question: (CNN) -- For their extraordinary efforts to help change the world and better the lives of others, 10 everyday people will receive $50,000 and a chance for much more.

This select group -- the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2012 -- was revealed Thursday.

All the top 10 were nominated by CNN's global audience and profiled earlier this year on CNN. They will be honored at "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute," a globally broadcast event that airs live December 2 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.

At the tribute show, hosted by Anderson Cooper in Los Angeles, one of the top 10 will be named CNN Hero of the Year and receive an additional $250,000 to continue their work.

The Hero of the Year is decided by a public vote. Through November 28, you can vote for your favorite Hero at CNNHeroes.com or from your mobile device.

This is the sixth year CNN has conducted its annual search for CNN Heroes. In those years, the campaign has profiled more than 180 people on CNN and CNN.com.

Here are the top 10 Heroes of 2012, in alphabetical order:

Pushpa Basnet Pushpa Basnet was shocked to learn that many children in Nepal have to live in prisons with their parents. In 2005, she started a children's center that has provided support, such as housing, education and medical care, to more than 140 children of incarcerated parents.

Wanda Butts Wanda Butts lost her son in a drowning accident six years ago. In his memory, she started the Josh Project, a nonprofit that taught nearly 1,200 children -- most of them minorities -- how to swim.
1. How much money will the ten people receive?
2. Is more possible?
3. When was the group announced?
4. Who nominated people for the list?
5. How many times has CNN done this?
6. How often?
7. Are they going to be honored at an event?
8. Is it televised?
9. When?
10. What time?
11. What time can I see it on the west coast?
12. What is it called?
13. What year was Basnet nominated?
14. What kind of center did she begin?
15. When?
16. How many kids has it helped?
17. With what kind of things?
18. Where are their parents?
19. Who founded the Josh Project?
20. What do they help kids learn to do?
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answer: 1. $50,000
2. Yes
3. Thursday
4. CNN's global audience
5. Six
6. Annually
7. Yes
8. Yes
9. December 2nd
10. 9 p.m. ET
11. 6 p.m
12. "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute,"
13. 2012
14. A children's center
15. In 2005
16. More than 140
17. housing, education and medical care
18. Incarcerated
19. Wanda Butts
20. Swim

question: "Tammy! Come here, please! Mother needs your help in the kitchen." Her father called out to her. Tammy was in her room, getting ready to do her homework. "Yes, Daddy!" she replied. "I'll be right there." She hurried out of her bedroom and down the hallway. She was only nine years old. Her elder sister, Ella, had just moved away to go to a performing arts high school in another city. Her brother, Harry, was in middle school and always got home late. With Ella leaving home, Tammy was expected to do a lot more than she had ever done before, especially now, because her mother was ill. Her father was in the kitchen. "Tammy, I know you usually do your homework right now, but with things being different, we all have to change a little bit. I'll help you and Harry with your homework later on, OK?" Her father had an apron on over his clothes, and he looked kind of funny. He was doing the dishes and he always splashed water all over when he did that. After helping her father with the dishes, Tammy helped set the table. After supper, her father helped her and Harry with their homework, and then they played a board game so that their mother could lie down for a while. The next morning, Tammy got up early on her own because she wanted to help her mother with breakfast. She made orange juice and even put bread in the toaster and got out the butter so that her mother could sleep for a few more minutes. When her mother got up half an hour later, she was very surprised and moved to see the breakfast on the dining table. She gave Tammy a big hug. "Thank you, Tammy. You really are mother's little helper now, aren't you?"
1. Who was needed in the kitchen?
2. Why?
3. Who were her siblings?
4. Where was her sister?
5. Why did she need to help?
6. What did she do?
7. what did they do afterwards?
8. And after that?
9. Where was Harry?
10. What did Tammy want to do?
11. What did they play?
12. Who?
13. What did she give her?
14. What did they eat?
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answer: 1. Tammy
2. Her mom needed her help
3. Ella and Harry
4. another city
5. her mother was ill
6. helped her dad with the dishes
7. set the table
8. did her homework
9. He was there too
10. help her mother with breakfast.
11. a board game
12. Tammy, Harry and her dad
13. a big hug
14. orange juice and bread

question: The Austronesian languages are a language family that is widely dispersed throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar and the islands of the Pacific Ocean, with a few members in continental Asia. Austronesian languages are spoken by about 386 million people, making it the fifth-largest language family by number of speakers, behind only the Indo-European languages, the Sino-Tibetan languages, the Niger-Congo languages, and the Afroasiatic languages. It is on par with Indo-European, NigerCongo, and Afroasiatic as one of the best-established language families. Major Austronesian languages with the highest number of speakers are Malay (Indonesian and Malaysian), Javanese, and Filipino (Tagalog). The family contains 1,257 languages, which is the second most of any language family.

Similarities between the languages spoken in the Malay Archipelago and the Pacific Ocean were first observed in 1706 by the Dutch scholar Adriaan Reland. In the 19th century, researchers (e.g. Wilhelm von Humboldt, Herman van der Tuuk) started to apply the comparative method to the Austronesian languages, but the first comprehensive and extensive study on the phonological history of the Austronesian language family including a reconstruction of Proto-Austronesian lexicon was made by the German linguist Otto Dempwolff. The term Austronesian itself was coined by Wilhelm Schmidt (German "austronesisch") which comes from Latin "auster" "south wind" plus Greek "nesos" "island". The family is aptly named, as the vast majority of Austronesian languages are spoken on islands: only a few languages, such as Malay and the Chamic languages, are indigenous to mainland Asia. Many Austronesian languages have very few speakers, but the major Austronesian languages are spoken by tens of millions of people and one Austronesian language, Malay (including Indonesian and Malaysian), is spoken by 250 million people, making it the 8th most spoken language in the world. Approximately twenty Austronesian languages are official in their respective countries (see the list of major and official Austronesian languages).
1. When were similarities between the languages first noticed?
2. By whom?
3. Where are the languages spoken?
4. Are there any members in Asia?
5. How many?
6. How many speak Austronesian?
7. Is it the largest spoken language?
8. What languages encompass the top 4?
9. How many languages does the family contain?
10. Is that the 3rd most?
11. Where does it stand?
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answer:
1. 1706
2. Dutch scholar Adriaan Reland
3. Maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar and the islands of the Pacific Ocean
4. Yes
5. a few
6. about 386 million people
7. fifth-largest
8. Indo-European languages, the Sino-Tibetan languages, the Niger-Congo languages, and the Afroasiatic languages.
9. 1,257
10. no
11. second most