Problem: Facts:   - years active: 1972 -- 1983 1989 -- present    - past members: roger michael rosen hamish stuart steve ferrone eliot lewis alex ligertwood ball tiger mcneil peter abbott fred `` catfish '' alias adam malcolm deitch brian dunne klyde jones morris pleasure monte croft `` molly '' duncan robbie mcintosh    - caption: average white band in 2013    - origin: dundee , scotland    - label: atlantic , rca , mca , rhino , arista    - genre: blue-eyed disco soul , funk , rock , soul ,      - alias: awb    - name: average white band    - image size: 250    - background: group_or_band    - image: average white band 2013.jpg    - current members: alan carter rob aries gorrie onnie mcintyre fred vigdor rocky bryant brent    - associated acts: arif mardin , ned doheny , tower of power    - occupation: rhythm and blues band   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of average white band .

A: average white band -lrb- also awb -rrb- are a scottish funk and r&b band that had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980 .they are best known for their million-selling instrumental track `` pick up the pieces '' , and their albums `` awb '' and `` cut the cake '' .the band name was initially proposed by bonnie bramlett .they have influenced others such as the brand new heavies , and been sampled by various musicians including the beastie boys , tlc , the beatnuts , too short , ice cube , eric b. & rakim , nas , and a tribe called quest , as well as arrested development -- making them the fifteenth most sampled act in history .as of 2012 , forty years after their formation , they continue to perform .


Problem: Facts:   - played for: murrayfield racers    - career end: 1984    - ntl team: gbr    - position: left wing / centre      - birth date: c. 1947    - career start: 1964   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of derek reilly .

A: derek reilly -lrb- born c. 1947 -rrb- is a former british professional ice hockey player .he played his entire playing career with the murrayfield racers between 1964 and 1984 .he also played for the great britain national ice hockey team 19 times at three world championships scoring 10 goals and five assists .he was inducted into the british ice hockey hall of fame in 1987 .


Problem: Facts:   - bgcolour: # 6495ed    - training: traditional    - caption: untitled drawing by black hawk depicting lakota dancers    - patrons: william edward caton    - death date: ca. 1890    - field: ledger art      - birth date: ca. 1832    - name: black hawk    - nationality: sans arc lakota    - image: dance600x364.jpg    - movement: ledger art   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of black hawk -lrb- artist -rrb- .

A: black hawk -lrb- ca. 1832 -- 1890 ? -rrb-was a member of the sans arc or `` itázipčho '' band of lakota people .he is best known as an artist who , in 1880 -- 1881 , produced a set of 76-color ledger drawings of lakota life for william edward caton , the federal `` indian trader '' at the cheyenne river indian reservation .the cover of the bound volume of black hawk 's drawings describes him as `` chief medicine man of the sioux '' .he is believed to have been killed in the wounded knee massacre of 1890 but this is not certain .black hawk 's drawings include seventeen warfare scenes , seventeen natural history scenes featuring fifteen animal species , and numerous drawings of lakota ceremonies , black hawk 's spiritual visions , and depictions of lakota cosmology .a statement by caton 's daughter and bound into the volume reiterates that black hawk was a `` chief medicine men '' and `` was in great straits '' in the winter of 1880 -- 1881 with `` several squaws and numerous children dependent upon him . ''it continues : `` he had absolutely nothing , no food , and would not beg . ''the drawings were produced in exchange for credit at caton 's store .black hawk received fifty cents per drawing from caton .in 1994 , they were sold in an auction by sotheby 's fine american indian art division in new york and later that year became part of the eugene and clare thaw collection of american indian art of the fenimore art museum .


Problem: Facts:     - birth date: 1969    - name: ben hopkins    - occupation: film director , screenwriter    - yearsactive: 1996-present   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ben hopkins .

A:
ben hopkins -lrb- born 1969 -rrb- is a british film director and screenwriter .his 1999 film `` simon magus '' was entered into the 49th berlin international film festival .his 2008 film , '' '' -lrb- -rrb- won awards at film festivals in locarno , ghent and antalya , where it was the first film directed by a foreigner to win an award in the national competition .