Q: Queens is the easternmost and largest in area of the five boroughs of New York City. It is geographically adjacent to the borough of Brooklyn at the southwestern end of Long Island, and to Nassau County farther east on Long Island; in addition, Queens shares water borders with the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. Coterminous with Queens County since 1899, the borough of Queens is the second-largest in population (after Brooklyn), with a census-estimated 2,333,054 residents in 2016, approximately 48% of them foreign-born. Queens County also is the second-most populous county in the U.S. state of New York, behind the neighboring borough of Brooklyn, which is coterminous with Kings County. Queens is the fourth-most densely populated county among New York City's boroughs, as well as in the United States. If each of New York City's boroughs were an independent city, Queens also would be the nation's fourth most populous, after Los Angeles, Chicago, and Brooklyn. Queens is the most ethnically diverse urban area in the world.

Queens was established in 1683 as one of the original 12 counties of New York. It is presumably named for the Portuguese Princess Catherine of Braganza (16381705), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland. It became a borough of New York City in 1898, and from 1683 until 1899, the County of Queens included what is now Nassau County.

Answer the following questions:
1. When was Queens founded?
2. How many counties were there, then?
3. They were the first 12?
4. Who was it named after?
5. Was she English?
6. Where was she from?
7. When did she die?
8. Where all did she rule?
9. When did Queens become part of New York City?
10. Geographically, where is Queens located in New York City?
11. Which side of the city?
12. How does it rank in size?
13. How about in area?
14. How many foreigners live there?
15. Which town is next largest in New York?
16. Is it ethnically diverse?
17. Where does it rank in the world?
18. What does it share a water border with?
19. How long has it been coterminous with Queens County?
20. When did Queens County have Nassau County included with it?
A: 1. 1683
2. 12
3. yes
4. Princess Catherine
5. no
6. Portugal
7. 1705
8. England, Scotland, and Ireland
9. 1898
10. adjacent to the borough of Brooklyn
11. southwestern
12. second-most populous
13. largest in area
14. 48%
15. Brooklyn
16. Yes
17. the most ethnically diverse urban area
18. Manhattan
19. since 1899
20. 1899
Q: James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death. The kingdoms of Scotland and England were individual sovereign states, with their own parliaments, judiciary, and laws, though both were ruled by James in personal union.

James was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and a great-great-grandson of Henry VII, King of England and Lord of Ireland, positioning him to eventually accede to all three thrones. James succeeded to the Scottish throne at the age of thirteen months, after his mother Mary was compelled to abdicate in his favour. Four different regents governed during his minority, which ended officially in 1578, though he did not gain full control of his government until 1583. In 1603, he succeeded the last Tudor monarch of England and Ireland, Elizabeth I, who died without issue. He continued to reign in all three kingdoms for 22 years, a period known after him as the Jacobean era, until his death in 1625 at the age of 58. After the Union of the Crowns, he based himself in England (the largest of the three realms) from 1603, only returning to Scotland once in 1617, and styled himself "King of Great Britain and Ireland". He was a major advocate of a single parliament for England and Scotland. In his reign, the Plantation of Ulster and British colonization of the Americas began.

Answer the following questions:
1. Is James the VI and the I the same person?
2. What is his name?
3. Where was he known as James VI?
4. When did that start?
5. Where was he the first?
6. Did something combine to cause this?
7. What happened to the crowns of Scotland and England?
8. Was James the ruler of both Scotland and England?
9. Where they one country?
10. What were they?
11. How many parliaments did they have?
12. Did James like it that way?
13. What did he want?
14. Did they have separate laws?
15. Who was his mother?
16. How many places did he rule?
17. How old was he when he was given the Scottish throne?
18. When was he completely in control of that government?
19. How old was he when he died?
20. When was that?
A: 1. Yes
2. James Charles Stuart
3. Scotland
4. 24 July 1567
5. Scotland
6. He was the son of the Queen of scots and the great-great-grandson of King of England, and the lord of ireland.
7. his mother Mary was compelled to abdicate
8. Yes
9. No
10. individual sovereign states
11. 1 each
12. No
13. a single parliament
14. Yes
15. Mary, Queen of Scots
16. Three
17. thirteen months
18. 1583
19. 58
20. 1625
Q: (CNN) -- World number one Serena Williams put her recent controversies to one side as she cruised past Mandy Minella of Luxembourg 6-1 6-3 in the first round at Wimbledon.

Worryingly for her opponents, the defending champion -- who won every point on her serve in the first set -- said she wasn't at the top of her game despite winning her 32nd consecutive match.

The run is the best since 2008, when Belgium's Justine Henin achieved a similar number of straight wins.

Serena is now just three wins away from the women's record, which is something of a family affair after elder sister Venus recorded her 35th unbeaten game in 2000.

The world No. 1 will break that record if she reaches the quarterfinals at a venue where she also won Olympic gold last year.

"I feel like I was a little rusty for some reason today," Serena, who is bidding for a sixth Wimbledon title, told reporters after a victory that took just 57 minutes.

"I don't feel like I played my best tennis. I felt really upset when I lost my serve at the beginning in the second set - that said, I think Mandy played really well."

"To be honest, I'm a little excited I was able to play a tough match and get through it."

The past week certainly hasn't been as smooth as Serena would have liked after becoming embroiled in a row with Maria Sharapova and having to defend comments made in an article that appeared in Rolling Stone magazine.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who won the first round at Wimbledon?
2. Who did she beat?
3. What did Williams say about it?
4. When did she win gold?
5. Who did she get stuck in a fight with?
6. What magazine were comments about her in?
7. Did she call it an easy match?
8. What did she say?
9. What did she say about her opponent?
10. How long did the game last?
A:
1. serena williams
2. Mandy Minella
3. she wasn't at the top of her game
4. last year.
5. Maria Sharapova
6. Rolling Stone
7. no
8. she felt a little rusty
9. that she played well
10. 57 minutes.