question: Tamil is a Dravidian language predominantly spoken by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, and also by the Tamil diaspora, Sri Lankan Moors, Burghers, Douglas, and Chindians. Tamil is an official language of two countries, Sri Lanka and Singapore. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the Indian Union Territory of Puducherry. It is also used as one of the languages of education in Malaysia, along with English, Malay and Mandarin. Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities in the four other South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India.

Tamil is one of the longest-surviving classical languages in the world. It is also stated as 20th in the Ethnologue list of most-spoken languages worldwide. Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions from 500 BC have been found on Adichanallur and 2,200-year-old Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions have been found on Samanamalai. It has been described as "the only language of contemporary India which is recognizably continuous with a classical past." The variety and quality of classical Tamil literature has led to it being described as "one of the great classical traditions and literatures of the world".
1. What is Tamil?
2. spoken where?
3. Is it the official language of any countries?
4. How many?
5. Is it an old language?
6. How old?
7. It is spoken a lot
8. Is it in the top 10 languages spoken?
9. What number is it?
10. How is it used in Malaysia?
11. Where are the two countries where it is official?
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answer: 1. It is a Dravidian language
2. India and Sri Lanka
3. Yes
4. Two countries
5. Yes
6. At least 2,200 year old
7. Yes
8. NO
9. 22
10. . Quite often as its also used as one of the languages of education in Malaysia
11. In Sri Lanka and Signapore

Garry Golden is a futurist. Futurists are scientists who analyze the way the world is today and use that information.to predict what the world will be like in the future. Golden focuses on the study of transportation. He spends his days studying the relationships between cars, subways, and trains. But he's most excited about imagining the way these relationships will change in the future. Many public transportation supporters dislike big cities because they spend hours driving from one side of the city to the other. And there aren't enough buses and. subways. However, Golden sees a trend toward fewer cars' in the future. He explains, "Cities have a cost of car ownership, which is a challenge. All these vehicles cost the city in services, in having to repair roads and other things. "Cars also take up a lot of space. Golden points out that having so many parking spaces is wasteful. Much of the time the parking spaces sit empty. What is the solution?"I think cities will make new laws to limit the number of cars people can have ," says Golden. "Instead, people will use taxis, subways, and buses. New technology, like smartphones, can make these forms of public transportation even better. Imagine if everyone had a smartphone and used them to signal when they wanted to ride the bus. Buses could change their route to meet people's requests." How soon would these changes come? Golden admits that it will take several years. Cities can be slow to change. Also, new systems of transportation can be expensive. "But it's coming," he says. "The trend of the empowered city will be here soon. " The other trend that excites Golden is electric cars. Golden especially believes in the future of electric cars that have sensors to understand the world around them. "If we have cars that can communicate with one another, they can adjust speeds to cut down on traffic jams,"he says. Rush hour in big cities would be much less painful. One challenge is that it is hard to cheaply produce batteries that are strong enough for these cars. But Golden argues we could, also make cars out of strong plastic composites . The cars would then be much lighter and much cheaper to make. Golden remains positive about the future. "There are so many exciting developments ,"he says. "In thirty years we will live a different world. " What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What is the last name of this person??
2. And the first?
3. What are they?
4. What does he examine?
5. What does he especially look forward to?
6. What do people spend too much time doing in big areas?
7. Is there a shortage of anything there?
8. What is one thing?
9. What else?
10. What does he think will happen?
11. What is a disadvantage of automobiles?
12. What else?
13. What does it waste?
14. What might mayors do instead?
15. What will people start to use?
16. What is something they could do with their phones?
17. What is the trend called he thinks will happen?
18. What else is he looking forward to?
19. What is a problem with them?
20. And a solution?
Answer: 1. Golden
2. Garry
3. a futurist
4. the study of transportation
5. The way relationships between cars, subways, trains will change in the future
6. they spend hours driving from one side of the city to the other.
7. Yes
8. buses
9. subways
10. a trend toward fewer cars' in the future.
11. Cities have a cost of car ownership,
12. Cars also take up a lot of space.
13. having so many parking spaces is wasteful.
14. limit the number of cars people can have ,
15. taxis, subways, and buses.
16. used them to signal when they wanted to ride the bus
17. empowered city
18. electric cars
19. to cheaply produce batteries that are strong enough for these cars.
20. we could, also make cars out of strong plastic composites

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. (CNN) -- The list of those on the program for superstar pop singer Whitney Houston's funeral covers the spectrum of the entertainment world.

Actor Kevin Costner, who starred with Houston in the 1992 hit movie "The Bodyguard," will speak at the service on Saturday, according to a source with knowledge of the funeral plans.

Gospel singer Kim Burrell told CNN's Jason Carroll she will sing, "I Believe in You and Me," a selection made by the Houston family. The song was included in the soundtrack from "The Preacher's Wife," a 1996 film starring Houston.

The ceremony also will feature performances by Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys and Aretha Franklin, who is Houston's godmother. Singer Roberta Flack will attend, but it was unclear whether she would perform.

Houston's ex-husband, Bobby Brown, has been officially invited to the funeral, according to Houston representative Kristen Foster.

Brown was openly emotional at a show in Mississippi on Saturday night following news of Houston's death, then pulled out of a performance in Nashville on Sunday night and flew to Los Angeles.

He will rejoin New Edition Thursday night for a performance in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, according to a New Edition publicist. Brown considers performing as therapy to get him through a difficult time, a source close to Brown said.

Foster said gospel singer Donnie McClurkin, actor-director Tyler Perry, producer Clive Davis, composer and music director Rickey Minor and Houston's cousin, Dionne Warwick, are among those on the program for the funeral.

Minor, who worked with Houston, told CNN that he will be involved with the funeral's music and that the New Jersey Mass Choir will perform. 1. Who were at the funeral?
2. Whose funeral?
3. Who was she?
4. Who will be one of the speakers?
5. Who is he?
6. How he is related to her?
7. In what movie?
8. When?
9. BTW, when is the service?
10. Who was her husband?
11. Is he invited?
12. Who confirmed that?
13. What Brown was doing in Mississippi?
14. What was his reaction at the news?
15. When did that happen?
16. What happened in Nashville?
17. On what day?
18. Where he ended up then?
19. Who is Donnie McClurkin?
20. Which choir will perform there?
numbered_answers:
1. pectrum of the entertainment world
2. Whitney
3. pop singer
4. Kevin Costner
5. Actor
6. who starred with Houston
7. The Bodyguard
8. 1992
9. unknown
10. Bobby Brown
11. yes
12. Kristen Foster
13. a show
14. openly emotional
15. Saturday nigh
16. ulled out of a performance
17. Sunday
18. Los Angeles
19. gospel singer
20. New Jersey Mass Choir