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Did the books How to Live and Big Kiss by Henry Alford win the same or different awards?
Different awards
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Was Cleopatra Selene II the first royal to have 'II' as an appendix to her name?
She was not, as there had been a Cleopatra II who ruled before her.
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What is the profession of Eddie Sutton's father in law in the tv show Lincoln Heights?
Eddie Sutton's father in law is a judge.
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In which language most of the verb forms derive from two principal parts and the verb "rapere" belongs?
Latin
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Which kinds of sets can be classified as the type with the same name as a special marker used in SQL to indicate that a data value does not exist in the database?
Countable sets and some uncountable sets such as the Cantor set
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Which kind of set is the discovery of an argument that is applicable to any set?
Cantor set
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What is the term for sterilizing insane people that can be a form a birth control?
Eugenics.
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How does the sexy son hypothesis compare to the concept of good genes?
In the sexy son hypothesis, the focus is on the male offspring of the female and her mate, while good genes focuses on the viability of both sons and daughters.
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What are two of the deadliest aviation accidents to happen in Germany?
The Johannisthal air disaster and the Ramstein air show disaster.
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Are there more cetartiodactyl assessed as near threatened than there are species in Myomorpha assessed as near threatened?
There are more species of Myomorpha assessed as threatened at 63 than there are of cetartiodactyl which only has 31 assessed as near threatened.
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Did the initial protests sparked by the death of Mohamed Bouazizi and the protests against President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi occur in the same country?
No, the protests regarding President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi occurred in Egypt while the initial protests regarding Mohamed Bouazizi occurred in Tunisia.
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What changes have occurred in human toes as the human species progressed towards being habitual bipeds?
Human toes have gotten smaller as the species has evolved to move on two limbs all of the time.
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According to the IUCN Red List, would the California condor belong to the classification LC?
No.
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Who was the character that lives on a Kansas farm with her dog and was present when The Wizard falls through a crack in the earth?
Dorothy Gale.
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What was a way of expressing virility in Rome and has never been criminalized in Benin, Burkina Faso, or Ivory coast?
Homosexuality shaped Romes Cult of Virility and has always been legel in Benin, Burkina Faso and the Ivory Coast.
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Which person has more sexual partners; someone who is Monogamous or someone who is Asexual?
Someone who is Monogamous
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Which sex practices date back to old Roman times and involve same sex enjoyment of sex with each other?
Gay sex, between men, dates back to Ancient Roman times.
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Is prostitution legal in South Africa and Cameroon?
Prostitution is illegal in both South Africa and Cameroon.
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Did Anil Ravipudy make his screenwriting debut before or after Anil Ganguly?
After.
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Was Anil Ganguly still alive when Anil Ravipudi made his debut with the comedy Pataas?
Yes.
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Which is located in a city with a longer name: India's Southern Naval Command or India's Eastern Naval Command?
India's Eastern Naval Command is located in a city with a longer name.
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Do the three command-level formations of the Indian Navy have the same responsibilities or different responsibilities?
They have different responsibilities.
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What year did the films Kula Deivam and Aasai come out?
1956
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What gender is ascribed to both the Hindu deity Parvati and the Celtic deity Epona?
They are both described as female.
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How many more subjects is the Hindu goddess Parvati considered to be in charge of than the Celtic deity Epona?
She is considered to be in charge of five more subjects than Epona is.
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Which part of the ancient supercontinent of Pangea did the country whose official Sanskrit name is Bhārata Gaṇarājya occupy?
It came from Gondwanaland, a landmass on the southern part of Pangea.
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Does the Ernakulam-Kayamkulam coastal line run as long as the track length of an average railway division of Indian Railways?
No
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What style of architecture did the group with secondary capital called Kanchi contribute to?
They contributed to Dravida architecture.
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What contributes 55% of the resting pressure to the feature located within the anal triangle of the perineum, between the right and left ischioanal fossa?
The internal anal sphincter.
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The IAS contributes 55% of the resting pressure to that body part that is what functioning segment of the bowel?
The final functioning segment
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What are the colors of Lead (IV) oxide and Lead (IV) chloride?
Lead (IV) oxide is a dark-brown solid while Lead (IV) chloride is a yellow, oily liquid which is stable below 0 °C, and decomposes at 50 °C.
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Tain and Garak were part of what agency that carried out an ill-advised attack against the alien empire known as the Dominion which crippled the power of the Cardassian military dictatorship?
Obsidian Order
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Tain and Garak are characters on what tv show?
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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What do the 130th west / 50th east and 100th west / 80th east meridian pairs form?
A great circle.
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What is the top-ranking ethnic group in the mountain range that gave its name the ungulate known in Latin as Nilgiritragus hylocrius?
The Toda are the top ranking ethnic group in the Nilgiri Mountains, which gave their name to the Nilgiri tahr, or Nilgiritragus hylocrius.
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What category of musical instrument does a guiro belong to?
A guiro is a percussion instrument, it's scraped to make a sound.
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Which Spanish instrument is a percussion instrument, making sounds by scraping?
A guiro is a Latin American or spanish type instrument making sounds by scraping.
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What category of instruments are Tenor horns and French Horns?
Brass
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Which horn gives a rider an advantage more; Tenor Horn or French horn?
French Horn
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Which aspect of a pipe organ is made of light plastic keys with springs that return them to their initial position after being played?
An organ's keyboard has light plastic keys that spring back after playing.
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What do clavichords and pipe organs have in common?
Clavichords and pipe organs are musical instruments.
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What sustainer by Fernandes is the predecessor to the (9V battery powered) most recent model?
FSK-101
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Which company makes both the 401 Sustainer and Fender replica guitars?
Fernandes
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Octave in describing intervals and harmonics and frequencies, particularly in relation to scales involves what?
Music is the term to describe Octaves of harmonics and scale.
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Would someone need to practice circular breathing to play a nyckelharpa?
Since the nyckelharpa is a string instrument, they don't need to.
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Between the nyckelharpa and the three-holed pipe, which one is more frequently played in combination with a second instrument?
The three-holed pipe, since it normally is played in 1 hand while the 2nd hand holds another instrument.
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Mandolins evolved from instruments of what family that includes the banjo and the guitar?
The lute family
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What instrument, described as stringed musical instruments that include a body and "a neck which serves both as a handle and as a means of stretching the strings beyond the body", gives its name to the family that includes the bass guitar?
The lute.
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The voiced palatal plosive and the nasal palatal approximant are both types of what?
Consonantal sounds
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What section of an orchestra would a trombone be part of?
It would be part of the brass section of the orchestra.
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What was the name of the "little girl" of head coach of the fictional NFL team the Orlando Breakers?
Her name was Kelly.
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Does both the bass reflex system and the passive radiator use a loudspeaker?
Yes, they both contain a loudspeaker.
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What does the pitch of the instrument that typically has two valves and is the same length as a tenor trombone correspond to?
Its pitch corresponds to the lowest playable resonance frequency of the open instrument.
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Which has more hertzs: The lowest note on the frequency produced by a tuned guitar or sound therapy?
Sound therapy.
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Did the companies that first created tenor guitars both reside in the same country?
Gibson and C.F. Martin are both American companies that first created the tenor guitar.
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Which instrument has more strings: the instrument that was made to double a tenor banjo or a normal electric guitar?
The four-string tenor guitar, which was made to double a tenor banjo, has fewer strings than a 6-string electric guitar.
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Which use do the taiko and kettle drums share?
Both the taiko and kettle drums were used for military purposes.
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Which is something that could be more readily utilized by citizens buying a ticket; El Al or Flight Guard?
El Al
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What describes physical items used on Aircraft more fully; Ground support equipment or ATA 100?
Ground support Equipment
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Which is something that is more useful when on board a craft; Ground support equipment or Transponder?
Transponder
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What country does the military Chernyakhovsk Air Base and the combat training center made up of two medium-sized airfields joined together?
They are from Russia.
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Did the Russian Air Force maintain the Victoria Hut that Queen Victoria might or might not have visited before?
No, the Pakistan Coast Guards maintains it.
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For what reason do airlines mutually support each other and is universally recognized throughout the airline/aviation industries as "AOG"?
It is due to the exorbitant cost of an AOG situation.
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What type of unmanned aerial vehicle helps optimize agriculture operations and can be programmed to a particular target?
A drone.
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Can the agricultural drone carry aircraft ordnance such as missiles?
No, they increase crop production and monitor crop growth.
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Did the merchant aircraft carrier evolve from converted cruisers, to purpose built vessels of many classes and roles?
No, it was a limited-purpose aircraft carrier adapted by adding a flight deck to a bulk grain ship.
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If an AME was performing their job duties on the ground near an airport terminal, what would aviation define it as?
Aircraft ground handling
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Which Hijacking involved a larger group of perpetrators, the Douglas DC-8 hijacking or D.B Cooper's hijacking?
The Douglas DC-8 as it involved a group of people, while D.B Cooper's hijacking was a solo job.
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Grumman and Lockheed Hudson both produced what?
aircraft
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The Amerikabomber was designed for the organization that had which person as its Chief of Staff in 1933?
Wever.
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USS St. Lo, Ommaney Bay and Bismarck Sea are examples of what type of ship that provided air support to troops in Leyte Gulf?
Escort carriers.
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Zaranj and Fayzabad are both names of Afghani whats?
Airports
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Portland and Richmond both contain airports of what type?
International
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How are aviation fuels carried in Aircraft fuel systems?
In a tanker aircraft
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What is needed in order to be permitted to enact ferry flying in order to move an aircraft for maintenance?
They would need a ferry permit issued by the National Airworthiness Authority in order to move an aircraft.
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Did the Boeing Model 40 and a FB-6 use the same engine?
No.
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What kind of engine was in the plane used for airmail services in the 1920's?
Liberty engine.
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What was the first use of the term multirole aircraft that was both a combat aircraft and a fighter aircraft?
It was first used by the multinational European project named Multi-Role Combat Aircraft in 1968.
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What country produced the plane that Wayne Winters designed based off of the EZ Merlin?
The EZ King Cobra is a Canadian built plane.
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How are the devices used to load luggage and freight onto wide-body aircraft constructed?
Unit load devices (ULDs) are made from sheets of alluminum with rims that lock onto cargo net luges.
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Who created the prototype aircraft that was named after the Greek god of the sun?
It was developed by AeroVironment, Inc.
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Did Aviator Betty Miller become the first female to fly across the Pacific Ocean before or after fellow aviator Jimmie Angel died?
3 years after
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How many passengers can sit in the aircraft that was designed by Max Holster with the assistance of Ozires Silva?
15 to 21 passengers
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What was the fundamental difference in the wing construction of the Caudron Type F and the Caudron C440 Goeland?
The Type F was a biplane while the C 440 was a monoplane.
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What do the engines of the Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane and the Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King have in common?
They are both twin-engined.
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How many wings make up the Civil Air Patrol and which body recognizes outstanding performance with the Aerospace Education program?
There are 52 Wings of the Civil Air Patrol and recognition for outstanding performance is done by National Headquarters Civil Air Patrol.
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[ { "text": "MNWG has been recognized nationally by National Headquarters CAP for outstanding performance with the Aerospace Education program.The week-long North Central Region flight academy is held each summer in Mankato, Minnesota. Cadets have the option of attending a course focused on powered flight, or one...
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How many airplane passengers died in the plane crashes on March 30th, 2008 in Farnborough and De Havilland's plane crash in 1946?
There were a total of six deaths between the two plane crashes.
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Which countries were the 45-80 bush plane and the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II created in?
The 45-80 bush plane was made in Canada while the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II was made in the United States.
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Was the MB-1 and the Curtiss JN-4 the same style of plane?
Both the MB-1 and the Curtiss JN-4 were biplanes.
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Were strongman Trey Mitchell and aircraft designer R. J. Mitchell born in the same country or a different country?
a different country
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[ { "text": "For the author, see Rosamond Joscelyne Mitchell. Reginald Joseph Mitchell CBE, FRAeS, (20 May 1895 – 11 June 1937) was a British aircraft designer who worked for the Southampton aviation company Supermarine from 1920 to 1936. He is best remembered for designing racing seaplanes such as the Supermarin...
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What type of aircraft were the Lockheed Model 34 Big Dipper and the Lockheed Model 8 Sirius?
monoplane
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Did the disappearance of Charles Ulm occur in the same area as the island featured in the TV show Lost?
No, Ulm likely overflew Hawaii, while Lost is set in the South Pacific.
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What part of the uniform could be used to differentiate the aircraft officers seated in the left and right chairs of a cockpit?
Braid loops on their blazer sleeves.
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Was the Junkers J 1 Mid-wing monoplane an earlier or later airplane in the Junkers line than the Junkers Ju 52/3m airplane?
earlier
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What kind of aerodynamics would the P.1154 aircraft have had?
The P.1154 would have had compressible flow aerodynamics.
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Did the Antoinette VII fly in a year that the Antoinette concern was in operation?
Yes, the Antoinette concern was in operation from 1903 to 1912 and the Antoinette VII was flown in 1909.
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Which people with a medieval saying "until the donkey ascends the ladder" are typically thought of by Germans as being punctual and attentive to detail?
The Jews
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What is the farthest residents of Sherbrooke can be from the ocean with out leaving the province they live in?
Residents of Sherbrooke can be no further than 67 km (42 mi) from the ocean without leaving the province.
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Where else did the Catholics spread their missions to other than New Spain province of Alta California?
The Catholic missions also spread downwards to the Baja California peninsula.
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Is the Roman Catholic Church of St Job often referred to as the Matisse Chapel or the Vence Chapel?
No, it is known as Sant'Agiopo in Venetian dialect.
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