the-coorporation/the_squad_qg huggingface dataset:
In Kazakhstan Russian is not a state language, but according to article 7 of the Constitution of Kazakhstan its usage enjoys equal status to that of the Kazakh language in state and local administration. According to estimates from Demoskop Weekly, in 2004 there were 4,200,000 native speakers of Russian in the country, and 10 million active speakers. 63% of the population was fluent in Russian in 2006, and 46% used it as the main language with family, friends or at work. According to a 2001 estimate from the World Factbook, 95% of the population can speak Russian. Large Russian-speaking communities still exist in northern Kazakhstan, and ethnic Russians comprise 25.6% of Kazakhstan's population. The 2009 census reported that 10,309,500 people, or 84.8% of the population aged 15 and above, could read and write well in Russian, as well as understand the spoken language.

Questions:
What is the legal status of Russian in Kazakhstan?
What percent of people in Kazakhstan speak Russian fluently?
How many people in Kazakhstan speak Russian natively?
How many people in Kazakhstan speak Russian actively?
What percent of people in Kazakhstan use Russian as their main language?
In Kazakhstan on June 19, 1989, young men carrying guns, firebombs, iron bars and stones rioted in Zhanaozen, causing a number of deaths. The youths tried to seize a police station and a water-supply station. They brought public transportation to a halt and shut down various shops and industries. By June 25, the rioting had spread to five other towns near the Caspian Sea. A mob of about 150 people armed with sticks, stones and metal rods attacked the police station in Mangishlak, about 90 miles from Zhanaozen, before they were dispersed by government troops flown in by helicopters. Mobs of young people also rampaged through Yeraliev, Shepke, Fort-Shevchenko and Kulsary, where they poured flammable liquid on trains housing temporary workers and set them on fire.

Questions:
Where was the fatal June 19th riots?
Who were the rioters?
What did the rioters try to take over?
How many towns had riots of their own following the initial riots?
What was attacked in Mangishlak?
In Knoxville, the Tennessee Volunteers college team has played in the Southeastern Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association since 1932. The football team has won 13 SEC championships and 25 bowls, including four Sugar Bowls, three Cotton Bowls, an Orange Bowl and a Fiesta Bowl. Meanwhile, the men's basketball team has won four SEC championships and reached the NCAA Elite Eight in 2010. In addition, the women's basketball team has won a host of SEC regular-season and tournament titles along with 8 national titles.

Questions:
What is the nickname of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville athletic teams?
In which year did the University of Tennessee begin competing in the Southeastern Conference of the NCAA?
How many college football bowl championships have the Tennessee Volunteers won?
How many national titles has the Tennessee Volunteers women's basketball team claimed?
What is the farthest the Tennessee Volunteers have progressed in the NCAA men's basketball tournament?
In Latin America and English-speaking countries, most wrestlers (and other on-stage performers) portray character roles, sometimes with personalities wildly different from their own. These personalities are a gimmick intended to heighten interest in a wrestler without regard to athletic ability. Some can be unrealistic and cartoon-like (such as Doink the Clown), while others carry more verisimilitude and can be seen as exaggerated versions of the performer's real life personality (such as Chris Jericho, The Rock, John Cena, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and CM Punk). In lucha libre, many characters wear masks, adopting a secret identity akin to a superhero, a near-sacred tradition.

Questions:
What do most wrestlers do, as far as how they act?
What is the name of one wrestler who acts like a cartoonish character? 
The Rock's persona is seen as what? 
What is common apparel in lucha libre?
In Latin America in the 1970s, leftists acquired a significant political influence which prompted the right-wing, ecclesiastical authorities and a large portion of the individual country's upper class to support coup d'états to avoid what they perceived as a communist threat. This was further fueled by Cuban and United States intervention which led to a political polarization. Most South American countries were in some periods ruled by military dictatorships that were supported by the United States of America. In the 1970s, the regimes of the Southern Cone collaborated in Operation Condor killing many leftist dissidents, including some urban guerrillas. However, by the early 1990s all countries had restored their democracies.

Questions:
What caused Latin America's right-wing authorities to support coup o'etats?
Why did the Latin Americas Upper class support coup o'etats?
The regimes in the southern cone collaborated in killing of who?
What did all countries restore in the 1990's 
Where did the United States support dictatorships in the 1970"s?
In Latin America, the show is broadcast and subtitled by Sony Entertainment Television. In southeast Asia, it is broadcast by STAR World every Thursday and Friday nine or ten hours after. In Philippines, it is aired every Thursday and Friday nine or ten hours after its United States telecast; from 2002 to 2007 on ABC 5; 2008–11 on QTV, then GMA News TV; and since 2012 on ETC. On Philippine television history. In Australia, it is aired a few hours after the U.S. telecast. It was aired on Network Ten from 2002 to 2007 and then again in 2013, from 2008 to 2012 on Fox8, from season 13 onwards it airs on digital channel, Eleven, a sister channel to Network Ten. In the United Kingdom, episodes are aired one day after the U.S. broadcast on digital channel ITV2. As of season 12, the episodes air on 5*. It is also aired in Ireland on TV3 two days after the telecast. In Brazil and Israel, the show airs two days after its original broadcast. In the instances where the airing is delayed, the shows may sometimes be combined into one episode to summarize the results. In Italy, the twelfth season was broadcast by La3.

Questions:
What network in Italy aired American Idol in season twelve? 
How many days does someone in the United Kingdom have to wait to watch American Idol after its original broadcast? 
What television network in Asia shows American Idol? 
On what days of the week does American Idol air in the Philippines? 
Who broadcasts Idol in southeast Asia?
Who broadcast the 12th season in Italy?
In Latin, on the other hand, the [First name] Cardinal [Surname] order is used in the proclamation of the election of a new pope by the cardinal protodeacon: "Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum; habemus Papam: Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum Dominum, Dominum (first name) Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem (last name), ..." (Meaning: "I announce to you a great joy; we have a Pope: The Most Eminent and Most Reverend Lord, Lord (first name) Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church (last name), ...") This assumes that the new pope had been a cardinal just before becoming pope; the most recent election of a non-cardinal as pope was in 1378.

Questions:
What way is used to announce the election of a new pope in Latin?
What should the new pople have been before becoming a pope?
When was the most recent election of a non-cardinal?
When is the last time a non cardinal was elected as pope?
In Latin, papyri from Herculaneum dating before 79 AD (when it was destroyed) have been found that have been written in old Roman cursive, where the early forms of minuscule letters "d", "h" and "r", for example, can already be recognised. According to papyrologist Knut Kleve, "The theory, then, that the lower-case letters have been developed from the fifth century uncials and the ninth century Carolingian minuscules seems to be wrong." Both majuscule and minuscule letters existed, but the difference between the two variants was initially stylistic rather than orthographic and the writing system was still basically unicameral: a given handwritten document could use either one style or the other but these were not mixed. European languages, except for Ancient Greek and Latin, did not make the case distinction before about 1300.[citation needed]

Questions:
Papyri from Herculaneum dating before 79 AD have been to to be written in which hand writing?
Whicy papyrologist theorized lowercase letter actually developed from the fifth century uncials?
Which continents languages with few exceptions generally did not utilize case distinction until about the year 1300?
What was the initial difference between majuscule and minuscule letters? 
Which type of document was general unicameral because the writer used one type of writing but not another?
In Lebanon, a part of the Christian population considers "Lebanese" to be in some sense a distinct language from Arabic and not merely a dialect. During the civil war Christians often used Lebanese Arabic officially, and sporadically used the Latin script to write Lebanese, thus further distinguishing it from Arabic. All Lebanese laws are written in the standard literary form of Arabic, though parliamentary debate may be conducted in Lebanese Arabic.

Questions:
Lebanese people of what religion sometimes consider Lebanese to be a distinct language?
In what language are Lebanese laws written?
During the Lebanese Civil War, what language did Lebanese Christians sometimes use officially?
What language is Lebanese closely related to?
What script did Lebanese Christians sometimes use to write Lebanese Arabic during the civil war?
In Lebanon, clashes between pro-Nasser factions and supporters of staunch Nasser opponent, then-President Camille Chamoun, culminated in civil strife by May. The former sought to unite with the UAR, while the latter sought Lebanon's continued independence. Nasser delegated oversight of the issue to Sarraj, who provided limited aid to Nasser's Lebanese supporters through money, light arms, and officer training—short of the large-scale support that Chamoun alleged. Nasser did not covet Lebanon, seeing it as a "special case", but sought to prevent Chamoun from a second presidential term.

Questions:
Who was Nasser's opponent in Lebanon?
What did Lebanese pro-Nasser groups want?
What did Nasser want to deny Chamoun?
Who was in charge of dealing with the Lebanon situation?
What degree of support did pro-Nasser factions in Lebanon receive?
In Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 (1971), the court determined that a Pennsylvania state policy of reimbursing the salaries and related costs of teachers of secular subjects in private religious schools violated the Establishment Clause. The court's decision argued that the separation of church and state could never be absolute: "Our prior holdings do not call for total separation between church and state; total separation is not possible in an absolute sense. Some relationship between government and religious organizations is inevitable," the court wrote. "Judicial caveats against entanglement must recognize that the line of separation, far from being a "wall," is a blurred, indistinct, and variable barrier depending on all the circumstances of a particular relationship."

Questions:
When was the case of Lemon v. Kurtzman?
What state's policy was in question in Lemon v. Kurtzman?
Whose salaries were being reimbursed in private religious schools?
What did the state's policy violate?
What did the court's decision argue that the separation of church and state could never be?
In Lithuania Propria and in Samogitia prior to the creation of the Kingdom of Lithuania by Mindaugas, nobles were named die beste leuten in sources that were written in German language. In the Lithuanian language nobles were named ponai. The higher nobility were named 'kunigai' or 'kunigaikščiai' (dukes)—i.e., loanword from Scandinavic konung. They were the established local leaders and warlords. During the development of the state they gradually became subordinated to higher dukes, and later to the King of Lithuania. Because of expansion of Lithuanian duchy into lands of Ruthenia in the mid of 14th century a new term appeared to denominate nobility bajorai—from Ruthenian (modern Ukrainian and Belarusian languages) бояре. This word to this day is used in Lithuanian language to name nobility, not only for own, but also for nobility of other countries.

Questions:
WHat were nobles named in german language?
What were the nobles named in lithuanian?
What were the higher nobility named?
The kunigai were subordinate to who?
What word is used to denominate nobility?
In London Chopin took lodgings at Dover Street, where the firm of Broadwood provided him with a grand piano. At his first engagement, on 15 May at Stafford House, the audience included Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The Prince, who was himself a talented musician, moved close to the keyboard to view Chopin's technique. Broadwood also arranged concerts for him; among those attending were Thackeray and the singer Jenny Lind. Chopin was also sought after for piano lessons, for which he charged the high fee of one guinea (£1.05 in present British currency) per hour, and for private recitals for which the fee was 20 guineas. At a concert on 7 July he shared the platform with Viardot, who sang arrangements of some of his mazurkas to Spanish texts.

Questions:
Where did Chopin stay while in London?
What company provided Chopin with a piano while in London?
Where was Chopin's initial performance?
What two notable guests were present during his premiere performance at Stafford House?
What date did he perform with Viardot?
What steet did Chopin stay on in London?
What did Broadway provide for Chopin?
What two dignitaries where at his first performance in London?
In addition to hearing him play, what else did people seek from Chopin in London?
Who sang chopin arrangements on July 7 of the year Chopin was in London?
In Majorcan, unstressed vowels reduce to four: /a e ɛ/ follow the Eastern Catalan reduction pattern; however /o ɔ/ reduce to [o], with /u/ remaining distinct, as in Western Catalan.

Questions:
In what language do unstressed vowels reduce to four?
What reduction pattern do some vowels follow?
What other pattern do other vowels follow?
What letter remains distinct?
/u/ remaining distinct is like what form of Catalan?
In March 1861, Victoria's mother died, with Victoria at her side. Through reading her mother's papers, Victoria discovered that her mother had loved her deeply; she was heart-broken, and blamed Conroy and Lehzen for "wickedly" estranging her from her mother. To relieve his wife during her intense and deep grief, Albert took on most of her duties, despite being ill himself with chronic stomach trouble. In August, Victoria and Albert visited their son, the Prince of Wales, who was attending army manoeuvres near Dublin, and spent a few days holidaying in Killarney. In November, Albert was made aware of gossip that his son had slept with an actress in Ireland. Appalled, Albert travelled to Cambridge, where his son was studying, to confront him. By the beginning of December, Albert was very unwell. He was diagnosed with typhoid fever by William Jenner, and died on 14 December 1861. Victoria was devastated. She blamed her husband's death on worry over the Prince of Wales's philandering. He had been "killed by that dreadful business", she said. She entered a state of mourning and wore black for the remainder of her life. She avoided public appearances, and rarely set foot in London in the following years. Her seclusion earned her the nickname "widow of Windsor".

Questions:
During which year did Victoria's mother die?
How did Victoria realize that her mother deeply loved her?
What was Albert ill with?
What did Victoria blame Albert's death on?
What was Prince of Wales attending to in Dublin?
What year did Victoria's mother die?
What year did Albert die?
Who did Victoria blame for her poor relationship with her mother?
Who took on most of Victoria's duties while she grieved her mothers death?
What illness was Albert suffering from while he helped Victoria through her grief?
When did Victoria's mother die? 
What disease was Albert diagnosed with? 
When did Albert die of his illness? 
What was Victoria's nickname following Alberts death? 
Who was the Prince of Wales suspected to be having an affair with? 
When did the Duchess die?
Who did Victoria blame for the problems between herself and the Duchess?
What caused Prince Albert's death?
Who did Victoria blame for Prince Albert's death?
What gossip did Prince Albert hear about their son?
In March 1875, Bell and Pollok visited the famous scientist Joseph Henry, who was then director of the Smithsonian Institution, and asked Henry's advice on the electrical multi-reed apparatus that Bell hoped would transmit the human voice by telegraph. Henry replied that Bell had "the germ of a great invention". When Bell said that he did not have the necessary knowledge, Henry replied, "Get it!" That declaration greatly encouraged Bell to keep trying, even though he did not have the equipment needed to continue his experiments, nor the ability to create a working model of his ideas. However, a chance meeting in 1874 between Bell and Thomas A. Watson, an experienced electrical designer and mechanic at the electrical machine shop of Charles Williams, changed all that.

Questions:
Who did Bell go to see in 1875?
Who ran the Smithsonian in 1875?
What was Henry's reply to Bell's statement that he lacked information to complete his telegraph?
Who did Bell meet in 1874?
What kind of business did Watson work at?
In March 1912, in Chihuahua, Gen. Pascual Orozco revolted. Immediately President Francisco Madero commanded Gen. Victoriano Huerta of the Federal Army, to put down the Orozco revolt. The governor of Chihuahua mobilized the state militia led by Colonel Pancho Villa to supplement General Huerta. By June, Villa notified Huerta that the Orozco revolt had been put down and that the militia would consider themselves no longer under Huerta's command and would depart. Huerta became furious and ordered that Villa be executed. Raúl Madero, Madero's brother, intervened to save Villa's life. Jailed in Mexico City, Villa fled to the United States. Madero's time as leader was short-lived, ended by a coup d'état in 1913 led by Gen. Victoriano Huerta; Orozco sided with Huerta, and Huerta made him one of his generals.

Questions:
Which year did Orozco revolt?
Who notified Huerta the revolt had been put down?
Who saved Villa's life?
With whom did Orozco side?
In March 1949, as RCA released the 45, Columbia released several hundred 7 inch 33 1/3 rpm small spindle hole singles. This format was soon dropped as it became clear that the RCA 45 was the single of choice and the Columbia 12 inch LP would be the 'album' of choice. The first release of the 45 came in seven colors: black 47-xxxx popular series, yellow 47-xxxx juvenile series, green (teal) 48-xxxx country series, deep red 49-xxxx classical series, bright red (cerise) 50-xxxx blues/spiritual series, light blue 51-xxxx international series, dark blue 52-xxxx light classics. All colors were soon dropped in favor of black because of production problems. However, yellow and deep red were continued until about 1952. The first 45 rpm record created for sale was "PeeWee the Piccolo" RCA 47-0147 pressed in yellow translucent vinyl at the Sherman Avenue plant, Indianapolis Dec. 7, 1948, R.O. Price, plant manager.

Questions:
Which colors of 45 were available as late as 1952 before being discontinued?
PeeWee the Piccolo was what?
What significance does Dec 7/ 1948 hold?
How many colors were 45s available in when first released?
When did RCA release the 45?
In March 1968, CBS and Sony formed CBS/Sony Records, a Japanese business joint venture. With Sony being one of the developers behind the compact disc digital music media, a compact disc production plant was constructed in Japan under the joint venture, allowing CBS to begin supplying some of the first compact disc releases for the American market in 1983.

Questions:
In what year did CBS and Sony come together?
In what year did CDs come to the American market?
In March 1971, the residential office of an FBI agent in Media, Pennsylvania was burglarized by a group calling itself the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI. Numerous files were taken and distributed to a range of newspapers, including The Harvard Crimson. The files detailed the FBI's extensive COINTELPRO program, which included investigations into lives of ordinary citizens—including a black student group at a Pennsylvania military college and the daughter of Congressman Henry Reuss of Wisconsin. The country was "jolted" by the revelations, which included assassinations of political activists, and the actions were denounced by members of Congress, including House Majority Leader Hale Boggs. The phones of some members of Congress, including Boggs, had allegedly been tapped.

Questions:
Which group broke into an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania?
Did the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI take files?
What files was the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI's raid mainly focused on?
What did the files about COINTELPRO reveal?
How did the US react to these discoveries?
In March 1984, Pioneer introduced the first consumer player with a solid-state laser, the LD-700. It was also the first LD player to load from the front and not the top. One year earlier Hitachi introduced an expensive industrial player with a laser diode, but the player, which had poor picture quality due to an inadequate dropout compensator, was made only in limited quantities. After Pioneer released the LD-700, gas lasers were no longer used in consumer players, despite their advantages, although Philips continued to use gas lasers in their industrial units until 1985.

Questions:
What was the name of the first solid-state laser consumer LaserDisc player?
Besides a solid-state laser, what else was unique about the LD-700?
When did Pioneer release the LD-700?
Which company continued to use gas-lasers in industrial models of LD players although they were no longer used in consumer models?
In March 2001, 40 multi-national pharmaceutical companies brought litigation against South Africa for its Medicines Act, which allowed the generic production of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) for treating HIV, despite the fact that these drugs were on-patent. HIV was and is an epidemic in South Africa, and ARVs at the time cost between 10,000 and 15,000 USD per patient per year. This was unaffordable for most South African citizens, and so the South African government committed to providing ARVs at prices closer to what people could afford. To do so, they would need to ignore the patents on drugs and produce generics within the country (using a compulsory license), or import them from abroad. After international protest in favour of public health rights (including the collection of 250,000 signatures by MSF), the governments of several developed countries (including The Netherlands, Germany, France, and later the US) backed the South African government, and the case was dropped in April of that year.

Questions:
How much did treatment for each patient in Africa cost?
Who backed the South African government which caused the case to be dropped?
Who brought litigation to South Africa?
How many signatures were collected by MSF?
When was litigation brought to South Africa?
How many companies sued South Africa for its Medicines Act?
South Africa's Medicines Act allowed for the generic production of what kind of drugs?
How much did ARV drugs cost patients yearly?
How many signatures were collected supporting public health rights?
In March 2003 the BBC announced that from the end of May 2003 (subsequently deferred to 14 July) it intended to transmit all eight of its domestic television channels (including the 15 regional variations of BBC 1) unencrypted from the Astra 2D satellite. This move was estimated to save the BBC £85 million over the next five years.

Questions:
When did the BBC say it would start using a satellite to transit its signal?
What was the name of the satellite from which the BBC's signal was sent?
Due to delays, when was the actual date of the BBC's move to satellite broadcasts?
How much money was the move to satellite worth to the station over the following half decade?
In March 2003, a second rebel group, Movement for Democracy in Liberia, began launching attacks against Taylor from the southeast. Peace talks between the factions began in Accra in June of that year, and Taylor was indicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone for crimes against humanity that same month. By July 2003, the rebels had launched an assault on Monrovia. Under heavy pressure from the international community and the domestic Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace movement, Taylor resigned in August 2003 and went into exile in Nigeria.

Questions:
What is "Movement For democracy in Liberia"?
Movement For democracy in Liberia launched attacks against who?
where did peace talks begin between Movement For democracy in Liberia and Taylor?
Why was Taylor indicted by a special court ?
Who did the rebels launch an assault on in July, 2003?
In March 2005, the Security Council formally referred the situation in Darfur to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, taking into account the Commission report but without mentioning any specific crimes. Two permanent members of the Security Council, the United States and China, abstained from the vote on the referral resolution. As of his fourth report to the Security Council, the Prosecutor has found "reasonable grounds to believe that the individuals identified [in the UN Security Council Resolution 1593] have committed crimes against humanity and war crimes," but did not find sufficient evidence to prosecute for genocide.

Questions:
To whom did the Security Council officially refer the situation in Darfur?
What was taken into account, without mentioning specific crimes?
China and what other permanent member of the Security Council abstained from the vote on the referral resolution?
In which number report to the Council did the Prosecutor concede that crimes had been committed but evidence for prosecution was insufficient?
In March 2006, a law was introduced to forbid smoking in all enclosed public places in Scotland. Wales followed suit in April 2007, with England introducing the ban in July 2007. Pub landlords had raised concerns prior to the implementation of the law that a smoking ban would have a negative impact on sales. After two years, the impact of the ban was mixed; some pubs suffered declining sales, while others developed their food sales. The Wetherspoon pub chain reported in June 2009 that profits were at the top end of expectations; however, Scottish & Newcastle's takeover by Carlsberg and Heineken was reported in January 2008 as partly the result of its weakness following falling sales due to the ban. Similar bans are applied in Australian pubs with smoking only allowed in designated areas.

Questions:
In what month and year was smoking banned in public places in Scotland?
When did Wales outlaw smoking in public?
What was the month and year when England banned public smoking?
What company took over Scottish & Newcastle's pubs?
What chain of pubs reported favorable profits in June 2009?
In March 2006, it was revealed by the Archivist of the United States in a public hearing that a memorandum of understanding between NARA and various government agencies existed to "reclassify", i.e., withdraw from public access, certain documents in the name of national security, and to do so in a manner such that researchers would not be likely to discover the process (the U.S. reclassification program). An audit indicated that more than one third withdrawn since 1999 did not contain sensitive information. The program was originally scheduled to end in 2007.

Questions:
When was the reclassification program originally intended to end?
How was the reclassification of documents in '06 revealed?
In March 2006, the foundation announced a US$5 million grant for the International Justice Mission (IJM), a human rights organization based in Washington, D.C., US to work in the area of sex trafficking. The official announcement explained that the grant would allow the IJM to "create a replicable model for combating sex trafficking and slavery" that would involve the opening of an office in a region with high rates of sex trafficking, following research. The office was opened for three years for the following purposes: "conducting undercover investigations, training law enforcement, rescuing victims, ensuring appropriate aftercare, and seeking perpetrator accountability".

Questions:
What did the foundation announce in March 2006 
What is the International Justice Mission
What would the grant allow the IJM to do 
What did the office that ijm opened do specifically
In March 2007 there were 120,305 jobs in Southampton, and 3,570 people claiming job seeker's allowance, approximately 2.4 per cent of the city's population. This compares with an average of 2.5 per cent for England as a whole.

Questions:
How many jobs were there in Southampton in March of 2007?
How many Southampton residents were claiming job seeker's allowance in March, 2007?
In March 2007, what percentage of Southampton residents claimed job seeker's allowance?
What England's average percentage for people claiming job seeker's allowance?
In March 2008, it was announced that Avicenna's name would be used for new Directories of education institutions for health care professionals, worldwide. The Avicenna Directories will list universities and schools where doctors, public health practitioners, pharmacists and others, are educated. The project team stated "Why Avicenna? Avicenna ... was ... noted for his synthesis of knowledge from both east and west. He has had a lasting influence on the development of medicine and health sciences. The use of Avicenna's name symbolises the worldwide partnership that is needed for the promotion of health services of high quality."

Questions:
When was it announced that Avicenna would have medical directories named after him?
What does the Avicenna Directories contain?
What was Avicenna known for?
What is Avicenna's name needed for?
In March 2010, Sony Corp has partnered with The Michael Jackson Company with a contract of more than $250 million, the largest deal in recorded music history.

Questions:
Who did Sony partner with to create the biggest deal ever?
How much was the partnership worth?
In what year was the partnership initiated?
In March 2011, it was said on the Wayback Machine forum that "The Beta of the new Wayback Machine has a more complete and up-to-date index of all crawled materials into 2010, and will continue to be updated regularly. The index driving the classic Wayback Machine only has a little bit of material past 2008, and no further index updates are planned, as it will be phased out this year".

Questions:
When were details of the test version of the updated Wayback Machine released?
The older version of Wayback Machine did not have much new data past what year?
The newer version of the Wayback Machine included date up to and including what year?
In March 2012, Sony Music reportedly closed its Philippines office due to piracy, causing to move distribution of SME in the Philippines to Ivory Music.

Questions:
In what year did Sony shut down their offices in the Philippines?
In March 2012, the newspaper El Mundo published a story according to which FGV had instructed employees who were to testify at the crash commission investigation, providing a set of possible questions and guidelines to prepare the answers. In April 2013, the television program Salvados questioned the official version of the incident as there were indications that the Valencian Government had tried to downplay the accident, which coincided with the visit of the pope to Valencia, or even to hide evidence, as the book of train breakdowns was never found. The day after the broadcast of this report, which received extensive media coverage, several voices called for the reopening of the investigation. The investigation was effectively reopened and the accident is currently under re-examination.

Questions:
What TV program questioned the official account of the crash?
What happened at the same time as the crash, which may have contributed to the government downplaying it?
What evidence related to the crash remains missing?
Which paper published an article that raised questions about the handling of the investigation?
When did El Mundo's article with information about the crash investigation come out?
In March 2013 Mendes said he would not return to direct the next film in the series, then known as Bond 24; he later recanted and announced that he would return, as he found the script and the plans for the long-term future of the franchise appealing. In directing Skyfall and Spectre, Mendes became the first director to oversee two consecutive Bond films since John Glen directed The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill in 1987 and 1989. Skyfall writer John Logan resumed his role of scriptwriter, collaborating with Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, who returned for their sixth Bond film.[N 4] The writer Jez Butterworth also worked on the script, alongside Mendes and Craig. Dennis Gassner returned as the film's production designer, while cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema took over from Roger Deakins. In July 2015 Mendes noted that the combined crew of Spectre numbered over one thousand, making it a larger production than Skyfall. Craig is listed as co-producer.

Questions:
Who was the last person to direct two James Bond movies in a row before Mendes?
Who served as production designer for Spectre?
Who did Hoyte van Hoytema replace as cinematographer?
Which two consecutive Bond films did Mendes direct?
Which film had a larger production staff, Spectre or Skyfall?
Which Bond film is Daniel Craig listed as a co-producer?
Who directed The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill?
Neal Purvis and Robert Wade have worked on how many Bond films?
In March 2013 it was announced that Russian is now the second-most used language on the Internet after English. People use the Russian language on 5.9% of all websites, slightly ahead of German and far behind English (54.7%). Russian is used not only on 89.8% of .ru sites, but also on 88.7% of sites with the former Soviet Union domain .su. The websites of former Soviet Union nations also use high levels of Russian: 79.0% in Ukraine, 86.9% in Belarus, 84.0% in Kazakhstan, 79.6% in Uzbekistan, 75.9% in Kyrgyzstan and 81.8% in Tajikistan. However, Russian is the sixth-most used language on the top 1,000 sites, behind English, Chinese, French, German and Japanese.

Questions:
What is the second-most-popular language online as of 2013?
What percent of all websites are in English?
What percent of all websites are in Russian?
What percent of all .ru websites are in Russian?
What percent of Ukraine's websites are in Russian?
In March 2013, Governor Rick Snyder declared a financial emergency in the city, stating that the city has a $327 million budget deficit and faces more than $14 billion in long-term debt. It has been making ends meet on a month-to-month basis with the help of bond money held in a state escrow account and has instituted mandatory unpaid days off for many city workers. Those troubles, along with underfunded city services, such as police and fire departments, and ineffective turnaround plans from Bing and the City Council led the state of Michigan to appoint an emergency manager for Detroit on March 14, 2013. On June 14, 2013 Detroit defaulted on $2.5 billion of debt by withholding $39.7 million in interest payments, while Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr met with bondholders and other creditors in an attempt to restructure the city's $18.5 billion debt and avoid bankruptcy. On July 18, 2013, the City of Detroit filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. It was declared bankrupt by U.S. judge Stephen Rhodes on December 3, with its $18.5 billion debt he said in accepting the city's contention that it is broke and that negotiations with its thousands of creditors were infeasible.

Questions:
Who was Michigan's governor in 2013?
What judge declared Detroit bankrupt?
What type of bankruptcy did Detroit file?
When did Detroit file for bankruptcy?
How much did Detroit owe when it was declared bankrupt?
In March 2013, Microsoft also amended its certification requirements to allow tablets to use the 1024×768 resolution as a minimum; this change is expected to allow the production of certified Windows 8 tablets in smaller form factors—a market which is currently dominated by Android-based tablets. Despite the reaction of industry experts, Microsoft reported that they had sold 100 million licenses in the first six months. This matched sales of Windows 7 over a similar period. This statistic includes shipments to channel warehouses which now need to be sold in order to make way for new shipments.

Questions:
What changes did Microsoft make to its certification requirements in March 2013?
Why did Microsoft change the tablet resolution minimum? 
How many licenses did Microsoft sell in the first six months?
What controlled the small form tablet market at this time?
In March 2013, the Blackstone Group and Carl Icahn expressed interest in purchasing Dell. In April 2013, Blackstone withdrew their offer, citing deteriorating business. Other private equity firms such as KKR & Co. and TPG Capital declined to submit alternative bids for Dell, citing the uncertain market for personal computers and competitive pressures, so the "wide-open bidding war" never materialized. Analysts said that the biggest challenge facing Silver Lake would be to find an “exit strategy” to profit from its investment, which would be when the company would hold an IPO to go public again, and one warned “But even if you can get a $25bn enterprise value for Dell, it will take years to get out.”

Questions:
What year did the Blackstone Group express interest in acquiring Dell?
What was the first private equity firm to decide not to submit a bid for Dell?
What company did analysts feel would need to find an exit strategy to profit from acquiring Dell?
How much was the potential enterprise value of Dell?
In March 2015, the winds and storm surge created by Cyclone Pam resulted in waves of 3 metres (9.8 ft) to 5 metres (16 ft) breaking over the reef of the outer islands caused damage to houses, crops and infrastructure. On Nui the sources of fresh water were destroyed or contaminated. The flooding in Nui and Nukufetau caused many families to shelter in evacuation centres or with other families. Nui suffered the most damage of the three central islands (Nui, Nukufetau and Vaitupu); with both Nui and Nukufetau suffering the loss of 90% of the crops. Of the three northern islands (Nanumanga, Niutao, Nanumea), Nanumanga suffered the most damage, with 60-100 houses flooded, with the waves also causing damage to the health facility. Vasafua islet, part of the Funafuti Conservation Area, was severely damaged by Cyclone Pam. The coconut palms were washed away, leaving the islet as a sand bar.

Questions:
What were the wave heights during Cyclone Pam on Tuvalu?
In what year did Cyclone Pam strike Tuvalu?
During Cyclone Pam which island had the most damage?
What percentage of Tuvalu crops were destroyed during  Cyclone Pam?
The loss of what caused the Vasafua islet to become  a sand bar due to Cyclone Pam?
In March's Super Tuesday, Kerry won decisive victories in the California, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, and Rhode Island primaries and the Minnesota caucuses. Dean, despite having withdrawn from the race two weeks earlier, won his home state of Vermont. Edwards finished only slightly behind Kerry in Georgia, but, failing to win a single state other than South Carolina, chose to withdraw from the presidential race. Sharpton followed suit a couple weeks later. Kuninch did not leave the race officially until July.

Questions:
Which candidate was the fore-runner after definitively winning in the primaries and Minnesota caucuses?
Which candidate won his state primary, despite having already dropped out of his race?
Which candidate finished in second place in the Georgia primary?
Besides Georgia, what other state primary did Edwards win?
Which candidate dropped out of the race, next after Edwards?
In Mark 15:25 crucifixion takes place at the third hour (9 a.m.) and Jesus' death at the ninth hour (3 p.m.). However, in John 19:14 Jesus is still before Pilate at the sixth hour. Scholars have presented a number of arguments to deal with the issue, some suggesting a reconciliation, e.g., based on the use of Roman timekeeping in John but not in Mark, yet others have rejected the arguments. Several notable scholars have argued that the modern precision of marking the time of day should not be read back into the gospel accounts, written at a time when no standardization of timepieces, or exact recording of hours and minutes was available, and time was often approximated to the closest three-hour period.

Questions:
What time was the crucifiction per Mark?
What time did Jesus die per Mark?
Why do scholars say the times are different depending on the gospel it's written in?
What is another reason the times differ so much?
How close was time guessed in the day of the Gospels?
In Mark, Jesus is crucified along with two rebels, and the day goes dark for three hours. Jesus calls out to God, then gives a shout and dies. The curtain of the Temple is torn in two. Matthew follows Mark, adding an earthquake and the resurrection of saints. Luke also follows Mark, though he describes the rebels as common criminals, one of whom defends Jesus, who in turn promises that he (Jesus) and the criminal will be together in paradise. Luke portrays Jesus as impassive in the face of his crucifixion. John includes several of the same elements as those found in Mark, though they are treated differently.

Questions:
Who was crucified with Jesus per Mark?
How does Mark say Jesus' life ends?
what natural disaster is mention when Jesus died?
What does Luke say one of the rebels does?
How does Luke make Jesus seem at his Crucifixion?
In May 1769, Gaspar de Portolà established the Fort Presidio of San Diego on a hill near the San Diego River. It was the first settlement by Europeans in what is now the state of California. In July of the same year, Mission San Diego de Alcalá was founded by Franciscan friars under Junípero Serra. By 1797, the mission boasted the largest native population in Alta California, with over 1,400 neophytes living in and around the mission proper. Mission San Diego was the southern anchor in California of the historic mission trail El Camino Real. Both the Presidio and the Mission are National Historic Landmarks.

Questions:
Who did Junipero Serra commission to found the Mission San Diego de Alcala in 1769?
What historic trail starting point developed at Mission San Diego?
What was developed on a hill by the San Diego River?
How many neophytes resided in the San Diego area in 1797?
What are the Presidio and Mission considered today?
In May 1778, Burke supported a parliamentary motion revising restrictions on Irish trade. His constituents, citizens of the great trading city of Bristol, however urged Burke to oppose free trade with Ireland. Burke resisted their protestations and said: "If, from this conduct, I shall forfeit their suffrages at an ensuing election, it will stand on record an example to future representatives of the Commons of England, that one man at least had dared to resist the desires of his constituents when his judgment assured him they were wrong".

Questions:
What country did Burke propose restricting trade with?
What city did Burke represent in parliament?
When did Burke make a motion to restrict Irish trade?
What was Bristol's most important industry?
In May 1845, the Baptist congregations in the United States split over slavery and missions. The Home Mission Society prevented slaveholders from being appointed as missionaries. The split created the Southern Baptist Convention, while the northern congregations formed their own umbrella organization now called the American Baptist Churches USA (ABC-USA). The Methodist Episcopal Church, South had recently separated over the issue of slavery, and southern Presbyterians would do so shortly thereafter.

Questions:
When did Baptist congregations split over slavery?
Why did American Baptist congregations split?
Slaveholders were prevented from being appointed as what?
Who prevented slaveholders from being appointed missionaries?
Northern congregations formed what organization?
In May 1940, the US requested base rights in Bermuda from the United Kingdom, but British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was initially unwilling to accede to the American request without getting something in return. In September 1940, as part of the Destroyers for Bases Agreement, the UK granted the US base rights in Bermuda. Bermuda and Newfoundland were not originally included in the agreement, but both were added to it, with no war material received by the UK in exchange. One of the terms of the agreement was that the airfield the US Army built would be used jointly by the US and the UK (which it was for the duration of the war, with RAF Transport Command relocating there from Darrell's Island in 1943).

Questions:
What did the US ask of Britain in May 1940?
What did the Destroyers for Bases Agreement do?
What was one thing the UK wanted in return for granting access to Bermuda?
Who was the Prime Minister who reached this agreement with the US?
In May 1948, following the British withdrawal, King Farouk sent the Egyptian army into Palestine, with Nasser serving in the 6th Infantry Battalion. During the war, he wrote of the Egyptian army's unpreparedness, saying "our soldiers were dashed against fortifications". Nasser was deputy commander of the Egyptian forces that secured the Faluja pocket. On 12 July, he was lightly wounded in the fighting. By August, his brigade was surrounded by the Israeli Army. Appeals for help from Jordan's Arab Legion went unheeded, but the brigade refused to surrender. Negotiations between Israel and Egypt finally resulted in the ceding of Faluja to Israel. According to veteran journalist Eric Margolis, the defenders of Faluja, "including young army officer Gamal Abdel Nasser, became national heroes" for enduring Israeli bombardment while isolated from their command.

Questions:
Where was the Egyptian army sent in 1948?
In what unit did Nasser serve?
How badly was Nasser wounded?
What army surrounded Nasser's brigade?
What territory was given to Israel?
In May 1955, McCarthy threatened to issue subpoenas to White House personnel. Eisenhower was furious, and issued an order as follows: "It is essential to efficient and effective administration that employees of the Executive Branch be in a position to be completely candid in advising with each other on official matters ... it is not in the public interest that any of their conversations or communications, or any documents or reproductions, concerning such advice be disclosed." This was an unprecedented step by Eisenhower to protect communication beyond the confines of a cabinet meeting, and soon became a tradition known as executive privilege. Ike's denial of McCarthy's access to his staff reduced McCarthy's hearings to rants about trivial matters, and contributed to his ultimate downfall.

Questions:
What did McCarthy threaten to do in May of 1955?
What tradition was fostered by Eisenhower's reaction to McCarthy's subpoena threats?
Eisenhower denied McCarthy access to the personnel of what branch of the federal government?