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Title: North American fur trade Background: The North American fur trade was the industry and activities related to the acquisition, trade, exchange, and sale of animal furs in North America. Aboriginal peoples in Canada and Native Americans in the United States of different regions traded among themselves in the Pre-...	[ "the area that is now known as South Carolina, and most of the white-tailed deer herds had moved inland for the better environment." ]
Title: Pink Floyd – The Wall Background: Pink Floyd - The Wall is a 1982 British live-action/animated musical drama film directed by Alan Parker with animated segments by political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, and is based on the 1979 Pink Floyd album of the same name. The film centers around a confined rocker named Pink...	[ "as Pink Floyd gained mainstream fame, Waters began feeling increasingly alienated from their audiences:" ]
Title: Pink Floyd – The Wall Background: Pink Floyd - The Wall is a 1982 British live-action/animated musical drama film directed by Alan Parker with animated segments by political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, and is based on the 1979 Pink Floyd album of the same name. The film centers around a confined rocker named Pink...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Color Me Badd Background: Color Me Badd is an American contemporary R&B group that was formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The original members of the group were lead singer Bryan Abrams (born November 16, 1969), second tenor Mark Calderon (born September 27, 1970), second tenor Sam Watters (born July 23, 1970) ...	[ "Texas. In 2008, he released a solo album, Conversions, blending contemporary hip-hop/rap with gospel and soul music." ]
Title: Charles Kuralt Background: Charles Bishop Kuralt (September 10, 1934 - July 4, 1997) was an American journalist. He was most widely known for his long career with CBS, first for his "On the Road" segments on The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, and later as the first anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning, a p...	[ "In 1967, Kuralt and a CBS camera crew accompanied Ralph Plaisted in his attempt to reach the North Pole by snowmobile, which resulted" ]
Title: Charles Kuralt Background: Charles Bishop Kuralt (September 10, 1934 - July 4, 1997) was an American journalist. He was most widely known for his long career with CBS, first for his "On the Road" segments on The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, and later as the first anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning, a p...	[ "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...	[ "In 1989, Flotsam and Jetsam were signed to MCA Records and began work on their third album" ]
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...	[ "playing covers of bands such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, MSG, and UFO." ]
Title: Late Night with Conan O'Brien Background: Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and comedy performances. Late Night aired weekn...	[ "Stars like Tom Hanks agreed to appear on Late Night, which boosted audience awareness. Even Letterman, who admired O'Brien's comic sensibility, appeared as a guest to register his support." ]
Title: Late Night with Conan O'Brien Background: Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and comedy performances. Late Night aired weekn...	[ "James Wormworth served as backup drummer when Weinberg went on tour with Bruce Springsteen." ]
Title: Teena Marie Background: Mary Christine Brockert (March 5, 1956 - December 26, 2010), better known by her stage name Teena Marie, was an American singer-songwriter, and producer. She was known by her childhood nickname Tina before taking the stage name Teena Marie and later acquired the nickname Lady Tee (someti...	[ "In the early 1970s, after the family moved to Venice, Los Angeles," ]
Title: Teena Marie Background: Mary Christine Brockert (March 5, 1956 - December 26, 2010), better known by her stage name Teena Marie, was an American singer-songwriter, and producer. She was known by her childhood nickname Tina before taking the stage name Teena Marie and later acquired the nickname Lady Tee (someti...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Pink (singer) Background: Alecia Beth Moore (born September 8, 1979), known professionally as Pink (often stylized as P!nk), is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. She was signed to her first record label with original R&B girl group, Choice, in 1995. The label, LaFace Records, saw great potenti...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Pink (singer) Background: Alecia Beth Moore (born September 8, 1979), known professionally as Pink (often stylized as P!nk), is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. She was signed to her first record label with original R&B girl group, Choice, in 1995. The label, LaFace Records, saw great potenti...	[ "At 14, she was convinced to audition to become a member of the all-female group Basic Instinct, and earned a spot in the lineup." ]
Title: Joe Sakic Background: Sakic was born in Burnaby, British Columbia, to Marijan and Slavica Sakic (originally Sakic, Croatian pronunciation: [Sakitc]), immigrants from Croatia in what was then Yugoslavia. Growing up in Burnaby, he did not learn to speak English well until kindergarten, having been raised with Cro...	[ "one of four players to captain his team to a Stanley Cup championship and win the Hart Memorial Trophy in the same year." ]
Title: Joe Sakic Background: Sakic was born in Burnaby, British Columbia, to Marijan and Slavica Sakic (originally Sakic, Croatian pronunciation: [Sakitc]), immigrants from Croatia in what was then Yugoslavia. Growing up in Burnaby, he did not learn to speak English well until kindergarten, having been raised with Cro...	[ "Sakic was the only member of his class who won the Stanley Cup during his career." ]
Title: The Living End Background: The Living End are an Australian punk rock band, which formed in 1994. Since 2002 the line up consists of Chris Cheney (vocals, guitar), Scott Owen (double bass, vocals) and Andy Strachan (drums). The band rose to fame in 1997 after the release of their double A-sided single, "Second ...	[ "On 27 September 2004 the band released a compilation album, From Here on In: The Singles 1997-2004," ]
Title: The Living End Background: The Living End are an Australian punk rock band, which formed in 1994. Since 2002 the line up consists of Chris Cheney (vocals, guitar), Scott Owen (double bass, vocals) and Andy Strachan (drums). The band rose to fame in 1997 after the release of their double A-sided single, "Second ...	[ "With Demsey the group appeared at major festivals:" ]
Title: Evita (musical) Background: Evita is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. It concentrates on the life of Argentine political leader Eva Peron, the second wife of Argentine president Juan Peron. The story follows Evita's early life, rise to power, charity work, and eventual death. ...	[ "Eva persuades Magaldi into taking her with him to Buenos Aires and though he is initially resistant, he eventually accepts" ]
Title: Evita (musical) Background: Evita is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. It concentrates on the life of Argentine political leader Eva Peron, the second wife of Argentine president Juan Peron. The story follows Evita's early life, rise to power, charity work, and eventual death. ...	[ "He began research and was introduced by a Cinema International Corporation executive to the Argentine film director Carlos Pasini Hansen who had produced the TV film Queen of Hearts," ]
Title: José Sarria Background: Jose Julio Sarria also known as The Grand Mere, Absolute Empress I de San Francisco, and the Widow Norton (December 13, 1922 - August 19, 2013) was an American political activist from San Francisco, California, who in 1961 became the first openly gay candidate for public office in the Un...	[ "He was discharged from the Army in 1947, at the rank of Staff Sergeant." ]
Title: José Sarria Background: Jose Julio Sarria also known as The Grand Mere, Absolute Empress I de San Francisco, and the Widow Norton (December 13, 1922 - August 19, 2013) was an American political activist from San Francisco, California, who in 1961 became the first openly gay candidate for public office in the Un...	[ "Maria made arrangements for him to be raised by another couple," ]
Title: Slavoj Žižek Background: Slavoj Zizek ( ( listen) SLAH-voy ZHIZH-ek; Slovene: ['slavoj 'ZiZek]; born 21 March 1949) is a Slovenian continental philosopher. He is a senior researcher at the Institute for Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana, Global Distinguished Professor of German at New York...	[ "controversial policy decisions (such as reductions in social welfare spending) are presented as apparently \"objective\" necessities." ]
Title: Seether Background: Seether are a South African rock band founded in May 1999 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The band originally performed under the name Saron Gas until 2002, when they moved to the United States and changed it to Seether to avoid confusion with the deadly chemical known as sarin gas. Disc...	[ "Seether was selected as the support act for an Evanescence worldwide tour." ]
Title: Seether Background: Seether are a South African rock band founded in May 1999 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The band originally performed under the name Saron Gas until 2002, when they moved to the United States and changed it to Seether to avoid confusion with the deadly chemical known as sarin gas. Disc...	[ "\"Karma and Effect\" debuted at number 8 on the US Billboard 200 album charts, and was certified gold in the US and Canada." ]
Title: Claude Shannon Background: Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 - February 24, 2001) was an American mathematician, electrical engineer, and cryptographer known as "the father of information theory". Shannon is noted for having founded information theory with a landmark paper, A Mathematical Theory of Communic...	[ "he used tools in probability theory, developed by Norbert Wiener, which were in their nascent stages of being applied to communication theory at that time." ]
Title: Claude Shannon Background: Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 - February 24, 2001) was an American mathematician, electrical engineer, and cryptographer known as "the father of information theory". Shannon is noted for having founded information theory with a landmark paper, A Mathematical Theory of Communic...	[ "In 1937, he wrote his master's degree thesis, A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits, A paper from this thesis was published in 1938." ]
Title: Jim Duggan Background: James Edward Duggan Jr. (born January 14, 1954), better known by his ring name "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE on a Legends contract. His best-known character is that of an American patriot, which sees him use a 2x4 length of wood as a weapo...	[ "Duggan's team eventually lost the match." ]
Title: Jim Duggan Background: James Edward Duggan Jr. (born January 14, 1954), better known by his ring name "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE on a Legends contract. His best-known character is that of an American patriot, which sees him use a 2x4 length of wood as a weapo...	[ "Duggan then started a feud with the anti-American stable the Revolution (Shane Douglas, Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn, and Asya)." ]
Title: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Background: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto belonged to a Sindhi family ( Bhutto family), He was born in Sindh to Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto and Khursheed Begum (nee Lakhi Bai) near Larkana. Zulfikar was their third child--their first one, Sikandar Ali, had died from pneumonia at age seven in 1914, and the s...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Nick Cave Background: Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional film actor, best known as the frontman of the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Cave's music is generally characterised by emotional intensity, a ...	[ "in July 1996, \"The Flesh Made Word,\" discussing in biographical format his relationship with Christianity." ]
Title: The Birth of a Nation Background: The Birth of a Nation (originally called The Clansman) is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed and co-produced by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. The screenplay is adapted from the novel and play The Clansman, both by Thomas Dixon Jr., as well as Dixon's no...	[ "at no time has expressed his approbation of it." ]
Title: Ibn Jubayr Background: Ibn Jubayr (1 September 1145 -29 November 1217; Arabic: bn jbyr), also written Ibn Jubair, Ibn Jobair, and Ibn Djubayr, was an Arab geographer, traveller and poet from al-Andalus. His travel chronicle describes the pilgrimage he made to Mecca from 1183 to 1185, in the years preceding the ...	[ "He died on the 29 November 1217 in Alexandria during the second of these trips." ]
Title: Ibn Jubayr Background: Ibn Jubayr (1 September 1145 -29 November 1217; Arabic: bn jbyr), also written Ibn Jubair, Ibn Jobair, and Ibn Djubayr, was an Arab geographer, traveller and poet from al-Andalus. His travel chronicle describes the pilgrimage he made to Mecca from 1183 to 1185, in the years preceding the ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Jackass (TV series) Background: Jackass is an American reality series, originally shown on MTV from 2000 to 2002, featuring people performing various dangerous, crude, self-injuring stunts and pranks. The show served as a launchpad for the television and acting careers of Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, and Stev...	[ "despite the fact that no such stunt ever aired on the show." ]
Title: Jackass (TV series) Background: Jackass is an American reality series, originally shown on MTV from 2000 to 2002, featuring people performing various dangerous, crude, self-injuring stunts and pranks. The show served as a launchpad for the television and acting careers of Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, and Stev...	[ "producers. The show idea was pitched, and the cast was initially given an offer by Saturday Night Live to perform the stunts weekly for the show," ]
Title: Mike Shinoda Background: Michael Kenji Shinoda (, born February 11, 1977) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer and graphic designer. He co-founded Linkin Park in 1996 and is the band's rhythm guitarist, primary songwriter, keyboardist, producer, and lead vocalist. Shinoda later c...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Mike Shinoda Background: Michael Kenji Shinoda (, born February 11, 1977) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer and graphic designer. He co-founded Linkin Park in 1996 and is the band's rhythm guitarist, primary songwriter, keyboardist, producer, and lead vocalist. Shinoda later c...	[ "Shinoda graduated in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts in Illustration and obtained a job as a graphic designer." ]
Title: Adam Lambert Background: Adam Mitchel Lambert (born January 29, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter and stage actor. Since 2009, he has sold over 3 million albums and 5 million singles worldwide. Lambert rose to fame in 2009 after finishing as runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol. Later that year...	[ "Lambert had insured his voice for $48 million." ]
Title: Adam Lambert Background: Adam Mitchel Lambert (born January 29, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter and stage actor. Since 2009, he has sold over 3 million albums and 5 million singles worldwide. Lambert rose to fame in 2009 after finishing as runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol. Later that year...	[ "presentation" ]
Title: Dave Matthews Background: David John Matthews was born on January 9, 1967 in Johannesburg, the third of four children of parents John and Valerie Matthews. At the age of two years, Matthews moved with his family to Yorktown Heights in Westchester County, New York, where his father, a physicist, started working ...	[ "In 1994, DMB signed with RCA Records." ]
Title: Dominik Hašek Background: Hasek started playing hockey at the age of six in his native Czechoslovakia. As he explains: They held a tryout for 5-year-old boys and my father took me there. I didn't even have real skates. I had those blades that you screwed onto the soles of your shoes, but I was tall, and the 9-y...	[ "His play made him one of the most popular figures in the Czech Republic," ]
Title: James Roosevelt Background: Roosevelt was born in New York City at 123 East 36th Street. He attended the Potomac School and the National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C., and the Groton School in Massachusetts. At Groton, he rowed and played football, and was a prefect in his senior year. After graduation i...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: James Roosevelt Background: Roosevelt was born in New York City at 123 East 36th Street. He attended the Potomac School and the National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C., and the Groton School in Massachusetts. At Groton, he rowed and played football, and was a prefect in his senior year. After graduation i...	[ "Roosevelt continued in the Marine Corps Reserve, and retired on October 1, 1959" ]
Title: Pat Summitt Background: Patricia Sue Summitt (nee Head; June 14, 1952 - June 28, 2016) was an American women's college basketball head coach who accrued 1,098 career wins, the most in college basketball history upon her retirement. She served as the head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball...	[ "Summitt went to University of Tennessee at Martin" ]
Title: Pat Summitt Background: Patricia Sue Summitt (nee Head; June 14, 1952 - June 28, 2016) was an American women's college basketball head coach who accrued 1,098 career wins, the most in college basketball history upon her retirement. She served as the head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball...	[ "Summitt and the 1996-97 championship team were the subject of an HBO documentary titled A Cinderella Season: The Lady Vols Fight Back." ]
Title: Mark Cuban Background: Cuban was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father, Norton Cuban, was an automobile upholsterer, while Cuban has described his mother, Shirley, as someone with "a different job or different career goal every other week." He grew up in the suburb of Mount Lebanon, in a Jewish working-c...	[ "In July 2009, the U.S. District Court dismissed the charges against Cuban, and the SEC appealed." ]
Title: Fibber McGee and Molly Background: Fibber McGee and Molly was an American radio comedy series. A staple of the NBC Red Network for the show's entire run and one of the most popular and enduring radio series of its time, the prime time situation comedy ran as a standalone series from 1935 to 1956, then continued...	[ "The story reached the halls of nearby Columbia College, and the students began visiting the store, which they called \"Smackout" ]
Title: Dave Matthews Background: David John Matthews was born on January 9, 1967 in Johannesburg, the third of four children of parents John and Valerie Matthews. At the age of two years, Matthews moved with his family to Yorktown Heights in Westchester County, New York, where his father, a physicist, started working ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Hole (band) Background: Hole was an American alternative rock band formed by singer and guitarist Courtney Love and lead guitarist Eric Erlandson in Los Angeles, California in 1989. Influenced by Los Angeles' punk rock scene, and produced by Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth, the band's debut album, Pretty on the Insid...	[ "she has admitted that a great deal of the lyrics from Pretty on the Inside were excisions from her journals." ]
Title: Dominik Hašek Background: Hasek started playing hockey at the age of six in his native Czechoslovakia. As he explains: They held a tryout for 5-year-old boys and my father took me there. I didn't even have real skates. I had those blades that you screwed onto the soles of your shoes, but I was tall, and the 9-y...	[ "That summer, Hasek officially announced his retirement so that he could spend time with his family and other hobbies." ]
Title: Daryl Hall Background: Daryl Franklin Hohl (born October 11, 1946), better known by his stage name Daryl Hall, is an American rock, R&B, and soul singer; keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter, and producer, best known as the co-founder and lead vocalist of Hall & Oates (with guitarist and songwriter John Oates). I...	[ "a Pennsylvania borough 40 miles (64 km) from Philadelphia." ]
Title: Daryl Hall Background: Daryl Franklin Hohl (born October 11, 1946), better known by his stage name Daryl Hall, is an American rock, R&B, and soul singer; keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter, and producer, best known as the co-founder and lead vocalist of Hall & Oates (with guitarist and songwriter John Oates). I...	[ "Hall & Oates opened for David Bowie, who was doing an American tour as Ziggy Stardust." ]
Title: Rosa Parks Background: Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 - October 24, 2005) was an activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The United States Congress has called her "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement"....	[ "She was the first woman and the second black person to lie in honor in the Capitol." ]
Title: Rosa Parks Background: Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 - October 24, 2005) was an activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The United States Congress has called her "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement"....	[ "She then moved to her seat but driver James F. Blake told her to follow city rules and enter the bus again from the back door." ]
Title: Buffalo Bill Background: William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26, 1846 - January 10, 1917) was an American scout, bison hunter, and showman. He was born in Le Claire, Iowa Territory (now the U.S. state of Iowa), but he lived for several years in his father's hometown in Toronto Township, Ontario, Can...	[ "Cody was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1872 for gallantry as an Army scout in the Indian Wars." ]
Title: Buffalo Bill Background: William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26, 1846 - January 10, 1917) was an American scout, bison hunter, and showman. He was born in Le Claire, Iowa Territory (now the U.S. state of Iowa), but he lived for several years in his father's hometown in Toronto Township, Ontario, Can...	[ "Cody published his autobiography, The Life and Adventures of Buffalo Bill, in 1879. Another autobiography, The Great West That Was: \"Buffalo Bill's\" Life Story," ]
Title: Hide (musician) Background: Hideto Matsumoto (Song Ben Xiu Ren , Matsumoto Hideto, December 13, 1964 - May 2, 1998), better known by his stage name hide, was a Japanese musician, singer and songwriter. He is primarily known for his work as lead guitarist of the heavy metal band X Japan. Section: 1964-1987: Ea...	[ "On March 11, 1980, hide graduated from Tokiwa Junior High School. He then entered Zushi" ]
Title: Bobby Allison Background: Allison was born December 3, 1937 in Miami, FL. He entered his first race as a senior at Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School in Miami. Since he was only 17, he had to have his parents' permission so he thought when his mother said ok, it was forever, but she thought it was for onl...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Robert Todd Carroll Background: Carroll was born in Joliet, Illinois on May 18, 1945. His father worked in a coal processing plant. The family moved to San Diego in 1954 where Carroll grew up. He describes his early years in Ocean Beach as an ideal childhood. Section: Views on religion Passage: Carroll did not...	[ "in his essay \"Why I am not an atheist\", Carroll described his dislike of the term \"atheist\"" ]
Title: Yo La Tengo Background: Yo La Tengo (often abbreviated as YLT) is an American indie rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan (guitars, piano, vocals), Georgia Hubley (drums, piano, vocals), and James McNew (bass, vocals). In 2015, original guitarist Dav...	[ "May I Sing with Me in Boston" ]
Title: Yo La Tengo Background: Yo La Tengo (often abbreviated as YLT) is an American indie rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan (guitars, piano, vocals), Georgia Hubley (drums, piano, vocals), and James McNew (bass, vocals). In 2015, original guitarist Dav...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Charlie Parker Background: Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 - March 12, 1955), also known as Yardbird and Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Parker was a highly influential jazz soloist and a leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic ...	[ "Chan Berg, the mother of his son" ]
Title: Charlie Parker Background: Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 - March 12, 1955), also known as Yardbird and Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Parker was a highly influential jazz soloist and a leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic ...	[ "Parker's behavior became increasingly erratic." ]
Title: Angela Lansbury Background: Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury (born 16 October 1925) is an English-American-Irish actress who has appeared in theatre, television, and film, as well as a producer and singer. Her career has spanned seven decades, much of it in the United States, and her work has attracted internationa...	[ "Lansbury noting that \"I realised that it's not a show of today. It's a period piece.\"" ]
Title: Angela Lansbury Background: Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury (born 16 October 1925) is an English-American-Irish actress who has appeared in theatre, television, and film, as well as a producer and singer. Her career has spanned seven decades, much of it in the United States, and her work has attracted internationa...	[ "Cromwell was gay, and had married Lansbury in the unsuccessful hope that it would turn him heterosexual." ]
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...	[ "The Corrs' next album, 1997's Talk on Corners," ]
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...	[ "The Corrs collaborated with Josh Groban, recording Canto Alla Vita, for his eponymous debut album." ]
Title: Led Zeppelin Background: Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. The band's heavy, guitar-driven sound has led them to be cited as one of the progenitors o...	[ "By this time, Led Zeppelin were the world's number one rock attraction, having outsold most bands of the time, including the Rolling Stones." ]
Title: Led Zeppelin Background: Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. The band's heavy, guitar-driven sound has led them to be cited as one of the progenitors o...	[ "On 24 September, Bonham was picked up by Led Zeppelin assistant Rex King to attend rehearsals at Bray Studios." ]
Title: Day26 Background: Day26 is an American male R&B music group formed in August 2007 by Sean "Diddy" Combs in a handpicked selection at the end of MTV's Making the Band 4. The group consists of Robert Curry, Brian Angel, Willie Taylor, Qwanell Mosley and Michael McCluney. The moniker is a tribute to the day when A...	[ "The next week, the album debuted at #1 on Billboard 200 selling 190,000 copies." ]
Title: Day26 Background: Day26 is an American male R&B music group formed in August 2007 by Sean "Diddy" Combs in a handpicked selection at the end of MTV's Making the Band 4. The group consists of Robert Curry, Brian Angel, Willie Taylor, Qwanell Mosley and Michael McCluney. The moniker is a tribute to the day when A...	[ "Joining the concerts' roster of performances is the bands' fellow reality show Making The Band 4/label mate Donnie Klang, who will also celebrate his 10-year solo reunion" ]
Title: John Fahey (musician) Background: John Aloysius Fahey (February 28, 1939 - February 22, 2001) was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who played the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument. His style has been greatly influential and has been described as the foundation of American Primitive...	[ "the later half of the sixties, Fahey continued to issue material through Takoma as well as Vanguard Records," ]
Title: John Fahey (musician) Background: John Aloysius Fahey (February 28, 1939 - February 22, 2001) was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who played the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument. His style has been greatly influential and has been described as the foundation of American Primitive...	[ "The same alluring, raw, roots, mysterious, power, grit, obscure, industrial, ambient, epic, and tranquilizing" ]
Title: Staind Background: Staind ( STAYND) is an American rock band formed in 1995. The original lineup consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist and backing vocalist Johnny April, and drummer Jon Wysocki. The lineup has been stable outside of Wysocki's departure ...	[ "Aaron Lewis' 6th annual charity golf tournament and concert" ]
Title: Mario Lanza Background: Mario Lanza (born Alfredo Arnold Cocozza; January 31, 1921 - October 7, 1959) was an American tenor of Italian ancestry, and an actor and Hollywood film star of the late 1940s and the 1950s. Lanza began studying to be a professional singer at the age of 16. After appearing at the Hollywo...	[ "He had the most beautiful lirico spinto voice." ]
Title: Thursday (band) Background: Thursday is an American post-hardcore band, formed in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1997. The band consists of Geoff Rickly (lead vocals), Tom Keeley (lead guitar, backing vocals), Steve Pedulla (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Tim Payne (bass guitar), Andrew Everding (keyboards, back...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Mario Lanza Background: Mario Lanza (born Alfredo Arnold Cocozza; January 31, 1921 - October 7, 1959) was an American tenor of Italian ancestry, and an actor and Hollywood film star of the late 1940s and the 1950s. Lanza began studying to be a professional singer at the age of 16. After appearing at the Hollywo...	[ "Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper concluded that \"there had never been anyone like Mario, and I doubt whether we shall ever see his like again\"." ]
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...	[ "In July another show on August 2 was added at Chain Reaction because the August 3 show sold out fast." ]
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...	[ "whether black, white, red, brown, yellow, religious preference, straight or gay, we all bleed the same, and we bleed through this life the same. Thus Bleeding Through.\"" ]
Title: Theo Epstein Background: Epstein was born to a secular Jewish family in New York City and raised in Brookline, Massachusetts. He attended Brookline High School (a 1991 graduate), and played baseball for the Brookline High School Warriors, but dreamed of working for the Red Sox. Epstein attended Yale University ...	[ "The Cubs finished in last place in the National League Central for the first three years of Epstein's presidency," ]
Title: Theo Epstein Background: Epstein was born to a secular Jewish family in New York City and raised in Brookline, Massachusetts. He attended Brookline High School (a 1991 graduate), and played baseball for the Brookline High School Warriors, but dreamed of working for the Red Sox. Epstein attended Yale University ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Jessica Simpson Background: Jessica Ann Johnson (nee Simpson; born July 10, 1980) is an American singer, actress and fashion designer. Simpson signed a recording contract with Columbia Records when she was sixteen, and released her debut studio album in 1999. The album sold over four million copies worldwide, a...	[ "use their diet plan to shed the weight gained during her pregnancy." ]
Title: Bon Jovi Background: Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi, pianist and keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, lead guitarist Phil X, and bassist Hugh McDonald. The band's lineup has remained mostly static...	[ "\"Livin' On A Prayer\" won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Stage Performance." ]
Title: Mitch Miller Background: Mitchell William "Mitch" Miller (July 4, 1911 - July 31, 2010) was an American oboist, conductor, recording producer and recording industry executive. He was involved in almost all aspects of the industry, particularly as a conductor, and artist and repertoire (A&R) man. Miller was one ...	[ "the label maintained a high hit-to-release ratio during the 1950s." ]
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: 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: Geronimo Background: Geronimo (Mescalero-Chiricahua: Goyaale [koja:le] "the one who yawns"; June 16, 1829 - February 17, 1909) was a prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Chiricahua Apache tribe. Section: Religion Passage: Geronimo was raised with the traditional religious views of t...	[ "He joined the Dutch Reformed Church in 1903, but four years later was expelled for gambling." ]
Title: Geronimo Background: Geronimo (Mescalero-Chiricahua: Goyaale [koja:le] "the one who yawns"; June 16, 1829 - February 17, 1909) was a prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Chiricahua Apache tribe. Section: Background Passage: Geronimo was born to the Bedonkohe band of the Apache, near...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Elizabeth of York Background: Elizabeth of York (11 February 1466 - 11 February 1503) was queen consort of England from 1486 until her death. As the wife of Henry VII, she was the first Tudor queen. She was the daughter of Edward IV and niece of Richard III, and she married the king following Henry's victory at...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Elizabeth of York Background: Elizabeth of York (11 February 1466 - 11 February 1503) was queen consort of England from 1486 until her death. As the wife of Henry VII, she was the first Tudor queen. She was the daughter of Edward IV and niece of Richard III, and she married the king following Henry's victory at...	[ "to ensure the stability of his rule and weaken the claims of other surviving members of the House of York," ]
Title: Ptolemy Background: Claudius Ptolemy (; Greek: Klaudios Ptolemaios, Klaudios Ptolemaios [klawdios ptoleme:os]; Latin: Claudius Ptolemaeus; c. AD 100 - c. 170) was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and poet of a single epigram in the Greek Anthology. He lived in the city of Alexand...	[ "He estimated the Sun was at an average distance of 1,210 Earth radii," ]
Title: Ptolemy Background: Claudius Ptolemy (; Greek: Klaudios Ptolemaios, Klaudios Ptolemaios [klawdios ptoleme:os]; Latin: Claudius Ptolemaeus; c. AD 100 - c. 170) was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and poet of a single epigram in the Greek Anthology. He lived in the city of Alexand...	[ "He was often known in later Arabic sources as \"the Upper Egyptian\", suggesting he may have had origins in southern Egypt." ]
Title: Shen Kuo Background: Shen Kuo (Chinese: Chen Gua ; 1031-1095), courtesy name Cunzhong (Cun Zhong ) and pseudonym Mengqi (now usually given as Mengxi) Weng (Meng Xi Weng ), was a Han Chinese polymathic scientist and statesman of the Song dynasty (960-1279). Excelling in many fields of study and statecraft, he wa...	[ "Shen Kuo's writing on magnetic compasses" ]
Title: Brad Carson Background: Brad Rogers Carson (born March 11, 1967) is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Oklahoma who served as the Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness from 2015-16. In that role, he initiated a number of notable reforms to include opening up all combat p...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: P.O.D. Background: Payable on Death (abbreviated P.O.D.) is a Christian nu metal band formed in 1992 and based in San Diego, California. The band's line-up consists of vocalist Sonny Sandoval, drummer and rhythm guitarist Wuv Bernardo, lead guitarist Marcos Curiel, and bassist Traa Daniels. They have sold over ...	[ "Sandoval said that the band had to get their lives back in order and take care of personal needs before getting back into music," ]
Title: Brad Carson Background: Brad Rogers Carson (born March 11, 1967) is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Oklahoma who served as the Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness from 2015-16. In that role, he initiated a number of notable reforms to include opening up all combat p...	[ "Upon leaving Harvard, he returned to his hometown of Claremore, Oklahoma, and worked as Chief Executive Officer of Cherokee Nation Businesses," ]
Title: The Notorious B.I.G. Background: Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 - March 9, 1997), better known by his stage names The Notorious B.I.G., Biggie, or Biggie Smalls, was an American rapper. He is ranked by Billboard as among the ten greatest rappers of all time. Wallace was raised in the Brooklyn b...	[ "The record went Gold" ]
Title: The Notorious B.I.G. Background: Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 - March 9, 1997), better known by his stage names The Notorious B.I.G., Biggie, or Biggie Smalls, was an American rapper. He is ranked by Billboard as among the ten greatest rappers of all time. Wallace was raised in the Brooklyn b...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Isaac Hayes Background: Isaac Hayes, Jr. was born in Covington, Tennessee, in Tipton County. He was the second child of Eula (nee Wade) and Isaac Hayes, Sr. After his mother died young and his father abandoned his family, Isaac, Jr., was raised by his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wade, Sr. The chi...	[ "His new album, 1975's Chocolate Chip, saw Hayes embrace the disco sound with the title track and lead single. \"I Can't Turn Around" ]

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