Columbus is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Ohio. It is the 14th-largest city in the United States, with a population of 860,090 as of 2016 estimates. This makes Columbus the third-most populous state capital in the United States, and the second-largest city in the Midwestern United States, after Chicago. It is the core city of the Columbus, Ohio, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses ten counties. With a population of 2,021,632, it is Ohio's third-largest metropolitan area.

Columbus is the county seat of Franklin County. The city proper has also expanded and annexed portions of adjoining Delaware County and Fairfield County. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816.

The city has a diverse economy based on education, government, insurance, banking, defense, aviation, food, clothes, logistics, steel, energy, medical research, health care, hospitality, retail, and technology. Columbus is home to the Battelle Memorial Institute, the world's largest private research and development foundation; Chemical Abstracts Service, the world's largest clearinghouse of chemical information; NetJets, the world's largest fractional ownership jet aircraft fleet; and The Ohio State University, one of the largest universities in the United States. , the city has the headquarters of five corporations in the U.S. Fortune 500: Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, American Electric Power, L Brands, Big Lots, and Cardinal Health. The food service corporations Wendy's, Donatos Pizza, Bob Evans, Max & Erma's and White Castle and the nationally known companies Red Roof Inn, Rogue Fitness, and Safelite are also based in the metropolitan area. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Is Columbus' economy dependent upon one thing?
2. If I was working in steel could I find a job in Columbus?
3. What if I was a major league baseball player?
4. What big university is in Columbus?
5. How many Fortune 500 companies have their main offices there?
6. Is Apple one of them?
7. What is one?
8. Is Cincinnati the capital of Ohio?
9. What is?
10. How many U.S. cities are larger than Columbus?
11. Does it have over a million people?
12. Is it the largest state capital in the country?
13. How many are bigger?
14. What Midwestern city is larger than Columbus?
15. What metropolitan area is Columbus a part of?
16. How many counties does that include?
17. Is that the largest metropolitan area in Ohio?
18. True or False: Columbus is named after the famous explorer
19. When was the founding of the city?
20. Was it the state capital right away?
Answer: 1. No
2. Yes
3. No
4. The Ohio State University
5. Five
6. No
7. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
8. No
9. Columbus
10. Thirteen
11. No
12. No
13. Two
14. Chicago
15. Columbus, Ohio
16. Ten
17. No
18. True
19. 1812
20. No

Problem: Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked federal state of Germany surrounded by the federal states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony and Thuringia.

Its capital is Magdeburg and its largest city is Halle (Saale). Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of and has a population of 2.34 million. It is the 8th largest state in Germany by area and the 10th largest by population.

The state of Saxony-Anhalt grew out of the former Prussian Province of Saxony and Free State of Anhalt during Prussia's dissolution after World War II. In 1945 the US army administration and, subsequently, the Soviet army administration organised the former province's territory into the new state. The state became a part of the newly established German Democratic Republic in 1947 but in 1952 the state was dissolved and its territory was divided into the East German districts of Halle and Magdeburg, with the exception of the city of Torgau which joined Leipzig. After German reunification in 1990, the state was re-established, leaving out Torgau.

Saxony-Anhalt should not be confused with Saxony or Lower Saxony, the names of two other German states.

Saxony-Anhalt is one of 16 "Bundeslander" (see ) of Germany. It is located in the western part of eastern Germany. By size, it is the 8th largest state in Germany and by population it is the 10th largest.
1. What is Saxony Anhalt?
2. What is its capital?
3. What's its biggest city?
4. How many people?
5. Where does it rank by area in Germany?
6. And by population?
7. What was dissolved after WW II
8. What did it become a part of in 1947?
9. Did it stay together?
10. In 1952 what was it divided into?
11. What happened in 1990?
12. After what?
13. What are two other states it's sometimes confused with?
14. How many Bundeslander are there?
15. Where is it?
Answer: 1. a landlocked federal state of Germany
2. Magdeburg
3. Halle (Saale)
4. 2.34 million
5. 8th
6. 10th
7. Prussia
8. German Democratic Republic
9. No
10. the districts of Halle and Magdeburg
11. the state was re-established
12. After German reunification
13. Saxony and Lower Saxony
14. 16
15. surrounded by the federal states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony and Thuringia.

question: Bratislava ( or ; , or "" ) is the capital of Slovakia, and with a population of about 450,000, the country's largest city. The greater metropolitan area is home to more than 650,000 people. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia, occupying both banks of the River Danube and the left bank of the River Morava. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two sovereign states.

The history of the city has been strongly influenced by people of different nations and religions, namely by Austrians, Croats, Czechs, Germans, Hungarians, Jews, Serbs and Slovaks (in alphabetical order). The city served as the coronation site and legislative center of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1536 to 1783, and has been home to many Slovak, Hungarian and German historical figures.

Bratislava is the political, cultural and economic centre of Slovakia. It is the seat of the Slovak president, the parliament and the Slovak Executive. It is home to several universities, museums, theatres, galleries and other important cultural and educational institutions. Many of Slovakia's large businesses and financial institutions also have headquarters there.

The capital of Slovakia is the eighth best city for freelancers to live in, mostly because of fast internet and the low taxes. In 2017, Bratislava was ranked as the third richest region of the European Union by GDP (PPP) per capita (after Hamburg and Luxembourg City). GDP at purchasing power parity is about three times higher than in other Slovak regions.
1. What is the name of this town?
2. What is that in?
3. How many people live there?
4. Does that make it the biggest town?
5. Which river is near it?
6. Are there any more?
7. Which one?
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answer:
1. Bratislava
2. in southwestern Slovakia
3. 450,000
4. Yes
5. River Danube
6. Yes
7. River Morava