Q: Poultry (/ˌpoʊltriː/) are domesticated birds kept by humans for the eggs they produce, their meat, their feathers, or sometimes as pets. These birds are most typically members of the superorder Galloanserae (fowl), especially the order Galliformes (which includes chickens, quails and turkeys) and the family Anatidae, in order Anseriformes, commonly known as "waterfowl" and including domestic ducks and domestic geese. Poultry also includes other birds that are killed for their meat, such as the young of pigeons (known as squabs) but does not include similar wild birds hunted for sport or food and known as game. The word "poultry" comes from the French/Norman word poule, itself derived from the Latin word pullus, which means small animal. 

The domestication of poultry took place several thousand years ago. This may have originally been as a result of people hatching and rearing young birds from eggs collected from the wild, but later involved keeping the birds permanently in captivity. Domesticated chickens may have been used for cockfighting at first and quail kept for their songs, but soon it was realised how useful it was having a captive-bred source of food. Selective breeding for fast growth, egg-laying ability, conformation, plumage and docility took place over the centuries, and modern breeds often look very different from their wild ancestors. Although some birds are still kept in small flocks in extensive systems, most birds available in the market today are reared in intensive commercial enterprises. Poultry is the second most widely eaten type of meat globally and, along with eggs, provides nutritionally beneficial food containing high-quality protein accompanied by a low proportion of fat. All poultry meat should be properly handled and sufficiently cooked in order to reduce the risk of food poisoning.

1. several thousand years ago.
2. for their songs
3. for cockfighting
4. no
5. fast growth, egg-laying ability, conformation, plumage and docility
6. by properly handling and sufficiently cooking
7. domesticated birds kept by humans for the eggs they produce, their meat, their feathers, or sometimes as pets.
8. yes
9. squabs
10. the French/Norman word poule
11. small animal
12. Latin
13. Galliformes
14. Galloanserae
15. in intensive commercial enterprises.
16. second
17. no
18. they contain high-quality protein
19. eggs collected from the wild

Numbered questions:
1. When was poultry first domesticated?
2. Why might people have kept quail in captivity before using them for nourishment?
3. What about chickens?
4. Are today's chickens virtually the same as their ancestors?
5. What did breeders look for when breeding?
6. How can one avoid food poisoning when eating poultry?
7. How is the term poultry defined?
8. Are pidgeons considered poultry?
9. What are they sometimes alternatively called?
10. From which language is "poultry" derived?
11. Which means?
12. In what language originally?
13. Which scientific order includes both chickens and turkeys?
14. Which is a subcategory of which superorder?
15. How are most birds raised today?
16. Globally, where does poultry rank as a meat source?
17. Are chickens and eggs a high source of fat?
18. What nuitritonal benefit do they have?
19. Originally, where did people find birds to raise?

Q: Einstein's connection with the politics of the nuclear bomb is well known: He signed the letter to President Franklin Roosevelt that persuaded the United States to take the idea seriously, and he engaged in postwar efforts to prevent nuclear war. But these were not just the isolated actions of a scientist dragged into the world of politics. Einstein's life was, in fact, "divided between politics and equations ." 

Sickened by what he saw as the waste of human lives during the First World War, he became involved in antiwar demonstrations. His support of civil disobedience did little to endear him to his colleagues. Then, following the war, he directed his efforts toward reconciliation and improving international relations. And soon his politics were making it difficult for him to visit the United States, even to give lectures. 

Einstein's second great cause was Zionism . Although he was Jewish, Einstein rejected the idea of God. However, a growing awareness of anti-Semitism , both before and during the War, led him gradually to identify with the Jewish community, and later to become an outspoken supporter of Zionism. 

His theories came under attack. One man was accused of motivating others to murder Einstein and fined a mere six dollars. When a book was published entitled 100 Authors Against Einstein, he retorted, "If I were wrong, then one would have been enough!" When Hitler came to power, Einstein then in America declared he would not return to Germany. While Nazi attacked his house and confiscated his bank account, a Berlin newspaper displayed the headline "Good News from Einstein--He's Not Coming Back." 

Fearing that German scientists would build a nuclear bomb, Einstein proposed that the United States should develop its own. But he was publicly warning of the dangers of nuclear war and proposing international control of nuclear weaponry. Throughout his life, Einstein's efforts toward peace probably achieved little and won him few friends. His support of the Zionist cause, however, was recognized in 1952, when he was offered the presidency of Israel. He declined, saying he was too naive in politics. But perhaps his real reason was different:" Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity."

1. Einstein
2. the waste of human lives
3. became involved in antiwar demonstrations
4. reconciliation and improving international relations
5. Zionism.
6. unknown

Numbered questions:
1. Who signed a note to President Franklin?
2. What was he so upset about in WWI?
3. So what did he do about it?
4. Then what did he do after the war?
5. What group did he finally identify with?
6. Was that his first greatest cause?

Q: (CNN) -- Despite the ribbing he took from President Barack Obama and comedian Seth Meyers, media mogul Donald Trump proclaimed Saturday night's White House Correspondents Dinner "an entertaining evening." 

Trump, who has indicated that he is considering a run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, was the focus of many of the barbs thrown by Obama and head "Saturday Night Live" writer Meyers. 

In Washington, Trump still talk of town 

"They were pretty personal, but I expected that I was going to be zinged," Trump told CNN's Don Lemon on Sunday night. 

At one point in the presentation, Obama singled out an unsmiling Trump and credited him with making hard decisions -- such as firing Gary Busey over Meat Loaf on an episode of "The Celebrity Apprentice" -- and succeeding in his push for the president to release his long-form birth certificate. 

"Now, he can focus on more important matters like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?" Obama said, referring to Neil Armstrong's 1969 walk on the moon, the alleged UFO crash in New Mexico and the deaths of rappers Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur. 

But appearances aside, Trump had nothing but good things to say about Obama's comedic timing, telling CNN that "some of what the president did was pretty good." 

"It's my honor," he added, referring to the amount of jokes directed at him. "It was a lion's pit, I was walking into it, I've been there before, and you know, I thought it was an entertaining evening." 

1. In Washington
2. a run for president
3. the White House Correspondents Dinner
4. Meyers
5. Don Lemon
6. Obama
7. Gary Busey
8. no
9. a lion's pit
10. no
11. Trump

Numbered questions:

1. Where is Trump still the talk of the town?
2. What did Trump say he was considering for 2012?
3. What did Trump say was an entertaining evening?
4. Who was the head Saturday Night Live writer there?
5. Who was Trump talking to about being zinged?
6. Which president was there?
7. Who did Trump fire over Meat Loaf on Celebrity Apprentice?
8. Did Trump have bad things to say about Obama?
9. What kind of a pit did Trump say it was?
10. Did he say it was a boring evening?
11. Who did Obama single out?