Problem:Ariel is a spirit who appears in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest. Ariel is bound to serve the magician Prospero, who rescued him from the tree in which he was imprisoned by Sycorax, the witch who previously inhabited the island. Prospero greets disobedience with a reminder that he saved Ariel from Sycorax's spell, and with promises to grant Ariel his freedom. Ariel is Prospero's eyes and ears throughout the play, using his magical abilities to cause the tempest in Act One which gives the play its name, and to foil other characters' plots to bring down his master.

Answer this question: where was ariel before prospero set him free?
Solution:OK... The important part for answering this question is: Ariel is bound to serve the magician Prospero, who rescued him from the tree in which he was imprisoned by Sycorax, the witch who previously inhabited the island.
the tree in which he was imprisoned by Sycorax.


Student A:Hope Springs Eternal is a phrase from the Alexander Pope poem An Essay on Man

Where does the quote hope springs eternal come from?
Student B:OK... To answer this question, we should know that: Hope Springs Eternal is a phrase from the Alexander Pope poem An Essay on Man
the Alexander Pope poem An Essay on Man.


Problem:The appointment and confirmation of Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States involves several steps set forth by the United States Constitution, which have been further refined and developed by decades of tradition. Candidates are nominated by the President of the United States and must face a series of hearings in which both the nominee and other witnesses make statements and answer questions before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which can vote to send the nomination to the full United States Senate. Confirmation by the Senate allows the President to formally appoint the candidate to the court.

Based on this passage, who approves presidential appointments to the supreme court?
Solution:OK... The relevant information to answer the above question is: Confirmation by the Senate allows the President to formally appoint the candidate to the court.
the Senate.


Student A:This goose breeds north of the timberline in Greenland, Canada, Alaska, and the northeastern tip of Siberia, and spends winters in warm parts of North America from southwestern British Columbia through parts of the United States to Mexico. They fly as far south as Texas and Mexico during winter, and return to nest on the Arctic tundra each spring. It is a rare vagrant to Europe, but a frequent escape from collections and an occasional feral breeder. Snow geese are visitors to the British Isles where they are seen regularly among flocks of barnacle, Brent and Greenland white-fronted geese. There is also a feral population in Scotland from which many vagrant birds in Britain seem to derive.

Where do snow geese go for the winter?
Student B:OK... To answer this question, we should know that: This goose breeds north of the timberline in Greenland, Canada, Alaska, and the northeastern tip of Siberia, and spends winters in warm parts of North America from southwestern British Columbia through parts of the United States to Mexico.
warm parts of North America from southwestern British Columbia through parts of the United States to Mexico.


Problem:"It's Raining Again" is a song recorded by British progressive rock band Supertramp and released as a single from their 1982 album ... Famous Last Words ... with credits given to Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, although as indicated on the album sleeve, it is a Hodgson composition. The end of the song incorporates the old nursery rhyme "It's Raining, It's Pouring".

Answer this question: who sings the song it's raining again?
Solution:OK... The important part for answering this question is: "It's Raining Again" is a song recorded by British progressive rock band Supertramp and released as a single from their 1982 album ... Famous Last Words ... with credits given to Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, although as indicated on the album sleeve, it is a Hodgson composition.
Supertramp.


Problem:Passage: Although the song finished 1987 as the 48th best seller of the year despite only a single month's sales, it was denied the UK Christmas number one by the Pet Shop Boys' cover of "Always on My Mind". MacGowan is said to have commented on this in his typically forthright manner, "We were beaten by two queens and a drum machine". MacColl later said that she did not feel they were really in competition with the Pet Shop Boys as they were doing a completely different kind of music.

Question: Based on this passage, who kept fairytale of new york from number 1?
Solution:

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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OK... The important part for answering this question is: Although the song finished 1987 as the 48th best seller of the year despite only a single month's sales, it was denied the UK Christmas number one by the Pet Shop Boys' cover of "Always on My Mind".
the Pet Shop Boys.