Question: Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Named after George Washington, the first President of the United States, the state was made out of the western part of the Washington Territory, which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital. Washington is sometimes referred to as Washington State to distinguish it from Washington, D.C., the capital of the U.S., which is often shortened to Washington. 

Washington is the 18th largest state with an area of 71,362 square miles (184,827 sq km), and the 13th most populous state with over 7 million people. Approximately 60 percent of Washington's residents live in the Seattle metropolitan area, the center of transportation, business, and industry along Puget Sound , an inlet of the Pacific Ocean consisting of numerous islands, deep fjords, and bays carved out by glaciers. The remainder of the state consists of deep temperate rainforests in the west, mountain ranges in the west, central, northeast and far southeast, and a semi-arid basin region in the east, central, and south, given over to intensive agriculture. Washington is the second most populous state on the West Coast and in the Western United States, after California. Mount Rainier, an active stratovolcano, is the state's highest elevation at almost 14,411 feet (4,392 m) and is the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous United States. 1. What is this about?
2. What is that?
3. Where?
4. But where?
5. When was it made?
6. Which one was it?
7. Was it part of the Confederate states?
8. What is the capital of it?
9. Does it ever get confused with anything else?
10. What?
11. How do they get around that?
12. How large is it?
13. How many miles?
14. How many people live there?
15. What ranking does that make it?
16. Where do most of them live there?
17. What is that?
18. What is the rest of it?
19. What is the highest point?
20. How high is it? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Washington
2. a state
3. in the United States
4. in the Pacific Northwest region
5. 1889
6. the 42nd
7. No
8. Olympia
9. Yes
10. Washington, D.C
11. Washington is sometimes referred to as Washington State
12. It's the 18th largest state
13. 71,362
14. 7 million
15. the 13th most populous
16. in the Seattle metropolitan area
17. the center of transportation, business, and industry along Puget Sound
18. temperate rainforests, mountain ranges, and a semi-arid basin region
19. Mount Rainier
20. 14,411 feet


Question: London (CNN) -- So, after a mere half-century, German pharmaceutical firm Gruenenthal has decided to apologize for the devastating effects its drug, thalidomide, had on thousands of babies and their families around the world, myself included. Is this a reason to celebrate? Is it even a reason for cautious optimism, or is it simply a piece of news management designed to salvage what is left of its corporate reputation? 

Gruenenthal's chief executive, Harald Stock, made the apology Friday as he inaugurated a memorial to those affected in Stolberg, Germany, where the company is based. 

I was aware of Herr Stock long before his name was flashed around newsrooms all over the world when he made his momentous announcement. 

Together with others, I've been campaigning for justice for the global thalidomide community for the past decade. 

At one point Herr Stock, who replaced Sebastian Wirtz as head of Gruenenthal, agreed to a meeting. 

We held preliminary discussions, however the process broke down acrimoniously before we ever got to meet Herr Stock after it became clear to all of us that the company had no intention of negotiating a lasting settlement -- one that would have kept them out of the headlines forever and which would have left the Wirtz family with its considerable fortune intact. 

Personal account: A life shaped by bad medicine 

So why the apology now? I think it is not unconnected with successful litigation in Australia that has resulted in a multi-million dollar settlement for a hitherto unrecognized thalidomide survivor, Lynette Rowe. Although the settlement was achieved at the expense of the British and Australian successor company to the distributor of thalidomide, Diageo, Gruenenthal was also named in proceedings. The writing was spray-painted on the wall for Mr Stock and the board of Gruenenthal.  1. Did someone apologize?
2. Who?
3. Of what company?
4. What was his name?
5. When did he apologize?
6. Was someone replaced?
7. Who was replaced?
8. Who replaced him?
9. In what position?
10. How long was the campaign?
11. Where was the company based?
12. What city in germany?
13. What was he apologizing for?
14. Effects of what drug?
15. How many were affected?
16. Were only adults affected?
17. Who were all affected?
18. What was inaugurated?
19. When?
20. Was Stock unknown prior? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Yes
2. The chief executive
3. Gruenenthal
4. Harald Stock
5. Friday
6. yes
7. Sebastian Wirtz
8. Herr Stock
9. The head of Gruenenthal
10. Over 10 years
11. Germany
12. Stolberg
13. Bad drug effects
14. thalidomide
15. 1000s
16. No
17. Babies and their families
18. A memorial
19. Friday
20. No


Question: The girl was scared. She had been lost in the woods for over an hour. Then she heard something howling in the distance. Finally, it was getting dark. It all made her more scared than she had ever been. The howling grew louder. Then the girl came into a small opening in the woods. And she saw the wolf! She was so scared she cried out, "Please don't eat me Mr. Wolf!" A grey wolf, with grey fur, black eyes, and white teeth looked at her. Then he let out a big, wolf laugh. "Haha, I am not going to eat you! I don't like to eat humans! They taste bad. Plus, I am full! Do you want some spaghetti? It's been cooking for days! I was going to make some salad but I am out. I'll go to the grocery store tomorrow, I haven't been there in months!" The girl was confused. A wolf who ate salad? But she was hungry. So she sat down and ate with the wolf. He was so pleased she ate with him he gave her a map. Then he showed her how to get out of the woods. Her mother would never believe her. 1. Why didn't the wolf eat the girl?
2. What did he eat instead?
3. Did the girl eat salad?
4. Where did they meet?
5. What did he give her?
6. Why?
7. What will he do the next day?
8. Was it daytime?
9. Did they have dinner together?
10. What color was he?
11. What about his eyes?
12. How did she feel at the beginning?
13. How long was the meal cooking?
14. Why doesn't he like eating people?
15. Did they eat salad? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. I don't like to eat humans! They taste bad. Plus, I am full!
2. Spaghetti
3. No
4. In a small opening in the woods
5. he gave her a map
6. He was so pleased she ate with him
7. He will go to the grocery store tomorrow
8. No
9. Yes
10. Grey
11. They were black
12. The girl was scared.
13. It's been cooking for days!
14. They taste bad.
15. No