question:
The city was spared for a negotiated ransom of 200,000 thalers.
How was Berlin spared?

answer: yes

question:
In 1978 Aboriginal writer Kevin Gilbert received the National Book Council award for his book Living Black: Blacks Talk to Kevin Gilbert, a collection of Aboriginal people's stories, and in 1998 was awarded (but refused to accept) the Human Rights Award for Literature for Inside Black Australia, a poetry anthology and exhibition of Aboriginal photography.
What award did Gilbert refuse in 1998?

answer: yes

question:
To prevent piracy of films, the standard drill of film distribution is to have a movie first released through movie theaters (theatrical window), on average approximately 16 and a half weeks, before having it released to Blu-Ray and DVD (entering its video window).
What inferior versions of movies are available for piracy during the theatrical run of a movie called?

answer: no

question:
As with the Life Consulate two years earlier, this referendum produced heavy participation, bringing out almost 3.6 million voters to the polls.
About how many voters participated in the election that made Napoleon Emperor of the French?

answer:
yes