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At which point are the gravel, sand, and till deposited from the glacier, which forms a kame?
the end, or terminus
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What mainly forest land with rolling hills is the setting of the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe series?
Narnia
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La Raia is one of the oldest what in the world, that is similar to what runs for 656.3 kilometres between southwestern France and northeastern Spain?
A border.
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The most well-accepted interpretation of what, which Von Neumann made major contributions to, is the idea called Copenhagen interpretation?
Quantum Mechanics
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The NFL player who holds the record for most interception returns for touchdown in his career was born in which year?
Rod Woodson, the NFL player who holds the career record for most interception returns for touchdown was born in 1965.
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The period of what in Ancient Greece gave rise to the Attic -based Greek dialect?
The Hellenistic period.
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What is the approximate Mohs hardness of the chemical element that was discovered in Cornwall by William Gregor in 1791?
This chemical element has an approximate Mohs hardness of six.
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What is the German term for the battlespace response to aerial warfare, defined by NATO as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action"?
FlaK
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Are both the Golden brown mouse lemur and the Golden bamboo lemur both found in parks in Madagascar?
Yes, both the Golden brown mouse lemur (Ankarafantsika National Park) and the Golden bamboo lemur (Ranomafana National Park) are found in parks in Madagascar.
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The Shonas and Dards are both what?
People.
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What were the farms or gardens called that employ companion planting on a larger scale in the location where in ancient times maize was the most important plant?
Milpas
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Carex sterilis and Dioicous are both types of what?
Plants
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What Republic both contains the Holy Synod and the autocephalous Archbishopric which was founded in 1219?
Serbia.
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What is the height of the peak that sits along the Continental Divide, less than 1 mi (1.6 km) southeast of West Atlantic Peak?
13,835
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Black and Horse are both varieties of what?
Gram
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The coastal region of what Roman province that derived its name from of an Illyrian tribe was fully romanized and Latin-speaking by the 4th century?
Coastal Dalmatia and its islands were fully romanized and Latin-speaking by the 4th century.
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The stars of what constellation known as the Plough in the UK and Ireland, can be used to locate the North Star?
Stars of Big Dipper can be used as a guide to find Polaris, the North Star.
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Streptopelia decaocto and Spilopelia chinensis are both types of what species?
Doves.
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Mayotte is part of the Comoros archipelago, located in the northern Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Southeast what, which shares a land boundary with Asia that runs along the Isthmus of Suez and the Suez Canal in Egypt?
Africa
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A provider of what, which publicly funded is a form of, is an individual health professional or a health facility organization licensed to provide diagnoses and treatment services including medication, surgery and medical devices?
Health care
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What white crystalline powder that is a naturally occurring organic compound is used as a flavor enhancer?
Maltol
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Would Xue Tao's status be greater in the Tang dynasty or the Song dynasty?
It would be greater in the Tang dynasty.
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The Russian federal subject that includes some of the Aleutian islands was formed in which year?
Kamchatka Krai, the Russian federal subject that includes some of the Aleutian Islands, was formed in 2007.
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The majority of Palestinians and Israelis in the place where Eli ( Hebrew: עֵלִי ‎) is a large mixed Israeli settlement favor what?
A two-state solution
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The earthworm with a dark purple head and about 300 to 400 body segments, that lives in Gippsland, Australia, has what as its genus name?
The giant Gippsland earthworm is from the Megascolides genus.
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In the Bible, Nimrod is considered the creator of what structure the human race was building to reach Heaven?
He was the creator of the Tower of Babel.
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The title of dux Daciae is a part of what country that has other titles like Lord Master of Ceremonies and Counts Danneskiold-Samsøe?
Denmark.
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Phytopathology is the study of pathological diseases of what type of organism for which Histopathology is a related field of study?
Plants
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What type of sea urchin has a name similar to a fruit that is often served with Corona beer?
Lime urchin.
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The country that borders Iran, China and Pakistan is what type of republic?
Afghanistan, the country that borders Iran, China, and Pakistan, is a unitary presidential Islamic republic.
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In Irish mythology, Tara is said to have been the capital of the Tuatha Dé Danann, who are based on the what, of which Tārā is an example, of pagan Ireland?
Gods
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In which city can you find Ministro Pistarini airport and Aeroparque Jorge Newbery airports?
Buenos Aires
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What organization uses the Internet of Things to continually communicate with each other to coordinate, learn, and interact with the physical environment?
Military
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Even though the Quran restricts slavery, what country that is primarily Muslim still has hundreds of thousands of black slaves in the 21st century?
The Islamic country of Mauritania is reported to have hundreds of thousands of black slaves in 2012.
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What are mined alluvially over disperse areas and have lustrous faces that are typically yellow, brown, gray or colorless.
Diamonds
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The Paleozoic Pampean, Famatinian and Gondwanan orogenies are the immediate precursors to the later what, which caused the seaward tilting of the sedimentary strata of Salto del Fraile Formation in Peru?
Andean orogeny
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What kind of antagonists like the Pizotifen treating migraines can sometimes be used as atypical antipsychotics?
A serotonin antagonist.
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Who was the illegitimate daughter of Humphrey of Lancaster, from the country that uses The Red Rose of Lancaster?
Antigone of Gloucester.
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The Eucharistic Prayer is the most solemn part of the Holy Sacrifice of the what?
Mass
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The Northern Wei founded by the Tuoba Xianbei and the Tang are both names of what?
Dynasties.
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Henry Morton Stanley and Diogo Cão both explored what river?
Congo.
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Glutamate [NMDA] and pattern recognition are both types of what?
Rcepetors
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What is the name of the island group whose base is known as "Operation Bobcat"?
The leeward islands are the island group whose base is known as "Operation Bobcat.
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An Optimal BST and tree search are found in what field?
Computer science.
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During what holiday was Chronos feted, and still is feted in cartoon form and other form?
New Year's eve/ New years day
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What is the intended purpose for both a thurible and a kōgō?
They are both containers to burn incense.
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How much taller is the Monarch mountain summit than the highest altitude in the Caribou Mountains?
1865 meters
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What is the antiparticle of the top version of the thing with 6 types, known as flavors?
Top antiquark
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What are both Mohammad and Jesus?
Prophets
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How do people in Serbia refer to the western part of the Republic whose Prime Minister is elected by the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo?
Metohija
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The (R)-prunasin glycoside and the Lotaustralin glucoside are both types of what?
Cyanogenics.
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The Palatinate forest is where in relation to the commune called Aschbach?
North of it
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One of the most common and energy-intensive separation processes can be done where?
Anywhere, whether it's in a house or a laboratory.
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What sexually transmitted infection is a species of Lentivirus that can be transferred by blood?
HIV.
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Communities of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment, interacting as a system can end up doing things very differently because they have what present?
Different species pools
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Rosa canina and Rosa arkansana are both species of what?
Rose.
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What was the last notable aircraft designed by the created by the company that made the W.8d Hyperabad heavy bomber?
The Jetstream was the final notable Handley Page design.
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What country made use of both the 105 mm M102 howitzer and M1 Garand?
The USA
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Oxynotus bruniensis, Himantolophus appelii and Contusus richei are all types of what?
Fish
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The Norman Conquest involved the invasion of what country that has a language named after it of which Scots is a form?
England
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Chlorocebus sabaeus and Chlorocebus tantalus are both considered what type of monkey?
Old World
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What shape are leaves on both Eucalyptus victrix and Eucalyptus diversicolor?
Lance-shaped
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Part of the crista ampullaris, the cupula has embedded within it what, a mound of which are within the ampulla?
Hair cells
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What group of people in Jain monasticism are divided into the Digambara and the Śvētāmbara, and in Roman Catholicism called Brother or Sister?
Monks and nuns.
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How does the liver create the substance that is found in urine in a concentration of 9.3 g/L?
The liver forms this substance by combining two ammonia molecules with a carbon dioxide molecule in the urea cycle.
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What city that is mentioned by Homer as part of Thersander 's domain in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad is named after the Boetian king and son of Athamas and Themisto?
Schoenus
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What did the person whose philosophy was expanded upon by Nazism believe was required to be a successful human?
Nietzsche believed that one would focus on the realities of our world in order to be a successful human.
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Grafschaft Bentheim is found in what area of Germany where the Aurich district is located?
Lower Saxony.
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How many universities are found in the county the River Medway flows into?
There are four universities in Kent, the county the River Medway flows into.
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Dipsina multimaculata is a species of what thing that Enhydrina is a group of?
Snakes
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What is found inhabiting temperate Australian and New Zealand waters that James Douglas Ogilby originally described?
Prickly dogfish.
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How does a telephone exchange generally work in the public that can be seen in an old-style subscriber loop?
It can use wires from a central office to connect subscribers together.
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Polyanhydrides and polyol can both be found in what?
Polymer chemistry.
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The common name of Ploceus nigerrimus honours a man who died in which year?
The common name of Ploceus nigerrimus, Vieillot's black weaver, honours Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, who died in 1830.
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The synthetic form of diacetylmorphine and diamorphine is not what under certain conditions?
neurotoxic
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The B-5 was a development of what earlier popular aircraft engine developed by Winfield B. 'Bert' Kinner?
The B-5 was a development of the Kinner K-5 with slightly greater power and dimensions.
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A. phagocytophilumis and members of Anaplasma are both types of what?
Bacteria
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What is the year of completion of the building that is the seat of the Court of Appeal for Ontario?
The seat of the Court of Appeal for Ontario is Osgoode Hall, which was completed in 1832.
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Constraint, assembly and declarative are all types of what?
Programming languages
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Chromium (III) Sulfide and Chromium (III) picolinate are both types of what?
compounds
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Who did the test pilot that supported Otto Skorzeny's proposal present the idea of Operation Suicide to?
Hitler
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The village where Gilbert Stuart was born is shared between which two Rhode Island towns?
Saunderstown, the village in Rhode Island where Gilbert Stuart was born, is shared between the towns of Narragansett and North Kingstown.
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The wall plate and the sill plate are both made up of what material?
Lumber.
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Android Applications developed by Google for manufacturers of Android that often come pre−installed on Android devices share an acronym with what trans-national region of the Mekong River basin in Southeast Asia?
The Greater Mekong Subregion
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What type of estrogen do NuvaRing and Rigevidon contain?
Both of these items contain an estrogen called ethinylestradiol.
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Serum albumin accounts for 55% of blood what, of which Collagen is an example?
Proteins
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Where does the fungus which resembles a miniature bird's nest derives its nutrition from?
Decaying organic material.
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The Ror dynasty was a power from the Indian subcontinent that ruled a modern-day area that has a longer history of dynastic rule than any other province of Pakistan due to its what?
Relatively isolated location
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Eochaid Mugmedón and Brian O'Neill both held a title that carried what repsonsibilities?
That of a ceremonial, pseudo-federal overlord (where his over-lordship was even recognised), who exercised actual power only within the realm of which he was actually king
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Citizenship status reflects what in the country where Dual citizens are prohibited from holding any office?
The rights, duties, and identity of individuals in relation to the South Korean state
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Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi is the brother to what provincial governor for the Umayyad Caliphate who served from 721–727 in Ifriqiyah?
Bishr ibn Safwan al-Kalbi.
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Partial molecular alignment leads to an incomplete averaging of anisotropic magnetic interactions such as the what, which refers to the direct interaction between two magnetic dipoles?
Magnetic dipole–dipole interaction
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The what, which also refers to a geographical area of the city of San Bernardino, are formed on Lewisian gneiss, the oldest layers of rock in Scotland?
Highlands
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Botaurus lentiginosus and Botaurus poiciloptilus are both types of what animal?
Birds.
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Kaiser Barbarossa was named for an emperor of what, of which the the Mackensen class was the last class of battlecruisers to be built by?
Germany
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What are both tyrosine kinases and high- affinity cell surface?
Receptors.
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Carassius auratus and the centrarchid family are all what?
Fish.
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What is a subspecies of the common raccoon endemic on the two main islands of the Islas Marías that is hunted by the islanders and has no conservation efforts being made to protect it from extinction?
The Tres Marias Raccoon
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The Sidney Lanier Parkway links what two areas of Georgia?
It links the Atlanta metropolitan area to the city of Gainesville via Suwanee.
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When was the person born that had the Plato spider named after him?
He was born in 427 BC.
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