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5727f18cff5b5019007d98ff | question: What helped cause the most life like sound ? context: The lateral cut NAB curve was remarkably similar to the NBC Orthacoustic curve that evolved from practices within the National Broadcasting Company since the mid - 1930s . Empirically , and not by any formula , it was learned that the bass end of the audio... | using a complementary inverse curve |
5726a714dd62a815002e8c12 | question: Where had Paymasters been able to get money from directly until 1782 ? context: The Paymaster General Act 1782 ended the post as a lucrative sinecure . Previously , Paymasters had been able to draw on money from HM Treasury at their discretion . Now they were required to put the money they had requested to wi... | HM Treasury |
57251e0e0ba9f01400d97c6b | question: When was a Scottish Lodge formed in Iraq ? context: Masonic lodges existed in Iraq as early as 1917 , when the first lodge under the United Grand Lodge of England ( UGLE ) was opened . Nine lodges under UGLE existed by the 1950s , and a Scottish lodge was formed in 1923 . However , the position changed follow... | 1923 |
5709a2feed30961900e843a2 | question: What are some examples of non - bilaterian animals ? context: Traditional morphological and modern molecular phylogenetic analysis have both recognized a major evolutionary transition from " non - bilaterian " animals , which are those lacking a bilaterally symmetric body plan ( Porifera , Ctenophora , Cnidar... | Porifera , Ctenophora , Cnidaria and Placozoa |
5727884e708984140094e029 | question: What year was Americas Victory at King ' s Mountain ? context: On April 12 , 1776 , the colony became the first to instruct its delegates to the Continental Congress to vote for independence from the British Crown , through the Halifax Resolves passed by the North Carolina Provincial Congress . The dates of b... | 1780 |
572ba8fcf75d5e190021fe82 | question: What type of action can second level morphed imperfective verbs denote ? context: The verbs of most aspect pairs differ in one of two ways : by prefix or by suffix . In prefix pairs , the perfective verb has an added prefix — for example , the imperfective ps á t ( to write , to be writing ) compared with the... | repeated or regular action |
5725c49a89a1e219009abe3e | question: Now that " Nederlands " is used for Dutch in Dutch , what do Dutch speakers call German ? context: In Dutch itself , Diets went out of common use - although Platdiets is still used for the transitional Limburgish - Ripuarian dialects in the north - east of Belgium . Nederlands , the official Dutch word for " ... | Duits |
572826494b864d19001645b8 | question: What is an annelid ' s cuticle made of ? context: No single feature distinguishes Annelids from other invertebrate phyla , but they have a distinctive combination of features . Their bodies are long , with segments that are divided externally by shallow ring - like constrictions called annuli and internally b... | collagen |
56f97f629b226e1400dd14ce | question: How much is the annual cost to support the defence estate ? context: The Ministry of Defence is one of the United Kingdom ' s largest landowners , owning 227 , 300 hectares of land and foreshore ( either freehold or leasehold ) at April 2014 , which was valued at " about £ 20 billion " . The MoD also has " ri... | in excess of £ 3 . 3 billion |
570b09a96b8089140040f702 | question: What was Admiral Flota Sovetskovo Soyuza Kuznetsov renamed ? context: 1 STOBAR carrier : Admiral Flota Sovetskovo Soyuza Kuznetsov : 55 , 000 tonne Admiral Kuznetsov - class STOBAR aircraft carrier . Launched in 1985 as Tbilisi , renamed and operational from 1995 . Without catapults she can launch and recover... | Tbilisi |
5729c64daf94a219006aa607 | question: IBM acquired digital assets of this company on October 28 , 2015 . context: On October 28 , 2015 , IBM announced its acquisition of digital assets from The Weather Company — a holding company of Bain Capital , The Blackstone Group and NBCUniversal which owns The Weather Channel , including its weather data pl... | The Weather Company |
57282b142ca10214002d9fd4 | question: What happened on January 1st 1901 ? context: On the 1st of January 1901 the nation - state of Australia officially came into existence as a federation . The Australian continent was colonised by the United Kingdom in 1788 , which subsequently established six , eventually self - governing , colonies there . In... | nation - state of Australia officially came into existence as a federation |
56db42dee7c41114004b4fd6 | question: What was the show called by other networks ? context: Season six premiered with the series ' highest - rated debut episode and a few of its succeeding episodes rank among the most watched episodes of American Idol . During this time , many television executives begun to regard the show as a programming force ... | the Death Star |
5727873b5951b619008f8c76 | question: How much does it cost to attend Eton Dorney throughout the year ? context: In the run - up to the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games and London 2012 Summer Paralympic Games , Eton ' s purpose - built Dorney Lake , a permanent , eight - lane , 2 , 200 metre course ( about 1 . 4 miles ) in a 400 - acre park , off... | free of charge |
572ef028c246551400ce47cb | question: Article IV , Section Three of th United States Constitution gives Congress the power to do what ? context: Under Article IV , Section Three of the United States Constitution , which outlines the relationship among the states , Congress has the power to admit new states to the union . The states are required t... | the power to admit new states to the union |
5725f0d789a1e219009ac0c4 | question: What American professional baseball team is located on the North side of Chicago , IL ? context: The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team located on the North Side of Chicago , Illinois . The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a members of the National League ( NL ) Central di... | The Chicago Cubs |
57258041cc50291900b28542 | question: Who replaced Lord Roseberry as Prime Minister ? context: Gladstone returned to power after the 1892 general election ; he was 82 years old . Victoria objected when Gladstone proposed appointing the Radical MP Henry Labouchere to the Cabinet , so Gladstone agreed not to appoint him . In 1894 , Gladstone retire... | Lord Salisbury |
5731486605b4da19006bcfbd | question: How old was Tongzhi when he came to power ? context: Chinese generals and officials such as Zuo Zongtang led the suppression of rebellions and stood behind the Manchus . When the Tongzhi Emperor came to the throne at the age of five in 1861 , these officials rallied around him in what was called the Tongzhi R... | five |
570a5f2f4103511400d59694 | question: What is the name of the first synthetic dye discovered ? context: William Henry Perkin studied and worked at the college under von Hofmann , but resigned his position after discovering the first synthetic dye , mauveine , in 1856 . Perkin ' s discovery was prompted by his work with von Hofmann on the substanc... | mauveine |
572a3beaaf94a219006aa8f5 | question: Who believes that time is a dimension of reality on a par with the three spatial dimensions context: According to Presentism , time is an ordering of various realities . At a certain time some things exist and others do not . This is the only reality we can deal with and we cannot for example say that Homer e... | Eternalist |
5726e32d5951b619008f817b | question: What are the two major city - states ? context: Germany is a federal republic consisting of sixteen federal states ( German : Bundesland , or Land ) . [ a ] Since today ' s Germany was formed from an earlier collection of several states , it has a federal constitution , and the constituent states retain a mea... | Berlin and Hamburg |
572f30b604bcaa1900d76783 | question: When did the British establish colonies in Australia ? context: British imperial strength was underpinned by the steamship and the telegraph , new technologies invented in the second half of the 19th century , allowing it to control and defend the Empire . By 1902 , the British Empire was linked together by a... | 1788 |
5731d7dbe99e3014001e6329 | question: What do states violate the clause require state office - holders to possess ? context: The " religious test " clause has been interpreted to cover both elected officials and appointed ones , career civil servants as well as political appointees . Religious beliefs or the lack of them have therefore not been p... | particular religious beliefs |
56d1297b17492d1400aabaf2 | question: When did Kanye West post to Twitter apoloizing to Taylor Swift ? context: In September 2010 , West wrote a series of apologetic tweets addressed to Swift including " Beyonce didn ' t need that . MTV didn ' t need that and Taylor and her family friends and fans definitely didn ' t want or need that " and concl... | September 2010 |
5727fbd42ca10214002d9aaf | question: How was gold spluttering used in vinyl creation ? context: Vinyl pressings were made with stampers from master cuts that were electroplated in vacuo by means of gold sputtering . Audio response was claimed out to 8 , 000 Hz , later 13 , 000 Hz , using light weight pickups employing jeweled styli . Amplifiers ... | cuts that were electroplated in vacuo by means of gold sputtering |
57299ef46aef05140015503e | question: Flies and what other kind of insect transmit diseases ? context: Many insects are considered pests by humans . Insects commonly regarded as pests include those that are parasitic ( e . g . lice , bed bugs ) , transmit diseases ( mosquitoes , flies ) , damage structures ( termites ) , or destroy agricultural g... | mosquitoes |
570d995c16d0071400510bb9 | question: At what stage do parents see their children as equals ? context: Adolescence marks a rapid change in one ' s role within a family . Young children tend to assert themselves forcefully , but are unable to demonstrate much influence over family decisions until early adolescence , when they are increasingly view... | early adolescence |
572689fef1498d1400e8e328 | question: What do new cars in Mexico need to have ? context: The World Bank has sponsored a project to curb air pollution through public transport improvements and the Mexican government has started shutting down polluting factories . They have phased out diesel buses and mandated new emission controls on new cars ; si... | catalytic converter |
57265737708984140094c2f8 | question: When was a document called " Human rights and intellectual property " issued ? context: The World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ) recognizes that conflicts may exist between the respect for and implementation of current intellectual property systems and other human rights . In 2001 the UN Committe... | 2001 |
56e790e237bdd419002c414f | question: Against what other kinds of institutions was KU ' s engineering school compared ? context: In the U . S . News & World Report ' s " America ’ s Best Colleges " 2016 issue , KU ’ s School of Engineering was ranked tied for 90th among national universities . | national universities |
57318515a5e9cc1400cdc016 | question: What terrorist attack did the United States claim Libya supported ? context: After the U . S . accused Libya of orchestrating the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing , in which two American soldiers died , Reagan decided to retaliate militarily . The Central Intelligence Agency were critical of the move , believi... | 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing |
56e10f57cd28a01900c674ff | question: In what institution do church courts still have relevant functions in secular society ? context: In the Church of England , the ecclesiastical courts that formerly decided many matters such as disputes relating to marriage , divorce , wills , and defamation , still have jurisdiction of certain church - relate... | the Church of England |
5731b0b30fdd8d15006c645f | question: What feature had importance in sacrifices ? context: Chthonic gods such as Dis pater , the di inferi ( " gods below " ) , and the collective shades of the departed ( di Manes ) were given dark , fertile victims in nighttime rituals . Animal sacrifice usually took the form of a holocaust or burnt offering , an... | Color |
571adbce32177014007e9f4f | question: What caused a need for more regulation ? context: In the U . S . , a push for revisions of the FD & C Act emerged from Congressional hearings led by Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee in 1959 . The hearings covered a wide range of policy issues , including advertising abuses , questionable efficacy of drugs ... | a new tragedy emerged |
573217b2e99e3014001e64fb | question: What company has a 40 % stake in OTE ? context: Between 1949 and the 1980s , telephone communications in Greece were a state monopoly by the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization , better known by its acronym , OTE . Despite the liberalization of telephone communications in the country in the 1980s , OTE s... | Deutsche Telekom |
57277ff7f1498d1400e8fa05 | question: Where is sucrose produced in a plant ? context: Molecules are moved within plants by transport processes that operate at a variety of spatial scales . Subcellular transport of ions , electrons and molecules such as water and enzymes occurs across cell membranes . Minerals and water are transported from roots ... | the leaves |
570c31266b8089140040fbfd | question: What organization did General Ashcroft assign to lead organization in terrorism investigations ? context: The FBI often works in conjunction with other Federal agencies , including the U . S . Coast Guard ( USCG ) and U . S . Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) in seaport and airport security , and the Nati... | FBI |
572821484b864d190016451a | question: What type of agriculture is popular in the CAR ? context: Agriculture is dominated by the cultivation and sale of food crops such as cassava , peanuts , maize , sorghum , millet , sesame , and plantain . The annual real GDP growth rate is just above 3 % . The importance of food crops over exported cash crops ... | food crops |
572641e4ec44d21400f3dced | question: How big is Mexico City ' s GDP ? context: The Greater Mexico City has a gross domestic product ( GDP ) of US $ 411 billion in 2011 , making Mexico City urban agglomeration one of the economically largest metropolitan areas in the world . The city was responsible for generating 15 . 8 % of Mexico ' s Gross Dom... | US $ 411 billion |
572ea13b03f9891900756864 | question: Where is Neptune ' s magnetic field offset from the physical centre ? context: Neptune also resembles Uranus in its magnetosphere , with a magnetic field strongly tilted relative to its rotational axis at 47 ° and offset at least 0 . 55 radii , or about 13500 km from the planet ' s physical centre . Before Vo... | 0 . 55 radii |
56f86721aef237190062604b | question: How long was Southampton ' s High Street as described by Choules ? context: In his 1854 book " The Cruise of the Steam Yacht North Star " John Choules described Southampton thus : " I hardly know a town that can show a more beautiful Main Street than Southampton , except it be Oxford . The High Street opens f... | one mile and a half |
572760f55951b619008f8907 | question: For what is cottonseed used after it is separate from the fibers ? context: The cottonseed which remains after the cotton is ginned is used to produce cottonseed oil , which , after refining , can be consumed by humans like any other vegetable oil . The cottonseed meal that is left generally is fed to ruminan... | cottonseed oil |
571118caa58dae1900cd6c14 | question: Where was the system released to two separate marketing areas ? context: In Europe and Australia , the system was released to two separate marketing regions . One region consisted of most of mainland Europe ( excluding Italy ) , and distribution there was handled by a number of different companies , with Nint... | Europe and Australia |
571a94a24faf5e1900b8aabb | question: Can people self identify as more than one ethnicity on the US census currently ? context: By 1990 , the Census Bureau included more than a dozen ethnic / racial categories on the census , reflecting not only changing social ideas about ethnicity , but the wide variety of immigrants who had come to reside in t... | The Census Bureau changed its data collection by allowing people to self - identify as more than one ethnicity |
5726f2815951b619008f8319 | question: What is Avicenna ' s Book of Healing referred to in Arabic ? context: Avicenna ' s legacy in classical psychology is primarily embodied in the Kitab al - nafs parts of his Kitab al - shifa ( The Book of Healing ) and Kitab al - najat ( The Book of Deliverance ) . These were known in Latin under the title De A... | Kitab al - shifa |
5726a83edd62a815002e8c2e | question: Where can you go to surf on Norfolk Island ? context: The coastline of Norfolk Island consists , to varying degrees , of cliff faces . A downward slope exists towards Slaughter Bay and Emily Bay , the site of the original colonial settlement of Kingston . There are no safe harbour facilities on Norfolk Island... | Anson and Ball Bays |
5726a342f1498d1400e8e594 | question: When were developers competing with Jacobi able to match his accomplishments ? context: After many other more or less successful attempts with relatively weak rotating and reciprocating apparatus the Prussian Moritz von Jacobi created the first real rotating electric motor in May 1834 that actually developed ... | 1839 / 40 |
573217b2e99e3014001e64fa | question: When did the liberalization of the telephone communications in Greece happen ? context: Between 1949 and the 1980s , telephone communications in Greece were a state monopoly by the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization , better known by its acronym , OTE . Despite the liberalization of telephone communicat... | 1980s |
57282f6c2ca10214002da019 | question: What are most polychaetes lacking for reproduction ? context: Some polychaetes breed only once in their lives , while others breed almost continuously or through several breeding seasons . While most polychaetes remain of one sex all their lives , a significant percentage of species are full hermaphrodites or... | permanent gonads |
56e14848cd28a01900c6773a | question: What is the economy of Boston ? context: A global city , Boston is placed among the top 30 most economically powerful cities in the world . Encompassing $ 363 billion , the Greater Boston metropolitan area has the sixth - largest economy in the country and 12th - largest in the world . | $ 363 billion |
57340c46d058e614000b6897 | question: The charges of genocide brought up by the ICTR were against what group of people ? context: The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ( ICTR ) is a court under the auspices of the United Nations for the prosecution of offenses committed in Rwanda during the genocide which occurred there during April 1994... | Rwandan citizens |
57303032a23a5019007fcf2f | question: What is the exact setting for FM News & Talk ? context: The radio stations in San Diego include nationwide broadcaster , Clear Channel Communications ; CBS Radio , Midwest Television , Lincoln Financial Media , Finest City Broadcasting , and many other smaller stations and networks . Stations include : KOGO A... | 95 . 7 |
5731f290e99e3014001e6404 | question: What was Chiang Kai - Shek ' s strongest army ? context: In Burma the British , under intense pressure , made a fighting retreat from Rangoon to the Indo - Burmese border . This cut the Burma Road which was the western Allies ' supply line to the Chinese Nationalists . In March 1942 , Chinese Expeditionary Fo... | Szechuan army |
572786a8708984140094dff5 | question: Who became Chairman of the Council of Ministers in 1985 ? context: In the fall of 1985 , Gorbachev continued to bring younger and more energetic men into government . On September 27 , Nikolai Ryzhkov replaced 79 - year - old Nikolai Tikhonov as Chairman of the Council of Ministers , effectively the Soviet pr... | Nikolai Ryzhkov |
57060c0052bb89140068980a | question: The Times is found to have the highest number of readers from what age group ? context: In a 2009 national readership survey The Times was found to have the highest number of ABC1 25 – 44 readers and the largest numbers of readers in London of any of the " quality " papers . | 25 – 44 |
572f3e7d04bcaa1900d767bf | question: What feature helped flowers not get plucked ? context: Flower evolution continues to the present day ; modern flowers have been so profoundly influenced by humans that some of them cannot be pollinated in nature . Many modern domesticated flower species were formerly simple weeds , which sprouted only when th... | prettiest |
572a5c54fed8de19000d5ba3 | question: Where did Hayek spend an entire year after his retirement ? context: From 1962 until his retirement in 1968 , he was a professor at the University of Freiburg , West Germany , where he began work on his next book , Law , Legislation and Liberty . Hayek regarded his years at Freiburg as " very fruitful " . Fol... | University of California , Los Angeles |
572f3d1f04bcaa1900d767b1 | question: What was the Meija era marked by ? context: Around the end of the 19th century and into the 20th century , the Meiji era was marked by the reign of the Meiji Emperor . During this time , Japan started its modernization and rose to world power status . This era name means " Enlightened Rule " . In Japan , the ... | the reign of the Meiji Emperor |
570c285fec8fbc190045bcbe | question: How much was the US government ordered to pay in damages ? context: In 2003 a congressional committee called the FBI ' s organized crime informant program " one of the greatest failures in the history of federal law enforcement . " The FBI allowed four innocent men to be convicted of the March 1965 gangland m... | $ 100 million |
57313e7f497a881900248cbf | question: Why was the Republic of Novgorod doing so well while the Kievan Rus declined ? context: In the north , the Republic of Novgorod prospered because it controlled trade routes from the River Volga to the Baltic Sea . As Kievan Rus ' declined , Novgorod became more independent . A local oligarchy ruled Novgorod ;... | it controlled trade routes |
57070d4b9e06ca38007e9330 | question: Why were people offended by this comment ? context: Due to the often political and cultural contours of blackness in the United States , the notion of blackness can also be extended to non - black people . Toni Morrison once described Bill Clinton as the first black President of the United States , because , ... | Clinton used his knowledge of black culture to exploit black people for political gain |
57294d2baf94a219006aa272 | question: Where is the Agua Caliente Solar Project located ? context: Many solar photovoltaic power stations have been built , mainly in Europe . As of July 2012 , the largest photovoltaic ( PV ) power plants in the world are the Agua Caliente Solar Project ( USA , 247 MW ) , Charanka Solar Park ( India , 214 MW ) , Go... | USA |
572b5bab34ae481900deadc7 | question: How is zinc applied ? context: Zinc is more reactive than iron or steel and thus will attract almost all local oxidation until it completely corrodes away . A protective surface layer of oxide and carbonate ( Zn 5 ( OH ) 6 ( CO 3 ) 2 ) forms as the zinc corrodes . This protection lasts even after the zinc lay... | electrochemically or as molten zinc |
56fab555f34c681400b0c11c | question: Which format is typically used for internet distribution of HD video ? context: Non - cinematic HDTV video recordings intended for broadcast are typically recorded either in 720p or 1080i format as determined by the broadcaster . 720p is commonly used for Internet distribution of high - definition video , bec... | 720p |
571a30bb10f8ca1400304f52 | question: How does the Seattle ferry line compare to the rest of the world ? context: King County Metro provides frequent stop bus service within the city and surrounding county , as well as a South Lake Union Streetcar line between the South Lake Union neighborhood and Westlake Center in downtown . Seattle is one of t... | third largest |
572ed18acb0c0d14000f15df | question: What city was captured in the first Spain - Portugal conflict ? context: 1762 brought two new countries into the war . Britain declared war against Spain on 4 January 1762 ; Spain reacted by issuing their own declaration of war against Britain on 18 January . Portugal followed by joining the war on Britain ' ... | . Spain , aided by the French , launched an invasion of Portugal and succeeded in capturing Almeida |
57320b3b0fdd8d15006c670c | question: What type of birds go into a nightly state of torpor ? context: Many sleeping birds bend their heads over their backs and tuck their bills in their back feathers , although others place their beaks among their breast feathers . Many birds rest on one leg , while some may pull up their legs into their feathers... | Some hummingbirds |
573020aeb2c2fd14005688ee | question: What city does San Diego come in second to in the biotech industry ? context: The presence of the University of California , San Diego and other research institutions has helped to fuel biotechnology growth . In 2013 , San Diego has the second - largest biotech cluster in the United States , below the Boston ... | Boston |
572738d25951b619008f86ef | question: Which conflict in France resulted in the establishment of permanent armies ? context: Changes also took place within the recruitment and composition of armies . The use of the national or feudal levy was gradually replaced by paid troops of domestic retinues or foreign mercenaries . The practice was associate... | Hundred Years ' War |
5731bdd7e17f3d140042236b | question: What colonies did Japan conscript soldiers from ? context: Japan conscripted many soldiers from its colonies of Korea and Formosa ( Taiwan ) . To a small extent , some Vichy French , Indian National Army , and Burmese National Army forces were active in the area of the Pacific War . Collaborationist units fro... | Korea and Formosa |
5733b496d058e614000b60d0 | question: What field of study did Anton - Hermann Chroust specialize in ? context: The rise of Hitler and other dictators in the 1930s forced numerous Catholic intellectuals to flee Europe ; president John O ' Hara brought many to Notre Dame . From Germany came Anton - Hermann Chroust ( 1907 – 1982 ) in classics and la... | classics and law |
5731daf6b9d445190005e5c0 | question: How may Palestinian refugees are in Egypt ? context: Egypt also hosts an unknown number of refugees and asylum seekers , estimated to be between 500 , 000 and 3 million . There are some 70 , 000 Palestinian refugees , and about 150 , 000 recently arrived Iraqi refugees , but the number of the largest group , ... | 70 , 000 |
56e3bbe839bdeb14003478db | question: Which countries took part in the Northern Crusades ? context: The domination of Estonia after the Northern Crusades , from the 13th century to 1918 by Denmark , Germany , Sweden , and Russia delayed indigenous literacy in Estonia . [ citation needed ] | Denmark , Germany , Sweden , and Russia |
572781a9708984140094df86 | question: Who has a lovely breast ? context: In Catalonia people dress in masks and costume ( often in themed groups ) and organize a week - long series of parties , pranks , outlandish activities such as bed races , street dramas satirizing public figures and raucous processions to welcome the arrival of Sa Majestat e... | Marqu è s |
56f86358aef2371900626038 | question: Despite not having a good beach , what decade saw Southampton become popular for sea bathing ? context: Southampton became a spa town in 1740 . It had also become a popular site for sea bathing by the 1760s , despite the lack of a good quality beach . Innovative buildings specifically for this purpose were bu... | 1760s |
5731ce3ab9d445190005e577 | question: How much was the German population reduced during the Thirty Years ' War ? context: In the course of this religious upheaval , the German Peasants ' War of 1524 – 25 swept through the Bavarian , Thuringian and Swabian principalities . After the Eighty Years ' War in the Low Countries and the French Wars of Re... | between 25 % and 40 % |
5731a76fe17f3d14004222c5 | question: With what were Roman festivals organized in accordance ? context: Roman calendars show roughly forty annual religious festivals . Some lasted several days , others a single day or less : sacred days ( dies fasti ) outnumbered " non - sacred " days ( dies nefasti ) . A comparison of surviving Roman religious c... | seasonal |
5727dbcaff5b5019007d9708 | question: How many times was the Rhines bridge used during the Franco - Dutch War ? context: Louis ' advisors believed that , as long as Strasbourg remained independent , it would endanger the King ' s newly annexed territories in Alsace , and , that to defend these large rural lands effectively , a garrison had to be ... | three |
570b495aec8fbc190045b964 | question: Who ordered Iraqi forces to hold their ground despite air bombardments ? context: However , the battle was one - sided almost from the beginning . The reasons for this are the subject of continuing study by military strategists and academics . There is general agreement that US technological superiority was a... | Iraqi President Saddam Hussein |
5726edf05951b619008f82a7 | question: How much of Nigeria ' s population is Animist and other religions ? context: Nigeria is a religiously diverse society , with Islam and Christianity being the most widely professed religions . Nigerians are nearly equally divided into Christians and Muslims , with a tiny minority of adherents of Animism and ot... | 1 . 4 % |
572fc292b2c2fd140056840d | question: There is a research institute in Hyderabad known as ICRISAT , what does the acronym represent ? context: Institutes in Hyderabad include the National Institute of Rural Development , the Indian School of Business , the Institute of Public Enterprise , the Administrative Staff College of India and the Sardar V... | International Crops Research Institute for the Semi - Arid Tropics |
573427ac4776f419006619a5 | question: What does the acronym PCR expand to ? context: Technologies based upon the polymerase chain reaction ( PCR ) method will become nearly ubiquitous gold standards of diagnostics of the near future , for several reasons . First , the catalog of infectious agents has grown to the point that virtually all of the s... | polymerase chain reaction |
571d2ccfdd7acb1400e4c23d | question: What was the name of the top - selling anti - inflammatory drug in 2013 ? context: The top ten best - selling drugs of 2013 totaled $ 75 . 6 billion in sales , with the anti - inflammatory drug Humira being the best - selling drug worldwide at $ 10 . 7 billion in sales . The second and third best selling were... | Humira |
57292b05af94a219006aa14b | question: Who first observed the photoelectric effect ? context: The photoelectric effect is the emission of electrons ( called " photoelectrons " ) from a surface when light is shone on it . It was first observed by Alexandre Edmond Becquerel in 1839 , although credit is usually reserved for Heinrich Hertz , who publi... | Alexandre Edmond Becquerel |
57290ea91d04691400778ff4 | question: What gene distribution decreases as you move away from the equator in either direction ? context: In 1964 , the biologists Paul Ehrlich and Holm pointed out cases where two or more clines are distributed discordantly — for example , melanin is distributed in a decreasing pattern from the equator north and sou... | melanin |
57278c0ddd62a815002e9ffb | question: What New Haven institution did former U . S . president Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton both attend ? context: New Haven is the birthplace of former president George W . Bush , who was born when his father , former president George H . W . Bush , was living in New Haven while a student at Yale . In ad... | Yale Law School |
573199ecb9d445190005e400 | question: What did Romulus offer to Jupiter in the first Roman Triumph ? context: Romulus was credited with several religious institutions . He founded the Consualia festival , inviting the neighbouring Sabines to participate ; the ensuing rape of the Sabine women by Romulus ' s men further embedded both violence and c... | spoils taken in war |
5731b0b30fdd8d15006c645c | question: What type of sacrifice victims were the dark gods offered ? context: Chthonic gods such as Dis pater , the di inferi ( " gods below " ) , and the collective shades of the departed ( di Manes ) were given dark , fertile victims in nighttime rituals . Animal sacrifice usually took the form of a holocaust or bur... | dark , fertile |
572f65c704bcaa1900d768d7 | question: What causes electric trains to waste energy ? context: Central station electricity can often be generated with higher efficiency than a mobile engine / generator . While the efficiency of power plant generation and diesel locomotive generation are roughly the same in the nominal regime , diesel motors decreas... | cooling blowers |
572a829934ae481900deab5f | question: How many passengers use Miami International Airport annually ? context: Miami International Airport serves as the primary international airport of the Greater Miami Area . One of the busiest international airports in the world , Miami International Airport caters to over 35 million passengers a year . The air... | 35 million |
5727d0feff5b5019007d95eb | question: When a boy is summoned to the Head Master , what is the experience called ? context: A boy who is late for any division or other appointment may be required to sign " Tardy Book " , a register kept in the School Office , between 7 . 35am and 7 . 45am , every morning for the duration of his sentence ( typicall... | the " Bill " |
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