LONDON, England (CNN) -- British filmmaker, screenwriter and playwright, Mike Leigh has been in the movie business for over 35 years. Leigh on screenwriting: "I don't make a conventional screenplay ... it's a whole organic process." In that time, he has been nominated for five Oscars, as well as winning the Best Director award at Cannes Film Festival for "Naked" in 1993, the Palme d'Or there for "Secrets & Lies" in 1996 and the Leono d'Oro at Venice Film Festival in 2004 for "Vera Drake." Famous for his fierce independence (read refusal to work in Hollywood), Leigh's work is known for gritty realism and a focus on underprivileged sections of British society. Another of Leigh's calling cards is an unconventional approach to screenwriting. "The Screening Room" caught up with the veteran director at the International Screenwriters' Festival in the UK earlier this year to ask him more about his approach to making films. The Screening Room: Why is this festival so important to you? Mike Leigh: I am a filmmaker who is both a writer and director and I have this way of making films where the writing and the actors and the shooting is all combined together. I don't make a conventional screenplay ... it's a whole organic process. TSR: What do you think other scriptwriters can learn from you? ML: I think screenwriters who, because of the politics and economics of the film industry, are forced to work in a much more conventional way, are always fascinated to discuss with me how I work. TSR: There is this romantic idea that screenwriting has to be a painful, solitary experience. That's not what you experience, though.

Question: Was Mike Leigh an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter?

Answer: Cannes Film Festival

Answer: Yes, for the film "Naked" in 1993

Answer: No

Answer: Award-nominated editor

Answer: Yes

Answer: The Palme d'Or

Answer: Yes, he was nominated five times

Question: What does the screenwriter experience while writing a screenplay?

Answer: A painful and solitary experience

Answer: Conventional pressures

Answer: Horror

Answer: That it is not a painful or solitary experience

Answer: An organic filmmaking process

Answer: Romantic idea

Answer: It is generally assumed that the experience of writing a screenplay is solitary and painful, but Mike Leigh would hold that it isn't always as such

Question: Is Mike Leigh an actor?

Answer: Actor and writer

Answer: No, screenwriter and playwright

Answer: Editor

Answer: Screenwriter and filmmaker

Answer: No

Answer: Yes

Question: Does The Screenroom interview international icons of the film industry such as screenwriter Mike Leigh?

Answer: No interview

Answer: Yes. they interviewed

Answer: Rarely

Answer: No

Answer: Yes

Answer: Only filmmakers

Question: Does Mike Leigh appeal to Hollywood?

Answer: Accepted

Answer: No

Answer: Yes

Answer: He was nominated for 5 Oscars

Answer: He appealed

Answer: Mike Leigh is adverse to Hollywood and want to control his own productions

Answer: Other screenwriters are fascinated by him


Bin Laden began delivering diatribes against the United States before he left Saudi Arabia. He continued to do so after he arrived in Sudan. In early 1992, the al Qaeda leadership issued a fatwa calling for jihad against the Western "occupation" of Islamic lands. Specifically singling out U.S. forces for attack, the language resembled that which would appear in  Bin Laden's public fatwa in August 1996. In ensuing weeks,  Bin Laden delivered an often-repeated lecture on the need to cut off "the head of the snake." By this time,  Bin Laden was well-known and a senior figure among Islamist extremists, especially those in Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region. Still, he was just one among many diverse terrorist barons. Some of  Bin Laden's close comrades were more peers than subordinates. For example, Usama Asmurai, also known as Wali Khan, worked with  Bin Laden in the early 1980s and helped him in the Philippines and in Tajikistan. The Egyptian spiritual guide based in New Jersey, the Blind Sheikh, whom  Bin Laden admired, was also in the network. Among sympathetic peers in Afghanistan were a few of the warlords still fighting for power and Abu Zubaydah, who helped operate a popular terrorist training camp near the border with Pakistan. There were also rootless but experienced operatives, such as Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who-though not necessarily formal members of someone else's organization-were traveling around the world and joining in projects that were supported by or linked to  Bin Laden, the Blind Sheikh, or their associates. In now analyzing the terrorist programs carried out by members of this network, it would be misleading to apply the label "al Qaeda operations" too often in these early years. Yet it would also be misleading to ignore the significance of these connections. And in this network,  Bin Laden's agenda stood out. While his allied Islamist groups were focused on local battles, such as those in Egypt, Algeria, Bosnia, or Chechnya,  Bin Laden concentrated on attacking the "far enemy"-the United States. After U.S. troops deployed to Somalia in late 1992, al Qaeda leaders formulated a fatwa demanding their eviction. In December, bombs exploded at two hotels in Aden where U.S. troops routinely stopped en route to Somalia, killing two, but no Americans.

Question: Was Usama Asmurai one of Bin Laden's subordinates?

Answer: He was one of Bin Laden's peers.

Answer: No

Answer: Maybe

Question: Did Bin Laden stop delivering diatribes to United States after he arrived to Sudan?

Answer: No, he did so before he left Saudi Arabia.

Answer: Bin Laden continued to deliver diatribes to US after his arrival in Sudan.

Answer: No

Answer: Maybe

Question: Was Bin Laden the only terrorist leader?

Answer: Bin Laden was one of many terrorist barrons.

Answer: No

Answer: Yes, Maybe

Question: Bin Laden delivered diatribes in what two locations?

Answer: Saudi Arabia

Answer: Sudan

Answer: Somalia

Answer: the Arabian Peninsula

Answer: Egypt

Answer: the West

Answer: Iran

Answer: USA

Answer: Iraq

Question: Bin Laden's Fatwa was released in what year and contained wording that was originally released by what group four years earlier?

Answer: The fatwa in 1996 and its wording was similar to that of Qaeda's a few years earlier

Answer: 1996 and al Quaeda

Answer: The fatwa was issued in 1995 and it was similar to that of US state department's

Answer: The fatwa appeared in 1992 and its wording was similar to that of Qaeda's a few years earlier

Question: What was the names and locations of two peers of bin Ladin?

Answer: Blind Sheik - New Jersey

Answer: Usama Asmurai - Phillipines

Answer: Usama Asmurai - Egypt

Answer: Blind Sheik - Sudan

Question: Name the country where US troops where deployed and the city where al Qaeda set two bombs.

Answer: Somalia

Answer: Saudi Arabia

Answer: the West

Answer: Iran

Answer: USA

Answer: Iraq

Answer: Sudan

Question: Who is  Bin Laden referring to when he refers to "the head of the snake"?

Answer: US Forces

Answer: USA

Answer: Somalia

Answer: Saudi Arabia

Answer: al Qaeda

Answer: Iran

Answer: Iraq

Answer: Sudan

Question: Where did  Bin Laden go after he left Saudi Arabia

Answer: Sudan

Answer: Somalia

Answer: Egypt

Answer: Saudi Arabia

Answer: the West

Answer: Iran

Answer: USA

Answer: Iraq

Question: How did AL Qaeda leaders address U.S. forces' arrival in Somalia?

Answer: They formulated a fatwa

Answer: Two hotels in Aden were bombed

Answer: Two of their bombs exploded where U.S. troops routinely stopped.

Answer: They send suicide bombers to their hotel

Answer: They formulated a network

Question: How did  Bin Laden's agenda differ from his peers?

Answer: Bin Laden focused on enemies of the West, versus his peers focusing on local battles

Answer: He focused on the far enemy

Answer: His agenda stood out

Answer: Bin Laden focused on attacking the United States

Answer: Bin Laden focused on attacking enemies like Egypt and Bosnia

Answer: He was from Saudi Arabia

Answer: He was well-known among Islamic terrorists

Question: Who were considered Bin Laden's peers?

Answer: The Egyptian spiritual guide

Answer: Usama Asmurai

Answer: Wali Khan

Answer: the Blind Sheikh

Answer: Abu Zubaydah

Answer: Deaf Sheik

Answer: US Troops


Spain's Golden Age: Under Ferdinand and Isabella, Spain underwent a dramatic transformation. In 1492 the royal pair presided over the final conquest over the Moors and discovery of the New World, including the great wealth that feat brought to Spain. Spain flourished during a Golden Age, a century of Spanish economic and political supremacy in international affairs, accompanied by marvels of art and literature. Ferdinand and Isabella were consummate Spaniards, committed to the expansion of the crown. By contrast, their grandson, who assumed the throne in 1516, was born in Flanders in 1500, and Charles I could barely express himself in Spanish. The first of the Habsburgs, he packed his retinue with Burgundian and Flemish nobles. Soon after his arrival in Spain, the young man inherited the title of Holy Roman Emperor, as Charles V. The responsibilities of the crown kept him busy away from the royal residences of Toledo, Segovia, Valladolid, and Madrid. While the monarch was away on one of his many business trips, his increasingly dissatisfied subjects protested violently. A revolt of the comuneros, or townsmen, broke out in a number of Spanish cities, including Madrid. The rebels occupied the alcázar, which had by then been converted to a royal palace. The insurrection was quashed and its leaders executed, but the king got the message. He tried thereafter to pay more attention to his Spanish constituency.

Question: What brought the great wealth during Spain's 100 years Golden Age?

Answer: The discovery of the New World

Answer: Conquest of the Flemish nobles

Answer: Final conquest over the Moors and discovery of the New World,

Answer: Columbus

Answer: The final conquest over the Moors and discovery of the New World lead to Spanish supremacy in economics and international politics

Answer: The discover of the New World

Answer: Capture of the royal residence in Toledo

Answer: The marvels of art and literature

Answer: The final conquest over the Moors

Question: Spain flourished under whose leadership?

Answer: Ferdinand and Isabella

Answer: Columbus

Answer: Carlos V

Answer: Charles I

Question: What event occurred that gave Charles V the undeniable message that he needed to pay more attention to his Spanish constituency?

Answer: The insurrection of the Burgundian and Flemish nobles

Answer: An insurrection of rebels took over alcazar

Answer: The comuneros revolt with rebels occupying the alcÃ¡zar

Answer: While Charles V was away on one of his many business trips a revolt of the increasingly dissatisfied townsmen broke out in a number of Spanish cities, including Madrid

Answer: He packed his retinue with Burgundian and Flemish nobles

Answer: The war in Toledo

Answer: A sale

Answer: The comuneros revolt

Answer: A revolt

Question: What problem did Charles face when he took the throne?

Answer: The death of his parents

Answer: Being unable to speak the language

Answer: He had no tenure

Answer: Charles I was born in Flanders and could barely express himself in Spanish, which led to a separation between himself and his people

Answer: The war in Flanders

Answer: Needing to overthrow Ferdinand and Isabella

Answer: He could barely express himself in Spanish

Answer: His increasingly dissatisfied subjects protested violently in the comuneros revolt

Answer: Conquering the Burgundians

Question: The retinue of which Spanish monarch constituted of Burgundian and Flemish nobles?

Answer: Ferdinands

Answer: Moors

Answer: Isabella

Answer: Charles V

Answer: Charles I

Answer: Habsburgs

Question: What changes did Spain undergo during the Golden Age reign of Ferdinand and Isabella?

Answer: Wealth increased

Answer: The final conquest over the Moors and discovery of the New World

Answer: The monarchy was successfully overthrown by rebels

Answer: Art and literature flourished

Answer: The comuneros revolts

Answer: A gradual degradation of the economy

Answer: The New World was discovered

Answer: It expanded

Answer: The final conquest over the Moors and the discovery of the New World ushered in a century of Spanish economic and political supremacy in international affairs

Answer: Spain flourished during a Golden Age, a century of Spanish economic and political supremacy in international affairs, accompanied by marvels of art and literature

Answer: The Burgundians and Flemish took over the crown

Question: Who were the monarchs during the Golden Age of Spain?

Answer: Charles and Isabella

Answer: Ferdinand and Isabella

Answer: The Comuneros

Answer: The Holy Roman Emperor and Charles V

Answer: The royal pair Ferdinand and Isabella were the monarchs during Spain's Golden Age

Answer: Ferdinand and Isabella and their grandson, Charles I

Answer: Madrid

Answer: The Moors

Question: What was the outcome of the revolt against Charles V?

Answer: The King's exile to Flanders

Answer: The quashing of the insurrection and execution of their leaders

Answer: The execution of its leaders and the King trying to pay more attention to his Spanish constituency thereafter

Answer: The rebels occupied the Alcazar which had been converted to a royal palace but the insurrection was quashed and it's leaders were executed

Answer: He didn't eat so much

Answer: The rebels were jailed in alcazar

Answer: Spain's Golden Age ended

Answer: He learned to pay more attention to his constituents

Answer: He paid more attention to his subjects

Answer: The rebels were executed

Answer: The loss of New Spain

Question: Who are the grandparents of Charles I?

Answer: Charles and Isabella

Answer: Ferdinand and Isabella

Answer: Unknown grandparents

Answer: The Hasburgs

Answer: Rulers of Spain

Answer: William and Kate

Question: Why were the Spanish people unhappy with Ferdinand and Isabella's grandson, Charles V?

Answer: He let a revolt take over Madrid

Answer: He changed his title to Holy Roman Emperor

Answer: Because the King secluded himself in the royal residence of Toledo

Answer: Because the King secluded himself in the royal residence of Madrid

Answer: He was busy eating all their food

Answer: Charles V was born in Flanders in 1500 and was barely able to express himself in Spanish and when he assumed the throne in 1516 packed his retinue with Burgundian and Flemish nobles

Answer: Because he paid little attention to his Spanish constituency

Answer: He was away from Spain too often on business trips

Answer: He paid no attention to them

Question: Who packed his retinue with Burgundian and Flemish nobles?

Answer: Ferdinand and Isabella

Answer: Ferdinand

Answer: The Holy Roman Emperor

Answer: Flanders

Answer: Charles V

Answer: The Moors

Question: Where Charles V was born?

Answer: 1516

Answer: 1520

Answer: Spain

Answer: 1530

Answer: In Flanders

Answer: England

Question: A revolt of the comuneros in Madrid happened under whose reign?

Answer: Holy Roman Emperor

Answer: Ferdinand

Answer: Isabella

Answer: Charles V

Answer: Charles I

Question: Who were the royal pair that presided over the final conquest over the Moors and discovery of the New World?

Answer: Charles and Isabella

Answer: Ferdinand and Isabella

Answer: Donnie and marie

Answer: The Holy Roman Emperor and Charles V

Answer: Ferdinand and Elizabeth

Answer: The Burgundian and Flemish nobles

Question: In what year Ferdinand and Isabella started to govern Spain?

Answer: 1516

Answer: 1520

Answer: 1492

Answer: 1500

Answer: Never

Question: Who were the grandparents of the individual that assumed the throne in 1516?

Answer: Ferdinand and Isabella

Answer: Toledo and Segovia

Answer: Donnie and marie

Answer: The Visigoths

Answer: The Moor royal family

Answer: The Burgundian and Flemish nobles

Answer: The Moors

Question: What forced Charles V to pay more attention to Spanish constituency?

Answer: A revolt of the comuneros who occupied the alcázar (a royal palace)

Answer: An insurrection

Answer: War with England

Answer: Rebels were unhappy with Charles V

Answer: Insurrection of the rebels

Answer: Famine

Answer: A tax revolt

Answer: No representation

Question: What title a grandson of Charles I inherited after arrival to Spain?

Answer: Holy Roman Emperor

Answer: King of Spain

Answer: Charles III

Answer: Charles IV

Answer: Charles II

Answer: Charles V


Newton was the first one to suggest that gravity is universal. That means gravity affects all objects in the universe. Thats why his law of gravity is called the law of universal gravitation. Universal gravitation means that all objects are affected by gravity in the same way. This is the reason the apple falling from the tree and the Moon being held in orbit is the same. Universal gravitation also means that while Earth exerts a pull on you, you exert a pull on Earth. In fact, there is gravity between you and every mass around you. Even tiny molecules of gas are attracted to one another by the force of gravity. Newtons law had a huge impact on how people thought about the universe. It explains the motion of objects not only on Earth but in outer space as well.

Question: How did Newton's law impact people?

Answer: Impact on how people thought about the universe. It explains the motion of objects not only on Earth but in outer space as well

Answer: It made us smarter

Answer: Newtons law had a huge impact on how people thought about the universe

Answer: Had a huge impace on how people thought about the universe

Answer: It added to communication

Answer: It explained gravity

Answer: Affected the way people thought about the world

Question: Why is Newton's law of gravity called the law of universal gravitation?

Answer: Means gravity affects all objects in the universe

Answer: It includes motion of all things

Answer: Because it affects nothing

Answer: Because it affects everything

Answer: It includes solar energy

Answer: Newton was the first to suggest that gravity affects all objects in the universe

Answer: It is the center of the universe

Question: According to the law of universal gravitation, how are the apple falling from the tree and the Moon being held in orbit the same?

Answer: All happens due to lack of gravity

Answer: Your both lacking energy

Answer: All happens due to outside forces

Answer: Because you both have polarity

Answer: You both are conductors

Answer: Universal gravitation means that all objects are affected by gravity in the same way

Answer: They are the same in the way that they are affected by gravity since all objects are affected by gravity in the same way

Question: What is Newton's law of gravity called the law of universal gravitation?

Answer: Because there is gravity all around you

Answer: Gravity is universal. That means gravity affects all objects in the universe

Answer: Because it is about exertion

Answer: Because it deals with the motion of objects

Answer: That means gravity affects all objects in the universe

Question: What did Newton suggest?

Answer: Newton was the first one to suggest that gravity is universal

Answer: kinetic energy is the same for all objects

Answer: Motion is universal

Answer: Newton was the first one to suggest that gravity is not  universal

Answer: Gravity is universal

Answer: He suggested that gravity is universal, which means gravity affects all objects in the universe

Answer: Fusion is universal

Question: How does Newton's law affect how people think about the universe?

Answer: Made him think it was centered around the sun

Answer: Made them thing it is all centered around the Earth

Answer: It explains the motion of objects not only on Earth but in outer space as well

Answer: It only explains the motions of objects on earth

Answer: It explains kinetic energy

Question: Why is there gravity between you and every mass around you?

Answer: Because you are a magnet

Answer: Because of solar energy

Answer: Because gravity is universal

Answer: Tiny molecules of gas are attracted to one another by the force of gravity

Answer: Because of chemical energy

Answer: The law of universal gravitation

Answer: Because of kinetic energy

Question: Is gravitational force a push or pull?

Answer: Both

Answer: Neither

Answer: Push

Answer: Pull

Question: What does the Law of Universal Gravitation entail?

Answer: Gravity affects all objects in the universe

Answer: The force of inertia

Answer: The gravitational force field

Answer: Universal gravitation means that all objects are affected by gravity in the same way

Answer: The force holding us to earth

Answer: Motion energy's impact

Answer: That gravity is universal and affects all objects in the universe in the same way

Answer: Means it does not affect everyone the same way

Question: What does universal gravitation mean?

Answer: Means that all objects are affected by gravity in the same way and also it means that while Earth exerts a pull on you, you exert a pull on Earth

Answer: Gravity doesnt affect everyone

Answer: The gravity holding objects to earth

Answer: The planets all having gravity

Answer: That means gravity affects all objects in the universe

Answer: The force of an object

Question: Are the motions of objects in outer space explained by Newton's law of universal gravitation?

Answer: No

Answer: Yes

Question: What was the effect of Newton's law?

Answer: Had a huge impact on how people thought about the universe

Answer: They decided the earth was round

Answer: People changed how they used electricity

Answer: Newtons law had a huge impact on how people thought about the universe

Answer: Newton's law had a huge impact on how people thought about the universe since it explains the motion of objects not only on Earth but in outer space as well

Answer: Newtons law did not have a huge impact on how people thought about the universe

Answer: People were afraid to take risks


(CNN) -- German art collector Cornelius Gurlitt, whose nearly priceless collection was confiscated because it was suspected to contain pieces looted by the Nazis, died Tuesday and left the masterpieces to a Swiss museum. One day after Gurlitt's death at the age of 81, the Museum of Fine Arts Bern announced that Gurlitt had named it "his unrestricted and unfettered sole heir." The news came as a surprise, the museum said Wednesday, because Gurlitt had never had any connection to it. The museum's directors are delighted at the news, they said in a statement, but also recognize that there are outstanding legal and ethical questions surrounding the collection. Gurlitt had undergone major heart surgery and was hospitalized for many weeks, his representative said in a statement. Gurlitt grabbed the attention of the art world when German prosecutors seized more than 1,200 paintings from his Munich apartment in 2012, including works by Picasso and Matisse. The collection was confiscated as part of an investigation into tax fraud, but then it was thought that some of the paintings may have been works that were looted by the Nazis. Just last month, part of the collection was returned to Gurlitt as part of a deal with Germany's cultural authorities and the Bavarian Justice Ministry. Under the agreement, works owned by Gurlitt that were not under suspicion were returned to him. Those suspected of being stolen were to be held securely while a task force investigates their provenance -- and will be returned to their original Jewish owners or their descendants if a claim is proven. Gurlitt's representative said that with the art collector's death, the investigation into the collection ceases. The court that was handling the investigation proceedings will now function as an estate court in the case.

Question: According to the Museum of Fine Arts Bern, did Cornelius Gurlitt have any connection to the museum?

Answer: Never

Answer: Yes

Question: Will the investigations into the art collection continue after the death of Cornelius Gurlitt?

Answer: No

Answer: Yes

Answer: With Gurlitt's death, the investigation into the collection ceases

Answer: They are to be held while a task force investigates their provenance

Question: Was the Gurlitt art collection returned after confiscation?

Answer: Yes, as part of a deal with Germany's cultural authorities and the Bavarian Justice Ministry

Answer: No

Answer: Yes

Answer: Partially

Answer: No, it was donated to the museum

Question: Which of the seized art works were returned to the German art collector?

Answer: Two of them

Answer: Works by Picasso and Matisse

Answer: The ones not under suspicion

Answer: Those owned by Gurlitt that were not under suspicion

Answer: Works owned by Gurlitt that were not under suspicion

Question: How old was the art collector Cornelius Gurlitt when he died?

Answer: At the age of 81

Answer: 80

Answer: 80 years old

Answer: 81

Question: Who was the German art collector that had undergone major heart surgery?

Answer: Bavarian Justice Minister

Answer: Yohan Klum

Answer: Cornelius Gurlitt

Question: Why did German prosecutors initially seize over 1,200 paintings from Gurlitt's apartment?

Answer: As part of an investigation into tax fraud

Answer: Because he stole them from the museum

Answer: Because he donated them to a Swiss museum

Answer: The collection was confiscated as part of an investigation into tax fraud

Answer: Because it was suspected to contain pieces looted by the Nazis

Question: Why were pieces of the Gurlitt art collection confiscated by authorities?

Answer: As part of an investigation into tax fraud

Answer: It was suspected to contain works that were looted by the Nazis

Answer: Because they may have been looted by Nazis

Answer: To donate to the museum

Answer: Because he took them from the museum

Answer: Because it was suspected to contain pieces looted by the Nazis

Answer: Because they were suspected of being stolen

Question: Which Swiss museum had Cornelius Gurlitt named his sole heir?

Answer: Museum of Fine Arts Bern

Answer: The Swiss museum

Answer: Museum of Modern Art


FEMA inspectors were in Kerrville again Wednesday, inspecting some damaged homes. According to Lindsay, FEMA has already received 44,000 inspection requests in Texas. The number of individuals seeking relief from the floods across South Texas increased by more than 1,000 Tuesday, bringing the total to 5,855, he said. FEMA has already distributed $1.8 million in relief in the form of emergency housing. "The registration process is going rapidly," Lindsay said, adding that most registrations took between 5 and 7 minutes. Aid also is available from the local chapter of the Red Cross, but flooding victims must interview with the Red Cross separately to receive aid from them, too. Daletta Andreas, Hill Country chapter executive director, said the chapter has received calls from people who thought registering with FEMA or for cleanup services from local groups automatically registered them for Red Cross services. That's incorrect, Andreas said. "They need to come in and go through our interview process," she said. The Red Cross service center, 333 Earl Garrett St., is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, and will be open this weekend, Andreas said. People seeking assistance must provide identification proving they reside in the area. Members of the State Bar of Texas are offering free legal advice for flood victims. Victims in Texas counties declared a federal disaster can call (800) 504-7030 for assistance with basic legal questions. The free legal assistance hotline, operated in coordination with Texas Rural Legal Aid and volunteer lawyers from across the state, will be available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Question: Who said that the number of individuals seeking relief from the floods across South Texas increased by more than 1,000 Tuesday, bringing the total to 5,855?

Answer: Lindsay

Answer: Fema

Answer: Red Cross

Answer: Fema Inspector

Answer: Bellingham

Answer: Roberts

Question: Why are there damaged homes in Kerrville?

Answer: Typhoon damage

Answer: Tornadoes

Answer: Hurricane

Answer: Wildfires

Answer: Flooding

Answer: Water damage

Answer: Because of floods across South Texas

Question: What are the names of two organizations that provided aid or relief to disaster victims?

Answer: Daletta Andreas

Answer: HUD

Answer: FEMA

Answer: FEMA and Red Cross

Answer: The Red Cross and FEMA

Answer: Red Cross

Question: What is the availability of the free legal assistance hotline?

Answer: Noon to midnight

Answer: 8 am to 8pm Monday through Thursday

Answer: 8AM to 8PM daily

Answer: 24 hours a day

Answer: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday

Answer: 8AM to 8PM on Mondays through Thursdays and 8AM to 6PM

Answer: 8AM to 6PM daily

Question: What should people bring to the interview?

Answer: ID

Answer: Identification that they live in the area

Answer: Credit card statement

Answer: Utility bill

Answer: Birth Certificate

Answer: Insurance

Answer: Identification

Question: What organization is Lindsey registering people through?

Answer: Daletta Andreas

Answer: HUD

Answer: FEMA

Answer: Red Cross

Answer: Hill Country


The Earth is tilted 23 1/2 on its axis. This means that as the Earth rotates, one hemisphere has longer days with shorter nights. At the same time the other hemisphere has shorter days and longer nights. For example, in the Northern hemisphere summer begins on June 21. On this date, the North Pole is pointed directly toward the Sun. This is the longest day and shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. The South Pole is pointed The hemisphere that is tilted away from the Sun is cooler because it receives fewer direct rays. As Earth orbits the Sun, the Northern Hemisphere goes from winter to spring, then summer and fall. The Southern Hemisphere does the opposite from summer to fall to winter to spring. When it is winter in the Northern hemisphere, it is summer in the Southern hemisphere, and vice versa. What does this mean for you? If you live in North America, July 1 is usually a very warm day. If you traveled to Southern Australia, you would need a heavy coat. At the equator, the seasons never change. As a result, the average daily temperatures remain the same. There is no summer and winter as we know them.

Question: What does the Earth's tilt mean?

Answer: as the Earth rotates, one hemisphere has longer days with shorter nights.

Answer: the hemispheres experience day and night for different amounts of time

Answer: This means that as the Earth rotates, one hemisphere has longer days with shorter nights, and at the same time the other hemisphere has shorter days and longer nights.

Answer: It means the earth is flat.

Question: What happens on June 21 in the Northern Hemisphere?

Answer: On this date, the North Pole is pointed directly toward the Sun; this is the longest day and shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.

Answer: it is summer

Answer: Summer begins. It's the longest day and shortest night of the year in the southern hemisphere.

Answer: Summer ends.

Question: What happens at the equator?

Answer: equator does not experience summer or winter

Answer: the equator is in the same season all year long

Answer: The seasons never change

Answer: The seasons never change and the average daily temperatures remain the same so there is no summer and winter as we know them.

Answer: Days are always the longerst.

Answer: Days ae longest in summer.

Answer: It's always summer.

Question: What season begins for the Northern hemisphere when the North Pole is pointed directly toward the Sun?

Answer: Summer.

Answer: Spring

Question: When the Southern Hemisphere is going from fall to winter, what is the Northern Hemisphere experiencing?

Answer: Going from spring to summer.

Answer: Going from summer to spring.

Answer: Going from winter to spring.

Answer: Going from summer to winter.

Question: Why would one hemisphere (either northern or southern) have longer days and shorter nights than its opposite hemisphere?

Answer: Because the Earth is tilted on its axis as it rotates.

Answer: The earth's tilt points it to a different part of the sun.

Answer: Because of the tilt of the earth, one hemisphere does not experience direct rays from the sun

Answer: The earth is weird

Answer: Because of the gravitation.

Answer: Because season change is required for many animals to survive.

Question: What season is southern Australia experiencing while North America is undergoing winter?

Answer: Summer.

Answer: Spring

Question: Where on Earth does the average temperature remain the same?

Answer: At the equator.

Answer: Warm places

Question: Why does one hemisphere have shorter day and longer nights as the earth rotates?

Answer: Because the earth is tilted 23 1/2 degrees.

Answer: Because it is tilted away from the sun

Answer: Because earth is tilting which changes the gravitation, which causes temperature change.

Answer: It just does.

Question: When does the North Pole point directly at the sun?

Answer: June 21

Answer: July 21st

Answer: A day over the summer.

Answer: A day over the winter.

Question: What day is longest day and shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere?

Answer: June 21

Answer: August 21st

Answer: July 21

Answer: June 12

Question: Where on earth do they average daily temperatures remain the same?

Answer: The equator.

Answer: Australia

Answer: North pole

Answer: New York

Question: Where on earth is there no summer or winter?

Answer: The equator.

Answer: Australia

Question: Do the northern and Southern Hemispheres have different lengths' for days and nights?

Answer: Yes

Answer: No

Question: Why do the hemispheres experience different lengths days and nights?

Answer: because of the tilt of the earth

Answer: The earth's tilt points them at different distances from the sun.

Answer: Because the earth is tilted on its axis.

Answer: Because earth gravity keeps changing.

Answer: They have different temperatures

Question: Do the different hemispheres experience different weather?

Answer: Yes

Answer: No

Question: Do countries at the equator experience winter?

Answer: no

Answer: Yes

Question: What is special about June 21?

Answer: It marks the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.

Answer: On this date, the North Pole is pointed directly toward the Sun. This is the longest day and shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere

Answer: north pole points directly at the sun

Answer: It marks the end of spring.

Answer: It marks the beginning of spring.

Answer: This is when the south pole faces sun directly.

Question: How does Earth tilting affect the length of days and nights?

Answer: as the Earth rotates, one hemisphere has longer days with shorter nights, the other hemisphere has shorter days and longer nights

Answer: It changes how long each day and night is.

Answer: People feel more gravitation in one hemisphere than another.

Answer: It does not.

Question: Why at the equator seasons do not change?

Answer: Because equator is never tilted away or towards the sun to get fewer or more sun rays

Answer: Because it's always tilted towards the sun.

Answer: equator is not affected by the earth's tilt

Answer: It's close to the pole.


Mary, Queen of Scots: The baby was Mary Stuart, who at the age of nine months was crowned Queen of Scots at the Chapel Royal, Stirling. When the news reached London, Henry VIII saw his chance to subdue Scotland again and negotiated a marriage between the infant Mary and his son Edward. The Scots refused, and Henry sent an army rampaging through Scotland on a campaign known as the "Rough Wooing. " The English king ordered his general to "burn Edinburgh town so there may remain forever a perpetual memory of the vengeance of God lightened upon the Scots. " But more was at stake than simply Scotland's independence: there was now a religious schism within Britain. In order to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII had broken with Rome and brought the English church under his own control. England was thus now a Protestant country, caught between Catholic France and the Scots with their new Catholic queen. The Scots themselves were divided, many embracing Protestantism in the spirit of the Reformation while others remained staunchly Catholic. However, fear of the rampaging English army led the Scots again to seek help from their old Ailies in France, and the young queen married the Dauphin François, son of the French king. François II became king of France in 1559 but died soon after. In 1561 the 18-year-old Mary returned to a Scotland in the grip of the Reformation, as Protestant leaders had taken control of the Scottish parliament and abolished the authority of the pope. Her Protestant cousin, Elizabeth Tudor, was on the English throne, but Elizabeth — the "Virgin Queen" — had no heir. Mary was next in line for the English crown, and Elizabeth was suspicious of her intentions. The six years of Mary's reign were turbulent ones. She clashed early on with Edinburgh's famous Protestant reformer, John Knox, who held sway in St. Giles but later adopted an uneasy policy of religious tolerance. In 1565 she married her young cousin Henry, Lord Darnley, much to the chagrin of Elizabeth (Darnley was a grandson of Margaret Tudor and thus also had a claim to the English throne). On 19 June 1566, in the royal apartments in Edinburgh Castle, Mary gave birth to a son, Prince James. Within a year, however, Darnley was murdered, and Mary immediately immersed herself in controversy by marrying the Earl of Bothwell, the chief suspect.

Question: What did the Scots refuse to do that sent Henry rampaging through Scotland?

Answer: The Scots did not agree to have Henry's son marry Mary

Answer: Aggree to marriage between Edward and Mary

Answer: Bend the knee to Henry

Answer: The Scots refused to negotiate a marriage between the son of Henry VIII, Edward  and the infant Mary Stuart

Answer: The Scots denounced Henry's wife, Anne Bolyn

Question: How many times does Mary Stuart marry in this part of the story?

Answer: One

Answer: Three times

Answer: Mary Stuart marries 3 times in this part of the story

Answer: Mary Stuart marries twice n this part of the story

Answer: Three

Question: What made England become a Protestant country?

Answer: Many embraced protestantism

Answer: Anything else

Answer: The country preferredthis

Answer: Henry VIII had broken with Rome and brought the English church under his own control

Answer: In order to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII had broken with Rome and brought the English church under his own control. Sent 7: England was thus now a Protestant country, caught between Catholic France and the Scots with their new Catholic queen

Question: Which English king ordered his general to "burn Edinburgh town" to enstill the memory of the vengeance of God?

Answer: Henry VIII

Answer: Prince James

Answer: Antythng else

Answer: Ann boleyn

Question: What is the first name of the man who became king of France in 1559, but died soon after?

Answer: FranÃ§ois II

Answer: Dauphin

Answer: Henry VIII

Answer: Henry v

Answer: Antythng else

Question: What reason did the Virgin Queen have to suspect Mary, Queen of Scots?

Answer: She was next in line for succesion

Answer: Mary was next in line for the throne

Answer: She had too much power

Answer: Anything else

Answer: Mary was next in line to the English throne

Answer: She just returned to Scotland

Question: Who was cousin to Elizabeth Tudor?

Answer: Lord Darnley

Answer: Ann boleyn

Answer: Anything else

Answer: Mary, Queen of Scots

Answer: Mary Stuart

Question: What did Henry VIII hear that made him think he had a chance to subdue Scotland?

Answer: The Virgin queen couldn't find a suitor

Answer: He heard that the nine-month-old baby, Mary Stuart, had been crowned Queen of Scots

Answer: His cousin Elizabeth Tudor was on the English throne

Answer: The baby was Mary Stuart, who at the age of nine months was crowned Queen of Scots at the Chapel Royal, Stirling.  When the news reached London, Henry VIII saw his chance to subdue Scotland again

Answer: Queen Mary of Scots was crowned

Question: For what reason did King Henry VIII start the "Rough Wooing"?

Answer: He wanted to marry her

Answer: The religious schism

Answer: He wanted his son to marry Mary

Answer: Anything else

Answer: To force the Scots to allow the betrothal of Mary Stuart to his son Edward, to keep Scotland under his control

Answer: He negotiated a marriage between the infant Mary and his son Edward

Question: Who clashed with Edinburgh's famous Protestant reformer, John Knox?

Answer: Ann boleyn

Answer: Anything else

Answer: Elizabeth Tudor

Answer: Mary, Queen of Scots

Answer: Mary

Question: Besides Elizabeth, who else did Mary Stuart clash with?

Answer: Henry VIIII

Answer: John Knox

Answer: Anything else

Answer: Henry v

Answer: Mary clashed with Protestant reformer John Knox

Question: Explain the religious schism in both England and Scotland.

Answer: Scotland was protestant

Answer: They were torn between Catholicism and the sweeping of protestantism

Answer: England was now a cathloic country with some still protestant

Answer: Anything else

Answer: The struggle between Catholicism and Protestants

Answer: England was now a Protestant country because Henry broke with the Catholic Church in order to divorce Catherine of Aragon, and Scotland had a split between its Protestant and Catholic subjects

Answer: England was protestant

Question: For what reason did Mary Stuart return to Scotland at age 18?

Answer: She had been married to the Dauphin of France, but he died shortly afterwards

Answer: Anything else

Answer: In 1561 the 18-year-old Mary returned to a Scotland in the grip of the Reformation, as Protestant leaders had taken control of the Scottish parliament and abolished the authority of the pope

Answer: She was next in line for the English throne

Answer: The reformation was happening

Answer: She wanted to go home

Answer: Because Protestant leaders had taken control of the Scottish parliament and abolished the authority of the pope

Question: How many years passed between when Mary returned to a Scotland in the grip of the Reformation and Prince James' birth?

Answer: 5

Answer: 6 years

Answer: 19 years

Answer: Antythng else

Question: Who was the father of Prince James?

Answer: Lord Darnley

Answer: Henry

Answer: Henry, Lord Darnley was the father of Prince James

Answer: Henry VII

Answer: Earl of Bothwell was the father of Prince James


On December 4, as news came in about the discoveries in Jordan, National Security Council (NSC) Counterterrorism Coordinator Richard Clarke wrote Berger, "If George's [Tenet's] story about a planned series of UBL attacks at the Millennium is true, we will need to make some decisions NOW." He told us he held several conversations with President Clinton during the crisis. He suggested threatening reprisals against the Taliban in Afghanistan in the event of any attacks on U.S. interests, anywhere, by  Bin Laden. He further proposed to Berger that a strike be made during the last week of 1999 against al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan-a proposal not adopted. Warned by the CIA that the disrupted Jordanian plot was probably part of a larger series of attacks intended for the millennium, some possibly involving chemical weapons, the Principals Committee met on the night of December 8 and decided to task Clarke's Counterterrorism Security Group (CSG) to develop plans to deter and disrupt al Qaeda plots. Michael Sheehan, the State Department member of the CSG, communicated warnings to the Taliban that they would be held responsible for future al Qaeda attacks." Mike was not diplomatic," Clarke reported to Berger. With virtually no evidence of a Taliban response, a new approach was made to Pakistan. 13 General Anthony Zinni, the commander of Central Command (CENTCOM), was designated as the President's special envoy and sent to ask General Musharraf to "take whatever action you deem necessary to resolve the Bin Laden problem at the earliest possible time." But Zinni came back emptyhanded. As Ambassador William Milam reported from Islamabad, Musharraf was "unwilling to take the political heat at home." The CIA worked hard with foreign security services to detain or at least keep an eye on suspected  Bin Laden associates. Tenet spoke to 20 of his foreign counterparts. Disruption and arrest operations were mounted against terrorists in eight countries. In mid-December, President Clinton signed a Memorandum of Notification (MON) giving the CIA broader authority to use foreign proxies to detain  Bin Laden lieutenants, without having to transfer them to U.S. custody. The authority was to capture, not kill, though lethal force might be used if necessary.16Tenet would later send a message to all CIA personnel overseas, saying, "The threat could not be more real.

Question: What did the document President Clinton signed achieve?

Answer: It gave the CIA broader authority to use foreign proxies to detain  Bin Laden lieutenants, without having to transfer them to U.S. custody

Answer: Giving Pakistan the authority to transfer UBL to the U.S

Answer: It gave the CIA broader authority to use foreign proxies to detain  Bin Laden lieutenants, without having to transfer them to U.S. custody. The authority was to capture, not kill, though lethal force might be used if necessary

Answer: Mounting of arrest operations against terrorists in 8 countries

Answer: Broader authority to CIA in using foreign proxies to detain UBL associates

Answer: It detained  Bin Laden's lieutenants

Answer: Cooperation from the Taliban in detailing al Qaeda associates

Question: What did Clark have several conversations with Clinton about?

Answer: About the CIA detaining Bin Laden lieutenants

Answer: The crisis, during which he suggested threatening reprisals against the Taliban in Afghanistan in the event of any attacks on U.S. interests, anywhere, by  Bin Laden. He further proposed to Berger that a strike be made during the last week of 1999 against al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan-a proposal not adopted

Answer: To approach Pakistan to control UBL

Answer: Warnings of the taliban

Answer: About disrupting the Jordanian plot

Question: When the outreach to the Taliban gained no response, how did General Zini approach Pakistan?

Answer: General Zinni asked General Musharraf to take all action necessary to resolve the Bin Laden problem

Answer: He was designated as the President's special envoy and sent to ask General Musharraf to "take whatever action you deem necessary to resolve the Bin Laden problem at the earliest possible time

Answer: He was sent to ask General Musharraf to, "take whatever action you deem necessary to resolve the Bin Laden problem at the earliest possible time"

Answer: He spoke to 20 of his foreign counterparts

Answer: General Zinni approached Pakistan to attack terrorists in 8 countries

Answer: General Zinni asked General Musharraf to start arrest operations

Answer: General Zinni told Taliban that they were responsible for al Qaeda

Question: Who proposed to strike Al Qaeda in 1999?

Answer: Berger

Answer: National Security Council (NSC) Counterterrorism Coordinator Richard Clarke

Answer: President Clinton

Answer: Richard Clarke

Answer: Michael Sheehan

Answer: George Tenet

Question: What is the president and the CIA's main goal in the article?

Answer: To kill Bin Laden

Answer: To launch a strike against Jordan

Answer: Detain Bin Laden lieutenants and associates

Answer: To predict the millennium series of attacks

Answer: To disrupt the Jordanian plot

Answer: To fight the threat of a terrorist plot

Answer: To approach Taliban and Pakistan for help

Question: In which way was Mike not diplomatic?

Answer: Mike came back emptyhanded from meeting General Musharraf

Answer: He came back backhanded

Answer: When he communicated warnings to the Taliban that they would be held responsible for future al Qaeda attacks

Answer: Mike was undiplomatic in approaching Pakistan

Answer: Mike undiplomatically abused UBL and al Qaeda

Question: When do the events in the whole article take place?

Answer: On the Millenium

Answer: September 2001

Answer: December 4, 1999

Answer: After the millennium

Answer: Late 1999

Answer: Last week of 1999

Answer: December 1999


Speed is an important aspect of motion. It is a measure of how fast or slow something moves. To determine speed you must know two things. First, you must know how far something travels. Second, you need to know how long it takes to travel that far. Speed can be calculated using this formula: speed = distance time A familiar example is the speed of a car. In the U.S., this is usually expressed in miles per hour. Think about a trip you and your family made in the car. Maybe the trip covered 120 miles and it took 3 hours. What was the cars speed? speed = 120 mi = 40 mi/h 3h The speed of a car may also be expressed in kilometers per hour (km/h). The SI unit for speed is meters per second (m/s). This is the unit of measure a scientist would use.

Question: What are measures of speed?

Answer: KPH and LLH

Answer: Mi

Answer: LPM and MPH

Answer: Miles

Answer: MPH

Answer: In the U.S. this is usually expressed in miles per hour

Answer: In the U.S. this is usually expressed in meters per second (m/s)

Answer: Ohms and SI

Answer: H

Answer: Kilometer

Answer: Km

Question: How does one determine speed?

Answer: How long it takes to travel that far

Answer: Speed=distance time

Answer: You must know how far something travels and how long it takes to travel that far

Answer: Adding mph and distance

Answer: Multiplying mph and distance

Answer: A calculator

Answer: How far something travels

Answer: Dividing kph and distance

Question: What is speed?

Answer: How long it takes to travel that far

Answer: Speed is an important aspect of motion

Answer: The measure of gravity against time

Answer: It is a measure of how far something is

Answer: Gravitational pull

Answer: When something moves

Answer: A force of gravity

Answer: How far something travels

Answer: An aspect of motion, it is the measure of how slow or fast something travels

Answer: How quick something moves in space

Answer: It is a measure of how fast or slow something moves

Answer: A measure of how fast or slow something moves

Answer: The measure of motion

Answer: An aspect of motion; a measure of how fast or slow an object moves

Question: How do US speed measurement and those used by a scientist differ?

Answer: Scientist use miles

Answer: U.S. uses miles

Answer: US measures speed using miles per hour while scientist would use the SI (international ) unit of measurement of meters per second

Answer: Scientists calculate in miles per hour and US by meters per hour

Answer: U.S. used meters

Answer: US calculates by meters per hour and scientists calculate by meters per second

Answer: Scientist use meters

Answer: Scientists calculate with the SI unit or in meters per second the US calculates by miles per hour

Question: What is the formula for speed?

Answer: Speed = distance time

Answer: Speed=time motion

Answer: Speed = distance gravity

Answer: Speed = distance

Answer: Speed= distance/time

Answer: Speed= distance kinesthetics

Question: How do you calculate speed in the U.S.?

Answer: Speed = distance over time

Answer: Mi

Answer: In Liters per Second

Answer: miles per hour

Answer: In meters per second

Answer: time over distance

Answer: In Kilometers per hour

Answer: km

Question: What two things do you need to know to determine speed?

Answer: How long it takes to travel that far

Answer: How far something travels and how long it takes to travel that far

Answer: The determine speed one must know how far an object traveled and how long it took for that travel

Answer: How far something travels

Answer: Arrival time and time of sundown

Answer: Distance

Answer: Arrival time and how long it took something to travel there

Answer: Time

Answer: How far something travels and its arrival time

Question: How is speed calculated?

Answer: How long it takes to travel that far

Answer: Speed = motion gravity

Answer: Speed = distance over time

Answer: You need the both the distance traveled by an object divided by the time taken to travel that distance

Answer: How far something travels

Answer: Speed = distance motion

Answer: Speed = time motion

Answer: With a scientific formula

Question: If your family took a car trip what information would you need to determine the average speed you traveled?

Answer: How many miles you traveled and when you arrived

Answer: To determine the cars speed you would need both the distance traveled and the time it took to travel that distance

Answer: How many meter you drove

Answer: How far you went and the number of seconds it took

Answer: How far you traveled and how long it took you

Answer: How many miles did you drive

Answer: How long did it take

Question: What is the unit for speed and who uses it?

Answer: Ohms - Scientists

Answer: The SI unit is meters per second (m/s). Used by scientists

Answer: KPH - US

Answer: Frequency - Kinetic Engineers

Answer: H is used by the US

Answer: Scientist use m

Answer: US use mi

Answer: km

Answer: SI- scientists

Answer: S

Question: How do you determine speed?

Answer: How long it takes to travel that far

Answer: Speed = distance time

Answer: Using a speedometer

Answer: Multiplying distance by time

Answer: How far something travels

Answer: Speed can be calculated using this formula: speed = distance time A familiar example is the speed of a car

Answer: Multiplying miles by the time

Question: How would the speed of a trip covering 120 miles and taking 3 hours be calculated?

Answer: Speed = 120 mi = 40 mi

Answer: 120 times 3

Answer: 120 times 40

Answer: 120 divided by 40 no unit

Answer: Speed = 40 mi/h 3h

Answer: H 3h

Answer: 120 divided by 3 miles per hour

Answer: Speed = 121 mi = 40 mi

Question: What are two units of speed?

Answer: kl

Answer: SI and OHMS

Answer: Mi

Answer: Meters per second and miles per hour

Answer: SI and miles

Answer: SI and MPH

Answer: MPH and KPH

Answer: km

Answer: Ms

Question: What are some different measurements to represent the speed of a car?

Answer: SIH

Answer: Miles per hour, kilometers per hour, and SI unit for speed is meters per second

Answer: SI

Answer: Mi

Answer: SIMP

Answer: H

Answer: MPH

Answer: km

Answer: S

Answer: MMPH

Question: What two different units of measure can be used to express speed?

Answer: MPH

Answer: SI or MPH

Answer: Miles per hour, or meters per second

Answer: SI or MMPH

Answer: Yards

Answer: MPH or MMPS

Answer: Miles

Answer: Inches

Answer: Meters


When the Algerian War began in 1954, Camus was confronted with a moral dilemma. He identified with the pieds-noirs such as his own parents and defended the French government's actions against the revolt. He argued that the Algerian uprising was an integral part of the 'new Arab imperialism' led by Egypt and an 'anti-Western' offensive orchestrated by Russia to 'encircle Europe' and 'isolate the United States'. Although favouring greater Algerian autonomy or even federation, though not full-scale independence, he believed that the pieds-noirs and Arabs could co-exist. During the war he advocated a civil truce that would spare the civilians, which was rejected by both sides, who regarded it as foolish. Behind the scenes, he began to work for imprisoned Algerians who faced the death penalty. From 1955 to 1956, Camus wrote for L'Express. In 1957, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature "for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times". When he spoke to students at the University of Stockholm, he defended his apparent inactivity in the Algerian question; he stated that he was worried about what might happen to his mother, who still lived in Algeria. This led to further ostracism by French left-wing intellectuals. Camus remained active and ambitious until the end of his life. Financed by the money he received with his Nobel Prize, he adapted and directed for the stage Dostoyesvsky's Demons. The play opened in January 1959 at the Antoine Theatre in Paris. It was a critical success as well as an artistic and technical tour de force: 33 actors, 4 hours long, 7 sets, 24 scenes. The walls could move sideways to reduce the size of each depicted location and the whole stage rotated to allow for immediate set transformations. Camus put the painter and set decorator Mayo, who had already illustrated several of Camus' novels (The Stranger - 1948 Ed.), in charge of the demanding task of designing these multiple and complex theater sets.

Question: What play opened in January 1959 at the Antoine Theatre in Paris?

Answer: Antoine Theatre

Answer: Dostoyesvsky's Demons

Answer: Camu's Demon

Question: How many theater sets did Mayo the set decorator have to design?

Answer: 33

Answer: 24

Answer: 7

Answer: 4

Question: When did the play Dostoyesvsky's Demon open?

Answer: 1957

Answer: January 1959

Answer: 1959

Answer: 1956

Answer: January 1960

Question: What was Camus' moral dilemma?

Answer: His own parents and defended the French government's actions for the revolt

Answer: His own parents and defended the French government's actions against the revolt

Answer: He identified with the pieds-noirs such as his own parents and defended the French government's actions against the revolt

Question: When did Camus defend the French Government?

Answer: 1854

Answer: 1956

Answer: 1945

Question: Despite being ostracized by the French left-winged intellectuals, how long did Camus remain active and ambitious?

Answer: Till a year before the end of his life

Answer: Till the end of his life

Answer: Till he defended his apparent inactivity

Question: How many scenes are portrayed in Dostoyesvsky's Demons?

Answer: 4

Answer: 33

Answer: 24

Answer: 25

Answer: 7


The Romans: Legend says Rome was founded by Romulus, sired with twin brother Remus by Mars of a Vestal Virgin and abandoned on the Palatine Hill to be suckled by a she-wolf. Historians agree with the mythmakers that the site and traditional founding date of 753 b.c. are just about right. Under Etruscan domination, Rome had been a monarchy until a revolt in 510 b.c. established a patrician republic, which lasted five centuries. In contrast to other Italian cities weakened by internal rivalries and unstable government, Rome drew strength from a solid aristocracy of consuls and senate ruling over plebeians proud of their Roman citizenship and only rarely rebellious. Recovering quickly from the Gallic invasion of 390 b.c. , the Romans took effective control of the peninsula by a military conquest reinforced by a network of roads with names that exist to this day: Via Appia, Flaminia, Aurelia. All roads did indeed lead to — and from — Rome. By 250 b.c. , the city's population had grown to an impressive 100,000. Roman power extended throughout the Mediterranean with a victory in the Punic Wars against Carthage (now Tunisia) and conquests in Macedonia, Asia Minor, Spain, and southern France. The rest of Italy participated only by tax contributions to the war effort and minor involvement in commerce and colonization. Resentment surfaced when former Etruscan or Greek cities such as Capua, Syracuse, and Taranto supported Hannibal's invasion in 218 b.c. Rome followed up defeat of the Carthaginians with large-scale massacres and enslavement of their Italian supporters. The Third and final Punic War ended in 149 b.c. , though national solidarity was still a long way off. Under Julius Caesar, elected in 59 b.c.

Question: What leader gave Rome national solidarity?

Answer: Hannibal

Answer: Carthaginians

Answer: Italians

Answer: Julius Caesar

Answer: Nicholas

Question: According to myth in what year was Rome founded and on what site?

Answer: Mediterranean

Answer: 753 B.C. & Palatine Hill

Answer: 510 B.C. & Misty Hill

Answer: 510 b.c

Answer: 753 b.c

Answer: Palatine Hill, 753 b.c

Question: What did the Romans do after recovering from the Gallic invasion of 390 b.c?

Answer: Established a patrician republic

Answer: Took effective control of the peninsula by a military conquest

Answer: Grew the city's population

Answer: Extend their power

Answer: Effective control of sea

Answer: Effective control of Peninsula

Answer: They took control of the peninsula via military conquest

Question: How many times was there uprising in Rome?

Answer: 5

Answer: 6

Answer: Twice, initially when the monarchy ended and again when Hannibal invaded

Answer: 3

Question: What is the general consensus on the founding of Rome?

Answer: Romulus had a twin brother named Remus

Answer: Rome was founded by Romulus

Answer: The site and traditional founding date of 753 b.c. are just about right

Answer: Mars was Romulus and Remus' father

Answer: Rome was founded by Romulus and Remus on the Palatine Hill around 753BC

Question: What city's population grew to 100,000 by 250 b.c.?

Answer: Mediterranean

Answer: Carthage

Answer: Venice

Answer: Tunisia

Answer: Rome

Question: What event established a patrician republic in Rome for five centuries?

Answer: Revolt

Answer: Rivalries

Answer: A revolt in 510 b.c

Answer: Under Prussian

Answer: Under Etruscan

Answer: Invasion

Question: In what year had the Roman population grown to 100,000 individuals?

Answer: 149 b.c

Answer: After 250 b.c

Answer: 250 B.C

Answer: 200 B.C

Answer: By 250 b.c

Question: What was the method that Rome took control of the peninsula?

Answer: Military conquest

Answer: Revolt

Answer: Peaceful negotitation

Answer: Invasion

Answer: War effort

Answer: Roads and military conquests

Question: What was the time span between the end of the third Punic War and the election of Julius Caesar which brought about national solidarity?

Answer: 89

Answer: 100 years

Answer: 250

Answer: 59

Answer: 90 years

Question: When did the Romans take control of the peninsula?

Answer: 750 b.c

Answer: 510 b.c

Answer: 380 B.C

Answer: 390 B.C

Answer: 10 b.c

Answer: A few years after 390 BC

Question: What three modern Roman roads contributed to the idea that all roads lead to and from Rome?

Answer: Macedonia, Asia Minor, Spain

Answer: Romulus, Remus

Answer: Apia, Florence, Aurora

Answer: Etruscan, Italian, Mediterranean

Answer: Via Appia, Flaminia, Aurelia

Question: When did Rome turn into a patrician republic?

Answer: 750 b.c

Answer: 510 B.C

Answer: 390 b.c

Answer: 510 b.c

Answer: 520 B.C

Answer: 10 b.c

Question: How long was Rome ruled as a monarchy?

Answer: 233 years

Answer: 390

Answer: 510

Answer: 241

Answer: 243 years

Question: When had Rome's population grown to 100,000?

Answer: 390 b.c

Answer: 250 B.C

Answer: 260 B.C

Answer: By 250 b.c

Answer: Before 250 b.c


You have seen your own reflection in a mirror. The person looking back at you looks just like you. Where does that reflected person appear to be standing? Yes, they appear to be on the other side of the mirror. That is really strange to think about, but very cool. Have you ever waved at your reflection in a mirror? The reflected image will wave back at you. Here is something to try next time you stand in front of a mirror. Wave to your reflection with your right hand. What hand do you think the reflection will wave back with? The same hand? A different hand? You will notice something interesting. The reflection waves back with the hand on the same side as you, but it is their left hand. The image in a reflection is reversed. This is just like the image of the sign above. Light rays strike flat shiny surfaces and are reflected. The reflections are reversed.

Question: What is an example of reflection reversal?

Answer: When you wave with your right hand, your image also waves with its right hand

Answer: When you wave with your right hand, your image waves with its left hand

Answer: Your reflection will waves and moves around

Answer: Wave to your reflection with your right hand and the reflection waves back with the hand on the same side as you, but it is their left hand

Answer: When you waves with your right hand at your reflection,your reflection will waves back to you with a hand on the same side a your right hand but that is the reflection left hand

Question: How does reflection work?

Answer: Light rays strike flat shiny surfaces and are reflected and the reflections are reversed

Answer: The image in a reflection comes from the lights

Answer: The image in a reflection is reversed

Question: What is the only difference between a reflection in a mirror and the actual image?

Answer: It is exactly the same

Answer: It is reversed

Answer: The reflections are reversed

Answer: The difference is reflections are in a dark color

Question: What happens when you look at your reflection?

Answer: You see a reverse image of yourself

Answer: A person face will look different

Answer: The person looking back at you looks just like you and appears to be on the other side of the mirror

Answer: You see an exact copy of yourself

Answer: Your reflection look back at you

Answer: The person looking back at you looks just like you

Answer: Your reflection will move to the side

Question: What will you notice about your reflection when it waves back?

Answer: That it waves back with the opposite hand

Answer: That it waves back with the same hand

Answer: The reflection waves back with the hand on the same side as you, but it is their left hand

Answer: It will wave back with the hands on the same side but it will be opposite to you

Answer: The reflection will wave back to you with both hands

Question: What is similar to your reflection?

Answer: The reverse image of you

Answer: The painting of the sign

Answer: The image of the sign above

Answer: The same image as you

Answer: Your image is reversed and looks just like you

Question: What causes the image in a mirror reflection to be reversed?

Answer: Light rays strike flat shiny surfaces and are reflected

Answer: The reflection reversed because the mirror is upside down

Answer: The image in the mirror is a copy


Her career started more than 20 years ago in a garage behind a Catholic Worker soup kitchen on skid row in Los Angeles. She lived on a $3-a-week stipend that she spent on pantyhose and bus fare. Her law practice grew to an organization that brought in millions of dollars of damages through its cases against L.A. slumlords, allowing poor families to set up college funds and buy homes. In all those years, she never lost a case. When she stepped down, she had time to notice what was happening to the field of poverty law. "I realized with a shock that the work had really disintegrated and we had lost a whole generation of public-interest lawyers," she said. "It had gone from being an economic sacrifice as it was in my day to an economic impossibility. ... The whole system has essentially collapsed." Mintie also started to ask questions about the medical field. Almost every person who walks into a free medical clinic, she said, faces some legal problem such as an eviction or the loss of Social Security benefits. And many of her clients had medical problems from living in slum housing such as cockroaches lodged in ear canals and rat bite fever, a nonfatal malady that particularly affects children. Mintie noticed that health-care professionals were graduating with staggering debts and also couldn't afford to work with the poor. Her work was noticed by Oprah Winfrey, who invited her on the TV show March 26, 2001. Mintie received a $100,000 "Use Your Life Award" from Oprah's Angel Network, a nonprofit organization that awards money to those who help others. Mintie said that all of the money has gone to her recipients -- none was spent on overhead. She will be out of funds by spring. She is trying to get religious organizations to sponsor recipients. It is a secular organization, but one that grew out of Mintie's religious convictions.

Question: Whose career started more than 20 years ago in a garage behind a Catholic Worker soup kitchen?

Answer: Adam

Answer: Mintie

Answer: Oprah Winfrey

Answer: The Korean worker

Question: How many cases did she lose?

Answer: Never lost a case

Answer: Lost five cases

Answer: Ten

Answer: Half

Answer: Several

Answer: 0

Answer: None

Question: Who started her career 20 years ago?

Answer: A Catholic Worker

Answer: Mintie

Answer: Oprah Winfrey

Question: What career did Mintie start 20 years ago in Los Angeles?

Answer: Her law practice

Answer: Painting

Answer: Her Charity organization

Question: How many years did Mintie go without losing a case?

Answer: 20 years

Answer: 2 years

Answer: Less than 20 years

Question: Where did her million dollar organization start?

Answer: Florida

Answer: It started behind a soup kitchen in Los Angeles

Answer: Los Angeles

Answer: Korea

Answer: In a garage

Answer: It started after she got an award from Oprah Winfrey

Question: Why is she seeking religious sponsors?

Answer: She has more funds

Answer: Because she's deeply committed to her religion

Answer: She has worked in religious organizations before

Answer: She will be out of funds by Spring

Question: Who did she give all of the money to?

Answer: New doctors

Answer: Homeless and poor

Answer: Every person

Answer: Her business

Answer: Oprah's Angel Network

Answer: Friends

Answer: People who needed it

Question: What does Mintie refer to as going from being an economic sacrifice to an economic impossibility?

Answer: What was happening to the field of poverty law

Answer: Her law practice

Answer: Spending the money

Answer: That she will be out of funds by spring

Answer: The work had really disintegrated and we had lost a whole generation of public-interest lawyers,

Question: What city did she work in?

Answer: Texas

Answer: San Diego

Answer: Los Angeles

Answer: Los Altos

Answer: Dallas

Answer: Los Feliz

Question: What was offered to Mintie in March of 2001?

Answer: A interview with Oprah Winfrey

Answer: A 100,000 dollar award

Answer: Mintie lost a case

Answer: $100,000 "Use Your Life Award" from Oprah's Angel Network

Answer: Mintie received a $100,000 "Use Your Life Award" from Oprah's Angel Network, a nonprofit organization that awards money to those who help others

Question: Who is she asking to help fund her nonprofit organization?

Answer: Rich people

Answer: Religious organizations

Answer: Sports teams

Answer: People with money

Answer: Oprah Winfrey

Answer: Secular Organizations

Answer: People of faith

Answer: Religious Organizations

Question: Why will she be out of funds?

Answer: Spent on overhead

Answer: She spent it on overhead

Answer: All gone to recipients

Answer: She did not want to say why

Answer: She gave them to her recipients

Answer: It was stolen

Answer: None spent on overhead

Answer: It does not say

Answer: Gone to some of the recipients

Question: What did Mintie use the "Use Your Life Award" on?

Answer: She spent it on her own

Answer: All of the money was given to her recipients

Answer: She used it to her recipients

Answer: She used it to cover overheads

Question: How much money did go to the recipients?

Answer: $100,000

Answer: $100

Answer: Some of the money was used for overheads, the rest was given to the recipients

Answer: All the money she got from the use your life award went to recipients


Women and minorities appear to be benefiting from greater employment opportunities in the United States, but discrimination remains a significant problem, according to a study to be released today by two professors at the Rutgers School of Law in Newark. The study, which extrapolated from federal data on about 200,000 large and midsize employers, concludes that about two million workers were affected by intentional discrimination in 1999. Roughly a third of the employers studied appeared to have discriminated against women or minorities in at least one job category, the authors said The study was based on information collected from employers by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 1990 through 1999 on so-called EEO-1 forms. The husband-and-wife team of Alfred W. and Ruth G. Blumrosen then looked at how many women or minority workers a company employed in different job categories compared with how many were employed at other companies in the same industry in the same geographic area. They described a company as an intentional discriminator if its employment of women or minorities was at least two standard deviations from the average. Legally, companies are presumed to discriminate if their employment numbers are far below the norm. About 22,000 employers were identified as "hard core" discriminators. These companies employed below-average numbers of women and minorities for 10 years and their hiring of women or minorities was so far below the averages that there was only one chance in a hundred that the discrimination occurred randomly. The study also found rising employment for women and minorities, suggesting significant progress in the workplace. The names of the companies are confidential and were not known to the researchers. The professors expect to make their study available through a Web site, www.eeo1.com. The Blumrosens, who were instrumental in setting up the E.E.O.C. in 1965, also say the government should make more active use of their data. The commission said it did not comment on draft reports.

Question: Which job categories did the study consider and for how long?

Answer: Different jobs in about 9 years

Answer: The study crossed several job categories over about 10 years

Answer: The study was from 1995 to 1999

Answer: The study was about Engineering in about 10 years

Answer: Studied employers, in over 10 years

Answer: The study was about two-thirds of the population, in about 8 years

Answer: The study considered descrimination in at least one job category from 1990 to 1999

Question: The study was mostly based on information collected from whom and how?

Answer: The equal opportunity commission forms

Answer: 200,000 large and midsize employers

Answer: The study was from BLS and from surveys

Answer: A study in Rutgers School of Law in Newark

Answer: The study was collected from the E.E.O.C. from surveys

Question: If a third of the employees were projected to be discriminatory, how many were not discriminatory?

Answer: Two-thirds

Answer: 20,000

Answer: 180,000

Answer: 150,000

Answer: About 130,000

Answer: 200,000

Question: What team further researched this situation of equal opportunity in the work place?

Answer: E.E.O.C. in 1965

Answer: 22,000 employers

Answer: The Blumrosens

Answer: Husband-and-wife team of Alfred W. and Ruth G. Blumrosen

Answer: Alfred W. and Ruth G. Blumrosen

Answer: Jason and Ruth Alexander

Question: Which school conducted the study and by whom?

Answer: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Blumrosens

Answer: Rutgers School of Law in Newark

Answer: Rutgers, Blumrosens

Answer: The Rutgers School of Law by Alfred W. and Ruth G. Blumrosen

Answer: Columbia Law School in New York City

Answer: E.E.O.C, Alfred

Question: How many companies were found to be discriminatory and for what reason(s)?

Answer: 20,000,  because of significant progress in the workplace

Answer: 200,000, because the discrimination occurred randomly

Answer: About 22,000 companies, according to standards they hired far less miniorities in a 10 year period,

Answer: 10,000, due to descrimination against men

Question: In what way can one determine what companies are being discriminatory?

Answer: Employment of women or minorities was at least two standard deviations from the average

Answer: If employed numbers are far below the norm and 2 standard deviations away from the curve

Answer: If the standard deviation for the data was one from the average

Answer: If the descrimination was two standard deviations from the average

Answer: Extrapolated from federal data

Answer: Easy employment for women and minorities

Question: What were the names of the companies found to be discriminatory and where can the report be found?

Answer: The names of the companiers were not released, but the report is expected to be relased on website www.eeo1.com

Answer: Unknown to researchers, www.eeo1.com

Answer: Confidential,  www.eeo1.com

Answer: The companies are listed in the study at www.eeo1.com

Answer: Known to researchers at Rutgers

Answer: The study can be found at bls.org

Question: What kind of discrimination was found and was suggestion made to the government?

Answer: The government had to enforce the descriminatory laws.

Answer: There are greater opportunity for minorities, with standard deviation

Answer: Suggestion was made to make an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Answer: Hardcore discrimination found. The government should make more active use of the data

Answer: Some unintentional discrimination in same geographic area

Answer: Discrimination against women and minorities

Answer: Mental health descrimination


The bar was manned by an expensive humanoid robot. It turned toward Sarah's wave and acknowledged her with a nod, moments later setting a fluted glass of sparkling liquid in front of her. I marveled at the robot's smoothness and coordination. Clearly, it was a high-end model. Sarah transferred the glass to my free hand and pulled me away from the bar for more introductions, with Alexis trailing after us. I spent the evening listening, mostly. Listening and stuffing my face with all the bits of fine food provided. No one minded; Sarah's inner circle was content to fill our circle of couches with plenty of chatter. Ray, a plump man who was grey where he wasn't bald. Zheng, short and dark and lean, with a very intense gaze. He made me a little uncomfortable. Kishori, petite, her hair strung out in a series of braids that reached nearly to her waist. I categorized them based on their appearances, hoping I'd be able to pick them out of the crowd again later. Most of their chatter was meaningless to me—stories of day-to-day activities, how so-and-so had been seen in so-and-so's table at lunch and my wasn't that a surprise, and why hadn't the chef concocted this delectable a selection of appetizers for the dance the other night, but of course those rolled meat pastries reminded one of the pastries back on Earth, didn't they, and this was somehow an interesting fact. After the first half-hour, I stopped expending effort to keep names and stories and gossip straight. I wasn't learning anything useful. I could have started asking questions, but I wanted to get my bearings first. Tonight was for observation. I didn't bother trying to seek out a different group of potentially more interesting people, though. They all looked the same: clusters of social butterflies surrounded by the less apt, the hangers-on, the circle with whom the gossip was shared.

Question: What were Zheng's traits?

Answer: High end

Answer: Short

Answer: Lean

Answer: Short, dark, lean and makes me feel uncomfortable

Answer: Humanoid

Answer: Dark

Question: Who did Sarah introduce me to?

Answer: Ray

Answer: Kishori

Answer: Sarah

Answer: Lola

Answer: Ray, Zheng and Khisori

Answer: Zheng

Question: Why did the speaker not seek out another group to talk with?

Answer: Sarah is shy

Answer: They all looked the same

Answer: The other groups of people seemed to be very similar to the group he talked to

Question: Who are two members of Sarah's inner circle?

Answer: Ray

Answer: Tina

Answer: Kishori

Answer: Ray and Zheng

Answer: Andre

Answer: Zheng

Question: Sarah introduces him to three other guests. Name them.

Answer: Luke

Answer: John

Answer: Ray

Answer: Kishori

Answer: Ray, Zheng, and Kishori

Answer: Zheng

Question: Is the genre of this selection historical fiction?

Answer: No

Answer: Yes

Question: Is this an establishment for poor clientèle?

Answer: No

Answer: Yes

Question: What did I do during the evening?

Answer: Stuffed my face, listened and observed

Answer: Listening

Answer: Stuffing my face

Answer: Dancing

Question: What clues are we given that this is a social gathering that doesn't take place in our world?

Answer: Sarah's clothes

Answer: Sparkling Liquid

Answer: Expensive humanoid robot

Answer: There is a high-tech robot bartender, and one of the people mentions the pastries remind her of food on Earth

Question: What type of robot manned the bar?

Answer: High-end

Answer: Humanoid

Answer: Clunky

Answer: An expensive, high-end humanoid