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[ { "answer": "Joe", "query": "\n \"I believe you're the right person to write an advice column for the students called \"Dear Amy!\". Jenny, editor of the school newspaper, said to Andy, who finally agreed to accept the job if Jenny promised not to tell it to anyone else. At first it wasn't too bad. Most ...
[ { "answer": "No", "query": "\n A planet is an astronomical body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that The term \"planet\" is ancient, with ties to history, astrology, science, mythology, and religion. Several planets in the Solar System can be seen with the naked eye. These were regarded by many early ...
[ { "answer": "Penguin Books", "query": "\n Penguin Books is a British publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane, his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers The Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the following year. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 193...
[ { "answer": "Dartrey", "query": "\n CHAPTER XIII \n\n\"How this came about I don't even quite know,\" Tallente remarked, an hour or so later, as he laid down the menu and smiled across the corner table in the little Soho restaurant at his two companions. \n\n\"I can tell you exactly,\" Nora declared. \"Y...
[ { "answer": "chickens, cows, horses, sheep, and pigs", "query": "\n A little boy named Justin lived on a farm. His father James owned the farm. His uncles Jerry, Todd, and Billy also worked on the farm. \n\nThe farm had chickens, cows, horses, sheep, and pigs. He loved to play with all of the animals on ...
[ { "answer": "businessman", "query": "\n Seed of Kindness Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood. When he was 12, his parents died. He was alone and didn't get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed kindness to him. His only friend was a dog named Tig...
[ { "answer": "Dick.", "query": "\n CHAPTER XXI \n\nA BOB SLED RACE \n\n\"Whoop! hurrah! it's snowing!\" \n\nThus shouted Tom one day, as he burst into the library of the Hall, where Dick, Sam and a number of others were perusing books and the latest magazines. \n\n\"Hard?\" queried Sam, dropping the magaz...
[ { "answer": "yes", "query": "\n When it is the end of school and the weather is warmer, that is a beautiful time called summer. Summer is wonderful because there are so many amazing things to do! You can wear fun dresses and get dirty playing outside, or you can stay inside all day and watch television. ...
[ { "answer": "an acquisition", "query": "\n Chapter IV. -- FRIEDRICH TAKES THE FIELD AGAIN, INTENT ON HAVING NEISSE. \n\nThis Breslau Adventure, which had yielded Friedrich so important an acquisition, was furthermore the cause of ending these Strehlen inactivities, and of recommencing field operations. A...
[ { "answer": "nearly 42-years", "query": "\n (CNN) -- Moammar Gadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound is the heart of his nearly 42-year rule, a symbol of his defiance of the West. \n\nThe sprawling complex houses modern government offices, the Bedouin tent in which Gadhafi received visitors and stands of palm ...
[ { "answer": "The University of Virginia", "query": "\n The University of Virginia (U.Va. or UVA), frequently referred to simply as Virginia, is a public research university and the flagship for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Declaration of Independence author Thomas Jefferson, UVA is kn...
[ { "answer": "a head football coach", "query": "\n (CNN) -- An extensive internal review of the debacle at Penn State that left a child sex abuser in place on campus for years forever casts a shadow over a heroic figure at the school: Joe Paterno. \n\nThe report, the result of months of investigation, fin...
[ { "answer": "a group of related varieties of Chinese", "query": "\n Mandarin is a group of related varieties of Chinese spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of Standard Mandarin or Standard Chinese. Because most Mandarin dialects are fou...
[ { "answer": "Twinkles", "query": "\n There was once a little fairy named Twinkles who lived in an old willow tree. The tree grew next to a river in a large, green forest. Twinkles loved to fly around the forest with her best friend Betsy the Bat. Betsy was a very forgetful bat. One day Twinkles and Betsy...
[ { "answer": "An elf", "query": "\n There once lived an elf who was a stinker. He was real mean to everyone around. He'd throw pies at girls. He'd put soap in the fridge. He'd give the queen shorts as birthday presents. No one liked the elf. One day he was planning a way to make someone feel sad. He thoug...
[ { "answer": "Bruton Street", "query": "\n CHAPTER III. \n\n\n\nIn a very few days, Kate had been settled into the ways of the household in Bruton Street; and found one day so like another, that she sometimes asked herself whether she had not been living there years instead of days. \n\nShe was always to ...
[ { "answer": "the inventor of the light bulb", "query": "\n In one way, it may be thought that failure is a part of life. In another, failure may be regarded as a step towards success. The \"spider story\" is often told as an example of this. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hidi...
[ { "answer": "extreme peril", "query": "\n CHAPTER XIV \n\nA FACE PUZZLES DAVE \n\nIt was a time of extreme peril for Roger, and no one realized it more fully than did Dave. The angry steer was still some distance away, but coming forward at his best speed. One prod from those horns and the senator's son ...
[ { "answer": "The immune system", "query": "\n The immune system is a system of many biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease. To function properly, an immune system must detect a wide variety of agents, known as pathogens, from viruses to parasitic worms, and d...
[ { "answer": "Josh and Amy can go to college", "query": "\n Josh and Amy are like many teenagers these days. They have jobs to do to help out around the home. Josh washes cars for his neighbors while Amy helps their neighbor's kids with their homework. Like many families, both of Josh and Amy's parents wo...
[ { "answer": "May 15, 2008", "query": "\n ISO 639-5:2008 \"Codes for the representation of names of languages—Part 5: Alpha-3 code for language families and groups\" is a highly incomplete international standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It was developed by ISO...
[ { "answer": "indoors", "query": "\n Josie started planning her new garden in the winter. She chose flowers and vegetables that could grow in her area. She looked through the seed magazines. She ordered the tastiest kind of each vegetable and the prettiest kind of each flower. She talked to a friend about...
[ { "answer": "depression", "query": "\n An old problem is getting new attention in the United States--bullying. Recent cases included the tragic case of a 15-year-old girl whose family moved from Ireland. She hanged herself in Massachusetts following months of bullying. Her parents criticized her school f...
[ { "answer": "Victor Hugo", "query": "\n (EW.com) -- Since everything about \"Les Misérables\" is fortissimo — including but not limited to its unabashed pursuit of awards that are shiny or globular or both — you have perhaps already heard a little about the movie now storming the Bastille of your wallet....
[ { "answer": "in the afternoon", "query": "\n CHAPTER XIX \n\nA GENEROUS OFFER \n\nIt was late in the afternoon of the next day when Harry and I sat figuring in our shanty, while Johnston lay on a heap of cedar twigs sucking at his pipe and encouraging us languidly. \n\n\"I never could stand figures, and ...
[ { "answer": "the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry", "query": "\n The Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI) () is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy. It was established in 1992, when major corporate labe...
[ { "answer": "Ford", "query": "\n Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th President of the United States from August 1974 to January 1977, following the resignation of Richard Nixon. Prior to this he served e...
[ { "answer": "car hit him", "query": "\n Tony loved basketball. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game, he was walking and dreaming about playing college basketball the next year. Suddenly a car hit him and he was thrown three meters into the air. Tony woke up in a hospital room. When the doctor to...
[ { "answer": "a little girl", "query": "\n There once was a little girl named Odette who lived in a wooded forest. One evening she was getting a ride home from school in her grandpa's truck she saw smoke rising from a fire far in the distance. Odette was worried about the fire and the danger facing all th...
[ { "answer": "Edward Snowden", "query": "\n It appears that the police now have a device that can read license plates and check if a car is unregistered, uninsured or stolen. We already know that National Security Agency can dip into your Facebook page and Google searches. And it seems that almost every s...
[ { "answer": "Thomas", "query": "\n Thomas looked up at the clock hanging on the wall of his room. He could not wait for his friend Ben to come over today. It was the weekend, so Thomas's dad had no work the next day. This meant his father would take them sledding. This was one of Thomas' favorite winter ...
[ { "answer": "Two", "query": "\n (CareerBuilder.com) -- Co-workers are always a great topic of conversation. You never run out of things to say when it comes to talking about the different types of people you work with, what you love, what you hate and how you deal with it all. \n\nWe thought we'd do a li...
[ { "answer": "Bertie", "query": "\n Bertie knew there was something in the wind. His mother had been sad in recent days, not sick, just strangely sad. The lion had just lain down beside him, his head warm on Bertie's feet when Father cleared his throat and began,\" You'll soon be eight, Bertie. A boy need...
[ { "answer": "Unc' Billy", "query": "\n CHAPTER XXXIV Unc' Billy and Old Mrs. Possum \n\nAll the way home from school Peter Rabbit did his best to think who it could be who ate flesh, yet wasn't a member of the order of flesh eaters. Every few hops he would stop to think, but all his stopping and all his ...
[ { "answer": "Bangladesh", "query": "\n Bangladesh ( or ; , ,  \"The country of Bengal\"), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It shares land borders with India and Myanmar (Burma). Nepal, Bhutan and China are located near Bangladesh but do not share a border with i...
[ { "answer": "Kinde Durkee", "query": "\n Los Angeles (CNN) -- A prominent California Democrat campaign fund manager charged with defrauding a state legislator of $677,181 is in settlement negotiations with federal prosecutors, a law enforcement source said Tuesday. \n\nKinde Durkee, whose Durkee & Associ...
[ { "answer": "Let your teens live with friend or relative.", "query": "\n Sometimes teens need to have some time away from their families. They may want to move out of the family or home for a while. Many parents will say no to this demand. But experts say it might be a good idea to let your teens live wi...
[ { "answer": "The pine-needles.", "query": "\n CHAPTER XVIII \n\nTHE HAND IN THE WATER \n\nScott lying among the pine-needles after work had stopped, lighted his pipe and glanced at Thirlwell, who had been talking for some minutes. \n\n\"On the whole, it was lucky the smith had an iron hot,\" he said. \"B...
[ { "answer": "Charles Strattion", "query": "\n When Charles Strattion was five, he stopped growing. His mother took him to see the famous showman, P. T. Barnum, and thought a small person would be the perfect addition to his show. He hired Charles' parents along with him, and they traveled around the worl...
[ { "answer": "Dominican Republic", "query": "\n Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (CNN) -- Officials are forcing the 25-year-old model who won the Dominican Republic's top beauty pageant to hand over her crown, saying she violated contest rules when she hid her marriage. \n\nPageant organizers claim Carli...
[ { "answer": "the bag of food", "query": "\n On the first evening, the three of us were tired after walking for about eight hours. We soon fell asleep. In the morning, I was surprised to find the bag of food had been open. \"Bears,\" said Joe, \"we should hang the food in a tree tonight.\" Later that day ...
[ { "answer": "Doane", "query": "\n CHAPTER XIII \n\nCaptain Doane worked hard, pursuing the sun in its daily course through the sky, by the equation of time correcting its aberrations due to the earth's swinging around the great circle of its orbit, and charting Sumner lines innumerable, working assumed l...
[ { "answer": "jolly", "query": "\n CHAPTER XIX \n\nAN INCIDENT \n\n\"Eleven o'clock,\" said Crocker, as they went out of college. \"I don't feel sleepy; shall we stroll along the 'High' a bit?\" \n\nShelton assented; he was too busy thinking of his encounter with the dons to heed the soreness of his feet....
[ { "answer": "The first grade class", "query": "\n The first grade class went on a bus to visit a farm. The farm was a long ways from their school. The farm was also far away from any other farms or houses. The farmers who lived there were the Nixon family. They grew corn. Sometimes when the weather was r...
[ { "answer": "Egypt and South Africa", "query": "\n Do you want to know something about children in Africa ? What do they do for fun every day? Find out here: Education School is expensive for many African children. Lots of families don't have money to buy school uniforms or exercise books even though the...
[ { "answer": "George Eastman", "query": "\n .\" Those words were some of the last penned by George Eastman. He included them in his suicide note. They mark an ignoble end to a noble life, the leave taking of a truly great man. The same words could now be said for the company he left behind. Actually, the ...
[ { "answer": "semiotic studies", "query": "\n Semiotics (also called semiotic studies); is the study of meaning-making, the study of sign process (semiosis) and meaningful communication. It is not to be confused with the Saussurean tradition called semiology which is a subset of semiotics This includes th...
[ { "answer": "The brook", "query": "\n CHAPTER II. \n\nTROUBLE. \n\nAs Caleb walked along by the side of Raymond, and came upon the bridge, he was seen both by his grandmother, who happened to be standing at the door, and also at the same instant, by the two boys, Dwight and David, who were just then comi...
[ { "answer": "Mogadishu", "query": "\n (CNN) -- Somalia's capital Mogadishu now has its first-ever ATM bank machine -- and it dispenses U.S. dollars. \n\nThe machine was installed in late September in the upscale Jazeera Palace Hotel, which is located 300 meters from Aden Adde International Airport in the...
[ { "answer": "Sunday", "query": "\n The engineer who was involved in Sunday's New York train derailment apparently \"was nodding off and caught himself too late\" before the accident that killed four people and injured 67 others, a union representative who has been meeting with the man told CNN on Tuesday...
[ { "answer": "May 19", "query": "\n (CNN) -- Five suspected pirates went on trial Tuesday in the Netherlands in what is thought to be the first trial in Europe of pirate suspects. \n\nThe trial of the five Somali men opened in Rotterdam District Court and is expected to last five days, said Wim de Bruin, ...
[ { "answer": "Its named after Brunei", "query": "\n Borneo is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and east of Sumatra. \n\nThe island is p...
[ { "answer": "The International Monetary Fund", "query": "\n The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., of \"189 countries working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high ...
[ { "answer": "yes", "query": "\n CHAPTER III. \n\nVALVE MAKING. \n\nOne morning, when Rollo awaked, he heard a sharp clicking against the window. \n\n\"Nathan,\" said he, \"Nathan, I believe there is a snow-storm.\" \n\nBut Nathan was too sleepy to hear or understand. \n\nRollo looked up, but there was a ...
[ { "answer": "Oakworthy", "query": "\n CHAPTER XV. \n\n\"It's hame, and it's hame, and it's hame.\" \n\nCunningham. \n\nEdmund and Gerald had promised to spend a few days at Oakworthy, before the one returned to Portsmouth and the other to Eton; but their plans were disconcerted by an event which, as Clar...
[ { "answer": "Fred Century", "query": "\n CHAPTER III \n\nSOMETHING ABOUT A RUNAWAY \n\nWhile Dale and Andy ran off to get the water, the other boys gathered around Jack. The young major still lay with his eyes closed, breathing faintly. \n\n\"He got a bad crack on the head,\" remarked Fred Century. \n\n\...
[ { "answer": "Fujian Province", "query": "\n Many young Chinese people drink coffee when meeting with friends. Yang Lin lives in the U.S. but comes from an area in China famous for growing tea. She used to only drink tea while in China. But now, she says, she drinks both and for different reasons. \"I wou...
[ { "answer": "1100", "query": "\n Paper was not made in southern Europe until the year of 1100.Thouth Scandinavia now makes a great deal of the world's paper, it had not begun to make it until 1500. It was a German named Schaeffer who found out that one could make paper from wood. After that, forest count...
[ { "answer": "Three", "query": "\n The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA ) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. \n\nMoMA has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as one of the largest and most...
[ { "answer": "baroque style", "query": "\n Many early 19th-century neoclassical architects were influenced by the drawings and projects of Étienne-Louis Boullée and Claude Nicolas Ledoux. The many graphite drawings of Boullée and his students depict spare geometrical architecture that emulates the eternal...
[ { "answer": "heart bypass surgery", "query": "\n Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- The widower of actress Brittany Murphy, found dead in his home Sunday night, was scheduled to undergo heart bypass surgery this summer, a spokesman for the actress' mother said. \n\nBritish screenwriter Simon Monjack, 39, w...
[ { "answer": "Grandma", "query": "\n Grandma was always forgetting things.\" What's wrong with her?\" Anna asked. \"We think she's getting old, and she may be ill. We may have to send her to a nursing home so that she can be taken good care of. But we can go to see her and bring her presents, like strawbe...
[ { "answer": "Mowbray", "query": "\n CHAPTER XII \n\nTHE ENEMY WITHIN \n\nIt was getting late, but the Allenwood Sports Club prolonged its sitting at the Carlyon homestead. The institution had done useful work in promoting good fellowship by means of healthful amusements, but recently its management had f...
[ { "answer": "TENNYSON", "query": "\n CHAPTER XXXVI Rockpier \n\nFor Love himself took part against himself To warn us off.--TENNYSON \n\nRosamond was to have a taste of her old vocation, and go campaigning for lodgings, the searching for which she declared to be her strongest point. Rockpier was to be th...
[ { "answer": "12", "query": "\n NEW YORK (CNN) -- Just days before his death, the Brooklyn, New York, middle-school student who died from an antibiotic-resistant staph infection had visited a hospital with skin lesions and was treated with allergy medicine, according to the family's lawyer, Paul Weitz. \n...
[ { "answer": "Sebastião de Melo", "query": "\n Following the earthquake, Joseph I gave his Prime Minister even more power, and Sebastião de Melo became a powerful, progressive dictator. As his power grew, his enemies increased in number, and bitter disputes with the high nobility became frequent. In 1758 ...
[ { "answer": "the girls", "query": "\n CHAPTER XI \n\nMarie and Victor \n\n\"Are you taking me to the girls, Harry?\" \n\n\"No,\" Harry said. \"It would not be safe to do so. There are already suspicions, and they have been denounced.\" \n\nMarie gave a cry of alarm. \n\n\"I have managed to suppress the d...
[ { "answer": "THE ENEMY RUNS AWAY", "query": "\n CHAPTER XXX \n\nTHE ENEMY RUNS AWAY \n\nIn a very few minutes Dave and his chums were on the way to find Merwell and Jasniff. As the party walked along Hooker Montgomery told more about his dealings with the rascally students. It was plain to Dave that the ...
[ { "answer": "Sam", "query": "\n CHAPTER VIII \n\nTHE SEARCH FOR DICK \n\n\"Dick is taking his time, that's certain.\" \n\nThe remark came from Sam, after the boys who had been left in the alleyway had waited the best part of half an hour for the elder Rover's reappearance. \n\n\"Perhaps he has found some...
[ { "answer": "No", "query": "\n CHAPTER II: A MAD DOG \n\n\"Don't you think, Hargate,\" Ruthven shouted in his ear, \"we had better run before it? It's as much as Handcock can do to keep her head straight.\" \n\n\"Yes,\" Frank shouted back, \"if it were not for the Goodwins. They lie right across ahead of...
[ { "answer": "Guy Heinze Jr", "query": "\n (CNN) -- One of eight people killed in a southeast Georgia mobile home last month recently had been awarded $25,000 in a civil lawsuit, officials said. \n\nGuy Heinze Jr. faces eight counts of first-degree murder in last month's killings in a Georgia mobile home....
[ { "answer": "Jack the Pirate", "query": "\n When summertime came Jack the Pirate made up his mind it was time to get his hair cut. He told all his friends that it was because he wanted a new look. But the truth was the Sun was too hot for Jack the Pirate. His long hair only made it worse. \n\nSo he left ...
[ { "answer": "a \"paradigm of philosophy\".", "query": "\n Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, (; 18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist and Nobel laureate. At various points in his life he cons...
[ { "answer": "Ronald Wagenhoffer", "query": "\n Philadelphia (CNN) -- The inspector of a downtown building that collapsed last week has killed himself, city officials said Thursday. \n\nRonald Wagenhoffer, 52, who worked with the Department of Licenses and Inspections, was found shortly after 9 p.m. Wedne...
[ { "answer": "1 July 1961", "query": "\n Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances; \"née\" Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997), was a member of the British royal family as the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, who is the eldest child and heir apparent of Queen Elizabeth II. \n\nDiana was born into...
[ { "answer": "astronomy", "query": "\n CHAPTER I \n\nTHE BOYS OF OAK HALL \n\n\"Hello, Dave; where are you bound?\" \n\n\"For the river, Phil. I am going out for a row. Want to come along?\" \n\n\"That suits me,\" answered Phil Lawrence, throwing down the astronomy he had been studying. \"But I can't stay...
[ { "answer": "blood", "query": "\n CHAPTER VII \n\n\"ROSARIO IS DEAD!\" \n\nFenella never became absolutely unconscious. She was for some time in a state apparently of intense nervous prostration. Her breath was coming quickly, her eyes and her fingers seemed to be clinging to his as though for support. H...
[ { "answer": "a winter's gale", "query": "\n CHAPTER II \n\nTHE WRECK \n\nThe night was calm, but now and then a faint, hot wind blew from the shadowy coast, and rippling the water, brought a strange, sour smell. Lister did not know the smell; Brown knew and frowned, for he had been broken by the malaria ...
[ { "answer": "boat", "query": "\n CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. \n\nOTHER THINGS BESIDES MURDER \"WILL OUT.\" \n\nMeanwhile Davy Spink, with his heart full, returned slowly to the shore. \n\nHe was long of reaching it, the boat being very heavy for one man to pull. On landing he hurried up to his poor little cott...
[ { "answer": "Joshua Young", "query": "\n (CNN) -- A jury in Kentucky Friday night acquitted 17-year-old Joshua Young in the beating death of his stepbrother, Trey Zwicker, two years ago. \n\nYoung also was found not guilty of tampering with evidence. \n\nJosh Gouker, Young's father, pleaded guilty to mur...
[ { "answer": "St. Clare", "query": "\n CHAPTER XVIII \n\nMiss Ophelia's Experiences and Opinions \n\nOur friend Tom, in his own simple musings, often compared his more fortunate lot, in the bondage into which he was cast, with that of Joseph in Egypt; and, in fact, as time went on, and he developed more a...
[ { "answer": "in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C.", "query": "\n The United States Department of State (DOS), often referred to as the State Department, is the United States federal executive department that advises the President and leads the country in foreign policy issues. Equivalent ...
[ { "answer": "tiny village of Muktinath", "query": "\n They had been in Nepal for a week trying to reach Thorong La Pass, 17,769 feet above sea level, when they were caught in a snowstorm, unable to make it to the nearest village. \n\nAvalanches roared down the mountain. \n\nJeremy Aerts and his girlfrien...
[ { "answer": "pizza", "query": "\n Jim wanted to go eat some pizza. He was a giant. He had eaten a hot dog and some carrots earlier that day, but it had been a long time. He was very hungry after a hard day of playing with his kitty. But Jim had a problem, he did know where he was. While playing with his ...
[ { "answer": "Evelyn", "query": "\n CHAPTER XXIV \n\nJESSY STRIKES \n\nIt was the afternoon before Vane's departure for the North, and Evelyn, sitting alone for the time being in Mrs. Nairn's drawing-room, felt disturbed by the thought of it. She sympathized with his object, as it had been briefly related...
[ { "answer": "Dick", "query": "\n CHAPTER V--\"BLOODY AS THE HUNTER\" \n\nThe lads lay quiet till the last footstep had melted on the wind. Then they arose, and with many an ache, for they were weary with constraint, clambered through the ruins, and recrossed the ditch upon the rafter. Matcham had picked ...
[ { "answer": "take action", "query": "\n To succeed in business or life we must continually take actions. Putting yourself on the line day after day can be extremely boring, especially when things do not work out as desired. Each time a disappointing event happens, I like to get reminded of these famous f...
[ { "answer": "the Durer family", "query": "\n Once upon a time, there was a family with eighteen children in a small village not far from Nuremberg. Eighteen! In spite of the hopeless condition, two of the children had a dream. They both wanted to pursue their talent for art. After many long discussions, ...
[ { "answer": "the Kingdom of Denmark", "query": "\n Denmark, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Nordic country and a sovereign state. The southernmost of the Scandinavian nations, it is south-west of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. The Kingdom of Denmark also compris...
[ { "answer": "Mary's", "query": "\n According to the apocryphal Gospel of James, Mary was the daughter of Saint Joachim and Saint Anne. Before Mary's conception, Anne had been barren and was far advanced in years. Mary was given to service as a consecrated virgin in the Temple in Jerusalem when she was th...
[ { "answer": "Alice", "query": "\n Poor Alice was very unhappy. \"What a wonderful garden!\" she said to herself. \"I'd like to be out there - not in this dark room. Why can't I get smaller?\" It was already a very strange day. and Alice was beginning to think that anything was possible. After a while she...
[ { "answer": "yes", "query": "\n CHAPTER XLVII. \n\nTHE GEM OF THE FOUR FAMILIES. \n\nAnd now we will go back to Noningsby. On that evening Graham ate his pheasant with a relish although so many cares sat heavy on his mind, and declared, to Mrs. Baker's great satisfaction, that the cook had managed to pre...
[ { "answer": "men", "query": "\n The majority of astronauts from America have been men. At the start of the space programme there was strong resistance from some people against having women in space. However, some women were very keen to become astronauts and in the end they were successful. In 1978, NASA...
[ { "answer": "plastic surgeon", "query": "\n ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Michele Trobaugh regrets the day she heard a radio advertisement for Dr. Jan Adams. \n\nBeverly Hills plastic surgeon Jan Adams operated on the mother of rapper Kanye West the day before she died. \n\nEager to fix breasts that weren't ...
[ { "answer": "a bonnet and shawl", "query": "\n CHAPTER XX \n\nNancy and Godfrey walked home under the starlight in silence. When they entered the oaken parlour, Godfrey threw himself into his chair, while Nancy laid down her bonnet and shawl, and stood on the hearth near her husband, unwilling to leave h...
[ { "answer": "false reports.", "query": "\n CHAPTER XVIII. \n\nHOW EARL GODWIN'S WIDOW CAME TO ST. OMER. \n\nIt would be vain to attempt even a sketch of the reports which came to Flanders from England during the next two years, or of the conversation which ensued thereon between Baldwin and his courtiers...
[ { "answer": "Jacob", "query": "\n CHAPTER IX \n\nThe opportunity for an explanation between Jacob and his fellow speculators speedily presented itself. Amongst his letters, on the following morning, Jacob found a somewhat pompous little note from Dane Montague, inviting him to lunch at the Milan at half-...
[ { "answer": "London College", "query": "\n At London College, the boys can go to the city in the afternoon. But they must return to the school before six. And Bob doesn't often obey the rule. One afternoon, Bob walked to the city and went to the cinema. When he got to the school, it was eight o'clock. He...
[ { "answer": "soccer player for Barcelona", "query": "\n (CNN) -- What a difference a Messi makes. Last weekend \"King Leo\" inspired Barcelona to a seven-goal victory on the opening day of the Spanish soccer season, but in his absence Sunday the reigning champions battled to beat Malaga 1-0. \n\nWith the...
[ { "answer": "Ken and Anthony", "query": "\n Ken and Anthony were childhood friends. They went to elementary and high school together. They went to college in different states, and then they lost touch. That was twenty years ago. One morning Ken was reading the newspaper with his morning coffee. Inside he...