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101 | Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (Literally "Frankfurt on the Main", ), is a metropolis and the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2015 population of 732,688 within its administrative boundaries, and 2.3 million in its urban area. The city is at the centre of the larger Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region, which has a population of 5.5 million and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after Rhine-Ruhr. Since the enlargement of the European Union in 2013, the geographic centre of the EU is about to the east of Frankfurt's CBD, the Bankenviertel. Frankfurt is culturally and ethnically diverse, with around half of the population, and a majority of young people, having a migration background. A quarter of the population are foreign nationals, including many expatriates.
Frankfurt is an alpha world city and a global hub for commerce, culture, education, tourism and transportation. It's the site of many global and European corporate headquarters. Frankfurt Airport is among the world's busiest. Frankfurt is the major financial centre of the European continent, with the HQs of the European Central Bank, German Federal Bank, Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, DZ Bank, KfW, several cloud and fintech startups and other institutes. Automotive, technology and research, services, consulting, media and creative industries complement the economic base. Frankfurt's DE-CIX is the world's largest internet exchange point. Messe Frankfurt is one of the world's largest trade fairs. Major fairs include the Frankfurt Motor Show, the world's largest motor show, the Music Fair, and the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's largest book fair.
Answer the following questions:
1. What is the largest city in Hesse?
2. Is it the largest city in Germany?
3. How many are larger?
4. What is Hesse?
5. What is Frankfurt's CBD?
6. Are many people in Frankfurt from elsewhere?
7. About what portion are from elsewhere?
8. True or False: Most migrants to Frankfurt are elderly.
9. What is the name of one of the financial institutions headquartered in Frankfurt?
10. And another?
11. And one more?
12. Does the city have tech startups?
13. What is Messe Frankfurt?
14. Is it large?
15. How large?
16. What is another notable fair there?
17. And another?
18. Is there a music fair?
19. Is it the world's biggest?
Numbered answers: | 1. Frankfurt
2. no
3. four
4. a German state
5. the Bankenviertel
6. yes
7. around half
8. False.
9. the European Central Bank
10. the German Federal Bank
11. Deutsche Bank
12. yes
13. a trade fair
14. yes
15. one of the world's largest
16. the Frankfurt Motor Show
17. the Frankfurt Book Fair
18. yes
19. unknown | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
102 | Read the text and answer the questions.
Sally liked going outside. She put on her shoes. She went outside to walk. She walked on the green grass. The sun was warm. The trees were tall. The birds sang in the trees. Sally liked how the birds can sing. Sally likes to sing with the birds, outside. Ring, ring, is how the birds sang. Sally sang ring, ring, with the birds in the trees. Sally took off her shoes. Sally liked how the green grass was on her toes. Sally's toes liked the green grass. Sally walked on the green grass some more. She saw Missy the cat. Missy the cat meowed to Sally. Sally waved to Missy the cat. Sally likes Missy the cat. Sally likes to meow to Missy the cat. Meow, meow, Sally says to Missy the cat. Missy the cat walks away from Sally. Sally hears her name. Sally, Sally, come home, Sally's Mom calls out. Sally runs home to her Mom. Sally liked going outside.
1. Does Sally like being outdoors?
2. What does Sally like to feel on her feet?
3. What color is it?
4. What kind of animal is Missy?
5. What did Sally do when she saw Missy?
6. Did Missy meow to Sally?
7. Did Sally meow back?
8. What other animals did Sally talk to that day?
9. Who called Sally's name?
10. What was the weather like?
Numbered answers: | 1. yes
2. grass
3. green
4. cat
5. waved
6. yes
7. yes
8. birds
9. Sally's Mom
10. warm | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
103 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, object-oriented, general-purpose programming language. It was designed and developed in the mid-1990s by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto in Japan.
According to its creator, Ruby was influenced by Perl, Smalltalk, Eiffel, Ada, and Lisp. It supports multiple programming paradigms, including functional, object-oriented, and imperative. It also has a dynamic type system and automatic memory management.
Ruby was conceived on February 24, 1993. In a 1999 post to the "ruby-talk" mailing list, Ruby author Yukihiro Matsumoto describes some of his early ideas about the language:
Matsumoto describes the design of Ruby as being like a simple Lisp language at its core, with an object system like that of Smalltalk, blocks inspired by higher-order functions, and practical utility like that of Perl.
The name "Ruby" originated during an online chat session between Matsumoto and Keiju Ishitsuka on February 24, 1993, before any code had been written for the language. Initially two names were proposed: "Coral" and "Ruby". Matsumoto chose the latter in a later e-mail to Ishitsuka. Matsumoto later noted a factor in choosing the name "Ruby" – it was the birthstone of one of his colleagues.
The first public release of Ruby 0.95 was announced on Japanese domestic newsgroups on December 21, 1995. Subsequently, three more versions of Ruby were released in two days. The release coincided with the launch of the Japanese-language "ruby-list" mailing list, which was the first mailing list for the new language.
1. What is Ruby?
2. who created it?
3. where is he from?
4. what other name was considered for it?
5. What made him decide on Ruby?
6. When did he first think about creating it?
7. when was it first available to the public?
8. were more versions made available?
9. what did he call the mailing list?
10. what influenced him when creating the language?
11. did it have automoatic memory management?
12. What characteristic of Perl did he want to emulate?
Numbered answers: | 1. a programming language
2. Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto
3. Japan.
4. "Coral"
5. it was the birthstone of one of his colleagues
6. on February 24, 1993
7. on December 21, 1995
8. yes
9. "ruby-talk" mailing list
10. Perl, Smalltalk, Eiffel, Ada, and Lisp
11. yes
12. practical utility | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
104 | CHAPTER XIII JOHNNY CHUCK FINDS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD
Old Mother West Wind had stopped to talk with the Slender Fir Tree.
"I've just come across the Green Meadows," said Old Mother West Wind, "and there I saw the Best Thing in the World."
Striped Chipmunk was sitting under the Slender Fir Tree and he couldn't help hearing what Old Mother West Wind said. "The Best Thing in the World--now what can that be?" thought Striped Chipmunk. "Why, it must be heaps and heaps of nuts and acorns! I'll go and find it."
So Striped Chipmunk started down the Lone Little Path through the wood as fast as he could run. Pretty soon he met Peter Rabbit.
"Where are you going in such a hurry, Striped Chipmunk?" asked Peter Rabbit.
"Down in the Green Meadows to find the Best Thing in the World," replied Striped Chipmunk, and ran faster.
"The Best Thing in the World," said Peter Rabbit. "Why, that must be great piles of carrots and cabbage! I think I'll go and find it."
So Peter Rabbit started down the Lone Little Path through the wood as fast as he could go after Striped Chipmunk.
As they passed the great hollow tree Bobby Coon put his head out. "Where are you going in such a hurry?" asked Bobby Coon.
"Down in the Green Meadows to find the Best Thing in the World!" shouted Striped Chipmunk and Peter Rabbit, and both began to run faster.
"The Best Thing in the World," said Bobby Coon to himself. "Why, that must be a whole field of sweet milky corn. I think I'll go and find it."
Answer this series of questions:
1. Which characters were talking?
2. What did Old Mother West Wind go across?
3. What did she see there?
4. What did Striped Chipmunk think that was?
5. So what did Chipmunk do?
6. What did Peter Rabbit think it was?
7. And what did he do?
8. Where did he see Bobby Coon?
9. Was he in the tree?
10. And what did he think the Best Thing was?
11. Who was right?
12. Who found the best thing?
Numbered answers: | 1. Old Mother West and the Slender Fir Tree.
2. the Green Meadows
3. the Best Thing in the World
4. heaps and heaps of nuts and acorns
5. he went to find them
6. piles of carrots and cabbage
7. went to find it
8. the great hollow tree
9. yes
10. a whole field of sweet milky corn
11. unknown
12. Old Mother West Wind | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
105 | (CNN) -- It was a case of déjà vu at Cheltenham on Wednesday as Ruby Walsh and Willie Mullins took the opening race for a second day in a row.
Favorite Faugheen proved too classy for rivals in the Novices' Hurdle, powering away from Ballyalton and Rathvinden to land another win for flamboyant American owner Rich Ricci.
"Gosh, that was magic wasn't it?" former banker Ricci told reporters. "He was just brilliant. He's been a very hard horse to keep right but Willie and Ruby have done a fantastic job with him."
Sprinter Sacre, one of the brightest stars of National Hunt racing, is sadly absent from this year's Festival as vets continue to ponder his irregular heartbeat, but the magnificent Selle Francais did have a representative in the winners' enclosure in the shape of jockey Nico de Boinville.
Sprinter Sacre's regular work rider got up on Whisper to deny AP McCoy on Get Me Out of Here in a photo finish in the day's main handicap.
Beating perennial Champion jockey McCoy added to the pleasure for amateur De Boinville, who said:"I was very, very worried when I could see him coming up to me, but it's such a great feeling when they jump and travel as well as my horse did. I didn't have a clue that I'd won -- you don't dream this sort of thing happens."
In the day's feature race, the Queen Mother Champion Chase, Sire de Grugy produced the fairytale ending that connections and neutrals were hoping for by running away with the title by six lengths from Somersby and Module.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. Who took the opening race?
2. Who was absent from the festival?
3. Who produced the fairytale ending?
4. Who was brilliant?
Numbered answers: | 1. Ruby Walsh and Willie Mullins
2. Sprinter Sacre
3. Sire de Grugy
4. Favorite Faugheen | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
106 | It is generally considered that the Pacific War began on 7/8 December 1941, on which date Japan invaded Thailand and attacked the British possessions of Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong as well as the United States military bases in Hawaii, Wake Island, Guam and the Philippines. Some historians contend that the conflict in Asia can be dated back to 7 July 1937 with the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China, or possibly 19 September 1931, beginning with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. However, it is more widely accepted that the Pacific War itself started in early December 1941, with the Sino-Japanese War then becoming part of it as a theater of the greater World War II.[nb 9]
The Pacific War saw the Allied powers pitted against the Empire of Japan, the latter briefly aided by Thailand and to a much lesser extent by its Axis allies, Germany and Italy. The war culminated in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and other large aerial bomb attacks by the United States Army Air Forces, accompanied by the Soviet invasion of Manchuria on 8 August 1945, resulting in the Japanese announcement of intent to surrender on 15 August 1945. The formal and official surrender of Japan took place aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945. Following its defeat, Japan's Shinto Emperor stepped down as the divine leader through the Shinto Directive, because the Allied Powers believed this was the major political cause of Japan's military aggression and deconstruction process soon took place to install a new liberal-democratic constitution to the Japanese public as the current Constitution of Japan.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. What country was invaded at the onset of the War?
2. Who were the allied against?
3. And who aided their enemy?
4. What was the culminating point of the war?
5. Which is the only country to ever drop atomic bombs?
6. And how many times did they do this?
7. And where did they drop these destructive atom bombs?
8. What did Japan do after this?
9. On which day was the formal white flag flown?
10. Where did it happen?
11. What was Japan's emperor forced to do?
12. Who was the was on July 7, 1937 between?
Numbered answers: | 1. Thailand
2. the Empire of Japan
3. Thailand, Germany, and Italy
4. the atomic bombings
5. the United States
6. twice
7. Hiroshima and Nagasak
8. they surrendered
9. 2 September 1945
10. aboard the USS Missouri
11. step down
12. Japan and China | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
107 | Hannah and her friend Mary were bored. They sat around the house and tried to think about what to do. They petted the cat. They drew pictures in Hannah's notebook. They snuck into Hannah's mother's closet to try on her shoes, but Hannah's mother caught them. She said, "You girls need something to do. Let's take a walk to the park!" Hannah and Mary looked at each other, and then jumped up and down happily. "The park sounds great!" said Hannah. "Let's go!" cried Mary. So Hannah's mother packed up a snack of apples and cookies, and they all set off to walk to the park. They walked down the sidewalk, looking at all the interesting things along the way. Mary spotted a squirrel. Hannah saw a yellow bird. Hannah's mother pointed out the pretty yellow flowers growing in front of Mr. Smith's house. When they got to the park, Hannah's mother spread out a picnic blanket and the snack. Hannah and Mary ran around chasing butterflies for a little time, and then sat down to eat their snacks. When they finished, Hannah's mother put the leftovers in a trash can. As they walked back home, Hannah thought that the boring day had turned out quite well.
1. Who was bored?
2. What did they do while lounging in their abode?
3. Where did they sneak into?
4. To do what?
5. Where they found out?
6. What did she suggest they do?
7. Did they take anything with them?
8. What?
9. Did they see any creatures?
10. What?
11. What did they chase around?
Numbered answers: | 1. Hannah and Mary
2. Thought about what to do
3. Her mother's closet
4. to try on her shoes
5. Yes
6. Go to the park
7. Yes
8. apples and cookie
9. Yes
10. A squirrel and a bird
11. butterflies | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
108 | (CNN) -- Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso will battle it out for the Formula One title at the final race in Brazil after Lewis Hamilton's victory in Texas ensured the German must wait for his third successive championship crown.
Hamilton secured back-to-back victories at the United States Grand Prix in front of a capacity crowd of 135,000, overtaking Red Bull's Vettel on lap 42 of 56 in Austin and relegating the 25-year-old to second in his 100th F1 race.
Alonso kept his title dream alive by finishing third, and gained a controversial place on the grid before the race after teammate Felipe Massa broke the seal on his Ferrari's gearbox and took a five place penalty.
It all points towards a dramatic climax in Sao Paulo, where Vettel will defend a 13-point lead over his Spanish rival, needing to finish fourth or higher to retain the world championship.
Latest F1 standings
The race marked a triumphant return to the United States for Formula One after an absence of five years, with drivers and pundits impressed with the show put on at the newly built Circuit of the Americas.
Though he didn't clinch the drivers' championship crown, Vettel's performance did ensure Red Bull won the constructors' championship for the third time in a row.
But the German, who was heard to be angry on the team radio after Hamilton passed him, blamed Force India backmarker Narain Karthikeyan for slowing him down at a critical moment of the race.
"I wasn't too happy to send a nice big invitation to Lewis when I had to go through Karthikeyan," he said.
1. who drives for red bull?
2. who won in United States?
3. Was there a large audience?
4. jpw nog?
5. how big was the crowd?
6. who is hamilton not happy with?
7. why?
8. did red bull win anything?
9. what?
10. did Vettel get the championship crown?
11. what position did he finish at?
12. where is he driving next?
13. how old is Vettel?
14. what kind of race is being discussed?
15. has it been regular in the U.S?
16. How long has it been away?
17. is Hamilton going to Brazil?
18. who else is going?
19. What position was Fernando?
20. what happened to his team mates car?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. Sebastian Vettel
2. Lewis Hamilton
3. yes
4. unknown
5. 135,000
6. Force India backmarker Narain Karthikeyan
7. slowing him down
8. yes
9. constructors' championship
10. no
11. second
12. Sao Paulo
13. 25
14. Formula One
15. No
16. five years
17. yes
18. Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso
19. third
20. broke the seal on his gearbox | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
109 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
Java is a general-purpose computer programming language that is concurrent, class-based, object-oriented, and specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible. It is intended to let application developers "write once, run anywhere" (WORA), meaning that compiled Java code can run on all platforms that support Java without the need for recompilation. Java applications are typically compiled to bytecode that can run on any Java virtual machine (JVM) regardless of computer architecture. As of 2016, Java is one of the most popular programming languages in use, particularly for client-server web applications, with a reported 9 million developers. Java was originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems (which has since been acquired by Oracle Corporation) and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++, but it has fewer low-level facilities than either of them.
The original and reference implementation Java compilers, virtual machines, and class libraries were originally released by Sun under proprietary licenses. As of May 2007, in compliance with the specifications of the Java Community Process, Sun relicensed most of its Java technologies under the GNU General Public License. Others have also developed alternative implementations of these Sun technologies, such as the GNU Compiler for Java (bytecode compiler), GNU Classpath (standard libraries), and IcedTea-Web (browser plugin for applets).
1. what is java
2. what is its slogan
3. does that have an abbreviation
4. what are they typically compiled to
5. what does JVM stand for
6. Is Java popular?
7. how many people use it
8. who started it
9. where did he work
10. when was it released
11. as a part of what
12. when was it relicensed
13. have other people developed similar things
Numbered answers: | 1. a general-purpose computer programming language
2. "write once, run anywhere"
3. yes
4. bytecode
5. Java virtual machine
6. yes
7. 9 million developers
8. James Gosling
9. Sun Microsystems
10. in 1995
11. a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform
12. 2007
13. yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
110 | CHAPTER XX. A SAD HOME-COMING
Mr. Lowrie and Auctherlonnie, the Dumfries bo'sun, both of whom would have died for the captain, assured me of the truth of MacMuir's story, and shook their heads gravely as to the probable outcome. The peculiar water-mark of greatness that is woven into some men is often enough to set their own community bitter against them. Sandie, the plodding peasant, finds it a hard matter to forgive Jamie, who is taken from the plough next to his, and ends in Parliament. The affair of Mungo Maxwell, altered to suit, had already made its way on more than one vessel to Scotland. For according to Lowrie, there was scarce a man or woman in Kirkcudbrightshire who did not know that John Paul was master of the John, and (in their hearts) that he would be master of more in days to come. Human nature is such that they resented it, and cried out aloud against his cruelty.
On the voyage I had many sober thoughts of my own to occupy me of the terrible fate, from which, by Divine inter position, I had been rescued; of the home I had left behind. I was all that remained to Mr. Carvel in the world, and I was sure that he had given me up for dead. How had he sustained the shock? I saw him heavily mounting the stairs upon Scipicks arm when first the news was brought to him. Next Grafton would come hurrying in from Kent to Marlboro Street, disavowing all knowledge of the messenger from New York, and intent only upon comforting his father. And when I pictured my uncle soothing him to his face, and grinning behind his bed-curtains, my anger would scald me, and the realization of my helplessness bring tears of very bitterness.
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. no
2. yes
3. Divine inter position
4. Mr. Carval
5. Grafton
6. Kent
7. Marlboro Street
8. New York
9. no
10. the realization of my helplessness
11. bring tears to him
Numbered questions: | 1. Was he happy on his ride home?
2. Had he escaped a bad outcome?
3. What did he credit for his survival?
4. Who did he assume thought he was deceased?
5. Who did he imagined he'd have to lean on when he learned about his death?
6. Where would that gentleman be coming from?
7. To where?
8. Where did the message arrive from?
9. Do images of his father's brother make him feel better?
10. Why not?
11. What does this feeling do to him? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
111 | CHAPTER XXIII
A RUN IN THE DARK
Both girls were thoroughly alarmed by the unexpected appearance of Dan Baxter and his companion and brought their horses to a standstill.
"How do you do, Miss Stanhope?" said Baxter, with a grin.
"What are you doing here?" demanded Dora, icily.
"Oh, nothing much."
"Do you know that that is the Rovers' houseboat?"
"Is it?" said Baxter, in pretended surprise.
"Yes."
"No, I didn't know it." Baxter turned to Nellie. "How are you, Miss Laning? I suppose you are surprised to meet me out here."
"I am," was Nellie's short answer. Both girls wished themselves somewhere else.
"My friend and I were walking down the river when we heard a man on that houseboat calling for help," went on Dan Baxter, glibly. "We went on board and found the captain had fallen down and hurt himself very much. Do you know anything about him?"
"Why, yes!" said Dora, quickly. "It must be Captain Starr!" she added, to Nellie.
"He's in a bad way. If you know him, you had better look after him," continued Dan Baxter.
"I will," and Dora leaped to the ground, followed by Nellie. Both ran towards the houseboat, but at the gang plank they paused.
"I--I think I'll go back and get Dick Rover," said Dora. She did not like the look in Dan Baxter's eyes.
"Yes, and Tom," put in Nellie.
"You shan't go back," roared Dan Baxter. "Go on and help the poor captain."
His manner was so rude that Nellie gave a short, sharp scream--one which reached Tom's ears, as already recorded.
Answer the following questions:
1. Is someone hurt?
2. Who?
3. What is he the captain of?
4. Who discovered he was injured?
5. How did they know something was wrong?
6. Did they go onto the boat?
7. How did they say he got injured?
8. Who are they telling this to?
9. What were they doing before they saw the men?
10. Why did they stop?
11. Who speaks first?
12. Who does he speak to?
13. Are they girls happy to speak with them?
14. Did they get off their horses?
15. Why?
16. Did they stop before they go on the boat?
17. Why?
18. Why did Nellie yell?
19. Who stops her from going back?
20. Did anyone hear her yell?
Numbered answers: | 1. Yes.
2. Captain Starr
3. The Rovers' houseboat.
4. Dan Baxter and his friend.
5. They heard him calling for help.
6. Yes.
7. He had fallen down.
8. Nellie and Dora.
9. Riding on their horses.
10. The unexpected appearance of Dan Baxter and his companion
11. Baxter
12. Miss Stanhope
13. No.
14. Yes.
15. To see about Captain Starr.
16. Yes.
17. Dora decided to go get Dick Rover.
18. Dan's manner was so rude.
19. Dan Baxter.
20. Yes. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
112 | Read the text and answer the questions.
Janice spent the weekend at a family party in Moore, Georgia. While she was there, she played with her cousin Justine. The two of them rode tricycles, shared presents, and bought their favorite gum together. Janice's favorite part of the weekend was swimming in the lake with Justine and her dog, Boots. Boots did not like the water at first, but soon was splashing around with them. His favorite thing to do was fetch sticks from the water. They also went on a fast boat around the lake. Justine's favorite thing to do was ride in a tube behind the boat. When they got out, they were soaking wet. They dried off with towels before going to Greg's Country Store for some lemon ice box cake. Boots got so muddy at the lake! When they got back to the cabin, they had to give him a bath. Because they were so active during the day, they fell asleep quickly and slept until the morning.
1. What is the dogs name?
2. Where did Janice spend the weekend?
3. Where at?
4. Who did she play with?
5. What was Justine's favorite thing to do?
6. What was Boots?
7. Where did they buy food?
8. What did they buy?
9. Did Boots like the water?
10. Did they stay up all night?
Numbered answers: | 1. Boots
2. at a family party
3. in Moore, Georgia.
4. her cousin Justine.
5. ride tricycles, share presents, and buy gum
6. fetch sticks from the water
7. Greg's Country Store
8. lemon ice box cake
9. no
10. no | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
113 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
Lisa never had the chance to know her father. He and her mother divorced when she was just a young child. Even though he didn't move far, he never came to visit his children. Lisa often wondered about her father. What did he look like and what was he doing? All she knew was his name: Jeff White. After Lisa grew up, she became a nurse at a hospital, where she would help provide medicine and comfort for patients in their final days. A few weeks ago, she received a new patient whose name was Jeff White. When Jeff came into his room, Lisa asked him if he had any children. Jeff told her that he had two daughters, Lisa and Elly. Lisa couldn't hold her tears back. She told him, "I am Lisa, your daughter." Jeff embraced her, saying that he was not a good father. And the daughter held his hand and kissed him. Then Jeff began to sing This Magic Moment. Jeff could have just weeks left to live, so Lisa wanted to make the most of the time she had with him. Lisa also brought her kid to the hospital to meet their grandfather. The kid made cards for him with the words, "I love you."
1. What's the name of the story's main character?
2. What's her father's name?
3. Where did they finally meet?
4. Were they close when she was growing up?
5. Why not?
6. Why didn't they live together?
7. What was Lisa's job when she was older?
8. When did she meet her father?
9. What did Lisa ask Jeff?
10. What happened after he answered her?
11. How did he respond?
12. Did he say anything?
13. What song did he sing?
14. Was Jeff going to get better?
15. How long did he have to live?
16. Who did Lisa bring to the hospital?
17. Why?
18. What did the kid make?
19. What did the cards say?
20. What was the kid's name?
Numbered answers: | 1. Lisa
2. Jeff White
3. at a hospital
4. no
5. he never came to visit
6. Her parents divorced
7. a nurse
8. A few weeks ago
9. if he had any children
10. She told him she was his daughter
11. he embraced her
12. that he was not a good father
13. This Magic Moment
14. no
15. possibly just weeks
16. her kid
17. to meet their grandfather
18. cards
19. "I love you."
20. unknown | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
114 | CHAPTER XIV.—LEO MAKES A NEW FRIEND.
Leo found that the specialty company numbered fifteen people. The performers were, for the most part, of very ordinary ability. There were several song and dance men, a number of musicians who drew tunes out of a variety of articles, several lady vocalists, a comical fat man and a magician.
The magician was a young fellow, hardly older than Leo. His name was Carl Ross, and he had such a smiling face and gentlemanly manner that Leo took to him instantly.
“We want a good all-around gymnast and tumbler,” said Carl Ross. “As it is the show is lop-sided—too much singing and dancing.”
Leo was asked to give an exhibition of what he could do, and readily complied, performing at first on the floor of the stage and then on a bar let down from the flies.
“Very good!” said Nathan Wampole, highly pleased, and Carl Ross also smiled his approval.
At the conclusion of the show that evening Leo decided to join the company, and from that moment on he and Carl Ross became warm friends.
From Cokeville the company proceeded to Lumbertown and then to Wimblerun. For the time being Leo lost track of the circus and devoted himself entirely to his new position. His acts on the stage were well received, yet Carl Ross remained, as heretofore, the star of the combination.
“I wish I could do tricks,” said Leo, as he watched the young magician at practice. “But I don’t believe I could learn.”
Answer this series of questions:
1. Who is the new friend?
2. What's his name?
3. Who befriends him?
4. What can he do?
5. Are there many of them?
6. What are there many of?
7. Who else is part of the group?
8. Do we know what he does?
9. When did Leo decide to stay?
10. What did he want to learn?
11. Does he think he can?
12. What did he forget about?
13. What towns did he visit?
14. How many were in the group?
15. Were many extra special?
Numbered answers: | 1. The magician
2. Carl Ross
3. Leo
4. a gymnast and tumbler
5. no
6. Singers and dancers
7. Nathan Wampole
8. no
9. At the conclusion of the show that evening
10. tricks
11. no
12. the circus
13. Cokeville, Lumbertown and, Wimblerun.
14. fifteen people
15. no | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
115 | Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer and Windows Internet Explorer, commonly abbreviated IE or MSIE) is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included in the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year. Later versions were available as free downloads, or in service packs, and included in the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) service releases of Windows 95 and later versions of Windows. The browser is discontinued, but still maintained.
Internet Explorer was one of the most widely used web browsers, attaining a peak of about 95% usage share during 2002 and 2003. This came after Microsoft used bundling to win the first browser war against Netscape, which was the dominant browser in the 1990s. Its usage share has since declined with the launch of Firefox (2004) and Google Chrome (2008), and with the growing popularity of operating systems such as macOS, Linux, iOS and Android that do not run Internet Explorer. Estimates for Internet Explorer's overall market share range from 3.91% to 16.84% or by StatCounter's numbers ranked 3rd, just after Firefox (or even as low as 5th when counting all platforms), (browser market share is notoriously difficult to calculate). Microsoft spent over per year on Internet Explorer in the late 1990s, with over 1,000 people working on it by 1999.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. What is the full name of IE?
2. Who is it made by?
3. When was it first introduced?
4. What other abbreviation does it go by?
5. What OS is it included with?
6. What MS package was it first included with?
7. and for what OS?
8. Were later versions free?
9. Is the project ongoing?
10. When did it obtain it's peak useage?
11. What market share did it have then?
12. With whom was it's first browser war?
13. Did MS win or lose the war?
14. When was Netscape the most popular browser?
15. When did Firefox launch?
16. and Chrome?
17. Did the advent of these two hurt the market share of IE?
18. What is IE's market share now?
19. In what market share position are they now?
20. Which competitor do they trail directly behind?
Numbered answers: | 1. Internet Explorer
2. Microsoft
3. 1995
4. MSIE
5. Microsoft Windows
6. Plus!
7. Windows 95
8. yes
9. no
10. 2002 and 2003
11. 95%
12. Netscape
13. Microsoft
14. the 1990s.
15. 2004
16. 2008
17. yes
18. 3.91% to 16.84%
19. 3rd
20. Firefox | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
116 | (CNN) -- The death of Steve Jobs has renewed comparisons to another great innovator who died 80 years ago this month -- Thomas Edison. But there are important differences between the two men.
In the 80 years between their deaths, consumers came to dominate the economy, a transformation that was only beginning during the later years of Edison's life. Steve Jobs was a master at understanding how to create transformative consumer technologies.
Although Edison was a key innovator in two consumer technologies -- sound recording and motion pictures -- he struggled to understand the consumer markets he helped to create. His most important technological innovation was the electrical system, which made possible the personal computers, music players and smartphones innovated by Jobs. Edison was also more involved in the day-to-day work of invention than Jobs, and his other great innovation was the industrial research and development laboratory
While the differences between Edison and Jobs are important, so, are their similarities. These offer lessons for other innovators. Jobs and Edison succeeded because they were good at envisioning how long-term developments in scientific and technical knowledge could be transformed into new technologies.
At the start of his electric light research Edison described his vision for an entire electric light and power system and then used the knowledge of decades of research on incandescent lamps and generators to create the first viable incandescent lamp and the entire electric light and power system that made it commercially viable.
Similarly, before developing the Macintosh computer, Jobs envisioned how two decades of work on graphical user interfaces and the computer mouse could transform the way people used computers, and also how the development of touchscreens and miniaturization could be transformed into the smartphone.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. Who is the innovator of Mac computers being compared to?
2. What thing did these two important men have in common?
3. How many years were between their demise?
4. How many inventions was Edison key in making?
5. What were they?
6. Did he get the folks he was making these for?
7. What did Edison do more of between the two men?
8. What was the other man better at?
9. Who was responsible for electricity?
10. What did his invention lead to?
Numbered answers: | 1. Thomas Edison
2. envisioning
3. 80 years
4. two
5. sound recording and motion pictures
6. No
7. invention
8. understanding how to create transformative consumer technologies.
9. Edison
10. personal computers, music players and smartphones | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
117 | John and Sam were friends. They opened a small shop in a small village. One day, they sold out of all their wine , so they drove to the city to buy some. On their way home, the wind was strong and it was getting colder and colder. Both John and Sam wanted to drink some wine to keep warm, but they had a rule. They couldn't drink any wine because they had to sell it. According to the rule, if some-body wanted to drink some wine, he had to pay the other twice the price. John was a clever man. He took out ten cents and gave it to Sam. He said, "Here is ten cents. Would you please sell me some of your wine?" Sam was a businessman , so he said, "You give me money, so of course I will sell some to you." Then he passed John a cup of wine. After drinking the wine, John felt warm soon, but Sam was still cold. Then he took out the ten cents that John just gave to him and said to John, "Here is ten cents. Please sell me some of your wine." John agreed. Sam drank some wine and also felt much warmer. But after some time, they both felt cold again, so they kept buying wine from each other with the same ten cents. Soon they drank up all of the wine. "How could so much wine only cost ten cents?" the two friends asked each other.
1. What did John amd Sam open up?
2. Where did they open it up?
3. What did they sell out of?
4. Did they end up drinking all the wine they bought to replace it?
5. Why did they start drinking it in the first place?
6. What was the rule if someone wanted to drink wine?
7. Did Sam sell John some wine for 10 cents?
8. What did Sam end up buying wine from John with?
9. Did they keep selling each other wine?
10. Was was the wind like on the way home?
Numbered answers: | 1. small shop
2. village
3. wine
4. Yes
5. to keep warm
6. pay the other twice the price
7. Yes
8. cup
9. Yes
10. strong | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
118 | DENVER, Colorado (CNN) -- Serving time for lesser crimes, Scott Kimball is leading investigators to bodies.
Scott Kimball is currently serving a 48-year sentence on theft and habitual criminal convictions.
Partly mummified bones thought to be those of his uncle, Terry Kimball, were discovered Monday in a remote Rocky Mountain pass near Vail, Colorado. DNA tests are pending to confirm the victim's identity, and the cause of death is pending a forensic examination, authorities said.
Terry Kimball is one of several suspected homicide victims associated with Scott Kimball since his jailing in 2008. He is serving a 48-year sentence in state prison in Fairplay, Colorado, on theft and habitual criminal convictions.
Kimball will also serve a 70-month federal sentence on firearms charges after the state sentence. The firearms charges led to Kimball's 18th conviction.
However, Kimball probably will not be charged in any of the deaths.
Sources with knowledge of the cases said Kimball's December 2008 plea to theft and habitual criminal charges, and the 48-year sentence, was part of a deal that included revealing the locations of the bodies. Authorities wanted to give victims' families resolution. Without his cooperation, authorities doubt they have enough evidence to convict him.
Earlier this year, Kimball revealed where the remains thought to be his uncle's were, according to law enforcement sources close to the case. However, the search was delayed until snow had melted.
The FBI would not confirm that Kimball, 42, identified the site. However, FBI spokeswoman Kathleen Wright said, "we went to (a) specific location for a specific reason. It wasn't random."
1. Is Scott Kimball in jail?
2. What is he in jail for at this time?
3. For how long?
4. Who is Terry Kimball?
5. Is he alive?
6. Where did he die?
7. Is Scott Kimball suspected of killing him?
8. Is Scott Kimball suspected of killing other people?
9. Where is Scott Kimball?
10. In what type of place?
11. Since when?
12. How many times has he been convicted?
13. What else was he convicted of?
14. How long is that sentence?
15. Did he make a plea deal?
16. What was part of the deal?
17. Will he be charged with any murders?
18. How old id Kimball?
19. Who is Kathleen Wright?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. yes
2. theft and habitual criminal convictions
3. 48 years
4. his uncle
5. no
6. unknown
7. yes
8. yes
9. Fairplay, Colorado
10. in state prison
11. 2008
12. 18
13. firearms charges
14. 70 months
15. yes
16. revealing the locations of the bodies
17. probably not
18. 42
19. FBI spokeswoman | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
119 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
CHAPTER 30
She's a winsome wee thing, She's a handsome wee thing, She's a bonnie wee thing, This sweet wee wifie of mine. --BURNS
'Look here, Amy,' said Guy, pointing to a name in the traveller's book at Altdorf.
'Captain Morville!' she exclaimed, 'July 14th. That was only the day before yesterday.'
'I wonder whether we shall overtake him! Do you know what was this gentleman's route?' inquired Guy, in French that was daily becoming more producible.
The gentleman having come on foot, with nothing but his knapsack, had not made much sensation. There was a vague idea that he had gone on to the St. Gothard; but the guide who was likely to know, was not forthcoming, and all Guy's inquiries only resulted in, 'I dare say we shall hear of him elsewhere.'
To tell the truth, Amabel was not much disappointed, and she could see, though he said nothing, that Guy was not very sorry. These two months had been so very happy, there had been such full enjoyment, such freedom from care and vexation, or aught that could for a moment ruffle the stream of delight. Scenery, cathedrals music, paintings, historical association, had in turn given unceasing interest and pleasure; and, above all, Amabel had been growing more and more into the depths of her husband's mind, and entering into the grave, noble thoughts inspired by the scenes they were visiting. It had been a sort of ideal happiness, so exquisite, that she could hardly believe it real. A taste of society, which they had at Munich, though very pleasant, had only made them more glad to be alone together again; any companion would have been an interruption, and Philip, so intimate, yet with his carping, persecuting spirit towards Guy, was one of the last persons she could wish to meet; but knowing that this was by no means a disposition Guy wished to encourage, she held her peace.
1. Who is Burns referring to?
2. What did Guy show Amy?
3. Where was it listed?
4. Whose French was improving?
5. Was the guide any help?
6. How had the last few months been?
7. Full of what?
8. What did they have in Munich?
9. What did it make them long for?
10. How did Phillip feel about Guy?
Numbered answers: | 1. Amy,
2. a name
3. in the a book
4. Guy
5. no
6. so very happy,
7. enjoyment,
8. A taste of society
9. being alone
10. persecuting | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
120 | Chapter XIII.
PHILIP AND MAGGIE.
Poor Tom bore his severe pain like a hero, but there was a terrible dread weighing on his mind--so terrible that he dared not ask the question which might bring the fatal "yes"--he dared not ask the surgeon or Mr. Stelling, "Shall I be lame, sir?"
It had not occurred to either of these gentlemen to set the lad's mind at rest with hopeful words. But Philip watched the surgeon out of the house, and waylaid Mr. Stelling to ask the very question that Tom had not dared to ask for himself.
"I beg your pardon, sir, but does Mr. Askern say Tulliver will be lame?"
"Oh no, oh no," said Mr. Stelling; "only for a little while."
"Did he tell Tulliver so, sir, do you think?"
"No; nothing was said to him on the subject."
"Then I may go and tell him, sir?"
"Yes, to be sure. Now you mention it, I dare say he may be troubling about that. Go to his bedroom, but be very quiet."
It had been Philip's first thought when he heard of the accident, "Will Tulliver be lame? It will be very hard for him if he is." And Tom's offences against himself were all washed out by that pity.
"Mr. Askern says you'll soon be all right again, Tulliver; did you know?" he said, rather timidly, as he stepped gently up to Tom's bed. "I've just been to ask Mr. Stelling, and he says you'll walk as well as ever again, by-and-by."
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. PHILIP AND MAGGIE.
2. XIII.
3. Tom
4. Philip
5. "only for a little while."
6. Mr. Stelling
7. no
8. being lame
9. Philip
10. yes
Numbered questions: | 1. what is the title ?
2. what chapter ?
3. who had very bad pain ?
4. who whatched the surgeon out of the house ?
5. will tuver be lame ?
6. and who said that ?
7. was anything said to him on the subject ?
8. he may be troubling about what ?
9. who shold go to his bedroom ?
10. will he walk every agian ? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
121 | Nokia Corporation, stylised as NOKIA, is a Finnish multinational communications, information technology and consumer electronics company, founded in 1865. Nokia's headquarters are in Espoo, Uusimaa, in the greater Helsinki metropolitan area. In 2016, Nokia employed approximately 101,000 people across over 100 countries, did business in more than 130 countries, and reported annual revenues of around €23.6 billion. Nokia is a public limited company listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange. It is the world's 415th-largest company measured by 2016 revenues according to the "Fortune Global 500," and is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index.
The company has had various industries in its 152-year history. It was founded as a pulp mill, but since the 1990s focuses on large-scale telecommunications infrastructures, technology development and licensing. Nokia is also a major contributor to the mobile telephony industry, having assisted in the development of the GSM, 3G and LTE standards, and was, for a period, the largest vendor of mobile phones in the world, its dominance also extending into the smartphone industry. After a partnership with Microsoft and market struggles, its mobile phone business was eventually bought by the former, with Microsoft Mobile formed as the business' successor when the deal was completed on 25 April 2014. After the sale of its mobile phone business, Nokia began to focus more extensively on its telecommunications infrastructure business, marked by the divestiture of its Here Maps division and the acquisition of French-American telecommunications company Alcatel-Lucent. Nokia also entered virtual reality and digital health (the latter by purchasing Withings). The Nokia brand has since returned to the mobile and smartphone market through a licensing arrangement with HMD Global.
Answer the following questions:
1. how old is the Nokia company?
2. who eventually bought their mobile phone business?
3. where are they based?
4. where is that?
5. when did they close the deal with Microsoft?
6. what year was the company founded?
7. were they always a phone company?
8. what were they started as?
9. when did they transition to telecommunications?
10. how many people do they employ?
11. how many countries do they do business in?
12. which company did Nokia acquire?
13. are they also finnish?
14. where are they from?
15. are they also a telecommunications company?
16. what was Nokia reported revenue?
17. who do they have a licensing agreement with?
18. what market does that make them a part of again?
19. how does it rank in terms of company size versus the rest of the world?
20. according to who?
Numbered answers: | 1. 152 years old
2. Microsoft
3. Espoo, Uusimaa
4. Finland
5. 25 April 2014
6. 1865
7. no
8. a pulp mill
9. after the sale of its mobile phone business
10. 101,000
11. more than 130 countries
12. Alcatel-Lucent
13. no
14. France and America
15. yes
16. €23.6 billion
17. HMD Global
18. the mobile and smartphone market
19. it's the world's 415th-largest company
20. "Fortune Global 500" | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
122 | Read the text and answer the questions.
(CNN) -- A Mexican man who was allegedly killed on orders from his own cartel believed they were hunting for him after he began working as an informant and was fearful for his life, according to court documents.
Police say soldier Michael Jackson Apodaca, 18, acted as the gunman.
Jose Daniel Gonzalez Galeana began to worry after he began working as an informant for immigration officials in the United States.
"The victim was concerned for his own well-being and the safety of his family," the documents said, referencing statements the victim made to a witness.
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials gave Gonzalez a visa so he could live in El Paso, Texas, his fellow Juarez cartel members began to get suspicious, El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen said at a press conference.
Allen said Gonzalez's exit from Mexico, combined with a raid on a cartel warehouse and the arrest of cartel lieutenant Pedro "El Tigre" Aranas Sanchez led cartel members to believe he might be working as an informant, Allen said.
Then, a Mexican newspaper named Gonzalez as an informant in the arrest of the high-ranking cartel member, according to court documents. Police say Gonzales quickly became the target of his own cartel.
Police said Gonzalez knew if his fellow cartel members found him, he would likely be killed, police said.
On May 15, the cartel found him.
He was shot eight times outside his home in El Paso, Texas, police said.
Pfc. Michael Jackson Apodaca, 18, Ruben Rodriguez Dorado, 30, and Christopher Andrew Duran, 17, were each named as suspects Monday and each are facing one count of capital murder. The three men are being held on $1 million bond.
1. What did Immigration and Customs Enforcement give Gonzalez?
2. What happened to him in El Paso?
3. How many times was he s
4. By whom?
5. What happened at the same time Gonzalez left Mexico?
6. What was the date when he was shot?
7. How old was Apodaca?
8. Who is El Tigre?
Numbered answers: | 1. A visa to live in El Paso
2. He was shot and killed
3. eight times
4. Michael Jackson Apodaca
5. a Mexican newspaper named Gonzalez as an informant in the arrest of the high-ranking cartel member
6. May 15
7. 18
8. a cartel lieutenant | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
123 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
One South African artist is using the street as his canvas and changing lives in the process.
Ricky-Lee Gordon, who goes by his artist name Freddy Sam, describes himself as a creative activist who hopes to bring about social change through his projects.
His latest ambition is to transform the Cape Town suburb, Woodstock, with murals full of color and positive messages.
He says that business owners are happy for murals to be painted on their buildings because the color is rejuvenating the area.
"The area, the landscape and the architecture is really rundown and neglected so a mural can do a lot for an environment," Gordon said.
"Woodstock is I guess the up and coming art precinct. It was a thriving textile and clothing industry and community. A lot of families would move here to get work in these factories, but these factories unfortunately are closing down," he continued.
Gordon explains that the cheap rent in Woodstock is now attracting artists and galleries to re-locate to the area but it's not the only draw.
"Artists like to be surrounded by real culture, and there's a real culture here. There's a mix of people and it makes for an interesting life on the street," he added.
'Traffic light' artists paint a brighter future
Gordon is also getting the community involved. One of the organizations he works with is the Percy Bartley orphanage, a home to boys aged eight to 18 years.
"When I found out about this home, I proposed to the sponsor to give us funding to rejuvenate the home with colors and murals," Gordon said.
1. What is Gordon's artist name?
2. What city does he live in?
3. What is the name of the orphanage?
4. Who is housed there?
5. What age?
6. What does Freddy Sam paint?
7. What is on them?
8. Do business owners like them?
9. What industry is big in Woodstock?
10. Is rent expensive there?
11. Who does it attract?
Numbered answers: | 1. Freddy Sam
2. Woodstock
3. Percy Bartley
4. boys
5. eight to 18 years
6. murals
7. positive messages.
8. yes
9. textile and clothing
10. no
11. artists and galleries | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
124 | It was an afternoon Truman would never forget.
Rayburn and his friend were talking in the office before Truman arrived. The telephone rang. It was a call from the White House asking whether Vice-President Truman had arrived yet. No, Rayburn replied. The caller asked to have him telephone the White House as soon as he arrived.
Truman entered a minute later. He immediately called the White House. As he talked, his face became white. He put down the phone and raced out of the door to his car.
Truman arrived at the White House within minutes. An assistant took him to the president's private living area. Eleanor Roosevelt, the president's wife, was waiting for him there. "Harry," she said, "the president is dead." Truman was shocked. He asked Mrs. Roosevelt if there was anything he could do to help her. But her reply made clear to him that his own life had suddenly changed. "Is there anything we can do for you ?" Mrs. Roosevelt asked the new president, " _ ."
Truman had been a surprise choice for vice-president at the Democratic Party nominating convention in nineteen forty-four. Delegates considered several other candidates before they chose him as Roosevelt's running mate. That was at a time when presidential candidates did not make their own choices for vice-president.
Harry Truman lacked the fame,the rich family and the strong speech-making skills of Franklin Roosevelt.He was a much simpler man.He grew up in the Midwestern state of Missouri.Truman only studied through high school but took some nighttime law school classes.He worked for many years as a farmer and a small businessman,but without much success.
Truman had long been interested in politics.When he was almost forty,he finally won several low-level positions in his home state.By nineteen thirty-four,he was popular enough in Missouri to be nominated and elected to the United States Senate. And he won re-election six years later.
Most Americans, however, knew little about Harry Truman when he became president.They knew he had close ties to the Democratic Party political machine in his home state.But they had also heard that he was a very honest man.They could see that Truman had strongly supported President Roosevelt's New Deal programs.But they could not be sure what kind of president Truman would become.
At the center of all the action was Harry Truman.It was not long before he showed Americans and the world that he had the ability to be a good president.He was honest,strong and willing to make decisions.
Answer this series of questions:
1. Who was the President?
2. Who was the Vice President?
3. Did he become President?
4. When was he elected to the Senate?
5. What state did he represent?
6. Was he a sure choice for vice president?
7. Where did he grow up?
8. Was he always interested in politics?
9. Did he go to law school?
10. Was he reelected to the Senate?
Numbered answers: | 1. Roosevelt
2. Truman
3. yes
4. 1934
5. Missouri
6. no
7. Missouri.
8. yes
9. yes
10. yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
125 | Arizona (; ; O'odham: "Alĭ ṣonak" [ˡaɺi ˡʂonak]) is a state in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the Western and the Mountain states. It is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is one of the Four Corners states. It has borders with New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, and Mexico, and one point in common with the southwestern corner of Colorado. Arizona's border with Mexico is 389 miles (626 km) long, on the northern border of the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California.
Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912. Historically part of the territory of "Alta California" in New Spain, it became part of independent Mexico in 1821. After being defeated in the Mexican–American War, Mexico ceded much of this territory to the United States in 1848. The southernmost portion of the state was acquired in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase.
Southern Arizona is known for its desert climate, with very hot summers and mild winters. Northern Arizona features forests of pine, Douglas fir, and spruce trees; the Colorado Plateau; some mountain ranges (such as the San Francisco Mountains); as well as large, deep canyons, with much more moderate summer temperatures and significant winter snowfalls. There are ski resorts in the areas of Flagstaff, Alpine, and Tucson. In addition to the Grand Canyon National Park, there are several national forests, national parks, and national monuments.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. What territory is this about?
2. Was it one of the first states?
3. What number was it?
4. When did it become official?
5. Is it cold there?
6. What did it belong to beforehand?
7. Where was that?
8. Who fought against each other?
9. Who won?
10. What part of the country is AZ in?
11. How many states are bigger?
12. How does it rank in population?
13. What is the capitol?
14. Is that a small place?
15. What other country does it border?
16. How big is that?
17. What kind of forestry does it have?
18. Any others?
19. Such as?
20. Does it ever snow there?
Numbered answers: | 1. Arizona
2. no
3. the 48th
4. February 14, 1912
5. no
6. Alta California
7. New Spain
8. Mexico and America
9. America
10. the southwestern region
11. five
12. 14th
13. Phoenix
14. no
15. Mexico
16. 389 miles
17. pine
18. yes
19. Douglas fir and spruce trees
20. yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
126 | 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-in-law, John Furby. Presenting himself at the door, he created the family sensation which has been described at the end of the first chapter.
The first violent demonstrations of surprise and joy over, Mrs Gaff dragged her husband into a small closet, which was regarded by the household in the light of a spare room, and there compelled him to change his garments. While this change was being made the volatile Bu'ster, indignant at being bolted out, kicked the door with his heel until he became convinced that no good or evil could result from the process. Then his active mind reverted to the forbidden loaf, and he forthwith drew a chair below the shelf on which it lay. Upon the chair he placed a three-legged stool, and upon the stool an eight-inch block, which latter being an unstable foundation, caused Billy to lose his balance when he got upon it. The erection instantly gave way, and fell with a hideous crash. Tottie, who stood near, gazing at her brother's misdeeds, as was her wont, in awe-stricken admiration, was overwhelmed in the debris.
Nothing daunted, the Bu'ster "returned to the charge," and fell a second time,--with the loaf, however, in his arms.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. Was Mrs. Gaff surprised to see her husband?
2. Where did she take him?
3. What did the household use this room as?
4. What did she make Gaff do?
5. Who was angry at being left out?
6. How did he try to make entry?
7. Did he succeed in getting it to open?
8. Who was watching Bus'ter?
9. How is she related to Bus'ter?
10. True or False: Tottie disapproves of Bus'ter's actions.
11. How did she feel about the misdeeds?
12. How many times did Bus'ter fall?
13. What was he trying to get at?
14. Did he have permission to take it?
15. Where was the loaf before he got it?
16. How many legs did the stool have?
17. What did he stack on the stool?
18. Was the stool on top of something, too?
19. What?
20. Was this a stable stack of things?
Numbered answers: | 1. yes
2. into a small closet,
3. a spare room
4. change his garments
5. Bu'ster,
6. kicked the door
7. no
8. . Tottie
9. she's his sister
10. False
11. admiration
12. twice
13. a loaf,
14. no
15. on a shelf
16. Three
17. an eight-inch block
18. yes
19. a chair
20. no | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
127 | (CNN) -- UK lawmakers have voted in the House of Commons to recognize Palestine as a state "as a contribution to securing a negotiated two state solution."
The motion was backed overwhelmingly Monday by 274 votes to 12. However, fewer than half of the 650 MPs in the House of Commons took part in the debate.
The motion passed was, "That this House believes that the Government should recognise the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel, as a contribution to securing a negotiated two state solution.
The measure is mainly symbolic and is not binding on the government. However, it lends added weight within Europe to calls for Palestinian statehood.
Ten days earlier, the new government in Sweden said it would recognize a Palestinian state.
"A two-state solution requires mutual recognition and a will to coexist peacefully. Therefore, Sweden will recognise the State of Palestine," said Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in his first statement of government policy.
'Not a gift, but a right'
The UK vote came after five hours of debate in the House.
Former Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind, of the Conservative Party, told MPs that during his time in office in the 1990s, the United Kingdom committed "for the first time to a two-state solution with a Palestinian state."
"I have never wavered in that view and I believe that the earlier that state comes about the better, both for the Palestinians and for the Middle East as a whole," he said.
Shadow foreign minister Ian Lucas, of the opposition Labour Party, said the motion would be supported by his party but that the timing and manner of deciding whether to recognize Palestinian statehood was a matter for the current coalition government.
1. Does Sweden recognize a Palestine state?
2. Does the UK?
3. Where did the voting to do so take place?
4. Its recognition is a contribution to what?
5. Was there a large gap in voting numbers?
6. How many were opposed to it?
7. Did all of the MPs vote?
8. How many are there?
9. Does the government recognize the the motion?
10. What is a benefit of it regarding Europe?
11. How much sooner did Sweden make the same decision?
12. What is stated that a two-state solution requires?
13. What else?
14. Who said this?
15. What is his name?
16. When did he declare this?
17. Who represents the conservative party?
18. What did he tell the Mps?
19. When?
20. Did he ever doubt that view?
Numbered answers: | 1. yes
2. yes
3. House of Commons
4. securing a negotiated two state solution
5. yes
6. 12.
7. Not sure, but less than half took part in the debate.
8. 650 MPs
9. yes
10. to calls for Palestinian statehood.
11. Ten days earlier
12. mutual recognition
13. a will to coexist peacefully.
14. Prime Minister
15. Stefan Lofven
16. his first statement of government policy.
17. Secretary Malcolm Rifkind
18. the United Kingdom committed "for the first time to a two-state solution with a Palestinian state."
19. during his time in office
20. no | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
128 | CHAPTER XII.
THE PRISONER.
It was several moments before Seth could bring himself to believe that Dan and Bill Dean had utterly failed in their efforts to save Jip Collins from the would-be detective.
During the day he had given the matter comparatively little thought, believing that, having set out on their mission of mercy at such an early hour, his roommates would succeed in their efforts.
Sam Barney was known to all his acquaintances as a boy opposed to rising very early, or working very hard, and it had been no more than reasonable to suppose Jip would be warned in time.
Teddy Bowser could give very little information, and that which he did impart only served to heighten the mystery.
He stated that he met Sam at about seven o'clock that morning, and talked with him concerning his visit to Philadelphia with the purpose, as previously agreed upon, of delaying him until nearly nine o'clock.
That then the alleged detective had gone toward Fulton Market with the avowed intention of meeting a friend, and Teddy was positive Jip had not been arrested until late in the afternoon.
"Where was Dan an' Bill when they sent you to tell me?"
"Over by Jefferson Market; that's where Jip's been jugged."
"Were they to wait there for me?"
"That's what they reckoned on, except you thought them firemen of yourn could help out."
"If Jip's really been 'rested I don't believe Ninety-four's men could do anything, 'cordin' to the way Mr. Davis talks. We'll go right down to the market."
1. Who did not like to get up at an early hour?
2. What was his last name?
3. Was he a worker who put forth much effort?
4. Who did not manage to rescue Jip?
5. And who else?
6. Did Dan and Bill have a relationship with Seth?
7. How?
8. Who gave sparse information?
9. And his last name?
10. At what time did he meet Sam?
11. In the morning?
12. Where did the detective go?
13. For what purpose?
14. Was Jip incarcerated in the morning?
15. What time of day then?
16. Who was sure of this?
17. Was it assumed the firemen could be of assistance?
18. Did the roommates leave at an early time of day?
19. Was Sam Barney described as a man?
20. How was he described then?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. Sam
2. Barney
3. No
4. Dan
5. Bill
6. Yes
7. They were roommates
8. Teddy
9. Bowser
10. Seven o'clock
11. Yes
12. Fulton Market
13. Meeting a friend
14. No
15. Late afternoon
16. Teddy
17. Yes
18. Yes
19. No
20. A boy | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
129 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
Canberra ( or ) is the capital city of Australia. With a population of 403,468, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne. A resident of Canberra is known as a "Canberran". Although Canberra is the capital and seat of government, many federal government ministries have secondary seats in state capital cities, as do the Governor-General and the Prime Minister.
The site of Canberra was selected for the location of the nation's capital in 1908 as a compromise between rivals Sydney and Melbourne, Australia's two largest cities. It is unusual among Australian cities, being an entirely planned city outside of any state, similar to Washington, D.C. in the United States, or Brasília in Brazil. Following an international contest for the city's design, a blueprint by American architects Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin was selected and construction commenced in 1913. The Griffins' plan featured geometric motifs such as circles, hexagons and triangles, and was centred on axes aligned with significant topographical landmarks in the Australian Capital Territory.
The city's design was influenced by the garden city movement and incorporates significant areas of natural vegetation. The growth and development of Canberra were hindered by the World Wars and the Great Depression, which exacerbated a series of planning disputes and the ineffectiveness of a procession of bodies that were created in turn to oversee the development of the city. The national capital emerged as a thriving city after World War II, as Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies championed its development and the National Capital Development Commission was formed with executive powers. Although the Australian Capital Territory is now self-governing, the Commonwealth Government retains some influence through the National Capital Authority.
1. What is the capital city of Australia?
2. What are Australia's two largest cities?
3. What's Canberra's population?
4. Is it Australia's largest inland city?
5. What is its rank overall?
6. What is a resident of Canberra called?
7. Who were the architects responsible for its design?
8. And what year did they start the construction?
9. What was the design influenced by?
10. Did the world wars hinder Canberra's growth?
Numbered answers: | 1. Canberra
2. Sydney and Melbourne
3. 403,468
4. Yes
5. eighth
6. Canberran
7. Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin
8. 1913
9. geometric motifs
10. Yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
130 | Going on a road trip? The St. Louis Arch, Statue of Liberty and Golden Gate Bridge are great tourist sites. But if you prefer _ destinations, check out the following roadside attractions.
World's Largest Ball of Paint
Alexandria, Ind.
In 1977, Michael Carmichael set out to create the biggest ball of paint anywhere. Starting with a baseball as center, he painted layer after layer of paint day after day, year after year. The ball weighs more than 1,300 pounds, with more than 20,000 coats of paint, which is recognized by Guinness World Records. Visitors can paint the ball themselves and become part of history.
The Museum of Dirt
Boston, Mass.
The museum is the idea of Glenn Johnson. Labeled glass bottles contain such treasures as dirt from the Great Wall of China, as well as sand from a desert in Saudi Arabia and Omaha Beach in France. Best of all, the cost of seeing this museum is dirt cheap: It's free.
Mount Horeb Mustard Museum
Mount Horeb, Wis.
It's heaven for hotdog lovers! This museum claims to have the world's largest collection of prepared mustard . Its more than 4, 100 bottles of spices come from 60 nations, including Turkey and China. Visitors learn the history of mustard, from how it's made to how it's advertised and sold. The museum's creator, Barry Levenson, loves mustard so much that he even puts it on ice cream!
Paper House
Rockport, Mass.
Swedish immigrant Ellis Stenman was much ahead of his time in 1922, when he started to build a two-room house almost entirely out of newspaper. At the time, people didn't give much, if any, thought to recycling paper. In fact, "recycling" wasn't even a word yet. The house is framed with wood, but the walls are made of 215 layers of newspaper. In all, he used about 100,000 newspapers. ks5u
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. it's free
2. mustard
3. Sweden
4. 4,100
5. Labeled bottles
6. Glenn Johnson
7. paint the ball
8. sand
9. mustard
10. the history of mustard
Numbered questions: | 1. What is the admission price for The Museum of Dirt?
2. What does Barry put on ice cream?
3. Where did the recycled home owner immigrate from?
4. How many containers of yellow condiment can visitors in Wisconsin see?
5. How do Museum of Dirt sight seers know where each sample comes from?
6. Who thought up the place in Massuchusetts?
7. What can everybody do at the Indiana place?
8. What from the Middle East has been contributed to the Massachusetts spot?
9. What is Mr. Levenson's favorite condiment?
10. What can individuals find out in his Wisconsin place? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
131 | CHAPTER XXXIV
GUERRILLA WARFARE
"There are few pleasures," said Psmith, as he resumed his favourite position against the mantelpiece and surveyed the commandeered study with the pride of a householder, "keener to the reflective mind than sitting under one's own roof-tree. This place would have been wasted on Spiller; he would not have appreciated it properly."
Mike was finishing his tea. "You're a jolly useful chap to have by you in a crisis, Smith," he said with approval. "We ought to have known each other before."
"The loss was mine," said Psmith courteously. "We will now, with your permission, face the future for awhile. I suppose you realise that we are now to a certain extent up against it. Spiller's hot Spanish blood is not going to sit tight and do nothing under a blow like this."
"What can he do? Outwood's given us the study."
"What would you have done if somebody had bagged your study?"
"Made it jolly hot for them!"
"So will Comrade Spiller. I take it that he will collect a gang and make an offensive movement against us directly he can. To all appearances we are in a fairly tight place. It all depends on how big Comrade Spiller's gang will be. I don't like rows, but I'm prepared to take on a reasonable number of bravoes in defence of the home."
Mike intimated that he was with him on the point. "The difficulty is, though," he said, "about when we leave this room. I mean, we're all right while we stick here, but we can't stay all night."
Answer the following questions:
1. Were did he lean?
2. What was he looking at?
3. Who was drinking a hot beverage?
4. What did he think of the first guy?
5. Were they aware of each other in the past?
6. Who are they facing now?
7. Who gave them the study?
8. What will Spiller do?
9. What will they have to fight them for?
10. Will they stay there all night?
Numbered answers: | 1. Against the mantelpiece
2. The study
3. Mike
4. That he's useful
5. No
6. Spiller
7. Outwood
8. Collect a gang.
9. The study
10. No | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
132 | Read the text and answer the questions.
Emily and her brother Matthew went outside to play. They brought their dog Bo with them, too. Bo was holding a bone in her mouth. Matthew threw a ball and Bo chased after it. Emily laughed as Bo ran away. Bo brought the ball back to Matthew. Then Bo barked. This time Emily threw the ball. She was younger than Matthew, so the ball did not go as far. Bo chased after the ball anyway, and Emily laughed again. Matthew smiled at his little sister. Bo ran back to Emily and dropped the ball at her feet. Then Bo wagged her tail and licked Emily's face. Emily giggled and scratched Bo's ears. Then Matthew and Emily's mother came outside holding a bar of soap. She told them that it was time for dinner and they had to come inside and wash their hands. Just then, Matthew and Emily's dad came home from work. Matthew and Emily ran to their dad. They all walked inside together and Bo followed them in. They would have to play ball tomorrow.
1. what is the canine's name?
2. what did she have?
3. where?
4. who returned from a job?
5. were they happy to see him?
6. who tossed a round object?
7. did he toss it to someone?
8. who?
9. was he vocal?
10. who is the younger sibling?
Numbered answers: | 1. Bo
2. a bone
3. in her mouth
4. their dad
5. Yes
6. Matthew
7. Yes
8. Bo
9. yes
10. Emily | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
133 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
In August 1836, two real estate entrepreneurs—Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen—from New York, purchased 6,642 acres (26.88 km2) of land along Buffalo Bayou with the intent of founding a city. The Allen brothers decided to name the city after Sam Houston, the popular general at the Battle of San Jacinto, who was elected President of Texas in September 1836. The great majority of slaves in Texas came with their owners from the older slave states. Sizable numbers, however, came through the domestic slave trade. New Orleans was the center of this trade in the Deep South, but there were slave dealers in Houston. Thousands of enslaved African-Americans lived near the city before the Civil War. Many of them near the city worked on sugar and cotton plantations, while most of those in the city limits had domestic and artisan jobs. In 1860 forty-nine percent of the city's population was enslaved. A few slaves, perhaps as many as 2,000 between 1835 and 1865, came through the illegal African trade. Post-war Texas grew rapidly as migrants poured into the cotton lands of the state. They also brought or purchased enslaved African Americans, whose numbers nearly tripled in the state from 1850 to 1860, from 58,000 to 182,566.
1. Who was Sam Houston?
2. What else was important in his life?
3. In 1860 what percent of Houston's population was comprised by slaves?
4. Where did most of them come from?
5. Was there a slave trade in Houston?
6. Before the Civil War were there plantations near Houston?
7. What kind?
8. Were there slaves working on them?
9. What kind of work did slaves in the city do?
10. Were there a lot of slaves from African trade?
11. In 1860 what was the slave population?
12. Who founded the city?
13. Where did they come from?
14. What was their profession?
15. Was African slave trade legal?
Numbered answers: | 1. a general at the Battle of San Jacinto
2. he was elected president of Texas
3. forty-nine
4. the older slave states
5. yes
6. yes
7. sugar and cotton plantations
8. yes
9. domestic and artisan jobs
10. a few
11. 182,566
12. Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen
13. New York
14. real estate
15. no | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
134 | Baby sign language is a growing movement. Pointing to a color1ful flower, Campbell lifts her baby's soft hand, and rapidly moves it from one side of his nose to the other as she sniffs ."Flower!" she says loudly. Gregory smiles and looks carefully. It could be a year before Gregory, 4 months old, can speak, but now his mother hopes to communicate with her baby through sign language.
Like others around the world, Campbell is part of a growing movement of parents teaching hearing babies simple signs to communicate before they can talk. The baby sign language has been more popular in recent years. The movie,"Meet the Fockers",where the main character teaches his young grandson to sign, makes it well developed.
Babies generally begin to talk between 12 and 15 months, but babies can use sign language to communicate before they learn how to speak.
"We know they are learning language faster than they are able to show you with their speech production because that system takes a long time to develop." says McRoberts, director of developmental research at the Haskins Laboratories.
"They are understanding words before they are able to say them. From around 16 to 18 months, they might say 50 words but understand 200.They understand short sentences well." says McRoberts.
Studies have shown deaf children learn to use sign language earlier than hearing children learn to speak meaningfully. As to whether hearing babies can communicate earlier with sign language, McRoberts says,"I think that's still unknown. It may not. I'm very interested in that very question."
Answer this series of questions:
1. when do babies begin to talk?
2. do they understand words before saying them?
3. by when may they say 50?
4. and understand how many?
5. what is the article about?
6. what is the mothers name?
7. how old is her baby?
8. who is doing the research?
9. where does he work?
10. as?
11. what made the language popular?
12. how?
13. what is the baby's name here?
14. what does mother show him?
15. what does she hope to achieve?
16. are babies learning faster?
17. what do studies show about babies who can't hear?
18. does mother speak while teaching signs?
19. what does she say?
20. how long before Gregory can speak?
Numbered answers: | 1. between 12 and 15 months
2. yes
3. around 16 to 18 months
4. 200
5. Baby sign language
6. Campbell
7. 4 months
8. McRoberts
9. Haskins Laboratories
10. director of developmental research
11. Meet the Fockers
12. the main character teaches his young grandson to sign
13. Gregory
14. a colorful flower
15. to communicate with her baby through sign language
16. yes
17. deaf children learn to use sign language earlier than hearing children learn to speak meaningfully
18. yes
19. "Flower!"
20. It could be a year | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
135 | In two days, I will be turning 30. And I was not looking forward to a new decade . I was afraid that the best years of my life were behind me. One day, I met with my friend Nicholas. He was a 79-year-old man. He noticed something was different about me and asked if anything was wrong. I told him what I was anxious about and asked him: "What was the best time of your life?" Without hesitation, Nicholas replied: "Well, Joe, when I was a child in Austria and everything was taken care of for me, that was the best time of my life." "When I was going to school and learning the things I know today, that was the best time of my life." "When I got my first job and got paid for my work, that was the best time of my life." "When I met my wife and fell in love, that was the best time of my life." "World War IIcame, and my wife and I had to leave Austria to save our lives. When we were together and safe on a ship, that was the best time of my life." "When I became a young father and watched my children grow up, that was the best time of my life." "And now, Joe, I am 79 years old. I have my health, I feel good and I am just as in love with my wife as I was the day we met. This is the best time of my life."
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. What is about to happen?
2. When?
3. Is it exciting?
4. Why not?
5. What changed that?
6. Who is he?
7. Did he say something?
8. Did he ask about it?
9. What was said?
10. Where was he from?
11. Did they enjoy it there?
12. What else did he talk about?
13. Did he enjoy that?
14. What else happened?
15. Was he happy with her?
16. Did anything bad happen?
17. Did they have to go anywhere?
18. Why?
19. What was his last name?
20. Is he happy?
Numbered answers: | 1. I will be turning 30
2. In two days
3. No
4. I was afraid that the best years of my life were behind me
5. Nicholas
6. A 79-year-old man
7. Yes
8. Yes
9. I was anxious
10. Austria
11. Yes
12. Going to school
13. Yes
14. He fell in love
15. Yes
16. World War II came.
17. Yes
18. To save their lives.
19. unknown
20. Yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
136 | Fourteen is not an age at which you try to earn millions of dollars. But for Bangalore boy, Suhas Gopinath, it was.
One day in August, 1999, Suhas, studying at the Air Force School in Hebbal, was surfing the Net at a cyber cafe. He happened to hit an MSN source code . That made him decide to learn more about HTML and to design and set up his own website under the address of a US-based company, Network Solutions.
He kept updating his website, posting interesting things on it. This impressed Network Solutions and they invited him to attend a class on Web design and development. His mom and uncle criticised him for not taking his education seriously. But gradually, his dad started encouraging him and even bought him a computer and Net connection. In fact, that was his first investment in the company.
On May 14, 2000, along with friends Clifford Leslie and Binay M. N, he floated his own website -- www.coolhindustani.com. He did not have the money to start, for his parents refused to give him a penny. So he wrote to Network Solutions Inc. in the US and they readily agreed.
In August, the same year, he set up Globals Inc., a Web solutions and networking company, with a team of four. Now, he has 400 employees, more than 200 customers across the globe and offices in 11 countries, and he is worth over $100 million.
After finishing his high school education, he studied at Stanford University for two years. But Suhas says: "Education alone will not make a good professional ."
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. What did Suhas Gopinath try try to do?
2. What was he doing in August 1999?
3. What was he studying?
4. did he have a website?
5. what was it called?
6. What kind of stuff did he put on his website?
7. What did he do in May 2000?
8. what was the website called?
9. did he invest any money in it?
10. what's Globals Inc. ?
11. Does he have employees in that company?
12. How many?
13. What is he worth?
14. Where did he study after highschool?
Numbered answers: | 1. earn millions of dollars
2. studying
3. unknown
4. Yes.
5. Network Solutions
6. interesting things
7. floated his own website
8. www.coolhindustani.com
9. NO.
10. a Web solutions and networking company,
11. Yes.
12. 400
13. $100 million
14. Stanford University | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
137 | Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.
The eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward was related to royalty throughout Europe. Before his accession to the throne, he served as heir apparent and held the title of Prince of Wales for longer than any of his predecessors. During the long reign of his mother, he was largely excluded from political power, and came to personify the fashionable, leisured elite. He travelled throughout Britain performing ceremonial public duties, and represented Britain on visits abroad. His tours of North America in 1860 and the Indian subcontinent in 1875 were popular successes, but despite public approval his reputation as a playboy prince soured his relationship with his mother.
As king, Edward played a role in the modernisation of the British Home Fleet and the reorganisation of the British Army after the Second Boer War. He reinstituted traditional ceremonies as public displays and broadened the range of people with whom royalty socialised. He fostered good relations between Britain and other European countries, especially France, for which he was popularly called "Peacemaker", but his relationship with his nephew, the German Emperor Wilhelm II, was poor. The Edwardian era, which covered Edward's reign and was named after him, coincided with the start of a new century and heralded significant changes in technology and society, including steam turbine propulsion and the rise of socialism. He died in 1910 in the midst of a constitutional crisis that was resolved the following year by the Parliament Act 1911, which restricted the power of the unelected House of Lords.
1. What did Edward VII rule?
2. For how long?
3. What did he do before he became King?
4. What was his distinction as the holder of that title?
5. What did he embody?
6. What was his relationship with his mother like?
7. Why?
8. Who was his mother?
9. To whom was he the uncle?
10. What societal change happened while he was on the throne?
Numbered answers: | 1. United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India
2. 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910
3. he served as heir apparent and held the title of Prince of Wales
4. performing ceremonial public duties
5. . He fostered good relations between Britain and other European countries, especially France
6. a sour relationship
7. because of the playboy image
8. Queen Victoria
9. Wilhelm II
10. He reinstituted traditional ceremonies as public displays and broadened the range of people with whom royalty socialised. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
138 | CHAPTER XVII
THREE DAYS
Lincoln awaited Graham in an apartment beneath the flying stages. He seemed curious to learn all that had happened, pleased to hear of the extraordinary delight and interest which Graham took in flying. Graham was in a mood of enthusiasm. "I must learn to fly," he cried. "I must master that. I pity all poor souls who have died without this opportunity. The sweet swift air! It is the most wonderful experience in the world."
"You will find our new times full of wonderful experiences," said Lincoln. "I do not know what you will care to do now. We have music that may seem novel."
"For the present," said Graham, "flying holds me. Let me learn more of that. Your aeronaut was saying there is some trades union objection to one's learning."
"There is, I believe," said Lincoln. "But for you--! If you would like to occupy yourself with that, we can make you a sworn aeronaut to-morrow."
Graham expressed his wishes vividly and talked of his sensations for a while. "And as for affairs," he asked abruptly. "How are things going on?"
Lincoln waved affairs aside. "Ostrog will tell you that to-morrow," he said. "Everything is settling down. The Revolution accomplishes itself all over the world. Friction is inevitable here and there, of course; but your rule is assured. You may rest secure with things in Ostrog's hands."
"Would it be possible for me to be made a sworn aeronaut, as you call it, forthwith--before I sleep?" said Graham, pacing. "Then I could be at it the very first thing to-morrow again...."
1. when did Graham wanted to be sworn in as Aeronaut?
2. who was going to tell him about affaris?
3. when?
4. who did he ask about it to?
5. where was Lincoln waiting for Graham?
6. what did Graham want to learn?
7. was there any objection?
8. by who?
9. what did it object?
10. when did Lincoln want to swear him in?
11. Did Graham like to fly?
12. who did he feel sorry for?
13. dead or alive?
14. what accomplishes itself?
15. where/
16. whose rule is assured?
17. did Lincoln say anything was inevitable?
18. what?
19. where is it?
20. who is looking after things?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. before he sleeps
2. Ostrog
3. to-morrow
4. Lincoln
5. in an apartment
6. to fly,
7. yes
8. trades union
9. one's learning
10. to-morrow.
11. Yes
12. all poor souls
13. dead
14. The Revolution
15. all over the world.
16. Graham
17. yes
18. Friction
19. here and there
20. Ostrog | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
139 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
Birmingham is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Jefferson County. The city's population was 212,237 in the 2010 United States Census. In the 2010 US Census, the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of about 1,128,047, which is approximately one-quarter of Alabama's population.
Birmingham was founded in 1871, during the post-Civil War Reconstruction period, through the merger of three pre-existing farm towns, notably, former Elyton. It was named for Birmingham, England, the UK's second largest city and then major industrial city. The Alabama city annexed smaller neighbors and developed as an industrial and railroad transportation center, based on mining, the new iron and steel industry, and railroading. Most of the original settlers who founded Birmingham were of English ancestry. The city was developed as a place where cheap, non-unionized, and African-American labor from rural Alabama could be employed in the city's steel mills and blast furnaces, giving it a competitive advantage over unionized industrial cities in the Midwest and Northeast.
From its founding through the end of the 1960s, Birmingham was a primary industrial center of the southern United States. Its growth from 1881 through 1920 earned its nicknames as "The Magic City" and "The Pittsburgh of the South". Its major industries were iron and steel production, plus a major component of the railroading industry. Rails and railroad cars were both manufactured in Birmingham. Since the 1860s, the two primary hubs of railroading in the Deep South have been nearby Atlanta and Birmingham. The economy diversified in the latter half of the 20th century. Banking, telecommunications, transportation, electrical power transmission, medical care, college education, and insurance have become major economic activities. Birmingham ranks as one of the largest banking centers in the United States and as one of the most important business centers in the Southeast.
1. What US state is Birmingham in?
2. Are there any other places by that name?
3. Where?
4. What was important about that one?
5. How did the US city form?
6. When?
7. What was the basis of its economy then?
8. Why did businesses like it there?
9. What type of factories did they work in?
10. What nicknames did the city have during its heyday?
11. And the other?
12. Why did it get these names?
13. What did they manufacture there?
14. Why else was it important to railroad companies?
15. Are these still the basis of the city's economy?
16. WHy is the city important today?
17. WHat other business activities take place there?
18. What is the population according to a recent census?
19. Is that large for an Alabama town?
20. How does it rank among cities there?
Numbered answers: | 1. Alabama
2. yes
3. Birmingham, England,
4. UK's second largest city and then major industrial city. T
5. it annexed smaller neighbors
6. 1871
7. mining, the new iron and steel industry, and railroading.
8. it had cheap, non-unionized, and African-American labor
9. steel mills and blast furnaces
10. it had 2, 1 was The Magic City
11. "The Pittsburgh of the South"
12. it's growth as an industrial city
13. Its major industries were iron and steel production, plus a major component of the railroading industry.
14. 2 major railway hubs in the south are near
15. no
16. It's a major banking center in the US
17. Telecommunications, transportation, electrical power transmission, medical care, college education, and insurance
18. 1,128,047
19. yes
20. most populous | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
140 | ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases.
The code set allows more than 14,400 different codes and permits the tracking of many new diagnoses. The codes can be expanded to over 16,000 codes by using optional sub-classifications.
The WHO provides detailed information about ICD online, and makes available a set of materials online, such as an ICD-10 online browser, ICD-10 Training, ICD-10 online training, ICD-10 online training support, and study guide materials for download.
The International version of ICD should not be confused with national modifications of ICD that frequently include much more detail, and sometimes have separate sections for procedures. The US ICD-10 Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM), for instance, has some 93,000 codes. The US also has the ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS), a coding system that contains 76,000 procedure codes that is not used by other countries.
Work on ICD-10 began in 1983 and was completed in 1992.
The following is a list of ICD-10 codes. Some 27 countries use ICD-10 for reimbursement and resource allocation in their health system. A few of them have made modifications to ICD to better accommodate this use of ICD-10. The article below makes reference to some of these modifications. The unchanged international version of ICD-10 is used in about 110 countries for performing cause of death reporting and statistics.
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems
2. WHO
3. 14,400
4. yes
5. 16,000
6. optional sub-classifications
7. diseases, abnormal findings and complaints
8. 1983
9. 1992
10. national
11. 93,000
12. 27
13. 110
14. cause of death reporting and statistics
15. yes
Numbered questions: | 1. What's the long form of ICD?
2. Who listed it as a medical classification?
3. How many codes does the code set allow?
4. Can the codes be expanded more?
5. to what number?
6. with the use of what?
7. Give me three things that it consists codes for?
8. In what year did the work on ICD-10 begin?
9. and finished in?
10. What type of modifications contain more detail?
11. The US ICD-10 has how many codes?
12. How many countries use ICD-10 for reimbursement?
13. And what about the unchanged version?
14. For performing what?
15. Does this code allow tracking new diagnoses? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
141 | Houston, Texas (CNN) -- Alexander Reyes' boyhood dream of a military career ended when he was hit by an improvised explosive device during a patrol two years ago in Baghdad.
"Laying in that hospital bed ... sometimes I felt I'd rather [have] died," Reyes said. "My life came to a complete halt."
Reyes sustained severe blast injuries that led to his medical discharge; he's on 100 percent medical disability. Like many soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, Reyes, now 24, found the transition to civilian life difficult.
But he and a handful of other injured veterans are getting help from what may seem an unlikely source: a custom home builder in Houston, Texas.
Dan Wallrath recently presented Reyes and his wife with an unexpected gift: a home built especially for them, mortgage-free.
"Thank you. That's all I can say," Elizabeth Reyes said, sobbing and clutching her stunned husband's arm as Wallrath surprised them with the house.
For Wallrath, giving wounded veterans a place to call home is his way of saying thanks. Since 2005, his organization has built four houses. Five more are under construction, and he's expanding his idea into a national campaign called Operation Finally Home.
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Wallrath spent 30 years making upscale clients' dream houses a reality. But he found a new mission in 2005 when he met with Steve Schulz about a very different type of project.
Schulz's 20-year old son, a U.S. Marine, had been gravely injured in Iraq. Schulz desperately needed to remodel his house to accommodate his son's wheelchair.
Answer the following questions:
1. who was injured by an explosive device?
2. who helped him?
3. how?
4. how long has he been doing that?
5. where does he reside?
6. how did Reyes feel after the injury?
7. where was he injured?
8. is he on medical disablity?
9. how did Elizabeth feel about the gift?
10. who is she?
11. does Wallrath have other plans?
12. what is one of them?
13. any others?
14. did he make different types of projects?
15. what was it?
16. for whom?
17. what happened to him?
Numbered answers: | 1. Alexander Reyes
2. Dan Wallrath
3. gave him a free home
4. Since 2005
5. Houston
6. he'd rather have died
7. Baghdad
8. yes
9. thankful
10. Alexander's wife
11. yes
12. Operation Finally Home
13. building five more homes
14. yes
15. making a home wheelchair accessible
16. a 20-year old Marine
17. injured in Iraq | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
142 | Read the text and answer the questions.
(CNN) -- It's the super yacht with a super model and her billionaire tycoon husband as its joint owners and the 100ft supermaxi Comanche lived up to expectations with a blazing start to the Rolex Sydney-Hobart race Friday.
The 'Bluewater Classic' in its 70th staging is the first real competitive test for Comanche, which has been specially built for distance racing and speed record attempts, the brainchild of Netscape co-founder Jim Clark and his wife, Kristy Hinze-Clark, who was born in Australia.
Comanche, skippered by American Ken Read and with a strong international crew, is expected to battle it out for line honors with seven-time winner Wild Oats XI in the 628-nautical miles race, one of the highlights of the international yachting calendar.
The traditional Boxing Day start from Sydney Harbor saw an early glimpse of Comanche's speed with the skipper of Wild Oats XI, Mark Richards, moved to exclaim: "She's smoking -- look at that thing go!"
Out to sea and past the first mark in an unofficial record time, Comanche led from Wild Oats XI with the other supermaxis Ragamuffin and Perpetual Loyal giving chase.
The race, which runs down the east coast of Australia and across the Bass Strait to the Tasmanian capital Hobart, has drawn a 117-strong entry, the biggest since 1994.
But pre-race attention has centered on Comanche -- with its wide-bodied and cutting edge design, and two years in the building in Maine in the United States.
Clark watched from a supporting boat as his wife was part of the crew when Comanche took part in the Big Boat Challenge in Sydney Harbor on December 9, won by Wild Oats XI.
1. What is the race called?
2. How many are racing?
3. Is this a record?
4. What day does the race begin?
5. Who won the last race?
6. How many times did Wild Oats win?
7. Who is the boat's driver?
8. How long is the race?
9. Where does it start from geographically?
10. What body of water does it cross?
Numbered answers: | 1. Rolex Sydney-Hobart
2. 117
3. no
4. Boxing Day
5. unknown
6. seven
7. Mark Richards
8. 628-nautical miles
9. Sydney Harbor
10. e Bass Strait | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
143 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
(CNN) -- Three people have been charged in last year's theft of the famous "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, a prosecutor said Friday.
The prosecutor, Robert Parys, said he could not immediately confirm details about those charged, but Poland's official PAP news agency reported the main suspect is a Swedish man, Anders Hoegstroem.
Prosecutors say Hoegstroem incited two Poles to steal the sign, which sat atop the entrance to the camp, PAP reported. He pleaded not guilty, and would face a sentence of 10 years in prison if convicted, the news agency reported.
Hoegstroem was arrested in February in Stockholm, Sweden, and the Swedish court allowed him to be transferred to Poland in April, PAP said.
The sign reading "Arbeit Macht Frei" -- German for "Work Sets You Free" -- was emblematic of the Nazi camps of World War II. It was stolen in December of last year, prompting outrage around the world.
The sign was found 70 hours later in a village near Torun, roughly 210 miles (340 kilometers) to the north, and had been chopped into three parts, PAP reported.
The men managed to remove the heavy iron sign by unscrewing it from one side and pulling off on the other, police spokeswoman Agnieszka Szczygiel said at the time.
More than 1 million people died in gas chambers or were starved to death in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp complex; about 90 percent of the victims were Jews.
1. What was stolen?
2. From where?
3. Who was the main instigator?
4. Where is he from?
5. How many helped him?
6. Where were they from?
7. Where was he located?
8. How long will he spend in jail?
9. where was the it found?
10. when?
11. What had been done to it?
12. What did the sign mean?
13. What is is a relic of?
14. How far away is the town?
15. How many people died?
16. How many were Jewish?
17. How did they get it?
18. Who said that?
19. Who was prosecuting?
20. Where did it sit?
Numbered answers: | 1. "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign
2. the Auschwitz concentration camp
3. Anders Hoegstroem
4. Sweden
5. Two
6. Poland
7. Stockholm, Sweden
8. 10 years if convicted
9. in a village near Torun
10. 70 hours later
11. it had been chopped into three parts
12. "Work Sets You Free"
13. Nazi camps of World War II
14. roughly 210 miles
15. More than 1 million
16. about 90 percent
17. by unscrewing it from one side and pulling off on the other
18. police spokeswoman Agnieszka Szczygiel
19. Robert Parys
20. atop the entrance to the camp | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
144 | An artist in Oakland, California is using his skills to help the homeless. Greg Kloehn builds very small shelters that make life on the streets more comfortable. The structures offer the homeless some safety and protection from bad weather. Each little house also has wheels on the bottom so it can go wherever its owner goes.
Greg Kloehn has given away at least 20 tiny houses to the homeless on the street. On a recent day, Mr. Kloehn stops to visit his homeless friends. One of them is Oscar Young. The two men hug when they see each other. Inside his little shelter Mr. Young gets relief from cold nights on the streets. Mr. Kloehn also visits Sweet-Pea, another friend who also lives in one of the little homes the artist built. She says it keeps her safe and protects her belongings.
In the mornings, Mr. Kloehn searches the streets for building materials. He gathers what he can and takes it to his studio. There, he puts the houses together. Empty coffee bags become roof material. A washing machine door and refrigerator part become windows. Nails, screws and the sticky glue hold all the pieces together. The artist also attaches a small electrical device to the house. The device is powered by the sun.
Some of the people living on the streets once had normal houses of their own. But some of the people say they have learned to live with less and they are thankful to that man.
Mr. Kloehn says his work is not a social project. He says he is just someone using his skills to help his homeless neighbors.
Answer this series of questions:
1. What is Greg Kloehn doing?
2. how?
3. what do they offer?
4. Does he know any of the homeless?
5. Can you name one?
6. Does he have one of these houses?
7. How many has he given away?
8. Where does he get his materials?
9. Is there any electricity?
10. What are they powered by?
11. Are these people born on the streets?
12. What have they learned to live with?
13. Can the houses be moved?
14. how?
15. What material can be used as a roof?
16. And what holds it together?
17. What is his occupation?
18. where does he live?
19. Does he built for people in other neighborhoods?
20. where do the people live?
Numbered answers: | 1. helping the homeless.
2. by building very small shelters
3. safety and protection from bad weather
4. Yes
5. Oscar Young
6. Yes
7. at least 20
8. the streets
9. Yes
10. sun.
11. No
12. with less
13. Yes
14. Each house has wheels on the bottom
15. Empty coffee bags
16. Nails, screws and the sticky glue
17. An artist
18. Oakland
19. No
20. Oakland, California | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
145 | Eva Mozes Kor has good reasons to look down upon Oskar Groning. When she and her twin sister, Miriam, arrived in the Auschwitz death camp, they were met by Josef Mengele and became part of the cruel scientist's experiments. Groning was a junior squad leader at the camp.
While Groning could argue he was not directly responsible for procedures carried out on twins,nor for the mass murder of so many others, he played a critical role in the effort to kill Jews.
After the war Groning led an ordinary, quiet life until he became alarmed by the rise of Holocaust deniers. He went public with his role and in September 2014 was charged as an accessory to murder.
When Groning went on trial in April 2015, Eva Mozes Kor was called as a witness. After her session, she walked straight up to the 93-year-old former Nazi and shook his hand.
Eva Mozes Kor will never forget nor excuse what the Nazis did. Her two books make that clear: Surviving the Angel of Death. and the earlier Echoes from Auschwitz. She has also spent her post-war years drawing attention to the Holocaust, in the hope of preventing a repeat of its horrors.
At the same time, she is dedicated ( ) to healing rather than revenge. As she wrote in a Facebook post:
Forgiving does not mean forgetting-we all want to prevent these things from ever happening again. Forgiveness is about self-healing, self-liberation, and self-empowerment... Let's all work together to teach the world how to heal.
As a survivor suffering so much, Eva Mozes Kor is a role model for the kind of forgiveness that mends souls, a forgiveness that carries with it the responsibility to work for a world in which such horrors no longer happen.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. Who was groning?
2. Where?
3. Is someone upset with him?
4. Who?
5. Was she at the camp?
6. Did anyone come with her?
7. What was her name?
8. Who were they introduced to?
9. Was he kind to them?
10. What did he do to them?
11. Was Groning aware of this?
12. Was he caught when the war ended?
13. what did he do?
14. Why did he go public?
15. How old was he now?
16. Did Miriam shake his hand at the trial?
17. What kind of Camp was it?
18. Who was killed in the camp?
19. When was Groning put on trial?
20. Who testified against him?
21. Did she write anything after the war?
Numbered answers: | 1. a junior squad leader
2. Auschwitz
3. Yes
4. Eva Mozes Kor
5. Yes
6. her twin sister
7. Miriam
8. Josef Mengele
9. no
10. Experimented on them
11. Yes
12. No
13. He went public with his role and in September 2014 was charged as an accessory to murde
14. he became alarmed by the rise of Holocaust deniers
15. 93-year-old
16. Yes
17. death camp
18. Jews
19. September 2014
20. Eva Mozes Kor
21. Yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
146 | (CNN) -- Henry Joseph Madden was a good student and track team member in high school, but he had a secret: He sometimes wore his mother's pantyhose and underwear under his clothes.
Dr. Jennifer Madden, a family physician, began her transition to being female at age 48.
"I really wanted to be a girl so bad, and that was one way for me to satisfy those feelings," Madden said. "I always felt like someone was looking over my shoulder."
The desire to be female never went away. At age 48, Madden confessed these feelings to a doctor, and started seeing a gender therapist who suggested Madden was transgendered.
Through reconstructive surgeries, electrolysis, laser procedures and voice lessons, Henry Joseph became Jennifer Elizabeth, known as Jenny. She is a practicing family physician in Nashua, New Hampshire. Watch Jenny's story »
Chastity Bono, child of performer Cher and the late entertainer and politician Sonny Bono, announced Thursday the beginning of a transition from female to a male.
While still relatively rare -- one advocate estimates that 0.25 to 0.5 percent of the American population is transgendered -- the idea of changing gender identity has become more widespread in recent years. The term "LGBT" (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) is more commonly recognized, and transgendered people have been portrayed in the 1999 film "Boys Don't Cry" as well as the 2002 book "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides.
Many people who have transitioned, including Madden, say they knew they had been born into the wrong gender from childhood. As early as age 3, Dr. Julie Praus, born male, didn't understand why her father wanted to play catch. As a boy, Praus learned how to fish and hunt, but enjoyed collecting Depression-era glassware vases. Praus, 48, a psychiatrist in Brattleboro, Vermont, started living as a woman in March 2008.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. How much of the American population is transgendered?
2. Does that include Dr. Jennifer Madden?
3. What was her birth name?
4. Did Henry want to be a girl in high school?
5. Did that keep her from being a good student and extracurricular activities?
6. How old was she when she transitioned?
7. Whose idea was it, originally?
8. What kind of doctor is Jenny?
9. Is the idea of transitioning getting more common?
10. How about the term "LGBT?"
Numbered answers: | 1. 0.25 to 0.5 percent
2. yes
3. Henry Joseph Madden
4. yes
5. no
6. 48
7. her gender therapist
8. a family physician
9. yes
10. yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
147 | Hempstead, New York (CNN) -- President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney face off Tuesday in the second of their three debates, this one in a town hall-style setting in which they'll take questions from likely voters.
The stakes couldn't be higher: Obama must get his campaign back on track after a poor performance in the first debate that left Democrats demoralized and Obama's lead evaporating both in national polls and those in key battleground states. For Romney, who polls among voters showed won the first debate overwhelmingly, a second strong performance would boost his momentum going into the third debate next Monday and the final two weeks before Election Day.
Here are five things to watch for on Tuesday:
1. Connecting with the audience
Unlike the first presidential showdown in Denver two weeks ago, this debate will include a town hall audience of approximately 80 undecided voters, some of whom will get the chance to ask questions to the two candidates.
It's a completely different dynamic than the first face-off between the president and the Republican nominee.
"The challenge is that they've got to connect, not just with the people that are looking into the television and watching them, but to the people that are on the stage with them," the debate's moderator, CNN Chief Political Correspondent Candy Crowley, said.
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"They have to keep those folks in mind. It's a much more intimate and up close adventure with voters. The candidate that makes a connection with the person asking the question is also making a better connection with the person back at home," added Crowley, who's also the host of CNN's "State of the Union."
1. who is the debate's moderator?
2. who is she?
3. what else does she host?
4. is this the first debate?
5. then?
6. what kind of a setting will it be?
7. is the setting of the 2nd similar to the 1st?
8. who is in the debate?
9. what party is Romney?
10. who was better in the 1st?
11. how long before elections is the last one?
12. where was the first one?
13. how many people will be there for the 2nd?
14. what will the audience get to do?
15. how did the democrats feel after the 1st?
16. what day is this debate?
17. and what day is the third?
18. what is the challenge in this one?
19. do they connect just with the audience?
20. then who else?
Numbered answers: | 1. Candy Crowley
2. CNN Chief Political Correspondent
3. "State of the Union"
4. No
5. 2nd
6. Town hall
7. No
8. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney
9. Republican
10. Romney
11. Two weeks
12. Denver
13. About 80 undecided voters, other numbers unknown
14. Ask questions
15. Demoralized
16. Tuesday
17. Monday
18. To connect with voters
19. No
20. To the people watching on TV, and in person. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
148 | The Internet has greatly changed the way people communicate. But some teachers think the changes are not all for the better.
Eleanor Johnson, an English professor, thinks that text messaging has made students believe that it is far more acceptable than it actually is to just make terrible spelling and grammatical errors. And she says her students over the past several years have increasingly used less formal English in their writing. Words and phrases like "guy" and "you know" now appear in research papers.
Professor Johnson supposes there is a strong relationship between the rise of informal online communication and an increase in writing mistakes. But she says there may not be much scientific information, at least not yet.
David Crystal, a British linguist , says the actively changing nature of the Internet makes it difficult to keep up-to-date in studying its effects. But he believes its influence on language is small. The main effect of the Internet on language is the way it has added to the expressive richness of language, providing language with a new set of communicative tools that haven't existed in the past.
Erin Jansen is founder of NetLingo.com, an online dictionary of the Internet and text messaging terms. She says the new technology has not changed existing language but has greatly added to its vocabulary. Basically it's freedom of expression.
And what about those teachers who find these new kinds of mistakes in spelling and grammar in their students' work? What is her message to them?
Erin Jansen said, "I am always on the students' side and won't get angry or upset about that. If it's helping the kids write more or communicate more, that's great. That's what teachers and educators want--to get kids communicating."
But Erin Jansen and David Crystal agree with Eleanor Johnson on at least one thing. Teachers need to make sure students understand the uses and rules of language.
1. What has greatly changed the way people communicate?
2. Does everyone think these changes are all for the better?
3. Who does not agree with the changes?
4. What does she blame for the acceptance of spelling errors?
5. What is one of the example phrases that has started appearing in research papers?
6. What is David Crystal's occupation?
7. And his nationality?
8. Does he believe the internet's influence on language is large?
9. What aspect of language does he believe it has added to?
10. What website did Erin Jansen start?
11. And does she believe that technology has changed existing language?
12. Does she believe it has added to or subtracted from existing language?
13. What freedom is this compared to?
14. Do Erin Jansen and David Crystal agree with Professor Johnson on anything?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. The Internet
2. no
3. Eleanor Johnson
4. text messaging
5. guy
6. linguist
7. British
8. no
9. expressive richness
10. NetLingo.com
11. no
12. added
13. expression
14. yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
149 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross's campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. Within hours of arriving in Angola, television screens around the world were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. "I knew the statistics,"she said. "But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like when I met Sandra, a 13- year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her. "
The Princess concluded with a simple message. "We must stop landmines." And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message.
But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack on the Princess in the press. They described her as very "ill-informed"and " a loose cannon ."
The Princess responded by brushing aside the criticisms," This is a distraction we do not need. All I'm trying to do is help."
Opposition parties, the media and the public immediately voiced their support for the Princess. To make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princess's trip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the British government's policy regarding landmines. The result was a severe embarrassment for the government.
To try and limit the damage, the Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkidnd, claimed that the Princess's views on landmines were not very different from government policy, and that it was working towards a worldwide ban. The Defence Secretary, Michael Portillo, claimed the matter was a misinterpretation or misunderstanding.
For the Princess, the trip to this war-torn country was an excellent opportunity to use her popularity to show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. She said that the experience had also given her the chance to get closer to people and their problems.
1. What device was causing injury to people?
2. who was trying to shed light on this issue?
3. What other organization was a part of this effort?
4. what country did she go to?
5. in what year?
6. was this trip a secret and kept out of the press?
7. what was filling the tv screens?
8. what was her concise message?
9. did it seem like her home political body support her trip?
10. of what were they unsupportive?
11. what weapon did they compare her too?
12. did she allow this to concern her?
13. did her government know about this trip before she took it?
14. did anyone give their approval for her to take the trip?
15. who?
16. did this cause a few red faces?
17. who tried to mitigate the damages?
18. what is his title?
19. did they seem to have a more compatible opinion with her now?
Numbered answers: | 1. landmines
2. Diana, Princess of Wales
3. Red Cross
4. Angola
5. 1997
6. no
7. images of her comforting victims
8. We must stop landmines.
9. not by some
10. they refused to support a ban on these weapons
11. a loose cannon
12. no
13. It came as a surprise
14. yes
15. by the Foreign Office
16. yes
17. Malcolm Rifkidnd,
18. the Foreign Secretary
19. yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
150 | (CNN) -- Jason Day nearly pulled out of the World Cup of Golf after learning he had lost eight relatives to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
Instead he completed an emotional double victory Sunday in Melbourne as he claimed the individual title and paired with Adam Scott to lead Australia to team honors.
After finishing with a final round 70 for 10-under at Royal Melbourne, Day said his Filipino mother Dening and his sisters had been in this thoughts throughout the event.
They were in the gallery to watch the 24-year-old hold off Thomas Bjorn of Denmark by two shots in a tense final round.
"I am just happy that she is here and I get to hug her," he said.
"It would have been the easiest thing for me to just go ahead and pull out of the tournament with what has been going on over the last week, just to be up there with my mum and support her," he added.
Day lost his grandmother, an uncle and six cousins in the November 8 tragedy and he said that both he and World No.2 Scott would assist with the relief program.
"We will definitely be giving some money or raising money and trying to raise awareness to what has really happened over there.
"To have that lead going into Sunday with all that stuff going on, to finally finish off and hit a great shot into 18 like I did and to win like that was a very big move in my golfing career."
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. Jason Day
2. golf
3. he had lost eight relatives
4. to Typhoon Haiyan
5. in the Philippines.
6. No
7. Yes
8. He won
9. his team won
10. Adam Scott
11. Australia
Numbered questions: | 1. What athlete is the article about?
2. What sport does he play?
3. What tragedy befell him?
4. To what?
5. Where did this occur?
6. Did he cancel his golf playing?
7. Did he perform well?
8. How well did he do in the individual competition?
9. And the team competition?
10. Who did he compete on a team with?
11. Where are they from? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
151 | (CNN)For 10 days following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, two CNN colleagues and I lived in a tent hospital run by Project Medishare. Our hearts ached as we heard the cries of the injured, as we watched surgeons performed amputations without general anesthesia, as people died in front of our eyes.
But, in the midst of this despair, a miracle arrived at Project Medishare. CNN Senior Photographer Ferre Dollar caught these images seconds after she arrived. Look closely at the center of the photo.
This 4-month-old baby had spent four days alone in the rubble and was unconscious and extremely dehydrated. No one knew if she would live or die.
But look at her now!
CNN medical producer John Bonifield and I had the pure joy of seeing this wonderful young lady again last week. Her name is Jenny, and she's 5 years old and a pre-kindergartner in Miami. She can write her name and loves to color and dress up as a princess and is adorable and spunky and smart and funny.
Here are all the miracles that it took to save her life:
1. That someone happened to find Jenny in the rubble four days after the quake.
2. That at a time when vehicles were in short supply, Jenny's rescuers flagged down a car to rush her to the hospital.
3. That the Medishare team of doctors and nurses, led by Dr. Karen Schneider, an emergency medicine physician at Johns Hopkins, managed to get fluids into her. Jenny was so dehydrated her veins had collapsed and Schneider had to put a needle through her shinbone and directly into her bone marrow to deliver fluids. They didn't have to sedate her -- Jenny was so unconscious she didn't even cry.
Answer the following questions:
1. Where did two CNN workers live after the Haiti earthquake?
2. For how many days did they live there?
3. Who was in charge of operating the tent hospital?
4. Who was the photographer with most seniority at Medishare?
5. Is that photographer male or female?
6. What is the first name of the CNN medical producer?
7. How old was the baby that spent time alone?
8. Was she dehydrated?
9. Were there doubts as to whether she would live?
10. How old was the girl when producers met her later?
11. What is her name?
12. In what city does she live?
13. Was she in 5th grade?
14. What does she enjoy dressing up as?
15. Was she described as depressed?
16. When she was saved, were cars scarce?
17. What did the people who helped her do to a passing car?
18. And where did the car transport her?
19. What had happened to Jenny's veins?
20. Why didn't Jenny cry when she was receiving care?
Numbered answers: | 1. in a tent hospital
2. 10 days
3. Project Medishare
4. Ferre Dollar
5. unknown
6. John Bonifield
7. a 4-month-old
8. Yes
9. Yes
10. Five
11. Jenny
12. Miami
13. No
14. a princess
15. No
16. Yes
17. flagged it down
18. to the hospital
19. her veins had collapsed
20. She was so unconscious | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
152 | Read the text and answer the questions.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (abbreviated as MGM or M-G-M, also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or simply Metro, and for a former interval known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, or MGM/UA) is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of feature films and television programs.
Once the largest, most glamorous, and most revered film studio, MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Mayer Pictures. Its headquarters are in Beverly Hills, California. It is one of the world's oldest film studios.
In 1971, it was announced that MGM would merge with 20th Century Fox, a plan which never came into fruition. Over the next thirty-nine years, the studio was bought and sold at various points in its history until, on November 3, 2010, MGM filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. MGM emerged from bankruptcy on December 20, 2010, at which time the executives of Spyglass Entertainment, Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum, became co-chairmen and co-CEOs of the holding company of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
As of 2017, MGM co-produces, co-finances, and co-distributes a majority of its films with Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros.
MGM Resorts International, a Las Vegas-based hotel and casino company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "MGM", is not currently affiliated with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
1. What does M G M stand for?
2. Are they an Australian based company?
3. Where?
4. What do they specialize in?
5. Where is their HQ?
6. Is it a newer group?
7. Who did they combine with?
8. When were they created?
9. Who do they work with in 2017?
10. Are they associated with any hotels?
11. Did they ever run out of money?
12. when?
13. Did they come out of that the same year?
14. Who helped?
15. Who was granted chairs among other titles in the company?
Numbered answers: | 1. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
2. no
3. America
4. the production and distribution of feature films and television programs
5. Beverly Hills
6. no
7. no one
8. 1924
9. Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros
10. no
11. yes
12. in 2010
13. yes
14. Spyglass Entertainment
15. Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
153 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
Max was sitting at home reading his favorite book. The story was about cakes. Max thought to himself, "I am going to go to the store and get stuff to make a cake!" Max headed to the grocery store to get the cake ingredients. Max was going to make a banana and chocolate cake. On his way he saw his friend Greg, a small wolf. Greg was also heading to the store. Greg was going to make a pie for his mother. He needed to get strawberries and blueberries. Max asked Greg if he wanted to walk to the store together. Greg the wolf said yes, so they walked to the store together. At the store the other people looked at Max and Greg. They had never seen an alligator and a wolf who are friends before. Max and Greg laughed at this. Max got the chocolate and bananas to make his cake and Greg got the strawberries and blueberries to make his pie. They left the store. Max waved good bye to Greg. "See you later alligator," said Greg. Max went home and made his cake, it was very good.
1. Where was Max?
2. Doing what?
3. What was the book about?
4. And what did it make him want to do?
5. And did he go?
6. What kind of cake?
7. Who did he see on the way?
8. And what was he?
9. Where was he going?
10. Why?
11. And what did he need to do that?
12. What was Max?
13. Did they get what they needed?
14. And did Max make his cake?
15. And how was it?
Numbered answers: | 1. home
2. reading his favorite book
3. cakes
4. go to the store and get stuff to make a cake
5. Yes
6. banana and chocolate
7. his friend Greg
8. a small wolf
9. to the store
10. Greg was going to make a pie for his mother
11. strawberries and blueberries
12. an alligator
13. Yes
14. Yes
15. it was very good. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
154 | Chinese political philosophy dates back to the Spring and Autumn Period, specifically with Confucius in the 6th century BC. Chinese political philosophy was developed as a response to the social and political breakdown of the country characteristic of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period. The major philosophies during the period, Confucianism, Legalism, Mohism, Agrarianism and Taoism, each had a political aspect to their philosophical schools. Philosophers such as Confucius, Mencius, and Mozi, focused on political unity and political stability as the basis of their political philosophies. Confucianism advocated a hierarchical, meritocratic government based on empathy, loyalty, and interpersonal relationships. Legalism advocated a highly authoritarian government based on draconian punishments and laws. Mohism advocated a communal, decentralized government centered on frugality and ascetism. The Agrarians advocated a peasant utopian communalism and egalitarianism. Taoism advocated a proto-anarchism. Legalism was the dominant political philosophy of the Qin Dynasty, but was replaced by State Confucianism in the Han Dynasty. Prior to China's adoption of communism, State Confucianism remained the dominant political philosophy of China up to the 20th century.
Answer this series of questions:
1. When does Chinese politics date back to?
2. What broke down causing its development?
3. To which periods does this date back?
4. Which philosophers' focus was political unity?
5. What else did they seek in politics?
6. What was Confucianism's goverment based on?
7. What did it advocate?
8. How many major philosophies were there?
9. What were they?
10. What did Mohism advocate?
11. Which was the dominant philosophy in Qin Dynasty?
12. What was the main politics before communism?
13. Until what century?
Numbered answers: | 1. 6th century BC
2. social and political status of the country
3. Spring and Autumn Period, Warring States period
4. Confucius, Mencius, and Mozi
5. stability
6. empathy, loyalty, and interpersonal relationships
7. an authoritarian government
8. Five
9. Confucianism, Legalism, Mohism, Agrarianism and Taoism
10. a communal, decentralized government
11. Legalism
12. State Confucianism
13. the 20th | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
155 | Molly Daniels opened the door so hard that the door nearly broke it. Then she looked through the window at her neighbor across the yard. " She is in my garden again. Those are my strawberries, not hers. Maybe I should call the police." Her friend, Doris, was sitting at the table with a cup of coffee in her hands. "You want to call the police because she picks your strawberries?" she asked. "Of course," Molly answered angrily. "What would you do if your neighbor walked into your yard without your _ and picked your strawberries?" "I would say, better here the bees." "The bees don't take my strawberries." "But the birds do," Doris continued. "That old lady only picks a few strawberries every year, and the only ones she picks are those you leave to the birds. Why don't you pick some of your good strawberries and give them to her?" "Are you crazy? What are you thinking?' "Don't you remember what happened when you were in hospital last year? She went to see you and gave you a pot full of chicken soup. When you give her the strawberries you can tell her that you still remember that." Molly was shocked. She had almost forgotten that little kindness because she was too angry. Then she picked a basket of good strawberries and went out. Through the window, Doris could see that the anger on Molly's face changed into a bright smile.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. What almost occurred when Molly opened the door?
2. What is Molly's last name?
3. Does Molly have a garden?
4. What is she growing in it?
5. What is Molly's friend holding?
6. Where is she sitting with it?
7. What is the friend's name?
8. Was Molly in the hospital recently?
9. What did Molly's neighbor bring here when she was hospitalized?
10. When the story concluded was Molly still mad?
Numbered answers: | 1. the door nearly broke
2. Daniels
3. yes
4. strawberries
5. coffee
6. at the table
7. Doris
8. last year
9. chicken soup
10. no | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
156 | (CNN) -- "You are obviously, to me, always going to be The Dude," Piers Morgan said to Jeff Bridges, referring to the actor's title role in the 1998 Coen brothers movie, "The Big Lebowski."
The Oscar-winning actor is a guest on Thursday's "Piers Morgan Tonight." Bridges, who took a year off from movies to focus on his music career, will release his self-titled album August 16.
"You're The Dude," continued Morgan. "To millions of people around the world, Jeff Bridges, you will always be The Dude. I can't pretend anything else."
The CNN host proudly stated that he "ritually" watches "Lebowski" annually.
Bridges said from the moment he read the script, he knew the film was destined to be a classic.
"I read that thing and I, you know, it made me laugh -- all the way through it," said Bridges.
"John Goodman came out with a great quote about your performance," said Morgan. "He said, 'It's like watching a diamond cutter. When you look at the diamond, you don't think of the work, you just notice there are no flaws.' "
Bridges, whose Hollywood career has spanned some 40 years and 60 films, openly admitted that he owes his great success to his veteran actor dad, Lloyd Bridges.
"I'm a product of nepotism," said Bridges. "My dad, you know... the hardest thing about acting as a profession is getting the break."
When Morgan pointed out Bridges' reputation as "the nicest guy in show business," the younger Bridges again credited his father's guidance.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. Who is always going to be the dude to Piers Morgan?
2. What is the dude?
Numbered answers: | 1. Jeff Bridges
2. the actor's title role | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
157 | ECMAScript (or ES) is a trademarked scripting-language specification standardized by Ecma International in ECMA-262 and ISO/IEC 16262. It was created to standardize JavaScript, so as to foster multiple independent implementations. ECMAScript has remained the best-known implementation of JavaScript since the standard was first published, with other well-known implementations including JScript and ActionScript. Coders commonly use ECMAScript for client-side scripting on the World Wide Web, and it is increasingly being used for writing server applications and services using Node.js.
The ECMAScript specification is a standardized specification of a scripting language developed by Brendan Eich of Netscape; initially it was named Mocha, later LiveScript, and finally JavaScript. In December 1995, Sun Microsystems and Netscape announced JavaScript in a press release. In March 1996, Netscape Navigator 2.0 was released, featuring support for JavaScript.
Owing to the widespread success of JavaScript as a client-side scripting language for Web pages, Microsoft developed a compatible dialect of the language, naming it JScript to avoid trademark issues. JScript added new date methods to alleviate the Year 2000 problem caused by the JavaScript methods that were based on the Java "Date" class. JScript was included in Internet Explorer 3.0, released in August 1996.
Netscape delivered JavaScript to Ecma International for standardization and the work on the specification, ECMA-262, began in November 1996. The first edition of ECMA-262 was adopted by the Ecma General Assembly in June 1997. Several editions of the language standard have been published since then. The name "ECMAScript" was a compromise between the organizations involved in standardizing the language, especially Netscape and Microsoft, whose disputes dominated the early standards sessions. Eich commented that "ECMAScript was always an unwanted trade name that sounds like a skin disease."
1. What is ECMAScript?
2. Who created it?
3. From which company?
4. What was it originally called?
5. When did it become known as Javascript?
6. What browser supported it?
7. What else?
8. What issue did Javascript have?
9. Who tried to fix the problem?
10. What was the name of their effort?
11. Why did they call it that?
12. Why was ECMAScript created?
Numbered answers: | 1. a trademarked scripting-language specification
2. Brendan Eich
3. Netscape
4. Mocha,
5. In December 1995
6. Internet Explorer
7. Netscape Navigator 2.0
8. trademark
9. Microsoft
10. JScript
11. t to avoid trademark issues
12. to standardize JavaScript | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
158 | CHAPTER I
There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner (Mrs. Reed, when there was no company, dined early) the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre, and a rain so penetrating, that further out-door exercise was now out of the question.
I was glad of it: I never liked long walks, especially on chilly afternoons: dreadful to me was the coming home in the raw twilight, with nipped fingers and toes, and a heart saddened by the chidings of Bessie, the nurse, and humbled by the consciousness of my physical inferiority to Eliza, John, and Georgiana Reed.
The said Eliza, John, and Georgiana were now clustered round their mama in the drawing-room: she lay reclined on a sofa by the fireside, and with her darlings about her (for the time neither quarrelling nor crying) looked perfectly happy. Me, she had dispensed from joining the group; saying, "She regretted to be under the necessity of keeping me at a distance; but that until she heard from Bessie, and could discover by her own observation, that I was endeavouring in good earnest to acquire a more sociable and childlike disposition, a more attractive and sprightly manner--something lighter, franker, more natural, as it were--she really must exclude me from privileges intended only for contented, happy, little children."
"What does Bessie say I have done?" I asked.
"Jane, I don't like cavillers or questioners; besides, there is something truly forbidding in a child taking up her elders in that manner. Be seated somewhere; and until you can speak pleasantly, remain silent."
1. Was anyone around their mother?
2. Who?
3. In the kitchen?
4. Where then?
5. What position was she in?
6. Were her kids fighting?
7. What had they done earlier?
8. Was there verdant foliage?
9. How long had they wandered?
10. Who ate earlier when alone?
11. Was it nice out?
12. What couldn't they do because of that?
13. Did this disappoint the narrator?
14. How did they feel about it?
15. Why?
16. Any other reasons?
17. Was the narrator the strongest of the bunch?
18. Was she allowed the be around the other kids' mother?
19. What did she need to do to be allowed to be there?
20. What does the mother dislike?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. Yes
2. Eliza, John, and Georgiana
3. No
4. in the drawing-room
5. Reclined on a sofa
6. No
7. unknown
8. No
9. an hour
10. Mrs. Reed
11. Not now, no
12. Take a walk
13. No
14. They were glad
15. They never liked long walks, especially on chilly afternoons
16. The chidings of Bessie, the nurse
17. No, the opposite.
18. No
19. Show that she was endeavouring to be have a better disposition
20. cavillers or questioners | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
159 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
Many languages in the United States are used, or historically have been used. Over 500 languages are spoken at various levels by the U.S. population. The most commonly used language is English (specifically American English), which is the de facto national language of the United States. Since the 1965 Immigration Act, Spanish is the second most common language in the country. The state government of Louisiana offers services and documents in French, as does New Mexico in Spanish.
There are many languages indigenous to North America or to U.S. states or holdings in the Pacific region. Hawaiian, although having few native speakers, is an official language along with English at the state level in Hawaii. Alaska recognizes twenty Native languages as official.
According to the American Community Survey 2016, endorsed by the United States Census Bureau, the languages spoken at home with over 100,000 (in millions) speakers older than five are:
While modern estimates indicate that American Sign Language was signed by as many as 500,000 Americans, as of 1972—the last official survey, closer estimates range around 100,000 as of 2011. (Although various cultural factors, such as passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, have resulted in far greater educational opportunities for deaf children, which could double or triple the number of current ASL users.).
1. What are the three most used languages in the US?
2. What's the national language?
3. How many people use ASL?
4. What influences these numbers?
5. And what government law?
6. How many indigenous languages are in Alaska?
7. Where is French most common?
8. How many languages are used?
9. Who measures the use of languages by the American populace?
10. Other than English, what language is official in Hawaii
Numbered answers: | 1. English, Spanish, and French
2. American English is the de facto national language of the United States
3. as many as 500,000 Americans
4. various cultural factors
5. Americans with Disabilities Act
6. twenty
7. Louisiana
8. Over 500
9. American Community Survey
10. Hawaiian | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
160 | How important is color in the business world? Google, one of the biggest U.S. companies, is trying to find it out. The company has already found "a close connection between color and satisfaction with a person's work area". That's according to its spokeswoman named Meghan Casserly. "Color is a silent salesperson," said Elyria Kemp. She is an assistant professor of marketing at the University of New Orleans. Kemp is following color trends in business. She is studying the connection between feelings and color. According to Kemp, when people make an evaluation of a product, usually they do this within 90 seconds or less. Besides, more than half of their first evaluation is based on (......) color alone. That's why so many companies are researching their color choices. They are spending thousands of dollars on the research, too. Just think of UPS's Pullman brown, Home Depot's orange and Tiffany & Co.'s blue. Joclyn Benedetto is a spokeswoman for Tiffany & Co. She said the success of the company's jewelry was connected to its blue color. It is used to wrap every product. She said the color was chosen by the founder Charles Lewis Tiffany for the cover of Blue Book, Tiffany's annual collection of beautifully hand-made jewels, which first came out in 1845. Coca-Cola's red color also dates back more than 100 years. The soft drink was shipped in barrels painted red. A spokesperson for Home Depot said research showed that the first thing people thought of was orange when they heard the name of the company. Smaller companies are also realizing the importance of color. But picking the right color is important. "You know when something is right because you get a feeling of safety, and it's not something that you think about. It just will hit you," said Emil Hagopian, a distributor for Mar Plast Color Building Accessories in Ann Arbor, Mich. "And sometimes, if it's done wrong, that also hits you."
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. Assistant professor of marketing at the University of New Orleans.
2. Color trends in business.
3. The connection between feelings and color.
4. 90 seconds or less.
5. Thousands of dollars.
6. Home Depot.
7. Blue.
8. Founder Charles Lewis Tiffany.
9. More than 100 years.
10. Barrels painted red.
11. In 1845.
12. Tiffany's annual collection of beautifully hand-made jewels,
13. A spokeswoman for Tiffany & Co.
14. Its blue color.
15. University of New Orleans
16. Assistant professor
17. Google did.
18. The U.S.
19. Meghan Casserly.
20. The business world?
Numbered questions: | 1. who is Elyria?
2. what is she following
3. what is she studying?
4. how long does it take people to evaluate according to her?
5. how much are companies spending on research?
6. who is orange?
7. What color is Tiffany and Co
8. Who chose that color?
9. how long does coca cola
10. What was it shipped in?
11. when did tiffany's annual collection come out?
12. what does it consist of?
13. who is Joclyn?
14. what does she say is responsible for their success
15. where is elyria a professor?
16. what is her job there?
17. who found a connection between color and satisfaction?
18. what country are they a big company in?
19. who is their spokeswoman?
20. what world is color important in? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
161 | CHAPTER I—THE SCHOOLBOY CHUMS
“Come on, fellows, if you are going! It’s a good six-mile skate to Squirrel Island, and we’ve got to hustle if we want to get there in time for lunch.”
“Wait till I fix my right skate, Dave,” returned Phil Lawrence. “I don’t want to lose it on the way.”
“Say, that puts me in mind of a story,” came from another of the group of schoolboys who were adjusting their skates. “Once a man asked for a pair of skates for——”
“Stow it, Shadow!” interrupted Dave Porter. “We haven’t any time now to listen to stories. You can tell them while we are resting up at the island.”
“Shadow can tell stories while we put away the lunch,” observed Roger Morr, with a grin.
“Not much!” cried the lad mentioned. “I guess that skate will make me as hungry as anybody—and the stories will keep.”
“I thought Ben Basswood was going, too?” came from another of the schoolboys.
“Here he comes, Lazy,” answered Dave, and as he spoke he pointed to a path across the snow-covered campus, along which another boy was hurrying, skates in hand.
“Co-couldn’t get here an-any so-sooner!” panted Ben, as he dropped on a bench to adjust his skates. “Old Haskers made me do some extra work in Latin! Wow, but don’t I love that man!”
“We all do,” answered Phil. “We are going to get up a testimonial to him. A silver-mounted——”
“Slice of punk, with an ancient lemon on top,” finished Dave. “It’s just what he’s been waiting for.” And at this sally there was a general laugh.
Answer the following questions:
1. what chapter is this ?
2. and the name ?
3. who said slice of punk ?
4. with what on top ?
5. how long is it to Squirrel Island ?
6. six mile what ?
7. are they trying to get there for dinner ?
8. what was it for ?
9. who had a broken skate ?
10. phil who ?
11. who did he tell that to ?
12. what would happen if he di not fix it ?
13. who inturrupted the story ?
14. why ?
15. who was telling the story ?
16. when is a good time for stories ?
17. who was late ?
18. who called him lazy ?
19. who had extra latin work ?
20. the skate will make them what ?
21. as who ?
Numbered answers: | 1. I
2. THE SCHOOLBOY CHUMS
3. Dave
4. ancient lemon
5. six-mile
6. skate
7. no
8. lunch
9. Phil
10. Lawrence
11. Dave
12. lose it
13. Dave Porter
14. haven’t any time
15. group of schoolboy
16. t the island
17. Ben Basswood
18. Dave
19. Ben
20. hungry
21. anybody | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
162 | Read the text and answer the questions.
Something bad happened to sam this morning. He fell over and broke his nose in the school hallway. When Sam looked up, he saw his friends. "Are you OK?" They asked him. But he didn't say anything to them. He stood up and ran to the classroom quickly. Sam put his schoolbag on his desk and went out to the school hospital. On his way back to the classroom he saw his friends again. They were laughing. Sam thought they were laughing at him, so he didn't talk to them for the rest of the morning. At lunchtime, Sam's friends came up to him and asked, "How is your nose?" "Fine!" Sam shouted. "I saw you laughing at me this morning!" "We didn't. We laughed just because Jenny told us a joke," his friends said. "Well, I'm sorry. Can you _ me?" "Yes, of course. But next time you should ask us before you assume something." They looked at each other and laughed happily. They were still friends. ,,.
1. What happened to Sam?
2. when?
3. Was he okay?
4. What happened?
5. Where did he fall?
6. Why was he mad at his friends?
7. were they?
8. What were they laughing at?
9. who told it?
10. What did Sam say?
11. Did they forgive him?
12. how do you know?
13. Was Sam seen by a doctor?
14. where?
Numbered answers: | 1. he fell
2. this morning
3. no
4. he broke his nose
5. in the hallway at school
6. he thought they were laughing at him
7. no
8. a joke
9. Jenny
10. Well, I'm sorry. Can you _ me?
11. Yes
12. he told him
13. yes
14. the school hospital | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
163 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
Chapter IX
Man and Man
Tarzan of the Apes lived on in his wild, jungle existence with little change for several years, only that he grew stronger and wiser, and learned from his books more and more of the strange worlds which lay somewhere outside his primeval forest.
To him life was never monotonous or stale. There was always Pisah, the fish, to be caught in the many streams and the little lakes, and Sabor, with her ferocious cousins to keep one ever on the alert and give zest to every instant that one spent upon the ground.
Often they hunted him, and more often he hunted them, but though they never quite reached him with those cruel, sharp claws of theirs, yet there were times when one could scarce have passed a thick leaf between their talons and his smooth hide.
Quick was Sabor, the lioness, and quick were Numa and Sheeta, but Tarzan of the Apes was lightning.
With Tantor, the elephant, he made friends. How? Ask not. But this is known to the denizens of the jungle, that on many moonlight nights Tarzan of the Apes and Tantor, the elephant, walked together, and where the way was clear Tarzan rode, perched high upon Tantor's mighty back.
Many days during these years he spent in the cabin of his father, where still lay, untouched, the bones of his parents and the skeleton of Kala's baby. At eighteen he read fluently and understood nearly all he read in the many and varied volumes on the shelves.
1. who lived in the jungle?
2. did he have a friend?
3. what was their name?
4. was it an animal?
5. did he ride it?
6. what kind of animal was it?
7. does tarzan have a longer name?
8. what is it?
9. what kind of dwelling did he live in?
10. who did it belong to?
11. is he still alive?
12. does tarzan like to read?
13. by what age could he read very well?
14. what kind of worlds did he read about?
15. was he bored?
16. what did he catch in the lakes?
17. what are they called?
18. what is the name of the lioness?
19. was she fast?
20. who was faster?
Numbered answers: | 1. Tarzan
2. yes
3. Tantor
4. yes
5. yes
6. an elephant
7. yes
8. Tarzan of the Apes
9. cabin
10. his father
11. no
12. yes
13. eighteen
14. strange
15. no
16. fish
17. Pisah
18. Sabor
19. yes
20. Tarzan himself | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
164 | What kind of pets do people have in your country? Dogs? Cats? How about a duck, hippo or lion? Here are two cases of animal owners with unusual pets.
Barrie Hayman has a pet duck called Star. Barrie adopted him after his brothers and sisters stayed away from him at birth. Barrie, a duck breeder, realized the little duck needed special attention. So he began taking Star with him everywhere he went. "I would put him in my pocket while I did my shopping," said Barrie. Now, at five months, Star is too big for Barrie's pocket, but the two are still _ . They watch sports together and even share a drink together. Barrie said, "He is one fantastic duck. I've never known any like him." Star even has his own Facebook page, with more than 2,000 Facebook friends.
Then there's the case of Tonie and Shirley Joubert in South Africa. They live with their pet hippo, Jessica. Tonie saved Jessica from floodwaters when she was only a day old. Jessica lives outside their riverside house, but she knows how to open the kitchen door, and often goes there for a snack. Tonie recently said, "I don't know whether Jessica sees me as a hippo or whether she sees herself as a human." Shirley is more certain, "Jessica sees herself as our child and I see Jessica as my daughter. I can't imagine my life without Jessica." Jessica is free to leave, and often visits wild hippos that live nearby. But she always returns home at night. Jessica's website notes that she has three hippo boyfriends, but one in particular, Fred, is her favorite. They often go grazing together and Fred has recently moved onto the Jouberts' house as well.
Answer this series of questions:
1. Who was Star?
2. 'what does Barrie Hayman do for a living?
3. What did he do with Star when he went shopping?
4. How old is STar now?
5. What kind of pet do Tonie and Shirley Joubert have?
6. What is the hippo's name?
7. What's the setting for the Joubert's house?
8. What country is it in?
9. Can Jessica leave if she wants to?
10. Does she?
11. How many boyfriends does she have?
12. What's the name of her favorite?
13. What do they do together?
Numbered answers: | 1. a pet duck
2. a duck breeder
3. put him in his pocket
4. unknown
5. hippo
6. Jessica
7. riverside
8. South Africa
9. Yes
10. she always returns home at night
11. three
12. Fred
13. go grazing | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
165 | (CNN) -- It began as horseplay, with two teenage stepbrothers chasing each other with blow guns and darts. But it soon escalated when one of the boys grabbed a knife.
Michael Barton, Quantel Lotts' stepbrother, was stabbed to death at age 17.
The older teen, Michael Barton, 17, was dead by the time he reached the hospital, stabbed twice.The younger boy, Quantel Lotts, 14, would eventually become one of Missouri's youngest lifers.
Lotts was sentenced in Missouri's St. Francois County Circuit Court in 2002 to life in prison without parole for first-degree murder in his stepbrother's stabbing death.
It made no difference that at the time of the deadly scuffle, Lotts was barely old enough to watch PG-13 movie and too young to drive, vote or buy beer.
"They locked me up and threw away the keys," Lotts, now 23, said from prison. "They took away all hope for the future."
His stepmother, the victim's mother, has forgiven Lotts and is working with lawyers to gain his release.
Lotts is one of at least 73 U.S. inmates -- most of them minorities -- who were sentenced to spend the rest of their lives in prison for crimes committed when they were 13 or 14, according to the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit organization in Alabama that defends indigent defendants and prisoners.
The 73 are just a fraction of the more than 2,000 offenders serving life sentences for crimes they committed as minors under the age of 18.
Across the country, most juvenile offenders and many adults are given a second chance. Charles Manson, convicted in seven notorious murders committed when he was 27, will be eligible for his 12th parole hearing in 2012. He's been denied parole 11 times. Even "Son of Sam" killer David Berkowitz, who confessed to killing six people in the 1970s when he was in his 20s, has had four parole hearings, though he has said he doesn't deserve parole and doesn't want it.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. Who was the youngest boy?
2. At what age?
3. How many teens did he kill?
4. Was he related to the deceased?
5. What weapons did they play with initially?
6. Which weapon was fatal?
7. What year did this occur?
8. In what state?
9. How many years was the sentence?
10. What was the official crime?
11. How many other youth received life sentences in the U.S.?
12. How many were only 13 or 14 at the time of their crime?
13. According to whom?
14. Based where?
15. Has Lott's stepmother forgiven him?
16. Does she want him to be released?
17. Who is she working with to that end/
Numbered answers: | 1. Quantel Lotts
2. Quantel Lotts, 14,
3. Quantel Lotts' stepbrother, was stabbed to death at age 17
4. stepbrother
5. Blow guns and darts
6. A knife.
7. 2002
8. Missouri
9. life in prison
10. first-degree murder
11. More than 2,000
12. 73
13. Equal Justice Initiative
14. Alabama
15. Yes
16. Yes
17. To gain his release. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
166 | CHAPTER XVI—AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL
As the night advanced the two girls continued to talk, in low and subdued voices because of their anxiety and growing fears. They kept the candles trimmed, for the light lent them courage. They were not hungry, although they had eaten nothing since noon, but they were beginning to suffer from thirst.
The baby wakened with shrill screams and the only way to quiet her was to give her the bottle, which was now less than a third full. Mildred was in a quandary whether to withhold the remainder of the food from little Jane, so as to prolong her life as much as possible, or to allow the baby to eat what she desired, as long as any of the food remained. She finally decided on the latter course, hoping the morning would bring some one to their rescue.
After the little one was again hushed in slumber and cuddled in warm blankets on a seat beside them, the two imprisoned girls renewed their desultory conversation. They realized it must be long after midnight but Mildred avoided looking at her watch because that made the minutes drag so slowly.
Finally a dull sound from the other side of the wall reached their ears. It seemed that some one was pounding upon the adobe. Both girls sprang to their feet in excitement, their heads bent to listen. The pounding was not repeated but a voice was heard—a far-away voice—as of one calling.
Mildred answered the cry, at the top of her lungs, and immediately Inez followed with a shrill scream that roused a thousand echoes in the hidden passage. And now Toodlums joined the chorus, startled from her sleep and terrified by the riot of sound.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. what type of sound was heard from the wall?
2. what did it sound like?
3. on?
4. what happened next?
5. straight up?
6. how were they standing?
7. were they bored?
8. was the sound repeated?
9. what did they hear instead?
10. who answered?
11. was she quiet?
12. who screamed?
13. what did the sound set off?
14. of?
15. before that, how had the girls been chatting?
16. why?
17. did they have a lamp?
18. they were in the dark?
19. what did their light do?
20. had they recently eaten?
Numbered answers: | 1. a dull sound
2. some one pounding
3. the adobe
4. Both girls sprang to their feet
5. No
6. their heads bent
7. yes
8. no
9. a voice
10. Mildred
11. no
12. Inez
13. a chorus
14. a thousand echoes
15. in low and subdued voices
16. because of their anxiety and growing fears.
17. no
18. no
19. lent them courage
20. nno | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
167 | Los Angeles (CNN) -- MIchael Jackson and Dr. Conrad Murray tried to recruit an anesthesiologist to join them on his comeback tour, according to testimony in the AEG Live wrongful death trial.
Murray arranged the meeting in March 2009 in which Jackson asked Dr. David Adams to travel with him to London, Adams testified.
Adams said that after he offered to take the job for $100,000 a month guaranteed for three years, Murray stopped communicating with him.
"I texted basically, you know, 'what's going on, I'm on board," Adams said. "And no response."
Just weeks later Murray accepted an offer from an AEG Live executive to be Jackson's personal physician on his "This Is It" tour for $150,000 a month.
Murray told investigators he began infusing Jackson with the surgical anesthetic propofol to treat his insomnia in April, a treatment that eventually killed the pop icon.
Debbie Rowe: Paris Jackson 'has no life' since father's death
Jurors in the trial of Jackson's last concert promoter viewed the video depositions of Adams and two other witnesses Wednesday ahead of a six-day break in testimony.
Jackson's mother and children are suing AEG Live, contending the company's executives negligently hired, retained or supervised Murray, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's propofol overdose death.
AEG Live's lawyers argue it was Jackson -- not its executives -- who chose and controlled Murray and that they had no way of knowing about the dangerous treatments he was giving the singer in the privacy of his bedroom.
1. Who tried to recruit an anesthesiologist ?
2. To do what?
3. Who set up the meeting?
4. Who did he meet with?
5. Did he agree to the job?
6. What did Murray accept from AEG?
7. For how much?
8. What was he giving Jackson for treatment?
9. What was it suppose to be for?
10. Who is suing AEG Live?
11. For what?
12. What was Murray being charged with?
13. Was it an overdose?
14. Where was Jackson receiving this drug at?
15. Who stated it was not the executives fault?
16. How does Jackson's daughter feel?
17. Who looked at the statements depositions in court?
Numbered answers: | 1. MIchael Jackson and Dr. Conrad Murray
2. join them on his comeback tour
3. Murray
4. Dr. David Adams
5. yes
6. an offer to be Jackson's personal physician on the tour
7. $150,000 a month
8. propofol
9. his insomnia
10. Jackson's mother and children
11. wrongful death
12. involuntary manslaughter
13. yes
14. in his bedroom
15. AEG Live's lawyers
16. like she has no life
17. Jurors | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
168 | In Christianity, an archbishop (, via Latin "archiepiscopus", from Greek , from -, "chief", and , "bishop") is a bishop of higher rank or office. In some cases, like the Lutheran Church of Sweden, it is the denomination leader title. Like popes, patriarchs, metropolitans, cardinal bishops, diocesan bishops, and suffragan bishops, archbishops are in the highest of the three traditional orders of bishops, priests, also called presbyters, and deacons. An archbishop may be granted the title, or ordained as chief pastor of a metropolitan see or another episcopal see to which the title of archbishop is attached.
Episcopal sees are generally arranged in groups in which the bishop who is the ordinary of one of them has certain powers and duties of oversight over the other sees. He is known as the metropolitan archbishop of that see. In the Roman Catholic Church, canon 436 of the Code of Canon Law indicates what these powers and duties are for a Latin Rite metropolitan archbishop, while those of the head of an autonomous ("sui iuris") Eastern Catholic Church are indicated in canon 157 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
As well as the much more numerous metropolitan sees, there are 77 Roman Catholic sees that have archiepiscopal rank. In some cases, such a see is the only one in a country, such as Luxembourg or Monaco, too small to be divided into several dioceses so as to form an ecclesiastical province. In others, the title of archdiocese is for historical reasons attributed to a see that was once of greater importance.
1. What is the highest of the bishops?
2. What religion has a see?
3. How many of those have an archiepiscopical rank?
4. Where is one country where there is only one see?
5. What is another?
6. Why are there only one there?
7. Who is normally in charge of a see?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. archbishop
2. the Roman Catholic Church
3. 77
4. Luxembourg
5. Luxembourg
6. too small to be divided into several dioceses
7. bishop | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
169 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
The Indian National Congress () (INC, often called Congress) is a broad-based political party in India. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th-century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement, with over 15 million members and over 70 million participants. The Congress led India to independence from Great Britain, and powerfully influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire.
The Congress is a secular party whose social liberal platform is generally considered on the centre-left of Indian politics. The Congress' social policy is based upon the Gandhian principle of Sarvodaya—the lifting up of all sections of society—which involves the improvement of the lives of economically underprivileged and socially marginalised people. The party primarily endorses social liberalism — seeking to balance individual liberty and social justice, and secularism — asserting the right to be free from religious rule and teachings.
After India's independence in 1947, the Congress formed the government at center in most instances, and many regional state governments. Congress became India's dominant political party; , in the 15 general elections since independence, it has won an outright majority on six occasions and has led the ruling coalition a further four times, heading the central government for 49 years. There have been seven Congress Prime Ministers, the first being Jawaharlal Nehru (1947–64), and the most recent Manmohan Singh (2004–14). Although it did not fare well in the last general elections in India in 2014, it remains one of two major, nationwide, political parties in India, along with the right-wing, Hindu nationalist, Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). In the 2014 general election, the Congress had its poorest post-independence general election performance, winning only 44 seats of the 543-member Lok Sabha.
1. What is INC?
2. Was INC ever independent?
3. Who did they break free from?
4. Who was the leader?
5. what happened in 1947?
6. How many prime ministers were there?
7. Who was the first one?
8. and the most recent one?
9. why did congress perform slowly in elections?
10. How many political parties are there in India?
11. what are they?
Numbered answers: | 1. Indian National Congress
2. yes
3. Great Britain
4. Mahatma Gandhi
5. India gained independence
6. seven
7. Jawaharlal Nehru
8. Manmohan Singh
9. unknown
10. two
11. Bhartiya Janata Party and Indian National Congress | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
170 | New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle Price: PS28.00 Publication Date: 30/11/2006 Publisher's description: Collect Doyle's fifty-six classic short stories, arranged in the order in which they appeared in late-nineteenth-and-early-twentieth-century book editions, in a set complemented by four novels, editor biographies of Doyle, Holmes, and Watson as well as literary and cultural details about Victorian society. Breaking Ground by Daniel Libeskind Price: PS16.00 Publication Date:11/10/2006 Brief description: This is a book about the adventure life that can offer each of us if we seize it, and about the powerful forces of tragedy, memory and hope. For Daniel Libeskind, life's adventure has been through architecture, which he has found has the power to reshape human experience. Although often relating to the past, his buildings are about the future. This biology of one man's journey brings together history, personal experience, our physical environment and a fresh international vision. In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman Price: PS16.00 Publication Date:02/09/2006 Brief description: On 11th September 2001, Art Spiegelman raced to the world Trade Center, not knowing if his daughter Nadja was alive or dead. Once she was found safe---in her school at the foot of the burning towers---he returned home, to mediate on the trauma , and to work on a comic strip . In the Shadow of No Towers is New Yorker Art Spiegelman's extraordinary account of "the hijacking on 9.11 and the following hijacking of those events" by America. Light on Snow by Anita Shreve Price: PS14.00 Publication Date:07/10/2006 Publisher's description: This is the 11th novel by Anita Shreve, the critically accepted bestseller. A moving story of love and courage and tragedy and of the ways in which the human heart always seeks to heal itself. Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv Price: PS20.99 Publication Date:11/08/2006 Brief description: Camping in the garden, riding bikes through the woods, climbing trees, picking wildflowers, running through piles of autumn leaves... these are the things childhood memories are made of. But for a whole generation of today's children the pleasures of a free-range childhood are missing, and their indoor habits contribute to obesity, attention disorder and childhood depression. This book shows how our children have become increasingly distanced from nature, why this matters and how we can make a difference. Richard Louv is chairman of the Children and Nature Network and co-chair of the National Forum on Children and Nature. He is the author of seven other books and has written for newspapers and magazines including the New York Times and the Washington Post.
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. Arthur Conan Doyle
2. Sherlock Holmes
3. 30/11/2006
4. PS28.00
5. yes
6. fifty-six
7. yes
8. cultural details
9. Richard Louv
10. 11/08/2006
11. PS20.99
12. free-range
Numbered questions: | 1. Who wrote this book?
2. What's the name of it?
3. When was it published?
4. How much is it?
5. Are the stories put in any certain order?
6. How many stories are there?
7. Does it include information about Victorian society?
8. What kind?
9. Who wrote Last Child in the woods?
10. When was it put into print?
11. How much does it cost?
12. What kind of childhood are kids missing out on? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
171 | Once upon a time, a horse, a cow, a ox, and a donkey were playing outside when they got really hungry. So, they went to a drive-in to get some lunch. The horse ordered a cheeseburger. The cow ordered a chili dog. The ox ordered a chicken sandwich. And the donkey ordered a fish sandwich. The horse ordered fries. The cow ordered onion rings. The ox ordered a baked potato. The donkey ordered a side salad. The horse had ketchup on his cheeseburger. The cow had mayonnaise on his chili dog. The ox had mustard on his chicken sandwich. And the donkey had Miracle Whip on his fish sandwich. But the restaurant didn't get any of the orders right because they had their sauces mixed up. The ketchup got mixed up with the Miracle Whip. The mayonnaise got mixed up with the ketchup. The mustard got mixed up with the mayonnaise. And the Miracle Whip got mixed up with the mustard. The Miracle Whip was red. The ketchup was yellow. The mayonnaise was blue. And the mustard was green.
Answer the following questions:
1. How many were playing outside?
2. What happened while they were playing?
3. Where did they go?
4. Who ordered the fish?
5. Did it have mayo on it?
6. What did it have on it?
7. Did anyone have a salad?
8. What did the horse have?
9. Did it have mustard on it?
10. Where they satisfied with their orders?
11. Was the ketchup blue?
12. What color was it?
Numbered answers: | 1. Four
2. they got hungry.
3. the drive-in
4. the donkey
5. No
6. Miracle Whip
7. No
8. a cheeseburger.
9. no
10. No
11. No
12. yellow. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
172 | Read the text and answer the questions.
Symbiosis (from Greek σύν "together" and βίωσις "living") is close and often long-term interaction between two different biological species. In 1877 Albert Bernhard Frank used the word symbiosis (which previously had been used to depict people living together in community) to describe the mutualistic relationship in lichens. In 1879, the German mycologist Heinrich Anton de Bary defined it as "the living together of unlike organisms."
The definition of symbiosis has varied among scientists. Some believe symbiosis should only refer to persistent mutualisms, while others believe it should apply to any type of persistent biological interaction (in other words mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasitic). After 130 years of debate, current biology and ecology textbooks now use the latter "de Bary" definition or an even broader definition (where symbiosis means all species interactions), with the restrictive definition no longer used (in other words, symbiosis means mutualism).
Some symbiotic relationships are obligate, meaning that both symbionts entirely depend on each other for survival. For example, many lichens consist of fungal and photosynthetic symbionts that cannot live on their own. Others are facultative (optional): they can, but do not have to live with the other organism.
1. What has varied among scientists?
2. What do some believe?
3. What about others?
4. How else could you describe it?
5. How many years was it debated?
6. What is used now?
7. By what?
8. What word is being defined?
9. What language did it originate from?
10. How was it used in 1877?
11. How was it used previously?
12. What about in 1879?
13. By whom?
14. What was his occupation?
15. Nationality?
16. What is obligate?
17. What does that mean?
18. What about others?
19. Meaning?
20. What does symbiosis mean in other words?
21. Are they biological?
Numbered answers: | 1. The definition of symbiosis.
2. That it should only refer to persistent mutualisms.
3. They believe it should apply to any persistent biological interaction.
4. Mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasitic.
5. 130 years.
6. De Bary definition.
7. A broader definition.
8. Symbiosis.
9. Greek.
10. To describe the mutualistic relationship in lichens.
11. To depict people living together in community
12. The living together of unlike organisms.
13. Heinrich Anton de Bary.
14. Mycologist
15. German.
16. Some symbiotic relationships.
17. It means both symbionts entirely depend on each other for survival.
18. They are falculative.
19. Optional
20. It's the close and sometimes long-term interaction between two species.
21. Yes. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
173 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
CHAPTER III--_The Hill of Humour_
"In a little square garden of yellow roses, beside the sea," said Auberon Quin, "there was a Nonconformist minister who had never been to Wimbledon. His family did not understand his sorrow or the strange look in his eyes. But one day they repented their neglect, for they heard that a body had been found on the shore, battered, but wearing patent leather boots. As it happened, it turned out not to be the minister at all. But in the dead man's pocket there was a return ticket to Maidstone."
There was a short pause as Quin and his friends Barker and Lambert went swinging on through the slushy grass of Kensington Gardens. Then Auberon resumed.
"That story," he said reverently, "is the test of humour."
They walked on further and faster, wading through higher grass as they began to climb a slope.
"I perceive," continued Auberon, "that you have passed the test, and consider the anecdote excruciatingly funny; since you say nothing. Only coarse humour is received with pot-house applause. The great anecdote is received in silence, like a benediction. You felt pretty benedicted, didn't you, Barker?"
"I saw the point," said Barker, somewhat loftily.
"Do you know," said Quin, with a sort of idiot gaiety, "I have lots of stories as good as that. Listen to this one."
And he slightly cleared his throat.
"Dr. Polycarp was, as you all know, an unusually sallow bimetallist. 'There,' people of wide experience would say, 'There goes the sallowest bimetallist in Cheshire.' Once this was said so that he overheard it: it was said by an actuary, under a sunset of mauve and grey. Polycarp turned upon him. 'Sallow!' he cried fiercely, 'sallow! _Quis tulerit Gracchos de seditione querentes._' It was said that no actuary ever made game of Dr. Polycarp again."
1. What shape garden?
2. where was the dead person's train ticket for?
3. who told the story?
4. what type of priest had he mentioned?
5. what type of boots had the body had?
6. who was Quinn talking to?
7. were they walking on the flat?
8. was the grass cut short?
9. what was the doctor mentioned?
10. what did Quin say about him?
Numbered answers: | 1. square
2. return ticket to Maidstone
3. Auberon Quin
4. Nonconformist minister
5. patent leather
6. Barker and Lambert
7. No
8. higher grass
9. Polycarp
10. There goes the sallowest bimetallist in Cheshire | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
174 | When I was 11, I threw a glance into Dad's lunch box and made the unexpected discovery that my mother still showed her love towards my father. The evidence, a napkin resting on top of the sandwiches packed in wax paper, was certain "Love you!" she had written on the napkin. " Meat loaf for supper!"
Mom penned all kinds of messages to Dad on those paper napkins, and he saved a whole pile of them. What embarrassed me as a kid has become a precious memory of my parents.
It also started my own brand of lunch box notes. When my kids were young, I'd glue little drawings on their lunches. Lots of sketches of our dog, Max, along with smiling flowers. When they were teenagers, I'd copy words of wisdom from great people, Einstein, for example, or Bruce Springsteen. Then, my kids grew up making their own handwritten notes. And my husband writes me love notes on recycled paper, because he's all about being green.
Friends who know about my lunch box notes eagerly share stories of their own family traditions. So many focus on food. Maura's mom always drew hearts on the shells of hard-boiled eggs. Melinda wrote messages on her kids' bananas.
We're into the third generation of lunch box notes in our home. Whenever my 3-year-old grandson, Clayton, spends the night, he knows his lunch is going to have a napkin note from Grandma in the morning. Last week, I drew a picture of me, waving widely and shouting his name. He took one look at it and screamed, " Where's Grandpa?" I added a man in a clean shirt. " You forgot his tie," he said. I quickly drew a line of stripes down the front of the shirt. Clayton smiled. "Grandpa," he whispered, running his fingers across the napkin. "It's you!"
Answer this series of questions:
1. At what age did the author make an unexpected descovery?
2. What did his mom write notes to his dad on?
3. Did the author ever start writing notes on lunches?
4. What would I draw?
5. What is the name if his grandson?
6. How old his he?
7. Who for example would he copy words of great wisdom from on his notes?
8. What are notes written on to be considered green?
9. What did the author forget to draw on the picture of himself that made his grandson think it wasn't him?
10. What did his mom wright to his dad that was for supper?
Numbered answers: | 1. 11
2. napkin.
3. Yes
4. sketches of our dog
5. Clayton
6. Three
7. Einstein
8. recycled paper
9. Grandpa
10. Meat loaf | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
175 | Bill was cleaning his room and giving away some of the toys that he no longer used. Bill put a duck and a truck in the pile to give away. He added a car and a blanket and a push mower to the give a way pile. Bill liked the car and took it out of the give a way pile, so he did not give the car away. Bill put a broken phone into the trash can. Bill also threw away two books and some used crayons. As Bill was cleaning his room his mother came in to help. Bill and his mother cleaned most of the room. When they were almost finished Bill's father also came in to help. Bill picked up the duck and the truck and took it to the car. Bill's father picked up the blanket and the push mower and took them out to the car. Bill's mother carried the trash can down to the large garbage can outside. Bill's room was all cleaned.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. Who's room needs cleaning?
2. Is he generous?
3. How so?
4. What toys?
5. Did he donate anything else?
6. Is that all?
7. Did he also donate that broken phone?
8. What did he do with that?
9. Was there anything he changed his mind on?
10. Did he do all this alone?
11. Who helped?
12. Anyone else?
13. Who took out the garbage?
14. Did she also load up the car?
15. Who did then?
16. Did the room end up cleaner?
17. When did dad show up?
18. Did Bill throw out any books?
Numbered answers: | 1. Bill\
2. yes
3. he donated toys
4. a duck and a truck
5. a blanket
6. and a push mower
7. no
8. threw it away
9. a car
10. no
11. his mother
12. Bill's father
13. his mother
14. no
15. Bill
16. yes
17. When they were almost finished
18. no | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
176 | Namibia has free education for both Primary and secondary education levels. Grades 1–7 are primary level, grades 8–12 secondary. In 1998, there were 400,325 Namibian students in primary school and 115,237 students in secondary schools. The pupil-teacher ratio in 1999 was estimated at 32:1, with about 8% of the GDP being spent on education. Curriculum development, educational research, and professional development of teachers is centrally organised by the National Institute for Educational Development (NIED) in Okahandja.
Namibia (i/nəˈmɪbiə/, /næˈ-/), officially the Republic of Namibia (German: Republik Namibia (help·info); Afrikaans: Republiek van Namibië) is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Although it does not border Zimbabwe, a part of less than 200 metres of the Zambezi River (essentially a small bulge in Botswana to achieve a Botswana/Zambia micro-border) separates it from that country. Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek, and it is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU), and the Commonwealth of Nations.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. Where is Namibia?
2. When did it become independent?
3. Does education cost?
4. What was the instructor student ratio?
5. What is the offical name?
6. Does it border tha Pacific ocean?
7. Which one does it?
8. How many countries does it border?
9. What is the capital?
10. IS it a member of the EU?
11. Is the east bordered by water?
12. Where is the NIED headquarters?
13. In 1998 what was the total of student in both education classes?
14. What is at the southern border?
Numbered answers: | 1. southern Africa
2. 21 March 1990
3. no
4. 32:1
5. the Republic of Namibia
6. no
7. the Atlantic Ocean
8. Four
9. Windhoek
10. no
11. no
12. Okahandja
13. 515,562
14. South Africa | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
177 | Chapter 3: In A French Chateau.
The three days' ride to the chateau of the Countess de Laville was marked by no incident. To Philip it was an exceedingly pleasant one. Everything was new to him; the architecture of the churches and villages, the dress of the people, their modes of agriculture, all differing widely from those to which he was accustomed. In some villages the Catholics predominated, and here the passage of the little party was regarded with frowning brows and muttered threats; by the Huguenots they were saluted respectfully, and if they halted, many questions were asked their followers as to news about the intentions of the court, the last rumours as to the attitude of Conde, and the prospects of a continuance of peace.
Here, too, great respect was paid to Marie and Philip when it was known they were relatives of the Countess de Laville, and belonged to the family of the De Moulins. Emilie had for some time been a widow--the count, her husband, having fallen at the battle of Dreux, at the end of the year 1562--but being an active and capable woman, she had taken into her hands the entire management of the estates, and was one of the most influential among the Huguenot nobles of that part of the country.
From their last halting place, Marie Vaillant sent on a letter by one of the men to her sister, announcing their coming. She had written on her landing at La Rochelle, and they had been met on their way by a messenger from the countess, expressing her delight that her sister had at last carried out her promise to visit her, and saying that Francois was looking eagerly for the coming of his cousin.
1. Where are they going?
2. Whose?
3. Who is traveling?
4. Who else?
5. How do the Catholics feel about them?
6. Did they say anything to them?
7. Did the Huguenots like them?
8. How could they tell?
9. What was something they asked about?
10. Did they want to know about anything else?
11. Are they related to the Countess?
12. How?
13. Was the Countess married?
14. When did her husband die?
15. How?
16. Did she have children?
17. How did she know they were coming?
18. How>
19. Who the Countesses sister?
20. Who does Francois want to see?
Numbered answers: | 1. chateau
2. Countess de Laville
3. Philip
4. Marie
5. They didn't like them.
6. Yes, if they halted.
7. Yes
8. they were saluted respectfully
9. news about the intentions of the court
10. the last rumours as to the attitude of Conde
11. Yes
12. belonged to the family of the De Moulins
13. She was widowed.
14. 1562
15. fallen at the battle of Dreux
16. No
17. Marie Vaillant sent on a letter
18. by one of the men
19. Marie Vaillant
20. his cousin | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
178 | Hello Sandy, We have just returned form our holiday. We went with our friends,Edward Smith and his wife Tina, to the Yorkshire Moors. It is a beautiful natural park. There are lots of places to walk on the tops of the hills,miles of grassland with no people,just sheep and birds. Edward had just come out of hospital and he could not walk as far as before. However, this meant that we walked in the mornings, and then stopped at a restaurant for lunch each day before returning to the place we lived in. Edward and I slept in front of the fire all afternoon, while the ladies went for another walk. Very pleasant! I took lots of photos from the place we lived in, across the valley below us, of the morning sunrise, and the mist in the valley. Also, in England, the old steam-powered trains are very popular. I took many photos of the train. Yesterday we had the first snow of this winter. It is very early. We usually have snow in January. It rained all day, then snowed in the evening .Today we have bright sunshine! Both Jenny and I are well. I don't know if I told you, in the last e-mail , that Jenny is now working in a hotel. Although she has to work hard, people there are nice, and she is enjoying the work. Please write to us to tell us your news. Yours, Victor
1. Who is this letter addressed to?
2. And who is it from?
3. Where did Victor vacation to?
4. Did he go alone?
5. Who was he with?
6. What is the Yorkshire Moors?
7. What can you do there?
8. Is it crowded?
9. What kinds of animals are there?
10. Did Edward do a lot of walking?
11. Why not?
12. What did they do in the morning?
13. And in the afternoon?
14. Where?
15. Aside from walking, what other hobby did Victor partake in?
16. What did he photograph?
17. Anything else?
18. What kind of train was it?
19. What kind of weather did they have yesterday?
20. What about today?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. Sandy.
2. Victor.
3. The Yorkshire Moors.
4. No.
5. Edward Smith and his wife Tina.
6. A beautiful natural park.
7. There are lots of places to walk.
8. No.
9. Sheep and birds
10. He could not walk as far as before.
11. Edward had just come out of hospital.
12. They walked.
13. They slept.
14. In front of the fire.
15. Took photos
16. The sunrise.
17. The train.
18. Old steam-powered.
19. It snowed.
20. Sunshine! | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
179 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
Robin's First Flight
Robin was a little baby bird who was born only 6 weeks before. Her mother took care of her and her brothers and sister by feeding them bugs and worms. Robin had 2 brothers. She also had one sister. During this time, Robin grew and grew and got stronger and stronger. Her feathers got longer, too.
The day had finally come when mother bird told Robin and her brothers and sister that they would be learning to fly for the first time. Chirps of joy were heard from all the baby birds. All except for Robin. She was too afraid to fly out into the world. She wanted to stay in her comfy nest with all of her family for the rest of her life. She also wanted her mother to feed her for the rest of her life. Mother bird told Robin how exciting it was to fly and see all the beautiful flowers and trees and told her she would help her learn like she did when she was a baby bird. She told her that she would meet lots of other bird friends, too.
So Robin tried not to be scared, even as she saw both of her brothers and sister fly off the nest and out into the world. They looked so happy. Then it was her turn. She spread her wings, closed her eyes and jumped out of the nest. After a few seconds, she opened her eyes to see that she was actually flying. Oh happy day! It was everything her mother said it would be. The world looked so big and Robin couldn't wait to see it all.
1. Who was robin ?
2. hold old is robin ?
3. robins mother had how many kids ?
4. was robin happy to fly ?
5. why ?
Numbered answers: | 1. a little baby bird
2. 6 weeks
3. Four
4. No
5. She wanted to stay in her comfy nest | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
180 | Political corruption is the use of powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. An illegal act by an officeholder constitutes political corruption only if the act is directly related to their official duties, is done under color of law or involves trading in influence.
Forms of corruption vary, but include bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, gombeenism, parochialism patronage, influence peddling, graft, and embezzlement. Corruption may facilitate criminal enterprise such as drug trafficking, money laundering, and human trafficking, though is not restricted to these activities. Misuse of government power for other purposes, such as repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is also considered political corruption.
The activities that constitute illegal corruption differ depending on the country or jurisdiction. For instance, some political funding practices that are legal in one place may be illegal in another. In some cases, government officials have broad or ill-defined powers, which make it difficult to distinguish between legal and illegal actions. Worldwide, bribery alone is estimated to involve over 1 trillion US dollars annually. A state of unrestrained political corruption is known as a kleptocracy, literally meaning "rule by thieves".
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. Corruption.
2. Over 1 trillion dollars.
3. The use of powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain.
4. No.
5. Yes.
6. Not always.
7. Kleptocracy.
8. Rule by thieves.
Numbered questions: | 1. What is bribery a type of?
2. How much money is estimated to change hand from bribery?
3. What is political corruption?
4. Would a mayor robbing a store be considered political corruption?
5. What about a senator accepting bribes to vote for a proposal?
6. Are political corruption laws generally the same worldwide?
7. What is defined as uncontrolled political corruption?
8. What's the literal meaning of that? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
181 | (CNN) -- Alexis Murphy was last seen at a gas station earlier this month, and though police have arrested a suspect in her abduction, his attorney tells a CNN affiliate his client split ways with the 17-year-old after a drug deal.
Her disappearance set off a search that extended for 30 miles outside of Lovingston, Virginia, and involved helicopters, search parties with canine units, the Nelson County Sheriff's Office, Virginia State Police and FBI.
Alexis left her Shipman, Virginia, home to visit Lynchburg on August 3, and police have surveillance video showing her at a Lovingston gas station, according to affiliate WVIR-TV in Charlottesville.
Randy Taylor, 48, was seen on the video and was arrested in her abduction Sunday, police told CNN affiliate WRC-TV, but Taylor's attorney, Michael Hallahan, told WVIR that Taylor was arrested because they found one of Alexis' hairs in his camper.
The attorney also told WVIR his client wasn't the last person to see Alexis and that police need to be looking for a "black male, mid- to late-20s, cornrows and a 20-year-old burgundy Caprice with 22-inch wheels."
Taylor saw the girl the night she disappeared, the lawyer said. They were both parked at the gas pumps, and Alexis made a reference to smoking marijuana, Hallahan said. Taylor told her he'd like some marijuana, the attorney said.
"She said, 'I know a guy.' She told him to meet at another location in Lovingston and they rode up there in both cars," the lawyer told the station.
That "guy," Alexis and Taylor all took separate cars to Taylor's camper in Lovingston, where Taylor bought $60 worth of marijuana. The men smoked and drank together, but Murphy did not, the attorney said.
Answer the following questions:
1. Who was seen last at a filling station earlier in the month?
2. What happened to her?
3. Where did they search for her?
4. How did they conduct the search?
5. Was there anyone else involved in the search?
6. Was there any sightings?
7. Did they make any arrests?
8. Why did they arrrest Randy Taylor?
Numbered answers: | 1. Alexis Murphy was last seen at a gas station earlier this month
2. unknown
3. 30 miles outside of Lovingston, Virginia
4. helicopters, along with search parties
5. search parties with canine units, yes
6. unknown
7. unknown
8. aylor was arrested because they found one of Alexis' hairs in his camper. | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
182 | Read the text and answer the questions.
Jill was a normal student. However, she was barely passing her classes this year. Her finals were coming up in a few weeks and Jill was very nervous about her Math test. She was never very good at Math. Her brother always teased her because he was great at Math, History, and Science, but she preferred Art. To raise her grades, Jill spent the week before finals studying every day in the school library. On the last day before the test, Jill walked in and was ready to work hard like she had every day that week. Except this time she looked over and saw her best friend, Michelle, walking up to her. Michelle greeted Jill and told her that she wants to help her study for the Math test. The two girls spend the rest of the afternoon looking over their class notes. By the end of the day, Jill finally felt ready. She left and walked back to her house. That night Jill made sure to get lots of sleep. She awoke early and had a filling breakfast before making her way to school. Her teacher, Mr. Matthews, handed out the Math tests and she began to work. She felt like she did a really good job, but she was scared, too. Jill had to wait until tomorrow to see how she did. The next day she hurried back to class. Jill walked in and grabbed her test from the stack of papers. She let out a yell. Jill had failed. She turned to her friend Michelle and started to cry. She was so upset.
1. What subject was the big test on?
2. Was this Jill's favorite?
3. What was?
4. Who was great at math?
5. Was Jill rested on the day of the test?
6. Was she hungry during it?
7. Who supervised the test?
8. What was their name?
9. Did Jill prepare for the test?
10. Where did she do that?
11. Who helped her?
12. Was she pleased with her grade?
13. Did she display her feelings about it?
14. What was her first reaction?
15. What reaction did she have when she first learned of her grade?
16. Then how did she react?
17. Whom did she turn to?
Numbered answers: | 1. math
2. no
3. art
4. Her brother
5. yes
6. no
7. Her teacher
8. Mr. Matthews
9. yes
10. in the school library
11. her best friend, Michelle,
12. no
13. yes
14. yes
15. She let out a yell
16. she cried
17. She turned to her friend Michelle | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
183 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
Country singer and songwriter Adrienne Young brings together music and agricultural activities.She even included seeds in the album cover of her first CD.
Adrienne Young wants people to know that she supports the movement in America to increase local farming.She offers information about agricultural issues on her Web site.And now part of the moneyfrom her third and newest release, "Room to Grow",will be donated to help support community gardens.
Adrienne Young's family has lived in Florida for seven generations.Her ancestors helped develop the agriculture industry there.The state of Florida is the nation's second largest producer of fruits and vegetables, 'after California.
Adrienne Young has said that her interest in nature was shaped by the fact that she did not grow up on a farm.She grew up in a house her grandfather build on what had been farmland two generations ago.But the land was developed and was now part of a highway.
Adrienne Young has teamed up with two organizations that support local farming and gardening efforts.One is the American Community Gardening Association.The other is FoodRoutes,a group she has represented for several years.
FoodRoutes says buying locally grown food is not only about taste and freshness.The group says buying locally also helps to strengthen local economies and protect the environment.Exports say food in the United States travels all average of more than three thousand kilometers from farm to store.
1. Who included seeds on their album cover?
2. Why did she do that?
3. What does she sing?
4. Who does she work with to promote farming?
Numbered answers: | 1. She even included seeds
2. wants people to know that she supports the movement in America to increase local farming
3. Country singe
4. American Community Gardening Association.The other is FoodRoutes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
184 | Bacliff, Texas (CNN) -- Sitting on their front porch in this Houston suburb, Edmond Demiraj and his family seem the picture of a contented family.
But the Department of Justice now wants to upend the family: threatening to deport his wife and 19-year-old son back to their native Albania, even though he says federal prosecutors a decade ago promised him help and a Green Card in exchange for Edmond's promised testimony in a human smuggling case against a fellow Albanian immigrant. For the Demiraj family, they believe it will mean great harm, even death, for those deported.
A decade ago, Edmond Demiraj (pronounced: dem-EAR-eye) was himself an illegal immigrant. He told CNN he had walked across the U.S. border from Mexico to Brownsville, Texas without any paperwork. He found work as a painter, he says, with a fellow Albanian named Bill Bedini.
Not long afterwards, the Justice Department indicted Bedini, accusing him and others of running a human smuggling ring, bringing illegal aliens from Mexico into the United States. Demiraj was named in the original indictment but charges against him were later dropped.
Attorneys for the Justice Department based in Houston wanted Demiraj to testify against Bedini. In exchange, Demiraj told CNN that prosecutors promised him and his family protection and promised him a Green Card, which would lead to citizenship. The offer, he says, was verbal and not on paper.
"I'm ready to work for the U.S. government, whatever they need from me," Demiraj told CNN.
But Bedini entered a plea of not guilty, was granted bail and soon fled to Albania, according to the U.S. Marshal's office in Houston. Federal prosecutors didn't need Demiraj's testimony and handed him over to immigration officials, who quickly deported him as well.
Answer this series of questions:
1. Where were they sitting?
2. Did they seem happy?
3. Where did he flee to?
4. What is the DOJ threatening his family with?
5. To where?
6. WHy does he say this shouldn't happen?
7. Why did they promise that?
8. Against who?
9. Did he come to America legally?
10. When did he come here?
11. How did he get here?
12. To what US city?
13. What did he begin working at?
14. Who was he working with?
15. Who was charged with illegally smuggling people in?
16. From where?
17. What was he promised to get him to testify?
18. What happened?
19. WHat happened then?
Numbered answers: | 1. on their front porch
2. yes
3. Albania
4. threatening to deport his wife and 19-year-old son
5. Albania
6. the government promised him help
7. n exchange for Edmond's promised testimony in a human smuggling case
8. a fellow Albanian immigrant
9. no
10. A decade ago
11. walked across the U.S. border from Mexico
12. Brownsville, Texas
13. a painter
14. Bill Bedini
15. Bedini
16. Mexico
17. protection and a Green Card
18. Bedini entered a plea of not guilty, was granted bail and soon fled to Albania
19. he was deported | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
185 | Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium cable and satellite television network that is owned by Time Warner through its respective flagship company Home Box Office, Inc. Programming featured on the network consists primarily of theatrically released motion pictures and original television series, along with made-for-cable movies and documentaries, boxing matches, and occasional stand-up comedy and concert specials.
HBO is the oldest and longest continuously operating pay television service (basic or premium) in the United States, having been in operation since November 8, 1972. In 2014, HBO had an adjusted operating income of US$1.79 billion, compared to the US$1.68 billion it accrued in 2013. HBO has 49 million subscribers in the United States and 130 million worldwide as of 2016. The network provides seven 24-hour multiplex channels, including HBO Comedy, HBO Latino, HBO Signature, and HBO Family. It launched the streaming service HBO Now in April 2015 and has over 2 million subscribers in the United States as of February 2017.
As of July 2015, HBO's programming is available to approximately 36,493,000 households with at least one television set (31.3% of all cable, satellite and telco customers) in the United States (36,013,000 subscribers or 30.9% of all households with pay television service receive at least HBO's primary channel), making it the second largest premium channel in the United States (Encore, owned by Starz Inc., reaches 40.54 million pay television households ). In addition to its U.S. subscriber base, HBO distributes content in at least 151 countries, with approximately 130 million subscribers worldwide.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. What do the letters H, B and O represent?
2. Is it a foreign company?
3. Who owns it?
4. Does it provide audiobooks on demand?
5. Then what sort of stuff?
6. Anything else?
7. Such as?
8. Can people tell jokes on it?
9. About how many places have access to it?
10. How about homes?
11. What percent of the market is that?
12. Is it the biggest in the world?
13. Who is then?
14. How many people subscribe to HBO?
15. When did it begin?
16. What does it cost to run?
17. How much has it made in a single year?
18. Can you give an example of a channel it has?
19. Can you stream it?
20. How many people do that?
Numbered answers: | 1. Home Box Office
2. no
3. Time Warner
4. no
5. original television series
6. yes
7. made-for-cable movies and documentaries
8. occasionally
9. 151 countries
10. 36,493,000
11. 31.3% of all cable, satellite and telco customers
12. mno
13. Encore
14. 130 million
15. November 8, 1972
16. unknown
17. $1.79 billion,
18. HBO Comedy
19. yes
20. 2 million | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
186 | Many people think heroes need to be handsome, rich, or very smart. But as for me, a hero is a person who always helps others. My hero is Uncle Bill. He is the oldest son of a worker, and he grew up in a poor family with four younger brothers and two little sisters. He was good at neither writing nor math. In fact, he never did well in school. so he had to give up school at a very young age. He worked and gave all his money to help his parents. When he was getting older, he found that he was very interested in fixing things. he collected broken things which people threw away and fixed them into good ones. He could fix almost everything that did not work. He worked hard never gave up. Finally, he opened his own repair shop. It took him about 20 years to become a successful shopkeeper . Now, he is very rich and has four shops. But he never forgets the days when he had nothing. He gives money to poor families, helps poor kids buy books and offers them free lunch. He also encourages people to reuse things. He always says :Make good use of what you have because we just have one earth. I am proud of Uncle Bill. He is really a hero.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. Do all great people need to be good looking?
2. Can they be poor?
3. Who is an example of this?
4. Is he an only child?
5. Was he wealthy?
6. How many siblings did he have?
7. Boys?
8. Girls?
9. Was he good at geography?
10. Did he graduate?
11. Was there anything he liked to do?
12. What was that?
13. What kinds of things did he work on?
14. Did people give them to him?
15. What did he do with this hobby?
16. How long did it take to do well?
17. Did he open five of them?
18. How many?
19. Can he buy whatever he wants now?
20. How does he spend it?
Numbered answers: | 1. no
2. yes
3. Uncle Bill
4. no
5. no
6. six
7. Four
8. Two
9. no
10. no
11. yes
12. fixing things
13. things peopel threw away
14. no
15. opened a repair shop
16. Iabout 20 years
17. no
18. four
19. yes
20. gives it to poor families | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
187 | (CNN) -- Fans of "Dancing With the Stars" know how grueling the competition can be.
Contestants practice for hours a day, and almost every season some celebs are brought low by injury. So how in the world will Valerie Harper, who just months ago announced that she had a terminal form of cancer, go for that mirror ball trophy?
Apparently with the same spirit that caused the "Rhoda" actress to offer this up for fans:
"I hope you dance! I hope you dance," Harper told CNN on Wednesday. " And that's what I'm saying to everybody, that's just my message. Dance."
'DWTS' thinks big for 17th season cast
Harper announced in March that she had been diagnosed with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, a condition in which cancer cells spread into the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord. But Harper told CNN that she does not have brain cancer.
"I have lung cancer," she said. "It is situated in the lining of the brain; it's not even in the brain."
Her husband, Tony Cacciotti, encouraged her to sign on with the hit ABC dance competition, she said. He runs the couple's production company and had been considering her participation for a few years.
The actress said she initially resisted the idea.
"I said, 'Give me one good reason,' " Harper recalled. "He said, 'You have cancer! Get up there, and show people that you can dance and do -- and the doctors said it's fine to exercise. Encourage people to move, to exercise, to do all the things that will be good for them, and mainly not to sit in the house and glower and worry and feel sorry for yourself because you have this disease and anything else.'"
1. Who is competing on a show?
2. On which show?
3. What disease does Harper have?
4. What object could she win?
5. Does she have brain cancer?
6. What kind then?
7. Who is she married to?
8. Did he discourage her?
9. What network is the show on?
10. What is his occupation?
11. What show was she known for?
12. Is it an easy contest?
13. Who interviewed her?
14. When?
15. When did she announce she had cancer?
16. What month?
17. Did the doctors clear her to participate?
18. Was she excited to do it at first?
19. How long to participants practice?
20. Are people injured?
Numbered answers: | 1. Valerie Harper
2. Dancing With the Stars
3. leptomeningeal carcinomatosis
4. mirror ball trophy
5. No
6. lung cancer,
7. Tony Cacciotti
8. No
9. ABC
10. He runs the couple's production company
11. Rhoda
12. No
13. CNN
14. Wednesday.
15. just months ago
16. March
17. Yes
18. No
19. hours a day
20. Yes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
188 | CHAPTER VI
Maraton spent three hours and a half that morning in conclave with the committee appointed for his reception, and for that three hours and a half he was profoundly bored. Every one had a good deal to say except Richard Graveling, who sat at the end of the table with folded arms and a scowl upon his face. The only other man who scarcely opened his lips during the entire time, was Maraton himself. Peter Dale, Labour Member for Newcastle, was the first to make a direct appeal. He was a stalwart, grim-looking man, with heavy grey eyebrows and grey beard. He had been a Member of Parliament for some years and was looked upon as the practical leader of his party.
"We've heard a lot of you, Mr. Maraton," he declared, "of your fine fighting methods and of your gift of speech. We'll hear more of that, I hope, at Manchester. We are, so to speak, strangers as yet, but there's one thing I will say for you, and that is that you're a good listener. You've heard all that we've got to say and you've scarcely made a remark. You won't object to my saying that we're expecting something from you in the way of initiative, not to say leadership?"
Maraton glanced down the table. There were five men seated there, and, a little apart from all of them, David Ross, who had refused to be shaken off. Excepting him only, they were well-fed and substantial looking men. Maraton had studied them carefully through half-closed eyes during all the time of their meeting, and the more he had studied them, the more disappointed he had become. There was not one of them with the eyes of a dreamer. There was not one of them who appeared capable of dealing with any subject save from his own absolutely material and practical point of view.
1. Who had a scowl on his face?
2. Where was he?
3. Who was Peter Dale?
4. What color was his hair?
5. What was he a member of for some years?
6. What did he say to Maraton?
7. How long was Maraton in the meeting that morning?
8. Who was the only one who didn't say much?
9. What did Maraton have a gift for?
10. And where did they hope to hear more about him?
11. What were they expecting from him?
12. What did Maraton study with half open eyes?
13. How did that make him feel?
14. Why?
15. Did he think they were capable?
16. What was the only thing he thought they were concerned with?
17. Who was grim looking?
18. Who looked down at the table?
19. How many men were sitting there?
20. Who was apart from them?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. Richard Graveling
2. He sat at the end of the table
3. Labour Member for Newcastle
4. His beard was grey so probably grey
5. Parliament
6. We've heard a lot of you, Mr. Maraton,
7. 3 1/2 hours
8. Richard Graveling,
9. Speech
10. at Manchester
11. Initiative and Leadership
12. The men at the table.
13. Disappointed
14. No one had the eyes of a dreamer.
15. No
16. Their own material and practical point of view.
17. Peter Dale
18. Maraton
19. 6 men
20. David Ross, | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
189 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
To unambiguously specify the date, dual dating or Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are sometimes used with dates. Dual dating uses two consecutive years because of differences in the starting date of the year, or includes both the Julian and Gregorian dates. Old Style and New Style (N.S.) indicate either whether the start of the Julian year has been adjusted to start on 1 January (N.S.) even though documents written at the time use a different start of year (O.S.), or whether a date conforms to the Julian calendar (O.S.) rather than the Gregorian (N.S.).
The Gregorian calendar was a reform of the Julian calendar instituted in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, by papal bull Inter gravissimas dated 24 February 1582. The motivation for the adjustment was to bring the date for the celebration of Easter to the time of year in which it was celebrated when it was introduced by the early Church. Although a recommendation of the First Council of Nicaea in 325 specified that all Christians should celebrate Easter on the same day, it took almost five centuries before virtually all Christians achieved that objective by adopting the rules of the Church of Alexandria (see Easter for the issues which arose).
1. What other term for dual dating?
2. What dual dating for?
3. How many years it is for?
4. What name it has included?
5. In what year it changed?
6. Why it has to change?
Numbered answers: | 1. Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.)
2. differences in the starting date of the year
3. two consecutive years
4. Pope Gregory XIII,
5. in 1582
6. to bring the date for the celebration of Easter to the time of year in which it was celebrated when it was introduced by the early Church | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
190 | (CNN) -- The Internet was made for moments like these.
Clint Eastwood and his empty chair didn't so much detract from Mitt Romney's big moment at the last night of the Republican National Convention, as much as they became breakout stars in their own right. Romney and Marco Rubio still had their moments. Clint retained his Hollywood icon status. And two new stars were born, Invisible Obama and Clint's Chair.
Those weren't the only OMG moment during the final night of the RNC.
1. More crying
"Is crying becoming a 'thing' for Republicans?" asked @libgrrrl Thursday night.
We couldn't have said it better ourselves.
One of Eastwood's most tweeted moments was his reference to crying when Obama was elected.
"I just thought this is great. Everybody's crying, Oprah was crying. I was even crying," he said.
U.S. Olympian Mike Eruzione got choked up speaking about carrying the World Trade Center flag during the 2002 Opening Ceremony, but it was Romney talking about single rose his father would leave by his mother's bedside every day that had most eyes welling up, including Romney's.
"Mitt's tearing up talking about his parents! Y'all I can't even deal with all this crying tonight," tweeted @rsethib
And then there were the weepers in the audience, some of whom managed to hold back tears long enough to tweet, like @ShoshanaWeissmann, "Loving this!!!!!! Crying a little and SO inspired!!!!!!"
2. Homocon
CNN reporter Jen Christensen spent time with members of the Log Cabin Republicans who were invited to participate in the convention platform for the first time this year. The LGBT group GOProud threw a Tuesday night party called "Homocon," that included go-go dancers and a velvet rope. However inclusion did not = acceptance. But let's focus on the lighter moments shall we?
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. Clint Eastwood
2. Two
3. unknown
4. his reference to crying when Obama was elected
5. yes
6. carrying the World Trade Center flag during the 2002 Opening Ceremony
7. a single rose his father would leave by his mother's bedside every day
8. She spent time with members of the Log Cabin Republicans
9. It was Homocon
10. It was Tuesday night
Numbered questions: | 1. Who had an empty chair?
2. How many new stars were born?
3. What was the 'thing' for Republicans?
4. What was Eastwood's most tweeted moment?
5. Did he think that was okay?
6. What did the Olympic athlete speak about?
7. And Romney?
8. Who did the CNN journalist spend time with?
9. What was the name of the celebration GOPround gave?
10. What night was it? | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
191 | Louisville, Kentucky (CNN) -- A secret audio recording of their biggest election year target -- Sen. Mitch McConnell -- talking to a donor summit arranged by the Koch brothers, the Democrats' 2014 bogeymen.
Democrats pushed "The Nation" story around online with frenetic glee.
McConnell's Democratic challenger for his Kentucky seat, Alison Lundergan Grimes, couldn't wait to whack him on it, telling CNN in an exclusive interview that "Mitch McConnell got caught in his 47% Mitt Romney moment."
"I think it shows the extent and the lengths he will go to to pander to his party millionaires and billionaires at the expense of hurting Kentuckians," Grimes told CNN.
The problem with the Democrats' argument is that Romney's 47% moment was only a moment because he was saying to donors in private something he would never have dared to utter in public:
"Forty-seven percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it. That that's an entitlement," Romney said behind closed doors about President Obama's supporters in 2012.
But unlike Romney, what McConnell said to the Koch brothers are things he has said in public, and more importantly, his comments mirror positions he has publicly backed with actual Senate votes: opposition to Democrats' plans to increase the minimum wage, extend unemployment insurance and make student loans more affordable through the tax system.
Answer the following questions:
1. What party is McConnell part of?
2. Who is running against him?
3. What state are they from?
4. What does she want to take from him?
5. What party does she belong to?
6. What is she saying McConnell was caught in?
Numbered answers: | 1. republican
2. Alison Lundergan Grimes
3. Kentucky
4. his seat
5. Democrat
6. pandering | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
192 | Read the text and answer the questions.
If you want to get a new cell phone number, don't forget to bring your ID with you . As of September 1, people have to register with their ID to buy a new cell phone number. You can show your ID card orhukou, but student ID's won't work. If you already have a cell phone number, it is better to register it before 2013. The new rules are meant to prevent junk messages and fraud through cell phones. A cell phone user in China on average received 43.3 messages a week in the first half of this year. According to reports, about 12 of those were junk messages. In a survey, about 74.5 percent of users said they have received fraudulent messages. If all people register their cell phone number with ID information, it will be easier for police to find the people behind those messages. Situations in other countries Because cell phone are getting more and more popular, many countries have made stricter cell phone rules. Countries like India, Japan, Australia, and Singapore all ask users to register their ID information. Ulrich Mller is a German living in Beijing. "In Germany, you have to show your ID when you buy a cell phone card," he said. "The rules have been there for a long time. Most people know about it." Linda van der Horst is a student at Peking University. She said that in the Netherlands ,people have to show ID information and bank account information to buy a cell phone card.
1. What do do if you need to get a new cell phone number?
2. As of what date would it be effective?
3. And if you already have a cell number when do you register?
4. What are the new rules trying to do?
5. and what else?
6. About how many percentage of users have received fraud messages?
7. So if the cell phone has an id information would it be easier to catch anyone?
8. Are there other countries who already practice this?
9. Name two for me?
10. ANother two please?
11. What about in Germany?
12. Who is Linda van der Horst?
13. Where?
14. Where exactly is this university?
15. What do people have to show there to buy a cell phone card?
16. and what else?
Numbered answers: | 1. your ID
2. September 1
3. before 2013
4. prevent junk messages
5. fraud
6. 74.5 percent
7. yes
8. yes
9. India, Japan,
10. Australia, and Singapore
11. You have to show your ID
12. a student
13. Peking University
14. in the Netherlands
15. ID information
16. bank account information | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
193 | Answer the questions at the end based on the text.
Some 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 most often on the big screen.
At 14, he moved to Beijing for his acting career for the first time, with little money in his pocket. He worked at a construction site for 20 to 25 yuan per day, and spent his free time standing in front of the Beijing Film Studio, eager to be chosen as temporary actors. This was the hardest time for the boy. His opportunity finally came one day after he went for a role in the movie "Blind Shaft" . He was chosen to play a young coal miner. The movie won him three prizes in Thailand, France and Taiwan. But his success didn`t make any difference to his life.
That year, he went home for the Spring Festival. He gave his family his earnings from the movie, around $ 250 and then returned to Beijing with 500 yuan, the same amount he had when he first came to the city. His life was as simple as before.
Thanks to his natural performance in "Blind Shaft", he was invited by the famous director Feng Xiaogang to act in the film "A World Without Thieves" in 2004, which made him famous immediately. People called him "Shagen", the name of his character in the movie.
Wang's work, "Soldiers Sortie" has made him the most popular actor on the Chinese mainland. For the actor, it's a dream coming true.
"Dreams come true. I think my life is exactly a course of pursuing dreams. No matter how tough one thing is,I can make it as long as I put great effort into it. "he said.
1. Where was Wang born?
2. To a weathly family?
3. Is he a nobody?
4. How about now?
5. what is he?
6. where?
7. is he an only child?
8. Where did he go at 8?
9. why?
10. Where?
11. When was the hardest time for him?
12. why?
13. doing what?
14. was he?
15. for what?
16. Did he do well in themovie?
17. how?
18. What made him famous?
19. How did he feel about dreams?
20. how?
Numbered answers: | 1. Hebei Province.
2. no
3. Some years ago
4. no
5. a household film star
6. China.
7. no
8. he left home
9. to study kung fu
10. at Shaolin Temple
11. when he was 14
12. spent his free time standing in front of the Beijing Film Studio,
13. eager to be chosen as temporary actors
14. yes
15. He was chosen to play a young coal miner
16. yes
17. The movie won him three prizes in Thailand, France and Taiwan.
18. Soldiers Sortie
19. Dreams come true
20. put great effort into it | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
194 | (CNN) -- It could be the spartan living environment, or perhaps growing up in the thin air nearly 3,000 meters above sea level -- or maybe it's the influence of a legendary local coach.
Whatever its secret, a remote mountain town in Ethiopia has produced a string of world-beating distance runners.
Three-time Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba is the current cream of a crop that has helped put Bekoji on the map. Like many from her area, she was clearly born to run.
"Running is for me my job, but also my source of entertainment," the 27-year-old told CNN's Human to Hero series.
"It's because of running that I am well known around the world. For me, it's the ultimate thing."
Her elder sister Ejegayehu was an Olympic silver medalist in 2004, while younger sister Genzebe was the 2009 world junior cross country champion and a younger brother Dejene is a promising 800m runner.
Sporting excellence flows through the family genes: Dibaba is the cousin of double Olympic 10,000m champion Derartu Tulu, while she was also inspired by another cousin -- Bekelu, who she often calls her sister, and was an international distance runner.
They all hail from Bekoji, a town of fewer than 20,000 people set high in the mountains of the Arsi province, but with a freakish record for track and field success.
"Bekoji has produced so many great athletes starting from Derartu. In Beijing, Kenenisa (Bekele) and I brought home two gold medals each," Dibaba said.
"Bekoji has strong runners. Bekoji is great and can produce even greater athletes."
Answer this series of questions:
1. Who is the cream of crop?
2. Who is she?
3. What is she known for?
4. Did she speak out to CNN?
5. Do she have siblings?
6. What do they do?
7. Who is Bekelu?
8. Where are they from?
9. What is they record there?
10. What did she bring back home?
11. What can Bekoji produce?
Numbered answers: | 1. Tirunesh Dibaba
2. Tirunesh Dibaba
3. Three-time Olympic champion
4. yes
5. yes
6. they are runners
7. an international distance runner
8. Bekoji
9. a record for track and field success
10. two gold medals each
11. great athletes | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
195 | (CNN) -- Barefoot and covered in dirt and sweat, 14-year-old Dante Campilan pulls weeds from orderly rows of sugar cane.
Wearing an oversized red cap to protect him from the scorching Philippine sun, Dante is doing work that should be reserved for men, not children.
Earning 150 pesos ($3.50) for a seven-hour day, Dante has been a child laborer in the Philippine region of Mindanao since he was seven years old. He says he does it to help his parents, but he is just one of many children who are part of an illegal economic system of child labor.
The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates 2.4 million child workers are in the Philippines. Many of them, according to the ILO, are in rural areas working in fields and mines. The organization estimates 60% work in hazardous conditions.
Alongside Dante is 13-year-old Alvic James, who dropped out of school when he was in the first grade. Back then, he explained, his family didn't have enough money to eat. Alvic says he wants to learn to read and write but because he is needed in the fields he has no time to go to school.
When the boys turn 15 or 16, they'll move on to the more hazardous job of cutting sugar cane. That's currently the job of 16-year-old Elmar Paran, who hasn't been to school since he was a young child, sentencing him to a future in the fields.
The use of child laborers in the sugar fields of Northern Mindanao is so common that landowner Angeles Penda shrugs it off as a way of life. "The parents beg us to include their children to work," she said.
What are the answers to this following set of questions:
1. What country is responsible for exploiting a 14 year old?
2. What are his earnings or a full work day?
3. How many children are estimated to be working in the Philippines?
4. What type of work does he do?
5. Why does he do it?
6. What is expected of them by the time the boys turn 15 or 16?
7. What region of Philippines is responsible for sugar cane work for children?
8. When did Alvic drop out of school?
9. Why did Alvic do it?
10. And what does he want to learn?
11. Why doesn't he know yet?
12. What is the name of sugar landowner in Northern Mindanao?
13. What's her excuse for using children for labor?
14. Who is covering this report?
Numbered answers: | 1. the Philippines
2. 150 pesos
3. 2.4 million
4. pulls weeds
5. to help his parents
6. They'll move on to cutting sugar cane
7. Mindanao
8. In the first grade
9. His family didn't have enough money to eat.
10. to read and write
11. he has no time to go to school
12. Angeles Penda
13. The parents beg us to include their children to work
14. CNN | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
196 | CHAPTER XXV
THE TRAIL THROUGH THE JUNGLE
"Sid Merrick is certainly in deadly earnest," was Mr. Rover's comment, after the boys had finished their tale. "He means to get hold of that treasure by hook or by crook, and he will stop at nothing to gain his end."
"We want to go after him and his gang," said Dick. "We ought not to lose a minute doing it."
"Can you walk, Dick?"
"I guess so, although being tied up made me rather stiff."
"I see your wrist is bleeding."
"Yes, and I tried pretty hard to free myself."
"And I tried, too," added Sam. "But I couldn't budge a single knot."
"We could not unknot the knots," added Tom, who was bound to have his joke.
It was now morning, for which all were thankful. The lights were put out, and the whole party partook of some of the provisions on hand.
"I believe Merrick would have left us to starve," said Sam. "He is the greatest rascal I ever knew!"
The Rover boys pointed out the direction Sid Merrick and his party had taken. Bahama Bill said that trail was new to him, and if it led to the treasure cave he did not know it.
"But I'll know the cave as soon as I see it--if it is still there," he added.
"Well, you won't see it if it isn't there," said Dick, grimly. "That earthquake may have changed the whole face of that portion of the isle."
The trail appeared to make a wide sweep to the westward, and led them over ground that was unusually rough. The trailing vines were everywhere and they had to brush away innumerable spider webs as they progressed. Once Songbird came upon some spiders larger than any he had yet seen and two crawled on his shoulder, causing him to yell in fright.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. How many boys are mentioned?
2. What are their names?
3. Why does Dick have trouble walking?
4. Why?
5. Does he have any injuries?
6. What?
7. How did that happen?
8. Did the other children try, too?
9. Were they successful?
10. Who did this to them?
11. What is he after?
12. Where does he expect to find it?
Numbered answers: | 1. Three
2. Dick, Sam & Tom
3. He is rather stiff
4. He was tied up.
5. Yes
6. His wrist is bleeding
7. When he tried to free himself
8. Yes
9. No
10. Merrick
11. Treasure
12. A cave | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
197 | From March 29 to April 19, a new version of Death of a Salesman
was performedat tne Capital Theatre as the first in a series of
foreign classics to mark the 60th anniversary of the Beijing People's Art
Theatre.The last time this play was performed in Beijing was 29 years ago.
Death of a Salesman was created in 1949 by Arthur Miller, who used it to reveal the weakness of the "American Dream" .The main character, Willy Loman, believes wholeheartedly in American capitalism, and desires to "succeed" but his own greed _ him in the end.Death of a Salesman's first performance was a huge hit on Broadway, where it shocked the American theatre world, and strengthened the 33-year-old Miller's status as a master of American theatre.The play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, New York Drama Critics' Circle, and the Tony Award for Best Play.The New York Times praised Death of a Salesman as a milestone of 20th century theatre.In 1999, Death of a Salesman received another Tony Award for Best Revival, and the then 83-year-old Miller was given the National Medal of Arts.
The 1983 version of Death of a Salesman was directed personally by Arthur Miller on a visit to China, with Beijing director and actor Ying Ruocheng as the main character of Willy Loman.On May 7, 1983, the play was performed for the first time at the Capital Theatre, and the first series of performances lasted until August 18, with over 50 performances, some of which filled the house, and all of which had great influence.
When it was first performed here, China didn't have "salesman" , so the actors had to use their imagination to represent the characters and American society, and the audiences weren't entirely sure about some information.For example, they couldn't understand what "fixed payments" were, or why, if Willy was a lower-class member of American society, his family had a house, car, refrigerator, and television.But this didn't stop the play from becoming a widely-known page in Beijing's theatre history.
1. Where the new version was performed?
2. What was the name of the play?
3. Was is a special occasion?
4. Of what?
5. Was it played in Beijing?
6. After how long?
7. Who directed the 1983 version?
8. Who was the main character?
9. On what date it was played?
10. How many shows they had then?
11. Was it well received?
12. Did China have real life salesman then?
13. What actors did to portray them?
14. Was the audience confused?
15. Any example of what they didn't get?
16. Any other?
17. Going back which year the original play was created?
18. By whom?
19. What did the main character believe?
Numbered answers: | 1. Capital Theatre
2. Death of a Salesman
3. 60th anniversary
4. Beijing People's Art Theatre
5. Yes
6. 29 years
7. Arthur Miller
8. Willy Loman
9. May 7, 1983
10. over 50
11. Some were
12. No
13. Used their imagination
14. Yes
15. "fixed payments"
16. Why Willy had so much stuff if he was lower-class
17. 1949
18. Arthur Miller
19. in American capitalism | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
198 | (CNN) -- From cyberspace to college campuses, many young conservatives are worried that Sen. John McCain is not appealing to their generation.
Sen. John McCain says he knows how important young voters are.
At a town hall meeting in Ohio this month, a student told McCain that Republicans were a dying breed on his campus.
"I understand the challenge I have, and I understand that this election is really all about the people of your generation," McCain said.
Many young Republicans said Sen. Barack Obama, the 46-year-old junior senator from Illinois, is inspiring voters their age, but McCain, the 71-year-old Arizona senator who has been in office since the early '80s, is not.
Eric Perlmutter, a Republican and student at the at the University of Southern California, said the roaring enthusiasm that follows Obama is missing among conservatives his age.
"We try to get people out to our college Republican meetings, but ... we can't seem to draw the same kind of vocal support," he said.
At the July town hall meeting in Portsmouth, Ohio, McCain said he knows that he has "a lot of work to do" with the younger voters.
The senator said he needs young conservatives to help spread his message for him, because "there's nothing that convinces young people like other young people."
McCain also acknowledged the importance of using the Internet to reach out to a generation that stays in touch via social networking sites.
On MySpace, Obama has more than 427,000 friends, compared with fewer than 60,000 for McCain.
1. Who held a town hall meeting in Ohio?
2. What office does he hold?
3. Of what state?
4. Has he been in that job since the 70's?
5. Since when, then?
6. Doe he appeal to the youth?
7. Who appeals more to them?
8. How old is he?
9. And what state does he represent?
10. Is he Republican?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. McCain
2. senator
3. Arizona
4. No
5. '80s
6. No
7. Sen. Barack Obama
8. 46
9. Illinois
10. No | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
199 | Make use of the article to answer the questions.
Alice needs some money for a Mother's Day present. She tells her father about her problem. "I'll pay you to do some housework. You can clean up the yard ," her father says. "You can also wash my car and Mum's. Both of them need to be washed because they're really dirty." Alice works on the yard and washes her father's car. "Too bad! You didn't have time to wash Mum's car," Dad says when he pays her. The next morning Alice wakes up early. First she washes her mother's car. Then she goes to the flower shop. She also buys her mother's favourite bread on her way home. After breakfast Alice asks her mother to go to the garage . She opens the gate. "Wow!" Alice's mother says. "My car is _ ." "Open the door," Alice says. Alice's mother opens the door. There on the seat she sees a bunch of flowers. "Happy Mother's Day!" Alice says.
1. Who opened the door?
2. What did she see?
3. How many?
4. Who needed money?
5. Why?
6. For whom?
7. Who did she tell?
8. Did he offer to help?
9. When did she ask her mom to go to the garage?
10. What did mom open?
11. What did she exclaim?
12. What was opened next?
13. Where was the bouquet?
14. How many cars were there?
15. What was very filthy?
16. Did she get paid?
17. What did she do in the lawn?
18. When did Mom's auto get cleaned?
19. When did she awaken?
20. What else did she buy?
Numbered answers: | 1. Alice's mother
2. flowers
3. bunch
4. Alice
5. present
6. Mother
7. father
8. yes
9. After breakfast
10. gate
11. Wow
12. door
13. seat
14. Two
15. car
16. yes
17. clean
18. next morning
19. early
20. bread | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |
200 | A protagonist () is the main character in any story, such as a literary work or drama.
The protagonist is at the center of the story, makes the key decisions, and experiences the consequences of those decisions. The protagonist affects the main characters' circumstances as well, as they are often the primary actor propelling the story forward. If a story contains a subplot, or is a narrative made up of several stories, then the character who is interpreted as the protagonist of each subplot or individual story.
The word "protagonist" is used notably in stories and forms of literature and culture that contain stories, which would include dramas, novels, operas and films. In those forms the protagonist may simply be the leading actor, or the principal character in the story. More formally, the protagonist, while still defined as a leading character, may also be defined as the character whose fate is most closely followed by the reader or audience, and who is opposed by the antagonist. The antagonist will provide obstacles and complications and create conflict that test the protagonist, thus revealing the strengths and weaknesses of their character.
The earliest known examples of protagonist are dated back to Ancient Greece. At first dramatic performances involved merely dancing and recitation by the chorus. But then in "Poetics", Aristotle describes how a poet named Thespis introduced the idea of having one actor step out and engage in a dialogue with the chorus. This invention of tragedy occurred about 536 B.C. Then the poet Aeschylus, in his plays, introduced a second actor, inventing the idea of dialogue between two characters. Sophocles then wrote plays that required a third actor.
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. main character
2. main characters
3. Ancient Greece
4. Aristotle
5. The antagonist
6. obstacles
7. unknown
8. Aeschylus
9. Sophocles
10. dramas
Numbered questions: | 1. what is a protagonist
2. who does it affect
3. how far back do protagonists go
4. who came up with the idea of having a main character out of the chorus
5. who reveals strength and weaknesses of protagonist
6. what does he provide
7. what year did this occur in Greece
8. who introduced the second actor
9. who introduced the third
10. what kind of "stories" include a protagonist | Flan-Coqa (T) | - | question-answering | 1 | eng | Latn | train |