Washington (CNN) -- When Paul Ryan struggled to explain a budget-balancing timeline under Mitt Romney, he highlighted the difficulty of trying to run a substantive campaign without being too specific. 

While Ryan's interview Tuesday with Fox News' Brit Hume was no Sarah Palin-Katie Couric moment, the Republican vice presidential candidate's discomfort in answering when Romney's proposal would balance the budget was evident. 

Ryan, a seven-term congressman from Wisconsin and chairman of the House Budget Committee, said he was unsure when Romney's proposals would balance the federal budget. Romney's plans say he would "put the federal government on a course toward a balanced budget" but does not say when. 

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Hume repeatedly pressed Ryan on the question of "when" Romney's budget would balance. 

Hume: "The budget plan you're now supporting would get to balance when?" 

Ryan: "Well, there are different -- the budget plan that Mitt Romney is supporting gets us down to 20% of GDP (gross domestic product) government spending by 2016. That means get the size of government back to where it historically has been. What President Obama has done is he brought the size of government to as high as it hasn't been since World War II. We want to reduce the size of government to have more economic freedom." 

Hume: "I get that. What about balance?" 

Ryan: "I don't know exactly what the balance is. I don't want to get wonky on you, but we haven't run the numbers on that specific plan. The plan we offer in the House balances the budget. I'd put a contrast. President Obama, never once, ever, has offered a plan to ever balance the budget. The United States Senate, they haven't even balanced, they haven't passed a budget in three years."  What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who interviewed Paul Ryan?
2. Who is he with?
3. What is Ryan's occupation?
4. How many terms has he served?
5. Was he certain when Romney's plan would balance the budget?
6. How many parts does Romney's plan have?
7. Did Hume only ask him once about when it would be balanced?
8. What percentage does the plan get the GDP down to?
9. Which President is referenced?
10. How long has it been since the senate passed a budget?
11. What did he say about Obama's government size?
Answer: 1. Brit Hume
2. Fox News' Journalist
3. congressman
4. seven
5. no
6. Five
7. no
8. 20%
9. Obama
10. three years
11. high

Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York in 1905 as a weekly; in 1933 it added Daily Variety, based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry; in 1998 it brought out Daily Variety Gotham, based in New York. Variety.com features breaking entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and more, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. The last daily printed edition was put out on March 19, 2013. "Variety" originally reported on theater and vaudeville. 

"Variety" has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. 

On January 19, 1907, "Variety" published what is considered the first film review in history. 

In 1933, Sime Silverman launched "Daily Variety", based in Hollywood. 

Sime Silverman had passed on the editorship of the "Weekly Variety" to Abel Green as his replacement in 1931; he remained as publisher until his death in 1933 soon after launching the Daily. His son Sidne Silverman (1901–1950), known as "Skigie", succeeded him as publisher of both publications. Both Sidne and his wife, stage actress Marie Saxon (1905–1942), died of tuberculosis. Their only son Syd Silverman (1932-2017), was the sole heir to what was then Variety Inc. Young Syd's legal guardian Harold Erichs oversaw Variety Inc. until 1956. After that date Syd Silverman was publisher of both the "Weekly Variety" in New York and the "Daily Variety" in Hollywood, until the sale of both papers in 1987 to the Cahners Corp. In L.A. the Daily was edited by Tom Pryor from 1959 until 1988. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. when was Daily Variety launched?
2. by who?
3. where was it based?
4. What is variety?
5. is it also a website?
6. who owns it?
7. When did Variety put out the first film review?
8. Who founded variety?
9. When was Tom Pryor editor?
10. Who became editor of Weekly after Silverman?
11. When did Green replace him?
12. how long did he remain publisher?
Answer: 1. 1905
2. Sime Silverman
3. New York
4. a weekly American entertainment trade magazine
5. Yes
6. Penske Media Corporation
7. 1933
8. Sime Silverman
9. 1959 until 1988.
10. Harold Erichs
11. 1931
12. 1933

Kanji, or "kan'ji", are the adopted logographic Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana and katakana. The Japanese term "kanji" for the Chinese characters literally means "Han characters" and is written using the same characters as the Chinese word '. 

Chinese characters first came to Japan on official seals, letters, swords, coins, mirrors, and other decorative items imported from China. The earliest known instance of such an import was the King of Na gold seal given by Emperor Guangwu of Han to a Yamato emissary in 57 AD. Chinese coins from the first century AD have been found in Yayoi-period archaeological sites. However, the Japanese of that era probably had no comprehension of the script, and would remain illiterate until the fifth century AD. According to the "Nihon Shoki" and "Kojiki", a semi-legendary scholar called Wani () was dispatched to Japan by the Kingdom of Baekje during the reign of Emperor Ōjin in the early fifth century, bringing with him knowledge of Confucianism and Chinese characters. 

The earliest Japanese documents were probably written by bilingual Chinese or Korean officials employed at the Yamato court. For example, the diplomatic correspondence from King Bu of Wa to Emperor Shun of Liu Song in 478 has been praised for its skillful use of allusion. Later, groups of people called "fuhito" were organized under the monarch to read and write Classical Chinese. During the reign of Empress Suiko (593–628), the Yamato court began sending full-scale diplomatic missions to China, which resulted in a large increase in Chinese literacy at the Japanese court. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. How many types of characters are mentioned?
2. What are they a part of?
3. What country are Kanji actually from?
4. When were they first seen in Japan?
5. How did they arrive?
6. Could the Japanese understand the script on the items they found?
7. Who arrived in the fifth century?
8. What did he have?
9. When did King Bu and Emperor Shun communicate?
10. Who was responsible for the first Japanese writings?
11. Who are the Fuhito?
12. When did Empress Suiko live?
Answer:
1. Han character
2. the modern Japanese writing
3. China
4. 57 AD
5. on official seals and letters
6. no
7. Wani
8. knowledge of Confucianism and Chinese characters
9. 478
10. Chinese or Korean officials
11. People who could read and write Classical Chinese.
12. 593–628