query: Was Robert Charles Heaton born in Canada or England?

pos: Robert Heaton Robert Charles Heaton (6 July 1961 – 4 November 2004) was the drummer in the English rock band New Model Army. He was born in Knutsford, Cheshire and lived in Canada and Belgium as a child. He was musically gifted, eventually mastering the guitar and harmonica as well as the drums, for which he is better-known, and also played keyboards and fiddle. He was probably the first person to play a synchronous drum and harmonica solo, in 'Shot 18' on the "No Rest for The Wicked" tour. The musical content of "Thunder and Consolation" is essentially his creation. He was the second drummer in NMA but the band's first touring and recording drummer. Having spent several years as back line roadie and tour manager for several other bands, including Hawkwind, he brought professional experience to the band's touring life and was responsible for their hiring of their long-term tour manager 'Tommy T' Walker, a fellow member of the Bradford St George's and Bradford Univ TSA stage crew.

pos: Knutsford Knutsford is a town in Cheshire, England, 14 mi south-west of Manchester and 9 mi north-west of Macclesfield. The population of the town at the 2011 Census was 13,191.

neg: James Ross (Canadian businessman) James Leveson Ross (1848 – September 20, 1913), of Montreal, was a Scottish-born Canadian civil engineer, businessman and philanthropist. He established his fortune predominantly through railway construction, notably for the Canadian Pacific Railway, of which he was the major shareholder, and advising Lord Strathcona on railway projects in Argentina and Chile. He oversaw the electrification of street railways in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Saint John, Birmingham (England), Mexico City and São Paulo. He was president of the Dominion Bridge Company, the Mexican Power Company etc. He was Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel of the 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars and Governor of McGill University and the Royal Victoria Hospital. He was an avid collector of the Old Masters and president of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. He owned several yachts including two named "Glencairn" and became the first Canadian to be made a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron. He funded the construction of the Ross Memorial Wing at the Royal Vic; the Ross Memorial Hospital and Nurse's Home at Lindsay, Ontario; and the Protestant Hospital for the Insane at Verdun, Quebec. He lived in the Golden Square Mile.

neg: Robert Baldwin Robert Baldwin (May 12, 1804 – December 9, 1858) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who, with his political partner Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, led the first responsible ministry in Canada. "Responsible Government" marked the country's democratic independence, without a revolution, although not without violence. This achievement also included the introduction of municipal government, the introduction of a modern legal system and the Canadian Jury system, and the abolishing of imprisonment for debt. Baldwin is also noted for resisting a decades-long tradition of Orange Order terrorism of political reform in the colony, that went so far as to burn the Parliament buildings in Montreal in 1849.

neg: Bobby Beaton Robert "Bobby" Beaton (June 19, 1912 – June 11, 2007) was an Atlantic Canadian hockey player, boxer and boxing referee.

neg: Charles Albanel Charles Albanel (1616 – 11 January 1696), born in Ardes, was a French missionary explorer in Canada, and a Jesuit priest. In 1649, he arrived in Canada at Tadoussac where he spent many winters among the Montagnais Indians. In 1672, at the time when the Hudson's Bay Company was beginning operations, he was a leader of a French party that went by the Saguenay River, Lake Mistassini, and the Rupert River to Hudson Bay. He may have been the first European to reach Hudson Bay from the Saint Lawrence. In 1674, on another journey to the Rupert River he was captured by the English and taken to England. On his journey to England he induced Medard des Groseilliers to return to the French service. After returning in 1688 to Canada, he served at missions in western Canada and died at Sault Ste. Marie.

neg: Robert Edwy Ryerson Robert Edwy Ryerson (12 August 1865 – 12 October 1958) was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Brant County, Canada West and became a grocer and merchant.

neg: Charles Robert Wilson Charles Robert Wilson (1863–1904) was an English academic of the Indian Education Service, known as a historian of British India.

neg: George Sidney Brett George Sidney Brett (August 5, 1879 in Briton Ferry, Wales — October 27, 1944 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was an English-Canadian psychologist.

neg: Robert Watt Robert Douglas Watt, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 1945) was the first Chief Herald of Canada. He was appointed at the foundation of the Canadian Heraldic Authority, and was succeeded by Claire Boudreau in 2007.

neg: Robert Wilkes Robert Wilkes (June 24, 1832 – August 16, 1880) was an Irish-Canadian politician and businessman. Born in Tullaghan, County Leitrim, Ireland, Wilkes came to Toronto from his native Ireland at sixteen, working as a clerk before buying a jewelry firm, Rossin Brothers, which he expanded into a cross-country operation. He later invested in railroads, and in 1871 he was appointed director of the Canadian Bank of Commerce.

neg: Charles Harper (colonial administrator) Sir Charles Harper (1876–1950), OBE (1919) KBE (1930) CMG (1921), was born on 24 February 1876 in Barnstaple, Devon, England. He was educated at Blundell's School in Tiverton, and Exeter College, Oxford, and played rugby football for Oxford University and England.

neg: Robert Nugent Watts Robert Nugent Watts (before 1821 – April 19, 1867) was a political figure in Canada East. He represented Drummond in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1841 to 1851.

neg: Thomas Baines (Ontario) Thomas Baines (1799–1867) was born in Caynham, England, as the son of the Rev. James Johnson Baines, and came to Canada c.1821.

neg: Jim Jepson James Kenneth Jepson (8 April 1942 – 29 November 1989) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario and became a businessman by career.

neg: Charles Stephen Booth Charles Stephen Booth (January 27, 1897 – August 30, 1988) was a Canadian politician and barrister. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of the Liberal Party in 1940 to represent the riding of Winnipeg North. Prior to his federal political experience, he served overseas in the Western University Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force then in northern Russia with the Royal Air Force as a pilot and in 1936 he became a lieutenant colonel and commander of the Winnipeg Light Infantry. From there he moved to London, England where he was placed with the 1st Canadian Corps Headquarters, and promoted to Colonel and Assistant Deputy Adjutant General, then Brigadier and Deputy Adjutant-General.

neg: Charles Reginald Ford Charles Reginald Ford (4 February 1880 – 19 May 1972) was a New Zealand explorer, land agent and architect. He was born in London, London, England on 4 February 1880.

neg: John Bothwell John Charles Bothwell (29 June 1926 - 28 January 2014) was a Canadian Anglican bishop and author in the second half of the 20th century.

neg: Catherine Seaton Skirving Catherine Seaton Skirving (Ewart), (10 March 1818 – 7 May 1897), was a noted Canadian philanthropist and volunteer. She was born in Musselburgh, Scotland and arrived in Upper Canada with her family in 1833.

neg: Robert Townson (natural historian) Robert Townson (1762–1827) was an English natural historian and traveller, known also a mineralogist and medical man. In 1806 he emigrated to New South Wales.

neg: Alexis Caron Alexis Pierre Caron (8 March 1899 – 31 August 1966) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Hull, Quebec and became an insurance broker by career.

neg: Robert Jaffray Robert Jaffray (January 23, 1832 – December 16, 1914) was a Canadian grocer, publisher ("The Globe"), and politician. A Liberal, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate on 8 March 1906 on the recommendation of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He represented the senatorial division of Toronto, Ontario until his death. He is buried in Toronto's Mount Pleasant Cemetery.


query: The Myth of the Machine is a two-volume book authored by an American historian noted for his study of what?

pos: The Myth of the Machine The Myth of the Machine is a two-volume book taking an in-depth look at the forces that have shaped modern technology since prehistoric times. The first volume, "Technics and Human Development", was published in 1967, followed by the second volume, "The Pentagon of Power", in 1970. The author, Lewis Mumford, shows the parallel developments between human tools and social organization mainly through language and rituals. It is considered a synthesis of many theories Mumford developed throughout his prolific writing career. Volume 2 was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection.

pos: Lewis Mumford Lewis Mumford, KBE (October 19, 1895 – January 26, 1990) was an American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic. Particularly noted for his study of cities and urban architecture, he had a broad career as a writer. Mumford was influenced by the work of Scottish theorist Sir Patrick Geddes and worked closely with his associate the British sociologist Victor Branford.

neg: Historians of American Communism Historians of American Communism (HOAC) is a national academic association, established in 1982, bringing together historians, political scientists, and independent scholars interested in the study of the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) and other communist and anti-communist organizations in the United States. The society publishes a semi-annual journal, "American Communist History," produced by the British academic publisher Routledge. The organization also maintains an internet newsgroup on H-Net.

neg: Scott Lilienfeld Scott O. Lilienfeld (born December 23, 1960) is a professor of psychology at Emory University and advocate for evidence-based treatments and methods within the field. He is known for his books "50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology", "Brainwashed", and others that explore and sometimes debunk psychological claims that appear in the popular press. Along with having his work featured in major U.S. newspapers and journals such as "The New York Times", "The New Yorker", and "Scientific American", Lilienfeld has made television appearances on "20/20", CNN and the "CBS Evening News".

neg: Roy Franklin Nichols Roy Franklin Nichols (March 3, 1896 – January 12, 1973) was an American historian, who won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for History for "The Disruption of American Democracy".

neg: Richard H. Steckel Richard Hall Steckel (born 1944) is an American heterodox economist with a focus on economic history. Steckel is the SBS Distinguished Professor of Economics, Anthropology and History at Ohio State University (OSU) and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). He is well known for his work on health and well-being, in which he is a major contributor to anthropometric history along with John Komlos. Their work was highlighted in a 1996 "Time" magazine front page article. Between 2004 and 2005 he served as president of the Social Science History Association.

neg: James Gleick James Gleick ( ; born August 1, 1954) is an American author and historian of science whose work has chronicled the cultural impact of modern technology. Recognized for his writing about complex subjects through the techniques of narrative nonfiction, he has been called "one of the great science writers of all time".

neg: James W. Loewen James William Loewen (born February 6, 1942) is an American sociologist, historian, and author, best known for his 1995 book, "Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong", which was republished in 2008.

neg: Richard R. John Richard R. John (born 1959) is an American historian who specializes in the history of business, technology, communications, and the state. He currently teaches courses in the history of capitalism and the history of communications at Columbia University.

neg: Maurice Meisner Maurice Jerome Meisner (November 17, 1931 – January 23, 2012) was an historian of 20th century China and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His study of the Chinese revolution and the People's Republic was in conjunction with his strong interest in socialist ideology, Marxism, and Maoism in particular. He authored a number of books including "Mao's China: A History of the People's Republic" (and subsequent editions) which became a standard academic text in that area.

neg: I. B. Holley Jr. Irving Brinton Holley Jr. (8 February 1919 – 12 August 2013) was an American historian. He was a leading scholar in the field of American social and intellectual history, and his particular emphasis was on military history and the history of technology.

neg: Morris P. Fiorina Morris P. Fiorina (born 1946) is an American political scientist and co-author of the book "Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America" with Jeremy C. Pope (Brigham Young University), and with the help of the research assistant Samuel J Abrams.

neg: The American Black Chamber The American Black Chamber is a 1931 book by Herbert O. Yardley. The book describes the inner workings of the interwar American governmental cryptography organization called the Black Chamber. The cryptography historian David Kahn called the book "the most famous book on cryptology ever published." By describing the inner workings of the organization, the book created large interest public awareness of the United States's cryptographic abilities. In particular, the Japanese government became aware of the extent of experience the American government had with cryptography and increased the strength of their own knowledge in cryptography in response. Reviewers suggested the book may have cost the United States significantly in the Pacific theater against Japan in World War II.

neg: Richard D. Poll Richard Douglas Poll (April 23, 1918 – April 27, 1994) was an American historian, academic, author and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). His liberal religiosity influenced his notable metaphor about "Iron Rod" vs. "Liahona" LDS Church members.

neg: John L. Heilbron John Lewis Heilbron (born 17 March 1934, San Francisco) is an American historian of science best known for his work in the history of physics and the history of astronomy. He is Professor of History and Vice-Chancellor Emeritus (Vice-Chancellor 1990–1994) at the University of California, Berkeley, senior research fellow at Worcester College, Oxford, and visiting professor at Yale University and the California Institute of Technology. He edited the academic journal "Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences" for twenty-five years.

neg: Black Power and the American Myth Black Power and the American Myth is a 1970 book by Reverend C. T. Vivian that analyzes the Civil Rights Movement. Before writing "Black Power and the American Myth", Vivian had been an activist, a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and a member of its Executive Staff along with Martin Luther King, Jr., Andrew Young, James Bevel and others. Besides King, Vivian was the first member of SCLC's staff to write a book about the Civil Rights Movement, and his access gave readers a first-hand account of the thoughts and motivations of the movement's leaders.

neg: Thomas Goldstein (historian) Thomas Eugen Goldstein (born 1913) is a German-born United States historian who writes serial history books under the title of Dawn of Modern Science. He is also co-founder of the Society for the History of Discoveries. He left Berlin and moved to USA during the NAZI occupation in his early years.

neg: Arthur B. Shostak Arthur B. Shostak (born May 11, 1937), is an American sociologist and futurist, and former professor of sociology at Drexel University. His research areas include futuristics, the history and future of the American work force, organized labor, industrial sociology, the management and social implications of modern technology.

neg: Richard Hildreth Richard Hildreth (June 28, 1807 – July 11, 1865), was an American journalist, author and historian. He is best known for writing his six-volume "History of the United States of America" covering 1497–1821 and published 1840-1853). Historians consider it a highly accurate political history of the early Republic, but with a strong bias in favor of the Federalist Party and the abolition of slavery.

neg: Ronald H. Fritze Ronald H. Fritze (born 1951) is an American encyclopedist, historian, and writer known for his criticism of pseudohistoric ideas.

neg: The Myth of the Twentieth Century The Myth of the Twentieth Century (German: Der Mythus des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts ) is a 1930 book by Alfred Rosenberg, one of the principal ideologues of the Nazi Party and editor of the Nazi paper "Völkischer Beobachter". The titular "myth" (in the special Sorelian sense) is "the myth of blood, which under the sign of the swastika unchains the racial world-revolution. It is the awakening of the race soul, which after long sleep victoriously ends the race chaos."

neg: William C. Davis (historian) William Charles "Jack" Davis (born 1946) is an American historian who was a Professor of History at Virginia Tech and the former Director of Programs at that school's Virginia Center for Civil War Studies. Specializing in the American Civil War, Davis has twice been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize (for "Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol" and "Battle at Bull Run"). He has written more than 40 books on the American Civil War and other aspects of early southern U.S. history. He is the only three-time winner of the Jefferson Davis Prize for Confederate history and was awarded the Jules F. Landry Award for Southern history. His book "Lone Star Rising" has been called "the best one-volume history of the Texas revolution yet written".


query: Eötvös Loránd University has an affiliation with a winner of the prize given out by what organization?

pos: Eötvös Loránd University Eötvös Loránd University (Hungarian: "Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem" , ELTE) is a Hungarian public research university based in Budapest. Founded in 1635, ELTE is one of the largest and most prestigious public higher education institutions in Hungary. The 28,000 students at ELTE are organized into eight faculties, and into research institutes located throughout Budapest and on the scenic banks of the Danube. ELTE is affiliated with 5 Nobel laureates, as well as winners of the Wolf Prize, Fulkerson Prize and Abel Prize, the latest of which was Abel Prize winner Endre Szemerédi in 2012.

pos: Abel Prize The Abel Prize (Norwegian: "Abelprisen" ) is a Norwegian prize awarded annually by the Government of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians. Named after Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829) and modelled after the Nobel Prizes, the award was established in 2001 by the Government of Norway and complements its sister prize in the humanities, the Holberg Prize. It comes with a monetary award of 6 million Norwegian kroner (NOK) (around €650,000).

neg: The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture The Emet Prize for Art, Science and Culture is an Israeli prize awarded annually for excellence in academic and professional achievements that have far-reaching influence and make a significant contribution to society.

neg: Sokolov Award The Sokolov Prize is an Israeli journalism award, awarded by the Tel Aviv municipality, in memory of Nahum Sokolow.

neg: Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics The Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics (Hungarian: "Rényi Alfréd Matematikai Kutatóintézet" ) is the research institute in mathematics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. It was created in 1950 by Alfréd Rényi, who directed it until his death. Since its creation, the institute has been the center of mathematical research in Hungary. It received the title "Centre of Excellence of the European Union" (2001). The current director is Péter Pál Pálfy. The institute publishes the research journal Studia Scientiarum Mathematicarum Hungarica.

neg: Klebelsberg Award The Klebelsberg Award (Hungarian: "Klebelsberg-díj" ) is a distinction awarded to Hungarian institutions or persons who have contributed to cultural activities in Hungary. The award was established in 1935 in memory of former Hungarian culture minister Count Kuno von Klebelsberg. The award was discontinued during the communist regime, but was reestablished in 1992.

neg: Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting The Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting, awarded annually by Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, is named after Robin Toner, as is the Toner Lecture/Symposium on American politics and political journalism; together they make up the Toner Program in Political Reporting, established at Syracuse University in 2009. The Toner Prize recognizes those writers who have made outstanding contributions to the political Journalism field. The award was presented in 2016 by President Barack Obama

neg: Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences The Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences is awarded once a year by the Inamori Foundation. The Prize is one of three Kyoto Prize categories; the others are the Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology and the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy. The first Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences was awarded to Claude Elwood Shannon, the “Establishment of Mathematical Foundation of Information Theory”. The Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious award available in fields which are traditionally not honored with a Nobel Prize.

neg: PEN/Nabokov Award The PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature is awarded biannually by the PEN American Center to writers, principally novelists, "whose works evoke to some measure Nabokov's brilliant versatility and commitment to literature as a search for the deepest truth and the highest pleasure— what Nabokov called the 'indescribable tingle of the spine'." The winner is awarded $50,000 as of 2016. The award is financed by the Vladimir Nabokov Foundation, founded by Dmitri Nabokov. It has been called one of the most prestigious PEN prizes.

neg: Leslie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis The Leslie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) is a biennial prize established in 1985 by the IMA in honour of mathematician Leslie Fox (1918-1992). The prize honours "young numerical analysts worldwide" (any person who is less than 31 years old), and applicants submit papers for review. A committee reviews the papers, invites shortlisted candidates to give lectures at the Leslie Fox Prize meeting, and then awards First Prize and Second Prizes based on "mathematical and algorithmic brilliance in tandem with presentational skills."

neg: Ludwig Boltzmann Prize The Ludwig Boltzmann Prize is awarded by the Austrian Physical Society and honors outstanding achievements in theoretical physics. It is named after the famous Austrian physicist Ludwig Boltzmann.

neg: László Lovász László Lovász (] ; born March 9, 1948) is a Hungarian mathematician, best known for his work in combinatorics, for which he was awarded the Wolf Prize and the Knuth Prize in 1999, and the Kyoto Prize in 2010. He is the current president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He served as president of the International Mathematical Union between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2010.

neg: Simion Stoilow Prize The Simion Stoilow Prize (Romanian: "Premiul Simion Stoilow" ) is the prize offered by the Romanian Academy for achievements in mathematics. It is named in honor of Simion Stoilow.

neg: Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry The Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry is an award granted by the American Mathematical Society for notable research in geometry or topology. It was founded in 1961 in memory of Oswald Veblen. The Veblen Prize is now worth US$5000, and is awarded every three years.

neg: Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy (29 July 1913, Kolozsvár – 21 December 1998, Szeged) was a Hungarian mathematician. His father, Gyula Szőkefalvi-Nagy was also a famed mathematician. Szőkefalvi-Nagy collaborated with Alfréd Haar and Frigyes Riesz, founders of the Szegedian school of mathematics. He contributed to the theory of Fourier series and approximation theory. His most important achievements were made in functional analysis, especially, in the theory of Hilbert space operators. He was editor-in-chief of the "Zentralblatt für Mathematik", the "Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum", and the "Analysis Mathematica". He was awarded the Lomonosov Medal in 1979: the Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy Medal honoring his memory is awarded yearly by Bolyai Institute.

neg: Lobachevsky Prize The Lobachevsky Prize, awarded by the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Lobachevsky Medal, awarded by the Kazan State University, are mathematical awards in honor of Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky.

neg: Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award The Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award, known until 2009 as the Mary Woodard Lasker Public Service Award, is awarded by the Lasker Foundation to honor an individual or organization whose public service has profoundly enlarged the possibilities for medical research and the health sciences and their impact on the health of the public. The award, worth $250,000, is presented in odd-numbered years to a winner selected from among policy makers, journalists, philanthropists, advocates, scientists, and public health professionals. It is named after the philanthropists Albert Lasker and Michael R. Bloomberg.

neg: Erich-Fromm-Preis The Erich-Fromm-Preis is a German prize bestowed upon people who have advanced Humanism through their scientific, social, sociopolitical or journalistic engagement. The prize is named after Erich Fromm, a Jewish German-American philosopher, psychoanalyst and psychologist. The price is conferred yearly since 1995, and since 2006, it is endowed with 10'000 €.

neg: Pollin Prize for Pediatric Research The Pollin Prize for Pediatric Research was an annual award given to physicians who contributed important advances to the field of pediatrics, and was the only existing international pediatric award. The prize was created in 2002 by Irene and Abe Pollin, and funded by the Linda and Kenneth Pollin Foundation. It was administered by the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and as of 2003, Dr. Rudolph Leibel was chairman of the selection panel.

neg: Michael O. Rabin Michael Oser Rabin (Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל עוזר רַבִּין  , born September 1, 1931) is an Israeli computer scientist and a recipient of the Turing Award.

neg: Rosenstiel Award Since 1971 the Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research is awarded by Brandeis University, which says that it was established "as an expression of the conviction that educational institutions have an important role to play in the encouragement and development of basic science as it applies to medicine".

neg: Gerhard Löwenthal Prize The Gerhard Löwenthal Prize (German: "Gerhard-Löwenthal-Preis" ) is an award for "free and conservative journalism" ("freiheitlich-konservativen Journalismus ") in Germany. Endowed by German "Foundation for Conservative Education and Research" ("Förderstiftung Konservative Bildung und Forschung" ), it is awarded in cooperation with national-conservative newspaper "Junge Freiheit" and Ingeborg Löwenthal, widow of conservative journalist and Holocaust survivor Gerhard Löwenthal. Issued annually between 2004 and 2009, it has since been awarded only biannually.


query: which medalist in the 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games is a former British recold holder in the 100 metres hurdles, the high jump and the indoor pentathlon?

pos: Athletics at the 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games At the 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games, the athletics events were held at the La Trobe University Athletics Complex in Bendigo, Australia from 2–3 December. A total of 34 events were contested, divided equally between the sexes. Among the medallists on the girls' side were Dani Samuels (the 2009 discus world champion) and two 2012 Olympic champions, Sally McLellan (100 m hurdles) and Jessica Ennis (heptathlon).

pos: Jessica Ennis-Hill Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill DBE (born 28 January 1986) is a retired British track and field athlete from England, specialising in multi-eventing disciplines and 100 metres hurdles. As a competitor in heptathlon, she is the 2012 Olympic champion, a three-time world champion (2009, 2011, 2015), and the 2010 European champion. She is also the 2010 world indoor pentathlon champion. A member of the City of Sheffield & Dearne athletic club, she is the current British national record holder for the heptathlon. She is a former British record holder in the 100 metres hurdles, the high jump and the indoor pentathlon.

neg: Marcus Mepstead Marcus Mepstead (born 11 May 1990, London) is a British foil fencer, team bronze medallist at the 2010 and 2013 European Championships, and team gold medallist at the 2015 European Games. He is the 2016 British National Champion.

neg: Barbara Inkpen Barbara Jean Inkpen (now Lawton, born 28 October 1949 in Farnham, Surrey) is a former track and field athlete from England, who mainly competed in the high jump event during her career. She trained at Aldershot, Farnham & District AC and represented Great Britain at two Summer Olympics (1968 and 1972), and won the gold medal at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. She was also runner up in the 1972 Sports Woman Of The Year.

neg: Tom Parsons (athlete) Thomas ("Tom") Martin Parsons (born 5 May 1984 in Birmingham, United Kingdom) is a British athlete competing in high jump.

neg: Kirsty Wade Kirsty Wade (née McDermott, born 6 August 1962) is a former middle-distance runner who competed for Great Britain and Wales. She is a three-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist, winning the 800 metres in Brisbane 1982 and both the 800 metres and 1500 metres in Edinburgh 1986. She competed at the 1988 Olympic Games and the 1992 Olympic Games. She is also a former British record holder in the 800m and the mile.

neg: Simon Militis Simon Paul Militis (born 21 September 1977) is an English former competitive swimmer, who specialized in backstroke and individual medley events. He is a single-time Olympian (2000), a British swimming champion in the 200 m backstroke and 400 m individual medley (2001), and a bronze medalist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, representing his adopted nation England. During his sporting career, Militis also trained for the Portsmouth Northsea Swim Club under head coach Chris Nesbitt.

neg: Janieve Russell Janieve Russell (born 14 November 1993) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competes mainly in the 400 metres hurdles and the 400 metres sprint. Her personal bests for the events are 53.96 seconds and 51.17 seconds, respectively. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games she was the 400 m hurdles bronze medallist and a 4×400 metres relay gold medallist.

neg: Cindy Ofili Cindy Ofili (born 5 August 1994) is an American-born British track and field athlete. In 2015, she placed second in the women's 100 m hurdles at both the NCAA championships and British championships, qualifying to represent Great Britain at the World Championships.

neg: Dina Asher-Smith Dina Asher-Smith (born 4 December 1995) is a British sprinter who holds the British records for both the 100 metres and 200 metres. In the 4 x 100 metres relay, she won bronze medals at the 2016 Olympic Games and the 2013 World Championships. She is also the 2016 European Champion at 200 metres, the 2014 World Junior Champion at 100 metres, and the 2013 European Junior Champion at 200 metres.

neg: Ruth Martin-Jones Ruth Martin-Jones (also known as Ruth Swinhoe and Ruth Howell, born 28 January 1947) is a former long jumper and heptathlete. She competed for Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, finishing 28th in the long jump event. She was the first Welsh women to compete at the Olympic Games. At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, she won a bronze medal competing for Wales. Her jump was equal to silver medalist Brenda Eisler, but Eisler had a better second jump. She also competed at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, and the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton. In 1978, Martin-Jones won the first heptathlon event in the world at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham.

neg: Mark Dry Mark Dry (born 11 October 1987) is a British track and field athlete, competing in the hammer throw, who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

neg: Matt Hemingway Matt Hemingway (born October 24, 1972) is an American track and field athlete. He won a silver medal in the high jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens by clearing a height of 2.34 meters (7 ft 8 in). Reflecting on this he said: "I'm ecstatic about winning the silver. You don’t lose gold medals. People win them. I won a silver and Stefan Holm won a gold." His personal best jump came at the 2000 US Indoor Championship where he leaped 2.38 m (7 ft 9 in). He jumps off of his left leg.

neg: Andy Vernon Andrew James "Andy" Vernon (born 7 January 1986) is a British long-distance runner who specialises in the 5000 metres, the 10,000metres and cross country running. Vernon competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 10,000metres. He has also competed in two Commonwealth Games, a World Indoor Championship and six World Cross Country Championships. Vernon is a two-time European Athletics Championship medallist and a Summer Universiade gold medallist. He currently competes for Aldershot, Farnham & District AC.

neg: Matthew Rose (swimmer) Matthew Rose (born July 10, 1981) is a Canadian former competition swimmer and national record-holder. He swam for Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

neg: Peter Elliott (athlete) Peter Elliott (born 9 October 1962 in Rotherham, Yorkshire) is a former middle-distance runner from the United Kingdom. During his career, he won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, the silver medal in the 1500 metres at the 1988 Olympic Games, and the silver medal in the 800 metres at the 1987 World Championships.

neg: 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games The 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games, officially known as the IV Commonwealth Youth Games is a multi-sport event which took place in the British Crown Dependency of Isle of Man from 7 to 13 September 2011. As per the original quadrennial cycle, the Games were scheduled for 2012. However, the Commonwealth Games Federation at its general assembly in 2005 decided to move the Games within one year before the Summer Olympics. The Bowl Stadium at the National Sports Centre, Douglas staged the opening ceremony on 7 September 2011. The closing ceremony was held on Douglas Promenade & the Villa Marina on 13 September.

neg: Todd Cooper Todd Alexander Cooper (born 25 June 1983) is an English former freestyle and butterfly swimmer who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he finished in 22nd position in the 100-metre butterfly. Cooper, a member of swimming club Stirling, twice competed at the Commonwealth Games, in 2002 and 2006. Formerly coached by Gary Hollywood at the City of Birmingham Swimming Club from 1994 to 1998.

neg: Michael Bingham Michael Bingham (born 13 April 1986) is a British 400 m athlete.

neg: Tatyana Gordeyeva Tatyana Vladimirovna Gordeyeva (Russian: Татьяна Владимировна Гордеева ; born 3 June 1973 in Volgograd) is a retired Russian heptathlete. She has won a total of two medals, a silver and a bronze, in heptathlon at the European Cup Super League, and has been selected to compete for Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but later withdrew from the meet after falling at one of the hurdles in the opening heat. Gordeyeva trained under the tutelage of head coach Mikhail Zatselyapin for the national track and field team in combined events, while serving as a member of the Russian Army in her native Volgograd.

neg: Sally Gunnell Sally Jane Janet Gunnell (born 29 July 1966) is a British former track and field athlete who won the 1992 Olympic gold medal in the 400 m hurdles. She is the only female British athlete to have won Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth titles, and (as of 2014) is the only female 400 m hurdler in history to have won the Olympic and World titles and broken the world record. She also worked as a television presenter, predominantly for the BBC until January 2006. She was made an MBE in 1993 and an OBE in 1998.

neg: Simeon Williamson Simeon Oscar Williamson (born 16 January 1986) is an English sprinter and bobsledder who specialises in the 100 metres. Williamson, a London native, is the second cousin to 2008 Beijing Olympics silver medalist British high jumper Germaine Mason. He is coached by Lloyd Cowan, and his athletics club is Highgate Harriers. He is a former British 100 metres champion.


query: Who plays drums for the Finnish alternative rock band who's first international compilation album was "Alchemy VOl. 1"?

pos: Alchemy Vol.1 Alchemy Vol.1 is the first international compilation album by the Finnish rock band Poets of the Fall. It was released in Finland as well as on iTunes on 16 March 2011. The record includes five tracks from "Signs of Life", three tracks from "Carnival of Rust", two tracks from "Revolution Roulette", three tracks from "Twilight Theater", and two original compositions.

pos: Poets of the Fall Poets of the Fall (POTF) is a Finnish alternative rock band from Helsinki. The group consists of Marko Saaresto (lead vocals), Olli Tukiainen (lead guitar), Markus "Captain" Kaarlonen (keyboards, production), Jani Snellman (bass guitar), Jaska Mäkinen (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), and Jari Salminen (drums, percussion).

neg: Jess and the Ancient Ones Jess and the Ancient Ones is a Finnish psychedelic rock band that was formed in Kuopio in 2010. Some of the members of the band were co-musicians in the Finnish metal band Deathchain. The band has released two albums, the self-titled "Jess and the Ancient Ones" in 2012 with seven tracks and the 2013 EP "Astral Sabbat, "which was produced by" "Tore Stjerna of Necromorbus Studio"."" "The band had a notable collaboration with Spain's Deadmask in a 7" split release "The Deepest Sea / Into Starlit Chambers".

neg: Orange Morning Orange Morning is the first studio album by the Finnish indie rock band NEØV, released on February 8, 2013 on Fullsteam Records to a much critical acclaim.

neg: Remio Best Remio Best is the first compilation album by Japanese band Remioromen, also their first on Oorong Records. It was released March 9, 2009, and debuted #1 on Japanese Oricon Album Weekly Chart, selling 280,599 copies in its first week, becoming their second #1 album on this chart following "Horizon".

neg: Advanced Alchemy of Music Advanced Alchemy of Music is the tenth studio album by the German electronic composer Peter Frohmader, released independently in 1994.

neg: Tonmi Lillman Tonmi Lillman (born Tommi Kristian Lillman, 3 June 197313 February 2012) was a Finnish musician, best known as Otus, the former drummer of the Finnish hard rock band Lordi.

neg: Rytmihäiriö Rytmihäiriö (Finnish for 'arrhythmia') is a Finnish hardcore punk, thrash metal, grindcore and surmacore Helsinki-based band established in 1988 until 1992, when the band was put on a hiatus. It had a comeback in 1992 with a number of changes in the line-up. The band is signed to Sakara Records, and for distribution Sony.

neg: The Flaming Sideburns The Flaming Sideburns are a garage punk/garage rock revival band that was formed in Helsinki, Finland in 1995. Most of the members are Finnish, but lead vocalist Jorge Eduardo "Speedo" Martinez is an Argentine expatriate.

neg: Deadache Deadache is the fourth studio album by the Finnish hard rock band Lordi, released in Finland on 29 October 2008. For the release of the album the band renewed their monster outfits. "Deadache" was released during the same week in about thirty countries. The official album release party was held at the Tavastia Club in Helsinki on 31 October 2008 (Hallowe'en).

neg: Jussi Lehtisalo Jussi Lehtisalo (born 1973), is a Finnish bassist. In 1991 he founded Circle, a prolific band drawing influences from heavy metal and krautrock to develop a style of repetitive experimental rock. He also runs a record label, Ektro Records, releasing his own music alongside left field rock and metal releases by artists such as Faust and Acid Mothers Temple.

neg: Circle of Contempt Circle of Contempt is a Finnish progressive metal band, formed in Pori, Finland in 2006. The band consists of lead vocalist Denis Hautaniemi, bassist Markus Karhumäki, drummer JP Kaukonen and guitarists Risto-Matti Toivonen and Ville Patrikainen. The band has released two full-length albums and four EPs, and is currently operating independently.

neg: Amoral (band) Amoral was a metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 1997. They play technical, progressive, melodic, hardrock oriented metal. The band's 4th album was an about-turn, replacing the dominance of quirky death metal with an exemplary display of riff-driven, heavy, yet melodic power groove and the occasional sing-along chorus.<ref name="Amoralweb.com/band."> </ref> Amoral had performed extensively in bars, clubs, festivals and other venues in Finland, Europe, Japan, China, Philippines and USA. The band split up in 2017 after 20 years together.

neg: Peace Love & Pitbulls Peace, Love & Pitbulls (1992–1997) was a Swedish/Dutch industrial rock band headed by Joakim Thåström.

neg: Introduce Us to Immortality Introduce Us to Immortality is the first compilation album by extreme progressive metal band Kekal. It is a best-of collection of works and re-recordings by the band dating from 1995 to 2003. Several tracks were digitally re-mastered at 24-bit processing, and two of the tracks were previously unreleased. The album included a full-color professional booklet cover, which contained a history of the band's progression from their first demo to their latest full-length album "1000 Thoughts of Violence". According to the band, the purpose of the album was to give fans of the band a chance to hear earlier Kekal material, much of which was sold out.

neg: Street Poetry Street Poetry is the Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks' seventh studio album. The album reached the top 10 on the Finnish charts, and succeeded very well elsewhere in Europe too. The first single spawned was "Fashion", and the second was an internet-only single "This One's For Rock'n'Roll". The album's release was celebrated at the Tavastia Club with three live shows, which were followed by a tour across Scandinavia, England and Japan.

neg: Zen Café Zen Café is a Finnish rock band that was founded in Turku in 1992. The band derived its name from the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert M. Pirsig at the suggestion of band's bassist Kari Nylander. Other original members were Samuli Putro (vocals, guitar), Mikko Oesch (guitar) and Tuomo Mäkipaavola (drums). Oesch soon left the group and Mäki-paavola was replaced by Pete Parkkonen (drums). Their latest album "STOP" was released in 2006 after which the band was in a long hiatus without officially disbanding.

neg: Chronicles I (album) "Chronicles I" is the first of a two-part compilation of re-recorded hits by German progressive rock band Eloy released in 1993. The second part, "Chronicles II" was released the following year.

neg: Amorphis discography The discography of Amorphis, a Finnish heavy metal band, consists of twelve studio albums, twelve singles, three extended plays, and five compilation albums.

neg: Amorphis Amorphis is a Finnish heavy metal band founded by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari, and Esa Holopainen in 1990. Initially, the band was a death metal act, but on later albums they evolved into playing other genres, including heavy metal, progressive metal, and folk metal. They frequently use the Kalevala, the Epic Poem of Finland, as a source for their lyrics.

neg: Kollekt Kollekt is the sixth album by the Finnish experimental rock band Circle, led by bass guitarist Jussi Lehtisalo. It was released in 1998 by Bad Vugum. It collects the band's early singles, and previously unreleased songs from sessions for their first album, "Meronia".

neg: In the Shadows (song) "In the Shadows" is a song by Finnish alternative rock band The Rasmus. The single achieved considerable chart success throughout Europe and worldwide, including the United Kingdom, where it reached No. 3, and New Zealand, where it topped the chart. It is included on the group's fifth studio album "Dead Letters".


query: Swearnet: The Movie actor Mike Smith is best known for his role in the tv series "Trailer Park Boys" as a character named what?

pos: Swearnet: The Movie Swearnet: The Movie (titled as Swearnet) is a 2014 Canadian comedy film directed by Warren P. Sonoda, written, produced by and starring Mike Smith, John Paul Tremblay, and Robb Wells, stars of the Canadian television series "Trailer Park Boys". In the film, Smith, Tremblay and Wells appear as fictionalized versions of themselves, who embark on creating a fully uncensored Internet network.

pos: Mike Smith (actor) Mike Smith (born August 27, 1972) is a Canadian actor and musician born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, and raised in Thorburn. He is best known for his portrayal of "Bubbles" and co-writer of the ongoing cult classic television program, films and stage production "Trailer Park Boys". He played hockey for the Pictou County Weeks of the Nova Scotia Midget AAA Hockey League when he was in high school. Smith earned a degree in English from St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. For a short time in 2006, he was engaged to actress Nichole Hiltz.

neg: The Vacation Goo "The Vacation Goo" is the first episode of the fourth season of the animated series "American Dad!", an episode produced for Season 2. It originally aired on September 30, 2007. This episode centers around the Smiths, whom start to develop communication issues with each other. Francine becomes aggravated that the family cannot congregate with each other during dinner. Stan later plans for a vacation in Hawaii, only to be interrupted by Roger. The family subsequently go on several virtual vacations, only to have Francine go into an emotional breakdown. The Smith family go onto a cruise, but Francine's suspicions get the best of her and the Smiths are stranded on an island.

neg: List of students at South Park Elementary Various student characters attend the fictional school South Park Elementary in the animated television show "South Park". The school is one of the most prominent settings on the show, the narrative of which revolves mostly around the students.

neg: Mike Dixon (Brookside) Michael "Mike" Dixon is a fictional character played by Paul Byatt from 1990 until the end of the series in 2003. He was the eldest son of Ron and "DD" Dixon, and the brother of Tony and Jacqui.

neg: Trailer trash Trailer trash (or trailer park trash) is a derogatory North American English term for poor people living in a trailer or a mobile home. It is particularly used to denigrate white people living in such circumstances and can be considered to fall within the category of racial slurs. The term has increasingly replaced “white trash” in public and television usage as the latter expression became more politically incorrect.

neg: The Motel Life (film) The Motel Life is a 2012 American drama film starring Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff, Dakota Fanning, and Kris Kristofferson. Directed and produced by brothers Alan and Gabriel Polsky, the screenplay was adapted by Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue from Willy Vlautin's novel of the same name. The film was shot in Gardnerville, Minden, Reno, and Virginia City and also features animated sequences drawn by Mike Smith.

neg: Kerr Smith Kerr Van Cleve Smith (born March 9, 1972) is an American actor known for playing Jack McPhee on The WB drama series "Dawson's Creek", Kyle Brody in The WB supernatural drama "Charmed" and more recently Axel Palmer in "My Bloody Valentine 3D". He is also known for portraying Carter Horton in "Final Destination" (2000).

neg: Joey Jeremiah Joseph "Joey" Jeremiah is a fictional character from the Degrassi series portrayed by Pat Mastroianni. His first appearance in the series was as a grade 8 student on "Degrassi Junior High". Since his first appearance up to "Degrassi High", he has been the main focus character and arguably the most popular among the viewers. On "", he is a recurring character.

neg: Mike Mitchell (actor) Mike "Mitch" Mitchell (born October 6, 1982) is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known as a member of "The Birthday Boys" sketch comedy group and for his role as Randy Monahan on the Netflix series "Love". He currently co-hosts the Feral Audio podcast "Doughboys", which discusses chain restaurants.

neg: Jay and Silent Bob Jay and Silent Bob are fictional characters portrayed by Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith, respectively, in Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse, a fictional universe created and used in most of the films, comics, and television programs written and produced by Smith, beginning with "Clerks".

neg: Mikey Waters Mike Waters (played by River Phoenix) is a fictional character in Gus Van Sant's "My Own Private Idaho".

neg: Magic Mike Magic Mike is a 2012 American comedy-drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, and Matthew McConaughey. The plot revolves around Adam, a 19-year-old who enters the world of male stripping, guided by Mike Lane, who has been in the business for six years.

neg: John DeLuca John "Johnny" DeLuca (born April 25, 1986) is an American actor who is known for his role as Butchy in the Disney Channel Original Movie, "Teen Beach Movie," "Teen Beach 2", and as Anthony in coming-of-age comedy "Staten Island Summer". He also guest starred with Maia Mitchell on an episode of Disney Channel's latest show, "Jessie", along with a guest appearance on "Wizards of Waverly Place".

neg: Ian Smith (comedian) Ian Smith (born 13 September 1988) is an English stand-up comedian and actor, best known for his role on the BBC's The Ark and co-presenter on Dave's "The Magic Sponge".

neg: Casting in Kevin Smith films Kevin Smith's films often feature the same actors, including Jason Lee, Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams (for whom he wrote the lead role in "Chasing Amy"), Jason Mewes and Matt Damon. Other well-known performers featured in more than one Smith film include Chris Rock, Shannen Doherty, George Carlin, Ethan Suplee, Joe Quesada, Jason Biggs, Casey Affleck and Alanis Morissette. Some lesser-known regulars in Smith's films include Walt Flanagan, Bryan Johnson, Scott Mosier, Ernest O'Donnell, John Willyung, Carmen Lee, Jeff Anderson, Brian O'Halloran, Dwight Ewell, Kimberly Loughran and Vincent Pereira. He has also cast himself in many of his films.

neg: Thorburn, Nova Scotia This small rural Nova Scotia town has a hair salon, sports arena, a school (Thorburn Consolidated School), a few churches and a fire hall. It is home to several farms and is also the hometown of actor Mike Smith, who plays the character Bubbles on the Canadian television show Trailer Park Boys as well as Aaron Cameron of the City TV series Seed (TV series). The community is about 10 minutes from the town of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.

neg: Austin Powers (character) Sir Austin Danger Powers, KBE, is a fictional character from the Austin Powers series of films, and is created and portrayed by Mike Myers. He is the protagonist of "" (1997), "The Spy Who Shagged Me" (1999) and "Austin Powers in Goldmember" (2002). He is a womanizing, hard-partying British spy embodying the Swinging London mod culture and hippie culture of the 1960s who, with his nemesis Dr. Evil, was frozen in a cryonics experiment. The series' humor follows his attempts to adjust to the modern world as he continues to try to save it from terrorism.

neg: Ian Michael Smith Ian Michael Smith (born May 5, 1987) is an American actor, known for his starring role in "Simon Birch".

neg: Trailbreaker Trailbreaker is the name of several fictional characters from the "Transformers" toy line and animated television series. Due to trademark issues, newer toys of the character are named Trailcutter.

neg: Matt Barr Matthew Jerome "Matt" Barr (born February 14, 1984) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Johnse Hatfield in "Hatfields & McCoys" with Kevin Costner, Mike Fleming in "Commander in Chief", Ian Banks in "One Tree Hill", Christopher Sullivan in the mystery-horror miniseries "Harper's Island", and Dan Patch in The CW's series "Hellcats".

neg: Arjay Smith Arjay L. Smith (born November 27, 1983) is an American actor best known for his teenage role portraying the title character of the Nickelodeon children's television series, "The Journey of Allen Strange". Smith portrayed terrorist Laurent Dubaku during Season 7 of the FOX thriller/drama "24". Smith also portrayed Max Lewicki on the TNT television series, "Perception".


query: I Never Knew That About Britain was a British factual show that aired on ITV from 3 March to 21 April 2014 and was hosted by Paul Martin with which female reporter, a British historian, academic and television presenter who has written and appeared in a number of television and radio programmes about British history?

pos: I Never Knew That About Britain I Never Knew That About Britain was a British factual show that aired on ITV from 3 March to 21 April 2014 and was hosted by Paul Martin with reporters Suzannah Lipscomb and Steve Mould.

pos: Suzannah Lipscomb Suzannah Rebecca Gabriella Lipscomb (born 1978) is a British historian, academic and television presenter who has written and appeared in a number of television and radio programmes about British history.

neg: Sarah Moore (journalist) Sarah Moore is a British television reporter, presenter and University academic.

neg: Angela Scanlon Angela Marie Scanlon (born 29th December 1983) is an Irish television presenter, broadcaster and former journalist for RTÉ and the BBC. She initially broadcast on Irish television, presenting a number of programmes on RTÉ including documentary "Oi Ginger!" in 2013.

neg: Kate Quilton Katie Marie Quilton (born November 1983) is an English television presenter and journalist. She is best known for presenting a number of Channel 4 television series, including "Food Unwrapped" since 2012.

neg: Carol Barnes Carol Lesley Barnes (13 September 1944 – 8 March 2008) was a British television newsreader and broadcaster. She worked for ITN from 1975 to 2004.

neg: Kirsty Milne Kirsty Mairi Milne (25 January 1964 – 9 July 2013) was a British journalist and academic.

neg: Helen Rollason Helen Frances Rollason, MBE ("née" Grindley: 11 March 1956 – 9 August 1999) was a British sports journalist and television presenter, who in 1990 became the first female presenter of the BBC's sports programme "Grandstand". She was also a regular presenter of "Sport on Friday", and of the children's programme "Newsround" during the 1980s.

neg: Philippa Thomas Philippa Thomas (born 22 November 1965) is a British television newsreader and journalist, both domestic and foreign, at the BBC and the main presenter of World News Today which airs on BBC World News, BBC News Channel and BBC Four. She was raised in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

neg: Kay Alexander Kay Alexander (born 4 June 1950) MBE is a retired British regional BBC television newsreader, best known for presenting "Midlands Today".

neg: Martin McCauley (historian) Martin McCauley (born 18 October 1934) is a British historian and former senior lecturer at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, at University College London. He is a member of the Limehouse Group of Analysts and a regular commentator in the media on Russian affairs.

neg: Carol Thatcher Carol Jane Thatcher (born 15 August 1953) is an English journalist, author and media personality. She is the daughter of Margaret Thatcher, the British prime minister from 1979 to 1990, and Denis Thatcher. She has written biographies of both her parents and also produced a documentary about her father which contained his only public interview. She won the fifth series of the reality show "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!".

neg: Katty Kay Katherine "Katty" Kay (born 14 November 1964) is an English journalist. She presents BBC World News America on BBC World News and Beyond 100 Days on BBC World News, BBC Four and BBC News Channel.

neg: Charlotte Green Charlotte Green (born 4 May 1956) is a British radio broadcaster. Formerly a continuity announcer and news reader for BBC Radio 4, she is now connected with Classic FM.

neg: Joanna Gosling Joanna Marie M Gosling (born 5 January 1971) is an English television news presenter, broadcast journalist and author. She presents on the United Kingdom rolling news channel BBC News, and occasionally the first half of the 11 o'clock news hour on BBC2 as well as covering the Victoria Derbyshire programme on Fridays. Having previously worked for Independent Local Radio, Central Television in the Midlands and Sky News she has been with the BBC since 1999.

neg: Cathy Newman Cathy Newman (born 14 July 1974) is a British journalist and presenter of "Channel 4 News".

neg: Catherine Hall Catherine Hall (born 1946 in Kettering) is a British feminist historian. Since 2009, she has been Professor of Modern British Social and Cultural History at University College London. Her work explores the interrelation between metropole and colony in an attempt to rewrite the narrative of certain aspects of 'British history' in the mid nineteenth century empire period.

neg: Ruth Brandon Ruth Brandon (born 1943) is a British journalist, historian and author.

neg: Alex Langlands Alex Langlands is a British archaeologist and historian, also known for his work as a presenter of the educational documentary series on British television.

neg: Joyce Ohajah Joyce Ohajah is a British journalist, previously working on ITV London's regional news programme, "London Tonight", and the national "". She was formerly a regular presenter on the ITV News Channel.

neg: Mary Ann Sieghart Mary Ann Corinna Howard Sieghart (born 6 August 1961) is an English journalist, radio presenter and former assistant editor of "The Times", where she wrote columns about politics, social affairs and life in general. She has also written a weekly political column in "The Independent".

neg: Carol Pineau Carol Pineau is a British journalist and producer, writer, and director of documentary films.


query: Are both John Fowles and Mary Gordon, American?

pos: John Fowles John Robert Fowles ( ; 31 March 1926 – 5 November 2005) was an English novelist of international stature, critically positioned between modernism and postmodernism. His work reflects the influence of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, among others.

pos: Mary Gordon (writer) Mary Catherine Gordon (born December 8, 1949) is an American writer and the McIntosh Professor of English at Barnard College. She is best known for her novels, memoirs and literary criticism.

neg: Mary Hutton (activist) Mary Hutton is the Australian founder of the Free the Bears Fund, and an animal activist.

neg: Almira Fales Almira L. Newcomb McNaughton Lockwood Fales (October 24, 1809 – November 8, 1868) was a noted philanthropist and nurse during the American Civil War.

neg: Robert Gordon (musician) Robert Gordon (born March 29, 1947) is an American musician and actor, best known as a neo-rockabilly singer.

neg: Mary Gordon (child advocate) Mary Gordon, C.M., B.A., (born 13 October 1947) is a Canadian educator, social entrepreneur, child advocate and parenting expert. She is the founder and president of both Roots of Empathy and Seeds of Empathy, non-profit evidence-based programs dedicated to promoting emotional literacy and empathy among children.

neg: John Menard Jr. John Robert Menard Jr. (born January 22, 1940) is an American entrepreneur and billionaire who is the founder and owner of Menards, a Midwestern chain of home improvement stores. He is also a former IndyCar racing team owner. He is also the father of Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Paul Menard. He is the 136th richest person in the world, and the 68th richest person in the United States.

neg: John Gordon (Victorian politician) John Gordon (27 September 1858 – 3 December 1937) was an Australian politician.

neg: Marianne Gordon Marianne Gordon is an American actress and ex-wife of Kenny Rogers. Gordon and Rogers had one son together, Christopher Cody Rogers (born 1982). Rogers and Gordon were married for more than 15 years and during this time she took his name and thus was known as Marianne Rogers. Gordon's first husband was "Playboy" producer Michael Trikilis. She has been married twice.

neg: Huntley Gordon (racing driver) Huntley Gordon (September 5, 1883 – December 15, 1967) was an American racing driver.

neg: John G. Inglis John Gordon Inglis B.A.Sc. (1899 – November 18, 1990) was a Canadian electrical engineer and transit manager.

neg: Eileen Gordon Eileen Gordon (born 22 October 1946) is a politician in the United Kingdom.

neg: John Gordon (militia captain) John Gordon, (July 15, 1759 – June 6, 1819) was an American pioneer, Indian trader, planter, and militia captain in several Indian wars. Part of the post-Revolutionary War settlement of the trans-Appalachian frontier, Gordon was an early settler in the Nashville, Tennessee area. He gained notability and rank in the Tennessee Militia, fighting against the Creeks and Seminoles for Andrew Jackson, during the War of 1812. Jackson referred to him as his "Captain of the Spies."

neg: Johnelle Hunt Johnelle Hunt is an American billionaire, the widow of Johnnie Bryan Hunt, and co-founder of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, the company they started in 1961.

neg: Jay Gordon Jay Gordon (born January 30, 1967) is a singer, producer, journalist and video editor of Video Ask Vic. He is best known as the lead singer and original member of the alternative metal and electropunk band Orgy which he founded in 1994.

neg: Mary Meigs Atwater Mary Meigs Atwater (28 February 1878 – 5 September 1956) was an American weaver. She revived handweaving in America by collecting weaving drafts, teaching and writing; "Handweaver and Craftsman" called Atwater "the grand dame and grand mother of the revival of handweaving in [the United States]".

neg: John R. Gordon John R Gordon (born 1964) is an Afrocentric white gay male writer and resident of Shepherds Bush, London, England. Although he was a "white person from a white suburb", according to Gordon, in the 1980s he became deeply interested in black cultural figures such as James Baldwin, Malcolm X and Frantz Fanon, and they have influenced his work ever since.

neg: Mary Burns (soldier) Mary Burns or John Burns was an American woman who disguised herself as a man in order to fight in the American Civil War.

neg: John Skoyles (poet) John Skoyles (born December 11, 1949 in Queens, New York) is an American poet and writer.

neg: Mary Jane Peale Mary Jane Peale (born New York City, February 16, 1827 - died Pottsville, Pennsylvania, November 22, 1902) was an American painter. She was the child of Rubens and Eliza Burd Patterson Peale, the only daughter among seven children, and was the granddaughter of Charles Willson Peale. She was among the last members of the Peale family to paint professionally, studying with her uncle Rembrandt and with Thomas Sully in Philadelphia, and was enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

neg: Mary Q. Steele Mary Quintard Govan Steele (May 8, 1922 – July 6, 1992) was a noted American author and naturalist. She wrote over twenty books: some adult-style, but mostly children's books. One of her books, "Journey Outside", was a Newbery Honor Book. Steele sometimes wrote under the names Wilson Gage and J. N. Darby.

neg: Mary Eaton Mary Eaton (January 29, 1901 – October 10, 1948) was a leading American stage actress, singer, and dancer in the 1910s and 1920s. A professional performer since childhood, she enjoyed success in stage productions such as the "Ziegfeld Follies" and early sound films such as "Glorifying the American Girl" and "The Cocoanuts," but found her career in sharp decline by the mid-1930s. A battle with alcoholism led to her death in 1948 from liver failure.


query: Pyotr Novikov and Yuri Manin, both worked as which occupation, for the Soviets?

pos: Pyotr Novikov Pyotr Sergeyevich Novikov (Russian: Пётр Серге́евич Но́виков ; 15 August 1901, Moscow, Russian Empire – 9 January 1975, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet mathematician.

pos: Yuri Manin Yuri Ivanovitch Manin (Russian: Ю́рий Ива́нович Ма́нин ; born 1937) is a Soviet/Russian/German mathematician, known for work in algebraic geometry and diophantine geometry, and many expository works ranging from mathematical logic to theoretical physics. Moreover, Manin was one of the first to propose the idea of a quantum computer in 1980 with his book "Computable and Uncomputable".

neg: History of the Soviet Union (1927–1953) The history of the Soviet Union between 1927 and 1953 covers the period in Soviet history from establishment of Stalinism through victory in the Second World War and down to the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953. He sought to destroy his enemies while transforming Soviet society with aggressive economic planning, in particular a sweeping collectivization of agriculture and rapid development of heavy industry. Stalin consolidated his power within the party and the state and fostered an extensive cult of personality. Soviet secret-police and the mass-mobilization Communist party served as Stalin's major tools in molding Soviet society. Stalin's brutal methods in achieving his goals, which included party purges, political repression of the general population, and forced collectivization, led to millions of deaths: in Gulag labor camps and during man-made famine.

neg: Timofey Khryukin Timofey Timofeyevich Khryukin (Russian: Тимофе́й Тимофе́евич Хрю́кин ; 21 June 1910 [O.S. 8 June] , in Yeysk19 July 1953, in Moscow) was a Soviet aviator, Spanish Civil War volunteer, and colonel-general of the Soviet Air Force. Emerging from an impoverished working-class background, he rose to command the 8th Air Army and 1st Air Army during the Second World War, being twice decorated as a Hero of the Soviet Union before his death following a period of illness caused by a road accident.

neg: Peljidiin Genden Peljidiin Genden (Mongolian: Пэлжидийн Гэндэн ; 1892 or 1895 – November 26, 1937) was a prominent political leader of the Mongolian People's Republic who served as the country's second president (1924 to 1927) and the ninth prime minister (1932–1936). As one of three MPRP secretaries, Genden was responsible for pushing rapid and forced implementation of socialist economic policies in early 1930s. In 1932 he secured Josef Stalin's backing to become prime minister, but then increasingly resisted pressure from Moscow to liquidate institutional Buddhism and permit increased Soviet influence in Mongolia. His independent temperament, outspokenness (he became famous for fearlessly confronting Stalin during their public meetings in Moscow and was one of the few to stand up to Stalin’s strong personality), and growing nationalist sentiments ultimately led to his Soviet-orchestrated purge in March 1936. Accused of conspiring against the revolution and spying for the Japanese, he was executed in Moscow on November 26, 1937.

neg: Andrey Andreyevich Smirnov Andrey Andreyevich Smirnov (Russian: Андрей Андреевич Смирнов ), (15 October 1905 – 26 February 1982), was a Soviet career diplomat.

neg: Operation Poro Operation Poro (the Finnish for Reindeer), was a planned invasion of the north Scandinavian peninsula by the Soviets. The plan originated in 1932 and was rehashed during the period 1935 to 1936. The plan was for a Soviet offensive through northern Finland and Sweden with the aim of occupying northern Norway. The Norwegian Labour Party was involved in similar efforts already from the early 1920s to the early 1930s, as exposed in a parliamentary report in 1932.

neg: Ministry of Communications (Soviet Union) The Ministry of Communications of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (Russian: Министерство связи СССР ) was the central state administration body on communications in the Soviet Union from 1946 to 1991. It had authority over the postal, telegraph and telephone communications as well as public radio, technical means of radio and television broadcasting, and the distribution of periodicals in the country.

neg: Anti-Katyn Anti-Katyn (Polish: "Anty-Katyń" , Russian: Анти-Катынь ) is a propaganda campaign intended to reduce the impact of the Katyn massacre of 1940 — when approximately 22,000 Polish citizens were murdered by the NKVD on the orders of Joseph Stalin — by referencing the deaths of thousands of Russian and Red Army soldiers at Polish internment camps from 1919–1924.

neg: Vladimir Yurin Vladimir Ivanovich Yurin (Russian: Владимир Иванович Юрин ; 18 May 1947 – 15 March 2016) was a Russian professional football coach and player.

neg: Lajos Magyar Lajos Magyar (25 November 1891, Istvándi, Hungary – 17 July 1940, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Hungarian Communist journalist and sinologist, active in the Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919, after the fall of which he was imprisoned by the Horthy regime. In 1922 Magyar went to the Soviet Union as the result of an exchange of prisoners; there he worked on the staff of the Comintern and at the newspaper Pravda. Between 1926 and 1927 he was sent on a diplomatic mission to China. From 1929 to 1934 he served as deputy chief of the Oriental Secretariat of the Executive Committee of the Communist International.

neg: Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабоче-крестьянская Красная армия (РККА) , "Raboche-krest'yanskaya Krasnaya armiya (RKKA)", frequently shortened in Russian to Красная aрмия (КА) , "Krasnaya armiya (KA)", in English: Red Army, also in critical literature and folklore of that epoch – Red Horde, Army of Work) was the army and the air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, and after 1922 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The army was established immediately after the 1917 October Revolution (Red October or Bolshevik Revolution). The Bolsheviks raised an army to oppose the military confederations (especially the various groups collectively known as the White Army) of their adversaries during the Russian Civil War. Beginning in February 1946, the Red Army, along with the Soviet Navy, embodied the main component of the Soviet Armed Forces; taking the official name of "Soviet Army", until its dissolution in December 1991.

neg: Pyotr Krasikov Pyotr Ananyevich Krasikov (Russian: Петр Ананьевич Красиков ) (5 October 1870 – 20 August 1939) was a functionary of the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) and the Soviet Union. He was the first Procurator General of the Soviet Union, serving from 1924 to 1933.

neg: Yuri Baturin Yuri Mikhailovich Baturin (Russian: Юрий Михайлович Батурин (born 12 June 1949, Moscow, Soviet Union {now Russia}), is a Russian cosmonaut and former politician.

neg: Nikolay Novikov Nikolay Ivanovich Novikov (Russian: Никола́й Ива́нович Новико́в ) (8 May [O.S. 27 April] 1744 , Moscow Governorate – 12 August [O.S. 31 July] 1818 . Moscow Governorate) was a Russian writer and philanthropist most representative of his country's Enlightenment. Frequently considered to be the first Russian journalist, he aimed at advancing the cultural and educational level of the Russian public.

neg: Mikhail Dratvin Mikhail Dratvin (Russian: Михаил Иванович Дратвин ; 21 November 1897, in Ekimovo 12 December 1953, in Moscow) was a Soviet lieutenant general. Dratvin's military career began when he was drafted into the army of the Russian Empire during World War I. He subsequently became an expert in the fields of military intelligence and signals, teaching at a number of Soviet military academies and acting as a senior military advisor to the government of China during the Warlord Era and the Second Sino-Japanese War. He fought in World War II and served as a functionary of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany at the conclusion of the war.

neg: Mikhail Malinin Mikhail Sergeevich Malinin (Russian: "Михаил Сергеевич Малинин"; December 28 [O.S. December 16, 1899] 1899 in Polutino, Kostroma, Russian Empire – 24 January 1960 in Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet general.

neg: Gennady Yanayev Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev (Russian: Генна́дий Ива́нович Яна́ев ; 26 August 1937 – 24 September 2010) was a Soviet politician who served as the first and only Vice President of the Soviet Union. Yanayev's political career spanned the rules of Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov and Chernenko, and culminated during the Gorbachev years. Yanayev was born in Perevoz, Gorky Oblast. After years in local politics, he rose to prominence as Chairman of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions, but he also held other lesser posts such as deputy of the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries.

neg: Yuri Levitan Yuri Borisovich Levitan (Russian: Юрий Борисович Левитан , 2 October 1914 – 4 August 1983) was the primary Soviet radio announcer during and after World War II. He announced on Radio Moscow all major international events in the 1940s–60s including the German attack on the Soviet Union in 1941, the surrender of Germany on 9 May 1945, the death of Joseph Stalin, and the first manned spaceflight in 1961.

neg: Pyotr Demichev Pyotr Nilovich Demichev (Russian: Пётр Нилович Демичев ; 21 December [O.S. 3 January 1918] 1917 10 August 2010) was a Soviet-Russian political figure. He was First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1986 to 1988 and Minister of Culture from 1974 to 1986. He was a deputy Politburo member beginning in 1964. He was considered to be a "Communist Party ideologist" with little sympathy for liberal movements within the Soviet Union.

neg: Mikhail Minin Mikhail Petrovich Minin (Russian: Михаил Петрович Минин ) (July 29, 1922 – January 10, 2008) was a Russian Soviet soldier who was the first to enter the Reichstag building on April 30, 1945 during the Battle of Berlin, and the first soldier to mount the flag on the Reichstag building at 10:40 pm.

neg: Stalin (Trotsky book) "Stalin" is a two-volume biography of Joseph Stalin, written by Leon Trotsky between 1938 and 1940. The second volume was not completed because of the author's murder. The publication of the book was delayed by the publisher because of the American entry into World War II - the work was published only when the Cold War began. The book has a strong anti-Stalinist message: the Soviet leader is accused of committing a number of crimes, including poisoning of Vladimir Lenin. Translated into many languages; first published in the USSR in 1990 and became a bestseller.


query: The American sportscaster Pat Hughes spent 12 years calling games with this broadcaster who played in the American Major League Baseball and now works as a comedian and actor?

pos: Pat Hughes (sportscaster) Virgil Patrick "Pat" Hughes (born May 27, 1955) is an American sportscaster. He has been the play-by-play voice of the Chicago Cubs Radio Network since 1996. Hughes spent 12 years calling games for the Milwaukee Brewers, with broadcaster Bob Uecker. Hughes also spent 17 years as a radio television play-by-play man for Marquette University basketball. After his work with the Brewers, Hughes partnered with color commentator Ron Santo, former Hall of Fame third baseman for the Cubs, from 1996 to 2010, until Santo died of bladder cancer. Their unique on-air chemistry came to be known as the "Pat and Ron Show".

pos: Bob Uecker Robert George Uecker ( ; born January 26, 1934) is an American former Major League Baseball player and current sportscaster, comedian, and actor.

neg: Bob Prince Robert Ferris Prince (July 1, 1916 – June 10, 1985) was an American radio and television sportscaster and commentator best known for his 28-year stint as the voice of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball club, with whom he earned the nickname "The Gunner" and became a cultural icon in Pittsburgh.

neg: Gene Osborn Gene Osborn (August 10, 1922 – November 27, 1975) was a radio and television broadcaster in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, known primarily as a play-by-play for several major league baseball teams.

neg: Ryan Lefebvre Ryan Lefebvre ( ; born February 12, 1971) is an American sportscaster, best known as a play-by-play announcer for Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals since 1999. In 2008, he became the primary announcer for Royals' television broadcasts on Fox Sports Kansas City. Lefebvre also provides play-by-play on the Royals Radio Network for some of the games that aren't covered on television, relieving longtime Royals announcer Denny Matthews. Since the 2012 season, he has called most games on radio when Steve Physioc does the play-by-play on TV.

neg: Travis Hughes Travis Wade Hughes (born May 25, 1978) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He has played in the majors for the Texas Rangers () and the Washington Nationals (-).

neg: Tom Hussey Thomas "Tom" Hussey was a Major League Baseball announcer for the Boston Red Sox and Boston Braves.

neg: Fred Frankhouse Frederick Meloy "Fred" Frankhouse (April 9, 1904 – August 17, 1989) was an American baseball pitcher who played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1927 to 1939. His specialty pitch was "the old roundhouse curve", and he was often referred to as a “spitballer” during his career as a pitcher. Frankhouse played in the National League for the St. Louis Cardinals (1927–1930), the Boston Braves (1930–1935), the Brooklyn Dodgers (1936–1938), and the Boston Bees (1939) In 1928, Frankhouse went to the World Series with the Cardinals but never got a chance to pitch. He did, however, receive a World Series ring with the rest of his team. In 1934, Frankhouse was a member of the All-Star roster. He made his major league debut on September 11, 1927 for the St. Louis Cardinals, and played his last game September 25, 1939 vs. New York Giants as a pitcher for the Boston Bees.

neg: Butch Henline Walter John "Butch" Henline (December 20, 1894 – October 9, 1957) was an American catcher and umpire in Major League Baseball who played from 1921 to 1931 for the New York Giants, Brooklyn Robins, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox. He spent most of his career with the Phillies, batting .316 as a rookie in 1922 and .324 in 1923 before his playing time gradually decreased.

neg: Art Passarella Arthur Matthew Passarella (December 23, 1909 – October 12, 1981) was an American major league baseball umpire and actor. He worked in the American League from 1941 to 1942, and again from 1945 to 1953. He missed two years due to military service in World War II. Passarella umpired 1,668 major league games in his career. He umpired in three World Series (1945, 1949 and 1952) and two All-Star Games (1947 and 1951). He appeared in several television shows, including "The Streets of San Francisco", "Home Run Derby", "Ironside", and "Sea Hunt", and in the movie "That Touch of Mink".

neg: Steve Physioc Steve Physioc ( ; born December 28, 1954) is an American sportscaster who has called play-by-play for various baseball, basketball, and football teams.

neg: Vin Scully Vincent Edward Scully (born November 29, 1927) is a retired American sportscaster. His 67 seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, starting in 1950 (when the franchise was located in Brooklyn) and ending in 2016, constitute the longest tenure of any broadcaster with a single team in professional sports history, and he is second only to Tommy Lasorda (by two years) in terms of number of years with the Dodgers organization in any capacity. He retired in 2016, ending his record-breaking run as their play-by-play announcer.

neg: Pat Larkin Patrick Clibborn Larkin (born June 14, 1960) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He was signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1982, and a little over a year later he was in the major leagues. His MLB career spanned a little over two weeks, during which he pitched five games, all in relief. He was traded to the Detroit Tigers the following February, and after spending the 1984 season in their farm system, his career was over at age 24.

neg: Bill Hughes (first baseman) William W. Hughes (1860 – December 2, 1928), was a first baseman/outfielder and pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the 1884 Washington Nationals of the Union Association and the 1885 Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association.

neg: Tal Abernathy Talmadge Lafayette Abernathy (October 30, 1921 – November 16, 2001), also known as Ted Abernathy, was a professional baseball player whose playing career spanned eight seasons, including parts of three in Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Athletics (1942–1944). Abernathy was a pitcher. Over his major league career, he went 0–3 with an 11.07 earned run average (ERA), one complete game and 13 strikeouts in seven games, two starts. Abernathy batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

neg: Milo Hamilton Leland Milo Hamilton (September 2, 1927 – September 17, 2015) was an American sportscaster, best known for calling play-by-play for seven different Major League Baseball teams since 1953. He received the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992.

neg: Bill Dawley William Chester Dawley (born February 6, 1958) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of seven seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1983 to 1989, for the Houston Astros, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, and Oakland Athletics. He was used exclusively as a relief pitcher during his major league career, appearing in 275 games as a reliever.

neg: Bill Schonely William W. Schonely (born June 1, 1929), nicknamed "The Schonz", is an American sports broadcaster who was the play-by-play announcer for the Portland Trail Blazers for almost three decades, from the team's launch in 1970 until 1998. A native of Pennsylvania, he worked in radio in Louisiana and Seattle before settling in Portland, Oregon. In addition to his work for the Blazers, he has been a sportscaster for Major League Baseball games, several minor league baseball teams, college sports, National Hockey League games, and junior ice hockey.

neg: Joe Simpson (baseball) Joe Allen Simpson (born December 31, 1951, in Purcell, Oklahoma) has been a radio and television broadcaster for the Atlanta Braves since 1992 and is a former Major League Baseball player.

neg: John Kruk John Martin Kruk (born February 9, 1961) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder, and baseball analyst. Kruk played in Major League Baseball for the San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago White Sox from 1986 through 1995. During his career, he was a three-time MLB All-Star. After retiring as a player, he became a baseball analyst for ESPN. He is now a color commentator for Phillies' games on Comcast SportsNet.

neg: Tony Kubek Anthony Christopher Kubek (born October 12, 1935) is an American former professional baseball player and television broadcaster. During his nine-year playing career with the New York Yankees, Kubek played in six World Series in the late 1950s and early 1960s, starting in 37 World Series games. For NBC television, he later broadcast twelve World Series between 1968 and 1982, and fourteen League Championship Series between 1969 and 1989. Kubek received the Ford C. Frick Award in 2009.

neg: Sammy T. Hughes Samuel Thomas Hughes (October 20, 1910 – August 9, 1981) was an American second baseman in baseball's Negro Leagues. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he played primarily for the Elite Giants through their various stops in Nashville, Columbus, Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, always in the Negro National League.


query: An English new wave band formed in London in 1977 had what song in 1979 that was later sampled by Mary J. Blige in another song?

pos: Dance for Me (Mary J. Blige song) "Dance for Me" is a song by American recording artist Mary J. Blige, featuring vocals by rapper Common. It was written by Bruce Miller, Common, and Blige and produced by Dame Grease for her fifth solo album, "No More Drama" (2001). The song samples the 1979 song "The Bed's Too Big Without You" as performed by English rock band The Police and written by band member Sting.

pos: The Police The Police were an English new wave band formed in London in 1977. For most of their history the band consisted of Sting (lead vocals, bass guitar, primary songwriter), Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland (drums, percussion). The Police became globally popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s and are generally regarded as one of the first new-wave groups to achieve mainstream success, playing a style of rock influenced by punk, reggae, and jazz. They are also considered one of the leaders of the Second British Invasion of the United States. They disbanded in 1986, but reunited in early 2007 for a one-off world tour that ended in August 2008.

neg: The Blow Monkeys The Blow Monkeys are a British new wave/sophisti-pop band that formed in 1981. The first single, "Live Today Love Tomorrow" was released in 1982. They subsequently enjoyed a successful career with several hit singles and albums across the 1980s before splitting up at the beginning of the 1990s. Their first hit song was "Digging Your Scene", which hit No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 14 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in August, 1986. They had four albums and eleven singles in the UK charts from 1986 and 1990.

neg: Just Fine "Just Fine" is a song by American recording artist Mary J. Blige. It was written by Blige along with producers Jazze Pha and Tricky Stewart for her eighth studio album, "Growing Pains" (2007), and released as the album's lead single in October 2007. A moderate commercial success, it peaked at number 22 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and number 16 on the UK Singles Chart, while also topping the Hot Dance Club Play chart. The track sold over 500,000 units in the United States alone and over 700,000 worldwide, making it eligible for gold status in the United States.

neg: 5 Minutes (The Stranglers song) "5 Minutes" is a 1978 single by English band The Stranglers. The song is sung by bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel. It gives an account of a rape that occurred at a shared flat in London he lived in during 1977. The lyrics, which are sung both in English and French, convey Burnell's frustrations over finding the five men who committed the attack.

neg: Mary Byker Mary Byker (a.k.a. Mary Mary) (born Ian Garfield Hoxley, 20 December 1963, Sprowston, Norwich, England), is a singer, producer and DJ known for his work as the lead singer of Gaye Bykers on Acid, Pop Will Eat Itself, Pigface and Apollo 440.

neg: Neo (British band) Neo was an early new wave band which was part of the English musical scene originated by punk in the 1970s. The group was formed by the American-born singer Ian North, who was the frontman and the only continuous member from the band formation in 1977 to the end in 1979.

neg: London's Burning (song) "London's Burning" is a song by The Clash from their eponymous debut album. It is the eighth track in the U.K. version of this album, and the seventh track in the U.S. version, from 1979.

neg: Sheila Hylton Sheila Hylton (born 1956) is a British reggae singer who spent most of her childhood in Kingston, Jamaica. She is best known for the singles "Breakfast in Bed" and "The Bed's Too Big Without You".

neg: Tokyo Joe (Bryan Ferry song) Tokyo Joe is a song by Bryan Ferry, the lead vocalist for Roxy Music. It was released as the second single from his fourth solo album and the first consisting entirely of original songs, In Your Mind, in May 1977, being Ferry's eleventh single. The single features the non-album track, "She's Leaving Home" as the B-side, which was originally recorded for The Beatles tribute album "All This and World War II".

neg: Soft Cell Soft Cell are an English synthpop duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s, consisting of vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David Ball. The duo are principally known for their 1981 hit version of "Tainted Love" (#8 US) and 1981 debut album titled "Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret".

neg: Brian Song "Brian Song" is the title song from the 1979 film "Monty Python's Life of Brian". It was released as a single in the UK on 16 November 1979 as a Double A side with Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.

neg: In the City (The Jam song) "In the City" was the debut single by English mod revival band The Jam from their album of the same title. It was released on 29 April 1977 and reached No. 40 on the UK Singles Chart in May 1977, making it their first Top 40 single and the beginning of their streak of 18 consecutive Top 40 singles.

neg: The Rezillos The Rezillos are a punk/new wave band formed in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1976. Although emerging at the same time as other bands in the punk rock movement, the Rezillos did not share the nihilism or social commentary of their contemporaries, but instead took a more light-hearted approach to their songs, preferring to describe themselves at the time as "a New Wave beat group". Their songs are heavily influenced by 1950s rock and roll, 1960s English beat music and garage rock, early 1970s glam rock, and recurring lyrical themes of science fiction and B movies, influences that mirrored those of US bands the Cramps, the B-52s, and X who were starting out at the same time. The Rezillos' biggest hit in their home country was the UK Top 20 single "Top of the Pops" in 1978, but they are best known outside the UK for their cover version of "Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight", which featured on the soundtrack to "" in 2002. Since the Rezillos recorded it, the song has been covered by other punk bands, including Youth Brigade and Murphy's Law.

neg: Cities (Talking Heads song) "Cities" was a single released by the American new wave band Talking Heads. It is the fourth track on the 1979 album "Fear of Music".

neg: Blue Monday (New Order song) "Blue Monday" is a song by the English rock/dance band New Order. It was released as a 12-inch single on 7 March 1983 through Factory Records and later remade by the band in 1988 and 1995. The song has been widely remixed and covered since its original release, and became a popular anthem in the dance club scene. It is the best-selling 12" single of all time. The song has been widely acclaimed and according to Acclaimed Music, the song is the 33rd most acclaimed song of all time.

neg: Mott the Hoople Mott the Hoople were an English rock band with strong R&B roots, popular in the glam rock era of the early to mid-1970s. They are best known for the song "All the Young Dudes", written for them by David Bowie and appearing on their 1972 album of the same name.

neg: You Got the Love "You Got the Love" is a 1986 single by Candi Staton. It was then remixed by The Source and re-released in 1991 as 'The Source and Candi Staton'. In 2008, the song was covered by English singer and songwriter Joss Stone for her fourth studio album, "Colour Me Free!", released in October 2009. In November 2009, another cover version was released as a single by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine. The Now Voyager Remix of the song was used for the theme tune of live Football League coverage on Sky Sports until the start of the 2014–15 season.

neg: Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret is the debut album by English synthpop duo Soft Cell, released in the United Kingdom on 27 November 1981 by Some Bizzare Records. The album's critical and commercial success was bolstered by the worldwide success of its single "Tainted Love", a cover version of a soul song by Gloria Jones, which topped charts worldwide and became the best-selling British single of 1981 in the United States—as a result of the single's success the album had reported advance orders of more than 200,000 copies. The album produced two more top five singles in the UK with "Bedsitter" and "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye".

neg: Europeans (band) Europeans were a new wave band formed in Bristol, England in 1977. The line-up was Jonathan Cole (formally of Colortapes, on vocals, guitar and synthesizers), Jon Klein (ex-Emergency Exit on lead guitar), Steve Street (ex-Public Enemy Number One on bass guitar) and James Cole (drums and percussion). According to Klein, ‘we were going to be called 'The Noses.' (They should not be confused with the similarly named The Europeans, a British band formed in 1981).

neg: 1979 in British music This is a summary of 1979 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. 1979 saw the beginning of a few trends in British music. Electropop reached number one in both the singles and albums charts in the form of Gary Numan and Tubeway Army, and synthesiser bands began to gather momentum which would come to dominate music in the early 1980s. The first rap hit in the UK came from the Sugar Hill Gang. The 2 Tone movement also emerged with early work from bands like The Specials and Madness. Disco music was still the most popular music of the year, although showed signs of dying out in later months. 1979 remains the biggest-selling year ever for physical format singles sales in the UK.

neg: Yachts (band) Yachts were a British power pop/new wave band, best remembered for their 1977 single, "Suffice To Say", and minor new wave classic, "Love You, Love You".