question: The term Carnival is traditionally used in areas with a large Catholic presence. However, the Philippines, a predominantly Roman Catholic country, does not celebrate Carnival anymore since the dissolution of the Manila Carnival after 1939, the last carnival in the country. In historically Lutheran countries, the celebration is known as Fastelavn, and in areas with a high concentration of Anglicans and Methodists, pre-Lenten celebrations, along with penitential observances, occur on Shrove Tuesday. In Eastern Orthodox nations, Maslenitsa is celebrated during the last week before Great Lent. In German-speaking Europe and the Netherlands, the Carnival season traditionally opens on 11/11 (often at 11:11 a.m.). This dates back to celebrations before the Advent season or with harvest celebrations of St. Martin's Day.

Traditionally a carnival feast was the last opportunity to eat well before the time of food shortage at the end of the winter during which one was limited to the minimum necessary. On what nowadays is called vastenavond (the days before fasting) all the remaining winter stores of lard, butter and meat which were left would be eaten, for it would soon start to rot and decay. The selected livestock had in fact already been slaughtered in November and the meat would be no longer preservable. All the food that had survived the winter had to be eaten to assure that everyone was fed enough to survive until the coming spring would provide new food sources.
1. What is a carnival feast?
2. Why would they need to do this?
3. when is there likely to be a shortage?
4. what is vastenavond
5. what types of foods were consumed
6. Which countries celebrate Carnival
7. Do the Phillipines celebrate?
8. When did they stop?
9. What was the last carnival there called?
10. What do Lutheran countries call it?
11. what is Shrove Tuesday?
12. When does the carnival season traditionally start?
13. What does it coincide with?
14. How did they get meat?
15. When did they do that?
16. Why did they have to eat it quickly?
17. When would they get abundant food sources again?
18. Where is the term Carnival most recognized from?
19. Was the Phillipines Catholic
20. What time do people generally start celebrating Carnival
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answer: 1. an opportunity to eat well
2. before a food shortage
3. the end of the winter
4. the days before fasting
5. lard, butter and meat
6. Eastern Orthodox nations
7. no
8. after 1939
9. Manila Carnival
10. Fastelavn
11. unknown
12. on 11/11
13. harvest celebrations
14. slaughtered livestock
15. in November
16. it would rot
17. spring
18. areas with a large Catholic presence
19. yes
20. at 11:11 a.m.

question: The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the U.S. government, responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant administration. In its early years, the DOJ vigorously prosecuted Ku Klux Klan members.

The Department of Justice administers several federal law enforcement agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The department is responsible for investigating instances of financial fraud, representing the United States government in legal matters (such as in cases before the Supreme Court), and running the federal prison system. The department is also responsible for reviewing the conduct of local law enforcement as directed by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.

The department is headed by the United States Attorney General, who is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate and is a member of the Cabinet. The current Attorney General is Jeff Sessions.

The office of the Attorney General was established by the Judiciary Act of 1789 as a part-time job for one person, but grew with the bureaucracy. At one time, the Attorney General gave legal advice to the U.S. Congress as well as the President, but in 1819 the Attorney General began advising Congress alone to ensure a manageable workload. Until March 3, 1853, the salary of the Attorney General was set by statute at less than the amount paid to other Cabinet members. Early Attorneys General supplemented their salaries by running private law practices, often arguing cases before the courts as attorneys for paying litigants.
1. What is DOJ short for?
2. Who heads the department?
3. who nominates him?
4. And who confirms it?
5. Who is the Attorney General now?
6. When was the DOJ started?
7. What are some of its responsibilities?
8. Anything else?
9. Any others?
10. Any other duties?
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answer: 1. Department of Justice
2. United States Attorney General
3. the President
4. the Senate
5. Jeff Sessions
6. 1870
7. investigating finacial fraud
8. reviewing conduct of local law enforcement
9. running the federal prision
10. drug enforcement

question: (CNN) -- The surviving pilot of Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo told authorities he was unaware the feather system had been unlocked early by his co-pilot.

The spaceship disintegrated 45,000 feet above the Mojave Desert on October 31, killing co-pilot Michael Tyner Alsbury and injuring co-pilot Peter Siebold, who managed to parachute to the ground.

Siebold was interviewed last week by the National Transportation Safety Board. He described being "extracted from the vehicle as a result of the break-up sequence and unbuckled from his seat at some point before the parachute deployed automatically," according to a release from the NTSB.

Earlier this month, the NTSB tweeted that Alsbury "moved the lock/unlock handle into unlock position."

...the copilot, who was in right seat, moved the lock/unlock handle into unlock position; he did not survive accident. #SpaceShipTwo

But that mishap alone doesn't explain why the feathering started, since no one moved the feathering handle.

During feathering, two pieces on the back of the vehicle -- the "feathers" -- lift up perpendicular to the spaceship, making the vehicle look as though it's arching its back as it descends.

The wreckage has been recovered and will be used for follow-up examinations.

Test pilot's workplace a cold, harsh environment

1. How many feet above ground did the spaceship disintegrate?
2. Who survived the accident?
3. Who was killed?
4. When did this happen?
5. Who moved the lock/unlock handle according to the NTSB?
6. What system was unlocked?
7. What does NTSB stand for?
8. What happens during feathering?
9. Has the wreckage been found?
10. What did Siebold say deployed automatically?
11. What desert were they over?
12. Did anyone move the feathering handle?
13. What does feathering make the spaceship look like when it's coming down?
14. What was the name of the spaceship?
15. Was Siebold injured?
16. Did he break his leg?
17. What will happen with the wreckage that was found?
18. When was Siebold interviewed?
19. When did the NTSB tweet about Alsbury?
20. Who was in right seat?
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answer:
1. 45,000 feet
2. Peter Siebold
3. Michael Tyner Alsbury
4. October 31
5. Alsbury
6. Feather system
7. National Transportation Safety Board
8. Two pieces on the back of the vehicle lift up
9. Yes
10. Parachute
11. Mojave Desert
12. No
13. As though it's arching its back
14. Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo
15. Yes
16. unknown
17. Will be used for follow-up examinations.
18. Last week
19. Earlier this month
20. Alsbury