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CHAPTER X.
He looked expectantly on the cabin table for a letter upon his return to the ship, but was disappointed, and the only letter yielded by the post next morning came from Captain Barber. It was couched in terms of great resignation, and after bemoaning the unfortunate skipper’s untimely demise in language o... | And do what with the vessel? | 411 | 433 | sail the schooner home | sail home |
(CNN) -- On North Halsted Street, between Buckingham and Roscoe in Chicago, a monument stands with a plaque in honor of a brilliant thinker who is as responsible for the way we live our lives today as any person who has ever lived.
His name is Alan Turing, a Brit, and among his many credits and accolades, many histor... | What honor did he get from Time magazine? | 375 | 462 | When Time magazine listed him among its 100 most influential people of the 20th century | one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century |
CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.
IN WHICH VERY PERPLEXING EVENTS OCCUR.
The visitor referred to in the last chapter was a tall, broad-shouldered old man with a snowy head of hair and a flowing white beard, a long, loose black garment, and a stout staff about six feet long.
Cormac had gone to a spring for water at the time h... | What did the stranger ask? | null | 424 | "Is any one within?" demanded the stranger | Is any one within? |
CHAPTER XIX. THE TENTH OF MAY
Would the sons of the first families surrender, "Never!" cried a young lady who sat behind the blinds in Mrs. Catherwood's parlor. It seemed to her when she stopped to listen for the first guns of the coming battle that the tumult in her heart would drown their roar.
"But, Jinny," vent... | What is the setting of this passage? | 137 | 161 | Mrs. Catherwood's parlor | Mrs. Catherwood's parlor |
(CNN) -- Mitt Romney is rumored to be announcing a choice soon for his vice presidential running mate, and conventional thinking suggests his pick is going to be "safe," someone who brings a high measure of conservative street cred, and preferably from a swing state.
In other words, the rumor is the guy who has troub... | Does the author find Romney boring? | 270 | 401 | In other words, the rumor is the guy who has trouble getting people to like him is going to pick someone even more boring than him. | yes |
Cladistics (from Greek , "klados", i.e., "branch") is an approach to biological classification in which organisms are categorized based on shared derived characteristics that can be traced to a group's most recent common ancestor and are not present in more distant ancestors. Therefore, members of a group are assumed t... | What is the main topic? | null | 10 | Cladistics | Cladistics |
Within hours of becoming a national hero, a viral video star and the top topic on Twitter, Charles Ramsey talked about having trouble getting sleep.
It wasn't because of all the excitement that followed his knocking down a Cleveland neighbor's door, freeing three women and a girl who police say were held hostage for ... | Who was the man that helped Charles Ramsey break down the door? | 271 | 273 | angel cordero | angel cordero |
Seoul (CNN)North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is continuing to rule with an iron fist, having ordered the execution of about 15 senior officials so far this year, according to an assessment by South Korean intelligence agents, a lawmaker who attended a closed briefing said.
Shin Kyung-min, a lawmaker with the New Politi... | which network is mentioned? | 467 | 470 | CNN | CNN |
The contemporary Liberal Party generally advocates economic liberalism (see New Right). Historically, the party has supported a higher degree of economic protectionism and interventionism than it has in recent decades. However, from its foundation the party has identified itself as anti-socialist. Strong opposition to ... | What was Robert Menzies' vision for the Liberal Party's constituency? | null | 114 | australia ' s middle class would form its main constituency | australia ' s middle class would form its main constituency |
Tonga ( or ; Tongan: "Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga"), officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is a Polynesian sovereign state and archipelago comprising 169 islands, of which 36 are inhabited. The total surface area is about scattered over of the southern Pacific Ocean. It has a population of 103,000 people, of whom 70% reside... | What is the nickname? | 643 | 698 | Tonga became known in the West as the Friendly Islands | the Friendly Islands |
New York (CNN) -- A self-described "ex-madam" who claims she supplied fellow city comptroller candidate Eliot Spitzer with escorts several years ago is facing charges of illegally distributing prescription drugs, authorities said.
Kristin Davis, 38, was arrested on Monday night and charged with selling Adderall, Xana... | Who is the prosecutor? | 849 | 915 | el," Preet Bharara, Manhattan U.S. Attorney, said in a statement. | Preet Bharara |
(EW.com) -- Good news (we guess?) for Ronn Moss fans: Don't go looking for a brand new Ridge to take over for the old one on CBS' "The Bold and the Beautiful."
Once Moss' last episode airs on Sept. 14, "B&B" has no plans to fill the void, the sudser's head writer told TV Guide.
"Ridge will not be dead or presumed d... | When does his last episode air? | 174 | 202 | ast episode airs on Sept. 14 | Sept. 14 |
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. The term "White House" is often used as a metonym for the president and his advise... | Where is the white house located? | 112 | 153 | 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington | 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington DC |
The family across the street has a cat. He is a cute black kitty named Dillon. The cat is about two years old, and the family has had him for about a year. He is an indoor cat who is not allowed to go outside. The children like to play with Dillon because he still acts like a kitten. Dillon jumps around, and chases fli... | What else? | 704 | 793 | Dillon jumps up on the kitchen table when a sandwich is there, and tries to carry it away | Stealing sandwiches |
Joey felt the very first rain drop hit his hat.
"Let's go inside!" he said to his friend Billy.
The two ran inside the house as it began to rain more outside. Joey's mother was very happy that they missed the rain and got inside before it made a big mess. Joey and Billy weren't as happy.
"What are we going to do ... | what did he call Joey? | 696 | 709 | Careful sport | sport |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (abbreviated as MGM or M-G-M, also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or simply Metro, and for a former interval known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, or MGM/UA) is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of feature... | Are they an Australian based company? | 232 | 254 | American media company | no |
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... | Who was President before? | 1,011 | 1,017 | Gbagbo | Gbagbo |
Pumwani, Kenya (CNN) -- Asha Mohamed sits in her cramped room in Pumwani slum clutching a tiny photo of her son, Harun. He's dressed in a blue-striped tie framed by a crisp white T-shirt -- a typical 15-year-old Kenyan high school student.
But in September he vanished. "Harun woke up very early and asked his sister "... | how does he get people's interest? | 1,338 | null | They say he bravely stood up to corruption, promoted the Quran, and generously handed out scholarships to young men | He bravely stood up to corruption, promoted the Quran, and handed out scholarships to young men |
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) and colloquially Great Britain (GB) or simply Britain, is a sovereign country in western Europe. Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, the United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the no... | How many countries border it? | 388 | 521 | null | one |
Afrikaans () is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and, to a lesser extent, Botswana and Zimbabwe. It evolved from the Dutch vernacular of South Holland (Hollandic dialect) spoken by the mainly Dutch settlers of what is now South Africa, where it gradually began to develop distinguishing character... | when was that? | 326 | null | in the course of the 18th century | 18th century |
CHAPTER XIII
We all knew Isobel's history. It had taken barely twenty minutes to tell it, but they had been twenty minutes of tragedy. We were all, I think, in different ways affected. Monsieur Feurgéres alone sat back in his seat like a carved image, his face white and haggard, his deep-set eyes fixed upon vacancy. ... | Was it a long story? | null | 91 | It had taken barely twenty minutes to tell it, | 20 minutes long |
When the board has no embedded components it is more correctly called a printed wiring board (PWB) or etched wiring board. However, the term printed wiring board has fallen into disuse. A PCB populated with electronic components is called a printed circuit assembly (PCA), printed circuit board assembly or PCB assembly ... | How were PCBs initially designed? | 127 | 127 | manually | manually |
(CNN) -- Doc Watson, the bluegrass music legend from Appalachia who was renowned for his flatpicking and fingerstyle technique on the acoustic guitar, died Tuesday at a hospital in North Carolina, according to Mary Katherine Aldin of Folklore Productions, which represented the singer. He was 89.
Watson, a Grammy winn... | What genre of music did he play? | 9 | 48 | Doc Watson, the bluegrass music legend | bluegrass |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- The Palestinian maker of a film nominated for an Oscar was briefly detained by U.S. officials who questioned the validity of his Academy Awards invitation as he and his family arrived in Los Angeles for this weekend's event, his publicist told CNN on Wednesday.
The brief detention of Emad Burnat,... | Who was with him? | 596 | 667 | U.S. authorities also placed Burnat's wife and 8-year-old son, Gibreel, | his wife and son |
Toulouse is the capital of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the region of Occitanie. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Paris. It is the fourth-largest city in France, with 466,297 inhabitants as of January 2014.
The Toulouse Metro ... | Is it considered the large city in France? | 213 | 299 | It is the fourth-largest city in France, with 466,297 inhabitants as of January 2014. | No |
A genus (, genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species ... | How many criteria should a newly defined genus fulfill to be useful? | 340 | 699 | The composition of a genus is determined by a taxonomist. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these thre... | Three |
Chapter VII.
MAGGIE IS VERY NAUGHTY.
As soon as the children reached the open air Tom said, "Here, Lucy, you come along with me," and walked off to the place where the toads were, as if there were no Maggie in existence. Lucy was naturally pleased that Cousin Tom was so good to her, and it was very amusing to see h... | Did Maggie respond? | null | 1,007 | Maggie said nothing, | no |
(CNN) -- Schalke moved to within a point of German Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen after winning 2-0 away to fellow title hopefuls Werder Bremen on Saturday night.
Kevin Kuranyi and Jan Moravek scored in the second half to put Schalke a point above third-placed Bayern Munich, who earlier crushed lowly Bochum 5-1 ... | what was the score then? | 1,467 | 1,478 | made it 4-0 | 4-0 |
The Globe and Mail is a nationally distributed Canadian newspaper printed in six cities across the country. With a weekly readership of 2,018,923 in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it falls slightly behind the "Toronto Star" in overall weekly circulation because the "... | Did he use any type of motto? | 1,018 | 1,044 | He selected as the motto | yes |
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on 18 September 1947 under the National Security Act of 1947. It ... | How many military departments are in the Department of defence? | 872 | 909 | one of the three military departments | Three |
Justin sat down for dinner with his Mother, who was 40, and Father, who was 45 and Sister as he always did when it was time to eat. He always sat across from his sister, Melissa. Tonight's dinner was meatloaf, mashed potatoes with butter, and green peas. Justin's mother made the best meatloaf. She said that her mother ... | Who stuck out their tongue? | 493 | 590 | null | Melissa |
The Yuan dynasty (Chinese: 元朝; pinyin: Yuán Cháo), officially the Great Yuan (Chinese: 大元; pinyin: Dà Yuán; Mongolian: Yehe Yuan Ulus[a]), was the empire or ruling dynasty of China established by Kublai Khan, leader of the Mongolian Borjigin clan. Although the Mongols had ruled territories including today's North China... | Why would they have known how to speak that? | 902 | 940 | their native language (i.e. Mongolian) | It's their native language |
Papua New Guinea (PNG; , ; ; Hiri Motu: "Papua Niu Gini"), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an Oceanian country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. Its capital, located al... | Is it well explored? | 1,232 | 1,283 | The country is one of the world's least explored, | No. |
Prince Edward Island (PEI or P.E.I.; ) is a province of Canada consisting of the island of the same name, as well as several much smaller islands.
Prince Edward Island is one of the three Maritime Provinces and is the smallest province in both land area and population. It is the only subnational jurisdiction of North... | What kind of Province is it? | 781 | 798 | Canadian province | a Canadian province |
Central Europe is a term used to refer to lands with boundaries of various delineation. It is said to occupy continuous territory that are otherwise conventionally Eastern Europe and Western Europe. The concept of Central Europe is based on a common historical, social and cultural identity. Central Europe is going thro... | What unites it with Western Europe? | 652 | null | Roman Catholicism and Latin | Roman Catholicism and Latin |
CHAPTER XII.
THE PRISONER.
It was several moments before Seth could bring himself to believe that Dan and Bill Dean had utterly failed in their efforts to save Jip Collins from the would-be detective.
During the day he had given the matter comparatively little thought, believing that, having set out on their miss... | For what purpose? | 920 | 1,027 | That then the alleged detective had gone toward Fulton Market with the avowed intention of meeting a friend | Meeting a friend |
(CNN) -- At least one person was killed when a National Guard helicopter crashed in waters off San Juan, Puerto Rico, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman said Tuesday, citing preliminary information.
"The preliminary information we have ... is that the wreckage of (the) Army National Guard aircraft was foun... | Was anyone hurt? | null | 40 | At least one person was killed | yes |
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 snack did Katie buy? | 84 | 85 | chocolate cookies | chocolate cookies |
The Southwestern United States (also known as the American Southwest) is the informal name for a region of the western United States. Definitions vary a great deal and have never been standardized--and many have been proposed. For example, it might include the stretch from east of Los Angeles to El Paso, and from the M... | How many people are included there? | 480 | 563 | null | over 4 million |
CHAPTER VI
FAREWELL
D'Aguilar came to supper that night as he had promised, and this time not on foot and unattended, but with pomp and circumstance as befitted a great lord. First appeared two running footmen to clear the way; then followed D'Aguilar, mounted on a fine white horse, and splendidly apparelled in a v... | how many people were with him? | 179 | 422 | null | six |
(CNN) -- Jenni-Lynn Watson's shorthand while sending text messages came back to haunt the young man who pleaded guilty Tuesday in Syracuse, New York, to killing the college student, a prosecutor said.
Although the 20-year-old victim's cell phone was never found, investigators were able to review call and text message... | By whom? | 896 | 996 | Pieper pleaded guilty in Onondaga County Court to second-degree murder in the strangling of Watson. | Steven Pieper |
CHAPTER VI
Lady Margaret, who chanced to be the first arrival on the night of the dinner party in David Thain's honour, contemplated her sister admiringly. Letitia was wearing a gown of ivory satin, a form of attire which seemed always to bring with it almost startling reminiscences of her Italian ancestry.
"So gla... | What is her full first name? | 549 | 556 | Letitia | Letitia |
(CNN) -- Timothy Jones Jr. allegedly went on a 700-mile journey that began in South Carolina with the bodies of his five young children wrapped in garbage bags in the back of his SUV, authorities said Wednesday.
Jones, a 32-year-old computer tech and Mississippi State University graduate, told neighbors last week tha... | Where did the crime occur? | 790 | 893 | null | Lexington County |
It was the Fourth of July and Frank the cowboy had a meal planned. He was going to cook for the whole town and do it in a bear costume, which was what they did in his part of the nation to celebrate the holiday and was not weird at all.
Unfortunately Frank had mistaken powdered soap for sugar because the eye holes in... | Where did he put the whole box of soap? | 379 | 431 | He put the whole box of soap in the strawberry punch | in the strawberry punch |
CHONGQING, China (CNN) -- Anna He is like a lot of kids about to turn 10. She plays with her brother, fights with her sister, practices piano, hates vegetables and is adapting to her new life -- adapting, because even though she's Chinese, this little girl seems far from happy about living in China.
Anna He, 9, finds... | Why is she so unhappy? | 284 | 301 | living in China. | living in China. |
CHAPTER III
OUT OF PERIL
"Oh look! May and Fred have both gone down!" cried Ruth.
"Yes, and there go Andy and Randy over them!" exclaimed Jack.
"And look, Jack, the ice is cracking everywhere!" continued the frightened girl. She clutched his arm and looked appealingly into his face. "Oh! what shall we do?"
"S... | Who gave orders when the accident occured? | 364 | 385 | the oldest Rover boy. | the oldest Rover boy. |
(CNN) -- The American woman who sent her adopted son back to Russia must pay $150,000 in child support, a Tennessee judge reaffirmed Friday.
Torry Hansen's attorney, Ed Yarbrough, told CNN he will file a motion within a few weeks asking the court to modify or terminate the support, which was first ordered earlier thi... | Who is the mom's lawyer? | 143 | 180 | Torry Hansen's attorney, Ed Yarbrough | Ed Yarbrough |
Pliny the Elder (b. Gaius Plinius Secundus, AD 23 – 79) was a Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, a naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and friend of the emperor Vespasian.
Spending most of his spare time studying, writing, and investigating natural and geographic phenomena in the field,... | when did he die? | null | 1,079 | null | AD 79 |
(CNN) -- Flash floods swept Saturday through the eastern Indian states of Odisha, where at least 19 people were killed, and Andhra Pradesh, where another 21 were killed, CNN-IBN reported.
"The flood water entered our village suddenly," one rescued villager told Reuters. "We tried to save our belongings but could not.... | Have people fled their homes? | null | 357 | At last we ran away to a safe place. | Yes. |
CHAPTER X.
He looked expectantly on the cabin table for a letter upon his return to the ship, but was disappointed, and the only letter yielded by the post next morning came from Captain Barber. It was couched in terms of great resignation, and after bemoaning the unfortunate skipper’s untimely demise in language o... | Who died? | 264 | 306 | the unfortunate skipper’s untimely demise | the skipper |
Gymnasts sprint down a runway, which is a maximum of 25 meters in length, before hurdling onto a spring board. The gymnast is allowed to choose where they start on the runway. The body position is maintained while "punching" (blocking using only a shoulder movement) the vaulting platform. The gymnast then rotates to a ... | Is success dependent on speed? | 424 | 472 | Successful vaults depend on the speed of the run | yes |
The red fox slowly walked out of his den he lives in; his own house in the ground. His eyes bounced side to side as he made sure the coast was clear, then he ran down the path of autumn leaves. As he reached the end there was a an apple tree without leaves, but still one shiny red colored apple hung from a branch. He c... | are the trees bare? | null | 256 | As he reached the end there was a an apple tree without leaves | yes |
CHAPTER II--JUNE'S TREAT
Dinner began in silence; the women facing one another, and the men.
In silence the soup was finished--excellent, if a little thick; and fish was brought. In silence it was handed.
Bosinney ventured: "It's the first spring day."
Irene echoed softly: "Yes--the first spring day."
"Spring... | What kind? | 408 | null | a fine fresh sole | sole |
A cowboy named Steve wanted to take a vacation from his farm that was named Raindrop. He could not make up his mind where to go, so he saddled his horse and rode east. The sun was setting in the west and it was orange. A cold wind was blowing from north to south. Steve rode through a forest of pear trees next to his fa... | What direction was the wind blowign? | 248 | 262 | north to south | north to south |
CHAPTER XXIX
THE JUMPERS
The sun was rising when Joe Thorpe made a hasty breakfast with his two companions in their camp beside the lode. He was a logger by profession, though he had an extensive experience in prospecting for timber-rights and minerals. Big Joe was known as an honest man; that was why Frobisher had... | What about his last name? | 53 | null | Joe Thorpe | Thorpe |
BOGOTA, Colombia (CNN) -- "Easy money, fast and effective."
Investors protest outside the headquarters of DMG, one of many companies accused of defrauding the public.
That was the name of one of the businesses in which millions of Colombians deposited their life savings after being promised short-term returns of as... | What did Sergio Munoz say he had been saving the money for? | null | 148 | my children | my children |
Cairo (CNN) -- Mohamed al-Zawahiri, brother of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, will be freed from prison in Egypt after 13 years, his attorney said Monday.
He was acquitted by an Egyptian military court and will be released Tuesday, said attorney Nizar Ghorab.
Mohamed al-Zawahiri was imprisoned in 1999 after bei... | When did Mohamed go to prison? | 306 | 310 | 1999 | 1999 |
CHAPTER IV
To reach their table, the one concerning which Francis and his friend had been speculating, the new arrivals, piloted by Louis, had to pass within a few feet of the two men. The woman, serene, coldly beautiful, dressed like a Frenchwoman in unrelieved black, with extraordinary attention to details, passed ... | did Francis return the greeting? | 654 | 685 | Francis instinctively returned. | yes |
Boston (CNN)It was 9:35 on a slow Thursday night in April 2013 and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Chief John DiFava was about to call it quits. On his way out, he saw one of his rookie swing-shift officers, Sean Collier, sitting in his cruiser. He stopped to say goodnight.
"I chatted with him for a few ... | What was the date when Collier died? | 52 | 62 | April 2013 | April 2013 |
Zeus (; "Zeús" ) is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who ruled as king of the gods of Mount Olympus. His name is cognate with the first element of his Roman equivalent Jupiter. His mythologies and powers are similar, though not identical, to those of Indo-European deities such as Indra, Jupiter, Perun... | What was he king of? | 92 | 100 | the gods | the gods |
It was a beautiful Friday morning in Los Angeles. The sun was shining and the birds were singing their song. Angela woke up and got dressed. She had plans to go to the beach and look out on the ocean today. Angela had some chores to do first. She needed to clean and organize. Angela started by cleaning the bathroom. Sh... | What did Angela organize in the kitchen? | 109 | 109 | spices | spices |
(CNN) -- Veteran American Paul Goydos has become just the fourth player in PGA Tour history to break the 60-shot barrier after carding a remarkable 12-under-par 59 in the opening round of the John Deere Classic on Thursday.
Goydos follows in the footsteps of Al Geiberger (1977), Chip Beck (1991) and David Duval (1999... | What was his final score in the round? | 127 | 163 | carding a remarkable 12-under-par 59 | 12-under-par 59 |
The Philippines (; or "Filipinas" ), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: "Republika ng Pilipinas"), is a unitary sovereign state and island country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical di... | How many islands make up the Philippines? | 65 | 68 | 7 , 641 | 7 , 641 |
There was once a lion that lived in a circus. This lion, King, was the biggest lion in the zoo, and he was often mean to the other lions in the circus. He was giant, and because of this, he scared the other lions, including the smallest one, Lionel. Lionel was often bullied by King, and the other lions, like Mack and O... | How did the other lions in the circus treat King? | 41 | 41 | mean | mean |
CHAPTER XVII
Julian, on, the morning following his visit to the Prime Minister, was afflicted with a curious and persistent unrest. He travelled down to the Temple land found Miles Furley in a room hung with tobacco smoke and redolent of a late night.
"Miles," Julian declared, as the two men shook hands, "I can't r... | to who? | 27 | 81 | the morning following his visit to the Prime Minister, | the Prime Minister |
(CNN) -- The goals just keep flowing for Lionel Messi, who on Sunday surpassed soccer legend Pele's mark of 75 in a calendar year to help Barcelona bounce back from a rare defeat.
The Argentina star netted twice in the 4-2 win at Mallorca that kept the Catalans three points clear in Spain's La Liga, leaving him just ... | Who surpassed Pele? | 9 | null | null | Lionel Messi |
CHAPTER XXV
THE TRAIL OF THE TOURING CAR
All started in astonishment at the footprints before them. What Tom had said was true--the prints were altogether too large to have been made by their own feet in walking through the woods.
"How could I have made such a mistake!" murmured Dick.
"I wonder where you got mi... | Where? | 363 | 380 | null | down by the swamp |
If a defendant is sentenced to death at the trial level, the case then goes into a direct review. The direct review process is a typical legal appeal. An appellate court examines the record of evidence presented in the trial court and the law that the lower court applied and decides whether the decision was legally sou... | When does a case go to a direct review? | 0 | 36 | If a defendant is sentenced to death | when a defendant is sentenced to death |
(CNN) -- Chelsea's sacking of Andre Villas-Boas came under fire Monday with former Blues boss Luis Felipe Scolari warning it will be "hell" for whoever succeeds the Portuguese at Stamford Bridge.
Ex-Brazil national team boss Scolari is one of six managers dismissed by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and, like himself,... | What advice did Ruud Gullit give regarding the use of senior squad members? | 331 | 366 | " the older players need to help the younger players know how to play the game , you can ' t ignore them by putting them on the bench and not in the team . " | " the older players need to help the younger players know how to play the game , you can ' t ignore them by putting them on the bench and not in the team . " |
(CNN) -- Authorities have made a second arrest related to a series of arsons in the Coatesville, Pennsylvania, area, the Chester County Arson Task Force said late Thursday.
Roger Leon Barlow is one of two people arrested in suspected arsons around Coatesville, Pennsylvania.
Mark Gilliam, 20, of West Chester, Pennsy... | how old is he? | 672 | 674 | null | 19 |
CHAPTER XL
CAPTAIN ICHABOD PUTS THE CASE
In the river at Bridgetown lay the good brig King and Queen, just arrived from Jamaica. On her deck was an impatient young gentleman, leaning over the rail and watching the approach of a boat, with two men rowing and a passenger in the stern.
This impatient young man was D... | Was he young? | 133 | 177 | On her deck was an impatient young gentleman | yes |
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq. The population of Baghdad, , is approximately 8,765,000, making it the largest city in Iraq, the second largest city in the Arab world (after Cairo, Egypt), and the second largest city in Western Asia (after Tehran, Iran).
Located along the Tigris River, the city was founded in the 8th... | How many military conflicts are mentioned in the article? | 1,295 | 1,485 | most recently due to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and the subsequent Iraq War that lasted until December 2011. In recent years, the city has been frequently subjected to insurgency attacks. , | Three |
CHAPTER XVIII.
It was a beautiful July afternoon, the air musical with midsummer hum, the flowers basking in the sunshine, the turf cool and green in the shade, and the breeze redolent of indescribable freshness and sweetness compounded of all fragrant odours, the present legacy of a past day's shower. Like the flo... | What is Maurice doing in the conservatory? | 184 | 190 | null | bent over her , and kissed her |
(CNN) -- Serena Williams came from a set down against Maria Sharapova to win the Miami Masters for a record sixth time on Saturday.
After a slow start, the world No.1 sprang into life in stunning fashion, winning the last 10 games of the match to eventually prevail 4-6 6-3 6-0.
Williams' win -- the 48th of her care... | Is she happy about the outcome? | 1,081 | 1,119 | It's disappointing to end it like this | no |
(CNN) -- Hilary Duff says her new album is "very positive" but admits that it started out "a lot heavier and a lot darker" because of the separation from her husband, Mike Comrie.
"I'm separated from my husband right now, which has been a very difficult thing to go through," she told Billboard's "Pop Shop" podcast. "... | Are they still together? | null | 626 | Duff and Comrie announced their separation | No |
Turkish people (), or the Turks (), also known as Anatolian Turks (), are a Turkic ethnic group and nation living mainly in Turkey and speaking Turkish, the most widely spoken Turkic language. They are the largest ethnic group in Turkey, as well as by far the largest ethnic group among the speakers of Turkic languages.... | Is there more than one variation of the Turkish language? | null | 192 | most widely spoken Turkic language. | Yes |
On Mother's Day Sunday I went to breakfast with my mom, sister and wife. The day before that, I bought my mom a lovely bunch of flowers. My mom had eggs, my sister had pancakes, and my wife had toast. I had a muffin. The restaurant was called Maggie's. It was not my favorite breakfast restaurant. I like Denny's or a di... | what did you buy before sunday? | 127 | 135 | flowers | flowers |
(CNN) -- Schalke moved to within a point of German Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen after winning 2-0 away to fellow title hopefuls Werder Bremen on Saturday night.
Kevin Kuranyi and Jan Moravek scored in the second half to put Schalke a point above third-placed Bayern Munich, who earlier crushed lowly Bochum 5-1 ... | who did they crush midweek? | 1,002 | 1,060 | Bayern, who crushed Italian giants Juventus 4-1 in midweek | Italian giants |
(CNN) -- Phil Donahue has rarely shied away from controversy. On his long-running syndicated talk show, he debated issues including abortion and the death penalty, and his MSNBC show was canceled in 2003, he maintained, because of his antiwar stand.
Phil Donahue, right, made "Body of War" about disabled veteran Tomas... | How did Phil Donahue become involved in the making of "Body of War"? | 300 | 307 | show the harm in harm ' s way | show the harm in harm ' s way |
Hungary is a unitary parliamentary republic in Central Europe. It covers an area of , situated in the Carpathian Basin, and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Romania to the east, Serbia to the south, Croatia to the southwest, Slovenia to the west, Austria to the northwest, and Ukraine to the northeast. With about 1... | Name one of the other people that lived there? | 753 | 758 | Celts | Celts. |
Oceania ( or ) is a geographic region comprising Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and Australasia. Spanning the eastern and western hemispheres, Oceania covers an area of and has a population of 40 million. Oceania is the smallest continental grouping in land area and the second smallest in population after Antarctica.... | did the pacific front see minor action during WWII? | 1,622 | 1,763 | The Pacific front saw major action during the Second World War, mainly between the belligerents United States, its ally Australia, and Japan. | It saw major action |
(CNN)Two days after Odin Lloyd was found dead, New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez looked into the eyes of team owner Robert Kraft and said he was innocent, Kraft testified Tuesday in Hernandez's murder trial.
Kraft, answering questions from a prosecutor and one of Hernandez's attorneys on the witness stand in ... | Where did he say he was? | 1,485 | 1,541 | at dinner with her and some friends before the shooting. | at dinner with her and some friends before the shooting. |
CHAPTER 12
THE CZAROVER OF HERKU
Trot wakened just as the sun rose, and slipping out of the blankets, went to the edge of the Great Orchard and looked across the plain. Something glittered in the far distance. "That looks like another city," she said half aloud.
"And another city it is," declared Scraps, who had ... | Who were awake? | 814 | 849 | d finding the other girls now awake | the other girls |
(CNN) -- Last Saturday, Sarah Palin stood before the huge crowd at the 2014 National Rifle Association annual meeting and condemned liberals for coddling terrorists. She loaded her speech with religious metaphors, claiming that true leaders would put "the fear of God in our enemies." She said, "They obviously have info... | Who was she speaking out against? | 107 | null | al meeting and condemned liberals for coddling terrorists | Liberals |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- MIchael Jackson and Dr. Conrad Murray tried to recruit an anesthesiologist to join them on his comeback tour, according to testimony in the AEG Live wrongful death trial.
Murray arranged the meeting in March 2009 in which Jackson asked Dr. David Adams to travel with him to London, Adams testified... | Who was Dr. David Adams? | 27 | 31 | anesthesiologist | anesthesiologist |
Once there was a young boy named Bret who had a cat named Wolfgang. The boy had really wanted a wolf for a pet, but his mother said wolves liked to hog the bathroom and liked to blow things down and they snored. So the boy had to call his cat Wolfie.
He had also thought about naming his cat Sir Purrsalot. Bret himsel... | was wolfie a dog? | 46 | 66 | a cat named Wolfgang | No |
Babylon ( ; Aramaic: בבל, "Babel"; , "Bābil"; , "Bavel") was a key kingdom in ancient Mesopotamia. The city was built on the Euphrates river and divided in equal parts along its left and right banks, with steep embankments to contain the river's seasonal floods. Babylon was originally a small Akkadian city dating from ... | In what country are the remains today? | 1,427 | null | The remains of the city are in present-day Hillah, Babil Governorate, Iraq | Iraq |
(CNN) -- Actor Zachary Quinto, known for playing Spock in the 2009 "Star Trek" remake and his role as Sylar on the television show "Heroes," acknowledged his homosexuality in a post on his website Sunday, saying the action comes after the suicide of a 14-year-old who killed himself after apparently being harassed over ... | did he die in an accident? | 360 | 389 | Jamey Rodemeyer killed himsel | No |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Eleven-year-old Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover liked football, basketball and playing video games with his little brother.
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy says the effects of bullying are becoming more severe.
But on April 6, after enduring what his mother called "relentless" bullying at school, Carl hanged hi... | Where? | 348 | 397 | in the family's Springfield, Massachusetts, home | at home |
Free software or libre software is computer software distributed under terms that allow the software users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute the software and any adapted versions. Free software is a matter of liberty, not price: users, individually or collectively, are free... | Why dpes te Free software Foundation define that users of free software are free? | 1,250 | 1,343 | null | They do not need to ask for permission to use the software. |
Universal Studios Inc. (also known as Universal Pictures) is an American film studio, owned by Comcast through its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal, and is one of Hollywood's "Big Six" film studios. Its production studios are at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California. Distribution and other co... | Where do they do all their accounting at? | 318 | null | corporate offices are in New York City | corporate offices are in New York City |
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 cultures as divine, or as emissaries of deities.... | Once or many times? | 1,137 | 1,217 | Although the idea that the planets orbited the Sun had been suggested many times | many times |
Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the last monarch of the House of Tudor.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, his second wife, who wa... | Who was she the daughter of? | null | 295 | Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn | Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn |
MusicBrainz is a project that aims to create an open data music database that is similar to the freedb project. MusicBrainz was founded in response to the restrictions placed on the Compact Disc Database (CDDB), a database for software applications to look up audio CD (compact disc) information on the Internet. MusicBr... | Is there anything like it? | 92 | null | the freedb project | the freedb project |
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- He's been labeled by many as the "reformist," a man who can take Iran beyond the truculent anti-Western rhetoric of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Moussavi was not seen as a reformer during his stint as prime minister during the 1980s.
So, when Iran's government announced over the weekend that... | What did Trita Parsi say about the rallies in Iran? | null | 352 | " i wouldn ' t go as far as ( call it ) a ' velvet revolution , ' | " i wouldn ' t go as far as ( call it ) a ' velvet revolution , ' |
Solar time is a calculation of the passage of time based on the position of the Sun in the sky. The fundamental unit of solar time is the day. Two types of solar time are apparent solar time (sundial time) and mean solar time (clock time).
A tall pole vertically fixed in the ground casts a shadow on any sunny day. At... | What's another name for that one? | 192 | 204 | sundial time | sundial time |
CHAPTER XXXIV
GUERRILLA WARFARE
"There are few pleasures," said Psmith, as he resumed his favourite position against the mantelpiece and surveyed the commandeered study with the pride of a householder, "keener to the reflective mind than sitting under one's own roof-tree. This place would have been wasted on Spille... | How many people did Psmith think he and Mike could take on in defence of the study? | null | 323 | a reasonable number of bravoes | a reasonable number of bravoes |
The University of Iowa (also known as the UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a flagship public research university in Iowa City, Iowa. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest university in the state. Iowa is the second largest university in the state of Iowa, behind Iowa State University. University of Iowa is organized i... | Who ranked them? | 871 | 897 | U.S. News and World Report | U.S. News and World Report |
(CNN) -- Stan Case, an anchor for CNN Radio, has died in a car crash in Birmingham, Alabama, a police spokesman said Wednesday.
"Stan was a news anchor for CNN Radio and a mainstay of the network since he joined CNN in 1985," said Jim Walton, president of CNN Worldwide. "He was a fine journalist, a leader in our orga... | What is his job? | 929 | 967 | Birmingham police Sgt. Johnny Williams | Birmingham police Sgt. |
(CNN) -- [WARNING: The following contains spoilers for the "Doctor Who" season finale.]
Permission to squee?
Saturday night's "Doctor Who" season finale was a roller coaster of feels, with deaths, goodbyes and one incredible James Bond-esque move by the Doctor.
It was the end of the first season of Peter Capaldi ... | Who was the 12th doctor? | 306 | 343 | Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor. | Peter Capaldi |
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