Question: My daughter went to see The Wild One recently and she commented that Marlon Brando was wearing jeans so long ago. Of course he helped set the trend, so that got me thinking about the link between films and trends in fashion. Fashion and films have gone hand in hand for long. The Wild One is a good example: it appeared in 1954, starring Brando. Dressed in a black leather motorcycle jacket, leather cap and jeans, he created a look which is still considered "cool" today. Everyone from Madonna to middle-aged men is seen wearing the classic leather motorcycle jacket. 

Another strong influence on fashion trends was Breakfast at Tiffany's, starring Audrey Hepburn. She made famous the simple black dress that looks perfect at either a cocktail party or just standing around an expensive department store like Tiffany's with a pastry and coffee in your hand, as Audrey Hepburn does in the film. She looks so elegant, wearing simple but beautiful dresses, big dark glasses and a string of pearls around her neck. Audrey Hepburn still influences women's fashion with her "Tiffany's look". 

In more modern times, the film star Uma Thurman created a major fashion trend when she appeared in the film Pulp Fiction, made in 1994. Her style was very simple. Her black trousers, crisp white shirt and hair style was copied by women in the world. 

Influencing fashion trends can often be about timing. The movie Memoirs of a Geisha came just in time to start a trend in Japanese fashion. It started the Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi, who wore beautiful silk kimonos , and it won an Oscar for Costume Design. Many travel companies picked up on the trend and ran "geisha trips" to Japan. The film has also led to a regained interest in kimonos. It is now quite common to see young Japanese women wearing kimonos not just on traditional occasions, but at various social events. The fashion is also beginning to spread to western countries. 1. What is the topic of this article?
2. Who stared in the movie Pulp Fiction?
3. In what year?
4. Was her choice of clothing complex?
5. What did she wear?
6. Who saw the Wild One?
7. Do we know her name?
8. Who made jeans popular?
9. What else?
10. Which star looked elegant in in dresses?
11. Did she smoke in the film?
12. What else was she know for wearing?
13. Who won an award for Asian clothing in a film?
14. What did she wear?
15. Where is the trend spreading?
16. Who still wears the leather jackets?
17. What style of Uma's was duplicated by women? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. The link between films and trends in fashion.
2. Uma Thurman
3. 1994
4. No
5. Black trousers and a crisp white shirt
6. The daughter of the author of the article
7. No
8. Marlon Brando
9. Leather
10. Audrey Hepburn
11. Yes
12. Glasses
13. Zhang Ziyi
14. beautiful silk kimonos
15. Japan
16. Madonna
17. Hair


Question: Bob Dylan is being investigated on suspicion of inciting hatred in Paris over comments he made in Rolling Stone magazine, French prosecutors said Tuesday. 

An organization representing Croatians in France pressed charges against Dylan for allegedly comparing the conflict between Croatians and Serbs to the Nazis' persecution of Jews in an interview last year for the French edition of Rolling Stone. 

"If you got a slave master or Klan in your blood, blacks can sense that. That stuff lingers to this day. Just like Jews can sense Nazi blood and the Serbs can sense Croatian blood," the influential singer-songwriter was quoted as saying. 

While a Croatian group has said Dylan was referencing the violence that came with the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, it's unclear whether the long-outspoken musician was referring to Yugoslavia or the crimes committed when the Ustasha ruled Croatia during World War II. 

The Paris prosecutor's office said Dylan was placed under formal investigation last month by the Paris Main Court for "public injury" and "incitement to hatred." 

Vlatko Maric, secretary general of the Representative Council of the Croatian Community and Institutions, told CNN his organization had brought the case almost a year ago. 

Explaining the council's decision to pursue the case against Dylan, Maric said the artist's remarks in Rolling Stone were of a "rare violence" that had deeply shocked people from a nation still wounded by the conflict of the 1990s. 

"An entire people is being compared to criminal organizations" like the Nazis or the Ku Klux Klan, he said. "The Croatians are peaceful people who respect Bob Dylan as an artist, but we must remind him that he can't make such remarks.  1. When was Dylan placed under investigation?
2. By who?
3. For what?
4. What evidence do they have?
5. With who?
6. Who was he talking about?
7. What did he compare them to?
8. Are they peaceful?
9. Who talked to the news?
10. When was the conflict? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. last month
2. by the Paris Main Court
3. "public injury" and "incitement to hatred
4. in an interview last year
5. French edition of Rolling Stone
6. Croatians and Serbs
7. Nazis' persecution of Jews
8. No
9. Bob Dylan
10. in the 1990s


Question: Greenwich (, , or ) is an area of south east London, England, located east-southeast of Charing Cross. It is located within the Royal Borough of Greenwich, to which it lends its name. 

Greenwich is notable for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian (0° longitude) and Greenwich Mean Time. The town became the site of a royal palace, the Palace of Placentia from the 15th century, and was the birthplace of many Tudors, including Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. The palace fell into disrepair during the English Civil War and was rebuilt as the Royal Naval Hospital for Sailors by Sir Christopher Wren and his assistant Nicholas Hawksmoor. These buildings became the Royal Naval College in 1873, and they remained an establishment for military education until 1998 when they passed into the hands of the Greenwich Foundation. The historic rooms within these buildings remain open to the public; other buildings are used by University of Greenwich and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. 

The town became a popular resort in the 18th century and many grand houses were built there, such as Vanbrugh Castle (1717) established on Maze Hill, next to the park. From the Georgian period estates of houses were constructed above the town centre. The maritime connections of Greenwich were celebrated in the 20th century, with the siting of the "Cutty Sark" and "Gipsy Moth IV" next to the river front, and the National Maritime Museum in the former buildings of the Royal Hospital School in 1934. Greenwich formed part of Kent until 1889 when the County of London was created. 1. what country is the town the article is covering in?
2. what is it named?
3. where is it?
4. when did it become a vacation hot spot?
5. are there any famous buildings there?
6. what is one of them?
7. when was that built?
8. where is it?
9. where is that?
10. was the city ever the home of royalty?
11. how many royals were born there?
12. are any named in the article?
13. who?
14. what building was from the fifteenth century?
15. is it still called that? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. England
2. Greenwich
3. London
4. 18th century
5. Yes
6. Vanbrugh Castle
7. 1717
8. Maze Hill
9. next to the park
10. Yes
11. many
12. Yes
13. Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
14. Palace of Placentia
15. No