question: Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (; 15 April 14522 May 1519), more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian Renaissance polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. He has been variously called the father of palaeontology, ichnology, and architecture, and is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time. Sometimes credited with the inventions of the parachute, helicopter and tank, he epitomised the Renaissance humanist ideal.

Many historians and scholars regard Leonardo as the prime exemplar of the "Universal Genius" or "Renaissance Man", an individual of "unquenchable curiosity" and "feverishly inventive imagination". According to art historian Helen Gardner, the scope and depth of his interests were without precedent in recorded history, and "his mind and personality seem to us superhuman, while the man himself mysterious and remote". Marco Rosci notes that while there is much speculation regarding his life and personality, his view of the world was logical rather than mysterious, and that the empirical methods he employed were unorthodox for his time.

Born out of wedlock to a notary, Piero da Vinci, and a peasant woman, Caterina, in Vinci in the region of Florence, Leonardo was educated in the studio of the renowned Florentine painter Andrea del Verrocchio. Much of his earlier working life was spent in the service of Ludovico il Moro in Milan. He later worked in Rome, Bologna and Venice, and he spent his last years in France at the home awarded to him by Francis I of France.
1. Who was a polymath?
2. When was he born?
3. Was he a painter?
4. A writer?
5. What is one more thing he was
6. Was did he invent?
7. What is he the father of?
8. What era was he a part of
9. Who is Helen Gardner?
10. What country is Leonardo from?
11. What is his full name?
12. Who is his dad?
13. His mom?
14. Were they married?
15. Who was his teacher?
16. When did Leonardo die?
17. Who did he work for?
18. Who awarded him a home?
19. Where?
20. Where else did he live?
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answer: 1. Leonardo da Vinci
2. 15 April
3. Yes
4. yes
5. architecture
6. parachute, helicopter and tank
7. palaeontology, ichnology, and architecture
8. Renaissance
9. art historian
10. Italy
11. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
12. Piero da Vinci
13. Caterina
14. No
15. Andrea del Verrocchio
16. May 1519
17. Ludovico il Moro
18. Francis I
19. France
20. Rome, Bologna and Venice

question: (CNN) -- As Mitt Romney prepares to make the case for a first term, give a thought to what we can expect from a Barack Obama second term.

It's probably going to look a lot like the second terms of George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, and Richard Nixon -- driven not by his own agenda, but by events beyond his control. Bush's second term was defined by the after-effects of the Iraq decision he made in his first term; Clinton's by impeachment and the Internet boom; Reagan's by deficits and Gorbachev; Nixon's by Watergate.

And what will define Obama's?

1) Republicans will hold at least one House of Congress, maybe two.

2) The U.S. economy will continue to mend, as the financial crisis recedes into the past.

3) Unless forcibly prevented, Iran will enrich enough uranium for multiple nuclear weapons sometime before 2017.

4) Natural gas production will continue to surge.

Prediction 1 implies that there will be no bold Obama legislative agenda in a second term. The votes just won't be there. The second-term Obama agenda will have to be executed through agency action and executive order. And he'll have lots of opportunities via the big laws passed in his first term: the Affordable Care Act, Dodd-Frank, and so on.

Critics often talk about how long these laws are. Yet however long the enactment, the text of a complex modern statute is only the very roughest guide to its future operation. The crucial operating decisions are made by presidential appointees, supervised by the courts. Congress drafts, but the administrators fill in the details - and the details, as the saying goes, are where the devil lurks.
1. What is Mitt Romney doing?
2. Did George W. Bush have a second term?
3. Nixon?
4. Clinton?
5. Ford?
6. What was Bush's second term defined by?
7. Clinton's?
8. Reagan's?
9. Nixon's?
10. How many things does the article list that will define Obama's?
11. Will there be a bold Obama legislative agenda?
12. What will natural gas production do?
13. Will the votes be there?
14. What laws were passed in his first-term?
15. Are they lengthy laws?
16. Who are the operating decisions made by?
17. Who fills in the details?
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answer: 1. preparing to make the case for a first term
2. yes
3. yes
4. yes
5. unknown
6. his Iraq decision
7. impeachment and the Internet boom
8. deficits and Gorbachev
9. Watergate
10. Four
11. no
12. continue to surge.
13. no
14. the Affordable Care Act and Dodd-Frank
15. yes
16. presidential appointees
17. administrators

question: Anna really likes school. She does well in school and gets good grades. Anna's favorite class time activities are reading, math, and writing. She also enjoys playing with her friends at recess. Anna has a lot of friends in her class. Anna's favorite books to read are mysteries. She has read several Nancy Drew books which are about a young woman who solves exciting mysteries. Anna also likes to read comic books. She tries not to read comic books in class because they often make her laugh out loud. Laughing very loud during quiet reading time could get her into trouble! When playing at recess, Anna likes to make up new games to play. She and her friend Lily enjoy playing games like tag, where you run around chasing after each other. Their games are different than tag because when you tag the other player you call out a math question they have to answer to become "It". Anna always tries to play active games; it makes recess much more fun for her. Sometimes, if the balls are out, she plays soccer with some of her friends. Soccer always makes her very tired. Anna really enjoys playing during recess as it helps her to be ready to work hard in class.
1. What are Nancy Drew books about?
2. Who has read several of these?
3. Does she enjoy them?
4. Is reading one of her favorite things to do at school?
5. How many favorites does she have?
6. What else does she enjoy?
7. What kind of grades does she get?
8. How do you know?
9. Has she ever laughed during class?
10. Why?
11. Is that a good thing?
12. What does she like to do at playtime?
13. Does she play by herself?
14. Who else joins her?
15. What makes her tired?
16. Why does she enjoy recess so much?
17. Why was her version of tag different?
18. What happens next?
19. What games does she try to play most?
20. Why?
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answer:
1. a young woman who solves exciting mysteries
2. Anna
3. yes
4. yes
5. three
6. playing with her friends
7. good ones
8. because she does well in school
9. yes
10. because she reads comic books in class
11. no
12. make up new games to play
13. no
14. her friend Lily
15. playing soccer
16. because it helps work hard in class
17. because when you tag the other player you call out a math question
18. they answer it to become "It"
19. active games
20. because it makes recess much more fun