query: What film studio released both Finding Nemo and Flubber?

pos: Finding Nemo Finding Nemo is a 2003 American computer-animated family film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Written and directed by Andrew Stanton with co-direction by Lee Unkrich, the film stars the voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, and Willem Dafoe. It tells the story of the overprotective ocellaris clownfish named Marlin who, along with a regal blue tang named Dory, searches for his abducted son Nemo all the way to Sydney Harbour. Along the way, Marlin learns to take risks and comes to terms with Nemo taking care of himself.

pos: Flubber (film) Flubber is a 1997 American science fiction comedy film directed by Les Mayfield (who had previously directed another John Hughes scripted remake, "Miracle on 34th Street") and written by Hughes and Bill Walsh. A remake of "The Absent-Minded Professor" (1961), the film was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Great Oaks Productions and stars Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher McDonald, Ted Levine, Raymond J. Barry, Julie Morrison and Clancy Brown. The film grossed $178 million worldwide. In selected theatres, the "Pepper Ann" episode "Old Best Friend" was featured before the film.

neg: Frolicking Fish Frolicking Fish is a "Silly Symphonies" animated Disney short film. It was released in 1930.

neg: Frank Mohn Frank Mohn AS marketed under the brand name Framo is a supplier of submerged cargo pumps to the tanker market. The company was founded in 1938 and is located outside Bergen, Norway. The portfolio of products include submerged cargo pumps, transportable pumping systems, oil-recovery equipment, anti-heeling systems and offshore pumping systems. All of their products are manufactured in Norway.

neg: Harlot (1971 film) Harlot is a 1971 pornographic movie starring Fran Spector, produced by Bill Osco and directed by Michael Benveniste and Howard Ziehm. It is one of the early adult movies of the 1970s, and follows "Mona" (1970), the first mainstream adult film, also produced by Osco and directed by the team of Benveniste and Ziehm.

neg: Mickey Mouse (film series) Mickey Mouse (originally Mickey Mouse Sound Cartoons) is a character-based series of 130 animated short films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. The films, which introduced Disney's most famous cartoon character, were released on a regular basis from 1928 to 1953 with four additional shorts released between 1983 and 2013. The series is notable for its innovation with sound synchronization and character animation, and also introduced well-known characters such as Minnie Mouse, Pluto, and Goofy.

neg: Gopher Broke Gopher Broke is a "Looney Tunes" cartoon animated short starring the Goofy Gophers and the Barnyard Dawg (in one of four & final appearances without Foghorn Leghorn). Released November 15, 1958, the cartoon is directed by Robert McKimson. The voices are performed by Mel Blanc and Stan Freberg. The title is a pun on the phrase ""Go for Broke"".

neg: Lou Fleischer Lou Fleischer (July 16, 1891 － November 16, 1985) was an American arranger, composer, and brother of Max and Dave Fleischer. He was the head of the Fleischer Studios Music Department until the company was reorganized as Famous Studios Paramount Pictures in 1942. He is thought to have been the voice J. Wellington Wimpy in "I WANNA BE A LIFE GUARD Popeye in 1936.

neg: Fumoon Fumoon (フウムーン ) is a Japanese science-fiction animated film by Osamu Tezuka. It is based on the manga "Nextworld".

neg: Tim Maloney Tim Maloney is an American filmmaker and animator who has made films for the band Negativland, the Walt Disney Company, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

neg: Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Animation (currently known alternatively as Warner Animation Group for theatrically released films) is the animation division of Warner Bros. The studio is closely associated with the "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" characters, among others. The studio is the successor to Warner Bros. Cartoons (formerly Leon Schlesinger Productions), the studio which produced "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" cartoon shorts from 1933 to 1963, and from 1967 to 1969. Warner reestablished its animation division in 1980 to produce "Looney Tunes"–related works.

neg: Arthur Q. Bryan Arthur Quirk Bryan (May 8, 1899 – November 18, 1959) was an American actor, voice actor, comedian and radio personality, remembered best for his longtime recurring role as well-spoken, wisecracking Dr. Gamble on the radio comedy "Fibber McGee and Molly" and for creating the voice of the Warner Brothers cartoon character Elmer Fudd.

neg: Belvision Studios Belvision Studios is a Belgian animated cartoon studio founded in 1956 by Raymond Leblanc, best known for producing "Hergé's Adventures of Tintin" and other animated films. One of their major achievements in animation was the production of Tintin and the Lake of Sharks.

neg: Laika (company) Laika Entertainment, LLC., or simply Laika, is an American stop-motion animation studio specializing in feature films, commercial content for all media, music videos and short films. It is best known for its stop-motion feature films, "Coraline", "ParaNorman", "The Boxtrolls" and "Kubo and the Two Strings", all co-produced in partnership with Universal Pictures through its Focus Features label.

neg: The Yankee Doodle Mouse The Yankee Doodle Mouse is a 1943 American one-reel animated cartoon. It is the eleventh "Tom and Jerry" short produced by Fred Quimby, and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with musical supervision by Scott Bradley and animation by Irven Spence, Pete Burness, Kenneth Muse and George Gordon. Jack Zander was credited on the original print, but his credit was omitted in the 1951 reissue. It was produced in Technicolor and released to theaters on June 26, 1943 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer.

neg: Vim Comedy Company The Vim Comedy Company was a short lived movie studio in Jacksonville, Florida and New York City. Vim bought out Siegmund Lubin's Lubin Manufacturing Company Jacksonville, Florida facilities located at 750 Riverside Avenue in 1915 after that company went bankrupt. It was founded by Louis Burstein and Mark Dintenfass. Vim specialized in two-reel comedies, producing hundreds of them in the short time it existed. Notable Vim actors were Oliver Hardy, Ethel Marie Burton, Walter Stull, Billy Ruge, Rosemary Thebe, Billy Bletcher and his wife Arline Roberts, and Kate Price. At its peak Vim had a workforce of nearly 50 people. The Vim Comedy Company went out of business in 1917 after Oliver Hardy discovered that both Burstein and Dintenfass were stealing from the payroll. Vim was bought out by the King Bee studio started by Burstein.

neg: Gini Cruz Santos Gini Cruz Santos is a Filipina animator at Pixar studios based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She worked on numerous Pixar animation films including "Toy Story 2", "Monsters, Inc.", "Finding Nemo", "A Bug's Life", "The Incredibles", "Ratatouille", "Toy Story 3", "Up", "Lifted" and "Brave". She was nominated in 2004 for an "Annie award" for her detailed lifelike animation on "Finding Nemo", and was nominated by the Visual Effects Society for an award for this project as well.

neg: Crush's Coaster Crush's Coaster is a spinning roller coaster at Walt Disney Studios Park in Disneyland Paris. The attraction officially opened on June 9, 2007 as part of an expansion project in Toon Studio, an area within Walt Disney Studios Park formerly known as Animation Courtyard. It is themed to the Disney-Pixar film "Finding Nemo" and named after Crush, a green sea turtle character from the film. Most of the roller coaster is enclosed and features dark ride special effects.

neg: Nemo (magazine) Nemo, the Classic Comics Library was a magazine devoted to the history and creators of vintage comic strips. Created by comics historian Rick Marschall, it was published between 1983 and 1990 by Fantagraphics.

neg: Phony Express Phony Express is the 75th short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1943 starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). The comedians released 190 short films for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

neg: Gorp (film) Gorp is a 1980 American comedy film starring Michael Lembeck and Dennis Quaid, and featuring early acting work of Rosanna Arquette and Fran Drescher in supporting roles. Directed by Joseph Ruben, with both story and screenplay by Jeffrey Konvitz and A. Martin Zweiback, the film follows in the tradition of the 1978 fraternity comedy "National Lampoon's Animal House", and the 1979 summer camp comedy film "Meatballs". "Gorp" was the last film released by American International Pictures.

neg: 20th Century Fox Animation Twentieth Century Fox Animation (stylized as 20th Century Fox Animation) is the animation division of the film studio 20th Century Fox, tasked for production feature-length animated film.


query: Why is Funtown Splashtown USA such an important part of Saco, Maine?

pos: Saco, Maine Saco is a city in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 18,482 at the 2010 census. It is home to Ferry Beach State Park, Funtown Splashtown USA, Thornton Academy, as well as General Dynamics Armament Systems (also known by its former name, Saco Defense), a subsidiary of the defense contractor General Dynamics. Saco sees much tourism during summer months, due to its amusement parks, Ferry Beach State Park, and proximity to Old Orchard Beach.

pos: Funtown Splashtown USA Funtown Splashtown USA (commonly referred to as just "Funtown") is a family-owned amusement park located in Saco, Maine, in the United States.

neg: Solon, Maine Solon is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,053 at the 2010 census.

neg: Old Town (amusement park) Old Town is an amusement park and outdoor shopping mall located in Kissimmee, Osceola County, Florida, United States. Operating since 1986, the original purpose of what could now be known as an entertainment complex was to provide a unique shopping experience with various local and unique stores.

neg: Castletown, Dorset Castletown is a small village in Underhill on the Isle of Portland in Dorset. It is located close to Fortuneswell, on the shores of Portland Harbour, and includes a sandy beach, as well as one of Portland's notable highlights; Portland Castle, while the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy is also located nearby.

neg: Cape Cod Fairgrounds The Barnstable County Fairgrounds is a facility located in Falmouth, Massachusetts within the village of Hatchville. It is home to the annual Barnstable County Fair as well as numerous trade shows and community events, such as the Naukabout Music Festival.

neg: East Branch Saco River The East Branch of the Saco River is a 13.2 mi river in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Saco River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean in Maine.

neg: Island Falls, Maine Island Falls is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 837 at the 2010 census. Island Falls took its name from an island in the stream at the verge of a waterfall.

neg: Southwest Harbor (CDP), Maine Southwest Harbor is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Southwest Harbor in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The CDP population was 720 at the 2010 census, out of 1,764 people in the town as a whole.

neg: Narragansett, Rhode Island Narragansett is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 15,868 at the 2010 census. However, during the summer months the town's population more than doubles to near 34,000. The town is colloquially known as "Gansett". The town of Narragansett occupies a narrow strip of land running along the eastern bank of the Pettaquamscutt River to the shore of Narragansett Bay. It was separated from South Kingstown in 1888, and incorporated as a town in 1901.

neg: Woodstock, Maine Woodstock is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,277 at the 2010 census. The village of Bryant Pond, on State Route 26 in the northern part of Woodstock, is the town's urban center and largest settlement.

neg: Veazie, Maine Veazie is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,919 at the 2010 census. The town is named after General Samuel Veazie, an early lumber baron and railroad operator. Veazie was originally part of Bangor, using Penobscot River water power to operate sawmills. It became a separate town in 1853 because Gen. Veazie, its wealthiest citizen, thought Bangor's property taxes were too high.

neg: Sugarloaf (ski resort) Sugarloaf (formerly Sugarloaf/USA) is a ski area and resort located on Sugarloaf Mountain in Carrabassett Valley, western Maine. It is the second largest ski resort east of the Mississippi in terms of skiable area (1230 acre after Killington's 1509 acre ) and snowmaking percentage (95%); its continuous vertical drop of 2820 ft is the second longest in New England (after Killington's 3050 ft ). Sugarloaf recorded a total of 352,000 skier visits in the 2005–2006 season, ranking it second among Maine resorts and 11th in New England, according to Ski Area Management magazine.

neg: Matunuck, Rhode Island Matunuck is a village in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States near Charlestown, Rhode Island. The village is located on a point along the southern Atlantic coast of Rhode Island off U.S. Route 1. The village takes its name from a Native American word meaning "lookout" The Narragansett tribe made a summer encampment at this location before the land was sold to colonists as part of the Pettaquamscutt purchase.

neg: Moosehead Lake Moosehead Lake is the largest lake in the U.S. state of Maine and the largest mountain lake in the eastern United States. Situated in the Longfellow Mountains in the Maine Highlands Region, the lake is the source of the Kennebec River. Towns that border the lake include Greenville to the south and Rockwood to the northwest. There are over 80 islands in the lake, the largest being Sugar Island. The area has been the focal point of a controversy surrounding planned large scale commercial development, and the environmental practices of the developer.

neg: Splash Universe Splash Universe is a subsidiary of Focus Hospitality Services, LLC, a developer, owner, and operator of hotels and resorts in the United States founded in 1984. Both Focus Hospitality and Splash Universe are headquartered in Sarasota, Florida. Focus developed the brand "Splash Universe Water Park Resorts" as a full-service, value-priced waterpark for families with children.

neg: The Society of Arts and Crafts of Boston The Society of Arts and Crafts (SAC), is America's oldest arts and craft nonprofit organization, originally located on Newbury Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The SAC is currently moving to 100 Pier 4 and plans to reopen in summer 2016. The society was incorporated by twenty-one individuals on June 28, 1897 and was then known as the Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston (SACB). The small group was representational of Boston's elites in the fields of teaching, art-making, architecture, and craft. SACB began with the agreement to "develop and encourage higher artistic standards in the handcrafts."

neg: Ferry Beach State Park Ferry Beach State Park is a public recreation area occupying 117 acre on Saco Bay north of the mouth of the Saco River in Saco, Maine. The state park encompasses a sandy Atlantic Ocean beach, inland hiking trails, and nature center. The inland portion of the park is noted for its pocket swamp and tupelo trees found at the northern limit of the species's range. The park is managed by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry..

neg: Portland metropolitan area, Maine The city of Portland, Maine, is the hub city of a metropolitan area in southern Maine, in the United States. The region is commonly known as Greater Portland or the Portland metropolitan area. For statistical purposes, the U.S. federal government defines three different representations of the Portland metropolitan area. The Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine, metropolitan statistical area is a region consisting of three counties in Maine, anchored by the city of Portland and the smaller cities of South Portland and Biddeford. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 514,098. A larger combined statistical area (CSA), the Portland–Lewiston–South Portland combined statistical area, is defined as the combination of this metropolitan statistical area (MSA) with the adjacent Lewiston–Auburn MSA. The CSA comprises four counties in southern Maine. The Portland–South Portland metropolitan New England city and town area is defined on the basis of cities and towns rather than entire counties. It consists of most of Cumberland and York counties plus the town of Durham in Androscoggin County.

neg: Charles River (Maine) The Charles River is a 1.2 mi channel connecting Charles Pond with the Old Course Saco River in the town of Fryeburg in western Maine, United States. It forms the natural extension of the Cold River, which flows from the White Mountains, New Hampshire, around Evans Notch south to Charles Pond.

neg: Lake Arrowhead (Maine) Lake Arrowhead is an artificial lake in the towns of Waterboro and Limerick in York County, Maine, United States. The lake is an impoundment on the Little Ossipee River, which flows northeast to the Saco River in Limington. Lake Arrowhead has a surface area of approximately 1100 acre . It is surrounded by the large residential Lake Arrowhead Community.

neg: Georgetown, Maine Georgetown is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,042 at the 2010 census. Home to Reid State Park, the town is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area. Located on an island accessible by car from the mainland, Georgetown includes the villages of Five Islands, Georgetown, Bay Point, Kennebec Point, Indian Point, Marrtown, West Georgetown and Robinhood. It is a popular tourist destination.


query: Who wrote the plays "The Birds" and "Lysistrata"?

pos: Cinesias (poet) Cinesias (Greek: Κινησίας ; c. 450 – 390 BC) was an innovative dithyrambic poet (an exponent of the "new music") in classical Athens whose work has survived only in a few fragments. An inscription indicates that he was awarded a victory at the Dionysia in the early 4th century (IG 2/3.3028). His contemporary, the comic poet Aristophanes, ridiculed him in his play "The Birds", in which Cinesias attempts to borrow wings from the birds as an aid to poetic inspiration. Aristophanes refers to him also in "The Frogs" (lines 153, 1437), "Ecclesiazusae" (line 330), "Lysistrata" (line 860), and in a fragmentary verse (fragment 156. 10 K-A). Another comic poet, Strattis, wrote an entire play against Cinesias, of which only fragments survive (fragments 14-22 K-A), and he was considered by Pherecrates to have had a corrupting influence on dithyrambic poetry (fragment 155. 8ff. K-A).

pos: Lysistrata Lysistrata ( or ; Attic Greek: Λυσιστράτη , "Lysistrátē", "Army Disbander") is a comedy by Aristophanes. Originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BCE, it is a comic account of a woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War by denying all the men of the land any sex, which was the only thing they truly and deeply desired. Lysistrata persuades the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace—a strategy, however, that inflames the battle between the sexes. The play is notable for being an early exposé of sexual relations in a male-dominated society. Additionally, its dramatic structure represents a shift from the conventions of Old Comedy, a trend typical of the author's career. It was produced in the same year as the "Thesmophoriazusae", another play with a focus on gender-based issues, just two years after Athens' catastrophic defeat in the Sicilian Expedition. At this time, Greek theatre was a profound form of entertainment, which was extremely popular for all audiences as it addressed political issues relevant to that time.

neg: Herodas Herodas (Greek: Ἡρώδας ), or Herondas (the name is spelt differently in the few places where he is mentioned), was a Greek poet and the author of short humorous dramatic scenes in verse, probably written in Alexandria during the 3rd century BC.

neg: Non-Aristotelian drama Non-Aristotelian drama, or the 'epic form' of the drama, is a kind of play whose dramaturgical structure departs from the features of classical tragedy in favour of the features of the epic, as defined in each case by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle in his "Poetics" (c.335 BCE)

neg: Seneca the Younger Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC – AD65), fully Lucius Annaeus Seneca and also known simply as Seneca ( ), was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and—in one work—humorist of the Silver Age of Latin literature. As a tragedian, he is best-known for his "Medea" and "Thyestes".

neg: The Phoenix (play) The Phoenix is a Jacobean play, a city comedy written by Thomas Middleton c. 1603-4, and performed by the Children of Paul's. It may be Middleton's earliest surviving play.

neg: Electra (1962 film) Electra (Greek: Ηλέκτρα "Ilektra") is a 1962 Greek film based on the play "Electra", written by Euripides. It was directed by Michael Cacoyannis, as the first installment of his "Greek tragedy" trilogy, followed by "The Trojan Women" in 1971 and "Iphigenia" in 1977. It starred Irene Papas in the lead role as Elektra, and Giannis Fertis as Orestis.

neg: The History of Timon of Athens the Man-hater The History of Timon of Athens the Man-hater by Thomas Shadwell is a 1678 adaptation of "Timon of Athens", the play by William Shakespeare.

neg: Algernon Charles Swinburne Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic. He wrote several novels and collections of poetry such as "Poems and Ballads", and contributed to the famous Eleventh Edition of the "Encyclopædia Britannica".

neg: Lysistrata (opera) Lysistrata, or The Nude Goddess is an opera in two acts by composer Mark Adamo. The work is based on Aristophanes's fifth century BCE play "Lysistrata". The opera had its world premiere at the Houston Grand Opera on March 4, 2005. It was subsequently produced in March 2006 at the New York City Opera, and it will be produced in San Francisco by Ensemble Parallele in February 2013.

neg: Philoctetes (Aeschylus play) Philoctetes (Ancient Greek: Φιλοκτήτης ) is a play by the Athenian poet Aeschylus. It was probably first produced during the 470s BCE. It is now lost except for a few fragments. Most of what we know of the plot is from the writings of 1st century orator Dio Chrysostom, who compared the Philoctetes plays of Aeschylus, Euripides and Sophocles.

neg: Tyrannick Love Tyrannick Love, or The Royal Martyr is a tragedy by John Dryden in rhymed couplets, first acted in June 1669, and published in 1670. It is a retelling of the story of Saint Catherine of Alexandria and her martyrdom by the Roman Emperor Maximinus, the "tyrant" of the title, who is enraged at Catherine's refusal to submit to his violent sexual passion. Dryden reportedly wrote the play in only seven weeks.

neg: Vénus et Adonis Vénus et Adonis is an opera ("tragédie en musique") in a prologue and 5 acts composed by Henri Desmarets to a libretto by Jean-Baptiste Rousseau. Based on the story of Venus and Adonis in Book X of Ovid's "Metamorphoses", it was first performed by the Académie Royale de Musique at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris on 28 July 1697 with Marie Le Rochois and Louis Gaulard Dumesny in the title roles. Desmarets staged a major revival of the work with a new prologue at the court of Leopold, Duke of Lorraine in 1707. During the composer's lifetime, it was performed in Germany, Belgium, and France, but then fell into obscurity. Its first staging in modern times took place at the Opéra de Nancy on 28 April 2006.

neg: Lajos Egri Lajos N. Egri (June 4, 1888 – February 7, 1967) was the author of "The Art of Dramatic Writing", which is widely regarded as one of the best works on the subject of playwriting, though its teachings have since been adapted for the writing of short stories, novels, and screenplays. He is also the author of the companion textbook, "The Art of Creative Writing", which further expounds on similar subjects.

neg: Aristophanes (disambiguation) Aristophanes (c. 456 – c. 386 BC) is Greek Old Comic dramatist known for his plays "The Frogs", "The Birds", "The Clouds", and "Lysistrata".

neg: Birds in music Birds have played a role in Western Classical music since at least the 14th century, when composers such as Jean Vaillant quoted birdsong in some of their compositions. Among the birds whose song is most often used in music are the nightingale and the cuckoo.

neg: At Swim-Two-Birds At Swim-Two-Birds is a 1939 novel by Irish writer Brian O'Nolan, writing under the pseudonym Flann O'Brien. It is widely considered to be O'Brien's masterpiece, and one of the most sophisticated examples of metafiction.

neg: Doña Rosita the Spinster Doña Rosita the Spinster (Spanish: "Doña Rosita la soltera" ) is a period play by the 20th-century Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. It is subtitled "or The Language of the Flowers" and described as "a poem of 1900 Granada, divided into various gardens, with scenes of song and dance". It was written in 1935 and first performed in the same year.

neg: Juventinus Albius Ovidius Juventinus Albius Ovidius was the name of the author of thirty-five distichs titled "Elegia de Philomela", containing a collection of those words which are supposed to express appropriately the sounds uttered by birds, quadrupeds, and other animals. For example:

neg: Les Podervianskyi Les Podervianskyi (Ukrainian: Олександр [Лесь] Сергійович Подерв’янський , ] ; born 1952 in Kiev) is a Ukrainian painter, poet, playwright and performer. He is most famous for his absurd, highly satirical, and at times obscene short plays. Their average duration is five to fifteen minutes, with some exceptions. Podervianskyi has a cult following among Kiev intellectuals.

neg: Cato, a Tragedy Cato, a Tragedy is a play written by Joseph Addison in 1712, and first performed on 14 April 1713. Based on the events of the last days of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis (better known as Cato the Younger) (95–46 B.C.), a Stoic whose deeds, rhetoric and resistance to the tyranny of Julius Caesar made him an icon of republicanism, virtue, and liberty. Addison's play deals with, among other things, such themes as individual liberty versus government tyranny, Republicanism versus Monarchism, logic versus emotion, and Cato's personal struggle to hold to his beliefs in the face of death. It has a prologue written by Alexander Pope, and an epilogue by Samuel Garth.

neg: Phrynichus (comic poet) Phrynichus ( ; Greek: Φρύνιχος ) was a poet of the Old Attic comedy and a contemporary of Aristophanes. His first comedy was exhibited in 429 BC. He composed ten plays, of which the "Solitary" ("Μονότροπος ") was exhibited at the City Dionysia in 414 along with the "Birds" of Aristophanes and gained the third prize. The "Muses" carried off the second prize at the Lenaia in 405, Aristophanes being first with the "Frogs", in which he accuses Phrynichus of employing vulgar tricks to raise a laugh, of plagiarism and bad versification, and of lowbrow politics.


query: John Bush and Miho Hatori, are American?

pos: John Bush (musician) John R. Bush (born August 24, 1963) is an American metal vocalist. He came to prominence in the 1980s as the lead singer and lyricist of Armored Saint, a traditional heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. In 1992, he joined the thrash metal band Anthrax, with whom he remained until 2005 and briefly rejoined in 2009–2010. Bush has also been active with the reformed Armored Saint intermittently from 1999 to the present.

pos: Miho Hatori Miho Hatori (羽鳥 美保 , Hatori Miho , born in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and musician. She is primarily known as the vocalist of the New York City group Cibo Matto. She is also known for her work with virtual band Gorillaz, as she is the first person to provide the voice of animated member Noodle.

neg: Presidency of George W. Bush The presidency of George W. Bush began at noon EST on January 20, 2001, when George W. Bush was inaugurated as 43rd President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 2009. Bush, a Republican, took office following a very close win over Democratic nominee Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election. Bush, the 43rd president, is the eldest son of the 41st president, George H. W. Bush. Bush was re-elected in 2004, defeating his Democratic opponent John Kerry. He was succeeded by Democrat Barack Obama, who won the 2008 presidential election.

neg: John Pollack John Pollack (born c. 1965) is an American originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan whose past occupations include Presidential Speechwriter, foreign correspondent, and strolling violinist. Currently a writer and consultant, Pollack is a noted authority on analogy, wordplay and creativity.

neg: Kerry Kennedy Mary Kerry Kennedy (born September 8, 1959) is an American human rights activist and writer. She is the seventh child and third daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy. After her 15-year marriage to now-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, she was known as Kerry Kennedy Cuomo from 1991 until 2003. She is the president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. She is also a niece of the late President John F. Kennedy and United States Senator Ted Kennedy, and a cousin of former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy and Maria Shriver, the estranged wife of actor, bodybuilder, and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

neg: Akebono Tarō Akebono Tarō (曙 太郎 , Akebono Tarō , born Chadwick Haheo Rowan; 8 May 1969) is an American-born Japanese professional wrestler and former sumo wrestler from Waimānalo, Hawaii. Joining the professional sport in Japan in 1988, he was trained by pioneering Hawaiian sumo wrestler Takamiyama and rose swiftly up the rankings, reaching the top division in 1990. After two consecutive "yusho" or tournament championships in November 1992 and January 1993 he made history by becoming the first non-Japanese-born wrestler ever to reach "yokozuna", the highest rank in sumo.

neg: Matt Bush (baseball) Matthew Brian Bush (born February 8, 1986) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was drafted by the San Diego Padres with the first overall draft pick in the 2004 Major League Baseball draft.

neg: C.W. Jick Myers C.W. Jick Myers aka Clarence Wallace Myers was the appointed energy czar of the state of Arizona during the Arab oil embargo of the early 1970s and was discussed among Republican party officials as a possible replacement candidate for Jack Williams. Myers was a temporary television news celebrity during the oil embargo. He served in the quartermaster during the waning years of world war II and then travelled to Phoenix Arizona after the war.

neg: Janice Mirikitani Janice Mirikitani (born February 4, 1941) is an American Sansei poet and activist.

neg: John Baldacci John Elias Baldacci (born January 30, 1955) is an American politician who served as the 73rd Governor of Maine from 2003 to 2011. A Democrat, he also served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003.

neg: George Washington Bush George Washington Bush (1779 – April 5, 1863) was an American pioneer and one of the first multiracial (Irish and African) non-Amerindian settlers.

neg: Yuka Honda Yuka Honda is a Japanese musician who resides in New York City. She is a multi-instrumentalist (mainly piano, synthesizer, sampler and other keyboards), composer, record producer, and co-founder of the band Cibo Matto. Throughout her career, she has collaborated with a diverse array of musicians, including Petra Haden, Sean Lennon, Mike Watt, Nels Cline, Tricky, Harper Simon, Beastie Boys, Los Lobos, Brooklyn Funk Essentials, Mitchell Froom, Medeski Martin & Wood, Marc Ribot, Yoshimi P-We, Arto Lindsay, Edie Brickell, Vincent Gallo, Luscious Jackson, Dave Douglas, Bernie Worrell, and Caetano Veloso.

neg: John Prescott Ellis John Prescott Ellis (born February 3, 1953) is a former American journalist and media consultant, and is now a partner in the venture-capital firm Sand Hills Partners. He is a nephew of former President of the United States George H. W. Bush and a first cousin of former President George W. Bush and former Governor of Florida John Ellis "Jeb" Bush.

neg: John Mars John Mars is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and percussionist.

neg: John Gardner Ford John "Jack" Gardner Ford (born March 16, 1952) is the second child and second son of U.S. President Gerald Ford and Betty Ford. Married to Juliann Felando Ford on April 29, 1989 and they have two sons, Christian Gerald Ford (born October 14, 1997), and Jonathan August Ford (born November 29, 1999). He is a 1970 graduate of T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia. He attended Utah State University, studying Forestry.

neg: John Bushemi (politician) John Peter Bushemi (born April 13, 1948) is an American former politician from the state of Indiana. A Democrat, he served in the Indiana State Senate from 1976 to 1990. He is a lawyer.

neg: Nakahama Manjirō Nakahama Manjirō (中濱 万次郎 , January 27, 1827 – November 12, 1898) , also known as John Manjirō (or John Mung), was one of the first Japanese people to visit the United States and an important translator during the Opening of Japan.

neg: Peggy Noonan Margaret Ellen "Peggy" Noonan (born September 7, 1950) is an American author of several books on politics, religion, and culture, and a weekly columnist for "The Wall Street Journal". She was a primary speech writer and Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan and has maintained a conservative leaning in her writings since leaving the Reagan administration.

neg: William Hohri William Minoru Hohri (March 13, 1927 – November 12, 2010) was an American political activist and the lead plaintiff in the National Council for Japanese American Redress lawsuit seeking monetary reparations for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. He was sent to the Manzanar concentration camp with his family after the attack on Pearl Harbor triggered the United States' entry into the war. After leading the NCJAR's class action suit against the federal government, which was dismissed, Hohri's advocacy helped convince Congress to pass legislation that provided compensation to each surviving internee. The legislation, signed by President Ronald Reagan in 1988, included an apology to those sent to the camps.

neg: George Bush (biblical scholar) George Bush (12 June 1796, Norwich, Vermont – 19 September 1859, Rochester, New York) was an American biblical scholar, pastor, abolitionist, academic and advocate for the restoration of the Jews to the Holy Land. He is distantly related to the Bush political family.

neg: John Kerr (actor) John Grinham Kerr (November 15, 1931February 2, 2013), was an American actor and lawyer.

neg: John Laroche John Edward Laroche (born February 19, 1962 in Florida) is an American horticulturist who was arrested for allegedly poaching wild ghost orchids while working for the Seminole natives in the Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve in Florida. The subsequent trial brought him to the attention of Susan Orlean who wrote an article for "The New Yorker" and the book "The Orchid Thief" about him.


query: Idlewild and Soak Zone has won several awards from the publication that is based in what Texas city?

pos: Idlewild and Soak Zone Idlewild and Soak Zone, commonly known as Idlewild Park or simply Idlewild, is a children's amusement park situated in the Laurel Highlands near Ligonier, Pennsylvania, United States, about 50 mi east of Pittsburgh, along US Route 30. Founded in 1878 as a campground along the Ligonier Valley Railroad by Thomas Mellon, Idlewild is the oldest amusement park in Pennsylvania and the third oldest operating amusement park in the United States behind Lake Compounce and Cedar Point. The park has won several awards, including from industry publication "Amusement Today" as the best children's park in the world.

pos: Amusement Today Amusement Today is a monthly periodical that features articles, news, pictures and reviews about all things relating to the amusement park industry, including parks, rides, and ride manufacturers. The trade newspaper, which is based in Arlington, Texas, United States, was founded in January 1997 by Gary Slade, Virgil E. Moore III and Rick Tidrow. In 1997, "Amusement Today" won the Impact Award in the services category for "Best New Product" from the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA). A year later, in 1998, the magazine founded the Golden Ticket Awards, for which it has become best known for throughout the amusement park industry. On January 2, 2001, Slade bought out his two partners, giving him sole ownership of the paper. The paper has two full-time and two part-time staff members at its Arlington office, along with two full-time writers and several freelance writers in various parts of the world.

neg: American Book Review The American Book Review is a nonprofit, internationally distributed publication that appears six times a year. "ABR" specializes in reviews of frequently neglected published works of fiction, poetry, and literary and cultural criticism from small, regional, university, ethnic, avant-garde, and women's presses. "ABR" as a literary journal aims to project the sense of engagement that writers feel about what is being published. It is edited and produced by writers for writers and the general public and is housed at the University of Houston–Victoria. The online content of "ABR" is distributed by Project MUSE.

neg: News from the Republic of Letters News from the Republic of Letters is the third magazine collaboration between Saul Bellow and Keith Botsford, following "Noble Savage" and "ANON". The journal, originally based in Boston and now operated from the editor's home in Costa Rica, publishes new and newly discovered writings from American and international writers. The magazine appears twice a year at widely varying intervals; subscribers purchase one issue at a time or a subscription for four issues. It first appeared in 1997 in newsprint; issues between 2003 and 2008 were published in bound edition; with the publication of No. 19 by the London-based publisher Sylph Editions, the journal has returned to broadsheet format.

neg: Butt-Numb-A-Thon Butt-Numb-A-Thon (also known as BNAT) is an annual film marathon held every December since 1999 in Austin, Texas. It is hosted by Harry Knowles of the Ain't It Cool News website in celebration of his birthday. This mini-festival shows 24 hours of vintage films as well as premieres.

neg: The Beachwood Reporter The Beachwood Reporter is a web publication based in Chicago, Illinois, United States that focuses on cultural criticism and critiques of Chicago's news outlets. It was launched on February 27, 2006. The publication shared the Society of Professional Journalists 2008 Sigma Delta Chi Award for online investigative reporting by an independent media outlet.

neg: Jardine Libaire Jardine Libaire is an American writer based in Austin, Texas. She is a graduate of Skidmore College and a 1997 graduate of the University of Michigan Creative Writing MFA Program, where she was a winner of the Hopwood Award. Jardine has been the recipient of residency fellowships from the Edward F. Albee Foundation, the Ucross Foundation, the Saltonstall Foundation, Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, and OMI International Arts Center. She was also a winner of the Glascock Poetry Prize.

neg: El Paso Media Group El Paso Media Group is a communications company located in El Paso, Texas. It produces "El Paso Magazine", "The El Pasoan", Inthe915.com, and the "Voter Guide". Keith Mahar is the publisher.

neg: Birmingham Business Journal The Birmingham Business Journal is a weekly business newspaper published in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. The newspaper was founded in 1983 by Tina Verciglio-Savas and became a part of American City Business Journals in 1999. The newspaper publishes business news in the Birmingham area and also the state of Alabama. The Birmingham Business Journal is a part of American City Business Journals owned by Advance Publications, which also publishes "The Birmingham News".

neg: Progressive Review Progressive Review, or ProRev, is an American online alternative publication that started in 1964 as the Idler newspaper. Sam Smith, the editor, starting publishing online in 1995. Nearly a decade later, in 2004 Smith stopped publishing the "Progressive Review" in a hard copy edition.

neg: Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2011 The 5th Houston Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 14, 2011. These awards for "extraordinary accomplishment in film" are presented annually by the Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS) based in Houston, Texas. The organization, founded in 2007, includes 26 film critics for print, radio, television, and internet publications in the greater Houston area. The awards are co-sponsored by the Houston Film Commission, WorldFest, and the Houston Cinema Arts Society.

neg: Houston Houston ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth-most populous city in the United States. With a census-estimated 2016 population of 2.303 million within an area of 667 sqmi , it is also the largest city in the southern United States and the seat of Harris County. Located in Southeast Texas near the Gulf of Mexico, it is the principal city of the Greater Houston metro area, which is the fifth-most populated MSA in the United States.

neg: Baytown Sun The Baytown Sun, is a newspaper published in Baytown, Texas, United States. It was first published 1919 as the "Goose Creek Gasser". The paper is owned by Southern Newspapers Inc., a news-media company based in Houston, Texas.

neg: Southern Progress Corporation Southern Progress Corporation, based in Birmingham, Alabama, is a publisher of lifestyle magazines and books. The company publishes such magazines as "Southern Living", "Cooking Light", "Health", "Coastal Living" and "Sunset". At the end of 2012, its magazines have a combined readership of about 8 million. The company employs more than 700 people at headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama.

neg: Kansas City Roller Warriors The Kansas City Roller Warriors (KCRW) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Kansas City, Kansas that was founded in 2004. The members of the league are split into four home teams that play within the league and two travel teams that represent KCRW in competition with other leagues. KCRW is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), and the Kansas City Roller Warriors All Star travel team was the winner of the 2007 WFTDA Championships, the "Texas Shootout", which took place in Austin, Texas.

neg: Horns Illustrated Horns Illustrated is a print and digital publication based in Austin, Texas, that covers University of Texas at Austin athletics. The magazine features interviews, athlete profiles, in-depth analysis and game recaps, game previews, and a calendar of events.

neg: Cityview (Knoxville) Cityview is a publication of Cityview Publishing, Inc. "Cityview" is an independently owned lifestyle magazine in Knoxville, Tennessee. Since its inception in 1984, "Cityview" has specialized in stories, articles, and photo editorials focusing on businesses, people, and places in and around the Knoxville area. The magazine has made a mission to bring art, music, sports, and culture to its readers in East Tennessee.

neg: Brownwood Bulletin The Brownwood Bulletin is a daily newspaper based in Brownwood, Texas, USA.

neg: Neighborhood Newspaper Group Neighborhood Newspaper Group is the community newspaper publisher based on the Southwest Side of Chicago. The group currently publishes the "Journal News", which covers Archer Heights, Brighton Park and McKinley Park, and "City Newshound" which covers Clearing and Garfield Ridge. Both papers are released weekly every Wednesday. The "Journal News" was known as "Back of the Yards Journal" until February 2008, when the publisher moved its headquarters west and shifted focus to the Southwest Side.

neg: Oil & Gas Journal The Oil & Gas Journal is a leading petroleum industry weekly publication with a worldwide coverage. It is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma and the journal has a major presence in Houston, Texas. The journal is published by PennWell Corporation. Its publisher is Paul Westervelt, Vice President of PennWell Corporation, and editor is Bob Tippee. The first issue was published in 1902. Its online information services started in 1994.

neg: Pop Culture Press Pop Culture Press is a music magazine founded in Memphis, Tennessee that covered the local Memphis underground scene as well as touring bands and underground music of the era. "PCP", as it was known, moved to Austin, Texas in 1988. "PCP" was made popular by its sampler CD, music from Cotton Mather, Spoon, The Wedding Present, They Might be Giants and others (see list below). Prior to that, the magazine offered free flexi-discs, which are now collectibles, featuring songs from The Dentists, Dream Syndicate, Elastica and many more.

neg: Bitch Media Bitch Media is a non-profit multimedia organization based in Portland, Oregon. It is best known for producing "Bitch (magazine)", a quarterly publication with the tagline "A feminist response to pop culture". Founded in 1996 by Andi Zeisler and Lisa Jervis, Bitch Media has grown to encompass several podcasts, a fellowship for up-and-coming writers, and a community lending library. The organization can be found online at bitchmedia.org, as well as on social media such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Though many of those who contribute are on staff at Bitch Media, the organization frequently features guest authors who write on topics ranging from My Little Pony to the racial politics of heavy metal music.


query: The No.8 rifle is what version of the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century?

pos: No.8 rifle The Rifle, Number 8 (commonly referred to as the Number 8 Rifle) is a bolt-action .22 calibre version of the Lee–Enfield designed for British Army target shooting. They are simple hand-fed rifles and were originally designed to be used by military marksmen firing in civilian competitions , before being turned over to the cadet forces. Currently, the Number 8 is used by the British cadet services as a basic target rifle. Some examples are in civilian ownership worldwide, especially following the disposal by the New Zealand cadet forces of their Number 8 and Number 9 rifles at auction.

pos: Lee–Enfield The Lee–Enfield is a bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle that was the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century. It was the British Army's standard rifle from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957. . It is often referred to as the "SMLE," which is short for the common "Short Magazine Lee-Enfield" variant.

neg: BL 9.2-inch railway gun The British Ordnance BL 9.2 inch gun on truck, railway mounted a variety of surplus 9.2 inch naval guns, together with the custom-designed Mk XIII railway gun, on various railway platforms to provide mobile long-range heavy artillery on the Western Front in World War I. Mk XIII remained in service for British home defence in World War II.

neg: Kalashnikov rifle A Kalashnikov rifle is any one of a series of automatic rifles based on the original design of Mikhail Kalashnikov. They are officially known in Russian as "Avtomat Kalashnikova" ("Kalashnikov's Automatic Gun"; Russian: Автома́т Кала́шникова ), but are widely known as Kalashnikovs, AKs, or in Russian slang, as a "Kalash". They were originally manufactured in the Soviet Union, primarily by Izhmash, but these rifles and their variants are now manufactured in many other countries.

neg: BL 8 inch Mk I – VII naval gun The BL 8 inch guns Mark I to Mark VII were the first generations of British rifled breechloaders of medium-heavy calibre. They were initially designed for gunpowder propellants and were of both 25.5 and 30 calibres lengths.

neg: S-8 (rocket) The S-8 is a rocket weapon developed by the Soviet Air Force for use by military aircraft. It remains in service with the Russian Air Force and various export customers.

neg: RML 6.6-inch howitzer The RML 6.6 inch howitzer was a British Rifled, Muzzle Loading (RML) Howitzer manufactured in England in the 19th century, which fired a projectile weighing approximately 180 lb . It was used in siege batteries and in fortifications.

neg: QF 4.5-inch Mk I – V naval gun The QF 4.5 inch gun has been the standard medium-calibre naval gun used by the Royal Navy as a medium-range weapon capable of use against surface, aircraft and shore bombardment targets since 1938. This article covers the early 45-calibre family of guns up to the 1970s. For the later unrelated 55-calibre Royal Navy gun, see 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun.

neg: RML 7 pounder Mountain Gun The Ordnance RML 7 pounder Mk IV "Steel Gun" was a rifled muzzle-loading mountain gun primarily used by the Indian Army. 7 pounder referred to the approximate weight of the shell it fired.

neg: Green Archer (radar) Green Archer, also called Radar, Field Artillery, No 8 was a widely used British mortar locating radar operating in the X band using a Foster scanner. Developed by EMI after an experimental model by the Royal Radar Establishment, it was in British service from 1962 until 1975 with the Royal Artillery. A self-propelled version was designated FV436 or Radar, FA, No 8 Mk 2.

neg: Mark VIII Mark VIII or Mark 8 often refers to the eighth version of a product, frequently military hardware. "Mark", meaning "model" or "variant", can be abbreviated "Mk."

neg: Model 1817 common rifle The M1817 common rifle (also known as Deringer M1817 rifle) was a flintlock muzzle-loaded weapon issued due to the Dept. of Ordnance's order of 1814, produced by Henry Deringer and used from the 1820s to 1840s at the American frontier. Unlike the half-octagon barreled Model 1814 common rifle that preceded it, it had a barrel that was round for most of its length. The 36-inch barrel was rifled for .54 caliber bullets. For rifling it had seven grooves. Like the Model 1814, it had a large oval patchbox in the buttstock; however the buttstock dropped steeper than on the Model 1814.

neg: Musket A musket is a muzzle-loaded, smoothbore long gun that appeared in early 16th century Europe, at first as a heavier variant of the arquebus capable of penetrating heavy armor. By the mid-16th century, this type of musket went out of use as heavy armor declined, but as the matchlock became standard, the term "musket" continued as the name given for any long gun with a flintlock, and then its successors, all the way through the mid 1800s. This style of musket was retired in the 19th century when rifled muskets (technically rifles, but still referred to as muskets) became common as a result of cartridged breech-loading firearms introduced by Casimir Lefaucheux in 1835, the invention of the Minié ball by Claude-Étienne Minié in 1849, and the first reliable repeating rifle produced by Volcanic Repeating Arms in 1854. By the time repeating rifles became common, they were known as simply "rifles", ending the era of the musket.

neg: Thorneycroft carbine The Thorneycroft carbine was one of the earliest bullpup rifles, developed by an English gunsmith in 1901 as patent No. 14,622 of July 18, 1901. This bolt-action rifle featured a bullpup action in which the retracted bolt slid back through the stock nearly to the shooter's shoulder, maximising the space available in the body of the firearm. The rifle was chambered in the contemporary .303 British service cartridge, and held five rounds in an internal magazine.

neg: Owen Gun The Owen Gun, which was known officially as the Owen Machine Carbine, was an Australian submachine gun designed by Evelyn (Evo) Owen in 1939. The Owen was the only entirely Australian-designed and main service submachine gun of World War II and was used by the Australian Army from 1943 until the mid-1960s.

neg: Armstrong Gun An Armstrong Gun was a uniquely designed type of rifled breech-loading field and heavy gun designed by Sir William Armstrong and manufactured in England beginning in 1855 by the Elswick Ordnance Company and the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich. Such guns involved a built-up gun construction system of a wrought-iron (later of mild steel) tube surrounded by multiple wrought-iron strengthening coils shrunk over the inner tube to keep it under compression.

neg: Sd.Kfz. 8 The "Sonderkraftfahrzeug" 8 ("special motorized vehicle 8") was a German half-track that saw widespread use in World War II. Its main roles were as a prime mover for heavy towed guns such as the 21 cm Mörser 18, the 15 cm Kanone 18 and the 10.5 cm FlaK 38. Approximately 4,000 were produced between 1938 and 1945. It was used in every campaign fought by the Germans in World War II, notably the Invasion of Poland, the Battle of France, the Balkans Campaign, the Eastern Front, the North African Campaign, the Battle of Normandy and the Italian Campaign.

neg: Berthier rifle The Berthier rifles and carbines were a family of bolt-action small arms in 8mm Lebel, used in the French Army from the 1890s to the beginning of World War II (1940).

neg: Isle of Wight Rifles The 8th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment, Princess Beatrice's Isle of Wight Rifles, known informally as the "Isle of Wight Rifles" was formed to defend the Isle of Wight after a 19th-century invasion scare. The unit served as infantry during World War I, and as coastal defence artillery during World War II. Postwar it converted to the air defence role.

neg: QF 4.7-inch Gun Mk I–IV The QF 4.7 inch Gun Mks I, II, III, and IV were a family of British quick-firing 4.724 in naval and coast defence guns of the late 1880s and 1890s which served with the navies of various countries. They were also mounted on various wheeled carriages to provide the British Army with a long range gun. They all had a bore of 40 calibres length.

neg: Remington Model 30 The Remington Model 30 is a US sporting rifle of the inter-war period based on the military P14/M1917 Enfield rifle action, which was manufactured for the British and US governments during World War I. Initial specimens used surplus military parts with some modifications in order to consume the stock of parts, though further modifications were made as production progressed and later rifles were produced from newly manufactured parts. Most early rifles were in the military .30-06 calibre used in the M1917 but it became available in a variety of chamberings. It was the first high-powered bolt-action sporting rifle produced by Remington.

neg: RML 9 inch 12 ton gun The RML 9 inch guns Mark I – Mark VI were large rifled muzzle-loading guns of the 1860s used as primary armament on smaller British ironclad battleships and secondary armament on larger battleships, and also ashore for coast defence.


query: Springfield, Missouri is known as the "birthplace" of which original highway in the US Highway System?

pos: Springfield, Missouri Springfield is the third-largest city in the state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. As of the 2010 census, its population was 159,498. As of 2016, the Census Bureau estimated its population at 167,319. It is one of the two principal cities of the Springfield-Branson Metropolitan Area, which has a population of 541,991 and includes the counties of Christian, Dallas, Greene, Polk, Webster, Stone and Taney. Springfield's nickname is "Queen City of the Ozarks" and it is known as the "Birthplace of Route 66". It is home to several universities, including Missouri State University, Drury University, and Evangel University.

pos: U.S. Route 66 U.S. Route 66 (US 66 or Route 66), also known as the Will Rogers Highway, the Main Street of America or the Mother Road, was one of the original highways within the U.S. Highway System. US 66 was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year. The highway, which became one of the most famous roads in the United States, originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before ending at Santa Monica, California, covering a total of 2448 mi . It was recognized in popular culture by both the hit song "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" and the "Route 66" television show in the 1960s.

neg: Interstate 14 Interstate 14 (I-14), also known as the "14th Amendment Highway", the Gulf Coast Strategic Highway and the Central Texas Corridor, is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Texas that follows U.S. Highway 190 (US 190). The highway was named for the 14th Amendment. In 2005, I-14 was planned to have a western terminus at Natchez, Mississippi (later from I-49 near Alexandria, Louisiana), extending east through Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, before ending at Augusta, Georgia or North Augusta, South Carolina. Advocates of the Gulf-Coast Strategic Highway proposed extending I-14 to I-10 near Fort Stockton and the junction of US 277 and I-10 near Sonora, Texas.

neg: Missouri Route 7 Route 7 is a state highway with its northern terminus at U.S. Route 24 in northeast Independence and its southern terminus at Interstate 44 southeast of Richland (near the town of Laquey which it doesn't quite reach). The section between Harrisonville (at a junction with Interstate 49/U.S. Route 71) and Clinton (at a junction with Route 13) provides an important link for traffic between Springfield and Kansas City.

neg: Interstate 64 Interstate 64 (I-64) is an Interstate Highway in the Eastern United States. Its western terminus is at I-70, U.S. Route 40 (US 40), and US 61 in Wentzville, Missouri. Its eastern terminus is at an interchange with I-264 and I-664 at Bowers Hill in Chesapeake, Virginia. I-64 connects the major metropolitan areas of St. Louis, Louisville and Lexington in Kentucky, Charleston, West Virginia, and Richmond, Virginia.

neg: Boston Post Road The Boston Post Road was a system of mail-delivery routes between New York City and Boston, Massachusetts that evolved into one of the first major highways in the United States.

neg: Pennsylvania State Route System The Pennsylvania State Route System was established by the Sproul Road Bill passed in 1911. The system took control of over 4,000 miles of road. The system of roads continued to grow over the next few decades until continual addition of roads faced greater opposition. On October 1, 1940, the Pennsylvania Turnpike's first section of highway was opened to motorized traffic; the Turnpike operated under the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and was independent of the then-known Department of Highways.

neg: L.L. Tisdale Parkway The L.L. Tisdale Parkway is a freeway that runs through northwest Tulsa. The highway is named in honor of local Tulsa pastor, Rev. L.L. Tisdale. The parkway was originally known as the Osage Expressway, as part of a cancelled freeway project to Pawhuska, the capitol of the Osage Nation.

neg: Missouri Route 45 Route 45 is a highway in northwest Missouri in Buchanan County, Missouri and Platte County, Missouri which is largely in the bottom land alongside of the Missouri River.

neg: Missouri Route 133 Route 133 is a highway in central Missouri. Its northern terminus is at U.S. Route 63 near Westphalia; its southern terminus is at Interstate 44 about fourteen miles (21 km) west of Waynesville.

neg: Missouri Route 101 Route 101 is a short highway in southern Missouri. Its northern terminus is at U.S. Route 160 in Caulfield; its southern terminus is at the Arkansas state line (where it continues as Highway 101) south of Bakersfield, the only other town on the route.

neg: Bankhead Highway The Bankhead Highway was a United States cross-country automobile highway connecting Washington, D.C. and San Diego. The Bankhead Highway's beginnings can be traced back to 1916 when the Bankhead Highway Association was organized to promote the highway's development. It was part of the National Auto Trail system. The road was named for Alabama politician John Hollis Bankhead, a leader in the early national road building movement. In later years, several stretches of U.S. Route 78 in northwest Alabama were renamed for Bankhead's son, former U.S. Representative and Speaker of the House William B. Bankhead.

neg: Protectworth Tavern The Protectworth Tavern, also known as the Stickney Tavern, is a historic house on New Hampshire Route 4A in Springfield, New Hampshire. It is a nearly-intact example of a late-Georgian early-Federal vernacular house, dating to the time of the construction of the "Fourth New Hampshire Turnpike", a major early highway through this region of central New Hampshire whose route is followed here by Route 4A. The house was long used as a tavern, and one of its early owners was Daniel Noyes, a proprietor of the Turnpike. Meetings of the Turnpike's owners are known to have taken place here. A later owner, Nathaniel Stickney, was also a stagecoach driver on the route.

neg: Missouri Route 89 Route 89 is a highway in central Missouri. Its northern terminus is at Route 100 in Chamois; its southern terminus is at Route 28 in Belle. A short spur of Highway 89 connects with east U.S. Route 50 east of Linn.

neg: Lindbergh Boulevard Lindbergh Boulevard, named after the aviator, Charles Lindbergh, is a section of U.S. Routes 61 and 67 that extends through Missouri. Lindbergh Boulevard is home to Missouri's only traffic tunnel underneath a runway at Lambert–St. Louis International Airport.

neg: Massachusetts Route 141 Route 141 is a 15.90 mi long west–east state highway in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Its western terminus is at Route 10 in Easthampton. Its eastern terminus is at US 20 in Springfield while concurrent with Route 21. Route 141 gained notoriety in the local media in July 2005 when signage posted by contractors at the junction with Route 10 in Easthampton was posted incorrectly in the form of signage seen in Alabama.

neg: Arkansas Highway 180 Highway 180 (AR 180, Ark. 180, Hwy. 180, also officially Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard) is a state highway of 1.65 mi in Fayetteville. The route begins at Interstate 49/US 62/US 71/Highway 16 and runs east through Fayetteville to US 71 Business. Highway 180 is designated as part of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail as well as Arkansas Heritage Trails System designations as the Butterfield Trail, Trail of Tears (Benge Route), and Civil War Trails (Herron's Approach).

neg: Missouri Route 76 Route 76 is a highway in the west half of southern Missouri running between U.S. Route 60 and U.S. Route 63 at Willow Springs and the Oklahoma state line near Tiff City where it continues as a county road. It is the most famous road in Branson where it is known as "76 Country Boulevard" and features many of the entertainment theaters for which Branson is famous. The road runs for its entirety through the Missouri Ozarks, and is at times very hilly and curvy.

neg: U.S. Route 14 U.S. Route 14 (abbreviated U.S. 14 or US 14), an east–west route, is one of the original United States highways of 1926. It currently has a length of 1,398 miles (2,250 km), but it had a peak length of 1,429 miles (2,300 km). For much of its length, it runs roughly parallel to Interstate 90.

neg: Missouri Route 73 Missouri Route 73 is a short state highway in southwest Missouri. It runs from an intersection with U.S. Route 65 in the northern part of Buffalo in Dallas County to U.S. Route 54 near Macks Creek in Camden County. The route is two lanes for its entire length.

neg: U.S. Route 63 in Arkansas U.S. Route 63 (US 63) is a north-south U.S. highway that begins in Ruston, LA. In the US state of Arkansas the highway enters the state from Louisiana concurrent with US 167 in Junction City. The highway zigzags through the state serving the major cities of Pine Bluff, West Memphis and Jonesboro. The highway exits the state at Mammoth Spring traveling into Missouri.

neg: U.S. Route 2 in Vermont U.S. Route 2 (US 2) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that is split into two segments. Its eastern segment runs from Rouses Point, New York, to Houlton, Maine. In Vermont, US 2 extends 151.604 mi from the New York state line in Alburgh to the New Hampshire state line in Guildhall. West of Vermont, US 2 continues into New York for another 0.87 mi to an intersection with US 11 in Rouses Point. US 2 passes through the cities of Burlington and Montpelier as it traverses the state. The Burlington to Montpelier route was first laid out as a toll road in the early 19th century. It was later incorporated into the transcontinental auto trail known as the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway in 1919 before being designated as part of US 2 in 1926.


query: Are both The Mayfield Four and The Asteroids Galaxy Tour musical acts?

pos: The Mayfield Four The Mayfield Four was an American rock band formed by Myles Kennedy in Spokane, Washington in 1996. The band released two albums, "Fallout" and "Second Skin" and an EP "Motion / Live: 9.17.97" before disbanding in 2002.

pos: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour The Asteroids Galaxy Tour is a Danish pop band consisting of vocalist Mette Lindberg and songwriter/producer Lars Iversen, formed in 2007. When performing live the band extends to a five-piece, featuring Mikkel Balster Dorig (guitar), Simon Littauer (MPC and keys) and Rasmus Littauer (drums).

neg: Harry Deal and the Galaxies Harry Deal and the Galaxies is a rock and roll band formed in Taylorsville, North Carolina, United States, in 1959. They are most famous for playing a style of music known as beach music, which began in the 1940s in dance clubs of South Carolina beach towns such as Myrtle Beach.

neg: F4 (band) F4 or JVKV is a Taiwanese boy band consisting of Jerry Yan, Vanness Wu, Ken Chu, and Vic Chou. The group was formed in 2001 after the Taiwanese drama "Meteor Garden" that they starred in was widely successful. Together they have starred in several Taiwanese drama series and released three albums, "Meteor Rain" (2001), "Fantasy 4ever" (2002), and "Waiting for You" (2007).

neg: The Robot Explosion The Robot Explosion is a recording-only musical project consisting of Jenny Owen Youngs, Bess Rogers, Andrew Futral, and Saul Simon-MacWilliams. The latter three are all also members of The Age of Rockets.

neg: Space (English band) Space are a British band from Liverpool, who formed in 1993 initially as a trio of Tommy Scott (vocals, bass, guitar), Jamie Murphy (vocals, guitar) and Andy Parle (drums). Keyboard player Franny Griffiths joined the line-up a year later, and the band came to prominence throughout the mid-1990s with hit singles such as "Female of the Species", "Me and You Versus the World", "Neighbourhood", "Avenging Angels" and "The Ballad of Tom Jones", the latter a duet with Cerys Matthews of Catatonia. They recorded three studio albums (including one that remains unreleased), plus a number of charting singles, before eventually disbanding in 2005. In 2011, two years after the death of Parle, the band announced they would reunite with Scott and Griffiths returning alongside two new members, crowd-funding their first album in a decade, "Attack of the Mutant 50ft Kebab". A follow-up album is due early 2017.

neg: Mayfield, New Zealand There are two places in New Zealand called Mayfield:

neg: Wings of the Wild Tour Wings Of The Wild Tour is the fourth Australian concert tour by singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem, in support of her fifth studio album, "Wings of the Wild". The tour commenced at Newcastle on 27 October 2016 and concluded at Brisbane on 11 November 2016.

neg: Helen Mayfield Helen Burkhart Mayfield (1939–1997) was an American artist from Texas. This link has her biography.

neg: In This Diary "In This Diary" is a song recorded by American Pop punk group the Ataris. It was released in February 2003 as the lead single from their fourth album "So Long, Astoria". "In This Diary" was released to radio on February 11, 2003. It peaked at number 11 on the U.S. "Billboard" Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song can be heard in the closing credits of the 2004 film "The Perfect Score".

neg: Karim Mayfield Karim Rasheed Mayfield (born December 14, 1980) is an American professional boxer who fights at welterweight. He is a former NABO junior welterweight champion.

neg: All Star (song) "All Star" is a song by American rock band Smash Mouth. It was released on May 4, 1999, as the second single from their album "Astro Lounge" and is one of the group's most successful songs, peaking at No. 4 on the "Billboard" Hot 100.

neg: Killian's Angels Killian's Angels is an all-female Celtic-influenced band based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Since its start in 2001 the band has recorded two CDs and won national radio honors with King World and Oink Inc, which recognized the band's own interpretation of the "Jeopardy!" theme song. The band appears on the soundtrack of the video game "Grand Theft Auto IV"; their song "The Celtic High Step" is played at a New York beer garden within the game.

neg: Mr. Gnome Mr. Gnome (stylized as mr. Gnome) is an alternative art rock married duo from Cleveland, Ohio. Their eclectic oeuvre has been characterized as "an arresting mix of menace and mellifluousness," and "intriguing, theatrical." Nicole Barille notes of their stand-alone song "Let The City Sail Away" that as with many of her lyrics, "I tend to write about situations that are moments away from impending disaster." Mentioned in "Rolling Stone" in 2011 as a band to watch, their fourth and latest album, "The Heart of a Dark Star," was reviewed by NPR as being "a satisfying, conceptually ambitious work," "a raw, romantic sound [which they have] expanded and refined over several records."

neg: Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen is an American country rock band founded in 1967. The group's founder was George Frayne IV (alias Commander Cody, born July 19, 1944 at Boise, Idaho) on keyboards and vocals.

neg: Hey Jupiter "Hey Jupiter" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos. It was the fourth single from her album "Boys for Pele" and was her first EP since "Crucify" in 1992. "Hey Jupiter" features a remixed version of "Hey Jupiter" followed by four live tracks recorded during her Dew Drop Inn Tour of 1996. The song is also featured on the double-A CD singles released in the UK and Australia.

neg: This Is Our Science This Is Our Science is the fourth studio album from alternative hip hop artist Astronautalis. It features collaborations with Tegan Quin, Isaiah Toothtaker, Doomtree members P.O.S, Sims, Cecil Otter and Lazerbeak, as well as members of Midlake and Riverboat Gamblers.

neg: Magic Car Magic Car are a British Americana / Folk Rock band formed in 1994 by the actor Phil Smeeton (songwriter and guitarist) and Hazel Atkinson (vocalist). They signed to the independent record label Tiny Dog Records in 1999 and have released four albums - "Yellow Main Sequence" (2001), "Family Matters" (2005), and "European Punks" (2002), a joint album with Scott 4. A fourth, "Meteorites" was released in 2016.

neg: View from the Vault, Volume Four View from the Vault, Volume Four (styled as View from the Vault IV) is the fourth release in the "View from the Vault" series of rock concert recordings by the Grateful Dead. Like the other entries in the series, it was released simultaneously on CD and as a DVD concert video. However, unlike the previous 3-CD volumes, "View from the Vault IV" is a 4-CD set. This volume contains selections from two consecutive shows in California — July 24, 1987, at Oakland Stadium, and July 26, 1987 at Anaheim Stadium.

neg: Helen Stellar Helen Stellar are a Los Angeles-based American band. The band members are Jim Evens (vocals and guitar), Clif Clehouse (drums), Dustin Robles (bass), and Eli Lhymn (guitar). Although unsigned, the group has enjoyed considerable radio and soundtrack success with support from tastemakers including DJ Nic Harcourt, and directors Cameron Crowe and Gregg Araki.

neg: Jeff T. Alu Jeffrey (Jeff) Thomas Alu (born January 1, 1966) is an American musician, photographer, graphic artist, and amateur astronomer who has participated in the Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey. The asteroid 4104 Alu was named in his honour.

neg: Mayfield Senior School Mayfield Senior School is an independent Catholic college preparatory school, founded in 1931 for young women grades 9-12. It is sponsored by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, a member of the Holy Child Network of Schools and is guided by the educational philosophy of the Society's foundress, Cornelia Connelly.


query: Buphthalmum and Disporopsis, are types of what?

pos: Buphthalmum Buphthalmum is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. There are 2 or 3 species. They are native to Europe, and "B. salicifolium" is in cultivation and has been introduced elsewhere.

pos: Disporopsis Disporopsis is a genus of plants in the Agavoideae. It is native to China, Indochina and the Philippines.

neg: Burkholderia diffusa Burkholderia diffusa is a gram-negative, aerobic, non-spore-forming bacterium from the genus of "Burkholderia" and the family of Burkholderiaceae which belongs to the "Burkholderia cepacia" complex.

neg: Blephilia Blephilia ("Downy Pagoda Plant" or "Wood Mint") is a genus of three species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. They are all herbaceous plants native to eastern North America. The species are most often found in thin woods and in granite and limestone soils. "Blephilia hirsuta" and "Blephilia ciliata" are considered threatened or endangered in some states.

neg: Bupleurum tenuissimum Bupleurum tenuissimum or slender hare's-ear is a coastal plant of the Apiaceae family.

neg: Marsippospermum Marsippospermum is a genus of plant in family Juncaceae described as a genus in 1809.

neg: Buxales The Buxales are a small order of eudicot flowering plants, recognized by the APG IV system of 2016. The order includes the family Buxaceae; the families Didymelaceae and Haptanthaceae may also be recognized or may be included in the Buxaceae. Many members of the order are evergreen shrubs or trees, although some are herbaceous perennials. They have separate "male" (staminate) and "female" (carpellate) flowers, mostly on the same plant (i.e. they are mostly monoecious). Some species are of economic importance either for the wood they produce or as ornamental plants.

neg: Dalbergichromene Dalbergichromene is a neoflavene, a type of neoflavonoids which are themselves a type of polyphenolic compounds. Dalbergichromene can be extracted from the stem-bark and heartwood of "Dalbergia sissoo"

neg: Buphthalmos Buphthalmos (plural: buphthalmoses) is enlargement of the eyeball and is most commonly seen in infants and young children. It is sometimes referred to as buphthalmia (plural buphthalmias). It usually appears in the newborn period or the first 3 months of life. and in most cases indicates the presence of congenital (infantile) glaucoma, which is a disorder in which elevated pressures within the eye lead to structural eye damage and vision loss.

neg: Phanerophlebiopsis Phanerophlebiopsis is a genus of fern in family Dryopteridaceae.

neg: Cardiospermum Cardiospermum is a genus of approximately 14 species in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, which are native to the American, Indian, and African tropics. The genus name is derived from the Greek words καρδία, meaning "heart," and σπέρμα, meaning "seed." Common names of the members of this genus include Balloon Vine, Love in a Puff, Heartseed, and Heartseed Vine. These plants are classified as invasive species in parts of the Southern United States and South Africa.

neg: Nemophila parviflora Nemophila parviflora, the smallflower nemophila, small-flowered nemophila or oak-leaved nemophila, is a dicot in the borage family, Boraginaceae, in the waterleaf subfamily, Hydrophylloideae.

neg: Endospermum Endospermum is a genus of plants, under the family Euphorbiaceae and the monotypic subtribe Endosperminae first described as a genus in 1861 It is native to E + S + SE Asia, Papuasia, Queensland, and certain islands of the W Pacific.

neg: Disinae Disinae is a subtribe of orchids that has been differently defined and placed in the two classification systems that are currently in use for orchids. "Genera Orchidacearum", which is currently the definitive work on orchid taxonomy, delimits Disinae as consisting of two closely related genera, "Disa" and "Schizodium", and it places Disinae in the mostly African tribe Diseae, along with four other subtribes: Brownleeinae, Huttonaeinae, Coryciinae, and Satyriinae. In the classification for orchids that was published by Chase et alii in 2015, "Schizodium" was placed in synonymy under "Disa", while "Pachites" and "Huttonaea" were transferred to Disinae. In "Genera Orchidacearum", "Pachites" and "Satyrium" form the subtribe Satyriinae, and "Huttonaea" is the sole genus in the subtribe Huttonaeinae. The transfer of "Pachites" and "Huttonaea" to Disinae by Chase et alii (2015) was done with considerable doubt, and was based upon uncertainty about the relationships of these two genera. In 2009, a molecular phylogenetic study found only weak statistical support for a sister relationship between "Huttonaea" and "Disa".

neg: Peltophorum Peltophorum is a genus of 5–15 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. The genus is native to certain tropical regions across the world. The species are medium-sized to large trees growing up to 15–25 m (rarely 50 m) tall.

neg: Bulbophyllum dissolutum Bulbophyllum dissolutum is a species of orchid in the genus "Bulbophyllum".

neg: Eriospermum Eriospermum is a genus of tuberous flowering plants. It contains about 80-100 species, native to sub-Saharan Africa.

neg: Symphytum Symphytum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. Its species are known by the common name comfrey. There are up to 35 known species. Some species and hybrids, particularly "S. officinale" and "S." × "uplandicum", are used in gardening and herbal medicine.

neg: Dictyosphaerium Dictyosphaerium is a genus of green algae, in the family Dictyosphaeriaceae.

neg: Castanopsis buruana Castanopsis buruana is a tree in the beech family Fagaceae. The specific epithet "buruana " is from the Latin, meaning "of Buru" (one of Indonesia's Maluku Islands).

neg: Blumeopsis Blumeopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae.

neg: Scedosporiosis Scedosporiosis is an infection caused by fungi from the genus "Scedosporium" which includes two hyphomycetes of emerging medical importance, "Scedosporium apiospermum" and "Scedosporium prolificans".


query: Where was the political activist born who campaigned on issues involving westernmost subregion of Africa?

pos: Ladipo Solanke Ladipo Solanke (c. 1886 – 2 September 1958) was a political activist born in Nigeria who campaigned on West African issues.

pos: West Africa West Africa, also called Western Africa and the West of Africa, is the westernmost subregion of Africa. West Africa has been defined as including 18 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, the island nation of Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, the island of Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone, São Tomé and Príncipe and Togo. The population of West Africa is estimated at about /1e6 round 0 million people as of . Islam is the predominant religion of 70% of the population, with smaller amounts practicing Christianity and Traditional African religions.

neg: Anthony Diallo Dr. Anthony Mwandu Diallo (born December 25, 1956) is a Tanzanian politician who served in the National Assembly of Tanzania, representing Ilemela constituency, from 1995 until October 2010 general elections when he lost to a Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) candidate.

neg: Chris Hattingh Christian Hattingh is a South African politician and a Member of Parliament for the Democratic Alliance (DA), South Africa's official opposition. He was the longest-serving member of the North West Provincial Legislature, before moving to the National Council of Provinces, the upper house of parliament in Cape Town, in 2015.

neg: Miriam Makeba Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), also known as Mama Africa, was a South African singer, actor, United Nations goodwill ambassador, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she was an advocate against apartheid and white-minority government in South Africa.

neg: Tsudao Gurirab Tsudao Immanuel Gurirab (born 2 January 1961) is a Namibian politician. A member of Congress of Democrats (CoD), Gurirab was previously a member of the ruling South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) until Gurirab, Ben Ulenga, Ignatius Shixwameni and others left SWAPO to form CoD in 1999. He was also a member of the Pan-African Parliament and the only non-SWAPO member selected from Namibia. In 2007, Gurirab was elected chairperson of the party.

neg: Amani Williams Hunt Abdullah Amani Williams Hunt Abdullah, (born 21 May 1953 in Tapah, Perak, Malaysia) is a notable indigenous Malaysian social activist, and politician who campaigned for most of his life seeking greater social justice, land rights, and improved life opportunities for Aboriginal Malaysians in Peninsular Malaysia.

neg: Mac Maharaj Sathyandranath Ragunanan "Mac" Maharaj (born 22 April 1935 in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal) is a South African politician affiliated with the African National Congress, academic and businessman of Indian origin. He is the former official spokesperson of the President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma.

neg: Kah Walla Edith Kahbang Walla (born February 28, 1965), popularly known as Kah Walla, is a Cameroonian politician, entrepreneur and social activist. She went into politics in 2007 with the Social Democratic Front (SDF), the main Cameroonian opposition party and was then elected into the municipal council of Douala I. In 2010, she resigned from SDF following a divergence over strategy and declared her intention to run for the 2011 presidential election on October 23, 2010. On April 30, 2011, she was elected as the president of the Cameroon People's Party (CPP) and party candidate for 2011 presidential election.

neg: Andimba Toivo ya Toivo Herman Andimba Toivo ya Toivo (22 August 1924 – 9 June 2017) was a Namibian anti-apartheid activist, politician and political prisoner. Ya Toivo was active in the pre-independence movement, and is one of the co-founders of the South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) in 1960, and its predecessor the Ovamboland People's Organization (OPO) in 1959.

neg: Eugène Terre'Blanche Eugène Ney Terre'Blanche (31 January 1941 – 3 April 2010) was a white supremacist and Afrikaner nationalist in South Africa who was the founder and leader of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB). Prior to founding the AWB, Terre'Blanche served as a South African Police officer, was a farmer, and was an unsuccessful Herstigte Nasionale Party (Reconstituted National Party) candidate for local office in the Transvaal. He was a major figure in the right-wing backlash against the collapse of apartheid. His beliefs and philosophy have continued to be influential among white supremacists in South Africa and around the world.

neg: Mkhuseli Jack Mkhuseli "Khusta" Jack (born 31 May 1958) was a South African Anti-Apartheid activist in the 1980s, known for his involvement in the Anti-Apartheid struggle and his efforts in the Consumer Boycott Campaign. Currently he is a businessman in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

neg: Abdullah Abdurahman Abdullah Abdurahman (18 December 1872 – 2 February 1940) was a South African politician and physician, born in Wellington, South Africa. He was the first coloured city councillor of Cape Town, and leader of the anti-segregationist movement African Political Organization established in 1902.

neg: Swaziland Democracy Campaign The Swaziland Democracy Campaign consists of organisations from Swaziland and South Africa that advocate democracy in Swaziland. The campaign supports the democratic initiatives of trade unions, NGOs, student organisations and other organisations that further the cause of democratization in Swaziland. The campaign calls upon the South African government and those of other SADC countries to acknowledge that they are in effect protecting the undemocratic and repressive Swaziland regime. The campaign seeks the removal of restrictions on political parties, the news media and political gatherings, and calls for free, multi-party elections.

neg: Chumani Maxwele Chumani Maxwele (born 1985) is a South African political activist best known for his involvement in the Rhodes Must Fall and the #FeesMustFall movements. Maxwele first gained prominence in 2010 after his wrongful arrest and interrogation for allegedly giving an obscene hand gesture to President Jacob Zuma's presidential motorcade convoy in Cape Town city traffic.

neg: Emil Appolus Emil Appolus (10 March 1935, in Vaalgras, ǁKaras Region - 28 May 2005, in Keetmanshoop) was a Namibian politician and businessperson. Living in Cape Town, Appolus was part of early discussions on Namibian independence. In 1957, Appolus became a founding member of the Ovamboland People's Congress, the forerunner to the current ruling party, SWAPO. When the OPC merged to create SWANU, Sam Nujoma and Fanuel Kozonguizi were two of the five members of the executive committee. He authored the first Black newspaper in Namibia, The South West News (Afrikaans Die Suidwes Nuus). The South West News was later banned for nationalistic content. After involvement in the 1960-65 Congo Crisis, Appolus ended up in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), where he was deported to Pretoria, South Africa for illegally leaving the country. After receiving bail, Appolus fled to Bechuanaland (now Botswana) en route to Tanganyika (now Tanzania). Appolus was the first SWAPO representative in Cairo, an important position for drawing support for national liberation. In 1969, Appolus was sent to represent SWAPO at the United Nations.

neg: Austin Opara Austin Adiele Opara {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} , (born 28 August 1963) is a Nigerian politician of the People's Democratic Party. He was raised in Diobu, Port Harcourt and is of the Ikwerre tribe.

neg: Helen Ntoso Helen Adjoa Ntoso (born February 1958) is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the Parliament of Ghana for the Krachi West constituency in the Volta Region of Ghana. She is a member of the National Democratic Congress. Hon Ntoso is currently the Regional Minister for the Volta Region.

neg: Western Region (Ghana) The Western Region is located in south Ghana, spreads from the Ivory Coast border in the west to the Central region in the east, includes the capital and large twin city of Sekondi-Takoradi on the coast, coastal Axim, and a hilly inland area including Elubo. It includes Ghana's southernmost location, Cape Three Points, where crude oil was discovered in commercial quantities in June 2007. The Western Region enjoys a long coastline that stretches from South Ghana's border with Ivory Coast to the Western region's boundary with the Central Region on the east.

neg: Elizabeth 'Nanna' Abrahams Elizabeth "Nanna" Abrahams (19 September 1925 – 17 December 2009) was a South African political activist and trade unionist who participated actively in the struggle against apartheid. Born in the Paarl Valley area of Western Cape Province, South Africa, Liz, as she was affectionately called, became General Secretary of the Food and Canning Workers Union (FCWU) in 1956, a duty she performed until 1964. Her commitment to the struggle brought her close to activists including Elizabeth Mafikeng, Archie Sibeko, Oscar Mpetha and Ray Alexander. She was in 1986 detained for police questioning and subsequently detained for almost three months without trial. After her retirement, Abrahams remained actively involved in the Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU), and was in 1995, a year after South Africa's first democratic elections, invited to serve as a Member of Parliament. During the last years of her life, Abrahams received several awards for her contributions to the liberation movement and for her activities on behalf of the rights of the working class.

neg: Zindzi Mandela-Hlongwane Zindziswa Mandela-Hlongwane (born December 23, 1960) is a South African politician who is currently serving as her country's ambassador to Denmark. The daughter of anti-apartheid activists Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Zindzi is the younger sister of Zenani Mandela and the third of his three daughters.

neg: Nongqawuse Nongqawuse (] ; c. 1841 – 1898) was the Xhosa prophetess whose prophecies led to a millennialist movement that culminated in the Xhosa cattle-killing movement and famine of 1856-7, in what is now Eastern Cape, South Africa.


query: The Wingate business hotel chain is operated by which hotel and hospitality company?

pos: Wingate By Wyndham Wingate By Wyndham (formerly known as Wingate Inn) is a brand of independently owned hotels that targets business travelers. Wingate opened its first hotel in July 1996. Since then, over 100 new Wingate by Wyndhams have been opened. It competes with chains like Hilton Garden Inn, Courtyard by Marriott, and Hyatt Place. Wingate by Wyndham is a part of Wyndham Worldwide, formerly part of Cendant. In late 2007, Wingate Inn officially changed its name to Wingate by Wyndham.

pos: Wyndham Worldwide Wyndham Worldwide Corporation is an American hospitality company, it is the holding company for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, RCI and other lodging brands. It was spun off from Cendant Corporation in July 2006.

neg: Harrah's Reno Harrah's Reno is a hotel and casino located in Downtown Reno, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment Corporation.

neg: Ace Hotel Ace Hotel is a chain of hotels headquartered in Portland, Oregon. It operates hotels in Portland, New York, Palm Springs, Panama City, Panama, London, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, and New Orleans.

neg: Sofitel Sofitel Hotels & Resorts is a chain of luxury hotels based in Paris, France, and owned by AccorHotels since 1980.

neg: Hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a fridge and other kitchen facilities, upholstered chairs, a flatscreen television and en-suite bathrooms. Small, lower-priced hotels may offer only the most basic guest services and facilities. Larger, higher-priced hotels may provide additional guest facilities such as a swimming pool, business centre (with computers, printers and other office equipment), childcare, conference and event facilities, tennis or basketball courts, gymnasium, restaurants, day spa and social function services. Hotel rooms are usually numbered (or named in some smaller hotels and B&Bs) to allow guests to identify their room. Some boutique, high-end hotels have custom decorated rooms. Some hotels offer meals as part of a room and board arrangement. In the United Kingdom, a hotel is required by law to serve food and drinks to all guests within certain stated hours. In Japan, capsule hotels provide a tiny room suitable only for sleeping and shared bathroom facilities.

neg: Marriott Marquis Marriott Marquis is a hotel brand owned by Marriott International and denotes flagship, large-format hotels similar to Hyatt's Hyatt Regency brand. Notable hotels using this branding include:

neg: Coast Hotels Coast Hotels is a mid-range hotel chain in western North America with over 37 hotels and resorts in the states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, and in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Northwest Territories and Yukon. The chain is a member of the Japan-based APA Group.

neg: Hotel RL Hotel RL by Red Lion is an upscale hotel brand owned by Red Lion Hotels Corporation that was created in 2014.

neg: Karma Group Karma Group is an International hotel and resort company owned by English entrepreneur & hotelier, John Spence. It currently operates 27 properties and brands worldwide.

neg: Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited (HSH), , is the holding company of a group which is engaged in the ownership, development, and management of hotels and commercial and residential properties in Asia, the United States and Europe, as well as the provision of tourism and leisure, club management and other services.

neg: America's Best Franchising America's Best Franchising, based in Atlanta, Georgia is an American lodging company. Its brands comprise America's Best Inn, Country Hearth Inns & Suites, Jameson Inn, 3 Palms Hotel, Parkside Hotels, and Budgetel. Of the brands, America's Best Inn was founded in Marion, Illinois, The "Budgetel" name is a revival of a brand which was renamed Baymont Inn & Suites. Country Hearth opened its first location in 1983 as Homeplace Inn in Angleton, Texas.

neg: Peppermill Reno Peppermill Reno is a hotel and casino located in Reno, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Peppermill Resorts.

neg: Boyd Gaming Boyd Gaming Corporation is an American gaming and hospitality company based in Paradise, Nevada. The company continues to be run by founder Sam Boyd's family under the management of Sam's son, Bill Boyd (born 1931), who currently serves as the company's executive chairman after retiring as CEO in January 2008.

neg: Westmont Hospitality Group Westmont Hospitality Group is a company nominally based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada which owns and manages hotels. It was founded by the Mangalji family. It is one of the biggest hospitality management companies. It currently is managed by Majid Mangalji. The total revenue for this company is $700 million.

neg: White Star Hotel White Star Hotel is a heritage listed building that operates as a hotel in Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The hotel is located adjacent to the Royal George Hotel on Stirling Terrace, once the commercial and social centre of town, overlooking Princess Royal Harbour. The building was named for the White Star Line, an important shipping and passenger line that once operated out of Albany.

neg: Plaza Hotel & Casino The Plaza Hotel & Casino is a casino–hotel located in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada owned by the Tamares Group, and PlayLV is the leaseholder and operator of the property. It currently has 1,037 rooms and suites, as well as an 80000 sqft casino and there is more than 25,000 sqft of event space. The Plaza also features a classic showroom, seasonal roof top swimming pool, and fitness center, as well as a race and sports book.

neg: Jurys Inn Jurys Inns is a chain of hotels founded in Ireland and previously owned by Jurys Doyle Hotel Group. In 2007, the Jurys Inns portfolio of hotels were bought by Derek Quinlan's Quinlan Private Venture Capital (now Avestus Capital Partners) company. The Oman Investment Fund became a shareholder in 2008 and in 2013, Jurys Inn announced a new investor group comprising Oman Investment Fund, Mount Kellett Capital Management LP, a global, multi-strategy investment fund in partnership with Avestus Capital Partners; Ulster Bank, a member of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group and Westmont Hospitality Group, one of North America’s largest privately owned specialist hotel investors.

neg: Cornell Hospitality Quarterly Cornell Hospitality Quarterly is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of hospitality management studies. Its editor-in-chief is Wm. Michael Lynn (Cornell University School of Hotel Administration). It was established in 1960 as the Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, obtaining its current name in February 2008. It is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.

neg: Holgate Brewhouse Holgate Brewhouse is a small, independent, family-owned brewery in Woodend, Victoria, Australia. The brewery operations began in 1999 and were moved to the Keatings Hotel in 2005, where the Brewhouse also operates a restaurant and hotel. Holgate beers are available in bottles and on tap throughout the Melbourne area.

neg: Knights Inn Knights Inn (officially Knights Franchise Systems, Inc.) is a hotel chain owned by Wyndham Worldwide and based in Parsippany, New Jersey. Knights Inns used to be with all-exterior corridors and medieval-inspired architecture, but the chain no longer applies those features to new properties.

neg: Vantage Hospitality Vantage Hospitality Group Inc. was the 12th largest hotel and hospitality company in the world. Its brands include Best Value Inn and Lexington by Vantage. On September 30, 2016 Vantage Hospitality Group became a wholly owned subsidiary of Red Lion Hotels Corporation in a cash plus stock acquisition worth up to $40 million.