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d5dbca1e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which Republic, who in its later Imperial form was a rival of Sassanid Persia, played a pivotal role in the re-establishment of the Kingdom of Armenia in 189 BC? | Rome | text | [] | [
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"text": "Initially commencing as a rivalry between the Parthians and Rome, from the 3rd to mid-7th centuries the Roman Empire (later the Byzantine Empire) and its rival Sassanid Persia were recognized as two of the leading powers in the world. Parthia's greatest extent."
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d5dbcab40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | At the end of what war did the United States Enduring Stockpile have a primary bomb that features a two-stage radiation implosion design? | Cold War. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is a low to intermediate-yield strategic and tactical nuclear weapon featuring a two-stage radiation implosion design. The B61 is of the variable yield (\"dial-a-yield\" in informal military jargon) design with a yield of 0.3 to 340 kilotons in its various mods."
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d5dbcb2c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are the main differences between production support and technical support? | Production support is support of the actual IT system or application, while technical support focuses on a problem the end user is having with the product/service. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Production support covers the practices and disciplines of supporting the IT systems/applications which are currently being used by the end users."
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d5dbcb540dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What theory of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is the belief that only through self-reliance and a strong independent state, can true socialism be achieved? | Juche. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The politics of North Korea (officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea or DPRK) takes place within the framework of the official state philosophy, Juche, a concept created by Hwang Jang-yop and later attributed to Kim Il-sung."
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d5dbcb7c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Nitrogen levels in what, which during fermentation is often supplemented with diammonium phosphate, can have an influence on many sensory aspects of the resulting product? | Wine | text | [] | [
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"text": "Nitrogen levels in the wine can have an influence on many sensory aspects of the resulting wine, including the synthesis of many aromatic compounds. Fusel alcohols are made by the degradation of amino acids though in the presence of high levels of ammonia and urea their production is reduced."
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d5dbcbcc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Organopotassium, organosodium and organometallic are all types of what? | Compounds | text | [] | [
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"text": "Organosodium chemistry is the chemistry of organometallic compounds containing a carbon to sodium chemical bond. The application of organosodium compounds in chemistry is limited in part due to competition from organolithium compounds, which are commercially available and exhibit more convenient reac... |
d5dbcbfe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The aldehyde group of PLP which is the active form of vitamin B 6 forms what kind of linkage? | Schiff-base | text | [] | [
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"text": "Pyridoxal phosphate ( PLP, pyridoxal 5'- phosphate, P5P ), the active form of vitamin B 6, is a coenzyme in a variety of enzymatic reactions. The Enzyme commission has catalogued more than 140 PLP-dependent activities, corresponding to ~4% of all classified activities."
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d5dbcc6c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | If someone were to walk past a couple of people playing the game Bieten, which sorts of suits would they catch a glimpse of? | Acorns, Leaves, Hearts, and Bells, given those are the suits of German playing cards, the type of card used for Bieten. | text | [] | [
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"text": "German-suited playing cards are a very common style of traditional playing card used in many parts of Central Europe characterised by 32- or 36-card packs with the suits of Acorns ( Eichel ), Leaves ( Grün, Blatt, Laub or Gras ), Hearts ( Herz or Rot) and Bells ( Schelle or Schell )."
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d5dbcc8a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Ainu has been linked to pretty much every other what, an example of which is Chukotko-Kamchatkan, in Eurasia? | Language family | text | [] | [
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"text": "Ainu has been linked to pretty much every other language family in Eurasia, but Austronesian and Altaic are a little more plausible than Indo-Pacific or Kalto. And Ainu isn't usually considered to be a Paleosiberian language anyway - most sources just list four families and isolates."
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d5dbccb20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What city can you find the Fernsehturm and Haus der Kulturen der Welt? | Berlin | text | [] | [
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"text": "The tallest structure in Berlin is the Fernsehturm Berlin, which rises 368 metres (1,207 ft). A cluster of office high rise buildings is located at Potsdamer Platz in the Mitte district and at Breitscheidplatz in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district."
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d5dbccda0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Could comics studies hypothetically be part of the writing process or no? | Yes, it could. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A writing process describes a sequence of physical and mental actions that people take as they produce any kind of text. Writing processes are highly individuated and task-specific; they often involve other kinds of activities that are not usually thought of as writing per se (talking, drawing, readi... |
d5dbccf80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the derived unit of electrical resistance for the system that contains some prefixes that denote negative powers of 10? | The ohm | text | [] | [
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"text": "The ohm (symbol: Ω) is the SI derived unit of electrical resistance, named after German physicist Georg Ohm."
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"text": "Numerical prefixes are not restricted to denoting integers. Some of the SI prefixes denote negative powers of 10, i.e. division by a multiple of 10 rather than multiplic... |
d5dbcd2a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The "shrew-moles" are a relative branch of which family that are dark-furred animals with cylindrical bodies and hairless, tubular snouts? | Talpidae. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Talpids are small, dark-furred animals with cylindrical bodies and hairless, tubular snouts. They range in size from the tiny shrew moles of North America, as small as 10 cm in length and weighing under 12 grams, to the Russian desman, with a body length of 18–22 cm, and a weight of about 550 grams."... |
d5dbcd520dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What piece of legislation that corresponds to a formal constitution maintained the continuing existence of a larger Germany? | Basic Law | text | [] | [
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"text": "\"Basic law\" is often used to denote an interim or transitory piece of legislation corresponding to a formal constitution or to avoid claiming that there is a supreme legal provision, often for religious reasons."
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d5dbcda20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of glass is used interchangeably with the glass that has somewhat fallen out of favour in modern times due to its tendency to spill drinks? | Cocktail glass. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The martini glass has somewhat fallen out of favour in modern times due to its tendency to spill drinks, and the coupe is sometimes used instead. A standard cocktail glass contains 90 to 300 millilitres (3 to 10 US fl oz), though originally they were around 120 millilitres (4 US fl oz) in size."
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d5dbcdc00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Was Aisha born before or after the Abbasid Caliphate existed? | She was born before. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Scholars who lived in the Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258), irrespective of their religion, ethnicity or language. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total."
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"text": "Aisha (613–678 CE), Islamic scholar, had... |
d5dbcde80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | An episode of TGA which is the disruption in short-term memory in a person with no other signs of impaired cognition should last for no more than how many hours? | 8 hours | text | [] | [
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"text": "A person in a state of TGA exhibits no other signs of impaired cognitive functioning but recalls only the last few moments of consciousness, as well as possibly a few deeply encoded facts of the individual's past, such as their childhood, family, or home perhaps. Both TGA and anterograde amnesia deal... |
d5dbce100dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Trials and Tribulations is a visual novel adventure game in which the player takes the roles of Mia Fey and what defense attorney and series main character? | Phoenix Wright | text | [] | [
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d5dbcea60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | To which country does Victoria and melbourne belong? | Australia | text | [] | [
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d5dbcece0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | To which country do Uppatasanti Pagoda and Shwedagon Pagoda belong to? | Myanmar | text | [] | [
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"text": "Uppātasanti Pagoda ( ဥပ္ပါတသန္တိစေတီတော်, pronounced [ʔoʊʔpàta̰ θàɴdḭ zèdìdɔ̀]; officially called ဥပ္ပါတသန္တိစေတီတော်မြတ်ကြီး, also called the \"Peace Pagoda\") is a prominent landmark in Naypyidaw, the capital of Myanmar. The pagoda houses a Buddha tooth relic from China."
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d5dbcef60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Commercial mortgage-backed and "asset-backed" are both types of what? | Security. | text | [] | [
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"text": "For Commonwealth Medical Benefits Schedule, see Medicare (Australia). Commercial mortgage-backed securities ( CMBS) are a type of mortgage-backed security backed by commercial and multifamily mortgages rather than residential real estate."
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d5dbcf1e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is baptism according to Calvinism? | Baptism is a sacrament signifying the baptized person's union with Christ, or becoming part of Christ and being treated as if they had done everything Christ had | text | [] | [
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d5dbcf460dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What did the founder of the form of Judaism practiced by atheists leave out of the liturgy he developed? | Rabbi Sherwin Wine left prayers and references to God out of the liturgy he developed for Humanistic Judaism. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Jewish atheists who practice Humanistic Judaism embrace Jewish culture and history, rather than belief in a supernatural god, as the sources of their Jewish identity. One study found that only 48% of self-identified Jews believe in God."
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d5dbcf6e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Allahabad pillar, Major Rock and The Schism are all titles of what? | Edicts | text | [] | [
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"text": "Location of the Major Rock Edicts. The Major Rock Edicts of Indian Emperor Ashoka refer to 14 separate major Edicts of Ashoka which are significantly detailed and represent some of the earliest dated rock inscriptions of any Indian monarch. These edicts are preceded chronologically by the Minor Rock ... |
d5dbcfb40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The holy Mai Khola of Nepal and the Ichamati that has a problem of thin flow of water in the dry season are both names of what? | Rivers. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Kankai River (also referred to as Mai Khola) ( Nepali: कन्काई नदी, is a trans-boundary river flowing through Ilam and Jhapa in north to south direction of Nepal. Holy river of millions of Hindu Devotees living throughout Nepal."
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d5dbcfe60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What equation was named after Augustin Cauchy and Bernhard Riemann and is on a pair of real-valued functions of two real variables u ( x, y) and v ( x, y)? | The Cauchy–Riemann equations | text | [] | [
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d5dbd0040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Significance questing involves testing multiple hypotheses using a single data set by exhaustively searching for what? | For combinations of variables that might show a correlation, or for groups of cases or observations that show differences in their mean or in their breakdown by some other variable | text | [] | [
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"text": "Data dredging (or data fishing, data snooping, data butchery ), also known as significance chasing, significance questing, selective inference, and p-hacking is the misuse of data analysis to find patterns in data that can be presented as statistically significant, thus dramatically increasing and un... |
d5dbd02c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Geologists are able to chronicle the history of what, which is divided into epochs and ages? | The geological history of the Earth | text | [] | [
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"text": "It also provides tools to determine the relative and absolute ages of rocks found in a given location, and also to describe the histories of those rocks. By combining these tools, geologists are able to chronicle the geological history of the Earth as a whole, and also to demonstrate the age of the E... |
d5dbd0540dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Qaitbay Citadel in Alexandria is one of the well preserved castles in what country that Pithom was an ancient city in? | Egypt | text | [] | [
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"text": "Pithom ( Hebrew: פיתום ) also called Per-Atum or Heroöpolis or Heroonopolis ( Greek: Ἡρώων πόλις or Ἡρώ) was an ancient city of Egypt. Multiple references in ancient Greek, Roman, and Hebrew Bible sources exist for this city, but its exact location remains somewhat uncertain."
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d5dbd07c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What extinction era includes the disappearance of megafauna as a result of human activity? | The Holocene extinction. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Holocene extinction, otherwise referred to as the sixth mass extinction or Anthropocene extinction, is an ongoing extinction event of species during the present Holocene epoch (with the more recent time sometimes called Anthropocene) as a result of human activity."
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d5dbd0cc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Did Justinian I abolish the diocese before or after the death of Domitius Modestus? | He abolished the diocese after. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In 535, as part of his administrative reforms, Justinian I abolished the diocese, and the comes Orientis became the provincial governor of Syria I, while retaining his previous rank of vir spectabilis and his salary."
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d5dbd0f40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of insect is Polychrysia moneta dependent on to keep up the supply of its host species? | Long-tongued bumblebees, given Polychrysia moneta is hosted by plants of the Aconitum species, and Aconitum flowers are pollinated by long-tongued bumblebees. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The golden plusia Polychrysia moneta is hosted by A. vulparia, A. napellus, A. septentrionale, and A. intermedium. Other moths associated with Aconitum species include the wormwood pug Eupithecia absinthiata, satyr pug E. satyrata, Aterpia charpentierana, and A. corticana."
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d5dbd11c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The voiceless linguolabial plosive and the International Phonetic Alphabet symbols ⟨ θ̼ ⟩ or ⟨ ɸ̺ ⟩ are both what? | Consonantal sounds. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The voiceless linguolabial plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents it is ⟨ t̼ ⟩ or ⟨ p̺ ⟩. Its manner of articulation is occlusive, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract."
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d5dbd1440dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of strictly convex polyhedron each face of which is a regular polygon can be constructed from the first few pyramids and prisms? | Johnson solid | text | [] | [
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"text": "Most Johnson solids can be constructed from the first few ( pyramids, cupolae, and rotundas ), together with the Platonic and Archimedean solids, prisms, and antiprisms; the centre of a particular solid's name will reflect these ingredients."
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d5dbd18a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What revived dead language is part of an Ancient form of language which included the Phoenician alphabet? | Hebrew. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Hebrew is the only Canaanite language that is a living language, and the most successful example of a revived dead language. Moabite – an extinct Hebraic dialect of the Moabite people mentioned in the Bible. The main sources are the Mesha Stele and El-Kerak Stela."
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d5dbd1b20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is Pixels per inch and what does the apparent PPI of a monitor depend upon? | Pixels per inch ( ppi) and pixels per centimetre ( ppcm or pixels/cm) are measurements of the pixel density of an electronic image device, such as a computer monitor or television display, or image digitizing device such as a camera or image scanner and apparent PPI of a monitor depends upon the screen resolution (that... | text | [] | [
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d5dbd1da0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Roman statesman and general Marcus Atilius Regulus first became consul in 267 BC, when he fought what lapygian tribe who inhabited Salento in classical antiquity? | He fought the Messapians. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Marcus Atilius Regulus (probably lived between 307 BC – 250 BC) was a Roman statesman and general who was a consul of the Roman Republic in 267 BC and 256 BC. Regulus first became consul in 267 BC, when he fought the Messapians."
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d5dbd2020dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In what state could you find both SR 20 and Interstate 90? | Both would be in Washington. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Although US 12 has a larger east–west extent, SR 20 is the longest highway in Washington at 436.13 miles (701.88 km), only 5.3 miles (8.5 km) longer than US 12. The highway has been called \"The Most Beautiful Mountain Highway in the State of Washington.\""
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d5dbd22a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the networks that often combine LAN and WAN elements, what types of facilities are typically connected to them? | Launch facilities. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Launch facilities are typically connected to the ground network to relay telemetry prior to and during launch. The launch vehicle itself is sometimes said to constitute a \"transfer segment\", which may be considered distinct from both the space and ground segments."
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d5dbd2520dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Daowai District and Shuangcheng District are two of the nine districts that make up the prefecture-level of what city? | Harbin. | text | [] | [
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"text": "/ 45.7895°N 126.6459°E / 45.7895; 126.6459 Daowai District ( simplified Chinese: 道外区; traditional Chinese: 道外區; pinyin: Dàowài Qū) is one of nine districts of the prefecture-level city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China, forming part of the city's urban core."
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d5dbd2a20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who does a sous-chef work under and Sean Sherman is one of? | Chef. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen is a recipe book written by Sean Sherman with Beth Dooley, published by the University of MN Press in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sean Sherman is an Oglala Lakota chef who was born in Pine Ridge, South Dakota and is currently based in South Minneapolis."
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d5dbd31a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The state of what was inhabited by Native Americans in the peninsula 14,000 years ago and has Jacksonville? | The state of Florida. | text | [] | [
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d5dbd3420dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | If you're driving in London and encountered a traffic light that was neither red coming or green, what would you do? | Prepare to come to a stop. | text | [] | [
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d5dbd36a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who runs the local governments of the urban districts in the country whose largest state is called Bavaria? | The urban districts handle their own local governments. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) has 16 states ( German: Bundesländer, singular: Bundesland ). The biggest is Bavaria and the smallest is Bremen. Most of them were created after the Second World War, although their historical roots can be traced back to the early Middle Ages in some cases."
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d5dbd3920dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What mausoleum built for the wife of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan unites Iranian and Indian cultural and architectural elements? | The Taj Mahal unites them. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is the mausoleum of Mumtaz Mahal, the Persian wife of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. Indo-Persian culture refers to those Persian aspects that have been integrated into or absorbed into the cultures of the Indian subcontinent ."
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d5dbd3ba0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Associative, abstract and commutative are all forms of what? | Algebra | text | [] | [
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"text": "In mathematics, specifically abstract algebra, an integral domain is a nonzero commutative ring in which the product of any two nonzero elements is nonzero. Integral domains are generalizations of the ring of integers and provide a natural setting for studying divisibility."
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d5dbd3e20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What goal, which is part of 17 interlinked global goals designed to be a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all, is about improving cities and making them more sustainable? | SDG 11 | text | [] | [
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"text": "SDG 11 is about improving cities and making them more sustainable. This requires several things, such as creating career and business opportunities, safe and affordable housing, and building resilient societies and economies. Further examples include: investment in public transport, creating green pu... |
d5dbd40a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | More than 18% of emission of what kind of gas that absorbs and emits radiant energy within the thermal infrared range is attributed to livestock and its related activities like deforestation? | Greenhouse gas | text | [] | [
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"text": "More than 18% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are attributed to livestock and livestock-related activities such as deforestation and increasingly fuel-intensive farming practices. Specific attributions to the livestock sector include: 64% of global anthropogenic nitrous oxide emissions, chi... |
d5dbd4320dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Wood and cellulose are both types of what? | Fibers | text | [] | [
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"text": "Wood fibres (also spelled wood fibers, see spelling differences) are usually cellulosic elements that are extracted from trees and used to make materials including paper ."
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d5dbd4780dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | When is Mathematics education in the United Kingdom largely carried out and when does voluntary mathematics take place? | Mathematics education in the United Kingdom is largely carried out at ages 11–16 at secondary school. However, voluntary Mathematics takes place from 16 to 18, in sixth forms and other forms of further education. | text | [] | [
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"text": "However voluntary Mathematics education in the UK takes place from 16 to 18, in sixth forms and other forms of further education. Whilst adults can study the subject at universities and higher education more widely."
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d5dbd4a00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The sunwatcher toadhead agama and Theobald's toad-headed agama are both names of what type of species? | Lizards. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Phrynocephalus helioscopus, the sunwatcher toadhead agama, Fergana toad-headed agama, or sunwatcher, is a species of agamid lizard found in Kazakhstan, S Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Iraq, China, Mongolia, and Iran."
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d5dbd4c80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Rosa canina, Rosa acicularis, and Rosa arkansana are all species of what? | Rose. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Rosa canina, commonly known as the dog rose, is a variable climbing, wild rose species native to Europe, northwest Africa, and western Asia . It is a deciduous shrub normally ranging in height from 1–5 metres (3.3–16.4 ft), though sometimes it can scramble higher into the crowns of taller trees."
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d5dbd4fa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In Roman times, what is The Scissor and the Samnite who were based on ethnic antecedents classified as? | They are types of Roman gladiators. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Samnite, borrowed from the Campanians, was the earliest of the gladiator types and the model upon which later classes were based. The Samnite gladiators were also the first of at least three gladiator classes ( list of Roman gladiator types) to be based on ethnic antecedents; other examples were ... |
d5dbd5220dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Are the Canary islands and the Galapagos Islands in the same body of water? | No, the Canary Islands which are off the African mainland in the Atlantic, are not in the same body of water as the Galapagos Islands which are in the Pacific ocean. | text | [] | [
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"text": "At their closest point to the African mainland, they are 100 kilometres (62 miles) west of Morocco. They are the southernmost of the autonomous communities of Spain, and are located in the African Tectonic Plate. The archipelago is economically and politically European, and is part of the European Un... |
d5dbd54a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many species of prokaryotic microorganisms are estimated to cause disease in humans? | Fewer than 100. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Although most bacteria are harmless or often beneficial, some are pathogenic, with the number of species estimated as fewer than a hundred that are seen to cause infectious diseases in humans. By contrast, several thousand species exist in the human digestive system ."
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d5dbd5680dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Where is Monte Cusna located and what is the name of the forest that grows on the eastern side of the Cusna? | Monte Cusna is located along the Appennino Crest Trail (A00) between Cerreto and Lagastrello Passes and the Abetina Reale is a coniferous forest that grows on the eastern side of the Cusna. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Abetina Reale Abetina Reale is a coniferous forest that grows on the eastern side of the Cusna, on the right side of the High Valley Dolo river, and extends to the Apennine ridge. The forest is characterized by ancient specimens of white spruce survived centuries of forest exploitation."
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d5dbd5900dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is Strategic bombing and when was the theoretical distinction between tactical and strategic air warfare developed? | Strategic bombing is a military strategy used in total war with the goal of defeating the enemy by destroying its morale, its economic ability to produce and transport materiel to the theatres of military operations, or both. The theoretical distinction between tactical and strategic air warfare was developed between t... | text | [] | [
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"text": "The theoretical distinction between tactical and strategic air warfare was developed between the two world wars. Some leading theorists of strategic air warfare during this period were the Italian Giulio Douhet, the Trenchard school in the United Kingdom, and General Billy Mitchell in the United Stat... |
d5dbd5b80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Anatidae and Musophagidae are families of what species? | Birds. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating."
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d5dbd5d60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What would a hoplite from the country Hermaphroditus was part of the mythology for be armed with? | A muscle cuirass, spear, shield, Corinthian helmet and sheathed sword | text | [] | [
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"text": "A Greek hoplite with muscle cuirass, spear, shield, Corinthian helmet and sheathed sword. The poorest citizens, unable to afford the purchase or upkeep of military equipment, operated on the battlefield as psiloi or peltasts; fast, mobile skirmishing troops. Weapons that used copper were becoming obs... |
d5dbd5fe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The golden sea snake is a member of what family of species? | Aipysurus laevis is a member of a genus in the family Elapidae. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Aipysurus laevis is a species of venomous sea snake found in the Indo-Pacific. Its common names include golden sea snake, olive sea snake, and olive-brown sea snake. The olive sea snake swims using a paddle-like tail."
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d5dbd6260dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Gyosei International School, Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education and Technical High School attached to the School of Engineering are all located in what country? | Japan | text | [] | [
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"text": "The following is a comprehensive list of high schools in Japan : This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Technical High School attached to the School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology [5]"
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d5dbd64e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the common usage for the simplest, most stable and most common method of cribbing? | A box crib It is commonly used to secure overturned motor vehicles, and debris within collapsed buildings. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is commonly used to secure overturned motor vehicles, and debris within collapsed buildings. Cribbing is often used in conjunction with other stabilization equipment, such as pneumatic or hydraulic shoring."
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d5dbd66c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Heirisson and Rottnest are both names of what, of which are over 1,000 of off the coast of Western Australia? | Islands | text | [] | [
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"text": "Heirisson Island is an island in the Swan River in Western Australia at the eastern end of Perth Water, between the suburbs of East Perth and Victoria Park. It occupies an area of 285 600 m 2 ( 3 074 000 sq ft), and is connected to the two foreshores by The Causeway."
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d5dbd6940dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A plane is a surface such that, given any three distinct points on the surface, the surface also contains all of the straight lines that pass through any two of them | A plane is a perfectly flat surface extending in all directions. It can be thought of as the ceiling of a room, only extended into all directions infinitely. A plane has two dimensions: length and width. All planes are flat surfaces. If a surface is not flat, it is called a curved surface.
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d5dbd6c60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was the name of the war that occurred in a Chinese province with two main cities on the banks of the Yangtze River? | The Battle of the Red Cliffs was the name of the important conflict that happened in Wuhan, and the battle was dubbed Battle of the Red Cliffs. | text | [] | [
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d5dbd6ee0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A BIOS what, defined as the disk partition that contains the operating system folder, is needed on GPT-partitioned storage devices to hold the second stages of GRUB? | Boot partition | text | [] | [
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"text": "The boot partition (or boot volume) is the disk partition that contains the operating system folder, known as the system root or %systemroot% in Windows NT. A single partition may be both a system and a boot partition."
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d5dbd7160dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the borough seat of the borough where West Point Village Seaplane Base is located? | West Point Village Seaplane Base is located in Kodiak Island Borough, whose seat is Kodiak. | text | [] | [
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"text": "West Point Village Seaplane Base ( IATA: KWP, FAA LID: KWP) is a public use seaplane base located in West Point, in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is privately owned by the West Point Canning Co."
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d5dbd7340dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the name of the type of glaciovolcano that forms when lava erupts beneath a thick glacier or ice sheet and whose magma is not hot enough to melt metal pipes? | A subglacial mound (SUGM) | text | [] | [
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"text": "A subglacial volcano, also known as a glaciovolcano, is a volcanic form produced by subglacial eruptions or eruptions beneath the surface of a glacier or ice sheet which is then melted into a lake by the rising lava."
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"text": "A subglacial mound (SUGM) is a type of subglacial volcano. Th... |
d5dbd75c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Australian national park that shares its name with the river whose catchment includes the small towns of Mutchilba and Almaden adjoins the northern boundary of which other national park? | Prince Regent National Park | text | [] | [
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"text": "Mitchell River National Park is a national park in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, 2,140 kilometres (1,330 mi) northeast of Perth. The park adjoins the northern boundary of the Prince Regent National Park. The nearest towns are Derby, 350 kilometres (217 mi) to the southwest, as well as Wy... |
d5dbd7840dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of Medicine is defined by the American Academy of Oral Medicine as the discipline of dentistry concerned with the oral health care of medically complex patients, the word for which also applies to a route of administration where a substance is taken through the mouth? | Oral | text | [] | [
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"text": "Oral Medicine is defined by the American Academy of Oral Medicine as the discipline of dentistry concerned with the oral health care of medically complex patients – including the diagnosis and management of medical conditions that affect the oral and maxillofacial region."
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d5dbd7ac0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | At birth, Humans inhale what substance containing .93% argon approximately 30-60 times a minute in dry conditions? | Dry air | text | [] | [
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"text": "Tidal breathing is normal, resting breathing; the tidal volume is the volume of air that is inhaled or exhaled in only a single such breath. The average human respiratory rate is 30–60 breaths per minute at birth, decreasing to 12–20 breaths per minute in adults."
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d5dbd7d40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The alphabet that was derived from Cyrillic script for Old Church Slavonic language shares its name with what enemy of the Punisher? | Russian | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Russian ( rus. Русский) is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is an enemy of the Punisher."
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"text": "See media help. The Russian alphabet (Russian: ру́сский алфави́т, tr. russkiy alfavit, IPA: [ˈruskʲɪj ɐlfɐˈvʲit] or... |
d5dbd7fc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What do black anther do when there are degraded and altered environments in tropical zones? | Colonize first there | text | [] | [
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"text": "Together with Portulaca oleracea, Ipomoea pes-caprae and Digitaria ciliaris, Melanthera biflora is usually one of the first species colonizing degraded or altered environments in tropical zones of the planet. Despite their general hardiness, leaves of Melanthera species are often attacked by rusts su... |
d5dbd8240dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Indian National Congress and The Movement for the Autonomies are both examples of what? | Political parties | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Movement for the Autonomies ( Italian: Movimento per le Autonomie, MpA) is a regionalist, Christian-democratic political party in Italy, based in Sicily. The MpA, whose founder and leader is Raffaele Lombardo, demands economic development, greater autonomy and legislative powers for Sicily and th... |
d5dbd84c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What group of passerine birds in the family Meropidae are a predator of bees? | The bee-eaters are a group of non-passerine birds in the family Meropidae. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Most pollen is used as food for their larvae. Vertebrate predators of bees include primates and birds such as bee-eaters; insect predators include beewolves and dragonflies ."
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"text": "The bee-eaters are a group of non-passerine birds in the family Meropidae, containing three genera and ... |
d5dbd8920dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The third-largest city in Greece is traditionally the place of martyrdom of which saint? | Patras, the third-largest city in Greece, is traditionally the place of martyrdom of Saint Andrew. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Greece's largest metropolitan centers and most influential urban areas, are those of Athens and Thessaloniki with metropolitan populations of approximately four million and one million inhabitants respectively. The third largest city is Patras, with a metropolitan area of 314.567 inhabitants."
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d5dbd8c40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The name for what historic region in northwestern Iran that borders Iraq and Turkey is derived from Atropates, the Persian Satrap of Medea in the Achaemenid empire? | Azerbaijan | text | [] | [
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"text": "The name Azerbaijan itself is derived from Atropates, the Persian Satrap (governor) of Medea in the Achaemenid empire, who ruled a region found in modern Iranian Azerbaijan called Atropatene. Atropates's name is believed to be derived from the Old Persian roots meaning \"protected by fire.\""
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d5dbd8e20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What does the type of plant that the Pinguicula does not appear to be, derive its nutrients from? | Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods. However, carnivorous plants generate energy from photosynthesis | text | [] | [
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"text": "In the genus Pinguicula, the mucilage glands are quite short ( sessile ), and the leaf, while shiny (giving the genus its common name of ' butterwort '), does not appear carnivorous."
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d5dbd9320dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | CAA and DGAC are both what types of organization? | Civil aviation authority | text | [] | [
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"text": "The French Civil Aviation Authority (Direction générale de l'aviation civile) ( French: Direction générale de l'aviation civile, DGAC) is the French civil aviation authority. Its headquarters are in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, 50 Henry-Farman. It is subordinate to the Ministry of Ecology, Susta... |
d5dbd95a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What measures variations in spectral lines to confirm the presence of the planet using the binary mass function, thereby providing information about a planet's mass? | The radial velocity method | text | [] | [
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"text": "The radial velocity can be deduced from the displacement in the parent star's spectral lines due to the Doppler effect. The radial-velocity method measures these variations in order to confirm the presence of the planet using the binary mass function ."
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"text": "While the radial velocity... |
d5dbd98c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Brachamios was a duke of what city that the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt largely destroyed? | Antioch | text | [] | [
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"text": "Antioch had been the chief city of the region since the time of the Roman Empire. When the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt drove out the knights in 1268, they largely destroyed the city to deny access to the region in the event that the Crusaders returned."
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"text": "The Byzantine Emperor Nikep... |
d5dbd9b40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Fresno and Calexico are both what? | Cities. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The largest cities in the region (over 50,000 population), from most to least populous, are Fresno, Bakersfield, Stockton, Modesto, Salinas, Visalia, Clovis, Santa Maria, Merced, Turlock, Madera, Lodi, Tulare, Porterville, Hanford and Delano ."
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"text": "Calexico, seen from the Internatio... |
d5dbda360dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What medical condition do the diuretic drugs of indapamine and metolazone both potentially treat? | They can help with high blood pressure. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Not to be confused with Metaxalone, a muscle relaxant. Metolazone is a thiazide-like diuretic marketed under the brand names Zytanix, Metoz, Zaroxolyn, and Mykrox. It is primarily used to treat congestive heart failure and high blood pressure."
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"text": "Indapamide is a thiazide-like diur... |
d5dbda540dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of raised land mass was built at the mouth of the Plymouth Sound? | A promontory fort | text | [] | [
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"text": "An ancient promontory fort was located at Rame Head at the mouth of Plymouth Sound with ancient hillforts located at Lyneham Warren to the east [2], Boringdon Camp and Maristow Camp [3] to the north [4] . The settlement of Plympton, further up the River Plym than the current Plymouth, was also an ear... |
d5dbdaa40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Did the campaign against Narentian pirates take place before or after the birth of Pietro IV Candiano? | It took place before. | text | [] | [
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"text": "She was possibly the child of a Venetian and one of the Slav women who were brought to Venice as captives after the campaign against the Narentian pirates in the Adriatic in 887, before she married Pietro III Candiano."
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"text": "Her four sons were Pietro IV Candiano (930 - 976), Domenigo... |
d5dbdaf40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was established in 1879 by Lars Olsson Smith and is produced in Åhus, Sweden that is one of the largest brands of spirits in the world? | Absolut | text | [] | [
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"text": "Absolut is one of the largest brands of spirits in the world (after Smirnoff, Bacardi) and is sold in 126 countries. Absolut practices a One Source production philosophy, meaning that all of their production takes place in and around the village of Åhus, Sweden."
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"text": "Absolut was est... |
d5dbdb1c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the estimated number of species in the family that includes Colobopsis saundersi? | There are an estimated 22,000 species in the Formicidae, the family to which Colobopsis saundersi belongs. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Colobopsis saundersi, synonym Camponotus saundersi, is a species of ant found in Malaysia and Brunei, belonging to the genus Colobopsis. A worker can explode suicidally and aggressively as an ultimate act of defense, an ability it has in common with several other species in this genus and a few other... |
d5dbdb620dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is Pottery and what were the earliest forms made from? | Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other ceramic materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard, durable form. The earliest forms of pottery were made from clays that were fired at low temperatures, initially in pit-fires or in open bonfires. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The earliest forms of pottery were made from clays that were fired at low temperatures, initially in pit-fires or in open bonfires. They were hand formed and undecorated. Earthenware can be fired as low as 600 °C, and is normally fired below 1200 °C."
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d5dbdb8a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What fast growing city in Australia second to Adelaide was originally home to the Peramangk Aboriginal people? | Mount Barker | text | [] | [
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"text": "Mount Barker was originally home to the Peramangk Aboriginal people. The Ngarrindjeri people from the east also used the Summit for ceremonial and burial sites. The Mount Barker Summit is a significant Aboriginal area, and may be one of the most sacred sites near Adelaide."
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d5dbdbb20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The historical origin of Japanese martial arts can be found in the warrior traditions of what group that were hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century to their abolition in 1876? | Japanese martial arts originated with the samurai. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The historical origin of Japanese martial arts can be found in the warrior traditions of the samurai and the caste system that restricted the use of weapons by other members of society. Originally, samurai were expected to be proficient in many weapons, as well as unarmed combat, and attain the highe... |
d5dbdc020dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the medieval era Kingdom of Dakkinadesa, what was the consequence of the royalty having no heirs? | It gave them thorny problems. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The boundaries of the Kingdom of Maya Rata are Deduru Oya River from North, and Kalu River River from South. Being heirless has provided royalty with a thorny problem throughout history."
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"text": "The Maya Rata (Principality of Maya Rata), also known as the Kingdom of Dakkinadesa, was a ... |
d5dbdc2a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | From what language did the term for a legal judgment that is a decision made at the discretion of the judge and is closely related to teleology come from? | The Latin arbitrarius. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Arbitrary comes from the Latin arbitrarius, the source of arbiter; someone who is tasked to judge some matter. An arbitrary legal judgment is a decision made at the discretion of the judge, not one that is fixed by law. In some countries, a prohibition of arbitrariness is enshrined into the constitut... |
d5dbdc520dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Screwpine was first described from specimens from what location? | Maluku Islands | text | [] | [
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"text": "Pandan: Pandan, also known as screwpine, is a popular additive to green or black tea in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Citrus peel : The best known of this class is Earl Grey tea, which is made by infusing black teas with citrus or bergamot peel."
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d5dbdc700dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of bagpipe native to the Principalities of Asturias and Cantabria are larger than the Galician gaita which is of the same key? | Gaita asturiana | text | [] | [
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"text": "The gaita asturiana is of larger size than the Galician gaita of the same key; that is to say, its pipes are of longer dimensions. The reed of the chanter ( payuela) is of smaller size than the galician reed."
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d5dbdc980dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Lunga and the Garvellachs scenic area lie in which area whose seas form a Special Area of Conservation? | The Firth of Lorn. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Scarba, Lunga and the Garvellachs is the name of one of the 40 national scenic areas of Scotland. The designated area covers the islands of Scarba, Lunga and the Garvellachs, all of which lie in the Firth of Lorn, along with much of the surrounding seascape."
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"text": "The Firth of Lorn, ... |
d5dbdcc00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | PL/I and Python are both examples of what? | Programming languages | text | [] | [
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"text": "Python is a multi-paradigm programming language. Object-oriented programming and structured programming are fully supported, and many of its features support functional programming and aspect-oriented programming (including by metaprogramming and metaobjects (magic methods))."
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"text": "F... |
d5dbdce80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of Mestizo -Mexican narrative genre is similar to the rancheras which have introductory instrumental music and adornos accommodating the stanzas of the lyrics? | Corridos. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Corridos, like rancheras, have introductory instrumental music and adornos (ornamentations) accommodating the stanzas of the lyrics. Like rancheras, corridos can be played in virtually all Regional Mexican styles. Also like rancheras, corridos are usually played in Polka, Waltz]"
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d5dbdd100dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Lysogeny broth ( LB) is a nutritionally rich medium primarily used for the growth of what, which constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms? | Bacteria | text | [] | [
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"text": "Lysogeny broth ( LB) is a nutritionally rich medium primarily used for the growth of bacteria. Its creator, Giuseppe Bertani, intended LB to stand for lysogeny broth, but LB has also come to colloquially mean Luria broth, Lennox broth, or Luria–Bertani medium."
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d5dbdd600dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The spider coneflower is a part of what genus containing bisexual flowers in a dense spike or "cone"? | Isopogon. | text | [] | [
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"text": "They are shrubs with rigid leaves, bisexual flowers in a dense spike or \"cone\" and the fruit is a small, hairy nut . Plants in the genus Isopogon are erect or prostrate shrubs with rigid, usually compound, rarely simple leaves."
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d5dbdd7e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In physics, a charge is any of many different quantities, such as the what, which the elementary charge is an example of, in electromagnetism or the color charge in quantum chromodynamics? | Electric charge | text | [] | [
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"text": "The elementary charge, usually denoted by e or sometimes q e is the electric charge carried by a single proton or, equivalently, the magnitude of the negative electric charge carried by a single electron, which has charge −1 e. This elementary charge is a fundamental physical constant."
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