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34hjijklp5wuxbljki5ammllvsq4vs | cnn | (CNN) -- Alexis Murphy was last seen at a gas station earlier this month, and though police have arrested a suspect in her abduction, his attorney tells a CNN affiliate his client split ways with the 17-year-old after a drug deal.
Her disappearance set off a search that extended for 30 miles outside of Lovingston, Virginia, and involved helicopters, search parties with canine units, the Nelson County Sheriff's Office, Virginia State Police and FBI.
Alexis left her Shipman, Virginia, home to visit Lynchburg on August 3, and police have surveillance video showing her at a Lovingston gas station, according to affiliate WVIR-TV in Charlottesville.
Randy Taylor, 48, was seen on the video and was arrested in her abduction Sunday, police told CNN affiliate WRC-TV, but Taylor's attorney, Michael Hallahan, told WVIR that Taylor was arrested because they found one of Alexis' hairs in his camper.
The attorney also told WVIR his client wasn't the last person to see Alexis and that police need to be looking for a "black male, mid- to late-20s, cornrows and a 20-year-old burgundy Caprice with 22-inch wheels."
Taylor saw the girl the night she disappeared, the lawyer said. They were both parked at the gas pumps, and Alexis made a reference to smoking marijuana, Hallahan said. Taylor told her he'd like some marijuana, the attorney said.
"She said, 'I know a guy.' She told him to meet at another location in Lovingston and they rode up there in both cars," the lawyer told the station.
That "guy," Alexis and Taylor all took separate cars to Taylor's camper in Lovingston, where Taylor bought $60 worth of marijuana. The men smoked and drank together, but Murphy did not, the attorney said. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is missing?
2. Who is presumed to have been abducted?
3. Who is the girl that disappeared?
Q2:
1. Where did Alexis Murphy disappear?
2. Where has the search for Alexis Murphy begun?
3. What city did Alexis Murphy disappear from?
Q3:
1. What is Alexis Murphy's last known location?
2. In what place of business was Alexis Murphy last seen?
3. What was the last place where Alexis Murphy was spotted?
Q4:
1. Who has been arrested in connection to the Alexis Murphy disappearance?
2. Who has been arrested as a suspect in Alexis Murphy's disappearance?
3. Who was arrested for his possible connection to Alexis Murphy's disappearance?
Q5:
1. Does Randy Taylor admit to a connection to the girl's disappearance?
2. Does Randy Taylor say that he was involved in Alexis Murphy's disappearance?
3. Has Randy Taylor revealed his role in the abduction of Alexis Murphy?
Q6:
1. Did Randy Taylor's attorney point the finger at another potential suspect in Alexis Murphy's disappearance?
2. Did Randy Taylor's attorney finger another suspect?
3. Did Randy Taylor's attorney describe another potential kidnapper?
Q7:
1. Did Alexis Murphy partake in drugs with her potential abductors?
2. Was Alexis Murphy under the influence when she met up with Randy Taylor?
3. Did Alexis Murphy use drugs with the men who may have kidnapped her?
Q8:
1. Did Alexis Murphy help Randy Taylor purchase drugs?
2. Did Alexis Murphy show Randy Taylor where to purchase some marijuana?
3. Did Alexis Murphy participate in Randy Taylor's search for drugs?
Q9:
1. How much money did Randy Taylor spend on marijuana that night?
2. How much money did the marijuana that Randy Taylor bought cost?
3. How much did Randy Taylor purchase the marijuana for?
Q10:
1. Where does Alexis Murphy live?
2. Where does Alexis Murphy reside?
3. Where is Alexis Murphy from?
Q11:
1. How old was Alexis Murphy?
2. What was the age of the girl who disappeared?
3. What was Alexis Murphy's age at the time of her disappearance?
Q12:
1. Who reported on this news story?
2. In what news outlet was this story published?
3. In what news outlet did this story appear?
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3300dtyqt2hkk5mvnpndply4su7qe3 | race | I hated writing thank-you notes as a child, but I had no choice: My mother was adamant about honoring other people's kindness and generosity. But now after a childhood spent crafting those notes, the music of gratitude flows naturally from me.
I hire Brant to build an arbor around my front door. I drew it exactly as I wanted, and he realized my vision perfectly. Surprised at how the arbor's beauty uplifted me every time I stepped into my house, I called Brant a few weeks after the arbor went up. He answered the phone defensively.
"What can I do for you?" he asked, his voice cold and distant.
"You can say, 'You're welcome,' " I responded.
"I don't understand," Brant shot back.
"I am calling to say 'Thank you.' ''
Silence.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"I love my arbor, and I wanted you to know how much I appreciate your work."
More silence.
"I've been doing this work for 20 years, and no one has ever called to thank me for it," said Brant. "People only call me when they have problems." He was doubtful.
I also had a similar experience with L.J. He answered my questions, didn't push, and gave me space to think and decide. I wrote to let him know that he completely exceeded my expectations of what a beat-them-down car sales experience would be like, and that I was happy with my car choice. L.J. called me a few days later. He said that this was the first thank-you note in the history of the dealership.
Are we really living in an age when feedback only closes with complaint? It seems to me that when we focus on problems, we only have dissatisfaction and complaint. But when we focus on celebrating goodness, we are likely to turn it into something positive. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is Brent's line of work?
2. What does Brent do for a living?
3. What is Brent's job?
Q2:
1. How long has Brent been in his line of work?
2. For how many years has Brent been a builder?
3. For how long has Brent been doing his job?
Q3:
1. Had a client ever called Brent before to thank him?
2. Had Brent ever received thanks from a client before?
3. Was Brent used to clients calling him to thank him?
Q4:
1. What is LJ's line of work?
2. What does LJ do for a living?
3. What is LJ's profession?
Q5:
1. Had a client ever gotten in touch with LJ before to thank him?
2. Had LJ ever received thanks from a client before?
3. Did LJ's dealership often have clients coming back to thank them?
Q6:
1. Why was the article's author thankful towards LJ?
2. What did the author appreciate about their interaction with LJ?
3. What did LJ do for the author of the article that was commendable?
Q7:
1. What remains, when we only focus on our problems?
2. When we become fixed on our problems, what's the only thing we have left?
3. What is all we have left when we choose to focus just on our problems?
Q8:
1. What did the author hire Brent to build?
2. What was Brent doing for the author?
3. What structure did Brent create for the author?
Q9:
1. Where is the arbor that Brent built located?
2. What part of the author's house is next to the arbor?
3. Where around their house did the author ask Brent to build the arbor?
Q10:
1. How did the author feel about the arbor?
2. What was the author's emotional reaction to the arbor?
3. What did seeing the arbor systematically provoke for the author?
Q11:
1. Did the author find the arbor pleasing?
2. Was the author content with the arbor?
3. Did the author take note of the arbor's beauty?
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37wlf8u1wpquwnvl42kihbuicqu6k9 | race | Because plants cannot move or talk, most people believe that they have no feelings and that they cannot receive signals from outside. However, this may not be completely true.
People who studied plants have found out that plants carry a small electrical charge . It is possible to measure this charge with a small piece of equipment called "galvanometer". The galvanometer is placed on a leaf off the plant, and it records any changes in the electrical field of the leaf. Humans have a similar field which can change when we are shocked or frightened.
A man called Backster used a galvanometer for his studies of plants and was very surprised at his results. He found that if he had two or more plants in a room and he began to destroy one of them - perhaps by pulling off its leaves or by pulling it out of its pot - then the galvanometer on the leaves of the other plants showed a change in the electrical field. It seemed as if the plants were signalling a feeling of shock. This happened not only when Backster started to destroy plants, but also when he destroyed other living things such as insects .
Backster said that the plants also knew if someone had destroyed a living thing some distance away, because they signalled when a man who had just cut down a tree entered the room.
Another scientist, named Sauvin, achieved similar results to Backster's. He kept galvanometers fixed to his plants all the time and checked regularly to see what the plants were doing. If he was out of the office, he telephoned to find out about the signals the plants were sending. In this way, he found that the plants were sending out signals at the exact times when he felt strong pleasure or pain. In fact, Sauvin could cause a change in the electrical field of his plants over a distance of a few miles simply by thinking about them. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Do plants carry an electrical charge?
2. Is any kind of electrical charge found in plants?
3. Is it accepted that plants carry an electrical charge?
Q2:
1. What device did Backster use?
2. What tool did Backster use to measure the plants' electrical charges?
3. What equipment did Backster use to carry out his research?
Q3:
1. What scientist was able to back up Backster's results with their own research?
2. Other than Backster, who was also able to notice the electrical charge of plants?
3. What scientist carried out research whose results resembled those of Backster?
Q4:
1. Is the electrical field of humans similar to that of plants?
2. Do humans have an electrical field like the ones plants do?
3. Does our electrical field as humans resemble the one observed in plants?
Q5:
1. Are plants capable of sensing strong emotions?
2. Is there an observable correlation between the plants and strong emotions?
3. Do plants seem to sense strong emotions like pleasure and pain?
Q6:
1. What did Backster pull off of the plants?
2. What did Backster take off of some of the plants?
3. What part of the some plants did Backster take to removing?
Q7:
1. For Sauvin, did thinking about the plants alter the electrical field?
2. Did Sauvin observe a change in electrical field when he simply thought of the plants?
3. According to Sauvin's research, did the action of thinking about the plants cause a change in electrical field?
Q8:
1. From how far away was Sauvin able to change the electrical field by thinking about the plants?
2. How far away could Sauvin be from the plants to alter their electrical field with his thoughts?
3. From what distance did Sauvin manage to alter his plants' electrical field by thinking about them?
Q9:
1. Did it seem that the plants could sense the destruction of other living beings?
2. Did Backster observe an awareness from the plants when other living things were destroyed?
3. Did Backster notice feedback from the plants when he destroyed other living things?
Q10:
1. What do most people believe plants not to possess?
2. What do most people believe plants to be incapable of?
3. What do many among us think plants simply do not have?
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3wleiwsyhohfcwbcbf5ie6xe3x1h2x | race | When we talk about red packets, the most important question is "What are you going to do with it?" One thing you could do is to put your money in the bank. Maybe you don't know, some students in Hubei began to use the Xiaogui Dangjia bank card this year. This is a card for children. It is from China Minsheng Bank in Wuhan. Wang Ming is a 14-year-old junior student in Wuhan. He said "All my pocket money has a place to go now. I can pay my own school fees ." Zhu Yu, a manager of Minsheng Bank, said that they knew lots of students who didn't know how to use their money. So they wanted them to know how to use it carefully. Parents worry that children don't know how to take care of the money by themselves. Shen qiangqiang's mother like the card very much. Shen was asking his mother for a computer for a long time, but his mother didn't buy it for him. She said, "We want him to use his card to save money for the computer. If we buy everything he asks for, he will think money comes too easily, and he won't work hard for it." Today, there are many different kinds of bank cards. They are from different banks. People put their money in them. Then they can use their money at any time. People can do many things with bank cards. They can wash cars, go shopping, eat delicious food and travel to other places with the money in their bank cards. The most important thing is not "How much did you get?" It is necessary for everyone to learn how to save your money and use your money correctly. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the identity of Wang Ming?
2. How is Wang Ming described in the article?
3. How does the article describe Wang Ming?
Q2:
1. What is the age of Wang Ming?
2. What is Wang Ming's age?
3. How many years of age is Wang Ming?
Q3:
1. What is the occupation of Zhu Yu?
2. What is Zhu Yu's profession?
3. What does Zhu Yu do for a living?
Q4:
1. What has become popular this year with students in Hubei?
2. What item is gaining popularity with Hubei students this year?
3. The use of what item is becoming widespread among Hubei youth?
Q5:
1. Is the Xiaogui Dangjia bank card for adults?
2. Is the Xiaogui Dangjia bank card designed for people over 18?
3. Is the Xiaogui Dangjia bank card meant to be used by people of all ages?
Q6:
1. What was a common worry amongst parents?
2. What was a source of anxiety for many parents?
3. What were many parents fearful of happening?
Q7:
1. What did Shen want his mother to purchase for him?
2. What item was Shen hoping his mother would get him?
3. What item did Shen want from his mother?
Q8:
1. According to Shen's mother, what would happen if she bought everything for him?
2. What did Shen's mother believe would happen if she bought everything for him?
3. What did Shen's mother predict would happen if he was simply given everything he asked for?
Q9:
1. What bank is the Xiaogui Dangjia bank card from?
2. Who produced the Xiaogui Dangjia bank card?
3. What bank is the distributor of the Xiaogui Dangjia bank card?
Q10:
1. What was Wang Ming able to do with his bank card?
2. What did the bank card give Wang Ming the ability to do?
3. What did Wang Ming intend to use the bank card to do?
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37qw5d2zrgmfokrh2qqisbhjyiqs8w | mctest | Oliver is a cat. He has a sister called Spike. Oliver and Spike like to play outside. They chase bugs in the backyard. When they get tired, they sleep in the sun. They don't like to go outside when it is raining. On rainy days Oliver and Spike sit in the window. They watch the rain through the window. Oliver is big and has grey and white fur. His nose is pink. Spike is small and has grey fur. Her nose is the same color as her fur. Spike is round. Oliver is tall. Oliver likes to eat. He worries when there is no food in his bowl. Spike likes to roll in dirt. Sometimes she is smelly. At Christmas time they like to play with the Christmas tree and presents. Oliver climbs the Christmas tree and breaks ornaments. Spike plays with the presents and unwraps them with her claws. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Whose sister is named Spike?
2. Who is Spike's brother?
3. Who's got a sister that is named Spike?
Q2:
1. Which kind of animal is Oliver?
2. What animal is Oliver?
3.
Q3:
1. What do Oliver and Spike do in the backyard?
2. What activity do Oliver and Spike do in the backyard?
3. When they are in the backyard, what do Oliver and Spike get up to?
Q4:
1. Which cat has a pink nose?
2. Does Oliver or Spike have a pink nose?
3. Who is the one with the pink nose?
Q5:
1. Is Spike the tall one?
2. Is Spike a tall cat?
3. Is Spike a big cat?
Q6:
1. Who is the tall cat?
2. Which cat is tall?
3. Which of the siblings is described as tall?
Q7:
1. What worries Oliver?
2. What makes Oliver anxious?
3. What situation makes Oliver worried?
Q8:
1. Which cat likes dirt?
2. Who is fond of the dirt?
3. Which of the siblings enjoys the dirt?
Q9:
1. What does Spike do at Christmas?
2. How does Spike play with her presents?
3. What does Spike do when she gets presents?
Q10:
1. What is the color of Oliver's nose?
2. Oliver has a nose in what color?
3. What color is the nose of Oliver the cat?
Q11:
1. Do both cats like to look at the rain?
2. Do Spike and Oliver enjoy watching the rain?
3. Is looking at the rain a fun activity for Spike and Oliver?
Q12:
1. Where do the cats go to look at the rain?
2. How do the cats watch the rain?
3. Where are Spike and Oliver when the watch the rain?
Q13:
1. Where do Spike and Oliver go to sleep?
2. In what place do the two cats sleep?
3. What is Spike and Oliver's sleeping spot?
Q14:
1. Why do the cats like to sleep in the sun?
2. What is nice about sleeping in the sun for Spike and Oliver?
3. Why do the cats go out in the sun to sleep?
Q15:
1. Who is the round cat?
2. Which of the cats is round?
3. Which of the two siblings is the round cat?
Q16:
1. Are Spike and Oliver close?
2. Are the two cats friendly with each other?
3. Do Spike and Oliver like to play with each other?
Q17:
1. Do Spike and Oliver like Christmas?
2. Do both cats look forward to Christmas?
3. Is Christmas an enjoyable holiday for Spike and Oliver?
Q18:
1. What is enjoyable about Christmas for the cats?
2. Why are both cats fond of Christmas?
3. What do the cats like to do at Christmastime?
Q19:
1. Do the cats enjoy the rain?
2. Do Spike and Oliver like to get caught in the rain?
3. Is being in the rain one of Spike and Oliver's favorite activities?
Q20:
1. Whose fur is gray and white?
2. Who is the cat with the gray and white fur?
3. Which cat has got gray and white fur?
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39gaf6dqwr0d5co0x0m8ooeikkw1vh | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXV
PERILS OF THE FLOOD
"Dave! Dave!" yelled Ben, as he saw our hero disappear into the swiftly-flowing river. "Look out, or you'll both be drowned!"
"What's the trouble?" yelled Jerry Blutt, as he turned back for the first time since leaving the island.
"Buster slipped in, and Dave went after him," answered Ben. "Oh, what shall we do?" he went on, despairingly.
"Here--we'll throw out the rope!" answered the camp-worker, and took from his shoulder a rope he carried.
In the meantime Dave had come up and was striking out with might and main for his chum. Our hero realized that Buster must be hurt, otherwise he would swim to save himself.
"Must have struck on his head, when he went over," he thought, and he was right, poor Buster had done just that and now lay half-unconscious as the current swept him further and further from his friends.
It was too dark to see much, and Dave had all he could do to keep in sight of the unfortunate one. But presently the stout youth's body struck against a rock and was held there, and our hero came up and seized the lad by the arm.
"Buster! Buster!" he called out. "What's wrong? Can't you swim?"
"Hel--help me!" gasped the fat youth. "I--I got a knock on the head. I'm so--so dizzy I do--don't know what I--I'm do--doing!"
The current now tore Buster away from the rock, and he and Dave floated along on the bosom of the river for a distance of fifty yards. It was impossible to do much swimming in that madly-rushing element and Dave wisely steered for shore. He continued to support his friend, who seemed unable to do anything for himself. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Did Buster ask for help?
2. Did Buster make an attempt to get help?
3. Did Buster call out for aid?
Q2:
1. What had happened to Buster?
2. What was the matter with Buster?
3. What was wrong with Buster?
Q3:
1. Who had the rope in hand?
2. Which person had a rope?
3. The rope was in the possession of which person?
Q4:
1. Did anyone see Buster fall in?
2. Was there a witness to Buster's accident?
3. Was anyone witness to Dave going in after Buster?
Q5:
1. Who saw Dave go in after Buster?
2. Who witnessed Dave try to save Buster?
3. Who said they saw Dave go in after Buster?
Q6:
1. Who went in to save Buster?
2. Who did a heroic deed?
3. Who acted commendably when Buster slipped?
Q7:
1. What did Dave realize about Buster?
2. What did Dave think about Buster when he went in after him?
3. What did Dave notice about Buster?
Q8:
1. Did Buster feel alright?
2. Was Buster in a good state?
3. Was Buster in good health after falling in the water?
Q9:
1. How did Buster feel?
2. How did Buster describe his state?
3. What was Buster's mental state?
Q10:
1. What was the state of Buster's consciousness?
2. Was Buster completely conscious?
3. Was Buster totally unconscious in the water, or how was he?
Q11:
1. Was Buster moving in the direction of his friends?
2. Was the current carrying Buster towards his friends?
3. Was the water taking Buster closer to his buddies?
Q12:
1. How was the current moving Buster?
2. What direction was the water taking Buster in?
3. What direction was Buster moving in while in the water?
Q13:
1. What was Ben afraid of?
2. What was Ben afraid was going to happen?
3. What problem did Ben forsee when Dave went in the water?
Q14:
1. Who is the campworker?
2. What's the name of the campworker?
3. What is the campworker who had the rope called?
Q15:
1. Was Jerry Blutt aware of the situation?
2. Did Jerry Blutt see Buster fall in?
3. Did Jerry Blutt know that Buster was caught in the river?
Q16:
1. Was Buster in the water to swim?
2. Did Buster intentionally go in the water?
3. Did Buster mean to go in the water?
Q17:
1. How did Buster end up in the water?
2. What led to Buster finding himself in the water?
3. What did Buster do that got him in the water?
Q18:
1. What did the current tear Buster away from?
2. What did the current suddenly separate Buster from?
3. What was Buster hanging on to that the current took him from?
Q19:
1. Was it easy to see?
2. Was it very light out?
3. Was there sufficient light to see what was going on?
Q20:
1. Was Dave able to support Buster?
2. Did Dave succeed in lending a hand to Buster?
3. Did Dave end up helping Buster out?
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35h6s234sa0re4aixfgcfmb0f8n65s | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXVII. LEONARD DE CARTIENNE.
We all three stood and looked at one another for a moment, Milly Hart with her finger still pointing to the vacant place where the photograph had been. Then Cecil broke into a short laugh.
"We're looking very tragical about it," he said lightly. "Mysterious joint disappearance of Leonard de Cartienne and a photograph of Mr. Hart. Now, if it had been a photograph of a pretty girl instead of a middle-aged man, we might have connected the two. Hallo!"
He broke off in his speech and turned round. Standing in the doorway, looking at us, was Leonard de Cartienne, with a slight smile on his thin lips.
"Behold the missing link--I mean man!" exclaimed Cecil. "Good old Leonard! Do you know, you gave us quite a fright. We expected to find you here and the room was empty. Are you better?"
"Yes, thanks! I'm all right now," he answered. "I've been out in the yard and had a blow. What's Milly looking so scared about? And what was it I heard you say about a photograph?"
"Father's likeness has gone," she explained, turning round with tears in her eyes. "It was there on the mantelpiece this afternoon and now, when we came in to look at it, it has gone!"
"I should think that, if it really has disappeared," de Cartienne remarked incredulously, "the servant must have moved it. Ask her."
Miss Hart rang the bell and in the meantime we looked about the room. It was all in vain. We could find no trace of it, nor could the servant who answered the summons give us any information. She had seen it in its usual place early in the morning when she had been dusting. Since then she had not entered the room. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who began to laugh?
2. Who broke into laughter?
3. Which of the people present started to laugh?
Q2:
1. What was Milly Hart pointing her finger at?
2. What did Milly Hart point in the direction of?
3. Milly Hart was pointing her finger in the direction of what space?
Q3:
1. What person had supposedly dissappeared?
2. Whose disappearance was being discussed by the trio?
3. Whose disappearance was the subject of conversation?
Q4:
1. Who was pictured in the missing photograph?
2. Who was in the photograph that Leonard de CARTIENNE had?
3. Whose photo did Leonard de Cartienne have when he disappeared?
Q5:
1. Who stood in the doorway?
2. Who did the trio find in the doorway?
3. Who ended up being located in the doorway?
Q6:
1. Was Leonard de CARTIENNE smiling?
2. Did the trio notice a smile on Leonard de Cartienne's face?
3. Did Leonard de Cartienne have a smile on his face?
Q7:
1. Who called the man 'good old Leonard'?
2. Which of the three called the man 'good old Leonard'?
3. Who uttered the phrase 'good Old Leonard'?
Q8:
1. Was the room empty, according to Cecil?
2. Did Cecil claim that the room was empty?
3. Was Cecil purporting the room to be empty?
Q9:
1. Where had Leonard de Cartienne been?
2. Where did Leonard de Cartienne say he had been?
3. Was was Leonard de Cartienne's location when everyone thought him disappeared?
Q10:
1. Was Leonard de Cartienne alright?
2. Did Leonard de Cartienne tell the others that he was ok?
3. Did Leonard de Cartienne assure everyone that he was alright?
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3cp1to84pt13w3rhad49p9uozyy25a | cnn | A man has been charged with a federal hate crime in connection with what authorities say was a racially motivated "knockout" assault against an elderly black man, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday.
Conrad Alvin Barrett, 27, of Katy, Texas, has been charged with one count of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
According to the federal complaint, Barrett attacked the 79-year-old man "because of the man's race and color." He will next appear in court Friday afternoon for a detention hearing.
The suspect made a video of the attack November 24, the complaint said. In the video, he allegedly commented that "the plan is to see if I were to hit a black person, would this be nationally televised?"
He then allegedly "hit the man with such force that the man immediately fell to the ground. Barrett then laughed and said 'knockout,' as he ran to his vehicle and fled."
The victim suffered two jaw fractures and was hospitalized for several days, the complaint said.
Barrett's attorney, George Parnham, told CNN the affidavit does not "pull back the layers of mental health."
His client has bipolar disorder and takes medication, Parnham said in an earlier call.
Parnham said he could not state whether his client carried out the attack, but, "mental health issues definitely played a part in anything that occurred."
Barrett "is very sorry for this person," Parnham said, adding that he and his client haven't had much opportunity to discuss the facts of the case. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was Conrad Alvin Barrett charged with?
2. What kind of crime was Conrad Alvin Barrett accused of committing?
3. What kind of crime did police charge Conrad Alvin Barrett with?
Q2:
1. What was the nature of the hate crime committed?
2. What action resulted in the hate crime charge?
3. What did Conrad Alvin Barrett do in order to be charged with a hate crime?
Q3:
1. Who was the victim of the hate crime?
2. Who did Conrad Alvin Barrett assault?
3. Who was the target of Conrad Alvin Barrett's assault?
Q4:
1. What was the victim's age?
2. How old was Conrad Alvin Barrett's victim?
3. How old was the man that Conrad Alvin Barrett assaulted?
Q5:
1. When did the crime take place?
2. On what day did the assault occur?
3. What was the date of the assault?
Q6:
1. What was Conrad Alvin Barrett's plan in assaulting the man?
2. What did Conrad Alvin Barrett imagine would happen with the assault?
3. What did Conrad Alvin Barrett envision would come of his actions?
Q7:
1. What comment did Conrad Alvin Barrett's attorney make?
2. How did the lawyer of the alleged perpetrator respond to the media?
3. What did Conrad Alvin Barrett's attorney have to say about the matter?
Q8:
1. How much younger is Conrad Alvin Barrett than his victim?
2. How many years younger is Conrad Alvin Barrett than the man he assaulted?
3. What is the age gap between Conrad Alvin Barrett and the man he attacked?
Q9:
1. Was the victim hospitalized?
2. Did the victim have to go to the hospital?
3. Was the victim treated at a hospital for his injuries?
Q10:
1. How long did the victim spend in the hospital?
2. For how long was the victim hospitalized?
3. For what length of time did the victim stay in the hospital?
Q11:
1. Why was the victim hospitalized?
2. What was the victim being treated for in the hospital?
3. What injuries was the victim recovering from in the hospital?
Q12:
1. What disorder has Conrad Alvin Barrett been diagnosed with?
2. What illness does Conrad Alvin Barrett suffer from?
3. What mental disorder does Conrad Alvin Barrett live with?
Q13:
1. Does Conrad Alvin Barrett take medication for his bipolar disorder?
2. Is Conrad Alvin Barrett treating his bipolar disorder with medication?
3. Is medication a part of Conrad Alvin Barrett's treatment plan for his bipolar disorder?
Q14:
1. Is Conrad Alvin Barrett remorseful?
2. Does Conrad Alvin Barrett feel bad about what he has done?
3. Does Conrad Alvin Barrett regret his actions?
Q15:
1. Why was the attack characterized as a knockout assault?
2. What was the impetus for calling the attack a knockout assault?
3. Why did the attack get labeled as a knockout assault?
Q16:
1. Who is representing Conrad Alvin Barrett in court?
2. Who is Conrad Alvin Barrett's lawyer?
3. What is the name of Conrad Alvin Barrett's attorney?
Q17:
1. What city did Conrad Alvin Barrett live in?
2. Where was Conrad Alvin Barrett's place of residence?
3. What city was Conrad Alvin Barrett from?
Q18:
1. What state is the city of Katy located in?
2. What state did Conrad Alvin Barrett live in?
3. Where can Katy be found?
Q19:
1. Is Conrad Alvin Barrett's assault considered a state crime?
2. Is Conrad Alvin Barrett being charged at the state level?
3. Is the attack being handled at the state level?
Q20:
1. Who committed the assault?
2. What is the name of the perpetrator of the knockout assault?
3. Who is the man that committed the hate crime?
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3kxir214i4gl0knhw8lzkhoazwm42e | wikipedia | Raleigh (/ˈrɑːli/; RAH-lee) is the capital of the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees, which line the streets in the heart of the city. The city covers a land area of 142.8 square miles (370 km2). The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population to be 439,896 as of July 1, 2014. It is also one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. The city of Raleigh is named after Sir Walter Raleigh, who established the lost Roanoke Colony in present-day Dare County.
Raleigh is home to North Carolina State University and is part of the Research Triangle area, together with Durham (home of Duke University) and Chapel Hill (home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). The "Triangle" nickname originated after the 1959 creation of the Research Triangle Park, located in Durham & Wake Counties partway between the three cities and their universities. The Research Triangle region encompasses the U.S. Census Bureau's Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Combined Statistical Area (CSA), which had an estimated population of 2,037,430 in 2013. The Raleigh Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) had an estimated population of 1,214,516 in 2013. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What university is Raleigh home to?
2. What university can be found in Raleigh?
3. What public university is located in Raleigh?
Q2:
1. Why are the three North Carolina cities called a triangle?
2. What led to the coining of the phrase "Research Triangle" for the three cities?
3. Why are the three cities referred to as the "Research Triangle"?
Q3:
1. When did the nickname research triangle start to appear in 1959??
2. When did the name Research Triangle get coined in the year 1959?
3. When in 1959 did the name Research Triangle come about?
Q4:
1. Is Raleigh a slow growing city?
2. Is Raleigh's population expanding slowly?
3. Is Raleigh's population growing at a relatively slow rate?
Q5:
1. What is another name Raleigh is known by?
2. What is Raleigh's nickname?
3. How do some people refer to the city of Raleigh?
Q6:
1. Why is Raleigh called the city of Oaks?
2. What's the story behind Raleigh's nickname the City of Oaks?
3. How did Raleigh get the name city of Oaks?
Q7:
1. Who is Raleigh named for?
2. What person is Raleigh named after?
3. Whose name does the city of Raleigh bear?
Q8:
1. What was an accomplishment of Sir Walter Raleigh?
2. What is one thing Sir Walter Raleigh was known for?
3. What did Sir Walter Raleigh found?
Q9:
1. Does Raleigh get its name from Walter Raleigh?
2. Is Raleigh named after Sir Walter Raleigh?
3. Is Raleigh named after someone specific?
Q10:
1. What county is Raleigh in?
2. In what county can Raleigh be found?
3. Which North Carolina county is Raleigh located in?
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3eqhhy4hqsstbxzo9spyrdop9fag5a | race | Tony Hawken, 57, is divorcing his wife Xiu Li, 51, Britain's wealthiest woman entrepreneur , because he says he doesn't like being rich and is 'not in the habit' of spending lots of money.
The pair traded up their semi-detached home in South Norwood, London, and bought a PS1.5million house in Surrey.
Li, who is now worth $1.2billion (PS700million) according to Forbes, quickly settled into a life which included sipping a PS900 bottle of wine on a luxurious yacht.
However, Mr Hawken says he felt more comfortable getting lunch in his local Wetherspoon's.
Despite his sudden wealth he continued to buy books from charity shops, and _ dear clothes.
In an interview with The Times, he said: 'I think it made me uncomfortable because I'm not in the habit, I don't like spending lots of money -- I've been brought up that way.
'Until recently I was never a wealthy person. I've been moderately comfortable because I have been careful with my money.'
Now the couple have decided to part, Mr Hawken will walk away with just PS1million, but says it will be enough for him.
He added: 'I have got a settlement which is not great, but it's enough for me because I don't have an extravagant lifestyle. I won't have to work if I'm careful.'
On a recent trip to China, Mr Hawken said his wife took him on a yacht and treated him to a PS900 bottle of wine, but he prefers his local Wetherspoon pub.
'I'm getting a little pay when you consider her potential wealth, but I don't really want to fight it.'
Mr Hawken met Li on a blind date while he was still a teacher and she was studying English.
The couple married, but as Li's business took off the couple spent more and more time apart. Mr Hawken says the couple have spent most of the relationship apart.
Far from driving them apart, Mr Hawken believes the distance kept them together, and says they would have divorced a long time ago if they were under the same roof.
Mr Hawken says his only regret is not getting a divorce sooner, but he didn't push for it over fears it would affect the couple's teenage son William, now 17.
Mr Hawken no longer teaches full-time, but instead gives free tuition to under-privileged children. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What are the names of the divorcing couple?
2. Who are the two people that are getting divorced?
3. Who is divorcing each other?
Q2:
1. Where do Tony Hawken and Xi Liu live?
2. What country do Tony Hawken and Xi Liu live in?
3. What country was the divorcing couple living in?
Q3:
1. Where had the couple recently bought a home?
2. In what town did the couple currently have a home?
3. What was the couple's current place of residence?
Q4:
1. Where did the couple move to Surrey from?
2. Where was the couple living prior to their move to Surrey?
3. Where was the previous home of Tony Hawken and Xi Lui located?
Q5:
1. What is the couple's home in Surrey worth?
2. How much did the couple purchase their Surrey home for?
3. What is the price of the couple's house in Surrey?
Q6:
1. How much money is Xiu Li worth?
2. What is Xiu Li's current net worth?
3. What is Xiu Li's net worth listed as?
Q7:
1. What would Tony Hawken still buy, despite his wealth?
2. Although he became very wealthy, what did Tony Hawken continue to buy?
3. What did Tony Hawken feel more comfortable buying, in spite of his economic stature?
Q8:
1. How much money will Tony Hawken walk away with in the split?
2. How much money is Tony Hawken getting in the divorce?
3. What sum is Tony Hawken set to receive from the divorce proceedings?
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3mb8lzr5bftcf8ysr6qk6ucf2rbklz | wikipedia | Easter eggs, also called Paschal eggs, are decorated eggs that are usually used as gifts on the occasion of Easter or springtime celebration. As such, Easter eggs are common during the season of Eastertide (Easter season). The oldest tradition is to use dyed and painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs wrapped in colourful foil, or plastic eggs filled with confectionery such as chocolate. Although eggs, in general, were a traditional symbol of fertility and rebirth, in Christianity, for the celebration of Eastertide, Easter eggs symbolize the empty tomb of Jesus, from which Jesus resurrected. In addition, one ancient tradition was the staining of Easter eggs with the colour red "in memory of the blood of Christ, shed as at that time of his crucifixion." This custom of the Easter egg can be traced to early Christians of Mesopotamia, and from there it spread into Russia and Siberia through the Orthodox Churches, and later into Europe through the Catholic and Protestant Churches. This Christian use of eggs may have been influenced by practices in "pre-dynastic period in Egypt, as well as amid the early cultures of Mesopotamia and Crete".
The practice of decorating eggshells as part of spring rituals is ancient, with decorated, engraved ostrich eggs found in Africa which are 60,000 years old. In the pre-dynastic period of Egypt and the early cultures of Mesopotamia and Crete, eggs were associated with death and rebirth, as well as with kingship, with decorated ostrich eggs, and representations of ostrich eggs in gold and silver, were commonly placed in graves of the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians as early as 5,000 years ago. These cultural relationships may have influenced early Christian and Islamic cultures in those areas, as well as through mercantile, religious, and political links from those areas around the Mediterranean. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What kind of ancient eggs were discovered in Africa?
2. The 60,000 year old eggs of what animal were discovered in Africa?
3. What animal did the recently discovered ancient eggs belong to?
Q2:
1. Did the discovered ostrich eggs contain decorations?
2. Were there decorations on the ostrich eggs?
3. Did the discovered ostrich eggs have any designs on them?
Q3:
1. What is another name for Easter eggs?
2. How else can Easter eggs be referred to?
3. What else might Easter eggs be called?
Q4:
1. During what season can Easter eggs generally be found?
2. What is the typical season for hunting Easter eggs?
3. What is the season that is associated with Easter eggs?
Q5:
1. What is a different term for the Easter season?
2. How else can the Easter season be referenced?
3. What else might one call the season of Easter?
Q6:
1. What associations did eggs have in Mesopotamia and Crete?
2. What did the peoples of Mesopotamia and Crete associate eggs with?
3. What deeper meaning did eggs have for the peoples of Mesopotamia and Crete
Q7:
1. What was another association of eggs for ancient peoples, in addition to death and rebirth?
2. What did eggs mean to the people of Mesopotamia and Crete, apart from death and rebirth?
3. What might someone from Mesopotamia and Crete associated eggs with, if not death and rebirth?
Q8:
1. What did ancient people decorate in springtime ritual?
2. What object got decorated in the springtime rituals of Mesopotamia and Crete?
3. What would ancient people from Mesopotamia and Crete draw on during the springtime?
Q9:
1. Did early people sometimes use stand-ins for eggs?
2. Did the people of Mesopotamia and Crete also use representations of ostrich eggs for certain purposes?
3. Were representations of ostrich eggs sometimes substituted by early people in their rituals?
Q10:
1. How did early people create their representations of ostrich eggs?
2. What were the representations of ostrich eggs fabricated with?
3. What materials did early peoples use to make the fake ostrich eggs?
Q11:
1. What is a common modern substitute for dyed eggs?
2. What do people in the present day often use in place of dyed eggs?
3. What do modern people often use instead of the traditional dyed eggs?
Q12:
1. Are chocolate eggs often wrapped in colorful foil?
2. Is the foil used for chocolate eggs generally colorful?
3. Does the foil used for chocolate eggs come in bright colors?
Q13:
1. What does the Easter egg represent to Christians?
2. What is the meaning of Easter eggs in the Christian tradition?
3. What are Easter eggs symbolic of in the Christian faith?
Q14:
1. Might a Christian believe that Easter eggs resemble an empty tomb?
2. Can Easter Eggs represent Christ's empty tomb to Christians?
3. Do Christians also view Easter eggs as representing an empty tomb?
Q15:
1. Whose tomb do Easter eggs symbolize?
2. Easter eggs represent the empty tomb of what historical figure?
3. Whose empty tomb is the Easter egg said to resemble?
Q16:
1. What historical period may have influenced the custom of Easter eggs?
2. How far back can the custom of Easter eggs be traced?
3. During what period might the Easter egg tradition have originated?
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3lbxntkx0rvny6wq1s2jrftmyabx9e | gutenberg | CHAPTER XX—LANDING ON CAVE ISLAND
At the end of a week Dave was more worried than ever. Each day he and his chums went down to the shipping offices and each day returned to the hotel disappointed. Not a word had been heard concerning the missing vessel and those on board.
The _Golden Eagle_ was all ready to sail on her return trip to the United States, but Phil told Captain Sanders to wait.
“Perhaps we’ll hear to-day,” he said, and this was repeated day after day.
It was very warm and the boys were glad they had brought along some thin clothing. They scarcely knew what to do with themselves, and Dave was particularly sober.
“I suppose Mr. Wadsworth and the rest are waiting to hear from me,” he said to his chums. “But what is the use of sending a message when I haven’t anything to say?”
Another Sunday passed, and on Monday the boys visited the _Golden Eagle_, and then went with Captain Sanders to the nearest shipping office.
“Something is going on!” cried the senator’s son, as he noticed an unusual crowd congregated. “Must be news of some sort.”
“Let us find out what it is!” returned our hero, quickly.
“The _Emma Brower_ has been heard from,” said a man, standing near. “That’s the vessel that was missing, don’t you know,” he added.
“What of her?” asked Dave.
“Went down in that terrible storm we had about ten days ago.”
“Down!” gasped all of the boys, while Captain Sanders looked the concern he felt. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Was the weather warm?
2. Were they experiencing warm weather?
3. Was it hot outside?
Q2:
1. Who is described as wearing thin clothes?
2. What two people wore clothes that were thin?
3. Who had on thin clothes?
Q3:
1. What was Dave's mental state?
2. Had Dave been drinking or was he sober?
3. Was Dave out of sorts or in a sober state?
Q4:
1. Did Dave feel worried?
2. Was Dave worried about anything?
3. Was Dave feeling anxious?
Q5:
1. Why was Dave feeling anxious?
2. What was the subject of Dave's worry?
3. What was Dave worrying about?
Q6:
1. Who was the Golden Eagle's captain?
2. What was the name of the Golden Eagle's captain?
3. Who was at the helm of the Golden Eagle?
Q7:
1. What was the fate of the Emma Brower?
2. What became of the Emma Brower?
3. What was the problem with the ship the Emma Brower?
Q8:
1. Had the Emma Brower been missing prior to sinking?
2. Was the Emma Brower declared missing before it sunk?
3. Had people been trying to locate the Emma Brower before it sunk?
Q9:
1. How many days ago did the Emma Brower sink?
2. How long ago did the Emma Brower go down?
3. How many days since the sinking of the Emma Brower?
Q10:
1. What caused the sinking of the Emma Brower?
2. Why did the Emma Brower sink?
3. What make the Emma Brower go down?
Q11:
1. Where did the Captain find out about the Emma Brower's sinking?
2. Where did the captain learn of the sinking of the Emma Brower
3. Where was the captain told that the Emma Brower had sunk?
Q12:
1. What did the sentator's son perceive?
2. What was noticed by the senator's son?
3. What did the senator's son point out?
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3kgtpgbs6xlkhihwbechxlm4yfdu26 | cnn | Sandra Bullock is one of the highest-profile actresses in Hollywood and also one of the world's most photographed moms. It's hard to pick up a tabloid that doesn't feature a photo of the Oscar-winner with her adopted 3-year-old son, Louis Bardot. And now Bullock is speaking out in support of a new law that increases penalties for paparazzi harassing the children of celebrities.
"We are fair game, I get it," Bullock told CNN at her handprint and footprint ceremony outside the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Wednesday. "Children should be allowed to be children and not be sold. You're taking a picture of a child and selling it!"
California Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed the bill, which increases the penalties for intentional harassment of a child because of their parents' employment.
The effort gained momentum after actresses Halle Berry and Jennifer Garner testified before the California Assembly Judiciary Committee in August to support the bill. The pair opened up about the hellish conditions faced by their children as a result of aggressive paparazzi.
Nicole Kidman knocked down by photog
Bullock commends the two on their fight.
"I think it's brilliant," she explains."The girls worked so hard, the attorney worked so hard, and I think it's a good sign."
According to a release from the governor's office, the new law "increases the maximum jail time for harassment of a child or ward because of the person's employment from six months in the county jail to a year in the county jail." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How many children does actress Sandra Bullock have?
2. How many children has Sandra Bullock adopated?
3. What number of children is Sandra Bullock mother to?
Q2:
1. Does Sandra Bullock have a boy or a girl?
2. Is Sandra Bullock's kid a boy or a girl?
3. What is the gender of Sandra Bullock's adopted child?
Q3:
1. Is Sandra Bullock the biological mother of her son?
2. Did Sandra Bullock give birth to her son?
3. Is Sandra Bullock related to her son by blood?
Q4:
1. How did Sandra Bullock become a mother to her son?
2. How did Sandra Bullock get her son?
3. If she did not give birth, how did Sandra Bullock become a mother?
Q5:
1. How old is Sandra Bullock's son?
2. What is the age of Louis Bardot?
3. What age is Sandra Bullock's kid?
Q6:
1. What is Sandra Bullock's profession?
2. What is the occupation of Sandra Bullock?
3. How does Sandra Bullock make a living?
Q7:
1. What does Sandra Bullock want people to stop selling?
2. What is Sandra Bullock trying to get people to stop selling?
3. What is Sandra Bullock fighting for people to quit selling?
Q8:
1. Who is the governor that signed the bill?
2. Who was the man that signed the bill?
3. What governor put is signature on the bill?
Q9:
1. What is Jerry Brown's occupation?
2. What does Jerry Brown serve as?
3. How is Jerry Brown employed?
Q10:
1. What crime does the bill Jerry Brown signed concern?
2. What act now has stricter penalities, due to the signed bill?
3. What is the subject of the new crime bill?
Q11:
1. Who is targeted in the new crime bill?
2. What group of people are the subject of the new crime bill?
3. What kinds of people is the bill Jerry Brown signed targeting?
Q12:
1. Does the bill do anything to increase penalities?
2. Does the bill create harsher sentences?
3. Is one outcome of the bill stricter sentences for committing the crime?
Q13:
1. Where can one be jailed according to the crime bill?
2. Where does the bill sentence violators to spend their time?
3. Where will one be detained if they violate the bill?
Q14:
1. What is the current maximum amount of jailtime for violating the law?
2. How long could one previously spend in jail for violation of the law?
3. What is the current jail sentence for harassment of children?
Q15:
1. What does the bill extend the maximum sentence for harassing children to?
2. What would the maximum sentence for violating the bill be extended to?
3. How long does the bill intend to make the maximum sentence for violation of the law?
Q16:
1. What news outlet did Sandra Bullock speak to?
2. What news channel did Sandra Bullock share her story with?
3. What channel did Sandra Bullock talk to?
Q17:
1. When did Sandra Bullock speak to CNN?
2. What was going on during Sandra Bullock's conversation with CNN?
3. What was Sandra Bullock celebrating when she spoke with CNN?
Q18:
1. On what day of the week did Sandra Bullock speak to CNN?
2. When was Sandra Bullock's hand and footprint ceremony?
3. What day did the conversation between Sandra Bullock and CNN take place?
Q19:
1. Where did Sandra Bullock speak to CNN?
2. Where was Sandra Bullock's hand and footprint ceremony?
3. What was the location of Sandra Bullock's hand and footprint ceremony?
Q20:
1. What does Sandra Bullock think children should be permitted?
2. What should kids be allowed to do, according to Sandra Bullock?
3. What does Sandra Bullock think kids should have the freedom to do?
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3pxx5px6lxyuqm3uo2o1yddeki1abe | mctest | John was in the third grade, and nine years old. Every day he had to walk home from school. There were some kids in his class who were mean to him, and during the winter they would throw snowballs at him. John could have told the teacher, but one of the kids was a very pretty girl. She was mean, but John liked her because she was pretty and did not want her to get in trouble.
One day, his teacher asked John to stay after class to wipe off the chalkboard and to empty the pencil sharpener. By the time he was done, the other kids had gone home. They could no longer throw snowballs at him. John did not mind helping out his teacher, and he soon stayed after class every day.
John was not very good at math, and sometimes his teacher would help him when he stayed after school. She said if John could help her out for at least two weeks, he could pass his math class. John thought it was a good deal, and ended up being much better at math. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did the other kids at school do to John?
2. What mean thing did John's classmates do to him?
3. What did John's classmates do to him?
Q2:
1. Did John tattle on his classmates?
2. Did John tell his teacher what the others were doing to him?
3. Did John confess to his teacher about the snowballs?
Q3:
1. Did John have a crush on one of the bullies?
2. Did John have feelings for one of the snowball throwers?
3. Was one of the people who threw snowballs at John someone that he liked?
Q4:
1. Why did John like the girl?
2. Why did John have feelings for the girl who threw snowballs at him?
3. Why was John enamored with one of his bullies?
Q5:
1. Did John take the bus to school?
2. Did John use the bus to get to school?
3. Was John a bus rider?
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3zr9aiqjub9e4ak3hlhl1tvv27p40z | wikipedia | Copenhagen is the capital and most populous city of Denmark. The city has a population of 763,908 (), of whom 601,448 live in the Municipality of Copenhagen. The larger urban area has a population of 1,280,371 (), while the Copenhagen metropolitan area has just over 2 million inhabitants. Copenhagen is situated on the eastern coast of the island of Zealand; another small portion of the city is located on Amager, and is separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the strait of Øresund. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road.
Originally a Viking fishing village founded in the 10th century, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in the early 15th century. Beginning in the 17th century it consolidated its position as a regional centre of power with its institutions, defences and armed forces. After suffering from the effects of plague and fire in the 18th century, the city underwent a period of redevelopment. This included construction of the prestigious district of Frederiksstaden and founding of such cultural institutions as the Royal Theatre and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. After further disasters in the early 19th century when Nelson attacked the Dano-Norwegian fleet and bombarded the city, rebuilding during the Danish Golden Age brought a Neoclassical look to Copenhagen's architecture. Later, following the Second World War, the Finger Plan fostered the development of housing and businesses along the five urban railway routes stretching out from the city centre. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What city is the article about?
2. What is the subject of the article?
3. What city is at the center of this article?
Q2:
1. What did Copenhagen originally serve as?
2. What was Copenhagen's original purpose as a village?
3. What kind of village did Copenhagen used to be?
Q3:
1. During what period was Copenhagen founded?
2. When was Copenhagen established?
3. In what century did the founding of Copenhagen occur?
Q4:
1. When did Copenhagen become the capital of Denmark?
2. In what century was Copenhagen designated capital of Denmark?
3. In what period was Copenhagen established as Denmark's capital?
Q5:
1. What country is Copenhagen the capital of?
2. Where is Copenhagen the capital city?
3. What country is Copenhagen located in?
Q6:
1. How many people are in Copenhagen's metropolitan area?
2. What is the population of the Copenhagen metropolitan area?
3. How many residents can be found in the metropolitan area of Copenhagen?
Q7:
1. What illness had struck Copenhagen long ago?
2. What sickness afflicted Copenhagen?
3. What was the malady that once hit Copenhagen?
Q8:
1. What disaster struck Copenhagen in the 18th century?
2. What destructive force hit Copenhagen in the 18th century?
3. What did Copenhagen suffer from in the 18th century?
Q9:
1. Were there any major disasters in Copenhagen after the 18th century?
2. Have there been any recent major disasters in Copenhagen?
3. Did any other major destructive forces hit Copenhagen after the 18th century?
Q10:
1. What is the geographical location of Copenhagen?
2. What coast can Copenhagen be found on?
3. Where is Copenhagen geographically situated?
Q11:
1. What bridge connects Malm and Copenhagen?
2. What is the name of the bridge between Malm and Copenhagen?
3. How can one get from Malm to Copenhagen?
Q12:
1. What was the purpose of the Finger Plan?
2. Explain the intention of the Finger Plan?
3. What did the Finger Plan do for the city of Copenhagen?
Q13:
1. What war preceded the Finger Plan?
2. After which war was the Finger Plan put into place?
3. What war occured prior to the enactment of the Finger Plan?
Q14:
1. Who was the subject of Nelson's attack?
2. What group was attacked by Nelson?
3. Who did Nelson direct his attack towards?
Q15:
1. What did Nelson do in addition to attacking the fleet?
2. After he attacked the fleet, what did Nelson do next?
3. What was Nelson's next order of business, after attacking the fleet?
Q16:
1. How many residents are in Copenhagen's municipality?
2. What is the population of Copenhagen's municipality?
3. How many people can be found in the municipality of Copenhagen?
Q17:
1. What did the Danish Golden Age bring about?
2. Describe the effects of the Danish Golden Age.
3. How did the Danish Golden Age change the city of Copenhagen?
Q18:
1. Is Copenhagen the most populous city in Denmark?
2. Is Copenhagen Denmark's most highly populated city?
3. Does Copenhagen have the largest population of any city in Denmark?
Q19:
1. What important construction took place in the 18th century?
2. What got built in the 18th century?
3. What was created in Copenhagen during the 18th century?
Q20:
1. What did Copenhagen achieve in the 17th century?
2. What was a key achievement of Copenhagen in the 17th century?
3. What political move took place in Copenhagen during the 17th century?
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3xc1o3lbosmbiroflf4c7lzbk0zltu | mctest | My name is Sandra. Let me tell you the story of the best meal I ever had.
I was sitting on the school bench outside Springfield Elementary School, waiting to pick up my granddaughter. She is a real cutie, and I am very proud of her grades. To pass the time, I played my triangle. In my youth, I was a triangle player in a large New York band, the Black Triangles. We all wore full black costumes every time we played.
"What lovely triangle music! You make me think of a friend I had once upon a time."
A strange lady, about my age, was standing next to me, talking! She was holding a trumpet. It turns out the strange lady was my old friend and Black Triangle trumpet player Matilda. We hadn't seen each other since New York. Matilda told me she wanted to keep in touch, but couldn't remember what I looked like! We found out that all we remembered were the black costumes we always wore! It turns out; Matilda was also there to pick someone up from school.
"Well, Sandra, why don't you join me and my grandson for lunch? There is a lovely Thai place right down the road.'
We went there with my granddaughter and her grandson, and had a delicious meal. Our grandchildren got married 15 years later. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the narrator called?
2. What is the name of the woman who tells the story?
3. Who narrates this story?
Q2:
1. What is Sandra's story about?
2. What is the point of Sandra's story?
3. What is the subject of the story that Sandra tells?
Q3:
1. What was Sandra's location?
2. Where was Sandra sitting?
3. Where was Sandra when she was on the bench?
Q4:
1. What was Sandra sitting on outside the school?
2. Where was Sandra when she was outside the school?
3. What was Sandra waiting for her granddaughter on?
Q5:
1. Why was Sandra sitting on the bench?
2. What was Sandra doing outside the school?
3. What was Sandra's purpose for sitting on the bench outside school?
Q6:
1. Is Sandra's granddaughter cute?
2. Does Sandra think her granddaughter is a cute girl?
3. Does Sandra have an adorable granddaughter?
Q7:
1. What makes Sandra feel proud?
2. Why is Sandra proud of her granddaughter?
3. What about Sandra's granddaughter does she brag about?
Q8:
1. How did Sandra pass the time on the bench?
2. What was Sandra doing while she waited on the bench?
3. How did Sandra occupy herself while waiting outside the school?
Q9:
1. What did Sandra do in her youth?
2. What activity did Sandra participate in when she was young?
3. What was one of Sandra's pasttimes when she was a youth?
Q10:
1. Where did Sandra play the triangle?
2. What city did Sandra live in when she played the triangle?
3. In what city would Sandra's band play?
Q11:
1. Was the band Sandra played in very large?
2. Did Sandra play in a big band?
3. Were there lots of players in Sandra's band?
Q12:
1. What was the name of Sandra's band?
2. What was Sandra's band called?
3. For what band did Sandra play the triangle?
Q13:
1. Did the Black Triangles were costumes?
2. Did the Black Triangles all wear the same outfit?
3. Were costumes a part of Sandra's band?
Q14:
1. What color were the costumes of Sandra's band?
2. What color of costumes did the Black Triangles wear?
3. What kind of costume did Sandra's band don?
Q15:
1. Who started talking to Sandra on the bench?
2. Who struck up a conversation to Sandra on the bench?
3. Who spoke to Sandra outside of the school?
Q16:
1. What was the age of the strange lady on the bench with Sandra?
2. How old was the strange woman outside the school?
3. How old was the woman who started talking to Sandra?
Q17:
1. Was the strange woman sitting on the bench or standing up?
2. Did the strange woman sit down on the bench with Sandra or did she stand?
3. Did the strange woman remain standing or did she take a seat next to Sandra?
Q18:
1. What did the strange woman have in her hand?
2. What was Matilda holding?
3. What was in the strange woman's hand?
Q19:
1. What was the name of the strange lady?
2. What was the name of the woman with the trumpet?
3. What was the name of Sandra's old friend that she met outside the school?
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3rsdurm96amtt7dhez472716ra7eyr | gutenberg | CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
PROJECT OF A DICTIONARY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES--DISAPPOINTMENT--NEGLIGENT AUTHORSHIP--APPLICATION FOR A PENSION--BEATTIE'S ESSAY ON TRUTH--PUBLIC ADULATION--A HIGH-MINDED REBUKE
The works which Goldsmith had still in hand being already paid for, and the money gone, some new scheme must be devised to provide for the past and the future--for impending debts which threatened to crush him, and expenses which were continually increasing. He now projected a work of greater compass than any he had yet undertaken; a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences on a comprehensive scale, which was to occupy a number of volumes. For this he received promises of assistance from several powerful hands. Johnson was to contribute an article on ethics; Burke, an abstract of his Essay on the Sublime and Beautiful, an essay on the Berkleyan system of philosophy, and others on political science; Sir Joshua Reynolds, an essay on painting; and Garrick, while he undertook on his own part to furnish an essay on acting, engaged Dr. Burney to contribute an article on music. Here was a great array of talent positively engaged, while other writers of eminence were to be sought for the various departments of science. Goldsmith was to edit the whole. An undertaking of this kind, while it did not incessantly task and exhaust his inventive powers by original composition, would give agreeable and profitable exercise to his taste and judgment in selecting, compiling, and arranging, and he calculated to diffuse over the whole the acknowledged graces of his style.
He drew up a prospectus of the plan, which is said by Bishop Percy, who saw it, to have been written with uncommon ability, and to have had that perspicuity and elegance for which his writings are remarkable. This paper, unfortunately, is no longer in existence. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was able to view the prospectus?
2. Who took a look at the prospectus that was written?
3. What person was granted access to view the written prospectus?
Q2:
1. Did Bishop Percy find the prospectus well written?
2. Was Bishop Percy impressed with the quality of the prospectus?
3. Was the written prospectus of high quality, in the opinion of Bishop Percy?
Q3:
1. How did Bishop Percy describe the prospectus?
2. What words did Bishop Percy use to describe the prospectus?
3. What was Bishop Percy's opinion of the written work he viewed?
Q4:
1. Did Bishop Percy's description go beyond noting the manuscript's "uncommon ability"?
2. Did Bishop Percy's opinion include words other than uncommon ability?
3. Did Bishop Percy have other thoughts about the manuscript besides its uncommon ability?
Q5:
1. What word accompanied Bishop Percy's description of the "perspicuity" of the manuscript?
2. What synonym of graceful did Bishop Percy use to describe the prospectus?
3. Bishop Percy thought the prospectus contained perspicuity and what other descriptor?
Q6:
1. Is it currently possible to access the prospectus?
2. Is the prospectus open for viewing to the public?
3. Could one find the prospectus today if they were so inclined?
Q7:
1. Is there someone in the story with financial issues?
2. Is there any mention of financial problems in the story?
3. Does the story contain a person who is in debt?
Q8:
1. Who is having serious financial problems?
2. What person is described as being in debt?
3. Who is noted as being saddled with financial issues?
Q9:
1. What is an example of Goldsmith's financial issues?
2. What kind of financial problems does Goldsmith have?
3. What is the problem with Goldsmith's finances?
Q10:
1. Is there another issue compounding Goldsmith's debt?
2. Are there issues in addition to Goldsmith's impending debt?
3. Does the problem of Goldsmith's impending debt come with other issues?
Q11:
1. What other problem does Goldsmith have, in addition to his debt?
2. What factor in Goldsmith's life makes his impending debt so problematic?
3. Besides his debt, what other serious financial issue does Goldsmith have?
Q12:
1. What was the greatest project Goldsmith had undertaken thus far?
2. What project became Goldsmith's most recent attempt to make money?
3. What work of great compass was Goldsmith beginning?
Q13:
1. Was the Dictionary of Arts and Sciences to be small?
2. Did Goldsmith project the Dictionary of Arts and Sciences to be a small endeavor?
3. Would the Dictionary of Arts and Sciences be a short volume?
Q14:
1. Was anyone going to help Goldsmith with the Dictionary of Arts and Sciences?
2. Were others to be involved in the Dictionary of Arts and Sciences with Goldsmith?
3. Were there people willing to assist Goldsmith with the Dictionary of Arts and Sciences?
Q15:
1. Who wrote about the Sublime?
2. Which of Goldsmith's assistants wrote about the Sublime?
3. Who was tasked with writing about the sublime?
Q16:
1. What was Burke's essay about?
2. What was to be the subject of Burke's essay?
3. How would Burke contribute to the dictionary?
Q17:
1. Who wrote about painting?
2. Which of Goldsmith's assistants wrote about painting?
3. Who was tasked with writing about the painting
Q18:
1. What was Sir Joshua Reynolds's essay about?
2. What was to be the subject of Sir Joshua Reynolds's essay?
3. How would Sir Joshua Reynolds contribute to the dictionary?
Q19:
1. Did Goldsmith intend to hire an editor for the Dictionary of Arts and Sciences??
2. Was an editor to be involved in the dictionary of Arts and Sciences?
3. Was Goldsmith in need of someone else to edit the dictionary?
Q20:
1. Why didn't Goldsmith hire an editor for his dictionary project?
2. What prevented Goldsmith from finding an editor for his dictionary?
3. Why was there no outside editor involved in the Dictionary of Arts and Sciences?
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3rxpczqmqpbunfy585nmonb8w0c1gl | mctest | Once upon a time, there was a little white mouse that lived on a farm. He liked to hide in the hay stacks where it was warm through the day and night. On cold winter days, he would wiggle out from the hay stack to get closer to the lamp in the barn, getting some extra warmth. One winter day, the mouse was very cold, but needed something to eat. He left the hay stack, and ran past the lamp. He ran across an old wood board that was laying on top of the snow - the mouse didn't have mittens and wanted to keep his feet warm. He ran and ran until he couldn't any longer. The cold weather was keeping every living thing inside, so the mouse was all alone. He walked towards the house and met a little bug named Fred. Fred told the mouse that he went inside and found lots of crumbs to eat on the kitchen floor. The mouse waited until the farmer's wife, Julie, came out the back door, and then the mouse ran into the kitchen. There were bread crumbs everywhere! The mouse ate as many as he could before anyone found him. He heard the back door open again, and hid under the oven. It was warm there - there must have been a pie baking. Farmer Bill liked pies more than bread, cake, or cookies. The mouse stayed there to warm up, then ran back to the barn to sleep for the night. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did the mouse find for food?
2. What did the mouse get to eat off the floor?
3. How did the mouse end up feeding itself?
Q2:
1. Who is the farmer?
2. What is the name of Julie's husband?
3. How is the farmer called?
Q3:
1. What does Bill like most to eat?
2. What is Bill's favorite thing to eat?
3. What is Bill most fond of eating?
Q4:
1. Is it a male or female mouse?
2. What is the sex of the mouse?
3. What is the mouse's gender?
Q5:
1. Why was every living thing staying inside?
2. What was keeping everyone indoors?
3. Why were all living creatures attempting to stay indoors?
Q6:
1. Who told the mouse that there was food?
2. What kind of animal told the mouse about the food?
3. Which animal spoke to the mouse about food?
Q7:
1. What was the little bug's name?
2. How was the little bug called?
3. What was the name of the bug that told the mouse about the food?
Q8:
1. Where did the mouse go to stay warm?
2. How was the mouse able to keep himself warm?
3. What did the mouse use to keep warm?
Q9:
1. Where would the mouse spend his days keeping warm?
2. What part of the farm would the mouse burrow in to keep warm?
3. Which place in the farm was the mouse able to hide in to keep himself warm?
Q10:
1. What was the name of Fred's wife?
2. Who was the wife of Fred?
3. What was the name of the woman married to Fred?
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3io1lgzlk9xa1mtkvdnfr6lrgkd68q | race | When he was a teenager, Hunter Adam was very unhappy and he spent many years in a special hospital for people with mental health problems. When he left the hospital, Adam decided to become a doctor, so he went to a medical school in Virginia, USA. But when he was there, he did things in a different way. For example, he didn't like the doctor's white coats, so he wore shirts with flowers on them when he visited his patients and he tried to make them laugh. The doctors at the medical school didn't like Adams because he was too different. But Adams believed that people in hospital need more than medicine. He saw unhappy and lonely people, and he tried to help them as patients, but as people too. He spent a lot of time with children in the hospital and often dressed up like a clown to make the children laugh When he finished medical school and become a doctor, Adams opened his own hospital, called "the Gusundheit Institute",together with some other doctors. They wanted it to be a place with a different way of working with sick people. Hunter Adams became famous during the 1980s, and in 1988, Universal Pictures made a film about his life. It was very successful. In the film, Robin Williams played Adams. Williams said,:"hunter is a really warm person, who believes that patients need a doctor who is a friend. I enjoyed playing him." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did Hunter Adams want to become after leaving the mental hospital?
2. What did Hunter Adams want to do for a living?
3. What profession did Hunter Adams want to practice when he grew up?
Q2:
1. What drove Hunter Adams to become a doctor?
2. Why did Hunter Adams want to become a doctor?
3. What was the driving force behind Hunter Adams' decision to become a doctor?
Q3:
1. Did Hunter Adams go to college?
2. Did Hunter Adams attend university?
3. Was Hunter Adams a college graduate?
Q4:
1. Where did Hunter Adams attend university?
2. Where was Hunter Adams' medical school located?
3. In what state and country did Hunter Adams attend medical school?
Q5:
1. Was Hunter Adams similar to his peers in medical school?
2. Was Hunter Adams like everyone else in medical school?
3. Did Hunter Adams act like all of the other med students?
Q6:
1. What made Hunter Adams different from his peers?
2. What did Hunter Adams do that set him apart from the other med students?
3. What would Hunter Adams do that others considered odd?
Q7:
1. Who would Hunter Adams spend lots of time with?
2. What group of people did Hunter Adams frequent?
3. Who did Hunter Adams try to spend the bulk of his time with at the hospital?
Q8:
1. Did Hunter Adams try to make the hospital children feel special?
2. Would Hunter Adams do things to boost the mood of the hospitalized children?
3. Did Hunter Adams do special things for the kids at the hospital?
Q9:
1. What did hunter Adams do for the kids in the hospital?
2. How would Hunter Adams try to brighten the day of the kids in the hospital?
3. What kinds of things would Hunter Adams do to boost the moods of children in the hospital?
Q10:
1. Where did Hunter Adams work after med school?
2. What institiution did Hunter go to work in after graduation?
3. After he graduated, what practice did Hunter open up?
Q11:
1. Was there anything unique about The Gusundheit Institute?
2. Did anything set the The Gusundheit Institute apart?
3. Was there anything about the The Gusundheit Institute that made it different?
Q12:
1. What set The Gusundheit Institute apart?
2. Why was The Gusundheit Institute special?
3. What made The Gusundheit Institute a unique place?
Q13:
1. Who produced the movie about Hunter Adams?
2. What studio created a movie about Hunter Adams?
3. Who was behind the movie about Hunter Adams' life?
Q14:
1. When did the film Patch Adams come out?
2. When was the movie about Hunter Adams produced?
3. In what year did Patch Adams come out in theaters?
Q15:
1. Who played Hunter Adams in the movie about him?
2. What actor played the part of Hunter Adams in a movie?
3. Who portrayed Hunter Adams on screen in the film about his life?
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3luy3gc63z0ebe6604uij6gd0497pk | race | Walter owns three Italian restaurants which are running very well in Rhode Island in America. Every day his restaurants welcome crowds of customers all over the world. He studied to be a cook, but he sees now that his success is the result of a lifetime education. When he opened his first restaurant, all of a sudden his schooling knowledge , the history of his family and his ethics of his father _ . It made him a person who studied and explored the secrets in the food business. Walter's learning never stops. He says " The food business is one where you need to stay on top. Cooks should be trained. You have to keep on studying or you will be left behind." So he spent more time in reading. Every time he gets new ideas from the book, he brings them into his work. Walter also has a clear understanding about success. That is he would like to be remembered as a person who is creative, who believes in the Italian cooking culture in America. Food is like a bridge connecting to the past, to the family and to the country. He says "Success to me is not how much money I make, but if at the end of the day I am able to make fifteen or twenty customers happy, I'm a happy man." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where does Walter receive customers from?
2. From where do customers flock to Walter's restaurant?
3. What kinds of places to Walter's customers come from?
Q2:
1. Where does Walter have restaurants?
2. In what state are Walter's restaurants located?
3. Where can one find Walter's three restaurants?
Q3:
1. Does Walter have restaurants in Italy?
2. Are the restaurants Walter owns found in Italy?
3. Is Rhode Island located in italy?
Q4:
1. What expertise in the restaurant industry does Walter have?
2. What did Walter do in life to be able to establish a restaurant?
3. What kind of restaurant-related training does Walter have?
Q5:
1. What did Walter study in addition to cooking?
2. What was another subject of Walter's studies, besides cooking?
3. What knowledge does Walter have about the restaurant industry, besides knowing how to cook?
Q6:
1. Does Walter feel he has stopped learning?
2. Does Walter feel he knows everything he needs to know about the food business?
3. Does Walter think being a lifelong student is useless?
Q7:
1. Did Walter benefit from the support of his family?
2. Did Walter's family help him to learn?
3. Was Walter's family an important aspect of his food education?
Q8:
1. How did Walter come across new ideas?
2. What would Walter use as inspiration for new ideas?
3. Where would Walter turn for inspiration to innovate?
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3ffj6vril1o8chji2ajpvu5e7ko0iy | race | Teary Joe was a boy with a special ability: he could make himself cry in less than a second. If he disliked something, or things became difficult, Teary Joe would not hesitate to put on a pitiful face and set great big tears running down his cheeks. In this way he managed to get practically everything he wanted, because no one could resist the pity inspired by his tearful little face.
But one day, Teary Joe met Pipo. Pipo was asking people in the street for some change, in return for him helping them in any way he could. Pipo was very poor; he had no home and no family, so he made a living however he could. Even so, Pipo always had the biggest smiles on his face.
Joe took to Pipo, so he decided to help him out in making some money. He went over next to Pipo, took off his hat, put it face-up on the ground, and started crying with the most pitiful of expressions. Ina few minutes, Joe's hat was full of coins and sweets, but when Joe offered all this to Pipo, Pipo declined. "I prefer deserving what I receive," answered Pipo with his usual smile, "It's much more fun making an effort to get things. Maybe I haven't gotten everything I've wanted, but I've done a load of interesting things." Teary Joe didn't answer; he just walked sadly away. Joe had got everything he wanted, but he'd done practically nothing of interest the whole day.
That evening, having returned home, Joe requested a delicious cake for his supper. When his mother said no, Joe tried to cry but, remembering Pipo and how joyful he was, he tried to get the cake in some other way. Joe spent the whole evening helping his mother to water the plants and organize the library books.
In the end there was no cake. But that wasn't so bad, because Joe discovered it had been much more fun doing all those things that evening rather than just sitting crying to get a piece of cake that, in the end, wouldn't have been worth it. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was Pipo doing when he met Joe?
2. What was going on when Joe and Pipo met?
3. How did Joe meet Pipo?
Q2:
1. Where would Pipo ask for change?
2. In what location would Pipo try and get change?
3. Where did Joe meet Pipo?
Q3:
1. What did Joe offer to do for Pipo?
2. What was Joe hoping to do for Pipo?
3. What did Joe propose to do for Pipo?
Q4:
1. How did Joe say he would help Pipo?
2. In what way did Joe intend to help people?
3. How was Joe going to try and aid Pipo in getting change?
Q5:
1. Why did Joe stay with Pipo?
2. What did Joe team up with Pipo to do?
3. What was Joe going to do for Pipo?
Q6:
1. How did Joe get people to give him money?
2. What was Joe's technique for acquiring money?
3. What did Joe do to convince people to give him money?
Q7:
1. Was Joe successful in acquiring money?
2. Did people end up giving Joe money?
3. Was Joe able to use his technique to acquire change?
Q8:
1. What kinds of things did people give Joe?
2. What did people leave for Joe in his hat?
3. What filled Joe's hat in the street after he cried?
Q9:
1. What vessel did people toss coins into for Joe?
2. Where did people leave money for Joe?
3. What item did Joe leave out for people to toss money into?
Q10:
1. In how much time was Joe's hat filled up?
2. How long did it take to fill up Joe's hat?
3. How many minutes were needed to fill Joe's hat?
Q11:
1. Did Joe give his hat to Pipo?
2. Did Joe hand over his hat to Pipo?
3. Did Joe wish for Pipo to have his hat?
Q12:
1. Why did Pipo not want Joe's hat?
2. For what reason did Pipo decline to take Joe's hat?
3. Why wasn't Pipo interested in Joe's hat?
Q13:
1. How did Joe feel when Pipo would not take his hat?
2. What was Joe's emotion after Pipo declined his hat?
3. How did it make Joe feel that Pipo did not want his hat?
Q14:
1. Was Joe gifted with a special ability?
2. Was there anything special about Joe?
3. Could Joe do anything that was out of the ordinary?
Q15:
1. What was Joe's special ability?
2. What could Joe do to get almost anything he wanted?
3. What was Joe able to do that made him unique?
Q16:
1. Did Joe use his special ability to his advantage?
2. Would Joe use his crying abilities to obtain things he wanted?
3. Did Joe cry often in order to get what he wanted?
Q17:
1. What did Joe manage to get when he cried?
2. What would Joe get when he started to cry?
3. What did Joe reap with his special ability?
Q18:
1. How big are Joe's tears?
2. What is the size of Joe's tears?
3. When Joe cries, how big are his tears?
Q19:
1. What did Joe want when he returned home for the day?
2. What did Joe want for supper?
3. When Joe got home, what did he desire for supper?
Q20:
1. Did Joe end up getting his cake?
2. Did Joe eat cake at the end of the day?
3. Was Joe able to eat the cake that he wanted?
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3bv8hq2zzw1okamzsb7tnxrm6906aj | gutenberg | CHAPTER XX.
FOLLOWING ALLEN.
Hal was astonished to learn from Katie McCabe that Dick Ferris was coming up the tenement stairs.
"He can't be coming here!" exclaimed the youth.
"What shall we do if he does?" asked McCabe.
"I don't know. Perhaps I had better hide. He may----"
At that instant came a knock on the door.
"It's him!" whispered Katie.
Andy McCabe, the father, pointed to a closet. Hal tiptoed his way to it, and motioned for Katie to follow. The door was closed, and then Andy McCabe answered the summons.
Ferris stood at the door, his hair disheveled and his lips trembling.
"May I ask who lives here?" he asked.
"My name is McCabe."
"Isn't there a man by the name of Macklin living here?" went on Ferris.
"Macklin?" repeated McCabe, slowly.
"Yes, Tommy Macklin."
"Not as I know on. What does he do?"
"I don't know. I have a letter to deliver to him. So you don't know where he lives?"
"No, sir."
"It's too bad. Will you please tell me what time it is?"
Andy McCabe glanced at the alarm clock that stood on the mantel-shelf.
"Quarter to six."
"As late as that!" cried Ferris. "I must hurry and catch him before six. Only quarter of an hour. Good-day, sir."
"Good-day."
In a moment Ferris was gone. McCabe closed the door, and Hal came out of the closet followed by Katie.
"What does he mean?" questioned the man.
"I'll tell you what it means," said Hal. "He is trying to prove an alibi, in case a body was found in the vat. He thinks you can remember he was here looking for Macklin at quarter to six. If that was true, how could he have helped Macklin at five o'clock?" QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who went off to hide?
2. Who was considering hiding?
3. Who had the idea of going off to hide?
Q2:
1. Who were Hal and Katie hiding from?
2. Who was coming up the stairs that everyone wanted to hide from?
3. Who did everyone want to hide from?
Q3:
1. Why were the McCabes surprised?
2. What was so astonishing to Hal and Katie?
3. What was everyone upstairs so astonished by?
Q4:
1. What is the name of the McCabe father?
2. Who is the father of the McCabes?
3. What is the full name of the dad?
Q5:
1. Where did Hal and Katie hide?
2. Where did Andy motion for Hal and Katie to hide?
3. Where did Andy McCabe want the other two to hide from Dick Ferris?
Q6:
1. Did Hal and Katie run into the closet?
2. Did Hal and Katie go towards the closet in a hurry?
3. Were Hal and Katie swift in making it to the closet?
Q7:
1. Did Hal and Katie's father answer the door?
2. Was Andy McCabe the one who answered the door?
3. Was the person who answered the door the father of Katie and Hal?
Q8:
1. Who was Dick Ferris looking for?
2. Who did Dick Ferris come to the door in search of?
3. Who was Dick Ferris hoping to find in the house?
Q9:
1. Why was Dick Ferris looking for Macklin?
2. What was the reason that Dick Ferris was trying to find Macklin?
3. What was Dick Ferris's intent in searching for Macklin?
Q10:
1. How did Dick Ferris appear?
2. What did Dick Ferris look like?
3. How was Dick Ferris's appearance?
Q11:
1. What did Dick Ferris ask Andy McCabe?
2. What information did Dick Ferris want from Any McCabe?
3. What did Dick Ferris inquire of Andy McCabe when he learned Macklin wasn't there?
Q12:
1. What was the time that Andy McCabe gave to Dick Ferris?
2. According to Andy McCabe, what time was it?
3. What time did Andy McCabe give Dick Ferris when he asked?
Q13:
1. Did Dick Ferris say anything right before leaving?
2. Did DIck Ferris have anything else to say after learning of the time?
3. Did Dick Ferris mention anything else after Andy McCabe gave him the time?
Q14:
1. What did Dick Ferris say just before leaving?
2. What were Dick Ferris's remarks just before he left?
3. What did Dick Ferris say he needed to do just before he left?
Q15:
1. At what moment did Hal and Katie come out of the closet?
2. When did Hal and Katie exit the closet?
3. At what point did Hal and Katie come back out from the closet?
Q16:
1. Which person came out of the closet first?
2. Who was the first to exit the closet?
3. Who left the closet first, Hal or Katie?
Q17:
1. WHy does Hal think that Dick Ferris wanted an alibi?
2. For what reason does Hal believe that Dick Ferris was looking for an alibi?
3. According to Hal, why might Dick Ferris be looking for an alibi?
Q18:
1. Why did Dick Ferris believe his visit would serve as an alibi?
2. How could Dick Ferris's visit be used as his alibi?
3. Why might Dick Ferris use his visit as an alibi?
Q19:
1. At what time was Dick Ferris at the McCabe residence?
2. How late in the day did Dick Ferris visit the McCabes?
3. What time was it when Dick Ferris left the McCabes?
Q20:
1. Was Dick Ferris rude to Andy McCabe?
2. Did Dick Ferris say anything offensive to Andy McCabe?
3. Did Dick Ferris treat Andy McCabe in an impolite way?
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3a4tn5196kisae3e88uoqj60g17chl | wikipedia | Microsoft Word is a word processor developed by Microsoft. It was first released on October 25, 1983 under the name "Multi-Tool Word" for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS (1983), Apple Macintosh running Classic Mac OS (1985), AT&T Unix PC (1985), Atari ST (1988), OS/2 (1989), Microsoft Windows (1989), SCO Unix (1994), and macOS (2001). Commercial versions of Word are licensed as a standalone product or as a component of Microsoft Office, Windows RT or the discontinued Microsoft Works suite. Microsoft Word Viewer and Office Online are freeware editions of Word with limited features.
In 1981, Microsoft hired Charles Simonyi, the primary developer of Bravo, the first GUI word processor, which was developed at Xerox PARC. Simonyi started work on a word processor called "Multi-Tool Word" and soon hired Richard Brodie, a former Xerox intern, who became the primary software engineer.
Microsoft announced Multi-Tool Word for Xenix and MS-DOS in 1983. Its name was soon simplified to "Microsoft Word". Free demonstration copies of the application were bundled with the November 1983 issue of "PC World", making it the first to be distributed on-disk with a magazine. That year Microsoft demonstrated Word running on Windows. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who did Microsoft hire in 1981?
2. Who joined the Microsoft team in 1981?
3. In 1981, who was hired by Microsoft?
Q2:
1. What was Charles Simony's role?
2. What was Charles Simony's profession?
3. What profession did Charles Simony undertake?
Q3:
1. What did Charles Simony develop?
2. What processor was Charles Simony known for creating?
3. What was the name of the word processor that Charles Simony developed?
Q4:
1. What is Bravo?
2. Explain what Bravo is.
3. What is the function of Bravo?
Q5:
1. What kind of tool is Microsoft Word?
2. What is Microsoft Word supposed to be used for?
3. What is Microsoft Word's primary function?
Q6:
1. What magazine distributed demo copies of Microsoft Word?
2. In what magazine did demo copies of Microsoft Word first appear?
3. What was the magazine that contained the first demo copies of Microsoft Word?
Q7:
1. When did demo copies of Microsoft Word appear in PC World?
2. What issue of PC World contained demo copies of Microsoft Word?
3. Which issue of MC WOrld magazine were distributed with demos of Microsoft World?
Q8:
1. What platforms were the 1983 and 1985 versions of Word written for?
2. Who were the 1983 and 1985 versions of Microsoft Word made to work for?
3. What were the 1983 and 1985 versions of Microsoft Word written to be compatible with?
Q9:
1. In what year was Microsoft Word first released?
2. What year was Microsoft Word first made available?
3. In what year did Microsoft Word first come out??
Q10:
1. In what month was Microsoft Word first released?
2. What month was Microsoft Word first made available?
3. In what month did Microsoft Word first come out??
Q11:
1. What was Microsoft Word originally called?
2. What was the original name for Microsoft Word?
3. What did the developers first call Microsoft Word?
Q12:
1. Who did Charles Simony hire?
2. What person did Charles Simony bring on board at Microsoft?
3. Who was chosen for a job by Charles Simony?
Q13:
1. Where did Richard Brodie join Microsoft from?
2. Where did Richard Brodie work prior to Microsoft?
3. WHere was Richard Brodie employed before coming to Microsoft?
Q14:
1. What was Richard Brodie's role at Xerox?
2. What did Richard Brodie do at Xerox?
3. What was the title held by Richard Brodie while at Xerox?
Q15:
1. What product did Microsoft launch in 1983?
2. What Microsoft product came out in 1983?
3. What did Microsoft introduce to the public in 1983?
Q16:
1. What versions of Microsoft Word are licensed?
2. Which ones are the licensed versions of Microsoft Word?
3. What are the names of the licensed versions of Microsoft Word?
Q17:
1. What versions of Microsoft word are freeware editions?
2. Which ones are the freeware editions of Microsoft Word?
3. What are the names of the freeware editions of Microsoft Word?
Q18:
1. Do the freeware editions of Microsoft Word have unlimited features?
2. Are there unlimited features with the freeware editions of Microsoft Word?
3. Does one have access to unlimited features with the freeware editions of Word?
Q19:
1. On what platform was Microsoft Word released in 2001?
2. What platform was Microsoft word made compatible with in 2001?
3. What was the platform that joined Microsoft Word compatibility in 2001?
Q20:
1. In what year did Microsoft demonstrate Word running on windows?
2. In what year was Word available to be seen running on windows?
3. When did Microsoft debut Word running on Windows?
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3s0tnuhwkti9mv8z50vtxcvjyd88d7 | race | Tony Hawken, 57, is divorcing his wife Xiu Li, 51, Britain's wealthiest woman entrepreneur , because he says he doesn't like being rich and is 'not in the habit' of spending lots of money.
The pair traded up their semi-detached home in South Norwood, London, and bought a PS1.5million house in Surrey.
Li, who is now worth $1.2billion (PS700million) according to Forbes, quickly settled into a life which included sipping a PS900 bottle of wine on a luxurious yacht.
However, Mr Hawken says he felt more comfortable getting lunch in his local Wetherspoon's.
Despite his sudden wealth he continued to buy books from charity shops, and _ dear clothes.
In an interview with The Times, he said: 'I think it made me uncomfortable because I'm not in the habit, I don't like spending lots of money -- I've been brought up that way.
'Until recently I was never a wealthy person. I've been moderately comfortable because I have been careful with my money.'
Now the couple have decided to part, Mr Hawken will walk away with just PS1million, but says it will be enough for him.
He added: 'I have got a settlement which is not great, but it's enough for me because I don't have an extravagant lifestyle. I won't have to work if I'm careful.'
On a recent trip to China, Mr Hawken said his wife took him on a yacht and treated him to a PS900 bottle of wine, but he prefers his local Wetherspoon pub.
'I'm getting a little pay when you consider her potential wealth, but I don't really want to fight it.'
Mr Hawken met Li on a blind date while he was still a teacher and she was studying English.
The couple married, but as Li's business took off the couple spent more and more time apart. Mr Hawken says the couple have spent most of the relationship apart.
Far from driving them apart, Mr Hawken believes the distance kept them together, and says they would have divorced a long time ago if they were under the same roof.
Mr Hawken says his only regret is not getting a divorce sooner, but he didn't push for it over fears it would affect the couple's teenage son William, now 17.
Mr Hawken no longer teaches full-time, but instead gives free tuition to under-privileged children. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is Tony Hawken's age?
2. What is the age of the man getting divorced?
3. How old is the man filing for divorce?
Q2:
1. How old is Xiu Li?
2. What is the age of Tony Hawken's soon to be ex-wife?
3. What is the age of the woman that Tony Hawken is divorcing?
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33ckwxb73jkxj082qm2jh072vft11u | cnn | Beijing (CNN) -- "Please excuse me, I can't talk about this."
Clunk! The phone line goes dead.
We had tried to get this British businessman to talk about the mysterious death of Neil Heywood.
Heywood has emerged from the shadows to be a key link in a story of intrigue, mystery and betrayal that goes all the way to the inner sanctum of China's secretive Communist Party.
Heywood was found dead last November in his hotel room in the sprawling southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing. According to media reports, local authorities quickly ruled his cause of death as "excessive alcohol use." An autopsy was not performed, media reports said, and his body was cremated.
Slowly, however, media reports are raising more uncomfortable questions about Heywood's death. He was married to a Chinese woman and had business interests in the country. He moved in the orbit of a company known as Hakluyt and Co., a British strategic information consultancy formed by former officers of the UK's spy agency MI6.
Hakluyt has released a statement on Heywood, saying, "We had a long history of advising Western companies on China and we are among those who sought (Heywood's) advice. We are greatly saddened by his death."
Now, the British government is asking China to investigate Heywood's death.
"Our embassy in Beijing and consulate general in Chongqing provided consular assistance to the family, as we would in any case involving a British national overseas," the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said. "We recently asked the Chinese authorities to investigate the case further after we heard suggestions that there were suspicious circumstances." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Whose mysterious death does the article mention?
2. Who passed away?
3. Who lost their life in a mysterious manner?
Q2:
1. What Chinese city was Neil Heywood in when he died?
2. Where was Neil Heywood staying when he died?
3. In what city was Neil Heywood's body discovered?
Q3:
1. Where is Chongqing?
2. What is the location of Chongqing?
3. Where in China can Chongqing be found?
Q4:
1. What was Neil Heywood's official cause of death?
2. What did authorities claim as Neil Heywood's cause of death?
3. What was Neil Heywood's cause of death officially listed as?
Q5:
1. Who was Neil Heywood married to?
2. Who was Neil Heywood's wife?
3. What was the identity of Neil Heywood's romantic partner?
Q6:
1. Was an autopsy performed on the deceased man?
2. Did Neil Heywood receive an autopsy?
3. Was Neil Heywood granted an autopsy after he died?
Q7:
1. What kind of tale is Neil Heywood linked to?
2. How is the affair Neil Heywood was enmeshed with described?
3. How is the story that Neil Heywood was connected to described?
Q8:
1. To what Chinese political body did Neil Heywood have ties?
2. What secretive body did Neil Heywood seem to have information on?
3. To what body does the mysterious story of Neil Heywood's death seem to lead?
Q9:
1. What company was Neil Heywood acquainted with?
2. In whose orbit did Neil Heywood move?
3. What company did Neil Heywood have a close connection with?
Q10:
1. What does Hakluyt and Co do?
2. What kind of company is Hakluyt and Co?
3. What is the purpose of Hakluyt and Co?
Q11:
1. Who formed Hakluyt and Co?
2. Who were the creators of Hakluyt and Co?
3. What group of people founded Hakluyt and Co?
Q12:
1. What body is asking China to investigate Heywood's death?
2. Who would like for China to investigate the death of Neil Heywood?
3. Who believes China needs to look into the death of Neil Heywood?
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37c0gnlmhf3mihpbclyvdyzsrcld6g | cnn | (EW.com) -- Identity Thief (CinemaScore: B) fared even better than expected, bringing in $36.6 million over the weekend across 3,141 theaters. For comparison, Melissa McCarthy's last major film Bridesmaids (though it was in a supporting role) opened at $26.2 million, in 2,918 theaters. With an opening like this, big things are surely expected from Seth Gordon's R-rated comedy which has already surpassed its $35 million production budget. Though Bateman and Gordon had a successful run with Horrible Bosses after a $28.3 million opening weekend in July 2011, Bateman hasn't had this kind of luck with most of his starring roles. Universal's The Change-Up (with Ryan Reynolds) opened at $13.5 million in August 2011 and went on to gross only $37.1 million domestically, on a $52 million production budget.
Jonathan Levine's Warm Bodies took second place for its second weekend with $11.5 million, bringing its domestic total to $36.7 million. This breaks Levine's record, beating the lifetime domestic gross of his last feature, the cancer dramedy 50/50 with Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, which brought in $35 million.
The R-rated Hitchcock-style, prescription-drug thriller Side Effects (CinemaScore: B) ended up beating director Steven Soderbergh's January 2012 weekend opening of Haywire, earning $10 million weekend this weekend and averaging $3,845 per theater. We talked a little bit about stars Rooney Mara and Channing Tatum's box office history yesterday. Another star of Side Effects is Jude Law, and he's got a varied track record at the box office. He generally participates in ensemble casts -- Anna Karenina, the Sherlock Holmes franchise, Soderbergh's Contagion, The Holiday -- making his singular box office appeal somewhat more elusive. Side Effects has Soderbergh's name and another strong ensemble, and could go on to a respectable run, even though it won't reach Contagion heights (the epidemic thriller eventually grossed $76 million). QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the first movie the article talks about?
2. What movie is mentioned first?
3. What is Melissa McCarthy's latest movie called?
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3ias3u3i0fg5lj8qbnvmsvug8ttb2q | mctest | Leah and the Big Yellow Dog
Leah was very happy. It was a bright, sunny day and Mommy was taking her to Leah's favorite place. Leah loved the play park near the water!
Mommy parked the car and Leah ran out right away and climbed the big slide. Up she went and then down. Two other kids saw Leah and ran over and slid down, too. Leah was laughing and happy.
Suddenly a big, yellow dog walked into the park. This was really a friendly dog, and only wanted someone to play with. But Leah was scared of dogs.
Leah didn't see the dog at first. Leah started walking toward the swing, and the dog followed Leah. Before Leah sat on the on the swing, she turned around and saw the dog smiling at her. The dog looked goofy standing there with its mouth open.
Leah was scared. She started yelling and screaming. This only made the dog look confused. The dog then began sounding out with Leah, barking and howling itself. They were a sight to see with Leah screaming and the dog howling.
Mommy went over and took Leah away from the dog, but mommy could barely keep herself from laughing. The dog's master came and got the dog, and Leah went back to playing. "Some dogs are nice," Mommy told Leah. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did Leah go directly towards when they got to the park?
2. What did Leah run to when they arrived at the park?
3. What was the first place Leah went when she got to the park?
Q2:
1. Where did Leah's mom take her?
2. Where did Leah and her mom go?
3. Where did Leah go on that day?
Q3:
1. Who took Leah to the park?
2. Who brought Leah to the park?
3. Who is the person that drove Leah to the park?
Q4:
1. Did Leah climb up the slide?
2. Was Leah able to go all the way up the slide?
3. Did Leah get to the top of the slide?
Q5:
1. Who suddenly entered the park after Leah?
2. What animal walked into the park after Leah?
3. What kind of animal appeared in the park?
Q6:
1. What color was the dog?
2. What was the color of the dog's fur?
3. What did the dog look like?
Q7:
1. Was the dog friendly?
2. Was the dog a nice dog?
3. Was the dog a safe one to be around?
Q8:
1. Was Leah comfortable with dogs or scared of them?
2. Did Leah enjoy playing with dogs or was she scared of them?
3. Was Leah a dog lover or was she scared of them?
Q9:
1. Did the dog follow Leah?
2. Did the dog continue walking behind Leah?
3. Was the dog following behind Leah?
Q10:
1. Did Leah immediately see the dog?
2. Did Leah spot the dog right away?
3. Did Leah immediately know that the dog was behind her?
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36wlnqg78zaxgzk647qnuw355o6eb2 | cnn | (CNN) -- Paris St Germain have completed the signing of Barcelona's Brazilian left-back Maxwell on a three-and-a-half year contract for an undisclosed fee.
The 30-year-old finalized his move on Thursday after passing a medical and agreeing personal terms with the big-spending French league leaders.
Maxwell, who has never made a full international appearance for his country, joined Barcelona from Inter Milan in July 2009, and played 57 La Liga matches for the club without scoring a goal.
Who are football's top January transfer targets?
In his two full seasons with the Catalan giants, Maxwell collected a remarkable 10 trophies; three Spanish Super Cups, two European Super Cups, two League titles, two Club World Cups and one Champions League.
However, he struggled to command a regular place in the Barcelona side, with compatriot Adriano and Frenchman Eric Abidal often selected ahead of him.
PSG sporting director Leonardo told reporters: "We're thrilled, he is a player I have always liked and who plays in the same position that I used to play in -- we have something in common."
Maxwell himself added: "The main motivation for me to come here was the interest that PSG showed in me. The ambition the club has for the future also persuaded me to join."
Paris St Germain, who appointed Italian Carlo Ancelotti as their new coach late last year and are boosted by funds from their cash-rich Qatari owners, are currently three points clear at the top of the French table.
QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What sport is being talked about?
2. Which sport is the subject of the article?
3. What sport is the article discussing?
Q2:
1. What player is the article about?
2. Who is the player at the center of the article?
3. What player did Paris Saint Germain just sign?
Q3:
1. How old is Maxwell?
2. What is Maxwell's age?
3. What is the age of PSG's new Brazilian recruit?
Q4:
1. What is Maxwell's nationality?
2. What nationality is the new Paris Saint Germain player?
3. What is the national background of the recently-signed Maxwell?
Q5:
1. What team had Maxwell joined just before PSG?
2. Where was Maxwell playing prior to joining Paris Saint Germain?
3. Who has Maxwell recently been playing for??
Q6:
1. What nationality was Maxwell's former team?
2. What was nationality of the Barcelona team?
3. What was the nationality of where Maxwell played prior to joining Paris Saint Germain?
Q7:
1. How many trophies has Maxwell collected?
2. How many trophies has Maxwell been awarded?
3. What is the number of trophies that Maxwell has?
Q8:
1. What team did Maxwell leave in 2009?
2. In 2009, where was Maxwell playing when he joined Barcelona?
3. Who did Maxwell part ways with in 2009?
Q9:
1. Who is the new coach of Paris Saint Germain?
2. What is the name of the new coach for Paris Saint Germain?
3. Who has PSG just appointed as coach?
Q10:
1. Who owns Paris Saint Germain?
2. What group does Paris Saint Germain belong to?
3. Who are the people that own Paris Saint Germain?
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3dip6yhapcsee1mz1v6d3ud4yo9e84 | race | Wide awake in Aunt Bet's Southern house, Annie Van Lew shivered at the sounds of distant guns. It was bad enough that America was at war, but the young Virginia girl was not used to battles being fought this close. _ .Annie sat up in bed and listened.Had a stranger broken in? Earlier, the family had heard that captured officers recently escaped from a prison nearby.
Quietly opening her bedroom door, Annie walked out. A figure in a black gown was walking down the hall. It was Aunt Bet, carrying a candle in one hand and a plate of fried chicken in the other.
Annie followed her aunt to a stairway at the far end of the house. Aunt Bet climbed to the top, and opened a door leading to the attic . Annie followed closely behind.
In the attic, Aunt Bet stopped at a chest of drawers, moved it aside, and felt along the wall behind it. Slowly a door sprang open, revealing a hidden room. A thin man stepped out of the opening. As Aunt Bet handed him the plate of food, the young man saw Annie in the doorway and froze.
Desperately shaking her head "no", the girl raised one finger to her lips. The officer understood and shifted his look. Quickly Annie went back downstairs and hid, waiting until after Aunt Bet left to return. Back inside the attic,Annie called softly to the man inside, who told her where to find the hidden spring.
Soon the young officer stood in the open doorway. A small candle burned on a table behind him and, in its soft light, Annie studied his face. Clear eyes reflected the calm of one who faced death bravely.
Smiling, he said,"What trouble you should have gotten into if your aunt had turned around!" That night, Annie learned Aunt Bet was one of many daring Southerners whose hatred of slavery drove them to risk their lives by spying for the North. The girl chatted as she dared, wishing her new friend luck when he said he would leave at dawn.
Back in her room, Annie felt proud and was determined to guard her family's secret to the end. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Why did Annie shiver?
2. What caused Annie Van Lew to shiver?
3. Why did Annie begin to shiver?
Q2:
1. Where was Annie Van Lew located?
2. In what place was Annie Van Lew staying?
3. What was the location of Annie Van Lew?
Q3:
1. What rumor was going around?
2. What rumor had Annie Van Lew and her aunt heard?
3. What news had the Van Lew family recently heard?
Q4:
1. Where did the prisoners escape from?
2. Where had the captured officers allegedly escaped from?
3. What did the captured officers flee from?
Q5:
1. Who did Annie Van Lew see in the hall?
2. Who did Annie Van Lew notice in the hall?
3. Who was standing in the hall when Annie Van Lew looked out?
Q6:
1. What was the first thing Annie noticed in Aunt Bet's hand?
2. What was in Aunt Bet's hand, besides the fried chicken?
3. What did Aunt Bet hold in her first hand?
Q7:
1. What else did Aunt Bet have in her hand, besides the candle?
2. What did Aunt Bet carry with her, apart from the candle?
3. Along with her candle, what did Aunt Bet hold?
Q8:
1. Where was Aunt Bet going?
2. What room was Aunt Bet walking towards?
3. In what direction was Aunt Bet walking?
Q9:
1. What could be found in the attic?
2. Who did Annie Van Lew notice in the attic?
3. Who did Aunt Bet go see in the attic?
Q10:
1. Where in the attic was the thin man?
2. What part of the attic was the thin man hiding in?
3. Where could the thin man be found?
Q11:
1. What covered the entrance to the hidden room in the attic?
2. How was the secret room in the attic kept hidden?
3. What object was being used to cover up the hidden room?
Q12:
1. How did the thin man react when he saw Annie Van Lew?
2. What was the thin man's reaction when he noticed Annie Van Lew?
3. What expression did the thin man make when he saw Annie Van Lew?
Q13:
1. When did Annie return to the hidden room?
2. At what point did Annie Van Lew go back to the hidden room?
3. When did Annie go back up to visit the thin man?
Q14:
1. How was Annie able to find the latch that opened the door?
2. How did Annie locate the hidden spring on the door?
3. How did Annie manage to find the hidden spring?
Q15:
1. Was the thin man frightened of Annie?
2. Did Annie detect fear in the eyes of the thin man?
3. Was the thin man anxious upon meeting Annie?
Q16:
1. What was Aunt Bet doing for the North?
2. What service was Aunt Bet performing for the North?
3. What did Annie learn that Aunt Bet was doing for the North?
Q17:
1. Who was Aunt Bet acting as a spy for?
2. What region was Aunt Bet spying for?
3. For whom was Aunt Bet serving as a spy?
Q18:
1. When was the thin man going to leave Aunt Bet's house?
2. When was the thin man set to depart from Aunt Bet's home?
3. When would the thin man set out from Aunt Bet's?
Q19:
1. What did Annie think about Aunt Bet's spying?
2. How did Annie feel about Aunt Bet helping the North?
3. What were Annie's feelings towars her family's secret?
Q20:
1. Why had Aunt Bet chosen to spy for the North?
2. Why was Aunt Bet, a Southerner, helping out the North?
3. Why did Aunt Bet choose to act as a spy for the North, despite being a Southerner?
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3tpwus5f891a74y337gormgnucxwcr | race | Tom and Mike were good friends. Sometimes they were kind to each other, sometimes they were not. But all of their classmates said they were like brothers. One day they went out for a walk together. At noon they were very hungry and they went into a restaurant to have lunch. The waiter came up to them and asked,"What can I do for you?" "Please bring us two apples first." said Tom. When the waiter put two apples on the table, Mike took the bigger one at once. Tom got angry, "You are impolite,Mike. Why don't you take the smaller one?" Tom said. "But I am right."said Mike with a smile,"if I let you take first, which one will you choose?" "Of course I'11 take the smaller one. "said Tom. "Yes."Mike said,"If you take the smaller one,the bigger one will still be mine. Don't you think so?" "Oh!"Tom couldn't answer. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is good friends with Tom?
2. What is the name of Tom's close friend?
3. Who is a close friend of Tom's?
Q2:
1. When are Tom and Mike kind to one another?
2. When do Tom and Mike act kindly towards one another?
3. When do Tom and Mike act nice towards each other?
Q3:
1. When did Tom and Mike get hungry?
2. At what time did hunger strike Tom and Mike?
3. At what point in the day did Tom and Mike feel hungry?
Q4:
1. Where did Tom and Mike go for lunch?
2. Where did Tom and Mike go to have lunch?
3. What was the location of Tom and Mike's lunch?
Q5:
1. Who approached Tom and Mike in the restaurant?
2. Who went over to Mike and Tom at the restaurant?
3. Who were Tom and Mike approached by at the restaurant?
Q6:
1. Who took the smaller apple?
2. Which of the two chose the little apple?
3. To whom did the little apple go?
Q7:
1. Who is not polite?
2. Who is acting rudely?
3. Who has an impolite manner about him?
Q8:
1. What did Tom and Mike order from the waiter?
2. What did Tom and Mike request of the waiter?
3. What was the order Mike and Tom gave to the waiter?
Q9:
1. Who snatched up the bigger apple?
2. Who picked up the larger apple right away?
3. When the waiter arrived, who got the bigger apple?
Q10:
1. Who was frustrated with the apple situation?
2. Who got angry about the distribution of apples?
3. Who was upset with what happened at the restaurant?
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3tmsxrd2x60qk1o5nar4aqxwrtew12 | gutenberg | CHAPTER I
I SET OFF UPON MY JOURNEY TO THE HOUSE OF SHAWS
I will begin the story of my adventures with a certain morning early in the month of June, the year of grace 1751, when I took the key for the last time out of the door of my father's house. The sun began to shine upon the summit of the hills as I went down the road; and by the time I had come as far as the manse, the blackbirds were whistling in the garden lilacs, and the mist that hung around the valley in the time of the dawn was beginning to arise and die away.
Mr. Campbell, the minister of Essendean, was waiting for me by the garden gate, good man! He asked me if I had breakfasted; and hearing that I lacked for nothing, he took my hand in both of his and clapped it kindly under his arm.
"Well, Davie, lad," said he, "I will go with you as far as the ford, to set you on the way." And we began to walk forward in silence.
"Are ye sorry to leave Essendean?" said he, after awhile.
"Why, sir," said I, "if I knew where I was going, or what was likely to become of me, I would tell you candidly. Essendean is a good place indeed, and I have been very happy there; but then I have never been anywhere else. My father and mother, since they are both dead, I shall be no nearer to in Essendean than in the Kingdom of Hungary, and, to speak truth, if I thought I had a chance to better myself where I was going I would go with a good will." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What place were they departing from?
2. Where is Davie leaving?
3. What place was Davie leaving behind?
Q2:
1. Did Davie regret leaving Essendean?
2. Was the narrator sad to leave Essendean behind?
3. Did the narrator have some regrets about leaving Essendean?
Q3:
1. Was Essendean a bad area?
2. Was Essendean a bad place to live?
3. Did Essendean have a bad reputation?
Q4:
1. Were the narrator's parents still alive?
2. Did the narrator still have both parents?
3. Were Davie's parents still living?
Q5:
1. Where was the kingdom that the narrator mentions?
2. What nation's kingdom does the narrator bring up?
3. Where is the kingdom that the narrator talked about located?
Q6:
1. Where was Davie going?
2. Where was the narrator headed off to?
3. Where was the narrator leaving Essendean to go?
Q7:
1. In what year did the narrator's trip begin?
2. When did the narrator's adventures start?
3. In what year did Davie set off on his adventures?
Q8:
1. At what time of day does the narrator begin the story of his adventures?
2. What time does the story of Davie's adventures begin?
3. At what point in the day did the narrator set off on his adventures?
Q9:
1.
2.
3.
Q10:
1. Was the sun shining when the narrator left?
2. Was it sunny on the day the narrator left Essendean?
3. Was the sun out when the narrator set off?
Q11:
1. Who was waiting for the narrator?
2. Who was waiting to accompany the narrator?
3. Who was looking out for the narrator?
Q12:
1. What is Mr. Campbell's function?
2. What does Mr. Campbell do for a living?
3. What position does Mr. Campbell occupy?
Q13:
1. Where was Mr. Campbell waiting for the narrator?
2. Where did the narrator spot Mr. Campbell waiting for him?
3. Where did the narrator see that Mr. Campbell was looking out for him?
Q14:
1. Was Mr. Campbell cruel?
2. Was the narrator frightened of Mr. Campbell?
3. Did Mr. Campbell have a malevolent nature?
Q15:
1. Had the narrator already eaten when he saw Mr. Campbell?
2. Had Davie already eaten breakfast?
3. Did Davie have breakfast before joining Mr. Campbell?
Q16:
1. What was the narrator's name?
2. What did Mr. Campbell call the narrator?
3. What is the name of the person telling the story?
Q17:
1. How far was Mr. Campbell willing to accompany Davie?
2. How far did Mr. Campbell agree to go with Davie?
3. What distance did the minister agree to travel with the narrator?
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3vd82fohkqo22vp1clpeas31sh4ocs | race | When we asked Oprah to pick the 10 books she's read in the past decade that have mattered to her most, she was momentarily stumped. For someone who describes herself as --inspired, challenged, and sustained by books, it was almost impossible for Oprah to stay within our limit of 10. Still, she offered up the following, but she emphasized that it was only a sampler of delightful titles that have also managed to teach her -- and all of us -- a few things.
1. Discover the Power Within You
By Eric Butterworth
256 pages; Harper One
Advice from the internationally known spiritual teacher.
2. A New Earth
By Eckhart Tolle
316 pages; Plume
There's a reason Oprah picked this for her Book Club in 2008 -- and that she gave audience members Post-it pens along with their copies.So much wisdom, so little time! A real-life guide to living your best life.
3. The Poisonwood Bible
By Barbara Kingsolver
576 pages; Harper Perennial
This novel is about a family involved in the political trouble of postcolonial Africa. It established Kingsolver as one of our wisest observers of history, politics, and human nature.
4. Night
By Elie Wiesel
120 pages; Hill and Wang
A memoir of a childhood suffered in concentration camps during the Holocaust. It's horrific butuplifting. --I gain courage from his courage,|| Oprah says.
5. A Fine Balance
By Rohinton Mistry
624 pages; Vintage
A Dickensian novel about India during the Emergency. Like the aftermath of September 11, it teaches us about cultures we haven't understood. "It takes us out of our own little shell and exposes us to a whole other world out there." Oprah say.
6. East of Eden
By John Steinbeck
608 pages; Penguin
This classic is about good and evil as played out in a late-19th-century California ranch family. If you didn't read it in high school, read it now. If you did, reread it!
7. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
By David Wroblewski
576 pages; Harper Collins
A kind of Hamlet on the prairie, this is the wrenching story of a mute boy and his dog. Oprah compares it to East of Eden and To Kill a Mickingbird.
8. The Pillars of the Earth
By Ken Follett
973 pages; Penguin
About the challenges of building cathedrals in 12th-century England. This novel couldn't be more different in setting, time, and plot from the author's breakthrough success, Eye of the Needle. Oprah declares it simply "great".
9. The Bluest Eye
By Toni Morrison
224 pages; Penguin
How to choose among the great Morrison's novel? Start with this one about a girl who thinks she has to have blue eyes to be beautiful. Oprah considered it one of the best in a crowded Morrison field.
10. The Known World
By Edward P. Jones
400 pages, Harper Collins
When this book was published in 2003, it shocked everybody with its description of slave-owning blacks before the Civil War. A daring, unusual examination of race. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Whose book club is being discussed?
2. Whose book club is the article about?
3. Whose book club is at the center of the article?
Q2:
1. Did they ask Oprah to choose 12 books?
2. Was Oprah asked to highlight 12 books for the article?
3. Was Oprah supposed to choose 12 books to talk about?
Q3:
1. How many books was Oprah asked to highlight?
2. What number of books was Oprah asked to select?
3. How many books did they want Oprah to pick out?
Q4:
1. Did Oprah choose an exhaustive list of books she loved?
2. Was this the definitive list of books loved by Oprah?
3. Were these the only 10 books that Oprah found important?
Q5:
1. Did the books Oprah chose all come out very recently?
2. Had the books Oprah chose all just come out last year?
3. Were the books Oprah selected all released last year?
Q6:
1. Are each of the 10 books written by a different author?
2. Do the 10 books Oprah chose all have a different author?
3. Did Oprah select 10 books all from different authors?
Q7:
1. Who is the author of book #3?
2. Who wrote the third book Oprah chose?
3. Who is the author of the third book on Oprah's list?
Q8:
1. What is the third book on Oprah's list called?
2. What's the title of Barbara Kingsolver's book?
3. Which book did Barbara Kingsolver pen?
Q9:
1. Of how many subjects is Barbara Kingsolver a wise observer?
2. How many subjects is Barbara Kingsolver purported to be an expert on?
3. How many topics does Barbara Kingsolver have keen insight into?
Q10:
1. Which book title is also the name of a body part?
2. Which of Oprah's books also describes a physical attribute?
3. What book that Oprah chose also describes a part of the body?
Q11:
1. Who is the author of The Bluest Eye?
2. Which author penned the Bluest Eye?
3. Who wrote the Bluest Eye?
Q12:
1. How long is The Bluest Eye?
2. How long is the book written by Toni Morrison?
3. How many pages long is Toni Morrison's novel The Bluest Eye?
Q13:
1. Has Toni Morrison written many novels?
2. Is Toni Morrison a prolific author?
3. Has the author of the Bluest Eye penned many other works?
Q14:
1. What title was featured in Oprah's book club in 2008?
2. Which book did Oprah choose for her book club in 2008?
3. Which volume appeared in the 2008 edition of Oprah's book club?
Q15:
1. Who is the author of A New Earth?
2. Which author penned A New Earth?
3. Who wrote A New Earth?
Q16:
1. What did Oprah give readers with their copy of A New Earth?
2. What did Oprah's audience receive with their copies of A New Earth?
3. What were readers gifted with alongside a copy of A New Earth?
Q17:
1. Which title resembles a Shakespeare play?
2. Which title contains echoes of Shakespeare?
3. In what book can similarities to Shakespeare be found?
Q18:
1. How long is The Story of Edgar Sawtelle?
2. How long is the book written by David Wroblewski?
3. How many pages long i sDavid Wroblewski's book, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle?
Q19:
1. Who is the publisher of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
2. Who published David Wroblewski's work?
3. What company was responsible for publishing The Story of Edgar Sawtelle?
Q20:
1. What Shakespeare play is The Story of Edgar Sawtelle compared to?
2. What work of Shakespeare does The Story of Edgar Sawtelle resemble?
3. Which of Shakespeare's plays seems to echo throughout The Story of Edgar Sawtelle?
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3iq1vmjrytkb2toxqia577ioxl19ad | wikipedia | MaxiCode is a public domain, machine-readable symbol system originally created and used by United Parcel Service. Suitable for tracking and managing the shipment of packages, it resembles a barcode, but uses dots arranged in a hexagonal grid instead of bars. MaxiCode has been standardised under ISO/IEC 16023.
A MaxiCode symbol (internally called "Bird's Eye", "Target", "dense code", or "UPS code") appears as a 1 inch square, with a bullseye in the middle, surrounded by a pattern of hexagonal dots. It can store about 93 characters of information, and up to 8 MaxiCode symbols can be chained together to convey more data. The centered symmetrical bullseye is useful in automatic symbol location regardless of orientation, and it allows MaxiCode symbols to be scanned even on a package traveling rapidly.
MaxiCode symbology was released by UPS in 1992.
MaxiCode symbols using modes 2 and 3 include a "Structured Carrier Message" containing key information about a package. This information is protected with a strong Reed-Solomon error correction code, allowing it to be read even if a portion of the symbol is damaged. These fields include:
The structured portion of the message is stored in the inner area of the symbol, near the bull's-eye pattern. (In modes that do not include a structured portion, the inner area simply stores the beginning of the message.) QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What system does MaxiCode look similar to?
2. What does MaxiCode look like?
3. What familiar symbol does a MaxiCode resemble?
Q2:
1. What symbol does MaxiCode use instead of bars?
2. What is used on a MaxiCode grid instead of bars?
3. What replaces bars on the hexagonal MaxiCode grid?
Q3:
1. Who created MaxiCode?
2. Who were the developers of MaxiCode?
3. Who was responsible for creating MaxiCode?
Q4:
1. What is the primary purpose of MaxiCode?
2. What did UPS develop MaxiCode to do?
3. How do services like UPS use MaxiCode?
Q5:
1. What is another name for the MaxiCode symbols?
2. How are MaxiCode symbols referred to internally?
3. What's another term for the MaxiCode symbols?
Q6:
1. How big are the MaxiCode symbols?
2. What is the size of a MaxiCode symbol?
3. How large are the symbols MaxiCode uses?
Q7:
1. What is in the middle of a MaxiCode symbol?
2. What is at the center of a MaxiCode symbol?
3. What can be found in the center of a MaxiCode symbol?
Q8:
1. Is it possible to hook MaxiCode symbols together?
2. Can MaxiCode symbols be chained together?
3. Can the MaxiCode symbols be linked up to one another?
Q9:
1. What is the purpose of chaining MaxiCode symbols to one another?
2. What is the function of hooking up the MaxiCode symbols together?
3. What happens when MaxiCode symbols are linked up?
Q10:
1. How much can a MaxiCode symbol store?
2. What is the storage capacity of a MaxiCode symbol?
3. A MaxiCode symbol can hold up to what exactly?
Q11:
1. Up to how many MaxiCode symbols can be hooked together?
2. How many MaxiCode symbols can be chained together at a time?
3. What number of MaxiCode symbols is it possible to link together at once?
Q12:
1. On what part of a symbol are messages stored?
2. Where on the symbols are messages stored?
3. Where on the symbol can messages be found?
Q13:
1. Where do the symbols store the structured portion of a message?
2. Where is the structured portion of a message stored on the symbols?
3. What is the location on the symbol of the structured portion of a message?
Q14:
1. Maxicode symbols using what mode include structured messages?
2. Which modes of MaxiCode symbols carry structured messages?
3. What modes of MaxiCode symbol are needed to support structured messages?
Q15:
1. Is the information on MaxiCode symbols protected?
2. Is there protection from error and damage on the maxicode symbols?
3. Are the maxicode symbols secure?
Q16:
1. What protects information on the MaxiCode symbols?
2. How is information on the MaxiCode symbols kept safe?
3. What is the system used to protect informaiton on MaxiCode symbols?
Q17:
1. Is it possible to read the maxicode symbols if they're damaged?
2. Do MaxiCode symbols remain readable when damaged?
3. Is it possible to recover data from the MaxiCode symbols even in the event of damage?
Q18:
1. What information do Structured Carrier Messages contain?
2. What is located on a Structured Carrier Message?
3. What kind of information is stored in a Structured Carrier Message?
Q19:
1. In what year did the MaxiCode system come out?
2. When did UPS release the maxicode system?
3. What year did UPS come out with MaxiCode?
Q20:
1. Is MaxiCode in the public domain?
2. Is MaxiCode a part of the public domain?
3. Is MaxiCode a public domain system?
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3lrliptpeq9vjp7ouf1uxgw48ekkan | wikipedia | The Iberian Peninsula , also known as Iberia , is located in the southwest corner of Europe. The peninsula is principally divided between Portugal and Spain, comprising most of their territory. It also includes Andorra and a small part of France along the peninsula's northeastern edge, as well as Gibraltar on its south coast, a small peninsula that forms an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. With an area of approximately , it is the second largest European peninsula, after the Scandinavian.
The English word "Iberia" was adapted from the use of the Ancient Greek word Ἰβηρία by Greek geographers under the rule of the Roman Empire to refer to what is known today in English as the Iberian Peninsula. At that time, the name did not describe a single political entity or a distinct population of people. Strabo's 'Iberia' was delineated from Keltikē (Gaul) by the Pyrenees and included the entire land mass southwest (he says "west") of there.
The ancient Greeks reached the Iberian Peninsula, of which they had heard from the Phoenicians, by voyaging westward on the Mediterranean. Hecataeus of Miletus was the first known to use the term "Iberia", which he wrote about circa 500 BC. Herodotus of Halicarnassus says of the Phocaeans that "it was they who made the Greeks acquainted with... Iberia." According to Strabo, prior historians used "Iberia" to mean the country "this side of the Ἶβηρος" as far north as the river Rhône in France, but currently they set the Pyrenees as the limit. Polybius respects that limit, but identifies Iberia as the Mediterranean side as far south as Gibraltar, with the Atlantic side having no name. Elsewhere he says that Saguntum is "on the seaward foot of the range of hills connecting Iberia and Celtiberia." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Whose overseas territory is located on the Iberian Peninsula?
2. What country has overseas territory that can be found on the Iberian Peninsula?
3. An overseas territory of what nation is located upon the Iberian Peninsula?
Q2:
1. Is the United Kingdom's overseas territory small?
2. Does the United Kingdom have a small overseas territory on the peninsula?
3. Is the overseas territory of the United Kingdom located on a peninsula that is small?
Q3:
1. What is the name of the peninsula?
2. What is the European peninsula called?
3. What peninsula is located in the southwest corner of Europe?
Q4:
1. What is the location of the Iberian Peninsula?
2. Where can the Iberian Peninsula be found?
3. What region is the Iberian Peninsula located in?
Q5:
1. How many countries make up the Iberian Peninsula?
2. What is the number of countries with territory on the Iberian Peninsula?
3. How many nations share the area of the Iberian Peninsula?
Q6:
1. What countries is the Iberian Peninsula primarily divided between?
2. What are the main countries that make up the Iberian Peninsula?
3. What are the two countries with the most territory on the Iberian Peninsula?
Q7:
1. Is the Iberian Peninsula the largest in Europe?
2. Is the Iberian Peninsula Europe's biggest peninsula?
3. Is Iberia bigger than all other peninsulas on the European continent?
Q8:
1. What peninsula is larger than the Iberian one?
2. Which peninsula is in fact bigger than the Iberian Peninsula?
3. Which peninsula outranks Iberia in size?
Q9:
1. What language does the word Iberia originate from?
2. From what language is the word Iberia derived?
3. What are the origins of the term Iberia?
Q10:
1. Did Ancient Greeks use Iberia to refer to a group of people?
2. In Ancient Greece, did the word Iberia describe a group of people?
3. Was the word Iberia used in Ancient Greece to designate a kind of people?
Q11:
1. Whao coined the term Iberia?
2. Who first began to use the word Iberia?
3. What man came up with the term Iberia?
Q12:
1. When did Hecataeus of Miletus use the term Iberia?
2. When was Hecataeus of Miletus first recorded as using the term Iberia?
3. In what year was Hecataeus of Miletus documented employing the term Iberia?
Q13:
1. Who told the Greeks about Iberia?
2. From whom did the Greeks learn about Iberia?
3. Who made the Greeks aware of the existence of Iberia?
Q14:
1. What sea did the Greeks travel on to reach Iberia?
2. On what sea did Ancient Greeks need to travel to get to Iberia?
3. What sea was a part of the Ancient Greeks' journey to Iberia?
Q15:
1. What direction did the Greeks travel in to reach Iberia?
2. In what direction did the Ancient Greeks need to travel to get to Iberia?
3. What direction did the Greeks go towards to arrive in Iberia?
Q16:
1. What country is upon the northern limit of Iberia?
2. What country can be found on the northeast edge of Iberia?
3. What sits at the northmost point of Iberia?
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3ru7gd8vpot0ucqyo7stexc9oq0psk | race | Why Are Pig Farmers Still Using Growth-Promoting Drugs?
It's one of the most controversial practices in agriculture: feeding small amounts of antibiotics to animals in order to make them grow faster. But what if the drugs don't even work very well? There's some good evidence that they don't, at least in pigs. They used to deliver a boost in growth, but that effect has disappeared in recent years or declined greatly. The reason for this is interesting and even paradoxical. Researchers think the antibiotics used to work by suppressing low-grade infections. In recent years, however, pork producers found other ways to accomplish the same thing through improved hygiene . As a result, the drugs have become largely superfluous -- yet many farmers still use them.
To understand how this happened, you have to step back in time, says Steve Dritz, a specialist in pig nutrition at Kansas State University. Sixty years ago, when antibiotics were new, "people started treating animals, and feeding [the antibiotics], and finding that they had increased growth rates and feed efficiencies," he says. Nursery-age pigs, for instance, grew 12 to 15 percent faster with antibiotics. The animals also needed less feed to reach full weight. Other studies showed similar results in chickens and cattle. In the 1980s, a new set of studies found similar effects. So the growth-promoting effects of antibiotics became standard practice among meat producers.
Fast forward to the 1990s. Dritz was starting his career as a scientist at Kansas State University, and pork production was changing dramatically.
Previously, pigs were born and raised in one barn or in several barns close together. This meant infections could easily pass from one generation to the next, the way that kids share germs between their friends on the playground and their parents at home. Under the new system, when piglets are weaned, they move to a whole different place. That new site is carefully scrubbed and free of disease.
Craig Rowles, who runs a large swine operation in Carroll, Iowa, shows me one such room. There's not a piglet in sight. "This room just got completely washed and disinfected, and now it's going to sit here and dry for a while," he says.
A whole group of pigs will come in here together, and later they will move out together to yet another site. "That group of pigs will stay together until they go to market," Rowles says.
The groups are kept strictly separated from each other. If workers move between the groups, they first have to change their boots.
When farmers adopted multisite production, it cut down on disease -- and pigs actually grew faster. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is the person that specializes in pig nutrition?
2. Who is the specialist in pig nutrition?
3. Whose specialization is pig nutrition?
Q2:
1. What was found to make animals grow faster?
2. What did people discover that made animals grow faster?
3. What was used to get animals to grow more quickly?
Q3:
1. Is antibiotic use still effective for pig growth?
2. Is using small doses of antibiotics still effective at making pigs grow faster?
3. Does antibiotic use remain an efficient way of promoting pig growth?
Q4:
1. Where is Steve Dritz employed?
2. Who is the employer of Steve Dritz?
3. Where does Steve Dritz work as specialist in pig nutrition?
Q5:
1. Whose pig farm is in Carroll, Iowa?
2. Who runs a pig operation in Iowa?
3. What is the name of the man with a pig farm in Iowa?
Q6:
1. Does Craig Rowles keep his animals all together groups?
2. Does Craig Rowles allow his animals to mix and match?
3. Is one of Craig Rowles hygiene techniques keeping his animals all in the same group?
Q7:
1. What did the antibiotics do for animals, besides make them grow more quickly?
2. Why was antibiotic use in animals beneficial, in addition to making them grow quicker?
3. What made antibiotic use in animals attractive, apart from making them grow quicker?
Q8:
1. Were pigs the only animals that benefited from anibiotic use?
2. Did antibiotic use only produce favorable results in pigs?
3. Did farmers only see positive effects from antibiotic use in pigs?
Q9:
1. Who else, besides pigs, benefited from antibiotic use?
2. What other animals reacted favorably to antibiotics, aside from pigs?
3. In addition to pigs, where else were the positive effects of antibiotic use spotted?
Q10:
1. What are farmers using to replace antibiotic use?
2. How are animals being kept healthy today without the use of antibiotics?
3. How are farmers opting to care for animals now, that has the same effect as antibiotic use?
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3tvss0c0e10rtl0eptbegwgrj6itw9 | race | Have you ever tried broccoli ice cream? That's what Oliver serves his customers in the new movie Oliver's Organic Ice Cream.
The one-minute film was created by kids. A film is a movie. The young students learned their moviemaking skills at the Jacob Burns Film Center. The center is in Pleasantville, New York. Kids who go there learn how to make movies and music videos.
The character Oliver and his treats are animated. In an animated movie, objects, such as ice cream and paper dolls, appear to be alive or moving.
Animated movies are made up of hundreds of pictures. It takes 15 pictures to make just one second of film. To make a movie that lasts one minute, students need to take about 900 frames. A frame is a picture.
Animation expert Joe Summerhays teaches kids the steps to shoot a movie. He says what they learn behind the scenes, however, also counts. Students create their films in small groups. They have to agree on every decision.
" The benefit of the class is less animation and more problem-solving," Summerhays said. "It's all about teamwork."
About 4,000 kids have made movies at the Jacob Burns Film Center. Mikey Price, 11, of Briarcliff Manor, New York, is one of them. "I'm actually making a real movie," he said. "It's an adventure." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. WHo is teaching kids about the art of movie making?
2. Where can children go to learn how to make films?
3. Where are children learning more about making movies?
Q2:
1. In what city is the Jacob Burns Film Center located?
2. What city is home to the Jacob Burns Film Center?
3. From what city does the Jacob Burns Film Center hail?
Q3:
1. What state is Pleasantville in?
2. In what state is the Jacob Burns Film Center located?
3. What state is home to the Jacob Burns Film Center?
Q4:
1. How are animated movies made?
2. What elements does an animated movie contain?
3. What are the ingredients for an animated movie?
Q5:
1. How many pictures are in a one minute story?
2. How many pictures does a one minute story contain?
3. In a story of one minute, how many pictures can be found?
Q6:
1. Who is the animation expert that works with the children?
2. Who teaches the kids about movie making?
3. What is the name of the teacher at the center?
Q7:
1. What does Joe Summerhays believe to be a benefit of his class?
2. What do kids benefit from in Joe Summerhays' course?
3. What is a positive takeaway for kids in Joe Summerhays' class?
Q8:
1. WHat skill of working together do children develop in Joe Summerhays' class?
2. What skill does Joe Summerhays' class teach?
3.
Q9:
1. How many children have developed movies at the center?
2. How many kids have made movies at the center?
3. What number of children have had the opportunity to create a film at the Jacob Burns Film Center?
Q10:
1. What food is Oliver serving?
2. What does Oliver serve his customers?
3. What food does Oliver make?
Q11:
1. Where does Oliver serve his broccoli ice cream?
2. What is the name of Oliver's storefront?
3. Where can one find Oliver's broccoli ice cream?
Q12:
1. What do kids learn at the Jacob Burns Film Center?
2. What does the Jacob Burns Film Center teach children?
3. What is the mission of the Jacob Burns Film Center?
Q13:
1. Is the film about Oliver animated?
2. Is Oliver's story animated?
3. Does Oliver appear in an animated film?
Q14:
1. What does it mean for a film to be animated?
2. What is a definition of an animated film?
3. How can we define an animated film?
Q15:
1. Does each kid get to make their own film?
2. Do children make the movies on their own?
3. Are kids left to their own devices to make their movies?
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3cfvk00fwll5gtd3p2wjwb7x1wx6lm | gutenberg | CHAPTER IV
THE CHASE ON THE LAKE
"He means to give us as much of a chase as possible," remarked Tom, as he glanced over his shoulder. "If I remember rightly, Baxter was always a pretty fair oarsman."
"Yes, that was the one thing he could do well," returned Dick. "But we ought to be able to catch him, Tom."
"We could if we had two pairs of oars. One pair can do just about so much and no more."
"Nonsense! Now, both together, and put all your muscle into it," and Dick set a stiff stroke that his brother followed with difficulty.
Baxter had been rowing down the lake, but as soon as he saw that he was being pursued he changed his course for the east shore. He was settled to his work, and for several minutes it was hard to tell whether he was holding his own or losing.
"Hurrah! we are catching up!" cried Dick, after pulling for five minutes. "Keep at it, Tom, and we'll have him before he is half over."
"Gosh, but it's hot work!" came with a pant from Tom Rover. "He must be almost exhausted to row like that."
"He knows what he has at stake. He sees the prison cell staring him in the face again. You'd do your best, too, if you were in his place."
"I'm doing my best now, Dick. On we go!" and Tom renewed his exertions. Dick set a faster stroke than ever, having caught his second wind, and the rowboat flew over the calm surface of the lake like a thing of life. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who intended to give as much chase as possible?
2. Which one aimed to give as much chase as possible?
3. Who told the others that he would give as much chase as he could?
Q2:
1. What did the group need to catch up more quickly to Baxter?
2. What would have aided in catching up to Baxter?
3. What would have been useful for catching up to Baxter?
Q3:
1. Was Baxter a skilled oarsman?
2. Did Baxter steer his boat well?
3. Was Baxter good at using his oars?
Q4:
1. What was Baxter doing before he realized he was being followed?
2. What activity was Baxter in the middle of when he noticed they were following him?
3. Before becoming aware he was being followed, what was Baxter up to?
Q5:
1. How did Baxter react when he saw he was being followed?
2. What did Baxter do once he saw the others were following him?
3. What did Baxter do upon realizing that he was being pursued?
Q6:
1. What words of encouragement were given to Tom?
2. What phrase was used to try and boost Tom's spirit?
3. What did Dick say to Tom as words of encouragement?
Q7:
1. Did Tom get tired of rowing?
2. Was all that rowing hard on Tom?
3. Did Tom feel like rowing was hard work?
Q8:
1. What did Tom have to say about rowing?
2. How did Tom characterize all the rowing they were doing?
3. What was Tom's statement concerning the rowing?
Q9:
1. In the wake of a second wind, what did the rowboat do?
2. How did a second wind affect the rowboat?
3. What happened when the rowboat caught a second wind?
Q10:
1. Was Baxter unsure if he was winning or losing?
2. Did Baxter have a hard time telling if he was holding up or losing?
3. Did Baxter have difficulty in determining whether he was losing or still holding his own?
Q11:
1. How did Tom imagine Baxter's mental state?
2. How did Tom think Baxter should be feeling?
3. What did Tom predict Baxter was feeling after all the rowing?
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3eqhhy4hqsstbxzo9spyrdop9n0g5g | cnn | (CNN) -- Armed renegade soldiers walked through Mali's damaged presidential palace on Thursday, hours after the troops' leaders claimed to have ousted the West African nation's democratically elected leader.
Shell casings, bullet-ridden cars and shattered windows were evident in video from outside the palace, as well as at least one burned-out room inside.
And there was no sign of or indication of what happened to President Amadou Toumani Toure, with the military group's apparent leader Capt. Amadou Sanogo saying little about him beyond that he was "safe."
Still, within much of Mali on Thursday night, the situation appeared to be relatively calm as most people appeared to have abided by coup leaders' call for a nighttime curfew.
Amadou Konare, a spokesman for the troops behind the apparent coup, asked citizens to return to their jobs Friday, though he gave no timetable as to when Mali's borders would reopen.
Earlier Thursday, Konare was among a group of soldiers wearing fatigues who said on television that they had suspended the constitution and dissolved public institutions because of the government's handling of an insurgency.
"Considering the incapacity of the regime in effectively fighting against terrorism and restoring dignity to the Malian people, using its constitutional rights, the armed forces of Mali, along with other security forces, have decided to take on their responsibilities to put an end to this incompetent regime of President Amadou Toumani Toure," said Konare.
Surgeons told an aid worker -- who asked to remain anonymous -- that 29 people who had been injured as a result of the recent unrest were in Bamako's main hospital, while another nine were in a medical facility in Kati, about 18 kilometers (11 miles) to the northwest. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who did not remain in the palace?
2. What leader had been taken from the palace?
3. What was the title of the person taken from the palace?
Q2:
1. Who was the president of Mali at the time?
2. What was the name of the Malian president?
3. What is the name of the captured president?
Q3:
1. Who walked through the palace in Mali?
2. Who surveyed the damaged palace?
3. What group of people were walking through the damaged palace?
Q4:
1. What kind of soldiers were walking through the palace?
2. How are the soldiers that walked through the palace described?
3. What is the description of the soldiers in the palace?
Q5:
1. Who did the troop leaders get rid of?
2. Who had the troop leaders ousted?
3. Who was ousted by the troop leaders?
Q6:
1. How did Toure come to power?
2. What led to Toure becoming head of state?
3. How did Toure become President of Mali?
Q7:
1. What country was Amadou Toumani Toure president of?
2. Whose president was Amadou Toumani Toure of?
3. In what country did Amadou Toumani Toure serve as president?
Q8:
1. What is the location of Mali?
2. What part of Africa is Mali located in?
3. What is the geographical location of Mali?
Q9:
1. On what day of the week did the events occur?
2. What day of the week did all of this happen on?
3. On what day did the insurrection take place?
Q10:
1. What was the source of the nighttime calm in the streets?
2. What did coup leaders instill on the population to produce calm?
3. What made everything so calm after dark in the streets?
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3tesa3pj31arbeggcu4flkj8r1vmm7 | wikipedia | The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. Tracing its heritage back to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's Democratic-Republican Party, the modern-day Democratic Party was founded around 1828 by supporters of Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest political party.
The Democrats' dominant worldview was once social conservatism and economic liberalism, while—especially in the rural South—populism was its leading characteristic. In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt ran as a third-party candidate in the Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party, leading to a switch of political platforms between the Democratic and Republican Party and Woodrow Wilson being elected as the first fiscally progressive Democrat. Since Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal coalition in the 1930s, the Democratic Party has also promoted a social-liberal platform, supporting social justice.
Today, the House Democratic caucus is composed mostly of progressives and centrists, with a smaller minority of conservative Democrats. The party's philosophy of modern liberalism advocates social and economic equality, along with the welfare state. It seeks to provide government intervention and regulation in the economy. These interventions, such as the introduction of social programs, support for labor unions, affordable college tuitions, moves toward universal health care and equal opportunity, consumer protection, and environmental protection form the core of the party's economic policy. The party has united with smaller liberal regional parties throughout the country, such as the Farmer–Labor Party in Minnesota and the Nonpartisan League in North Dakota. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. When was the Democratic Party established?
2. When did the founding of the Democratic Party occur?
3. In what year was the Democratic party created?
Q2:
1. What group of people created the Democratic Party?
2. Who were the founders of the Democratic Party?
3. Who was responsible for the creation of the Democratic Party?
Q3:
1. What name did the Democratic Party have when Thomas Jefferson was involved?
2. In the time of Thomas Jefferson, what was the Democratic Party?
3. How was the Democratic Party known in the time of Thomas Jefferson?
Q4:
1. What did Franklin D Roosevelt call his coalition?
2. What was the coalition of Franklin D Roosevelt called?
3. What coalition was Franklin D Roosevelt responsible for creating?
Q5:
1. What idea was held up by the New Deal coalition?
2. What principle did the New Deal Coaliiton support?
3. What did the New deal coalition fight for?
Q6:
1. Since the New Deal, what is the platform of the Democratic Party?
2. In the wake of Franklin D Roosevelt, what kind of platform does the Democratic Party have?
3. What political ideas are supported by the Democratic Party platform?
Q7:
1. During what decade was the New Deal formed?
2. When was Franklin D Roosevelt active in the Democratic Party?
3. When did the Democratic Party shift to a social-liberal platform?
Q8:
1. Did Woodrow Wilson belong to the Republican Party?
2. Was Woodrow Wilson a Republican president?
3. Did Woodrow Wilson run on a Republican platform?
Q9:
1. What was the third party created by Theodore Roosevelt?
2. How did Theodore Roosevelt run in his election?
3. What party did Theodore Roosevelt run under?
Q10:
1. When did Theodore Roosevelt run for president?
2. In what year did Theodore Roosevelt run as a third-party candidate?
3. What was the year of Theodore Roosevelt election under the Bull-Moose Party?
Q11:
1. How many parties were present in Theodore Roosevelt's election?
2. How many parties could voters choose from in Theodore Roosevelt's run?
3. How many parties were represented on the ballot in Theodore Roosevelt's election?
Q12:
1. What is the principle philosophical tenet of the modern Democratic party?
2. What does the modern Democratic party hold as a philosophy?
3. How can the philosophy of the modern Democratic Party be described?
Q13:
1. What does the modern party's philosophy advocate for?
2. What ideals does the Modern Democratic Party advocate for?
3. What principles does the Modern Democratic Party fight for?
Q14:
1. What does the modern Democratic Party want to introduce as an intervention?
2. What is listed first as an intervention of the Democratic Party?
3. What is the first thing the Democrats believe the government should provide to its people?
Q15:
1. According to the Democratic Party, what workers organization should government support?
2. How do Democrats think that the government should intervene to support workers?
3. What is a way that the Democratic Party believes the government can support the organization of workers?
Q16:
1. According to the Democratic Party, what should the government do about university costs?
2. How do the Democrats believe the government should intervene in higher education?
3. What is a way Democrats believe the government can intervene to make college accessible to all?
Q17:
1. What is a way Democrats believe the government can intervene to make healthcare accessible to all?
2. According to the Democratic Party, what should the government do about healthcare costs?
3. How do the Democrats believe the government should intervene in the healthcare sector?
Q18:
1. Where is the Farmer-Labor Party from?
2. In what state is the Farmer-Labor Party found?
3. Which state is home to the Farmer-Labor Party?
Q19:
1. Where is the Nonpartisan League from?
2. In what state is the Nonpartisan League found?
3. Which state is home to the Nonpartisan League?
Q20:
1. Has the Democratic Party ever united with smaller parties?
2. Have smaller parties joined up with the Democratic Party?
3. Do small, regional parties ever join forces with the Democrats?
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3m23y66po27sk68t9btk8xlstn76sw | cnn | (CNN) -- Real Madrid will name Jose Mourinho as their new coach on Monday after the Spanish giants confirmed they had agreed a compensation package with his current club Inter Milan.
Mourinho, who led the Italian Serie A side to an unprecedented treble this season, will now be released from his San Siro contract -- which ran until 2012.
The Portuguese, who has guided both Porto and Inter to Champions League glory, will be presented at 1:00pm local time on Monday in succession to Manuel Pellegrini -- who was sacked on Wednesday.
Blog: Mourinho will bring magic to Madrid
Mourinho reportedly had a release clause which meant Inter were to receive 16 million euros should he depart the club.
A joint statement from the two clubs read: "Presidents Massimo Moratti and Florentino Perez met on Friday and, In light of the excellent and constructive relations between the two clubs, an agreement was reached on the contractual clause that binds Jose Mourinho to FC Internazionale.
"The time and the manner by which the agreement will be honored has been defined. Massimo Moratti thanks Florentino Perez for his willingness to join him in Milan and for his courtesy, which confirms the strong links between the two clubs."
Moratti had earlier told reporters that he was unwilling to compromise with Real on the subject of the release clause.
"Mourinho has been spectacular, intelligent, brave and we acknowledge that," said Moratti. "This doesn't take away the fact that there is still an issue regarding the negotiations with Mourinho and with the club that wants him. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is president of Real Madrid?
2. Who oversees Real Madrid?
3. Who is in charge of Real Madrid as an organization?
Q2:
1. Who will be the new coach of Real Madrid?
2. Who is set to become the coach of Real Madrid?
3. Who has been chosen to serve as coach for Real Madrid?
Q3:
1. Who is Jose Mourinho becoming coach of?
2. What team will Jose Mourinho be coaching?
3. What team is Jose Mourinho set to lead?
Q4:
1. What country is Jose Mourinho from?
2. Where does Jose Mourinho come from?
3. What is Jose Mourinho's country of origin?
Q5:
1. What other teams has Jose Mourinho coached?
2. Where else has Jose Mourinho served as coach?
3. What are the two other teams that Jose Mourinho has coached?
Q6:
1. Was Jose Mourinho allowed to look for a job unrestricted?
2. What were the conditions of Jose Mourinho's job search?
3. Under what terms was Jose Mourinho permitted to look for a new job?
Q7:
1. Who is Jose Mourinho replacing?
2. What coach is being replaced by Jose Mourinho?
3. Who is Jose Mourinho taking over for?
Q8:
1. What happened to Manuel Pellegrini?
2. What did Real Madrid do to Manuel Pellegrini?
3. How did Manuel Pellegrini leave Real Madrid?
Q9:
1. Where is Manuel Pellegrini going?
2. To what country is Manuel Pellegrini moving?
3. What country is Manuel Pellegrini leaving for?
Q10:
1. When did Jose Mourinho's contract with San Siro end?
2. Until what year was Jose Mourinho under contract with San Siro?
3. When was the contract between San Siro and Jose Mourinho terminated?
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3gdtjdapvubcqpecituwg2id7qw8mj | race | In many countries, schools have long summer holidays, with shorter holidays in between.However, a new report suggests shortening school holidays to stop children forgetting what they have learnt during the long summer break.Instead of three school terms, it says, there should be five eight-week terms.And there should be just four weeks off in the summer, with a two-week break between the other terms.
Sonia Montero has two children at primary school and works full-time.She supports the idea."The kids," she says, " have much longer holidays then and I can't afford to take several weeks off work, so I need someone to take care of them.But nobody wants the work in the summer holidays -- they all have holidays of their own.
Not surprisingly, some young people disagree.Student Jason Panos says , "It's a stupid idea.I would hate staying at school in the summer.It's unfair, too.The people who suggest this had long school holidays when they were young, but now they want to stop us enjoying the summer.The kids in Spain and American have much longer holidays than here, but they don't forget everything they've learnt in a few months."
Nadia Salib agrees."Sure," she says, "the first week at school after the summer is never easy, but you soon get back into it.The real problem round here is that kids get bored after so many weeks out of school, and then some of them start causing trouble.But the answer is to give them something to do, not make everyone stay in school longer." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What organizations have long summer holidays?
2. Who benefits from long summer holidays?
3. What body gives long summer holidays?
Q2:
1. Are some proposing shorter holidays for students?
2. Has the prospect of shortened holidays been brought up?
3. Are some suggesting that school holidays should be shortened?
Q3:
1. What is the name of the woman with two kids?
2. Who in the article is mother to two children?
3. Who is the woman with two children?
Q4:
1. What does Sonia Montero have to say about the prospect of shortening holidays?
2. Why does Sonia Montero think shorter holidays would be a good thing?
3. For what reason is Sonia Montero in favor of shorter holidays?
Q5:
1. Who disagrees with Sonia Montero?
2. Who is not in favor of shorter holidays?
3. Who does not share Sonia Montero's position on shorter holidays?
Q6:
1. What did Jason Panos have to say about shorter holidays?
2. What was the opinion of Jason Panos with regards to shorter holidays?
3. How did Jason Panos feel about the prospect of shortened holidays?
Q7:
1. Which countries have long summer vacations?
2. What countries in particular have long summer holidays?
3. Where does Jason Panos note that students are given long holidays?
Q8:
1. What kinds of people agree with Jason Panos?
2. Who is generally in agreement with Jason Panos?
3. What group of people shares Jason Panos's point of view?
Q9:
1. Do the other students disagree with Jason Panos?
2. Do others think it would be useful to shorten vacation, alongside Sonia Montero??
3. Is there a chorus of people who believe vacation should be shortened?
Q10:
1. How long is the new report suggesting that summer vacation should last?
2. For how many weeks does the news report believe summer vacation should last?
3. How long would summer holidays last, if the suggested changes are made?
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3i33ic7zwf20293y59vqxkaaq2ka2o | race | In 2004, three young men went to a dinner party in San Francisco. Afterward ,they wanted to share a video from the party with their friends. They wanted to send it over the Internet. But at the time, the process of sharing videos that way was difficult. Using e-mail did not work and the friends complained that there, was no website to help them. So they created their own. They called their website YouTube. It made sharing videos easy, so the website soon became very popular. People watched 2.500 million videos in the first six months! Today, more than 70,000 new videos go up on YouTube each day. People watch more than 1,000 million videos a day. Many last no more than 10 minutes. These videos show all kinds of things, from sleeping cats to earthquakes. Most of the filmmakers are not professionals. They are just everyday people making videos, and they use the website in many interesting ways. First many people use YouTube to entertain others. One example is Judson Laipply. He made a funny dance video and put it on YouTube in 2006. People watched the video more than 10 million times in the first two weeks. Now people stop Judson on the street to ask, "Are you the dance guy on Youtube?" Some people have invited him to dance at their parties. A few women even asked to marry him. Judson wants to make more dance videos, and people look forward to seeing them. Other people use YouTube to advertise a business. David Taub does this. He is a guitar teacher and he sells videos of guitar lessons on his own website. He wanted to increase his business, so he put short videos with free lessons on YouTube. People enjoyed watching the lessons on YouTube, and afterward, many decided to go to David's own website. Now David sells hundreds of guitar lesson videos each week. People also use YouTube to help others. Ryan Fitzgerald is one example. Ryan is friendly young man who knows that some people are lonely and have no one to talk to. One day, he made a video of himself for YouTube. In the video, he gave his phone number and invited people to call him. In less than a week, he had more than 5,000 calls and messages from all over the world. These days, he is very busy talking on the phone. He helps people when he can, but mostly, he just listens, like a friend. Finally, some filmmakers use YouTube in a more serious way. They want to inform people about important events happening in the world. For example, they show clips of videos from countries at war, or they show people in need of help after a storm. Sometimes TV news shows do not give enough information about these events. Thanks to YouTube filmmakers, people can go to their computers and learn more. For many people, YouTube is more than just another website to visit. It is a way to communicate with others. More and more people are using it every day, and they will probably find even more ways to use it. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How many founders does YouTube have?
2. How many people were involved in the original creation of YouTube?
3. What number of people are credited with creating YouTube?
Q2:
1. In what year was YouTube founded?
2. When was YouTube invented?
3. What was the year of YouTube's creation?
Q3:
1. Did YouTube become popular right away?
2. Was YouTube an instant hit?
3. Did people instantly flock to YouTube?
Q4:
1. Does YouTube remain popular?
2. has YouTube been able to maintain its popularity?
3. Has YouTube continued to grow in popularity over the years?
Q5:
1. How many videos get uploaded to YouTube every day?
2. How many uploads does YouTube receive on a daily basis?
3. What is the daily number of videos that are uploaded to youtube?
Q6:
1. How many views does YouTube get per day?
2. How many videos are viewed on YouTube each day?
3. How many videos are people watching on YouTube on a daily basis?
Q7:
1. In what year did Judson Laipply upload his video?
2. When did Judson Laipply's video get uploaded to YouTube?
3. When did Judson Laipply gain his YouTube fame?
Q8:
1. What was Judson Laipply doing in his video?
2. What was featured in Judson Laipply's video?
3. What was the video Judson Laipply uploaded of?
Q9:
1. Was Judson Laipply's video an instant success?
2. Did Judson Laipply's video receive instant popularity?
3. Was Judson Laipply's video popular right away?
Q10:
1. Do people often recognize Judson Laipply from his video?
2. Does Judson Laipply get recognized on the street?
3. Is Judson Laipply ever recognized because of his video?
Q11:
1. Can you make money off of YouTube?
2. Can YouTube be a way of generating income?
3. Is it possible to use YouTube as a way to make money?
Q12:
1. What kind of content does David Taub upload?
2. What kind of lessons does David Taub give on YouTube?
3. What lessons are featured on David Taub's channel?
Q13:
1. Does David Taub charge money for his guitar lessons?
2. Do you have to pay to watch the guitar lessons on David Taub's channel?
3. Are David Taub's guitar lessons blocked by a paywall?
Q14:
1. Did YouTube help David Taub find new customers?
2. Was YouTube instrumental in finding David Taub more customers?
3. Did David Taub see an increase in customers thanks to his YouTube channel?
Q15:
1. How many people were calling David Taub in a week?
2. What number of calls was David Taub receiving per week?
3. How many calls did David Taub get in just a week?
Q16:
1. What was the subject of the video that sprung the idea of YouTube?
2. What did the founders of YouTube originally want to share a video of?
3. What video sprouted the idea of creating YouTube?
Q17:
1. Could the founders of YouTube use email to share their dinner party video?
2. Could the dinner party video have been shared using email?
3. Was email a sufficient method for sharing the dinner party video?
Q18:
1. Are only professionals allowed to upload to YouTube?
2. Is being a professional a requirement for uploading to YouTube?
3. Does YouTube only allow professionals to upload videos?
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3tmfv4nep8e8v18qmv0jp0k45vvw8p | cnn | (CNN) -- Rafael Nadal may be most at home on a clay tennis court, but he has always found comfort on the sea.
The "King of Clay" has racked up countless titles on his favored surface, but hailing from the island of Majorca, the Balearic Sea has also been the scene for much personal enjoyment.
There was no better way, then, for Nadal to gear up for this week's ATP Monte-Carlo Masters than to sail around Monaco's harbor while being treated to spectacular views of the Cote d'Azur coastline.
The world No. 1 -- who is looking to reclaim his title in the Principality after Novak Djokovic ended his eight-year reign in 2013 -- jumped on board the Tuiga, manning the rudder and learning the ropes of how to sail the Yacht Club de Monaco's flagship.
"It was a wonderful way to enjoy an afternoon," Nadal told the ATP World Tour's official website. "It was a special experience for me. I am from an island, so the sea, the sails and everything involved means a lot to me."
Nadal, who will also be looking to avenge last month's Miami Masters final defeat to Djokovic, still lives in the Majorcan town of Manacor where he was born.
But while the 27-year-old is more likely to be found on a motor boat than a sailing ship in the waters outside his house, his experience in Monte Carlo has left a lasting impression on him.
"I spend a lot of time on the sea when I'm at home, especially in the summer. I live in front of the sea and the port is three minutes from my home," he said. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What comforts Rafael Nadal?
2. What place is a source of comfort for Rafal Nadal?
3. What place does Rafael Nadal find soothing?
Q2:
1. What kind of space is Rafal Nadal's home turf?
2. Where does Rafael Nadal feel most at home?
3. Where is Rafael Nadal generally the most at home?
Q3:
1. Does Rafael Nadal have a royal nickname?
2. Is Rafael Nadal known by a regal nickname?
3. What regal term is Rafael Nadal also known by?
Q4:
1. What is the birthplace of Rafael Nadal?
2. Where does Rafael Nadal come from?
3. What island is Rafael Nadal from?
Q5:
1. Has Rafael Nadal enjoyed sailing the Baltic Sea?
2. Has Rafael Nadal taken pleasure in time spent sailing the Baltic Sea?
3. Has the Baltic Sea been a place that Rafael Nadal enjoys sailing?
Q6:
1. Where does Rafael Nadal plan on taking a trip?
2. Where is Rafael Nadal set to travel to?
3. What trip is Rafael Nadal set to take?
Q7:
1. What event is Rafael Nadal preparing for?
2. Which event is Rafael Nadal getting ready to participate in?
3. When in Monaco, what is Rafael Nadal set to take part in?
Q8:
1. Is Raphael Nadal ranked tenth in anything?
2. Does Rafael Nadal rank as tenth in the world?
3. Has Rafael Nadal placed tenth in something?
Q9:
1. What is Rafael Nadal seeking to avenge?
2. What event is Rafael Nadal on the hunt to avenge?
3. What does Rafael Nadal desire vengeance for?
Q10:
1. What vessel is Rafael Nadal sailing with?
2. What is the name of the boat that Rafael Nadal has set sail on?
3. Aboard what vessel does Rafael Nadal sail?
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3glb5jmzfxvofaehoy7hppchmvngdv | race | "The Lord of the Rings", one of the best sellers in the new millennium , was made up of three parts--"The Fellow Ship of the Ring", "Two Towers", and "The Return of the King". Millions upon millions of people have read it in over 25 different languages, but fewer know about the author and the history of the composition of the creative masterwork.
John Ronald Refuel Tolkien was born in South Africa in 1892. His parents died when he was a child. Living in England with his aunt, Tolkien and his cousins made up play languages, a hobby that led to Tolkien's becoming skilled in Welsh, Greek, Gothic, Old Norse and Anglo--Saxon.
After graduating from Oxford, Tolkien served in World War I. In 1917, while recovering from trench fever he began composing the mythology for The Rings. As a professor of Anglo-Saxon in the 1930s at Oxford, Tolkien was part of an informal discussion group called the Inklings, which included several writers. The group was soon 1istening to chapters of Tolkien's imaginative work "The Hobbit".
Hobbit was a name Tolkien created for people that could best be described as half-sized members of the English rural class. Hobbits live in hillside holes. One of them,Bilbo Baggins, looks for treasures with a group of dwarves . On the way, he meets the twisted, pitiful creature Gollum, from whom he sees a golden ring that makes the holder invisible.
One of Tolkien's students persuaded her employer, publisher Allen & Unwind, to look at a draft . The chairman of the firm, Stanley Unwind, thought that the best judge for a Children's book would be his ten-year-old son. The boy earned a shilling for reporting back that the adventure was exciting, and "The Hobbit" was published in 1937.
It sold so well that Unwind asked for a continuation. Over a dozen years later, in 1954, Tolkien produced "The Lord of the Rings", a series of books so creative that they hold readers both new and old -- after their publication. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who penned the Lord of the Rings?
2. What is the name of the man who wrote the Lord of the Rings?
3. What was the author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy called?
Q2:
1. What was the year of JRR Tolkien's birth?
2. In what year was JRR Tolkien born?
3. When was JRR Tolkien born?
Q3:
1. In what country was JRR Tolkien born?
2. What country did JRR Tolkien originally come from?
3. Where is JRR Tolkien from?
Q4:
1. Who was JRR Tolkien raised by?
2. What family member raised JRR Tolkien?
3. Who was JRR Tolkien brought up by?
Q5:
1. What would JRR Tolkien and his cousins do for fun?
2. What did JRR Tolkien and his cousins do to pass the time?
3. How would JRR Tolkien and his cousins amuse themselves?
Q6:
1. What languages was JRR Tolkien taught?
2. What real languages did JRR Tolkien learn to speak?
3. What were the real languages that JRR Tolkien came to speak?
Q7:
1. What are the three books that make up the Lord of the Rings triology?
2. What three books is the Lord of the Rings composed of?
3. What three volumes are a part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy?
Q8:
1. What university did JRR Tolkien attend?
2. Where did JRR Tolkien go to school?
3. At what university was JRR Tolkien a student?
Q9:
1. Did JRR Tolkien leave Oxford without a diploma?
2. Did JRR Tolkien quit Oxford before graduating?
3. Did JRR Tolkien choose not to finish his studies at Oxford?
Q10:
1. What subject did JRR Tolkien teach?
2. What was JRR Tolkien a professor of?
3. What subject did JRR Tolkien give classes in?
Q11:
1. What was the name of JRR Tolkien's discussion group?
2. What was the discussion group that Tolkien participated in called?
3. What did JRR Tolkien's discussion group call themselves?
Q12:
1. Give a description of the hobbits.
2. What kind of creatures were the hobbits?
3. What did a hobbit look like, according to Tolkien?
Q13:
1. Was a hobbit the same thing as a dwarf?
2. Were dwarves and hobbits identical to each other?
3. Were hobbits described as a kind of dwarf?
Q14:
1. Where did the hobbits make their homes?
2. Where did th hobbits live?
3. What was the location of the hobbit homes?
Q15:
1. Who is the hobbit that JRR Tolkien wrote about?
2. What was the name of an important hobbit?
3. Who is the hobbit that went on an adventure in JRR Tolkien's novel?
Q16:
1. What frightening creature did Bilbo Baggins meet?
2. What frightful creature did Bilbo Baggins encounter?
3. What was the sorrowful being encountered by Bilbo Baggins?
Q17:
1. How much was the editor's child given for reviewing The Hobbit?
2. How much did the young child make for his review of The Hobbit?
3. What sum was the editor's child given for his review of The Hobbit?
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3w8cv64qj2zqcgwbwokxot5sady9hp | cnn | (CNN) -- Tiger Woods lived up to his star billing at the Turkish Airlines Open with a tournament best 63 Friday to put himself firmly in contention at the halfway stage of the $7 million event.
The World No.1 has been followed by sizable and sometimes over enthusiastic galleries in Antalya and was left frustrated by rain delays on the first day.
Woods returned early Friday morning to play the final eight holes of this opening round, picking up three birdies before a late bogey left him on two-under 70.
But after a short break the 14-time major winner began to justify his appearance fee with stunning iron and approach play.
He charged up the leader board to move to 11-under, just one adrift of Race to Dubai leader Henrik Stenson, Ian Poulter, Victor Dubuisson and Justin Walters.
"I'm right there; that's the whole idea," he told the European Tour website. "Got two more days of hopefully making a lot of birdies.
"We know it's going to take something really low. You're going to have to go 20 plus probably to win this tournament," he added.
Stenson, who formed a star studded trio with Woods and U.S. Open champion Justin Rose, backed up his first round 64 with a 68, despite playing with an injured wrist.
"It's not in a great state. I have inflammation there, and I strained something else yesterday, as well before I teed off.
"So it's not in great shape and I'm just hanging in there day by day and hope it keeps together for another couple of days," said the Swede. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did Tiger Woods play on Friday?
2. What was Tiger Woods completing on Friday?
3. Where did Tiger Woods play Friday?
Q2:
1. What was Tiger Woods' score at the game?
2. What score did Tiger Woods receive?
3. What score did Tiger Woods end up with?
Q3:
1. Were there any issues on the first day of the Turkish Airlines Open?
2. Did the first day of the Turkish Airlines Open come with any problems?
3. Was there a hitch in the program on the first day of the Turkish Airlines Open?
Q4:
1. What was the problem on the first day of the Turkish Airlines Open?
2. What caused delays on the first day of Turkish Airlines Open?
3. What brought part of the Turkish Airlines Open to a halt?
Q5:
1. How many times has Tiger Woods been crowned a major winner?
2. How many times has Tiger Woods been declared winner?
3. In how many major events has Tiger Woods been victorious?
Q6:
1. According to Tiger Woods, what score is he going to need to win?
2. What score will likely be necessary for Tiger Woods to win?
3. How many points is Tiger Woods probably going to need to win?
Q7:
1. Who all is leading the Turkish Airlines Open?
2. What are the names of the men leading in the Turkish Airlines Open?
3. Who all is at the top of the board of the Turkish Airlines Open event?
Q8:
1. How many points did Henrik Stenson score in the first round?
2. What score did Henrik Stenson end up with in the first round?
3. What was Henrik Stenson's score in the first round?
Q9:
1. How many points did Henrik Stenson score in the second round?
2. What score did Henrik Stenson end up with in the second round?
3. What was Henrik Stenson's score in the second round?
Q10:
1. Is Henrik Stenson injured?
2. Is Henrik Stenson playing with an injury?
3. Does Henrik Stenson have anything wrong with him?
Q11:
1. What is wrong with Henrik Stenson?
2. What injury is Henrik Stenson playing with?
3. What is the source of Henrik Stenson's pain?
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3glb5jmzfxvofaehoy7hppchm00gdi | wikipedia | North Rhine-Westphalia (, , commonly shortened to NRW) is the most populous state of Germany, with a population of approximately 18 million, and the fourth largest by area. Its capital is Düsseldorf; the largest city is Cologne. Four of Germany's ten largest cities—Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, and Essen—are located within the state, as well as the second largest metropolitan area on the European continent, Rhine-Ruhr.
North Rhine-Westphalia was formed in 1946 as a merger of the provinces of North Rhine and Westphalia, both formerly parts of Prussia, and the Free State of Lippe. It makes up almost a quarter of the population and a quarter of the economy of Germany.
The first written account of the area was by its conqueror, Julius Caesar, the territories west of the Rhine were occupied by the Eburones and east of the Rhine he reported the Ubii (across from Cologne) and the Sugambri to their north. The Ubii and some other Germanic tribes such as the Cugerni were later settled on the west side of the Rhine in the Roman province of Germania Inferior. Julius Caesar conquered the tribes on the left bank, and Augustus established numerous fortified posts on the Rhine, but the Romans never succeeded in gaining a firm footing on the right bank, where the Sugambri neighboured several other tribes including the Tencteri and Usipetes. North of the Sigambri and the Rhine region were the Bructeri. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which state has the highest population in Germany?
2. Which German state is its most populous?
3. What German state is home to the highest amount of people?
Q2:
1. Is NRW an acronym?
2. Does NRW stand for anything?
3. Is NRW short for something?
Q3:
1. What is NRW an acronym for?
2. What does NRW signify?
3. What is NRW short for?
Q4:
1. What is the population of North Rhine-Westphalia?
2. How many residents does North Rhine-Westphalia have?
3. How many people live in NRW?
Q5:
1. When was North Rhine-Westphalia formed?
2. In what year was North Rhine-Westphalia established?
3. What was the year of North Rhine-Westphalia's founding?
Q6:
1. Is North Rhine-Westphalia important to the German economy?
2. Does North Rhine-Westphalia play a big part in Germany's commerce?
3. Does North Rhine-Westphalia represent a large portion of Germany's economy?
Q7:
1. What fraction of Germany's economy is attributed to North Rhine-Westphalia?
2. How much of the German economy does North Rhine-Westphalia make up?
3. What portion of the German economy does NRW represent?
Q8:
1. Did the creation of North Rhine-Westphalia merge two areas together?
2. Were two regions brought together when North Rhine-Westphalia was founded?
3. Did the establishment of NRW bring together two provinces?
Q9:
1. What two provinces were merged by the establishment of North Rhine-Westphalia?
2. What regions did North Rhine-Westphalia bring together when it was founded?
3. Which two provinces merged as a result of the creation of NRW?
Q10:
1. What leader of Rome is mentioned in the article?
2. Which Roman head of state does the article mention?
3. Who is the Roman leader that the article makes reference to?
Q11:
1. What is the connection between Julius Caesar and North Rhine-Westphalia?
2. Why is Julius Caesar important to the state of North Rhine-Westphalia?
3. What significance does Julius Caesar have in North Rhine-Westphalia?
Q12:
1. What impact did Julius Casesar have on the physical region of North Rhine-Westphalia?
2. What did Julius Caesar do to the North Rhine-Westphalia region?
3. In addition to writing an account of the region, what other importance did Julius Caesar have in North Rhine-Westphalia?
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3h7z272lx77dqzv84yvs2byew10plo | wikipedia | A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system used in geography that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position, and two or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation.
To specify a location on a two-dimensional map requires a map projection.
The invention of a geographic coordinate system is generally credited to Eratosthenes of Cyrene, who composed his now-lost "Geography" at the Library of Alexandria in the 3rd century BC. A century later, Hipparchus of Nicaea improved on this system by determining latitude from stellar measurements rather than solar altitude and determining longitude by timings of lunar eclipses, rather than dead reckoning. In the 1st or 2nd century, Marinus of Tyre compiled an extensive gazetteer and mathematically-plotted world map using coordinates measured east from a prime meridian at the westernmost known land, designated the Fortunate Isles, off the coast of western Africa around the Canary or Cape Verde Islands, and measured north or south of the island of Rhodes off Asia Minor. Ptolemy credited him with the full adoption of longitude and latitude, rather than measuring latitude in terms of the length of the midsummer day. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is a common way of determining coordinates?
2. How are coordinates usually chosen?
3. How does one normally calculate coordinates?
Q2:
1. How are geographic coordinate systems defined?
2. What is the definition of a geographic coordinate system?
3. What does the term geographic coordinate system mean?
Q3:
1. In a geographic coordinate system, how are the coordinates chosen?
2. By what metric are coordinates chosen in a geographic coordinate system?
3. How do you choose coordinates when you use a geographic coordinate system?
Q4:
1. What do you need to specify a location in a two-dimensional map?
2. When using a two-dimensional map, what is needed to specify a location?
3. In order to find a precise location on a two-dimensional map, what is required?
Q5:
1. Who is generally accepted as the creator of the geographic coordinate system?
2. Who is believed to have invented the geographic coordinate system?
3. Who is the generally accepted inventor of the geographic coordinate system?
Q6:
1. When did Eratosthenes create the geographic coordinate system?
2. In what century was the geographic coordinate system invented?
3. What century did Eratosthenes invent the geographic coordinate system in?
Q7:
1. Who refined the geographic coordinate system after Eratosthenes?
2. Who later improved upon the geographic coordinate system invented by Eratosthenes?
3. Who was able to improve upon the geographic coordinate system of Eratosthenes?
Q8:
1. How did Hipparchus of Nicaea improve the geographic coordinate system?
2. What did Hipparchus of Nicaea do to refine the geographic coordinate system?
3. What improvement did Hipparchus of Nicaea make to the gographic coordinate system?
Q9:
1. What contribution did Marinus of Tyre make?
2. How did Marinus of Tyre contribute to coordinate systems?
3. What was the role Marinus of Tyre in the field of geography?
Q10:
1. Where did Eratosthenes invent the geographic coordinate system?
2. In what location did Eratosthenes create the geographic coordinate system?
3. What was the location of Eratosthenes' invention?
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3a4nixbj76z75wyvci30l74jqs6lmw | mctest | Joe's parents are farmers and they have a huge farm with cows, chickens, and ducks. Joe loves the farm and all the things he gets to play around and play on. One day, Joe's father told him not to get near a tractor that was sitting in the field. His father was worried that Joe would climb on it and hurt himself. Joe went out to the field and was feeding the horses and cows. When he was done, he saw the tractor his father told him not to get near. He knew that climbing on the tractor wouldn't hurt anything, so he did. He climbed on to the seat and sat there. Then, he pretended he was his father and pretended that he was driving the tractor. Joe's father saw him playing on the tractor and called for him. Joe heard his father calling for him and got off the tractor really fast. When he did that, he fell off and hurt his arm. Joe was in pain and his father came running to check on him and picked him up and sat him on a bench and asked him why he did that. Joe looked at his father and said, "I wanted to be like you." Joe's father gave him a hug and asked him if he wanted to ride with him on the tractor. Joe did and after he got a bandage on his arm, he and his father rode in the field on the tractor. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did Joe's father warn him not to do?
2. What didn't Joe's father want him to do?
3. What did Joe's father want the boy to avoid?
Q2:
1. Why didn't Joe's father want him near the tractor?
2. Why did Joe's father want him to stay away from the tractor?
3. Why was Joe's father worried about him climbing the tractor?
Q3:
1. Did Joe obey his father?
2. Did Joe do as his father asked?
3. Did Joe follow his father's advice and stay away from the tractor?
Q4:
1. How did Joe disobey his father?
2. What did Joe do when he saw the tractor?
3. What action did Joe perform, contrary to his father's wishes?
Q5:
1. Why did Joe disobey his father like he did?
2. Why did Joe go against his father's wishes?
3. What was Joe's reasoning for disobeying his father?
Q6:
1. Was Joe only in the field because he wanted to climb the tractor?
2. Did Joe only go out into the field in order to get on the tractor?
3. Was the tractor the only reason Joe had gone to the field?
Q7:
1. What was the main reason that Joe was in the field?
2. Why had Joe gone out into the field in the first place?
3. What was Joe in the field to do?
Q8:
1. Was Joe sucessful in climbing the tractor?
2. Did Joe get away with disobeying his father and climbing the tractor?
3. Was Joe able to climb the tractor without incident?
Q9:
1. Why wasn't Joe able to get away with climbing the tractor unseen?
2. What happened that startled Joe?
3. What happened that made Joe lose his balance on the tractor?
Q10:
1. Did hearing his father make Joe lose his balance?
2. Did his father's call startle Joe?
3. Was Joe caught off guard by his father calling for him?
Q11:
1. What happened to Joe when his father called for him?
2. When Joe heard his father calling, what happened?
3. What happened next after Joe heard his father calling?
Q12:
1. Was Joe badly injured?
2. Did Joe get hurt badly in the fall?
3. Was it bad when Joe fell from the tractor?
Q13:
1. Was Joe's father upset with him?
2. Did Joe's dad get angry at him?
3. Did Joe's dad yell at him after he fell off the truck?
Q14:
1. Why wasn't Joe's dad upset with him after the tractor incident?
2. For what reason did Joe's father remain calm after he fell from the tractor?
3. Why was Joe's father not upset with him for getting on the tractor?
Q15:
1. What did Joe say that touched his father's heart?
2. What were Joe's words that made his father not upset?
3. What did Joe say to his dad that made him not angry?
Q16:
1. What do Joe and his dad do next?
2. What will Joe and his father do together after his fall?
3. What are Joe and his dad going to do together now?
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3s3amizx3u5byyycmcbyzyr2ny2dce | cnn | (CNN) -- They share the same surname -- Djokovic -- but for now at least, that is where the similarity ends.
Novak is at the pinnacle of his sport and was the center of attention in Dubai after completing in his first victory since winning the Australian Open in January.
At 20, Marko is four years younger, and 868 places further down the rankings -- and on Monday he slumped to an opening-round defeat in front of his elder sibling.
Djokovic senior was on hand to watch his brother's elimination, at the hands of Russian qualifier Andrey Golubev, but says that Marko can make his mark in the upper echelons of the game.
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"He has to face the pressure of having the Djokovic surname," Novak said in quotes carried by AFP.
"He's trying to fight with his mind more than with his game. When he is able to focus on that and not on his doubts he can become a world-class player."
He admitted it was tough to watch Marko's 6-3 6-2 reverse. "It was difficult for me to sit courtside," he said. "I have not done it too much.
"At least when I'm playing I know what's going on. But I was happy my brother got a wild card. He is not at his level yet, but he's getting there."
As for Marko, he said there were plenty of positives and negatives to being the brother of the world's No. 1 player. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How far apart in rank are the Djokovic brothers?
2. How far down in the rankings is Marko from Novak?
3. How far up in rank is Novak from Marko?
Q2:
1. What sport do the Djokovic brothers play?
2. What sport do Novak and Marko play?
3. What sport is practiced by Novak and Marko
Q3:
1. What is the relationship between Marko and Novak?
2. How are Marko and Novak related to each other?
3. What is the familial relation of Marko to Novak?
Q4:
1. Which of the Djokovic brothers is the superior player?
2. Who is the better player: Marko or Novak?
3. Who is the superior player between Marko and Novak?
Q5:
1. What is the age difference between the Djokovic brothers?
2. How much older is Novak than Marko?
3. How much younger is Marko than his brother?
Q6:
1. Who was present to watch Marko lose?
2. Who was sitting courtside during Marko's loss?
3. Who was in attendance when Marko lost?
Q7:
1. Who eliminated Marko Djokovic?
2. Who bested Marko Djokovic?
3. Who was the winner of Marko Djokovic's game?
Q8:
1. Where is Andrey Golubev from?
2. What country is Andrey Golubev from?
3. What country does Andrey Golubev come from?
Q9:
1. Is Novak Djokovic considered to be a good player?
2. Is Novak Djokovic regarded as an excellent player?
3. Do people consider Novak Djokovic to be at the top of his game?
Q10:
1. What big match has Novak Djokovic won?
2. What important event did Novak Djokovic win?
3. What well-known event was Novak Djokovic champion at?
Q11:
1. When did Novak Djokovic win the Australian Open?
2. In what month was Novak Djokovic champion of the Australian Open?
3. In what month did the Australian Open won by Novak Djokovic take place?
Q12:
1. How did Novak Djokovic feel about watching his younger brother lose?
2. How did it feel for Novak Djokovic to sit courtside at his brother's losing match?
3. What were Novak Djokovic feelings about watching his brother lose?
Q13:
1. what pressure does Marko Djokovic face?
2. What seems to be putting pressure on Marko Djokovic?
3. What factor seems to be causing an issue for Marko Djokovic?
Q14:
1. What kind of card was Marko Djokovic granted?
2. What card was given to Marko Djokovic?
3. What card was Novak Djokovic happy his brother received?
Q15:
1. What is the worlwide rank of Marko Djokovic's brother?
2. What is the rank of Novak Djokovic?
3. Where does Novak Djokovic rank among tennis players worldwide?
Q16:
1. In what context is Novak Djokovic no. 1 tennis player?
2. Novak Djokovic is no. 1 in tennis out of what group of people?
3. By what metric is Novak Djokovic ranked the top tennis player?
Q17:
1. Does Marko have mixed feelings about his brother's success?
2. Is Novak's success tough on Marko?
3. Is Marko not sure how to feel about his brother's prowess?
Q18:
1. Does Novak Djokovic believe in his brother?
2. Does the brother of Marko Djokovic have faith in him?
3. Is Novak Djokovic rooting for his little brother?
Q19:
1. According to Novak, what does his brother need to do to improve?
2. What does Novak think his brother needs to do in order to get better?
3. How will Marko get better at tennis, according to his brother?
Q20:
1. What does Novak think that Marko needs to focus on?
2. What should Marko focus on, in the eyes of his brother?
3. In Novak's words, what must his brother focus on in order to improve?
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3y4w8q93lzk7x74cdt63pqfr9gndv5 | gutenberg | CHAPTER III.
Noah, who is the first seafaring man we read of, begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japhet. Authors, it is true, are not wanting who affirm that the patriarch had a number of other children. Thus Berosus makes him father of the gigantic Titans; Methodius gives him a son called Jonithus, or Jonicus (who was the first inventor of Johnny cakes); and others have mentioned a son, named Thuiscon, from whom descended the Teutons or Teutonic, or, in other words, the Dutch nation.
I regret exceedingly that the nature of my plan will not permit me to gratify the laudable curiosity of my readers, by investigating minutely the history of the great Noah. Indeed, such an undertaking would be attended with more trouble than many people would imagine; for the good old patriarch seems to have been a great traveler in his day, and to have passed under a different name in every country that he visited. The Chaldeans, for instance, give us his story, merely altering his name into Xisuthrus--a trivial alteration, which to an historian skilled in etymologies will appear wholly unimportant. It appears, likewise, that he had exchanged his tarpaulin and quadrant among the Chaldeans for the gorgeous insignia of royalty, and appears as a monarch in their annals. The Egyptians celebrate him under the name of Osiris; the Indians as Menu; the Greek and Roman writers confound him with Ogyges; and the Theban with Deucalion and Saturn. But the Chinese, who deservedly rank among the most extensive and authentic historians, inasmuch as they have known the world much longer than any one else, declare that Noah was no other than Fohi; and what gives this assertion some air of credibility is that it is a fact, admitted by the most enlightened _literati_, that Noah traveled into China, at the time of the building of the Tower of Babel (probably to improve himself in the study of languages), and the learned Dr. Shuckford gives us the additional information that the ark rested on a mountain on the frontiers of China. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was the first seafaring man mentioned?
2. What seafaring man was the first to be read of?
3. Whose story got read first?
Q2:
1. What was Noah's profession?
2. What did Noah do?
3. What kind of man was Noah?
Q3:
1. Are any of Noah's siblings mentioned?
2. Did Noah grow up with brothers and sisters?
3. Did Noah have any brothers or sisters?
Q4:
1. Did Noah sire any children?
2. Did Noah have any kids?
3. Did Noah father children?
Q5:
1. Was Noah a father to sons or to daughters?
2. Did Noah have sons or daughters?
3. Were Noah's children his sons or his daughters?
Q6:
1. How many sons did Noah have?
2. What number of children did Noah have?
3. How many sons did Noah father?
Q7:
1. What were Noah's sons named?
2. What were the names of Noah's three sons?
3. How were the three children Noah father called?
Q8:
1. Who did Berosus say fathered the titans?
2. Who was said to be the father of titans?
3. According to Berosus, who sired the titans?
Q9:
1. Who gave Noah the son Jonithus?
2. Who imagined Noah as the father of Jonithus?
3. Who attributed Jonithus to Noah's lineage?
Q10:
1. Who is associated with Thusicon?
2. What people come from Thusicon?
3. Who sprug from the son Thusicon?
Q11:
1. Which son was the inventor of johnny cakes?
2. From what name do johnny cakes come from?
3. Who is the originator of johnny cakes?
Q12:
1. Was researching Noah an easy task?
2. Was it easy to do research on Noah?
3. Was researching Noah something that pretty much anyone could do?
Q13:
1. Was Noah a traveler?
2. Was Noah known to travel?
3. Did Noah make many voyages?
Q14:
1. What name did the Chaldeans give to Noah?
2. How was Noah known to the Chaldeans?
3. What did the Chaldeans change Noah's name to?
Q15:
1. How was Noah known to the Egyptians?
2. WHo was the equivalent of Noah for the Egyptians?
3. What name did the Egyptians give to Noah?
Q16:
1. How was Noah known to the Greeks?
2. Who was the equivalent of Noah for the Greeks?
3. What name did the Greeks give to Noah?
Q17:
1. How was Noah known to the Chinese?
2. WHo was the equivalent of Noah for the Chinese?
3. What name did the Chinese give to Noah?
Q18:
1. Did Noah ever go to China?
2. Did Noah's travels take him to China?
3. Was Noah able to visit China?
Q19:
1. What structure did Noah witness being built?
2. What was being constructed during Noah's time?
3. What was being built during Noah's voyage to China?
Q20:
1. What was the location of Noah's Ark?
2. Where could Noah's Ark be found?
3. What was the resting place of the ark??
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3xcc1odxdlb9t9r09v7dosxn6ccrqh | race | Marco Polo was from Venice, Italy. In 1271, at age 17, Marco went on a trip with his father and uncle to China. Today people often travel to different places around the world. But it was very hard for people from Europe to visit China then. After three and a half years, the Polos reached China on 1275. While he was there, Marco Polo worked for Kublai Khan, the emperor of China. He was able to learn and experience many things that were new to Europeans. In his diary, he wrote, "Kublai Khan's palace is the greatest I've ever seen. The streets of the new capital. Daidu, are so straight and so wide." Paper money also took him by surprise, since it was not yet in use in the West at that time. Homes were heated with "black stones... which burn like wood." These stones were coal, and most of the Europeans knew little about it then. After 17 years in China, Marco and his family finally returned to Venice in 1292. After he returned home, Marco completed a book about his trip, full of facts about his wonderful experiences in China. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where was Marco Polo from?
2. Where was Marco Polo born?
3. Where did Marco Polo come from?
Q2:
1. What country was Marco Polo from?
2. What country was Marco Polo born in?
3. Marco Polo came from what country?
Q3:
1. Where did Marco Polo go on a trip to?
2. Marco Polo visited what place on a trip?
3. What country did Marco Polo travel to?
Q4:
1. Who did Marco Polo travel with to China?
2. Who accompanied Marco Polo on his trip to China?
3. Who did Marco Polo take a trip with?
Q5:
1. When did Marco Polo and his father and uncle take the trip?
2. In what year did Marco Polo travel to China?
3. When did Marco Polo visit China?
Q6:
1. How old was Marco Polo when he traveled to China?
2. What was Marco Polo's age when he went on a trip to China with his father and uncle?
3. While going to visit China, how old was Marco Polo?
Q7:
1. Was it easy for people to go to China?
2. In 1271, was traveling to China easy for people?
3. Around the time that Marco Polo went to China, was it easy for people to do so?
Q8:
1. How long did it take Marco Polo and his relatives to reach China?
2. How long did Marco Polo's journey to China take?
3. How much time did it take Marco Polo to get to China?
Q9:
1. How long did Marco Polo stay in China?
2. How many years did Marco Polo spend in China?
3. Marco Polo and his father and uncle spent how long in China?
Q10:
1. Did Marco Polo work in China?
2. Did Marco Polo take up a job in China?
3. Was Marco Polo working in China?
Q11:
1. Who did Marco Polo work for in China?
2. Where was Marco Polo working in China?
3. Where did Marco Polo work in China?
Q12:
1. Who is Kublai Khan?
2. Who is the person Marco Polo was working for in China?
3. Who is Kublai Khan, Marco Polo's employer in China?
Q13:
1. Did Marco Polo learn new things in China?
2. While in China, did Marco Polo learn anything?
3. Did Marco Polo learn new things while staying in China?
Q14:
1. What kind of money was being used in China when Marco Polo was living there?
2. When Marco Polo was in China, what type of money was being used?
3. People used what kind of money in China when Marco Polo was working there?
Q15:
1. Had Marco Polo seen paper money before he moved to China?
2. Had Marco Polo seen paper money before seeing it in China?
3. Had Marco Polo used paper money before coming to China?
Q16:
1. Were homes in China heated?
2. When Marco Polo moved to China, were the houses there heated?
3. When Marco Polo was working in China, did people heat their homes?
Q17:
1. How were homes heated in China?
2. While Marco Polo was living in China, how were houses kept warm and heated?
3. How did people in China heat their homes?
Q18:
1. In what year did Marco Polo and his father and uncle return to Italy?
2. When did Marco Polo return from China?
3. When did Marco Polo go home from China?
Q19:
1. Did Marco Polo enjoy his trip to China?
2. Did Marco Polo enjoy his stay in China?
3. Did Marco Polo like his time and experiences in China?
Q20:
1. Did Marco Polo make anything about his time in China?
2. Did Marco Polo commemorate his time in China in any way?
3. Did Marco Polo record his experiences in China in some way?
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3vj40nv2qinjocrcy7k4z235g3htot | race | Why does most of the world travel on the right side today? Theories differ, but there's no doubt that Napoleon was a major influence. The French had used the right since at least the late 18th century. Some say that before the French Revolution, noblemen drove their carriages on the left, forcing the peasants to the right. Regardless of the origin, Napoleon brought right-hand traffic to the nations he conquered, including Russia, Switzerland and Germany. Hitler, in turn, ordered right-hand traffic in Czechoslovakia and Austria in the 1930s. Nations that escaped right-hand control, like Great Britain, followed their left-hand tradition.
The U.S. has not always been a nation of right-hand rivers; earlier in its history, carriage and horse traffic traveled on the left, as it did in England. But by the late 1700s, people driving large wagons pulled by several pairs of horses began promoting a shift to the right. A driver would sit on the rear left horse in order to wave his whip with his right hand; to see opposite traffic clearly, they traveled on the right.
One of the final moves to firmly standardize traffic directions in the U.S. occurred in the 20th century, when Henry Ford decided to mass-produce his cars with controls on the left (one reason, stated in 1908; the convenience for passengers exiting directly onto the edge, especially... if there is a lady to be considered). Once these rules were set, many countries eventually adjusted to the right-hand standard, including Canada in the 1920s, Sweden in 1967 and Burma in 1970. The U.K. and former colonies such as Australia and India are among the western world's few remaining holdouts. Several Asian countries, including Japan, use the left as well -- thought many places use both right-hand-drive and left-hand-drive cars. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who heavily influenced the worldwide notion of driving on the right side?
2. Who was a major influence on the world driving on the right side?
3. Who was an influence on the theory of the world traveling on the right side of the road?
Q2:
1. Who had been driving on the right side since early on?
2. Who first used the right side to drive?
3. Who were the first ones to start driving on the right side of the road?
Q3:
1. Since when were the French driving on the right side?
2. The French had been using the right side since what year?
3. When did the French start using the right side of the road to drive on?
Q4:
1. Why did noblemen in France drive their carriages on the left side of the road?
2.
3.
Q5:
1. Where did Napoleon enforce right-handed traffic?
2. Where did Napoleon bring right-handed traffic to?
3.
Q6:
1. What nations did Napoleon enforce right-handed traffic in?
2. Napoleon brought right-handed traffic to what countries?
3. Amongst the nations he conquered, Napoleon enforced right-handed traffic in which ones?
Q7:
1. Who ordered right-handed traffic in Austria?
2. Who enforced right-handed traffic in Austria?
3. Who started and regulated right-handed traffic in Austria?
Q8:
1. Where else did Hitler order right-handed traffic?
2. Hitler ordered right-handed traffic in Austria and where else?
3. Other than Austria, where else did Hitler enforce right-handed traffic?
Q9:
1. When did Hitler start right-handed traffic in Austria and Czechoslovakia?
2. In what year was right-handed traffic started by Hitler?
3. When did Hitler start enforcing right-handed traffic in the countries he oversaw?
Q10:
1. Which country continued driving on the left side?
2. Which nation continued their tradition of driving on the left?
3. Who kept up their tradition of driving on the left side of the road?
Q11:
1. Did the US always drive on the right side of the road?
2. Were the people in the US always right-side drivers?
3. Did the US drive on the right-side exclusively?
Q12:
1. What was the driving tradition in the US's early history?
2. How did people use to drive in the US in earlier times?
3.
Q13:
1. When did the driving traditions in the US switch to being on the right?
2. Around what year did people switch to driving on the right-side in the US?
3.
Q14:
1. Why did people make a switch to driving on the right in the US?
2. Why was switch to driving on the right side promoted in the US?
3. What led to people driving on the right side in the US?
Q15:
1. When were traffic directions standardized in the US?
2. Traffic directions were finally standardized in the US in what year?
3.
Q16:
1. Who helped standardize traffic directions in the US?
2. Who had a hand in helping to standardize traffic directions in the US
3. Who influenced the decision to standardize traffic directions in the US?
Q17:
1. How did Henry Ford help standardize traffic directions in the US?
2. How was Henry Ford a major influence on standardizng traffic directions in the US?
3.
Q18:
1. Who converted to the US's driving standards soon after the US?
2. Right after US standardized its traffic directions, what country converted to US's standards?
3.
Q19:
1. when did Canada adopt US's driving standards?
2. When did Canada follow suit and adopt the US's standardized traffic directions?
3. When did Canada start following the US's traffic directions?
Q20:
1. Who else converted to the US's driving standards?
2. Who else started following the US's driving standards after Canada?
3.
Q21:
1. When did Sweden adopt US's driving standards?
2. When did Sweden follow suit and adopt the US's standardized traffic directions?
3. When did Sweden start following the US's traffic directions?
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3ekvh9qmey4y0g6apjmsnligcfqd2n | cnn | Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) -- An emotional Oscar Pistorius apologized Monday to the family of Reeva Steenkamp, the girlfriend he killed on Valentine's Day last year, saying he woke up thinking of them and praying for them every day.
"I would like to take this opportunity to apologize -- to Mr. and Mrs. Steenkamp, to Reeva's family -- to those who are here today who knew her," Pistorius said as he took the stand for the first time at his murder trial.
"I can't imagine the pain and the sorrow and the emptiness that I have caused you and your family. ... I can promise you that when she went to bed that night, she felt loved," he said, his voice breaking as if he was fighting back tears.
It was the first time he has spoken in public about Steenkamp's death, which he says was an accident. He pleaded not guilty to murder when the high-profile trial opened last month.
Steenkamp's mother, June, sat stony-faced in court as South Africa's onetime Olympic golden boy choked out his statement.
Judge Thokozile Masipa also betrayed no emotion as Pistorius spoke but did once ask him to talk louder, saying she could hardly hear him.
Monday was the first day of the defense phase of the trial, following three weeks of prosecution in March.
Pistorius, who says he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder in his house in the dark, testified that he has been suffering nightmares since the killing and wakes up smelling blood. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where is this report taking place?
2. Where is the report coming from?
3.
Q2:
1. What is happening in the report?
2. What incident is the news report describing?
3.
Q3:
1. What was the name of the woman who was killed by Oscar Pistorius?
2. What was the woman who was murdered by Oscar Pistorius called?
3. What was Oscar Pistorius's girlfriend's name?
Q4:
1. When did Oscar Pistorius kill his girlfriend?
2. When did Oscar Pistorius murder Reeva Steenkamp?
3. When was Reeva Steenkamp killed by Oscar Pistorius?
Q5:
1. What phase is Oscar Pistorius's trial in?
2. What phase is Reeva Steenkamp's murder trial in?
3. Oscar Pistorius's trial is in what phase?
Q6:
1. Did Oscar Pistorius say anything?
2. Did Oscar Pistorius talk in public?
3.
Q7:
1. What did Oscar Pistorius say?
2. What did Oscar Pistorius say in his public appearance?
3.
Q8:
1. What did Oscar Pistorius say happened on the day he killed his girlfriend?
2. How did Oscar Pistorius describe the events of the night he killed his girlfriend?
3. What did Oscar Pistorius say happened during the incident where his girlfriend was killed?
Q9:
1. How long was the first phase of Oscar Pistorius's trial?
2. How long did the first phase of Oscar Pistorius's trial last?
3.
Q10:
1. Why was Oscar Pistorius's trial a high profile trial?
2. Why was Oscar Pistorius's trial so well-known?
3. Why was Oscar Pistorius's trial popular?
Q11:
1. Where was Oscar Pistorius from?
2. What country did Oscar Pistorius play for?
3. What country did Oscar Pistorius win a medal for?
Q12:
1. Who was presiding over Oscar Pistorius's trial?
2. What was the name of the judge who was overseeing Oscar Pistorius's case?
3. Which judge was presiding over trial of Oscar Pistorius?
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3mh9dq757wcawcp3atx6zpg57qhgut | cnn | Louisville, Kentucky (CNN) -- I'll Have Another cut loose on the home stretch to run down Bodemeister and earn the first Kentucky Derby wins for his rider and trainer Saturday.
I'll Have Another, with a finish of 2:01:83, earned nearly $1.5 million of the $2.2 million purse.
That's quite a payoff for a horse that was purchased last year for the modest sum of $35,000.
Jockey Mario Gutierrez, making his Derby debut, called I'll Have Another a steady competitor.
"They didn't believe (I'll Have Another) could have made it this far," Gutierrez said. "But even if they wanted me to pick (any horse in the field), I would have stayed with him."
The winner had 15-1 odds; Bodemeister was at 4-1, according to the Derby website. Dullahan, with 12-1 odds, also made a late run and finished third.
I'll Have Another defeated Bodemeister by more than one length at the 1¼-mile classic, attended by a record Churchill Downs crowd.
The 138th running was marked by a couple of other Derby firsts: It was the first victory for trainer Doug O'Neill and the first win from the No. 19 post position with a full field.
O'Neill called Gutierrez "the man" for his own performance.
"He was just so confident," O'Neill told NBC. "We had such a brilliant race."
Bob Baffert, a Derby stalwart and the trainer of Bodemeister, said he was "really proud of the way" his horse ran.
"He just came up a little tired," Baffert told NBC afterward.
Having won all three races he's participated in this year, O'Neill said he was excited for the next leg of the Triple Crown -- the 137th edition of the Preakness, set for May 19 in Baltimore. "Maryland, here we come," he said. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who won the Kentucky Derby
2. Who won the game of Kentucky Derby?
3.
Q2:
1. When did I'll Have Another pull away?
2.
3.
Q3:
1. Who came in second at the Kentucky Derby?
2. Who won second place at the Kentucky Derby?
3. Who was beaten by I'll Have Another and was awarded second place at the Kentucky Derby?
Q4:
1. Who was the jockey in the Kentucky Derby?
2. In the Kentucky Derby that was won by I'll Have Another, who was the jockey?
3.
Q5:
1. Has I'll Have Another won the Kentucky Derby before?
2. Has I'll Have Another come first in the Kentucky Derby before?
3.
Q6:
1. Has I'll Have Another raced in the Kentucky Derby before?
2. Has I'll Have Another participated in the Kentucky Derby before?
3.
Q7:
1. What wer the winning horse's odds in the Kentucky Derby?
2. What were the odds of the winning horse for the Kentucky Derby?
3.
Q8:
1. How much did I'll Have Another win in the Kentucky Derby?
2. How much prize money did I'll Have Another win in the Kentucky Derby?
3. What amount of money was awarded to I'll Have Another in the Kentucky Derby?
Q9:
1. What was the total prize money available in the Kentucky Derby?
2. What was the total amount of money to be awarded in the Kentucky Derby?
3.
Q10:
1. What time did I'll Have Another finish in?
2. How long did it take I'll Have Another to finish in the Kentucky Derby?
3.
Q11:
1. Who was I'll Have Another's trainer for the Kentucky Derby?
2. Who was I'll Have Another's trainer?
3. What was I'll Have Another's trainer's name?
Q12:
1. Has trainer Doug O'Neill won the Kentucky Derby before?
2. Has I'll Have Another's trainer won the Kentucky Derby before?
3.
Q13:
1. How many Kentucky Derbys have there been?
2. How mamny Kentucky Derbys have been hosted?
3. How many Kentucky Derbys have been organized?
Q14:
1. Who came in third at the Kentucky Derby?
2. Who placed third at the Kentucky Derby?
3. Who won third place at the Kentucky Derby?
Q15:
1. What were Dullahan's odds at the Kentucky Derby?
2. At the Kentucky Derby, what were Dullahan's projected odds?
3. What were Dullahan's odds to win the Kentucky Derby?
Q16:
1. Was Dullahan near the front for the whole race of the Kentucky Derby?
2. Was Dullahan amongst the frontrunners during the Kentucky Derby race?
3.
Q17:
1. What big race after the Kentucky Derby is coming next?
2. After the Kentucky Derby, what big race is next?
3.
Q18:
1. Which part of the Triple Crown is coming next?
2.
3.
Q19:
1. What is the next leg of the Triple Crown called?
2.
3.
Q20:
1. When will the race in Baltimore take place?
2. When will the next leg of the Triple Crown be held?
3.
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3sepori8wnzq8k6aug44kvkhcnuazw | wikipedia | The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its 3rd session on 10 December 1948 as Resolution 217 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France. Of the then 58 members of the United Nations, 48 voted in favor, none against, eight abstained, and two didn't vote.
The Declaration consists of thirty articles affirming an individual's rights which, although not legally binding in themselves, have been elaborated in subsequent international treaties, economic transfers, regional human rights instruments, national constitutions, and other laws. The Declaration was the first step in the process of formulating the International Bill of Human Rights, which was completed in 1966, and came into force in 1976, after a sufficient number of countries had ratified them.
Some legal scholars have argued that because States have constantly invoked the Declaration over more than 50 years, it has become binding as a part of customary international law. However, in the United States, the Supreme Court in "Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain" (2004), concluded that the Declaration "does not of its own force impose obligations as a matter of international law." Courts of other countries have also concluded that the Declaration is not in itself part of domestic law. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is UDHR?
2. What does UDHR stand for?
3. What is the full form of UDHR?
Q2:
1. When was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations?
2. When was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights put in place by the United Nations?
3. When was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights voted on and adopted by the United Nations
Q3:
1. Where did the United Nations adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
2. Where did the United Nations vote on and adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
3. In which city was the voting on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights carried out?
Q4:
1. Did the Universal Declaration of Human Rights have 25 articles?
2. Did Universal Declaration of Human Rights consist of 25 articles?
3.
Q5:
1. What was the first step in designing the International Bill of Human Rights?
2. What was the first step in formulating the International Bill of Human Rights?
3.
Q6:
1. Why were legal scholars arguing?
2. What were legal scholars arguing?
3.
Q7:
1. What country invoked the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
2. What country constantly invoked the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
3.
Q8:
1. How many members of the United Nations voted for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
2. How many members of the UN voted to establish the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
3.
Q9:
1. What case took place in the US in 2004?
2. In 2004, what court case was going on in the US?
3.
Q10:
1. Is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights part of domestic law in countries?
2. Do various countries consider the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to be part of their respective domestic laws?
3. Is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights seen as part of domestic laws in several countries?
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3ejjqnku9r5wggsxq5kjfe5mfs7hr8 | wikipedia | With an estimated population of 1,381,069 as of July 1, 2014, San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest in California. It is part of the San Diego–Tijuana conurbation, the second-largest transborder agglomeration between the US and a bordering country after Detroit–Windsor, with a population of 4,922,723 people. San Diego is the birthplace of California and is known for its mild year-round climate, natural deep-water harbor, extensive beaches, long association with the United States Navy and recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center.
Historically home to the Kumeyaay people, San Diego was the first site visited by Europeans on what is now the West Coast of the United States. Upon landing in San Diego Bay in 1542, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed the entire area for Spain, forming the basis for the settlement of Alta California 200 years later. The Presidio and Mission San Diego de Alcalá, founded in 1769, formed the first European settlement in what is now California. In 1821, San Diego became part of the newly-independent Mexico, which reformed as the First Mexican Republic two years later. In 1850, it became part of the United States following the Mexican–American War and the admission of California to the union. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. In what year did San Diego become part of the United States?
2. When was San Diego incorporated in the United States?
3. When did San Diego become a part of the US?
Q2:
1. What group of people is San Diego historically home to?
2. The city of San Diego is historically home to what people?
3. In the past, San Diego has been the home to what group of people?
Q3:
1. Is San Diego the largest city in the United States?
2. Is the United States' largest city San Diego?
3. Is San Diego considered to be the largest city in America?
Q4:
1. What is the population of San Diego?
2. What is San Diego's estimated population?
3. Approximately what number of people live in San Diego?
Q5:
1. Earlier, who had claimed the entire San Diego area for Spain?
2. Who once took over the San Diego bay area for Spain?
3.
Q6:
1. When did Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo claim San Diego for Spain?
2. In what year did Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo take over the San Diego area for Spain?
3.
Q7:
1. What happened to San Diego in 1821?
2. In the year 1821, what happened to San Diego?
3.
Q8:
1. What is the weather like in San Diego?
2. What kind of climate does San Diego have?
3. San Diego has what kind of weather?
Q9:
1. Does San Diego have beaches?
2. Are there beaches in San Diego?
3. Does the city of San Diego have any beaches?
Q10:
1. What US military branch is in San Diego?
2. San Diego is associated with what military branch?
3. What military branch of the US is based in San Diego?
Q11:
1. San Diego became part of the US after what war?
2. After what war was San Diego incorporated into the United States?
3. After what war did San Diego become part of the US?
Q12:
1. Is San Diego the largest city in California?
2. Is San Diego California's largest city?
3. Is San Diego considered to be California's largest city?
Q13:
1. San Diego is called the 'what' of California?
2.
3.
Q14:
1. What else is San Diego known for?
2. What other things is San Diego known for?
3.
Q15:
1. What conurbation is San Diego a part of?
2. San Diego is part of what conurbation?
3.
Q16:
1. What is the San Diego-Tijuana conurbation?
2.
3.
Q17:
1. Who is the first largest transborder agglomeration in the United States?
2.
3.
Q18:
1. After being claimed by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, San Diego formed the basis for what?
2. After being claimed by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, San Diego formed the basis for what settlement?
3. What was formed after San Diego was claimed by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo?
Q19:
1. How many years after San Diego was claimed by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo did the settlement of Alta California form?
2. The settlement of Alta California was formed after how many years of San Diego being claimed by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo?
3.
Q20:
1. The independent Mexico reformed into what?
2. What did independent Mexico reform into?
3.
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31jlpphs2uuepvtijsedhpz7l0uo3o | gutenberg | CHAPTER TWENTY-FIRST.
Now turn the Psalms of David ower, And lilt wi' holy clangor; Of double verse come gie us four, And skirl up the Bangor. Burns.
The next was the important day, when, according to the forms and ritual of the Scottish Kirk, Reuben Butler was to be ordained minister of Knocktarlitie, by the Presbytery of ------. And so eager were the whole party, that all, excepting Mrs. Dutton, the destined Cowslip of Inverary, were stirring at an early hour.
Their host, whose appetite was as quick and keen as his temper, was not long in summoning them to a substantial breakfast, where there were at least a dozen of different preparations of milk, plenty of cold meat, scores boiled and roasted eggs, a huge cag of butter, half-a-firkin herrings boiled and broiled, fresh and salt, and tea and coffee for them that liked it, which, as their landlord assured them, with a nod and a wink, pointing, at the same time, to a little cutter which seemed dodging under the lee of the island, cost them little beside the fetching ashore.
"Is the contraband trade permitted here so openly?" said Butler. "I should think it very unfavourable to the people's morals."
"The Duke, Mr. Putler, has gien nae orders concerning the putting of it down," said the magistrate, and seemed to think that he had said all that was necessary to justify his connivance. Butler was a man of prudence, and aware that real good can only be obtained by remonstrance when remonstrance is well-timed; so for the present he said nothing more on the subject. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What day was the inmportant day?
2. What was the important day?
3.
Q2:
1. What was happening on the important day?
2. What was going to happen on the important day?
3. What was taking place the next day?
Q3:
1. Who was being ordained?
2. Who was being ordained as a minister?
3.
Q4:
1. Where was Reuben Butler being ordained?
2. Where was Reuben Butler's ordaining ceremony taking place?
3. For what place was Reuben Butler being ordained?
Q5:
1. What country is Knocktarlitie in?
2. Knocktarlitie is in what country?
3.
Q6:
1. Who were the drinks for?
2. What was the deal with the drinks put out by the host?
3.
Q7:
1. Where did the people come from?
2.
3.
Q8:
1. Was contraband trade legal in this place?
2. Was contraband trade legal in Knocktarlitie?
3. Did Knocktarlitie allow the trade of contraband goods?
Q9:
1. How many types of milk did they have?
2. They had how mnay different types of milk?
3.
Q10:
1. When did they wake up?
2. Around what time were people waking up?
3.
Q11:
1. What kind of eggs did the host prepare for them?
2. What different kinds of eggs did they have?
3.
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3ioen3p9s7jsqm9zwse0cwyj3ux16o | race | Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, no one had any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin in his free time. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer. One day Merlin was invited to a party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room. Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was proud of his invention and dreamed of arrived at the party on wheels while playing the violin. On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. The mirror fell down, breaking into pieces. Merlin's idea was so good that nobody forgot his special entrance for a long time. But could he find out a way to stop his roller skates? QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. When did people become familiar with roller-skating?
2. When did people start roller-skating?
3. When did roller-skating become known to people?
Q2:
1. Is roller-skating fun?
2. Is roller-skating considered to be a fun activity?
3. Do people view roller-skating as fun?
Q3:
1. Is roller-skating easy now?
2. Is roller-skating easier now?
3. Has roller-skating gotten easy now?
Q4:
1. Was roller-skating easy before?
2. Was roller-skating easy in the past?
3. In earlier times, was roller-skating easy?
Q5:
1. Who made roller-skating easier?
2. Who was behind making roller-skating easier?
3.
Q6:
1. What did Joseph Merlin do in his free time?
2. How did Joseph Merlin spend his free time?
3. What did Joseph Merlin like to do in his spare time?
Q7:
1. Other than making things, what else did Joseph Merlin like to do in his spare time?
2. What else did Joseph Merlin like to do in his free time?
3.
Q8:
1. What did people call Joseph Merlin?
2. What was Joseph Merlin called by people?
3. How did people describe Joseph Merlin?
Q9:
1. When Joseph Merlin first made roller-skates, what problem did he run into?
2. What problem did Joseph Merlin face when he made the roller-skates?
3. What issue did Joseph Merlin have when he first tried out the roller-skates he made?
Q10:
1. When Joseph Merlin first tried his roller-skates, what happened?
2. What happened when Joseph Merlin tried using his roller-skates the first time?
3. What occurred when Joseph Merlin tried out his roller-skates for the first time?
Q11:
1. What happened to the mirror that Joseph Merlin rolled into with his roller-skates?
2. What happened to the mirror after Joseph Merlin ran into it while trying out his roller-skates?
3.
Q12:
1. Did Joseph Merlin's idea of roller-skates catch people's attention?
2. Did people like Joseph Merlin's idea of skating on shoes?
3. Was Joseph Merlin's idea of roller-skating popular with people?
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3gnczx450inwug447762txi32tfpas | gutenberg | CHAPTER IX.—THE MAD ELEPHANT.
From Middletown the circus went to Dover, and then to Grasscannon.
At each of these places a big business was done, and at every performance Leo did better.
The young gymnast became a great favorite with all but two people in the “Greatest Show on Earth.”
These two people were Jack Snipper, who remained as overbearing as ever, and Jack Broxton, the fellow discharged for intoxication.
Broxton had been following up the circus ever since his discharge, in the vain hope of being reinstated.
But the rules in the “Greatest Show on Earth” are very strict, and no intoxication is allowed.
After leaving Grasscannon, the circus struck up through New York State, and at the end of the week arrived at Buffalo.
It was while at this place that Broxton tried to play a dangerous trick upon Leo.
He met the young gymnast on the street one night after the performance.
He was under the influence of liquor at the time, and in his pocket he carried what is known by the boys as a giant torpedo.
As Leo turned a corner he threw the torpedo at Leo’s feet.
Luckily the torpedo failed to explode.
Had it gone off the young gymnast would have been sadly crippled.
“You rascal!” cried Leo, and he made for Broxton and landed him in the gutter.
Some of the other performers then came up.
“What’s the row, Leo?”
“Look what Broxton threw at me,” he replied, and handed the torpedo around for inspection. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who had been kicked out of the circus for being drunk?
2. Who was barred from the circus for being intoxicated?
3. Who was fired from the circus for being drunk?
Q2:
1. Did Jack Broxton like Leo?
2. Was Leo liked by Jack Broxton?
3. Did Jack Broxton favor Leo?
Q3:
1. Who else at the circus did not like Leo?
2. Other than Jack Broxton, who disliked Leo?
3. Leo was not liked by who else?
Q4:
1. Leo's performance was improving, true or false?
2. Leo was performing better at the circus day by day, true or false?
3. Leo's performance at the circus was getting better, true or false?
Q5:
1. After Middletown, where did the circus go?
2. After performing in Middletown, where did the circus go?
3. Where did the circus go next after Middletown?
Q6:
1. After Grasscannon, where did the circus go?
2. After performing in Grasscannon, where did the circus go?
3. Where did the circus go next after Grasscannon?
Q7:
1. What object did someone throw at Leo?
2. What was thrown at Leo?
3.
Q8:
1. Who threw the giant torpedo at Leo?
2. Who threw the object at Leo?
3.
Q9:
1. Where did the torpedo land?
2. After Jack Broxton threw the torpedo at Leo, where did it land?
3. Where did the torpedo, which was thrown at Leo,land?
Q10:
1. Did Leo and Jack Broxton fight?
2. Did Leo fight with Jack Broxton?
3. Did Leo and Jack Broxton get into an argument?
Q11:
1. Who fell into the gutter?
2. While Leo and Jack Broxton were fighting, who fell into the gutter?
3. Who went into the gutter during Leo and Jack Broxton's fight?
Q12:
1. Who saw the torpedo that Jack Broxton threw at Leo?
2. Who came and saw the torpedo that was thrown at Leo?
3. Who came to inspect the torpedo Jack Broxton threw at Leo?
Q13:
1. What did Leo do at the circus?
2. What was Leo's role in the circus?
3. At the circus, what was Leo's job?
Q14:
1. What was the name of the circus that Leo performed in?
2. What was the circus that Leo and Jack Broxton performed in called?
3. Leo's circus went by what name?
Q15:
1. Jack Broxton hoped to get his job back at the circus, true or false?
2. Jack Broxton was hoping to get his job back at the Greatest Show on Earth, true or false?
3. True or false- Jack Broxton was wishing to get his job back at the circus?
Q16:
1. Since when had Jack Broxton been trying to get his job back at the circus?
2. For how long had Jack Broxton been trying to be reinstated at the circus?
3. Jack Broxton had been attempting to get his job at the circus back for how long?
Q17:
1. Was Jack Broxton drunk when he threw the torpedo at Leo?
2. When Jack Broxton threw the torpedo at Leo, was he intoxicated?
3. Was Jack Broxton under the influence of alcohol when he threw a torpedo at Leo?
Q18:
1. The torpedo thrown at Leo exploded, true or false?
2. Jack Broxton's torpedo exploded, true or false?
3. When Jack Broxton threw the torpedo at Leo, it exploded- true or false?
Q19:
1. What did Leo call Jack Broxton after Broxton threw a torpedo at him?
2. What name did Leo call Jack Broxton after the torpedo incident?
3. What did Leo call Jack Broxton after Broxton's failed attempt at throwing a torpedo?
Q20:
1. Had the torpedo exploded, what could have happened to Leo?
2. What would have happened to Leo if Jack Broxton's torpedo exploded?
3. If the torpedo that Jack Broxton threw at Leo exploded, what could have happened to Leo?
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3gnczx450inwug447762txi32jtap7 | race | They can be seen more frequently than ever before on college campuses, wearing thick-rimmed glasses while listening to indie music. One might find them playing unusual musical instruments, shopping at second-hand stores or expressing themselves in other unique ways. They call themselves hipsters. Being "hip" used to mean following the latest fashion. But gradually the word has evolved into a synonym for "cool".
Hipsters value independent thinking, progressive politics, an appreciation of creativity and intelligence. Hipsters take pains and pride in not being mainstream. However, their culture has become quite trendy. This irony is central to their culture and offers an interesting paradox.
"I do take things in the mainstream with a grain of salt," says Ben Polson, a college student at Brown University in the US. Polson describes himself as a hipster and says he often questions what determines popularity, especially regarding music.When lesser-known bands become popular they often lose their former fan base in exchange for a new one. There is a famous hipster saying that goes: I used to like that band before it got popular.
According to Polson, bands' music changes when they go mainstream. They become "less experimental, doing things just to save popularity and fans. The original elements that we were drawn to slowly _ for the sake of popularity."
Many young adults have started to view hipsters' outlook as cool and are adopting their counterculture mindset themselves. This has led to specialized brands, stores and music for the hipster position. Ironically, some such stores, including clothing labels Urban Outfitters and American Apparel, have gained mainstream popularity. This has seemingly diluted the anti-mainstream culture.
"A lot of people that are self-defined hipsters aren't really hipsters, they're just trying to conform to the non-conformist to seem cooler," says Amanda Leopold, a college student from Oberlin College, US. Although Leopold has many unconventional tastes and seems quite individualist, she refuses to classify herself as a hipster.
There is a conflict among hipsters about the very definition of the label. To some, to be a hipster is to be free from cultural constraints. To others, it means wearing a certain style and listening to a specific style of music. The former constantly strives for uniqueness, while the latter strives not to be mainstream.
And yet, the movement is gaining mainstream popularity. "It's kind of the trend these days; _ " says Leopold. "There have been hipsters since the seventies. It's only become popular recently."
Hipsters reject materialism and laugh at mainstream culture. But are they really beyond material comforts? Do they have any ideas of their own if they despise mainstream so much?
Christy Wampole, an associate professor of literature at Princeton University, US, is not so sure. She says the hipster is a contradiction in himself and an easy target of mockery . Writing in The New York Times, Wampole paints a less appreciative picture of a typical hipster.
"The hipster is a scholar of social forms, a student of cool. He studies continuously, searching for what has yet to be found by the mainstream. He is a walking citation ; his clothes refer to much more than themselves. He tries to negotiate the age-old problem of individuality, not with concepts, but with material things." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What does being 'hip' mean in today's times?
2. Nowadays, what does being 'hip' mean?
3. In today's context, what do people mean by being 'hip'?
Q2:
1. What kind of music do hip people listen to nowadays?
2. What genre of music are hip people known to listen to?
3. What kind of music are hip people associated with these days?
Q3:
1. What kind of stores are hip people known to frequent?
2. Hip people visit what type of stores in particular?
3. What kind of shops would one find hip people visiting?
Q4:
1. What opinion do hipsters hold regarding music?
2. What is a determining factor regarding the quality of music according to some hipsters?
3.
Q5:
1. What expression is used often by hipsters when lesser-known bands lose their former fan base?
2. When lesser-known bands lose their former fans because they become popular, what expression do hipsters use to describe it?
3. How are hipsters known to describe instances where once less popular bands lose their initial fans after gaining some popularity?
Q6:
1. What makes a band change, according to a hipster from Brown University?
2. According to a self-proclaimed hipster, what makes a band change?
3.
Q7:
1. Why do bands become mainstream?
2. According to hipsetrs, why do bands change and go mainstream?
3. What is the reason behind bands going mainstream with their music?
Q8:
1. What do people try to do to be more 'hip'?
2. What are people trying to do in order to be more like hipsters?
3. What are some doing in order to be more hipster-like?
Q9:
1. According to hipsters, are the people who attempt to be more like them true hipsters?
2. Are those people who try and be more hipster-like true hipsters, according to the real hipsters?
3. Are those who try and adopt the ways of hipsters actual hipsters?
Q10:
1. How long have hipsters been around?
2. Since when have hipsters been around?
3. For how long have the hipsters been around the world?
Q11:
1. What do real hipsters reject?
2. What do true hipsters renounce?
3. What concept do real hipsters reject?
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3m1cvsfp605hus5j7klrt28d690qam | race | Although Tokyo is one of the most expensive cities in the world , you will be surprised that there are still some free activities in Tokyo. Free temples ( ) There are many temples in Tokyo.The most famous one is Meiji Jingu.This is the most important temple in Tokyo. If you visit it , you can know more about Japanese history .Of course , it's free. Free museums If you go to Kanto Earthquake Museum , you can see the exhibitions and the memorial for the people who died in the 1923 earthquake _ Free parks There are two famous parks in Japan. They are Yoyogi Park and Ueno Park .Yoyogi Park is one of the largest parks in Tokyo .It is now a great place to see street performers.Ueno Park is popular with many Japanses people and foreign visitors. Free snacks Janpanese food is delicious and healthy . You can try different kinds of snacks , before spending money on them. You don't need to pay for them when you try them. ,, . (1,5) QUESTIONS:
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1. Can one try food in Japan?
2. Can various food items be tried in Japan?
3. Can you eat different snacks in Japan?
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1. Are the snacks in Japan free?
2. Are the snacks available in Tokyo parks free?
3. Is food in Tokyo free?
Q3:
1. Are Japanese snacks unhealthy?
2. Is Japanese food bad for you?
3. Is the food in Japan unhealthy?
Q4:
1. How many free parks are there in Japan?
2. Japan has what number of free parks?
3. How many parks are free for public in Japan?
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1. Are the free parks in Japan famous?
2. Are Japan's free parks well-known?
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1. What are the well-known free parks in Japan?
2. What are the names of the free parks in Japan?
3. What are the famous parks in Japan that are free called?
Q7:
1. Which one of the two free parks in Japan is bigger?
2. Which one of the freely available parks in Japan is bigger?
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1. What temple is the most well-known one in Tokyo?
2. What is the most popular temple in Tokyo called?
3. What is the name of the famous temple in Tokyo?
Q9:
1. What can you do at Meiji Jingu?
2. What can one do at the most famous temple in Tokyo?
3. What can visitors do in Meiji Jingu?
Q10:
1. What is the name of a free museum in Tokyo?
2. Name a free museum in Tokyo?
3. What is a museum which is free for public in Tokyo?
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1. What can one see at the Kanto Earthquake Museum?
2. At the Kanto Earthquake Museum, what all can you see?
3. What is on display at the Kanto Earthquake Museum?
Q12:
1. Is the city of Tokyo expensive?
2. Is Tokyo expensive?
3. Is Tokyo costly?
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3i02618ya06g9pi2dcnttyux9jmput | wikipedia | Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is named after the Christian saint, Monica. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is bordered on three sides by the city of Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades to the north, Brentwood on the northeast, Sawtelle on the east, Mar Vista on the southeast, and Venice on the south. Santa Monica is well known for its affluent single-family neighborhoods but also has many neighborhoods consisting primarily of condominiums and apartments. Over two-thirds of Santa Monica's residents are renters. The Census Bureau population for Santa Monica in 2010 was 89,736.
Santa Monica was long inhabited by the Tongva people. Santa Monica was called Kecheek in the Tongva language. The first non-indigenous group to set foot in the area was the party of explorer Gaspar de Portolà, who camped near the present day intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues on August 3, 1769. There are two different versions of the naming of the city. One says that it was named in honor of the feast day of Saint Monica (mother of Saint Augustine), but her feast day is actually May 4. Another version says that it was named by Juan Crespí on account of a pair of springs, the Kuruvungna Springs (Serra Springs), that were reminiscent of the tears that Saint Monica shed over her son's early impiety. QUESTIONS:
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1. What city is on Santa Monica's north side?
2. What city borders Santa Monica in the north?
3. Santa Monica has what city on its north borders?
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1. What people were living in Santa Monica for a long time?
2. Who inhabited Santa Monica for the longest of times?
3. What group of people inhabited Santa Monica for a long period?
Q3:
1. When did Gaspar first camp in Santa Monica?
2. When did the explorer Gaspar first camp in the Santa Monica area?
3. When did Gaspar first set up camp in Santa Monica?
Q4:
1. What is the area where Gaspar first camped known as now?
2. What has become of the area in Santa Monica where Gaspar first set camp?
3. What purpose is the area where Gaspar set camp now serving?
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1. What kind of neighborhoods are there in Santa Monica?
2. Santa Monica is known for having what type of neighborhoods?
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1. Are the families living in Santa Monica considered to be in lower social classes?
2. Are families in Santa Monica usually from lower social classes?
3. Are families residing in Santa Monica not very wealthy?
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1. Who is Santa Monica's namesake, who is said to have shed tears that reminded people of springs?
2.
3.
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1. What was Saint Monica crying about?
2. Why was Saint Monica crying?
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1. Other than Saint Monica's story, what is the other version of naming Santa Monica that people talk about?
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1. What type of a city is Santa Monica?
2. Santa Monica is what kind of a city?
3. Santa Monica is known to what kind of a city?
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3gna64guze4komt2coualrsrf78q5e | gutenberg | CHAPTER IV. AT MEUDON
Later in the week he received a visit from Le Chapelier just before noon.
"I have news for you, Andre. Your godfather is at Meudon. He arrived there two days ago. Had you heard?"
"But no. How should I hear? Why is he at Meudon?" He was conscious of a faint excitement, which he could hardly have explained.
"I don't know. There have been fresh disturbances in Brittany. It may be due to that."
"And so he has come for shelter to his brother?" asked Andre-Louis.
"To his brother's house, yes; but not to his brother. Where do you live at all, Andre? Do you never hear any of the news? Etienne de Gavrillac emigrated years ago. He was of the household of M. d'Artois, and he crossed the frontier with him. By now, no doubt, he is in Germany with him, conspiring against France. For that is what the emigres are doing. That Austrian woman at the Tuileries will end by destroying the monarchy."
"Yes, yes," said Andre-Louis impatiently. Politics interested him not at all this morning. "But about Gavrillac?"
"Why, haven't I told you that Gavrillac is at Meudon, installed in the house his brother has left? Dieu de Dieu! Don't I speak French or don't you understand the language? I believe that Rabouillet, his intendant, is in charge of Gavrillac. I have brought you the news the moment I received it. I thought you would probably wish to go out to Meudon."
"Of course. I will go at once--that is, as soon as I can. I can't to-day, nor yet to-morrow. I am too busy here." He waved a hand towards the inner room, whence proceeded the click-click of blades, the quick moving of feet, and the voice of the instructor, Le Duc. QUESTIONS:
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1. What chapter is this story?
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3.
Q2:
1. Where is Andre-Louis's godfather?
2. What is Andre-Louis's godfather's location?
3.
Q3:
1. How long ago had Andre-Louis's godfather arrived at Meudon?
2. Andre-Louis's godfather had been at Meudon for how long?
3. When did Andre-Louis's godfather arrive at Meudon?
Q4:
1. Did Andre-Louis know his godfather had arrived at Meudon?
2. Was Andre-Louis aware of his godfather coming to Meudon?
3. Did Andre-Louis know of his godfather's arrival in Meudon?
Q5:
1. Was Andre-Louis excited?
2. Was Andre-Louis feeling excited about his godfather coming to Meudon?
3. Was Andre-Louis feeling a little excited?
Q6:
1. That morning, was Andre-Louis interested in politics?
2. Was politics of any interest to Andre-Louis that morning?
3. Did Andre-Louis seem interested in politics at all this morning?
Q7:
1. What language is Andre-Louis and his acquaintances presumably speaking?
2. What langauge Andre-Louis and his acquaintances are possibly talking in?
3.
Q8:
1. Who is incharge of Etienne de Gavrillac?
2. Who is responsible for Etienne de Gavrillac?
3.
Q9:
1. Did Le Chapelier bring the news as soon as he received it?
2. As soon as Le Chapelier received news, did he bring it to Andre-Louis
3.
Q10:
1. Is Andre-Louis leaving today to go to Meudon?
2. Is Andre-Louis preparing to leave today?
3.
Q11:
1. Is Andre-Louis leaving tomorrow? to go to Meudon?
2. Is Andre-Louis preparing to leave tomorrow?
3.
Q12:
1. Why can Andre-Louis not leave for Meudon tomorrow?
2. Why can Andre-Louis not leave for Meudon immediately?
3. Andre-Louis has what reason to not leave for Meudon immediately?
Q13:
1. What was making a click-click sound?
2. What object was making a click-click sound?
3.
Q14:
1. Where was the click-click sound coming from?
2. Where was the sound of blades coming from?
3.
Q15:
1. Whose voice could be heard from the inner room?
2. Whose voice could be heard from the place where the click-click sounds were coming from?
3.
Q16:
1. Around what time did Le Chapelier arrive?
2. When did Le Chapelier arrive to see Andre-Louis?
3. What time of the day did Le Chapelier arrive to see Andre-Louis?
Q17:
1. Where does Le Chapelier think there have been fresh disturbances?
2. According to Le Chapelier, where have some fresh disturbances possibly occurred?
3.
Q18:
1. Is Le Chapelier exasperated at how Andre-Louis is not up to date with the news?
2. Does Le Chapelier seem annoyed at the fact that Andre-Louis is not on top of the news?
3. Is Le Chapelier exasperated with Andre-Louis because he is out of touch with the current news?
Q19:
1. Who according to Le Chapelier emigrated years ago?
2. Who does Le Chapelier say emigrated a long time back?
3.
Q20:
1. Where is Etienne de Gavrillac now?
2. Where does Le Chapelier say Etienne de Gavrillac is now?
3. What is Etienne de Gavrillac's current location?
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32zkvd547fnu6149fn9rb5z8f63b3a | race | Old Behrman was a painter who lived on the ground floor of the apartment building. For years, he had always been planning to paint a work of art, but had never yet begun it. He earned a little money by serving as a model to artists who could not pay for a professional model. He was a fierce, little, old man who protected the two young women in the studio apartment above him.
Sue found Behrman in his room. In one area was a blank canvas that had been waiting twenty-five years for the first line of paint. Sue told him about Johnsy and how she feared that her friend would float away like a leaf on the old ivy vine climbing hopelessly up the outside block wall.
Old Behrman was angered at such an idea. "Are there people in the world with the foolishness to die because leaves drop off a vine? Why do you let that silly business come in her brain?"
"She is very sick and weak," said Sue, "and the disease has left her mind full of strange ideas."
"This is not any place in which one so good as Miss Johnsy shall lie sick," yelled Behrman. "Some day I will paint a masterpiece, and we shall all go away."
Johnsy was sleeping when they went upstairs. Sue pulled the shade down to cover the window. She and Behrman went into the other room. They looked out a window fearfully at the ivy vine. Then they looked at each other without speaking. A cold rain was falling, mixed with snow.
The next morning, Sue awoke after an hour's sleep. She found Johnsy with wide-open eyes staring at the covered window. "Pull up the shade; I want to see," she ordered, quietly. Sue obeyed.
After the beating rain and fierce wind that blew through the night, there yet stood against the wall one ivy leaf. It was the last one on the vine. It was still dark green at the center. But its edges were color1ed with the yellow. It hung bravely from the branch about seven meters above the ground.
"It is the last one," said Johnsy. "I thought it would surely fail during the night. I heard the wind. It will fall today and I shall die at the same time."
"Dear, dear!" said Sue, leaning her worn face down toward the bed. "Think of me, if you won't think of yourself. What would I do?" But Johnsy did not answer.
The next morning, when it was light, Johnsy demanded that the window shade be raised. The ivy leaf was still there. Johnsy lay for a long time, looking at it. And then she called to Sue, who was preparing chicken soup.
"I've been a bad girl," said Johnsy. "Something has made that last leaf stay there to show me how bad I was. It is wrong to want to die. You may bring me a little soup now."
An hour later she said: "someday I hope to paint the Bay of Naples."
Later in the day, the doctor came, and Sue talked to him in the hallway. "Even chances. With good care, you'll win," said the doctor. "And now I must see another case I have in your building. Behrman, whose name is some kind of an artist, I believe, has Pneumonia , too. He is an old, weak man and his case is severe. There is no hope for him, but he goes to the hospital today to ease his pain."
The next day, the doctor said to Sue:" She's out of danger. You won. Nutrition and care now - that's all."
Later that day, Sue came to the bed where Johnsy lay, and put one arm around her. "I have something to tell you, white mouse," she said, "Mister Behrman died of pneumonia today in the hospital. He was sick only two days. They found him the morning of the first day in his room downstairs helpless with pain. His shoes and clothing were completely wet and icy cold. They could not imagine where he had been on such a terrible night.
"And then they found a lantern, still lighted, and a ladder that had been moved from its place. And art supplies and a painting board with green and yellow color1s mixed on it.
"Look out the window, dear, at the last ivy leaf on the wall. Didn't you wonder why it never moved when the wind blew? Ah, darling, it is Behrman's masterpiece - he painted it there the night that the last leaf fell." QUESTIONS:
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1. Who was angered at an idea?
2. Who was angered about a certain idea?
3.
Q2:
1. Was Old Behrman upset enough to yell?
2. Was Old Behrman yelling?
3. Was Old Behrman agitated enough to yell?
Q3:
1. What is Old Behrman going to paint some day?
2. What does Old Behrman say he shall paint one day?
3.
Q4:
1. Who is too good to be lying sick according to Old Behrman?
2. Who does Old Behrman say is too good to lie sick?
3.
Q5:
1. What has the disease left Johnsy's mind full of?
2. Old Behrman thinks Johnsy's disease has filled her head with what?
3. According to Old Behrman, what has Johnsy's ailment left her with?
Q6:
1. Does Sue think Miss Johnsy has recovered??
2. Has Miss Johnsy recovered her health in Sue's opinion?
3. Does Sue consider Miss Johnsy to be healthy and strong?
Q7:
1. What floor does Old Behrman live on?
2. What floor is Old Behrman's apartment on?
3. Old Behrman lives on what floor?
Q8:
1. Does Old Behrman live in his own house?
2. Is Old Behrman living in his own house?
3.
Q9:
1. What kind of building dpes Old Behrman live in?
2. What kind of housing does Old Behrman have?
3. Old Behrman lives in what type of building?
Q10:
1. Was Old Behrman a young man?
2. Was Behram young?
3.
Q11:
1. How many women lived above Old Behrman?
2. What number of women lived above Old Behrman's apartment?
3. Old Behrman had how mnay women living above him?
Q12:
1. Did the artists who hired Old Behrman to be a model have a lot of money?
2. Were the artists who would hire Old Behrman as a model well-off?
3. Did the artists that Old Behrman would sometimes work for as a model have a lot of money?
Q13:
1. How many years had Old Behrman's canvas been sitting blank?
2. Old Behrman left his canvas blank for how many years?
3. How long had Old Behrman's canvas been blank for?
Q14:
1. What was Old Behrman's blank canvas waiting for?
2. What was the canvas that was sitting blank in Old Behrman's place waiting for?
3.
Q15:
1. What was the cold rain mixing with?
2.
3.
Q16:
1. Sue had gotten how mmany hours of sleep?
2. How long had Sue been able to sleep for?
3. How many hours of sleep did Sue get?
Q17:
1. How many leaves were left on the vine?
2. How many leaves were remaining on the vine?
3. How many leaves were still attached to the vine?
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3j88r45b2gy8qtcxihygd5t1312pxk | wikipedia | In Canada, the term "football" may refer to Canadian football and American football collectively, or to either sport specifically, depending on context. The two sports have shared origins and are closely related but have significant differences. In particular, Canadian football has 12 players on the field per team rather than 11; the field is roughly 10 yards wider, and 10 yards longer between end-zones that are themselves 10 yards deeper; and a team has only three downs to gain 10 yards, which results in less offensive rushing than in the American game. In the Canadian game all players on the defending team, when a down begins, must be at least 1 yard from the line of scrimmage. (The American game has a similar "neutral zone" but it is only the length of the football.)
Canadian football is also played at the high school, junior, collegiate, and semi-professional levels: the Canadian Junior Football League, formed May 8, 1974, and Quebec Junior Football League are leagues for players aged 18–22, many post-secondary institutions compete in Canadian Interuniversity Sport for the Vanier Cup, and senior leagues such as the Alberta Football League have grown in popularity in recent years. Great achievements in Canadian football are enshrined in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the difference in the number of players in Canadian and American football?
2. What are the number of players in Canadian and American football?
3. How mnay players does Canadian and American football have respectively?
Q2:
1. Out of Canadian and American football, whose field is longer?
2. Which version of football, Canadian or American, has a longer field?
3. Does Canadian football have a longer field or American football does?
Q3:
1. How much longer is the field in Canadian football?
2. Fields in Canadian football are longer by how much?
3. Canadian football fields are longer than that of American football by how much?
Q4:
1. What levels is Canadian football played at?
2. People play Canadian football on what levels?
3.
Q5:
1. In Canadian football, how far from scrimmage must a down occur?
2. How far from scrimmage must a down occur in Canadian football?
3. In Canadian football, a down must occur how far from scrimmage?
Q6:
1. What two sports are similar yet different?
2. Which two sports are very alike yet are different?
3.
Q7:
1. In Canadian football, how many downs are needed to gain yards?
2. Canadian football requires how many downs to gain yards?
3.
Q8:
1. Which sport has the most offensive rushing out of American and Canadian football?
2. Between American and Canadian football, which has more offensive rushing?
3. Does American football have more offensive rushing or does Canadian football?
Q9:
1. In Canadian football, where are the really good players inducted?
2. How are the great players commemorated in Canadian football?
3. Where are good football players inducted in Canadian football?
Q10:
1. When was the Canadian Junior Football League formed?
2. In what year was the Canadian Junior Football League created?
3. When was the Canadian Junior Football League started?
Q11:
1. What age group is the Canadian Junior Football League for?
2. People of what age group play in the Canadian Junior Football League?
3. The Canadian Junior Football League is for what age group?
Q12:
1. What Canadian football competition do other institutions partake in?
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3aajc4i4fgs19d9eomhhdun0256zj9 | race | I'm flying high today after hearing the news that Bamboo People is a top ten book on the Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011 list from the American Library Association. Here are the top ten titles with annotations by YALSA librarians: *Bacigalupi, Paolo. Ship Breaker. Little, Brown, and Co. Nailer is a light crew cleaner tearing up old hulks of ships, living day to day, until a rich girl and her gleaming ship run ashore in a storm on the beach and his life gets more dangerous. *Donnelley, Jennifer. Revolution. Random House Children's Books/Delacorte. Haunted by the death of her brother, Andi is taken to Paris by her separated father where an encounter with a mysterious diary may bring her back from the edge. *Marchetta, Melina. Finnikin of the Rock. Candlewick. Finnikin and his fellow exiles from Lumatere wish to return to their cursed homeland. Finnikin must go on an epic journey with a dumb beginner named Evanjalin to return home. *Matson, Morgan. Amy and Roger's Epic Detour. Simon & Schuster. Amy and Roger must both learn to deal with loss while on a road trip across the country which doesn't go as expected. *McBride, Lish. Hold Me Closer, Necromancer. Macmillan Children's Book Group/Henry Holt. When Sam discovers he is a necromancer he must learn to control his power in order to defeat a powerful and corrupt opponent and save his friends. *Mulligan, Andy. Trash. David Fickling Books. Three garbage-picker boys find an item of great value to a corrupt politician on their rounds, setting off a tense hunt to see who will win. *Perkins, Mitali. Bamboo People. Chiko, a Burmese soldier and Tu Reh, a Kerenni refugee meet on opposite sides of war and each must learn what it means to be a man of his people. *Reinhardt, Dana. The Things a Brother Knows. Random House Children's Books/Wendy Lamb. Boaz is back and cheered as the hometown hero, but he is not at all the same. Can his younger brother Levi help him truly make his way home? *Saenz, Benjamin. Last Night I Sang to the Monster. Cinco Puntos Press, 2009. Weeks in therapy go by and 18-year-old Zach is still unable to remember the monstrous events that left him alone and haunted by nightmares. *Sedgwick, Marcus. Revolver. Roaring Brook Press. Sig is alone with his father's body when the lawless man his father had managed to escape appears out of the icy wilderness QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where has Bamboo People placed on the Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011 list?
2. On the Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011 list, where has Bamboo People placed?
3. What rank has Bamboo People secured in the Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011 list?
Q2:
1. Which relative of Andi's passed away?
2. Who in Andi's family died?
3. Which relative of Andi's died?
Q3:
1. Where does Andi's father take her after her relative passes away?
2. After the death in her family, Andi's father takes her to what place?
3. Where does Andi go after her brother dies?
Q4:
1. What does Andi find in Paris?
2. What does Andi encounter in Paris?
3. In Paris, what does Andi find?
Q5:
1. Where is Finnikin from?
2. What place does Finnikin come from?
3. What is the name of Finnikin's homeland?
Q6:
1. Why did Finnikin leave his homeland?
2. Why did Finnikin leave Lumatere?
3.
Q7:
1. Is Finnikin alone in exile?
2. Is Finnikin the only one to have been exiled?
3. Is Finnikin alone?
Q8:
1. Do Finnikin and his fellow exiles want to return to their homeland?
2. Does Finnikin and his acquaintances want to go back to Lumatere?
3. Do Finnikin and others wish to return to their homeland?
Q9:
1. Who does Finnikin go on a trip with?
2. Who does Finnikin go on a journey with?
3. Who does Finnikin travel with?
Q10:
1. Where do Finnikin and Evanjalin hope their trip will lead them?
2. Finnikin and Evanjalin go on their journey hoping it would take them where?
3. Finnikin and Evanjalin hope to reach where via their trip?
Q11:
1. Are Finnikin and Evanjalin experienced?
2. Do Finnikin and Evanjalin have any experience?
3.
Q12:
1. What kind of experiece does Evanjalin possess?
2. Evanjalin has what kind of experience?
3.
Q13:
1. What does Zach have to go through after he goes to sleep?
2. What happens to Zach when he sleeps?
3. What does Zach have to endure while sleeping?
Q14:
1. Does Zach know why he gets nightmares?
2. Is Zach aware of the reason behind him having nightmares?
3.
Q15:
1. Is Zach seeing someone about his problem of nightmares?
2. Is Zach consulting anyone to deal with his problem?
3. Is Zach seeking help from someone?
Q16:
1. Who is Zach seeing about his problem of nightmares?
2. Who is Zach consulting with?
3.
Q17:
1. How does Zach feel about his therapist?
2.
3.
Q18:
1. How old is Zach?
2. What is Zach's age?
3. Zach is how old?
Q19:
1. Who released the Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011 list?
2. Who put out the Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011 list?
3. The Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011 list was published by whom?
Q20:
1. Who provided annotations for the Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011 list?
2. Who annotated the Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011 list?
3.
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38jbbyetqoadv0zxpsg0mixzw5ue4k | cnn | Ferguson, Missouri (CNN) -- As the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson calmed Friday after nights of protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen, the question remains: Where's the police officer who pulled the trigger?
Officer Darren Wilson, 28, shot Michael Brown on August 9. The shooting sparked days of violent protests in Ferguson as residents demanded his arrest.
Separate federal and local investigations are under way, and Wilson -- who has received death threats -- has disappeared from public view.
Governor orders drawdown of National Guard in Ferguson
Here's what is known about his whereabouts.
Where is he now?
Few outside Wilson's family and authorities know for sure.
Wilson owns a house in a modest neighborhood about 20 miles from Ferguson. He bought the house shortly after he was divorced last year, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
But several neighbors have told CNN that Wilson left home before his name was released last week.
What are his neighbors saying about his whereabouts?
Not much. Most have shunned reporters' requests for interviews, and some put signs in their yards shooing away journalists.
"We don't know anything ... Pray for Peace," one read, according to the Post-Dispatch.
"We have 2 children. Do not knock!! No comment," another family wrote.
Any trails on social media?
The newspaper reported that Wilson deactivated his social media accounts before his name went public.
The only social media presence for him now is from supporters, who have set up Facebook pages to support and raise money for him. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was Michael Brown?
2.
3.
Q2:
1. What happened to Michael Brown?
2. What happened to the teen, Michael Brown?
3.
Q3:
1. Was Darren Wilson a police officer?
2. Was Darren Wilson a cop?
3. Was Darren Wilson a member of the police force?
Q4:
1. Where is Darren Wilson now?
2. What is Darren Wilson's location currently?
3.
Q5:
1. Where does Darren Wilson live?
2. Where is Darren Wilson's house?
3.
Q6:
1. Do Darren Wilson's neighbors know where he is?
2. Do Darren Wilson's neighbors know about his whereabouts?
3. Are Darren Wilson's neighbors aware of his current location?
Q7:
1. How have Darren Wilson's neighbors handled the publicity?
2. How are Darren Wilson's neighbors dealing with the media attention?
3. What are Darren Wilson's neighbors doing to deal with n=the new-found publicity?
Q8:
1. What investigations are going on regarding Darren Wilson?
2. What kind of open investigations are there around the Darren Wilson case?
3. What type of ongoing investigations are there concerning the Darren Wilson incident?
Q9:
1. How old is Darren Wilson?
2. What is Darren Wilson's age?
3.
Q10:
1. Why did Darren Wilson shoot Michael Brown?
2. Why was Michael Brown killed by Darren Wilson?
3. Why did officer Darren Wilson shoot Michael Brown?
Q11:
1. How did locals react to Darren Wilson shooting Michael Brown?
2. How did the public react to Michael Brown's shooting?
3. How did local people react to Michael Brown's death?
Q12:
1. What did the poeple protesting Michael Brown's shooting hope to achieve from it?
2. What did the public hope to achieve from their protests about the shooting of the unarmed teen, Michael Brown?
3. By protesting the murder of Michael Brown, what did the public hope to accomplish?
Q13:
1. Have any of Darren Wilson's neighbors spoken to the press?
2. Have Darren Wilson's neighbors spoken to the media?
3. Have any of Darren Wilson's neighbors given interviews with the media?
Q14:
1. What did Darren Wilson's neighbors tell CNN?
2. What did CNN learn about Darren Wilson from his neighbors?
3. What information did Darren Wilson's neighbors give to CNN?
Q15:
1. When did Darren Wilson buy his house?
2. When did Darren Wilson buy the house he had been staying at before the incident?
3.
Q16:
1. When did Darren Wilson buy his house?
2.
3.
Q17:
1. Did Darren Wilson receive death threats?
2. Did Darren Wilson receive any death threats because of his involvement in Michael Brown's death?
3.
Q18:
1. What do the signs in Darren Wilson's neighbors' yards say?
2. What signs have Darren Wilson's neighbors put up?
3. What do the signs that the neighbors of Darren Wilson put in their yards say?
Q19:
1. Is Darren Wilson active on social media?
2. Is Darren Wilson online?
3. Is Darren Wilson active on the internet?
Q20:
1. What town was Michael Brown shot in?
2. Where did Darren Wilson shoot Michael Brown?
3. In what town did Michael Brown's shooting take place?
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3yz8upk3vtmxf09y871n9yvq9zwcuo | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXIX
When Felix and Nedda reached Tod's cottage, the three little Trysts, whose activity could never be quite called play, were all the living creatures about the house.
"Where is Mrs. Freeland, Biddy?"
"We don't know; a man came, and she went."
"And Miss Sheila?"
"She went out in the mornin'. And Mr. Freeland's gone."
Susie added: "The dog's gone, too."
"Then help me to get some tea."
"Yes."
With the assistance of the mother-child, and the hindrance of Susie and Billy, Nedda made and laid tea, with an anxious heart. The absence of her aunt, who so seldom went outside the cottage, fields, and orchard, disturbed her; and, while Felix refreshed himself, she fluttered several times on varying pretexts to the wicket gate.
At her third visit, from the direction of the church, she saw figures coming on the road--dark figures carrying something, followed by others walking alongside. What sun there had been had quite given in to heavy clouds; the light was dull, the elm-trees dark; and not till they were within two hundred yards could Nedda make out that these were figures of policemen. Then, alongside that which they were carrying, she saw her aunt's blue dress. WHAT were they carrying like that? She dashed down the steps, and stopped. No! If it were HE they would bring him in! She rushed back again, distracted. She could see now a form stretched on a hurdle. It WAS he!
"Dad! Quick!"
Felix came, startled at that cry, to find his little daughter on the path wringing her hands and flying back to the wicket gate. They were close now. She saw them begin to mount the steps, those behind raising their arms so that the hurdle should be level. Derek lay on his back, with head and forehead swathed in wet blue linen, torn from his mother's skirt; and the rest of his face very white. He lay quite still, his clothes covered with mud. Terrified, Nedda plucked at Kirsteen's sleeve. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who prepared the tea?
2. Who made tea?
3.
Q2:
1. Who hindered Nedda while she was preparing tea?
2. Who delayed Nedda when she was making tea?
3. Who hindered Nedda?
Q3:
1. What did Nedda see on her third visit?
2. On her third visit, what did Nedda see?
3. Who did Nedda see on her third visit to the gate?
Q4:
1. Were the figures that Nedda saw lit up?
2. Did Nedda see light figures?
3.
Q5:
1. Were the figures that Nedda saw empty handed?
2. Were the figures empty handed?
3. Did Nedda see the figures as being empty handed?
Q6:
1. Was it a bright day?
2. Was it a sunny and cloudless day?
3.
Q7:
1. What kind of trees were there?
2. What type of trees were there around Nedda's cottage?
3.
Q8:
1. How far were the figures when Nedda could see them properly?
2. When Nedda was able to see the figures coming her way better, how far were they?
3. How far away were the figures from Nedda when she could see them properly?
Q9:
1. What was the figures' occupation?
2. Who were the figures?
3. What did the dark figures work as?
Q10:
1. Who came when Nedda called out for them?
2. Who came outside when Nedda called out?
3.
Q11:
1. Who was lying down?
2. Who was laying on their back?
3.
Q12:
1. What was Derek's head wrapped in?
2. What cloth was Derek's head covered in?
3.
Q13:
1. What color was the cloth that Derek's head was wrapped in?
2. What color linen was Derek's head wrapped in?
3. Derek's head was wrapped in what color cloth?
Q14:
1. Where did the cloth that covered Derek's head come from?
2. Where had the linen covering Derek's head come from?
3.
Q15:
1. Were Derek's clothes clean?
2. Were Derek's clothes unblemished?
3. Were Derek's's clothes in good shape?
Q16:
1. What was on Derek's clothes?
2. What had gotten onto Derek's clothes?
3. What was on the remainder of Derek's clothes?
Q17:
1. What kind of house did Tod live in?
2. Tod stayed in what type of a house?
3.
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3xcc1odxdlb9t9r09v7dosxn7gaqrn | wikipedia | A pub /pʌb/, or public house is, despite its name, a private house, but is called a public house because it is licensed to sell alcohol to the general public. It is a drinking establishment in Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Denmark and New England. In many places, especially in villages, a pub can be the focal point of the community. The writings of Samuel Pepys describe the pub as the heart of England.
The history of pubs can be traced back to Roman taverns, through the Anglo-Saxon alehouse to the development of the modern tied house system in the 19th century.
Historically, pubs have been socially and culturally distinct from cafés, bars and German beer halls. Most pubs offer a range of beers, wines, spirits, and soft drinks and snacks. Traditionally the windows of town pubs were of smoked or frosted glass to obscure the clientele from the street but from the 1990s onwards, there has been a move towards clear glass, in keeping with brighter interiors. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is a pub?
2. What are pubs?
3.
Q2:
1. What is a pub for?
2. What purpose is a pub for?
3. What service does a pub provide?
Q3:
1. What does a pub serve?
2. What beverage does a pub serve?
3. What can one get at a pub?
Q4:
1. What else can one get at a pub besides alcohol?
2. What else do pubs serve other than alcohol?
3. One can get what other items at a pub other than alcohol?
Q5:
1. Are there pubs in America?
2. Does America have pubs?
3. Can one find pubs in America?
Q6:
1. Where in the United States can one find pubs?
2. Pubs can be found where in America?
3.
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3strjbfxowr0yl6x0fsbslmwv0skto | mctest | Joe was a young boy who was excited for his first day of school. He jumped out of bed with a big smile on his face, ready for school. He looked in the mirror as he put on his white shirt and blue jeans, and ran down the stairs to get breakfast. His breakfast was waffles with syrup and eggs. His favorite breakfasts are pancakes and cereal, but the waffles were good. After eating all his food, he grabbed his lunch and ran out the door towards the yellow school bus. He arrived at the bus stop and waited for the bus. The bus was running late, but then he finally saw the bus pull up to the bus stop. He did not want to wait one more second so he talked to the bus driver and then took his seat on the bus. He then took a good look out the window and watched as the bus began driving him to the first day of school he had been waiting for. Finally, the bus came to a stop. The children all ran off the bus towards the elementary school. Joe did not see many other second grade students so he walked to the doors alone. Once he entered the school, he saw many of his friends from third grade and began talking to them. Then the bell rang and Joe's first day of school began. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was excited?
2. Who was feeling excited?
3.
Q2:
1. Why was Joe excited?
2. Joe had what reason to be feeling excited?
3. What was Joe excited for?
Q3:
1. What did Joe wear for school?
2. What did Joe wear?
3. What clothes did Joe pick to wear?.
Q4:
1. Did Joe eat breakfast?
2. Did Joe eat before leaving for school?
3. Did Joe have any breakfast?
Q5:
1. What did Joe eat for breakfast?
2. What food did Joe eat?
3. What did Joe eat before leaving?
Q6:
1. Were waffles Joe's first choice?
2. Did Joe prefer eating this for breakfast?
3. Was Joe's meal his first choice when it came to eating breakfast?
Q7:
1. What would have Joe preferred eating instead?
2. What would have been Joe's first choice in breakfast foods?
3. Joe would have liked eating what instead?
Q8:
1. Did Joe's waffles taste okay?
2. Were Joe's waffles tasting good?
3. Did Joe like eating his breakfast that morning?
Q9:
1. What did Joe take with him to school?
2. What did Joe grab before leaving for school?
3. Joe took what with him to school?
Q10:
1. What did Joe wait for?
2. What was Joe waiting for?
3.
Q11:
1. What color was the school bus?
2. The bus was what color?
3. What color was Joe's school bus?
Q12:
1. Was Joe's school bus on time?
2. Did Joe's school bus arrive on time?
3. Did the school bus pick up Joe on time?
Q13:
1. Was Joe in hid=gh school?
2. Did Joe go to high school?
3. Was Joe a high schooler?
Q14:
1. Did Joe walk to the school doors with his friends?
2. Did Joe have company when he walked towards the school doors?
3. Did Joe walk to the school door with friends?
Q15:
1. Who did Joe end up talking to?
2. Who did Joe talk to in school?
3.
Q16:
1. Joe's friends were in what grade?
2. What grade were Joe's friends in?
3. Which grade were Joe's friends from?
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30bxrybrp4x1oc9jpzup2dd38lihw0 | race | Tiger Mom, You've been criticized a lot since your book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, came out. One problem is that some people don't get your humor. They think you're serious about all things and Lulu and I are suffering a lot from such a strict mother. That is not true. But for real, it's not their fault. No outsider can know what our family is really like. They don't hear us laughing over each other's jokes. They don't see us eating our hamburgers with fried rice. They don't know how much fun we have when the six of us dogs included squeeze into one bed and argue about what movies to download from Netflix. I admit it: Having you as a mother was no tea party. There were some play dates I wish I'd gone to and some piano camps I wish I'd got away from. But now that I'm 18 and about to leave the tiger den , I'm glad you and Daddy raised me the way you did. A lot of people have accused you of producing robot kids who can't think for themselves. Well, I came to the opposite conclusion: your strict parenting made me more independent . Everybody's talking about the birthday cards we once made for you, which you refused to take because they weren't good enough. Funny how some people believe that Lulu and I will feel hurt for life. But let's face it: It took me 30 second; I didn't put my heart into it. That's why, when you rejected it, I didn't feel hurt at all. There's one more thing: I have come to understand what it really means to live a meaningful life to the fullest. To me, it's about knowing that you've tried your best, body and mind. You feel _ when the piano piece you've practiced for days and hours finally comes to life beneath your fingertips. You feel _ when you do something on your own that you never thought you could. And for that, Tiger Mom, thank you. Yours, Sophia QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What kind of mother Lulu have?
2. How is Lulu's mother?
3. Lulu has what kind of a mother?
Q2:
1. How many people and dogs pile into Lulu's bed?
2. How many peopple and dogs fit into one bed at Lulu's place?
3.
Q3:
1. What does the narrator call her household?
2. How does the narrator describe her household?
3.
Q4:
1. What is the narrator's name?
2. What is the narrator called?
3. Who is writing the letter?
Q5:
1. What does the narrator call her mom?
2. What name has Sophia given her mom?
3. What does the narrator call her and Lulu's mom?
Q6:
1. Who has written a book?
2. Who wrote a book?
3.
Q7:
1. What is Tiger Mom's book called?
2. What is the name of Tiger Mom's book?
3. What book has Tiger Mom written?
Q8:
1. Sophia spent how long to make her mother's card?
2. How long did Sophia spend making a card for her mother?
3. How much time did it take Sophia to make a card for her mom?
Q9:
1. Why did Sophia make her mom a card?
2. What occasion was the card that Sophia made for?
3. Why did Sophia make a card for her mother?
Q10:
1. Tiger Mom loved the card, true or false?
2. Tiger Mom loved the birthday card, true or false?
3. Tiger Mom loved the card Sophia made her, true or false?
Q11:
1. Why did Tiger Mom not like the card?
2. Why did Tiger Mom dislike the birthday card?
3.
Q12:
1. What instrument does Sophia play?
2. Sophia plays what instrument?
3. What instrument does Sophia know how to play?
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3nxnz5rs1axtjrqzjfylxggywen79e | gutenberg | CHAPTER III.
TWO QUARRELS.
Three days later the shooting party assembled. Several gentlemen came to stay at the house, while Ronald Mervyn and his party, of course, put up at Mervyn Hall. The shooting was very successful, and the party were well pleased with their visit. Reginald Carne was quiet and courteous to his guests, generally accompanying them through the day, though he did not himself carry a gun. After the first day's shooting there was a dinner party at Mervyn Hall, and the following evening there was one at The Hold.
Lieutenant Gulston enjoyed himself more than any one else, though he was one of the least successful of the sportsmen, missing easy shots in a most unaccountable manner, and seeming to take but moderate interest in the shooting. He had, very shortly after arriving at the house, come to the conclusion that the doctor was altogether mistaken, and that Reginald Carne showed no signs whatever of being in any way different from other men. "The doctor is so accustomed to us sailors," he said to himself, "that if a man is quiet and studious he begins to fancy directly there must be something queer about him. That is always the way with doctors who make madness a special study. They suspect every one they come across of being out of their mind. I shouldn't be at all surprised if he doesn't fancy I am cracked myself. The idea is perfectly absurd. I watched Carne closely at dinner, and no one could have been more pleasant and gentlemanly than he was. I expect Mackenzie must have heard a word let drop about this old story, and of course if he did he would set down Carne at once as being insane. Well, thank goodness, that's off my mind; it's been worrying me horribly for the last few days. I have been a fool to trouble myself so about Mackenzie's croakings, but now I will not think anything more about it." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who had the most fun?
2. Who enjoyed themselves the most there?
3. Out of everyone present, who had the most fun?
Q2:
1. How had his Lieutenant Gulston's day gone?
2. Compared to everyone else's day, how had Lieutenant Gulston's been?
3. How had Lieutenant Gulston's day been?
Q3:
1. How were Lieutenant Gulston's shooting skills that day?
2. How did Lieutenant Gulston shoot that day?
3. How had Lieutenant Gulston's shooting been that day?
Q4:
1. Did Lieutenant Gulston seem into shooting?
2. Did Lieutenant Gulston seem enthusiastic about shooting?
3. Did Lieutenant Gulston seem interested in shooting that day?
Q5:
1. What had Lieutenant Gulston decided about the doctor earlier?
2. What had Lieutenant Gulston decided about the doctor's opinion?
3. Lieutenant Gulston had decided what about the doctor earlier?
Q6:
1. Who did Lieutenant Gulston think the doctor was mistaken about?
2. The doctor was mistaken about who?
3. Who was the doctor mistaken about in Lieutenant Gulston's opinion?
Q7:
1. What had the doctor diagnosed Reginald Carne with?
2. what had the doctor diagnosed Reginald Carne as?
3. Reginald Carne was given what prognosis by the doctor?
Q8:
1. What does Lieutenant Gulston say the doctor might consider him to be?
2. Lieutenant Gulston thinks the doctor will think what of him?
3. What does Lieutenant Gulston think the doctor will diagnose him as being?
Q9:
1. How long after the hunt did guests stay the house?
2. After the shooting party convened, when did guests come to stay at the house?
3.
Q10:
1. Who stayed at Mervyn Hall?
2. Which of the guests stayed at Mervyn Hall?
3.
Q11:
1. Was anyone with Ronald Mervyn at Mervyn Hall?
2. Did anyone else stay with Ronald Mervyn at Mervyn Hall?
3. Did Ronald Mervyn have company at Mervyn Hall?
Q12:
1. Was everyone in the party feeling good about their trip?
2. Was everyone pleased with their trip?
3.
Q13:
1. Was the shooting trip successful?
2. Was the hunt victorious for the hunting party?
3. Did the people consider their shooting trip a success?
Q14:
1. Who in the shooting party was quiet?
2. Who was subdued?
3. Who was keeping quiet?
Q15:
1. Was Reginald Carne polite?
2. Was Reginald Carne courteous?
3. Was Reginald Carne being cordial?
Q16:
1. Who was Reginald Carne being polite with?
2. Who was Reginald Carne being courteous to?
3.
Q17:
1. Did Reginald Carne accompany the others on the trip?
2. Did Reginald Carne join the other people on the shooting trip?
3. Was Reginald Carne accompanying the other guys on the hunt?
Q18:
1. Did Reginald Carne have a gun?
2. Did Reginald Carne carry a firearm?
3. Did Reginald Carne come to the trip with a gun?
Q19:
1. Where did everyone in the shooting party eat the first night?
2. On the first night of the shooting party, where did the people eat?
3. Where was a dinner party hosted on the first night of the hunt?
Q20:
1. Where did everyone eat on the second night of the hunt?
2. On the second night of the shooting party, where did the people eat?
3. Where was a dinner party hosted on the second night of the hunt?
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3e337gfol98x1m5udslkluob07ngnr | gutenberg | CHAPTER VIII
"I don't think I shall marry you, after all," Maggie announced that evening, as she stood looking at herself in one of the gilded mirrors with which the drawing-room at Belgrave Square was adorned.
"Why not?" Nigel asked, with polite anxiety.
"You are exhibiting symptoms of infidelity," she declared. "Your flirtation with Naida this afternoon was most pronounced, and you went out of your way to ask her to dine to-night."
"I like that!" Nigel complained. "Supposing it were true, I should simply be obeying orders. It was you who incited me to devote myself to her."
"The sacrifices we women make for the good of our country," Maggie sighed. "However, you needn't have taken me quite so literally. Do you admire her very much, Nigel?"
He smiled. His manner, however, was not altogether free from self-consciousness.
"Of course I do," he admitted. "She's a perfectly wonderful person, isn't she? Let's get out of this Victorian environment," he added, looking around the huge apartment with its formal arrangement of furniture and its atmosphere of prim but faded elegance. "We'll go into the smaller room and tell Brookes to bring us some cocktails and cigarettes. Chalmers won't expect to be received formally, and Mademoiselle Karetsky will appreciate the cosmopolitan note of our welcome."
"We do look a little too domestic, don't we?" Maggie replied, as she passed through the portière which Nigel was holding up. "I'm not at all sure that I ought to come and play hostess like this, without an aunt or anything. I must think of my reputation. I may decide to marry Mr. Chalmers, and Americans are very particular about that sort of thing." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Did Maggie decide she did not want to get married?
2. Did Maggie say that she did not want to marry?
3. Was Maggie of the opinion that she did not want to get married?
Q2:
1. When did Maggie decide she did not want to marry?
2. When did Maggie proclaim that she did not want to get married?
3. When did Maggie come to the conclusion that she did not want to marry?
Q3:
1. Who was Maggie looking at when she decided not to marry?
2. At the time Maggie decided not to get married, who was she looking at?
3. When Maggie proclaimed that she would not get married, who was she looking at?
Q4:
1. Maggie was looking at her reflection in what?
2. What was Maggie looking at herself in?
3.
Q5:
1. What room was the mirror in?
2. In what room was the mirror that Maggie was looking at?
3. Where in Maggie's house was the mirror?
Q6:
1. What is the name of the house that Maggie lives in?
2. What is Maggie's house called?
3. WHat is the name of the place Maggie lives in?
Q7:
1. Who did Maggie decide not to marry?
2. Maggie decided to reject whose hand in marriage?
3. Maggie did not want to marry who?
Q8:
1. Is Nigel angry about Maggie not wanting to marry him?
2. Does Nigel seem upset after Maggie tells him she does not wish to marry him?
3. Is Nigel violently angry about Maggie's decision to not marry him?
Q9:
1. Do Americans care about a woman's character?
2. According to Maggie, do Americans care about a woman's reputation?
3.
Q10:
1. Who is the American mentioned in this story?
2. What is the name of the American person mentioned in this fable?
3. Who is the American that Maggie talks about?
Q11:
1. Is the American mentioned in the story someone Maggie may want to marry?
2. Is Maggie interested in marrying Mr. Chalmers?
3. Is Mr. Chalmers someone Maggie may decide to marry?
Q12:
1. Are Maggie and Nigel retiring to a larger or smaller room?
2. Maggie wants to go to a larger or smaller room?
3. Is Maggie going to retire to a larger or smaller room?
Q13:
1. What does Maggie want to have with cigarettes?
2. What does Maggie suggest she and Nigel have with their cigarettes?
3. What do Maggie and Nigel want to have with their cigarettes?
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37m28k1j0qd08516cu1iw1wrtrwja3 | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXXV. THE RETURN.
And now the glorious artist, ere he yet Had reached the Lemnian Isle, limping, returned; With aching heart he sought his home. _Odyssey_--COWPER.
How were they to get the slumbering maiden home? That was the next question. Loveday advised carrying her direct to her old prison, where she would wake without alarm; but Sir Amyas shuddered at the notion, and Betty said she _could_ not take her again into a house of Lady Belamour's.
The watermen, who were enthusiastic in the cause, which they understood as that of one young sweetheart rescued by the other, declared that they would carry the sweet lady between them on the cushions of their boat, laid on stretchers; and as they knew of a land-place near the _Royal York_, with no need of crossing any great thoroughfare, Betty thought this the best chance of taking her sister home without a shock.
The boat from Woolwich had shot London Bridge immediately after them, and stopped at the stairs nearest that where they landed; and just as Sir Amyas, with an exclamation of annoyance at his unserviceable arm, had resigned Aurelia to be lifted on to her temporary litter, a hand was laid on his shoulder, a voice said "Amyas, what means this?" and he found himself face to face with a small, keen-visaged, pale man, with thick grizzled brows overhanging searching dark grey eyes, shaded by a great Spanish hat.
"Sir! oh sir, is it you?" he cried, breathlessly; "now all will be well!" QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where is the artist going?
2. Where is the artist headed?
3.
Q2:
1. How was the artist feeling?
2. What was the artist feeling?
3.
Q3:
1. How was the artist walking?
2. In what way was the artist walking?
3.
Q4:
1. What were the people in the story trying to figure out?
2. What were they trying to iron out?
3.
Q5:
1. What was one suggestion made to get the sleeping maiden home?
2. What was a solution proposed to transport the maiden home?
3. What was one of the suggestions made in order to tackle the issue of transporting the slumbering maiden home?
Q6:
1. How would the maiden wake up if the first suggestion was followed?
2. How would the maiden wake up if she was carried directly to some residence?
3.
Q7:
1. Who disagreed with the idea of carrying the maiden directly ta her old prison?
2. Who did not like the idea of carrying the sleeping woman to a prison?
3. Who was opposed to the idea of taking the maiden directly to her old prison?
Q8:
1. Where did someone say the maiden could not be taken?
2. Where was someone opposed to taking the maiden to?
3. Where were people not wanting to take the maiden to?
Q9:
1. Who said the maiden could not be taken to a house of Lady Belamour's?
2. Who said they did not want to take the maiden back to Lady Belamour's house?
3. Who did not want to take the maiden to a residence of Lady Belamour's?
Q10:
1. Who said they would carry the maiden?
2. Who offered to carry the sleeping maiden?
3.
Q11:
1. How did the watermen act about helping the maiden?
2. How did the watermen seem at the prospect of carrying the maiden?
3. What were the watermen feeling about helping the maiden?
Q12:
1. How did the watermen view the situation?
2. What did the watermen think about the situation?
3. What did the watermen think about the maiden's ordeal?
Q13:
1. How would the watermen transport the maiden?
2. How did the watermen say they would move the maiden?
3. How were the watermen planning on transporting the maiden?
Q14:
1. What were the watermen's cushions on?
2. Where were the cushions of the boat kept?
3.
Q15:
1. How is Betty related to the sleeping maiden?
2. What is Betty's relation to the woman being transported?
3. How are the maiden and Betty related?
Q16:
1. What was Betty trying to avoid?
2. What trouble was Betty trying to spare her sister?
3. What did Betty want to avoid while transporting the maiden?
Q17:
1. What was the best route to move the maiden?
2. What route was deemed best to take to transport the maiden?
3. What route did they consider the best to move the sleeping maiden?
Q18:
1. Would the party have to cross great thoroughfare while moving the maiden?
2. Would the watermen have to cross thoroughfare?
3.
Q19:
1. Which boat shot something?
2. Which boat shot the London Bridge?
3.
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3wi0p0ii61sf40nv491totqoo50drs | race | Researches at Johns Hopkins University's. Applied Physics laboratory ( APL) in Laurel , Maryland have designed a new human-like robot, Its name is Robo Sally. The machine can be controlled from a distance and can he used to do work that is dangerous for human beings.
Roho Sally has two long arms with human-like hands. She can use her fingers to pick up small objects .examine them in detail and do most things that human hands can do Each finger contains a tiny motor capable of squeezing 20 pounds of pinch foree ,.enough to defuse a bomb under the direction of an operator. She sits on a metal base with wheels that let her move around. turn in tight spaces and climb over small objects, .
Mike McLoughlin is the main investigator for the Applied Physics Laboratory's Prosthetics Program. "The purpose of that program is to develop prosthetic arms that have all the capability of your natural arms .and you do all the complex motions that we can do with the natural arm- with the robot. "
It was a difficult job. Mr. McLoughlin says the device had to have many small motors to. have the ability to do what a human hand does; It also needs to have human-like strength. The thumb was especially difficult because it permits the hand .to hold objects. And everything had. to fit into a space about the size of a human hand.
The next problem .he says .was to figure out how to control the artificial hand. " So we had to figure out how to make the connection between the brain and this arm.
For search-and-rescue duties.Roho Sally will be operated by a human being using a wire- less machine that is far from the robot. The operator will also wear special gloves and glasses. The glasses permit the operator to see the robot's hands .even though they are far away.
Mr. McLoughlin says this kind of robots could be used in what he calls "dull , dirty or dan- gerous" situations where fine human finger movements are required. He says the technology is not ready for everyday application .but he predicts that within five years we will see some won- derful improvements. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the name of the robot which is the story's main focus?
2. What is the name of the robot that the story talks about?
3. The story mentions what robot?
Q2:
1. Who is in charge of Robo Sally's design?
2. Who is the person in charge of designing the robot?
3. Who is designing Robo Sally?
Q3:
1. Where was Robo Sally being designed?
2. Where was Mike McLoughlin and team designing this robot?
3. Where was Robo Sally being created and tested?
Q4:
1. Where is the laboratory where Robo Sally is being made?
2. Where is the Applied Physics Laboratory in which Robo Sally is being made?
3. What is the location of the lab that is being used to design this robot?
Q5:
1. What was the purpose behind creating Robo Sally?
2. What were researchers trying to achieve from the Robo Sally project?
3. What was the goal behind making Robo Sally?
Q6:
1. Was replicating natural arm movements in Robo Sally easy?
2.
3.
Q7:
1. What were some of the features of Robo Sally?
2. What features did Robo Sally have?
3.
Q8:
1. Why did Robo Sally have small motors?
2. Why did Robo Sally need small motors?
3. Why did they put small motors in Robo Sally?
Q9:
1. Did designers have difficulty with designing Robo Sally?
2. Did they run into issues with the small motors in Robo Sally?
3.
Q10:
1. What problem did the team face with the small motors they put in Robo Sally?
2. What issue did the small motors in the robot pose to its designers?
3. Where did designers run into a problem with Robo Sally's design in particular?
Q11:
1. Why was the thumb design problematic in Robo Sally?
2. Why was Robo Sally's thumb an issue?
3.
Q12:
1. Were there other issues in the robot's design?
2. Did other difficulties come up while designing the robot?
3.
Q13:
1. What was the next design problem after the one with the robot's thumb?
2. What was the other issue with designing Robo Sally?
3.
Q14:
1. What was involved in the other issue of designing the robot's arm?
2.
3.
Q15:
1. What will be Robo Sally's main purpose?
2. What is going to be the robot's main purpose?
3. What service is Robo Sally primarily going to give
Q16:
1. How are designers going to make the connection between brain and arm for the robot?
2. How will researchers make the connection for Robo Sally's brain and arm?
3. How are designers creating a connection between the robot's brain and arm?
Q17:
1. How will Robo Sally know to do something?
2. How is the robot going to operate?
3. How is Robo Sally supposed to make decisions?
Q18:
1. Why is the robot being controlled remotely?
2.
3.
Q19:
1. Is the robot ready for use?
2. Is Robo Sally ready to be used for everyday duties yet?
3. Do researchers think Robo Sally is ready for regular use yet?
Q20:
1. When do researchers think Robo Sally will be good to use?
2. When does Mike McLoughlin say the robot could be used?
3. When is Robo Sally projected to be put to use?
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3zotghdk5ibi9cex97fepx7jeh6so0 | wikipedia | Communications in Somalia encompasses the communications services and capacity of Somalia. Telecommunications, internet, radio, print, television and postal services in the nation are largely concentrated in the private sector. Several of the telecom firms have begun expanding their activities abroad. The Federal government operates two official radio and television networks, which exist alongside a number of private and foreign stations. Print media in the country is also progressively giving way to news radio stations and online portals, as internet connectivity and access increases. Additionally, the national postal service is slated to be officially relaunched in 2013 after a long absence. In 2012, a National Communications Act was also approved by Cabinet members, which lays the foundation for the establishment of a National Communications regulator in the broadcasting and telecommunications sectors.
After the start of the civil war, various new telecommunications companies began to spring up in the country and competed to provide missing infrastructure. Somalia now offers some of the most technologically advanced and competitively priced telecommunications and internet services in the world. Funded by Somali entrepreneurs and backed by expertise from China, Korea and Europe, these nascent telecommunications firms offer affordable mobile phone and internet services that are not available in many other parts of the continent. Customers can conduct money transfers (such as through the popular Dahabshiil) and other banking activities via mobile phones, as well as easily gain wireless Internet access. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How many official radio and tv networks does the federal government in Somalia?
2. Somalia's federal government operates how many official radio and tv networks?
3. How many official radio and tv networks in Somalia are operated by its federal government?
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3e47sobeyqws69eyeqc9qv7fgihicn | race | I'm Larry. I'm really good at selling things. I also love helping people. But I'm not so good at solving problems. I think I'd like to be a salesman or detective . I'm Anita. I really like doing things with my hands. I also enjoy working with wood. I don't enjoy working in the same place every day, and I hate being in noisy places. I think I'd like to be a factory worker or a carpenter . I'm Jill. I'm good at explaining things and I really like children. I can't stand working long hours. I think I'd like to be a doctor or a teacher. I'm Maria. I'm really interested in meeting people, and I enjoy wearing different clothes every day. I'm not so good at organizing my time and I can't stand computers. I am going to be a model. I'm Jim. I enjoy helping people, but I can't stand working nights and weekends. I want to be a nurse or a social worker. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the first person in the story good at?
2. What does the person first mentioned in the story say they're good at?
3.
Q2:
1. What is the name of the person first mentioned in the story?
2. Who says they are good at selling things?
3.
Q3:
1. What does Larry like to do?
2. What does Larry say he likes doing?
3. What does the person who says they are good at selling things say they also like doing?
Q4:
1. Is there something Larry is not good at?
2. Does Larry say he is not good at doing something?
3. Is there anything the person good at sales is not good at doing?
Q5:
1. What is Larry not good at?
2. What does Larry say he is not good at?
3. What is one thing the person good at sales is not good at?
Q6:
1. What does Larry want to become?
2. What profession does Larry want to pursue?
3.
Q7:
1. Who enjoys carving?
2. Who likes working with wood?
3. Who in the story would enjoy carving?
Q8:
1. What does Anita like to use?
2. Anita likes to make use of what?
3. What does the person who likes carving like to use?
Q9:
1. What does Anita not enjoy?
2. What does Anita not like?
3. Anita dislikes what?
Q10:
1. What else does Anita not like?
2. What does Anita not like doing?
3.
Q11:
1. What would Anita like having as a job?
2. What job would Anita want to work at?
3. What would Anita like as a job?
Q12:
1. If not as a factory worker, what would Anita like to work as?
2. What other occupation interests Anita?
3. Other than working in factory, what would Anita like to work as?
Q13:
1. Who would like to work as a physician?
2. Who wants to be a physician?
3. Who wants to be a doctor?
Q14:
1. What does Jill not like doing?
2. What is Jill opposed to doing?
3. What does Jill dislike doing?
Q15:
1. What does Jill like?
2. Who does Jill like?
3.
Q16:
1. Who is interested in fashion?
2. Who likes fashion?
3. Who seems to like fashion?
Q17:
1. What does Maria like doing?
2. What in particular does Maria like to do?
3.
Q18:
1. What does Maria not like to do?
2. What can Maria not stand?
3. Maria dislikes what?
Q19:
1. What does another guy want to become?
2. What does the last guy mentioned in the story want to be?
3.
Q20:
1. Who wants to be a social worker?
2. Who wants to pursue social work as a job?
3.
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382m9cohehfccytc4y7izmvtuhteuf | mctest | Hailey stood in her kitchen. She was looking for ideas of what to make for dinner. She could make pasta, soup, chili, or steak. She opened the refrigerator and took out a cartoon of juice. She sat down at the table and tried to write a list of ingredients she would need. She finally thought she would make chili for dinner. She took a sip of her juice and she saw she had all the ingredients she needed except meat.
Hailey saw she was losing daylight. This made her want to take her car to the store in order to buy the meat. It would be faster than walking. She quickly went to the back of the store where she knew the meat was stored and took her find to the cashier. When she made her way back into the lot she ran into her friend, Beth, and invited Beth to come to her house for dinner.
When they both returned to her home they cooked dinner together and had a wonderful evening. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was standing in the room?
2. Who was in the room?
3. Who was in the kitchen?
Q2:
1. Why was Hailey in the kitchen?
2. Why was Hailey standing in her kitchen?
3.
Q3:
1. What were Hailey's options for dinner?
2. What things could Hailey make?
3. What food items could Hailey prepare?
Q4:
1. Was Hailey thirsty?
2.
3.
Q5:
1. What was Hailey missing?
2. What ingredient was Hailey missing?
3. Hailey was missing what main ingredient to prepare dinner?
Q6:
1. Was it early or late in the day?
2. Was it early or late when Hailey was trying to make dinner?
3.
Q7:
1. How did Hailey get to the shop?
2. How did Hailey go to the store?
3.
Q8:
1. Why did Hailey want to dirve to the store?
2. Why did Hailey want to take her car?
3. Why was Hailey considering taking her car to the store?
Q9:
1. Where in the store did Hailey go?
2. After reaching the store, Hailey went where?
3.
Q10:
1. What was in the back of the store?
2.
3.
Q11:
1. Did Hailey pay at the store?
2. Did Hailey pay for the things she bought?
3.
Q12:
1. Did Hailey eat alone that night?
2. Did Hailey eat her dinner alone?
3. Was Hailey eating by herself that night?
Q13:
1. Was Hailey happy?
2. Did Hailey have a good time?
3. Was Hailey pleased?
Q14:
1. Who was with Hailey?
2. Who was eating with Hailey?
3. Who was accompanying Hailey?
Q15:
1. Who is Beth?
2. Who is Beth to Hailey?
3.
Q16:
1. What did Hailey drink earlier?
2. Hailey drank what before?
3.
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3ouygizwr7y0t36mf5994r6qtun0p6 | wikipedia | The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team located on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a members of the National League (NL) Central division; the team plays its home baseball games at Wrigley Field. The Cubs are also one of two active major league teams based in Chicago; the other is the Chicago White Sox, who are a member of the American League (AL) Central division. The team is currently owned by Thomas S. Ricketts, son of TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts.
The team played its first games in 1876 as a founding member of the National League (NL), eventually becoming known officially as the Chicago Cubs for the 1903 season. Officially, the Cubs are tied for the distinction of being the oldest currently active U.S. professional sports club, along with the Atlanta Braves, which also began play in the NL in 1876 as the Boston Red Stockings (Major League Baseball does not officially recognize the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players as a major league.) QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. The Chicago Cubs played their first game in what year?
2. When did the Chicago Cubs play their first game?
3.
Q2:
1. What league do the Chicago Cubs play in?
2. The Chicago Cubs compete in what league?
3. Which league do the Chicago Cubs often play in?
Q3:
1. Were the Chicago Cubs one of the original members of the league?
2. Were the Chicago Cubs a original member of the National League?
3.
Q4:
1. Which baseball team also started playing in 1876?
2. What team other the Chicago Cubs also began playing in 1876?
3.
Q5:
1. Did the Atlanta Braves go by another name?
2. Were the Atlanta Braves known by a different name?
3. Did the Atlanta Braves have a different name?
Q6:
1. What was the Atlanta Braves also known as?
2. What was the Atlanta Braves' other name?
3. The Atlanta Braves went by what other name?
Q7:
1. What are the Atlanta Braves tied with the Chicago Cubs for?
2. What are the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta Braves tied for?
3.
Q8:
1. What division did the Chicago Cubs participate in while in the National League?
2. The Chicago Cubs played in what division while in the National League?
3. While in the National League, what division did the Chicago Cubs participate in?
Q9:
1. Where does the Chicago Cubs play its home games?
2. The Chicago Cubs plays its home games where?
3.
Q10:
1. Where in Chicago at the Chicago Cubs based?
2. Where are the Chicago Cubs located?
3. Where in Chicago are the Chicago Cubs located?
Q11:
1. Does Chicago have any other baseball teams?
2. Other than the Chicago Cubs, are there any other baseball teams playing for Chicago?
3.
Q12:
1. How many baseball teams are there other than the Chicago Cubs in Chicago?
2. Chicago has how many teams playing for it other than the Chicago Cubs?
3.
Q13:
1. What is the name of the team playing for Chicago other than the Chicago Cubs?
2. What team plays baseball for Chicago other than the Chicago Cubs?
3.
Q14:
1. What league does the Chicago White Sox play in?
2. The Chicago White Sox plays in what league?
3.
Q15:
1. What division does the Chicago White Sox play in?
2. The Chicago White Sox plays in what division?
3.
Q16:
1. Who owns the baseball team, the Chicago White Sox?
2. Who owns the Chicago White Sox?
3. The Chicago White Sox is owned by whom?
Q17:
1. What business did Thomas S. Ricketts's father build?
2. Thomas S. Ricketts's father built what business?
3.
Q18:
1. In what year did the Chicago White Sox officially become the Chicago Cubs?
2. When did the Chicago White Sox become known officially as the Chicago Cubs?
3.
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3auqqel7u5tdyn3i1hi8ajv8ft30vs | gutenberg | CHAPTER V.
IN LOWER EGYPT.
"I am going on a journey," Ameres said to his son a few days after the return from the farm. "I shall take you with me, Chebron, for I am going to view the progress of a fresh canal that is being made on our estate in Goshen. The officer who is superintending it has doubts whether, when the sluices are opened, it will altogether fulfill its purpose, and I fear that some mistake must have been made in the levels. I have already taught you the theory of the work; it is well that you should gain some practical experience in it; for there is no more useful or honorable profession than that of carrying out works by which the floods of the Nile are conveyed to the thirsty soil."
"Thank you, father. I should like it greatly," Chebron replied in a tone of delight, for he had never before been far south of Thebes. "And may Amuba go with us?"
"Yes; I was thinking of taking him," the high priest said. "Jethro can also go, for I take a retinue with me. Did I consult my own pleasure I would far rather travel without this state and ceremony; but as a functionary of state I must conform to the customs. And, indeed, even in Goshen it is as well always to travel in some sort of state. The people there are of a different race to ourselves. Although they have dwelt a long time in the land and conform to its customs, still they are notoriously a stubborn and obstinate people, and there is more trouble in getting the public works executed there than in any other part of the country." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who in the story is having a conversation?
2. Which two people are having a conversation?
3.
Q2:
1. What is the father's name?
2. What is the dad's name in the story?
3.
Q3:
1. What is the son's name?
2. What is Ameres's son's name?
3. What is the son in the story's name?
Q4:
1. Where was the canal being built?
2.
3.
Q5:
1. Where in Goshen was the canal being built?
2.
3.
Q6:
1. Who did Chebron want to accompany him and his father?
2. Chebron wanted who to accompany him and his dad?
3. Who did Chebron want bring along?
Q7:
1. Was Ameres okay with bringing along more people?
2. Did Chebron's father agree to his suggestion of bringing someone with them?
3. Did Chebron's father agree to bring Amuba with them?
Q8:
1. Who did Ameres want to take with them?
2. Who did Chebron's father want to bring?
3.
Q9:
1. What did Ameres think was the problem with the canal?
2. What did Chebron's father think was the problem with the canal?
3. What was the problem with teh canal according to Chebron's father?
Q10:
1. What was Chebron already schooled in?
2. What had Chebron already been taught?
3. What had the father already taught Chebron?
Q11:
1. What part of the work had Chebron learnt?
2. What part of the work had Chebron been schooled in?
3.
Q12:
1. What would Chebron hopefully gain on the trip?
2. Hopefully, what would Chebron achieve from the trip?
3.
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3ias3u3i0fg5lj8qbnvmsvug8lh2bp | cnn | Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) -- A South African white supremacist group has retracted its statement vowing to avenge the killing of its leader, Eugene Terreblanche, a spokesman for the group said Monday.
"The statement was made by an emotional member of our organization," said Pieter Steyn, a spokesman for the neo-Nazi Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging, also called the Afrikaner Resistance Movement or AWB.
"The person has been reprimanded. We want a homeland where we can govern ourselves, and violence is not going to do our cause any good."
Terreblanche was killed Saturday following an apparent dispute over wages with workers on his farm, according to South African police.
Two of his farm workers ages 21 and 16 are scheduled to appear in court Tuesday after turning themselves in, police said.
Police said the 69-year-old was bludgeoned and stabbed to death with clubs and a machete in an attack at his farm near the town of Ventersdorp in South Africa's North West Province.
Steyn told CNN he is pleased with the work of the South African police, who said there would be a heavy police presence at Tuesday's court appearance.
The AWB has blamed the killing on the singing of a controversial apartheid-era song, "Shoot the Farmer."
The ruling African National Congress party's youth leader, Julius Malema, had sung the song in recent weeks until a court ruling barred him from doing so.
Steyn called on South African President Jacob Zuma to act to ease tensions. "He needs to address Julius Malema urgently," Steyn said. "We are finding it difficult to keep our members calm under the current circumstances. If farm murders continue, we cannot guarantee that our members will continue refraining from retaliating." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What does Julius Malema do?
2. What is Julius Malema's occupation?
3. What does Julius Malema work as?
Q2:
1. Who is Julius Malema a youth leader of?
2. What organization is Julius Malema the leader of?
3. Julius Malema leads which organization?
Q3:
1. What did the court tell Julius Malema to do?
2. What was Julius Malema ordered to do by the court?
3. What was Julius Malema barred from doing?
Q4:
1. What was Julius Malema ordered to stop singing?
2. What had Julius Malema been singing?
3.
Q5:
1. What was the song, 'Shoot The Farmer'?
2. What was the song considered to be?
3.
Q6:
1. Who was killed?
2.
3.
Q7:
1. What group did Eugene Terreblanche run?
2. Eugene Terreblanche led what group?
3. Eugene Terreblanche was the leader of what group?
Q8:
1. What was the name of the group run by Eugene Terreblanche?
2. What was Eugene Terreblanche's group called?
3. What was the Eugene Terreblanche-led group called
Q9:
1. When did Eugene Terreblanche die?
2. When was Eugene Terreblanche killed?
3. When did Eugene Terreblanche pass away?
Q10:
1. How many people turned themselves in regarding the killing of Eugene Terreblanche?
2. How many people turned themselves in after killing Eugene Terreblanche?
3. how many people involved in Eugene Terreblanche's death turned themselves in?
Q11:
1. When will the people who turned themsleves into the police be in court?
2. When are the farm workers going to appear in court?
3. When are the people involved in Eugene Terreblanche's death appearing in court?
Q12:
1. Which town is Eugene Terreblanche's farm near?
2. Eugene Terreblanche's farm is near what town?
3.
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3r6byfzzp7cwzgn34e2b1bfx11tfxx | cnn | CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (CNN) -- Floodwaters inundated Iowa City and the University of Iowa arts campus on Sunday despite what one official called a "Herculean effort" to hold back the water with sandbags.
Residents surround Lt. Tobey Harrison at a Cedar Rapids checkpoint as they wait to see their homes Sunday.
"We've had the [National Guard] working next to prisoner inmates, sandbagging," said David Jackson, the university's facilities manager. "Students, faculty and staff, leaders of the university, the president of the university -- out sandbagging."
Some 500 to 600 homes were ordered to evacuate and others faced a voluntary evacuation order through the morning, said Iowa City Mayor Regenia Bailey.
The Iowa River in Iowa City crested at 31.5 feet and was expected to remain at that level until Monday, city and state officials said Sunday.
Classes at the university have been suspended until next Sunday, according to its Web site.
"All of our theaters, our music building, Clapp Recital Hall, our fine arts building [the] new Art Building West designed by Stephen Holl, has taken on significant water as well," said Sally Mason, president of the university. "Fortunately we were able to save all the art," she said.
The art was placed in crates shipped out of state last week.
"We anticipated the worst a week ago." At least 8 feet of water rushed through the campus, officials said. Among the school's 30,000 students, Ann Barber told CNN she has been sandbagging for nearly seven days.
"It's very hard to watch the devastation of our university," she said. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is the University of Iowa's facility manager?
2. Who is the facility manager of the University of Iowa?
3. Who at the University of Iowa is the facility manager?
Q2:
1. Which river crested at 31.5 feet?
2. Which river reached a crest of 31.5 feet?
3.
Q3:
1. Where is the Iowa river located?
2. Where is the Iowa River?
3. Where is the Iowa river situated?
Q4:
1. How much water rushed into the University of Iowa campus?
2. How deep was the water that flooded the University of Iowa campus?
3.
Q5:
1. Ho wmany students are there at the University of Iowa?
2. The University of Iowa has how many students?
3. Approximately how many students are enrolled at the University of Iowa?
Q6:
1. Who had been putting sandbags for days?
2.
3.
Q7:
1. Were prisoners involved in sandbagging?
2. Were prisoners being made to sandbag as well?
3. Were prisoners helping with sandbagging?
Q8:
1. Who is the Iowa City mayor?
2.
3.
Q9:
1. Who did a student of the University of Iowa talk to?
2. A student at the University of Iowa spoke to who?
3.
Q10:
1. What were the students at the University of Iowa able to save?
2. What were some students at the University of Iowa able to salvage?
3.
Q11:
1. Where was the art saved from the University of Iowa put?
2. Where was the art from the University of Iowa kept?
3. Where did they store the art saved from the University of Iowa?
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30zx6p7vf8vb3262zf83qjdth2z2j8 | wikipedia | Operation Sea Lion, also written as Operation Sealion (), was Nazi Germany's code name for the plan for an invasion of the United Kingdom during the Battle of Britain in the Second World War. Following the Fall of France, Adolf Hitler, the German Führer and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, hoped the British government would seek a peace agreement and he reluctantly considered invasion only as a last resort if all other options failed. As a precondition, he specified the achievement of both air and naval superiority over the English Channel and the proposed landing sites, but the German forces did not achieve this at any point during the war and both the German High Command and Hitler himself had serious doubts about the prospects for success. A large number of barges were gathered together on the Channel coast, but, with air losses increasing, Hitler postponed Sea Lion indefinitely on 17 September 1940 and it was never put into action.
Adolf Hitler hoped for a negotiated peace with the UK, and made no preparations for amphibious assault on Britain until the Fall of France. At the time, the only forces with experience of or modern equipment for such landings were the Japanese, at the Battle of Wuhan in 1938. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the other name for Operation Sea Lion?
2. What was Operation Sea Lion also called?
3. What was Operation Sea Lion also written as?
Q2:
1. What is Operation Sea Lion?
2. What is Operation SeaLion?
3.
Q3:
1. Who was leading Germany?
2. Who was the German supreme leader?
3. Who was in charge of Germany and its troops?
Q4:
1. What was Adolf Hitler's other title?
2. Adolf Hitler held what title other than being commander of the forces?
3.
Q5:
1. After what event did Adolf Hitler decide about Operation Sea Lion?
2. Adolf Hitler decided about the invasion following what event?
3. Adolf Hitler decided on Operation Sea Lion after what event took place?
Q6:
1. Did Adolf Hitler really want to invade the United Kingdom?
2. Was invading Britain Adolf Hitler's first choice?
3. Was Adolf Hitler keen on invading the UK?
Q7:
1. What alternative had Adolf Hitler been hoping for?
2. What was the alternative to Operation Sea Lion?
3. What had Adolf Hitler hoped would happen instead of him having to invade Britain?
Q8:
1. Did Operation Sea Lion succeed?
2. Was Operation Sea Lion a success?
3.
Q9:
1. Did Adolf Hitler prepare for an amphibious attack?
2. Did Adolf Hitler plan an amphibious attack?
3. Did Adolf Hitler make plans for an amphibious assault?
Q10:
1. Was Adolf Hitler's troops experienced to carry out amphibious attacks?
2. Did Adolf Hitler's troops have the experience to do an amphibious attack?
3.
Q11:
1. Which force was better suited to do amphibious assaults?
2. Which force had the experience needed to carry out an amphibious attack?
3.
Q12:
1. Where did the Japanese do an amphibious assault?
2. In what war did the Japanese carry out an amphibious attack?
3. The Japanese forces first carried out amphibious attacks where?
Q13:
1. When did the Japanese do an amphibious assault?
2. When did the Japanese carry out an amphibious attack?
3. The Japanese forces first carried out amphibious attacks when?
Q14:
1. Did Adolf Hitler try achieving air and naval superiority?
2. Did Adolf Hitler try to get superiority over sea and water instead?
3.
Q15:
1. Adolf Hitler wanted to gain air and naval superiority over which channel?
2. Adolf Hitler was planning on getting air and naval superiority over which channel?
3. Over which channel did Adolf Hitler want to gain superiority?
Q16:
1. Did Adolf Hitler's forces ever gain superiority over the English Channel?
2. Did Adolf Hitler's troops gain air and naval superiority over the English Channel?
3.
Q17:
1. Did Adolf Hitler's High Command doubt the success of the German troops?
2. Did Adolf Hitler's High Command doubt the success of the troops in trying to gain air and naval superiority?
3. Was the German High Command doubtful of the troops' success?
Q18:
1. Did Adolf Hitler doubt his troops would take over the English Channel?
2. What did Adolf Hitler think about the success of his troops in taking over the English Channel?
3.
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3ejjqnku9r5wggsxq5kjfe5mg2irhe | cnn | (CNN) -- A line of angry protesters waving signs and wearing scows formed a ring around the front entrance of the Daily News' headquarters.
They took turns at the bullhorn accusing the paper of everything from libel to genocide. They didn't bring a list of demands; they weren't looking to negotiate. They had one goal: to shut the paper down forever.
"We're going to march until the walls come down," one shouted.
Employees who would normally head out the revolving door to one of the lunch trucks along Broad street developed a taste for cafeteria food that day.
Not Chuck Stone.
Stone, senior editor of the newspaper they had pledged to kill, walked out the front entrance and met their scows with a broad smile. Picketers committed to the complete destruction of the Daily News returned his smile or nodded in recognition as they passed him. A few even shook his hand.
I'll never forget that scene. It was, at once, improbable yet typical of a man who was as comfortable in the salons of power as he was in the embrace of the disadvantaged.
Chuck was the last man you'd pick out of a lineup of guys suspected of aiding and abetting dangerous felons. In his horn-rimmed glasses, hand-tied, silk bowties and graying crew cut, he looked like a grown-up version of the nerds that tough guys used to beat up to burnish their reps.
But fugitives who were wanted for vicious assaults and heinous crimes would call Chuck before they called their lawyers. In a town where some cops were known to administer curbside justice, surrendering to Chuck Stone was a way to keep from having their faces rearranged on the way to jail. At least 75 fugitives did just that over Stone's 19-year career. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where is the mob at?
2. At what location is the mob?
3. Where is the mob protesting?
Q2:
1. What did protesters took a turn holding?
2. What object was being passed around by protesters?
3. What did most protesters take a turn holding?
Q3:
1. Who was undeterred by the mob?
2. Who was unfazed by the mob?
3. Who was not bothered by the mob?
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39paafcodm0eew09zj6iuuxdbrzvt7 | cnn | The longest-serving lawmaker in U.S. congressional history, a legendary Motown artist, and the matriarch of a renowned political family will be among this year's recipients of the nation's highest civilian honor, the White House announced Monday.
Rep. John Dingell, Stevie Wonder and Ethel Kennedy are three of the nineteen Americans who Obama will bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom upon later this month.
Dingell has served nearly 60 years in Congress representing a district outside Detroit. He'll retire at the end of this session. Wonder has won 25 Grammys and an Oscar for his fusion of soul, rhythm and blues and jazz. And Kennedy, who is the widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, became an activist for human rights and the environment after her husband's death.
Other honorees this year include Meryl Streep, the prolific actress known for holding the most Oscar nominations of any actor in history. She stars this winter in "Into the Woods," the musical composed by Stephen Sondheim, to whom Obama will also award the Medal of Freedom on November 24.
Tom Brokaw, the former "NBC Nightly News" anchor, will be honored as well, alongside actress Marlo Thomas, golfer Charles Sifford and author Isabel Allende.
The other medalists are scientist Mildred Dresselhaus; Native American activist Suzan Harjo; former Reps. Abner Mikva of Illinois and Patsy Takemoto Mink of Hawaii; and economist Robert Solow.
Five awards will be delivered posthumously: to "Freedom Summer" civil rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner; to the well-known choreographer Alvin Ailey, who founded the namesake dance company; and to Rep. Edward Roybal, the founder of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What award is being talked about?
2. What award is the stroy talking about?
3. What award is being given to certain people?
Q2:
1. Who is one of the recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
2. Who is one of the people getting the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
3.
Q3:
1. Who does Rep. John Dingell represent?
2. What district does Rep. John Dingell represent?
3. Rep. John Dingell is a lawmaker for what district?
Q4:
1. How long has Rep. John Dingell been at his job?
2. How long has Rep. John Dingell been working at his current role?
3. How long has Rep. John Dingell been in service?
Q5:
1. Will Rep. John Dingell work next year?
2. Is Rep. John Dingell going to be working next year?
3. Is Rep. John Dingell still going to be working next year?
Q6:
1. When is Rep. John Dingell stepping down?
2. When is Rep. John Dingell going to stop working?
3. When will Rep. John Dingell stop working in his role?
Q7:
1. Who else has won the award other than Rep. John Dingell?
2. Who is the second recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
3. Who after Rep. John Dingell is receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
Q8:
1. Why is Stevie Wonder receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
2. Why is Stevie Wonder a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
3. Why is the Presidential Medal of Freedom being given to Stevie Wonder?
Q9:
1. Is an actor or actress getting the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
2. Which actress is receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom this year?
3. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is being given to which actress?
Q10:
1. Has Meryl Streep starred in anything recently?
2. Has Meryl Streep acted in any productions recently?
3. Has Meryl Streep been in anything new?
Q11:
1. What did Meryl Streep recently star in?
2. What has Meryl Streep recently acted in?
3. Meryl Streep just came in what movie?
Q12:
1. Is anyone else from 'Into the Woods' winning the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
2. Is anyone else from the recent Meryl Streep movie also winning the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
3.
Q13:
1. Who is Stephen Sondheim?
2.
3.
Q14:
1. Are any people in the sports arena receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
2. Is any sportsperson receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
3. Are there any sportspeople amongst the Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients?
Q15:
1. Who is the sportsperson winning the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
2. What athlete is receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
3.
Q16:
1. Which scientist is receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
2. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is being given to which scientist?
3. What is the name of the scientist who is receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, if there is one?
Q17:
1. Who is the writer winning the Presidential Medal of Freedom this year?
2. Which author is receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
3.
Q18:
1. Who from TV is winning the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
2. What TV star is receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
3.
Q19:
1. Who is Tom Brokaw
2. What is Tom Brokaw's profession?
3.
Q20:
1. Is anyone else from TV receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
2.
3.
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3qy7m81qh7md0n9qncpanpue7bg7kv | race | One of my friends Fred did very 1ittle work when he was a student. He spent more time drinking in bars than working in the library. Once, we had to take an important exam. The exam had a hundred questions. To each question, we had to write "Right" or "Wrong". The night before the exam, Fred was watching TV and drinking. He usua1ly worried a lot the night before the exam. But on that night he looked quite relaxed. He told me what he would do." It's very easy," he said to me, "There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty right answers to pass the exam. I'll bring a coin with me and throw it to decide answers. I' m sure I'll get half the questions right in this way. "During the exam, Fred sat down and really threw the coin for half an hour when he was writing down his answers. Then he 1eft half an hour before the others. The next day he saw the teacher on the playground. "Good morning, Mr. Wu," he said, "Have you checked the papers? Have I passed?" The teacher 1ooked at him and smiled, "Ah, it's you, Fred. One moment, please." Then he put his hand into his pocket and took out a coin. He threw it into the air, caught it in his hand and looked at it , "I'm very sorry, Fred. You _ ." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is the narrator's friend?
2. What is the narrator's friend called?
3. What is the name of the narrator's friend?
Q2:
1. What is Fred's vice?
2. What is a bad habit of Fred's?
3.
Q3:
1. Where should Fred have been instead?
2. Instead of being at bars, where should have Fred been?
3. Where should Fred have been instead of being at a bar?
Q4:
1. What should Fred have been doing in the library?
2. How should Fred have spent his time in the library?
3.
Q5:
1. Is there a test coming up?
2. Is there an exam?
3. Is an exam going to take place?
Q6:
1. Is the test important?
2. Is the exam important?
3. Is the test significant?
Q7:
1. How many options are there to each question in the test?
2. The questions on the test will have how many options?
3.
Q8:
1. The test has how many questions?
2. How many questions in total are on the test?
3. The test has how mnay questions?
Q9:
1. Did Fred prepare for the test?
2. Did Fred study for the exam?
3.
Q10:
1. What was Fred doing instead of studying?
2. What was Fred doing the night before the test?
3. How did Fred spend the night before the exam?
Q11:
1. Was Fred nervous about the test?
2. Was Fred anxious about the exam?
3. Was Fred nervous?
Q12:
1. What was Fred going to bring with him to the test?
2. What was Fred bringing to the test?
3.
Q13:
1. Why was Fred bringing a coin?
2. Why was Fred going to get a coin to the test?
3. Why did Fred decide to bring a coin to the test?
Q14:
1. What would Fred do with the coin?
2. What would Fred use the coin for?
3. How was Fred planning on using the coin?
Q15:
1. Was Fred confident about using the coin?
2. Was Fred confident about using the coin to decide the test's answers?
3.
Q16:
1. What did Fred think would happen by using the coin?
2. What did Fred hope to achieve by using the coin to decide his answers for him?
3. How did Fred think the coin would help him?
Q17:
1. How many right answers does Fred think he would get?
2. What number of right answers did Fred think he would get?
3.
Q18:
1. Did Fred end up getting half the answers right?
2. Did Fred end up with half the correct answers?
3.
Q19:
1. Who does Fred see later?
2. Who does Fred meet later?
3.
Q20:
1. How does the teacher tell Fred his score?
2. How does the teacher give Fred his score?
3.
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3ochawuvgok7f2fh5pt8ho7290nkxn | wikipedia | Cornwall is a ceremonial county in the United Kingdom. It is also a unitary authority area of England, administered by Cornwall Council. The county is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar which forms most of the border between them. Cornwall has a population of and covers an area of . The ceremonial county of Cornwall also includes the Isles of Scilly, which are administered separately. The administrative centre of Cornwall, and only city in the county, is Truro.
Cornwall forms the westernmost part of the South West Peninsula of the island of Great Britain. The furthest south-western point of the island is Land's End; the southernmost point is Lizard Point. Cornwall is the homeland of the Cornish people and the cultural and ethnic origin of the Cornish diaspora. It retains a distinct cultural identity that reflects its unique history, and is recognised as one of the Celtic nations. It was formerly a Brythonic kingdom and subsequently a royal duchy. The Cornish nationalist movement contests the present constitutional status of Cornwall and seeks greater autonomy within the United Kingdom in the form of a devolved legislative Cornish Assembly and powers similar to those in Wales and Scotland. Cornwall has been a unitary authority since the 2009 structural changes to local government in England. In 2014, Cornish people were granted minority status under the European Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, giving Cornish people recognition as a distinct ethnic group. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the article about?
2. What is the article talking about?
3.
Q2:
1. Is Cornwall a nation?
2. Is Cornwall a country?
3. Is the place being talked about in the article a country?
Q3:
1. What is Cornwall?
2.
3.
Q4:
1. Where is Cornwall?
2. Where is the county of Cornwall?
3. Where is Cornwall located?
Q5:
1. What is the furthest south-western point of Great Britain?
2. What is the furthest point in south-west Britain?
3.
Q6:
1. What is Great Britain's southern-most point?
2. What is the island of Great Britain's southernmost point called?
3.
Q7:
1. What is the only city in Cornwall called?
2. What is the city in Cornwall called?
3.
Q8:
1. Is Truro the administrative centre of Cornwall as well?
2. Is the only city in Cornwall also its administrative centre?
3. Does Truro also function as Cornwall's administrative centre?
Q9:
1. Does Cornwall have its own unique culture?
2. Does Cornwall have a distinct culture?
3. DOes Cornwall house a unique culture?
Q10:
1. What does Cornwall's culture reflect?
2. What is Cornwall's culture reflective of?
3.
Q11:
1. Which sea borders Cornwall?
2. Cornwall is bordered by what sea?
3. Which English Sea borders Cornwall?
Q12:
1. Where does the Celtic Sea border Cornwall?
2. The Celtic Sea borders Cornwall on what sides?
3.
Q13:
1. The English Channel is on Cornwall's which side?
2. Cornwall has the English Channel on what side?
3.
Q14:
1. Does Cornwall have any counties next to it?
2. Are there any counties next to Cornwall?
3. Is there a county next to Cornwall?
Q15:
1. Which county is next to Cornwall?
2. Which county is near Cornwall?
3. What is the name of the county next to Cornwall?
Q16:
1. Devon is on what side of Cornwall?
2. In which direction to Cornwall can one find Devon?
3.
Q17:
1. Are there any rivers bordering Cornwall?
2. Is there a river near Cornwall?
3. Are there any rivers near Cornwall?
Q18:
1. Which river forms most of the border between Cornwall and Devon?
2. Which river separates Cornwall from Devon?
3. What forms most of the border between Cornwall and Devon?
Q19:
1. What are the people in Cornwall called?
2. Cornwall's residents are also called what?
3.
Q20:
1. Was Cornwall a kingdom?
2. Did Cornwall use to be a kingdom?
3. Was Cornwall formerly a kingdom?
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3gdtjdapvubcqpecituwg2id7yom85 | wikipedia | Manchester () is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 530,300 . It lies within the United Kingdom's second-most populous urban area, with a population of 2.55 million. Manchester is fringed by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east and an arc of towns with which it forms a continuous conurbation. The local authority is Manchester City Council.
The recorded history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort of "Mamucium" or "Mancunium", which was established in about AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. It was historically a part of Lancashire, although areas of Cheshire south of the River Mersey were incorporated in the 20th century. Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained a manorial township but began to expand "at an astonishing rate" around the turn of the 19th century. Manchester's unplanned urbanisation was brought on by a boom in textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution, and resulted in it becoming the world's first industrialised city.
Manchester achieved city status in 1853. The Manchester Ship Canal opened in 1894, creating the Port of Manchester and linking the city to the sea, to the west. Its fortunes declined after the Second World War, owing to deindustrialisation, but the IRA bombing in 1996 led to extensive investment and regeneration. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where is Manchester?
2. Where is Manchester located?
3. Where in the world is Manchester located?
Q2:
1. What is Manchester's population?
2. How many people live in Manchester?
3. Manchester has how many residents?
Q3:
1. Is Manchester the UK's most populated area?
2. Is Manchester the most populous area of teh United Kingdom?
3.
Q4:
1. When did Manchester become a city?
2. What year did Manchester become a city in?
3. What year did Manchester get city status?
Q5:
1. What was opened in 1894 in Manchester?
2. What in Manchester was opened in 1894?
3.
Q6:
1. What is in the south side of Manchester?
2. What is located to Manchester's south?
3.
Q7:
1. What is the governing authority in Manchester?
2. What is Manchester's local authority?
3.
Q8:
1. Where did Manchester's history begin?
2. Where did Manchester's recorded history begin?
3.
Q9:
1. When did Manchester's history begin?
2. When did Manchester's recorded history begin?
3.
Q10:
1. When was Manchester a manorial township?
2. During what period was Manchester a manorial township?
3. Manchester was a manorial township during what time?
Q11:
1. When did textile manufacturing increase dramatically in Manchester?
2. When did Manchester see a dramatic increase in textile manufacturing?
3. During what time did textile manufacturing increase in Manchester?
Q12:
1. What was the result of the boom in textile manufacturing?
2. How did Manchester get affected by the increase in manufacturing?
3. How did the increase in textile manufacturing help Manchester?
Q13:
1. In what direction was Manchester linked to the sea?
2. Manchester had the sea in which direction?
3. Manchester was linked to the sea in what direction?
Q14:
1. What happened to Manchester after the second world war?
2. How did the second world war affect Manchester?
3. After WWII, what happened to Manchester?
Q15:
1. Why did Manchester's fortunes decline after WWII?
2. Why were Manchester's fortunes affected by the second world war?
3.
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3dh6gaktyypr424damiknh2oe5yzyd | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXV.
LADY SUSANNA IN LONDON.
In spite of the caution which he had received from his friend and cousin Mrs. Houghton, Jack De Baron did go to Munster Court during the absence of Lord George, and there did encounter Lady Susanna. And Mrs. Houghton herself, though she had given such excellent advice, accompanied him. She was of course anxious to see Lady Susanna, who had always especially disliked her; and Jack himself was desirous of making the acquaintance of a lady who had been, he was assured, sent up to town on purpose to protect the young wife from his wiles. Both Mrs. Houghton and Jack had become very intimate in Munster Court, and there was nothing strange in their dropping in together even before lunch. Jack was of course introduced to Lady Susanna. The two ladies grimaced at each other, each knowing the other's feeling towards herself. Mary having suspected that Lady Susanna had been sent for in reference to this special friend, determined on being specially gracious to Jack. She had already, since Lady Susanna's arrival, told that lady that she was able to manage her own little affairs. Lady Susanna had said an unfortunate word as to the unnecessary expense of four wax candles when they two were sitting alone in the drawing-room. Lady George had said that it was pretty. Lady Susanna had expostulated gravely, and then Lady George had spoken out. "Dear Susanna, do let me manage my own little affairs." Of course the words had rankled, and of course the love which the ladies bore to each other had not been increased. Lady George was now quite resolved to show dear Susanna that she was not afraid of her duenna. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What chapter of the story is this?
2. What chapter is it?
3.
Q2:
1. Where is Lady Susanna?
2. Where has Lady Susanna gone?
3.
Q3:
1. Where did Jack De Baron go?
2. Jack De Baron went where?
3.
Q4:
1. Who was Jack De Baron's cousin?
2. What was Jack De Baron's cousin's name?
3. Whose cousin was Jack De Baron?
Q5:
1. Who was absent?
2. Who was not present?
3.
Q6:
1. Who became close in Munster Court?
2. Which two people got closer in Munster Court?
3. Muster Court brought who closer?
Q7:
1. Who went with Jack De Baron?
2. Who accompanied Jack De Baron?
3. Who was accompanying Jack De Baron?
Q8:
1. What did Jack De Baron and Mrs. Houghton do before lunch?
2. Before lunch, what did Jack De Baron and Mrs. Houghton do?
3. What were Jack De Baron and Mrs. Houghton doing before their afternoon meal?
Q9:
1. Who did Jack De Baron meet at Munster Court?
2. Who did Jack De Baron meet?
3. Who did Jack De Baron encounter at Munster Court?
Q10:
1. Who was intent on being nice to Jack De Baron?
2. Who was set on being cordial with Jack De Baron?
3. Who had decided to be nice to Jack De Baron?
Q11:
1. Did Mrs. Houghton and Lady Susanna warm up to each other?
2. Did Mrs. Houghton and Lady Susanna start liking each other?
3. Did Mrs. Houghton and Lady Susanna start to care for each other more?
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38f5oaun5ncmyx8ihrmdaxemfr17ha | gutenberg | CHAPTER XVIII
BLAND MAKES A SACRIFICE
Sylvia was sitting by the hearth in Ethel West's drawing-room, her neatly shod feet on the fender, her low chair on the fleecy rug, and she made a very dainty and attractive picture. She felt the cold and hated discomfort of any kind, though it was characteristic of her that she generally succeeded in avoiding it. Ethel sat near by, watching her with calmly curious eyes, for Sylvia was looking pensive. Mrs. Lansing was talking to Stephen West on the opposite side of the large room.
"How is Edgar getting on?" Sylvia asked. "I suppose you hear from him now and then."
Ethel guessed where the question led and responded with blunt directness.
"Doesn't George write to you?"
"Not often. Herbert has just got a letter, but there was very little information in it; George is not a brilliant correspondent. I thought Edgar might have written by the same mail."
"As it happens, he did," said Ethel. "He describes the cold as fierce, and gives some interesting details of his sensations when the warmth first comes back to his half-frozen hands or limbs; then he adds a vivid account of a blizzard that George and he nearly got lost in."
"Things of that kind make an impression on a new-comer," Sylvia languidly remarked. "One gets used to them after a while. Did he say anything else?"
"There was an enthusiastic description of a girl he has met; he declares she's a paragon. This, of course, is nothing new, but it's a little astonishing that he doesn't seem to contemplate making love to her in his usual haphazard manner. She seems to have inspired him with genuine respect." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who almost got lost in a bad snowstorm?
2. Who almost got lost in a blizzard?
3. Who got caught in a blizzard?
Q2:
1. Who talked about the snowstorm?
2. Who mentioned the blizzard?
3.
Q3:
1. What is Ethel's last name?
2. What is Ethel's sirname?
3. What is the last name of the person who told about the snow?
Q4:
1. Who was Ethel West with?
2. Who was accompanying Ethel West?
3. Who was Ethel West with at the time?
Q5:
1. Where were Ethel West and Sylvia?
2. Where were Ethel West and Sylvia talking?
3. Where were Ethel West and Sylvia seated?
Q6:
1. Was anybody else with Ethel West and Sylvia?
2. Was anybody else there in the room with Ethel West and Sylvia?
3. Did Ethel West and Sylvia have company in the room they were in?
Q7:
1. Who was with Ethel West and Sylvia?
2. Who was there in the room with Ethel West and Sylvia?
3. Who did Ethel West and Sylvia have with them in the room they were in?
Q8:
1. What were Mrs. Lansing and Stephen West doing?
2. What were the poeple in the room with Ethel West and Sylvia doing?
3. What were Mrs. Lansing and Stephen West upto?
Q9:
1. Were Mrs. Lansing and Stephen West in the same part of the house as Ethel West and Sylvia?
2. Were all four people in the same part of the house?
3. Were Mrs. Lansing, Stephen West, Ethel West and Sylvia in the same room?
Q10:
1. Where in the room were Mrs. Lansing and Stephen West?
2. Mrs. Lansing and Stephen West were in what part of the living room?
3.
Q11:
1. Who was Sylvia inquiring about?
2. Whose whereabouts was Sylvia asking about?
3. Who was Sylvia asking Ethel West about?
Q12:
1. Does Sylvia get letters from George?
2. Does Geroge write to Sylvia often?
3. Does George send Sylvia letters?
Q13:
1. Did anyone get something in the mail?
2. Did anyone receive letters in the mail?
3. Did someone get a letter?
Q14:
1. Was George's letter informative?
2. Did Herbert's correspondence with George have a lot of information?
3. Did the letter that George sent to Herbert have much information?
Q15:
1. Was George in a warm place?
2. Did George mention being in a warm place in his letter?
3. Did George tell Herbert he was in a warm place?
Q16:
1. Who was with George?
2. Who was accompanying George?
3.
Q17:
1. Was anyone else mentioned in the letter?
2. Was someone else mentioned in the correspondence?
3. Did the letter mention anyone else?
Q18:
1. How was the girl in the letter described?
2. How did Edgar describe the girl?
3. How was the girl mentioned in the correspondence described?
Q19:
1. Does Edgar want to have relations with this girl?
2. Is Edgar sexually interested in this girl?
3. Does Edgar seem to want to have relations with the girl he mentions?
Q20:
1. What does the girl inspire in Edgar?
2. How has the girl affected Edgar?
3.
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3wakvudhuwgr3je2hqtctc3c9psu73 | wikipedia | In an ecosystem, predation is a biological interaction where a predator (an organism that is hunting) feeds on its prey (the organism that is attacked). Predators may or may not kill their prey prior to feeding on them, but the act of predation often results in the death of the prey and the eventual absorption of the prey's tissue through consumption. Thus predation is often, though not always, carnivory. Other categories of consumption are herbivory (eating parts of plants), fungivory (eating parts of fungi), and detritivory (the consumption of dead organic material (detritus)). All these consumption categories fall under the rubric of consumer-resource systems. It can often be difficult to separate various types of feeding behaviors. For example, some parasitic species prey on a host organism and then lay their eggs on it for their offspring to feed on it while it continues to live in or on its decaying corpse after it has died. The key characteristic of predation however is the predator's direct impact on the prey population. On the other hand, detritivores simply eat dead organic material arising from the decay of dead individuals and have no direct impact on the "donor" organism(s). QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How do parasites sustain themselves?
2. How dd parasites find nourishment?
3. How do some parasites support themselves?
Q2:
1. What do parasites do with their offspring?
2. What do parasites do with their eggs?
3. How do parasites deal with their offspring?
Q3:
1. What is a detritivore?
2. What does the term 'detritivore' mean?
3. What organisms are classified as detritivores?
Q4:
1. Are detritivores to their host organisms?
2. Are detritivores detrimental to their hosts' health?
3. Do detritivores negatively affect their hosts?
Q5:
1. What is predation?
2. What is meant by 'predation'?
3. What does the term 'predation' mean?
Q6:
1. What happens in predation?
2. What happens in the interaction?
3.
Q7:
1. What is a predator?
2. Who is a predator?
3. What is meant by 'predator'?
Q8:
1. What organism is a prey?
2. Who is prey?
3. What is meant by 'prey'?
Q9:
1. Is predation always carnivorous?
2. Is predation between organisms always carnivory?
3.
Q10:
1. What are other ways that predators feed on prey?
2. What are other types of food consumption?
3. What are other ways organisms feed in?
Q11:
1. What do herbivores consume?
2. What type of food do herbivores eat?
3. Herbivores primarily eat what?
Q12:
1. What do fungivores consume?
2. What type of food do fungivores eat?
3. Fungivores primarily eat what?
Q13:
1. Are different feeding mechanisms easily recognized?
2. Are various feeding patterns easily distinguishable?
3.
Q14:
1. Whatis the key characteristic of predation?
2. What is a defining quality of predation?
3. What factor is mainly looked at in predation?
Q15:
1. How are consumption categories mapped?
2. How are different consumption categories surmised?
3.
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388u7oumf71l5gm1sxdy9m65uiz0ry | cnn | (CNN) -- Like he does every week, Chris Hardwick hosted "Talking Dead" on Sunday night -- but this time, he was coping with a heartbreaking loss.
His father, Billy Hardwick, died of an apparent heart attack a day earlier.
Chris Hardwick, who hosts the aftershow for AMC's most-watched series, "Walking Dead," said he decided to continue with his duties because it was an appreciated distraction.
He said he was grateful that he had a chance to tell his 72-year-old father that he loved him, and encouraged viewers to appreciate their families.
Billy Hardwick was a Hall of Fame bowler who also appeared on his son's podcast, nerdist.
"My dad was my favorite podcast guest. He was amazingly open and it brought us closer," Chris Hardwick tweeted Saturday.
According to the Professional Bowling Association, Billy Hardwick's career took off after "one of the greatest turnarounds in professional bowling history."
He went from a rookie in 1962 to winning four titles the next season.
After he retired, he opened Billy Hardwick's All-Star Lanes in Memphis, Tennessee.
People we lost in 2013
CNN's Susan Candiotti contributed to this report.
QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did Chris Hardwick host?
2. What program did Chris Hardwick host?
3. What show did Chris Hardwick play as a host on??
Q2:
1. On which day did Chris Hardwick host the show?
2. When did Chris Hardwick host the 'Talking Dead'?
3. On what day did 'Talking Dead' air?
Q3:
1. how often did Chris Hardwick host that show?
2. How often was 'Talking Dead' hosted by Chris Hardwick?
3. Chris Hardwick hosted the show how often?
Q4:
1. Why is Chris Hardwick sad?
2. Why is Chris Hardwick unhappy?
3. Why does Chris Hardwick seem dismal?
Q5:
1. When did Chris Hardwick's father die?
2. When did Chris Hardwick's father pass away?
3. When did the tragedy strike Chris Hardwick?
Q6:
1. How old was Chris Hardwick's father?
2. What was Chris Hardwick's father's age?
3. How old was Chris Hardwick's dad?
Q7:
1. What was Chris Hardwick's father's name?
2. What was Chris Hardwick's father called?
3. Who was Chris Hardwick's father?
Q8:
1. What was Chris Hardwick's father's profession?
2. What did Chris Hardwick's father work as?
3. What was Billy Hardwick's job?
Q9:
1. Did Chris Hardwick's father appear in his shows?
2. Did Billy Hardwick come to his son's shows?
3. Did Chris Hardwick's father come in his shows?
Q10:
1. What show of Chris Hardwick's did his father appear in?
2. Chris Hardwick's father made an appearance in which show of his?
3. Which show of Chris Hardwick's have an appearance of his father?
Q11:
1. What type of a show was 'nerdist'?
2. What format was 'Nerdist' in?
3. Chris Hardwick's show 'nerdist' was what kind of a show?
Q12:
1. When was Chris Hardwick's father a rookie?
2. In what year was Billy Hardwick a rookie?
3. When was Chris Hardwick's dad still a rookie?
Q13:
1. What happened the season after Chris Hardwick's dad was a rookie?
2. What happened in Chris Hardwick's father's next season after 1962?
3. After 1962, what did Chris Hardwick's father do in his next season?
Q14:
1. What did Billy Hardwick do after retiring?
2. What did Chris Hardwick's father do after retirement?
3. What did Billy Hardwick pusrue after retiring?
Q15:
1. Where did Chris Hardwick's father open Billy Hardwick's All-Star Lanes?
2. Where was Billy Hardwick's All-Star Lanes opened?
3. Where did Billy Hardwick open his establishment, Billy Hardwick's All-Star Lanes?
Q16:
1. In what year did Billy Hardwick die?
2. When did Chris Hardwick's father die?
3. Which year marked the passing of Billy Hardwick?
Q17:
1. Who contributed to this report?
2. Who contributed to the article about Chris Hardwick's father?
3. Who helped with the report on Chris Hardwick's father?
Q18:
1. What network does Susan Candiotti work for?
2. Which network did Susan Candiotti write a report for?
3. Susan Candiotti contributed to a report for what news network?
Q19:
1. How did Chris Hardwick's father die?
2. What causeed Chris Hardwick's father's death?
3. How did Billy Hardwick die?
Q20:
1. Did Chris Hardwick continue with his usual duties after the passing of his father?
2. After his father died, did Chris Hardwick continue on with his work?
3. Did Chris Hardwick keep working after his father passed away?
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3x0h8uuit1oqelnz0t6o6rk5htoswf | gutenberg | CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
TYRANTS AND PLOTTERS.
Leaving Christian and Adams to carry out their philanthropic intentions, we return to Matthew Quintal, whom we left sprawling on the ground in his garden.
This garden was situated in one of the little valleys not far from Bounty Bay. Higher up in the same valley stood the hut of McCoy. Towards this hut Quintal, after gathering himself up, wended his way in a state of unenviable sulkiness.
His friend McCoy was engaged at the time in smoking his evening pipe, but that pipe did not now seem to render him much comfort, for he growled and puffed in a way that showed he was not soothed by it, the reason being that there was no tobacco in the pipe. That weed,--which many people deem so needful and so precious that one sometimes wonders how the world managed to exist before Sir Walter Raleigh put it to its unnatural use--had at last been exhausted on Pitcairn Island, and the mutineers had to learn to do without it. Some of them said they didn't care, and submitted with a good grace to the inevitable. Others growled and swore and fretted, saying that they knew they couldn't live without it. To their astonishment, and no doubt to their disgust, they did manage to live quite as healthily as before, and with obvious advantage to health and teeth. Two there were, however, namely, Quintal and McCoy, who would not give in, but vowed with their usual violence of language that they would smoke seaweed rather than want their pipes. Like most men of powerful tongue and weak will, they did not fulfil their vows. Seaweed was left to the gulls, but they tried almost every leaf and flower on the island without success. Then they scraped and dried various kinds of bark, and smoked that. Then they tried the fibrous husk of the cocoa-nut, and then the dried and pounded kernel, but all in vain. Smoke, indeed, they produced in huge volumes, but of satisfaction they had none. It was a sad case. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was sprawled out on the ground?
2. Who was laying on the ground?
3. Who was on the ground?
Q2:
1. Where was Matthew Quintal laying?
2. Where was Matthew Quintal sprawled?
3. On what ground was Matthew Quintal laying?
Q3:
1. Who was carrying out philanthropic acts?
2. Who was left to carry out their philanthropic intentions?
3.
Q4:
1. Who else was carrying out philanthropic intentions?
2. Who along with Christian was performing philanthropic actions?
3.
Q5:
1. Where was Matthew Quintal's garden?
2. Where was Matthew Quintal's garden located?
3. What was Matthew Quintal's garden's location?
Q6:
1. What else was in the valley besides Matthew Quintal's garden?
2. What else stood in the valley other than the garden?
3. What structure was in the valley?
Q7:
1. Why was McCoy not relaxed by his pipe?
2. Why was smoking the pipe not helping McCoy?
3. Why was McCoy not feeling relaxed after having smoked the pipe?
Q8:
1. Did Matthew Quintal and McCoy smoke bark?
2. Were Matthew Quintal and McCoy smoking bark?
3. Did Matthew Quintal and McCoy try and smoke some kind of bark?
Q9:
1. Was Matthew Quintal and McCoy smoking bark sad?
2. Was Matthew Quintal and McCoy trying to find things to smoke sad?
3. Was it sad to see Matthew Quintal and McCoy smoking different items?
Q10:
1. What was left to the seagulls?
2. What did Matthew Quintal and McCoy leave to the seagulls?
3. What was consumed by the seagulls?
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3n4bptxio8sfyylm0kilxh8yfgiukd | cnn | New York (CNN) -- A self-described "ex-madam" who claims she supplied fellow city comptroller candidate Eliot Spitzer with escorts several years ago is facing charges of illegally distributing prescription drugs, authorities said.
Kristin Davis, 38, was arrested on Monday night and charged with selling Adderall, Xanax and other drugs. She's also accused of orchestrating the sale of approximately 180 oxycodone pills for cash.
The candidate was released Tuesday on $100,000 bail, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for September 5. Prosecutors said she will have strict pretrial supervision.
"Prescription drug abuse is the fastest-growing drug problem in this country, resulting in more overdose deaths than heroin and cocaine combined, and this office has a zero tolerance policy towards anyone who helps to spread this plague at any level," Preet Bharara, Manhattan U.S. Attorney, said in a statement.
Spitzer, Weiner and why New York is talking about sex
Davis is charged with four counts of distributing and possessing with intent to distribute a controlled substance. She faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for each count, if convicted.
Prosecutors allege that from 2009 through 2011 Davis bought ecstasy pills, Adderall pills and Xanax pills from an FBI cooperating witness at least once a month, paying hundreds of dollars for each purchase. She told the witness she provided these drugs to people at house parties, authorities say.
An attorney for Davis was could not be immediately reached for comment.
Davis' campaign manager, Andrew Miller, said he was aware of the arrest but couldn't provide any information. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Is Allison Davis the campaign manager?
2. Is Allison Davis the name of the campaign manager?
3.
Q2:
1. Who is the campaign manager?
2. What is the name of the campaign manager?
3. Who is Davis' campaign manager?
Q3:
1. Was the campaign manager available for comment?
2. Was Andrew Miller available for comment?
3. Did Andrew Miller comment on his client's case?
Q4:
1. Was Andrew Miller helpful?
2. Was Andrew Miller informative?
3. Was the campaign manager helpful?
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3y4w8q93lzk7x74cdt63pqfr86rdvo | wikipedia | One of the most famous people born in Warsaw was Maria Skłodowska-Curie, who achieved international recognition for her research on radioactivity and was the first female recipient of the Nobel Prize. Famous musicians include Władysław Szpilman and Frédéric Chopin. Though Chopin was born in the village of Żelazowa Wola, about 60 km (37 mi) from Warsaw, he moved to the city with his family when he was seven months old. Casimir Pulaski, a Polish general and hero of the American Revolutionary War, was born here in 1745.
The Saxon Garden, covering the area of 15.5 ha, was formally a royal garden. There are over 100 different species of trees and the avenues are a place to sit and relax. At the east end of the park, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is situated. In the 19th century the Krasiński Palace Garden was remodelled by Franciszek Szanior. Within the central area of the park one can still find old trees dating from that period: maidenhair tree, black walnut, Turkish hazel and Caucasian wingnut trees. With its benches, flower carpets, a pond with ducks on and a playground for kids, the Krasiński Palace Garden is a popular strolling destination for the Varsovians. The Monument of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is also situated here. The Łazienki Park covers the area of 76 ha. The unique character and history of the park is reflected in its landscape architecture (pavilions, sculptures, bridges, cascades, ponds) and vegetation (domestic and foreign species of trees and bushes). What makes this park different from other green spaces in Warsaw is the presence of peacocks and pheasants, which can be seen here walking around freely, and royal carps in the pond. The Wilanów Palace Park, dates back to the second half of the 17th century. It covers the area of 43 ha. Its central French-styled area corresponds to the ancient, baroque forms of the palace. The eastern section of the park, closest to the Palace, is the two-level garden with a terrace facing the pond. The park around the Królikarnia Palace is situated on the old escarpment of the Vistula. The park has lanes running on a few levels deep into the ravines on both sides of the palace. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What country is this report about?
2. Which country does the article talk about?
3. The report mentions which country?
Q2:
1. How much area is covered by the Łazienki Park?
2. The Łazienki Park covers how much area?
3. How big is the Łazienki Park?
Q3:
1. What makes the Łazienki Park different than others in Warsaw?
2. What sets the Łazienki Park apart from other spaces in Warsaw?
3. Why is Łazienki Park different than others in Warsaw?
Q4:
1. Who is the first female to have won the Nobel Prize?
2. Who is the first woman to win the Nobel Prize?
3. The Nobel Prize was won by which lady first?
Q5:
1. What did Marie Skłodowska Curie research?
2. What was Marie Skłodowska Curie's topic of research?
3. What did Marie Skłodowska Curie study?
Q6:
1. How much area does The Saxon Garden cover?
2. The Saxon Garden spans over how much area?
3. How big is the Saxon Garden?
Q7:
1. Where was Frédéric Chopin born?
2. Where was Frédéric Chopin's birthplace?
3. What was the name of the place Frédéric Chopin was born in?
Q8:
1. How far is Zelazowa Wola from Warsaw?
2. How far is Frédéric Chopin's birthplace from Warsaw?
3. How far from Warsaw is the village Frédéric Chopin was born in?
Q9:
1. How far is Zelazowa Wola from Warsawi in miles?
2. How far in miles is Frédéric Chopin's birthplace from Warsaw?
3. How far from Warsaw is the village Frédéric Chopin was born in, in miles?
Q10:
1. What was the Saxon Garden formerly?
2. What is the Saxon Garden known as otherwise?
3. What is a different name for the Saxon Garden?
Q11:
1. Who remodeled the Krasinski Palace Garden?
2. Who was in charge of remodeling the Krasinski Palace Garden?
3. The Krasinski Palace Garden was redone by whom?
Q12:
1. When did Franciszek Szanior remodel the Krasinski Palace Garden?
2. In what century did Franciszek Szanior remodel the Krasinski Palace Garden?
3. When was the Krasinski Palace Garden remodeled by Franciszek Szanior?
Q13:
1. What can be found at the east end of the Royal Garden?
2. What is at the Saxon Garden's east end?
3. What structure has been made in the east end of the royal garden?
Q14:
1. What kind of trees are in the Krasinski Palace Garden?
2.
3.
Q15:
1. How many different types of trees can be found in the Krasinski Palace Garden?
2. What are the different kinds of trees in the Krasinski Palace Garden?
3. List the types of trees found in the Krasinski Palace Garden?
Q16:
1. Do peacocks roam around freely in Lazienki Park?
2. In Lazienki Park, do the peacocks roam freely?
3. Are peacocks free to go wherever in Lazienki Park?
Q17:
1. Do pheasants roam around freely in Lazienki Park?
2. In Lazienki Park, do the pheasants roam freely?
3. Are pheasants free to go wherever in Lazienki Park?
Q18:
1. Lazienki Park's pond has what kind of fish?
2. What kind of fish swim in Lazienki Park's pond?
3. What kind of fish can be found in Lazienki Park?
Q19:
1. What can be found at the east end of Wilanow Palace Park?
2. What is at the east end of Wilanow Palace Park?
3. Wilanow Palace Park has what in its east side?
Q20:
1. How many levels does the garden in Wilanow Palace Park have?
2. Wilanow Palace Park's garden has how mnay levels?
3. The garden in Wilanow Palace Park's east side has how many levels?
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37qw5d2zrgmfokrh2qqisbhjyay8s4 | gutenberg | CHAPTER FORTY FOUR.
THE VISIBLE MADONNA.
The crowd had no sooner passed onward than Romola descended to the street, and hastened to the steps of San Stefano. Cecco had been attracted with the rest towards the Piazza, and she found Baldassarre standing alone against the church-door, with the horn-cup in his hand, waiting for her. There was a striking change in him: the blank, dreamy glance of a half-returned consciousness had given place to a fierceness which, as she advanced and spoke to him, flashed upon her as if she had been its object. It was the glance of caged fury that sees its prey passing safe beyond the bars.
Romola started as the glance was turned on her, but her immediate thought was that he had seen Tito. And as she felt the look of hatred grating on her, something like a hope arose that this man might be the criminal, and that her husband might not have been guilty towards him. If she could learn that now, by bringing Tito face to face with him, and have her mind set at rest!
"If you will come with me," she said, "I can give you shelter and food until you are quite rested and strong. Will you come?"
"Yes," said Baldassarre, "I shall be glad to get my strength. I want to get my strength," he repeated, as if he were muttering to himself, rather than speaking to her.
"Come!" she said, inviting him to walk by her side, and taking the way by the Arno towards the Ponte Rubaconte as the more private road. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where was Baldassarre standing?
2. Where was Baldassarre found standing?
3. Where was Baldassarre?
Q2:
1. Who moved towards Baldassarre?
2. Who was going up to Baldassarre?
3. Who went to Baldassarre?
Q3:
1. Was Baldassarre talking to himself?
2. Was Baldassarre muttering to himself?
3. Was Baldassarre muttering under his breath?
Q4:
1. Who was Baldassarre talking to?
2. Who was Baldassarre speaking with?
3. Baldassarre was talking to who?
Q5:
1. Who did Romola want Baldassarre to see?
2. Who did Romola want to bring to Baldassarre?
3. Romola wanted Baldassarre to see who?
Q6:
1. What did Romola offer Baldassarre?
2. What did Romola propose to Baldassarre?
3. What was Baldassarre offered by Romola?
Q7:
1. Did Romola move slowly or quickly towards San Stefano?
2. Did Romola walk towards San Stefano slowly or quickly?
3. Romola went to San Stefano fast or slow?
Q8:
1. Where did Cecco go?
2. Where had Cecco gone?
3.
Q9:
1. What was Baldassarre holding?
2. What did Baldassarre have in his hand?
3. What object was Baldassarre holding?
Q10:
1. Who did Romola hope Baldassarre was?
2. Who did Romola think Baldassarre was?
3. Who was Romola hoping Baldassarre would be?
Q11:
1. Was Baldassarre waiting for Romola?
2. Had Baldassarre been waiting for Romola?
3.
Q12:
1. What was Baldassarre's expression like?
2. What was the expression on Baldassarre's face?
3. What did Romola think Baldassarre's expression looked like?
Q13:
1. Did Romola feel hated?
2. Did Romola feel Baldassarre hated her?
3. Did Romola feel as though she was hated?
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3ydtzai2wxgebz5ld4llfye57ue148 | race | When Steve Maxwell graduated from college, he had an engineering degree and a high tech job -- but he couldn't balance his checkbook. "I took one finance class in college but dropped it to go on a ski trip," says the 45-year-old father of three, who lives in Windsor, Colorado. "I actually had to go to my bank and ask them to teach me how to read my statement."
One of the biggest obstacles to making money is not understanding it: Thousands of us avoid investing because we just don't get it. But to make money, you must be financially literate. "It bothered me that I didn't understand this stuff," says Steve, "so I read books and magazines about money management and investing, and I asked every financial whiz I knew to explain things to me."
He and his wife started applying the lessons: They made a point to _ . They never bought on impulse, always negotiated better deals (on their cars,cable bills, furniture) and stayed in their home long after they went for an expensive vacation. They also put 20 percent of their annual salary into investments.
Within ten years, they were millionaires, and people were coming to Steve for advice. "Someone would say, 'I need to refinance my house -- what should I do? 'A lot of times, I wouldn't know the answer, but I'd go to find it and learn something in the process," he says.
In 2003, Steve quit his job to become part owner of a company that holds personal finance seminars for employees of corporations like Wal Mart. He also started going to real estate investment seminars, and it's paid off: He now owns $ 30 million worth of investment properties, including apartment complexes, a shopping mall and a quarry.
"I was an engineer who never thought this life was possible, but all it truly takes is a little self education," says Steve. "You can do anything once you understand the basics." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What type of degree did Steve Maxwell have?
2. Steve Maxwell earned what degree?
3. What degree did Steve Maxwell get?
Q2:
1. Did Steve Maxwell have a high-tech job?
2. Did Steve Maxwell work in the tech industry?
3. Did Steve Maxwell also have a tech job?
Q3:
1. Why did Steve Maxwell drop his finance class?
2. Why did Steve Maxwell drop out of his finance class?
3. Why did Steve Maxwell abandon his finance class?
Q4:
1. How many children does Steve Maxwell have?
2. How many kids does Steve Maxwell have?
3. Steve Maxwell is a father to how many children?
Q5:
1. How old is Steve Maxwell?
2. What is Steve Maxwell's age?
3. Steve Maxwell is how old?
Q6:
1. When did Steve Maxwell quit his job?
2. In what year did Steve Maxwell leave his job?
3. When did Steve Maxwell leave his tech job?
Q7:
1. Is Steve Maxwell a multi-millionaire?
2. Does Steve Maxwell have millions of dollars?
3. Has Steve Maxwell become a multi-millionaire?
Q8:
1. How long did it take for Steve Maxwell to become a millionaire?
2. Steve Maxwell became a millionaire after how many years?
3. How long did Steve Maxwell take to become a millionaire?
Q9:
1. Do people come to Steve Maxwell for advice?
2. Do people ask Steve Maxwell for his advice?
3. Do people seek Steve Maxwell out for advice?
Q10:
1. How much of his annual salary does Steve Maxwell put into his investments?
2. Steve Maxwell invests what percent of his annual salary?
3. Steve Maxwell puts how much of his annual salary into investments?
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39n5acm9henipxuzf1s2x27jw9j9pf | wikipedia | The Sahrawi Republic, officially the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR; ; ""), is a partially recognized state that controls a thin strip of area in the Western Sahara region and claims sovereignty over the entire territory of Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony. SADR was proclaimed by the Polisario Front on February 27, 1976, in Bir Lehlou, Western Sahara, a former communist liberation force (modeled after that of Cuba) which has since reformed its ideological and political views.
The SADR government controls about 20–25% of the territory it claims. It calls the territories under its control the Liberated Territories or the Free Zone. Morocco controls and administers the rest of the disputed territory and calls these lands its Southern Provinces. The SADR government considers the Moroccan-held territory to be occupied territory, while Morocco considers the much smaller SADR-held territory to be a buffer zone. The claimed capital of the SADR is El-Aaiún, while the temporary capital has been moved from Bir Lehlou to Tifariti.
The Sahrawi Republic maintains diplomatic relations with 40 UN states, and is a full member of the African Union.
Following the Spanish evacuation of Spanish Sahara, Spain, Morocco, and Mauritania signed the Madrid Accords on November 14, 1975, leading to both Morocco and Mauritania moving in to annex the territory of Western Sahara. On 26 February 1976, Spain informed the United Nations that as of that date it had terminated its presence in Western Sahara and relinquished its responsibilities, leaving no Administering Power. Neither Morocco nor Mauritania gained international recognition, and war ensued with the independence-seeking Polisario Front. The United Nations considers the Polisario Front to be the legitimate representative of the Sahrawi people, and maintains that the people of Western Sahara have a right to "self-determination and independence." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How much land is controlled by the SADR?
2. The SADR controls how much land?
3. How much land is under the SADR's control?
Q2:
1. What does the SADR calls the territories under its control?
2. How does the SADR refer to the land in its control?
3. What name has been given to the territories under the SADR's control?
Q3:
1. What else does the SADRcall the territories under its control?
2. How else does the SADR refer to the land in its control?
3. What other name has been given to the territories under the SADR's control?
Q4:
1. Who controls the land not under the control of the SADR?
2. Who is in charge of the territories not under the SADR?
3. Who controls the rest of the territory?
Q5:
1. What does Morocco call its lands?
2. What does Morocco call the territories under its control?
3. How does Morocco refer to the lands it controls?
Q6:
1. Does the SADR diplomatic relations with someone?
2. Does the SADR keep its diplomatic relationships with anyone?
3. Does the SADR maintain any diplomatic conduct with an organization?
Q7:
1. Who does the SADR maintain diplomatic relations with?
2. Who is in diplomatic relations with the SADR?
3. The SADR upkeeps a diplomatic relationship with whom?
Q8:
1. Isthe SADR a member of any organization?
2. Is the SADR part of an organization?
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Q9:
1. Which organization is the SADR a part of?
2. Which organization is the SADR a member of?
3. The SADR is a member of which organization?
Q10:
1. Is SADR an acronym for anything?
2. Is SADR an acronym?
3.
Q11:
1. What is the full form of SADR?
2. What does SADR stand for?
3. What is SADR an acronym for?
Q12:
1. Is the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic known as anything else?
2. Does the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic have another name?
3. Is the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic known by another name?
Q13:
1. What is the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic known as?
2. What other name is the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic known by?
3. What name does the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic go by informally?
Q14:
1. Is the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic a fully recognized state?
2. Is the Sahrawi Republic a full recognized state?
3.
Q15:
1. Who proclaimed the SADR?
2. The SADR was proclaimed by whom?
3.
Q16:
1. When did the Polisario Front proclaim the SADR?
2. When was the SADR proclaimed?
3. When was the SADR proclaimed by the Polisario Front?
Q17:
1. Where did the Polisario Front proclaim SADR?
2. Where was SADR proclaimed by the Polisario Front?
3. Where did the Polisario Front's proclaimation of the SADR take place?
Q18:
1. When were the Madrid Accords signed?
2. In what year were the Madrid Accords signed?
3.
Q19:
1. How many countries signed the Madrid Accords?
2. The Madrid Accords were signed by how many countries?
3. What number of countries signed the Madrid Accords?
Q20:
1. Name a country that signed the Madrid Accords?
2. What was a country that signed the Madrid Accords?
3. Name a country that was one of the three that signed the Madrid Accords.
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3txd01zld4hukwwjfsv5q0j2in34uu | wikipedia | Department stores today have sections that sell the following: clothing, furniture, home appliances, toys, cosmetics, gardening, toiletries, sporting goods, do it yourself, paint, and hardware and additionally select other lines of products such as food, books, jewelry, electronics, stationery, photographic equipment, baby products, and products for pets. Customers check out near the front of the store or, alternatively, at sales counters within each department. Some are part of a retail chain of many stores, while others may be independent retailers. In the 1970s, they came under heavy pressure from discounters. Since 2010, they have come under even heavier pressure from online stores such as Amazon.
The origins of the department store lay in the growth of the conspicuous consumer society at the turn of the 19th century. As the Industrial Revolution accelerated economy expansion, the affluent middle-class grew in size and wealth. This urbanized social group, sharing a culture of consumption and changing fashion, was the catalyst for the retail revolution. As rising prosperity and social mobility increased the number of people, especially women (who found they could shop unaccompanied at department stores without damaging their reputation), with disposable income in the late Georgian period, window shopping was transformed into a leisure activity and entrepreneurs, like the potter Josiah Wedgwood, pioneered the use of marketing techniques to influence the prevailing tastes and preferences of society. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was the potter in the story?
2. What was the potter's name?
3. What was the potter called?
Q2:
1. What did Josiah Wedgwood pioneer?
2. What did the potter pioneer?
3. What techniques did Josiah Wedgwood pioneer?
Q3:
1. Why did Josiah Wedgwood pioneer marketing techniques?
2. Why did Josiah Wedgwood pioneer certain techniques?
3. Why did Josiah Wedgwood make use of certain marketing techniques?
Q4:
1. What did Josiah Wedgwood want to influence with his techniques?
2. Josiah Wedgwood wanted to influence what?
3. With his marketing techniques, what did Josiah Wedgwood hope to influence?
Q5:
1. What kind of a business has several different sections?
2. What type of a store has many sections?
3. What kind of a store has many sections for customers to shop in?
Q6:
1. Where do customers pay in department stores?
2. In department stores, where do customers pay?
3. Where do people usually pay in department stores?
Q7:
1. Where else can one pay at a department store?
2. Other than the front of the store, where else can a customer go to pay?
3. Customers can pay where else in a department store?
Q8:
1. Do department stores get competition from discounters?
2. Do department stores face competition from stores that sell discounted outfits?
3.
Q9:
1. When did department stores start getting competition from discounters?
2. When did stores start selling discounted outfits?
3.
Q10:
1. Has the situation improved for department stores?
2. Competition wise, has the condition improved for department stores?
3. Do department stores face no competition anymore?
Q11:
1. Who is competing department stores nowadays?
2. Department stores face competition from who now?
3. Who is department stores' modern competition?
Q12:
1. What kind of a business is Amazon?
2. Amazon is what kind of a store?
3. Amazon is what type of an establishment?
Q13:
1. When were department stores first established?
2. When were department stores first started?
3. In what century were department stores started?
Q14:
1. What revolution spurred the growth of department stores?
2. The growth of department stores was boosted by what revolution?
3. Which revolution boosted department stores?
Q15:
1. Which social group flourished beacuse of the Industrial Revolution?
2. The Industrial Revolution aided which social group?
3.
Q16:
1. Did the middle-class cause any further changes?
2. After the Industrial Revolution, did the middle-class cause more changes?
3. Did the middle-class further any other revolutions?
Q17:
1. Which sex primarily caused the retail revolution?
2. Which sex influenced the retail revolution more?
3. It was men or women who influenced the retail revolution more?
Q18:
1. What could women do without harming their reputation?
2. Because of department stores, what could women do without tarnishing thier reputation?
3. Women could do what in department stores without harming their standing in society?
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3hl8hngx4516yk551ywxl8tfuvdf9j | race | British actor and comedian Rik Mayall died at 56 in London . As one of the leading lights of Britain's comedy scene in the 1980s , he is best known for starring roles in hit TV series Blackadder , The Young Ones , The New Statesman and Bottom .
His agent, Kate Benson told CNN Mayall died suddenly ; she did not know the cause of his death.
Mayall first found widespread fame in student sitcom "The Young Ones," which ran for two years on the BBC, and was later shown on MTV in the United States. The series focused on the lives of four roommates at "Scumbag College."
Writer and comedian Ben Elton told the Press Association Mayall had " changed his life " by asking him to work on The Young Ones . " He always made me cry with laughter , now he's just made me cry . "
In the 1990s, Mayall played a role in Bottom , a series about two unemployed flat mates who spend most of their time attacking each other violently with anything that comes to hand . Mayall also branched out into movies , taking the lead role in 1991's Drop Dead Fred , in which he played the imaginary friend of Phoebe Cates , returning years later to cause trouble in the now grown-up Cates' life .
Mayall survived a bike accident in 1998; he was unconscious for five days after the crash, on his farm in Devon, southwest England, and developed epilepsy as a result of the severe head injury he suffered in the accident . In an interview several years later, he joked that he "beat Jesus" by coming back from the hell . He said the accident left him more aware of being alive.
House star Hugh Laurie, who worked with Mayall on Blackadder, took to Twitter to recount a story about his co-star: "A young girl, stricken with terminal cancer, once asked Rik Mayall for an autograph. He wrote: 'Young Ones are never afraid.'" QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Whose death is the story talking about?
2. The story mentions whose death?
3. The story talks about who passing away?
Q2:
1. How old was Rik Mayall?
2. What was Rik Mayall's age?
3. Rik Mayall was how old when he died?
Q3:
1. Was Rik Mayall involved in a serious crash?
2. Was Rik Mayall ever in a serious accident?
3. Did Rik Mayall ever get into an accident?
Q4:
1. Where did Rik Mayall get into an accident?
2. Where did Rik Mayall suffer from a serious crash?
3. Where did Rik Mayall's crash happen?
Q5:
1. Did Rik Mayall die from his accident?
2. Did Rik Mayall die from the crash?
3. Did Rik Mayall pass away because of the crash?
Q6:
1. Were there any complications from Rik Mayall's accident?
2. Did Rik Mayall suffer from any complications following his accident?
3. Did Rik Mayall have any medical complications from his crash?
Q7:
1. What effect did Rik Mayall's accident have on him?
2. Rik Mayall said his accident affected him in what way?
3. What realization did Rik Mayall gain after his accident?
Q8:
1. What caused Rik Mayall's death?
2. How did Rik Mayall die?
3. What resulted in Rik Mayall's death?
Q9:
1. What genre was Rik Mayall most known for?
2. What genre was Rik Mayall most known for as an artist?
3. Rik Mayall was known for his work in what genre the most?
Q10:
1. What show did Rik Mayall act in that was about two people fighting?
2. Rik Mayall acted in which show that about two people constantly fighting?
3. What was the name of the show that Rik Mayall acted in whose story revolved around two people fighting all the time?
Q11:
1. In what movie did Rik Mayall play a role as someone's imaginary friend?
2. Rik Mayall played a figment of someone's imagination in which movie?
3. What was the name of the movie where Rik Mayall played the role of being someone's imaginary friend?
Q12:
1. In 'Drop Dead Fred', whose imagination was Rik Mayall part of?
2. Who in 'Drop Dead Fred' is dreaming up Rik Mayall's character?
3.
Q13:
1. What launched Rik Mayall's career?
2. What show boosted Rik Mayall's career?
3.
Q14:
1. Which network did 'The Young Ones' air on?
2. Rik Mayall's show, 'The Young Ones' was aired on which network?
3. Which network aired the show that launched Rik Mayall's career?
Q15:
1. Which other network aired 'The Young Ones'?
2. Rik Mayall's show, 'The Young Ones' was aired on what other TV network?
3. Which network other than BBC aired the show that launched Rik Mayall's career?
Q16:
1. Which univeristy did Rik Mayall attend?
2. Rik Mayall went to which university?
3. Rik Mayall attended what school?
Q17:
1. Whose life did Rik Mayall change?
2. Who said their life was changed by Rik Mayall?
3. Rik Mayall changed whose life?
Q18:
1. What did Rik Mayall once write on an autograph?
2. Rik Mayall wrote what on an autograph?
3. What quote did Rik Mayall write on an autograph?
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