Q: Arabic (, ' or ' or ) is a Central Semitic language complex that first emerged in Iron Age northwestern Arabia and is now the "lingua franca" of the Arab world. It is named after the Arabs, a term initially used to describe peoples living from Mesopotamia in the east to the Anti-Lebanon mountains in the west, in northwestern Arabia, and in the Sinai peninsula.

The modern written language (Modern Standard Arabic) is derived from Classical Arabic. It is widely taught in schools and universities, and is used to varying degrees in workplaces, government, and the media. The two formal varieties are grouped together as Literary Arabic ("fusha"), which is the official language of 26 states and the liturgical language of Islam. Modern Standard Arabic largely follows the grammatical standards of Classical Arabic and uses much of the same vocabulary. However, it has discarded some grammatical constructions and vocabulary that no longer have any counterpart in the spoken varieties, and has adopted certain new constructions and vocabulary from the spoken varieties. Much of the new vocabulary is used to denote concepts that have arisen in the post-classical era, especially in modern times.

During the Middle Ages, Literary Arabic was a major vehicle of culture in Europe, especially in science, mathematics and philosophy. As a result, many European languages have also borrowed many words from it. Arabic influence, mainly in vocabulary, is seen in European languages, mainly Spanish and to a lesser extent Portuguese, Valencian and Catalan, owing to both the proximity of Christian European and Muslim Arab civilizations and 800 years of Arabic culture and language in the Iberian Peninsula, referred to in Arabic as al-Andalus. Sicilian has about 500 Arabic words as result of Sicily being progressively conquered by Saracens from North Africa, from the mid 9th to mid 10th centuries. Many of these words relate to agriculture and related activities (Hull and Ruffino). Balkan languages, including Greek and Bulgarian, have also acquired a significant number of Arabic words through contact with Ottoman Turkish.

Answer the following questions:
1. what type of language is it
2. when did it come about
3. in what country
4. what words are used to describe it in the arab world
5. what was the term first used for
6. where does the modern day language come from
7. is this a language that is taught in a lot of places
8. what are the two varieties of the language
9. Which one is the vofficial language in 26 states
10. Is it also a language used in Islam
11. What does the modern language not include anymore
12. Where was literary arabic used a lot in middle ages
13. what country
14. do some european languages now use words from it
15. what is the main language it is seen in
16. who has roughly 500 arabic words
17. why is this
18. during what centuries
19. what other languages have used their words
20. from contact with who
A: 1. A Central Semitic language complex
2. The Iron Age
3. northwestern Arabia
4. Lingua Franca
5. To describe people living in certain regions.
6. Classical Arabic
7. Yes.
8. Literary and Modern Standard Arabic
9. Literary Arabic.
10. Yes
11. Grammatical constructions and some vocabulary.
12. Science, mathematics and philosophy.
13. Throughout Europe.
14. Yes.
15. Spanish
16. Sicily.
17. They were conquered by Saracens from North Africa.
18. The ninth to mid tenth centuries.
19. Greek and Bulgarian
20. The Ottoman Turkish.
Q: (Rolling Stone) -- On July 25th, 1965, Bob Dylan walked onstage at the Newport Folk Festival, plugged in his 1964 sunburst Fender Stratocaster and tore through a scorching three-song set. It was a crucial turning point in his career, and it quickly became rock & roll legend -- the moment when Dylan transformed from a protest folkie to a rebel genius. But the guitar Dylan played on that mythic afternoon went missing for the next 47 years -- until recently, when a team of PBS researchers told New Jersey resident Dawn Peterson that she had it in her home.

Peterson's late father, Victor Quinto, was a private pilot who worked for Dylan's manager, Albert Grossman, in the mid-1960s. "After one flight, my father saw there were three guitars left on the plane," she says. He contacted the company a few times about picking the guitars up, but nobody ever got back to him."

Last fall, Peterson asked PBS's History Detectives to help verify her find. The 1964 Stratocaster came with 13 pages of typed and handwritten song lyrics tucked inside its guitar case -- but host Wes Cowan was skeptical at first. "It's so important, historically and culturally, that I couldn't have imagined Bob Dylan would have just left it on an airplane," he says.

In fact, Dylan says that's not what happened. "Bob has possession of the electric guitar he played at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965," his attorney, Orin Snyder, said in a statement. "He did own several other Stratocaster guitars that were stolen from him around that time, as were some handwritten lyrics."

Answer the following questions:
1. What brand of guitar was Dylan playing
2. Where did he play?
3. how long was his show
4. what year was it?
5. where is the famous guitar now?
6. What was found with the other guitars?
7. How did Quinto get the guitars
8. Who was Victor Quinto?
9. who was he contracted through?
10. Who did Dawn contact about verifying the guitars authenticity
11. What did PBS have to do with it?
12. were they successful
13. what brand of guitars were stolen
14. was the manager contacted about the guitars left on the plane?
A:
1. sunburst Fender Stratocaster
2. Newport Folk Festival,
3. three-song set
4. 1965
5. "Bob has possession
6. handwritten song lyrics
7. three guitars left on the plane
8. private pilot
9. worked for Dylan's manager, Albert
10. unknown
11. help verify her find
12. unknown
13. unknown
14. unknown