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d5d1bd1c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In what year did both Hurricane Sandy strike during the same year and Paul Ryan run as a vice presidential candidate alongside Mitt Romney? | 2012 | text | [] | [
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"text": "He was also the 2012 vice presidential nominee of the Republican Party, running unsuccessfully alongside Mitt Romney . Ryan, a native of Janesville, Wisconsin, graduated from Miami University in 1992."
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"text": "October 25 – President Obama becomes the first sitting United States Presiden... |
d5d1bd4e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which Salar hosts more long legged water birds; Salar de Uyuni or Salar de Pedemales? | Salar de Pedemales | text | [] | [
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"text": "Salar de Pedernales is a large salt flat in the Atacama Region of Chile. It is located just to the west of the Cordillera de Claudio Gay. A small lake still exists in the salt flat and provides a habitat for birds such as the Andean flamingo ."
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"text": "Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa... |
d5d1bd760dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who played the fictional character that was fellow prisoner of the protagonist, Michael Scofield? | Robert Knepper. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Theodore \"T-Bag\" Bagwell is a fictional character from the American television series Prison Break. Played by Robert Knepper, he is part of the main group of characters in the series and is part of the Fox River Eight. After guest-starring in the series' second episode, \" Allen \", the actor becam... |
d5d1bd9e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Ferranti Mark 1 and the Ford Mark 1 are both examples of what? | Computers. | text | [] | [
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"text": "For the US Navy, the most prevalent gunnery computer was the Ford Mark 1, later the Mark 1A Fire Control Computer, which was an electro-mechanical analog ballistic computer that provided accurate firing solutions and could automatically control one or more gun mounts against stationary or moving targ... |
d5d1bdc60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Where on the body are the lymph nodes that drain 75% of the lymph from the breasts? | They are part of the axillary lymph nodes, which are located in the human armpit? | text | [] | [
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"text": "The axillary lymph nodes or armpit lymph nodes are lymph nodes in the human armpit. Between 20 and 49 in number, they drain lymph vessels from the lateral quadrants of the breast, the superficial lymph vessels from thin walls of the chest and the abdomen above the level of the navel, and the vessels ... |
d5d1bdee0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type exploration is controversial in the country whose capital is Stanley? | Oil Exploration is controversial on Falkland's islands | text | [] | [
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"text": "Oil exploration, licensed by the Falkland Islands Government, remains controversial as a result of maritime disputes with Argentina. The name \"Falkland Islands\" comes from Falkland Sound, the strait that separates the two main islands."
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d5d1be160dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was the age of Hans Hellmut Kirst when Death in Venice got published? | Hans Hellmut Kirst was only two years old. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Death in Venice (German: Der Tod in Venedig) is a novella written by the German author Thomas Mann published in 1912. The work presents a great writer who visits Venice and is liberated, uplifted, and then increasingly obsessed by the sight of a stunningly beautiful youth."
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"text": "Hans... |
d5d1be3e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Does the German-speaking Community of Belgium speak in Hessian dialects? | No, they speak in Ripuarian and Moselle Franconian dialects. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The German-speaking Community of Belgium comprises both Ripuarian and Moselle Franconian dialects. The Central Franconian dialects are part of the Rhinelandic continuum stretching from the Low Franconian language area in the northwest to the Rhine Franconian dialects in the southeast."
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d5d1be660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What US state borders both the Vermont towns of Canaan and Barnet? | New Hampshire | text | [] | [
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"text": "McIndoe Falls is an unincorporated community within the town of Barnet, Vermont, in the United States. It is located in the southeastern corner of Barnet, along the Connecticut River, the state boundary with New Hampshire. A dam on the Connecticut River at the village forms the McIndoes Reservoir, wh... |
d5d1be8e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Is the most famous theorem developed by the Greek thinker Pythagoras capable of being generalized to objects that are not right triangles? | Yes | text | [] | [
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"text": "where c represents the length of the hypotenuse and a and b the lengths of the triangle's other two sides. The theorem, whose history is the subject of much debate, is named for the Greek thinker Pythagoras, born around 570 BC. The theorem has been proven numerous times by many different methods—poss... |
d5d1beb60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Irish river that shares its name with an Australian river which rises at the foot of Mount Lonarch flows into the Irish Sea at which town? | The River Avoca, the Irish river that shares its name with the Avoca River, the Australian river that rises at the foot of Mount Lonarch, flows into the Irish Sea at Arklow. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The village of Avoca is situated on the river. The Avoca flows into the Irish Sea at Arklow where it widens into a large estuary, giving Arklow its Irish language name an t-Inbhear Mór (the big inlet). The catchment area of the Avoca is 652 km 2. The long term average flow rate of the Avoca is 20.2 c... |
d5d1befc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of system could have logically delivered cargo to the Cargo Cult members who believe that a spiritual entity provided cargo to them? | The members of the Cargo Cult could have received supplies from the low-altitude parachute-extraction system. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The low-altitude parachute-extraction system ( LAPES) is a tactical military airlift delivery method where a fixed-wing cargo aircraft can deposit supplies in situations in which landing is not an option, in an area that is too small to accurately parachute supplies from a high altitude."
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d5d1bf240dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which stadium has a larger seating capacity: Shuangliu Sports Centre or Bramall Lane? | Bramall Lane. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Bramall Lane is the home ground of Sheffield United Football Club. Expanded in both 2001 and 2006, the 32,050 capacity stadium is thought to be the oldest in the world to be still hosting professional football matches today."
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"text": "Chengdu Tiancheng F.C. ( simplified Chinese: 成都天诚; tr... |
d5d1bf740dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Was the Murphy Memorial Drinking Fountain created while doctor Wilson Cary Swann was alive? | No, the Murphy Memorial Drinking Fountain was created in 1918 which was after Wilson Swann's 1876 death. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Murphy Memorial Drinking Fountain is located in Delphi, Indiana on the southwest corner of the Carroll County Courthouse at Main and Market Streets and owned by the City of Delphi. The fountain was created in 1918 by Indianapolis-based Blakley Granite, Marble and Tile Company in collaboration wit... |
d5d1bf9c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which military conflict occurred further to the east, Operation Barbarossa or the Meuse-Argonne offensive? | Operation Barbarossa | text | [] | [
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"text": "During the Invasion of France, he commanded the armoured units that attacked through the Ardennes forest and overwhelmed the Allied defenses at the Battle of Sedan. He led the 2nd Panzer Army during Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union."
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d5d1bfce0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In terms of Scottish Parliament electoral regions, does the North East Scotland region share any boundaries with the West Scotland region? | No | text | [] | [
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"text": "The West of Scotland region shared boundaries with the Central Scotland, Glasgow, Highlands and Islands, and Mid Scotland and Fife regions. Following the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries it was eventually replaced by the West Scotland region. In terms of first past the post con... |
d5d1bff60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Would the ancient king Abimelech have been a king whose reign was covered by the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? | No | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah is a Lost work that gives a more detailed account of the reigns of the kings of the ancient Kingdom of Judah that appears in the Hebrew Bible."
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"text": "Abimelech – the son of Gideon, was the first man declared a king in Israel. According to the Bible... |
d5d1c01e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What German fairy tale could have been inspired by Xie Qiuping if she had been alive in 1812? | Rapunzel | text | [] | [
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"text": "\" Rapunzel \" is a German fairy tale. It was first published in 1812 as part of Grimms' Fairy Tales. The best known line in the story is \"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair\". The story starts with a lonely couple that wants a child."
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d5d1c0460dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Can you find both the rufous-bellied thrush and red-tailed ant thrush in east and southeast Brazil? | No, only the rufous-bellied thrush lives there. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The rufous-bellied thrush ( Turdus rufiventris) is a songbird of the thrush family ( Turdidae ). It occurs in most of east and southeast Brazil from Maranhão south to Rio Grande do Sul states, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and central regions of Argentina ."
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d5d1c06e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What designated grade recorded by the National Heritage List for England does the Church of St John the Evangelist in Waterloo Road have? | Grade II. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Church of St John the Evangelist is in Waterloo Road, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of North Manchester, the archdeaconry of Manchester, and the diocese of Manchester."
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d5d1c0960dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Are Hypolimnas alimena and Hippocamelus in the same family? | They are not, Hippocamelus is a genus of Cervidae, the deer family and Hypolimnas alimena, the blue-banded eggfly, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Hippocamelus is a genus of Cervidae, the deer family. It comprises two extant Andean and two fossil species. The living members are commonly known as the huemul (from the Mapuche language ), and the taruca."
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d5d1c0b40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which soccer player has played for more professional soccer teams: Noel Whelan or Dave Whelan? | Noel Whelan has played for nine more professional soccer teams than David Whelan. | text | [] | [
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"text": "As a player, he was a striker from 1993 to 2010, notably playing in the Premier League for Leeds United, Coventry City, and Middlesbrough. He also played in the Scottish Premier League with Aberdeen, Livingston, and Dunfermline Athletic, and in the Football League for Crystal Palace, Millwall, Derby ... |
d5d1c0dc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Holy Trinity Cathedral and the Brotherhood of St. James both call what city home? | Jerusalem | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Holy Trinity Cathedral (Russian: Свято-Троицкий собор, Hebrew: קתדרלת השילוש הקדוש) is a cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, located at the heart of the so-called Russian Compound in central Jerusalem."
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"text": "The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem is the home of the Brotherh... |
d5d1c1040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Is the neighborhood Yorkville included in the region encompassing the area east of the Appalachian Mountains that have shoreline on the Atlantic Ocean, from north to south, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,... | It's in New York, so it's in that area. | text | [] | [
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"text": "/ 40.776; -73.950 Yorkville is a neighborhood in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. Its southern boundary is East 79th Street, its northern East 96th Street, its western Third Avenue, and its eastern the East River. Yorkville is among the city's most affluent neighborhoods."
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d5d1c15e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What kind of material is the skeleton of the endangered Great Hammerhead Shark made out of? | Cartilage. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Sharks are cartilaginous fish. The skeleton of a shark is mainly made of cartilage.They belong to the class of Chondrichthyes. In particular, the endoskeletons are made of unmineralized hyaline cartilage which is more flexible and less dense than bone, thus making them expel less energy at high speed... |
d5d1c1ae0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What position under the reign of Louis XIV was second rank during ambassadorial receptions and ceremonially admitted the clerical peers to the room of the king? | The Grand Chamberlain. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In the protocol of the reign of Louis XIV, the Grand Chamberlain was in the second rank during ambassadorial receptions, he served the king at table, and, at the ceremony of the Levée or royal awakening, he presented the king with a shirt."
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d5d1c1fe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What kind of weapon is the Lockheed Martin-developed AGM-158 JASSM and the Boeing Integrated Defense Systems-developed AGM-84E SLAM? | They are missiles. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The AGM-158 JASSM ( Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile) is a low observable standoff air-launched cruise missile developed by Lockheed Martin for the United States Armed Forces. It is a large, stealthy long-range weapon with a 1,000 pound (454 kg) armor piercing warhead."
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d5d1c2260dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What color is shared by the crystals of Cadmium oxide and Cadmium? | They can both be red in color. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Cadmium oxide is a chemical compound. Its chemical formula is CdO. It has cadmium and oxide ions in it. Cadmium oxide can be a colorless powder, brown powder, or red-brown crystals. All forms dissolve in acid."
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"text": "Cadmium burns in air to form brown amorphous cadmium oxide (CdO); th... |
d5d1c24e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which town had fewer housing units in 2010, Center Township or Gibson Township? | Gibson Township had fewer housing units. | text | [] | [
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"text": "/ 38.70722°N 85.95056°W / 38.70722; -85.95056 Gibson Township is one of thirteen townships in Washington County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,176 and it contained 511 housing units."
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d5d1c2760dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What lake has a Camp that has the most used Aquatics area within Circle Ten Council? | Possum Kingdom Lake | text | [] | [
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"text": "Located on 385 acres (1.6 km 2) on the shores of Possum Kingdom Lake near Graford, Texas and containing 15 campsites, Constantin acts as both a regular camp open to Boy Scouts from all areas and as Circle 10's largest and longest-running summer camp hosting roughly 2,800 Scouts during the 5 weeks it ... |
d5d1c29e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which garment might be worn while studying the Torah and talking to God? | A tallit is a prayer shawl and might be worn by Jews during study of Torah. | text | [] | [
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"text": "According to Rabbinic Judaism, the study is ideally done for the purpose of the mitzvah (\"commandment\") of Torah study itself. This practice is present to an extent in all religious branches of Judaism and is considered of paramount importance among religious Jews."
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d5d1c2c60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Were Tyler Hansbrough and Rick Fox born in the same month or in different months? | They were born in different months. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Andrew Tyler Hansbrough (born November 3, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Sichuan Blue Whales of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). In college, Hansbrough was a star with the North Carolina Tar Heels from 2005 to 2009."
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d5d1c3160dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Does the word al-Masīḥ stand for one of the 99 names of God in the Quran? | No, it means 'the traveler'. | text | [] | [
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"text": "al-Masīḥ ( Arabic: المسيح , pronounced [maˈsiːħ], lit. 'the anointed', 'the traveller', or 'one who cures by caressing') is the Arabic word for messiah used by both Arab Christians and Muslims."
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"text": "For the palace in Marrakesh, see El Badi Palace. In Islam, God is believed to have ... |
d5d1c33e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which mountain range has the higher highest altitude, the Serra de Monchique or the Mantiqueira Mountains? | The Mantiqueira Mountains have the taller tallest mountain. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The mountain stands on the border of the states of Minas Gerais and São Paulo, respectively to its north and south. With a 2,798-metre (9,180-ft) elevation, it is the highest point of the Mantiqueira Mountains and of the state of São Paulo, and the second highest mountain in the state of Minas Gerais... |
d5d1c3660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | At the start of the Second World War, about how many soldiers would have been in the section of the military that the Japanese 12th Division is part of? | 230,000–250,000 | text | [] | [
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"text": "The 12th Division (第12師団, Dai Jūni Shidan) was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its tsūshōgō code name was the Sword Division (剣兵団, Ken-heidan), and its military symbol was 12D."
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d5d1c38e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of landmass are the home ports of the USCGC Aspen and the USCGC Walnut? | They are home-ported on islands. | text | [] | [
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"text": "USCGC Walnut (WLB-205) is the fifth cutter in the Juniper -class 225 ft (69 m) of seagoing buoy tenders and is the second ship to bear the name. She is under the operational control of the Commander of the Fourteenth Coast Guard District and is home-ported on Sand Island in Honolulu, Hawaii."
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d5d1c3de0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Does the hexagonal prism have more total edges than the tesseract has vertices? | Yes, it has 18 edges, while the tesseract has 16 vertices. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Each pair of non-parallel hyperplanes intersects to form 24 square faces in a tesseract. Three cubes and three squares intersect at each edge. There are four cubes, six squares, and four edges meeting at every vertex. All in all, it consists of 8 cubes, 24 squares, 32 edges, and 16 vertices."
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d5d1c4060dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What kind of artery lies at the front of the brainstem which supplies blood to the posterior part of the circle of Willis? | The basilar artery. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The basilar artery lies at the front of the brainstem in the midline and is formed from the union of the two vertebral arteries. The basilar artery terminates by splitting into the left and right posterior cerebral arteries."
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d5d1c42e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of creatures are Red Flour Beetles and Flower Chafers? | Red Flour Beetles and Flower Chafers are beetles (Insects). | text | [] | [
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"text": "Red Flour beetles are particularly useful for doing RNAi (RNA interference) experiments. RNAi is RNA that degrades mRNA transcripts to show a knock-down of gene function."
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d5d1c47e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What were the names of the lovers in the second circle of hell in the work for which Botticelli made a drawing for in the copy commissioned by Pierfrancesco de' Medici? | Paolo and Francesca | text | [] | [
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"text": "In the first volume, Inferno, of The Divine Comedy, Dante and Virgil meet Francesca and her lover Paolo in the second circle of hell, reserved for the lustful. Da Rimini's father had forced her to marry the lame Giovanni Malatesta for political reasons, but she fell in love with Giovanni's brother Pa... |
d5d1c4c40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Did the dynasty of which Diodotus II was the final ruling member end closer or farther away from the present day compared to the Argead dynasty? | Closer | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Argead dynasty ( Greek: Ἀργεάδαι, Argeádai) was an ancient Macedonian royal house of Dorian Greek provenance. They were the founders and the ruling dynasty of the kingdom of Macedon from about 700 to 310 BC."
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d5d1c5140dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Was the ship Hercules sold for scrap earlier or later than the HMS Glory was launched? | earlier | text | [] | [
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"text": "She was launched on 27 November 1943 by Lady Cynthia Brooke, wife of the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. The ship was commissioned on 2 April 1945, and left for the Pacific with an air wing of Barracudas (837 Naval Air Squadron) and Corsairs (1831 Naval Air Squadron)."
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d5d1c53c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Was the additional dock siding of the main station at London Waterloo station opened before or after the LCDR connected Blackfriars to Farringdon via the Snow Hill Tunnel? | It was opened in 1869, after the LCDR connected Blackfriars to Farringdon in 1866. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Traffic and passengers to Waterloo increased throughout the century, and Waterloo was extended in an ad hoc manner to accommodate this. In 1860, new platforms were added on the northwest side of the station; these were known as the Windsor Station after its intended destination. An additional dock si... |
d5d1c58c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many years after the execution of Operation Parsnip on the Island of Java was the 1st Armoured Regiment in Australia formed? | 4 years | text | [] | [
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d5d1c5b40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The CAF Champions League and the confederation of African Football are both leagues of what sport? | Football | text | [] | [
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"text": "The CAF Champions League is an annual continental club football competition run by the CAF. The top club sides from Africa's football leagues are invited to participate in this competition. Due to sponsorship reasons, the official name is Total CAF Champions League, with Total Champions League also i... |
d5d1c5dc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which fountain was finished first: the Murphy Memorial Drinking Fountain or the Bethesda Fountain? | The Bethesda Fountain was finished in 1873 which was before the Murphy Memorial Drinking Fountain's 1918 completion. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In 1864, the stonework of Bethesda Terrace was completed except for minor details, and the Central Park commission hired a sculptor to design the figures for the Fountain. The upper level of the Terrace was mostly built by 1867, by which time the Fountain's figures were being cast in bronze. The Beth... |
d5d1c6040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What year was the series premier of the show that Demi Harman moved to Sydney to have a role in? | The show first premiered in 1988. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Tom Fletcher (Home and Away) played by Roger Oakley debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 17 January 1988. Ruth Deller of television website Lowculture described patriarch Tom as one of the nicest dad characters in soap ever"
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d5d1c62c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How would a police force like the Metropolitan Police Service fund its operations? | Police forces are usually public sector services, funded through taxes. | text | [] | [
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d5d1c65e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of cancer, also known as mouth cancer, are the sides (lateral) and undersurface (ventral) of the tongue high risk sites for the development of? | Oral cancer | text | [] | [
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"text": "The sides (lateral) and undersurface (ventral) of the tongue are high risk sites for the development of oral cancer, most commonly squamous cell carcinoma. Motor neuron disease (Lou Gehrig's disease) can cause impaired control of tongue movement, affecting speech and swallowing."
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d5d1c6860dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How did people use the buildings at the place where Matthew the Parisian was based? | They would have used the buildings for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns. | text | [] | [
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"text": "\"Matthew the Parisian\"; c. 1200 – 1259), was an English Benedictine monk, chronicler, artist in illuminated manuscripts and cartographer, based at St Albans Abbey in Hertfordshire."
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d5d1c6d60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which nation is the second largest producer of olive oil in the world and has a typical soup called "acquacotta"? | Italy | text | [] | [
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"text": "Acquacotta – an Italian soup that was originally a peasant food. Historically, its primary ingredients were water, stale bread, onion, tomato and olive oil, along with various vegetables and leftover foods that may have been available."
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d5d1c6fe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Amy Poehler plays the deputy director role of the Parks and Recreation Department in a comedy series made in what country? | The USA | text | [] | [
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"text": "Leslie Knope ( Amy Poehler) is the deputy director of the Pawnee Parks and Recreation Department, and the protagonist of Parks and Recreation. Leslie is a passionate, hard-working and ambitious woman who loves her hometown of Pawnee and, unlike many around her, has not lost her optimism in the face o... |
d5d1c7260dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Bishop Ulrich of Augsburg died how many years before the birth of Otto III future Duke of Carinthia? | Bishop Ulrich died slightly less than 300 years before the birth of Otto III. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Otto III ( c. 1265 – 25 May 1310), a member of the House of Gorizia ( Meinhardiner dynasty), was Duke of Carinthia and Count of Tyrol from 1295 until his death. He ruled jointly with his younger brothers Louis and Henry VI ."
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d5d1c74e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Would you use more letters to shorten Titanium or Triisopropylsilane? | You would use more letters to shorten Triisopropylsilane. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Triisopropyl silane ( TIPS) is an organosilicon compound with the formula ( i -Pr) 3 SiH ( i -Pr = isopropyl). This colorless liquid is used as a scavenger in peptide synthesis."
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"text": "Titanium is a chemical element with the symbol Ti and atomic number 22. Its atomic weight is 47.867 ... |
d5d1c7760dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Did Jon Stewart replace Craig Kilborn before or after Ron Bennington began his radio career on WYNF? | Stewart replaced Kilborn in 1999, after Bennington joined WYNF in 1987. | text | [] | [
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"text": "On January 11, 1999, Jon Stewart replaced Kilborn as host of The Daily Show . On Jon Stewart's last Daily Show episode August 6, 2015, Kilborn made a cameo appearance as \"Host Emeritus\". It was his first appearance on the show since he left as host."
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"text": "In 1987, stand-up comedian... |
d5d1c79e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which film was released most recently: Music and Lyrics or Song to Song? | Song to Song | text | [] | [
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"text": "Song to Song is a 2017 American experimental romantic drama film written and directed by Terrence Malick and starring an ensemble cast including Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman, and Cate Blanchett ."
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"text": "Music and Lyrics is a 2007 American romantic com... |
d5d1c7d00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What branch of the U.S. military did the USS Stanton USS Carlisle serve for? | The US Navy. | text | [] | [
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"text": "USS Stanton (DE-247) was an Edsall -class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys ."
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d5d1c8200dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What were the three influences on the person who made a structural-functionalist argument about religion, and particularly about organized religion> | German idealist philosophy, French socialism and English and Scottish political economy | text | [] | [
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"text": "Marx was making a structural-functionalist argument about religion, and particularly about organized religion."
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"text": "Influences on Karl Marx are generally thought to have been derived from three sources, namely German idealist philosophy, French socialism and English and Scottish pol... |
d5d1c8480dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Does Halling only refer to a dance move? | Halling refers to both a race horse and a dance move that tests strength. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Halling was sired by Diesis out of the mare Dance Machine. He was bred by the art collector, Cyril Humphris. The colt was trained in the early part of his career by John Gosden and subsequently by Hilal Ibrahim in Dubai and then by Saeed bin Suroor ."
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d5d1c8980dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Did Ptolemy and Annie Jump Cannon share any interests? | Both Ptolemy and Annie Jump Cannon were astronomers. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Annie Jump Cannon (/ˈkænən/; December 11, 1863 – April 13, 1941) was an American astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification."
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"text": "In Ptolemaic Egypt, the Egyptian tradition merged with Greek astronomy and Babylonian as... |
d5d1c8e80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Does the classic Chinese text made during the Yuan dynasty discuss a new idea or an old idea? | It describes an old concept that has been important since ancient times. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, also translated as The Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety ( Chinese: 二 十 四 孝; pinyin: Èrshísì Xiào ), is a classic text of Confucian filial piety written by Guo Jujing ( 郭居敬) during the Yuan dynasty (1260–1368)."
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"text": "The concept of filial piety ha... |
d5d1c9100dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What designations did Barnstaple and Berkeley share? | Barnstaple and Berkeley were both feudal baronies. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A moiety of the feudal barony of Barnstaple was inherited by William II from his mother. William III acquired the feudal barony of Kington c.1194 and the lordship of Gower in 1203, and a moiety of the feudal barony of Totnes in 1206."
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"text": "The feudal barony of Berkeley was created ci... |
d5d1c92e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of structure is located at both 46.19929; -123.382323 and 21.18214°N 72.79589°E? | A bridge | text | [] | [
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"text": "This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Columbia River from the Pacific Ocean upstream to its source. / 46.217222; -123.863056 ( Astoria-Megler Bridge) / 46.13675; -123.378028 ( Wahkiakum County Ferry) / 46.19929; -123.382323 ( Julia Butler Hansen Bridge)"
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d5d1c97e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the religious affiliation of the person who was the Senate's third-ranking Republican from 2001 to 2007? | Roman Catholic | text | [] | [
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"text": "Richard John Santorum (born May 10, 1958) is an American politician, attorney, and political commentator. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States senator from Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2007 and was the Senate's third-ranking Republican from 2001 to 2007."
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d5d1c9b00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many months after the M65 Atomic Cannon was tested at a Nevada Test Site, did Operation Totem take place? | Operation Totem occurred 5 months after. | text | [] | [
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"text": "On May 25, 1953 at 8:30 a.m., the atomic cannon was tested at the Nevada Test Site (specifically Frenchman Flat) as part of the Upshot–Knothole series of nuclear tests."
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"text": "Operation Totem was a pair of British atmospheric nuclear tests which took place at Emu Field in South Austra... |
d5d1c9d80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which show premiered first, Star Trek: The Enemy Within or Get Smart? | Get Smart | text | [] | [
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"text": "The program was created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry and had its television premiere on NBC on September 18, 1965. The show stars Don Adams (who also worked as a director on the series) as agent Maxwell Smart (Agent 86), Barbara Feldon as Agent 99, and Edward Platt as Thaddeus the Chief."
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d5d1ca000dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many places below Mount Elbert in the ranking of the tallest mountains of the Rocky Mountains is Uncompahgre Mountain? | Four places below | text | [] | [
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"text": "The List of the major 3000-meter summits of Colorado redirects here. Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range is the highest peak of the Rocky Mountains and the highest point in the U.S. state of Colorado."
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"text": "Blanca Peak is the highest peak of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and the fifth... |
d5d1ca6e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which city was the earliest to receive a city coat of arms in the country with a 349-member Riksdag? | Kalmar was the first city to receive a coat of arms in Sweden, the country with a 349-member Riksdag. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Sweden is a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy, with legislative power vested in the 349-member unicameral Riksdag. It is a unitary state, currently divided into 21 counties and 290 municipalities."
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"text": "The earliest known achievements of arms in Sweden are those o... |
d5d1ca960dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Are the rounds fired for the VP70 in burst mode common or uncommon to Selective-fire weapons in general? | The 3 burst round of the VP70 is a common limit on selective fire weapons. | text | [] | [
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"text": "On the military version of the VP70 this combination includes a unique feature: When mounted, a selective fire switch, located on the stock, allows switching the weapon to a three-round burst mode, with a 2,200 rounds per minute cyclic rate of fire. The VP70 uses a spring-loaded striker like a Glock,... |
d5d1cabe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What family of proteins with high molecular weight are under investigation as possible diagnostic markers for malignancies and other disease processes in which they are most commonly over- or mis-expressed? | Mucins | text | [] | [
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"text": "Mucins ( / ˈmjuːsɪn /) are a family of high molecular weight, heavily glycosylated proteins ( glycoconjugates) produced by epithelial tissues in most animals."
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"text": "Mucins are under investigation as possible diagnostic markers for malignancies and other disease processes in which the... |
d5d1cae60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Did Ulysses S Grant ever ride in the USS Republic? | No, the USS Republic was used during World War II and Grant died well before the war started. | text | [] | [
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"text": "\"Ulysses\" is best known as the name of Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), the U.S. Army general and President of the United States. Many Americans born during or after the Civil War were named in his honour."
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"text": "USS Republic (AP-33) was a troop transport that served with the US Navy d... |
d5d1cb0e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Is standard French spoken in both Quebec and France? | No. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Newfoundland French is a regional dialect of French that was once spoken by settlers in the French colony of Newfoundland . Quebec French is the dominant and most prevalent regional variety of French found in Canada."
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"text": "Varieties of the French language are spoken in France and aro... |
d5d1cb360dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which coach had coached their team longer: Jake Gaither in 1954 or Eddie Robinson in 1947? | Jake Gaither. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In their 10th season under head coach Jake Gaither, the Rattlers compiled an 8–1 record, including a victory over Maryland State in the Orange Blossom Classic. The team played its home games at Bragg Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida ."
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"text": "In their fifth season under head coach Eddie... |
d5d1cb860dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Did the 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion utilize the MISTRAM system? | No, the 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion is a Marine unit while the MISTRAM system was only used by the Air Force and NASA. | text | [] | [
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"text": "2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion is a mechanized battalion of the United States Marine Corps. Their primary weapon system is the Amphibious Assault Vehicle."
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"text": "MISTRAM Missile Trajectory Measurement System. MISTRAM ( MISsile TRAjectory Measurement) was a high-resolution tracking sy... |
d5d1cba40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | At what prison were more than five times the maximum prison population in 2018 executed between April 1978 and December 1979? | Pul-e-Charkhi Prison | text | [] | [
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"text": "Pul-e-Charkhi Prison ( Pashto / Persian: زندان پل چرخی), also known as the Afghan National Detention Facility, is the largest prison in Afghanistan. As of 2018, it holds up to 5,000 inmates and is located east of Kabul."
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"text": "Some claim that between April 1978 and December 1979, the ... |
d5d1cbcc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What rivers join the longest river in Dorset at Marnhull? | The River Cale and then the River Lydden join the Stour at Marnhull. | text | [] | [
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"text": "At Marnhull the Stour is joined by the River Cale and then (two miles downstream) by the River Lydden. At Blandford Forum the river breaks through the chalk ridge of the Dorset Downs, and from there flows south east into the heathlands of south east Dorset."
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d5d1cbf40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What country did the subject of Sarah Strauss' 2005 book of social anthropology originate? | Yoga originated in India. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Yoga originated in India, where it takes many forms, often entirely without the use of asanas. Sarah Strauss is a professor of anthropology at the University of Wyoming, where she states that one of her \"ongoing research goals is to understand how different cultures define what it means to be health... |
d5d1cc1c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | When was the system that asks people to pick only accurate answers from a list developed? | in 1914 | text | [] | [
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"text": "Frederick J. Kelly made the first multiple choice questions in 1914 at the University of Kansas. This testing method is popular in the United States. 1. 2. Where is the Eiffel Tower?"
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"text": "Multiple choice, objective response, or MCQ (for Multiple Choice Question) is a form of an obje... |
d5d1cc440dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What sport do Hans Fredrik Jensen, Peter Weir and Jensen Weir all play? | soccer | text | [] | [
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"text": "Weir has played for Scotland at under-16 and under-17 level, captaining the under-16 team. In October 2018 he was called up by England under-17s, and made his debut during the 3–0 victory over Russia U17s. In April 2019, Weir was included in the England squad for the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Champ... |
d5d1ccb20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is similar between peer-to-peer transaction and file sharing? | It is conducted between individual systems. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Peer-to-peer file sharing became popular with the introduction of Napster, a file sharing application and a set of central servers that linked people who had files with those who requested files. The central index server indexed the users and their shared content."
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"text": "Peer-to-peer ... |
d5d1cce40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Near which topographical feature can you find storm-petrels and scolopacidae? | Storm-petrels and scolopacidae can be found near oceans and seas. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers, and phalaropes. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil."
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d5d1cd0c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What latin word might be used to describe the size of a pre-cell? | Parvus | text | [] | [
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"text": "\" Parvus \" is Latin for \"small\", and the name \"parvocellular\" refers to the small size of the cell compared to the larger magnocellular cells. Phylogenetically, parvocellular neurons are more modern than magnocellular ones."
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"text": "A pre-cell (or protocell) is a hypothetical lipi... |
d5d1cd340dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What epithet did the eldest son of the 5th Earl of Salisbury come to be know by other than the 16th Earl of Warwick? | Warwick the Kingmaker | text | [] | [
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"text": "The 14th Earl was created Duke of Warwick in 1445, a title which became extinct on his early death the following year. The best-known Earl of this creation was the 16th Earl jure uxoris, Richard Neville, who was involved in the deposition of two kings, a fact which later earned him the epithet of \"W... |
d5d1cd840dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many full centuries had passed between the defeat of the Kharijites by al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf and the end of the Ummayad dynasty? | Three | text | [] | [
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"text": "When the latter were ousted from Iraq by the Umayyads in 691, al-Muhallab switched allegiance to the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ( r. 685–705 ), who kept him in command of the war with the Azariqa. With the key support of the powerful Umayyad governor of Iraq, al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, al-Muhallab decisiv... |
d5d1cdac0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | To which field of science does Young's modulus and Elastic modulus belong to ? | Physics | text | [] | [
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"text": "An elastic modulus has the form: where stress is the force causing the deformation divided by the area to which the force is applied and strain is the ratio of the change in some parameter caused by the deformation to the original value of the parameter."
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"text": ", the Young modulus or ... |
d5d1cdd40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which salt flat is smaller; Salar de Uyuni or Salar de Pedemales? | Salar de Uyuni | text | [] | [
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"text": "Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa) is the world's largest salt flat, or playa, at over 10,000 square kilometres (3,900 sq mi) in area. It is in the Daniel Campos Province in Potosí in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes at an elevation of 3,656 meters (11,995 ft) above sea level."
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d5d1cdfc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Have California and Nevada ever been won by the same Presidential candidate? | Yes, California and Nevada both voted for Dwight D. Eisenhower. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Nevada was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower ( R – Pennsylvania ), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 57.97% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson ( D – Illinois ), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 42.03% of the popular vote."
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d5d1ce240dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which founding father is part of the Virginia Washington Monument and Heald Square monument? | George washington is depicted in both Heald Square monument and Virginia Washington monument. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Heald Square Monument is a bronze sculpture group by Lorado Taft in Heald Square, Chicago, Illinois. It depicts General George Washington, and the two principal financers of the American Revolution, Robert Morris and Haym Salomon."
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"text": "The Virginia Washington Monument, also know... |
d5d1ce740dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which country got the same place in both the 2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship and the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship? | Germany got the same place in both. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It was held from 18–26 August 2017 in the Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen, Netherlands. The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup, with the winner qualifying. The Netherlands won their ninth overall title by defeating Belgium 3–0 in the final, while England capture t... |
d5d1ce9c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Was the Louisville and Nashville Railroad chartered during the lifetime of John Pope? | Pope was alive in 1850 when it was chartered. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Chartered by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1850, the road grew into one of the great success stories of American business. Operating under one name continuously for 132 years, it survived civil war and economic depression and several waves of social and technological change."
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d5d1cec40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many classifications of the object whose mutation rate increases via Epistasis are listed before landscapers? | Two | text | [] | [
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"text": "Epistasis is a phenomenon in genetics in which the effect of a gene mutation is dependent on the presence or absence of mutations in one or more other genes, respectively termed modifier genes. In other words, the effect of the mutation is dependent on the genetic background in which it appears."
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d5d1ceec0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many days since the presidential elections in turkey did the leader of KONDA issue an apology? | 5 days. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The leader of the KONDA polling company issued an apology for their inaccuracy on 15 August 2014. On a notable occasion on 17 March 2014, just before the local elections, a poll conducted by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) put the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) in the lead.... |
d5d1cf140dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In which decade did the 32nd season of Maryland Terrapins as a member of the Southern Conference coincide with the sugar bowl? | 1950s | text | [] | [
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"text": "The 1952 Sugar Bowl was a postseason American college football bowl game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Maryland Terrapins at the Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 1, 1952. It was the eighteenth edition of the annual Sugar Bowl football contest."
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d5d1cf3c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What types of water can the Channa and tiger barb survive in? | The Channa and tiger barb can both survive in freshwater. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The tiger barb is aptly named for its gorgeous, tiger-stripe pattern. This small, harmless fish features bright yellows and orange accents, as well as some slight silver tones. Found mostly near the Malay Peninsula, this particular breed is a notable freshwater aquarium favorite."
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d5d1cf8c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What region's army led by the general Soliyavarasan was an Empire that stretched from the island of Lanka to Kalinga in the northeast? | The region of Chola. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The extent of the Chola Empire during this period stretched from the island of Lanka to Kalinga in the northeast. The Empire also had active political and trade contacts with the maritime kingdoms of the Malay Archipelago and China . 848–871 (?)"
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"text": "On the Eastern Chalukyan front, ... |
d5d1cfdc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Does the word feature when referred to machine learning and articles mean the same thing? | In machine learning and pattern recognition, a feature is an individual measurable property or characteristic of a phenomenon being observed while Featured articles are considered to be some of the best articles Wikipedia has to offer. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Featured articles are considered to be some of the best articles Wikipedia has to offer, as determined by Wikipedia's editors. They are used by editors as examples for writing other articles."
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"text": "In machine learning and pattern recognition, a feature is an individual measurable pro... |
d5d1d00e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Where does the body part containing the gracilis muscle connect with the trunk? | They join at the groin. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The abdominal area is the region between the chest and the pelvis. The breast is also called the mammary region, the armpit as the axilla and axillary, and the navel as the umbilicus and umbilical. The pelvis is the lower torso, between the abdomen and the thighs. The groin, where the thigh joins the... |
d5d1d0360dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which took place earlier in November, the 2016 US presidential election or the 2020 US presidential election? | The 2020 election was held on November 3. the 2016 election didn't take place until November 8. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The 2020 United States presidential election in Nevada was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated."
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d5d1d05e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Is horse racing the same as english riding? | It is not. | text | [] | [
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"text": "a flat class for horses between a hack and a hunter in type, and of show quality, substance, good bone, correct conformation, presence and true action. competition featuring horses of elegant appearance, with an excellent way of going and self-carriage."
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"text": "Jump racing, or Jumps ra... |
d5d1d0860dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Were the political parties Party of Order and Order of the Nation both formed on the same continent? | Yes, the Party of Order and the Order of the Nation were formed in Europe. | text | [] | [
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"text": "After the 1848 elections to the French Parliament, the Party of Order was the second-largest group of deputies after the Moderate Republicans, with 250 of the 900 seats in the French Parliament. Prominent members included Adolphe Thiers, François Guizot and Alexis de Tocqueville."
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