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Brown, Granite Ventures, and Solstice participated in a round of investing along with another, certain entity. In what year was that entity founded?
1975
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The ice hockey team that eliminated the Montreal Canadiens in the semi-finals of the 1974-75 season was established in what year?
1970
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Which investor participated in Event411.com's second round of funding and also backed DivXNetworks?
WI Harper Group
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[ { "title": "e9403_p14", "sents": [ "http: www.mediatude.com Event411.com Raises $16 Million in Second Round of Funding MARINA DEL REY, Calif. -- Event411.com, which provides online event-planning software tools through an application services provider model, said it has raised $16 million in its secon...
The news weekly India First was launched in 2004 by three journalists: Satya Nayak, Shubhanker Behera, and a journalist born in what year?
1979
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[ { "title": "India First", "sents": [ "India First is an English-language news weekly published from Bhubaneswar, Odisha.", "The news weekly was launched in 2004 by journalists Sourav Mishra, Satya Nayak, Shubhanker Behera promoted by business person Sanjay Hans.", "Entrepreneurial English ...
The African National Party was a political party in Chad that formed in 1960 from the merger of the remnants of Chadian Social Action, Independent Democratic Union of Chad, Grouping of Rural and Independent Chadians, and one other political party; this other party was formed in what year?
1957
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[ { "title": "African National Party", "sents": [ "The African National Party (French: \"Parti national africain\" , PNA) was a political party in Chad.", "PNA was founded on January 30, 1960, through the merger of remnants of four parties based in the Muslim-dominated northern Chad; African Socia...
Before joining the NHL in 1988, Trevor John Linden helped a team in the Western Hockey League win consecutive Memorial Cup championships; who established this team in 1970?
George E. Maser
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[ { "title": "Trevor Linden", "sents": [ "Trevor John Linden, C.M., O.B.C.", "(born April 11, 1970) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current president of hockey operations and alternate governor of the Vancouver Canucks.", "He spent nineteen seasons in the National Ho...
Lister Glacier drains northeast from a large cirque immediately north of a mountain in Antarctica; what is the height of this mountain?
4025 m
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[ { "title": "Lister Glacier", "sents": [ "Lister Glacier ( ) is a glacier on the east side of the Royal Society Range in Antarctica, draining northeast from a large cirque immediately north of Mount Lister.", "It derives its name from Mount Lister, and was surveyed in 1957 by the New Zealand Blue...
In which year did this British politician begin serving as Prime Minister, who participated in the 16-hour Global Leap video conference of astronauts from the US in the classroom created by PictureTel Corporation?
1997
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Cantharellus zangii is a species in a family of fungi that are part of what order?
Cantharellales
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[ { "title": "Cantharellus zangii", "sents": [ "Cantharellus zangii is a species of fungus in the family Cantharellaceae.", "Described as new to science in 2012, it is found only in a small area in northwestern Yunnan, China.", "The fungus produces small, bright orange fruit bodies (mushroom...
Which firm provided funding to both UGO and Kozmo.com?
Liberty Digital
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[ { "title": "e2852_p6", "sents": [ "http: www.buzzsaw.com Entertainment Site UGO Networks Acquires Rival Bla-Bla.com mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Bla-Bla.com, an online portal for independ ent content, said that it has been acquired by rival UGO (UnderGround Online) Networks, for an und...
The two organizations that joined to create Oak Leaf Networks are the investor that provided $4 million in Edgewood Creek's Series B funding and which other organization?
University of Pittsburgh
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[ { "title": "e5091_p13", "sents": [ "Others included META Group, Lenfest Enterprises, Brobeck Phleger and Harrison, Eastern Technology Fund, Cross River Partners and individual investors.The company said it will use the funds to fuel its growth.", "http: www.ajunto.com Specialty Food Marketer Edg...
Around February of 2001, Prince Saud al-Faisal issues and invitation to a meeting in Saudi Arabia to executives from BP, Royal Dutch Shell, TotalFinaElf, and a company that is the largest direct descendant of what company?
Standard Oil Company
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[ { "title": "e11038_p13", "sents": [ "Others who have received state certification or are awaiting approval are Reliant Energy Retail Services LLC and Reliant Energy Solutions, associated with Houston-based utility Reliant; Shell Energy; AES NewEnergy Inc.; Enter gy Solutions Ltd.; Sempra Energy Soluti...
WestLB is thought to be one of a number of financial buyers to have approached Enron considering acquiring a company that provides approximately how many millions of litres of water a day?
285
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[ { "title": "e19732_p48", "sents": [ "WestLB is thought to be one of a number of financial buyers to have approac hed Enron with a view to acquiring Wessex, which is valued at more than AGB P1bn (e1.63bn).", "Enron, the energy trading group which bought Wessex in 1998 for AGBP1.4bn, is being boug...
The 2006 album Burning Desire is a posthumous album by a particular musician; what was the last full-length album by this musician released before his death?
Band of Gypsys
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[ { "title": "Burning Desire", "sents": [ "Burning Desire is a posthumous compilation album by Jimi Hendrix, released on December 12, 2006 by Dagger Records.", "The album contains instrumental studio jams and rough demos recorded in late 1969 and early 1970." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ...
The person responsible for authorizing Goodin MacBride to participate in a telephonic conference on the Calderon bill said Gordon's future work should only be conducted pursuant to a what?
approved RCR
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The Corolla and Tacoma are vehicles that are produced by a company headquartered in which Japanese prefecture?
Aichi
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Who was the chief economic advisor in the White House when this American politician born on June 12, 1952 served as Energy Secretary?
Lawrence B. Lindsey
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[ { "title": "Spencer Abraham", "sents": [ "Edward Spencer Abraham (born June 12, 1952) is an American author and politician who was a United States Senator from Michigan from 1995 to 2001 and the tenth United States Secretary of Energy, serving under President George W. Bush, from 2001 to 2005.", ...
When Al Chiaradonna became president and chief operating officer of Omnient, he had formerly been director of e-commerce for the Southeast region of one of the "Big Five" accounting firms; in what year did this accounting firm surrender its licenses to practice as Certified Public Accountants in the United States?
2002
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The Andean mountain Mururaju lies to the south of a mountain with what elevation?
5630 m
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[ { "title": "Mururaju", "sents": [ "Mururaju, Murrorajo or Pongos Sur is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 5688 m high.", "It is situated in the Ancash Region, Huari Province, Chavín de Huantar District and in the Recuay Province, Catac District.", "Mururaju li...
Montgomery Cunningham Meigs's record as Quartermaster General was viewed as a key factor in the victory of the Union by a Secretary of State who was born in what year?
1801
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[ { "title": "Montgomery C. Meigs", "sents": [ "Montgomery Cunningham Meigs ( ; May 3, 1816 – January 2, 1892) was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer, who served as Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army during and after the American Civil War.", "Despite his Southern birth, Me...
Enron shareholders filed a lawsuit against which member of Enron who died on July 5th, 2006?
Kenneth Lee "Ken" Lay
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How many different UN peacekeeping operations were involved in the visit to Sierra Leone and Ethiopia by the UN secretary-general who is chairman of The Elders, an international organization founded by Nelson Mandela?
two
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[ { "title": "Kofi Annan", "sents": [ "Kofi Atta Annan ( ; born 8 April 1938) is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006.", "Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize.", "He is the fo...
AOL-Time Warner made a pact with which network and communications provider with its headquarters in Atlanta, providing this second-largest ISP with access to Time Warner's 20 million subscribers?
EarthLink
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[ { "title": "e10596_p1", "sents": [ "No doubt, as EarthLink's newest pact with AOL-Time Warner includes access for the smaller ISP to 20 million households.", "* * * \"It provides us access to Time Warner cable in 20 million homes for us that's the only significant thing the merger had done for u...
Which company backed these music-focused P2P online services, which were acquired by Roxio and Rhapsody from Best Buy?
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
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[ { "title": "Napster", "sents": [ "Napster was the name given to two music-focused online services.", "It was founded as a pioneering peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing Internet service that emphasized sharing digital audio files, typically audio songs, encoded in MP3 format.", "The company ra...
Mark Lipsky was the Executive Producer on what movie starring an actor born on February 8th, 1941 that has also won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor?
Nicholas King Nolte
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[ { "title": "Mark Lipsky", "sents": [ "Mark Lipsky was the Executive Producer of \"The Nutty Professor\" (Jada Pinkett Smith), \"Metro\" which The A.V.", "Club called \"too lazily assembled, and too stingy with the jokes, to even live up to its modest ambitions\", \"Beverly Hills Cop III\" \"cons...
The sitcom "Massive" was broadcast on a television channel which began broadcasting in which year?
2003
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[ { "title": "Massive (TV series)", "sents": [ "Massive is a sitcom broadcast on digital channel BBC Three.", "It is set in Manchester and stars Ralf Little and Carl Rice as Danny and Shay, who leave their office jobs to set up a record label when Danny inherits £10,000 following the death of his ...
What is the highest point in the range of hills at the foot of which the town of Milnathort lies?
Ben Cleuch
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[ { "title": "Milnathort", "sents": [ "Milnathort is a small town in the parish of Orwell in Kinross-shire, Scotland.", "The smaller neighbour of nearby Kinross, Milnathort has a population of roughly 2,000 people.", "It is situated amidst picturesque countryside at the foot of the Ochil Hil...
The Feast of San Gennaro was first celebrated in the United States in a city that covers what land area in square miles?
302.6 sqmi
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The composer and vocalist Sudha Raghunathan received an award in 2015 from the Government of India that was instituted in which year?
1954
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Stephen L. Baum, chairman, president and CEO of a company that divides its interests into how many broad categories?
two
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[ { "title": "e5612_p1", "sents": [ "In addition, it would settle several regulatory cases before the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC), gives the State the opportunity to purchase 15,780 acres of environmentally-sensitive lands owned by the company along the Colorado River, and provides belo...
What is another name for this town whose nearest neighboring town is 22 km away located in the same state as the town Alangulam is in?
Cape Comorin
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The news service that ran a 5/9/01 story titled "Japan power market not fair for newcomers-Enron" ran a story on 3/22/01 about challenges Texas faced heading into deregulation that was written by what person?
C. Bryson Hull
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At the 2006 census, what was the population of the Australian town served by Northern Peninsula Airport?
784
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What organization had a lawsuit brought against it by the 2006 Minnesota gubernatorial nominee for the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party for giving out personal financial information?
United States Bank
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[ { "title": "Mike Hatch", "sents": [ "Michael Allen Hatch (born November 12, 1948) is an American politician who was Attorney General of Minnesota from 1999 to 2007.", "In 2006, he was the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party nominee for governor of Minnesota, unsuccessfully challenging Republican Gover...
The Stanford University economist who studies the California electricity market and once lectured at a University in Vancouver, B.C. chaired what committee related to the ISO?
ISO Market Surveillance Committee
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The opera A Night in Old Paris premiered on December 14, 1924 as part of a meeting of a theatrical club in a city whose estimated 2016 population was what?
8,537,673
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[ { "title": "A Night in Old Paris", "sents": [ "A Night in Old Paris is a short dramatic opera by American composer Henry Kimball Hadley with an English libretto by Frederick Truesdell, based on a play by Glen Macdonough.", "It premiered on December 14, 1924, in a private performance at the Metro...
What is the land area of this US city where the businessman Jonathan Sturges born in 1802 worked?
302.6 sqmi
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[ { "title": "Jonathan Sturges House", "sents": [ "The Jonathan Sturges House is a historic house at 449 Mill Plain Road in Fairfield, Connecticut.", "Built in 1840 to a design by Joseph Collins Wells, it is one of the oldest-known and best-documented examples of architect-designed Gothic Revival ...
In his investigation into Rove's dealings, Waxman stated he specifically wanted to know about Rove's meetings in March and April with officials from the American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in New York and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts as well as what two other companies?
Intel, General Electric and Enron
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California's Office of Appropriate Technology was established by a person who was born in what year?
1938
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Curtis Wagner Jr. encouraged the parties to reach a compromise in a case where California regulators accused a company of market manipulation, alongside El Paso Natural Gas, that was being sold energy by CalEnergy, as opposed to CalEnergy selling to what company that owed them money?
Edison
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[ { "title": "e27789_p0", "sents": [ "NGI's Daily Gas Price Index published August 31, 2001 ALJ Advocates Money Settlement in El Paso Dispute FERC Chief Administrative Law Judge Curtis Wagner Jr. yesterday \"strongly encourage[d]\" parties to reach a monetary settlement in the high-profile case in which...
The company that industry sources suggested was is in pole position to lead the $15 billion South Ghawar development known as core venture 1, was eventually given stakes in it alongside what other three companies?
Shell, BP and Phillips
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Enron's long-term credit rating was lowered down to Baa2 from Baa1 by a firm where what person runs their New York power group?
Susan Abbott
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Margot Habiby can be reached at (713) 353-4872 in this city located in what county?
Harris County
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[ { "title": "e19594_p10", "sents": [ "Other companies mentioned in reports as possible buyers of all or part of Enron have denied an interest in the idea.", "General Electric Co. Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt told CNN today that ``Enron's really not on our list right now.''", "BP P...
The co-founder of Vector Graphic is also the investor and director of which institute?
McGovern Institute for Brain Research
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[ { "title": "Lore Harp McGovern", "sents": [ "Lore Harp McGovern is an entrepreneur and philanthropist based in Northern California.", "She was born in Germany, moved to the United States and married Patrick J. McGovern, with whom she co-founded the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT in...
Phalacrocorax featherstoni is endemic to an island that is known by what name in the Moriori language?
Rangiaotea
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In what year did the Democratic Senator from Washington who was a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee when California was feeling the ill effects of energy deregulation first join the senate?
2001
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"The Saint of Bleecker Street" is an opera by a person who also wrote which Christmas opera?
Amahl and the Night Visitors
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[ { "title": "Elisabeth Carron", "sents": [ "Elisabeth Carron (born Elisabetta Caradonna; February 12, 1922 – December 1, 2016), was an American operatic soprano from Newark, New Jersey, who had an active international career from the 1940s through the 1980s.", "In 1954 she portrayed the Young Wom...
How much money was the water supply and sewage utility company that covers 10,000 square kilometers of South West England purchased for by Enron in 1998?
$:1.4 billion
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[ { "title": "Wessex Water", "sents": [ "Wessex Water Services Limited, known as Wessex Water, is a water supply and sewerage utility company serving an area of South West England, covering 10,000 square kilometres including Bristol, most of Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire and parts of Gloucestershire an...
What is the website for the company backed by the investors like Robinson-Humphrey Company and individuals from Yankelovich Partners, Holland & Knights and this American management consulting firm with 85 offices operating in 48 countries?
www.screen4me.com
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[ { "title": "Boston Consulting Group", "sents": [ "The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is an American worldwide management consulting firm with 85 offices in 48 countries.", "The firm advises clients in the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors around the world, including more than two-thirds...
The person responsible for the quote "What if LADWP found itself short of power, would it expect to get that power from the state at a reasonable cost?" following a 15 percent markup, was a professor of public policy and what?
Business Administration
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[ { "title": "e5995_p58", "sents": [ "LADWP charged the state between $213.50 to $174.60 per megawatt-hour of electricity, a price that included a 15 percent premium.", "LADWP was not profiteering, said Eric Pharp, director of public affairs for the municipal utility.", "\"I don't think most...
By registering for the Cramer's Fall Forecast & Investing Strategy 8 conference, people had an opportunity to be in the radio station while a person born in what year was on the air on his new daily financial show?
1955
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What is the estimated population of this city in California in 2015, where Enron Chamber's offices, whose street address is 350 S. Bixel Street, is located??
18.7 million
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The 2009 film "Star Trek" was produced by J. J. Abrams and a person with what middle name?
Laurence
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What year did the advisor to President George W. Bush who talked regularly with the donors behind ads for the 21st Century Energy Project resign from the administration?
2007
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[ { "title": "e6406_p26", "sents": [ "Politics & Policy New Ads Illustrate Weakness of Campaign-Finance Reform Spots by Outside Group Run by Former Bush Aides Push White House Energy Plan By Jim VandeHei Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal 07 12 2001 The Wall Street Journal A18 (Copyright (c) 2001...
The Canadian communications and media company headquartered in Toronto invested in what company that welcomed the founder of eLabs on its board of directors as its 8th member?
ReplayTV
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[ { "title": "Rogers Communications", "sents": [ "Rogers Communications Inc. is a Canadian communications and media company.", "It operates particularly in the field of wireless communications, cable television, telephone, and Internet connectivity with significant additional telecommunications an...
In what year did the agency credited as the source of the statistic that 31% of total commercial building energy use is on lighting begin operation?
1970
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[ { "title": "e2665_p63", "sents": [ "Commercial building energy use Lighting, heating and cooling rank at the top for commercial building energ y costs.", "Energy as a percent of total commercial building operating expense 19% Administrative 18% Cleaning 10% Roads, grounds, security 23% Repairs, ...
Which corporation that was based in the fourth-most populous city in the US bought a recycled newsprint mill in Garfield, New Jersey and carried out sales transactions for a plant in Quebec?
Enron
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[ { "title": "Houston", "sents": [ "Houston ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth-most populous city in the United States.", "With a census-estimated 2016 population of 2.303 million within an area of 667 sqmi , it is also the largest city in the southern United S...
The person who was the contact for people with questions concerning attending a dinner for California Governor Gray Davis on Thursday, December 7, 2000 at Julia Morgan House in Sacramento was responsible for managing what at the Independent Energy Producers Association?
State Policy Affairs
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[ { "title": "e5724_p0", "sents": [ "'Greetings: IEP will be hosting a dinner for California Governor Gray Davis on Thursday, December 7, 2000 at the historic Julia Morgan House in Sacramento.", "We will be targeting to raise at least $100,000 so company contributions will range from $10,000-$20,0...
Which firm backed both Aventail and Jamcracker?
Pivotal Asset Management
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Who was the governor of California at the time the 43rd President of the US visited the state for the first time?
Gray Davis
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The country within which the state of Maharashtra is located had a state-owned corporation dismiss a gas well project on 4/22/01 at fields named what?
Tapti fields
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How many counties traditionally comprise the region of California that had excess power after plants within it that had been shut down for air pollution were returned to operation through agreements with the South Coast Air Quality Management District but could not sent it to the rest of California due to a transmissio...
eight
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The river that is formed by the confluence of the Tienba River and the Gouan River has been dammed to form a reservoir that is called what in French?
Lac de Buyo
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The entity that pioneered the concept of contracted professional services announced the launch of what stand alone company that will develop and deliver network storage services?
Pyxsys
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What is the name of the home stadium of this American professional basketball team for which Tim Thibodeau served as head coach in 2016?
Target Center
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Which company gave the "Your Rights" documents to consumers along with Entergy, First Choice, The New Power Co., Shell, and the energy company where Ken Breeden was president of the commercial and industrial division?
Green Mountain Energy Co.
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The company founded in 1982 that expanded its storage investment fund with an additional $100 million in 2001 was the largest supplier of what during the 90's, until it was overtaken by HP in 2001?
PC systems
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Individual investors in Myteam.com from the sports and media industry included Bobby Orr, M.L. Carr, John Smith, Larry Rawson, and a person who played for what team from 1985 to 1993?
Cleveland Browns
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Along with Duke Energy Corp, the other target of Enron executives' scorn due to them not pursuing an "asset-light" philosophy said on March 31st it was owed how much for power sold to the ISO and now-defunct California Power Exchange?
$252 million
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The news corporation that shared a story titled "California ISO Unveils Outage Notification Plan; Meets Deadline for Governor's Executive Order to Roll Out Warnings to Public" on 6/18/01 ran a story about proposed legislation by a Bush energy task force recommending seizing private property in order to speed up power l...
SCOTT LINDLAW
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The entity that CME Group of Chicago owns is the world's largest what?
energy exchange
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The news service that ran a 4/19/01 story titled "INDIA: Enron's India unit says lenders meet on April 23" ran a story on 3/22/01 about Enron's stock falling in spite of a what?
earnings reassurance
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Which firm provided funding to both Static and DivXNetworks?
Zone Ventures
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What is the contact phone number of the person that wrote an article on 7/3/2001 for the San Jose Mercury News titled "Davis paying millions to energy consultants, contracts reveal"
(916) 441-4603
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In what year did the person die that William Whitby served as Speaker of Virginia House of Burgesses in the 1653 session after?
1653
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In what year did the oil firm that was founded in West Texas in 1977 merge with Spectrum 7 Energy Corp?
1984
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Which actor, born in 1938 and known for his role in "First Blood," starred in the Miramax film, "Stolen Summer?"
Brian Dennehy
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What iConverse investor was founded in 1979 and has offices in Waltham, Massachusettes and Palo Alto, California?
Advanced Technology Ventures
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The point-and-click adventure game Ankh was ported to what platform in 2006 that was first released in September of 1991?
Linux
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What is the name of the spouse of this Austrian actress born in 1922 who starred in the 1940 movie My Daughter Lives in Vienna along with Hans Moser and O. W. Fischer?
Albert Hehn
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What politician who was born on August 26th, 1945 was made the head of a new agency by President Bush that coordinates the efforts of over 40 other government agencies?
Tom Ridge
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The office supply retailing company headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts said 3Q fiscal profits rose nearly how much percent to $0.20 per share?
8%
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What is the literal meaning of the name of this north state in India in which the small village Bakarawan is located?
Abode of Snow
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In what year was the university founded that Robert Kingsley served as Dean of Law at from 1952 to 1963?
1880
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What Nexsi financial backer has also invested in Nishan Systems?
Raza Ventures
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How long is this north-south US highway in the Central US that meets the southern terminus of Route 47 in Bonne Terre?
mile
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What Tridion financial backer has also invested in BuildNet?
Barnard
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A judge of which court vacated the interim order related to repayment of the loan granted by Enron India to EMC for constructing a transmission line under the Indian state-owned electricity regulation board formed in 1960?
the Sealdah Court
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Which river is found near this city in west-central Poland, which is located 50 km north-west of Czeszewo?
Warta river
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The person who has repeatedly undermined Gov. Gray Davis by disputing the fundamental premise of his energy plan asked who how power shortages affected Enron's profits?
Andy Fastow
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In which year did this American politician run for presidential election and lose, who was the senator of Massachusetts when Richard Gephardt was House Minority Leader and Tom Daschle was Senate Majority Leader?
2004
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What representative for Sherman Oaks has pushed for state actions in order to moderate energy usage and increase production, arguing that there is no reason energy prices should be so much higher than they were the year prior?
Bob Hertzberg
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The person who sent an e-mail on August 27, 2001 at 11:41 AM to Karen Denne, Jeff Dasovich, Kaufman, and Paul Subject about receiving a letter from California State University, Sacramento sent an e-mail on 03 01 2001 at 04:02 PM to adv.com on with an attachment containing proposed amendments to what bill?
SBX 27
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Which president appointed this American economist as Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, who hosted the 2000-2001 Haas Business Faculty Research Dialogue where Secretary Summers participated?
President Bill Clinton
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[ { "title": "e7758_p0", "sents": [ "'Dear Haas Students, I am delighted to announce that Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence H. Summe rs will be at the Haas School on Wednesday December 6, 2000. Secretary Summers has been a primary shaper of United States economic policy in the Clinton Administration, f...
The publication that ran a 4/30/01 story titled "CHAMBER CHIEF CALLS FOR PRIVATISATION OF INDIA'S POWER SECTOR REFORMS" ran a story on 4/25/01 about a high-level committee comprising representatives of the federal Government, Maharashtra Government, and what board?
Maharashtra State Electricity Board
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How long is the term for this chief executive officer and official head of this city, for which George Edward Cryer born on May 13, 1875 occupied in 1921?
four-year term
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In which year was this North Dakota city founded where the radio station KOVC (1490 AM) is based?
1874
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What country was glorified as a partner by the 42nd President of the US?
China
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When the CEO, born November 25, 1953, who was later convicted of federal felony charges relating to the company's collapse requiring him to serve time in a prison camp in Alabama, had to resign for personal reasons, who took on his responsibilities?
Kenneth Lay
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[ { "title": "Jeffrey Skilling", "sents": [ "Jeffrey Keith \"Jeff\" Skilling (born November 25, 1953) is the former CEO of Enron Corporation.", "In 2006, he was convicted of federal felony charges relating to Enron's collapse and is currently serving 14 years of a 24-year, four-month prison senten...
Time Reiterman, Carl Ingram, and Miguel Bustillo all wrote for the home edition of what paper in June of 2001?
Los Angeles Times
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