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Which American Heavy metal band worked with producer Terry Date and released four albums during the 1980's?
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Title: Pantera
Passage: Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas. The group was formed in 1981 by the Abbott brothers drummer Vinnie Paul and guitarist Dimebag Darrell along with lead vocalist Terry Glaze. Bassist Rex Brown joined the band the following year, replacing Tommy D. Bradford, who was the unofficial original. Having started as a glam metal band, Pantera released four albums during the 1980s. Looking for a new and heavier sound, Pantera replaced Glaze with Phil Anselmo in late 1986 and released "Power Metal" in 1988. With its fifth album, 1990's "Cowboys from Hell", Pantera introduced a groove metal sound. Pantera's sixth album, 1992's "Vulgar Display of Power", exhibited an even heavier sound. " Far Beyond Driven" (1994) debuted at number one on the "Billboard" 200.
Title: Terry Date
Passage: Terry Date (born January 31, 1956) is an American record producer and engineer, specializing in the rock genres, especially heavy metal. He is well known for his work with Overkill, Metal Church, Slipknot, Pantera, Soulfly, White Zombie, Deftones, Dark Angel, Dream Theater, Slayer, Soundgarden and Limp Bizkit.
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Pantera released four albums during the 1980s.
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Terry Date
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Pantera
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Which magazine published papers more often; The Wittenburg Door or Sports Collectors Digest?
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Title: The Wittenburg Door
Passage: The Wittenburg Door, sometimes known as simply The Door, was a Christian satire and humor magazine, published bimonthly by the non-profit Trinity Foundation based in Dallas, Texas. The magazine started publication in 1971 and ceased publication in 2008. The title was a reference to the Ninety-Five Theses written by Martin Luther in 1517 that he is believed to have posted on the door of the All Saints' Church in Wittenberg.
Title: Sports Collectors Digest
Passage: Sports Collectors Digest (SCD) is an American advertising weekly paper published at Iola, Wisconsin. The magazine provides an avenue through which sellers, traders and avid buyers of sports memorabilia may interact.
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Sports Collectors Digest
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The Wittenburg Door
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Sports Collectors Digest
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What song does the actor who plays Uncle Remis sing in Song of the South?
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Title: Song of the South
Passage: Song of the South is a 1946 American live-action animated musical film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is based on the collection of Uncle Remus stories as adapted by Joel Chandler Harris, and stars James Baskett as Uncle Remus. The film takes place in the southern United States during the Reconstruction Era, a period of American history shortly after the end of the American Civil War and the abolition of slavery. The story follows 7-year-old Johnny (Bobby Driscoll) who is visiting his grandmother's plantation for an extended stay. Johnny befriends Uncle Remus, one of the workers on the plantation, and takes joy in hearing his tales about the adventures of Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Fox, and Br'er Bear. Johnny learns from the stories how to cope with the challenges he is experiencing living on the plantation.
Title: James Baskett
Passage: James Baskett (February 16, 1904 July 9, 1948) was an American actor known for his portrayal of Uncle Remus, singing the song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" in the 1946 Disney feature film "Song of the South". In recognition of his warm portrayal of the famous black storyteller he was given an Honorary Academy Award, making him the first black male performer to receive an Oscar.
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Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
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Song of the South
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James Baskett
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Who portrays James Gordon in the Gotham episode, Rise of the Villains: Knock, Knock?
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Title: Rise of the Villains: Knock, Knock
Passage: "Rise of the Villains: Knock, Knock" is the second episode of the second season and 24th episode overall from the FOX series "Gotham". The episode was written by Ken Woodruff and directed by Rob Bailey. It was first broadcast in September 28, 2015 in FOX. In this episode, Gordon is assigned in investigating the Arkham escapees, now calling themselves "the Maniax". Meanwhile, Bruce is getting closer to the truth about his father's office.
Title: Gotham (TV series)
Passage: Gotham is an American crime drama television series developed by Bruno Heller, based on characters published by DC Comics and appearing in the Batman franchise, primarily those of James Gordon and Bruce Wayne. The series stars Ben McKenzie as the young Gordon, while Heller executive-produces, along with Danny Cannon, who also directed the pilot.
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Ben McKenzie
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Rise of the Villains: Knock, Knock
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Gotham (TV series)
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The actress that played Shannon Reed on the soap opera "Home and Away" also appeared in a 2008 romantic comedy directed by Adam Brooks that is set in what city?
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Title: Definitely, Maybe
Passage: Definitely, Maybe is a 2008 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Adam Brooks, and starring Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Rachel Weisz, Elizabeth Banks, Abigail Breslin, and Kevin Kline. Set in New York City during the 1990s, the film is about a political consultant who tries to help his eleven-year-old daughter understand his impending divorce by telling her the story of his past romantic relationships and how he ended up marrying her mother. The film grossed 55 million worldwide.
Title: Isla Fisher
Passage: Isla Lang Fisher ( ; born 3 February 1976) is an Australian actress. Born to Scottish parents in Oman, she moved to Australia at age 6. She appeared on the children's adventure series "Bay Cove" and the short-lived soap opera "Paradise Beach", before playing Shannon Reed on the soap opera "Home and Away". She has since been known for her comedic roles in "Scooby-Doo" (2002), "I Heart Huckabees" (2004), "Wedding Crashers" (2005), "Hot Rod" (2007), "Definitely, Maybe" (2008), "Confessions of a Shopaholic" (2009), "Rango" (2011), "Bachelorette" (2012), "Rise of the Guardians" (2012), and "Arrested Development" (2013).
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New York City
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Isla Fisher
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Definitely, Maybe
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Loop and Ian Brown were both popular in the 1980's for what?
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Title: Loop (band)
Passage: Loop are an English rock band, formed in 1986 by Robert Hampson in Croydon. The group topped the UK independent charts with their albums "Fade Out" (1989) and "A Gilded Eternity" (1990). Their droning, dissonant "trance-rock" sound drew on the work of artists like Can and the Stooges, and helped to resurrect the concept of space rock in the late 1980s.
Title: Ian Brown
Passage: Ian George Brown (born 20 February 1963) is an English musician. He is the lead singer of the alternative rock band the Stone Roses from their formation in 1983. Following the split he began a solo career, releasing six studio albums, a greatest hits compilation, a remix album and 17 singles. He has performed solo shows in 45 countries. He returned to singing for the Stone Roses on 19 October 2011. On 20 October, he put out a statement to say that although he had reunited with the band, it did not spell the end of his solo endeavours. Brown is also known for a cameo role in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban".
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English rock band
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Loop (band)
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Ian Brown
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Who is the older brother sportscaster of a man who is an in-studio analyst alongside Seth Davis?
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Title: Greg Gumbel
Passage: Greg Gumbel (born May 3, 1946) is an American television sportscaster. He is best known for his various assignments on the CBS network (most notably, the National Football League and NCAA basketball). The older brother of news and sportscaster Bryant Gumbel, he became the first African-American (and Creole) announcer to call play-by-play of a major sports championship in the United States when he announced Super Bowl XXXV for the CBS network in 2001. He is of Creole ancestry. Gumbel is currently a play-by-play broadcaster for the "NFL on CBS" alongside Trent Green as well as the studio host for CBS' men's college basketball coverage.
Title: Seth Davis
Passage: Seth Davis is a former writer for "Sports Illustrated" magazine, a host on Campus Insiders, and an in-studio analyst for CBS' NCAA men's college basketball coverage with Clark Kellogg, Doug Gottlieb, and host Greg Gumbel.
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Bryant Gumbel
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Seth Davis
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Greg Gumbel
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Terry Beeson, is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League, he held the Seahawks record for most tackles in a season with 153 until which American football linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks, broke it in 2016?
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Title: Bobby Wagner
Passage: Bobby Joseph Wagner (born June 27, 1990) is an American football linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Utah State, and was drafted by the Seahawks in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft.
Title: Terry Beeson
Passage: Terry Beeson (born September 19, 1955 in Coffeyville, Kansas) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played for the Seattle Seahawks from 19771981 and the San Francisco 49ers in 1982. He held the Seahawks record for most tackles in a season with 153 until linebacker Bobby Wagner broke it in 2016.
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Bobby Joseph Wagner
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Terry Beeson
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Bobby Wagner
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Julius Jackson is the son of the boxer from which territory?
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Title: Julius Jackson
Passage: Julius Jackson (born August 1, 1987) is a professional boxer from the Virgin Islands who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at light-heavyweight, as did his brother John Jackson. Their father is boxer Julian Jackson.
Title: Julian Jackson (boxer)
Passage: Julian Jackson (born September 12, 1960) is a former professional boxer from the U.S. Virgin Islands who competed from 1981 to 1998. He is a three-time world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBA super welterweight title from 1987 to 1990, and the WBC middleweight title twice between 1990 and 1995. Possessing formidable knockout power, Jackson is regarded by many as the hardest puncher in boxing history, pound for pound, and was ranked number 25 by "The Ring" magazine in a 2003 list of "100 Greatest Punchers".
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U.S. Virgin Islands
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Julius Jackson
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Julian Jackson (boxer)
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Did Russian mathematician Yuri Manin or Efim Zelmanov win the Fields Medal of International Congress of Mathematicians in 1994?
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Title: Efim Zelmanov
Passage: Efim Isaakovich Zelmanov (Russian: ; born 7 September 1955 in Khabarovsk) is a Russian-American mathematician, known for his work on combinatorial problems in nonassociative algebra and group theory, including his solution of the restricted Burnside problem. He was awarded a Fields Medal at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Zrich in 1994.
Title: Yuri Manin
Passage: Yuri Ivanovitch Manin (Russian: ; born 1937) is a SovietRussianGerman mathematician, known for work in algebraic geometry and diophantine geometry, and many expository works ranging from mathematical logic to theoretical physics. Moreover, Manin was one of the first to propose the idea of a quantum computer in 1980 with his book "Computable and Uncomputable".
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Efim Isaakovich Zelmanov
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Yuri Manin
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Efim Zelmanov
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Which 2004 American comedy fantasy film stars both Jennifer Garner and the star of "The Kids Are Alright"?
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Title: 13 Going on 30
Passage: 13 Going on 30 (released as Suddenly 30 in some countries) is a 2004 American romantic comedy fantasy film written by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa and directed by Gary Winick. Starring Jennifer Garner, the film was produced by Revolution Studios for Columbia Pictures, and was released on April 23, 2004. It follows a 13-year-old girl who dreams of being popular. During her birthday party, she is humiliated by classmates and wishes that she was thirty years old. When she eventually does emerge, she finds herself five days shy of her 30th birthday, uncertain to how she got there.
Title: Mark Ruffalo
Passage: Mark Alan Ruffalo ( , born November 22, 1967) is an American actor, filmmaker, and social activist. He made his screen debut in an episode of "CBS Summer Playhouse" (1989), followed by minor film roles. He was part of the original cast of "This Is Our Youth" (1996), for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Following were his roles in "13 Going on 30" (2004), "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (2004)", Zodiac" (2007), and "What Doesn't Kill You" (2008). In 2010, he starred in the psychological thriller "Shutter Island" and the comedy-drama "The Kids Are All Right". For the latter, he received nominations for the SAG Award, BAFTA Award, and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also co-starred in the mystery films "Now You See Me" and "Now You See Me 2" as FBI Special Agent Dylan Rhodes.
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13 Going on 30
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Mark Ruffalo
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13 Going on 30
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The special operations force of the Irish Defence Forces had access to what according tothe modern weapons of the Irish Arm?
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Title: Modern weapons of the Irish Army
Passage: This is a list of some of the modern weapons of the Irish Army. The Army Ranger Wing has access to a wide variety of specialist weapons for use in different roles.
Title: Army Ranger Wing
Passage: The Army Ranger Wing (ARW) (Irish: "Sciathn Fiannglaigh an Airm" , ""SFA"") is the special operations force of the Irish Defence Forces, the military of Ireland. A branch of the Irish Army, it also selects personnel from the Naval Service and Air Corps. It serves at the behest of the Defence Forces and Government of Ireland, operating internally and overseas, and reports directly to the Chief of Staff. The ARW was established in 1980 with the primary role of counter terrorism and evolved to both special operations and counter terrorism roles from 2000 after the end of conflict in Northern Ireland. The unit is based in the Curragh Camp, County Kildare. The 2015 White Paper on Defence announced that the strength of the Wing would be considerably increased.
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a wide variety of specialist weapons
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Modern weapons of the Irish Army
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Army Ranger Wing
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Which social media site did Lily Allen use to gain publicity and BBC airplay for her songs prior to the release of her debut album, "Alright, Still"?
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Title: Lily Allen
Passage: Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper (ne Allen; born 2 May 1985), known professionally as Lily Allen, is an English singer, songwriter, actress, and television presenter. She is the daughter of actor Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. Allen left school when she was 15 and concentrated on improving her performing and compositional skills. In 2005, she made some of her recordings public on Myspace and the publicity resulted in airplay on BBC Radio 1 and a contract with Regal Recordings.
Title: Alright, Still
Passage: Alright, Still is the debut studio album by English singer and songwriter Lily Allen, released on 13 July 2006 by Regal Recordings. After being rejected by several labels, Allen signed to London Records, who eventually lost interest in Allen, leading her to meet production duo Future Cut and sign to Regal Recordings. Recording for the album began in 2004 with sessions between Allen and Future Cut, and Allen's work garnered publicity on the Internet as she posted demos to her Myspace account before they were officially released. Allen later travelled to the United States to work with Greg Kurstin and Mark Ronson, to complete the final half of the album in 2006.
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Myspace
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Alright, Still
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Lily Allen
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Morgan State University and University of Idaho are what types of universities?
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Title: Morgan State University
Passage: Morgan State University (commonly referred to as MSU, Morgan State, or Morgan) is a historically black college (HBCU) in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Morgan is Maryland's designated public urban university and the largest HBCU in Maryland. In 1890 the university, formerly known as the "Centenary Biblical Institute", changed its name to Morgan College to honor Reverend Lyttleton Morgan, the first chairman of its Board of Trustees who had donated land to the college. It became a university in 1975. MSU is a member of Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
Title: University of Idaho
Passage: The University of Idaho (officially abbreviated UI, locally referred to as "the U of I") is the U.S. state of Idaho's oldest public university, located in the city of Moscow in Latah County in the northern portion of the state. It is the state's flagship, land-grant and primary research university. The University of Idaho was the state's sole university for 71 years, until 1963, and its College of Law, established in 1909, was first accredited by the American Bar Association in 1925.
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public
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Morgan State University
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University of Idaho
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Where was the work Gustave-Hippolyte Roger was a leading tenor in in 1846 first performed?
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Title: Gustave-Hippolyte Roger
Passage: Gustave-Hippolyte Roger, born in Paris on 17 December 1815 and died there on 12 September 1879, was a French tenor. He is best known for creating the leading tenor roles in "La damnation de Faust" by Berlioz in 1846 and Meyerbeer's "Le prophte" in 1849.
Title: La damnation de Faust
Passage: La damnation de Faust (English: "The Damnation of Faust"), Op. 24 is a work for four solo voices, full seven-part chorus, large children's chorus and orchestra by the French composer Hector Berlioz. He called it a "lgende dramatique" (dramatic legend). It was first performed at the Opra-Comique in Paris on 6 December 1846.
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the Opra-Comique in Paris
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Gustave-Hippolyte Roger
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La damnation de Faust
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When was the company that Hutchinson Travel is a member of formed?
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Title: Hutchgo.com
Passage: hutchgo.com is an online travel agency offers one-stop booking services in the Asia Pacific region, providing travel related products including air tickets, multi-city flights, accommodation ranging from hotel, lodge to resort, tour holiday packages, travel insurance and car rental. The online travel site is owned by Hutchison Travel (formerly known as Hutchison-Priceline), a member of CK Hutchison Holdings.
Title: CK Hutchison Holdings
Passage: CK Hutchison Holdings Limited is a Cayman Islandsregistered conglomerate headquartered in Hong Kong. The company was formed in March 2015 through the merger of Cheung Kong Holdings and its main associate company Hutchison Whampoa.
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March 2015
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Hutchgo.com
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CK Hutchison Holdings
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Have both Gordon Wiles and Scott Hicks been nominated for Academy Awards?
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Title: Scott Hicks
Passage: Robert Scott Hicks (born 4 March 1953) is an Australian film director and screenwriter. He is best known as the screenwriter and director of "Shine", the Oscar-winning biopic of pianist David Helfgott. Hicks's work has been nominated for an Academy Award as well as winning an Emmy Award. Other movies he directed include the film adaptations of Stephen King's "Hearts in Atlantis" and Nicholas Sparks's "The Lucky One".
Title: Gordon Wiles
Passage: Gordon Wiles (October 10, 1904 October 17, 1950) was an American art director and film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for the film "Transatlantic". He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His father, Albert Wiles, was a doctor in Jerseyville, Illinois.
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yes
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Gordon Wiles
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Scott Hicks
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James John Liautaud, is the founder, chairman, and majority owner of Jimmy Johns, founded in which year?
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Title: Jimmy John Liautaud
Passage: James John Liautaud (January 12, 1964) is the founder, chairman, and majority owner of Jimmy Johns sandwich chain.
Title: Jimmy John's
Passage: Jimmy John's Franchise, LLC is a franchised sandwich restaurant chain, specializing in delivery. Founded by Jimmy John Liautaud in 1983 and headquartered in Champaign, Illinois, in 30 years, the company has grown to more than 2,500 locations in all states except Alaska, Hawaii, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Jimmy John's has opened approximately 200 locations per year over the past three years. s of 2014 , 98 of the locations are franchise-owned.
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1983
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Jimmy John Liautaud
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Jimmy John's
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Where is the birthplace of the Belgian former football goalkeeper of whom Anne Noe had to wear their old shirts?
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Title: Anne No
Passage: Annie Ida Jenny No Haesendonck (born 13 April 1959) is a Belgian football coach and former international goalkeeper. She won 59 caps for the Belgium women's national football team between 1979 and 1994. When playing for the women's national team, No had to wear Jean-Marie Pfaff's old shirts. She stopped playing when she was 35 years old, then became a coach with the Royal Belgian Football Association. In 1999 she was appointed head coach of the national team.
Title: Jean-Marie Pfaff
Passage: Jean-Marie Pfaff (born 4 December 1953 in Lebbeke) is a Belgian former football goalkeeper who spent most of his professional career with Beveren and Bayern Munich. Pfaff was capped 64 times playing for Belgium, and participated at the 1982 FIFA World Cup and 1986 FIFA World Cup tournaments.
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Lebbeke
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Anne No
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Jean-Marie Pfaff
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Which 100 list compilation is this company where Gary Loveman served as executive vice president a member of?
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Title: Gary Loveman
Passage: Gary William Loveman (born April 12, 1960) is an American businessman and former academic professor. He is president of Healthagen and executive vice president of Aetna and was the chief executive officer of Caesars Entertainment Corporation for 12 years. On June 30, 2015 he stepped down from his post as CEO and president of Caesars, remaining as chairman. Prior to joining Caesars Entertainment, in 1998, then known as Harrah's Entertainment, Loveman was a professor at Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Title: Aetna
Passage: Aetna Inc. ( ; stylized as "tna") is an American managed health care company, which sells traditional and consumer directed health care insurance plans and related services, such as medical, pharmaceutical, dental, behavioral health, long-term care, and disability plans. Aetna is a member of the Fortune 100.
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Fortune 100
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Gary Loveman
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Aetna
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When was the French singer-songwriter, musician, actress and model born who's live album is Divinidylle Tour?
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Title: Vanessa Paradis
Passage: Vanessa Chantal Paradis (] ; born 22 December 1972) is a French singer-songwriter, musician, actress and model.
Title: Divinidylle Tour
Passage: Divinidylle Tour is the third live album by singer Vanessa Paradis. The album was recorded during her Divinidylle Tour and was also released with a DVD which documented the tour and Paradis' promotion of the album. The DVD won a Victoires de la Musique award for Best DVD Musical of the year.
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22 December 1972
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Divinidylle Tour
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Vanessa Paradis
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Lee Hwan-kyung debuted with a movie written by who?
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Title: He Was Cool
Passage: He Was Cool (; lit. "That Guy was Cool") is a 2004 South Korean film based on the same-titled 2001 Internet novel written by Guiyeoni. The film was released in South Korean cinemas on July 23, 2004 and was the 35th most attended film of the year with 800,000 admissions.
Title: Lee Hwan-kyung
Passage: Lee Hwan-kyung (born 1970) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Lee debuted with "He Was Cool" (2004). His next two features, "Lump Sugar" (2006) revolves around Si-eun who dreams of becoming a jockey and "Champ" (2011), which is based on a true story, depicts the relationship between a recently injured racehorse and the jockey who is gradually losing his eyesight. His fourth feature "Miracle in Cell No. 7" (2013) became the biggest hit of the year with more than 12.32 million viewers.
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Guiyeoni
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Lee Hwan-kyung
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He Was Cool
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Which President that served as a Senator from California, did Beatrice Willard serve as an advisor?
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Title: Richard Nixon
Passage: Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States from 1969 until 1974, when he resigned from office, the only U.S. president to do so. He had previously served as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961, and prior to that as a U.S. Representative and also Senator from California.
Title: Beatrice Willard
Passage: Beatrice Willard (December 19, 1925 7 January 2003) was an American botanist who specialized in studies on the ecology and botany of high alpine tundra, as well as arctic tundra. Willard's studies influenced public policy with her studies, which centered on plant life at high altitudes. Willard was responsible for the establishment of the Beatrice Willard Alpine Tundra Research Plots above the treeline in Rocky Mountain National Park, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In later years she was an adviser to U.S. presidents Nixon and Ford as the first woman on the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).
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Richard Milhous Nixon
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Beatrice Willard
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Richard Nixon
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What country of origin does Mark Stephens and James Hewitt have in common?
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Title: James Hewitt
Passage: James Lifford Hewitt (born 30 April 1958) is an English former cavalry officer in the British Army. He rose to public prominence in the mid-1990s after he disclosed a romantic affair that he had engaged in with Diana, Princess of Wales, while she was still the wife of the heir to the throne of the United Kingdom, Prince Charles.
Title: Mark Stephens (solicitor)
Passage: Mark Howard Stephens CBE (born 7 April 1957) is an English solicitor specialising in media law, intellectual property rights and human rights with the firm Howard Kennedy LLP. Stephens studied law at North East London Polytechnic (now the University of East London), graduating in 1978. After further study in Brussels he was admitted as a solicitor in 1982. Stephens started his career as a lawyer providing advice to artists and soon established his own practice with a partner. In 1987 Stephens helped defend the American artist J. S. G. Boggs from a counterfeiting charge. He gained a reputation as "the patron solicitor of previously lost causes" following this case and others where he defended artists' freedom of expression, as well as representing the leaders of the miners' strike of 198485 and James Hewitt when allegations of his affair with Diana, Princess of Wales first emerged.
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English
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Mark Stephens (solicitor)
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James Hewitt
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Michael Dobson voiced which character, an adversary of the X-Men, originally depicted as obese?
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Title: Michael Dobson (actor)
Passage: Michael Richard Dobson (born August 12, 1966) is an English-Canadian voice actor, who works for Ocean Studios and various other studios in British Columbia, Canada. He is best known for voicing Starscream in the "Transformers Unicron Trilogy" ("", "", and ""), Supreme Kai and Nappa in the Ocean dub of "Dragon Ball Z", Cobra Commander in "" and "", Blob in "", Leonardo in "", in "" and Pythor in "", as well as voicing many other characters in animated shows and anime dubs. He is the brother of Paul Dobson and Brian Dobson, who are also voice actors. He owns a voice recording studio Makena Sound Ltd. in South Surrey, British Columbia.
Title: Blob (comics)
Passage: The Blob (Frederick J. "Fred" Dukes) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an adversary of the X-Men. A mutant originally depicted as an obese circus freak, the Blob claims to be immovable when he so desires. He possesses an extreme amount of pliable body mass, which grants him superhuman strength. Possessing the mindset of a bully, he mostly uses his powers for petty crime and as a member of the Brotherhood of Mutants and Freedom Force. He is one of the most prominent, long-running mutants to be depowered as a result of the "Decimation" storyline.
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The Blob
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Michael Dobson (actor)
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Blob (comics)
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Who is a Swiss professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for a Swiss football team from the Bernese Oberland town of Thun ?
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Title: Nicola Sutter
Passage: Nicola Sutter (born 5 May 1995) is a Swiss professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for FC Thun.
Title: FC Thun
Passage: FC Thun ("Fussballclub Thun 1898") is a Swiss football team from the Bernese Oberland town of Thun. The club currently plays in the Swiss Super League after being promoted in the 200910 season. The club plays at the Stockhorn Arena which accommodates a total of 10,000 supporters, both seated and standing. The club's colours are red and white.
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Nicola Sutter
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Nicola Sutter
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FC Thun
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Troy McClure is a fictional character from the American animated sitcom "The Simpsons" who appeared as the main character in an episode that aired when?
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Title: A Fish Called Selma
Passage: "A Fish Called Selma" is the nineteenth episode of "The Simpsons"nowiki'nowiki seventh season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 24, 1996. The episode features Troy McClure, who attempts to resurrect his acting career by marrying Selma Bouvier. Show runners Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein were fans of Phil Hartman and wished to produce an episode that focused on his character McClure. Freelance writer Jack Barth wrote the episode, and Mark Kirkland directed it.
Title: Troy McClure
Passage: Troy McClure is a fictional character from the American animated sitcom "The Simpsons". He was voiced by Phil Hartman and first appeared in the second season episode "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment". McClure is usually shown doing low-level work, such as hosting infomercials and educational films. He appears as the main character in "A Fish Called Selma", in which he marries Selma Bouvier to aid his failing career and quash rumors about his personal life. McClure also 'hosts' "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" and "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase".
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March 24, 1996
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Troy McClure
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A Fish Called Selma
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The films Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein are based on the novel by which author?
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Title: Frankenstein (1931 film)
Passage: Frankenstein is a 1931 American pre-Code horror monster film from Universal Pictures directed by James Whale and adapted from the play by Peggy Webling (which in turn is based on the novel of the same name by Mary Shelley), about a scientist and his assistant who dig up corpses to build a man animated by electricity, but his assistant accidentally gives the creature an abnormal, murderer's brain. The resultant monster is portrayed by Boris Karloff in the film.
Title: Bride of Frankenstein
Passage: Bride of Frankenstein (advertised as The Bride of Frankenstein) is a 1935 American science-fiction horror film, the first sequel to Universal Pictures' 1931 hit "Frankenstein". It is considered one of the few sequels to a great film that is even better than the original film on which it is based. As with the first film, "Bride of Frankenstein" was directed by James Whale and stars Boris Karloff as The Monster. The sequel features Elsa Lanchester in the dual role of Mary Shelley and the Monster's mate at the end of the film. Colin Clive reprises his role as Henry Frankenstein, and Ernest Thesiger plays the role of Doctor Septimus Pretorius.
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Mary Shelley
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Bride of Frankenstein
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Frankenstein (1931 film)
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The John Wall Dance is a dance performed by flexing the arms and twisting the wrist, John Wall, an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards, of the National Basketball Association (NBA), first performed the eponymous dance during his introduction at Big Blue Madness in October 2009, at which location?
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Title: John Wall (basketball)
Passage: Johnathan Hildred Wall Jr. (born September 6, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A Raleigh, North Carolina native, Wall was chosen with the first overall pick of the 2010 NBA draft by the Wizards after playing one year at the University of Kentucky. He plays the point guard position and is a four-time NBA All-Star. He was named to his first All-NBA Team in 2017.
Title: John Wall Dance
Passage: The John Wall Dance is a dance performed by flexing the arms and twisting the wrist. John Wall first performed the eponymous dance during his introduction at Big Blue Madness at the University of Kentucky in October 2009. Wall says that his idea for the dance came from the music video of the song "Do the Shizz" made by the Louisville rapper Kenzo. LaShawn "Sugar Shizz" Talbert, who inspired the dance, performed "The Shizz" in the music video. The John Wall Dance has subsequently integrated itself into popular culture.
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University of Kentucky
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John Wall Dance
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John Wall (basketball)
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Rhoda Williams had a voice as Drizella Tremaine in the animated film released in what year?
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Title: Rhoda Williams
Passage: Rhoda Elaine Williams (July 19, 1930 March 8, 2006) was an American actress who voiced Drizella Tremaine in Walt Disney's Cinderella.
Title: Cinderella (1950 film)
Passage: Cinderella is a 1950 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney and originally released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on the fairy tale "Cinderella" by Charles Perrault, it is the twelfth Disney animated feature film. Directing credits go to Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, and Wilfred Jackson. Songs were written by Mack David, Jerry Livingston, and Al Hoffman. Songs in the film include "Cinderella", "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes", "Sing Sweet Nightingale", "The Work Song", "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo", and "So This is Love". It features the voices of Ilene Woods, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Rhoda Williams, James MacDonald, Luis van Rooten, Don Barclay, Mike Douglas, and Lucille Bliss.
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1950
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Rhoda Williams
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Cinderella (1950 film)
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Zaoyang and Kuytun, are in which country?
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Title: Zaoyang
Passage: Zaoyang () is a city in northern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, near the border with Henan province. Administratively, it is a county-level city under the administration of Xiangyang.
Title: Kuytun
Passage: Kuytun or Kuitun () is a county-level city with about 285,000 residents (2000 census) in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. Kuitun is located between Wusu and Shihezi on the railway from rmqi to Kazakhstan, close to a desert.
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People's Republic of China
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Zaoyang
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Kuytun
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What sports complex was the 2014 MLS Cup match in California?
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Title: MLS Cup 2014
Passage: MLS Cup 2014 was the 19th edition of MLS Cup, the match that determined the champion of Major League Soccer's 2014 season. It is also the last MLS Cup to be held before the league's rebranding in 2015. The Western Conference Champions LA Galaxy played the Eastern Conference Champions New England Revolution. The match was held at the Galaxy's home field of the StubHub Center in Carson, California, as the Galaxy were awarded home advantage by finishing the regular season with more points than the Revolution. The Galaxy won 21 after Overtime, winning their fifth MLS Cup title and also sending all-time U.S. national team goal scoring leader Landon Donovan into retirement with his sixth MLS Cup crown.
Title: StubHub Center
Passage: StubHub Center, formerly the Home Depot Center, is a multiple-use sports complex on the West Coast of the United States, located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California. It is approximately 14 mi south of Downtown Los Angeles and its primary tenant is the LA Galaxy of Major League Soccer.
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StubHub Center
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MLS Cup 2014
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StubHub Center
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What kind of rock do cambarus cryptodytes live near?
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Title: Cambarus cryptodytes
Passage: Cambarus cryptodytes, the Dougherty Plain cave crayfish or Apalachicola cave crayfish, is a small, freshwater crayfish endemic to Florida and Georgia in the United States. It is an underground species known only from waters associated with the Floridan aquifer.
Title: Floridan aquifer
Passage: The Floridan aquifer system, composed of the Upper and Lower Floridan aquifers, is a thick sequence of Paleogene carbonate rock which spans an area of about in the southeastern United States. It underlies the entire state of Florida and parts of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina.
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Paleogene carbonate rock
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Cambarus cryptodytes
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Floridan aquifer
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Which building is taller, Marine Midland Building or 4 World Trade Center?
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Title: 4 World Trade Center
Passage: 4 World Trade Center (also known by its street address, 150 Greenwich Street) is a skyscraper that is part of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. It opened to tenants and the public on November 13, 2013. It is located on the southeast corner of the 16 acre World Trade Center site, where the original nine-story 4 World Trade Center stood. Pritzker Prize-winning architect Fumihiko Maki was awarded the contract to design the 978 ft building. s of 2016 , it is the third tallest skyscraper at the rebuilt World Trade Center, behind One and 3 World Trade Center. However, 2 World Trade Center is expected to surpass the height of both buildings upon completion. The total floor space of the building includes 1.8 million square feet (167,000 square meters) of office and retail space. The building's groundbreaking took place in January 2008.
Title: Marine Midland Building
Passage: The Marine Midland Building (also HSBC Bank Building) is a 51-story office building located at 140 Broadway between Cedar and Liberty streets in Manhattan's financial district. The building, completed in 1967, is 688 ft (209.7 m) tall and is known for the distinctive sculpture at its entrance, Isamu Noguchi's "Cube". Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings Merrill, the man who designed the building, had originally proposed a monolith type sculpture, but it was deemed to be too expensive. It is currently owned by Union Investment.
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4 World Trade Center
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Marine Midland Building
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4 World Trade Center
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For what team was a player acquired before the 19992000 Toronto Raptors season the all-time leader in points?
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Title: Dell Curry
Passage: Wardell Stephen "Dell" Curry I (born June 25, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1986 until 2002. He retired as the Charlotte Hornets' all-time leader in points (9,839) and three-point field goals made (929).
Title: 19992000 Toronto Raptors season
Passage: The 19992000 NBA season was the Raptors' fifth season in the National Basketball Association. During the offseason, the Raptors acquired Antonio Davis from the Indiana Pacers, while signing free agents Muggsy Bogues and three-point specialist Dell Curry. In their first full season playing at the Air Canada Centre, the Raptors got better as the season progressed. Second-year star Vince Carter led the team in scoring, averaging 25.7 points per game. He also won the Slam Dunk Contest in Oakland and was selected for the 2000 NBA All-Star Game. The Raptors improved and qualified for their first playoff appearance with a 4537 record, finishing third in the Central Division. However, in the postseason, they were swept in the first round by the New York Knicks in three straight games. Following the season, Tracy McGrady was traded to the Orlando Magic, Doug Christie was dealt to the Sacramento Kings, Dee Brown signed as a free agent with the Magic, and head coach Butch Carter was fired.
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Charlotte Hornets
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19992000 Toronto Raptors season
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Dell Curry
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How tall is the player that is featured on the cover of the German version of the video game "NBA 2K16"?
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Title: NBA 2K16
Passage: NBA 2K16 is a basketball simulation video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports. It is the 17th installment in the "NBA 2K" franchise and the successor to "NBA 2K15". It was released on September 29, 2015 for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 3. A mobile version for Android and iOS was also released on October 14, 2015. There are three different covers for the main game, one featuring Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans, another featuring Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, and the last featuring James Harden of the Houston Rockets. A special edition version of the game was also released; it features Michael Jordan on the cover. Additionally, the French version of "NBA 2K16" features Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs as the cover athlete, the German version, Dennis Schrder of the Atlanta Hawks, and the Spanish version, Marc and Pau Gasol of the Memphis Grizzlies and Chicago Bulls respectively.
Title: Dennis Schrder
Passage: Dennis Schrder (] ; born September 15, 1993) is a German professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at 6 ft , he plays at the point guard position. Schrder formerly played for SG Braunschweig and Phantoms Braunschweig. He is widely regarded as one of the best talents in German basketball.
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6 ft
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NBA 2K16
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Dennis Schrder
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Who has been nominated for less Academy Awards, Todd Field or Mika Kaurismki?
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Title: Todd Field
Passage: William Todd Field (born February 24, 1964) is an American actor and three-time Academy Award nominated filmmaker.
Title: Mika Kaurismki
Passage: Mika Juhani Kaurismki (] ; born 21 September 1955) is a Finnish film director.
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Mika Juhani Kaurismki
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Todd Field
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Mika Kaurismki
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What is the difference between Stachyurus and Cucumis?
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Title: Cucumis
Passage: Cucumis is a genus of twining, tendril-bearing plants in the Cucurbitaceae family which includes the cucumber ("Cucumis sativus"), muskmelons ("Cucumis melo", including cantaloupe and honeydew), the horned melon ("Cucumis metuliferus"), and the West Indian gherkin ("Cucumis anguria").
Title: Stachyurus
Passage: Stachyurus is the only genus in the flowering plant family Stachyuraceae, native to the Himalayas and eastern Asia. They are deciduous shrubs or small trees with pendent racemes of 4-petalled flowers which appear on the bare branches before the leaves. The plants have leaves with serrate margins. Stachyuraceae contains a single genus with eight species.
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Stachyuraceae contains a single genus with eight species.
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Stachyurus
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Cucumis
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What is the name of the group that Ghaur's race is in a war with?
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Title: Eternals (comics)
Passage: The Eternals are a fictional race of superhumans appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are described as an offshoot of the evolutionary process that created sentient life on Earth. The original instigators of this process, the alien Celestials, intended the Eternals to be the defenders of Earth, which leads to the inevitability of war against their destructive counterparts, the Deviants. The Eternals were created by Jack Kirby and made their first appearance in "The Eternals" 1 (July 1976).
Title: Ghaur
Passage: Ghaur (pronounced "Gore" ) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Peter B. Gillis and Sal Buscema, he first appeared in "Eternals" vol. 2, 2 (November, 1985).
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the Deviants
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Ghaur
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Eternals (comics)
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What Small native cat to North and South America did Carl B. Koford make studies on in the 50's and 70's?
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Title: Carl B. Koford
Passage: Carl Buckingham Koford (September 3, 1915 in Oakland, California December 3, 1979 in Berkeley, California) was an American biologist who is known for his research work on the behavior of the California condor. He attended the Piedmont High School and studied at the University of Washington. Koford began his field work about the California condor in March 1939. More than 400 days until June 1941 he spend with the condors. During World War II he interrupted his studies to serve in the U.S. Navy. In 1946 his observations on the condors continued. In 1953 he published the report "The California Condor" where he gave a first estimation of the world population of about 60 individuals. In the 1950s and again in the 1970s he went to South America where he made studies on species like the Vicua, the Jaguar, the Ocelot or the Jaguarundi. After rumours about the survival of some individuals of the thought to be extinct Mexican grizzly bear Koford went to Mexico in 1969 but he failed to rediscover this bear.
Title: Jaguarundi
Passage: The jaguarundi ("Puma yagouaroundi") ( ) or eyra cat is a small wild cat native to southern North America and South America. It has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2002. Its presence in Uruguay is uncertain. The megareserves of the Amazon Basin are probably the only conservation units that can sustain long-term viable populations.
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Jaguarundi
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Carl B. Koford
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Jaguarundi
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The Champaign Aviation Museum is an aviation museum in Urbana, Ohio, in which country, the museum and its volunteers are restoring a B-17 Flying Fortress back to flying status, a our-engine heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC)?
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Title: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Passage: The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Competing against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 bombers, the Boeing entry (prototype Model 299XB-17) outperformed both competitors and exceeded the air corps' performance specifications. Although Boeing lost the contract (to the Douglas B-18 Bolo) because the prototype crashed, the air corps ordered 13 more B-17s for further evaluation. From its introduction in 1938, the B-17 Flying Fortress evolved through numerous design advances, becoming the third-most produced bomber of all time, behind the B-24 and the multirole Ju 88.
Title: Champaign Aviation Museum
Passage: The Champaign Aviation Museum is an aviation museum in Urbana, Ohio, United States. The museum and its volunteers are restoring a B-17 Flying Fortress back to flying status.
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United States
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Champaign Aviation Museum
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
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How many matches have been played by the U.S. mens national soccer team in the stadium that hosted the 2011 Military Bowl?
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Title: 2011 Military Bowl
Passage: The 2011 Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman, the fourth edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 28, 2011 at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C. as part of the 201112 NCAA bowl season.
Title: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Passage: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, commonly known as RFK Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Washington, D.C., located about two miles (3 km) due east of the U.S. Capitol building. It is the current home of D.C. United of Major League Soccer and the ATT Nation's Football Classic. The U.S. men's national soccer team has played 22 matches there from 1977 to 2013, more than any other stadium.
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22
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2011 Military Bowl
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Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
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Who published the prequel to Sphereland?
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Title: Sphereland
Passage: Sphereland: A Fantasy About Curved Spaces and an Expanding Universe is a 1965 novel by Dionys Burger, and is a sequel to "Flatland", a novel by "A Square" (a pen name of Edwin Abbott Abbott). The novel expands upon the social and mathematical foundations on which "Flatland" is based. It is markedly different from the first novel in that it has a more prosaic ending and treatment of society.
Title: Flatland
Passage: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott, first published in 1884 by Seeley Co. of London.
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Seeley Co.
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Sphereland
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Flatland
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Customer Loyalty is an episode of The Office that guest stars which Greek-Canadian comedian?
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Title: Customer Loyalty (The Office)
Passage: "Customer Loyalty" is the twelfth episode of the ninth season of the American comedy television series "The Office". The episode was written by Jonathan Green and Gabe Miller, and directed by Kelly Cantley. It originally aired on NBC on January 24, 2013. The episode guest stars Chris Diamantopoulos as Brian the boom mike operator, and Ben Silverman as Isaac, a coworker of Jim's.
Title: Chris Diamantopoulos
Passage: Christopher "Chris" Diamantopoulos (born May 9, 1975; Greek: "" ) is a Greek-Canadian actor and comedian.
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Christopher "Chris" Diamantopoulos
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Customer Loyalty (The Office)
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Chris Diamantopoulos
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Celeste and Jesse Forever, released in which year, is an American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lee Toland Krieger, its stars include Andy Samberg, an American actor, filmmaker, musician and comedian?
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Title: Celeste and Jesse Forever
Passage: Celeste and Jesse Forever is a 2012 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lee Toland Krieger. It stars Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg, and was written by Jones and Will McCormack, who also has a role in the film. It was released on August 3, 2012, in New York and Los Angeles.
Title: Andy Samberg
Passage: Andrew David Samberg (born David A. J. Samberg; August 18, 1978) is an American actor, filmmaker, musician and comedian.
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2012
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Celeste and Jesse Forever
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Andy Samberg
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Tom Manning is a character from the universe created by what writer-artist?
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Title: Hellboy
Passage: Hellboy is a fictional superhero created by writer-artist Mike Mignola. The character first appeared in "San Diego Comic-Con Comics" 2 (August 1993), and has since appeared in various eponymous miniseries, one-shots and intercompany crossovers. The character has been adapted into two live-action feature films in 2004 and that starred Ron Perlman in the title role, and two straight-to-DVD animated films, as well as three video games "", "", and recently as a to-be-released playable character in "Injustice 2".
Title: Tom Manning (comics)
Passage: Tom Manning is a fictional character from Dark Horse Comics' "Hellboy" universe. He is director of the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense.
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Mike Mignola
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Tom Manning (comics)
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Hellboy
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Who financed the 3D computer-animated fantasy which was one of Chris Bacon film scores?
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Title: Chris Bacon (composer)
Passage: Chris Bacon (born March 17, 1977) is an American composer. His film scores include "Alpha and Omega" (2010), "Source Code" (2011), and "Gnomeo Juliet" (2011). He was the composer for all 50 episodes of the AE drama series "Bates Motel", for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award, and also composed the music for 26 of the 32 episodes of the NBC musical drama series "Smash".
Title: Gnomeo amp; Juliet
Passage: Gnomeo Juliet is a 2011 British-American 3D computer-animated fantasy romantic comedy family film loosely based on William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet". Financed by Disney and released through its Touchstone Pictures banner, the film was independently produced by Rocket Pictures and animated by Starz Animation. It was written and directed by Kelly Asbury, and the two title characters are voiced by James McAvoy and Emily Blunt.
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Disney
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Chris Bacon (composer)
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Gnomeo amp; Juliet
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Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja founded a company headquartered in what city?
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Title: Parmanand Hinduja
Passage: Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja (19011971) was an Indian businessman, the founder of the Hinduja Group.
Title: Hinduja Group
Passage: The Hinduja Group is an Indian conglomerate company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. They are involved in a wide range of activities including foundries, import export, trading, motor vehicles, banking, call centres and healthcare.
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London
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Parmanand Hinduja
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Hinduja Group
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What is the birth date of this English scientist, whose laboratory burner design was later perfected by Peter Desaga into the Bunsen burner?
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Title: Michael Faraday
Passage: Michael Faraday FRS ( ; 22 September 1791 25 August 1867) was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis.
Title: Peter Desaga
Passage: Peter Desaga was a German instrument maker at the University of Heidelberg who worked with Robert Wilhelm Bunsen. In 1855, Desaga perfected an earlier design of the laboratory burner by Michael Faraday into the Bunsen burner. The Desaga family held the right to market the burner for generations, as part of an agreement made with Bunsen. The Bunsen burner was essential to the invention of the spectroscope by Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and Gustav Robert Georg Kirchhoff.
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22 September 1791
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Peter Desaga
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Michael Faraday
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For what purpose the Hamiltonstvare dog and the Istrian Coarse-haired Hound are bred?
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Title: Istrian Coarse-haired Hound
Passage: The Istrian Coarse-haired Hound (Croatian: "istarski otrodlaki goni" , Slovene: "istrski ostrodlaki goni" ) is a dog breed from Croatia, developed in the mid-19th century for hunting fox and rabbit. It is a rough-coated scent hound still kept primarily as a hunting dog rather than as a pet.
Title: Hamiltonstvare
Passage: The Hamiltonstvare is a breed of dog, bred as a hunting hound. The breed was developed in Sweden by the founder of the Swedish Kennel Club, Count Adolf Hamilton. Its ancestry includes several German hounds as well as English Foxhounds and Harriers.
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hunting
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Istrian Coarse-haired Hound
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Hamiltonstvare
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Which mountain in Maine has the third largest ski resort in the state?
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Title: Saddleback Maine (ski resort)
Passage: Saddleback Maine is a ski resort located in Sandy River Plantation, near Rangeley, Maine, on the northwestern slopes of Saddleback Mountain. It is the third largest ski area in Maine, in terms of number of trails (66), number of lifts (5), snowmaking percentage (85), vertical drop (2000 ft) and skier days.
Title: Saddleback Mountain (Rangeley, Maine)
Passage: Saddleback Mountain is a mountain located in Sandy River Plantation, Franklin County, Maine, near the resort town of Rangeley. Saddleback is one of the highest mountains in the State of Maine, and one of the fourteen with more than 2000 ft of topographic prominence. The mountain is the site of Saddleback ski resort.
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Saddleback Mountain
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Saddleback Maine (ski resort)
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Saddleback Mountain (Rangeley, Maine)
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Who is known for their prolific work in the horror film genre, Valie Export or Gary Sherman?
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Title: Valie Export
Passage: Valie Export (often written as 'VALIE EXPORT') (born May 17, 1940 in Linz as Waltraud Lehner, later Waltraud Hllinger) is an Austrian artist. Her artistic work includes video installations, body performances, expanded cinema, computer animations, photography, sculptures and publications covering contemporary arts.
Title: Gary Sherman (director)
Passage: Gary Sherman (born 1945), is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer from Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for his prolific work in the horror film genre, directing films such as "Death Line, Dead Buried", and "Poltergeist III".
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Gary Sherman
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Valie Export
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Gary Sherman (director)
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Poinciana Station is the southern terminus of what Greater Orlando rail service?
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Title: Poinciana station
Passage: Poinciana station is a planned train station in the community of Poinciana, Florida. It is the planned southern terminus of the final phase of SunRail, the commuter rail service of Greater Orlando. The site was also used briefly by Amtrak from 1974 to 1975.
Title: SunRail
Passage: SunRail is a commuter rail system in the Greater Orlando, Florida area. Service began on May 1, 2014. Phase 1 comprises 31 mi with 12 stations along the former CSX Transportation "A" Line connecting Volusia County and Orange County through Downtown Orlando. The extensions proposed for Phase 2 would add a new northern terminus at DeLand and four more stations southward, terminating at Poinciana in Osceola County. It is expected to be fully completed sometime in 2017. Formerly known as "Central Florida Commuter Rail", the SunRail system is financed by the state and Federal governments and the counties it serves. SunRail is Florida's second commuter rail system after South Florida's Tri-Rail.
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SunRail
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Poinciana station
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SunRail
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The Bourne Identity is a 2002 action spy thriller film based on Robert Ludlum's novel of the same name, and the first in which series of action spy thriller films based on the character Jason Bourne (Matt Damon), a CIA assassin suffering from extreme memory loss who must figure out who he is, created by author Robert Ludlum?
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Title: The Bourne Identity (2002 film)
Passage: The Bourne Identity is a 2002 action spy thriller film based on Robert Ludlum's novel of the same name. It stars Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, a man suffering from extreme memory loss and attempting to discover his true identity amidst a clandestine conspiracy within the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The film also features Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Julia Stiles, Brian Cox and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. The first in the "Jason Bourne" film series, it was followed by "The Bourne Supremacy" (2004), "The Bourne Ultimatum" (2007), "The Bourne Legacy" (2012) and "Jason Bourne" (2016).
Title: Bourne (film series)
Passage: The Bourne films are a series of action spy thriller films based on the character Jason Bourne (Matt Damon), a CIA assassin suffering from extreme memory loss who must figure out who he is, created by author Robert Ludlum.
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"Jason Bourne" film series
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The Bourne Identity (2002 film)
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Bourne (film series)
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Who inspired the name of the Danish company founded in 1991 after the merger of a number of Scandinavian travel agents, he also was a worker at the Fore River Shipyard?
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Title: James J. Kilroy
Passage: James J. Kilroy (September 26, 1902 November 24, 1962) was a worker at the Fore River Shipyard who is believed to have been the origin of the "Kilroy was here" expression.
Title: KILROY International
Passage: KILROY International AS is a Danish company founded in 1991 after the merger of a number of Scandinavian travel agents. The company operates in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Iceland, and Poland within the areas of individual and group travel as well as education abroad. The company name is inspired by James J. Kilroy.
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James J. Kilroy
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KILROY International
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James J. Kilroy
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Leo Varadkar beat what Irish Fine Gael politician on June 2, 2017, 60 to 40?
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Title: Fine Gael leadership election, 2017
Passage: The 2017 Fine Gael leadership election was triggered in May 2017, when Enda Kenny resigned as party leader. Voting began by members of Fine Gael and Young Fine Gael on 29 May 2017. On 2 June Leo Varadkar was announced as the victor, beating rival Simon Coveney 60 to 40. With Fine Gael being the governing party at the time, this election effectively appointed a new Taoiseach for Ireland.
Title: Simon Coveney
Passage: Simon Anthony Coveney (born 16 June 1972) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Deputy Leader of Fine Gael since June 2017. He has been a Teachta Dla (TD) since 1998, currently for the Cork South-Central constituency. He previously served as Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government from 2016 to 2017, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine from 2011 to 2016 and Minister for Defence from 2014 to 2016. He served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South constituency from 2004 to 2007.
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Simon Coveney
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Fine Gael leadership election, 2017
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Simon Coveney
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This film released on 15 August 2003 was worked on by an actor and film producer of what nationality?
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Title: Mark Strange
Passage: Mark William Strange (born 8 October 1973) is an English actor, film producer and martial arts action performer. Strange has worked on a number of feature films including "The Medallion" and "The Twins Effect" along with Jackie Chan and "Batman Begins" to name but a few. He has also produced and co-produced feature films, including "Displaced", "Underground", and "Bodyguard: A New Beginning" released in the US by Lionsgate.
Title: The Medallion
Passage: The Medallion () is a 2003 American-Hong Kong action-comedy film co-written and directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Gordon Chan, and starring Jackie Chan, Lee Evans, Claire Forlani and Julian Sands. It was much less successful than Chan's other American movies such as the "Rush Hour" film series, "Shanghai Noon" and its sequel, "Shanghai Knights". The film was theatrically released on 15 August 2003 in Hong Kong and 22 August 2003 in the United States by TriStar Pictures.
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English
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Mark Strange
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The Medallion
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Power Balladz, is a live comedy performance featuring a mixture of comedy, trivia, and iconic rock n' roll songs from the 70s, 80s 90s, the comedy's musical blend includes songs by Heart, a rock band that first found success in Canada and later in the United States and worldwide, are of which nationality ?
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Title: Heart (band)
Passage: Heart is an American rock band that first found success in Canada and later in the United States and worldwide. Over the group's four-decade history, it has had three primary lineups, with the constant center of the group since 1973 being sisters Ann Wilson (lead singer) and Nancy Wilson (guitarist). Heart rose to fame in the mid-1970s with music influenced by hard rock and heavy metal, as well as folk music. Their popularity declined in the early 1980s, but the band enjoyed a comeback starting in 1985 and experienced even greater success with album-oriented rock hits and hard-rock ballads into the 1990s.
Title: Power Balladz
Passage: Power Balladz is a live comedy performance featuring a mixture of comedy, trivia, and iconic rock n' roll songs from the 70s, 80s 90s for which it is also named. Created by Mike Todaro and Dan Nycklemoe with Peter Rothstein, Power Balladz began its initial theatrical run at the LAB Theatre in Minneapolis and then made its New York debut on August 5, 2010 with an opening night of August 19, 2010. The comedy's musical blend includes songs by Journey, Queen, Scorpions, Poison, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Night Ranger, Styx, Heart, and more.
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American
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Power Balladz
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Heart (band)
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What 2010 American comedy-drama film stars an American actor born July 26, 1959?
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Title: Kevin Spacey
Passage: Kevin Spacey Fowler, KBE (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, and singer. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s before obtaining supporting roles in film and television. He gained critical acclaim in the early 1990s that culminated in his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the neo-noir crime thriller "The Usual Suspects" (1995), and an Academy Award for Best Actor for midlife crisis-themed drama "American Beauty" (1999).
Title: Father of Invention
Passage: Father of Invention is a 2010 American comedy-drama film directed by Trent Cooper, and stars Kevin Spacey, Camilla Belle and Johnny Knoxville.
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Father of Invention
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Father of Invention
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Kevin Spacey
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What 1983 film did the director of Baby Geniuses write the script for?
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Title: Baby Geniuses
Passage: Baby Geniuses is a 1999 American family comedy film directed by Bob Clark and written by Clark and Greg Michael based on a story by Clark, Steven Paul, Francisca Matos, and Robert Grasmere, and starring Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd, Kim Cattrall, Peter MacNicol, and Ruby Dee.
Title: Bob Clark
Passage: Benjamin "Bob" Clark (August 5, 1939 April 4, 2007) was an American actor, director, screenwriter and producer best known for directing and writing the script with Jean Shepherd to the 1983 Christmas film "A Christmas Story". Although he worked primarily in the United States, from 1973 to 1983 he worked in Canada and was responsible for some of the most successful films in Canadian film history such as "Black Christmas" (1974), "Murder by Decree" (1979), "Tribute" (1980), and "Porky's" (1982).
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A Christmas Story
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Baby Geniuses
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Bob Clark
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Jon Cardella formerly owned the company that was sold to which internet retailer?
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Title: Overstock.com
Passage: Overstock.com, Inc. is an American internet retailer headquartered in Midvale, Utah, near Salt Lake City. Patrick M. Byrne founded the company in 1997 and launched the company in May 1999. Overstock.com initially sold exclusively surplus and returned merchandise on an online e-commerce marketplace, liquidating the inventories of at least 18 failed dot-com companies at below-wholesale prices. The company continues to sell home decor, furniture, bedding, and many other goods that are closeout merchandise, however, it also sells new merchandise.
Title: Jon Cardella
Passage: Jon Cardella is an entrepreneur and businessman, who is best known as founder and CEO of GetVentive, NeighborCity and its parent company, American Home Realty Network. He formerly owned Ski West, which was sold to Overstock.com and renamed Overstock Travel in 2005. He was retained as CEO of Overstock Travel. He also served as CIO of FixYa.
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Overstock.com
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Jon Cardella
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Overstock.com
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What nationality was the actress who co-starred with Peter Breck in "Hootenanny Hoot"?
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Title: Hootenanny Hoot
Passage: Hootenanny Hoot is a 1963 folk music musical film directed by Gene Nelson. It stars Peter Breck and Ruta Lee.
Title: Ruta Lee
Passage: Ruta Lee (born May 30, 1935) is a Canadian actress and dancer who appeared as one of the brides in the musical "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers". She had roles in films including Billy Wilder's crime drama "Witness for the Prosecution" and Stanley Donen's musical comedy "Funny Face" and also is remembered for her guest appearance in a 1963 episode of Rod Serling's sci-fi series "The Twilight Zone" called "A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain".
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Canadian
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Hootenanny Hoot
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Ruta Lee
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How many gold medals did the Philippines win during the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games?
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Title: 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games
Passage: The 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games were held in Shanghai, China.
Title: Philippines at the Special Olympics World Games
Passage: The Philippines has participated in the Special Olympics World Games several times. The team won nine gold medals in the 2007 games, the most it ever had at that time. They have since surpassed that total during the 2015 games, when the team won a total of 64 medals, including 24 gold.
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nine
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Philippines at the Special Olympics World Games
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2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games
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Which mountain is found in Pakistan, either Trivor or Muztagh Ata?
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Title: Trivor
Passage: Trivor (Urdu: ) is one of the high peaks of the Hispar Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram range in the Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan.
Title: Muztagh Ata
Passage: Muztagh Ata, or Muztagata (Uyghur: , , literally "ice-mountain-father"; ), is the second highest (7509 metres) of the mountains which form the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau (not the second highest of the mountains of the Tibetan Plateau). It is sometimes regarded as being part of the Kunlun Shan, although physically it is more closely connected to the Pamirs. It is also one of the relatively easier 7,000 m peaks in the world to climb, due to its gentle western slope and the comparatively drier weather of Xinjiang, though a thorough acclimatization period and a very strong physical condition are crucial for success.
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Trivor
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Trivor
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Muztagh Ata
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Brackenhill Tower is a peel tower, in the parish of Arthuret, Arthuret is a civil parish in the Carlisle district of Cumbria, in which country?
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Title: Arthuret
Passage: Arthuret is a civil parish in the Carlisle district of Cumbria, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,434, increasing to 2,471 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes the small town of Longtown and the village of Easton. It is bounded by the River Esk to the west and the River Lyne to the south.
Title: Brackenhill Tower
Passage: Brackenhill Tower is a peel tower, in the parish of Arthuret, in Cumbria, just north of the River Lyne. The site is about 2 mi north of Kirklinton and 4 mi east of Longtown, or 10 mi north of Carlisle and 8 mi east of Gretna Green, and is a good defensive position, with ravines to the north and south. Extensions were added in the 18th and 19th centuries, but the original tower has had little alteration. It is the only remaining example of a Scottish tower house south of the border with England, and became a grade II listed building in 1957.
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England
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Brackenhill Tower
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Arthuret
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The Franco-Italian army led by Eugne de Beauharnais was defreated by an Austrian army commanded by a member of what house?
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Title: Battle of Sacile
Passage: The Battle of Sacile (also known as the Battle of Fontana Fredda) on 16 April 1809 and its companion Clash at Pordenone on 15 April saw an Austrian army commanded by Archduke John of Austria defeat a Franco-Italian army led by Eugne de Beauharnais and force it to retreat. Sacile proved to be the most notable victory of John's career. The action took place east of the Livenza River near Sacile in modern-day Italy during the War of the Fifth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars.
Title: Archduke John of Austria
Passage: Archduke John of Austria (German: "Erzherzog Johann Baptist Joseph Fabian Sebastian von sterreich" ; 20 January 1782 11 May 1859), a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, was an Austrian field marshal and Imperial regent ("Reichsverweser") of the short-lived German Empire during the Revolutions of 1848.
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House of Habsburg-Lorraine
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Battle of Sacile
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Archduke John of Austria
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Which of the short films contained in "How to Train Your Dragon" franchise is a 2010 animated short film by DreamWorks Animation?
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Title: Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon
Passage: Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon is a 2010 animated short film by DreamWorks Animation that is a sequel to the feature film, "How to Train Your Dragon".
Title: How to Train Your Dragon (franchise)
Passage: How to Train Your Dragon franchise (also referred to as simply HTTYD) from DreamWorks Animation consists of two feature films "How to Train Your Dragon" (2010) and "How to Train Your Dragon 2" (2014), with a third and final planned for a 2019 release. The franchise is loosely based on the British book series by Cressida Cowell. The franchise also consists of four short films: "Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon" (2010), "Book of Dragons" (2011), "Gift of the Night Fury" (2011) and "Dawn of the Dragon Racers" (2014). A television series following the events of the first film, "", began airing on Cartoon Network in September 2012. Its second season was renamed "Dragons: Defenders of Berk". Set several years later, and as a more immediate prequel to the second film, a new television series, titled "Dragons: Race to the Edge", aired on Netflix in June 2015. The second season of the show was added to Netflix in January 2016 and a third season in June 2016. A fourth season aired on Netflix in February 2017 and a fifth season in August 2017.
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Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon
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How to Train Your Dragon (franchise)
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Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon
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In which city is the Lowry hotel, which opened featuring a restaurant run by celebrity chef Marco Pierre White?
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Title: Lowry Hotel
Passage: The Lowry Hotel is located by the River Irwell in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The five star hotel is named after the artist L. S. Lowry, and although is within the boundaries of the City of Salford, it is promoted as "The Lowry Hotel, Manchester". When the hotel first opened Marco Pierre White was the overseeing chef of "The River Room Restaurant".
Title: Marco Pierre White
Passage: Marco Pierre White (born 11 December 1961) is a British chef, restaurateur, and television personality from Leeds. White has been dubbed the first celebrity chef, and the "enfant terrible" of the UK restaurant scene. He was called the godfather of modern cooking by Australian "MasterChef" (Season 4, Episode 53). White was the youngest chef ever to have been awarded three Michelin stars. He has trained notable chefs such as Mario Batali, Gordon Ramsay, Curtis Stone and Shannon Bennett.
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Salford
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Lowry Hotel
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Marco Pierre White
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Kalitta Charters is what to Kalitta Air ?
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Title: Kalitta Air
Passage: "Not to be confused with the Kalitta Air division, Kalitta Charters."
Title: Kalitta Charters
Passage: "Not to be confused with sister company, Kalitta Air."
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sister company
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Kalitta Air
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Kalitta Charters
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Ohe the two classic Walt Disney films, Amy and The Jungle Book, which was written by Noreen Stone
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Title: The Jungle Book (1994 film)
Passage: Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book is a 1994 live-action American adventure film co-written and directed by Stephen Sommers, produced by Edward S. Feldman and Raju Patel, from a story by Ronald Yanover and Mark Geldman. It is the second film adaptation by The Walt Disney Company of the Mowgli stories from "The Jungle Book" and "The Second Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling.
Title: Amy (1981 film)
Passage: Amy is a 1981 American family drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions, distributed by Buena Vista Distribution, written by Noreen Stone and directed by Vincent McEveety, and starring Jenny Agutter.
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Amy
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Amy (1981 film)
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The Jungle Book (1994 film)
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El Paso International Airport and Tucson International Airport, are airports with which shared classification?
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Title: El Paso International Airport
Passage: El Paso International Airport (IATA: ELP, ICAO: KELP, FAA LID: ELP) is a public airport four miles (6 km) northeast of downtown El Paso, in El Paso County, Texas, United States. It is the largest commercial airport in West Texas, handling 2,778,248 passengers in 2014. The airport serves the El PasoLas Cruces Combined Statistical Area.
Title: Tucson International Airport
Passage: Tucson International Airport (IATA: TUS, ICAO: KTUS, FAA LID: TUS) is a public joint civil-military airport owned by the City of Tucson 8 mi south of downtown Tucson, in Pima County, Arizona. It is the second busiest airport in Arizona, after Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
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public
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El Paso International Airport
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Tucson International Airport
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What state is the college that Everson Walls played at located in?
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Title: Grambling State University
Passage: Grambling State University (GSU) is a historically black, public, coeducational university, located in Grambling, Louisiana. The university is home of the Eddie G. Robinson Museum, and is listed on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail. The university is a member-school of the University of Louisiana System and Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
Title: Everson Walls
Passage: Everson Collins Walls (born December 28, 1959) is a former American football defensive back who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, the New York Giants, and the Cleveland Browns. During his 14 seasons, he was a four-time Pro Bowl selection. He was also a 3-time All-Pro selection. Walls won a Super Bowl with the Giants after the 1990 season. He played college football at Grambling State University.
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Louisiana
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Everson Walls
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Grambling State University
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What character did Sarah Chalke play on the most watched television show in the United States from 1989 to 1990?
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Title: Roseanne
Passage: Roseanne is an American sitcom that was broadcast on ABC from October 18, 1988, to May 20, 1997. Lauded for its realistic portrayal of the average American family, the series stars Roseanne Barr, and revolves around the Conners, an Illinois working-class family. The series reached 1 in the Nielsen ratings, becoming the most watched television show in the United States from 1989 to 1990. The show remained in the top four for six of its nine seasons, and in the top twenty for eight seasons.
Title: Sarah Chalke
Passage: Sarah Chalke ( ; born August 27, 1976) is a Canadian actress. She is known for portraying Dr. Elliot Reid on the NBCABC comedy series "Scrubs", the second Rebecca "Becky" Conner on the ABC sitcom "Roseanne", Stella Zinman on the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", and Beth Smith on Adult Swim's adult animated science-fiction series "Rick and Morty". She also had a recurring role on the third season of the ABCTBS sitcom "Cougar Town".
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the second Rebecca "Becky" Conner
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Sarah Chalke
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Roseanne
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Are both Veridia and Digital Summer rock bands ?
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Title: Digital Summer
Passage: Digital Summer is an American hard rock band from Phoenix, Arizona, formed in 2006. The band has released three studio albums, "Cause and Effect" (2007) "Counting the Hours" (2010) and "Breaking Point" (2012). Additionally, in 2013, the band released "", which contained acoustic reinterpretations of songs from their first three albums. The band has had six singles break into major radio airplay, including multiple charting singles on Active Rock radio, as a completely independent artist.
Title: Veridia
Passage: Veridia, often stylized in all capital letters as VERIDIA, is an American Christian alternative rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. Formed in 2013, the group now consists of Deena Jakoub (vocals), Brandon Brown (guitar), and Kyle Levy (drums).
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yes
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Veridia
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Digital Summer
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What was the population at the 201 census of the census-designated place located 2 mi. above the confluence of the Marias River with the Missouri?
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Title: Loma, Montana
Passage: Loma is a census-designated place (CDP) in Chouteau County, Montana, United States. The population was 85 at the 2010 census.
Title: Marias River
Passage: The Marias River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 210 mi (338 km) long, in the U.S. state of Montana. It is formed in Glacier County, in northwestern Montana, by the confluence of the Cut Bank Creek and the Two Medicine River. It flows east, through Lake Elwell, formed by the Tiber Dam, then southeast, receiving the Teton River at Loma, 2 mi. (3.2 km) above its confluence with the Missouri.
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85
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Marias River
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Loma, Montana
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What Spitsbergen based seed bank serves to protects agricultural diversity in the far north, 1300 km from the North Pole?
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Title: Agriculture in Svalbard
Passage: Agriculture in Svalbard the world's northernmost has a short history, and remains a minor economic factor, but has nonetheless had a culturally and socially significant role, as well as an ecologic impact. Svalbard is also home to the Global Seed Vault, which serves to protect the world's biological and agricultural diversity.
Title: Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Passage: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Norwegian: "Svalbard globale frhvelv" ) is a secure seed bank on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen near Longyearbyen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago, about 1300 km from the North Pole. Conservationist Cary Fowler, in association with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), started the vault to preserve a wide variety of plant seeds that are duplicate samples, or "spare" copies, of seeds held in gene banks worldwide. The seed vault is an attempt to ensure against the loss of seeds in other genebanks during large-scale regional or global crises. The seed vault is managed under terms spelled out in a tripartite agreement between the Norwegian government, the Crop Trust and the Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NordGen).
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Svalbard Global Seed Vault
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Agriculture in Svalbard
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Svalbard Global Seed Vault
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Where does the motorsport usually presented which is hosted by Union County Speedway?
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Title: Demolition derby
Passage: Demolition derby is a motorsport usually presented at county fairs and festivals. While rules vary from event to event, the typical demolition derby event consists of five or more drivers competing by deliberately ramming their vehicles into one another. The last driver whose vehicle is still operational is awarded the victory. Demolition derbies originated in the United States and quickly spread to other Western nations. For example, Australia's first demolition derby took place in January 1963.
Title: Union County Speedway
Passage: Union County Speedway is a dirt racetrack in Liberty, Indiana, United States. It features races with cars such as, late models, Modifieds, Sidestroke, Bombers, Road Hogs, and Street Stocks. UCS is also host to dirtbike, quad, Mini-Sprint, and Demolition Derbies.
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county fairs and festivals
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Union County Speedway
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Demolition derby
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Who is the manufacturer of the skin care medicine in UK in which niacinamide vitamin is an active ingredient which is found in food?
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Title: Freederm
Passage: Freederm is a UK brand of acne and skin care medication manufactured by Diomed Developments Limited. The products include Nicotinamide as an active ingredient, which is claimed by the company to be "clinically proven to help get rid of inflamed red spots".
Title: Nicotinamide
Passage: Nicotinamide (NAA), also known as niacinamide, is a vitamin found in food, used as a dietary supplement, and used as a medication. As a supplement, it is used by mouth to prevent and treat pellagra (niacin deficiency). While nicotinic acid (niacin) may be used for this purpose, nicotinamide has the benefit of not causing skin flushing. As a cream, it is used to treat acne.
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Diomed Developments Limited
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Freederm
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Nicotinamide
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Buck-Tick and Kitchens of Distinction, are both what type of musical bands?
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Title: Kitchens of Distinction
Passage: Kitchens of Distinction (sometimes shortened colloquially to KOD) are an English three-person alternative rock band formed in Tooting, South London in 1986. They released four studio albums and a handful of singles and EPs before disbanding in 1996. In September 2012, Patrick Fitzgerald announced on his Stephen Hero Facebook page that he, along with original members Julian Swales and Dan Goodwin, were working on new material as Kitchens of Distinction. The reunited trio released their fifth studio album, their first since 1994, in late September 2013.
Title: Buck-Tick
Passage: Buck-Tick (stylized as BUCK-TICK) is a Japanese rock band, formed in Fujioka, Gunma in 1983. The group has consisted of Atsushi Sakurai (lead vocals), Hisashi Imai (guitar), Hidehiko Hoshino (guitar), Yutaka Higuchi (bass) and Toll Yagami (drums) since 1985. In their three decade career, the band has released 20 studio albums, nearly all reaching the top ten on the charts, of which three in the late eighties and early nineties topped them. They are commonly credited as one of the founders of the visual kei movement.
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rock
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Buck-Tick
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Kitchens of Distinction
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Who played bass for the debut album of the band that dissolved in 2011, and had a lead singer what born in 1960
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Title: Michael Stipe
Passage: John Michael Stipe (born January 4, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, film producer, music video director, visual artist, and philanthropist. He is best known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band R.E.M. from their formation in 1980 until their dissolution in 2011.
Title: Murmur (album)
Passage: Murmur is the debut studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on April 12, 1983 by I.R.S. Records. "Murmur" drew critical acclaim upon its release for its unusual sound, defined by lead singer Michael Stipe's cryptic lyrics, guitarist Peter Buck's jangly guitar style, and bass guitarist Mike Mills' melodic basslines.
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Mike Mills
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Murmur (album)
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Michael Stipe
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What is this shopping centre in Nottingham, England located near the Royal Centre tram stop?
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Title: Victoria Centre
Passage: Intu Victoria Centre, is a shopping centre in Nottingham, England, constructed between 1967 and 1972.
Title: Royal Centre tram stop
Passage: Royal Centre is a tram stop of Nottingham Express Transit (NET) in the centre of the city of Nottingham. It derives its name from the adjacent Theatre Royal and the Royal Concert Hall. The stop is also close to the Cornerhouse, the Victoria Centre and the Newton Building of Nottingham Trent University, although much of the university's City Campus is closer to the Nottingham Trent University stop.
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Victoria Centre
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Royal Centre tram stop
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Victoria Centre
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When was one of the hosts born who hosts Newsday from Washington?
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Title: Newsday (TV programme)
Passage: Newsday is a news programme on BBC World News that was first broadcast on 13 June 2011. The programme is normally hosted by Babita Sharma and Kasia Madera in London, with Rico Hizon and Sharanjit Leyl in Singapore. During important news stories, the programme is broadcast from Washington with either Katty Kay or Laura Trevelyan instead of the traditional London broadcast. Such news stories have included the death of Muhammad Ali, Hillary Clinton receiving the democratic nomination, and Donald Trump getting important votes in his presidential nomination for the Republican Party. When there are presenters from other countries presenting during the programme, the titles narrated by Mishal Hussain - showing the London andor Singapore studios - are not shown.
Title: Katty Kay
Passage: Katherine "Katty" Kay (born 14 November 1964) is an English journalist. She presents BBC World News America on BBC World News and Beyond 100 Days on BBC World News, BBC Four and BBC News Channel.
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born 14 November 1964
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Newsday (TV programme)
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Katty Kay
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The High Mountain Institute (HMI) is a non-profit educational organization located in Leadville, the statutory city that is the county seat, and only incorporated municipality, in Lake County, Colorado, in which country?
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Title: High Mountain Institute
Passage: The High Mountain Institute (HMI) is a non-profit educational organization located in Leadville, Colorado. Founded in 1998 by Molly and Christopher Barnes, HMI focuses on educating teenagers through interaction with the natural world. The school offers semester and summer programs for high-school students and programs for middle-schoolers and adults.
Title: Leadville, Colorado
Passage: Leadville is the statutory city that is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Lake County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 2,602 at the 2010 United States Census. Situated at an elevation of 10152 ft , Leadville is the highest incorporated city and the second highest incorporated municipality in the United States. A former silver mining town that lies near the headwaters of the Arkansas River in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, the Leadville Historic District contains many historic structures and sites from its dynamic mining era. In the late 19th century, Leadville was the second most populous city in Colorado, after Denver.
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United States
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High Mountain Institute
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Leadville, Colorado
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What is a major airline operating flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport and from secondary hubs in Kota Kinabalu and Kuching to destinations throughout Asia, Oceania and Europe, whos executive officer is a veteran in the tourism and aviation industry with over 30 years of experience in related fields ?
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Title: Peter Bellew
Passage: Peter Brendan Bellew is the group managing director and chief executive officer of Malaysia Airlines. He is a veteran in the tourism and aviation industry with over 30 years of experience in related fields.
Title: Malaysia Airlines
Passage: Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) (Malay: "Penerbangan Malaysia Berhad" ), formerly known as Malaysian Airline System Berhad (MAS) (Malay: "Sistem Penerbangan Malaysia" ), branded as Malaysia Airlines, is a major airline operating flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport and from secondary hubs in Kota Kinabalu and Kuching to destinations throughout Asia, Oceania and Europe. Malaysia Airlines is the flag carrier of Malaysia and a member of the oneworld airline alliance. The company's headquarters are located at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. In August 2014, the Malaysian government's sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasionalwhich then owned 69.37 of the airlineannounced its intention to purchase remaining ownership from minority shareholders and de-list the airline from Malaysia's stock exchange, thereby renationalising the airline.
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Malaysia Airlines Berhad
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Peter Bellew
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Malaysia Airlines
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Raghu Ram and MTV Splitsvilla, are aired in which country?
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Title: MTV Splitsvilla
Passage: MTV Splitsvilla is an Indian television reality show that airs on MTV India. The show is presented by Rannvijay Singh and Sunny Leone. The show is running on its 10th Season (Catch Your Match). The first premiere of Splitsvilla X was telecast on 23 July 2017 at 7:00 PM IST, followed by every weekend on Sunday.The series is loosely based on the American dating reality show "Flavor of Love".
Title: Raghu Ram
Passage: Raghu Ram Ambadapudi (born 15 April 1973) is an Indian television producer and actor. He was earlier a senior supervising producer at MTV India and the executive producer of reality television shows "MTV Roadies" and "MTV Splitsvilla". He was married to actress Sugandha Garg. His brother is Rajiv Laxman. The brothers launched their own content studio called Monozygotics in 2014.
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India
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Raghu Ram
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MTV Splitsvilla
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What genre of music links the bands Catherine and X?
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Title: Catherine (alternative rock band)
Passage: Catherine was an alternative rock band from Chicago, Illinois that was active from 1985 to 1998. They were signed to TVT Records.
Title: X (American band)
Passage: X is an American punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1977, among the first wave of American punk. The original members are vocalist Exene Cervenka, vocalistbassist John Doe, guitarist Billy Zoom and drummer D.J. Bonebrake. The band released seven studio albums from 1980 to 1993. After a period of inactivity during the mid to late 1990s, X reunited in the early 2000s, and currently tours.
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rock
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X (American band)
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Catherine (alternative rock band)
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What song by an American hard rock band is referenced in the song "On the Radio" by Regina Spektor?
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Title: On the Radio (Regina Spektor song)
Passage: "On the Radio" is the first single from Regina Spektor's fourth album, "Begin to Hope". The chorus contains references to the song "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses.
Title: November Rain
Passage: "November Rain" is a power ballad by the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. Written by the band's lead singer Axl Rose, the song was released as a single in 1992 from their third studio album, "Use Your Illusion I" (1991). It features a sweeping orchestral backing and is one of Guns N' Roses' longest songs.
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The chorus contains references to the song "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses.
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On the Radio (Regina Spektor song)
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November Rain
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Thurn and Taxis and Cluedo, are which form of entertainment?
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Title: Cluedo
Passage: Cluedo ( )known as Clue in North Americais a murder mystery game for three to six players, devised by Anthony E. Pratt from Birmingham, England. The game was first manufactured by Waddingtons in the UK in 1949. Since then, it has been relaunched and updated several times, and it is currently owned and published by the American game and toy company Hasbro. The object of the game is to determine who murdered the game's victim ("Dr. Black" in the UK version and "Mr. Boddy" in North American versions), where the crime took place, and which weapon was used. Each player assumes the role of one of the six suspects, and attempts to deduce the correct answer by strategically moving around a game board representing the rooms of a mansion and collecting clues about the circumstances of the murder from the other players.
Title: Thurn and Taxis (board game)
Passage: Thurn and Taxis is a board game designed by Karen and Andreas Seyfarth and published in 2006 by Hans im Glck in German (as "Thurn und Taxis") and by Rio Grande Games in English. In the game, players seek to build postal networks and post offices in Bavaria and surrounding areas, as did the house of Thurn und Taxis in the 16th century. The game won the prestigious 2006 Spiel des Jahres award.
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game
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Thurn and Taxis (board game)
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Cluedo
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Where was Paul Cook's band formed?
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Title: Paul Cook
Passage: Paul Thomas Cook (born 20 July 1956 in Hammersmith, London) is an English drummer and member of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols. He was also called "Cookie" by his friends on the punk music scene.
Title: Sex Pistols
Passage: The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band formed in London in 1975. Although they initially lasted just two and a half years and produced only four singles and one studio album, "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols", they have been called one of the most influential acts in the history of popular music, having initiated the punk movement in the United Kingdom, and inspired many later punk and alternative rock musicians.
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London
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Paul Cook
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Sex Pistols
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The Cross Coounty Community School's mascot is the second-heaviest cat after which animal?
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Title: Cougar
Passage: The cougar ("Puma concolor"), also commonly known as the mountain lion, puma, panther, or catamount, is a large felid of the subfamily Felinae native to the Americas. Its range, from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes of South America, is the greatest of any large wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere. An adaptable, generalist species, the cougar is found in most American habitat types. It is the second-heaviest cat in the New World, after the jaguar. Secretive and largely solitary by nature, the cougar is properly considered both nocturnal and crepuscular, although there are daytime sightings. The cougar is more closely related to smaller felines, including the domestic cat (subfamily Felinae), than to any species of subfamily Pantherinae, of which only the jaguar is native to the Americas.
Title: Cross County Community School
Passage: Cross County Community School is a consolidated school district in Polk County, Nebraska, United States. In 2002, the communities of Benedict and Stromsburg consolidated their school districts to form Cross County Public Schools. The school's team mascot is the Cougar.
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jaguar
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Cross County Community School
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Cougar
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Which university in the City of Lincoln, England did midfielder Sam Clucas attend?
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Title: Lincoln College, Lincolnshire
Passage: Lincoln College is a predominantly further education college based in the City of Lincoln, England.
Title: Sam Clucas
Passage: Samuel Raymond Clucas (born 25 September 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Swansea City. He started his career as a youth player for Leicester City where he spent six years, before being released. He studied at Lincoln College and had a spell at Nettleham towards the end of the 200809 season, before joining his hometown club Lincoln City where he stayed until being released in the summer of 2010. After a short spell in Spain he returned to England and rose from League Two to the Premier League with Hereford United, Mansfield Town, Chesterfield and Hull City; scoring in each division in the process. He joined Swansea City on 23 August 2017, ending his stay with Hull City.
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Lincoln College
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Sam Clucas
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Lincoln College, Lincolnshire
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What industry did both Byambasuren Davaa and Sylvester Stallone work in?
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Title: Sylvester Stallone
Passage: Michael Sylvester "Sly" Gardenzio Stallone ( ; ] ; born July 6, 1946) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is well known for his Hollywood action roles, including boxer Rocky Balboa, the title character of the "Rocky" series' seven films from 1976 to 2015; soldier John Rambo from the four "Rambo" films, released between 1982 and 2008; and Barney Ross in the three "The Expendables" films from 2010 to 2014. He wrote or co-wrote most of the 14 films in all three franchises, and directed many of the films.
Title: Byambasuren Davaa
Passage: Byambasuren Davaa, really Davaagiin Byambasren (Mongolian: ; born 1971 in Ulaanbaatar), is a Mongolian film maker currently residing in Germany.
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film
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Byambasuren Davaa
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Sylvester Stallone
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Who co-presented a discussion television programme on Sunday, which replaced the 'Heaven and Earth Show', with a Welsh former sprint and hurdling athlete?
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Title: Sunday Life (TV series)
Passage: Sunday Life was a British magazinediscussion television programme broadcast on Sundays on BBC One beginning 20 April 2008. It was presented by Louise Minchin and Colin Jackson. The show, which replaced the "Heaven and Earth Show" was intended to focus on "inspiring stories and thought-provoking discussion", with the slogan "Real stories. Real people. Real life." The show was partly intended to fill the public service remit of the BBC's broadcasting licence, as well as its Sunday morning religious quota. It was dropped from the schedule after one series and its slot in the schedule replaced by The Big Questions.
Title: Colin Jackson
Passage: Colin Ray Jackson, CBE (born 18 February 1967) is a Welsh former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. During a career in which he represented Great Britain and Wales, he won an Olympic silver medal, became world champion twice, World indoor champion once, went undefeated at the European Championships for 12 years and was a two-time Commonwealth champion. His world record of 12.91 seconds for the 110m hurdles stood for over a decade and he remains the 60 metres hurdles world record holder.
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Louise Minchin
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Sunday Life (TV series)
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Colin Jackson
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The master photographer who starred in Camp is generally acclaimed as what?
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Title: Camp (1965 film)
Passage: Camp (1965) is a feature-length underground film directed by Andy Warhol in October 1965 at The Factory. The film stars Gerard Malanga, Baby Jane Holzer, Tally Brown, Mario Montez, Jack Smith, Paul Swan, Dorothy Dean, and Tosh Carillo.
Title: Jack Smith (film director)
Passage: Jack Smith (November 14, 1932 September 25, 1989) was an American filmmaker, actor, and pioneer of underground cinema. He is generally acclaimed as a founding father of American performance art, and has been critically recognized as a master photographer, though his photographic works are rare and remain largely unknown.
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a founding father of American performance art
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Camp (1965 film)
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Jack Smith (film director)
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What English historian author, born May 15th, 1967 presented "The Spartans"?
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Title: Bettany Hughes
Passage: Bettany Hughes (born May 15, 1967) is an English historian, author, and broadcaster. Her speciality is classical history.
Title: The Spartans (documentary)
Passage: "The Spartans" was a 3-part historical documentary series first broadcast on UK terrestrial Channel 4 in 2003, presented by Bettany Hughes. A book, "The Spartans: An epic history" by Paul Cartledge accompanied the series.
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Bettany Hughes
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The Spartans (documentary)
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Bettany Hughes
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Who wrote the 2014 RITA Award winning novel No Good Duke Goes Unpunished?
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Title: No Good Duke Goes Unpunished
Passage: No Good Duke Goes Unpunished is a historical romance written by Sarah MacLean and published by Avon in 2013. Is it the third of four books in the Rule of Scoundrels quartet. The novel won a RITA Award for Best Historical Romance and a "Romantic Times" award for Historical Romance of the Year.
Title: Sarah MacLean
Passage: Sarah MacLean (born December 17, 1978) is a New York Times bestselling American author of young adult novels and romance novels. Her first adult romance novel, "Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake" debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List, where it stayed for four weeks. Since then, all of her adult romance novels have been on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. Since February 2014, MacLean has written a monthly romance novel review column for The Washington Post. She is a two-time winner of the Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Historical Romance for "A Rogue by Any Other Name" in 2013 and "No Good Duke Goes Unpunished" in 2014.
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Sarah MacLean
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No Good Duke Goes Unpunished
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Sarah MacLean
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Which Fall Out Boy album was released on February 6, 2007 but leaked on the Internet the month before?
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Title: Infinity on High
Passage: Infinity on High is the third studio album by American rock band Fall Out Boy, released on February 6, 2007 by Island Records as the follow-up to the band's commercially successful 2005 album "From Under the Cork Tree". Pre-production began in the group's hometown of Chicago, where writing and rehearsal sessions took place. It was recorded from July to October 2006 at the Pass Studios in Los Angeles, California and mixed at the Paramount Recording Studios in Hollywood. The music was composed by lead singer and guitarist Patrick Stump and the lyrics were penned by bassist Pete Wentz.
Title: Leaked in London
Passage: Leaked in London is a live EP that was recorded by American rock band Fall Out Boy on January 29, 2007. It was brought up because the band's third album, "Infinity on High", was leaked onto the internet on January 19, 2007, three weeks before its official scheduled release. The EP could be downloaded from the band's website between Tuesday, February 6, 2007 and Tuesday, February 13, 2007 using the CDPass software along with inserting a physical copy of "Infinity on High" into the CD-ROM drive of one's computer.
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Infinity on High
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Leaked in London
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Infinity on High
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Mentiras, el musical, is a 2009 Mexican stage musical that uses previously released popular songs as its what?
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Title: Jukebox musical
Passage: A jukebox musical is a stage or film musical that uses previously released popular songs as its musical score. Usually the songs have a connection with a particular popular musician or groupbecause they were either written by, or for, the artists in question, or at least covered by them. The songs are contextualized into a dramatic plot: often the biographical story of the performer(s) whose music is featured, although in some cases the plot does not revolve around the particular group at all.
Title: Mentiras el musical
Passage: Mentiras, el musical, is a 2009 Mexican Jukebox musical based on popular songs from the 1980s written and directed by Jose Manuel Lopez Velarde. It is produced by OCESA, with Federico Gonzalez Compean and Morris Gilbert as Executive Producers. The Musical celebrated 600 shows in November 2010, and a soundtrack has been released in CD and iTunes. Later it was produced the karaoke CD of the shown. It is currently playing in "Teatro Mexico" in Mexico City and in a national tour through Mexico.
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musical score
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Mentiras el musical
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Jukebox musical
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National Motor Museum Monorail was originally part of a holiday camp founded by who?
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Title: Butlins
Passage: Butlins (also Butlin's) is a chain of large holiday camps in the United Kingdom. Butlins was founded by Billy Butlin to provide affordable holidays for ordinary British families.
Title: National Motor Museum Monorail
Passage: The Beaulieu Monorail is a monorail linking the National Motor Museum to the Beaulieu Palace House. Part of the monorail line actually enters the museum building, allowing passengers to see the automobile collection from above. Originally part of a Butlins Holiday Camp, the monorail was moved to its present location in 1974. The cars were originally of a streamliner design, but were modified to allow for more passenger space. It was the first monorail in England.
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Billy Butlin
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National Motor Museum Monorail
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Butlins
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The Global Food Security Act of 2016, is a law introduced on March 24, 2015 in the 114th Congress by which Senator of Pennsylvania, who is an American attorney and politician, currently the senior United States Senator from Pennsylvania?
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Title: Bob Casey Jr.
Passage: Robert Patrick Casey Jr. (born April 13, 1960) is an American attorney and politician, currently the senior United States Senator from Pennsylvania. He previously served as Pennsylvania Auditor General from 1997 to 2005 and as Pennsylvania Treasurer from 2005 to 2007.
Title: Global Food Security Act of 2016
Passage: The Global Food Security Act of 2016 (Pub.L. 114195 ), is a law introduced on March 24, 2015 in the 114th Congress by Representative Christopher Henry "Chris" Smith (New Jersey-R) and on May 7, 2015 by Senator Robert Patrick "Bob" Casey Jr. (Pennsylvania-D), and signed by President Barack Obama on July 20, 2016.
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Robert Patrick "Bob" Casey Jr.
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Global Food Security Act of 2016
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Bob Casey Jr.
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