document_title: Streets and highways of Washington, D.C.

question_text: who laid out the streets in washington dc

text: City layout[edit]

text: The District of Columbia was created to serve as the permanent national capital in 1790. Within the District, a new capital city was founded in 1791 to the east of a preexisting settlement at Georgetown. The original street layout in the new City of Washington was designed by Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant.[2][3]

text: As a planned city, Washington was modeled in the Baroque style and incorporated avenues radiating out from rectangles, providing room for open space and landscaping. At L'Enfant's request, Thomas Jefferson provided plans of cities such as Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt, Karlsruhe and Milan, which he had brought back from Europe in 1788.[4] His design also envisioned a garden-lined "grand avenue" approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) in length and 400 feet (120 m) wide in the area that is now the National Mall.[5] The City of Washington was bounded to the north by Boundary Street (now Florida Avenue) at the base of the escarpment of the Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line, to the southeast by the Anacostia River, to the southwest by the Potomac River and to the west by Rock Creek.[2][6]

text: In March 1792, President Washington dismissed L'Enfant due to his insistence on micromanaging the city's planning, which had resulted in conflicts with the three commissioners appointed by Washington to supervise the capital's construction. Andrew Ellicott, who had worked with L'Enfant surveying the city, was then commissioned to complete the plans. Though Ellicott made revisions to the original plans, including changes to some street patterns, L'Enfant is still credited with the overall design of the city.[7][8][9]

text: The District is divided into four quadrants of unequal area: Northwest (NW), Northeast (NE), Southeast (SE), and Southwest (SW). The axes bounding the quadrants radiate from the U.S. Capitol building.[10] All road names include the quadrant abbreviation to indicate their location, and house numbers are assigned based on the approximate number of blocks away from the Capitol. In most of the city, the streets are set out in a grid pattern with east–west streets named with letters (e.g., C Street SW) and north–south streets with numbers (e.g., 4th Street NW). Two avenues, Constitution Avenue and Independence Avenue, line each side of the Mall.[10] Many of the diagonal streets and avenues in Washington are named after states. Some of these streets are particularly noteworthy, such as Pennsylvania Avenue, which connects the White House with the U.S. Capitol and Massachusetts Avenue, a section of which is informally known as Embassy Row given the number of foreign embassies located along the street.

text: Important to note, there is no J Street in any quadrant. This is because, until the mid-19th century, the letters "I" and "J" were indistinguishable when written.[11] Following that same idea, "I" Street is often written as "Eye" Street, to distinguish it from the letter "L" and the numeral "1", and "Q" Street, is often written "Que," "Cue," or "Queue."[citation needed] Urban legend had said that J Street was omitted deliberately by L'Enfant due to a dispute with John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court; however, this was later proven to be a myth.[12] Jay Street NE runs through the Deanwood neighborhood; it does not belong to the series of lettered streets. In a nod to this, a food court in the student union at George Washington University is named J Street; J Street is also the name of a Jewish lobbying organization and several companies operating in the District. There are also no X, Y, or Z streets in any quadrant, and most or all of A and B streets are called by other names in the Mall area.[13]

text: Expansion of the street-name system[edit]

text: During most of the 19th century, each municipality within the federal district maintained its own separate government and street system. With the passage of the Organic Act of 1871, Congress created a new government for the entire federal district. This Act combined the City of Washington, Georgetown, and unincorporated area then known as Washington County into a single municipality for the whole District of Columbia.[14]

text: Through much of the 19th century, developers of land outside of the center city tended to build streets wherever they liked. An 1887 report of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the three-member panel that governed the District, said that many of these streets "go nowhere and connect with nothing." The Commissioners said that "If the configuration and architecture of a city has a moral influence upon its residents, the rectification of the irreclaimable obliquity of the... streets is manifestly desirable for more than physical reasons."[15]

text: In 1888, Congress passed a law requiring that future subdivisions built outside of the City of Washington and Georgetown must have streets that conform to the general plan of the City of Washington. However, the law allowed existing streets to remain, contrary to the wishes of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.[16]

text: In 1893, Congress passed a law mandating that existing streets must be changed or moved in order to be in conformity with the District's street plan.[17] Some property owners were upset that their private property would need to be seized without compensation in order to move streets in conformance with the street plan.[16] The Supreme Court agreed, striking down the law as unconstitutional.[16] In 1893, Congress mandated a new system of highways within the District that conformed to the City of Washington's street plan but left existing streets in place.[18] A separate act of Congress in 1895 required that the street names in Georgetown be changed to conform to the street naming system used in the City of Washington.[19] However, the old street names were shown on maps as late as 1899.

text: The Commissioners of the District of Columbia mandated a new system of naming streets in 1901.[20] Streets running north and south would continue to numbered.[20] North of Florida Avenue, streets running east and west would be named after famous Americans.[20] The streets would be given one syllable names in alphabetical order. When the one-syllable series ended, two syllable names would be used and then three syllable names until the Maryland state line was reached.[20] South of the center city, a similar system would be used with streets named after famous Americans or prominent geographical locations.[20] In 1905, the streets east of Rock Creek Park, north of Florida Avenue, and west of North Capitol Street were renamed in conformity with the single street naming system.[21] Eventually all street names in the District of Columbia were made to conform to a single street naming system.

text: The boundaries of the District of Columbia with the State of Maryland are marked by Western Avenue, Eastern Avenue, and Southern Avenue.

text: Address system[edit]

text: The city's addressing system is best understood in terms of a Cartesian coordinate system with its origin at the Capitol. While the system may appear complex, once learned it allows one to pinpoint not only where one is but also where and how far one may need to travel. For example, if one needed to find 633 A Street SE, the address informs that the address is southeast of the Capitol, with A Street one block south of East Capitol Street, and that the location on that street is on the 600 block, which is between 6th Street and 7th Street SE.

text: Another example is the White House, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, is located at 16th Street NW (Lafayette Square) and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. This works both ways; an address at 514 19th St NW would be on 19th St west of the Capitol, and since E is the fifth letter of the alphabet, the 514 address would be between E and F Streets NW. Because J is omitted from the scheme, it is not counted in numbering. Thus, the 900 block is in between I and K Streets, and the 1000 block is in between K and L Streets (even though K is the 11th letter of the alphabet).

text: Address numbers also correspond with a particular side of the street, with odd numbers on the right as one faces in the direction of increasing numbers. This works out by quadrant as shown below:

text:
Quadrant
East-West Streets
North-South Streets

Northwest
Odd numbers on north side
Even numbers on west side

Southwest
Odd numbers on north side
Even numbers on east side

Southeast
Odd numbers on south side
Even numbers on east side

Northeast
Odd numbers on south side
Even numbers on west side

text: Major roads[edit]

text: Interstate highways[edit]

text: Interstate 495, also known as the "Capital Beltway", creates an artificial boundary for the inner suburbs of Washington and is the root of the phrase "inside the Beltway". Almost completely circling Washington, D.C., it crosses a tiny portion of the District at its southernmost point at the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. I-66 runs from the eastern edge of Georgetown, connects with the Beltway, and continues through Northern Virginia to I-81. I-295 comes up from the south starting at the eastern edge of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge on the Beltway and ending at the 11th Street Bridges, where it intersects with I-695 (the Southeast Freeway) to cross the Anacostia River into downtown. Just south of the U.S. Capitol Building, I-695 links up with I-395 (the Southwest Freeway), a major commuter route extending from New York Avenue to the Beltway and Interstate 95 in Springfield, Virginia. The Inner Loop was a proposed network of freeways in the city center; however, only portions of it were ever built. Today, the "inner loop" is most frequently used to describe the inside lanes of 495—that is, those that travel clockwise around Washington.

text: A convergence indexing based road traffic monitoring system was installed on Washington's highways in 2008.[citation needed]

text: Other expressways and parkways[edit]

text: The Anacostia Freeway (DC-295) continues in a northeasterly direction from the point where I-295 ends at its intersection with I-695 near the 11th Street Bridges on the south side of the Anacostia River and links with the Baltimore–Washington Parkway, which eventually becomes Maryland Route 295, via a short section of Maryland Route 201. The Suitland Parkway connects the city with the southeastern suburbs in Prince George's County, Maryland. The Whitehurst Freeway, an elevated freeway over K Street in Georgetown, allows US 29 traffic to bypass congested Georgetown between the Key Bridge and K Street downtown. The E Street Expressway connects I-66 with the city's Foggy Bottom area and the areas immediately to the west of the White House. The Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway provides access to downtown from the northern and western ends of the city.

text: City streets[edit]

text: Among the major roads in the city are MacArthur Boulevard NW, 14th Street NW, 16th Street NW, 18th Street NW, 7th Street NW, Connecticut Avenue NW, K Street NW, H Street NW, Wisconsin Avenue, M Street NW, H Street NE, Pennsylvania Avenue, Constitution Avenue, Independence Avenue, Massachusetts Avenue, U Street NW, South Dakota Ave NE, North Capitol Street, South Capitol Street, East Capitol Street, Georgia Avenue, Minnesota Avenue, Benning Road, Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, New York Avenue, and Rhode Island Avenue.

text: While city streets generally do not have route numbers, U.S. Routes 1, 1 Alternate, 29, and 50 are routed predominantly or entirely over city surface streets.


document_title: Gort (The Day the Earth Stood Still)

question_text: who played gort in day the earth stood still

root

text: Gort (The Day the Earth Stood Still)

text: 1951 depiction[edit]

text: Gort is eight-foot tall, seamless robot apparently constructed from a single piece of "flexible metal". He is but one member of a "race of robots" invented by an interplanetary confederation (described as "A sort of United Nations on a Planetary level" by Klaatu, who is a representative of that confederation) to protect their citizens against all aggression by destroying any aggressors. Klaatu describes "him" as one of an interstellar police force, holding irrevocable powers to "preserve the peace" by destroying any aggressor. The fear of provoking these robots acts as a deterrent against aggression.[2] To that end, Gort accompanies Klaatu on his mission to deliver an ultimatum to the people of Earth: the interplanetary confederation is not concerned with internal human politics; however, if humanity threatens to use atomic weapons against the other planets, the Earth will be destroyed to ensure the safety of the other planets.

tag: p

text: Gort does not speak, but he can receive and follow verbal commands (including the famous dialog line "Klaatu barada nikto", spoken by actor Patricia Neal's character toward the end of the film), as well non-verbal commands: at one point, Klaatu communicates with him using reflected signals from a borrowed flashlight. This is not the end of his capability, though, as Gort is also shown acting entirely on his own, both to protect Klaatu from harm and to free himself from encasement in a block of plastic. Gort can also operate highly complex machinery, and is both the pilot and captain of the ship that delivers Klaatu to Earth - all of his "race" have similar ships that they use to patrol the planets.[3]

text: Seemingly unarmed, Gort is in fact armed with a laserlike weapon that is projected from beneath a visor on his head. While the weapon can apparently vaporize any physical object, its effect is variable at Gort's discretion, and is precise enough to destroy a single object without harming anything around it. In its first onscreen use, it vaporized several soldier's guns from their hands while not harming the soldiers at all, and seconds later was used to vaporize tanks and artillery without harming their occupants or any surrounding objects. Gort is also continually aware of Klaatu's physical condition and location without Klaatu needing to wear a tracking device of any sort. Gort is not known to be damageable by any means available to mankind, and can – despite resistance – destroy the Earth itself if he is sufficiently provoked. During most of the film, Gort remains motionless in front of his ship, which rests on the National Mall in central Washington, D.C., while scientists and military researchers attempt to examine both the robot and the ship.[4]

text: He was portrayed by seven-foot, seven-inch (231 cm)-tall actor Lock Martin wearing a thick foam-rubber suit designed and built by Addison Hehr. Two suits were created, fastened alternately from the front or back so that the robot would appear seamless from any angle in the completed scenes. A fiberglass statue of Gort was also used for the close-ups of the firing of his energy beam weapon or when a scene did not require that he move. To maximize the height of the robot, the Gort suit was made with lifts in the boots. Martin could see forward through the suit's visor area during certain shots, and air holes were provided for him under the robot's wide chin and jaw, and these can be seen in several close-ups of Gort's head.

text: 2008 depiction[edit]

text: The nature of Gort was almost completely altered in the 2008 remake. Gort's name was revised as an acronym assigned to the robot by the United States' military and scientists: G.O.R.T., which stands for "Genetically Organized Robotic Technology". The acronym is only used once. G.O.R.T. is significantly taller than Gort, being about twenty-eight feet tall as opposed to eight feet. Much like the original Gort, G.O.R.T does not speak. Unlike the original Gort, G.O.R.T. is on Earth specifically to save it from humanity: if the human race doesn't change its ecological destructiveness by a certain time, it will destroy humanity to save the Earth's biosphere. He is neutralized by Klaatu at the end of the film with a massive EMP that also shuts down all of humanity's electrical technology.

text: G.O.R.T. is made up of a vast swarm of microscopic insect-like devices that can self-replicate through the consumption of matter and energy: these nano-machines are capable of consuming any substance they touch, regardless of the hardness or density of the material being consumed, and can fly as well as crawl. These nanomachines can be used as a doomsday weapon, potentially consuming all material on a planet. In addition to this mode of attack, G.O.R.T. conceals a laser weapon under a visor-like slit in his "face", which can also be used to hack Unmanned aerial vehicles (such as General Atomics MQ-1 Predator drones). It can also generate debilitating high-frequency sound and an electromagnetic field that disrupts all electrical devices in a wide radius.

text: Unlike the 1951 version, this newer G.O.R.T. is an all-CGI effect, and has 5 digits on each hand, instead of the mitten-style hands of the 1951 robot; his feet, however, have no digits. Features such as the cuffs, belt, visor, and boots of the first Gort are gone. The 2008 G.O.R.T has a more simplistic overall surface design that in close-up appears to "move" due to its nanorobotic composition.

text: Comparing 1951 and 2008 performances[edit]

text: Owen Gleiberman writes that "Gort isn't so lovey-dovey" in the remake; rather, "he's like a super-tall, obsidian Oscar statue wreaking havoc."[5] At the insistence of Keanu Reeves, the phrase "Klaatu barada nikto" was included in the remake (Keanu says the words when Gort reacts to his shooting, although the words are very distorted).[6]

text: Cultural references[edit]

text: A life-size replica of the 1951 Gort is on display at the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle. Collectors can also own a screen-accurate Gort by visiting The Robot Man website, a company offering many different feature film and television prop robot replicas.[7]

text: A photo of Gort, with Ringo Starr (as Klaatu), appears on the cover of Starr's 1974 Goodnight Vienna album.

text: Experimental pop artist Eric Millikin created a large mosaic portrait of Gort out of Halloween candy as part of his "Totally Sweet" series in 2013.[8][9]

text: At 26 minutes and 15 seconds into the science fiction film Tron (1982), there is a reference to The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) written on the wall of a cubicle: "Gort Klaatu barada nikto".

text: Gort appears in the FBI lineup in "The Springfield Files", an episode of The Simpsons. With him are other TV aliens, such as Gordon Shumway aka Alf, Chewbacca, Marvin the Martian, and one of the Kang and Kodos team.

text: Gort is also referenced in Season 7, episode 9 of Futurama- A Clockwork Origin. The Planet Express crew are tried for crimes against science on a planet inhabited by rapidly evolving robots. The front of the court building reads "The Supreme Gort."

text: The Star Wars film Return of the Jedi contains an homage to the phrase used to deactivate Gort, "Klaatu barada nikto". Two characters are named Klaatu and Barada, and the Klaatu character's alien race are known as the Nikto.


document_title: List of Major League Baseball single-season records

question_text: mlb record for homeruns in a season by a team

text: Batting records[edit]

text: Home runs[edit]

text:
Player
Team
Home runs
Season

Barry Bonds
San Francisco Giants
73
2001

Mark McGwire
St. Louis Cardinals
70
1998

Sammy Sosa
Chicago Cubs
66
1998

Mark McGwire
St. Louis Cardinals
65
1999

Sammy Sosa
Chicago Cubs
64
2001

Sammy Sosa
Chicago Cubs
63
1999

Roger Maris
New York Yankees
61
1961

Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
60
1927

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text: Hits[edit]

text:
Player
Team
Hits
Season

Ichiro Suzuki
Seattle Mariners
262
2004

George Sisler
St. Louis Browns
257
1920

Bill Terry
New York Giants
254
1930

Lefty O'Doul
Philadelphia Phillies
254
1929

text: Batting average[edit]

text:
Player
Team
Average
Season

Nap Lajoie
Philadelphia Athletics
.426
1901

Rogers Hornsby
St. Louis Cardinals
.424
1924

George Sisler
St. Louis Browns
.420
1922

Ty Cobb
Detroit Tigers
.420
1911

text: Runs batted in[edit]

text:
Player
Team
RBIs
Season

Hack Wilson
Chicago Cubs
191
1930

Lou Gehrig
New York Yankees
184
1931

Hank Greenberg
Detroit Tigers
183
1937

Jimmie Foxx
Boston Red Sox
175
1938

Lou Gehrig
New York Yankees
175
1927

text: Hitting streak[edit]

text:
Player
Team
Streak
Season

Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankees
56
1941

Pete Rose
Cincinnati Reds
44
1978

Bill Dahlen
Chicago Colts
42
1894

George Sisler
St. Louis Browns
41
1922

Ty Cobb
Detroit Tigers
40
1911

text: Runs scored[edit]

text:
Player
Team
Runs
Season

Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
179
1921

Lou Gehrig
New York Yankees
167
1936

Lou Gehrig
New York Yankees
163
1931

Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
163
1928

Chuck Klein
Philadelphia Phillies
158
1930

text: Doubles[edit]

text:
Player
Team
Doubles
Season

Earl Webb
Boston Red Sox
67
1931

George Burns
Cleveland Indians
64
1926

Joe Medwick
St. Louis Cardinals
64
1936

Hank Greenberg
Detroit Tigers
63
1934

Paul Waner
Pittsburgh Pirates
62
1932

text: Triples[edit]

text:
Player
Team
Triples
Season

Chief Wilson
Pittsburgh Pirates
36
1912

Sam Crawford
Detroit Tigers
26
1914

Kiki Cuyler
Pittsburgh Pirates
26
1925

Joe Jackson
Cleveland Naps
26
1912

text: At bats[edit]

text:
Player
Team
At bats
Season

Jimmy Rollins
Philadelphia Phillies
716
2007

Willie Wilson
Kansas City Royals
705
1980

Ichiro Suzuki
Seattle Mariners
704
2004

Juan Samuel
Philadelphia Phillies
701
1984

Dave Cash
Philadelphia Phillies
699
1975

Juan Pierre
Chicago Cubs
699
2006

text: Stolen bases[edit]

text:
Player
Team
Stolen bases
Season

Rickey Henderson
Oakland Athletics
130
1982

Lou Brock
St. Louis Cardinals
118
1974

Vince Coleman
St. Louis Cardinals
110
1985

Vince Coleman
St. Louis Cardinals
109
1987

Rickey Henderson
Oakland Athletics
108
1983

text: Pitching records[edit]

text: Wins[edit]

text: All-time[edit]

text:
Player
Team
Wins
Season

Jack Chesbro
New York Yankees
41
1904

Ed Walsh
Chicago White Sox
40
1908

Christy Mathewson
New York Giants
37
1908

Walter Johnson
Washington Senators
36
1913

Joe McGinnity
New York Giants
35
1904

text: Live-ball era (post-1920)[edit]

text:
Player
Team
Wins
Season

Lefty Grove
Philadelphia Athletics
31
1931

Denny McLain
Detroit Tigers
31
1968

Dizzy Dean
St. Louis Cardinals
30
1934

Hal Newhouser
Detroit Tigers
29
1944

Dazzy Vance
Brooklyn Dodgers
28
1924

Lefty Grove
Philadelphia Athletics
28
1930

Dizzy Dean
St. Louis Cardinals
28
1935

Robin Roberts
Philadelphia Phillies
28
1952

text: Earned run average[edit]

text:
Player
Team
ERA
Season

Dutch Leonard
Boston Red Sox
0.96
1914

Mordecai Brown
Chicago Cubs
1.04
1906

Bob Gibson
St. Louis Cardinals
1.12
1968

text: Strikeouts[edit]

text:
Player
Team
Strikeouts
Season

Nolan Ryan
California Angels
383
1973

Sandy Koufax
Los Angeles Dodgers
382
1965

Randy Johnson
Arizona Diamondbacks
372
2001

Nolan Ryan
Los Angeles Angels
367
1974

Randy Johnson
Arizona Diamondbacks
364
1999

text: Shutouts[edit]

text:
Player
Team
Shutouts
Season

Jack Coombs
Philadelphia Athletics
13
1910

Bob Gibson
St. Louis Cardinals
13
1968

Pete Alexander
Philadelphia Phillies
12
1915

text: Saves[edit]

text:
Player
Team
Saves
Season

Francisco Rodríguez
Los Angeles Angels
62
2008

Bobby Thigpen
Chicago White Sox
57
1990

John Smoltz
Atlanta Braves
55
2002

Éric Gagné
Los Angeles Dodgers
55
2003

text: Balks[edit]

text:
Player
Team
Balks
Season

Dave Stewart
Oakland Athletics
16
1988

John Dopson
Boston Red Sox
15
1989

Bob Welch
Oakland Athletics
13
1988

John Candelaria
New York Yankees
12
1988

Juan Guzmán
Texas Rangers
12
1988

text: Wild pitches[edit]

text:
Player
Team
Wild pitches
Season

Red Ames
New York Giants
30
1905

Tony Cloninger
Atlanta Braves
27
1966

Larry Cheney
Chicago Cubs
26
1914

Juan Guzmán
Toronto Blue Jays
26
1993

text: Team records[edit]

text: Hits[edit]

text:
Team
Hits
Season

Philadelphia Phillies
1,783
1930

text: Home runs[edit]

text:
Team
Home runs
Season

Seattle Mariners
264
1997

Texas Rangers
260
2005

Toronto Blue Jays
257
2010

Baltimore Orioles
257
1996

text: Runs batted in[edit]

text:
Team
Runs Batted In
Season

New York Yankees
997
1936

text: Runs scored[edit]

text:
Team
Runs Scored
Season

New York Yankees
1,067
1931


document_title: List of highest-scoring NBA games

question_text: most points scored in an nba half by a team

text: List of highest-scoring NBA games

text: Summary[edit]

text: The highest-scoring regular season game is the triple-overtime game between the Detroit Pistons and the Denver Nuggets on December 13, 1983. The two teams combined to score 370 points, with the Pistons defeating the Nuggets 186–184. An NBA-record four players scored over 40 points in the game, including the Nuggets' Kiki Vandeweghe with a game-high 51. The two teams also set several other NBA records, including the most points scored by one team (186 points), the most points scored by a losing team (184), the most field goals by two teams (142), most field goals by one team (74) and most assists by two teams (93).[5][6]

text: The highest-scoring regular season game in regulation was between the Golden State Warriors and the Denver Nuggets on November 2, 1990. In that game, Golden State defeated Denver 162–158. The Warriors' Chris Mullin scored a game-high 38 points. The Nuggets were coached by Doug Moe from 1980 to 1990 and Paul Westhead from 1990 to 1992,[7][8] both of whom employed a run and gun offensive strategy, which focuses on attempting a high number of field goals while also conceding a large number of points on defense.[9][10] In fact, Moe's and Westhead's Nuggets were participants in five of the ten highest-scoring regular season games in NBA history. The Warriors were coached by Don Nelson from 1988 to 1995 and 2006 to 2010.[11] He employed Nellie Ball, a style of run and gun that uses smaller, more athletic players to outrun opponents.[12] Another notable high scoring regular season game is a March 2, 1962 game between the Philadelphia Warriors and the New York Knicks. In that game, the Warriors' Wilt Chamberlain scored an NBA-record 100 points.[13]

text: The highest-scoring playoff game is the double-overtime game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Phoenix Suns on May 11, 1992. The two teams combined to score 304 points, with the Trail Blazers defeating the Suns 153–151. The Suns' Kevin Johnson scored a game-high 35 points, with 12 other players also scoring in double figures. The highest-scoring playoff game in regulation occurred when the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Denver Nuggets with a score of 152–133 for a combined score of 285 points on April 26, 1983. In that game, the Spurs' George Gervin scored a game-high 42 points.

text: Most of the highest-scoring games happened before the 1995–96 season, when the average scoring (points per game) per team was always in the 100s.[2] Since that season, the average has dropped down to the 90s.[14] Only two post-1995 games make the top-ten lists of both the regular season and playoffs: a May 10, 2003 game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Sacramento Kings and a December 7, 2006 game between the Phoenix Suns and New Jersey Nets. Both the Mavericks and the Suns were coached by Nelson and Mike D'Antoni respectively, both of whom also made use of the run and gun style.[15]

text: List[edit]

text:
Key

OT
Overtime (the number indicates the number of overtime periods played.

*
Indicates a game that was won by the road team

text: Highest-scoring regular season games[edit]

text:
Highest-scoring regular season games

Total
points
Date
Location
Winning
team
Result
OT
Losing
team
Notes
Ref.

1

370

000000001983-12-13-0000December 13, 1983
McNichols Arena
Denver, Colorado
Detroit Pistons*
186–184
3
Denver Nuggets

NBA records

Highest-scoring record[a]
The teams combined for 142 field goals[5]
The teams combined for 93 total assists[5]
4 players scored at least 40 points[5]

Nuggets' Kiki Vandeweghe scored a game-high 51 points, a career high.[5][16]
Leading scorers

Pistons: Isiah Thomas (47), John Long (41), Kelly Tripucka (35)[b]
Nuggets: Vandeweghe (51), Alex English (47), Dan Issel (28)[c]

[17]

2

337

000000001982-03-06-0000March 6, 1982
HemisFair Arena
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio Spurs
171–166
3
Milwaukee Bucks

Former highest-scoring record[d]
3 players scored 40+ points
Spurs' George Gervin scored a game-high 50 points.
Leading scorers

Spurs: Gervin (50), Mike Mitchell (45)[e]
Bucks: Brian Winters (42), Junior Bridgeman (31), Bob Lanier (29)[f]

[18]

3

320

000000001990-11-02-0000November 2, 1990
McNichols Arena
Denver, Colorado
Golden State Warriors*
162–158
—
Denver Nuggets

Highest-scoring game in regulation
Warriors' Chris Mullin scored a game-high 38 points.
Leading scorers

Warriors: Mullin (38), Tim Hardaway (32), Mitch Richmond (29)[g]
Nuggets: Orlando Woolridge (37), Walter Davis (33)[h]

[19]

4

318

000000001984-01-11-0000January 11, 1984
McNichols Arena
Denver, Colorado
Denver Nuggets
163–155
—
San Antonio Spurs

NBA record

Both teams combined to score 99 points in a quarter[i]

Nuggets' Kiki Vandeweghe scored a game-high 50 points.
Leading scorers

Nuggets: Vandeweghe (50), Alex English (25)[j]
Spurs: George Gervin (38), John Lucas II (23)[k]

[21]

4

318

000000002006-12-07-0000December 7, 2006
Continental Airlines Arena
East Rutherford, New Jersey
Phoenix Suns*
161–157
2
New Jersey Nets

Suns' Steve Nash scored a game-high 42 points.
Nets' Jason Kidd recorded a triple-double[l]
Leading scorers

Suns: Nash (42), Shawn Marion (33), Raja Bell (24), Amare Stoudemire (23)[m]
Nets: Kidd (38), Vince Carter (31), Richard Jefferson (25)[n]

[22]

6

316

000000001962-03-02-0000March 2, 1962
Hershey Sports Arena
Hershey, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Warriors
169–147
—
New York Knicks

Former highest-scoring record[o]
NBA record

Warriors' Wilt Chamberlain scored a game-high 100 points.[p]

Leading scorers

Warriors: Chamberlain (100)[q]
Knicks: Richie Guerin (39), Willie Naulls (33), Cleveland Buckner (31)[r]

[23]

6

316

000000001970-03-12-0000March 12, 1970
Cincinnati Gardens
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Royals
165–151
—
San Diego Rockets

Former highest-scoring record[s]
Rockets' Elvin Hayes scored a game-high 40 points
Leading scorers

Royals: Tom Van Arsdale (36), Connie Dierking (34), Johnny Green (29), Oscar Robertson (28), Norm Van Lier (22)[t]
Rockets: Hayes (40), Don Kojis (23), John Block (20)[u]

[24]

6

316

000000001990-11-10-0000November 10, 1990
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix Suns
173–143
—
Denver Nuggets

NBA record

Both teams combined to score 174 points in a half[v]
The Suns scored 107 points during the first half of the game.

Nuggets' Orlando Woolridge scored a game-high 40 points.
Leading scorers

Suns: Cedric Ceballos (32), Kevin Johnson (23), Kenny Battle (23), Dan Majerle (21), Tom Chambers (20)[w]
Nuggets: Woolridge (40), Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (26), Walter Davis (22)[x]

[25]

9

314

000000001990-11-07-0000November 7, 1990
HemisFair Arena
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio Spurs
161–153
—
Denver Nuggets

Spurs' David Robinson scored a game-high 43 points.
Leading scorers

Spurs: Robinson (43), Terry Cummings (31), Sean Elliott (29), Reggie Williams (22)[y]
Nuggets: Orlando Woolridge (37), Walter Davis (32), Todd Lichti (29)[z]

[26]

10

312

000000001959-02-27-0000February 27, 1959
Boston Garden
Boston
Boston Celtics
173–139
—
Minneapolis Lakers

Former highest-scoring record[aa]
Celtics' Tom Heinsohn scored a game-high 43 points.
Leading scorers

Celtics: Heinsohn (43), Bob Cousy (31), Bill Sharman (29), Frank Ramsey (20)[ab]
Lakers: Elgin Baylor (28), Vern Mikkelsen (25), Rod Hundley (21)[ac]

[27]

text: Highest-scoring playoff games[edit]

text: Below are the top 10 highest-scoring playoff games. Four of the games happened before the 1979–80 season, the season in which the three-point line was first implemented.

text:
Highest-scoring playoff games

Total
points
Date
Location
Winner
Result
OT
Loser
Notes
Ref.

1

304

000000001992-05-11-0000May 11, 1992
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Phoenix, Arizona
Portland Trail Blazers*
153–151
2
Phoenix Suns

NBA highest-scoring record[ad]
Suns' Kevin Johnson scored a game-high 35 points
Leading scorers

Trail Blazers: Clyde Drexler (33), Terry Porter (31), Danny Ainge (25), Jerome Kersey (21)[ae]
Suns: Johnson (35), Tom Chambers (29), Jeff Hornacek (23), Dan Majerle (21)[af]

The Trail Blazers won the conference semifinals series 4–1
Last NBA game at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum

[28]

2

285

000000001983-04-26-0000April 26, 1983
HemisFair Arena
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio Spurs
152–133
—
Denver Nuggets

Former highest-scoring record[ag]
Spurs' George Gervin scored a game-high 42 points
Leading scorers

Spurs: Gervin (42), Johnny Moore (24), Gene Banks (22), Mike Mitchell (22)[ah]
Nuggets: Dan Issel (28), Alex English (26), Kiki Vandeweghe (22)[ai]

The Spurs won the conference semifinals series 4–1

[29]

2

285

000000001990-04-28-0000April 28, 1990
Boston Garden
Boston
Boston Celtics
157–128
—
New York Knicks

Celtics' Kevin McHale scored a game-high 31 points
Leading scorers

Celtics: McHale (31), Reggie Lewis (21)[aj]
Knicks: Patrick Ewing (28), Gerald Wilkins (24), Johnny Newman (21)[ak]

The Knicks won the first round series 3–2

[30]

4

280

000000001987-04-23-0000April 23, 1987
Reunion Arena
Dallas
Dallas Mavericks
151–129
—
Seattle SuperSonics

SuperSonics' Tom Chambers scored a game-high 35 points
Leading scorers

Mavericks: Mark Aguirre (28), Roy Tarpley (25)[al]
SuperSonics: Chambers (35), Dale Ellis (22)[am]

The SuperSonics won the first round series 3–1

[31]

5

279

000000001967-04-01-0000April 1, 1967
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Oakland, California
San Francisco Warriors
143–136
—
St. Louis Hawks

Former highest-scoring record[an]
Warriors' Rick Barry scored a game-high 47 points
Leading scorers

Warriors: Barry (47), Jeff Mullins (26), Nate Thurmond (22)[ao]
Hawks: Bill Bridges (26), Lou Hudson (24), Richie Guerin (22), Lenny Wilkens (22)[ap]

The Warriors won the division finals series 4–2

[32]

6

278

000000001957-03-25-0000March 25, 1957
Minneapolis Auditorium
Minneapolis
St. Louis Hawks*
143–135
2
Minneapolis Lakers

Former highest-scoring record[aq]
Lakers' Bobby Leonard scored a game-high 42 points
Leading scorers

Hawks: Bob Pettit (35), Slater Martin (26), Cliff Hagan (22)[ar]
Lakers: Leonard (42), Clyde Lovellette (22), Walter Dukes (21)[as]

The Hawks won the division finals series 3–0

[33]

6

278

000000002003-05-10-0000May 10, 2003
ARCO Arena
Sacramento, California
Dallas Mavericks*
141–137
2
Sacramento Kings

Mavericks' Nick Van Exel scored a game-high 40 points
Leading scorers

Mavericks: Van Exel (40), Steve Nash (31), Dirk Nowitzki (25), Michael Finley (20)[at]
Kings: Peja Stojaković (39), Vlade Divac (20)[au]

The Mavericks won the conference semifinals series 4–3

[34]

8

277

000000001985-04-20-0000April 20, 1985
Great Western Forum
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Lakers
147–130
—
Phoenix Suns

Lakers' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored a game-high 24 points
Leading scorers

Lakers: Abdul-Jabbar (24), Bob McAdoo (22), Byron Scott (21), Mike McGee (20)[av]
Suns: Alvan Adams (23), Jay Humphries (21), Mike Sanders (20)[aw]

The Lakers won the conference semifinals series 3–0

[35]

9

276

000000001967-04-14-0000April 14, 1967
The Spectrum
Philadelphia
Philadelphia 76ers
141–135
1
San Francisco Warriors

Warriors' Rick Barry scored a game-high 37 points
Leading scorers

76ers: Hal Greer (32), Wali Jones (30), Billy Cunningham (26), Chet Walker (23)[ax]
Warriors: Barry (37), Nate Thurmond (24), Tom Meschery (20)[ay]

The 76ers won the finals series 4–2

[36]

9

276

000000001970-03-30-0000March 30, 1970
The Spectrum
Philadelphia
Milwaukee Bucks*
156–120
—
Philadelphia 76ers

Bucks' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored a game-high 33 points
Leading scorers

Bucks: Abdul-Jabbar (33), Jon McGlocklin (24), Flynn Robinson (20)[az]
76ers: Archie Clark (20)[ba]

The Bucks won the conference semifinals series 4–1

[37]

9

276

000000002013-04-27-0000April 27, 2013
United Center
Chicago
Chicago Bulls
142–134
3
Brooklyn Nets

Bulls' Nate Robinson scored a game-high 34 points
Leading scorers

Bulls: Robinson (34), Carlos Boozer (21)[bb]
Nets: Deron Williams (32), Brook Lopez (26), Joe Johnson (22)[bc]

The Bulls won the first round series 4–3

[38]


document_title: Nando's

question_text: when did nando's come to the uk

question_tokens: when did nando 's come to the uk

text: Nando's

text: History[edit]

text: The restaurant was founded in 1987 in the Johannesburg suburb Rosettenville when Portuguese-born audio engineer Fernando Duarte took his entrepreneur friend Robert Brozin to a Portuguese takeaway called Chickenland for a meal. After trying the chicken, cooked in piri piri, a Portuguese chilli sauce made from a pepper with the same name found in Mozambique, they bought the restaurant for about 80,000 rand (equivalent of about £25,000 at the time).[3] They renamed the restaurant Nando's after Fernando's first born son. After two years, the restaurant had four outlets: three in Johannesburg and one in Portugal. By 2013, around 1,000 Nando's branches were in 35 countries.[3]

text: In 2010, Advertising Age magazine named Nando's as one of the world's top 30 hottest marketing brands.[5] As of July 2014, the Nando's restaurant group is ultimately owned by South African businessman Dick Enthoven and his family. Enthoven's son, Robby Enthoven, was responsible for expanding the Nando's chain in the United Kingdom.[6]

text: Worldwide locations[edit]

text: Nando's has locations in five continents worldwide.[2]

text: Africa[edit]

text: South Africa[edit]

text: Fernando Duarte and his friend Robert Brozin the founders of the first Nando's restaurant bought a joint previously called "ChickenLand" and renamed it Nando's. They opened it in 1987.[3][7][8] By 1997, there were 105 Nando's restaurants in the country.[9]

text: Botswana[edit]

text: Nando's has been operating in Botswana since 1993.[2] There are currently 17 restaurants in Botswana: 9 in Gaborone, 1 in Jwaneng, 1 in Maun, 2 in Francistown, 1 in Mahalapye, 1 in Palapye, 1 in Kasane and 1 in Letlhakane.

text: Eswatini[edit]

text: There are two outlets in Eswatini, in Mbabane and Manzini.[10]

text: Mauritius[edit]

text: There are four Nando's restaurants in Mauritius.[11][12][13][14]

text: Namibia[edit]

text: Nando's launched in Namibia in 1995.[2]

text: Zambia[edit]

text: Nando's began operating in Zambia in 2002.[2]

text: Zimbabwe[edit]

text: In Zimbabwe, there are a total of 11 restaurants.[15]

text: Asia[edit]

text: Bahrain[edit]

text: Nando’s has three restaurants in Bahrain as of present.[16]

text: Bangladesh[edit]

text: Nando’s has four restaurants in Dhaka, Bangladesh as of present. First restaurant was opened in Dhanmondi in 2007.[17]

text: India[edit]

text: Nando's opened restaurants in India in late 2010. As of  February 2013[update], Nando's has restaurants in five cities.[18]  Nando's plans additional expansion in India.[19]

text: Malaysia[edit]

text: Nando's has been established in Malaysia since 1998. As of May 2015, there were 69 restaurants operating throughout the country.[20]

text: Pakistan[edit]

text: Nando's has been established since 2001. It has currently nine restaurants nationwide. Nando's has 4 outlets in Lahore, 3 in Karachi and 1 each in Islamabad and Faisalabad.[21]

text: Qatar[edit]

text: In Qatar, Nando's has been established since 2001, with the first restaurant located on Salwa Road.[22]

text: Singapore[edit]

text: In Singapore, Nando's opened its first restaurant on 9 May 2010,[23] as of  December 2015[update] there are eleven outlets in Singapore.[24]

text: Europe[edit]

text: Ireland[edit]

text: Nando's was first established in Ireland in 2008. The company opened its flagship restaurant on St Andrew Street in the city centre of Dublin in November 2011, employing 60 staff members to manage a  3,800 square feet (350 m2) space spread over two floors.[25][26] As of early 2015, they have expanded to a total of 10 outlets in Ireland.[27]

text: United Kingdom[edit]

text: Nando's opened its first UK restaurant in 1992 in the west London suburbs of Ealing and Earls Court, initially focusing on takeaway food.[3] The UK arm, owned by the Enthoven family via a private equity company, struggled until chairman Dick Enthoven put his son Robert in control. The focus then moved from takeaways to a mixed service (counter ordering and table service) model.[3] Branches also chose individual design and decor to move away from a restaurant-chain image. The company employs around 8,000 staff in the UK and, as of 2013, had over 280 branches in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with some 60 being halal.[3]

text: In 2010, Nando's UK won the Sunday Times's best place to work award in the big company category.[28] Its sauces and marinades were also retailed in UK supermarkets.[28]

text: Nando's claims to have the largest collection of South African art in the UK, with over 5,000 works displayed in restaurants; original artworks are commissioned by the company.[28][29]

text: Nando's takeaway can also be ordered online and by phone to be collected in store. Nando’s takeaway has also expanded into delivery in some locations.

text: North America[edit]

text: Canada[edit]

text: Nando's has operated since 1994 in Canada, with branches in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario.[30]

text: United States[edit]

text: Nando's opened its first United States location in 2008 in Washington, D.C.  Nando's currently has 40 restaurants in the US: 12 in Illinois; 6 in Washington, D.C.; 13 in Maryland; and 9 in Virginia.[31]

text: Oceania[edit]

text: Australia[edit]

text: Nando's has been in the Australian marketplace since 1990, when the first restaurant opened in Tuart Hill in Western Australia. As of  2013[update] there were over 270 restaurants in Australia, with further growth planned.[32][33] Nando's Australia uses certified Halal chicken throughout its chains, and they do not come in contact with any non Halal food items.[34] However, they do sell alcohol and bacon in many restaurants.

text: New Zealand[edit]

text: Nando's opened their first store in Glenfield in 2000. As of  February 2013[update] there are 31 Nando's outlets in New Zealand.[35]

text: Controversies[edit]

text: Advertising[edit]

text: Australian refugee advertisement[edit]

text: In Australia, Nando's ran an advertising campaign based around the 2002 political controversy regarding the mandatory detention of refugees. The detainees had been waging a hunger strike campaign, even resorting to physically sewing their lips closed. Nando's adverts proclaimed that the strikers "decided to unsew their lips after hearing the news that with every Nando's quarter chicken combo, Nando's are giving away an extra quarter chicken free". Melbourne's Sphere Advertising said that the ad was designed to spark controversy, saying that they knew that "there's a section of our audience that's going to be uncomfortable... but we want to evoke a response".[36]

text: Malema advertisement[edit]

text: During the South African national elections of 2009, Nando's made an advert lampooning African National Congress Youth League then president Julius Malema by using a puppet that resembled him. Malema's lawyers sued Nando's and the original advert was removed. However, an altered version was released, with the puppet's face pixelated and the voice altered. The puppet used in the advert was later sold at auction for R100,000 which was donated to an educational charity.[37]

text: Last Dictator advertisement[edit]

text: In 2011 Nando's launched a "Last dictators" advert in South Africa.[38] The 60-second commercial shows a sad Robert Mugabe dining alone at Christmas in a large mansion while he reminisces about "happier times" with former dictators, such as playing water tag with Muammar Gaddafi, making snow angels in the sand with Saddam Hussein, singing Karaoke with Mao Zedong, pushing P. W. Botha on a swing set, and riding a British Covenanter cruiser tank with Idi Amin in a similar fashion to Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet embracing each other from the movie Titanic, while the music from "Those Were the Days" is played. Musekiwa Kumbula, holder of the Nando's franchise in Zimbabwe, said his group "strongly feels the advertisement is insensitive and in poor taste". The advert also offended Chipangano, a Zimbabwean youth militia loyal to Mugabe, who then demanded an apology from Nando's, threatened to boycott the South Africa-based chain, and demanded the advert be withdrawn or the restaurant face retribution.[39] Nando's South Africa subsequently withdrew the advert citing threats to its staff in Zimbabwe from a youth group.[40]

text: Corporation tax bill[edit]

text: Both The Guardian newspaper (UK) and the American non-profit publication ICIJ received documents in July 2014 revealing the details of past and present offshore clients of wealth managers Kleinwort Benson, including the Nando's restaurant group. The Guardian published its belief that, through the use of businesses in Malta, Guernsey and the Netherlands, Enthoven legally reduces the group's UK corporation tax bill by "up to a third". According to the British newspaper, Enthoven's profits eventually accumulate in the Kleinwort Benson-managed "Taro III Trust" that is based in Jersey and contains at least £750 million.[6]

text: While no member of the Enthoven family agreed to speak with The Guardian, a company representative explained that UK tax laws are not applicable to Enthoven, as "He [Enthoven] is not resident in the US or the UK." The spokesperson also stated that, in the UK, Nando's paid corporation tax of £12.6 million on a profit of £58.2 million for the year ending February 2013.[6]

text: Nando's Black Card[edit]

text: The existence of a special 'Black Card' enabling free meals and soft drinks for five people at any time were revealed in 2015 by two musicians, who stated that they were donating free food to the homeless in Manchester, UK.[41]


document_title: List of countries by aluminium production

question_text: where does most of the aluminum come from

text: This is a list of countries by aluminium production in 2016.[1]

text:
Rank
Country/Region
Aluminium production (thousands of tonnes)

—
 World
57,600

1
 People's Republic of China
31,000

2
 Russia
3,580

3
 Canada
3,250

4
 India
2,750

5
 United Arab Emirates
2,400

6
 Australia
1,680

7
 Norway
1,230

8
 Bahrain
970

9
 United States
840

10
 Iceland
800

11
 Brazil
790

12
 Saudi Arabia
740

13
 South Africa
690

14
 Qatar
640

—
 Other Countries
6,240