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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...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: John O. Brennan Background: John Owen Brennan (born September 22, 1955) was the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from March 2013 to January 2017. He served as chief counterterrorism advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama; his title was Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and ...	[ "that killed Osama bin Laden." ]
Title: John O. Brennan Background: John Owen Brennan (born September 22, 1955) was the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from March 2013 to January 2017. He served as chief counterterrorism advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama; his title was Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and ...	[ "On January 7, 2013, Brennan was nominated by President Barack Obama to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency." ]
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...	[ "After 1915," ]
Title: Beck Background: Beck was born in Los Angeles, to David Campbell and Bibbe Hansen. His father is a Canadian-born arranger, composer and conductor who worked on hundreds of albums and numerous films. Beck's mother grew up amid New York's Andy Warhol Factory art scene of the 1960s, where she was a Warhol supersta...	[ "October 13." ]
Title: Beck Background: Beck was born in Los Angeles, to David Campbell and Bibbe Hansen. His father is a Canadian-born arranger, composer and conductor who worked on hundreds of albums and numerous films. Beck's mother grew up amid New York's Andy Warhol Factory art scene of the 1960s, where she was a Warhol supersta...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Duff McKagan Background: Michael Andrew McKagan grew up in Seattle's largely working-class University District, the youngest of eight children born to Marie and Elmer "Mac" McKagan. He has been called "Duff" since toddlerhood, to which he once referred as "an Irish thing". Following his parents' divorce, his mo...	[ "In 1987, Guns N' Roses released its debut album, Appetite for Destruction," ]
Title: Duff McKagan Background: Michael Andrew McKagan grew up in Seattle's largely working-class University District, the youngest of eight children born to Marie and Elmer "Mac" McKagan. He has been called "Duff" since toddlerhood, to which he once referred as "an Irish thing". Following his parents' divorce, his mo...	[ "he played bass; they released the single \"School Jerks\" in 1980." ]
Title: Fats Domino Background: Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 - October 24, 2017) was an American pianist and singer-songwriter. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. Between 1955 and 1960, he had eleven Top 10 hits. His humility and shyness may b...	[ "). By the end of 1964 the British Invasion had changed the tastes of the record-buying public, and Domino's chart run was over." ]
Title: Cary Grant Background: Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904 - November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor, known as one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men. He began a career in Hollywood in the early 1930s, and became known for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor, and ...	[ "his daughter" ]
Title: Janis Joplin Background: Janis Lyn Joplin (; January 19, 1943 - October 4, 1970) was an American rock singer and songwriter; one of the most successful and widely-known female rock stars of her era. After releasing three albums, she died of a heroin overdose at the age of 27. A fourth album, Pearl, was released...	[ "Joplin was ultimately unhappy with her performance," ]
Title: Janis Joplin Background: Janis Lyn Joplin (; January 19, 1943 - October 4, 1970) was an American rock singer and songwriter; one of the most successful and widely-known female rock stars of her era. After releasing three albums, she died of a heroin overdose at the age of 27. A fourth album, Pearl, was released...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Cary Grant Background: Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904 - November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor, known as one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men. He began a career in Hollywood in the early 1930s, and became known for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor, and ...	[ "Hitchcock, who admired him and called him \"the only actor I ever loved in my whole life\"," ]
Title: Day26 Background: Day26 is an American male R&B music group formed in August 2007 by Sean "Diddy" Combs in a handpicked selection at the end of MTV's Making the Band 4. The group consists of Robert Curry, Brian Angel, Willie Taylor, Qwanell Mosley and Michael McCluney. The moniker is a tribute to the day when A...	[ "Day26 returned with another season of Making the Band. This season involved in Making the Band 4 - The Tour, which resolved to the break-up of Danity Kane." ]
Title: Day26 Background: Day26 is an American male R&B music group formed in August 2007 by Sean "Diddy" Combs in a handpicked selection at the end of MTV's Making the Band 4. The group consists of Robert Curry, Brian Angel, Willie Taylor, Qwanell Mosley and Michael McCluney. The moniker is a tribute to the day when A...	[ "Due to the venue being sold out and overwhelming fans demanding more tickets, the band decided add an encore concert for August 27." ]
Title: The Tragically Hip Background: The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as The Hip, are a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario, currently consisting of guitarist Paul Langlois, guitarist Rob Baker (known as Bobby Baker until 1994), bassist Gord Sinclair, and drummer Johnny Fay. They have released 14 st...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: The Tragically Hip Background: The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as The Hip, are a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario, currently consisting of guitarist Paul Langlois, guitarist Rob Baker (known as Bobby Baker until 1994), bassist Gord Sinclair, and drummer Johnny Fay. They have released 14 st...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Ara Parseghian Background: Ara Raoul Parseghian (May 21, 1923 - August 2, 2017) was an American football player and coach who guided the University of Notre Dame to national championships in 1966 and 1973. He is noted for bringing Notre Dame's Fighting Irish football program from years of futility back into a n...	[ "who won 20-17 in the final minutes on a touchdown pass from Craig Fertig to Rod Sherman." ]
Title: Ara Parseghian Background: Ara Raoul Parseghian (May 21, 1923 - August 2, 2017) was an American football player and coach who guided the University of Notre Dame to national championships in 1966 and 1973. He is noted for bringing Notre Dame's Fighting Irish football program from years of futility back into a n...	[ "The defense was second in the country in points allowed, thanks to strong performances by linebacker Jim Lynch and defensive end Alan Page." ]
Title: Hardy Rodenstock Background: Hardy Rodenstock (born December 7, 1941 in Marienwerder (Kwidzyn), legal name Meinhard Gorke ) is a former publisher and manager of pop and Schlager music in Germany and is a prominent wine collector, connoisseur, and trader, with a special interest in old and rare wines. He became ...	[ "Koch's lawsuit included many results from his team's forensic investigations. This lawsuit was then the subject of many legal turns during 2007 and 2008," ]
Title: Ruhollah Khomeini Background: Sayyid Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (Persian: syd rwHllh mwswy khmyny [ru:hol'la:he khomei'ni:] ( listen); 24 September 1902 - 3 June 1989), known in the Western world as Ayatollah Khomeini, was an Iranian Shia Muslim religious leader and politician. He was the founder of Iran as an Is...	[ "summoned a meeting of the other senior marjas of Qom and persuaded them to decree a boycott of the referendum on the White Revolution." ]
Title: Walter Cronkite Background: Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 - July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962-1981). During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Walter Cronkite Background: Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 - July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962-1981). During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" ...	[ "He entered broadcasting as a radio announcer for WKY in Oklahoma City," ]
Title: Joseph Arthur Background: Joseph Arthur (born September 28, 1971) is an American singer-songwriter and artist from Akron, Ohio, United States. He is best known for his solo material, and as a member of Fistful of Mercy and RNDM. Combining poetic lyrics with a layered sonic palette, Arthur has built his reputati...	[ "Arthur toured the US alone and with Joan Wasser" ]
Title: Joseph Arthur Background: Joseph Arthur (born September 28, 1971) is an American singer-songwriter and artist from Akron, Ohio, United States. He is best known for his solo material, and as a member of Fistful of Mercy and RNDM. Combining poetic lyrics with a layered sonic palette, Arthur has built his reputati...	[ "an electronic keyboard from his aunt. At age 16, he played" ]
Title: Patricia Highsmith Background: Highsmith was born Mary Patricia Plangman in Fort Worth, Texas. She was the only child of artists Jay Bernard Plangman (1889-1975), who was of German descent, and Mary Plangman (nee Coates; September 13, 1895 - March 12, 1991). The couple divorced ten days before their daughter's ...	[ "\"Tom had a hunch about Reddington. He was a comic-book artist. He probably didn't know whether he was coming or going.\"" ]
Title: Patricia Highsmith Background: Highsmith was born Mary Patricia Plangman in Fort Worth, Texas. She was the only child of artists Jay Bernard Plangman (1889-1975), who was of German descent, and Mary Plangman (nee Coates; September 13, 1895 - March 12, 1991). The couple divorced ten days before their daughter's ...	[ "Highsmith wrote four sequels:" ]
Title: Gus Van Sant Background: Van Sant was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of Betty (nee Seay) and Gus Green Van Sant, Sr; Gus's father was a clothing manufacturer and traveling salesman who rapidly worked his way into middle class prosperity, holding executive marketing positions that included being president...	[ "The film's success attracted Hollywood interest, and Van Sant was briefly courted by Universal;" ]
Title: Gus Van Sant Background: Van Sant was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of Betty (nee Seay) and Gus Green Van Sant, Sr; Gus's father was a clothing manufacturer and traveling salesman who rapidly worked his way into middle class prosperity, holding executive marketing positions that included being president...	[ "The film won him an Independent Spirit Award for his screenplay" ]
Title: Allan Bloom Background: Allan David Bloom (September 14, 1930 - October 7, 1992) was an American philosopher, classicist, and academician. He studied under David Grene, Leo Strauss, Richard McKeon, and Alexandre Kojeve. He subsequently taught at Cornell University, the University of Toronto, Yale University, Ec...	[ "After returning to Chicago, he befriended and taught courses with Saul Bellow." ]
Title: Allan Bloom Background: Allan David Bloom (September 14, 1930 - October 7, 1992) was an American philosopher, classicist, and academician. He studied under David Grene, Leo Strauss, Richard McKeon, and Alexandre Kojeve. He subsequently taught at Cornell University, the University of Toronto, Yale University, Ec...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Ion Creangă Background: Ion Creanga (Romanian pronunciation: [i'on 'kreaNGg@]; also known as Nica al lui Stefan a Petrei, Ion Torcalau and Ioan Stefanescu; March 1, 1837 - December 31, 1889) was a Moldavian, later Romanian writer, raconteur and schoolteacher. A main figure in 19th century Romanian literature, h...	[ "in disagreement with the more cosmopolitan and aristocratic segment led by Maiorescu and Petre P. Carp." ]
Title: Xi Jinping Background: Xi Jinping (; Chinese: Xi Jin Ping ; pinyin: Xi Jinping; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician currently serving as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission. As Xi holds the top off...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Point of Grace Background: Point of Grace is an all-female Contemporary Christian music vocal group. The trio consists of Shelley Breen, Denise Jones, and Leigh Cappillino. The group started out as a quartet in 1991, with original members Breen and Jones, as well as Terry Jones and Heather Payne. In November 20...	[ "called upon band leader Dana Cappillino's wife Leigh to join her husband on tour." ]
Title: Vangelis Background: Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (Greek: Euaggelos Odusseas Papathanasiou, IPA: [ev'anjelos odi'seas papathana'siu] (born 29 March 1943), best known professionally as Vangelis (), is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, and orchestral music. He is best known for his ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Megan Fox Background: Megan Denise Fox (born May 16, 1986) is an American actress and model. She began her acting career in 2001, with several minor television and film roles, and played a regular role on the Hope & Faith television sitcom. In 2004, she made her film debut with a role in the teen comedy Confess...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Megan Fox Background: Megan Denise Fox (born May 16, 1986) is an American actress and model. She began her acting career in 2001, with several minor television and film roles, and played a regular role on the Hope & Faith television sitcom. In 2004, she made her film debut with a role in the teen comedy Confess...	[ "She was the voice of Lois Lane in the film Robot Chicken DC Comics Special, an episode of the television comedy series Robot Chicken," ]
Title: Robin van Persie Background: Robin van Persie (Dutch pronunciation: ['robIn van 'persi] ( listen); born 6 August 1983) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Feyenoord. He has played over 100 times for the Netherlands national team. He made his senior debut during the 2001-02 season, whic...	[ "opening goal in a 2-1 League Cup win" ]
Title: Robin van Persie Background: Robin van Persie (Dutch pronunciation: ['robIn van 'persi] ( listen); born 6 August 1983) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Feyenoord. He has played over 100 times for the Netherlands national team. He made his senior debut during the 2001-02 season, whic...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Irving Fisher Background: Irving Fisher (February 27, 1867 - April 29, 1947) was an American economist, statistician, inventor, and Progressive social campaigner. He was one of the earliest American neoclassical economists, though his later work on debt deflation has been embraced by the Post-Keynesian school. ...	[ "... [it] acts like a narcotic poison, like opium and like alcohol, though usually in a less degree\"." ]
Title: Andrew Johnson Background: Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 - July 31, 1875) was the 17th President of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. Johnson became president as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. A Democrat who ran with Lincoln on the National Union tick...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Andrew Johnson Background: Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 - July 31, 1875) was the 17th President of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. Johnson became president as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. A Democrat who ran with Lincoln on the National Union tick...	[ "The brothers went to Carthage, North Carolina, where Andrew Johnson worked as a tailor for several months." ]
Title: Irving Fisher Background: Irving Fisher (February 27, 1867 - April 29, 1947) was an American economist, statistician, inventor, and Progressive social campaigner. He was one of the earliest American neoclassical economists, though his later work on debt deflation has been embraced by the Post-Keynesian school. ...	[ "Fisher made free use of the standard diagrams used to teach undergraduate economics," ]
Title: Sam Harris Background: Sam Benjamin Harris (born April 9, 1967) is an American author, philosopher, neuroscientist, blogger, and podcast host. He is a critic of religion and proponent of the liberty to criticize religion. He is concerned with matters that touch on spirituality, morality, neuroscience, free will...	[ "His thesis was titled \"The moral landscape: How science could determine human values\"," ]
Title: Sam Harris Background: Sam Benjamin Harris (born April 9, 1967) is an American author, philosopher, neuroscientist, blogger, and podcast host. He is a critic of religion and proponent of the liberty to criticize religion. He is concerned with matters that touch on spirituality, morality, neuroscience, free will...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Weather Report Background: Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was initially co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul, the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter and Czech bassist Miroslav Vitous. Due to creative and financial disagreements, Vitous l...	[ "Brookmeyer," ]
Title: Weather Report Background: Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was initially co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul, the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter and Czech bassist Miroslav Vitous. Due to creative and financial disagreements, Vitous l...	[ "described the album as \"music beyond category" ]
Title: Sherman Alexie Background: Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr. (born October 7, 1966) is a Spokane-Coeur d'Alene-American novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker. His writings draw on his experiences as an Indigenous American with ancestry from several tribes. He grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation and n...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Sherman Alexie Background: Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr. (born October 7, 1966) is a Spokane-Coeur d'Alene-American novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker. His writings draw on his experiences as an Indigenous American with ancestry from several tribes. He grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation and n...	[ "His father, Sherman Joseph Alexie," ]
Title: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Background: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ( MEESS; German: [mi:s]; born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886 - August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect. He is commonly referred to and was addressed as Mies, his surname. Section: Educator Passage: Mies served as the last directo...	[ " Some of Mies' curriculum is still put in practice in the first and second year programs at IIT," ]
Title: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Background: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ( MEESS; German: [mi:s]; born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886 - August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect. He is commonly referred to and was addressed as Mies, his surname. Section: 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Passage: Mies designed a...	[ "He included nature by leaving openings in the pavement, through which plants seem to grow unfettered by urbanization, just as in the pre-settlement environment." ]
Title: Roberto Mangabeira Unger Background: Roberto Mangabeira Unger (; born 24 March 1947) is a philosopher and politician. He has developed his views and positions across many fields, including social, political, and economic theory. In legal theory, he is best known by his work in the 1970s and 80s while at Harvard...	[ "The most immediate problem is that under this generalizing tendency of economics," ]
Title: Frank Kush Background: Frank Joseph Kush (January 20, 1929 - June 22, 2017) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Arizona State University from 1958 to 1979, compiling a record of 176-54-1. Kush was also the head coach of the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats in ...	[ "Kush accepted a three-year contract with the United States Football League's Arizona Outlaws." ]
Title: Frank Kush Background: Frank Joseph Kush (January 20, 1929 - June 22, 2017) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Arizona State University from 1958 to 1979, compiling a record of 176-54-1. Kush was also the head coach of the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats in ...	[ "After nearly two years, Kush would be found not liable in the case," ]
Title: Johnny Unitas Background: John Constantine Unitas was born in Pittsburgh in 1933 to Francis J. Unitas and Helen Superfisky, who both were of Lithuanian descent; he grew up in the Mount Washington neighborhood. When Johnny was five years old, his father died of cardiovascular renal disease complicated by pneumon...	[ "he helped lead the Colts to a 7-5 record, the first winning record in franchise history." ]
Title: Johnny Unitas Background: John Constantine Unitas was born in Pittsburgh in 1933 to Francis J. Unitas and Helen Superfisky, who both were of Lithuanian descent; he grew up in the Mount Washington neighborhood. When Johnny was five years old, his father died of cardiovascular renal disease complicated by pneumon...	[ "19 touchdown passes and only 6 interceptions." ]
Title: T-Pain Background: Najm was born and raised in Tallahassee, Florida. His stage name is short for "Tallahassee Pain", and was chosen because of the hardships he experienced while living there. Najm was brought up in a Muslim household, but he has expressed his lack of interest in the concept of religion. At just...	[ "The third and final single from the album, \"Church\", was released in October 2007 but failed to chart in the United States." ]
Title: T-Pain Background: Najm was born and raised in Tallahassee, Florida. His stage name is short for "Tallahassee Pain", and was chosen because of the hardships he experienced while living there. Najm was brought up in a Muslim household, but he has expressed his lack of interest in the concept of religion. At just...	[ "Thr33 Ringz included T.I., Lil Wayne, Ludacris, DJ Khaled, Ciara, Chris Brown and Kanye West" ]
Title: Charles Taze Russell Background: Charles Taze Russell was born to Scottish-Irish parents, immigrant Joseph Lytel Russell (d. December 17, 1897) and Ann Eliza Birney (d. January 25, 1861), on February 16, 1852 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Russell was the second of five children, of whom two survived into adultho...	[ "she filed for legal separation on the grounds of mental cruelty, referring to forced celibacy and frequent cold, indifferent treatment" ]
Title: Charles Taze Russell Background: Charles Taze Russell was born to Scottish-Irish parents, immigrant Joseph Lytel Russell (d. December 17, 1897) and Ann Eliza Birney (d. January 25, 1861), on February 16, 1852 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Russell was the second of five children, of whom two survived into adultho...	[ "The 162-page \"pamphlet\" was published using donated funds amounting to approximately $40,000 (current value $1,014,345)." ]
Title: Pamela Harriman Background: She was born in Farnborough, Hampshire, England, the daughter of Edward Digby, 11th Baron Digby, and his wife, Constance Pamela Alice, the daughter of Henry Campbell Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare. Pamela was educated by governesses in the ancestral home at Minterne Magna in Dorset, along...	[ "Eventually, Pamela filed for divorce in December 1945" ]
Title: Chris Johnson (running back) Background: Christopher Duan Johnson (born September 23, 1985) is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. Born in Orlando, Florida, Johnson emerged as a senior for East Carolina University where he broke out for 2,960 all-purpose yards and 24 touchdowns. He ...	[ "Dash referred to Johnson due to his unusual quickness and speed." ]
Title: Chris Johnson (running back) Background: Christopher Duan Johnson (born September 23, 1985) is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. Born in Orlando, Florida, Johnson emerged as a senior for East Carolina University where he broke out for 2,960 all-purpose yards and 24 touchdowns. He ...	[ "became the highest paid running back in the NFL, agreeing to a four-year, $53.5 million contract extension, including $30 million guaranteed, with the Titans," ]
Title: Me and Orson Welles Background: Me and Orson Welles is a 2008 British-American period drama film directed by Richard Linklater and starring Zac Efron, Christian McKay, and Claire Danes. Based on Robert Kaplow's novel of the same name, the story, set in 1937 New York, tells of a teenager hired to perform in Orso...	[ "In the theatre, Christian McKay had portrayed Orson Welles in the one-man play Rosebud:" ]
Title: The Clark Sisters Background: The Clark Sisters are an American gospel vocal group consisting of five sisters: Jacky Clark Chisholm (b. 1948), Denise Clark Bradford (b. 1953), Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark-Terrell (b. 1954), Dorinda Clark-Cole (b. 1957), and Karen Clark Sheard (b. 1960). The Clark Sisters are the d...	[ "released their Billboard chart-topping and critically acclaimed album Conqueror." ]
Title: The Clark Sisters Background: The Clark Sisters are an American gospel vocal group consisting of five sisters: Jacky Clark Chisholm (b. 1948), Denise Clark Bradford (b. 1953), Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark-Terrell (b. 1954), Dorinda Clark-Cole (b. 1957), and Karen Clark Sheard (b. 1960). The Clark Sisters are the d...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Toots Thielemans Background: Jean-Baptiste Frederic Isidor, Baron Thielemans (29 April 1922 - 22 August 2016), known professionally as Toots Thielemans, was a Belgian-American jazz musician. He was known for his harmonica playing, as well as his guitar, whistling skills, and composing. According to jazz histori...	[ "\" (The two later collaborated on this selection in concert, and this was recorded on video." ]
Title: Toots Thielemans Background: Jean-Baptiste Frederic Isidor, Baron Thielemans (29 April 1922 - 22 August 2016), known professionally as Toots Thielemans, was a Belgian-American jazz musician. He was known for his harmonica playing, as well as his guitar, whistling skills, and composing. According to jazz histori...	[ "He composed the music for the 1974 Swedish film Dunderklumpen!, in which he also provided the voice of the animated character Pellegnillot." ]
Title: The Police Background: The Police were a British rock band formed in London in 1977. For most of their history the band consisted of Sting (lead vocals, bass guitar, primary songwriter), Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland (drums, percussion). The Police became globally popular in the late 1970s and earl...	[ "Message in a Bottle" ]
Title: Coil (band) Background: Coil were an English experimental music group, founded in 1982 by John Balance in London. Initially envisioned as a solo project by lead singer and songwriter Balance (born Geoffrey Burton) while he was in the band Psychic TV, Coil evolved into a full-time project with the addition of ke...	[ "Since January 1984, Balance and Christopherson had departed from Psychic TV and the Temple of Psychic Youth, in order to make Coil as a full-time concern." ]
Title: Coil (band) Background: Coil were an English experimental music group, founded in 1982 by John Balance in London. Initially envisioned as a solo project by lead singer and songwriter Balance (born Geoffrey Burton) while he was in the band Psychic TV, Coil evolved into a full-time project with the addition of ke...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Jin Akanishi Background: Jin Akanishi (Chi Xi Ren , Akanishi Jin, born July 4, 1984) is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He has been active since 1998, first as one of the two lead vocalists of the popular J-pop boy-band KAT-TUN. Since the group's official debut in 2006, they have achieved 14...	[ "Kobayashi wrote the lyrics and music of their debut single \"Bandage\"." ]
Title: Jin Akanishi Background: Jin Akanishi (Chi Xi Ren , Akanishi Jin, born July 4, 1984) is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He has been active since 1998, first as one of the two lead vocalists of the popular J-pop boy-band KAT-TUN. Since the group's official debut in 2006, they have achieved 14...	[ "they were not allowed to make their bow until five years later in 2006," ]
Title: Sylar Background: Sylar (Gabriel Gray) is a fictional character and a primary antagonist of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. Portrayed by Zachary Quinto, he is a superpowered serial killer who targets other superhumans in order to steal their powers. He served as the primary villain of the first sea...	[ "Once Sylar has rested, Samuel proceeds to show him around the circus, showing that everyone at the carnival has an ability." ]
Title: Perry Como Background: Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (May 18, 1912 - May 12, 2001) was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with it in 1943. "Mr. C.", as he was nicknamed, sold millions of re...	[ "Bing Crosby" ]
Title: Jean-Philippe Rameau Background: Jean-Philippe Rameau (French: [Zafilip Ramo]; (1683-09-25)25 September 1683 - (1764-09-12)12 September 1764) was one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century. He replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera and is al...	[ " Not one of his librettists managed to produce a libretto on the same artistic level as Rameau's music:" ]
Title: Jean-Philippe Rameau Background: Jean-Philippe Rameau (French: [Zafilip Ramo]; (1683-09-25)25 September 1683 - (1764-09-12)12 September 1764) was one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century. He replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera and is al...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Ruhollah Khomeini Background: Sayyid Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (Persian: syd rwHllh mwswy khmyny [ru:hol'la:he khomei'ni:] ( listen); 24 September 1902 - 3 June 1989), known in the Western world as Ayatollah Khomeini, was an Iranian Shia Muslim religious leader and politician. He was the founder of Iran as an Is...	[ "two days after this public denunciation of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Khomeini was detained in Qom" ]
Title: Ruhollah Khomeini Background: Sayyid Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (Persian: syd rwHllh mwswy khmyny [ru:hol'la:he khomei'ni:] ( listen); 24 September 1902 - 3 June 1989), known in the Western world as Ayatollah Khomeini, was an Iranian Shia Muslim religious leader and politician. He was the founder of Iran as an Is...	[ "On 17 January 1979, the Shah left the country (ostensibly \"on vacation\"), never to return." ]
Title: Spacemen 3 Background: Spacemen 3 were an English alternative rock band, formed in 1982 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Peter Kember and Jason Pierce. Their music is known for its brand of "minimalistic psychedelia". Spacemen 3 had their first independent chart hits in 1987, gaining a cult following, and going on to ...	[ "Spacemen 3 signed a three-year, two-album recording contract with Glass Records in early 1986." ]
Title: Spacemen 3 Background: Spacemen 3 were an English alternative rock band, formed in 1982 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Peter Kember and Jason Pierce. Their music is known for its brand of "minimalistic psychedelia". Spacemen 3 had their first independent chart hits in 1987, gaining a cult following, and going on to ...	[ "Jason Pierce (alias 'J. Spaceman') remains the leader and creative force, and only constant member, of the alternative band Spiritualized who have achieved significant critical acclaim and commercial success." ]
Title: Martha and the Vandellas Background: Martha and the Vandellas (known from 1967 to 1972 as Martha Reeves and the Vandellas) were an American all-female vocal group formed in 1957. The group achieved fame in the 1960s with Motown. Selected Members of the group were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Martha and the Vandellas Background: Martha and the Vandellas (known from 1967 to 1972 as Martha Reeves and the Vandellas) were an American all-female vocal group formed in 1957. The group achieved fame in the 1960s with Motown. Selected Members of the group were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in ...	[ "the controversial anti-war song, \"I Should Be Proud\", which peaked at a modest forty-five on the R&B singles chart." ]
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...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
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...	[ "Her role was that of a neglected young wife married to an indifferent older man." ]
Title: Fibber McGee and Molly Background: Fibber McGee and Molly was an American radio comedy series. A staple of the NBC Red Network for the show's entire run and one of the most popular and enduring radio series of its time, the prime time situation comedy ran as a standalone series from 1935 to 1956, then continued...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: David Rockefeller Background: Rockefeller was born in New York City, New York. He grew up in an eight-story house at 10 West 54th Street, the tallest private residence ever built in the city. Rockefeller was the youngest of six children born to financier John Davison Rockefeller Jr. and socialite Abigail Greene...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Phonograph Background: The phonograph is a device for the mechanical recording and reproduction of sound. In its later forms, it is also called a gramophone (as a trademark since 1887, as a generic name in the UK since 1910), or, since the 1940s, a record player. The sound vibration waveforms are recorded as co...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Randy Quaid Background: Randy Randall Rudy Quaid (born October 1, 1950) is an American film and television actor and Academy Award nominee known for his roles in both serious drama and light comedy. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award and an Academy Award for his role in The Last Detail in 19...	[ "banned Quaid for life and fined him more than $81,000." ]
Title: Jon Krakauer Background: Krakauer was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, as the third of five children of Carol Ann (nee Jones) and Lewis Joseph Krakauer. His father was Jewish and his mother was a Unitarian, of Scandinavian descent. He was raised in Corvallis, Oregon, from the age of two. His father introduced ...	[ "2003," ]
Title: Guys and Dolls Background: Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure" - two short stories by Damon Runyon - and also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories...	[ "an overnight sensation," ]
Title: Guys and Dolls Background: Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure" - two short stories by Damon Runyon - and also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories...	[ "spirit...[it is] filled with the salty characters and richly original language sacred to the memory of the late Master\"." ]
Title: Ed McMahon Background: Edward Leo Peter McMahon Jr. (March 6, 1923 - June 23, 2009) was an American announcer, game show host, comedian, actor and singer. McMahon and Johnny Carson began their long association in their first TV series, the ABC game show Who Do You Trust?, running from 1957 to 1962. Then afterwa...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Ed McMahon Background: Edward Leo Peter McMahon Jr. (March 6, 1923 - June 23, 2009) was an American announcer, game show host, comedian, actor and singer. McMahon and Johnny Carson began their long association in their first TV series, the ABC game show Who Do You Trust?, running from 1957 to 1962. Then afterwa...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Graeme Obree Background: Graeme Obree (born 11 September 1965), nicknamed The Flying Scotsman, is a Scottish racing cyclist who twice broke the world hour record, in July 1993 and April 1994, and was the individual pursuit world champion in 1993 and 1995. He was known for his unusual riding positions and for th...	[ "The bike has no top tube, so that his knees did not hit the frame. The chainstays are not horizontal to the ground." ]
Title: Joseph McCarthy Background: Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 - May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period in the United States in which Col...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Joseph McCarthy Background: Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 - May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period in the United States in which Col...	[ "While working at a law firm in Shawano, Wisconsin, he launched an unsuccessful campaign for district attorney as a Democrat in 1936." ]
Title: Manorialism Background: Manorialism was an essential element of feudal society. It was the organizing principle of rural economy that originated in the Roman villa system of the Late Roman Empire, and was widely practiced in medieval western and parts of central Europe. It was slowly replaced by the advent of a...	[ "while the manor lands stretched away outside," ]
Title: The Cult Background: The Cult are a British rock band formed in 1983. Before settling on their current name in January 1984, the band performed under the name Death Cult, which was an evolution of the name of lead singer Ian Astbury's previous band Southern Death Cult. They gained a dedicated following in the U...	[ "no other official singles were released, but several other songs were released on a strictly limited basis:" ]
Title: The Cult Background: The Cult are a British rock band formed in 1983. Before settling on their current name in January 1984, the band performed under the name Death Cult, which was an evolution of the name of lead singer Ian Astbury's previous band Southern Death Cult. They gained a dedicated following in the U...	[ "A world tour" ]

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