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what does Catherine Charlotte De la Gardie and Witch-hunt have in common?
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witch
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Title: De la Gardie
Passage: De la Gardie (also de la Gardie) is the name of a distinguished Swedish noble family of French origin.
Title: Catherine Charlotte De la Gardie
Passage: Countess Catherine Charlotte De la Gardie (née Catharina Charlotta Taube; 5 April 1723 – 24 March 1763), also known as Catherine Charlotte de La Gardie, was a Swedish noble. She introduced smallpox vaccination in Sweden, and stopped the last witch trial in her country.
Title: Witch-hunt
Passage: A witch-hunt is a search for persons labelled "witches" or evidence of witchcraft, often involving moral panic or mass hysteria. The classical period of witch-hunts in Early Modern Europe and Colonial North America took place in the Early Modern period or about 1450 to 1750, spanning the upheavals of the Reformation and the Thirty Years' War, resulting in an estimated 35,000 to 100,000 executions. Including illegal and summary executions it is estimated 200,000 or more witches were tortured, burnt or hanged in the Western world from 1500 until around 1800. The last executions of people convicted as witches in Europe took place in the 18th century. In other regions, like Africa and Asia, contemporary witch-hunts have been reported from Sub-Saharan Africa and Papua New Guinea and official legislation against witchcraft is still found in Saudi Arabia and Cameroon today.
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[
"Witch-hunt",
"Catherine Charlotte De la Gardie"
] |
The Green Inferno was directed by the man who came to prominence with which 2005 film?
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Hostel
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Title: Eli Roth
Passage: Eli Raphael Roth (born April 18, 1972) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. As a director and producer, he is most closely associated with the horror genre, first coming to prominence by directing the 2005 film "Hostel" and its 2007 sequel, "". As an actor, his most prominent role was as Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino's war film "Inglourious Basterds" for which he won both a SAG Award (Best Ensemble) and a BFCA Critic's Choice Award (Best Acting Ensemble). Journalists have included him in a group of filmmakers dubbed the Splat Pack for their explicitly violent and bloody horror films. In 2013, Roth received the Visionary Award for his contributions to horror, at the Stanley Film Festival. His most recent directorial effort was the 2015 erotic horror film "Knock Knock". His next project is the vigilante action film "Death Wish", a remake of the 1974 original.
Title: Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
Passage: Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man is a 2005 film by Lian Lunson about the life and career of Leonard Cohen. It is based on a January 2005 tribute show at the Sydney Opera House titled "Came So Far for Beauty", which was presented by Sydney Festival under the artistic direction of Brett Sheehy, and produced by Hal Willner. Performers at this show included Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker, The Handsome Family, Beth Orton, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Teddy Thompson, Linda Thompson, Antony, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, with Cohen's former back-up singers Perla Batalla and Julie Christensen as special guests. The end of the film includes a performance by Leonard Cohen and U2, which was not recorded live, but filmed specifically for the film at the Slipper Room in New York in May 2005.
Title: The Green Inferno (film)
Passage: The Green Inferno is a 2013 American adventure horror film directed by Eli Roth. The film was inspired by and is a homage to Italian cannibal films of the late 1970s and early '80s "cannibal boom", including "Cannibal Holocaust" (1980), which features a film-within-a-film titled "The Green Inferno". The film follows a group of activists who are forced to fight for survival when they are captured by a cannibalistic tribe.
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[
"The Green Inferno (film)",
"Eli Roth"
] |
n recent years Pakistan champions cricket league (PCCL) matches have been telecasted live through a channel that belongs to which corporation ?
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Independent Media Corporation
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Title: RLCA Korangi
Passage: Rashid Latif Cricket Academy Korangi ground in Karachi is one of the few cricket grounds in Pakistan which are equipped with floodlights. In recent years Pakistan champions cricket league (PCCL) matches have been held there and telecasted live through Geo Super. RLCA also operates another ground in Gulberg and New Karachi.
Title: World Cricket League Africa Region
Passage: The World Cricket League Africa Region or Africa World Cricket League is a one-day cricket tournament organised by the African Cricket Association for non-Test national cricket teams in Africa. As well as providing opportunity for national teams to play international matches against others of a similar standard, it also provides qualification into the ICC World Cricket League.
Title: Geo Super
Passage: Geo Super is the first 24-hour Dubai based Pakistani channel dedicated to the world of sports. It belongs to Independent Media Corporation, owner of the Jang Group of Newspapers.
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[
"Geo Super",
"RLCA Korangi"
] |
Between Nikos Nikolaidis and Claude Lanzmann, who filmmaker has had a more diverse career?
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Nikos Georgiou Nikolaidis
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Title: Pourquoi Israël
Passage: Pourquoi Israël (Israel, Why) (1973) is "Shoah" filmmaker Claude Lanzmann's first film. The documentary examines life in Israel twenty-five years after the birth of the state. Lanzmann spends time with, among others, German-Jewish émigrés, intellectuals, dock workers, police, prison inmates, and the newly arrived surveying life in the new homeland. The title of the film is often incorrectly given as a question "Why Israel?" however, Lanzmann intended it as an answer or an explanation from a collection of viewpoints.
Title: Nikos Nikolaidis
Passage: Nikos Georgiou Nikolaidis (Greek: Νίκος Γεωργίου Νικολαΐδης ) (25 October 1939, Athens, Greece – 5 September 2007, Athens, Greece) was a Greek film director, screenwriter, film producer, writer, theatre director, assistant director, record producer, television director, and commercial director. He is usually considered a representative of European avant-garde and experimental art film.
Title: Claude Lanzmann
Passage: Claude Lanzmann (] ; born 27 November 1925) is a French filmmaker known for the Holocaust documentary film "Shoah" (1985).
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[
"Claude Lanzmann",
"Nikos Nikolaidis"
] |
Which film was released earlier, Up or The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement?
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The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
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Title: Up (2009 film)
Passage: Up is a 2009 American 3D computer-animated comedy-adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Pete Docter, the film centers on an elderly widower named Carl Fredricksen (Ed Asner) and an earnest young "Wilderness Explorer" (a fictional youth group similar to the Boy Scouts) named Russell (Jordan Nagai). By tying thousands of balloons to his home, Carl sets out to fulfill his dream to see the wilds of South America and complete a promise made to his late wife, Ellie. The film was co-directed by Bob Peterson, with music composed by Michael Giacchino.
Title: The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Passage: The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement is a 2004 American romantic comedy film and the sequel to 2001's "The Princess Diaries". Unlike the first film, this film is not based on any of the books.
Title: The Princess Diaries, Volume VII: Party Princess
Passage: The Princess Diaries, Volume VII: Party Princess, released in the United Kingdom as The Princess Diaries: Seventh Heaven, is a young adult book in the critically acclaimed "Princess Diaries" series. Written by Meg Cabot, it was released in 2006 by Harper Collins Publishers and is the seventh novel in the series.
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[
"Up (2009 film)",
"The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement"
] |
Who was born first, Ludwig Renn or Elias Canetti?
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Ludwig Renn
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Title: The Crowd (Rova Saxophone Quartet album)
Passage: The Crowd (subtitled For Elias Canetti) is an album by the Rova Saxophone Quartet recorded in France in 1985 for the Swiss Hathut label.
Title: Elias Canetti
Passage: Elias Canetti ( ; Bulgarian: Елиас Канети ; 25 July 1905 – 14 August 1994) was a German language author, born in Ruse, Bulgaria, and later a British citizen. He was a modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist and non-fiction writer. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981, "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power".
Title: Ludwig Renn
Passage: Ludwig Renn (22 April 1889 in Dresden – 21 July 1979 in Berlin) was a German author. Born a Saxon nobleman, he later became a committed communist and lived in East Berlin.
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[
"Ludwig Renn",
"Elias Canetti"
] |
Annie "Knowles" Fisher became famous for her widely sold biscuits that in New England are called what?
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sea biscuits
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Title: Beaten biscuit
Passage: Beaten biscuits are a Southern food from the United States, dating from the 19th century. They differ from regular American soft-dough biscuits in that they are more like hardtack. In New England they are called "sea biscuits", as they were staples aboard whaling ships.
Title: Annie Fisher
Passage: Annie "Knowles" Fisher (December 3, 1867 – June 11, 1938) was a cook, caterer and entrepreneur. Annie lived in Columbia, Missouri, and worked for prominent families as a cook until she started her own catering business. Annie became famous in Missouri for her widely sold beaten biscuits. Through her cooking, Annie amassed a sizable fortune and purchased rental properties and farms in and around Boone County.
Title: Viola banksii
Passage: Viola banksii, commonly known as native violet, is sold and grown throughout garden nurseries and grown and loved in gardens around Australia, especially in the east. For many years it was known as "Viola hederacea", however the species complex was revised in 2004 by Kevin Thiele. Although the Native Violet was initially collected by Banks and Solander, the type specimen was either lost or not provided until a collection by Jacques Labillardière in Tasmania. He discovered that the original type specimen of "V. hederacea" collected by Labillardière was not the same as the hardier and showier plant later collected, cultivated and widely sold. This second form, native to the New South Wales coast from near Brisbane to Batemans Bay, he named "Viola banksii". This species is distinguished by its striking purple and white flowers. As well, the fully developed leaves are almost circular in outline with a deep, narrow, v-shaped sinus at the base, and are usually rather bright, fresh green.
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[
"Annie Fisher",
"Beaten biscuit"
] |
Hellfest is an annual all hearse car show, in Hell, or Hiland Lake, is an unincorporated community in Putnam Township of Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan, in which country?
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United States
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Title: Hellfest (auto show)
Passage: Hellfest is an annual all hearse car show, in Hell, Michigan, United States. In 2011, the event set a new Guinness World Record for the Longest Hearse Parade.
Title: Hamburg Township, Michigan
Passage: Hamburg Township is a civil township of Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 21,165 making it the largest municipality in Livingston County.
Title: Hell, Michigan
Passage: Hell, or Hiland Lake, is an unincorporated community in Putnam Township of Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is near the border with Washtenaw County, about 15 mi northwest of Ann Arbor. Hell is 3 mi southwest of Pinckney via Patterson Lake Road. The community is served by the Pinckney post office with ZIP Code 48169.
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[
"Hellfest (auto show)",
"Hell, Michigan"
] |
Who produced the album Recess on March 18,2014 featuring the single Dirty Vibe?
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Skrillex and Diplo
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Title: Dirty White Boy (song)
Passage: "Dirty White Boy" is a song recorded by British-American rock band Foreigner, written by Lou Gramm, Mick Jones, and produced by Roy Thomas Baker, Jones, and Ian McDonald. It was the first single taken from the band's third studio album, "Head Games" (1979). The B-side, "Rev On The Red Line" has also proven to be very popular among fans, but was never released as an A-side single on its own. Lou Gramm's trademark scream at the end of the song is missing from this abbreviated version of "Dirty White Boy". Jones has claimed that the song was about Elvis Presley, adding that "he always was that dirty white boy who changed the shape of music completely. It was talking about the kind of heritage that he left, and I think that had an effect on all the musicians that came after, like Mick Jagger - he was also a dirty white boy. Elvis paved the way for all that."
Title: Recess (album)
Passage: Recess is the debut studio album by American music producer Skrillex, released on March 18, 2014 by OWSLA, Big Beat Records, and Atlantic Records. It was recorded between 2013 and 2014 whilst Skrillex was touring around the world.
Title: Dirty Vibe
Passage: "Dirty Vibe" is a single by American record producers Skrillex and Diplo, featuring vocals from G-Dragon and CL. It was released on December 15, 2014 as the fourth single from Skrillex's debut studio album "Recess" (2014). The single charted at number 19 on Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs.
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[
"Recess (album)",
"Dirty Vibe"
] |
Are both Bernard Rose and Fritz Lang part of the film industry?
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yes
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Title: Arthur Roberts (editor)
Passage: Arthur Roberts July 17, 1890 – February 5, 1961), also known as Arthur E. Roberts, was an American film editor who edited over 100 films during his almost 30 year career. He began ending towards the end of the silent era of the film industry, his first film being 1927's "The College Hero", directed by Walter Lang. His last film was Republic's "Lay That Rifle Down" in 1955, after which he spent a brief period as the editor for the television series, "Lassie", before retiring in 1956. During his career he would work with many famous directors, including Frank Capra (on several films, including "The Donovan Affair"), Lowell Sherman (on "The Royal Bed"), William Seiter (on several films, including "Way Back Home"), Edward Cline (on "Cracked Nuts"), George Cukor ("A Bill of Divorcement"), Dorothy Arzner (the first female member of the DGA, on "Christopher Strong"), Anthony Mann ("Strangers in the Night"), George Archainbaud ("Girls of the Big House"), Fritz Lang ("House by the River"),
Title: Fritz Lang
Passage: Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best-known "émigrés" from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute.
Title: Bernard Rose (director)
Passage: Bernard Rose (born 4 August 1960) is an English film director most famous for his direction of the 1992 horror film "Candyman" and the 1994 historical romance film "Immortal Beloved".
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[
"Fritz Lang",
"Bernard Rose (director)"
] |
Which mall that A Line serves has 12 million visitors a year?
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Rosedale Center
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Title: Rosedale Center
Passage: Rosedale Center, commonly known just as Rosedale, is a shopping center in Roseville, Minnesota. The mall is considered a regional powerhouse as a shopping destination; surrounded by suburbs and close to major highways, it serves a trade area population almost 2 million people, and boasts 12 million visitors a year.
Title: Mall of Abilene
Passage: Mall of Abilene is an enclosed shopping mall in Abilene, Texas. It is located in the growing south side of the city, at the southwest corner of the busiest intersection in Abilene at Buffalo Gap Road and US 83/84 (Winters Freeway). It serves a 22-county trade area. Six stores anchor the mall JCPenney, Dillard's, Sears, Best Buy, Ulta, and Books-A-Million. The mall also houses the 15000 sqft Premiere Cinema 10. The mall's gross leasable area of nearly 1000000 sqft consists of a total of 80 stores, excluding the theater, 7 of which have a leasable area of at least 56000 sqft . It also boasts an annual foot traffic of 19.2 million visitors.
Title: A Line (Minnesota)
Passage: The A Line, previously known as the Snelling Avenue Bus Rapid Transitway, is a bus rapid transit line in Twin Cities in Minnesota operated by Metro Transit. The A Line operates on the Snelling Avenue corridor, connecting to the Blue and Green light rail lines, as well as serving Hamline University, Macalester College, Highland Village, Rosedale Center, Har Mar Mall, Minnehaha Park and the Midway area.
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[
"Rosedale Center",
"A Line (Minnesota)"
] |
Which show did Lana Golja appear on that was created by the producers of "Packed to the Rafters"?
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Winners & Losers
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Title: Lana Golja
Passage: Lana Golja is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role of Nicola Grey in the television series "Worst Year of My Life, Again! " which premiered on 26 April 2014 on ABC3. She has also appeared on "Winners & Losers", "Upper Middle Bogan", "House Husbands" and "Wentworth".
Title: Winners & Losers
Passage: Winners & Losers is an Australian television drama series first broadcast on the Seven Network on 22 March 2011. It was created by the producers of "Packed to the Rafters" and is aired in the show's former time slot. "Winners & Losers" focuses on the lives of four women living in Melbourne, after they win a large amount of money in the Oz Lotto. Seven renewed "Winners & Losers" for a second season in July 2011 and it began airing from 26 June 2012. Two months later, it was announced the series had been renewed for a third season. A fourth season was confirmed on 19 December 2013. A fifth season was confirmed on 3 December 2014.
Title: Sense8 (season 2)
Passage: The second season of "Sense8", an American science fiction drama web television series created by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and J. Michael Straczynski, follows eight strangers from different parts of the world who suddenly become "sensates"; human beings who are mentally and emotionally linked. The season was produced for Netflix by Lana Wachowski and her wife's Venus Castina Productions and Straczynski's Studio JMS, along with Georgeville Television and Elizabeth Bay Productions. Unpronounceable Productions has been set up to oversee production for the show since the first season. The season is the second of a proposed five.
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[
"Lana Golja",
"Winners & Losers"
] |
William Frederick Harris received the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism during the breakout in a battle that took place in which war ?
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the Korean War
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Title: William Frederick Harris
Passage: William Frederick Harris (6 March 1918 – 7 December 1950) was a United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel during the Korean War. He was the son of USMC General Field Harris, a Prisoner of War during World War II and a recipient of the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism during the breakout in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. He was last seen by American forces on 7 December 1950, was listed missing in action and is presumed to have been killed in action. Harris was featured in the and film "Unbroken".
Title: Intelligence Star
Passage: The Intelligence Star is an award given by the Central Intelligence Agency to its officers for "voluntary acts of courage performed under hazardous conditions or for outstanding achievements or services rendered with distinction under conditions of grave risk". The award citation is from the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and specifically cites actions of "extraordinary heroism". It is the third-highest award given by the Central Intelligence Agency, behind the Distinguished Intelligence Cross and Distinguished Intelligence Medal, and is analogous to the Silver Star, the US military award for extraordinary heroism in combat. Only a few dozen people have received this award (most posthumously), making it one of the rarest valor awards awarded by the US government.
Title: Battle of Chosin Reservoir
Passage: The Battle of Chosin Reservoir, also known as the Chosin Reservoir Campaign or the Changjin Lake Campaign (Korean: 장진호 전투 ; hanja: 長津湖戰鬪; rr: "Jangjin ho jeontu"; ), was a decisive battle in the Korean War. The name "Chosin" is derived from the Japanese pronunciation ""Chōshin"", instead of Korean pronunciation
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[
"William Frederick Harris",
"Battle of Chosin Reservoir"
] |
Christian Cantamessa contributed to a video game about a death row prisoner forced to participate in a series of snuff films by doing what?
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co-writing and directing
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Title: Johnny Frank Garrett
Passage: Johnny Frank Garrett (December 24, 1963 – February 11, 1992) was a death row prisoner executed by the state of Texas.
Title: Christian Cantamessa
Passage: Christian Cantamessa (born October 4, 1976) is an Italian-American writer, director and videogame creator best known for co-writing and directing "Air", lead writer and designer of "Red Dead Redemption" and "Manhunt" and level designer on "". He is also the Founder and CEO of Sleep Deprivation Lab which is a production company and videogame consulting firm.
Title: Manhunt (video game)
Passage: Manhunt is a stealth-based survival horror video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It was originally released for the PlayStation 2 on November 18, 2003, and for Microsoft Windows and Xbox on April 20, 2004. The game was also re-released through the PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in 2013 and 2016, respectively. Players control James Earl Cash (voiced by Stephen Wilfong), a death row prisoner forced to participate in a series of snuff films for an underground director, former film producer Lionel Starkweather (Brian Cox).
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[
"Manhunt (video game)",
"Christian Cantamessa"
] |
What state was the driver of Brutus from?
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Pennsylvania
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Title: Ohio State Buckeyes
Passage: The Ohio State Buckeyes are the athletic teams that represent The Ohio State University, located in Columbus, Ohio. The athletic programs are named after the colloquial term for people from the state of Ohio and after the state tree, the Ohio Buckeye. The Buckeyes participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I in all sports and the Big Ten Conference in most sports. The Ohio State women's ice hockey team competes in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). The school colors are scarlet and gray. Ohio State's mascot is Brutus Buckeye.
Title: Jim Liberman
Passage: Russell James Liberman (September 12, 1945 - September 9, 1977) was a United States drag racer from Pennsylvania, known as "Jungle Jim". He was named #17 on the list of the Top 50 NHRA drivers. Liberman was known for driving backwards at 100 mph (160 km/h) after doing his burnout.
Title: Brutus (Funny Car)
Passage: Brutus is a pioneering funny car driven by Jim Liberman and prepared by crew chief Lew Arrington in the middle 1960s.
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[
"Brutus (Funny Car)",
"Jim Liberman"
] |
What was the middle name of the actor who starred in "Romolo e Remo" opposite Gordon Scott and Virna Lisi?
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Lester
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Title: Romolo e Remo
Passage: Romolo e Remo (AKA: "Duel of the Titans" and "Romulus and Remus") is a 1961 film directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Steve Reeves, Gordon Scott, and Virna Lisi.
Title: White Fang (1973 film)
Passage: Zanna Bianca (translation: White Fang) is a 1973 Italian adventure film directed by Lucio Fulci. It was produced by Canadian Harry Alan Towers and co-written by Roberto Gianviti, based on the famous novel by Jack London. It starred Franco Nero, Fernando Rey and Virna Lisi. The film gained a great commercial success and generated an official and several non-official sequels.
Title: Steve Reeves
Passage: Stephen Lester "Steve" Reeves (January 21, 1926 – May 1, 2000) was an American professional bodybuilder, actor, and philanthropist. He traveled to Italy in the mid-1950s to star in a series of Italian-made peplum films featuring characters such as Hercules, Goliath, Sandokan and others. At the peak of his career, he was the highest-paid actor in Europe.
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[
"Romolo e Remo",
"Steve Reeves"
] |
Karen Carpenter and Matt Berninger were both critically acclaimed for their contralto vocals?
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no
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Title: Karen Carpenter
Passage: Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983) was an American singer and drummer, and part of the duo the Carpenters with her brother Richard. She was critically acclaimed for her contralto vocals, and her drumming was praised by contemporary musicians and peers.
Title: Carpenter Performing Arts Center
Passage: The Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach, California is a theater that hosts a variety of events, including films, forums, and musical and theatrical performances. The venue is located on the campus of California State University, Long Beach. It was built in 1994 and has seating for 1,074. The stage area was modeled after the New York State Theater of the Arts at Lincoln Center. The Carpenter Performing Arts Center is named for Richard and Karen Carpenter, alumni of the university and donors to the center.
Title: Matt Berninger
Passage: Matthew Donald Berninger (born February 13, 1971) is an American singer/songwriter, primarily known as the frontman of indie rock band The National. In 2014 he also formed the EL VY project with Brent Knopf of Ramona Falls & Menomena and released the album "Return to the Moon" in November 2015.
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[
"Karen Carpenter",
"Matt Berninger"
] |
he River Lynch, also known as the Lynch Brook, is a minor tributary of the River Lea, in Hoddesdon, in which UK country?
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England
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Title: Rags Brook
Passage: Rags Brook is a tributary of the Small River Lea, which is a tributary of the River Lea. Rags Brook rises in the hills between Goffs Oak Cuffley in Hertfordshire, England. Brookfield Lane follows the course of the brook and the Brookfield Centre reflects the brook in its name.
Title: River Lynch
Passage: The River Lynch, also known as the Lynch Brook, is a minor tributary of the River Lea in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England.
Title: River Lea
Passage: The River Lea in England originates in Marsh Farm, Leagrave, Luton in the Chiltern Hills and flows generally southeast, east, and then south through east London where it meets the River Thames, the last section being known as Bow Creek. It is one of the largest rivers in London and the easternmost major tributary of the Thames. Its valley creates a long chain of marshy ground along its lower length, much of which has been used for gravel and mineral extraction, reservoirs and industry. Much of the river has been canalised to provide a navigable route for boats into eastern Hertfordshire, known as the Lee Navigation. While the lower Lea remains somewhat polluted, its upper stretch and tributaries, classified as chalk streams, are a major source of drinking water for London. A diversion known as the New River, opened in 1613, abstracts clean water away from the lower stretch of the river for drinking. Its origins in the Chilterns contribute to the extreme hardness (high mineral content) of London tap water.
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[
"River Lea",
"River Lynch"
] |
The Railway Hotel was used in a film about what Cambodian regime?
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Khmer Rouge
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Title: The Railway Hotel, Hua Hin
Passage: The Railway Hotel is a historic hotel in Hua Hin, Thailand. It was used as the Hotel Phnom Penh in the 1984 film "The Killing Fields".
Title: Chateau Qu'Appelle
Passage: The Chateau Qu'Appelle was a Grand Trunk Pacific Railway hotel planned for Regina, Saskatchewan. Construction was started in 1913 at the corner of Albert Street and 16th Avenue (now College Avenue). Rising costs, labour and material shortages, and the bankruptcy of the railway stopped the project before it was completed. The unfinished structure was eventually dismantled.
Title: The Killing Fields (film)
Passage: The Killing Fields is a 1984 British biographical drama film about the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, which is based on the experiences of two journalists: Cambodian Dith Pran and American Sydney Schanberg. It was directed by Roland Joffé and produced by David Puttnam for his company Goldcrest Films. Sam Waterston stars as Schanberg, Haing S. Ngor as Pran, Julian Sands as Jon Swain, and John Malkovich as Al Rockoff. The adaptation for the screen was written by Bruce Robinson; the musical score was written by Mike Oldfield and orchestrated by David Bedford.
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[
"The Killing Fields (film)",
"The Railway Hotel, Hua Hin"
] |
George Rochberg's Symphony No. 5 was first performed in 1986 under the direction of what Hungarian-born orchestral and operatic conductor?
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Georg Solti
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Title: Symphony No. 5 (Rochberg)
Passage: The Symphony No. 5 is the fifth symphony by the American composer George Rochberg. It was commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which first performed the piece under the direction of Georg Solti on March 13, 1986. The symphony has a duration of approximately 28 minutes and is cast a single continuous movement. It was a finalist for the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
Title: Georg Solti
Passage: Sir Georg Solti, KBE ( ; Budapest, 21 October 1912Antibes, 5 September 1997) was a Hungarian-born orchestral and operatic conductor, best known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt and London, and as a long-serving music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Born in Budapest, he studied there with Béla Bartók, Leó Weiner and Ernő Dohnányi. In the 1930s, he was a répétiteur at the Hungarian State Opera and worked at the Salzburg Festival for Arturo Toscanini. His career was interrupted by the rise of the Nazis’ influence on Hungarian politics, and being of Jewish background he fled the increasingly harsh Hungarian anti-Jewish laws in 1938. After conducting a season of Russian ballet in London at the Royal Opera House he found refuge in Switzerland, where he remained during the Second World War. Prohibited from conducting there, he earned a living as a pianist.
Title: Balázs Kocsár
Passage: Balázs Kocsár is a Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor. He was born in 1963 in Budapest. His father Miklós Kocsár is a composer awarded the Kossuth Prize. He studied composition at Béla Bartók Vocational School of Music (Bartók Béla Zeneművészeti Szakközépiskola). Then he entered the prestigious Franz Liszt Academy of Music to study choir conducting under István Párkai which was followed by studies in orchestral conducting under the guidance of Ervin Lukács. He graduated with distinction in 1991. His studies were continued at Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien under Professor Karl Österreicher. He also participated in master classes led by Helmuth Rilling, Jorma Panula, Moshe Atzmon and Péter Eötvös.
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[
"Symphony No. 5 (Rochberg)",
"Georg Solti"
] |
Which singer that was born in Colombia in 1977 has Ric Fierabracci toured with?
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Shakira
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Title: Ric Fierabracci
Passage: Ric Fierabracci is an American bassist who has toured and/or recorded with such artists as Frank Gambale, Chick Corea, Sir Tom Jones, Dave Weckl, Bradley Joseph, Shakira, Nancy Sinatra, Planet X, The 5th Dimension, The Beach Boys, and Yanni. He is featured on Yanni's live concert videos and albums "Yanni Live at the Acropolis", "Yanni Live at Royal Albert Hall", and "Tribute", most recently touring during the 2003 "Ethnicity" world tour. He also appears in Shakira's music video "Inevitable". Fierabracci had performed as the house bassist at the L.A. jazz club "The Baked Potato" until he relocated to New York City, and has also contributed to numerous TV and film jingles.
Title: Shakira
Passage: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (] ; ; born 2 February 1977) is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer, and record producer. Born and raised in Barranquilla, she began performing in school, demonstrating Latin American, Arabic, and rock and roll influences and belly dancing abilities. Shakira's first studio albums, "Magia" and "Peligro", failed to attain commercial success in the 1990s; however, she rose to prominence in Latin America with her major-label debut, "Pies Descalzos" (1996), and her fourth album, "Dónde Están los Ladrones? " (1998).
Title: John Restrepo
Passage: John Javier Restrepo (born August 22, 1977 in Medellín, Colombia) is football midfielder who played for the Colombia national football team between 2001 and 2010. He currently plays for Rionegro Águilas.
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[
"Ric Fierabracci",
"Shakira"
] |
In what year was the host of the show "The Great Escape" born?
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1969
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Title: The Great Escape (U.S. TV series)
Passage: The Great Escape is a reality television series on TNT that premiered on June 24, 2012, at 10:00 pm EDT. The competition series, hosted by Rich Eisen, features three two-person teams each week who are dropped "into the middle of their own epic action/adventure movie" and competing for a cash prize. The show is produced by Imagine Television directors Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, and "The Amazing Race" producers, Bertram Van Munster and Elise Doganieri. The series finished airing on August 26, 2012 and was cancelled in October 2012.
Title: Rich Eisen
Passage: Richard Eisen ( ; born June 24, 1969) is an American television journalist for the NFL Network, CBS Sports and NBC Sports and a TV/radio host for DirecTV, FOX Sports Radio, Sirius Radio and NFL Now.
Title: Maze Prison escape
Passage: The Maze Prison escape (known to Irish republicans as the Great Escape) took place on 25 September 1983 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. HM Prison Maze (also known as Long Kesh) was a maximum security prison considered to be one of the most escape-proof prisons in Europe, and held prisoners convicted of taking part in armed paramilitary campaigns during the Troubles. In the biggest prison escape in UK history, 38 Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoners escaped from H-Block 7 (H7) of the prison. One prison officer died of a heart attack as a result of the escape and twenty others were injured, including two who were shot with guns that had been smuggled into the prison. The escape was a propaganda coup for the IRA, and a British government minister faced calls to resign. The official inquiry into the escape placed most of the blame onto prison staff, who in turn blamed the escape on political interference in the running of the prison.
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[
"Rich Eisen",
"The Great Escape (U.S. TV series)"
] |
Who was born first, Dario Hübner or Luca Toni?
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Dario Hübner
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Title: 2007–08 FC Bayern Munich season
Passage: Prior to the beginning of the 2007–08 season, Bayern Munich underwent a major restructuring of the team, releasing or retiring nine players while adding ten others to the squad, most notably Luca Toni and Franck Ribéry. The season started with Bayern winning the DFB-Ligapokal, followed by a shootout win in the DFB-Pokal against Wacker Burghausen on 6 August 2007. On the first day of the 2007–08 Bundesliga season, Bayern achieved a 3–0 victory over Hansa Rostock. As the season progressed, Bayern continued in first in the league table, eventually winning the championship. Bayern also won the 2007–08 DFB-Pokal, thereby completing the double. International success was thwarted by Zenit Saint Petersburg, however, when Bayern suffered a 4–0 defeat in the second leg of the semi-final after a draw at home. The 2007–08 season was goalkeeper Oliver Kahn's last season with Bayern.
Title: Dario Hübner
Passage: Dario Hübner (born 28 April 1967 in Muggia, Province of Trieste), nicknamed Bisonte (Bison), is a retired Italian footballer, who played as a striker. An opportunistic forward, with an eye for goal, and an accurate finisher (with both his head and feet) and penalty taker, he was, however, questioned for his work-rate and behaviour at times. A prolific centre-forward, he scored over 300 goals throughout his career, only playing in the higher divisions towards the end of his career, becoming the oldest player to win the Serie A Top-scorer award, which he managed during the 2001–02 Serie A season, at the age of 35; this record was later broken by Luca Toni in 2015, who won the award at the age of 38. 38 of Hübner's career goals came from penalties, whilst he was sent off 10 times throughout his career, also receiving 36 yellow cards.
Title: Luca Toni
Passage: Luca Toni, (] ; born 26 May 1977) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He also was a sporting director (director of football) for Verona.
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[
"Dario Hübner",
"Luca Toni"
] |
Who starred in the film that won the Best First Film at the 25th Stockholm?
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Bae Doona
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Title: 25th Mountain Battery
Passage: The 25th Mountain Battery was an artillery battery of the British Indian Army. Raised in 1827, as the Bombay Foot Artillery, the 25th is the oldest Indian Mountain Battery, and the only one that served in the Second Sikh War at the Siege of Multan. The 25th was also the first Battery to serve outside India, when it took part in the 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia. They next took part in the Second Burmese War. In 1896, the Battery was back in Africa, taking part in the Battle of Suakin in the Sudan Campaign. By 1897, the Battery had returned to the Frontier, and served in the Second Division of the Tirah Campaign. In World War I, The 25th served on the Frontier, the Persian Seistan Cordon in 1917 and during the last mopping up operations in the Mesopotamia Campaign in 1917–1918. During the inter-war years, the 25th only saw active service against the Fakir of Ipi in the Waziristan campaign 1936–1939.
Title: July Jung
Passage: Jung Joo-ri (born 1980), also known as July Jung, is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Jung's directorial debut feature "A Girl at My Door" won the Best First Film at the 25th Stockholm International Film Festival. She also won the Best New Director at the 23rd Buil Film Awards and Best Director/Screenwriter at the 15th Women in Film Korea Awards in 2014, and Best Screenplay at the 2nd Wildflower Film Awards and Best New Director for film at the 51st Baeksang Arts Awards in 2015.
Title: A Girl at My Door
Passage: A Girl at My Door () is a 2014 South Korean drama film directed by July Jung and stars Bae Doona as a policewoman who takes in an abused girl played by Kim Sae-ron. The film screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
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[
"A Girl at My Door",
"July Jung"
] |
When was the female writer of the song "Heaven Knows" born?
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July 26, 1993
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Title: Taylor Momsen
Passage: Taylor Michel Momsen (born July 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, former actress, and model. She is known for being the lead singer and frontwoman of the American rock band The Pretty Reckless. She is also known for portraying the character of Jenny Humphrey on the CW teen drama series "Gossip Girl" (2007–2012) and Cindy Lou Who in the film "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000).
Title: Lalah Hathaway (album)
Passage: Lalah Hathaway is the 1990 debut album of singer Lalah Hathaway. The album's first single was "Heaven Knows", produced by Derek Bramble. The follow-up single was "Baby Don't Cry", produced by Angela Winbush. The third single was "Somethin'". Virgin also released "Night and Day", an EP available only in Japan. The disc featured two versions of the song "Night and Day" as well as two songs taken from the "Lalah Hathaway" album. Promotional music videos were shot for the singles "Heaven Knows", "Baby Don't Cry", and "Somethin'".
Title: Heaven Knows (The Pretty Reckless song)
Passage: "Heaven Knows" is a song by American rock band The Pretty Reckless from their second studio album, "Going to Hell" (2014). It was released on November 19, 2013 as the album's second single. The song was written by Taylor Momsen and Ben Phillips, while Kato Khandwala was responsible for the production. "Heaven Knows" is the band's first single to top a "Billboard" chart (Mainstream Rock) and the second single to top UK Rock Singles Chart, following their debut single "Make Me Wanna Die" (2010). The song later entered the Alternative Songs chart, peaking at number 20.
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[
"Taylor Momsen",
"Heaven Knows (The Pretty Reckless song)"
] |
Which author took part in editing a later edition of the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set and also wrote the Dungeons & Dragons Immortals Rules?
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Frank Mentzer
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Title: Dungeons & Dragons Immortals Rules
Passage: Dungeons & Dragons Immortals Rules, written by Frank Mentzer, is a boxed set for the "Dungeons & Dragons" ("D&D") fantasy role-playing game first published by TSR in 1986 as an expansion to the "Basic Set".
Title: The Lost City (Dungeons & Dragons)
Passage: The Lost City (B4) is a "Dungeons & Dragons" adventure module by Tom Moldvay. It was first published by TSR in 1982 and was designed as a stand-alone adventure for use with the "Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set". The working title for the module was "The Lost City of Cynidecia". Moldvay designed the module to give novice Dungeon Masters experience fleshing out adventures and is only partially complete. The module is described as a low-level scenario, in which the only hope of the player characters' survival can be found in a ruined city slowly rising out of the sands. The adventure is set inside a huge step pyramid, with the lower pyramid only sketched out and the city itself described with a list of the major areas and a map. The adventure’s main villain is Zargon, a giant one-eyed monster and his minions. The entire double pyramid, not including the city, contains over 100 rooms.
Title: Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set
Passage: The Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set is a set of rulebooks for the "Dungeons & Dragons" ("D&D") fantasy role-playing game. First published in 1977, it saw a handful of revisions and reprintings. The first edition was written by J. Eric Holmes based on Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson's original work. Later editions were edited by Tom Moldvay, Dave Cook, and Frank Mentzer.
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[
"Dungeons & Dragons Immortals Rules",
"Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set"
] |
When was Theodore Roosevelt's first book published?
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1882
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Title: Allotment Commission (United States Civil War)
Passage: The Allotment Commission was a quasi-governmental agency of the federal government of the United States during the Civil War. It was established by an act of Congress on December 24, 1861, It was a voluntary program whereby 1/3 of a participating Union soldier's pay was sent home to family and friends. The purpose was to prevent wasteful spending among idle and bored soldiers in camp. Among the first commissioners was Theodore Roosevelt's father, Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. Among those lobbying for passage of the act was Robert Roosevelt, brother of the senior Theodore Roosevelt.
Title: The Naval War of 1812
Passage: The Naval War of 1812 is Theodore Roosevelt's first book, published in 1882. It covers the naval battles and technology used during the War of 1812. It is considered a seminal work in its field, and had a massive impact on the formation of the modern American Navy.
Title: Theodore Roosevelt
Passage: Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He also served as the 25th Vice President of the United States from March to September 1901 and as the 33rd Governor of New York from 1899 to 1900. As a leader of the Republican Party during this time, he became a driving force for the Progressive Era in the United States in the early 20th century. His face is depicted on Mount Rushmore, alongside those of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln.
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[
"Theodore Roosevelt",
"The Naval War of 1812"
] |
What is the 2010 census population of the town at which Miss America 2007 was held?
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223,167
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Title: Paradise, Nevada
Passage: Paradise is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the city of Las Vegas. The population was 223,167 at the 2010 census, making it the most populous unincorporated community in Nevada. As an unincorporated town, it is governed by the Clark County Commission with input from the Paradise Town Advisory Board. Paradise was formed on December 8, 1950.
Title: Kate Michael
Passage: Kate Michael (born March 7, 1982 in Lilburn, Georgia) holds the Miss District of Columbia 2006 title. Michael succeeded Shannon Schambeau as Miss D.C. on July 1, 2006 and also competed in the Miss America 2007 pageant held January 29, 2007.
Title: Miss America 2007
Passage: Miss America 2007, the 80th Miss America pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on January 29, 2007, which was a Monday, making it the first time that the pageant was held on a weekday, rather than the traditional Saturday.
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[
"Paradise, Nevada",
"Miss America 2007"
] |
Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer, he's known for his starring roles in the film Wanderlust. an American comedy film directed by David Wain, starring Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd, as a married couple who try to escape modern society by finding themselves on a commune in Georgia, after the economy crashes down on their dreams in New York City, was released in which year?
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2012
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Title: Wanderlust (2012 film)
Passage: Wanderlust is a 2012 American comedy film directed by David Wain, starring Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd, as a married couple who try to escape modern society by finding themselves on a commune in Georgia, after the economy crashes down on their dreams in New York City.
Title: Paul Rudd
Passage: Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He studied theatre at the University of Kansas and the British American Drama Academy, before making his acting debut in 1992 with NBC's drama series "Sisters". He is known for his starring roles in the film "The Cider House Rules" (1999), "" (1995), and the comedy films "Clueless" (1995), "Wet Hot American Summer" (2001), "" (2004), "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" (2005), "Knocked Up" (2007), "Role Models" (2008), "I Love You, Man" (2009), "Dinner for Schmucks" (2010), "Our Idiot Brother" (2011), "Wanderlust" (2012), "This Is 40" (2012), and "" (2013), and for playing the superhero Ant-Man in Marvel Studios' "Ant-Man" (2015) and "" (2016).
Title: Wet Hot American Summer (series)
Passage: The Wet Hot American Summer series is an American satirical comedy film and two Netflix series' directed by David Wain and written by Wain and Michael Showalter. The series features an ensemble cast, including Janeane Garofalo, Molly Shannon, Paul Rudd, Christopher Meloni, Michael Showalter (and various other members of MTV's sketch comedy group The State), Elizabeth Banks, Ken Marino, Michael Ian Black, Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler, Zak Orth, David Hyde Pierce and A. D. Miles. The film takes place during the last full day at a fictional summer camp in 1981, and spoofs the sex comedies aimed at teen audiences of that era. The first Netflix series was a prequel to the film focusing on the first day of camp in 1981. The second Netflix series sees the camp counselors return to Camp Firewood 10 years later, as originally planned in the final scene of the 2001 film.
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[
"Paul Rudd",
"Wanderlust (2012 film)"
] |
Aleksandar Mitrović, is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Newcastle United, and which team that represents Serbia in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia, the governing body for football in Serbia?
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Serbia national football team
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Title: Aleksandar Mitrović (footballer)
Passage: Aleksandar Mitrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Митровић; born 16 September 1994) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Newcastle United and the Serbia national team. At the age of 18, Mitrović was named among the top 10 talents under the age of 19 in Europe by a selection of UEFA reporters.
Title: Serbia national football team
Passage: The Serbia national football team (Serbian: Фудбалска репрезентација Србије / "Fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije" ) represents Serbia in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia, the governing body for football in Serbia.
Title: Serbia women's national football team
Passage: The Serbia women's national football team represents Serbia in international women's football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia. It was previously known as the Yugoslavia women's national football team from 15 January 1992 until 4 February 2003, and then as the Serbia and Montenegro women's national football team until 3 June 2006 when Serbia declared independence as the successor state to the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. It was officially renamed the Serbia women's national football team on 28 June 2006, while the Montenegro women's national football team was created to represent the new state of Montenegro.
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[
"Aleksandar Mitrović (footballer)",
"Serbia national football team"
] |
The town of Nieuw-Vennep is southwest of what main international airport of Holland?
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Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
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Title: Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Passage: Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Dutch: "Luchthaven Schiphol" , ] ) (IATA: AMS, ICAO: EHAM) is the main international airport of both Holland
Title: Nieuw-Vennep
Passage: Nieuw-Vennep is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer, and lies about 10 km southwest of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. It has about 31,300 inhabitants, half of which live in the newly built district of Getsewoud. The built-up area of the town was 3.71 km, and contained 7,513 residences. The wider statistical area of Nieuw-Vennep has a population of around 40,000. In 2001, Nieuw-Vennep had 17,886 inhabitants, which later doubled due to the development of Getsewoud.
Title: Larnaca International Airport
Passage: Larnaca International Airport (Greek: Διεθνής Aερολιμένας Λάρνακας "Diethnís Aeroliménas Lárnakas" Turkish: "Larnaka Uluslararası Havaalanı" ) (IATA: LCA, ICAO: LCLK) is an international airport located 4 km southwest of Larnaca, Cyprus. Larnaca International Airport is Cyprus' main international gateway and the largest of the country's two commercial airports, the other being Paphos International Airport on the island's southwestern coast. In July 2016 Larnaca airport was renamed "Larnaca International Airport - Glafcos Clerides” in honour of former President of the Republic Glafcos Clerides.
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[
"Amsterdam Airport Schiphol",
"Nieuw-Vennep"
] |
When did the episode which followed the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards aired
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May 1, 1999
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Title: 1999 Kids' Choice Awards
Passage: The 1999 Kids' Choice Awards was the 12th annual edition of the awards on May 1, 1999. It was once again held at Pauley Pavilion at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. Britney Spears, TLC, and NSYNC performed live from Orlando, Florida. About 6.2 million children participated in voting. Immediately following the awards was the series premiere of "SpongeBob SquarePants", which remains Nickelodeon's longest running animated series.
Title: 2011 Kids' Choice Awards
Passage: Nickelodeon's 24th Annual Kids' Choice Awards were held on April 2, 2011, at 8 p.m. ET at the Galen Center at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, US's University Park neighborhood due to renovations disallowing use of traditional venue Pauley Pavilion until at least 2013. Jack Black returned as host for the third time since 2006. The 2011 telecast was the first Kids' Choice Awards to take place in the month of April since 2006, as the previous four Kids' Choice telecasts from 2007 to 2010 were held on the last Saturday in March. Nominees were announced on February 10, 2011, for twenty categories. During the show, the Big Green Help Award was presented to Justin Timberlake, an honor given each year. More than 200 million record-breaking votes were cast for this year's 20-category awards.
Title: Help Wanted (SpongeBob SquarePants)
Passage: "Help Wanted" is the pilot episode of the American animated television series "SpongeBob SquarePants". It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on May 1, 1999, following the television airing of the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards. The episode follows the protagonist, an anthropomorphic sea sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants, attempting to get a job at a local restaurant called the Krusty Krab. However, he is tasked to find a seemingly non-existent high-caliber spatula because the owner, Mr. Krabs, considers him unqualified for the position. Eventually, crowds of ravenous anchovies stop by the Krusty Krab and demand meals. SpongeBob returns from his errand, having fulfilled the request of Mr. Krabs and found a mechanical spatula. He utilizes the spatula to fulfill the anchovies' hunger. SpongeBob is then welcomed by Mr. Krabs as a Krusty Krab employee.
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[
"1999 Kids' Choice Awards",
"Help Wanted (SpongeBob SquarePants)"
] |
The album's Live to Win title track was featured on the episode Make Love, Not Warcraft of what animated television series?
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South Park
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Title: Chuck Berry on Stage
Passage: Chuck Berry on Stage is an album by Chuck Berry, released in 1963 by Chess Records. Although promoted as a live album, it is a collection of previously released studio recordings (except for 5 songs..."All Aboard", "Trick or Treat", "I Just Want To Make Love To You", "Still Got The Blues", and a previously unreleased alternate take of "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man") with overdubbed audience sounds to simulate a live recording. One track on the album labelled "Surfin' USA", is "Sweet Little Sixteen", originally released in 1958, the melody of which was used in The Beach Boys' 1963 hit "Surfin' USA". Chuck's cover of Willie Dixon's "I Just Want To Make Love To You" was later re-recorded and released on the very rare Chess LP CH60032 "Chuck Berry" in 1975.
Title: Make Love, Not Warcraft
Passage: "Make Love, Not Warcraft" is the eighth episode in the tenth season of the American animated television series "South Park". The 147th episode overall, it first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on October 4, 2006. In the episode, Cartman, Kyle, Stan, and Kenny enjoy playing the popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game "World of Warcraft". When a high level player goes around killing other players in the game, they start playing the game every day to try to stop him. The episode was written and directed by series co-creator Trey Parker. In 2015, he and co-creator Matt Stone listed it as their third favorite episode of the series.
Title: Live to Win
Passage: Live to Win is the second solo album from Kiss vocalist, guitarist and co-founder Paul Stanley, released on October 24, 2006. The album's title track was featured on the "South Park" episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft", twenty days prior to the album's release. Stanley last released a solo album in 1978, "Paul Stanley", which was officially released as a Kiss album. Comparing the two albums, Stanley said "It's not 1978 anymore... It's certainly the same mentality, and certainly I'm a better singer today. My perspective and where I'm at in my life at this point, and what I've experienced and seen, brings something else to the table that wasn't there then. But I still look back on that album as a really great snapshot of who I was and what I was doing then." Stanley supported the album's release with a club tour in the fall of 2006.
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[
"Live to Win",
"Make Love, Not Warcraft"
] |
What happened toGeorge Edalji after the campaign the writer of Sherlock Holmes took a prominent role in?
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pardoned
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Title: Arthur Conan Doyle
Passage: Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. Originally a physician, in 1887 he published "A Study in Scarlet", the first of four novels about Holmes and Dr. Watson. In addition, Doyle wrote over fifty short stories featuring the famous detective.
Title: Sherlock Holmes (1965 TV series)
Passage: Sherlock Holmes (alternatively Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes) is a British series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations for television produced by BBC between 1965 and 1968. This was the second screen adaption of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Television.
Title: George Edalji
Passage: George Ernest Thompson Edalji (22 January 1876 – 17 June 1953) was a Parsi English solicitor and son of a vicar in a South Staffordshire village who served three years' hard labour after being convicted on a charge of injuring a pony. He was pardoned after a campaign in which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle took a prominent role.
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[
"Arthur Conan Doyle",
"George Edalji"
] |
Who were the two lead stars of the 1961 film Lover Come Back co-staring the actress who played Alice Nelson in ABC's "The Brady Bunch"?
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Doris Day and Rock Hudson
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Title: Lover Come Back (1961 film)
Passage: Lover Come Back is a 1961 Eastmancolor romantic comedy released by Universal Pictures and directed by Delbert Mann. The film stars Doris Day and Rock Hudson in their second film together. The supporting cast includes Tony Randall, Edie Adams, Ann B. Davis, and Donna Douglas.
Title: A Very Brady Sequel
Passage: A Very Brady Sequel is a 1996 American comedy film and sequel to "The Brady Bunch Movie" (1995). The film was directed by Arlene Sanford (in her feature film directorial debut) and stars Shelley Long and Gary Cole as Carol and Mike Brady. The film was a box office success, although not as successful as "The Brady Bunch Movie". A second sequel, the made-for-television feature "The Brady Bunch in the White House", aired in November 2002.
Title: Ann B. Davis
Passage: Ann Bradford Davis (May 3, 1926 – June 1, 2014) was an American actress. She achieved prominence for her role in the NBC situation comedy "The Bob Cummings Show" (1955–1959), for which she twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, but she was best known for playing the part of Alice Nelson, the housekeeper in ABC's "The Brady Bunch" (1969–1974).
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[
"Lover Come Back (1961 film)",
"Ann B. Davis"
] |
The opera from which 890 Waltraut got it's name premiered in what year?
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1876
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Title: Götterdämmerung
Passage: Götterdämmerung ( ; Twilight of the Gods), WWV 86D, is the last in Richard Wagner's cycle of four music dramas titled "Der Ring des Nibelungen " ("The Ring of the Nibelung", or "The Ring" for short). It received its premiere at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 17 August 1876, as part of the first complete performance of the "Ring".
Title: 890 Waltraut
Passage: 890 Waltraut is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on March 11, 1918. It was named for a character in Richard Wagner's opera, "Götterdämmerung" or "Twilight of the Gods".
Title: Angel's Friends
Passage: Angel's Friends is an Italian magical girl comic series created by Simona Ferri that debuted in March 2007. On 12 October 2009, an animated series of the same name premiered on Italia 1. A second season of 52 episodes was announced in January 2011 and premiered in Russia on 29 April 2012.
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[
"890 Waltraut",
"Götterdämmerung"
] |
Which Engligh pop group,formed in 1994, did Milton Mcdonald play with?
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The Spice Girls
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Title: Magneto (band)
Passage: Magneto was a popular Mexican boy band of the 1980s and 1990s. The band formed on February 14, 1983. In 1986, Magneto was featured in "Siempre en Domingo," a Mexican entertainment show viewed across Latin America and parts of Europe. Mexican teen pop group Magneto emerged in 1983. Their first record, Dejalo Que Gire came in 1984, followed by Super 6 Magneto. The Latin pop outfit suffered several lineup changes before achieving their first gold record in 1986. Mostly playing dance-pop songs, the five-member ensemble started touring Central America after climbing charts with "Todo Esta Muy Bien," and "Soy Un Soñador." However, their breakthrough came after issuing a Spanish-language version of Desireless' "Voyage Voyage," a French pop hit from the '80s. In 1992 the boy band played the lead in their own movie, "Cambiando el Destino". Magneto won the Lo Nuestro Award for Pop New Artist of the Year, and received two nominations for the Lo Nuestro Awards of 1993: Pop Album ("Magneto") and Pop Group of the Year. Nevertheless, the original Magneto disbanded in 1996 after a sold-out show at Mexico City's Auditorio Nacional.
Title: Spice Girls
Passage: The Spice Girls were an English pop girl group formed in 1994. The group originally consisted of Melanie Brown ("Scary Spice"), Melanie Chisholm ("Sporty Spice"), Emma Bunton ("Baby Spice"), Geri Halliwell ("Ginger Spice"), and Victoria Beckham, née Adams ("Posh Spice"). They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single "Wannabe" in 1996, which hit number one in 37 countries and established them as a global phenomenon. Their debut album "Spice" sold more than 31 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album by a female group in history. Their follow-up album "Spiceworld" sold over 20 million copies worldwide. The Spice Girls have sold 85 million records worldwide, making them the best-selling female group of all time, one of the best-selling pop groups of all time, and the biggest British pop phenomenon since Beatlemania. Among the highest profile acts in 1990s British popular culture, "Time" called them "arguably the most recognisable face" of Cool Britannia, the mid-1990s celebration of youth culture in the UK.
Title: Milton McDonald
Passage: Mike "Milton" McDonald is a session guitarist. He has played with Patricia Kaas, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, Spice Girls, S Club 7, Ray Davies, Take That, Robert Palmer, M People, Louise, Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, Atomic Kitten, Hear'Say, Mylène Farmer, and Girls Aloud.
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[
"Milton McDonald",
"Spice Girls"
] |
Arakimentari and Marlene, films of which genre?
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documentary
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Title: Marlene (1984 film)
Passage: Marlene, also known in Germany as Marlene Dietrich - Porträt eines Mythos, is a 1984 documentary film made by Maximilian Schell about the legendary film star Marlene Dietrich. It was made by Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) and OKO-Film and released by Futura Film, Munich and Alive Films, (USA).
Title: Arakimentari
Passage: Arakimentari is a 2004 American film directed by Travis Klose. It is a documentary film about acclaimed and controversial Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki. The film looks at Araki's personal life as well as his art.
Title: Genre Films
Passage: Genre Films, usually credited as Kinberg Genre, is the production company founded by screenwriter-producer Simon Kinberg. Genre Films in April 2010 signed a first look deal with 20th Century Fox. " Variety" said the deal with Genre Films gave Fox "direct access" to ideas by Kinberg. Aditya Sood became president of production, and Josh Feldman became director of development. In December 2013, Genre Films renewed its deal with Fox for three additional years.
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[
"Marlene (1984 film)",
"Arakimentari"
] |
What is the nationality of an author who gave an introduction in the novel Sweets and Other Stories?
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American
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Title: Venus on the Half-Shell and Others
Passage: Venus on the Half-Shell and Others (ISBN ) is a collection mostly of science fiction author Philip José Farmer's pseudonymous fictional-author literary works, edited by Christopher Paul Carey and published in 2008. Farmer describes a fictional-author story as "a tale supposedly written by an author who is a character in fiction." Carey, who had access to Farmer's correspondence while editing the book, reveals in his introduction that in the early to mid-1970s Farmer planned to edit an anthology of fictional-author stories by other writers. Farmer solicited fictional-author stories from authors such as Arthur Jean Cox, Philip K. Dick, Leslie Fiedler, Ron Goulart, Howard Waldrop, and Gene Wolfe, urging them to submit their stories to venues such as "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction". Only Cox, Waldrop, and Wolfe completed their stories and had them published, although Philip K. Dick's never realized fictional-author story "A Man for No Countries" as by Hawthorne Abendsen is said to have led Dick to write his posthumous novel "Radio Free Albemuth". In the end, Farmer's fictional-author anthology never materialized.
Title: Sweets and Other Stories
Passage: Sweets and Other Stories is the 2009 debut novel by soul singer Andre Williams. It features an introduction by author Nick Tosches and an editor's note by Miriam Linna of Kicks Books.
Title: Nick Tosches
Passage: Nick Tosches ( ; born October 17 or 23, 1949) is an American journalist, novelist, biographer, and poet. His 1982 biography of Jerry Lee Lewis, "Hellfire", was praised by "Rolling Stone" magazine as "the best rock and roll biography ever written."
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[
"Nick Tosches",
"Sweets and Other Stories"
] |
Which English stage and film actress appeared in "Gone with the Wind" (1939) and "Things Are Looking Up" (1935)?
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Vivien Leigh
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Title: Vivien Leigh
Passage: Vivien Leigh (born Vivian Mary Hartley, and also known as Lady Olivier after 1947; 5 November 19138 July 1967) was an English stage and film actress. She won two Academy Awards for Best Actress for her iconic performances as Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind" (1939) and Blanche DuBois in the film version of "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951), a role she had also played on stage in London's West End in 1949. She also won a Tony Award for her work in the Broadway musical version of "Tovarich" (1963).
Title: Clare Greet
Passage: Clare Greet (14 June 1871 – 14 February 1939) was an English stage and film actress. She appeared in 26 films between 1921 and 1939, including seven films directed by (and one produced by) Alfred Hitchcock. She was born in Leicestershire and died in London.
Title: Things Are Looking Up (film)
Passage: Things Are Looking Up is a 1935 British musical comedy film directed by Albert de Courville, produced by Michael Balcon for Gaumont British and starring Cicely Courtneidge, Max Miller and William Gargan. It was made at Islington Studios by British Gaumont, an affiliate of Gainsborough Pictures. The film's sets were designed by Alex Vetchinsky. Courtneidge plays a dual role as the sisters Bertha and Cicely Fytte. Bertha is a dour schoolteacher, while the bubbly Cicely runs a nearby showground. When Bertha surprisingly elopes, Cicely takes her place at the school to prevent her from getting the sack. It was the film debut for Vivien Leigh.
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[
"Vivien Leigh",
"Things Are Looking Up (film)"
] |
Beaconsfield Supply Store was the birthplace of the supermarkets founded in what year?
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1930
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Title: Belk Hudson Lofts
Passage: Belk Hudson Lofts (also known as Fowler's Department Store or the Lowe-Kilgore Building) is an apartment building in Huntsville, Alabama. Originally two buildings, the first was built on the corner of Washington Street and Holmes Avenue in 1930 to house Fowler's Department Store, one of several department stores on Washington Street (including Dunnavant's and Kress). The second building, adjacent to the first along Holmes, was constructed in 1936 as a farm supply store. Fowler's went bankrupt in 1938, and Belk Husdon purchased the corner building in 1940. Beginning in 1944, they also leased the Holmes building, and the two were joined. After Belk Husdon left the downtown area, the building was renovated into offices in the 1980s. The one-story Holmes building was occupied by Olde Towne Brewing Company from 2004 until 2007, when the building was destroyed by fire. In the 2010s, the corner building was reconstructed into a loft apartment building, with the original façade kept largely intact.
Title: Beaconsfield Supply Store
Passage: Beaconsfield Supply Store is a one-story brick building in rural Ringgold County, Iowa, United States. Built in 1916, it became the birthplace of the Hy-Vee chain of stores when Charles Hyde and David Vrendenburg opened a general store together in 1930. The building was later used for a variety of purposes, including a telephone exchange. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
Title: Hy-Vee
Passage: Hy-Vee is an employee-owned chain of more than 240 supermarkets located throughout the Midwestern United States in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Hy-Vee was founded in 1930 by Charles Hyde and David Vredenburg in Beaconsfield, Iowa, in a small brick building known as the Beaconsfield Supply Store, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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[
"Beaconsfield Supply Store",
"Hy-Vee"
] |
Who released a mixtape featuring Herbert Anthony Stevens IV in 2014?
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Bill
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Title: Ab-Soul
Passage: Herbert Anthony Stevens IV (born February 23, 1987), better known by his stage name Ab-Soul, is an American hip hop recording artist from Carson, California. In 2007, he signed to indie record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE), where he eventually formed a hip hop supergroup Black Hippy, alongside his label-mates and fellow California-based rappers Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar and Schoolboy Q. He is perhaps best known for his introspective lyrics and his four independent albums under TDE, "Longterm Mentality", "Control System", "These Days...", and "Do What Thou Wilt. ", which were all released to positive reviews and commercial success.
Title: Vagrant (mixtape)
Passage: Vagrant is the debut mixtape by Most Dope member Bill. It was released as a free digital download on April 17, 2014. It features Mac Miller and Ab-Soul, among others.
Title: John Stevens (singer)
Passage: John Bassat Stevens IV (born July 28, 1987) is an American classic pop singer and was the sixth-place finalist on the third season of the television series "American Idol".
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[
"Ab-Soul",
"Vagrant (mixtape)"
] |
Which American city contains a park with a geyser that can lift water up to 630 ft and an monumental archway that is also 630 ft tall?
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St. Louis, Missouri
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Title: New York Wheel
Passage: The New York Wheel is a 630 ft tall giant Ferris wheel under construction in St. George, Staten Island alongside the site of the proposed Empire Outlets retail complex. Although the two projects are going through the approval process simultaneously and will share consultants on issues such as traffic and the waterfront, they are two separate projects, each funded separately. The ride is to operate every day of the year, except during adverse weather or maintenance, from 10:00AM to 10:00PM or 12:00AM, with extra hours during summer. A single ride is expected to last about 38 minutes.
Title: Malcolm W. Martin Memorial Park
Passage: Malcolm W. Martin Memorial Park is a park on the east side of the Mississippi River in East St. Louis, Illinois, directly across from the Gateway Arch and the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Its major feature is the Gateway Geyser, a fountain that lifts water up to 630 ft . The Gateway Geyser is a counterpart to the equally tall St. Louis monument, and is visible from the west side of the river to the right of the prominent Cargill grain elevator. Four smaller fountains around the Geyser represent the four rivers which converge near the two cities: The Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, and Meramec. The park also includes an elevated viewing point overlooking the river.
Title: Gateway Arch
Passage: The Gateway Arch is a 630 ft monument in St. Louis in the U.S. state of Missouri. Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of an inverted, weighted catenary arch, it is the world's tallest arch, the tallest man-made monument in the Western Hemisphere, and Missouri's tallest accessible building. Built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States, and officially dedicated to "the American people," it is the centerpiece of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial and has become an internationally recognized symbol of St. Louis, as well as a popular tourist destination.
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[
"Malcolm W. Martin Memorial Park",
"Gateway Arch"
] |
The opera Midnight Son was inspired by the true story of the murder of a woman that died in what year?
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2005
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Title: Midnight Son (album)
Passage: Midnight Son is the second studio album released by Son Seals. It was produced by Son Seals, Bruce Iglauer, and Richard McLeese and released by Alligator Records in 1976.
Title: Midnight Son (opera)
Passage: Midnight Son is an opera by composer Gordon Kerry and librettist Louis Nowra. The contemporary opera is inspired by the true story of the murder of Melbourne woman Maria Korp.
Title: Maria Korp
Passage: Maria Korp (born Maria Matilde; 14 January 1955 – 5 August 2005) was an Australian woman reported missing for four days and later found, barely alive, in the boot of her car on 13 February 2005. She spent a short time in a coma before emerging into a state of post coma unresponsiveness. She became the centre of a controversy in Australia during 2005. Depending upon their viewpoint, persons characterised the controversy as being about euthanasia or about human rights and protecting people with disabilities. On 26 July 2005 Victoria's Public Advocate, Julian Gardner, announced that the feeding tube to Maria Korp would cease to be used for providing artificial nutrition and hydration, that palliative care would be implemented and that she was expected to die within 7–14 days. Korp died on 5 August 2005.
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[
"Midnight Son (opera)",
"Maria Korp"
] |
Andrew Form produced which 2013 dystopian horror film?
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The Purge
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Title: The Purge
Passage: The Purge is a 2013 American dystopian horror film written and directed by James DeMonaco and is the first installment in "The Purge" franchise. The film stars Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Adelaide Kane and Max Burkholder as a family held hostage during "The Purge," which is a 12-hour time period where all illegal acts are de-criminalized.
Title: Andrew Form
Passage: Andrew Form is an American film producer, best known for producing the films "Friday the 13th", "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", and "The Purge". He is the co-founder of company Platinum Dunes along with Michael Bay and Brad Fuller.
Title: The Purge: The Island
Passage: The Purge: The Island is an upcoming American dystopian action horror film directed by Gerard McMurray and written by James DeMonaco. It is a prequel to 2013's "The Purge" and is the fourth installment in "The Purge" franchise. The film stars Y'lan Noel, and Lex Scott Davis. It will be released on July 4, 2018 by Universal Pictures.
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[
"Andrew Form",
"The Purge"
] |
What is the real name of the author of Around the World in Seventy-Two Days?
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Elizabeth Cochran Seaman
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Title: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days
Passage: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days is an 1890 book by journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochrane, writing under her pseudonym, Nellie Bly. The chronicle details her 72-day trip around the world, which was inspired by the book, "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne. She carried out the journey for Joseph Pulitzer's tabloid newspaper, the "New York World".
Title: 24-7 Spyz
Passage: 24-7 Spyz (pronounced "twenty-four-seven spies") are a band from the South Bronx, New York, formed in 1986, originally consisting of Jimi Hazel (real name, Wayne K. Richardson) (guitar), Rick Skatore (real name, Kenneth D. Lucas) (bass), Kindu Phibes (drums), and P. Fluid (real name, Peter Forrest) (vocals). The band is best known for mixing soul, funk, reggae, and R&B with heavy metal and hardcore punk. The fact that they are African Americans playing variations of heavy metal led critics to compare them to bands such as Living Colour and Bad Brains. Though they were pioneers in the fusion of these particular music styles, influencing many bands, they have never achieved substantial commercial success. After several lineup changes, the band broke up in 1998, but reformed in 2003 before releasing their first new album of original material in over a decade in 2006. As of October 2014, the lineup of the band includes Jimi Hazel, Rick Skatore, drummer Phillip "Fish" Fisher and guitarist Ronny Drayton.
Title: Nellie Bly
Passage: Elizabeth Cochran Seaman (May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922), better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days, in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg, and an exposé in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution from within. She was a pioneer in her field, and launched a new kind of investigative journalism. Bly was also a writer, industrialist, inventor, and a charity worker.
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[
"Nellie Bly",
"Around the World in Seventy-Two Days"
] |
Salla Tira is a mountain in the range that runs along what continent?
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South America
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Title: Chuqi Tira
Passage: Chuqi Tira (Aymara "chuqi" gold, "tira" cradle, "gold cradle", also spelled "Choquetira") is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 4000 m . It is located in the La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Malla Municipality. Chuqi Tira lies southeast of Pukarani. The Malla Jawira flows along its southern and south-western slopes.
Title: Salla Tira
Passage: Salla Tira (Aymara "salla" rocks, cliffs, "tira" cradle, "rock cradle", also spelled Sallatira) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5200 m high. It lies in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Nuñoa District. It is situated between the Siriri valley and the Qinamari valley, east of Surapata.
Title: Andes
Passage: The Andes or Andean Mountains (Spanish: "Cordillera de los Andes" ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world. They form a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. This range is about 7000 km long, about 200 to wide (widest between 18° south and 20° south latitude), and of an average height of about 4000 m . The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile.
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[
"Salla Tira",
"Andes"
] |
Which twentieth spy film in the "James Bond" series has Lee has also portrayed notable roles in
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Die Another Day
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Title: Goldfinger (film)
Passage: Goldfinger (1964) is the third spy film in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the third to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is based on the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. The film also stars Honor Blackman as Bond girl Pussy Galore and Gert Fröbe as the title character Auric Goldfinger, along with Shirley Eaton as the iconic Bond girl Jill Masterson. "Goldfinger" was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman and was the first of four Bond films directed by Guy Hamilton.
Title: Will Yun Lee
Passage: Will Yun Lee (born March 22, 1971) is an American actor and martial artist. He is best known for his roles as Danny Woo in the supernatural drama series "Witchblade" and Jae Kim in the science fiction drama series "Bionic Woman". Lee has also portrayed notable roles in the films "Die Another Day" (2002), "Elektra" (2005), and "The Wolverine" (2013).
Title: Die Another Day
Passage: Die Another Day (2002) is the twentieth spy film in the "James Bond" series, and the fourth and final film to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film follows Bond as he leads a mission to North Korea, during which he is betrayed and, after seemingly killing a rogue North Korean colonel, is captured and imprisoned. Fourteen months later, Bond is released as part of a prisoner exchange. Surmising that someone within the British government betrayed him, he attempts to earn redemption by tracking down his betrayer and killing a North Korean agent he believes was involved in his torture.
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[
"Die Another Day",
"Will Yun Lee"
] |
When was the American television sportscaster whose work was featured in "Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco" born
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November 12, 1944
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Title: Convoy HG 53
Passage: Convoy HG 53 was the 53rd of the numbered series of World War II HG convoys of Homeward bound merchant ships from Gibraltar to Liverpool. Convoy HG 53 lost nine ships during a coordinated attack in February 1941. HG 53 was one of the few Atlantic convoys to have ships sunk by submarines, by aircraft, and by surface ships.
Title: Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
Passage: Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco is a 1996 American adventure comedy film and a sequel to the 1993 film "". Directed by David R. Ellis, the film features the three animals from the first film, Shadow the Golden Retriever (voiced by Ralph Waite, replacing Don Ameche, who died in 1993), Sassy the Himalayan cat (Sally Field), and Chance the American Bulldog (Michael J. Fox). It also features the voice work of Sinbad, Carla Gugino, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Stephen Tobolowsky, Jon Polito, Adam Goldberg, Al Michaels, Tommy Lasorda, and Bob Uecker.
Title: Al Michaels
Passage: Alan Richard Michaels (born November 12, 1944) is an American television sportscaster.
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[
"Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco",
"Al Michaels"
] |
To whom did J. Walter Duncan sell the USFL team who played home games at Giants Stadium in 1983?
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Donald Trump
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Title: J. Walter Duncan
Passage: J. Walter Duncan Jr. (November 26, 1916 – February 21, 2009) was an American businessman. He was born in Illinois, but moved to Oklahoma in 1949. He worked in the oil and gas industry. In 1983, he became owner of the New Jersey Generals, he sold the team to Donald Trump after the 1983 USFL season.
Title: 1984 New York Jets season
Passage: The 1984 New York Jets season was the 25th season for the team and the 15th in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 7–9 record from 1983 under head coach Joe Walton. After playing the previous 20 seasons at Shea Stadium in Queens, 1984 marked their first season of playing its home games at Giants Stadium in The Meadowlands, which was also the home of the NFC's New York Giants. Mark Gastineau made NFL history by recording 22 sacks, to establish a then new official single season record. The Jets finished the season with a record of 7–9.
Title: New Jersey Generals
Passage: The New Jersey Generals was a franchise of the United States Football League (USFL) established in 1982 to begin play in the spring and summer of 1983. The team played three seasons from 1983–85, winning 31 regular-season games and losing 25 while going 0–2 in postseason competition. Home games were played at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, which was called The Meadowlands for Generals games.
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[
"J. Walter Duncan",
"New Jersey Generals"
] |
What Chicago collective had a member release a free mixtape?
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Save Money
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Title: Chance the Rapper
Passage: Chancellor Johnathan Bennett (born April 16, 1993), known professionally as Chance the Rapper, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor from the West Chatham neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. In 2013, he began to gain recognition following the release of his second mixtape, "Acid Rap". Apart from his solo career, he is a member of the Chicago collective Save Money (along with frequent collaborator Vic Mensa). He has worked as the lead vocalist for the band The Social Experiment; they released the album "Surf" in May 2015.
Title: Illmind
Passage: Ramon Ibanga, Jr., professionally known as Illmind (often stylized as ! llmind) is a Filipino American hip hop producer and educator from Bloomfield, New Jersey. He has co-written and produced hip-hop, pop, soul, and electronic music for labels such as Cash Money, Def Jam, and Aftermath, and has worked with artists such as Andy Mineo, Kanye West, Drake, J. Cole, Dr. Dre, Ludacris, 50 Cent, Ariana Grande, and others. His accomplishments in 2016 include production on the new Hamilton Mixtape and Disney's Moana (2016 film), both created by Lin-Manuel Miranda. ! llmind has released several studio albums and had a number of songs and albums reach the music charts. His most recent album, "Human", is a collaboration with Joell Ortiz, and was released on July 17, 2015. Starting in 2008 ! llmind has released the free mixtape series "Blaps, Rhymes & Life," and he operates a producer showcase in New York city called Beats, Love, Alcohol & Party (B.L.A.P.). Since 2011 he has released instrumental albums and "producer drum kit" albums for music producers dubbed his "Blap-Kit" sound packs. He established his own multi-genre music company Roseville Music Group in 2014.
Title: Free (Based Freestyles Mixtape)
Passage: Free (Based Freestyles Mixtape) is a collaborative mixtape by American rappers Lil B and Chance the Rapper. It was released for free on August 5, 2015.
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[
"Free (Based Freestyles Mixtape)",
"Chance the Rapper"
] |
What was the population of the village and civil parish in 2011 where South Humber Bank Power Station is located?
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1,234
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Title: South Humber Bank Power Station
Passage: South Humber Bank Power Station is a 1,365 MW gas-fired power station on "South Marsh Road" at Stallingborough in North East Lincolnshire north of Healing and the A180 near the South Marsh Road Industrial Estate.
Title: Qiaoqi Dam
Passage: The Qiaoqi Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Baoxinghe River in Baoxing County of Sichuan Province, China. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation. Construction on the project began in October 2002 and its 240 MW power station was commissioned in 2007. Water from the reservoir is diverted south to the power station via a 18.676 km long head-race tunnel and penstock. The power station is located on the north bank of the main stem Baoxing River. The drop in elevation between the reservoir and power station afford a hydraulic head of about 550 m .
Title: Stallingborough
Passage: Stallingborough is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,234.
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[
"Stallingborough",
"South Humber Bank Power Station"
] |
Are Edmond Jabès and Ralph Ellison both poets?
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no
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Title: Edmond Jabès
Passage: Edmond Jabès (] ; Hebrew: אדמון ז'אבס , Arabic: إدمون جابيس ; Cairo, April 16, 1912 – Paris, January 2, 1991) was a French writer and poet of an Egyptian origin, and one of the best known literary figures to write in French after World War II. The work he produced when living in France in the late 1950s until his death in 1991 is highly original in its form and its breadth.
Title: Ralph Ellison
Passage: Ralph Waldo Ellison (March 1, 1913 – April 16, 1994) was an American novelist, literary critic, and scholar. Ellison is best known for his novel "Invisible Man", which won the National Book Award in 1953. He also wrote "Shadow and Act" (1964), a collection of political, social and critical essays, and "Going to the Territory" (1986). For "The New York Times", the best of these essays in addition to the novel put him "among the gods of America's literary Parnassus." A posthumous novel, "Juneteenth", was published after being assembled from voluminous notes he left after his death.
Title: Warren Motte
Passage: Warren Motte is a Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Colorado Boulder. His focus is contemporary writing, with an emphasis upon experimental, avant-garde, or other subversive forms of both fiction and poetry. Motte has written seven books and edited nine volumes of literary criticism, including the first published study of the renowned French writer Georges Perec, an authoritative book on the experimental writing group known as Oulipo, and major studies of other writers such as Edmond Jabès, Marie NDiaye, Christine Montalbetti, Antoine Volodine, and Jean Rolin. Motte's most recent book is "Mirror Gazing" (Dalkey Archive Press, 2014), a study of over 12,000 mirror scenes in literature. In 2015 Motte received the Ordre des Palmes Académiques from the French Republic and in 2016 he was named a College Professor of Distinction by the University of Colorado Boulder.
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[
"Ralph Ellison",
"Edmond Jabès"
] |
Among John Malkovich's 70+ film roles is which 1996 crime thriller with an ensemble cast led by Nick Nolte and Jennifer Connelly?
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Mulholland Falls
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Title: John Malkovich
Passage: John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an American actor, director, and producer. He has appeared in more than 70 films. For his roles in "Places in the Heart" and "In the Line of Fire", he received Academy Award nominations. He has also appeared in films such as "Empire of the Sun", "The Killing Fields", "Con Air", "Of Mice and Men", "Rounders", "Ripley's Game", "Knockaround Guys", "Being John Malkovich", "Shadow of the Vampire", "Burn After Reading", "RED", "Mulholland Falls", "Dangerous Liaisons", and "Warm Bodies", as well as producing films such as "Ghost World", "Juno", and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower".
Title: Mulholland Falls
Passage: Mulholland Falls is a 1996 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Lee Tamahori, written by Pete Dexter, and starring an ensemble cast featuring Nick Nolte, Jennifer Connelly, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Melanie Griffith, Andrew McCarthy, Treat Williams, and John Malkovich.
Title: The Good Thief (film)
Passage: The Good Thief is a 2002 British-French-Irish crime thriller film starring Nick Nolte, Emir Kusturica, and Nutsa Kukhianidze, and directed by Neil Jordan. It is a remake of the 1955 French film "Bob le flambeur" by Jean-Pierre Melville. The film, shot in both Monaco and Nice, France, follows a heroin addicted retired thief through the setup and completion of one last job.
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[
"John Malkovich",
"Mulholland Falls"
] |
George Embiricos owned several masterpieces from Wassily Kandinsky, painter and art theorist from where?
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Russian
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Title: Kandinsky (crater)
Passage: Kandinsky is a deep crater on Mercury, located near the planet's south pole. It is named for painter Wassily Kandinsky. It is possible that the crater contains ice, making it the very first potential sighting of water on Mercury.
Title: Wassily Kandinsky
Passage: Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky ( ; Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Канди́нский , "Vasiliy Vasil’yevich Kandinskiy", ] ; 4 December (16 December by the Gregorian calendar) 1866 – 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist.
Title: George Embiricos
Passage: George Embiricos (Greek: Γεώργιος Α. Εμπειρίκος , "Andreas A. Empeirikos"; 1920–2011) was a Greek shipping magnate, and art collector, who owned several masterpieces by El Greco, Goya, Cézanne, Kandinsky, Picasso, van Gogh and Bacon, in his home in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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[
"George Embiricos",
"Wassily Kandinsky"
] |
The album On the Turn was produced by GGGarth, who previously worked with what American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1991?
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Rage Against the Machine
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Title: On the Turn
Passage: On The Turn is the second and final studio album by Irish alternative rock outfit Kerbdog, released on Fontana Records in the UK on 31 March 1997. It was produced by GGGarth who had previously worked with Rage Against the Machine.
Title: Rage Against the Machine
Passage: Rage Against the Machine is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1991, the group consists of rapper and vocalist Zack de la Rocha, bassist and backing vocalist Tim Commerford, guitarist Tom Morello, and drummer Brad Wilk. They draw inspiration from early heavy metal instrumentation, hip hop acts such as Afrika Bambaataa, Public Enemy, and the Beastie Boys, punk rock such as the Sex Pistols and Fugazi, and Dutch crossover band Urban Dance Squad. Rage Against the Machine is well known for the members' revolutionary political views, which are expressed in many of the band's songs. As of 2010, they had sold over 16 million records worldwide.
Title: The Iron Maidens
Passage: The Iron Maidens is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 2001 as an all-female tribute act to English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. Considered the "World's Only Female Tribute to Iron Maiden," the band currently consists of vocalist Kirsten Rosenberg, bassist Wanda Ortiz, drummer Linda McDonald, guitarist Courtney Cox, and guitarist Nikki Stringfield,
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[
"Rage Against the Machine",
"On the Turn"
] |
What convenient store impemented by a Norwegian and Danish gas station chain was known as Tote'm Stores until renamed in 1946?
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7-Eleven
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Title: YX Energi
Passage: YX Energi, formerly known as Hydro Texaco, is a Norwegian and Danish gas station chain formed after the merge of the Hydro and Texaco gas station chains in 1995. In 2006 the company was bought by Reitangruppen and incorporated into their chain including the implementation of 7-Eleven brand on the service stations. Uno-X and Rema Bensin are low-cost brand names of YX.
Title: 7-Eleven
Passage: 7-Eleven is an American-Japanese international chain of convenience stores, headquartered in Irving, Texas, that operates, franchises, and licenses some 56,600 stores in 18 countries. The chain was known as Tote'm Stores until renamed in 1946. Its parent company, Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd., is located in Chiyoda, Tokyo. Seven-Eleven Japan is held by the Seven & I Holdings Co.
Title: Banat, Michigan
Passage: Banat is an unincorporated community in Menominee County, Michigan, and home to Holmes Township's Township Hall. Banat was named after the Banat (then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire) by Romanian immigrants who came to the area in the mid 19th century. At Banat's peak, it had a two-room schoolhouse, church, cemetery, bus garage, township hall, tavern, inn, two general stores, gas station and a railroad station. The original industry was farming, though this was largely abandoned by the mid-twentieth century due to poor soil and climate conditions. The permanent population dwindled during the latter half of the twentieth century. The school house was closed and sold in the 1960s and is now a private cottage. The church was closed and demolished in the mid-1980s. The bus garage was sold off along with the school house and was eventually demolished sometime around 2000 to make way for a mini-storage facility. The tavern, general store and gas station were closed and demolished following the death of the last owner, Mr. Hirsch.
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[
"YX Energi",
"7-Eleven"
] |
What country developed the Ranger Special Operations Vehicle and the 75th Ranger Regiment?
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United States Army
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Title: 75th Ranger Regiment (United States)
Passage: The 75th Ranger Regiment, also known as Army Rangers, is a light infantry special operations force part of the United States Army Special Operations Command. The Regiment is headquartered at Fort Benning, Georgia and is composed of one special troops battalion and three Ranger battalions. The primary mission of the Regiment is to conduct direct action raids in hostile or sensitive environments worldwide, often killing or capturing high value targets.
Title: Ranger Special Operations Vehicle
Passage: The Ranger Special Operations Vehicle or RSOV is a light military vehicle of the U.S. Army's 75th Ranger Regiment, based on the Land Rover Defender. The RSOV is not meant to be an assault vehicle, but a rapid defensive platform-type vehicle instead.
Title: Task Force 121
Passage: Task Force 121 was a United States Department of Defense special operations task force. TF121 was a multi-service force from Joint Special Operations Command, made up of operators from the U.S. Army's Delta Force, 75th Ranger Regiment, and 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, the U.S. Navy's SEAL Team Six ,the CIA's Special Activities Division, U.S. Air Force Combat Controllers, Pararescuemen, Tactical Air Control Party operators, and Special Operations Weather Technicians, the Aviation Tactics Evaluation Group (AvTEG), and the Joint Communications Unit. Two Troops from the U.S. Army 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment provided armor support for the Task Force.
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[
"75th Ranger Regiment (United States)",
"Ranger Special Operations Vehicle"
] |
The devloper of Dark Souls II was founded when?
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November 1986
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Title: Dark Souls II
Passage: Dark Souls II is an action role-playing video game developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Games. The third game in the "Souls" series, "Dark Souls II" was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.
Title: Souls (series)
Passage: The Souls series (ソウルシリーズ , Sōru shirīzu ) is a series of action role-playing video games created and developed by FromSoftware. The series began with the release of "Demon's Souls" for the PlayStation 3 in 2009. "Demon's Souls" was followed by "Dark Souls" in 2011, and its sequels, "Dark Souls II" and "Dark Souls III", in 2014 and 2016 respectively. With the exception of "Dark Souls II," the games were directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki.
Title: FromSoftware
Passage: FromSoftware, Inc. (株式会社フロム・ソフトウェア , Kabushikigaisha Furomu Sofutowea ) is a Japanese video game company founded in November 1986. The company is known primarily outside Japan for being the developers of the "Armored Core" and "Souls" series, as well as "Bloodborne".
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[
"FromSoftware",
"Dark Souls II"
] |
Sehnsucht Tour is the second concert tour by a German Industrial Metal band that formed in which city ?
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Berlin
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Title: Sehnsucht Tour
Passage: Sehnsucht Tour is the second concert tour by German Industrial Metal band Rammstein, in support of their second studio album "Sehnsucht". The Tour was recorded for the first live album "Live aus Berlin".
Title: Ahoi Tour
Passage: Ahoi Tour was the fourth concert tour by German Industrial Metal band Rammstein, in support of their fourth studio album "Reise, Reise". This was Rammstein last tour until the release of their sixth album Liebe ist für alle da. The tour started in Berlin, Germany on October 11, 2004 and was due to end in Bogotá, Colombia on October 22, 2005 (6 days from the release of Rammstein's fifth studio album, Rosenrot) but the tour was cut short due to lead singer Till Lindemann being accidentally injured by keyboardist Christian "Flake" Lorenz during the Göteborg, Sweden concert on July 30, 2005. The supporting acts for this tour were Exilia (2004), Apocalyptica (February 1, 2005 to February 28, 2005), AqME (AqME stood in for Apocalyptica on February 12, 2005 concert), Devil Sold His Soul (was due to play July 14–18 but dropped out), and Torgull (July 23, 2005).
Title: Rammstein
Passage: Rammstein (] ) is a German industrial metal band, formed in 1994 in Berlin. Throughout its existence, Rammstein's six-man lineup has remained unchanged—lead guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe, bassist Oliver "Ollie" Riedel, drummer Christoph "Doom" Schneider, lead vocalist Till Lindemann, rhythm guitarist Paul H. Landers, and keyboardist Christian "Flake" Lorenz.
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[
"Sehnsucht Tour",
"Rammstein"
] |
In what city is the organization that ranked Nicole Joseph #100 Woman based?
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Washington, D.C.
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Title: Edwardsville Chapter House
Passage: The Edwardsville Chapter House is a historic building located at 515 W. High St. in Edwardsville, Illinois. The building was constructed between 1909 and 1910 as a meetinghouse for Edwardsville's chapter of the American Woman's League. The American Woman's League was a political and social organization founded by magazine publisher Edward Gardner Lewis in 1908. The organization was created to promote feminist causes, particularly the women's suffrage movement; Lewis also intended for the organization to promote and sell his women's magazines. Lewis commissioned the St. Louis architectural firm of Helfensteller, Hirsch & Watson to design five classes of buildings which the League would use as meetinghouses. The Edwardsville Chapter House is an example of a Class II building, which was designed for clubs with 60 to 100 members. The building was designed in the Prairie School style and cost $2,500. After the club disbanded, the building was converted to a private home.
Title: Nicole Joseph
Passage: Nicole Joseph-Chin is the Chief Innovator, Founder and CEO of Ms. Brafit Limited, a globally respected and recognized Social Enterprise focused on healthy breasts as a catalyst for social impact. She is a Vital Voices #VV100 Women and 2015 Vital Voices VV Lead Fellow.
Title: Vital Voices
Passage: Vital Voices Global Partnership is an American international, 501(c)(3), non-profit, non-governmental organization that works with women leaders in the areas of economic empowerment, women's political participation, and human rights. The organization is headquartered in Washington, D.C..
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[
"Vital Voices",
"Nicole Joseph"
] |
Which song descended from "I'll Overcome Some Day" and used "O Sanctissima "?
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We Shall Overcome
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Title: We Shall Overcome
Passage: "We Shall Overcome" is a gospel song which became a protest song and a key anthem of the Civil Rights Movement. The song is most commonly attributed as having descended lyrically from "I'll Overcome Some Day", a hymn by Charles Albert Tindley that was first published in 1900.
Title: O Sanctissima
Passage: "O Sanctissima " (O most holy) is a Roman Catholic hymn in Latin, seeking the prayers of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and often sung in various languages on her feast days. The earliest known publication was from London in 1792, presenting it as a traditional song from Sicily; but no original source or date has been confirmed for the simple melody or the poetic text. The tune is often called "Sicilian Mariners Hymn" or similar titles, referring to the seafarers' nightly invocation of Mary as their maternal protector: Our Lady, Star of the Sea. The tune has been notably reused for the German Christmas carol "O du fröhliche" (O, how joyful), the English recessional hymn "Lord, Dismiss Us With Thy Blessing", and the first half of the American civil rights anthem "We Shall Overcome".
Title: Bill Tan
Passage: Bill Tan is an American entrepreneur who founded Transcendent Endeavors, a company based out of New York City that uses National Institutes of Health grants to develop digital communication tools. Tan used his personal experience as a young immigrant to America as inspiration to create digital tools to help others overcome communication barriers. Tan came to the United States from China when he was 15 years old and often knew more English than other members of his family. He was often the family interpreter and as a teenager he set his goals on one day creating a better solution.
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[
"O Sanctissima",
"We Shall Overcome"
] |
David Bain Oliver was a teacher of flute at a conservatoire formed in what year?
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2005
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Title: David Oliver (flautist)
Passage: David Bain Oliver (born 21 July 1972 in Edinburgh – died December 2012 in Gloucestershire) was a Scottish flautist and teacher of flute at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, formerly Trinity College of Music, London.
Title: Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Passage: Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance is a music and dance conservatoire based in London, England. It was formed in 2005 as a merger of two older institutions – Trinity College of Music and Laban Dance Centre. Today the conservatoire has 985 undergraduate and postgraduate students based at three campuses in Greenwich (Trinity), Deptford/New Cross (Laban) and New Cross (Laurie Grove) in London.
Title: Al Jewer
Passage: Al Jewer is a Native American flutist from Wisconsin. He has worked as a record producer and engineer, and as a studio musician, but he has become well known internationally for his work on the Native American flute. His original training was with the concert flute, and he has been performing classical music with that instrument since the early 1980s. In 1984, he established Laughing Cat Studio, and in 1994, Laughing Cat Records to give himself control over the recording, production and distribution of his music. This has given him the chance to work with many other musicians of the Midwestern United States, including Blackhawk, David Storei and Roxanne Neat, Natty Nation, Adrian Belew and Weekend Wages. Laughing Cat Records currently features artists who perform in Ambient, Native American, Reggae, Classical and Folk. Al has released two solo albums: "River Crossing" and "Prairie Plain Song" as well as "Two Trees" and "Music of the Earth" (with Andy Mitran). He also previously formed a duo with Christine Ibach called Cedar Wind. Cedar Wind released two albums, "Feather on the Wind" and "Kindred Spirits". His recent music often features harmonies on the alto and bass flute with melodies on the Native American flute.
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[
"Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance",
"David Oliver (flautist)"
] |
Does Darlingia or Laurus have more species?
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Laurus
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Title: Laurus azorica
Passage: Laurus azorica (also called Azores laurel or Macaronesian laurel) is a species of plant in the Lauraceae family, related to "Laurus nobilis". It is a small aromatic tree. A recent study found considerable genetic diversity within "L. nobilis", and that "L. azorica" is not genetically or morphologically distinct.
Title: Laurus
Passage: Laurus is a genus of evergreen trees belonging to the Laurel family, Lauraceae. The genus includes three or more species.
Title: Darlingia
Passage: Darlingia is a small genus of two species of rainforest tree from Northern Queensland. It was described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1866.
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[
"Darlingia",
"Laurus"
] |
How many number-one US jazz albums did this American artist who released Blue Light, Red Light release?
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ten
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Title: Blue Light, Red Light
Passage: Blue Light, Red Light, a big band album by American artist Harry Connick Jr., released in 1991. The multi-platinum album features Connick's vocals and piano, accompanied by his 14-piece big band.
Title: Harry Connick Jr.
Passage: Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, big band leader, talk show host and actor. He has sold over 28million albums worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top60 best-selling male artists in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America, with 16million in certified sales. He has had seven top20 US albums, and ten number-one US jazz albums, earning more number-one albums than any other artist in US jazz chart history.
Title: The Red Light District
Passage: The Red Light District is the fourth studio album from Def Jam South recording artist Ludacris. The album was released on December 7, 2004 through Disturbing tha Peace and Def Jam Recordings, and was eventually certified double platinum by the RIAA. It debuted at number one on the "Billboard" 200 album chart with 322,000 copies sold in its first week. The album's title refers to a district in Amsterdam where prostitution is common; red-light district. The CD is accompanied by a 41-minute DVD made by Decon of the Ludacris visiting the Red Light District, a Cannabis growroom, an adult 'cam-house' and the recording of the Red Light District CD/DVD promo concert in Amsterdam.
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[
"Blue Light, Red Light",
"Harry Connick Jr."
] |
Who is best known for cult films, Aleksandr Ivanovsky or Shane Meadows?
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Shane Meadows
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Title: Aleksandr Ivanovsky
Passage: Aleksandr Ivanovsky (1881–1968) was a Russian screenwriter and film director who worked during the Soviet era. Ivanovsky was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1941, for his work on the 1940 film "Musical Story". His 1944 operetta film "Silva" was one of the most popular releases in the Soviet Union that year.
Title: Shane Meadows
Passage: Shane Meadows (born 26 December 1972) is an English filmmaker of independent film. He is best known for the British cult film "This Is England" (2006) and "its three sequel series" (2010–2015). His other films include "Small Time" (1996), "Twenty Four Seven" (1997), "A Room for Romeo Brass" (1999), "Once Upon a Time in the Midlands" (2002), "Dead Man's Shoes" (2004), "Somers Town" (2006), "Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee" (2009) and "" (2013).
Title: Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
Passage: "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" is a song originally performed by British group The Smiths. It was released as the B-side of "William, It Was Really Nothing" in 1984 and later featured on the compilation albums "Hatful of Hollow" and "Louder Than Bombs". The song has been covered by several artists, including The Decemberists, The Halo Benders, Franz Ferdinand, Elefant, OK Go, Deftones, Rob Dickinson, Emilie Autumn, Amanda Palmer, Hootie & the Blowfish, Muse, Cameo, Kaia Wilson, Third Eye Blind, Kate Walsh, The Dream Academy, Josh Rouse, She & Him, Slow Moving Millie, William Fitzsimmons and Sarah Darling, also, the chorus has been featured in a The Weeknd hook. British band Clayhill have covered the song and their version can be heard at the end of the Shane Meadows film "This Is England". Canadian electronic artist Venetian Snares also sampled the original song in "Nobody Really Understands Anybody". Canadian PBR&B singer The Weeknd sampled the song's chorus for the bridge for his song "Enemy". The song has become one of the most well known Smiths songs despite it only being a B-Side and it is often played by Morrissey during shows.
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[
"Aleksandr Ivanovsky",
"Shane Meadows"
] |
What year is the 52nd season for the Atlanta Falcons and when the Georgia Dome open?
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2017
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Title: Georgia Dome
Passage: The Georgia Dome is a recently retired domed stadium in the southeastern United States, currently under demolition. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, between downtown to the east and Vine City to the west, it was owned and operated by the State of Georgia as part of the Georgia World Congress Center Authority. Its successor, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, was built adjacent to the south and opened in August 2017.
Title: 2017 Atlanta Falcons season
Passage: The 2017 Atlanta Falcons season is the franchise's 52nd season in the National Football League and the third under head coach Dan Quinn. They enter the season as the defending NFC champions and will try to defend their title for a second consecutive trip to the Super Bowl after losing the previous year against the Patriots in Super Bowl LI. This is the Falcons' first year in Mercedes-Benz Stadium after spending the previous 25 seasons in the Georgia Dome, which is currently under demolition and scheduled to be imploded on November 20, 2017. While Mercedes-Benz Stadium opened as scheduled on August 26, 2017, the roof will remain in the closed position for at least its first month of operation while contractors continue to fine tune the roof.
Title: 1992 Atlanta Falcons season
Passage: The 1992 Atlanta Falcons season was the team's 27th season in the National Football League (NFL). Atlanta played its first season in the Georgia Dome, after having played their first 26 seasons at Fulton County Stadium. The Falcons were unable to match their previous season's output of 10–6 and failed to reach the playoffs.
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[
"2017 Atlanta Falcons season",
"Georgia Dome"
] |
What year saw the formation of the coalition that won 26 seats in the 1999 Indian general election?
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1998
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Title: National Democratic Alliance (India)
Passage: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is a centre-right coalition of political parties in India. At the time of its formation in 1998, it was led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and had thirteen constituent parties. Its honorary chairman is former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Also representing the alliance are L. K. Advani, former Deputy Prime Minister, who is the acting chairman of the Alliance, Narendra Modi, current Prime Minister and Leader of the House in Lok Sabha; and Arun Jaitley, Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha. The coalition was in power from 1998 to 2004. The alliance returned to power in the 2014 General election with a combined vote share of 38.5%. Its leader, Narendra Modi, was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014.
Title: Indian general election, 1999 (Tamil Nadu)
Passage: The Indian general election, 1999 polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a victory for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) which won 26 seats. After leaving the NDA, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, hoped to create some damage, but ended up losing 8 seats, compared to the 1998 Lok Sabha elections. This is also the first time that Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, allied with the Bharatiya Janata Party, helping them have power at the national level for the next 5 years with the NDA, before they joined the UPA. The NDA, ended up losing 3 seats, compared to the election the year before, due to ADMK leaving the NDA, but the seats were made up, because DMK left the united front and joined the NDA.
Title: Indian general election, 2014
Passage: The Indian general election of 2014 was held to constitute the 16th Lok Sabha, electing members of parliament for all 543 parliamentary constituencies of India. Running in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014, it was the longest election in the country's history. According to the Election Commission of India, 814.5 million people were eligible to vote, with an increase of 100 million voters since the last general election in 2009, making it the largest-ever election in the world. Around 23.1 million or 2.7% of the total eligible voters were aged 18–19 years. A total of 8,251 candidates contested for the 543 Lok Sabha seats. The average election turnout over all nine phases was around 66.38%, the highest ever in the history of Indian general elections.
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[
"National Democratic Alliance (India)",
"Indian general election, 1999 (Tamil Nadu)"
] |
What year was the bassist of Il Sogno del Marinaio born?
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1957
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Title: Il Sogno del Marinaio
Passage: Il Sogno del Marinaio (Italian for "The Sailor's Dream") is an experimental music trio founded in 2009. The band consists of Mike Watt on vocals and bass guitar, Stefano Pilla on guitar and vocals, and Andrea Belfi on drums and vocals. The band has released two studio albums on clenchedwrench: "La busta gialla" (2013) and "Canto Secondo" (2014).
Title: Mike Watt
Passage: Michael David "Mike" Watt (born December 20, 1957) is an American bassist, vocalist and songwriter.
Title: Il sogno del maratoneta
Passage: Il sogno del maratoneta (English: "The Dream of the Marathon Runner" ) is an Italian TV movie produced by RAI television. It is directed by Leone Pompucci and stars Luigi Lo Cascio and Laura Chiatti. It was aired on television as a two-parter. It is an adaptation of the homonym book by Giuseppe Pederiali.
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[
"Il Sogno del Marinaio",
"Mike Watt"
] |
What was the original name of the county where Mike Horse, Montana is located?
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Edgerton County
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Title: Kayak II
Passage: Kayak II (1935 – November 19??) was an Argentine-bred thoroughbred racehorse who competed successfully in the United States. He was sired by a famous Argentine thoroughbred named Congreve out of the dam Mosquita. After being seen by American Lindsay Howard during a polo trip to Argentina, Kayak was purchased for $7,000 along with another horse named Ligaroti. The horses were shipped back to California, where Howard's father, businessman Charles S. Howard, owned a successful racing stable that included 1938 U.S. Horse of the Year Seabiscuit. Lin Howard and his partner in Binglin Stable, singer Bing Crosby, raced Ligaroti, while Charles Howard raced Kayak. His original name was Kajak; Howard, however, renamed him. To avoid a conflict of names, the horse had to be registered in the U.S. as Kayak II.
Title: Mike Horse, Montana
Passage: Mike Horse is an extinct town in Lewis and Clark County, Montana.
Title: Lewis and Clark County, Montana
Passage: Lewis and Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 63,395. Its county seat is Helena, the state capital. The numerical designation for Lewis and Clark County (used in the issuance of the state's license plates) is 5. The county was established in 1865 as Edgerton County, and was renamed "Lewis and Clark County" two years later. The present name was given in honor of explorers Lewis and Clark.
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[
"Mike Horse, Montana",
"Lewis and Clark County, Montana"
] |
Ward Melville High School is a public high school in which school district located in Long Island, New York, serving grades ten through twelve?
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Three Village Central School District
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Title: Three Village Central School District
Passage: Three Village Central School District is a school district located in Long Island, New York. It serves Setauket, East Setauket, Stony Brook, Poquott, Head of the Harbor, Old Field, and small portions of Port Jefferson, Saint James and South Setauket/Centereach. Its name came from the older, original "Three Villages" of Setauket, Stony Brook and Old Field after the merger of the Stony Brook and Setauket school districts in the 1960s. Ward Melville, a local philanthropist, was a proponent of the Three Village school district, and contributed land for its new schools.
Title: Ward Melville High School
Passage: Ward Melville High School is a public high school in the Three Village Central School District of Suffolk County, New York on Long Island, serving grades ten through twelve. It is fed by the two junior high schools in the district: Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School and Robert Cushman Murphy Junior High School, and is named after businessman and philanthropist Ward Melville.
Title: Patrick Henry High School (Ashland, Virginia)
Passage: Patrick Henry High School is a high school in Ashland, Virginia in Hanover County. Patrick Henry is one of four high schools in Hanover County, and the only High school in the western half of the county. In 1959, after years of deliberation, Patrick Henry High School began with the consolidation of Beaverdam, Henry Clay, Montpelier, and Rockville high schools. The western Hanover County high school enrolled students in grades eight through twelve. The name of the school, as well as the name of its literary publications, The Voice, The Spark, and The Orator, reference the history of Patrick Henry, Hanover County's most illustrious citizen. Even the school colors of red, white, and blue are a patriotic symbol of history. In 1969, Patrick Henry High and John M. Gandy High School merged to form one Integrated student body. Also in 1969, a new junior high school was built, and Patrick Henry opened that school year as a senior high school serving students in grades ten through twelve. When the junior high school was changed to a middle school in 1988, Patrick Henry became a high school enrolling students in grades nine through twelve. The school campus of West Patrick Henry Road, which consists of a complex of buildings, began as a campus style school. Additions of an auditorium, classrooms, cafeteria, new gymnasium, and renovations to the media center and administrative offices resulted in an all-enclosed facility in 1992. As the population and the needs of the school have changed, so have the dimensions of the school. A new addition/renovation was added to the facility in the fall of 2001 providing state-of-the-art career and technical education opportunities. This addition consisted of a broadcasting studio, a bio-technology lab, a communication technology center, a computer-assisted drafting lab, and three classrooms. Patrick Henry celebrated its 50th anniversary in September 2009. Patrick Henry High has an International Baccalaureate program, as well as a NJROTC program. Patrick Henry High is especially known for its NJROTC program that is consistently ranked among the top in the state of Virginia. During the 2010-2011 school year, a program called Rachel's Challenge was introduced. Patrick Henry High is also noted for its theatre program, being the best in the county, and taken most seriously.
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[
"Ward Melville High School",
"Three Village Central School District"
] |
Hwang Jung-min is one of the highest-grossing actors in South Korea, and has starred in several box office hits such as "Veteran" (2015), a 2015 South Korean action crime comedy film written and directed by who?
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Ryoo Seung-wan
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Title: Veteran (2015 film)
Passage: Veteran () is a 2015 South Korean action crime comedy film written and directed by Ryoo Seung-wan. It drew 13.4 million admissions, making it the 3rd all-time highest-grossing film in South Korean cinema history. "Veteran" also won the Casa Asia Award at the Sitges Film Festival.
Title: Hwang Jung-min
Passage: Hwang Jung-min (born September 1, 1970) is a South Korean actor. He is one of the highest-grossing actors in South Korea, and has starred in several box office hits such as "Ode to My Father" (2014), "Veteran" (2015), "The Himalayas" (2015), "A Violent Prosecutor" (2015) and "The Wailing" (2016). Hwang is the third actor in South Korea to be part of the "100 Million Viewer Club" in Chungmuro.
Title: Jim Carrey filmography
Passage: The filmography of Canadian American actor and comedian Jim Carrey comprises both film and television roles. He appeared in over forty-two feature films, and ten television films and series. He is one of the top-50 highest-grossing actors of all time at the North American box office, with over $2.5 billion total gross and an average of $94.3 million per film. He was involved with thirteen films that grossed over $200 million at the worldwide box office, the highest grossing one was "Bruce Almighty".
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[
"Hwang Jung-min",
"Veteran (2015 film)"
] |
are Richard Yates and Ernest J. Gaines both Americans ?
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yes
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Title: A Lesson Before Dying
Passage: A Lesson Before Dying Is Ernest J. Gaines' eighth novel, published in 1993. While it is a fictional work, it is loosely based on the true story of Willie Francis, a young Black man sentenced to death by the electric chair twice in Louisiana, in 1945 and 1947.
Title: Richard Yates (novelist)
Passage: Richard Yates (February 3, 1926 – November 7, 1992) was an American fiction writer, identified with the mid-century "Age of Anxiety". His first novel, "Revolutionary Road", was a finalist for the 1962 National Book Award. His first short story collection, "Eleven Kinds of Loneliness", brought comparisons to James Joyce. His critical acclaim, however, was not reflected in commercial success during his lifetime, though interest in Yates has revived somewhat since his death, partly because of an influential 1999 essay by Stewart O'Nan in the Boston Review, a 2003 biography by Blake Bailey and the 2008 Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning film "Revolutionary Road", starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Title: Ernest J. Gaines
Passage: Ernest James Gaines (born January 15, 1933) is an African-American author whose works have been taught in college classrooms and translated into many languages, including French, Spanish, German, Russian and Chinese. Four of his works have been made into television movies.
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[
"Richard Yates (novelist)",
"Ernest J. Gaines"
] |
Walter Henry Zinn designed and built several new reactors, including one that produced sufficient electricity to illuminate four what?
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200-watt light bulbs.
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Title: Experimental Breeder Reactor I
Passage: Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-I) is a decommissioned research reactor and U.S. National Historic Landmark located in the desert about 18 mi southeast of Arco, Idaho. At 1:50 p.m. on December 20, 1951, it became one of the world's first electricity-generating nuclear power plants when it produced sufficient electricity to illuminate four 200-watt light bulbs. Electricity had earlier been generated by a nuclear reactor on September 3, 1948 at the X-10 Graphite Reactor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. EBR-I subsequently generated sufficient electricity to power its building, and continued to be used for experimental purposes until it was decommissioned in 1964. The Museum is open for visitors from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
Title: Walter Zinn
Passage: Walter Henry Zinn (December 10, 1906 – February 14, 2000) was a nuclear physicist who was the first director of the Argonne National Laboratory from 1946 to 1956. He worked at the Manhattan Project's Metallurgical Laboratory during World War II, and supervised the construction of Chicago Pile-1, the world’s first nuclear reactor, which went critical on December 2, 1942, at the University of Chicago. At Argonne he designed and built several new reactors, including Experimental Breeder Reactor I, the first nuclear reactor to produce electric power, which went live on December 20, 1951.
Title: United States naval reactors
Passage: United States naval reactors are nuclear reactors used by the United States Navy aboard certain ships to generate the steam used to produce power for propulsion, electric power, catapulting airplanes in aircraft carriers, and a few more minor uses. Such Naval nuclear reactors have a complete power plant associated with them. All U.S. Navy submarines and supercarriers built since 1975 are nuclear-powered by such reactors. There are no commissioned conventional (non-nuclear) submarines or aircraft carriers left in the U.S. Navy, since the last conventional carrier, USS "Kitty Hawk" , was decommissioned in May 2009. The U.S. Navy had nine nuclear-powered cruisers with such reactors also, but they have since been decommissioned. Reactors are designed by a variety of contractors, then developed and tested at one of several government (Department of Energy)-owned and prime contractor -operated facilities. These facilities include Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in West Mifflin, PA and its associated Naval Reactors Facility in Idaho, and Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in Niskayuna, NY and its associated Kesselring site in West Milton, NY, all under the management of the office of Naval Reactors. Sometimes there were full-scale nuclear-powered prototype plants built at the Naval Reactors Facility, Kesselring, and Windsor (in CT) to test the nuclear plants, which were operated for years to train nuclear-qualified sailors.
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[
"Experimental Breeder Reactor I",
"Walter Zinn"
] |
Which neo-fusion instrumental band, founded in 1996, featured a bassist born on March 19, 1953?
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Niacin
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Title: In November Sunlight
Passage: In November Sunlight is the first album by the instrumental band Soko, released on December 17, 1996. This is the only album with John Gilmore as a member of the band, who left the band after the album, turning Soko into a duo, although he did perform as a guest on the following album. Seven of the nine tracks on the album have guest musicians, and three of the four guests are associated with the Dave Matthews Band: Dave Matthews, LeRoi Moore and Tim Reynolds. The fourth, the percussionist Darrell Rose, created the album's artwork. The entire album is instrumental with the exception of the end of "Jiriki", which has vocals by Matthews.
Title: Niacin (band)
Passage: Niacin is a neo-fusion instrumental trio featuring bassist Billy Sheehan, drummer Dennis Chambers, and keyboardist John Novello. Founded in 1996, the band's name comes from the timbral foundation of the Hammond B3 organ; vitamin B is also known as niacin.
Title: Billy Sheehan
Passage: William "Billy" Sheehan (born March 19, 1953), is an American bassist known for his work with Talas, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, Niacin, and The Winery Dogs. Sheehan has won the "Best Rock Bass Player" readers' poll from "Guitar Player" magazine five times for his "lead bass" playing style. Sheehan's repertoire includes the use of chording, two-handed tapping, right-hand "three-finger picking" technique and controlled feedback.
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[
"Billy Sheehan",
"Niacin (band)"
] |
Gottlieb Heileman took a track for business that was unlike which St. Louis, Missouri-based competitor?
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Anheuser-Busch
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Title: Candace O'Connor
Passage: Candace O'Connor (born January 27, 1950) is a St. Louis, Missouri-based freelance writer.
Title: Gottlieb Heileman
Passage: Johann Gottlieb Heileman (January 6, 1824 in Kirchheim unter Teck, Württemberg – February 19, 1878 in La Crosse, Wisconsin) was the founder of the G. Heileman Brewing Company in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Heileman founded the brewery in 1858. His business strategy focused on producing the best local beer, rather than expanding nationwide like his company's contemporary Anheuser-Busch.
Title: Anheuser-Busch
Passage: Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC is a brewing company based in St. Louis, Missouri USA and headquartered in Leuven, Belgium. Since 2008, it has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) which also has its North American regional management headquarters in St. Louis.
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[
"Anheuser-Busch",
"Gottlieb Heileman"
] |
One of David Kaye's roles was to play several characters in what animated television series that was designed to capitalize on the 2012 film, "The Avengers"?
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Avengers Assemble
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Title: David Kaye
Passage: David V. Hope (born October 14, 1964), better known by his stage name, David Kaye, is a Canadian voice actor. He is best known for his roles in animation, including Megatron in five of the "Transformers" series ("", "", "", "", and ""), Optimus Prime in "", Professor X and Apocalypse in "X-Men Evolution", Cronus in "Class of the Titans", Khyber and Shocksquatch in "", several characters in "Avengers Assemble", Reginald and various other characters in "Regular Show". He is also well known for his work on English versions of anime, his notable roles being Sesshomaru in "InuYasha" and Treize Khushrenada in "Mobile Suit Gundam Wing". He provides the voice of Clank in the "Ratchet & Clank" video game franchise and the feature film. His voice is featured in the Academy Award-winning Disney/Pixar movie "Up" and he is also the in-show announcer for "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" on HBO.
Title: Halloween on Spooner Street
Passage: "Halloween on Spooner Street" is the fourth episode of the ninth season of the animated comedy series "Family Guy". It originally aired on Fox in the United States on November 7, 2010. The episode follows baby Stewie and anthropomorphic dog Brian as they go trick-or-treating on Halloween. Stewie is soon confronted by bullies, however, who steal his candy, causing the two to attempt to take the candy back. Meanwhile, neighbors Peter and Joe decide to play several pranks on their other neighbor, Glenn Quagmire, causing him to want to seek revenge on his friends while Meg and Chris attend a teenage halloween party at Connie D'Amico's house. The episode is the only Halloween special of the series as well as one of the only episodes to have three subplots.
Title: Avengers Assemble (TV series)
Passage: Avengers Assemble is an American animated television series based on the fictional Marvel Comics superhero team known as the Avengers. Designed to capitalize on the success of the 2012 film, "The Avengers", the series premiered on Disney XD on May 26, 2013, as the successor to "".
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[
"Avengers Assemble (TV series)",
"David Kaye"
] |
Vlezenbeek is the home of what family brewery?
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Lindemans
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Title: Vlezenbeek
Passage: Vlezenbeek is a small town of 3,324 in the Flemish Brabant southwest of Brussels, Belgium. It is part of the municipality Sint-Pieters-Leeuw. It is the home of Neuhaus, an international exporter of fine Belgian chocolate, as well as Lindemans Brewery, a brewery that produces lambics, a distinctly Belgian type of beer.
Title: Brasserie du Bocq
Passage: The Brasserie du Bocq is a Belgian family brewery founded in 1858 by Martin Belot. It is based in the valley of the small river Bocq in Purnode (near Yvoir).
Title: Lindemans Brewery
Passage: Lindemans Brewery (Brouwerij Lindemans) is a Belgian family brewery based in Vlezenbeek, a small town in the Flemish Brabant southwest of Brussels. It produces lambics.
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[
"Lindemans Brewery",
"Vlezenbeek"
] |
Galicia Hoxe was a newspaper from what capital of Galicia?
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Santiago de Compostela
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Title: Jewish–Ukrainian relations in Eastern Galicia
Passage: Eastern Galicia formed the heartland of the medieval Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia and currently exists within the provinces of Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Ternopil in modern western Ukraine. Along with Poles and Ukrainians, Jews were one of the three largest ethnic groups in Eastern Galicia with almost 900,000 people by 1910. Indeed, from the late 18th century until the early 20th century eastern Galicia had the largest concentration of Jews of any region in Europe. During the 19th century Galicia and its main city, Lviv ("Lemberg" in Yiddish), became a center of Yiddish literature. Lviv was the home of the world's first Yiddish-language daily newspaper, the "Lemberger Togblat." Jews constituted 1/3 of the population in many cities and dominated parts of the local economy. This article describes the relationship between eastern Galicia's Jews with the numerically largest portion of the population, the Ukrainians.
Title: Galicia Hoxe
Passage: Galicia Hoxe was a Galician newspaper from Santiago de Compostela written entirely in Galician. Founded in January 1994, it was formerly called "O Correo Galego". It changed its name to "Galicia Hoxe" in May 2003, and ceased publication on 28 June 2011, due to financial reasons, but remains an active internet news source.
Title: Santiago de Compostela
Passage: commonly known as Santiago ( , ] , ] ), is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain.
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[
"Santiago de Compostela",
"Galicia Hoxe"
] |
Chinua Achebe and John Braine were both what?
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novelist
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Title: The Mbari Club
Passage: The Mbari Club was a centre for cultural activity by African writers, artists and musicians that was founded in Ibadan, Nigeria, in 1961 by Ulli Beier, with the involvement of a group of young writers including Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe. " Mbari", an Igbo concept related to "creation", was suggested as the name by Achebe. Among other Mbari members were Christopher Okigbo, J. P. Clark and South African writer Ezekiel Mphahlele, Frances Ademola, Demas Nwoko, Mabel Segun, Uche Okeke, Arthur Nortje and Bruce Onobrakpeya.
Title: Chinua Achebe
Passage: Chinua Achebe ( , born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe; 16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic. His first novel "Things Fall Apart" (1958), often considered his best, is the most widely read book in modern African literature. He won the Man Booker International Prize in 2007.
Title: John Braine
Passage: John Gerard Braine (13 April 1922 – 28 October 1986) was an English novelist. Braine is usually listed among the Angry Young Men, a loosely defined group of English writers who emerged on the literary scene in the 1950s.
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[
"John Braine",
"Chinua Achebe"
] |
When was the Commissioner and former Governor of South Australia born who was also chancellor of the University of Adelaide?
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4 May 1952)
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Title: Kevin Scarce
Passage: Rear Admiral Kevin John Scarce {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 4 May 1952) is a retired Royal Australian Navy officer who was the 34th Governor of South Australia, serving from August 2007 to August 2014. He was succeeded by Hieu Van Le, who had previously been his lieutenant governor.
Title: Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission
Passage: The Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission is a Royal Commission into South Australia's future role in the nuclear fuel cycle. It commenced on 19 March 2015 and delivered its final report to the Government of South Australia on 6 May 2016. The Commissioner was former Governor of South Australia, Kevin Scarce, a retired Royal Australian Navy Rear-Admiral and chancellor of the University of Adelaide. The Commission delivered 12 key recommendations, including identifying an economic opportunity in the establishment of a deep geological storage facility and the receipt of spent nuclear fuel from prospective international clients. The Commission also recommended repealing prohibitions which prevent the future development of nuclear industry in South Australia and nationally.
Title: Dennis Howard
Passage: Dennis Howard (born September 10, 1954) is an American politician from Oklahoma that served as the Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture under former Governor of Oklahoma Frank Keating. Concurrent with his service as Secretary, Howard served as the Oklahoma Commissioner of Agriculture. Howard served as both Agriculture Secretary and Agriculture Commissioner for the entire term of Governor Keating, from 1995 to 2003.
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[
"Kevin Scarce",
"Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission"
] |
Who directed the 2003 steampunk-dieselpunk film Robert Vahey appeared in?
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Stephen Norrington
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Title: Robert Vahey
Passage: Robert Vahey (1932 - 29 October 2013), was a British actor, known for his supporting roles in Samson and Delilah (1959), "Z-Cars" (1972), "Secret Army" (1978), "Only Fools and Horses" (1983 & 1986), "Mapp and Lucia" (1985), "Wycliffe" (1996), "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" (2003), and the Ricky Gervais comedy "Derek" (2013), amongst many others. He is however, probably best remembered for his role as boat builder Bill Sayers, in 75 episodes of the 1980s television series "Howards' Way".
Title: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)
Passage: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, also promoted as LXG, is a 2003 steampunk-dieselpunk action film loosely based on the first volume of the comic book series of the same name by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill. It was released on July 11, 2003, in the United States, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Stephen Norrington and starred Sean Connery, Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Tony Curran, Stuart Townsend, Shane West, Jason Flemyng, and Richard Roxburgh.
Title: Nina Girado videography
Passage: Filipina singer Nina has released five video albums and appeared in forty-five music videos, three films and twelve television shows. After signing a record deal with Warner Music Philippines, Nina released her first single, "Heaven," in 2002. Its music video was inspired by the cover art of her debut album of the same name where she is dancing in front of the camera while animations appear in the background. In 2003, the music videos for "Jealous" and "Foolish Heart" gained popularity in the Philippines, topping various music video charts in the country. "Jealous" featured actors Cedric Carreon and Angel Jacob, playing the roles of ex-boyfriend and other girl in the music video. It won Favorite New Artist in a Video at the 2003 MTV Pilipinas Music Award. The music video for "Loving You" depicts Nina on a journey in a fantasy world to find her dream guy. All music videos from the album "Heaven" (2002) were directed by Avid Liongoren, except "Foolish Heart." " A Girl Can Dream," the second single from her second studio album "Smile" (2003) featured singer Christian Bautista as her love interest in a school-themed music video. In 2004, Nina appeared in a cameo appearance for the comedy film "Masikip sa Dibdib."
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[
"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)",
"Robert Vahey"
] |
Which magazine was first published, American Way or Teen Vogue?
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American Way
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Title: Gemma Ward
Passage: Gemma Louise Ward (born 3 November 1987) is an Australian fashion model and actress. Born in Perth, Western Australia, Ward was first scouted at the age of 14, and made her Australian Fashion Week debut aged 15. She later became the youngest model to appear on the cover of the American edition of "Vogue", later appearing on the covers of both "Teen Vogue" and "Time". " Vogue Paris" would later declare her as one of the top 30 models of the 2000s. Ward is widely considered to be a supermodel.
Title: American Way (magazine)
Passage: American Way is a free, inflight magazine available across the entire American Airlines fleet and Admirals Clubs premium lounges. The magazine was first published in 1966. It is published on a monthly basis and reaches over 16 million passengers every month.
Title: Teen Vogue
Passage: Teen Vogue is a US magazine launched in 2003 as a sister publication to "Vogue", targeted at teenage girls. Like "Vogue", it includes stories about fashion and celebrities. Since 2015, following a steep decline in sales, the magazine cut back on its print distribution in favor of online content, which has grown significantly. The magazine has also expanded its focus from fashion and beauty to include politics and current affairs.
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[
"Teen Vogue",
"American Way (magazine)"
] |
Who directed Reefer Madness (1936), Louis J. Gasnier or Joseph Henabery?
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Louis Joseph Gasnier
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Title: Joseph Henabery
Passage: Joseph Henabery (January 15, 1888 – February 18, 1976) Omaha, Nebraska, was a US film actor, screenplay writer, and director.
Title: Topaze (1933 French film)
Passage: Topaze is a 1933 French comedy film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Louis Jouvet, Simone Héliard and Marcel Vallée. It is based on the 1928 play "Topaze" by Marcel Pagnol. The same year an American version of the play "Topaze" was released, starring John Barrymore. In 1936 Pagnol himself remade the film in France.
Title: Louis J. Gasnier
Passage: Louis Joseph Gasnier (September 15, 1875 – February 15, 1963) was a French-born American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. A cinema pioneer, Gasnier shepherded the early career of comedian Max Linder, co-directed the enormously successful film serial "The Perils of Pauline" (1914) and capped his output with the notorious low-budget exploitation film "Reefer Madness" (1936) which was both a critical and box office failure.
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[
"Louis J. Gasnier",
"Joseph Henabery"
] |
In what type of magazines was one of the victims of Charles Manson and his "Family" (the other being LaBianca) featured?
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fashion magazines
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Title: Leslie Van Houten
Passage: Leslie Louise Van Houten (born August 23, 1949) is an American murderer serving a life sentence in relation to the 1969 killings of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, when Van Houten was 19 years old. She was arrested weeks later, and convicted at the main Charles Manson trial in 1971, at which she repeatedly sabotaged her own defense, and tried to exculpate Manson. She was convicted and became the youngest woman ever sentenced to death in California. However, executions were halted in the state in 1972 after the California Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty was unconstitutional in "The People of the State of California v. Robert Page Anderson", 493 P.2d 880, 6 Cal. 3d 628 (Cal. 1972). She was granted a new trial at which her defense to the charge of first degree murder was diminished responsibility, but the jury could not agree on a verdict. At a third trial, she was convicted and sentenced to life in prison, although with a possibility of parole. In relation to her case, high courts, parole boards, and the state governor have said that an inexplicable or racial motive for murder could merit exemplary punishment and outweigh any evidence of subsequent reform.
Title: Sharon Tate
Passage: Sharon Marie Tate Polanski (January 24, 1943 – August 9, 1969) was an American actress and model. During the 1960s, she played small television roles before appearing in films and was regularly featured in fashion magazines as a model and cover girl. After receiving positive reviews for her comedic and dramatic acting performances, Tate was hailed as one of Hollywood's most promising newcomers.
Title: Helter Skelter (Manson scenario)
Passage: In the months leading up to the Tate/LaBianca murders in August 1969, Charles Manson often spoke to the members of his "Family" about Helter Skelter, an apocalyptic war arising from racial tensions between blacks and whites. This "chimerical vision"—as it was termed by the court that heard Manson's appeal from his conviction for the killings—involved reference to music of the Beatles (particularly songs from their 1968 double album "The Beatles", also known as "the White Album") and to the New Testament's Book of Revelation.
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[
"Sharon Tate",
"Helter Skelter (Manson scenario)"
] |
What was Jacques Cartier searching for when he arrived at the Ottawa River that would give him a passage to the Pacific Ocean?
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Northwest Passage
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Title: Jacques Cartier Park
Passage: Jacques Cartier Park is a park in Gatineau, Quebec, across the river from the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. It is named for French explorer Jacques Cartier, who arrived at the mouth of the Ottawa River while he was looking for the Northwest Passage. The National Capital Commission (NCC) uses the site to run one of its popular annual events, Winterlude every February. It is also a busy site on Canada Day, offering activities such as music and dance shows throughout the day, entertainment and activities for children, and demonstrations by the Canadian Forces SkyHawks parachute team.
Title: Northwest Passage
Passage: The Northwest Passage (abbreviated as NWP) is, from the European and northern Atlantic point of view, the sea route to the Pacific Ocean through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The eastern route along the Arctic coasts of Norway and Siberia is accordingly called Northeast Passage (NEP).
Title: Quebec Route 134
Passage: Route 134 is a highway in the province of Quebec, running from Candiac on the South Shore of the Saint Lawrence River to Montreal, crossing the river on Jacques Cartier Bridge. On the South Shore, Route 134 is named Taschereau Boulevard ("boulevard Taschereau"), after the prominent Quebec family that included former premier Louis-Alexandre Taschereau. From Jacques Cartier Bridge to the end of the highway at Sherbrooke Street (Quebec Route 138) in Montreal, the highway is a one-way pair formed by Papineau Avenue and De Lorimier Avenue.
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[
"Northwest Passage",
"Jacques Cartier Park"
] |
Who was the last coach before Bob Stoops to win a national championship for the Oklahoma Sooners?
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Barry Switzer
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Title: List of Oklahoma Sooners head football coaches
Passage: The Oklahoma Sooners football program is a college football team that represents the University of Oklahoma. The team has had 22 head coaches since organized football began in 1895. The Sooners have played in more than 1,200 games in its 121 seasons. In those seasons, eight coaches have led the Sooners to postseason bowl games: Tom Stidham, Jim Tatum, Bud Wilkinson, Gomer Jones, Chuck Fairbanks, Barry Switzer, Gary Gibbs and Bob Stoops. Eight coaches have won conference championships with the Sooners: Bennie Owen, Stidham, Dewey Luster, Tatum, Wilkinson, Fairbanks, Switzer and Stoops. Wilkinson, Switzer and Stoops have also won national championships with the Sooners. Stoops is the all-time leader in games coached and won, Owen is the all-time leader in years coached, while Switzer is the all-time leader in winning percentage. John Harts is, in terms of winning percentage, the worst coach the Sooners have had as he lost the only game he coached. John Blake has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game with .353 in his 34 games.
Title: 2000 Oklahoma Sooners football team
Passage: The 2000 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season, the 106th season of Sooner football. The team was led by Bob Stoops in his second season as head coach. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman. During this season, they competed in the Big 12 Conference.
Title: 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season
Passage: The 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Oklahoma Sooners claiming their first national championship and their first conference championship since the departure of head coach Barry Switzer.
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[
"2000 NCAA Division I-A football season",
"2000 Oklahoma Sooners football team"
] |
Which artist is known for working with the band Monkey Bowl, Serj Tankian or Robert Ellis Orrall?
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Robert Ellis Orrall
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Title: Enter the Chicken
Passage: Enter the Chicken is the fourteenth studio album by musician Buckethead. The album was released on October 25, 2005 by Serj Tankian's label Serjical Strike. It has 11 songs, two of which are less than twenty seconds long. It contains appearances from such artists as Saul Williams, Maximum Bob, Efrem Schulz and Serj Tankian.
Title: Serj Tankian
Passage: Serj Tankian (Western Armenian: Սերժ Թանկեան , ] ; born August 21, 1967) is a Lebanese-born Armenian-American singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, poet, and political activist with Armenian descent. He is best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, keyboardist, and occasional live rhythm guitarist of the metal band System of a Down, formed in 1994.
Title: Robert Ellis Orrall
Passage: Robert Ellis Orrall (born May 4, 1955) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Signed to RCA Records in 1980, Orrall debuted that year with the album "Fixation". His first Top 40 single was "I Couldn't Say No", a duet with Carlene Carter. By 1990, Orrall had found success as a songwriter, having penned Number One singles for Shenandoah and Clay Walker. He returned to RCA in 1991 and charted the singles "Boom! It Was Over" and "A Little Bit of Her Love", from his first country music album, "Flying Colors". Orrall then joined frequent songwriting partner Curtis Wright in the CMA-nominated duo Orrall & Wright, recording one more album and charting two singles. They split up in 1994, however, and Orrall returned to his solo career, writing singles for Reba McEntire, Taylor Swift, and Lindsay Lohan, as well as producing records for Swift, Be Your Own Pet, and Love and Theft. He also performs and records as an indie rock musician in the band Monkey Bowl.
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[
"Serj Tankian",
"Robert Ellis Orrall"
] |
Can both Brain Chain and Camp Granada be played by a single player?
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no
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Title: Quick Hit Football
Passage: Quick Hit Football (QHF) was a free online American football game. The Quick Hit company was started in 2008 by Jeffrey Anderson, and went public in September 2009. Quick Hit Football offered single player against CPU opponents and multi-player against human opponents. Quick Hit Football was based on user play-calling. On September 8, 2010, the NFL was integrated into Quick Hit Football and was granted the official license from the NFL. A few months later, on December 22, 2010, Quick Hit Football was offered in High-Definition 3D, allowing greater immersion of the participant in the game, while maintaining a realistic sense of play with graphics likened to those found on Madden 64. Following this, new games and challenges were offered to the players such as NFL season games, as well as single player games vs. teams inspired by legendary football coaches such as Bill Cowher, Tom Landry, Vince Lombardi, Brian Billick, Dan Reeves, Marty Schottenheimer, and Dick Vermeil.
Title: Brain Chain
Passage: Brain Chain is a strategy-driven trivia board game played by two or three players or teams. The object is to be the first player or team to connect an unbroken row of six "links" horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. The game is played on a 10x10 category grid surrounded by an exterior track. "Brain Chain" has been described as "Trivial Pursuit" with a Go-Moku win mechanic plus a dash of "Pueblo" added in.
Title: Camp Granada
Passage: Camp Granada is a 1965 children's board game by Milton Bradley Company based on Allan Sherman's popular 1963 novelty song "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)". Campers take turns driving a breakdown-prone bus to gather ICKY animals from various summer camp locations to be the first to leave the real rotten camp for home. The game board depicts spikes on the diving board, an octopus in the swimming hole, and a lover's leap into a volcano.
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[
"Camp Granada",
"Brain Chain"
] |
Which canal is longer, The Central Arizona Project or the Oswego Canal?
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The Central Arizona Project
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Title: Central Arizona Project
Passage: The Central Arizona Project (CAP) is a 336 mi (541 km) diversion canal in Arizona in the United States. The aqueduct diverts water from the Colorado River from the Bill Williams Wildlife Refuge south portion of Lake Havasu near Parker into central and southern Arizona. The CAP is the second largest and expansive aqueduct system ever constructed in the United States. CAP is managed and operated by the Central Arizona Water Conservation District (CAWCD). It was shepherded through Congress by Carl Hayden.
Title: New York State Department of Public Works
Passage: The office of Superintendent of Public Works was created by an 1876 amendment to the New York State Constitution. It abolished the canal commissioners and established that the Department of Public Works execute all laws relating to canal maintenance and navigation except for those functions performed by the New York State Engineer and Surveyor who continued to prepare maps, plans and estimates for canal construction and improvement. The Canal Board (now consisting of the Superintendent of Public Works, the State Engineer and Surveyor, and the Commissioners of the Canal Fund) continued to handle hiring of employees and other personnel matters. The Barge Canal Law of 1903 (Chapter 147) directed the Canal Board to oversee the enlargement of and improvements to the Erie Canal, the Champlain Canal and the Oswego Canal. In 1967, the Department of Public Works was merged with other departments into the new New York State Department of Transportation.
Title: Oswego Canal
Passage: The Oswego Canal is a canal in the New York State Canal System located in New York, United States. Opened in 1828, it is 23.7 miles (38.1 km) in length, and connects the Erie Canal at Three Rivers (near Liverpool) to Lake Ontario at Oswego. The canal has a depth of 14 ft (4.2 m), with seven locks spanning the 118 ft (36 m) change in elevation.
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[
"Central Arizona Project",
"Oswego Canal"
] |
Yoshino Nanjō plays Eli Ayase in which popular Japanese animated music series?
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Love Live!
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Title: Mystery Virgin
Passage: "Mystery Virgin" (ミステリー ヴァージン ) is the debut solo single of Japanese idol Ryosuke Yamada. It was the singer’s first solo single following his success as a member of the popular Japanese all-male band, Hey! Say! JUMP. The song was produced and written by Vandrythem, Erik Lidbom, and Daichi. It was first solicited to mainstream radio on November 30, 2012 and was available for digital download on December 26, 2012. The song was physically released on January 9, 2013. “Mystery Virgin” was written as the theme song for the fifth season of popular Japanese drama television series, Kindaichi Case Files, which Yamada also played the main role, Hajime Kindaichi.
Title: Yoshino Nanjō
Passage: Yoshino Nanjō (南條 愛乃 , Nanjō Yoshino , born July 12, 1984) is a Japanese voice actress, singer and lyricist from Shizuoka Prefecture affiliated with office EN-JIN. Among her most popular roles is Eli Ayase from Love Live! . She is currently the lead singer of the Japanese pop and trance duo fripSide.
Title: Love Live!
Passage: Love Live! (Japanese: ラブライブ! , Hepburn: Rabu Raibu! ) School Idol Project is a Japanese multimedia project co-developed by ASCII Media Works' "Dengeki G's Magazine", music label Lantis, and animation studio Sunrise. The project revolves around a group of fictional schoolgirls who become idols in order to save their school from shutting down. It launched in the August 2010 issue of "Dengeki G's Magazine", and went on to produce music CDs, anime music videos, two manga adaptations, and video games. A 13-episode anime television series produced by Sunrise and directed by Takahiko Kyōgoku aired in Japan between January and March 2013, with a second season airing between April and June 2014. Both anime series and film are licensed in North America, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand by NIS America, MVM Entertainment and Madman Entertainment, respectively. An animated film titled "Love Live! The School Idol Movie" was distributed by Shochiku and released in June 2015. A follow-up project focusing on a new set of idols, titled "Love Live! Sunshine!! ", launched in 2015.
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[
"Love Live!",
"Yoshino Nanjō"
] |
Which documentary, Bomb Harvest or Spencer Halpin's Moral Kombat, was created first?
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Bomb Harvest
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Title: United States Peace Index
Passage: The United States Peace Index (USPI) is a measurement of American States and cities by their peacefulness. Created by the Institute for Economics and Peace, the creators of the Global Peace Index, it is said to be the first in a series of National sub-divisions by their peacefulness. The USPI was created first due to plentiful data and a large amount of diversity between states for level of peace. The United States ranked 88/158 on the Global Peace index for 2012. The U.S. index was released on 6 April 2011, at 00:01 Eastern Time and the second edition released on 24 April 2012.
Title: Bomb Harvest
Passage: Bomb Harvest is a 2007 documentary film directed by Australian filmmaker Kim Mordaunt and produced by Sylvia Wilczynski. It explores the consequences of war in Laos as it follows an Australian bomb disposal specialist, training locals in the skill of detonating bombs while trying to stop villagers, particularly children, from finding them and using them for scrap metal.
Title: Spencer Halpin's Moral Kombat
Passage: Spencer Halpin's Moral Kombat is a 2009 documentary film, directed by Spencer Halpin, an American independent filmmaker. The title of the film is in part a reference to the "Mortal Kombat" series of video games, which are notable for their extreme violence. The title was changed from "Moral Kombat" to "Spencer Halpin's Moral Kombat" to avoid the risk of a lawsuit.
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[
"Spencer Halpin's Moral Kombat",
"Bomb Harvest"
] |
What engine designed to power medium duty trucks and heavy cars was also used in Chevy's intermediate and pony car?
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The Chevrolet "Big Block"
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Title: Chevrolet L72
Passage: The L72 was a Big-Block engine produced by Chevrolet between 1966 and 1969. Initially rated at 450 horsepower, the rating dropped to 425 horsepower shortly after its release (although there was no change in power). In 1966 it was the most powerful engine available in the Corvette, and between 1966 and 1969 was the most powerful engine available in full-sized models. In 1969 the L72 was available via a Central Office Production Order (COPO) in Chevrolet's intermediate (Chevelle) and pony car (Camaro). Today these vehicles - referred to as COPOs - are among the most collectible 1960s performance cars.
Title: Chevrolet Big-Block engine
Passage: The Chevrolet "Big Block" is a term for a series of large displacement V8 engines that have been developed and produced in the United States from the 1950s to the current day. As American automobiles grew in size and weight following the Second World War, the engines powering them had to keep pace. Chevrolet had introduced its popular small block V8 in 1955, but needed something larger to power its medium duty trucks and the heavier cars that were on the drawing board.
Title: Pontiac West Assembly
Passage: Pontiac West Assembly was one of several General Motors assembly plants in Pontiac, Michigan located along South Boulevard West and Franklin Road. It was originally called the Rapid Motor Vehicle Company until 1909 when GM acquired the company, renaming it GMC. It served as the original location of GM trucks, including military equipment for World War II. In 1972, it was joined by a new facility, called Pontiac East Assembly that built GMC and Chevrolet medium duty trucks and buses.
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[
"Chevrolet Big-Block engine",
"Chevrolet L72"
] |
This 1997 American superhero film starred an American Actress who mader her film debut in what movie?
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The Crush
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Title: Batman & Robin (film)
Passage: Batman & Robin is a 1997 American superhero film based on the DC Comics characters Batman and Robin. It is the fourth and final installment of Warner Bros.' initial "Batman" film series. The film was directed by Joel Schumacher and written by Akiva Goldsman. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Alicia Silverstone, and Uma Thurman. "Batman & Robin" tells the story of Batman and Robin as they attempt to prevent Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from freezing all mankind to death and repopulating the earth with mutant plants, while at the same time struggling to keep their partnership together. It is also to date the only live-action film appearance of Batgirl, who helps the title characters fight the villains.
Title: Batman (1966 film)
Passage: Batman (often promoted as Batman: The Movie) is a 1966 American superhero film based on the "Batman" television series, and the first full-length theatrical adaptation of the DC Comics character Batman. Released by 20th Century Fox, the film starred Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin. The film hit theaters two months after the of the television series. The film includes most members of the original TV cast, with the exception of Lee Meriwether as the Catwoman, the character previously played by Julie Newmar in two episodes of the series' first season.
Title: Alicia Silverstone
Passage: Alicia Silverstone ( ; born October 4, 1976) is an American actress. She made her film debut in "The Crush" (1993), earning the 1994 MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, and gained further prominence as a teen idol when she appeared at the age of 16 in the music video for Aerosmith's "Cryin'". She starred in the comedy hit "Clueless" (1995), which earned her a multimillion-dollar deal with Columbia Pictures, and in the big-budget film "Batman & Robin" (1997), playing Batgirl. She has continued to act in film and television and on stage. For her role in the short-lived drama comedy "Miss Match" (2003), Silverstone received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. A vegan, Silverstone has endorsed PETA activities and has published two nutrition books.
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[
"Batman & Robin (film)",
"Alicia Silverstone"
] |
Stephen J. Friedman (born March 19, 1938), former commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and seventh president of Pace University, a private institution that was founded in what year?
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1906
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Title: Stephen J. Friedman
Passage: Stephen J. Friedman (born March 19, 1938), former commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and seventh president of Pace University. Prior to that, Friedman has served as dean of the Pace Law School, and senior partner and co-chairman of Debevoise & Plimpton. On February 1, 2017, Friedman urged New York to increase student financial aid to both public and private universities.
Title: Pace University
Passage: Pace University is a private institution that was founded in 1906. It has a campus in Manhattan, New York City, and two campuses in Westchester County, New York, in Pleasantville and White Plains. The school also operates other properties, including a women's justice center in nearby Yonkers, city public school Pace University High School, and two business incubators.
Title: Securities Acts Amendments of 1975
Passage: The Securities Acts Amendments of 1975 is an act of Congress. It was passed as a United States Public Law (Pub.L. 94–29 ) on June 4, 1975, and amended the Securities Act of 1933 ( "et seq.") and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( "et seq."). The Securities Acts Amendments imposed an obligation on the Securities Exchange Commission to consider the impacts that any new regulation would have on competition. The law also empowered the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to establish a national market system and a system for nationwide clearing and settlement of securities transactions, enabling the SEC to enact Regulation NMS, and created the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), a self-regulatory organization that writes investor protection rules and other rules regulating broker-dealers and banks in the United States municipal securities market.
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[
"Stephen J. Friedman",
"Pace University"
] |
Avie Tevanian and Tanya Seghatchian were both vice presidents of what company?
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Apple
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Title: Avie Tevanian
Passage: Avadis "Avie" Tevanian is an American computer scientist. He was senior vice president of software engineering at Apple from 1997 to 2003, and then chief software technology officer from 2003 to 2006. He was a long-standing friend of Steve Jobs.
Title: Ilham Ahmed
Passage: Ilham Ahmed is a Maldivian politician who is the current MP for Dhangethi Constituency in the People's Majlis, former MP for Gemanafushi Constituency in the People's Majlis and the Former President of Football Association of Maldives. Ilham was one of the Vice Presidents of Jumhooree Party and was formerly one of the two Vice Presidents of Progressive Party of Maldives elected by the first congress of the party. A native of Gemanafushi in Huvadhu Atoll, Ilham's family roots can be traced back to Fuvahmulah and Addu Atoll as well. Due to the increased oppression of the Maldivian government, Ilham resigned from PPM on 9th July 2017 becoming an Independent member.
Title: Tanya Seghatchian
Passage: Seghatchian attended Cambridge University and was a member of the Footlights. She became joint vice-president in 1989 with Henry Naylor as president.
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[
"Avie Tevanian",
"Tanya Seghatchian"
] |
The Caroline Divines lived during the reigns of a monarch of of three kingdoms whos was executed in what year?
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1649
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Title: Romance of the Three Kingdoms (video game series)
Passage: Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國志 , Sangokushi , lit. "Records of the Three Kingdoms") is a series of turn-based tactical role-playing simulation grand strategy wargames produced by Koei. Originating from Japan in 1985, thirteen installments of the game have been published in Japan, Taiwan, China, South Korea and North America to date. While the game's title as it was released in English refers to the historical novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" (三國演義) by Luo Guanzhong, the title as it was released in Japan and Chinese regions refers to the historical text "Records of the Three Kingdoms" (三國志) by Chen Shou.
Title: Caroline Divines
Passage: The Caroline Divines were influential theologians and writers in the Anglican Church who lived during the reigns of King Charles I and, after the Restoration, King Charles II (Latin: Carolus). There is no official list of Caroline-era divines; they are defined by the era in which they lived, and Caroline Divines hailed from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. However, of these four nations, it is Caroline England which is most commonly considered to have fostered a golden age of Anglican scholarship and devotional writing, despite the socio-cultural upset of civil war, regicide, and military rule under Oliver Cromwell. Importantly, the term divine is restricted neither to canonised saints nor to Anglican figures, but is used of many writers and thinkers in the wider Christian church.
Title: Charles I of England
Passage: Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649 ) was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.
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[
"Caroline Divines",
"Charles I of England"
] |
What man who was the husband of a noblewoman during the reign of Henry VIII of England wished to marry the Queen of England from 1533 to 1536?
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Henry Percy
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Title: Anne Boleyn
Passage: ( 1501 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII. Henry's marriage to her, and her subsequent execution by beheading, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that was the start of the English Reformation.
Title: Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset
Passage: Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (15 June 1519 – 23 July 1536), was the son of King Henry VIII of England and his mistress, Elizabeth Blount, and the only illegitimate offspring whom Henry VIII acknowledged. He was the younger half-brother of Queen Mary I, as well as the older half-brother of Queen Elizabeth I and King Edward VI. Through his mother he was the elder half-brother of the 4th Baroness Tailboys of Kyme and of the 2nd and 3rd Baron Tailboys of Kyme.
Title: Mary Percy, Countess of Northumberland
Passage: Mary Percy ("née" Talbot), Countess of Northumberland (died 16 April 1572) was a courtier and noblewoman during the reign of Henry VIII of England. She was the daughter of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury. Her husband, Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, had wished to marry Anne Boleyn instead of her.
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[
"Anne Boleyn",
"Mary Percy, Countess of Northumberland"
] |
Which breed is found in Africa, Sloughi or Peruvian Hairless Dog?
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Sloughi
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Title: Peruvian Hairless Dog
Passage: The Peruvian Hairless Dog is a breed of dog with its origins in Peruvian pre-Inca cultures. It is one of several breeds of hairless dog.
Title: Abyssinian Sand Terrier
Passage: The Abyssinian Sand Terrier or African Hairless Dog is a breed of hairless dog. It can grow 15.5 to tall and weigh 21 to . Abyssinian Sand Terriers are hairless except for the skull and towards the end of the tail. However, some dogs are totally hairless. They come in bronze, elephant gray, grayish black, black, pale sandy, and mottled. Their ears are rose shaped.
Title: Sloughi
Passage: The Sloughi is a North African breed of dog, specifically a member of the sighthound family. It is found mainly in Morocco, which is responsible for the standard, and may be found in smaller numbers elsewhere in North Africa.
|
[
"Peruvian Hairless Dog",
"Sloughi"
] |
Why was a figure skating competition, meeting in a sports center that could accommodate 7,000 seats, delayed?
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the ice not being ready
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Title: Yubileyny Sports Palace
Passage: Yubileyny Sports Palace (Russian: Спортивный комплекс "Юбилейный ), "Sportivniy kompleks Yubileyniy"; also translated as Yubileiny (Jubilee) Palace of Sports, is an indoor sports arena and concert complex that is located in St. Petersburg, Russia. It houses more than 7,000 seats for ice hockey and basketball.
Title: U.S. Figure Skating
Passage: U.S. Figure Skating is the national governing body for the sport of figure skating on ice in the United States. It is recognized as such by the United States Olympic Committee "USOC" under the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act and is the United States member of the International Skating Union ("ISU"). Although the name of the organization is “the United States Figure Skating Association” it is known as and conducts business under the name “U.S. Figure Skating.” Founded in 1921, U.S. Figure Skating regulates and governs the sport and defines and maintains the standard of skating proficiency. It specifies the rules for testing, competitions and all other figure skating related activities. U.S. Figure Skating promotes interest and participation in the sport by assisting member clubs, skaters, and athletes, appointing officials, organizing competitions, exhibitions, and other figure skating pursuits, and offering a wide variety of programs.
Title: Figure skating at the 1994 Goodwill Games
Passage: Figure skating at the 1994 Goodwill Games took place in Saint Petersburg, Russia at the Yubileyny Sports Palace. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event, held in August 1994, was delayed by a day after a heat wave, a power outage and lack of air conditioning resulted in the ice not being ready.
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[
"Yubileyny Sports Palace",
"Figure skating at the 1994 Goodwill Games"
] |
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