Three New York courts have rejected one group's legal effort to grant captive chimpanzees in that state the same rights as a "legal person." 

The Nonhuman Rights Project filed three separate suits on behalf of four chimpanzees in New York state last week in a bid to secure for Tommy, Kiko, Hercules and Leo -- all male chimps held in various parts of the state -- the "right to bodily liberty." 

The lawsuits asked that the four chimpanzees be moved to a sanctuary "where they can live out their days with others of their kind in an environment as close to the wild as is possible in North America," the group said. 

The group says it will appeal the courts' decisions. 

"These outcomes allow the NhRP to proceed to the appellate courts," NhRP spokeswoman Stacey Doss told CNN. 

Are we really different from animals? 

NhRP founder and President Steven Wise said before the suits were filed that he would "be asking judges to recognize, for the first time, that these cognitively complex, autonomous beings have the basic legal right to not be imprisoned." 

Tommy's owner, Pat Levery, dismissed the notion that he confines the 26-year-old chimp to a prison. Tommy lives in a cage on a trailer lot in Gloversville, New York. 

"Totally ridiculous" he said of the lawsuit, which he has not read. 

"I'd be happy to show you Tommy's home, to show you how well he is cared for," Levery said. 

When reached by CNN Monday, he did not know the suit had been rejected.  What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What state was the case in?
2. What were they trying to do?
3. How many monkeys?
4. What organization did this?
5. What did they do?
6. Why did they do this?
7. What are the monkeys' names?
8. What happened in court?
9. Who brought the case about?
10. Who was that?
11. What did he do?
12. Who were the other people involved?
13. What was her role?
14. What did she say?
15. What happened to the monkeys?
16. What did the owners say after?
17. Where is his house?
18. Where does the monkey stay?
19. How old is it?
20. Who is it's caretaker?
21. Was the caretaker upset?
Answer: 1. New York
2. grant captive chimpanzees  the same rights as a legal person
3. four
4. The Nonhuman Rights Project
5. filed three suits on behalf
6. so the four chimpanzees can be moved to a sanctuary
7. Tommy, Kiko, Hercules and Leo
8. they suits were rejected
9. the NhRP founder and President
10. Steven Wise
11. would be asking judges to recognize that the chimps have the legal right to not be imprisoned.
12. NhRP spokeswoman Stacey Doss
13. spokeswoman
14. that the outcomes allow the NhRP to proceed to the appellate courts
15. unknown
16. that he'd be happy to show Tommy's home
17. in Gloversville, New York.
18. in a cage on a trailer lot
19. 26 years old
20. Pat Levery
21. yes

A few months ago, Dr. Ken Duckworth, a psychiatrist in Massachusetts, was swimming in his community's pool, chatting with other swimmers. When he mentioned his career, one man wanted Duckworth's opinion on his struggles with depression; another asked for advice on a family member's mental illness. 

"I was sort of amazed. They were talking openly about their mental disabilities with a stranger in a swimming locker room, " said Duckworth, "That wouldn't have happened 15 years ago. " 

New research shows that these swimmers aren't the only ones opening up. According to a new study, more American adults than ever are reporting being disabled by the symptoms of depression, anxiety or other emotional problems. 

The report, published Thursday in the American Journal of Public Health, found that people who said they couldn't perform everyday tasks or engage in social and leisure activities because of a mental illness increased from 2 percent in 1999 to 2.7 percent in 2009. That increase amounts to nearly 2 million more people disabled by mental distress in the past decade, the report said. 

Although people did not say they felt more mental distressed compared to past years, they reported that their mental health problems had a greater impact on their daily lives. 

Dr. Ramin Mojtabai, the study's author, said it's unclear whether the findings tell a sad story of greater mental distress in recent times or point to a victory for public education about the importance of acknowledging and evaluating mental illness. 

"It is possible that people are realizing the effects of mental illness more acutely now than before," he said. "People could be becoming more aware. " 

Mojtabai said it's also possible that a number of factors could be taking a toll on the population's mental well-being. High unemployment, economic hardships and a growing sense of isolation could be putting greater stress on Americans. 

But Duckworth said there could be a more positive explanation -- like his fellow swimmers, people may be getting more comfortable with talking about their mental distress. 

"I wonder if this tells us that American culture is becoming more open and is giving people the ability to speak about it," he said. "If people have this problem and are willing to acknowledge it, then we're getting closer to dealing with it." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who is the study's author?
2. Will the findings tell a sad story?
3. Will it be of greater or lesser mental distress?
4. Are people becoming more aware?
5. Is Duckworth sort of amazed?
6. What were people talking openly about?
7. With whom?
8. Where?
9. Would that have happened 15 years ago?
10. Is Duckworth a doctor?
11. What's his job title?
12. Where's he located?
13. Is he social-able?
14. What journal was the report published in?
15. How many percent of people in 1999 had trouble with every day tasks?
16. What else did they have trouble engaging in?
17. When did it increase to 2.7 percent?
18. How many million of people is that?
19. Were these people happier or more distressed?
20. What might be taking a toll on the population's mental health?
Answer:
1. Dr. Ramin Mojtabai
2. unknown
3. greater
4. Yes
5. Yes
6. Their mental disabilities
7. A stranger
8. In a swimming locker room
9. No
10. Yes
11. psychiatrist
12. Massachusetts
13. Yes
14. The American Journal of Public Health
15. Two
16. social and leisure activities
17. 2009
18. 2 million
19. More distressed
20. High unemployment