Fact: Some places are timeless. Days passed, weeks passed, but I couldn't tell if it had been months or years since I was rescued. All there was, all I remembered, was a blur. Gathering for drinks in the parlors, playing dress up with all the fine clothes I found in the closets (some of it modern, some of it period dress for special themed events), idling in the lounges. Now and then, a new face mingled in the crowd. Other faces washed out, fading into the backdrop of carpets and fake glass chandeliers and the muted hum of the engines. One of these evenings, we were gathered in the South Ballroom for post-dinner drinks, lounging on couches and watching other members of our populace move in circles on the dance floor. (The 'South' was in the title to suggest that there were more ballrooms. There weren't.) Sarah's circle had picked up another newcomer, Adrienne, a short blond girl who we all agreed was barely old enough to attend a traditional university back on Earth, let alone work on the ship in whose wreck Jefferson had found her. Maybe it was her curiosity, asking a question I should have asked long before, that turned the conversation serious; maybe there was just something special about that evening. Maybe we had all tired of the frivolity of our life, hitting some threshold or some breaking point. Regardless, when Adrienne asked what the ship's purpose was, we all gave it a measure of thought. We dredged up half-fledged theories and inchoate explanations, tossing these out the same way we pitched ideas about the art films.

Question: How many ballrooms besides the South Ballroom were located in the place the speaker is remembering?

Answer: There were more ballrooms

Answer: Couches

Answer: There were no other ballrooms

Answer: Not mentioned

Question: Where was the group gathered on the night Adrienne questioned the ship's purpose?

Answer: A traditional university

Answer: They were gathered in the South Ballroom

Answer: South Ballroom

Answer: In circles on the dance floor

Answer: Couches

Question: Did anyone new show up in the days and weeks after the speaker was rescued?

Answer: Yes, now and then a new face mingled in the crowd

Answer: No

Answer: Breaking point

Question: What was the question that dredged up half-fledged theories and inchoate explanations?

Answer: It was a question about the ship's purpose

Answer: What was the ship's purpose was

Answer: A question I should have asked long before

Question: What was the ship's purpose?

Answer: Atta's personalities

Answer: Art films

Answer: The ship's purpose isn't clear, to the main character or his friends

Question: Does the author remember the details of being rescued?

Answer: Yes

Answer: Inchoate explanation

Answer: He's not sure of how long it's been and states that it was all a blur

Question: What did the girl who asked about the ship's purpose look like?

Answer: A measure of thought

Answer: Art films

Answer: Old enough to attend a traditional university

Answer: She was a short blond girl

Question: Where does this all take place?

Answer: The dance floor

Answer: The South

Answer: It takes place on a ship

Answer: Ship

Answer: A traditional university back on Earth


A state foundation is giving West Texas Legal Services and the Fort Worth chapter of the NAACP more than $1 million to help provide civil legal services to the poor. The Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation announced that the Fort Worth-based nonprofit groups will receive grants from funds it controls, including the Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts, or IOLTA, program. West Texas Legal Services, which works with clients in 106 counties including Tarrant, Lubbock, Midland and Potter, will get about $1.03 million. The legal aid group cleared about 8,300 cases last year. "It is going to help us out tremendously with our program," said Kathy Duncan at West Texas Legal Services. "If it wasn't for the grant, we couldn't continue to do the work we are doing." West Texas handles such cases as divorces, protective orders in domestic violence cases and land-lord-tenant disputes. It has a staff of about 100 employees, including attorneys and support staff, in 10 branch offices. The NAACP's Fort Worth Justice Project will get $49,000. Officials from the group's legal assistance program were not available to comment. Created by the Texas Supreme Court, the Equal Access foundation has distributed about $8 million statewide. Besides the IOLTA program, the money comes from court filing fees and a state criminal victims assistance program. In Texas, 4.2 million people qualify for legal assistance because they make at or below 120 percent of the federal poverty guideline. In Tarrant County, 204,000 people are eligible for legal aid. The grants come at a time when funding for programs providing attorneys for the poor are in jeopardy from declining interest rates, cutbacks in federal funding and legal challenges. "It needs to be a whole lot more," said Betty Torres, executive director of the Austin-based foundation. "Although the poverty population in Texas has increased, statewide and federal funding for this vital work is in decline." About $4.9 million being distributed this year comes from the IOLTA fund, which is interest earned on money paid to lawyers as retainers or to cover court costs.

Question: Rounded to the nearest million, the Equal Access foundation has distributed about how many more dollars compared to the amount of money received by West Texas Legal Services?

Answer: 8

Answer: 4

Answer: 6

Answer: Equal Access foundation has distributed

Answer: 7

Answer: $7 million

Question: What is West Texas and what does it handle?

Answer: Provide civil legal services to the immigrants

Answer: They are a legal service that works in 106 counties. They handle divorces, protective orders in domestic violence cases and land-lord-tenant disputes

Answer: Legal aid group

Answer: Provide civil legal services to the poor

Answer: Provide civil legal services to the students

Answer: Handle

Answer: Human rights group

Question: Who made the following statement: "Although the poverty population in Texas has increased, statewide and federal funding for this vital work is in decline."

Answer: "Although the poverty population in Texas has increased

Answer: Cathy Torres

Answer: Kathy Duncan

Answer: Betty Torres

Answer: NONE

Answer: Betty Duncan

Question: In Tarrant County, how many people make at or below 120 percent of the federal poverty guideline, rounded to the nearest thousand?

Answer: 120 percent of the federal poverty guideline

Answer: 4.2 million

Answer: 204,000

Answer: 8.4 million

Answer: 1.03 million

Answer: 1 million

Question: What is the important concept in relation to West Texas (how they could help everyone)?

Answer: Cash parking

Answer: Donations

Answer: Subsidy

Answer: Important concept in relation

Answer: Grants

Answer: West Texas is providing legal assistance for people who cannot afford it. This program needs more money to continue providing this service for everyone

Answer: Discounts

Question: How many cases did West Texas Legal Services clear last year?

Answer: Legal Services

Answer: 100

Answer: 83000

Answer: About 8,300

Answer: 8300

Answer: Many cases

Answer: 830

Question: West Texas has how many branch offices?

Answer: 100

Answer: 5

Answer: 10

Answer: 1

Answer: 10 branch offices

Question: Who is helping West Texas provide their services and is it effective?

Answer: Helping West Texas provide

Answer: UN

Answer: The Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation

Answer: Betty Torres

Answer: Yes

Answer: They are funded through a government grant of $4.9 million dollars. This is not enough money to continue providing this service and there is a need for an increase

Answer: President Obama

Answer: White House

Question: Who made the following statement: "If it wasn't for the grant, we couldn't continue to do the work we are doing."

Answer: Kathy Duncan

Answer: Kathy Torres

Answer: If it wasn't for the grant, we couldn't continue to do the work we are doing

Answer: Betty Torres

Answer: Following statemen

Answer: Kathy Texas

Question: How many and what programs are used to help people with their legal needs?

Answer: Help people with their legal needs

Answer: Money from court filing fees and a state criminal victims assistance program

Answer: POTA program

Answer: Money from White House

Answer: Programs are used to help

Answer: The programs are provided by the equal access foundation, the IOLTA program and the forth worth justice program. This is only a minority of the expanding programs, currently 3, that are being utilized

Answer: ULTA program

Answer: IOLTA program

Question: How many employees does the West Texas Legal Services have?

Answer: 220 employees

Answer: 100 employees

Answer: Legal Services

Answer: 250

Answer: 300

Answer: 1000

Question: What is the name of the program director in Texas who said, "Although the poverty population in Texas has increased, statewide and federal funding for this vital work is in decline"?

Answer: "Although the poverty population in Texas has increased,

Answer: Kathy Duncan

Answer: Kathy Torres

Answer: Betty Torres

Answer: Betty Butler

Question: How much of the $1.03 million funding will the NAACP of Fort Worth get?

Answer: $149,000  $29,000

Answer: $49,000

Answer: NAACP

Answer: $449,000

Answer: 1.03 million

Question: Which legal aid group cleared about 8,300 cases last year?

Answer: West Texas Legal Services

Answer: 8,300 cases

Answer: Equal Access foundation

Answer: NONE

Answer: 8300

Answer: IOLTA

Answer: LAST YEAR

Answer: Texas Supreme Court

Answer: Fort Worth Justice Project

Question: What is the foundation for giving government funds for this program and how is it used?

Answer: The Mississippi Equal Access to Justice Foundation

Answer: The Texas Unequal Access to Justice Foundation

Answer: The Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation

Answer: Help provide civil legal services to the poor

Answer: Giving government funds

Answer: The Texas Equal Access to Justice Distribution

Answer: The program is called the Equal Access foundation. They provide funding for people that are under the federal poverty line


(CNN) -- The first Roman Catholic priest in the United States imprisoned for covering up the crimes of offending priests was ordered to be released Thursday after an appeals court reversed his conviction. Monsignor William Lynn has been in prison since he was convicted in July 2012. He was convicted of one count of child endangerment and sentenced to three to six years. Attorney Thomas Bergstrom said Lynn could be released as soon as Friday, depending on paperwork. Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams said his office likely will appeal the ruling. "I am disappointed and strongly disagree with the court's decision," he said. Lynn's conviction was for not removing a defrocked priest, Edward Avery, from active ministry in the 1990s after learning Avery had molested a teen. According to philly.com, Lynn's attorneys convinced the three-judge Superior Court panel that the laws at the time only applied to people who directly supervised children. The founder of Opus Bono Sacerdotii, a Detroit organization that provides assistance to accused priests, told philly.com the ruling will make prosecutors "reflect on who is really accountable for the damage that may have been done to victims of sexual abuse." Marci Hamilton, a lawyer for alleged victims suing Lynn and the Philadelphia archdiocese, called the decision a "very technical reading of the law," the website reported. Lynn, now 62, made no statement Thursday, but after he was convicted 18 months ago he said: "I've tried to serve God as best I could. My best was not good enough."

Question: What did Lynn say in his statement that wasn't good enough?

Answer: Legal Evidence

Answer: I've tried to serve God as best I could

Answer: The service to god is enough

Answer: I've tried to serve God as best I could. My best wasn't good enough

Answer: My defense

Answer: Very technical reading of the law

Answer: My monetary backing

Answer: He said his best was not good enough

Answer: My best

Answer: He made no statement but after he was convicted 18 months ago he said: "I've tried to serve God as best I could. My best was not good enough."

Question: Who was the Attorney commenting on the release of the Monsignor and why did the event make it to the news?

Answer: Opus Bono Sacerdotii, supervised children

Answer: The attorney made a statement

Answer: Marci Hamilton Because he was released from prison

Answer: Attorney Thomas Bergstrom , due to endangerment

Answer: Attorney Thomas Bergstrom because he was send to prison

Answer: The attorney was Thomas Bergstrom. The event made news as the appeals court reversed the conviction

Answer: Attorney Thomas Bergstrom, Monsignor William Lynn was to be released from prison as soon as Friday after his conviction was overturned for child endangerment

Answer: Attorney Seth Williams because he was released from prison

Question: Who was disappointed with the court's decision and how were Lynn's lawyers able to convince the three-judge Superior Court panel to overturn the conviction?

Answer: Attorney Thomas Bergstrom and they were able to convince them because of the circumstantial evidence

Answer: Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams was disappointed and convinced them by the laws at the time only applied to children not adults

Answer: Lynn, the laws at the time only applied to children who directly supervised people

Answer: The conviction was not for removing a defrocked priest

Answer: Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams, Lynn's lawyers argued that the laws at the time only applied to people who directly supervised children

Answer: Philadelphia archdiocese,imprisoned for covering up the crimes

Answer: Marci Hamilton, Lynn's lawyers were able to convince them because she sued

Answer: Philadelphia's District Attorney Seth Williams was disappointed  with the decesion. Lynn's lawyers told the court that the laws at the time only applied to people directly supervising children

Answer: Attorney Thomas Bergstrom and they were able to convince them because of the time since the crime


Lighting a cigarette, he started for the lake and Grace returned thoughtfully to the house.  Mortimer hated Cartwright and Grace admitted he had some grounds.  Although her brother was indolent and philosophical, he did not forget.  Rude disputes jarred him, but if by some chance he was able to injure the other, Grace thought he would do so.  Grace, herself, strongly disapproved of Cartwright.  All the same, he was her step-father and she had tried to cultivate her sense of duty.  She was prejudiced, cold, and censorious, but she meant to be just and did not like Mortimer's bitterness.  Cartwright was occupied for some time at Montreal, and the birch leaves had fallen when he returned.  The evening was dark, and chilly mist rolled down the dale, but a big fire burned in the hall at Carrock and tall lamps threw a cheerful light on the oak paneling.  A flooded beck roared in the hollow of a ghyll across the lawn and its turmoil echoed about the hall.  Mrs. Cartwright stood by the fire, Grace moved restlessly about, and Mortimer appeared to be absorbed by the morning's news.

Question: What are a few characteristics of Mortimer

Answer: He was bitter

Answer: He was sweet

Answer: Indolent and philosophical

Question: How many individuals are mentioned in the passage?

Answer: 8

Answer: Four: Mortimer, Cartwright, Grace, and Mrs. Cartwright

Answer: 4

Question: What is Grace's step-father's name?

Answer: Mortimer

Answer: Cartwright

Question: Who prejudiced, cold, and censorious?

Answer: Mrs cartwritght

Answer: Grace

Question: Who is Cartwright?

Answer: Graces stepfather

Answer: Grace's step father

Answer: Graces brother

Question: Where did Mortimer walk toward after he lit a cigarette

Answer: Toward the house

Answer: Toward the lake

Question: How did Grace and her brother feel about Cartwright?

Answer: Mortimer hated Cartwright, and Grace strongly disapproved of Cartwright

Answer: They did not like him

Answer: They adored him

Question: How did Grace fell about Cartwright?

Answer: She did not like him

Answer: She adored him

Answer: He hated Cartwright

Question: Which two people dislike Cartwright?

Answer: Grace and mrs cartwright

Answer: Mortimer and Grace

Question: Who lit a cigarette?

Answer: Mortimer

Answer: Grace

Question: What is the name of Grace's step-father?

Answer: Mortimer

Answer: Cartwright

Question: Where was Grace's step-father occupied?

Answer: Philadelphia

Answer: Montreal

Question: Who was Grace's step-father?

Answer: Mortimer

Answer: Cartwright

Question: Who is Grace's step-father?

Answer: Cartwright

Answer: Grace

Question: Who is Grace's brother?

Answer: Ccartwright

Answer: Mortimer

Answer: Grace

Question: What is the name of Grace's brother?

Answer: Mortimer

Answer: Cartwright

Question: Who did not like Mortimer's bitterness?

Answer: Cartwright

Answer: Grace

Question: How are Grace and Mortimer related?

Answer: They are siblings

Answer: Cousins


Olivia had long suspected Ellis of feeling a more than friendly interest in Clara. Herself partial to Tom, she had more than once thought it hardly fair to Delamere, or even to Clara, who was young and impressionable, to have another young man constantly about the house. True, there had seemed to be no great danger, for Ellis had neither the family nor the means to make him a suitable match for the major's sister; nor had Clara made any secret of her dislike for Ellis, or of her resentment for his supposed depreciation of Delamere. Mrs. Carteret was inclined to a more just and reasonable view of Ellis's conduct in this matter, but nevertheless did not deem it wise to undeceive Clara. Dislike was a stout barrier, which remorse might have broken down. The major, absorbed in schemes of empire and dreams of his child's future, had not become cognizant of the affair. His wife, out of friendship for Tom, had refrained from mentioning it; while the major, with a delicate regard for Clara's feelings, had said nothing at home in regard to his interview with her lover.

Question: Why was Ellis a poor match for Clara?

Answer: He had no means

Answer: Ellis had the family and the means

Answer: He had no family

Answer: He was impressionable

Answer: He was very good

Answer: He was too poor, not of a wealthy family, and Clara hates him

Question: How did the major treat the issue of Clara's relationship with Ellis?

Answer: He remained unaffected

Answer: He was angry

Answer: He did not know about it and therefore never discussed his interview with him

Answer: He was upset

Answer: He was not aware of it

Question: Why did Clara resent Ellis?

Answer: He more than friendly interest in her

Answer: He had no means

Answer: It is implied that Delamere does not like Ellis, and Clara is mad at Ellis for treating Delamere poorly

Answer: He had no family

Answer: His depreciation of Delamere

Question: What are Olivia's feelings towards Ellis' interest in Clara?

Answer: She thought it wasn't fair to Delamere or Clara

Answer: She does not think it is correct due to the unfairness to Delemare and Clara. Also, she thinks he is not positioned well enough in life to entertain the idea

Answer: She supported it

Answer: She thought it was unfair to Delamere or Clara

Answer: She was partial to Ellis

Answer: She appreciated it

Question: Which character would be most likely to defend or back Ellis up?

Answer: Delamere

Answer: Mrs. Carteret

Answer: Madam Cataret

Answer: Olivia

Question: Which two characters felt that Delemare was being treated unfairly?

Answer: Mrs. Carteret

Answer: Clara

Answer: Ellis

Answer: Clara and Olivia

Answer: Olivia

Question: Why did Olivia not want Ellis around the house?

Answer: She was partial to Tom

Answer: She liked him

Answer: Clara was young and impressionable

Answer: Delamere disliked him

Answer: He was inappropriately interested in Clara, and she felt it was not good to have him around a young lady all the time


The story line of the film is the escapades of a cricket crazy kid , all of eight years and his father , a cop .  Antony Simon is a crime branch CI , but prefers to spend his time fooling around with his son Aadi .  And being a Crime Branch police officer , his rather laid-back attitude is not appreciated by his peers and superiors .  Richa Pallod portrays his wife who finds this irritating .  The father-son duo becomes friends with the famous national cricketer Sreesanth when they save him from some street fight .  Once while the father-son duo was out for shopping , Adhi saw a man with the gun and screams at his father .  Simon turns back and shoots him but he kills the wrong person .  Simon now faces murder charges and is suspended from duty .  Later that day , Aadhi is found missing .  Simon being a cop , the entire police force in the district is in search .  They find that the one who was killed by Simon was part of the gang who were trying to get Sreesanth into a match-fixing deal and now they are trying to get revenge on Simon for killing one of their gang members .  The rest of the film is how Simon fights the gang and gets his kid back from them .

Question: Who portrays Antony Simon's wife in this film?

Answer: Aadhi

Answer: Antony Simon

Answer: Sreesanth

Answer: Julia Roberts

Answer: Aadi Sreesanth

Answer: Reena Pollard

Answer: Richa Pallod

Question: What crime was Aadi's father charged with?

Answer: Rape

Answer: None of the above

Answer: Vehicular manslaughter

Answer: Manslaughter

Answer: Murder

Answer: Murder and kidnapping

Answer: Tax evasion

Answer: Kidnapping

Question: What is the conflict between Sreesanth and the gang?

Answer: His friendship with Simon

Answer: Blackmail

Answer: He is a national cricketer, and the gang wants him to fix a match

Answer: The fixing of cricket matches

Answer: Real estate

Answer: Drug

Answer: Match-fixing

Answer: The fixing of rugby matches

Answer: Sponsorship

Answer: Corruption

Answer: Car

Question: Why did Simon fight the gang?

Answer: They were trying to get Sreesanth into a match-fixing deal

Answer: The gang challenged him to a fight

Answer: They kidnapped his son

Answer: He was suspended because of the gang

Answer: As a cop it was his duty to fight

Answer: They took his kid

Answer: Because he shot a gang member

Answer: The person his father Simon killed was part of a gang so they took his son Adhi. Simon fought them to get his kid back from them

Answer: He was trying to rescue his kid

Question: What did Richa Pallod find irritating?

Answer: Her husband's laid back attitude

Answer: Her husband's obsessive compulsive disorder

Answer: Her son slurping noodles

Answer: Simon's laid-back attitdue

Answer: Aadi's love of soccer

Answer: Antony Simon's laid-back attitude

Answer: Simon's love of cricket

Answer: Aadi's love of cricket

Answer: Her son's love of cricket

Question: Why the entire Simon police force is in search of?

Answer: His father bribed them

Answer: His father is the governor

Answer: Because Adhi is famous

Answer: His father was wanted for rape

Answer: Because Simon is a famous cricket player

Answer: Because Simon is a cop

Answer: His father is a cop

Question: Why is Simon facing murder charges?

Answer: Shor a gang member

Answer: Spending time with his son

Answer: He shot and killed someone

Answer: He was a cop that shot the wrong person

Answer: He is taking the blame for someone else

Answer: He caused a person to die

Answer: Fights the gang

Answer: When his son Adhi screamed, he turned and shot at a man holding a gun. The wrong person was shot by mistake

Answer: He is being framed

Question: Who is Antony Simon?

Answer: A famous actress

Answer: A cricket player

Answer: A famous cricket player

Answer: A corrupt politician

Answer: A low-level drug dealer

Answer: A gang member

Answer: A crime branch CI

Question: Why is Simon suspended from duty and facing murder charges?

Answer: He ran over a man with his car two times

Answer: For shooting the wrong person

Answer: He stabbed a woman

Answer: Corrupt cops framed him

Answer: He shot an unarmed man

Question: What weapon was carried by the person whom Antony Simon shot at?

Answer: A cricket wicket

Answer: Both a gun and a knife

Answer: A gun

Answer: A knife

Answer: Bow & arrow

Answer: Mace

Answer: Toy gun

Answer: Spear

Answer: Club

Question: The entire police force helps Simon do what?

Answer: Search for Richa

Answer: Search for his son

Answer: None of the above

Answer: Search for Sreesanth

Answer: Plead for his life

Answer: Collect evidence

Answer: Learn to tap dance

Question: What kind of deal did the gang try to get the cricketer to make?

Answer: Blackmail

Answer: Real estate

Answer: Fixing

Answer: Framing someone for murder

Answer: Endoresement

Answer: Drug

Answer: Match-fixing

Answer: Sponsorship

Answer: Corruption

Answer: Car

Answer: Selling autographs

Question: Why did Simon get suspended from duty?

Answer: Blackmail

Answer: Lazy & slovenly behavior

Answer: Killing the wrong person

Answer: Shooting an unarmed man

Answer: Killing Richa Pallod

Answer: Vehicular manslaughter

Answer: Because he shot the wrong person

Answer: Killing Aadi

Answer: Corruption

Answer: Bribes

Answer: Killing the cricket player

Question: How old is Antony Simon's son?

Answer: 16 years

Answer: It doesn't say

Answer: 60 years

Answer: 8 years old

Answer: Baby

Answer: 9 years

Answer: Eight years old

Answer: 8 years older than his sister

Answer: 18 years old

Question: Why was Antony Simon suspended?

Answer: For Kidnapping Richa

Answer: Blackmail

Answer: Lazy & slovenly behavior

Answer: "murder charges for a wronful shooting."

Answer: For shooting the wrong person

Answer: For shooting an unarmed man

Answer: For fixing cricket matches

Answer: For Kidnapping Adhi

Answer: Vehicular manslaughter

Answer: Corruption

Answer: Bribes

Question: What did Adhi see that made him to scream to his father?

Answer: Richa's kidnapping

Answer: His second favorite cricket player

Answer: A sign for free doughnuts

Answer: A man with a funny walk

Answer: A man with a scary scar and a long machete

Answer: He saw a man with a gun

Answer: The Murder of Sreesanth

Question: When Simon killed a wrong person where were they going with his son?

Answer: To a cricket match

Answer: To the park

Answer: To meet Richa

Answer: To escape the gang

Answer: They were going for shopping

Answer: To the laundromat

Question: What did the gang do to get revenge from Simon?

Answer: Shoot his wife

Answer: Murder Sreesanth

Answer: Kidnap Aadi

Answer: Seduce his wife

Answer: They kidnapped Aadhi

Answer: Kidnap Richa

Answer: Kidnap his wife

Answer: Shoot his son

Answer: Kidnap his son

Question: What is Aadi's favorite sport?

Answer: Football

Answer: Luge

Answer: Soccer

Answer: Hockey

Answer: Baseball

Answer: Race walking

Answer: Cricket

Answer: Basketball


The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) within the Department of Transportation had been vested by Congress with the sometimes conflicting mandate of regulating the safety and security of U.S. civil aviation while also promoting the civil aviation industry. The FAA had a security mission to protect the users of commercial air transportation against terrorism and other criminal acts. In the years before 9/11, the FAA perceived sabotage as a greater threat to aviation than hijacking. First, no domestic hijacking had occurred in a decade. Second, the commercial aviation system was perceived as more vulnerable to explosives than to weapons such as firearms. Finally, explosives were perceived as deadlier than hijacking and therefore of greater consequence. In 1996, a presidential commission on aviation safety and security chaired by Vice President Al Gore reinforced the prevailing concern about sabotage and explosives on aircraft. The Gore Commission also flagged, as a new danger, the possibility of attack by surface-to-air missiles. Its 1997 final report did not discuss the possibility of suicide hijackings. The FAA set and enforced aviation security rules, which airlines and airports were required to implement. The rules were supposed to produce a "layered" system of defense. This meant that the failure of any one layer of security would not be fatal, because additional layers would provide backup security. But each layer relevant to hijackings-intelligence, passenger prescreening, checkpoint screening, and onboard security-was seriously flawed prior to 9/11. Taken together, they did not stop any of the 9/11 hijackers from getting on board four different aircraft at three different airports. The FAA's policy was to use intelligence to identify both specific plots and general threats to civil aviation security, so that the agency could develop and deploy appropriate countermeasures. The FAA's 40-person intelligence unit was supposed to receive a broad range of intelligence data from the FBI, CIA, and other agencies so that it could make assessments about the threat to aviation. But the large volume of data contained little pertaining to the presence and activities of terrorists in the United States. For example, information on the FBI's effort in 1998 to assess the potential use of flight training by terrorists and the Phoenix electronic communication of 2001 warning of radical Middle Easterners attending flight school were not passed to FAA headquarters.

Question: What were the rules set out by the FAA following the release of the Final Gore Commission report designed to improve?

Answer: They designed a layered security check

Answer: They checked every middle-eastern individual

Answer: Gatherings of terrorist information

Question: Which new danger to aviation was included in the 1997 Final Report

Answer: Possibility of attack by surface-to-air missiles

Answer: Terrorists attacks from land

Answer: Sabotage and explosives on aircraft

Answer: Attack by surface-to-air missiles

Question: What was the greatest flaw to the Safety Commisions's safety awareness previous to 9/11?

Answer: The layered system was not prone to failures of individual layers

Answer: The hijacking

Answer: It did not discuss the possibility of suicide hijackings. The large volume of data contained little pertaining to the presence and activities of terrorists in the United States

Answer: Missile fight

Answer: The security procedures related to hijackings were flawed

Question: What name was given to the presidential commission chaired by Al Gore?

Answer: Submarine

Answer: CIA

Answer: Presidential commission on aviation safety and security

Answer: FBI

Answer: The presidential security council

Question: What threat did the Gore Commission not include in its final report?

Answer: Concerns about attack by surface-to-air missiles

Answer: Suicide hijacking

Answer: Concerns about suicide hijackings

Answer: Concerns about sabotage and explosives on aircraft

Answer: Found technology problems

Question: Why was it believed that failure of any one layer of security would not be fatal?

Answer: Would provide backup security

Answer: Additional layers would provide backup security

Answer: Could favour of terrorists

Question: What did the 1997 Gore Commission's final report discuss possible issues with aviation safety and security?

Answer: It talked about terrorism

Answer: The report reinforced the prevailing concern about sabotage and explosives on aircraft and also flagged, as a new danger, the possibility of attack by surface-to-air missiles. However, it did not discuss the possibility of suicide hijackings

Answer: It talked about explosives on aircraft and sabotage

Answer: Surface-to-air missiles

Answer: Sabotage and explosives on aircraft

Answer: Suicide hijackings

Question: What is a "layered" system of defense?

Answer: Firing of missiles

Answer: The security management is layered, from a top manager as the outermost management

Answer: Multiple stages for security checks

Answer: Provide backup security

Answer: This meant that the failure of any one layer of security would not be fatal, because additional layers would provide backup security

Question: What was the problem with the layered security system in place by the FAA?

Answer: Most useful domestic control

Answer: Little pertaining to the presence

Answer: Each layer relevant to hijackings-intelligence, passenger prescreening, checkpoint screening, and onboard security-was seriously flawed,

Question: What are the three reasons the FAA perceived sabotage as a greater threat to aviation than hijacking before 9?11?

Answer: Because of the possibility of attack by surface-to-air missiles, the flawed security system, lack of data about terrorists

Answer: No domestic hijacking occured in a decade, explosives seemed more fatal, commercial aviation was at a greater threat from explosives

Answer: Explosives were perceived as deadlier than hijacking

Answer: Domestic hijacking had occurred in the recent decade, the commercial aviation was not more vulnerable to explosives

Answer: First, no domestic hijacking had occurred in a decade. Second, the commercial aviation system was perceived as more vulnerable to explosives than to weapons such as firearms. Finally, explosives were perceived as deadlier than hijacking and therefore of greater consequence

Question: What was the "layered" system of defense and why did it fail prior to 9/11?

Answer: 11 because the FBI didn't receive the data

Answer: Additional layers would not provide backup security

Answer: Additional layers would provide backup security

Answer: 11 because the layers for hijackings-intelligence, passenger prescreening, checkpoint screening, and onboard security were not sufficient before 9

Answer: The failure of any one layer of security would be fatal

Answer: There were multiple backup layers, and it failed before 9

Question: In 1996 the presidential commission on aviation safety and security flagged what as a new danger to aviation?

Answer: Hijacking

Answer: Sabotage

Answer: The possibility of attack by surface-to-air missiles

Answer: Attack by surface-to-air missiles

Answer: Gun firing

Question: In the years prior to 9/11 why was sabotage considered a greater threat to aviation?

Answer: No domestic hijacking in a decade

Answer: Because terrorist often don't have aviation training

Answer: No domestic hijacking had occurred in a decade, commercial aviation system was perceived as more vulnerable to explosives than to weapons such as firearms, and explosives were perceived as deadlier than hijacking and therefore of greater consequence

Answer: Gain of volume in strength

Question: Why didn't the layered system of defense work for 9/11?

Answer: Missiles not found

Answer: Taken together, they did not stop any of the 9/11 hijackers from getting on board four different aircraft at three different airports. The layered system did not address the possibility of suicide hijackings

Answer: The terrorists managed to managed to skip all the relevant layers

Answer: There was very little security checks pertaining hijacking

Question: A few years before 9/11 what did Vice President Gore add to the list of concerns regarding threats against aircraft?

Answer: He flagged, as a new danger, the possibility of attack by surface-to-air missiles

Answer: Concerns about attack by surface-to-air missiles

Answer: Air bombin

Answer: Explosives on aircraft

Answer: Concerns about suicide hijackings

Answer: Aircraft missiles

Answer: Concerns about sabotage and explosives on aircraft

Question: The FAA set and enforced aviation security rules, what kind of security was this supposed to provide?

Answer: Strictly recommended to safety policies

Answer: Found new ideas

Answer: Produce a "layered" system of defense


The year is 1980 , and the film opens with the launch of the JX-1 Hayabusa spaceship into outer space . The ship , originally sent to collect data on Saturn , has its course diverted to investigate the mysterious star Gorath , reported as being 6000 times the size of the Earth . It is feared that the star 's path could come dangerously close to Earth . The JX-1 reaches locates Gorath and it 's much smaller than earth but with 6000 times the gravity . The JX-1 radio 's back any data about the star but gets sucked into the star 's gravitational field which drags the ship into Gorath , incinerating it . Japan and the rest of the world are stunned by the discovery and , after some reluctance , send up the JX-2 Ootori spaceship for a voyage to investigate Gorath . The United Nations band together to discover a solution to the problem , and decide that their only solutions are to either destroy Gorath or move the planet out of the way . Back on Earth , the UN decides on the plan to move the Earth out of the way of Gorath , the South Pole Operation . The plan is to have atomic energy channeled through huge atomic furnaces 500 meters below the surface , then fed though enormous pipes called thrusters which will all fire in unison . But for this to work they will need an area 600 kilometers producing an atomic force equal to that of 6,600,000,000 megatons to move the Earth 400,000 kilometers way from Gorath . This massive project meets some setbacks such as cave-ins , but presses on .

Question: What is the gravity of Gorath and what does the UN decide to do?

Answer: Gorath has 6000 times the gravity of earth. The UN decides to move the earth out of the way of Gorath

Answer: 6000 times Earth's gravity

Answer: 6000 times Saturn's activity

Answer: 600 times Earth's gravity

Question: What sort of setback did South Pole Operation face?

Answer: Cave-outs

Answer: Cave-ins

Answer: Press ons

Question: What is the name of the first spaceship and what happens to it?

Answer: JX-1 Hayabusa

Answer: It is called JX-1 but after making some discoveries it is sucked into the gravitational pull of the planet and then disintegrated

Answer: UN

Question: Which star is in question and why?

Answer: Gorath because it is far away from the Sun

Answer: Saturn because it is mysterious

Answer: The star Gorath is in question. It may come to close to earth

Answer: Gorath because it is dangerously close to Earth

Question: On what was JX-1 Hayabusa sent to collect data?

Answer: Earth

Answer: Planet

Answer: Saturn

Answer: Gorath

Answer: Spaceship

Question: What international powers get involved in solving the problem of Gorath?

Answer: Japan and the United Nations/UN

Answer: International Space Station

Answer: JX-1 Hayabusa

Answer: UN

Question: What year does the film starts in, and what is the place it is going to collect data?

Answer: It starts in 1980 and is going to collect data from Saturn

Answer: 1980, Gorath

Answer: 1990, Saturn

Answer: 1980, Saturn

Question: Why was JX-1's course diverted?

Answer: To investigate the mysterious star Gorath

Answer: Because it was sent to Earth

Answer: Because it was sent to Gorath

Answer: Becaue it was sent to Saturn

Question: Which planets are considered for moving and which one do they go with?

Answer: Earth and Gorath, they go with Gorath

Answer: Only Gorath

Answer: Only Earth

Question: How does the JX-1 Hayabusa spaceship mission change after it's launch into outer space?

Answer: Instead of investigating the mysterious star Gorath, it collects data from the Sun

Answer: It comes close to Earth

Answer: It was originally sent to collect data on Saturn , has its course diverted to investigate the mysterious star Gorath , reported as being 6000 times the size of the Earth . It is feared that the star 's path could come dangerously close to Earth

Question: Why was the JX-1 Hayabusa spaceship's course altered?

Answer: Because the star would explode

Answer: To investigate the mysterious star Gorath , reported as being 6000 times the size of the Earth when they are afraid it is on a collision course with earth

Answer: Because the star would go farther from Earth


Have you ever felt a shock? Maybe you had just walked across the carpet and touched something metal? How is this similar to lightning? Believe it or not, they are very similar. They are both discharges of static electricity. Lightning is static electricity on a grand scale. Lightning discharges a lot of electric charge. It happens all at once. Unfortunately, this large discharge is not useful. It is so large and so fast, it cannot be controlled. You cant plug a toaster into a lightning bolt! For most devices, a much smaller amount of electric charge is needed. It must also be steady. It cant come all in one big jolt. Thats why we cant run our homes off of lightning. Our homes need to have a steady and continuous supply of electric current.

Question: Is the shock similar to lightning?

Answer: Almost Same

Answer: Both are of discharge of static electricity

Answer: No

Answer: Difference in Impact

Answer: Lightning is often much more powerful

Question: What charge is needed to run devices?

Answer: A steady and continuous flow of electricity

Answer: Small

Answer: Large

Answer: Electrical

Answer: Fast

Answer: A large single burst of electricity

Answer: Constant charge

Answer: Charges which can be controlled

Question: Does static electricity come from lightning in small amounts at a time?

Answer: Small amounts

Answer: No. It happens all at once

Answer: Large amounts

Answer: No

Answer: Not true

Answer: For sure

Question: Why can't you run electricity off of lightning if it's static electricity?

Answer: Lightning is controlled

Answer: Large

Answer: Smaller amounts of electrical charges are needed and it cannot all come at once as it must be steady

Answer: Fast

Answer: Electricity requires a steady flow

Answer: Having other sources

Answer: The discharge happens all at once

Answer: It provides a constant charge

Answer: Electricity requires a constant charge

Answer: Electricity requires one big charge

Question: How are a shock and lightning similar?

Answer: They are both discharges of static electricity and lightning is static electricity on a larger scale

Answer: Both require an extremely large of amount of charged electricity to discharge

Answer: Can be controlled

Answer: Both are extremely large discharges of static electricity

Answer: Both require a buildup and release of static electricity

Answer: Static Energy

Answer: Same amount of impact

Answer: Both are caused by a discharge of static electricity

Question: What is lightning made of?

Answer: Electricity

Answer: Air

Answer: It is static electricity on a grand scale

Answer: Static electricity

Answer: Electric energy

Answer: A large build up of static electricity

Answer: Fire

Answer: It is static electricity on a small scale

Answer: A small build up of static electricity

Question: What can happen when you walk across a carpeted floor and touch metal?

Answer: Shock

Answer: You can become immune to a shock

Answer: You may receive an electrical shock

Answer: Might feel a big jolt from the discharge of static electricity

Answer: You may increase the resistance to an electrical shock

Answer: Steady

Answer: You can feel a shock

Answer: In controll

Answer: You can receive a shock

Question: Why can't lightning be used to run our homes?

Answer: The discharge from lighting is far too much electricity for the home

Answer: It is to large to control

Answer: It is not fast enough to charge our homes

Answer: You can't plug home appliances into a bolt of lighting

Answer: Although lightning can be controlled, it is much too erratic to be reliable

Answer: Shock

Answer: Large

Answer: Fast

Answer: It is too large and fast and happens all at once

Answer: Big Jolt

Answer: The electrical discharge is too fast to control

Answer: Lighting isn't powerful enough to run our homes

Answer: It must be a steady stream

Question: Can a toaster be run on one big jolt of electric charge?

Answer: A big jolt would damage the toaster

Answer: Do not work

Answer: No

Answer: Yes

Answer: Steady state

Answer: Works

Answer: It would provide the toaster will a long charge

Question: What might you feel if you walk across a carpet and then touch something metal?

Answer: A unpleasant shock

Answer: You could receive a shock

Answer: Nothing

Answer: Jolt

Answer: Still steady

Answer: You could repel a shock

Answer: An warm tingly feeling

Answer: A shock

Question: How must electric charge be delivered to the most devices if it is to be useful?

Answer: Small

Answer: Large

Answer: Fast

Answer: Slow

Answer: In a single powerful burst

Answer: It must be steady and it must come in small amounts. It cannot come all in one big jolt

Answer: In a constant flow

Question: What happens when electricity touches you?

Answer: You receive a massive electrical shock

Answer: Shock

Answer: In control

Answer: Big jolt

Answer: You receive an electrical shock

Answer: You absorb the electricity into your body

Answer: Steady

Answer: Your body repels the lighting

Question: Why is the large discharge not useful?

Answer: Can't be controlled

Answer: The discharge is not powerful enough to charge the average home

Answer: The electrical discharge is far too powerful

Answer: Small appliances

Answer: Fast

Answer: Small discharge are available

Answer: It is too slow to charge homes

Answer: It's so large and fast that it cannot be controlled and you can't plug a toaster into it!

Answer: Most home appliances require much smaller amounts of electricity

Answer: It would destroy our homes electrical system

Answer: It is too fast and powerful


Since the beginning of the American Civil War, Hamilton has been depicted on more denominations of US currency than anyone else. He has appeared on the $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $1,000. His likeness also began to appear on US postage in 1870. His portrait has continued to appear on US postage and currency, and most notably appears on the modern $10 bill, though it was announced on 18 June 2015 that his portrait would be replaced by that of a woman, to reflect the changing nature of American democracy and society. Hamilton also appears on the $500 Series EE Savings Bond. The source of the face on the $10 bill is John Trumbull's 1805 portrait of Hamilton, in the portrait collection of New York City Hall. The first postage stamp to honor Hamilton was issued by the U.S. Post Office in 1870. The portrayals on the 1870 and 1888 issues are from the same engraved die, which was modeled after a bust of Hamilton by Italian sculptor Giuseppe Ceracchi The Hamilton 1870 issue was the first US Postage stamp to honor a Secretary of the Treasury. The three-cent red commemorative issue, which was released on the 200th anniversary of Hamilton's birth in 1957, includes a rendition of the Federal Hall building, located in New York City. On March 19, 1956, the United States Postal Service issued the $5 Liberty Issue postage stamp honoring Hamilton.

Question: Which notable artists' work was used in these commemorations?

Answer: Portrait artist John Trumbull and sculptor Giuseppe Ceracchi

Answer: John Trumbull and Pablo Picasso

Answer: Giuseppe Ceracchi and Jackson Pollock

Answer: Giuseppe Ceracchi and John Trumbull

Answer: Barnett

Question: During what time frame did Hamilton begin to be honored by federal agencies?

Answer: Since the beginning of the Civil War, which began in 1860, for currency, and beginning in 1870 for postage

Answer: 1956

Answer: 1790

Answer: 1870

Question: Since 1870, which two artists have produced renderings of Hamilton's likeness for US currency and postage stamps?

Answer: John Trumbull and Pablo Picasso

Answer: Giuseppe Ceracchi and Jackson Pollock

Answer: President

Answer: Giuseppe Ceracchi and John Trumbull

Answer: The first postage stamp of Hamilton was produced in 1870 (sent 3 & sent 7). John Trumbull painted the likeness Hamilton's face for the $10 bill (sent 6).  Italian sculptor Giuseppe Ceracchi's likeness of Hamilton was used to create the likeness on the 1870 and 1888 postage stamps (sent 8)

Question: In what year did Hamilton first appear on both currency and postage?

Answer: 1888

Answer: 1957

Answer: 1870

Question: Which Secretary of the Treasury had his 200th birthday was honored by the release of a 3-cent red commemorative stamp in 1957?

Answer: Alexander Hamilton

Answer: Officials

Answer: Hamilton was a Secretary of the Treasury (sent 8). Hamilton was honored with a commemorative stamp in 1957 on his 200th birthday (sent 9)

Answer: George Washington

Answer: John Trumbull

Question: Hamilton has appeared on what?

Answer: He has appeared on a variety of money as well as postage stamps and savings bonds

Answer: Currency and Stamps

Answer: Currency but not stamps

Answer: Stamps but not currency

Question: Hamilton is affiliated with stamps in what way?

Answer: He has been featured on a number of stamps

Answer: He was the first person to be on a stamp

Answer: Under his leadership, stamps were first used

Answer: Hamilton has had his likeness put on stamps, starting in 1870. In 1956 a special Liberty stamp was issued in his honor

Question: Who created the original artwork for Hamilton's face that is on the current $10 bill?

Answer: The modern US $10 bill has Hamilton's face on it (sent 4) John Trumbull painted the rendition of Hamilton's face on the modern $10 bill (sent 6)

Answer: Jackson Pollock

Answer: Giuseppe Ceracchi

Answer: John Trumbull

Answer: Government

Question: Which American has been honored on both a $5 US currency bill as well as a $5 US postage stamp?

Answer: Alexander Hamilton

Answer: George Washington

Answer: John Trumbull

Answer: Alexander Hamilton's likeness has been reproduced on a past US $5 denomination bill (sent 2) and also on a $5 Liberty Issue postage stamp (sent 10)

Answer: Government

Question: What government issued items is Hamilton featured on?

Answer: US Government

Answer: French Government

Answer: British Government

Answer: Currency, a $500 Series savings bond, and postage

Question: How many bills has Hamilton been on and has anyone else been on as many?

Answer: Hamilton has been on more bills than anyone else, 6

Answer: 6 and no

Answer: 4 and yes

Answer: 6 and yes

Question: What money is Hamilton currently on?

Answer: $50

Answer: $10

Answer: $20

Answer: $2

Answer: Hamilton is currently on the $10, which is a portrait that was done by John Trumbull


You approach the door of a friend. What is the first thing you do? Of course, you wipe your feet. You are a thoughtful visitor. Fortunately, there is a piece of carpet to wipe your shoes. Too bad your caring comes at a price. You now reach out to touch the brass knocker on the door. A spark appears between you and the door. You feel an electric shock. Why do you think this happened? Where did the electricity come from?This was a discharge of static electricity. Has this ever happened to you? Why do you think you felt a shock? What causes the electric charge to form? Lightning is created in much the same way. Both are caused by the build-up of electric charges. This is also the same reason electric current flows through cables and wires.

Question: What do visitors generally do after wiping their feet that may lead to an electric shock?

Answer: They wipe their feet

Answer: Reach out to touch a brass door knocker

Answer: Touch a door handle

Answer: Touch an outlet

Answer: They reach out to touch the brass knocker on the door

Question: What is the reason electric current flows through cables and wires?

Answer: Electric shock

Answer: Discharge of static electricity

Answer: Buildup of electric charge

Answer: Build-up of electric charges

Answer: Because of the shock and current passed

Question: Is lightening created in a similar manner as a discharge of static electricity?

Answer: No

Answer: Yes, it is

Answer: It is  created in a similar way sometimes

Question: What is lightning similar to?

Answer: A static shock

Answer: Electric charge

Answer: Thunder

Answer: Static electricity discharge

Answer: Feeling a shock

Question: What is the price visitors pay for caring?

Answer: They get an electrical shock

Answer: They get a cut

Answer: A spark

Answer: An electric shock

Answer: They receive an electric shock

Question: What action caused a buildup of static electricity?

Answer: Flows through cables and wires

Answer: Current flow

Answer: Electric charge

Answer: Wiping feet on the carpet

Answer: Build-up of electric charges

Question: What causes the discharge of static electricity?

Answer: Build up of electric charges

Answer: Broken wires

Answer: Build up of electrical charges

Answer: Build-up of electric charges

Answer: Current flows through cables and wires

Question: What "price" might one pay after wiping their feet on the carpet?

Answer: An electric shock

Answer: A shock

Answer: Grounded electricity

Question: What causes a discharge of static electricity?

Answer: An electric shock

Answer: "Build-up of electric charges"

Answer: Build up of electrical charges

Answer: Broken outlet

Question: Static electricity discharge is similar to what natural weather phenomenon?

Answer: Thunder

Answer: An electric shock

Answer: Lightning

Question: What natural phenomenon can wiping your feet cause?

Answer: Static discharge

Answer: Shock

Answer: An electric charge

Answer: A spark

Answer: An electric shock

Question: What is outside your friend's door to wipe your shoes on?

Answer: Carpet

Answer: Towel

Answer: A brass knocker

Answer: A piece of carpet

Question: Why does electric current flow through cables and wires?

Answer: There is a build up of electrical charges

Answer: Current is hyper

Answer: There is a build-up of electric charges

Answer: The flow of charges through the wires

Question: What does a thoughtful visitor do after approaching the door of a friend?

Answer: Wash your hands

Answer: You wipe your feet

Answer: You slip through the piece of carpet to wipe your shoes

Question: What do you feel when you wipe your shoes on a carpet and reach out to touch a brass handle?

Answer: An electric shock

Answer: Warmth

Answer: A spark

Answer: Static shock

Question: What do thoughtful visitors do?

Answer: They wipe their shoes

Answer: Thoughtful visitors wipe their feet

Answer: Wipe their feet

Answer: Say hello


Italy has only existed as a nation since 1871. Before then, despite the peninsula's obvious geographical unity bounded by the Alps and the Mediterranean, its story is a fragmented tale of independent-minded cities, regions, and islands — and the outside powers who coveted them. We have abundant evidence of the ancient Etruscan, Greek, and Roman communities in Italy, but know very little of the country's earlier, prehistoric settlers. Vestiges of dwellings survive — cabins on stilts in the frequently flooded Po valley, larger clay houses on the western marshlands of Tuscany, and Sardinia's still visible domed dry-stone nuraghi. But the inhabitants? Perhaps North Africans and eastern Europeans peopled the Ligurian coast, while the Adriatic and south may have been settled by people from the Balkans and Asia Minor. Nobody knows much about the early Etruscans. Some historians believe that they were the first native Italians; others believe they arrived from Asia Minor. During the millennium before the Christian era, their civilization reached north beyond Tuscany to the Po valley and south toward Naples. At a time when early Roman and other Latin tribes were still primitive, Etruscan society — itself savage in many respects — was also aristocratic and highly sophisticated. Solid gold workmanship and other metal ornaments and tools showed a Greek influence, but the Etruscans' vaulted architecture, town planning, and irrigation systems were indigenous. Arriving in the eighth century b.c. , the Greeks set up city-states in Sicily, dominated by Syracuse, as well as other settlements on the Italian mainland, such as Naples, Paestum, and Taranto. Together they formed Magna Graecia, whose zenith was reached during the 6th and 5th centuries b.c. After defeats by Greeks in the south, Latins in the center, and Gallic invaders in the north, the Etruscan empire faded in the fourth century b.c. As Greek colonial power grew weak from Athens-Sparta rivalry back home and pressure from Phoenicians in Sicily, the vacuum was filled by an uppity confederation of Latin and Sabine tribes living on seven hills known collectively as Rome.

Question: What country has been a nation since 1871 and that we know little about the early inhabitants and the settlers along the Ligurian Coast?

Answer: Italy

Answer: Settlers

Answer: Inhabitants

Question: Whose civilization reached north beyond Tuscany and towards Naples and was aristocratic and highly sophisticated?

Answer: The first native Italians

Answer: People of Asia Minor

Answer: Historians

Answer: Christians

Answer: The Etruscan society

Question: Who historians believe were the first native Italians?

Answer: Eastern Europeans

Answer: The early Etruscans

Answer: Asia Minor

Answer: The Balkans

Question: What led to the disappearance of the Etruscan society and who took their place?

Answer: Because Greek colonial power grew stronger

Answer: Because Greek colonial power grew weak from Athens-Sparta rivalry

Answer: Because they defeated Greeks in the south

Answer: The Greeks, Latins, and Gallics defeated the Etruscans. Their civilization finally disappeared and later, the Greeks also lost power until the early Roman and Sabine tribes became powerful and began what we now know as Rome

Question: What kind of buildings did Italy's prehistoric settlers live in?

Answer: Cabins on stilts

Answer: Cabins on sky

Answer: Cabins on stilts, larger clay houses, and dry-stone nuraghi

Question: Who were the primary inhabitants of Italy?

Answer: Eastern Europeans

Answer: Jews and Africans

Answer: The early Etruscans

Answer: Asia Minor

Answer: Christians

Question: Who set up city-states in Sicily, arrived eight century b.c and formed Magna Graecia?

Answer: Italian

Answer: The Greeks

Answer: Etruscan

Answer: Syracuse

Answer: Latins

Answer: Athens-Sparta

Answer: Magna Graecia

Question: Why might there be confusion as to whether Etruscans were the first native Italians or whether they may have come from Asia Minor?

Answer: Unaware of very little of the countryâs earlier, prehistoric settlers

Answer: The Etruscan's solid gold workmanship, ornaments, and tools showed a Greek influence. However, their vaulted architecture, town planning, and irrigation systems were indigenous to Italy

Answer: known very little of the countryâs earlier, prehistoric settlers

Question: Why do scientists believe that Etruscans were more sophisticated and aristocratic than the Roman and Latin tribes during this time?

Answer: Because the Etruscan society was savage

Answer: Because the Roman and other Latin tribes were still primitive

Answer: They valued architecture, irrigation, and town planning

Answer: Incorporating some of the influence of Greek society in the workmanship of their tools and ornaments

Question: What happened with the Greek colonials after they defeated the Etruscans in the southern part of Italy?

Answer: The Etruscan empire faded in the fifth century b.c

Answer: The Etruscan empire faded in the fourth century b.c

Answer: Their colonial power grew weak because of Athens-Sparta rivalry back in Greece and pressure from Phoenicians in Sicily

Question: What country has vestiges of dwellings that survive and we have abundant evidence of the ancient Etruscan, Greek, and Roman communities?

Answer: Greece

Answer: the Alps and the Mediterranean

Answer: Romania

Answer: Italy

Answer: North Africa

Question: When did Italy become a nation? Before than, how was it governed?

Answer: 1971, outside powers who converted them

Answer: 1871, outside powers who coveted them

Answer: Italy has only existed as a nation since 1871. Before then, despite the peninsula's obvious geographical unity bounded by the Alps and the Mediterranean

Answer: Before 1871 Italy was an area of independent- minded cities, regions, and islands and this is based on the evidence left behind by ancient Etrucans, Greeks, and Romans

Question: Why is it, perhaps, surprising that Italy has only existed as a nation since 1871?

Answer: Because it is a peninsula with obvious geographical unity (clearly bounded by the Alps and the Mediterranean Sea)

Answer: And the outside powers who coveted them

Answer: And the inside powers who coveted them

Question: Who were the Estruscans?

Answer: Historians believe that they were the first native Italians; others believe they arrived from Asia Minor

Answer: At a time when early Roman and other Latin tribes were still primitive, Etruscan society — itself savage in many respects — was also aristocratic and highly sophisticated

Answer: Historians believe that they were the first native Greeks; others believe they arrived from Asia Minor

Answer: During the millennium before the Christian era, their civilization reached north beyond Tuscany to the Po valley and south toward Naples.

Question: Why do know very little of the more prehistoric settlers in Italy?

Answer: Because there is very little evidence to determine where the prehistoric settlers came from

Answer: Because of the frequent floods

Answer: Because the Roman and other Latin tribes were still primitive

Answer: Because some historians believe that they were the first native Italians

Question: The Greek city-states in Sicily and others on the Italian mainland collectively formed what?

Answer: Paestum

Answer: Naples

Answer: Taranto

Answer: Syracuse

Answer: the Italian mainland

Answer: Magna Graecia

Question: Before 1871 what was the country we know today as Italy like and what evidence do historians have to base this on?

Answer: Italy existed as a nation even before 1871. There is an abundant evidence of the ancient Etruscan, Greek, and Roman communities in Italy, who formed the Italy as a country much before 1871.

Answer: Before 1871 Italy was an area of independent- minded cities, regions, and islands and this is based on the evidence left behind by ancient Etrucans, Greeks, and Romans

Question: Name the one early group that scientists know very little about and the conflicting theories of their origins in this area.

Answer: Scientists know little about the early Etruscans

Answer: Some believe they were the original native Italians

Answer: Some scientists think they migrated from Asia Minor


Now effectively merged with Zawahiri's Egyptian Islamic Jihad, al Qaeda promised to become the general headquarters for international terrorism, without the need for the Islamic Army Shura.  Bin Laden was prepared to pick up where he had left off in Sudan. He was ready to strike at "The head of the snake." Al Qaeda's role in organizing terrorist operations had also changed. Before the move to Afghanistan, it had concentrated on providing funds, training, and weapons for actions carried out by members of Ailied groups. The attacks on the U.S. embassies in East Africa in the summer of 1998 would take a different form-planned, directed, and executed by al Qaeda, under the direct supervision of  Bin Laden and his chief aides. The Embassy Bombings As early as December 1993, a team of al Qaeda operatives had begun casing targets in Nairobi for future attacks. It was led by Ali Mohamed, a former Egyptian army officer who had moved to the United States in the mid-1980s, enlisted in the U.S. Army, and became an instructor at Fort Bragg. He had provided guidance and training to extremists at the Farouq mosque in Brooklyn, including some who were subsequently convicted in the February 1993 attack on the World Trade Center. The casing team also included a computer expert whose write-ups were reviewed by al Qaeda leaders. The team set up a makeshift laboratory for developing their surveillance photographs in an apartment in Nairobi where the various al Qaeda operatives and leaders based in or traveling to the Kenya cell sometimes met. Banshiri, al Qaeda's military committee chief, continued to be the operational commander of the cell; but because he was constantly on the move,  Bin Laden had dispatched another operative, Khaled al Fawwaz, to serve as the on-site manager. The technical surveillance and communications equipment employed for these casing missions included state-of-the-art video cameras obtained from China and from dealers in Germany. The casing team also reconnoitered targets in Djibouti. As early as January 1994,  Bin Laden received the surveillance reports, complete with diagrams prepared by the team's computer specialist. He, his top military committee members-Banshiri and his deputy, Abu Hafs al Masri (also known as Mohammed Atef)-and a number of other al Qaeda leaders reviewed the reports. Agreeing that the U.S. embassy in Nairobi was an easy target because a car bomb could be parked close by, they began to form a plan. Al Qaeda had begun developing the tactical expertise for such attacks months earlier, when some of its operatives-top military committee members and several operatives who were involved with the Kenya cell among them-were sent to Hezbollah training camps in Lebanon.

Question: Who promised to become the general headquarters for international terrorism?

Answer: Egyptian Army

Answer: Al Qaeda promised to become the general headquarters for international terrorism

Answer: Bin Laden's Al Qaeda

Answer: Hezbollah

Answer: Al Queda

Answer: Al Qaeda

Answer: Bin laden

Question: Why did the team make a makeshift laboratory?

Answer: To hide in Nairobi while preparing a terrorist attack

Answer: To make biological warfare

Answer: For developing their surveillance photographs in an apartment in Nairobi where the various al Qaeda operatives and leaders based in or traveling to the Kenya cell sometimes met

Answer: For developing their surveillance photographs

Answer: To build the bomb used in Nairobi

Answer: For developing the photographs of the targets casing in Nairobi

Question: When did the attacks on the US embassies in east Africa?

Answer: 1997

Answer: In 1998

Answer: In 1994 after  Bin Laden received the surveillance reports

Answer: In 1993

Answer: In the summer of 1998

Answer: January 1994

Question: What did the technical surveillance and communications equipment employed for these casing missions included?

Answer: State-of-the-art video cameras obtained from China and from dealers in Germany

Answer: Photographic cameras from China and diagramss

Answer: The technical surveillance and communications equipment employed for these casing missions included state-of-the-art video cameras obtained from China and from dealers in Germany

Answer: Many different tasks

Answer: State-of-the-art video cameras from Germany

Question: When did Al Qaeda had begun developing the tactical expertise for such attacks?

Answer: 1997

Answer: Months earlier from the attack

Answer: Months earlier in Hezbollah training camps in Lebanon

Answer: In 1994

Answer: As early as 1993

Answer: Moths earlier


The story revolves around Kunjan ( ( ( Dileep , a village youth who is sympathized for his hunchback looks but is lauded for selfless service to others .  He covers up his handicap with humor .  Unmindful of his looks , Kunjan goes around seeking a suitable bride , with the help of his friend .  Brushing aside many an insult hurled at him , he carries on .  In contrast to him is Karthik ( also ( ( Dileep , a violent college student , who loves his classmate Priya ( ( ( Manya .  She comes across Kunjan , who assures her that he would get her married to the man of her heart , but she gets killed in a fracas involving a gangster .  Meanwhile , the hunchback Kunjan comes across an orphaned poor blind girl , Shenbagam .  He wins over heart by helping her out .  Thanks to his efforts , Shenbagam regains her vision .  This results in a tussle between Kunjan and Karthik , as to whom Shenbagam belongs to now .  However , fearing his looks, the hunchback, Kunjan , decides to leave way for the other .  But fate has different things for him ...

Question: Who wins over the heart of blind girl?

Answer: Dileep

Answer: Kunchan

Answer: Shenbagam

Answer: Kunjan

Answer: Karthik

Answer: Priya

Answer: Manya

Question: Decibel is the unit for?

Answer: Amplitude of sound

Answer: Unrelated question

Answer: Intensity of sound

Answer: Liquid

Question: Which orphaned blind girl does Kunjan fall in love with?

Answer: Kunjan doesn't fall in love

Answer: Dileep

Answer: Shenbagam

Answer: He falls in love with Shenbagam

Answer: Karthik

Answer: Priya

Answer: Shenabagam

Answer: Manya

Question: Was Shenbagam helped by Kunjan?

Answer: Yes, Kunjan helps her regain he vision

Answer: No

Answer: Yes

Question: Which two women does Karthik love and/or own?

Answer: Dileep

Answer: Priya and Shenabagam

Answer: Shenbagam

Answer: Kunjan

Answer: Priya

Answer: Lucy

Question: What is the unit for measuring the amplitude of sound?

Answer: Unrelated question

Answer: Rainfall

Answer: Decibel

Answer: Decibels

Question: How did Shenbagam regain her vision?

Answer: Through the efforts of Kunjan

Answer: The doctor

Answer: Magic

Answer: Hard work

Answer: Luck

Answer: With Kunjan's efforts

Answer: Kunjan helps her regain her vision

Question: Does Kunjan allow his handicap to hinder him?

Answer: No, He covers his handicap with humor

Answer: He goes on to look for a bride

Answer: No

Answer: Yes

Answer: Yes, he is depressed

Question: Who is Kunjan's rival?

Answer: His brother

Answer: Dileep

Answer: Shenbagam

Answer: Kunjan

Answer: Karthik

Answer: Priya

Answer: Manya

Question: How is Kunjan portrayed in the story?

Answer: Handicap

Answer: Loves his classmate Priya

Answer: A violent college student

Answer: Lauded for selfless service to others

Answer: A man who wants to be in love

Answer: With a hunchback

Answer: An evil man

Answer: Handicap with a hunchback

Question: Who is Priya and what happened to her?

Answer: She comes across Kunjan

Answer: Kunjans friend that was helping him look for a bride

Answer: Karthik's classmate Priya was killed in a fracas involving a gangster

Answer: Gets killed in an accident

Answer: A classmate of Karthik

Answer: She's hunchback

Answer: Kunjan's friend that was killed in a fractas involving a gangster

Answer: She's in love with Kunjan

Answer: A nurse

Question: Fathom is the unit of?

Answer: Water

Answer: Depth

Answer: Unrelated question

Answer: Length

Question: Reading of a barometer going down is an indication of?

Answer: Unrelated question

Answer: Rainfall

Answer: Mud

Question: Why did Kunjan decides to leave way for Karthik?

Answer: Because he's confident

Answer: Fearing his looks

Answer: He feared Karthik's looks

Answer: Because he's hunchback

Answer: He was hurt

Answer: Because there was a tussle between Kunjan and Karthik for shenbagam

Answer: Because he's nice

Question: Kunjan assures Priya to get her married to whom?

Answer: Dileep

Answer: Shenbagam

Answer: Kunjan

Answer: Karthik

Answer: Priya

Answer: The man of her heart

Answer: An evil man

Answer: Manya

Question: One fathom is equal to?

Answer: Unrelated question

Answer: 11 yards

Answer: 6 feet

Answer: 2 yards

Question: Did Kunjan consider his disability?

Answer: He covered it with humor

Answer: No

Answer: Yes

Answer: Yes, he was sad

Answer: No unmindful of his looks , Kunjan goes around seeking a suitable bride


The film opens as Mary Murdock , a young student , leaves a lively party at a club in New Jersey one night .  She hits a bad bump driving home drunk on a dark road .  Later , hearing noises in the garage , she finds a bleeding man , mangled and impaled on her jeep's bumper .  Not calling 911 , she tries to help , but he suddenly attacks .  Panicked , she hits him with a golf club .  After , she buries his body in a shallow grave in the woods off Clover Rd. .  The next day , Mary covers up the crime ; she scrubs off the blood but does n't get the dent fixed .  Mary starts coming apart .  Irrational , she crashes on a tree to camouflage the small dent with a bigger .  Later the news reveals the missing man is kindergarten teacher Timothy Emser , bipolar and unstable when he vanished .  Strange things occur in Mary's house , making her feel toyed with by someone unseen ; she descends into paranoia .  It transpires that Rick , her boyfriend , gets involved in the cover up and goes to retrieve incriminatory evidence off the corpse , but is killed , replaced in Emser's grave .  It becomes clear Emser survived .  Unhinged , he returns to make Mary live through the same nightmare she inflicted on him .  He stalks Mary many ways .  The parrots squawk strange phrases , Which alert Mary .  At one point , she falls down the stairs , impaling a screw driver in her thigh .  Emser surprise attacks , biting and stabbing her , and she passes out .  In a reversal , when Mary revives , Emser has strapped her to the bumper with electric cords and Christmas lights and takes her on a sadistic , all-night `` revenge drive '' .

Question: Who attacked Mary Murdock?

Answer: Timothy Emser

Answer: the man she hit

Answer: A bleeding man impaled on her bumper

Answer: Timothy Baker

Answer: Rick Emser

Answer: Rick Murdock

Answer: someone from the night club

Question: What kind of car did Mary Murdock intentionally crash?

Answer: Jeep

Answer: Honda Pilot

Answer: Mustang

Answer: Truck

Answer: Van

Answer: Jaguar

Question: Who is stalking Mary?

Answer: Timothy

Answer: Timothy's brother

Answer: The man she hit

Answer: Tim Emser

Answer: The police

Answer: Rick

Answer: Murdock

Answer: Her Boyfriend

Question: Where had Mary been prior to hitting the bump in the road?

Answer: A party at her friends's place.

Answer: lively nightclub

Answer: a party

Answer: A party in New Jersey

Answer: Dinner with her boyfriend

Answer: in her car

Answer: A study group

Answer: A family get together

Question: Where was Mary when she was attacked by a bleeding man?

Answer: in her garage

Answer: on Clover Rd

Answer: The side of the road

Answer: An alley

Answer: Her kitchen

Question: Where did Mary bury the body, after hitting the man with a golf club?

Answer: in a shallow grave

Answer: Clover Rd

Answer: In the woods

Answer: Right after the Clover Road

Answer: in the ground

Answer: Behind a dumpster

Answer: In her garage

Answer: Under her house

Question: Before falling apart, what evidence did Mary fail to deal with?

Answer: The dent in her vehicle

Answer: The dent at her garage door.

Answer: the blood on her Jeep

Answer: Fingerprints

Answer: the golf club

Answer: The blood on the bumper

Answer: Cloth in the grill

Question: Who gets killed while trying to help Mary cover up the crime after strange occurrences started happening in her house?

Answer: Her friend's boyfriend

Answer: Her Boyfriend

Answer: Rick

Answer: TImothy

Answer: the parrots

Answer: Emser

Answer: Mary

Question: What is the name of the young student who hit a man with a car while driving drunk in a dark road?

Answer: The boyfriend

Answer: Mary Murdock

Answer: Rick Murdock

Answer: The bartender

Answer: Mary Emser

Answer: Timothy Emser

Answer: Tim Emser

Question: In her garage who did Mary Murdock try to help?

Answer: Timothy Emser

Answer: the guy, before she hit him

Answer: Tim Emser

Answer: bleeding man

Answer: Herself

Answer: Rick Emser

Answer: Rick the boyfriend

Answer: Rick Murdock

Answer: Timothy Murdock

Question: After the man attacks her what did Mary hit the man with?

Answer: golf club

Answer: A Shovel

Answer: Her Jeep

Answer: Crowbar

Answer: Tire iron

Answer: Baseball bat

Question: What is the name of the man that Mary hit with her car?

Answer: Timothy Emser

Answer: Rick Emser

Answer: Rick Murdock

Answer: Timothy Murdock

Answer: Mary Murdock

Question: Did Timothy Emser survive or die?

Answer: He survived

Answer: Survived for a while, but died a week after.

Answer: Died in the shallow Grave

Answer: Bled to death

Question: What is the occupation of the man who was found in Mary's garage?

Answer: kindergarten teacher

Answer: Gardener

Answer: College professor

Answer: Waiter

Answer: A DJ

Answer: Homeless

Question: What is the reason that Mary was impaled by an object?

Answer: She fell down the stairs

Answer: Her boyfriend down the stairs

Answer: Wrecked her car

Answer: She tripped

Answer: Tripped outside

Answer: Timothy stabbed her

Question: Who is now buried in the grave Mary dug?

Answer: The boyfriend

Answer: Rick

Answer: Tim's boyfriend

Answer: Timothy

Answer: Mary

Answer: Tim Emser

Question: Why was the final event in this story described as a "reversal?"

Answer: Because Mary goes to hospital, just how Emser did.

Answer: Tim drove around with Mary stuck to the front of the car

Answer: Because Mary's boyfriend is on the bumper like Timothy was in the beginning

Answer: They went back in time

Answer: Because she took back all the bad she did

Answer: Because he went out to the night club

Question: What is the name of the man whom Mary buried?

Answer: Mary Emser

Answer: Timothy Emser

Answer: Rick Emser

Answer: Rick Murdock

Answer: Rick

Answer: Timothy Murdock

Answer: Tom

Question: What did Mary try to use to hit Emser when he tried to attack her initially?

Answer: A golf Club

Answer: A shovel

Answer: Hammer

Answer: Baseball bat

Answer: Her Jeep


Hannah and her friend Mary were bored. They sat around the house and tried to think about what to do. They petted the cat. They drew pictures in Hannah's notebook. They snuck into Hannah's mother's closet to try on her shoes, but Hannah's mother caught them. She said, "You girls need something to do. Let's take a walk to the park!" Hannah and Mary looked at each other, and then jumped up and down happily. "The park sounds great!" said Hannah. "Let's go!" cried Mary. So Hannah's mother packed up a snack of apples and cookies, and they all set off to walk to the park. They walked down the sidewalk, looking at all the interesting things along the way. Mary spotted a squirrel. Hannah saw a yellow bird. Hannah's mother pointed out the pretty yellow flowers growing in front of Mr. Smith's house. When they got to the park, Hannah's mother spread out a picnic blanket and the snack. Hannah and Mary ran around chasing butterflies for a little time, and then sat down to eat their snacks. When they finished, Hannah's mother put the leftovers in a trash can. As they walked back home, Hannah thought that the boring day had turned out quite well.

Question: Who walked to the park?

Answer: Mr. Smith

Answer: Hannah's mother, Mary & Hannah

Answer: Hannah's mother, Hannah and Mary

Answer: Hannah, Mary, and Hannah's mother

Question: Who offered to walk Hannah and her friend Mary to the park?

Answer: Mr. Smith

Answer: Hannah's mother

Question: Who suggested going to the park?

Answer: Hannah's mother's

Answer: Hannah

Answer: Mary

Answer: Hannah's mother

Question: What did Hannah and Mary do before they drew pictures?

Answer: They sat around the house and tried to think about what to do

Answer: They snuck into Hannah's mother's closet to try on her shoes

Answer: They petted the cat

Question: Whose idea was it to walk to the park?

Answer: Mr. Smith

Answer: Mary

Answer: Hannah's mother

Question: What snack did the girls eat in the park?

Answer: Cookies

Answer: Apples

Answer: Apples and cookies?

Answer: Apples and cookies

Answer: Picnic

Answer: Leftovers

Question: What leftovers were thrown into the trash can?

Answer: Leftover apples and cookies

Answer: Apples and cookies?

Answer: Snack of apples and cookies

Answer: Snacks

Question: Who petted the cat?

Answer: Hannah

Answer: Hannah's mother

Answer: Mr. Smith

Answer: Mary

Answer: Hannah and Mary

Question: What did Mary say about the idea of going to the park?

Answer: Let's go!

Answer: The park sounds great!

Answer: Mary cried, "Let's go!"


(CNN) -- In November 2009, Norwegian freelance journalist Paul Refsdal is riding in a pick-up truck on a dusty track of Afghan road. The Taliban have kidnapped him. If the truck turns right, he knows he's being sold to another militant group. A left turn means his kidnappers have decided to let him go. His journey started when Refsdal, who wanted to document the daily lives of the Taliban, accepted the invitation of a Taliban commander to film him and his fighters. Refsdal later accompanied another Taliban commander, Omar, to his hideout on a second embed. As part of CNN's "Taliban" documentary, Refsdal talked with CNN's Anderson Cooper about going from invited guest to kidnap victim -- a harrowing experience that began the way it later ended, with Refsdal in a truck. Here is an edited excerpt: REFSDAL: We rent a pickup truck and we drive into this valley that doesn't really have a road. I'm told it is not possible to drive anymore. We will have to walk for several hours up the hillside to one village, and we have to sneak a little bit. Omar is very particular about I should cover my face. I assume this is because they don't want informers to see that there's a foreigner coming. And we sleep in a house, and everything seems OK. Then, the next day we are asked to go to another house, just 100 meters down the hillside. We have to wait there, because they're going to have a meeting. After a couple hours, one of the fighters comes and says he's from al Qaeda. And he says that he has information that I was spying for the coalition, so both my translator and I will be executed tonight. And he goes on, saying that we're going to be killed with a knife. ... He explains how much he hates foreigners and he wants to eat the flesh of foreigners.

Question: What is the terrorist group affiliation of the man who accused Refsdal of spying?

Answer: Omar

Answer: CNN's Anderson Cooper

Answer: ISIS

Answer: my translator

Answer: Al Qaeda

Answer: REFSDAL

Question: What are two forms of transportation Refsdal and the Taliban use to reach one of the villages?

Answer: Pickup truck

Answer: Walking

Answer: Train

Answer: Bus

Answer: They drive a pickup truck, and they walk

Question: Who did the Taliban kidnap in this story?

Answer: Norwegian journalist

Answer: Swedish news reporter

Answer: Paul Refsdal

Question: What group does the man claim to be affiliated with who says he hates foreigners?

Answer: Omar

Answer: CNN's Anderson Cooper

Answer: ISIS

Answer: my translator

Answer: Al Qaeda

Answer: REFSDAL

Question: Why did Refsdal walk for several hours up a hillside on his way to meet the Taliban fighters?

Answer: The truck cannot continue to drive

Answer: To help them fight

Answer: Because it was no longer possible to drive

Answer: He drove into a valley that doesn't really have a road and was told that it wouldn't be possible to drive anymore

Answer: To film them fighting

Question: What does Omar want the journalist to do and why?

Answer: Help destroy the government

Answer: Cover his face

Answer: They don't want informers to see that there is a foreigner coming

Answer: Film him and his fighters

Answer: Fight with him and his men

Question: Was he in more than one Taliban house?

Answer: No

Answer: Yes

Question: What was the reason for kidnapping him?

Answer: He was accused of spying and they didn't like rust he was a foreigner

Answer: He was taken as a prisoner of war

Answer: He wanted to document them

Answer: He was rich and they wanted money

Answer: He was thought to be a spy

Question: Was Refsdal kidnapped or was he an invited guest?

Answer: Refsdal was initially kidnapped

Answer: He started out as guest then turned into kidnapped

Answer: Kidnapped from the beginning

Answer: Refsdal was an invited guest at first

Answer: Refsdal was eventually kidnapped

Question: In what way did his fate turn?

Answer: Left

Answer: He was injured while watching the fighting

Answer: He was initially an invited guest, making a film about the Taliban, and became a prisoner

Answer: He was kidnapped by al Qaeda

Answer: He was unable to watch the Taliban fight

Question: Did they drive or walk to the house?

Answer: They drove part of the way. Walked another part of the way

Answer: Drive

Answer: Walk

Question: What was Norwegian journalist Paul Refsdal doing when contacted by the Taliban and what did they do?

Answer: Was documenting the Taliban life and fighting

Answer: He was riding in a pick-up truck and the kidnapped him

Answer: He was documenting their lives and they kidnapped him

Answer: Making a documentary about the lives of the Taliban

Answer: Writing an article about terrorist attacks

Question: What does it mean if the truck turns right or left

Answer: He will be sold if it turns right but freed if it turns left

Answer: Right means he is being sold

Answer: A left turn means his kidnappers will let him go

Answer: A left turn takes them into the city

Answer: A right turn means he's being sold to another group

Answer: Left means he is being let go

Answer: A right turn means Refsdal will be released

Question: What difference did it make if the pick-up truck made a left or right turn?

Answer: Whether he is being let go or sold off

Answer: A left turn means his kidnappers will let him go

Answer: A left turn takes them into the city

Answer: A right turn means he's being sold to another group

Answer: If it turned right he would be sold to another militant group and if it turned left he would be set free

Answer: A right turn means Refsdal will be released

Question: What two turns can the truck make that will affect his future?

Answer: Left turn will mean he will be set free and a right turn means he will be sold to a militant group

Answer: South

Answer: Left

Answer: Right

Answer: North

Question: What did the Norwegian freelance journalist want to do in Afghanistan?

Answer: Join the Taliban

Answer: Document the daily lives of the Taliban

Answer: Fight the Taliban

Answer: He wanted to document the daily lives of the Taliban

Question: What is the name of the militant group driving the pick-up truck that Norwegian freelance journalist and kidnap victim, Paul Refsdal, is riding in?

Answer: Omar

Answer: CNN's Anderson Cooper

Answer: ISIS

Answer: my translator

Answer: Al Qaeda

Answer: REFSDAL

Question: Why might Omar want Refsdal's face covered?

Answer: He want people to see who Refsdal is

Answer: He wants to protect his face from the sun

Answer: He wants Refsdal to stay warm

Answer: He doesn't want people to see a foreigner coming

Answer: For respect

Answer: So that informers can't see that there is a foreigner coming

Question: What happened to Paul Refsdal in November 2009.

Answer: He documented the daily lives of the Taliban

Answer: He was kidnapped by the Taliban

Answer: He joined the Taliban to fight

Answer: He went on vacation in Afghanistan

Answer: Kidnapped

Answer: He was kidnapped

Question: How many Taliban commanders did he meet?

Answer: Several

Answer: Two


I stood, and one of her servants took me and Amy to the door. I looked back to see Nepthys whispering something to her. He stood to go, but she caught his sleeve and pulled him back for a moment. I turned back to the door. "Come on, Amy," I said, "he'll be along soon." Nepthys caught up with us after a minute and walked silently to the end of the hall. When we got there, another pale servant was waiting for us with a box of dark stained wood. He offered it to Nepthys, who opened the box: on velvet lining, a wooden hammer and two stakes. "Mountain ash," said Nepthys. "That was very kind of her." Closing the box, he paused beside the open door and looked back at me. "I really hope we find your Rachel," he said. It looked like he was going to continue, but then he walked out the door. "I know a quick way to Dvorov's," said Nepthys. "I bet he's kicking himself now for not having a way to contact me." In a few minutes, we were back to the first door we'd knocked on in this town and Dvorov himself was greeting us. The pulse from inside made the building sound like a giant heart. "Yo, my man Nep! You got the sucker already?" "No, but we got a tip that he might be in your club. Have you seen him?" "Here, man? You're crazy. I haven't had a vampire here since you and – " Nepthys shot a wicked look at him. "Anyway, long time, man." "That's odd.

Question: What was inside the box that the servant at the end of the hall gave to Nepthys?

Answer: A box of dark stained wood

Answer: A wooden hammer and two stakes

Answer: A giant heart

Answer: Mountain ash

Answer: Two stakes

Answer: A wooden hammer

Question: What exactly was Dvorov's?

Answer: A Shanty

Answer: Dvorov's was a club

Answer: A box

Answer: A club

Question: What kind of establishment did Dvorov own, and when had they been there previously?

Answer: A club, they were there five minutes ago

Answer: A club, and the club was the first door they had knocked on in that town. They were there earlier

Answer: A restaurant, they were there a year ago

Answer: A building, and a long time

Answer: A shack, and not long

Answer: A club, it was the first door they had knocked on in town

Answer: A club, and quite a while

Answer: A trailer, and yesterday

Question: Who were Nepthys and Amy looking for, and where did they hope to find them?

Answer: Amy

Answer: Dvorov

Answer: Nepthys

Answer: The pale servant

Answer: Rachel

Answer: Nep

Answer: A vampire, in the club

Answer: Rachel, at Dvorov's

Question: What shows that Nepthy lacks the ability to have an emotional conversation?

Answer: He shot a wicked look when the conversation turned emotional

Answer: He has emotionally checked out as seen by his facial characteristics

Answer: He told the narrator that he hopes they find his/her Rachel soon, and then looks as he is going to continue, but instead turns around

Question: What indicated that Nepthy had been to Dvorov's before?

Answer: He knows a quick way there

Answer: Dvorov says "You haven't been here since"

Answer: Nepthy knew the fastest way to get there

Answer: He calls Dvorov

Answer: He knew a quick route there, and the man at the door said he hadn't seen a vampire since the last time Nepthy and someone.. (he trailed off due to Nepthy's look

Answer: An old picture on the wall

Answer: A passing stranger recongized them


(CNN) -- The Australian government has admitted it has 153 people, including children, in custody at sea while it fights a High Court challenge to any plans to send them back to Sri Lanka. Until Tuesday's court hearing in Melbourne, the government had refused to confirm or deny it was holding the suspected asylum seekers, in line with its policy of not commenting on operational matters under "Operation Sovereign Borders." All those on board are thought to be Tamils who left the Indian port of Pondicherry on a 72-foot boat in mid-June. They include three-year-old Febrina, whose image was released by a worried relative who hasn't heard from his family for more than a week. "I am desperate to know where my family is. I can't function at all not knowing. I know all of them would be in very big trouble if sent back to Sri Lanka," he said, via an interpreter to the Tamil Refugee Council in Australia, before Tuesday's hearing. The government launched Operation Sovereign Borders last September, a military-led campaign to "stop the boats," referring to a steady stream of vessels crammed with asylum seekers trying to make it to Australian waters. Critics, including human rights campaigners, have slammed the policy, which advocates "turn-backs" and the offshore processing of asylum claims, as cruel and unnecessary. 'Culture of secrecy' On Tuesday, they also took aim at the "culture of secrecy," which created days of uncertainty for family members whose relatives were presumably lost at sea, and resulted in a vacuum of official information to back up claims that a boat had gone missing. "It took getting a case to the High Court before the government would admit that they did have those people in custody and that they were on the high seas, that's not good enough," said Ian Rintoul, from the Refugee Action Coalition. David Manne, Executive Director of the Refugee and Immigration Legal Center (RILC), said the government's silence raised "profound concerns" about whether their rights and Australia's obligations under international law were being breached.

Question: In this paragraph, "offshore" can be taken to mean where?

Answer: At sea

Answer: In Australia

Answer: In Sri Lanka

Answer: In India

Answer: On rocks

Answer: In water

Answer: Australian Waters

Answer: Outside of Australia

Question: What policy have human rights campaigners slammed?

Answer: Operation soverign borders

Answer: Military-led campaign to "stop the boats,"

Answer: Culture of secrecy

Answer: Immigration violations

Answer: Operation Sovereign Borders

Answer: Anchor baby policy

Answer: Duo-immigration policy

Question: Who was operating under a "culture of secrecy?"

Answer: Sri Lankan Government

Answer: The Australian government

Answer: Australian Government

Answer: US Government

Answer: Tamil Refugee Council

Answer: Indian Government

Question: Who has Febrina's relative contacted for help?

Answer: Immigration Committee

Answer: Illegal Refugee Committee

Answer: CNN

Answer: The Tamil Refugee Council in Australia

Answer: Council for Immigrants

Answer: David Manne

Question: What ethnic background is Febrina?

Answer: Tamils (who left the Indian Port)

Answer: Portuguese

Answer: Organizations

Answer: Iranian

Answer: Sri lankan

Answer: French

Question: How many refugees were on the boat in Pondicherry?

Answer: 153

Answer: 135

Answer: 121

Answer: 351

Answer: Thousands of people

Answer: 153 people including children

Question: Presumably, what ethnicity is Febrina?

Answer: Australian

Answer: Tamil of India

Answer: From Sri Lanka

Answer: Tamil

Answer: Sri lankan

Answer: French

Answer: Japanese

Question: Where were the Tamils headed?

Answer: To Australian Waters

Answer: Japan

Answer: Sri Lanka

Answer: India

Answer: Australia

Answer: Australian jungles


Prehistory and Early Chronicles: As evidenced by bones, weapons, and pottery most recently uncovered by archeologists, the Asian equivalent of Neanderthal Man crossed a now-submerged land bridge from eastern Siberia to what is now Sakhalin Island and northern Japan some 100,000 years ago. These migrants, who later settled throughout the Japanese archipelago, were the ancestors of the present-day Ainu, whose Caucasoid facial and body hair distinguished them from subsequent immigrants from China, Manchuria, Korea, and perhaps the Malay Peninsula. It was the growth and military assertion of the newcomers that drove the "hairy people" (as they were labeled) back north to their present concentration in Hokkaido. The oldest Stone Age settlements to be discovered (10,000 b.c. ) are known as Jomon ("cord pattern"), after the style of their handmade pottery, which was among the earliest to be found anywhere in the world and of rich and imaginative design. Their inhabitants dwelled in sunken pits and lived from hunting, fishing, and the gathering of roots and nuts. It wasn't until the third century b.c. that techniques of rice cultivation (and wheel-made pottery) arrived from Korea, along with irrigation methods that are still in use today. The scarcity of flatlands suitable for cultivation made it possible for a small aristocratic elite to gain quick control of the food resources. This set the pattern of hierarchic rule that was to prevail right up to the last half of the 19th century (some would claim, in economic terms at least, that it still persists today). Although there are no reliable accounts of this period, third-century Chinese documents speak of a Japanese priestess-queen, Himiko, ruling over a land of law-abiding people who enjoyed alcohol and were divided into classes distinguished by tattoo marks. Five centuries later, Japan's own Kojiki and Nihon-shoki chronicles describe the creation of the imperial dynasty in the year 660 b.c. : the first emperor, Jimmu ("Divine Warrior") — great grandson of the Sun Goddess's grandson — embarked on an expedition of conquest from Kyushu along the Inland Sea coast to the Yamato plain of the Kinki region (near modern-day Nara). Plausible chronicling, laced with a dose of mythology, begins with the arrival of Korean scribes at the Japanese court around a.d. 400, at a time when Japan also had a military foothold in southern Korea. The state of Yamato, as early Japan was known, was organized into uji, or clusters of clans, together with subordinate guilds of farmers, fishermen, hunters, weavers, and potters, all subject to the dominant uji of the imperial family.

Question: What are the oldest Stone Age settlements known as?

Answer: Cord Pattern

Answer: Jomon

Answer: Hokkaido

Answer: Kinki

Answer: Ainu

Answer: Caucasoid

Question: The emperor, Jimmu, set off to conquer a portion of which modern day country?

Answer: 660 B.C

Answer: Third century B.C

Answer: Japan

Answer: A.D. 300

Answer: Siberia

Answer: Korea

Answer: 19th century

Answer: 3rd century b.c

Answer: 660 b.c

Question: Where did the small aristocratic elite live that quickly gained control of food resources?

Answer: A.d. 400

Answer: 10,000 BC

Answer: Second century B.C

Answer: China

Answer: Korea

Answer: Stone Age

Answer: 19th century

Answer: 3rd century b.c

Answer: Flatlands

Answer: 660 b.c

Question: When did Korean scribes arrive at the Japanese court?

Answer: 660 B.C

Answer: Third century B.C

Answer: A.D. 300

Answer: Korea

Answer: 400 a.d

Answer: 19th century

Answer: 3rd century b.c

Answer: A.D. 400

Answer: 660 b.c

Answer: When Japan had a military foothold in southern Korea

Question: When did techniques of rice cultivation arrive in Jomon from Korea?

Answer: 10,000 BC

Answer: Third century B.C

Answer: Second century B.C

Answer: Third century b.c

Answer: Stone Age

Answer: 19th century

Answer: 3rd century b.c

Answer: A.D. 400

Answer: 660 b.c

Question: Roughly how many years passed between the discovery of the oldest Stone Age settlements and rice cultivation techniques arriving in Korea?

Answer: 7,000

Answer: 3000

Answer: 9800 years

Answer: 7000

Answer: 100,000

Answer: 10,000