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question: When was the Toronto police created ? context: In Canada , the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary was founded in 1729 , making it the first police force in present - day Canada . It was followed in 1834 by the Toronto Police , and in 1838 by police forces in Montreal and Quebec City . A national force , the Domi...
1834
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question: Around what time did the Gupta script become prevalent for writing Sanskrit ? context: Brahmi evolved into a multiplicity of Brahmic scripts , many of which were used to write Sanskrit . Roughly contemporary with the Brahmi , Kharosthi was used in the northwest of the subcontinent . Sometime between the fourt...
between the fourth and eighth centuries
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question: What baptism do Anabaptists reject ? context: The name Anabaptist , meaning " one who baptizes again " , was given them by their persecutors in reference to the practice of re - baptizing converts who already had been baptized as infants . Anabaptists required that baptismal candidates be able to make their o...
baptism of infants
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question: who founded teach plus context: As part of its education - related initiatives , the foundation has funded journalists , think tanks , lobbying organizations and governments . Millions of dollars of grants to news organizations have funded reporting on education and higher education , including more than $ 1 ...
Teach Plus , which was founded by new teachers and advocates against seniority - based layoffs
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question: Why were AC motors used ? context: Historically , AC motors were used for single or double speed elevator machines on the grounds of cost and lower usage applications where car speed and passenger comfort were less of an issue , but for higher speed , larger capacity elevators , the need for infinitely variab...
cost and lower usage applications where car speed and passenger comfort were less of an issue
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question: What do the methods of ethnohistory go beyond the standard use of ? context: Ethnohistory is the study of ethnographic cultures and indigenous customs by examining historical records . It is also the study of the history of various ethnic groups that may or may not exist today . Ethnohistory uses both histori...
documents and manuscripts
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question: What was the point of Operation Glory ? context: After the war , Operation Glory was conducted from July to November 1954 , to allow combatant countries to exchange their dead . The remains of 4 , 167 U . S . Army and U . S . Marine Corps dead were exchanged for 13 , 528 KPA and PVA dead , and 546 civilians d...
to allow combatant countries to exchange their dead
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question: What colors are used to create purple on a computer screen ? 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 different mixtures , can p...
red and blue
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question: When was " Everybody " released ? context: After Madonna signed a singles deal with Sire , her debut single , " Everybody " , was released in October 1982 , and the second , " Burning Up " , in March 1983 . Both became big club hits in the United States , reaching number three on Hot Dance Club Songs chart co...
October 1982
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question: What was The Sun ' s stance toward the EU ? context: Despite its initial opposition to the closures , until 1997 , the newspaper repeatedly called for the implementation of further Thatcherite policies , such as Royal Mail privatisation , [ verification needed ] and social security cutbacks , with leaders suc...
The paper showed hostility
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question: Who created the Jarden des Plantes ? context: Paris today has more than 421 municipal parks and gardens , covering more than 3 , 000 hectares and containing more than 250 , 000 trees . Two of Paris ' oldest and most famous gardens are the Tuileries Garden , created in 1564 for the Tuileries Palace , and redon...
Guy de La Brosse
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question: What , if it formed the " essential basis " of a state ' s consent to a treaty , may invalidate that consent ? context: A state ' s consent may be invalidated if there was an erroneous understanding of a fact or situation at the time of conclusion , which formed the " essential basis " of the state ' s consen...
an erroneous understanding of a fact or situation
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question: Who are the main kinds of students at the Edwards Campus ? context: KU ' s Edwards Campus is in Overland Park , Kansas . Established in 1993 , its goal is to provide adults with the opportunity to complete college degrees . About 2 , 100 students attend the Edwards Campus , with an average age of 32 . Program...
adults
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question: According to Davidson , how many gods are there ? context: Thomas Davidson taught a philosophy called " apeirotheism " , a " form of pluralistic idealism . . . coupled with a stern ethical rigorism " which he defined as " a theory of Gods infinite in number . " The theory was indebted to Aristotle ' s plurali...
infinite
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question: What was the name of the editor who helped Lee finish her book ? context: After finishing the first draft and returning it to Lippincott , the manuscript , at that point titled " Go Set a Watchman " , fell into the hands of Therese von Hohoff Torrey — known professionally as Tay Hohoff — a small , wiry vetera...
Therese von Hohoff Torrey
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question: What was built to help Bern grow bigger than the peninula ? context: The city was originally built on a hilly peninsula surrounded by the River Aare , but outgrew natural boundaries by the 19th century . A number of bridges have been built to allow the city to expand beyond the Aare .
bridges
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question: When was the Siku Quanshu finished ? context: The Qing emperors were generally adept at poetry and often skilled in painting , and offered their patronage to Confucian culture . The Kangxi and Qianlong Emperors , for instance , embraced Chinese traditions both to control them and to proclaim their own legitim...
1782
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question: What devised a method where kerosene could be distilled from petroleum ? context: In 1849 , Dr . Abraham Gesner , a Canadian geologist , devised a method where kerosene could be distilled from petroleum . Earlier coal - gas methods had been used for lighting since the 1820s , but they were expensive . Gesner ...
Dr . Abraham Gesner
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question: About how many villas are available for rent in St . Barts ? context: St . Barth é lemy has about 25 hotels , most of them with 15 rooms or fewer . The largest has 58 rooms . Hotels are classified in the traditional French manner ; 3 Star , 4 Star and 4 Star Luxe . Of particular note are Eden Rock and Cheval ...
400
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question: How many closed pubs did The Lost Pubs Project catalog ? context: The Lost Pubs Project listed 28 , 095 closed pubs on 21 April 2015 , with photographs of many . In 2015 the rate of pub closures came under the scrutiny of Parliament in the UK , with a promise of legislation to improve relations between owners...
28 , 095
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question: Where was the library of Pergamum located ? context: After the death of Lysimachus , one of his officers , Philetaerus , took control of the city of Pergamum in 282 BC along with Lysimachus ' war chest of 9 , 000 talents and declared himself loyal to Seleucus I while remaining de facto independent . His desce...
Pergamon
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question: When is the perspective aspect of a verb used ? context: In addition , like most Slavic languages , the Shtokavian verb also has one of two aspects : perfective or imperfective . Most verbs come in pairs , with the perfective verb being created out of the imperfective by adding a prefix or making a stem chang...
action was completed , instantaneous , or of limited duration
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question: Where did Athanasius flee to after this attempt ? context: Constantius , renewing his previous policies favoring the Arians , banished Athanasius from Alexandria once again . This was followed , in 356 , by an attempt to arrest Athanasius during a vigil service . Athanasius fled to Upper Egypt , where he stay...
Upper Egypt
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question: What was the Allied invasion of Normandy called ? context: In December 1943 , President Roosevelt decided that Eisenhower – not Marshall – would be Supreme Allied Commander in Europe . The following month , he resumed command of ETOUSA and the following month was officially designated as the Supreme Allied Co...
Operation Overlord
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question: Pope Paul VI increse the number of cardinal electors to ? context: Pope Sixtus V limited the number of cardinals to 70 , comprising six cardinal bishops , 50 cardinal priests , and 14 cardinal deacons . Starting in the pontificate of Pope John XXIII , that limit has been exceeded . At the start of 1971 , Pope...
120
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question: what event led to an increase in popularity for house music in the middle east ? context: Numerous live performance events dedicated to house music were founded during the course of the decade , including Shambhala Music Festival and major industry sponsored events like Miami ' s Winter Music Conference . The...
Creamfields
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question: What did the second phase of the Armenian Genocide involve ? context: The genocide was implemented in two phases : the wholesale killing of the able - bodied male population through massacre and subjection of army conscripts to forced labour , followed by the deportation of women , children , the elderly and ...
deportation of women , children , the elderly and infirm
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question: What are two main groups prokaryotes can be divided into ? context: Once regarded as plants constituting the class Schizomycetes , bacteria are now classified as prokaryotes . Unlike cells of animals and other eukaryotes , bacterial cells do not contain a nucleus and rarely harbour membrane - bound organelles...
Bacteria and Archaea
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question: What are the Nigerian states ' sub - divisions called ? 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 independence , reflect the coun...
Local Government Areas
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question: Why are older neighborhoods in San Diego popular with cyclists ? context: San Diego ' s roadway system provides an extensive network of routes for travel by bicycle . The dry and mild climate of San Diego makes cycling a convenient and pleasant year - round option . At the same time , the city ' s hilly , can...
the grid street patterns
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question: A component might not be able to be made any smaller because of its mechanical limitations or what other need ? 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 ...
power requirements
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question: when was the first trophy presented ? context: The tradition of presenting the trophy immediately after the game did not start until the 1882 final ; after the first final in 1872 the trophy was not presented to the winners , Wanderers , until a reception held four weeks later in the Pall Mall Restaurant in L...
the trophy was not presented to the winners , Wanderers , until a reception held four weeks later
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question: Of what group of languages is Yiddish a member ? context: Another occasionally used criterion for discriminating dialects from languages is that of linguistic authority , a more sociolinguistic notion . According to this definition , two varieties are considered dialects of the same language if ( under at lea...
Middle High German
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question: What position was Tito named to for the National Committee of LIberation ? context: On 21 December 1941 , the Partisans created the First Proletarian Brigade ( commanded by Ko č a Popovi ć ) and on 1 March 1942 , Tito created the Second Proletarian Brigade . In liberated territories , the Partisans organised ...
President
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question: What leader overthrew Diodotus II ? context: The Greek kingdom of Bactria began as a breakaway satrapy of the Seleucid empire , which , because of the size of the empire , had significant freedom from central control . Between 255 - 246 BCE , the governor of Bactria , Sogdiana and Margiana ( most of present -...
Euthydemus
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question: Who stated that Chinese people could access the BBC news website after years of not being able to ? context: On April 19 , the BBC reported that 1 , 300 people had gathered outside BBC buildings in Manchester and London , protesting against what they described as Western media bias . Several days earlier , th...
Paul Danahar
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question: What was the name of one of his semi - autobiographical books ? context: Feynman was a keen popularizer of physics through both books and lectures , including a 1959 talk on top - down nanotechnology called There ' s Plenty of Room at the Bottom , and the three - volume publication of his undergraduate lectur...
Surely You ' re Joking , Mr . Feynman !
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question: What kind of practices do some cultures highly regard ? context: Physical pain is an important political topic in relation to various issues , including pain management policy , drug control , animal rights or animal welfare , torture , and pain compliance . In various contexts , the deliberate infliction of ...
extreme
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question: When was Equatorial Africa established ? context: In 1920 French Equatorial Africa was established and Ubangi - Shari was administered from Brazzaville . During the 1920s and 1930s the French introduced a policy of mandatory cotton cultivation , a network of roads was built , attempts were made to combat slee...
1920
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question: What does DNA consist of ? context: The vast majority of living organisms encode their genes in long strands of DNA ( deoxyribonucleic acid ) . DNA consists of a chain made from four types of nucleotide subunits , each composed of : a five - carbon sugar ( 2 ' - deoxyribose ) , a phosphate group , and one of ...
a chain made from four types of nucleotide subunits
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question: According to the Torah , God promised the land to how many people ? context: The notion of the " Land of Israel " , known in Hebrew as Eretz Yisrael , has been important and sacred to the Jewish people since Biblical times . According to the Torah , God promised the land to the three Patriarchs of the Jewish ...
three
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question: Although Kanye was achieving fame by producing , what did he actually want to be ? context: Despite his success as a producer , West ' s true aspiration was to be a rapper . Though he had developed his rapping long before he began producing , it was often a challenge for West to be accepted as a rapper , and ...
rapper
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question: What sea creatures were used in traditional handicrafts ? context: The women of Tuvalu use cowrie and other shells in traditional handicrafts . The artistic traditions of Tuvalu have traditionally been expressed in the design of clothing and traditional handicrafts such as the decoration of mats and fans . Cr...
shells
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question: When did cotton begin to be commercially grown in Egypt ? context: Though known since antiquity the commercial growing of cotton in Egypt only started in 1820 ' s , following a Frenchman , by the name of M . Jumel , propositioning the then ruler , Mohamed Ali Pasha , that he could earn a substantial income by...
1820 ' s ,
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question: What is the gold production income of poor families in Mali ? context: Small - scale artisanal mining of gold is another source of dangerous child labour in poor rural areas in certain parts of the world . This form of mining uses labour - intensive and low - tech methods . It is informal sector of the econom...
primary and sometimes the only source of income
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question: What is the alternative to the theory that the Renaissance was a time of great opulence ? context: Though there is no doubt that the demographic crisis of the 14th century caused a dramatic fall in production and commerce in absolute terms , there has been a vigorous historical debate over whether the decline...
depression of the Renaissance
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question: What is a tawaif ? context: South Indian music and dances such as the Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam styles are popular in the Deccan region . As a result of their culture policies , North Indian music and dance gained popularity during the rule of the Mughals and Nizams , and it was also during their reign that...
courtesans
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question: Which term is criticized as vague ? context: Criticism of the term intellectual property ranges from discussing its vagueness and abstract overreach to direct contention to the semantic validity of using words like property and rights in fashions that contradict practice and law . Many detractors think this t...
intellectual property
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question: Who was the leader of the American Idol band in season five ? context: With the exception of seasons one and two , the contestants in the semifinals onwards perform in front of a studio audience . They perform with a full band in the finals . From season four to season nine , the American Idol band was led by...
Rickey Minor
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question: What body ratified the Belavezha Accords on December 12 ? context: On December 8 , 1991 , at Viskuli near Brest ( Belarus ) , the President of the Russian SFSR and the heads of Byelorussian SSR and Ukrainian SSR signed the " Agreement on the Establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States " ( known in...
the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
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question: In 2000 , what was the earliest Welsh and English pubs could open on Sundays ? context: However , closing times were increasingly disregarded in the country pubs . In England and Wales by 2000 pubs could legally open from 11 am ( 12 noon on Sundays ) through to 11 pm ( 10 : 30 pm on Sundays ) . That year was ...
12 noon
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question: How can a researcher study a childs memory ? context: Infants do not have the language ability to report on their memories and so verbal reports cannot be used to assess very young children ’ s memory . Throughout the years , however , researchers have adapted and developed a number of measures for assessing ...
elicited imitation techniques
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question: What group rioted at the textile factories ? context: Preceding the reform law , in August 1952 , communist - led riots broke out at textile factories in Kafr el - Dawwar , leading to a clash with the army that left nine people dead . While most of the RCC insisted on executing the riot ' s two ringleaders , ...
communist
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question: What subsequently happened after Alcatel was awarded damages ? context: Alcatel - Lucent has asserted several MP3 coding and compression patents , allegedly inherited from AT & T - Bell Labs , in litigation of its own . In November 2006 , before the companies ' merger , Alcatel sued Microsoft for allegedly in...
The court subsequently tossed the award
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question: Who paid the price for the reforms of the voting system ? context: Through Victoria ' s reign , the gradual establishment of a modern constitutional monarchy in Britain continued . Reforms of the voting system increased the power of the House of Commons at the expense of the House of Lords and the monarch . I...
House of Lords and the monarch
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question: What does an optoisolator do ? context: The light from LEDs can be modulated very quickly so they are used extensively in optical fiber and free space optics communications . This includes remote controls , such as for TVs , VCRs , and LED Computers , where infrared LEDs are often used . Opto - isolators use ...
allows information to be transferred between circuits not sharing a common ground potential
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question: When did the Royal Naval Engineering College shut its doors in Plymouth ? context: The city was also home to the Royal Naval Engineering College ; opened in 1880 in Keyham , it trained engineering students for five years before they completed the remaining two years of the course at Greenwich . The college cl...
1910
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question: How many species of the early - spring blooming flower grow in the Alps ? context: Alpine plants such the Alpine gentian grow in abundance in areas such as the meadows above the Lauterbrunnental . Gentians are named after the Illyrian king Gentius , and 40 species of the early - spring blooming flower grow in...
40 species
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question: What militaristic leader restored might to the Kalinga empire ? context: During the reign of Kh ā rab ē ḷ a , the Chedi dynasty of Ka ḷ inga ascended to eminence and restored the lost power and glory of Ka ḷ inga , which had been subdued since the devastating war with Ashoka . Ka ḷ ingan military might was re...
Kh ā rab ē ḷ a
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question: The absence of ignorance leads to what ? context: Sentient beings always suffer throughout sa ṃ s ā ra until they free themselves from this suffering ( dukkha ) by attaining Nirvana . Then the absence of the first Nid ā na — ignorance — leads to the absence of the others .
the absence of the others
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question: Where was the water brought from by the friars ' supply system ? context: Elsewhere , remnants of the medieval water supply system devised by the friars can still be seen today . Constructed in 1290 , the system carried water from Conduit Head ( remnants of which survive near Hill Lane , Shirley ) some 1 . 7 ...
Conduit Head
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question: What was a driving force behind the revival of the second British Invasion of New Music to America ? context: The original post - punk movement ended as the bands associated with the movement turned away from its aesthetics , often in favor of more commercial sounds . Many of these groups would continue recor...
MTV and modern rock radio stations
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question: What was the estimated capacity of solar water heating and cooling in 2007 ? context: Commercial solar water heaters began appearing in the United States in the 1890s . These systems saw increasing use until the 1920s but were gradually replaced by cheaper and more reliable heating fuels . As with photovoltai...
154 GW
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question: In what year did Badly Drawn Boy provide a soundtrack for TCM Remembers ? context: In December 1994 , TCM debuted " TCM Remembers " , a tribute to recently deceased notable film personalities ( including actors , producers , composers , directors , writers and cinematographers ) that occasionally airs during ...
2007
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question: What was the main export of Libya ? context: With crude oil as the country ' s primary export , Gaddafi sought to improve Libya ' s oil sector . In October 1969 , he proclaimed the current trade terms unfair , benefiting foreign corporations more than the Libyan state , and by threatening to reduce production...
crude oil
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question: Who came up with the term antibiosis ? context: Before the early 20th century , treatments for infections were based primarily on medicinal folklore . Mixtures with antimicrobial properties that were used in treatments of infections were described over 2000 years ago . Many ancient cultures , including the an...
Jean Paul Vuillemin
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question: What does CD stand for ? context: Compact Disc ( CD ) is a digital optical disc data storage format . The format was originally developed to store and play only sound recordings but was later adapted for storage of data ( CD - ROM ) . Several other formats were further derived from these , including write - o...
Compact Disc
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question: What is the annual precipitation in Iran ' s eastern plains ? 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 below freezing and the area remain...
680 mm ( 26 . 8 in )
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question: What is one of the primary purposes of the Jantar Mantar observatory ? context: Jantar Mantar located in Connaught Place was built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur . It consists of 13 architectural astronomy instruments . The primary purpose of the observatory was to compile astronomical tables , and to pre...
compile astronomical tables
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question: Which script was only used to copy the Quran by people in northern India ? context: Before printing was widely adopted in the 19th century , the Quran was transmitted in manuscripts made by calligraphers and copyists . The earliest manuscripts were written in Ḥ ij ā z ī - type script . The Hijazi style manusc...
Bihari
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question: What was the name of the concept used by the Roman Empire when building another line of defense at the north border ? context: In about 260 AD , the fall of the Agri Decumates territory north of the Rhine transformed today ' s Switzerland into a frontier land of the Empire . Repeated raids by the Alamanni tri...
the linear defence concept
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question: What are the inhabitants of Melbourne called ? context: Melbourne ( / ˈ m ɛ lb ə rn / , AU i / ˈ m ɛ lb ə n / ) is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Victoria , and the second most populous city in Australia and Oceania . The name " Melbourne " refers to the area of urban agglomerat...
Melburnians
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question: What did the later designs of capacitors used in radio tuning circuits no longer have ? context: Most types of capacitor include a dielectric spacer , which increases their capacitance . These dielectrics are most often insulators . However , low capacitance devices are available with a vacuum between their p...
no significant air space
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question: Who referred to acts of genocide in 1941 ? context: Genocide has become an official term used in international relations . The word genocide was not in use before 1944 . Before this , in 1941 , Winston Churchill described the mass killing of Russian prisoners of war and civilians as " a crime without a name "...
Winston Churchill
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question: Adult Top 40 represented a midpoint between what two radio formats ? context: In 1996 , Billboard created a new chart called Adult Top 40 , which reflects programming on radio stations that exists somewhere between " adult contemporary " music and " pop " music . Although they are sometimes mistaken for each ...
" adult contemporary " music and " pop " music
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question: What is the meaning of Education psychology ? context: Educational psychology is the study of how humans learn in educational settings , the effectiveness of educational interventions , the psychology of teaching , and the social psychology of schools as organizations . Although the terms " educational psycho...
the study of how humans learn in educational settings
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question: What is Setwin otherwise known as ? context: The most commonly used forms of medium distance transport in Hyderabad include government owned services such as light railways and buses , as well as privately operated taxis and auto rickshaws . Bus services operate from the Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station in the city...
Society for Employment Promotion & Training in Twin Cities
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question: What does not carry any decoration or insignia that can be worn on the person ? context: India , while remaining an active member of the Commonwealth , chose as a republic to institute its own set of honours awarded by the President of India who holds a republican position some consider similar to that of the...
Padma Vibhushan , Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri
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question: Which district was named for the walls surrounding it ? context: The first settlement is defined as Paleapolis ( Π α λ ε ά π ο λ ι ς ) , the Ancient Greek world for " old city " , in order to distinguish it from a second settlement built during the 5th century BC , called Neapolis ( Ν ε ά π ο λ ι ς ) , " new ...
Cassaro
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question: What describes the space - and - time dependence of a slowly changing wave function of quantum systems ? context: In quantum mechanics , energy is defined in terms of the energy operator as a time derivative of the wave function . The Schr ö dinger equation equates the energy operator to the full energy of a ...
The Schr ö dinger equation
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question: What led to overpopulation in China ? context: China also began suffering from mounting overpopulation during this period . Population growth was stagnant for the first half of the 17th century due to civil wars and epidemics , but prosperity and internal stability gradually reversed this trend . The introduc...
prosperity and internal stability
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question: What public area in New Haven is home to free concerts in the summer ? 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 New Haven Jazz Festiv...
New Haven Green
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question: What do mice without the clock gene become ? context: Mutations or deletions of clock gene in mice have demonstrated the importance of body clocks to ensure the proper timing of cellular / metabolic events ; clock - mutant mice are hyperphagic and obese , and have altered glucose metabolism . In mice , deleti...
hyperphagic and obese
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question: What printing process for The Times was replaced by computers in 1982 ? context: After 14 years as editor , William Rees - Mogg resigned the post upon completion of the change of ownership . Murdoch began to make his mark on the paper by appointing Harold Evans as his replacement . One of his most important c...
hot - metal Linotype printing process
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question: What brighter shade of red did Chapman adopt ? context: In 1933 , Herbert Chapman , wanting his players to be more distinctly dressed , updated the kit , adding white sleeves and changing the shade to a brighter pillar box red . Two possibilities have been suggested for the origin of the white sleeves . One s...
pillar box red
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question: When may sunlight be stored as gravitational potential energy ? context: Sunlight may be stored as gravitational potential energy after it strikes the Earth , as ( for example ) water evaporates from oceans and is deposited upon mountains ( where , after being released at a hydroelectric dam , it can be used ...
after it strikes the Earth
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question: What XBox Live service allows users to buy games and downloadable content ? context: The Xbox Live Marketplace is a virtual market designed for the console that allows Xbox Live users to download purchased or promotional content . The service offers movie and game trailers , game demos , Xbox Live Arcade game...
Xbox Live Marketplace
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question: When did the Cimbrian War end ? context: In 121 BC , Rome came into contact with two Celtic tribes ( from a region in modern France ) , both of which they defeated with apparent ease . The Cimbrian War ( 113 – 101 BC ) was a far more serious affair than the earlier clashes of 121 BC . The Germanic tribes of t...
101 BC
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question: What goddess was an intermediary between the dead and the living ? context: Funeral and commemorative rites varied according to wealth , status and religious context . In Cicero ' s time , the better - off sacrificed a sow at the funeral pyre before cremation . The dead consumed their portion in the flames of...
Ceres
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question: In what year was Cesar made pontifex maximus ? context: The Augustan settlement built upon a cultural shift in Roman society . In the middle Republican era , even Scipio ' s tentative hints that he might be Jupiter ' s special protege sat ill with his colleagues . Politicians of the later Republic were less e...
63 BC
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question: Which group of people wanted to capture Tito personally ? context: With the growing possibility of an Allied invasion in the Balkans , the Axis began to divert more resources to the destruction of the Partisans main force and its high command . This meant , among other things , a concerted German effort to ca...
German
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question: Who was ordered to force a Tibetan assault into Sichuan ? context: Patricia Ebrey writes that Tibet , like Joseon Korea and other neighboring states to the Ming , settled for its tributary status while there were no troops or governors of Ming China stationed in its territory . Laird writes that " after the M...
Ming general Qu Neng
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question: When did the Manchester Small - Scale Experimental Machine run its first program ? context: The Manchester Small - Scale Experimental Machine , nicknamed Baby , was the world ' s first stored - program computer . It was built at the Victoria University of Manchester by Frederic C . Williams , Tom Kilburn and ...
21 June 1948
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question: When did the russian civil war take place ? context: The outcome of the First World War was disastrous for both the German Reich and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic . During the war , the Bolsheviks struggled for survival , and Vladimir Lenin recognised the independence of Finland , Estonia ,...
1917 – 22
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question: Where is the Catalan speaking part of Aragon ? context: In 2011 , the Aragonese government passed a decree for the establishment of a new language regulator of Catalan in La Franja ( the so - called Catalan - speaking areas of Aragon ) . The new entity , designated as Acad è mia Aragonesa del Catal à , shall ...
La Franja
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question: Spectre passed which movie to become the highest grossing IMAX release in the UK ? context: In the United Kingdom , the film grossed £ 4 . 1 million ( $ 6 . 4 million ) from its Monday preview screenings . It grossed £ 6 . 3 million ( $ 9 . 2 million ) on its opening day and then £ 5 . 7 million ( $ 8 . 8 mil...
Avatar
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question: Israel has the largest number of what per square meter in the basin ? context: The Jordan River runs along the Jordan Rift Valley , from Mount Hermon through the Hulah Valley and the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea , the lowest point on the surface of the Earth . Further south is the Arabah , ending with the G...
plant species
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question: Why did the city not grow during the Civil War ? context: After the Civil War began , Governor Zebulon Baird Vance ordered the construction of breastworks around the city as protection from Union troops . During General Sherman ' s Carolinas Campaign , Raleigh was captured by Union cavalry under the command o...
a state economy based on agriculture ,
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question: In 2002 what act granted full British citizenship to the citizens of the islands ? context: The Saint Helena Constitution took effect in 1989 and provided that the island would be governed by a Governor and Commander - in - Chief , and an elected Executive and Legislative Council . In 2002 , the British Overs...
British Overseas Territories Act 2002
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question: How old was Sigismund of Luxemburg when he was named heir ? context: Louis did not leave a son as heir after his death in 1382 . Instead , he named as his heir the young prince Sigismund of Luxemburg , who was 11 years old . The Hungarian nobility did not accept his claim , and the result was an internal war ...
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