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Is Creole a pidgin of French? | [
"Eighth United States Army\nAt the end of World War II in 1945, Korea was divided into North Korea and South Korea with North Korea (assisted by the Soviet Union), becoming a communist government after 1946, known as the Democratic People's Republic, followed by South Korea becoming the Republic of Korea. China bec... | [
"Louisiana Creole\nLouisiana Creole is a contact language that arose in the 18th century from interactions between speakers of the lexifier language of Standard French and several substrate or adstrate languages from Africa. Prior to its establishment as a Creole, the precursor was considered a pidgin language. The... | 0 |
What percentage of the Earth's atmosphere is oxygen? | [
"Paleoclimatology\nThe amount of oxygen in the atmosphere has fluctuated over the last 600 million years, reaching a peak of 35% during the Carboniferous period, significantly higher than today's 21%. Two main processes govern changes in the atmosphere: plants use carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, releasing oxyge... | [
"Superhabitable planet\nThere are no solid arguments to explain if Earth's atmosphere has the optimal composition to host life. On Earth, during the period when coal was first formed, atmospheric oxygen () levels were up to 35%, and coincided with the periods of greatest biodiversity. So, assuming that the presence... | 81 |
When did Marxism develop? | [
"Sophia N. Antonopoulou\nSophia Antonopoulou developed this critique of Marx and Marxism in her book \"The Marxist Theory of Development and its Convergence with the Bourgeois Theoretical Paradigm\" (Papazissis, Athens, 1991) (in Greek), in which she criticizes the theoretical model that Marx had developed with res... | [
"Georges Sorel\nSorel had been politically monarchist and traditionalist before embracing orthodox Marxism in the 1890s. He attempted to fill in what he believed were gaps in Marxist theory, resulting in an extremely heterodox and idiosyncratic view of Marxism. For instance, Sorel saw pessimism and irrationalism at... | 66 |
Which Assassin's Creed is the latest released? | [
"Assassin's Creed\nIn February 2016, Ubisoft announced they would not be releasing a new game in 2016 in order to step \"back and [re-examine] the \"Assassin's Creed\" franchise... [and take the] year to evolve the game mechanics and to make sure we're delivering on the promise of \"Assassin's Creed\" offering uniq... | [
"Assassin's Creed II\nOn November 12, 2009, Ubisoft released \"Assassin's Creed II\" themed virtual items on PlayStation Home to promote the release of the game, as well as the game \"\" for PSP. \"Assassin's Creed II\" virtual items and an Ezio costume were also released on the Xbox Live Marketplace for the Xbox 3... | 174 |
Why is it called guerrilla? | [
"Modern warfare\nGuerrilla warfare is defined as fighting by groups of irregular troops (guerrillas) within areas occupied by the enemy. When guerrillas obey the laws and customs of war, they are entitled, if captured, to be treated as ordinary prisoners of war; however, they are often treated by their captors as u... | [
"History of guerrilla warfare\nAlthough both loyalist and republican paramilitaries carried out terrorist atrocities against civilians which were often tit-for-tat, a case can be made for saying that attacks such as the Provisional IRA carried out on British soldiers at Warrenpoint in 1979 was a well planned guerri... | 133 |
What was the first film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky? | [
"Andrei Tarkovsky\nTarkovsky's first feature film was \"Ivan's Childhood\" in 1962. He then directed \"Andrei Rublev\" in 1966, \"Solaris\" in 1972, \"Mirror\" in 1975 and \"Stalker\" in 1979. The documentary \"Voyage in Time\" was produced in Italy in 1982, as was \"Nostalghia\" in 1983. His last film \"The Sacrif... | [
"Andrei Tarkovsky\nTarkovsky has been the subject of several documentaries. Most notable is the 1988 documentary \"Moscow Elegy\", by Russian film director Alexander Sokurov. Sokurov's own work has been heavily influenced by Tarkovsky. The film consists mostly of narration over stock footage from Tarkovsky's films.... | 36 |
Who wrote the song "Happy Days"? | [
"Happy Days (TV theme)\n\"Happy Days\" is a song written by Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox. It is the theme song of the 1970s television series \"Happy Days\". It can be heard during the TV show's opening and closing credits as it runs in perpetual rerun syndication.",
"Pratt & McClain\nThat year, the producer... | [
"Oh Happy Day (1952 song)\n\"Time Magazine\" reported in 1953 that \"Oh Happy Day\" had a \"folklike origin: Donnie heard it sung by an Ohio State girlfriend, who had picked it up on the campus. Donnie worked it out on his guitar, changed it a bit, wrote some lyrics, sang it at parties and prudently got it copyrigh... | 128 |
What was the first Atlantic hurricane in 2000? | [
"2000 Atlantic hurricane season\nThe 2000 Atlantic hurricane season was the first Atlantic hurricane season without a tropical cyclone in the month of July since 1993. The hurricane season officially began on June 1, and ended on November 30. It was slightly above average due to a La Niña weather pattern although m... | [
"1950 Atlantic hurricane season\nThe 1950 Atlantic hurricane season was the first year in the Atlantic hurricane database (HURDAT) that storms were given names in the Atlantic basin. Names were taken from the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet, with the first named storm being designated \"Able\", the second \"Baker... | 3 |
What is the main version of Islam practiced in Iraq? | [
"Religion in Iraq\nIslam is the official state religion in the Republic of Iraq, but the constitution guarantees freedom of religion. Iraq is a multi ethnic and multi religious country with Islam, Christianity, Yazdanism, Zoroastrianism, Shabakism, Judaism, Mandaeism, Bahā'i, Ahl-e Haqq-Yarsanis, Ishikism and numer... | [
"Islamic Dawa Party\nThe Islamic Dawa Party, also known as the Islamic Call Party ( \"Ḥizb Al-Daʿwa Al-Islāmiyya\"), is a political party in Iraq. Dawa and the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council are two of the main parties in the religious-Shiite United Iraqi Alliance, which won a plurality of seats in both the provisio... | 23 |
When did Aristagoras become leader of Miletus? | [
"Aristagoras\nBy the time extant history hears of him, Aristagoras is already serving as deputy governor of Miletus, a polis on the western coast of Anatolia around 500 BC. He was the son of Molpagoras, previous tyrant of an independent Miletus, and brother-in-law (and nephew) of Histiaeus, whom the Persians had se... | [
"Aristagoras\nCertain exiled citizens of Naxos came to Miletus to seek refuge. They asked Aristagoras to supply them with troops, so that they could regain control of their homeland. Aristagoras considered that if he was able to supply troops to the Naxians, then he could become ruler of Naxos. So he agreed to assi... | 57 |
What is Captain Cold's real name? | [
"Captain Cold\nCaptain Cold (Leonard Snart) is a fictional supervillain/antihero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Captain Cold is the leader of the Rogues, a loose criminal association, as well as the older brother of Golden Glider. An acquaintance of the various superheroes known as the Fl... | [
"Captain Cold\nCaptain Cold was declared the leader of the Flash's Rogues Gallery. His skill and experience have made him a strong leader to the likes of the Weather Wizard, the new Trickster, the new Mirror Master, and the new Captain Boomerang. Len seems to have taken the young Captain Boomerang under his wing, a... | 127 |
Where are polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons found? | [
"Thermal rearrangement of aromatic hydrocarbons\nMany of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons known to be tumorigenic or mutagenic are found in atmospheric aerosols, which is connected to the thermal rearrangement of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in fast soot formation during combustion.",
"Aromatic hydrocarbo... | [
"Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon\nPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs, also polyaromatic hydrocarbons or polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons) are hydrocarbons—organic compounds containing only carbon and hydrogen—that are composed of multiple aromatic rings (organic rings in which the electrons are delocalized). T... | 141 |
Did the Stackhouse books get made into a show? | [
"Eric Northman\nEric Northman is a fictional character in \"The Southern Vampire Mysteries,\" a series of thirteen books written by \"New York Times\" bestselling author Charlaine Harris. He is a vampire, slightly over one thousand years old, and is first introduced in the first novel, \"Dead Until Dark\" and appea... | [
"Emily Stackhouse\nSometime in the mid 1840s, the botanist Charles Alexander Johns saw Stackhouse's watercolours and asked her to provide illustrations for a series of popular natural history books that he was publishing through the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. The first two were \"Forest Trees of Bri... | 13 |
Where are Porsches manufactured? | [
"Porsche Boxster/Cayman\nFirst launched in the 2006 model year, the Cayman is a coupé derived from Porsche's second and third generation Boxster roadster, styled in its first iteration by Pinky Lai. A large percentage of the Boxsters were assembled in Finland for Porsche by Valmet Automotive with others assembled i... | [
"Ferdinand Porsche\nThe company also started work on a new design, the Porsche 356, the first car to carry the Porsche brand name. The company then was located in Gmünd in Carinthia, where they had relocated from Stuttgart to avoid Allied bombing. The company started manufacturing the Porsche 356 in an old saw mill... | 124 |
What is the population of Lagos? | [
"Lagos Colony\nLagos Colony was a British colonial possession centred on the port of Lagos in what is now southern Nigeria. Lagos was annexed on 6 August 1861 under the threat of force by Commander Beddingfield of HMS Prometheus who was accompanied by the Acting British Consul, William McCoskry. Oba Dosunmu of Lago... | [
"Lagos\nA rejoinder to Lagos State Government views concluded that Lagos State concealed the fact that the population projection, for Lagos Urban Agglomeration by the UN agencies had been revised downwards substantially as early as 2003. It failed to interpret the two most important and fairly representative and re... | 56 |
How old is the oldest pyramid? | [
"Watson Brake\nWatson Brake is an archaeological site in present-day Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, from the Archaic period. Dated to about 5400 years ago (approx. 3500 BCE), Watson Brake is considered the oldest earthwork mound complex in North America. It is older than the Egyptian pyramids or England’s Stonehenge. ... | [
"Seven Summits\nIn 2013, Vanessa O'Brien became the fastest female to complete the Seven Summits (including Carstensz Pyramid), finishing in 10 months. Cason Crane became the first openly gay man to climb the Seven Summits. On 21 November 2013, Werner Berger (Canada, ex-South African), at the age of 76 years and 12... | 26 |
Is Abi Branning still a character on EastEnders? | [
"List of EastEnders characters (2017)\nOn 24 April 2018, it was announced that Spearritt would reprise the role for another guest appearance later in 2018. The character's July 2018 return was described as a \"comedy plot\". A third stint over Christmas 2018 was announced on 4 December 2018.\nAbi Branning first app... | [
"List of EastEnders characters (2007)\nBernadette Logan, played by Olivia Grant, is a pupil in Abi Branning (Lorna Fitzgerald) and Ben Mitchell's (Charlie Jones) school year. She is first seen when she takes part in Dot Branning (June Brown) and Yolande Trueman's (Angela Wynter) 2007 nativity play. Abi is jealous o... | 86 |
How long is the Omo River? | [
"Omo River\nIts course is generally to the south, however with a major bend to the west at about 7° N 37° 30' E to about 36° E where it turns south until 5° 30' N where it makes a large S- bend then resumes its southerly course to Lake Turkana. According to materials published by the Ethiopian Central Statistical A... | [
"Omo River\nThe Omo River forms through the confluence of the Gibe River, by far the largest total tributary of the Omo River, and the Wabe River, the largest left-bank tributary of the Omo at . Given their sizes, lengths and courses one might consider both the Omo and the Gibe rivers to be one and the same river b... | 19 |
When did the Isle of Man Railway start running? | [
"Isle of Man Railway\nFormed in 1870 with the first line following three years later, the Isle of Man Railway Company operated services until 1977 (see below) merging with the Manx Northern Railway and Foxdale Railway in 1905. The railway is now marketed as the \"Steam Railway\" to differentiate it from the Manx El... | [
"Manx Northern Railway\nBuilt to a common Manx gauge, a narrow gauge, construction began in 1878 and the railway opened for business without formality on 23 September 1879. It was operated by the Isle of Man Railway until 6 November 1880 when the MNR took over the responsibility. In 1881, passenger services started... | 143 |
How large is Bengal by area? | [
"Bengal\nMost of the Bengal region lies in the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta, but there are highlands in its north, northeast and southeast. The Ganges Delta arises from the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna rivers and their respective tributaries. The total area of Bengal is 232,752 km—West Beng... | [
"History of Bangladesh\nThe decision to effect the Partition of Bengal was announced in July 1905 by the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon. The partition took place on 16 October 1905 and separated the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu western areas. The former province of Bengal was divided into two ... | 142 |
Who was the first leader of the Gupta Empire? | [
"Chandragupta I\nChandragupta I (r. c. 319-335 or 319-350 CE) was a king of the Gupta dynasty, who ruled in northern India. His title \"Maharajadhiraja\" (\"king of great kings\") suggests that he was the first emperor of the dynasty. It is not certain how he turned his small ancestral kingdom into an empire, altho... | [
"History of Asia\nThe Kushan Empire would fall apart by 220 CE, creating more political turmoil in India. Then in 320, the Gupta Empire (Sanskrit: गुप्त राजवंश, Gupta Rājavanśha) was established and covered much of the Indian Subcontinent. Founded by Maharaja Sri-Gupta, the dynasty was the model of a classical civi... | 172 |
What is asbestos made of? | [
"Eternit\nFibre cement were probably amongst the latest materials on the market to have contained large quantities of asbestos. The reason is that the asbestos fibres are intimately bound to the cement matrix and were first considered to be well immobilized in the cement and less prone to be released in the environ... | [
"Asbestos\nSome archaeologists believe that ancients made shrouds of asbestos, wherein they burned the bodies of their kings, in order to preserve only their ashes, and prevent them being mixed with those of wood or other combustible materials commonly used in funeral pyres. Others assert that the ancients used asb... | 80 |
What language do they speak in Buenos Aires? | [
"Austrian Argentines\nAustrian immigrants who came to Argentina did during the two great migratory waves, i.e., about the First and Second World War. The main settlement sites were Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Misiones; in the south, cities like San Carlos de Bariloche and San Martin de los Andes were among the main d... | [
"Argentines\nThere are also other communities of immigrants that speak their native languages, such as the Chinese language spoken by at least half of the over 60,000 Chinese immigrants (mostly in Buenos Aires) and an Occitan-speaking community in Pigüé, Buenos Aires Province. Welsh is also spoken by over 35,000 pe... | 0 |
Does hemp contain THC? | [
"Cannabis flower essential oil\nA pale yellow liquid, cannabis flower essential oil is a volatile oil that is a mixture of monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, and other terpenoid compounds. The typical scent of hemp results from about 140 different terpenoids. The essential oil is manufactured from both low-THC (\"fibre-... | [
"Cannabis (drug)\nMarijuana or marihuana (herbal cannabis), consists of the dried flowers and subtending leaves and stems of the female \"Cannabis\" plant. This is the most widely consumed form, containing 3% to 20% THC, with reports of up-to 33% THC. This is the stock material from which all other preparations are... | 136 |
Is Indonesia a democracy? | [
"Foreign relations of India\nIndia has an embassy in Jakarta and Indonesia operates an embassy in Delhi. India regards Indonesia as a key member of ASEAN. Today, both countries maintain cooperative and friendly relations. India and Indonesia is one of the few (and also one of the largest) democracies in Asian regio... | [
"Indonesia–European Union relations\nOne important tool in this regard is the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), whose aim it is to provide support for the promotion of democracy and human rights in non-EU countries. In Indonesia, projects under this program range from promoting freedom of ... | 169 |
What is the difference between a telenovela and a soap opera? | [
"Soap opera\nThe telenovela, a shorter-form format of serial melodrama, shares some thematic and especially stylistic similarity to the soap opera, enough that the colloquialism \"Spanish soap opera\" has arisen to describe the format. The chief difference between the two is length of series; while soap operas usua... | [
"MyNetworkTV telenovelas\nMyNetwork promoted its telenovelas as trashy melodramas, resembling prime time soap operas like \"Dallas\" and \"Dynasty\". Paul Buccieri called them \"guilty pleasures\" and compared them to beach novels. While these shows attempted to adhere to the telenovela format and tone, the network... | 133 |
What's the population of Tanzania? | [
"Poverty in Tanzania\nTanzania has a current population of 55.57 million people. Current statistics form the World Bank show that in 2011, 49.1% of Tanzanians lived below $1.90 USD per day. This figure is an improvement over 2007’s report indicating a poverty rate of 55.1%. Tanzania has seen annual GDP gains of 7% ... | [
"Tanzania\nThe United Nations estimated Tanzania's population at /1e6 round 2 million. The population is composed of several ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups. The sovereign state of Tanzania is a presidential constitutional republic and since 1996 its official capital city has been Dodoma where the presiden... | 56 |
How many provinces are in Mongolia? | [
"Provinces of Mongolia\nMongolia is divided into 21 Provinces (, often translated as aimags) and one provincial municipality. Each aimag is subdivided into several districts.\nThe modern provinces have been established since 1921. The capital, Ulaanbaatar, is governed as an independent provincial municipality separ... | [
"Geography of Mongolia\nThe landscape includes one of Asia's largest freshwater lakes (Lake Khövsgöl), many salt lakes, marshes, sand dunes, rolling grasslands, alpine forests, and permanent mountain glaciers. Northern and western Mongolia are seismically active zones, with frequent earthquakes and many hot springs... | 83 |
What denomination is St. Joseph's Church in Fall River? | [
"St. Joseph's Church (Fall River, Massachusetts)\nSt. Joseph's Church is a historic church located at 1355 North Main Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. It was built in 1880 in the Gothic Revival style and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It was designed by notable church architect Patri... | [
"Notre Dame de Lourdes Church (Fall River, Massachusetts)\nWith the loss of the church Masses were moved to St. Joseph's Orphanage till a new church could be built. Saturday & Sunday masses were held at Bishop Connolly High School. When the ruins were searched it was found that very little remained from the fire. O... | 103 |
Is sperm donation safe? | [
"Sperm bank\nWhere sperm banks are allowed to operate they are often controlled by local legislation which is primarily intended to protect the unborn child, but which may also provide a compromise between the conflicting views which surround their operation. A particular example of this is the control which is oft... | [
"Sperm donation laws by country\nIn Israel, sperm donation is mandated by the Ministry of Health. There are 12 authorized sperm banks and hospitals across the country, and 2 more in private research facilities. Only unmarried, healthy men under the age of 30 are allowed to donate sperm, and they are financially com... | 99 |
How many people died during The Battle of Kyongju? | [
"Battle of Kyongju\nWhile this action was in progress near Yonil Airfield, the week-long battle for Hill 300 north of Kyongju came to an end. A regiment of the ROK 3rd Division captured the hill on September 11. In midafternoon the 3rd Battalion, US 19th Infantry, relieved the South Korean troops there. Scattered o... | [
"Donghak Peasant Revolution\nIn October 22, 2,000 rebels were killed in the consequent Battle of Jajak Pass, the largest battle in Gangwon Province before the Korean War. The rebels lacked guns, and they used birch branches as weapons. They also lacked pots, and cooked rice over cattle hide. Because of the narrowne... | 91 |
When was Gona Barracks built? | [
"Gona Barracks\nGona Barracks is a heritage-listed barracks at 3, 7,12, 25 & 26 Gona Parade, Kelvin Grove, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from to 1960s. It is also known as Kelvin Grove Military Reserve and Kelvin Grove Training Area. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 7 Febr... | [
"Gona Barracks\nThe former Gona Barracks is important in demonstrating the pattern of Queensland's history as evidence of Queensland's preparations for military involvement in various world conflicts. Specifically, Gona Barracks is associated with the expansion of military training for militia forces after the intr... | 31 |
Where was the DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 held? | [
"DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015\nDreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 was the seventh \"\" that was held from October 28–November 1, 2015 at the Sala Polivalentă in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It was organized by DreamHack with help from Valve Corporation and the Professional Gamers League. The tournament had a total prize p... | [
"DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015\nThe main qualifier took place at DreamHack Open Stockholm 2015.\nGroup A",
"DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015\nThe top eight teams of the ESL One Cologne 2015 qualified as Legends. The Challengers consisted of the top eight teams from the DreamHack Open Stockholm 2015 Qualifying to... | 124 |
When was Tylenol introduced? | [
"Tylenol (brand)\nThe brand was introduced in 1955 by McNeil Laboratories, a family owned pharmaceutical manufacturer. Two brothers took over the company from their father that year, and that year one of them learned about paracetamol, which was not on the US market at that time. To avoid competing with aspirin, th... | [
"Burson-Marsteller\nAt a Burson-Marsteller organized press conference in November 1982, Johnson & Johnson introduced new tamper-proof packaging, becoming the first company to introduce triple-sealed packaging, which later became the industry standard. The conference gave Johnson & Johnson the opportunity to announc... | 62 |
When was Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling established? | [
"Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling\nChō Sentō Puroresu FMW is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on July 28, 1989, by Atsushi Onita as Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW). The promotion specializes in hardcore wrestling involving weapons such as barbed wire and fire. They held their first show on O... | [
"List of Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling tournaments\nFrontier Martial-Arts Wrestling held a variety of professional wrestling tournaments competed for by wrestlers that were part of their roster during its existence between 1989 and 2001.",
"List of Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling tournaments\nFMW's first tourna... | 9 |
What are some ways to keep yourself motivated? | [
"2016 Hollywood Casino 400\nIn victory lane, Harvick said of his motivation following disappointing runs at Dover and Charlotte that he thought \"the best thing is that we prepare this thing for every race. I try every week to find something to motivate myself and I know these guys do the same thing. It’s hard to k... | [
"Hispanic and Latino Americans\nDespite the struggles Latinos families encounter, they have found ways to keep motivated. Many immigrants use religion as a source of motivation. Mexican immigrants believed that the difficulties they face are a part of God's bigger plan and believe their life will get better in the ... | 112 |
What is the most used language in Europe? | [
"Europe\nEurope has about 225 indigenous languages, mostly falling within three Indo-European language groups: the Romance languages, derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire; the Germanic languages, whose ancestor language came from southern Scandinavia; and the Slavic languages. Slavic languages are most spoken... | [
"Eurolinguistics\nWriting was introduced by the Greeks and from there also brought to the Romans (6th century BC). There are five alphabets in regular use in the areas generally considered Europe. The Latin alphabet was developed into several scripts. In the early years of Europe, the Carolingian minuscules were th... | 0 |
Do other animals have different blood types like humans? | [
"Blood transfusion\nVeterinarians also administer transfusions to other animals. Various species require different levels of testing to ensure a compatible match. For example, cats have 3 known blood types, cattle have 11, dogs have 12, pigs 16 and horses have 34. However, in many species (especially horses and dog... | [
"Blood type (non-human)\nAnimal erythrocytes have cell surface antigens that undergo polymorphism and give rise to blood types. Antigens from the human ABO blood group system are also found in apes and Old World monkeys, and the system traces back to the origin of hominoids. Other animal blood sometimes agglutinate... | 64 |
Does Christianity come from Judaism? | [
"Origins of Judaism\nFor centuries, the traditional understanding has been that Judaism came before Christianity and that Christianity separated from Judaism some time after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. Starting in the latter half of the 20th century, some scholars have begun to argue that the his... | [
"Christianity and Judaism\nJudaism does not believe that God requires the sacrifice of any human. This is emphasized in Jewish traditions concerning the story of the Akedah, the binding of Isaac. In the Jewish explanation, this is a story in the Torah whereby God wanted to test Abraham's faith and willingness, and ... | 103 |
How does El Nino affect North American weather patterns? | [
"Geography of Toronto\nWinter weather conditions in Toronto can vary greatly from one year to another and is significantly affected by global weather patterns such as El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO). El Nino winters are generally mild and dry, with decreased snowfall (such as the winters of 2009-2010 and 2015-2... | [
"El Niño\nEl Nino affects the global climate and disrupts normal weather patterns, which as a result can lead to intense storms in some places and droughts in others.",
"Ecosystem of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre\nThis large variability is caused by discrete eddies, near-inertial motions, and internal tides.... | 122 |
How old is Aboriginal culture? | [
"Australia (continent)\nAustralia has a tradition of Aboriginal art which is thousands of years old, the best known forms being rock art and bark painting. Evidence of Aboriginal art in Australia can be traced back at least 30,000 years. Examples of ancient Aboriginal rock artworks can be found throughout the conti... | [
"ㅛ\nㅛ is one of the Korean hangul. The Unicode for ㅛ is U+315B.",
"Brewarrina Aboriginal Fish Traps\nThe fish traps offer great potential for researching how Aboriginal people occupied this part of the country before colonisation. The place is understood to have been an important meeting place and ceremonial site... | 156 |
When were Arabic numerals adopted in Europe? | [
"Numerical digit\nFrom India, the thriving trade between Islamic sultans and Africa carried the concept to Cairo. Arabic mathematicians extended the system to include decimal fractions, and Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Ḵwārizmī wrote an important work about it in the 9th century. The modern Arabic numerals were introduced... | [
"Arabic numerals\nThe Hindu-Arabic numeral system was developed by Indian mathematicians around AD 500 using quite different forms of the numerals. From India, the system was adopted by Arabic mathematicians in Baghdad and passed on to the Arabs farther west. The current form of the numerals developed in North Afri... | 84 |
What was the fastest fighter plane used by the U.S. in World War II? | [
"Republic P-47 Thunderbolt\nThe Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was a World War II era fighter aircraft produced by the United States from 1941 through 1945. Its primary armament was eight .50-caliber machine guns and in the fighter-bomber ground-attack role it could carry five-inch rockets or a bomb load of 2,500 pounds... | [
"Air warfare of World War II\nAir superiority depended on having the fastest, most maneuverable fighters, in sufficient quantity, based on well-supplied airfields, within range. The RAF demonstrated the importance of speed and maneuverability in the Battle of Britain (1940), when its fast Spitfire and Hawker Hurric... | 88 |
When was the Bolshoi Ballet formed? | [
"Bolshoi Ballet\nThe Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russian Federation. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies. It only achieved worldwide acclaim, however, in the early 20th century when Moscow becam... | [
"Bolshoi Ballet\nIn July 2017, the Bolshoi Theatre cancelled the premiere of a ballet about openly gay Soviet dancer Rudolf Nureyev. The Director General claimed it was due to the bad quality of the dancing, however, principle dancer Maria Alexandrova claimed it was the first sign of a 'new era' of censorship. It w... | 66 |
How old is the Cincinnati Bengals? | [
"2018 Cincinnati Bengals season\nThe 2018 season was the Cincinnati Bengals' 49th season in the National Football League, their 51st overall and their 16th and final under head coach Marvin Lewis. The Bengals failed to improve upon their 2017 campaign as they collapsed to a 6–10 finish (after a 4–1 start) to finish... | [
"History of the Cincinnati Bengals\nThe biggest 2010 acquisition for the Bengals was veteran WR Terrell Owens, signed in July. This move was controversial, as Owens was quite old at 36 and had caused considerable problems while playing in San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Dallas. Perhaps more controversial was the s... | 156 |
How many people live in Virginia? | [
"Northern Virginia\nthere were 2,775,354 people in Northern Virginia; almost exactly a third of the state's population. This figure includes the exurban Clarke, Fauquier, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren counties, as well as the independent city of Fredericksburg. Together, these jurisdictions account for 407,749... | [
"Tangier, Virginia\nAs of the census of 2000, there were 605 people, 244 households, and 181 families residing in the town. The population density was 2,448.2 people per square mile (932.8/km). There were 270 housing units at an average density of 1,094.4 per square mile (417.0/km). The racial makeup of the town wa... | 56 |
When was the Commonwealth of Independent States formed? | [
"Commonwealth of Independent States\nFollowing the events of August failed coup, the republics had declared their independence fearing another coup. A week after the Ukrainian independence referendum was held, which kept the chances of the Soviet Union staying together low, the Commonwealth of Independent States wa... | [
"Territorial evolution of Australia\nThe Commonwealth of Australia was formed on 1 January 1901, when the six British colonies of Australia were merged to form a single commonwealth within the British Empire. Apart from Western Australia, all of the founding area of the country was originally part of the Colony of ... | 75 |
When was the first Gameboy released by Nintendo? | [
"Game Boy family\nNintendo's Game Boy handheld was first released in 1989. The gaming device was the brainchild of long-time Nintendo employee Gunpei Yokoi, who was the person behind the \"Ultra Hand\", an expanding arm toy created and produced by Nintendo in 1970, long before Nintendo would enter the video game ma... | [
"Castlevania\nMany \"Castlevania\" titles have been released for markets in Japan, North America, Europe and Australia on various video game consoles, personal computers (PC) and mobile phones, with additional remakes and re-releases. The first console title, \"Castlevania\", was released on the Famicom Disk System... | 15 |
Who was the first executive producer of EastEnders? | [
"Jules Tavernier (EastEnders)\nIn the latter part of 1989 \"EastEnders\" acquired a new executive producer named Michael Ferguson, who took over from Mike Gibbon. Ferguson had previously been a producer on ITV's \"The Bill\" – a hard-hitting, gritty and successful police drama, which seemed to be challenging \"East... | [
"EastEnders\nOn 21 September 2004, Berridge quit as executive producer of \"EastEnders\" following continued criticism of the show. Kathleen Hutchison was swiftly appointed as the Executive Producer of \"EastEnders\", and was tasked with quickly turning the fortunes of the soap. During her time at the soap Hutchiso... | 86 |
What does ductile mean? | [
"Geodynamics\nDuctile or plastic deformation happens when the temperature of a system is high enough so that a significant fraction of the material microstates (figure 1) are unbound, which means that a large fraction of the chemical bonds are in the process of being broken and reformed. During ductile deformation,... | [
"Ductility (Earth science)\nDuctility is a material property that can be expressed in a variety of ways. Mathematically, it is commonly expressed as a \"total quantity of elongation\" or a \"total quantity of the change in cross sectional area\" of a specific rock until macroscopic brittle behavior, such as fractur... | 130 |
How many teams are in the TT Pro League? | [
"2016–17 TT Pro League\nThe 2016–17 TT Pro League season (known as the \"Digicel Pro League\" for sponsorship reasons) is the eighteenth season of the TT Pro League, the Trinidad and Tobago professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1999. A total of ten teams are contesting the l... | [
"2009 TT Pro League\nThe 2009 TT Pro League season (known as the \"Digicel Pro League\" for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season of the TT Pro League, the Trinidad and Tobago professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1999. A total of eleven teams contested the league, wi... | 165 |
How old is Drake Hogestyn? | [
"Drake Hogestyn\nDonald Drake Hogestyn ( (born September 29, 1953) is an American actor best known for his long running role as John Black on the American soap opera \"Days of Our Lives\"."
] | [
"Drake Hogestyn\nHogestyn began his acting career by entering a Columbia Pictures talent search that included 75,000 people. Hogestyn was among the 30 selected, and his first starring role was on the prime time series \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\". After a few minor roles (one as Kort, leader of the Micro Wor... | 156 |
How large is Antarctica? | [
"Antarctica\nPositioned asymmetrically around the South Pole and largely south of the Antarctic Circle, Antarctica is the southernmost continent and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean; alternatively, it may be considered to be surrounded by the southern Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, or by the southern wate... | [
"Warren B. Hamilton\nHamilton led a two-man field party in Antarctica (October 1958–January 1959) for the International Geophysical Year, and launched a new understanding of Antarctica. He was the first to apply the name trans-Antarctic Mountains (two years later, formalized as Transantarctic Mountains) to that 3,5... | 142 |
How many copies did Salem's Lot sell? | [
"'Salem's Lot\nPolitics during the time influenced King's writing of the story. The corruption in the government was a significant factor in the inspiration of the story. Of this he recalls,\nIn 2005, Centipede Press released a deluxe limited edition of \"'Salem's Lot\" with black and white photographs by Jerry Uel... | [
"The Cat in the Hat\nAccording to Judith and Neil Morgan, the book sold well immediately. The trade edition initially sold an average of 12,000 copies a month, a figure which rose rapidly. Bullock's department store in Los Angeles, California, sold out of its first, 100-copy order of the book in a day and quickly r... | 42 |
What is the U.S. National Debt? | [
"Economy of the United States\nU.S. household and non-profit net worth exceeded $100 trillion for the first time in Q1 2018; it has been setting records since Q4 2012. The U.S. federal government or \"national debt\" was $21.1 trillion in May 2018, just over 100% GDP. Using a subset of the national debt called \"de... | [
"National Debt Clock\nThe idea of conveying a message through a periodically updated clock found an earlier expression in the Doomsday Clock. However, the innovation of the National Debt Clock was to feature a constantly running counter; it has since inspired similar projects elsewhere, both in the United States an... | 135 |
Does cognitive dissonance factor into pluralistic ignorance? | [
"Pluralistic ignorance\nPrentice and Miller found that, on average, private levels of comfort with drinking practices on campus were much lower than the perceived average. In the case of men, they found a shifting of private attitudes toward this perceived norm, a form of cognitive dissonance. Women, on the other h... | [
"Interpersonal communication\nWhen individuals encounter new information or new experiences, they categorize the information based on their preexisting attitudes, thoughts, and beliefs. If the new encounter does not coincide with their preexisting assumptions, then dissonance is likely to occur. When dissonance doe... | 157 |
Who plays Leslie Knope in the Parks and Recreation? | [
"Leslie Knope\nLeslie Barbara Knope ( ) is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the NBC sitcom \"Parks and Recreation\". She is portrayed by Amy Poehler. For most of the show's run, she serves as Deputy Director of the Parks and Recreation Department of the fictional city of Pawnee, Indiana. An over-ac... | [
"Marlene Griggs-Knope\nMarlene Griggs-Knope (born March 5, 1953) is a fictional character played by Pamela Reed in the American comedy television series \"Parks and Recreation\". She is the mother of the show's protagonist, Leslie Knope, and an important political figure in the school system at the fictional Indian... | 147 |
When did the The Ronettes break up? | [
"Estelle Bennett\nThe first incarnation of what was to become the Ronettes appeared in when Bennett was 14. After a number of unsuccessful attempts, the trio reinvented themselves as the Ronettes. Signed up by a then 23-year-old Phil Spector, Ronnie was made lead, with Estelle and Nedra as backing. After the Ronett... | [
"The Ronettes\n\"(The Best Part of) Breakin' Up\" was subsequently recorded by the Ronettes. According to Ronnie, Spector was especially enthusiastic about the song. \"When Phil loved a song as much as he loved '(The Best Part of) Breakin' Up,'\" she later wrote, \"he could work on it for days without ever getting ... | 70 |
How many state parks are there? | [
"State park\n, there were 10,234 state park units in the United States, according to the National Association of State Park Directors (NASPD). There are some 739 million annual visits to the country's state parks. The NASPD further counts over of trail, 217,367 campsites, and 8,277 cabins and lodges across U.S. sta... | [
"Protected areas of the United States\nEvery state has a system of state parks. State parks vary widely from urban parks to very large parks that are on a par with national parks. Some state parks, like Adirondack Park, are similar to the national parks of England and Wales, with numerous towns inside the borders o... | 83 |
Who first identified blood types? | [
"Blood type\nBlood types were first discovered by an Austrian Physician Karl Landsteiner working at the Pathological-Anatomical Institute of the University of Vienna (now Medical University of Vienna). In 1900, he found that blood sera from different persons would clump together (agglutinate) when mixed in test tub... | [
"ABO blood group system\nThe first practical use of blood typing in transfusion was by an American physician Reuben Ottenberg in 1907. And the large-scale application started during the First World War (1914-1915) when citric acid was developed as blood clot prevention. Felix Bernstein demonstrated the correct bloo... | 139 |
How wide is the Solar Systems habitable zone? | [
"Circumstellar habitable zone\nAlthough traditional definitions of the habitable zone assume that carbon dioxide and water vapor are the most important greenhouse gases (as they are on the Earth), a study led by Ramses Ramirez and co-author Lisa Kaltenegger has shown that the size of the habitable zone is greatly i... | [
"Circumstellar habitable zone\nAstronomers use stellar flux and the inverse-square law to extrapolate circumstellar habitable zone models created for the Solar System to other stars. For example, although the Solar System has a circumstellar habitable zone centered at 1.34 AU from the Sun, a star with 0.25 times th... | 142 |
Do you need a degree to be an engineering technologist? | [
"Industrial technology\nIndustrial technology program graduates obtain a majority of positions which are applied engineering and/or management oriented. Since \"industrial technologist\" is not a common job title in the United States, the actual bachelor's degree or associate degree earned by the individual is obsc... | [
"Engineering technologist\nBeginning in the 1950s and 1960s, some post-secondary institutions in the U.S.and Canada began offering degrees in engineering technology, focusing on applied study rather than the more theoretical engineering science degrees. The focus on applied study addressed a need within the scienti... | 112 |
When did the character Emma Pillsbury Schuester first appear on Glee? | [
"Emma Pillsbury\nEmma Pillsbury Schuester (previously Pillsbury-Howell) is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series \"Glee\". Portrayed by actress Jayma Mays, Emma has appeared in \"Glee\" from its pilot episode, first broadcast on May 19, 2009. Emma was developed by \"Glee\" creators Ryan Mur... | [
"Hell-O (Glee)\nGlee club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) begins dating guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays). Emma suffers from mysophobia and is uncomfortable kissing Will. She admits that she is still a virgin, and requests that they take their relationship slowly. While dancing, Will sings N... | 86 |
What is an Umayyad caliph? | [
"Umayyad architecture\nThe Umayyad caliphate was established in 661 after Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, was murdered in Kufa.\nMuawiyah I, governor of Syria, became the first Umayyad caliph.\nThe Umayyads made Damascus their capital.\nUnder the Umayyads the Arab empire continued to expand, eventually extending t... | [
"Berbers\nIn the 900s, the Umayyad caliphate faced a challenge from the Fatimids in north Africa. The Fatimid caliphate was founded by Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah after his disciples gained a large following among the Kutama Berbers in what is today eastern Algeria and western Tunisia. After taking the city of Kair... | 103 |
When was Walter William Law born? | [
"Walter W. Law\nWalter William Law (November 13, 1837 – January 17, 1924) was a businessman and the founder of the 8,000-person village of Briarcliff Manor, New York. He was a vice president of furniture and carpet retailer W. & J. Sloane, and later founded the Briarcliff Lodge, the Briarcliff Table Water Company, ... | [
"Walter Naylor Davis\nWalter N. Davis was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Judge Alexander Davis and Alice (Edwards) Davis. He had two brothers and three sisters. Davis' father had been a Colonel in the 5th Division of the Missouri State Guards during the Civil War. and later a judge in the Montana Territory... | 58 |
What happened to Silicone Knights? | [
"Silicon Knights\nOn May 30, 2012, Epic Games defeated Silicon Knights' lawsuit, and won its counter-suit for $4.45 million on grounds of copyright infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, and breach of contract, an injury award that was later doubled due to prejudgment interest, attorneys' fees and costs. ... | [
"Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain\nThe developers undertook a talent search for the game's voice cast, listening to dozens of tapes submitted by Hollywood voice actors. Before the game's voice-over was recorded, Dyack expressed concern that the actors cast would be unable to convey McCulloch's complex dialogue. He later ... | 73 |
Who is head writer for the British soap opera Emmerdale? | [
"Emmerdale\nEmmerdale (known as Emmerdale Farm until 1989) is a British soap opera set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, \"Emmerdale Farm\" was first broadcast on 16 October 1972. Produced by ITV Yorkshire, it has been filmed at their... | [
"Kathleen Beedles\nFrom 1999 to 2001, Beedles worked as a story associate on \"Coronation Street\" before moving onto \"Emmerdale\" as Story Editor. In 2005, Beedles was appointed Series Producer of British television soap opera \"Emmerdale\", taking over from Steve Frost. She had worked as a producer and series ed... | 114 |
Who was the female pirate who controlled China's waters? | [
"Ching Shih\nA semi-fictionalized account of Ching Shih's piracy appeared in Jorge Luis Borges's short story \"The Widow Ching, Lady Pirate\" (part of \"A Universal History of Infamy\" (1935)), where she is described as \"a lady pirate who operated in Asian waters, all the way from the Yellow Sea to the rivers of t... | [
"Pirates of the South China Coast\nPirates of the South China Coast () were Chinese pirates who active throughout the South China Sea from the late 18th century to the 19th century, mainly from 1790 to 1810. Since 1805, the Pirates of the South China Coast entered the most powerful period, many pirates were fully t... | 2 |
When did Wilton Norman Chamberlain die? | [
"Wilt Chamberlain\nWilton Norman Chamberlain (; August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999) was an American basketball player who played center position and is considered one of the most prominent and dominant players in NBA history. He played for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Los... | [
"Wilt Chamberlain\nWilton Norman Chamberlain was born in Philadelphia, into a family of nine children, the son of Olivia Ruth Johnson, a domestic worker and homemaker, and William Chamberlain, a welder, custodian, and handyman. He was a frail child, nearly dying of pneumonia in his early years and missing a whole y... | 4 |
When was Jayma Mays cast as Emma Pillsbury Schuester? | [
"Emma Pillsbury\nEmma Pillsbury Schuester (previously Pillsbury-Howell) is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series \"Glee\". Portrayed by actress Jayma Mays, Emma has appeared in \"Glee\" from its pilot episode, first broadcast on May 19, 2009. Emma was developed by \"Glee\" creators Ryan Mur... | [
"Hell-O (Glee)\nGlee club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) begins dating guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays). Emma suffers from mysophobia and is uncomfortable kissing Will. She admits that she is still a virgin, and requests that they take their relationship slowly. While dancing, Will sings N... | 86 |
When was Rubén Darío born? | [
"Rubén Darío Larrosa\nRubén Darío Larrosa (born 12 April 1979) emerged from the bottom of the Football Club Argentino city Lauquen Dam. Now a professional footballer side currently playing for Italian Football League ASD Aprilia calcium, where he plays as a Forward.",
"Ciudad Darío\nOn 1867, Felix Rubén García, l... | [
"Rubén Darío\nRubén Darío was born in Metapa, Matagalpa, Nicaragua. Although, according to his baptism, Rubén's true surname was García, his paternal family had been known by the surname Darío for many years. Rubén Darío explained it as follows in his autobiography: According to what some of the old people in that ... | 25 |
Where was Georgios Papadopoulos born? | [
"Georgios Papadopoulos\nPapadopoulos was born in Elaiohori, a small village in the Prefecture of Achaea in Peloponnese to local schoolteacher Christos Papadopoulos and his wife Chrysoula. He was the eldest son and had two brothers, Konstantinos and Haralambos. After finishing high school in 1937 he enrolled in the ... | [
"Georgios Papadopoulos\nTranslated as:\nA failed assassination attempt against Papadopoulos was perpetrated by Alexandros Panagoulis in the morning of 13 August 1968, when Papadopoulos was driven from his summer residence in Lagonisi to Athens, escorted by his personal security motorcycles and cars. Panagoulis igni... | 77 |
Who discovered 5-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid? | [
"5-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid\nThe Nobel laureate, Bengt I. Samuelsson, and colleagues first described 5(\"S\")-HETE in 1976 as a metabolite of arachidonic acid made by rabbit neutrophils. Biological activity was linked to it several years later when it was found to stimulate human neutrophil rises in cytosolic c... | [
"5-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid\n5-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (5-HETE, 5(\"S\")-HETE, or 5\"S\"-HETE) is an eicosanoid, i.e. a metabolite of arachidonic acid. It is produced by diverse cell types in humans and other animal species. These cells may then metabolize the formed 5(\"S\")-HETE to 5-oxo-eicosatetraenoic... | 139 |
How much of Brazil's population is black? | [
"Racism in Brazil\nToday, there are more than 75 million people of African descent living in Brazil, which currently gives it the second largest black population in the world. However, despite its large black population it was also the last country in the western hemisphere to abolish slavery, in 1888. Brazil proud... | [
"Afro-Brazilians\nThe Brazilian population of more evident black physiognomy is more strongly present along the coast, due to the high concentration of slaves working on sugar cane plantations. Another region that had a strong presence of Africans was the mining areas in the center of Brazil. Freyre wrote that the ... | 109 |
When was Syracuse founded by the Greeks? | [
"Early centers of Christianity\nSyracuse was founded by Greek colonists in 734 or 733 BC, part of Magna Graecia. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia: \"Syracuse claims to be the second Church founded by St. Peter, after that of Antioch. It also claims that St. Paul preached there. ... In the times of St. Cyprian... | [
"Battle of Selinus\nThe island of Sicily contained the Elymians, Sikans and the Siculi living in respective communities before the Phoenicians had started their colonisation of Sicily after 800 BC. The Phoenicians had initially planted trading posts all over the coast of Sicily, but never penetrated far inland and ... | 113 |
What is the most watched news network? | [
"Fox News\nIn prime time and total day ratings for the week of April 15 to 21, 2013, Fox News, propelled by its coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing, was the highest-ranked network on U.S. cable television, for the first time since August 2005, when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the United States. Janu... | [
"7th Heaven (TV series)\n\"7th Heaven\" was the most watched TV series ever on the WB. It holds the record for the WB's most watched hour at 12.5 million viewers, on February 8, 1999; 19 of the WB's 20 most watched hours were from \"7th Heaven\". On May 8, 2006, it was watched by 7.56 million viewers, the highest r... | 13 |
Where do fire ants live? | [
"Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle\nThe introduction of invasive species, mainly the red fire ant, has been known to disrupt the beetle’s environment. Shallow caves in which the beetle live are relatively easy to enter and make them vulnerable to invasion of fire ants and other exotic species. Fire ant colonies occur in... | [
"Fire ant\nAlthough most fire ant species do not bother people and are not invasive, \"Solenopsis invicta\", known in the United States as the red imported fire ant (or RIFA) is an invasive pest in many areas of the world, notably the United States, Australia, China and Taiwan. The RIFA was believed to have been ac... | 64 |
What is the second lightest element in the periodic table? | [
"Period 3 element\n\"Chlorine\" (symbol Cl) is the second lightest halogen, found in the periodic table in group 17. The element forms diatomic molecules under standard conditions, called dichlorine. It has the highest electron affinity and the third highest electronegativity of all the elements; for this reason, c... | [
"Chlorine\nChlorine is a chemical element with symbol Cl and atomic number 17. The second-lightest of the halogens, it appears between fluorine and bromine in the periodic table and its properties are mostly intermediate between them. Chlorine is a yellow-green gas at room temperature. It is an extremely reactive e... | 10 |
What type of government does Kazakhastan have? | [
"Senate of Kazakhstan\nThe Senate of Kazakhastan (, \"Qazaqstan Parlamentiniń Senaty\") is the upper house of two chambers in Kazakhstan's legislature, known as the Parliament (\"Parlamenti\"). The Senate is composed of elected members - two from each region, the city of republican importance (Almaty) and the capit... | [
"Democracy-Dictatorship Index\nThe table below offers a full list of which countries are what type of democracy. Keep note that the head of state, chief executive, government, and legislatures can have their official names be seemingly contradictory to this classification. The name a democracy gives itself or its o... | 135 |
When did Iain Norman Macleod die? | [
"Iain Macleod\nIain Norman Macleod (11 November 1913 – 20 July 1970) was a British Conservative Party politician and government minister.",
"Iain Ciar MacLeod\nIain Ciar MacLeod (Scottish Gaelic: Iain Ciar MacLeòid) (1330 – \"c.\"1392) is considered to be fourth chief of Clan MacLeod. He was the eldest son of, an... | [
"Iain Macleod\nIain Macleod was born at Clifford House, Skipton, Yorkshire, on 11 November 1913. His father, Dr. Norman Alexander Macleod, was a well-respected general practitioner in Skipton, with a substantial poor-law practice (providing medical services for those who could not afford to pay); the young Macleod ... | 39 |
When was Louise-Marie-Madeleine Guillaume de Fontaine born? | [
"Louise Marie Madeleine Fontaine\nLouise-Marie-Madeleine Guillaume de Fontaine (after marriage known as Madame Dupin; 28 October 1706 – 20 November 1799) was a French \"saloniste\".",
"Louise Marie Madeleine Fontaine\nLouise de Fontaine was born in Paris, in the parish of Saint-Roch, on 28 October 1706. Her bapti... | [
"Louise Marie Madeleine Fontaine\nActually, Louise was the oldest of three illegitimate daughters of banker Samuel Bernard and Marie-Anne-Armande Carton Dancourt, nicknamed \"Manon\", a daughter of actor Florent Carton Dancourt. Marie Dancourt was already married since 4 November 1702 at Paris in the parish of Sain... | 40 |
Is a matching or understanding of a persons culture part of the ethics of psychology? | [
"Culture and positive psychology\nFor example, Snyder's chapter (2009) explores the way in which culture affects positive psychology. More specifically, Snyder acknowledges the fact that culture impacts individual's understanding of strengths and weaknesses. Snyder claims that it is important to understand the cros... | [
"Marc Jean-Bernard\nThe Greek locution \"Dialegein\" synthesizes a theoretic set of axiological investigations, corresponding to a unified epistemic methodology which embraces Cultural Hermeneutics, specifically Aesthetics and Ethics. His construction of ethical and aesthetical responsibility stands as a philosophi... | 94 |
When did Cherry Springs State Park become a state park? | [
"Cherry Springs Airport\nThe state park was founded in 1922 when the Pennsylvania Department of Forestry established the \"Cherry Springs Scenic Drive\" on Pennsylvania Route 44. The land where the hotel was and which became Cherry Springs State Park was purchased by the state in 1932. On May 27, 1933, Civilian Con... | [
"Cherry Springs State Park\nThe staff at Cherry Springs State Park did not intend for it to become an attraction for amateur astronomers; the astronomers came to them instead. In 1997 or 1998 Chip Harrison, the park supervisor, noticed a man looking through a telescope at the park at about 1 AM. When Harrison asked... | 31 |
How many casualties were there in World War I? | [
"World War I casualties\nCasualty statistics for World War I vary to a great extent; estimates of total deaths range from 9 million to over 15 million. Military casualties reported in official sources list deaths due to all causes, including an estimated 7 to 8 million combat related deaths (killed or died of wound... | [
"Ottoman casualties of World War I\nAmong the 5 million, 771,844 were military casualties killed in action and other causes. The military only covers 15% of the total casualties. The main question is what happened to 85% (spread over all millets) of the casualties, which is more but not less than 4,000,000. Ottoman... | 91 |
Where did they land on D Day? | [
"92nd (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery\nIn April 1944 the regiment moved from Castle Douglas to Horndean in Hampshire to make final preparations for Overlord. 3rd Division had been selected as the assault formation to make the first landing on Sword Beach near La Breche d'Hermanville, in Norma... | [
"Battle for Caen\nBadsey wrote that accounts of the battle note the effect of terrain and weather but then go on make detailed judgements on Allied commanders, praising Eisenhower for the decision to go on 6 June in doubtful weather. Montgomery is blamed for failing to capture all of the D-Day objectives as if the ... | 129 |
When was activity theory created? | [
"Activity theory (aging)\nThe activity theory, also known as the implicit theory of aging, normal theory of aging, and lay theory of aging, proposes that successful ageing occurs when older adults stay active and maintain social interactions. It takes the view that the aging process is delayed and the quality of li... | [
"Activity theory\nAT remained virtually unknown outside the Soviet Union until the mid-1980s, when it was picked up by Scandinavian researchers. The first international conference on activity theory was not held until 1986. The earliest non-Soviet paper cited by Nardi is a 1987 paper by Yrjö Engeström: \"Learning b... | 52 |
What was the first instrument used to measure time? | [
"Measuring instrument\nIn the past, a common time measuring instrument was the sundial. Today, the usual measuring instruments for time are clocks and watches. For highly accurate measurement of time an atomic clock is used.\nStop watches are also used to measure time in some sports.\nEnergy is measured by an energ... | [
"Hipparchus\nHipparchus is credited with the invention or improvement of several astronomical instruments, which were used for a long time for naked-eye observations. According to Synesius of Ptolemais (4th century) he made the first \"astrolabion\": this may have been an armillary sphere (which Ptolemy however say... | 27 |
What does Dragoon mean? | [
"List of 8-Bit Theater characters\nDragoon is the last of the Dragon Knights, an elite group of spear-carrying warriors who attack by jumping high in the air and coming down on their opponents. Dragoon uses this technique as a travel method, but is unable to perform these jumps without having a target. His usual ta... | [
"Waǵay\nWaǵay corresponds with the tropical Zodiac sign Virgo. \"Waǵay\" literally means \"virgin\" in Pashto.",
"Winfield Toll Bridge\nWinfield Toll Bridge, also known as the Ross Booth Memorial Bridge, is a historic three-span cantilever Warren Truss bridge located at Winfield and Red House, Putnam County, West... | 130 |
Does the Dan Le Batard Show still air? | [
"Dan Le Batard\nLe Batard hosts a daily radio show with Jon \"Stugotz\" Weiner that originates from WAXY in Miami and is carried nationally on ESPN Radio. He also hosts \"Highly Questionable\", which airs daily on ESPN and was originally titled \"Dan Le Batard is Highly Questionable\"; Le Batard co-hosts the progra... | [
"Highly Questionable\nFrom its premiere until May 10, 2013, the show bore Le Batard's name and was called Dan Le Batard Is Highly Questionable (\"DLHQ\"), and from its premiere until March 23, 2015 the show aired on ESPN2. The program is based in Le Batard's hometown of Miami, Florida, and produced via satellite in... | 13 |
Who first identified diabetes? | [
"History of diabetes\nThe discovery of a role for the pancreas in diabetes is generally ascribed to Joseph von Mering and Oskar Minkowski, who in 1889 found that dogs whose pancreas was removed developed all the signs and symptoms of diabetes and died shortly afterwards. In 1910, Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer s... | [
"History of diabetes\nDiabetes is one of the first diseases described with an Egyptian manuscript from c. 1500 BC mentioning \"too great emptying of the urine.\" The first described cases are believed to be of type 1 diabetes. Indian physicians around the same time identified the disease and classified it as \"madh... | 139 |
When was the First Celtiberian War? | [
"First Celtiberian War\nThe First Celtiberian (181-179 BC) was the first of three major rebellions by the Celtiberians against the Roman presence in Hispania. The other two were the Second Celtiberian War (154-151 BC) and the Numantine War (143-133 BC). Hispania was the name the Romans gave to the Iberian Peninsula... | [
"Celtiberian Wars\nWhen the Second Punic War ended, the Carthaginians relinquished the control of its Hispanic territories to Rome. The Celtiberians shared a border with this new Roman province. They started to confront the Roman army acting in the areas around Celtiberia and this led to the First Celtiberian War. ... | 119 |
Where did Julio Licinio go to school? | [
"Julio Licinio\nJulio Licinio is currently Senior Vice President for Academic and Health Affairs, as well as Executive Dean, Dean of the College of Medicine, and Professor in Departments of Psychiatry, Pharmacology, and Medicine at State University of New York Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. He wa... | [
"Julio Jorge Nelson\nJulio went every day to see his parents, where his son lived. His son went to the same school that Julio attended: Francisco de Victoria, at 240 Julián Álvarez. His son would visit him at Radio Mitre, at 1925 Arenales 1925, and even lived for a time with his father. But one day, at age 14, his ... | 77 |
Is Pearl beer still in production? | [
"Pearl Brewing Company\nIn 1952, when the San Antonio Brewing Association changed its name to the Pearl Brewing Company, the triple Xs joined the Pearl name as a dominant image on the product and the company as a whole. The triple Xs were back on the company logo and were used on almost all of Pearl's advertisement... | [
"Pearl Brewing Company\nThe triple Xs were adopted by the San Antonio Brewing Association to portray two things: the high quality of their beers, and the pride that workers put into their products. The triple Xs may be gone from company and Pearl beer logos, but it has not completely vanished. In the 1960s, Pearl a... | 55 |
Is there a second CoRot? | [
"COROT-2\nThis star is home to exoplanet COROT-2b discovered by the COROT Mission spacecraft using the transit method. COROT-2b (formerly known as COROT-Exo-2b) is the second extrasolar planet to be detected by the French-led COROT mission, and orbits the star COROT-2 at a distance of 930 light years from Earth tow... | [
"COROT-1\nThe designation \"COROT\" is a result of its observation by the French-directed Convection, Rotation, and Planetary Transits mission, which was launched late December 2006 with one goal involving the search for exoplanets by measuring the varying brightness of candidate stars when transited by any present... | 89 |
When did the Protestant Reformations start? | [
"Historical revision of the Inquisition\nThe protests raised by Martin Luther that began in 1517 did not initially receive much attention from the papacy. Luther and his supporters concreted the principles of the Protestant Reformation during the 1520s, sparking the development of many reform movements in various r... | [
"Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren\nReformation in the Czech lands started already in the 15th century, one century before the great Luther's Reformation. At that time, most Czechs (~85%) were Protestant; there were two Protestant churches: the Utraquist Hussite Church (1431–1620) and the Unity of the Brethren (... | 154 |
Does Shantou University have a graduate program? | [
"Shantou University\nUnder the auspice of the Li Ka Shing Foundation, STU has become one of the few universities in Mainland China that awards full scholarships to overseas exchange students. The university has established close academic ties with nearly 20 universities in such countries as the United States, Unite... | [
"Shantou University\nSTU, a key comprehensive university under the provincial Project 211 program, was founded in 1981 with the approval of the State Council. As the only public university that receives long-term funding from the Li Ka Shing Foundation, it is jointly supported by the Ministry of Education, the Guan... | 6 |
When was USS Lexington (CV-2) built? | [
"USS Lexington (CV-2)\n\"Lexington\" was the fourth US Navy ship named after the 1775 Battle of Lexington, the first battle of the Revolutionary War. She was originally authorized in 1916 as a , but construction was delayed so that higher-priority anti-submarine vessels and merchant ships, needed to ensure the safe... | [
"USS Lexington (CV-2)\nUSS \"Lexington\" (CV-2), nicknamed \"Lady Lex\", was an early aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy. She was the lead ship of the ; her only sister ship, , was commissioned a month earlier. Originally designed as a battlecruiser, she was converted into one of the Navy's first air... | 31 |
When did Linnwood become a historical society? | [
"Linnwood, Guildford\nIn 1984, a plan to provide a museum at Linnwood was advertised. On 21 March 1985, The Department of Community Services granted a license to the Holroyd and District Historical Society, to operate the \"Linnwood Museum\", from the building. In September of that year, the museum was officially o... | [
"Linnwood, Guildford\nTHe Friends of Linnwood Hall was formed in 2002 following a successful community campaign to save it from being sold and redeveloped by the NSW Department of Education. The group has since raised $200,000 towards restoration works for the historic house.",
"Linnwood, Guildford\nFrom 1917 to ... | 144 |
Is Wilson's disease fatal? | [
"Bis-choline tetrathiomolybdate\nBis-choline tetrathiomolybdate (or tiomolibdate USAN, trade name Decuprate), is a salt of tetrathiomolybdate (TTM, MoS) and choline currently under investigation as a therapy against Wilson's disease, a rare and potentially fatal disease in which the body cannot regulate copper. Wil... | [
"Wilson's disease\nSerum copper is low, which may seem paradoxical given that Wilson's disease is a disease of copper excess. However, 95% of plasma copper is carried by ceruloplasmin which is often low in Wilson's disease. Urine copper is elevated in Wilson's disease and is collected for 24 hours in a bottle with ... | 32 |
Can you cut a nerve fiber? | [
"Nerve injury\nSurgery can be done in case a nerve has become cut or otherwise divided. Recovery of a nerve after surgical repair depends mainly on the age of the patient. Young children can recover close-to-normal nerve function. In contrast, a patient over 60 years old with a cut nerve in the hand would expect to... | [
"Neurolytic block\nA neurolytic block is a form of nerve block involving the deliberate injury of a nerve by freezing or heating (\"neurotomy\") or the application of chemicals (\"neurolysis\"). These interventions cause degeneration of the nerve's fibers and temporary (a few months, usually) interference with the ... | 158 |
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