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Title: Aretha Franklin Background: Aretha Louise Franklin was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to Barbara (nee Siggers) and Clarence LaVaughn "C. L." Franklin. Her father was an itinerant preacher originally from Shelby, Mississippi, while her mother was an accomplished piano player and vocalist. Alongside Franklin, her pa...	[ "Franklin opted to leave the company." ]
Title: Aretha Franklin Background: Aretha Louise Franklin was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to Barbara (nee Siggers) and Clarence LaVaughn "C. L." Franklin. Her father was an itinerant preacher originally from Shelby, Mississippi, while her mother was an accomplished piano player and vocalist. Alongside Franklin, her pa...	[ "smoking was \"messing with my voice\", but after quitting smoking she said later, in 2003, that her weight \"ballooned\"." ]
Title: Alan White (Oasis drummer) Background: Alan Victor White (born 26 May 1972 in Lewisham, South London) is an English rock drummer, best known as being the drummer of the English rock band Oasis from 1995 to 2004. Before Oasis, he was the drummer of Starclub from 1991 to 1994. He is the longest serving drummer in...	[ "Due to his departure, the band scrapped the first midway sessions and later suffered some prolonged and difficult recording" ]
Title: Hugo (film) Background: Hugo is a 2011 epic historical adventure drama film directed and co-produced by Martin Scorsese and adapted for the screen by John Logan. Based on Brian Selznick's book The Invention of Hugo Cabret, it is about a boy who lives alone in the Gare Montparnasse railway station in Paris in th...	[ "The book that Monsieur Labisse gives Hugo as a gift, Robin Hood le proscrit (Robin Hood the outlaw), was written by Alexandre Dumas in 1864" ]
Title: Gorillaz Background: Gorillaz are an English virtual band created in 1998 by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett. The band consists of four animated members: 2-D (lead vocals, keyboards), Murdoc Niccals (bass guitar), Noodle (guitar, keyboards), and Russel Hobbs (drums and percussion). These members ...	[ "the first song they recorded was \"Ghost Train\" which was later released as a B-side on their single \"Rock the House\" and the B-side compilation G Sides." ]
Title: Fred Hampton Background: Fred Hampton (August 30, 1948 - December 4, 1969) was an African-American activist and revolutionary, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP), and deputy chairman of the national BPP. Hampton and fellow Black Panther Mark Clark were killed during a raid by a ta...	[ "Perhaps his most important accomplishment was his brokering of a nonaggression pact between Chicago's most powerful street gangs." ]
Title: Fred Hampton Background: Fred Hampton (August 30, 1948 - December 4, 1969) was an African-American activist and revolutionary, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP), and deputy chairman of the national BPP. Hampton and fellow Black Panther Mark Clark were killed during a raid by a ta...	[ "Judge Perry dismissed the case. The Plaintiffs appealed and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed, ordering the case to be retried." ]
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...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany Background: Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (; 24 July 1878 - 25 October 1957), was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist; his work, mostly in the fantasy genre, was published under the name Lord Dunsany. More than ninety books of his work were publi...	[ "a younger brother," ]
Title: George Bernard Shaw Background: George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 - 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wr...	[ "he largely accepted the principle of \"permeation\" as advocated by Webb: the notion whereby socialism could best be achieved by infiltration of people and ideas into existing political parties." ]
Title: George Bernard Shaw Background: George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 - 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wr...	[ "He was the youngest child and only son of George Carr Shaw (1814-1885) and Lucinda Elizabeth (Bessie) Shaw (nee Gurly; 1830-1913)." ]
Title: David Davis (British politician) Background: Born to a single mother, Betty Brown, in York on 23 December 1948, Davis was initially brought up by his grandparents there. His maternal grandfather, Walter Harrison, was the son of a wealthy trawlerman but was disinherited after joining the Communist Party; he led ...	[ "Davis was initially the front runner in the contest, but after a poorly received speech at that year's Conservative Party Conference his campaign was seen to lose momentum." ]
Title: David Davis (British politician) Background: Born to a single mother, Betty Brown, in York on 23 December 1948, Davis was initially brought up by his grandparents there. His maternal grandfather, Walter Harrison, was the son of a wealthy trawlerman but was disinherited after joining the Communist Party; he led ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Walter Winterbottom Background: Sir Walter Winterbottom, CBE (31 March 1913 - 16 February 2002) was the first manager of the England football team (1946-1962) and FA Director of Coaching. He resigned from the FA in 1962 to become General Secretary of the Central Council of Physical Recreation (CCPR) and was app...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Katy Perry Background: Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge. After singing in church during her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teenager. Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released...	[ "One of the songs she had recorded for her album with Ballard, \"Simple\", was featured on the soundtrack to the 2005 film The Sisterhood" ]
Title: Riddler Background: The Riddler (Edward Nigma) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. The character made his first appearance in Detective Comics #140 (October, 1948) and was created by Bill Finger and Dick Sprang. ...	[ "Elliott, who goes on to secretly become the masked criminal Hush, explains he wants to get revenge on his childhood friend Bruce Wayne." ]
Title: Riddler Background: The Riddler (Edward Nigma) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. The character made his first appearance in Detective Comics #140 (October, 1948) and was created by Bill Finger and Dick Sprang. ...	[ "Batman (Dick Grayson) is ambushed by Riddler and a young woman introduced as Enigma, Riddler's daughter. Riddler and Enigma escape," ]
Title: Juice Newton Background: Judy Kay "Juice" Newton (born February 18, 1952) is an American pop and country singer, songwriter, and musician. To date, Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categories (winning once in 1983), as well as an ACM Award for Top New...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Juice Newton Background: Judy Kay "Juice" Newton (born February 18, 1952) is an American pop and country singer, songwriter, and musician. To date, Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categories (winning once in 1983), as well as an ACM Award for Top New...	[ "released later in 1978" ]
Title: M. Bison Background: M. Bison, also known as Dictator, is a video game character created by Capcom. First introduced in Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, he is a recurring character and villain in the Street Fighter series of fighting games, acting as one of the series' primary antagonists. A would-be world...	[ "a more powerful form of M. Bison with stronger abilities and fewer weaknesses appears as the final boss for every character" ]
Title: M. Bison Background: M. Bison, also known as Dictator, is a video game character created by Capcom. First introduced in Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, he is a recurring character and villain in the Street Fighter series of fighting games, acting as one of the series' primary antagonists. A would-be world...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Tōru Takemitsu Background: Toru Takemitsu (Wu Man Che , Takemitsu Toru, October 8, 1930 - February 20, 1996) pronounced [takemitsW to:rW] was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu possessed consummate skill in the subtle manipulation of instrumental and o...	[ "to \"bring noise into tempered musical tones inside a busy small tube.\"" ]
Title: Jesus Is Just Alright Background: "Jesus Is Just Alright" is a gospel song written by Arthur Reid Reynolds and first recorded by Reynolds' own group, The Art Reynolds Singers, on their 1966 album, Tellin' It Like It Is. The song's title makes use of the American slang term "all-right", which during the 1960s wa...	[ "The Doobie Brothers' version of \"Jesus Is Just Alright\" was one of a number of religiously themed songs to reach the U.S. charts" ]
Title: Jesus Is Just Alright Background: "Jesus Is Just Alright" is a gospel song written by Arthur Reid Reynolds and first recorded by Reynolds' own group, The Art Reynolds Singers, on their 1966 album, Tellin' It Like It Is. The song's title makes use of the American slang term "all-right", which during the 1960s wa...	[ "The single stalled at No. 97 on the Billboard Hot 100 and failed to chart in the United Kingdom." ]
Title: Edmund Hillary Background: Hillary was born to Percival Augustus and Gertrude (nee Clark) Hillary in Auckland, New Zealand, on 20 July 1919. His family moved to Tuakau, south of Auckland, in 1920, after his father, who served at Gallipoli with the 15th (North Auckland) Regiment, was allocated land there. His gr...	[ "During the expedition, Hillary travelled to remote temples which contained \"Yeti scalps\"; however after bringing back" ]
Title: Edmund Hillary Background: Hillary was born to Percival Augustus and Gertrude (nee Clark) Hillary in Auckland, New Zealand, on 20 July 1919. His family moved to Tuakau, south of Auckland, in 1920, after his father, who served at Gallipoli with the 15th (North Auckland) Regiment, was allocated land there. His gr...	[ "Peter (born 1954), Sarah (born 1955) and Belinda (1959-1975)." ]
Title: Faye White Background: Faye Deborah White, MBE (born 2 February 1978) is a former English footballer who captained Arsenal Ladies in the FA Women's Super League and was the longest serving captain of England to date, overtaking the 26-year-old record previously held by Carol Thomas. One of the most recognised a...	[ "In the 1996-97 season Faye signed for Vic Akers and Arsenal Ladies," ]
Title: Faye White Background: Faye Deborah White, MBE (born 2 February 1978) is a former English footballer who captained Arsenal Ladies in the FA Women's Super League and was the longest serving captain of England to date, overtaking the 26-year-old record previously held by Carol Thomas. One of the most recognised a...	[ "She is one of the best defenders in the women's game and an outstanding ambassador and role model." ]
Title: Miguel Induráin Background: Miguel Indurain Larraya (Spanish pronunciation: [mi'gel indu'rain la'raja]; born 16 July 1964) is a retired Spanish road racing cyclist. Indurain won five consecutive Tours de France from 1991 to 1995, the fourth, and last, to win five times. Section: Professional career Passage: In...	[ "In 1985 he started the Vuelta a Espana and came second in the prologue, behind Bert Oosterbosch." ]
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...	[ "Traficant graduated from Cardinal Mooney High School in 1959" ]
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 he voted for Republican Dennis Hastert for Speaker of the House in 2001, the Democrats stripped him of his seniority" ]
Title: Raymond Burr Background: Raymond William Stacy Burr was born May 21, 1917, in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. His father, William Johnston Burr (1889-1985), was a hardware salesman; his mother, Minerva Annette (nee Smith, 1892-1974), was a pianist and music teacher who was born in Chicago, Illinois. ...	[ "had what is arguably his best radio role in \"The Silent Witness\" (1957), in which his is the only voice." ]
Title: Raymond Burr Background: Raymond William Stacy Burr was born May 21, 1917, in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. His father, William Johnston Burr (1889-1985), was a hardware salesman; his mother, Minerva Annette (nee Smith, 1892-1974), was a pianist and music teacher who was born in Chicago, Illinois. ...	[ "), Meet Danny Wilson (1952), Rear Window (1954), They Were So Young (1954), A Cry in the Night (1956) and Affair in Havana (1957)." ]
Title: Haruki Murakami Background: Haruki Murakami (Cun Shang Chun Shu , Murakami Haruki, born January 12, 1949) is a Japanese writer. His books and stories have been bestsellers in Japan as well as internationally, with his work being translated into 50 languages and selling millions of copies outside his native cou...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Haruki Murakami Background: Haruki Murakami (Cun Shang Chun Shu , Murakami Haruki, born January 12, 1949) is a Japanese writer. His books and stories have been bestsellers in Japan as well as internationally, with his work being translated into 50 languages and selling millions of copies outside his native cou...	[ "Some of his novels take their titles from songs:" ]
Title: Miracle on Ice Background: The "Miracle on Ice" refers to a medal-round game during the men's ice hockey tournament at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, played between the hosting United States, and the defending gold medalists, the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union had won the gold medal in five ...	[ "the Soviets crushed the Americans 10-3. Soviet head coach Viktor Tikhonov later said that this victory \"turned out to be a very big problem\"" ]
Title: Ken Kesey Background: Kenneth Elton Kesey (; September 17, 1935 - November 10, 2001) as Ken Kesey was an American novelist, essayist, and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. Section: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Passage:...	[ "Milos Forman directed a screen adaptation, which won the \"Big Five\" Academy Awards:" ]
Title: Ken Kesey Background: Kenneth Elton Kesey (; September 17, 1935 - November 10, 2001) as Ken Kesey was an American novelist, essayist, and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. Section: Merry Pranksters Passage: When the publi...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Mao Asada Background: Mao Asada (Qian Tian Zhen Yang , Asada Mao, born September 25, 1990) is a former Japanese competitive figure skater. She is the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion (2008, 2010, 2014), a three-time Four Continents champion (2008, 2010, 2013), and a four-time Grand Pri...	[ "Asada won both segments" ]
Title: Led Zeppelin IV Background: English rock band Led Zeppelin's untitled fourth album, commonly known as Led Zeppelin IV, was released on 8 November 1971 by Atlantic Records. Produced by guitarist Jimmy Page, it was recorded between November 1970 and January 1971 at several locations, most prominently the Victoria...	[ "Even though he found their Medieval ideas limiting as usual," ]
Title: Steven Spielberg Background: Spielberg was born on December 18, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio. His mother, Leah (nee Posner, later Adler; January 12, 1920 - February 21, 2017), was a restaurateur and concert pianist, and his father, Arnold Spielberg (born 1917), was an electrical engineer involved in the development...	[ "Spielberg resigned as a member of the national advisory board of the Boy Scouts of America in 2001 because of his disapproval of the organization's anti-homosexuality stance." ]
Title: Amy Winehouse Background: Amy Winehouse was born in Chase Farm Hospital, in north London, to Jewish parents. Her father, Mitchell "Mitch" Winehouse, was a window panel installer and then a taxi driver; and her mother, Janis Winehouse (nee Seaton), was a pharmacist. Winehouse's ancestors were Russian Jewish and ...	[ "She was hospitalised during this period for what was reported as an overdose of heroin, ecstasy, cocaine, ketamine and alcohol." ]
Title: George Armstrong Custer Background: George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 - June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. Raised in Michigan and Ohio, Custer was admitted to West Point in 1857, where he graduated last in his cla...	[ "winter. In April 1865 the Confederate lines finally broke, and Robert E. Lee began his retreat to Appomattox Court House, pursued by the Union cavalry." ]
Title: Nadia Comăneci Background: Nadia Elena Comaneci was born on November 12, 1961, in Onesti, which is a small town in the Carpathian Mountains, in Bacau County, Romania, in the historical region of Western Moldavia. Comaneci was born to Gheorghe and Stefania Comaneci, and has a younger brother. Her parents separat...	[ "Comaneci's perfect 10 thus appeared as \"1.00,\"" ]
Title: Kim Kardashian Background: Kardashian was born on October 21, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Robert and Kris (nee Houghton). She has an older sister, Kourtney, a younger sister, Khloe, and a younger brother, Rob. Their mother is of Dutch, English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry, while their fath...	[ "designed and developed clothing lines for Bebe stores and 'Virgins, Saints, and Angels'. In April 2010, Kardashian and her sisters released a sunless tanner" ]
Title: Kim Kardashian Background: Kardashian was born on October 21, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Robert and Kris (nee Houghton). She has an older sister, Kourtney, a younger sister, Khloe, and a younger brother, Rob. Their mother is of Dutch, English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry, while their fath...	[ "The series proved successful for E!, and has led to the creations of spin-offs" ]
Title: Steven Spielberg Background: Spielberg was born on December 18, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio. His mother, Leah (nee Posner, later Adler; January 12, 1920 - February 21, 2017), was a restaurateur and concert pianist, and his father, Arnold Spielberg (born 1917), was an electrical engineer involved in the development...	[ "He sees almost every major summer blockbuster in theaters if not preoccupied and enjoys most of them." ]
Title: \Weird Al\" Yankovic" Background: Yankovic was born in Downey, California and raised in Lynwood, California. He is the only child of Mary Elizabeth (Vivalda) and Nick Yankovic. His father was born in Kansas City, Kansas, of Yugoslavian descent, and began living in California after serving during World War II; h...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Macaulay Culkin Background: Macaulay Carson Culkin was born in New York City. His father, Christopher Cornelius "Kit" Culkin, is a former actor known for his productions on Broadway and is the brother of actress Bonnie Bedelia. His mother is Patricia Brentrup, who never married Culkin. He was named Macaulay aft...	[ "He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and won an American Comedy Award and a Young Artist Award for his role as Kevin McCallister." ]
Title: Macaulay Culkin Background: Macaulay Carson Culkin was born in New York City. His father, Christopher Cornelius "Kit" Culkin, is a former actor known for his productions on Broadway and is the brother of actress Bonnie Bedelia. His mother is Patricia Brentrup, who never married Culkin. He was named Macaulay aft...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: DJ Paul Background: Paul Duane Beauregard, (born January 12, 1977) better known by his stage name DJ Paul, is an American rapper, record producer, DJ, songwriter and entrepreneur from Memphis, Tennessee. He is a founding member of hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia and Da Mafia 6iX and the half-brother of the late rap...	[ "DJ Paul plans to release his next solo album \"Master Of Evil\" on Psychopathic Records in 2015." ]
Title: Snow Patrol Background: Snow Patrol are a Northern Irish rock band formed in 1993, consisting of Gary Lightbody (vocals, guitar), Nathan Connolly (guitar, backing vocals), Paul Wilson (bass guitar, backing vocals), Jonny Quinn (drums), and Johnny McDaid (piano, guitar, backing vocals). Initially an indie rock b...	[ "Snow Patrol released the single \"Called Out in the Dark\" (remixed by Fatboy Slim) for radio airplay on Thursday 21 July 2011" ]
Title: Alberto Fujimori Background: Alberto Kenya Fujimori Fujimori (Spanish: [al'berto fuxi'mori, fuji-]; Japanese: [FWzimori]; born 26 July 1938 or 4 August 1938) served as the President of Peru from 28 July 1990 to 22 November 2000. His government is credited with the creation of Fujimorism, defeating the Shining P...	[ "Fujimori's parents were Buddhists, but he was baptised and raised as a Roman Catholic." ]
Title: Alberto Fujimori Background: Alberto Kenya Fujimori Fujimori (Spanish: [al'berto fuxi'mori, fuji-]; Japanese: [FWzimori]; born 26 July 1938 or 4 August 1938) served as the President of Peru from 28 July 1990 to 22 November 2000. His government is credited with the creation of Fujimorism, defeating the Shining P...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: James May Background: James Daniel May was born in Bristol, one of four children; he has two sisters and a brother. May attended Caerleon Endowed Junior School in Newport. He spent his teenage years in South Yorkshire where he attended Oakwood Comprehensive School in Rotherham and was a choirboy at Whiston Pari...	[ "April 2015 that he would not continue to present Top Gear as part of a new line-up of presenters." ]
Title: James May Background: James Daniel May was born in Bristol, one of four children; he has two sisters and a brother. May attended Caerleon Endowed Junior School in Newport. He spent his teenage years in South Yorkshire where he attended Oakwood Comprehensive School in Rotherham and was a choirboy at Whiston Pari...	[ "he recreated the banked track at Brooklands using Scalextric track, and an attempt at the world's longest working model railway along the Tarka Trail" ]
Title: Bernie Leadon Background: Bernard Mathew Leadon III (pronounced led-un; born July 19, 1947) is an American musician and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the Eagles. Prior to the Eagles, he was a member of three pioneering and highly influential country rock bands: Hearts & Flowers, Dillard & Clark...	[ "due largely to the strength of their hit singles, \"Take It Easy\", \"Peaceful Easy Feeling\" and \"" ]
Title: Bleeding Through Background: Bleeding Through is an American metalcore band from Orange County, California. Formed in 1999, the band blended influences stemming from modern hardcore punk, symphonic black metal, and melodic death metal. Although the band was often labeled as simply metalcore, when Brandan Schiep...	[ "This was later confirmed by a post on the band's Facebook page that they would be finished at the end of the year." ]
Title: Ryan Giggs Background: Ryan Joseph Giggs, OBE (ne Wilson; born 29 November 1973) is a Welsh football coach and former player. He is the manager of the Wales national team and a co-owner of Salford City. He played his entire professional career for Manchester United. The son of rugby union, and Wales internation...	[ "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...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: REO Speedwagon Background: REO Speedwagon (originally styled as R.E.O. Speedwagon) is an American rock band from Champaign, Illinois. Formed in 1967, the band cultivated a following during the 1970s and achieved significant commercial success throughout the 1980s. Hi Infidelity (1980) contained four US Top 40 h...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: James Randi Background: Randi was born on August 7, 1928 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the son of Marie Alice (nee Paradis) and George Randall Zwinge. He has a younger brother and sister. He took up magic after seeing Harry Blackstone Sr. and reading conjuring books while spending 13 months in a body cast follow...	[ "In addition to his magic books, he has written several educational works about paranormal and pseudoscientific claims." ]
Title: James Randi Background: Randi was born on August 7, 1928 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the son of Marie Alice (nee Paradis) and George Randall Zwinge. He has a younger brother and sister. He took up magic after seeing Harry Blackstone Sr. and reading conjuring books while spending 13 months in a body cast follow...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Reggie Jackson Background: Reginald Martinez Jackson (born May 18, 1946) is an American former professional baseball right fielder who played 21 seasons for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, and California Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). Jackson was inducted into t...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Reggie Jackson Background: Reginald Martinez Jackson (born May 18, 1946) is an American former professional baseball right fielder who played 21 seasons for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, and California Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). Jackson was inducted into t...	[ "Winkles said he would give Jackson a look, and the next day while still in his football gear, he hit a home run on the second pitch he saw;" ]
Title: Atomic Kitten Background: Atomic Kitten are a British pop girl group formed in Liverpool in 1998 whose current members are Natasha Hamilton and Liz McClarnon. The band was founded by Colin Pulse, who served as principal songwriter during Atomic Kitten's early years. The group's debut album Right Section: 2012-...	[ "However, on 18 October 2012, it was announced that the 1999 line-up of Atomic Kitten (McClarnon, Katona and Hamilton) would reunite for an ITV2 series, The Big Reunion," ]
Title: Atomic Kitten Background: Atomic Kitten are a British pop girl group formed in Liverpool in 1998 whose current members are Natasha Hamilton and Liz McClarnon. The band was founded by Colin Pulse, who served as principal songwriter during Atomic Kitten's early years. The group's debut album Right Section: 2004-...	[ "Cradle 2005\" peaked at number ten," ]
Title: Flotsam and Jetsam (band) Background: Flotsam and Jetsam is an American thrash metal and progressive metal band that formed in Phoenix, Arizona in 1981. The band currently consists of vocalist Eric A. Knutson, guitarists Michael Gilbert and Steve Conley, bassist Michael Spencer and drummer Ken Mary. Flotsam and...	[ "home," ]
Title: Flotsam and Jetsam (band) Background: Flotsam and Jetsam is an American thrash metal and progressive metal band that formed in Phoenix, Arizona in 1981. The band currently consists of vocalist Eric A. Knutson, guitarists Michael Gilbert and Steve Conley, bassist Michael Spencer and drummer Ken Mary. Flotsam and...	[ "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...	[ "You soon get an impression of speed," ]
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...	[ "his first race was a 10-mile time trial to which he turned up wearing shorts, anorak and Doc Marten boots." ]
Title: Caitlyn Jenner Background: Caitlyn Marie Jenner was born William Bruce Jenner on October 28, 1949, in Mount Kisco, New York, to Esther Ruth (nee McGuire) and William Hugh Jenner. Her father was an arborist. She has two sisters, Lisa and Pam. Her younger brother, Burt, was killed in a car accident in Canton, Con...	[ "men's decathlon event in 1974," ]
Title: Caitlyn Jenner Background: Caitlyn Marie Jenner was born William Bruce Jenner on October 28, 1949, in Mount Kisco, New York, to Esther Ruth (nee McGuire) and William Hugh Jenner. Her father was an arborist. She has two sisters, Lisa and Pam. Her younger brother, Burt, was killed in a car accident in Canton, Con...	[ "As a result of winning the Olympic decathlon, Jenner became a national hero and received the James E. Sullivan Award" ]
Title: Roy Keane Background: Keane was born into a working class family in Ballinderry Park, Mayfield, Cork. His father, Maurice, took work wherever he could find, which led to jobs at a local knitwear company and at Murphy's Irish Stout brewery, among others. His family were keen on sport, football especially, and ma...	[ "He fucked me over and my attitude is an eye for an eye" ]
Title: Victoria Wood Background: Victoria Wood, (19 May 1953 - 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, singer and songwriter, screenwriter, producer and director. Wood wrote and starred in dozens of sketches, plays, musicals, films and sitcoms over several decades, and her live comedy act was interspersed wi...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Victoria Wood Background: Victoria Wood, (19 May 1953 - 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, singer and songwriter, screenwriter, producer and director. Wood wrote and starred in dozens of sketches, plays, musicals, films and sitcoms over several decades, and her live comedy act was interspersed wi...	[ "On 22 December 2012 Wood was a guest on BBC Radio Two's Saturday morning Graham Norton Show." ]
Title: Pendulum (drum and bass band) Background: Pendulum is an Australian drum and bass and electronic rock band founded in 2002. Pendulum originally formed in the city of Perth, Western Australia by Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen, and Paul "El Hornet" Harding. The band was later expanded to include members, Ben Mount, ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Testament (band) Background: Testament is an American thrash metal band from Berkeley, California. Formed in 1983 under the name Legacy, the band's current lineup comprises guitarists Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick, lead vocalist Chuck Billy, drummer Gene Hoglan, and bassist Steve Di Giorgio. Since its incepti...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Testament (band) Background: Testament is an American thrash metal band from Berkeley, California. Formed in 1983 under the name Legacy, the band's current lineup comprises guitarists Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick, lead vocalist Chuck Billy, drummer Gene Hoglan, and bassist Steve Di Giorgio. Since its incepti...	[ "performed better on the charts than The New Order, reaching at number 77 on the Billboard 200," ]
Title: Roger Clemens Background: Clemens was born in Dayton, Ohio, the fifth child of Bill and Bess (Lee) Clemens. He is of German descent, his great-grandfather Joseph Clemens having immigrated in the 1880s. Clemens's parents separated when he was an infant. His mother soon married Woody Booher, whom Clemens consider...	[ "On July 2, Clemens collected his 350th win against the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium," ]
Title: Roger Clemens Background: Clemens was born in Dayton, Ohio, the fifth child of Bill and Bess (Lee) Clemens. He is of German descent, his great-grandfather Joseph Clemens having immigrated in the 1880s. Clemens's parents separated when he was an infant. His mother soon married Woody Booher, whom Clemens consider...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: The Replacements (band) Background: The Replacements were an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979. Initially a punk rock band, they are considered pioneers of alternative rock. The band was composed of the guitarist and vocalist Paul Westerberg, guitarist Bob Stinson, bass guitarist Tommy...	[ "it received positive reviews in local fanzines." ]
Title: The Replacements (band) Background: The Replacements were an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979. Initially a punk rock band, they are considered pioneers of alternative rock. The band was composed of the guitarist and vocalist Paul Westerberg, guitarist Bob Stinson, bass guitarist Tommy...	[ "for their 1993 album Superstar Car Wash. Members of The Cribs have cited The Replacements as a key influence." ]
Title: Miles Dempsey Background: General Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey, (15 December 1896 - 5 June 1969) was a senior British Army officer who served in both world wars. As a junior officer, he fought in France during the First World War, where he was wounded, and served throughout the difficult interwar period, trav...	[ "Within his command were 123,000 British and Dutch prisoners and nearly 750,000 captured Japanese." ]
Title: Miles Dempsey Background: General Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey, (15 December 1896 - 5 June 1969) was a senior British Army officer who served in both world wars. As a junior officer, he fought in France during the First World War, where he was wounded, and served throughout the difficult interwar period, trav...	[ "the Caen sector," ]
Title: Charles Nelson Reilly Background: Reilly was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, North America, the son of Charles Joseph Reilly, an Irish Catholic commercial artist, and Signe Elvera Nelson, a Swedish Lutheran. When young, he would often make his own puppet theater to amuse himself. His ...	[ "In one of his several appearances on The Tonight Show," ]
Title: Charles Nelson Reilly Background: Reilly was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, North America, the son of Charles Joseph Reilly, an Irish Catholic commercial artist, and Signe Elvera Nelson, a Swedish Lutheran. When young, he would often make his own puppet theater to amuse himself. His ...	[ "Reilly earned a 1997 Tony Award nomination as Best Director of a Play for the revival of The Gin Game, starring Julie Harris." ]
Title: Ricky Nelson Background: Nelson was born on May 8, 1940, in Teaneck, New Jersey. He was the second son of entertainment couple Harriet Hilliard Nelson (born Peggy Lou Snyder; July 18, 1909 - October 2, 1994) and Ozzie Nelson (March 20, 1906 - June 3, 1975). His father Ozzie was half Swedish. The Nelsons' older ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Fairport Convention Background: Fairport Convention are a British folk rock band. Formed in 1967, they are widely regarded as a key group in the English folk rock movement. Their seminal album Liege & Lief is considered to have launched the British folk rock movement, which provided a distinctively English iden...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Fairport Convention Background: Fairport Convention are a British folk rock band. Formed in 1967, they are widely regarded as a key group in the English folk rock movement. Their seminal album Liege & Lief is considered to have launched the British folk rock movement, which provided a distinctively English iden...	[ "Red & Gold (1989) The Five Seasons (1990) and Jewel in the Crown (1995)," ]
Title: Ada Lovelace Background: Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace (nee Byron; 10 December 1815 - 27 November 1852) was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the first to recognise that ...	[ "From 1832, when she was seventeen," ]
Title: Ada Lovelace Background: Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace (nee Byron; 10 December 1815 - 27 November 1852) was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the first to recognise that ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Maronites Background: The Maronites are a Christian group who adhere to the Syriac Maronite Church with the largest population around Mount Lebanon in Lebanon. The Maronite Church is an Eastern Catholic sui iuris particular church in full communion with the Pope and the Catholic Church, with self-governance und...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Maronites Background: The Maronites are a Christian group who adhere to the Syriac Maronite Church with the largest population around Mount Lebanon in Lebanon. The Maronite Church is an Eastern Catholic sui iuris particular church in full communion with the Pope and the Catholic Church, with self-governance und...	[ "Muslims focus more on the Arab identity of the Lebanese history and culture whereas the older, long-standing Christian communities, especially the Maronites focus on their history," ]
Title: Man o' War Background: Man o' War (March 29, 1917 - November 1, 1947) was an American Thoroughbred who is widely considered one of the greatest racehorses of all time. During his career just after World War I, he won 20 of 21 races and $249,465 (equal to $3,047,451 today) in purses. He was the unofficial 1920 A...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Man o' War Background: Man o' War (March 29, 1917 - November 1, 1947) was an American Thoroughbred who is widely considered one of the greatest racehorses of all time. During his career just after World War I, he won 20 of 21 races and $249,465 (equal to $3,047,451 today) in purses. He was the unofficial 1920 A...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Hulk Hogan Background: Terry Eugene Bollea was born in Augusta, Georgia on August 11, 1953, the son of construction foreman Pietro "Peter" Bollea (December 6, 1913 - December 18, 2001) and homemaker and dance teacher Ruth V. (nee Moody; 1922 - January 1, 2011). He is of French, Italian, Panamanian, and Scottish...	[ "Hogan Knows Best." ]
Title: The Libertines Background: The Libertines are an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barat (vocals/guitar) and Pete Doherty (vocals/guitar). The band, centered on the songwriting partnership of Barat and Doherty, has also included John Hassall (bass) and Gary Powell (drums) for most of ...	[ "The performance at the festival received very positive reviews from both fans and the press." ]
Title: The Libertines Background: The Libertines are an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barat (vocals/guitar) and Pete Doherty (vocals/guitar). The band, centered on the songwriting partnership of Barat and Doherty, has also included John Hassall (bass) and Gary Powell (drums) for most of ...	[ "This was soon followed by the release on 21 October of the album, which charted at No. 35." ]
Title: Forest Evashevski Background: Forest "Evy" Evashevski (February 19, 1918 - October 30, 2009) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played college football at the University of Michigan from 1938 to 1940 and with the Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks in 1942. Evashevski served as...	[ "Crisler later called Evashevski \"the greatest quarterback I ever had.\"" ]

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