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question: When did Israel launch it ' s first satellite ? context: The Israeli Space Agency coordinates all Israeli space research programs with scientific and commercial goals . In 2012 Israel was ranked ninth in the world by the Futron ' s Space Competitiveness Index . Israel is one of only seven countries that both ...
1988
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question: In what year was Delhi converted into a union territory ? context: After India gained independence in 1947 , a limited autonomy was conferred to New Delhi and was administered by a Chief Commissioner appointed by the Government of India . In 1956 , Delhi was converted into a union territory and eventually the...
1956
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question: How many deaths occurred due to Diphtheria ? context: Early progress toward the development of vaccines occurred throughout this period , primarily in the form of academic and government - funded basic research directed toward the identification of the pathogens responsible for common communicable diseases . ...
15 , 520
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question: What is uranium used for most often in the military ? context: The major application of uranium in the military sector is in high - density penetrators . This ammunition consists of depleted uranium ( DU ) alloyed with 1 – 2 % other elements , such as titanium or molybdenum . At high impact speed , the densit...
high - density penetrators
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question: What regions of Africa were under control of the Ottoman empire ? context: During the 16th and 17th centuries , in particular at the height of its power under the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent , the Ottoman Empire was a multinational , multilingual empire controlling much of Southeast Europe , Western Asi...
North Africa , and the Horn of Africa
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question: When was the training for the TA supposed to resume ? context: In October 2009 , the MoD was heavily criticized for withdrawing the bi - annual non - operational training £ 20m budget for the volunteer Territorial Army ( TA ) , ending all non - operational training for 6 months until April 2010 . The governme...
April 2010
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question: Who distributed ' War Horse ' ? context: Spielberg followed with War Horse , shot in England in the summer of 2010 . It was released just four days after The Adventures of Tintin , on December 25 , 2011 . The film , based on the novel of the same name written by Michael Morpurgo and published in 1982 , follow...
Disney
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question: Warner resolved the dispute by buying whose shares ? context: The next year Madonna and Maverick sued Warner Music Group and its former parent company Time Warner , claiming that mismanagement of resources and poor bookkeeping had cost the company millions of dollars . In return , Warner filed a countersuit a...
Madonna and Ronnie Dashev
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question: What kind of weapons can usually be found on smaller boats and ships ? context: Smaller boats and ships typically have machine - guns or fast cannons , which can often be deadly to low - flying aircraft if linked to a radar - directed fire - control system radar - controlled cannon for point defence . Some ve...
machine - guns or fast cannons
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question: What kind of instruments are favored by Kondo ? context: Media requests at the trade show prompted Kondo to consider using orchestral music for the other tracks in the game as well , a notion reinforced by his preference for live instruments . He originally envisioned a full 50 - person orchestra for action s...
live
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question: When must TZ values be changed on an older system ? context: Older or stripped - down systems may support only the TZ values required by POSIX , which specify at most one start and end rule explicitly in the value . For example , TZ = ' EST5EDT , M3 . 2 . 0 / 02 : 00 , M11 . 1 . 0 / 02 : 00 ' specifies time f...
whenever DST rules change
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question: Who was the last prime minister to serve simultaneously as Chancellor of the Exchequer ? context: The United Kingdom ' s constitution , being uncodified and largely unwritten , makes no mention of a prime minister . Though it had de facto existed for centuries , its first mention in official state documents d...
Balfour
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question: After what language evolved was writing introduced ? context: Sanskrit originated in an oral society , and the oral tradition was maintained through the development of early classical Sanskrit literature . Writing was not introduced to India until after Sanskrit had evolved into the Prakrits ; when it was wri...
Prakrits
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question: What Greek style was the core of Carthage ' s military ? context: Carthage was a Phoenician colony on the coast of Tunisia . Carthaginian culture came into contact with the Greeks through Punic colonies in Sicily and through their widespread Mediterranean trade network . While the Carthaginians retained their...
phalanx
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question: The group pattern is connected to the structure of the target by what behavior ? context: Symmetry groups are groups consisting of symmetries of given mathematical objects — be they of geometric nature , such as the introductory symmetry group of the square , or of algebraic nature , such as polynomial equati...
group action
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question: Which agency is in charge of health and wellness services in Hyderabad ? context: The Commissionerate of Health and Family Welfare is responsible for planning , implementation and monitoring of all facilities related to health and preventive services . As of 2010 [ update ] – 11 , the city had 50 government h...
Commissionerate of Health and Family Welfare
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question: Up to what date of release did Turner retain ownership of the MGM film library ? context: In 1986 , eight years before the launch of Turner Classic Movies , Ted Turner acquired the Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer film studio for $ 1 . 5 billion . Concerns over Turner Entertainment ' s corporate debt load resulted in ...
May 9 , 1986
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question: What is DOD short for ? context: The Directorate of Operations is responsible for collecting foreign intelligence , mainly from clandestine HUMINT sources , and covert action . The name reflects its role as the coordinator of human intelligence activities among other elements of the wider U . S . intelligence...
Department of Defense
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question: Who joined with Stan Lee in creating the Fantastic Four ? context: Lee and freelance artist and eventual co - plotter Jack Kirby ' s Fantastic Four originated in a Cold War culture that led their creators to revise the superhero conventions of previous eras to better reflect the psychological spirit of their ...
Jack Kirby
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question: What form are most of Chopin ' s é tudes in ? context: Chopin ' s é tudes are largely in straightforward ternary form . He used them to teach his own technique of piano playing — for instance playing double thirds ( Op . 25 , No . 6 ) , playing in octaves ( Op . 25 , No . 10 ) , and playing repeated notes ( O...
straightforward ternary
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question: What did Yale do about the Title IX complaint ? context: A decade into co - education , rampant student assault and harassment by faculty became the impetus for the trailblazing lawsuit Alexander v . Yale . While unsuccessful in the courts , the legal reasoning behind the case changed the landscape of sex dis...
formed a Title IX steering committee to address complaints of sexual misconduct
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question: Who was Alexander ' s sister ? context: The first of the Diadochi wars broke out when Perdiccas planned to marry Alexander ' s sister Cleopatra and began to question Antigonus I Monophthalmus ' leadership in Asia Minor . Antigonus fled for Greece , and then , together with Antipater and Craterus ( the satrap ...
Cleopatra
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question: How old was Truman in 1948 ? context: Eisenhower was the last president born in the 19th century , and at age 62 , was the oldest man elected President since James Buchanan in 1856 ( President Truman stood at 64 in 1948 as the incumbent president at the time of his election four years earlier ) . Eisenhower w...
64
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question: What was the name the first cousing that Victoria married ? context: Victoria married her first cousin , Prince Albert of Saxe - Coburg and Gotha , in 1840 . Their nine children married into royal and noble families across the continent , tying them together and earning her the sobriquet " the grandmother of ...
Prince Albert of Saxe - Coburg and Gotha
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question: " We choose to go to the Moon " speech was given at what location in Texas ? context: He justified the program in terms of its importance to national security , and its focus of the nation ' s energies on other scientific and social fields . He rallied popular support for the program in his " We choose to go ...
Rice University Stadium
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question: What is the name of Queen ' s drummer ? context: Between 2005 and 2006 , Queen + Paul Rodgers embarked on a world tour , which was the first time Queen toured since their last tour with Freddie Mercury in 1986 . The band ' s drummer Roger Taylor commented ; " We never thought we would tour again , Paul [ Rodg...
Roger Taylor
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question: What type of climate did Antarctica have in the Cretaceous period ? context: Africa separated from Antarctica in the Jurassic , around 160 Ma , followed by the Indian subcontinent in the early Cretaceous ( about 125 Ma ) . By the end of the Cretaceous , about 66 Ma , Antarctica ( then connected to Australia )...
subtropical
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question: What is the NIOSH uranium exposure standard over an 8 - hour workday ? context: A person can be exposed to uranium ( or its radioactive daughters , such as radon ) by inhaling dust in air or by ingesting contaminated water and food . The amount of uranium in air is usually very small ; however , people who wo...
0 . 2 mg / m3
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question: When was Al - Azhar University founded ? context: Al - Azhar University , founded in Cairo , Egypt in 975 by the Isma ʻ ī l ī Sh ī ʻ ī Fatimid dynasty as a j ā mi ʻ ah , had individual faculties for a theological seminary , Islamic law and jurisprudence , Arabic grammar , Islamic astronomy , early Islamic phi...
975
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question: How many pieces can be found in the Yerevan National Art Gallery ? context: The National Art Gallery in Yerevan has more than 16 , 000 works that date back to the Middle Ages , which indicate Armenia ' s rich tales and stories of the times . It houses paintings by many European masters as well . The Modern Ar...
more than 16 , 000
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question: What region did the Ottoman Navy conquer in the early 16th century ? context: The Ottoman Navy vastly contributed to the expansion of the Empire ' s territories on the European continent . It initiated the conquest of North Africa , with the addition of Algeria and Egypt to the Ottoman Empire in 1517 . Starti...
North Africa
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question: What did the emperor of Byzatine do to some of the old retired ships to help fight the Rus ? context: In 941 , Igor led another major Rus ' attack on Constantinople , probably over trading rights again . A navy of 10 , 000 vessels , including Pecheneg allies , landed on the Bithynian coast and devastated the ...
outfitted with Greek fire throwers
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question: What types of teachers were at al - Qarawiyin University ? context: al - Qaraw ī y ī n University in Fez , Morocco is recognised by many historians as the oldest degree - granting university in the world , having been founded in 859 by Fatima al - Fihri . While the madrasa college could also issue degrees at ...
individual faculties for different subjects
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question: What is treated as being conservative and confucian ? context: In times past , until the 15th century , in Korea , Literary Chinese was the dominant form of written communication , prior to the creation of hangul , the Korean alphabet . Much of the vocabulary , especially in the realms of science and sociolog...
Chinese characters
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question: In recent years , the whote population has begun to move where ? context: In 1950 , whites represented 94 . 7 % of Boston ' s population . From the 1950s to the end of the 20th century , the proportion of non - Hispanic whites in the city declined ; in 2000 , non - Hispanic whites made up 49 . 5 % of the city...
formerly non - white areas
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question: In what ways do airways change ? context: Asthma is the result of chronic inflammation of the conducting zone of the airways ( most especially the bronchi and bronchioles ) , which subsequently results in increased contractability of the surrounding smooth muscles . This among other factors leads to bouts of ...
an increase in eosinophils and thickening of the lamina reticularis
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question: What was the cause of Lady Flora ' s death in July ? context: At the start of her reign Victoria was popular , but her reputation suffered in an 1839 court intrigue when one of her mother ' s ladies - in - waiting , Lady Flora Hastings , developed an abdominal growth that was widely rumoured to be an out - of...
large tumour on her liver
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question: What is the Policia de Seguranca Publica - PSP ( Public Security Police ) ? context: Portuguese law applied in the former colonies and territories and continues to be the major influence for those countries . Portugal ' s main police organizations are the Guarda Nacional Republicana – GNR ( National Republica...
a civilian police force who work in urban areas
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question: What is the old name of the Canadian Forces ? context: After the 1980s , the use of the " Canadian Armed Forces " name gave way to " Canadian Forces " ; [ citation needed ] The " Canadian Armed Forces " name returned in 2013 .
Canadian Armed Forces
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question: What was Johnny Rotten ' s real name ? context: In late 1977 , music writers for Sounds first used the terms " New Musick " and " post punk " to describe British acts such as Siouxsie and the Banshees and Wire , who began experimenting with sounds , lyrics and aesthetics that differed significantly from their...
John Lydon
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question: In what season was Ace Young a finalist on American Idol ? context: Phillips became the winner , beating Sanchez . Prior to the announcement of the winner , season five finalist Ace Young proposed marriage to season three runner - up Diana DeGarmo on stage – which she accepted .
five
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question: What did Fr é d é ric write parodies of in his letters ? context: During 1824 – 28 Chopin spent his vacations away from Warsaw , at a number of locales . [ n 4 ] In 1824 and 1825 , at Szafarnia , he was a guest of Dominik Dziewanowski , the father of a schoolmate . Here for the first time he encountered Polis...
Warsaw newspapers
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question: Caribean and where else is there a low population of child workers ? context: Child labour accounts for 22 % of the workforce in Asia , 32 % in Africa , 17 % in Latin America , 1 % in the US , Canada , Europe and other wealthy nations . The proportion of child labourers varies greatly among countries and even...
Latin America
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question: Which continent was India colliding with in the Miocene ? context: During the Miocene continents continued to drift toward their present positions . Of the modern geologic features , only the land bridge between South America and North America was absent , the subduction zone along the Pacific Ocean margin of...
Asia
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question: MIT raised money to cover tuition , room and board for what number of students ? context: MIT raises funds from non - governmental organizations and individuals who support the mission and objectives of the Institute . Tigray Development Association , its supporters , and REST have provided the initial funds ...
50
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question: How much of the Gordie Howe International Bridge is Canada going to pay for ? context: On February 18 , 2015 , Canadian Transport Minister Lisa Raitt announced that Canada has agreed to pay the entire cost to build a $ 250 million U . S . Customs plaza adjacent to the planned new Detroit – Windsor bridge , no...
95 per cent
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question: How many railway stations are there in Nanjing ? context: Among all 17 railway stations in Nanjing , passenger rail service is mainly provided by Nanjing Railway Station and Nanjing South Railway Station , while other stations like Nanjing West Railway Station , Zhonghuamen Railway Station and Xianlin Railway...
17
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question: Where were the Visconti from ? context: Much of the medieval period was a time of power struggles between competing dynasties such as the House of Savoy , the Visconti in northern Italy and the House of Habsburg in Austria and Slovenia . In 1291 to protect themselves from incursions by the Habsburgs , four ca...
northern Italy
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question: What were two factors that redeemed the outcome for the Prussians ? context: The war was successful for Great Britain , which gained the bulk of New France in North America , Spanish Florida , some individual Caribbean islands in the West Indies , the colony of Senegal on the West African coast , and superior...
good luck and successful strategy
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question: In 2012 , what act was approved to establish a National Communications regulator ? context: Communications in Somalia encompasses the communications services and capacity of Somalia . Telecommunications , internet , radio , print , television and postal services in the nation are largely concentrated in the p...
National Communications Act
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question: In what year did the Church condemn witches ? context: The papacy further refined the practice in the Mass in the Late Middle Ages , holding that the clergy alone was allowed to partake of the wine in the Eucharist . This further distanced the secular laity from the clergy . The laity continued the practices ...
1484
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question: When was Tucson ' s record low ? context: At the University of Arizona , where records have been kept since 1894 , the record maximum temperature was 115 ° F ( 46 ° C ) on June 19 , 1960 , and July 28 , 1995 , and the record minimum temperature was 6 ° F ( − 14 ° C ) on January 7 , 1913 . There are an average...
January 7 , 1913
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question: Who owns the KUHT , KUHF , and KUHA stations ? context: The Houston – The Woodlands – Sugar Land metropolitan area is served by one public television station and two public radio stations . KUHT ( HoustonPBS ) is a PBS member station and is the first public television station in the United States . Houston Pu...
The University of Houston
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question: What trend has accompanied Estonia ' s cooperation with Western powers ? context: Since regaining independence , Estonia has pursued a foreign policy of close co - operation with its Western European partners . The two most important policy objectives in this regard have been accession into NATO and the Europ...
deterioration in relations with Russia
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question: What two cities in Turkey acquired institutes of technology in the 1950s ? context: In Turkey and the Ottoman Empire , the oldest technical university is Istanbul Technical University . Its graduates contributed to a wide variety of activities in scientific research and development . In 1950s , 2 technical un...
Ankara and Trabzon
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question: What do algal bacteria if nutrients are available ? context: Most laboratory techniques for growing bacteria use high levels of nutrients to produce large amounts of cells cheaply and quickly . However , in natural environments , nutrients are limited , meaning that bacteria cannot continue to reproduce indef...
grow extremely rapidly
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question: What type of problem does the current developed country rating not take into enough consideration ? context: The United Nations designates Tuvalu as a least developed country ( LDC ) because of its limited potential for economic development , absence of exploitable resources and its small size and vulnerabili...
environmental
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question: How many days of full sun does Tucson get each year ? context: Perhaps the biggest sustainability problem in Tucson , with its high desert climate , is potable water supply . The state manages all water in Arizona through its Arizona Department of Water Resources ( ADWR ) . The primary consumer of water is Ag...
over 300
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question: Kanye participated alongside Mike Meyers in a relief benefit show for what natural disaster ? context: While West had encountered controversy a year prior when he stormed out of the American Music Awards of 2004 after losing Best New Artist , the rapper ' s first large - scale controversy came just days follo...
Hurricane Katrina
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question: To what were the first kings of Rome associated ? context: Each of Rome ' s legendary or semi - legendary kings was associated with one or more religious institutions still known to the later Republic . Tullus Hostilius and Ancus Marcius instituted the fetial priests . The first " outsider " Etruscan king , L...
religious institutions
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question: How is uncertainly measured in this experience ? context: where the uncertainty is given as the standard deviation of the measured value from its expected value . There are a number of other such pairs of physically measurable values which obey a similar rule . One example is time vs . energy . The either - o...
the standard deviation of the measured value from its expected value
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question: Besides this major division , what are two other sub - divisions to describe literature ? context: Literature consists of written productions , often restricted to those deemed to have artistic or intellectual value . Its Latin root literatura / litteratura ( derived itself from littera , letter or handwritin...
poetry or prose
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question: What is the population of Berne ? context: The city of Bern or Berne ( German : Bern , pronounced [ b ɛ rn ] ( listen ) ; French : Berne [ b ɛ ʁ n ] ; Italian : Berna [ ˈ b ɛ rna ] ; Romansh : Berna [ ˈ b ɛ rn ɐ ] ( help · info ) ; Bernese German : B ä rn [ b ̥ æ ː rn ] ) is the de facto capital of Switzerlan...
140 , 634
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question: The second largest city in the US is what ? context: New York City is the most - populous city in the United States , with an estimated record high of 8 , 491 , 079 residents as of 2014 , incorporating more immigration into the city than outmigration since the 2010 United States Census . More than twice as ma...
Los Angeles
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question: What was UNFPA ' s original name ? context: UNFPA began operations in 1969 as the United Nations Fund for Population Activities ( the name was changed in 1987 ) under the administration of the United Nations Development Fund . In 1971 it was placed under the authority of the United Nations General Assembly .
United Nations Fund for Population Activities
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question: What year did the White Stockings capture their third consecutive pennant ? context: After back - to - back pennants in 1880 and 1881 , Hulbert died , and Spalding , who had retired to start Spalding sporting goods , assumed ownership of the club . The White Stockings , with Anson acting as player / manager ,...
1882
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question: After the Ambassador Hotel was gutted what did it become ? context: By the late 1960s , many of the resort ' s once great hotels were suffering from embarrassing vacancy rates . Most of them were either shut down , converted to cheap apartments , or converted to nursing home facilities by the end of the decad...
Tropicana Casino and Resort Atlantic City
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question: What graduate student of Holonyak created the yellow LED ? context: The first visible - spectrum ( red ) LED was developed in 1962 by Nick Holonyak , Jr . , while working at General Electric Company . Holonyak first reported his LED in the journal Applied Physics Letters on the December 1 , 1962 . M . George ...
M . George Craford
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question: Do chickens fly like other birds ? context: Chickens are medium - sized , chunky birds with an upright stance and characterised by fleshy red combs and wattles on their heads . Males , known as cocks , are usually larger , more boldly coloured , and have more exaggerated plumage than females ( hens ) . Chicke...
They seldom fly except as a result of perceived danger , preferring to run into the undergrowth if approached .
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question: What opposition movement was based in Arabia and Basra ? context: Following the death of Husayn , Ibn al - Zubayr , although remaining in Mecca , was associated with two opposition movements , one centered in Medina and the other around Kharijites in Basra and Arabia . Because Medina had been home to Muhammad...
Kharijites
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question: Who was given the right to appoint shugo ? context: After the Genpei war of the late 12th century , a clan leader Minamoto no Yoritomo obtained the right to appoint shugo and jito , and was allowed to organize soldiers and police , and to collect a certain amount of tax . Initially , their responsibility was ...
Minamoto no Yoritomo
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question: What is another name for Cabinda ? context: Congo is located in the central - western part of sub - Saharan Africa , along the Equator , lying between latitudes 4 ° N and 5 ° S , and longitudes 11 ° and 19 ° E . To the south and east of it is the Democratic Republic of Congo . It is also bounded by Gabon to t...
Angola
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question: How many galleries are present in the Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery ? context: The city ' s main theatres are the Theatre Royal ( 1 , 315 capacity ) , its Drum Theatre ( 200 capacity ) , and its production and creative learning centre , The TR2 . The Plymouth Pavilions has multiple uses for the city st...
six
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question: Where was Philip stationed during WWII ? context: Following their wedding , the couple leased Windlesham Moor , near Windsor Castle , until 4 July 1949 , when they took up residence at Clarence House in London . At various times between 1949 and 1951 , the Duke of Edinburgh was stationed in the British Crown ...
British Crown Colony of Malta
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question: How many members are in the Federal Council ? context: The Federal Council constitutes the federal government , directs the federal administration and serves as collective Head of State . It is a collegial body of seven members , elected for a four - year mandate by the Federal Assembly which also exercises o...
seven
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question: Between what years did the Franco - Prussian War take place ? context: The Treaty of Paris stood until 1871 , when France was defeated by Prussia in the Franco - Prussian War of 1870 – 1871 . While Prussia and several other German states united to form a powerful German Empire , the Emperor of the French , Na...
1870 – 1871
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question: Her alter ego was born when according to Beyonce ? context: Described as being " sexy , seductive and provocative " when performing on stage , Beyonc é has said that she originally created the alter ego " Sasha Fierce " to keep that stage persona separate from who she really is . She described Sasha as being ...
making of " Crazy in Love "
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question: What was Southern Italy refered to as ? context: Southern Italy ( Magna Graecia ) and south - eastern Sicily had been colonized by the Greeks during the 8th century . In 4th century Sicily the leading Greek city and hegemon was Syracuse . During the Hellenistic period the leading figure in Sicily was Agathocl...
Magna Graecia
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question: What nickname have dogs earned for their relationship to humans ? context: Dogs have lived and worked with humans in so many roles that they have earned the unique nickname , " man ' s best friend " , a phrase used in other languages as well . They have been bred for herding livestock , hunting ( e . g . poin...
man ' s best friend
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question: What world did Pugin dislike ? context: In the early 19th century , Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin wrote Contrasts ( 1836 ) that , as the titled suggested , contrasted the modern , industrial world , which he disparaged , with an idealized image of neo - medieval world . Gothic architecture , Pugin believed ,...
modern , industrial world
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question: Tremont Street is named after what original hill in Boston ? context: More than two - thirds of inner Boston ' s modern land area did not exist when the city was founded , but was created via the gradual filling in of the surrounding tidal areas over the centuries , notably with earth from the leveling or low...
Trimountain
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question: What is written in modern usage ? context: Modified radicals and new variants are two common reasons for the ever - increasing number of characters . There are about 300 radicals and 100 are in common use . Creating a new character by modifying the radical is an easy way to disambiguate homographs among x í n...
new characters
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question: What is the masonic term for the deistic divine being who created a scientifically ordered universe ? context: Masonic lodges created a private model for public affairs . They " reconstituted the polity and established a constitutional form of self - government , complete with constitutions and laws , electio...
Grand Architect
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question: What is the base speed of Ektachrome P800 / 1600 and Fujichrome P1600 ? context: Some high - speed black - and - white films , such as Ilford Delta 3200 and Kodak T - MAX P3200 , are marketed with film speeds in excess of their true ISO speed as determined using the ISO testing method . For example , the Ilfo...
ISO 400
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question: What provision might a treaty include if it ' s meant to be only temporarily binding ? context: Treaties sometimes include provisions for self - termination , meaning that the treaty is automatically terminated if certain defined conditions are met . Some treaties are intended by the parties to be only tempor...
set to expire on a given date
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question: What percentage of loanwords are present in Dutch vocabulary ? context: Dutch vocabulary is predominantly Germanic in origin , with an additional share of loanwords of 20 % . The main foreign influence on Dutch vocabulary since the 12th century and culminating in the French period has been French and ( northe...
20 %
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question: Who recorded the earliest records of migration ? context: Historically , migration has been recorded as much as 3 , 000 years ago by Ancient Greek authors including Homer and Aristotle , and in the Book of Job , for species such as storks , turtle doves , and swallows . More recently , Johannes Leche began re...
Homer and Aristotle , and in the Book of Job
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question: Orozco responded to whose letter to action ? context: In response to Madero ' s letter to action , Pascual Orozco ( a wealthy mining baron ) and Chihuahua Governor Abraham Gonz á lez formed a powerful military union in the north , taking military control of several northern Mexican cities with other revolutio...
Madero
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question: How many kb of Video RAM did the PPU have ? context: The NES uses a custom - made Picture Processing Unit ( PPU ) developed by Ricoh . All variations of the PPU feature 2 kB of video RAM , 256 bytes of on - die " object attribute memory " ( OAM ) to store the positions , colors , and tile indices of up to 64 ...
2
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question: What buildings were originally rectangle wood structures ? context: A lot of temples dedicated to Apollo were built in Greece and in the Greek colonies , and they show the spread of the cult of Apollo , and the evolution of the Greek architecture , which was mostly based on the rightness of form , and on math...
peripteral temples
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question: When did Tucson get a railroad ? context: Tucson is commonly known as " The Old Pueblo " . While the exact origin of this nickname is uncertain , it is commonly traced back to Mayor R . N . " Bob " Leatherwood . When rail service was established to the city on March 20 , 1880 , Leatherwood celebrated the fact...
March 20 , 1880
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question: Nintendo agreed with Atari to release the Famicom under what name ? context: Encouraged by these successes , Nintendo soon turned its attention to the North American market . Nintendo entered into negotiations with Atari to release the Famicom under Atari ’ s name as the name Nintendo Advanced Video Gaming Sy...
Nintendo Advanced Video Gaming System
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question: What is the term for play stopped because the ball carrier , although not fully tackled , can no longer advance the ball ? context: Play stops when the ball carrier ' s knee , elbow , or any other body part aside from the feet and hands , is forced to the ground ( a tackle ) ; when a forward pass is not caugh...
forward progress
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question: What company mines salt in Detroit ? context: Detroit has four border crossings : the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit – Windsor Tunnel provide motor vehicle thoroughfares , with the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel providing railroad access to and from Canada . The fourth border crossing is the Detroit – Win...
Detroit Salt Company
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question: What Act did Disraeli push through Parliment in 1876 ? context: In the 1874 general election , Disraeli was returned to power . He passed the Public Worship Regulation Act 1874 , which removed Catholic rituals from the Anglican liturgy and which Victoria strongly supported . She preferred short , simple servi...
Royal Titles Act 1876
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question: What changes were made to the BSoD ? context: Task Manager has been redesigned , including a new processes tab with the option to display fewer or more details of running applications and background processes , a heat map using different colors indicating the level of resource usage , network and disk counter...
a simpler and modern design with less technical information displayed
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question: What might / k ʲ / be considered ? context: Russian is notable for its distinction based on palatalization of most of the consonants . While / k / , / ɡ / , / x / do have palatalized allophones [ k ʲ , ɡ ʲ , x ʲ ] , only / k ʲ / might be considered a phoneme , though it is marginal and generally not considere...
a phoneme
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question: What was Nasser ' s reaction to the questions he was asked ? context: Nasser ' s return to Egypt coincided with Husni al - Za ' im ' s Syrian coup d ' é tat . Its success and evident popular support among the Syrian people encouraged Nasser ' s revolutionary pursuits . Soon after his return , he was summoned ...
convincingly denied the allegations
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question: What was the structure that the early Christian church described ? context: Some Christians argue that the earliest source of political federalism ( or federalism in human institutions ; in contrast to theological federalism ) is the ecclesiastical federalism found in the Bible . They point to the structure o...
in the New Testament
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question: In what year did the Brooklyn Bridge cease to be the world ' s longest suspension bridge ? context: The George Washington Bridge is the world ' s busiest motor vehicle bridge , connecting Manhattan to Bergen County , New Jersey . The Verrazano - Narrows Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the Americas ...
1903