Context: Ironman World Championship |  The Ironman World Championship has been held annually in Hawaii since 1978, with an additional race in 1982. It is owned and organized by the World Triathlon Corporation. It is the annual culmination of a series of Ironman triathlon qualification races held throughout the world.

Prompt: The Ironman World Championship, which has been held annually in Hawaii since 1978, with an additional race in 1982, involves which sport?

Answer: Triathlon


Context: Charlie Wilson (Texas politician) |  Charles Nesbitt Wilson (June 1, 1933 – February 10, 2010) was a United States naval officer and former 12-term Democratic United States Representative from Texas's 2nd congressional district. Wilson is best known for leading Congress into supporting Operation Cyclone, the largest-ever Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) covert operation, which during the Carter and Reagan administrations supplied military equipment to the Afghan Mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War. His behind-the-scenes campaign was the subject of the non-fiction book Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History by George Crile III and the subsequent film Charlie Wilson's War, where he was portrayed by Tom Hanks.

Prompt: Which Texas congressman who ran a campaign to rid Afghanistan of Soviet influence in the 1980s, died in February 2010?

Answer: Charles Wilson (footballer)


Context: White dwarf |   A white dwarf, also called a degenerate dwarf, is a stellar core remnant composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter. A white dwarf is very dense: Its mass is comparable to that of the Sun, while its volume is comparable to that of Earth. A white dwarf's faint luminosity comes from the emission of residual thermal energy; no fusion takes place in a white dwarf. The nearest known white dwarf is Sirius B, at 8.6 light years, the smaller component of the Sirius binary star. There are currently thought to be eight white dwarfs among the hundred star systems nearest the Sun. The unusual faintness of white dwarfs was first recognized in 1910. The name white dwarf was coined by

Prompt: "What is a ""white dwarf""?"

Answer: Stellar diameter


Context: Pussy Galore |  Pussy Galore is a fictional character in the 1959 Ian Fleming James Bond novel Goldfinger and the 1964 film of the same name. In the film, she is played by Honor Blackman. The character returns in the 2015 Bond continuation novel Trigger Mortis by Anthony Horowitz, set in the 1950s; two weeks after the events of Goldfinger. Blanche Blackwell, a Jamaican of Anglo-Jewish descent, is thought to have been the love of Fleming's later life and his model for Pussy Galore.

Prompt: "In the James Bond film ""Goldfinger"" who played Bond girl Pussy Galore?"

Answer: Honor Blackman


Context: List of The Brady Bunch episodes |  The Brady Bunch is a sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz. The show follows Mike Brady (Robert Reed), a widowed architect with sons Greg (Barry Williams), Peter (Christopher Knight) and Bobby (Mike Lookinland). Mike marries Carol Martin (Florence Henderson), whose daughters from her previous marriage are Marcia (Maureen McCormick), Jan (Eve Plumb) and Cindy (Susan Olsen). They all move into the house designed by Mike in Los Angeles' suburbs. Also living with them is the housekeeper, Alice (Ann B. Davis), and the dog, Tiger. Some episodes tended to center on the kids' misadventures that often led to Mike and Carol steering the kids in the right direction. The series premiered on ABC on September 26, 1969. The series ran for five seasons, with all 117 episodes originally airing

Prompt: What was the fictional family with children called Greg, Peter, Bobby, Marcia, Jan and Cindy, that first came to US TV screens in 1969?

Answer: Kellys kids


Context: Fraction |  numerators (amsa) over the denominators (cheda), but without a bar between them. In Sanskrit literature, fractions were always expressed as an addition to or subtraction from an integer. The integer was written on one line and the fraction in its two parts on the next line. If the fraction was marked by a small circle or cross, it is subtracted from the integer; if no such sign appears, it is understood to be added. For example, Bhaskara I writes: which is the equivalent ofand would be written in modern notation as 61⁄4, 11⁄5, and 2 − 1⁄9 (i.e., 18⁄9). The horizontal fraction bar is

Prompt: What is the name of the line separating the numerator and denominator of a fraction if it is written as a diagonal line?

Answer: Solidus Line


Context: Law enforcement in Algeria |  Algeria, with growing tensions leading to an eight-year war between France and Algeria in a struggle for colonial. For eight years, from 1954 to 1962, Algerian military forces struggled against French colonists in a fight to gain independence. Initially founded in 1954, the Front de Liberation Nationale (FLN) acted as a rigid military force for Algeria, primarily using guerrilla warfare tactics, sabotage and occasional ambushes. Major objectives of the FLN were to establish a front against the struggle of independence, while also organising the small militant population instead of a constant, un-focused struggle against the French. The FLN's armed wing during the war,

Prompt: Set up in 1954 as a merger of smaller groups, the Front de Libration Nationale fought a war for independence from France until 1962, when the French government signed a cease-fire agreement. The FLN became the only legal party in which country?

Answer: Popular Democratic Republic of Algeria


Context: United States invasion of Panama |  The United States Invasion of Panama, codenamed Operation Just Cause, lasted over a month between mid-December 1989 and late January 1990. It occurred during the administration of President George H. W. Bush and ten years after the Torrijos–Carter Treaties were ratified to transfer control of the Panama Canal from the U.S. to Panama by January 1, 2000. The primary purpose of the invasion was to depose the de facto Panamanian leader, general and dictator Manuel Noriega. He was wanted by the United States for racketeering and drug trafficking. Following the operation, the Panama Defense Forces were dissolved and President-elect Guillermo Endara was sworn into office. The United Nations General Assembly and the Organization of American States condemned the invasion as a violation of international law.

Prompt: Who was ousted as Panama's leader after a 1989 US invasion ordered by President George H.W. Bush, was convicted of drug racketeering and related charges in 1992, and was extradited to France at the end of April 2010 on charges of laundering around US$3 million in drug proceeds by buying luxury apartments in Paris?

Answer: Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno


Context: Jason Bourne |  Jason Bourne is the title character and the protagonist in a series of novels and subsequent film adaptations. The character was created by novelist Robert Ludlum. He first appeared in the novel The Bourne Identity (1980), which was adapted for television in 1988. The novel was adapted into a feature film of the same name in 2002 and starred Matt Damon in the lead role. The character originally featured in three novels by Ludlum, released between 1980 and 1990, followed by eleven novels written by Eric Van Lustbader since 2004. Along with the first feature film, Jason Bourne also appears in three sequel movies The Bourne Supremacy (2004), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), and Jason Bourne (2016), with Damon again in the lead role. Jeremy Renner stars in the fourth film of the franchise, The Bourne Legacy, released in August 2012. Damon stated in interviews that he would not do another Bourne film without Paul Greengrass, who had directed the second and third installments. Greengrass agreed to direct Damon in the fifth installment in the franchise. Greengrass jointly wrote the screenplay with editor Christopher Rouse.

Prompt: What character created by Robert Ludlum appeared in a film trilogy released between 2002 to 2007?

Answer: Jason Bourne


Context: American Mafia | " Masseria and the other by Salvatore Maranzano. This caused the Castellammarese War, which led to Masseria's murder in 1931. Maranzano then divided New York City into five families. Maranzano, the first leader of the American Mafia, established the code of conduct for the organization, set up the ""family"" divisions and structure, and established procedures for resolving disputes. In an unprecedented move, Maranzano set himself up as boss of all bosses and required all families to pay tribute to him. This new role was received negatively, and Maranzano was murdered within six months on the orders of Charles ""Lucky"" Luciano. Luciano was a former Masseria underling who had switched sides to Maranzano and orchestrated the killing of Masseria."

Prompt: The assassination of Salvatore Maragano led to a major change in what organisation?

Answer: New York mafia


Context: Stephen Hawking |  Hawking had a rare early-onset, slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease (MND; also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease), a fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects the motor neurones in the brain and spinal cord, which gradually paralysed him over decades. Hawking had experienced increasing clumsiness during his final year at Oxford, including a fall on some stairs and difficulties when rowing. The problems worsened, and his speech became slightly slurred. His family noticed the changes when he returned home for Christmas, and medical investigations were begun. The MND diagnosis came when Hawking was 21, in 1963. At the time, doctors gave him a

Prompt: What is the disease that Stephen Hawking has?

Answer: Motor neuron disease


Context: 1470s in England |  Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye is the first book to be printed in English, by William Caxton in Bruges. ; Construction begins on the new hall of Eltham Palace. ; 1476 ; William Caxton sets up the first printing press in England at Westminster. ; 1477 ; 18 November – Caxton prints Earl Rivers' translation of Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres, the first full-length book printed in England on a printing press. ; A new law bans two forms of skittles, and a ball game referred to as 'hand in, hand out'. ; 1478 ; 15 January – Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, aged four, is married

Prompt: What was the first book to be printed in England, in 1477?

Answer: """Dictes or Sayenges of Phylosophers"""


Context: 1980s in science and technology | The Rings of Neptune were first discovered in 1984. The Voyager 2 spacecraft provided images of them in 1989. ; 4769 Castalia was discovered in 1989. It became the first asteroid to be viewed through radar imaging. ; The first exoplanet is discovered in 1988, though it was not confirmed until much later.

Prompt: The rings of which planet were first detected in 1980 but only identified in 1989 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft? .

Answer: 8th planet


Context: Cycle speedway |  Competitors use a lightweight single-speed bicycle equipped with a freewheel without brakes, often a stripped-down mountain bike frame is adequate for beginners although specialist machines are used by the top racers. Cycle speedway is raced by individuals, pairs or teams. Each race is contested by up to four riders, and a match normally consists of eight to twenty-four races. Points are awarded for placings in each race. A race day fixture might take in up to two, three or more matches. In a team event, the winning team is the one with most points at the end of the day. Races involve up to four riders racing anticlockwise round four laps of the track, the winner being

Prompt: Motorbikes compete without brakes in what types of event?

Answer: Speedway Racing


Context: Death of Ayrton Senna |  On 1 May 1994, Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna was killed after his car crashed into a concrete barrier while he was leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Italy. The previous day, Austrian driver Roland Ratzenberger had died when his car crashed during qualification for the race. His and Senna's crashes were the worst of several that took place that weekend (including a serious one involving Rubens Barrichello) and were the first fatal collisions to occur during a Formula One race meeting in 12 years (and not repeated until the fatal crash of Jules Bianchi at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka Circuit). This became a turning point in the safety of Formula One, prompting the implementation of new safety measures in both Formula One and the circuit, as well as the Grand Prix Drivers' Association to be reestablished. The Supreme Court of Cassation of Italy ruled that mechanical failure was the cause of the crash, although this has been disputed.

Prompt: Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna died while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at which motor racing circuit?

Answer: Imolensis


Context: The Mayor of Casterbridge |   At a country fair near Casterbridge in Wessex Michael Henchard, a 21-year-old hay-trusser, argues with his wife Susan. Drunk on rum-laced furmity he auctions her off, along with their baby daughter Elizabeth-Jane, to Richard Newson, a passing sailor, for five guineas. Sober and remorseful the next day, he is too late to locate his family. He vows not to touch liquor again for 21 years. Believing the auction to be legally binding, Susan lives as Newson's wife for 18 years. After Newson is lost at sea Susan, lacking any means of support, decides to seek out Henchard again, taking her daughter with her. Susan has

Prompt: In which novel does Michael Henchard sell his wife and child for 5 guineas?

Answer: Mayor of Casterbridge


Context: Crataegus pinnatifida | " Crataegus pinnatifida, also known as mountain hawthorn, Chinese haw, Chinese hawthorn or Chinese hawberry, refers to a small to medium-sized tree, as well as the fruit of the tree. The fruit is bright red, 1.5 in in diameter. In Chinese, the fruit is called shānzhā (Chinese: 山楂, literally meaning ""mountain hawthorn"") or dà hóng guǒ (大红果, literally meaning ""big red fruit"")."

Prompt: "Which tree produces red fruits called ""haws""?"


Context: Rio de Janeiro |  moving the nation's capital city from Rio de Janeiro to the center of Brazil had been occasionally discussed, and when Juscelino Kubitschek was elected president in 1955, it was partially on the strength of promises to build a new capital. Though many thought that it was just campaign rhetoric, Kubitschek managed to have Brasília and a new Federal District built, at great cost, by 1960. On 21 April of that year, the capital of Brazil was officially moved to Brasília. The territory of the former Federal District became its own state, Guanabara, after the bay that borders it to the east, encompassing just the

Prompt: The capital of Brazil was moved from Rio de Janeiro to the purpose-built capital city of Brasilia in what year?

Answer: one thousand, nine hundred and sixty


Context: Río Rico, Tamaulipas | " In 1845, the Rio Grande was established as the border between Mexico and the U.S. territory of Texas. The river has many meanders, which result in ""fingers"" of land that are nearly surrounded by territory of the other country, such as the Horcón Tract, a 413 acre finger that was surrounded by the river (and Mexico) except for a narrow connection at its northeast end. (The zig-zag of the river formed a reciprocal tract in Mexico, connected at its southwest end.) In July 1906, the American Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Company, as a measure to regulate the river's water flow for irrigation purposes, "

Prompt: The Rio Grande forms the border of Texas with what other area?

Answer: Mexican Republic


Context: Kopassus |  The Kopassus (Komando Pasukan Khusus, Special Forces Command) is an Indonesian Army (TNI-AD) special forces group that conducts special operations missions for the Indonesian government, such as direct action, unconventional warfare, sabotage, counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism, intelligence gathering and special reconnaissance (SR). Kopassus was founded by Alexander Evert Kawilarang and Mochammad Idjon Djanbi on 16 April 1952. It gained worldwide attention after several operations such as the Indonesian invasion of East Timor and the release of hostages from Garuda Indonesia Flight 206. The special forces spearheaded some of the government's military campaigns: putting down regional rebellions in the late 1950s, the Operation Trikora (Western New Guinea campaign) in 1961–1962, the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation from 1962–1966, the massacres of alleged communists in 1965, the East Timor invasion in 1975, and subsequent campaigns against separatists in various provinces. Kopassus has been reported by national and international media, human rights-affiliated NGOs and

Prompt: The Indonesian Army special forces group, founded in 1952, that conducts special operations missions for the Indonesian government is called what?

Answer: Indonesian special forces


Context: Ivan the Terrible | " Ivan IV Vasilyevich (Ива́н Васильевич; 25 August 1530 – 28 March 1584), commonly known in English as Ivan the Terrible (from, romanized: Ivan Grozny, lit. ""Ivan the Formidable"" or ""Ivan the Fearsome"", Ioannes Severus, monastic name: Jonah ), was the grand prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547 and the first Moscow ruler who declared himself tsar of all Russia from 1547 to 1584. Ivan was the first Moscow ruler born after its independence. The son of Vasili III, the Rurikid ruler of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, he was appointed grand prince when he was three years old after his father's death. A group of reformers known as the ""Chosen Council"" united around the young Ivan, declaring him "

Prompt: Ivan the Terrible was a czar of what country?

Answer: Russia (1991-1993)


Context: Whaligoe |  The Whaligoe Steps is a man-made stairway of 365 steps that descend to what was a naturally formed harbour between two sea cliffs - once a landing place for fishing boats. The steps are located just south of the town of Wick in Caithness on Scotland's most northeasterly coast. They date originally from the mid-18th century and were once used by fisherwomen to haul up the creels of herring landed at the harbour beneath. Crews of women, some in their early seventies, would gut the fish — Herring, cod, Haddock, or Ling — and would carry them up the steps

Prompt: There are 354 steps from where to where?

Answer: The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, New York, USA, to the crown


Context: Watergate scandal |  the Post's anonymous sources was an individual whom Woodward and Bernstein had nicknamed Deep Throat; 33 years later, in 2005, the informant was identified as William Mark Felt, Sr., deputy director of the FBI during that period of the 1970s, something Woodward later confirmed. Felt met secretly with Woodward several times, telling him of Howard Hunt's involvement with the Watergate break-in, and that the White House staff regarded the stakes in Watergate as extremely high. Felt warned Woodward that the FBI wanted to know where he and other reporters were getting their information, as they were uncovering a wider web of crimes than the FBI first disclosed.

Prompt: "What was the code-name for the reporters Bernstein and Woodward's contact during their investigation of the ""Watergate"" scandal?"

Answer: Deep Throat (disambiguation)


Context: Chuck Yeager |  Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager (, February 13, 1923December 7, 2020) was a United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot who in 1947 became the first pilot in history confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight. Yeager was raised in Hamlin, West Virginia. His career began in World War II as a private in the United States Army, assigned to the Army Air Forces in 1941. After serving as an aircraft mechanic, in September 1942, he entered enlisted pilot training and upon graduation was promoted to the rank of flight officer (the World War II Army Air Force version of the Army's

Prompt: In 1947, Chuck Yeager was the first to do what in an aeroplane?

Answer: Break the sound barrier


Context: Badminton Horse Trials |  Together with the five-star rated Kentucky Three-Day Event and the Burghley Horse Trials, Badminton forms the Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing. Only two people have ever won the Grand Slam; Pippa Funnell in 2003 and Michael Jung in 2015/16. Australian Andrew Hoy nearly took the title in 2007 but lost it when he had a pole down at Burghley. The remaining CCI***** rated events are the Luhmühlen Horse Trials, the Australian International Three Day Event and the Stars of Pau. It is also now part of the HSBC FEI Classics—a points-based system containing the CCI***** events. The cross-country day at Badminton attracts crowds of up to a quarter of a million and is the second largest in the world for money made (after the Indianapolis 500).

Prompt: What compete at the Burghley Trials, Badminton, the Rolex Kentucky Three Day, the Adelaide Trials, the Luhmhlen Trials and the toiles de Pau?

Answer: Horseback-riding


Context: 9-1-1 |  The first known use of a national emergency telephone number began in the United Kingdom in 1937–1938 using the number 999, which continues to this day. In the United States, the first 911 call was made in Haleyville, Alabama in 1968 by Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite and answered by U.S. Rep. Tom Bevill. In Canada, 911 service was adopted in 1972, and the first 911 call occurred after 1974 roll-out in London, Ontario. In the United States, the push for the development of a nationwide American emergency telephone number came in 1957 when the National Association of Fire Chiefs recommended that a single number be used for reporting fires. The first

Prompt: In 1968, what telephone number was established as the national emergency number for the United States?

Answer: nine hundred and eleven


Context: Lifeboat (shipboard) | 1) One rescue quoit with 30 meters of floating line. ; 2) One buoyant rescue knife with lanyard (two if liferaft holds more than 13 persons). ; 3) One buoyant bailer (two if liferaft holds more than 13 persons). ; 4) Two sponges. ; 5) Two sea anchors. ; 6) Two buoyant paddles. ; 7) Three tin openers and a pair of scissors. ; 8) One first aid kit in a resealable waterproof container. ; 9) One whistle or equivalent sound signal. ; 10) Four red rocket parachute flares. ; 11) Six red hand flares. ; 12) Two buoyant orange smoke signals. ; 13) One electric torch suitable for Morse signalling with spare batteries and bulb (in a waterproof container). ; 14) One radar reflector

Prompt: What is the word for the projection on a ship that holds a lifeboat?

Answer: Davit crane


Context: June Middleton |  June Margaret Middleton (4 May 1926 – 30 October 2009) was an Australian polio victim who spent more than 60 years living in an iron lung for treatment of the disease. In 2006, Guinness World Records recognised her as the person who had spent the longest amount of time living in an iron lung. Middleton was born in Melbourne on 4 May 1926, the only daughter of Robert and Lucy Middleton. She contracted polio when she was 22, just months before her planned wedding. She entered the iron lung on 5 April 1949, and remained dependent on the machine for the rest of her life. Middleton spent up to 21 hours a day

Prompt: June Middleton, of Melbourne, Australia, who died aged 83 in 2009, was in the Guinness Book of Records for spending the most time in what?

Answer: Negative pressure ventilator


Context: Hey Diddle Diddle | " A common modern version of the rhyme is<poem style=""margin-left: 1em;"">Hey diddle, diddle! The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon. The rhyme is the source of the English expression ""over the moon"", meaning ""delighted, thrilled, extremely happy"". The melody commonly associated with the rhyme was first recorded by the composer and nursery rhyme collector James William Elliott in his National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs (1870). The word ""fun"" in the rhyme is sometimes replaced with ""sport"", ""a sight"", or ""craft""."

Prompt: "In the nursery rhyme beginning ""Hey Diddle Diddle"", who ran away with the spoon?"

Answer: Dish


Context: 1st G6 summit |  The 1st G6 summit took place on 15–17 November 1975, in Rambouillet, France. The venue for the summit meetings was the Château de Rambouillet near Paris. The Group of Six (G6) was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries: France, West Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. This summit, and the others which would follow, were not meant to be linked formally with wider international institutions; and in fact, a kind of frustrated rebellion against the stiff formality of other international meetings was an element in the genesis of cooperation between France's President and West Germany's Chancellor as they conceived the first summit of the G6. Later summits in what could become a continuing series of annual meetings were identified as the Group of Seven (G7) and Group of Eight (G8) summits — but this informal gathering was the one which set that process in motion.

Prompt: Where was the first annual G6 leaders summit (which later became the G8) held in 1975?

Answer: La Republique francaise


Context: Hannibal Lecter | " In 2003, Lecter (as portrayed by Hopkins) was named the greatest villain in American cinema by the American Film Institute. In 2010, Entertainment Weekly named him one of the 100 greatest characters of the preceding 20 years. In 2019, Lecter (as portrayed by Mikkelsen) was named the 18th greatest villain in television history by Rolling Stone. His line, ""A census taker once tried to test me; I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti"", was voted the 21st greatest movie quote of American cinema by the American Film Institute."

Prompt: In 2003, what character was voted by the American Film Institute to be the greatest hero in American film?

Answer: Atticus Finch (character)


Context: Linford Christie |  and Allan Wells, winning the title ahead of Frankie Fredericks of Namibia at the Barcelona Olympic Games. In the absence of his great rival Lewis, Christie ran 9.96 s in the final, and at the age of 32 years 121 days became the oldest Olympic 100 m champion by four years and 38 days. In 1993, he became the first man in history to hold the Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth titles in the 100 m as he was victorious at the Stuttgart World Championships in his fastest ever time of 9.87. That year he was also voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year by the British public. The following year, in

Prompt: Who won the gold medal for the 100m at the 1992 Olympics at 32 years of age and became the oldest Olympic 100 m champion by four years?

Answer: Christie, Linford


Context: Astronomical naming conventions |  The Bayer designations of about 1,500 brightest stars were first published in 1603. In this list, a star is identified by a lower-case letter of the Greek alphabet, followed by the Latin name of its parent constellation. The Bayer designation uses the possessive form of a constellation's name, which in almost every case ends in is, i or ae; um if the constellation's name is plural (see genitive case for constellations). In addition, a three-letter abbreviation is often used. Examples include Alpha Andromedae (α And) in the constellation of Andromeda, Alpha Centauri (α Cen), in the constellation Centaurus, Alpha Crucis (α Cru) and Beta Crucis (β Cru), the two brightest stars in the constellation Crux, the Southern Cross, Epsilon Carinae (ε Car) in Carina, Lambda Scorpii (λ Sco) in Scorpius and Sigma Sagittarii (σ Sgr) in

Prompt: What is the name of the system of stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter (then Latin letters in lower-case then upper-case), followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name (e.g. Tauri)?

Answer: Bayer's Name


Context: Early life and career of Barack Obama |  Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack Obama, Sr. (1936–1982) (born in Oriang' Kogelo of Rachuonyo North District, Kenya) and Stanley Ann Dunham, known as Ann (1942–1995) (born in Wichita, Kansas, United States). Barack Obama spent most of his childhood years in Honolulu, where his mother attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Obama started a close relationship with his maternal grandparents. In 1965, his mother remarried to Lolo Soetoro from Indonesia. Two years later, Dunham took Obama with her to Indonesia to reunite him with his stepfather. In 1971, Obama returned to Honolulu to attend Punahou School, from which he graduated in 1979. As a young adult, Obama moved to the contiguous United States, where he was educated at Occidental College, Columbia University, and Harvard Law School. In Chicago, Obama worked at various times as a community organizer, lawyer, Lecturer and Senior Lecturer of constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School in the city's South Side, and later published his memoir Dreams from My Father before beginning his political career in 1997 as a member of the Illinois Senate.

Prompt: In which decade was Barack Obama born?

Answer: Sixties Revolution


Context: Going Rogue |  Going Rogue: An American Life (2009) is a personal and political memoir by politician Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska and 2008 Republican candidate for U.S. Vice President on the ticket with Senator John McCain. She wrote it with Lynn Vincent. The book became a New York Times #1 bestseller in its first week of release, and remained there for six weeks. Shortly after its release, it was one of four political memoirs published since the 1990s to sell more than two million copies.

Prompt: "Whose autobiography ""Going Rogue"" was published in 2009?"

Answer: Sarrah Palin


Context: Nevada Test Site | Operation Ranger — 1951 ; Operation Buster–Jangle — 1951 ; Operation Tumbler–Snapper — 1952 ; Operation Upshot–Knothole — 1953 ; Operation Teapot — 1955 ; Project 56 — 1955 ; Operation Plumbbob — 1957 ; Project 57, Project 58/58A — 1957–1958 ; Operation Hardtack II — 1958 ; Operation Nougat — 1961–1962 ; Operation Plowshare — 1961–1973 (sporadic, at least one test a year) ; Operation Sunbeam (aka Dominic II) — 1962 ; Operation Dominic — 1962–1963 ; Operation Storax — 1963 ; Operation Niblick — 1963–1964 ; Operation Whetstone — 1964–1965 ; Operation Flintlock — 1965–1966 ; Operation Latchkey — 1966–1967 ; Operation Crosstie — 1967–1968 ; Operation Bowline — 1968–1969 ;

Prompt: What were Operation Plumbbob, Operation Nougat, Operation Plowshare, Operation Sunbeam and Operation Dominic II?

Answer: Nuclear test series carried out in the USA


Context: Singeing the King of Spain's Beard |  Singeing the King of Spain's Beard is the derisive name given   to a series of attacks by the English privateer Francis Drake against the Spanish in the summer of 1587, beginning in April with a raid on Cádiz. This was an attack on the Spanish naval forces assembling in the Bay of Cádiz in preparation for the planned expedition against England. Much of the Spanish fleet was destroyed, and substantial supplies were destroyed or captured. There followed a series of raiding parties against several forts along the Portuguese coast. A Spanish treasure ship, returning from the Indies, was also captured. The damage caused by the English delayed Spanish preparations for the Armada by more than a year.

Prompt: "In 1587, Sir Francis Drake ""singed the beard of the King of Spain"" by leading a fleet which destroyed 37 naval and merchant ships in the port of La Corua and which other place?"

Answer: Cdiz


Context: Crosier | " In Western Christianity, the crosier (known as the pastoral staff, from the Latin pastor, shepherd) is shaped like a shepherd's crook. A bishop or church head bears this staff as ""shepherd of the flock of God"", particularly the community under his canonical jurisdiction, but any bishop, whether or not assigned to a functional diocese, may also use a crosier when conferring sacraments and presiding at liturgies. The Catholic Caeremoniale Episcoporum says that, as a sign of his pastoral function, a bishop uses a crosier within his territory, but any bishop celebrating the liturgy solemnly with the consent of the local "

Prompt: What is the name of a bishop's staff that is shaped like a shepherd's crook?

Answer: Pateritsa


Context: W. G. Grace |  William Gilbert Grace (18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) was an English amateur cricketer who was important in the development of the sport and is widely considered one of its greatest players. He played first-class cricket for a record-equalling 44 seasons, from 1865 to 1908, during which he captained England, Gloucestershire, the Gentlemen, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the United South of England Eleven (USEE) and several other teams. Right-handed as both batsman and bowler, Grace dominated the sport during his career. His technical innovations and enormous influence left a lasting legacy. An outstanding all-rounder, he excelled at all the essential skills of batting, bowling

Prompt: Cricketer W G Grace, who played first-class cricket from 1865 to 1908, also captained England from 1903 to 1908 in what other sport?

Answer: Crown-green bowls


Context: Cultural depictions of Alfred the Great |   Alfred the Great was an Anglo-Saxon king (871 – 899) of Wessex, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom that existed from 519 to 927 south of the river Thames in England. In the late 9th century, the Vikings had overrun most of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms that constituted England at the time. Alfred's reign has become regarded as pivotal in the eventual unification of England, after he famously defended Wessex and southern England against the Viking invasions, winning a decisive victory at the Battle of Edington in 878. Most of what we know about the historical Alfred comes his biography Life of King Alfred written, during Alfred reign by his direction, in 893 by a welsh monk Asser. It was not until the English Reformation in the sixteenth century,

Prompt: Who was king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex from 871 to 899, notable for his defence of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of southern England against the Vikings, and for improving his kingdom's legal system and military structure?

Answer: Alferd


Context: Exploration |  circumnavigation of the Earth, in multiple voyages, for the first time. Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476–1526), completed the first global circumnavigation. In the second half of the 16th century and the 17th century exploration of Asia and the Pacific Ocean continued with explorers such as Andrés de Urdaneta (1498–1568), who discovered the maritime route from Asia to the Americas; Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1565–1614), who discovered the Pitcairn Islands and the Vanuatu archipelago; Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira (1542–1595), who discovered the Tuvalu archipelago, the Marquesas, the Solomon Islands and Wake Island. Explorers of Australia included Willem Janszoon (1570–1630), who made the first recorded European landing

Prompt: In the 16th century, which explorer began and led the first known successful circumnavigation of the earth?

Answer: Fernão de Magalhães


Context: Butt Lane | Reginald Mitchell CBE, FRAeS, (1895 in Congleton Road, Butt Lane – 1937 in Southampton) was the designer of the well-known World War II fighter airplane Spitfire, used by the Royal Air Force and their allies. ; Ada Nield Chew (1870 at White Hall Farm, Butt Lane – 1945 in Burnley) was a British suffragist.

Prompt: Who designed the British World War II fighter plane, the Spitfire?

Answer: R. J. Mitchell


Context: Batman & Robin (film) |  Batman & Robin is a 1997 American superhero film based on the DC Comics characters Batman and Robin. It is the fourth and final installment of Warner Bros.'s initial Batman film series, a sequel to Batman Forever and the only film in the series made without the involvement of Tim Burton in any capacity. Directed by Joel Schumacher and written by Akiva Goldsman, it stars George Clooney as Bruce Wayne / Batman, replacing Val Kilmer, Arnold Schwarzenegger as Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze, and Chris O'Donnell reprising his role as Dick Grayson / Robin, alongside Uma Thurman, Alicia Silverstone, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle, and Elle Macpherson. The film follows the titular characters as they attempt to prevent Mr. Freeze and Poison

Prompt: "In the films ""Batman Forever"" (1995) and ""Batman & Robin"" (1997) who was Bruce Wayne's ward?"

Answer: Richard John Grayson


Context: Al Bundy | " next door neighbor Marcy (Amanda Bearse) is his archnemesis, and the two frequently squabble. Al lives in a suburb of Chicago and is the proud owner of a 1970s Dodge automobile (although the model shown occasionally on-screen is a Plymouth Duster, it is referred to throughout the series as simply ""The Dodge""). He works as a shoe salesman at the fictional Gary's Shoes and Accessories for Today's Woman in the fictional New Market Mall. Al hates his job, loses it several times throughout the series, yet always ends up coming back to it. There is a running joke throughout the "

Prompt: What TV character worked as a salesman at Gary's Shoes in Chicago, Illinois?

Answer: Polk High School Panthers


Context: Nothing (N.E.R.D. album) |  Nothing is the fourth studio album by American rock band N.E.R.D, released November 2, 2010 on Star Trak Entertainment and Interscope Records in the United States. On October 17, 2010, the standard edition and the deluxe edition of the album became available for pre-order on iTunes.

Prompt: The music of which band finally became available for download from iTunes in November 2010?

Answer: Fab 4


Context: Mongol invasion of Europe |  The Mongol invasion of Europe in the 13th century occurred from the 1220s into the 1240s. In Eastern Europe, the Mongols conquered Volga Bulgaria, Cumania, Alania, and the Kievan Rus' federation. In Central Europe, the Mongol armies launched a two-pronged invasion of fragmented Poland, culminating in the Battle of Legnica (9 April 1241), and the Kingdom of Hungary, culminating in the Battle of Mohi (11 April 1241). Invasions also were launched into the Caucasus against the Kingdom of Georgia and the Chechens and Ingush, as well as into the Balkans against Croatia, the Second Bulgarian Empire, and the Latin Empire. The operations were planned by General Subutai (1175–1248) and commanded by Batu Khan (c. undefined 1207–1255) and Kadan (d. c. undefined 1261). Both of the latter were grandsons of Genghis Khan. Their conquests integrated much of Eastern European territory into the empire of the Golden Horde. Warring European princes realized they had to cooperate in the face of a Mongol invasion, so local wars and conflicts were suspended in parts of central Europe, only to be resumed after the Mongols had withdrawn. After the initial invasions, subsequent raids and punitive expeditions continued into the late 13th century.

Prompt: Who invaded Europe from Mongolia and Turkey over 300 years, beginning in the 13th century?

Answer: Tatar (people)


Context: Republican Party (United States) | " The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (""Grand Old Party""), is one of the two major, contemporary political parties in the United States, along with its main historic rival, the Democratic Party. The GOP was founded in 1854 by opponents of the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which allowed for the potential expansion of chattel slavery into the western territories. It was simultaneously strengthened by the collapse of the Whig Party, which had previously been one of the two major parties in the country. Upon founding, the Republican party supported economic reform and classical liberalism while opposing the expansion of slavery. Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president. Under the leadership of Lincoln and a Republican Congress, slavery was banned in the United "

Prompt: The Grand Old Party or GOP is the name for which political party in the USA?

Answer: The Republican (disambiguation)


Context: Tobacco |  Every year, about 6.7 million tons of tobacco are produced throughout the world. The top producers of tobacco are China (39.6%), India (8.3%), Brazil (7.0%) and the United States (4.6%).

Prompt: What country is the world's largest producer of Tobacco?

Answer: Chinese People's Republic


Context: Robert Green |  in England's squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Manager Fabio Capello opted not to name his first choice goalkeeper until the day of England's opening match, against the United States on 12 June, at which point he selected Green to start. With England leading 1–0 in the 40th minute, Green failed to save a long-range shot from U.S. midfielder Clint Dempsey, which bounced off his gloves and into the net. The match ended in a 1–1 draw. Following this error and an unconvincing final training session on 17 June, Green was dropped. He was replaced by David James who played

Prompt: "Who was the goalkeeper for England's opening match in the 2010 FIFA World Cup against the USA on 12 June, whose performance made headlines in the UK such as ""The Hand of Clod""?"

Answer: Rob Green


Context: Macbeth (opera) | " When Macbeth returns she urges him to take the opportunity to kill the King. The King and the nobles arrive and Macbeth is emboldened to carry out the murder (Mi si affaccia un pugnal? / ""Is this a dagger which I see before me?""), but afterwards is filled with horror. Disgusted at his cowardice, Lady Macbeth completes the crime, incriminating the sleeping guards by smearing them with Duncan's blood and planting on them Macbeth's dagger. Macduff arrives for an appointment with the King, while Banco stands guard, only for Macduff instead to discover the murder. He rouses the castle while Banco also bears witness to the fact of Duncan's murder. The chorus calls on God to avenge the killing (''Schiudi, inferno,. .'' / ""Open wide thy gaping maw, O Hell"")."

Prompt: "Who says ""Is this a dagger that I see before me"" in a Shakespearean play?"

Answer: Macbeth/Act V Scene v


Context: The Prince's Trust |  The Prince's Trust is a charity in the United Kingdom founded in 1976 by Charles, Prince of Wales, to help vulnerable young people get their lives on track. It supports 11 to 30-year-olds who are unemployed and those struggling at school and at risk of exclusion. Many of the young people helped by The Trust are in or leaving care, facing issues such as homelessness or mental health problems, or have been in trouble with the law. It runs a range of training programmes, providing practical and financial support to build young people's confidence and motivation. Each year they work with about 60,000 young people; with three in four moving on to employment,

Prompt: Prince Charles founded what organisation in 1976 to help young employed people?

Answer: The Princes Trust


Context: Philippe Croizon |  Philippe Croizon (born 1968) is a French athlete and the first quadruple amputee to swim across the English Channel and to run the Rally Dakar.

Prompt: Philippe Croizon was the first quadruple amputee to achieve what on 18 September 2010, at the age of 42?

Answer: Swim the English Channel


Context: Battle of Waterloo |  The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in Belgium, part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands at the time. A French army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition, a British-led coalition consisting of units from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Hanover, Brunswick, and Nassau, under the command of the Duke of Wellington, referred to by many authors as the Anglo-allied army or Wellington's army, and a Prussian army under the command of Field Marshal von Blücher, referred to also as Blücher's army. The battle marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle was contemporaneously

Prompt: Whose armies were defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815?

Answer: Napoleon Buonaparte


Context: The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) | " the leader. Players who made an error were required to pay a penalty, in the form of offering a kiss or confection. In the northern counties of England, the song was often called the ""Ten Days of Christmas"", as there were only ten gifts. It was also known in Somerset, Dorset, and elsewhere in England. The kinds of gifts vary in a number of the versions, some of them becoming alliterative tongue-twisters. ""The Twelve Days of Christmas"" was also widely popular in the United States and Canada. It is mentioned in the section on ""Chain Songs"" in Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature (Indiana University Studies, Vol. 5, 1935), p. 416. There is evidence "

Prompt: "How many gifts are there in the ""Twelve Days of Christmas""?"

Answer: 364


Context: River |  Sacred rivers and their reverence is a phenomenon found in several religions, especially religions which have eco-friendly belief as core of their religion. For example, the Indian-origin religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikism) revere and preserve the groves, trees, mountains and rivers as sacred. Among the most sacred rivers in Hinduism are the Ganges, Yamuna,  Sarasvati rivers on which the rigvedic rivers  flourished. The vedas and Gita, the most sacred of hindu texts were written on the banks of Sarasvati river which were codified during the Kuru kingdom in present day Haryana. Among other secondary sacred rivers of Hinduism are Narmada and many more.

Prompt: Which river is most sacred to the Hindu religion?

Answer: Gaṅgā


Context: Caviar |  China has emerged as the leading producer, accounting for 60% of the world production in caviar. The largest caviar company in the world is the Chinese brand Kaluga Queen, which cultivates sturgeon at Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang.

Prompt: Most of the world's caviar comes from where?

Answer: Apsheron Threshold


Context: Bottle pool | " of the 2 ball. The use of such balls makes scoring by caroms easier, but makes pocketing balls (and scratching) more difficult because the larger balls must still be made in the ordinarily-sized pool pockets. The rules promulgated by the Manhattan Athletic Club in the 1890s diverge in a number of ways from the modern rules published by the BCA (though they do use the numbered 1 and 2 balls, rather than carom billiards balls). Those provide that when a player bursts, his score is set to zero rather than to the number of points 31 is overshot; pocketed object balls are replaced on the ""red-ball spot"" (the foot spot), "

Prompt: What numbers are on the two red pool balls?

Answer: 3 and 11


Context: Billie Eilish | " each track for fans. The album debuted atop the Billboard 200 as well as on the UK Albums Chart, making Eilish the first artist born in the 2000s to have a number-one album in the United States, and the youngest female ever to have a number-one album in the United Kingdom. Upon the album's debut, Eilish broke the record for most simultaneously charting Hot 100 songs by a female artist, with 14, after every song from the album, excluding ""Goodbye"", charted on the Hot 100. The fifth single from the album, ""Bad Guy"", was released in conjunction with the album. A "

Prompt: Who was the first female artist to have a #1 album in the USA and the UK simultaneously?

Answer: Susan Magdalane Boyle


Context: Come On Over |  Come On Over is the third studio album recorded by Canadian country music singer Shania Twain. It was released on November 4, 1997, and became the best-selling country album, 3rd best-selling studio album by a female artist and 2nd best selling album by a Canadian. It is the ninth all-time best-selling album in the United States, and worldwide. It is also the sixteenth best-selling album in the United Kingdom. As of 2020, Come On Over has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, shipped over 20 million copies in the United States, with over 15.7 million copies sold according to Nielsen SoundScan, and another 1.99 million through BMG Music Clubs. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and stayed there for 50 non-consecutive weeks. It

Prompt: "Which Canadian, born Eilleen Regina Edwards, made the album ""Come on Over"", the best-selling album of all time by a female musician and the best-selling album in the history of country music?"

Answer: Shaina Twain


Context: Hard Candy Fitness |  Hard Candy Fitness was a chain of fitness centres that were a partnership between Madonna, her manager Guy Oseary and Mark Mastrov, the founder and CEO of 24 Hour Fitness. Founded in 2010, the venture had centres in Berlin (8 clubs), Mexico City, Moscow, Rome, Santiago, St. Petersburg, and Sydney. The company's name was a reference to Madonna's 2008 studio album Hard Candy. The German division went into administration in 2016 and closed its studios that year. That same year, the location in Toronto was rebranded as Aura Fitness after the initial media attention didn't translate into gym memberships. The only club remaining in operation as of 2019 was in Santiago, Chile, which rebranded as Energy Sport Club in May 2019.

Prompt: What is the name of Madonna's proposed chain of fitness clubs?

Answer: Hard Candy Fitness


Context: 1994 Texas gubernatorial election |  The 1994 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1994, to elect the Governor of Texas. Incumbent Democratic Governor Ann Richards was defeated in her bid for re-election by Republican nominee George W. Bush, the son of former President George H. W. Bush. Before the election, Richards had a high approval rating due to the strength of the state economy. However, Bush's campaigning on cultural and religious issues resonated with many Texan voters, and the race was considered a tossup on election day. On election day, Bush carried 188 of the state's 254 counties, while Richards carried 66. Exit polls revealed

Prompt: Who was elected Governor of the US State of Texas in 1994?

Answer: George Walker Bush


Context: Olive oil | " In 2019-20, world production of virgin olive oil was 3.2 million tonnes. Spain produced 35% of world production. (For more, see Acesur) The next largest producers were Italy, Tunisia, Greece, and Turkey. Some 75% of Spain's production derives from the region of Andalucía, particularly within Jaén province which produces 70% of the olive oil in Spain. The world's largest olive oil mill (almazara, in Spanish), capable of processing 2,500 tonnes of olives per day, is in the town of Villacarrillo, Jaén. Major Italian producers are the regions of Calabria and, above all, Apulia. Many PDO and PGI extra-virgin olive oil are produced in these regions. In Apulia, among the villages of Carovigno, Ostuni and Fasano is the Plain of Olive Trees, which counts some specimens as old as 3000 years; it has been proposed to add this plain to the UNESCO Heritage List. Excellent extra-virgin olive oil is also produced in Tuscany, in cities like Lucca, Florence, Siena which are also included in the association of ""Città dell'Olio"". Italy imports about 65% of Spanish olive oil exports."

Prompt: Which country produces the most of the world's olive oil?

Answer: Islands of Spain


Context: Easter Island | " old roads are found (more often than would be expected from chance) face down on ascending grades and on their backs when headed uphill. Some were documented standing upright along the old roads, e.g., by a party from Captain Cook's voyage that rested in the shade of a standing statue. This would be consistent with upright transport. The large stone statues, or moai, for which Easter Island is famous, were carved in the period 1100–1680 CE (rectified radio-carbon dates). A total of 887 monolithic stone statues have been inventoried on the island and in museum collections. Although often identified as ""Easter Island heads"", the statues have torsos, most of them ending at the top of the "

Prompt: Which island is famous for its carved stone statues?

Answer: Chilean Polynesia


Context: Equatorial Guinea women's national football team |  and Brazil. In 2012, Equatorial Guinea hosted and won the 2012 African Women's Championship. They won the semi-final 2–0 versus Cameroon, and the final 4–0 against South Africa, with two goals by Gloria Chinasa and one each by Tiga (Adriana Aparecida Costa) and the captain Genoveva Añonman. Due to fielding Jade Boho without completing her one-time switch (from Spain), Equatorial Guinea was disqualified from the Women's Football tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games. Problems with naturalised players (mainly from Brazil) caused a ban from the 2020 Olympic women's football tournament and the 2019 World Cup. Between 2006 and 2010, Bilguissa and Salimata Simporé, a

Prompt: In November 2010, Genoveva Aonma and sisters Bilguissa Simpor and Salimata Simpor of which national women's soccer team were accused by newspapers in Nigeria and Cameroon of being men, not women?

Answer: GNQ


Context: Beatrice Tinsley |  Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley (27 January 1941 – 23 March 1981) was a British-born New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist and professor of astronomy at Yale University, whose research made fundamental contributions to the astronomical understanding of how galaxies evolve, grow and die.

Prompt: Beatrice Tinsley was well known in what field?

Answer: Astronomy


Context: 1975 in science | January – Altair 8800 is released, sparking the era of the microcomputer. ; March 5 – Hackers in Silicon Valley hold the first meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club. ; April 4 – Bill Gates and Paul Allen form a company at this time called Micro Soft in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to develop and sell BASIC interpreter software for the Altair 8800. ; The MOS Technology 6502 is introduced. An 8-bit microprocessor that was designed by a small team led by Chuck Peddle for MOS Technology. It was, by a considerable margin, the least expensive full-featured microprocessor on the market.

Prompt: Which company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on 4 April 1975 to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for a new microcomputer, the Altair 8800?

Answer: 'Microsoft Corp


Context: Family Day (Canada) |  During the Ontario provincial election in 2007, Dalton McGuinty (Liberal Party) promised that, if re-elected premier, he would establish a provincial holiday in February. On October 12, 2007, the provincial government established Family Day on the third Monday in February, to be first observed on February 18, 2008. Its creation raised Ontario's number of statutory holidays to nine per year. However, this holiday does not necessarily add to the number of holidays Ontarians receive, because employers can substitute any non-statutory holidays that employees may already be receiving in lieu of this day. Many employers have substituted the popular Civic Holiday, which falls on the first Monday in August. Although the civic holiday is enjoyed by millions every year, it is not public (statutory), and workers may have to choose one holiday or the other, based on their contract, union negotiations, service requirements, etc.

Prompt: What US public holiday falls on the 3rd Monday in February every year?

Answer: Washington's Day


Context: Goliath birdeater | " The Goliath birdeater (Theraphosa blondi) belongs to the tarantula family Theraphosidae. Found in northern South America, it is the largest spider in the world by mass – 175 g – and body length – up to 13 cm – but it is second to the giant huntsman spider by leg span. It is also called the Goliath bird-eating spider; the practice of calling theraphosids ""bird-eating"" derives from an early 18th-century copper engraving by Maria Sibylla Merian that shows one. Despite the spider's name, it rarely preys on birds."

Prompt: Goliath is the name for a South American spider that eats what?

Answer: Avians


Context: Sleepless in Seattle |  Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 American romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Nora Ephron, based on a story by Jeff Arch. It stars Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, alongside a supporting cast featuring Bill Pullman, Ross Malinger, Rob Reiner, Rosie O'Donnell, Gaby Hoffmann, Victor Garber, and Rita Wilson. Released on June 25, 1993, the film was released to critical acclaim and was a commercial success, grossing over $227 million worldwide.

Prompt: "A 1993 film starring Tom Hanks was ""Sleepless in ... "" where?"

Answer: Seattle, Washington.


Context: HMS Birkenhead (1845) | " HMS Birkenhead, also referred to as HM Troopship Birkenhead or Steam Frigate Birkenhead, was one of the first iron-hulled ships built for the Royal Navy. She was designed as a steam frigate, but was converted to a troopship before being commissioned. While transporting troops and a few civilians to Algoa Bay, the Birkenhead was wrecked on 26 February 1852 at Danger Point near Gansbaai, 87 mi from Cape Town in the Cape Colony. There were insufficient serviceable lifeboats for all the passengers, and the soldiers famously stood in ranks on board, thereby allowing the women and children to board the boats safely and escape the sinking. Only 193 of the estimated 643 people on board survived, and the soldiers' chivalry gave rise to the unofficial ""women and children first"" protocol when abandoning ship, while the ""Birkenhead drill"" of Rudyard Kipling's poem came to describe courage in the face of hopeless circumstances."

Prompt: Which expression is associated with the sinking of the HMS Birkenhead at Gansbaai near Cape Town, South Africa, in Febuary 1852?

Answer: Women and Children


Context: Love Is All Around | " Richard Curtis approached Wet Wet Wet about recording a cover song to soundtrack his film Four Weddings and a Funeral. The band got to pick between three choices of songs, the other two being ""I Will Survive"" by Gloria Gaynor and ""Can't Smile Without You"" by Barry Manilow. Singer Marti Pellow related that the decision to pick ""Love is All Around"" was an easy choice ""because we knew we could make it our own"". The song, which has a different introduction from the Troggs' version, was released on 9 May 1994."

Prompt: "The song ""Love is All Around"" by Wet Wet Wet featured on the soundtrack for which 1994 film?"

Answer: Four Weddings and A Funeral


Context: Nacre |   Nacre ( also  ), also known as mother of pearl, is an organic–inorganic composite material produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer; it is also the material of which pearls are composed. It is strong, resilient, and iridescent. Nacre is found in some of the most ancient lineages of bivalves, gastropods, and cephalopods. However, the inner layer in the great majority of mollusc shells is porcellaneous, not nacreous, and this usually results in a non-iridescent shine, or more rarely in non-nacreous iridescence such as flame structure as is found in conch pearls. The outer layer of cultured pearls and the inside layer of pearl oyster and freshwater pearl mussel shells are made of nacre. Other mollusc families that have a nacreous inner shell layer include marine gastropods such as the Haliotidae, the Trochidae and the Turbinidae.

Prompt: "What is another name for ""mother of pearl""?"

Answer: Mother of pearl


Context: Bill Tilden |  Bud Collins states that, as an amateur (1912–1930), Tilden won 138 of 192 tournaments, lost 28 finals and had a 907–62 match record, a 93.6% winning percentage. Although he never played at the Australian Championships, Tilden was the first male tennis player to win four consecutive Grand Slam titles. In 1921, the Australian Championships were held after the U.S. National Championships. He joined professional tennis in 1931, making him then ineligible to compete in Grand Slam tournaments. He owns a number of all-time tennis achievements, including an amateur career match-winning record of 93.6%. Tilden's career winning percentage at the US National Championships was 90.7%, which ranks

Prompt: In the 1930s, who was the first to win all 4 tennis Grand Slam titles?

Answer: Fred Perry


Context: Injection (medicine) |  compounds which produce minor pain such as the formic acid, which is injected by members of the Formicinae subfamily. Other species of ants, including Dinoponera species, inject protein-based venom which causes severe pain but is still not life-threatening. The bullet ant (Paraponera clavata) injects a venom which contains a neurotoxin named poneratoxin which causes extreme pain, fever, and cold sweats, and may cause arrhythmias. Plants may use a form of injection which is passive, where the injectee pushes themselves against the stationary needle. The stinging nettle plant has many trichomes, or stinging hairs, over its leaves and stems which are used to inject a

Prompt: What is the substance that causes irritation from a sting by a nettle or an ant?

Answer: Metacarbonoic acid


Context: A Day in the Life | " On 27 August 1992 Lennon's handwritten lyrics were sold by the estate of Mal Evans in an auction at Sotheby's London for $100,000 (£56,600) to Joseph Reynoso, an American from Chicago. The lyrics were put up for sale again in March 2006 by Bonhams in New York. Sealed bids were opened on 7 March 2006 and offers started at about $2 million. The lyric sheet was auctioned again by Sotheby's in June 2010. It was purchased by an anonymous American buyer who paid $1,200,000 (£810,000). McCartney has performed the song in some of his live shows since his 2008 tour. It is played in a medley with ""Give Peace a Chance""."

Prompt: John Lennon's hand-written lyrics for which song sold for US$1.2 million at Sotheby's in June 2010?

Answer: A Day in the Life


Context: Invictus (film) |  Invictus is a 2009 biographical sports drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon, making it the third collaboration between Eastwood and Freeman after Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004). The story is based on the 2008 John Carlin book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation about the events in South Africa before and during the 1995 Rugby World Cup. The Springboks were not expected to perform well, the team having only recently returned to high-level international competition following the dismantling of apartheid—the country was hosting the World Cup, thus earning an automatic entry.

Prompt: "What sport is featured in ""Invictus"", a 2009 film directed by Clint Eastwood?"

Answer: Rugby (disambiguation)


Context: Jellyfish |  Jellyfish are not a clade, as they include most of the Medusozoa, barring some of the Hydrozoa. The medusozoan groups included by authorities are indicated on the following phylogenetic tree by the presence of citations. Names of included jellyfish, in English where possible, are shown in boldface; the presence of a named and cited example indicates that at least that species within its group has been called a jellyfish.

Prompt: What is a group of jellyfish called?

Answer: Smacked


Context: List of headgear | " name ; Cocked hat ; Colback – a fur headpiece of Turkish origin ; Deerstalker – hunting cap with fold-down ears, associated with Sherlock Holmes, Elmer Fudd, Holden Caulfield, and Ignatius Reilly ; Fedora ; Fez ; Hanfu hats and headwear – ancient Chinese hats ; Homburg ; Kolpik ; Litham ; Panama hat ; Papakha ; Pava ; Peci ; Pith helmet – for use in tropical regions; the American fiber helmet is a version of it ; Pork pie hat ; Shovel hat ; Shtreimel ; Sombrero ; Spodik ; Keffiyah or sudra ; Papal tiara – a hat traditionally worn by the Pope, which has been abandoned in recent decades, in favor of the mitre ; Top hat, also stovepipe hat, chimney pot hat, lum hat, or (in collapsible form) gibus ; Tricorne ; Trilby, sometimes (incorrectly) called ""fedora"" ; Wideawake hat ; Umbrella hat "

Prompt: What item of headwear is associated with Sherlock Holmes?

Answer: Deer-stalkers


Context: SS Metallurg Anosov |  During the Six-Day War in June 1967 Israel occupied the Sinai Peninsula, and as such the Suez Canal was closed for shipping between 1967 and 1975. Therefore, the Metallurg Anosov was forced to go around Cape Horn from 1967 to 1975, visiting South African ports for bunkering for voyages from the Black Sea to Asian ports in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. During its trip, the ship crossed the equator at longitude 009° 30' W on 24 of July 1967, and the crew received Equator Line Crossing Certificates.

Prompt: Which shipping passage was closed from 1967 to 1975?

Answer: Suez Canal Zone


Context: Tony Shalhoub |  Samuel Beckett's Happy Days in June and July, 2015 in New York City. He starred in the musical stage adaptation of the film The Band's Visit, in the Off-Broadway Atlantic Theatre Company production. The musical, with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and book by Itamar Moses, ran from November 11, 2016 through December 23, 2016. He reprised his role when the show moved to Broadway where it opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on November 9, 2017. For his performance, he won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He also appeared as Walter Franz in the 2017 Broadway revival of The Price.

Prompt: "Broadly, what is the setting for Samuel Beckett's play ""Happy Days""?"

Answer: A pile of sand


Context: Lamb and mutton | "Lamb — a young sheep under 12 months of age which does not have any permanent incisor teeth in wear. (From July 1, 2019, the Australian definition is ""an ovine animal that: (a) is under 12 months of age; or (b) does not have any permanent incisor teeth in wear."" The New Zealand definition also allows ""0 incisors in wear"".) ; Hogget — A term for a sheep of either sex having no more than two permanent incisors in wear, or its meat. Still common in farming usage, it is now rare as a domestic or retail term for the meat. Much of the ""lamb"" sold in the UK is ""hogget"" to a farmer in Australia or New Zealand. ; Mutton — the meat of a female (ewe) or castrated male (wether) sheep having more than two permanent incisors in wear. "

Prompt: "Sheep are aged by their teeth and are referred to by the number of permanent incisors that have erupted. About how old is an ""eight-tooth"" or full-mouth sheep, which is also referred to as 'aged'?"

Answer: 2 to 4 years


Context: Feminism in India |  their personal lives and the right of self-determination. In 1966 Indira Gandhi became the first female Prime Minister of India. She served as prime minister of India for three consecutive terms (1966–77) and a fourth term from 1980 until she was assassinated in 1984. Section 53A of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Indian law, 1973 lays down certain provisions for medical examination of the accused. Section 164A of the Code of Criminal Procedure deals with the medical examination of the victim. Mary Roy won a lawsuit in 1986, against the inheritance legislation of her Keralite Syrian Christian community in

Prompt: Who was the first female prime minister of the Republic of India, who served for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and then from 1980 until her assassination in 1984?

Answer: Gandhi, Indira


Context: Yorick |  Yorick is a character in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. He is the dead court jester whose skull is exhumed by the First Gravedigger in Act 5, Scene 1, of the play. The sight of Yorick's skull evokes a reminiscence by Prince Hamlet of the man, who apparently played a role during Hamlet's upbringing: Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? Your gambols? Your songs? Your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? (Hamlet, V.i) It is suggested that Shakespeare may have intended his audience to connect Yorick with the Elizabethan comedian Richard Tarlton, a celebrated performer of the pre-Shakespearean stage, who had died a decade or so before Hamlet was first performed.

Prompt: "What profession had been followed by Yorick, a character in Shakespeare's ""Hamlet""?"

Answer: Folly And Fool


Context: United Kingdom general election records | 9 years: 1935 – 1945 ; 8 years: December 1910 – 1918 ; 6 years: 1820 – 1826 ; 6 years: 1841 – 1847 ; 6 years: 1859 – 1865 ; 6 years: 1874 – 1880 ; 6 years: 1886 – 1892 The longest possible duration of a Parliament is currently five years. All period of six years or more between general elections are listed:

Prompt: What is the longest time that there can be between General Elections in the UK?

Answer: 5 years


Context: The Gypsies (poem) | " ""The Gypsies"" («Цыга́ны») is a narrative poem in 569 lines by Alexander Pushkin, originally written in Russian in 1824 and first published in 1827. The last of Pushkin's four 'Southern Poems' written during his exile in the south of the Russian Empire, The Gypsies is also considered to be the most mature of these Southern poems, and has been praised for originality and its engagement with psychological and moral issues. The poem has inspired at least eighteen operas and several ballets."

Prompt: "The narrative poem ""The Gypsies"" (1824) by Alexander Pushkin influenced a novella by Prosper Mrime (1845), which was the basis for a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halvy for which opera that premiered at the Opra-Comique of Paris in 1875?"

Answer: Les tringles des sistres tintaient


Context: Reticule (handbag) | "  A reticule, also known as a ridicule or indispensable, was a type of small handbag or purse, similar to a modern evening bag, used mainly from 1795 to 1820. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, the name ""reticule"" came from the French réticule, which in turn came from the Latin reticulum, a diminutive of rete, or ""net"". The reticule became popular with the advent of Regency fashions in the late 18th century. Previously, women had carried personal belongings in pockets tied around the waist, but the columnar skirts and thin fabrics that had come into style made pockets essentially unusable. When the reticule first appeared, it was made of netting. As time went by, they were made from various fabrics, including velvet, silk, and satin. A reticule usually had a drawstring closure at the top and was carried over the arm on a cord or chain. Reticules were made in a variety of styles and shapes and sometimes trimmed with embroidery or beading. Women often made their own reticules."

Prompt: "In Victorian England, what was a ""reticule""?"

Answer: BAG


Context: Shades of green | " Celadon is a pale greyish shade of green, or rather a range of such shades. Celadon originates as a term for a class of Chinese ceramics, copied by Korea and Japan. However, the name, which is European, may originate from the character Celadon in L'Astrée, a French pastoral novel of 1627, who wore a light green color. Celadon glazes were very common, with the green color being reliably produced from about the 10th century onwards; this was appreciated in Asia for resembling jade, the most prestigious material of all. The glaze color comes from iron oxide's transformation from ferric to ferrous iron (Fe2O3 → FeO) during the firing process, but is affected by a wide range of other factors and chemicals, making the precise color very difficult to control. As well as green, a wide range of browns, yellows, greys and sometimes blues all count as ""celadon""."

Prompt: Celadon is a shade of what colour?

Answer: Greenishly


Context: Battle of Balaclava |  The Battle of Balaclava, fought on 25 October 1854 during the Crimean War, was part of the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55), an Allied attempt to capture the port and fortress of Sevastopol, Russia's principal naval base on the Black Sea. The engagement followed the earlier Allied victory in September at the Battle of the Alma, where the Russian General Menshikov had positioned his army in an attempt to stop the Allies progressing south towards their strategic goal. Alma was the first major encounter fought in the Crimean Peninsula since the Allied landings at Kalamita Bay on 14 September, and was a clear battlefield success; but a tardy pursuit

Prompt: The Battle of Balaclava was in which war?

Answer: Russo-Turkish War, 1853-56


Context: Collage | " Collage (, from the coller, ""to glue"" or ""to stick together""; ) is a technique of art creation, primarily used in the visual arts, but in music too, by which art results from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. (Compare with pastiche, which is a ""pasting"" together.) A collage may sometimes include magazine and newspaper clippings, ribbons, paint, bits of colored or handmade papers, portions of other artwork or texts, photographs and other found objects, glued to a piece of paper or canvas. The origins of collage can be traced back hundreds of years, but this technique made a dramatic reappearance in the early 20th century as an art form of novelty. The term Papier collé was coined by both Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso in the beginning of the 20th century when collage became a distinctive part of modern art."

Prompt: What is the name of the art form where objects are glued to, usually, a piece of paper or canvas?

Answer: Digital Collage


Context: Dungaree (fabric) |   Dungaree fabric (used in English since 1605–15, from the Marathi dongrī) is a historical term for an Indian coarse thick calico cloth. The word is possibly derived from Dongri, a dockside village near Mumbai. Cotton twill with indigo-dyed warp thread is now more commonly referred to as denim. In American English, the term is used for hard-wearing work trousers made from such fabric and in British English for bib overalls in various fabrics, either for casual or work use. By 1891 Kipling was using the word to refer to a kind of garment (in the plural) as well as a fabric.

Prompt: "From which language do we get the word ""dungarees""?"

Answer: Hindi langauge


Context: Mark Philippoussis |  Mark Anthony Philippoussis (born 7 November 1976) is an Australian retired tennis player of Greek and Italian descent. He turned professional in 1994. His greatest achievements are winning two Davis Cup titles with Australia in 1999 and 2003, winning the deciding rubber in the final of each. He also reached the finals of the 1998 US Open and the 2003 Wimbledon tournaments, losing to fellow countryman Pat Rafter and Switzerland’s Roger Federer respectively. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8. He has had a minor career in modelling and starred in the American reality television dating show Age of Love. He is nicknamed 'the Scud', after the Scud missile.

Prompt: What was the nickname of tennis player Mark Philippoussis?

Answer: SCUD missiles


Context: Institutional Brokers' Estimate System | " The Institutional Brokers' Estimate System (I/B/E/S) is a service founded by the New York brokerage firm Lynch, Jones & Ryan and Technimetrics, Inc. I/B/E/S began collecting earnings estimates for U.S. companies around 1976 and used the raw data to calculate statistical time series for each company. The data subsequently was used as the basis for articles in academic finance journals attempting to demonstrate that changes in consensus earnings estimates could identify opportunities to capture excess returns in subsequent periods. After starting with annual earnings estimates and estimates of ""Long Term Growth, the database later was expanded to include quarterly earnings "

Prompt: What is identified by an I. S. B. N.?

Answer: Booke


Context: It's Not Me, It's You | " It was also certified four times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipments of over 280,000 copies in Australia. The album has sold over two million copies worldwide. The album's lead single, ""The Fear"", also debuted atop the UK Singles Chart, where it remained for four consecutive weeks. Other singles include the UK top-five entry ""Not Fair"", ""Fuck You"", ""22"" and ""Who'd Have Known"". The track ""Back to the Start"" was released as a limited-edition seven-inch vinyl for Record Store Day. Allen performed on a variety of television programs to promote the album, including Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She also embarked on her second concert tour, the It's Not Me, It's You World Tour, which visited Europe, North America, Asia, Oceania and South America."

Prompt: "Which album by Lily Allen contained the tracks ""The Fear"", ""Not Fair"" and ""22""?"

Answer: Its not me, its you


Context: Burning at the Mistake | "1) ""Nonpareil"" ; 2) ""Apparently I'm Walking A Narrow Path"" ; 3) ""If You Woke This Morning"" ; 4) ""You Ain't Got Nothing On Jack Caine"" ; 5) ""These Shadows Aren't Threatening Anymore"" ; 6) ""A Toast, As The Evening Fades"" "

Prompt: "How many adjectives are there in the sentence ""Jack ran down the path.""?"

Answer: None


Context: Thomas the Tank Engine |  Thomas's on-screen appearances in the TV series were developed by Britt Allcroft. The first series of 26 stories premiered in October 1984 on the ITV Network in the UK, with former Beatles drummer/vocalist Ringo Starr as storyteller. The stories were featured as segments as part of Shining Time Station in the US beginning in 1989 with Starr as the show's Mr. Conductor character. From 1991 to 1993, George Carlin replaced Starr as both the storyteller and as Mr. Conductor for Shining Time Station. Carlin also told the Thomas stories for Shining Time Station in 1995. In 1996, the Thomas stories were segments for Mr.

Prompt: In the books by the Rev. W. V. Awdry and the UK TV series first broadcast in 1984 with Ringo Starr as storyteller, how many wheels does Thomas the Tank Engine have?

Answer: six


Context: Short squeeze | " Short selling is a finance practice in which an investor, known as the short-seller, borrows shares and immediately sells them, hoping to buy them back later (""covering"") at a lower price. As the shares were borrowed, the short-seller must eventually return them to the lender (plus interest and dividend, if any), and therefore makes a profit if they spend less buying back the shares than they earned when selling them. However, an unexpected piece of favorable news can cause a jump in the stock's share price, resulting in a loss rather than a profit. Short-sellers might then be triggered to buy the shares they "

Prompt: What word means to sell scarce shares or tickets at a quick profit?

Answer: Scalpus


Context: Las Vegas | " Las Vegas (Spanish for ""The Meadows""), often known simply as Vegas, is the 26th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area and is the largest city within the greater Mojave Desert. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city, known primarily for its gambling, shopping, fine dining, entertainment, and nightlife. The Las Vegas Valley as a whole serves as the leading financial, commercial, and cultural center for Nevada. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous for its mega casino-hotels and associated "

Prompt: What is the literal translation of the name Las Vegas?

Answer: The Meadows


Context: International Standard Book Number |  The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a numeric commercial book identifier which is intended to be unique. Publishers purchase ISBNs from an affiliate of the International ISBN Agency. An ISBN is assigned to each separate edition and variation (except reprintings) of a publication. For example, an e-book, a paperback and a hardcover edition of the same book will each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is ten digits long if assigned before 2007, and thirteen digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007. The method of assigning an ISBN is nation-specific and varies between countries, often depending on how large the publishing industry is within a

Prompt: "An ""ISBN"" is an identification number found on what item?"

Answer: Booke


Context: Scrum (rugby) |  A scrum (short for scrummage) is a method of restarting play in rugby football that involves players packing closely together with their heads down and attempting to gain possession of the ball. Depending on whether it is in rugby union or rugby league, the scrum is used either after an accidental infringement or when the ball has gone out of play. Scrums occur more often, and are now of greater importance, in union than in league. Starting play from the line of scrimmage in gridiron football is derived from the scrum. In both forms of rugby, a scrum is formed by the players who are designated forwards binding together in

Prompt: Players form scrums in which sport?

Answer: Rugby (disambiguation)


Context: Antediluvian |   The antediluvian (alternatively pre-diluvian or pre-flood) period is the time period chronicled in the Bible between the fall of man and the Genesis flood narrative in biblical cosmology. The term was coined by Thomas Browne. The narrative takes up chapters 1–6 (excluding the flood narrative) of the Book of Genesis. The term found its way into early geology and science until the late Victorian era. Colloquially, the term is used to refer to any ancient and murky period.

Prompt: "What word refers to the period before ""The Great Flood"" as described in the Old Testament of the Bible?"

Answer: Antediluvian


Context: Norah Jones |  Jones was in a relationship with bassist Lee Alexander from 2000 to 2007. After a period of estrangement from her father, Ravi Shankar, Jones traveled to New Delhi to spend time with him, and wrote some material that was later recorded for the album The Fall. Jones has two children with her husband, keyboardist Pete Remm.

Prompt: What relation were Ravi Shankar and Norah Jones to each other?

Answer: Father and Daughter


Context: Code duello |  and amateur boxing under this new rule system when John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry endorsed its use. The new rules had a three-minute limit on rounds, required gloves, and forbade grappling and wrestling. The rules prevented permanent mutilation: They did not permit punches to the temples, neck or below the belt. They also forbade kicking, biting and eye gouging. The result was a viscerally satisfying fight with far less actual hazard than either a sword or gunfight. In other words, it became a nearly perfect vehicle for addressing matters of pride and insult. As a practical matter, the legal sport of pugilism replaced duelling for most English gentlemen near this time. Only the involved gentlemen ever needed to know the points of honour at stake. Duelling thereby moved underground and to 'sport' and has stayed there.

Prompt: John Sholto Douglas sponsored the rules for which sport in the 19th century?

Answer: Prize fight


Context: Pelagie Islands | " The Pelagie Islands (Isole Pelagie; Ìsuli Pilaggî), from the Greek πέλαγος, pélagos meaning ""open sea"", are the three small islands of Lampedusa, Lampione, and Linosa, located in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia, south of Sicily. To the northwest lie the island of Pantelleria and the Strait of Sicily. All three islands are part of the comune of Lampedusa. Geographically, part of the archipelago (Lampedusa and Lampione) belongs to the African continent and it is an Italian maritime exclave in the Tunisian continental shelf; politically and administratively the islands fall within the Sicilian province of Agrigento and represent the southernmost part of Italy. Despite pockets of agriculture, the islands are unnaturally barren due to wanton deforestation and the disappearance of the native olive groves, juniper and carob plantations. Fifty years ago much of the landscape was farmland bounded by dry stone walls but today, the local economy is based on fishing – sponge fishing and canning – supplemented by tourism in Lampedusa."

Prompt: The islands of Malta, Sardinia, Sicily and Corsica are in which Sea?

Answer: Mediterranian


Context: Thomas Rawlinson | " Following the defeat of the Highland clans at the Battle of Culloden in the Second Jacobite Rebellion, the British parliament banned the wearing of tartan and other symbols of the Scottish Highlanders in the 1746 Dress Act. The Act was repealed in 1782 and, in the decades following, there was a romantic revival of interest in things connected with the Highlands, including their dress. Sir Walter Scott's novels of Highland adventure were best-sellers, and the Highland Society of London became very influential. The ""Highland revival"" culminated in the visit of King George IV to Edinburgh in 1822, a pageant in large measure orchestrated by Scott. Capitalizing on the Highland craze, the Society declared Rawlinson's kilt ""one of the essential pieces of Highland wear"". The actual Highland Scots had become a despised underclass, but British Army generals, aristocracy, and landowners could now be seen wearing kilts and listening to the bagpipes. Queen Victoria first visited the Braemar Society's highland gathering at Invercauld in 1844, later buying nearby Balmoral Castle and becoming the society's patron as the Royal family continued to popularise the wearing of the kilt."

Prompt: What were Scotsmen prohibited from wearing 1746-1782 under the Highland Garb Act, after the rising in Scotland in 1745?

Answer: Plaid cloth


Context: Limpopo River |  The river flows in a great arc, first zigzagging north and then north-east, then turning east and finally south-east. It serves as a border for about 640 km, separating South Africa to the southeast from Botswana to the northwest and Zimbabwe to the north. Two of its tributaries, the Marico River and the Crocodile River join, at which point the name changes to Limpopo River. There are several rapids as the river falls off Southern Africa's inland escarpment. The Notwane River is a major tributary of the Limpopo, rising on the edge of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana and flowing in a north-easterly direction. The main tributary of the Limpopo, the Olifants River (Elephant River), contributes around 1,233 million m3 of water per year. Other major tributaries include the Shashe River, Mzingwane River, Crocodile River, Mwenezi River and Luvuvhu River. In the north-eastern corner of South Africa the river borders the Kruger National Park. The port town of Xai-Xai, Mozambique is on the river near the mouth. Below the Olifants, the river is permanently navigable to the sea, though a sandbar prevents access by large ships except at high tide.

Prompt: The Limpopo River separates Zimbabwe and Botswana from what country?

Answer: South africa


Context: United Nations Security Council veto power | "  The United Nations Security Council ""veto power"" refers to the power of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) to veto any ""substantive"" resolution. However, a permanent member's abstention or absence does not prevent a draft resolution from being adopted. This veto power does not apply to ""procedural"" votes, as determined by the permanent members themselves. A permanent member can also block the selection of a Secretary-General, although a formal veto is unnecessary since the vote is taken behind closed doors. The veto power is controversial. Supporters regard it as a promoter of international stability, a check against military interventions, and a critical safeguard against US domination. Critics say that the veto is the most undemocratic element of the UN, as well as the main cause of inaction on war crimes and crimes against humanity, as it effectively prevents UN action against the permanent members and their allies."

Prompt: Which one of these countries is not a permanent member of the UN Security Council, with the power to veto any substantive resolution?

Answer: Ugandese


Context: Penny dreadful | "  Penny dreadfuls were cheap popular serial literature produced during the nineteenth century in the United Kingdom. The pejorative term is roughly interchangeable with penny horrible, penny awful, and penny blood. The term typically referred to a story published in weekly parts of 8 to 16 pages, each costing one penny. The subject matter of these stories was typically sensational, focusing on the exploits of detectives, criminals, or supernatural entities. First published in the 1830s, penny dreadfuls featured characters such as Sweeney Todd, Dick Turpin, Varney the Vampire and Spring-heeled Jack. The BBC called penny dreadfuls ""a 19th-century British publishing phenomenon"". By the 1850s there were up to a hundred publishers of penny-fiction, and in the 1860s "

Prompt: "In the 19th century, the term ""penny dreadful"" applied to what item?"

Answer: Booke


Context: Alison Krauss |  Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, and the Cold Mountain soundtrack, which led to her performance at the 2004 Academy Awards. As of 2019, she has won 27 Grammy Awards from 42 nominations, ranking her fourth behind Beyoncé, Quincy Jones and classical conductor Georg Solti for most Grammy Award wins overall. Krauss was the most awarded singer and the most awarded female artist in Grammy history until Beyoncé won her 28th Grammy in 2021. When Krauss won her first Grammy in 1991, she was the second-youngest winner at that time. On November 21, 2019, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts. She was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in September 2021.

Prompt: Which American bluegrass-country singer and fiddler has won 26 Grammy Awards, making her the most awarded female artist (and the third most awarded artist overall) in Grammy history since she recorded for the first time at the age of 14?

Answer: Alison Kraus


Context: Barbell |   A barbell is a piece of exercise equipment used in weight training, bodybuilding, weightlifting and powerlifting, consisting of a long bar, usually with weights attached at each end. Barbells range in length from 4 ft to above 8 ft, although bars longer than 2.2 m are used primarily by powerlifters and are not commonplace. The central portion of the bar varies in diameter from 25 millimetres (0.98 in) to 50 millimetres (1.96 in) (e.g., Apollon's Axle), and is often engraved with a knurled crosshatch pattern to help lifters maintain a solid grip. Weight plates slide onto the outer portions of the bar to

Prompt: What is the name of the short bar with weights at each end that is sometimes used by bodybuilders?

Answer: Dumb-bell


Context: Black Panther Party |  In late October 1966, Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense). In formulating a new politics, they drew on their work with a variety of Black Power organizations. Newton and Seale first met in 1962 when they were both students at Merritt College. They joined Donald Warden's Afro-American Association, where they read widely, debated, and organized in an emergent black nationalist tradition inspired by Malcolm X and others. Eventually dissatisfied with Warden's accommodationism, they developed a revolutionary anti-imperialist perspective working with more active and militant groups like the Soul Students Advisory

Prompt: With what group are Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton associated?

Answer: Black Panther Party


Context: Force |  Sir Isaac Newton described the motion of all objects using the concepts of inertia and force, and in doing so he found they obey certain conservation laws. In 1687, Newton published his thesis Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. In this work Newton set out three laws of motion that to this day are the way forces are described in physics.

Prompt: "The ""Three Laws of Motion"" are named after which scientist who published them in 1687?"

Answer: Isaac Newton


Context: Caber toss | " The caber toss is a traditional Scottish athletic event in which competitors toss a large tapered pole called a ""caber"" (/ˈkeɪbər/). It is normally practised at the Scottish Highland Games. In Scotland, the caber is usually made from a Larch tree and it can be between 16-20 ft tall and weighs between 90-150 lb. The term ""caber"" derives from the Gaelic word cabar, which refers to a wooden beam. The person tossing the caber is called a ""tosser"" or a ""thrower"". It is said to have developed from the need to toss logs across narrow chasms (in order to cross them), lumberjacks needing to transport logs by throwing them in streams, or by lumberjacks challenging each other to a small contest. Although the sport is primarily associated with Scotland, a similar exercise, ""casting the bar"", was popular in England in the 16th century. The record for most caber tosses in three minutes is currently held by the Canadian Danny Frame. He managed to perform 16 successful caber tosses on 20 July 2018 at the Heart of the Valley Festival in Middleton, Nova Scotia, Canada."

Prompt: "Where was the sport called ""Tossing the caber"" developed?"

Answer: The Scottish Nation


Context: Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini |  open for visitors. In 2017 the park was elected the most beautiful garden in Italy. The park contains two ponds, a dozen notable structures, various statues, and an extensive grotto. The grotto represents a Dantesque inferno, with walkways and subterranean lake through which the visitor may ascend to paradise. In former years, visitors could explore the grotto by boat. Structures include a Coffee House in the shape of triumphal arch, Rustic House, Madonna's Chapel, Mausoleum of the Captain, Temple of Diana, Flower House, Turkish Temple, Obelisk, and Chinese Pagoda. The park also contains a number of plantings of botanical interest, including mature specimens of Araucaria bidwilli, Cedrus libani, Cinnamomum camphora, Jubaea chilensis, Notelaea excelsa, Firmiana simplex, Quercus suber, Podocarpus macrophyllus, many exotic palms and a stand of some 160 Camellia japonica.

Prompt: In which city can you visit the Luigi Ferraris Stadium, the gardens of the Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini, the Piazza De Ferrari, the cemetery of Staglieno, the Edoardo Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art and the Torre della Lanterna?

Answer: Quarto di Genova


Context: List of United States presidential firsts | First president to ascend to the presidency by the assassination of his predecessor. ; First president to be impeached by the House of Representatives. ; First president to have members of their own party vote for impeachment. ; First president to serve in the United States Senate after being president. ; First president to issue more than twenty vetoes. ; First president to have more than ten vetoes overridden.

Prompt: Who was the first US president to succeed to the Presidency upon the assassination of his predecessor and the first US President to be impeached?

Answer: 17th President of the United States


Context: Vicky Beeching | " Victoria Louise ""Vicky"" Beeching (born 17 July 1979) is an English musician and religious commentator. She is best known for her work in the American contemporary worship music genre, and has been described by The Guardian as ""arguably the most influential Christian of her generation"" due to her Twitter following and appearances on BBC's Thought for the Day."

Prompt: "Which American vocalist (described by the British newspaper ""The Guardian"" as ""one of the greatest voices of her generation"") whose repertoire included jazz, blues, folk, gospel and pop, was unknown outside Washington, D.C., until after she died of melanoma in 1996?"

Answer: Eva Cassidy


Context: One Perfect Day (2004 film) |  The central character of the film is Tommy Matisse; his name combines the title of The Who's 1969 rock opera Tommy and the last name of twentieth century French painter Henri Matisse. Tommy is a Melbourne boy studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He is a violinist and composer who hears music in unusual sources such as the ambient noises of a train in the London Underground or the chirping of crickets. He is a rebel against the traditions of classical music and displays this by bringing a homeless woman living in the Underground on stage for a concert. A sympathetic professor decides that he is the type of innovative artist needed to revive a dying opera artform. Having shocked opera's establishment, he

Prompt: "Who was the main character in the Who's rock opera ""Tommy"", the boy traumatised by the murder of his mother's lover?"

Answer: Tommy Walker (disambiguation)


Context: Largest naval battle in history |  Admiral Sir John Jellicoe engaged in battle near Jutland, Denmark, during World War I. The German fleet consisted of 16 dreadnought and 6 pre-dreadnought battleships, 5 battle cruisers, 11 light cruisers, and 61 fleet torpedo boats, while the British fleet was composed of 28 battleships, 9 battle cruisers, 8 armoured cruisers, 26 light cruisers, 78 destroyers, 1 minelayer, and 1 seaplane carrier. Britain suffered more casualties and lost more ships than Germany but the outcome was a strategic success for the British since it resulted in the successful containment of the German fleet. In terms of total displacement of ships

Prompt: Admiral Sir John Jellicoe commanded the British fleet at the Battle of Jutland, the largest naval battle of World War I, against a fleet from which country?

Answer: United States of Germany


Context: New York Public Library |  23, 1911. It was the largest marble structure up to that time in the United States. The two stone lions guarding the entrance were sculpted by E.C. Potter and carved by the Piccirilli Brothers. Its main reading room was contemporaneously the largest of its kind in the world at 77 ft wide by 295 ft long, with 50 ft ceilings. An expansion in the 1970s and 1980s added storage space under Bryant Park, directly west of the library. The structure was given a major restoration from 2007 to 2011, underwritten by a $100 million gift from philanthropist Stephen A. Schwarzman, for whom the branch

Prompt: "The ""Giant Marbles"" rock formation in the USA is in which national park?"

Answer: Joshua Tree National Park


Context: Baby Please Don't Stop | " ""Baby Please Don't Stop"" is a song by Spice Girls member Emma Bunton, released on 27 February 2019 as the lead single from her fourth studio album, My Happy Place. It is Bunton's first solo single released in twelve years, the last being ""All I Need to Know"" in 2007. The single was written by Bunton, Patrick Mascall, and Paul Barry, while Paul Meehan and Brian Rawling handled the song's production."

Prompt: "What is the real name of ""Baby Spice"" of the Spice Girls, whose 2007 single ""All I Need to Know"" was the lowest-charting single of her solo career?"

Answer: Emma Bunton