Question: When two Bangs meet

Sheldon Cooper is a scientific genius on the popular American TV show, The Big Bang Theory (<<>> ). He finally met his match last year: Stephen Hawking.

This is not the first time that the scientist has appeared on TV. He has also been on Star Trek (in 1987) and The Simpsons (in 1989). Each time, he played himself.

Hawking, 71, is perhaps the world's most famous scientist after Albert Einstein. He has spent his whole life studying the beginning and the end of the universe, including the Big Bang theory.

The Big Bang theory explains the early development of the universe. According to the theory, about 13.7 billion years ago everything was all squeezed together in a tiny, tight little ball, and then the ball exploded. The results of that explosion are what we call the universe.

Hawking has always tried to make science more popular with people. His book: A Brief History of Time was published in 1988. In the book he shares his understanding of the universe in simple language. The book tries to explain many subjects about the universe to common readers, including the Big Bang, black holes and light cones .

Hawking's achievements are even greater if you think about his disability. When he was 21, Hawking caught a bad illness that slowly stopped him from moving or talking. Now he sits on a wheelchair with a computer by his side. To communicate, he moves two fingers to control the computer's mouse. He chooses his words from the screen, which are then spoken by a voice synthesizer .

Hawking also believes that there might be aliens in space. However, he believes they are probably very dangerous, so we should not look for them. "I imagine they might exist in very big ships ... having used up all the resources from their home planet," Hawking said in a British documentary named Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking. 1. Who met his match last year?
2. Is he a real person?
3. What show is his character on?
4. Who did he meet?
5. What other shows has he been on?
6. When was he on Star Trek?
7. And the Simpsons?
8. Is he the most reckognizable scientist?
9. Who might be a tad more well known?
10. What exploded in theory?
11. Was it a large ball?
12. How big was it?
13. When did this likely occur? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Sheldon Cooper
2. Yes
3. The Big Bang Theory
4. Stephen Hawking.
5. Star Trek and The Simpsons
6. 1987
7. 1989
8. perhaps
9. Albert Einstein
10. the ball
11. No
12. little
13. about 13.7 billion years ago

Question: It was a cold winter day in John's city. It was December and snowing outside. This made John want a bowl of warm soup. John went to the refrigerator to make soup. He looked for the things needed to make the soup. He did not see some items he needed. John needed to go to the grocery store. John wanted to make a list. He found a pencil and paper to make a list. He needed sugar, lettuce, tomatoes and cheese. John wrote down the items. He put the grocery list in his pocket. He then went to the closet to get dressed. John needed a jacket and gloves for the cold weather. He also put his boots on. He remembered to close the front door to his house. John used a key to lock his front door. Then he put the house key is his pocket. The grocery store was around the corner. John walked to the grocery store. He grabbed a grocery basket to put his items in. What did John need? He pulled out his list of items. John found each item and walked back to his house. On this cold winter day, John can make a bowl of warm soup. He has all the items he needed. John was happy. 1. What season was it?
2. What was the weather like?
3. What did John want to eat?
4. Did he have all the recipe ingredients at home?
5. How many items did he need?
6. Did he write a grocery list?
7. Did John lock the front door when he went to the store?
8. How did he lock it?
9. Was the store far away?
10. Did John bring the list to the grocery store?
11. Was he able to buy everything he needed?
12. How was he feeling ? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. winter
2. snowing
3. soup
4. no
5. four
6. yes
7. yes
8. key
9. no
10. yes
11. yes
12. happy

Question: Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, (; ; born 2 March 1931) is a former Soviet statesman. He was the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, having been General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. He was the country's head of state from 1988 until 1991 (titled as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 to 1989, as Chairman of the from 1989 to 1990, and as Soviet Union]] from 1990 to 1991).

Gorbachev was born in Stavropol Krai in 1931 into a peasant UkrainianRussian family, and in his teens, operated combine harvesters on collective farms. He graduated from Moscow State University in 1955 with a degree in law. While he was at the university, he joined the Communist Party, and soon became very active within it. In 1970, he was appointed the First Party Secretary of the Stavropol Regional Committee, First Secretary to the Supreme Soviet in 1974, and appointed a candidate member of the Politburo in 1979. Within three years of the death of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, following the brief "interregna" of Andropov and Chernenko, Gorbachev was elected general secretary by the Politburo in 1985. Before he reached the post, he had occasionally been mentioned in Western newspapers as a likely next leader and a man of the younger generation at the top level. 1. Who was head of state in the Soviet Union in 1990?
2. What year was he born?
3. Where?
4. Was his family wealthy?
5. What kind of work did they do?
6. Where did he join the Communist Party?
7. Which university?
8. What did he study there?
9. When did he graduate?
10. When was he elected general secretary by Politburo? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
2. 1931
3. Stavropol Krai
4. No
5. Peasants
6. university
7. Moscow State University
8. law
9. 1955
10. 1985