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Title: The Blues Brothers (film) Background: The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical comedy film directed by John Landis. It stars John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as "Joliet" Jake and Elwood Blues, characters developed from "The Blues Brothers" musical sketch on the NBC variety series Saturday Night Live. The film'...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Max Martin Background: Martin Sandberg (born 26 February 1971), known professionally as Max Martin, is a Swedish songwriter, record producer and singer. He rose to prominence in the second half of the 1990s after making a string of major hits for artists such as the Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears and NSYNC. So...	[ "They both worked on Ace of Base's second album, The Bridge (1995)," ]
Title: Kenesaw Mountain Landis Background: Kenesaw Mountain Landis (; November 20, 1866 - November 25, 1944) was an American jurist who served as a federal judge from 1905 to 1922 and as the first Commissioner of Baseball from 1920 until his death. He is remembered for his handling of the Black Sox scandal, in which h...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Kenesaw Mountain Landis Background: Kenesaw Mountain Landis (; November 20, 1866 - November 25, 1944) was an American jurist who served as a federal judge from 1905 to 1922 and as the first Commissioner of Baseball from 1920 until his death. He is remembered for his handling of the Black Sox scandal, in which h...	[ "preferring to return to Chicago to begin a law practice and to marry Winifred Reed," ]
Title: Neil Diamond Background: Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actor. With 38 songs in the Top 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts, Diamond has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. N...	[ "Diamond next attended New York University as a pre-med major on a fencing scholarship, again on the fencing team with Herb Cohen." ]
Title: Neil Diamond Background: Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actor. With 38 songs in the Top 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts, Diamond has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. N...	[ "In 1992, he performed for President George H.W. Bush's final Christmas in Washington NBC special." ]
Title: Billy Gunn Background: Monty Kip Sopp (born November 11, 1963), better known by his ring name Billy Gunn, is an American professional wrestler, former professional bull rider, and singercurrently working for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). Gunn is best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation...	[ "Lance Hoyt and James Storm" ]
Title: Billy Gunn Background: Monty Kip Sopp (born November 11, 1963), better known by his ring name Billy Gunn, is an American professional wrestler, former professional bull rider, and singercurrently working for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). Gunn is best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation...	[ "Killings at Sacrifice (2005), attacked Kip enabling a 3Live Kru victory." ]
Title: Dan Povenmire Background: Povenmire was born in San Diego, California on September 18, 1963, and grew up in the city of Mobile, Alabama. A child prodigy, he began drawing at age two; by the time he was ten, his work was displayed in local art shows. His first efforts in animation included a series of flip books...	[ "Povenmire described the songs as his and Marsh's \"jab at immortality" ]
Title: Dan Povenmire Background: Povenmire was born in San Diego, California on September 18, 1963, and grew up in the city of Mobile, Alabama. A child prodigy, he began drawing at age two; by the time he was ten, his work was displayed in local art shows. His first efforts in animation included a series of flip books...	[ "During Family Guy's brief cancellation, Povenmire was offered a job as storyboard director of the series SpongeBob SquarePants." ]
Title: Helloween Background: Helloween are a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg, Northern Germany by members of bands Iron Fist and Gentry. Its first line-up consisted of singer and rhythm guitarist Kai Hansen, bass guitarist Markus Grosskopf, lead guitarist Michael Weikath, and drummer Ingo Schwichten...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Helloween Background: Helloween are a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg, Northern Germany by members of bands Iron Fist and Gentry. Its first line-up consisted of singer and rhythm guitarist Kai Hansen, bass guitarist Markus Grosskopf, lead guitarist Michael Weikath, and drummer Ingo Schwichten...	[ "culminating with the recording of another studio album, titled Rabbit Don't Come Easy, in 2003." ]
Title: Dean Martin Background: Martin was born on June 7, 1917, in Steubenville, Ohio, to an Italian father, Gaetano Alfonso Crocetti (1894-1967), and an Italian-American mother, Angela Crocetti (nee Barra; 1899-1966). They were married in 1914. His father, who was a barber, was originally from Montesilvano, in Abruzz...	[ "\"(I Think That I Just Wrote) My First Country Song" ]
Title: Dean Martin Background: Martin was born on June 7, 1917, in Steubenville, Ohio, to an Italian father, Gaetano Alfonso Crocetti (1894-1967), and an Italian-American mother, Angela Crocetti (nee Barra; 1899-1966). They were married in 1914. His father, who was a barber, was originally from Montesilvano, in Abruzz...	[ "A radio series began in 1949," ]
Title: Chris Jericho Background: Christopher Keith Irvine was born on November 9, 1970 in Manhasset, New York. His father, ice hockey player Ted Irvine, had relocated there to play for the New York Rangers. When his father retired, they moved back to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Irvine is of Scottish descent on his father's si...	[ "Jericho alternated between WCW and a number of Japanese tours before he signed a contract with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF)" ]
Title: Chris Jericho Background: Christopher Keith Irvine was born on November 9, 1970 in Manhasset, New York. His father, ice hockey player Ted Irvine, had relocated there to play for the New York Rangers. When his father retired, they moved back to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Irvine is of Scottish descent on his father's si...	[ "On the May 4 episode of SmackDown!, Jericho defeated Benoit to win his third Intercontinental Championship but lost the title to Benoit four days later" ]
Title: Vladimir Kozlov Background: Oleg Aleksandrovich Prudius (Russian: Oleg Aleksandrovich Prudius; Ukrainian: Oleg Oleksandrovich Prudius, Oleh Oleksandrovych Prudius; born April 27, 1979) better known by his ring name Vladimir Kozlov, is a Ukrainian-American producer and retired professional wrestler. He is best k...	[ "His first televised singles loss on SmackDown came against The Undertaker himself on March 13." ]
Title: Vladimir Kozlov Background: Oleg Aleksandrovich Prudius (Russian: Oleg Aleksandrovich Prudius; Ukrainian: Oleg Oleksandrovich Prudius, Oleh Oleksandrovych Prudius; born April 27, 1979) better known by his ring name Vladimir Kozlov, is a Ukrainian-American producer and retired professional wrestler. He is best k...	[ "the team of Kozlov and number-one contender William Regal. Jackson turned on Christian, forming an alliance with Regal and Kozlov." ]
Title: Thor Heyerdahl Background: Thor Heyerdahl (Norwegian pronunciation: [tu:r 'haei@da:l]; October 6, 1914 - April 18, 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany, and geography. He became notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000 km (5,000 mi) ...	[ "Anthropologists continue to believe that Polynesia was settled from west to east, based on linguistic, physical, and genetic evidence, migration having begun from the Asian mainland." ]
Title: Thor Heyerdahl Background: Thor Heyerdahl (Norwegian pronunciation: [tu:r 'haei@da:l]; October 6, 1914 - April 18, 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany, and geography. He became notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000 km (5,000 mi) ...	[ "In Easter Island: The Mystery Solved (Random House, 1989), Heyerdahl offered a more detailed theory of the island's history." ]
Title: Earth Crisis Background: Earth Crisis is an American metalcore band from Syracuse, New York, active from 1989 until 2001, reuniting in 2007. Since 1993 the band's longest serving members are vocalist Karl Buechner, guitarist Scott Crouse, bassist Ian Edwards and drummer Dennis Merrick. Their third guitarist Eri...	[ "They also drew major media attention, having been featured and interviewed by CNN, CBS and The New York Times," ]
Title: Earth Crisis Background: Earth Crisis is an American metalcore band from Syracuse, New York, active from 1989 until 2001, reuniting in 2007. Since 1993 the band's longest serving members are vocalist Karl Buechner, guitarist Scott Crouse, bassist Ian Edwards and drummer Dennis Merrick. Their third guitarist Eri...	[ "Buechner described Earth Crisis' philosophy: \"I want to boil it down to one notion: personal accountability." ]
Title: Joe Lieberman Background: Lieberman was born in Stamford, Connecticut, the son of Henry, who ran a liquor store, and Marcia (nee Manger) Lieberman. His family is Jewish; his paternal grandparents emigrated from Congress Poland and his maternal grandparents were from Austria-Hungary. He received a B.A. in both p...	[ "Lieberman actively oversaw the government response to the H1N1 influenza (swine flu) pandemic and held four hearings on the subject in 2009," ]
Title: Joe Lieberman Background: Lieberman was born in Stamford, Connecticut, the son of Henry, who ran a liquor store, and Marcia (nee Manger) Lieberman. His family is Jewish; his paternal grandparents emigrated from Congress Poland and his maternal grandparents were from Austria-Hungary. He received a B.A. in both p...	[ "Lieberman is also famous for championing, authoring and leading the effort that led to the repeal of Don't ask, don't tell." ]
Title: Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester Background: Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, KB (3 September 1724 - 10 November 1808), known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and administrator. He twice served as Governor of the Province of Quebec, from 1768 to 1778, concurrently servi...	[ "Carleton did his best to have them resettled outside the United States." ]
Title: Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester Background: Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, KB (3 September 1724 - 10 November 1808), known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and administrator. He twice served as Governor of the Province of Quebec, from 1768 to 1778, concurrently servi...	[ "He left for Canada again on 18 August 1793 to resume his duties there." ]
Title: Slipknot (band) Background: Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. The band was formed in 1992 by percussionist Shawn Crahan, drummer Joey Jordison and bassist Paul Gray. After several lineup changes in its early years, the band settled on nine members for more than a decade: Corey Tayl...	[ "\"I've seen comments from Corey saying there are things to be resolved, but I have no fucking idea what he's talking about.\"" ]
Title: Alexander Litvinenko Background: Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko (Russian: Aleksandr Val'terovich Litvinenko, IPA: [aljI'ksandr 'valtir@vjItc ljItvjI'njenk@]; 30 August 1962 (Or 4 December 1962 by father's account - 23 November 2006) was a British naturalised Russian defector and former officer of the Russian ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Alexander Litvinenko Background: Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko (Russian: Aleksandr Val'terovich Litvinenko, IPA: [aljI'ksandr 'valtir@vjItc ljItvjI'njenk@]; 30 August 1962 (Or 4 December 1962 by father's account - 23 November 2006) was a British naturalised Russian defector and former officer of the Russian ...	[ "Marina Litvinenko, his widow, accused Moscow of orchestrating the murder." ]
Title: MC Hammer Background: Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), better known by his stage name MC Hammer (or simply Hammer), is an American hip hop recording artist, dancer, record producer and entrepreneur. He had his greatest commercial success and popularity from the late 1980s, until the early 1990s. Reme...	[ "Oaktown's 3.5.7, Ho Frat Hoo!, the vocal quintet Special Generation," ]
Title: Slipknot (band) Background: Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. The band was formed in 1992 by percussionist Shawn Crahan, drummer Joey Jordison and bassist Paul Gray. After several lineup changes in its early years, the band settled on nine members for more than a decade: Corey Tayl...	[ "drummer Jordison told The Pulse of Radio \"there is another Slipknot record already kinda in the making\"." ]
Title: Bond girl Background: A Bond girl is a character (or the actress portraying a character) who is an attractive love interest and/or female sidekick of James Bond in a novel, film, or video game. Bond girls occasionally have names that are double entendres or puns, such as Pussy Galore, Plenty O'Toole, Xenia Onat...	[ "With the exception of these two doomed Bond girls, it is never explained why Bond's love interest in one film is gone by the next," ]
Title: Bond girl Background: A Bond girl is a character (or the actress portraying a character) who is an attractive love interest and/or female sidekick of James Bond in a novel, film, or video game. Bond girls occasionally have names that are double entendres or puns, such as Pussy Galore, Plenty O'Toole, Xenia Onat...	[ "Kim Basinger had perhaps the most successful post-Bond career." ]
Title: Fall Out Boy Background: Fall Out Boy is an American rock band formed in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, lead guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band originated from Chicago's hardcore p...	[ "Stump blew through most of his savings putting together a large band to tour behind Soul Punk," ]
Title: Fall Out Boy Background: Fall Out Boy is an American rock band formed in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, lead guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band originated from Chicago's hardcore p...	[ "won the Woodie Award for Streaming" ]
Title: Béla Fleck and the Flecktones Background: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones is an American band that combines jazz and bluegrass music. The band's name is a play on 1960s rock band Dick Dale and the Del-Tones. The Flecktones formed in 1988 when Bela Fleck was invited to perform on the PBS TV series The Lonesome Pin...	[ "'Obviously, we loved playing with those musicians, but if you keep on doing it, you become a gathering point rather than a group with its own identity.'\"" ]
Title: Béla Fleck and the Flecktones Background: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones is an American band that combines jazz and bluegrass music. The band's name is a play on 1960s rock band Dick Dale and the Del-Tones. The Flecktones formed in 1988 when Bela Fleck was invited to perform on the PBS TV series The Lonesome Pin...	[ "Howard Levy left the band in December 1992." ]
Title: Joan Rivers Background: Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 - September 4, 2014), professional name Joan Rivers, was an American stand-up comedian, actress, writer, producer, and television host. She was noted for her often controversial comedic persona--heavily self-deprecating or sharply acerbic, especially...	[ "Jack Paar." ]
Title: Joan Rivers Background: Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 - September 4, 2014), professional name Joan Rivers, was an American stand-up comedian, actress, writer, producer, and television host. She was noted for her often controversial comedic persona--heavily self-deprecating or sharply acerbic, especially...	[ "she wrote her book Jewelry by Joan Rivers." ]
Title: Marion Davies Background: Davies was born Marion Cecilia Elizabeth Brooklyn Douras on January 3, 1897, in Brooklyn, the youngest of five children born to Bernard J. Douras (1857-1935), a lawyer and judge in New York City; and Rose Reilly (1867-1928). Her father performed the civil marriage of Gloria Gould Bisho...	[ "between 1920 and 1923 (she was unsure of the precise date)." ]
Title: Dolph Lundgren Background: Hans Lundgren was born on 3 November 1957 in Spanga, the son of Sigrid Birgitta (nee Tjerneld), a language teacher, and Karl Johan Hugo Lundgren, an engineer and economist for the Swedish government. He lived in Spanga until the age of 13, when he moved to his grandparents' home in Ny...	[ "2009, Lundgren's Marbella home was reportedly broken into by three masked burglars who tied up and threatened his wife," ]
Title: Dolph Lundgren Background: Hans Lundgren was born on 3 November 1957 in Spanga, the son of Sigrid Birgitta (nee Tjerneld), a language teacher, and Karl Johan Hugo Lundgren, an engineer and economist for the Swedish government. He lived in Spanga until the age of 13, when he moved to his grandparents' home in Ny...	[ "Lundgren published Dolph Lundgren: Train Like an Action Hero: Be Fit Forever, a book which contains a detailed account of his earlier life and troubles." ]
Title: Buffalo Springfield Background: Buffalo Springfield was a Canadian-American rock band active from 1966 to 1968 whose most prominent members were Stephen Stills, Neil Young, and Richie Furay. The band released three albums and several singles, including "For What It's Worth". The band combined elements of folk a...	[ "In November 1966, Stills composed \"For What It's Worth\" in response to a protest that had turned into a riot following the closing of a nightclub called Pandora's Box" ]
Title: Buffalo Springfield Background: Buffalo Springfield was a Canadian-American rock band active from 1966 to 1968 whose most prominent members were Stephen Stills, Neil Young, and Richie Furay. The band released three albums and several singles, including "For What It's Worth". The band combined elements of folk a...	[ "Dewey Martin," ]
Title: Marion Davies Background: Davies was born Marion Cecilia Elizabeth Brooklyn Douras on January 3, 1897, in Brooklyn, the youngest of five children born to Bernard J. Douras (1857-1935), a lawyer and judge in New York City; and Rose Reilly (1867-1928). Her father performed the civil marriage of Gloria Gould Bisho...	[ "reportedly came close to marrying Davies, but decided his wife's settlement demands were too high. Hearst was extremely jealous and possessive" ]
Title: Bobby Jones (golfer) Background: Robert Tyre Jones Jr. (March 17, 1902 - December 18, 1971) was an American amateur golfer who was one of the most influential figures in the history of the sport; he was also a lawyer by profession. Jones founded and helped design the Augusta National Golf Club, and co-founded t...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: The B-52's Background: The B-52s (styled as The B-52's prior to 2008) are an American new wave band, formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976. The original line-up consisted of Fred Schneider (vocals), Kate Pierson (vocals, keyboards), Cindy Wilson (vocals, percussion), Ricky Wilson (lead guitar), and Keith Stricklan...	[ "B-side \"52 Girls\"" ]
Title: The B-52's Background: The B-52s (styled as The B-52's prior to 2008) are an American new wave band, formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976. The original line-up consisted of Fred Schneider (vocals), Kate Pierson (vocals, keyboards), Cindy Wilson (vocals, percussion), Ricky Wilson (lead guitar), and Keith Stricklan...	[ "release Mesopotamia in 1982 as an EP." ]
Title: Bobby Jones (golfer) Background: Robert Tyre Jones Jr. (March 17, 1902 - December 18, 1971) was an American amateur golfer who was one of the most influential figures in the history of the sport; he was also a lawyer by profession. Jones founded and helped design the Augusta National Golf Club, and co-founded t...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Jessica Mauboy Background: Jessica Hilda Mauboy was born on 4 August 1989 and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory. Her father, Ferdy, is an Indonesian born electrician who came from West Timor, and her mother, Therese, is an Indigenous Australian. Mauboy's mother is from the indigenous Kuku Yalanji people in t...	[ "Mauboy recorded 15 songs for The Sapphires' soundtrack album," ]
Title: Jessica Mauboy Background: Jessica Hilda Mauboy was born on 4 August 1989 and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory. Her father, Ferdy, is an Indonesian born electrician who came from West Timor, and her mother, Therese, is an Indigenous Australian. Mauboy's mother is from the indigenous Kuku Yalanji people in t...	[ "\"Pop a Bottle (Fill Me Up)\" also reached number 33 in New Zealand and became Mauboy's third single to chart internationally. The following singles, \"Beautiful\" and \"Never Be the Same\"," ]
Title: The Daily Show Background: The Daily Show is an American late-night talk and news satire television program. It airs each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. Describing itself as a fake news program, The Daily Show draws its comedy and satire from recent news stories, political figures, media organizatio...	[ "John Oliver traveled to South Africa for the series of segments \"Into Africa\" to report on the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In March 2012," ]
Title: Garth Brooks Background: Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter. His integration of rock and roll elements into the country genre has earned him immense popularity in the United States. Brooks has had great success on the country single and album charts, with multi-plat...	[ "reaching the UK after many domestic concerts." ]
Title: Garth Brooks Background: Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter. His integration of rock and roll elements into the country genre has earned him immense popularity in the United States. Brooks has had great success on the country single and album charts, with multi-plat...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: John Mayer Background: Mayer was born on October 16, 1977, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Richard (a high-school principal) and Margaret Mayer (a middle-school English teacher). He grew up in nearby Fairfield, the middle child between older brother Carl and younger brother Ben. His father is Jewish, and Mayer h...	[ "The foundation auctions exclusive John Mayer items," ]
Title: Blink-182 Background: Blink-182 (often stylized as blink-182; pronounced "blink one eighty two") is an American rock band formed in Poway, California in 1992. Since 2015, the lineup of the band has consisted of bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus, drummer Travis Barker, and guitarist and vocalist Matt Skiba. Found...	[ "The band signed a 16-date residency deal with the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas." ]
Title: Mia Hamm Background: Born in Selma, Alabama, Mia was the fourth of six children of Bill and Stephanie Hamm. She wore corrective shoes as a toddler after being born with a club foot. Hamm spent her childhood on various United States Air Force bases around the world with her family. While living in Florence, Ital...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Mia Hamm Background: Born in Selma, Alabama, Mia was the fourth of six children of Bill and Stephanie Hamm. She wore corrective shoes as a toddler after being born with a club foot. Hamm spent her childhood on various United States Air Force bases around the world with her family. While living in Florence, Ital...	[ "1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final" ]
Title: Blink-182 Background: Blink-182 (often stylized as blink-182; pronounced "blink one eighty two") is an American rock band formed in Poway, California in 1992. Since 2015, the lineup of the band has consisted of bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus, drummer Travis Barker, and guitarist and vocalist Matt Skiba. Found...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Kumar Sangakkara Background: Sangakkara was born to Kumari Surangana and Swarnakumara Sangakkara, an attorney-at-law at Matale, Sri Lanka in 1977. His parents settled in Kandy, where he spent his childhood. Sangakkara received his primary and secondary education at Trinity College, Kandy, an independent elite p...	[ "Sangakkara suffered shrapnel wounds in his shoulder. In November 2006, Sangakkara was included in the ICC World XI Test team." ]
Title: Kumar Sangakkara Background: Sangakkara was born to Kumari Surangana and Swarnakumara Sangakkara, an attorney-at-law at Matale, Sri Lanka in 1977. His parents settled in Kandy, where he spent his childhood. Sangakkara received his primary and secondary education at Trinity College, Kandy, an independent elite p...	[ "captaining Sri Lanka is a job that ages you very quickly ... It's rarely a job you will last long in ..." ]
Title: Taylor Swift Background: Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. One of the leading contemporary recording artists, she is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nash...	[ "So, I kept thinking to myself, I need to figure out a way to be different\"." ]
Title: Taylor Swift Background: Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. One of the leading contemporary recording artists, she is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nash...	[ "The Shirelles, Doris Troy, and The Beach Boys." ]
Title: Sheryl Crow Background: Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actress. Her music incorporates elements of pop, rock, country and blues. She has released ten studio albums, four compilations, a live album, and has contributed to a number of film soundtracks....	[ "Crow told the BBC in 2005 that, \"My favorite single is 'My Favorite Mistake.' It was a lot of fun to record" ]
Title: Sheryl Crow Background: Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actress. Her music incorporates elements of pop, rock, country and blues. She has released ten studio albums, four compilations, a live album, and has contributed to a number of film soundtracks....	[ "In 2013, Crow signed a recording contract with Warner Music Nashville and, a few months later," ]
Title: Chapter 27 Background: Chapter 27 is a 2007 biographical drama film depicting the murder of John Lennon by Mark David Chapman. It was written and directed by Jarrett Schaefer, based on the book Let Me Take You Down by Jack Jones, produced by Robert Salerno, and stars Jared Leto as Chapman. The film takes place ...	[ "recollections of his act of violence." ]
Title: Chapter 27 Background: Chapter 27 is a 2007 biographical drama film depicting the murder of John Lennon by Mark David Chapman. It was written and directed by Jarrett Schaefer, based on the book Let Me Take You Down by Jack Jones, produced by Robert Salerno, and stars Jared Leto as Chapman. The film takes place ...	[ "The abruptness of Leto's weight gain gave him gout." ]
Title: Cameron Crowe Background: Cameron Crowe was born in Palm Springs, California. His father, James A. Crowe, originally from Kentucky, owned a real estate and phone service business. His mother, Alice Marie (nee George), "was a teacher, activist, and all-around live wire who did skits around the house and would we...	[ "Brooks executive produced Crowe's first directing effort, 1989's Say Anything...," ]
Title: Cameron Crowe Background: Cameron Crowe was born in Palm Springs, California. His father, James A. Crowe, originally from Kentucky, owned a real estate and phone service business. His mother, Alice Marie (nee George), "was a teacher, activist, and all-around live wire who did skits around the house and would we...	[ "Released in 1982, the movie version" ]
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...	[ "he directed the San Francisco city-county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, in violation of the state law passed in 2000." ]
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...	[ "The PlumpJack Cafe Partners L.P. opened the PlumpJack Cafe, also on Fillmore Street, in 1993." ]
Title: Gary Cooper Background: Cooper was born on May 7, 1901, in Helena, Montana to Alice (nee Brazier, 1873-1967) and Charles Henry Cooper (1865-1946). His father had emigrated from Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire and was a prominent lawyer, rancher, and (later) a Montana Supreme Court justice. His mother had emigrated...	[ "Goldwyn rushed to offer Cooper a long-term contract, but he held out for a better deal--finally signing a five-year contract with Jesse L. Lasky at Paramount Pictures" ]
Title: Alia Bhatt Background: Bhatt was born on 15 March 1993 in Mumbai to Indian film director Mahesh Bhatt and actress Soni Razdan. Her father is of Gujarati descent and her mother is of Kashmiri and German ancestry. Director Nanabhai Bhatt is her paternal grandfather. She has an elder sister, Shaheen (born 1988) an...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Giuseppe Verdi Background: Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (Italian: [dZu'zeppe 'verdi]; 9 or 10 October 1813 - 27 January 1901) was an Italian opera composer. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, and developed a musical education with the help of a local patron. Verdi came to d...	[ "The growth of the \"identification of Verdi's music with Italian nationalist politics\" perhaps began in the 1840s." ]
Title: Opeth Background: Opeth is a Swedish heavy metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1989. The group has been through several personnel changes, but lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Mikael Akerfeldt has remained Opeth's primary driving force throughout the years. Opeth has consistently incorporated progressiv...	[ "released in Europe on June 24, 1996." ]
Title: Opeth Background: Opeth is a Swedish heavy metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1989. The group has been through several personnel changes, but lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Mikael Akerfeldt has remained Opeth's primary driving force throughout the years. Opeth has consistently incorporated progressiv...	[ "lead vocalist David Isberg." ]
Title: Nina Tucker Background: Nina Tucker is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Delta Goodrem. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 11 June 2002. Goodrem was approached by producers after they saw her video for her debut single. Goodrem, who had ...	[ "In July 2003, Goodrem was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma and was forced to leave the show to begin treatment." ]
Title: Nina Tucker Background: Nina Tucker is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Delta Goodrem. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 11 June 2002. Goodrem was approached by producers after they saw her video for her debut single. Goodrem, who had ...	[ "Nina was upset to learn about her parents split and went into denial." ]
Title: Scarlett Johansson Background: Scarlett Ingrid Johansson was born in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York. Her father, Karsten Olaf Johansson, is an architect originally from Copenhagen, Denmark, and her paternal grandfather, Ejner Johansson, was an art historian, screenwriter and film director, who...	[ "Her breakthrough came playing a cynical outcast in Terry Zwigoff's black comedy Ghost World (2001)," ]
Title: Wilhelm II, German Emperor Background: Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Hohenzollern; 27 January 1859 - 4 June 1941) was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia, ruling the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918. He was the eldest grandchild of ...	[ "Berlin, so they quickly came to terms with France, beginning the process that by 1914 largely isolated Germany." ]
Title: Georgia O'Keeffe Background: O'Keeffe was born on November 15, 1887, in a farmhouse located at 2405 Hwy T in the town of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Her parents, Francis Calyxtus O'Keeffe and Ida (Totto) O'Keeffe, were dairy farmers. Her father was of Irish descent. Her maternal grandfather George Victor Totto, for...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Georgia O'Keeffe Background: O'Keeffe was born on November 15, 1887, in a farmhouse located at 2405 Hwy T in the town of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Her parents, Francis Calyxtus O'Keeffe and Ida (Totto) O'Keeffe, were dairy farmers. Her father was of Irish descent. Her maternal grandfather George Victor Totto, for...	[ "Even though her works may show elements of different modernist movements, such as Surrealism and Precisionism, her work is uniquely her own style." ]
Title: Jewel (singer) Background: Jewel was born May 23, 1974 in Payson, Utah, the second child of Attila Kuno "Atz" Kilcher and Lenedra Jewel Kilcher (nee Carroll). At the time of her birth, her parents had been living in Utah with her elder brother, Shane; her father was attending Brigham Young University. She is a ...	[ "\"You Were Meant for Me\", \"Who Will Save Your Soul\", and \"Foolish Games\"." ]
Title: Jewel (singer) Background: Jewel was born May 23, 1974 in Payson, Utah, the second child of Attila Kuno "Atz" Kilcher and Lenedra Jewel Kilcher (nee Carroll). At the time of her birth, her parents had been living in Utah with her elder brother, Shane; her father was attending Brigham Young University. She is a ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Scarlett Johansson Background: Scarlett Ingrid Johansson was born in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York. Her father, Karsten Olaf Johansson, is an architect originally from Copenhagen, Denmark, and her paternal grandfather, Ejner Johansson, was an art historian, screenwriter and film director, who...	[ "Her performance received positive reviews: one written for the San Francisco Chronicle noted," ]
Title: Scarlett Johansson Background: Scarlett Ingrid Johansson was born in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York. Her father, Karsten Olaf Johansson, is an architect originally from Copenhagen, Denmark, and her paternal grandfather, Ejner Johansson, was an art historian, screenwriter and film director, who...	[ "NME named the album the \"23rd best album of 2008\", and it peaked at number 126 on the Billboard 200." ]
Title: Eddie Rabbitt Background: Rabbitt was born to Irish immigrants Mae (nee Joyce) and Thomas Michael Rabbitt in Brooklyn, New York in 1941, and was raised in the nearby community of East Orange, New Jersey. His father was an oil-refinery refrigeration worker, and a skilled fiddle and accordion player, who often en...	[ "an hour of Saturday night radio show" ]
Title: KAT-TUN Background: KAT-TUN (katoun, Katun) is a Japanese boy band formed under Johnny & Associates (Johnny's) in 2001. The group's name was originally an acronym based on the first letter of each member's family name: Kazuya Kamenashi, Jin Akanishi, Junnosuke Taguchi, Koki Tanaka, Tatsuya Ueda, and Yuichi Naka...	[ "Ultimate Wheels" ]
Title: Manchu people Background: The Manchu (Manchu: manjU; Mollendorff: manju; Abkai: manju; simplified Chinese: Man Zu ; traditional Chinese: Man Zu ; pinyin: Manzu; Wade-Giles: Man3-tsu2) are an ethnic minority in China and the people from whom Manchuria derives its name. They are sometimes called "red-tasseled Man...	[ "The fergetun (fergetUn), a thumb ring traditionally made out of reindeer bone, was worn to protect the thumbs of archers." ]
Title: KAT-TUN Background: KAT-TUN (katoun, Katun) is a Japanese boy band formed under Johnny & Associates (Johnny's) in 2001. The group's name was originally an acronym based on the first letter of each member's family name: Kazuya Kamenashi, Jin Akanishi, Junnosuke Taguchi, Koki Tanaka, Tatsuya Ueda, and Yuichi Naka...	[ "respectively. They became the second artists to do so, the first being Ayumi Hamasaki." ]
Title: Tris Speaker Background: Speaker was born on April 4, 1888, in Hubbard, Texas, to Archie and Nancy Poer Speaker. As a youth, Speaker broke his arm after he fell from a horse; the injury forced him to become left-handed. In 1905, Speaker played a year of college baseball for Fort Worth Polytechnic Institute. New...	[ "He also became the first major leaguer to hit 50 doubles and steal 50 bases in the same season." ]
Title: Anton Rubinstein Background: Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein (Russian: Anton Grigor'evich Rubinshtein, tr. Anton Grigorevich Rubinshteyn; November 28 [O.S. November 16] 1829 - November 20 [O.S. November 8] 1894) was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor who became a pivotal figure in Russian culture when he fo...	[ "the pianist played more than 20 pieces in one concert in Vienna, including three sonatas" ]
Title: Frank Swift Background: Frank Victor Swift (26 December 1913 - 6 February 1958) was an English footballer, who played as a goalkeeper for Manchester City and England. After starting his career with local clubs near his home town of Blackpool, in 1932 he was signed by First Division Manchester City, with whom he...	[ "Swift was named as one of the Football League 100 Legends" ]
Title: Frank Swift Background: Frank Victor Swift (26 December 1913 - 6 February 1958) was an English footballer, who played as a goalkeeper for Manchester City and England. After starting his career with local clubs near his home town of Blackpool, in 1932 he was signed by First Division Manchester City, with whom he...	[ "the Manchester City board continued to hold Swift's playing registration for several years." ]
Title: Vaughn Meader Background: Meader was born in Waterville, Maine during one of the worst floods ever to hit New England: he often said he was born on "the night the West Bridge washed out". He was the only child of Charles Vaughn Meader, a millworker, and Mary Ellen Abbott. After his father broke his neck and dro...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Cimmerians Background: The Cimmerians (also Kimmerians; Greek: Kimmerioi, Kimmerioi) were an ancient people, who appeared about 1000 BC and are mentioned later in 8th century BC in Assyrian records. Probably originating in the Pontic steppe and invading by means of the Caucasus, they are likely to be those who...	[ "who in 1925 postulated a \"North-Thracian-Cimmerian cultural sphere\" (nordthrakisch-kimmerischer Kulturkreis) overlapping with the younger Hallstatt culture of the Eastern Alps." ]
Title: Anton Rubinstein Background: Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein (Russian: Anton Grigor'evich Rubinshtein, tr. Anton Grigorevich Rubinshteyn; November 28 [O.S. November 16] 1829 - November 20 [O.S. November 8] 1894) was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor who became a pivotal figure in Russian culture when he fo...	[ "where he sought unsuccessfully to enroll at the Paris Conservatoire." ]
Title: Virat Kohli Background: Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi into a Punjabi family. His father, Prem Kohli, worked as a criminal lawyer and his mother, Saroj Kohli, is a housewife. He has an elder brother, Vikash, and an elder sister, Bhavna. According to his family, when he was three-years old, Koh...	[ "his idol and role model was Tendulkar and that as a kid he \"tried to copy the shots [Tendulkar] played" ]
Title: Rani Mukerji Background: Rani Mukerji (born 21 March 1978) is an Indian actress. She has won several awards, including seven Filmfare Awards. Her film roles have been cited as a significant departure from the traditional portrayal of women in Hindi cinema. Although Mukerji was born into the Mukherjee-Samarth fa...	[ "1996" ]
Title: Yuvraj Singh Background: Yuvraj Singh ( pronunciation ) (born 12 December 1981) is an Indian international cricketer, who plays all forms of the game. An all-rounder who bats left-handed in the middle order and bowls slow left-arm orthodox, Yuvraj is the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi actor Yograj...	[ "In the 2016 IPL auction he was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 7 crores. In 2016, he had a very successful IPL campaign" ]

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