Quick Question: Construction of the canal began on January 1, 1881, with digging at Culebra beginning on January 22. A large labor force was assembled, numbering about 40,000 in 1888 (nine-tenths of whom were afro-Caribbean workers from the West Indies). Although the project attracted good, well-paid French engineers, retaining them was difficult due to disease. The death toll from 1881 to 1889 was estimated at over 22,000, of whom as many as 5,000 were French citizens.

When did the french start the panama canal?
My answer: The relevant information to answer the above question is: Construction of the canal began on January 1, 1881, with digging at Culebra beginning on January 22. The answer is January 1 , 1881.

Quick Question: Context: To be dismissed for nought in both innings of the same two-innings match is to be dismissed for a pair, because the two noughts together are thought to resemble a pair of spectacles; the longer form is occasionally used. To be dismissed first ball in both innings (i.e., two golden ducks) is to suffer the indignity of making a king pair.

Question: achievement of a cricketer out first ball for zero in both innings?
My answer: To answer the question, consider the following: To be dismissed first ball in both innings (i.e., two golden ducks) is to suffer the indignity of making a king pair. The answer is a king pair.

Quick Question: Passage: Long used by Native Americans, the Cumberland Gap was brought to the attention of settlers in 1750 by Thomas Walker, a Virginia physician and explorer. The path was used by a team of frontiersmen led by Daniel Boone, making it accessible to pioneers who used it to journey into the western frontiers of Kentucky and Tennessee.

Question: Based on this passage, where did virginians settle after traveling through the cumberland gap?
My answer:
The relevant information is: The path was used by a team of frontiersmen led by Daniel Boone, making it accessible to pioneers who used it to journey into the western frontiers of Kentucky and Tennessee. The answer is the western frontiers of Kentucky and Tennessee.