# QUESTION
Passage: On 10 September 2008, the U.S. Navy signed a $5.1 billion contract with Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia, to design and construct the carrier. Northrop had begun advance construction of the carrier under a $2.7 billion contract in 2005. The carrier was constructed at the Huntington Ingalls (formerly Northrop Grumman) Newport News Shipbuilding facilities in Newport News, Virginia, which employs 19,000 workers.

Question: Based on this passage, where was the uss gerald ford ship built?
# ANSWER
This is the relevant information: The carrier was constructed at the Huntington Ingalls (formerly Northrop Grumman) Newport News Shipbuilding facilities in Newport News, Virginia, which employs 19,000 workers.
FINAL ANSWER: the Huntington Ingalls ( formerly Northrop Grumman ) Newport News Shipbuilding facilities in Newport News , Virginia


# QUESTION
Passage: The trail runs in an arc between Middlemarch and Clyde, along the route of the former Otago Central Railway. The trail has become a popular tourist attraction, with 10,000-12,000 users per year as a conservative estimate, and yearly (and ongoing) user increases for 6 out of the last 7 years (as of 2011). The trail is also accepted as being, by a large margin, the biggest non-farming economic factor in the Maniototo-Alexandra area.

Question: Based on this passage, where does the rail trail start and end?
# ANSWER
The important part for answering this question is: The trail runs in an arc between Middlemarch and Clyde, along the route of the former Otago Central Railway.
FINAL ANSWER: Middlemarch and Clyde


# QUESTION
Context: The U.S. Surgeon General is nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. The Surgeon General must be appointed from individuals who (1) are members of the Regular Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service, and (2) have specialized training or significant experience in public health programs. The Surgeon General serves a four-year term of office and, depending on whether the current Assistant Secretary for Health is a Public Health Service commissioned officer, is either the senior or next most senior uniformed officer of the commissioned corps, holding the rank of a vice admiral. The current Surgeon General is Jerome Adams, having taken office on September 5, 2017.

Question: who is the surgeon general of the united states now?
# ANSWER

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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To answer the question, consider the following: The current Surgeon General is Jerome Adams, having taken office on September 5, 2017.
FINAL ANSWER: Jerome Adams