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d5db3b760dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | On-board diagnostics ( OBD) is a term, referring to a vehicle's self-diagnostic and reporting capability, from what industry whose name comes from the Greek autos (self), and Latin motivus (of motion)? | It's from the automotive industry. | text | [] | [
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"text": "On-board diagnostics ( OBD) is an automotive term referring to a vehicle's self-diagnostic and reporting capability. OBD systems give the vehicle owner or repair technician access to the status of the various vehicle sub-systems."
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d5db3bc60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a property of both rocks and fluid mechanics that allows fluids to pass through? | Permeability in fluid mechanics is also a property of rocks. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Permeability in fluid mechanics and the Earth sciences (commonly symbolized as k) is a measure of the ability of a porous material (often, a rock or an unconsolidated material) to allow fluids to pass through it."
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d5db3c160dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In Arthurian legend, the father of Lancelot and Hector de Maris takes which king's sister-in-law to be his wife? | Ban marries the sister to King Bors's wife. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Ban / ˈbæn / is the King of Benwick or Benoic in Arthurian legend. First appearing by this name in the Lancelot propre part of the Vulgate Cycle, he is the father of Sir Lancelot and Sir Hector de Maris, and is the brother of King Bors."
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d5db3c3e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the genus of the ungulate that infantry employed by Nabatean and Palmyrene armies rode during the 1st Century AD? | This ungulate is in the genus Camelus. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The camel was used as a military mount by pre-Islamic civilizations in the Arabian Peninsula. As early as the 1st Century AD Nabatean and Palmyrene armies employed camel-mounted infantry and archers recruited from nomadic tribes of Arabian origin. Typically such levies would dismount and fight on foo... |
d5db3c660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the procurement objective for the force that operates Assault Amphibian Battalions? | 4483 | text | [] | [
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d5db3c8e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the name of the artificial antigen which is also known as a CAR T cell that is used in cancer immunotherapy? | Chimeric antigen receptor T cell | text | [] | [
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"text": "Artificial antigen presenting cells (aAPCs) are a new technology and approach to cancer immunotherapy. Immunotherapy aims to utilize the body's own defense mechanism—the immune system —to recognize mutated cancer cells and to kill them the way the immune system would recognize and kill a virus."
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d5db3cb60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Orlitia borneensis and members of superfamily Chelonioidea are both types of what? | Turtles | text | [] | [
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"text": "Sea turtles (superfamily Chelonioidea ), sometimes called marine turtles, are reptiles of the order Testudines and of the suborder Cryptodira."
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"text": "The Malaysian giant turtle or Bornean river turtle ( Orlitia borneensis) is a species of turtle in the family Bataguridae. It is monoty... |
d5db3cde0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What community of people had their communities destroyed in Speyer, and were killed in Neuss after evacuating Cologne? | The Jews. | text | [] | [
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"text": "As part of this persecution, the destruction of Jewish communities in Speyer, Worms and Mainz was noted as the \"Hurban Shum\" (Destruction of Shum ). These were new persecutions of the Jews in which peasant crusaders from France and Germany attacked Jewish communities."
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d5db3d2e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many years after Rome was founded was it ravaged by a devastating plague? | The plague happened 389 years after Rome was founded. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Rome was founded in 753 B.C.E as a monarchy under Etruscan rule, and remained as such throughout the first two and a half centuries of its existence."
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d5db3d560dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What masculine Korean name is also what a division of a province with less than a population of 150,000 called? | They are called Gun. | text | [] | [
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d5db3e280dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Kuma -class and Matsushima -class ships were both part of what navy? | The Imperial Japanese navy | text | [] | [
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"text": "Forming the backbone of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the First Sino-Japanese War, the Matsushima -class cruisers were based on the principles of Jeune Ecole, as promoted by French military advisor and naval architect Louis-Émile Bertin."
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d5db3e6e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | When di the first war of Scottish Independence commence and what was an important reason of the war? | The first was began in 1296, the war was important partly in reason because it led to the emergence of the longbow as a key weapon in medieval warfare . | text | [] | [
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"text": "The wars were part of a great crisis for Scotland and the period became one of the most defining times in its history. At the end of both wars, Scotland retained its status as an independent state. The wars were important for other reasons, such as the emergence of the longbow as a key weapon in medi... |
d5db3ea00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | DUSTOFF and Boots and Saddles are used in what branch of the miltary? | Army. | text | [] | [
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"text": "One specific call sign used Army wide is DUSTOFF, dating back to the first dedicated Air Ambulance unit in Vietnam . Fixed call signs for the United States Air Force stations begin with A, such as AIR, used by USAF Headquarters. The USAF also uses semi-fixed identifiers consisting of a name followed ... |
d5db3ec80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The stone oaks of the Lithocarpusis and the Notholithocarpus densiflorus are both names of what? | Trees. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Koidz. Notholithocarpus densiflorus, commonly known as the tanoak or tanbark-oak, is a broadleaf tree in the family Fagaceae, native to the western United States, in California as far south as the Transverse Ranges, north to southwest Oregon, and east in the Sierra Nevada."
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d5db3ef00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Cabot and Gemmi are both names of what? | Faults | text | [] | [
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"text": "The North American side of the fault runs through the length of northwestern Newfoundland, Canada, as the Cabot Fault (Long Range Fault) and on into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It is at least 300 miles (480 km) long. The Great Glen Fault has a long movement history."
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d5db3f360dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Did Mickey Dugan or The Sinister Man were a wide-brimmed hat? | The Sinsiter Man. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Mickey Dugan, better known as The Yellow Kid, was a bald, snaggle-toothed barefoot boy who wore an oversized yellow nightshirt and hung around in a slum alley typical of certain areas of squalor that existed in late 19th-century New York City."
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d5db3f5e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many years after the events of the Battle of Cunaxa took place did Ariaeus get recorded when he was involved in the assassination of Tissaphernes? | 6 years. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Ariaeus is next recorded in 395 BC when he was involved in the assassination of Tissaphernes. Diodorus refers to him as a satrap, which is probably a mistake, since he appeared to be reporting to Tissaphernes, who was the satrap of Sardis at that time."
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d5db3f900dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In what were mummies of the people responsible for the term kurgan found? | permafrost | text | [] | [
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d5db3fb80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What living thing created Kwajalein Island? | Coral (a reef of it) | text | [] | [
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d5db3fe00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In vitro, what kinds of activities may happen to the compounds that are derived from shikimate? | Antioxidant activity. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Numbering over 4,000 distinct species mostly from plants, polyphenols may have antioxidant activity in vitro, but are unlikely to be antioxidants in vivo."
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d5db40080dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of films have both Todd Haberkorn and Brian Drummond voiced? | Both have voiced anime. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Todd Haberkorn is an American voice actor and voice director who has provided voices for English-language versions of anime, films, and video games. While Haberkorn was working in theater, he joined Funimation as a voice actor, with minor roles in One Piece, Black Cat, and Peach Girl."
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d5db40260dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | K-126 and OR 126 are both what kind of highways? | State. | text | [] | [
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"text": "K-126 is a 26.918-mile-long (43.320 km) mostly east–west state highway located entirely within Crawford County in southeastern Kansas. Its western terminus is at U.S. Route 400 (US-400) just south of McCune, and its eastern terminus is the Missouri state line where it continues as Route 126."
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d5db40760dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Management of what, cognition of which serves to increase the likelihood of survival and reproduction by causing associative learning, is not only concerned with pay and employee benefits? | Rewards | text | [] | [
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"text": "Reward cognition serves to increase the likelihood of survival and reproduction by causing associative learning, eliciting approach and consummatory behavior, and triggering positively-valenced emotions. Thus, reward is a mechanism that evolved to help increase the adaptive fitness of animals."
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d5db409e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Muslims consider what holy book of Allah's revelations to the prophet Muhammad, transmitted through the angel Gabriel, the unaltered and final revelation of God? | They believe the Quran to the be final revelation of God. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Muslims believe that Islam is the complete and universal version of a primordial faith that was revealed many times before through prophets, including Adam, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. Muslims consider the Quran in Arabic to be the unaltered and final revelation of God."
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d5db40ee0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Chicoutimi River flows into the Saguenay River with what tourist activities? | It is a popular site for whale watching and sea kayaking. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The river then re-emerges in the historic site of the Pulperie de Chicoutimi and continues to descend to the Chicoutimi dam basin. Finally, it flows into the Saguenay River . The Chicoutimi River flows mainly in the Saguenay graben, a vast elevated valley that overlooks the lowlands surrounding the S... |
d5db41160dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Batavi and Gallia Cisalpina were both found where? | Gaul. | text | [] | [
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d5db413e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Haseki Sultan and wazir are both examples of what? | Titles | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Abbasid caliphs gave the title wazir to a minister formerly called katib (secretary), who was at first merely a helper but afterwards became the representative and successor of the dapir (official scribe or secretary) of the Sassanian kings."
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d5db41660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Archbasilica of St. John Lateran is the cathedral church of the pope in what country that has the so-called Mezzogiorno? | Italy. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The motherchurch of the Roman Catholic dioceses of Italy is the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the pope. The seat of the Archdiocese of Agrigento is Cattedrale Metropolitana di San Gerlando. The seat of the Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo is Basilica Cattedrale Metropolitana di... |
d5db418e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What central government usually choose experienced civil servants who spoke little or no Arabic to act as the Mutasarrıfs of Jerusalem? | The central government of the Ottoman Empire usually appointed these people. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Mutasarrıfs of Jerusalem were appointed by the Sublime Porte to govern the district. They were usually experienced civil servants who spoke little or no Arabic, but knew a European language - most commonly French - in addition to Ottoman Turkish."
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d5db41b60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Aeschynanthus is a genus of about 150 species of plant that have what name shared amongst many? | Lipstick plant | text | [] | [
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"text": "The common name lipstick plant, shared with other plants of the genus Aeschynanthus, comes from the scarlet flowers that open from buds resembling tubes of lipstick . This plant is noted for its excellence as an interior plant and is perfect for hanging baskets. It requires a great deal of light, but... |
d5db42060dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was Dianium called in the language that was the official language of the Eastern Roman Empire after 610? | Διάνιον | text | [] | [
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"text": "Under the rule of Emperor Heraclius (610–641 AD), who also assumed the Greek title Basileus ( Greek: βασιλεύς, 'monarch') in 610, Greek became the official language of the Eastern Roman Empire."
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"text": "470 Dénia, Hēmeroskopeion ( Ancient Greek: Ἡμεροσκοπεῖον) is founded by Massaliot Gr... |
d5db42560dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which glen in the Highlands of Scotland has a name believed to mean "little fierce one"? | Glen Etive | text | [] | [
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"text": "The name Etive is believed to mean \"little fierce one\" from the Gaelic goddess associated with the loch. It heads east for half its length alongside the main road and rail link to Oban, before heading northeast into mountainous terrain. A road along Glen Etive makes the head of the loch accessible ... |
d5db427e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What demands using Wikimedia for citing sources and do not allow an official way to correct information on your own? | Wikipedia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "And it's just that easy to edit. Wikipedia itself prevents any real solution to this problem by failing to encourage others to improve articles, instead demanding that Wikimedia be the cited source for any copy, even a vastly improved copy such as those that appear often at Wikinfo."
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d5db429c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of weapon can be used in non-offensive roles that has a debate around it on whether or not it can be used as an anti-personnel weapon? | Anti-Material Weapons | text | [] | [
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"text": "A debate has arisen over whether some primarily anti-material weapons can be used as anti-personnel weapons. The Barrett M82 rifle, standardized by the U.S. military as the M107, fires a large-caliber .50 BMG round that will penetrate most commercial brick walls and concrete blocks."
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d5db42c40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of pathways belongs to the aspartate derived biosynthetic family that takes the amino acid, representing an epsilon-carboxy derivative of lysine? | Diaminopimelic | text | [] | [
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d5db42ec0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Shannon Grove and Jim Nielsen both belong to what political party? | Republican | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is currently represented by Republican Jim Nielsen of Gerber . The district encompasses much of the Sacramento Valley, reaching almost to the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta."
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d5db43140dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the area that has the Golden Era Building landmark, the famous earthquake there damaged what other cities? | San Jose and Santa Rosa. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Three San Francisco Designated Landmarks along Montgomery Street: the Golden Era Building (left), the Genella Building (center), and the Belli Building (right). The Transamerica Pyramid, not a Designated Landmark, is in the background"
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d5db433c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Name the giant isopod that has the bases of all its arms and tentacles are arranged in a circle surrounding its single, parrot-like beak. | The giant squid. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Specimens caught in the Americas and Japan are sometimes seen in public aquariums. Giant isopods are a good example of deep-sea gigantism ( cf. giant squid ), as they are far larger than the \"typical\" isopods that are up to 5 cm (2.0 in)."
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d5db436e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Erysimum nervosum and Acanthium Heist are both found in the northern part of what continent? | Africa | text | [] | [
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"text": "Acanthium Heist. ex Fabr. Onopordum, cottonthistle, is a genus of plants in the thistle tribe within the Asteraceae. They are native to southern Europe, northern Africa, the Canary Islands, the Caucasus, and southwest and central Asia. They grow on disturbed land, roadsides, arable land and pastures.... |
d5db438c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Corfu, Greece and an area south of the Colonnaded Street at Petra both contain what? | Temples | text | [] | [
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d5db43b40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What country with the Land Forces of the People's National Army had Spahis what wore a very striking Zouave style uniform? | Algeria. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Land Forces of the People's National Army ( Arabic: القوات البرية الجزائرية , French: Forces Terrestres Algériennes) are the land forces of the Algerian People's National Armed Forces. The Armée Nationale Populaire's equipment is supplied by Russia, and various other countries."
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d5db44040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Species of what grow from bulbs or rhizomes and can be strongly toxic? | Scadoxus. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Species of Scadoxus grow from bulbs or rhizomes. Bulbous species usually also have distinct rhizomes. Particularly in the non-bulbous species, the petioles (leaf stalks) overlap to produce a false stem or pseudostem, which may be purple-spotted. The leaf blades are lanceolate to ovate with a thickene... |
d5db442c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The ancient imperial capital city of what country that contains Lâm Đồng Province had a population of nearly 140,000? | Huế. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Huế, the ancient imperial capital city of Vietnam, had a population of nearly 140,000, making it the third largest city in the Republic of Vietnam, commonly known as South Vietnam. The Citadel, or Imperial City, is the walled-in portion of Huế sitting on the north bank of the Perfume River."
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d5db447c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of passenger railway is the highest in the world? | It is the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, a non-cable passenger railway. | text | [] | [
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d5db44a40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What project, sharing a name with the thing that consists of the celiac ganglia with a network of interconnecting fibers, attempts to represent the entire spectrum of visible light using only embroidery thread? | The “Plexus” project | text | [] | [
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"text": "The hepatic plexus, the largest offset from the celiac plexus, receives filaments from the left vagus and right phrenic nerves . It accompanies the hepatic artery, ramifying upon its branches, and upon those of the portal vein in the substance of the liver . Branches from this plexus accompany all th... |
d5db44f40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of service provider is a subscription-based service that may provide digital distribution of television content online? | A streaming service provider. | text | [] | [
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d5db451c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Industrially, what material is used to produce the substance that an ant sprays when it feels threatened? | Industrially, methanol is used to produce this substance. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Ants produce formic acid as an anti-predator adaptation. Thus, when an ant feels threatened, as when in the beak of a bird, it will spray formic acid. It is suggested that birds then rub the ants in their feathers to remove the harmful formic acid. The bird will then ingest the ant. This can be seen ... |
d5db456c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the most commonly used drug in the world that has the potential to cause mental illness and delirium tremens? | Alcohol. | text | [] | [
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d5db45940dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | LC-39 was what thing, defined as a facility from which different types of launch vehicles are launched? | Launch complex | text | [] | [
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"text": "Look up launch complex in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. This is a list of launch complexes where a Launch complex is a facility from which different types of launch vehicles are launched. It may contain one or more launch pads or suitable sites to mount a transportable launch pad."
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d5db45bc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the capital of the most densely populated state of the United States? | Trenton is the capital of New Jersey, the most densely populated state of the United States. | text | [] | [
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d5db45e40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Wiesbaden and Dido are both classes of what thing the Le Fantasque was designed to counter? | Cruisers | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Dido class was a class of sixteen light cruisers built for the British Royal Navy. The design was influenced by the inter-war Arethusa -class light cruisers."
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d5db460c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Muslim physician who was the first to differentiate between neurosis and psychosis recognized that the soul can be in what kind of states? | Healthy or sick. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Abu Zayd al-Balkhi was the first to differentiate between neurosis and psychosis, and the first to classify neurotic disorders and pioneer cognitive therapy in order to treat each of these classified disorders. He classified neurosis into four emotional disorders: fear and anxiety, anger and aggressi... |
d5db465c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the act of providing resources to finance a program, what type has sources that deal with state and local municipalities? | Wholesale funding. | text | [] | [
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d5db467a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many the sovereign states on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea are included in the term that scholarly literature often abbreviates as CEE or CEEC? | It includes three of these sovereign states. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Central and Eastern Europe is a term encompassing the countries in Central Europe, the Baltics, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Europe (the Balkans ), usually meaning former communist states from the Eastern Bloc ( Warsaw Pact) in Europe. Scholarly literature often uses the abbreviations CEE or CEEC fo... |
d5db46ca0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Veliki Brat and Besa are both names of television shows hailing from which country? | Serbia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Veliki Brat (lit: Big Brother) is a Serbian version of the global reality show franchise Big Brother. The show is recorded and produced in Belgrade by Emotion Production . Originally, the show began as a Serbian production with housemates from Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina."
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d5db47100dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Bardo Museum suffered a what, which the deadliest attack of the Xinjiang conflict was labelled? | Terrorist attack | text | [] | [
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"text": "Bardo National Museum attack: One or two gunmen attacked the Bardo Museum in the center of Tunis, killing 21 people including 18 foreign tourists from 6 European countries as well as Japan, Russia and Australia. One Tunisian woman and a Tunisian army soldier were also killed."
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d5db47420dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The item of sporting equipment essential to the game of of carom are made of what? | Wood | text | [] | [
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"text": "Cues for carom tend toward the shorter range, though cue length is primarily a factor of player height and arm length. Most cues are made of wood, but occasionally the wood is covered or bonded with other materials including graphite, carbon fiber or fiberglass."
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d5db47600dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which family was involved in the attempt to overthrow Alexios III Angelos and the 1095 Byzantine request for support against the Seljuk-led Turks? | People from the Komnenos family were involved in both situations. | text | [] | [
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"text": "These campaigns were subsequently given the name crusades. The earliest initiative for the First Crusade began in 1095 when the Byzantine Emperor, Alexios I Komnenos, requested military support from the Council of Piacenza in the Byzantine Empire 's conflict with the Seljuk-led Turks."
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d5db47880dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Can the Purga class and the Marine Protector class of ships be used for the same purpose? | Both the Purga and the Marine Protector class are both patrol ships. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Purga class, Russian designation Project 22120 Purga ( blizzard ), is a series of ice-strengthened patrol ships designed by Petrobalt Design Bureau and being built by Almaz for the Russian Coast Guard."
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"text": "The black smudge in the hull abaft the superstructure is the exhaust of ... |
d5db47d80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Hemerocallis fulva which is native to Asia and the well studied clade of plants with large flowers with multiple unspecialized are both types of what? | Lilies. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Water lilies are a well studied clade of plants because their large flowers with multiple unspecialized parts were initially considered to represent the floral pattern of the earliest flowering plants, and later genetic studies confirmed their evolutionary position as basal angiosperms."
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d5db48000dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many years after the formation of the Lombard League was it disbanded? | The Lombard League was disbanded some 83 years after its formation. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Lombard League ( Lega Lombarda in Italian, Liga Lombarda in Lombard) was a medieval alliance formed in 1167, supported by the Pope, to counter the attempts by the Hohenstaufen Holy Roman Emperors to assert influence over the Kingdom of Italy as a part of the Holy Roman Empire."
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d5db48280dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Varied political organizations have been accused of using what, which Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen engages in, to achieve their objectives? | Terrorism | text | [] | [
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"text": "Governments and non-state groups use the term to abuse or denounce opposing groups. Varied political organizations have been accused of using terrorism to achieve their objectives. These include right-wing and left-wing political organizations, nationalist groups, religious groups, revolutionaries an... |
d5db48780dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Hampshire and Dorset are examples of what that in England are used as territorial divisions that have many different purposes, such as local government? | Counties | text | [] | [
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"text": "The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of 2,653 square kilometres (1,024 sq mi), Dorset borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north-east, and Hampshire to the east. The county to... |
d5db48aa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In Burkina Faso, the Bobo people have a fundamental social building-block involving what? | Their lineage. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Bobo are a Mande ethnic group living primarily in Burkina Faso, with some living north in Mali. Bobo is also a shortened name of the second-largest city in Burkina Faso, Bobo-Dioulasso ."
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"text": "The Bobo lineage is the fundamental social building-block. The Bobo are an inherently d... |
d5db48d20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What term used for Christian bishops, including the Bishop of Rome was a title used by Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus in BC? | Pontifex. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The word pontifex and its derivative \"pontiff\" became terms used for Christian bishops, including the Bishop of Rome, and the title of pontifex maximus was applied to the Catholic Church for the pope as its chief bishop and appears on buildings, monuments and coins of popes of Renaissance and moder... |
d5db48fa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Hypophonia and formal thought disorder can both result in altered what? | Speech | text | [] | [
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"text": "Hypophonia is soft speech, especially resulting from a lack of coordination in the vocal musculature. This condition is a common presentation in Parkinson's disease."
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"text": "A formal thought disorder ( FTD) is a disruption of the form or structure of thought. Formal thought disorder, a... |
d5db49220dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | PLA Unit 61486 and PLA Unit 61398 are both associated a thing whose largest and oldest branch is named what? | The People's Liberation Army Ground Force | text | [] | [
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"text": "The People's Liberation Army Ground Force ( PLAGF) ( simplified Chinese: 中国人民解放军陆军; traditional Chinese: 中國人民解放軍陸軍; pinyin: Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Lùjūn) is the land-based service branch of the People's Liberation Army and the largest and oldest branch of the entire Chinese armed forces."
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d5db49720dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What sport of skating with the intent to beat the opponent's time score or get to the finish line first is governed in the US by USA Roller Sports? | Inline racing | text | [] | [
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"text": "Also known as inline racing, speed skating is the sport of skating (usually on flat surfaces, such as roller-rinks) with the intent to beat the opponent's time score or get to the finish line first. A term used to refer to inline skates on a vert ramp, a half pipe with some vertical in it usually bet... |
d5db499a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | 1 Wall Street Court is where in relation to 55 Wall Street? | It is to the east of 55 Wall Street | text | [] | [
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"text": "1 Wall Street Court is in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan. It occupies most of the block bounded by Hanover Street to the west, Pearl Street to the southeast, and Beaver Street to the north, with facades on Pearl and Beaver Streets. The building faces eastward toward the five-pointed inters... |
d5db49c20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the order of seabirds that comprises four families including the albatrosses, what is the plate called in the petrels? | Maxillary unguis. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The structure of the bill, which contains seven to nine distinct horny plates, is another unifying feature, although there are differences within the order. Petrels have a plate called the maxillary unguis that forms a hook on the maxilla. The smaller members of the order have a comb-like mandible, m... |
d5db49ea0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Most commentators on what, whose 46th chapter has 35 verses, say that the tenth verse was revealed during the Medinan period—the period after Muhammad's Hijrah? | The Qur'an | text | [] | [
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"text": "According to the Islamic tradition, Al-Ahqaf is one of the late Meccan chapters, chapters which were largely revealed before Muhammad's hijrah (migration) to Medina in 622 CE. Most Quranic commentators say that the tenth verse was revealed during the Medinan period—the period after Muhammad's Hijrah.... |
d5db4a080dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the tallest someone with achondroplasia dwarfism can be? | While the average is 4 ft 4 in for men and 4 ft for women, anyone with dwarfism is typically less than 4 ft 10 in. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Achondroplasia is a genetic disorder whose primary feature is dwarfism. In those with the condition, the arms and legs are short, while the torso is typically of normal length. Those affected have an average adult height of 131 centimetres (4 ft 4 in) for males and 123 centimetres (4 ft) for females.... |
d5db4a580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What part of Australia are both the Wheatbelt and Kimberley regions in? | Both are in Western Australia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Location of Wheatbelt region in Western Australia. The Wheatbelt is one of nine regions of Western Australia defined as administrative areas for the state's regional development, and a vernacular term for the area converted to agriculture during colonisation."
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d5db4aa80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The killing of what person by Remus and Romulus led to the restoration on Numitor and the founding of a new city? | Amulius | text | [] | [
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"text": "When Remus and Romulus became adults, they killed Amulius and restored Numitor. They decided to establish a city; however, they quarreled, as Romulus was on Palatine Hill, while Remus wanted to found the city on Aventine Hill, until Remus and his followers attacked, and Romulus killed his brother."
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d5db4ad00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What subtype of a species of Lentivirus was theorized to come from consumption of bushmeat? | HIV-1C. | text | [] | [
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"text": "HIV-1C, a subtype of HIV, was theorized to have its origins circulating in South America. The consumption of bushmeat is also the most probable cause for the emergence of HIV-1C in South America. However, the types of apes shown to carry the SIV virus are different in South America."
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d5db4b020dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The king who ceded Cumberland to Malcolm I died in which year? | Edmund I, the king who ceded Cumberland to Malcolm I, died in 946. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The first record of the term Cumberland appears in 945, when the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle recorded that the area was ceded to Malcolm I, king of Alba (Scotland), by King Edmund I of England."
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"text": "Edmund I (Old English: Ēadmund, pronounced [ˈæːɑdmund]; 921 – 26 May 946) was King of the ... |
d5db4b520dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the bombs that have a minimum range of 500 pounds, what happens when a JDAM gets installed on a bomb? | It is given a GBU nomenclature. | text | [] | [
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d5db4b7a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The thing that was structured to be operated by officers from the three main military services, and to specialize in the collection, analysis, and assessment of external military and non-military intelligence, shares an acronym with what institute associated with USC? | Information Sciences Institute | text | [] | [
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"text": "The USC Information Sciences Institute ( ISI) is a component of the University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering, and specializes in research and development in information processing, computing, and communications technologies. It is located in Marina del Rey, California."
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d5db4ba20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Not counting the term "safe", what kind of water does the SDWA intend to promote? | Potable water | text | [] | [
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"text": "Drinking water, also known as potable water, is water that is safe to drink or to use for food preparation. Water in rivers, stream, lakes and underground may contain organisms that cause disease."
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d5db4bca0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the unwanted phenomenon of intersymbol interference, what is it usually caused by? | Multipath propagation. | text | [] | [
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"text": "ISI is usually caused by multipath propagation or the inherent linear or non-linear frequency response of a communication channel causing successive symbols to blur together. The presence of ISI in the system introduces errors in the decision device at the receiver output."
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d5db4c240dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Grapes and Muscat of Alexandria can both be used in the making of what? | Wine | text | [] | [
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"text": "Muscat of Alexandria is another Muscat variety commonly used in the production of French vin doux naturel, but it is also found in Spain, where it is used to make many of the fortified Spanish Moscatels. Elsewhere it is used to make off-dry to sweet white wines, often labeled as Moscato in Australia,... |
d5db4c740dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many species of the type of bat that lacks the claw at the second finger of the forelimb feed on the blood of mammals or birds? | Only three species of microbat feed on the blood of large mammals or birds | text | [] | [
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"text": "Microbats are 4 to 16 cm (1.6–6.3 in) long. Most microbats feed on insects, but some of the larger species hunt birds, lizards, frogs, smaller bats or even fish. Only three species of microbat feed on the blood of large mammals or birds (\" vampire bats \"); these bats live in South and Central Ameri... |
d5db4c9c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Is Regal Academy and The Academy made in the same country or different countries? | They are made in different countries. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Regal Academy is an Italian animated television series co-created by Iginio Straffi and Joanne Lee. The series is produced by the Rainbow studio, which is co-owned by Straffi and Viacom."
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"text": "Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. The Academy is a Hong Kong TVB modern dra... |
d5db4cc40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Frederick was the son of Ernest, who held what title indicating they were vicar in areas operating under Saxon law? | Elector of Saxony | text | [] | [
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"text": "Frederick was the son of Ernest, Elector of Saxony and his wife Elisabeth, daughter of Albert III, Duke of Bavaria. He is notable as being one of the most powerful early defenders of Martin Luther."
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"text": "The Elector of Saxony was vicar in areas operating under Saxon law ( Saxony, Wes... |
d5db4cec0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was the purpose of the Red Chapel of Hatshepsut? | The purpose of the chapel was to house the Userhat-Amun, the barque believed to be used by the deity Amun to travel about on festival days. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The purpose of the chapel was to house the Userhat-Amun, the barque believed to be used by the deity Amun to travel about on festival days. The Userhat-Amun was a small-scale wooden boat covered in gold that bore an enclosed shrine in which the Amun statue was placed to be protected from the public v... |
d5db4d140dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What mountain range is to the south of the region where the Alaskan Athabascans live? | Alaska Range | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Alaskan Athabascans, Alaskan Athabaskans, Alaskan Athapaskans ( Russian: атабаски Аляски, атапаски Аляски) are Alaska Native peoples of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group. They are the original inhabitants of the interior of Alaska. In Alaska, where they are the oldest, there are eleve... |
d5db4d3c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Ror dynasty was a power from the Indian subcontinent that ruled what modern-day area with a longer history of dynastic rule than any other province of Pakistan? | Sindh | text | [] | [
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"text": "Sindh has longer history of dynastic rule than any other province of Pakistan due to its relatively isolated location, as compared to Punjab and Balochistan. Sindh was a cradle of civilization as the center of the ancient Indus Valley civilization, and through its long history was the seat of several... |
d5db4d640dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The MCL and this thing also known as utero-ovarian or proper ovarian are both types of what? | Ligaments | text | [] | [
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"text": "The medial collateral ligament ( MCL ), or tibial collateral ligament ( TCL ), is one of the four major ligaments of the knee. It is on the medial (inner) side of the knee joint in humans and other primates."
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"text": "Ovary of a sheep. The ovarian ligament (also called the utero-ovarian ... |
d5db4d8c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which area is both Schwedt and Gartz located? | They are both towns located in Brandenburg, Germany. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Schwedt (or Schwedt/Oder; German pronunciation: [ˈʃveːt]) is a town in northeastern Brandenburg, Germany. With the official status of a Große kreisangehörige Stadt (major district town), it is the largest town of the Uckermark district, located near the river Oder, which forms the border with modern-... |
d5db4ddc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Sgùrr Fhuaran and Sgùrr na Ciste Duibhe are both parts of what? | Five Sisters of Kintail group of hills in the Western Highlands of Scotland | text | [] | [
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"text": "Sgùrr Fhuaran is one of three mountains that make up the Five Sisters of Kintail (the other two being Sgùrr na Ciste Duibhe and Sgùrr na Càrnach) and when seen from Màm Ratagan above Loch Duich, the Five Sisters are one of the best known views in the Western Highlands of Scotland."
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d5db4e2c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the only volcano in Antarctica, discovered b Rear Admiral Byrd in 1934. that is taller than Mount Erebus? | Mount Erebus is the second-highest volcano in Antarctica after Mount Sidely. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Mount Erebus ( / ˈɛrɪbəs /) is an active volcano, the second-highest in Antarctica (after Mount Sidley) and the southernmost active volcano on Earth. It is the sixth-highest ultra mountain on the continent."
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"text": "Mount Sidley is the highest dormant volcano in Antarctica, a member of ... |
d5db4e540dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which area of science studies Intervertebral disc and DPP9? | Biology | text | [] | [
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"text": "The nucleus pulposus consists of large vacuolated notochord cells, small chondrocyte-like cells, collagen fibrils, and aggrecan, a proteoglycan that aggregates by binding to hyaluronan. Attached to each aggrecan molecule are glycosaminoglycan (GAG) chains of chondroitin sulfate and keratan sulfate."
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d5db4e7c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Barnardius zonarius is native to a country established in which year? | Barnardius zonarius is native to Australia, which was established in 1901. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Australian ringneck, the broad-tailed parrot species Barnardius zonarius, is a bird native to Australia. Except for extreme tropical and highland areas, the species has adapted to all conditions."
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"text": "On 1 January 1901, the six colonies federated, forming the Commonwealth of Austral... |
d5db4ea40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Asturias, León and Cantabria are all associated with what place whose traditional music is a traditional highly distinctive folk style, located along Spain's north-west Atlantic coast? | Northwest Iberia | text | [] | [
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"text": "Territories in north-western Iberia —particularly northern Portugal, Galicia, Asturias, León and Cantabria (together historically referred to as Gallaecia and Astures ), covering north-central Portugal and northern Spain—are considered Celtic nations due to their culture and history."
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d5db4ecc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How far does Cascadia extend along the Pacific Coast? | From southeastern Alaska to Northern California | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Pacific Northwest, also referred to as Cascadia, is a region on the west coast of North America. It refers to the northwestern corner of the United States and the southwestern part of Canada."
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"text": "The Pacific Northwest basically extends from southeastern Alaska to Northern Calif... |
d5db4ef40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Where was the area that Subinphaa was king of? | It was in Assam, India. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Zhao Kuangyin, the Emperor Taizu of Song, was the founder of the Song dynasty in China. Hongwu Emperor, the Emperor Taizu of Ming, was the founder of the Ming dynasty in China. Sukapha, of the Ahom dynasty, was the first King of the Ahom Dynasty in Assam, India."
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d5db4f4e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Indian castes of Sali and Sengunthar are both found in what Indian state? | Tamil Nadu. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Saliyar or Saliya or Chaliyan or Sali or Sale is an Indian caste. Their traditional occupation was that of weaving and they are found mostly in the regions of northern Kerala, southern coastal Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu ."
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"text": "Sengunthar is a caste from the Indian stat... |
d5db4f940dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What makes the country whose saga has provided a historical account of Norse funerals different from the other Nordic nations in regards to naming conventions? | Iceland has continued to use the traditional name system. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Norse funerals, or the burial customs of Viking Age North Germanic Norsemen (early medieval Scandinavians), are known both from archaeology and from historical accounts such as the Icelandic sagas and Old Norse poetry ."
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"text": "Iceland shares a common cultural heritage with the Scandin... |
d5db4fbc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What royal house of Bhutan since its reunification in 1907 established relations with the British Empire and India under its first two monarchs? | The House of Wangchuck | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Wangchuck dynasty ruled government power in Bhutan and established relations with the British Empire and India under its first two monarchs. The third, fourth, and fifth (current) monarchs have put the kingdom on its path toward democratization, decentralization, and development."
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d5db4fe40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which structure, located in humans posterior to the abdominal aorta on the anterior aspect of the bodies of the L1 and L2 vertebrae, is named after the Latin word for "box"? | The cisterna chyli ("cisterna" comes from the Latin "cista", meaning "box"). | text | [] | [
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"text": "A cistern ( Middle English cisterne, from Latin cisterna, from cista, \"box\", from Greek κίστη kistē, \"basket\") is a waterproof receptacle for holding liquids, usually water. Cisterns are often built to catch and store rainwater. Cisterns are distinguished from wells by their waterproof linings."
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