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Red | So that the maximum number of colors can be accurately reproduced on your computer screen, each color has been given a code number, or sRGB, which tells your computer the intensity of the red, green and blue components of that color. The intensity of each component is measured on a scale of zero to 255, which means the... | What are there 16,777,126 of? | 5ad4e4705b96ef001a10a57e | null | -1 | distinct colors and shades | 355 | true |
Poultry | Cockfighting is said to be the world's oldest spectator sport and may have originated in Persia 6,000 years ago. Two mature males (cocks or roosters) are set to fight each other, and will do so with great vigour until one is critically injured or killed. Breeds such as the Aseel were developed in the Indian subcontinen... | When was the sport of fighting chickens stopped? | 5a85cff6b4e223001a8e7227 | null | -1 | 6,000 years ago | 96 | true |
Rule_of_law | The Rule of Law is especially important as an influence on the economic development in developing and transitional countries. To date, the term “rule of law” has been used primarily in the English-speaking countries, and it is not yet fully clarified even with regard to such well-established democracies as, for instanc... | What well-established democracies have a clear understanding of role of law? | 5a3b659a3ff257001ab84453 | null | -1 | Sweden, Denmark, France, Germany, or Japan | 323 | true |
Palermo | Carthage was Palermo’s major trading partner under the Phoenicians and the city enjoyed a prolonged peace during this period. Palermo came into contact with the Ancient Greeks between the 6th and the 5th centuries BC which preceded the Sicilian Wars, a conflict fought between the Greeks of Syracuse and the Phoenicians ... | Who conquered Panormos and briefly turned it into a Greek colony? | 57295edc6aef051400154d98 | Pyrrhus of Epirus | 975 | null | -1 | false |
YouTube | YouTube is a global video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States. The service was created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005. In November 2006, it was bought by Google for US$1.65 billion. YouTube now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries. The site allows users to upload... | What other technology does YouTube use besides WebM and H.642/MPEG-4 VAC? | 5ace0f4532bba1001ae49a10 | null | -1 | Adobe Flash Video | 412 | true |
University | A national university is generally a university created or run by a national state but at the same time represents a state autonomic institution which functions as a completely independent body inside of the same state. Some national universities are closely associated with national cultural or political aspirations, f... | In what nation did the University Revolution occur? | 57319e32e99e3014001e6189 | Argentina | 499 | null | -1 | false |
Religion_in_ancient_Rome | A pater familias was the senior priest of his household. He offered daily cult to his lares and penates, and to his di parentes/divi parentes at his domestic shrines and in the fires of the household hearth. His wife (mater familias) was responsible for the household's cult to Vesta. In rural estates, bailiffs seem to ... | What was put in the temple of Vesta? | 5731c01cb9d445190005e505 | Palladium | 556 | null | -1 | false |
Genocide | The exclusion of social and political groups as targets of genocide in the CPPCG legal definition has been criticized by some historians and sociologists, for example M. Hassan Kakar in his book The Soviet Invasion and the Afghan Response, 1979–1982 argues that the international definition of genocide is too restricted... | Which other group besides the perpetrator did Kakar argue the definition of criterion should include any group defined by? | 5a69a7115ce1a5001a96965a | null | -1 | political groups | 349 | true |
Literature | Greek drama exemplifies the earliest form of drama of which we have substantial knowledge. Tragedy, as a dramatic genre, developed as a performance associated with religious and civic festivals, typically enacting or developing upon well-known historical or mythological themes. Tragedies generally presented very seriou... | What was broadcast on radio in 1983? | 5a7d418570df9f001a875059 | null | -1 | War of the Worlds | 435 | true |
Zinc | For fortification, however, a 2003 review recommended zinc oxide in cereals as cheap, stable, and as easily absorbed as more expensive forms. A 2005 study found that various compounds of zinc, including oxide and sulfate, did not show statistically significant differences in absorption when added as fortificants to mai... | What is the only absorbed dietary zinc compound? | 5acfcc9377cf76001a686085 | null | -1 | zinc glycinate | 482 | true |
Sichuan | Sichuan consists of two geographically very distinct parts. The eastern part of the province is mostly within the fertile Sichuan basin (which is shared by Sichuan with Chongqing Municipality). The western Sichuan consists of the numerous mountain ranges forming the easternmost part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which ... | How many feet above sea level is the highest point of the Saxue Mountains? | 5727b3f5ff5b5019007d92fe | 24,790 ft | 476 | null | -1 | false |
Presbyterianism | Presbyterianism is the largest Protestant denomination in Northern Ireland and the second largest on the island of Ireland (after the Anglican Church of Ireland),[citation needed] and was brought by Scottish plantation settlers to Ulster who had been strongly encouraged to emigrate by James VI of Scotland, later James ... | What is the largest denomination of the entire Ireland Island? | 572682b0f1498d1400e8e22f | Anglican Church of Ireland | 134 | null | -1 | false |
Pacific_War | Ozawa's "Northern Force" had four aircraft carriers, two obsolete battleships partly converted to carriers, three cruisers and nine destroyers. The carriers had only 108 planes. The force was not spotted by the Allies until 16:40 on 24 October. At 20:00 Toyoda ordered all remaining Japanese forces to attack. Halsey saw... | How many planes were in the U.S. 3rd Fleet? | 5732388ae99e3014001e659a | 1,000 | 520 | null | -1 | false |
On_the_Origin_of_Species | Darwin proposes sexual selection, driven by competition between males for mates, to explain sexually dimorphic features such as lion manes, deer antlers, peacock tails, bird songs, and the bright plumage of some male birds. He analysed sexual selection more fully in The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex ... | Which of Darwin's written works has more in depth information about sexual selection? | 5727b0412ca10214002d93e1 | The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex | 267 | null | -1 | false |
Muammar_Gaddafi | A fundamental part of Gaddafi's ideology was anti-Zionism. He believed that the state of Israel should not exist, and that any Arab compromise with the Israeli government was a betrayal of the Arab people. In large part due to their support of Israel, Gaddafi despised the United States, considering the country to be im... | How did Gaddafi believe the Israel-Palestine conflict should be resolved? | 57318f36e6313a140071d093 | Isratin single-state solution | 600 | null | -1 | false |
Multiracial_American | Chinese men entered the United States as laborers, primarily on the West Coast and in western territories. Following the Reconstruction era, as blacks set up independent farms, white planters imported Chinese laborers to satisfy their need for labor. In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed, and Chinese workers wh... | What cause wives to be unable to move to the US with their Chinese husbands after 1882? | 571df47eb64a571400c71e26 | the Chinese Exclusion Act | 260 | null | -1 | false |
Buddhism | In Theravada Buddhism, the ultimate goal is the attainment of the sublime state of Nirvana, achieved by practicing the Noble Eightfold Path (also known as the Middle Way), thus escaping what is seen as a cycle of suffering and rebirth. Mahayana Buddhism instead aspires to Buddhahood via the bodhisattva path, a state wh... | Mahayana aspires to Buddhahood through what path? | 56d1bc77e7d4791d009020f6 | bodhisattva | 292 | null | -1 | false |
Freemasonry | Candidates for Freemasonry will have met most active members of the Lodge they are joining before they are initiated. The process varies between jurisdictions, but the candidate will typically have been introduced by a friend at a Lodge social function, or at some form of open evening in the Lodge. In modern times, int... | How are Freemasons asked to leave a lodge? | 5acf78c877cf76001a684ec6 | null | -1 | they are never invited | 473 | true |
Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union | On January 21, 1990, Rukh organized a 300-mile (480 km) human chain between Kiev, Lviv, and Ivano-Frankivsk. Hundreds of thousands joined hands to commemorate the proclamation of Ukrainian independence in 1918 and the reunification of Ukrainian lands one year later (1919 Unification Act). On January 23, 1990, the Ukrai... | In 1990 which party had most of the election victories? | 57282ec23acd2414000df67f | the Democratic Bloc | 774 | null | -1 | false |
John_Kerry | During his tour on the guided missile frigate USS Gridley, Kerry requested duty in South Vietnam, listing as his first preference a position as the commander of a Fast Patrol Craft (PCF), also known as a "Swift boat." These 50-foot (15 m) boats have aluminum hulls and have little or no armor, but are heavily armed and ... | How long were swift boats? | 572aa3c1111d821400f38c6b | 50-foot | 224 | null | -1 | false |
Age_of_Enlightenment | John Locke, one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers, based his governance philosophy in social contract theory, a subject that permeated Enlightenment political thought. The English philosopher Thomas Hobbes ushered in this new debate with his work Leviathan in 1651. Hobbes also developed some of the fundame... | What did John Locke base his governance philosphy in? | 571043a1a58dae1900cd698e | social contract theory | 99 | null | -1 | false |
Iran | Following the fracture of the Mongol Empire in 1256, Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, established the Ilkhanate in Iran. In 1370, yet another conqueror, Timur, followed the example of Hulagu, establishing the Timurid Empire which lasted for another 156 years. In 1387, Timur ordered the complete massacre of Isfaha... | The Ilkhans and Tumrids had what type of culture when ruling Iran? | 5730067f947a6a140053cf80 | a culture that was distinctively Iranian | 482 | null | -1 | false |
Transistor | The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) was the most commonly used transistor in the 1960s and 70s. Even after MOSFETs became widely available, the BJT remained the transistor of choice for many analog circuits such as amplifiers because of their greater linearity and ease of manufacture. In integrated circuits, the desi... | When did MOSFETs become widely available? | 5a7b80b421c2de001afea0ae | null | -1 | the 1960s | 79 | true |
Data_compression | The majority of video compression algorithms use lossy compression. Uncompressed video requires a very high data rate. Although lossless video compression codecs perform at a compression factor of 5-12, a typical MPEG-4 lossy compression video has a compression factor between 20 and 200. As in all lossy compression, th... | What may present visible or distracting artifacts? | 5726887d5951b619008f75fd | Highly compressed video | 441 | null | -1 | false |
Umayyad_Caliphate | At the time, the Umayyad taxation and administrative practice were perceived as unjust by some Muslims. The Christian and Jewish population had still autonomy; their judicial matters were dealt with in accordance with their own laws and by their own religious heads or their appointees, although they did pay a poll tax ... | What populations did not have autonomy? | 5acf6e1877cf76001a684e16 | null | -1 | Christian and Jewish | 108 | true |
San_Diego | In May 1769, Gaspar de Portolà established the Fort Presidio of San Diego on a hill near the San Diego River. It was the first settlement by Europeans in what is now the state of California. In July of the same year, Mission San Diego de Alcalá was founded by Franciscan friars under Junípero Serra. By 1797, the mission... | What are the Presidio and Mission considered today? | 572fd0e3a23a5019007fca2f | National Historic Landmarks | 586 | null | -1 | false |
2008_Sichuan_earthquake | One rescue team reported only 2,300 survivors from the town of Yingxiu in Wenchuan County, out of a total population of about 9,000. 3,000 to 5,000 people were killed in Beichuan County, Sichuan alone; in the same location, 10,000 people were injured and 80% of the buildings were destroyed. The old county seat of Beich... | How many residents were killed in Beichuan County? | 56d5307f2593cc1400307abd | 3,000 to 5,000 | 133 | null | -1 | false |
Printed_circuit_board | The first PCBs used through-hole technology, mounting electronic components by leads inserted through holes on one side of the board and soldered onto copper traces on the other side. Boards may be single-sided, with an unplated component side, or more compact double-sided boards, with components soldered on both sides... | Vertical installation is done by bending the leads what degrees? | 5ace918632bba1001ae4aa52 | null | -1 | 90 | 462 | true |
Plymouth | Some of the greatest imports to Plymouth from the Americas and Europe during the latter half of the 19th century included maize, wheat, barley, sugar cane, guano, sodium nitrate and phosphate Aside from the dockyard in the town of Devonport, industries in Plymouth such as the gasworks, the railways and tramways and a n... | What animal byproduct was imported to Plymouth in the 19th century? | 56de7b394396321400ee2959 | guano | 156 | null | -1 | false |
Daylight_saving_time | Proponents of DST generally argue that it saves energy, promotes outdoor leisure activity in the evening (in summer), and is therefore good for physical and psychological health, reduces traffic accidents, reduces crime, or is good for business. Groups that tend to support DST are urban workers, retail businesses, outd... | If people have more daylight in the evenings, what season might see a rise in outdoor activity? | 56e757c000c9c71400d76fdc | summer | 109 | null | -1 | false |
Korean_War | By spring 1950, Stalin believed the strategic situation had changed. The Soviets had detonated their first nuclear bomb in September 1949; American soldiers had fully withdrawn from Korea; the Americans had not intervened to stop the communist victory in China, and Stalin calculated that the Americans would be even les... | What treaty did Stalin and China enter into? | 5726323e89a1e219009ac54b | Sino–Soviet Friendship, Alliance, and Mutual Assistance Treaty | 785 | null | -1 | false |
Post-punk | Also emerging during this period was New York's no wave movement, a short-lived art and music scene that began in part as a reaction against punk's recycling of traditionalist rock tropes and often reflected an abrasive, confrontational and nihilistic worldview. No wave musicians such as the Contortions, Teenage Jesus ... | What type of worldview did New York's no wave movement tend to have? | 572e963703f98919007567f7 | nihilistic | 241 | null | -1 | false |
Qing_dynasty | By the end of the 17th century, the Chinese economy had recovered from the devastation caused by the wars in which the Ming dynasty were overthrown, and the resulting breakdown of order. In the following century, markets continued to expand as in the late Ming period, but with more trade between regions, a greater depe... | What did the Chinese get paid for their goods? | 573161e105b4da19006bd117 | silver | 735 | null | -1 | false |
North_Carolina | North Carolina made the smallest per-capita contribution to the war of any state, as only 7,800 men joined the Continental Army under General George Washington; an additional 10,000 served in local militia units under such leaders as General Nathanael Greene. There was some military action, especially in 1780–81. Many ... | How many men from NC joined the continental army? | 572773b65951b619008f8a32 | 7,800 | 90 | null | -1 | false |
Franco-Prussian_War | With the defeat of Marshal Bazaine's Army of the Rhine at Gravelotte, the French were forced to retire to Metz, where they were besieged by over 150,000 Prussian troops of the First and Second Armies. Napoleon III and MacMahon formed the new French Army of Châlons, to march on to Metz to rescue Bazaine. Napoleon III pe... | What factor forced the French to retreat to Metz? | 570d3e52b3d812140066d5d5 | the defeat of Marshal Bazaine's Army | 5 | null | -1 | false |
Vacuum | Manifold vacuum can be used to drive accessories on automobiles. The best-known application is the vacuum servo, used to provide power assistance for the brakes. Obsolete applications include vacuum-driven windscreen wipers and Autovac fuel pumps. Some aircraft instruments (Attitude Indicator (AI) and the Heading Indic... | What are two available sources of vacuum on a moving airplane? | 572ed2ee03f9891900756a5e | engine and an external venturi | 576 | null | -1 | false |
Neptune | Neptune has a number of known trojan objects occupying both the Sun–Neptune L4 and L5 Lagrangian points—gravitationally stable regions leading and trailing Neptune in its orbit, respectively. Neptune trojans can be viewed as being in a 1:1 resonance with Neptune. Some Neptune trojans are remarkably stable in their orbi... | What isn't the object identified with Neptune's trailing L5 Lagrangian point? | 5acee45b32bba1001ae4b8c1 | null | -1 | 2008 LC18 | 505 | true |
Edmund_Burke | In May 1778, Burke supported a parliamentary motion revising restrictions on Irish trade. His constituents, citizens of the great trading city of Bristol, however urged Burke to oppose free trade with Ireland. Burke resisted their protestations and said: "If, from this conduct, I shall forfeit their suffrages at an ens... | Why did Burke say he acquiesced to his constituents? | 5ad0b7c0645df0001a2d014f | null | -1 | his judgment assured him they were wrong | 502 | true |
Sichuan | In the middle of the 17th century, the peasant rebel leader Zhang Xianzhong (1606–1646) from Yan'an, Shanxi Province, nicknamed Yellow Tiger, led his peasant troop from north China to the south, and conquered Sichuan. Upon capturing it, he declared himself emperor of the Daxi Dynasty (大西王朝). In response to the resistan... | What was the nickname revel leader Daxi Dynasty? | 5a68ee988476ee001a58a8b0 | null | -1 | Yellow Tiger | 128 | true |
Beyoncé | Beyoncé is believed to have first started a relationship with Jay Z after a collaboration on "'03 Bonnie & Clyde", which appeared on his seventh album The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse (2002). Beyoncé appeared as Jay Z's girlfriend in the music video for the song, which would further fuel speculation of their relat... | Together how records have they sold ? | 56bfaa11a10cfb1400551217 | 300 million | 447 | null | -1 | false |
Literature | Law offers more ambiguity. Some writings of Plato and Aristotle, the law tables of Hammurabi of Babylon, or even the early parts of the Bible could be seen as legal literature. Roman civil law as codified in the Corpus Juris Civilis during the reign of Justinian I of the Byzantine Empire has a reputation as significant... | What religious scripture can be fit into a large, loose definition of legal literature? | 5726ecae708984140094d63c | the Bible | 132 | null | -1 | false |
Han_dynasty | From roughly 115 to 60 BC, Han forces fought the Xiongnu over control of the oasis city-states in the Tarim Basin. Han was eventually victorious and established the Protectorate of the Western Regions in 60 BC, which dealt with the region's defense and foreign affairs. The Han also expanded southward. The naval conques... | Which kingdom did the Han conquer in 109 BC? | 572ec86dc246551400ce466e | Dian | 495 | null | -1 | false |
High-definition_television | In 1981, the MUSE system was demonstrated for the first time in the United States, using the same 5:3 aspect ratio as the Japanese system. Upon visiting a demonstration of MUSE in Washington, US President Ronald Reagan was impressed and officially declared it "a matter of national interest" to introduce HDTV to the US. | Which system was demonstrated in the UK for the first time in 1981? | 5ad3ac19604f3c001a3febae | null | -1 | MUSE | 13 | true |
Red | As the Industrial Revolution spread across Europe, chemists and manufacturers sought new red dyes that could be used for large-scale manufacture of textiles. One popular color imported into Europe from Turkey and India in the 18th and early 19th century was Turkey red, known in France as rouge d'Adrinople. Beginning in... | What popular color was imported from France in the 18th century? | 5ad4dd725b96ef001a10a4c7 | null | -1 | Turkey red | 258 | true |
Buddhism | The evidence of the early texts suggests that Siddhārtha Gautama was born in a community that was on the periphery, both geographically and culturally, of the northeastern Indian subcontinent in the fifth century BCE. It was either a small republic, in which case his father was an elected chieftain, or an oligarchy, in... | Who was born in a northeastern part of India/ | 56d1c49ce7d4791d00902139 | Siddhārtha Gautama | 46 | null | -1 | false |
Houston | Underpinning Houston's land surface are unconsolidated clays, clay shales, and poorly cemented sands up to several miles deep. The region's geology developed from river deposits formed from the erosion of the Rocky Mountains. These sediments consist of a series of sands and clays deposited on decaying organic marine ma... | Houston's geology was formed from river deposits from the erosion of what mountains? | 57094ba9efce8f15003a7dcd | Rocky Mountains | 209 | null | -1 | false |
Department_store | Although there were a number of department stores in Australia for much of the 20th Century, including chains such as Grace Bros. and Waltons, many disappeared during the 1980s and 1990s. Today Myer and David Jones, located nationally, are practically the national department stores duopoly in Australia. When Russian-bo... | What were some of the original Australian department stores? | 572657a0f1498d1400e8dc86 | Grace Bros. and Waltons | 118 | null | -1 | false |
Mandolin | Like any plucked instrument, mandolin notes decay to silence rather than sound out continuously as with a bowed note on a violin, and mandolin notes decay faster than larger stringed instruments like the guitar. This encourages the use of tremolo (rapid picking of one or more pairs of strings) to create sustained notes... | What is another word for tremolo? | 5ad175e7645df0001a2d1ce9 | null | -1 | picking | 254 | true |
Canadian_Armed_Forces | Prior to Confederation in 1867, residents of the colonies in what is now Canada served as regular members of French and British forces and in local militia groups. The latter aided in the defence of their respective territories against attacks by other European powers, Aboriginal peoples, and later American forces duri... | What year did the American Revolutionary War take place? | 5ad37907604f3c001a3fe3a8 | null | -1 | 1812 | 365 | true |
Middle_Ages | These troubles were followed in 1347 by the Black Death, a pandemic that spread throughout Europe during the following three years.[AC] The death toll was probably about 35 million people in Europe, about one-third of the population. Towns were especially hard-hit because of their crowded conditions.[AD] Large areas of... | What Italian city experienced a popular revolt? | 56fb879b8ddada1400cd64d3 | Florence | 831 | null | -1 | false |
Antibiotics | In empirical therapy, a patient has proven or suspected infection, but the responsible microorganism is not yet unidentified. While the microorgainsim is being identified the doctor will usually administer the best choice of antibiotic that will be most active against the likely cause of infection usually a broad spect... | How long does the infection process take? | 5a65bb37c2b11c001a425d21 | null | -1 | several days | 503 | true |
Pharmaceutical_industry | In the US, starting in 2013, under the Physician Financial Transparency Reports (part of the Sunshine Act), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has to collect information from applicable manufacturers and group purchasing organizations in order to report information about their financial relationships with phy... | Where can financial relationships between Medicaid, Medicare and pharmaceutical companies be found? | 571d40405efbb31900334ef8 | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website | 371 | null | -1 | false |
Transistor | A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electronic signals and electrical power. It is composed of semiconductor material with at least three terminals for connection to an external circuit. A voltage or current applied to one pair of the transistor's terminals changes the current through anoth... | Where are most semiconductor devices found? | 5a7b4e5d21c2de001afe9e97 | null | -1 | embedded in integrated circuits | 540 | true |
Association_football | There has been a football tournament at every Summer Olympic Games since 1900, except at the 1932 games in Los Angeles. Before the inception of the World Cup, the Olympics (especially during the 1920s) had the same status as the World Cup. Originally, the event was for amateurs only; however, since the 1984 Summer Olym... | What is the age limit on the Olympic men's tournament? | 573057cc8ab72b1400f9c489 | Under-23 | 504 | null | -1 | false |
Sumer | The most important archaeological discoveries in Sumer are a large number of tablets written in cuneiform. Sumerian writing, while proven to be not the oldest example of writing on earth, is considered to be a great milestone in the development of man's ability to not only create historical records but also in creating... | What kind of picture writing followed cuneiform? | 5a6525d4c2b11c001a425c8e | null | -1 | hieroglyphs | 445 | true |
Late_Middle_Ages | The changes brought about by these developments have led many scholars to view this period as the end of the Middle Ages and beginning of modern history and early modern Europe. However, the division is somewhat artificial, since ancient learning was never entirely absent from European society. As a result there was de... | What period do Italian historians not believe came immediately after the High Period of the Middle Ages? | 5ad01c7f77cf76001a686a5c | null | -1 | Renaissance | 576 | true |
Beyoncé | In 2011, documents obtained by WikiLeaks revealed that Beyoncé was one of many entertainers who performed for the family of Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi. Rolling Stone reported that the music industry was urging them to return the money they earned for the concerts; a spokesperson for Beyoncé later confirmed to The Huf... | Who did Beyonce donate the money to earned from her shows? | 56be99b53aeaaa14008c913f | Clinton Bush Haiti Fund | 367 | null | -1 | false |
Computer_security | Computers control functions at many utilities, including coordination of telecommunications, the power grid, nuclear power plants, and valve opening and closing in water and gas networks. The Internet is a potential attack vector for such machines if connected, but the Stuxnet worm demonstrated that even equipment cont... | How did the Stuxnet worm infect industrial equipment? | 57099ea3200fba14003681e1 | via removable media | 530 | null | -1 | false |
Atlantic_City,_New_Jersey | Atlantic City (sometimes referred to as "Monopoly City") has become well-known over the years for its portrayal in the U.S. version of the popular board game, Monopoly, in which properties on the board are named after locations in and near Atlantic City. While the original incarnation of the game did not feature Atlant... | The names of many properties near Atlantic City are used in which popular board game? | 5706df8f90286e26004fc71e | Monopoly | 159 | null | -1 | false |
Architecture | Early Asian writings on architecture include the Kao Gong Ji of China from the 7th–5th centuries BCE; the Shilpa Shastras of ancient India and Manjusri Vasthu Vidya Sastra of Sri Lanka. | When was the Kao Gong Ji written? | 56e4839b39bdeb1400347969 | 7th–5th centuries BCE | 79 | null | -1 | false |
Separation_of_powers_under_the_United_States_Constitution | Some of Jackson's successors made no use of the veto power, while others used it intermittently. It was only after the Civil War that presidents began to use the power to truly counterbalance Congress. Andrew Johnson, a Democrat, vetoed several Reconstruction bills passed by the "Radical Republicans." Congress, however... | How many of Congress' 29 vetoes did Johnson override? | 5ad39da6604f3c001a3fe8f8 | null | -1 | fifteen | 342 | true |
Melbourne | With the gold rush largely over by 1860, Melbourne continued to grow on the back of continuing gold mining, as the major port for exporting the agricultural products of Victoria, especially wool, and a developing manufacturing sector protected by high tariffs. An extensive radial railway network centred on Melbourne an... | The Aboriginal population declined by what estimated percentage by 1863? | 570dfd4c0b85d914000d7c77 | 80% | 868 | null | -1 | false |
Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | In New Jersey and Illinois, all death row inmates had their sentences commuted to life in prison without parole when the death penalty repeal bills were signed into law. In Maryland, Governor Martin O'Malley commuted the state's four remaining death sentences to life in prison without parole in January 2015. While the ... | Who was governor of Maryland in January 2005? | 5ad3f1c6604f3c001a3ff88b | null | -1 | Martin O'Malley | 192 | true |
Identity_(social_science) | Boundaries can be inclusive or exclusive depending on how they are perceived by other people. An exclusive boundary arises, for example, when a person adopts a marker that imposes restrictions on the behaviour of others. An inclusive boundary is created, by contrast, by the use of a marker with which other people are r... | What boundary is given as an example that can be inclusive or exclusive? | 5709690e200fba1400367f84 | language | 794 | null | -1 | false |
Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) | Mary's special position within God's purpose of salvation as "God-bearer" (Theotokos) is recognised in a number of ways by some Anglican Christians. All the member churches of the Anglican Communion affirm in the historic creeds that Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary, and celebrates the feast days of the Presentation o... | On what day was the Annunciation tradtionally celebrated in England until the 18th century? | 570ced9cb3d812140066d327 | New Year's Day | 565 | null | -1 | false |
Southampton | The city is also well provided for in amateur men's and women's rugby with a number of teams in and around the city, the oldest of which is Trojans RFC who were promoted to London South West 2 division in 2008/9. A notable former player is Anthony Allen, who played with Leicester Tigers as a centre. Tottonians are also... | What's the oldest rugby team in Southampton? | 56f8c50f9e9bad19000a046a | Trojans RFC | 140 | null | -1 | false |
Phonology | The particular contrasts which are phonemic in a language can change over time. At one time, [f] and [v], two sounds that have the same place and manner of articulation and differ in voicing only, were allophones of the same phoneme in English, but later came to belong to separate phonemes. This is one of the main fact... | What kind of linguistics describes how factors of languages change in history? | 56fc86e1b53dbe190075511d | historical | 374 | null | -1 | false |
Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States | NAACP had many problem's with JFK's "token" proposal. They wanted jobs. One day after the order took effect, NAACP labor secretary Herbert Hill filed complaints against the hiring and promoting practices of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Lockheed was doing business with the Defense Department on the first billion-dolla... | Who had issues with JFK's proposal? | 57273572dd62a815002e998e | NAACP | 0 | null | -1 | false |
Bacteria | Endospores show no detectable metabolism and can survive extreme physical and chemical stresses, such as high levels of UV light, gamma radiation, detergents, disinfectants, heat, freezing, pressure, and desiccation. In this dormant state, these organisms may remain viable for millions of years, and endospores even all... | Is there a metabolism in endospores? | 572fb798b2c2fd14005683b1 | show no detectable metabolism | 11 | null | -1 | false |
Baptists | Both Roger Williams and John Clarke, his compatriot and coworker for religious freedom, are variously credited as founding the earliest Baptist church in North America. In 1639, Williams established a Baptist church in Providence, Rhode Island, and Clarke began a Baptist church in Newport, Rhode Island. According to a ... | Clarke was what to Williams? | 5727dcc53acd2414000dee4d | his compatriot and coworker for religious freedom | 37 | null | -1 | false |
Genome | Interspersed repeats mainly come from transposable elements (TEs), but they also include some protein coding gene families and pseudogenes. Transposable elements are able to integrate into the genome at another site within the cell. It is believed that TEs are an important driving force on genome evolution of higher eu... | How are pseudogenes classified? | 5a595cd03e1742001a15d09e | null | -1 | into two categories | 352 | true |
IPod | In 2010, a number of workers committed suicide at a Foxconn operations in China. Apple, HP, and others stated that they were investigating the situation. Foxconn guards have been videotaped beating employees. Another employee killed himself in 2009 when an Apple prototype went missing, and claimed in messages to friend... | In what year did Chinese Foxconn emplyees kill themselves? | 56cd828562d2951400fa6670 | 2010 | 3 | null | -1 | false |
Computer_security | Public Safety Canada’s Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre (CCIRC) is responsible for mitigating and responding to threats to Canada’s critical infrastructure and cyber systems. The CCIRC provides support to mitigate cyber threats, technical support to respond and recover from targeted cyber attacks, and provides o... | Who controls Canada's infrastructure? | 5a5cfd075e8782001a9d5e43 | null | -1 | CCIRC | 64 | true |
Translation | The translator's role as a bridge for "carrying across" values between cultures has been discussed at least since Terence, the 2nd-century-BCE Roman adapter of Greek comedies. The translator's role is, however, by no means a passive, mechanical one, and so has also been compared to that of an artist. The main ground se... | Who remarked about Alexander Pope playing Homer on a flageolet? | 57305fc38ab72b1400f9c4b6 | Samuel Johnson | 542 | null | -1 | false |
Avicenna | Avicenna's psychology requires that connection between the body and soul be strong enough to ensure the soul's individuation, but weak enough to allow for its immortality. Avicenna grounds his psychology on physiology, which means his account of the soul is one that deals almost entirely with the natural science of the... | How does man first perceive features of an object? | 5726f4315951b619008f8352 | external senses | 683 | null | -1 | false |
Cotton | While Brazil was fighting the US through the WTO's Dispute Settlement Mechanism against a heavily subsidized cotton industry, a group of four least-developed African countries – Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Mali – also known as "Cotton-4" have been the leading protagonist for the reduction of US cotton subsidies thro... | When were cotton subsidies introduced? | 5a81a59231013a001a334d21 | null | -1 | 10 June 2003 | 500 | true |
Buddhism | This view is supported by a study of the region where these notions originated. Buddhism arose in Greater Magadha, which stretched from Sravasti, the capital of Kosala in the north-west, to Rajagrha in the south east. This land, to the east of aryavarta, the land of the Aryas, was recognized as non-Vedic. Other Vedic t... | Greater magadha stretched from Sravasti in the north-west to what area in the south-east? | 56d24c8bb329da140004ed1a | Rajagrha | 190 | null | -1 | false |
Southeast_Asia | There are several theories to the Islamisation process in Southeast Asia. Another theory is trade. The expansion of trade among West Asia, India and Southeast Asia helped the spread of the religion as Muslim traders from Southern Yemen (Hadramout) brought Islam to the region with their large volume of trade. Many settl... | In the 15th century, the ruler of which port embraced Islam? | 572652fddd62a815002e8188 | Malacca Sultanate | 866 | null | -1 | false |
Madonna_(entertainer) | Her mature artistic statement was visible in True Blue (1986) and Like a Prayer (1989). In True Blue, she incorporated classical music in order to engage an older audience who had been skeptical of her music. Like a Prayer introduced live recorded songs and incorporated different genres of music, including dance, funk,... | True Blue has what type of music Incorporated in it? | 5726f3825951b619008f8340 | classical | 119 | null | -1 | false |
2008_Sichuan_earthquake | On Children's Day, June 1, 2008, many parents went to the rubble of schools to mourn for their children. The surviving children, who were mostly living in relief centres, performed ceremonies marking the special day, but also acknowledging the earthquake. | Where were surviving children living? | 56d64dca1c85041400947091 | in relief centres | 152 | null | -1 | false |
Queen_(band) | That year, Queen began The Works Tour, the first tour to feature keyboardist Spike Edney as an extra live musician. The tour featured nine sold-out dates in October in Bophuthatswana, South Africa, at the arena in Sun City. Upon returning to England, they were the subject of outrage, having played in South Africa durin... | Where did Queen play during the height of Apartheid? | 5726a117f1498d1400e8e557 | South Africa | 520 | null | -1 | false |
Lancashire | The Lancashire economy relies strongly on the M6 motorway which runs from north to south, past Lancaster and Preston. The M55 connects Preston to Blackpool and is 11.5 miles (18.3 km) long. The M65 motorway from Colne, connects Burnley, Accrington, Blackburn to Preston. The M61 from Preston via Chorley and the M66 star... | How far is Chorley away from the nearest county boundary? | 5a0370a6af157d001818f41a | null | -1 | 500 metres | 325 | true |
USB | As with previous USB versions, USB 3.0 ports come in low-power and high-power variants, providing 150 mA and 900 mA respectively, while simultaneously transmitting data at SuperSpeed rates. Additionally, there is a Battery Charging Specification (Version 1.2 – December 2010), which increases the power handling capabili... | What is a downfall of the Battery Charging Specification? | 5727b47e2ca10214002d9467 | does not allow concurrent data transmission | 336 | null | -1 | false |
American_Idol | The final two contestants were Lee DeWyze and Bowersox. DeWyze was declared the winner during the May 26 finale. No new song was used as coronation song this year; instead, the two finalists each released a cover song – DeWyze chose U2's "Beautiful Day", and Bowersox chose Patty Griffin's "Up to the Mountain". This is ... | What U2 song was released by Lee DeWyze after winning American Idol? | 56d37c5a59d6e41400146504 | Beautiful Day | 239 | null | -1 | false |
Asphalt | Asphalt/bitumen is similar to the organic matter in carbonaceous meteorites. However, detailed studies have shown these materials to be distinct. The vast Alberta bitumen resources are believed to have started out as living material from marine plants and animals, mainly algae, that died millions of years ago when an a... | What temperatures did the organic deposits need to form bitumen over the eons? | 571b532132177014007ea072 | 50 to 150 °C | 471 | null | -1 | false |
Pope_John_XXIII | The 50th anniversary of his death was celebrated on 3 June 2013 by Pope Francis, who visited his tomb and prayed there, then addressing the gathered crowd and spoke about the late pope. The people that gathered there at the tomb were from Bergamo, the province where the late pope came from. A month later, on 5 July 201... | When was the 50th anniversary of Pope Francis's death? | 5a61447ae9e1cc001a33d02e | null | -1 | 3 June 2013 | 52 | true |
Gothic_architecture | The distinctive characteristic of Italian Gothic is the use of polychrome decoration, both externally as marble veneer on the brick façade and also internally where the arches are often made of alternating black and white segments, and where the columns may be painted red, the walls decorated with frescoes and the apse... | Instead of rose windows, what type of windows do Italian cathedral facades usually feature? | 5726cc61708984140094d1a8 | occular or wheel windows | 869 | null | -1 | false |
Transistor | There are two types of transistors, which have slight differences in how they are used in a circuit. A bipolar transistor has terminals labeled base, collector, and emitter. A small current at the base terminal (that is, flowing between the base and the emitter) can control or switch a much larger current between the c... | Where is the gate terminal located? | 5a7b6a0a21c2de001afe9fea | null | -1 | between source and drain | 482 | true |
Old_English | Old English (Ænglisc, Anglisc, Englisc) or Anglo-Saxon is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers probably in the mid 5th century, and the first Old English literary works ... | What is the name of the English language's earliest form? | 570a82334103511400d597b4 | Old English | 0 | null | -1 | false |
Memory | Interference can hamper memorization and retrieval. There is retroactive interference, when learning new information makes it harder to recall old information and proactive interference, where prior learning disrupts recall of new information. Although interference can lead to forgetting, it is important to keep in min... | What is proactive disruption? | 5a8ce832fd22b3001a8d8ff8 | null | -1 | where prior learning disrupts recall of new information | 187 | true |
Han_dynasty | The small landowner-cultivators formed the majority of the Han tax base; this revenue was threatened during the latter half of Eastern Han when many peasants fell into debt and were forced to work as farming tenants for wealthy landlords. The Han government enacted reforms in order to keep small landowner-cultivators o... | Which group made up the bulk of the Han tax base? | 572f9394a23a5019007fc78f | landowner-cultivators | 10 | null | -1 | false |
Czech_language | Around the sixth century AD, a tribe of Slavs arrived in a portion of Central Europe. According to legend they were led by a hero named Čech, from whom the word "Czech" derives. The ninth century brought the state of Great Moravia, whose first ruler (Rastislav of Moravia) invited Byzantine ruler Michael III to send mis... | When did Rastislav of Moravia arrive in Glagolitic? | 5a7a0eba17ab25001a8a0280 | null | -1 | Around the sixth century AD | 0 | true |
IBM | The company originated in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) through the consolidation of The Tabulating Machine Company, the International Time Recording Company, the Computing Scale Company and the Bundy Manufacturing Company. CTR was renamed "International Business Machines" in 1924, a name whi... | What was the nickname that was used for the Bundy Manufacturing Company? | 5a68d7368476ee001a58a7e0 | null | -1 | Big Blue | 453 | true |
Asthma | A number of other health conditions occur more frequently in those with asthma, including gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD), rhinosinusitis, and obstructive sleep apnea. Psychological disorders are also more common, with anxiety disorders occurring in between 16–52% and mood disorders in 14–41%. However, it is no... | What are those with asthma that is poorly controll more susceptable to? | 57280d0a2ca10214002d9cb5 | radiocontrast reactions | 492 | null | -1 | false |
Unicode | Code points in the range U+D800–U+DBFF (1,024 code points) are known as high-surrogate code points, and code points in the range U+DC00–U+DFFF (1,024 code points) are known as low-surrogate code points. A high-surrogate code point (also known as a leading surrogate) followed by a low-surrogate code point (also known as... | What is a low-surrogate followed by a high-surrogate called? | 5acd131507355d001abf3368 | null | -1 | a surrogate pair | 357 | true |
History_of_science | Astronomy: The first textual mention of astronomical concepts comes from the Vedas, religious literature of India. According to Sarma (2008): "One finds in the Rigveda intelligent speculations about the genesis of the universe from nonexistence, the configuration of the universe, the spherical self-supporting earth, an... | Who wrote the first 12 chapters of the Siddhanta Shiromani? | 572705155951b619008f84b8 | Bhāskara | 487 | null | -1 | false |
LaserDisc | LaserDisc was a composite video format: the luminance (black and white) and chrominance (color) information were transmitted in one signal, separated by the receiver. While good comb filters can do so adequately, these two signals cannot be completely separated. On DVDs, data is stored in the form of digital blocks whi... | In what areas are comb filters most likely to lose detail? | 57284314ff5b5019007da03b | low-contrast details like skin tones | 688 | null | -1 | false |
University_of_Kansas | During World War II, Kansas was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a Navy commission. | How many institutions participated in the 12-V program? | 5acf4b2977cf76001a684b33 | null | -1 | 131 | 39 | true |
New_Haven,_Connecticut | By 1640, the town's theocratic government and nine-square grid plan were in place, and the town was renamed Newhaven from Quinnipiac. However, the area north of New Haven remained Quinnipiac until 1678, when it was renamed Hamden. The settlement became the headquarters of the New Haven Colony. At the time, the New Have... | In what year was the northern area of New Haven renamed Hamden? | 57273f5b5951b619008f8759 | 1678 | 197 | null | -1 | false |
Tajikistan | Tajikistan consists of 4 administrative divisions. These are the provinces (viloyat) of Sughd and Khatlon, the autonomous province of Gorno-Badakhshan (abbreviated as GBAO), and the Region of Republican Subordination (RRP – Raiony Respublikanskogo Podchineniya in transliteration from Russian or NTJ – Ноҳияҳои тобеи ҷум... | Jamboats are what? | 5acedb6f32bba1001ae4b77e | null | -1 | village-level self-governing units | 497 | true |
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