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d5d5026a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What were the names of the two major agrarian rebellions against the dynasty that lasted from 9 to 23 AD in China? | The two major agrarian rebellions were called the Red Eyebrows and Lülin. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Red Eyebrows ( Chinese: 赤眉; pinyin: Chìméi) was one of the two major agrarian rebellion movements against Wang Mang 's short-lived Xin dynasty, the other being Lülin. It was so named because the rebels painted their eyebrows red."
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d5d502920dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How long after Balian succeeded Reginald in Sidon did Odo become appointed as bailli of the kingdom? | 21 years | text | [] | [
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"text": "Fenie (Euphemia), married Eudes (Odo) de Saint-Omer of Tiberias, Constable of Tripoli, Lord of Gogulat (stepson of Raymond III of Tripoli, brother of Raoul). Balian, who married Margaret of Brienne, and succeeded Reginald in Sidon in 1202."
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d5d502ba0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which king signed a treaty with Philip V of Macedon a year before beginning the Fifth Syrian War? | Antiochus III | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Seleucid king Antiochus III and the Antigonid king Philip V took advantage of the kingdom's weakness to begin the Fifth Syrian War (202–196 BC), in which the Ptolemies lost all their territories in Asia Minor and the Levant, as well as most of their influence in the Aegean Sea."
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d5d502e20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Jaynagar and Basirhat are both kinds of what constituencies in India? | Parliamentary constituencies. | text | [] | [
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d5d503320dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What region experienced the beginning of its Iron Age in 500 BC and between approximately 10,300 and 9,500 years ago the southern part of it was separated from the northern part? | Scandinavia | text | [] | [
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"text": "The period might just reflect a change of culture and not necessarily a decline in standards of living. The Iron Age in Scandinavia and Northern Europe begins around 500 BC with the Jastorf culture, and is taken to last until c. 800 AD and the beginning Viking Age."
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d5d503820dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Graphium evombar and Graphium ridleyanus are both names of what species? | A butterfly in the family Papilionidae. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Graphium ridleyanus, the acraea swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the DRC, Chad, southern Sudan, Uganda, Rwand... |
d5d503aa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Patrilineality and bilateral are both systems of what? | Kinship | text | [] | [
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"text": "Cognatic kinship is a mode of descent calculated from an ancestor or ancestress counted through any combination of male and female links, or a system of bilateral kinship where relations are traced through both a father and mother. Such relatives may be known as cognates ."
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d5d503fa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Flamen Divi Julii had what position in the cult of Caesar in the Tempio del Divo Giulio? | A priest. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Caesar was the first resident of Rome to be deified and so honored with a temple. A fourth flamen maior was dedicated to him after 44 BC, and Mark Antony was the first to serve as Flamen Divi Julii, priest of the cult of Caesar. Commemorative plaque beside Caesar's altar."
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d5d5042c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Androstenedione is a precursor of what natural androgen? | Testosterone | text | [] | [
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d5d504680dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Immunoglobulin E and Immunoglobulin G are both what types of cells in humans? | An antibody. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Immunoglobulin E ( IgE) is a type of antibody (or immunoglobulin (Ig) \" isotype \") that has been found only in mammals. IgE is synthesised by plasma cells. Monomers of IgE consist of two heavy chains (ε chain) and two light chains, with the ε chain containing 4 Ig-like constant domains (Cε1-Cε4)."
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d5d5049a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants contains many families of what? | Parasitoids | text | [] | [
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d5d504ea0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Interstate 20 and an Interstate Highway that spans 243.36 miles (391.65 km) in a north–south direction are both are where? | Louisiana. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Interstate 20 enters Louisiana about 20 miles east of Marshall, Texas, near Waskom. Interstate 20 passes through Greenwood to the north of town, where US 80 / 79 serve as the main east-west highway. I-20 enters Shreveport about 5 miles east of Greenwood."
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d5d505120dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What hymns did Lopamudra and her spouse write in a classical language that arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there? | They wrote hymns 1.165 to 1.191 in the text Rigveda. | text | [] | [
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"text": "He and his wife Lopamudra are the celebrated authors of hymns 1.165 to 1.191 in the Sanskrit text Rigveda and other Vedic literature. Agastya appears in numerous itihasas and Puranas including the major Ramayana and Mahabharata."
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d5d5053a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What distinguishes the Intermediate Polar, or DQ Herculis Star, from other cataclysmic variables? | For the Intermediate Polar, matter from the companion star is gravitationally stripped by the compact star and forms an accretion disk around it, but is distinguished by the inner disk that is disrupted by the magnetic field of the white dwarf. | text | [] | [
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"text": "An Intermediate Polar (also called a DQ Herculis Star) is a type of cataclysmic variable binary star system with a white dwarf and a cool main-sequence secondary star. In most cataclysmic variables, matter from the companion star is gravitationally stripped by the compact star and forms an accretion ... |
d5d505b20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | An electrically neutral group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds may be what if it consists of atoms of one chemical element? | Homonuclear | text | [] | [
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d5d505da0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the distribution of wealth and how is it different from income distribution? | The distribution of wealth is a comparison of the wealth of various members or groups in a society. It shows one aspect of economic inequality or economic heterogeneity .The distribution of wealth differs from the income distribution in that it looks at the economic distribution of ownership of the assets in a society,... | text | [] | [
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d5d506020dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Where does the Abyssinian chocolate flycatcher occur? | In mid to high altitude forest, woodland edges, clearings, in agricultural land and in suburbs | text | [] | [
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d5d5062a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What color flowers are common to both the Eucalyptus nitens and the Leptospermum nitens? | White flowers are common to both the Eucalyptus nitens and the Leptospermum nitens. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Eucalyptus nitens, commonly known as shining gum or silvertop, is a species of tall tree native to Victoria and eastern New South Wales. It has smooth greyish bark, sometimes with thin, rough bark near the base, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven or nine, white flowers and cup-... |
d5d506520dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What elementary matrix that represents the addition of a multiple of one row or column to another, takes pairs of points in a linear space geometrically? | A shear matrix. | text | [] | [
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d5d5067a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A TBM, SLBM and ABMs are all types of what? | Missiles | text | [] | [
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d5d506a20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What Greek-based term meaning "aim" or "guess" work by using probabilistic methods to solve problems in AI? | Stochastic. | text | [] | [
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d5d5072e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In Star Trek: Voyager, " Fury " is how many seasons after the season containing " Resolutions "? | 4 | text | [] | [
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"text": "\" Resolutions \" is the 25th episode of the second season of Star Trek: Voyager. The 41st episode overall focuses on a story with Captain Janeway and First Officer Chakotay of the spacecraft USS Voyager ."
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d5d507560dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Santa Maria is a name for what three different locations? | A city, a municipality, and an island. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Catmon (PSGC: 031423006) is one of the twenty-four barangays comprising the municipality of Santa Maria, Bulacan, in the Philippines . The barangay got its name from the presence of huge trees called katmon ( dillenia philippinensis) that thrive in this area."
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d5d507ce0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A software what, which is also a filename extension used for several file formats that contain packages of software and other files to be installed onto a certain device, is an archive file containing a computer program as well as necessary metadata for its deployment? | Package | text | [] | [
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d5d507f60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In which episode of the series that has a scene of a vampiric brothel does the character Buffy feels like her life is spinning out of control? | The episode called " Gone ". | text | [] | [
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"text": "\" Into the Woods \" is episode 10 of season 5 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Spike leads Buffy to see that Riley goes to a vampiric brothel, where humans pay vampires to suck their blood."
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d5d5081e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Hampshire and Dorset are both names of what? | Counties | text | [] | [
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d5d5086e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which war did both General Vaughan and General Custer both fight in? | General Vaughan and General Custer were both generals in the American Civil War? | text | [] | [
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"text": "He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, in which he was wounded twice, and fought mainly in the Western Theater of the conflict. After the war Vaughan resumed farming, was active in Confederate veteran affairs, and was a published author."
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d5d508960dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a a shoulder-fired missile and how many types are there? | A shoulder-fired missile, shoulder-launched missile, man-portable rocket launcher, or man-portable missile is a rocket -propelled explosive projectile small enough to be carried by a single person and fired while held on one's shoulder. There are two kinds of shoulder-launched weapons. | text | [] | [
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d5d508e60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What language spoken by Central Thai people and vast majority of Thai Chinese that has vowels of all heights as nasalized indiscriminately but preference occurs in some language, such as for high vowels in Chamorro and low vowels in? | Thai | text | [] | [
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"text": "In most languages, vowels of all heights are nasalized indiscriminately, but preference occurs in some language, such as for high vowels in Chamorro and low vowels in Thai. A few languages, such as Palantla Chinantec, contrast lightly nasalized and heavily nasalized vowels."
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d5d5090e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How long has the Temple Mount had historical and religious significance for all three of the major Abrahamic religions? | It has been venerated as a holy site in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam alike for thousands of years. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Temple Mount has historical and religious significance for all three of the major Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It has particular religious significance for Judaism and Islam, and the competing claims of these faith communities has made it one of the most contested religio... |
d5d509860dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Fukurokuju, Daikokuten and Hotei are all names of what? | Gods | text | [] | [
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"text": "Daikokuten ( 大黒天) is a syncretic Japanese deity of fortune and wealth. Daikokuten originated from Mahākāla, the Buddhist version of the Hindu deity Shiva, conflated with the native Shinto god Ōkuninushi."
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d5d509ae0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What level-4 vital article in Society deals with the socially offensive use of language, which may also be called cursing? | Profanity. | text | [] | [
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d5d509d60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Hominoidea is a family of what, the largest living example of which is the eastern gorilla? | Primates | text | [] | [
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"text": "Apes are mammals belonging to the primate family Hominoidea. Its members are called hominoids. They are native to Africa and Southeast Asia. Its living members are divided into two families :"
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d5d509fe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | When was the militant organization officially founded that Afghanistan has admitted providing covert support to? | 2000 | text | [] | [
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"text": "Afghanistan has acknowledged that they have been providing covert support to the Baloch Liberation Army. After the death of Aslam Baloch, alias Achu, in Kandahar, Afghan officials stated that the Afghan police chief Abdul Raziq Achakzai has housed Aslam Baloch and other separatists in Kandahar for ye... |
d5d50a260dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Bodhi, kensho and satori are all terms or concepts in what thing which has no single view concerning abortion, although it is generally regarded negatively? | Buddhism | text | [] | [
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"text": "It translates several Buddhist terms and concepts, most notably bodhi, kensho and satori. Related terms from Asian religions are moksha (liberation) in Hinduism, Kevala Jnana in Jainism, and ushta in Zoroastrianism ."
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d5d50a760dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A batman and a handmaid are both what? | Servants. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A batman or an orderly is a soldier or airman assigned to a commissioned officer as a personal servant. Before the advent of motorized transport, an officer's batman was also in charge of the officer's \"bat-horse\" that carried the pack saddle with his officer's kit during a campaign."
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d5d50a9e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Defense Language Aptitude Battery, the LPI and the ALPT are all examples of what? | Tests whose subject matter is language | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Language Proficiency Index or LPI is a Canadian standardized test for English proficiency administered by Paragon Testing Enterprises, a subsidiary of the University of British Columbia."
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d5d50ac60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many people live in a small string of cities and towns in the southern part of the province that contains Lake Winnipeg? | Over one million people live in this location. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Lake Winnipeg ( French: Lac Winnipeg) is a very large, relatively shallow 24,514-square-kilometre (9,465 sq mi) lake in North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Its southern end is about 55 kilometres (34 mi) north of the city of Winnipeg."
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d5d50aee0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Is breadfruit or pandanus fruits more likely to be eaten by animals? | Pandanus fruits are more likely to be eaten. | text | [] | [
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d5d50b3e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is Superoxide reductase and what family does it belong to? | Superoxide reductase is an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of highly reactive and toxic superoxide (O2−) into less toxic hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on superoxide as acceptor (only sub-subclass identified to date). | text | [] | [
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"text": "This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on superoxide as acceptor (only sub-subclass identified to date). The systematic name of this enzyme class is rubredoxin:superoxide oxidoreductase. Other names in common use include neelaredoxin, and desulfoferrodoxin ."
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d5d50b5c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Indian chameleon belongs to a genus that is found on which continents? | The Indian chameleon belongs to the genus Chamaeleo, which is found in Africa, Europe, and Asia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Chamaeleo is a genus of chameleons in the family Chamaeleonidae. Most species of the genus Chamaeleo are found in sub-Saharan Africa, but a few species are also present in northern Africa, southern Europe, and southern Asia east to India and Sri Lanka ."
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d5d50bac0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Imperial and San Andreas are both types of what? | Faults | text | [] | [
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"text": "The San Andreas Fault is a continental transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers (750 mi) through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate, and its motion is right-lateral strike-slip (horizontal)."
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d5d50bd40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Zhang Wuji and Zhang Cuishan are both what? | Fathers of protaganists | text | [] | [
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"text": "In the novel, Zhang Sanfeng is a former Shaolin monk who founded the Wudang Sect based in the Wudang Mountains. He has seven apprentices, the \"Seven Heroes of Wudang\", one of whom is the father of the novel's protagonist, Zhang Wuji."
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d5d50bfc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The status of who In India, who on average, live significantly longer, has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia? | Women | text | [] | [
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"text": "The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. From equal status with men in ancient times through the low points of the medieval period, to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers, the history of women in India has been eventful."
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d5d50c560dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae distributed throughout East Asia has what 2 subspecies? | Omophron aequale is divided into 2 subspecies: O. aequale aequale and O. aequale jacobsoni. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Omophron aequale is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is distributed in East Asia. The species is very similar to Omophron limbatum. Although the puncturation (the arrangement of punctures) on the pronotum of O. aequale is a little finer than that of O. limbatum, it is denser."
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d5d50c7e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Single nucleotide variants in what gene which encodes broad complex-tramtrack-bric a brac and Cap'n'collar homology 2, have been linked to a number of autoimmune diseases in humans? | BACH2 | text | [] | [
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"text": "Transcription regulator protein BACH2 (broad complex-tramtrack-bric a brac and Cap'n'collar homology 2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BACH2 gene. It contains a BTB/POZ domain at its N-terminus which forms a disulphide-linked dimer and a bZip_Maf domain at the C-terminus."
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d5d50ca60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the normal cell structure for many fungi and can refer to the coenocytic blastoderm embryos of invertebrates? | Syncytium. | text | [] | [
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d5d50cc40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | To which sector do Fayetteville and Laurinburg share commonality with? | Aviation | text | [] | [
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"text": "Fayetteville Regional Airport ( IATA: FAY, ICAO: KFAY, FAA LID: FAY ), also known as Grannis Field, is a public use airport in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. It is owned by the city of Fayetteville and located three nautical miles (6 km) south of its central business district."
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d5d50cec0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), combines forms of the condition including this syndrome that is also included in the pervasive developmental disorders? | Asperger syndrome | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), combines forms of the condition, including Asperger syndrome and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) into the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)."
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d5d50d3c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Both the Bougainville campaign and the Battle of the Coral Seat featured which Asian country? | Both featured Japan. | text | [] | [
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d5d50d5a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What do Li Bai and Xue Tao have in common? | They are poets. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The two most famous poets of the period were Li Bai and Du Fu. Tang poetry has had an ongoing influence on world literature in modern times."
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"text": "Xue Tao ( simplified Chinese: 薛涛; traditional Chinese: 薛濤; pinyin: Xuē Tāo; Wade–Giles: Hsüeh T'ao, c770–832), courtesy name Hongdu (洪度/宏... |
d5d50daa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What common name do Allocasuarina pusilla and Allocasuarina humilis share? | Dwarf she-oak. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Allocasuarina pusilla, commonly known as the heath oak-bush or the dwarf she-oak, is a species of Allocasuarina genera native to Australia. The dioecious shrub typically grows to a height of 1 metre (3 ft)."
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d5d50dd20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Little River in Poinsett County, Lake City, Marked Tree and Parkin are all located in what state? | Arkansas | text | [] | [
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"text": "In Arkansas it passes the towns of St. Francis, Lake City, Marked Tree and Parkin, and continues through two additional namesakes of the river — St. Francis County, and St. Francis Township in northeastern Phillips County — ending its course adjoining the St. Francis National Forest ."
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d5d50e040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Methyl isocyanate and methyl thiocyanate are both names of what type of compound? | Organic. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Methyl isocyanate ( MIC) is an organic compound with the molecular formula CH 3 NCO. Synonyms are isocyanatomethane, methyl carbylamine and MIC. Methyl isocyanate is an intermediate chemical in the production of carbamate pesticides (such as carbaryl, carbofuran, methomyl, and aldicarb )."
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d5d50e540dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Right pupillary reflex and exotropia refer to what being shone or landing? | Light. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Right pupillary reflex means reaction of the right pupil, whether light is shone into the left eye, right eye, or both eyes. When light is shone into only one eye and not the other, it is normal for both pupils to constrict simultaneously."
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"text": "In exotropia the light lands on the me... |
d5d50ea40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the band gap is called if the crystal momentum of electrons and holes is the same in both bands, where the electrons can shift from the highest to lowest energy state? | Direct. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The band gap is called \"direct\" if the crystal momentum of electrons and holes is the same in both the conduction band and the valence band; an electron can directly emit a photon. In an \"indirect\" gap, a photon cannot be emitted because the electron must pass through an intermediate state and tr... |
d5d50ef40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What organization with offices in the United Kingdom would be funded by donations and provide shelter space and foster homes for animals? | International Animal Rescue | text | [] | [
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"text": "Rescue groups are funded mainly by donations and most of the staff are volunteers. While some shelters place animals in foster homes, many are housed on-site in kennels. Some rescue groups have facilities and others do not. Foster homes are heavily utilized in either case."
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d5d50f1c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The fuel to fly the planes causes what to happen which is part of a major impact on the world's environment? | Pollution. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Air travel has a major impact on the world's environment, especially the atmosphere. With fast globalisation, air traffic has quickly increased, and is one of the biggest causes of climate change . This is due to the noise pollution emitted from the aircraft while it is flying."
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d5d50f3a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What slur against Asian Americans is indiscriminately used against people of East Asian appearance? | Chink. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The word is also sometimes indiscriminately used against people of East Asian appearance in general."
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"text": "The use of the term is considered highly offensive and racist, and its inclusion in modern works of literature or media has sparked controversies. In the United States, some sou... |
d5d50f8a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | South Lambeth and what, which is 2.1 km southwest of the center of London, are central districts in the process of redevelopment with high-density business and residential property? | Vauxhall | text | [] | [
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"text": "Vauxhall is 2.1 km (1.3 mi) south of Charing Cross and 1.5 km (0.93 mi) southwest of the actual centre of London at Frazier Street near Lambeth North tube station. Vauxhall is adjacent to the River Thames, on the opposite side of the river to Pimlico."
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"text": "Vauxhall and South Lambeth... |
d5d50fbc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What do they call people that make pizza a food that was created in the Naples area of Italy? | Pizzaiolo | text | [] | [
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"text": "A person who makes pizza is known as a pizzaiolo . In Italy, pizza served in formal settings, such as at a restaurant, is presented unsliced, and is eaten with the use of a knife and fork. In casual settings, however, it is cut into wedges to be eaten while held in the hand ."
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"text": "P... |
d5d50fe40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The red beaded anemone can be found across where? | The West Indies | text | [] | [
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"text": "P. crucifer inhabits the sandy bottoms of the Caribbean Sea and can be found across the West Indies. The main part (column) of the anemone is usually buried in the sand, anchored to a rock below the surface, so that when disturbed the anemone can pull back into the substrate."
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"text": "P... |
d5d5100c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Multiocular O and Ghe are both letters of what? | Cyrillic. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Multiocular O ( ꙮ) is an exotic glyph variant of the Cyrillic letter O. This glyph variant can be found in certain manuscripts in the Old Church Slavonic phrase \" серафими многоꙮчитїи \" ( serafimi mnogoočitii, \"many-eyed seraphim \")."
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"text": "Ge or Ghe (Г г; italics: Г г) is a lette... |
d5d510520dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who was born on September 10, 1951 that portrayed the mayor if Sunnydale? | Harry Groener | text | [] | [
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"text": "Portrayed by Harry Groener, he is the mayor of Sunnydale, a fictional town rife with vampires and demons in which the main character, Buffy Summers ( Sarah Michelle Gellar) lives."
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"text": "Harry Groener (born September 10, 1951) is a German-born American actor and dancer, perhaps best k... |
d5d5107a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Royal Dockyards were state-owned harbour facilities where ships of the what, which unlike many other naval services, designates certain types of shore establishment (e.g. barracks, naval air stations and training establishments) as "ships" and names them accordingly, were built, based, repaired and refitted? | The Royal Navy | text | [] | [
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"text": "For other uses, see Royal Dockyard (disambiguation). Portsmouth Royal Dockyard, founded 1496, still in service as a Naval Base. Royal Navy Dockyards (more usually termed Royal Dockyards) were state-owned harbour facilities where ships of the Royal Navy were built, based, repaired and refitted."
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d5d510980dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What marine mammals are affected by the virus that is in the family Paramyxoviridae? | Dolphins, porpoises and whales. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Cetacean morbillivirus ( CeMV) is a virus that infects marine mammals in the order Cetacea, which includes dolphins, porpoises and whales. Three genetically distinct strains have been identified: dolphin morbillivirus (DMV), pilot whale morbillivirus (PWMV) and porpoise morbillivirus (PMV)."
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d5d510c00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The planners of Operation Algeciras had what as backup in a battle with the European country over Gibraltar? | They were supported by artillery, mortars, 35 mm cannon, and machine guns. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Operation Algeciras was a foiled Argentine plan to sabotage a Royal Navy warship in Gibraltar during the Falklands War. The Argentine reasoning was that if the British military felt vulnerable in Europe, they would decide to keep some vessels in European waters rather than send them to the Falklands ... |
d5d511100dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is angular diameter and what is the angular diameter of Earth's orbit? | The angular diameter, angular size, apparent diameter, or apparent size is an angular distance describing how large a sphere or circle appears from a given point of view. The angular diameter of Earth's orbit around the Sun as viewed from a distance of 1 pc is 2″, as 1 AU is the mean radius of Earth's orbit. | text | [] | [
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"text": "These objects have an angular diameter of 1″: Thus, the angular diameter of Earth's orbit around the Sun as viewed from a distance of 1 pc is 2″, as 1 AU is the mean radius of Earth's orbit. The angular diameter of the Sun, from a distance of one light-year, is 0.03″, and that of Earth 0.0003″."
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d5d511380dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Do the Subansiri Lower Dam and the Ranganadi use the same kind of technology to control water? | Yes, both the Subansiri Lower Dan and the Ranganadi are gravity dams. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Subansiri Lower Dam, officially named Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project (SLHEP), is an under construction gravity dam on the Subansiri River in NorthEastern India. It is located 2.3 km (1.4 mi) upstream of Gerukamukh village in Dhemaji District and Lower Subansiri District on the border of As... |
d5d511600dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The inferior vena cava is formed by the joining of the right and the left common iliac veins and what near the spine? | It also joins the venous plexuses next to the spinal cord. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The inferior vena cava (or IVC) is a large vein that carries the deoxygenated blood from the lower and middle body into the right atrium of the heart. It is formed by the joining of the right and the left common iliac veins, usually at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebra. Anterior (frontal) view o... |
d5d511920dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What letter has two typographic variants: the single-story ' ' has one closed counter and one open counter (and hence one aperture); the double-story ' ' has two closed counters and is used for the Glasgow postcode area? | G. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The lowercase 'g' has two typographic variants: the single-story ' ' has one closed counter and one open counter (and hence one aperture); the double-story ' ' has two closed counters. The digit 4 also has two typographic variants: the closed-top variant ' ' has a closed counter, and an open-top (e.g... |
d5d511ba0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which generally grows to a longer length, the scarlet-headed blackbird or the black bee-eater? | The scarlet-headed blackbird | text | [] | [
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"text": "The scarlet-headed blackbird ( Amblyramphus holosericeus) is an icterid found in the South American wetlands . This species is about 24 cm long. The bill is oddly shaped: long, slender, and very sharp, looking almost upturned. Adults of both sexes are described by their name."
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"text": "T... |
d5d511e20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Did Vahakn Dadrian complete his Ph.D. in the same country as or a different country than the birth place of Abdul Qadir Gilani? | He completed it in a different country. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The tariqa got its name from Abdul Qadir Gilani (1077–1166, also transliterated Jilani ), who was a Hanbali scholar from Gilan, Iran. The order relies strongly upon adherence to the fundamentals of Islam."
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"text": "Dadrian first studied mathematics at the University of Berlin, after whic... |
d5d5120a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The most infamous use of a tumbrel was for taking prisoners to what apparatus designed for efficiently carrying out executions by beheading? | The most infamous use of tumbrels was taking prisoners to the guillotine. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A tumbrel (alternatively tumbril) is a two-wheeled cart or wagon typically designed to be hauled by a single horse or ox. Their original use was for agricultural work; in particular they were associated with carrying manure. Their most infamous use was taking prisoners to the guillotine during the Fr... |
d5d512780dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The species of what that is studied in a branch of microbiology are either cocci or bacilli? | Bacteria. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Most bacteria have not been characterised, and only about 27 percent of the bacterial phyla have species that can be grown in the laboratory. The study of bacteria is known as bacteriology, a branch of microbiology ."
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"text": "Most bacterial species are either spherical, called cocci ( s... |
d5d512a00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Washington wine and Chablis wine are both made from what kind of fruit? | Grapes. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Washington wine is wine produced from grape varieties grown in the U.S. state of Washington. Washington ranks second in the United States (behind California) in the production of wine."
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"text": "The Chablis Appellation d'origine contrôlée is required to use Chardonnay grapes solely. The ... |
d5d512c80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are both the Federated States of Micronesia and Indonesia and Shetland? | Archipelagos. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Many island countries are spread over an archipelago, as is the case with the Federated States of Micronesia and Indonesia (both of which consist of thousands of islands). Others consist of a single island, such as Barbados or Singapore, or part of an island, such as the Dominican Republic or Brunei.... |
d5d512f00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Regarding the peoples who practice a culture called Nowruz, how are they identified in terms of their language use? | By the use of Iranian languages and other cultural similarities. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Iranians speak Persian and also Azerbaijani Turkish, Kurdish, Gilaki and some other languages and dialects are spoken in different regions of Iran. They practice the Iranian culture, which includes Nowruz. Along religious lines, both Muslim and non-Muslim Iranians reside in Australia."
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d5d513180dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What technique would someone use to classify plants in the genus that produces lemons, grapefruits, and limes? | They would use citrus taxonomy. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits, including important crops such as oranges, lemons, grapefruits, pomelos, and limes . The genus Citrus is native to South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Melanesia, and Australia."
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"text": "Citrus taxonomy refers to the botanical classification ... |
d5d5139a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How must a male royal monarch who is ranked below emperor, king, and grand duke be addressed? | His Royal Highness | text | [] | [
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"text": "A royal duke is a duke who is a member of the British royal family, entitled to the style of \" His Royal Highness \". The current royal dukedoms are, in order of precedence of their holders (that is, not in order of precedence of the dukedoms themselves):"
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"text": "A duke (male) can eit... |
d5d513c20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The unifying themes in formal logic include what? | The study of the expressive power of formal systems and the deductive power of formal proof systems | text | [] | [
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"text": "For Quine's theory sometimes called \"Mathematical Logic\", see New Foundations. Mathematical logic, also called formal logic, is a subfield of mathematics exploring the applications of formal logic to mathematics. It bears close connections to metamathematics, the foundations of mathematics, philoso... |
d5d513ea0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Is the Sherbro language or the Bullom So language used more commonly? | The Sherbro language is used more commonly. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Sherbro language (also known as Southern Bullom, Shiba, Amampa, Mampa, and Mampwa) is an endangered language of Sierra Leone. It belongs to the Mel branch of the Niger–Congo language family. While Sherbro has more speakers than the other Bullom languages, its use is declining among the Sherbro pe... |
d5d514120dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The country that shares borders with Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, the Adriatic Sea, and Croatia ranks where in the Human Development Index? | Montenegro ranks 48th in the Human Development Index | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is located on the Adriatic Sea and is a part of the Balkans, sharing borders with Serbia to the northeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the north and west, Albania to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea and Croatia to the southwest."
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"text": "Montenegro has an upper middle-income economy... |
d5d5143a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many years before Conchobar Maenmaige Ua Cellaigh was killed was a church erected at Cluain-mic-Nois? | It was 13 years before. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The previous king, Conchobar Maenmaige Ua Cellaigh, was killed in the Battle of The Connors in 1180 during an apparent rebellion against the king of Connacht. Murrough was apparently a son of Tadhg Ua Cellaigh, who had been abducted and deposed in 1145 by Toirrdelbach mac Diarmata Ua Brien, King of ... |
d5d514580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What focus on the lives, and notably the miracles, ascribed to men and women canonized by the Roman Catholic church that may also be a pejorative reference to uncritical biographies? | Christian hagiographies. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Christian hagiographies focus on the lives, and notably the miracles, ascribed to men and women canonized by the Roman Catholic church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox churches, and the Church of the East."
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"text": "However, when referring to modern, non-ecclesiastical... |
d5d5148a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The geologic era that is derived from the Greek words for "ancient life" ended with what what largest extinction event in Earth history? | The Paleozoic Era ended with the Permian–Triassic extinction event. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Paleozoic (or Palaeozoic) Era ( / ˌpæl.i.əˈzoʊ.ɪk, - i.oʊ -, ˌpeɪ.li.ə -, - li.oʊ -/ pal-ee-ə-ZOH-ik, -ee-oh-, pay-lee-, -lee-oh-; from the Greek palaiós ( παλαιός ), \"old\" and zōḗ ( ζωή ), \"life\", meaning \"ancient life\") is the earliest of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic Eon."
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d5d514b20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The route number of a a partial beltway looping around the eastern and southern areas of the Phoenix metropolitan area in central Arizona is also the number of partitions of what number into smaller powers of two? | 32 | text | [] | [
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"text": "202 is a Smith number, meaning that its digit sum and the sum of digits of its prime factors are equal. It is also a strobogrammatic number, meaning that when shown on a seven-segment display, turning the display upside-down shows the same number. There are exactly 202 partitions of 32 (a power of tw... |
d5d514da0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Kota and Thitu are both names of what? | Islands | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is located just to the west of the northern part of Dangerous Ground, and is 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Philippine-occupied Thitu Island (Pag-asa) and 22 miles (35 km) north-northeast of Taiwan-occupied Itu Aba Island. The island is administered by the Philippines as part of Kalayaan, Palawan .... |
d5d515020dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What brown-backed tree frog belongs to the Leptopelis genus found throughout Sub-Saharan Africa? | Leptopelis mossambicus. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Leptopelis is a genus of frogs in the family Arthroleptidae. They are found throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, excluding Madagascar. It is placed in monotypic subfamily Leptopelinae, although this subfamily is not always recognized."
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"text": "Leptopelis mossambicus, the brown-backed tree fro... |
d5d5152a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the mythological motif found in the cosmogonies of many cultures that symbolizes the beginning of the universe with a "hatching" coming from it? | The world egg. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The world egg, cosmic egg or mundane egg is a mythological motif found in the cosmogonies of many cultures that is present in proto-Indo-European culture and other cultures and civilizations."
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"text": "Typically, the world egg is a beginning of some sort, and the universe or some primord... |
d5d515520dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is Neptunium and what is its longest-lived isotope? | Neptunium is a chemical element with the symbol Np and atomic number 93. A radioactive actinide metal, neptunium is the first transuranic element. The longest-lived isotope of neptunium, neptunium-237. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Neptunium is a chemical element with the symbol Np and atomic number 93. A radioactive actinide metal, neptunium is the first transuranic element. Its position in the periodic table just after uranium, named after the planet Uranus, led to it being named after Neptune, the next planet beyond Uranus."... |
d5d515700dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Mandaeans abhor circumcision and are possibly the earliest people to practice what, which John the Baptist performed on Jesus? | Baptism | text | [] | [
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"text": "Mandaeans abhor circumcision and are possibly the earliest people to practice baptism. Early religious concepts and terminologies recur in the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Yardena (Jordan) has been the name of every baptismal water in Mandaeism."
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"text": "The baptism of Jesus by John the Baptis... |
d5d515c00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the General purpose machine gun designated the General Support Machine Gun (GSMG) chambered in that was developed in the 1950's? | 7.62x51mm NATO | text | [] | [
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"text": "General purpose machine gun designated the General Support Machine Gun (GSMG) chambered for 7.62×51mm NATO. It replaced the M60 machine gun . Heavy machine gun used at the infantry platoon level and as a heavy support weapon mounted on vehicles."
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"text": "The 7.62×51mm NATO (official NAT... |
d5d515e80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Musō Kokushi transformed what building as exemplified by the Tō-ji in Kyoto, into a zen monastery? | A Buddhist temple. | text | [] | [
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"text": "This article is about a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. For other uses, see Tōji. Tō-ji (東寺, Tō-ji) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in the Minami-ku ward of Kyoto, Japan . Founded in 796, it was one of the only three Buddhist temples allowed in the city at the time it became the capital of Japan."
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d5d516100dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the Arabic meaning of the adopted last name of the person who brought his father Anas to Egypt where he converted to Islam? | Plum | text | [] | [
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"text": "Al-Malik Az-Zahir Sayf ad-Din Barquq ( Arabic: الملك الظاهر سيف الدين برقوق ) (ruled 1382–1389 and 1390–1399) was the first Sultan of the Mamluk Burji dynasty of Egypt . The name Barquq means \" plum \" in Arabic, and was taken by Barquq on his arrival in Egypt."
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"text": "Barquq was of ... |
d5d516600dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What group of people were to be treated as an extended family in Judaism, and encouraged kindness towards them in early Islamic texts? | Slaves. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Early Islamic texts encourage kindness towards slaves and manumission, while recognizing slavery as an institution and permitting enslavement of non-Muslims imprisoned or bought beyond the borders of Islamic rule. Children born to slaves were also considered legally as slaves."
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d5d516b00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What part of the human brain that is located in the same area as the postcentral gyrus is key to planned movements, spatial reasoning and attention? | The posterior parietal cortex | text | [] | [
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"text": "The posterior parietal cortex (the portion of parietal neocortex posterior to the primary somatosensory cortex) plays an important role in planned movements, spatial reasoning, and attention ."
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"text": "Brodmann areas 3, 1 and 2 of human brain. Brodmann area 3 is in red, area 1 in green,... |
d5d516d80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many methods of payment are there for Passengers on Line S2 of Beijing Suburban Railway? | Seven | text | [] | [
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"text": "Line S2 of Beijing Suburban Railway (BCR) ( simplified Chinese: 北京市郊铁路S2线; traditional Chinese: 北京市郊鐵路S2線; pinyin: Běijīng Shìjiāo Tiělù S Èr Xiàn) is a commuter rail line in Beijing."
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"text": "Passengers can pay the fare by Beijing Suburban Railway Card, QR code generated by Yitongxing ... |
d5d517000dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Significant net erosion of sediments occurs only when the what, a term which derives from the Meander River located in present-day Turkey, cuts into higher ground? | Meander | text | [] | [
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"text": "The point bar is built up to a level very close to that of the river banks. Significant net erosion of sediments occurs only when the meander cuts into higher ground. The overall effect is that, as the river meanders, it creates a level flood plain composed mostly of point bar deposits."
},
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d5d517780dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the only type of sea creature that has eight limbs and a beak at the center point of those limbs that is deadly to humans? | Blue-ringed octopuses | text | [] | [
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"text": "All octopuses are venomous, but only the blue-ringed octopuses are known to be deadly to humans. Octopuses appear in mythology as sea monsters like the Kraken of Norway and the Akkorokamui of the Ainu, and probably the Gorgon of ancient Greece."
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"text": "Like other cephalopods, an octopu... |
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