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(CNN) -- Who doesn't love a good holiday-themed episode?
Before our favorite TV characters put their turkeys in the oven, decorate their Christmas trees and light their menorahs, they'll dress up in funny costumes and beg for candy ... or mercy.
Kicking off prime time's Halloween celebration is ABC Family's "Pretty... | What show? | 1,155 | 1,223 | Suburgatory": Tessa, Lisa, Malik and Ryan have a "Scooby-Doo"-themed | Suburgatory |
PARIS, France (CNN) -- Hundreds of French workers, angry about proposed layoffs at a Caterpillar factory, were holding executives of the company hostage Tuesday, a spokesman for the workers said.
Caterpillar's French staff say they are angry about a lack of negotiations over layoffs.
It is at least the third time t... | When? | null | 160 | null | Tuesday |
Information technology (IT) is the application of computers to store, study, retrieve, transmit, and manipulate data, or information, often in the context of a business or other enterprise. IT is considered a subset of information and communications technology (ICT). In 2012, Zuppo proposed an ICT hierarchy where each ... | Which one was that? | 1,416 | 1,490 | the application of statistical and mathematical methods to decision-making | the application of statistical and mathematical methods to decision-making |
(CNN) -- Some thought it was a bomb. Others thought it was the commuter train that runs behind their buildings jumping the tracks.
It shook upper Manhattan for blocks -- and when it was over, a five-story apartment building and its neighbor were gone.
After Wednesday morning's deadly building explosion in East Harl... | What type of store was located there? | 690 | 716 | null | a piano store |
There was once a little fairy named Twinkles who lived in an old willow tree. The tree grew next to a river in a large, green forest. Twinkles loved to fly around the forest with her best friend Betsy the Bat. Betsy was a very forgetful bat. One day Twinkles and Betsy were playing next to the bushes by the river bank w... | what did twinkles do when she did that? | 498 | 534 | wait here for you until you get back | she waited |
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815), were a series of major conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European powers formed into various coalitions, financed and usually led by Great Britain. The wars stemmed from the unresolved disputes associated with the Frenc... | Was Britain invaded? | 973 | 1,146 | the British inflicted a severe defeat in October 1805 upon the joint Franco-Spanish navy, securing British control of the seas and preventing the invasion of Britain itself. | no |
CHAPTER I.
_A YOUNG FAKIR._
"I'm going to try it. Deacon Jones says I can have the right to run both things for ten dollars, and Uncle Nathan is going to lend me money enough to get the stock."
"What scheme have you got in your head now, Teddy Hargreaves?" and Mrs. Fernald looked over her spectacles at the son of... | What's Teddy's last name? | 244 | 260 | Teddy Hargreaves | Hargreaves |
Read a version of this story in Arabic.
Eddie Ray Routh was crying, shirtless, shoeless and smelling of alcohol when police caught up with him walking the streets of his hometown of Lancaster, Texas.
His family didn't understand what he -- a Marine veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder -- was going ... | What kind of treatment was Eddie Ray Routh receiving from the Veteran Affairs medical facilities for his mental issues? | 80 | 187 | post - traumatic stress disorder - - was going through , he told the officer last september 2 , according to a police report . he had a simple message that was as much a plea as it was a complaint : i ' m hurting . that visit - - which came after routh , angry that his father was going to sell his gun , left the house ... | post - traumatic stress disorder - - was going through , he told the officer last september 2 , according to a police report . he had a simple message that was as much a plea as it was a complaint : i ' m hurting . that visit - - which came after routh , angry that his father was going to sell his gun , left the house ... |
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 ... | What does Anne wish Diana would cease doing? | null | 1,171 | If you would stop crying I could, | crying |
A raion (also rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states (such as part of an oblast). The term is from the French ""rayon"" (meaning "honeycomb, department"), which is both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district".
The term... | Which one? | 858 | 865 | Armenia | Armenia |
Chapter IV.--BATTLE OF KOLIN.
On and after June 9th, the bombardment at Prag abated, and never rose to briskness again; the place of trial for decision of that Siege having flitted else-whither, as we said. About that time, rumors came in, not so favorable, from the Duke of Bevern; which Friedrich, strong in hope, st... | was he using offensive or defensive tactics? | 947 | 970 | defensively manoeuvring | defensive |
Chapter 6
THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO WORSE COMPANY
It had come to pass that Mr Silas Wegg now rarely attended the minion of fortune and the worm of the hour, at his (the worm's and minion's) own house, but lay under general instructions to await him within a certain margin of hours at the Bower. Mr Wegg took thi... | in what? | 1,182 | 1,196 | in another cab | in a cab |
CHAPTER III.
THE CABIN OF THE MOONLIGHTERS.
Bob Hubbard had been away from the Kenniston farm-house nearly half an hour when Ralph and George left it, but the latter was so well acquainted with the country that he did not need any guide to the cabin, and could not have had one, had he so desired, for Bob was far to... | What was yet to be determined? | 942 | 978 | Several cases were before the courts | Several cases were before the courts |
Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria is a landlocked federal state of Germany, occupying its southeastern corner. With an area of 70,550.19 square kilometres (27,200 sq mi), Bavaria is the largest German state by land area. Its territory comprises roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany. With 12.9 mi... | of what? | 1,185 | 1,241 | avarians have traditionally been proud of their culture, | Their culture. |
CHAPTER V.
_WHAT PRIS DID._
Priscilla, meantime, was racking her brain to discover how she could help Philip; for since she had broken off her engagement no one spoke of him to her, and she could only judge of how things were going with him by what she saw and heard as she went about her daily task.
Pris kept sch... | Who had been engaged? | 32 | 158 | Priscilla, meantime, was racking her brain to discover how she could help Philip; for since she had broken off her engagement | Priscilla |
(CNN) -- Three of four former Vanderbilt University football players indicted on charges of rape Friday are now in police custody, according to Nashville Metro Police Department.
The men were indicted in connection with the alleged rape of a 21-year-old student in a campus dormitory in June and are each facing multip... | where? | 9 | 52 | Three of four former Vanderbilt University | Vanderbilt University |
(CNN) -- North Korea twice came back from behind to hold Greece 2-2 in a friendly between two sides heading to the World Cup next month, while fellow finalists Paraguay lost 2-1 to the Republic of Ireland.
In a match played at a neutral venue in Altach, Austria, Costas Katsouranis gave Greece the lead in the second m... | Who got the other one? | 462 | 521 | Angelos Charisteas came off the bench to put the Greeks 2-1 | Angelos Charisteas |
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Libya's transitional government picked an engineering professor and longtime exile as its acting prime minister Monday, with the new leader pledging to respect human rights and international law.
The National Transitional Council elected Abdurrahim El-Keib, an electrical engineer who has held ... | Who was the prior ruler? | 1,161 | null | longtime strongman Moammar GGadhafi, | Gadhafi |
Cairo (CNN) -- The recent health crisis for former Egyptian ruler Hosni Mubarak started when he slipped in a prison bathroom, his attorney told CNN Thursday.
The ousted strongman hurt his neck and developed a blood clot after the fall in Tora prison, attorney Farid El Deeb said.
El Deeb said Mubarak was taken off l... | Where is he from? | 51 | 79 | Egyptian ruler Hosni Mubarak | Egypt |
Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television programme produced by the BBC since 1963. The programme depicts the adventures of the Doctor, a Time Lord—a space and time-travelling humanoid alien. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-travelling space ship. Its exterior appears as a blue British p... | who makes it? | 77 | 80 | null | BBC |
The University of Washington (commonly referred to as UW, simply Washington, or informally "U-Dub") is a large, public flagship research university in Seattle, Washington, established in 1861.
Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast. It has three campuses, with the oldest and largest being loca... | What is the University of Washington's membership status with the Association of American Universities? | 156 | 183 | washington is a member of the association of american universities and is consistently ranked among the top 15 universities in the world by a variety of international publications | washington is a member of the association of american universities and is consistently ranked among the top 15 universities in the world by a variety of international publications |
There once was a dog named Bruno. Bruno belonged to a family, the Smiths, but he was most loved by Sarah. Sarah was the youngest child in the house, she lived there with her mom, dad and older brother Fred. Bruno would sleep with Sarah every night, and wake up with her every morning. Together they would eat cheese and ... | what? | 450 | 461 | a big storm | a big storm |
(CNN) -- Chelsea has rewarded Roberto di Matteo for guiding the English club to its first European Champions League triumph by appointing him as manager on a permanent basis.
The Italian, who also guided the London team to English FA Cup glory, has been handed a two-year contract.
The former Chelsea midfielder took... | Who will he be working closely with in the near future? | 1,501 | 1,576 | said Gourlay.
"We will be working closely with Roberto in the weeks ahead | Ron Gourlay |
(CNN) -- Donald Sterling has agreed to the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Sterling's attorneys told CNN on Wednesday.
Last week, Sterling's estranged wife, Shelly, agreed to sell the franchise to Ballmer for an NBA record $2 billion. The Sterlings are co-owners of the team thr... | Who wants to sell the group? | 171 | 235 | Sterling's estranged wife, Shelly, agreed to sell the franchise | Shelly |
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... | Who was drinking a hot beverage? | 369 | 396 | Mike was finishing his tea. | Mike |
CHAPTER I.
ELMA'S STRANGER.
It was late when Elma reached the station. Her pony had jibbed on the way downhill, and the train was just on the point of moving off as she hurried upon the platform. Old Matthews, the stout and chubby-cheeked station-master, seized her most unceremoniously by the left arm, and bund... | Where? | 88 | 119 | null | on the way downhill |
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed most commonly on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it is prepared for by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiate... | do people celebrate christmas eve too? | 1,170 | 1,223 | n. In several countries, celebrating Christmas Eve on | Yes |
(CNN) -- The list of those on the program for superstar pop singer Whitney Houston's funeral covers the spectrum of the entertainment world.
Actor Kevin Costner, who starred with Houston in the 1992 hit movie "The Bodyguard," will speak at the service on Saturday, according to a source with knowledge of the funeral p... | What Brown was doing in Mississippi? | 929 | null | a show | a show |
CHAPTER XII. A PRISONER OF LOVE
When Eric betook himself to the orchard the next evening he had to admit that he felt rather nervous. He did not know how the Gordons would receive him and certainly the reports he had heard of them were not encouraging, to say the least of it. Even Mrs. Williamson, when he had told he... | Was Neil calm? | 743 | 923 | Neil Gordon had stepped from behind the trees and stood confronting him, with blazing eyes, and lips which writhed in emotion so great that at first it prevented him from speaking. | No. |
I had always had fun playing in the dirt growing up, digging, throwing, building, smashing, everything, so this year for my birthday my mom and dad had bought me a gardening kit to grow my own vegetables. It came with a watering pot, a shovel, a rake and seeds! The next morning we all went out to the backyard to start ... | Did they wash them? | 947 | 948 | a | yes |
Once there was a guy who lived in a giant red mitten. He was always mad because the old woman in the shoe down the road got all the attention for living in a giant piece of clothing. One day he made a plan to play a joke.
He took a cookie and with it in his hand went to dig a hole under the old lady's shoe. When he f... | what did he mean to do? | 191 | null | he made a plan to play a joke | play a joke |
(CNN) -- Matthew Murray, the man who police say shot and killed four people at two separate locations in Colorado on Sunday, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the coroner's office said Tuesday.
A former roommate took this photo of Matthew Murray performing in a 2002 Christmas program.
"The death of Matthew ... | Who took his picture? | 204 | null | A former roommate took this photo of Matthew Murray performing in a 2002 Christmas program.
| A former roommate took this photo of Matthew Murray performing in a 2002 Christmas program. |
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A young, female suicide bomber was behind a blast in Pakistan that killed at least 46 people and injured 105 others at a food distribution point, an official said Sunday.
Zakir Hussain Afridi, the top government official in Bajaur Agency, Pakistan, said that the preliminary investigation ... | What were they doing there? | 1,025 | 1,049 | get food and other items | get food and other items |
CHAPTER XI
A BUSY EVENING
The conversazione was, in its way, a brilliant gathering. There were present scientists, men of letters, artists, with a very fair sprinkling of society people, always anxious to absorb any new sensation. One saw there amongst the white-haired men, passing backwards and forwards, or talkin... | Who was it thhat would of said Satons paper was good if he had been there? | 404 | 491 | A very great man indeed brought Saton up to Pauline with a little word of explanation. | A very great man |
ABC News is the news division of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), owned by the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company. Its flagship program is the daily evening newscast "ABC World News Tonight"; other programs include morning news-talk show "Good Morning America", newsmagazine series "Nightl... | What was the reason for the FCC ordering NBC to spin off the former NBC Blue Network into an independent company in 1943? | null | 190 | null | to expand competition in radio broadcasting in the united states |
700 (seven hundred) is the natural number following 699 and preceding 701.
It is the sum of four consecutive primes (167 + 173 + 179 + 181). It is a Harshad number.
700 is also: 700 — see above 701 prime number, sum of three consecutive primes (229 + 233 + 239), Chen prime, Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part 7... | What comes before it? | 0 | null | null | 699 |
CHAPTER XVI—DEVOTED
When John Jasper recovered from his fit or swoon, he found himself being tended by Mr. and Mrs. Tope, whom his visitor had summoned for the purpose. His visitor, wooden of aspect, sat stiffly in a chair, with his hands upon his knees, watching his recovery.
‘There! You’ve come to nicely now, sir... | Where is she going to put it? | 1,165 | 1,191 | . It shall all be on table | on the table |
CHAPTER XVIII. IN THE MOAT
Fortunio and the Marquise reached the window side by side, and they were in time to hear a dull splash in the waters fifty feet below them. There was a cloud over the little sickle of moon, and to their eyes, fresh from the blaze of candle-light, the darkness was impenetrable.
"He is in t... | how far down | 138 | 168 | null | 50 feet down |
CHAPTER XLV.
THE INVASION OF HAMPSHIRE.
When Tom and the major arrived at Waterloo Station, the latter in the breathless condition described in a preceding chapter, they found the German waiting for them with his two fellow-exiles. The gentleman of Nihilistic proclivities was somewhat tall and thin, with a long fro... | Did he have any facial hair? | 476 | 508 | he had a short bristling beard. | yes |
(CNN)Just how cold and miserable is it in upstate New York?
It's apparently so miserable that even those whose job it is to encourage visits to Ithaca are telling tourists they probably should make other plans.
Web visitors who go to VisitIthaca.com, the Ithaca/Tompkins County Convention and Visitors Bureau website... | Did any money change hands for the endorsement? | 1,320 | 1,342 | null | No |
There was once a young bear who lived in a small cave in the woods. His cave was comfy, warm, and dark, and had a bit of a yard in front of it. The bear lived with his mother and father, and spent his days walking around and his nights curled up asleep. He liked to look for berries to eat. His favorite berries were blu... | Then what? | 657 | 684 | He got up and followed them | He followed them |
The dinosaur wants to have a pet goldfish. He is reading a book called, "How to Take Care of Your Pet Goldfish" because he wants to learn how to take care of a goldfish.
After he finishes reading the book, he goes to the pet store. The pet store is not in Detroit, St. Louis, or Pakistan. The pet store is in a town ca... | What kind? | 634 | 672 | rainbow fish, red fish, and blue fish. | rainbow fish, red fish, and blue fish. |
(CNN) -- Fantasia Barrino did not deny an alleged relationship with a married man, but a statement from her manager said the singer-actress did not wreck his marriage.
A North Carolina woman, in a child custody case filing, charged that Barrino carried on a year-long affair with her husband, Antwaun Cook, who is the ... | How old are they? | 600 | 607 | 2 and 6 | 2 and 6 |
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... | What do they specialize in? | 278 | 350 | the production and distribution of feature films and television programs | the production and distribution of feature films and television programs |
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by Senh Duong and since January 2010 has been owned by Flixster, which was, in turn, acquired in 2011 by Warner Bros. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Com... | What is someone's full time project? | 1,061 | 1,097 | s a spare-time project by Senh Duong | No. |
(CNN) -- World No. 1 Serena Williams' preparations for her Australian Open title defense suffered a late blip when she was beaten in the final of the Sydney International by Elena Dementieva on Friday.
The American, who had struggled past unseeded Frenchwoman Aravane Rezai in three sets in the semifinals when she app... | Who's ranked first? | 10 | 37 | orld No. 1 Serena Williams' | Serena Williams. |
CHAPTER III
THE WAR BEGUN
There could be no question, after this cry from Amos Nelson, but that he and his Tory friends had in some way come to learn of what we lads would do toward aiding the Cause.
It was natural that I, suspecting Seth Jepson, should set down to his door the crime of having betrayed us to our ... | Where did he go off to? | null | 775 | null | the direction of Corn hill |
(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... | What political part was he part of? | 22 | null | Republicans | Republicans |
Chapter XXXV
The Hidden Dread
IT was a busy time for Adam--the time between the beginning of November and the beginning of February, and he could see little of Hetty, except on Sundays. But a happy time, nevertheless, for it was taking him nearer and nearer to March, when they were to be married, and all the little... | What time of year was it? | 63 | 137 | the time between the beginning of November and the beginning of February, | The time between November and February |
(CNN) -- A war crimes tribunal for Rwanda sentenced the African nation's former army chief to 30 years in prison Tuesday for his part in the 1994 genocide that killed 800,000 people.
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) found Augustin Bizimungu guilty on six counts of genocide, crimes against humanit... | How many Tutsi people died? | 401 | 535 | During the genocide, soldiers and police under Bizimungu's command directed the extermination of tens of thousands of Tutsi civilians | tens of thousands |
Norway ( ; Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); ), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a sovereign state and unitary monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic ... | Anything else? | 663 | 706 | and the Hebrides and Isle of Man until 1266 | The Hebrides |
Thomas looked up at the clock hanging on the wall of his room. He could not wait for his friend Ben to come over today. It was the weekend, so Thomas's dad had no work the next day. This meant his father would take them sledding. This was one of Thomas' favorite winter activities, even if he always got a few bumps and ... | where did they wait? | 938 | 956 | the garage to wait | the garage |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- "My One and Only" begins with Renee Zellweger, playing a woman based on George Hamilton's mother Anne, discovering her husband with another woman.
Renee Zellweger plays a woman based on George Hamilton's mother in "My One and Only."
Despite the initial heartbreak, Anne puts on a happy face, and Ze... | What kind of roles does the film explore? | 718 | 756 | The film takes a look at gender roles | gender roles |
(CNN) -- Like he does every week, Chris Hardwick hosted "Talking Dead" on Sunday night -- but this time, he was coping with a heartbreaking loss.
His father, Billy Hardwick, died of an apparent heart attack a day earlier.
Chris Hardwick, who hosts the aftershow for AMC's most-watched series, "Walking Dead," said he... | Did he attend in his son's shows? | 602 | 640 | appeared on his son's podcast, nerdist | yes |
Office Open XML (also informally known as OOXML or Microsoft Open XML (MOX)) is a zipped, XML-based file format developed by Microsoft for representing spreadsheets, charts, presentations and word processing documents. The format was initially standardized by Ecma (as ECMA-376), and by the ISO and IEC (as ISO/IEC 29500... | and? | 139 | 217 | representing spreadsheets, charts, presentations and word processing documents | presentations |
(CNN) -- The United States does not know where ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is and does not believe the National Transitional Council has a lock on his whereabouts either, a senior U.S. official told CNN Thursday.
That information came after Anees al-Sharif, a spokesman for the new Tripoli Military Council, s... | What specific information does the U.S. have regarding Moammar Gadhafi's whereabouts? | 28 | 58 | null | the united states does not know where ousted libyan leader moammar gadhafi is and does not believe the national transitional council has a lock on his whereabouts |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Lillo Brancato Jr., an actor who appeared in "The Sopranos," was acquitted of the 2005 killing an off-duty New York City police officer but found guilty of attempted burglary.
Lillo Brancato Jr. appeared on "The Sopranos" and played alongside Robert De Niro in "A Bronx Tale."
Brancato, 32, was als... | Why was he there? | 566 | 604 | trying to break up a burglary attempt | trying to break up a burglary attempt |
CHAPTER XXXVI.
GRACE CRAWLEY RETURNS HOME.
[Illustration]
About this time Grace Crawley received two letters, the first of them reaching her while John Eames was still at the cottage, and the other immediately after his return to London. They both help to tell our story, and our reader shall, therefore, read them... | What is the name of the chapter? | 0 | 45 | CHAPTER XXXVI.
GRACE CRAWLEY RETURNS HOME. | GRACE CRAWLEY RETURNS HOME. |
Chapter X. -- FRIEDRICH DOES HIS MORAVIAN EXPEDITION WHICH PROVES A MERE MORAVIAN FORAY.
While these Coronation splendors had been going on, Friedrich, in the Moravian regions, was making experiences of a rather painful kind; his Expedition prospering there far otherwise than he had expected. This winter Expedition t... | what was one of the first Friedrich took under the Joint-stock Principle? | null | 408 | This winter Expedition to Mahren was one of the first Friedrich had ever undertaken on the Joint-stock Principle | Mahren |
Beijing, China (CNN) -- A court in eastern China sentenced a man to death Saturday for attacking 29 kindergarten students and three teachers with a knife, state-run media said.
The Taixing Intermediate People's Court found Xu Yuyuan, 47, guilty of intentional homicide after a half-day trial, Xinhua news agency said. ... | was Xu employed? | 714 | 747 | Xu had been unemployed since 2001 | no |
(CNN)Now comes the hard part for Maria Sharapova. Having reached the Australian Open final, she'll have to overcome longtime nemesis Serena Williams.
To utter that Sharapova is the underdog Saturday is like saying Roger Federer is a decent player. World No. 1 Williams leads the second-ranked Sharapova 16-2 in their r... | What would some say she has on her side? | 1,236 | 1,294 | Some would say, too, that Sharapova has fate on her side. | fate |
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 ... | What is the acronym for that? | null | 97 | PWB | PWB |
Two prominent newspapers this week used their editorial pages to call for mercy for intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, with one arguing "he deserves better than a life of permanent exile, fear and flight."
The New York Times and The Guardian make the case for some sort of plea deal or clemency that would allow Snowd... | when were the papers released? | 795 | 881 | Ellsberg was the military analyst who leaked the 7,000-page Pentagon Papers in 1971.
| 1971 |
The German equivalent was used with the founding of the North German Confederation whose constitution granted legislative power over the protection of intellectual property (Schutz des geistigen Eigentums) to the confederation. When the administrative secretariats established by the Paris Convention (1883) and the Bern... | was anything adopted during these conventions? | null | 454 | nd also adopted the term intellectual property in their new combined title | yes |
(CNN)For a group of radical anti-Western militants, ISIS is pretty good at luring Westerners to its ranks.
The latest is an American teen from suburban Chicago who was allegedly on his way to join ISIS. Mohammed Hamzah Khan was stopped just before he was supposed to board a plane to Turkey, authorities said.
But he... | How many ways are known for ISIS to gather recruits? | 1,071 | 1,111 | Here are five methods the group employs | five |
A pidgin , or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups that do not have a language in common: typically, a mixture of simplified languages or a simplified primary language with other languages' elements included. It is most commonly employed in situa... | How do experts believe a creole comes about? | 1,339 | 1,430 | Most linguists believe that a creole develops through a process of nativization of a pidgin | nativization of a pidgin |
A little boy named Justin lived on a farm. His father James owned the farm. His uncles Jerry, Todd, and Billy also worked on the farm.
The farm had chickens, cows, horses, sheep, and pigs. He loved to play with all of the animals on the farm, but the horses were his favorite. He would spend all day riding the horses.... | Who owned it? | 43 | 53 | His father | His father |
CHAPTER II The Population of Compton Poynsett
He wanted a wife his braw hoose to keep, But favour wi' wooin' was fashous to seek.--Laird o' Cockpen
In the bright lamplight of the dining-table, the new population first fully beheld one another, and understood one another's looks.
There was much family resemblance ... | Was Charles manly? | 1,054 | 1,262 | Charlie was an exception--fair, blue-eyed, rosy, and with a soft feminine contour of visage, which had often drawn on him reproaches for not being really the daughter all his mother's friends desired for her. | no |
CHAPTER II. THE ULTIMATUM
News of the affair at Tavora reached Sir Terence O'Moy, the Adjutant-General at Lisbon, about a week later in dispatches from headquarters. These informed him that in the course of the humble apology and explanation of the regrettable occurrence offered by the Colonel of the 8th Dragoons in ... | What did the dispatches to Sir Terence O'Moy inform him about Lieutenant Butler? | 96 | 112 | lieutenant butler had left the convent alive , but that nevertheless he continued absent from his regiment | lieutenant butler had left the convent alive , but that nevertheless he continued absent from his regiment |
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... | Was it an empire? | 504 | 570 | null | yes |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The director of Federal Emergency Management Agency on Sunday defended giving away an estimated $85 million in hurricane relief supplies, blaming Louisiana officials for turning down the stockpiles.
A New Orleans charity keeps goods in trash bags in an empty church. FEMA never told it about the fr... | how many living kits were distributed? | 967 | 983 | more than 90,000 | more than 90,000 |
One day, Harry bought a pet hamster name Tom. Tom was round and furry and had a funny smell. Harry loved it when Tom would climb up his arm and into his shirt sleeve. Every day before bed Harry would put Tom into his cage and every morning Harry would take Tom out of his cage and carry him around in his front shirt poc... | where would he put him? | 281 | 324 | carry him around in his front shirt pocket | his front shirt pocket |
CHAPTER III THE LIBERTY GIRLS
An hour later six girls met at the home of Alora Jones, who lived with her father in a fine mansion across the street from Colonel Hathaway's residence. These girls were prepared to work, and work diligently, under the leadership of Mary Louise, for they had been planning and discussing ... | What are the girls trying to get money for? | 629 | 709 | or we're going to get money to enable Uncle Sam to take care of our soldier boys | their soldier boys |
(CNN) -- Marco Simoncelli hopes he has put his Le Mans nightmare behind him after earning the first pole position of his top-level motorcycling career in Spain on Saturday.
The Italian rider was reprimanded by MotoGP chiefs following an incident in France two weeks ago that caused Dani Pedrosa to crash and miss his h... | What team do Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden both ride for? | 375 | 376 | ducati | ducati |
AUSTIN, Texas (CNN) -- Lady Bird Johnson, who was first lady during the 1960s and in her later years became an advocate for beautifying public landscapes, died Wednesday, family spokesman Tom Johnson said. She was 94.
Lady Bird Johnson's real name was Claudia.
She was the widow of Lyndon Baines Johnson, sworn in as... | What was the name of the school Lady Bird Johnson attended in Dallas? | null | 295 | st . mary ' s episcopal school for girls | st . mary ' s episcopal school for girls |
The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century. They comprise people from Germanic tribes who migrated to the island from continental Europe, their descendants, and indigenous British groups who adopted some aspects of Anglo-Saxon culture and language. Historically, the Anglo-Saxon peri... | Where? | 869 | null | in England and eastern Scotland | in England and eastern Scotland |
Maryland () is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east. The state's largest city is Baltimore, and its capital is Annapolis. Among its occasional nicknames are "Old Line St... | What is the capital of Maryland? | 69 | 69 | annapolis | annapolis |
The Cayman Islands ( or ) is an autonomous British Overseas Territory in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman located south of Cuba, northeast of Costa Rica, north of Panama, east of Mexico and northwest of Jamaica. Its population is approxi... | How many more islands constitute the whole? | 128 | 141 | three islands | 2 more |
During the 14th century in the northeastern part of the state nomad tribes by the name of Jornado hunted bison along the Rio Grande; they left numerous rock paintings throughout the northeastern part of the state. When the Spanish explorers reached this area they found their descendants, Suma and Manso tribes. In the s... | What was the document called that made declaration? | 765 | 781 | Grito de Dolores | Grito de Dolores |
(CNN) -- A former Microsoft executive and his son were aboard a turboprop airline that crashed Friday morning into two houses in East Haven, Connecticut, a family member told CNN.
There has been "no official confirmation or positive identification" that Bill Henningsgaard and his son were on board, but there is no re... | Was anyone on the ground hurt? | 411 | 492 | Also feared dead in the crash were two children -- ages 1 and 13 -- in one house, | Yes. |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The guard who killed the half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, had for years worked with International Security Assistance Forces against Taliban militants, according to three local officials with direct knowledge of the dealings.
Sardar Mohammed, who authorities say shot and kill... | How was Ahmed Wali Karzai viewed in the region? | 296 | 299 | major power - broker | major power - broker |
A music genre is a conventional category that identifies some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions. It is to be distinguished from "musical form" and "musical style", although in practice these terms are sometimes used interchangeably. Recently, academics have argued that categorizin... | How does he define it? | 1,254 | 1,325 | "genre" should be defined as pieces of music that share a certain style | as pieces of music that share a certain style |
Since Roger Goodell took over as NFL commissioner in September 2006, he's had his hands full.
The current domestic violence case involving former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice is just the latest in a long list of controversies that have punctuated his reign atop the country's most profitable sports league.
... | What is the timeline of events in Roger Goodell's tenure as NFL commissioner? | 29 | 30 | september 2006 | september 2006 |
Beijing, China (CNN) -- A court in eastern China sentenced a man to death Saturday for attacking 29 kindergarten students and three teachers with a knife, state-run media said.
The Taixing Intermediate People's Court found Xu Yuyuan, 47, guilty of intentional homicide after a half-day trial, Xinhua news agency said. ... | How many school attacks have been reported in China since March? | 324 | null | at least four | at least four |
(CNN)The bored teenager who gunned down a college baseball player in Oklahoma simply because he and his two friends "had nothing to do," is now a convicted murderer.
Chancey Allen Luna was found guilty of first-degree murder Friday for his role in the August 2013 drive-by shooting of Christopher Lane, a 23-year-old c... | How many years will Michael Jones be eligible for parole starting in? | 228 | 229 | null | 2051 |
The fate of three U.S. citizens who have disappeared or been imprisoned in Iran was discussed during Friday's historic conversation between the two nations' presidents, a senior U.S. administration official said.
U.S. President Barack Obama, during his phone call with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, "noted our conc... | What did President Obama express during his phone call with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani? | 82 | 94 | noted our concern about three american citizens who have been held within iran | noted our concern about three american citizens who have been held within iran |
CHAPTER VI
Miss Mackenzie Goes to the Cedars
About the middle of December Mrs Mackenzie, of Gower Street, received a letter from her sister-in-law at Littlebath, in which it was proposed that Susanna should pass the Christmas holidays with her father and mother. "I myself," said the letter, "am going for three week... | Towards the beginning of the month? | 59 | 66 | middle | no |
(CNN) -- Greg Mortenson, under fire for allegedly fabricating details in his best-seller "Three Cups of Tea," agreed in a settlement to give the charity he co-founded more than $1 million, nearly a year after Montana's attorney general began investigating the organization's financial affairs.
The report issued Thursd... | What was the title of his book? | 9 | null | null | Three Cups of Tea |
(CNN)Richard Glatzer, who directed a powerful film about a professor battling Alzheimer's as he faced his own harrowing health struggles, has died.
Glatzer died in Los Angeles on Tuesday after having ALS for four years, his publicist said. He was 63.
Glatzer co-directed "Still Alice" with his husband, Wash Westmore... | Who was in charge of the film? | 5 | 20 | Richard Glatzer | Richard Glatzer |
CHAPTER XXVII
DAN BAXTER'S REPENTANCE
The three Rover boys could scarcely believe their senses. Here they were once more in full possession of the _Mermaid_ so far as the deck and cabin were concerned--and those who had sought to make them prisoners were prisoners themselves.
"This is where the biter got bit," re... | What did they see in the room? | 734 | 856 | On one side of the room was Dan Baxter with his hands in the air. On the other side was Hans, with a pistol in each hand. | A man with his hands in the air |
A nurse under mandatory quarantine in New Jersey after caring for Ebola patients in Sierra Leone has blasted stringent new state policies for dealing with health care workers returning from West Africa, saying the change could lead to medical professionals being treated like "criminals and prisoners."
In a first-pers... | Has she been talking to anyone? | 1,003 | null | null | Yasmin has been texting with Hickox |
Islamabad is the capital city of Pakistan located within the federal Islamabad Capital Territory. With a population of two million, it is the 10th largest city of Pakistan, while the larger Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area is the third largest in Pakistan with a population exceeding five million. The city is the ... | What then? | 1,251 | null | including the Faisal Mosque | a Mosque |
CHAPTER III.
Noah, who is the first seafaring man we read of, begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japhet. Authors, it is true, are not wanting who affirm that the patriarch had a number of other children. Thus Berosus makes him father of the gigantic Titans; Methodius gives him a son called Jonithus, or Jonicus (who was... | sons or daughters? | 64 | 81 | begat three sons, | sons, |
(CNN) -- Is it just harmless fun, or is something seriously wrong developing in sporting relations between Spain and France?
Yannick Noah, the last French tennis player to win the French Open back in 1983, started it last year when he claimed that Spain's recent sporting success could only be due to doping.
His rem... | What? | 313 | 420 | His remarks were quickly shot down by Rafael Nadal, the Spaniard who has won the Paris grand slam six times | The Paris grand slam |
CHAPTER XXIV
The voyage is doomed to disaster and death. I know Mr. Pike, now, and if ever he discovers the identity of Mr. Mellaire, murder will be done. Mr. Mellaire is not Mr. Mellaire. He is not from Georgia. He is from Virginia. His name is Waltham--Sidney Waltham. He is one of the Walthams of Virginia, a black ... | Whose identity is hidden? | 257 | null | Sidney Waltham | Sidney Waltham |
A former top appointee of Chris Christie says there is evidence contradicting what the New Jersey governor has said publicly about the notorious George Washington Bridge traffic lane closures that have roiled the Republican's administration, according to the man's lawyer.
David Wildstein resigned his position at the ... | What was the duration of the lane closures at the George Washington Bridge? | 263 | 265 | a work week | a work week |
The fate of three U.S. citizens who have disappeared or been imprisoned in Iran was discussed during Friday's historic conversation between the two nations' presidents, a senior U.S. administration official said.
U.S. President Barack Obama, during his phone call with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, "noted our conc... | What are the names of the three U.S. citizens discussed during the historic conversation between the two nations' presidents? | 104 | 117 | robert levinson , saeed abedini , and amir hekmati | robert levinson , saeed abedini , and amir hekmati |
While there is some international commonality in the way political parties are recognized, and in how they operate, there are often many differences, and some are significant. Many political parties have an ideological core, but some do not, and many represent very different ideologies than they did when first founded.... | who was the Whigs leader? | 1,468 | 1,576 | The leader of the Whigs was Robert Walpole, who maintained control of the government in the period 1721–1742 | Robert Walpole |
CHAPTER XLVI - ROGER CARBURY AND HIS TWO FRIENDS
Roger Carbury, having found Ruby Ruggles, and having ascertained that she was at any rate living in a respectable house with her aunt, returned to Carbury. He had given the girl his advice, and had done so in a manner that was not altogether ineffectual. He had frighte... | Where did he not want her to be received? | 917 | 986 | his granddaughter should never again be received at Sheep's Acre Farm | at Sheep's Acre Farm |
CHAPTER VII.
As soon as dinner was over, Elizabeth went up to her own room, and was followed in a few moments by Anne, who found her putting on her bonnet and cloak. 'Can you be going out in such weather as this?' exclaimed she.
'Yes,' said Elizabeth; 'I must
"Let content with my fortunes fit, Though the rain it ... | who is deep in the mysteries of spencer | 722 | 783 | Miss Kitty is three inches deep in the mysteries of a spencer | Miss Kitty |
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