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573173d8497a881900248f0c | Egypt | The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life ranks Egypt as the fifth worst country in the world for religious freedom. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, a bipartisan independent agency of the US government, has placed Egypt on its watch list of countries that require close monitoring due to t... | What percentage of Egyptians polled support death penalty for those leaving Islam? | {
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57277e815951b619008f8b52 | Ann_Arbor,_Michigan | The Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum is located in a renovated and expanded historic downtown fire station. Multiple art galleries exist in the city, notably in the downtown area and around the University of Michigan campus. Aside from a large restaurant scene in the Main Street, South State Street, and South University Avenu... | Ann Arbor ranks 1st among what goods sold? | {
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5727e2483acd2414000deef0 | Rule_of_law | One important aspect of the rule-of-law initiatives is the study and analysis of the rule of law’s impact on economic development. The rule-of-law movement cannot be fully successful in transitional and developing countries without an answer to the question: does the rule of law matter for economic development or not? ... | In developing countries, who makes most of the spending decisions? | {
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5728f5716aef0514001548cc | Samurai | In December 1547, Francis was in Malacca (Malaysia) waiting to return to Goa (India) when he met a low-ranked samurai named Anjiro (possibly spelled "Yajiro"). Anjiro was not an intellectual, but he impressed Xavier because he took careful notes of everything he said in church. Xavier made the decision to go to Japan i... | Who impressed Xavier by taking notes in church? | {
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"Anjiro"
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572826002ca10214002d9f16 | Group_(mathematics) | Groups are also applied in many other mathematical areas. Mathematical objects are often examined by associating groups to them and studying the properties of the corresponding groups. For example, Henri Poincaré founded what is now called algebraic topology by introducing the fundamental group. By means of this connec... | What represents elements of the fundamental group? | {
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572692f4f1498d1400e8e437 | British_Empire | Most former British colonies and protectorates are among the 53 member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, a non-political, voluntary association of equal members, comprising a population of around 2.2 billion people. Sixteen Commonwealth realms voluntarily continue to share the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, ... | What is the population of the Commonwealth? | {
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57324e38e17f3d1400422823 | Dwight_D._Eisenhower | Following the German unconditional surrender, Eisenhower was appointed Military Governor of the U.S. Occupation Zone, based at the IG Farben Building in Frankfurt am Main. He had no responsibility for the other three zones, controlled by Britain, France and the Soviet Union, except for the city of Berlin, which was man... | What was Eisenhower's title after Germany's surrender? | {
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56f8fa3c9b226e1400dd1212 | Near_East | These regions were occupied by "the brown men," with the yellow in the Far East and the black in Africa. The color issue was not settled until Kenya became independent in 1963, ending the last vestige of the British Empire. | These regions were occupied by who? | {
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"the brown men"
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57342ac5d058e614000b6a8a | Infection | There is usually an indication for a specific identification of an infectious agent only when such identification can aid in the treatment or prevention of the disease, or to advance knowledge of the course of an illness prior to the development of effective therapeutic or preventative measures. For example, in the ear... | What could be done by understanding how the disease was transmitted? | {
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5729a5f51d046914007795a5 | Insect | Scarab beetles held religious and cultural symbolism in Old Egypt, Greece and some shamanistic Old World cultures. The ancient Chinese regarded cicadas as symbols of rebirth or immortality. In Mesopotamian literature, the epic poem of Gilgamesh has allusions to Odonata which signify the impossibility of immortality. Am... | What kind of ants are symbolic among the Australian Aborigines? | {
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"honey ants"
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57270aeaf1498d1400e8f27f | Crimean_War | In July 1855, the allied squadron tried to go past Taganrog to Rostov on Don, entering the Don River through the Mius River. On 12 July 1855 HMS Jasper grounded near Taganrog thanks to a fisherman who moved buoys into shallow water. The Cossacks captured the gunboat with all of its guns and blew it up. The third siege ... | Who blew up the HMS Jasper? | {
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572a1bcf3f37b319004786dc | Green | The Romans had a greater appreciation for the color green; it was the color of Venus, the goddess of gardens, vegetables and vineyards.The Romans made a fine green earth pigment, which was widely used in the wall paintings of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Lyon, Vaison-la-Romaine, and other Roman cities. They also used the pigm... | What pigment was made by soaking copper plates in fermenting wine? | {
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56e76d0b00c9c71400d7711c | Daylight_saving_time | In the 1970s the US Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) found a reduction of 10% to 13% in Washington, D.C.'s violent crime rate during DST. However, the LEAA did not filter out other factors, and it examined only two cities and found crime reductions only in one and only in some crime categories; the DOT ... | In what decade did the LEAA conduct their investigation of crime and DST? | {
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56e10dbdcd28a01900c674e4 | BeiDou_Navigation_Satellite_System | The ranging signals are based on the CDMA principle and have complex structure typical of Galileo or modernized GPS. Similar to the other GNSS, there will be two levels of positioning service: open and restricted (military). The public service shall be available globally to general users. When all the currently planned... | Who designed the COMPASS navigation system? | {
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"Sun Jiadong"
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5727be06ff5b5019007d93fd | Eton_College | The primary responsibility for a boy's studies lies with his House Master, but he is assisted by an additional director of studies, known as a tutor. Classes, colloquially known as "divs" (divisions), are organised on a School basis; the classrooms are separate from the houses. New school buildings have appeared for te... | With whom does the primary responsibility for a student's leaning lie? | {
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570df0740b85d914000d7c18 | Adolescence | The appearance of more systematic, abstract thinking is another notable aspect of cognitive development during adolescence. For example, adolescents find it easier than children to comprehend the sorts of higher-order abstract logic inherent in puns, proverbs, metaphors, and analogies. Their increased facility permits ... | Children under what age often cannot comprehend sarcasm? | {
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572835282ca10214002da0c8 | Annelid | In addition to re-writing the classification of annelids and 3 previously independent phyla, the molecular phylogenetics analyses undermine the emphasis that decades of previous writings placed on the importance of segmentation in the classification of invertebrates. Polychaetes, which these analyses found to be the pa... | What offshoots of polychaetes are unsegmented? | {
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"echiurans and sipunculan"
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5727e8e73acd2414000def87 | Tibet | Religion is extremely important to the Tibetans and has a strong influence over all aspects of their lives. Bön is the ancient religion of Tibet, but has been almost eclipsed by Tibetan Buddhism, a distinctive form of Mahayana and Vajrayana, which was introduced into Tibet from the Sanskrit Buddhist tradition of northe... | What has a strong influence over all aspect of Tibetans lives? | {
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57341fdd4776f419006618d5 | Infection | Disease can arise if the host's protective immune mechanisms are compromised and the organism inflicts damage on the host. Microorganisms can cause tissue damage by releasing a variety of toxins or destructive enzymes. For example, Clostridium tetani releases a toxin that paralyzes muscles, and staphylococcus releases ... | What does the of toxin Clostridium tetani releases do? | {
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56dde6309a695914005b9692 | Cardinal_(Catholicism) | The term cardinal at one time applied to any priest permanently assigned or incardinated to a church, or specifically to the senior priest of an important church, based on the Latin cardo (hinge), meaning "principal" or "chief". The term was applied in this sense as early as the ninth century to the priests of the titu... | The Church of England uses what term that is held by two senior members of the College of Minor Canons of St. Pauls Catherdral? | {
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"tituli"
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56d36db659d6e41400146378 | American_Idol | The finals are broadcast in prime time from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, in front of a live studio audience. The finals lasted eight weeks in season one, eleven weeks in subsequent seasons until seasons ten and eleven which lasted twelve weeks except for season twelve, which lasted ten weeks, and season thirteen... | Where studio hosts the live final rounds on American Idol? | {
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572962d53f37b31900478302 | Palermo | Sicily fell under the control of the Holy Roman Empire in 1194. Palermo was the preferred city of the Emperor Frederick II. Muslims of Palermo emigrated or were expelled during Holy Roman rule. After an interval of Angevin rule (1266–1282), Sicily came under control of the Aragon and Barcelona dynasties. By 1330, Paler... | During what years did Austria rule Palermo? | {
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"1720 and 1734"
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573424434776f41900661941 | Montana | The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Montana was 1,032,949 on July 1, 2015, a 4.40% increase since the 2010 United States Census. The 2010 census put Montana's population at 989,415 which is an increase of 43,534 people, or 4.40 percent, since 2010. During the first decade of the new century... | What was the population of the state in 2015? | {
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5725187a0ba9f01400d97c57 | Freemasonry | Freemasonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients. The degrees of freemasonry retain the three grades of medieval c... | Where did the degrees of Freemasonry derived from? | {
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"the three grades of medieval craft guilds"
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56f993459e9bad19000a0afc | Zhejiang | Since ancient times, north Zhejiang and neighbouring south Jiangsu have been famed for their prosperity and opulence[citation needed], and simply inserting north Zhejiang place names (Hangzhou, Jiaxing, etc.) into poetry gave an effect of dreaminess, a practice followed by many noted poets. In particular, the fame of H... | What neighbours south Jiangsu to the north? | {
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"Zhejiang"
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57338992d058e614000b5cd8 | Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy | French cuisine, West Indian cuisine, Creole cuisine, Italian cuisine and Asian cuisine are common in St. Barthélemy. The island has over 70 restaurants serving many dishes and others are a significant number of gourmet restaurants; many of the finest restaurants are located in the hotels. There are also a number of sna... | How many restaurants does the island have? | {
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57295d901d04691400779335 | Germans | Sport forms an integral part of German life, as demonstrated by the fact that 27 million Germans are members of a sports club and an additional twelve million pursue such an activity individually. Football is by far the most popular sport, and the German Football Federation (Deutscher Fußballbund) with more than 6.3 mi... | What is the largest athletic organisation in the country? | {
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57281e1d4b864d19001644cf | PlayStation_3 | At its press conference at the 2007 Tokyo Game Show, Sony announced DualShock 3 (trademarked DUALSHOCK 3), a PlayStation 3 controller with the same function and design as Sixaxis, but with vibration capability included. Hands-on accounts describe the controller as being noticeably heavier than the standard Sixaxis cont... | What was the first country to be able to buy the new DualShock 3 in stores? | {
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"Japan"
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5730f4a1497a881900248aa7 | Namibia | Namibia extends from 17°S to 25°S: climatically the range of the sub-Tropical High Pressure Belt, arid is the overall climate description descending from the Sub-Humid (mean rain above 500 mm) through Semi-Arid between 300 and 500 mm (embracing most of the waterless Kalahari) and Arid from 150 to 300 mm (these three re... | What is the arid measurement in Namibia? | {
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"150 to 300 mm"
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573075b12461fd1900a9ce27 | 51st_state | Several websites assert that Israel is the 51st state due to the annual funding and defense support it receives from the United States. An example of this concept can be found in 2003 when Martine Rothblatt published a book called Two Stars for Peace that argued for the addition of Israel and the Palestinian territorie... | When was Two Stars for Peace published? | {
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573386274776f41900660c91 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | In fact, process theology is difficult to define because process theologians are so diverse and transdisciplinary in their views and interests. John B. Cobb, Jr. is a process theologian who has also written books on biology and economics. Roland Faber and Catherine Keller integrate Whitehead with poststructuralist, pos... | Why is there difficulty in defining process theology ? | {
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56e4756e8c00841900fbaf9c | Architecture | While the notion that structural and aesthetic considerations should be entirely subject to functionality was met with both popularity and skepticism, it had the effect of introducing the concept of "function" in place of Vitruvius' "utility". "Function" came to be seen as encompassing all criteria of the use, percepti... | What were the reactions to the idea that function should come before other concerns? | {
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"both popularity and skepticism"
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570e334b0b85d914000d7d3a | Eritrea | However, Eritrea still faces many challenges. Despite number of physicians increasing from only 0.2 in 1993 to 0.5 in 2004 per 1000 population, this is still very low. Malaria and tuberculosis are common in Eritrea. HIV prevalence among the 15–49 group exceeds 2%. The fertility rate is at about 5 births per woman. Mate... | How prevalent is HIV among the 15-49 age group in Eritrea? | {
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"exceeds 2%"
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57266bc1708984140094c572 | British_Empire | The British and French struggles in India became but one theatre of the global Seven Years' War (1756–1763) involving France, Britain and the other major European powers. The signing of the Treaty of Paris (1763) had important consequences for the future of the British Empire. In North America, France's future as a col... | When was the Treaty of Paris? | {
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5727dae42ca10214002d981c | Tuberculosis | Slow progress has led to frustration, expressed by executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria – Mark Dybul: "we have the tools to end TB as a pandemic and public health threat on the planet, but we are not doing it." Several international organizations are pushing for more transparenc... | What member of leadership at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria called TB a "pandemic"? | {
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570ffadea58dae1900cd67a4 | Sexual_orientation | From at least the late nineteenth century in Europe, there was speculation that the range of human sexual response looked more like a continuum than two or three discrete categories. Berlin sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld published a scheme in 1896 that measured the strength of an individual's sexual desire on two indepen... | When did the questioning of human sexual responses begin? | {
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572685f55951b619008f757d | Florida | NASCAR (headquartered in Daytona Beach) begins all three of its major auto racing series in Florida at Daytona International Speedway in February, featuring the Daytona 500, and ends all three Series in November at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Daytona also has the Coke Zero 400 NASCAR race weekend around Independence Day ... | What is headquartered in Daytona | {
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5726c6f1dd62a815002e8ff7 | Bermuda | Bermuda's pink sand beaches and clear, cerulean blue ocean waters are popular with tourists. Many of Bermuda's hotels are located along the south shore of the island. In addition to its beaches, there are a number of sightseeing attractions. Historic St George's is a designated World Heritage Site. Scuba divers can exp... | Bermuda's coral reefs, shipwrecks, and shallow waters are great for what activity in particular? | {
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56e4793839bdeb140034794e | Architecture | In the late 20th century a new concept was added to those included in the compass of both structure and function, the consideration of sustainability, hence sustainable architecture. To satisfy the contemporary ethos a building should be constructed in a manner which is environmentally friendly in terms of the producti... | What novel concept was introduced at the end of the 20th century? | {
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56e1c51ccd28a01900c67b59 | Communications_in_Somalia | Somalia established its first ISP in 1999, one of the last countries in Africa to get connected to the Internet. According to the telecommunications resource Balancing Act, growth in internet connectivity has since then grown considerably, with around 53% of the entire nation covered as of 2009. Both internet commerce ... | Somalia was one of the last countries on what continent to get connected tothe internet? | {
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57318f8ae6313a140071d09a | Muammar_Gaddafi | Gaddafi was a very private individual, who described himself as a "simple revolutionary" and "pious Muslim" called upon by Allah to continue Nasser's work. Reporter Mirella Bianco found that his friends considered him particularly loyal and generous, and asserted that he adored children. She was told by Gaddafi's fathe... | Whose efforts did Gaddafi see himself as continuing? | {
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"Nasser"
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57323ce2e17f3d1400422768 | Pacific_War | On 15 December 1944 landings against minimal resistance were made on the southern beaches of the island of Mindoro, a key location in the planned Lingayen Gulf operations, in support of major landings scheduled on Luzon. On 9 January 1945, on the south shore of Lingayen Gulf on the western coast of Luzon, General Krueg... | Clark field was how many miles northwest of Manila? | {
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5727be744b864d1900163c50 | On_the_Origin_of_Species | Chapter X examines whether patterns in the fossil record are better explained by common descent and branching evolution through natural selection, than by the individual creation of fixed species. Darwin expected species to change slowly, but not at the same rate – some organisms such as Lingula were unchanged since th... | Which scientist theorized that the earliest members of a class in a species were simple and generalized? | {
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5731405b497a881900248cf9 | Light-emitting_diode | The vast majority of devices containing LEDs are "safe under all conditions of normal use", and so are classified as "Class 1 LED product"/"LED Klasse 1". At present, only a few LEDs—extremely bright LEDs that also have a tightly focused viewing angle of 8° or less—could, in theory, cause temporary blindness, and so ar... | Which government advocated the banning of Class 2 LEDs? | {
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5706b8b42eaba6190074ac77 | House_music | A new generation of clubs such as Liverpool's Cream and the Ministry of Sound were opened to provide a venue for more commercial sounds. Major record companies began to open "superclubs" promoting their own acts. These superclubs entered into sponsorship deals initially with fast food, soft drinks, and clothing compani... | what was another name for hardcore techno from the netherlands? | {
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573051562461fd1900a9cd1d | Antenna_(radio) | This is a consequence of Lorentz reciprocity. For an antenna element not connected to anything (open circuited) one can write . But for an element which is short circuited, a current is generated across that short but no voltage is allowed, so the corresponding . This is the case, for instance, with the so-called par... | a antenna element not connected to anything is circuited how? | {
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57303088a23a5019007fcf36 | British_Isles | By the Late Middle Ages, Great Britain was separated into the Kingdoms of England and Scotland. Power in Ireland fluxed between Gaelic kingdoms, Hiberno-Norman lords and the English-dominated Lordship of Ireland. A similar situation existed in the Principality of Wales, which was slowly being annexed into the Kingdom o... | Which king failed to receive a divorce from the Pope in 1534? | {
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"King Henry VIII"
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5727e0032ca10214002d9888 | Oklahoma | The state is among the best in pre-kindergarten education, and the National Institute for Early Education Research rated it first in the United States with regard to standards, quality, and access to pre-kindergarten education in 2004, calling it a model for early childhood schooling. High school dropout rate decreased... | What was Oklahoma's high school dropout rate in 2007? | {
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"3.1"
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56fb7d7a8ddada1400cd6479 | Middle_Ages | Under the Capetian dynasty France slowly began to expand its authority over the nobility, growing out of the Île-de-France to exert control over more of the country in the 11th and 12th centuries. They faced a powerful rival in the Dukes of Normandy, who in 1066 under William the Conqueror (duke 1035–1087), conquered E... | To what dynasty did Henry II belong? | {
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"Angevin"
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572eb7dfcb0c0d14000f14af | Seven_Years%27_War | Accordingly, leaving Field Marshal Count Kurt von Schwerin in Silesia with 25,000 soldiers to guard against incursions from Moravia or Hungary, and leaving Field Marshal Hans von Lehwaldt in East Prussia to guard against Russian invasion from the east, Frederick set off with his army for Saxony. The Prussian army march... | How did Frederick protect East Prussia when he went to invade Saxony? | {
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572fc26a04bcaa1900d76c90 | Greeks | For those that remained under the Ottoman Empire's millet system, religion was the defining characteristic of national groups (milletler), so the exonym "Greeks" (Rumlar from the name Rhomaioi) was applied by the Ottomans to all members of the Orthodox Church, regardless of their language or ethnic origin. The Greek sp... | What did the literate segment of Greeks consider to be a part of their ethic lines ? | {
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5727baf24b864d1900163bb5 | Sichuan | Mianyang Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone was established in 1992, with a planned area of 43 km2 (17 sq mi). The zone is situated 96 kilometers away from Chengdu, and is 8 km (5.0 mi) away from Mianyang Airport. Since its establishment, the zone accumulated 177.4 billion yuan of industrial output, 46.2 billion yuan ... | How many high-tech enterprises are present in the Mianyang Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone ? | {
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57324f330fdd8d15006c6958 | Dwight_D._Eisenhower | In June 1943 a visiting politician had suggested to Eisenhower that he might become President of the United States after the war. Believing that a general should not participate in politics, one author later wrote that "figuratively speaking, [Eisenhower] kicked his political-minded visitor out of his office". As other... | What general was considered a potential Republican presidential candidate in 1948? | {
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5726a3bf5951b619008f78a3 | Queen_(band) | At Live Aid, held at Wembley on 13 July 1985, in front of the biggest-ever TV audience of 1.9 billion, Queen performed some of their greatest hits, during which the sold-out stadium audience of 72,000 people clapped, sang, and swayed in unison. The show's organisers, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, other musicians such as El... | What date was Live Aid? | {
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572ea780dfa6aa1500f8d25d | Seven_Years%27_War | The most important French fort planned was intended to occupy a position at "the Forks" where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet to form the Ohio River (present day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). Peaceful British attempts to halt this fort construction were unsuccessful, and the French proceeded to build the fort th... | Were the British successful in stopping the building of Fort Duquesne? | {
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56be97c73aeaaa14008c912a | Beyoncé | Beyoncé announced a hiatus from her music career in January 2010, heeding her mother's advice, "to live life, to be inspired by things again". During the break she and her father parted ways as business partners. Beyoncé's musical break lasted nine months and saw her visit multiple European cities, the Great Wall of Ch... | Beyonce would take a break from music in which year? | {
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572f8ddea23a5019007fc737 | Pain | Differences in pain perception and tolerance thresholds are associated with, among other factors, ethnicity, genetics, and sex. People of Mediterranean origin report as painful some radiant heat intensities that northern Europeans describe as nonpainful. And Italian women tolerate less intense electric shock than Jewis... | What nationality can tolerate the least amount of electric shock? | {
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"Italian"
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56d003cd234ae51400d9c257 | New_York_City | Forty of the city's theaters, with more than 500 seats each, are collectively known as Broadway, after the major thoroughfare that crosses the Times Square Theater District, sometimes referred to as "The Great White Way". According to The Broadway League, Broadway shows sold approximately US$1.27 billion worth of ticke... | How many people attended Broadway shows during the 2013-2014 season? | {
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"12.21 million"
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57096337ed30961900e84058 | Himachal_Pradesh | The era of planning in Himachal Pradesh started 1948 along with the rest of India. The first five-year plan allocated ₹ 52.7 million to Himachal. More than 50% of this expenditure was incurred on road construction since it was felt that without proper transport facilities, the process of planning and development could ... | When did the era of planning start in Himachal Pradesh? | {
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5706a32275f01819005e7c98 | House_music | Acid house arose from Chicago artists' experiments with the squelchy Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer, and the style's origins on vinyl is generally cited as Phuture's "Acid Tracks" (1987). Phuture, a group founded by Nathan "DJ Pierre" Jones, Earl "Spanky" Smith Jr., and Herbert "Herb J" Jackson, is credited with having... | When was Phuture's "Acid Tracks" released? | {
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5728ac7b2ca10214002da598 | Alaska | The 2007 gross state product was $44.9 billion, 45th in the nation. Its per capita personal income for 2007 was $40,042, ranking 15th in the nation. According to a 2013 study by Phoenix Marketing International, Alaska had the fifth-largest number of millionaires per capita in the United States, with a ratio of 6.75 per... | How much of Alaskan state revenue comes from petroleum extraction? | {
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397
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5730338eb2c2fd1400568a62 | San_Diego | San Diego's roadway system provides an extensive network of routes for travel by bicycle. The dry and mild climate of San Diego makes cycling a convenient and pleasant year-round option. At the same time, the city's hilly, canyon-like terrain and significantly long average trip distances—brought about by strict low-den... | Why are older neighborhoods in San Diego popular with cyclists? | {
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503
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"the grid street patterns"
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570db36a16d0071400510d03 | Eritrea | In 1888, the Italian administration launched its first development projects in the new colony. The Eritrean Railway was completed to Saati in 1888, and reached Asmara in the highlands in 1911. The Asmara–Massawa Cableway was the longest line in the world during its time, but was later dismantled by the British in World... | In what areas of public service were Eritreans particularly employed? | {
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5726aef75951b619008f7a34 | Literature | Literature consists of written productions, often restricted to those deemed to have artistic or intellectual value. Its Latin root literatura/litteratura (derived itself from littera, letter or handwriting) was used to refer to all written accounts, but intertwined with the roman concept of cultura: learning or cultiv... | What are two major divisions of literature? | {
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572f63e6b2c2fd14005680a7 | Railway_electrification_system | Additionally, there are issues of connections between different electrical services, particularly connecting intercity lines with sections electrified for commuter traffic, but also between commuter lines built to different standards. This can cause electrification of certain connections to be very expensive simply bec... | What is the other issue that comes to sight when using electrification system? | {
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34
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572f7d6f04bcaa1900d76a1d | Hyderabad | Hyderabad has a tropical wet and dry climate (Köppen Aw) bordering on a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The annual mean temperature is 26.6 °C (79.9 °F); monthly mean temperatures are 21–33 °C (70–91 °F). Summers (March–June) are hot and humid, with average highs in the mid-to-high 30s Celsius; maximum temperatures... | What is generally the hottest month in Hyderabad? | {
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572f6be0947a6a140053c939 | Database | For instance, a common use of a database system is to track information about users, their name, login information, various addresses and phone numbers. In the navigational approach all of this data would be placed in a single record, and unused items would simply not be placed in the database. In the relational approa... | How is information stored in a navigational system? | {
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215
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572edbbfcb0c0d14000f1616 | Great_power | All states have a geographic scope of interests, actions, or projected power. This is a crucial factor in distinguishing a great power from a regional power; by definition the scope of a regional power is restricted to its region. It has been suggested that a great power should be possessed of actual influence througho... | Which societal values had become world-wide by 1914? | {
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612
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570e22010dc6ce1900204ddf | Sanskrit | Sanskrit (/ˈsænskrɪt/; Sanskrit: saṃskṛtam [səmskr̩t̪əm] or saṃskṛta, originally saṃskṛtā vāk, "refined speech") is the primary sacred language of Hinduism, a philosophical language in Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Jainism, and a literary language that was in use as a lingua franca in Greater India. It is a standardi... | Where is Sanskrit usually found? | {
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296
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5727d9374b864d1900163e78 | Sahara | To the south, the Sahara is bounded by the Sahel, a belt of dry tropical savanna with a summer rainy season that extends across Africa from east to west. The southern limit of the Sahara is indicated botanically by the southern limit of Cornulaca monacantha (a drought-tolerant member of the Chenopodiaceae), or northern... | What is to the south of the Sahara? | {
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43
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572fe9d5a23a5019007fcb2f | Printed_circuit_board | Through-hole manufacture adds to board cost by requiring many holes to be drilled accurately, and limits the available routing area for signal traces on layers immediately below the top layer on multi-layer boards since the holes must pass through all layers to the opposite side. Once surface-mounting came into use, sm... | A component might not be able to be made any smaller because of its mechanical limitations or what other need? | {
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56e75c2d37bdd419002c3edd | Daylight_saving_time | Common agreement about the day's layout or schedule confers so many advantages that a standard DST schedule has generally been chosen over ad hoc efforts to get up earlier. The advantages of coordination are so great that many people ignore whether DST is in effect by altering their nominal work schedules to coordinate... | During what season is DST usually not observed because of the detriments of dark mornings? | {
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405
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57342891d058e614000b6a5c | Richmond,_Virginia | In addition to Virginia and Confederate government offices and hospitals, a railroad hub, and one of the South's largest slave markets, Richmond had the largest factory in the Confederacy, the Tredegar Iron Works, which turned out artillery and other munitions, including the 723 tons of armor plating that covered the C... | What is another name for the Confederacy's executive mansion? | {
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590
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57340aae4776f41900661793 | Genocide | Slobodan Milošević, as the former President of Serbia and of Yugoslavia, was the most senior political figure to stand trial at the ICTY. He died on 11 March 2006 during his trial where he was accused of genocide or complicity in genocide in territories within Bosnia and Herzegovina, so no verdict was returned. In 1995... | Where was Karadzic when he was finally arrested? | {
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5726213938643c19005ad067 | Buckingham_Palace | The last major building work took place during the reign of King George V when, in 1913, Sir Aston Webb redesigned Blore's 1850 East Front to resemble in part Giacomo Leoni's Lyme Park in Cheshire. This new, refaced principal façade (of Portland stone) was designed to be the backdrop to the Victoria Memorial, a large m... | Which king placed more emphasis on official entertaining and royal duties instead of lavish parties? | {
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385
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"George V"
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56f7c32ba6d7ea1400e17273 | Szlachta | The origins of the szlachta are shrouded in obscurity and mystery and have been the subject of a variety of theories.:207 Traditionally, its members were owners of landed property, often in the form of "manor farms" or so-called folwarks. The nobility negotiated substantial and increasing political and legal privileges... | Were the szlachta obscure and mysterious or obvious and proud. | {
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44
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"obscurity and mystery"
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570a71dd6d058f1900182e71 | Emotion | In the 1990s, sociologists focused on different aspects of specific emotions and how these emotions were socially relevant. For Cooley (1992), pride and shame were the most important emotions that drive people to take various social actions. During every encounter, he proposed that we monitor ourselves through the "loo... | What emotions did Cooley regard as of paramount social importance? | {
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143
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570d3848fed7b91900d45d41 | Macintosh | Apple was initially reluctant to embrace mice with multiple buttons and scroll wheels. Macs did not natively support pointing devices that featured multiple buttons, even from third parties, until Mac OS X arrived in 2001. Apple continued to offer only single button mice, in both wired and Bluetooth wireless versions, ... | What Apple mouse 1st used multi-touch gesture recognition? | {
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5734477e879d6814001ca46b | Hunting | Archaeologist Louis Binford criticised the idea that early hominids and early humans were hunters. On the basis of the analysis of the skeletal remains of the consumed animals, he concluded that hominids and early humans were mostly scavengers, not hunters, and this idea is popular among some archaeologists and paleoan... | What is Louis Binford's profession? | {
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57283d5cff5b5019007d9fb5 | Group_(mathematics) | for any constant c. Matrix groups over these fields fall under this regime, as do adele rings and adelic algebraic groups, which are basic to number theory. Galois groups of infinite field extensions such as the absolute Galois group can also be equipped with a topology, the so-called Krull topology, which in turn is c... | What group uses infinite field extensions with topology? | {
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208
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572e9091cb0c0d14000f12ad | Canadian_football | The clock does not run during convert attempts in the last three minutes of a half. If the 15 minutes of a quarter expire while the ball is live, the quarter is extended until the ball becomes dead. If a quarter's time expires while the ball is dead, the quarter is extended for one more scrimmage. A quarter cannot end ... | Which plays do not cause time to run off the clock during the final minutes of a half? | {
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5726a450f1498d1400e8e5c4 | Gothic_architecture | The pointed arch, one of the defining attributes of Gothic, was earlier incorporated into Islamic architecture following the Islamic conquests of Roman Syria and the Sassanid Empire in the Seventh Century. The pointed arch and its precursors had been employed in Late Roman and Sassanian architecture; within the Roman c... | What other type of architecture also made use of the pointed arch? | {
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56fa0e0df34c681400b0bf90 | Wood | Since the latewood of a growth ring is usually darker in color than the earlywood, this fact may be used in judging the density, and therefore the hardness and strength of the material. This is particularly the case with coniferous woods. In ring-porous woods the vessels of the early wood not infrequently appear on a f... | What type of woods might sometimes appear to have darker earlywood on a finished surface? | {
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242
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5733c3c7d058e614000b61f1 | Genocide | The judges continue in paragraph 12, "The determination of when the targeted part is substantial enough to meet this requirement may involve a number of considerations. The numeric size of the targeted part of the group is the necessary and important starting point, though not in all cases the ending point of the inqui... | The number of people targeted in a genocide should not be solely evaluated by what? | {
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572657f1708984140094c327 | Freemasonry | The idea of Masonic brotherhood probably descends from a 16th-century legal definition of a brother as one who has taken an oath of mutual support to another. Accordingly, Masons swear at each degree to keep the contents of that degree secret, and to support and protect their brethren unless they have broken the law. I... | Masons swear to protect their brethren unless they what? | {
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572abb93be1ee31400cb81e7 | John_Kerry | In January 1977, Droney promoted him to First Assistant District Attorney, essentially making Kerry his campaign and media surrogate because Droney was afflicted with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease). As First Assistant, Kerry tried cases, which included winning convictions in a high-profile... | Why was Brooke being investigated? | {
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770
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"text": [
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57305ed58ab72b1400f9c4ab | Roman_Republic | Roman religious beliefs date back to the founding of Rome, around 800 BC. However, the Roman religion commonly associated with the republic and early empire did not begin until around 500 BC, when Romans came in contact with Greek culture, and adopted many of the Greek religious beliefs. Private and personal worship wa... | What religious element could be found in all Roman households? | {
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438
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"text": [
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5728af434b864d1900164c1c | Mandolin | Many adaptations of the instrument have been done to cater to the special needs of Indian Carnatic music. In Indian classical music and Indian light music, the mandolin, which bears little resemblance to the European mandolin, is usually tuned E-B-E-B. As there is no concept of absolute pitch in Indian classical music,... | Many adaptations of the instruments were done to cater to what type of music? | {
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572940fe6aef051400154bfc | Bermuda | Most of Bermuda's black population trace some of their ancestry to Native Americans, although awareness of this is largely limited to St David's Islanders and most who have such ancestry are unaware of it. During the colonial period, hundreds of Native Americans were shipped to Bermuda. The best-known examples were the... | What is one group that Bermuda's black population can link some of their ancestry to? | {
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67
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5729247faf94a219006aa0e8 | Insect | Insects were among the earliest terrestrial herbivores and acted as major selection agents on plants. Plants evolved chemical defenses against this herbivory and the insects, in turn, evolved mechanisms to deal with plant toxins. Many insects make use of these toxins to protect themselves from their predators. Such ins... | Insects formed mechanisms to shield against what? | {
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216
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"text": [
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56f893a2a6d7ea1400e1777d | Alps | Agassiz studied glacier movement in the 1840s at the Unteraar Glacier where he found the glacier moved 100 m (328 ft) per year, more rapidly in the middle than at the edges. His work was continued by other scientists and now a permanent laboratory exists inside a glacier under the Jungfraujoch, devoted exclusively to t... | Where did Agassiz study during the 1840s? | {
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49
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"text": [
"the Unteraar Glacier"
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570b2ec76b8089140040f7de | Xbox_360 | On November 6, 2006, Microsoft announced the Xbox Video Marketplace, an exclusive video store accessible through the console. Launched in the United States on November 22, 2006, the first anniversary of the Xbox 360's launch, the service allows users in the United States to download high-definition and standard-definit... | What was the name of the 360's video store service? | {
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45
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"text": [
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572a8568f75d5e190021fb42 | Miami | Florida High Speed Rail was a proposed government backed high-speed rail system that would have connected Miami, Orlando, and Tampa. The first phase was planned to connect Orlando and Tampa and was offered federal funding, but it was turned down by Governor Rick Scott in 2011. The second phase of the line was envisione... | Along with Orlando, what city would have been connected to Miami via Florida High Speed Rail? | {
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126
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573366074776f419006609e6 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead thus sees God and the world as fulfilling one another. He sees entities in the world as fluent and changing things that yearn for a permanence which only God can provide by taking them into God's self, thereafter changing God and affecting the rest of the universe throughout time. On the other hand, he sees G... | In what way did Whitehead view God as deficient? | {
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343
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"text": [
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5727f6982ca10214002d9a56 | Time | Time is one of the seven fundamental physical quantities in both the International System of Units and International System of Quantities. Time is used to define other quantities—such as velocity—so defining time in terms of such quantities would result in circularity of definition. An operational definition of time, w... | Time is one of how many fundamental physical quantities? | {
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19
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56e0455c231d4119001ac023 | Aspirated_consonant | Preaspirated consonants are marked by placing the aspiration modifier letter before the consonant symbol: ⟨ʰp⟩ represents the preaspirated bilabial stop. | A preaspirated consonant is marked how? | {
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38
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"text": [
"placing the aspiration modifier letter before the consonant symbol"
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572772ab708984140094ddc7 | Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States | In May 2015, a coalition of more than 60 Asian-American organizations filed federal complaints with the Education and Justice Departments against Harvard University. The coalition asked for a civil rights investigation into what they described as Harvard's discriminatory admission practices against Asian-American appli... | How many Asian organizations were involved in filing the federal complaints? | {
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28
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573084818ab72b1400f9c545 | Kievan_Rus%27 | Kievan Rus' begins with the rule (882–912) of Prince Oleg, who extended his control from Novgorod south along the Dnieper river valley in order to protect trade from Khazar incursions from the east and moved his capital to the more strategic Kiev. Sviatoslav I (died 972) achieved the first major expansion of Kievan Rus... | Which ruler introduced Christianity in Kievan Rus? | {
"answer_start": [
397
],
"text": [
"Vladimir the Great"
]
} |
572a11661d04691400779725 | Ottoman_Empire | The Ottoman Empire (/ˈɒtəmən/; Ottoman Turkish: دَوْلَتِ عَلِيّهٔ عُثمَانِیّه Devlet-i Aliyye-i Osmâniyye, Modern Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu or Osmanlı Devleti), also known as the Turkish Empire, Ottoman Turkey or Turkey, was an empire founded in 1299 by Oghuz Turks under Osman I in northwestern Anatolia. After co... | Conquests by who began the transformation of the Ottoman sultanate into an Empire? | {
"answer_start": [
346
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"text": [
"Murad I"
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} |
570db375df2f5219002ed103 | Adolescence | Romantic relationships tend to increase in prevalence throughout adolescence. By age 15, 53% of adolescents have had a romantic relationship that lasted at least one month over the course of the previous 18 months. In a 2008 study conducted by YouGov for Channel 4, 20% of 14−17-year-olds surveyed revealed that they had... | How many percent of adolescents have had a romantic relationship lasting one month or longer by age 15? | {
"answer_start": [
89
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