trec2003.nuggets.3

智能答疑系统

2177	4	okay	Tenured professor at UC-Santa Cruz
2177	5	vital	Member of Communist Party
2177	6	vital	Was once on FBI's 10 Most Wanted List
2177	7	okay	Advocates the abolishment of prisons
2177	8	okay	Wrote "Women, Race and Class" (1980)


Qid 2201: What is Bollywood?
2201	1	vital	is Bombay-based film industry
2201	2	vital	bollywood is indian version of Hollywood
2201	3	vital	name bollywood derived from Bombay
2201	4	vital	second largest movie industry outside of hollywood
2201	5	okay	thre bollywood movies in UK's top ten this year
2201	6	okay	empty theaters because films shown on cable
2201	7	okay	Bollywood awards equivalent to Oscars
2201	8	vital	700 or more films produced by india with 200 or more from bollywood
2201	9	okay	Bolywood --an industry reeling from its worst year ever


Qid 2203: What is a quasar?
2203	1	vital	sources of tremendous energy
2203	2	vital	a fiery reddish dot
2203	3	vital	object that died billions of years ago
2203	4	vital	believed powered by matter falling into massive black holes
2203	5	vital	found in the center of galaxies
2203	6	vital	about size of our solar system
2203	7	vital	have brightness equal to 100 galaxies or more
2203	8	okay	most distant quasar 12 billion light years from earth
2203	9	vital	extremely distant and bright objects


Qid 2208: Who is Al Sharpton?
2208	1	vital	Best known of Miss Brawley advisers
2208	2	okay	exploited black teenager fake rape
2208	3	vital	an outspoken activitst
2208	4	vital	black minister and political activist from Brooklyn
2208	5	okay	activist attended Million Youth March
2208	6	okay	involved in Diallo case
2208	7	okay	not anti-police but anti-police brutality
2208	8	okay	supported "Justice for Patrick
2208	9	okay	led  civil disobedience campaign
2208	10	vital	Sharpton controversial preacher
2208	11	vital	leader black community in new york
2208	12	okay	ran for US sentate
2208	13	okay	Sharpton has become a power broker
2208	14	okay	Prresident national action group
2208	15	okay	civil rights activist
2208	16	vital	bombastic and divisive person
2208	17	vital	articulate leader
2208	18	vital	Harlem civil rights leader
2208	19	okay	advocate anti war against Iraq
2208	20	vital	A run for president of US
2208	21	okay	known for quick punch lines
2208	22	okay	accused of antisemitism
2208	23	okay	founder national action network  for police protests


Qid 2222: What is Friends of the Earth?
2222	1	vital	an environmental network operating in 63 countries
2222	2	vital	it has 20000 members in the u.s.
2222	3	vital	washington-based non-profit group


Qid 2224: Who is Andrew Carnegie?
2224	1	vital	philanthropist
2224	2	vital	built carnegie hall in new york
2224	3	okay	steel magnate
2224	4	vital	on the list of the richest americans of all time
2224	5	okay	built more than 1600 libraries in the United states
2224	6	okay	established carnegie hero fund commission
2224	7	okay	immigrant from scotland


Qid 2229: What is Freddie Mac?
2229	1	vital	Congressionally chartered mortgage company
2229	2	vital	one of America's biggest financial institutions
2229	3	vital	private corporation created by Congress in 1970
2229	4	okay	3000 employees
2229	5	vital	buys mortgages from lenders, packages them as securities, and sells them to investors
2229	6	vital	Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., better known as Freddie Mac
2229	7	okay	created with mandate of making mortgages available to less affluent people
2229	8	okay	financed homes for more than 2 million families in 1999
2229	9	okay	Fannie Mae is sibling of Freddie Mac


Qid 2234: Who is Althea Gibson?
2234	1	vital	won 5 grand slam titles
2234	2	vital	one of only two African-American women ever to win a grand Slam singles title
2234	3	vital	broke sports (tennis) color barrier in 1950
2234	4	okay	established the Althea Gibson Foundation
2234	5	okay	from a sharecropping family in Alabama
2234	6	okay	has suffered two stokes, now lives almost a recluse in East Orange, N.J.
2234	7	vital	first black player to win Wimbleton and U.S. Singles titles
2234	8	okay	served  as the state's athletic commissioner
2234	9	vital	born April 25, 1927 in Silver, South Carolina


Qid 2258: What is feng shui?
2258	1	vital	Pronounced FUNG SHWAY
2258	2	vital	Translates to WIND AND WATER
2258	3	vital	Ancient Chinese art
2258	4	vital	3000-4000 years old
2258	5	vital	Involves principles of creating harmonious environments
2258	6	okay	5 principal materials are earth, water, wood, fire, and metals
2258	7	okay	Involves clutter free simplicity
2258	8	okay	Banned by Mao  1949-76
2258	9	okay	Adherence leads to balanced life


Qid 2267: Who is Alexander Pope?
2267	1	vital	English poet
2267	2	vital	Greatest poet of his age
2267	3	vital	Known for his biting wit
2267	4	okay	Catholic who was unacceptable as laureate to the English Protestant House of Hanover


Qid 2274: Who is Alice Rivlin?
2274	1	vital	federal reserve vice chairman
2274	2	vital	financial assistance Authority for DC
2274	3	vital	director of OMB
2274	4	vital	first woman to serve as president of AEA
2274	5	okay	divorced from Lewis Rivlin
2274	6	vital	White house budget chief
2274	7	okay	chairman of the district of columbia financial control board
2274	8	vital	head of congressional budget office (CBO)
2274	9	okay	Assitant secretary for planning and evaluation dept. Of Health, Education and welfare
2274	10	okay	works at Brookings Institute
2274	11	okay	received doctorate from Radcliff


Qid 2304: Who is Niels Bohr?
2304	1	okay	Jewish
2304	2	vital	Danish
2304	3	vital	Nuclear physicist
2304	4	vital	Helped create atom bomb
2304	5	okay	Worked on Manhattan Project
2304	6	okay	Institute in Copenhagen bears his name
2304	7	okay	Mentor of Dr. Heisenberg, head of Nazi atom bomb program
2304	8	okay	Developed theory of Complementarity re atomic matter
2304	9	vital	Nobel Prize winner


Qid 2321: What is Restorative Justice?
2321	1	vital	Canadian progrm-offender makes amends vice imprisonment
2321	2	vital	mediator establishes relationship between offender and victim
2321	3	okay	discussion crime, effects restoration
2321	4	okay	Restorative Justice Ministries Network - Christian ministry counseling education
2321	5	okay	criminal and victim same room face to face
2321	6	vital	introduced in U.S. in the 1970's


Qid 2322: Who is Absalom?
2322	1	vital	Son of biblical David
2322	2	vital	Traitor to his father
2322	3	vital	Name in title of Faulkner novel


Qid 2324: Who is Nostradamus?
2324	1	vital	16th century seer
2324	2	vital	Astrologer
2324	3	vital	Physician
2324	4	vital	In rhymed prophecies called CENTURIES predicted future events
2324	5	okay	Real name - Michel de Notre-Dame
2324	6	okay	Closet Lutheran  during Inquisition
2324	7	okay	Catherine de Medici was patron
2324	8	okay	Supposedly predicted the rise of Hitler
2324	9	okay	Second best selling author


Qid 2327: Who is Ari Fleischer?
2327	1	vital	Elizabeth Dole's Communications Director
2327	2	vital	Campaign Spokesman for Elizabeth Dole
2327	3	vital	Spokesman for Texas Govenor George W. Bush
2327	4	vital	Spokesman for Representative Bill Archer
2327	5	okay	Majority spokesman for Ways and Means Committee
2327	6	okay	Aide to Rep. Archer
2327	7	okay	Elizabeth Dole's Press Secretary
2327	8	okay	Communications director House Ways and Means Committee
2327	9	vital	Aide - Senior Adviser to Bush
2327	10	vital	Bush-Cheney campaign spokesman
2327	11	vital	White House Press Secretary
2327	12	okay	Lobbiest for Aircraft makers and cattle ranchers
2327	13	okay	Press Secretary to New York Congressman Norman Lent


Qid 2332: Who is Machiavelli?
2332	1	vital	Florentine
2332	2	vital	Political philosopher
2332	3	vital	Wrote political classic  THE PRINCE
2332	4	okay	Served as 2nd chancellor of the Signori
2332	5	vital	With Leonardo da Vinci devised plan to divert Arno River
2332	6	okay	Successful statesman
2332	7	okay	Superb strategic thinker unburdened by sentiment
2332	8	okay	First name was Nicolo
2332	9	okay	Playwright


Qid 2348: What is the medical condition shingles?
2348	1	vital	painful skin disease
2348	2	vital	infection of chicken pox virus
2348	3	vital	burning piercing electric shock-like pain
2348	4	vital	rash
2348	5	okay	risk to anyone who has had chicken pox
2348	6	okay	pain can last for months possibly years
2348	7	vital	tropical capsaicin relieves pain of shingles
2348	8	okay	debilitation, depression suicide may follow shingles
2348	9	okay	debilitation, d epression suicide may follow shingles


Qid 2349: Who is Anwar Sadat?
2349	1	vital	assumed presidency of Egypt in 1970
2349	2	vital	assassinated in 1981
2349	3	okay	sadats assassin, Khaled Al-Islamboli
2349	4	vital	signed 1979 peace agreement between Israel and Egypt
2349	5	vital	born Christmas Day, 1918
2349	6	okay	shared Nobel Prize
2349	7	okay	succeeded Nassar as president in 1970
2349	8	vital	first Arab leader to make peace with Israel
2349	9	vital	shared Nobel Peace Prize in 1979
2349	10	okay	nephew Talaat Sadat
2349	11	okay	first Egyptian president to officially visit United States
2349	12	okay	staunch U.S. ally


Qid 2366: What is Schadenfreude?
2366	1	vital	German word
2366	2	vital	Translates to MALICIOUS JOY
2366	3	vital	Means taking pleasure in others misfortunes
2366	4	okay	Involves element of shame at having felt pleasure
2366	5	vital	Happens to virtually all non-infantile, non-comatose human beings
2366	6	okay	A feeling savored without public display


Qid 2369: Who is Annie Oakley?
2369	1	vital	wild west sharpshooter
2369	2	vital	star in Buffalo Bill Cody wild west show in 1880's
2369	3	okay	romance with Frank Butler
2369	4	okay	1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun based on Oaklely Butler romance
2369	5	okay	depicted on commemorative postage stamp
2369	6	okay	born Phoebe Anne Oakley Mozee
2369	7	vital	born August 13, 1860
2369	8	vital	markswoman Phoebe Ann Moses Butler
2369	9	okay	married Frank Butler
2369	10	okay	six of eight children
2369	11	vital	died Novermber 3, 1926


Qid 2372: What is Destiny's Child?
2372	1	vital	rhythm and blues pop group
2372	2	vital	no. 1 single billboard magazine
2372	3	vital	won mtv video award for r & b video
2372	4	okay	R & B quartet
2372	5	okay	Say my name
2372	6	vital	lead singer beyonce knowles
2372	7	okay	houston based
2372	8	okay	awsuit against manager
2372	9	vital	formed  1996
2372	10	vital	all female quartet
2372	11	okay	featured on movie sound tracks
2372	12	okay	album writing on the wall
2372	13	okay	producer mathew knowles
2372	14	okay	houston based


Qid 2373: Who is Alger Hiss?
2373	1	okay	respected/former state department official
2373	2	vital	accused of being a communist/spy
2373	3	okay	served 44months in prison
2373	4	vital	A Soviet spy
2373	5	vital	indicted/convicted of perjury
2373	6	okay	denied passing secrets to Chambers
2373	7	okay	clerked for Supreme court


Qid 2385: What is the Kama Sutra?
2385	1	vital	Indian manual
2385	2	vital	Written in Sanskrit
2385	3	vital	Written in 5th century
2385	4	okay	Written by Hindu sage Vatsayana
2385	5	vital	Contains terse sayings about pleasure, sex, and love
2385	6	okay	Translated by English explorer, Richard Burton, into English