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When Petra Kvitova won her first grand slam title and the season-ending championships in 2011, big things were expected of the Czech tennis player.
It's been a bumpy ride since, as the Czech struggled to live up to expectations last year, but Saturday's victory in the Dubai Tennis Championships final is evidence that... | In what month/ | January |
CHAPTER XXXII
LITTLE NELL--CONCLUSION
Jean Bevoir was now thoroughly cowed, and once having exposed himself he did all in his power to curry favor with those he had so deeply wronged, in the hope that they would relent in their treatment of him and perhaps grant him his ultimate liberty. But neither Henry nor the o... | What were they to do? | Move to the cave near the falls |
CHAPTER II: A MAD DOG
"Don't you think, Hargate," Ruthven shouted in his ear, "we had better run before it? It's as much as Handcock can do to keep her head straight."
"Yes," Frank shouted back, "if it were not for the Goodwins. They lie right across ahead of us."
Ruthven said no more, and for another hour he and... | with who? | Frank |
If you were a pilot flying a plane, and suddenly the engine failed, would you eject , or stay in? For a pilot, the choice is very difficult. If he ejects, he is wise, but the plane crashes. If he stays in the plane, he risks his life.
Recently, Chinese Air Force pilot Li Feng, 38, faced this choice during a training ... | his profession? | pilot |
British Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada, with a population of more than four and a half million people. It is located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. British Columbia is also a component of the Pacific Northwest and the Cascadia bioregion, along with American states Alaska, Idaho, Mont... | What was Moody's position in British Columbia? | Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works |
CHAPTER XVII: MACHINATIONS
"Baby born to woe."
F. T. PALGRAVE.
When Anne Woodford began to wake from the constant thought of the grief and horror she had left at Portchester, and to feel more alive to her surroundings and less as if they were a kind of dream, in which she only mechanically took her part, one thin... | was the nursery connected or separate? | separate |
600 (six hundred) is the natural number following 599 and preceding 601.
Six hundred is a composite number, an abundant number, a pronic number and a Harshad number.
601 prime number, centered pentagonal number 602 = 2 × 7 × 43, nontotient, area code for Phoenix, AZ along with 480 and 623 603 = 3 × 67, Harshad numb... | Is it a sphenic number? | 606 |
Andrew Carneigie, known as the King of Steel, built the steel industry in the United States, and, in the process, became one of the wealthiest men in America. His success resulted partly from his ability to sell the product and partly from his policy of expanding during periods of economic decline, when most of his com... | How much money did he have? | One of the wealthiest men in America |
The United States is deeply concerned about the well-being of Eman al-Obeidy, according to a State Department source, and worked closely with officials in Europe and Libya to get her safely out of the country. The same source said the U.S. is "prepared to provide whatever help and support Eman may need."
Al-Obeidy gr... | Where was she sent back to? | Libya |
Wikimedia Commons (or simply Commons) is an online repository of free-use images, sound, and other media files. It is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Files from Wikimedia Commons can be used across all Wikimedia projects in all languages, including Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikivoyage, Wikispecies, Wikisource, and... | What else is Wikimedia Commons known as? | Commons |
Peter Fern was mad on mountains. Climbing was the love of his life. Church towers, seaside cliffs, rock faces, ice mountains, anything --- "If it's there," he used to say, "then I want to climb it." so the news of his marriage gave me surprise. I'd never known him to take much interest in girls. Well, well, Peter Fern,... | What is her name? | Anna |
Ambrose of Alexandria (before 212 – c. 250) was a friend of the Christian theologian Origen. Ambrose was attracted by Origen's fame as a teacher, and visited the Catechetical School of Alexandria in 212. At first a gnostic Valentinian and Marcionist, Ambrose, through Origen's teaching, eventually rejected this theology... | When was this? | 212 |
CHAPTER V.
MOHUN APPEARS FOR THE LAST TIME IN THIS HISTORY.
Besides my Lord Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, who for family reasons had kindly promised his protection and patronage to Colonel Esmond, he had other great friends in power now, both able and willing to assist him, and he might, with such allies, look forw... | True or False: Esmond and the Lord Duke were rivals. | false |
CHAPTER V.
_THE WAR BETWEEN CÆSAR AND POMPEY._
What official arrangements were made for Proconsuls in regard to money, when in command of a province, we do not know. The amounts allowed were no doubt splendid, but it was not to them that the Roman governor looked as the source of that fortune which he expected to a... | But was it happening a lot? | Yes. |
CHAPTER XVI
ALECK BRINGS NEWS
"I reckon we got square," was Tom's comment, after the fun was over and they were on their way to the farm. "My, but wasn't that circus owner mad!"
"I don't think he'll have another such crowd to-night," said Fred, and he was right. The evening performance was attended by less than a... | Why? | to please his aunt |
Pepito the Brave By Scott Beck, Dutton, ISBN 0-525-46524-3, $12.99
Ah, the time in life when one has to leave home. No one seems to have as hard a time with it as Pepito. Pepito is a little bird who needs to leave the nest, but the problems is, he's afraid of heights. This makes flying away a bit of a problem, so lik... | What do they find? | That he has an owner. |
CHAPTER II--NIGHT IN THE PARK
Although with her infallible instinct Mrs. Small had said the very thing to make her guest 'more intriguee than ever,' it is difficult to see how else she could truthfully have spoken.
It was not a subject which the Forsytes could talk about even among themselves--to use the word Soame... | Who had said something to make her guest 'more intreguee than ever'? | Mrs. Small |
Chloroplasts' main role is to conduct photosynthesis, where the photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll captures the energy from sunlight and converts it and stores it in the energy-storage molecules ATP and NADPH while freeing oxygen from water. They then use the ATP and NADPH to make organic molecules from carbon dioxide ... | From the son or daughter? | daughter |
CHAPTER VIII
KIPPS ENTERS SOCIETY
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Submission to Inexorable Fate took Kipps to the Anagram Tea.
At any rate he would meet Helen there in the presence of other people and be able to carry off the worst of the difficulty of explaining his little jaunt to London. He had not seen her since his last portentous vis... | Where will he see her? | in the presence of other people |
The Republic of the Congo (French: République du Congo), also known as Congo, Congo Republic, West Congo, or Congo-Brazzaville, is a country located in Central Africa. It is bordered by five countries: Gabon to the west; Cameroon to the northwest; the Central African Republic to the northeast; the Democratic Republic o... | Were they a colony? | formerly |
According to Pete Singer, a researcher who wrote a number of books on the military, active involvement of robots in battles could worsen warfare by making machines do all the dirty work for humans. He says that humanity is currently at point of breakthrough in war, like the discovery of the atomic bomb. "What does it m... | for what? | record everything a machine sees |
CHAPTER XVIII
THE HAND IN THE WATER
Scott lying among the pine-needles after work had stopped, lighted his pipe and glanced at Thirlwell, who had been talking for some minutes.
"On the whole, it was lucky the smith had an iron hot," he said. "Black Steve's a dangerous man and we know something about the _Metis_ t... | what does he think steve did? | Drowned his partner |
The Society of Jesus (S.J. – from ) is a religious congregation of the Catholic Church which originated in sixteenth-century Spain. The members are called Jesuits. The society is engaged in evangelization and apostolic ministry in 112 nations on six continents. Jesuits work in education (founding schools, colleges, uni... | Name a Pope mentioned in this article? | Pope Paul III |
Dick was driving a large American car. As soon as the race started, he pulled out in front. As the race went on, he kept the first place. And he was far ahead of Wilson, the man in the second place. When the race was almost over, some people stood up and left. "Why did stay?" they thought. They were sure they knew who ... | Did it speed up? | no |
CHAPTER XIX
I
IN three years of exile from herself Carol had certain experiences chronicled as important by the Dauntless, or discussed by the Jolly Seventeen, but the event unchronicled, undiscussed, and supremely controlling, was her slow admission of longing to find her own people.
II
Bea and Miles Bjornstam... | What did Miles give up? | criticisms of state and society |
As one of Hollywood's all-time greatest actress, Audrey Hepburn is famous all over the world. When Hepburn died in 1993, the world mourned the loss of a great beauty, a great actress and a great humanitarian. Born in Belgium on 4th May 1929, Hepburn dreamed of becoming a successful ballet dancer. She had also been a mo... | did she do many television appearances? | No |
Strabo (; "Strabōn"; 64 or 63 BC) was a Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian who lived in Asia Minor during the transitional period of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.
Strabo was born to an affluent family from Amaseia in Pontus (modern Amasya, Turkey), a city that he said was situated the approximat... | When did he go to Rome? | 44 BC |
Here's what I want for Father's Day: I want my children to develop a passion for science. I've decided to grease the wheels. I've called the best for advice.
His name is Brian Greene, professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University. He's getting kids engaged at his World Science Festival. He has even writ... | Does he listen to his father? | no |
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that evolved out of the practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of England following the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. The word "Anglican" itself has its background in "ecclesia anglicana", a medieval Latin phrase dating to the 12th century or earlier, wh... | Which is it? | 3rd |
Random House is the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world. As of 2013, it is part of Penguin Random House, which is jointly owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann and British global education and publishing company Pearson PLC.
Random House was founded in 1925 by Americans Bennett Cerf and... | When did Random House start publishing reference books? | 1947 |
Harry Houdini was a man who astonished and attracted many people during his life. Whether he was escaping from a locked box or making things disappear and reappear, he surely was entertaining. People thought that he must truly have some supernatural powers, but in fact, what Harry really had was drive. Harry was born i... | Who else was his assistant? | woman named Bess |
CHAPTER V. MADONNA'S INGRATITUDE
We stayed in Fossombrone little more than a half-hour, and having made a hasty supper we resumed our way, giving out that we wished to reach Fano ere we slept. And so by the first hour of night Fossombrone was a league or so behind us, and we were advancing briskly towards the sea. Ov... | when were they trying to get there ? | morning |
Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs remained in critical condition in a Texas hospital on Tuesday, but was not in a coma and is expected to recover, state prison officials said.
Jeffs fell ill while fasting in a prison in Palestine, Texas, where he is serving a life-plus-20-year term for sexual assault, Texas Department o... | What position does Warren Jeffs have? | Polygamist leader |
CHAPTER XXX: SENTENCE
"I have hope to live, and am prepared to die."
Measure for Measure.
Ralph was bidden to be ready to take his young master home early the next morning. At eight o'clock the boy, who had slept with his father, came down the stair, clinging to his father's hand, and Miss Woodford coming closely... | What did someone promise to do? | Phillip promised to be a comfort to the old people, and to look on this lady as a mother. |
A Pakistani court Monday gave police two weeks to prepare their case for charging five Americans whom police suspect of planning terrorist attacks.
Authorities have said they plan to prosecute the five men -- who are being held in jail -- under the country's anti-terrorism act.
A court hearing was set for January 1... | Which ones? | Jaish-e-Mohammed and Jamaat-ud-Dawa |
Somaliland, officially the Republic of Somaliland (, "Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmālīlānd"), is a self-declared state internationally recognised as an autonomous region of Somalia.
The government of the de facto state of Somaliland regards itself as the successor state to the former British Somaliland protectorate, which, in the f... | and what is it internationally known as? | autonomous region of Somalia. |
The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is the United States federal executive department of the U.S. government responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land and natural resources, and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, terri... | Is that meant in jest? | Yes. |
CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN.
MISSED AND MOURNED.
"Nor deem the irrevocable Past As wholly wasted, wholly vain." _Longfellow_.
"Be they Gobblealls not coming home?" asked Nanny Barton, as she stood at her gate, while some of her neighbours came slowly out of church, about two years later.
"My man, he did ask Shepherd T... | What was happening? | Some of her neighbours came slowly out of church |
Jack woke up on a Saturday morning. He got out of bed and went to the bathroom, and brushed his teeth. He put on his clothes and walked to the kitchen. Jack had a few choices to pick for breakfast. He could choose between an apple, pear, cereal or eggs. He picked an apple to eat for breakfast. After his breakfast, he t... | Did he stay there? | No |
Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated soft drink produced by The Coca-Cola Company. Originally intended as a patent medicine, it was invented in the late 19th century by John Pemberton and was bought out by businessman Asa Griggs Candler, whose marketing tactics led Coca-Cola to its dominance of the world soft-drink mark... | What flavors? | Cherry, Vanilla, and special versions with lemon, lime, and coffee. |
Starting in the coal mines, by the mid-19th century elevators were operated with steam power and were used for moving goods in bulk in mines and factories. These steam driven devices were soon being applied to a diverse set of purposes - in 1823, two architects working in London, Burton and Hormer, built and operated a... | Was it a constant force? | No |
On an August afternoon last year, Pamela Rivers, 40, and her friend Rita Graham, 38, were stopped at a red light on Cobb's Creek Parkway in South Philadelphia when a white SUV traveling in the opposite direction turned across traffic in front of them. It then jumped the curb and rushed through a grassy expanse before p... | how old is Pamela? | 40, |
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (sometimes known as Sony Music or by the initials, SME) is an American music corporation managed and operated by Sony Corporation of America (SCA), a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony Corporation. In 1929, the enterprise was first founded as American Record Corporation (ARC) and, in... | Who is the largest | Universal Music Group |
Three Boys and a Dad
Brad closed the door slowly as Sue left home to visit her mother.Expecting a whole day to relax,he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favourite TV talk show on his first day off in months."This will be like a walk in the park,"he'd told his wife."I'll look after the kids,and ... | what did they shout? | "breakfast,daddy." |
Georgetown University is a private research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. Founded in 1789 as Georgetown College, the university has since grown to comprise nine undergraduate and graduate schools, among which are the School of Foreign Service, School of... | how many members of congress were alumni of Georgetown? | 20 members of Congress |
The Nintendo DS or simply, DS, is a 32-bit dual-screen handheld game console developed and released by Nintendo. The device went on sale in North America on November 21, 2004. The DS, short for "Developers' System" or "Dual Screen", introduced distinctive new features to handheld gaming: two LCD screens working in tand... | How did the DS connect to other DS consules to interact? | r over Wi-Fi within a short range |
CHAPTER XIII
LIGHTFOOT AND PADDY BECOME PARTNERS
The instant Lightfoot saw Paddy the Beaver he knew that for the time being, at least, there was no danger. He knew that Paddy is one of the shyest of all the little people of the Green Forest and that when he is found working in the daytime it means that he has been ... | Does Paddy mention Lightfoot's appearance? | yes |
CHAPTER XXIX.
"Thus doth the ever-changing course of thing! Run a perpetual circle, ever turning; And that same day, that highest glory brings, Brings us to the point of back returning."
DANIEL,
In scenes like that just related, it is not easy to collect details. All that was ever known, beyond the impetuous mann... | Where was he found? | Near his gig |
Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family spoken in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. It is spoken by 290 million people across the Strait of Malacca, including the coasts of the Malay Peninsula of Malaysia and the eastern coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, and has been established as a native language ... | What language is this passage talking about? | Malay |
War is a state of armed conflict between societies. It is generally characterized by extreme aggression, destruction, and mortality, using regular or irregular military forces. An absence of war is usually called "peace". Warfare refers to the common activities and characteristics of types of war, or of wars in general... | who identified war as the 6th greatest problem facing humanity? | Richard Smalley |
Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants in either manuscripts or printed books. Ancient scribes made alterations when copying manuscripts by hand. Given a manuscript copy, several or many copies, but not the or... | How many copies do they survive in? | hundreds |
Lighting or illumination is the deliberate use of light to achieve a practical or aesthetic effect. Lighting includes the use of both artificial light sources like lamps and light fixtures, as well as natural illumination by capturing daylight. Daylighting (using windows, skylights, or light shelves) is sometimes used ... | how important is it to interior design? | it is a key part |
Everyone has his own birthday. People in different countries celebrate their birthdays in different ways. Here are four people from different countries. They will tell us how they celebrate their birthdays in their countries. Sandy Morrison comes from Madrid . He says happily, "My twenty-first birthday is on a Saturday... | How many times? | once for each year. |
Two Kenyan aid workers who had been held by the al Qaeda-linked militant group Al-Shabaab since 2011 have been rescued near Somalia's border with Kenya, the African Union Mission in Somalia said Friday.
The rescue was carried out on the outskirts of Dhobley town in Somalia by peacekeepers for the mission, known by th... | who is linked to who? | al Qaeda |
To some, it's a dream job---eating delicious meals for free and then writing about them. But _
Karen Fernau, a food writer for The Arisona Republic, said when she first started her job -she began to gain weight. "I always looked forward to lunch before this job, then all of a sudden lunch was all day every day. " she... | To a selection of people, would eating free food and giving a review be a dream job? | Yes |
A Sudanese woman has been freed from prison a month after being sentenced to die by hanging for refusing to renounce her Christian faith.
"I am a Christian," Meriam Yehya Ibrahim told the judge at her sentencing hearing in May, "and I will remain a Christian."
An appeals court in Sudan ruled that a lower court's ju... | What was her nationality? | Sudanese |
Casey Anthony is responsible for the 2008 death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, a report released Thursday by Florida's Department of Children and Families concludes.
A month after a jury acquitted Anthony on murder and child neglect charges, the state agency found that Anthony "is the caregiver responsible for th... | What agency determined her to be responsible? | Florida's Department of Children and Families |
CHAPTER XXXVIII
"Speak not of niceness, when there's chance of wreck," The captain said, as ladies writhed their neck To see the dying dolphin flap the deck: "If we go down, on us these gentry sup; We dine upon them, if we haul them up. Wise men applaud us when we eat the eaters, As the devil laughs when keen folks c... | what? | whether he had seen Chiffinch or his helpmate? |
CHAPTER III: Lightfoot Tells How His Antlers Grew
It is hard to believe what seems impossible. And yet what seems impossible to you may be a very commonplace matter to some one else. So it does not do to say that a thing cannot be possible just because you cannot understand how it can be. Peter Rabbit wanted to belie... | What did Jumper say about his story? | "It's all true," |
The roommate of the Rutgers University freshman who killed himself after his sexual encounter with another man was broadcast online was indicted Wednesday on privacy and bias charges, the prosecutor of Middlesex County in New Jersey announced.
A grand jury indicted Dharun Ravi, 19, on 15 counts including invasion of ... | Who was his roommate? | Tyler Clementi |
CHAPTER XXVII. CYTHEREA'S BOWER.
There Citherea, goddesse was and quene, Honourid highly for her majeste, And eke her sonne, the mighty god I weene, Cupid the blinde, that for his dignite A M lovers worshipp on ther kne. There was I bid on pain of dethe to pere, By Mercury, the winged messengre.--CHAUCER.
By twelve... | who was richer than Lady Belamour? | Mr. Wayland |
A second former co-owner of the California slaughterhouse involved in a recall of nearly nine million pounds of meat was charged with knowingly processing and distributing meat from cancerous cows, court documents released this week say.
Robert Singleton, co-owner of the Rancho Feeding Corporation in Petaluma, was pr... | And? | uninspected |
The Exterminating Angel
Director: Luis Bunuel
Country/Date : Mexico/1962 (black and white)
Introduction : A party is organized in a high class society house. Many people are drinking and eating. It's getting late, but nobody is leaving. Even though the door is open, people seem to be locked in the house. They can... | Are people consuming food at the party? | yes |
Easter eggs, also called Paschal eggs, are decorated eggs that are usually used as gifts on the occasion of Easter or springtime celebration. As such, Easter eggs are common during the season of Eastertide (Easter season). The oldest tradition is to use dyed and painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitut... | of who? | Jesus |
Brad Pitt clearly has a great deal going on.
Between being dad to six children, a fiancé, an activist and a perfume pitchman, he still manages to squeeze in some time acting. The movie star recently sat down with "Showbiz Tonight's" A.J. Hammer to talk about his latest project, the mob film "Killing Them Softly," an... | Who is his partner? | Angelina Jolie. |
Nokia Bell Labs (formerly named AT&T Bell Laboratories, Bell Telephone Laboratories and Bell Labs) is an American research and scientific development company, owned by Finnish company Nokia. Its headquarters are located in Murray Hill, New Jersey, in addition to other laboratories around the rest of the United States a... | When did the lab begin? | late 19th century |
North Dakota (; locally ) is a state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States. It is the 19th most extensive, but the 4th least populous, and the 4th most sparsely populated of the 50 U.S. states. North Dakota was admitted as the 39th state to the Union on November 2, 1889. The state capital is Bisma... | What about in terms of population? | 4th most sparsely populated |
John was born to Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine on 24 December 1166. Henry had inherited significant territories along the Atlantic seaboard—Anjou, Normandy and England—and expanded his empire by conquering Brittany. Henry married the powerful Eleanor of Aquitaine, who reigned over the Duchy of Aquitaine ... | What country was he from? | England |
Piedmont ( ; , ; Piedmontese, Occitan and ; ) is a region in northwest Italy, one of the 20 regions of the country. It borders France, Aosta Valley region, Switzerland, Lombardy, Emilia Romagna and Liguria regions. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres (9,808 sq mi) and a population of 4 396 293 (31-7-2016). The c... | Which is first? | Sicily |
Mikhail Furtado was extremely worried about his 12th-grade exams.
A few days before he was due to get his results, his father walked in and found him dead.
"I opened the cottage door, put the light on and I found him hanging. He was hanging," Anthony Furtado says.
When the results came out, his father learned tha... | Was he confident he would receive good exam grades? | no |
CHAPTER XII
GEORGE FACES DISASTER
A fortnight had passed since the affair at the settlement when Hardie arrived at the Marston homestead toward supper-time. After the meal was over, he accompanied his host and Edgar to the little room used for an office.
"As I've been busy since four this morning, I don't mean to... | what kind of people did Edgar say they were? | practical people. |
CHAPTER VI
AN OPPORTUNE ARRIVAL
With his feet to the sea, and his head pillowed by many cushions, Rowan lay in a long invalid chair at the edge of the little strip of shingle which separated the tower of Rakney from the sea. Every limb was at rest, every nerve seemed lulled into quiescence. The sun and wind had lef... | what did the Dr say? | that he had a week, at most |
The fledgling International Premier Tennis League suffered a blow when two of the world's most recognized female athletes snubbed the event.
Max Eisenbud, the agent of both Maria Sharapova and Li Na, told CNN on Thursday that neither would be appearing in the team tournament that is set to make its debut in Asia this... | Who else pulled out? | Maria |
Three surfers rushed to save a man's life after he was left drifting on a notorious stretch of water.
The men stayed with Greg Popple for 30 minutes and had to be rescued themselves by helicopter as the drama unfolded.
The 45-year-old had floated out on a body board near Hutchwns Point at 8:30 am. He found himself ... | WHAT WERE THEY | surfers |
CHAPTER TWENTY TWO.
TELLS OF DARK AND THREATENING CLOUDS, AND WAR.
The exigencies of our somewhat acrobatic tale require, at this point, that we should make a considerable bound. We shall beg the obliging reader to leap with us into the year 1834.
Hans Marais, moustached, bearded, bronzed, and in the prime of lif... | Does he have a wife? | yes |
Andy Murray will look to clinch the 29th singles title of his career on Sunday when he faces Spain's Tommy Robredo in the final of the inaugural Shenzhen Open in China.
Murray, who is bidding to win his first title since lifting the Wimbledon crown almost 15 months ago, was made to work hard by his semifinal opponent... | How many places does he need to play in the finale? | three to guarantee |
CHAPTER XXVII
DAN BAXTER'S REPENTANCE
The three Rover boys could scarcely believe their senses. Here they were once more in full possession of the _Mermaid_ so far as the deck and cabin were concerned--and those who had sought to make them prisoners were prisoners themselves.
"This is where the biter got bit," re... | Where did they walk? | Toward the cabin |
Five years ago, Wang Baoqiang was a nobody to most Chinese people. However, he is now a household film star in China.
Wang is the youngest child of a poor family in Hebei province . Dreaming of becoming an actor, he left home at the age of 8 to study kung fu at Shaolin Temple, since kung-fu actors seemed to appear mo... | which other film did he work in? | A World Without Thieves |
Wearing a plaid green A-line spring skirt from her new fashion line, paired with a black patent leather belt and black leather gladiator sandal stilettos, "Sex and the City" actress Kristin Davis is the perfect combination of sweet and fierce when we meet up after her fashion show at the Belk department store in Atlant... | What store official was gathered around her? | Arlene Goldstein |
Something caught my eyes when I was walking down the street. Two silver coins were shining in a melting snow bank, so I dug through the snow looking for more. Of course, I just ended up with really cold hands. I slipped the two coins into my pocket and went home, colder but richer. I began to think about how to spend t... | Where? | in a melting snow bank |
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (stylized in its logo as abc since 1957) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is owned by the Disney–ABC Television Group, a subsidiary of Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is part of the Big Three television networks. T... | Where is it headquartered? | On Columbus Avenue and West 66th Street in Manhattan |
CHAPTER X
A SCENE IN A CEMETERY
"Hurrah, Fred Garrison says he will go with us!" cried Sam, two days later. "I have just received a telegram from him. He says he will come on to-morrow."
"And here is word from Songbird Powell," put in Dick. "He will go, too. He is to meet us at Pittsburg, any time I say."
"And ... | where? | to the railroad station |
Matt is an adult. He is looking for a job. He hopes to become a clown someday. He wants to be a clown because he loves making people laugh. In order to be a clown, Matt must go to clown school.
One day, Matt's friend tells him about a clown school in St. Louis. Matt becomes excited!
The next day, Matt goes to the c... | How does he feel? | excited! |
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. Tracing its heritage back to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's Democratic-Republican Party, the modern-day Democratic Party was founded around 1828 by supporters of Andrew Jackson, makin... | What does it advocate? | social and economic equality |
A Boston grand jury has subpoenaed two more men to testify Thursday in its ongoing investigation into whether former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez is connected to an unsolved double homicide in Boston last year.
Alexander Bradley and John Alcorn Jr. were ordered to answer the questions of a grand jury investiga... | From what city is the jury from? | Boston |
Below are reviews for three books and two book series. Each has been read and loved by students across the country.
The Outsiders
This book, first published in 1967. has become a classic for teens across the nation. It focuses on Ponyboy , who has been labeled all his life as a greaser. The greaser's opposing group... | What type of poetry? | free verse |
CHAPTER NINE.
A STORM BREWING--IT BURSTS, AND PRODUCES CONSEQUENCES--THE PARTY TAKE TO THE WATER PER FORCE--ALL SAVED.
"Ah, Bryan! `a friend in need is a friend indeed,'" said Frank, as he sat on a rock watching the blacksmith and his two Indians while they performed the operation of skinning the bear, whose timely... | Who is there from France? | La Roche |
Jordan executed two al Qaeda prisoners before dawn Wednesday, following through on a promised strong response to the ISIS killing of pilot Moath al-Kasasbeh, a government spokesman said.
Put to death were Sajida al-Rishawi, the Iraqi would-be suicide bomber whose release ISIS had previously requested, and Ziad Karbou... | Were any of the people executed women? | yes |
There are many kinds of heroes.Even animals can be heroes.This passage tells about three amazing animals.Each one is a hero! Thumper, the Dog Thumper was a dog that lived with a family which had a three-year-old son named Benjamin.One day Benjamin wandered into a large field. The grass in the field was taller than he w... | Who was Benjamin? | the son in the family Thumper lived with |
JavaScript (), often abbreviated as JS, is a high-level, dynamic, weakly typed, object-based, multi-paradigm, and interpreted programming language. Alongside HTML and CSS, JavaScript is one of the three core technologies of World Wide Web content production. It is used to make webpages interactive and provide online pr... | Does it incorporate API? | Yes |
The cruelty and inhumanity of the war is just as cruel an inhumane through the eyes of a horse. Or at least in the eyes of Joey, the star of War Horse (<< >> ). The film has come out in cinemas on February 28, 2012 on the Chinese mainland.
The story starts on a farm in Devon, southwest England. The Narracott family--... | Was he ever in battle? | Yes |
After a difficult past year, Rafael Nadal is back where he feels most comfortable -- but his rivals are battling to find form ahead of the French Open.
While the Spaniard cruised into the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo tournament he has won for the past eight seasons, world No. 1 Novak Djokovic again had to come fr... | What was his score? | 6-2 6-4 |
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His mother came from Kansas. His father came from Kenya. He grew up in Hawaii and Indonesia, far from the center of American politics. Few people had even heard of Brack Obama before 2004. But one powerful speech in Boston changed all that for the Illinois senato... | Where did he spend his childhood | Hawaii |
CHAPTER THREE.
THE COTTAGE AT COVE INVADED--DAN HORSEY SPEAKS "TOORKO" TO RUSSIANS, AND FAILS TO ENLIGHTEN THEM.
Retracing his steps hastily to the village of Cove, Stephen Gaff sought out his own humble cottage, which, during his absence on his frequent voyages, was left under the charge of his fisherman brother-i... | Did he succeed in getting it to open? | no |
They share the same surname -- Djokovic -- but for now at least, that is where the similarity ends.
Novak is at the pinnacle of his sport and was the center of attention in Dubai after completing in his first victory since winning the Australian Open in January.
At 20, Marko is four years younger, and 868 places fu... | on what? | his game |
A 7-year-old Georgia girl fought off a man who'd grabbed her in the aisle of a Walmart, with police eventually tracking down the suspect they accuse of attempted kidnapping.
Georgeann Baxter told HLN's Jane Velez-Mitchell that she was in the Bremen store with her daughter, Brittney, on Wednesday.
"We were walking a... | Is he in the military? | yes |
The Fed Express rolls out of Shanghai with no signs of slowing down yet.
Roger Federer beat Frenchman Gilles Simon to win his first Shanghai Masters crown Sunday and his fourth title of the season.
The victory will move him above Rafael Nadal, who has been laid low with appendicitis, and up to second in the world r... | Where is Simon from? | He is a Frenchman |
On Thursday a new boy came into the classroom. He didn't have any uniform on. Just trousers, a jacket and a shirt. Tom could see that the boy wasn't quite comfortable. He had a plastic bag with exercise books, pens, pencils, rulers and erasers in it. The boy stood at the blackboard. Mrs. Brown talked to the boy, and th... | What time was lunch? | half past twelve |
Today, at 28, the young German Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is at the top. "She gives radiance to the music," wrote Geoffrey Norris in The Daily Telegraph, prefix = st1 /London. Mutter is also one of the world's youngest professors.
Born in Rheinfelden on June 29, 1963, Anne-Sophie grew up in Wehr, a small town just ... | What were her parents names? | Karl and Gerlinde |
A railway electrification system supplies electric power to railway trains and trams without an on-board prime mover or local fuel supply. Electrification has many advantages but requires significant capital expenditure. Selection of an electrification system is based on economics of energy supply, maintenance, and cap... | What carries passengers? | Electric locomotives |
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