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d5da08dc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | California State Route 74 runs from Orange County to the city limits of a city that got its present name in which year? | California State Route 74 runs from Orange County to the city limits of Palm Desert, which got that name in 1951. | text | [] | [
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"text": "State Route 74 ( SR 74 ), part of which forms the Palms to Pines Scenic Byway or Pines to Palms Highway, and the Ortega Highway, is a state highway in the U.S. state of California. It runs from Interstate 5 in San Juan Capistrano in Orange County to the city limits of Palm Desert in Riverside County.... |
d5da09040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a type of heat transfer in thermodynamics or a type of flow, of motion of a liquid such as water or a gas such as air, in which the fluid motion is not generated by any external source? | Convection. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In thermodynamics \"convection\" often refers to heat transfer by convection, where the prefixed variant Natural Convection is used to distinguish the fluid mechanics concept of Convection (covered in this article) from convective heat transfer."
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d5da09540dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Fort Collins – Loveland Metropolitan Statistical Area is composed of how many towns? | It is composed of seven towns. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Fort Collins – Loveland Metropolitan Statistical Area is a United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defined Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) located in the Fort Collins and Loveland area in the North Central region of the U.S. state of Colorado. The Fort Collins–Loveland MSA is defi... |
d5da097c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the name of a notable stalagmite located in a cave that is in the area that conceals the largest underground river system in Britain? | The Witch of Wookey Hole is a notable stalagmite in the Mendip Hills area. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Wookey Hole Caves ( / ˈwʊki /) are a series of limestone caverns, a show cave and tourist attraction in the village of Wookey Hole on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills near Wells in Somerset, England. The River Axe flows through the cave. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for bot... |
d5da09a40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who can get books and a newspaper subscription from the Maoist group that has maintained it's own website since the collapse of the Maoist Internationalist Party-America? | Prisoners can get books and a newspaper subscription from the group. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Maoist International Ministry of Prisons (MIM-Prisons) has continued to organize and has maintained its own website since the collapse of the Maoist Internationalist Party-America."
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d5da09f40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Puntarenas and Alajuela are both provinces of what country? | Costa Rica | text | [] | [
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"text": "For administrative purposes, the island Isla del Coco, 500 kilometres (310 mi) offshore in the Pacific Ocean, is considered a part of this province. The Port of Caldera, located in the Puntarenas province, is Costa Rica's main port in the Pacific coast."
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d5da0a3a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How can Magnesium bromide be synthesized and what is it used for? | Magnesium bromide can be synthesized by reacting hydrobromic acid with magnesium oxide and crystallizing the product. It can also be made by reacting magnesium carbonate and hydrobromic acids, and collecting the solid left after evaporation. It is used as a catalyst for many reactions and also as a tranquilizer. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Magnesium bromide is used as a catalyst for many reactions, the first being a solvent-free one-pot synthesis of dihydropyrimidinones, which are often used in the pharmaceutical world in medications such as calcium channel blockers and HIVgp-120-CD4 inhibitors. It also has been used as a tranquilizer.... |
d5da0a8a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A plane may be thought of as an infinite what, which Spherical geometry is the geometry of the two- dimensional surface of? | Sphere | text | [] | [
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d5da0ab20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What mountain range that is part of a suture zone that runs north-south begins ends in the south near Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia? | Titiwangsa | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Titiwangsa Range is part of a suture zone that runs north-south, starting in Thailand at the Nan - Uttaradit suture zone (partly coincident with the Dien Bien Phu fault ), and extending south towards Peninsular Malaysia ( Bentong - Raub suture zone)."
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d5da0b020dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What Jamaican Patois term for a homosexual has a broader definition of a battering ram for Jamaicans to reinforce societal norms machismo? | Batty Boy | text | [] | [
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"text": "All the sources online indicate that Batty Boy is the term to describe a gay or homosexual in Jamaican Patois, not a slur. http://www.speakjamaican.com/glossary/ \"Batty- Primarily means butt; also signals to homosexuals. ‘Im a battyman. (He is gay).\""
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d5da0b2a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | At one time, the country whose JGSDF adopted a more western style military band, had a military that was ranked what by overall power? | The 4th most powerful in the world | text | [] | [
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"text": "The JGSDF adopted a more western style military band, which originated in Japan during the Meiji Restoration, which saw the reform of the armed forces to the standards of Western armed services. The JGSDF's bands also carry on the practice of bugle call playing, with bugle platoons present in every u... |
d5da0b520dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Skyhaven Airport is located how far from the county seat of Wyoming County? | Skyhaven Airport one nautical mile (1.85 km) south of the central business district of Tunkhannock. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Skyhaven Airport is a public use airport located in Wyoming County, one nautical mile (1.85 km) south of the central business district of Tunkhannock."
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"text": "Tunkhannock is a borough in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, 31 miles (50 km) northwest of Wilkes-Barre. In the past, lumbering wa... |
d5da0b7a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | TLPA is a romanization for the language spoken in a place where the first permanent settlement was by whom? | European colonists and Chinese immigrants | text | [] | [
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"text": "The modern word \"Taiwan\" is derived from this usage, which is written in different transliterations ( 大員, 大圓, 大灣, 臺員, 臺圓 and 臺窩灣) in Chinese historical records. The area occupied by modern-day Tainan was the first permanent settlement by both European colonists and Chinese immigrants."
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d5da0bf20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | MAP and MACs are both associated with what larger body? | A Marine infantry battalion | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is part of the wider Mobile Assault Company concept, itself an element of a Marine infantry battalion. MACs are designed to replace a conventional Weapons company, being more mobile and thus more usable in Mid- and High-Intensity Conflict (MIC-HIC)."
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d5da0c380dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The political system of Malaysia that puts Yang di-Pertuan Agong as Head of State is based on what system? | Westminster parliamentary system | text | [] | [
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"text": "The monarchies of Malaysia refer to the constitutional monarchy system as practised in Malaysia. The political system of Malaysia is based on the Westminster parliamentary system in combination with features of a federation."
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d5da0c560dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was the personal name of the ruler who was the emperor of China when Lu Yi was born? | This emperor's personal name was Li Yi. | text | [] | [
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d5da0cb00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What pair of countries had its officers and members of the political class joining a rebellion, and was a target of the failure to overthrow the King? | The Polish-Lithuanians. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Despite the failure to overthrow the King, the rebellion firmly established the dominance of the szlachta over the monarch in the Polish–Lithuanian political system . The Polish nobles gathered at the rokosz formed a konfederacja and outlined their demands in 67 articles."
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d5da0cf60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Sphaerodactylus rosaurae is endemic to what group of Islands off the coast of Honduras? | The Bay Island least gecko is endemic to the Bay Islands in Honduras. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Bay Island least gecko ( Sphaerodactylus rosaurae) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Bay Islands in Honduras. The specific name, rosaurae, refers to Lord Moyne's yacht Rosaura, from which the holotype was collected."
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d5da0d1e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How are Cochineal insects collected from cactuses? | By brushing them off the plants | text | [] | [
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d5da0d500dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which Israeli prime minister asked to be buried on the mount where burial became popular about 3000 years ago? | Menachem Begin | text | [] | [
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d5da0d780dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the state that has the Jim Gillis Historic Savannah Parkway, what is its State Bicycle Route 45 also known as? | Little White House. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Each Interstate has a hidden state route number; for example, Interstate 75 (I-75) is also State Route 401 (SR 401) and Interstate 16 (I-16) is also State Route 404 (SR 404, the Jim Gillis Historic Savannah Parkway). This highway system uses the Georgia Peach Pass for toll lanes. SR 5 / SR 5 Bus."
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d5da0da00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Growth factor receptor-bound protein 10 , Growth regulation by estrogen in breast cancer 1 and GRB7 are all 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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d5da0df00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Suillus americanus fungus and the Ceanothus americanus shrub can be both found in what region? | North America. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Suillus americanus is a species of fungus in the mushroom family Suillaceae. Commonly known as the chicken fat mushroom, the American slippery Jack (or slipperycap ), or the American suillus, it grows in a mycorrhizal association with eastern white pine and is found where this tree occurs in eastern ... |
d5da0e180dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How often does the Carcharhinus tilstoni prey on Myxine glutinosa? | The Carcharhinus tilstoni does not prey on Myxine glutinosa. They live in different areas so they do not interact. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Australian blacktip shark ( Carcharhinus tilstoni) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, endemic to northern and eastern Australia. Favoring the upper and middle parts of the water column, it can be found from the intertidal zone to a depth of 50 m (160 ft)."
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d5da0e400dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which is thicker: Gaiman Formation or the Pisco Basin? | The Pisco Basin is thicker. | text | [] | [
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d5da0e680dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Both Australia and Austria have a mountain range in them named what? | Alps | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Australian Alps consist of two biogeographic subregions: the Snowy Mountains, including the Brindabella Range, located in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory; and the Victorian Alps, located in Victoria. The latter region is also known as the \"High Country\", particularly within... |
d5da0eb80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Cylindrical is a category of what thing that African is an style of? | Drums | text | [] | [
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"text": "The most common African drum known to westerners is the djembe, a large, single-headed drum with a goblet shape. The Ashiko is another African drum in the shape of a truncated cone."
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d5da0ee00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How are the muntin's of a fanlight window oriented? | The glazing bars radiate out like an open fan. | text | [] | [
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"text": "For the community in the United States, see Fanlight, West Virginia. A fanlight is a form of lunette window, often semicircular or semi-elliptical in shape, with glazing bars or tracery sets radiating out like an open fan. It is placed over another window or a doorway, and is sometimes hinged to a tr... |
d5da0f080dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who is the representative for the 2nd congressional district in the U.S. state containing a largely suburban county called Johnson? | Republican Steve Watkins. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Kansas' 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kansas. It includes most of the eastern part of Kansas. The size of the district is less than a quarter of the state. The state capital of Topeka and the city of Lawrence are both in this district. The representative ... |
d5da0f3a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Mitsubishi Ha211 and the Kawasaki Ki-100 were both what type of plane? | Monoplanes | text | [] | [
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d5da0f580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who was the "great beast" created by? | God created him. | text | [] | [
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d5da0f800dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | This Cambodian province used to have a population of 1,680,694 and was known for a symbol of what animal wrapped around each other? | Kampong Cham's symbol is two snakes wrapped around each other. | text | [] | [
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d5da0fc60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What can a living photovoltaic cell use as a process to generate electrons, as opposed to a semiconductor diode that can use ultraviolet or IR energy? | They can use photolysis of water. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A photovoltaic cell is a specialized semiconductor diode that converts light into direct current (DC) electricity. Depending on the band gap of the light-absorbing material, photovoltaic cells can also convert low-energy, infrared (IR) or high-energy, ultraviolet (UV) photons into DC electricity."
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d5da10200dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The term Outer Carpathians is frequently used to describe the northern rim of what section, in addition to the Western Carpathians, that is divided into three formal groups in Romania? | Eastern Carpathians | text | [] | [
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"text": "The term Outer Carpathians is frequently used to describe the northern rim of the Western and Eastern Carpathians. The Carpathians provide habitat for the largest European populations of brown bears, wolves, chamois, and lynxes, with the highest concentration in Romania, as well as over one third of ... |
d5da10480dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a strong indicator of low blood levels of albumin? | Muehrcke's lines are a strong indicator of hypoalbuminemia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Muehrcke's lines are a strong indicator of hypoalbuminemia, which can result from a variety of different causes. The lines are actually in the vascular bed underneath the nail plate."
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d5da10700dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In Italy, what is the number of regional councils that are the elected legislative assemblies of a region there? | 20. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In Aosta Valley the President is elected by the council. In Trentino- South Tirol, the council is the joint session of the two provincial councils, each one with its own electoral law. The 20 Italian regional councils are as follows:"
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d5da10980dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Afrotyphlops obtusus and Afrotyphlops schlegelii are both species of what? | Snakes | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Malawi blind snake ( Afrotyphlops obtusus ), also known as the slender blind snake or southern gracile blind snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. It is endemic to Africa . It is found in southern Malawi, northern Mozambique, and extreme eastern Zimbabwe. Dorsally, it is dark br... |
d5da10c00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The voiced alveolar tap and International Phonetic Alphabet both deal with what? | Sound. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The voiced uvular fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ ʁ ⟩, an inverted small uppercase letter ⟨ ʀ ⟩, or in broad transcription ⟨ r ⟩ if rhotic."
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d5da11380dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Descriptive and quantum are both types of what? | Geometry | text | [] | [
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d5da11600dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which large general-purpose particle physics detectors experiment is concerned with investigating dark matter? | The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Compact Muon Solenoid ( CMS) experiment is one of two large general-purpose particle physics detectors built on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Switzerland and France."
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d5da11880dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many years after the death of Hugh, Count of Champagne did Jeanne of Avesnes, Countess of Soissons die? | She died 225 years after. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In 1340 in Soissons, he married Jeanne of Avesnes, Countess of Soissons (d. 1350), daughter of John of Avesnes, Lord of Beaumont. They had three children: Guy II, Count of Blois and Soissons. Louis was killed at the Battle of Crécy."
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d5da11d80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Capilano and Michigan are both names of what? | Lakes | text | [] | [
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d5da12000dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What kinds of feelings can women with a chronic, inflammatory skin disease of unknown cause, experience? | They may feel isolated, hopeless, have low self image, and become depressed, anxious, and angry. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Lichen sclerosus ( LS) is a chronic, inflammatory skin disease of unknown cause which can affect any body part of any person but has a strong preference for the genitals (penis, vulva) and is also known as balanitis xerotica obliterans ( BXO) when it affects the penis."
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d5da12280dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In what state is Chromium (III) phosphate green, and chromium (III) sulfate is a violet solid? | Anhydrous. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Three chromium (III) sulfates are well characterized: Anhydrous chromium (III) sulfate, Cr 2 (SO 4) 3, (CAS #10101-53-8) is a violet solid that dissolves in water upon addition of a reducing agent, which generates chromium (II) sulfates."
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d5da12500dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who first extracted formic acid from the red wood ant? | John Ray | text | [] | [
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"text": "Formica rufa, also known as the red wood ant, southern wood ant, or horse ant, is a boreal member of the Formica rufa group of ants, and is the type species for that group. It is native to Europe and Anatolia, but is also found in North America, in both coniferous and broad-leaf broken woodland and p... |
d5da12a00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Aragon, Castile and León are all in what country? | Spain | text | [] | [
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"text": "Aragon is an autonomous community in the northeast of Spain. In the various dialects of Spain it is: in Aragonese: Aragón; in Spanish: Aragón; in Catalan: Aragó . Aragon covers the area of the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. It is named after the Aragón river, a tributary of the Ebro ."
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d5da12c80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Corneal abrasion and Cycloplegia both affect what? | The eye. | text | [] | [
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d5da13400dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Handkäse and Skyr are both made with what? | Sour milk. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Handkäse– a GermanProtected designation origin(PDO) regional sour milk cheese(similar to Harzer) and is a culinary speciality of Frankfurt am Main, Offenbach am Main, Darmstadt, Langenand all other parts of southern Hesse. It gets its name from the traditional way of producing it: forming it with one... |
d5da13680dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What anime studio produced the anime based on the manga series created by Hiro Mashima with the character Natsu "Salamander" Dragneel in it? | A-1 Pictures and Statelite. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The first season of the Fairy Tail anime series was directed by Shinji Ishihira and produced by A-1 Pictures and Satelight. It follows the first adventures of Natsu Dragneel and Lucy Heartfilia of the fictional guild Fairy Tail. The season adapts the first 16 volumes of Hiro Mashima 's Fairy Tail man... |
d5da13900dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which organization in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma does the Tinker Air Force Base provide support to? | It provides services and support for the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center and its tenant organizations. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Tinker Air Force Base ( IATA: TIK, ICAO: KTIK, FAA LID: TIK) is a major United States Air Force base, with tenant U.S. Navy and other Department of Defense missions, located in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, surrounded by Del City, Oklahoma City, and Midwest City . An E-3B Sentry of the 552nd Air Control... |
d5da13fe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Is the Turpin Site north or south of the Crow Canyon Archaeological District? | It is north of it. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Crow Canyon Archaeological District is located in the heart of the Dinétah region of the American Southwest in Rio Arriba and San Juan counties in New Mexico approximately 30 miles southeast of the city of Farmington."
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d5da14260dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Kpelle and Bete are both names of what? | Languages. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It was intended for writing the Kpelle language, a member of the Mande group of Niger-Congo languages spoken by about 490,000 people in Liberia and around 300,000 people in Guinea at that time. The syllabary consists of 88 graphemes and is written from left to right in horizontal rows."
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d5da144e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Are there any operational maglev train lines older than the one that was designed to connect Shanghai Pudong International Airport and the outskirts of central Pudong, Shanghai? | There are not. The Shanghai maglev train or Shanghai Transrapid is the oldest commercial maglev still in operation. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Shanghai maglev train, also known as the Shanghai Transrapid, has a top speed of 430 km/h (270 mph). The line is the fastest operational high-speed maglev train, designed to connect Shanghai Pudong International Airport and the outskirts of central Pudong, Shanghai."
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d5da14800dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Would Isidore of Miletus have been alive or dead for the end of the Byzantine Empire? | He would have been dead. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Isidore of Miletus (ca. 442 – ca. 537) was a renowned Byzantine scientist and mathematician. He was one of the two main Byzantine Greek architects ( Anthemius of Tralles was the other) that Emperor Justinian I commissioned to design the cathedral Hagia Sophia in Constantinople from 532-537."
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d5da14a80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Abstract, concrete and physical are all types of what? | Objects. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Abstract object theory is a discipline that studies the nature and role of abstract objects. It holds that properties can be related to objects in two ways: through exemplification and through encoding. Concrete objects exemplify their properties while abstract objects merely encode them."
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d5da14d00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How old was Isabella, eldest daughter of Charles II, Duke of Lorraine, when she was eligible to be a bride for Matthias Corvinus? | Isabella died in 1453, 5 years before Matthias Cornivus was born. She was thus never considered to be a potential bride. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The first king of Hungary without dynastic ancestry was Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490), who led several successful military campaigns and also became the King of Bohemia and the Duke of Austria. With his patronage Hungary became the first country which adopted the Renaissance from Italy."
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d5da14f80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The book called The Monarch of the Glen is in reference to a famous painting by the same name by what English painter and sculptor best-known for the lion sculptures at the base of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square? | It's based on Sir Edwin Henry Landseer's painting. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The first book in that series is called The Monarch of the Glen, which was a reference to the famous painting of the same name by Landseer . The series was created by Michael Chaplin and produced by Nick Pitt, Paddy Higson, Jeremy Gwilt, Stephen Garwood, and Rob Bullock."
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d5da15200dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Guildford Castle was built by the person who became Duke of Normandy in which year? | Guildford Castle was built by William the Conqueror, who became Duke of Normandy in 1035. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Guildford Castle is in Guildford, Surrey, England. It is thought to have been built shortly after the 1066 invasion of England by William the Conqueror . After the Battle of Hastings in 1066 William led his army to Canterbury and then sacked towns along the Pilgrims' Way, including Guildford."
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d5da15700dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a local government entity that is comprised of all the Christian faithful living within a defined geographic area? | Parish. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Common designated names for local government entities include state, province, region, canton, department, county, prefecture, district, city, township, town, borough, parish, municipality, shire, village, ward, local service district and local government area . Local government traditionally had lim... |
d5da15ca0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | While society in general is concerned with the networks and interactions of human beings what theory is concerned with the division of labor and relations of production in the modern world? | Marxist theory | text | [] | [
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"text": "In Marxist theory, society consists of two parts: the base (or substructure) and superstructure. The base comprises the forces and relations of production (e.g. employer–employee work conditions, the technical division of labour, and property relations) into which people enter to produce the necessit... |
d5da15fc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Cold autoimmune hemolytic anemia caused by cold-reacting antibodies happens at temperatures that range from 28–31 °C unlike warm antibody autoimmune hemolytic anemia which happens at what kind of temperature? | Body temperature | text | [] | [
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"text": "Cold autoimmune hemolytic anemia caused by cold-reacting antibodies. Autoantibodies that bind to the erythrocyte membrane leading to premature erythrocyte destruction (hemolysis) characterize autoimmune hemolytic anemia . This article needs more medical references for verification or relies too heavi... |
d5da16240dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What country previously occupied territories like Taiwan and used women by sexually enslaving them in World War II? | Japan. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The San Francisco Comfort Women memorial is a monument dedicated to comfort women before and during World War II. It is built in remembrance of the girls and women that were sexually enslaved by the Imperial Japanese Army through deceit, coercion, and brutal force."
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"text": "Women who we... |
d5da164c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was occasionally at odds with the two other Christian military orders and had a key battle in 1177 at the Battle of Montgisard? | The Knights Templar. | text | [] | [
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"text": "One of the key battles in which this was demonstrated was in 1177, at the Battle of Montgisard. The famous Muslim military leader Saladin was attempting to push toward Jerusalem from the south, with a force of 26,000 soldiers."
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"text": "The Knights Templar were occasionally at odds with ... |
d5da16740dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Afrotyphlops obtusus, Afrotyphlops schlegeliiand and members of Typhlops are all what type of snakes? | Blind snakes | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Malawi blind snake ( Afrotyphlops obtusus ), also known as the slender blind snake or southern gracile blind snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. It is endemic to Africa . It is found in southern Malawi, northern Mozambique, and extreme eastern Zimbabwe. Dorsally, it is dark br... |
d5da16920dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was used in a subscriber loop in the POTS standard service from telephone companies until its death in 1988? | A pair of wires from the central office switch to the subscriber's home. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The pair of wires from the central office switch to a subscriber's home is called a subscriber loop. It carries a direct current (DC) voltage at a nominal voltage of -48V when the receiver is on-hook, supplied by a power conversion system in the central office."
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d5da16ec0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which country's Church has a current primate of Theodoros II and various incumbents of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria? | Greece. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria has the title Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa. The following list contains all the incumbents of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria ."
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"text": "The current primate of the Greek Church of Alexandria is Theodoros II, Pop... |
d5da17140dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Washington Monument and Needle Tower are both located where? | Washington, D.C | text | [] | [
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"text": "/ 38.887889°N 77.0224972°W / 38.887889; -77.0224972 Needle Tower is a public artwork by American sculptor Kenneth Snelson located outside of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., United States. This 26,5 meter tall abstract sculpture is a tapering tower made of aluminum a... |
d5da173c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the name of the region in the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh that is where Brahmins have ancestral roots? | Velanadu | text | [] | [
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"text": "Brahmins whose ancestral roots lie in velanadu region, the ancient name for the coastal region on the banks of River Krishna in the Guntur district and Prakasam district. Some may have roots in Northern Andhra Pradesh near Vishakapatnam or Srikakulam."
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d5da17b40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In 2010, how many people lived in the Pennsylvania township where there may be seven gates that can take someone to Hell? | In 2010, there were 6,043 people in Hellam Township, Pennsylvania, the possible location of the seven gates. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Both agree that there are seven gates in a wooded area of Hellam Township, Pennsylvania, and that anyone who passes through all seven goes straight to Hell. The location in question never housed an institution; the aforementioned doctor only constructed one gate, to keep out trespassers."
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d5da18040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Minimum Probability of what value determined by DNA testing with the use of DNA profiles varies by states? | Paternity testing | text | [] | [
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"text": "DNA paternity testing is the use of DNA profiles to determine whether an individual is the biological parent of another individual. Paternity testing can be especially important when the rights and duties of the father are in issue and a child's paternity is in doubt."
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"text": "Minimum P... |
d5da182c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | It is argued that capital investment in what, which the DPWI is a department associated with, can be used to reduce unemployment? | Public Works | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure ( DPWI; formerly the Department of Public Works) is one of the ministries of the South African government. It is responsible for providing accommodation and property management services to all the other ministries of the South African government."
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d5da184a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Computer-generated special effects were used to depict what monumental domed building planned by Adolf Hitler and his architect Albert Speer for Germania in Berlin in the TV production of the Man in the High Castle? | Computer-generated special effects are used to depict the Volkshalle in an alternate history Berlin in the TV production of The Man in the High Castle | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Volkshalle (\"People's Hall\"), also called Große Halle (\"Great Hall\") or Ruhmeshalle (\"Hall of Glory\"), was a monumental domed building planned by Adolf Hitler and his architect Albert Speer for Germania in Berlin. The project was never realized."
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d5da18720dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | There is a loss of the activity of what acid in the type of degenerative joint disease that results from breakdown of joint cartilage and underlying bone? | Articular hyaluronic | text | [] | [
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"text": "In osteoarthritis, there is a loss of articular hyaluronic acid activity, likely contributing to pain and stiffness associated with the condition. Hyaluronic acid injections are an FDA-approved treatment for osteoarthritis of the knee, and are sometimes also used for other joints."
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d5da189a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What describes both an incident that can occur even after a reactor is shut down because the fuel continues to produce decay heat or what begins on the atomic level, with the shifting or breaking of atomic bonds? | Damage. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A core damage incident can occur even after a reactor is shut down because the fuel continues to produce decay heat . A core damage accident is caused by the loss of sufficient cooling for the nuclear fuel within the reactor core."
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d5da19120dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | If a man is going to prison in New York, would he be put in Orleans Correctional Facility or Bedford Hills? | A man going to prison in New York would be put in OCF since it is a prison for men and Bedford Hills is a facility for women. | text | [] | [
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"text": "OCF is a medium security prison for males and is located in the Town of Albion, Orleans County in Western New York . It is located near the Albion Correctional Facility ."
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"text": "Bedford Hills is one of several New York facilities exclusively for women, the others being Albion Correcti... |
d5da193a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What highly erogenous elastic band of tissue under the glans penis is sometimes removed as treatment of frenular chordee? | The frenulum is removed in a frenectomy. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The frenular artery, a branch of the dorsal artery, may be severed, causing significant bleeding. A frenectomy can be performed to remove the frenulum from the penis, which is a treatment for frenulum breve or frenular chordee. This is a form of genital frenectomy. The frenulum may be cut when a male... |
d5da19620dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Dipoloceras, Anisoceras, and members of Callihoplites are all types of what? | Ammonites | text | [] | [
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"text": "Anisoceras is a heteromorph ammonite belonging to the turrilitoid family Anisoceratidae. The shell forms a loose open helical spiral in the early stages, ending in one or two straight shafts in the mature adult. Surface ornament consists of prominent rounded nodes on the lower and upper flanks, conne... |
d5da19800dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The river that is one of the great salmon rivers of Britain borders which nations? | Scotland and Wales. | text | [] | [
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"text": "For simplicity, they are divided here by the coastal sections within which each river system discharges to the sea. In the case of the rivers which straddle the borders with Scotland and Wales, such as the Border Esk, Tweed, Dee, Severn and Wye, only those tributaries which lie at least partly in Eng... |
d5da19a80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Holden and Crookesare both names of what? | Craters | text | [] | [
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"text": "Holden is a 140 km wide crater situated within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region of the planet Mars, located with the southern highlands. It is named after American astronomer Edward Singleton Holden."
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"text": "Rays of the crater Crookes (to the southwest) cover parts of t... |
d5da19d00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A throwing stick and the Nahuatl macuahuitl are both types of what? | Weapons. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. The throwing stick or throwing club is a wooden rod with either a pointed tip or a spearhead attached to one end, intended for use as a weapon. A throwing stick can be either straight or roughly boomerang -shaped, and is much shorter than the javelin.... |
d5da19f80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In Fibula Hemimelia which causes severe knee instability, in what case can the foot stay unaffected? | If it is intercalary. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Paraxial fibular hemimelia is the most common manifestation in which only the postaxial portion of the limb is affected. It is commonly seen as a complete terminal deficiency, where the lateral rays of the foot are also affected. Hemimelia can also be intercalary in which case the foot remains unaffe... |
d5da1a480dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Shin Tachikawa Kōkūki Kabushiki Kaisha produces things of what category of which the Henschel Hs 130 is part of? | Aircraft | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Henschel Hs 130 was a German high- altitude reconnaissance and bomber aircraft developed in World War II. It suffered from various mechanical faults and was never used operationally, only existing as prototype airframes."
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d5da1a700dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Resistance genes to what thing, that binds to the negatively charged backbone of nucleic acids to disrupt protein synthesis, are commonly used in the realm of genetic engineering in order to select for correctly transformed bacterial organisms? | Aminoglycosides | text | [] | [
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"text": "Primarily positively charged at biological conditions, aminoglycosides bind to the negatively charged backbone of nucleic acids to disrupt protein synthesis, effectively inhibiting bacterial cell growth."
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"text": "Aminoglycoside resistance genes are commonly used in the realm of genetic ... |
d5da1a980dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How long is the highway that runs west to east beginning at the Pennsylvania state line and traveling through the Finger Lakes region? | The highway is 108.72 miles long. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It generally runs from west to east through five counties, beginning at the Pennsylvania state line in the Delaware River near Narrowsburg, crossing the Hudson River on the Newburgh–Beacon Bridge, and ending in Carmel."
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"text": "For the former alignment of NY 52 in the Finger Lakes regio... |
d5da1ac00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many sons was Bali said to have? | He was said to have both 5 and 6 sons. | text | [] | [
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"text": "After renouncing, he divided his country into six kingdoms, one for each of his 6 sons Anga (founder of the Anga Kingdom ), Vanga (founder of the Vanga Kingdom ), Kalinga (founder of the Kalinga Kingdom ), Pundra (founder of the Pundra Kingdom ), Suhma (founder of the Suhma Kingdom) and Odhra (founde... |
d5da1b100dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | There are two historic lavender fields in the what borough of Sutton, named for a major settlement for two millennia, and was originally called Londinium? | London Borough | text | [] | [
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"text": "There are two historic lavender fields in the London Borough of Sutton. One, at Oaks Way, Carshalton Beeches is three acres in size and is run as a not-for-profit community project. The other, a 25-acre commercial site in Croydon Lane called Mayfield, is popular with tourists."
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d5da1b600dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The MSSR and M40 are both examples of what? | Sniper rifles | text | [] | [
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"text": "One sniper is equipped with a long-range, specially-made sniper rifle, such as the M40; he is also frequently issued an M9 9mm pistol. The spotter is typically armed with an M4 carbine and uses a high-power spotting scope to spot targets and follow-up shots for the shooter."
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"text": "The... |
d5da1b7e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the most important river in the nation containing the Río de la Plata called? | The Río Negro. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Río de la Plata begins at the confluence of the Uruguay and Paraná rivers at Punta Gorda and flows eastward into the South Atlantic Ocean."
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"text": "The Río Negro ( Black River) is the most important river in Uruguay .is a river in central France. It is a left tributary of the Urugua... |
d5da1ba60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The satellite villages of Airdrie like Greengairs are found in what area dominated by the Glasgow conurbation? | Northern Lanarkshire. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Northern Lanarkshire is dominated by the Glasgow conurbation, Scotland's largest city, though some small bodies of water can be found such as the Roughrigg Reservoir, Lilly Loch, Hillend Reservoir, Forrestburn Reservoir and Black Loch ."
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"text": "Chapelhall, Calderbank, Caldercruix, Gart... |
d5da1bce0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | ACD decreased the production of what thing that Leukemia results in high abnormal numbers of? | Blood cells | text | [] | [
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"text": "Anemia of chronic disease (ACD) (also known as anemia of inflammatory response) is a condition where the body converts iron into unused ferrin, causing a drop in hemoglobin production, and as a result; decreased red blood cell production and count."
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"text": "Leukemia, also spelled leukae... |
d5da1bf60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What decorative handicraft art that began as a form of Chinese folk art in the Tang and Song Dynasty involves lanyard type arrangements where two cords enter from the top of the knot and two cords leave from the bottom? | Chinese knotting | text | [] | [
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"text": "Chinese knots are usually lanyard type arrangements where two cords enter from the top of the knot and two cords leave from the bottom. The knots are usually double-layered and symmetrical. On the right you can see examples of Pan Chang knot 's 3D structures."
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"text": "For example, Chine... |
d5da1c5a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many people live in the metro area that is the capital of the country that is serviced by both A beltway around Tokyo, that links the major prefectural capital cities of Yokohama (in Kanagawa Prefecture ), Saitama (in Saitama Prefecture ), and Chiba (in Chiba and National Route 6 ? | There are more than 37.393 million residents. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A beltway around Tokyo, it links the major prefectural capital cities of Yokohama (in Kanagawa Prefecture ), Saitama (in Saitama Prefecture ), and Chiba (in Chiba Prefecture) as well as Hachiōji (in Tokyo). It also serves Yokosuka and Sagamihara (in Kanagawa Prefecture), Kasukabe (in Saitama Prefectu... |
d5da1c820dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are comprised of all the Christian faithful living within a defined geographic area and local colonial government was based upon in Louisiana? | Parishes. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Most parishes are territorial parishes, which comprise all the Christian faithful living within a defined geographic area. Some parishes may be joined with others in a deanery or vicariate forane and overseen by a vicar forane, also known as a dean or archpriest ."
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"text": "Louisiana was... |
d5da1caa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Mississippi River Trail, a designated bicycle and pedestrian trail that traverses the shores of the Mississippi River was designated U.S. Bicycle Route 45 in what year? | 2013 | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Mississippi River Trail in Algiers Point, Louisiana, with a view of the Mississippi River, French Quarter, New Orleans skyline. The Mississippi River Trail, also known as MRT or U.S. Bicycle Route 45, is a designated bicycle and pedestrian trail that traverses the shores of the Mississippi River ... |
d5da1cd20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Devices in a network interface that manages all the radio functions that require an antenna typically run what as their firmware? | Baseband processors typically run a real-time operating system (RTOS) as their firmware. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Baseband processors typically run a real-time operating system (RTOS) as their firmware, such as ENEA 's OSE, Nucleus RTOS (iPhone 3G/3GS/iPad), ThreadX (iPhone 4), and VRTX."
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"text": "A baseband processor (also known as baseband radio processor, BP, or BBP) is a device (a chip or part o... |
d5da1cf00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Acasta Gneiss is a tonalite gneiss in what thing that is one of the blocks that compose the Precambrian core of North America, also known as the palaeocontinent Laurentia? | The Slave Craton | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Slave Craton is one of the blocks that compose the Precambrian core of North America, also known as the palaeocontinent Laurentia."
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"text": "The Acasta Gneiss is a tonalite gneiss in the Slave craton in Northwest Territories, Canada. The rock body is exposed on an island about 300 ki... |
d5da1d220dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The legislatures of what country in which the Commons, is the lower house and de facto primary chamber of its Parliament are derived from a number of different sources? | United Kingdom | text | [] | [
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"text": "The legislatures of the United Kingdom are derived from a number of different sources. The parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body for the United Kingdom and the British overseas territories with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland each having their own devolved legislatures... |
d5da1d9a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Pollymounty and Elk are both names of what? | Rivers | text | [] | [
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"text": "Cedar River is an 11.6-mile-long (18.7 km) stream in Antrim County in the U.S. state of Michigan and is part of the Elk River Chain of Lakes Watershed, a tributary of Lake Michigan . / 44.95806°N 85.04167°W / 44.95806; -85.04167 ( Cedar River (source))"
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d5da1db80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the branch model, what thing, which has a duty to perform election related activities in an orderly manner, is often called an electoral branch? | The election commission | text | [] | [
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"text": "In the branch model the election commission is often called an electoral branch, and is usually a constitutionally-recognized separate branch of government, with its members appointed by either the executive or the legislative branch. Countries with an electoral branch include Bolivia, Costa Rica, Pa... |
d5da1de00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What address used in the SCCP protocol for routing signaling messages on telecommunications networks has an SS7 equivalent to IP routing? | A global title. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A global title ( GT) is an address used in the SCCP protocol for routing signaling messages on telecommunications networks. In theory, a global title is a unique address which refers to only one destination, though in practice destinations can change over time. INAP, MAP, IS-41 ..."
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