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The Guhyasiddhi of Padmavajra
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What work is associated with Guhyasamaja tradition?
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Buddhist
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There is a great variety of what type of scripture?
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objects
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Some schools venerate certain texts as religious what?
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text
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Unlike most religions, Buddhism has no single central what?
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āgamas
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Tibetan Buddhists have not even translated most of the what?
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core
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Some scholars say there is no universally accepted common what?
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size and complexity of the Buddhist canons
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What has been seen by some as a hinderance to understanding Buddhist philosophy?
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Dhammapada
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In Sri Lanka, what was determined to be the best unifying scripture?
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Buddhism
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There have been attempts to create a single text with all the main ideas of what religion?
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Theravada
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condensed study texts where created in what tradition?
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Zen
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Goddard collected mainly what type of Buddhist scripture?
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The Buddha and His Dhamma
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Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar attempted to create a single combined document with all Buddhist principles and called it?
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Pāli Tipitaka
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What means "three baskets"?
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the Vinaya Pitaka, the Sutta Pitaka, and the Abhidhamma Pitaka
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What does the "three baskets" refer to?
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Vinaya Pitaka
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What contains disciplinary rules for Buddhist Monks and nuns?
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the Sutta Pitaka
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What contains discourses ascribed to Gautama Buddha?
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Abhidhamma Pitaka
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What contains material ofen described as systematic expositions of the Gautama Buddha teachings?
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Pāli Tipitaka
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What is the only Tipitaka to survive intact in its original language?
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five or seven
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Is is said that some early schools of buddhism had how many pitakas?
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Mahākāśyapa
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Which monk presided after the death of the Buddha?
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to record the Buddha's teachings
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What was the goal of the council?
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Upāli
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the vinaya was recited by?
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Ānanda
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Who was the Buddha's personal attendant?
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dhamma
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Ananda was called upon to recite what?
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Theravadin
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Much of the material in the Canon is not specifically what?
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The Theravadins
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Who may have added texts to the Canon for some time?
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Mahayana sutras
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What are considered the original teachings of the Buddha?
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Mahayana sutras
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What is a very broad genre of Buddhist scripture?
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Sarvastivada Abhidharma
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What teaching was criticized by Nagarjuna?
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Mahayana
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What sutras are reserved for those who follow the bodhisattva path?
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the Great Vehicle
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What does Mahayana mean?
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bodhisattva path
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What path is described as being built upon the motivation to liberate all living beings?
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Mahayana
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What sutras were transmitted in secret?
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Mahayana
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What sutras could have been preserved in non-human worlds?
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Mahayana tradition
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What tradition says that sutras might have come from other Buddhas or Bodhisattvas?
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six hundred
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How many Mahayana sutras have survivied in Sanskrit or in Chinese or Tibetan translations?
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East Asian Buddhism
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What buddhism recognizes sutras of Chinese origin?
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after the 5th century CE
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When did Mahayana sutras start to influence the behavior of mainstream buddhists in India?
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Hinayana
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What was the pejorative label for those that rejected Mahayana sutras?
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the Theravada
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What school does not include the Mahayava scriptures in its canon?
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Sri Lanka
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The modern Theravada school stablished itself in what country?
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hinayana
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What Mahayana related label is considered derogatory?
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Hinayana
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The mahayana occasionally referred to early Buddhism as what?
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Śrāvakayāna
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What term was more politically correct term for the word Hinayana?
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Buddhism
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What provides chances for comparative study with a large range of subjects?
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ethics
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Buddhism's emphasis on the Middle Way provides a guideline for what?
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moral and spiritual
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Buddism has what kind of parallels withother systems of thought?
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Christianity
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Buddhism had similiar tenets to what other common religion?
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scientific
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Buddhist concept of dependent origination has been compared to what modern thought?
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Buddhism
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What school of thought is questioned on whether or not it is a religion?
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Buddhism
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What is often referred to as a religion by many sources?
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Simon Fuller
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Who is the creator of American Idol?
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19 Entertainment
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What company produces American idol?
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2002
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What year did American Idol begin airing?
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Pop Idol
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What British show is American Idols format based on?
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Fox
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What television network does American Idol air on?
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19 Entertainment
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What company produces American Idol?
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Pop Idol
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What British series is American Idols format based on?
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Simon Fuller
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Who created American Idol?
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19 Entertainment
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Who produced American Idol?
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June 11, 2002
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When did American Idol first air on TV?
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Pop Idol
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What British show was American Idol based on?
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Randy Jackson
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What record producer was an original judge on American Idol?
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Brian Dunkleman
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What comedian was an original host on American Idol?
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Jennifer Lopez
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What actress is a judge on the most current season of American Idol?
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Ryan Seacrest
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Who was a host on all seasons of American Idol?
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Brian Dunkleman
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What comedian was an original host on American Idol?
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Paula Abdul
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What pop singer was an original judge on American Idol?
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Jennifer Lopez
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What actress is a judge on the most current season of American Idol?
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Randy Jackson
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Which original judge was a record producer and music manager?
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Paula Abdul
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Which original judge was a choreographer?
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Simon Cowell
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Which original judge was a music executive?
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Keith Urban
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Which judge is a country music singer?
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Harry Connick, Jr.
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Which judge is a jazz singer?
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345
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How many Billboard hits did American Idol produce in its first ten years?
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Kelly Clarkson
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Who was a pop idol that started on American Idol?
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a rival TV executive
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Who called American Idol "the most impactful show in the history of television"?
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Carrie Underwood
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Who was a pop idol that started on American Idol?
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Fantasia
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Who was a pop idol that started on American Idol?
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Carrie Underwood
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Who was a pop idol that started on American Idol?
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Fantasia
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Who was a pop idol that started on American Idol?
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345
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How many Billboard chart toppers did American Idol contestants have within the first ten seasons?
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a rival TV executive
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Who said that American Idol is "the most impactful show in the history of televsion?
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2015
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What year did FOX announce that American Idol was cancelled?
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2015
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What year did FOX announce the cancellation of American Idol?
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15
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For how many seasons did American Idol air?
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eight
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How many consecutive years did American Idol been ranked number one in ratings?
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May 11, 2015
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When did Fox announce that American Idol is ending?
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Popstars
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What show in New Zealand was the inspiration for the British Series Pop Idol?
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Simon Fuller
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Who was the creator of British Series Pop Idol?
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2001
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What year did Pop Idol make its television debut?
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Simon Cowell
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Who was a judge on the British series Pop Idol in 2001?
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Nigel Lythgoe
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Wha was the executive producer of Pop Idol in 2001?
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Popstars
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What show was Pop Idols based on?
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Nigel Lythgoe
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Who saw Popstars while in Australia and wanted Britain to have the same thing?
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telephone voting
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In addition to back stories and drama, what did Fuller add to the show?
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2001
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When did Pop Idol premiere in Britain?
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Lythgoe
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Who was the executive producer of Pop Idol?
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seven
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For how many seasons was American Idol the most watched show in the US?
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2002
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What year did American Idol first air on FOX?
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