216.8 1 0 Ben Bernanke hired Krugman to teach at Princeton 216.8 2 0.5 Krugman opposes major changes to Social Security 216.8 3 0.25 Krugman believes private markets are a horrible way to deliver health care 216.8 4 1 Krugman considered one of World's Top 100 Public Intellectuals 216.8 5 0.25 Krugman considers prescription drug plan a miserable failure 216.8 6 1 Krugman is one of Bush's most savage critics 216.8 7 0 Krugman once worked in Reagan's White House 216.8 8 0.5 Krugman prefers economic to political commentary 216.8 9 0.25 Krugman believes Bush tax cuts disproportionately help the wealthy 216.8 10 0.5 Krugman maintains that Greenspan shills for the Bush administration 216.8 11 0 Krugman's wife has coauthored a book with him 216.8 12 0 Krugman claims that Walmart destroys jobs 217.7 1 0 Sued by pro wrestler Diamond Dallas Page 217.7 2 0.333333333333333 Annual revenue of his company is $450 million 217.7 3 0.333333333333333 His record company has 500 employees 217.7 4 0.222222222222222 Jay-Z once dealt drugs 217.7 5 0.444444444444444 Jay-Z is a kind of savant, committing no lyrics to paper 217.7 6 0.444444444444444 Is subject of documentary "Fade to Black" 217.7 7 0.555555555555556 As of 2005 his net worth is estimated at $320 million 217.7 8 0.111111111111111 Was abandoned by father at age 12 217.7 9 0.222222222222222 His nickname Jazzy led to stage name Jay-Z 217.7 10 0.222222222222222 Dropped out of high school 217.7 11 1 Jay-Z is a Grammy award winner 218.8 1 0 Was guest of Cheney at Naval Observatory 218.8 2 0.25 Appeared at inauguration celebration for Bush 218.8 3 0.25 In prep for debate Gore studied Hammond impression of him 218.8 4 0 Hammond says he is nervous around presidents and vice presidents 218.8 5 0.375 Hammond captured Bush's boyishly pranky persona 218.8 6 0.125 Hammond is an alumnus of "Comedy Central Presents" 218.8 7 0 Divorced and then remarried his wife 218.8 8 0 When Pardo not available as show announcer, Hammond impersonates him 218.8 9 1 Has longest tenure in SNL history 219.7 1 0.142857142857143 BND official stated Curveball not psychologically stable 219.7 2 0.142857142857143 Curveball supposedly relative of Chalabi aide 219.7 3 1 Curveball gave info that Iraq possessed mobile germ labs 219.7 4 0.428571428571429 German Intelligence would not allow US acess to Curveball 219.7 5 0.285714285714286 Curveball claimed to hate Americans 219.7 6 0.571428571428571 Curveball claims were critical to war 219.7 7 0.285714285714286 Curveball identity has never been revealed 219.7 8 0.571428571428571 Some curveball info contradicted by other intelligence 219.7 9 0.285714285714286 Once granted asylum, curveball ceased cooperating 219.7 10 0.571428571428571 Curveball friends described him as "congenital liar' 220.8 1 1 IMG is the top sports management organization 220.8 2 0.111111111111111 IMG partnered with Harrah's Entertainment to promote World Series of Poker 220.8 3 0.111111111111111 IMG has academy in Bradenton, Florida for would-be NBA players 220.8 4 0.222222222222222 IMG has 70 NHL players under contract 220.8 5 0 IMG provides for a fee their clients for corporate sponsored outings 220.8 6 0.555555555555556 IMG's television division is largest producer of televised sports 221.8 1 0 Until 2006 all circulating coins featuring past presidents had them facing backward 221.8 2 1 Only organization authorized to make the nation's money 221.8 3 0.111111111111111 Mint plans to introduce 24-karat gold coin 221.8 4 0.555555555555556 Mints in Pennsylvania and Colorado make US coins 221.8 5 0 Dollar coins can be minted for 12 to 15 cents each 221.8 6 0.111111111111111 Mint introduces muted pastels into US greenbacks 221.8 7 0 25 cent coins can be made for less than 5 cents each 222.8 1 0.166666666666667 3M allegedly has illegally dumped chemicals 222.8 2 0 Bush spoke about "American Competitiveness" at 3M 222.8 3 0.333333333333333 3M researchers allowed to spend part time on research of their choosing 222.8 4 0.166666666666667 Only small part of 3M workers are unionized 222.8 5 1 3M produces over 55,000 products 222.8 6 0 An early 3M innovation was waterproof sandpaper 222.8 7 0.166666666666667 3M was involved in some of first digital audio recordings 222.8 8 0.833333333333333 3M is 1 of 30 in Dow Jones Industrial Average 222.8 9 0.833333333333333 3M has 67,000 employees around world 222.8 10 0.333333333333333 3M manufactured PFOA which allegedly was carcinogenic to humans 223.7 1 1 Merrill Lynch is nation's biggest brokerage firm 223.7 2 0 Merrill Lynch has paid more than $100M to settle sexual discrimination claims 223.7 3 0.111111111111111 Merrill Lynch is active in Asian countries' financial activities 223.7 4 0.111111111111111 Co. occupies entire 34 stories of Four World Financial Center building in NYC 223.7 5 0.666666666666667 Company operates in more than 30 countries around the world 223.7 6 0.111111111111111 Co. will pay $164M to settle 23 class action lawsuits 223.7 7 0.222222222222222 Merrill Lynch has at least 13,500 financial advisers 224.8 1 0.166666666666667 WWE has filmed programs in Iraq for broadcast in America 224.8 2 0 WWE claims to have "intellectual property" 224.8 3 0 WWE star was found dead in his Minneapolis hotel room 224.8 4 0 WWE received $3.5M from law suit against Brent Bozell (Parents TV Council) 224.8 5 1 WWE coined phrase "sports entertainment" in referring to pro wrestling 224.8 6 0 WWE superstars have the top bone specialists on retainer 224.8 7 0.666666666666667 WWE is starting random drug testing 224.8 8 0 Replica championship belts can be purchased from WWE 225.8 1 1 The Sago Mine disaster was the largest mine disaster in West Virginia since the 1968 explosion in Farmington. 225.8 2 0.444444444444444 A unique horror of the Sago mine disaster was a false report that the 12 missing miners had been found alive 225.8 3 0.444444444444444 The explosion at the Sago mine killed one miner directly. 225.8 4 0.555555555555556 The other 11 miners died of carbon monoxide poisoning within 41 hours following the blast. 225.8 5 0.333333333333333 Dangerous levels of carbon monoxide prevented the Rescue teams from entering the mine for more than 11 hours following the explosion. 225.8 6 0.555555555555556 The explosion may have been caused by lightning striking an abandoned part of the mine. 225.8 7 0.111111111111111 Mining operations restarted at the Sago mine two and a half months after the disaster. 225.8 8 0.222222222222222 Historically, mining disasters in the U.S have resulted in improved safety in the U.S. mining industry. 226.8 1 0.285714285714286 Miers graduated from Southern Methodist University 226.8 2 0.571428571428571 Miers had been president of a 400 lawyer firm 226.8 3 0.285714285714286 Miers was considered to be anti-abortion 226.8 4 1 Miers had never been a judge 226.8 5 0.571428571428571 Miers nomination was opposed by many Conservatives 226.8 6 0.142857142857143 Miers supported "affirmative action" 226.8 7 0.285714285714286 Miers supported "the right to bear arms" 226.8 8 0.142857142857143 Miers supported civil rights for homosexuals 226.8 9 0 Miers opposed limits on attorney fees in tort lawsuits 226.8 10 0.142857142857143 Dick Cheney was not enthusiastic about the Miers nomination 226.8 11 0 Miers was even opposed by Ann Coulter 226.8 12 0.142857142857143 Miers reportedly said Dubya is "the most brilliant man she ever met" 227.8 1 0.857142857142857 There was also a civil trial charging Robert Blake with ""Wrongful death". 227.8 2 0.857142857142857 Robert Blake was a movie/TV star. 227.8 3 1 There was no direct evidence linking Blake with the murder. 228.7 1 0 EA Sports has a computer game titled "NCAA06 March Madness" 228.7 2 1 First day of the Madness drew more than 1.2M Internet viewers 228.7 3 0.6 It was estimated the tournament would cost the economy $3.8B in lost productivity 228.7 4 0.8 Every game of the 19 day ritual available live and free on the Internet 228.7 5 0.6 "March Madness" initially described 1939 Illinois Hi-School basketball tournament 228.7 6 0.2 Companies fear spread of March Madness via the Internet 228.7 7 0.4 Both Illinois High School Association and NCAA applied for trademark protection of term "March Madness" 228.7 8 0.4 CBS sportcaster Brent Musberger is thought to have popularized term "March Madness" 228.7 9 0.6 Add spending for 2006 Madness expected to hit record $500M 228.7 10 0.8 "March Madness" is considered part of the country's culture 228.7 11 0 March Madness webcast includes "boss button" which can revert screen to fake spreadsheet 228.7 12 0 NCAA tries to discourage betting on March Madness 229.8 1 0.6 Transplantee had much counselling prior to operation 229.8 2 0.4 Transplantee appeared in public 9 weeks after surgery 229.8 3 0.6 Transplant was obtained from a brain dead donor 229.8 4 0.2 Microsurgical techniques involved were commonplace 229.8 5 0.4 Surgical team FACED criticism for transplant 229.8 6 0.4 Transplant success raises legitimate hope for other people 229.8 7 1 Transplantee received lips, chin, and nose from brain-dead donor 229.8 8 0 Operation led TV pundits to ponder which celebrity faces would be coveted when procedure commonplace 229.8 9 0.6 Surgery violated the advice of a French ethics panel 229.8 10 0.4 Transplantee reportedly attempted suicide 229.8 11 0.8 Transplantee was pleased with results of operation 229.8 12 1 Operation involved a 50 person team 230.7 1 0.666666666666667 It is believed the average taxpayer does not understand the AMT 230.7 2 0.5 In 2005 the AMT may afflict over 3M families 230.7 3 0.166666666666667 Computer tax programs provide best assistance in ATM determination 230.7 4 1 AMT is not indexed to inflation 230.7 5 0.333333333333333 AMT disproportionately affects states 230.7 6 0.666666666666667 Affects more families each year 230.7 7 0.833333333333333 AMT has only 2 tax rates - 26 and 28 percent 230.7 8 0.333333333333333 Tax Policy Center estimates 29% of Bush tax cuts recovered by AMT 230.7 9 0.5 If AMT repealed, alternative revenue sources would be required 230.7 10 0.833333333333333 AMT devised so wealthy couldn't use loopholes to escape taxes entirely 231.7 1 1 America's fifth Nimitz-class carrier 231.7 2 0.571428571428571 ship has 5,000 plus crew members 231.7 3 1 Ship is nuclear powered 231.7 4 0 Ship has been anchoring off the Aceh coast from Jan 1 231.7 5 0.571428571428571 Its full load displacement is approximately 100,000 tons. 231.7 6 0.142857142857143 estimated to spend about 250,000 dollars a day in Hong Kong 231.7 7 0.428571428571429 second ship in the U. S. Navy to bear the name Abraham Lincoln 231.7 8 0.571428571428571 Abraham Lincoln has served as a base for relief flights into western Sumatra 231.7 9 0.571428571428571 Ship has more than 70 planes on board 231.7 10 0.142857142857143 Abraham Lincoln has been flying food, water and medical supplies into that area of Indonesia 231.7 11 0.285714285714286 Provided humanitarian assistance for Operation Unified Assistance in Sumatra 231.7 12 0.142857142857143 USS Abraham Lincoln is joining the American relief effort in the countries hit by the devastating tsunami this week 232.7 1 1 Volume of traffic at Dulles. 232.7 2 0.6 Road access to Dulles. 232.7 3 0.4 Planned rail access to Dulles. 232.7 4 0 Operation of Indepeendence Airlines at Dulles. 232.7 5 0.8 Dulles's record for on-time arrivals and departures. 232.7 6 0.4 The mobile lounge system at Dulles. 232.7 7 0.2 Planned physical improvements at Dulles. 233.6 1 0.833333333333333 Television sitcom evolved from comic strip 233.6 2 0.666666666666667 Movies also evolved from comic strip. 233.6 3 1 Blondie appears in 2300 newspapers 233.6 4 0.333333333333333 Blondie started her own catering business in 1991 233.6 5 0.333333333333333 Blondie's birth surname was Boopadoop. 233.6 6 0.833333333333333 The Dagwood sandwich was popularized by this comic strip. 234.7 1 0.666666666666667 Berlin donated the copyright of "God Bless America" to the Boy & Girl Scouts of America 234.7 2 0.166666666666667 Berlin's "Blue Skies" helped usher in in the talkies 234.7 3 0.666666666666667 Biggest modern songs of Christmas are Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" 234.7 4 1 Most famous commercial Christmas song of all is Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" 234.7 5 0.5 1938 - Kate Smith first sings Berlin's "God Bless America" on U.S. network radio 234.7 6 0.666666666666667 Irving Berlin is American music 234.7 7 0.166666666666667 Irving Berlin has no place in American music 234.7 8 0 And so it is the moment for Irving Berlin in the season that he owned 234.7 9 0.5 Izzy Baline began performing as a singing waiter at the Pelham Cafe in Chinatown 234.7 10 0.666666666666667 unable to read music 234.7 11 0.166666666666667 "White Christmas" - nobody sang it like Bing Crosby 234.7 12 0.5 Berlin got his start as a lyricist for other composers 234.7 13 0 His father, Moses Beilin, was a rabbi 234.7 14 0 "Show Business: Irving Berlin's America" is to open in Washington in 2007 235.7 1 0.125 once used an ax to fend off a crazed moose 235.7 2 1 became one of the nation's most celebrated sportswomen 235.7 3 0.75 In 1986 became the first (or second) woman to win the Iditarod dog sled race 235.7 4 0 Butcher is facing the next leg of an even rougher journey 235.7 5 1 Butcher became the the first to win four out of five sequential years 235.7 6 0.375 Butcher grew up in the city of Boston, Massachusetts 235.7 7 0.25 She studied at Colorado State University 235.7 8 0.125 In 1985 two of her dogs were killed by a moose, and six others were injured 235.7 9 0.625 She placed in the top five finishers 12 times 235.7 10 0.75 She won the "U.S. Victor Award" for female athelete of the year two years in a row 235.7 11 0 Butcher knows what it's like to race under extreme conditions 235.7 12 0.375 Butcher has launched a seven-month campaign to beat her leukemia 235.7 13 0 this leukemia hasn't met Susan Butcher yet 235.7 14 0 Susan will fight this as any person can 235.7 15 0.5 Susan Butcher is four-time Iditarod champion 236.7 1 0.833333333333333 "Sleigh Ride", Boston Pops first self-produced recording 236.7 2 0 Pops cancelled three Holiday Pops concerts due to slow ticket sales 236.7 3 0.333333333333333 massive repertoire, Bach to the Beatles 236.7 4 0.166666666666667 main ticket buyer remains over 50 236.7 5 0.166666666666667 leader of the Boston Pops and music director of the Utah Symphony 236.7 6 0 Boston Pops is a plum job 236.7 7 0 Pops wanted to hire scruffy rock band, "Guster", to play Symphony Hall 236.7 8 0.333333333333333 orchestra has long presented Gershwin for casual summer listeners 236.7 9 0 Fidelity has sponsored Boston Pops as one of the performing arts groups 236.7 10 0 Skitch Henderson, in the tradition of Fiedler, not only was a terrific musician, he was a real entertainer 236.7 11 1 First Boston Pops concert performed in 1885 called Promenade concerts until 1900 236.7 12 0.833333333333333 Pops did not adopt its own official conductor, Arthur Fiedler, until 1930 236.7 13 0.333333333333333 Marin Alsop, first woman to conduct the Boston Pops 236.7 14 0.5 Tanglewood, summer home of the Boston Pops 236.7 15 0 Boston Pops conductor is like being a really good short-order cook 237.7 1 0 Assisted living alternative: cruise ships 237.7 2 0.833333333333333 Queen Mary 2, currently most expensive cruise ship 237.7 3 1 company operates 79 ships across 12 brands 237.7 4 0 world's largest liner had to cut three stops from Latin American tour due to propulsion problem 237.7 5 0.5 Carnival Corp., world's largest cruise operator 237.7 6 0.5 A record 8.9 million North Americans took cruises in 2004 237.7 7 0.166666666666667 Average age of passengers has fallen in last decade to 50 from 60 237.7 8 0 New construction of cruise vessels has slowed in recent years 237.7 9 0.5 New liner, Queen Victoria, will debut in December 2007 237.7 10 0.333333333333333 Cruise ships are designed for vacations 237.7 11 0 One of Queen Mary II's propulsion motor casings hit an underwater channel 237.7 12 0 Cruise ships can become perfect place to transmit contagious diseases 237.7 13 0 Cruise lines now offer a buffet of shore excusions 238.6 1 0 Red Sox go to arbritation with 1st baseman Mankiewicz over 2004 World Series winning ball 238.6 2 0 "biggest losers in baseball" tag now falls to Chicago 238.6 3 1 last time Red Sox won world series was 1918 238.6 4 1 Red Sox came back from a 0-3 series deficit to win the final four games 238.6 5 0.5 Red Sox, first team to complete the postseason with eight straight victories 238.6 6 0 Red Sox did not erase the past, but they changed the future 238.6 7 0.25 Red Sox won five of the first 15 world series titles 238.6 8 0.25 1946 Red Sox were the best team in baseball, but did not win the world series 238.6 9 1 completed a four-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals 238.6 10 0.25 Modern World Series has been an annual event since 1903, with exceptions of 1904 and 1994 238.6 11 0.25 In National League Park, both team's pitchers must hit. 238.6 12 0.25 To keep games honest, the shares are limited to the gate receipts of the first four games 239.6 1 0 "Jeopardy" whiz Ken Jennings finally meets his match. 239.6 2 0 former game show titleholder Kevin Olmstead 239.6 3 0.8 one of the best game shows 239.6 4 1 one of the most popular game shows 239.6 5 0.8 more than $2.5 million - largest pot of winnings 239.6 6 0.8 occasionally overtakes "Wheel of Fortune" as the most-watched syndicated show 239.6 7 0.4 Art Fleming hosted the original daytime NBC show 239.6 8 0 Jennings trying to turn his trivia prowess into a career 239.6 9 0.2 Still riding high after a 20 year run 239.6 10 0 Jennings bet big on both double jeopardy rounds and got both wrong 239.6 11 0.2 Zerg won when Jennings incorrectly answered "What is "Fed-Ex?" 239.6 12 0 Zerg won by posing the correct question --"What is H&R Block?" 240.6 1 0.555555555555556 18 million in print 240.6 2 1 fastest selling book in history on first weekend of its publication July 2000 240.6 3 0 Harry tormented by his evil nemesis Lord Voldemort 240.6 4 0.111111111111111 Book Four, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 240.6 5 0 Book Three, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 240.6 6 0 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 240.6 7 0 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 240.6 8 0 Harry Potter spends the end of his summer with the Weasleys in anticipation of the Quidditch World Cup 240.6 9 0.555555555555556 Goblet of Fire, the most successful at the box office 240.6 10 0.222222222222222 series of novels about the education of a young British wizard 240.6 11 0.222222222222222 Goblet of fire, probably the most engaging Potter film of the series 240.6 12 0.333333333333333 The Harry Potter franchise has been one of the most successful in publishing 240.6 13 0.666666666666667 more than 270 million Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire books in print worldwide 240.6 14 0 Goblet of Fire is first Potter film to be rated PG-13 240.6 15 0 China debuts "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" 241.7 1 1 Outrageous satirical agility is his stock in trade: Fforde has made that clear in a string of literary parodies that pry well-known characters loose from their nhative novels and plays. 241.7 2 0.333333333333333 Fforde's characters move through time and jump in and out of novels. 241.7 3 1 The Thursday Next Series is a series of noels by Jasper Fforde based on the adventures of Thursday Next, literary detective and Jurification agent. 242.7 1 0.833333333333333 Modern Guinness stout resulted from a new recipe for porter introduced in the 19th Century to lower the cost of production. 242.7 2 0.5 Cost of production was lowered about 10 percent by substituting untaxed roasted unmalted barley for highly taxed barley malt. 242.7 3 0.5 Guinness crosses boundaries, traditions and cultures all over the world. 242.7 4 0.333333333333333 it has been estimated that Americans drink 217 million pints of Guinness each year 242.7 5 1 The recipe for Guinness draft has been unchanged since 1959 243.6 1 1 The first of the 2005 London bombings were co-ordinated suicide bombings that struck London's transport system during morning rush hour 243.6 2 0.555555555555556 In the second attack, only the detonators of the bombs exploded, and all four bombs remained undetonated. 243.6 3 0.333333333333333 The London suicide bombers staged a "dummy run" of their devastating attack just two weeks before the first bombing attacks. 243.6 4 0.111111111111111 One of the four suicide bombers involved in the first bombing attacks had amassed a personal fortune of £121,000 while working part-time in a chip shop. 243.6 5 0.666666666666667 Two of the suicide bombers in the first bombing attacks had spent three months in Pakistan, where they were believed to have been trained in terrorism tactics before returning to Britain in February 2005. 244.7 1 1 Rubik's cubes were introduced in the 1980's 244.7 2 0.5 Each side of the classic cube displays 9 smaller cubes arranged in three rows and three columns 244.7 3 0.125 Variants to the classic arrangement are cubes which have 16 (4 x 4) or 25 (5 x 5) smaller cubes on each side. 244.7 4 0.625 The object of the puzzle is to move individual cells from one face to another by rotating the rows and columns until all the faces of the smaller cubes on each side are one color. 245.6 1 1 Hybrid cars draw power from at least two energy sources, typically a gas or diesel engine combined with an electric motor. 245.6 2 0.5 Surplus engine power and energy produced by braking are used to continually recharge the vehicle's battery. 245.6 3 0.5 Victor Wouk developed the first full-size version of the modern hybrid car. 245.6 4 0.5 Victor Wouk developed hybrid car technology in the 1970's. 245.6 5 0.875 Hybrid cars can reduce harmful emissions by up to 90%, and achieve much better fuel economy than normal cars. 245.6 6 0.125 EPA is researching two-mode hydraulic system for UPS trucks to achieve greater environmentally friendly fuel economy and emissions reductions. 246.7 1 0.666666666666667 Brown ignored reports that the levees had broken 246.7 2 0.166666666666667 Brown blamed the White House/DHS/the Louisiana governor/the mayor of New Orleans. 246.7 3 0.666666666666667 Brown was removed from FEMA's New Orleans efforts 246.7 4 0.166666666666667 Brown appeared at congressional hearings on FEMA's Katrina failings 246.7 5 0.333333333333333 After leaving FEMA, Brown set up/headed a disaster-preparedness consulting firm 246.7 6 0.166666666666667 Bush said Brown was "doing a heck of a job." 246.7 7 1 Brown had few qualifications to be the head of FEMA and had padded his resume. 246.7 8 0.5 Brown did not have a good working relationship with DHS even before Katrina. 246.7 9 0.666666666666667 Brown resigned from FEMA 247.8 1 0.25 Ella Fitzgerald sang with the Chick Webb Band. 247.8 2 1 Ella was known as the First Lady of Song/Jazz. 247.8 3 0.75 Ella wis considered to be one of the finest female jazz/swing singers of all time. 247.8 4 0.625 She was known as a "scat singer." 247.8 5 0.125 Ella recorded a songbook devoted to one composer. 247.8 6 0.125 Ella made recordings with Count Basie. 247.8 7 0.125 She made recordings with jazz guitarist Joe Pass. 247.8 8 0.125 She made recordings with Duke Ellington. 247.8 9 0.875 She had a three-octave vocal range. 247.8 10 0.25 Ella could improvise. 248.8 1 1 CSPI is privately funded/non-profit. 248.8 2 1 CSPI does research on food/alcohol/health/environment. 248.8 3 0.142857142857143 CSPI is concerned about obesity. 248.8 4 1 CSPI is an advocacy group/dedicated to informing the public. 248.8 5 0 CSPI is concerned about junk foods/unhealthy foods/soft drinks. 248.8 6 0.142857142857143 CSPI is concerned about food labeling/advertising. 248.8 7 0 CSPI has criticized the FDA/food producers/restaurants. 248.8 8 0.142857142857143 CSPI is concerned about calories/high fat/saturated fat/oils/sodium. 248.8 9 0 CSPI is concerned about alcoholic beverages. 248.8 10 0.142857142857143 CSPI is concerned about antibiotic resistance 248.8 11 0 CSPI is concerned about seafood/mercury in seafood 248.8 12 0 CSPI is concerned about food safety/nutrition 249.8 1 0.444444444444444 The program is named after Senator William J. Fulbright 249.8 2 1 It is an educational/exchange program between the U.S. and other countries. 249.8 3 0.444444444444444 It was created through the efforts of Senator Fulbright. 249.8 4 0.111111111111111 The Fulbright program is worldwide. 249.8 5 0 It is a prestigious program 250.7 1 0.375 Danish goods were boycotted because of the cartoons. 250.7 2 0.625 Danish diplomatic missions/personnel/citizens/businesses were threatened/attacked in protest. 250.7 3 0.375 One of the cartoons portrayed Mohammed wearing a bomb-shaped turban. 250.7 4 0.375 Danish citizens were advised to leave countries for their own safety. 250.7 5 0.75 The Danish government did not apologize for the cartoons because of freedom of expression. 250.7 6 0.125 Danish websites were attacked to protest the Danish publication of the cartoons. 250.7 7 0.25 Some of the cartoons were later reprinted in other magazines/newspapers/media around the world.. 250.7 8 1 Muslims consider depictions of Mohammed to be blasphemous. 250.7 9 0.625 The Danish newspaper at first refused to apologize for publishing the cartoons, but later did apologize. 250.7 10 0.625 Those responsible for the cartoons were threatened. 250.7 11 0.625 The publication of the cartoons created a diplomatic crisis. 250.7 12 0.125 Depictions of Mohammed can be found in art. 251.7 1 0.625 Lyme disease is an infectious disease. 251.7 2 0.875 Lyme disease is carried by deer ticks. 251.7 3 1 Lyme disease is difficult to diagnose/is often misdiagnosed. 251.7 4 0.75 Lyme disease is difficult to treat. 251.7 5 0.25 Some people develop a bull's-eye rash at the site of the tick bite. 251.7 6 0.125 The lone star tick can cause a disease similar to Lyme disease with similar symptoms 251.7 7 0.25 Lyme disease is increasing in North America. 251.7 8 0.375 Lyme disease can causes wide variety of symptoms. 251.7 9 0.25 Lyme disease occurs mainly in the northeast/mid-Atlantic/Wisconsin/Minnesota/California. 251.7 10 0.375 The diagnosis of Lyme disease is controversial, with false negatives and false positives. 251.7 11 0 Lyme often mimics other diseases. 252.8 1 1 The original American Girls each represented a period in American history. 252.8 2 0.444444444444444 American Girl emphasizes diversity/independent female role models. 252.8 3 0.444444444444444 The American Girl Collection features books/dolls/"friend dolls"/accessories/furniture/matching outfits for girls and their dolls/magazines. 252.8 4 0 There is not yet an Asian American doll. 252.8 5 0 American Girl supports Girls, Inc. 252.8 6 0.222222222222222 The dolls are high-quality/well-made/wholesome/educational. 252.8 7 0 American Girl also includes Just Like You dolls/Bitty Baby dolls. 252.8 8 0.333333333333333 American Girl was started by Pleasant T. Rowland. 252.8 9 0.555555555555556 The American Girl dolls are targeted for 8-to-12-year-old girls 252.8 10 0.222222222222222 American Girl products are sold through catalogues/special stores/mail order/web site. 253.8 1 0.25 "The Threepenny Opera" was based on John Gay's "Beggar's Opera". 253.8 2 0 Agnes de Mille choreographed "One Touch of Venus". 253.8 3 0 Brock Peters was the Broadway and movie lead in "Lost in the Stars". 253.8 4 0 "The Firebrand of Florence" closed on Broadway after only one month. 253.8 5 0 Sting performed in a Weill musical. 253.8 6 0.625 Kurt Weill fled Nazi Germany. 253.8 7 0.125 The Brazilian musical "Opera do Malandro" is an adaptation of Weill's "The Threepenny Opera". 253.8 8 0 The musical "Urinetown" is an homage to "The Threepenny Opera". 253.8 9 0 Bob Dylan was influenced by the songs of Brecht-Weill. 253.8 10 0 Louis Armstrong recorded "Mack the Knife", from "The Threepenny Opera". 253.8 11 0.875 Weill's music is atonal and avant garde. 253.8 12 1 Weill wrote other types of music, such as symphonies. 253.8 13 0.375 Weill's wife performed his work. 254.8 1 1 Chanel is regarded as one of the most influential designers of the 20th century. 254.8 2 0 Nicole Kidman advertises Chanel No. 5. 254.8 3 0.666666666666667 Chanel's designs were timeless. 254.8 4 0.555555555555556 Coco Chanel gave the fashion world some of its most stylish and instantly recognizable looks. 254.8 5 0.333333333333333 One symbol of Chanel style is the quilted handbag. 254.8 6 0.222222222222222 The Chanel blazer is symbolic of Chanel style. 254.8 7 0.222222222222222 A Broadway musical was based on the life of Coco Chanel. 254.8 8 0.444444444444444 The "little black dress" was popularized by Chanel. 254.8 9 0.555555555555556 Chanel aimed for simplicity of style. 254.8 10 0.666666666666667 Chanel brought fashion to the common people. 254.8 11 0.222222222222222 Tweed suits were popularized by Chanel. 254.8 12 0 Chanel also had a romantic period. 255.7 1 1 BAT is the world's second largest cigarette company. 255.7 2 0.888888888888889 BAT operates in more countries than any other cigarette company. 255.7 3 0.222222222222222 BAT is in the process of developing a safer cigarette. 255.7 4 0 BAT secretly operated a factory in North Korea. 255.7 5 0 BAT and Honda co-own the BAR Formula 1 team. 255.7 6 0 BAT tried to buy Bulgartabac. 255.7 7 0 BAt hoped to build its own operations in China. 255.7 8 0.333333333333333 BAT markets other products besides cigarettes. 256.8 1 0.444444444444444 The 10th Cavalry was one of the units known as the Buffalo Soldiers. 256.8 2 1 There were four Buffalo soldier units. 256.8 3 0.444444444444444 The 9th Cavalry was one of the units known as the Buffalo Soldiers. 256.8 4 0.444444444444444 The Buffalo Soldiers were with Teddy Roosevelt. 256.8 5 0.222222222222222 Fort Apache is one of the posts where Buffalo Soldiers were stationed. 256.8 6 0.555555555555556 The Buffalo Soldiers were still active in WWII. 256.8 7 0.111111111111111 The oldest Buffalo Soldier lived to be 111. 256.8 8 0.444444444444444 The 92nd Infantry was unit of Buffalo Soldiers. 256.8 9 0.444444444444444 A National Buffalo Soldiers Day has been celebrated. 256.8 10 0.333333333333333 A soldier's buffalo shoulder patch is a symbolic tie to the Buffalo Soldiers of the Old West. 256.8 11 0.222222222222222 The Buffalo Soldiers have been featured in the media. 256.8 12 0.444444444444444 The 25th Infantry was a Buffalo Soldier unit. 257.8 1 0.428571428571429 Five vehicles crossed the finish line! 257.8 2 0.857142857142857 DARPA is a research arm of the Defense Dept. 257.8 3 0.714285714285714 DARPA is best known for the Internet. 257.8 4 0.285714285714286 The first Grand Challenge was in March 2004. 257.8 5 0.428571428571429 The 2005 prize was $2 million. 257.8 6 0.571428571428571 DARPA's interest is in unpersonned military vehicles. 257.8 7 0.428571428571429 DARPA spent $9 million on the event. 257.8 8 0.571428571428571 The course was over 100 miles. 257.8 9 1 The vehicles had to be autonomous (robotic) rather than remote-controlled. 257.8 10 0.571428571428571 The successful completion of the DARPA Grand Challenge underscores the re-emergence of artificial intelligence. 258.9 1 1 This was the first multi-candidate presidential election. 258.9 2 0.333333333333333 Mubarak asked for constitutional amendments needed to permit multi-candidate elections. 258.9 3 0.555555555555556 The length of a presidential term is 6 years. 258.9 4 0.444444444444444 Egypt has 32 million eligible voters. 258.9 5 0.111111111111111 There are over 9,000 polling stations in Egypt. 258.9 6 0.333333333333333 Mubarak's party is the National Democratic party. 258.9 7 0.333333333333333 Mubarak has been in office since 1981. 258.9 8 0.333333333333333 Ayman Nur was Mubarak's biggest challenger. 258.9 9 0.111111111111111 The Egyptian elections were monitored. 259.9 1 0.666666666666667 Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion. 259.9 2 0.833333333333333 Stephen Hendry won the World Championship 7 times. 259.9 3 1 The winner's cheque was for 250,000 pounds. 259.9 4 0.666666666666667 The English city of Sheffield will continue to host the World Championships until 2010. 259.9 5 0 Ronnie O'Sullivan is planning to switch his focus from snooker to pool, in the U.S. 259.9 6 0.666666666666667 The Crucible Theatre has hosted the World Championship since 1977. 259.9 7 0.833333333333333 Murphy's win was a big upset. 260.8 1 0.222222222222222 Electronic games were based on the TMNT. 260.8 2 0 The TMNT battled the Foot Ninjas. 260.8 3 1 The ``Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' was the most commercially successful self-published superhero comic book ever. 260.8 4 0 Various food chains or products were promoted by the TMNT. 260.8 5 0.111111111111111 The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles name was changed to Hero Turtles in Europe. 260.8 6 0.777777777777778 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has been an international phenomenon for more than twenty years. 260.8 7 0.555555555555556 The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles first appeared as a comic book. 260.8 8 0.666666666666667 "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" became one of the top-grossing films in North America in 1990, making over US$130 million. 260.8 9 0.666666666666667 Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman co-created TMNT comics. 261.8 1 0.375 Various natural phenomena have threatened marsupial populations. 261.8 2 0 Sugar gliders are marketed as handy pocket pets! 261.8 3 0.125 A mysterious facial tumor disease is wiping out a huge proportion of the world's Devils. 261.8 4 0.75 There is evidence that marsupial ancestors originated or appeared on other continents. 261.8 5 1 Marsupials are mammals. 261.8 6 0.25 There are cases of marsupial overpopulation in parts of Australia. 261.8 7 0 Russia imports kangaroo meat. 261.8 8 0.5 An international team from the University of Sydney's Faculty of Veterinary Science has documented the genetic code of marsupials for the first time. 261.8 9 0.125 Scientists attempted to clone an extinct Tasmanian Tiger. 262.8 1 0.285714285714286 the skin was in fact sweet while the pulp inside somewhat more sour though with a definite orange flavor. 262.8 2 0.571428571428571 the kumquat was removed from the genus Citrus around 1915 and moved into Fortunella. 262.8 3 0.571428571428571 The fruit began cultivation in Europe and the U.S. in the mid-19th century. 262.8 4 1 The kumquat is high in fiber and vitamins A and C. 262.8 5 0 kumquats look just like minioranges. 262.8 6 0.571428571428571 The name kumquat means golden mandarin or orange in Cantonese 262.8 7 0.714285714285714 There are two main kinds of kumquats, the oval ones are Fortunella margarita, and the most common one cultivated for sale, Fortunella japonica. 263.9 1 1 Born Alyssa Rosembaum 263.9 2 0.625 Ayn Rand, a hero of the libertarian right 263.9 3 0.25 a record of disdain for those who didn't measure up to her intellectual standards. 263.9 4 0 Rand reportedly had Frank Lloyd Wright in mind when creating Roark (The Fountainhead) 263.9 5 1 Ayn Rand was born in St Petersburg, Russia 263.9 6 0.375 She studied history and philosophy at the state university. 263.9 7 0.375 In 1926, Rand obtained a visa to visit family in Chicago 263.9 8 0.75 one of her first acts on arrival in the US was to change her name to Ayn Rand 263.9 9 0 In Hollywood, Cecil B. DeMille, who got her work as an extra in his current production. 263.9 10 0.125 Her first novel, "We the Living", 1936, did not do well. 263.9 11 0.125 A second novel, Anthem, remained unpublished in the US until 1946. 263.9 12 0 Three of the essays in Rand's 1967 book ``Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal'' were authored by Greenspan. 263.9 13 0 Frank Llyod Wright designed a house for Ayn Rand, but it was never built. 263.9 14 0.25 Atlas Shurgged" sells more than 150,000 copies a year. 263.9 15 0.625 Rand was an atheist. 264.10 1 0 Greenspan plans to open his own economic consulting business called Greenspan Associates 264.10 2 0.833333333333333 Alan Greenspan retired on Jan. 31, 2006 264.10 3 0.166666666666667 Alan Greenspan enjoyes the respect of both Main Street and Wall Street 264.10 4 0.666666666666667 Alan Greenspan was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom 264.10 5 0.5 In 1983, when the Social Security program had a short-term financial problem, President Ronald Reagan asked Alan Greenspan, to head a commission to propose a fix. 264.10 6 0.833333333333333 Alan Greenspan is born in New York City. 264.10 7 0 Alan Greenspan was an acolyte of Ayn Rand. 264.10 8 0 Alan Greenspan has agreed to sell his memoir for an advance of $8.5 million. 264.10 9 0.5 Greenspan was awarded an honorary knighthood by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. 264.10 10 0.5 After retiring from the Fed, Greenspan opened Greenspan Associates, an economic consulting firm. 264.10 11 0.5 From 1954 to 1974, Greenspan was a top executive at Townsend-Greenspan & Co. 264.10 12 0.666666666666667 Alan Greenspan put together a plan to follow in the event of a market emergency. 264.10 13 0.333333333333333 married to Andrea Mitchell 264.10 14 1 2004: Appointed by President George W. Bush to serve for an unprecedented fifth term as Fed chairman. 265.7 1 0.5 He is devotion to the 12th Imam, also known as Imam Mahdi or Hidden Imam . 265.7 2 1 called the Holocaust a myth used by Europeans to create a Jewish state in the heart of the Islamic world. 265.7 3 0 Iran's conservative-controlled parliament on Wednesday rejected hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's nominee for the oil ministry, Ali Saidloo. 265.7 4 1 Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday openly called for Israel to be "wiped off the map". 265.7 5 0.333333333333333 Iran was not intimidated by the international "fuss" over its resumption of nuclear fuel research. 265.7 6 0.166666666666667 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met in Damascus with the leaders of 10 radical Palestinian movements 265.7 7 0 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be given a US visa to attend the United Nations General Assembly meetings in New York 265.7 8 1 Ahmadinejad is a fundamentalist, seeking a return to the moral "purity" of the early days of the Islamic revolution. 265.7 9 0.666666666666667 Ahmadinejad, the first non-cleric to hold the post since 1981 265.7 10 0.333333333333333 Ahmadinejad is Iran's sixth president since the revolution 265.7 11 0.333333333333333 Ahmadinejad will serve a four year term. 265.7 12 0.833333333333333 Ahmadinejad is the president, but not the ultimate leader. 265.7 13 0 Ahmadinejad has banned the broadcast of western music on radio and TV on public networks. 266.10 1 0.142857142857143 The Security Council votes unanimously to threaten Syria with further action for any further failure to cooperate with a U.N. investigation of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. 266.10 2 0 The new Lebanese cabinet Thursday fired three security chiefs and the public prosecutor suspected of direct or indirect involvement in the assassination of Rafik Hariri. 266.10 3 0.857142857142857 Hariri resigned last year over Syrian meddling in Lebanese affairs. 266.10 4 0.428571428571429 Rafik Hariri's widow, Nazek 266.10 5 1 Hariri is credited with rebuilding Lebanon from the destruction of the 1975-90 civil war. 266.10 6 1 In death, Rafik Hariri has become a symbol of anti-Syria resistance. 266.10 7 0 350 kilograms of explosives, 266.10 8 0.142857142857143 President Bashar Assad threatened former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri in the months before Hariri's assassination. 266.10 9 0.714285714285714 Hariri was five times prime minister 266.10 10 0.571428571428571 Hariri was twice prime minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and from 2000 to 2004. 267.7 1 0.888888888888889 The FISA court was created in the aftermath of surveillance abuses during the Nixon administration. 267.7 2 1 The FISA court was set up to authorize secret surveillance of espionage and terrorism suspects within the United States. 267.7 3 0.333333333333333 Since 1978 that FISA court has rejected just five of 18,748 warrants sought by the government. 267.7 4 0.222222222222222 Since 2001, the judges have modified 179 of the 5,645 requests. 267.7 5 0 FISA Court of Review, the appeals court for secret warrants. 267.7 6 0.444444444444444 Bush claims that the court was not agile enough to help catch terrorists. 267.7 7 0.555555555555556 The FISA measure gives law enforcement and intelligence agents 72 hours to conduct surveillance without a warrant in emergencies where delay could hamper an on-going investigation. 267.7 8 0.666666666666667 A FISA warrant requires the government to first show ``probable cause'' that the person is affiliated with terrorists. 267.7 9 0.444444444444444 President Bush authorized the National Security Agency to listen in on phone conversations between contacts in the United States and foreign contacts. 267.7 10 0.222222222222222 FISA court judge James Robertson resigned from FISA in December '05, apparently as a protest against the Administration's warrantless surveillance program. 267.7 11 0.666666666666667 The FISA court judges are appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States for staggered terms. 267.7 12 0.555555555555556 Seven judges in the 1978 provision were expanded to eleven under the Patriot Act. 268.8 1 0.875 Israel took control of the Gaza Strip in 1967. 268.8 2 0.5 1.3 million Palestinians live in the Gaza strip. 268.8 3 0.125 Israel's last pullout from any settlement was in 1982, when settlers were removed from the Sinai Peninsula. 268.8 4 0.125 Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly resigned his cabinet post Sunday in a final-hour protest over Israel's planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. 268.8 5 0.25 Israel's unilateral disengagement plan. 268.8 6 0.25 The Gaza Strip area is 365 square kilometres. 268.8 7 0.625 the Gaza Strip is one of the world's most densely populated areas. 268.8 8 0.25 Egypt take over control of its border with Gaza 268.8 9 0.5 Israel completed destruction of 21 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip. 268.8 10 1 Israel will maintain control over Gaza Strip's borders, coastline and airspace. 268.8 11 0.5 Settlements occupy 40 percent of the Gaza Strip area 269.7 1 0.25 relief workers face tens of thousands of increasingly desperate survivors in Indian Kashmir. 269.7 2 0.25 vast isolated stretches of the lower Himalayas remain cut off 269.7 3 0.25 opening up five points on the Kashmir border to aid earthquake victims 269.7 4 1 left 3.3 million people homeless in the mountains of northern Pakistan and Kashmir. 269.7 5 0.75 Pakistan bore the brunt of the earthquake, 269.7 6 0.125 Powerful earthquakes -- magnitude 8 or larger -- occurred in the Himalayas in 1803, 1833, 1897, 1905, 1934 and 1950. 269.7 7 1 Damage from the quake was in the range of US$5 billion. 269.7 8 0.375 The earthquake struck at 0850 local time (0350 GMT) 269.7 9 0 A U.N. helicopter on a mission to help Pakistan earthquake victims crashed in western Azerbaijan Saturday, killing at least four crew members. 269.7 10 0.125 Company B, an Army Reserve unit from Olathe, Kan., with 200 Soldiers and 14 Chinook helicopters were sent to help provide relief to the victims of the earthquake. 270.7 1 1 Spirit and Opportunity Mars rovers found sites believed to have once contained water 270.7 2 0.444444444444444 The rover Spirit landed on Mars on Jan. 3, 2004 270.7 3 0.222222222222222 Three times NASA has extended the rovers' mission 270.7 4 0.333333333333333 the rovers cost $820 million for the first 90-day missions 270.7 5 0.333333333333333 NASA spends about $3 million a month to keep them running. 270.7 6 0.111111111111111 The Mars rover Opportunity is trying to escape from a sand trap after being stuck for three weeks 270.7 7 0.111111111111111 The rover team has been cut in half from a high of 250. 270.7 8 0.222222222222222 Software problems caused Sperit's computers to cramp up for the first three weeks of the mission. 270.7 9 1 Spirit and Opportunity have been exploring sites on opposite ends of Mars 270.7 10 0 The grinding teeth of Spirit's rock abrasion tool might be worn away. 271.7 1 1 Jon Bon Jovi has sold more that 80 million albums worldwide. 271.7 2 0.714285714285714 Live concerts themselves most important element to Bon Jovi 271.7 3 0.142857142857143 Bon Jovi shows are rowdy 271.7 4 1 Jon Bon Jovi considered quintessential '80s pop metal group 271.7 5 0.285714285714286 Bon Jovi celebrates 20 year anniversary 271.7 6 0.142857142857143 Bon Jovi stars in movie Cry Wolf and others 271.7 7 0 Four CD box set of 50 songs released, 38 never before heard 271.7 8 0.428571428571429 Bon Jovi received a special merit award 271.7 9 0.285714285714286 Bon Jovi owns arena football team Philadelphia Soul 271.7 10 0.714285714285714 Organized band, lead singer, composer, musician, Hollywood actor 271.7 11 0.714285714285714 Jon Bon Jovi's real name: John Francis Bongiovi 271.7 12 0.285714285714286 He appeared in West Wing and other TV programs 271.7 13 0.285714285714286 His first appearance in a musical production was 1980 Star Wars album Christmas in the Stars 271.7 14 0.571428571428571 Worked on behalf Special Olympics, American Red Cross, AIDS, etc 271.7 15 0.428571428571429 Donated $ 1,000,000 to Oprah Winfrey Angel Network foundation 271.7 16 0.428571428571429 His hits include: Raise your hands, Livin' on a Prayer You Give Love a Bad Name, I'll be there for you Runaway, Wanted dead or Alive Always Lay your hands on me, Blaze of Glory, Bad Medicine 271.7 17 0.428571428571429 He headlined the Moscow Music Peace Festival at Lenin Stadium 271.7 18 0.428571428571429 "Slippery when wet." turned Bon Jovi and band into superstars. 271.7 19 0.285714285714286 Bon Jovi is from Perth Amboy, New Jersey 272.7 1 0.714285714285714 Autobiography best seller "Dreams From My Father 272.7 2 0.714285714285714 Obama is currently only black member of U.S.Senate 272.7 3 0 Obama defeated conservative talk show host Alan Keyes 272.7 4 1 Became nationally prominent after keynote address democratic convention 272.7 5 0.571428571428571 Third African-American since Reconstruction elected to Senate 272.7 6 0.142857142857143 He won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album 272.7 7 0.571428571428571 Obama only fifth black man in history of U.S. Senate 272.7 8 0.571428571428571 Obama's father was Kenyan and his mother American 272.7 9 0.571428571428571 First African-American man from Democratic Party elected to U.S. Senate 272.7 10 0.285714285714286 Barack Hussein Obama, jr born Honolulu,Hawaii August 4,1961 272.7 11 0.857142857142857 Studied Law at Harvard, elected first black President Harvard law review 272.7 12 0.428571428571429 Community organizer in Chicago registered over 100,000 voters 272.7 13 0.428571428571429 Married Michelle Robinson, corporate lawer, in 1992 272.7 14 0.571428571428571 Joined civil rights law firm, lectured on constitutional law at University of Chicago 272.7 15 0.142857142857143 Spoke up for leading gay and lesbian advocacy groups and helped pass bills for increased AIDS funding 272.7 16 0.571428571428571 Obama's father was from Kenya and an Harvard educated economist, his mother was American 272.7 17 0.571428571428571 Barack Obama considered the most powerful African-American politian 272.7 18 0.142857142857143 Obama grew up on the beaches of Hawaii and streets of Indonesia 273.7 1 0.714285714285714 He is a strong clear voice for American Conservatism 273.7 2 0.714285714285714 Limbaugh has 30 million listners 273.7 3 0.285714285714286 Investigated for doctor shopping to get pain pills 273.7 4 0.428571428571429 Linbaugh acknowledged addiction to pain mediction 273.7 5 0.428571428571429 Rush acquired huge quantities of OxyContin and Hydrocodone illegally 273.7 6 0.142857142857143 Investigators seize Limbaugh's medical records from doctor's office 273.7 7 0.285714285714286 Author of "The Way Things Ought to Be" 273.7 8 0.142857142857143 Limbaugh alleges violation of privacy in seized medical records 273.7 9 0.142857142857143 He resigned from Monday Night NFL Football Television for a comment about Eagles QB McNabb 273.7 10 0.285714285714286 Rush Limbaugh broadcasts to 10-20 million listerners a week 273.7 11 0.714285714285714 The Rush Limbaugh show is heard in nearly 600 markets 273.7 12 0.571428571428571 Republican victory in 2004 attributed to Limbaugh 273.7 13 0.428571428571429 Ronald Regan in 1992 declared Rush number one voice of converatism in the country 273.7 14 0.142857142857143 Deceived six doctors to receive about 2,000 painkillers 273.7 15 0.285714285714286 Limbaugh treated for drug addiction 273.7 16 1 Conservative popular and polarizing radio talk show host 273.7 17 0.571428571428571 Rush 1992, 1995, 2000, 2005 Marconi Radio Award 273.7 18 0.285714285714286 Inducted in Radio Hall of Fame 1993 273.7 19 1 In 1992 ranked greatest radio talk show of all time 273.7 20 0.142857142857143 Limbaugh's audience men ages 25 to 54 274.8 1 0.285714285714286 Exxon Mobil signed massive oil contract in Azerbaijani in 1990s to develop Caspian Sea Oil 274.8 2 0 Exxon Mobile cuts oil exploration in Indonesia 274.8 3 0.142857142857143 Indonesia to extend contract with Exxon Mobil to develop Cepu Oil and gas block 274.8 4 0.142857142857143 Exxon second largest oil operator in Nigeria 274.8 5 0.142857142857143 Exxon granted exploration rights in Russia Sskhalin-3 in 1993 274.8 6 0.285714285714286 Alaskans ask Exxon Mobil for several billion dollars in punitive damages for oil spill by Valdez 274.8 7 0.857142857142857 Exxon Mobil profit 2005 36.1 billion dollars greatest for any energy company and among highest of American corp 274.8 8 0.428571428571429 Paid over 3 billion dollars in cleanup after Valdez oil spill 274.8 9 0.714285714285714 In 2006 Exxon Mobil spent $18 billion on oil exploration 274.8 10 1 Exxon is the world's largest publicly traded oil and gas producer 274.8 11 0.428571428571429 Exxon and Mobil merged in 1999 274.8 12 0.285714285714286 Valdez oil spill, 10 million gallons, march 1989 largest American tanker spill 274.8 13 1 Exxon Mobile Corp world's largest company by market value 274.8 14 0.285714285714286 In 2004 Exxon Mobile made charitable donations of $106.5 in countries other than the U.S. 274.8 15 0.142857142857143 Exxon Mobil developing projects in China, Qatar, Singapore Venezuela 274.8 16 0 In 1911 US Supreme Court dissolved Standard Oil into 34 companies 274.8 17 0.857142857142857 Exxon Mobile operates in 200 countries, hs 13,000 service stations in US 274.8 18 0.714285714285714 Exxon has invested in technology to reduce greenhouse gases 274.8 19 0.142857142857143 Exxon halts oil production in Venezuela oil fields; government refuses to transport crude from site 275.6 1 0.833333333333333 Dixie Chicks American Country all-female trio 275.6 2 0.333333333333333 Dixie Chicks trio started in Dallas, Texas in 1989 275.6 3 0.833333333333333 Despite negative publicity they dominated Grammy Awards winning four of them 275.6 4 0.333333333333333 Song "I HOPE" after Katrina made available to public with proceeds to victims 275.6 5 0.666666666666667 D Chicks write or co-write half of their record songs 275.6 6 0.833333333333333 Mixture of bluegrass and mainstream country gives wide appeal 275.6 7 0.333333333333333 "Cowboy Take Me Home" is a signature song 275.6 8 0.166666666666667 "\Sin Wagon" ribald raucous song radio stations shied from 275.6 9 1 Angry fans and radio stations boycott Dixie Chicks after bashing Bush and war on Iraq 275.6 10 0.833333333333333 Dixie Chicks won first Video Visionary Award in 2002 275.6 11 0.666666666666667 Won album of the year in 2005 275.6 12 1 Grossed $ 61 million in 2003, top-grossing country tour 275.6 13 0.333333333333333 Natile Maines, Dixie Chick, denounces Pres Bush on invasion of Iraq 276.6 1 0.111111111111111 B17 had a tiny maching-gun turret protrubes from belly 276.6 2 0.111111111111111 Belly Gunner in B-17 stuffed in like medieval torture box 276.6 3 0.333333333333333 B-17s attacked Tokyo hours after Doolittle raid 276.6 4 0.222222222222222 Only working B-17 is in Britain 276.6 5 0 Weapons on B-29 developed from B-17 276.6 6 0.333333333333333 Memphis Belle firt B-17 to complete 25 bombing missions in Europe 276.6 7 0.111111111111111 Less than 15 B-17s are in flying condition 276.6 8 0.222222222222222 Bail-out system on B-17 used on US NASA shuttles 276.6 9 0.333333333333333 Famous Memphis Belle B-17 bomber to become permanent Exhibit in National Museum of US aircraft 276.6 10 0.111111111111111 First decorated US pilot Colin Kelly, Jr. piloted B-17 276.6 11 1 B-17 Flying Fortress was first mass-produced, four engine heavy bomber 276.6 12 0.555555555555556 B-17 used for daylight strategic bombings of German industrial targets in World War II 276.6 13 0.888888888888889 B-17 prototype first flew on July 28 1935 276.6 14 0.555555555555556 B-17 conceived as precise daylight bomber 276.6 15 0.111111111111111 Last airworthy B-17 Sally B in England grounded prohibitive insurance 276.6 16 0.111111111111111 First decorated WW II B-17 bomber pilot was Colin Kelly, Jr. 276.6 17 0.666666666666667 Production B-17 ended May 1945 after 12,700 had been built 276.6 18 0.666666666666667 B-17 was known as "Flying Fortress" because of its durability 277.7 1 0.25 Range of Boeing 777 non-stop NY-Singapore Los Angles Dubai Australia New York 277.7 2 0.125 European Airbus archrival of Boeing 277.7 3 0.375 Two engine 777 more economical to operate than Airbus four engine 277.7 4 0.875 Cost of Boeing 777 $ 250 million 277.7 5 0.75 Boeing 777 certified by US and Europe for passenger service around the world 277.7 6 0.375 Boeing has 154 orders for 777 277.7 7 0.125 Emirates order 42 777 $9.7 billion over Airbus 277.7 8 0.25 Three versions of 777: 300ER, 200F cargo 200LR 277.7 9 0.75 Development cost of Boeing 777 $ 3 billion 277.7 10 0.375 Boeing long range 777 broke record for long distance travel-- flew non-stop Hong Kong to London 11,664 nm in 22 hrs 42 mins 277.7 11 0.5 Range of Boeing 777 is 9,500 nautical miles 277.7 12 1 First Boeing 777 was delivered in October 2005 277.7 13 0.5 Seating capacity Boeing 777 is 263 to 365 277.7 14 0.125 China and Dubai place $ 13.7 billion order for Boeing 777 277.7 15 0.125 Hong Kong Cathay Pacific airlines ordered 12 777s it biggest single airplane order ever 277.7 16 0.125 Qatar Airways agrees to purchase 20 Boeing 777s 277.7 17 0.125 India to buy 10 Boeing 777s 277.7 18 0.75 Boeing 777 first commercial aircraft to be designed entirely by computer 277.7 19 0.5 Freighter version of 777 to carry 220,000 pounds 6,400 miles 277.7 20 0.375 The 777 first aircraft to carry an ETOPS -180 rating at entry into service 277.7 21 0.25 Singapore Airline largest operator of Beoing 777s with 61 278.7 1 0.888888888888889 St. Peter's Basilica is Roman Catholic's holiest shrine 278.7 2 0.444444444444444 Dome is 138.8 ft in diameter and 394 ft high 278.7 3 0.444444444444444 St. Peter and other deceased popes interred beneath altar in basilica 278.7 4 0.222222222222222 Vatican City state born of 1920 Lateran Treaty between the Pope and Italian Government 278.7 5 0.333333333333333 Current St. Peter's started under Julius II and took 120 years to complete; 1506 - 1626 278.7 6 1 Basilica largest Catholic church 610 ft long 449 ft wide. 23,000 meters. Capacity 60,000 people 278.7 7 0 Basilicas are a pilgrimage destination for catholics 278.7 8 0.444444444444444 First St. Peter's Basilica built by Constantine in 4th Century and lasted more than 1,000 years 278.7 9 0.444444444444444 More than 150 sculptured saints apostles adorn walls of Vatican Basilica and St. Peter's Square 278.7 10 0.333333333333333 Chair of St. Peter is Bernini's work 278.7 11 0.555555555555556 Cupola, one of most beautiful in world, completed by della Porta and Fontana 1537-1607 278.7 12 0.666666666666667 St. Peter's Basilica is one of the most visited religious shrines and tourist sites in Rome. 278.7 13 0.222222222222222 Basilica crypt yielded wealth of artifacts of Roman Catholic church and early christian civilization 278.7 14 0.222222222222222 Basilica frescoes attributed to Giotto 278.7 15 0.222222222222222 Colonnades in St. Peter's Sq work of Bernini 278.7 16 0.222222222222222 Architects Michelangelo della Porta Maderno Bernini Raphael Borromini Bramante Sangallo 278.7 17 0 Population of Vatican City 429 279.6 1 1 Varieties of grapes used in Australian wines. 279.6 2 1 Quantity of wine produced in Australia. 279.6 3 0.25 Wine producing areas of Australia. 279.6 4 0.5 Prize-wining Australian wines. 279.6 5 0.75 Growth in export of Australian wine. 279.6 6 0.25 Research and development in the Australisn wine industry. 279.6 7 0 Comparative value of Australisn wines. 280.7 1 0.25 Cambodia's Apsara Authority manages the Angkor Archaeological Park 280.7 2 0.125 Tourists will be soon asked to wear special shoes to climb the Angkor temple's stairs in order to protect Angkor Wat from further damage. 280.7 3 0.5 Angkor temples are located more than 300 km north of Phnom Penh 280.7 4 1 Angkor temple complex is a world heritage site. 280.7 5 0.875 Angkor Wat temples were built between the 9th and 14th centuries AD 280.7 6 0.875 The ancient temples are the country's biggest tourist attraction. 280.7 7 0.375 1112: King Suryavarman II starts construction of Angkor Wat 280.7 8 0.25 the main temple of Angkor -- the temple from which the entire complex is named 280.7 9 0.75 Angkor Wat temples was in the second place among the seven most popular wonders of the world 280.7 10 0.625 Angkor was built by Hindus 280.7 11 0.25 Angkor was rediscovered by the French in the mid 1800s. 280.7 12 0 Angkor Wat was continuously maintained, which helped its preservation. 281.7 1 0 Ehrlich suggests that Steffen was set up. 281.7 2 0.444444444444444 Steffen boasted of spreading rumors about O'Malley. 281.7 3 1 Ehrlich dismissed Steffen. 281.7 4 0 Steffen held a string of state and political jobs. 281.7 5 0 Steffen appeared determined to fire people. 281.7 6 0.222222222222222 Ehrlich blamed Steffen and would not apologize to O'Malley. 281.7 7 0.111111111111111 Ehrlich was unaware of Steffens' actions. 281.7 8 0 Republicans charge Washington Post complicit in Steffen incident. 282.7 1 1 One of greatest contemporary novelists 282.7 2 0.5 Tried for "insulting Turkishness 282.7 3 0.125 Case against Pamuk dropped. 282.7 4 0.375 Pamuk describes interplay of eastern and western cultures. 282.7 5 0.125 Turkey's bid to join EU jeopardized by Pamuk trial 283.7 1 0.666666666666667 Habitat for Humanity budget 283.7 2 1 Habitat for Humanity's response to Hurricane Katrina 283.7 3 0.666666666666667 Assistance to tsunami victims. 283.7 4 0.666666666666667 Number of houses built for how many people. 283.7 5 0.166666666666667 Issues in dismissal of Millard Fuller 283.7 6 0.333333333333333 Replacing Millard Fuller 283.7 7 0.166666666666667 Controversy with Building Habitat 284.7 1 1 Actions required after U.S. President signs CAFTA. 284.7 2 0.6 Vote in Senate on CAFTA 284.7 3 0.4 Bordering Central American nations not included in CAFTA. 284.7 4 0.6 Effects of CAFTA on tariffs on U.S. exports 284.7 5 0.6 Effects of CAFTA on U.S. import duties. 285.6 1 1 Description of Yeti or namesake. 285.6 2 0 Identity of cryptozoologists. 285.6 3 0.8 Derivation of the term "Yeti" 285.6 4 0.2 Proposed identifications of Yeti or namesakes. 285.6 5 1 Physical and photographic evidence of Yeti or namesakes.