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question: Which Bell - founded institution still operates in Georgetown today ? context: In 1880 , Bell received the Volta Prize with a purse of 50 , 000 francs ( approximately US $ 250 , 000 in today ' s dollars ) for the invention of the telephone from the Acad é mie fran ç aise , representing the French government ....
Volta Bureau
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question: Who was named President for Life of Yugoslavia in 1974 ? context: Tito ' s greatest strength , in the eyes of the western communists , had been in suppressing nationalist insurrections and maintaining unity throughout the country . It was Tito ' s call for unity , and related methods , that held together the ...
Tito
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question: Which battle left parts of Tibet under Chinese rule ? context: The Tibetan Empire emerged in the 7th century , but with the fall of the empire the region soon divided into a variety of territories . The bulk of western and central Tibet ( Ü - Tsang ) was often at least nominally unified under a series of Tibe...
Battle of Chamdo
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question: Diamond states that the final result of Hayek ' s statements are what ? context: Arthur M . Diamond argues Hayek ' s problems arise when he goes beyond claims that can be evaluated within economic science . Diamond argued that : “ The human mind , Hayek says , is not just limited in its ability to synthesize ...
confused and contradictory
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question: What do Jehovah Witnesses accept in lieu of blood transfusions ? context: Jehovah ' s Witnesses refuse blood transfusions , which they consider a violation of God ' s law based on their interpretation of Acts 15 : 28 , 29 and other scriptures . Since 1961 the willing acceptance of a blood transfusion by an un...
non - blood alternatives
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question: Which RAF technical advisor was the conversation passed onto ? context: In June 1940 , a German prisoner of war was overheard boasting that the British would never find the Knickebein , even though it was under their noses . The details of the conversation were passed to an RAF Air Staff technical advisor , D...
Dr . R . V . Jones
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question: What did Comcast pay for this subsidiary ? context: In 2001 , Comcast announced it would acquire the assets of the largest cable television operator at the time , AT & T Broadband , for US $ 44 . 5 billion . The proposed name for the merged company was " AT & T Comcast " , but the companies ultimately decided...
$ 44 . 5 billion
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question: What is the word for a beardless , athletic youth ? context: Apollo ( Attic , Ionic , and Homeric Greek : Ἀ π ό λ λ ω ν , Apoll ō n ( GEN Ἀ π ό λ λ ω ν ο ς ) ; Doric : Ἀ π έ λ λ ω ν , Apell ō n ; Arcadocypriot : Ἀ π ε ί λ ω ν , Apeil ō n ; Aeolic : Ἄ π λ ο υ ν , Aploun ; Latin : Apoll ō ) is one of the most i...
kouros
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question: What did turkey red get its color from ? context: As the Industrial Revolution spread across Europe , chemists and manufacturers sought new red dyes that could be used for large - scale manufacture of textiles . One popular color imported into Europe from Turkey and India in the 18th and early 19th century wa...
madder
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question: What is another name for roche moutonnee ? context: Some rock formations in the path of a glacier are sculpted into small hills called roche moutonn é e , or " sheepback " rock . Roche moutonn é e are elongated , rounded , and asymmetrical bedrock knobs that can be produced by glacier erosion . They range in ...
" sheepback " rock
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question: Which Secretary of State attended Notre Dame ? context: Notre Dame alumni work in various fields . Alumni working in political fields include state governors , members of the United States Congress , and former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice . A notable alumnus of the College of Science is ...
Condoleezza Rice
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question: What is lite AC otherwise known as ? context: Over the years , AC has spawned subgenres including " hot AC " , " soft AC " ( also known as " lite AC " ) , " urban AC " , " rhythmic AC " , and " Christian AC " ( a softer type of contemporary Christian music ) . Some stations play only " hot AC " , " soft AC " ...
soft AC
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question: What major tennis event take place annually every August in New Haven ? context: New Haven was the host of the 1995 Special Olympics World Summer Games ; then - President Bill Clinton spoke at the opening ceremonies . The city is home to the Pilot Pen International tennis event , which takes place every Augus...
Pilot Pen International
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question: When would PVA forces march to minimize the chances of being seen ? context: UN aerial reconnaissance had difficulty sighting PVA units in daytime , because their march and bivouac discipline minimized aerial detection . The PVA marched " dark - to - dark " ( 19 : 00 – 03 : 00 ) , and aerial camouflage ( conc...
19 : 00 – 03 : 00
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question: What college did BYU separate from to become its own entity ? context: The school broke off from the University of Deseret and became Brigham Young Academy , with classes commencing on January 3 , 1876 . Warren Dusenberry served as interim principal of the school for several months until April 1876 when Brigh...
University of Deseret
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question: What does a ribosome consist of ? context: Translation is the process by which a mature mRNA molecule is used as a template for synthesizing a new protein . : 6 . 2 Translation is carried out by ribosomes , large complexes of RNA and protein responsible for carrying out the chemical reactions to add new amino...
large complexes of RNA and protein
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question: What is the name of the General who led the raid against New Haven on July 5 , 1779 ? 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 pr...
General William Tryon
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question: Who has the world ' s largest administrative judicial system ? context: The U . S . Social Security Administration ( SSA ) , which oversees the world ' s largest administrative judicial system under its Office of Disability Adjudication and Review ( ODAR ) , has made extensive use of videoconferencing to cond...
U . S .
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question: Who is referred to as nobilitas ? context: The Polish term " szlachta " designated the formalized , hereditary noble class of Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth . In official Latin documents of the old Commonwealth , hereditary szlachta are referred to as " nobilitas " and are indeed the equivalent in legal sta...
hereditary szlachta
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question: What do researchers use back - translation to try to reconstruct when a document survives only in translation ? context: When a historic document survives only in translation , the original having been lost , researchers sometimes undertake back - translation in an effort to reconstruct the original text . An...
the original text
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question: Americans with African ancestry have always been classified as what race ? context: Americans with Sub - Saharan African ancestry for historical reasons : slavery , partus sequitur ventrem , one - eighth law , the one - drop rule of 20th - century legislation , have frequently been classified as black ( histo...
black ( historically ) or African American
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question: Since Apollo was known as god of the sun , what was another name for Apollo ? context: As sun - god and god of light , Apollo was also known by the epithets Aegletes ( / ə ˈ ɡ li ː ti ː z / ə - GLEE - teez ; Α ἰ γ λ ή τ η ς , Aigl ē t ē s , from α ἴ γ λ η , " light of the sun " ) , Helius ( / ˈ hi ː li ə s / ...
Sol
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question: When was pepsi - Cola first produced ? context: Krispy Kreme , an international chain of doughnut stores , was started in North Carolina ; the company ' s headquarters are in Winston - Salem . Pepsi - Cola was first produced in 1898 in New Bern . A regional soft drink , Cheerwine , was created and is still ba...
1898
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question: Where were cooperative military parades held ? context: On 21 September , the Soviets and Germans signed a formal agreement coordinating military movements in Poland , including the " purging " of saboteurs . A joint German – Soviet parade was held in Lvov and Brest - Litovsk , while the countries commanders ...
Lvov and Brest - Litovsk
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question: Who starred in the Broadway production of ' Oklahoma ! ' ? context: In Sand Springs , an outdoor amphitheater called " Discoveryland ! " is the official performance headquarters for the musical Oklahoma ! Ridge Bond , native of McAlester , Oklahoma , starred in the Broadway and International touring productio...
Ridge Bond
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question: How much more efficient are Halogena Energy Saver bulbs compared to incandescents ? context: Prompted by legislation in various countries mandating increased bulb efficiency , new " hybrid " incandescent bulbs have been introduced by Philips . The " Halogena Energy Saver " incandescents can produce about 23 l...
30 percent
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question: A history of what is just one factor that contributes to the probability of violence developing into genocide ? context: Other authors have focused on the structural conditions leading up to genocide and the psychological and social processes that create an evolution toward genocide . Ervin Staub showed that ...
devaluation of the group
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question: What is the name of the government structure created for New Delhi that is comprised of ten representatives ? context: As of 2015 , the government structure of the New Delhi Municipal Council includes a chairperson , three members of New Delhi ' s Legislative Assembly , two members nominated by the Chief Mini...
New Delhi Municipal Council
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question: What did the Aboriginal Protection Boards control ? context: Being identified as either " black " or " white " in Australia during the 19th and early 20th centuries was critical in one ' s employment and social prospects . Various state - based Aboriginal Protection Boards were established which had virtually...
where they lived , their employment , marriage , education and included the power to separate children from their parents .
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question: How much information can one store and recall in short - term memory ? context: Short - term memory is also known as working memory . Short - term memory allows recall for a period of several seconds to a minute without rehearsal . Its capacity is also very limited : George A . Miller ( 1956 ) , when working ...
capacity is also very limited
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question: What Arabic term is still used for black people ? context: Some succeeded their fathers as rulers , such as Sultan Ahmad al - Mansur , who ruled Morocco from 1578 to 1608 . He was not technically considered as a mixed - race child of a slave ; his mother was Fulani and a concubine of his father . Such toleran...
( Arabic : ع ب د ‎ , ) ( meaning " slave " )
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question: What does it mean to read the word LORD in all capitals in the Bible ? context: In the English language , the capitalized form of God continues to represent a distinction between monotheistic " God " and " gods " in polytheism . The English word God and its counterparts in other languages are normally used fo...
signifies that the word represents the tetragrammaton
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question: What does the MFP of residual gases show ? context: The quality of a vacuum is indicated by the amount of matter remaining in the system , so that a high quality vacuum is one with very little matter left in it . Vacuum is primarily measured by its absolute pressure , but a complete characterization requires ...
average distance that molecules will travel between collisions with each other .
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question: Islamic World is another way to refer to what ? context: The term Muslim world , also known as Islamic world and the Ummah ( Arabic : أ م ة ‎ , meaning " nation " or " community " ) has different meanings . In a religious sense , the Islamic Ummah refers to those who adhere to the teachings of Islam , referre...
Muslim world
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question: According to Gary Lewis of the UN , what is the most pressing human security challenge in Iran ? context: Iran ' s climate ranges from arid or semiarid , to subtropical along the Caspian coast and the northern forests . On the northern edge of the country ( the Caspian coastal plain ) temperatures rarely fall...
Water scarcity
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question: What Samoan choreographer founded Black Grace ? context: Lemi Ponifasio is a director and choreographer who is prominent internationally with his dance Company MAU . Neil Ieremia ' s company Black Grace has also received international acclaim with tours to Europe and New York . Hip hop has had a significant i...
Neil Ieremia
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question: Napoleon ' s ally Roger Ducos was the speaker for what organization ? context: Despite the failures in Egypt , Napoleon returned to a hero ' s welcome . He drew together an alliance with director Emmanuel Joseph Siey è s , his brother Lucien , speaker of the Council of Five Hundred Roger Ducos , director Jose...
the Council of Five Hundred
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question: With whom did Darwin study about catastrophic geology ? context: Darwin went to Edinburgh University in 1825 to study medicine . In his second year he neglected his medical studies for natural history and spent four months assisting Robert Grant ' s research into marine invertebrates . Grant revealed his enth...
Adam Sedgwick
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question: Who first established the Volta Prize ? context: In 1880 , Bell received the Volta Prize with a purse of 50 , 000 francs ( approximately US $ 250 , 000 in today ' s dollars ) for the invention of the telephone from the Acad é mie fran ç aise , representing the French government . Among the luminaries who judg...
Napoleon Bonaparte
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question: How many volumes were in the Siku Quanshu ? context: Qianlong ' s reign saw the launch of several ambitious cultural projects , including the compilation of the Siku Quanshu , or Complete Repository of the Four Branches of Literature . With a total of over 3 , 400 books , 79 , 000 chapters , and 36 , 304 volu...
36 , 304 volumes
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question: How many Austrian troops did Charles lead at the Battle of Wagram ? context: After the setback at Aspern - Essling , Napoleon took more than six weeks in planning and preparing for contingencies before he made another attempt at crossing the Danube . From 30 June to the early days of July , the French recross...
150 , 000
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question: When was the first useful observation of Neptune from the ground ? context: Because of the distance of Neptune from Earth , its angular diameter only ranges from 2 . 2 to 2 . 4 arcseconds , the smallest of the Solar System planets . Its small apparent size makes it challenging to study it visually . Most tele...
1997
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question: Classical music is rooted the the traditions of what kind of music ? context: Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western music , including both liturgical ( religious ) and secular music . While a similar term is also used to refer to the period from 1750 to 1820 ( the Classi...
Western
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question: Where were the royal princesses educated ? context: Elizabeth ' s only sibling , Princess Margaret , was born in 1930 . The two princesses were educated at home under the supervision of their mother and their governess , Marion Crawford , who was casually known as " Crawfie " . Lessons concentrated on history...
at home
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question: Who officially awarded the pope the Balzan Prize ? context: On 10 May 1963 , John XXIII received the Balzan Prize in private at the Vatican but deflected achievements of himself to the five popes of his lifetime , Pope Leo XIII to Pius XII . On 11 May , the Italian President Antonio Segni officially awarded P...
Italian President Antonio Segni
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question: Who founded Selfridges in 1909 ? context: Selfridges was established in 1909 by American - born Harry Gordon Selfridge on Oxford Street . The company ' s innovative marketing promoted the radical notion of shopping for pleasure rather than necessity and its techniques were adopted by modern department stores ...
Harry Gordon Selfridge
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question: The National History Museum of Montevideo is located where ? context: The National History Museum of Montevideo is located in the historical residence of General Fructuoso Rivera . It exhibits artifacts related to the history of Uruguay . In a process begun in 1998 , the National Museum of Natural History ( 1...
the historical residence of General Fructuoso Rivera
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question: What is epinephrine used to treat ? context: By the 1890s the profound effect of adrenal extracts on many different tissue types had been discovered , setting off a search both for the mechanism of chemical signalling and efforts to exploit these observations for the development of new drugs . The blood press...
asthma attacks
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question: What is the Tibetan goverment referred to as ? context: The 5th Dalai Lama is known for unifying the Tibetan heartland under the control of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism , after defeating the rival Kagyu and Jonang sects and the secular ruler , the Tsangpa prince , in a prolonged civil war . His effort...
Ganden Phodrang
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question: In what year did Darwin begin to work on his evolution theory full - time ? context: Darwin ' s barnacle studies convinced him that variation arose constantly and not just in response to changed circumstances . In 1854 , he completed the last part of his Beagle - related writing and began working full - time ...
1854
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question: What is the purpose of secondary education ? context: In most contemporary educational systems of the world , secondary education comprises the formal education that occurs during adolescence . It is characterized by transition from the typically compulsory , comprehensive primary education for minors , to th...
to prepare for higher education , or to train directly in a profession .
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question: How did Nasser ' s government deal with human rights ? context: Nasser remains an iconic figure in the Arab world , particularly for his strides towards social justice and Arab unity , modernization policies , and anti - imperialist efforts . His presidency also encouraged and coincided with an Egyptian cultu...
human rights violations
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question: What psychological concept does Weinreich state as between the past and future ? context: A psychological identity relates to self - image ( one ' s mental model of oneself ) , self - esteem , and individuality . Consequently , Weinreich gives the definition " A person ' s identity is defined as the totality ...
identity
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question: Along with Cirrus , what types of clouds are cold and high ? context: High , cold ice clouds such as Cirrus or Cumulonimbus show up bright white , lower warmer clouds such as Stratus or Stratocumulus show up as grey with intermediate clouds shaded accordingly . Hot land surfaces will show up as dark - grey or...
Cumulonimbus
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question: When was a second series of 9 bilateral agreements signed ? context: The government has established an Integration Office under the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Economic Affairs . To minimise the negative consequences of Switzerland ' s isolation from the rest of Europe , Bern and Bruss...
2004
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question: Where is the Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit based ? context: The Canadian Special Operations Forces Command ( CANSOFCOM ) is a formation capable of operating independently but primarily focused on generating special operations forces ( SOF ) elements to support CJOC . The command includes Joint Task Fo...
CFB Trenton
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question: What color are tail lights ? context: Vehicles typically include headlamps and tail lights . Headlamps are white or selective yellow lights placed in the front of the vehicle , designed to illuminate the upcoming road and to make the vehicle more visible . Many manufactures are turning to LED headlights as an...
red
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question: What classification of chemicals do dopamine , serotonin and noradrenaline belong to ? context: Based on discoveries made through neural mapping of the limbic system , the neurobiological explanation of human emotion is that emotion is a pleasant or unpleasant mental state organized in the limbic system of th...
neurochemicals
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question: When did many of the ideas associated with the term " race " arise ? context: The European concept of " race " , along with many of the ideas now associated with the term , arose at the time of the scientific revolution , which introduced and privileged the study of natural kinds , and the age of European imp...
time of the scientific revolution
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question: What are gompas ? context: The base of the stupa has 108 small depictions of the Dhyani Buddha Amitabha . It is surrounded with a brick wall with 147 niches , each with four or five prayer wheels engraved with the mantra , om mani padme hum . At the northern entrance where visitors must pass is a shrine dedic...
monasteries
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question: On what part of newer iPods can you find the buttons ? context: iPods with color displays use anti - aliased graphics and text , with sliding animations . All iPods ( except the 3rd - generation iPod Shuffle , the 6th & 7th generation iPod Nano , and iPod Touch ) have five buttons and the later generations ha...
click wheel
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question: How many yards does a team lose when they commit a minor penalty ? context: Infractions of the rules are punished with penalties , typically a loss of yardage of 5 , 10 or 15 yards against the penalized team . Minor violations such as offside ( a player from either side encroaching into scrimmage zone before ...
five
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question: Where was the Pacific Fleets nuclear - powered aircraft carrier supposed to be stationed ? context: Speaking in St . Petersburg , Russia on 30 June 2011 , the head of Russia ' s United Shipbuilding Corporation said his company expected to begin design work for a new carrier in 2016 , with a goal of beginning ...
Vladivostok
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question: What occurs when a player in association football is shown a red penalty card ? context: In association football , teams such as Manchester United , Bayern Munich , Liverpool , Arsenal , Toronto FC , and S . L . Benfica primarily wear red jerseys . Other teams that prominently feature red on their kits includ...
the player is immediately disqualified from further play
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question: For what trading company did Kelsey work ? context: Canada has the world ' s largest deposit of natural bitumen in the Athabasca oil sands and Canadian First Nations along the Athabasca River had long used it to waterproof their canoes . In 1719 , a Cree Indian named Wa - Pa - Su brought a sample for trade to...
Hudson ’ s Bay Company
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question: Did all Arians believe the same things ? context: Scholars now believe that the Arian Party was not monolithic , but held drastically different theological views that spanned the early Christian theological spectrum . They supported the tenets of Origenist thought and theology , but had little else in common ...
different theological views
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question: What side of a building should trees be planted without greatly affecting solar gain in the winter ? context: Deciduous trees and plants have been promoted as a means of controlling solar heating and cooling . When planted on the southern side of a building in the northern hemisphere or the northern side in t...
east and west
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question: What do many geologists believe about earthquake prediction ? context: In a press conference held by the State Council Information Office the day after the earthquake , geologist Zhang Xiaodong , deputy director of CEA ' s Seismic Monitoring Network Center , restated that earthquake prediction was a global is...
no proven methods exist
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question: What was the name of the conflict where the French defeated Austrian forces and forced them to withdraw to Bohemia ? context: In the early morning of 10 April , leading elements of the Austrian army crossed the Inn River and invaded Bavaria . The early Austrian attack surprised the French ; Napoleon himself w...
Battle of Eckm ü hl
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question: The two parallel East India company had a power stuggle in both England and ? context: This allowed any English firm to trade with India , unless specifically prohibited by act of parliament , thereby annulling the charter that had been in force for almost 100 years . By an act that was passed in 1698 , a new...
India
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question: In which century did Britain become the world ' s dominant colonial power ? context: Peace between England and the Netherlands in 1688 meant that the two countries entered the Nine Years ' War as allies , but the conflict — waged in Europe and overseas between France , Spain and the Anglo - Dutch alliance — l...
18th
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question: From what origin did the Ottoman empire come to be ? context: The Ottoman Empire or , as a dynastic institution , the House of Osman was unprecedented and unequaled in the Islamic world for its size and duration . In Europe , only the House of Habsburg had a similarly unbroken line of sovereigns ( kings / emp...
Turkish
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question: What is determined by an object ' s movement through space ? context: The total energy of a system can be subdivided and classified in various ways . For example , classical mechanics distinguishes between kinetic energy , which is determined by an object ' s movement through space , and potential energy , wh...
kinetic energy
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question: How many Italians lived in Libya prior to October of 1970 ? context: Moving to reduce Italian influence , in October 1970 all Italian - owned assets were expropriated and the 12 , 000 - strong Italian community expelled from Libya alongside a smaller number of Jews . The day became a national holiday . Aiming...
12 , 000
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question: On what date was Melbourne ' s highest temperature recorded ? context: Melbourne is also prone to isolated convective showers forming when a cold pool crosses the state , especially if there is considerable daytime heating . These showers are often heavy and can contain hail and squalls and significant drops ...
7 February 2009
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question: What type of boards end up with limited routing space in through - hole manufacture ? context: Through - hole manufacture adds to board cost by requiring many holes to be drilled accurately , and limits the available routing area for signal traces on layers immediately below the top layer on multi - layer boa...
multi - layer
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question: Children who have ADHD or conduct disorders respond better when what is a part of their treatment plan ? context: The practice of using dogs and other animals as a part of therapy dates back to the late 18th century , when animals were introduced into mental institutions to help socialize patients with mental...
dogs
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question: Who blamed John ' s family background for his cruel personality ? context: By the Victorian period in the 19th century historians were more inclined to draw on the judgements of the chroniclers and to focus on John ' s moral personality . Kate Norgate , for example , argued that John ' s downfall had been due...
James Ramsay
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question: Who did Chopin have at his last Parisian concert in 1848 ? context: Chopin ' s public popularity as a virtuoso began to wane , as did the number of his pupils , and this , together with the political strife and instability of the time , caused him to struggle financially . In February 1848 , with the cellist ...
Auguste Franchomme
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question: What town labeled itself " The Literary Capital of Alabama " ? context: The book has also been adapted as a play by Christopher Sergel . It debuted in 1990 in Monroeville , a town that labels itself " The Literary Capital of Alabama " . The play runs every May on the county courthouse grounds and townspeople ...
Monroeville
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question: What was the name of the hotel that took up a full city block ? context: By 1878 , because of the growing popularity of the city , one railroad line could no longer keep up with demand . Soon , the Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railway was also constructed to transport tourists to Atlantic City . At this poi...
The United States Hotel
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question: When did penicillin G become available outside of military use ? context: Florey and Chain succeeded in purifying the first penicillin , penicillin G , in 1942 , but it did not become widely available outside the Allied military before 1945 . Later , Norman Heatley developed the back extraction technique for ...
1945
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question: What month did the Japanese launch an offensive into India ? context: The Japanese responded to the Allied attacks by launching an offensive of their own into India in the middle of March , across the mountainous and densely forested frontier . This attack , codenamed Operation U - Go , was advocated by Lieut...
March
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question: Who disregarded the surrender and launched a failed attack on the Germans ? context: Although public opinion in Paris was strongly against any form of surrender or concession to the Prussians , the Government realised that it could not hold the city for much longer , and that Gambetta ' s provincial armies wo...
Gambetta
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question: What browser was automatically included with OS X ? context: Safari and Mobile Safari were likewise always included with OS X and iOS respectively , so , similarly , they were originally funded by sales of Apple computers and mobile devices , and formed part of the overall Apple experience to customers .
Safari
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question: What company ' s property did Libya nationalize in December of 1971 ? context: Increasing state control over the oil sector , the RCC began a program of nationalization , starting with the expropriation of British Petroleum ' s share of the British Petroleum - N . B . Hunt Sahir Field in December 1971 . In Se...
British Petroleum
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question: What does the mother wasp provide for her eggs when they hatch ? context: Some insects display a rudimentary sense of numbers , such as the solitary wasps that prey upon a single species . The mother wasp lays her eggs in individual cells and provides each egg with a number of live caterpillars on which the y...
caterpillars
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question: What feature does the rockhopper penguin have around its eyes ? context: Some species of marine animals exist and rely , directly or indirectly , on the phytoplankton . Antarctic sea life includes penguins , blue whales , orcas , colossal squids and fur seals . The emperor penguin is the only penguin that bre...
feathers
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question: Which contestant had to go to the hospital during the week of the top 20 ? context: Crystal Bowersox , who has Type - I diabetes , fell ill due to diabetic ketoacidosis on the morning of the girls performance night for the top 20 week and was hospitalized . The schedule was rearranged so the boys performed fi...
Crystal Bowersox
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question: Which colonists recorded more complete identities of the West Africans ? context: In the first 200 years that black people were in the United States , they primarily identified themselves by their specific ethnic group ( closely allied to language ) and not by skin color . Individuals identified themselves , ...
French and Spanish colonists
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question: What was the United Kingdom ' s average per capita GVA in 2013 ? context: Plymouth ' s gross value added ( a measure of the size of its economy ) was 5 , 169 million GBP in 2013 making up 25 % of Devon ' s GVA . Its GVA per person was £ 19 , 943 and compared to the national average of £ 23 , 755 , was £ 3 , 8...
£ 23 , 755
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question: What country was the top producer of copper in 2005 ? context: Most copper is mined or extracted as copper sulfides from large open pit mines in porphyry copper deposits that contain 0 . 4 to 1 . 0 % copper . Examples include Chuquicamata in Chile , Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah , United States and El Chino Min...
Chile
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question: Who comprises the invisible church ? context: Protestants reject the Roman Catholic Church ' s doctrine that it is the one true church , believing in the invisible church , which consists of all who profess faith in Jesus Christ . Some Protestant denominations are less accepting of other denominations , and t...
all who profess faith in Jesus Christ
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question: What is SMTP ? context: Many mailbox providers are also access providers , while others are not ( e . g . , Yahoo ! Mail , Outlook . com , Gmail , AOL Mail , Po box ) . The definition given in RFC 6650 covers email hosting services , as well as the relevant department of companies , universities , organizatio...
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
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question: Where did the reporters say they saw cracks on walls of some buildings ? context: Reporters in Chengdu said they saw cracks on walls of some residential buildings in the downtown areas , but no buildings collapsed . Many Beijing office towers were evacuated , including the building housing the media offices f...
in Chengdu
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question: How many of the students are also members of the Latter Day Saints Church ? context: Brigham Young University ( often referred to as BYU or , colloquially , The Y ) is a private research university located in Provo , Utah , United States . It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day...
99 percent
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question: Early geographers thought that Antarctica was what in size ? context: Antarctica has no indigenous population and there is no evidence that it was seen by humans until the 19th century . However , belief in the existence of a Terra Australis — a vast continent in the far south of the globe to " balance " the ...
larger
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question: What is a type of immune system disorder ? context: Other immune system disorders include various hypersensitivities ( such as in asthma and other allergies ) that respond inappropriately to otherwise harmless compounds .
hypersensitivities
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question: What state is Alpine in ? context: The Bronx is almost entirely situated on the North American mainland . The Hudson River separates the Bronx on the west from Alpine , Tenafly and Englewood Cliffs in Bergen County , New Jersey ; the Harlem River separates it from the island of Manhattan to the southwest ; th...
New Jersey
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question: What were the BeiDou - 1 system satellites based on ? context: BeiDou - 1 is an experimental regional navigation system , which consists of four satellites ( three working satellites and one backup satellite ) . The satellites themselves were based on the Chinese DFH - 3 geostationary communications satellite...
the Chinese DFH - 3 geostationary communications satellite