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CHAPTER XLII LOVE REMAINS Wrayson rode slowly up the great avenue, and paused at the bend to see for the first time at close quarters the house, which from the valley below had seemed little more than a speck of white set in a deep bower of green. Seen at close quarters its size amazed him. With its cluster of outb...
What then?
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715
A land of hills
A land of hills
(CNN) -- Springwood teenagers Dean, Kris, Jesse, Nancy and Quentin are having trouble not sleeping: They're knocking back coffee, popping pills, anything to delay another date with their dream stalker (which may explain why these high school students look like college grads). When one of them does drop off, the bedshee...
Who is the director?
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1,398
Directed by pop video director Samuel Bayer
Samuel Bayer
Vishnu (; Sanskrit: विष्णु, IAST: "") is one of the principal deities of Hinduism, and the Supreme Being in its Vaishnavism tradition. Vishnu is the "preserver" in the Hindu trinity (Trimurti) that includes Brahma and Shiva. In Vaishnavism, Vishnu is identical to the formless metaphysical concept called Brahman, the ...
What is the name of the serpent that Vishnu is often depicted reclining on?
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shesha
shesha
Hindu philosophy refers to a group of darśanas (philosophies, world views, teachings) that emerged in ancient India. The mainstream Hindu philosophy includes six systems (ṣaḍdarśana) – Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Mimamsa and Vedanta. These are also called the Astika (orthodox) philosophical traditions and are th...
are they limited?
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1,084
sibling traditions included in Hindu philosophies are diverse
No
CHAPTER XX THE PLUNGE Supper was over at the Farnam homestead and Agatha enjoyed the cool of the evening on the veranda with her hosts and George. The school had closed for the holidays, and George had arrived as the meal from which they had just got up was served. Although he had not stated his object yet, Agatha ...
What was the landscape near the Farnam homestead like?
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smooth and calm
smooth and calm
There once was a beautiful, brown puppy who loved her life. Her name was Tori. Every morning, Patty brushed out her fur and feeds Tori her favorite breakfast. One Tuesday morning, Patty had an early errand and forgot all about Tori. Tori was sad, but chose to make the best of it, and leaped out of her doggy door to pla...
why?
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Patty had an early errand and forgot all about Tori.
an errand
(CNN) -- Armed renegade soldiers walked through Mali's damaged presidential palace on Thursday, hours after the troops' leaders claimed to have ousted the West African nation's democratically elected leader. Shell casings, bullet-ridden cars and shattered windows were evident in video from outside the palace, as well...
On what day?
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208
Thursday, hours after the troops' leaders claimed to have ousted the West African nation's democratically elected leader.
Thursday
Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making it Connecticut's third-largest city after the coastal cities of Bridgeport and New Haven. Census Bureau est...
what is its population?
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Hartford's population was 124,775
124,775
CHAPTER LIV "I Don't Think She Is a Snake" On the following day, Tuesday, the Boncassens went, and then there were none of the guests left but Mrs. Finn and Lady Mabel Grex,--with of course Miss Cassewary. The Duke had especially asked both Mrs. Finn and Lady Mabel to remain, the former, through his anxiety to show...
Anyone else?
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209
Miss Cassewary.
Yes
Jamaica () is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea, consisting of the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles. The island, in area, lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola (the island containing the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic). Jamaica is the fourth-largest island country in ...
What countries then?
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1,343
United States and Canada
United States and Canada
(CNN) -- This was not how it was supposed to end. The past week had been a procession -- the next few days were supposed to end in a coronation. With the future King of England in the Royal Box, the man who wore the Wimbledon crown so proudly allowed it to slip on Centre Court. Andy Murray, the first British man ...
How many grand slam titles has Roger Federer won?
161
161
17
17
A geodesic dome is a hemispherical thin-shell structure (lattice-shell) based on a geodesic polyhedron. The triangular elements of the dome are structurally rigid and distribute the structural stress throughout the structure, making geodesic domes able to withstand very heavy loads for their size. The first dome that...
True or False: Fuller popularized the domes in Europe.
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1,001
Although Fuller was not the original inventor, he is credited with the U.S. popularization of the idea
no
One day my dad was walking home and he had a big ice-cream cone. He had chocolate and vanilla and strawberry ice-cream on top of each other. He was moving his head back and forward to some music that he was playing when a spider dropped on his ice-cream for a little bite. My dad saw right away that a spider was on it a...
Why?
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he saw an alligator come running up to him wanting a bite of his ice-cream too
wanting a bite of his ice-cream
Aviation is the practical aspect or art of aeronautics, being the design, development, production, operation and use of aircraft, especially heavier than air aircraft. The word "aviation" was coined by French writer and former naval officer Gabriel La Landelle in 1863, from the verb "avier" (synonymous flying), itself ...
was this an aircraft?
812
944
The modern age of aviation began with the first untethered human lighter-than-air flight on November 21, 1783, of a hot air balloon
not exactly.
Buffalo () is a city in and the seat of Erie County in Western New York. Located in the U.S. state of New York on the eastern shore of Lake Erie at the head of the Niagara River. , Buffalo is the state's second most populous city after the city it is named for, with 256,902 residents. The metropolitan area has a popula...
what is the population?
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Buffalo is the state's second most populous city after the city it is named for, with 256,902 residents
256,902
In Canada, the term "football" may refer to Canadian football and American football collectively, or to either sport specifically, depending on context. The two sports have shared origins and are closely related but have significant differences. In particular, Canadian football has 12 players on the field per team rath...
What is the length of the neutral zone in the Canadian game?
140
150
at least 1 yard from the line of scrimmage
at least 1 yard from the line of scrimmage
(CNN) -- Robert Barchi believed he had much more important business to deal with at Rutgers, and in many ways, he's probably right. He is overseeing a massive merger between the university and the state's medical schools, one that will shape higher education in New Jersey for generations. But now there was an issue i...
What state is Rutgers located in?
913
924
New Jersey
New Jersey.
(CNN) -- A week can be a long time when you're one of the planet's best young skiers. On Wednesday, Mikaela Shiffrin turned 18. On Saturday she added the World Cup slalom crown to last month's world championships title, and on Tuesday she'll be back from Europe to appear on U.S. national television. "Hopefully I do...
What's she doing on Tuesday?
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on Tuesday she'll be back from Europe to appear on U.S. national television
appear on U.S. national television
The angel alligator was quite the sight! It loved to scream with all its might! It loved to roll in mud and sun. Then it would go for a run. But why did it run? Why did it scream? It had a fork in its butt! It sat in a trashcan. This was not a smart thing to do! But he did it, oh yes, oh me, oh you! The allig...
Why did it gallop away?
-1
-1
unknown
unknown
Washington University in St. Louis (Wash. U., or WUSTL) is a private research university located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1853, and named after George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all 50 U.S. states and more than 120 countries. Twenty-five Nobel laureates have been a...
Has it been singled out for government support?
1,085
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null
No
CHAPTER IV--CYCLES "What flowers grow in my field wherewith to dress thee." - E. BARRETT BROWNING. Mrs. Best departed early the next morning. It was probably a parting for life between the two old friends; and Magdalen keenly felt the severance from the one person whom she had always known, and on whose sympathy ...
What does she call them?
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nasty.
nasty
Nonverbal communication describes the process of conveying meaning in the form of non-word messages. Examples of nonverbal communication include haptic communication, chronemic communication, gestures, body language, facial expression, eye contact, and how one dresses. Nonverbal communication also relates to intent of ...
Give me an example of nonverbal communication?
1,359
1,554
The biochemicals trigger the fungal organism to react in a specific manner, while if the same chemical molecules are not part of biotic messages, they do not trigger the fungal organism to react.
The biochemicals trigger the fungal organism to react in a specific manner, while if the same chemical molecules are not part of biotic messages, they do not trigger the fungal organism to react.
(デジモン Dejimon, branded as Digimon: Digital Monsters, stylized as DIGIMON), short for "Digital Monsters" (デジタルモンスター Dejitaru Monsutā), is a Japanese media franchise encompassing virtual pet toys, anime, manga, video games, films and a trading card game. The franchise focuses on Digimon creatures, which are monsters livi...
Were they similar to something else?
736
785
the contemporary Tamagotchi or nano Giga Pet toys
yes
The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad (Italian: "Giochi della XVII Olimpiade"), was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960, in Rome, Italy. Rome had been awarded the organization of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but after the 1906 eruption of Moun...
What were the names of the four nations that participated for the first time in the 1960 Summer Olympics?
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morocco , san marino , sudan , and tunisia
morocco , san marino , sudan , and tunisia
Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Rev...
where were they ranked by "US News & World Report?"
1,044
1,157
Princeton University was ranked either first or second among national universities by "U.S. News & World Report"
either first or second
(CNN) -- A Cincinnati man charged with fatally shooting his 11-year-old daughter Thursday was denied a temporary release to attend the girl's funeral. Citing security concerns, state court Judge Nadine Allen denied a motion filed by a lawyer for Deandre Kelley, 34, who was charged with the shooting death of daughter ...
What time did the shooting occur?
28
28
thursday
thursday
Cable News Network (CNN) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Turner Broadcasting System, a division of Time Warner. CNN was founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner as a 24-hour cable news channel. Upon its launch, CNN was the first television channel to provide ...
When was CNN founded?
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CNN was founded in 1980
1980
Mortamer was a tree monkey who lived in the jungles of Brazil with his parents, and their pet snail, Johnson. They lived in a grass house built in the very tops of the trees, so high that they could see the whole jungle from their front porch. One day, Mortamer and his parents were outside hunting for food and the sky ...
what was their home made of?
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grass
grass
(CNN) -- Famed attorney Robert Shapiro -- best known to the public as part of O.J. Simpson's legal "dream team" -- is now defending actress Lindsay Lohan, according to Lohan's father. Lohan's former lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, resigned last week shortly after releasing a statement about her client's "harsh and unfa...
Who said so?
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according to Lohan's father
Lohan's father
In logic, a logical connective (also called a logical operator, sentential connective, or sentential operator) is a symbol or word used to connect two or more sentences (of either a formal or a natural language) in a grammatically valid way, such that the value of the compound sentence produced depends only on that of ...
What is an example of a logical connective that is not a truth function?
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" so " in ( d )
" so " in ( d )
John wanted to have a birthday party for his son, Mike. John and his wife Sara knew that their son loved clowns, as did their daughter Jane. So they looked up a place to have a clown come to his birthday party. When the clown arrived, ten of Mikes friends showed up to watch the show. His parents had sent out 12 invites...
Who had to tidy up afterwards?
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570
it was up to John and Sara to clean up after the party.
John and Sara
Joe was in his bedroom. He was reading a book that his teacher gave him. The book was titled, "Everything You'd Want to Know About Fish." He was reading the book because he was interested in learning more about fish. Joe thought reading the book was fun. He liked to imagine himself swimming with fish he read about in t...
What else did he like?
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Also, he liked looking at the pictures.
Looking at the pictures.
Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) is a free and open international standard file format for 2D vector graphics, raster graphics, and text, and is defined by ISO/IEC 8632. All graphical elements can be specified in a textual source file that can be compiled into a binary file or one of two text representations. CGM pro...
Is CGM 2d or 3d?
80
170
format for 2D vector graphics, raster graphics, and text, and is defined by ISO/IEC 8632.
2D
Time is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It was founded in 1923 and for decades was dominated by Henry Luce, who built a highly profitable stable of magazines. A European edition ("Time Europe", formerly known as "Time Atlantic") is published in London and also covers the Middle East, Afri...
Where are most of Time's readers located?
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"Time" has the world's largest circulation for a weekly news magazine, and has a readership of 26 million, 20 million of which are based in the United States.
US
CHAPTER XI--THE PORT ADAMS CROWD "And so it was all settled easily enough," Sheldon was saying. He was on the veranda, drinking coffee. The whale-boat was being carried into its shed. "Boucher was a bit timid at first to carry off the situation with a strong hand, but he did very well once we got started. We made a p...
who was he?
401
424
He's a Port Adams chief
a Port Adams chief
Las Vegas (CNN) -- For David Shafter, it should have been a dream: A crush of excited people swarming his booth at the International Consumer Electronics Show, where his startup is launching its first product. But all the people hoisting cameras and raising themselves on tiptoe for a better view Wednesday afternoon w...
How are they doing at the show?
1,109
1,218
They only had eyes for the teen singer with the sideswept hair who was greeting fans nearby at the TOSY booth
well
Domestically, Barcelona has won 23 La Liga, 27 Copa del Rey, 11 Supercopa de España, 3 Copa Eva Duarte and 2 Copa de la Liga trophies, as well as being the record holder for the latter four competitions. In international club football, Barcelona has won five UEFA Champions League titles, a record four UEFA Cup Winners'...
Who was it against?
733
815
On 14 June 1925, in a spontaneous reaction against Primo de Rivera's dictatorship,
Primo de Rivera
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...
Does it have any other names?
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1,020
Old English
Yes
The 71-year-old ex-police officer accused of shooting dead a man inside a Florida movie theater won't get the chance to go home -- at least for now -- after a judge Friday decided not to grant him bail. Judge Pat Siracusa made his decision after two days of wrenching, evocative, at times seemingly contradictory testi...
Who was his prosecutor?
-1
-1
unknown
unknown
Established originally by the Massachusetts legislature and soon thereafter named for John Harvard (its first benefactor), Harvard is the United States' oldest institution of higher learning, and the Harvard Corporation (formally, the President and Fellows of Harvard College) is its first chartered corporation. Althoug...
Who liberalized admissions?
899
1,045
James Bryant Conant led the university through the Great Depression and World War II and began to reform the curriculum and liberalize admissions
James Bryant Conant
Jimmy didn't eat breakfast. Because he didn't eat breakfast he was very hungry and could not stop thinking about food. He was thinking about all of the things that he liked to eat the most. He was thinking about breakfast foods like bacon and eggs but he was also thinking about lunch and dinner foods like pizza and mac...
How many desserts?
-1
-1
unknown
unknown
(CNN) -- The mayor of a Montana college town Wednesday welcomed a federal investigation into allegations that sexual assault and rape complaints were improperly handled. But John Engen, mayor since 2006, was also surprised when he was notified of the probe. "This is uncharted territory for us," he told CNN. The U...
Where at?
564
null
University of Montana
University of Montana
(CNN) -- Defending champion Serena Williams overcame a gutsy display from Jelena Jankovic on Saturday to reach the final of the WTA Championships in Istanbul. The World No.1 was forced to work hard against her Serbian opponent in the Sinan Erdem Dome, but eventually came through to win in three sets 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 to ...
How many match points did Jelena Jankovic save in the deciding set?
182
182
three
three
CHAPTER XXXIV Silver Hair And how should I your true love know From another man?--Friar of Orders Gray "Please God, I can try again." Those were the words with which Herbert Bowater looked into his Rector's face on awaking in the evening of that same December day from one of a series of sleeps, each sweeter and l...
What opened?
766
785
the door flew open
the door
Jimmy didn't eat breakfast. Because he didn't eat breakfast he was very hungry and could not stop thinking about food. He was thinking about all of the things that he liked to eat the most. He was thinking about breakfast foods like bacon and eggs but he was also thinking about lunch and dinner foods like pizza and mac...
What category?
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397
his favorite desserts
desserts
This listing of flight altitude records are the records set for the highest aeronautical flights conducted in the atmosphere, set since the age of ballooning. Some, but not all of the records were certified by the non-profit international aviation organization, the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). One re...
Why not?
314
null
One reason for a lack of 'official' certification was that the flight occurred prior to the creation of the FAI
the flight occurred prior to the creation of the FAI
Hong Kong (CNN) -- A car theft in China that spiraled into a manhunt and a baby's killing has left the country grieving and sparked outrage on social media. The body of the infant, whose name was Haobo, was found buried in the snow Wednesday. His father, Xu Jialin, said he and his wife identified their two-month-old ...
For how long?
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1,309
a search for the child for two day
two days
CHAPTER IV On the following morning, being Sunday morning, Linda positively refused to get up at the usual hour, and declared her intention of not going to church. She was, she said, so ill that she could not go to church. Late on the preceding evening Madame Staubach, after she had left Peter Steinmarc, had spoken t...
what day was it?
13
60
On the following morning, being Sunday morning,
Sunday
Chapter 18--Fashion and Physiology "Please, sir, I guess you'd better step up right away, or it will be too late, for I heard Miss Rose say she knew you wouldn't like it, and she'd never dare to let you see her." Phebe said this as she popped her head into the study, where Dr. Alec sat reading a new book. "They a...
who will think its a joke ?
852
null
Miss Rose
Miss Rose
CHAPTER XI. One thing is wanting in the beamy cup Of my young life! one thing to be poured in; Ay, and one thing is wanting to fill up The measure of proud joy, and make it sin.--F. W. F. Hopes that Dr. May would ever have his mind free, seemed as fallacious as mamma's old promise to Margaret, to make doll's clot...
what is the number of boys that were in the top of the compition who would have a chance at the scholarship?
781
802
of the first six boys
Six
Hong Kong (CNN) -- A car theft in China that spiraled into a manhunt and a baby's killing has left the country grieving and sparked outrage on social media. The body of the infant, whose name was Haobo, was found buried in the snow Wednesday. His father, Xu Jialin, said he and his wife identified their two-month-old ...
Did he confess to killing the baby?
664
701
null
yes
(CNN) -- The man whose face was chewed off by a naked man in a brutal assault in Miami says he doesn't know why his attacker singled him out, according to CNN affiliate WFOR. "He attacked me," Ronald Poppo said of his assailant in a police recording obtained by the affiliate and broadcast Thursday. "He just ripped me...
Where was Poppo?
null
1,023
It shows Eugene coming across 65-year-old Poppo on a sidewalk
a sidewalk
Once there was a group of adventurers who went on an adventure in a place named Hyperion where there was a lot of snow. Their names were Thor, Bravos, and Pierre. Thor and Bravos were from Norway, but Pierre was from Paris, France. Because of where he was from, he wasn't used to the cold. To stay warm, Pierre wore thre...
What strange thing did they see?
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389
he men saw a strange cave.
a cave.
(CNN) -- Four days after suffering a humbling defeat to Simona Halep, Serena Williams turned the tables on the Romanian to win a fifth WTA Finals title with a crushing straight sets 6-3 6-0 victory in Singapore Sunday. Williams had called her 6-2 6-0 reverse in round-robin group play Wednesday "embarrassing" and she ...
Who won the final game?
70
151
Serena Williams turned the tables on the Romanian to win a fifth WTA Finals title
Serena Williams
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...
How many pages of classified documents and videos did Chelsea Manning leak to WikiLeaks?
364
366
750 , 000
750 , 000
(CNN) -- David Ferrer will aim to become the first Spaniard to win the Miami Masters after beating Germany's Tommy Haas in an absorbing semifinal on Friday. The trophy has proved beyond the reach of three of his compatriots in the past, with Rafael Nadal having failed on three occasions (2005, 2008, 2011) to add to p...
Who was the oldest man to reach the Miami Masters final since Jimmy Connors in 1988?
45
46
tommy haas
tommy haas
It is on Absecon Island, on the Atlantic coast. Atlantic City was incorporated on May 1, 1854, from portions of Egg Harbor Township and Galloway Township. The city borders Absecon, Brigantine, Pleasantville, Ventnor City and West Atlantic City. Because of its location in South Jersey, hugging the Atlantic Ocean betwe...
Where did he want railways to take people?
1,349
null
to the beach
to the beach
Chapter XXIII Paul Cannot Find the Rock People Life was very pleasant in Avonlea that summer, although Anne, amid all her vacation joys, was haunted by a sense of "something gone which should be there." She would not admit, even in her inmost reflections, that this was caused by Gilbert's absence. But when she had ...
Why did Gilbert not write to Anne?
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she thought he might have done
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 21 July 1994 to 24 June 2007. He previously served as Leader of the Opposition from 21 July 1994 to 2 May 1997. He is the most rec...
did they have an opinion on how he treated capitalism?
1,311
1,339
too amenable to capitalism.
Yes
Chapter XXIII Dinner-Time WHEN Adam heard that he was to dine upstairs with the large tenants, he felt rather uncomfortable at the idea of being exalted in this way above his mother and Seth, who were to dine in the cloisters below. But Mr. Mills, the butler, assured him that Captain Donnithorne had given particula...
Does he plan on going?
568
621
so I suppose it 'ud be behaving ill for me not to go
yes
CHAPTER XII IN WHICH A COMEDIAN CHALLENGES TRAGEDY TO BOWLS When Grizel opened the door of Corp's house she found husband and wife at home, the baby in his father's arms; what is more, Gavinia was looking on smiling and saying, "You bonny litlin, you're windy to have him dandling you; and no wonder, for he's a fath...
Who was his wife?
189
230
Gavinia was looking on smiling and saying
Gavinia
Fanny the fly was hungry. She went to the store. She saw her friend Colin the cat at the store. Colin waved to Fanny. Fanny waved back. At the store, Fanny bought ice cream, fruit, and pasta. Then she went home. She looked in her fridge. In her fridge she saw meatballs, rice, tomato sauce, and garlic. She chose to make...
Who did she see at the store?
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her friend Colin
her friend Colin
CHAPTER XVI. A VISIT HOME. The new purchase, which was named the _Suzanne_, was towed alongside the _Tigress_, and the crew began at once to get up the cargo and transfer it to her hold. More method was observed in restowing the cargo than had before been possible. The dried fruit, as the heaviest of the goods, was...
how much more?
762
783
several times higher
several times higher
CHAPTER IV--CYCLES "What flowers grow in my field wherewith to dress thee." - E. BARRETT BROWNING. Mrs. Best departed early the next morning. It was probably a parting for life between the two old friends; and Magdalen keenly felt the severance from the one person whom she had always known, and on whose sympathy ...
Were they all observing something?
741
774
watching the fly go down the hill
yes
Michael Dunn killed Jordan Davis. That's not in dispute, but according to attorneys' opening statements Thursday in Dunn's murder trial, almost everything else is. Assistant State Attorney John Guy, speaking for the prosecution, painted a picture of four innocent teens who stopped at a Jacksonville, Florida, gas stat...
What did the defense attorney allege Jordan Davis was armed with when he exited the car?
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242
a gun or a lead pipe
a gun or a lead pipe
Once upon a time there was a man who needed to write story. His name was Mark. He had a bad case of writer's block. After a bit, he wrote a story about writing a story. This may seem a bit odd. Well, it was. The important thing to know is that Mark wanted money. This was so he could show off for his girl, Wendy. Wendy ...
Why?
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771
null
because he spent so much time thinking of odd stories
Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign. The annual ceremony at which the awards are presented is a major part of the film industry's awards season, which...
What are a couple others?
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1,028
Beverly Hills Hotel, and the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
Beverly Hills Hotel, and the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
(CNN) -- An alleged new case of waterboarding emerged in a massive report Thursday detailing brutal CIA interrogations of Libyan detainees last decade before they were handed over to Moammar Gadhafi's regime. Mohammed al-Shoroeiya "provided detailed and credible testimony that he was waterboarded on repeated occasion...
who?
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1,239
Laura Pitter, a counterterrorism adviser for Human Rights Watch
Laura Pitter
NEW YORK (CNN) -- An oil painting was returned Tuesday to the estate of a Jewish art dealer who was forced to consign the painting and other artwork under Nazi Germany before fleeing the country. "Portrait of a Musician Playing a Bagpipe" was done in 1632 by an unknown artist. The painting, "Portrait of a Musician ...
How so?
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1,249
It was returned in a ceremony
through a ceremony
A 29-year-old who admitted leaking details of a secret U.S. government program that collects massive phone and Internet data now says he doesn't want attention. Too late, Edward Snowden. You're getting it -- on every scale, good and bad, across the Internet on social media and on every news broadcast. People of every...
Where is Snowden from?
1,587
null
the North Carolina native
North Carolina
The PlayStation Portable (PSP) (ᴊᴘ プレイステーション・ポータブル) is a handheld game console developed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Development of the handheld was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004. The system was released in Japan on , 2004, in North America on , 2...
When did the Vita get released in the US?
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February 2012.
(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 ...
How did the Doctor manage to get back into the TARDIS?
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the plane that carried the doctor and members of unit exploded
the plane that carried the doctor and members of unit exploded
John thought about things that he liked to do. Well, for one, he liked baseball. Compared to his friends, he was very good at the sport. He didn't even have to practice that much. He remembered that he once hit the ball so hard that it flew out of the park. Home run! He was also a fan of basketball. He enjoyed watc...
like?
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385
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slam dunking
CHAPTER XI. Ike Watson's Arrival Let us go back to Allen. We left him just as the sound made by Paul's horse aroused the leader of the horse thieves, whose full name was Saul Mangle. "The feller that went over into the river, as sure as fate!" burst from the lips of Mangle, and he started back in astonishment. ...
What did he threaten to do if the men didn't clear the path?
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unless you want to be run down
run them down
CHAPTER VI: HERR VON KWARL Herr Von Kwarl sat at his favourite table in the Brandenburg Cafe, the new building that made such an imposing show (and did such thriving business) at the lower end of what most of its patrons called the Regentstrasse. Though the establishment was new it had already achieved its unwritten ...
Was it an old place of business?
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Herr Von Kwarl sat at his favourite table in the Brandenburg Cafe, the new building
No
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...
Who came by?
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Phineas Cross
(CNN) -- Tiger Woods has split from the management company which has helped him become one of the world's wealthiest sportsmen since he joined it at the start of his professional golf career back in 1996. The former top-ranked player announced on Monday that he will be staying with his longtime agent Mark Steinberg, ...
Going back did he keep his agent?
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500 (five hundred) is the natural number following 499 and preceding 501. 500 is a Harshad number in bases 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 15 and 16. Five hundred is also 501 = 3 × 167. It is: 502 = 2 × 251, also a proposed HTTP status code for indicating server is temporarily overloaded, SMTP status code meaning command not...
what was the code
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625
New Mexico had a single area code of 505
505
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (commonly known as Columbia Pictures and Columbia, and formerly CBC Film Sales Corporation) is an American film studio, production company and film distributor that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Entertainment's Sony Pictures subsidiary of th...
How so?
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It is one of the leading film studios in the world
It is one of the leading film studios in the world
DENVER, Colorado (CNN) -- Serving time for lesser crimes, Scott Kimball is leading investigators to bodies. Scott Kimball is currently serving a 48-year sentence on theft and habitual criminal convictions. Partly mummified bones thought to be those of his uncle, Terry Kimball, were discovered Monday in a remote Roc...
How long is that sentence?
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a 70-month federal sentence
70 months
CHAPTER XV A BEWILDERING EXPERIENCE When Louise Merrick entered the brown limousine, which she naturally supposed to belong to Arthur Weldon, she had not the faintest suspicion of any evil in her mind. Indeed, the girl was very happy this especial evening, although tired with her duties at the Kermess. A climax in ...
What event had recently taken place that made Louise very happy?
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a climax in her young life
a climax in her young life
Comcast Corporation, formerly registered as Comcast Holdings,[note 1] is an American multinational mass media company and is the largest broadcasting and largest cable company in the world by revenue. It is the second largest pay-TV company after the AT&T-DirecTV acquisition, largest cable TV company and largest home I...
Any parks?
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980
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yes
(CNN) -- Canadian ski resort gondola cars that were left dangling and swaying with terrified skiers inside failed because ice buildup snapped a supporting tower, the resort said Thursday. One gondola car is suspended above an icy creek at a ski resort near Whistler, British Columbia. In a rare occurrence called ice...
Were any of the Skiers seriously injured?
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The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the derived unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI) and is defined as one cycle per second. It is named for Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, the first person to provide conclusive proof of the existence of electromagnetic waves. Hertz are commonly expressed in multiples: kilohertz (1...
How did it get its name?
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It is named for Heinrich Rudolf Hertz,
It is named for Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
CHAPTER VI. NOT IN LOVE. Reginald Morton, as he walked across the bridge towards the house, was thoroughly disgusted with all the world. He was very angry with himself, feeling that he had altogether made a fool of himself by his manner. He had shown himself to be offended, not only by Mr. Twentyman, but by Miss Ma...
Did he think she was expecting him?
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1,193
for that she had expected him he felt no doubt
yes
London (CNN) -- Prince George will be christened on October 23 at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, his parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, announced Friday. The christening will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby. Prince George was born July 22 in London. His...
Have they taken their child out much in public?
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His parents, Prince William and Catherine, have kept him out of the public eye since he left the hospital a day later.
No
(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...
How many putts did Paul Goydos take during his round?
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174
22
22
(CNN) -- A court in Fulton County, Georgia, has temporarily stopped the scheduled Monday night execution of condemned murderer Warren Hill. Hill was sentenced to death for the 1990 killing of Joseph Handspike, another inmate in a Georgia state prison. He was convicted of beating Handspike to death with a nail-studd...
What is the expected outcome of the briefing on Hill's complaint scheduled for Thursday?
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a new execution date is expected to be set for the same day
a new execution date is expected to be set for the same day
(CNN) -- At first glance, they could almost pass for masterpieces by Monet or Renoir. But these impressionist-style paintings -- which are changing hands for thousands of dollars -- were painted by a five-year-old girl who is unable to speak. Meet Iris Halmshaw, an autistic child from Leicestershire, UK, who has be...
Where does Iris live?
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Meet Iris Halmshaw, an autistic child from Leicestershire, UK,
Leicestershire, UK,
Andy the lion lived in Africa. He was a happy lion, and he liked to lay in the sun all day. One day when Andy got hungry, he thought about strawberries. He had never had a strawberry before. "Oh," he thought, "strawberries must be very tasty." He thought about how red they were, and how sweet they must taste. "I have t...
When did he think about strawberries?
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when Andy got hungry
when Andy got hungry
(CNN) -- Look out Liverpool, Mario Balotelli has arrived. As famous for his larger than life demeanor as he is for his goalscoring exploits, the mercurial striker has completed his move from AC Milan to the English Premier League club. He joined on a long-term deal, Liverpool said on its website Monday wit the fee ...
Where was he before?
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888
The Italian is well known to English football fans after a turbulent two-and-a-half-year stint with Manchester City, where he helped the team to a first league title in 44 years while also gaining a cult following for his off-field antics.
Manchester City
In the Roman era, copper was principally mined on Cyprus, the origin of the name of the metal from aes сyprium (metal of Cyprus), later corrupted to сuprum, from which the words copper (English), cuivre (French), Koper (Dutch) and Kupfer (German) are all derived. Its compounds are commonly encountered as copper(II) sal...
What is it dated?
879
944
a copper pendant was found in northern Iraq that dates to 8700 BC
8700 BC
(CNN) -- When did conservatives become prisoners to idiotic vulgarity? I ask that question as someone who self-defines as conservative and who is sick and tired of being embarrassed by Ted Nugent. Last month the aged rocker called President Barack Obama a "subhuman mongrel" in an interview with Guns.com. That was bad...
Did he call someone names?
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called President Barack Obama a "subhuman mongrel"
Yes
Johannesburg (CNN) -- A plane carrying Madagascar's ousted leader Marc Ravalomanana was turned away from Madagascan airspace Saturday as he tried to return from exile, his spokesman and the airline said. Ravalomanana, who had been in South Africa in exile, took off from Johannesburg Saturday morning in what was his s...
Who was the Prime Minister?
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996
Prime Minister Omer Beriziky
Omer Beriziky
(CNN) -- Iran won't be attending this week's international peace conference on Syria because it won't embrace the framework laid out in a previous conference, U.N. and Iranian officials said Monday. The last-minute invitation to Iran, a leading Syrian ally, had threatened to derail the talks after the leading Syrian ...
Who made an announcement Monday?
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U.N. and Iranian officials said Monday.
U.N. and Iranian officials
Phaininda and episkyros were Greek ball games. An image of an episkyros player depicted in low relief on a vase at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens appears on the UEFA European Championship Cup. Athenaeus, writing in 228 AD, referenced the Roman ball game harpastum. Phaininda, episkyros and harpastum were p...
What is that?
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rugby football, wrestling and volleyball
Washington (CNN) -- Ronald Reagan, shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr., on March 30, 1981, was the ninth American president, in or out of office, to be the target of an assassination attempt since the Civil War. Four presidents were killed. Will Hinckley go free? 1865: Abraham Lincoln was murdered at Ford's Theat...
Were there anyone else involved?
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Four co-conspirators
It was finally summer vacation, and Josh was excited to go to his favorite place. He was heading to Florida, to visit his Grandma and Grandpa. Josh spends every summer there, and this summer would be no different! In the mornings, Josh and Grandma would plant cucumbers, tomatoes, and carrots in the ground. After they w...
What did Grandma and Grandpa make for dinner on special nights?
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ice cream
ice cream
John the Baptist (, "Ioánnes (h)o baptistés" or Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτίζων, "Ioánnes (h)o baptízon", known as the Prophet Yahya in the Quran), also known as John the Baptizer, was a Jewish itinerant preacher in the early first century AD. John is revered as a major religious figure in Christianity, Islam, the Bahá'í Faith, and...
the same as he?
1,195
1,215
greater than himself
No
(CNN) -- Apple CEO Tim Cook might soon be sharing Silicon Valley's most expensive cup of coffee. Sometime in the next year, Cook will sit down for a cup of mud with someone who has paid at least $210,000 for the privilege. Apple fandom taken to its craziest, and costliest, extreme? Perhaps. But it's all for a good ...
What did they start at?
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$5,000
$5,000