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question: What year was solid state survivor released ? context: Various disco songs incorporated sounds produced with synthesizers and drum machines , and some compositions were entirely electronic ; examples include Giorgio Moroder ' s late 1970s productions such as Donna Summer ' s hit single " I Feel Love " from 19...
1979
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question: In the 1880s , who constructed the first solar cell ? context: In the last two decades , photovoltaics ( PV ) , also known as solar PV , has evolved from a pure niche market of small scale applications towards becoming a mainstream electricity source . A solar cell is a device that converts light directly int...
Charles Fritts
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question: Which languages influenced by the empire was spoken in Iraq ? context: Ottoman Turkish was the official language of the Empire . It was an Oghuz Turkic language highly influenced by Persian and Arabic . The Ottomans had several influential languages : Turkish , spoken by the majority of the people in Anatolia...
Arabic
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question: What covers crimes of human against human ? context: Tort law covers the entire imaginable spectrum of wrongs which humans can inflict upon each other , and of course , partially overlaps with wrongs also punishable by criminal law . Although the American Law Institute has attempted to standardize tort law th...
Tort law
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question: How many cities were studied in Mercer ' s 2015 quality of living survey ? context: In recent Mercer ’ s 2015 annual quality - of - living survey , New Delhi ranks at number 154 out of 230 cities due to bad air quality and pollution . The World Health Organization ranked New Delhi as the world ’ s worst pollu...
230
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question: As of 2009 , how many people did GE employ in its renewable energy initiatives ? context: GE ( General Electric ) Energy ' s renewable energy business has expanded greatly , to keep up with growing U . S . and global demand for clean energy . Since entering the renewable energy industry in 2002 , GE has inves...
more than 4 , 900
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question: What do alleles do ? context: Genes can acquire mutations in their sequence , leading to different variants , known as alleles , in the population . These alleles encode slightly different versions of a protein , which cause different phenotype traits . Colloquial usage of the term " having a gene " ( e . g ....
encode slightly different versions of a protein
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question: What is Punjab ' s biggest festival ? context: Exhibitions and annual horse shows in all districts and a national horse and cattle show at Lahore are held with the official patronage . The national horse and cattle show at Lahore is the biggest festival where sports , exhibitions , and livestock competitions ...
The national horse and cattle show
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question: What problem did the hardware modification cause with later games ? context: Internally , a regional lockout chip ( CIC ) within the console and in each cartridge prevents PAL region games from being played on Japanese or North American consoles and vice versa . The Japanese and North American machines have t...
hardware in later games can detect this situation , so it later became common to install a switch to reconnect the lockout chip as needed
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question: The ECHR noted that among certain academics , what act carried out by the Serbs agains Bosnian Muslims and Croats did not constitute genocide ? context: On 12 July 2007 , European Court of Human Rights when dismissing the appeal by Nikola Jorgi Δ‡ against his conviction for genocide by a German court ( Jorgic ...
ethnic cleansing
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question: The most diverse insects coevolved with what ? context: The life cycles of insects vary but most hatch from eggs . Insect growth is constrained by the inelastic exoskeleton and development involves a series of molts . The immature stages can differ from the adults in structure , habit and habitat , and can in...
flowering plants
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question: Which year did the Italian American Professors make their request ? context: In 1976 , a group of Italian American professors at City University of New York asked to be added as an affirmative action category for promotion and hiring . Italian Americans are usually considered white in the US and would not be ...
1976
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question: Who argued that Popper ' s falsificationism was just as logically untenable as Logical Positivism ' s verificationism ? context: In a book called Science Versus Crime , Houck writes that Popper ' s falsificationism can be questioned logically : it is not clear how Popper would deal with a statement like " for...
Carl Gustav Hempel
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question: What is the least - accountable IGO ? context: Perhaps the greatest question regarding the future development of transnational policing is : in whose interest is it ? At a more practical level , the question translates into one about how to make transnational policing institutions democratically accountable (...
Interpol
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question: Until how long did South Korea ban Japanese cultural products ? context: Although most hardware clones were not produced under license by Nintendo , certain companies were granted licenses to produce NES - compatible devices . The Sharp Corporation produced at least two such clones : the Twin Famicom and the ...
1998
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question: What city in France did the torch relay start at ? context: France : The torch relay leg in Paris , held on April 7 , began on the first level of the Eiffel Tower and finished at the Stade Charl Γ© ty . The relay was initially supposed to cover 28 km , but it was shortened at the demand of Chinese officials fo...
Paris
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question: Attempting to use Gregorian dates for earlier events on the Julian calendar should be used with what action ? context: Extending the Gregorian calendar backwards to dates preceding its official introduction produces a proleptic calendar , which should be used with some caution . For ordinary purposes , the da...
caution
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question: Which actor plays the role of Mr . Hinx ? context: The story sees Bond pitted against the global criminal organisation Spectre , marking the group ' s first appearance in an Eon Productions film since 1971 ' s Diamonds Are Forever , [ N 2 ] and tying Craig ' s series of films together with an overarching stor...
Dave Bautista
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question: The enumeration areas in Namibia do not overlap with what in order to get reliable data ? context: Namibia conducts a census every ten years . After independence the first Population and Housing Census was carried out in 1991 , further rounds followed in 2001 and 2011 . The data collection method is to count ...
constituency boundaries
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question: What subjects was Popper authorized to teach in secondary school in 1929 ? context: In 1928 , he earned a doctorate in psychology , under the supervision of Karl B ΓΌ hler . His dissertation was entitled " Die Methodenfrage der Denkpsychologie " ( The question of method in cognitive psychology ) . In 1929 , he...
mathematics and physics
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question: How many volunteers did Tennessee send to the Mexican - American War ? context: Tennessee is known as the " Volunteer State " , a nickname some claimed was earned during the War of 1812 because of the prominent role played by volunteer soldiers from Tennessee , especially during the Battle of New Orleans . Ot...
30 , 000
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question: Where does the Mexico City Philharmonic perform ? context: Mexico City is home to a number of orchestras offering season programs . These include the Mexico City Philharmonic , which performs at the Sala Ollin Yoliztli ; the National Symphony Orchestra , whose home base is the Palacio de Bellas Artes ( Palace...
Sala Ollin Yoliztli
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question: Are adolescents or children better able to understand that people do not have complete control over their thoughts ? context: A third gain in cognitive ability involves thinking about thinking itself , a process referred to as metacognition . It often involves monitoring one ' s own cognitive activity during ...
Adolescents
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question: A rider to the Indian Appropriations Act of 1871 provided that the US government could not do what with an Indian nation ? context: Prior to 1871 , the government of the United States regularly entered into treaties with Native Americans but the Indian Appropriations Act of March 3 , 1871 ( ch . 120 , 16 Stat...
contract by treaty
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question: All boroughs except for Milpa Alta were in what ranking of HDI score ? context: In contrast , the boroughs of Xochimilco ( 172th ) , Tl Γ‘ huac ( 177th ) and Iztapalapa ( 183th ) presented the lowest HDI values of the Federal District with values of . 8481 , . 8473 and . 8464 respectively β€” values still in the...
top 200
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question: When did France sell Oklahoma ' s land to the US ? context: Evidence exists that native peoples traveled through Oklahoma as early as the last ice age . Ancestors of the Wichita and Caddo lived in what is now Oklahoma . The Panhandle culture peoples were precontact residents of the panhandle region . The west...
1803
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question: Why did Hitler feel the Luftwaffe was unsuccessful in bombing raids ? context: Adolf Hitler failed to pay as much attention to bombing the enemy as he did to protection from enemy bombing , although he had promoted the development of a bomber force in the 1930s and understood that it was possible to use bombe...
prescribed targets are not hit
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question: What genre of music is James Zabiela known for ? context: The city is home or birthplace to a number of contemporary musicians such as R ' n ' B singer Craig David , Coldplay drummer Will Champion , former Holloways singer Rob Skipper as well as 1980s popstar Howard Jones . Several rock bands were formed in S...
dance
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question: Who was the vice royalty of the Sakya regime established by ? context: P . Christiaan Klieger , an anthropologist and scholar of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco , writes that the vice royalty of the Sakya regime installed by the Mongols established a patron and priest relationship between ...
the Mongols
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question: What two people claim the title of Education Minister was often seen next to Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen ' s name in Tibetan texts ? context: Wang and Nyima state that after the official title " Education Minister " was granted to Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen ( 1302 – 1364 ) by the Yuan court , this title appe...
Wang and Nyima
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question: What did Darwin expect to see between species with the addition of artificial selection ? context: Darwin proposes sexual selection , driven by competition between males for mates , to explain sexually dimorphic features such as lion manes , deer antlers , peacock tails , bird songs , and the bright plumage o...
no limit to the amount of change , to the beauty and infinite complexity of the coadaptations between all organic beings
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question: Most domestic animals were selected for what traits ? context: Unlike other domestic species which were primarily selected for production - related traits , dogs were initially selected for their behaviors . In 2016 , a study found that there were only 11 fixed genes that showed variation between wolves and d...
production - related traits
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question: What did scientists attempt to boost artificially on Saint Helena ? context: Between 1791 and 1833 , Saint Helena became the site of a series of experiments in conservation , reforestation and attempts to boost rainfall artificially . This environmental intervention was closely linked to the conceptualisation...
rainfall
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question: Who holds that for an object to persist through time is for it to exist completely at different times ? context: The positions on the persistence of objects are somewhat similar . An endurantist holds that for an object to persist through time is for it to exist completely at different times ( each instance o...
endurantist
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question: What is a cause of once per revolution pitch variation ? context: Vinyl records can be warped by heat , improper storage , exposure to sunlight , or manufacturing defects such as excessively tight plastic shrinkwrap on the album cover . A small degree of warp was common , and allowing for it was part of the a...
warp , or from a spindle hole that was not precisely centered
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question: Is New Mexico known for the Spanish language ? context: New Mexico is commonly thought to have Spanish as an official language alongside English because of its wide usage and legal promotion of Spanish in the state ; however , the state has no official language . New Mexico ' s laws are promulgated bilinguall...
New Mexico is commonly thought to have Spanish as an official language alongside English because of its wide usage and legal promotion of Spanish in the state
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question: What century of scholars considered the Hellenistic period a decline in culture from classic Greece ? context: The focus on the Hellenistic period over the course of the 19th century by scholars and historians has led to an issue common to the study of historical periods ; historians see the period of focus a...
19th
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question: What is the average rainfall in Seattle ? context: From 1981 to 2010 , the average annual precipitation measured at Seattle – Tacoma International Airport was 37 . 49 inches ( 952 mm ) . Annual precipitation has ranged from 23 . 78 in ( 604 mm ) in 1952 to 55 . 14 in ( 1 , 401 mm ) in 1950 ; for water year ( ...
37 . 49 inches
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question: What were issues facing play back and recording mechanics ? context: Delicate sounds and fine overtones were mostly lost , because it took a lot of sound energy to vibrate the recording horn diaphragm and cutting mechanism . There were acoustic limitations due to mechanical resonances in both the recording an...
acoustic limitations
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question: What FBI agent was killed during attacks on the World Trade Center ? context: During the September 11 , 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center , FBI agent Leonard W . Hatton Jr . was killed during the rescue effort while helping the rescue personnel evacuate the occupants of the South Tower and stayed when it...
Leonard W . Hatton Jr
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question: What did the Alabama State Bar bestow on Lee in 2008 ? context: In 1992 , an Alabama editorial called for the death of Atticus , saying that as liberal as Atticus was , he still worked within a system of institutionalized racism and sexism and should not be revered . The editorial sparked a flurry of response...
honorary special membership
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question: What concept took shape during Walpole ' s tenure as prime minister ? context: From 1721 this was the Whig politician Robert Walpole , who held office for twenty - one years . Walpole chaired cabinet meetings , appointed all the other ministers , dispensed the royal patronage and packed the House of Commons w...
doctrine of cabinet solidarity
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question: Of what were the Vestals protectors ? context: The Vestals were a public priesthood of six women devoted to the cultivation of Vesta , goddess of the hearth of the Roman state and its vital flame . A girl chosen to be a Vestal achieved unique religious distinction , public status and privileges , and could ex...
vital flame
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question: What was the lockout chip number for most of Europe , save the UK and Italy ? context: The Famicom contained no lockout hardware and , as a result , unlicensed cartridges ( both legitimate and bootleg ) were extremely common throughout Japan and the Far East . The original NES ( but not the top - loading NES ...
3195
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question: What was reportly the largest ship in the Mughal Convoy in the Indian Fleet ? context: In September 1695 , Captain Henry Every , an English pirate on board the Fancy , reached the Straits of Bab - el - Mandeb , where he teamed up with five other pirate captains to make an attack on the Indian fleet making the...
Ganj - i - Sawai
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question: Who was the last Chief Minister of Norfolk Island ? context: The Assembly consisted of nine seats , with electors casting nine equal votes , of which no more than two could be given to any individual candidate . It is a method of voting called a " weighted first past the post system " . Four of the members of...
Lisle Snell
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question: What group of now extinct seed plants had many of the traits of what are now flowering plants ? context: The earliest known macrofossil confidently identified as an angiosperm , Archaefructus liaoningensis , is dated to about 125 million years BP ( the Cretaceous period ) , whereas pollen considered to be of ...
Gigantopterids
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question: Who killed Ali ? context: Ali was assassinated in 661 by a Kharijite partisan . Six months later in the same year , in the interest of peace , Hasan ibn Ali , highly regarded for his wisdom and as a peacemaker , and the Second Imam for the Shias , and the grandson of Muhammad , made a peace treaty with Muawiy...
Kharijite partisan
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question: What manufacturer was enlisted to design the 360 ' s graphics processor ? context: Known during development as Xbox Next , Xenon , Xbox 2 , Xbox FS or NextBox , the Xbox 360 was conceived in early 2003 . In February 2003 , planning for the Xenon software platform began , and was headed by Microsoft ' s Vice P...
ATI
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question: Who published a Seismic Risk Analysis Study ? context: In 2002 , Chinese geologist Chen Xuezhong published a Seismic Risk Analysis study in which he came to the conclusion that beginning with 2003 , attention should be paid to the possibility of an earthquake with a magnitude of over 7 . 0 occurring in Sichua...
Chen Xuezhong
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question: Early Greek ( before Koine ) have been redone with what ? context: Some forms of Greek before the Koine Greek period are reconstructed as having aspirated stops . The Classical Attic dialect of Ancient Greek had a three - way distinction in stops like Eastern Armenian : / t t ʰ d / . These stops were called ψ...
aspirated stops .
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question: Where is a sizeable and rapidly growing Orthodox community currently located besides New York State ? context: Although sizable Orthodox Jewish communities are located throughout the United States , many American Orthodox Jews live in New York State , particularly in the New York City Metropolitan Area . Two ...
New Jersey
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question: Saint Helena has a high proportion of what kind of birds ? context: St Helena has long been known for its high proportion of endemic birds and vascular plants . The highland areas contain most of the 400 endemic species recognised to date . Much of the island has been identified by BirdLife International as b...
endemic
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question: What famous Indian appears on the seal of Seattle ? context: The name " Seattle " appears on official Washington Territory papers dated May 23 , 1853 , when the first plats for the village were filed . In 1855 , nominal land settlements were established . On January 14 , 1865 , the Legislature of Territorial ...
Chief Sealth
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question: What city region is located near a ferry terminal ? context: There is a project involving the future relocation of Plymouth City Council ' s headquarters , the civic centre , to the current location of the Bretonside bus station ; it would involve both the bus station and civic centre being demolished and a r...
Millbay
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question: What name for Tibet most clearly includes the entire Tibetan plateau ? context: Other pre - modern Chinese names for Tibet include Wusiguo ( Chinese : 烏 ζ–― εœ‹ ; pinyin : W Ε« s Δ« gu Γ³ ; cf . Tibetan dbus , Ü , [ wy Κ” Λ¨ Λ§ Λ¨ ] ) , Wusizang ( Chinese : 烏 ζ–― 藏 ; pinyin : w Ε« s Δ« z Γ  ng , cf . Tibetan dbus - gtsang , ...
Tubote
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question: Who broadcast the 12th season in Italy ? context: In Latin America , the show is broadcast and subtitled by Sony Entertainment Television . In southeast Asia , it is broadcast by STAR World every Thursday and Friday nine or ten hours after . In Philippines , it is aired every Thursday and Friday nine or ten h...
La3
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question: When a human is suffering from hyponatremia , what is the main cause of damage that may occur ? context: Excess water intake , without replenishment of sodium and potassium salts , leads to hyponatremia , which can further lead to water intoxication at more dangerous levels . A well - publicized case occurred...
swelling of the brain
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question: When she was betrothed to Joseph , approximately how old was Mary ? context: According to the apocryphal Gospel of James , Mary was the daughter of Saint Joachim and Saint Anne . Before Mary ' s conception , Anne had been barren and was far advanced in years . Mary was given to service as a consecrated virgin...
12 – 14 years old
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question: When did Armenia gain independence from the USSR ? context: Turkey also has a long history of poor relations with Armenia over its refusal to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide . Turkey was one of the first countries to recognize the Republic of Armenia ( the 3rd republic ) after its independence from the USSR...
1991
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question: On Chopin ' s 200th anniversary critics of what publication made recommendations on recordings of Chopin ' s work ? context: Numerous recordings of Chopin ' s works are available . On the occasion of the composer ' s bicentenary , the critics of The New York Times recommended performances by the following con...
The New York Times
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question: What tenet of sharia did Gaddafi believe was incompatible with socialism ? context: With preceding legal institutions abolished , Gaddafi envisioned the Jamahiriya as following the Qur ' an for legal guidance , adopting sharia law ; he proclaimed " man - made " laws unnatural and dictatorial , only permitting...
protection of private property
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question: What is the time limit for designating a species critical habitat after the species has been added to the endangered list ? context: The ESA requires that critical habitat be designated at the time of or within one year of a species being placed on the endangered list . In practice , most designations occur s...
within one year
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question: What was the date that lay down the foundation for Northwestern University ? context: The foundation of Northwestern University is traceable to a meeting on May 31 , 1850 of nine prominent Chicago businessmen , Methodist leaders and attorneys who had formed the idea of establishing a university to serve what ...
May 31 , 1850
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question: Besides as an official and an educational language , where else is Catalan the prefered language ? context: Since the Spanish transition to democracy ( 1975 – 1982 ) , Catalan has been institutionalizated as an official language , language of education , and language of mass media ; all of which have contribu...
mass media
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question: Which one of Madonna ' s movie is a box office bomb ? context: During her childhood , Madonna was inspired by actors , later saying , " I loved Carole Lombard and Judy Holliday and Marilyn Monroe . They were all incredibly funny . . . and I saw myself in them . . . my girlishness , my knowingness and my innoc...
Swept Away
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question: What magazine published an interview quoting Schwarzenegger calling marijuana a " leaf " ? context: Schwarzenegger admitted that he has " behaved badly sometimes " and apologized , but also stated that " a lot of [ what ] you see in the stories is not true " . This came after an interview in adult magazine Ou...
GQ
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question: Who can limit judicial review of a law ? context: The power to review the constitutionality of laws may be limited by Congress , which has the power to set the jurisdiction of the courts . The only constitutional limit on Congress ' power to set the jurisdiction of the judiciary relates to the Supreme Court ;...
Congress
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question: What was the last campaign of World War II ? context: The Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation began on 9 August 1945 , with the Soviet invasion of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo and was the last campaign of the Second World War and the largest of the 1945 Soviet – Japanese War which resumed hosti...
Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
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question: What formed the undercroft of the monks ' dormitory ? context: The Pyx Chamber formed the undercroft of the monks ' dormitory . It dates to the late 11th century and was used as a monastic and royal treasury . The outer walls and circular piers are of 11th - century date , several of the capitals were enriche...
The Pyx Chamber
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question: What aircraft did Alcock and Brown use in 1919 for their flight ? context: St . John ' s was the starting point for the first non - stop transatlantic aircraft flight , by Alcock and Brown in a modified Vickers Vimy IV bomber , in June 1919 , departing from Lester ' s Field in St . John ' s and ending in a bo...
Vickers Vimy IV bomber
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question: In 1829 on a trip back to Berlin Chopin was a guest of who ? context: In September 1828 Chopin , while still a student , visited Berlin with a family friend , zoologist Feliks Jarocki , enjoying operas directed by Gaspare Spontini and attending concerts by Carl Friedrich Zelter , Felix Mendelssohn and other c...
Prince Antoni Radziwi Ε‚ Ε‚
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question: Through which manner are unabsorbed matter and waste products excreted ? context: Animal tissue consists of elements and compounds ingested , digested , absorbed , and circulated through the bloodstream to feed the cells of the body . Except in the unborn fetus , the digestive system is the first system invol...
feces
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question: Why did New Haven fair better than other invaded cities ? context: On July 5 , 1779 , 2 , 600 loyalists and British regulars under General William Tryon , governor of New York , landed in New Haven Harbor and raided the 3 , 500 - person town . A militia of Yale students had been prepping for battle , and form...
New Haven was not torched
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question: what is high - speed dsl used for ? context: For customers with more demanding requirements ( such as medium - to - large businesses , or other ISPs ) can use higher - speed DSL ( such as single - pair high - speed digital subscriber line ) , Ethernet , metropolitan Ethernet , gigabit Ethernet , Frame Relay ,...
customers with more demanding requirements
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question: Who were the β€œ intelligentia ? ” context: Elimination of Polish elites and intelligentia was part of Generalplan Ost . The Intelligenzaktion , a plan to eliminate the Polish intelligentsia , Poland ' s ' leadership class ' , took place soon after the German invasion of Poland , lasting from fall of 1939 till ...
Polish nobles , teachers , social workers , priests , judges and political activists
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question: What has changed since the second half of the 20th century ? context: Human interference has nearly exterminated the trees in many areas , and , except for the beech forests of the Austrian Alps , forests of deciduous trees are rarely found after the extreme deforestation between the 17th and 19th centuries ....
The vegetation
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question: What strongly altered the power balances and perceptions of origin of power in the Mediterranean region ? context: The rise of Islam , based on both the Qur ' an and Muhammad strongly altered the power balances and perceptions of origin of power in the Mediterranean region . Early Islamic philosophy emphasize...
The rise of Islam
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question: Who was the son of Murad II ? context: The son of Murad II , Mehmed the Conqueror , reorganized the state and the military , and conquered Constantinople on 29 May 1453 . Mehmed allowed the Orthodox Church to maintain its autonomy and land in exchange for accepting Ottoman authority . Because of bad relations...
Mehmed the Conqueror
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question: What was unique to vinyl sales in 2014 ? context: In 2014 artist Jack White sold 40 , 000 copies of his second solo release , Lazaretto , on vinyl . The sales of the record beat the largest sales in one week on vinyl since 1991 . The sales record was previously held by Pearl Jam ' s , Vitalogy , which sold 34...
was the only physical music medium with increasing sales with relation to the previous year
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question: When was the book The Bloody Tenent of Persecution published ? context: The phrase " [ A ] hedge or wall of separation between the garden of the church and the wilderness of the world " was first used by Baptist theologian Roger Williams , the founder of the colony of Rhode Island , in his 1644 book The Blood...
1644
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question: Who initially served as High Commissioner of North Africa ? context: French cooperation was deemed necessary to the campaign , and Eisenhower encountered a " preposterous situation " with the multiple rival factions in France . His primary objective was to move forces successfully into Tunisia , and intending...
Fran Γ§ ois Darlan
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question: Why didn ' t Neptune appear to be in it ' s exact discover position ? context: On 11 July 2011 , Neptune completed its first full barycentric orbit since its discovery in 1846 , although it did not appear at its exact discovery position in the sky , because Earth was in a different location in its 365 . 26 - ...
Earth was in a different location
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question: Which university is in Tucson ? context: Tucson ( / ˈ tu ː s Ι’ n / / tu ː ˈ s Ι’ n / ) is a city and the county seat of Pima County , Arizona , United States , and home to the University of Arizona . The 2010 United States Census put the population at 520 , 116 , while the 2013 estimated population of the enti...
University of Arizona
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question: How long did ground combat operations last in the Persian Gulf War ? context: After just 100 hours of ground combat , and with all of Kuwait and much of southern Iraq under coalition control , US President George H . W . Bush ordered a cease - fire and negotiations began resulting in an agreement for cessatio...
100 hours
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question: Who won the war ? context: After the Russian Revolution of 1917 guerrillas throughout Central Asia , known as basmachi , waged a war against Bolshevik armies in a futile attempt to maintain independence . The Bolsheviks prevailed after a four - year war , in which mosques and villages were burned down and the...
The Bolsheviks
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question: What year did Elizabeth I grant the charter to Raleigh to travel to North Carolina ? context: In 1584 , Elizabeth I granted a charter to Sir Walter Raleigh , for whom the state capital is named , for land in present - day North Carolina ( then part of the territory of Virginia ) . It was the second American t...
1584
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question: What did Martin Luther post on the castle church of Wittenberg ? context: Martin Luther , a German monk , started the German Reformation by posting 95 theses on the castle church of Wittenberg on October 31 , 1517 . The immediate provocation spurring this act was Pope Leo X ’ s renewal of the indulgence for t...
95 theses
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question: When did the airport open for business ? context: Nanjing ' s airport , Lukou International Airport , serves both national and international flights . In 2013 , Nanjing airport handled 15 , 011 , 792 passengers and 255 , 788 . 6 tonnes of freight . The airport currently has 85 routes to national and internati...
28 June 1997
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question: At most there are how many step of predator - prey interaction ? context: The act of predation can be broken down into a maximum of four stages : Detection of prey , attack , capture and finally consumption . The relationship between predator and prey is one that is typically beneficial to the predator , and ...
maximum of four stages
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question: What has been seen by some as a hinderance to understanding Buddhist philosophy ? context: Unlike many religions , Buddhism has no single central text that is universally referred to by all traditions . However , some scholars have referred to the Vinaya Pitaka and the first four Nikayas of the Sutta Pitaka a...
size and complexity of the Buddhist canons
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question: In which industry did the iPod have a major impact ? context: The iPod has also been credited with accelerating shifts within the music industry . The iPod ' s popularization of digital music storage allows users to abandon listening to entire albums and instead be able to choose specific singles which hasten...
music industry
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question: Approximentally how many Americans identified themselves as multiracial in the 2010 US census ? context: Multiracial Americans are Americans who have mixed ancestry of " two or more races " . The term may also include Americans of mixed - race ancestry who self - identify with just one group culturally and so...
In the 2010 US census , approximately 9 million individuals , or 2 . 9 % of the population , self - identified as multiracial .
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question: If a Jewish person owns a dog , he must do what to do the dog before he does it to himself ? context: Jewish law does not prohibit keeping dogs and other pets . Jewish law requires Jews to feed dogs ( and other animals that they own ) before themselves , and make arrangements for feeding them before obtaining...
feed
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question: There is newspaper company within the city that runs monthly , it ' s name ? context: New Haven is served by the daily New Haven Register , the weekly " alternative " New Haven Advocate ( which is run by Tribune , the corporation owning the Hartford Courant ) , the online daily New Haven Independent , and the...
Grand News Community Newspaper
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question: What did Great Britain gain with respect to the French trading outposts on the subcontinent of India ? context: The war was successful for Great Britain , which gained the bulk of New France in North America , Spanish Florida , some individual Caribbean islands in the West Indies , the colony of Senegal on th...
superiority over the French trading outposts
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question: What rating did Ars Technica initially give PlayStation 3 ? context: Critical and commercial reception to PS3 improved over time , after a series of price revisions , Blu - ray ' s victory over HD DVD , and the release of several well received titles . Ars Technica ' s original launch review gave PS3 only a 6...
6 / 10
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question: Which team received special dispensation from the UEFA in 2005 so they could enter the Champions League ? context: An exception to the usual European qualification system happened in 2005 , after Liverpool won the Champions League the year before , but did not finish in a Champions League qualification place ...
Liverpool
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question: What was the shortest of the major battles fought during the stalemate ? context: The principal battles of the stalemate include the Battle of Bloody Ridge ( 18 August – 15 September 1951 ) , the Battle of the Punchbowl ( 31 August - 21 September 1951 ) , the Battle of Heartbreak Ridge ( 13 September – 15 Oct...
the Battle of the Hook
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question: Who did Beyonce participate with in the Hope for Haiti Now : A Global Benefit ? context: Beyonc Γ© participated in George Clooney and Wyclef Jean ' s Hope for Haiti Now : A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief telethon and was named the official face of the limited edition CFDA " Fashion For Haiti " T - shirt ...
George Clooney and Wyclef Jean