many statistics are also available from outside of Major League Baseball, from leagues such as the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players and the Negro Leagues, although the consistency of whether these records were kept, of the standards with respect to which they were calculated, and of their accuracy varied.

The practice of keeping records of player achievements was started in the 19th century by Henry Chadwick. Based on his experience with the sport of cricket, Chadwick devised the predecessors to modern-day statistics including batting average, runs scored, and runs allowed.

Traditionally, statistics such as batting average (the number of hits divided by the number of at bats) and earned run average (the average number of earned runs allowed by a pitcher per nine innings) have dominated attention in the statistical world of baseball. However, the recent advent of sabermetrics has created statistics drawing from a greater breadth of player performance measures and playing field variables. Sabermetrics and comparative statistics attempt to provide an improved measure of a player's performance and contributions to his team from year to year, frequently against a statistical performance average. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. When did the record keeping for players first start?
2. By who?
3. What sport was he familiar with?
4. Did he keep track of batting averages and runs scored?
5. What else?
6. What is the number of hits divided by the number of at bats?
7. And the average number of earned runs allowed by who per nine innings is the earned run average?
8. Are those stats the most popular?
9. Of which sport?
10. What's the new way to get statistics from more player measures?
11. Is that a more accurate way to judge a player's abilities?
12. Does baseball have built in breaks to it?
13. Are the players individually acting or in groups?
14. Does that make it harder or easier for record keeping?
15. Can you get records of the Negro Leagues?
16. Are they completely accurate?
17. Was the way they were calculated a problem?
18. Name one league that is now part of the Major League.
19. And another?
Answer:
1. in the 19th century
2. Henry Chadwick
3. cricket
4. yes
5. runs allowed
6. batting average
7. yes
8. yes
9. baseball
10. sabermetrics
11. yes
12. yes
13. individually
14. easier
15. yes
16. no
17. yes
18. American League
19. the National League