question: American Idol is an American singing competition series created by Simon Fuller and produced by 19 Entertainment, and is distributed by FremantleMedia North America. It began airing on Fox on June 11, 2002, as an addition to the Idols format based on the British series Pop Idol and has since become one of the most successful shows in the history of American television. The concept of the series is to find new solo recording artists, with the winner being determined by the viewers in America. Winners chosen by viewers through telephone, Internet, and SMS text voting were Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, Kris Allen, Lee DeWyze, Scotty McCreery, Phillip Phillips, Candice Glover, Caleb Johnson, and Nick Fradiani.

American Idol employs a panel of judges who critique the contestants' performances. The original judges were record producer and music manager Randy Jackson, pop singer and choreographer Paula Abdul and music executive and manager Simon Cowell. The judging panel for the most recent season consisted of country singer Keith Urban, singer and actress Jennifer Lopez, and jazz singer Harry Connick, Jr. The show was originally hosted by radio personality Ryan Seacrest and comedian Brian Dunkleman, with Seacrest continuing on for the rest of the seasons.
1. What show is this article about?
2. what type of competition is this?
3. Who is the host now
4. who was helping him host before?
5. is he an actor?
6. what is his profession?
7. can viewers vote through the mail?
8. what is one of the ways to vote?
9. what year did it first air?
10. what month
11. what day
12. who produces the show?
13. who distributes/
14. what show is it based off of?
15. from what country?
16. was the show a flop?
17. who was one of the winners?
18. and another?
19. who determines the winner?
20. are they looking for a group?
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answer: 1. American Idol
2. singing competition
3. Seacrest
4. Brian Dunkleman
5. No
6. comedian
7. No
8. SMS text voting
9. 2002
10. June
11. 11
12. 19 Entertainment
13. FremantleMedia North America
14. Pop Idol
15. Britain
16. No
17. Ruben Studdard
18. Scotty McCreery
19. the viewers in America
20. No

Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is the fourth-largest planet by diameter and the third-largest by mass. Among the giant planets in the Solar System, Neptune is the most dense. Neptune is 17 times the mass of Earth and is slightly more massive than its near-twin Uranus, which is 15 times the mass of Earth and slightly larger than Neptune.[c] Neptune orbits the Sun once every 164.8 years at an average distance of 30.1 astronomical units (4.50109 km). Named after the Roman god of the sea, its astronomical symbol is , a stylised version of the god Neptune's trident.

Neptune is not visible to the unaided eye and is the only planet in the Solar System found by mathematical prediction rather than by empirical observation. Unexpected changes in the orbit of Uranus led Alexis Bouvard to deduce that its orbit was subject to gravitational perturbation by an unknown planet. Neptune was subsequently observed with a telescope on 23 September 1846 by Johann Galle within a degree of the position predicted by Urbain Le Verrier. Its largest moon, Triton, was discovered shortly thereafter, though none of the planet's remaining known 14 moons were located telescopically until the 20th century. The planet's distance from Earth gives it a very small apparent size, making it challenging to study with Earth-based telescopes. Neptune was visited by Voyager 2, when it flew by the planet on 25 August 1989. The advent of Hubble Space Telescope and large ground-based telescopes with adaptive optics has recently allowed for additional detailed observations from afar. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Where did Neptune get its name from?
2. What is its astronomical design supposed to imply?
3. Was it discovered accidentally by telescope?
4. How was it found?
5. Who did that?
6. What made him think there was another planet out there?
7. How many other planets were discovered this way?
8. Who first saw it through a telescope?
9. Was it close to where he thought it would be?
10. Does it have any moons?
11. More than ten?
12. Which is the biggest of them?
13. Is the planet easily seen through a telescope?
14. Have any man made objects gotten close to it?
15. Which?
16. Is Neptune the seventh planet from the sun?
17. Is it a fairly dense planet?
18. How many earth years is one Neptune year?
19. Is there a similar planet to Neptune?
20. Which one?
Answer: 1. the Roman god of the sea
2. Neptune's trident.
3. No
4. mathematical prediction
5. Alexis Bouvard
6. Unexpected changes in the orbit of Uranus
7. One
8. Johann Galle
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. Yes
12. Triton
13. No
14. Yes
15. Voyager 2
16. No
17. Yes
18. 164.8
19. Yes
20. Uranus

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER IX.

A RACE ON THE ICE, AND WHAT FOLLOWED.

After the events just narrated several days passed quietly enough at Putnam Hall. In the meantime the weather continued clear, and the boys took it upon themselves to clear off a part of the lake for skating. Then, one night came a strong wind, and the next morning they found a space of cleared ice nearly half a mile long.

"Now for some fine skating!" exclaimed Tom, as he rushed back to the Hall after an inspection of the lake's smooth surface. "We can have all the racing we wish."

"It's a pity Sam can't go out yet," returned Dick. Sam was back to the school, but his cold had not entirely left him.

"Never mind; here are several new magazines he can read," returned Tom, who had been to town with Snuggers on an errand and had purchased them at the stationery store.

"I would just as soon read now," said Sam. "The magazines look mighty interesting."

Just then Fred Garrison came in, accompanied by George Granbury. They had been down to Cedarville to purchase some skates and a new pair of shoes for George.

"Hullo, what do you think we saw in Cedarville!" cried Fred, as soon as he caught sight of the Rovers.

"Lots of snow," suggested Tom dryly.

"Yes--and more."

"A mighty dull town," suggested Sam.

"We saw Dan Baxter."

"What was he doing?"

"He was walking down the street. And who do you suppose was with him? Mr. Grinder!" 1. What did the boys do to the lake?
2. For what purpose?
3. What is the number of this chapter?
4. And the title?
5. Why can't Sam go skating?
6. What could Sam do instead?
7. Where had Tom gotten the magazines?
8. True of False: The top of the lake was rough.
9. Where had Fred and George been?
10. Did they buy something for George?
11. What?
12. Did they buy something for Tom?
13. How far was the ice cleared off the lake?
14. With whom had Tom gone to town?
15. True or False: Sam thought the reading material looked boring.
16. Who is the first person Fred mentioned seeing?
17. And the second?
18. Were the two mentioned seen together?
19. What were they doing?
20. Did Fred and George buy skates?
numbered_answers:
1. They cleared off a part of it.
2. For skating.
3. IX.
4. A RACE ON THE ICE, AND WHAT FOLLOWED.
5. his cold had not entirely left him.
6. Read Tom's magazines.
7. At the stationery store.
8. False
9. To Cedarville
10. Yes.
11. a new pair of shoes
12. Unknown.
13. Nearly half a mile
14. Snuggers
15. False.
16. Dan Baxter
17. Mr. Grinder
18. Yes.
19. Walking down the street.
20. Yes.