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d5da356e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In medieval era Hindu texts, what is the meaning of Ishvara, which can refer to what Nergal is who was equated to the Greek Ares? | A God. | text | [] | [
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d5da35be0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The collaborative hypertext publication has what sort of content management system in an engine? | A wiki engine. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A wiki ( / ˈwɪki / ( listen) WIK-ee) is a hypertext publication collaboratively edited and managed by its own audience directly using a web browser."
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d5da35e60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What country is known for imperialism and is the birthplace of St. Thomas Aquinas? | Italy. | text | [] | [
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d5da36f40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What valley is physically like the place that is the home of Elrond? | It is physically like the valley of Lauterbrunnen in Switzerland. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Northeast of there is Bree, the only place where hobbits and Men live in the same villages. Further east from there is the hill of Weathertop, the hill with the ancient fortress of Amon Sul, and then Rivendell, the home of Elrond. South from there is the ancient land of Hollin, once the elvish land o... |
d5da371c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who is responsible for researching parasitic flukes that infest humans and mammals and cause the disease fascioliasis? | Wendell Krull | text | [] | [
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d5da378a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | East Broadway on the IND Sixth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway is what kind of area that is always underground? | A station. | text | [] | [
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d5da37b20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who is Dr. Winston Zeddemore and what is his first on-screen appearance? | Dr. Winston Zeddemore is a fictional character appearing in the Ghostbusters films, TV series, and video games. His first on-screen appearance is in the movie Ghostbusters, when he responds to a help-wanted advertisement the team has posted in an attempt to deal with their sizable workload. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Dr. Winston Zeddemore is a fictional character appearing in the Ghostbusters films, TV series, and video games. He was played by Ernie Hudson in both movies and was voiced by Arsenio Hall in the first three seasons of The Real Ghostbusters."
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d5da38020dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Itahar, Asansol Uttar and Kanthi Uttar are all names of what? | Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, India | text | [] | [
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d5da382a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the an angle which ranges from 0° at the Equator to 90° at the poles of Senegal? | 14 degrees north | text | [] | [
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d5da38520dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Muslim Gujjars are mostly found in what province that is Pakistan's most populous and whose capital is Lahore? | They're found in Punjab, Pakistan. | text | [] | [
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d5da387a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The amendment that provides citizens of the United States with security of themselves, their house, and from unreasonable searches and seizures is how many numbers higher than the amendment that grants the right to free assembly? | 3 | text | [] | [
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d5da38f20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Do Allocasuarina pusilla and Allocasuarina humilis share a common name? | Yes. | text | [] | [
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d5da39100dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was the western point of the Canadian island located in Hillsborough Bay used for in the past? | A lobster processing facility and the remainder of the land was used as an area to graze sheep and cattle | text | [] | [
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d5da39600dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The nine-armed sea star found in the western Atlantic Ocean has a scientific name that is Latin for originating in what country? | Senegal. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Luidia senegalensis, the nine-armed sea star, is a tropical species of starfish in the family Luidiidae found in the western Atlantic Ocean. The nine-armed sea star has long, slim tapering arms attached to a small circular central disc."
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d5da397e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The dialect that reflects the older name of the Tosa area is largely a combination of the Kansai dialect and which other dialect that comes from the region whose capital was destroyed by a nuclear bomb in 1945? | The other dialect is from the Chugoku region, whose capital Hiroshima was hit with a nuclear bomb in 1945. | text | [] | [
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d5da39ce0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Viscum album and Mistle thrush are native to which continent? | Europe | text | [] | [
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d5da39f60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What interim Australian bioregion that includes the Moreton Basin has Brisbane as its largest city? | South East Queensland. | text | [] | [
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d5da3a1e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Thebe Hypoplakia and Thespiae were both names of what? | Cities | text | [] | [
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d5da3a6e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The lamina papyracea forms the lateral surface of the labyrinth of what unpaired bone in the skull that separates the nasal cavity from the brain? | The orbital lamina of ethmoid bone, or lamina papyracea, forms the lateral surface of the labyrinth of the ethmoid bone in the skull. | text | [] | [
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d5da3a960dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the region was dominated by Bantu -speaking tribes at least 3,000 years ago, what was the name of the main Bantu tribe living in the region? | Kongo. | text | [] | [
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d5da3abe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What condition seen with radiological tests indicates that a premature infant may have a disease that could destroy the infant's intestine? | Pneumatosis intestinalis. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Pneumatosis intestinalis (also called intestinal pneumatosis, pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis, pneumatosis coli, or intramural bowel gas) is pneumatosis of an intestine, that is, gas cysts in the bowel wall. As a radiological sign it is highly suggestive for necrotizing enterocolitis."
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d5da3b2c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Go Royal Family ruled over the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo until how many years before Yuri fortified Moscow with wooden walls and a moat? | 448 | text | [] | [
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d5da3b720dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What size was the Ectopistes migratorius male? | 15.4 to 16.1 inches | text | [] | [
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d5da3bcc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the name for the layers of the long trenches found in the Elysium area of Mars? | The Elysium Fossae contain layers, called strata. | text | [] | [
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d5da3c120dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who plays the love interest of the character that Salma Hayek's plays in 30 Rock? | Salma Hayek's love interest in 30 Rock is played by Alec Baldwin. | text | [] | [
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d5da3c3a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon practiced what form of irregular warfare in which small groups of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility, to fight a larger and less-mobile tra... | Guerrilla warfare | text | [] | [
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d5da3c6c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | High-instance and traffic are both types of what? | Courts | text | [] | [
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d5da3c940dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What group that includes puzzles into their cd packaging created an album that has a theme of pirate lore and stories of ghost ships? | Nox Arcana | text | [] | [
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d5da3d020dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Orthophytum lucidum and Orthophytum benzingii are both types of what? | Plants | text | [] | [
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d5da3d2a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Truvada containing the analogue of cytidine inhibits what enzyme that copies HIV RNA into new viral DNA? | Reverse transcriptase. | text | [] | [
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d5da3d480dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What cysteine protease enzyme found in fruits including kiwifruit is commercially used as a meat tenderizer? | Actinidain is commercially useful as a meat tenderizer. | text | [] | [
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d5da3d7a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The discontinued multimedia framework for media creation and distribution for Microsoft Windows had an SDK replaced when what version of Windows was released? | Windows Vista. | text | [] | [
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d5da3dca0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Some languages have palatal or velar voiceless lateral fricatives or what, examples of which in English are /d͡ʒ/ (the 'j' sound) and t͡ʃ (the 'ch' sound)? | Affricates | text | [] | [
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d5da3df20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Gazelles that stot and butterflies that make use of patterns of threatening or startling behaviour are all done to deter what? | Predators. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Pursuit-deterrent signals are behavioral signals used by prey that convince predators not to pursue them. For example, gazelles stot, jumping high with stiff legs and an arched back. This is thought to signal to predators that they have a high level of fitness and can outrun the predator."
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d5da3e740dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What film series called the Trilogia del dollaro has a character referred to as "Joe" by the old undertaker Piripero? | Dollars Trilogy. | text | [] | [
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d5da3eba0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | US 11 becomes The North Scranton Expressway north of downtown Scranton in what state? | Pennsylvania | text | [] | [
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d5da3ed80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Chobe that divides Namibia and Botswana, and the body of water it enters that is 2,574-kilometre-long are both types of what? | Rivers. | text | [] | [
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d5da3f000dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How old was Charles I of Anjou when he made an alliance against the Byzantine Empire? | Charles I of Anjou was 41-42 when the alliance was made. | text | [] | [
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d5da3f280dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America is part of what range? | Mount Elbert is part of the Sawatch Range. | text | [] | [
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d5da3f500dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Technique de descente et théorèmes d'existence en géometrie algébrique is one series of seminars contained in what book? | The Technique de descente et théorèmes d'existence en géometrie algébrique is one series of seminars within Fondements de la Géometrie Algébrique. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Fondements de la Géometrie Algébrique ( FGA) is a book that collected together seminar notes of Alexander Grothendieck. It is an important source for his pioneering work on scheme theory, which laid foundations for algebraic geometry in its modern technical developments."
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d5da3f960dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Udvada Atash Behram is the name of what structure where Zoroastrian women are not allowed to enter? | A Fire Temple. | text | [] | [
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d5da3fbe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which empire had a capital of P'artaw, and during the Late Antiquity period contained the Kirman province? | The Sasanian empire. | text | [] | [
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d5da3fe60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The waterway channel that cuts across the Isthmus of Panama is a conduit for what activity? | Maritime trade. | text | [] | [
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d5da400e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Mount Baker which is also known by Koma Kulshan has the second-most thermally active crater in the Cascade Region after what other volcano? | Mount St. Helens | text | [] | [
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d5da40400dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | An electro-mechanical data storage device is what type of drive storage where data is recorded by mechanical changes to a surface layer of one or more rotating disks? | Disk storage. | text | [] | [
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d5da40900dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the largest ethnic contingent to fight for the Union in the American Civil War and which state supplied the largest number of them? | German-Americans were the largest ethnic contingent to fight for the Union in the American Civil War.New York supplied the largest number of these native-born Germans with 36,000 | text | [] | [
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"text": "German-Americans were the largest ethnic contingent to fight for the Union in the American Civil War. More than 200,000 native-born Germans, along with another 250,000 1st-generation German-Americans, served in the Union Army, notably from New York, Wisconsin, and Ohio."
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d5da40b80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who is one with the Hindu god referred to as "The Creator? | Vásudeva | text | [] | [
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d5da40fe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The creature with a loosely attached thin shell composed of two halves joined longitudinally which protect most of the segments, is found where? | in the North Atlantic, from the east coast of North America, Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Norway, and south through the North Sea, Kattegat, around the British Isles, and extending into the Mediterranean Sea | text | [] | [
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d5da41260dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Great War and Borneo are both names of what? | Islands | text | [] | [
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d5da414e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Saint-Charles and Coulonge are both names of what? | Rivers | text | [] | [
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d5da419e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the average daytime temperature range in the archipelago that contains Lajes Airport? | Daytime temperatures normally fluctuate between 16 °C (61 °F) and 25 °C (77 °F) depending on the season. | text | [] | [
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d5da41c60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is visible light and what are the colors that can be produced by it called? | Electromagnetic radiation in this range of wavelengths is called visible light or simply light. Colors that can be produced by visible light of a narrow band of wavelengths (monochromatic light) are called pure spectral colors. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Electromagnetic radiation in this range of wavelengths is called visible light or simply light. A typical human eye will respond to wavelengths from about 380 to about 750 nanometers. In terms of frequency, this corresponds to a band in the vicinity of 400–790 THz."
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d5da42160dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was the original capital of Macedonia which fought in the Peloponnesian War under the rule of Perdiccas II of Macedon? | Aegae | text | [] | [
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d5da423e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Chelydra acutirostris is found in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador and is also know by what other name? | It's know as the South American snapping turtle. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Its restricted range in South America reflects its recent arrival there as part of the Great American Interchange . Chelydra acutirostris is found in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador. There are no recognized subspecies of C. acutirostris."
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d5da42660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Bandon and Blackwater are both names of what? | Rivers | text | [] | [
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d5da42840dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the Canadian order of precedence used to dictate? | It is used to dictate ceremonial protocol. | text | [] | [
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d5da42fc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What specification was initiated by David Weiniger that is a specification in the form of a line notation for describing the structure of chemical species? | SMILES | text | [] | [
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"text": "The simplified molecular-input line-entry system ( SMILES) is a specification in the form of a line notation for describing the structure of chemical species using short ASCII strings. SMILES strings can be imported by most molecule editors for conversion back into two-dimensional drawings or three-d... |
d5da432e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Niger and Yobe are both names of what? | Rivers | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Benin–Niger border is 277 km (172 m) in length and runs from the tripoint with Burkina Faso in the west to the tripoint with Nigeria in the east. The starts at the tripoint with Burkina Faso in the Mékrou River, following this river in a north-eastwards direction before reaching the Niger river."... |
d5da437e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the difference between a BBA and a DBA degree? | The BBA is an undergraduate program which includes general and advanced business courses for a specific concentration while the DBA is a terminal degree and equivalent to a PHD. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The BBA program usually includes general business courses and advanced courses for specific concentrations . The degree is designed to give a broad knowledge of the functional aspects of a company and their interconnection, while also allowing specialization in a particular area."
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d5da43c40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who replaced the mother of Santiago Creel's daughter as an antagonist in a telenovela? | Felicia Mercado replaced Edith Gonzalez in the telenovela. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Verónica Castro and Guillermo Capetillo starred as the protagonists, while Laura Zapata, Liliana Abud and Edith González starred as the antagonists. Edith González was later replaced by Felicia Mercado midway through the telenovela. The following is a list of episodes published by Blim."
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d5da43ec0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How can geometry be used when calculating species? | Riemannian geometry can be used to help with the large areas that species may encompass to help show the mathematical relationship. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Curved spaces can generally be described by Riemannian geometry though some simple cases can be described in other ways. Curved spaces play an essential role in general relativity, where gravity is often visualized as curved space."
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"text": "The species–area relationship or species–area ... |
d5da44140dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many full-time staff work at the organization that said there is localized forest destruction that is negatively impacting keeled slug-eating snakes? | The organization employs approximately 1,000 full-time staff. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Keeled slug-eating snakes live in or near forests. They are nocturnal and mostly arboreal, and as the common name suggests, they feed exclusively on snails and slugs. They are oviparous. While the species is negatively affected by forest destruction, IUCN considers these effects to be localized and n... |
d5da44320dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Clackmannanshire is a subdivision of what country that has the Brig o' Doon bridge south of Alloway? | Scotland. | text | [] | [
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"text": "His atmospheric arrangements have been frequently used for the revivals. Though the Highland village of Brigadoon is fictional, it's named after the (Lowland) Brig o' Doon, a bridge located south of Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland, and being the setting for the final verse of the Robert Burns 's poem Tam... |
d5da445a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of spelling, the modulation version of which takes place when one treats a chord as if it were spelled enharmonically as a functional chord in the destination key, and then proceeds in the destination key, of a written note, interval, or chord is an alternative way to write that note, interval, or chord? | Enharmonic | text | [] | [
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"text": "Thus, the enharmonic spelling of a written note, interval, or chord is an alternative way to write that note, interval, or chord. The term is derived from Latin enharmonicus, from Late Latin enarmonius, from Ancient Greek ἐναρμόνιος (enarmónios), from ἐν (en)+ ἁρμονία (harmonía)."
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d5da448c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a visual cue which might allow a person to tell the difference between a male and female paleotropical near passerine birds related to the woodpeckers native to Southeast Asia? | The male has a yellow patch on the shoulder, while the female has none. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Malaysian honeyguide ( Indicator archipelagicus) is a bird in the family Indicatoridae, which are paleotropical near passerine birds related to the woodpeckers. The species is native to Southeast Asia . It is a medium-sized, up to 18 cm long, olive-brown honeyguide with greenish streaks, reddish ... |
d5da44aa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Where do Kevin " Kasper " Cole and Angela del Toro appear? | Comic books. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Kevin \" Kasper \" Cole is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is the third to use the name White Tiger. He has also adopted the moniker of the Black Panther."
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"text": "Angela del Toro is a fictional character appearing in Ame... |
d5da44dc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who is a bodhisattva in Buddhism associated with practice and meditation that is only rarely depicted alone? | Samantabhadra | text | [] | [
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"text": "Unlike his more popular counterpart Mañjuśrī, Samantabhadra is only rarely depicted alone and is usually found in a trinity on the right side of Shakyamuni, mounted on a white elephant."
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"text": "Samantabhadra (Sanskrit: समन्तभद्र; lit. \"Universal Worthy\", \"all good\") is a bodhisattv... |
d5da45040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What animal first appeared during the Oligocene epoch about 37 million years ago and was represented in literature, folklore, and myth? | Alligators. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Alligators first appeared during the Oligocene epoch about 37 million years ago. The name \"alligator\" is probably an anglicized form of el lagarto, the Spanish term for \"the lizard\", which early Spanish explorers and settlers in Florida called the alligator."
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d5da452c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Zionist regime is a pejorative term for the what of Israel, which the withdrawal of legitimacy from would be known as Delegitimisation? | State | text | [] | [
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"text": "Zionist entity ( Arabic: الكيان الصهيوني , al-kiyān al-Sihyawniyy ), Zionist regime ( Persian: رژیم صهیونیستی , rezhim-e sahyonisti) and Zionist enemy are pejorative terms for the State of Israel used by some Arabs and Muslims."
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d5da45720dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What scientific hub in Germany is part of the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region? | Heidelberg | text | [] | [
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"text": "Heidelberg is a part of the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region, often referred to as the Rhein-Neckar Triangle ."
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d5da459a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Faraday's law of induction and a record head both are both associated with what? | Magnetic fields. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Non-metallic substances such as liquids or some kinds of dirt do not interact with the magnetic field, so an inductive sensor can operate in wet or dirty conditions. The inductive sensor is based on Faraday's law of induction. The temporal variations of the Magnetic Flux"
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"text": "The se... |
d5da45c20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the Romance language that originated in the Iberian Peninsula, how does someone pronounce the consonant written b or v when it appears between vowels? | This type of consonant is pronounced as a voiced bilabial approximant. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The voiceless bilabial fricative, voiced bilabial fricative, and the bilabial approximant do not exist in English, but they occur in many languages. For example, the Spanish consonant written b or v is pronounced, between vowels, as a voiced bilabial approximant ."
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d5da46620dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The eye is considered a system of two what, an eyepiece being an example? | Lens | text | [] | [
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"text": "An eyepiece, or ocular lens, is a type of lens that is attached to a variety of optical devices such as telescopes and microscopes. It is so named because it is usually the lens that is closest to the eye when someone looks through the device."
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d5da468a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which Asian city is home to the Bourret's box turtle in its center and the Chinese three-striped box turtle in the north? | Vietnam | text | [] | [
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"text": "Bourret's box turtle ( Cuora bourreti ), also known commonly as the central Vietnamese flowerback box turtle and the Indochinese box turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia . C. bourreti is found in central Vietnam and adjacent Laos."
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d5da46b20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Under which license is Wikipedia content made free and open? | The Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License ensures that Wikipedia content is free and open. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Copied Wikipedia content will therefore remain free under an appropriate license and can continue to be used by anyone subject to certain restrictions, most of which aim to ensure that freedom. This principle is known as copyleft in contrast to typical copyright licenses."
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d5da46da0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Did Corey Smith or Brian Michael Smith grow up in a more southern state? | Corey Smith grew up in a more southern state. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Corey Smith is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Smith grew up in Jefferson, Georgia, near Athens. He attended the University of Georgia and majored in Social Studies education. While in college, he wrote songs and performed locally."
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"text": "Brian Michael Smith was born and ... |
d5da47700dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Did the Battle of Chalons occur before or after the invasion of Europe by the Huns from Asia? | It occurred after. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The beginning of the period is widely regarded as the invasion of Europe by the Huns from Asiain 375 and the ending with the conquest of Italy by the Lombardsin 568,[3]but a more loosely set period is from as early as 300 to as late as 800.[4]"
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d5da47e80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | According to Livy and Plutarch, Camillus triumphed four times, was five times dictator, and was honored with the title of Second Founder of what city that is regarded by many as the first ever Imperial city and metropolis? | He was honored with the title Second Founder of Rome. | text | [] | [
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"text": "According to Livy and Plutarch, Camillus triumphed four times, was five times dictator, and was honoured with the title of Second Founder of Rome . Camillus belonged to the lineage of the Furii Camilli, whose origin had been in the Latin city of Tusculum."
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d5da48100dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How much taller is the tower at 432 Park Avenue than the building at 15 Park Row? | It is 1,005 feet taller. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The 1,396-foot-tall (425.5 m) tower was developed by CIM Group and Harry B. Macklowe and designed by Rafael Viñoly. It features 125 condominiums as well as amenities such as a private restaurant for residents."
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d5da48380dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the State Route 310 that shares the same state as State Route 308, what city does it serve in? | Bremerton. | text | [] | [
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"text": "State Route 308 ( SR 308) is a 3.42-mile-long (5.50 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Washington, serving the community of Keyport in Kitsap County. The highway travels generally east from an interchange with SR 3 east of Naval Base Kitsap at Bangor to the main entrance of the Naval Undersea War... |
d5da48600dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In which family do the animals that reach 2.3 feet in diameter and live off the coast of California in Monterey bay, having a radial pattern of stripes belong? | Pelagiidae | text | [] | [
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"text": "Chrysaora colorata (Russell), commonly known as the purple-striped jelly, is a species of jellyfish that exists primarily off the coast of California in Monterey Bay. The bell (body) of the jellyfish is up to 70 cm (2.3 ft) in diameter, typically with a radial pattern of stripes."
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d5da48880dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Khinalug peoples are from the northern section of what country that Lezgins are the largest ethnic minority in? | Azerbaijan | text | [] | [
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"text": "Also related, albeit more distantly, are the numerically small Jek, Kryts, Laks, Shahdagh, Budukh, and Khinalugpeoples of northern Azerbaijan. These groups, together with the Lezgins, form the Samur branch of the indigenous Lezgicpeoples."
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d5da48b00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What began the final stage of the Hundred Years' war which started in 1337 and lasted until 1453? | Treaty of Troyes | text | [] | [
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"text": "The breakdown of the 1420 Treaty of Troyes began the final stage of the Hundred Years' War. This period from 1420 to 1453 is characterized by Anne Curry as the \"wars of the Treaty of Troyes\" for control of the crown of France. After the 1451 French capture of Bordeaux by the armies of Charles VII, ... |
d5da48d80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Unlike the system used to measure weights in what text does "avoirdupois" refer to a class of heavy goods sold by weight instead of volume? | Tractatus | text | [] | [
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"text": "The avoirdupois system is a system for measuring weight. It is based on a pound of 16 ounces or 7,000 grains (453.59 grams). It is the system used in the United States."
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"text": "In the Tractatus, the word \"avoirdupois\" refers not to a weight system, but to a class of goods, specifical... |
d5da49000dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who played the character that the double-sided scimitar was designed for? | Michael Dorn | text | [] | [
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"text": "The bat'leth ( Klingon: betleH, rough pronunciation: [ˈbɛtʰlɛx]; plural betleHmey, [ˈbɛtʰlɛxmɛj]) is a double-sided scimitar / hook sword / deer horn knives hybrid-edged weapon with a curved blade, four points, and three handholds on the back."
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"text": "Dan Curry created the bat'leth in ... |
d5da491e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The plant known as the Amargosa niterwort has how many occurrences in California? | There are fewer than five occurrences in California. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Nitrophila mohavensis is endemic to the Amargosa Desert, straddling the border of California and Nevada east of Death Valley and near Death Valley National Park. There are three occurrences known on the Nevada side and fewer than five occurrences in California."
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"text": "Nitrophila mohav... |
d5da49460dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | By the Iron Age what, of which closely related practices found in some tribal societies are cannibalism and headhunting, was becoming less common throughout the Old World? | Human sacrifice | text | [] | [
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"text": "Closely related practices found in some tribalsocieties are cannibalismand headhunting. [1] Human sacrifice was practised in many human societies beginning in prehistoric times."
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"text": "Human sacrifice was practised in many human societies beginning in prehistoric times. By the Iron Ag... |
d5da496e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Te Tauihu-o-te-waka is one of how many districts in the country it is in? | There are 53 districts in New Zealand. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Marlborough Region ( Māori: Te Tauihu-o-te-waka, or Tauihu ), commonly known simply as Marlborough, is one of the regions of New Zealand, located in the northeast of the South Island. Marlborough is a unitary authority, both a region and a district. Marlborough District Council is based at Blenhe... |
d5da49960dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Where is South African Airways headquartered and when did it join Star Alliance? | South African Airways is headquartered in Airways Park at O. R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. The carrier joined Star Alliance in April 2006. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Headquartered in Airways Park at O. R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, the airline operated a hub-and-spoke network, linking over 40 local and international destinations across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and Oceania."
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"text": "The carrier joined Star... |
d5da49be0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What term used for a person authorized by a church to teach beleifs and lead services comes from the Old French and Latin words for servant and attendant? | Minister | text | [] | [
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"text": "The term is taken from Latin minister (\"servant\", \"attendant\"). ↑ \"Etymologically, a minister is a person of 'lower' status, a 'servant'. The word goes back via Old French ministre to Latin minister 'servant, attendant', which was derived from 'minus', 'less'.\""
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d5da49e60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How are the monasteries distributed in the country where the first reference to a monastery was in a letter from St. Augustine to the abbot of the Monastery of Cabrera? | In the northern half in line with the historical discourse of the zone in the Middle Ages | text | [] | [
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"text": "The first reference to a monastery in Spain was in a letter from St. Augustine to the abbot of the Monastery of Cabrera, written in 398. In 410, the monk Baquiario first used the term monastery in a text written in Hispania."
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"text": "Most of the monasteries in Spain are distributed in t... |
d5da4a0e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Trematomus bernacchii belongs to a group of biologically unrelated fishes that share which two defining characteristics? | Rockcod all look roughly cod-like and live in rocky habitats. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The emerald rockcod or emerald notothen ( Trematomus bernacchii) is a commercially important species of notothen. This species is mostly brown in color with darker spots."
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"text": "Rockcod is a term applied to several unrelated fishes, which all look roughly cod -like and live among rock... |
d5da4a540dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Half maximal effective concentration refers to what, which when applied to a graded dose response curve therefore represents the concentration of a compound where 50% of its maximal effect is observed? | EC 50 | text | [] | [
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"text": "EC 50 is a measure of concentration, expressed in molar units (M), where 1 M is equivalent to 1 mol / L. The EC 50 of a graded dose response curve therefore represents the concentration of a compound where 50% of its maximal effect is observed."
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"text": "Half maximal effective concentrat... |
d5da4aa40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Ithorians, Dathomirians and Humans are all species in what? | Star Wars | text | [] | [
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"text": "The following is a list of Star Wars humanoid sentient species from the Star Wars franchise. Dathomirians: The Zabrak, also known as Iridonians (when referring to the Zabrak who came from Iridonia), were a carnivorous humanoid species native to Iridonia, a planet located in the Mid Rim known for its ... |
d5da4acc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | An adiantum hispidulum would have a cluster of these, which comes from the Ancient Greek word meaning what? | Sporangia comes from the Ancient Greek meaning 'stack, pile, heap'. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A sorus (pl. sori) is a cluster of sporangia (structures producing and containing spores) in ferns and fungi. This New Latin word is from Ancient Greek σωρός ( sōrós 'stack, pile, heap')."
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"text": "Adiantum hispidulum, commonly known as rough maidenhair fern or five-fingered jack, is a s... |
d5da4b440dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What territorial bird that prefers open grassland with scattered trees are in the genus of Sialia? | Bluebirds. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The bluebirds are a group of medium-sized, mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the order of Passerines in the genus Sialia of the thrush family (Turdidae). Bluebirds are one of the few thrush genera in the Americas . Bluebirds have blue, or blue and rose beige, plumage."
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d5da4bbc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Nastic movements and Thermotropism are both associated with the movement of what? | Plants | text | [] | [
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"text": "Nastic movements are non-directional responses to stimuli (e.g. temperature, humidity, light irradiance ), and are usually associated with plants. The movement can be due to changes in turgor or changes in growth."
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"text": "Thermotropism or thermotropic movement is the movement of a plan... |
d5da4c0c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Tone River and the rapid Mogami river are both found within what country? | Japan. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Tone River (利根川, Tone-gawa) is a river in the Kantō region of Japan. It is 322 kilometers (200 mi) in length (the second longest in Japan after the Shinano) and has a drainage area of 16,840 square kilometers (6,500 sq mi) (the largest in Japan)."
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"text": "The Mogami, the Fuji and th... |
d5da4c340dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the name of the northernmost district of the state in eastern India that is home to the parliamentary constituency of Basirhat? | Darjeeling District is the northernmost district of the state of West Bengal | text | [] | [
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"text": "Darjeeling District is the northernmost district of the state of West Bengal in eastern India in the foothills of the Himalayas. The district is famous for its hill station Darjeeling tea."
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"text": "Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India... |
d5da4c5c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A guard on a coach drawn by what, who have two main categories of harness, are called a shooter? | Horse | text | [] | [
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"text": "There are two main categories of horse harness: (1) the \"breaststrap\" or \"breastcollar\" design, and (2) the collar and hames design. For light work, such as horse show competition where light carts are used, a harness needs only a breastcollar."
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