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[ { "answer": "He builds", "query": "\n 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. \n\nI hire Brant to bui...
[ { "answer": "Yes.", "query": "\n 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. \n\nPeople who studied plants have found out that plants carry a small electrical charge . It is...
[ { "answer": "a student", "query": "\n 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 ...
[ { "answer": "Oliver", "query": "\n 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 wa...
[ { "answer": "yes", "query": "\n CHAPTER XXV \n\nPERILS OF THE FLOOD \n\n\"Dave! Dave!\" yelled Ben, as he saw our hero disappear into the swiftly-flowing river. \"Look out, or you'll both be drowned!\" \n\n\"What's the trouble?\" yelled Jerry Blutt, as he turned back for the first time since leaving the ...
[ { "answer": "Cecil", "query": "\n CHAPTER XXVII. LEONARD DE CARTIENNE. \n\nWe 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. \n\n\"We're looking very tragical about i...
[ { "answer": "Hate Crimes", "query": "\n 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. \n\nConrad Alvin Barrett, 27, of Katy, Texas, has been ch...
[ { "answer": "home to North Carolina State University", "query": "\n 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 ...
[ { "answer": "57", "query": "\n 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. \n\nThe pair traded up their semi-detached home in South Norwood, London, and bought ...
[ { "answer": "ostrich", "query": "\n 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 painte...
[ { "answer": "Yes", "query": "\n CHAPTER XX—LANDING ON CAVE ISLAND \n\nAt 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 boa...
[ { "answer": "One", "query": "\n 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 speakin...
[ { "answer": "throw snowballs at him", "query": "\n 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 ...
[ { "answer": "Copenhagen", "query": "\n 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...
[ { "answer": "Sandra.", "query": "\n My name is Sandra. Let me tell you the story of the best meal I ever had. \n\nI 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 playe...
[ { "answer": "Bishop Percy", "query": "\n CHAPTER FORTY-TWO \n\nPROJECT 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 \n\nThe works which Goldsmith had still in hand being already paid...
[ { "answer": "bread crumbs", "query": "\n 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 e...
[ { "answer": "A doctor", "query": "\n 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 ther...
[ { "answer": "Italian", "query": "\n 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...
[ { "answer": "Pipo was asking for change", "query": "\n 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. ...
[ { "answer": "Hal and Katie", "query": "\n CHAPTER XX. \n\nFOLLOWING ALLEN. \n\nHal was astonished to learn from Katie McCabe that Dick Ferris was coming up the tenement stairs. \n\n\"He can't be coming here!\" exclaimed the youth. \n\n\"What shall we do if he does?\" asked McCabe. \n\n\"I don't know. Per...
[ { "answer": "Charles Simony", "query": "\n 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), Ap...
[ { "answer": "Neil Heywood", "query": "\n Beijing (CNN) -- \"Please excuse me, I can't talk about this.\" \n\nClunk! The phone line goes dead. \n\nWe had tried to get this British businessman to talk about the mysterious death of Neil Heywood. \n\nHeywood has emerged from the shadows to be a key link in a...
[ { "answer": "Identity Thief", "query": "\n (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 mil...
[ { "answer": "the big slide", "query": "\n Leah and the Big Yellow Dog \n\nLeah 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! \n\nMommy parked the car and Leah ran out right away and climbed the big slide. Up she went...
[ { "answer": "Football.", "query": "\n (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. \n\nThe 30-year-old finalized his move on Thursday after passing a medical and agreeing personal terms with the...
[ { "answer": "sounds of distant guns", "query": "\n 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...
[ { "answer": "Mike", "query": "\n 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 lunc...
[ { "answer": "Mr. Campbell", "query": "\n CHAPTER I \n\nI SET OFF UPON MY JOURNEY TO THE HOUSE OF SHAWS \n\nI 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...
[ { "answer": "Oprah's", "query": "\n 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 ou...
[ { "answer": "a barcode", "query": "\n 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...
[ { "answer": "the United Kingdom", "query": "\n 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 pe...
[ { "answer": "Steve Dritz", "query": "\n Why Are Pig Farmers Still Using Growth-Promoting Drugs? \n\nIt'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...
[ { "answer": "acob Burns Film Center", "query": "\n Have you ever tried broccoli ice cream? That's what Oliver serves his customers in the new movie Oliver's Organic Ice Cream. \n\nThe one-minute film was created by kids. A film is a movie. The young students learned their moviemaking skills at the Jacob ...
[ { "answer": "Tom", "query": "\n CHAPTER IV \n\nTHE CHASE ON THE LAKE \n\n\"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.\" \n\n\"Yes, that was the one thing he could do well,\" returne...
[ { "answer": "the former President", "query": "\n (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. \n\nShell casings, bullet-ridden cars and shatte...
[ { "answer": "1828", "query": "\n 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 ar...
[ { "answer": "Florentino Perez", "query": "\n (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. \n\nMourinho, who led the Italian Serie A side to an unprecedented treble thi...
[ { "answer": "schools . School have long summer holidays.", "query": "\n 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 o...
[ { "answer": "three", "query": "\n 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 ...
[ { "answer": "the sea", "query": "\n (CNN) -- Rafael Nadal may be most at home on a clay tennis court, but he has always found comfort on the sea. \n\nThe \"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 scen...
[ { "answer": "John Ronald Refuel Tolkien", "query": "\n \"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...
[ { "answer": "final holes", "query": "\n (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. \n\nThe World No.1 has been followed by sizable and sometimes over enth...
[ { "answer": "NRW", "query": "\n 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...
[ { "answer": "latitude, longitude and elevation", "query": "\n 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 ve...
[ { "answer": "not to go near a tractor", "query": "\n 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 fa...
[ { "answer": "868 places", "query": "\n (CNN) -- They share the same surname -- Djokovic -- but for now at least, that is where the similarity ends. \n\nNovak 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...
[ { "answer": "Noah,", "query": "\n CHAPTER III. \n\nNoah, 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 g...
[ { "answer": "Venice", "query": "\n 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,...
[ { "answer": "Napoleon.", "query": "\n 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 ...
[ { "answer": "Pretoria, South Africa", "query": "\n 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. \n\n\"I would like ...
[ { "answer": "I'll Have Another", "query": "\n 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. \n\nI'll Have Another, with a finish of 2:01:83, earned nearly $1.5 million of the...
[ { "answer": "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights", "query": "\n 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 Unit...
[ { "answer": "1850", "query": "\n 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 bor...
[ { "answer": "The next", "query": "\n CHAPTER TWENTY-FIRST. \n\nNow turn the Psalms of David ower, And lilt wi' holy clangor; Of double verse come gie us four, And skirl up the Bangor. Burns. \n\nThe next was the important day, when, according to the forms and ritual of the Scottish Kirk, Reuben Butler wa...
[ { "answer": "1750", "query": "\n 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...
[ { "answer": "Broxton", "query": "\n CHAPTER IX.—THE MAD ELEPHANT. \n\nFrom Middletown the circus went to Dover, and then to Grasscannon. \n\nAt each of these places a big business was done, and at every performance Leo did better. \n\nThe young gymnast became a great favorite with all but two people in t...
[ { "answer": "being cool", "query": "\n 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....
[ { "answer": "yes", "query": "\n 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 yo...
[ { "answer": "Pacific Palisades", "query": "\n 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 ...
[ { "answer": "Chapter IV", "query": "\n CHAPTER IV. AT MEUDON \n\nLater in the week he received a visit from Le Chapelier just before noon. \n\n\"I have news for you, Andre. Your godfather is at Meudon. He arrived there two days ago. Had you heard?\" \n\n\"But no. How should I hear? Why is he at Meudon?\"...
[ { "answer": "Old Behrman", "query": "\n 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 professio...
[ { "answer": "Canada has 12 vs 11", "query": "\n 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 partic...
[ { "answer": "top ten", "query": "\n 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. L...
[ { "answer": "unarmed black teen", "query": "\n 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? \n\nOfficer Darren Wilson, 28, s...
[ { "answer": "Nedda", "query": "\n CHAPTER XXIX \n\nWhen 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. \n\n\"Where is Mrs. Freeland, Biddy?\" \n\n\"We don't know; a man came, and she went.\" \...
[ { "answer": "alcohol", "query": "\n 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. I...
[ { "answer": "Joe", "query": "\n 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 wi...
[ { "answer": "a strict mother", "query": "\n 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. Th...
[ { "answer": "Lieutenant Gulston.", "query": "\n CHAPTER III. \n\nTWO QUARRELS. \n\nThree 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 ple...
[ { "answer": "yes", "query": "\n CHAPTER VIII \n\n\"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. \n\n\"Why not?\" Nigel asked, with polite anxiety. \n\n\...
[ { "answer": "Lemnian Isle.", "query": "\n CHAPTER XXXV. THE RETURN. \n\nAnd now the glorious artist, ere he yet Had reached the Lemnian Isle, limping, returned; With aching heart he sought his home. _Odyssey_--COWPER. \n\nHow were they to get the slumbering maiden home? That was the next question. Loveda...
[ { "answer": "Robo Sally.", "query": "\n 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 being...
[ { "answer": "via mobile phones", "query": "\n 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 ha...
[ { "answer": "selling things", "query": "\n 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...
[ { "answer": "Hailey", "query": "\n 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...
[ { "answer": "1876", "query": "\n 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. ...
[ { "answer": "A father and his son", "query": "\n CHAPTER V. \n\nIN LOWER EGYPT. \n\n\"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 ...
[ { "answer": "youth leader", "query": "\n 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. \n\n\"The statement was made by an emotional member of o...
[ { "answer": "David Jackson", "query": "\n 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. \n\nResidents surround Lt. Tobey Harrison at a Cedar Rapids ...
[ { "answer": "Operation Sealion", "query": "\n 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 S...
[ { "answer": "The Daily News", "query": "\n (CNN) -- A line of angry protesters waving signs and wearing scows formed a ring around the front entrance of the Daily News' headquarters. \n\nThey took turns at the bullhorn accusing the paper of everything from libel to genocide. They didn't bring a list of d...
[ { "answer": "the Presidential Medal of Freedom", "query": "\n 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 Mond...
[ { "answer": "Fred", "query": "\n 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 nigh...
[ { "answer": "Cornwall", "query": "\n 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 ...
[ { "answer": "Greater Manchester, England,", "query": "\n 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 Che...
[ { "answer": "Chapter XXV.", "query": "\n CHAPTER XXV. \n\nLADY SUSANNA IN LONDON. \n\nIn 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 he...
[ { "answer": "George and Edgar", "query": "\n CHAPTER XVIII \n\nBLAND MAKES A SACRIFICE \n\nSylvia 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 dis...
[ { "answer": "Prey on a host organism", "query": "\n 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 re...
[ { "answer": "\"Talking Dead\"", "query": "\n (CNN) -- Like he does every week, Chris Hardwick hosted \"Talking Dead\" on Sunday night -- but this time, he was coping with a heartbreaking loss. \n\nHis father, Billy Hardwick, died of an apparent heart attack a day earlier. \n\nChris Hardwick, who hosts th...
[ { "answer": "Matthew Quintal", "query": "\n CHAPTER THIRTEEN. \n\nTYRANTS AND PLOTTERS. \n\nLeaving Christian and Adams to carry out their philanthropic intentions, we return to Matthew Quintal, whom we left sprawling on the ground in his garden. \n\nThis garden was situated in one of the little valleys ...
[ { "answer": "Kristin Davis", "query": "\n 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. \n\nKristin Davis, 38, was arr...
[ { "answer": "Poland", "query": "\n 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. Thou...
[ { "answer": "alone against the church-door", "query": "\n CHAPTER FORTY FOUR. \n\nTHE VISIBLE MADONNA. \n\nThe 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 Baldassa...
[ { "answer": "an engineering degree", "query": "\n 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 liv...
[ { "answer": "about 20–25% of the territory it claims", "query": "\n 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 Wes...
[ { "answer": "Josiah Wedgwood", "query": "\n 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,...
[ { "answer": "Rik Mayall", "query": "\n 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 . \n\nHis agent, Kate B...
[ { "answer": "THE BAXTERS TALK IT OVER", "query": "\n CHAPTER XXVIII. \n\nTHE BAXTERS TALK IT OVER, \n\n\"Tom, we are in a fix.\" \n\n\"So it would seem, Sam. Who ever dreamed of running across the Baxters in this fashion?\" \n\n\"We are in the hands of a trio of rascals now, for Crabtree is as bad as the...
[ { "answer": "people who were given a chance to clean their hands.", "query": "\n Soaping up your hands may do more than just get rid of germs. It may wash away the inner confusion you feel right after being forced to make a choice between two appealing choices, according to a new study. The study builds ...