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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...	[ "Asada competed in the 2013-14 Japan Championships. She led after a strong short program, but only placed 3rd in the free skating, dropping to 3rd overall." ]
Title: Sandy Denny Background: Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny (6 January 1947 - 21 April 1978) was an English singer-songwriter who was lead singer of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as "the pre-eminent British folk rock singer". After briefly working with the Strawbs, Denny joine...	[ "she formed her own band, Fotheringay, which included her future husband, Australian Trevor Lucas, formerly of the group Eclection." ]
Title: Sandy Denny Background: Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny (6 January 1947 - 21 April 1978) was an English singer-songwriter who was lead singer of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as "the pre-eminent British folk rock singer". After briefly working with the Strawbs, Denny joine...	[ "Her earliest professional recordings were made a few months later in mid-1967 for the Saga label," ]
Title: Arab wedding Background: Arabic weddings (Arabic: zff, frH, or `rs) have changed greatly in the past 100 years. Original traditional Arabic weddings are supposed to be very similar to modern-day Bedouin weddings and rural weddings, and they are in some cases unique from one region to another, even within the sa...	[ "Therefore, when it is time for a young man to get married, his family will look around to identify a number of potential brides." ]
Title: Arab wedding Background: Arabic weddings (Arabic: zff, frH, or `rs) have changed greatly in the past 100 years. Original traditional Arabic weddings are supposed to be very similar to modern-day Bedouin weddings and rural weddings, and they are in some cases unique from one region to another, even within the sa...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Hey Jude Background: "Hey Jude" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon-McCartney. The ballad evolved from "Hey Jules", a song McCartney wrote to comfort John Lennon's son, Julian, during his parents' divorce. "Hey Jude" begins with a verse-bridge structu...	[ "In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked \"Hey Jude\" at number eight on the \"500 Greatest Songs of All Time\"," ]
Title: Hey Jude Background: "Hey Jude" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon-McCartney. The ballad evolved from "Hey Jules", a song McCartney wrote to comfort John Lennon's son, Julian, during his parents' divorce. "Hey Jude" begins with a verse-bridge structu...	[ "Time magazine described the coda as \"a fadeout that engagingly spoofs the fadeout as a gimmick for ending pop records\"." ]
Title: Uncle Tupelo Background: Uncle Tupelo was an alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois, active between 1987 and 1994. Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, and Mike Heidorn formed the band after the lead singer of their previous band, The Primitives, left to attend college. The trio recorded three albums for...	[ "Boquist also recruited his brother Dave," ]
Title: Uncle Tupelo Background: Uncle Tupelo was an alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois, active between 1987 and 1994. Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, and Mike Heidorn formed the band after the lead singer of their previous band, The Primitives, left to attend college. The trio recorded three albums for...	[ "Uncle Tupelo's last concert was May 1, 1994, at Mississippi Nights in St. Louis, Missouri." ]
Title: Regine Velasquez Background: Regine Velasquez was born in Tondo, Manila, on April 22, 1970. Her father, Gerardo Velasquez, was a construction estimator, and her mother, Teresita (nee Ansong), was a homemaker. The singer has three younger sisters, Cacai, Diane and Deca, and a younger brother, Jojo. The family mo...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Regine Velasquez Background: Regine Velasquez was born in Tondo, Manila, on April 22, 1970. Her father, Gerardo Velasquez, was a construction estimator, and her mother, Teresita (nee Ansong), was a homemaker. The singer has three younger sisters, Cacai, Diane and Deca, and a younger brother, Jojo. The family mo...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Matthew Boulton Background: Matthew Boulton (; 3 September 1728 - 17 August 1809) was an English manufacturer and business partner of Scottish engineer James Watt. In the final quarter of the 18th century, the partnership installed hundreds of Boulton & Watt steam engines, which were a great advance on the sta...	[ "The Boultons had three daughters in the early 1750s, but all died in infancy." ]
Title: Departures (2008 film) Background: Departures (Japanese: okuribito, Hepburn: Okuribito, "one who sends off") is a 2008 Japanese drama film directed by Yojiro Takita and starring Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, and Tsutomu Yamazaki. Loosely based on Coffinman, a memoir by Shinmon Aoki, the film follows a young m...	[ "The encoffining ritual (called nokan), as depicted in Departures, is rarely performed, and even then only in rural areas." ]
Title: Departures (2008 film) Background: Departures (Japanese: okuribito, Hepburn: Okuribito, "one who sends off") is a 2008 Japanese drama film directed by Yojiro Takita and starring Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, and Tsutomu Yamazaki. Loosely based on Coffinman, a memoir by Shinmon Aoki, the film follows a young m...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Eddie Albert Background: Edward Albert Heimberger was born in Rock Island, Illinois, on April 22, 1906, the oldest of the five children of Frank Daniel Heimberger, a realtor, and his wife, Julia Jones. His year of birth is often given as 1908, but this is incorrect. His parents were not married when Albert was ...	[ "When he graduated, he embarked on a business career. However, the stock market crash in 1929 left him essentially unemployed." ]
Title: Eddie Albert Background: Edward Albert Heimberger was born in Rock Island, Illinois, on April 22, 1906, the oldest of the five children of Frank Daniel Heimberger, a realtor, and his wife, Julia Jones. His year of birth is often given as 1908, but this is incorrect. His parents were not married when Albert was ...	[ "in 1990, he reunited with Eva Gabor for a Return to Green Acres." ]
Title: Caligula (film) Background: Caligula (Italian: Caligola) is a 1979 Italian-American erotic historical drama film focusing on the rise and fall of the Roman Emperor Caligula. It stars Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole, John Steiner and John Gielgud. It is the only feature film produ...	[ "\"the most offensive portions of the film are those explicitly depicting violent, and not sexual conduct, which is not in any way prohibited by the criminal law.\"" ]
Title: Caligula (film) Background: Caligula (Italian: Caligola) is a 1979 Italian-American erotic historical drama film focusing on the rise and fall of the Roman Emperor Caligula. It stars Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole, John Steiner and John Gielgud. It is the only feature film produ...	[ "The men's magazine Penthouse" ]
Title: George M. Cohan Background: George Michael Cohan (July 3, 1878 - November 5, 1942), known professionally as George M. Cohan, was an American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer and producer. Cohan began his career as a child, performing with his parents and sister in a vaudeville ...	[ "The Governor's Son," ]
Title: Bernard Hinault Background: Bernard Hinault (pronounced [beR.naR i.no]; born 14 November 1954) is a French former professional cyclist who won the Tour de France five times. He is one of only six cyclists to have won all three Grand Tours, and one of two cyclists to have won each more than once (the other being...	[ "Hinault gained more than 200 victories in 12 years." ]
Title: Bernard Hinault Background: Bernard Hinault (pronounced [beR.naR i.no]; born 14 November 1954) is a French former professional cyclist who won the Tour de France five times. He is one of only six cyclists to have won all three Grand Tours, and one of two cyclists to have won each more than once (the other being...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: George M. Cohan Background: George Michael Cohan (July 3, 1878 - November 5, 1942), known professionally as George M. Cohan, was an American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer and producer. Cohan began his career as a child, performing with his parents and sister in a vaudeville ...	[ "Rhode Island," ]
Title: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Background: Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Turkish pronunciation: [re'dZep taj'jip 'aerdo(W)an] ( listen); born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician serving as the current President of Turkey, holding the position since 2014. He previously served as Prime Minister from 2003 to 2014 and as Mayor...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Background: Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Turkish pronunciation: [re'dZep taj'jip 'aerdo(W)an] ( listen); born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician serving as the current President of Turkey, holding the position since 2014. He previously served as Prime Minister from 2003 to 2014 and as Mayor...	[ "Turkey's debt to the IMF was thus declared to be completely paid and he announced that the IMF could borrow from Turkey." ]
Title: David McCullough Background: David Gaub McCullough (; born July 7, 1933) is an American author, narrator, historian, and lecturer. He is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award. Born and r...	[ "McCullough's parents and his grandmother, who read to him often, introduced him to books at an early age." ]
Title: Lenny Bruce Background: Lenny Bruce was born Leonard Alfred Schneider to a Jewish family in Mineola, New York, grew up in nearby Bellmore, and attended Wellington C. Mepham High School. His parents divorced when he was five years old (the documentary Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth claims he was eight year...	[ "Honey and Lenny's daughter Kitty Bruce was born in 1955." ]
Title: Sam Brownback Background: Samuel Dale Brownback (born September 12, 1956) is an American lawyer, politician, diplomat and the current United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom since 2018. Brownback previously served as the 46th Governor of Kansas, as a U.S. Senator from Kansas, as a ...	[ "On April 7, 2015, Brownback signed The Unborn Child Protection From Dismemberment Abortion Act," ]
Title: Sam Brownback Background: Samuel Dale Brownback (born September 12, 1956) is an American lawyer, politician, diplomat and the current United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom since 2018. Brownback previously served as the 46th Governor of Kansas, as a U.S. Senator from Kansas, as a ...	[ "In 2006, Brownback blocked a confirmation vote on a George W. Bush federal appeals court nominee from Michigan, judge Janet T. Neff." ]
Title: Faouzi Chaouchi Background: Born in Bordj Menaiel, Boumerdes, Chaouchi was born to Houria and Rachid Chaouchi a former goalkeeper himself that played for JS Bordj Menaiel. It was his father Rachid Chaouchi that noticed Faouzi's talent when he watched him play with other children in their neighbourhood. A few da...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Faouzi Chaouchi Background: Born in Bordj Menaiel, Boumerdes, Chaouchi was born to Houria and Rachid Chaouchi a former goalkeeper himself that played for JS Bordj Menaiel. It was his father Rachid Chaouchi that noticed Faouzi's talent when he watched him play with other children in their neighbourhood. A few da...	[ "The goalkeeper allowed the shot to squirm past his body, condemning Algeria to a 1-0 defeat." ]
Title: Rancid (band) Background: Rancid is an American punk rock band formed in Berkeley, California in 1991. Founded by 1980s punk veterans Tim Armstrong, and Matt Freeman, who previously played in the highly influential ska punk band Operation Ivy, Rancid is often credited (along with Green Day and The Offspring) fo...	[ "Three of the album's singles, \"Roots Radicals\", \"Time Bomb\", and \"Ruby Soho\" all charted on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks, and" ]
Title: Rancid (band) Background: Rancid is an American punk rock band formed in Berkeley, California in 1991. Founded by 1980s punk veterans Tim Armstrong, and Matt Freeman, who previously played in the highly influential ska punk band Operation Ivy, Rancid is often credited (along with Green Day and The Offspring) fo...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Eden Natan-Zada Background: Natan-Zada was born to an Israeli-Jewish family that had immigrated to Israel from Iran and Yemen. Natan-Zada's parents describe him as having been a "bright and studious Israeli schoolboy" prior to his becoming involved with the Jewish extremist Kahanism movement, to which he was in...	[ "Natan-Zada be buried in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, where Baruch Goldstein, who committed Cave of the Patriarchs massacre" ]
Title: Eden Natan-Zada Background: Natan-Zada was born to an Israeli-Jewish family that had immigrated to Israel from Iran and Yemen. Natan-Zada's parents describe him as having been a "bright and studious Israeli schoolboy" prior to his becoming involved with the Jewish extremist Kahanism movement, to which he was in...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Roy Keane Background: Keane was born into a working class family in Ballinderry Park, Mayfield, Cork. His father, Maurice, took work wherever he could find, which led to jobs at a local knitwear company and at Murphy's Irish Stout brewery, among others. His family were keen on sport, football especially, and ma...	[ "1993-94 season." ]
Title: Carousel (musical) Background: Carousel is the second musical by the team of Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics). The 1945 work was adapted from Ferenc Molnar's 1909 play Liliom, transplanting its Budapest setting to the Maine coastline. The story revolves around carousel barker B...	[ "the Hytner production contain portions of dialogue that, according to Hischak, speak to the power of Michael Hayden's portrayal of Billy." ]
Title: Karen Horney Background: Karen Horney was born Karen Danielsen on 16 September 1885 in Blankenese, Germany, near Hamburg. Her father, Berndt Wackels Danielsen (1836-1910), was Norwegian but had German citizenship. He was a ship's captain in the merchant marine, and a Protestant traditionalist (his children nick...	[ "Horney believed that both men and women have a drive to be ingenious and productive." ]
Title: Louis C.K. Background: Louis A. Szekely (born September 12, 1967), better known by his stage name Louis C.K. (), is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and filmmaker. He is known for his use of observational, self-deprecating, dark, and shock humor. In 2012, C.K. won a Peabody Award and has received s...	[ "they moved back to the United States and settled in Boston." ]
Title: Louis C.K. Background: Louis A. Szekely (born September 12, 1967), better known by his stage name Louis C.K. (), is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and filmmaker. He is known for his use of observational, self-deprecating, dark, and shock humor. In 2012, C.K. won a Peabody Award and has received s...	[ "In June 2006, C.K. starred in and wrote Lucky Louie, a sitcom he created." ]
Title: Veterans Committee Background: The Veterans Committee was the popular name of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Committee to Consider Managers, Umpires, Executives and Long-Retired Players; a former voting committee of the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame that provided an opportunity for Hall of Fame enshrinement to...	[ "The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) had determined to vote every three years rather than annually," ]
Title: Veterans Committee Background: The Veterans Committee was the popular name of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Committee to Consider Managers, Umpires, Executives and Long-Retired Players; a former voting committee of the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame that provided an opportunity for Hall of Fame enshrinement to...	[ "On May 9, 1949, it was announced that two pitchers had been selected: Mordecai \"Three Finger\" Brown," ]
Title: Megawati Sukarnoputri Background: Megawati was born in Yogyakarta to Sukarno, who had declared Indonesia's independence from the Netherlands in 1945 and Fatmawati, one of his nine wives. Megawati was Sukarno's second child and first daughter. She grew up in her father's Merdeka Palace. She danced for her father...	[ "She was opposed by the United Development Party (PPP) who did not want a female president." ]
Title: Megawati Sukarnoputri Background: Megawati was born in Yogyakarta to Sukarno, who had declared Indonesia's independence from the Netherlands in 1945 and Fatmawati, one of his nine wives. Megawati was Sukarno's second child and first daughter. She grew up in her father's Merdeka Palace. She danced for her father...	[ "received such overwhelming support" ]
Title: Clarence White Background: Clarence White (born Clarence Joseph LeBlanc; June 7, 1944 - July 14, 1973), was an American bluegrass and country guitarist and singer. He is best known as a member of the bluegrass ensemble the Kentucky Colonels and the rock band the Byrds, as well as for being a pioneer of the musi...	[ "As 1965 turned into 1966, White met Gene Parsons and Gib Guilbeau at a recording session for the Gosdin Brothers and shortly after, he began to perform live" ]
Title: Clarence White Background: Clarence White (born Clarence Joseph LeBlanc; June 7, 1944 - July 14, 1973), was an American bluegrass and country guitarist and singer. He is best known as a member of the bluegrass ensemble the Kentucky Colonels and the rock band the Byrds, as well as for being a pioneer of the musi...	[ "and Parsons had invented a B-bender, so instead developed his own unique all-finger bending version of this technique." ]
Title: Taryn Terrell Background: Taryn Nicole Terrell-Dryden (born December 28, 1985) is an American professional wrestler, ring announcer, referee, model, actress and stunt woman. She is best known for her time with Impact Wrestling, formerly known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under her real name Taryn Ter...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Taryn Terrell Background: Taryn Nicole Terrell-Dryden (born December 28, 1985) is an American professional wrestler, ring announcer, referee, model, actress and stunt woman. She is best known for her time with Impact Wrestling, formerly known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under her real name Taryn Ter...	[ "Terrell would again cost Kim the match by attacking her." ]
Title: Bad Brains Background: Bad Brains is an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C., in 1977. They are widely regarded as among the pioneers of hardcore punk, though the band's members have objected to this term to describe their music. They are also an adept reggae band, while later recordings featu...	[ "playing punk rock at the time, but also due to their high-energy performances and undeniable talent." ]
Title: Bad Brains Background: Bad Brains is an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C., in 1977. They are widely regarded as among the pioneers of hardcore punk, though the band's members have objected to this term to describe their music. They are also an adept reggae band, while later recordings featu...	[ "a heart attack and subsequent organ failure." ]
Title: Juan Manuel Fangio Background: Fangio's grandfather, Giuseppe Fangio, emigrated to Buenos Aires from Italy in 1887. Giuseppe managed to buy his own farm near Balcarce within three years by making charcoal from tree branches. His father, Loreto, emigrated to Argentina from the small central Italian town of Casti...	[ "Cubans were convinced that Batista was losing his power because he failed to track the captors down." ]
Title: Walt Disney Background: Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901 - December 15, 1966) was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. Section: Illness, death and aftermath Passa...	[ "The remaining 45 percent went into a charitable trust, 95 percent of which was designated for CalArts, to build a new campus (a figure of around $15 million);" ]
Title: Anton Webern Background: Anton Friedrich Wilhelm (von) Webern (German: ['anton 've:ban] ( listen); 3 December 1883 - 15 September 1945) was an Austrian composer and conductor. Along with his mentor Arnold Schoenberg and his colleague Alban Berg, Webern was in the core of those in the circle of the Second Vienne...	[ "symbolic, abstract, spare, introverted, and idealized manner." ]
Title: Herb Jeffries Background: Herb Jeffries (born Umberto Alexander Valentino; September 24, 1913 - May 25, 2014) was an African-American actor of film and television and popular music and jazz singer-songwriter, known of his baritone voice. He was of African descent and Hollywood's first singing black cowboy. In t...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Herb Jeffries Background: Herb Jeffries (born Umberto Alexander Valentino; September 24, 1913 - May 25, 2014) was an African-American actor of film and television and popular music and jazz singer-songwriter, known of his baritone voice. He was of African descent and Hollywood's first singing black cowboy. In t...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Cyndi Lauper Background: Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. Her career has spanned over 30 years. Her debut solo album She's So Unusual (1983) Section: 1953-1979: Early life Passage: Lauper was born at Boulevard Hospital in Ast...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Henryk Górecki Background: Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki (Polish: ['xenrik mji'kowaj gu'retski]; English pronunciation Go-RET-ski; December 6, 1933 - November 12, 2010) was a Polish composer of contemporary classical music. According to critic Alex Ross, no recent classical composer has had as much commercial success ...	[ "led to a commission to write for the Warsaw Autumn Festival." ]
Title: Henryk Górecki Background: Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki (Polish: ['xenrik mji'kowaj gu'retski]; English pronunciation Go-RET-ski; December 6, 1933 - November 12, 2010) was a Polish composer of contemporary classical music. According to critic Alex Ross, no recent classical composer has had as much commercial success ...	[ "frequent illnesses." ]
Title: Freddie King Background: Freddie King (September 3, 1934 - December 28, 1976) was an American blues guitarist and singer. He has been described as one of the "Three Kings" of electric blues guitar, along with Albert King and B.B. King. He was an influential guitarist with hits for Federal Records in the early 1...	[ "reached number 5 on the R&B chart and number 29 on the Pop chart," ]
Title: Freddie King Background: Freddie King (September 3, 1934 - December 28, 1976) was an American blues guitarist and singer. He has been described as one of the "Three Kings" of electric blues guitar, along with Albert King and B.B. King. He was an influential guitarist with hits for Federal Records in the early 1...	[ "They had seven children." ]
Title: Rhett and Link Background: Rhett & Link are an American Internet comedy duo consisting of the two YouTube users Rhett James McLaughlin (born October 11, 1977) and Charles Lincoln "Link" Neal, III (born June 1, 1978). Self-styled as "Internetainers" (from "Internet" and "entertainers"), they are known for their ...	[ "they were roommates at NC State," ]
Title: Rhett and Link Background: Rhett & Link are an American Internet comedy duo consisting of the two YouTube users Rhett James McLaughlin (born October 11, 1977) and Charles Lincoln "Link" Neal, III (born June 1, 1978). Self-styled as "Internetainers" (from "Internet" and "entertainers"), they are known for their ...	[ "On December 4, 2009, Rhett and Link teamed up with DFTBA Records and created a new album called Up To This Point." ]
Title: Hoyt Wilhelm Background: Wilhelm was one of eleven children born to poor tenant farmers John and Ethel (nee Stanley) Wilhelm in Huntersville, North Carolina. He played baseball at Cornelius High School in Cornelius, North Carolina. There, he began experimenting with a knuckleball after reading about pitcher Dut...	[ "Wilhelm managed two minor league teams in the Atlanta Braves system for single seasons. He led the 1973 Greenwood Braves of the Western Carolinas" ]
Title: Hedy Lamarr Background: Hedy Lamarr (; born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, November 9, 1914 - January 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born American film actress and inventor. At the beginning of World War II, Lamarr and composer George Antheil developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes, which used spread spec...	[ "In her autobiography, she wrote that she disguised herself as her maid and fled to Paris," ]
Title: Hedy Lamarr Background: Hedy Lamarr (; born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, November 9, 1914 - January 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born American film actress and inventor. At the beginning of World War II, Lamarr and composer George Antheil developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes, which used spread spec...	[ "In the late 1920s, Lamarr was discovered as an actress and brought to Berlin by producer Max Reinhardt." ]
Title: Hoyt Wilhelm Background: Wilhelm was one of eleven children born to poor tenant farmers John and Ethel (nee Stanley) Wilhelm in Huntersville, North Carolina. He played baseball at Cornelius High School in Cornelius, North Carolina. There, he began experimenting with a knuckleball after reading about pitcher Dut...	[ "Pitching exclusively in relief," ]
Title: Idlewild (band) Background: Idlewild are a Scottish indie rock band that formed in Edinburgh in 1995. The band's line-up consists of Roddy Woomble (lead vocals), Rod Jones (guitar, backing vocals), Colin Newton (drums), Andrew Mitchell (bass) and Luciano Rossi (keyboards). To date, Idlewild have released seven ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Idlewild (band) Background: Idlewild are a Scottish indie rock band that formed in Edinburgh in 1995. The band's line-up consists of Roddy Woomble (lead vocals), Rod Jones (guitar, backing vocals), Colin Newton (drums), Andrew Mitchell (bass) and Luciano Rossi (keyboards). To date, Idlewild have released seven ...	[ "In 2011, Jones explained, \"I was a bit fed up with the whole folk music thing" ]
Title: Fred Rogers Background: Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 - February 27, 2003) was an American television personality, musician, puppeteer, writer, producer, and Presbyterian minister. Rogers was famous for creating, hosting and composing the theme music for the educational preschool television series Mister ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Fred Rogers Background: Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 - February 27, 2003) was an American television personality, musician, puppeteer, writer, producer, and Presbyterian minister. Rogers was famous for creating, hosting and composing the theme music for the educational preschool television series Mister ...	[ "They had two sons, James (b. 1959) and John (b. 1961)." ]
Title: Ted DiBiase Background: DiBiase was born in Miami, Florida. He is the biological son of wrestler Helen Nevins and Ted Wills, an entertainer and singer. He is the adopted son of wrestler "Iron" Mike DiBiase, who was Italian-American. DiBiase is of mostly German and English ancestry. Section: National Wrestling ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Ben Carson Background: Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. (born September 18, 1951) is an American neurosurgeon, author and politician serving as the 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development since 2017, under the Trump Administration. Prior to his cabinet position, he was a candidate f...	[ "Nine friends, classmates, and neighbors who grew up with him told CNN in 2015 they did not remember the anger or violence he has described." ]
Title: George Bernard Shaw Background: George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 - 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wr...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: George Bernard Shaw Background: George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 - 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wr...	[ "He campaigned against the artificial conventions and hypocrisies of the Victorian theatre and called for plays of real ideas and true characters." ]
Title: Wayne Carey Background: The son of Kevin and Lynne, Carey was one of five children who grew up in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. His mother and father separated when Carey was aged six, with his mother taking four of the children to Adelaide, living in a homeless shelter. According to Carey's autobiography, his ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Wayne Carey Background: The son of Kevin and Lynne, Carey was one of five children who grew up in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. His mother and father separated when Carey was aged six, with his mother taking four of the children to Adelaide, living in a homeless shelter. According to Carey's autobiography, his ...	[ "727 goals." ]
Title: Keane (band) Background: Keane are an English rock band from Battle, East Sussex, formed in 1995. The band currently comprises Tom Chaplin (lead vocals, electric/acoustic guitar), Tim Rice-Oxley (piano, synthesisers, bass guitar, backing vocals), Richard Hughes (drums, percussion, backing vocals), and Jesse Qui...	[ "October. It also reached number 7 on the Billboard 200 chart. In December 2008, it was voted Best Album of the Year by the readers," ]
Title: Keane (band) Background: Keane are an English rock band from Battle, East Sussex, formed in 1995. The band currently comprises Tom Chaplin (lead vocals, electric/acoustic guitar), Tim Rice-Oxley (piano, synthesisers, bass guitar, backing vocals), Richard Hughes (drums, percussion, backing vocals), and Jesse Qui...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Joe E. Brown Background: Brown was born on July 28, 1891, in Holgate, Ohio, near Toledo, into a large family largely of Welsh descent. He spent most of his childhood in Toledo. In 1902, at the age of ten, he joined a troupe of circus tumblers known as the Five Marvelous Ashtons, who toured the country on both t...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Gore Vidal Background: Eugene Louis Vidal was born in the cadet hospital of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, the only child of Eugene Luther Vidal (1895-1969) and Nina S. Gore (1903-1978). Vidal was born at the West Point cadet hospital because his first lieutenant father was the first aeronau...	[ "Vidal also said that he had an intermittent romance with the actress Diana Lynn," ]
Title: Gore Vidal Background: Eugene Louis Vidal was born in the cadet hospital of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, the only child of Eugene Luther Vidal (1895-1969) and Nina S. Gore (1903-1978). Vidal was born at the West Point cadet hospital because his first lieutenant father was the first aeronau...	[ "Two such movies are the cowboy movie Billy the Kid (1989)," ]
Title: Mayday (Taiwanese band) Background: Mayday (Chinese: Wu Yue Tian ; pinyin: Wu Yue Tian; Peh-oe-ji: Go[?]-goeh-thin), is a Taiwanese band that was formed in the late 1990s with five members, Monster (leader, lead guitar), Ashin (vocal), Stone (rhythm guitar), Masa (bass) and Guan You (drums). Formerly So Band, t...	[ "In the same year, they also took part in the release of the Taiwan Independent Compilation Album <<AIGuo Ge Qu >> by indie music label TCM" ]
Title: Mayday (Taiwanese band) Background: Mayday (Chinese: Wu Yue Tian ; pinyin: Wu Yue Tian; Peh-oe-ji: Go[?]-goeh-thin), is a Taiwanese band that was formed in the late 1990s with five members, Monster (leader, lead guitar), Ashin (vocal), Stone (rhythm guitar), Masa (bass) and Guan You (drums). Formerly So Band, t...	[ "broke the record for the most concert-goers in Taiwan, a record previously held by Michael Jackson." ]
Title: Alanis Morissette Background: Morissette was born June 1, 1974, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to teacher Georgia Mary Ann (nee Feuerstein) and high-school principal and French teacher Alan Richard Morissette. She has two siblings: older brother Chad is a business entrepreneur, and twin brother (12 minutes older) ...	[ "Awards. During summer 1999, Alanis toured with singer-songwriter Tori Amos on the 5 and a Half Weeks Tour in support of Amos' album To Venus and Back (1999)." ]
Title: Alanis Morissette Background: Morissette was born June 1, 1974, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to teacher Georgia Mary Ann (nee Feuerstein) and high-school principal and French teacher Alan Richard Morissette. She has two siblings: older brother Chad is a business entrepreneur, and twin brother (12 minutes older) ...	[ "July 25, 2014, was the start of the ten-show Intimate and Acoustic tour." ]
Title: Stereolab Background: Stereolab were an English-French avant-pop band from London, formed in 1990 by Tim Gane (guitar/keyboards) and Laetitia Sadier (vocals/keyboards/guitar) who both remained at the songwriting helm across many line-up changes. Other long-time members included Mary Hansen (backing vocals/keybo...	[ "the title of their 1999 album Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night contains the names of two Surrealist organisations, \"CoBrA\" and \"Phases Group\"," ]
Title: Stereolab Background: Stereolab were an English-French avant-pop band from London, formed in 1990 by Tim Gane (guitar/keyboards) and Laetitia Sadier (vocals/keyboards/guitar) who both remained at the songwriting helm across many line-up changes. Other long-time members included Mary Hansen (backing vocals/keybo...	[ "sounds influenced by minimalist composers Philip Glass and Steve Reich can be found on the 1999 album Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night." ]
Title: Odawa Background: The Odawa (also Ottawa or Odaawaa ), said to mean "traders", are an Indigenous American ethnic group who primarily inhabit land in the northern United States and southern Canada. They have long had territory that crosses the current border between the two countries, and they are federally reco...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Odawa Background: The Odawa (also Ottawa or Odaawaa ), said to mean "traders", are an Indigenous American ethnic group who primarily inhabit land in the northern United States and southern Canada. They have long had territory that crosses the current border between the two countries, and they are federally reco...	[ "In 1615" ]
Title: Abby Wambach Background: Born in Rochester, New York, Wambach was raised in the Rochester suburb of Pittsford. She is the youngest of seven siblings (with two sisters and four brothers) born to Pete and Judy Wambach. She began playing soccer at the age of four after her sister decided she wanted to try the spor...	[ "Five days before the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, the first World Cup that Wambach would play in," ]
Title: Abby Wambach Background: Born in Rochester, New York, Wambach was raised in the Rochester suburb of Pittsford. She is the youngest of seven siblings (with two sisters and four brothers) born to Pete and Judy Wambach. She began playing soccer at the age of four after her sister decided she wanted to try the spor...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Michael Owen Background: Owen was born in Chester, Cheshire, the fourth child of Jeanette and Terry Owen. His father is a former professional footballer and played for clubs such as Chester City and Everton. Owen was introduced to football at the age of seven by his father who soon saw Michael as the most promi...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Michael Owen Background: Owen was born in Chester, Cheshire, the fourth child of Jeanette and Terry Owen. His father is a former professional footballer and played for clubs such as Chester City and Everton. Owen was introduced to football at the age of seven by his father who soon saw Michael as the most promi...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
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...	[ "the Rabbit series, the Henry Bech series, Eastwick, the Maples stories" ]
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...	[ "Upon graduation, Updike attended the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art at the University of Oxford with the ambition of becoming a cartoonist." ]
Title: The Birth of a Nation Background: The Birth of a Nation (originally called The Clansman) is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed and co-produced by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. The screenplay is adapted from the novel and play The Clansman, both by Thomas Dixon Jr., as well as Dixon's no...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: The Birth of a Nation Background: The Birth of a Nation (originally called The Clansman) is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed and co-produced by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. The screenplay is adapted from the novel and play The Clansman, both by Thomas Dixon Jr., as well as Dixon's no...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Charles Krauthammer Background: Charles Krauthammer (; born March 13, 1950) is an American syndicated columnist, author, political commentator, and former physician whose weekly column is syndicated to more than 400 publications worldwide. While in his first year studying at Harvard Medical School, Krauthammer ...	[ "Six days later, Miers withdrew, employing that argument:" ]
Title: Charles Krauthammer Background: Charles Krauthammer (; born March 13, 1950) is an American syndicated columnist, author, political commentator, and former physician whose weekly column is syndicated to more than 400 publications worldwide. While in his first year studying at Harvard Medical School, Krauthammer ...	[ "70 percent Mondale liberal, 30 percent 'Scoop Jackson Democrat,' that is, hard-line on Israel and relations with the Soviet Union\"; in the mid-1980s, he was still \"50-50:" ]
Title: Goldfrapp Background: Goldfrapp are an English electronic music duo from London, formed in 1999. The duo consists of Alison Goldfrapp (vocals, synthesizer) and Will Gregory (synthesizer). Despite favourable reviews and a short-listing for the Mercury Prize, their 2000 debut studio album Felt Mountain did not ch...	[ "In 2003, Alison Goldfrapp modified her image, from a sophisticated Marlene Dietrich inspired look to that of a new wave diva." ]
Title: Goldfrapp Background: Goldfrapp are an English electronic music duo from London, formed in 1999. The duo consists of Alison Goldfrapp (vocals, synthesizer) and Will Gregory (synthesizer). Despite favourable reviews and a short-listing for the Mercury Prize, their 2000 debut studio album Felt Mountain did not ch...	[ "In 2006, Goldfrapp released We Are Glitter," ]

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