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  2. The Three Questions - Wikipedia

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    "The Three Questions" is a 1903 short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy as part of the collection What Men Live By, and Other Tales. The story takes the form of a parable, and it concerns a king who wants to find the answers to what he considers the three most important questions in life.

  3. The Last Question - Wikipedia

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    "The Last Question" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in the November 1956 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly and in the anthologies in the collections Nine Tomorrows (1959), The Best of Isaac Asimov (1973), Robot Dreams (1986), The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov (1986), the retrospective Opus 100 (1969), and in Isaac Asimov: The Complete ...

  4. Forky Asks a Question - Wikipedia

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    It is the third Pixar short series, following the Cars Toons and Toy Story Toons. The series focuses on the character of Forky (voiced by Tony Hale) as he asks his friends different questions about life. The short series was announced in June 2019 during Disney+ Investor Day 2019, before the release of Toy Story 4.

  5. Question (short story) - Wikipedia

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    "Question" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the March 1955 issue of Computers and Automation (thought to be the first computer magazine), and was reprinted in the April 30, 1957, issue of Science World.

  6. Five Ws - Wikipedia

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    The Five Ws is a checklist used in journalism to ensure that the "lead" or "lede" contains all the essential points of a story. As far back as 1913, reporters were taught that the lead/lede should answer these questions: [1] Who? - Asking about a person or animal; What? - Asking about an object or action; When? - Asking about a time; Where ...

  7. Twenty questions - Wikipedia

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    The story goes that the Romans cut out a spy's tongue, so when he reached bar Kokhba's camp, he was only able to nod or shake his head to answer bar Kokhba's questions. The number of questions is not limited to twenty. Barkochba was played by Frigyes Karinthy and his company in Budapest back in 1911. So the game started in Hungary from the New ...

  8. Short story - Wikipedia

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    The Frame story, also known as the frame narrative or story within a story, is a narrative technique that probably originated in ancient Indian works such as Panchatantra. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The evolution of printing technologies and periodical editions were among the factors contributing to the increasing importance of short story publications.

  9. Narrative - Wikipedia

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    The ethics of retelling other people's stories may be explored through a number of questions: whose story is being told and how, what is the story's purpose or aim, what does the story promise (for instance: empathy, redemption, authenticity, clarification)—and at whose benefit?