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What percentage of cloud-based instant messaging platform Telegram's users are from Iran?
Over 80%
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What site is responsible for around 90% of Iran's online e-commerce?
Digikala
[ "Iran\n\nIran received access to the Internet in 1993. According to 2014 census, around 40% of the population of Iran are Internet users. Iran ranks 24th among countries by number of Internet users. According to the statistics provided by the web information company of Alexa, Google Search and Yahoo! are the most u...
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In Iranian cuisine, what is habitually used with fruits?
Herbs
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Iranians usually eat what diet staple with lunch and dinner?
plain yogurt
[ "Iran\n\nIranian cuisine is diverse due to its variety of ethnic groups and the influence of other cultures. Herbs are frequently used along with fruits such as plums, pomegranates, quince, prunes, apricots, and raisins. Iranians usually eat plain yogurt with lunch and dinner; it is a staple of the diet in Iran. To...
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What delicacy is Iran famous for?
caviar
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Why is Iranian cuisine so diverse besides being influenced by other cultures?
its variety of ethnic groups
[ "Iran\n\nIranian cuisine is diverse due to its variety of ethnic groups and the influence of other cultures. Herbs are frequently used along with fruits such as plums, pomegranates, quince, prunes, apricots, and raisins. Iranians usually eat plain yogurt with lunch and dinner; it is a staple of the diet in Iran. To...
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Iran has the highest population of what group in the world?
Azerbaijanis
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What is the percentage range of Iran's total population is seemingly comprised of Azerbaijanis?
between 21.6–30%
[ "Iran\n\nOther non-governmental estimations regarding the groups other than the Persians and Azerbaijanis roughly congruate with the World Factbook and the Library of Congress. However, many scholarly and organisational estimations regarding the number of these two groups differ significantly from the mentioned cen...
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What is the majority of organizational estimations of Azerbaijanis' percentage of Iran's population?
25%
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What melon is Iran a Top 5 producer in the world in 2012?
watermelons
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How many agricultural products in 2012 was Iran a top 5 producer in the world? Answer: 12
apricots, cherries, sour cherries, cucumbers and gherkins, dates, eggplants, figs, pistachios, quinces, walnuts, and watermelons.
[ "Iran\n\nIran has leading manufacturing industries in the fields of car-manufacture and transportation, construction materials, home appliances, food and agricultural goods, armaments, pharmaceuticals, information technology, power and petrochemicals in the Middle East. According to FAO, Iran has been a top five pr...
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What type of materials is Iran a leading manufacturer of in the Middle East?
construction materials
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What type of appliances is Iran a leading manufacturer of in the Middle East?
home appliances
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What type of chemicals is Iran a leading manufacturer of in the Middle East?
petrochemicals
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The Achaemind Empire along with what other group became the foundation for the art in later Iranian history?
The Median
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A blend of Iranian and what other type of artwork were the Parthians' art comprised of?
Hellenistic
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What Iranian art played a major role in the formation of medieval art from Europe and Asia?
Sassanid art
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The Sassanid became a cornerstone of what type of learning?
Islamic learning
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What is two islands that are part of the British Isles?
Great Britain, Ireland
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Where are the British Isles located?
North Atlantic,
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How many people live in the British Isles?
just under 70 million
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What is one of the three Crown Dependencies of the British Isles?
Isle of Man
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Where are the Bailiwick of Jersey and the Bailiwick of Guernsey located?
in the Channel Islands
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What is the age of the oldest rocks in the north western part of Scotland?
2,700 million years old
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What is the elevation of Ben Nevis?
1,344 metres (4,409 ft
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What type of climate does this area have?
temperate marine
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Around 12,000 BC, Great Britain was still a peninsula on what continent?
European continent.
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When is it believed that Ireland became inhabited?
after 8000 BC
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Which is one of the tribes that spoke Insular Celtic?
Pictish (northern Britain)
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When did the Pictish tribe start to inhabit the islands?
beginning of the 1st millennium AD
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Who foreign group conquered Britain around AD 43?
Roman Empire
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When did the Vikings invade Britain?
9th century
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What are the six counties in Ireland called that are still part of the United Kingdom?
Northern Ireland
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Why is the name the British Isles disputed in Ireland?
association of the word British
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Does the Government of Ireland use the British Isle term?
does not recognise or use the term
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What is the alternative name that Government of Ireland uses instead of British Isles?
Atlantic Archipelago
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Does the Government of Ireland's London embassy use the name British Isles?
its embassy in London discourages its use
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Where did the first known occurrence of the British Isle name appear in written material?
writings of sea-farers
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What is one of the earliest surviving records that mention the name British Isles?
Massaliote Periplus (6th century BC)
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What language do most historians agree upon where the Greek names for the British Isles came from?
native Celtic-language
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What did the ancient Greeks call the people that lived in the British Isles?
Πρεττανοί (Priteni or Pretani)
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When did the "P" sound of Pretannia change to the "B" sound of Britannia?
during the time of Julius Caesar
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What did name did Claudius Ptolemy (Greco-Egyptian scientist) use for Ireland?
little Britain (μικρής Βρεττανίας - mikris Brettanias)
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In later writings, what did Claudius Ptolemy called the British Isles?
Alwion, Iwernia, and Mona
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After the Romans conqured the British Isles what became the more common name for the country?
Great Britain
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What is the earliest English usage of the term Brytish Illes?
a work by John Dee
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When was this Brytish Illes name used in the English language by John Dee?
1577
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What is another name that is used for the British Isles?
Anglo-Celtic Isles
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What is the common term that the Government of Ireland uses when documents are written jointly with the British?
"these islands
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When did the Caledonian Orogeny occur?
c. 488–444 Ma and early Silurian period
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What happened during the c. 488–444 Ma and early Silurian period?
craton Baltica collided with the terrane Avalonia
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What formed after the craton Baltica and the terrane Avalonia collision?
mountains and hills
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What formed the hills of Munster and the southern part of Wales?
Variscan orogeny
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In which direction have the British Isles been drifting?
northwest
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What was the most recent glaciation that has shaped the British Isles?
Devensian
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What happened with the Devensian glaciation ended?
the English Channel flooded
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When did sea levels reach their current highth?
4,000 to 5,000 years ago
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What covered the sea between Ireland and Great Britian during the last glacier?
a single ice sheet
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What is the lowest elevation in the British Isles?
Holme, Cambridgeshire at −2.75 m
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Where is the highest point in the British Isles?
Ben Nevis
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Where are other mountain areas in the British Isles?
Wales and parts of Ireland
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What is the longest river in Ireland?
the Shannon
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What is the weather like in the summer time in the British Isles?
mild and also wet
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Which continent has similar plant and animal life as the British Isles?
European continent
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In Ireland where does the native animal and plant species mostly come from?
Europe, and Great Britain
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When did the land bridge between Ireland and Britain disappear?
about 8,000 years ago
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When did the last Ice Age end in the British Isles?
about 12,000 years ago
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When did the clearing of swamp land and forests begin in the British Isles?
around 6000 BC
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When did the clearing of the swamp land and forest begain to rapidly increase?
medieval times
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Why was Britain able to keep its ancient forests longer than Europe?
due to a small population
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When did lumber shortages start to occur in Britain?
17th century
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What are three of the most typical type of tress that can be found in Ireland?
oak, ash, wych elm
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Which two animals became extinct in the British Isles?
wolf, bear
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Which species of deer is protected in the British Isles?
red deer
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How many bird species does the British Isles have?
Over 200 species of bird
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What are three of the most common birds in the British Isles?
chaffinch, common blackbird, house sparrow
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What kinds of fish are abundent in the British Isles?
salmon, trout, perch and pike
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Which snakes are considered native to the British Isles but not Ireland?
European adder, the grass snake and the smooth snake
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What is the name of the slug that is native to both Britain and Ireland?
Kerry slug
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Is the grass nake or the smooth snake native to Ireland?
none are native to Ireland
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What type of wild life are not native to Ireland but are in Britain?
water voles, roe deer and common toads
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Which area in the British Isles is s the most populated?
England
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What percentage of the population does England have compared to the other areas in the British Isles?
80%
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How many people live in the area of London?
9 million
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What are two other major populated cities in England?
Greater Manchester Urban Area (2.4 million), West Midlands conurbation (2.4 million)
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What is the most populated city in Ireland?
Greater Dublin Area (1.1 million)
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Which two areas in the British Isles hasn't experienced a large population growth in the last one hundred years?
Scotland and Wales
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How does Ireland's population compare to the rest of the British Isles?
less than one tenth of the population of the British Isles
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How long did the Great Irish Famine cause a population decline in Ireland?
century-long population decline
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How large is the Irish diaspora that was caused by the Great Irish Famine?
fifteen times the current population of the island
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How many groups do these languages belong to?
six groups
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What are the three Insular Celtic languages?
Irish, Manx and Scottish Gaelic
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What are the remaining Cetic languages that are still used today?
Cornish, Welsh and Breton
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Which cant is often used by Irish Travellers?
Shelta
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What mainland was the British Isles once connected to?
European mainland
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What happened to British Isles area when the ice melted after the last ice age?
sea levels rose
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When sea levels rose what occured in the British Isles area?
separating Ireland from Great Britain
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When did the British Isles area become separated from the European continent?
two to four millennia
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Did Britain become populated with people again before or after the ice came to an end?
before the ice age ended
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The people that lived in the British Isles during the Roman Empire era spoke which language?
Celtic dialects of the Insular Celtic group
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