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question:Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: One evening Charlie was on his way home from the railway station. When he turned round a corner, he heard footsteps behind him and he thought someone was coming near. He began to walk fast. The footsteps came fast, too. He slowed down. The footsteps also slowed down. Now he was sure that someone must be going after him. He tried to hide. Still the steps followed him. He didn't know how to save himself, so he jumped over some tall grass and hid himself in a cemetery . He threw himself down on one of tombs . The man behind came near. Charlie could hear the man jump over the grass. Thoughts of thieves and robbers filled his mind. Charlie stood up and faced the man. "What do you want? Why are you coming after me?" He asked. "I say," the stranger asked, "do you always go home like this, or are you taking some special exercise tonight? I want to go to Mr. Green's and don't know the way. The station master told me to follow you as you live next door. Excuse me for asking, but is there much farther to go before we get there?" Options: A leaving the station for a cemetery B walking slowly along the street C on his way to Mr. Green's house D on his way back home Answer: D on his way back home Question:

answer:What was Charlie doing one evening before he encountered the stranger following him? A. Leaving the station for a cemetery B. Walking slowly along the street C. On his way to Mr. Green's house D. On his way back home

question:Brian Óg Maguire, 24, from Lisnaskea died after being hit by a steel cable. It snapped at the Quinn pre-stressed concrete factory in Derrylin on 13 September 2012. Liam McCaffery, a Quinn Building Products Ltd director, admitted it had failed to ensure the health and safety of an employee. He also admitted it had failed to maintain work equipment. A barrister for the firm said Mr Maguire was a popular work colleague and the "very significant sense of loss" had not diminished with the passage of time. Mr Maguire was a senior Fermanagh GAA football player. Members of his family wept in the public gallery during the court proceedings. The company will be sentenced on 7 October following the preparation of victim impact reports. In a statement on Friday, the company's management said the "tragic event" had occurred prior to the acquisition of the business by Quinn Industrial Holdings Limited. However, it said the company accepted that there "were failings in its maintenance of appropriate Health and Safety regulations at the time of the accident". "Brian's death remains a tragic loss to his family, his community and his work-colleagues and he is sadly missed by all his friends throughout the business," the statement added. "The company has worked closely with the Health & Safety Executive, implemented significant changes to work practices and made every possible effort to ensure that no such incident ever occurs again." What was that article about?

answer:The article is about the death of Brian Óg Maguire, a 24-year-old from Lisnaskea, who worked at the Quinn pre-stressed concrete factory in Derrylin. On September 13, 2012, he was killed by a snapped steel cable. It is reported that the company, Quinn Building Products Ltd, failed to ensure health and safety protocols for employees and did not maintain work equipment properly as admitted by the director, Liam McCaffery. The company is set to be sentenced on 7 October after victim impact reports have been prepared. Mr Maguire was not only a worker but a well-liked colleague and a senior football player for Fermanagh GAA, causing a considerable sense of loss among peers and family members, the latter of whom were present during the court proceedings. The company claims that this tragedy happened before its acquisition by Quinn Industrial Holdings Limited but accepts that there were failures in upholding appropriate Health and Safety regulations when the accident occurred. The company has since collaborated with the Health and Safety Executive to change work practices and prevent such incidents from happening in the future. Their aim is to honor the tragic loss of Brian, who is missed by his family, his community, and his colleagues.

question:Context: Washington State implemented their Running Start program in 1993. Following Washington State was New Hampshire in 1999, Montana in 2001, Hawaii in 2007, and Illinois in 2012. Running Start and Dual Enrollment Programs across the United States have seen a huge increase in enrollment. Washington State has seen a 56 percent increase in enrollment in the past ten years and had over 26,000 students enrolled in the 2016-2017 school year. Across the United States there are an estimated 2 million high school students enrolled in a dual enrollment program. Question: when did running start begin in washington state? Steam of consciousness below:

answer:Running Start began in Washington State in 1993. The program allows eligible high school juniors and seniors to enroll in college courses at community and technical colleges and earn both high school and college credits simultaneously. Since its inception, the program has grown quite popular, with a 56 percent increase in enrollment in the past ten years. In the 2016-2017 school year, over 26,000 students were enrolled in Running Start in Washington State. The success of this program has led to similar initiatives across the United States, with an estimated 2 million high school students enrolled in a dual enrollment program nationwide.

question:What is the answer: When a snooker game is set up, what ball is set closest to the centre of the table?

answer:In a standard game of snooker, the arrangement of balls on the table at the beginning of play is vital to understand which ball is placed closest to the centre. There are twenty-two balls in total, with fifteen reds, six different coloured balls (yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, and black), and one white cue ball. The balls are placed in the following manner: 1. Red balls: At the start, the fifteen red balls are positioned in a tight equilateral triangle (pyramid) at one end of the table. The apex of the pyramid of reds faces the other end (balk end) of the table. 2. Coloured balls: a) Yellow and green balls: These balls are placed on the "balk line." The yellow ball is positioned at the left corner of the "balk line," and the green ball is placed at the right corner. b) Brown ball: The brown ball is positioned at the intersection of the "balk line" and the "centre spot line," which is also referred to as the "balk centre." c) Blue ball: The blue ball is placed exactly at the mid-point of the table over the "centre spot," which is at the centre of the longitudinal axis. d) Pink ball: The pink ball is positioned just above (towards the other end of the table) the triangle of red balls but not touching them. e) Black ball: The black ball is placed above the pink ball near the other end of the table on the "black spot," which is equidistant from both side cushions. 3. Cue ball (white): The cue ball can be placed anywhere inside the "D" at the start of the game. The "D" is a semi-circle drawn with its straight side along the "balk line" at the opposite end of the red balls. Considering all the placements of the balls on the snooker table, the blue ball is set closest to the centre of the table at the beginning of the game. The blue ball is positioned directly over the "centre spot," which is at the midpoint of the table along its longitudinal axis.