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Title: Yui Horie Background: Yoshiko Horie (Ku Jiang You Zi , Horie Yoshiko, born September 20, 1976), known by her stage name Yui Horie (Ku Jiang Section: Early life and career Passage: Born in Katsushika, Tokyo on September 20, 1976, Horie spent much of her younger years as a latchkey kid. As an only child she wou...
[ "\". Horie graduated after 4 years of training." ]
Title: The Corrs Background: The Corrs are an Irish band that combine pop rock with traditional Irish themes within their music. The group consists of the Corr siblings; Andrea (lead vocals, tin whistle, ukulele); Sharon (violin, vocals); Caroline (drums, percussion, piano, bodhran, vocals) and Jim (guitar, piano, key...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: The Corrs Background: The Corrs are an Irish band that combine pop rock with traditional Irish themes within their music. The group consists of the Corr siblings; Andrea (lead vocals, tin whistle, ukulele); Sharon (violin, vocals); Caroline (drums, percussion, piano, bodhran, vocals) and Jim (guitar, piano, key...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Neil Simon Background: Marvin Neil Simon (born July 4, 1927) is an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He has written more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly adaptations of his plays. He has received more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer. Sim...
[ "Your Show of Shows, for which he earned two Emmy Award nominations. He later wrote scripts for The Phil Silvers Show;" ]
Title: Neil Simon Background: Marvin Neil Simon (born July 4, 1927) is an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He has written more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly adaptations of his plays. He has received more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer. Sim...
[ "\" However, Simon's characters will never be seen thumbing his or her nose at society.\"" ]
Title: Beth Phoenix Background: Elizabeth Kocianski was born in Elmira, New York and raised by Polish parents. When she was eleven years old, she won a coloring contest with a prize of tickets to a television taping for the World Wrestling Federation. Kocianski credits this as when she fell in love with professional w...
[ "Lea won the match" ]
Title: Beth Phoenix Background: Elizabeth Kocianski was born in Elmira, New York and raised by Polish parents. When she was eleven years old, she won a coloring contest with a prize of tickets to a television taping for the World Wrestling Federation. Kocianski credits this as when she fell in love with professional w...
[ "Phoenix won the Interpromotional Divas battle royal to become the number one contender for Michelle's WWE Women's Championship." ]
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...
[ "the band made a stop in Philadelphia to play at the US leg of Live Aid, which broke a record for number of viewers." ]
Title: Garth Brooks Background: Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter. His integration of rock and roll elements into the country genre has earned him immense popularity in the United States. Brooks has had great success on the country single and album charts, with multi-plat...
[ "The financial terms of the agreement were not announced, but Steve Wynn did disclose that he gave Brooks access to a private jet to quickly transport him" ]
Title: Alia Bhatt Background: Bhatt was born on 15 March 1993 in Mumbai to Indian film director Mahesh Bhatt and actress Soni Razdan. Her father is of Gujarati descent and her mother is of Kashmiri and German ancestry. Director Nanabhai Bhatt is her paternal grandfather. She has an elder sister, Shaheen (born 1988) an...
[ "Badrinath Ki Dulhania proved to be Bhatt's highest-grossing release. She received another Filmfare nomination for Best Actress." ]
Title: Morbid Angel Background: Morbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida formed in 1983 by guitarist and sole remaining original member Trey Azagthoth, vocalist and bassist Dallas Ward, and drummer Mike Browning. Widely considered as one of the most influential bands in the genre and import...
[ "Richard Brunelle was kicked out of the band due to alleged substance abuse." ]
Title: Morbid Angel Background: Morbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida formed in 1983 by guitarist and sole remaining original member Trey Azagthoth, vocalist and bassist Dallas Ward, and drummer Mike Browning. Widely considered as one of the most influential bands in the genre and import...
[ "never before had a heavy metal band carried their lightning-fast guitar riffs and equally spellbinding guitar solos into such horrific territory." ]
Title: Kevin Durant Background: Durant was born on September 29, 1988, in Washington, D.C., to Wanda (nee Durant) and Wayne Pratt. When Durant was an infant, his father deserted the family; Wanda and Wayne eventually divorced, and Durant's grandmother Barbara Davis helped raise him. By age 13, his father re-entered hi...
[ "He chose an ideal roster fit and a shot at playing for the highest-scoring offense the NBA has seen in decades." ]
Title: Kevin Durant Background: Durant was born on September 29, 1988, in Washington, D.C., to Wanda (nee Durant) and Wayne Pratt. When Durant was an infant, his father deserted the family; Wanda and Wayne eventually divorced, and Durant's grandmother Barbara Davis helped raise him. By age 13, his father re-entered hi...
[ "he became the youngest player in NBA history to join the 50-40-90 club." ]
Title: Jan Howard Background: Lula Grace Johnson (born March 13, 1929), known professionally as Jan Howard, is an American country music singer and Grand Ole Opry star. She attained popular success as a country female vocalist during the 1960s and early 1970s and was twice nominated for the Best Female Country Vocal P...
[ "Howard's solo recordings began to be somewhat less successful in the early 1970s," ]
Title: Jan Howard Background: Lula Grace Johnson (born March 13, 1929), known professionally as Jan Howard, is an American country music singer and Grand Ole Opry star. She attained popular success as a country female vocalist during the 1960s and early 1970s and was twice nominated for the Best Female Country Vocal P...
[ "earning her several Most Promising Female Vocalist awards (over, among others, another newcomer, Loretta Lynn)." ]
Title: The Famous Flames Background: The Famous Flames were an American rhythm and blues vocal group founded in Toccoa, Georgia, in 1953 by Bobby Byrd. James Brown began his career as a member of the Famous Flames, emerging as the lead singer by the time of their first professional recording, "Please, Please, Please",...
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Title: The Famous Flames Background: The Famous Flames were an American rhythm and blues vocal group founded in Toccoa, Georgia, in 1953 by Bobby Byrd. James Brown began his career as a member of the Famous Flames, emerging as the lead singer by the time of their first professional recording, "Please, Please, Please",...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Miloš Obilić Background: Milos Obilic (Serbian Cyrillic: Milosh Obilitsh, pronounced [miloS obilitc]; died June 15, 1389) was a Serbian knight in the service of Prince Lazar, during the invasion of the Ottoman Empire. He is not mentioned in contemporary sources, but he features prominently in later accounts of ...
[ "Milos is often referred to in the epic poems as \"Milos of Pocerje\", and according to local legends, he came from the western Serbian region of Pocerina." ]
Title: Miloš Obilić Background: Milos Obilic (Serbian Cyrillic: Milosh Obilitsh, pronounced [miloS obilitc]; died June 15, 1389) was a Serbian knight in the service of Prince Lazar, during the invasion of the Ottoman Empire. He is not mentioned in contemporary sources, but he features prominently in later accounts of ...
[ "The assassination of sultan Murad and one of his sons was also mentioned in the instructions of the Venetian Senate" ]
Title: Chumbawamba Background: Chumbawamba were a British band that formed in 1982 and dissolved in 2012. The band constantly shifted in musical style, drawing on genres such as punk rock, pop, folk, and experimental. Their anarchist or libertarian socialist political stance exhibited an irreverent attitude toward au...
[ "They also toured the United States for the first time in 1990." ]
Title: Chumbawamba Background: Chumbawamba were a British band that formed in 1982 and dissolved in 2012. The band constantly shifted in musical style, drawing on genres such as punk rock, pop, folk, and experimental. Their anarchist or libertarian socialist political stance exhibited an irreverent attitude toward au...
[ "and was re-pressed, reaching No. 4 in the UK Indie Chart, and staying in the chart for 34 weeks." ]
Title: Augustine of Hippo Background: Augustine of Hippo (; 13 November 354 - 28 August 430) was an early Christian theologian and philosopher from Numidia whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. He was the bishop of Hippo Regius in north Africa and is viewed as one of...
[ "to be a human is to be a composite of soul and body, and the soul is superior to the body." ]
Title: Augustine of Hippo Background: Augustine of Hippo (; 13 November 354 - 28 August 430) was an early Christian theologian and philosopher from Numidia whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. He was the bishop of Hippo Regius in north Africa and is viewed as one of...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Woodes Rogers Background: Woodes Rogers was the eldest son and heir of Woods Rogers, a successful merchant captain. Woodes Rogers spent part of his childhood in Poole, England, where he likely attended the local school; his father, who owned shares in many ships, was often away nine months of the year with the ...
[ "Rogers underwent surgery to remove a musket ball from the roof of his mouth, and the expedition disposed of the less seaworthy of the two Spanish prizes." ]
Title: Woodes Rogers Background: Woodes Rogers was the eldest son and heir of Woods Rogers, a successful merchant captain. Woodes Rogers spent part of his childhood in Poole, England, where he likely attended the local school; his father, who owned shares in many ships, was often away nine months of the year with the ...
[ "a boy who died in infancy--and Woodes and Sarah Rogers soon permanently separated." ]
Title: Pavement (band) Background: Pavement was an American indie rock band that formed in Stockton, California in 1989. The group mainly consisted of Stephen Malkmus (vocals and guitar), Scott Kannberg (guitar and vocals), Mark Ibold (bass), Steve West (drums) and Bob Nastanovich (percussion and vocals). Initially co...
[ "Later the same year, the band released the EP Watery, Domestic." ]
Title: Reba McEntire Background: Reba Nell McEntire was born March 28, 1955, in McAlester, Oklahoma, to Jacqueline (nee Smith; born November 6, 1926) and Clark Vincent McEntire (November 30, 1927 - October 23, 2014). Her father, and her grandfather, John Wesley McEntire (February 19, 1897 - February 13, 1976), were bo...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Reba McEntire Background: Reba Nell McEntire was born March 28, 1955, in McAlester, Oklahoma, to Jacqueline (nee Smith; born November 6, 1926) and Clark Vincent McEntire (November 30, 1927 - October 23, 2014). Her father, and her grandfather, John Wesley McEntire (February 19, 1897 - February 13, 1976), were bo...
[ "Love Somebody, McEntire's twenty-seventh studio album," ]
Title: Santana (band) Background: Santana is a Latin music and rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1966 by Mexican-American guitarist Carlos Santana. The band came to public attention with their performance of "Soul Sacrifice" at Woodstock in 1969. This exposure helped propel their first album, also named...
[ "Despite this, it went on to sell 2x platinum in the US, and achieved platinum status in several other countries including Australia." ]
Title: Santana (band) Background: Santana is a Latin music and rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1966 by Mexican-American guitarist Carlos Santana. The band came to public attention with their performance of "Soul Sacrifice" at Woodstock in 1969. This exposure helped propel their first album, also named...
[ "status. The album peaked at number 25 on the Billboard 200, the lowest of the band's career so far." ]
Title: Afonso de Albuquerque Background: Afonso de Albuquerque was born in 1453 in Alhandra, near Lisbon. He was the second son of Goncalo de Albuquerque, Lord of Vila Verde dos Francos, and Dona Leonor de Menezes. His father held an important position at court and was connected by remote illegitimate descent with the...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Afonso de Albuquerque Background: Afonso de Albuquerque was born in 1453 in Alhandra, near Lisbon. He was the second son of Goncalo de Albuquerque, Lord of Vila Verde dos Francos, and Dona Leonor de Menezes. His father held an important position at court and was connected by remote illegitimate descent with the...
[ "Afonso was sent in custody to St. Angelo Fort in Cannanore. There he remained under what he considered to be imprisonment." ]
Title: Cable (comics) Background: Cable (Nathan Summers) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with X-Force and the X-Men. The character first appeared as a newborn infant in Uncanny X-Men #201 (Jan. 1986) created by writer Chris Claremont, while...
[ "The X-Force series provided further detail for the character's back story revealing that he was from the future and that he had traveled to the past" ]
Title: Cable (comics) Background: Cable (Nathan Summers) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with X-Force and the X-Men. The character first appeared as a newborn infant in Uncanny X-Men #201 (Jan. 1986) created by writer Chris Claremont, while...
[ "The character's first appearance as the adult warrior Cable was at the end of The New Mutants #86 (Feb. 1990)." ]
Title: Andrew Breitbart Background: Breitbart was born in Los Angeles, California, on February 1, 1969. He was the adopted son of Gerald and Arlene Breitbart, a restaurant owner and banker respectively, and grew up in the affluent neighborhood of Brentwood, Los Angeles. He was adopted at three weeks old and raised Jew...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: The Funk Brothers Background: The Funk Brothers were a group of Detroit-based session musicians who performed the backing to most Motown recordings from 1959 until the company moved to Los Angeles in 1972. They are considered one of the most successful groups of studio musicians in music history. The Funk Broth...
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Title: Jimmy Eat World Background: Jimmy Eat World is an American rock band from Mesa, Arizona that formed in 1993. The band is composed of vocalist and lead guitarist Jim Adkins, rhythm guitarist and vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch and drummer Zach Lind. As of October 2016, Jimmy Eat World have released nine ...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Jimmy Eat World Background: Jimmy Eat World is an American rock band from Mesa, Arizona that formed in 1993. The band is composed of vocalist and lead guitarist Jim Adkins, rhythm guitarist and vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch and drummer Zach Lind. As of October 2016, Jimmy Eat World have released nine ...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
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...
[ "there was a lot of fan requests to have \"No Place for Disgrace\"" ]
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: Aeschylus Background: Aeschylus (UK: , US: ; Greek: Aiskhulos Aiskhulos; Ancient Greek: [ais.khy.los]; c. 525/524 - c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian. He is often described as the father of tragedy. Academics' knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier tragedies is lar...
[ "his actors wear platform boots (cothurni)" ]
Title: Aeschylus Background: Aeschylus (UK: , US: ; Greek: Aiskhulos Aiskhulos; Ancient Greek: [ais.khy.los]; c. 525/524 - c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian. He is often described as the father of tragedy. Academics' knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier tragedies is lar...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Michael Bloomberg Background: Michael Bloomberg was born at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, on February 14, 1942. Bloomberg's family is Jewish. Bloomberg's father, William Henry Bloomberg (1906-1963), was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts and worked as an accountant for a dairy co...
[ "he did not know why Bloomberg had ruled out a bid for the presidency in the upcoming election," ]
Title: Michael Bloomberg Background: Michael Bloomberg was born at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, on February 14, 1942. Bloomberg's family is Jewish. Bloomberg's father, William Henry Bloomberg (1906-1963), was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts and worked as an accountant for a dairy co...
[ "PlaNYC, in just 6 years New York City reduced citywide greenhouse gas emissions by 19% since 2005" ]
Title: Ghostface Killah Background: Dennis Coles (born May 9, 1970), better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and member of the Wu-Tang Clan. After the group achieved breakthrough success in the aftermath of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), the members went on to pursue solo careers to va...
[ "The album was well received by critics and peaked #7 on the Billboard 200." ]
Title: Ghostface Killah Background: Dennis Coles (born May 9, 1970), better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and member of the Wu-Tang Clan. After the group achieved breakthrough success in the aftermath of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), the members went on to pursue solo careers to va...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Super Junior Background: Super Junior (Korean: syupeojunieo; Syupeo Junieo), also known as simply SJ or SUJU, is a South Korean boy band. Formed in 2005 by producer Lee Soo-man of S.M. Entertainment, the group comprised a total of thirteen members at its peak. Super Junior originally debuted with twelve members...
[ "In early 2005, Lee Soo-man announced that he had been preparing for an all-boy project group of twelve members to debut at the end of the year." ]
Title: Super Junior Background: Super Junior (Korean: syupeojunieo; Syupeo Junieo), also known as simply SJ or SUJU, is a South Korean boy band. Formed in 2005 by producer Lee Soo-man of S.M. Entertainment, the group comprised a total of thirteen members at its peak. Super Junior originally debuted with twelve members...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Serebro Background: Serebro (Russian: Serebro; English translation: Silver) (Stylized as SEREBRO) is a Russian girl group formed by their manager and producer Maxim Fadeev. Section: 2013-2015: New record label, new music projects and Anastasia/Elena's Departure Passage: After the decline of their success after...
[ "Serebro's 3rd studio album '925' was supposed to be released on iTunes Russia on 15 October 2015" ]
Title: Serebro Background: Serebro (Russian: Serebro; English translation: Silver) (Stylized as SEREBRO) is a Russian girl group formed by their manager and producer Maxim Fadeev. Section: Former Passage: Polina Favorskaya (Russian: Polina Favorskaia, born 21 November 1991 in Volgograd, Russia) was the replacement of...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Bob Crewe Background: Robert Stanley Crewe (November 12, 1930 - September 11, 2014) was an American songwriter, dancer, singer, manager, and record producer. He was known for producing, and co-writing with Bob Gaudio, a string of Top 10 singles for the Four Seasons. As a songwriter, his most successful songs in...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Bob Crewe Background: Robert Stanley Crewe (November 12, 1930 - September 11, 2014) was an American songwriter, dancer, singer, manager, and record producer. He was known for producing, and co-writing with Bob Gaudio, a string of Top 10 singles for the Four Seasons. As a songwriter, his most successful songs in...
[ "back-to-back #1 records in 1975." ]
Title: Buck Clayton Background: Wilbur Dorsey "Buck" Clayton (November 12, 1911 - December 8, 1991) was an American jazz trumpet player who was a leading member of Count Basie's "Old Testament" orchestra and a leader of mainstream-oriented jam session recordings in the 1950s. His principal influence was Louis Armstron...
[ "Clayton was taught the trumpet by Bob Russell, a member of George E. Lee's band." ]
Title: Buck Clayton Background: Wilbur Dorsey "Buck" Clayton (November 12, 1911 - December 8, 1991) was an American jazz trumpet player who was a leading member of Count Basie's "Old Testament" orchestra and a leader of mainstream-oriented jam session recordings in the 1950s. His principal influence was Louis Armstron...
[ "1955 he appeared in The Benny Goodman Story, also working with Goodman in New York at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel two years later." ]
Title: Ken Saro-Wiwa Background: Kenule Beeson "Ken" Saro-Wiwa (10 October 1941 - 10 November 1995) was a Nigerian writer, television producer, environmental activist, and winner of the Right Livelihood Award and the Goldman Environmental Prize. Saro-Wiwa was a member of the Ogoni people, an ethnic minority in Nigeria...
[ "recanted, stating that they had been bribed with money and offers of jobs with Shell to give false testimony," ]
Title: Ken Saro-Wiwa Background: Kenule Beeson "Ken" Saro-Wiwa (10 October 1941 - 10 November 1995) was a Nigerian writer, television producer, environmental activist, and winner of the Right Livelihood Award and the Goldman Environmental Prize. Saro-Wiwa was a member of the Ogoni people, an ethnic minority in Nigeria...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Al Kaline Background: Kaline was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. His family was poor. Several relatives played semi-pro baseball, but no one in his family had graduated from high school. When he was eight years old, Kaline developed osteomyelitis and had a segment of bone removed from his left foot. Se...
[ "Kaline was out for several games in 1958 after he was hit by a pitch. He missed several games in 1959 after he was hit by a thrown ball" ]
Title: Al Kaline Background: Kaline was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. His family was poor. Several relatives played semi-pro baseball, but no one in his family had graduated from high school. When he was eight years old, Kaline developed osteomyelitis and had a segment of bone removed from his left foot. Se...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Bob Eubanks Background: Robert Leland Eubanks (born January 8, 1938) is an American disc jockey, television personality and game show host, best known for hosting the game show The Newlywed Game on and off since 1966. He also hosted the successful revamp version of Card Sharks from 1986 to 1989. Eubanks receive...
[ "Dolly Parton, Barbara Mandrell and Marty Robbins." ]
Title: Bob Eubanks Background: Robert Leland Eubanks (born January 8, 1938) is an American disc jockey, television personality and game show host, best known for hosting the game show The Newlywed Game on and off since 1966. He also hosted the successful revamp version of Card Sharks from 1986 to 1989. Eubanks receive...
[ "They moved to Flint during the Great Depression, where their only child was born, before moving on to California." ]
Title: Kaiser Chiefs Background: Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds who formed in 2000 as Parva, releasing one studio album, 22, in 2003, before renaming and establishing themselves in their current name that same year. Since their formation the band consists of lead vocalist Ricky Wilson, guitari...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Kaiser Chiefs Background: Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds who formed in 2000 as Parva, releasing one studio album, 22, in 2003, before renaming and establishing themselves in their current name that same year. Since their formation the band consists of lead vocalist Ricky Wilson, guitari...
[ "in March 2005," ]
Title: Mick Mulvaney Background: Mulvaney was born in Alexandria, Virginia, to Michael "Mike" and Kathleen "Kathy" Mulvaney, a teacher, and grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, where his father became a prominent homebuilder, before moving to Indian Land, South Carolina. His grandparents were originally from County M...
[ "In February 2018, Mulvaney released the President's $4.4 trillion 2019 United States federal budget," ]
Title: Bruno Sammartino Background: Born in Pizzoferrato, Abruzzo, Italy on October 6, 1935, Sammartino was the youngest of seven brothers and sisters. Four older siblings died during his time in Italy. During his childhood, Sammartino's family hid from German soldiers in a mountain called Valla Rocca, during the latt...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Bruno Sammartino Background: Born in Pizzoferrato, Abruzzo, Italy on October 6, 1935, Sammartino was the youngest of seven brothers and sisters. Four older siblings died during his time in Italy. During his childhood, Sammartino's family hid from German soldiers in a mountain called Valla Rocca, during the latt...
[ "Sammartino, shocked and hurt by Zbyszko's betrayal, vowed to make Zbyszko pay dearly." ]
Title: Eddy Merckx Background: Edouard Louis Joseph, baron Merckx (Dutch pronunciation: ['merks]; born 17 June 1945), better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional road and track bicycle racer who is widely seen as the most successful rider in the history of competitive cycling. His victories include a...
[ "He closed the season with over fifty victories to his credit." ]
Title: Eddy Merckx Background: Edouard Louis Joseph, baron Merckx (Dutch pronunciation: ['merks]; born 17 June 1945), better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional road and track bicycle racer who is widely seen as the most successful rider in the history of competitive cycling. His victories include a...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: H. G. Wells Background: Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946), usually referred to as H. G. Wells, was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, satire, biography, and autobiography, including even two books on...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: H. G. Wells Background: Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946), usually referred to as H. G. Wells, was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, satire, biography, and autobiography, including even two books on...
[ "he had a daughter, Anna-Jane, with the writer Amber Reeves," ]
Title: Robert Mueller Background: Robert Swan Mueller III (; born August 7, 1944) is an American attorney who served as the sixth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 2001 to 2013. A Republican, he was appointed by President George W. Bush; President Barack Obama gave his original ten-year term a two-y...
[ "In 1989, he served in the United States Department of Justice as an assistant to Attorney General Dick Thornburgh" ]
Title: The Twilight Sad Background: The Twilight Sad are a Scottish post-punk/indie rock band, comprising James Graham (vocals) and Andy MacFarlane (guitar). The band are currently signed to Fat Cat Records and have released four full-length albums, as well as several EPs and singles. Their 2007 debut album, Fourteen ...
[ "Graham participated in Aidan Moffat's backing band during Moffat's UK tour" ]
Title: Lin-Manuel Miranda Background: Miranda was born in New York City and raised in the neighborhood of Inwood, the son of Luz Towns, a clinical psychologist, and Luis A. Miranda, Jr., a Democratic Party consultant who advised New York City mayor Ed Koch. Miranda has one older sister, Luz, who is the Chief Financial...
[ "Also in 2014, Miranda appeared in the Encores! revival of Tick, Tick... Boom! under the artistic direction of Jeanine Tesori." ]
Title: Red Faber Background: Faber was born on a farm near Cascade, Iowa, on September 6, 1888. He was of Luxembourgish ancestry. While Faber was a child, his father managed a tavern and later ran the Hotel Faber in Cascade. His father became one of the wealthiest citizens in Cascade. Section: Success in the 1920s Pa...
[ "He was one of only six pitchers to win 100 or more games in both the \"dead ball\" (through 1920) and live ball eras." ]
Title: Carmelo Anthony Background: Carmelo Kyam Anthony (born May 29, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Anthony attended Towson Catholic High School and Oak Hill Academy before playing college basketball at Syracuse. In Antho...
[ "On November 23, 2005, with the Nuggets facing the two-time defending Eastern Conference Champion Detroit Pistons, Anthony hauled down his 1,000th career rebound." ]
Title: Carmelo Anthony Background: Carmelo Kyam Anthony (born May 29, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Anthony attended Towson Catholic High School and Oak Hill Academy before playing college basketball at Syracuse. In Antho...
[ "On February 9, 2004, against the Memphis Grizzlies, Anthony became the third-youngest player to reach the 1,000-point plateau in NBA history with a 20-point effort in an 86-83 win." ]
Title: Helen Mirren Background: Dame Helen Lydia Mirren, (nee Mironoff; born 26 July 1945) is an English actor. Mirren began her acting career with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1967, and is one of the few performers who have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2007 f...
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Title: Helen Mirren Background: Dame Helen Lydia Mirren, (nee Mironoff; born 26 July 1945) is an English actor. Mirren began her acting career with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1967, and is one of the few performers who have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2007 f...
[ "the picture earned Satellite, Golden Globe, and European Film Award nominations for Mirren." ]
Title: Elliott Smith Background: Steven Paul Smith was born at the Clarkson Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, the only child of Gary Smith, a student at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Bunny Kay Berryman, an elementary school music teacher. His parents divorced when he was six months old, and Smith moved wit...
[ "around Portland" ]
Title: Elliott Smith Background: Steven Paul Smith was born at the Clarkson Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, the only child of Gary Smith, a student at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Bunny Kay Berryman, an elementary school music teacher. His parents divorced when he was six months old, and Smith moved wit...
[ "Smith's girlfriend at the time convinced him to send a tape of \"the most recent eight songs that [he'd] recorded on borrowed four-tracks and borrowed guitar\"" ]
Title: Shenandoah (band) Background: Shenandoah is an American country music group founded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1984 by Marty Raybon (lead vocals, acoustic guitar), Ralph Ezell (bass guitar, backing vocals), Stan Thorn (keyboards, backing vocals), Jim Seales (lead guitar, backing vocals), and Mike McGuire (dru...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Shenandoah (band) Background: Shenandoah is an American country music group founded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1984 by Marty Raybon (lead vocals, acoustic guitar), Ralph Ezell (bass guitar, backing vocals), Stan Thorn (keyboards, backing vocals), Jim Seales (lead guitar, backing vocals), and Mike McGuire (dru...
[ "this song was co-written by Ronnie Dunn (of Brooks & Dunn) and songwriter Dean Dillon, best known for co-writing several of George Strait's singles." ]
Title: Robert Novak Background: Robert David Sanders "Bob" Novak (February 26, 1931 - August 18, 2009) was an American syndicated columnist, journalist, television personality, author, and conservative political commentator. After working for two newspapers before serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, he bec...
[ "Novak's political column once stated that he considered every single president in his lifetime to be a failure, with the lone exception of Reagan." ]
Title: Peter Tatchell Background: Tatchell was born in Melbourne, Australia. His father was a lathe operator and his mother worked in a biscuit factory. His parents divorced when he was four and his mother remarried soon afterwards. Since the family finances were strained by medical bills, he had to leave school at 16...
[ "in 1981, Tatchell was selected as his successor." ]
Title: Cheryl (singer) Background: Cheryl Ann Tweedy was born in Newcastle upon Tyne on 30 June 1983, and grew up on council estates in the suburbs of Walker and Heaton. She is the fourth of five children of Joan Callaghan, and the first of her two children with Garry Tweedy following the collapse of her marriage to t...
[ "Cheryl announced the launch of a second charity, once again alongside The Prince's Trust. The charity was named Cheryl's Trust," ]
Title: Cheryl (singer) Background: Cheryl Ann Tweedy was born in Newcastle upon Tyne on 30 June 1983, and grew up on council estates in the suburbs of Walker and Heaton. She is the fourth of five children of Joan Callaghan, and the first of her two children with Garry Tweedy following the collapse of her marriage to t...
[ "On 2 June 2014, she debuted the first single from her fourth studio album Only Human," ]
Title: Johnny Carson Background: John William Carson (October 23, 1925 - January 23, 2005) was an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962-1992). Carson received six Emmy Awards, the Television Academy's 1980 Governor's Awar...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Johnny Carson Background: John William Carson (October 23, 1925 - January 23, 2005) was an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962-1992). Carson received six Emmy Awards, the Television Academy's 1980 Governor's Awar...
[ "Tonight" ]
Title: Khalid El-Masri Background: Khalid El-Masri (also Khaled El-Masri and Khaled Masri, Levantine Arabic pronunciation: ['xa:lId el'mas?ri, -'mas?re], Arabic: khld lmSry) (born June 29, 1963) is a German and Lebanese citizen who was mistakenly abducted by the Macedonian police in 2003, and handed over to the U.S. C...
[ "of suspicion that El-Masri's German passport was a forgery. He was held in a motel in Macedonia for over three weeks and questioned" ]
Title: Miyavi Background: Miyavi was born in the Nishikujo district in Konohana-ku ward, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, to a Korean Japanese father and a Japanese mother. After the first grade, he moved to Kawanishi. His father's family, surnamed Lee, came from Jeju Island. Miyavi says that as a child he was a good student ...
[ "On April 22, a compilation album was released, Victory Road to the King of Neo Visual Rock, which includes all his major singles with Universal Group." ]
Title: Helen Zille Background: Otta Helene Maree (nee Zille ; born 9 March 1951), known as Helen Zille, is a South African politician. She is the Premier of the Western Cape province, and a member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. She served as leader of the Democratic Alliance, the country's official opposit...
[ "In October 2007, Zille was acquitted of all charges brought before the Mitchell's Plain Magistrates Court" ]
Title: Helen Zille Background: Otta Helene Maree (nee Zille ; born 9 March 1951), known as Helen Zille, is a South African politician. She is the Premier of the Western Cape province, and a member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. She served as leader of the Democratic Alliance, the country's official opposit...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Ben Hogan Background: William Ben Hogan (August 13, 1912 - July 25, 1997) was an American professional golfer who is generally considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the game. He was born within six months of Sam Snead and Byron Nelson, who were two other acknowledged golf greats of the ...
[ "the children took jobs to help their seamstress mother make ends meet." ]
Title: Ben Hogan Background: William Ben Hogan (August 13, 1912 - July 25, 1997) was an American professional golfer who is generally considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the game. He was born within six months of Sam Snead and Byron Nelson, who were two other acknowledged golf greats of the ...
[ "In golf, the sit-down motion is more like lowering yourself onto a spectator-sports-stick. Think of the seat of the stick as being about two inches or so below your buttocks." ]
Title: Deep Purple Background: Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. The band is considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although their musical approach changed over the years. Originally formed as a progressive rock band, the band shifted to a heavier sound ...
[ "dozens\" of singers were auditioned (including Rod Stewart and Woodman's friend Dave Curtiss)until the group heard Rod Evans of the club band The Maze," ]
Title: Deep Purple Background: Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. The band is considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although their musical approach changed over the years. Originally formed as a progressive rock band, the band shifted to a heavier sound ...
[ "In the words of Jon Lord:" ]
Title: Abu Bakr Background: Abu Bakr as-Siddiq 'Abdallah bin Abi Quhafah (Arabic: 'bw bkr lSdyq `bd llh bn 'by qHf@; c. 573 CE - 22 August 634 CE), popularly known as Abu Bakr ('bw bkr), was a senior companion (Sahabi) and--through his daughter Aisha--the father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Abu Bakr became ...
[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Russell T Davies Background: Stephen Russell Davies was born on 27 April 1963 at Mount Pleasant Hospital in Swansea. His father, Vivian Davies (1925-2015), and his mother, Barbara (1929-1999), were teachers. Davies was the youngest of three children and their only son. Because he was born by C-section, his moth...
[ "Although well received, the series' ratings were not high enough to warrant a third series." ]
Title: Enya Background: Eithne Padraigin Ni Bhraonain was born on 17 May 1961 in Dore, an area of the remote parish of Gweedore, County Donegal in northwestern Ireland. It is a Gaeltacht region where Irish is the primary language. Her name is anglicised as Enya Patricia Brennan, where Enya is the phonetic spelling of ...
[ "her eighth album, Dark Sky Island." ]
Title: Jared Leto Background: Jared Joseph Leto was born on December 26, 1971, in Bossier City, Louisiana, to Constance Leto (nee Metrejon). His mother has Cajun ancestry. "Leto" is the surname of his stepfather. His parents divorced when he was a child, and he and his older brother, Shannon Leto, lived with their mot...
[ "California" ]