guid stringlengths 32 32 | question stringlengths 17 440 | answer stringlengths 1 613 | question_category stringclasses 7
values | img_posFacts listlengths 0 2 | txt_posFacts listlengths 0 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
d5df7a420dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is an extinct genus of shark-like eugeneodont fish that the fossils of have been found world wide? | Helicoprion | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Fossils of Helicoprion have been found worldwide, as the genus is known from Russia, Western Australia, China, Kazakhstan, Japan, Laos, Norway, Canada, Mexico, and the United States ( Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Texas, Utah, and California )."
},
{
"text": "Helicoprion is an extinct genus of shar... |
d5df7ae20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What country in classical antiquity was home to several Illyrian tribes and had the state of Arbanon? | Albania. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Arbanon is considered to be the first sketch of an Albanian state, that retained a semi-autonomous status as the western extremity of the Byzantine Empire, under the Byzantine Doukai of Epirus or Laskarids of Nicaea. A relief of the Scuola degli Albanesi commemorating the Siege of Shkodra."
},
{
... |
d5df7b5a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What subspecies of Sceloporus occidentalis is the same kind of species as the spiny lizards? | The Coast Range fence lizard. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Spiny lizards is a common name for the genus Sceloporus in the family Phrynosomatidae. The genus is endemic to North America and Central America. This genus includes some of the most commonly seen lizards in the United States ."
},
{
"text": "Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii, commonly known ... |
d5df7baa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the largest group of aboriginal peoples in Canada near the St. Lawrence waterway? | The largest First Nations group near the St. Lawrence waterway are the Iroquois. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The largest First Nations group near the St. Lawrence waterway are the Iroquois. This area also includes the Wyandot (formerly referred to as the Huron) peoples of central Ontario, and the League of Five Nations who had lived in the United States, south of Lake Ontario. Major ethnicities include the:... |
d5df7bd20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How old was Hadrian when he became emperor of Rome? | Hadrian was 41 years-old when he became emperor of Rome. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Roman empire under Hadrian (ruled 117–38), showing the imperial province of Thracia in southeastern Europe. The Roman diocese of Thraciae. Thracia or Thrace ( Θρᾴκη Thrakē) is the ancient name given to the southeastern Balkan region, the land inhabited by the Thracians ."
},
{
"text": "Hadria... |
d5df7bfa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which parasitic wasp that is known for its red body color can no longer make nests? | The cuckoo wasp is a parasitic wasp that can no longer make nests. It is known for its red body color. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The cuckoo wasp, Polistes sulcifer, is an obligate social parasite, whose only host is P. dominula. Polistes annularis, whose species name is Latin for \"ringed\", is also known for its distinctive red body color."
},
{
"text": "Polistes sulcifer is a species of paper wasp in the genus Polist... |
d5df7c220dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What deity is known as the Preserver in Hinduism, that is also sometimes referred to as Soma? | Vishnu. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "In Puranas, Soma is sometimes also used to refer to Vishnu, Shiva (as Somanatha ), Yama and Kubera. In some Indian texts, Soma is the name of an apsara; alternatively it is the name of any medicinal concoction, or rice-water gruel, or heaven and sky, as well as the name of certain places of pilgrimag... |
d5df7c4a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In geology, a what, sands of which are are a class of ore deposit which is an important source of zirconium, titanium, thorium, tungsten, rare-earth elements, the industrial minerals diamond, sapphire, garnet, and occasionally precious metals or gemstones, is a mineral with a density that is greater than 2.9 g/cm 3? | Heavy mineral | text | [] | [
{
"text": "In geology, a heavy mineral is a mineral with a density that is greater than 2.9 g/cm 3, most commonly referring to dense components of siliciclastic sediments. A heavy mineral suite is the relative percentages of heavy minerals in a stone."
},
{
"text": "Heavy mineral sands are a class of or... |
d5df7c720dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | CDU and the DNVP were both political parties in what country? | Germany | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The German National People's Party ( German: Deutschnationale Volkspartei, DNVP) was a national-conservative party in Germany during the Weimar Republic. Before the rise of the Nazi Party, it was the major conservative and nationalist party in Weimar Germany."
},
{
"text": "The Federal Republ... |
d5df7c9a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The neuronal encoding of what, which the temporal theory of hearing deals with the perception of, is the representation of auditory sensation and perception in the nervous system? | Sound | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The temporal theory of hearing states that human perception of sound depends on temporal patterns with which neurons respond to sound in the cochlea. Therefore, in this theory, the pitch of a pure tone is determined by the period of neuron firing patterns—either of single neurons, or groups as descri... |
d5df7cc20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who governed the League of Nations mandate in the " South Seas " given to the Empire of Japan by the League of Nations following World War I? | The mandate for the South Seas was governed by the Nan'yō Government. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The South Seas Mandate, officially the Mandate for the German Possessions in the Pacific Ocean lying North of the Equator, was a League of Nations mandate in the \" South Seas \" given to the Empire of Japan by the League of Nations following World War I."
},
{
"text": "In Japan, the territor... |
d5df7d120dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What regiment that organized and trained at Camp Moore shares an animal name with one of the four symbols of the Chinese constellations? | The Tigers were the regiment. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The White Tiger ( Chinese: 白虎 Báihǔ) is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. It is sometimes called the White Tiger of the West ( Chinese: 西方白虎; pinyin: Xīfāng Báihǔ ), and is known as Baihu in Chinese, Byakko in Japanese, Baekho in Korean, and Bach Ho in Vietnamese."
},
{
"... |
d5df7d3a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Ngbundu and Dusun Witu are both names of what? | Lanugages | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Ngbundu is a minor Ubangian language (Banda) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This article about Ubangian languages is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it."
},
{
"text": "Dusun Witu, or Witu, is a language spoken by the Dusun Witu people of Borneo specifically in Kalimantan... |
d5df7d580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Would Snow White of "The Charmings" or Snow White created by John Hench be more likely to be seen wandering around the town that was originally part of two Spanish and Mexican-era colonial land grants? | Snow White of "The Charmings". | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The premise of the series' plot was that fairy tale characters Snow White and Prince Charming were magically transported to a 20th-century suburb in Burbank, California. Each episode shows the Charmings trying to adapt to their new life while Lillian, the wicked stepmother, and her wise cracking Magi... |
d5df7d800dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The tapetum lucidum is a layer of tissue in a thing whose color is determined by what? | The pigmentation of the eye 's iris and the frequency-dependence of the scattering of light by the turbid medium in the stroma of the iris | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The dark blue, teal, and gold tapetum lucidum from the eye of a cow. Retina of mongrel dog with strong tapetal reflex. The tapetum lucidum ( / təˈpiːtəm luˈsiːdəm /; from Latin for \"bright tapestry; coverlet\"; plural: tapeta lucida) is a layer of tissue in the eye of many vertebrates. Lying immedia... |
d5df7da80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Kuwait and Denmark are both what? | Constitutional Monarchies | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The Monarchy of Denmark is a constitutional institution and a historic office of the Kingdom of Denmark. The Kingdom includes Denmark proper, as well as the autonomous countries of the Faroe Islands and Greenland."
},
{
"text": "The constitution establishes Kuwait as a Hereditary constitution... |
d5df7dd00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What country can both the cactus wren and the rufous backed wren be found? | Both the Rufous backed wren and the cactus wren can be found in Mexico. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The rufous-backed wren ( Campylorhynchus capistratus) is a songbird of the family Troglodytidae, the wrens. It is a resident breeding species from southwest Mexico to northwestern Costa Rica ."
},
{
"text": "The cactus wren ( Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) is a species of wren endemic to th... |
d5df7df80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Furth's are defined as mountains that meet the classification criteria to be a what, defined as a mountain in Scotland with a height over 3,000 feet? | A Scottish Munro | text | [] | [
{
"text": "This is a list of Furth mountains in Britain and Ireland by height. Furths are defined as mountains that meet the classification criteria to be a Scottish Munro, including being over 3,000 feet (914.4 m) in elevation, but which are furth of (i.e. \"outside\" of) Scotland."
},
{
"text": "A Mun... |
d5df7e200dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What colorless, non-flammable, corrosive liquid is unpleasant to breathe when it hydrolyzes with damp air? | Titanium tetrachloride. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "In contact with damp air it hydrolyzes readily, resulting in a dense white smoke consisting of droplets of hydrochloric acid and particles of titanium oxychloride. The titanium tetrachloride smoke is an irritant and unpleasant to breathe."
},
{
"text": "Titanium tetrachloride ( FM) is a color... |
d5df7e480dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the Fijian island that is covered in dense tropical jungle, in what sector of islands does it belong to? | In the northwest sector of the Lau Group of islands. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The island is 3 km (1.9 mi) in diameter at the base of its 305-metre-high (1,001 ft) summit and is also referred to as \"Hat Island\" due to the summit's shape. The limestone cliffs, some 60 metres (200 feet) in height, of the guyot and the rest of the island are covered in dense tropical jungle."
... |
d5df7e980dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | ASMT is an example of what thing which OMT is a type of? | Enzyme | text | [] | [
{
"text": "N-Acetylserotonin O-methyltransferase, also known as ASMT, is an enzyme which catalyzes the final reaction in melatonin biosynthesis: converting Normelatonin to melatonin. This reaction is embedded in the more general tryptophan metabolism pathway."
},
{
"text": "An O-methyltransferase (OMT) ... |
d5df7eb60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | SDCCU Stadium and the neighborhood Grantville are both located in what city? | San Diego | text | [] | [
{
"text": "It is located in the Grantville neighborhood near the Mission San Diego de Alcalá and National University 's San Diego campus."
},
{
"text": "Mission San Diego de Alcalá is located within San Diego city limits, near the intersection of Interstate 8 and Interstate 15, and approximately one mil... |
d5df7ee80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A drum pad that allows drummers to practice quietly has what kind of material stretched over a substrate? | Foam or rubber. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Some practice pads use a disk of mylar, or another material used in the construction of true drumheads, stretched over a substrate such as foam or rubber. These elements are fixed together by a rim of metal or plastic. Many other devices use a thin layer of elastomer, such as natural or synthetic rub... |
d5df7f060dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The four stages of awakening and Kukai both have ties to what religion? | Both have ties to Buddhism. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The teaching of the four stages of awakening is a central element of the early Buddhist schools, including the Theravada school of Buddhism, which still survives. In the Sutta Pitaka several types of Buddhist practitioners are described, according to their level of attainment."
},
{
"text": "... |
d5df7f600dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Ajrak can be called the identity of what people who wear Bughti caps? | Sindh | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Ajrak can be called the identity of Sindh and Sindhi people. Ajrak is a symbol of pride and respect for men and glory for women. Sindhi people also present Ajrak as gesture of hospitality to their guests."
},
{
"text": "A cap from Sindh. The Bughti cap, also known as the Sindhi cap or Sindhī ... |
d5df80000dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The most northerly and most westerly of the Great Lakes is fed by about how many rivers? | Lake Superior is fed by more than 200 rivers. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Lake Superior is fed by more than 200 rivers, including the Nipigon River, the St. Louis River, the Pigeon River, the Pic River, the White River, the Michipicoten River, the Bois Brule River and the Kaministiquia River. The lake's outlet at St. Marys River has a relatively steep gradient with rapids.... |
d5df80280dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Barabani and Siliguri are both what? | Assembly constituencies in West Bengal | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Siliguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal . As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 26 Siliguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers ward nos. 1 to 30 and 45 to 47 of Siliguri municipal corporation."
},
{
... |
d5df80780dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What can reproduce asexually by breaking apart into smaller parts and regrowing the missing limb that is an omnivorous generalist predator? | A. Stellifera | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Reproduction is also regulated by planktonic food supply. A. stellifera can reproduce asexually by breaking apart into smaller parts and regrowing the missing limb. This explains why Asterina can be found living with less than five arms. Asterian sea stars also reproduce through dispersal of eggs."
... |
d5df80a00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are both the MSBS GROT and FB Beryl? | Rifles. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Currently, the rifle is in service with the Polish Territorial Defence Forces and is scheduled to replace FB Beryl as the primary infantry weapon and service rifle of Polish Armed Forces. The Grot moniker has been added to the MSBS name after the official adoption of the rifle by the Polish military.... |
d5df80c80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A tsurugi and qian kun ri yue dao are both types of what? | Swords | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Also known as \"tiger hook swords\" or qian kun ri yue dao (literally \"Heaven and Earth, Sun and Moon sword\" ), these weapons have a sharp blade similar to the jian, though possibly thicker or sometimes unsharpened, with a prong or hook (similar to a shepherd's crook) near the tip. Guards are subst... |
d5df80f00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Can snails that deposit their eggs above the waterline be found in Africa, Madagascar, southern Asia and Indo-Pacific islands? | Yes. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Pila is a genus of large freshwater snails with an operculum, African and Asian apple snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails. Distribution of the genus Pila include Africa, Madagascar, southern Asia and Indo-Pacific islands."
},
{
"text": "Several app... |
d5df81180dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What heavenly bodies are associated with the most frequently mentioned Slavic god, after Perun? | Hors is generally interpreted as a sun god, sometimes as a moon god. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Hors is the most frequently mentioned Slavic god, after Perun. He first appears in the Primary Chronicle letopis along with other gods to whom Vladimir the Great erected statues: And Vladimir began to reign alone in Kiev."
},
{
"text": "Khors (Old East Slavic: Хърсъ, Russian: Хорс IPA: [xˈors... |
d5df81400dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What, which can be a useful source of market information and a way to hear customer perspectives, plays an important role in democratic societies because they allow for participation among citizens? | Social Media | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Social media, or more specifically news media- plays an important role in democratic societies because they allow for participation among citizens.Therefore, when it comes to healthy democratic networks, it is crucial that that news remains true so it doesn't affect citizens’ levels of trust."
},
... |
d5df81680dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | GTP-binding and Complement control are both types of what? | Proteins | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Complement control protein are proteins that interact with components of the complement system . The complement system is tightly regulated by a network of proteins known as \"regulators of complement activation (RCA)\" that help distinguish target cells as \"self\" or \"non-self.\""
},
{
"te... |
d5df81900dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Ouvrage Fermont and the Boulay sector are both parts of what? | The Maginot line | text | [] | [
{
"text": "See Fortified Sector of Boulay for a broader discussion of the Boulay sector of the Maginot Line. No attempt was made by the Germans to directly attack this central portion of the Maginot Line, the Germans preferring to go around the west end of the Line and take the Line from the rear."
},
{
... |
d5df81ae0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What language do just over twelve percent of the residents of the area between Rhondda and the Merthyr Valley speak? | About 12 percent of residents in the Cynon Valley speak Welsh. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Cynon Valley lies between Rhondda and the Merthyr Valley and takes its name from the River Cynon. Aberdare is located in the north of the valley and Mountain Ash is in the south of the valley."
},
{
"text": "According to the 2001 census, the Cynon Valley has a population of 63,512.[4] In 2001... |
d5df824e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Centre-left politics ( British English) or center-left politics ( American English ), also referred to as moderate-left politics, are political views that lean towards what end of the political spectrum that social liberals, progressives and trade unionists are on? | The left | text | [] | [
{
"text": "In the United States, leftists such as social liberals, progressives and trade unionists were influenced by the works of Thomas Paine, who introduced the concept of asset-based egalitarianism which theorises that social equality is possible by a redistribution of resources."
},
{
"text": "Cen... |
d5df82940dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Polygenetic and monogenetic are two types of what kind of activity that forms volcanic crater lakes? | Volcanic | text | [] | [
{
"text": "A volcanic crater lake is a lake in a crater that was formed from explosive activity or collapse during a volcanic eruption . Lakes in calderas fill large craters formed by the collapse of a volcano during an eruption. Lakes in maars fill medium-sized craters where an eruption deposited debris around... |
d5df82bc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What coast in New South Wales sees both the Main North Line and Pacific Motorway? | Central Coast | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The Main North Line (also known as the Great Northern Railway) is a major railway in New South Wales, Australia. It runs through the Central Coast, Hunter and New England regions. The line was the original main line between Sydney and Brisbane, however this required a change of gauge at Wallangarra."... |
d5df830c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Explorers from what place, the history of which has 3 subcategories, discovered new routes to the Far East and the New World, helping to usher in the Age of Discovery? | Italy | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Italian explorers (including Marco Polo, Cristopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci) discovered new routes to the Far East and the New World, helping to usher in the Age of Discovery, although the Italian States had no occasions to found colonial empires outside of the Mediterranean Basin ."
},
{
... |
d5df83980dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | CapZ and members of the Actin family are both types of what? | Proteins | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Actin is a family of globular multi-functional proteins that form microfilaments in the cytoskeleton, and the thin filaments in muscle fibrils. It is found in essentially all eukaryotic cells, where it may be present at a concentration of over 100 μM; its mass is roughly 42- kDa, with a diameter of 4... |
d5df83d40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | At room temperature, what are the properties of the colourless, water-miscible liquid has a smell reminiscent of ethanol? | It is a clear flammable liquid. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Also known as TFE or trifluoroethyl alcohol, this colourless, water-miscible liquid has a smell reminiscent of ethanol. Due to the electronegativity of the trifluoromethyl group, this alcohol exhibits a stronger acidic character compared to ethanol."
},
{
"text": "Its molecule can be describe... |
d5df84060dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The U.S. Federal Government is an opponent of what trade that has a long history in Japan? | The illegal drug trade | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The U.S. Federal Government is an opponent of the illegal drug trade; however, state laws vary greatly and in some cases contradict federal laws."
},
{
"text": "The illegal drug trade in Japan has a long history, influenced by various factors such as economy and war. As a developed country in... |
d5df842e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Channel, Samson and Jersey are all what? | Islands. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "CSUCI is located midway between Santa Barbara and Los Angeles near Camarillo, at the intersection of the Oxnard Plain and northernmost edge of the Santa Monica Mountains range. The Channel Islands are nearby where the university operates a scientific research station on Santa Rosa Island. The univers... |
d5df84560dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Takachiho was built for the navy of what country whose ship names follow different conventions from those typical in the West? | Japan | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Japanese ship names follow different conventions from those typical in the West. Merchant ship names often contain the word maru at the end (meaning circle ), while warships are never named after people, but rather after objects such as mountains, islands, weather phenomena, or animals. This section ... |
d5df847e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What bird, in the group of North American birds in the tit family included in the genus Poecile, are the official state bird of Massachusetts and Maine? | The chickadee (specifically the black-capped chickadee Poecile atricapillus) is the official bird for the US states of Massachusetts and Maine. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The chickadees are a group of North American birds in the tit family included in the genus Poecile. Species found in North America are referred to as chickadees, while other species in the genus are called tits. They are small-sized birds overall, usually having the crown of the head and throat patch... |
d5df84a60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A software what, which in the Apple macOS operating system is a file system directory that is normally displayed to the user by the Finder as if it were a single file, is an archive file containing a computer program as well as necessary metadata for its deployment? | Package | text | [] | [
{
"text": "In the Apple macOS operating system, a package is a file system directory that is normally displayed to the user by the Finder as if it were a single file."
},
{
"text": "A software package is an archive file containing a computer program as well as necessary metadata for its deployment. The ... |
d5df84ce0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The gene whose protein abbreviation is ACTB has a molecular weight of how much? | Beta actin has a molecular weight of approximately 42 kDa. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Beta-actin (human gene and protein abbreviation ACTB / ACTB) is one of six different actin isoforms which have been identified in humans. This is one of the two nonmuscle cytoskeletal actins. Actins are highly conserved proteins that are involved in cell motility, structure and integrity."
},
{
... |
d5df84f60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Pigeonwood is an tree endemic to what country 1200 miles east of Australia? | Hedycarya arborea, commonly known as pigeonwood is an endemic tree of New Zealand. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Hedycarya arborea, commonly known as pigeonwood, porokaiwhiri, and poporokaiwhiri is an endemic tree of New Zealand. Found on both the North and South islands of the country, the tree grows to a height of 15 metres. The leaves are oval shaped with shallow serrations."
},
{
"text": "New Zealan... |
d5df851e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What star in the constellation formerly known as Serpentarius has a magnitude of 2.57? | Zeta Ophiuchi is a star located in the constellation of Ophiuchus. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Zeta Ophiuchi (ζ Oph, ζ Ophiuchi) is a star located in the constellation of Ophiuchus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 2.57, making it the third-brightest star in the constellation. Parallax measurements give an estimated distance of roughly 366 light-years (112 parsecs) from the Earth."
},
... |
d5df85460dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Epinephelus marginatus and the solitary carnivorous fish-eating ambush predator are both types of what? | Grouper. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The brown-marbled grouper is carnivorous and its diet consists mainly in fishes, crustaceans and cephalopods, it is an ambush predator. This grouper is solitary, sedentary, it defends a well defined territory, benthic and has an nocturnal which can be maximal at sunrise and/or at sunset."
},
{
... |
d5df856e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Cantharidus antipodum and Cantharidus capillaceus are both species of what? | Sea snails. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Cantharidus antipodum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 8 mm."
},
{
"text": "Cantharidus capillaceus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the ... |
d5df85960dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of organic compound occurs widely in plants and animals? | Phenethylamine | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Phenethylamine ( PEA) is an organic compound, natural monoamine alkaloid, and trace amine, which acts as a central nervous system stimulant in humans."
},
{
"text": "Tyramine is a phenethylamine that occurs widely in plants and animals, and is metabolized by various enzymes, including monoami... |
d5df85be0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are state defense forces and how are they distinct from their state's National Guard? | In the United States, state defense forces are military units that operate under the sole authority of a state government. They are distinct from their state's National Guard in that they cannot become federal entities. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "In the United States, state defense forces are military units that operate under the sole authority of a state government. State defense forces are authorized by state and federal law and are under the command of the governor of each state."
},
{
"text": "State defense forces are distinct fro... |
d5df860e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Xiong Tong and Ma Yin were both rulers of what? | Chu | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The Chu viscount Xiong Qu overthrew E in 863 BCE but subsequently made its capital Ezhou one of his capitals. In either 703 or 706, the ruler Xiong Tong proclaimed himself king, establishing Chu's full independence from the Zhou dynasty."
},
{
"text": "Chu was peaceful and prosperous under Ma... |
d5df86360dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is Superoxide dismutase and how is it produced? | Superoxide dismutase (SOD, EC 1.15.1.1) is an enzyme that alternately catalyzes the dismutation (or partitioning) of the superoxide (O− 2) radical into ordinary molecular oxygen (O2) and hydrogen peroxide (H 2O 2). It is produced as a by-product of oxygen metabolism and, if not regulated, causes many types of cell dama... | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Superoxide is produced as a by-product of oxygen metabolism and, if not regulated, causes many types of cell damage. Hydrogen peroxide is also damaging and is degraded by other enzymes such as catalase."
},
{
"text": "Superoxide dismutase (SOD, EC 1.15.1.1) is an enzyme that alternately catal... |
d5df865e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Subcrenulata, amygdalina and the Smithton peppermint are all types of what? | Eucalyptus. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The mainland species have more greyish leaves. Eucalyptus subcrenulata grows on exposed ridges, plateaus and slopes in subalpine woodland on the central and western highlands of Tasmania, including in the Mount Field National Park and Great Western Tiers. It also occurs with E. coccifera in the more ... |
d5df86860dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many episodes, including two specials, aired for the series that has a forensic scientist as a core character played by Jorja Fox? | The series had 335 episodes. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Sara Sidle is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by actress Jorja Fox. Sidle is a forensic scientist and one of the core characters of the show, which revolves around a Crime Scene Investigation team in Clark County, Nevada, that investigates cases ... |
d5df86fe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What Arab state uses a plain white keffiyeh, and has a nomadic, warlike, tribe called the Manasir roaming through it? | Qatar. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The Manasir ( Arabic: المناصير , singular Mansuri) is a tribe of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Nomadic, warlike and fiercely independent, they roamed between Buraimi and Qatar, the Persian Gulf coast to Liwa and also settled in the Northern emirates."
},
{
"text": "The plain white keffiyeh... |
d5df87260dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The National Capital, Louisiana and Azad Kashmir were all names of what? | Territories | text | [] | [
{
"text": "There are eight of these: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Lakshadweep and Puducherry . In Pakistan, the federal territories are Islamabad Capital Territory and the disputed territories of Pakistan-administered Kashmi... |
d5df874e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The area of mathematics primarily concerned with counting, and the chemistry that comprises chemical synthetic methods that make it possible to prepare a large number of compounds in a single process are both known as what? | Combinatorics/combinatorial. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Combinatorics is an area of mathematics primarily concerned with counting, both as a means and an end in obtaining results, and certain properties of finite structures. It is closely related to many other areas of mathematics and has many applications ranging from logic to statistical physics, from e... |
d5df87760dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | During the 4th millennium BC to the 15th century, who lived in the region that is now the Oriente Province? | The Ciboney Taíno people lived in this region during that time period. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Oriente Province is in the most eastern region of Cuba with a population of 1,797,606. It stretches across 14,641 square miles (37,920 km 2) and consists of various mountain ranges with the Sierra Maestra region having Cuba's highest mountain peak and elevation in Pico Turquino."
},
{
"text":... |
d5df879e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are both San Felice Circeo and Rocca San Felice? | Towns. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "San Felice Circeo is a town and comune in the province of Latina, in the Lazio region of central Italy . It is included in the Circeo National Park. Sites include the Grotta Guattari, one of the oldest Neanderthal sites in Italy, in which remains of nine Neanderthals were discovered inside it."
},
... |
d5df87ee0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Where would you have to travel to in order to stand in these three craters; Copernicus, Landau, or Werner? | The moon | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Copernicus is a lunar impact crater located in eastern Oceanus Procellarum. It was named after the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. It typifies craters that formed during the Copernican period in that it has a prominent ray system . It may have been created by debris from the breakup of the parent bod... |
d5df880c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was the official language of Indian dynasty that most modern scholars think was based in the Deccan region from the late second century BCE to the early third century CE? | Maharashtri or Maharashtri Prakrit was the official language of this dynasty. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Maharashtri or Maharashtri Prakrit ( Mahārāṣṭrī Prākṛta ), is a language of ancient as well as medieval India and the ancestor of Marathi and Konkani. Maharashtri Prakrit was commonly spoken until 875 CE and was the official language of the Satavahana dynasty. Works like Karpūramañjarī and Gaha Satta... |
d5df88340dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Ponnani is a municipality in a state with how many Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies? | 20 | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern india. Indian National Congress is the most successful political party in this constituency (14 times )."
},
{
"text": "Ponnani is a municipality in Ponnani Taluk, Malappuram... |
d5df88840dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Where was the founder of Redon Abbey born? | Saint Conwoïon, the founder of Redon Abbey, was born at Comblessac. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Redon Abbey, or Abbey of Saint-Sauveur, Redon (\"Abbey of the Holy Saviour\"; French: Abbaye Saint-Sauveur de Redon ), in Redon in the present Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France, is a former Benedictine abbey founded in 832 by Saint Conwoïon, at the point where the Oust flows into the Vilaine, on the ... |
d5df88ac0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What exists today in the area that composed the kingdom that existed when the temple for Andhra Maha Vishnu or Srikakulandhra Maha Vishnu was built? | Since Late 2nd century BCE–Early 3rd century CE. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The deity of the temple is known as Andhra Maha Vishnu or Srikakulandhra Maha Vishnu. The main sanctum of the temple survived at least since the time of the Satavahana emperors."
},
{
"text": "The Satavahana kingdom mainly comprised the present-day Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Maharashtra. ... |
d5df88de0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Tegmentum refers to the region in front of the ventricular system, or floor of the what, which is separated from the pons by the superior pontine sulcus? | Midbrain | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The pons is separated from the midbrain by the superior pontine sulcus, and from the medulla by the inferior pontine sulcus. It contains tracts that carry signals from the cerebrum to the medulla and to the cerebellum and also tracts that carry sensory signals to the thalamus."
},
{
"text": "... |
d5df89a60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What religious group had to slaughter sheep in secret and were told by the individual who had a peace treaty with Shah Muhammad II that they were "slaves"? | Muslims. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The chain of events that led to the Mongol invasion started when the Shah of Khwarazm, Shah Muhammad II, broke a peace treaty that he had agreed with Genghis Khan."
},
{
"text": "Muslims had to slaughter sheep in secret. Genghis Khan directly called Muslims and Jews \"slaves\" and demanded th... |
d5df89ce0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Ephestia kuehniella and Plodia interpunctella are both types of what? | Moths | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The Indianmeal moth ( Plodia interpunctella ), also spelled as Indian meal moth and Indian-meal moth, is a pyraloid moth of the family Pyralidae. Alternative common names are weevil moth, pantry moth, flour moth or grain moth."
},
{
"text": "The Mediterranean flour moth or mill moth ( Ephesti... |
d5df89f60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Hermes Trismegistus and Greek Magical Papyri both involve fusions of what two cultures? | Greek and Egyptian | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Around this time the legendary figure of Hermes Trismegistus developed as a conflation of the Egyptian god Thoth and the Greek Hermes; this figure was associated with writing and magic and, therefore, of books on magic. The ancient Greeks and Romans believed that books on magic were invented by the P... |
d5df8a640dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Lutjanus campechanus and Lutjanus lutjanus are both fishes of what kind? | Snappers. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Red snapper ( Lutjanus campechanus) is a fish from the western Atlantic Ocean. They are game fish. They live in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of the Southeastern United States. They live as far north as Massachusetts and Rhode Island, though this is far less common. Some species sold as red sn... |
d5df8ab40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How is resistivity measured through the characterizing the rock or sediment in a borehole by measuring its electrical resistivity? | It is measured using four electrical probes to eliminate the resistance of the contact leads. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Resistivity logging is a method of well logging that works by characterizing the rock or sediment in a borehole by measuring its electrical resistivity. Resistivity is a fundamental material property which represents how strongly a material opposes the flow of electric current."
},
{
"text": ... |
d5df8adc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Thames River and Boyne River are in what part of Canada? | Ontario. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The Thames River / tɛmz / is located in southwestern Ontario, Canada . The Thames flows southwestly 273 kilometres (170 mi) through southwestern Ontario, from the Town of Tavistock through the cities of Woodstock, London and Chatham to Lighthouse Cove on Lake St. Clair."
},
{
"text": "The Boy... |
d5df8b540dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What element do both Coregonus nigripinnis and Coregonus pollan live in? | Fresh water | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The blackfin cisco ( Coregonus nigripinnis) was a North American salmonid fish in the freshwater whitefish sub-family Coregoninae. This silvery, deep-bodied fish with black fins, large eyes, a blunt snout and a terminal mouth, was one of the largest forms of ciscoes."
},
{
"text": "The pollan... |
d5df8ba40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What three categories are there for the inscriptions studied in a specialised branch of Germanic linguistics? | Elder Futhark, Anglo-Frisian Futhorc, and Younger Futhark. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The body of runic inscriptions falls into the three categories of Elder Futhark (some 350 items, dating to between the 2nd and 8th centuries AD), Anglo-Frisian Futhorc (some 100 items, 5th to 11th centuries) and Younger Futhark (close to 6,000 items, 8th to 12th centuries)."
},
{
"text": "Run... |
d5df8bf40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A word that describes a certain way of living is indigenous to religions like Buddhism and what? | Christianity | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The term should not be confused with aestheticism. Asceticism (Greek: askēsis) is a word that describes a certain way of living. In this kind of life, a person gets rid of worldly pleasures for religion or spirituality. A person might not have sex or drink alcohol."
},
{
"text": "Asceticism i... |
d5df8c1c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The 6,040 foot elevation summit located in Zion National Park had it's name officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names in what year? | Cable Mountain's name was officially adopted in 1934. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Cable Mountain is a 6,940-foot (2,120 m) elevation Navajo Sandstone summit located in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States."
},
{
"text": "Towering 2,600-feet (790 meters) above the floor of Zion Canyon at the Big Bend area, Cable Mountain is situated imme... |
d5df8c440dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What city, also known as The Fair City & St. John's Toun, has the largest river in Great Britain measured by flow running thru it? | The River Tay flows thru Perth. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The River Tay in Perth, by measured flow the largest in Great Britain. This is a list of the longest rivers of the United Kingdom . There seems to be little consensus in published sources as to the lengths of rivers, nor much agreement as to what constitutes a river."
},
{
"text": "Perth is a... |
d5df8c940dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Polyhexanide is a what, which Hexamethylenediamine is used almost exclusively for the production of? | Polymer | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Hexamethylenediamine is used almost exclusively for the production of polymers, an application that takes advantage of its structure. It is difunctional in terms of the amine groups and tetra functional with respect to the amine hydrogens."
},
{
"text": "Polyhexanide ( polyhexamethylene bigua... |
d5df8d020dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The eldest son of Peter IV and his third wife, Eleanor, who was the daughter of Peter II of Sicily, had his throne contested in Sicily by which other ruler? | Louis II of Naples. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "John was the eldest son of Peter IV and his third wife, Eleanor, who was the daughter of Peter II of Sicily. He was born in Perpignan, capital of the Rousillon, which at that time was part of the Principality of Catalonia, in the Crown of Aragon."
},
{
"text": "In 1391, John promulgated legis... |
d5df8d340dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What kind of democracy was created in Russia and later inspired other European countries to emulate it? | The Soviet democracy was copied by several European countries. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "In a soviet democracy, voters are organized in basic units, for example the workers of a company, the inhabitants of a district, or the soldiers of a barracks. They directly send the delegates as public functionaries, which act as legislators, government and courts in one."
},
{
"text": "In t... |
d5df8d5c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which branch of the US Army would be responsible for launching a SAM? | The Air Defense Artillery would launch a SAM. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "United States Army air defense relies on a range of ground launched missiles ranging from hand held to vehicle mounted systems. The Air Defense Artillery is the branch that specializes in anti-aircraft weapons (such as surface-to-air missiles )."
},
{
"text": "A surface-to-air missile ( SAM )... |
d5df8dac0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are the qualifications for being eligible for inclusion of the Defense Intelligence Agency Memorial Wall? | The DIA does not provide detailed criteria on who is eligible for inclusion on the memorial. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Not to be confused with CIA Memorial Wall. The Defense Intelligence Agency Memorial Wall, commonly known as the Patriots Memorial, is a memorial at DIA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., dedicated to those agency employees who lost their lives in the line of their intelligence work and whose deaths ar... |
d5df8dd40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The President of Ecuador is head of state of a country whose Constituent Assembly was presided over by what person? | José Joaquín | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Its objective was the creation of the Republic of Ecuador, and Juan José Flores was named the provisional president. The Constituent Assembly was presided over by José Joaquín de Olmedo and chose Vicente Rocafuerte as president. The Constituent Assembly was presided over by Francisco Marcos and chose... |
d5df8dfc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type faces did the creatures who lived underground as mutants, as depicted in American Comic books? | Chinless faces | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Morlocks are a group of mutant characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters are usually depicted as being associated with the X-Men in the Marvel Universe."
},
{
"text": "After thousands of generations of living without sunlight, the Morlocks have du... |
d5df8e740dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What word can refer to both describing the capabilities and programming model of a computer but not a particular implementation and an element formed by the extrusion of a single curve (or pair of curves, in the case of a pointed barrel vault) along a given distance? | Architecture. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Some definitions of architecture define it as describing the capabilities and programming model of a computer but not a particular implementation. In other definitions computer architecture involves instruction set architecture design, microarchitecture design, logic design, and implementation."
},... |
d5df8e9c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which language is primarily spoken in the Indian state that is home the city of Basmath? | Marathi is primarily spoken in Maharashtra. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Basmath (वसमत / बसमत) is a city and a municipal council in Hingoli district in the state of Maharashtra, India . India census, Basmath had a population of 57,360. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%."
},
{
"text": "Marathi is primarily spoken in Maharashtra and parts of nei... |
d5df8ec40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Palmar carpometacarpal, palmar ulnocarpal and intracapsular are all types of what? | Ligaments | text | [] | [
{
"text": "An intracapsular ligament stretching from the dorsoulnar side of the trapezium to the ulno-palmar tubercle of the first metacarpal. Not considered an important ligament to the first CMC joint, it tightens during forced adduction and radial abduction. Like the previous ligament, the DRL is not conside... |
d5df8f140dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Where can the most common invasive cancer in women usually metastasize? | The bones. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Worldwide, breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer in women. (The most common form of cancer is non-invasive non-melanoma skin cancer; non-invasive cancers are generally easily cured, cause very few deaths, and are routinely excluded from cancer statistics.)"
},
{
"text": "Breast can... |
d5df8f3c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Mamiya Kaikyō and Akashi Kaikyō are both types of what? | They are both straits. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The Strait of Tartary connects the Sea of Okhotsk to the Sea of Japan. Strait of Tartary or Gulf of Tartary ( Russian: Татарский пролив; simplified Chinese: 鞑靼海峡; traditional Chinese: 韃靼海峽; pinyin: Dádá hǎixiá; Japanese: 間宮海峡, romanized : Mamiya kaikyō, lit."
},
{
"text": "The Akashi Strait (... |
d5df8f820dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is customarily made of stamped steel or aluminum for lightness, as they are part of the vehicle's unsprung weight that is a suspension link intended to control wheel motion in the longitudinal (fore-aft) direction? | A Radius Rod | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Radius rods are customarily made of stamped steel or aluminum for lightness, as they are part of the vehicle's unsprung weight. Improvements in composite materials technology make possible plastic suspension links, although they are still uncommon."
},
{
"text": "A radius rod (also called a r... |
d5df8fd20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The station sometimes called "The Hill" and that was once called Jackson Avenue, is a station that is part of what Light Rail line? | Martin Luther King Drive is a station of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "/ 40.7121; -74.0773 Martin Luther King Drive is a station of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail in the Jackson Hill neighborhood of Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey."
},
{
"text": "Martin Luther King Drive was once called Jackson Avenue, and until 1947 Public Service Railway's # 7 Jackson str... |
d5df8ffa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The solar mass is often used to indicate the masses of what objects that are currently classified under the Morgan–Keenan (MK) system? | Stars | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Most stars are currently classified under the Morgan–Keenan (MK) system using the letters O, B, A, F, G, K, and M, a sequence from the hottest ( O type) to the coolest ( M type). Each letter class is then subdivided using a numeric digit with 0 being hottest and 9 being coolest (e.g., A8, A9, F0, and... |
d5df90220dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Western Wall, or Wailing Wall, refers to the entire wall on the western side of what temple on a hill in the Old City of Jerusalem that has been a holy site in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam? | The Western Wall is on the side of the Temple Mount. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The term \"Wailing Wall\" is not used by religious Jews, and increasingly not by many others who consider it derogatory. In a broader sense, \"Western Wall\" can refer to the entire 488-metre-long (1,601 ft) retaining wall on the western side of the Temple Mount."
},
{
"text": "The Temple Mou... |
d5df904a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the river that forms a border with Mauritania and shares the name of a country, where the latter part of its name means "body of water" in the Serer language? | The Senegal River. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "\"Senegal\" probably derives from a Portuguese transliteration of the name of the Zenaga, also known as the Sanhaja, or else a combination of the supreme deity in Serer religion ( Rog Sene) and o gal meaning body of water in the Serer language."
},
{
"text": "The Senegal further flows through... |
d5df909a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the square footage of the largest island known as "Mainland" in the Northern Isles? | 202.03 square miles | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The Northern Isles ( Scots: Northren Isles; Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan a Tuath; Old Norse: Norðreyjar; Norn: Nordøjar) are a pair of archipelagos off the north coast of mainland Scotland, comprising Orkney and Shetland. The climate is cool and temperate and much influenced by the surrounding seas... |
d5df91300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What animal name do colocasia and pedicularis groenlandica have in common? | Both have elephant in their names. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "The elephant's-ear plant gets its name from the leaves, which are shaped like a large ear or shield. The plant reproduces mostly by means of rhizomes (tubers, corms), but it also produces \"clusters of two to five fragrant inflorescences in the leaf axils\"."
},
{
"text": "Retz. Pedicularis g... |
d5df91800dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Why would or wouldn't the Netherland health care system be considered a single payer system? | They would not, there is not one payer for health care but several sickness funds that pay it. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "This is the model used in the Netherlands . Other countries are largely funded by contributions by employers and employees to sickness funds. With these programs, funds come from neither the government nor direct private payments. This system operates in countries such as Germany and Belgium."
},
... |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.