Question: Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France to the south. Its capital, Luxembourg City, is, together with Brussels and Strasbourg, one of the three official capitals of the European Union and the seat of the European Court of Justice, the highest juridical authority in the EU. Its culture, people and languages are highly intertwined with its neighbours, making it essentially a mixture of French and Germanic cultures. This is emphasised by the three official languages, Luxembourgish, French, and German. The repeated invasions by Germany, especially in World War II, resulted in the country's strong will for mediation between France and Germany and, among other things, led to the foundation of the European Union. 

With an area of , it is one of the smallest sovereign states in Europe, about the same size as the US state of Rhode Island or the English county of Northamptonshire. In 2016, Luxembourg had a population of 576 249, which makes it one of the least-populous countries in Europe, but by far the one with the highest population growth rate. As a representative democracy with a constitutional monarch, it is headed by a Grand Duke, Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and is the world's only remaining grand duchy. Luxembourg is a developed country, with an advanced economy and one of the world's highest GDP (PPP) per capita. The City of Luxembourg with its old quarters and fortifications was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994 due to the exceptional preservation of the vast fortifications and the old city. 1. What was the population of Luxembourg in 2016?
2. What was it declared in 1994?
3. Why?
4. What is Luxembourg?
5. How many official languages does it have?
6. Which country lies to the east of it?
7. What are the 3 official languages?
8. What US state is it the equivalent in size to?
9. Who is the Grand Duke of Luxembourg?
10. How does its GDP rank world wise?
11. What is Luxembourg's capital?
12. What is Luxembourg City along with Brussels and Strasbourg?
13. What country is south of Luxembourg?
14. Does the Luxembourg border any oceans?
15. Is it a decomcracy?
16. Who was it repeatedly invaded by?
17. What did they contribute to founding?
18. It it a highly populous country?
19. But what is the population growth rat like?
20. What kind of monarch does it have? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. 576 249
2. A UNESCO World Heritage Site
3. Due to the exceptional preservation.
4. A landlocked country in western Europe.
5. Three
6. Germany
7. Luxembourgish, French, and German. The repeated invasions by Germany, especially in World War II, resulted in the
8. Rhode Island
9. Henri
10. One of the world's highest.
11. unknown
12. One of the three official capitals of the European Union
13. France
14. No.
15. Yes.
16. Germany
17. European Union.
18. No.
19. The highest population growth rate.
20. A constitutional monarch


Question: Python is a widely used high-level programming language for general-purpose programming, created by Guido van Rossum and first released in 1991. An interpreted language, Python has a design philosophy that emphasizes code readability (notably using whitespace indentation to delimit code blocks rather than curly brackets or keywords), and a syntax that allows programmers to express concepts in fewer lines of code than might be used in languages such as C++ or Java. The language provides constructs intended to enable writing clear programs on both a small and large scale. 

Python features a dynamic type system and automatic memory management and supports multiple programming paradigms, including object-oriented, imperative, functional programming, and procedural styles. It has a large and comprehensive standard library. Python interpreters are available for many operating systems, allowing Python code to run on a wide variety of systems. CPython, the reference implementation of Python, is open source software and has a community-based development model, as do nearly all of its variant implementations. CPython is managed by the non-profit Python Software Foundation. 

Python was conceived in the late 1980s, and its implementation began in December 1989 by Guido van Rossum at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in the Netherlands as a successor to the ABC language (itself inspired by SETL) capable of exception handling and interfacing with the operating system Amoeba. Van Rossum is Python's principal author, and his continuing central role in deciding the direction of Python is reflected in the title given to him by the Python community, "Benevolent Dictator For Life" (BDFL). 1. What was thought of in the eighties?
2. What year was it implemented?
3. And the month?
4. By whom?
5. Where at?
6. What was it replacing?
7. When did they initially release it?
8. Does it only cater to an elite few?
9. What did it primarily focus on?
10. What did it emphasize?
11. An example of this?
12. Does it take more to create less than other applications?
13. What alternative applications does it outdo in that aspect?
14. Does it only work in little projects?
15. How many program archetypes does it support?
16. An example?
17. Any others?
18. Does it only work on one certain OS?
19. Is the library big or little?
20. Who manages the communal version? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Python
2. 1989
3. December
4. Guido van Rossum
5. Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
6. the ABC language
7. 1991
8. no
9. unknown
10. code readability
11. using whitespace indentation
12. fewer
13. C++ and Java
14. no
15. multiple
16. functional programming
17. procedural
18. no
19. big
20. Python Software Foundation.


Question: (CNN) -- An interview with a choreographer for the Miss Universe pageant spurred controversy Wednesday over alleged claims that Donald Trump personally selects some of the finalists. 

Donald Trump is at the center of a brewing controversy over the Miss Universe finalists. 

The Q&A with Michael Schwandt, which appeared on Guanabee.com, quotes him as saying that "it's just kind of common knowledge that [Trump] picks six of the top 15 single-handedly." 

"And, his reason for doing so, as he told me and he's told the girls before, is that he left it all up to preliminary judging in the past, and some of the most beautiful women, in his opinion, were not in the top 15, and he was kind of upset about that," the story quotes Schwandt as saying. "And he decided that he would pick a certain number and let the judges pick a certain number." 

Via e-mail, Schwandt said that he "was speaking in hypothetical jest" when he said Trump picks some of the finalists and said the mogul has never spoken to either him, or any of his team, about the selection process. 

"The story posted on that site contains many misquotes and [is] highly inaccurate," Schwandt wrote. "I would like to disassociate myself from it completely and anything negative in regards to Miss Universe or even suggesting that Donald Trump 'rigs' his event. I'm perplexed as to why Guanabee.com would run a story such as this when they are aware that it is inaccurate." 

Daniel Mauser, publisher of Guanabee, said his site stands by the story, which resulted after Schwandt was contacted about his role choreographing both the pageant and a much talked-about performance by reality-star-turned-singer Heidi Montag.  1. What was the controversy over the Miss Universe pageant?
2. Who said said it was him?
3. What was Trump's reason for picking them?
4. Where was this story posted?
5. Who's the publisher of the site?
6. What is Schwandt's job?
7. How many of the top 15 does Trump pick?
8. Is this considered common knowledge?
9. How was the interview conducted?
10. What did Schwandt say about the story posted? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Donald Trump personally selects some of the finalists.
2. Michael Schwandt
3. some of the most beautiful women, in his opinion, were not in the top 15,
4. Guanabee.com
5. Daniel Mauser
6. choreographer
7. six
8. it's just kind of common knowledge
9. Q&A
10. highly inaccurate