question: (CNN) -- No team has ever retained the Champions League title since the competition was revamped in 1992 -- but perhaps, finally, this will be the year.

Karim Benzema ensured Real Madrid's place in the last-16 by firing his side to a 1-0 win over Liverpool to make it four wins from four.

The France international netted a 27th minute winner after Real was made to work hard against a much-changed visiting side.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who wasted a number of opportunities, was left frustrated after failing to overturn Raul's Champions League goals record.

Ronaldo remains on 70, one behind Raul, while his chief rival, Barcelona's Lionel Messi, plays tomorrow.

Messi, who has 69, faces Ajax in Amsterdam on Wednesday and could leapfrog the Portugal star.

Real's 12th successive victory was more labored than most would have expected given the side's previous encounter.

A fortnight ago, Real rolled into Anfield, a venue where it had never managed a victory, and blew LIverpool away within first 41 minutes of the contest.

Led by Ronaldo, Real scored three times in the first half before playing out the remainder of the contest in second gear.

Since then, Real has continued its fine form, defeating Barcelona in the Clasico and extending its winning streak to 11 games in succession.

Its fortunes could scarcely be any more different to those of Liverpool, a club whose season is already in danger of unraveling.

Since the departure of Luis Suarez to Barcelona, Liverpool, which finished second in the Premier League last season, has endured a dismal period in which the success of last year appears nothing but a distant memory.
1. Who is the player that is the hero of this story?
2. What did he do?
3. What team does he play for?
4. In what minute did he score the goal?
5. Which player was frustrated during the game?
6. Why?
7. How far is he behind the record holder?
8. Who is his chief rival?
9. What number does Messi have?
10. What team does he face this Wednesday?
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answer: 1. Karim Benzema
2. nsured Real Madrid's place in the last-16 by firing his side to a 1-0 win over Liverpool
3. Real Madrid'
4. 27th minute
5. Cristiano Ronaldo
6. He failed to overturn the Raul's Champions goals record
7. He is on 70
8. Lionel Messi
9. 69
10. Ajax

question: Woody Guthrie left California for New York in 1940. There he met Alan Lomax, an expert on America's traditional music. He collected and recorded traditional American folk music, which had few fans at that time. When he heard Woody sing, Lomax knew he had found a true singer of American folk music. Lomax recorded many of Woody's songs for the Library of Congress.

Three years later, Woody published a book called Bound for Glory. It was about his early life and travels. From this book people came to learn how Woody had spent his unhappy youth. His mother, Nora Guthrie, died of Huntington's Disease in 1929 when he was only seventeen years old. There was no treatment for the disease. About twenty years later, the disease also began to attack the son. Woody's health got worse and worse, and finally he entered a hospital.

While Woody seemed to be forgotten, his music was not. By the late 1950s, folk music became popular in America. More Americans began listening and playing the songs of Woody Guthrie. Young folk singers came to New York to visit Woody in the hospital. Among them was Bob Dylan, one of America's greatest popular songwriters. He called Woody his hero. Dylan and others copied the way Woody sang and played the guitar. And like Woody, they wrote songs that called for social and political justice .

Woody Guthrie stayed in the hospital until he died in 1967. In the last years of his life, Woody could hardly speak. But his family and friends knew he still believed in the causes he had sung and written about all his life. They knew this because when they sang his songs, Woody's eyes would become brighter and his defiant spirit would shine through.
1. When did Woody leave California?
2. Where did he go?
3. Who did he meet there?
4. What was Alan an expert in?
5. What did he do with the music?
6. Was it popular during that time period?
7. What happened after he sang for him?
8. Where did Woody stay until he passed away?
9. When was that?
10. Was he able to perform at all right before he passed away?
11. What brought happiness and light to him in his final days?
12. What did he write?
13. Did he write anything else?
14. What was it called?
15. What was it about?
16. Who was his mom?
17. What did she pass away from?
18. When was that?
19. How old was he when she passed?
20. What did he die of?
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answer: 1. 1940
2. NewYork
3. Alan Lomax
4. American music
5. collected and recorded it
6. no
7. Lomax recirded his songs
8. in the hospital
9. 1967
10. noeak.
11. hearing his songs
12. folk music
13. a book
14. Bound for Glory
15. his early life
16. Nora
17. Huntington's Disease
18. 929
19. seventeen
20. Huntington's disease

question: Odisha (; formerly Orissa, ) is one of the 29 states of India, located in eastern India. It is surrounded by the states of West Bengal to the north-east, Jharkhand to the north, Chhattisgarh to the west and north-west, and Andhra Pradesh to the south. Odisha has of coastline along the Bay of Bengal on its east, from Balasore to Ganjam. It is the 9th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. It is also the 3rd most populous state of India in terms of tribal population.

Odia (formerly known as "Oriya") is the official and most widely spoken language, spoken by 33.2 million according to the 2001 Census.

The ancient kingdom of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka in 261 BCE resulting in the Kalinga War, coincides with the borders of modern-day Odisha. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April 1936, as a province in British India, and consisted predominantly of Odia-speaking regions. April 1 is celebrated as Odisha Day. The region is also known as Utkala and is mentioned in India's national anthem, "Jana Gana Mana". Cuttack was made the capital of the region by Anantavarman Chodaganga in c. 1135, after which the city was used as the capital by many rulers, through the British era until 1948. Thereafter, Bhubaneswar became the capital of Odisha.
1. What country is Odisha in?
2. What part of India?
3. Was it always known by that name?
4. What was it?
5. When was Orissa created?
6. As what?
7. Of who?
8. What is the capital of Odisha?
9. When did it become the capital?
10. What is the language in Odisha?
11. Is that the official language?
12. How many people speak it?
13. Where does that number come from?
14. What is on it's north border?
15. What about the on the west?
16. What's on it's south side?
17. Does it have any water nearby?
18. Which body of water is it?
19. Where does its coastline run?
20. How many states are in India?
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answer:
1. India
2. eastern India
3. no
4. Orissa
5. 1 April 1936
6. a province
7. British India
8. Bhubaneswar
9. 1948
10. Odia
11. yes
12. 33.2 million
13. the 2001 Census.
14. Jharkhand
15. Chhattisgarh
16. Andhra Pradesh
17. yes
18. the Bay of Bengal
19. from Balasore to Ganjam
20. 29