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d5d8d85e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The administrative region of Denmark, whose capital city is Sorø, is called what in Danish? | Region Zealand is called Region Sjælland in Danish. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The island of Zealand ( Sjælland) and the Danish Straits between Denmark and Sweden, connecting the Baltic Sea – on the right – and the Atlantic Ocean. Zealand is the most populous Danish island."
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"text": "Region Zealand is an administrative region of Denmark. The capital city is Sorø. T... |
d5d8d8900dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Buddhist monks from the major monasteries organized the rebuilding of the Laotian capital in what country which, for three and a half centuries, was one of the largest kingdoms in Southeast Asia? | Lan Xang | text | [] | [
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"text": "In Lan Xang, Buddhist monks from the major monasteries organized the rebuilding of the Laotian capital. Ultimately, the destruction and rebirth of Xieng Dong Xieng Thong was a catalyst for a golden age in Lan Xang where governance was fine-tuned, art flourished and beautiful temples were erected."
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d5d8d8e00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the population-level measure of toxicity for strychnine? | For humans, strychnine is very toxic, with an lethal oral dose of 30-120 mg. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Because individuals typically have different levels of response to the same dose of a toxic substance, a population-level measure of toxicity is often used which relates the probabilities of an outcome for a given individual in a population. One such measure is the LD 50."
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d5d8d9080dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What substance commonly found in fruit pits can have an aryl type prepared in the Rosenmund-von Braun synthesis? | Nitriles. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In the Kolbe nitrile synthesis, alkyl halides undergo nucleophilic aliphatic substitution with alkali metal cyanides . Aryl nitriles are prepared in the Rosenmund-von Braun synthesis . The cyanohydrins are a special class of nitriles. Classically they result from the addition of alkali metal cyanides... |
d5d8d9300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The presence of wit or sarcasm tends to distinguish non-poetic what, which is also essentially a typed lambda calculus with generalized algebraic data type extensions, except for two extensions, from aphorisms and adages, which tend to lack those qualities? | Epigrams | text | [] | [
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"text": "Epigram is essentially a typed lambda calculus with generalized algebraic data type extensions, except for two extensions. First, types are first-class entities, of type"
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d5d8d94e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Ketupa zeylonensis was originally described from a specimen of an owl collected in which modern country? | Ketupa zeylonensis, the brown fish owl, was originally described from a specimen collected in what is now Sri Lanka. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The brown fish owl ( Ketupa zeylonensis) is a fish owl species in the family known as typical owls, Strigidae. It is native from Turkey to South and Southeast Asia. Due its wide distribution it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List."
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d5d8d9760dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Ling-Temco-Vought and Tiltrotor were aircraft both involved which style of takeoff? | Vertical | text | [] | [
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"text": "A Tiltrotor is a type of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft that convert from vertical to horizontal flight by rotating propellers or ducted fans from horizontal positions like conventional aircraft propellers to vertical like a helicopter's rotors."
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d5d8d99e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is Phalangopsinae and where can they be seen? | Phalangopsinae, occasionally known as spider crickets, are a subfamily of crickets in the family Phalangopsidae. Species in this family are widely distributed, especially southern Hemisphere (i.e. continents excluding Europe, most of N. America and Antarctica). | text | [] | [
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"text": "Species in this family are widely distributed, especially southern Hemisphere (i.e. continents excluding Europe, most of N. America and Antarctica). These terrestrial Orthoptera, like the majority of crickets, tend to thrive in tropical or subtropical environments."
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d5d8d9bc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is Cursive Hebrew and how is the Hebrew language of the Samaritans written? | Cursive Hebrew is a collective designation for several styles of handwriting the Hebrew alphabet. The Hebrew language of the Samaritans is written in a unique abjad from that of Hebrew; this abjad is called the Samaritan alphabet. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Whereas the Israelites and later Hebrews suffered a number of exoduses and deportations over the course of history, Samaritans for the most part remained in Israel since ancient times. As a result, the Hebrew language of the Samaritans is written in a unique abjad from that of Hebrew; this abjad is c... |
d5d8d9e40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In what largest branch of Islam was Abu Bakr the replacement for leading prayer? | Sunni Islam. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Shi‘a Islam, also known as Shi‘ite Islam or Shi‘ism, is the second largest branch of Islam after Sunni Islam. Shias adhere to the teachings of Muhammad and the religious guidance of his family (who are referred to as the Ahl al-Bayt) or his descendants known as Shia Imams."
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d5d8da0c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In which cardinal direction would you have to go to reach Essex from Cambridgeshire and to reach Linton from Cambridge? | You would go south. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It borders Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. The city of Cambridge is the county town."
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d5d8da340dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the county seat of the county in Maryland where the valley called Pleasant Valley is found? | Hagerstown is the county seat of Washington County, the county in Maryland where the valley called Pleasant Valley is found. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Pleasant Valley is a small valley in Washington County, Maryland, United States . The valley is bound by South Mountain to the east, Elk Ridge to the west and the Potomac River to the south. To the north the valley opens up to connect with the Hagerstown Valley near Boonsboro."
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d5d8da5c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of Hellenistic Greek and Roman feature was a continuous porch formed by a row of columns that formed a courtyard for a house and was embellished with elaborate wall paintings? | Peristylium | text | [] | [
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"text": "The peristylium was an open courtyard within the house; the columns or square pillars surrounding the garden supported a shady roofed portico whose inner walls were often embellished with elaborate wall paintings of landscapes and trompe-l'œil architecture."
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d5d8daac0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | When German invasion forces travelled through both Belgium and the lower Ardennes Forest, who were they invading? | France | text | [] | [
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"text": "The battle was sparked by the mutual collision of French and German invasion forces in the lower Ardennes Forest. The pre-war French strategy expected German forces in the area to be light, and the French light, rapid firing artillery was expected to convey an advantage in forested terrain over the b... |
d5d8dad40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What, of which synthetic radioisotope are an example, occur naturally or are artificially produced in nuclear reactors, cyclotrons, particle accelerators or radionuclide generators? | Radionuclides | text | [] | [
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"text": "A synthetic radioisotope is a radionuclide that is not found in nature: no natural process or mechanism exists which produces it, or it is so unstable that it decays away in a very short period of time. Examples include technetium -95 and promethium -146. Many of these are found in, and harvested fro... |
d5d8db2e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What language does the word referring to professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines derive from? | Latin. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The word engineer ( Latin ingeniator) is derived from the Latin words ingeniare (\"to create, generate, contrive, devise\") and ingenium (\"cleverness\")."
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d5d8db4c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What site in Wiltshire is a large ceremonial monument that was built during the Neolithic or "New Stone Age" time period of the British Isles? | Silbury Hill | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Neolithic British Isles refers to the period of British, Irish and Manx history that spanned from c. 4000 to c. 2,500 BCE. The final part of the Stone Age in the British Isles, it was a part of the greater Neolithic, or \"New Stone Age\", across Europe."
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d5d8db740dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Thomas Dewey won a state with 49.23% of the popular vote running in an election where he what? | Lost | text | [] | [
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"text": "Michigan was won by Governor Thomas Dewey ( R – New York ), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 49.23% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman ( D – Missouri ), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 47.57% of the popular vote."
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d5d8db9c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Flinders Island lingua franca was based primarily on Northeastern and what, of which 4 to 5 languages are recorded in the 26 unmixed Tasmanian word lists? | Eastern Tasmanian | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Flinders Island lingua franca was based primarily on Eastern and Northeastern Tasmanian languages. The English-based Bass Strait Pidgin continued some vocabulary from the lingua franca. The constructed language Palawa kani is based on many of the same languages as the lingua franca."
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d5d8dbc40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Would Marco Polo or Mihai Tican-Rumano be more likely to have been spotted in Romania? | Mihai Tican-Rumano, Romania wasn't formed until after Marco Polo's death. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In the 13th and 14th centuries, a number of Europeans, many of them Christian missionaries, had sought to penetrate into China. The most famous of these travelers was Marco Polo."
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d5d8dbec0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What political view that emphasizes free association and a skepticism of authority and state power, originated as a form of left-wing politics such as anti-authoritarian and ant-state socialists? | Libertarianism | text | [] | [
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"text": "Libertarians seek to maximize autonomy and political freedom, emphasizing free association, freedom of choice, individualism and voluntary association. Libertarians share a skepticism of authority and state power, but some of them diverge on the scope of their opposition to existing economic and poli... |
d5d8dc1e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a coat of arms and can they be issued to people alone? | A coat of arms is a unique design painted on a shield, they are normally issued for real people but nowadays lots of countries and businesses also have coats of arms. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Coats of arms are normally issued for real people but nowadays lots of countries and businesses also have coats of arms. Each symbol on the coat of arms will represent something that has an important meaning to that person, country or company."
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d5d8dc3c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What Route number is shared between the Albanian road running from border Montenegro to Tirana, and the 3,813 km long East Coast U.S. Route? | The number 1. | text | [] | [
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"text": "National Road 1 (Albania), road running from border Montenegro (Hani i Hotit) to Tirana. Highway 1 (Australia), a highway connecting all of the country's state capitals and also Darwin, Northern Territory."
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d5d8dc640dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Hypogonadism means diminished functional activity of the gonads —the testes or the ovaries —that may result in diminished production of sex what, an example of which is Testosterone? | Hormones | text | [] | [
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d5d8dc8c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What animal is the last name of Ablan Leon associated with? | A lion | text | [] | [
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"text": "In Roman times the city was the garrison of the 7th Legion, known as the Legio Gemina. The city’s name became reduced from Legion (em) to Leon (em), and in this form developed an unetymological association with the word for ‘lion’, Spanish león."
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d5d8dcb40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How long is the river that US 271 crosses after it leaves Antlers? | The river is about 177 miles long. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Northward, US 271 is a two-lane road. It goes under the turnpike without an interchange before entering Antlers, where there is a concurrency with SH 3 through town. Leaving Antlers, US 271 crosses the Kiamichi River. The road to Clayton is sinuous and scenic, passing through hilly woodlands."
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d5d8dcdc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What memory is used in most computers where data corruption cannot be tolerated under any circumstances and is the central idea of the sender encodes the message in a redundant way, most often by using it? | ECC | text | [] | [
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"text": "In telecommunication, information theory, and coding theory, forward error correction ( FEC) or channel coding is a technique used for controlling errors in data transmission over unreliable or noisy communication channels. The central idea is the sender encodes the message in a redundant way, most o... |
d5d8dd2c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are four main components of the management system that is used to ensure high reliability of a solid rocket motor? | The four main components are quality planning, quality assurance, quality control, and quality improvement. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A liquid rocket engine can be tested prior to use, whereas for a solid rocket motor a rigorous quality management must be applied during manufacturing to ensure high reliability."
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d5d8dd540dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Smartstax is an example of what type of plant where the DNA has been modified using genetic engineering techniques? | Smartstax is a brand of genetically modified maize. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Smartstax is a brand of GM maize that has eight different genes added to it, making it resistant to two types of herbicides and toxic to six different species of insects. While most crops are engineered to resist insects or tolerate herbicides some crops have been developed for other traits."
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d5d8dd860dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Nonlinear acoustics (NLA) is a branch of what science that studies matter and its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force? | Nonlinear acoustics (NLA) is a branch of physics. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Nonlinear acoustics (NLA) is a branch of physics and acoustics dealing with sound waves of sufficiently large amplitudes. Large amplitudes require using full systems of governing equations of fluid dynamics (for sound waves in liquids and gases) and elasticity (for sound waves in solids)."
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d5d8ddd60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many years before the death of John II did King Edward I die? | He died 67 years before. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Effigy of Peter, Duke of Coimbra, in the Monument of the Discoveries, in Lisbon, Portugal. In 1433, he completed his famous six-volume work, the Tratado da Virtuosa Benfeitoria . When Peter's brother King Edward I of Portugal died in 1438, Peter's nephew Afonso V ascended the throne as an infant."
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d5d8de080dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | When holding a ḍamaru, what hand gesture do you need to use that have meaning in many forms of Indian dance, and yoga? | A mudra. | text | [] | [
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"text": "As well as being spiritual gestures employed in the iconography and spiritual practice of Indian religions, mudras have meaning in many forms of Indian dance, and yoga. The range of mudras used in each field (and religion) differs, but with some overlap."
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d5d8de300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Chilocorus nigritus and Harmonia axyridis are both what? | Beetles. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Harmonia axyridis, most commonly known as the harlequin, multicolored Asian, or Asian ladybeetle, is a large coccinellid beetle. This is one of the most variable species in the world, with an exceptionally wide range of color forms."
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d5d8de580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is most commonly used that is based on inexpensive calcium chloride and sodium chloride that is a high-concentration solution of salt (NaCl) in water (H2O)? | A brine | text | [] | [
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"text": "Most commonly used brines are based on inexpensive calcium chloride and sodium chloride. It is used because the addition of salt to water lowers the freezing temperature of the solution and the heat transport efficiency can be greatly enhanced for the comparatively low cost of the material."
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d5d8dea80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What does the atoll called Teraina have that distinguishes it from others, that is the same kind of body of water as the Indonesian Danau Toba? | A lake. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Lake Toba ( Indonesian: Danau Toba) is a large natural lake in North Sumatra, Indonesia, occupying the caldera of a supervolcano. The lake is located in the middle of the northern part of the island of Sumatra, with a surface elevation of about 900 metres (2,953 ft), the lake stretches from / 2.88; 9... |
d5d8ded00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Iglesias del Serrablo and the Catedral de San Pedro Apóstol are both types of what? | Churches. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Cathedral of St Peter the Apostle ( Spanish: Catedral de San Pedro Apóstol) is a Roman Catholic church located in Jaca, in Aragon, Spain. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaca ."
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d5d8def80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The US highway that runs NE-SW for 1197 miles and starts/ends at El Paso, Texas, used to stretch to downtown Chicago during what years? | US 54 reached downtown Chicago from 1942 to 1971. | text | [] | [
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"text": "U.S. Route 54 ( US 54) is an east–west United States Highway that runs northeast–southwest for 1,197 miles (1,926 km) from El Paso, Texas, to Griggsville, Illinois. It enters and leaves Texas twice."
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d5d8df480dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Why does the planet whose tallest volcano is Olympus Mons have a reddish appearance? | This planet has a reddish appearance because iron oxide is prevalent on its surface. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The main difference between Martian shield volcanoes and those on Earth is in size: Martian shield volcanoes are truly colossal. For example, the tallest volcano on Mars, Olympus Mons, is 550 km across and 21 km high. It is nearly 100 times greater in volume than Mauna Loa in Hawaii, the largest shie... |
d5d8df700dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Between lipid-soluble and water-soluble hormones, which doesn't have the ability to diffuse through cell membranes? | Water-soluble | text | [] | [
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"text": "Lipid-soluble hormones target specific sequences of DNA by diffusing into the cell. When they have diffused into the cell, they bind to receptors (intracellular), and migrate into the nucleus. heir response elements are DNA sequences (promoters) that are bound by the complex of the steroid bound to i... |
d5d8df980dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was the name of the state that was ruled over by the Valois Dukes until it gained its independence from the French Crown in 1435? | The Burgundian State | text | [] | [
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"text": "By the 1435 Congress of Arras Duke Philip acknowledged the rule of King Charles VII of France and in turn reached the formal independence of the Burgundian lands from the French Crown. In 1441 he also purchased the Duchy of Luxembourg from the last duchess regnant Elisabeth of Görlitz ."
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d5d8dfc00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The music video game series produced by Konami and Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series is an example of what genre of music-themed action video games? | Dance Dance Revolution is an example of a rhythm game. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Rhythm game or rhythm action is a genre of music-themed action video game that challenges a player's sense of rhythm. The genre includes dance games such as Dance Dance Revolution and music-based games such as Donkey Konga and Guitar Hero."
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d5d8dfe80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of object that produces a magnetic field is made of the iron alloy alnico? | Horseshoe magnet | text | [] | [
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"text": "A magnet is a material or object that produces a magnetic field. This magnetic field is invisible but is responsible for the most notable property of a magnet: a force that pulls on other ferromagnetic materials, such as iron, steel, nickel, cobalt, etc. and attracts or repels other magnets."
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d5d8e0100dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Homologous are a group of what thing that the AR is an example of? | Receptors | text | [] | [
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"text": "Vitamin D derivatives are a sixth closely related hormone system with homologous receptors. They have some of the characteristics of true steroids as receptor ligands . Estradiol, an important estrogen steroid hormone in both women and men."
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d5d8e0380dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | An integer is positive if it is greater than what, which as a digit is used as a placeholder in place value systems? | Zero | text | [] | [
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"text": "As a digit, 0 is used as a placeholder in place value systems. Names for the number 0 in English include zero, nought (UK), naught (US; / nɔːt / ), nil, or—in contexts where at least one adjacent digit distinguishes it from the letter \"O\"— oh or o ( / oʊ / )."
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d5d8e0880dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Is the acronym for On-Off Keying or semi-active radar homing longer? | The acronym for semi-active radar homing is longer. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Continuous, unmodulated carrier, formerly common for radio direction finding (RDF) in marine and aeronautical navigation. Signalling by keying the carrier directly, a.k.a. Continuous Wave (CW) or On-Off Keying (OOK), currently used in amateur radio."
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d5d8e0b00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who takes a vow of celibacy in the Latin Church and is called presbyters in the Orthodox church? | The priests. | text | [] | [
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d5d8e1000dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many International airports are operational in Israel and which is the second largest? | Currently there are three international airports operational in Israel, all managed by the Israel Airports Authority. The second largest is Ramon Airport. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Currently there are three international airports operational in Israel, all managed by the Israel Airports Authority. Ben Gurion Airport serves as the main entrance and exit airport in and out of Israel."
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d5d8e1280dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Assembly and declarative are both types of what? | Programming languages | text | [] | [
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"text": "In computer programming, assembly language (or assembler language ), often abbreviated asm, is any low-level programming language in which there is a very strong correspondence between the instructions in the language and the architecture's machine code instructions."
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d5d8e1500dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Are methacrylates and methyl acrylate basically the same thing? | No, they are different. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Methacrylates are common monomers in polymer plastics, forming the acrylate polymers. Methacrylates easily form polymers because the double bonds are very reactive. They are used as the monomer resin in some windscreen repair kits, dental materials and as bone cement for fixing prosthetic devices in ... |
d5d8e1780dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What river flows around the southern end of the mountain range that the South Pennine Ring canal crosses between Manchester and Huddersfield? | The Trent River flows around the southern end of the Pennines. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Swale, Ure, Nidd, Wharfe, Aire, Calder and Don all flow into the Yorkshire Ouse, and reach the sea through the Humber Estuary . The River Trent flows around the southern end of the Pennines and northwards on the eastern side taking water from tributaries, principally the Dove and Derwent."
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d5d8e1a00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who is the main character in Arthur Allan Seidelman's film that angers their dad, the mighty Zeus? | Hercules | text | [] | [
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"text": "Hercules becomes a successful professional wrestler . Zeus, watching Hercules from the heights, becomes irritated with Hercules' antics, which he feels are making a mockery of the gods, and calls on Mercury to stop Hercules."
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d5d8e1c80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What micro tectonic plate located west of the Mariana Trench is separated from the Philippine Sea Plate to the west by a divergent boundary with numerous transform fault offsets? | Mariana Plate | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is separated from the Philippine Sea Plate to the west by a divergent boundary with numerous transform fault offsets. The boundary between the Mariana and the Pacific Plate to the east is a subduction zone with the Pacific Plate subducting beneath the Mariana."
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d5d8e1f00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What nerve tract that originates in the spinal cord and runs ipsilaterally receives proprioceptive information from the same organs as Flechsig's tract? | The spinocerebellar tract | text | [] | [
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"text": "Spinocerebellar tracts are labeled in blue at right. The spinocerebellar tract is a nerve tract originating in the spinal cord and terminating in the same side ( ipsilateral) of the cerebellum . Proprioceptive information is obtained by Golgi tendon organs and muscle spindles ."
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d5d8e2180dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What province is on the western border of the state that contains the municipality of Lages? | The Argentine province of Misiones appears on this state's western border. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Lages is a Brazilian municipality located in the central part of the state of Santa Catarina, in the region known in Portuguese as \"Planalto Serrano\". It is located in the mountain region of the state and is the largest municipality of it."
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d5d8e2360dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How old was Polybius when he was chosen to carry the funeral urn of Philopoemen? | Polybius was 18 years-old when he was chosen to carry the funeral urn of Philopoemen. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Polybius was born around 200 BC in Megalopolis, Arcadia, when it was an active member of the Achaean League. The town was revived, along with other Achaean states, a century before he was born."
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d5d8e2680dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Where are the provincial electoral districts of Edmonton-Glenora and Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo both located? | They are both located in Alberta, Canada. | text | [] | [
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"text": "For the neighbourhood, see Glenora, Edmonton. Edmonton-Glenora is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is located north of the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton ."
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d5d8e2900dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the name for an aerially accessible open space with nearby control towers, hangars and terminals that only services rotorcraft? | A heliport is an airport with a helipad but no runway. | text | [] | [
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"text": "An airport consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway for a plane to take off or a helipad, and often includes adjacent utility buildings such as control towers, hangars and terminals ."
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d5d8e2b80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Shri Pravin Srivastava and Thailand's NSO are both associated with what? | Statistics | text | [] | [
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d5d8e3300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What has several varieties of it that are also popular in Mexico, Newfoundland and Labrador and the southwest United States that is a sausage filled with blood that is cooked or dried and mixed with a filler until it is thick enough to solidify when cooled? | blood sausage | text | [] | [
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d5d8e3800dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Apollonion and the place with the doors known as the "Gates of Janus" are known as what? | Temples. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Temple of Apollo ( Greek: Ἀπολλώνιον Apollonion) is one of the most important ancient Greek monuments on Ortygia, in front of the Piazza Pancali in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy ."
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d5d8e3a80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Bonifacio and Algajola are both what? | Communes on Corsica | text | [] | [
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"text": "Algajola is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica . The inhabitants of the commune are known as Algajolais or Algajolaises Algajola is a commune on the Balagne coast between Calvi, 12 km to the west, and Ile Rousse, 10 km to the East."
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d5d8e42a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Rose Hill neighborhood in the New York City is in a location that was previously purchased by Europeans from which Native American tribe? | Manhattan was purchased from the Lenape Native Americans. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Minuit is generally credited with orchestrating the purchase of Manhattan Island for the Dutch from the Lenape Native Americans. Manhattan later became the site of the Dutch city of New Amsterdam, and the borough of Manhattan of modern-day New York City."
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d5d8e4520dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What actor born on 9 September 1987 plays a younger half sister? | Toral Raputra | text | [] | [
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"text": "Rukmini a.k.a. Rukmi (Jaya Binju) lives with her father Madan Singh, step-mother Dhapu, younger half-sister Rasal ( Toral Rasputra) and half-brother Gheesu. They are poor and struggle to make ends meet."
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d5d8e47a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of aircraft can the "projection and command ships" deploy 16 of, that the HMS Ocean of the Royal Navy's flight deck for it can extend the full length of the ship? | A helicopter. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A helicopter carrier has a large flight deck that occupies a large part of the ship, which can extend the full length of the ship like HMS Ocean of the Royal Navy (RN), or only partway, usually aft, as in the Soviet Navy 's Moskva class, the Chinese Navy 's Type 0891A or the Royal Fleet Auxiliary's (... |
d5d8e4d40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | If you were in Europe what type of bird would the The yellow-wattled lapwing ( Vanellus malabaricus) be called? | It would be called a shorebird. | text | [] | [
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d5d8e5240dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Aliskiren (developed by Novartis) and the new Bosentan both treat what kind of disorder? | Hypertension. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Aliskiren (developed by Novartis) is a renin inhibitor which has been approved by the U.S. FDA for the treatment of hypertension. Aldosterone receptor antagonists are not recommended as first-line agents for blood pressure, but spironolactone and eplerenone are both used in the treatment of heart fai... |
d5d8e5420dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How does the thing whose user interface is based on the orthodox file manager (OFM) principle execute components that are capable of viewing specific filetypes? | Using the KParts object model | text | [] | [
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"text": "Using the KParts object model, Krusader executes components that are capable of viewing (and sometimes editing) specific filetypes and embeds their client area directly into a new Krusader window. This makes it possible (for example) to view an office document directly from within Krusader."
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d5d8e56a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | People such as Paul the Apostle who defended their beliefs against critics and recommended their faith to outsiders were called what? | Christian apologists | text | [] | [
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"text": "Apologetics (from Greek ἀπολογία, \"speaking in defense\") is the religious discipline of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse. Early Christian writers (c. 120–220) who defended their beliefs against critics and recommended their faith to outsiders were called ... |
d5d8e60a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the baseflow concentrations of the compound that is the fraction of organic carbon in undisturbed watersheds? | 1 to 20 mg/L carbon. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Dissolved organic carbon ( DOC) is the fraction of organic carbon operationally defined as that which can pass through a filter with a pore size typically between 0.22 and 0.7 micrometers. The fraction remaining on the filter is called particulate organic carbon (POC)."
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d5d8e6320dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | 8-Cyclopentyl-1,3-dimethylxanthine is a drug that acts as an antagonist for what receptors commonly known for their antagonists caffeine and theophylline? | 8-Cyclopentyl-1,3-dimethylxanthine is a drug which acts as a potent and selective antagonist for the adenosine receptors. | text | [] | [
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"text": "8-Cyclopentyl-1,3-dimethylxanthine ( 8-Cyclopentyltheophylline, 8-CPT, CPX) is a drug which acts as a potent and selective antagonist for the adenosine receptors, with some selectivity for the A 1 receptor subtype, as well as a non-selective phosphodiesterase inhibitor."
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d5d8e65a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | GRB7 and Growth factor receptor-bound protein 10 are both types of what? | Proteins | text | [] | [
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"text": "Growth factor receptor-bound protein 7, also known as GRB7, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GRB7 gene. The product of this gene belongs to a small family of adaptor proteins that are known to interact with a number of receptor tyrosine kinases and signaling molecules."
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d5d8e6820dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The primary cathedral of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston was named a national historic landmark in what year? | St. Mary Cathedral was named a national historic landmark in 1973. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is the primary cathedral of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston and the mother church of the Catholic Church in Texas, as well as a minor basilica. Along with the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston, St. Mary's serves more than 1.5 million Catholics living in the Archdiocese."
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d5d8e6b40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Was Abdul Qadir Gilani born before or after Hasan al-Basri wrote the Risala? | He was born after. | 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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d5d8e6dc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | There are also dozens of prehistoric sites across what plateau , whose ancient people spoke a language that formed a sub-branch of the Indo-Iranian sub-family,? | Iranian | text | [] | [
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"text": "Ancient Iranian peoples spoke languages that were the ancestors of modern Iranian languages, these languages form a sub-branch of the Indo-Iranian sub-family, which is a branch of the family of the wider Indo-European languages."
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d5d8e72c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Varanus salvator and Varanus salvadorii are both types of what? | Lizards | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Asian water monitor ( Varanus salvator) is a large varanid lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. It is one of the most common monitor lizards in Asia, ranging from coastal northeast India, Sri Lanka, mainland Southeast Asia to Indonesian islands where it lives close to water."
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d5d8e74a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What capital offense was Dylann Roof charged with? | He was charged with murder. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Murder is categorized as a capital offense; if convicted, the offender will receive either the death penalty or life in prison without parole. A unanimous vote of a twelve-person jury, is required to sentence a person to death if they are convicted of capital murder."
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d5d8e7720dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Cate Blanchett won an award for The Aviator that what person won for The King's Speech? | Helena Bonham Carter | text | [] | [
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"text": "The King's Speech earned the most nominations with fourteen and won seven, including Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Best Actor for Colin Firth, Best Supporting Actor for Geoffrey Rush, Best Supporting Actress for Helena Bonham Carter, and Best Original Screenplay for David Seidler."
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d5d8e79a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Are there more species of deer and elk in California or more inches of precipitation, on average, in Death Valley? | There are more species of deer and elk in CA. | text | [] | [
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"text": "One species of pronghorn occurs in California. Two species of bison, cattle, goats, and sheep occur in California. Four species of deer and elk occur in California. One species of pig occurs in California."
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d5d8e7c20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Singh Durbar is the headquarters of radio and television for what country that Kathmandu is the capital of? | Nepal | text | [] | [
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"text": "Kathmandu ( / ˌkætmænˈduː /; Nepali: काठमाडौँ, Nepali pronunciation: [ˈkaʈʰmaɳɖu]) is the capital and largest city of Nepal, with a population of around 1 million. Also known as the city of temples, the city stands at an elevation of approximately 1,400 metres (4,600 feet) above sea level in the bowl... |
d5d8e7ea0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The thing that stresses the special relationship between God and his chosen people, Israel is part of how many sections? | Two | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Old Testament is the first section of the two-part Christian biblical canon; the second section is the New Testament. The Old Testament includes the books of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) or protocanon, and in various Christian denominations also includes deuterocanonical books."
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d5d8e8620dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What kingdom was the earliest known polity in the island that is dominated by a 1,950 meter tall volcano? | The kingdom of Tamna. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Jeju is a volcanic island, dominated by Hallasan: a volcano 1,950 metres (6,400 ft) high and the highest mountain in South Korea. The island measures approximately 73 kilometres (45 mi) across, east to west, and 41 kilometres (25 mi) from north to south."
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d5d8e8da0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The word hobbit and The Shire appear in what work by Tolkien? | The Lord of the Rings. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Tolkien set out a fictional etymology for the word \"hobbit\" in an appendix to The Lord of the Rings, that it was derived from holbytla (plural holbytlan ), meaning \"hole-builder\". This was Tolkien's own new construction from Old English hol, \"a hole or hollow\", and bytlan, \"to build\"."
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d5d8e9020dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What country historically known as Zaire is a member of the African Union, the United Nations, La Francophonie, the Economic Community of Central African States, and the Non-Aligned Movement? | The Democratic Republic of the Congo | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Democratic Republic of the Congo ( DRC) ( pronunciation (help·info) French: République démocratique du Congo (RDC) [kɔ̃ɡo] ), also known as Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo ( French: RD Congo ), the DROC, the DRC, or simply either Congo or the Congo, and historically Zaire, is a country in Central Africa... |
d5d8e97a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the Peoples Republican Party and who is its leader? | The Peoples Republican Party, also known as Republican Party of India (Kawade), is a political party in India. The leader of the party is Jogendra Kawade. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Peoples Republican Party, also known as Republican Party of India (Kawade), is a political party in India. PRP is a splinter group of the old B. R. Ambedkar 's Republican Party of India."
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"text": "The leader of the party is Jogendra Kawade. Its presence is limited to Maharashtra amon... |
d5d8e9ca0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The tellurium anion and its derivatives do not have any great what? | Economic importance | text | [] | [
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"text": "Telluride (chemistry), the tellurium anion and its derivatives Telluride mineral, any mineral that has the telluride ion as its main component Telluride Association, an educational non-profit organization in the United States Telluride House, a Cornell University residential society and one of the Te... |
d5d8e9fc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Japanese imperial education was implemented in what country, officially known as the Republic of China? | Taiwan | text | [] | [
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"text": "Classical Chinese (used in formal or ceremonial occasion, religious or cultural rites, official documents, legal and courts rulings) . Taiwan, officially the Republic of China ( ROC ), is a country in East Asia."
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d5d8ea1a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the official title of the Great Northern Road in England and how many junctions does it have? | A1 is the official title of the Great Northern Road in England and it has six major junctions with motorways, and over twenty major junctions with other A roads. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A1 is the official title of the Great Northern Road in England. It runs up the eastern side of England from London to Edinburgh in Scotland. It is six hundred and sixty kilometres long, making it the longest numbered road in the U.K.."
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d5d8ea4c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who is the husband of one of Malika Randhawa's nieces? | Fardeen Khan is the husband of Natasha, Malika Randhawa's niece. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Malika Askari Randhawa is an Indian actress of Bollywood who is known by the mononym Malika. She is the wife of wrestler and actor Randhawa and sister of actress Mumtaz. She was married to Dara Singh 's brother, Randhawa, and has two children, son Shaad Randhawa, who is an actor and a daughter Shehna... |
d5d8ea6a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The national what, which IMLI launched a project to reservation and mobilization of 37 of, of Bangladesh is Bengali? | Language | text | [] | [
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"text": "International Mother Language Institute (IMLI) in Dhaka, a government institute, launched a project to reservation and mobilization of 37 languages (including Bengali, the dominant language of Bangladesh). Only 4 of the target languages have their own scripts — Chakma, Marma, Mru, and Meithei.[3]"
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d5d8ea920dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Galápagos prickly pear shares territory with what other cactus species that grows on barren lava flows? | The lava cactus is also endemic to the Galápagos Islands. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Opuntia echiosis a species of plantin the family Cactaceae. It is endemicto the Galápagos Islands(Ecuador) and is commonly known as the Galápagos prickly pear, but there are five other species of prickly pearsthat also are endemic to the archipelago (O. galapageia, O. helleri, O. insularis, O. megasp... |
d5d8eac40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Benson and Kennebec are both names of what? | Rivers | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Kennebec River is a 170-mile-long (270 km) river within the U.S. state of Maine . It rises in Moosehead Lake in west-central Maine. The East and West Outlets join at Indian Pond and the river flows southward. Harris Station Dam, the largest hydroelectric dam in the state, was constructed near tha... |
d5d8eaec0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Wenceslaus II and Rudolf were both what? | Kings | text | [] | [
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"text": "Charles IV was born to King John of the Luxembourg dynasty and Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia of the Czech Premyslid Dynasty in Prague. He was originally named Wenceslaus ( Václav ), the name of his maternal grandfather, King Wenceslaus II."
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d5d8eb0a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Nationals of what Republic have the rights to be free of religion, media, writing, publishing, association, assembly, the charge of address, body and ownership, but Dual citizens are prohibited from holding any office? | South Korea | text | [] | [
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"text": "All citizens of the Republic of Korea are equal without gender, wealth and stratum. All citizens of the Republic of Korea have the rights to be free of religion, media, writing, publishing, association, assembly, the charge of address, body and ownership."
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d5d8eb820dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Are the statues of Tadeusz Kościuszko in Washington, D.C and Krakow made of the same material? | Yes, both statues are made of bronze | text | [] | [
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"text": "American Revolution Statuary. A bronze statue of Tadeusz Kościuszko by Antoni Popiel is installed in Washington, D.C.'s Lafayette Park, in the United States. The statue is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as a part of American Revolution Statuary in Washington, D.C."
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d5d8ebaa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the greater area population of the town in the county of Isle of Wight, England where bodies from the HMS Royal George washed ashore in 1782? | Ryde has a greater area population of 32,072. | text | [] | [
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"text": "This is a list of towns and villages in the county of Isle of Wight, England . There are nine main towns, most located along the north and east coasts. By greater area population, Ryde is the largest with a population of 32,072."
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d5d8ebd20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Molybdenum (V) chloride shares the first word of its name with what iconic example of a compound with a metal-metal quadruple bond? | Molybdenum (II) acetate | text | [] | [
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"text": "Molybdenum (II) acetate is an iconic example of a compound with a metal-metal quadruple bond. It adopts the same Chinese lantern structure as related acetate dimers such as rhodium (II) acetate, copper (II) acetate, and chromium (II) acetate."
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d5d8ec400dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the 8th century AD, the territories in the upper Anterior Rhine valley were given to this abbey, whose historical name was Sursilvan for what? | Cadi was Sursilvan for "House of God", and the historical name of Disentis Abbey. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The territories in the upper Anterior Rhine valley ( Surselva) were given to Disentis Abbey, and thus removed from the direct rule of Raetia Curiensis, by Tello, Bishop of Chur (d. 765). The territory was divided into Sursassiala (\"above the gorge [viz. Punt Russein]\") and Sutsassiala (\"below the ... |
d5d8ec9a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The species of parasitic flowering plants with no stems, leaves of roots is the national flower of what country? | Indonesia | text | [] | [
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"text": "Rafflesia is the national flower of Indonesia. The plant has no stems, leaves or roots. It is a holoparasite of vines in the genus Tetrastigma (a plant in the Vitaceae, the grape vine family), spreading its absorptive organ, the haustorium, inside the tissue of the vine."
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d5d8ecea0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The heptatonic, or seven-note, conception of the blues scale is as a what, defined as is any heptatonic scale that includes five whole steps (whole tones) and two half steps (semitones) in each octave, in which the two half steps are separated from each other by either two or three whole steps, depending on their posit... | Diatonic scale | text | [] | [
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"text": "The heptatonic, or seven-note, conception of the blues scale is as a diatonic scale (a major scale) with lowered third, fifth, and seventh degrees, which is equivalent to the dorian ♭ 5 scale, the second mode of the harmonic major scale. Blues practice is derived from the \"conjunction of 'African sc... |
d5d8ed120dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The species name of Lepus americanus simply refers to what location it is found in the genus? | America. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The snowshoe hare ( Lepus americanus ), also called the varying hare or snowshoe rabbit, is a species of hare found in North America. It has the name \"snowshoe\" because of the large size of its hind feet."
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"text": "The species name, \" americanus \" simply indicates that this is an Ame... |
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