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Title: Bernie Leadon Background: Bernard Mathew Leadon III (pronounced led-un; born July 19, 1947) is an American musician and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the Eagles. Prior to the Eagles, he was a member of three pioneering and highly influential country rock bands: Hearts & Flowers, Dillard & Clark...	[ "their hit singles, \"Take It Easy\", \"Peaceful Easy Feeling\" and \"Witchy Woman\" (" ]
Title: Roberto Carlos Background: Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), more commonly known simply as Roberto Carlos, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer. He started his career in Brazil as a forward but spent most of his career as a left-back and has been described as the "most offensive-mind...	[ "In 1993, Roberto Carlos joined Palmeiras," ]
Title: Roberto Carlos Background: Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), more commonly known simply as Roberto Carlos, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer. He started his career in Brazil as a forward but spent most of his career as a left-back and has been described as the "most offensive-mind...	[ "Roberto Carlos was named as Club Defender of the Year and included in the UEFA Team of the Year in 2002 and 2003." ]
Title: Judy Chicago Background: Judy Chicago (born Judith Sylvia Cohen, July 20, 1939) is an American feminist artist, art educator, and writer known for her large collaborative art installation pieces about birth and creation images, which examine the role of women in history and culture. By the 1970s, Chicago had fo...	[ "Fifteen students" ]
Title: Jughead Jones Background: Forsythe Pendleton "Jughead" Jones III is one of the main characters created by Bob Montana and John L. Goldwater in Archie Comics who first appeared in the first Archie story, from Pep Comics #22 (December 1941). He is the son of Forsythe Jones II; in one of the early Archie newspaper...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Crowded House Background: Crowded House are a rock band formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1985. The founding members were New Zealander Neil Finn (vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter) and Australians Paul Hester (drums) and Nick Seymour (bass). Later band members included Neil Finn's brother, Tim Finn, and...	[ "The concert had one of the highest live audiences in Australian history with the crowd being estimated at between 120,000 and 250,000 people." ]
Title: Rudy Giuliani Background: Giuliani was born in an Italian-American enclave in East Flatbush in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, the only child of working-class parents, Harold Angelo Giuliani (1908-1981) and Helen Giuliani (nee D'Avanzo; 1909-2002), both children of Italian immigrants. Giuliani is of Tusc...	[ "Giuliani's medical life, romantic life, marital life, and political life all collided at once in a most visible fashion." ]
Title: Rudy Giuliani Background: Giuliani was born in an Italian-American enclave in East Flatbush in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, the only child of working-class parents, Harold Angelo Giuliani (1908-1981) and Helen Giuliani (nee D'Avanzo; 1909-2002), both children of Italian immigrants. Giuliani is of Tusc...	[ "matter, Richard Roberts, appointed by Giuliani as Housing Commissioner and as chairman of the Health and Hospitals Corporation," ]
Title: John Updike Background: John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 - January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic. One of only three writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once (the others were Booth Tarkington and William Faulkner), Updike publis...	[ "Updike imbued language itself with a kind of faith in its efficacy," ]
Title: John Updike Background: John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 - January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic. One of only three writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once (the others were Booth Tarkington and William Faulkner), Updike publis...	[ "He graduated summa cum laude in 1954 with a degree in English and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa Society." ]
Title: Pearl Jam Background: Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has consisted of Eddie Vedder (lead vocals), Mike McCready (lead guitar), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar) and Jeff Ament (bass). The band's fifth member is drummer Matt Cameron ...	[ "McCready's lead guitar" ]
Title: Pearl Jam Background: Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has consisted of Eddie Vedder (lead vocals), Mike McCready (lead guitar), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar) and Jeff Ament (bass). The band's fifth member is drummer Matt Cameron ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: SNFU Background: SNFU is a Canadian hardcore punk band. They formed in 1981 in Edmonton, and relocated to Vancouver in 1992. They have released ten full-length albums and have been a formative influence on the skate punk subgenre. Their work has on occasion been included in rankings of the best Canadian music. ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: SNFU Background: SNFU is a Canadian hardcore punk band. They formed in 1981 in Edmonton, and relocated to Vancouver in 1992. They have released ten full-length albums and have been a formative influence on the skate punk subgenre. Their work has on occasion been included in rankings of the best Canadian music. ...	[ "Jon Card (previously of Personality Crisis, and later of D.O.A and the Subhumans) became the band's drummer," ]
Title: Jughead Jones Background: Forsythe Pendleton "Jughead" Jones III is one of the main characters created by Bob Montana and John L. Goldwater in Archie Comics who first appeared in the first Archie story, from Pep Comics #22 (December 1941). He is the son of Forsythe Jones II; in one of the early Archie newspaper...	[ "Some stories showed him to wear a unique pin on his hat which attracts many girls to him, so he hid it to avoid the crowd of girls rushing him." ]
Title: Chris Amon Background: Amon was born in Bulls, and attended Wanganui Collegiate School. He was the only child of wealthy sheep-owners Ngaio and Betty Amon. He learned to drive at the age of six, taught by a farm worker on the family farm. On leaving school, he persuaded his father to buy him an Austin A40 Speci...	[ "A biography Forza Amon by journalist Eoin Young charts Amon's racing career and gives some insights into his personal life." ]
Title: Ray Wilkins Background: Raymond Colin Wilkins, MBE (14 September 1956 - 4 April 2018) was an English football player and coach. Born in a footballing family with his father and three brothers involved in the game, Wilkins played as a midfielder. He began his career at Chelsea, where he was appointed captain at ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Pelé Background: Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Brazilian Portuguese: ['etso (w)a'ratSiz du nasi'metu]; born 23 October 1940), known as Pele ([pe'le]), is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. He is widely regarded as the greatest football player of all time. In 1999, he was voted W...	[ "He was part of the first Futebol de Salao (indoor football) competition in the region. Pele and his team won the first championship and several others." ]
Title: Pelé Background: Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Brazilian Portuguese: ['etso (w)a'ratSiz du nasi'metu]; born 23 October 1940), known as Pele ([pe'le]), is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. He is widely regarded as the greatest football player of all time. In 1999, he was voted W...	[ "Against France in the semifinal, Brazil was leading 2-1 at halftime," ]
Title: Skyhooks (band) Background: Skyhooks were an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in March 1973 by mainstays Greg Macainsh on bass guitar and backing vocals, and Imants "Freddie" Strauks on drums. They were soon joined by Bob "Bongo" Starkie on guitar and backing vocals, and Red Symons on guitar, vocals and...	[ "Horror Movie\"," ]
Title: Yip Harburg Background: Edgar Yipsel "Yip" Harburg (born Isidore Hochberg, Yiddish: ysydvr hvkbrg; April 8, 1896 - March 5, 1981) was an American popular song lyricist who worked with many well-known composers. He wrote the lyrics to the standards "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" Section: Hollywood and Broadwa...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Yip Harburg Background: Edgar Yipsel "Yip" Harburg (born Isidore Hochberg, Yiddish: ysydvr hvkbrg; April 8, 1896 - March 5, 1981) was an American popular song lyricist who worked with many well-known composers. He wrote the lyrics to the standards "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" Section: Early life and career...	[ "Harburg was a staunch critic of religion and an atheist. He wrote a poem entitled \"Atheist\" that summarized his views on god and religion." ]
Title: Ken Griffey Jr. Background: Griffey was born in Donora, Pennsylvania, on November 21, 1969. (He shares a birthday with another Donora native and Hall-of-Famer, Stan Musial.) His family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where his father, Ken Griffey Sr., played for the Cincinnati Reds, when Ken Jr. was six years old. K...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Ken Griffey Jr. Background: Griffey was born in Donora, Pennsylvania, on November 21, 1969. (He shares a birthday with another Donora native and Hall-of-Famer, Stan Musial.) His family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where his father, Ken Griffey Sr., played for the Cincinnati Reds, when Ken Jr. was six years old. K...	[ "On Sunday August 10, 2014, Griffey Jr. was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame." ]
Title: Len Ford Background: Leonard Guy Ford Jr. (February 18, 1926 - March 14, 1972) was an American football player from 1944 to 1958. He played college football for the University of Michigan and professional football for the Los Angeles Dons, Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers. He was inducted into the Pro Foo...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Len Ford Background: Leonard Guy Ford Jr. (February 18, 1926 - March 14, 1972) was an American football player from 1944 to 1958. He played college football for the University of Michigan and professional football for the Los Angeles Dons, Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers. He was inducted into the Pro Foo...	[ "Michigan finished first in the AP Poll and won the 1947 college football national championship," ]
Title: Jesse Ventura Background: Ventura was born James George Janos on July 15, 1951 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of George William Janos and his wife, Bernice Martha (nee Lenz). Both of his parents were World War II veterans. Ventura has an older brother who served in the Vietnam War. Ventura has described him...	[ "Ventura announced that he would not run for a second term," ]
Title: Dana Rohrabacher Background: Rohrabacher, who is of German and English descent, was born June 21, 1947, in Coronado, California, the son of Doris M. (nee Haring) and Donald Tyler Rohrabacher. He attended elementary school locally, and during his college years, he lived in Sunset Beach. Rohrabacher graduated fro...	[ "Politico and the New York Times reported that on May 25, 2011, Rohrabacher expressed further skepticism regarding the existence of man-made global warming" ]
Title: Dana Rohrabacher Background: Rohrabacher, who is of German and English descent, was born June 21, 1947, in Coronado, California, the son of Doris M. (nee Haring) and Donald Tyler Rohrabacher. He attended elementary school locally, and during his college years, he lived in Sunset Beach. Rohrabacher graduated fro...	[ "In foreign policy, he supported withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan," ]
Title: Beth Phoenix Background: Elizabeth Kocianski was born in Elmira, New York and raised by Polish parents. When she was eleven years old, she won a coloring contest with a prize of tickets to a television taping for the World Wrestling Federation. Kocianski credits this as when she fell in love with professional w...	[ "Phoenix then stopped appearing regularly on OVW after debuting on WWE's Raw television show." ]
Title: Cream (band) Background: Cream were a 1960s British rock power trio consisting of drummer Ginger Baker, guitarist/singer Eric Clapton and lead singer/bassist Jack Bruce. The group's third album, Wheels of Fire (1968), was the world's first platinum-selling double album. The band is widely regarded as the world'...	[ "Although they consistently played \"Tales of Brave Ulysses\" and \"Sunshine of Your Love,\" several songs from Disraeli Gears were quickly dropped from performances in mid-1967," ]
Title: Cream (band) Background: Cream were a 1960s British rock power trio consisting of drummer Ginger Baker, guitarist/singer Eric Clapton and lead singer/bassist Jack Bruce. The group's third album, Wheels of Fire (1968), was the world's first platinum-selling double album. The band is widely regarded as the world'...	[ "Bruce and Baker's combustible relationship proved even worse as a result of the strain put upon the band by non-stop touring, forcing Clapton to play the perpetual role of peacekeeper." ]
Title: The Road Warriors Background: The Road Warriors were a professional wrestling tag team composed of Michael "Hawk" Hegstrand and Joseph "Animal" Laurinaitis. They performed under the name "Road Warriors" in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and World Championship Wr...	[ "Animal continued to perform for WWE under his old persona, The Road Warrior, for a few months before he was also released." ]
Title: The Road Warriors Background: The Road Warriors were a professional wrestling tag team composed of Michael "Hawk" Hegstrand and Joseph "Animal" Laurinaitis. They performed under the name "Road Warriors" in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and World Championship Wr...	[ "When Animal came back from his back injury, he joined the duo in Japan in 1996." ]
Title: Reba McEntire Background: Reba Nell McEntire was born March 28, 1955, in McAlester, Oklahoma, to Jacqueline (nee Smith; born November 6, 1926) and Clark Vincent McEntire (November 30, 1927 - October 23, 2014). Her father, and her grandfather, John Wesley McEntire (February 19, 1897 - February 13, 1976), were bo...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Reba McEntire Background: Reba Nell McEntire was born March 28, 1955, in McAlester, Oklahoma, to Jacqueline (nee Smith; born November 6, 1926) and Clark Vincent McEntire (November 30, 1927 - October 23, 2014). Her father, and her grandfather, John Wesley McEntire (February 19, 1897 - February 13, 1976), were bo...	[ "mash-up track of Take Me Home, Country Roads, On the Road Again and I Will Always Love You which celebrates 50 years of the CMA Awards." ]
Title: Native Hawaiians Background: Native Hawaiians (Hawaiian: kanaka `oiwi, kanaka maoli, and Hawai`i maoli) are the aboriginal Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands or their descendants. Native Hawaiians trace their ancestry back to the original Polynesian settlers of Hawaii. According to the U.S. Census Bureau...	[ "establishment of the Territory of Hawai`i in 1898," ]
Title: Phil Mickelson Background: Philip Alfred Mickelson (born June 16, 1970), nicknamed Lefty, is an American professional golfer. He has won 43 events on the PGA Tour, including five major championships: three Masters titles (2004, 2006, 2010), a PGA Championship (2005), and an Open Championship (2013). Mickelson i...	[ "capturing three NCAA individual championships and three Haskins Awards (1990, 1991, 1992)" ]
Title: George Gershwin Background: George Jacob Gershwin (; September 26, 1898 - July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody i...	[ "In 1916, Gershwin started working for Aeolian Company and Standard Music Rolls in New York, recording and arranging." ]
Title: Rothschild family Background: The Rothschild family is a wealthy family descending from Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1812), a court factor to the German Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel in the Free City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, who established his banking business in the 1760s. Unlike most previous court fa...	[ "funds to the armies of the Duke of Wellington in Portugal and Spain," ]
Title: Beth Phoenix Background: Elizabeth Kocianski was born in Elmira, New York and raised by Polish parents. When she was eleven years old, she won a coloring contest with a prize of tickets to a television taping for the World Wrestling Federation. Kocianski credits this as when she fell in love with professional w...	[ "At the SummerSlam pay-per-view, Phoenix won the Interpromotional Divas battle royal to become the number one contender for Michelle's WWE Women's Championship." ]
Title: Harold Ramis Background: Ramis was born on November 21, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Ruth (nee Cokee) and Nathan Ramis, who owned the Ace Food & Liquor Mart on the city's far North Side. Ramis had a Jewish upbringing. In his adult life, he did not practice any religion. He graduated from Stephen K. Ha...	[ "Playboy magazine." ]
Title: Dream Theater Background: Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to concentrate further on the ba...	[ "Dream Theater started the Octavarium Tour extensively throughout 2005 and 2006" ]
Title: Mao Asada Background: Mao Asada (Qian Tian Zhen Yang , Asada Mao, born September 25, 1990) is a former Japanese competitive figure skater. She is the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion (2008, 2010, 2014), a three-time Four Continents champion (2008, 2010, 2013), and a four-time Grand Pri...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Mao Asada Background: Mao Asada (Qian Tian Zhen Yang , Asada Mao, born September 25, 1990) is a former Japanese competitive figure skater. She is the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion (2008, 2010, 2014), a three-time Four Continents champion (2008, 2010, 2013), and a four-time Grand Pri...	[ "Senior World Championships" ]
Title: James Comey Background: Comey was born in Yonkers, New York, where his parents, Joan Marie Comey (nee Herald) and J. Brien Comey, lived. His grandfather, William J. Comey, was an officer and later commissioner of the Yonkers Police Department. The family moved to Allendale, New Jersey, in the early 1970s. His f...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: James Comey Background: Comey was born in Yonkers, New York, where his parents, Joan Marie Comey (nee Herald) and J. Brien Comey, lived. His grandfather, William J. Comey, was an officer and later commissioner of the Yonkers Police Department. The family moved to Allendale, New Jersey, in the early 1970s. His f...	[ "with President Bush, who gave his support to making requisite changes in the surveillance program." ]
Title: Nightwish Background: Nightwish is a symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Nevalainen, and then bassist Sami Vanska after th...	[ "AllMusic review said that the album \"as a whole works great\", with songs that are \"very strong\"." ]
Title: Nightwish Background: Nightwish is a symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Nevalainen, and then bassist Sami Vanska after th...	[ "Thy Serpent; the album is also one of the two releases which features Holopainen's vocals, appearing on four of the album's eleven tracks alongside Turunen's." ]
Title: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Background: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Bengali: shekh mujibur rhmaan); Bengali pronunciation: [Shekh Mujibur Rohman]; (17 March 1920 - 15 August 1975), shortened as Sheikh Mujib or just Mujib, was a Bengali politician and statesman. He is the founding father of the People's Republic of Banglad...	[ "Mujib and 34 Bengali military officers were accused by the government of colluding with Indian government agents in a scheme" ]
Title: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Background: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Bengali: shekh mujibur rhmaan); Bengali pronunciation: [Shekh Mujibur Rohman]; (17 March 1920 - 15 August 1975), shortened as Sheikh Mujib or just Mujib, was a Bengali politician and statesman. He is the founding father of the People's Republic of Banglad...	[ "Serving briefly as the minister for agriculture during A. K. Fazlul Huq's government, Mujib was briefly arrested for organizing a protest" ]
Title: Gary Wright Background: Gary Wright was born and raised in Cresskill, New Jersey. A child actor, he made his TV debut at the age of seven, on the show Captain Video and His Video Rangers, filmed in New York. Among other acting work, he appeared in TV and radio commercials, before being offered a part in the 195...	[ "Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, James Brown and Bobby Bland" ]
Title: Gary Wright Background: Gary Wright was born and raised in Cresskill, New Jersey. A child actor, he made his TV debut at the age of seven, on the show Captain Video and His Video Rangers, filmed in New York. Among other acting work, he appeared in TV and radio commercials, before being offered a part in the 195...	[ "Wright's next solo album was First Signs of Life (1995), recorded in Rio de Janeiro" ]
Title: Kevin Keegan Background: Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE (born 14 February 1951) is an English former football player and manager. A forward, he played for several clubs including Liverpool and Hamburger SV. He went on to manage Newcastle United, Fulham and Manchester City, winning promotion as champions in his first ...	[ "Keegan's increasing grasp of the German language, coupled with the newly imposed discipline" ]
Title: Greg Kurstin Background: Gregory Allen Kurstin (born May 14, 1969) is an American record producer, musician and songwriter. Described as "the consummate DIY writer and producer", Kurstin has been associated with releases which have cumulatively sold more than 60 million albums worldwide. He has won five Grammy ...	[ "In 2001, he released an album under the name Action Figure Party on the Verve-affiliated label Blue Thumb Records." ]
Title: Greg Kurstin Background: Gregory Allen Kurstin (born May 14, 1969) is an American record producer, musician and songwriter. Described as "the consummate DIY writer and producer", Kurstin has been associated with releases which have cumulatively sold more than 60 million albums worldwide. He has won five Grammy ...	[ "After working on tracks with artists including Peaches, All Saints, Pink, the Flaming Lips, and Kylie Minogue, Kurstin was introduced to Lily Allen. Along with other musicians," ]
Title: Native Americans in the United States Background: Native Americans, also known as American Indians, Indians, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the indigenous peoples of the United States. There are over 500 federally recognized tribes within the U.S., about half of which are associated with Indian reser...	[ "It resulted from American Indian activism, the Civil Rights Movement, and community development aspects of President Lyndon Johnson's social programs of the 1960s." ]
Title: Native Americans in the United States Background: Native Americans, also known as American Indians, Indians, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the indigenous peoples of the United States. There are over 500 federally recognized tribes within the U.S., about half of which are associated with Indian reser...	[ "The Navajo largely opposed schooling of any sort, but the other tribes accepted the system." ]
Title: Billy Corgan Background: William Patrick Corgan Jr. (born March 17, 1967) is an American musician, songwriter, producer, poet, and professional wrestling magnate. He is best known as the lead singer, primary songwriter, guitarist, and sole permanent member of The Smashing Pumpkins. Formed by Corgan and guitaris...	[ "his first solo album, TheFutureEmbrace," ]
Title: Violent J Background: Joseph Bruce is a native of Berkley, Michigan. He was the last born of three children. His father, Richard Bruce, stole all of the family's money and left when Bruce was two years old. Joe's mother, Linda, was forced to care for him and his siblings, Robert and Theresa, off the income she ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Meir Kahane Background: Meir David HaKohen Kahane (; Hebrew: myr dvd khn; August 1, 1932 - November 5, 1990) was an American-Israeli ordained Orthodox rabbi, writer, and ultra-nationalist politician who served one term in the Israeli Knesset. His work is influential on most modern Jewish militant and far right-...	[ "His father, Yechezkel (Charles) Kahane, the author of the \"Torah Yesharah\"," ]
Title: Billy Corgan Background: William Patrick Corgan Jr. (born March 17, 1967) is an American musician, songwriter, producer, poet, and professional wrestling magnate. He is best known as the lead singer, primary songwriter, guitarist, and sole permanent member of The Smashing Pumpkins. Formed by Corgan and guitaris...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Harold Ramis Background: Ramis was born on November 21, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Ruth (nee Cokee) and Nathan Ramis, who owned the Ace Food & Liquor Mart on the city's far North Side. Ramis had a Jewish upbringing. In his adult life, he did not practice any religion. He graduated from Stephen K. Ha...	[ "in happy endings.\"" ]
Title: Dan Aykroyd Background: Aykroyd was born on Dominion Day (July 1), 1952 at The Ottawa Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He grew up in Ottawa, Canada's capital, where his father, Samuel Cuthbert Peter Hugh Aykroyd, a civil engineer, worked as a policy adviser to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. His mot...	[ "in 1978 released the hit album Briefcase Full of Blues" ]
Title: Matt Sorum Background: Matthew William Sorum (born November 19, 1960) is an American drummer and percussionist. He is best known as both a former member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he recorded three studio albums, and as a member of the supergroup Velvet Revolver. Sorum is currently a member ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Richard Ashcroft Background: Ashcroft was the only son of office worker Frank and hairdresser Louise (nee Baxter); he also has two younger sisters. His middle name, Paul, is also the name of a paternal uncle. When Ashcroft was 11, his father died suddenly of a brain haemorrhage. Ashcroft soon "fell under the in...	[ "It was followed by the single \"Money to Burn\" which reached the UK Top 20 at No. 17." ]
Title: Richard Ashcroft Background: Ashcroft was the only son of office worker Frank and hairdresser Louise (nee Baxter); he also has two younger sisters. His middle name, Paul, is also the name of a paternal uncle. When Ashcroft was 11, his father died suddenly of a brain haemorrhage. Ashcroft soon "fell under the in...	[ "The album's second single, \"Music Is Power\", charted at number 20. On 18 April 2006," ]
Title: Martha Stewart Background: Martha Stewart was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on August 3, 1941. She is the second of six children born to middle-class parents, Edward "Eddie" Kostyra (1912-1979) and Martha Ruszkowski Kostyra (1914-2007), and is of entirely Polish heritage. When Stewart was three years old, th...	[ "nine counts, including charges of securities fraud and obstruction of justice." ]
Title: Columbus Delano Background: Columbus Delano, (June 4, 1809 - October 23, 1896) was a lawyer, rancher, banker, statesman and a member of the prominent Delano family. Delano was elected U.S. Congressman from Ohio, serving two full terms and one partial one. Prior to the American Civil War, Delano was a National R...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Columbus Delano Background: Columbus Delano, (June 4, 1809 - October 23, 1896) was a lawyer, rancher, banker, statesman and a member of the prominent Delano family. Delano was elected U.S. Congressman from Ohio, serving two full terms and one partial one. Prior to the American Civil War, Delano was a National R...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Martha Stewart Background: Martha Stewart was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on August 3, 1941. She is the second of six children born to middle-class parents, Edward "Eddie" Kostyra (1912-1979) and Martha Ruszkowski Kostyra (1914-2007), and is of entirely Polish heritage. When Stewart was three years old, th...	[ "During this time, she also authored dozens of newspaper columns, magazine articles and other pieces on homemaking," ]
Title: Drusilla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Background: Drusilla, or Dru, is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt for the American television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. The character is portrayed by American actress Juliet Landau. Drusilla is introduced alongside her lover S...	[ "She has a fondness for china dolls but keeps them blindfolded or gagged." ]
Title: Drusilla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Background: Drusilla, or Dru, is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt for the American television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. The character is portrayed by American actress Juliet Landau. Drusilla is introduced alongside her lover S...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Son House Background: Eddie James "Son" House, Jr. (March 21, 1902 - October 19, 1988) was an American delta blues singer and guitarist, noted for his highly emotional style of singing and slide guitar playing. After years of hostility to secular music, as a preacher and for a few years also as a church pastor,...	[ "\"My Black Mama\" and \"Preachin' the Blues\"." ]
Title: Son House Background: Eddie James "Son" House, Jr. (March 21, 1902 - October 19, 1988) was an American delta blues singer and guitarist, noted for his highly emotional style of singing and slide guitar playing. After years of hostility to secular music, as a preacher and for a few years also as a church pastor,...	[ "The couple moved to her hometown of Centerville, Louisiana, to help run her father's farm." ]
Title: Anti-Flag Background: Anti-Flag are an American punk rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The band is well known for politically charged lyrics and activism, focusing on anti-war activism, anti-imperialism, class struggle, human rights, and various sociopolitical sentiments. The line-up inclu...	[ "The Terror State" ]
Title: Herbert A. Simon Background: Herbert Alexander Simon (June 15, 1916 - February 9, 2001) was an American economist and political scientist whose primary interest was decision-making within organizations and is best known for the theories of "bounded rationality" and "satisficing". He received the Nobel Prize in ...	[ "Simon received both his B.A. (1936) and his Ph.D. (1943) in political science, from the University of Chicago," ]
Title: Herbert A. Simon Background: Herbert Alexander Simon (June 15, 1916 - February 9, 2001) was an American economist and political scientist whose primary interest was decision-making within organizations and is best known for the theories of "bounded rationality" and "satisficing". He received the Nobel Prize in ...	[ "Simon developed a theory for the simulation of human problem solving behavior using production rules. The study of human problem solving required" ]
Title: Orson Welles Background: George Orson Welles was born May 6, 1915, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, son of Richard Head Welles (b. Richard Hodgdon Wells, November 12, 1872, near St. Joseph, Missouri; d. December 28, 1930, Chicago, Illinois) and Beatrice Ives Welles (b. Beatrice Lucy Ives, September 1, 1883, Springfield, ...	[ "He performed the role anonymously through mid-September 1938." ]
Title: Mohanlal Background: Mohanlal Viswanathan was born in the village of Elanthoor in the Pathanamthitta district on 21 May 1960. He is the youngest child of Viswanathan Nair, a former bureaucrat and law secretary with the Kerala Government, and Santhakumari. He grew up at Mudavanmugal, Poojappura, at his paternal ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Violent J Background: Joseph Bruce is a native of Berkley, Michigan. He was the last born of three children. His father, Richard Bruce, stole all of the family's money and left when Bruce was two years old. Joe's mother, Linda, was forced to care for him and his siblings, Robert and Theresa, off the income she ...	[ "Jarrett and El Leon were fighting in the crowd when Insane Clown Posse sprayed Faygo in Jarrett's eyes." ]
Title: Gisele Bündchen Background: Gisele Caroline Bundchen (; Portuguese pronunciation: [Zi'zeli karo'lini 'bitSej], German pronunciation: [gi'zel@ kaRo'li:n@ 'bYntcn]; born 20 July 1980) is a Brazilian supermodel and actress. Since 2004, Bundchen has been among the highest-paid models in the world, and as of 2007 wa...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Gisele Bündchen Background: Gisele Caroline Bundchen (; Portuguese pronunciation: [Zi'zeli karo'lini 'bitSej], German pronunciation: [gi'zel@ kaRo'li:n@ 'bYntcn]; born 20 July 1980) is a Brazilian supermodel and actress. Since 2004, Bundchen has been among the highest-paid models in the world, and as of 2007 wa...	[ "she was presented on the September 2004 cover of American Vogue as one of the \"Models of the Moment\"." ]
Title: Chris Amon Background: Amon was born in Bulls, and attended Wanganui Collegiate School. He was the only child of wealthy sheep-owners Ngaio and Betty Amon. He learned to drive at the age of six, taught by a farm worker on the family farm. On leaving school, he persuaded his father to buy him an Austin A40 Speci...	[ "\" In 1995, Amon was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame." ]
Title: Chris Amon Background: Amon was born in Bulls, and attended Wanganui Collegiate School. He was the only child of wealthy sheep-owners Ngaio and Betty Amon. He learned to drive at the age of six, taught by a farm worker on the family farm. On leaving school, he persuaded his father to buy him an Austin A40 Speci...	[ "later consulted for Toyota New Zealand, tuning the 1984 Toyota Corolla and subsequent cars for sale there." ]
Title: Blues Traveler Background: Blues Traveler is an American rock band formed in Princeton, New Jersey in 1987. The band's music covers a variety of genres, including blues rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock, soul, and Southern rock. It is known for extensive use of segues in their live performances, and was conside...	[ "the band signed their first recording contract." ]
Title: Fugazi Background: Fugazi (; foo-GAH-zee) is an American punk rock band that formed in Washington, D.C. in 1987. The band consists of guitarists and vocalists Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto, bassist Joe Lally and drummer Brendan Canty. Fugazi are noted for their unique sound, blending of elements of dub/reggae w...	[ "MacKaye eventually asked Picciotto to become a full member, which he accepted." ]
Title: Harry Partch Background: Harry Partch (June 24, 1901 - September 3, 1974) was an American composer, music theorist, and creator of musical instruments. He composed using scales of unequal intervals in just intonation, and was one of the first 20th-century composers in the West to work systematically with microt...	[ "Partch's tuning is often classed as microtonality, as it allowed for intervals smaller than 100 cents, though Partch did not conceive his tuning in such a context." ]
Title: Harry Partch Background: Harry Partch (June 24, 1901 - September 3, 1974) was an American composer, music theorist, and creator of musical instruments. He composed using scales of unequal intervals in just intonation, and was one of the first 20th-century composers in the West to work systematically with microt...	[ "He was assisted for six months by composer Ben Johnston, who performed on Partch's recordings." ]
Title: Herbert Sutcliffe Background: Herbert Sutcliffe (24 November 1894 - 22 January 1978) was an English professional cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England as an opening batsman. Apart from one match in 1945, his first-class career spanned the period between the two world wars. His first-class debut was de...	[ "Herbert was the second of three sons," ]
Title: Lennie Tristano Background: Tristano was born in Chicago on March 19, 1919. His mother, Rose Tristano (nee Malano), was also born in Chicago. His father, Michael Joseph Tristano, was born in Italy and moved to the United States as a child. Lennie was the second of four brothers. Section: Teaching Passage: Tris...	[ "Tristano encouraged his students to learn the melodies of jazz standards by singing them, then playing them, before working on playing them in all keys." ]
Title: Lisa Lopes Background: Lopes was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Wanda Denise (nee Andino), a seamstress, and Ronald Lopes Sr., a US Army staff sergeant, of Portuguese background. She had a younger brother, Ronald Jr., and a younger sister, Raina Anitra (who professionally goes by Reigndrop)...	[ "it sold six million copies worldwide, leading to the group becoming a household name." ]
Title: Lisa Lopes Background: Lopes was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Wanda Denise (nee Andino), a seamstress, and Ronald Lopes Sr., a US Army staff sergeant, of Portuguese background. She had a younger brother, Ronald Jr., and a younger sister, Raina Anitra (who professionally goes by Reigndrop)...	[ "another new band called Egypt. They worked with Lopes on her second album under her new nickname, N.I.N.A.," ]
Title: Jack Benny Background: Benny was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in nearby Waukegan, Illinois. He was the son of Meyer Kubelsky and Emma Sachs Kubelsky. His parents were Jewish. Meyer was a saloon owner and later a haberdasher who had emigrated to America from Poland. Section: History Passage: Benny had...	[ "Benny had been a minor vaudeville performer before becoming a national figure with The Jack Benny Program, a weekly radio show that ran from 1932 to 1948" ]
Title: Jack Benny Background: Benny was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in nearby Waukegan, Illinois. He was the son of Meyer Kubelsky and Emma Sachs Kubelsky. His parents were Jewish. Meyer was a saloon owner and later a haberdasher who had emigrated to America from Poland. Section: Characters Passage: Benny'...	[ "Benny set himself up as comedic foil, allowing his supporting characters to draw laughs at the expense of his own flaws." ]
Title: Todd McFarlane Background: Todd McFarlane was born on March 16, 1961 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, to Bob and Sherlee McFarlane. He has two brothers, Curtis and Derek. Bob worked in the printing business, which led him to take work where he could find it, and as a result, during McFarlane's childhood, the family...	[ "As of late 2012, McFarlane was suing a former employee whose name is the same as the alter ego of Spawn, Al Simmons." ]
Title: Todd McFarlane Background: Todd McFarlane was born on March 16, 1961 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, to Bob and Sherlee McFarlane. He has two brothers, Curtis and Derek. Bob worked in the printing business, which led him to take work where he could find it, and as a result, during McFarlane's childhood, the family...	[ "McFarlane's work on Amazing Spider-Man made him an industry superstar." ]
Title: Mike Gravel Background: Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel (; born May 13, 1930) is an American politician who was a Democratic United States Senator from Alaska from 1969 to 1981 and a candidate in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts, by French-Canadian immigrant parent...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Gavin Newsom Background: Gavin Christopher Newsom was born in San Francisco, California, to Tessa Thomas (nee Menzies) and William Alfred Newsom III, a retired state appeals court justice and attorney for Getty Oil. He is a fourth-generation San Franciscan. His father is of mostly Irish descent; one of Newsom's...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Gavin Newsom Background: Gavin Christopher Newsom was born in San Francisco, California, to Tessa Thomas (nee Menzies) and William Alfred Newsom III, a retired state appeals court justice and attorney for Getty Oil. He is a fourth-generation San Franciscan. His father is of mostly Irish descent; one of Newsom's...	[ "Newsom announced that he was opening a campaign account for governor in the 2018 elections," ]

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