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Cligès begins with the story of his parents, Alexander and Soredamors. Alexander, the son of the Greek emperor (also called Alexander), travels to Britain to become a knight in King Arthur's realm. While at court, Alexander gains favor with King Arthur, is knighted, and assists in retaking Windsor Castle when it is tak... | Who is the traitor who takes Windsor Castle? | [
"Count Angres",
"Count Angres"
] |
Hecuba: Alas! Alas! Alas! Ilion is ablaze; the fire consumes the citadel, the roofs of our city, the tops of the walls!
Chorus: Like smoke blown to heaven on the wings of the wind, our country, our conquered country, perishes. Its palaces are overrun by the fierce flames and the murderous spear.
Hecuba: O land that re... | What happened to Cassandra that made Athena and Poseidon mad? | [
"Ajax the Lesser raped Cassandra and the Greek army condoned it",
"She was raped"
] |
Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) is a glossy 35-year-old sports agent working for Sports Management International (SMI). After having a life-altering epiphany about his role as a sports agent, he writes a mission statement about perceived dishonesty in the sports management business and his desire to work with fewer clients ... | During a game between the Cardinals and the Cowboys, what does Rod Tidwell do when he appears to get injured? | [
"Score a touchdown.",
"dances"
] |
A popular Miami area high school guidance counselor, Sam Lombardo, is accused of rape by two female students, the wealthy and popular Kelly Van Ryan and poor outcast Suzie Toller, and hires lawyer Kenneth Bowden to defend him. At trial, Suzie admits that she and Kelly had made everything up to get revenge on Lombardo: ... | Who ends up with all the money at the end? | [
"Suzie",
"Suzie."
] |
Martin Chuzzlewit has been raised by his grandfather and namesake. Years before, Martin senior took the precaution of raising an orphaned girl, Mary Graham. She is to be his nursemaid, with the understanding that she will be well cared for only as long as Martin senior lives. She thus has strong motivation to promote h... | What does Tigg use the funds from the stolen watch for? | [
"To transform himself into a gentleman named Tigg Montague",
"To pretend to be a businessman so he can cheat others out of their money"
] |
Lucien Chardon, the son of a lower middle-class father and an impoverished mother of remote aristocratic descent, is the pivotal figure of the entire work. Living at Angoulême, he is impoverished, impatient, handsome and ambitious. His widowed mother, his sister Ève and his best friend, David Séchard, do nothing to les... | Who marries Eve? | [
"David",
"David Sechard"
] |
An unnamed narrator listens to Douglas, a friend, read a manuscript written by a former governess whom Douglas claims to have known and who is now dead. The manuscript tells the story of how the young governess is hired by a man who has become responsible for his young nephew and niece after the deaths of their parents... | What kind of school did Miles attend? | [
"A boarding school",
"Boarding."
] |
Maurice Hilliard is a mechanical draughtsman producing technical drawings on an annual income of ÂŁ100. He longs to be free from the monotony of his life and work, and is led by his feelings of hopelessness into drinking alcohol. While travelling by train one day, he meets Mr Dengate, a former debtor to his deceased fa... | Why does Eve say she will never marry Hilliard? | [
"He does not make enough money",
"his income is too small"
] |
The story follows the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity. David was born in Blunderstone, Suffolk, England, six months after the death of his father. David spends his early years in relative happiness with his loving, childish mother and their kindly housekeeper, Peggotty. When he is seven years old h... | Where does Emily move to and with whom? | [
"Australia with Peggotty, Mrs. Gummidge and the Micawbers",
"Australia, with Peggotty"
] |
Soon after their wedding, John and Jenny Grogan (Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston) escape the brutal Michigan winters and relocate to a cottage in South Florida, where they are hired as reporters for competing newspapers. At The Palm Beach Post, Jenny immediately receives prominent front-page assignments, while at the ... | When was Marley especially hard to control? | [
"During frequent thunderstorms.",
"during thunderstorms"
] |
The film depicts the story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old from Hayward, California, and his experiences on the last day of his life, before he was fatally shot by BART Police in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009. The movie begins with the actual footage of Oscar Grant and his friends being detained by t... | Where was Oscar going when someone attempted to assault him in the station? | [
"home",
"He was on the return train."
] |
In early September 1962 in Modesto, California at the tail end of summer vacation, recent high school graduates and longtime friends, Curt Henderson and Steve Bolander, meet John Milner and Terry "The Toad" Fields at the local Mel's Drive-In parking lot. Despite receiving a $2,000 scholarship from the local Moose lodge... | From whom did Curt rreceive his scholarship? | [
"Moose Lodge",
"Moose lodge"
] |
In the home of Jonas Prim, president of an Oakdale bank, a thief makes off with a servant's clothing and valuables belonging to Prim's daughter Abigail. Abigail is thought to be absent visiting Sam Benham, whom her parents want her to marry. Escaping, the thief later encounters a group of hobos and is taken for one of ... | Why was the private detective looking for Bridge? | [
"he ran away from home",
"he is a suspect in the crime"
] |
In Los Angeles, Lt. Parker Barnes and John Donovan are tracking down a serial killer named SID 6.7 at a restaurant in virtual reality. SID (short for Sadistic, Intelligent, Dangerous - a VR amalgam of the most violent serial killers throughout history) causes Donovan to go into shock, killing him. The director overseei... | Why did Barnes want to catch SID? | [
"so he would be released from prison",
"So he can be released from prison"
] |
The beginning of the movie shows icemen harvesting ice. A young boy named Kristoff and his pet reindeer, Sven, is among them ("Frozen Heart"). Elsa, Princess of Arendelle, possesses cryokinetic powers, with which she is able to produce or manipulate ice, frost and snow at will. One night while playing, she accidentally... | What is Elsa's promise at the end of the story? | [
"Never again to shut the castle gates",
"To never shut the castle gates again."
] |
Fred Neville, a lieutenant of cavalry and heir to the earldom of Scroope, woos and then seduces the beautiful Kate O’Hara. Kate lives with her mother in genteel poverty in an isolated cottage near the cliffs of Moher in western Ireland.
News of the romantic entanglement quickly reaches Scroope Manor, and Fred is summon... | Who is the lieutenent of cavalry? | [
"Fred Neville",
"Fred Neville"
] |
Annie "Daisy" Miller and Frederick Winterbourne first meet in Vevey, Switzerland, in a garden of the grand hotel where Winterbourne is allegedly vacationing from his studies (an attachment to an older lady is rumoured). They are introduced by Randolph Miller, Daisy's 9-year-old brother. Randolph considers their hometow... | What happens to Daisy after seeing Winterbourne in the Colusseum? | [
"She falls ill and dies. ",
"She falls ill, and dies a few days later."
] |
In 1988, following a 400% increase in crime, the United States Government has turned Manhattan into a giant maximum-security prison. A 50-foot (15Â m) containment wall surrounds the island and routes out of Manhattan have been dismantled or mined, while armed helicopters patrol the rivers. In 1997, while travelling to ... | Who does Snake fight to the death? | [
"Slag",
"Slag"
] |
A tornado sweeps through the plains of Kansas, lifting Dorothy and Toto. The two tumble into Oz, landing on the Scarecrow. After freeing him from his pole, the trio stroll together, soon finding a Tin Woodman and oiling him.
After the four watch mating rituals of various animals set to strains of Camille Saint-SaĂŤns's... | What happens after the egg hatches? | [
"The hen takes the chick and clucks Rock-a-bye Baby to it.",
"The hen clucks \"Rock-a-bye Baby\""
] |
In 1936, archaeologist Indiana Jones braves an ancient booby-trapped temple in Peru and retrieves a golden idol. He is confronted by rival archaeologist RenĂŠ Belloq and the indigenous Hovito people. Surrounded and outnumbered, Indy surrenders the idol to Belloq and escapes aboard a waiting floatplane.
Jones returns to... | What is inside the Ark of the Covenant? | [
"Angels of Death",
"SAND, AND ANGELS OF DEATH"
] |
Tommy Stubbins, the narrator of the story, finds an squirrel injured by a hawk so the mussel man informs him to get help from Doctor Dolittle. Tommy goes to Mathew Mugg to find out where the doctor lives who tells him that the Doctor can speak the language of animals so they go to his house but find out he's gone away ... | Which creatures help Tommy to reach Spider Monkey Island and the crew? | [
"Porpoises.",
"the porpoises"
] |
In Democracy and Education, Dewey argues that the primary ineluctable facts of the birth and death of each one of the constituent members in a social group determine the necessity of education. On one hand, there is the contrast between the immaturity of the new-born members of the group (its future sole representative... | What is required to reproduce the life of the group? | [
"Deliberate effort",
"Precise and dedicated teaching of those born into the group ignorant of such knowledge."
] |
In Edwardian era London, Gabriel Syme is recruited at Scotland Yard to a secret anti-anarchist police corps. Lucian Gregory, an anarchistic poet, lives in the suburb of Saffron Park. Syme meets him at a party and they debate the meaning of poetry. Gregory argues that revolt is the basis of poetry. Syme demurs, insistin... | What did the council member known as "Monday" do for a living? | [
"he was police detective",
"detective"
] |
On a cold day the fictional 304th New York Regiment awaits battle beside a river. Eighteen-year-old Private Henry Fleming, remembering his romantic reasons for enlisting as well as his mother's resulting protests, wonders whether he will remain brave in the face of fear, or turn and run. He is comforted by one of his f... | What does the commanding officer call the 304th? | [
"Mule drivers and mud diggers",
" mud diggers"
] |
Mini Drogues (Nikki Reed) is a clever and adventurous high school senior who is bored with her life. Mini prizes her "unique experiences" (she calls them "firsts"). For excitement, and to add to her list of firsts, Mini decides to try being a call girl. Her first client, however, has a guilty conscience and can't carry... | Why was Martin arrested? | [
"He was arrested for trying to beat Mike unconscious.",
"Killing Diane"
] |
Barbara Lang paints a barrier around her living room to protect her telekinetic daughter, Rachel, from the devil. Barbara is soon institutionalized for schizophrenia.
Years later Rachel, living with foster parents, talks with her best friend Lisa, who has lost her virginity to Eric, a football player. The football play... | What does Jesse keep to remember Rachel? | [
"Her dog, Walter",
"Rachel's dog, Walter"
] |
In a prologue, a Jewish man in an unnamed pre-WWII Eastern European shtetl (possibly in Poland, as suggested by the mention of Lublin and Krak贸w) tells his wife that he was helped on his way home by Reb Groshkover, whom he has invited in for soup. She says Groshkover is dead and must be a dybbuk. Groshkover (Fyvush Fin... | What does Clive Park come to Larry's office to discuss? | [
"His grade",
"HIS FAILING GRADE"
] |
The home of the Canterville Ghost was the ancient Canterville Chase, which has all the accoutrements of a traditional haunted house. Descriptions of the wainscoting, the library panelled in black oak, and the armour in the hallway characterise the setting. Wilde mixes the macabre with comedy, juxtaposing devices from t... | In the beginning of the story, who warns Mr. Otis that Canterville Chase is haunted? | [
"Lord Canterville",
"Lord Canterville"
] |
In 1985, 16-year-old high school student Ted Stroehmann (Ben Stiller) lands a prom date with his dream girl Mary Jensen (Cameron Diaz), which is cancelled after a painful and embarrassing zipper accident. After the ordeal gains the attention of numerous members of the household and community and Ted is carted off to th... | What is Tucker's profession? | [
"He is a pizza delivery boy.",
"Pizza delivery"
] |
Anita "Needy" Lesnicki, once an insecure and bookish teenager living near Devil's Kettle, Minnesota, is now a violent mental inmate who narrates the story as a flashback while in solitary confinement. She has been friends with a selfish and popular cheerleader, Jennifer Check, since childhood, despite having little in ... | Where does Needy narrate the story from? | [
"Solitary confinement",
"Solitary Confinement"
] |
The primary focus of Democracy in America is an analysis of why republican representative democracy has succeeded in the United States while failing in so many other places. Tocqueville seeks to apply the functional aspects of democracy in the United States to what he sees as the failings of democracy in his native Fra... | What is the 'Tocqueville Effect'? | [
"The fact that social mechanisms are paradoxical.",
"social frustration increases as social conditions improve"
] |
In Edwardian London, 1910, Cockney one-man band Bert is entertaining a crowd when he senses a change in the wind. Afterwards, he directly addresses the audience and gives them a tour of Cherry Tree Lane, stopping outside the home of the Banks family. George Banks returns home from his job at the bank to learn from his ... | What kind of toy does George Banks fix for his children at the end of the story? | [
"A kite.",
"A kite"
] |
Written by Alexandre Dumas, fils, (1824–1895) when he was 23 years old, and first published in 1848, La Dame aux Camélias is a semi-autobiographical novel based on the author's brief love affair with a courtesan, Marie Duplessis. Set in mid-19th century France, the novel tells the tragic love story between fictional ch... | What does Armand think Marguerite left for? | [
"The love of another man",
"another man"
] |
A group of college friends consisted of Harvey, Nikki, Rob, Skip, Nan, Chaz, Kit, and Archâgather, celebrate spring break by spending the weekend at the island mansion of their friend and Skip's sister Muffy St. John, on the weekend leading up to April Fools' Day. The tone is set almost immediately with Muffy prepari... | What did Nan slash Muffy's throat with? | [
"A trick razor",
"a razor"
] |
Naive and idealistic insurance agent Tim Lippe welcomes a former teacher into his home, addressing her as Mrs. Vanderhei. After having sex with her, he reminisces about his experiences as her student. In his position as an insurance agent, he is sent to represent his company, Brownstar Insurance, at a regional conferen... | Why does Tim bribe ASMI President Orin Helgesson? | [
"He wants to win the Two Diamonds Award",
"He wants the award"
] |
In 1916, Tsar Nicholas II hosts a ball at the Catherine Palace to celebrate the Romanov tricentennial. His mother, the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna, is visiting from Paris and gives a music box and a necklace inscribed with the words âTogether in Parisâ as parting gifts to her youngest granddaughter, eight-year... | What place was Anya leaving from before meeting Dimitri? | [
"She was leaving the orphanage she grew up in. ",
"Her orphanage."
] |
Gabriel Oak is a young shepherd. With the savings of a frugal life, and a loan, he has leased and stocked a sheep farm. He falls in love with a newcomer six years his junior, Bathsheba Everdene, a proud beauty who arrives to live with her aunt, Mrs. Hurst. Over time, Bathsheba and Gabriel grow to like each other well e... | What did Gabriel do when he saw the fire? | [
"He helped to put it out",
"put it out and got a job"
] |
The work has a recognizable structure, for the most part indicated by the author himself, which can be summarized as follows:The Prince starts by describing the subject matter it will handle. In the first sentence Machiavelli uses the word "state" (Italian stato which could also mean "status") in order to neutrally cov... | What does the word state denote? | [
"All organized forms of political power.",
"status"
] |
Two American college students, David Kessler and Jack Goodman, backpack across the North York Moors. As darkness falls, they stop for the night at a pub called "The Slaughtered Lamb". Jack notices a five-pointed star on the wall. When Goodman asks about it, the pubgoers stop talking and become hostile. The pair decides... | What did the reanimated dead Jack urge David to do? | [
"To kill himself before the next full moon.",
"To kill himself before the next full moon."
] |
The story takes place at the castellated abbey of the "happy and dauntless and sagacious" Prince Prospero. Prospero and 1,000 other nobles have taken refuge in this walled abbey to escape the Red Death, a terrible plague with gruesome symptoms that has swept over the land. Victims are overcome by "sharp pains", "sudden... | Who is Prospero? | [
"He is a prince.",
"A prince."
] |
Madame Bovary takes place in provincial northern France, near the town of Rouen in Normandy. Charles Bovary is a shy, oddly dressed teenager arriving at a new school where his new classmates ridicule him. Charles struggles his way to a second-rate medical degree and becomes an officier de santé in the Public Health Ser... | What does Charles suspect Emma is doing when she meets Leon? | [
"Charles believes she is taking piano lessons?",
"taking piano lessons"
] |
In 1985, John Bennett is a lonely child living in Norwood, MA, a suburb of Boston, who wished for his new Christmas gift—a large teddy bear named Ted—to come to life and become his friend. The wish coincides with a shooting star and comes true; word spread and Ted was briefly a celebrity.
In 2012, John and Ted are stil... | What does Ted pretend to be after being restored? | [
"Handicapped.",
"physically/mentally challenged"
] |
In a brief scene in 1964, an aging, overweight Italian American, Jake LaMotta (Robert De Niro), practices a comedy routine. The rest of the film then occurs in flashback. In 1941, LaMotta is in a major boxing match against Jimmy Reeves, where he received his first loss. Jake's brother Joey LaMotta (Joe Pesci) discusses... | Where does Jake meet Vicki? | [
"At a neighborhood pool in the Bronx.",
"At the swimming pool. "
] |
The play opens on the day of the feast celebrating the third wedding anniversary of the wedding of Bengt Guateson and Margit. Erik of Hogge, a friend of Knut Gesling, the King's sheriff, and Knut himself are seeking permission for Knut to marry Margit's sister, Signe. Knut, a warlike man, is advised that he must demons... | What event is being celebrated at the beginning of the story? | [
"The third wedding anniversary of Bengt and Margit",
"Third anniversary of Bengt and Margit"
] |
In 1952, Ed Wood is struggling to join the film industry. Upon hearing of an announcement in Variety magazine that producer George Weiss is trying to purchase Christine Jorgensen's life story, Ed wants to meet Weiss. Weiss explains that Variety's announcement was a news leak, and it is impossible to purchase Jorgensen'... | Why does Ed think he is perfect to direct "I Changed My Sex"? | [
"He is a transvestite.",
"Ed is a transvestite."
] |
The film features a narrative set in an alternative reality in which there is no such thing as lying and everything said is the absolute truth. In this world people make blunt, often unintentionally offensive statements. Physicians are brutally honest with patients. They show no warmth and offer no hope. Not being able... | Who is Mark's best friend? | [
"Greg Kleinschmidt",
"Greg Kleinschmidt."
] |
Manhattan press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) has been unable to gain mentions for his clients in J.J. Hunsecker's (Burt Lancaster) influential, nationally syndicated newspaper column of late because of Falco's failure to make good on a promise to break up the romance between Hunsecker's younger sister Susan (Susan ... | Who asked Falco to come to Hunsecker's penthouse? | [
"Susan",
"Susan"
] |
Madeleine Lee, the daughter of an eminent clergyman, is a 30-year-old widow of independent means living in New York City. Five years ago she lost, in quick succession, her husband and her baby. She used to be "a rather fast New York girl" before her marriage but now is virtually unable to get over the great loss she ha... | Of the two men romantically interested in Madeleine what is the name of the man truly and deeply inlove with her? | [
"John Carrington.",
"John Carrington"
] |
In "the not-too-distant future", eugenics is common. A genetic registry database uses biometrics to classify those so created as "valids" while those conceived by traditional means and more susceptible to genetic disorders are known as "in-valids". Genetic discrimination is illegal, but in practice genotype profiling i... | How does Vincent always win at chicken? | [
"By not saving energy for the swim back",
"he doesn't save energy for the swim back"
] |
Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze), a banker, and Molly Jensen (Demi Moore), a potter, are a couple who renovate and move into an apartment in New York City with the help of Sam's friend and co-worker Carl Bruner (Tony Goldwyn). One afternoon, Sam discovers unusually high balances in obscure bank accounts, but despite Carl's o... | Where do the shadow creatures take Willie's soul? | [
"To hell.",
"They take him to hell."
] |
Crusoe (the family name corrupted from the German name "Kreutznaer") sets sail from the Queen's Dock in Hull on a sea voyage in August 1651, against the wishes of his parents, who want him to pursue a career, possibly in law. After a tumultuous journey where his ship is wrecked in a storm, his lust for the sea remains ... | What career does Robinson Crusoe's parent's want him to pursue? | [
"They want him to be a lawyer.",
"law"
] |
Starting in Vicksburg, Mississippi preceding the abolition of slavery, The Yellow Chief begins on the plantation of the Blackadder family. Blount Blackadder, the 18-year-old son of the plantation owner Squire Blackadder, punishes a mulatto slave, Blue Dick, out of revenge over a girl, a quadroon named Sylvia. The ‘puni... | What is the name of the Blackadders' guide on their journey to California? | [
"Woboga",
"Woboga"
] |
Hedda, the daughter of an aristocratic and enigmatic general, has just returned to her villa in Kristiania (now Oslo) from her honeymoon. Her husband is George Tesman, a young, aspiring, and reliable (but not brilliant) academic who continued his research during their honeymoon. It becomes clear in the course of the pl... | What type of relationship does Hedda have with Tesman's rival? | [
"former lovers",
"They were former lovers."
] |
“A lady and gentleman are making love to one another in the drawing room of a flat in Ashley Gardens in the Victoria district of London.”
The lady is a young widow, Grace Tranfield, in love with the man, Leonard Charteris, who is the ‘philanderer’ of the title. Grace is shocked and disconcerted to find that Charteris, ... | Who invites Colonel Craven to the Isben Club? | [
"Cuthbertson.",
"Cuthberson"
] |
In 2009, American geologist Adrian Helmsley visits astrophysicist Satnam Surtani in India and learns that neutrinos from a huge solar flare are heating Earth's core. Helmsley presents his information to White House Chief of Staff Carl Anheuser, who brings him to meet the president.
The following year, U.S. President Th... | Whom does Helmsley present his information to at the White House? | [
"Chief of Staff, Carl Anheuser ",
"The Chief of Staff, Carl Anheuser "
] |
In 1987, 16-year-old Claireece Precious Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) lives in the New York City ghetto of Harlem with her unemployed mother, Mary (Mo'Nique), who has long subjected her to physical, mental and sexual abuse. Precious has been raped by her father, Carl (Rodney "Bear" Jackson), resulting in two pregnancies. The... | What does Ms. Weiss do when Mary asks her to help her get Precious back? | [
"She brushes Mary off.",
"She brushes past Mary. "
] |
A young Cambridge University professor, Horace Holly, is visited by a colleague, Vincey, who reveals that he will soon die. Vincey proceeds to tell Holly a fantastical tale of his family heritage. He charges Holly with the task of raising his young son, Leo (whom he has never seen) and gives Holly a locked iron box, wi... | Where did Holly, Leo and Job travel to? | [
"Eastern Africa",
"eastern Africa"
] |
Graeme Willy (Simon Pegg) and Clive Gollings (Nick Frost) are British comic book enthusiasts and best friends who travel to the United States to attend the annual San Diego Comic-Con International, and to take a road trip through the American Southwest to visit sites significant to UFO lore. While driving on a remote d... | Why did Graeme and Clive travel to the United States? | [
"To attended Comic-Con International.",
"To attend Comic-Con International."
] |
Mary Stuart is imprisoned in England â nominally for the murder of her husband Darnley, but actually due to her claim to the throne of England held by Queen Elizabeth I. While Mary's cousin, Elizabeth, hesitates over signing Mary's death sentence, Mary hopes for a reprieve.
After Mary finds out that Mortimer (created... | Why does Elizabeth want Mary imprisoned? | [
"Because she has a claim to the throne that could threaten Elizabeth's power.",
"her claim for the throne"
] |
After enjoying the favours of Onaelia, niece to the duke of Medina, the Spanish king repudiates her and her son, Sebastian, making Paulina, daughter of the duke of Florence, his queen. On hearing this, the noble soldier Balthazar works on the conscience of the king to take back Onaelia. Despite the threat of civil war,... | Who drinks from the cup of poison meant for Onaelia ? | [
"The king of Spain drinks from the poisoned cup meant for Onaelia.",
"The King "
] |
The work outlines St. Augustine's sinful youth and his conversion to Christianity. It is widely seen as the first Western autobiography ever written, and was an influential model for Christian writers throughout the following 1,000 years, through the Middle Ages. It is not a complete autobiography, as it was written in... | What is St. Augustine writing about? | [
"His life.",
"His transformation to Christianity and the regrets of a sinful and immoral life."
] |
Equality 7-2521, writing by candlelight in a tunnel under the earth, tells the story of his life up to that point. He exclusively uses plural pronoun(s) ("we", "our", "they") to refer to himself and others. He was raised like all children in his society, away from his parents in collective homes. Later, he realized tha... | What was equality born with? | [
"a curse",
"Curse"
] |
Anna Karenina is the tragic story of a married aristocrat/socialite and her affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. The story opens when she arrives in the midst of a family broken up by her brother's unbridled womanizing—something that prefigures her own later situation, though she would experience less tolerance by o... | What does Anna's brother's womanizing cause? | [
"A broken family",
"broken family"
] |
Born in 1930 to a recently widowed Englishwoman on a homestead in rural Natal, little Peter Philip (Guy Witcher) is schooled in the ways of England by his mother and the ways of Africa by a Zulu nanny (Nomadlozi Kubheka), whose son Tonderai is also his best friend. Their easy life is forever shattered, however, when th... | In what year was Peter Philip born? | [
"1930.",
"1930"
] |
In the main plot, William the Conqueror falls in love with the image on the shield that the Marquess of Lubeck carries in a tournament. In disguise, William travels to the court of King Zweno of Denmark to see the original of the portrait; once there, he falls in love with Marianna, a Swedish princess held hostage at t... | What does William do for Em's father near the end of the story? | [
"He revokes his banishment. ",
"revokes his banishment"
] |
Martin, CEO of Tri-Oceanic Corp., hires geologist Steven Beck to supervise an undersea mining operation for six months. The crew consists of members Doc, Willie, Sixpack, Jones, DeJesus, Bowman and Cobb. While working outside their deep sea station in a pressure suit, Sixpack discovers a Soviet shipwreck, Leviathan. Th... | How does Bowman die? | [
"She kills herself.",
"She kills herself."
] |
Kirk Kettner (Jay Baruchel) is a twenty-something TSA officer employed at the Pittsburgh International Airport along with his friends, fellow TSA officer Stainer (T. J. Miller), airline reservations agent Devon (Nate Torrence), and baggage handler Jack (Mike Vogel). Kirk has a poor track record with dating and is hopin... | How long have Kirk and Marnie been broken up? | [
"Two years",
"2 years"
] |
Rose Lorkowski (Amy Adams) is a thirty-something single mother, working full-time as a maid. Her underachieving sister Norah (Emily Blunt) lives with their father Joe (Alan Arkin), and is fired from her job as a waitress. After the school expels Rose's son Oscar for his erratic behavior, she is told she must put him on... | What name did the sisters originally give their cleanup business? | [
"Sunshine Cleaning.",
"Sunshine Cleaning"
] |
In 1968, Frank Lucas is the right-hand man of Harlem gangster Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson. When Johnson dies of a heart attack, Lucas takes control of the Harlem crime scene.
After handing in almost $1 million that he found in a mobster's car, Newark detective Richie Roberts is ostracized in his precinct. After his exile... | How did Bumpy die? | [
"A heart attack",
"a heart attack"
] |
On July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart (Hilary Swank) and her navigator, Fred Noonan (Christopher Eccleston), are on the last leg of an around-the-world flight. Moving in vignettes from her early years when Earhart was captivated by the sight of an aircraft flying overhead on the Kansas prairie where she grew up, her life ove... | What model plane did Amelia Earhart use in her attempt to fly around the world? | [
"Lockheed Model 10 Electra",
"A Lockheed Model 10 Electra."
] |
Augusta Triumphans offers suggestions for the enhancement of the city of London. It begins with two introductory paragraphs. The former is a brief reflection on “projecting heads” and the attitude of the English towards them.“Projecting heads”, that is to say individuals who create schemes for social improvement, are i... | What is the final paragraph of Augusta Triumphans titled? | [
"Omissions ",
"Omissions."
] |
The plot opens on the royal family of Paflagonia eating breakfast together: King Valoroso, his wife, the Queen, and their daughter, Princess Angelica. Through the course of the meal it is discovered that Prince Bulbo, heir to the neighbouring kingdom of Crim Tartary, and son of King Padella is coming to visit Paflagoni... | What words do the two halves of the cloak make when they are connected? | [
"Princess Rosalba",
"Princess Rosalba"
] |
Trevor Gooden (Dean Winters) survives a car accident that apparently kills his wife Kirsty Cotton-Gooden (Ashley Laurence) when their car plunges off a bridge into the river below. Trevor manages to escape with his life, but even though police divers find both car doors open there is no sign of Kirsty.
One month later,... | What things did Trevor do that makes him a bad guy? | [
"He cheated on his wife with multiple women, and tried to get rid of Kirsty.",
"He cheated on his wife and tried to get rid of her."
] |
In 1845, James Howlett, a boy living in Canada, witnesses his father being killed by groundskeeper Thomas Logan. The trauma activates the boy's mutation: bone claws protrude from his knuckles, and he kills Thomas, who reveals that he is James's real father. James flees along with Thomas's son Victor Creed, who is thus ... | How do James Howlett and Victor Creed spend the first century after they flee Canada? | [
"They are soldiers.",
"As soldiers"
] |
During the worst recorded rainstorm in the history of the Midwestern United States, armored truck drivers Tom (Christian Slater) and his uncle Charlie (Edward Asner) are collecting the money from the local banks affected by the rising flood waters. In the small town of Huntingburg, Indiana, which has been evacuated, To... | What did Tom learn about his uncle after he died? | [
"Charlie helped the gang plan the robbery",
"that he was calling the gang"
] |
In the first incarnation, which appears to be a caveman, a man's family is taken from him by raiders due to his cowardice and hesitation. Before his wife is taken away, she says, "Don't lose the children!"
The next incarnation is in Ancient Rome in which he, Hector, is a slave to a "foolish master" who loses his fortun... | What is the first incarnation? | [
"A Caveman",
"As a caveman, Hector's wife is taken from him."
] |
The title character is Ralph Newton, the nephew of Squire Gregory Newton of Newton Priory. The squire has never married; he has an illegitimate son, also named Ralph Newton, whom he loves dearly. However, the estate is entailed, and after his death will go to his nephew Ralph; he cannot leave it to his natural son.
Ral... | What is the name of Ralph Newtons uncle? | [
"Squire Gregory Newton",
"Sir Gregory Newton"
] |
Agnes Grey is the daughter of Mr. Grey, a minister of modest means, and Mrs. Grey, a woman who left her wealthy family and married purely out of love. Mr. Grey tries to increase the family's financial standing, but the merchant he entrusts his money to dies in a wreck, and the lost investment plunges the family into de... | What does Agnes help Nancy Brown read? | [
"The Bible",
"The Bible."
] |
The Frogs tells the story of the god Dionysus, who, despairing of the state of Athens' tragedians, travels to Hades (the underworld) to bring the playwright Euripides back from the dead. (Euripides had died the year before, in 406 BC). He brings along his slave Xanthias, who is smarter and braver than Dionysus. As the ... | Who does Euripides want to challenge for the seat of "Best Tragic Poet" at Pluto's table? | [
"Aeschylus",
"Aeschylus"
] |
The novel tells the story of Jude Fawley, who lives in a village in southern England (part of Hardy's fictional county of Wessex), who yearns to be a scholar at "Christminster", a city modelled on Oxford. As a youth, Jude teaches himself Classical Greek and Latin in his spare time, while working first in his great-aunt... | Who doesn't morn the death of Jude? | [
"Arabella",
"Arabelle"
] |
As told through interviews and footage through the film, Truman Burbank is the unsuspecting star of The Truman Show, a reality television program which is broadcast live around the clock and across the globe. His entire life has taken place within a giant arcological dome in Hollywood, fashioned to create the seaside t... | Why was Sylvia eventually brought out of the show? | [
"Truman fell in love with her.",
"for warning him that his reality was a show"
] |
Sherman McCoy (Tom Hanks) is a Wall Street investor who makes millions while enjoying the good life and the sexual favors of Maria Ruskin (Melanie Griffith), a Southern belle gold digger. Sherman and Maria are driving back to Maria's apartment from JFK Airport when they take a wrong turn on the expressway and the two f... | What is Maria Ruskin? | [
"A souther belle gold digger",
"Southern Belle Gold Digger"
] |
Mike Peters is a struggling actor who left New York to find success in L.A. six months prior. The move precipitated a break up between him and his girlfriend of six years and left him feeling alone and heartbroken.
In the opening scenes of the film, Mike talks about his situation with his friend Rob, another thespian f... | What does Sue pull out during the parking lot incident? | [
"A gun",
"A gun "
] |
At Messina, a messenger brings news that Don Pedro, a prince from Aragon, will return that night from a successful battle, Claudio being among his soldiers. Beatrice, Leonato's niece, asks the messenger about Benedick, and makes sarcastic remarks about his ineptitude as a soldier. Leonato explains that "There is a kind... | How is Beatrice related to Leonato? | [
"She is his niece",
"She is his niece."
] |
Following the bombing of an American military installation in the Middle East (the film shows footage from the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing), the U.S. government orchestrates the capture of the mastermind believed to be behind the attack, Sheikh Ahmed bin Talal. In New York City FBI Special Agent Anthony Hubbard (Washing... | Who kills Samir? | [
"Hubbard",
"Hubbard"
] |
William "Will" Thacker owns an independent book store, The Travel Book Co. in Notting Hill. He is divorced and shares his house with an eccentric, care-free Welshman named Spike.
Will encounters Hollywood superstar Anna Scott when she enters his shop. Minutes later, they collide in the street and his drink spills on he... | What is Will mistaken for when he goes to visit Anna at the Ritz Hotel? | [
"He is mistaken for a journalist.",
"A journalist."
] |
During the time of the Judges when there was a famine, an Israelite family from Bethlehem – Elimelech, his wife Naomi, and their sons Mahlon and Chilion – emigrated to the nearby country of Moab. Elimelech died, and the sons married two Moabite women: Mahlon married Ruth and Chilion married Orpah.
After about ten years... | Why did Ploni Almoni decide not to marry Ruth? | [
"Because he was unwilling to jeopardize the inheritance of his own estate. ",
"unwilling to jeopardize the inheritance of his own estate"
] |
The book title derives from the Gospel of Matthew (23:26), as quoted early in the novel: "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess."
John Hodder is recruited from a small town and congregation somewhere... | Why is Parr lonely? | [
"His wife died and he has a poor relationship with his children.",
"His wife died, he was estranged from his children and had few friends."
] |
The commercial spacecraft Nostromo is on a return trip to Earth with a seven-member crew in stasis: Captain Dallas, Executive Officer Kane, Navigator Lambert, Science Officer Ash, Warrant Officer Ripley, and Engineers Parker and Brett. Detecting a mysterious transmission, possibly a distress signal, from a nearby plane... | What tool does Ripley use to dislodge the alien from the shuttle doorway and into space? | [
"A grappling hook",
"Grappling hook"
] |
Dean Corso (Johnny Depp), a New York City rare book dealer, makes his living conning people into selling him valuable antique books for a low price, and then re-selling them to private collectors. Corso meets with wealthy book collector Boris Balkan (Frank Langella), who has recently acquired a copy of the (fictional) ... | In the story, what happens to Andrew Telfer after he gave a copy of "The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows" to Balkan? | [
"Andrew kills himself.",
"He kills himself."
] |
After giving a guest lecture on criminal psychology at a local university, Dr Helen Hudson (Weaver), a respected field expert on serial killers, is cornered in a lavatory by one of her previous subjects, Daryll Lee Cullum (Harry Connick, Jr.), who kills a police officer and brutally attacks her. Helen becomes severely ... | What does Dr. Hudson become as a result of the attack in the lavatory? | [
"She becomes an agoraphobic.",
"Agoraphobic"
] |
High school student Danny Vinyard (Edward Furlong) receives an assignment from his history teacher Mr. Murray (Elliott Gould) to write a paper on "any book which relates to the struggle for human rights." Knowing Murray is Jewish, Danny writes his paper on Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf. Murray attempts to get Danny expelle... | Who does Derek befriend while they work together in the prison laundry? | [
"Lamont",
"Lamont"
] |
According to The Oxford Companion to English Literature (1967),
"the plot is founded on a story told to George Eliot by her aunt Elizabeth Evans, a Methodist preacher, and the original of Dinah Morris of the novel, of a confession of child-murder, made to her by a girl in prison."
The story's plot follows four characte... | What stops Hetty from getting married? | [
"She goes to look for, Arthur, the potential father of her unborn child.",
"She finds out she is pregnant"
] |
Cap'n Bill, a sailor with a wooden peg-leg, and his friend, a little girl named Trot, set out from California on a calm day for a short ride in their row-boat. A freak whirlpool capsizes their boat and pulls them under water, where they are carried by mermaids (referred to but not seen) to a cave. They are soon joined ... | What kind of magic fruit causes Bill and Trot to shrink? | [
"Berries.",
"Berries"
] |
Miguel "Sugar" Santos (Perez Soto) spends his weekends at home, passing from the landscaped gardens and manicured fields on one side of the guarded academy gate to the underdeveloped, more chaotic world beyond. In his small village outside San Pedro de MacorĂs, Miguel enjoys a kind of celebrity status. His neighbors g... | Who gets cut from the team? | [
"Jorge",
"Jorge"
] |
Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda take a romantic vacation to a seemingly abandoned cabin in the woods. While in the cabin, Ash plays a tape of an archaeology Professor Knowby, the cabin's previous inhabitant, reciting passages from the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis (or Book of the Dead), which he has discovered during an... | What year does Ash and his oldsmobile land in? | [
"1300 A.D.",
"1300 AD."
] |
Berry Hamilton, an emancipated black man, works as a butler for a wealthy white man Maurice Oakley. Berry lives in a small cottage a short distance away from the Oakley's place of residence. Berry lives with his wife, Fannie, and two children, Joe and Kitty. During a farewell dinner for Maurice's younger brother, Franc... | Who left the key in the safe at Oakleys house? | [
"Francis Oakley",
"Francis"
] |
The Losers are an elite black ops team of United States Special Forces operatives, led by Clay (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and formed by Roque (Idris Elba), Pooch (Columbus Short), Jensen (Chris Evans), and Cougar (Óscar Jaenada), who are sent to Bolivia in a search and destroy mission on a compound run by a drug lord. While... | How did Jenson discover that the mission in Bolivia was a cover for Max's real plan? | [
"He infiltrated the company that made the drive and stole an algorithm to crack the code.",
"He was studying the drive "
] |
Following the events of The New Blood, two graduating high school students are aboard on a houseboat. Jim tells his girlfriend Suzy the legend of Jason Voorhees, before playing a prank on her with a hockey mask and a fake knife. The boat sails over some underwater cables, which electrocute Jason's corpse and cause his ... | Who is the captain of the ship? | [
"Captain Robertson",
"Captain Robertson"
] |
Rick (Owen Wilson) and Fred (Jason Sudeikis) are best friends as are their wives, Maggie (Jenna Fischer) and Grace (Christina Applegate). They are both unhappy with their married lives and missing the old days when they were single. Realizing this, their wives talk to their friend Dr. Lucy (Joy Behar) and decide to giv... | What is the name of the bar that Rick and Fred go to on day 6 of their Hall Pass week? | [
"Enter the Dragon.",
"Enter the Dragon"
] |
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