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d5d99b040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Are there more counties in the Denver-Aurora combined statistical area or the Erie-Meadville, PA combined statistical area. | There are more counties in the Denver-Aurora one. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The United States Office of Management and Budget has defined the 12-county Denver–Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area comprising the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area."
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d5d99b5e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Interstate 105 starts at a highway that starts and ends in what city? | It goes from the Interstate 405 in Seal Beach north to the Interstate 210 in Duarte. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Interstate 105 ( I-105 ), also called the Glenn Anderson Freeway, is an Interstate Highway in Los Angeles County, California. It is a short spur of the Interstate 5. It goes from the Interstate 605 west to California State Route 1 at Los Angeles International Airport."
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d5d99b860dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who is often portrayed as Bruce's childhood hero and an influence on his Batman persona and stars Anthony Hopkins and Antonio Banderas in a film about? | Zorro. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In the DC Comics continuity, it is established that The Mark of Zorro was the film that the young Bruce Wayne had seen with his parents at a movie theater, moments before they were killed in front of his eyes by an armed thug. Zorro is often portrayed as Bruce's childhood hero and an influence on his... |
d5d99bae0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A filled quantum shell with 50 protons for tin is considered unusual for what nuclides that are not radioactive? | A stable nuclide. | text | [] | [
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"text": "These quantum shells correspond to a set of energy levels within the shell model of the nucleus; filled shells, such as the filled shell of 50 protons for tin, confers unusual stability on the nuclide. As in the case of tin, a magic number for Z, the atomic number, tends to increase the number of sta... |
d5d99bd60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | DARPA has what in common with physicists and chemists during World War 2? | Research during war | text | [] | [
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"text": "Though nations from all over the globe have their own range of scientists, physicists and chemists were the primary source for help during World War II. These men were the individuals primarily responsible for the development of innovative technology, such as the atomic bomb, during the war."
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d5d99c260dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How much of the company whose labs discovered mitemcinal was owned by Hoffmann-La Roche in 2014? | In 2014, Hoffmann-La Roche owned 62% of this company. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Mitemcinal (GM-611 or 3'-N-dimethyl-11-deoxy-3'-N-isopropyl-12-O-methyl-11-oxo-8,9-didehydroerythromycin) is a motilin agonist derived from the macrolide antibiotic, erythromycin. It was discovered in the labs of Chugai Pharma. Mitemcinal is orally administered and it is believed to have strong promo... |
d5d99c4e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Tugboats can tug what thing that a "notch tug" can be secured to? | A barge | text | [] | [
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d5d99c760dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is Modern Paganism and what are common features of Pagan theology? | Modern Paganism, also known as Contemporary Paganism and Neopaganism, is a collective term for new religious movements influenced by or derived from the various historical pagan beliefs of pre-modern peoples. Polytheism, animism, and pantheism are common features of Pagan theology. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Modern Paganism, also known as Contemporary Paganism and Neopaganism, is a collective term for new religious movements influenced by or derived from the various historical pagan beliefs of pre-modern peoples."
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d5d99cc60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Socrates asks Glaucon to not only envision this unequally bisected line but to imagine further bisecting each of the two segments, explaining that explaining that of the resulting four segments the higher two sections are said to represent the what? | Intelligible | text | [] | [
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"text": "Socrates explains that the four resulting segments represent four separate 'affections' (παθήματα) of the psyche. The lower two sections are said to represent the visible while the higher two are said to represent the intelligible."
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d5d99d160dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | According to Catholic tradition, who founded the apostolic see in the city whose early population originated from a mix of Latins, Etruscans, and Sabines? | Saint Peter and Saint Paul | text | [] | [
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"text": "While Roman mythology dates the founding of Rome at around 753 BC, the site has been inhabited for much longer, making it one of the oldest continuously occupied cities in Europe. The city's early population originated from a mix of Latins, Etruscans, and Sabines."
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d5d99d3e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The policies of the British and what people, who made the weapons M1911A1 pistol and the M1917 revolver, were at loggerheads over a crisis in Palestine? | Americans | text | [] | [
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"text": "With the Jews in Palestine waging an underground war against the British occupation, the refugee situation was critical and British and American policy was at loggerheads. The committee comprised six Americans and six British. Judge Joseph Hutcheson was the American chairman."
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d5d99d660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The protein, along with human serum albumin and alpha-fetoprotein, that belongs to the albumin gene family, is encoded by what? | GC Gene | text | [] | [
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"text": "Vitamin D-binding protein belongs to the albumin gene family, together with human serum albumin and alpha-fetoprotein. It is a multifunctional protein found in plasma, ascitic fluid, cerebrospinal fluid and on the surface of many cell types."
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d5d99db60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Was their an increase or decrease in viewership of Grey's Anatomy from the end of the second season to the seventh season? | Their was a decrease in viewership for Grey's Anatomy from the end of season two with 19.44 million viewers to 11.41 million in season seven. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Teddy Altman ( Kim Raver) starts a relationship with Andrew Perkins ( James Tupper ), a trauma counselor, but later falls for her patient, Henry Burton. The season ended with an average of 11.41 million viewers and was ranked #31 in overall viewership and was #9 in the 18-49 key demographic."
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d5d99de80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is usually voluntary, but may also be the result of forced pregnancy and requires health care dimensions of family planning, preconception, prenatal and postnatal caring? | Motherhood. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Maternal health is the health of a woman during pregnancy, childbirth and her postpartum periods. It includes the health care dimensions of family planning, preconception, prenatal and postnatal caring. The risk of maternal death is higher in some areas, such as Sub-Saharan Africa, than in others."
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d5d99e100dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Simple and trigonometric are both types of what? | Functions | text | [] | [
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"text": "Formally, a simple function is a finite linear combination of indicator functions of measurable sets. More precisely, let ( X, Σ) be a measurable space. Let A1, ..., An ∈ Σ be a sequence of disjoint measurable sets, and let a1, ..., an be a sequence of real or complex numbers."
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d5d99e2e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Carolingian architecture is of a style belonging to a period when European politics were dominated by a Frankish noble family founded by what man? | The Carolingian dynasty was founded by Charles Martel. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Carolingian architecture is the style of north European Pre-Romanesque architecture belonging to the period of the Carolingian Renaissance of the late 8th and 9th centuries, when the Carolingian dynasty dominated west European politics."
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d5d99e7e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Kohama style of sake brewing was practiced at the Kohama-juku during the Edo period in what province that today mostly is comprised of the modern day cities of Osaka and Kōbe? | The Kohama-juku was in Settsu Province. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It was also referred to as Tsu Province (津国, Tsu no kuni) or Sesshū (摂州) . Osaka and Osaka Castle were the main center of the province. Most of Settsu's area comprises the modern day cities of Osaka and Kōbe ."
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d5d99ea60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What two female princess characters are playable characters in most Mario spin-offs? | Princess Daisy and Princess Peach | text | [] | [
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d5d99ed80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Japanese Tanabata was inspired by what folklore story between Zhinü and Niulang? | The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl is a romantic Chinese folk tale. The story tells of the romance between Zhinü ( 織女; the weaver girl, symbolizing the star Vega) and Niulang ( 牛郎; the cowherd, symbolizing the star Altair ). Their love was not allowed, and thus they were banished to opposite sides of th... |
d5d99f000dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What team has involvement with both Capital One Arena and St. Elizabeths East Entertainment and Sports Arena? | The Washington Wizards have involvement with both. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Owned and operated by Monumental Sports & Entertainment, it is the home arena of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL), the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the Georgetown University men's basketball team."
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d5d99f280dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What series set in Bikini Bottom originally had a different name? | Spongebob SquarePants originally had a different name. | text | [] | [
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d5d99f780dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How does the muscle of the foot that flexes the big toe assist gait? | It assists with the toe-off phase of gait providing increased push-off | text | [] | [
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"text": "Flexor hallucis brevis muscle is a muscle of the foot that flexes the big toe . The flexor hallucis brevis is located just inferior to the foot and toe bones. As its name suggests, its contraction results in flexion of the big toe (hallux). This section does not cite any sources."
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d5d99fa00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A Ph.D. in theology wearing a velvet gown trim in dark blue would be an example of what according to the terminology used in the United States? | Academic regalia | text | [] | [
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"text": "(For example, a Ph.D. in theology would wear velvet gown trim in dark blue, a Doctor of Theology (Th.D.) would wear scarlet trim, or either might choose black.) Some gowns expose a necktie or cravat when closed. They are designed to be worn open or closed in the front."
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d5d9a00e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What medical conditions results in a decrease in the number of red blood cells (RBCs) and is associated with Hemolytic-uremic syndrome? | Anemia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) (also known as haemolytic-uraemic syndrome) is a disease characterized by hemolytic anemia, acute renal failure ( uremia) and a low platelet count ( thrombocytopenia ). It predominantly but not exclusively affects children."
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d5d9a0360dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What crater with a well-defined circular rim and central mountain peaks shares the name of a member of the Thirty Tyrants who was responsible for the arrest of Lysias, Polemarchus, and their fellow metics? | Eratosthenes crater | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is named after ancient Greek astronomer Eratosthenes of Cyrene, who estimated the circumference of the Earth, and the distance from the Earth to the Sun . The crater has a well-defined circular rim, terraced inner wall, central mountain peaks, an irregular floor, and an outer rampart of ejecta."
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d5d9a05e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How does the wine region that is located in the eastern part of the Italian province whose capital city is Vicenza make large amounts of wine? | This region makes large amounts of wine because the area under vine is one of the most specialized and densely planted in Europe. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Situated in the eastern part of the Province of Vicenza, in the foothills of the Lessini Mountains, the Soave zone is a not particularly large wine region which, however, produces very significant quantities of wine, in virtue of the fact that the area under vine is one of the most specialized and de... |
d5d9a0ae0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the novirhabdovirus that is named after elongated, predatory fish that are members of the freshwater perciform fish family Channidae? | The novirhabdovirus is called snakehead rhabdovirus, or SHRV. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Snakehead rhabdovirus (SHRV) is a novirhabdovirus that affects warm water wild and pond-cultured fish of various species in Southeast Asia, including snakehead for which it is named."
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d5d9a0d60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many millennium BC after the rise of the East Semitic era in Mesopotamia did the Aramaeans dominate Ancient Syria? | 3 millenniums BC. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Ancient Syria of the first millennium BC was dominated by the Aramaeans; they originated in the Northern Levant as a continuum of the Bronze Age populations of Syria."
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d5d9a1080dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Egyptian deity who was lord of the red land, was portrayed as killing and mutilating who? | In the Osiris myth, Set is portrayed as the usurper who killed and mutilated his own brother, Osiris. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Set had a positive role where he accompanies Ra on his barque to repel Apep, the serpent of Chaos. Set had a vital role as a reconciled combatant. He was lord of the red (desert) land, where he was the balance to Horus ' role as lord of the black (soil) land."
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d5d9a1300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the meaning in Latin of the name used to describe the legendary continent from past centuries that had not been officially sighted but was believed to be located in the South Pacific or Indian Ocean? | South Land is the Latin meaning of Terra Australis | text | [] | [
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"text": "Terra Australis ( Latin for South Land) was a hypothetical continent first posited in antiquity and which appeared on maps between the 15th and 18th centuries."
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d5d9a1580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | One of the largest parks in Africa, home to 152 species of mammals, and named after a river, is administered by which autonomous body? | Kafue National Park is in Zambia, and therefore administered by the Zambia Wildlife Authority. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Kafue National Park is the largest national park in Zambia, covering an area of about 22,400 km² (similar in size to Wales or Massachusetts ). It is one of the largest parks in Africa and is home to 152 different species of mammals. The park is named for the Kafue River."
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d5d9a1800dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the protein that can be coupled with a receptor and results in a change in cell function, what domain activates a particular protein of this? | The GPCR domain. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Heterotrimeric G proteins located within the cell are activated by G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) that span the cell membrane. Signaling molecules bind to a domain of the GPCR located outside the cell, and an intracellular GPCR domain then in turn activates a particular G protein."
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d5d9a1a80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Lorentz and gamma are both types of what? | Groups | text | [] | [
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"text": "The third form provides the most direct contact with the representation theory of the Lorentz group . The conventional starting point is to state that “the Dirac equation can be written in Hermitian form”, when the gamma matrices are taken in the Majorana representation. The Dirac equation is then wr... |
d5d9a1c60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Breton was created through the crossbreeding of many different breeds from the Orient and what place, where in addition to North America the Siamese cat is one of the most popular breeds ? | Europe | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Siamese cat is one of the most popular breeds in Europe and North America. Siamese have a creamy base coat with coloured pointson their muzzles, ears, paws and lower legs, tails and (in males) scrota. Siamese are affectionate and intelligent cats, known for their social nature and loud vocalisati... |
d5d9a1ee0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What Plio-Pleistocene caldera that is part of the eleven volcanoes in Baja California is located in the municipality of Mulegé? | La Reforma | text | [] | [
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"text": "La Reforma is a Plio-Pleistocene caldera on the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. It is part of eleven volcanoes in Baja California, which formed with the Gulf of California during the Miocene, about ten million years ago."
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d5d9a23e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | For the rank that requires training at the Officer Development School in Newport, what happens if the candidate never had service prior? | Their rank is typically that of OCUI2. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The rank of officer candidate is denoted by an officer's uniform with no insignia except for a line officer's star device on white and dress blue uniforms. If the candidate has never had prior service, rank is typically that of Officer Candidate Under Instruction Second Class (OCUI2)."
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d5d9a2660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is found in nature as the crystalline mineral stibnite and can be used to prepare salts containing different thioantimonate (III) ions? | Antimony trisulfide. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Antimony trisulfide (Sb 2 S 3) is found in nature as the crystalline mineral stibnite and the amorphous red mineral (actually a mineraloid) metastibnite. It is manufactured for use in safety matches, military ammunition, explosives and fireworks. It also is used in the production of ruby-colored glas... |
d5d9a2b60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Squeeze and mechanically powered are both types of what? | Flashlights | text | [] | [
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"text": "A mechanically powered flashlight is a flashlight that is powered by electricity generated by the muscle power of the user, so it does not need replacement of batteries, or recharging from an electrical source. There are several types which use different operating mechanisms."
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d5d9a2de0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | During World War II, Nazi Germany developed many many munition systems of what type, of which the V-1 may be seen as the first cruise variety? | Missile | text | [] | [
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"text": "The V-1, which may be seen as the first cruise missile, was used operationally against London and Antwerp. The V-2 ballistic missile was used operationally against London, Antwerp, and other targets."
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d5d9a3060dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What proteins released by body cells in response to pathogens such as viruses has a type that is activated by Interleukin-12? | Interferons. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Interferons ( IFN s) are proteins released by body cells in response to pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, parasites or to tumor cells. They allow cells to trigger the defenses of the immune system ."
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d5d9a3a60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Regarding polymers made up of many monosaccharides, what two functions can they do in living organisms? | Either structure- or storage-related. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A polysaccharide is a complex carbohydrate. Polysaccharides are polymers made up of many monosaccharides. They are very large, often branched, molecules. They tend to be amorphous, insoluble in water, and have no sweet taste."
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d5d9a3f60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Antiochus III and Philip I of Macedon were both what? | Kings | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Seleucid king Antiochus III and the Antigonid king Philip V took advantage of the kingdom's weakness to begin the Fifth Syrian War (202–196 BC), in which the Ptolemies lost all their territories in Asia Minor and the Levant, as well as most of their influence in the Aegean Sea."
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d5d9a4140dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the element in the violet crystal forming compound PuF 3 that occurs in a variety of allotropes? | Plutonium. | text | [] | [
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d5d9a43c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What drink traditionally drunk "neat" was first popular in Eastern Europe and the former republics of the Soviet Union? | The drink is vodka. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is clear (but can be flavoured), though it is sometimes mixed with other liquids before people drink it. It was first popular in the Slavic countries of Eastern Europe and former republics of the Soviet Union ."
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d5d9a4640dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What oldest mountain range of the U.S. is referred to as "awaxaawi shiibisha" in Hidatsa? | The Black Hills. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Black Hills ( Lakota: Ȟe Sápa; Cheyenne: Moʼȯhta-voʼhonáaeva; Hidatsa: awaxaawi shiibisha) is a small and isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States."
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d5d9a4b40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What mixture of painkillers with was once a common cause of acute kidney injury? | Phenacetin. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Analgetics (one analgetic) (or analgesics) is a word for some drugs that are used to stop pain. These are also known as painkillers. There are several kinds of painkillers. All act on the nervous system."
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d5d9a4d20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A network, in the context of electrical engineering and electronics, is a collection of interconnected components such as what? | Batteries, resistors, inductors, capacitors, switches, transistors) | text | [] | [
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"text": "A network, in the context of electrical engineering and electronics, is a collection of interconnected components. Network analysis is the process of finding the voltages across, and the currents through, all network components. There are many techniques for calculating these values."
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d5d9a5040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What American-built light bomber was a military conversion of the Lockheed Model 14 Super Electraairliner? | The Lockheed Hudson was a military conversion of the Lockheed Model 14 Super Electraairliner. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Hudson was a military conversion of the Lockheed Model 14 Super Electraairliner, and was the first significant aircraft construction contract for the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation—the initial RAF order for 200 Hudsons far surpassed any previous order the company had received."
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d5d9a52c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia is an estate on how many acres? | 36 acres | text | [] | [
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"text": "Government House of British Columbia is the official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, as well as that in Victoria of the Canadian monarch, and has casually been described as \"the Ceremonial Home of all British Columbians.\""
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d5d9a55e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Bombardier, Kawasaki, and Nippon Sharyo manufacture what type of thing that Baldwin Locomotive Works and Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company's creations provided motive power for? | Coaches | text | [] | [
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"text": "Diesel-electric locomotives based on the EMD F40PH design as well as the MP36PH-3C are popular as motive power for commuter trains. Manufacturers of coaches include Bombardier, Kawasaki, Nippon Sharyo, and Hyundai Rotem. A few systems use diesel multiple unit vehicles, including WES Commuter Rail nea... |
d5d9a5860dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What Roman decorative object has the same name as a figure in Greek mythology known for a plant? | The object is an Acanthus. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Acanthus (entomology), an entomological term for a thorn-like projection on an insect, typically a single-celled cuticular growth without tormogen (socket) or sensory cells Acantha, a figure in Greek mythology associated with the Acanthus plant Acanthus, the pen-name of the cartoonist Frank Hoar"
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d5d9a5ae0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many seasons does the actor Andrew J. Robinson participate in of the series Deep Space Nine? | Andrew J. Robinson, who plays Garak in Deep Space Nine, appears in each of the seven season. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Garak's secrecy keeps him a character of interest and importance; he later uses his contacts with Cardassia and his training in the Obsidian Order to assist the Federation in the war against the Dominion. Garak appears in 37 of the 176 episodes of Deep Space Nine, including the series finale, and app... |
d5d9a5cc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The broad-billed warbler was formerly in what family before being reassigned? | The Old World warblers were formerly in the family Sylviidae. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Old World warblers are a large group of birds formerly grouped together in the bird family Sylviidae. The family held over 400 species in over 70 genera, and were the source of much taxonomic confusion."
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d5d9a61c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Monks and monasteries of the Roman Catholic Church have had an important influence on the history of the wine of what region whose leader became king of France in 923? | Burgundy | text | [] | [
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"text": "The earliest recorded praise of the wines of Burgundy was written in 591 by Gregory of Tours, who compared it to the Roman wine Falernian. Monks and monasteries of the Roman Catholic Church have had an important influence on the history of Burgundy wine."
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d5d9a6440dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Type 148 Tiger-class fast attack craft and Protector-class offshore patrol vessel are both based on what? | Designs of other vessels | text | [] | [
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d5d9a66c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What term describes both a band from Santa Rosa California and bright stars in the constellation Centaurus? | Crux | text | [] | [
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d5d9a6940dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Languages belonging to the North group of what languages, of which English is the most widely spoken, are also commonly spoken in Greenland and, to a lesser extent, by immigrants in North America? | German | text | [] | [
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"text": "In historical linguistics, the Germanic parent language (GPL) includes the reconstructed languages in the Germanic group referred to as Pre-Germanic Indo-European (PreGmc), Early Proto-Germanic (EPGmc), and Late Proto-Germanic (LPGmc), spoken in the 2nd and 1st millennia BC."
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d5d9a6bc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A branch of what Islamic fundamentalist organization is inspired by the leader that Byzantine and Arabic sources say conquered the survivors of a failed revolt against an emir in 818? | Al-Qaeda | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades ( Arabic: كتائب أبو حفص المصري ), or Abu Hafs al-Masri Battalions, is a group which claims to be a branch of the Islamic fundamentalist organisation Al-Qaeda ."
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d5d9a72a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Ptolemy IV died how many years before the earliest estimate for Arsinoë's year of birth? | 136 years | text | [] | [
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"text": "Arsinoë's year of birth is generally regarded as being between 68 and 63 BC: The Encyclopædia Britannica cites 63 BC, making her 15 at the time of her uprising and defeat against Julius Caesar and 22 at her death, while the researcher Alissa Lyon cites 68 BC making her 27 at her death. Joyce Tyldesle... |
d5d9a75c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How long is the average warbling grass parakeet? | 7 inches | text | [] | [
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"text": "Alternative names for the budgerigar include the shell parrot, the warbling grass parakeet, the canary parrot, the zebra parrot, the flight bird, the scallop parrot. Although more applicable to members of the genus Agapornis, the name lovebird has been applied to them from their habit of mutual preen... |
d5d9a7840dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Phaenostictus mcleannani and Meleagris ocellata both include what word in their non English names? | ocellated | text | [] | [
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"text": "The ocellated antbird ( Phaenostictus mcleannani) is a species of antbird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is monotypic within the genus Phaenostictus and is found in southern Central America and the northwestern part of South America."
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d5d9a7ca0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the Argentinian Departamento Iriondo considered as which forms the second level of administrative division? | A department. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Iriondo Department (in Spanish, Departamento Iriondo) is an administrative subdivision ( departamento) of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the south of the province. It limits with the departments of San Jerónimo in the north, San Lorenzo in the east, Caseros in the south, an... |
d5d9a7f20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The term " monadnock " is used by American geologists to describe any isolated what, of which Musala is an example, formed from the exposure of a harder rock as a result of the erosion of a softer one once surrounding it? | Mountain | text | [] | [
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"text": "With a topographic prominence of 2473 m, Musala is also the 6th highest peak by topographic prominence in mainland Europe. 1. Mount Everest is the highest mountain peak on Earth. 2. Aconcagua is the highest peak in both the Southern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere ."
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d5d9a8420dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean where many volcanic eruptions happen has the Pacific Plate being subducted by various other plates and islands? | Pacific Ring of Fire. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A portion of the Pacific Plate and the small Juan de Fuca Plate are being subducted beneath the North American Plate. Along the northern portion, the northwestward-moving Pacific Plate is being subducted beneath the Aleutian Islands arc. Farther west, the Pacific Plate is being subducted at the Kamch... |
d5d9a86a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Rider can take the Red Line from Daybreak Parkway light rail station in West Jordan, Utah to what university that was first known as the University of Deseret? | They can take it from West Jordan to the University of Utah. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Daybreak Parkway is a light rail station in the Daybreak Community in West Jordan, Utah, in the United States, served by the Red Line of the Utah Transit Authority 's (UTA) TRAX light rail system. The station is the southwestern terminus of the Red Line, which provides service from this station to th... |
d5d9a8c40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In determining structures of what, the structural formula of which is a graphic representation of the molecular structure, one generally aims to obtain, first and minimally, the pattern and degree of bonding between all atoms in the molecule? | Chemical compounds | text | [] | [
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"text": "In determining structures of chemical compounds, one generally aims to obtain, first and minimally, the pattern and degree of bonding between all atoms in the molecule; when possible, one seeks the three dimensional spatial coordinates of the atoms in the molecule (or other solid). [5]"
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d5d9a8ec0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The halfmoon grouper was first formally described by whom? | Epinephelus rivulatus was first formally described in 1830 by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Epinephelus rivulatus, the halfmoon grouper, halfmoon rockcod, Chinaman rockcod, Charlie court cod, green-finned rock cod, or white-dotted grouper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthia... |
d5d9a9140dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What blood factor is common in RH blood group and Hemolytic disease of the new born? | The RH factor. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Rh blood group system is a human blood group system. It contains proteins on the surface of red blood cells. It is the second most important blood group system, after the ABO blood group system."
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"text": "Anti-Kell 1 is becoming relatively more important as prevention of Rh disease i... |
d5d9a93c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What results from the subduction of an oceanic tectonic plate under another tectonic plate, that is seen in the Lesser Antilles? | Volcanic arcs. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc is a volcanic arc that forms the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Plate. It is part of a subduction zone, also known as the Lesser Antilles subduction zone, where the oceanic crust of the South American Plate is being subducted under the Caribbean Plate."
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d5d9a9d20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Aleutian and St. Matthew are both names of what? | Islands | text | [] | [
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"text": "St. Matthew Island ( Russian: Остров Святого Матвея) is a remote island in the Bering Sea in Alaska, 183 miles (295 km) west-northwest of Nunivak Island. The entire island's natural scenery and wildlife is protected as it is part of the Bering Sea unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ... |
d5d9aa220dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What capsule that can reach 2,700 °F as it descends through the Earth's atmosphere is Russian and is covered by a heat-resistant covering to protect it during reentry? | The descent module. | text | [] | [
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"text": "When the reentry capsule comes through the atmosphere the capsule compresses the air in front of it, which heats up to very high temperatures. The surface temperature of a capsule can reach 1,480 °C (2,700 °F) as it descends through the Earth's atmosphere."
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"text": "The descent module (R... |
d5d9aa7c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Was De Civitate Dei printed during the time of Urban VI? | No, Urban VI lived in the late 1300s and De Civitae Dei was printed in 1467. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Numerous monks were brought in from Germany, and for many decades Subiaco was a center of German thrift, science, and art. Urban VI (1378–1389) abolished the abbots for life, took away from the monks the right of election, and gave the administration and revenues to a member of the Curia."
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d5d9aaa40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The existence of a correlation means that the what, of which C∗ and Moufang planes are examples, C is self-dual? | Projective planes | text | [] | [
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"text": "C∗is also a projective plane, called the dual planeof C. If Cand C∗are isomorphic, then Cis called self-dual. The projective planes PG(2, K)for any field (or, more generally, for every division ring(skewfield) isomorphic to its dual) Kare self-dual. In particular, Desarguesian planes of finite order ... |
d5d9ab1c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are cross-beds and what is its usefulness? | In geology, cross-bedding, also known as cross-stratification, is layering within a stratum and at an angle to the main bedding plane. Cross-beds can tell geologists much about what an area was like in ancient times. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Cross-beds can tell geologists much about what an area was like in ancient times. The direction the beds are dipping indicates paleocurrent, the rough direction of sediment transport. The type and condition of sediments can tell geologists the type of environment (rounding, sorting, composition...)."... |
d5d9ab940dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A series of four coordinated what, which the deadliest attack of the Xinjiang conflict was labelled, by al-Qaeda involved the hijacking and crashing of passenger jet airliners that killed 2,996 people? | Terrorist attacks | text | [] | [
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"text": "The SUVs crashed into shoppers, then collided with each other and exploded. 43 people were killed, including 4 of the assailants, and more than 90 wounded, making this the deadliest attack of the Xinjiang conflict. The event was designated as a terrorist attack."
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"text": "A series of fou... |
d5d9abbc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What Hindu-majority country has clothing that encompasses a wide variety of embroidery, prints, handwork, and embellishment? | India. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The clothing in India also encompasses the wide variety of Indian embroidery, prints, handwork, embellishment, styles of wearing clothes. A wide mix of Indian traditional clothing and western styles can be seen in India."
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"text": "Given this diversity, it is difficult to generalize widel... |
d5d9abee0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | With the majority of the Syrian refugees interspersed throughout the state, especially in Amman, Irbid, Al-Mafraq, and Jerash, environmental resources are scarce for both Syrians and natives of what country Syria borders? | Jordan | text | [] | [
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"text": "Syrian government retakes majority of Syria-Jordan border. All infiltration attempts into Jordan foiled. Jordanian–Syrian border incidents during the Syrian Civil War refers to violent incidents on the arid 379 km (235 mi) Jordan–Syria border over the course of the Syrian Civil War ."
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d5d9ac340dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a dog sport in which a handler directs a dog through an obstacle course in a race for both time and accuracy that can be traced to a demonstration at the Crufts dog show in the late 1970s in the United Kingdom? | Dog Agility | text | [] | [
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"text": "Dog agility is a dog sport in which a handler directs a dog through an obstacle course in a race for both time and accuracy. Dogs run off leash with no food or toys as incentives, and the handler can touch neither dog nor obstacles."
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"text": "The history of dog agility can be traced to a... |
d5d9ac5c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What U.S. state where pine and juniper forests cover 35% of its eastern section is home to more than 2,000 NRHP listings? | Oregon. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Pine and juniper forests cover 35% of Eastern Oregon, much in the mountains that include the Blue Mountains, Strawberry Mountains, Wallowa Mountains, Trout Creek Mountains, Ochoco Mountains, and Steens Mountain. Volcanic basalt flows from the Columbia River Basalt Group covered large sections of East... |
d5d9acac0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | An official establishment that promotes the thing whose regulation is constitutionally vested in the United States Congress would be called what? | A trade office | text | [] | [
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"text": "Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. A trade office, sometimes known as a trade representation, commercial office, or trade mission, is an official establishment that promotes the commercial interests of a government (such as a city, state, or country) in a foreign capital."
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d5d9acd40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who was in the trio with Paul alexander and JoJo Americo that was born on October 9th, 1969? | Nashom Wooden | text | [] | [
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"text": "The trio consisted of three male vocalists Paul Alexander, JoJo Americo, and Nashom Wooden, who met while working at the Greenwich Village boutique Patricia Field. Each of them has a background in performing, DJing, and being stylists within the underground New York club and fashion scenes."
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d5d9acf20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What material held by the roof rafters can have base materials like organic and fiberglass for an asphalt variant? | Shingles. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Two types of base materials are used to make asphalt shingles, organic and fiberglass."
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"text": "Shingles are held by the roof rafters and are made of various materials such as wood, slate, flagstone, metal, plastic, and composite materials such as fibre cement and asphalt shingles. Cera... |
d5d9ad1a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A PERK inhibitor is a small molecule compound that unlike any existing drug inhibits the expression of the RNA of what important mechanism of regulating cellular activity, such as cell division? | Kinase | text | [] | [
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"text": "A PERK inhibitor is a small molecule compound that unlike any existing drug inhibits the expression of protein kinase RNA–like endoplasmic reticulum kinase. The (first such) inhibitor demonstrated the ability to halt brain cell death in mice with prion disease."
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d5d9ad420dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Bulbophyllum hirtulum is part of a family in which the largest genus has over how many species? | 2000 | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is the largest genus in the orchid family and one of the largest genera of flowering plants with more than 2,000 species, exceeded in number only by Astragalus."
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"text": "Ridl. Bulbophyllum hirtulum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum . This Bulbophyllum -related article ... |
d5d9ad920dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The "notch tug" can be used to create a combination what, which tugboats typically tug? | Ships | text | [] | [
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"text": "The \"notch tug\" can be secured in a notch at the stern of a specially designed barge, effectively making a combination ship. This configuration is dangerous to use with a barge that is \"in ballast\" (no cargo) or in a head- or following sea. Therefore, \"notch tugs\" are usually built with a towin... |
d5d9adba0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the difference in wing span between Asian Acanthacorydalis and adult dobsonflies? | The wing span of Asian Acanthacorydalis and adult dobsonflies differs by 1.4 inches. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Asian Acanthacorydalis fruhstorferi can have a wingspan of up to 21.6 cm (8.5 in), making it the largest dobsonfly and the largest aquatic insect in the world by this measurement. The wings vary from a grayish to translucent shade, depending on the species, and the anal region of the hindwing is ... |
d5d9add80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Does Louisiana Highway 14 run longer from U.S. Highways 90 and 171 to LA 182, or does U.S. Route 12 run longer in MIchigan? | U.S. Route 12 runs longer. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It runs 100.10 miles (161.10 km) in an east–west direction from the junction of U.S. Highways 90 and 171 in Lake Charles to LA 182 in New Iberia . The highway connects a string of small communities and cities in the Acadiana region of the state at a distance of roughly 20 to 25 miles (32 to 40 km) fr... |
d5d9ae000dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Megamouth, goblin and lemon are all types of what? | Sharks | text | [] | [
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"text": "Many in the family are among the fastest-swimming fish. The megamouth shark is an extremely rare species of deepwater shark, and the smallest of the three filter-feeding sharks."
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"text": "Goblin sharks include one living genus and three extinct genera. The only known living species is Mi... |
d5d9ae320dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What river used to called the Zandrivier and is now the Polokwane River? | Sand River. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Sand River or Polokwane River ( Afrikaans: Sandrivier) is a watercourse in Limpopo Province, South Africa, a right hand tributary of the Limpopo River. Its new name \"Polokwane River\" is homonymous with the name of the town of Polokwane, formerly Pietersburg, about 200 kilometres (120 mi) uprive... |
d5d9ae500dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the capital of the province that Mustang district is a part of? | Pokhara is the capital of Gandaki, the province that Mustang district is a part of. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Mustang is the 5th largest district (by area) of Nepal. The district is a part of Gandaki Province in northern Nepal, straddles the Himalayas and extends northward onto the Tibetan Plateau. The district is one of the remotest areas in Nepal and is second in terms of the sparsity of population."
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d5d9ae780dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What two vertebrates is the fish related to that exhibits a deep royal blue color and large eyes and lives in the West Indian Ocean? | lungfish and tetrapods | text | [] | [
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"text": "Latimeria chalumnae exhibit a deep royal blue color with spots used as a camouflage tactic for hunting prey. Similar anatomical adaptations include the abundance of visual cells such as rods to help see when light is limited. This combined with the West Indian Ocean coelacanth's large eyes aid seeing... |
d5d9aea00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of solitary fairy is depicted in the film that Jennifer Aniston had her debut in? | A leprechaun. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A leprechaun ( Irish: leipreachán/luchorpán) is a diminutive supernatural being in Irish folklore, classed by some as a type of solitary fairy. They are usually depicted as little bearded men, wearing a coat and hat, who partake in mischief."
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"text": "It stars Warwick Davis in the title ... |
d5d9aed20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The nonstructural protein 5B is seen in which virus that contains an RNA structure involved in an internal ribosome entry site? | The hepatitis C virus. | text | [] | [
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"text": "For example, the region of the hepatitis C virus genome that encodes the core protein is highly conserved, because it contains an RNA structure involved in an internal ribosome entry site. Animal RNA viruses are classified by the ICTV. There are three distinct groups of RNA viruses depending on their... |
d5d9aefa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are both a material that in some cases will conduct electricity but not in others and a transistor? | Semiconductor. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electronic signals and electrical power. Transistors are one of the basic building blocks of modern electronics. It is composed of semiconductor material usually with at least three terminals for connection to an external circuit."
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d5d9af220dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Jagdpanzer 38 and Sd. Kfz. 11 were both used during which conflict? | World War II | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Jagdpanzer 38 ( Sd.Kfz. 138/2) was a German light tank destroyer of the Second World War based on a modified Czechoslovakian Panzer 38 (t) chassis. German armored forces in World War II created a variety of vehicles by mounting anti-tank guns on obsolete tank chassis."
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"text": "The S... |
d5d9af720dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of outpost was established in conquered territory to secure it that is from the region that has family names like Cornelia or Fabia? | A Roman colonia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A Roman colonia (plural coloniae) was originally a Roman outpost established in conquered territory to secure it. Eventually, however, the term came to denote the highest status of a Roman city. It is also the origin of the modern term colony ."
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"text": "Many rural tribes derive from pro... |
d5d9afc20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Many peaks are located on the border between British Columbia and what place containing Banff National Park? | Alberta | text | [] | [
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"text": "Alberta's southwestern boundary is traced on the Continental Divide, along the high ranges of the Rocky Mountains, and many peaks are located on the Alberta– British Columbia border. The peak of Mount Columbia, within Jasper National Park, is the highest point in Alberta, second highest in the Canadi... |
d5d9afea0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What 13.318-kilometer route can you take to reach the center of the transport network of the Luxembourg? | You can take the Autoroute 3. | text | [] | [
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"text": "There are six motorways in Luxembourg, forming the backbone of road infrastructure in Luxembourg. Five of them extend radially from Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg, the centre of the transport network of the country. The six motorways have a total length of 152 kilometres (94 mi) ."
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d5d9b0300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Was Trajan born before or after Gaius Julius Caesar? | He was born after. | text | [] | [
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"text": "At the beginning of the 2nd AD century Roman emperor Trajan founded here, as a part of the provincial policy, two cities of Greek type (i.e. city-states), Traianoupolis and Plotinopolis."
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"text": "Gaius Julius Caesar granted the inhabitants of this region Roman citizenship and incorporat... |
d5d9b0580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who saved a division from being routed at the Battle of Chaplin Hills? | Steedman saved a division from being routed at the Battle of Chaplin Hills. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Posted to the Western theater and promoted to brigadier general under Major General Don Carlos Buell, Steedman was credited with saving a whole division from being routed at the Battle of Perryville (Kentucky)."
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"text": "The Battle of Perryville, also known as the Battle of Chaplin Hills... |
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