query: Which band is from the west coast, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros or Jack Off Jill?

pos: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is an American folk rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 2007. The group is led by lead singer Alex Ebert. The band's name is based on a story Ebert wrote in his youth, about a messianic figure named Edward Sharpe. Drawing from roots rock, folk, gospel, and psychedelic music, the band's image and sound evoke the hippie movement of the 1960s and 1970s. The group's first show was played July 18, 2007 at The Troubadour in West Hollywood, California. Their first studio album, "Up from Below", was released on July 7, 2009 on Community Records and featured the popular single "Home". The group released their second full-length album, "Here", on May 29, 2012, and third album, "Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros", on July 23, 2013. Their fourth studio album, "PersonA", was released in April 2016.

pos: Jack Off Jill Jack Off Jill is an American riot grrrl band from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, founded in 1992 by singer Jessicka Addams (née Jessica Fodera), Tenni Ah-Cha-Cha (née Tenni Arslanyan), Agent Moulder (née Robin Moulder), and Michelle Inhell (née Michelle Oliver). Though these four young women were the initial founders, twelve members rotated through the group in its lifespan, including Scott Putesky, guitarist and co-founder of Marilyn Manson. The band lasted eight years, with only Jessicka remaining through all its lineups. The band reunited in 2015 for a number of shows.

neg: Edward II (band) Edward II (known also as EII, and previously as Edward the Second and the Red Hot Polkas and e2K) are an English band which play a fusion of world music, English folk and reggae. Active from 1980, the band broke up after losing several key members in 1999, relaunching as "e2K" in 2000. In 2003, the band dissolved once more, but have since reformed for a one-year reunion tour in 2009 under the "Edward II" name, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the breakup of the original band. They reformed in 2015 specifically to produce the Manchester's Improving Daily project, which includes the release of new recorded material and a book. The project is designed to celebrate a collection of tunes written in Manchester during the Industrial Revolution, published as Broadsides and currently held in Manchester Central Library.

neg: Humid Teenage Mediocrity 1992–1996 Humid Teenage Mediocrity 1992–1996 was a release of material by Jack Off Jill. It was released on the label Sympathy for the Record Industry in the US, and Livewire/Cargo Records in Europe.

neg: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros (album) Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is the third album by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. It was released on July 23, 2013 in North America and was released on July 29, 2013 around the world through Vagrant Records, Rough Trade Records and Communion Records. Frontman Alex Ebert stated that "These songs mean everything to me - It's the rawest, most liberated, most rambunctious stuff we've done."

neg: Nine Days Nine Days (stylized as ninedays) is an American rock band from Long Island, New York. It was formed in 1994 by John Hampson and Brian Desveaux, and released three independent albums in the 1990s before their mainstream debut album, "The Madding Crowd", released in 2000. The band scored a hit in the United States from the album "The Madding Crowd", with the single "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)", which reached number six.

neg: Jesse James Dupree Jesse James Dupree (born September 22, 1962) is an American musician, television personality, and businessman. Dupree is the lead singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter in the rock band Jackyl, founded in 1991.

neg: Mary Jane Kelly (band) Mary Jane Kelly is an Australian hardcore band out of Wollongong New South Wales that formed in 2005. The band shares its name with the last known victim of Jack The Ripper. Mary Jane Kelly have released 2 EP’s the first was released in 2007 entitled "Marionettes". Their second entitled "Our Streets Turn White" was released on 11 October 2008 through Trial and Error Records.

neg: Jack and Jill (Raydio song) "Jack and Jill" is a 1978 hit song by R&B vocal group Raydio. It was the first single from their eponymous debut album "Raydio", and became an international Top 10 hit. It reached number eight on the U.S. "Billboard Hot 100" and number six on the "Cashbox" Top 100. In Canada it reached number five, and number four in Australia and also made the top 20 in UK. It was the first of five U.S. Top 10 singles by Ray Parker, Jr. and/or Raydio.

neg: Rocky Sharpe Rocky Sharpe (born Robert Podsiadly, 26 November 1952) is an English rock/pop singer who, with Rocky Sharpe and the Replays, first found fame in the late 1970s. The usual line-up of the group was Sharpe, Helen Highwater (real name: Helen Blizard), Johnny Stud (Sharpe's brother Jan Podsiadly) and Eric Rondo (Mike Vernon). An earlier incarnation of the group, Rocky Sharpe and the Razors, included Den Hegarty, Rita Ray and Nigel Trubridge who later formed Darts.

neg: From Zero From Zero was a nu metal band from Chicago, Illinois.

neg: Hard-Off Hard-Off is the fifth and final studio album by American alternative rock band Bloodhound Gang, released on December 18, 2015. It marks the band's first full-length studio release since 2005's "Hefty Fine". It is also the group's only full-length studio album with ex-A members Daniel P. Carter and Adam Perry, although Carter and Perry had performed on miscellaneous non-album tracks. Between August 8, 2014 and September 3, 2015, five singles were released to promote the album: "Chew Toy", "American Bitches", "Dimes", "Clean Up in Aisle Sexy", and "Uncool as Me".

neg: Jil Kroesen Jill Kroesen is a performer and writer who has not only participated in rock'n'roll bands and avant-garde productions, but has also produced original music theater works and written for independent publications. After studying with Robert Ashley & Terry Riley at Mills, Kroesen moved to New York City. There, she worked briefly in Rhys Chatham's group before focusing on her own musical theater works and performance art works. Other roles include Robert Ashley's early-1980s opera-for-TV project "Perfect Lives", and her own recording for Lovely Music, "Stop Vicious Cycles". Kroesen's work in graphic and visual arts led to her receiving a video fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts in 1985, after which she continued her work as a video engineer.

neg: Hellos and Goodbyes Hellos & Goodbyes by Buck-O-Nine was released in 2000 on Offramp Records, and consists of fifteen tracks recorded at a live performance in Japan in 1999, plus five previously unreleased studio tracks. This album features drummer Jeff Hawthorne, who became the band's permanent drummer in 1998, and bassist John Bell, who joined the band just a few weeks prior to their tour of Japan. In fact, Bell's first live performances with the band were on this tour. The studio tracks were recorded later in 1999, at the same studio where "Libido" was recorded. Offramp Records was a label started by singer Jon Pebsworth and his wife Laura. The label also released an album by The Scrimmage Heroes, band Buck-O-Nine toured with on its last U.S. tour. The tour ended prematurely when John Bell became ill and required emergency surgery.

neg: Nine Sons Of Dan Nine Sons Of Dan is a band originating from Coffs Harbour on the North Coast of NSW, Australia, it consists of members Jay Bainbridge, Daniel Cox, Alex Pundyk, Wil Edgar, and Morgan Blake.

neg: The Broken West The Broken West was an American power pop band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 2004, and later signed to Merge Records. The members are Ross Flournoy (guitar, vocals), Dan Iead (guitar, backing vocals), Brian Whelan (bass, backing vocals), Rob McCorkindale (drums, percussion), and Scott Claassen (keys, backing vocals). Drummer Rob McCorkindale was later replaced by Sean McDonald. Jeff Howell (Dan Iead's high school friend from Connecticut) joined the Broken West as their touring keyboardist, playing synth, organ and piano.

neg: Marianas Trench (band) Marianas Trench is a Canadian pop punk band from Vancouver, British Columbia, formed in 2001. The band consists of members Josh Ramsay (lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, pianist, songwriter, and occasional drummer), Matt Webb (lead guitarist and backing vocalist), Mike Ayley (bass guitarist and backing vocalist), and Ian Casselman (drummer, percussionist, and backing vocalist). The band has released four full-length studio albums, the most recent titled "Astoria", released on October 23, 2015, along with 2011's "Ever After", 2009's "Masterpiece Theatre" and 2006's "Fix Me". Their third album "Ever After" was nominated for a Juno Award.

neg: 430 West Records 430 West Records is an independent record label based in Detroit, MI USA formed in 1990 by Lawrence Burden, Lenny Burden, and Lynell Burden just months after recording their debut record for Derrick Mays' Transmat label. 430 West was formed as an outlet for the Burden Brothers' own productions (recording as Octave One, Random Noise Generation, Never On Sunday, and Metro D). Later it was expanded to be the home for releases by electronic music artists Jay Denham, Terrence Parker, Eddie Fowlkes, Aux 88, Wild Planet, and Gerald Mitchell, to name a few. In 1998, 430 West also became the musical home for the trio's youngest brothers Lance Burden and Lorne Burden.

neg: Radio America (band) Radio America is a rock group based in New York City, currently signed to Mother West records by Charles Newman (member of Flare and producer/engineer of the The Magnetic Fields, "Lemony Snicket," We Are Scientists, Kris Gruen, Lori Michaels, the Bowmans, Earlymay, etc.) In stark contrast to the radio network of the same name, Radio America are known not only for their award-winning live act but also for their openly leftist politics. After years as a three-piece (bass/drums/guitar with all members contributing vocals), the group currently performs as a four-piece act led by singer-songwriters Jesse Reno (vocals/bass) and Tom Stuart (vocals/guitar). The band's most recent full-length, the album "Raise High", was released in September 2006.

neg: Electric Sound of Joy Electric Sound of Joy were a rock band formed in Chesterfield in 1994 They released an eponymous album in 1999 and also recorded a Peel Session.

neg: The Psychotic Turnbuckles The Psychotic Turnbuckles was a garage punk band based in Pismo Beach, California, which was formed in 1984. The group's original members were "Jesse the Intruder" a.k.a Colin Caldwell (vocals), "The Grand Wizard" a.k.a Vince Cuscuna (guitar), "El Sicodelico" a.k.a. Jay Younie (guitar), 'The Creep', (bass and vocals), and 'The Spoiler', (drums), who died in 2013 and was replaced by "Gorgeous" Karl Domah (a.k.a. "Lord Domah").

neg: John "Charlie" Whitney Richard John Whitney (born 24 June 1944 in Skipton, North Yorkshire), also known as John "Charlie" Whitney, John Whitney and Charlie Whitney, is an English rock guitarist and a founder member of the rock bands Family, Streetwalkers and Axis Point.


query: Mitchell Leisen and Terence Fisher, are British?

pos: Mitchell Leisen Mitchell Leisen (October 6, 1898 – October 28, 1972) was an American director, art director, and costume designer.

pos: Terence Fisher Terence Fisher (23 February 1904 – 18 June 1980) was a British film director who worked for Hammer Films.

neg: Mel Collins Melvyn Desmond "Mel" Collins (born 5 September 1947, Isle of Man) is a British saxophonist, flautist and session musician.

neg: Mapenzi Mapenzi is an album by the Harold Land-Blue Mitchell Quintet recorded in 1977 and released on the Concord label.

neg: R. J. Mitchell Reginald Joseph Mitchell CBE, FRAeS, (20 May 1895 – 11 June 1937) was an English aeronautical engineer, who worked for Supermarine Aviation. Between 1920 and 1936 he designed many aircraft. He is best remembered for his racing seaplanes, which culminated in the Supermarine S.6B, and the iconic Second World War fighter, the Supermarine Spitfire.

neg: Viv Fisher Viv Fisher (born 1952) is an ex-BBC audio engineer and multivocalist who performed all parts of the brass band used in the title sequence of the BBC's 1985 TV series, "Blott on the Landscape".

neg: Mike Flanagan (British-Israeli soldier) Mike Flanagan (Hebrew: מייק פלנגן  ; May 15, 1926 – January 26, 2014) was an Irish soldier who assisted the formation of the Israeli armed forces.

neg: Leonard Fenton Leonard Fenton (born Leonard Feinstein; 29 April 1926) is a British actor, director and painter, best known for his role as Dr. Harold Legg in the BBC soap opera, "EastEnders".

neg: Remember the Night Remember the Night is a 1940 American romantic comedy, Christmas film, and trial film directed by Mitchell Leisen, and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray. The film was written by the great comic screenwriter Preston Sturges, and it was the last of his scripts shot by another director, as Sturges began his own directorial career the same year with "The Great McGinty".

neg: David Mitchell (Royal Navy officer) Sir David Mitchell (ca. 1650 – 1 June 1710) was a Scottish admiral, courtier and parliamentary official.

neg: Morgan Fisher Stephen Morgan Fisher (born 1 January 1950, Mayfair, London) is an English keyboard player and composer, and is most known as a member of Mott the Hoople in the early 1970s. However, his career has covered a wide range of musical activities, and he is still active in the music industry. In recent years he has expanded into photography.

neg: Sunset Song (film) Sunset Song is a 2015 British drama film directed by Terence Davies. It is an adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's novel of the same name.

neg: Terence Cooper Terence Cooper (5 July 1933 – 16 September 1997) was a British film actor, best known for his roles in Australian and New Zealand television and film.

neg: Michael Fisher (disambiguation) Michael Fisher (born 1931) is an English physicist

neg: Jonathan Fisher (barrister) Jonathan Fisher QC is a London barrister specialising in corporate and financial crime, proceeds of crime, and tax cases He is also a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics.

neg: Ronald Fisher Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher FRS (17 February 1890 – 29 July 1962), who published as R. A. Fisher, was a British statistician and biologist who used mathematics to combine Mendelian genetics and natural selection. This contributed to the revival of Darwinism in the early 20th century revision of the theory of evolution known as the modern synthesis.

neg: Mac McDonald Mac McDonald (born Terence McDonald; 18 June 1949) is an American actor. He is known for playing Captain Hollister on the BBC TV series "Red Dwarf" and frequently plays American characters in other British TV shows. He has also had many movie roles in films such as "Aliens", "Batman" and "The Fifth Element", all of which were filmed in London.

neg: Horace Fisher (painter) Horace Fisher is a British painter (18611928). Some of his notable works include "Young Girls Picking Flowers," "A Peasant Girl on a Sunlit Veranda," "Lost in Thought" and "The Orange Sellers."

neg: Jim Mitchell (politician) James Simon Mitchell (19 October 1946 – 2 December 2002) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Deputy Leader of Fine Gael from 2001 to 2002, Minister for Communications from 1984 to 1987, Minister for Transport from 1982 to 1987, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from 1982 to 1984, Minister for Justice from 1981 to 1982 and Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1976 to 1977. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1977 to 2002.

neg: Charles Fisher (actor) Charles Fisher (1816 – June 11, 1891) was an Anglo-American comedian.

neg: Gary Mitchell Gary Mitchell (born 3 May 1965) is a Northern Irish playwright. By the 2000s, he had become "one of the most talked about voices in European theatre ... whose political thrillers have arguably made him Northern Ireland's greatest playwright".

neg: Steve Leven Steven "Steve" Leven (born October 15, 1982 in Sydney, Australia) is a retired British-Australian professional basketball player.


query: Were Cinderella and The Misadventures of Merlin Jones released in the same year?

pos: The Misadventures of Merlin Jones The Misadventures of Merlin Jones is a 1964 Walt Disney production starring Tommy Kirk and Annette Funicello. Kirk plays a college student who experiments with mind-reading and hypnotism, leading to run-ins with a local judge. Funicello plays his girlfriend (and sings the film's title song written by brothers Robert and Richard Sherman).

pos: Cinderella (2015 Disney film) Cinderella is a 2015 American romantic fantasy film directed by Kenneth Branagh, with a screenplay written by Chris Weitz. The film is based on the eponymous folk tale and inspired in part by Walt Disney's 1950 animated film of the same name. The film stars Lily James as the titular character with Richard Madden, Cate Blanchett, Stellan Skarsgård, Holliday Grainger, Derek Jacobi, and Helena Bonham Carter. It is produced by David Barron, Simon Kinberg, and Allison Shearmur for Walt Disney Pictures.

neg: FairyTale: A True Story FairyTale: A True Story is a 1997 French-American fantasy drama film directed by Charles Sturridge and produced by Bruce Davey and Wendy Finerman. It is loosely based on the story of the Cottingley Fairies. Its plot takes place in the year 1917 in England, and follows two children who take a photograph soon believed to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. The film was produced by Icon Productions and was distributed by Paramount Pictures in the United States and by Warner Bros. internationally; it was released in the United States on October 24, 1997.

neg: Cinderella (1947 film) Cinderella (Russian: Зо́лушка , "Zolushka " ) is a 1947 Soviet musical film by Lenfilm studios.

neg: Ariel's Story Studio Ariel's Story Studio (also known as The Little Mermaid Story Studio) is a point-and-click adventure interactive storybook game developed by Media Station and Creative Capers Entertainment, and published by Disney Interactive. The game was released as a tie-in to the 1997 re-release of the 1989 Disney film "The Little Mermaid". The game's plot is an abridged retelling of the film. Despite sharing the same style of gameplay and the same primary developer in Media Station, this game has never been released under the "Disney's Animated Storybook" name, although it is generally considered to be the eighth entry in that series. As a result, the game is sometimes known as Disney's Animated Storybook: The Little Mermaid.

neg: The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air was a musical-variety radio series for children, sponsored by Pepsodent and heard on NBC on Sunday afternoons. Broadcast from the Disney Little Theater on the RKO lot from January 2 to May 15, 1938, the program was created to promote the February 1938 release of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". In addition to "Snow White" (January 9, 1938), other shows in the series included "Mother Goose Land," "Cinderella," "King Neptune," "The Pied Piper," "The Old Woman in the Shoe" and "Old MacDonald."

neg: Quest for Camelot Quest for Camelot (released in the United Kingdom as The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot) is a 1998 American animated musical fantasy film directed by Frederik Du Chau and based on the novel "The King's Damosel" by Vera Chapman. The film stars Jessalyn Gilsig, Cary Elwes, Jane Seymour, Gary Oldman, Eric Idle, Don Rickles, Pierce Brosnan, Bronson Pinchot, Jaleel White, Gabriel Byrne, and John Gielgud. Céline Dion, Bryan White, Steve Perry, and Andrea Corr perform vocals. The film was released on May 15, 1998, by Warner Bros. Family Entertainment.

neg: More Than a Miracle More Than a Miracle is a 1967 film also titled Cinderella Italian Style and Happily Ever After. It stars Sophia Loren, Omar Sharif and Dolores del Río. The movie has a fairy tale narrative. Filmed in the countryside outside of Naples, Francesco Rosi directed and Carlo Ponti produced. The theme music was a hit for Roger Williams, reaching #2 on Billboard's survey. Sergio Franchi recorded the title song (written by Kusik; Snyder; Piccioni) on his 1968 RCA Victor album, "I'm a Fool To Want You".

neg: Mr. Cinderella Mr. Cinderella is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and written by Richard Flournoy and Arthur V. Jones. The film stars Jack Haley, Betty Furness, Arthur Treacher, Raymond Walburn, Robert McWade and Rosina Lawrence. The film was released on October 23, 1936, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

neg: Cinderella (1916 film) Cinderella (German:Aschenbrödel) is a 1916 German silent film directed by Urban Gad and starring Asta Nielsen and Max Landa.

neg: Sepia Cinderella Sepia Cinderella is a 1947 American musical race film directed by Arthur H. Leonard. The film is notable for musical numbers by vocalists Billy Daniels and Sheila Guyse, and for a brief guest appearance by former child star Freddie Bartholomew, who is onscreen as himself for five minutes, telling gags to recharge his post-war career.

neg: Cinderella III: A Twist in Time Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (released in UK as simply Cinderella: A Twist in Time) is the second direct-to-video sequel to the 1950 Walt Disney Pictures animated classic "Cinderella". Canonically it is a continuation of the original "Cinderella", rather than "Cinderella II: Dreams Come True", though due to its unusual chronological sequencing it acknowledges the events of "" by using some of its characters. The film was released on February 6, 2007 and was directed by Frank Nissen and features the voices of Jennifer Hale and Susanne Blakeslee. It made its world television premiere on Toon Disney on December 3, 2007.

neg: Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (also called "The Magic Song") is a novelty song, written in 1949 by Al Hoffman, Mack David, and Jerry Livingston. It was introduced in the 1950 film "Cinderella", performed by actress Verna Felton.

neg: Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night is an American animated fantasy adventure film that was released on December 25, 1987 by New World Pictures. Created by Filmation, the movie underperformed at the box office, costing $10 million but making $3.2 million in its entire run.

neg: Helene Stanley Dolores Diane Freymouth (July 17, 1929 – December 27, 1990), better known by the stage name of Helene Stanley, was an American actress and a live model for Cinderella and other Disney characters.

neg: Tangled Ever After Tangled Ever After is a 2012 American computer animated short film directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard. It is a sequel to the 2010 Walt Disney Animation Studios film "Tangled". It premiered in theaters on January 13, 2012, before the 3D theatrical re-release of "Beauty and the Beast" and on Disney Channel followed by the premiere of "The Princess and the Frog" on March 23, 2012. The short was later, in Fall 2012, included as a bonus feature on the Diamond Edition of "Cinderella", and was also released three years later, on the "Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection" Blu-ray on August 18, 2015. The short is also available as a stand-alone download on iTunes.

neg: Merlin: The Quest Begins Merlin: The Quest Begins was created by Eamonn Maguire and is a 1998 television film about a young Merlin (Jason Connery).

neg: Aladdin (1992 Disney film) Aladdin is a 1992 American animated comedy musical romantic fantasy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation for Walt Disney Pictures. The film is the 31st Disney animated feature film, and was the fourth produced during the Disney film era known as the Disney Renaissance. It was directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, and is based on the Arab-style folktale of the same name from "One Thousand and One Nights" and the French interpretation by Antoine Galland. The voice cast features Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Frank Welker, Gilbert Gottfried and Douglas Seale. The film follows Aladdin, a street urchin, who finds a magic lamp containing a genie. In order to hide the lamp from the Grand vizier, he disguises himself as a wealthy prince, and tries to impress the Sultan and his daughter.

neg: List of Disney's Cinderella characters The following are characters from Disney's 1950 film "Cinderella" and its sequels.

neg: Disney Magic (album) Disney Magic was released by Walt Disney Records on September 20, 2004. The album includes various pop stars like Christina Aguilera, Sting, Phil Collins, Celine Dion and Robbie Williams performing popular Disney songs. These tracks also appeared in Disney movie soundtracks. It is a two-disc album with 22 songs on each CD.

neg: Mr. St. Nick Mr. St. Nick is a 2002 Christmas comedy-fantasy film starring Kelsey Grammer. It was produced by Hallmark Entertainment and shown on ABC in the United States. It was first broadcast as an episode of ABC's "Wonderful World of Disney" anthology on November 17, 2002.

neg: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny is a 1972 American musical fantasy film written, composed, shot, edited, and directed by R. Winer to frame Barry Mahon's Childhood Productions films for a Christmas release. The threadbare plot concerns Santa Claus's attempts to free his sleigh from the sands of a Florida beach, assisted by local children.


query: What long-running American arbitration-based reality court show airs on WLAX?

pos: WLAX WLAX is the Fox-affiliated television station for Western Wisconsin that is licensed to La Crosse. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 17 (or virtual channel 25.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter in La Crescent, Minnesota near the studios of ABC affiliate WXOW. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, the station has studios at Interchange Place in La Crosse at the intersection of I-90/US 53/WIS 35 and Rose Street (hence the postal address name). Syndicated programming on WLAX includes "The Big Bang Theory", "Two and a Half Men", "Modern Family", and "Judge Judy" among others.

pos: Judge Judy Judge Judy is a long-running American arbitration-based reality court show presided over by Judge Judy Sheindlin, a retired Manhattan family court judge. The show features Sheindlin adjudicating real-life small claim disputes within a simulated courtroom set. All parties involved must sign contracts agreeing to arbitration under Sheindlin. The series is in first-run syndication and distributed by CBS Television Distribution.

neg: Connie Colla Connie Colla is an American former television news anchor and host, who is currently a real estate agent in Greater Phoenix. She has anchored in San Diego, Phoenix, and Philadelphia, and has done weather reports on "Weekend Today" on NBC.

neg: Model Latina Model Latina is an American reality competition show, which aspiring models compete against one another in fashion and cultural challenges. They are judged by a panel of fashion experts and celebrities from the American Latino entertainment industry. "Model Latina" is the first modeling competition of its kind to feature Latinas from all over the U.S. The show airs on the cable network NuvoTV.

neg: Off Limits (TV series) Off Limits is an American reality television series that premiered on May 16, 2011, on the Travel Channel. The series features "untold stories and secrets" of America's most iconic cities as host Don Wildman ventures and sometimes trespasses through unexplored areas where not many people have dared to go before. First season episodes aired every Monday at 9 PM EST.

neg: Tool Academy (U.S. TV series) Tool Academy is a competitive reality television show featuring "unsuspecting bad boys" (and women) who have been sent to "relationship boot camp". The contestants, all of whom have been nominated by their respective partners, initially think they are taking part in a competition for a title. However, shortly after arriving they find out the truth: they are actually being entered into a "charm school" which focuses on teaching them how to behave as partners. Each week, one contestant is eliminated and his/her partner must choose whether or not to stay with him/her. The last contestant remaining wins a $100,000 prize. The show is currently hosted by reality television show host, Jordan Murphy, alongside relationship counselor Trina Dolenz who help the contestants with their relationship problems and decides who is expelled.

neg: My Giant Life My Giant Life is an American reality television series that premiered on the TLC cable network, on July 14, 2015. Season 1 of the series revolved around 4 women who are taller than 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m). Season 2 follows three of the four women from the first season, with Nancy Mulkey replaced by a new woman, 6'9" German-born New Yorker Katya, and her 5'2" American wife.

neg: Little Women: NY Little Women: NY is an American reality television series that debuted on March 25, 2015, on Lifetime. It is the spin-off series of "".

neg: The Challenge (TV series) The Challenge (originally known as Road Rules: All Stars, followed by Real World/Road Rules Challenge) is a reality game show on MTV that is spun off from the network's two reality shows, "Real World" and "Road Rules". It features alumni from these two shows, in addition to first-time cast members called 'Fresh Meat', alumni from "Are You the One?", and relatives of these cast members called 'Bloodlines', competing against one another for a cash prize. "The Challenge" is currently hosted by T. J. Lavin.

neg: Amanda Williams Amanda F. Williams (born December 12, 1946) is a former Superior Court judge on the Brunswick Circuit in Georgia. Her treatment of defendants in drug court was the subject of a March 25, 2011, episode of "This American Life". Following an ethics probe launched in November 2011, she announced in December that she would resign her judgeship in early 2012.

neg: WAYX WAYX (1230 AM), 96.3 FM, and WAYX.com is a radio station broadcasting a Country Music format. WAYX serves Ware, Pierce and Brantley Counties in Southeast Georgia. WAYX streams at WAYX.com. It formerly aired a News-Talk format with Fox Radio News, Georgia Network News and Sports, and the most popular conservative or "right-wing" political talk shows including Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Neal Boortz were featured on the station, plus business talkers Clark Howard and Dave Ramsey, and computer guru and "digital goddess" Kim Komando. Weekend jazz music programming included Legends of Jazz by Ramsey Lewis, and Jazztrax by Art Good. Sports Conversations with Loran Smith and the Regionsbank SEC (Southeastern Conference) football report were carried. The station also partnered with the Waycross-Ware County Chamber of Commerce to provide local event information with its "Community Happenings" and "Community Minute" announcements which aired up to 16 times daily. Many vignette programs such as America's Most Wanted, Car Show Minute, National Geographic Environment Minute, the Success Journal, and Wisdom Made in America, added variety to the lineup. Despite the popularity and variety of the talk programming line-up, the news-talk format on WAYX was cancelled at the end of May 2011, due to lack of listener and advertiser support, and the station began simulcasting WSIZ-FM, Fitzgerald-Douglas, Georgia, to provide a simulcast of that station's 24-7 classic rock format to the Waycross area. This too was not commercially successful, and in July 2016, the station began simulcasting WKBX-FM in KIngsland, Georgia. This broadcast includes Country music, Camden County High School football, and Jacksonville Jaguars football.

neg: Arbitration Arbitration, a form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), is a way to resolve disputes outside the courts. The dispute will be decided by one or more persons (the "arbitrators", "arbiters" or "arbitral tribunal"), which renders the "arbitral award". An arbitral award is legally binding on both sides and enforceable in the courts.

neg: Auction Room Auction Room is an Australian reality television series, hosted by William McInnes and produced and aired by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). The show premiered on Sunday 15 April 2012 at 6pm, and was renewed for a second series which was broadcast from 7 October to 9 December 2012. Former "Collectors" panellist Gordon Brown was the presenter for the second series, replacing McInnes.

neg: Auction Kings Auction Kings is a reality television series produced by Authentic Entertainment for the Discovery Channel. The series premiered on October 26, 2010 and featured the now defunct auction house Gallery 63 in Sandy Springs, Georgia, located on Roswell Road immediately north of the Atlanta city limit. The series capitalized on the success of the History Channel's widely successful "Pawn Stars". The auction house employees often rely on experts to appraise items of which historical background is provided to the viewer. Sellers offer comments regarding the merchandise at hand both before and after the auction. At the second commercial break, a multiple-choice question about the auction house or the items is presented.

neg: Million Dollar Listing New York Million Dollar Listing New York is an American reality television series on Bravo that premiered on March 7, 2012. It is a spin-off of "Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles". The show has been nominated for two Emmy awards.

neg: Love Triangle (game show) Love Triangle is an American dating themed game show–talk show crossover broadcast by Game Show Network. Hosted by Wendy Williams, the show premiered on April 11, 2011 and aired its final episode on August 28, 2011.

neg: Livin' Lozada Livin' Lozada is an American reality television series starring Evelyn Lozada and her daughter, Shaniece Hairston. It premiered on July 11, 2015 on the Oprah Winfrey Network, as part of its Saturday-night reality lineup.

neg: Wrestling Society X Wrestling Society X (WSX) was a short-lived professional wrestling-based television series produced in 2006 by Big Vision Entertainment. The weekly television series formerly aired on MTV, MTV2, MTV Tr3s, and over a dozen other MTV outlets throughout the world. WSXtra, an extra program featuring WSX matches and interviews not broadcast on television, was available on the promotion's MTV website and Video on Demand.

neg: The Match Off The Match Off is a national television series produced by LX.TV. Hosted by Maria Sansone, the reality show airs on NBC after "Saturday Night Live". The premise of the series is to have two professional matchmakers compete against each other to find the best date for a featured single person in each episode. The first episode aired on June 26, 2010.

neg: Warrior Xtreme Cagefighting The Warrior Xtreme Cagefighting (WXC) is the largest mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company in Michigan that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the state and is looking in 2017 to produce events Nationwide. Based in the United States, the WXC has eight weight divisions and enforces the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. Norbert Pasztor serves as the president of the WXC.

neg: Tamar & Vince Tamar & Vince is an American reality television series that debuted on September 20, 2012, and airs on WE tv. It is a spin-off of "Braxton Family Values". In June 2013, "Tamar & Vince" was renewed for a ten episode second season that premiered on September 5, 2013. The first season acquired 5.6 million total viewers for the network. The third season premiered on October 23, 2014 and consists of 8 episodes. The fourth season premiered on December 10, 2015. The show has been renewed for a fifth season and will premiere in Novemeber 2017.

neg: We Mean Business We Mean Business was an American reality television series that aired on the A&E cable network starting in September 6, 2008. The program featured three regular experts: "Business Expert" Bill Rancic, a former contestant on "The Apprentice"; "Tech Expert" Katie Linendoll; and "Design Expert" Peter Gurski. In each episode, the three experts helped a struggling small business owner turn his or her business around by improving business practices and enhancing the marketing of the business. Notably, the program was sponsored by Dell, which provided all of the new technical equipment given to the businesses.


query: The two children of Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. and Odessa Grady Clay was a three-time World Heavyweight Champion and who?

pos: Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. Cassius Marcellus Clay (November 11, 1912 – February 8, 1990) was an American painter and musician. He was the father of three-time World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali and Rahman Ali, and the grandfather of Laila Ali. He married Odessa Lee O'Grady in the 1930s and worked as a painter and a musician. He was described as "a handsome, mercurial, noisy, combative failed dreamer" and a "hard-drinking, skirt-chasing dandy of a daddy". His son Muhammad Ali described him as "the fanciest dancer in Louisville".

pos: Odessa Grady Clay Odessa Lee Clay (née O'Grady; February 12, 1917 – August 20, 1994) was the mother of three-time World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali and Rahman Ali, and the grandmother of Laila Ali. She married Cassius Marcellus Clay, Sr. in the 1930s and worked for some time as a household domestic to help support her young children.

neg: Bud Taylor Charles Bernard "Bud" Taylor (July 22, 1903 - March 6, 1962) was an American boxer from Terre Haute, Indiana. Nicknamed the ""Blonde Terror of Terre Haute"", he held the NBA World Bantamweight Championship during his career in 1927. "The Ring Magazine" founder Nat Fleischer rated him as the #5 best bantamweight of all-time. Taylor was inducted into the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame in 1986 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2005. Taylor was trained for much of his career by former Black lightweight boxer, Jack Blackburn.

neg: Morris Grant Grant fought his successor as the colored heavyweight champion Charles "The Professor" Hadley twelve times between 1881 and 1883. Their first recorded match was January 14, 1881, when he lost on points in a three-rounder. Hadley claimed the Grant's title after the victory.

neg: Ken Norton Kenneth Howard Norton Sr. (August 9, 1943 – September 18, 2013) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1967 to 1981, and held the WBC heavyweight title in 1978. He is best known for his trilogy with Muhammad Ali, in which Norton won the first fight by split decision, and controversially lost the latter two fights by split and unanimous decision, respectively. Norton also fought a slugfest with Larry Holmes in 1978, narrowly losing a split decision. Having officially retired from boxing in 1981, Norton was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1992.

neg: Ray Austin (boxer) Ray Austin (born October 31, 1970) is an American professional boxer who challenged for the IBF and IBO heavyweight titles in 2007.

neg: Crawford Grimsley Crawford Grimsley (born October 1, 1967) is a retired professional heavyweight boxer and kickboxer, who fought several significant fighters of his era.

neg: Clay Guida Clayton "The Carpenter" Guida ( ; born December 8, 1981) is an American professional mixed martial artist, fighting in the UFC as a Featherweight. A professional competitor since 2003, Guida has also formerly competed for Strikeforce, the WEC, King of the Cage, and Shooto. Guida was the inaugural Strikeforce Lightweight Champion He holds notable victories over former UFC Lightweight Champions Rafael Dos Anjos and Anthony Pettis.

neg: Lee Savold Lee Savold (born Lee Hulver March 22, 1916 – May 14, 1972) was a heavyweight boxer who held the British and European (EBU) version of the World Heavyweight championship between 1950 and 1951 and was a leading contender in the 1940s and early 1950s. During his career he fought storied Heavyweight Champions Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano. Savold was inducted into the Minnesota Boxing Hall of Fame in 2012.

neg: Malik Scott Dohonna Malik Scott (born October 16, 1980) is an American professional boxer, known as "King" or "The Noble Artist". He holds notable wins over former world heavyweight title challengers Alex Leapai and Tony Thompson.

neg: Teddy Davis Teddy "Redtop" Davis, alias Murray (Sugar) Cain (June 23, 1923 – June 4, 1966), was a featherweight professional boxer from South Carolina.

neg: Angelo Dundee Angelo Dundee (born Angelo Mirena; August 30, 1921February 1, 2012) was an American boxing trainer and cornerman. Best known for his work with Muhammad Ali (1960–1981), he also worked with 15 other world boxing champions, including Sugar Ray Leonard, José Nápoles, George Foreman, George Scott, Jimmy Ellis, Carmen Basilio, Luis Manuel Rodríguez and Willie Pastrano.

neg: Jess Willard Jess Myron Willard (December 29, 1881 – December 15, 1968) was a world heavyweight boxing champion known as the Pottawatomie Giant who knocked out Jack Johnson in April 1915 for the heavyweight title. He was known for his great strength and ability to absorb tremendous punishment, although today he is also known for his title loss to Jack Dempsey.

neg: Muhammad Ali vs. Larry Holmes Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali, billed as "The Last Hurrah", was a professional boxing match contested on October 2, 1980 in Las Vegas for the WBC and Lineal Heavyweight Championships.

neg: Louis Salica Louis ("Lou") Salica (November 16, 1912 – January 30, 2002) was an American boxer, who captured the National Boxing Association World Bantamweight Title twice in his career, in 1935 and 1940. His managers were Hymie Kaplan and Willie Ketchum. Some sources list a different birth date for Salica, July 26, 1913.

neg: Clay Matthews Clay Matthews may refer to any one of three generations of American football players:

neg: The Battle of the Champions (boxing) The Battle of the Champions, was a term used by promoter Bob Arum regarding the November 12, 1982 boxing match between Aaron Pryor and Alexis Argüello.

neg: Charley Goldman Charley Goldman (December 22, 1887, in Warsaw, Poland – November 11, 1968) was a famed boxing trainer who trained five world champions. Goldman's most famous pupil was the undefeated heavyweight champion of the world, Rocky Marciano.

neg: King Levinsky King Levinsky (10 September 1910 – 30 September 1991), also known as Kingfish Levinsky, was an American heavyweight boxer who fought during the 1930s. He was born Harris Kraków and was a member of the Kraków fish-selling family of Maxwell Street, in Chicago's old Jewish ghetto.

neg: Clay Collard Clay Collard (born March 10, 1993) is an American professional mixed martial artist previously competed in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

neg: Buster Douglas James "Buster" Douglas (born April 7, 1960) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1981 to 1990, and 1996 to 1999. He is best known for his stunning upset of Mike Tyson on February 11, 1990 in Tokyo to win the undisputed heavyweight title. At the time Tyson was undefeated and considered to be the best boxer in the world, as well as one of the most feared heavyweight champions in history due to his domination of the division over the previous three years. The only casino to make odds for the fight (all others declining to do so as they considered the fight such a foregone conclusion) had Douglas as a 42-to-1 underdog for the fight, making his victory, in commentator Jim Lampley's words, "The biggest upset in the history of heavyweight championship fights." Douglas held the title for eight months and two weeks, losing on October 25, 1990 to Evander Holyfield via third-round knockout, in his only title defense.

neg: Ron Lyle Ronald "Ron" Lyle (February 12, 1941 – November 26, 2011) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1971 to 1980, and in 1995. He challenged once for the undisputed world heavyweight title, losing to Muhammad Ali in 1975. Lyle was known for his punching power, crowd-pleasing fighting style, as well as courage and determination inside the ring. He held notable wins over Buster Mathis, Oscar Bonavena, Jimmy Ellis, Earnie Shavers, Joe Bugner, and Scott LeDoux, but is best known for his slugfest against George Foreman in 1976, which won Fight of the Year honors by "The Ring" magazine.


query: Chuck Russell and Russ Meyer, have which mutual occupations?

pos: Chuck Russell Charles "Chuck" Russell (born May 9, 1958) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor, known for his work on several genre films.

pos: Russ Meyer Russell Albion "Russ" Meyer (March 21, 1922 – September 18, 2004) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, film editor, actor, and photographer. Meyer is known primarily for writing and directing a series of successful sexploitation films that featured campy humor, sly satire and large-breasted women, such as "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!"

neg: Chip Chinery Chip Chinery (born August 10, 1964) is an American comedian and actor. He is also a personal finance advisor.

neg: Russ Case Russ Case (March 19, 1912 – October 10, 1964) was an American trumpeter and bandleader who led jazz and light music orchestras.

neg: Donald J. Russell Donald Joseph McKay Russell (January 3, 1900 – December 13, 1985) was an American railroad executive. He was president of Southern Pacific Railroad from 1952–1964 and then chairman from 1964–1972. Russell was featured on the cover of Time on August 11, 1961 and Forbes on November 1, 1965.

neg: Bing Russell Bing Russell (May 5, 1926 – April 8, 2003) was an American actor and Class A minor league baseball club owner. He was the father of Golden Globe Award-nominated actor Kurt Russell and grandfather of ex-major league baseball player Matt Franco.

neg: Chris Meyer Chris Meyer (born June 4), sometimes credited as Christopher Scott Meyer, is an American film and television actor.

neg: Russ Cohen Henry Russell Cohen (February 13, 1893 – April 7, 1981) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.

neg: Russell Abrams Russell Abrams is an American hedge fund manager and entrepreneur known as the founder of Russellcar, an environmentally friendly taxi cab company in Buenos Aires. He has been called the "Argentinian Taxi King."

neg: Charles Taze Russell Charles Taze Russell (February 16, 1852 – October 31, 1916), or Pastor Russell, was an American early 20th century Christian restorationist minister from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and founder of what is now known as the Bible Student movement. After his death, Jehovah's Witnesses and numerous independent Bible Student groups developed from this base.

neg: Seth Meyers Seth Adam Meyers (born December 28, 1973) is an American comedian, writer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He hosts "Late Night with Seth Meyers", a late-night talk show that airs on NBC. Prior to that, he was a head writer for NBC's "Saturday Night Live" (2001–2014) and hosted the show's news parody segment, "Weekend Update".

neg: Russell Gilbert Russell Gilbert (born 17 October 1959), is an Australian comedian and actor from Footscray, Victoria, best known for his radio and television appearances, on programs such as The Comedy Company, Hey Hey, It's Saturday and Thank God You're Here, he is also a live stage and film actor

neg: Chuck Norris (politician) Charles Reed "Chuck" Norris (April 15, 1925 – July 20, 2009) was an American politician in the state of Oregon.

neg: Russ Ball Russ Ball is the Vice President of Football Administration/Player Finance of the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League.

neg: Russell Artzt Russell M. Artzt (born 1948) Co-founded Computer Associates International, Inc. (now CA Technologies) with Charles B. Wang. While Russ was working at the Electronic Laboratories in the 1960s at Columbia University, he met Charles Wang. They became friends and later both joined Standard Data. "In the late 1970s a Swiss company, owned by billionaire Walter Haefner, had developed a computer program, Sort. Russel Artzt and Charles Wang formed their own company and bought the company from Haefner. {The preceding two statements appear to be incorrect, apparently from confusion with CA's 1987 acquisition of UCCEL Corp.}" Haefner still is the majority stockholder of Computer Associates owning over 25% of CA Inc.

neg: Russell Alexander Russell Alexander (February 26, 1877 – October 1, 1915) was an entertainer and composer, active primarily with vaudeville shows and musical comedy organizations.

neg: Russell Johnson Russell David Johnson (November 10, 1924 – January 16, 2014) was an American television and film actor, best known for his role as "the Professor" on the CBS television sitcom "Gilligan's Island".

neg: Tim Russell Tim Russell (born 1947/48) is an American radio announcer and voice actor (AFTRA/SAG) in Minneapolis – Saint Paul. He is most widely known as one of the actors on the long-running radio show, "A Prairie Home Companion". As a voice-over talent and announcer, Russell also appears in radio and television commercials.

neg: Russell Mack Russell Mack (November 11, 1892 – June 1, 1972) was an American vaudeville performer in the 1910s and a stage actor, film director, and producer in the 1920s and 1930s.

neg: Bruce George (Genius Is Common) Bruce George is the Co-Founder of the award-winning "Russell Simmons Presents, Def Poetry Jam (HBO)," and the Founder of the rapidly growing "Genius Is Common" Movement.

neg: Meyer Jerison Meyer Jerison (November 28, 1922 – March 13, 1995) was an American mathematician known for his work in functional analysis and rings, and especially for collaborating with Leonard Gillman on one of the standard texts in the field: "Rings of Continuous Functions".

neg: Russell W. Meyer Jr. Russell W. "Russ" Meyer Jr. (born 1932 in Davenport, Iowa, United States) is the Chairman Emeritus and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Cessna Aircraft Company. He was awarded the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy, the Collier Trophy on two separate occasions (once jointly with Cessna), and the Meritorious Service Award from the National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA). In 2009, he became inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame.


query: Who has the highest scope of work in Philip José Farmer or Francis Ponge

pos: Francis Ponge Francis Jean Gaston Alfred Ponge (] ; 27 March 1899 – 6 August 1988) was a French essayist and poet. Influenced by surrealism, he developed a form of prose poem, minutely examining everyday objects. He was the third recipient of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1974.

pos: Philip José Farmer Philip José Farmer (January 26, 1918 – February 25, 2009) was an American author known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories.

neg: Experiments on Plant Hybridization "Experiments on Plant Hybridization" (German: "Versuche über Pflanzen-Hybriden") is a seminal paper written in 1865 and published in 1866 by Gregor Mendel, an Augustinian friar considered to be the founder of modern genetics. The paper was the result after years spent studying genetic traits in "Pisum sativum", the pea plant. Mendel read his paper to the Natural History Society of Brünn. It was published in the "Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Brünn" the following year.

neg: Farmageddon (book) Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat is a 2014 non-fiction book by Philip Lymbery and Isabel Oakeshott. It surveys the effects of industrial livestock production and industrial fish farming around the world. The book is the result of Lymbery's investigations for which he travelled the world over three years. Isabel Oakeshott is the political editor of "The Sunday Times", Philip Lymbery is CEO of Compassion in World Farming. The book was published by Bloomsbury.

neg: Patrick James McGlinchey Father Patrick James McGlinchey (born 1928 or 1929) was a pioneer for mobilizing international support and foreign volunteers to modernize livestock farming in South Korea. He was awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1975.

neg: A Feast Unknown A Feast Unknown is a novel written by American author Philip José Farmer. The novel is a pastiche of pulp fiction, erotica, and horror fiction. It was originally published in 1969, and was followed by two sequels, "Lord of the Trees" and "The Mad Goblin".

neg: Al Oeming Albert Frederick Hans Oeming (April 9, 1925 – March 17, 2014) was a Canadian wildlife conservationist, zoologist, professional wrestler and wrestling promoter. Oeming co-founded the professional wrestling promotion Stampede Wrestling and owned the largest game farm in North America.

neg: John Paul Strain John Paul Strain (born September 22, 1955) is an American artist, specializing in art depicting American history. He creates hyper-realistic paintings of patriotic historical scenes, such as the American West, Civil War and D-Day, that are exhibited or used by institutions such as the US military, US Park Service and others. He has been compared as inheriting the mantle of 19th-century print makers such as Currier & Ives and Louis Prang.

neg: John Traherne Moggridge John Traherne Moggridge (8 March 1842 – 24 November 1874) was a British botanist, entomologist, and arachnologist. A Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, he was known as a keen naturalist with great observational skills, as well as his paintings and illustrations. He wrote several articles on the fertilisation of plants, and his paintings of plants of southern France appeared in "Contributions to the Flora of Mentone". His two volume study, "Harvesting Ants and Trap-door Spiders", among other observations, confirmed that harvester ants are present in Europe, and was one of the first comprehensive treatments of the burrowing behaviour of trapdoor spiders. He was a correspondent of Charles Darwin, who cited his work in his books "Fertilisation of Orchids" and "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex".

neg: Len Norris Leonard Matheson Norris, better known as Len Norris (1913 in London, England – 1997 in Langley, British Columbia, Canada), was a longtime editorial cartoonist for the Canadian newspaper "Vancouver Sun" from 1950 to 1988. Called by Walt Kelly, the creator of Pogo, "the best in the business", Norris' cartoons skewered the foibles of British Columbia politics and social mores with a barbed pencil. His intricate drawings were full of subtle detail, with several sideplots tucked into the frame, with everything from sardonic pictures on the living room wall to what the kids or the cat are doing in the corner while the main action is going on, typically with painfully ironic dialogue. Norris cartoons remain popular today even though much of their original political or social context is gone.

neg: Maharana Pratap Sagar Maharana Pratap Sagar (Devanagari: महाराणा प्रताप सागर ), in India, also known as Pong Reservoir or Pong Dam Lake was created in 1975, by building the highest earthfill dam in India on the Beas River in the wetland zone of the Siwalik Hills of the Kangra district of the state of Himachal Pradesh.

neg: James L. Farmer Sr. James Leonard Farmer Sr. (June 12, 1886 – May 14, 1961), known as J. Leonard Farmer, was an American author, theologian, and educator. He was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and an academic in early religious history as well as theology.

neg: Francisque Poulbot Francisque Poulbot (6 February 1879, Saint-Denis – 16 September 1946, Paris) was a French "affichiste" (literally, "poster designer"), draughtsman and illustrator.

neg: Pago Florentino Pago Florentino is a "Vino de Pago" from Spain. This is the highest category on the quality scale of Spanish wines and means that in addition to having a proven track record of consistent quality, the wines have to be both produced from estate-grown grapes and also have to be processed and aged in a winery ("bodega") located on the estate.

neg: A Garden of Pomegranates A Garden of Pomegranates is a 160-page book, written by Israel Regardie in 1931. The first edition was published in 1932. The book was printed four times, with a second edition being published in 1970 by Llewellyn Publications. The title pays homage to Moses ben Jacob Cordovero's "Pardes Rimonim", or "Pomegranate Orchard."

neg: H. W. L. Poonja Sri H. W. L. Poonja ( ; born Hariwansh Lal Poonja; 13 October 1910 (or later) in Punjab, British India – 6 September 1997 in Lucknow, India), known as "Poonjaji" or "Papaji" , was a teacher of Self-enquiry as advocated by Ramana Maharshi.

neg: Francis Cugat Francis Cugat (] ), also known as Francisco Coradal-Cougat (May 24, 1893 – July 13, 1981), was a portrait, poster and book jacket artist and set designer, whose most famous work was the original 1925 cover of "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

neg: Farmer Field School The Farmer Field School (FFS) is a group-based learning process that has been used by a number of governments, NGOs and international agencies to promote Integrated Pest Management (IPM). The first FFS were designed and managed by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation in Indonesia in 1989 since then more than two million farmers across Asia have participated in this type of learning.

neg: Miguel Pou Miguel Pou Becerra (24 August 1880 - 6 May 1968) was a Puerto Rican oil canvas painter, draftsman, and art professor. Together with José Campeche and Francisco Oller, he has been called "one of Puerto Rico's greatest masters." He was an exponent of the impressionist movement. During his life he exhibited in 64 shows, of which 17 were solo, and won five gold medals.

neg: Henry George Farmer Henry George Farmer (17 January 1882 – 20 December 1965) was a British musicologist specializing in Arabic music. In his writings, he argued passionately for the strong influence of Arabic music over the musical traditions of Europe.

neg: Joseph Charles Arthur Joseph Charles Arthur (January 11, 1850 – April 30, 1942) was a pioneer American plant pathologist and mycologist best known for his work with the parasitic rust fungi (Pucciniales). He was a charter member of the Botanical Society of America, the Mycological Society of America, and the American Phytopathological Society. He was a recipient of the first Doctorate in Sciences awarded by Cornell University.

neg: Joseph Malègue Joseph Malègue (8 December 1876 – 30 December 1940), was a French catholic novelist, principally author of ' (1933) and '. He was also a theologian and published some theological surveys, as "Pénombres" about Faith and against Fideism. His first novel is, following the French historian of spirituality Émile Goichot, the most accurately linked to Modernism. Pope Francis quoted in several circumstances, among them in El Jesuita this Malègue's view about Incarnation : ‘’ It is not Christ who is incomprehensible for me if He is God, it is God who is strange for me if He is not Christ.‘’


query: Are Carnegie Mellon University and Emory University both located in the same state?

pos: Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon or CMU or ) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

pos: Emory University Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by the Methodist Episcopal Church and was named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. In 1915, the college relocated to metropolitan Atlanta and was rechartered as Emory University. The university is the second-oldest private institution of higher education in Georgia and among the fifty oldest private universities in the United States. Emory is frequently cited as one of the world's leading research universities and one of the top institutions in the United States.

neg: Claremont Graduate University Claremont Graduate University (CGU) is a private, all-graduate research university located in Claremont, California, a city 35 mi east of downtown Los Angeles. Founded in 1925, CGU is a member of the Claremont Colleges which includes five undergraduate (Pomona College, Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, Scripps College, Pitzer College) and two graduate (CGU and Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences) institutions of higher education. Adjoining and within walking distance of one another, design was based on that of Oxford University and Cambridge University.

neg: Arizona State University Arizona State University (commonly referred to as ASU or Arizona State) is a public metropolitan research university on five campuses across the Phoenix metropolitan area, and four regional learning centers throughout Arizona. The 2018 university ratings by "U.S. News & World Report" rank ASU No. 1 among the Most Innovative Schools in America for the third year in a row and has ranked ASU No. 115 in National Universities with overall score of 47/100 with 83% of student applications accepted.

neg: University of South Carolina The University of South Carolina (also referred to as USC, SC, South Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, co-educational research university in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, with seven satellite campuses. Its campus covers over 359 acre in downtown Columbia not far from the South Carolina State House. The University is categorized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as having "highest research activity." It has been ranked as an "up-and-coming" university by U.S. News & World Report, and its undergraduate and graduate International Business programs have ranked among the top three programs in the nation for over a decade. It also houses the largest collection of Robert Burns and Scottish literature materials outside Scotland, and the world's largest Ernest Hemingway collection.

neg: Stanford University Stanford University (Stanford; officially Leland Stanford Junior University, colloquially the Farm) is a private research university in Stanford, California, adjacent to Palo Alto and between San Jose and San Francisco. Stanford's undergraduate program is the most selective in America. Due to its academic strength, wealth, and proximity to Silicon Valley it is often cited as one of the world's most prestigious universities.

neg: Edgewood, Atlanta Edgewood is a neighborhood located on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, located approximately three miles (five kilometers) east of downtown Atlanta.

neg: Chicago State University Chicago State University (CSU) is a state university of the U.S. state of Illinois, located in Chicago. The University is a member-school of Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

neg: Worcester State University Worcester State University is an American liberal arts and sciences university located in Worcester, Massachusetts.

neg: Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University The Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University is the art gallery of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is located on the university campus on 5000 Forbes Avenue, at the border between the Oakland and Squirrel Hill neighborhoods.

neg: Iowa State University Iowa State University of Science and Technology, generally referred to as Iowa State, is a public flagship land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. It is the largest university in the state of Iowa and the 3rd largest university in the Big 12 athletic conference. Iowa State is classified as a Research University with very high research activity (RU/VH) by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Iowa State is also a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), which consists of 62 leading research universities in North America. Iowa State has also been designated an "Innovation and Economic Prosperity University," a designation awarded to only 54 public universities in the U.S.

neg: McKeesport, Pennsylvania McKeesport is a city in Allegheny County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania; it is situated at the confluence of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers and is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 19,731 at the 2010 census. By population, it is Allegheny County's second-largest city, after Pittsburgh.

neg: Carnegie, New York Carnegie is a hamlet in the town of Hamburg in Erie County, New York, United States.

neg: Emoryville, West Virginia Emoryville is an unincorporated community and coal town in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the Geographic Names Information System, Emoryville has also been known throughout its history as Emery, Emory, Switch Back, and Switch Back Station.

neg: Vanderbilt University Graduate School The Graduate School manages many of the advanced degree programs of Vanderbilt University, a major research university located in Nashville, Tennessee. While the Graduate School exists as a standalone institution within Vanderbilt, it awards degrees in conjunction with Vanderbilt's other constituent colleges ("e.g.", the College of Arts and Science or the School of Engineering).

neg: Richard King Mellon Hall Richard King Mellon Hall of Science, also known as Mellon Hall is an academic facility on the Duquesne University campus, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

neg: Computational Biology Department The Computational Biology Department (CBD) is a division within the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the Gates-Hillman Center.

neg: Morehouse School of Medicine Morehouse School of Medicine is a co-educational medical school in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

neg: Morrow, Georgia Morrow is a city in Clayton County, Georgia, United States. The population was 6,445 at the 2010 census, up from 4,882 in 2000. It is the home of Clayton State University.

neg: Emory University School of Law Emory University School of Law (also known as Emory Law or ELS) is a graduate school of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. It is currently ranked #22 among ABA-approved law schools by the 2018 U.S. News & World Report.

neg: Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is often ranked as one of the world's most prestigious universities.

neg: Vanderbilt University Divinity School The Vanderbilt Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion (usually Vanderbilt Divinity School) is an interdenominational divinity school at Vanderbilt University, a major research university located in Nashville, Tennessee. It is one of only five university-based schools of religion in the United States without a denominational affiliation that service primarily mainline Protestantism (University of Chicago Divinity School, Harvard Divinity School, Wake Forest University School of Divinity, Yale Divinity School, and Howard University School of Divinity are the others).


query: VeggieTales is an American series of children's computer animated films featuring anthropomorphic fruits and vegetables in stories conveying moral themes based on Christian culture, the series was developed by which organization, and is owned by Comcast Corporation, an American global telecommunications conglomerate that is the largest broadcasting and cable television company in the world by revenue?

pos: VeggieTales VeggieTales is an American series of children's computer animated films featuring anthropomorphic fruits and vegetables in stories conveying moral themes based on Christian culture. The episodes frequently retell and re-create Bible stories anachronistically reframed and include humorous references to pop culture. The series was developed by Big Idea Entertainment and is owned by Comcast through its subsidiary, DreamWorks Animation's DreamWorks Classics.

pos: Comcast Comcast Corporation (formerly registered as Comcast Holdings) is an American global telecommunications conglomerate that is the largest broadcasting and cable television company in the world by revenue. It is the second-largest pay-TV company after AT&T, largest cable TV company and largest home Internet service provider in the United States, and the nation's third-largest home telephone service provider. Comcast services U.S. residential and commercial customers in 40 states and in the District of Columbia. The company's headquarters are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As the owner of the international media company NBCUniversal since 2011, Comcast is a producer of feature films and television programs intended for theatrical exhibition and over-the-air and cable television broadcast.

neg: List of VeggieTales compilation videos This is a list of "VeggieTales" compilation videos. Originally, Big Idea Entertainment and its successors Classic Media and DreamWorks Animation have all bundled the various VeggieTales episodes into video collections ranging in size from double features all the way up to a boxed collection of the first 30 "VeggieTales" videos. In addition, the three companies have also released compilation videos including only collections of the "Silly Songs" from the various videos. These song collections have included the songs in "Sing Along" format as well as countdowns of the most popular "Silly Songs" as voted on by fans.

neg: Christian video game A Christian video game, or Bible game, is a video game based on teachings of Christianity. Christian video games were first marketed successfully by BibleBytes in the early 1980s on several different microcomputer platforms. Wisdom Tree introduced Christian themes to console games, starting in 1991, with the unlicensed "Bible Adventures" for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Now they are made by many different developers. Most of these new developers meet yearly at the "Christian Games Developers Conference" and build support through the Christian Game Developers Foundation.

neg: Larryboy: The Cartoon Adventures Larryboy: The Cartoon Adventures is an American animated children's direct-to-video series which is a spin-off of the computer animated series "VeggieTales" created by Big Idea Entertainment. The first episode was released in March 16, 2002. The last video in the series was released on June 10, 2003 as it was affected by Big Idea's bankruptcy. Unlike its predecessor "VeggieTales", "LarryBoy" was animated in Adobe Flash. From September 2006 to September 2009, NBC aired the content of all four videos on its Qubo block alongside other "VeggieTales" episodes.

neg: Cow and Chicken Cow and Chicken is an American animated comedy television series created by David Feiss for Cartoon Network, and the 3rd of the network's Cartoon Cartoons. It follows the surreal adventures of two funny animal siblings, Cow and Chicken. They are often antagonized by the Red Guy, who poses as various characters to scam them.

neg: ESPN Films ESPN Films (formerly known as ESPN Original Entertainment) is a production company which produces and distributes sports films and documentaries. It is owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between the Disney–ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and the Hearst Corporation (which owns the remaining 20%).

neg: Sony Pictures Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (known simply as Sony Pictures and abbreviated as SPE) is an American entertainment company that produces, acquires and distributes filmed entertainment (theatrical motion pictures, television programs and recorded videos) through multiple platforms. It is currently operated as a subsidiary of Sony Film Holding Inc., a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., which is itself a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, a subsidiary of Sony Americas Holding Inc., a subsidiary of the Tokyo-based multinational technology and media conglomerate Sony Corporation. Based in Culver City, California, it encompasses Sony's motion picture, television production and distribution units. Its group sales in the fiscal year 2015 (April 2015 – March 2016) has been reported to be of $8.3 billion.

neg: Turner Entertainment Turner Entertainment Company, Inc. (commonly known as Turner Entertainment Co.) is a multimedia company founded by Ted Turner. Purchased by Time Warner, along with Turner Broadcasting System, the company was largely responsible for overseeing its library for worldwide distribution. In recent years, this role has largely been limited to being the copyright holder, as the library has since been incorporated into that of Turner Broadcasting's sibling company Warner Bros.

neg: World Company World Company is a fictional multinational corporation headquartered in the United States of America, appearing in the satiric French puppet TV show "Les Guignols de l'info".

neg: Amazon Video Amazon Video is an Internet video on demand service that is developed, owned and operated by Amazon.com. It offers television shows and films for rent or purchase and as part of Amazon's Prime subscription, selected titles can be viewed exclusively to full Prime or Prime Video members, in which video membership allows viewing without full Prime. Like competitors, Amazon has pursued a number of exclusive content deals to differentiate its service, including a multi-year licensing deal with HBO in the United States.

neg: G4 Media G4 Media, LLC is a company within the Comcast Corporation which maintains the archived programming of G4, a defunct 24-hour cable and satellite channel originally dedicated to video games, along with its former competitor, TechTV/ZDTV. NBCUniversal holds a controlling interest in G4 Media, with Dish Network holding a minority interest of approximately 12% because its former parent company held a minority interest in TechTV and owned Dish Network. Prior to the Comcast/NBC merger, Comcast owned the network, previously named G4 Media, Inc.

neg: Denver, the Last Dinosaur Denver, the Last Dinosaur is an American animated series produced by World Events Productions. It was nationally syndicated throughout the United States in 1988 with reruns airing until 1990. Episodes often focused on issues of conservation, ecology, and friendship.

neg: Tangled (franchise) Tangled is a Disney media franchise started by the 2010 American animated feature "Tangled", which was directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard from a screenplay by Dan Fogelman and produced by Roy Conli, with songs by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater. Walt Disney Animation Studios' chief creative officer John Lasseter served as the film's executive producer. The original film was inspired by the German fairy tale "Rapunzel" in the collection of folk tales published by the Brothers Grimm.

neg: Pig Goat Banana Cricket Pig Goat Banana Cricket (also abbreviated as PGBC) is an American animated television series created by Dave Cooper and Johnny Ryan for Nickelodeon. The show follows the interwoven adventures of the titular quartet. It premiered on July 16, 2015, after the 2015 Kids' Choice Sports Awards.

neg: Colony Brands Colony Brands, Inc. (formerly, "The Swiss Colony, Inc.") is a mail-order and electronic retail company known for its cheese, sausage, chocolate, fruitcakes, and other food products. The company also features extensive offerings in furniture, home decor, apparel, entertainment products, and electronics. It is one of the largest direct marketers in the United States.

neg: Calavo Growers Calavo Growers, Inc. (NASDAQ: CVGW ) is an international consumer goods and farm products company. The company packages, and distributes avocados and other fruits, as well as their fresh prepared food to restaurants, stores, and individual customers worldwide. While the company is based in Santa Paula, California, avocado production is cultivated throughout the state of California, as well as Central and South America. Calavo Growers was established in 1924 as an agricultural cooperative and was instrumental in launching the California avocado industry. The company operates its business through three divisions including Fresh Products, Calavo Foods and Renaissance Food Group (RFG). The company has been listed on the America's Best Small Company list by "Forbes". The company was assessed as a great value stock to pick by Zacks Investment Research.

neg: WGN America WGN America is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by Tribune Broadcasting. The channel is one of several flagship properties owned by Chicago, Illinois-based corporate parent Tribune Media, which also owns the channel's former parent television station during its existence as a superstation, WGN-TV (channel 9), regional cable news channel Chicagoland Television (CLTV) and radio station WGN (720 AM). The channel borrows its name from the "World's Greatest Newspaper" slogan of its corporate parent's former flagship newspaper, the "Chicago Tribune", which was applied beforehand as the callsign of Tribune's Chicago television and radio stations.

neg: The Mighty Jungle The Mighty Jungle is a puppet series for preschoolers created by Jeff Rosen and Jason Hopley. The narrative of the story is largely crafted by a group of preschoolers who appear in live-action segments interspersed between puppet-acted scenes. It is co-produced by Halifax Film and Decode Entertainment, both DHX Media Companies; it is produced in association with CBC Television. The program is broadcast in Canada on CBC Television, a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national English-language public broadcaster, in the Kids' CBC programming block, and in the United States on Sprout.

neg: Unilever Unilever ( ) is a Dutch-British transnational consumer goods company co-headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands and London, United Kingdom. Its products include food, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. It is the world's largest consumer goods company measured by 2012 revenue, and is also the world's largest producer of food spreads, such as margarine. It is Europe’s 7th-most valuable company. Unilever is one of the oldest multinational companies; its products are available in around 190 countries.

neg: E! E! Entertainment Television, LLC (more commonly known as E! and formerly E!: Entertainment Television) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group division of NBCUniversal, all owned by Comcast. It features entertainment-related programming, reality television, feature films, and occasionally series and specials unrelated to the entertainment industry. The channel is also available in Canada, which broadcasts original programming at the same as the United States and localized versions across Europe, Asia, and Australia.

neg: Pluto TV Pluto TV is an Internet-based TV platform operated by Pluto Inc. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Los Angeles, California. TechHive, a home technology review site, referred to Pluto TV as the best cord-cutting application. Pluto TV runs as an app on AppleTV, Android TV, and Roku, and PlayStation consoles. The company currently has around 75 content partners. The company also as of October, 2016 has around 5 million monthly active users up from 500,000 in early 2015. Pluto TV generates revenue from video advertisements between programming, and has a goal to continue to stay as free television.


query: What is the name of a  kit violin and an opera?

pos: Kit violin The kit violin, dancing master's kit, or kit, is a stringed instrument. It is essentially a very small violin, designed to fit in a pocket – hence its other common name, the pochette (French for "small pocket"). It was used by dance masters in royal courts and other places of nobility, as well as by street musicians until around the 18th century. Occasionally, the rebec was used in the same way. Several are called for (as "violini piccoli alla francese" – small French violins) in Monteverdi's 1607 "Orfeo".

pos: L'Orfeo L'Orfeo (SV 318) (] ), sometimes called La favola d'Orfeo ] , is a late Renaissance/early Baroque "favola in musica", or opera, by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio. It is based on the Greek legend of Orpheus, and tells the story of his descent to Hades and his fruitless attempt to bring his dead bride Eurydice back to the living world. It was written in 1607 for a court performance during the annual Carnival at Mantua. While Jacopo Peri's "Dafne" is generally recognised as the first work in the opera genre, and the earliest surviving opera is Peri's "Euridice", "L'Orfeo" is the earliest that is still regularly performed.

neg: General Kyd Stradivarius The General Kyd; ex-Stern Stradivarius is an antique cello crafted in 1684 by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona.

neg: Il trovatore discography This is a partial discography of Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Il trovatore" ("The Troubadour") and "Le trouvère" (the revised version in French translation). At least 83 recordings exist of the opera as a whole, made between 1912 and 2011, although not all of them are absolutely complete. Of these, 45 are live audio recordings, 22 are studio audio recordings, and 16 are videos or movies. "Il trovatore" was first performed at the Teatro Apollo, Rome on 19 January 1853. "Le trouvère" was first presented on 12 January 1857.

neg: Celesta The celesta or celeste is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard. It looks similar to an upright piano (four- or five-octave), albeit with smaller keys and a much smaller sized cabinet, or a large wooden music box (three-octave). The keys connect to hammers that strike a graduated set of metal (usually steel) plates or bars suspended over wooden resonators. Four- or five-octave models usually have a damper pedal that sustains or damps the sound. The three-octave instruments do not have a pedal because of their small "table-top" design. One of the best-known works that uses the celesta is Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from "The Nutcracker".

neg: Wrocław Opera The Wrocław Opera is an opera company and opera house in Wrocław, Poland. The opera house was opened in 1841 and up to 1945 was known as the Breslau Opera.

neg: A Hand of Bridge A Hand of Bridge, opus 35, is an opera in one act composed by Samuel Barber with libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti, and is possibly the shortest opera that is regularly performed: it lasts about nine minutes. It premiered as a part of Menotti’s Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto on 17 June 1959 at the Teatro Caio Melisso. The United States premiere occurred the next year. The opera consists of two unhappily married couples playing a hand of bridge, during which each character has an arietta in which he or she professes his or her inner desires.

neg: Opera house An opera house is a theatre building used for opera performances that consists of a stage, an orchestra pit, audience seating, and backstage facilities for costumes and set building. While some venues are constructed specifically for operas, other opera houses are part of larger performing arts centers.

neg: Scottish Opera Scottish Opera is the national opera company of Scotland, and one of the five national performing arts companies funded by the Scottish Government. Founded in 1962 and based in Glasgow, it is the largest performing arts organisation in Scotland.

neg: Rothschild's Violin (opera) Rothschild's Violin (Russian: Скрипка Ротшильда ) is a one-act opera by Russian composer Veniamin Fleishman (1913–1941) set to the Russian libretto by the composer after the short story "Rothschild's Fiddle" by Anton Chekhov.

neg: Flute Quartet No. 3 (Mozart) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Flute Quartet No. 3 in C major, K. 285b, is the last of three quartets for the amateur flautist Ferdinand De Jean. Mozart's manuscript designates this work for flute, violin, viola and basso. Despite following directly after the first two flute quartets in the Köchel catalogue, the Quartet in C was almost certainly written a few years later, likely sometime between the years 1781 to 1782.

neg: Kunqu Kunqu (), also known as Kunju (崑劇), Kun opera or Kunqu Opera, is one of the oldest extant forms of Chinese opera. It evolved from the Kunshan melody, and dominated Chinese theatre from the 16th to the 18th centuries. The style originated in the Wu cultural area. It is listed as one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO since 2001.

neg: The Hero (opera) The Hero is a two-act opera by Italian-American composer Gian Carlo Menotti. Commissioned by the Opera Company of Philadelphia, the work premiered at the Philadelphia Academy of Music on June 1, 1976. At this point of his career, Menotti's style of composition, which rejected the avant-garde, was out of favor with the classical music world. "Time" stated in its review of the opera, "Most of Menotti's music is passable Puccini: melodic, easy to take—and totally beside the point in 1976."

neg: Concert version Operas and musicals presented in concert version are performances with limited or no staging, sets and costumes. The singers and the orchestra are usually together on the stage or concert platform rather than placing the orchestra in an orchestra pit. Often the chorus is placed towards the rear or sides of the stage, with the principal singers at the front of the stage, in front of the orchestra. As compared with a fully staged theatre production, the lower cost of producing a concert version and the reduced rehearsal time required have made this style of theatre performance increasingly popular in the 21st century, although the practice dates back to some of the earliest operas of the 17th century.

neg: Trikiti The trikiti (standard Basque, pronounced ] ), trikitixa (dialectal Basque, pronounced ] ) or eskusoinu txiki ("little hand-sound") is a two-row Basque diatonic button accordion with right-hand rows keyed a fifth apart and twelve unisonoric bass buttons. The onomatopoeia "trikiti", apparently stemming from the sound emitted by the tambourine, originally referred to a traditional Basque ensemble, made up of the instrument which now bears the name as well as alboka, txistu and other instruments.

neg: Mandola The mandola (US and Canada) or tenor mandola (Ireland and UK) is a fretted, stringed musical instrument. It is to the mandolin what the viola is to the violin: the four double courses of strings tuned in fifths to the same pitches as the viola (C-G-D-A low-to-high), a fifth lower than a mandolin. The mandola, although now rarer, is the ancestor of the mandolin, the name of which means simply "little mandola".

neg: Tatjana (opera) Kukuschka (1896), better known in a revised version as Tatjana (1906), is the earliest opera of Franz Lehár. The plot for the opera was drawn by librettist Felix Falzari from American journalist and explorer George Kennan's writings about his six years in Siberia, including "Siberia and the Exile System" (1891). Kukuška is the Russian word for cuckoo.

neg: Madamina, il catalogo è questo "Madamina, il catalogo è questo " (also known as the Catalogue Aria) is a bass catalogue aria from Mozart's opera "Don Giovanni" to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, and is one of Mozart's most famous and popular arias.

neg: Betts Stradivarius The Betts Stradivarius is an antique violin made in 1704 by the Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona. It is one of around 650 known extant Stradivari instruments.

neg: Hermine Kittel Hermine Kittel (December 2, 1879 – April 7, 1948) was an Austrian contralto from Vienna. She studied singing with Amalie Materna in Vienna. She made her operatic debut in 1897 in Ljubljana. Kittle first sang under Gustav Mahler at the Vienna Hofoper (Vienna State Opera) and later premiered in a revision of "Ariadne auf Naxos". She sang at the Bayreuth Festival in 1902 and 1908, where she sang Erda in "Der Ring des Nibelungen". She also sang at the Salzburg Festival, where she often played Marcellina in "The Marriage of Figaro".

neg: Lira da braccio The lira da braccio (or "lyra de bracio") was a European bowed string instrument of the Renaissance. It was used by Italian poet-musicians in court in the 15th and 16th centuries to accompany their improvised recitations of lyric and narrative poetry. It is most closely related to the medieval fiddle, or vielle, and like the vielle had a leaf-shaped pegbox with frontal pegs. Fiddles with drone strings are seen beginning in the 9th century (Byzantine lyra), and the instrument continued to develop through the 16th century. In many depictions of the instrument, it is being played by mythological characters, frequently members of angel consorts, and most often by Orpheus and Apollo. The "lira da braccio" was occasionally used in ensembles, particularly in the "intermedi", and may have acted as a proto-continuo instrument.

neg: Opera Opera (] ; English plural: "operas"; Italian plural: "opere" ] ) is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (libretto) and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. In traditional opera, singers do two types of singing: recitative, a speech-inflected style and arias, a more melodic style, in which notes are sung in a sustained fashion. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance. The performance is typically given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble, which since the early 19th century has been led by a conductor.


query: What Soviet politician served under the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union?

pos: Nikolai Bulganin Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin (30 May 1895 – 24 February 1975)) was a Soviet politician who served as Minister of Defense (1953–1955) and Premier of the Soviet Union (1955–1958) under Nikita Khrushchev, following service in the Red Army and as defense minister under Joseph Stalin.

pos: Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1894  – 11 September 1971) was a Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964. Khrushchev was responsible for the de-Stalinization of the Soviet Union, for backing the progress of the early Soviet space program, and for several relatively liberal reforms in areas of domestic policy. Khrushchev's party colleagues removed him from power in 1964, replacing him with Leonid Brezhnev as First Secretary and Alexei Kosygin as Premier.

neg: Vladimir Dolgikh Vladimir Ivanovich Dolgikh (Russian: Владимир Иванович Долгих ; born 5 December 1924) is a Russian politician who was head of the Metallurgical Department of the Central Committee Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He was a candidate member (non-voting) of the Politburo from 1982 to 1988.

neg: Vasil Mzhavanadze Vasil Pavlovich Mzhavanadze (also Vasily; Georgian: ვასილ მჟავანაძე ; 20 September [O.S. 7 September] 1902 – 31 August 1988) was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Georgian SSR from September 1953 to September 28, 1972 and a member of the CPSU's Politburo from June 29, 1957 to December 18, 1972. Dismissed after a corruption scandal, he was replaced by Eduard Shevardnadze.

neg: Mikhail Pervukhin Mikhail Georgievich Pervukhin (Russian: Михаи́л Гео́ргиевич Перву́хин ; 14 October 1904 – 22 July 1978) was a Soviet official during the Stalin Era, Khrushchev Era and the early Brezhnev Era. He served as a First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, literally First Vice-Premier of the Soviet Union, from 1955 to 1957.

neg: Alexander Danieliuk-Stefanski Alexander Danieliuk-Stefanski (also Stefański or Ștefanski; 1897-1937) was a Polish communist politician, active in Poland and in the Soviet Union. From 1931 to 1936, he oversaw the activities of Romanian communists in exile to the Soviet Union, and served as General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party (PCdR). During the period, he was seconded by Elena Filipescu, who was also his lover.

neg: Aleksei Volkov (politician) Aleksei Alekseyevich Volkov (Russian: Алексе́й Алексе́евич Во́лков ; Belarusian: Аляксе́й Аляксе́евіч Во́лкаў ; 1890–1942) was a first secretary of the Byelorussian SSR during the Soviet Union.

neg: Jabbor Rasulov Jabbor Rasulovich Rasulov (Tajik: Ҷаббор Расулович Расулов ) (Russian: Джабар Расулович Расулов ) (July 10, 1913 – April 4, 1982) was First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan between April 12, 1961 and February 1982.

neg: Georgy Arbatov Georgy Arkadyevich Arbatov (Russian: Гео́ргий Арка́дьевич Арба́тов , 19 May 1923, Kherson – 1 October 2010, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian political scientist who served as an adviser to five General Secretaries of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and was best known in the West during the Cold War era as a representative for the policies of the Soviet Union in the United States, where his fluent English helped make him a frequent guest on American television. He was the founding Director and later Emeritus Director of the Institute of USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISKRAN), the Soviet and Russian think tank for the study of USA and Canada.

neg: Vladimir Arkhipov Vladimir Mikhailovich Arkhipov (Russian: Владимир Миха́йлович Архи́пов; 1 June 1933 – 27 October 2004) was a Soviet army general and politician.

neg: Muhammetnazar Gapurow Muhammetnazar Gapurowiç Gapurow (15 February 192213 July 1999) (sometimes referred to by the Russianized name Мухамедназар Гапурович Гапуров "Mukhamednazar Gapurovich Gapurov") served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR from 1969 until 1985. He spent his entire career in the Komsomol and Communist Party apparatus, becoming one of the republic's most influential politicians for almost two decades in the Brezhnev era.

neg: Yang Shangkui Yang Shangkui (; 1905 – November 7, 1986) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary-turned-politician, best known for serving as the First Secretary of his home province Jiangxi between 1955 and 1966, and again between 1976 and 1982.

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: Government of Vladimir Lenin Under the leadership of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, the Bolshevik Party seized power in the Russian Republic during a coup known as the October Revolution. Overthrowing the pre-existing Provisional Government, the Bolsheviks established a new administration, the Council of People's Commissars ("Sovnarkom"), with Lenin appointed as its governing chairman. Ruling by decree, Lenin’s Sovnarkom introduced widespread reforms confiscating land for redistribution among the peasantry, permitting non-Russian nations to declare themselves independent, improving labour rights, and increasing access to education.

neg: Viktor Grishin Viktor Vasilyevich Grishin (Russian: Ви́ктор Васи́льевич Гри́шин ; 18 September [O.S. 5 September] 1914 – 25 May 1992) was a Soviet politician. He was a Candidate (1961–1971) and Full Member (1971–1986) of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

neg: Johannes Käbin Johannes Gustavovitš Käbin (Russian: Иван Густавович Кэбин, 24 September 1905, Kalvi, Estonia – 26 October 1999, Tallinn, Estonia) was an Estonian Soviet politician who led the Estonian Communist Party from 1950 to 1978. He was the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet (head of state) from 1978 to 1983. Initially a hardline Stalinist, he gradually became more moderate in the post-Stalin era but nevertheless remained devoted to the consolidation of Soviet rule in Estonia. Käbin was an ethnic Estonian but had been raised in Russia, as his family had moved to Saint Petersburg in 1910. He worked as a teacher in Moscow before returning to Estonia after the Second World War.

neg: Viktor Chernomyrdin's First Cabinet Viktor Chernomyrdin's First Cabinet acted under President of Russia Boris Yeltsin from 14 December 1992 to August 9, 1996. Until December 25, 1993 the official name was Council of Ministers, and since that date, with the coming into law of the Constitution of Russia under the term "Government".

neg: Yuri Matochkin Yuri Matochkin, also spelled Yury Matochkin, (born 18 October 1931 — 6 July 2006) was a Russian politician. He was the first post-Soviet governor of Kaliningrad Oblast, having been appointed to that position by Boris Yeltsin in September 1991. Matochkin was elected to the Federation Council in 1993 and served on the International Affairs Committee. He was a Professor of Economics.

neg: Sergei Bakinsky Sergei Bakinsky (Russian: Серге́й Серге́евич Бакинский ) was a politician, revolutionary, the first People's Commissar of Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets on nationalities.

neg: Yuri Maslyukov Yuri Dmitriyevich Maslyukov (Russian: Юрий Дмитриевич Маслюков; 30 September 1937 – 1 April 2010) was a Russian politician who was in charge of the Gosplan for three years preceding the demise of the Soviet Union and first deputy prime minister in 1998-1999.

neg: Ekaterina Kalinina Ekaterina Ivanovna Kalinina (Russian: Екатерина Ивановна Калинина ; née Lorberg; 2 July 1882 – 22 December 1960) was the wife of Soviet politician Mikhail Kalinin (1875–1946). Although she was the spouse of the Soviet head of state from 1922 to 1946, she was in a labor camp from 1938 to 1946.

neg: Sergei Obukhov Sergei Obukhov is the secretary of the central committee of the Russian Communist Party and a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 5th and 6th convocation (Moscow). He is also a member of the State Duma Committee for public associations and religious organizations.