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You are an AI assistant that follows instruction extremely well. Help as much as you can. If canyons reveal the geologic history of the area, then where can one readily see the geologic history of an area? Answer choices: - down - scuba diving - soils - pastureland - canyon - driving - Mountains - mines The ans...
Please answer the following question: Read the following context and choose the correct option to answer the question. Context: Roland felt his stomach knotting. Having ridden out of the city through the Saint-Denis Gate, he now was nearly home, and the hurt inside was cutting so deep that he thought it would drive him...
You are a helpful assistant, who always provide explanation. Think like you are answering to a five year old. Sentence 1: well that's good though is it kind of a buyers market down there you'll be Sentence 2: That's good, there's a good market for buyers there. If the first sentence is true, then is the second senten...
You are an AI assistant. You will be given a task. You must generate a detailed and long answer. Ihopetohaveclearedyourdoubts,backherewheneveryouwantandthankyouverymuchforyourcomment Please segment the words. I hope to have cleared your doubts, back here whenever you want and thank you very much for your comment. The...
You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. Select from: [+] not enough information [+] old Italian lady [+] Jody [+] Dara Given those answer options, answer the question: Dara an...
You are an AI assistant that follows instruction extremely well. Help as much as you can. Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Patti Page, the top-selling female artist of the 1950s with more than 100 million records sold, died on January 2nd, 2013, when she was 85. She was one of the most belov...
You are an AI assistant. Provide a detailed answer so user don’t need to search outside to understand the answer. Please answer the following question: Generate a question that has the following answer: The Runts for the following movie plot: This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Pleas...
You are an AI assistant. Provide a detailed answer so user don’t need to search outside to understand the answer. Q: Based on this review, would the user recommend this product? === Review: This book was okay. I reccomend you read it but it's not as exciting as the others except for the ending and some of the middle. E...
You are an AI assistant. Provide a detailed answer so user don’t need to search outside to understand the answer. Answer the following question: Question: Who explains that Paul's human mother escaped from Imboca years ago? If there is no answer, please output "Insufficient information to provide an answer.". Movie tit...
You are a helpful assistant, who always provide explanation. Think like you are answering to a five year old. Write an article based on this summary: The last of the "Pitman painters", known for his pictures of everyday life, has died at the age of 94. Title: Remembering the Last of the Pitman Painters: A Tribute to a...
You are a helpful assistant, who always provide explanation. Think like you are answering to a five year old. Is it true that is the couple on flipping vegas really married based on the following text? Scott E. Yancey (born July 9, 1969) is a TV personality, businessman, real estate investor, and author. He is best kn...
Given the question: Information: - Time travel is the concept of movement (such as by a human) between certain points in time, analogous to movement between different points in space, typically using a hypothetical device known as a time machine, in the form of a vehicle or of a portal connecting distant points in tim...
You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. Question: What is the generic term for an airplane or rocket in French? Is "In French, air defence is called DCA (Défense contre les a...
You are an AI assistant. You will be given a task. You must generate a detailed and long answer. Title: Wow......Did that suck!!!! Review: This made for TV shlock was about as entertaining as watching flies procreate!!! Does this product review convey a negative or positive sentiment? This product review most certainly...
You are an AI assistant. Provide a detailed answer so user don’t need to search outside to understand the answer. Q:Extract the answer to the question from the following context. Question: Madonna's last name is of what origin? Context: Madonna Louise Ciccone (/tʃɪˈkoʊni/; Italian: [tʃikˈkoːne]; born August 16, 1958) i...
You are an AI assistant that follows instruction extremely well. Help as much as you can. Please answer the following question: Title: Terrible Product review: Not only is this book badly written, it is quite unlike the actual movie. The knights are out of character, the dialogue is boring, and the beginning of the mov...
Suggest a movie title for the following movie plot: In northern California, on the night of Saturday, October 23, we see a man running down a semi-rural road as the movie opens. Obviously being pursued, the man Harry Grimbridge (Al Berry) runs into a junkyard to try to hide or find help. Then we see his pursuers coming...
You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. Please answer the following question: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: ...
You should describe the task and explain your answer. While answering a multiple choice question, first output the correct answer(s). Then explain why other answers are wrong. Think like you are answering to a five year old. It was a really good buy , although I ' m not sure if we 'll keep it . It is a little small for...
User will you give you a task with some instruction. Your job is follow the instructions as faithfully as you can. While answering think step-by-step and justify your answer. Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you're given four sentences of a story written in natural language in which...
Given the question: Process: - Sunlight shines on plants - Cells with chlorophyll in them capture the light energy - Plants absorb carbon dioxide through their stoma - Plants absorb water through their roots and other parts of themselves - Plants absorb minerals through their roots - Plants convert these inputs into su...
Q: When I first started out in the field, I was working at a private hospital in the locked psychiatric unit, and there was a call from one of the med floors requiring someone from our unit to assist with a problem of a young man who had bitten through his cotton restraints on his wrists. They were requesting he be res...
You are a helpful assistant, who always provide explanation. Think like you are answering to a five year old. Wir meinen, daß er den Interessen der Verbraucher entspricht, die dadurch eine größere Auswahl bei gesonderter und klarer Etikettierung haben. Translate this to English? We think that it matches the interests ...
You are an AI assistant. You will be given a task. You must generate a detailed and long answer. Kevin Byrne is the Assembly member for the 94th District of the New York State Assembly. He is a registered Republican who successfully ran with the Republican, Conservative, Independence, and Reform Party endorsements. The...
Process: - The earth develops cracks deep beneath the surface - The cracks get very long and big in some places - The earth places pressure against the rocks on both sides of the cracks - The pressure causes the rocks to press against each other very hard - The cracks continue to develop - The earth moves against itse...
You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. Translate to Czech: Hmm? - Leo. Step 1: Identify the language of the input text. The input text is in English. Step 2: Recognize the ...
You are a helpful assistant, who always provide explanation. Think like you are answering to a five year old. Single/multi-select question: Does the sentence "The sixty-one year reign of the Kangxi Emperor was the longest of any Chinese emperor." provide a valid answer to the question "How long was Kangxi Emperor in po...
You are an AI assistant that follows instruction extremely well. Help as much as you can. Extract the answer to the following question from the movie plot. If the question isn't answerable, please output "Can't answer". Question: Why did Tamsin feed Mona lies? Title: My Summer of Love Movie plot: On a hot sunny summer ...
You are an AI assistant that follows instruction extremely well. Help as much as you can. Q:The following article contains an answer for the question: What is the first name of the person Dunbar asked, "Don't you know who this is?" , can you please find it? Lennon first met Yoko Ono on 9 November 1966 at the Indica G...
You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. Given the question: Information: - The Pilgrimage ( Portuguese : O Diário de Um Mago , `` Diary of a Mage '' ) is a 1987 novel by Braz...
You are a helpful assistant, who always provide explanation. Think like you are answering to a five year old. What are the abiotic components of an ecosystem? What are abiotic factors of a desert ecosystem? Choose your answer. Are these two questions paraphrases of each other? OPTIONS: (I). no (II). yes Abiotic compo...
You are an AI assistant. You will be given a task. You must generate a detailed and long answer. They are special. How would you consider the linguistic integrity of the preceding sentence? Considering the linguistic integrity of the preceding sentence, "They are special," requires analyzing several aspects such as gr...
You are a helpful assistant, who always provide explanation. Think like you are answering to a five year old. Translate "They could also transfer their registered office to any Member State they choose." to Finnish? Käännös suomeksi on: "He voivat myös siirtää rekisteröidyn toimipaikkansa mihin tahansa jäsenvaltioon, j...
You are an AI assistant that follows instruction extremely well. Help as much as you can. Question: Read the below conversation. M: Do you feel like going to the cinema? W: Oh, yes. What kind of films do you like? M: Well, I like all sorts of films, but my favorite sorts are those like Star Wars. You know, the fanta...
You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. There was once a french boy ( who did nt know any english ) and he went to a english school the teacher sed tht ova the week end he had...
You are an AI assistant that follows instruction extremely well. Help as much as you can. Please answer the following question: Michael Morzeny put his hands into the pockets of his overcoat and hugged the fabric tighter around his body. The winter wind hurried down Columbus Avenue and the hem of his coat flapped aroun...
You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. we are instructed, rather, to be gracious to one another: “accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matte...
You are an AI assistant. You will be given a task. You must generate a detailed and long answer. "They've got cameras everywhere, man. Not just in supermarkets and departments stores, they're also on your cell phones and your computers at home. And they never turn off. You think they do, but they don't. "They're always...
You are an AI assistant. Provide a detailed answer so user don’t need to search outside to understand the answer. Instructions: In this task, you will be given a movie review in Persian. You have to Classify the sentiment of the reviewer toward the movie into: "negative", "neutral", "positive", and "mixed". The mixed c...
You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: New Education is the UK's first training company devoted to the develop...
You are an AI assistant. You will be given a task. You must generate a detailed and long answer. Faerûn is a fictional subcontinent, the primary setting of the "Dungeons & Dragons" world of "Forgotten Realms". It is described in detail in the "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting" (2001) from Wizards of the Coast, and var...
You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. First question: What are some of the best computer networking tutorials for absolute beginners? Second question: What are the best comp...
You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. Florida had become a burden to Spain, which could not afford to send settlers or garrisons. Madrid therefore decided to cede the territ...
You are a helpful assistant, who always provide explanation. Think like you are answering to a five year old. I think it's great that they have a huge menu, but there is almost TOO much to choose from. Not to mention, the server didn't seem to know much about the menu. I enjoyed the decor and the wine bottle selections...
You are an AI assistant. You will be given a task. You must generate a detailed and long answer. Write down the solution for this math problem: Solve -20*a = -23*a - 107*a + 2310 for a. To solve this linear equation, we need to simplify and isolate the variable 'a' on one side. Let's follow the steps below to obtain th...
You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. De atunci, țara a căzut în autoizolare: acest lucru poate salva regimul o perioadă de timp, dar este în detrimentul viitorului națiunii...
You are a helpful assistant, who always provide explanation. Think like you are answering to a five year old. İlgili bir gelişmede, yerel basında Salı günü çıkan haberlere göre kuzeydeki iki Sırp lider, Milan İvanoviç ve Marko Jaksiç hakkında Kosova'nın geçen yılki bağımsızlık ilanı sonrasında Bernjak ve Yerince sınır ...
You are an AI assistant. You will be given a task. You must generate a detailed and long answer. Given the question: Greg said goodbye to his last student at 8:15 PM, locked up the studio, and got into his car. He always looked forward to his evening rendezvous with Bonnie--his nickname for the Bonneville. He liked to ...
You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. Generate an approximately fifteen-word sentence that describes all this data: AWH Engineering College COUNTRY India; Kerala LEADER_NAME...
You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. And it would have been almost completely dark by six p.m." which was the time Emily headed home. Translate to Czech Czech: Krok 1: Id...
A friend asked me to answer this question: What's the full name of the man the militant atheist is trying to replace as Mayor?, using the article: Christmas has always been an exceptional time of love and tradition in the small town of Trapper Falls, Alaska. Hometown of Mayor Dan Reed looks forward to each year with en...
You are an AI assistant. Provide a detailed answer so user don’t need to search outside to understand the answer. I first experienced a loss of sexual desire several years ago, just after I turned 40. For a long time, I thought it was me. I thought maybe it was my age. After reading every book and article I could find ...
Casey did not want to talk to their parents and made sure to avoid them later. Given the context: How would Casey feel afterwards? Choose from: [A]. avoident; [B]. talkative; [C]. embarrassed; Answer: [A]. avoident
Title: y.......a.........w...........n.................. Review: Tiny & trivial book. Don't waste yr time on this little excuse for a book unless it's the only book around on a desert island and you just have GOT to have visual stimulation whilst pleasuring yourself. Your fantasies would likely serve such purpose much ...
You are an AI assistant. You should describe the task and explain your answer. While answering a multiple choice question, first output the correct answer(s). Then explain why other answers are wrong. You might need to use additional knowledge to answer the question. Hotel California My first thought: I was going crazy...
You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. Please answer the following question: Q: Reactive elements are able to combine more what with other elements? Read this paragraph and...
You are an AI assistant. You will be given a task. You must generate a detailed and long answer. Ожидаемым спикером конференции стала Эльвира Набиуллина, министр экономического развития и торговли РФ. Could you please translate this to English? The expected speaker of the conference was Elvira Nabiullina, the Minister...
You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. Q: Question: what was bernie madoff selling? Would "Bernard Lawrence "Bernie" Madoff (; born April 29, 1938) is an American former stoc...
You are a helpful assistant, who always provide explanation. Think like you are answering to a five year old. What is the solution? Solve -6*x + 0*x - 6 = 0 for x. Alright, let's solve this equation step by step so it's easy to understand: The equation we have is -6*x + 0*x - 6 = 0. First, let's simplify the equatio...
You are an AI assistant. You will be given a task. You must generate a detailed and long answer. Translate the following sentence to French: It would be appropriate to generalize this practice; Even more so when the jurisdiction is imposed as a matter of public order or policy82. Il serait approprié de généraliser cett...
You are an AI assistant. You will be given a task. You must generate a detailed and long answer. Q:Article: Sam really felt very happy. When he arrived at his seat in the classroom that morning, he found an invitation on his desk. It was from several of his classmates asking him to join them on a camping trip. This was...
You are an AI assistant. You will be given a task. You must generate a detailed and long answer. Generate a sentence that describes the following data: Alfredo Zitarrosa, genre, Milonga (music); Alfredo Zitarrosa, recordLabel, Odeon Records; Alfredo Zitarrosa, birthPlace, Montevideo; Alfredo Zitarrosa, background, "sol...
You are an AI assistant. You will be given a task. You must generate a detailed and long answer. Translate "Matt Carson, el jardinero derecho de los A’s no tiene estadísticas impresionantes de bateo." from Spanish to English. "Matt Carson, the right fielder of the A's, does not have impressive batting statistics." In ...
You are an AI assistant that follows instruction extremely well. Help as much as you can. Please answer the following question: You are considering whether to buy a product. You look at the reviews. Would the following review decrease or increase the chances of you buying the product? Review title: Beads in Bloom Produ...
You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. Various methods have been used in the history of the American colonies and the United States but only five methods are currently used. ...
You are an AI assistant that follows instruction extremely well. Help as much as you can. Answer the following question: Here's a question and a few possible answers: Q: What does reckless driving lead to on a person? Possible A: injuries, fatigue, traffic jams, tired, accidents Why is "injuries" an answer aligned w...
You are an AI assistant. Provide a detailed answer so user don’t need to search outside to understand the answer. Given the question: Question: who is the girl in imagination movers I found the following answer on Google: Moreover, the Imagination Movers have received critical kudos for their live concert performances....
You are an AI assistant. Provide a detailed answer so user don’t need to search outside to understand the answer. Answer the following question: Please answer the following question about this movie plot. If it's un-answerable, please output "No answer". Question: Who arrives by train? Movie plot title: Deathtrap Movi...
You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. Question: In which country would you find the ruined city of Machu Pichu? Answer: Step 1: Recognize the question is asking for a specif...
Given a definition of a task and a sample input, break the definition into small parts. Each of those parts will have some instruction. Explain their meaning by showing an example that meets the criteria in the instruction. Use the following format: Part # : a key part of the definition. Usage: Sample response that me...
You are an AI assistant. Provide a detailed answer so user don’t need to search outside to understand the answer. Question: I can use this background: The refraction of waves across boundaries operates similarly to the method by which tanks are steered. Tanks do not have a steering wheel. Instead, they have an accelera...
You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. Four boys are standing in front of the burning car. Generate a new sentence that is, on a scale from 0 to 5, a 4 in textual similarity...
You are an AI assistant that follows instruction extremely well. Help as much as you can. Question: Process: - Coal is burned - Sulfur in the coal combines with oxygen to form sulfur oxides - The sulfur oxides are released into the atmosphere - The sulfides combine with oxygen in the atmosphere to form sulfur trioxide ...
You are an AI assistant. You will be given a task. You must generate a detailed and long answer. În continuare, viziunea mea pentru negocierile APE-urilor este una în care fiecare negociere reflectă şi respectă specificitatea regională a părţilor în acordul respectiv - un proces flexibil. Could you please translate th...
Explain how you used the definition to come up with the answer. You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task. The task is about translation from Telugu to English. While performing the translation you must preserve the original meaning. Do not include any words which are only limited to y...
You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. Detailed Instructions: In this task the focus is on physical knowledge about the world. Given the provided goal task in the input, desc...
You are an AI assistant. You will be given a task. You must generate a detailed and long answer. Please answer the following question: Read the below conversation. M: Would you hurry up? The film starts at 8:00. What would the listener say? Answer: The listener's response to the conversation in question would depend ...
You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. Most seat belt laws in the United States are left to the states. However, the first seat belt law was a federal law, Title 49 of the Un...
You are an AI assistant. Provide a detailed answer so user don’t need to search outside to understand the answer. Suggest a movie title for the following movie plot: Breaking Dawn Part 1 opens over the Black home on the Quileute reservation. Jacob (Taylor Lautner) storms out of the house, dropping a formal invitation t...
You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. Please answer the following question: Read the following conversation and answer the question. M: Hi, Queenie, how are you enjoying yo...
You are an AI assistant that follows instruction extremely well. Help as much as you can. Answer the following question: Build a movie plot around this: Where did the professor find Sydney's severed arm? Dangling from a tree Answer: Title: The Lurking Shadows Genre: Mystery/Thriller Plot: Dr. Oliver Harris, a renown...
Answer the following question: Title: Connectuon Problems Review: This camera works for three months and then ceases to fully cooperate.It stopped transfering pictures tellin me there is no device present.I concluded it was a power supply issue. And after reading some reviews, I know now that i am correct.I dont feel l...
You are an AI assistant that follows instruction extremely well. Help as much as you can. Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Robots make me nervous--especially the ones which seem to think for themselves. I was embarrassed to admit this till I heard that Bill Gates, the founder of...
You are an AI assistant that follows instruction extremely well. Help as much as you can. I want to test the ability of students to read a passage and answer questions about it. Could you please come up with a good question for the passage "In 2014 artist Jack White sold 40,000 copies of his second solo release, Lazare...
You are a helpful assistant, who always provide explanation. Think like you are answering to a five year old. News article: This article is over 2 years old The 30 metre hole was all but filled in within 48 hours, although health and safety checks delayed the reopening A section of road in the centre of the ...
You are a helpful assistant, who always provide explanation. Think like you are answering to a five year old. I tagged along with Mike and his friend Stu to Ophir yesterday . After waiting around for an hour , Grizz ( a large but friendly man ) showed up and let us into the Emma Mine as far as the shaft ... He would n'...
You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. Write a sentence about a restaurant with all the following attributes: name = The Cambridge Blue, eatType = pub, food = Fast food, pric...
You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. Information: - A BMX bike is an off-road sport bicycle used for racing and stunt riding. BMX means bicycle motocross. - Raymon van de...
You are an AI assistant that follows instruction extremely well. Help as much as you can. Instructions: In this task, you are given a sentence from the Bible in English, and your task is to translate it into Persian. Input: And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another bo...
You are an AI assistant. Provide a detailed answer so user don’t need to search outside to understand the answer. Extract the answer to the question from the following context. Question: Stories without words are also considered as what? Context: Some consider storyboards and wordless novels to be comics. Film studios,...
You are an AI assistant that follows instruction extremely well. Help as much as you can. Please answer the following question: "Nøklevann", given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film ...
You are an AI assistant that follows instruction extremely well. Help as much as you can. Please answer the following question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Dear Kate, You are in New York, but I am in Beijing now. China is a great country and Beij...
You are an AI assistant. You will be given a task. You must generate a detailed and long answer. Question 1: What are some of the best vegetarian restaurants in Bangalore? Question 2: What are some good Vegetarian restaurants in Bangalore? Select from: *no; *yes; Are questions 1 and 2 asking the same thing? Yes, ques...
You are a helpful assistant, who always provide explanation. Think like you are answering to a five year old. What sentence would provide a factual answer to this question: "Where do grass snakes live?" Grass snakes live in grassy and watery places, like near ponds and gardens.
You are an AI assistant. You will be given a task. You must generate a detailed and long answer. Article: The status of the town was changed by a later charter of Charles I by at once the formal separation from Portsmouth and the recognition of Southampton as a county, In the charter dated 27 June 1640 the formal title...
Q:Question: What does Gloria's boss try to do to her in his office? If there is no answer, please output "Insufficient information to provide an answer.". Movie title: Killer's Kiss Context: The drama begins with Davey in his apartment room, mentally preparing for a big fight against Kid Rodriguez. On the other side of...
You are an AI assistant that follows instruction extremely well. Help as much as you can. Do a Vodka Martini and Flirtini contain the same ingredients? A: No, a Vodka Martini and a Flirtini do not contain the same ingredients. Here are the ingredients for each cocktail: Vodka Martini: 1. Vodka 2. Dry vermouth 3. Optio...
You are an AI assistant. You will be given a task. You must generate a detailed and long answer. Process: - Owls hunt around their hunting territory away from where they roost during the day - They sit still on a perch, like a stump of branch, and wait for prey - They use their highly sensitive hearing to locate prey t...
You are an AI assistant, who knows every language and how to translate one language to another. Given a task, you explain in simple steps what the task is asking, any guidelines that it provides. You solve the task and show how you used the guidelines to solve the task. You will be given a definition of a task first, t...
You are a helpful assistant, who always provide explanation. Think like you are answering to a five year old. Muscat in the sunny Sultanate is a well-kept secret “THE Sultan is close friends with the Queen,” says my local guide, Batir. We Brits are very popular in Oman, even if most of us have barely heard of the plac...