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Adult contemporary music (AC) is a style of music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, rhythm and blues, quiet storm, and rock influence. Adult contemporary is rather a continuation of the easy list... | What does AC stand for? | 0 | 18 | null | Adult contemporary |
CHAPTER XXV. THE CAPITULATION OF ROCCALEONE
In the sunshine of that bright May morning Francesco and his men went merrily to work to possess themselves of the ducal camp, and the first business of the day was to arm those soldiers who had come out unarmed. Of weapons there was no lack, and to these they helped themse... | What were the men learning to use? | 1,079 | 1,213 | The bulk of the men were busy at Gian Maria's cannons, and under Francesco's supervision they were training them upon the drawbridge. | the cannons |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- There are no immediate plans to commit more U.S. troops to the ongoing war in Afghanistan, President Obama said Wednesday.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, and President Obama meet in Washington on Wednesday.
Speaking to reporters alongside Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Ob... | Does he plan to send more troops to Afghanistan? | null | 583 | There is no immediate decision pending on resources | no |
(CNN) -- Authorities have captured one of Colombia's last great crime bosses, President Juan Manuel Santos said Tuesday night.
Accused drug lord Daniel "El Loco" Barrera was captured in San Cristobal, Venezuela, Santos said. Barrera is accused of alliances with paramilitaries and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Col... | What was the reward offered by the Colombian government for information leading to Barrera's capture? | 380 | null | $ 2 . 5 - million | $ 2 . 5 - million |
Chapter 14
THROUGH THE VALLEY
Sampson looked strangely at the great bloody blot on my breast and his look made me conscious of a dark hurrying of my mind. Morton came stamping up the steps with blunt queries, with anxious mien. When he saw the front of me he halted, threw wide his arms.
"There come the girls!" su... | What is its title? | 13 | 32 | THROUGH THE VALLEY | THROUGH THE VALLEY |
CHAPTER TWELVE.
SAGE CONVERSE BETWEEN HAKE AND BERTHA--BIARNE IS OUTWITTED--A MONSTER IS SLAIN, AND SAVAGES APPEAR ON THE SCENE.
Not long after this an event occurred which produced great excitement in the new settlement; namely, the appearance of natives in the woods. It occurred under the following circumstances.... | Did she vanish around the house? | 1,001 | 1,077 | observed a female figure disappear round a copse near the shores of the lake | no |
Sherry went out her back door and put on her sunglasses, large hat and heavy cloth work gloves. She knelt in front of her small garden and started to pull weeds, throwing each in a small trashcan nearby. As she worked she listened to the sounds of her neighbor's boys, Sam and Carl, playing. Sometimes she stopped long e... | why? | 608 | 661 | so she could sit and read as the washer and dryer ran | so she could sit and read |
The Bank of England, formally the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694, it is the second oldest central bank in operation today, after the Sveriges Riksbank. The Bank of England is the... | is it the oldest bank of it's kind? | 207 | 245 | it is the second oldest central bank | no |
CHAPTER TEN.
DANGERS, JOYS, TRIALS, AND MULTIPLICATION.
"I'm going to the cliffs to-day, Williams," said Young one morning. "Will you come?"
Williams was busy at the forge under the pleasant shade of the great banyan-tree. Resting his hammer on the anvil, he looked up.
"No," he answered. "I can't go till I've f... | What was he looking for? | 1,291 | 1,297 | a sail | a sail |
Matt is an adult. He is looking for a job. He hopes to become a clown someday. He wants to be a clown because he loves making people laugh. In order to be a clown, Matt must go to clown school.
One day, Matt's friend tells him about a clown school in St. Louis. Matt becomes excited!
The next day, Matt goes to the c... | What did the clown ask Matt when he first arrived at clown school? | 165 | 170 | null | i want to become a clown |
Once upon a time, there was a dog named Puddles. Puddles was lonely because he lived in an area where there were no other dogs, but only cats. Day after day, Puddles would have to eat cat food and do cat things in order to fit in with the rest of his group. He found it very boring and Puddles was sad. Puddles didn't ev... | How was Puddles different from the other cats? | 85 | 94 | puddles didn ' t even look like a cat | puddles didn ' t even look like a cat |
CHAPTER III.
BUILDING THE MOLE.
Caleb sat down upon the step of the door, eating a piece of bread, while Dwight and David returned to their work of building the mole. They got the wheelbarrow, and loaded it with stones.
Caleb sat a few minutes more at the door, and then he went into the house, and got his little ... | what did he do when he saw him? | 686 | 719 | So he ran towards him, and said, | ran towards him |
CHAPTER XXVI. MOONSHINE.
But still the lady shook her head, And swore by yea and nay My whole was all that he had said, And all that he could say. W. M. Praed.
Mrs. Brownlow had intended to go at once to London on her return to England, but the joint entreaties of Armine and Barbara prevailed on her to give them ... | who took control of the reins? | 1,111 | null | Jock | Jock |
(CNN) -- During the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night, Jimmy Kimmel made a joke that President Obama laughed at, but that you could see was just killing him inside.
"Mr. President, do you remember when the country rallied around you in hopes of a better tomorrow?" Kimmel asked. "That was hilarious.... | Who spoke at it? | 9 | 86 | During the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night, Jimmy Kimmel | Jimmy Kimmel |
(CNN) -- California's parole board Tuesday refused to release onetime Manson family acolyte Leslie Van Houten, finding the 60-year-old remains dangerous more than four decades after the group's Southern California murder spree.
The board found that Van Houten "still poses a risk to society," spokesman Luis Patino sai... | Has Lulu had good reports during her time in prison? | 1,538 | 1,588 | fact that Leslie has had good reports since 1978" | Yes. |
Tuesdays during the summer tickets are buy one get one free at the city zoo. Jason loves animals, so his dad takes him to the zoo every Tuesday in the summer. This Tuesday Jason's dad is feeling sick so his mommy has to take him to the zoo. There is also a new animal that Jason can't wait to see; a rattle snake. Tuesda... | Did they visit other animals? | 1,067 | 1,113 | seeing other animals like a bear and a monkey, | yes |
(CNN) -- The stars of tennis took time out from their French Open preparations Sunday to honor the man who helped them become some of the highest-paid athletes in the world.
Brad Drewett passed away Friday, aged 54, succumbing to the motor neurone disease that had forced him to step down as head of the men's ATP Worl... | When? | 1,162 | 1,173 | early 2000s | early 2000s |
Chapter XXIII
Paul Cannot Find the Rock People
Life was very pleasant in Avonlea that summer, although Anne, amid all her vacation joys, was haunted by a sense of "something gone which should be there." She would not admit, even in her inmost reflections, that this was caused by Gilbert's absence. But when she had ... | And who arrived first? | 1,200 | 1,205 | Anne | Anne |
CHAPTER V
The Vacation was over, and Vivian returned to Burnsley Vicarage. He bowed cavalierly to Mr. Dallas on his arrival, and immediately sauntered up into the school-room, where he found a tolerable quantity of wretches looking as miserable as schoolboys who have left their pleasant homes generally do for some fo... | Who did Eardley say was missed in the school? | 319 | 322 | grey ' s set | grey ' s set |
CHAPTER XX
BETTY AT LARGE
It was not till Betty found herself many blocks distant from the office of _Peaceful Moments_ that she checked her headlong flight. She had run down the stairs and out into the street blindly, filled only with that passion for escape which had swept her away from Mervo. Not till she had di... | What did Betty consider a better alternative to meeting John again? | 378 | 397 | pain beyond bearing . better a thousand times than that this panic flight into the iron wilderness of new york | pain beyond bearing . better a thousand times than that this panic flight into the iron wilderness of new york |
One morning Julie took her dog, Rosie, for a walk. Rosie loved to walk outside. She loved to walk any time - morning, afternoon, or night. She liked to smell everything. This morning she smelled something new. It was another animal. It was not a squirrel. It was not another dog. Maybe it was a tiger! Rosie sniffed arou... | What did you think she encountered? | 280 | 301 | Maybe it was a tiger! | A tiger |
CHAPTER XI
A MIDNIGHT SCARE
The Rovers reached Cottonton without catching sight of Dan Baxter again, nor did they locate him while stopping at the town.
"He knows enough to keep out of our way," remarked Dick. "Even now he may be watching every move we make."
They did not remain in Cottonton long, and that nigh... | What kind of play did Hans want to go in for? | 305 | 305 | tragedy | tragedy |
CHAPTER X. NOBLESSE OBLIGE
The other won't agree thereto, So here they fall to strife; With one another they did fight About the children's life. Babes in the Wood.
"I say, Aunt Cherry," said Adrian, "the fossil forest is to be uncovered to-morrow, and Merrifield is going to stay for it, and I'm going down with h... | Who was he talking to? | null | 190 | I say, Aunt Cherry | Aunt Cherry |
(CNN)"In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd," wrote Miguel de Cervantes, the Shakespeare of Spain. And the quest to find his remains has sometimes seemed both, even (dare one say it) quixotic in a time of recession. But forensic scientists have persevered, and appear to have triumphed.
Almost... | How deep under the ground were they? | 1,491 | 1,533 | 5 meters beneath the floor of the church. | 5 meters |
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States.
The state's name, Michigan, is of French origins (form of the Ojibwe word) "mishigamaa", meaning "large water" or "large lake". Michigan is the tenth most populous of the 50 United States, with the 11th most extensive total area, a... | what is? | 443 | 450 | Detroit | Detroit |
Chapter 32 The Disposal of a Bonanza
'SUCH was Ritter's narrative,' said I to my two friends. There was a profound and impressive silence, which lasted a considerable time; then both men broke into a fusillade of exciting and admiring ejaculations over the strange incidents of the tale; and this, along with a rattlin... | Who was informed of this? | 39 | 95 | 'SUCH was Ritter's narrative,' said I to my two friends. | two friends. |
(WIRED) -- If you work for IBM, you can bring your iPhone to work, but forget about using the phone's voice-activated digital assistant. Siri isn't welcome on Big Blue's networks.
The reason? Siri ships everything you say to her to a big data center in Maiden, North Carolina. And the story of what really happens to a... | What's IBM's nickname? | 137 | 180 | Siri isn't welcome on Big Blue's networks. | Big Blue. |
Belfast, Northern Ireland (CNN) -- Ireland's top Roman Catholic cleric, Cardinal Sean Brady, was under mounting pressure to resign Friday amid renewed allegations about his role in dealing with the sexual abuse of children by priests.
A British television documentary repeated claims made in 2010 that Brady was told o... | Was he complicit in child abuse claims? | 237 | 437 | A British television documentary repeated claims made in 2010 that Brady was told of attacks by pedophile priest Father Brendan Smyth in 1975 but did not inform police or the parents of the victims.
| yes |
CHAPTER XCII.
OF THE INSOLENT DEFIANCE OF TARFE THE MOOR, AND THE DARING EXPLOIT OF HERNAN PEREZ DEL PULGAR.
When the Moorish knights beheld that all courteous challenges were unavailing, they sought various means to provoke the Christian warriors to the field. Sometimes a body of them, fleetly mounted, would gallo... | What was the name of the Spanish warrior who resolved to not be outbraved by the Moor? | 339 | 345 | hernan perez del pulgar | hernan perez del pulgar |
Honolulu is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is an unincorporated part of and the county seat of the City and County of Honolulu on the island of Oahu. The city is the main gateway to Hawaii and a major portal into the United States. The city is also a major hub for international business, m... | How many Hawaiian cities are bigger than Honolulu? | 450 | 547 | Honolulu is the most remote city of its size in the world and is the westernmost major U.S. city. | 0 |
Katie went to the store. She needed to buy some flowers. She also needed to buy a snack and a bow. The store is down the street. Katie's mother drove her to the store. Her mother is named June. Katie looked around for the flowers. She found some pink ones. Katie then looked for the snacks. She wanted cookies not chips.... | What kind of cookies did she find? | 320 | 353 | She found some chocolate cookies | chocolate |
CHAPTER XXII--ANGEL AND BEAR
"Enough of science and of art! Close up those barren leaves, Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives." - WORDSWORTH.
A telegram had been handed to Mr. Mayor, which he kept to himself, smiling over it, and he--at least--was not taken utterly by surprise at the ... | where did he hear that angel was there? | 508 | 548 | I heard at Clipstone that Angel was here | Clipstone |
CHAPTER XIII
Intense excitement instantly reigned. Their suspense over, the crowd cheered again and again, shook hands with one another, and flung their caps into the air. Everyone was delighted, for everyone was fond of Tell and Walter. It also pleased them to see the Governor disappointed. He had had things his own... | Is Ulric a farmer? | 770 | 786 | Ulric the smith | No! |
CHAPTER XXIII
THE HAVERLEY FINANCES AND MRS. ROBINSON
"It bothers the head off of me," said Molly Tooney to Mike, as she sat eating her supper in the Cobhurst kitchen, "to try to foind out what thim two upstairs is loike, anyway, 'specially her. I've been here nigh onto two weeks, now, and I don't know her no betth... | How does Mike feel about Phoebe's decision to board the minister? | null | 433 | you ' ll never git no benefit to your own sowl | you ' ll never git no benefit to your own sowl |
The 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from March 24 until August 8, 2008, prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, with the theme of "one world, one dream". Plans for the relay were announced on April 26, 2007, in Beijing, China. The relay, also called by the organizers as the "Journey of Harmony", lasted 129 days and... | What was the theme? | 121 | 156 | the theme of "one world, one dream" | "one world, one dream" |
CHAPTER XXXVII
THE END OF A BOYHOOD
Convinced of his own worthlessness, Tommy was sufficiently humble now, but Aaron Latta, nevertheless, marched to the square on the following market day and came back with the boy's sentence, Elspeth being happily absent.
"I say nothing about the disgrace you have brought on thi... | How far was the Dubb of Prosen from where Tommy lived? | 285 | 286 | null | fifteen miles |
(CNN)His voice, his posture and his threats are menacingly familiar.
The black-clad ISIS militant shown in a video demanding a $200 million ransom to spare the lives of two Japanese citizens looks and sounds similar to the man who has appeared in at least five previous hostage videos.
The knife-wielding masked man ... | how many videos did he make before ? | 258 | 262 | five | five |
Sen. Ted Cruz slammed the White House on Tuesday for a "failure of leadership" as President Barack Obama prepares to nominate his administration's fourth defense secretary.
The Texas Republican, who is considering a 2016 run in hopes of heading his own White House administration, called the unusually high turnover at... | What party? | 175 | null | The Texas Republican, who is considering a 2016 run in hopes of heading his own White House administration, called the unusually high turnover at the helm of the Defense Department emblematic of a White House that puts politics above U.S. national security. | Republican |
CHAPTER XXXII. The Pass List Is Out
With the end of June came the close of the term and the close of Miss Stacy's rule in Avonlea school. Anne and Diana walked home that evening feeling very sober indeed. Red eyes and damp handkerchiefs bore convincing testimony to the fact that Miss Stacy's farewell words must have ... | Who is walking together? | 140 | 166 | Anne and Diana walked home | Anne and Diana |
(CNN) -- Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid icon, Nobel peace laureate and South Africa's first black president, celebrated his 90th birthday Friday by doing something he had indicated he would not do again -- grant an interview to journalists.
Mandela sits at the 6th Nelson Mandela Lecture in Soweto, Johannesburg.
A c... | Which one? | 71 | 107 | South Africa's first black president | President |
CHAPTER XXVII
STARTLING NEWS
It was noon on the day after Wandle's flight, and Jernyngham was sitting with his friends in a room of the Leslie homestead when Muriel, looking out of the window, saw Prescott's hired man ride up at a gallop. His haste and his anxious expression when he dismounted alarmed her, but her ... | Where did he get left at? | 1,289 | 1,318 | dropped him at Wandle's trail | Wandle's trail. |
Plato (; Greek: "Plátōn", in Classical Attic; 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered the most pivotal figure in the development of philosophy, especially the W... | what was special about it? | 158 | 220 | the first institution of higher learning in the Western world | it was the first in the Western world |
Suffolk () is an East Anglian county of historic origin in England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowestoft, Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket and Felixstowe, one of the larg... | what did they become known as | 664 | 725 | The Angles later became the "north folk" and the "south folk" | the "north folk" and the "south folk" |
Cisco Systems, Inc. (known as Cisco) is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in San Jose, California, in the center of Silicon Valley, that develops, manufactures and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment and other high-technology services and products. Through its numerous ... | Was she related to Bosack? | 1,323 | 1,451 | Leonard Bosack, who was in charge of the Stanford University computer science department's computers, and his wife Sandy Lerner, | Yes |
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 i... | What was the name of the Thai restaurant that Sandra and Matilda went to for lunch? | null | 262 | right down the road | right down the road |
CHAPTER VIII. 'LE BROUILON'
But never more the same two sister pearls Ran down the silken thread to kiss each other. --Tennyson
Berenger was obliged to crave permission from the King to spend some hours in riding with Osbert to the first hostel on their way, to make arrangements for the relay of horses that was t... | Who is she? | 360 | 392 | of Veronique, Eustacie's maid, | Eustacie's maid, |
(CNN) -- She's built her career caring for orphans.
Jane Aronson has evaluated more than 10,000 adopted children from around the world. Her patients include the offspring of Hollywood luminaries. An infectious disease specialist, she treated Angelina Jolie's daughter Zahara, who was critically ill when the actress br... | Boys or girls? | 880 | null | Her two adopted sons | Boys |
Yaounde, Cameroon (CNN)Cameroonian troops and their allies have freed a German man who was held for six months by Islamist terror group Boko Haram, Cameroonian President Paul Biya said.
Boko Haram kidnapped German citizen Robert Nitsch Eberhard in Nigeria in July, Biya said in a statement read Wednesday on state-run ... | Did he explained all things in detail? | 338 | 409 | He did not detail how, when or where the rescue operation took place.
| No |
CHAPTER V
FOLLOWING A TRAIL
Frank had started early for a walk with one of his school friends. Returning through the town at three in the afternoon, he saw people talking in groups. They presently met one of their chums.
"What is going on, Vincent?"
"Why, have you not heard? Faulkner, the magistrate, has been s... | True or False: He gave Faulkner a good chance at recovery. | 859 | 935 | as there was very little probability of Faulkner's living through the night. | False |
Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) -- An 80-year-old Japanese man on Thursday became the oldest person to reach the top of Mt. Everest, officials said.
Yuichiro Miura reached the top of Everest Thursday morning with his physician son Gota, mountaineering official Gyanendra Shrestha said from the base of Everest.
Miura's achiev... | Who was the oldest woman to climb Everest? | 45 | 49 | null | yuichiro miura |
This listing of flight altitude records are the records set for the highest aeronautical flights conducted in the atmosphere, set since the age of ballooning.
Some, but not all of the records were certified by the non-profit international aviation organization, the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). One re... | Name another one. | 883 | 1,009 | the powerplant type (since rocket-powered aircraft can have greater altitude abilities than those with air-breathing engines) | the powerplant type |
The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or U of C) is a private research university in Chicago. The university, established in 1890, consists of The College, various graduate programs, interdisciplinary committees organized into four academic research divisions and seven professional schools. Beyond the arts and ... | What will be completed in 2020? | 1,659 | 1,696 | the Barack Obama Presidential Center | the Barack Obama Presidential Center |
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games (French: Les "XXIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver") and commonly known as Vancouver 2010, informally the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010, in Vancouver, Canada, with some events held ... | What is the 2010 winter Olympics known as? | 26 | 74 | officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games | XXI Olympic Winter Games |
CHAPTER XIII. The Delights of Anticipation
"It's time Anne was in to do her sewing," said Marilla, glancing at the clock and then out into the yellow August afternoon where everything drowsed in the heat. "She stayed playing with Diana more than half an hour more'n I gave her leave to; and now she's perched out there... | Were they doing anything in particular there? | 1,060 | 1,134 | Mrs. Superintendent Bell and Mrs. Rachel Lynde are going to make ice cream | Yes |
Washington (CNN) -- Mexican drug cartels have used cash and sexual favors as tools to corrupt U.S. border and customs agents, an inspector general investigation has found.
In exchange, agents allow contraband or unauthorized immigrants through inspection lanes, protect or escort traffickers or leak sensitive informat... | who is the president of Mexico? | 948 | 981 | Mexican President Felipe Calderon | Felipe Calderon |
Chapter XX.
Early on the following day Heckewelder, astride his horse, appeared at the door of Edwards' cabin.
"How is George?" he inquired of Dave, when the latter had opened the door.
"He had a bad night, but is sleeping now. I think he'll be all right after a time," answered Dave.
"That's well. Nevertheless ... | Who was freed? | 846 | 933 | His freeing Jim in face of the opposition of his chiefs is a sure sign of friendliness | Jim |
Electronica is an umbrella term that encompasses a broad group of electronic-based styles such as techno, house, ambient, drum and bass, jungle, and industrial dance, among others. It has been used to describe the rise of electronic music styles intended not just for dancing but also concentrated listening.
In North ... | What does EDM stand for? | 864 | 886 | null | electronic dance music |
CHAPTER VII. THE COLONEL'S CHICKENS.
They censured the bantam for strutting and crowing, In those vile pantaloons that he fancied looked knowing; And a want of decorum caused many demurs Against the game chicken for coming in spurs. The Peacock at Home.
Left to themselves, Mother Carey, with Janet and old nurse, ... | How did Ellen feel towards Janet? | 788 | 919 | "Of course she did," said Jessie, a pretty, kindly creature, but slow of apprehension; "only she said she was very sorry for you." | sorry |
CHAPTER XXVII
STARTLING NEWS
It was noon on the day after Wandle's flight, and Jernyngham was sitting with his friends in a room of the Leslie homestead when Muriel, looking out of the window, saw Prescott's hired man ride up at a gallop. His haste and his anxious expression when he dismounted alarmed her, but her ... | Who put their reading down? | 915 | 948 | ernyngham, laying down his paper, | Jernyngham. |
CHAPTER XIX
MAUD MAKES A MEMORANDUM
My mother used to say to me: "Never expect to find brains in a pretty girl." Perhaps she said it because I was not a pretty girl and she wished to encourage me. In any event, that absurd notion of the ancients that when the fairies bestow the gift of beauty on a baby they withhol... | What did Maud do to secretly observe A. Jones? | 233 | 237 | made a note of it | made a note of it |
The University of Pittsburgh (commonly referred to as Pitt) is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1787 after the American Revolutionary War, it was founded on the edge of the American frontier as the Pittsburgh Academy. It developed and was renamed as Western University of Penns... | What is the name of the Cathedral of Learning on the University of Pittsburgh's campus? | 240 | 252 | 42 - story gothic revival centerpiece , the cathedral of learning . | 42 - story gothic revival centerpiece , the cathedral of learning . |
Rolling Stone is an American biweekly magazine that focuses on popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner, who is still the magazine's publisher, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first known for its musical coverage and for political reporting by Hunter S. Thompson. In the 1990... | Who else is associated with the founding of this publication? | 123 | 139 | Jann Wenner, who | Jann Wenner |
Poultry (/ˌpoʊltriː/) are domesticated birds kept by humans for the eggs they produce, their meat, their feathers, or sometimes as pets. These birds are most typically members of the superorder Galloanserae (fowl), especially the order Galliformes (which includes chickens, quails and turkeys) and the family Anatidae, i... | When was poultry first domesticated? | 749 | null | The domestication of poultry took place several thousand years ago. | several thousand years ago. |
(CNN) -- Fans of "Dancing With the Stars" know how grueling the competition can be.
Contestants practice for hours a day, and almost every season some celebs are brought low by injury. So how in the world will Valerie Harper, who just months ago announced that she had a terminal form of cancer, go for that mirror bal... | Was she excited to do it at first? | 1,188 | 1,210 | she initially resisted | No |
(CNN) -- Three radio DJs in Kenya are going six days without food while broadcasting non-stop to promote peaceful voting in a country that was nearly torn apart after its last election five years ago.
Ghetto Radio presenters Mbusii, Solloo and Essie have been locked inside a "glass house" in central Nairobi since Wed... | Who are fasting ? | 9 | 65 | Three radio DJs in Kenya are going six days without food | Three DJs |
Macedonia or Macedon was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled by the royal Argead dynasty, which was followed by the Antipatrid and Antigonid dynasties. Home to the ancient Macedonians, the ea... | what about when PhilipII was king? | 751 | 795 | null | Macedonia subdued mainland Greece and Thrace |
Hefei, China (CNN) -- The murder trial of Gu Kailai, the wife of a recently deposed top official in the Chinese Communist Party, has begun in the eastern China city of Hefei, local officials said Thursday.
Gu and a family aide, Zhang Xiaojun, are accused of poisoning Neil Heywood, a British businessman who was found ... | Of what? | null | null | professor of political science | political science |
There once was a doggy named Jack that was really bored. One day he was sitting on the sofa he thought to himself, "Maybe I'll go for a ride." The dog put on his shoes and hat and walked out of the door. He began riding down the street and he saw a lot of funny things. He saw a pumpkin name Sue using toothpaste, a cat ... | What was she? | 270 | null | He saw a pumpkin | a pumpkin |
CHAPTER VII.
Something between a hindrance and a help. WORDSWORTH.
Etheldred awoke long before time for getting up, and lay pondering over her visions. Margaret had sympathised, and therefore they did not seem entirely aerial. To earn money by writing was her favourite plan, and she called her various romances in... | What did Dr. May exclaim when he entered the room? | 381 | 382 | latin grammar | latin grammar |
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE LAST JACOBITE RISING.
While the Kirk was vainly striving to assuage the tempers of Mr Erskine and his friends, the Jacobites were preparing to fish in troubled waters. In 1739 Walpole was forced to declare war against Spain, and Walpole had previously sounded James as to his own chances of being t... | What was the purpose of Walpole's inquiry to James? | 98 | 101 | angling for information | angling for information |
Hinduism is an Indian religion, or a way of life, widely practiced in South Asia. Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world, and some practitioners and scholars refer to it as "", "the eternal tradition," or the "eternal way," beyond human history. Scholars regard Hinduism as a fusion or synthesis of va... | what are some of the biggest denominations? | 2,059 | 2,155 | The four largest denominations of Hinduism are the Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism and Smartism. | the Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism and Smartism. |
When reindeer are done with the holiday season, people often wonder what they do during their time off. Well, reindeer are pretty good at taking a vacation during down time. Reindeer of any age are always in a hurry for their own holidays!
Rudolph is the most famous reindeer, and he has been known to ride foam noodle... | Who was the most famous reindeer? | 242 | 277 | Rudolph is the most famous reindeer | Rudolph |
Western European Summer Time (WEST) is a summer daylight saving time scheme, 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used in:
Western European Summer Time is known in the countries concerned as:
The scheme runs from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October each year. At both the start and en... | what time does the changes take place? | 338 | 375 | null | 01:00 UTC |
New Brunswick, New Jersey (CNN) -- The man Tyler Clementi was intimate with just days before he committed suicide took the stand Friday, telling jurors that he had noticed a web camera aimed at Clementi's bed.
The witness, who prosecutors named only as "M.B." to protect his identity, testified during the sixth day of... | Name another. | 385 | 442 |
Ravi is accused of spying on and intimidating Clementi, | intimidation |
Digital rights management (DRM) is a set of access control technologies for restricting the use of proprietary hardware and copyrighted works. DRM technologies try to control the use, modification, and distribution of copyrighted works (such as software and multimedia content), as well as systems within devices that en... | what do those who dislike it say there is no evidence of? | 711 | 806 | Those opposed to DRM contend there is no evidence that DRM helps prevent copyright infringement | that it helps prevent copyright infringement |
London (CNN) -- Jurre Hermans, the 11-year-old Dutch boy who entered the £250,000 ($400,000) Wolfson Economics Prize with a pizza-based plan for saving the eurozone, did so because he had an idea and the winnings sounded "very attractive," he told CNN.
Jurre received a €100 ($131) gift voucher and special mention ... | How much was the gift card he got worth? | 256 | 300 | null | €100 ($131) |
(CNN) -- Obsession often brings joy and sorrow in equal measure.
Inside that thin, shiny packet giving off a mystical glow sits five stickers -- five faces of five men whose very presence can turn lives upside down.
Welcome to the world of World Cup sticker collecting.
"My girlfriend gave me an ultimatum the othe... | What's his name? | 399 | 446 | Daniel Blazer, a British collector, told CNN.
| Daniel Blazer |
(CNN) -- It was a bad day on the clay for Maria Sharapova as she was bounced out of the Rome Masters by Ana Ivanovic, Thursday.
It was the first time anyone other than world No.1 Serena Williams had beaten the Russian on the red stuff since the 2011 French Open.
Sharapova had been tuning up for this year's grand sl... | What was the name of the competition on Thursday? | 88 | 100 | Rome Masters | Rome Masters |
CHAPTER LXIX.
HOW THE MOORS MADE VARIOUS ENTERPRISES AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS.
"While the pious king Ferdinand," observes Fray Antonio Agapida, "was humbling himself before the cross and devoutly praying for the destruction of his enemies, that fierce pagan, El Zagal, depending merely on arm of flesh and sword of ste... | What was his experience level? | 1,528 | 1,552 | Here a veteran captain, | A veteran captain. |
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (CNN) -- The broadcast antennae for Ivory Coast's state news agency was targeted Saturday night by youths loyal to President-elect Alassane Ouattara, according to his representative to South Africa.
Patrice Mallet told CNN that Ouattara supporters attacked Radiodiffusion-Television-Ivoirienne (RT... | Like what? | 719 | 773 | People have been burned alive or gunned down in public | People have been burned alive or gunned down in public |
(CNN) -- On Friday morning, Wojdan Shaherkani will set a new Olympic record. By participating in the first round of the Olympic judo competition she will become the first Saudi woman to take part in any Olympic Games.
Qatar and Brunei are also allowing female athletes to compete at the Olympics for the first time, ma... | What did the photos show? | 364 | 412 | Celebrating female athletes from the Arab world, | female Arab athletes |
Chapter XLVIII
Another Meeting in the Wood
THE next day, at evening, two men were walking from opposite points towards the same scene, drawn thither by a common memory. The scene was the Grove by Donnithorne Chase: you know who the men were.
The old squire's funeral had taken place that morning, the will had been... | Who? | 562 | null | Adam too had come from Stontion on Monday evening, and to-day he had not left home, except to go to the family a | Adam |
Lviv (, ; , ; German "Lemberg"; ; ; see also other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine and the seventh-largest city in the country overall, with a population of around 728,350 as of 2016. Lviv is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine.
Named in honor of the Leo, the eldest son of Rus' King Daniel of Ga... | Is it a place without culture? | 217 | 251 | main cultural centres of Ukraine. | yes |
(CNN) -- The way some Republicans talk about the Environmental Protection Agency, you would think it was created by a bunch of pot-smoking hippies communing at a nudist camp in northern California -- when in fact, the EPA was created by one of their own, Richard Nixon, in 1970.
Much as Republicans don't like to bring... | Are they positive about it? | null | null | blame | no |
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2013, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.
Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered the birthpl... | When? | 990 | 1,013 | Site by UNESCO in 1982 | in 1982 |
Boston (CNN) -- Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, lies in a hospital with a gunshot wound to the side of his neck, sedated and intubated, sources say.
But he could be brought out of sedation in minutes so he could answer questions from law enforcement officials, doctors tell CN... | Who usually would want to do this? | 430 | 626 | Under normal circumstances, doctors use these holidays, which last anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours, so they can ask patients questions to assess neurological and cognitive functioning. | Doctors |
Scotland (; Scots: ; ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It shares a border with England to the south, and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the south-west. In a... | When did the Kingdom of Scotland emerge as an independent sovereign state? | 123 | 125 | early middle ages | early middle ages |
Chapter 18--Fashion and Physiology
"Please, sir, I guess you'd better step up right away, or it will be too late, for I heard Miss Rose say she knew you wouldn't like it, and she'd never dare to let you see her."
Phebe said this as she popped her head into the study, where Dr. Alec sat reading a new book.
"They a... | name 1 | 1,377 | 1,383 | null | Plenty |
Baseball statistics play an important role in evaluating a player's and/or team's progress.
Since the flow of a baseball game has natural breaks to it, and normally players act individually rather than performing in clusters, the sport lends itself to easy record-keeping and statistics. Statistics have been kept for ... | Does that make it harder or easier for record keeping? | 254 | 273 | easy record-keeping | easier |
CHAPTER XII
SHALL A MAN ESCAPE HIS FATE?
On the way to the Danish Legation, Colonel Harris asked Luke what his plans were for the evening.
"I shall," replied Luke, "call at Grosvenor Square. I may find Uncle Rad, or Philip, or both at home. I mean to have a good tussle about this wintering abroad. It's really mos... | who agreed with her ? | 367 | 381 | null | Colonel Harris |
So ill he could not move, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart supposedly sang parts of his final masterpiece, "Requiem," from his deathbed. Two centuries later, the exact cause of the Austrian composer's premature death, in December 1791 at age 35, is still a mystery.
This portrait by painter Johann Georg Edlinger, showed Mozart... | When does it end? | 1,001 | 1,062 | begun in handwritten script in 1607 and maintained until 1920 | 1920 |
(CNN) -- Did we almost lose Bono?
The rear hatch of the aircraft taking the U2 lead singer from Dublin to Berlin was missing when the aircraft landed at Berlin Schonefeld Airport on Wednesday.
Besides Bono (whose real name is Paul Hewson), there were two pilots and four other passengers on board, according to Germo... | Where was they headed? | null | 114 | from Dublin to Berlin | Berlin |
CNN -- Sebastian Junger found him crouched on a battlefield in Afghanistan, fighting to stay alive.
Ahmad Shah Massoud, center in white shirt, leads his men in his beloved Afghan mountains.
The Taliban had the man cornered and outnumbered. A sniper's bullet came so close to the man that it plucked dirt between his ... | Who would he have found if he was still alive? | 1,361 | 1,393 | 'He would have found bin Laden' | bin Laden |
(Oprah.com) -- When Chicagoan Tammy Jo Long visited Savannah, Georgia, ten years ago, she was delighted by its fountain-filled parks, corner cafés -- and grand architecture.
Long had always been a design aficionado, but the Italianate and Victorian homes she encountered in Savannah became "an obsession," she says. "... | What sort of animals were in some of the properties? | 1,488 | 1,596 | "Some of the properties had been vacant for 20 years," Long says. "They had rats you could put a saddle on." | rats |
Chapter VI
THE WARDEN'S TEA PARTY
After much painful doubting, on one thing only could Mr Harding resolve. He determined that at any rate he would take no offence, and that he would make this question no cause of quarrel either with Bold or with the bedesmen. In furtherance of this resolution, he himself wrote a no... | When? | 413 | 446 | an evening named in the next week | an evening next week |
Mozilla Firefox (or simply Firefox) is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary the Mozilla Corporation. Firefox is available for Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems, with its Firefox for Android available for Android (formerly Firefox for mobile, it also ran on t... | When was Firefox first released? | 246 | 247 | november 2004 | november 2004 |
Hinduism is an Indian religion, or a way of life, widely practiced in South Asia. Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world, and some practitioners and scholars refer to it as "", "the eternal tradition," or the "eternal way," beyond human history. Scholars regard Hinduism as a fusion or synthesis of va... | what are some nicknames for Hinduism? | 176 | 240 | refer to it as "", "the eternal tradition," or the "eternal way | "the eternal tradition," or the "eternal way |
CHAPTER IX
A SUSPICIOUS MOVE
When Benson and Blake rode into the camp, apparently on good terms with each other, Harding made no reference to what had occurred. He greeted them pleasantly, and soon afterward they sat down to the supper he had been cooking. When they had finished, they gathered round the fire with t... | How did Benson and Blake get to camp? | null | 73 | Benson and Blake rode into the camp | they rode into the camp |
War is a state of armed conflict between societies. It is generally characterized by extreme aggression, destruction, and mortality, using regular or irregular military forces. An absence of war is usually called "peace". Warfare refers to the common activities and characteristics of types of war, or of wars in general... | over what time period does he expect humanity to face the problem? | 1,139 | 1,248 | Richard Smalley identified war as the sixth (of ten) biggest problem facing humanity for the next fifty years | the next fifty years |
Tarwala was a strange boy. He liked to eat anything that was put in front of him, even if it wasn't food. As a child he ate chalk sticks thinking it was candy. All the strange things he ate made him very sick. After eating the chalk, his stomach made a weird noise as if it was trying to talk to him. Tarwala accidentall... | What did Tarwala accidently do? | 301 | 328 | Tarwala accidentally pooped | pooped |
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