query: What band did an American electronic dance music producer, DJ, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist join  in 2004 who has employed an American film director and photographer from Southern California known for his technical achievements in visual effects and winner of a MTV Video Music Award?

pos: Jeff Dotson Jeff Dotson is an American film director and photographer from Southern California, who has worked with Enrique Iglesias, Kanye West, Pitbull, Usher, Lil Wayne, Katy Perry, Skrillex, Showtek, Borgeous, Maroon 5, Sander Van Doorn and more. Known for his technical achievements in visual effects and winner of a MTV Video Music Award.

pos: Skrillex Sonny John Moore (born January 15, 1988), known professionally as Skrillex, is an American electronic dance music producer, DJ, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Growing up in Northeast Los Angeles and in Northern California, Sonny Moore joined the American post-hardcore band From First to Last as the lead singer in 2004, and recorded two studio albums with the band ("Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count", 2004, and "Heroine", 2006) before leaving to pursue a solo career in 2007. He began his first tour as a solo artist in late 2007. After recruiting a new band lineup, Moore joined the Alternative Press Tour to support bands such as All Time Low and The Rocket Summer, and appeared on the cover of "Alternative Press'" annual "100 Bands You Need to Know" issue.

neg: Rich Lee Rich Lee is an American music video and commercial director signed to Native Content in Hollywood, California. He has directed music videos for Lana Del Rey, Maroon 5, Eminem, The Black Eyed Peas, Norah Jones, Michael Bublé and The All-American Rejects. Rich Lee started his professional career as a sculptor and fabricator for Broadway shows in New York City. He later moved on to computer graphics and created 3-D previsualizations for big budget Hollywood feature films such as the first three "Pirates of the Caribbean" films, "I Am Legend", "Minority Report" and "Constantine". From the encouragement of feature film directors he moved into directing music videos and commercials. He has directed commercials for brands like Fiat, Hyundai, Honda, Beats by Dre etc.

neg: Oscar Rodrigues Alves Oscar Rodrigues Alves (also known as Oscar Rodrigues Alves Neto), born September 29, 1969, is a Brazilian film director, editor, producer and web entrepreneur. He is a founder of MTV Brasil as well as the writer, editor and director of "Titãs – A Vida Até Parece Uma Festa" ("Titãs - Life Even Looks Like a Party"), a 2008 Brazilian documentary about the rock band Titãs from its inception. The documentary was the recipient of the 2009 MTV Video Music Brazil Best Musical Documentary or Movie award. He also won the 2002 Video of the Year, Best Rock Video and Viewer’s Choice for Titãs' "Epitáfio". He has won 10 MTV Video Music Brazil since 2001.

neg: Look Effects Look Effects is a visual effects company based in Culver City, California. They specialize in visual effects for feature films, episodic television, and special venue. Since being founded in 1998, Look Effects has worked on over 100 major motion pictures and television series including Black Swan, Avatar, , and The Muppets Movie

neg: 2011 MTV Video Music Awards The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards took place on August 28, at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, honoring the best music videos from the previous year. On July 20, the nominees were announced. Katy Perry received the most nominations this year at ten, followed by Adele, and Kanye West, who were both tied at seven. A Britney Spears tribute was held, consisting of adult and children dancers alike, they wore costumes based on the music videos of Spears.

neg: Russell Mulcahy Russell Mulcahy (born 23 June 1953 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian film director. Mulcahy's work is recognizable by the use of fast cuts, tracking shots and use of glowing lights, and he was one of the most prominent music video directors of the 1980s. He has also worked in television since the early 1990s and as a director on episodes of MTV's "Teen Wolf".

neg: Joe Frantz Joseph "Joe" Frantz (born July 17, 1976) is an American filmmaker and author. He is a director, producer, cinematographer, and member of Bam Margera's CKY Crew. His body of works includes the "CKY" Video Series, "" The Movie, MTV reality television shows such as "Viva La Bam" and "Bam's Unholy Union", the "" motion pictures, and music videos for bands such as HIM, CKY, "Clutch", and The 69 Eyes.

neg: 1992 MTV Video Music Awards The 1992 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 9, 1992, honoring the best music videos from June 16, 1991, to June 15, 1992. The show was hosted by Dana Carvey at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles.

neg: Robert Rodriguez Robert Anthony Rodriguez (born June 20, 1968) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and musician. He shoots and produces many of his films in Mexico and his home state, Texas. Rodriguez directed the 1992 action film "El Mariachi", which was a commercial success after grossing $2 million against a budget of $7,000. The film spawned two sequels known collectively as the "Mexico Trilogy": "Desperado" and "Once Upon a Time in Mexico". He directed "From Dusk till Dawn" in 1996 and developed its (2014–present). Rodriguez co-directed the 2005 neo-noir crime thriller anthology "Sin City" (adapted from the graphic novel of the same name) and the 2014 sequel, "". Rodriguez also directed the "Spy Kids" films, "The Faculty", as well as "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl", "Planet Terror", and "Machete". He is a friend and frequent collaborator of filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, who founded the production company A Band Apart, which Rodriguez was a member of. In December 2013, Rodriguez launched his own cable television channel, El Rey.

neg: Taylor Deupree Taylor Deupree (born April 30, 1971), is an American electronic musician, photographer, graphic designer and mastering engineer. He is most known for the founding of the 12k record label, along with his work as a member of Prototype 909, and his collaborations with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Marcus Fischer, Stephan Mathieu, Savvas Ysatis, Christopher Willits and others. In 2008, Taylor Deupree was the Président d'Honneur of the Qwartz Electronic Music Awards 5th in Paris (France).

neg: Tav Falco Gustavo Antonio "Tav" Falco is an American-born musical performer, performance artist, actor, filmmaker, and photographer. He has led the psychedelic rock-and-roll group Tav Falco's Panther Burns (named after a plantation in Mississippi) since 1979. He moved to Europe in the late 1990s and since 2002 has been touring with a stable formation of musicians from Paris and Rome in his Panther Burns group.

neg: Jackson, Mississippi (song) "Jackson, Mississippi" is a dark southern rock song from Kid Rock's 2003 self-titled album. The song is about a man dealing with addiction and the effects it is having on a relationship. The song was a demo in 1995 for his album "Early Morning Stoned Pimp". It was released as a dual single in January 2004 along with "Cold and Empty." It peaked at #14 on the Mainstream Rock tracks. His original drummer for Twisted Brown Trucker and Eminem producer Bob Eubling plays drums on the song. A live version was released on the Best Buy exclusive version of 2007's "Rock N Roll Jesus". His 2008 National Guard song "Warrior" is a rewrite of Jackson, Mississippi. It uses the same musical structure of the song. . He made a music video for "Warrior", featuring NASCAR racer Dale Earnhardt Jr. and was shown at movie theatres throughout the summer of 2008.

neg: The Rej3ctz The Rej3ctz are an American hip-hop and electronic music group that originated from California's party scene, and rose to prominence in late 2010 with their single "Cat Daddy", and its eponymous dance, which became a viral phenomenon, reaching more than 70 million views on YouTube.

neg: MTV Video Music Award for Best Dance Video The MTV Video Music Award for Best Dance Video was first awarded in 1989, and it was one of the original four genre categories that were added to the MTV Video Music Awards that year. With a revamp of the awards in 2007, the category was cut out along with several others, yet it returned for the 2008 awards, where it was given a new name: Best Dancing in a Video. In 2009 the award for Best Dancing was again eliminated from the VMAs, but it was revived again in 2010 as Best Dance Music Video. The following year, though, the award was once again absent from the category list. Once again, the award was revived in 2012, this time under the name of Best Electronic Dance Music Video, celebrating the rise in popularity of EDM throughout the year. It was again eliminated for the 2013 awards. On July 17, 2014, MTV brought the category back, this time renaming it the MTV Clubland Award for the 2014 Awards. The pattern of awarding the moonman every other year continued in 2016 where the award was renamed Best Electronic Video.

neg: Lights Over Paris Lights Over Paris was an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California. Ranked #6 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums in August 2010, the band's music video for the song "Turn Off The Lights" was featured on Yahoo! Music, MTV, VH1 and received over 1 million views on YouTube.

neg: Tony Stone (filmmaker) Tony Stone is an American independent filmmaker. His notable works include the music video for R.E.M.'s "It Happened Today" (cinematography), and the films "Severed Ways" (writer/director) and "Out of Our Minds" (writer/director).

neg: Golden Arm Trio Golden Arm Trio is the performance and recording vehicle of Graham Reynolds, a composer, bandleader, pianist and drummer based in Austin, Texas who works constantly in theater, dance, film, concert halls, and nightclubs. It is a loose collective of which Graham is the only permanent member, and was responsible for the soundtrack to the 2006 film "A Scanner Darkly", directed by Richard Linklater.

neg: 2004 MTV Video Music Awards Japan The MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2004 were hosted by entertainer and singer Tomomitsu Yamaguchi at Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Urayasu, Chiba.

neg: Djay Brawner Djay Brawner A.K.A D. Jay Brawner or D.Jay Brawner (born June 21, 1981) is an American director of music videos, film, and television.

neg: The Protist The Protist is a California based electronic/dance band, formed in 2007 by brothers Matt and Justin Kleiner. They are also known for their visual sensibilities, combining painting and video with their musical releases.

neg: Al Walser Al Walser is a Swiss-born Liechtenstein singer, songwriter, and record producer residing in Los Angeles, CA. Walser first gained fame as a member of German Eurodance group Fun Factory with whom he toured worldwide. His 2012 single "I Can't Live Without You" was nominated for a Grammy Award in the field of Best Dance Recording. Al Walser won The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival Award for Best Music Video for his single "I Want My Money Now" in 2014.


query: What German automotive marque does the high-performance aftermarket tuning company Brabus specialize in?

pos: Brabus BRABUS GmbH, founded 1977 in Bottrop (Ruhr Area), Germany, is a high-performance aftermarket tuning company which specializes in Mercedes-Benz, Smart, Tesla and Maybach vehicles. Brabus became the largest Mercedes tuner, other than Mercedes-AMG which became a DaimlerChrysler affiliate in the 1990s.

pos: Smart (marque) smart Automobile (stylized and marketed as "smart") is a German automotive marque and division of Daimler AG, based in Böblingen, Germany. It ranges in microcars and subcompacts, primarily the Fortwo and Forfour with its primary assembly plants located in Hambach, France and Novo Mesto, Slovenia. Marketed in 46 countries in Asia, North and South America, Africa, Australia and Europe, production of the Fortwo had surpassed 1.7M units by early 2015.

neg: BMW K1200R The BMW K1200R is a naked supersport motorcycle manufactured between 2005 and 2008 by BMW Motorrad, producing a claimed 163 hp @ 10,250 rpm from its transverse-mounted 1,157 cc inline-four engine with torque of 94 lbf.ft @ 8,250 rpm. Acceleration to 60 mph from a standing start is claimed to be 2.6 seconds.

neg: Maybach Zeppelin The Maybach Zeppelin was the Maybach company's "Repräsentationswagen" model from 1929 to 1939. Named for the company's famous production of zeppelin engines prior to and during World War I, it was an enormous luxury vehicle which weighed approximately 3000 kg (6600 lb). This weight was so great that German drivers required an additional goods vehicle licence for vehicles over 2½ tons. Along with the Voisin, and behind the Daimler Double Six, this was Europe's joint second luxury V12 car in production.

neg: MZ Motorrad- und Zweiradwerk Motorenwerke Zschopau GmbH, former MZ Motorrad- und Zweiradwerk GmbH is a German motorcycle manufacturer located in Zschopau, Saxony. The acronym MZ since 1956 stands for Motorenwerke Zschopau" GmbH (German for Zschopau engine factory). Before Motorradwerk Zschopau" (German for Zschopau motorcycle factory). From 1992 to 1999 the company was called MuZ, an acronym for "Motorrad und Zweiradwerk" (German for motorcycle and two-wheeler factory).

neg: Karosserie Baur Baur is a "Karosserie" or coachbuilder in Stuttgart, Germany, which has been building BMW convertibles since the 1930s. Currently, they are the body and assembly works for IVM Automotive, a member the Ed Group. They enjoy an excellent reputation for quality and do prototype work for many manufacturers such as Porsche, Audi and Ford.

neg: Volkswagen Constellation The Volkswagen Constellation is the flagship truck produced by the Brazilian manufacturer Volkswagen Trucks and Buses (a subsidiary of MAN) since 2005. The line covering the 13-57 tonne gross combination mass (GCM) segment. It is produced at Resende in Brazil, and is primarily for the South American market.

neg: Opel Performance Center Opel Performance Center (OPC) is a division of the German automobile manufacturer Opel, initially set up as a subsidiary in 1997.

neg: BMW R90S The BMW R90S is a 900cc sport motorcycle produced by BMW from 1973 to 1976. BMW commissioned designer Hans Muth to oversee the R90S, which became the flagship of the boxer engined "/6" range. Sporting distinctive two-tone paintwork, a bikini fairing and a new tail, the R90S was intended to shrug off the enduring image of BMW bikes as staid and utilitarian.

neg: Turbocharged direct injection Turbocharged direct injection or TDI is a design of turbodiesel engines featuring turbocharging and cylinder-direct fuel injection that was developed and produced by the Volkswagen Group (VW AG). These TDI engines are widely used in all mainstream Volkswagen Group marques of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles made by the company (particularly those sold in Europe). They are also used as marine engines in Volkswagen Marine and Volkswagen Industrial Motor applications.

neg: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Rolls-Royce Deutschland is a subsidiary of aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce plc with facilities at Dahlewitz outside Berlin and at Oberursel near Frankfurt am Main. It was formerly BMW Rolls-Royce (BRR), a joint venture company between BMW and Rolls-Royce established in 1990 to produce the BR700 family of jet engines.

neg: BMW M12 The BMW M12/13 turbo 1500 cc 4-cylinder turbocharged Formula One engine, based on the standard BMW M10 engine introduced in 1961, powered the F1 cars of Brabham, Arrows and Benetton. Nelson Piquet won the FIA Formula One Drivers' Championship in 1983 driving a Brabham powered by the BMW M12/13 turbo. It was the first Drivers' Championship to be won using a turbocharged engine. The engine also powered the BMW GTP and in the 2.0 liter naturally aspirated form, the successful March Engineering Formula Two cars.

neg: Bavarian Autosport Bavarian Autosport is the trade name of Bavarian Auto Service, Inc., an award-winning mail-order and internet retailer of replacement parts, upgrades and accessories for BMW and MINI automobiles. It has one retail store at its headquarters in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

neg: Volkswagen Group PL71 platform The Volkswagen Group E platform is a series of automobile platforms shared among multiple marques of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) (4x4s in the European market). It was co-developed by Volkswagen Group and Porsche AG. All current platform users share the Volkswagen Bratislava Plant in Slovakia, with the Porsche Cayenne being assembled in the Porsche plant at Leipzig.

neg: Marbais and Lasnier Marbais et Lasnier was a French manufacturer of automobiles.

neg: Rainer Buchmann Rainer Buchmann is a German car designer, who founded the „bb“ company specialised in the modification of luxury cars.

neg: Continental AG Continental AG, commonly known as Continental, is a leading German automotive manufacturing company specialising in tyres, brake systems, interior electronics, automotive safety, powertrain and chassis components, tachographs, and other parts for the automotive and transportation industries. Continental is based in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany. Continental is the world's fourth-largest tyre manufacturer. Continental was founded in 1871 as a rubber manufacturer, "Continental-Caoutchouc und Gutta-Percha Compagnie". After acquiring Siemens AG's VDO automotive unit in 2007 Continental was ranked third in global OEM automotive parts sales in 2012 according to a study sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

neg: Mieschke Hofmann und Partner Mieschke Hofmann und Partner GmbH (MHP) is a global consultancy based in Ludwigsburg, Germany, specializing in IT and process consulting in the automotive and manufacturing sectors. Porsche has held an equity stake in the firm since 1999, starting at 49% and increasing over time to the current 81.8%. MHP has experienced sustained growth since its inception in 1996.

neg: Supercar A supercar is a luxury, high-performance sports car or grand tourer. The term is used in marketing by automakers for unusual and expensive vehicles, and has been used to refer to at least four different sorts of cars:

neg: Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (C197 / R197) is a front mid-engine, 2-seater luxury, limited production supercar automobile developed by Mercedes-AMG of German automaker Mercedes-Benz and was the first Mercedes-Benz automobile designed in-house by AMG. The car, which has gull-wing doors, was the successor to the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren and was described by Mercedes-Benz as a spiritual successor to the Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing. SLS stands for "Sport Leicht Super" (Sport Light Super). The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG was assembled largely by hand, with its chassis and aluminum body shell produced by Magna Steyr in Graz, Austria and then transferred to Sindelfingen, Germany for assembly, with its engine being hand built by AMG in Affalterbach, Germany.

neg: Volkswagen Volkswagen (] -    ), shortened to VW, is a German automaker founded on May 28, 1937 by the German Labour Front and headquartered in Wolfsburg. It is the flagship marque of the Volkswagen Group, the largest automaker by worldwide sales in 2016.

neg: Volkswagen Lupo The Volkswagen Lupo is a city car produced by the German car manufacturer Volkswagen from 1998 to 2005.


query: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow starred the English actor who has been nominated for how many Academy Awards?

pos: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a 2004 American science fiction action-adventure film written and directed by Kerry Conran in his directorial debut, and produced by Jon Avnet, Sadie Frost, Jude Law and Marsha Oglesby. The film stars Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie; it is an example of the "dieselpunk" genre.

pos: Jude Law David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor. He has received nominations for two Academy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and two British Academy Awards, winning one. In 2007, he received an Honorary César and was named a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government.

neg: Ben Kingsley Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor with a career spanning over 40 years. He has won an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA, two Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He is known for his starring role as Mohandas Gandhi in the 1982 film "Gandhi", for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He is also known for his performances in the films "Schindler's List" (1993), "Twelfth Night" (1996), "Sexy Beast" (2000), "House of Sand and Fog" (2003), "Lucky Number Slevin" (2006), "Shutter Island" (2010), "" (2010), "Hugo" (2011), "Iron Man 3" (2013), "The Boxtrolls" (2014), and "The Jungle Book" (2016)

neg: Christopher Biggins Christopher Kenneth Biggins (born 16 December 1948) is an English actor and television presenter.

neg: Ian Reddington Ian Reddington (born 25 September 1957) is an English actor with many stage and television credits since the early 1980s.

neg: Laurence Naismith Laurence Naismith (born Lawrence Johnson; 14 December 19085 June 1992) was an English actor. He made numerous film and television appearances, including starring roles in the musical films "Scrooge" (1970) and the children's ghost film "The Amazing Mr Blunden" (1972). He also had memorable rôles as Captain Edward Smith of the RMS Titanic in "A Night to Remember" (1958) and the First Sea Lord in "Sink the Bismarck!" (1960).

neg: George Harris (actor) George William Harris (born 20 October 1949) is a British actor of film, stage, television, radio and musical theatre. His notable roles include Kingsley Shacklebolt in the "Harry Potter" film series, Captain Simon Katanga in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and Clive King in popular medical drama "Casualty", where he was one of the original cast members. He also played real-life Somali warlord Osman Ali Atto in the 2001 film "Black Hawk Down".

neg: Ben Shockley Ben Shockley (born 3 February 1965) is an English actor.

neg: Anthony Bushell Anthony Arnatt Bushell (19 May 1904 – 2 April 1997) was an English film actor and director, who appeared in 56 films between 1929 and 1961. He played Colonel Breen in the BBC serial "Quatermass and the Pit" (1958–59), and also appeared in and directed various British TV series such as "Danger Man".

neg: Ben Wright (English actor) Benjamin Huntington "Ben" Wright (5 May 1915 – 2 July 1989) was an English actor in radio, film, and television. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

neg: Liam Neeson filmography Liam Neeson is an Irish actor and voice actor, who rose to prominence with his acclaimed starring role in Steven Spielberg's 1993 Oscar winner "Schindler's List". He has since starred in a number of other successful films, including "", "Taken", "Michael Collins", "Les Misérables", "Batman Begins", "Kinsey", "Clash of the Titans", and "The Chronicles of Narnia" series. He has been nominated for a number of awards including an Academy Award for Best Actor, a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama. "Empire" magazine ranked Neeson among both the "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History" and "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time."

neg: Ralph Bellamy Ralph Rexford Bellamy (June 17, 1904 – November 29, 1991) was an American actor whose career spanned 62 years on stage, screen and television. During his career, he played leading roles as well as supporting roles, garnering acclaim and awards, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for "The Awful Truth" (1937).

neg: Lucas Hedges Lucas Hedges (born December 12, 1996) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films "Moonrise Kingdom", "Kill the Messenger" and "Manchester by the Sea", which earned him an Academy Award nomination.

neg: Christopher Lee filmography The filmography of English actor Sir Christopher Lee (1922–2015) began in 1948.

neg: Trevor Cooper Trevor "Trev" Cooper (born 21 May 1953) is an English actor.

neg: Lee Warburton Lee Warburton (born 27 June 1971, Cheshire, England) is a British actor, known for several ongoing television roles.

neg: Tim Woodward Timothy Oliver "Tim" Woodward (born 24 April 1953) is an English actor.

neg: Bart Ruspoli Bartolomeo Sebastian "Bart" Ruspoli (born 8 November 1976 in London) is an Italian and English actor.

neg: Anthony Andrews Anthony Colin Gerald Andrews ( ; born 12 January 1948) is an English actor best known for his role as Lord Sebastian Flyte in the 1981 ITV miniseries "Brideshead Revisited" (1981). He is also known for playing the title roles in "Ivanhoe" and "The Scarlet Pimpernel" (both 1982), and for portraying Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin in "The King's Speech" (2010). For his performance in "Brideshead Revisited" Andrews won a Golden Globe and BAFTA TV Award, as well as being nominated for an Emmy.

neg: Jamie Bell Andrew James Matfin Bell (born 14 March 1986) is an English actor and dancer who rose to prominence for his debut role in "Billy Elliot" (2000) for which he won the BAFTA for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He is also known for his roles in the films "King Kong" (2005), "Jumper" (2008), "The Adventures of Tintin" (2011), and "Snowpiercer" (2013), as well as starring as Abraham Woodhull in the TV series, "" (2014). He portrayed the Thing in the 2015 film "Fantastic Four".

neg: Edith Evans Dame Edith Mary Evans, DBE (8 February 1888 - 14 October 1976) was an English actress. She was best known for her work on the stage, but also appeared in films at the beginning and towards the end of her career. Between 1964 and 1968, she was nominated for three Academy Awards.

neg: Ben Daniels Ben Daniels (born David T Daniels on 10 June 1964) is an English actor. Initially a celebrated stage actor, Daniels was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Never the Sinner" (1991), the Evening Standard Award for Best Actor for "900 Oneonta" (1994), Best Actor in the M.E.N. Theatre Awards for "Martin Yesterday" (1998), and won the 2001 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the Arthur Miller play "All My Sons".


query: What town in the Sor-varanger Municipality of Norway was the BarentsObserver based in?

pos: Thomas Nilsen Thomas Nilsen (29 August 1968) is a Norwegian journalist who has extensively covered oil drilling in the Arctic region. He was editor of the "BarentsObserver," a Norwegian Arctic online newspaper based in Kirkenes, for six years before he was sacked in 2015. Norway’s public service broadcaster, NRK, claim Nilsen was sacked at the behest of the Russian intelligence service, the FSB.

pos: Kirkenes (, Kven: "Kirkkoniemi" , Russian: Киркенес , Finnish: "Kirkkoniemi" ) is a town in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, in the far northeastern part of Norway. The town lies on a peninsula along the Bøkfjorden, an arm of the large Varangerfjorden. The main church for Kirkenes is Kirkenes Church, located in the Haganes area of the town.

neg: Trondheim Symphony Orchestra The Trondheim Symphony Orchestra (Norwegian: "Trondheim Symfoniorkester") is a Norwegian orchestra based in Trondheim, Norway. Its principal concert venue is the Olavshallen. The orchestra is organised as a trust and receives public assistance from the Norwegian government, Sør-Trøndelag county and the municipality of Trondheim.

neg: Nes, Sør-Trøndelag Nes is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is also a village in the present-day municipality of Bjugn. Nes is located about 8 km east of the Tarva islands and about 12 km west of Botngård. The village of Nes is home to the Nes church.

neg: Odda (town) Odda is a town in Odda municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of the municipality and the largest urban area in the whole Hardanger district. The town is located at the southern end of the Sørfjorden, in a narrow valley between towering mountains and the lake Sandvinvatnet to the south. The large Folgefonna glacier lies just west of Odda, high up in the mountains. The village of Odda was declared a "town" in 2004.

neg: Indre Sogn Sparebank Indre Sogn Sparebank is a Norwegian savings bank, headquartered in Årdalstangen, Norway. The bank’s main market is the area surrounding Sognefjorden.

neg: Vatneleiren Vatneleiren is a military base located in the municipality of Sandnes in Rogaland county, Norway. It was constructed just east of the Hanafjellet mountain just outside the city of Sandnes by the German Army during World War II, and has been used by the Norwegian Army since 1945. After the Cold War ended the number of soldiers stationed there gradually decreased, and the base is now mainly used by the Norwegian Home Guard. The "Agder og Rogaland Heimevernsdistrikt 08" (Agder and Rogaland Home District 08) is based here, covering the three southernmost counties of Rogaland, Aust-Agder, and Vest-Agder. The United Nations Logistics Officers Centre maintains a training centre in Vatneleiren, offering a logistics course.

neg: Finnmark University College Finnmark University College (Norwegian: "Høgskolen i Finnmark" or HiF) was a university college with three campuses throughout Finnmark, Norway. In August 2013 Finnmark University College and the University of Tromso merged to form what is now called the "University of Tromso - Norway's Arctic University". The Faculty of Education and Liberal Arts and the Faculty of Business and Social Work is located in the town of Alta in Alta Municipality, while the Faculty of Nursing is located in the town of Hammerfest in Hammerfest Municipality. The Barents International School, part of the business school, was located in the town of Kirkenes in Sør-Varanger Municipality. The university college was established on 1 August 1994, and had approximately 2,000 students and 240 employees.

neg: Holmestrand is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Holmestrand. The city was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The neighboring rural municipality of Botne was merged into the municipality of Holmestrand on 1 January 1964.

neg: Trondheim Trondheim (] ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It has a population of 187,353 (January 1, 2016), and is the third most populous municipality in Norway, although the fourth largest urban area. It is the third largest city in the country, with a population (2013) of 169,972 inhabitants within the city borders. The city functions as the administrative centre of Sør-Trøndelag county. Trondheim lies on the south shore of Trondheim Fjord at the mouth of the River Nidelva. The city is dominated by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF), St. Olavs University Hospital and other technology-oriented institutions.

neg: Hamar Hamar ] is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hamar. The municipality of Hamar was separated from Vang as a town and municipality of its own in 1849. Vang was merged back into Hamar on 1 January 1992.

neg: Stavanger Cathedral Stavanger Cathedral (Norwegian: "Stavanger domkirke" ) is Norway's oldest cathedral and the seat of the Bishop of Stavanger who leads the Diocese of Stavanger. It is located in the city of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. The church is situated in the centre of the city, in the borough of Storhaug. The church is part of the "Stavanger domkirke" parish in the Stavanger arch-deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger.

neg: Kvam Kvam is a municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality is located along the Hardangerfjorden in the traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Norheimsund. Other larger settlements in the municipality include Øystese, Bru, Ålvik, Tørvikbygd, Omastranda, and Mundheim. The largest settlement in the municipality is the Norheimsund/Øystese urban area which has a population (2013) of 4,291. Historically, the municipality was named "Vikør".

neg: Haakonsvern Haakonsvern is the main base of the Royal Norwegian Navy and the largest naval base in the Nordic area. The base is located at Mathopen within Bergen municipality, about 15 km south-west of the city centre. Around 5,400 people work at the base as conscripts, officers or civilian staff.

neg: Varaldsøy Varaldsøy is an island (and village) in the municipality of Kvinnherad in Hordaland county, Norway. The 45.4 km2 island is the largest island in the Hardangerfjorden. Most of the inhabitants live on the southern tip of the island in the village of Varaldsøy, where Varaldsøy Church is located. The 600 m tall mountain "Øyefjellet" is the highest point on the island.

neg: Magerøya Magerøya () is a large island in Finnmark county, in the extreme northern part of Norway. The island lies along the Barents Sea in Nordkapp Municipality, just north of the Porsanger Peninsula. The mouth of Porsangerfjorden lies off the east coast of the island.

neg: Namsos (town) Namsos is a town and the administrative center of Namsos municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located where the river of Namsen flows into Namsenfjorden. Namsos received township in 1846. In 1940, the town was bombed in the Namsos Campaign. The town was the terminus of the Namsos Line and is served by Namsos Airport, Høknesøra. County Road 17 runs through the town, which is also the location of Namsos Hospital. The 4.5 km2 town has a population (2013) of 8,282; giving the town a population density of 1840 PD/km2 .

neg: Fagernes is the administrative centre of the municipality of Nord-Aurdal, in Oppland county, Norway. It is the largest settlement in the valley of Valdres, with a population of 1,801.

neg: Tromsø Satellite Station Tromsø Satellite Station (Norwegian: "Tromsø Satellittstasjon" , TSS), until 1988 known as Tromsø Telemetry Station (Norwegian: "Tromsø telemetristasjon" ), is a satellite earth station located in Tromsø, Norway. The facility is owned by Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), a joint venture between the Kongsberg Group and the Norwegian Space Centre (NSC). In addition to hosting its own antennas serving thirty satellites, TSS acts as the center-point of KSAT's operations and provides backbone services for the high Arctic Svalbard Satellite Station (SvalSat) and the Antarctic Troll Satellite Station (TrollSat).

neg: Strand, Norway Strand is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Ryfylke. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Jørpeland. The 218 km2 municipality lies across the fjord from the city of Stavanger. The new Ryfast tunnel system is under construction, which will connect Stavanger and Strand by a very long undersea tunnel.

neg: Hatteng Hatteng (; Kven: "Hattu" ) is the administrative centre of the municipality of Storfjord in Troms county, Norway. The village is located along the European route E06 highway at the southern end of the Storfjorden, a branch of the large Lyngenfjorden. Storfjord Church is located in Hatteng.

neg: Våler, Østfold Våler is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is Kirkebygden. The parish of "Vaaler" was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).


query: What airline with headquarters in Shinagawa, Tokyo flies from the Nanki-Shirahama Airport to Tokyo International Airport three times a day?

pos: Nanki–Shirahama Airport Nanki–Shirahama Airport (南紀白浜空港 , Nanki Shirahama Kūkō ) (IATA: SHM, ICAO: RJBD) is a third class airport in Shirahama, Wakayama, Japan. It serves the southern part of the Kii Peninsula with three daily Japan Airlines round-trips to Tokyo International Airport, utilizing Embraer E170 aircraft. The travel time is 65 minutes to Haneda and 75 minutes in reverse direction.

pos: Japan Airlines Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (JAL) (日本航空株式会社 , Nihon Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha , , OTC Pink: JAPSY) , is the flag carrier airline of Japan and the second largest in the country behind All Nippon Airways. It is headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan; and its main hubs are Tokyo's Narita International Airport and Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport), as well as Osaka's Kansai International Airport and Osaka International Airport. JAL group companies include Japan Airlines, J-Air, JAL Express, Japan Air Commuter, Japan Transocean Air and Ryukyu Air Commuter for domestic feeder services; and JAL Cargo for cargo and mail services.

neg: Israir Airlines Israir Airlines Ltd. (Hebrew: ישראייר  ), usually referred to as Israir, is an Israeli airline headquartered in Tel Aviv. It operates domestic scheduled and air taxi flights from Sde Dov Airport, Haifa Airport, Ben Gurion International Airport, and Eilat Airport, as well as international charter services from Ben Gurion International Airport to Europe and Asia. It also operates VIP flights, and is Israel's third-largest airline after El Al and Arkia Israel Airlines, employing some 350 staff.

neg: Japan Aviation Electronics Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd. (日本航空電子工業 , Nihon Kōkū Denshi Kōgyō ) is a Japanese corporation specializing in the manufacture and sales of electrical connectors such as high speed LVDS, HDMI, PCI express, high density, micro coaxial, and Board to board connectors. It also makes systems equipment  and aerospace products . With headquarters in Shibuya, Tokyo, JAE is listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (). The company has a capital of 10.69 billion yen and had net sales of 137.6 billion yen (consolidated) for the year ended March 31, 2009, employing 5,707 people worldwide. The largest stockholder is NEC, with 24.53%.

neg: East Japan Railway Company East Japan Railway Company (東日本旅客鉄道株式会社 , Higashi-Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudo Kabushiki-gaisha ) is a major passenger railway company in Japan and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as JR Higashi-Nihon (JR東日本 , Jeiāru Higashi-Nihon ) in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo.

neg: Toei Shinjuku Line The Toei Shinjuku Line (都営地下鉄新宿線 , Toei Chikatetsu Shinjuku-sen ) is a rapid transit line in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). The line runs between Motoyawata Station in Ichikawa, Chiba in the east and Shinjuku Station in the west. At Shinjuku, most trains continue as through services to Sasazuka Station on the Keiō New Line, with some services continuing to Hashimoto Station in Sagamihara, Kanagawa via the Keiō Line and the Keiō Sagamihara Line.

neg: Yonago Airport Station Yonago Airport Station (米子空港駅 , Yonago Kūkō-eki ) is a railway station on the Sakai Line in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The station is within walking distance of the Yonago Airport terminal.

neg: Tokyo Toden The Tokyo Toden (東京都電 , Tōkyō Toden ) or simply Toden, is the tram network of Tokyo, Japan. Of all its former routes, only one, the Tokyo Sakura Tram, remains in service. The Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation operates the Toden. The formal legal name is "Tokyo-to Densha." Its nickname, "Toden," distinguished it from the "Kokuden" (electrified lines of the Japanese National Railways).

neg: Narita International Airport Corporation Narita International Airport Corporation (成田国際空港株式会社 "Narita Kokusai Kūkō Kabushiki Gaisha" ) , abbreviated NAA, is a parastatal company responsible for the management of Narita International Airport in Japan. It is the successor to the New Tokyo International Airport Authority (新東京国際空港公団 "Shin Tōkyō Kokusai Kūkō Kōdan" ) which was established on 30 July 1966. NAA was privatized on April 1, 2004.

neg: Kansai Airport Station Kansai Airport Station (関西空港駅 , Kansaikūkō-eki ) is a railway station shared by Nankai Electric Railway and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) at Kansai International Airport in Tajiri, Sennan District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The northern end of the platforms extends into the city of Izumisano.

neg: Fukuoka Airport Fukuoka Airport (福岡空港 , Fukuoka Kūkō ) (IATA: FUK, ICAO: RJFF) , formerly known as Itazuke Air Base, is an international and domestic airport located 1.6 NM east of Hakata Station in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.

neg: David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport Kutaisi International Airport (IATA: KUT, ICAO: UGKO) also known as David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport is an airport located 14 km west of Kutaisi, the third largest city in Georgia and capital of the western region of Imereti. It is one of three international airports currently in operation in Georgia, along with Tbilisi International Airport serving the Georgian capital and Batumi International Airport near the Adjara Black Sea resort. The airport is operated by United Airports of Georgia, a state-owned company.

neg: Nankoku, Kōchi Nankoku (南国市 , Nankoku-shi ) is a city located in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. Strong in the fishing industry and the market industry, Nankoku-shi supplies most of Kochi's agricultural needs, because of the amount of fields and plantations. Kōchi Ryōma Airport, which serves the city of Kochi, is located southeast of Nankoku-shi. The city was formally named on October 1, 1959.

neg: Narita, Chiba Narita (成田市 , Narita-shi ) is a city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is the site of Narita International Airport, the main international airport serving the Greater Tokyo Area.

neg: Airport Narita The Airport Narita (エアポート成田 , Eapōto Narita ) is a "Rapid" limited-stop suburban rail service in Greater Tokyo operated since 1991 by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It runs from Kurihama to Narita Airport Terminal 1 via the Yokosuka, Sōbu, and Narita lines, with a total length of 152.5 km. Only trains heading towards Narita Airport are identified as "Airport Narita"; those on the return journey towards Tokyo are unnamed.

neg: Spring Airlines Japan Spring Airlines Japan Co., Ltd. (春秋航空日本株式会社 , Shunjū Kōkū Nihon Kabushiki Gaisha ) is a low-cost airline headquartered in Kozunomori, Narita, Japan. It is 33% owned by Spring Airlines, a Chinese low-cost carrier, with the remainder held by various Japanese investors. The airline began operations in August 2014, having originally planned to begin operations in autumn 2013.

neg: Ikebukuro Station Ikebukuro Station (池袋駅 , Ikebukuro-eki ) is a major railway station located in the Ikebukuro district of Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, shared by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro, and the two private railway operators Seibu Railway and Tobu Railway. With 2.71 million passengers on an average daily in 2007, it is the second-busiest railway station in the world (after Shinjuku Station), and the busiest station in the Tobu, Seibu, and Tokyo Metro networks. It primarily serves commuters from Saitama Prefecture and other residential areas northwest of the city centre. It is the Tokyo terminal of the Seibu Ikebukuro Line and the Tobu Tojo Line.

neg: Marine Liner The Marine Liner (マリンライナー , Marin Rainā ) is the name of a train service in Japan operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) since April 1988. The "Marine Liner" links Okayama, the capital city of Okayama Prefecture and a major station on the Sanyō Shinkansen, with Takamatsu, the capital city of Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku, via the Great Seto Bridge. Operating at a top speed of 130 km/h , the journey takes approximately 55–60 minutes.

neg: Takamatsu Airport Takamatsu Airport (高松空港 , Takamatsu Kūkō ) (IATA: TAK, ICAO: RJOT) is a second class airport located 8 NM south southwest of Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan. It handles a very small number of international flights.

neg: Hokusō Line The Hokusō Line (北総線 , Hokusō-sen ) is a commuter rail line operated by the third-sector Hokusō Railway in Japan. It runs between Keisei-Takasago Station in Katsushika, Tokyo and Inba-Nihon-Idai Station in Inzai, Chiba. It is part of the primary Keisei route between central Tokyo and Narita International Airport through the Narita Sky Access Line. It uses the ATS Type 1 system.

neg: Kisumu International Airport Kisumu International Airport is an airport in Kisumu, Kenya (IATA: KIS, ICAO: HKKI) . It is the third-busiest airport in Kenya and the country's fourth international airport. The airport has a new terminal with the capacity to handle 700 passengers an hour which translates to 2 million passengers per year. In 2011 the length of the runway was extended from 2 km to 3.3 km giving the airport the capacity to handle large-capacity passenger and cargo aircraft. The airport is set for a second phase of a 4.9 billion shilling expansion that will include the construction of a parallel taxiway, cargo apron and associated facilities.

neg: Marunouchi Marunouchi (丸の内 ) is a central commercial district of Tokyo located in Chiyoda between Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace. The name, meaning "inside the circle", derives from its location within the palace's outer moat. It is also Tokyo's financial district and the country's three largest banks are headquartered there.


query: Hawk is the third collaborative studio album by Isobel Campbell and a musician that formed what band in 1984?

pos: Hawk (album) Hawk is the third collaborative studio album by Scottish indie pop singer Isobel Campbell and American alternative rock musician Mark Lanegan, released on 24 August 2010 on V2 Records. Recorded throughout the United Kingdom and the United States, "Hawk" features a number of guest musicians, including folk singer Willy Mason, bassist Bill Wells and former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha.

pos: Mark Lanegan Mark William Lanegan (born November 25, 1964) is an American alternative rock musician and singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Ellensburg, Washington, Lanegan began his musical career in 1984, forming the grunge band Screaming Trees with Gary Lee Conner, Van Conner and Mark Pickerel. During his time in the band, Lanegan also started a low-key solo career and released his first solo studio album, "The Winding Sheet", in 1990. Since 1990, he has released a further nine (solo) studio albums, as well as several collaborative efforts, and has received critical recognition and moderate commercial success.

neg: Whitecross (band) Whitecross is an American Christian metal band from Illinois, formed in 1985 by singer Scott Wenzel and guitarist Rex Carroll, and re-formed in 2000. The band won three Dove Awards in the 1990s. Its latest album is Nineteen Eighty Seven, released in 2005.

neg: Vivian Campbell Vivian Patrick Campbell (born 25 August 1962) is a Northern Irish rock guitarist. He came to prominence in the early 1980s as a member of Dio, and has been a member of Def Leppard since 1992 (replacing Steve Clark). Campbell has also worked with Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Sweet Savage, Trinity, Riverdogs, and Shadow King.

neg: Lone Pigeon Lone Pigeon is the working name of Gordon Anderson, a Scottish musician and co-founder of The Beta Band (which was formerly known as "The Pigeons"). Later he was a member of The Aliens with John Maclean and Robin Jones from The Beta Band.

neg: Starfighters (band) Starfighters are an English heavy metal band from the new wave of British heavy metal movement founded in Birmingham, England, in 1979. They attracted a strong British cult following but were not able to translate this into any lasting success, producing just two full studio albums in the early 1980s. Ex-member Stevie Young brought in some attention to the group after he joined the iconic hard rock band AC/DC in 2014.

neg: Distortion (Game Theory EP) Distortion is the third release from Game Theory, a California power pop band fronted by guitarist and singer-songwriter Scott Miller. Released in 1984, this five-song EP was produced by Michael Quercio of The Three O'Clock. A remastered reissue of "Distortion" by Omnivore Recordings was released in November 2014 as a 10-inch EP on green vinyl, with four of the songs released on CD as part of Omnivore's reissued "Dead Center" compilation.

neg: Hawkwind Anthology The Hawkwind Anthology series of records were originally issued mid-1980s containing live and outtake material from Hawkwind's career to that date.

neg: Abacab Abacab is the eleventh studio album by English progressive rock band Genesis, released on 18 September 1981 in the United Kingdom by Charisma Records and 24 September 1981 in the United States by Atlantic Records. After their 1980 tour in support of their previous album, "Duke" (1980), the band took a break before they reconvened in 1981 to write and record a new album. "Abacab" is the first Genesis album recorded at The Farm, a recording studio bought by the group in Chiddingfold, Surrey. It marked the band's development from their progressive roots into more accessible and pop-oriented songs, and their conscious decision to write songs unlike their previous albums.

neg: The Hawking Brothers The Hawking Brothers, were an Australian country music band, formed in 1955 and disbanded in 1985. They comprised brothers Russell (1931–1976) and Alan (1933–1988). After originally recording with Regal Zonophone Records, they went on to record a number of albums with RCA Records. When it comes to winning awards, The Hawking Brothers have been very successful, winning 6 Golden Guitars. They played at the Grand Ole Opry in 1975.

neg: Neil Campbell (musician) Neil Campbell (born 19 May 1966) is a British musician, notable for his vast catalogue and his many collaborations. In 2005, "The Wire" declared that he, Richard Youngs and Matthew Bower had ""provided the map co-ordinates for much of what passed for a post-punk UK underground during most of the 80s and 90s"".

neg: Snowbird (band) Snowbird is a band consisting of former Cocteau Twins instrumentalist Simon Raymonde, also the founder of the London-based label Bella Union, and vocalist Stephanie Dosen. Dosen, originally a member of the 1990s techno band Virus, sang live with Massive Attack in 2008 and later collaborated with The Chemical Brothers. Dosen and Raymonde first worked together on her second solo album, "A Lily for the Spectre", released by Bella Union in 2007. The duo's debut album as Snowbird, "Moon", was released on 27 January 2014 on Bella Union.

neg: The Waterboys The Waterboys are a Scottish/Irish folk rock band formed in Edinburgh in 1983 by Scottish musician Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland and Ireland with Edinburgh, Dublin, Spiddal, New York and Findhorn, serving as homes for the group. Mike Scott has remained as the only constant member throughout the band's career. They have explored a number of different styles, but their music is mainly a mix of Celtic folk music with rock and roll. They dissolved in 1993 when Scott departed to pursue a solo career. They reformed in 2000, and continue to release albums and tour worldwide. Scott emphasises a continuity between The Waterboys and his solo work, saying that "To me there's no difference between Mike Scott and the Waterboys; they both mean the same thing. They mean myself and whoever are my current travelling musical companions."

neg: Church of Hawkwind Church of Hawkwind is the twelfth studio album by Hawkwind, released under the band name Church of Hawkwind in 1982. The name change reflects the fact that this was a musical departure for the band, being a more experimental electronic offering rather than the usual heavy rock that the band were known for at the time.

neg: Interference (band) Interference is an Irish band that formed in 1984.

neg: Hawkwind, Friends and Relations The Hawkwind, Friends and Relations series of albums was released in the early 1980s containing live and studio performances by Hawkwind and related bands.

neg: Quark, Strangeness and Charm (song) "Quark, Strangeness and Charm" is a 1977 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind, being the title track from the "Quark, Strangeness and Charm" album.

neg: Helmet (band) Helmet is an American alternative metal band from New York City formed in 1989. Founded by vocalist and lead guitarist Page Hamilton, Helmet has had numerous lineup changes, and Hamilton has been the only constant member.

neg: Keats (band) Keats was a short-lived British band which produced one eponymous album in 1984. It was an Alan Parsons Project offshoot. Its members were Colin Blunstone (vocals), Ian Bairnson (guitars), Pete Bardens (keyboards), David Paton (bass and backing vocals) and Stuart Elliott (drums and percussion). Richard Cottle also provided additional keyboard parts, as well as saxophone and synthesizers.

neg: Cybotron (Australian band) Cybotron were an Australian electronic, experimental music band formed in 1975 by Steve Maxwell Von Braund on synthesiser, electronic percussion, and alto saxophone; and Geoff Green on keyboard, organ, and synthesiser. The group issued three studio albums, "Cybotron" (1976), "Colossus" (1978) and "Implosion" (1980) and disbanded by 1981. Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, noted that they were "a bona fide experimental outfit, and the band's eponymous debut album featured a mix of heavy synthesiser kinetics, organ drones and pulsating electronic beats".

neg: Cheetah (band) Cheetah were an Australian hard rock band active between 1976 and 1984.

neg: Steve Ignorant Steve Ignorant, born Steven Williams in 1957, is a singer and artist. He co-founded the anarcho-punk band Crass with Penny Rimbaud in 1977. After Crass stopped performing in 1984, he has worked with other groups including Conflict, Schwartzeneggar, Stratford Mercenaries, and Current 93 as well as being an occasional solo performer.


query: What is the nationality of the actor who played Leonard Hofstadter's colleague and best friend?

pos: Leonard Hofstadter Leonard Leakey Hofstadter, Ph.D., is a fictional character in the CBS television series "The Big Bang Theory", in which he is portrayed by actor Johnny Galecki. Leonard is an experimental physicist, who shares an apartment with colleague and best friend Dr. Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons). For his portrayal, Galecki was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award in 2011.

pos: Jim Parsons James Joseph Parsons (born March 24, 1973) is an American actor. He is known for playing Sheldon Cooper in the CBS sitcom "The Big Bang Theory". He has received several awards for his performance, including four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy.

neg: Arliss Howard Arliss Howard (born Leslie Richard Howard; October 18, 1954) is an American actor, writer and film director.

neg: Calvert DeForest Calvert Grant DeForest (July 23, 1921 – March 19, 2007), also known by his character Larry "Bud" Melman, was an American actor and comedian, best known for his appearances on "Late Night with David Letterman" and the "Late Show with David Letterman".

neg: Greg Morris Francis Gregory Alan "Greg" Morris (September 27, 1933 – August 27, 1996) was an American actor. He was best known for portraying Barney Collier in "".

neg: David Lonsdale David Lonsdale (born 21 May 1963) is an English actor, best known for playing David Stockwell in the British police drama series "Heartbeat".

neg: David Watson (actor) David Watson (March 10, 1940 - October 5, 2014) was a British American actor of film, television and theatre.

neg: Burgess Meredith Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was an American actor, director, producer, and writer in theater, film, and television. Active for more than six decades, Meredith has been called "a virtuosic actor" and "one of the most accomplished actors of the century". A life member of the Actors Studio by invitation, he won several Emmys, was the first male actor to win the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor twice, and was nominated for two Academy Awards.

neg: Roger Hanin Roger Hanin (born Roger Levy, 20 October 1925 – 11 February 2015) was a French actor and film director, best known for playing the title role in the 1989–2006 TV police drama, "Navarro".

neg: Leonard Mudie Leonard Mudie (11 April 188314 April 1965) was an English character actor whose career lasted for nearly fifty years. After a successful start as a stage actor in England, he appeared regularly in the US, and made his home there from 1932. He appeared in character roles on Broadway and in Hollywood films.

neg: Andrew Stewart-Jones Andrew Stewart-Jones is an English actor, best-known for playing the role of Crispus Allen in "Gotham".

neg: Ian Lithgow Ian David Lithgow (born 3 February 1972) is an American actor, best known for his work as Leon in the NBC's series "3rd Rock from the Sun" (1996–2001).

neg: Anthony Valentine Anthony Valentine (17 August 1939 – 2 December 2015) was an English actor best known for his television roles: the ruthless Toby Meres in "Callan" (1967–72), the sadistic Major Horst Mohn in "Colditz" (1972–74), and the suave gentleman thief title character in "Raffles" (1977).

neg: Stephen Frost Stephen Frederick Eustace Frost (born 28 December 1955) is an English actor and comedian.

neg: Fred Willard Frederick Charles "Fred" Willard (born September 18, 1939) is an American actor, comedian, voice actor and writer, best known for his improvisational comedy. He is known for his roles in the Rob Reiner mockumentary film "This Is Spinal Tap", the Christopher Guest mockumentary films "Waiting for Guffman", "Best in Show", "A Mighty Wind", "For Your Consideration", and "Mascots", and the "" films. He is an alumnus of The Second City. He received three Emmy nominations for his recurring role on the TV series "Everybody Loves Raymond" as Robert Barone's father-in-law, Hank MacDougall. In 2010 he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his role on the ABC TV series "Modern Family" as Phil Dunphy's father, Frank Dunphy.

neg: Larry Fleinhardt Larry Fleinhardt, Ph.D., is a fictional character in the CBS crime drama "Numb3rs", played by Peter MacNicol. He is the best friend and colleague of Charlie Eppes.

neg: Adam Brody Adam Jared Brody (born December 15, 1979) is an American actor, writer, musician and producer. He is best known for his role as Seth Cohen on "The O.C.". Brody has appeared in the films "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (2005), "Thank You for Smoking" (2006), "In the Land of Women" (2007), "Jennifer's Body" (2009), "Cop Out" (2010), "Scream 4" (2011), "Lovelace" (2013), "Life Partners" (2014), and "Sleeping with Other People" (2015).

neg: Sully Boyar Irving "Sully" Boyar (December 14, 1924 – March 23, 2001) was an American actor of Russian-Jewish descent.

neg: Henry Woolf Henry Woolf, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 20 January 1930 in Holborn, London) is a British actor, theatre director and teacher of acting, drama and theatre who lives in Canada, and a longtime friend and collaborator of 2005 Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter, having stimulated Pinter to write his first play, "The Room" (1957), in 1956. Woolf served as a faculty member at the University of Saskatchewan from 1983 to 1997 and as artistic director of Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan from 1991 until 2001.

neg: Dominique Horwitz Dominique Horwitz (born April 23, 1957) is a French-born German film and television actor and singer.

neg: Robert Z. Leonard Robert Zigler Leonard (October 7, 1889 – August 27, 1968) was an American film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter.

neg: Steven Eckholdt Steven A. Eckholdt (born September 6, 1961) is an American actor of German descent. He is primarily known for television roles.


query: Which player who has recorded the most hits of any foreign-born player in MLB won the Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize?

pos: Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize (日本プロスポーツ大賞 , Nippon Puro Supōtsu Taisyō ) is given to one sportsperson or sports team every year since 1968 by the Japan Professional Sports Association. The award is one of the most prestigious all-sport awards in Japanese sport. The recordholders are the baseball players Ichiro Suzuki and Sadaharu Oh (three awards). A committee of representatives from Tokyo newspapers, wire services, television and radio for sports media are responsible for making the selections. The winner is given the Prime Minister Trophy.

pos: Ichiro Suzuki Ichiro Suzuki (鈴木 一朗 , Suzuki Ichirō , born October 22, 1973) , often referred to mononymously as Ichiro (イチロー , Ichirō ) , is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB). Some regard him to be the best hitter of the modern era. With 26 seasons combined in top-level professional leagues, he has spent the bulk of his career with two teams: nine seasons with the Orix Blue Wave of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in Japan, where he began his career, and 12 with the Seattle Mariners of MLB in the United States. After playing for the Mariners, he played two and a half seasons in MLB with the New York Yankees before signing with his current club, the Marlins. Ichiro has established a number of batting records, including MLB's single-season record for hits with 262. He achieved 10 consecutive 200-hit seasons, the longest streak by any player in history. Between his major league career in both Japan and the United States, Ichiro has the most hits by any player in top-tier professional leagues. He also has recorded the most hits of any foreign-born player in MLB.

neg: Dean Green (baseball) Rodger Dean Green (born June 30, 1989) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

neg: Mitsuhiro Adachi Mitsuhiro Adachi (足立 光宏 , Adachi Mitsuhiro , born 10 March 1940) is a Japanese former baseball pitcher. Mitsuhiro played with the Hankyu Braves from 1959 to 1979. He won the Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award in the Pacific League in 1967.

neg: Shōta Imanaga Shōta Imanaga (今永 昇太 , Imanaga Shōta , born September 1, 1993 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.

neg: Yuhei Nakamura Yuhei Nakamura (中村 悠平 , Nakamura Yuhei , born June 17, 1987 in Ōno, Fukui, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays catcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

neg: Billy Bean William Daro Bean (born May 11, 1964) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder for the Detroit Tigers (1987–1989), Los Angeles Dodgers (1989), and San Diego Padres (1993–1995), as well as the Kintetsu Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball in 1992.

neg: Naoki Nakahigashi Naoki Nakahigashi (中東 直己 , Nakahigashi Naoki , born October 5, 1981 in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays outfielder for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.

neg: Hayato Arakaki Hayato Arakaki (新垣 勇人 , Arakaki Hayato ) is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on October 21, 1985. He debuted in 2013 for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

neg: Kosuke Fukudome Kosuke Fukudome (福留 孝介 , Fukudome Kōsuke , born April 26, 1977) (pronounced KOH-skay Foo-koo-DOUGH-may) is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball.

neg: Norihito Kaneto Norihito Kaneto (金刃 憲人 , "Kaneto Norihito" , born April 10, 1984 in Amagasaki, Hyōgo) is a Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Pacific League.

neg: Tomoki Takata Tomoki Takata (高田 知季, born May 6, 1990 in Himeji, Hyōgo) is a Japanese professional baseball second baseman for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

neg: Kurt Suzuki Kurtis Kiyoshi "Kurt" Suzuki (Japanese: 鈴木 清 , Hepburn: Suzuki Kiyoshi , born October 4, 1983) , is an American professional baseball catcher for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Washington Nationals, Oakland Athletics, and Minnesota Twins. Prior to playing professionally, Suzuki attended Cal State Fullerton and won the Johnny Bench Award and Brooks Wallace Award.

neg: Takahiro Iwamoto Takahiro Iwamoto (岩本 貴裕 , Iwamoto Takahiro , born April 18, 1986 in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays outfielder for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.

neg: Kenji Yano Kenji Yano (矢野 謙次, born September 21, 1980 in Mitaka, Tokyo) is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

neg: Tomo Ohka Tomokazu Ohka (大家友和 , Ōka Tomokazu , ]) (born March 18, 1976) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. Previously he played for the Boston Red Sox (1999 –2001 ), Montreal Expos (2001–2004 ), Washington Nationals (2005 ), Milwaukee Brewers (2005–2006 ), Toronto Blue Jays (2007 ), Cleveland Indians (2009 ), as well as the Fukushima Hopes in Japan's Baseball Challenge League. He started his professional career with the Yokohama BayStars in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. He throws right-handed and is a switch hitter.

neg: Junichi Tazawa Junichi Tazawa (田澤 純一 , Tazawa Jun'ichi , born June 6, 1986) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Boston Red Sox.

neg: Akinori Iwamura Akinori Iwamura (岩村 明憲 , Iwamura Akinori , born February 9, 1979) is a Japanese baseball infielder, who currently is a player-manager for the Fukushima Hopes in Japan's Baseball Challenge League. He made his Major League debut with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2007. He earned the nickname "Aki" while in the United States. His nickname is "Gan-chan" in Japan.

neg: Masato Furuno Masato Furuno (古野 正人 , Furuno Masato , born September 27, 1986 in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

neg: Shun Tono Shun Tono (東野 峻 , "Tōno Shun" , born July 11, 1986) is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player. He is currently with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in Japan's Pacific League. He made his Giants debut in 2007 against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, pitching 2/3 of an inning and giving up a hit and a walk in that span.

neg: Shinya Nakayama Shinya Nakayama (中山 慎也 , "Nakayama Shin'ya" , born February 22, 1982 in Gunma, Japan) is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player.

neg: Munenori Kawasaki Munenori Kawasaki (川﨑 宗則 , Kawasaki Munenori , born June 3, 1981) is a Japanese-born professional baseball shortstop and second baseman for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has also played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays, and Chicago Cubs. He played for the Japanese national team in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classics. Following the Chicago Cubs' 2016 World Series championship, Kawasaki joined Daisuke Matsuzaka and Koji Uehara as the only Japanese players to have won championships in the World Baseball Classic, Japan Series and World Series.


query: William Frederick Varney (October 1, 1884 – December 13, 1960 Rockville Centre, New York) was an American politician, Rockville Centre is an incorporated village located in which County in New York, in the United States?

pos: William F. Varney William Frederick Varney (October 1, 1884 – December 13, 1960 Rockville Centre, Nassau County, New York) was an American politician.

pos: Rockville Centre, New York Rockville Centre is an incorporated village located in Nassau County, New York, in the United States. At the time of the 2010 census, the village had a total population of 24,023. It is in the southwestern section of the Town of Hempstead.

neg: Hamilton County, New York Hamilton County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,836, making it New York's least populous county. Its county seat is Lake Pleasant. The county is named after Alexander Hamilton, the only member of the New York State delegation who signed the United States Constitution in 1787 and later the first United States Secretary of the Treasury. The county was created in 1816 and organized in 1847.

neg: Oxford (village), New York Oxford is a village in Chenango County, New York, United States. The population was 1,450 at the 2010 census. The village is named after Oxford, Massachusetts, the hometown of the landowner.

neg: Canton (village), New York Canton is a village in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The village is centrally located in both the town of Canton and the county of St. Lawrence. The population was 6,314 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of St. Lawrence County. The name comes from the Chinese city, Canton.

neg: Castorland, New York Castorland is a village in the southeast part of the Town of Denmark in Lewis County, New York, United States; it is north of Lowville and southeast of Carthage. The population was 351 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from the scientific name for "Beaver".

neg: Wellsville (village), New York Wellsville is a village in Allegany County, New York, United States. Located in south-central wooded and rural Allegany County, it is the largest population and business center in a 30 mi radius. The population was 4,679 at the 2010 census. The village's name is not, as some suppose, derived from the oil wells that became an important economic part of the area, but rather for Gardiner Wells, a local businessman.

neg: Madison (village), New York Madison is a village in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 305 at the 2010 census. The village and its town are named after President James Madison.

neg: Croton-on-Hudson, New York Croton-on-Hudson is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 8,070 at the 2010 census. It is located in the town of Cortlandt as part of New York City's northern suburbs. The village was incorporated in 1898.

neg: Valatie, New York Valatie ( ; ) is a village with several waterfalls in Columbia County, New York, United States. The population was 1,819 at the 2010 census. The village is at the center of the town of Kinderhook on US 9.

neg: Stottville, New York Stottville is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Columbia County, New York, United States. The population was 1,375 at the 2010 census.

neg: Portville, New York (disambiguation) Portville, New York is a village and a town in Cattaraugus County, New York.

neg: Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area The Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan area, designated by the United States Census Bureau, encompassing two counties – Erie and Niagara – in Western New York, with a population, as of the 2010 census, of 1,135,509 inhabitants. It is the second-largest metropolitan area in the state of New York, centering on the urbanized area of Buffalo.

neg: Raymond, New York Raymond, New York is a hamlet in the town of Lockport in Niagara County, New York, United States.

neg: Franklinville, New York Franklinville is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. The population was 2,990 at the 2010 census.

neg: South Nyack, New York South Nyack is a village incorporated in 1878 in the town of Orangetown in Rockland County, New York, in the United States. It is located north of Grand View-on-Hudson, northeast of Orangeburg, east of Blauvelt State Park, south of Nyack and west of the Hudson River. The village is the western terminus of the Tappan Zee Bridge. Its population was 3,510 at the 2010 census.

neg: Valley Stream, New York Valley Stream is a village in Nassau County, New York in the United States. The population in the Village of Valley Stream was 37,511 at the 2010 census.

neg: Centerville, New York Centerville is a town in Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 822 at the 2010 census. The town is in the northwest corner of Allegany County and is named after its principal settlement.

neg: Oppenheim, New York Oppenheim is a town in Fulton County, New York, United States. The town is in the southwestern corner of the county and is east of Utica. The population was 1,924 at the 2010 census.

neg: Norwood, New York Norwood is a village located in St. Lawrence County, New York. As of the 2010 census, the village had a total population of 1,657.

neg: Clinton County, New York Clinton County is a county in the state of New York, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 82,128. Its county seat is the city of Plattsburgh. The county is named after George Clinton, the first Governor of New York, who went on to become Vice President, having been a Founding Father who represented New York in the Continental Congress. The county lies to the south of the border with the Canadian province of Quebec.

neg: Brighton (CDP), New York Brighton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 36,609 at the 2010 census. The CDP takes its name from locations in the county.


query: The 1994 Shankill Road killings took place on 16 June 1994, the Loughinisland massacre, is believed to have been a further retaliation, it took place on which date, in the small village of Loughinisland, County Down, Northern Ireland?

pos: 1994 Shankill Road killings The 1994 Shankill Road killings took place on 16 June 1994. The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) shot dead three Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) members – high-ranking member Trevor King, Colin Craig and David Hamilton – on the Shankill Road in Belfast, close to the UVF HQ.The following day, the UVF launched two 'retaliatory' attacks. In the first, UVF members shot dead a Catholic civilian taxi driver in Carrickfergus. In the second, they shot dead two Protestant civilians in Newtownabbey, whom they believed were Catholics. The Loughinisland massacre, two days later, is believed to have been a further retaliation.

pos: Loughinisland massacre The Loughinisland massacre took place on 18 June 1994 in the small village of Loughinisland, County Down, Northern Ireland. Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a loyalist paramilitary group, burst into a pub with assault rifles and fired on the customers, killing six civilians and wounding five. The pub was targeted because it was frequented mainly by Catholics, and was crowded with people watching the Republic of Ireland team playing in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. It is thus sometimes called the World Cup massacre. The attack was claimed as retaliation for the killing of three UVF members by the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA).

neg: Sean Kelly (Irish republican) Sean Kelly, (born c. 1972) is a former volunteer in the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), and a convicted murderer, who was a member of the active service unit which carried out the Shankill Road bombing in 1993.

neg: The Troubles in Rosslea The Troubles in Rosslea recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Rosslea, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

neg: Laragh, County Wicklow Laragh (Irish: "An Láithreach" – meaning "the site, or ruins, of a building") is a small village in County Wicklow, Ireland. It lies at the junction of three roads (the R115, R755, and R756) through the Wicklow Mountains and is primarily known for its proximity to the monastic settlement of Glendalough. Sally Gap and the Glenmacnass Waterfall are to the north, to the west is Glendalough and the Wicklow Gap, and to the south is the Glenmalure Valley.

neg: Kilclief Castle Kilclief Castle (Irish: "Caislean Cill Cléithe" ) (Ordnance Survey ref: J597457) is a tower-house castle beside Strangford Lough and 2.5 miles (4 km) south of the village of Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland. Kilclief is a hamlet of historical value on the Strangford to Ardglass road. This kind of tower-house is sometimes called the gatehouse type, because of its similarity to a castle gatehouse. It is among the oldest tower houses in Lecale. Kilclief Castle tower house is a State Care Historic Monument in the townland of Kilclief, in Down District Council area, at grid ref: J5972 4575.

neg: Claudy bombing The Claudy bombing occurred on 31 July 1972, when three car bombs exploded mid-morning on the Main Street of Claudy in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The attack killed nine civilians, and became known as "Bloody Monday". Those who planted the bombs had attempted to send a warning before the explosions took place. The warning was delayed, however, because the telephones were out of order due to an earlier bomb attack. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) issued an immediate denial of responsibility, and later claimed that "an internal court of inquiry" had found that its local unit did not carry out the attack.

neg: Shanbally Shanbally (Irish: "An Seanbhaile", meaning "the old town/homestead") is a small village located in south east County Cork on the N28 road. Shanbally includes a Catholic church, a primary school, a pub, a shop and a GAA club. The village is located close to Ringaskiddy, Monkstown and Carrigaline.

neg: The Troubles in Castlederg The Troubles in Castlederg recounts incidents during, and the effects of the Troubles in Castlederg, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

neg: Magheraconluce Magheraconluce (historically "Magheraclonelish" - from Irish: "Machaire Cluana Lios" , meaning "plain of the meadow of the ringfort" ) is a small village and townland near Annahilt in County Down, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 282 people. It is within the Lisburn City Council area.

neg: Reavey and O'Dowd killings The Reavey and O'Dowd killings were two co-ordinated gun attacks on 4 January 1976 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Six Irish Catholic civilians died after members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group, broke into their homes and shot them. Three members of the Reavey family were shot at their home in Whitecross and four members of the O'Dowd family were shot at their home in Ballydougan. Two of the Reaveys and three of the O'Dowds were killed outright, with the third Reavey victim dying of brain hemorrhage almost a month later.

neg: 1971 Scottish soldiers' killings The three Scottish soldiers' killings was an incident that took place in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. It happened on 10 March 1971, when the Provisional Irish Republican Army shot dead three unarmed British Army soldiers of the 1st Battalion, Royal Highland Fusiliers. Two of the three were teenage brothers; all three were from Scotland. They were killed off-duty and in civilian clothes, having been lured from a city-centre bar in Belfast, driven to a remote location and shot whilst relieving themselves by the roadside. Three British soldiers had been killed prior to this event; all had been on duty and killed during rioting.

neg: Teebane bombing The Teebane bombing (or Teebane massacre) took place on 17 January 1992 at a rural crossroads between Omagh and Cookstown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. A roadside bomb destroyed a van carrying 14 construction workers who had been repairing a British Army base in Omagh. Eight of the men were killed and the rest were wounded. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) claimed responsibility, saying that the workers were killed because they were "collaborating" with the "forces of occupation".

neg: Mountainview Tavern bombing 1975 On 5 April 1975 Irish Republican paramilitary members killed a UDA volunteer and four Protestant civilians in a gun and bomb attack at the Mountainview Tavern on the Shankill Road - the heart of Loyalist Belfast. The attack was claimed by the Republican Action Force believed to be a covername used by Provisional IRA (PIRA) Volunteers. Earlier in the day, two Catholic civilians were killed in a bomb attack in a Belfast pub carried out by the Protestant Action Force a name used by the Ulster Volunteer Force to claim some attacks. An elderly Catholic man was shot later the same night by Loyalists bringing the death toll to eight for the day.

neg: Greenisland Greenisland is a town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies 7 miles north-east of Belfast and 3 miles south-west of Carrickfergus. The town is on the coast of Belfast Lough and is named after a tiny islet to the west, "the Green Island".

neg: 1972 Donegall Street bombing The Donegall Street bombing took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 20 March 1972 when the Provisional IRA detonated a massive car bomb in Lower Donegall Street in the city centre just before noon when the street was crowded with shoppers, office workers, and many schoolchildren.

neg: Drumbo Drumbo (from Irish: "Druim Bó" , meaning "ridge of the cow" ) is a small village, townland (of 1,274 acres) and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies about 6 mi south of Belfast city centre, 3 mi east of Lisburn and 3 mi west of Carryduff. It is situated in the historic barony of Castlereagh Upper. The 2001 Census recorded the village's population as being 408.

neg: Derrynaflaw Derrynaflaw (likely from Irish: "Doire na Flatha" , meaning "the oakgrove of the chief" ), also known as Dernaflaw, is a small village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is about 2 kilometres west of Dungiven on the A6 Foreglen Road. It is designated as a Hamlet and in the 2001 Census it had a population of 168 people. It lies within Causeway Coast and Glens district.

neg: Ramble Inn attack The Ramble Inn attack was a mass shooting at a rural pub on 2 July 1976 near Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is believed to have been carried out by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a loyalist paramilitary organisation. Six civilians were killed in the attack—five Protestants and one Catholic—and three others were wounded.

neg: Drumlough, Hillsborough Drumlough (Irish: "Druim Loch" ) is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland, south of Hillsborough and east of Dromore. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 96 people. It is situated in the Lisburn City Council area. Locally significant buildings include Drumlough Presbyterian Church and manse, Rose Cottage (pre 1830), and an Orange Hall built in 1907.

neg: Operation Flavius Operation Flavius (also referred to as the "Gibraltar killings") was a controversial military operation in which three members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) were shot dead by the British Special Air Service (SAS) in Gibraltar on 6 March 1988. The three—Seán Savage, Daniel McCann, and Mairéad Farrell—were believed to be mounting a bombing attack on British military personnel in Gibraltar. Plain-clothed SAS soldiers approached them in the forecourt of a petrol station, then opened fire, killing them. All three were found to be unarmed, and no bomb was discovered in Savage's car, leading to accusations that the British government had conspired to murder them. An inquest in Gibraltar ruled that the SAS had acted lawfully, while the European Court of Human Rights held that, although there had been no conspiracy, the planning and control of the operation was so flawed as to make the use of lethal force almost inevitable. The deaths were the first in a chain of violent events in a fourteen-day period; they were followed by the Milltown Cemetery attack and the corporals killings in Belfast.

neg: Holy Cross dispute The Holy Cross dispute occurred in 2001 and 2002 in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast, Northern Ireland. During the 30-year conflict known as the Troubles, Ardoyne had become segregated – Ulster Protestants lived in one area and Irish Catholics in another. This left Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls, in the middle of a Protestant area. In June 2001, Protestant loyalists began picketing the school, claiming that Catholics were regularly attacking their homes and denying them access to facilities. For weeks, hundreds of protesters tried to stop the schoolchildren and their parents from walking to school through their area. Some protesters shouted sectarian abuse and threw stones, bricks, fireworks, blast bombs and urine-filled balloons at the schoolchildren and their parents. Hundreds of riot police, backed up by British soldiers, escorted the children and their parents through the protest each day. The "scenes of frightened Catholic schoolgirls running a gauntlet of abuse from loyalist protesters as they walked to school captured world headlines". Death threats were made against the parents and school staff by the Red Hand Defenders, a loyalist paramilitary group. The protest was condemned by both Catholics and Protestants, including politicians. Some likened the protest to child abuse and compared the protesters to American white supremacists in 1950s Alabama.


query: What is the name of the American seismologist and physicist who collaborated with Beno Gutenberg when developing the Richter magnitude scale?

pos: Beno Gutenberg Beno Gutenberg (June 4, 1889 – January 25, 1960) was a German-American seismologist who made several important contributions to the science. He was a colleague and mentor of Charles Francis Richter at the California Institute of Technology and Richter's collaborator in developing the Richter magnitude scale for measuring an earthquake's magnitude.

pos: Charles Francis Richter Charles Francis Richter ( ); April 26, 1900 – September 30, 1985) was an American seismologist and physicist.

neg: Clarence Allen (geologist) Clarence Roderic Allen (born February 15, 1925) is a geologist who studies seismology. He is a graduate of Reed College (B.A., 1949) and the California Institute of Technology (M.S., 1951; Ph.D., 1954)

neg: Jack H. Healy Jack H. Healy (born August 7, 1929) is an American visionary geophysicist who worked at the US Geological Survey from 1965 to 1995. During his time at the USGS, Healy along with Lou Pakiser, Jerry Eaton, and Barry Raleigh founded the National Center for Earthquake Research at the US Geological Survey.

neg: Tanya Atwater Tanya Atwater (born August 27, 1942) is a retired American geophysicist and marine geologist who specialized in plate tectonics, in particular the evolution of the San Andreas Fault plate boundary. Her educational work focused on the creation of computer-animated multimedia products and presentations depicting plate tectonic histories.

neg: Don L. Anderson Don Lynn Anderson (March 5, 1933 – December 2, 2014) was an American geophysicist who made significant contributions to the understanding of the origin, evolution, structure, and composition of Earth and other planets. An expert in numerous scientific disciplines, Anderson’s work combined seismology, solid state physics, geochemistry and petrology to explain how the Earth works. Anderson was best known for his contributions to the understanding of the Earth’s deep interior, and more recently , for the hypothesis that hotspots are the product of plate tectonics rather than narrow plumes emanating from the deep Earth. Anderson was Professor (Emeritus) of Geophysics in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He received numerous awards from geophysical, geological and astronomical societies. In 1998 he was awarded the prestigious Crafoord Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences along with Adam Dziewonski. Later that year, Anderson received the National Medal of Science. He held honorary doctorates from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (where he did his undergraduate work in geology and geophysics) and the University of Paris (Sorbonne), and served on numerous university advisory committees, including those at Harvard, Princeton, Yale, University of Chicago, Stanford, University of Paris, Purdue University, and Rice University. Anderson’s wide-ranging research resulted in hundreds of published papers in the fields of planetary science, seismology, mineral physics, petrology, geochemistry, tectonics and the philosophy of science. He continued to work and publish until his death. His widely known textbooks, Theory of the Earth, and New Theory of the Earth are regarded by colleagues as compelling syntheses of the origins of the Earth and its inner workings by one of the great geophysical authorities of our time.

neg: Paul Markowski Paul M. Markowski is an American meteorologist and leading expert on tornadogenesis and the forecasting of supercells and tornadoes.

neg: John Henry Schwarz John Henry Schwarz ( ; born November 22, 1941) is an American theoretical physicist. Along with Yoichiro Nambu, Holger Bech Nielsen, Joël Scherk, Gabriele Veneziano, Michael Green, and Leonard Susskind, he is regarded as one of the founders of string theory.

neg: Robert L. Ketter Robert L. Ketter (1929–1989), was an authority on earthquake engineering research and a former president of the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB).

neg: Jeffrey A. Harvey Jeffrey A. Harvey (born February 15, 1955 in San Antonio, Texas) an American string theorist at the University of Chicago.

neg: G. Michael Purdy Graham Michael "Mike" Purdy is a British geophysicist and oceanographer who specializes in marine seismology. He is the current Executive Vice President for Research at Columbia University. Previously, he was the Director of Columbia's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO).

neg: Frederick Seitz Frederick Seitz (July 4, 1911 – March 2, 2008) was an American physicist and a pioneer of solid state physics.

neg: John Vidale John Emilio Vidale (March 15, 1959 –) is an American-born seismologist who specializes in examining seismograms to explore features within the Earth. He received the American Geophysical Union's James B. Macelwane Medal in 1994.

neg: George Benedek George B. Benedek is an American physicist currently the Alfred H. Caspary Professor of Physics and Biological Physics and of Health Sciences and Technology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

neg: John Stone Stone John Stone Stone (September 24, 1869 – May 20, 1943) was an American mathematician, physicist and inventor. He initially worked in telephone research, followed by influential work developing early radio technology, where he was especially known for improvements in tuning. Despite his often advanced designs, the Stone Telegraph and Telephone Company failed in 1908, and he spent the remainder of his career as an engineering consultant.

neg: Giuseppe Mercalli Giuseppe Mercalli (May 21, 1850 – March 19, 1914) was an Italian volcanologist and Catholic priest. He is best remembered for the Mercalli intensity scale for measuring earthquakes.

neg: Robert H. Johns Bob Johns (born 1942) is an American meteorologist specializing in severe convective storms and tornadoes.

neg: George Edward Backus George Edward Backus (born May 24, 1930) is an American geophysicist, best known for his work with J. Freeman Gilbert on inverse methods for geophysical data. He is also notably credited with advancing the dynamo theory on the origin of the Earth's magnetic field.

neg: Hans Benndorf Hans Benndorf (December 13, 1870 – February 11, 1953) was an Austrian physicist born in Zurich, and died in Graz. He made several contributions in the field of seismology and in his research of atmospheric electricity.

neg: Buckminster Fuller Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller ( ; July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor.

neg: Seismo-electromagnetics Seismo-electromagnetics are various electro-magnetic phenomena believed to be generated by tectonic forces acting on the earth's crust, and possibly associated with seismic activity such as earthquakes and volcanoes. Study of these has been prompted by the prospect they might be generated by the increased stress leading up to an earthquake, and might thereby provide a basis for short-term earthquake prediction. However, despite many studies, no form of seismo-electromagnetics has been shown to be effective for earthquake prediction. A key problem is that earthquakes themselves produce relatively weak electromagnetic phenomena, and the effects from any precursory phenomena are likely to be too weak to measure. Close monitoring of the Parkfield earthquake revealed no significant pre-seismic electromagnetic effects. However, some researchers remain optimistic, and searches for seismo-electromagnetic earthquake precursors continue.

neg: Edward Condon Edward Uhler Condon (March 2, 1902 – March 26, 1974) was a distinguished American nuclear physicist, a pioneer in quantum mechanics, and a participant in the development of radar and nuclear weapons during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project. The Franck–Condon principle and the Slater–Condon rules are co-named after him.