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"text": "Achondroplasia is a type of autosomal dominant genetic disorder that is the most common cause of dwarfism. It is also the most common type of non-lethal osteochondrodysplasia or skeletal dysplasia. The prevalence is approximately 1 in 25,000 births."
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d5df92480dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The gray-footed chipmunk and Townsend's chipmunk belong to which genus? | They are both part of the Neotamias genus. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The gray-footed chipmunk ( Neotamias canipes) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to New Mexico and in the Sierra Diablo and Guadalupe Mountains in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas in the United States. Its natural habitat is temperate forests ."
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d5df92700dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Smelt-whitings and Gosanke are both types of what? | Fish | text | [] | [
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"text": "Several varieties are recognized by the Japanese, distinguished by coloration, patterning, and scalation. Some of the major colors are white, black, red, orange, yellow, blue, and cream. They are the gnf of fish. The most popular category of koi is the Gosanke, which is made up of the Kohaku, Taisho ... |
d5df928e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Selimiye Mosque and Sancaklar Mosque are both in what country? | Turkey | text | [] | [
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"text": "Sancaklar Mosque is a contemporary mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. The withdrawal of Turkey, heir to the Ottoman Empire, as the presumptive leader of the world Muslim community was symbolic of the change in the government's relationship to Islam."
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d5df92b60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In which surgery are the muscles of the cardia in the human structure that's susceptible to dysphagia cut? | Heller myotomy. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Esophageal dysphagia is a form of dysphagia where the underlying cause arises from the body of the esophagus, lower esophageal sphincter, or cardia of the stomach, usually due to mechanical causes or motility problems."
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d5df92de0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The high elevation of Śnieżka and the Choorechillum are both a part of what geological feature? | A mountain. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The rugged form of the Sudeten range derives from the geological shifts that formed the later Carpathian uplift. The highest elevation in the Sudeten is Śnieżka (1,602 meters) in the Karkonosze Mountains."
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"text": "/ 17.383°S 145.817°E / -17.383; 145.817 Mount Bartle Frere (pronuncia... |
d5df93100dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Treaty of Rarotonga bans the use of what thing within its territory that the president is the only individual with the authority to use? | Nuclear weapons | text | [] | [
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"text": "As commander-in-chief, the president is the only individual with the authority to order the use of nuclear weapons. The National Command Authority comprising the president and Secretary of Defense must jointly authenticate the order to use nuclear weapons."
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d5df93600dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many departments are there in the administrative region of France where the Château de Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte is located? | There are five departments in Normandy, the administrative region of France where the Château de Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte is located. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Château de Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte is a ruined castle in the commune of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte in the Manche département of France. The castle, dating from the 11th and 12th centuries, was besieged twice during the Hundred Years' War."
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d5df93880dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What color do the flags of Colombia and China share? | They share the color red. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The color should mainly be bright red (an early draft of the notice had the color as dark red, but this was changed to bright red by Zhou Enlai ). The \" Yellow River \" flag design originally preferred by Mao Zedong."
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d5df94000dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Georgia's "Little Grand Canyon" was partially created by what human activity? | Many of the massive gullies in Providence Canyon are the result of erosion due to poor farming practices in the 19th century. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Providence Canyon State Outdoor Recreation Area is a 1,003-acre (405.90 ha) Georgia state park located in Stewart County in southwest Georgia, United States. The park contains Providence Canyon, which is sometimes called Georgia's \"Little Grand Canyon \". It is considered one of the Seven Natural Wo... |
d5df94280dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Aechmea fasciata and Haworthiopsis attenuata are both what? | Plants. | text | [] | [
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"text": "L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress Tillandsia bracteata Vell. Aechmea fasciata is a species of flowering plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is commonly called the silver vase or urn plant and is native to Brazil. This plant is probably the best known species in this genus, and it is often grown as a houseplant in... |
d5df94460dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Army general is the second highest military rank in a country whose chief commanding Naval officer has what title? | The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy | text | [] | [
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"text": "Army general (Russian: генерал армии, tr. general armii) is the second highest military rank in Russia, inferior only to a marshal and superior to a colonel general. It is a direct counterpart of the Soviet Army General rank."
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d5df946e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Where are both Platt's Ait and Sunbury Court Island situated in? | River Thames. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Platt's Eyot or Platt's Ait is an island on the River Thames at Hampton, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England, on the reach between Molesey Lock and Sunbury Lock ."
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d5df94960dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What brain chemical called a neurotransmitter does venlafaxine block in the central nervous system to a lesser extent than other neurotransmitters? | Dopamine. | text | [] | [
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d5df94be0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The total internal angles of what shape that can be stellated with equilateral triangles on its edges is 720°? | Hexagon | text | [] | [
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"text": "A regular hexagon can be stellated with equilateral triangles on its edges, creating a hexagram. A regular hexagon can be dissected into six equilateral triangles by adding a center point. This pattern repeats within the regular triangular tiling ."
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d5df94e60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What first-line medication for the treatment of neuropathic pain caused by diabetic neuropathy was the eleventh most commonly prescribed medication in the United States in 2018? | Gabapentin was the eleventh most commonly prescribed medication in the United States in 2018. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is a first-line medication for the treatment of neuropathic pain caused by diabetic neuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia, and central pain. It is moderately effective: about 30-40% of those given gabapentin for diabetic neuropathy or postherpetic neuralgia have a meaningful benefit. Sleepiness and d... |
d5df950e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What setting type became obsolete with PCs that is heavily based on hot metal typesetting technology? | Phototypesetting. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The system is heavily based on hot metal typesetting technology, with the metal casting machinery replaced with photographic film, a light system and glass pictures of characters. Phototypesetting machines project characters onto film for offset printing."
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d5df95900dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the name of the horse that has more wins in the King George VI Chase than Dessie? | Kauto Star | text | [] | [
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"text": "Fifteen horses have won it more than once, Desert Orchid won it four times and Kauto Star won it five times. The race is currently sponsored by the Ladbrokes Coral bookmaking firm."
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d5df95b80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the county seat of the county in which the Romanian city of Roman is located? | Piatra Neamț is the county seat of Neamț County, the county in which the Romanian city of Roman is located. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Roman ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈroman]) is a city located in the central part of Western Moldavia, a traditional region of Romania. It is located 46 km east of Piatra Neamț, in Neamț County at the confluence of the Siret and Moldova rivers ."
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d5df95e00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Kongo kingdom was on what river explored by Henry Morton Stanley? | Congo. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Belgium–Congo relations refers to relations between the Kingdom of Belgium and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The relationship started with the exploration of the Congo river by Henry Morton Stanley ."
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"text": "In 1483, the Portuguese explorer Diogo Cão sailed up the uncharted Con... |
d5df96080dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Vaud that is divided into 10 districts, and Bern with 391 municipalities are both types of what? | Cantons. | text | [] | [
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d5df96300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The interstate highway in Oregon that runs 376 miles from an interchange with I-5 in Portland to the Idaho state line near Ontario was originally given what designation? | I-84 originally carried the designation of Interstate 80N (I-80N) until 1980. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Interstate 84 ( I-84) in the U.S. state of Oregon is a major Interstate Highway that traverses the state from west to east. It is concurrent with U.S. Route 30 (US 30) for most of its length and runs 376 miles (605 km) from an interchange with I-5 in Portland to the Idaho state line near Ontario."
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d5df96760dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Afghan Arabs is a term applied to people who were mostly supplied with weapons during what operation? | Operation Cyclone | text | [] | [
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"text": "This list shows military equipment used by the mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War. The Mujahideen obtained weapons from many sources, mostly supplied by the CIA during Operation Cyclone and channeled through Pakistan. Many weapons were also captured from Soviet or DRA forces."
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d5df969e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Republic of Marshall Islands consists of 29 atolls (each made up of many islets) and 5 what, examples of which are Housay, Bruray and Grunay? | Islands | text | [] | [
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"text": "Islands and atolls of the Marshall Islands. Uninhabited ones are labeled in grey. The Republic of Marshall Islands consists of 29 atolls (each made up of many islets) and 5 islands, which can be divided into two island chains, Ralik Chain and Ratak Chain ."
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d5df96c60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Hades and Fufluns are both examples of what? | Gods | text | [] | [
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"text": "In Etruscan religion, Fufluns or Puphluns was a god of plant life, happiness, wine, health, and growth in all things. He is mentioned twice among the gods listed in the inscriptions of the Liver of Piacenza, being listed among the 16 gods that rule the Etruscan astrological houses. He is the 9th of t... |
d5df96ee0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What number is shared by a highway in East Tennessee that traverses Blount, Sevier, a small portion of Jefferson, Cocke, and Greene Counties and also a 2002 album by Fairport Convention? | 35. | text | [] | [
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"text": "State Route 35 ( SR 35) is a north–south state highway in East Tennessee. The 81.35 miles (130.92 km) long state highway traverses Blount, Sevier, a small portion of Jefferson, Cocke, and Greene Counties. Most of the route is a secret, or hidden designation, as it runs concurrently with U.S. Highways... |
d5df973e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | MAS proto-oncogene and vasopressin are examples of what type of receptors? | Protein-coupled | text | [] | [
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"text": "The actions of vasopressin are mediated by stimulation of tissue-specific G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) called vasopressin receptors that are classified into the V 1 (V 1A ), V 2, and V 3 (V 1B) receptor subtypes. These three subtypes differ in localization, function and signal transduction mec... |
d5df97980dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | During the Christianity formation, what was the term for emphasised spiritual knowledge that is a feminine Greek noun which means "knowledge" or "awareness"? | Gnosis. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is best known from Gnosticism, where it signifies a knowledge or insight into humanity’s real nature as divine, leading to the deliverance of the divine spark within humanity from the constraints of earthly existence. Gnosis is a feminine Greek noun which means \"knowledge\" or \"awareness.\""
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d5df97c00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What has played a major influence in the history of Alsace wine which is also known as Alsatian wine? | Repeated changes of nationality | text | [] | [
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"text": "Alsace wine or Alsatian wine ( French: Vin d'Alsace; German: Elsässer Wein; Haut Rhin Alsatian: d'r Wii vum Elsàss; Bas Rhin Alsatian: de Win vum Elsàss) is produced in the Alsace region in France and is primarily white wine."
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d5df97e80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which catamaran company is located at the site of the first delivery of liquefied natural gas by container ship? | G. Prout & Sons is located on Canvey Island, Essex, which is the site of the first delivery in the world of liquefied natural gas by container ship. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Shearwater III is a type of two crew racing catamaran, produced originally by G. Prout & Sons of Canvey Island, Essex, and was first sold in kit form. It is a \"restricted development class\"."
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d5df98100dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which religious position was shared by William de Luda and Robert Burnell? | William de Luda and Robert Burnell were both bishops. | text | [] | [
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"text": "William of Louth, also known as William de Luda (died 1298) was a medieval Bishop of Ely . William probably was born in Louth, Lincolnshire but his parentage is unknown."
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d5df98380dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The postcentral gyrus and the The posterior parietal cortex are in what part of the human brain that is a central sensory receptive area? | Primary somatosensory cortex | text | [] | [
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"text": "The postcentral gyrus is a prominent gyrus in the lateral parietal lobe of the human brain. It is the location of the primary somatosensory cortex, the main sensory receptive area for the sense of touch."
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d5df98880dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | NC 157 and Nags Head are both located where? | North Carolina | text | [] | [
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"text": "It currently runs for 350 miles (560 km) from Mocksville, at US 64 / US 601 to Whalebone Junction in the town of Nags Head, North Carolina. A 10 miles (16 km) stretch skirts the Great Dismal Swamp . In Mocksville, it begins and heads north of the US 64/US 601 junction, through the downtown area."
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d5df98b00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Chordal and planar are both types of what? | Graphs | text | [] | [
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"text": "Dirac's theorem on chordal graphs, the characterization of chordal graphs as graphs in which all minimal separators are cliques Dirac's theorem on cycles in k -connected graphs, the result that for every set of k vertices in a k -vertex-connected graph there exists a cycle that passes through all the... |
d5df98d80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Cymothoa exigua and members of the family Cirolanidae are parasites of what other animals? | Fish. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, is a parasitic isopod of the family Cymothoidae. This parasite enters fish through the gills. The female attaches to the tongue and the male attaches on the gill arches beneath and behind the female."
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d5df99000dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Typhlonectes compressicauda and rubber eels are both examples of what? | Caecilians | text | [] | [
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"text": "Typhlonectes compressicauda, the Cayenne caecilian, is a species of amphibian in the family Typhlonectidae that lives in water. It is found in Amazonian Brazil, Peru, and Colombia as well as in Guyana and French Guiana, and likely Suriname, and according to some sources, Venezuela."
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d5df991e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Nevada State Route 291 was a two-lane state highway in what county that is the oldest in Nevada having been created by the Utah Territorial Legislature in 1856? | It was in Humboldt County, Nevada. | text | [] | [
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"text": "State Route 291 ( SR 291) was a two-lane state highway in Humboldt County, Nevada. It served a sparsely populated section of the state, connecting northwestern Nevada to southern Oregon."
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d5df99460dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Central Okinawan is an example of what thing that South Semitic is a group of? | Languages | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Okinawan language ( 沖縄口, ウチナーグチ, Uchināguchi, [ʔut͡ɕinaːɡut͡ɕi]) or Central Okinawan, is a Northern Ryukyuan language spoken primarily in the southern half of the island of Okinawa, as well as in the surrounding islands of Kerama, Kumejima, Tonaki, Aguni and a number of smaller peripheral islands... |
d5df996e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The unusual The Gallaudet D-4 and the small AB-13 were both types of what? | Biplanes. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Gallaudet D-4 was an unusual biplane designed and built by Gallaudet Aircraft Company for the United States Navy. It was powered by a Liberty L-12 engine buried within the fuselage which turned a large, four-bladed propeller attached to a ring around the center fuselage."
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d5df998c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type water can you find the Australian red claw crayfish? | Permanent freshwater streams | text | [] | [
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"text": "Cherax quadricarinatus (known by several common names, including Australian red claw crayfish, Queensland red claw, redclaw, tropical blue crayfish, freshwater blueclaw crayfish) is an Australian freshwater crayfish ."
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d5df99b40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Does the United States Coast Guard issue unique identifiers to every ship, or are some repeated? | They issue unique ones | text | [] | [
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"text": "The United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, and United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) use a hull classification symbol (sometimes called hull code or hull number) to identify their ships by type and by individual ship within a type."
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d5df99dc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Plato wrote a dialogue titles The Apology of what, that person whom aside from Plato and Aristophanes, Xenophon is the only contemporary of whose writings on them survive? | Socrates | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Apology of Socrates ( Greek: Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους, Apología Sokrátous; Latin: Apologia Socratis ), written by Plato, is a Socratic dialogue of the speech of legal self-defence which Socrates spoke at his trial for impiety and corruption in 399 BCE."
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d5df9a040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Tigrinya and Central Okinawan are both examples of what thing that South Semitic is a group of? | Languages | text | [] | [
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"text": "Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Ethiopic characters. Tigrinya (ትግርኛ; also spelled Tigrigna) is a Semitic language spoken in Eritrea and in northern Ethiopia in the Tigray region."
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d5df9a860dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What irredentist claims to territories of the former Chinese Empire was ruled by the Mandate of Heaven? | Chinese irredentism. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Chinese irredentism refers to irredentist claims to territories of the former Chinese Empire made by the Republic of China (ROC) and subsequently the People's Republic of China (PRC). In Chinese political theory, relations between foreign states were governed by the tributary system."
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d5df9aae0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In Spanish, what is the common name for the native Mexican species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae? | Tua-tua. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Jatropha gossypiifolia, commonly known as bellyache bush, black physicnut or cotton-leaf physicnut, is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. The species is native to Mexico,Philippines,South America, Gujarat State (India) and the Caribbean islands."
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d5df9ad60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Royal Air Force Ravenscar's equipment would consist of what two main sites? | A receiver site and a transmitter site | text | [] | [
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"text": "/ 54.393; -0.474 Bent Rigg Radar Station, (also known as Royal Air Force Ravenscar, and Ravenscar tracking station ), was a radar site located at Bent Rigg, 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of Ravenscar, North Yorkshire, England."
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d5df9af40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many service locations in Canada are overseen by the agency that importers submit cargo information to under the Pre-arrival Review System? | This agency oversees approximately 1,200 service locations across Canada. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Pre-arrival Review System (PARS) is a Canadian Federal Government customs program that allows importers, or customs brokers acting on their behalf, to submit cargo information to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) for review and processing before their goods arrive in Canada."
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d5df9b1c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The DROC used to be a corporate state controlled by which other country? | It used to be controlled by Belgium. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Congo Free State was a corporate state privately controlled by Leopold II of Belgium through the Association Internationale africaine, a non-governmental organization. Leopold was the sole shareholder and chairman. The state included the entire area of the present the Democratic Republic of the C... |
d5df9b440dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What sort of climate can be found on Ros Island and the others in that archipelago? | Tropical | text | [] | [
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"text": "Ross Island is an island of the Andaman Islands. It belongs to the North and Middle Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. the island is lying 184 km (114 mi) north from Port Blair ."
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d5df9b6c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The pentakaidecahedron with 15 faces and the Siamese dodecahedron are both types of what figures? | Polyhedrons. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A pentadecahedron (or pentakaidecahedron) is a polyhedron with 15 faces. No pentadecahedron is regular; hence, the name is ambiguous. There are numerous topologically distinct forms of a pentadecahedron, for example the tetradecagonal pyramid, and tridecagonal prism ."
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d5df9b940dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What disorder can the common health issue for students not getting enough sleep be used to treat? | Clinical depression. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Sleep deprivation - the condition of not having enough sleep - is a common health issue for students in higher education. This issue has several underlying and negative consequences, but there are a few helpful improvements that students can make to reduce its frequency and severity."
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d5df9bee0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of object was capable of blasting the tracks off any World War II-era tank and was magnetically adhered, shaped chare anti-tank grenade used by German forces? | A mine | text | [] | [
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"text": "As the name suggests ( Teller is the German word for dish or plate) the mines were plate-shaped. Containing little more than 5.5 kilograms of TNT and a fuze activation pressure of approximately 200 lb (91 kg), the Teller mine was capable of blasting the tracks off any World War II-era tank or destroy... |
d5df9c3e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many state assembly districts are there in the state whose 5th district encompasses much of its Wine County? | 80 | text | [] | [
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d5df9c660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Does a truncated icosidodecahedron or the great icosidodecahedron have more faces? | The truncated icosidodecahedron has more faces. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In geometry, the truncated icosidodecahedron is an Archimedean solid, one of thirteen convex isogonal nonprismatic solids constructed by two or more types of regular polygon faces . It has 62 faces: 30 squares, 20 regular hexagons, and 12 regular decagons."
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d5df9cde0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Dhoon Glen and Bishop's Court Halt both lie along what? | Railways | text | [] | [
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"text": "Dhoon Glen is an intermediate stopping place on the northern section of the Manx Electric Railway in the Isle of Man. It is not to be confused with Dhoon Halt, which is the next halt, about 600 metres to the north."
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d5df9d240dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Where did a lot of the people in Pittston working in the industry accused of using child labor come from? | A lot of immigrants from Europe worked in the anthracite coal mines in Pittston. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Pittston is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is situated between Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. The city gained prominence in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as an active anthracite coal mining city, drawing a large portion of its labor force from European immigrants."
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d5df9d4c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was the organization that oversees the Norwegian Government Security and Service Organization previously known as? | The Ministry of Government Administration and Reform oversees the Norwegian Ministry of Government administration and Reform and was previously known as The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs. | text | [] | [
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"text": "With about 750 employees, it offers services within archives, wages, accounting, web sites, purchasing, security, the state budget, and technology. It is subordinate to the Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration and Reform and was created as merger of the administrative divisions of each min... |
d5df9d740dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which country has the FIFA country code of SRB and two different alphabets? | Serbia | text | [] | [
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d5df9d9c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Four abstraction layers classify all related what, which are the rules for transmitting data in a meaningful and useful way, according to the scope of networking involved? | Protocols | text | [] | [
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d5df9dc40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What battle took place in the village found mostly within the walled estate of a historic house in southeast England, west of London? | Battle of Englefield | text | [] | [
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"text": "Berkshire is a county in southeast England. It is west of London. Its county town is Reading. In the past, a town named Abingdon was the county town, but this town is not in Berkshire any more."
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"text": "Englefield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire. The vil... |
d5df9e3c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What item of diving equipment called a manned torpedo is used by scuba divers to increase range underwater? | A diver propulsion vehicle. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Human torpedoes or manned torpedoes are a type of diver propulsion vehicle used as secret naval weapons in World War II. The name was commonly used to refer to the weapons that Italy, and later Britain, deployed in the Mediterranean and used to attack ships in enemy harbours."
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d5df9e640dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The convicted murder and child molester whose criminal record fueled support for passage of California's three-strikes law had what done to him by his mother? | She punished him for smoking by burning his hand. | text | [] | [
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"text": "His parents, Bob and Evelyn Davis, were both alcoholics. His defense attorneys during his trial said that his mother had punished Davis for smoking by burning his hand. Davis is of English and Northern Paiute heritage."
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d5df9ebe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is an important element in art where visual perspective is being depicted and n an oblique pictorial drawing the factors of it are arbitrary? | Foreshortening. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In an oblique pictorial drawing, the angles displayed among the axis, as well as the foreshortening factors (scale) are arbitrary. More precisely, any given set of three coplanar segments originating from the same point may be construed as forming some oblique perspective of three sides of a cube."
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d5df9ee60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What do the Wemyss Estate Railway and the Estrada de Ferro Vitória a Minas railway lines have in common? | They are privately owned rail systems. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Wemyss Private Railway was a network of lines, sometimes known as the Wemyss Estate Railway. The lines were a group of mineral and other railways in Fife, Scotland, mainly on the land of the Wemyss family. They were built to connect coal pits to harbours and the railway network, for the use of te... |
d5df9f2c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | what sort of creatures are Catopsilia pomona, Papilio demoleus, and Junonia lemonias? | Butterflies | text | [] | [
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"text": "Catopsilia pomona, the common emigrant or lemon emigrant, is a medium-sized pierid butterfly found in Asia, Cambodia and parts of Australia. The species gets its name from its habit of migration. Some early authors considered them as two distinct species Catopsilia crocale and Catopsilia pomona."
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d5df9f540dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Paragalago orinus and the genus Otolemur are both included in what family? | Galagidae | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Uluguru bushbaby ( Paragalago orinus ), also known as the mountain dwarf galago or the Amani dwarf galago, is a species of primate in the family Galagidae. Like all galagos, it is a strepsirrhine primate. It is endemic to the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania at altitudes of 1,200 - 2,0... |
d5df9fa40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The law whose purpose is to protect human dignity and liberty is an example of what laws of which article 4 of the Basic Law of the Knesset is an example? | Basic Laws | text | [] | [
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"text": "The purpose of this Basic Law is to protect human dignity and liberty, in order to establish in a Basic Law the values of the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state . There shall be no violation of the life, body or dignity of any person as such. There shall be no violation of the property ... |
d5df9fcc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Aside from Plato and Aristophanes, Xenophon is the only contemporary of what person who Plato wrote a dialogue involving? | Socrates | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Apology of Socrates ( Greek: Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους, Apología Sokrátous; Latin: Apologia Socratis ), written by Plato, is a Socratic dialogue of the speech of legal self-defence which Socrates spoke at his trial for impiety and corruption in 399 BCE."
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d5df9ff40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The inorganic compound Ga I 3 contains what element that can form charge-transfer complexes if dissolved in polar solvents? | Iodine. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Charge-transfer complexes form when iodine is dissolved in polar solvents, hence changing the colour. Iodine is violet when dissolved in carbon tetrachloride and saturated hydrocarbons but deep brown in alcohols and amines, solvents that form charge-transfer adducts. I 2 • PPh 3 charge-transfer compl... |
d5dfa01c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which French seaside town is twinned with the market town and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire that was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire? | Banyuls-sur-Mer | text | [] | [
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"text": "Settle is a market town and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is served by Settle railway station located near the town centre, and Giggleswick railway station which is a mile away. It is 29 miles (47 km) from Leeds Bradf... |
d5dfa0440dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The terminus of National Highway 58 before it was renumbered that was in Uttar Pradesh was founded by what person? | Ghaziabad, the Uttar Pradesh terminus of the old National Highway 58, was founded by Ghazi-ud-Din. | text | [] | [
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"text": "National Highway 58 ( NH 58) was a national highway in India before it was renumbered. It linked Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh near New Delhi with Badrinath and Mana Pass in Uttarakhand near Indo-Tibet border."
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"text": "The city of Ghaziabad was founded in 1740 A.D. by Ghazi-ud-Din, who ser... |
d5dfa06c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Dreissena polymorpha are a species of what type of this that Unionidae are a family of? | Freshwater mussels | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Unionidae are a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionida, the bivalve molluscs sometimes known as river mussels, or simply as unionids. The range of distribution for this family is world-wide."
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"text": "The zebra mussel ( Dreissena polymorpha) is a small freshw... |
d5dfa0940dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The vertebral anomalies are a collection of malformations of the spine that occur in the womb and the deformity of polydactyly are both types of what anomalies and disorders? | Congenital. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Congenital vertebral anomalies are a collection of malformations of the spine. Most, around 85%, are not clinically significant, but they can cause compression of the spinal cord by deforming the vertebral canal or causing instability. This condition occurs in the womb."
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d5dfa0bc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | During which period did the burial ground see the most use in the area opposite Luxor, in Egypt? | It saw the most use during the New Kingdom. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It was used for ritual burials for much of the Pharaonic period, especially during the New Kingdom . Wikivoyage has a travel guide for West Bank - Luxor. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Theban Necropolis."
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"text": "The Theban Necropolis is located on the west bank of the Nile, opp... |
d5dfa10c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The miles long Little White House and the Jim Gillis Historic Savannah Parkway are both found in what state? | Georgia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Each Interstate has a hidden state route number; for example, Interstate 75 (I-75) is also State Route 401 (SR 401) and Interstate 16 (I-16) is also State Route 404 (SR 404, the Jim Gillis Historic Savannah Parkway). This highway system uses the Georgia Peach Pass for toll lanes. SR 5 / SR 5 Bus."
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d5dfa1660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which area of the sea can you find sea devils and the goblin shark? | Sea devils and the goblin shark can be found in the deep-sea. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Sea devils are deep-sea anglerfish of the family Ceratiidae. They are among the most widespread of the anglerfish, found in all oceans from the tropics to the Antarctic. The females are large: females of the largest species, Krøyer's deep sea angler fish, Ceratias holboelli, reach 1.2 metres (3.9 ft)... |
d5dfa18e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Traditional techniques in the field that PIM is a process in break down in what cases? | When a manufacturer maintains inventory to supply future maintenance of their in-service equipment. | text | [] | [
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"text": "While scrapping returns inventory to a state of raw materials, Partner-Optimized Inventory Management (PIM) returns inventory to the market as intermediate goods to be used in production of other goods or non-capital spare parts."
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d5dfa1ac0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Johnson solid of tetrakis square antiprism and the regular icosahedron pentagonal gyroelongated bipyramid are both related to what field of study? | Geometry. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In geometry, the gyroelongated square bipyramid, heccaidecadeltahedron, or tetrakis square antiprism is one of the Johnson solids ( J17 ). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by gyroelongating an octahedron (square bipyramid) by inserting a square antiprism between its congruent halves. It is... |
d5dfa1d40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What white blood cells are key effector elements of the adaptive immune system? | Plasma cells | text | [] | [
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"text": "Plasma cells, also called plasma B cells, are white blood cells that originate in the bone marrow and secrete large quantities of proteins called antibodies in response to being presented specific substances called antigens."
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"text": "Plasma cells are key effector elements of the adaptiv... |
d5dfa2060dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What Persian satrap who fought against Alexander the Great had a navy of about 300 warships with Memnon? | Pharnabazus III. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Memnon and Pharnabazus had a navy of about 300 warships, composed of Phoenician, Egyptian and Cypriot units, as well as thousands of Greek mercenaries and vast amounts of silver and gold. At around the same time, the Spartan king Agis III and the Athenian statesman Demosthenes organised forces to lib... |
d5dfa22e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A philosophy based on the idea of individual what, the location of which has been a core question from the time of Plato and Aristotle, is also a prohibition against initiatory coercion and fraud? | Sovereignty | text | [] | [
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"text": "A philosophy based on the idea of individual sovereignty, and a prohibition against initiatory coercion and fraud. It sees the only just basis for law as arising from private property norms and an unlimited right of contract between sovereign individuals."
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"text": "In political philosoph... |
d5dfa27e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Turacos and long-tailed fiscals are both what? | Birds. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The turacos, plantain eaters and go-away-birds make up the bird family Musophagidae. They are medium-sized arboreal birds. The turacos and plantain eaters are brightly coloured, usually in blue, green or purple. The go-away birds are mostly grey and white."
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d5dfa2a60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are colonial, mostly nesting on remote, predator-free islands that is an order of seabirds that comprises four families: the albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters, and 2 families of storm petrels? | Procellariiforms | text | [] | [
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"text": "Procellariiforms are colonial, mostly nesting on remote, predator-free islands. The larger species nest on the surface, while most smaller species nest in natural cavities and burrows. They exhibit strong philopatry, returning to their natal colony to breed and returning to the same nesting site over... |
d5dfa2f60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The community located on the north side of Little Bay and which includes Backcove Hill, was mainly used by people working in what profession in the early 19th century? | Beachside was mainly used by fishermen as a summer station before it was settled in the 1850s and beyond. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Beachside (Wild Bight) is located on the north side of Little Bay. The community is placed on the west side of the cove at the Bight's bottom, where there is a broad, rocky beach. Often one can gaze out over Backcove Hill and see huge masses of ice, in many spectacular shapes, floating across the bay... |
d5dfa3460dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The first American offensive in the critical central Pacific region during World War II was part of an operation titled what? | The Battle of Tarawa was part of Operation Galvanic. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It took place at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, and was part of Operation Galvanic, the U.S. invasion of the Gilberts. Nearly 6,400 Japanese, Koreans, and Americans died in the fighting, mostly on and around the small island of Betio, in the extreme southwest of Tarawa Atoll."
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d5dfa3780dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Ryukyu Arc and Paracel are both names of what? | Islands | text | [] | [
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"text": "Islands, reefs, banks and shoals in the South China Sea, including the Paracel Islands, Pratas Island and the Vereker Banks, Macclesfield Bank, Scarborough Shoal and the Spratly Islands between the PRC, Taiwan, and Vietnam, and parts of the area also contested by Malaysia and the Philippines."
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d5dfa3a00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What kind of body of water was referred to as Hoopa by the Yurok, and the body that's a major tributary flowing 1,469 miles through Colorado and other states? | These are rivers. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Trinity River (originally called the Hoopa or Hupa by the Yurok, and hun' by the Natinixwe/ Hupa people) is a major river in northwestern California in the United States, and is the principal tributary of the Klamath River."
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"text": "The Arkansas River is one of the major tributaries... |
d5dfa3c80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Latin American percussion instrument called a güiro is known as a fruit of the güira in what language? | The Arawakan language. | text | [] | [
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"text": "See media help. The güiro ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡwiɾo]) is a Latin American percussion instrument consisting of an open-ended, hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side. It is played by rubbing a stick or tines (see photo) along the notches to produce a ratchet sound."
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d5dfa3f00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Neolithic archaeological culture of Southwest Asia characterized by a distinctive type of stone arrowhead which was found at what archaelogical site near Wadi Kureitun on the shores of the Dead Sea? | The Khiamian culture primarily characterized the "El Khiam point" found at the type site of El Khiam. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Khiamian culture is a Neolithic archaeological culture of Southwest Asia, dating to the earliest part of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), around 9,700 to 8,600 BCE. It is primarily characterised by a distinctive type of stone arrowhead—the \"El Khiam point\"—first found at the type site of El ... |
d5dfa4400dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What name did both Colban and Fergus go by? | Both were known as Mormaer. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Colbán of Buchan is the second mormaer of Buchan to be known by name as Mormaer. Colbán was not the son of his predecessor Gartnait. It is possible that Colbán came from another Buchan family, or even, as some have suggested, Fife. He perhaps obtained Buchan by marrying the daughter of Gartnait, whos... |
d5dfa45e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What did kids at St. Germaine School in Bethel Park, PA built the worlds largest of that can also be one of the Johnson solids? | Rhombicosidodecahedron. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Kids at St. Germaine School in Bethel Park, PA built the worlds largest rhombicosidodecahedron, which stood at over 9 feet tall. The workers included, but are certainly not limited to (in alphabetical order) Bridget Bielich, Callie Hanua, Glenn Huetter, Carl Mitchell, Anthony \"TJ\" Serafini, and Lea... |
d5dfa4860dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The short form of Bundesautobahn 95 alludes to what federally controlled-access highway system in Germany? | The Autobahn. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Autobahn ( IPA: [ˈʔaʊtoˌba:n] ( listen); German plural Autobahnen) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official German term is Bundesautobahn (abbreviated BAB ), which translates as \"federal motorway\"."
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d5dfa4ae0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The first free-standing structure to exceed 1600 ft in height is how tall? | Ostankino Tower is 1,772 ft. tall. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Ostankino Tower ( Russian: Останкинская телебашня, Ostankinskaya telebashnya) is a television and radio tower in Moscow, Russia, owned by the Moscow branch of unitary enterprise Russian TV and Radio Broadcasting Network. Standing 540.1 metres (1,772 ft), Ostankino was designed by Nikolai Nikitin."
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d5dfa4d60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Earth station in Australia that was established to meet the need for more reliable and higher quality communications for the Apollo program was decommissioned in what year? | Satellite Earth Station Carnarvon was decommissioned in April 1987. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The OTC Satellite Earth Station Carnarvon, an Earth station in Australia, was established to meet the need for more reliable and higher quality communications for the Apollo program."
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"text": "The station was decommissioned in April 1987, but the site is still actively involved in solar ... |
d5dfa4fe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | When was the abbot David Bane granted the ceremonial headdress of bishops in traditional Christianity? | The abbot David Bane was granted the mitre in 1464. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Abbot of Coupar Angus (later Commendator of Coupar) was the head of the monastic community and lands of Coupar Angus Abbey, on the boundary between Angus and Gowrie in Scotland. The abbot David Bane (David Bayn) was granted the mitre in 1464. The following are a list of abbots and commendators. ^... |
d5dfa54e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the name of the toll road that connects the three states that are part of the Chicago tri-state area? | The Tri-State Tollway connects Illinois' portion of Chicagoland with Northwest Indiana and southeast Wisconsin | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Minisink Valley Tri-State region, which covers Orange County, New York; Sussex County, New Jersey; and Pike County, Pennsylvania. The Chicago tri-state area, or Chicagoland, includes northeast Illinois, Northwest Indiana, and southeast Wisconsin."
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d5dfa56c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of rocket would an interplanetary vehicles use that is powered by an exothermic reduction-oxidation chemical reactions of the propellant? | A chemical rocket | text | [] | [
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"text": "Chemical rockets are powered by exothermic reduction-oxidation chemical reactions of the propellant: Solid-fuel rockets (or solid-propellant rockets or motors) are chemical rockets which use propellant in a solid phase. Liquid-propellant rockets use one or more propellants in a liquid state fed from ... |
d5dfa5940dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | ICBMs, SRAAMs, and V-2 are all types of what? | Missiles | text | [] | [
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"text": "Those designed to engage opposing aircraft at ranges of less than 30 km are known as short-range or \"within visual range\" missiles (SRAAMs or WVRAAMs) and are sometimes called \" dogfight \" missiles because they are designed to optimize their agility rather than range."
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d5dfa5bc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Members of Caytonia and Pteridospermatophyta are both what? | Extinct plants | text | [] | [
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"text": "Caytonia nathorstii ovulate structure, Middle Jurassic, Gristhorpe Bed, Cloughton Formation, Cayton Bay, Yorkshire. Caytonia is an extinct genus of seed ferns. Caytonia has berry like cupules with numerous small seeds arrayed along axes"
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d5dfa5e40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The history of various visual media has begun with what, which in photography is considered by some to be more subtle and interpretive, and less realistic than the color version? | Black-and-white | text | [] | [
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"text": "Black-and-white photography is considered by some to be more subtle and interpretive, and less realistic than color photography. Monochrome images are not direct renditions of their subjects, but are abstractions from reality, representing colors in shades of grey. In computer terms, this is often ca... |
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