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Passage: In modern times Cypriot art history begins with the painter Vassilis Vryonides (1883–1958) who studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. Arguably the two founding fathers of modern Cypriot art were Adamantios Diamantis (1900–1994) who studied at London's Royal College of Art and Christopheros Savva (1924–1968) who also studied in London, at Saint Martin's School of Art. In many ways these two artists set the template for subsequent Cypriot art and both their artistic styles and the patterns of their education remain influential to this day. In particular the majority of Cypriot artists still train in England while others train at art schools in Greece and local art institutions such as the Cyprus College of Art, University of Nicosia and the Frederick Institute of Technology.

Question: Who was the first important Cyprus painter of modern times?

Question: Where did Vassilis Vryonides study?

Question: Name one of the individuals considered the founding fathers of modern Cypriot art.

Question: Name the other individual considered the founding fathers of modern Cypriot art.

Question: Where do many Cypriot artists train?
Passage: One of the features of Cypriot art is a tendency towards figurative painting although conceptual art is being rigorously promoted by a number of art "institutions" and most notably the Nicosia Municipal Art Centre. Municipal art galleries exist in all the main towns and there is a large and lively commercial art scene. Cyprus was due to host the international art festival Manifesta in 2006 but this was cancelled at the last minute following a dispute between the Dutch organizers of Manifesta and the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture over the location of some of the Manifesta events in the Turkish sector of the capital Nicosia.

Question: What type of art is being promoted by art institutions in Cyprus?

Question: What types of places can Cypriots visit to experience art?

Question: What year was Cyprus supposed to host the international art festival Manifesta?
Passage: The traditional folk music of Cyprus has several common elements with Greek, Turkish, and Arabic music including Greco-Turkish dances such as the sousta, syrtos, zeibekikos, tatsia, and karsilamas as well as the Middle Eastern-inspired tsifteteli and arapies. There is also a form of musical poetry known as chattista which is often performed at traditional feasts and celebrations. The instruments commonly associated with Cyprus folk music are the bouzouki, oud ("outi"), violin ("fkiolin"), lute ("laouto"), accordion, Cyprus flute ("pithkiavlin") and percussion (including the "toumperleki"). Composers associated with traditional Cypriot music include Evagoras Karageorgis, Marios Tokas, Solon Michaelides and Savvas Salides. Among musicians is also the acclaimed pianist Cyprien Katsaris and composer and artistic director of the European Capital of Culture initiative Marios Joannou Elia.

Question: Traditional Cyprus music has what other types of genres in common?

Question: What are the names of the Greco-Turkish dances?

Question: What are the names of the Middle-Eastern inspired dances?

Question: What is chattista?

Question: Where is chattista performed?
Passage: Popular music in Cyprus is generally influenced by the Greek Laïka scene; artists who play in this genre include international platinum star Anna Vissi, Evridiki, and Sarbel. Hip Hop, R&B and reggae have been supported by the emergence of Cypriot rap and the urban music scene at Ayia Napa. Cypriot rock music and Éntekhno rock is often associated with artists such as Michalis Hatzigiannis and Alkinoos Ioannidis. Metal also has a small following in Cyprus represented by bands such as Armageddon (rev.16:16), Blynd, Winter's Verge and Quadraphonic.

Question: What influences popular music in Cyprus?

Question: What are some famous Cypriot artists?

Question: What other genres of music are enjoyed in Cyprus?

Question: What are some famous metal Cypriot bands?

Question: Which artists are associated with Cypriot rock music?
Passage: Epic poetry, notably the "acritic songs", flourished during Middle Ages. Two chronicles, one written by Leontios Machairas and the other by Georgios Voustronios, cover the entire Middle Ages until the end of Frankish rule (4th century–1489). Poèmes d'amour written in medieval Greek Cypriot date back from the 16th century. Some of them are actual translations of poems written by Petrarch, Bembo, Ariosto and G. Sannazzaro. Many Cypriot scholars fled Cyprus at troubled times such as Ioannis Kigalas (c. 1622–1687) who migrated from Cyprus to Italy in the 17th century, several of his works have survived in books of other scholars.

Question: What type of artistic form flourished at the time of the Middle Ages?

Question: What was the time period of Frankish rule?

Question: Who is one of the scholars that fled Cyprus during troubled times?

Question: Where did scholar Ioannis Kigalas flee to in the 17th century?
Passage: Modern Greek Cypriot literary figures include the poet and writer Kostas Montis, poet Kyriakos Charalambides, poet Michalis Pasiardis, writer Nicos Nicolaides, Stylianos Atteshlis, Altheides, Loukis Akritas and Demetris Th. Gotsis. Dimitris Lipertis, Vasilis Michaelides and Pavlos Liasides are folk poets who wrote poems mainly in the Cypriot-Greek dialect. Among leading Turkish Cypriot writers are Osman Türkay, twice nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, Özker Yaşın, Neriman Cahit, Urkiye Mine Balman, Mehmet Yaşın and Neşe Yaşın.

Question: Who are some famous Cypriot folk poets?

Question: Which Turkish Cypriot writer has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature twice?

Question: Who is a modern Greek Cypriot writer and poet?
Passage: Examples of Cyprus in foreign literature, include the works of Shakespeare, with the majority of the play Othello by William Shakespeare set on the island of Cyprus. British writer Lawrence Durrell lived in Cyprus from 1952 until 1956, during his time working for the British colonial government on the island, and wrote the book Bitter Lemons concerning his time in Cyprus which won the second Duff Cooper Prize in 1957. More recently British writer Victoria Hislop used Cyprus as the setting for her 2014 novel The Sunrise.

Question: Where was William Shakespeare's Othello set?

Question: Where did British writer Lawrence Durrell reside from 1952-1956?

Question: Which 2014 novel uses Cyprus as its main location?

Question: What book did Lawrence Durrell write while living on Cyprus?
Passage: Local television companies in Cyprus include the state owned Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation which runs two television channels. In addition on the Greek side of the island there are the private channels ANT1 Cyprus, Plus TV, Mega Channel, Sigma TV, Nimonia TV (NTV) and New Extra. In Northern Cyprus, the local channels are BRT, the Turkish Cypriot equivalent to the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, and a number of private channels. The majority of local arts and cultural programming is produced by the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation and BRT, with local arts documentaries, review programmes and filmed drama series.

Question: What is the name of a local television company in Cyprus?

Question: What is BRT?

Question: Which television broadcasters produce art and cultural programming?
Passage: In 1994, cinematographic production received a boost with the establishment of the Cinema Advisory Committee. As of the year 2000, the annual amount set aside in the national budget stands at Cy Pounds 500,000 (about 850,000 Euros). In addition to government grants, Cypriot co-productions are eligible for funding from the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund, which finances European film co-productions. To date, four feature-length films in which a Cypriot was executive producer have received funding from Eurimages. The first was I Sphagi tou Kokora (1992), completed in 1996, Hellados (And the Trains Fly to the Sky, 1995), which is currently in post-production, and Costas Demetriou's O Dromos gia tin Ithaki (The Road to Ithaka, 1997) which premiered in March 2000. The theme song to The Road to Ithaka was composed by Costas Cacoyannis and sung by Alexia Vassiliou. In September 1999, To Tama (The Promise) by Andreas Pantzis also received funding from the Eurimages Fund. In 2009 the Greek director, writer and producer Vassilis Mazomenos filmed in Cyprus Guilt. The film was awarded in 2012 with the Best Screenwriting and Best Photography award in London Greek Film Festival (UK) and was official selection in Montreal World Film Festival, Cairo International Film Festival, India International Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Fantasporto and opening film in the Panorama of European Cinema in Athens. In 2010 the film was Nominated for the best film from the Hellenic Film Academy.

Question: What is the amount in Euros of money set aside for the Cinema Advisory Committee?

Question: Who finances European film co-productions?

Question: What was the first feature film to receive funding from Eurimages?

Question: Which film was awarded the Best Screenwriting and Best Photography at the London Greek Film Festival?
Passage: Seafood and fish dishes include squid, octopus, red mullet, and sea bass. Cucumber and tomato are used widely in salads. Common vegetable preparations include potatoes in olive oil and parsley, pickled cauliflower and beets, asparagus and taro. Other traditional delicacies of are meat marinated in dried coriander seeds and wine, and eventually dried and smoked, such as lountza (smoked pork loin), charcoal-grilled lamb, souvlaki (pork and chicken cooked over charcoal), and sheftalia (minced meat wrapped in mesentery). Pourgouri (bulgur, cracked wheat) is the traditional source of carbohydrate other than bread, and is used to make the delicacy koubes.

Question: What are some famous seafood and fish dishes?

Question: What fruits are commonly used in foods?

Question: What is lountza?

Question: What is souvlaki?

Question: What is sheftalia?
Passage: Fresh vegetables and fruits are common ingredients. Frequently used vegetables include courgettes, green peppers, okra, green beans, artichokes, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce and grape leaves, and pulses such as beans, broad beans, peas, black-eyed beans, chick-peas and lentils. The most common fruits and nuts are pears, apples, grapes, oranges, mandarines, nectarines, medlar, blackberries, cherry, strawberries, figs, watermelon, melon, avocado, lemon, pistachio, almond, chestnut, walnut, and hazelnut.

Question: Can you name some common vegetables used in Cyprus?

Question: Can you name some common fruits used in Cyprus?

Question: Can you name some common pulses used in Cyprus?
Passage: Tennis player Marcos Baghdatis was ranked 8th in the world, was a finalist at the Australian Open, and reached the Wimbledon semi-final, all in 2006. High jumper Kyriakos Ioannou achieved a jump of 2.35 m at the 11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan, in 2007, winning the bronze medal. He has been ranked third in the world. In motorsports, Tio Ellinas is a successful race car driver, currently racing in the GP3 Series for Marussia Manor Motorsport. There is also mixed martial artist Costas Philippou, who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship promotion's middleweight division. Costas holds a 6-3 record in UFC bouts, and recently defeated "The Monsoon" Lorenz Larkin with a Knockout in the 1st round.

Question: Which Cypriot tennis player ranked 8th in the world?

Question: How high did Kyriakos Ioannou jump in Osaka in 2007?

Question: What organization does Costas Philippou participate in?

Question: Where does Tio Ellinas race?
Passage: In a career spanning more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as archetypes of modern Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking. In later years, his films began addressing humanistic issues such as the Holocaust (in Schindler's List), the transatlantic slave trade (in Amistad), war (in Empire of the Sun, Saving Private Ryan, War Horse and Bridge of Spies) and terrorism (in Munich). His other films include Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones film series, and A.I. Artificial Intelligence.

Question: What issue did Spielberg address in his movie Schindler's List?

Question: What issue did Spielberg address in his movie Amistad?

Question: What issue did Spielberg address in his movie Munich?

Question: How long has Steven Spielberg had his career so far?

Question: In what film did Spielberg address humanistic issues?

Question: In what film did Spielberg cover the slave trade?

Question: In what films did Spielberg address war?

Question: In what film did Spielberg address terrorism?

Question: What type of films did Spielberg find early success with?
Passage: Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to an Orthodox Jewish family. His mother, Leah (Adler) Posner (born 1920), was a restaurateur and concert pianist, and his father, Arnold Spielberg (born 1917), was an electrical engineer involved in the development of computers. His paternal grandparents were immigrants from Ukraine who settled in Cincinnati in the first decade of the 1900s. In 1950, his family moved to Haddon Township, New Jersey when his father took a job with RCA. Three years later, the family moved to Phoenix, Arizona.:548 Spielberg attended Hebrew school from 1953 to 1957, in classes taught by Rabbi Albert L. Lewis.

Question: Where was Steven Spielberg born?

Question: What religion was Steven Spielberg's family?

Question: Where were Steven Spielberg's granparents from?

Question: Where did Steven Spielberg's family move to in 1953?

Question: What job did Steven Spielberg's father have?

Question: Where was Spielberg born?

Question: What religion was Spielberg's family?

Question: What was Spielberg's father's career?

Question: What was Spielberg's mother's career?

Question: Where did Spielberg's paternal grandparents immigrate from?
Passage: Spielberg won the Academy Award for Best Director for Schindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998). Three of Spielberg's films—Jaws (1975), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and Jurassic Park (1993)—achieved box office records, originated and came to epitomize the blockbuster film. The unadjusted gross of all Spielberg-directed films exceeds $9 billion worldwide, making him the highest-grossing director in history. His personal net worth is estimated to be more than $3 billion. He has been associated with composer John Williams since 1974, who composed music for all save five of Spielberg's feature films.

Question: How much money has all of Steven Spielberg's movies grossed worldwide?

Question: What composer has Steven Spielberg been associated with since 1974?

Question: How much money is Steven Spielberg worth?

Question: What record does Steven Spielberg have?

Question: Who has composed most of Steven Spielberg's movies?

Question: When was Jaws released?

Question: When did Jurassic Park come out?

Question: What did Spielberg win for Schindler's List?

Question: Who composes music for most of Spielberg's movies?

Question: What is Spielberg's net worth?
Passage: As a child, Spielberg faced difficulty reconciling being an Orthodox Jew with the perception of him by other children he played with. "It isn't something I enjoy admitting," he once said, "but when I was seven, eight, nine years old, God forgive me, I was embarrassed because we were Orthodox Jews. I was embarrassed by the outward perception of my parents' Jewish practices. I was never really ashamed to be Jewish, but I was uneasy at times." Spielberg also said he suffered from acts of anti-Semitic prejudice and bullying: "In high school, I got smacked and kicked around. Two bloody noses. It was horrible."

Question: When did Steven Spielberg have trouble dealing with being an Orthodox Jew?

Question: How did Steven Spielberg feel about being an Orhtodox Jew?

Question: What kind of prejudice did Spielberg have to deal with in High school?

Question: How many bloody noses did Spielberg get in High School?

Question: At what age was Spielberg embarrassed by his family being Jewish?

Question: What was Spielberg bullied because of?

Question: How many bloody noses did Spielberg get in high school?
Passage: In 1958, he became a Boy Scout and fulfilled a requirement for the photography merit badge by making a nine-minute 8 mm film entitled The Last Gunfight. Years later, Spielberg recalled to a magazine interviewer, "My dad's still-camera was broken, so I asked the scoutmaster if I could tell a story with my father's movie camera. He said yes, and I got an idea to do a Western. I made it and got my merit badge. That was how it all started." At age thirteen, while living in Phoenix, Spielberg won a prize for a 40-minute war film he titled Escape to Nowhere, using a cast composed of other high school friends. That motivated him to make 15 more amateur 8mm films.:548 In 1963, at age sixteen, Spielberg wrote and directed his first independent film, a 140-minute science fiction adventure called Firelight, which would later inspire Close Encounters. The film was made for $500, most of which came from his father, and was shown in a local cinema for one evening, which earned back its cost.

Question: What was Spielberg's first indepenent film?

Question: How long was Spielberg's film "Escape to Nowhere"?

Question: How much money did Spielberg spend to film Close Encounters?

Question: Who did Spielberg get money from to film Close Encounters?

Question: What genre was Spielberg's first film "The Last Gunfight"

Question: When did Spielberg join the Boy Scouts?

Question: What film did Spielberg make to earn a merit badge?

Question: Why did Spielberg make a movie instead of taking still photos for the photography merit badge?

Question: At what age did Spielberg make 'Escape to Nowhere'?

Question: What film led to Close Encounters?
Passage: While still a student, he was offered a small unpaid intern job at Universal Studios with the editing department. He was later given the opportunity to make a short film for theatrical release, the 26-minute, 35mm, Amblin', which he wrote and directed. Studio vice president Sidney Sheinberg was impressed by the film, which had won a number of awards, and offered Spielberg a seven-year directing contract. It made him the youngest director ever to be signed for a long-term deal with a major Hollywood studio.:548 He subsequently dropped out of college to begin professionally directing TV productions with Universal.

Question: What job was SPielberg offered when he was a student?

Question: Who offered Spielberg a contract at Universal Studios?

Question: What short film did Spielberg make for theatrical release?

Question: What did Steven Spielberg do to begin directing TV prouctions for Universal?

Question: How did Sidney Sheinberg feel about the film "Amblin'"

Question: What studio gave Spielberg an unpaid internship?

Question: What department did Spielberg have an unpaid internship with?

Question: How long was 'Amblin'?

Question: What was Sidney Sheinberg's position with Universal?

Question: How long of a contract did Sheinberg give Spielberg?
Passage: His first professional TV job came when he was hired to direct one of the segments for the 1969 pilot episode of Night Gallery. The segment, "Eyes," starred Joan Crawford; she and Spielberg were reportedly close friends until her death. The episode is unusual in his body of work, in that the camerawork is more highly stylized than his later, more "mature" films. After this, and an episode of Marcus Welby, M.D., Spielberg got his first feature-length assignment: an episode of The Name of the Game called "L.A. 2017". This futuristic science fiction episode impressed Universal Studios and they signed him to a short contract. He did another segment on Night Gallery and did some work for shows such as Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law and The Psychiatrist, before landing the first series episode of Columbo (previous episodes were actually TV films).

Question: Who starred in the TV show segment "Eyes"

Question: What genre was Steven Spielberg's episode of "The Name of the Game"?

Question: What was Steven Spielberg's first feature-length assignment?

Question: What year was Spielberg hired to direct one of the segments for "Night Gallery"?

Question: What was the relatioship between Joan Crawford and Steven Spielberg?

Question: What was the first TV episode Spielberg directed part of?

Question: What was Spielberg's first full TV episode to direct?

Question: Who starred in Spielberg's TV debut?

Question: What law show did Spielberg work on?

Question: What genre was 'LA 2017'?
Passage: Based on the strength of his work, Universal signed Spielberg to do four TV films. The first was a Richard Matheson adaptation called Duel. The film is about a psychotic Peterbilt 281 tanker truck driver who chases the terrified driver (Dennis Weaver) of a small Plymouth Valiant and tries to run him off the road. Special praise of this film by the influential British critic Dilys Powell was highly significant to Spielberg's career. Another TV film (Something Evil) was made and released to capitalize on the popularity of The Exorcist, then a major best-selling book which had not yet been released as a film. He fulfilled his contract by directing the TV film-length pilot of a show called Savage, starring Martin Landau. Spielberg's debut full-length feature film was The Sugarland Express, about a married couple who are chased by police as the couple tries to regain custody of their baby. Spielberg's cinematography for the police chase was praised by reviewers, and The Hollywood Reporter stated that "a major new director is on the horizon.":223 However, the film fared poorly at the box office and received a limited release.

Question: How many TV films did Universal sign Spielbergo to direct?

Question: What British critic helped boost Steven Spielberg's career?

Question: Who starred in the TV show "Savage"?

Question: How did Steven Spielberg's film "The Sugarland Express" do in the box office?

Question: What were the married couple in Steven Spielberg's film "The Sugarland Express" trying to regain?

Question: How many TV movies was Spielberg signed to direct?

Question: What kind of truck was 'Duel' about?

Question: Which British critic praised 'Duel'?

Question: Which TV film Spielberg directed played off 'The Exorcist'?

Question: Who starred in 'Savage'/
Passage: Studio producers Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown offered Spielberg the director's chair for Jaws, a thriller-horror film based on the Peter Benchley novel about an enormous killer shark. Spielberg has often referred to the gruelling shoot as his professional crucible. Despite the film's ultimate, enormous success, it was nearly shut down due to delays and budget over-runs. But Spielberg persevered and finished the film. It was an enormous hit, winning three Academy Awards (for editing, original score and sound) and grossing more than $470 million worldwide at the box office. It also set the domestic record for box office gross, leading to what the press described as "Jawsmania.":248 Jaws made Spielberg a household name and one of America's youngest multi-millionaires, allowing him a great deal of autonomy for his future projects.:250 It was nominated for Best Picture and featured Spielberg's first of three collaborations with actor Richard Dreyfuss.

Question: What film did Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown offer Steven Spielberg to direct?

Question: Why was Jaws nearly shut down?

Question: How many Academy Awards did the film "Jaws" win?

Question: What was the film "Jaws" nominated for?

Question: How much money did the film "Jaws" gross worldwide?

Question: Who made Spielberg the 'Jaws' director?

Question: How many Academy Awards did 'Jaws' win?

Question: Who wrote the 'Jaws' book?

Question: How much did 'Jaws' earn in theaters?

Question: How many times did Spielberg work with Richard Dreyfus?