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question: Who developed what is much of today ' s garden at Buckingham ? context: Possibly the first house erected within the site was that of a Sir William Blake , around 1624 . The next owner was Lord Goring , who from 1633 extended Blake ' s house and developed much of today ' s garden , then known as Goring Great G...
Lord Goring
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question: Why were experiments done on luminiferous aether in the 19 Century ? context: While outer space provides the most rarefied example of a naturally occurring partial vacuum , the heavens were originally thought to be seamlessly filled by a rigid indestructible material called aether . Borrowing somewhat from th...
" While the interstellar absorbing medium may be simply the ether , [ it ] is characteris
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question: The RGB color model has three colors in it that are described as what kind of colors ? context: In modern color theory , also known as the RGB color model , red , green and blue are additive primary colors . Red , green and blue light combined together makes white light , and these three colors , combined in ...
additive primary colors
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question: Who made several assasination attempts on Tito ? context: The Soviet answer on 4 May admonished Tito and the Communist Party of Yugoslavia ( CPY ) for failing to admit and correct its mistakes , and went on to accuse them of being too proud of their successes against the Germans , maintaining that the Red Arm...
Stalin
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question: The New Haven Harbor is receiving what kind of adjustment ? context: Major projects include the current construction of a new campus for Gateway Community College downtown , and also a 32 - story , 500 - unit apartment / retail building called 360 State Street . The 360 State Street project is now occupied an...
dock is planned
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question: What type of treatments does the Menninger Clinic offer ? context: The Baylor College of Medicine has annually been considered within the top ten medical schools in the nation ; likewise , the MD Anderson Cancer Center has consistently ranked as one of the top two U . S . hospitals specializing in cancer care...
psychiatric
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question: What is the basis behind Catholic theology ? context: Theism generally holds that God exists realistically , objectively , and independently of human thought ; that God created and sustains everything ; that God is omnipotent and eternal ; and that God is personal and interacting with the universe through , f...
God is infinitely simple and is not involuntarily subject to time
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question: What profession is more likely to want to repeal DST : farmers or shopkeepers ? context: Opponents argue that actual energy savings are inconclusive , that DST increases health risks such as heart attack , that DST can disrupt morning activities , and that the act of changing clocks twice a year is economical...
Farmers
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question: Why was the Royal College of Chemistry founded ? context: The Royal College of Chemistry was established by private subscription in 1845 as there was a growing awareness that practical aspects of the experimental sciences were not well taught and that in the United Kingdom the teaching of chemistry in particu...
in the United Kingdom the teaching of chemistry in particular had fallen behind that in Germany
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question: What main road leads to the airport ? context: In the late 1970s many arterial roads were redesigned as ejes viales ; high - volume one - way roads that cross , in theory , Mexico City proper from side to side . The eje vial network is based on a quasi - Cartesian grid , with the ejes themselves being called ...
The Viaducto Miguel Alem á n
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question: What role did von Neuman play in the selection of targets ? context: Along with four other scientists and various military personnel , von Neumann was included in the target selection committee responsible for choosing the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as the first targets of the atomic bomb . Von...
oversaw computations
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question: What is the term used by Internet Archive to describe the Wayback Machine ? context: The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web and other information on the Internet created by the Internet Archive , a nonprofit organization , based in San Francisco , California , United States . It was se...
three dimensional index
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question: What Supreme Court case ruled that a treaty provision that conflicts with the US Constitution is null and void under US law ? context: The Supreme Court ruled in the Head Money Cases that " treaties " do not have a privileged position over Acts of Congress and can be repealed or modified ( for the purposes of...
Reid v . Covert
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question: How many pigs died from the earthquake in Sichuan ? context: The earthquake left at least 5 million people without housing , although the number could be as high as 11 million . Millions of livestock and a significant amount of agriculture were also destroyed , including 12 . 5 million animals , mainly birds ...
a million
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question: What are exhibition games in the Olympics ? context: An exhibition game may also be used to settle a challenge , to provide professional entertainment , to promote the sport , or to raise money for charities . Several sports leagues hold all - star games to showcase their best players against each other , whi...
a demonstration sport
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question: What type of study is used to simulate lighting designs ? context: Photometric studies ( also sometimes referred to as " layouts " or " point by points " ) are often used to simulate lighting designs for projects before they are built or renovated . This enables architects , lighting designers , and engineers...
Photometric studies
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question: What entity governed Portugal until 1976 ? context: The country continued to be governed by a Junta de Salva ç ã o Nacional until the Portuguese legislative election of 1976 . It was won by the Portuguese Socialist Party ( PS ) and M á rio Soares , its leader , became Prime Minister of the 1st Constitutional ...
Junta de Salva ç ã o Nacional
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question: What was the name of the boat that was damaged during the race ? context: On November 2011 , the sailing boat Puma ' s Mar Mostro participant in Volvo Ocean Race arrived to the island after her mast broke in the first leg from Alicante and Cape Town . This event made the island , its inhabitants and lifestyle...
Puma ' s Mar Mostro
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question: In which century did Portugal see the arrival of Modernism ? context: The 20th century saw the arrival of Modernism , and along with it came the most prominent Portuguese painters : Amadeo de Souza - Cardoso , who was heavily influenced by French painters , particularly by the Delaunays . Among his best - kno...
20th century
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question: What is the English translation of the word Jeltoqsan ? context: The " Jeltoqsan " ( Kazakh for " December " ) of 1986 were riots in Alma - Ata , Kazakhstan , sparked by Gorbachev ' s dismissal of Dinmukhamed Konayev , the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan and an ethnic Kazakh , who was rep...
December
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question: Contemporary Kathmandu art combines traditional influences with what type of art ? context: Kathmandu is a center for art in Nepal , displaying the work of contemporary artists in the country and also collections of historical artists . Patan in particular is an ancient city noted for its fine arts and crafts...
modern
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question: As humidity increased what land area decreased ? context: Sea levels began to rise during the Jurassic , which was probably caused by an increase in seafloor spreading . The formation of new crust beneath the surface displaced ocean waters by as much as 200 m ( 656 ft ) more than today , which flooded coastal...
deserts
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question: How are icebergs formed ? context: Tidewater glaciers are glaciers that terminate in the sea , including most glaciers flowing from Greenland , Antarctica , Baffin and Ellesmere Islands in Canada , Southeast Alaska , and the Northern and Southern Patagonian Ice Fields . As the ice reaches the sea , pieces bre...
As the ice reaches the sea , pieces break off , or calve
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question: Who wrote Culture and Anarchy ? context: " Hellenistic " is a modern word and a 19th - century concept ; the idea of a Hellenistic period did not exist in Ancient Greece . Although words related in form or meaning , e . g . Hellenist ( Ancient Greek : Ἑ λ λ η ν ι σ τ ή ς , Hell ē nist ē s ) , have been attest...
Matthew Arnold
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question: What era is commonly known as the final phase of the Stone Age ? context: Traditionally considered the last part of the Stone Age , the Neolithic followed the terminal Holocene Epipaleolithic period and commenced with the beginning of farming , which produced the " Neolithic Revolution " . It ended when metal...
the Neolithic
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question: Who declared himself ruler of an independent Tibet ? context: After the Xinhai Revolution ( 1911 – 12 ) toppled the Qing dynasty and the last Qing troops were escorted out of Tibet , the new Republic of China apologized for the actions of the Qing and offered to restore the Dalai Lama ' s title . The Dalai La...
Dalai Lama
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question: Toxocariasis is caused by what kind of eggs in dog feces ? context: Toxocara canis ( dog roundworm ) eggs in dog feces can cause toxocariasis . In the United States , about 10 , 000 cases of Toxocara infection are reported in humans each year , and almost 14 % of the U . S . population is infected . In Great ...
roundworm
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question: After being cancel in 2007 , what organization currently support New Haven Jazz Festival ? context: The New Haven Green is the site of many free music concerts , especially during the summer months . These have included the New Haven Symphony Orchestra , the July Free Concerts on the Green in July , and the N...
Jazz Haven
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question: What was the primary component of a palace hall during the Han dynasty ? context: Timber was the chief building material during the Han dynasty ; it was used to build palace halls , multi - story residential towers and halls and single - story houses . Because wood decays rapidly , the only remaining evidence...
Timber
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question: What is another popular madonlin tuning ? context: 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 -...
C - G - C - G
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question: What was Paul Vi ' s nickname during his papacy ? context: Pope Paul VI became the first pope to visit six continents , and was the most travelled pope in history to that time , earning the nickname " the Pilgrim Pope " . With his travels he opened new avenues for the papacy , which were continued by his succ...
the Pilgrim Pope
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question: What sitcom did the Archie Bunker character feature in ? context: The traditional New York area accent is characterized as non - rhotic , so that the sound [ ɹ ] does not appear at the end of a syllable or immediately before a consonant ; hence the pronunciation of the city name as " New Yawk . " There is no ...
All in the Family
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question: Where is the Tucson Folk Festival held ? context: For the past 25 years , the Tucson Folk Festival has taken place the first Saturday and Sunday of May in downtown Tucson ' s El Presidio Park . In addition to nationally known headline acts each evening , the Festival highlights over 100 local and regional mus...
El Presidio Park
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question: How did Dou Wu pass away ? context: Following Huan ' s death , Dou Wu and the Grand Tutor Chen Fan ( 陳 蕃 ) ( d . 168 AD ) attempted a coup d ' é tat against the eunuchs Hou Lan ( d . 172 AD ) , Cao Jie ( d . 181 AD ) , and Wang Fu ( 王 甫 ) . When the plot was uncovered , the eunuchs arrested Empress Dowager Do...
he was forced to commit suicide
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question: When did the Soviet Union occupy Czechoslovakia ? context: The languages have not undergone the deliberate highlighting of minor linguistic differences in the name of nationalism as has occurred in the Bosnian , Serbian and Croatian standards of Serbo - Croatian . However , most Slavic languages ( including C...
1968
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question: What was the value of Apple ' s cash assets at the end of 2007 ? context: On October 22 , 2007 , Apple reported quarterly revenue of US $ 6 . 22 billion , of which 30 . 69 % came from Apple notebook sales , 19 . 22 % from desktop sales and 26 % from iPod sales . Apple ' s 2007 year revenue increased to US $ 2...
$ 15 . 4 billion
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question: Who did Kuruma negotiate with ? context: On the evening of 12 April 2012 , members of the country ' s military staged a coup d ' é tat and arrested the interim president and a leading presidential candidate . Former vice chief of staff , General Mamadu Ture Kuruma , assumed control of the country in the trans...
opposition parties
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question: How many staterooms does the palace have ? context: The palace measures 108 metres ( 354 ft ) by 120 metres ( 390 ft ) , is 24 metres ( 79 ft ) high and contains over 77 , 000 m2 ( 830 , 000 sq ft ) of floorspace . The floor area is smaller than the Royal Palace of Madrid , the Papal Palace in Rome , the Louv...
19 state rooms
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question: Who did Yongzheng behead ? context: He moved rapidly . First , he promoted Confucian orthodoxy and reversed what he saw as his father ' s laxness by cracking down on unorthodox sects and by decapitating an anti - Manchu writer his father had pardoned . In 1723 he outlawed Christianity and expelled Christian m...
anti - Manchu writer
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question: What type of diversity arrives uninvited ? context: Agricultural diversity can also be divided by whether it is ‘ planned ’ diversity or ‘ associated ’ diversity . This is a functional classification that we impose and not an intrinsic feature of life or diversity . Planned diversity includes the crops which ...
associated diversity
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question: Was Alexandria welcoming to other cultures ? context: Alexandria was the most important trade center in the whole empire during Athanasius ' s boyhood . Intellectually , morally , and politically — it epitomized the ethnically diverse Graeco - Roman world , even more than Rome or Constantinople , Antioch or M...
ethnically diverse
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question: What was needed to set foot on most of the shores of the southern and central Mediterranean ? context: It now became relevant to define the east of the eastern question . In about the middle of the 19th century " Near East " came into use to describe that part of the east closest to Europe . The term " Far Ea...
permits from the Ottoman Empire
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question: When did Tibet become part of Qing China ? context: By the mid - 18th century , the Qing had successfully put outer regions such as Inner and Outer Mongolia , Tibet and Xinjiang under its control . Imperial commissioners and garrisons were sent to Mongolia and Tibet to oversee their affairs . These territorie...
mid - 18th century
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question: The Spanish Supreme Court hears all cases related to law in what areas ? context: Spanish Supreme Court is the highest court for all cases in Spain ( both private and public ) . Only those cases related to human rights can be appealed at the Constitutional Court ( which also decides about acts accordance with...
private and public
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question: The double bass , brass and percussion sections are predominately what gender ? context: In 2013 , an article in Mother Jones stated that while " [ m ] any prestigious orchestras have significant female membership — women outnumber men in the New York Philharmonic ' s violin section — and several renowned ens...
male
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question: When did people become able to vote for representation ? context: After years of demanding greater political autonomy , residents were given the right to directly elect a Head of Government and the representatives of the unicameral Legislative Assembly by popular vote in 1997 . Ever since , the left - wing Pa...
1997
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question: What religious buildings were housed inside al - Qarawiyin University ? context: al - Qaraw ī y ī n University in Fez , Morocco is recognised by many historians as the oldest degree - granting university in the world , having been founded in 859 by Fatima al - Fihri . While the madrasa college could also issu...
mosques
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question: Why can American tort law not be easily summarized ? 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 to...
because of its immense size and diversity
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question: It was found that the Y - chromosome of Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews contained mutations that are uncommon with what other people ? context: A study of haplotypes of the Y - chromosome , published in 2000 , addressed the paternal origins of Ashkenazi Jews . Hammer et al . found that the Y - chromosome of Ashk...
uncommon in the general European population
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question: How many geopolitical zones do people consider the Nigerian states to be in ? context: Nigeria is divided into thirty - six states and one Federal Capital Territory , which are further sub - divided into 774 Local Government Areas ( LGAs ) . The plethora of states , of which there were only three at independe...
six
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question: In what year was a large scale solar distillation project constructed in Las Salinas ? context: Solar distillation can be used to make saline or brackish water potable . The first recorded instance of this was by 16th - century Arab alchemists . A large - scale solar distillation project was first constructed...
1872
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question: Written IPA consonants use symbols for what ? context: In the International Phonetic Alphabet ( IPA ) , aspirated consonants are written using the symbols for voiceless consonants followed by the aspiration modifier letter ⟨ ◌ ʰ ⟩ , a superscript form of the symbol for the voiceless glottal fricative ⟨ h ⟩ . ...
voiceless consonants
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question: Who ruled Nepal after the Licchavi ? context: The Licchavi era was followed by the Malla era . Rulers from Tirhut , upon being attacked by Muslims , fled north to the Kathmandu valley . They intermarried with Nepali royalty , and this led to the Malla era . The early years of the Malla era were turbulent , wi...
Malla
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question: Did the child workers receive anything from the christian mission schools ? context: In southeast Asian colonies , such as Hong Kong , child labour such as the Mui Tsai ( 妹 仔 ) , was rationalised as a cultural tradition and ignored by British authorities . The Dutch East India Company officials rationalised t...
provided religious education
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question: How do modern hunters and gathers differ from early ones ? context: Hunting - gathering was the common human mode of subsistence throughout the Paleolithic , but the observation of current - day hunters and gatherers does not necessarily reflect Paleolithic societies ; the hunter - gatherer cultures examined ...
contact with modern civilization
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question: What sort of response does the stimulus cause ? context: An example of this theory in action would be as follows : An emotion - evoking stimulus ( snake ) triggers a pattern of physiological response ( increased heart rate , faster breathing , etc . ) , which is interpreted as a particular emotion ( fear ) . ...
physiological
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question: What was the ranking in terms of market cap for IBM in 2012 ? context: In 2012 , Fortune ranked IBM the second largest U . S . firm in terms of number of employees ( 435 , 000 worldwide ) , the fourth largest in terms of market capitalization , the ninth most profitable , and the nineteenth largest firm in te...
fourth largest
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question: What group did Hafiz Muhammad Saeed lead ? context: In 2002 , the Musharraf - led government took a firm stand against the jihadi organizations and groups promoting extremism , and arrested Maulana Masood Azhar , head of the Jaish - e - Mohammed , and Hafiz Muhammad Saeed , chief of the Lashkar - e - Taiba , ...
Lashkar - e - Taiba
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question: To whom would you go to acquire the algorithms you ' d use for the Joint Test Action Group procedures ? context: In boundary scan testing , test circuits integrated into various ICs on the board form temporary connections between the PCB traces to test that the ICs are mounted correctly . Boundary scan testin...
JTAG tool vendors
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question: Who developed chain termination DNA sequencing in 1977 ? context: In 1972 , Walter Fiers and his team at the University of Ghent were the first to determine the sequence of a gene : the gene for Bacteriophage MS2 coat protein . The subsequent development of chain - termination DNA sequencing in 1977 by Freder...
Frederick Sanger
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question: According to Lee , her book simply expressed a Christian code of honor and conduct inherit to whom ? context: Harper Lee has remained famously detached from interpreting the novel since the mid - 1960s . However , she gave some insight into her themes when , in a rare letter to the editor , she wrote in respo...
all Southerners
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question: When did Prince and Smolensky develop their theory ? context: In a course at the LSA summer institute in 1991 , Alan Prince and Paul Smolensky developed optimality theory — an overall architecture for phonology according to which languages choose a pronunciation of a word that best satisfies a list of constra...
1991
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question: The initial state of earth was what ? context: Earth was initially molten due to extreme volcanism and frequent collisions with other bodies . Eventually , the outer layer of the planet cooled to form a solid crust when water began accumulating in the atmosphere . The Moon formed soon afterwards , possibly as...
molten
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question: When was the Sainte Genevieve Library built ? context: The Biblioth è que nationale de France ( BnF ) operates public libraries in Paris , among them the Fran ç ois Mitterrand Library , Richelieu Library , Louvois , Op é ra Library , and Arsenal Library . There are three public libraries in the 4th arrondisse...
mid - 1800s
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question: Why did the FBI stop doing bullet lead analysis ? context: For over 40 years , the FBI crime lab in Quantico believed lead in bullets had unique chemical signatures . It analyzed the bullets with the goal of matching them chemically , not only to a single batch of ammunition coming out of a factory , but also...
National Research Council
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question: What sort of definition can be used to conveniently encompass the complexity of diverse phenomena ? context: A broad operational definition is sometimes used to encompass the complexity of these diverse phenomena , where a gene is defined as a union of genomic sequences encoding a coherent set of potentially ...
A broad operational definition
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question: What often topped pilasters of columns ? context: Internal courtyards became more rare , except beside the stables , and the functional parts of the building were placed at the sides , or in separate buildings nearby hidden by trees . The views to and from the front and rear of the main block were concentrate...
pediment
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question: Who ' s basic work in the area of coral reefs did the Royal Society ' s investigations follow ? context: The boreholes on Funafuti , at the site now called Darwin ' s Drill , are the result of drilling conducted by the Royal Society of London for the purpose of investigating the formation of coral reefs to de...
Charles Darwin
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question: Who runs the public busses in Cork ? context: Public bus services within the city are provided by the national bus operator Bus É ireann . City routes are numbered from 201 through to 219 and connect the city centre to the principal suburbs , colleges , shopping centres and places of interest . Two of these b...
Bus É ireann
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question: What class were Africans and Mixed Race children considered ? context: In South Africa , the period of colonization resulted in many unions and marriages between European men and African women from various tribes , resulting in mixed - race children . As the Europeans acquired territory and imposed rule over ...
second - class
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question: What was the territory occupied by a single tribe ? context: The tribes were ruled by clans ( r ó d ) consisting of people related by blood or marriage and theoretically descending from a common ancestor , giving the r ó d / clan a highly developed sense of solidarity . ( See gens . ) The starosta ( or starsz...
opole
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question: In what year was the Battle of Kosovo ? context: The Bulgarian Empire was in decline by the 14th century , and the ascendancy of Serbia was marked by the Serbian victory over the Bulgarians in the Battle of Velbazhd in 1330 . By 1346 , the Serbian king Stefan Du š an had been proclaimed emperor . Yet Serbian ...
1389
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question: The scope of federal power is not what ? context: Federal law and treaties , so long as they are in accordance with the Constitution , preempt conflicting state and territorial laws in the 50 U . S . states and in the territories . However , the scope of federal preemption is limited because the scope of fede...
universal
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question: What was the first samurai armor called ? context: As far back as the seventh century Japanese warriors wore a form of lamellar armor , this armor eventually evolved into the armor worn by the samurai . The first types of Japanese armors identified as samurai armor were known as yoroi . These early samurai ar...
yoroi
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question: Fear of what caused the Moldovan parliament to reject changing the name of the country ' s language to Romanian in 1996 ? context: There have been cases of a variety of speech being deliberately reclassified to serve political purposes . One example is Moldovan . In 1996 , the Moldovan parliament , citing fea...
Romanian expansionism
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question: What is the language source of the term Catelaner ? context: In English , the term referring to a person first appears in the mid 14th century as Catelaner , followed in the 15th century as Catellain ( from French ) . It is attested a language name since at least 1652 . Catalan can be pronounced as / ˈ k æ t ...
English
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question: What sort of inter - personal relationships does Building Partnerships encourage ? context: Building Partnerships is described as airmen interacting with international airmen and other relevant actors to develop , guide , and sustain relationships for mutual benefit and security . Building Partnerships is abo...
cross - cultural
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question: What assumption is made with colors being transmitted over the internet ? context: There is no single standard for HDTV color support . Colors are typically broadcast using a ( 10 - bits per channel ) YUV color space but , depending on the underlying image generating technologies of the receiver , are then su...
it will only be viewed only on a ( sRGB ) computer screen
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question: How old was the mummified man discovered at the Austrian - Italian bored ? context: A mummified man , determined to be 5 , 000 years old , was discovered on a glacier at the Austrian – Italian border in 1991 . By the 6th century BC , the Celtic La T è ne culture was well established . Hannibal famously crosse...
5 , 000 years old
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question: When do children graduate from primary school in Thuringia ? context: Early - years education is quite common in Thuringia . Since the 1950s , nearly all children have been using the service , whereas early - years education is less developed in western Germany . Its inventor Friedrich Fr ö bel lived in Thuri...
At the age of ten
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question: What angel , according to Muslim tradition , ordered Muhammad to order a siege on the Banu Qurayza ? context: Muhammad also ordered another siege on the Banu Qurayza during the Invasion of Banu Qurayza , because according to Muslim tradition he had been ordered to do so by the angel Gabriel . Al - Waqidi clai...
Gabriel
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question: In what year did Pope Benedict XV revise the Code of Canon Law ? context: At various times , there have been cardinals who had only received first tonsure and minor orders but not yet been ordained as deacons or priests . Though clerics , they were inaccurately called " lay cardinals " and were permitted to m...
1917
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question: What type of campus did Northwestern begin construction of during Walter Dill Scott ' s presidency ? context: Under Walter Dill Scott ' s presidency from 1920 to 1939 , Northwestern began construction of an integrated campus in Chicago designed by James Gamble Rogers to house the professional schools ; establ...
integrated
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question: What do annelid eggs become ? context: It is thought that annelids were originally animals with two separate sexes , which released ova and sperm into the water via their nephridia . The fertilized eggs develop into trochophore larvae , which live as plankton . Later they sink to the sea - floor and metamorph...
trochophore larvae
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question: What is the common term for an IFGET ? context: FETs are divided into two families : junction FET ( JFET ) and insulated gate FET ( IGFET ) . The IGFET is more commonly known as a metal – oxide – semiconductor FET ( MOSFET ) , reflecting its original construction from layers of metal ( the gate ) , oxide ( th...
a metal – oxide – semiconductor FET ( MOSFET )
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question: Who bought Virgil ' s tomb ? context: The works of Virgil almost from the moment of their publication revolutionized Latin poetry . The Eclogues , Georgics , and above all the Aeneid became standard texts in school curricula with which all educated Romans were familiar . Poets following Virgil often refer int...
Silius
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question: Who was the winner of American Idols tenth season ? context: The two finalists in 2011 were Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery , both teenage country singers . McCreery won the competition on May 25 , being the youngest male winner and the fourth male in a row to win American Idol . McCreery released his first...
Scotty McCreery
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question: Who manages the water storage and supply for Melbourne ? context: Water storage and supply for Melbourne is managed by Melbourne Water , which is owned by the Victorian Government . The organisation is also responsible for management of sewerage and the major water catchments in the region as well as the Wont...
Melbourne Water
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question: What year is the earliest reference to ' classical music ' ? context: The term " classical music " did not appear until the early 19th century , in an attempt to distinctly canonize the period from Johann Sebastian Bach to Beethoven as a golden age . The earliest reference to " classical music " recorded by t...
1836
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question: Rather than cells , in humoral immunology where did the molecules that cause immune response reside ? context: Immunology is strongly experimental in everyday practice but is also characterized by an ongoing theoretical attitude . Many theories have been suggested in immunology from the end of the nineteenth ...
the organism ’ s “ humors ”
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question: Who co - founded Comcast ? context: Comcast is sometimes described as a family business . Brian L . Roberts , Chairman , President , and CEO of Comcast , is son of co - founder Ralph Roberts . Roberts owns or controls just over 1 % of all Comcast shares but all of the Class B supervoting shares , which gives ...
Ralph Roberts
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question: The fruit fly has a brain that has how many synapses ? context: Synapses are the key functional elements of the brain . The essential function of the brain is cell - to - cell communication , and synapses are the points at which communication occurs . The human brain has been estimated to contain approximatel...
several million
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question: As what was the event mistaken by some pagans ? context: Some Christian writers considered the possibility that pagan commentators may have mentioned this event , mistaking it for a solar eclipse - although this would have been impossible during the Passover , which takes place at the full moon . Christian tr...
a solar eclipse
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question: What was the price to take over Adelphia ? context: In April 2005 , Comcast and Time Warner Cable announced plans to buy the assets of bankrupted Adelphia Cable . The two companies paid a total of $ 17 . 6 billion in the deal that was finalized in the second quarter of 2006 — after the U . S . Federal Communi...
$ 17 . 6 billion
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question: What are FBI special agents issued if they fail their first qualification ? context: An FBI special agent is issued a Glock Model 22 pistol or a Glock 23 in . 40 S & W caliber . If they fail their first qualification , they are issued either a Glock 17 or Glock 19 , to aid in their next qualification . In May...
Glock 17 or Glock 19
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question: Buddha ' s way to release was by means of what type of practices ? context: According to Tilmann Vetter , the core of earliest Buddhism is the practice of dhy ā na . Bronkhorst agrees that dhyana was a Buddhist invention , whereas Norman notes that " the Buddha ' s way to release [ . . . ] was by means of med...
meditative
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question: What was the toalt number of legal ennoblements thoughout history of poland and polish commonwealth context: According to heraldic sources 1 , 600 is a total estimated number of all legal ennoblements throughout the history of Kingdom of Poland and Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth from the 14th century onward...
1 , 600
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question: What was a naginata ? context: Maintaining the household was the main duty of samurai women . This was especially crucial during early feudal Japan , when warrior husbands were often traveling abroad or engaged in clan battles . The wife , or okugatasama ( meaning : one who remains in the home ) , was left to...
a polearm
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question: What do the Somalis call frankincense ? context: Xalwo ( halva ) is a popular confection eaten during festive occasions , such as Eid celebrations or wedding receptions . It is made from sugar , corn starch , cardamom powder , nutmeg powder and ghee . Peanuts are also sometimes added to enhance texture and fl...
lubaan
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question: In what county is the Bingley Arms located ? context: The Bingley Arms , Bardsey , Yorkshire , is claimed to date to 905 AD . Ye Olde Salutation Inn in Nottingham dates from 1240 , although the building served as a tannery and a private residence before becoming an inn sometime before the English Civil War . ...
Yorkshire