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"text": "He married Agrippina the Younger and became the father of the Emperor Nero. Domitius' birth date is uncertain, some interpretations are that he was born around 17 BC while other sources argue he was born a generation later in 2 BC. Domitius was the son of Antonia Major, the niece of emperor Augustus,... |
d5d5abde0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who is credited for the creation of the class of families that were initially the only ones allowed to exercise most political functions in Ancient Rome? | Romulus is credited for the creation of the patrician class. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Romulus and his brother, Remus, with the she-wolf. Romulus is credited with creating the patrician class. The patricians (from Latin: patricius) were originally a group of ruling class families in ancient Rome."
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d5d5ac060dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the early stages of Ancient Rome, what type of special rights did the members of the class of families whose creation is credited to Romulus have that others did not? | Members of the patrician class were allowed to exercise political functions that others were not. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Romulus and his brother, Remus, with the she-wolf. Romulus is credited with creating the patrician class. The patricians (from Latin: patricius) were originally a group of ruling class families in ancient Rome."
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d5d5ac2e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Did the military tribune of Sextus Julius Caesar or the introduction of Lex Iulia occur first? | The military tribune of Sextus Julius Caesar occurred first. | text | [] | [
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"text": "After Tiberius, the remaining three emperors of the dynasty had, outside adoptions, ancestors in both the Julian and the Claudian families. Gaius Julius Caesar II and Lucius Julius Caesar II may have had Sextus Julius Caesar, the military tribune of 181 BC, as a common ancestor."
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d5d5ac560dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Did the birth of Julia Domna or the introduction of Lex Julia occur first? | The introduction of Lex Julia occurred first. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A Lex Julia (or: Lex Iulia, plural: Leges Juliae / Leges Iuliae) was an ancient Roman law that was introduced by any member of the Julian family. Most often, \"Julian laws\", Lex Iulia or Leges Iuliae refer to moral legislation introduced by Augustus in 23 BC, or to a law from the dictatorship of Jul... |
d5d5ac7e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Does the height of Phoenician civilization intersect with the end of the final Punic War, or are they in separate time frames? | They are in separate time frames. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Phoenicia was an ancient Semitic-speaking thalassocratic civilization that originated in the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily modern Lebanon. At its height between 1100 and 200 BC, Phoenician civilization spread across the Mediterranean, from Cyprus to the Iberian Peninsula ."
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d5d5acc40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Was Gaius Poppaeus Sabinus elected to consulship before or after Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Praextextatus was a consul? | He was elected after. | text | [] | [
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"text": "He later served as Governor of Moesia from 15 to 35. Gaius Poppaeus Sabinus was elected to the consulship, with Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus, in AD 9."
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"text": "Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Praetextatus was a consul or consular tribune of the Roman Republic in 434 BC. Sulpicius belonged to... |
d5d5acec0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who existed first: Gaius Poppaeus Sabinus or Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Praetextatus? | Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Praetextatus existed first. | text | [] | [
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"text": "He later served as Governor of Moesia from 15 to 35. Gaius Poppaeus Sabinus was elected to the consulship, with Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus, in AD 9."
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"text": "Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Praetextatus was a consul or consular tribune of the Roman Republic in 434 BC. Sulpicius belonged to... |
d5d5ad140dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who were the people that inhabited the region of the Roman Empire with the Latin name of Dioecesis Thraciae? | The Thracians inhabited the Roman Diocese of Thrace. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Diocese of Thrace c. 400. The Diocese of Thrace ( Latin: Dioecesis Thraciae, Greek: Διοίκησις Θράκης) was a diocese of the later Roman Empire, incorporating the provinces of the eastern Balkan Peninsula (comprising territories in modern south-eastern Romania, central and eastern Bulgaria, and Gre... |
d5d5ad6e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The origin of which religion can be traced to the language that was dominant in the eastern part of the Roman Empire? | The origin of Christianity can also be traced through Koine Greek. | text | [] | [
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d5d5ad960dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The variant of Greek that the Apostles used to spread Christianity was dominant in which area of the Roman Empire? | Koine Greek was dominant in the eastern part of the Roman Empire. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Roman art and literature were calquedupon Hellenistic models. Koine Greek remained the dominant language in the eastern part of the Roman Empire, extending into the Byzantine Empireas Byzantine Greek. In the city of Rome, Koine Greek was in widespread use among ordinary people, and the elite spoke an... |
d5d5adbe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Did Manuel Komnenos exist before or after the imperial period? | He existed after. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In historiography, the \"imperial period\" is by convention taken to last from 27 BC to AD 284. In archaeology, on the other hand, the term is usually taken to cover the period of c. AD 1 to 375 (the latter being a conventional date for the onset of the Migration Period )."
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d5d5ae0e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What were some of the methods Roman used to govern the populace in the absence of a large number of overseers? | The Romans used provincial and municipal governments to administer conquered regions and established The Legislative Assemblies of the Roman Republic for the people to vote on issues. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Romans used provincial and local governments to govern conquered territories without having to rule them directly. Although Rome ruled a vast empire, it needed strikingly few imperial officials to run it."
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d5d5ae360dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Were the Romans able to maintain a fair society with representation for everyone at all times? | While the Romans pioneered an example of representative democracy, they did enable the aristocratic elite to participate in government issues while excluding the people, thus no. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The patricians in Ancient Rome were of the same status as aristocrats in Greek society. Being of the noble class meant that patricians were able to participate in government and politics, while the plebeians could not. This privilege was important in Ancient Roman history and ended up causing a large... |
d5d5ae540dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who was the son of the person who was recalled from exile by the oligarchy? | Dionysius was the son of Clearchus who was later recalled from exile by the oligarchy | text | [] | [
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"text": "Dionysius ( Greek: Διονύσιος, Dionysios) was a tyrant of Heraclea Pontica on the Euxine (the Black Sea ). He was a son of Clearchus, who had assumed the tyranny in his place of birth. When Clearchus died (353/352 BC), he was first succeeded by his brother Satyrus, who reigned as guardian for Clearchu... |
d5d5ae7c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who was the citizen of Heraclea who placed precepts? | Clearchus who was a citizen of Heraclea was thought to have placed the precepts | text | [] | [
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"text": "The precepts were placed by a Greek named Clearchus, thought to be Clearchus of Soli, who had copied them from Delphi : Clearchus of Soli was a contemporary and compatriot of Stasanor (born in the same city of Soli, in Cyprus), who was a general of Alexander the Great and later satrap of Bactria and ... |
d5d5aea40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Ramesses and Tuya are royalty of which culture? | Ancient egypt | text | [] | [
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d5d5aecc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many years separated the invention of writing and behavioral modernity? | about 45,000 years. | text | [] | [
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d5d5aef40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Were there humans in the frost-free zones of Europe before or after the invention in writing? | Before. | text | [] | [
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d5d5af1c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | During the first epoch of the Neogen period, what was the climate like? | The climate was warm. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The climate was warm in the Miocene, especially in the first half. The diagram shows that throughout the Oligocene and the first half of the Miocene, climate remained warm. Significant drop off in both temperature and deep sea ocean temperature as measured by delta 18 O after the Middle Miocene Clima... |
d5d5af620dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The child of Gaia and Aether, who in Euripedes' Herakles is described as the daughter of Nyx, is called upon by a goddess to inflict Heracles with what condition? | Insanity. | text | [] | [
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d5d5af8a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who were the parents of the person who appeared as the Greek fleet gathers in Aulis to prepare for war against Troy? | Iphigenia's parents were King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In Greek mythology, Iphigenia ( / ɪfɪdʒɪˈnaɪ.ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἰφιγένεια, Iphigéneia, [iːpʰiɡéneː.a]) was a daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and thus a princess of Mycenae . In the story, Agamemnon offends the goddess Artemis on his way to the Trojan War by accidentally killing on... |
d5d5afb20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The heroine in Greek mythology whose name means "equal in weight" devoted herself to which goddess? | Atalanta devoted herself to the goddess Artemis. | text | [] | [
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"text": "At birth, Atalanta was taken to Mount Parthenion to be exposed because her father had desired a son. A she-bear—one of the symbols of Artemis—whose cubs had been ... |
d5d5b0020dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which states are a perfect example of the ideal government described by Plato that resembles the government of play Assemblywomen? | Crete and Sparta | text | [] | [
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"text": "The state formed by the women in this play bears many similarities to the ideal government described by Plato. It is not discernible which was released first; most likely Aristophanes had heard an early form of the Republic before it was completed and used it as the basis for Assemblywomen."
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d5d5b02a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How old was Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix when the Jugurthine War started? | Felix was 26 years-old when the Jugurthine War started. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix ( / ˈsʌlə /; 138–78 BC), commonly known as Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman who won the first large-scale civil war in Roman history, and became the first man of the republic to seize power through force."
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d5d5b0520dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | When did Hadrian appoint Ventidius Cumanus as the Roman procurator of the Judaea Province? | Hadrian didn't appoint Ventidius Cumanus to the position. Hadrian became Roman emperor after Cumanus' career was over. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Roman empire in the time of Hadrian (ruled 117–138 CE), showing, in western Asia, the Roman province of Judea. 1 legion deployed in 125. In 6 CE Archelaus' tetrachy (Judea, plus Samaria and Idumea) came under direct Roman administration."
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d5d5b0a20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How old is the culture from which the name Iris where the flower is derived? | The Greek language is 3400 years old. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Other plants named \"iris\" are found elsewhere in the Iridaceae. Iris is a genus of 260–300 species of flowering plants with showy flowers. It takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow, which is also the name for the Greek goddess of the rainbow, Iris."
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d5d5b0ca0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Does the word 'chemokines' derive from the same language that is used for the ordering system used to label beta carbon? | yes, Greek | text | [] | [
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"text": "The alpha carbon ( Cα) in organic molecules refers to the first carbon atom that attaches to a functional group, such as a carbonyl. The second carbon atom is called the beta carbon ( Cβ ), [1] and the system continues naming in alphabetical order with Greek letters ."
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d5d5b0f20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How old was Emperor Hadrian when work began on Hadrian's Wall? | Emperor Hadrian was 46 years-old when work began on Hadrian's Wall. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Publius Servilius Casca Longus, better known as Servilius Casca (died 42 BC), Roman tribune and one of the assassins of Julius Caesar Publius Aelius Hadrianus, the Emperor Hadrian (76–138 AD) Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, Roman patrician contemporary with Julius Caesar"
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d5d5b11a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who was said to have created the weapon wielded by the ancient Greek god the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses? | The Cyclopes forged Poseidon's trident. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Poseidon 's trident was crafted by the Cyclopes . In Greek myths, Poseidon's trident was forged by the cyclopes according to Pseudo-Apollodorus 's Bibliotheke. Poseidon wields his trident on a number of occasions."
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d5d5b1420dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which group participated in the Battle of Chaeronea and the Peloponnesian War? | Greece participated at the Battle of Chaeronea and the Peloponnesian War. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Achaeans were part of the Greek alliance led by Thebes and Athens which was defeated by King Philip II of Macedon at the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC. Subsequently, Achaea was part of the Macedonian dominated Corinthian League ."
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d5d5b1600dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who was the son of the Greek god of courage and war, that gave his name to an Aetolian city? | Pylus gave his name to Pylene and was the son of Ares. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In Greek mythology, Pylus ( Ancient Greek: Πύλος means \"in the gateway\") was a son of Ares and Demonice and thus, brother to Evenus, Molus and Thestius. He was said to give his name to the Aetolian city of Pylene located between the rivers Achelous and Evenos."
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d5d5b1920dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who was the first emperor to visit the the city that is at the head of the Adriatic and the seat of an ancient episcopal see? | Augustus was the first of a number of emperors to visit Aquileia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Augustus was the first of a number of emperors to visit Aquileia, notably during the Pannonian wars in 12–10 BC. It was the birthplace of Tiberius ' son by Julia, in the latter year. The Roman poet Martial praised Aquileia as his hoped for haven and resting place in his old age."
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d5d5b1ba0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In 53 BC, Crassus led an invasion of Mesopotamia in which he and his son Publius were killed at what battle between the Roman Republic and the Parthian Empire near present-day Harran, Turkey? | They were killed in the Battle of Carrhae. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In 53 BC, Crassusled an invasion of Mesopotamia, with catastrophic results; at the Battle of Carrhae, Crassus and his son Publiuswere defeated and killed by a Parthian army under General Surena."
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"text": "The Battle of Carrhae (Latin pronunciation: [ˈkarrae̯]) was fought in 53 BC between... |
d5d5b1e20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | During the period of cultural history between the 8th century BC and the 6th century AD, how many continents did the Europeans believe were located in the Old World? | They believed that there were three continents in the Old World. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Medieval Europeans considered Asia as a continent, a distinct landmass. The European concept of the three continents in the Old Worldgoes back to classical antiquity. Definition of continents has long been and remains primarily the realm of geographers, including cultural geographers as well as physi... |
d5d5b2000dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the ancient polytheistic religion practiced by the Iron Age people of Britain and Ireland, how many deities were named Latis? | Two, one a goddess and the other a god. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In ancient Celtic polytheism, Latis is the name of two Celtic deities worshipped in Roman Britain. One is a goddess (Dea Latis), the other a god (Deus Latis), and they are both known from a single inscription each."
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d5d5b2280dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | During what period was the son of Roman politician Marcus Annius Verus and noblewoman Domitia Lucilla born? | He was born during the reign of Hadrian. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Marcus was born during the reign of Hadrian to the emperor's nephew, the praetor Marcus Annius Verus, and the heiress Domitia Calvilla. His father died when he was three, and his mother and grandfather raised Marcus. After Hadrian's adoptive son, Aelius Caesar, died in 138, the emperor adopted Marcus... |
d5d5b2500dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Did the birth of Strabo occur before or after the death of Ctesibius? | It occurred after the death of Ctesibius. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Strabo ( / ˈstreɪboʊ /; Greek: Στράβων Strábōn; 64 or 63 BC – c. AD 24) was a Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian who lived in Asia Minor during the transitional period of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire . Strabo was born to an affluent family from Amaseia in Pontus (in present-day ... |
d5d5b2a00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What bitter rival of Simonides of Ceos composed an epinikion in honour of his then patron Hieron I, tyrant of Syracuse? | Pindar | text | [] | [
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"text": "It was the most quoted in antiquity and was hailed as the \"best of all the odes\" by Lucian. Pindar composed the epinikion in honour of his then patron Hieron I, tyrant of Syracuse, whose horse Pherenikos and its jockey were victorious in the single horse race in 476 BC."
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d5d5b2c80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In a 1987 remake of a 1953 American romantic comedy film Catherine Oxenberg starred in what role for which Audrey Hepburn wan an Academy Award for Best Actress? | Catherine Oxenberg starred as Princess Elysa in the 1987 remake of Roman Holiday. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The plot features Princess Elysa ( Catherine Oxenberg ), who is touring Rome, and decides to get 'out and about' away from her normal life. She meets with an American reporter and his photographer, who show her the sights."
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d5d5b2f00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The creature that in Canadian and American folklore that is purported to inhabit the forests of North America has a face that is described how? | The face of a Bigfoot is often described as human-like, with a flat nose and visible lips. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Bigfoot, also commonly referred to as Sasquatch, in Canadian and American folklore, is an ape -like creature that is purported to inhabit the forests of North America. Supposed evidence of the existence of Bigfoot is based on a number of anecdotal visual sightings, disputed video and audio recordings... |
d5d5b3180dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Aulus Didius Gallus was a Roman general and politician of the 1st century AD and between 52 and 57 AD was governor of conquered territory raised to the status of a Roman province on the island of Great Britain? | He was governor of Roman Britain. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Aulus Didius Gallus was a Roman general and politician of the 1st century AD. He was governor of Britain between 52 and 57 AD . The career of Aulus Didius Gallus up to 51 can be partly reconstructed from an inscription from Olympia."
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d5d5b3400dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Fabricius, who was elected censor in 275 BC, whose tales told of him were similar to those told of what son of Manius who was a 3-time consul and a plebeian hero of the Roman Republic? | There were similar to tales of Manius Curius Dentatus. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Fabricius was elected censor in 275 BC. The tales of Fabricius are the standard ones of austerity and incorruptibility, similar to those told of Curius Dentatus, and Cicero often cites them together; it is difficult to make out a true personality behind the virtues."
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d5d5b3680dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What port was Hippocrates' son known to have captured in approximately 565 BC? | Peisistratos, Hippocrates' son captured the port of Nisaea. | text | [] | [
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"text": "For other people with the same name, see Peisistratus (disambiguation). Peisistratos ( Greek: Πεισίστρατος; died 528/27 BC), latinised Pisistratus, the son of Hippocrates, was a ruler of ancient Athens during most of the period between 561 and 527 BC."
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d5d5b3900dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is Cura Annonae and when did it end? | Cura Annonae was the term used in ancient Rome, in honour of their goddess Annona, to describe the import and distribution of grain to the residents of the city of Rome. It is unknown when the Cura Annonae ended. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Cura Annonae was the term used in ancient Rome, in honour of their goddess Annona, to describe the import and distribution of grain to the residents of the city of Rome. After the re-foundation of Byzantium by Constantine the Great ( r. 306–337 ), the imperial city of Constantinople had its own cura ... |
d5d5b3ae0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The culture of the "ancient wise men" at the Carajia archaeological site were conquered by what empire? | The Chachapoyas were conquered by The Inca Empire shortly before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Carajía or Karijia is an archaeological site in the Utcubamba Valley, located 48 km northwest of the city of Chachapoyas, Peru in Luya Province, Amazonas Region, where eight Chachapoyan mummies were discovered on the cliffside, referred to by local residents as the “ancient wise men”."
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d5d5b3d60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Mainstream scientific opinion considers the mummy discovered in Wyoming informally nicknamed "Pedro" suffered from an infant that suffered from what disorder that in Greek means "without a brain"? | Mainstream scientific opinion considers "Pedro" to be the mummy of a malformed infant that was born with anencephaly. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The San Pedro Mountains mummy (known informally as Pedro) is a mummy discovered in Wyoming. Due to its unusual physical features and small stature, it has become a part of American folklore as well as UFOlogy and cryptozoology. Mainstream scientific opinion considers \"Pedro\" to be the mummy of a ma... |
d5d5b44e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What other names is the Western world known as? | The Western world is also known as the Occident and the West. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Western world, also known as the West, refers to various regions, nations and states, depending on the context, most often consisting of the majority of Europe, the Americas, and Australasia."
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"text": "The Western world is also known as the Occident (from the Latin word occidens, \"s... |
d5d5b4760dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was the name of the wife of the founder and prophet of the so-called "Orphic" mysteries? | Orpheus' wife was Eurydice. | text | [] | [
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"text": "For the Greeks, Orpheus was a founder and prophet of the so-called \"Orphic\" mysteries. He was credited with the composition of the Orphic Hymns and the Orphic Argonautica. Shrines containing purported relics of Orpheus were regarded as oracles ."
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d5d5b4940dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Where was Ancient Greece situated and which empire did Greek culture have an influence over? | Ancient Greece was a large area in the northeast of the Mediterranean Sea, where people spoke the Greek language.Greek culture had a powerful influence on the Roman Empire. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Greek culture had a powerful influence on the Roman Empire, which carried a version of it to many parts of the Mediterranean region and Europe. In this way, classical Greece was part of the foundation of Western civilization. Greek was also the language, and partly the culture, of the Byzantine Empir... |
d5d5b4c60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In classical mythology Corona Borealis generally represented the crown given to the Cretan princess Ariadne by what Greek god of the grape-harvest, winemaking and wine? | It was given to Ariadne by Dionysus. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Its brightest stars form a semicircular arc. Its Latin name, inspired by its shape, means \"northern crown\". In classical mythology Corona Borealis generally represented the crown given by the god Dionysus to the Cretan princess Ariadne and set by her in the heavens."
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d5d5b5660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is 300bp shorter than the group of non-LTR retrotransposons that are widespread in the genome of many eukaryotes? | SINEs. | text | [] | [
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d5d5b5b60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What describes the state of low blood pH and is said to occur when arterial pH falls below 7.35? | Acidemia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "If not further qualified, it usually refers to acidity of the blood plasma . The term acidemia describes the state of low blood pH, while acidosis is used to describe the processes leading to these states. Nevertheless, the terms are sometimes used interchangeably."
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d5d5b6060dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to National Register of what, sites of which are usually protected by law? | Historic Places | text | [] | [
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d5d5b62e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What index based on the developments of Mahbub ul Haq, can be viewed as an index of 'potential' human development that can be achieved if inequality was abolished? | The HDI. | text | [] | [
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"text": "While the simple HDI remains useful, it stated that \"the IHDI is the actual level of human development (accounting for inequality ), while the HDI can be viewed as an index of 'potential' human development (or the maximum level of HDI) that could be achieved if there were no inequality.\""
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"text": "QR code payment is a contactless payment method where payment is performed by scanning a QR code from a mobile app. This is an alternative to doing electronic funds transfer at point of sale using a payment terminal."
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d5d5b7140dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Wikimedia Commons has how many subcategories related to the type of thing the IOM is? | 41 | text | [] | [
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"text": "The International Organization for Migration ( IOM) is an intergovernmental organization that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees, and migrant workers."
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d5d5b7460dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is solely glutamatergic and receives most of its signals from the motor cortex and the cerebellum? | The mRN. | text | [] | [
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d5d5b78c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What symbol is written below the line of text for a line-level punctuation mark, and has many different uses within programming languages? | A caret. | text | [] | [
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d5d5b7b40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | For the caret symbol where material can be inserted inside it, in the margin, or above the line, what kind of uses can it have in programming languages? | It can signify exponentiation, the bitwise XOR operator, and more. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The free-standing circumflex symbol ^ has many uses in programming languages, where it is typically called a caret. It can signify exponentiation, the bitwise XOR operator, string concatenation, and control characters in caret notation, among other uses."
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d5d5b8040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | MVNOs have how many pages on Wikimedia Commons? | 113 | text | [] | [
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"text": "Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mobile virtual network operators. The main article for this category is Mobile virtual network operator. This category has only the following subcategory. The following 113 pages are in this category, out of 113 total."
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"text": "Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mobile virtual network operators. The main article for this category is Mobile virtual network operator. This category has only the following subcategory. The following 113 pages are in this category, out of 113 total."
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d5d5b8540dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Kumyks are a Turkic people, indigenous to Chechnya, North Ossetia and what country whose people have 47 subcategories on Wikimedia Commons? | Dagestan | text | [] | [
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"text": "Kumyks ( Kumyk: Къумукълар, romanized: Qumuqlar, Russian: Кумыки) are a Turkic people, indigenous to Dagestan, Chechnya and North Ossetia. They are the largest Turkic people in the North Caucasus ."
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d5d5b87c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The philosophy that encompasses the philosophies, world views and teachings that emerged in ancient India has how many subcategories on Wikimedia Commons? | 15 | text | [] | [
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"text": "Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hindu philosophy. The main article for this category is Hindu philosophy. This category has the following 15 subcategories, out of 15 total."
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d5d5b8a40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What can be a taste test widely used in school and college practical teaching as an example of Mendelian polymorphism in human populations or thermistors? | PTC. | text | [] | [
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d5d5b8cc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What can be a system of functional requirements for monitoring and controlling train movements or the taste test widely used in school and college practical teaching as an example of Mendelian polymorphism in human populations? | PTC. | text | [] | [
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d5d5b8f40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What three letters mean something used by IPv6 routers for discovering multicast listeners on a directly attached link or is one of two leukodystophies that are also a lysosomal storage disorder? | MLD. | text | [] | [
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"text": "MLD is one of two leukodystophies that are also a lysosomal storage disorder. MLD is inherited in an autosomal recessive way and is the result of mutations in three different ARSA alleles that encode the enzyme arylsulfatase A (ASA or sometimes ARSA), also called sulfatide sulfatase."
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d5d5b93a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In what form are the plugins of the AutoWikiBrowswer in order to make editing easier? | They are in the form of libraries (.dll files) which can be made in any .NET language such as C# or Visual Basic .NET. | text | [] | [
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"text": "AWB can load and use fully customized plugins. These plugins can process page text and extend the user interface, and are in the form of libraries (.dll files) which can be made in any .NET language such as C# or Visual Basic .NET. When AWB loads, it automatically checks to see if there are any plugi... |
d5d5b9620dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the goal of the guidelines developed by the World Wide Web Consortium? | Ensuring the long-term growth of the World Wide Web. | text | [] | [
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d5d5b9b20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a major challenge in the design of the weapon that creates an EMP? | A major challenge in all nuclear weapon designs is to ensure that a significant fraction of the fuel is consumed before the weapon destroys itself. | text | [] | [
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d5d5b9da0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a main class of nucleic acid that has a binding protien that can bind to double or single stranded versions of it? | RNA | text | [] | [
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"text": "RNA-binding proteins (often abbreviated as RBPs) are proteins that bind to the double or single stranded RNA in cells and participate in forming ribonucleoprotein complexes. RBPs contain various structural motifs, such as RNA recognition motif (RRM), dsRNA binding domain, zinc finger and others."
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d5d5b9f80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What main class of nucleic acid has a specific sequencing technique that uses next-generation sequencing to reveal it's presence and quantity? | RNA | text | [] | [
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"text": "They are composed of nucleotides, which are the monomers made of three components: a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group and a nitrogenous base. The two main classes of nucleic acids are deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA)."
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d5d5ba200dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Reverse transcriptase is an enzyme that uses a template strand of what to synthesize a complementary strand of DNA that the process by which genetic information from gets transcribed into new DNA? | RNA | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is the process by which genetic information from RNA gets transcribed into new DNA. The family of enzymes that are involved in this process is called Reverse Transcriptase . RNA replication is the copying of one RNA to another. Many viruses replicate this way."
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d5d5ba480dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | When diagnosing AMS, what help are CT scans? | They can confirm the absence of the zygomatic arch and abnormalities in the cranial and mandibular bones. | text | [] | [
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d5d5ba980dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is an electronic countermeasure (ECM) and what is it used for? | An electronic countermeasure (ECM) is an electrical or electronic device designed to trick or deceive radar, sonar or other detection systems, like infrared (IR) or lasers. When employed effectively, ECM can keep aircraft from being tracked by search radars, or targeted by surface-to-air missiles or air-to-air missiles... | text | [] | [
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"text": "When employed effectively, ECM can keep aircraft from being tracked by search radars, or targeted by surface-to-air missiles or air-to-air missiles. An aircraft ECM can take the form of an attachable underwing pod or could be embedded in the airframe."
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d5d5bab60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What broadcasting company that currently operates two terrestrial and four satellite televisions channels began shortwave broadcasting on an experimental basis in the 1930s? | NHK | text | [] | [
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"text": "NHK operates two terrestrial television channels ( NHK General TV and NHK Educational TV ), four satellite television channels (NHK BS1 and NHK BS Premium; as well as two ultra-high-definition television channels, NHK BS4K and NHK BS8K), and three radio networks ( NHK Radio 1, NHK Radio 2, and NHK FM... |
d5d5bade0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Libor which is calculated by the Intercontinental Exchange stands for what? | London Inter-bank Offered Rate | text | [] | [
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d5d5bafc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What Egyptian god of the earth was described as father of the mythological snake Nehebkau of primeval times? | In a Coffin Texts spell Geb was described as father of the mythological snake Nehebkau. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Geb was the Egyptian god of the earth and a mythological member of the Ennead of Heliopolis. he could also be considered a father of snakes. It was believed in ancient Egypt that Geb's laughter created earthquakes and that he allowed crops to grow."
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d5d5bb4c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who was the first music director of the Canadian orchestra based in Winnepeg, Manitoba that presents an average of 80 concerts per year? | Walter Kaufmann was the first music director of The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra ( WSO) is a Canadian orchestra based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Its primary concert venue is the Centennial Concert Hall, and the orchestra also performs throughout the province of Manitoba. The WSO presents an average of 80 concerts per year."
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d5d5bbc40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are Azo dyes and what state are they in? | Azo dyes are organic compounds bearing the functional group R−N=N−R′, in which R and R′ are usually aryl. They are in solid state. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Azo dyes are solids. Most are salts, the colored component being the anion usually, although some cationic azo dyes are known. The anionic character of most dyes arises from the presence of 1-3 sulfonic acid groups, which are fully ionized at the pH of the dyed article:"
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d5d5bbec0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Large Hadron Collider is the world's biggest and most powerful particle accelerator, and was built by what research institute near Geneva founded in 1954 that is the world's biggest laboratory for particle physics? | It was built by CERN. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Large Hadron Collider ( LHC) is the world's biggest and most powerful particle accelerator. It was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research ( CERN ). It is a giant circular tunnel built underground."
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d5d5bc3c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What sport with a batsman who strikes a ball and has fielders collecting them has an illegal move called chucking? | Cricket. | text | [] | [
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d5d5bc640dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who bowls deliveries toward the batsman in the sport that has a scorer that marks the score sheet with a dot for a legal delivery? | The designated bowler. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A cricket scorer will typically mark the score sheet with a dot for a legal delivery with no wicket taken or runs scored (hence the term \"a dot ball\") where conventional runs are taken the score sheet is marked with the number of runs taken on that delivery."
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d5d5bcd20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Abdul Hafeez and Iftikhar Ali Khan, the 8th Nawab of Pataudi both play what sport? | They play cricket. | text | [] | [
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d5d5bd220dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What part of the cricket field is the reference point for fielding restrictions which are decided by the captain after discussing them with the bowler? | Infield | text | [] | [
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d5d5bd680dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In response to the focus on elements of satire in a show featuring characters in a town in what state, Parker has said that the main goal of the show is to portray the students as "kids just being kids"? | Colorado | text | [] | [
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"text": "The ongoing narrative revolves around four children, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman and Kenny McCormick, and their bizarre adventures in and around the fictional and eponymous Colorado town."
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d5d5bd900dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which of the elements in barium titanate has an atomic number of 22? | Titanium | text | [] | [
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"text": "In this motif, the Ti (IV) centers are octahedral and the Ca 2+ centers occupy a cage of 12 oxygen centres. Many useful materials adopt related structures, e.g. barium titanate or variations of the structure, e.g. yttrium barium copper oxide ."
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d5d5bdb80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The 55th and 11th parallels south both cross what oceans? | The Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean | text | [] | [
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"text": "The 55th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 55 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and South America ."
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d5d5bde00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Most Nigerian Christians are Protestant (broadly defined), though about a quarter are what, which is most prevalent in Eastern Latvia? | Catholic | text | [] | [
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"text": "Lutheranism is the main Christian denomination among ethnic Latvians due to strong historical links with the Nordic countries and Northern Germany (see Hanseatic League ), while Catholicism is most prevalent in Eastern Latvia ( Latgale ), mostly due to Polish influence."
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d5d5be080dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was the population majority of city also known as Orumiyeh in the early Islamic period? | Christian | text | [] | [
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"text": "Urmia or Orumiyeh ( Persian: ارومیه , pronounced [oɾumiˈje] ( listen); Azerbaijani: Urmiya , Kurdish: ,ورمێ Ûrmiyê; Syriac: ܐܘܪܡܝܐ , romanized : Urmia; is the largest city in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran and the capital of Urmia County."
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d5d5be300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The ghounavy and the Carpobrotus are both species of what kind of plant? | A succulent. | text | [] | [
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d5d5be580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In Ancient Rome, what appeared at the center of the type of venue where Saint Telemachus tried to stop a gladiatorial fight? | A performance area appeared at the center of this type of venue. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Saint Telemachus (also Almachus or Almachius) was a monk who, according to the Church historian Theodoret, tried to stop a gladiatorial fight in a Roman amphitheatre, and was stoned to death by the crowd. The Christian Emperor Honorius, however, was impressed by the monk's martyrdom and it spurred hi... |
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