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Palermo (Italian: [palrmo] ( listen), Sicilian: Palermu, Latin: Panormus, from Greek: , Panormos, Arabic: , Balarm; Phoenician: , Ziz) is a city in Insular Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old. Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily, right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea.

The city was founded in 734 BC by the Phoenicians as Ziz ('flower'). Palermo then became a possession of Carthage, before becoming part of the Roman Republic, the Roman Empire and eventually part of the Byzantine Empire, for over a thousand years. The Greeks named the city Panormus meaning 'complete port'. From 831 to 1072 the city was under Arab rule during the Emirate of Sicily when the city first became a capital. The Arabs shifted the Greek name into Balarm, the root for Palermo's present-day name. Following the Norman reconquest, Palermo became the capital of a new kingdom (from 1130 to 1816), the Kingdom of Sicily and the capital of the Holy Roman Empire under Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor and Conrad IV of Germany, King of the Romans. Eventually Sicily would be united with the Kingdom of Naples to form the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies until the Italian unification of 1860.
1. What is over 2000 years old?
2. When was it established?
3. Who was it a part of for over a thousand years?

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1. Palermo
2. The city was founded in 734 BC by the Phoenicians as Ziz
3. part of the Byzantine Empire,

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(CNN) -- We are now able to project a winner in the 2012 presidential race:

Brooks & Dunn.

Again.

If that wasn't clear enough already, it became abundantly so at the end of Newt Gingrich's victory speech in South Carolina last weekend.

As Gingrich left the stage, his campaign staff played a song through the speaker system.

The song was "Only in America," by the country duo Brooks & Dunn.

Of course. That song has become a bipartisan standard in recent presidential campaigns. George W. Bush and Dick Cheney used it at their rallies; Barack Obama used it at his rallies; John McCain used it at his rallies; and now Gingrich is using it. Mitt Romney, too.

Politicians have long utilized campaign songs, but it is unusual for Republicans and Democrats to share the same song. After Bill Clinton used Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)" in his 1992 campaign, it would have been inconceivable for a Republican opponent to use it at GOP rallies that year, or for Republicans four years later to use it. It would have reminded potential voters of the other guy.

But "Only in America" has managed to transcend party lines; its lyrics, about the U.S. ideal of opportunity for all, seem to speak to a deeply held national belief, even a yearning, and the insistent opening guitar chords rivet an audience. "Only in America," Ronnie Dunn's voice sings, "Dreaming in red, white and blue; Only in America, Where we dream as big as we want to. ..."
1. Who was the project winner in the 2012 presidental's race?
2. When was that clear?
3. Where?
4. when?
5. WHat happened when he left the stage?
6. What was it?
7. by who?
8. What kind of music do they play?
9. Have others used this song?
10. What did Bill Clinton use?
11. by who?
12. when?
13. Was he a republican?
14. What is Only in America about?
15. WHat does it seem to speak?
16. What is Dunn's first name?
17. Is it just two people in the band?
18. What year was this race?
19. What did they play the song through?
20. who played it?

Numbered answers:
1. Brooks & Dunn.
2. the end of Newt Gingrich's victory speech
3. South Carolina
4. last weekend
5. his campaign staff played a song
6. Only in America
7. Brooks & Dunn
8. country
9. yes
10. Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)
11. Fleetwood Mac
12. 1992
13. no
14. bout the U.S. ideal of opportunity for all
15. a deeply held national belief
16. Ronnie
17. yes
18. 2012
19. a speaker system.
20. his campaign staff

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Children's Storybooks and Tales: This site is dedicated to Children's Story Books and how to tell Children's Stories. If you enjoy a child's story or have kids of your own then please browse this site to find some great stories and how to read them.

The Cat in the Hat---Dr. Seuss

In the first book featuring the character (The Cat in the Hat, 1957), the Cat brings chaos to a household of two young children on one rainy day while their mother is out. Bringing with him two creatures appropriately named Thing One and Thing Two, the Cat performs all sorts of tricks to amuse the children, with mixed results. The Cat's tricks are vainly opposed by the family pet, who is a conscious goldfish. The children (Sally and her older brother) finally prove good ones, capturing the Things and bringing the Cat under control. He cleans up the house on his way out, disappearing seconds before the mother comes back.

The Famous Fire---Enid Blyton

The Famous Fire is Enid Blyton's most popular and celebrated series of children's books. The sequence began life in 1942, when the first book, Fire on a Treasure Island was published and it has won great praise from both fans and critics. The series has gone on to become amongst the best-loved stories ever to have been written for children.

Tom and Pippo in the Garden---Helen Oxenbury

In 1988 Helen Oxenbury created a series of books featuring Tom, a naughty young boy, and his beloved stuffed monkey, Pippo. Ms. Oxenbury remarked that Tom was very much like her son "when he was a little boy". Like Tom, her son would often blame his misdeeds on his trusted buddy, the friendly family dog.

The BFG---Roald Dahl

The story is about an orphan girl named Sophie. One night when Sophie cannot sleep during the "witching hour" and sees a giant blowing something into bedroom windows down the street. The giant sees her, and although she tries to hide in the bed, he reaches through the window and carries her away to his home.
1. What is the name of Blyton's most popular books?
2. When was the first book of her series published?
3. What was the title of it?
4. Did it win favor with critics?
5. In what year was the first Cat in the Hat book published?
6. How many kids are in the family in that book?
7. Who is out when the events in this book take place?
8. Did the Cat bring any living things with him?
9. How many?
10. What were they called?
11. When did Oxenbury publish her series?
12. What was the name of the boy in her series?
13. What was Tom's stuffed animal called?
14. What sort of animal was he?
15. Who would Oxenbury's son blame for his wrong doings?
16. In the Cat in the Hat books, what sort of pet does the children have?
17. What is the girl's name in those books?
18. What is the girl's name in Dahl's book?
19. At what time can she not sleep?
20. What does she see?
Numbered answers:
1. The Famous Fire
2. 1942
3. Fire on Treasure Island
4. Yes
5. 1957
6. Two
7. The mother
8. Yes
9. Two
10. Thing One and Thing Two
11. In 1988
12. Tom
13. Pippo
14. Monkey
15. The family dog
16. Goldfish
17. Sally
18. Sophie
19. During the "witching hour"
20. A giant