Q: Going on a road trip? The St. Louis Arch, Statue of Liberty and Golden Gate Bridge are normal tourist sites. But if you prefer offbeat destinations, check out the following road-side attractions. 

World's Largest Ball of Paint 

Alexandria, Ind. 

In 1977, Michael Carmichael set out to create the biggest ball of paint anywhere. Starting with a baseball as a center, he painted layer after layer of paint day after day, year after year. The ball weighs more than 1,300 pounds, with more than 20,000 coats of paint, which is recognized by Guinness world Records. Visitors can paint the ball themselves and become part of history. 

The Museum of Dirt 

Boston, Mass. 

The museum is the idea of Glenn Johanson. Labeled glass bottles contain such treasures as dirt from the Great Wall of China, as well as sand from a desert in Saudi Arabia and Omaha Beach in France. Best of all, the cost of seeing this museum is dirt cheap: It's free. 

Mount Horeb Mustard Museum 

Mount Horeb, Wis. 

It's heaven for hot dog lovers! This museum claims to have world's largest collection of prepared mustard . Its more than 4,100 bottles of spices come from 60 nations, including Turkey and Tibet. Visitors learn the history of mustard, from how it's made to how it's advertised and sold. The museum's creator, Barry Levenson, loves mustard so much, he even puts it on ice cream! 

Paper House 

Rockport, Mass. 

Swedish immigrant Ellis Stenman was much ahead of his time in 1922, when he started to build a two-room house almost entirely out of newspaper. At the time, people didn't give much--if any --thought to recycling paper. In fact, "recycling" wasn't even a Word yet. The house is framed with wood, but the walls are made of 215 layers of newspaper. In all ,he used about 100,000 newspapers.

Answer the following questions:
1. Which Museum is mentioned?
2. Where is it?
3. how much does it cost?
4. where can patrons paint?
5. is the ball heavy?
6. how heavy?
7. Where is Mount Horeb?
8. who likes it?
9. which other place is in Mass.?
10. when did it start?
11. By who?
12. where was he from?
13. what is it made of?
14. what do patrons do at Alexandria?
15. how many coats does it have?
16. How many other tourist sites are mentioned?
17. what are they known as?
18. what are the others called?
19. who built the ball?
20. when?
A: 1. The Museum of Dirt
2. Boston, Mass.
3. It's free.
4. Alexandria, Ind.
5. Yes
6. more than 1,300 pounds
7. Wis.
8. hot dog lovers
9. Paper House
10. 1922,
11. Ellis Stenman
12. Sweden
13. almost entirely out of newspaper
14. paint the ball themselves
15. more than 20,000
16. Three
17. normal tourist sites
18. offbeat destinations
19. Michael Carmichael
20. 1977
Q: CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH. 

BLANCHE. 

MRS. INCHBARE was the first person who acted in the emergency. She called for lights; and sternly rebuked the house-maid, who brought them, for not having closed the house door. "Ye feckless ne'er-do-weel!" cried the landlady; "the wind's blawn the candles oot." 

The woman declared (with perfect truth) that the door had been closed. An awkward dispute might have ensued if Blanche had not diverted Mrs. Inchbare's attention to herself. The appearance of the lights disclosed her, wet through with her arms round Anne's neck. Mrs. Inchbare digressed at once to the pressing question of changing the young lady's clothes, and gave Anne the opportunity of looking round her, unobserved. Arnold had made his escape before the candles had been brought in. 

In the mean time Blanche's attention was absorbed in her own dripping skirts. 

"Good gracious! I'm absolutely distilling rain from every part of me. And I'm making you, Anne, as wet as I am! Lend me some dry things. You can't? Mrs. Inchbare, what does your experience suggest? Which had I better do? Go to bed while my clothes are being dried? or borrow from your wardrobe--though you _are_ a head and shoulders taller than I am?" 

Mrs. Inchbare instantly bustled out to fetch the choicest garments that her wardrobe could produce. The moment the door had closed on her Blanche looked round the room in her turn. 

The rights of affection having been already asserted, the claims of curiosity naturally pressed for satisfaction next. 

Answer the following questions:
1. Who has drenched skirts?
2. Who was the first to act?
3. What did she do first?
4. What were they arguing about?
5. Who had their arms around Anne's neck?
6. What did Mrs. Inchbare want to handle?
7. What did Anne do at that moment?
8. What was she trying to ascertain?
9. And what did?
10. Did anybody see him?
11. What did Mrs. Inchbare leave to do?
12. Whose were they?
13. Who looked around after she left?
14. Were Blanche and Mrs. Inchbare the same size?
15. Who was taller?
16. What did Mrs. Inchbare blame for the candles going out?
17. Who did she think did not close the door?
A: 1. Blanche
2. Mrs. Inchbare
3. Called for lights
4. Whether the door was closed.
5. Blanche
6. The issue of the lady's clothes.
7. Look around.
8. What happened to Arnold.
9. He had escaped.
10. No
11. Get some clothes.
12. Her own
13. Blanche
14. No
15. Mrs. Inchbare
16. The wind
17. The house-maid
Q: The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on 18 September 1947 under the National Security Act of 1947. It is the most recent branch of the U.S. military to be formed, and is the largest and one of the world's most technologically advanced air forces. The USAF articulates its core functions as Nuclear Deterrence Operations, Special Operations, Air Superiority, Global Integrated ISR, Space Superiority, Command and Control, Cyberspace Superiority, Personnel Recovery, Global Precision Attack, Building Partnerships, Rapid Global Mobility and Agile Combat Support. 

The U.S. Air Force is a military service organized within the Department of the Air Force, one of the three military departments of the Department of Defense. The Air Force is headed by the civilian Secretary of the Air Force, who reports to the Secretary of Defense, and is appointed by the President with Senate confirmation. The highest-ranking military officer in the Department of the Air Force is the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, who exercises supervision over Air Force units, and serves as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Air Force combat and mobility forces are assigned, as directed by the Secretary of Defense, to the Combatant Commanders, and neither the Secretary of the Air Force nor the Chief of Staff have operational command authority over them.

Answer the following questions:
1. Whgat branch is the air force?
2. what branch?
A:
1. The United States Air Force
2. United States Armed Forces