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question: Who was the most important Ming general ? context: Yet controlling the " Mandate of Heaven " was a daunting task . The vastness of China ' s territory meant that there were only enough banner troops to garrison key cities forming the backbone of a defense network that relied heavily on surrendered Ming soldie...
Wu Sangui
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question: About 12 . 9 out of 10 , 000 are bit by dogs , but what is the number in 10 , 000 for young boys from 5 to 9 ? context: A Colorado study found bites in children were less severe than bites in adults . The incidence of dog bites in the US is 12 . 9 per 10 , 000 inhabitants , but for boys aged 5 to 9 , the inci...
60 . 7
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question: In what type of Dutch clause does the subject usually follow the conjugated verb ? context: In an interrogative main clause the usual word order is : conjugated verb followed by subject ; other verbs in final position : " Kun jij je pen niet vinden ? " ( literally " Can you your pen not find ? " ) " Can ' t y...
interrogative main clause
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question: Who awarded a teaching license in European schools ? context: The Arabic term ij ā zat al - tadr ī s was awarded to Islamic scholars who were qualified to teach . According to Makdisi , the Latin title licentia docendi ' licence to teach ' in the European university may have been a translation of the Arabic ,...
chief official of the university
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question: What is London ' s average high temperature in July ? context: Summers are generally warm and sometimes hot . London ' s average July high is 24 ° C ( 75 . 2 ° F ) . On average London will see 31 days above 25 ° C ( 77 . 0 ° F ) each year , and 4 . 2 days above 30 . 0 ° C ( 86 . 0 ° F ) every year . During th...
24 ° C ( 75 . 2 ° F )
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question: What was the name of the Pact of August 1939 ? context: Very deeply buried shelters provided the most protection against a direct hit . The government did not build them for large populations before the war because of cost , time to build , and fears that their very safety would cause occupants to refuse to l...
Molotov - Ribbentrop Pact
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question: The Fryderyk Chopin Institute of Poland includes approximately how many recordings of Chopin ' s work from Youtube ? context: Chopin ' s music remains very popular and is regularly performed , recorded and broadcast worldwide . The world ' s oldest monographic music competition , the International Chopin Pian...
1 , 500
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question: What percentage of undergrads live on the Notre Dame campus ? context: About 80 % of undergraduates and 20 % of graduate students live on campus . The majority of the graduate students on campus live in one of four graduate housing complexes on campus , while all on - campus undergraduates live in one of the ...
80 %
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question: What was the name of Northwestern Athletics ' s bear cub mascot ? context: The mascot of Northwestern Athletics is Willie the Wildcat . The first mascot , however , was a live , caged bear cub from the Lincoln Park Zoo named Furpaw who was brought to the playing field on the day of a game to greet the fans . ...
Furpaw
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question: UNFPA has been accused of supporting programs that coerce what ? context: UNFPA has been falsely accused by anti - family planning groups of providing support for government programs which have promoted forced - abortions and coercive sterilizations . Controversies regarding these claims have resulted in a so...
sterilizations
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question: What other artist besides Gary Numan and TJ Swan helped inspire Kanye ' s fourth album ? context: West ' s fourth studio album , 808s & Heartbreak ( 2008 ) , marked an even more radical departure from his previous releases , largely abandoning rap and hip hop stylings in favor of a stark electropop sound comp...
Boy George
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question: What will the 2 Queen Elizabeth class ships be named ? context: The British Royal Navy is constructing two new larger STOVL aircraft carriers , the Queen Elizabeth class , to replace the three Invincible - class carriers . The ships will be named HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales . They will be able...
HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales
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question: How did James Gamble Rogers faux age the windows ? context: Many of Yale ' s buildings were constructed in the Collegiate Gothic architecture style from 1917 to 1931 , financed largely by Edward S . Harkness Stone sculpture built into the walls of the buildings portray contemporary college personalities such ...
breaking their leaded glass windows and repairing them in the style of the Middle Ages
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question: How many student organizations does Washington University have on campus ? context: Washington University has over 300 undergraduate student organizations on campus . Most are funded by the Washington University Student Union , which has a $ 2 million plus annual budget that is completely student - controlled...
300
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question: When is the earliest date of using the term cardinal as honorable church men used ? context: In cities other than Rome , the name cardinal began to be applied to certain church men as a mark of honour . The earliest example of this occurs in a letter sent by Pope Zacharias in 747 to Pippin III ( the Short ) ,...
747
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question: What are row houses called outside of Philadelphia ? context: For much of Philadelphia ' s history , the typical home has been the row house . The row house was introduced to the United States via Philadelphia in the early 19th century and , for a time , row houses built elsewhere in the United States were kn...
Philadelphia rows
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question: What Puerto Rican leader did the FBI spy on ? context: The FBI also spied upon and collected information on Puerto Rican independence leader Pedro Albizu Campos and his Nationalist political party in the 1930s . Abizu Campos was convicted three times in connection with deadly attacks on US government official...
Pedro Albizu Campos
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question: In what year did Yaroslav become the prince of Kiev ? context: Yaroslav , known as " the Wise " , struggled for power with his brothers . A son of Vladimir the Great , he was vice - regent of Novgorod at the time of his father ' s death in 1015 . Subsequently , his eldest surviving brother , Svyatopolk the Ac...
1019
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question: What animal aids in the hunting ? context: There is a very active tradition of hunting of small to medium - sized wild game in Trinidad and Tobago . Hunting is carried out with firearms , and aided by the use of hounds , with the illegal use of trap guns , trap cages and snare nets . With approximately 12 , 0...
hounds
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question: Are more rings necessary if they ' re narrow or wide ? context: No definite relation exists between the annual rings of growth and the amount of sapwood . Within the same species the cross - sectional area of the sapwood is very roughly proportional to the size of the crown of the tree . If the rings are narr...
narrow
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question: Which system was used in Soviet Union after all calculations ? context: In the Soviet Union , in the 1970s , a comparison was made between systems electrified at 3 kV DC and 25 kV AC ( 50 Hz ) . The results showed that percentage losses in the overhead wires ( catenary and contact wires ) was over 3 times gre...
3 kV DC
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question: On which date was the Battle of Gravelotte ? context: The Battle of Gravelotte , or Gravelotte – St . Privat ( 18 August ) , was the largest battle during the Franco - Prussian War . It was fought about 6 miles ( 9 . 7 km ) west of Metz , where on the previous day , having intercepted the French army ' s retr...
18 August
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question: What is the formal name for a CD ? context: The logical format of an audio CD ( officially Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD - DA ) is described in a document produced in 1980 by the format ' s joint creators , Sony and Philips . The document is known colloquially as the Red Book CD - DA after the colour of it...
Compact Disc Digital Audio
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question: What is the current nationality of former Plymouth resident Chris Axworthy ? context: Notable athletes include swimmer Sharron Davies , diver Tom Daley , dancer Wayne Sleep , and footballer Trevor Francis . Other past residents include composer journalist and newspaper editor William Henry Wills , Ron Goodwin...
Canadian
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question: What does glass not have , leading some to think it is a liquid ? context: Some people consider glass to be a liquid due to its lack of a first - order phase transition where certain thermodynamic variables such as volume , entropy and enthalpy are discontinuous through the glass transition range . The glass ...
first - order phase transition
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question: How many times was Seoul captured in a year ? context: In the last two weeks of February 1951 , Operation Roundup was followed by Operation Killer , carried out by the revitalized Eighth Army . It was a full - scale , battlefront - length attack staged for maximum exploitation of firepower to kill as many KPA...
This was the city ' s fourth conquest
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question: Billions of instructions per second are called what in computer terms ? context: In practical terms , a computer program may be just a few instructions or extend to many millions of instructions , as do the programs for word processors and web browsers for example . A typical modern computer can execute billi...
( gigaflops )
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question: What did Mary ' s child avoid according to the leader of the separation ? context: Martin Luther , who initiated the Protestant Reformation , said : " Mother Mary , like us , was born in sin of sinful parents , but the Holy Spirit covered her , sanctified and purified her so that this child was born of flesh ...
this child was born of flesh and blood , but not with sinful flesh and blood .
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question: What descent of Muslims does " Moors " refer to ? context: The term " Moors " has been used in Europe in a broader , somewhat derogatory sense to refer to Muslims , especially those of Arab or Berber descent , whether living in North Africa or Iberia . Moors were not a distinct or self - defined people . Medi...
Arab or Berber descent
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question: With which crowd did the 45 rpm gain popularity ? context: The older 78 format continued to be mass - produced alongside the newer formats using new materials until about 1960 in the U . S . , and in a few countries , such as India ( where some Beatles recordings were issued on 78 ) , into the 1960s . For exa...
teenagers
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question: In what year did the Manhattan Neighborhood Network begin ? context: New York is also a major center for non - commercial educational media . The oldest public - access television channel in the United States is the Manhattan Neighborhood Network , founded in 1971 . WNET is the city ' s major public televisio...
1971
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question: Which two artists did Douglass Cooper say were very important to the forming of Cubism ? context: The art historian Douglas Cooper states that Paul Gauguin and Paul C é zanne " were particularly influential to the formation of Cubism and especially important to the paintings of Picasso during 1906 and 1907 " ...
Paul Gauguin and Paul C é zanne
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question: In what year was Sega ' s AStron Belt released ? context: The format ' s instant - access capability made it possible for a new breed of LaserDisc - based video arcade games and several companies saw potential in using LaserDiscs for video games in the 1980s and 1990s , beginning in 1983 with Sega ' s Astron ...
1983
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question: Is New Mexico ' s language different than from other Spanish dialect context: Because of its relative isolation from other Spanish - speaking areas over most of its 400 - year existence , New Mexico Spanish , and in particular the Spanish of northern New Mexico and Colorado has retained many elements of 16th ...
, New Mexico Spanish , and in particular the Spanish of northern New Mexico and Colorado has retained many elements of 16th - and 17th - century Spanish
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question: When was the Karachay Autonomous Oblast ended ? context: In 1943 , Karachay Autonomous Oblast was dissolved by Joseph Stalin , when the Karachays were exiled to Central Asia for their alleged collaboration with the Germans and territory was incorporated into the Georgian SSR .
1943
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question: When did Beyonce begin doing Pepsi advetisments ? context: Beyonc é has worked with Pepsi since 2002 , and in 2004 appeared in a Gladiator - themed commercial with Britney Spears , Pink , and Enrique Iglesias . In 2012 , Beyonc é signed a $ 50 million deal to endorse Pepsi . The Center for Science in the Publ...
2002
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question: In Spain , wind power accounts for what percentage of electricity generated ? context: Some of the second - generation renewables , such as wind power , have high potential and have already realised relatively low production costs . Global wind power installations increased by 35 , 800 MW in 2010 , bringing t...
9 %
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question: When were the basic properties of capacitors first discovered ? context: In October 1745 , Ewald Georg von Kleist of Pomerania , Germany , found that charge could be stored by connecting a high - voltage electrostatic generator by a wire to a volume of water in a hand - held glass jar . Von Kleist ' s hand an...
In October 1745
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question: From which jhana did Buddha gain bodhi ? context: According to the Mah ā saccakasutta , [ note 33 ] from the fourth jhana the Buddha gained bodhi . Yet , it is not clear what he was awakened to . [ page needed ] " Liberating insight " is a later addition to this text , and reflects a later development and und...
fourth
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question: When did the British Isles area become separated from the European continent ? context: At the end of the last ice age , what are now the British Isles were joined to the European mainland as a mass of land extending north west from the modern - day northern coastline of France , Belgium and the Netherlands ....
two to four millennia
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question: What kinds of hotels does Brasilia have ? context: The city ' s planned design included specific areas for almost everything , including accommodation , Hotels Sectors North and South . New hotel facilities are being developed elsewhere , such as the hotels and tourism Sector North , located on the shores of ...
from inns , pensions and hostels to larger international chain hotels
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question: What gives Neptune it ' s blue hue ? context: At high altitudes , Neptune ' s atmosphere is 80 % hydrogen and 19 % helium . A trace amount of methane is also present . Prominent absorption bands of methane exist at wavelengths above 600 nm , in the red and infrared portion of the spectrum . As with Uranus , t...
absorption of red light by the atmospheric methane
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question: The Byzantine had control over most of Greece in what century ? context: The Byzantine recovery of lost provinces began toward the end of the 8th century and most of the Greek peninsula came under imperial control again , in stages , during the 9th century . This process was facilitated by a large influx of G...
9th
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question: What month has the most precipitation ? context: Like much of the southeastern United States , Raleigh has a humid subtropical climate ( K ö ppen Cfa ) , with four distinct seasons . Winters are short and generally cool , with a January daily average of 41 . 0 ° F ( 5 . 0 ° C ) . On average , there are 69 nig...
July
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question: Can renewable source of electricity be used in mobile power plants ? context: Energy sources unsuitable for mobile power plants , such as nuclear power , renewable hydroelectricity , or wind power can be used . According to widely accepted global energy reserve statistics , the reserves of liquid fuel are muc...
unsuitable
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question: Where is Mexico City located ? context: Mexico City is located in the Valley of Mexico , sometimes called the Basin of Mexico . This valley is located in the Trans - Mexican Volcanic Belt in the high plateaus of south - central Mexico . It has a minimum altitude of 2 , 200 meters ( 7 , 200 feet ) above sea le...
Valley of Mexico
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question: How is a Commissioned Officer ' s rank shown ? context: USAF rank is divided between enlisted airmen , non - commissioned officers , and commissioned officers , and ranges from the enlisted Airman Basic ( E - 1 ) to the commissioned officer rank of General ( O - 10 ) . Enlisted promotions are granted based on...
designated by bars , oak leaves , a silver eagle , and anywhere from one to four stars
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question: What drives plate tectonics and may lift mountains via orogenesis ? context: In a slower process , radioactive decay of atoms in the core of the Earth releases heat . This thermal energy drives plate tectonics and may lift mountains , via orogenesis . This slow lifting represents a kind of gravitational poten...
thermal energy
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question: What neighborhood is the Tufts medical Center located in ? context: Many of Boston ' s medical facilities are associated with universities . The facilities in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area and in Massachusetts General Hospital are affiliated with Harvard Medical School . Tufts Medical Center ( former...
Chinatown
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question: What were the large blockhouses called that the Germans developed ? context: The Germans developed massive reinforced concrete blockhouses , some more than six stories high , which were known as Hochbunker " High Bunkers " or " Flakt ü rme " flak towers , on which they placed anti - aircraft artillery . Those...
Hochbunker " High Bunkers "
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question: Op . 74 is made up of how many Polish songs ? context: The last opus number that Chopin himself used was 65 , allocated to the Cello Sonata in G minor . He expressed a deathbed wish that all his unpublished manuscripts be destroyed . At the request of the composer ' s mother and sisters , however , his musica...
17
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question: Who created the IBM name ? context: The company originated in 1911 as the Computing - Tabulating - Recording Company ( CTR ) through the consolidation of The Tabulating Machine Company , the International Time Recording Company , the Computing Scale Company and the Bundy Manufacturing Company . CTR was rename...
Thomas J . Watson
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question: How many halls are at Notre Dame that house students ? context: Since the construction of its oldest buildings , the university ' s physical plant has grown substantially . Over the years 29 residence halls have been built to accommodate students and each has been constructed with its own chapel . Many academ...
29
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question: What school advanced atomism ? context: In Ancient Indian philosophy , materialism developed around 600 BC with the works of Ajita Kesakambali , Payasi , Kanada , and the proponents of the C ā rv ā ka school of philosophy . Kanada became one of the early proponents of atomism . The Nyaya – Vaisesika school ( ...
Nyaya – Vaisesika school
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question: What year saw the death of Abu Hashim ? context: The Hashimiyya movement ( a sub - sect of the Kaysanites Shia ) , led by the Abbasid family , overthrew the Umayyad caliphate . The Abbasids were members of the Hashim clan , rivals of the Umayyads , but the word " Hashimiyya " seems to refer specifically to Ab...
717
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question: The outbreak of the Indian Revolution took place in what year ? context: As the memory of the " Charge of the Light Brigade " demonstrates , the war became an iconic symbol of logistical , medical and tactical failures and mismanagement . Public opinion in the UK was outraged at the logistical and command fai...
1857
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question: What sort of battle do the adults have at midnight ? context: Adults have a meringue battle at midnight at the historic Pla ç a de les Cols . In the mysterious sortida del Moixo Foguer ( the outing of Little - Bird - Bonfire ) accompanied by the Xerraire ( jabberer ) who insults the crowd . In the King ' s pr...
meringue
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question: When was the name Oklahoma suggested ? context: The name Oklahoma comes from the Choctaw phrase okla humma , literally meaning red people . Choctaw Chief Allen Wright suggested the name in 1866 during treaty negotiations with the federal government regarding the use of Indian Territory , in which he envisione...
1866
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question: What structure was built at Toompea Hill ? context: The capital of Danish Estonia ( Danish : Hertugd ø mmet Estland ) was Reval ( Tallinn ) , founded at the place of Lyndanisse after the invasion of 1219 . The Danes built the fortress of Castrum Danorum at Toompea Hill . Estonians still call their capital " T...
the fortress of Castrum Danorum
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question: What form does Temperley feel that Chopin ' s ballades and scherzos are based on ? context: J . Barrie Jones suggests that " amongst the works that Chopin intended for concert use , the four ballades and four scherzos stand supreme " , and adds that " the Barcarolle Op . 60 stands apart as an example of Chopi...
departure and return
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question: What is the father of a litter referred as ? context: In breeding circles , a male canine is referred to as a dog , while a female is called a bitch ( Middle English bicche , from Old English bicce , ultimately from Old Norse bikkja ) . A group of offspring is a litter . The father of a litter is called the s...
sire
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question: What are individual cognition and collective behavior are levels of ? context: At a general level , self - psychology is compelled to investigate the question of how the personal self relates to the social environment . To the extent that these theories place themselves in the tradition of " psychological " s...
identity
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question: Who was the first person from Europe to observe the Marshall Islands ? context: Spanish explorer Alonso de Salazar was the first European to see the islands in 1526 , commanding the ship Santa Maria de la Victoria , the only surviving vessel of the Loa í sa Expedition . On August 21 , he sighted an island ( p...
Alonso de Salazar
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question: What is the dominant religion in Portugal ? context: The Statistics Portugal ( Portuguese : INE - Instituto Nacional de Estat í stica ) estimates that , according to the 2011 census , the population was 10 , 562 , 178 ( of which 52 % was female , 48 % was male ) . This population has been relatively homogeneo...
Catholicism
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question: When did the European brance finally directly distribute throughout Europe ? 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 companie...
1990s
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question: In what year was Melbourne Chinatown founded ? context: An influx of interstate and overseas migrants , particularly Irish , German and Chinese , saw the development of slums including a temporary " tent city " established on the southern banks of the Yarra . Chinese migrants founded the Melbourne Chinatown i...
1851
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question: On what day was the Richard Gilder Boathouse established ? context: Yale has numerous athletic facilities , including the Yale Bowl ( the nation ' s first natural " bowl " stadium , and prototype for such stadiums as the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Rose Bowl ) , located at The Walter Camp Field athl...
October 21 , 2000
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question: What cruise line has its headquarters in Southampton ? context: Many of the world ' s largest cruise ships can regularly be seen in Southampton water , including record - breaking vessels from Royal Caribbean and Carnival Corporation & plc . The latter has headquarters in Southampton , with its brands includi...
Carnival Corporation & plc
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question: What is it called when someone dies from inhaling vomit ? context: Beer contains ethyl alcohol , the same chemical that is present in wine and distilled spirits and as such , beer consumption has short - term psychological and physiological effects on the user . Different concentrations of alcohol in the huma...
pulmonary aspiration
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question: What blocked many of the area ' s rivers ? context: As a result of the magnitude 7 . 9 earthquake and the many strong aftershocks , many rivers became blocked by large landslides , which resulted in the formation of " quake lakes " behind the blockages ; these massive amounts of water were pooling up at a ver...
large landslides
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question: What large Asian country was allied with the United States ? context: The major Allied participants were the United States , the Republic of China , the United Kingdom ( including the armed forces of British India , the Fiji Islands , Samoa , etc . ) , Australia , the Commonwealth of the Philippines , the Net...
Republic of China
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question: Who founded Chatham House Academy ? context: Alfred North Whitehead was born in Ramsgate , Kent , England , in 1861 . His father , Alfred Whitehead , was a minister and schoolmaster of Chatham House Academy , a successful school for boys established by Thomas Whitehead , Alfred North ' s grandfather . Whitehe...
Thomas Whitehead , Alfred North ' s grandfather
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question: How many republics was the Kingdom of Macedonia splintered into ? context: Convinced now that the Greeks ( and therefore the rest of the region ) would not have peace if left alone , Rome decided to establish its first permanent foothold in the Greek world , and divided the Kingdom of Macedonia into four clie...
four client republics
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question: Cities in what geographic part of Libya were controlled by rebels ? context: Accusing the rebels of being " drugged " and linked to al - Qaeda , Gaddafi proclaimed that he would die a martyr rather than leave Libya . As he announced that the rebels would be " hunted down street by street , house by house and ...
eastern
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question: In what year did Columbia Phonography Company form ? context: In 1929 , ARC was founded through a merger of several smaller record companies , which , ultimately , transformed into one enterprise known as SME . In the depths of the Great Depression , the Columbia Phonograph Company ( founded in 1888 ) in the ...
1888
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question: Switching the field winding in washing machines causes the drum to agitate how ? context: An advantage of the universal motor is that AC supplies may be used on motors which have some characteristics more common in DC motors , specifically high starting torque and very compact design if high running speeds ar...
forwards and in reverse
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question: What type of government came from the coalition of traditional patriachic family ? context: Due to the expansion of trade and its geographical proximity , Kiev became the most important trade centre and chief among the communes ; therefore the leader of Kiev gained political " control " over the surrounding a...
first notable form of self - government
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question: When was Roger Dale Stafford executed ? context: Oklahoma City also has its share of very brutal crimes , particularly in the 1970s . The worst of which occurred in 1978 , when six employees of a Sirloin Stockade restaurant on the city ' s south side were murdered execution - style in the restaurant ' s freez...
1995
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question: Where did Japanese warriors come to literary maturity ? context: In his book " Ideals of the Samurai " translator William Scott Wilson states : " The warriors in the Heike Monogatari served as models for the educated warriors of later generations , and the ideals depicted by them were not assumed to be beyond...
the Heike Monogatari
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question: What gaming tables can often be found in pubs ? context: The owner , tenant or manager ( licensee ) of a pub is properly known as the " pub landlord " . The term publican ( in historical Roman usage a public contractor or tax farmer ) has come into use since Victorian times to designate the pub landlord . Kno...
pool or snooker
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question: What is a good way to boost the economy ? context: The banks in effect borrow cash and must pay it back ; the short durations allow interest rates to be adjusted continually . When the repo notes come due the participating banks bid again . An increase in the quantity of notes offered at auction allows an inc...
increase in deposits in member banks
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question: What can clothing provide during hazardous activities ? context: Physically , clothing serves many purposes : it can serve as protection from the elements , and can enhance safety during hazardous activities such as hiking and cooking . It protects the wearer from rough surfaces , rash - causing plants , inse...
safety
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question: Alb can also mean what ? context: It ' s likely [ weasel words ] that alb ( " white " ) and albus have common origins deriving from the association of the tops of tall mountains or steep hills with snow .
white
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question: Encyclopedias in the 18th century tended to focus more strongly on what topics , rather than theology ? context: Although the existence of dictionaries and encyclopedias spanned into ancient times , the texts changed from simply defining words in a long running list to far more detailed discussions of those w...
secular affairs , particularly science and technology
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question: Who is in charge of the the Armenian military ? context: The Armenian Army , Air Force , Air Defence , and Border Guard comprise the four branches of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia . The Armenian military was formed after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and with the establishment of the ...
Colonel General Yuri Khatchaturov
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question: From what source do Catalons think the red / blue colors originated ? context: The blue and red colours of the shirt were first worn in a match against Hispania in 1900 . Several competing theories have been put forth for the blue and red design of the Barcelona shirt . The son of the first president , Arthur...
Joan Gamper
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question: Who was the general manger of Sony ' s audio department in 1971 ? context: Heitaro Nakajima , who developed an early digital audio recorder within Japan ' s national public broadcasting organization NHK in 1970 , became general manager of Sony ' s audio department in 1971 . His team developed a digital PCM ad...
Heitaro Nakajima
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question: Who exported African slaves to the western hemisphere ? context: Guinea - Bissau was once part of the kingdom of Gabu , part of the Mali Empire ; parts of this kingdom persisted until the 18th century . Other parts of the territory in the current country were considered by the Portuguese as part of their empi...
Europeans
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question: A team receiving a punt cannot decline a penalty on which down ? context: In most cases , the non - penalized team will have the option of declining the penalty ; in which case the results of the previous play stand as if the penalty had not been called . One notable exception to this rule is if the kicking t...
3rd down
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question: What was the name of the port changed to after the Swedish occupation ? context: When the British invaded the harbour town in 1744 [ verification needed ] , the town ’ s architectural buildings were destroyed [ verification needed ] . Subsequently , new structures were built in the town around the harbour are...
Gustavia
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question: When were all of Goodman ' s comic entities officially put under the moniker of Marvel Comics ? context: Goodman ' s business strategy involved having his various magazines and comic books published by a number of corporations all operating out of the same office and with the same staff . One of these shell c...
1961
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question: What method did temples and churches use to measure time ? context: The hourglass uses the flow of sand to measure the flow of time . They were used in navigation . Ferdinand Magellan used 18 glasses on each ship for his circumnavigation of the globe ( 1522 ) . Incense sticks and candles were , and are , comm...
Incense sticks and candles
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question: When was the word " Slavs " used in the national anthem of Yugoslavia ? context: The word " Slavs " was used in the national anthem of the Slovak Republic ( 1939 – 1945 ) , Yugoslavia ( 1943 – 1992 ) and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( 1992 – 2003 ) , later Serbia and Montenegro ( 2003 – 2006 ) .
1943 – 1992
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question: Who was the first person to bring Presbyterianism into Taiwan ? context: The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan ( PCT ) is by far the largest Protestant denomination in Taiwan , with some 238 , 372 members as of 2009 ( including a majority of the island ' s aborigines ) . English Presbyterian missionary James Laid...
James Laidlaw Maxwell
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question: Which King was horrified to see the raised hemline on the Queen ? context: Formerly , men not wearing military uniform wore knee breeches of an 18th - century design . Women ' s evening dress included obligatory trains and tiaras or feathers in their hair ( or both ) . The dress code governing formal court un...
George V
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question: What is the Islamic term for issuing a legal opinion ? context: Much of the study in the madrasah college centred on examining whether certain opinions of law were orthodox . This scholarly process of " determining orthodoxy began with a question which the Muslim layman , called in that capacity mustaft ī , p...
fatwa
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question: Who influenced Beyonce ? context: Beyonc é names Michael Jackson as her major musical influence . Aged five , Beyonc é attended her first ever concert where Jackson performed and she claims to have realised her purpose . When she presented him with a tribute award at the World Music Awards in 2006 , Beyonc é ...
Michael Jackson
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question: What would happen if you imported a copyrighted work into a country where the original is protected by copyright law ? context: The practice of labelling the infringement of exclusive rights in creative works as " piracy " predates statutory copyright law . Prior to the Statute of Anne in 1710 , the Stationer...
seized on importation
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question: What may be invalidated if there was an erroneous understanding of a fact or situation at the time of conclusion of a treaty ? 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 ...
A state ' s consent
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question: Who was the first leader of the independent Congo ? context: The Republic of the Congo received full independence from France on August 15 , 1960 . Fulbert Youlou ruled as the country ' s first president until labour elements and rival political parties instigated a three - day uprising that ousted him . The ...
Fulbert Youlou