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Title: Visage (band) Background: Visage were a British synthpop band, formed in London in 1978. The band became closely linked to the burgeoning New Romantic fashion movement of the early 1980s, and are best known for their hit "Fade to Grey" which was released in late 1980. In the UK, the band achieved two Top 20 alb...	[ "entitled \"Diary of a Madman\"." ]
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...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Charles Barkley Background: Barkley was born and raised in Leeds, Alabama, ten miles (16 km) outside Birmingham, and attended Leeds High School. As a junior, Barkley stood 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) and weighed 220 pounds (100 kg). He failed to make the varsity team and was named as a reserve. However, during the summ...	[ "It's only a lot when I lose. And you always lose. I think it's fun, I think it's exciting. I'm gonna continue to do it," ]
Title: April O'Neil Background: April O'Neil is a fictional character from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics. She is the first human ally of the Turtles: Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo. April made her first appearance in the Mirage comic series in 1984 as a computer programmer. She was later port...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: April O'Neil Background: April O'Neil is a fictional character from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics. She is the first human ally of the Turtles: Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo. April made her first appearance in the Mirage comic series in 1984 as a computer programmer. She was later port...	[ "In the 2003 cartoon series, April, voiced by Veronica Taylor in English" ]
Title: Dreamgirls (film) Background: Dreamgirls is a 2006 American romantic musical drama film written and directed by Bill Condon and jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures. Adapted from the 1981 Broadway musical of the same name by composer Henry Krieger and lyricist/librettist T...	[ "\"Listen\", with additional music by Scott Cutler and Beyonce Knowles," ]
Title: Dreamgirls (film) Background: Dreamgirls is a 2006 American romantic musical drama film written and directed by Bill Condon and jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures. Adapted from the 1981 Broadway musical of the same name by composer Henry Krieger and lyricist/librettist T...	[ "DreamWorks Home Entertainment released Dreamgirls to home video on May 1, 2007" ]
Title: Charles Barkley Background: Barkley was born and raised in Leeds, Alabama, ten miles (16 km) outside Birmingham, and attended Leeds High School. As a junior, Barkley stood 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) and weighed 220 pounds (100 kg). He failed to make the varsity team and was named as a reserve. However, during the summ...	[ "Besides his on-court fights with other players, he has exhibited confrontational behavior off-court." ]
Title: A-Teens Background: A-Teens (stylized as A*Teens) were a Swedish pop music group from Stockholm, Sweden, formed by Niklas Berg in 1998 as an ABBA tribute band called ABBA Teens and later renamed A-Teens. The band members were Marie Serneholt, Amit Sebastian Paul, Dhani Lennevald and Sara Lumholdt. The band's de...	[ "Before they started their concert tour in the U.S. the band went to promote their album to Asia," ]
Title: A-Teens Background: A-Teens (stylized as A*Teens) were a Swedish pop music group from Stockholm, Sweden, formed by Niklas Berg in 1998 as an ABBA tribute band called ABBA Teens and later renamed A-Teens. The band members were Marie Serneholt, Amit Sebastian Paul, Dhani Lennevald and Sara Lumholdt. The band's de...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Rex Harrison Background: Sir Reginald Carey "Rex" Harrison (5 March 1908 - 2 June 1990) was an English actor of stage and screen. Harrison began his career on the stage in 1924. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II, reaching the rank of flight lieutenant. He won his first Tony Award for his perf...	[ "Tony nominated performance as Shotover in Heartbreak House," ]
Title: Rex Harrison Background: Sir Reginald Carey "Rex" Harrison (5 March 1908 - 2 June 1990) was an English actor of stage and screen. Harrison began his career on the stage in 1924. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II, reaching the rank of flight lieutenant. He won his first Tony Award for his perf...	[ "He also starred in 1967's Doctor Dolittle." ]
Title: National Inventors Hall of Fame Background: The National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) is an American not-for-profit organization which recognizes individual engineers and inventors who hold a U.S. patent of highly significant technology. Founded in 1973, its primary mission is to "honor the people responsible ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Robert F. Kennedy Background: Robert Francis Kennedy was born on November 20, 1925, in Brookline, Massachusetts, the seventh child of businessman/politician Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and philanthropist/socialite Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. His older brothers were Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. and John F. "Jack" Kennedy, who w...	[ "Joe Sr. was satisfied with Kennedy as an adult, believing him to have become \"hard as nails\", more like him than any of the other children," ]
Title: Robert F. Kennedy Background: Robert Francis Kennedy was born on November 20, 1925, in Brookline, Massachusetts, the seventh child of businessman/politician Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and philanthropist/socialite Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. His older brothers were Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. and John F. "Jack" Kennedy, who w...	[ "was charged with investigating suspected Soviet agents." ]
Title: Brian Wilson Background: Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. After signing with Capitol Records in 1962, Wilson wrote or co-wrote more than two dozen Top 40 hits for the group. In addition to his lifelong strug...	[ "The Surfin' U.S.A. album was also a big hit in the United States, reaching number two on the national sales charts by early July 1963." ]
Title: James Traficant Background: James Anthony Traficant Jr. (May 8, 1941 - September 27, 2014) was a Democratic, and later independent, politician and member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. He represented the 17th Congressional District, which centered on his hometown of Youngstown and incl...	[ "After the Republicans took control of the House in 1995, Traficant tended to vote more often with the Republicans" ]
Title: James Traficant Background: James Anthony Traficant Jr. (May 8, 1941 - September 27, 2014) was a Democratic, and later independent, politician and member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. He represented the 17th Congressional District, which centered on his hometown of Youngstown and incl...	[ "He taught courses on drug and alcohol dependency and recovery at Youngstown State University and Kent State University," ]
Title: Mel Blanc Background: Blanc was born in San Francisco, California to Russian-Jewish parents Frederick and Eva Blank, the younger of two children. He grew up in the neighborhood of Western Addition in San Francisco, and later in Portland, Oregon, where he attended Lincoln High School. Growing up, he had a fondne...	[ "his death in 2016" ]
Title: Mel Blanc Background: Blanc was born in San Francisco, California to Russian-Jewish parents Frederick and Eva Blank, the younger of two children. He grew up in the neighborhood of Western Addition in San Francisco, and later in Portland, Oregon, where he attended Lincoln High School. Growing up, he had a fondne...	[ "Cobweb and Nuts" ]
Title: Art Bell Background: Art Bell III was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina, to Arthur Bell, Jr., a United States Marine Corps captain, and Jane Gumaer Bell, a Marine drill instructor. Arthur Bell, Jr. died in 2000, and Jane Bell died December 23, 2008. Bell has always been interested in radio, and at the age of...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Art Bell Background: Art Bell III was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina, to Arthur Bell, Jr., a United States Marine Corps captain, and Jane Gumaer Bell, a Marine drill instructor. Arthur Bell, Jr. died in 2000, and Jane Bell died December 23, 2008. Bell has always been interested in radio, and at the age of...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Cute (Japanese idol group) Background: Cute, stylized as -ute (kiyuto, Kyuto), was a Japanese idol girl group part of Hello! Project collective produced by Tsunku, who also writes almost all the group's songs. Cute consisted of Maimi Yajima, Saki Nakajima, Airi Suzuki, Chisato Okai, and Mai Hagiwara, who were a...	[ "Cute received the Japan Record Award for Best New Artist. The girls were too young to appear on stage at the awards ceremony, broadcast live late at night," ]
Title: Cute (Japanese idol group) Background: Cute, stylized as -ute (kiyuto, Kyuto), was a Japanese idol girl group part of Hello! Project collective produced by Tsunku, who also writes almost all the group's songs. Cute consisted of Maimi Yajima, Saki Nakajima, Airi Suzuki, Chisato Okai, and Mai Hagiwara, who were a...	[ "Both \"Kokoro no Sakebi wo Uta ni Shitemita\" and \"Love take it all\" were used for their collaboration \"Your Reebok x ute.\"" ]
Title: Camille Saint-Saëns Background: Charles-Camille Saint-Saens (French: [SaRl kamij sesas]; 9 October 1835 - 16 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Second Piano Concerto (1868), the Fi...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Camille Saint-Saëns Background: Charles-Camille Saint-Saens (French: [SaRl kamij sesas]; 9 October 1835 - 16 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Second Piano Concerto (1868), the Fi...	[ "Rhythmically, he inclined to standard double, triple or compound metres" ]
Title: Inzamam-ul-Haq Background: Inzamam-ul-Haq ( pronunciation ;Punjabi, Urdu: nDmm lHq; born 3 March 1970), also known as Inzy, is a former Pakistani cricketer, and former captain. He is the leading run scorer for Pakistan in one-day internationals, and the third-highest run scorer for Pakistan in Test cricket. He ...	[ "The latter part of Inzamam's tenure as Pakistan captain was less successful and the team was embroiled in many controversies" ]
Title: Y. A. Tittle Background: Yelberton Abraham Tittle Jr. (October 24, 1926 - October 8, 2017), better known as Y. A. Tittle, was a professional American football quarterback. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants, and Baltimore Colts, after spending two season...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Y. A. Tittle Background: Yelberton Abraham Tittle Jr. (October 24, 1926 - October 8, 2017), better known as Y. A. Tittle, was a professional American football quarterback. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants, and Baltimore Colts, after spending two season...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
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...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
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...	[ "June 5, 2007." ]
Title: Yi Jianlian Background: Yi Jianlian (simplified Chinese: Yi Jian Lian ; traditional Chinese: Yi Jian Lian ; pinyin: Yi Jianlian, pronounced [i tcjenljen], EE JEN lee-EN; born October 27, 1987) is a Chinese professional basketball player for the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association (CB...	[ "After the lockout ended, he signed with the Dallas Mavericks for the remainder of the 2011-12 season." ]
Title: Yi Jianlian Background: Yi Jianlian (simplified Chinese: Yi Jian Lian ; traditional Chinese: Yi Jian Lian ; pinyin: Yi Jianlian, pronounced [i tcjenljen], EE JEN lee-EN; born October 27, 1987) is a Chinese professional basketball player for the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association (CB...	[ "Milwaukee Bucks" ]
Title: Jennifer Capriati Background: Jennifer Maria Capriati (born March 29, 1976) is an American former professional tennis player. A member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, she won three singles championships in Grand Slam tournaments, was the gold medalist at the 1992 Summer Olympics, reached the World No....	[ "and Katerina Maleeva in straight sets in the final of Toronto." ]
Title: Jennifer Capriati Background: Jennifer Maria Capriati (born March 29, 1976) is an American former professional tennis player. A member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, she won three singles championships in Grand Slam tournaments, was the gold medalist at the 1992 Summer Olympics, reached the World No....	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Spice Girls Background: The Spice Girls are an English pop girl group formed in 1994. The group originally consisted of Melanie Brown ("Scary Spice"), Melanie Chisholm ("Sporty Spice"), Emma Bunton ("Baby Spice"), Geri Halliwell ("Ginger Spice"), and Victoria Beckham, nee Adams ("Posh Spice"). They were signed ...	[ "the group won two awards: \"Best Pop Act\" and \"Best Group\" for a second time." ]
Title: Spice Girls Background: The Spice Girls are an English pop girl group formed in 1994. The group originally consisted of Melanie Brown ("Scary Spice"), Melanie Chisholm ("Sporty Spice"), Emma Bunton ("Baby Spice"), Geri Halliwell ("Ginger Spice"), and Victoria Beckham, nee Adams ("Posh Spice"). They were signed ...	[ "The Spice Girls' debut single \"Wannabe\" has been hailed as an \"iconic girl power anthem\". In 2016," ]
Title: Sinhalese people Background: The Sinhalese (Sinhala: siNhl jaatiy Sinhala Jathiya, also known as Hela) are an Indo-Aryan-speaking ethnic group native to the island of Sri Lanka. They constitute about 75% of the Sri Lankan population and number greater than 16.2 million. The Sinhalese identity is based on langua...	[ "Tambapanni was originally inhabited and governed by Yakkhas," ]
Title: Sinhalese people Background: The Sinhalese (Sinhala: siNhl jaatiy Sinhala Jathiya, also known as Hela) are an Indo-Aryan-speaking ethnic group native to the island of Sri Lanka. They constitute about 75% of the Sri Lankan population and number greater than 16.2 million. The Sinhalese identity is based on langua...	[ "Dutch and Portuguese sweets also continue to be popular. British influences include roast beef and roast chicken." ]
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...	[ "many such detailed markings in his scores, and finally by his compositional process as both publicly stated and later revealed in the musical and extramusical metaphors" ]
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...	[ "Other works include the orchestral tone poem Im Sommerwind (1904) and the Langsamer Satz (1905) for string quartet." ]
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...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Journey (band) Background: Journey is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1973, composed of former members of Santana and Frumious Bandersnatch. The band has gone through several phases; its strongest commercial success occurred between 1978 and 1987. During that period, the band released a se...	[ "The 1983 Rolling Stone Record Guide gave each of the band's albums only one star, with Dave Marsh writing that \"Journey was a dead end for San Francisco area rock." ]
Title: Journey (band) Background: Journey is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1973, composed of former members of Santana and Frumious Bandersnatch. The band has gone through several phases; its strongest commercial success occurred between 1978 and 1987. During that period, the band released a se...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Hugh Trevor-Roper Background: Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, FBA (15 January 1914 - 26 January 2003), was a British historian of early modern Britain and Nazi Germany. He was Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford. Trevor-Roper was made a life peer in 1979 on the reco...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
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...	[ "players and writers, which was the same committee which finally voted in that area." ]
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...	[ "Historical Overview Committee of eleven sportswriters appointed by the BBWAA's Board of Directors met to develop a ballot of ten managers and umpires;" ]
Title: Hugh Trevor-Roper Background: Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, FBA (15 January 1914 - 26 January 2003), was a British historian of early modern Britain and Nazi Germany. He was Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford. Trevor-Roper was made a life peer in 1979 on the reco...	[ "In addition, he said that the religious and intellectual changes introduced by the Reformation and the Renaissance were important secondary causes of the \"general crisis.\"" ]
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...	[ "Dr. Know had come off life support and was \"under close care\"" ]
Title: Scott Weiland Background: Scott Richard Weiland (; ne Kline, October 27, 1967 - December 3, 2015) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. During a career spanning three decades, Weiland was best known as the lead singer of the band Stone Temple Pilots from 1989 to 2002 and 2008 to 2013. He was also a m...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Scott Weiland Background: Scott Richard Weiland (; ne Kline, October 27, 1967 - December 3, 2015) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. During a career spanning three decades, Weiland was best known as the lead singer of the band Stone Temple Pilots from 1989 to 2002 and 2008 to 2013. He was also a m...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Art Bell Background: Art Bell III was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina, to Arthur Bell, Jr., a United States Marine Corps captain, and Jane Gumaer Bell, a Marine drill instructor. Arthur Bell, Jr. died in 2000, and Jane Bell died December 23, 2008. Bell has always been interested in radio, and at the age of...	[ "criticized for reporting rumors that Comet Hale-Bopp was being trailed by a UFO." ]
Title: Art Bell Background: Art Bell III was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina, to Arthur Bell, Jr., a United States Marine Corps captain, and Jane Gumaer Bell, a Marine drill instructor. Arthur Bell, Jr. died in 2000, and Jane Bell died December 23, 2008. Bell has always been interested in radio, and at the age of...	[ "In 1988, Bell and Alan Corberth renamed the show Coast to Coast AM" ]
Title: Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Background: The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, also called RodeoHouston or abbreviated HLSR, is the largest livestock exhibitions and rodeo in the world. It also includes one of the richest regular-season rodeo events. It has been held at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, since ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Background: The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, also called RodeoHouston or abbreviated HLSR, is the largest livestock exhibitions and rodeo in the world. It also includes one of the richest regular-season rodeo events. It has been held at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, since ...	[ "Some of the participants are able to join only on weekends or at the end of the trip." ]
Title: Jane Roberts Background: Dorothy Jane Roberts (May 8, 1929 - September 5, 1984) was an American author, poet, self-proclaimed psychic, and spirit medium, who claimed to channel an energy personality who called himself "Seth." Her publication of the Seth texts, known as the Seth Material, established her as one ...	[ "His opinion was that the Seth texts are based on a misunderstanding of both Christianity and of Eastern religions." ]
Title: Jane Roberts Background: Dorothy Jane Roberts (May 8, 1929 - September 5, 1984) was an American author, poet, self-proclaimed psychic, and spirit medium, who claimed to channel an energy personality who called himself "Seth." Her publication of the Seth texts, known as the Seth Material, established her as one ...	[ "Marianne Williamson, Deepak Chopra, Shakti Gawain, Dan Millman, Louise Hay, Richard Bach, and others express the effect the Seth Material had upon their own awakening." ]
Title: Slim Pickens Background: Louis Burton Lindley Jr. was born in Kingsburg, California, the son of Sally Mosher (nee Turk) and Louis Bert Lindley Sr., a Texas-born dairy farmer. Young Lindley was an excellent horse rider from an early age. Known as "Bert" to his family and friends, he grew bored with dairy farming...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Slim Pickens Background: Louis Burton Lindley Jr. was born in Kingsburg, California, the son of Sally Mosher (nee Turk) and Louis Bert Lindley Sr., a Texas-born dairy farmer. Young Lindley was an excellent horse rider from an early age. Known as "Bert" to his family and friends, he grew bored with dairy farming...	[ "He provided the voice of B.O.B. in the 1979 Disney science-fiction thriller The Black Hole. His last film was his least notable, Pink Motel (1982) with Phyllis Diller." ]
Title: Ray Allen Background: The third of five children, Allen was born at Castle Air Force Base near Merced, California, the son of Walter Sr. and Flora Allen. A military child, he spent time growing up in Saxmundham in England, Altus in Oklahoma, Edwards Air Force Base in California, and Germany. After years of trav...	[ "Allen accused of alienating teammates trying to prove that he did not need Shaquille O'Neal to win games and championships." ]
Title: Ray Allen Background: The third of five children, Allen was born at Castle Air Force Base near Merced, California, the son of Walter Sr. and Flora Allen. A military child, he spent time growing up in Saxmundham in England, Altus in Oklahoma, Edwards Air Force Base in California, and Germany. After years of trav...	[ "The Heat faced the Spurs again in the 2014 NBA Finals," ]
Title: Rod Serling Background: Serling was born on December 25, 1924, in Syracuse, New York, to a Jewish family. He was the second of two sons born to Esther (nee Cooper) and Samuel Lawrence Serling. Serling's father had worked as a secretary and amateur inventor before having children, but took on his father-in-law's...	[ "In 1950, Serling hired Blanche Gaines as an agent." ]
Title: Tangerine Dream Background: Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music band founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The group has seen many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member until his death in January 2015. The best known line-up of the group was its mid-70s trio of Froes...	[ "Ohr, Virgin, Jive Electro, Private Music, and Miramar," ]
Title: The Apples in Stereo Background: The Apples in Stereo, styled as The Apples in stereo, are an American rock band associated with Elephant Six Collective, a group of bands also including Neutral Milk Hotel and The Olivia Tremor Control. The band is largely a product of lead vocalist/guitarist/producer Robert Sch...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Vicente Fernández Background: Born on 17 February 1940 in the suburb of Huentitan El Alto in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Fernandez spent his early years on his father Ramon's ranch on the outskirts of Guadalajara. He also worked at a young age as a waiter, dish washer, cashier, and finally manager of his uncle's rest...	[ "On October 10, 2012, a stretch of 26th Street (a street in a Hispanic neighborhood of Chicago called Little Village) was named in his honor." ]
Title: Vicente Fernández Background: Born on 17 February 1940 in the suburb of Huentitan El Alto in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Fernandez spent his early years on his father Ramon's ranch on the outskirts of Guadalajara. He also worked at a young age as a waiter, dish washer, cashier, and finally manager of his uncle's rest...	[ "He branched into acting with the 1971 film Tacos al Carbon." ]
Title: Queens of the Stone Age Background: Queens of the Stone Age are an American rock band formed in 1996 in Palm Desert, California. The band's line-up includes founder Josh Homme (lead vocals, guitar, piano), alongside band members Troy Van Leeuwen (guitar, lap steel, keyboard, percussion, backing vocals), Michael...	[ "The Songs for the Deaf tour culminated in a string of headline dates in Australia in January 2004." ]
Title: Queens of the Stone Age Background: Queens of the Stone Age are an American rock band formed in 1996 in Palm Desert, California. The band's line-up includes founder Josh Homme (lead vocals, guitar, piano), alongside band members Troy Van Leeuwen (guitar, lap steel, keyboard, percussion, backing vocals), Michael...	[ "Homme said of the name: \"Kings would be too macho. The Kings of the Stone Age wear armor and have axes and wrestle." ]
Title: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Background: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, an American country rock band, has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966. The group's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from 1976 to 1981 when the band performed an...	[ "Liberty Records, which released the group's debut album, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band during 1967." ]
Title: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Background: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, an American country rock band, has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966. The group's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from 1976 to 1981 when the band performed an...	[ "Their version of \"Mr. Bojangles\" became the group's first hit, peaking at #9 on Billboard's all genre Hot 100 chart," ]
Title: Kevin Spacey Background: Spacey was born in South Orange, New Jersey, to Kathleen Ann (nee Knutson), a secretary, and Thomas Geoffrey Fowler, a technical writer and data consultant. He has an older brother, Randy Fowler, who is a limo driver and Rod Stewart impersonator in Boise, Idaho, and a sister, Julie Ann ...	[ "He made his directorial debut with the film Albino Alligator (1996)." ]
Title: Kevin Spacey Background: Spacey was born in South Orange, New Jersey, to Kathleen Ann (nee Knutson), a secretary, and Thomas Geoffrey Fowler, a technical writer and data consultant. He has an older brother, Randy Fowler, who is a limo driver and Rod Stewart impersonator in Boise, Idaho, and a sister, Julie Ann ...	[ "Screen Actors Guild nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards for his season 2 performance." ]
Title: Hanson (band) Background: Hanson is an American pop rock band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, formed by brothers Isaac (guitar, bass, piano, vocals), Taylor (keyboards, piano, guitar, drums, vocals), and Zac (drums, piano, guitar, vocals). Supporting members include Dimitrius Collins (keyboards, guitar), a...	[ "Hanson: The Official Book reached number 9 on the New York Times Best Sellers List (nonfiction) on February 1, 1998." ]
Title: Hermann Göring Background: Goring was born on 12 January 1893 at the Marienbad Sanatorium in Rosenheim, Bavaria. His father, Heinrich Ernst Goring (31 October 1839 - 7 December 1913), a former cavalry officer, had been the first Governor-General of the German protectorate of South-West Africa (modern-day Namibi...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: T. E. Lawrence Background: Thomas Edward Lawrence was born on 16 August 1888 in Tremadog, Carnarvonshire (now Gwynedd), Wales in a house named Gorphwysfa, now known as Snowdon Lodge. His Anglo-Irish father Thomas Chapman had left his wife Edith after he fell in love and had a son with Sarah Junner, a young Scot...	[ "In 1918, he cooperated with war correspondent Lowell Thomas for a short period." ]
Title: T. E. Lawrence Background: Thomas Edward Lawrence was born on 16 August 1888 in Tremadog, Carnarvonshire (now Gwynedd), Wales in a house named Gorphwysfa, now known as Snowdon Lodge. His Anglo-Irish father Thomas Chapman had left his wife Edith after he fell in love and had a son with Sarah Junner, a young Scot...	[ "In addition to being a memoir of his experiences during the war, certain parts also serve as essays on military strategy," ]
Title: Rosalind Franklin Background: Rosalind Elsie Franklin (25 July 1920 - 16 April 1958) was an English chemist and X-ray crystallographer who made contributions to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), RNA (ribonucleic acid), viruses, coal, and graphite. Although her works o...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Rosalind Franklin Background: Rosalind Elsie Franklin (25 July 1920 - 16 April 1958) was an English chemist and X-ray crystallographer who made contributions to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), RNA (ribonucleic acid), viruses, coal, and graphite. Although her works o...	[ "She studied the porosity of coal using helium to determine its density." ]
Title: Exposé (group) Background: Expose is an American Latin freestyle vocal group. Primarily consisting of lead vocalists Jeanette Jurado, Ann Curless, and Gioia Bruno, the group achieved much of their success between 1984 and 1993, becoming the first group to have four top ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart fr...	[ "a Soul Train Award nomination for Best New Artist;" ]
Title: Exposé (group) Background: Expose is an American Latin freestyle vocal group. Primarily consisting of lead vocalists Jeanette Jurado, Ann Curless, and Gioia Bruno, the group achieved much of their success between 1984 and 1993, becoming the first group to have four top ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart fr...	[ "According to People magazine, one of the original singers quit while two of the girls were fired midway through the recording of the first album," ]
Title: Billie Holiday Background: Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 - July 17, 1959), better known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz musician and singer-songwriter with a career spanning nearly thirty years. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz mu...	[ "saved the company money." ]
Title: Billie Holiday Background: Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 - July 17, 1959), better known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz musician and singer-songwriter with a career spanning nearly thirty years. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz mu...	[ "\", released on November 11, sold 5,000 copies." ]
Title: Stevie Ray Vaughan Background: Stephen Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 - August 27, 1990) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. In spite of a short-lived mainstream career spanning seven years, he was one of the most influential guitarists in the revival of blues in the 1980s. AllMusic...	[ "ZZ Top" ]
Title: Stevie Ray Vaughan Background: Stephen Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 - August 27, 1990) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. In spite of a short-lived mainstream career spanning seven years, he was one of the most influential guitarists in the revival of blues in the 1980s. AllMusic...	[ "Dallas. In late January 1971, feeling confined by playing pop hits with Liberation, Vaughan formed his own band, Blackbird." ]
Title: Marian Anderson Background: Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 - April 8, 1993) was an African-American contralto and one of the most celebrated singers of the twentieth century. Music critic Alan Blyth said: "Her voice was a rich, vibrant contralto of intrinsic beauty." Most of her singing career was spent per...	[ "her stature did not completely end the prejudice she confronted as a young black singer touring the United States." ]
Title: Marian Anderson Background: Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 - April 8, 1993) was an African-American contralto and one of the most celebrated singers of the twentieth century. Music critic Alan Blyth said: "Her voice was a rich, vibrant contralto of intrinsic beauty." Most of her singing career was spent per...	[ "Anderson remained in residence at Marianna Farm until 1992," ]
Title: Captain Beefheart Background: Don Van Vliet (, born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 - December 17, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. He conducted a rotating ensemble called the Magic Band, with whom he released 13 ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Captain Beefheart Background: Don Van Vliet (, born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 - December 17, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. He conducted a rotating ensemble called the Magic Band, with whom he released 13 ...	[ "twisting vocals from Van Vliet, and more doo wop, soul, straight blues, and folk-rock influences than he would employ on his more avant garde outings.\"" ]
Title: Dick Williams Background: Richard Hirschfeld Williams (May 7, 1929 - July 7, 2011) was an American left fielder, third baseman, manager, coach and front office consultant in Major League Baseball. Known especially as a hard-driving, sharp-tongued manager from 1967 to 1969 and from 1971 to 1988, he led teams to ...	[ "But Williams' hard edge alienated his players--especially his pitchers--and ultimately wore out his welcome. He labeled pitcher Steve Rogers a fraud" ]
Title: Dick Williams Background: Richard Hirschfeld Williams (May 7, 1929 - July 7, 2011) was an American left fielder, third baseman, manager, coach and front office consultant in Major League Baseball. Known especially as a hard-driving, sharp-tongued manager from 1967 to 1969 and from 1971 to 1988, he led teams to ...	[ "New York Yankees." ]
Title: Paul Klee Background: Paul Klee (German: [paUl 'kle:]; 18 December 1879 - 29 June 1940) was a Swiss German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included Expressionism, Cubism, and Surrealism. Klee was a natural draftsman who experimented with and eventually deeply explored...	[ "However, in 1933, Klee began experiencing the symptoms of what was diagnosed as scleroderma after his death." ]
Title: Paul Klee Background: Paul Klee (German: [paUl 'kle:]; 18 December 1879 - 29 June 1940) was a Swiss German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included Expressionism, Cubism, and Surrealism. Klee was a natural draftsman who experimented with and eventually deeply explored...	[ "as in the works In den Hausern von Saint-Germain (In the Houses of Saint-Germain) and Strassencafe (Streetcafe)." ]
Title: Vanilla Ice Background: Robert Matthew Van Winkle was born in Dallas, Texas, on October 31, 1967. Van Winkle has never known his biological father; he was given the family name of the Dutch man his mother was married to at the time of his birth. When Van Winkle was four, his mother divorced. Afterward, he grew ...	[ "After expanding his Mind Blowin tour overseas in 1995," ]
Title: Vanilla Ice Background: Robert Matthew Van Winkle was born in Dallas, Texas, on October 31, 1967. Van Winkle has never known his biological father; he was given the family name of the Dutch man his mother was married to at the time of his birth. When Van Winkle was four, his mother divorced. Afterward, he grew ...	[ "Ice used his beatboxing and breakdancing skills as a street performer" ]
Title: Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder Background: Tedder was born the son of Sir Arthur John Tedder and Emily Charlotte Tedder (nee Bryson) at the Glenguin Distillery (now Glengoyne) in the Campsie Fells, north of Glasgow. His father was distinguished as the Commissioner of the Board of Customs who devised the old ag...	[ "He attended the Imperial Defence College in 1928 and then became Assistant Commandant at the RAF Staff College" ]
Title: Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder Background: Tedder was born the son of Sir Arthur John Tedder and Emily Charlotte Tedder (nee Bryson) at the Glenguin Distillery (now Glengoyne) in the Campsie Fells, north of Glasgow. His father was distinguished as the Commissioner of the Board of Customs who devised the old ag...	[ "Royal Flying Corps." ]
Title: Limp Bizkit Background: Limp Bizkit is an American rap rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 1994. Their lineup consists of Fred Durst (lead vocals), Sam Rivers (bass, backing vocals), John Otto (drums, percussion), and Wes Borland (guitars, backing vocals). Their music is marked by Durst's angry voca...	[ "Nobody Like You" ]
Title: Limp Bizkit Background: Limp Bizkit is an American rap rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 1994. Their lineup consists of Fred Durst (lead vocals), Sam Rivers (bass, backing vocals), John Otto (drums, percussion), and Wes Borland (guitars, backing vocals). Their music is marked by Durst's angry voca...	[ "Despite criticisms of the album, it was a commercial success, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard 200." ]
Title: Chris Farley Background: Farley was born on February 15, 1964, in Madison, Wisconsin. His father, Thomas John Farley, Sr. (1936-1999), owned an oil company, and his mother, Mary Anne (nee Crosby), was a housewife. He had four siblings: Tom Jr., Kevin, John, and Barbara. His cousin, Jim, is the CEO and Chairman ...	[ "Jim Carrey's role in the 1996 film The Cable Guy was originally intended for Farley, but scheduling conflicts forced him to decline." ]
Title: Cassie Ventura Background: Cassie Ventura was born in 1986 in New London, Connecticut; the daughter of a Filipino father and a mother of African-American, Mexican and West Indian descent. She attended the Williams School, a preparatory school, located on the Connecticut College campus. At age 14 Cassie began mo...	[ "was named the best mixtape of the year by Dazed & Confused." ]

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