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d5deb6520dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What state has a total of 32 Superior Court districts for the 39 counties and forty-nine districts for representation in the state legislature? | Washington. | text | [] | [
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"text": "This is a list of the Superior Court districts in the state of Washington. There are a total of 32 Superior Court districts for the 39 counties of Washington, with most districts consisting of a single county."
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d5deb6ac0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Xinjiang is an autonomous region in what country which Jiangbei District is in? | China | text | [] | [
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"text": "Xinjiang, an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, is made up of the following administrative divisions . These administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China."
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d5deb6de0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What name is a poetic term used for the United States, derived from the name of Christopher Columbus that is a city composed of 32 departments and the Capital District of Bogotá? | Colombia | text | [] | [
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"text": "The name Columbia is a poetic term used for the United States, derived from the name of Christopher Columbus, who explored for the Spanish Crown. Columbia is often abbreviated as Cola, leading to its nickname as \"Soda City.\""
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d5deb7060dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Center for Spatial Information Service, the University of Tokyo is located in a city ranked at what spot amongst the world's largest cities? | Number one. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Tokyo is considered the world's largest city, with its urbanization exceeding its city limits. A city can be defined as a conditionally contiguous urban area, without regard to territorial or other boundaries inside an urban area. UNICEF defines urban area as follows:"
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d5deb76a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the early models for the ultralight aircraft of extremely minimalist design marketed for homebuilding, why did they use spoilers? | For roll control. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Advanced Aviation Cobra was a U.S. ultralight aircraft of extremely minimalist design marketed for homebuilding, developed from the Advanced Aviation Husky. The pilot is seated in an open framework suspended beneath a fabric-covered wing on which the engine (adapted from a snowmobile) and pusher ... |
d5deb7c40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The bird distributed throughout New Guinea and northern Cape York Peninsula and the Chlamydera lauterbachi are both types of what kind of bird? | Bowerbird. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Fawn-breasted Bowerbird is distributed throughout New Guinea and northern Cape York Peninsula, where it inhabits the tropical forests, mangroves, savanna woodlands and forest edges. Its diet consists mainly of figs, fruits and insects. The nest is a loose cup made of small sticks up in a tree."
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d5deb7f60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | There are 88 species of what in Tonga, an example of which is Pachycephala jacquinoti? | Birds | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Tongan whistler ( Pachycephala jacquinoti) is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is endemic to the islands of Vava'u and Late in Tonga. It is mainly found in tropical primary forest, but can sometimes be seen in second growth or wooded plantations."
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d5deb81e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Commander L.T. Jones of the US Coastguard wrote an evaluation of what operation about German espionage in Latin America durring World War II? | Operation Bolívar | text | [] | [
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"text": "Operation Bolívar was the codename for the German espionage in Latin America during World War II. It was under the operational control of Department VID 4 of Germany's Security Service, and was primarily concerned with the collection and transmission of clandestine information from Latin America to E... |
d5deb8820dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was the original name of what was briefly the tallest twin building complex in the world, until the completion of the World Trade Center? | ARCO Plaza was the original name of City National Plaza, which was the tallest twin building complex in the world until the completion of the World Trade Center. | text | [] | [
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"text": "City National Plaza, in Los Angeles, was briefly the tallest twin building complex in the world, until the World Trade Center was completed. The two WTC towers on the right, the tallest twin buildings in Sri-Lanka and the BOC tower on the left."
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d5deb8aa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Where did Solomon Alabi, the Nigerian basketball player who belongs to the group of Ourense Club Basketball LEB Gold, attend college? | Solomon Alabi went to Florida State. | text | [] | [
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"text": "According to family tradition, it comes from or originating in Halab, which is Arabic for Aleppo in Syria. Alabi is also a Yoruba name of West Africa. Solomon Alabi, Nigerian basketball player who belongs to the group of Ourense Club Basketball LEB Gold."
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d5deb8dc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What does the kind of rift that has hydrothermal vents mature to? | To the point of seafloor spreading. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Cross-section sketch showing the development of a back-arc basin by rifting the arc longitudinally. The rift matures to the point of seafloor spreading, allowing a new magmatic arc to form on the trenchward side of the basin (to the right in this image) and stranding a remnant arc on the far side of ... |
d5deb9040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The mayor or chairman of a what, which are administrative units similar to prefectural-level divisions, is equal in status to a vice-governor of a province? | Sub-provincial division | text | [] | [
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"text": "The mayor or chairman of a sub-provincial division is equal in status to a vice-governor of a province. Its status is below that of municipalities, which are independent and equivalent to provinces, but above other, regular prefecture-level divisions, which are completely ruled by their provinces."
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d5deb9680dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Dicrurus macrocercus with a distinctive forked tail is fully in what one color? | Black. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is a common resident breeder in much of tropical southern Asia from southwest Iran through India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka east to southern China and Indonesia and accidental visitor of Japan. It is an all black bird with a distinctive forked tail and measures 28 cm (11 in) in length."
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d5deb99a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945 consisted of how many branches? | 3 | text | [] | [
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d5deb9c20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the outermost fetal membrane around the embryo in mammals, birds and reptiles that consists of two layers: an outer formed by the trophoblast, and an inner formed by the somatic mesoderm? | Chorion. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The chorion consists of two layers: an outer formed by the trophoblast, and an inner formed by the somatic mesoderm . The trophoblast is made up of an internal layer of cubical or prismatic cells, the cytotrophoblast or layer of Langhans, and an external layer of richly nucleated protoplasm devoid of... |
d5deb9f40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Of weapons of mass destruction and conventional weapons, which aim to kill more people? | Weapons of mass destruction aim to kill more people. | text | [] | [
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d5deba1c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | State Route 62 is in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of what, which U.S. Route 341 is entirely in? | Georgia | text | [] | [
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"text": "U.S. Route 341 ( US 341) is a 224-mile-long (360 km) U.S. highway entirely in the U.S. state of Georgia. It travels diagonally across southern Georgia (but is signed as north–south) from Brunswick at US 17 / SR 25 to Barnesville at US 41 / SR 7 / SR 18."
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d5debaa80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What subfamily do the member orangutans from the Hominidae family in the belong to? | Ponginae. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A hominoid, sometimes called an ape, is a member of the superfamily Hominoidea: extant members are the gibbons (lesser apes, family Hylobatidae) and the hominids. A hominid is a member of the family Hominidae, the great apes: orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees and humans."
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d5debad00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of scale is the instrument whose black keys comprise the G-flat major always tuned to? | The piano is always tuned to a chromatic scale. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Among this latter class, some instruments, such as the piano, are always tuned to a chromatic scale, and can be played in any key, while others are restricted to a diatonic scale, and therefore to a particular key."
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d5debb020dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How old was the mother of Vladimir Sviatoslavich reputed to have lived until? | Age 100 | text | [] | [
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"text": "Born in 958, Vladimir was the natural son and youngest son of Sviatoslav I of Kiev by his housekeeper Malusha. Malusha is described in the Norse sagas as a prophetess who lived to the age of 100 and was brought from her cave to the palace to predict the future."
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d5debb340dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of operating system was used the most on the System/370 and System/390 computers that were manufactured by the world's largest supplier of mainframe computers? | Multiple Virtual Storage | text | [] | [
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"text": "Multiple Virtual Storage, more commonly called MVS, was the most commonly used operating system on the System/370 and System/390 IBM mainframe computers. IBM developed MVS, along with OS/VS1 and SVS, as a successor to OS/360."
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d5debb5c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The largest loch in this area is 27 kilometers long; there is also a village in this area in the Parish of Creich, 6 miles south of Lairg - what is the area? | Sutherland. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Loch Shin ( Scottish Gaelic: Loch Sìn, pronounced [l̪ˠɔx ˈʃiːn]) is a loch in the Scottish North West Highlands. To the south is the small town of Lairg. The loch, the largest in Sutherland, runs from the north-west to the south-east and is 17 miles (27 kilometres) long."
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d5debbb60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In what order would the Jackson County's in Georgia, Oregon, Michigan, and West Virginia be ranked from highest area to lowest? | The order would be Oregon, Georgia, Michigan, West Virginia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The new county was named in honor of Revolutionary War Lieutenant Colonel, Congressman, Senator and Governor James Jackson. The county originally covered an area of approximately 1,800 square miles (4,662.0 km 2 ), with Clarksboro as its first county seat."
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d5debbde0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The transmission of what helped spark the onset of Renaissance humanism? | The Greek Classics to Latin Western Europe during the Middle Ages | text | [] | [
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"text": "Renaissance humanism was a revival in the study of classical antiquity, at first in Italy and then spreading across Western Europe in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries."
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d5debc420dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Molonglo Cross Telescope and the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope were both operated by what university? | They were operated by the University of Sydney. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Molonglo Cross Telescope was a 408 MHz radio telescope built by Bernard Y. Mills and collaborators and operated by the University of Sydney. It telescope consisted of a North-South arm and an East-West arm in a cross shape. Each arm was approximately one mile in length."
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d5debc6a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The main enemy in the video games that feature battles between Space Pirates is from what fictional planet? | Zebes | text | [] | [
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d5debc9c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Of the different sizes like-mini computers, microcomputer, mainframe computer and super computer, which one is the class of multi-user computers that lie in the middle range of the computing spectrum, in between the smallest mainframe computers and the largest single-user systems? | Minicomputers | text | [] | [
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"text": "Minicomputers (colloquially, minis) are a class of multi-user computers that lie in the middle range of the computing spectrum, in between the smallest mainframe computers and the largest single-user systems ( microcomputers or personal computers )."
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d5debcce0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What prince from the country with the Makkah Province is the leader of a project that was designed by Adrian Smith? | Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal. | text | [] | [
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"text": "), Jeddah is the largest city in Makkah Province, the second-largest in Saudi Arabia (after the capital Riyadh ), and the tenth-largest in the Arab world. Jeddah Islamic Port, located on the Red Sea, is the second-largest and second-busiest seaport in the Arab world (after Dubai 's Port of Jebel Ali ... |
d5debcf60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Did Shingen come from the same country as the Five Tiger Generals? | No, Shingen came from Japan and the Five Tiger Generals are from Chinese culture. | text | [] | [
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d5debd1e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Lambda and felicific are both types of what? | Calculus | text | [] | [
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"text": "The felicific calculus could, in principle at least, determine the moral status of any considered act. The algorithm is also known as the utility calculus, the hedonistic calculus and the hedonic calculus . To be included in this calculation are several variables (or vectors ), which Bentham called \... |
d5debdaa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The sustainable development reserve in the state of Amapá, Brazil can extract what aromatic from the Protium heptaphyllum tree? | Breu branco. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Rio Iratapuru Sustainable Development Reserve ( Portuguese: Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Rio Iratapuru) is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amapá, Brazil. It contains a well-preserved area of terra firme forest with rich fauna."
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d5debe040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the concept of energy transferred to or from an object via the application of force along a displacement, what part of this does the work instead of the agent creating it? | The force does the work. | text | [] | [
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d5debe360dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Elvis and Extant are both types of what? | Taxons | text | [] | [
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d5debe900dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was the population in the 2010 census of the only Indonesian province to enforce some provisions of Islamic criminal law? | Aceh had a population of 4.49 million according to the 2010 census. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The province of Aceh in Indonesia enforces some provisions of Islamic criminal law, the sole Indonesian province to do so. In Aceh, Islamic criminal law is called jinayat (an Arabic loanword)."
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d5debec20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many routes are there assigned to the zone that contains the 35.30-mile Route of the Olympic Torch? | 27. | text | [] | [
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"text": "There are 27 routes assigned to the \"A\" zone of the California Route Marker Program, which designates county routes in California. The \"A\" zone includes county highways in Lassen, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, and Tehama counties."
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d5debeea0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The body of ideas or explanations generally accepted by the public and/or by experts in a field that appears in both Buddhist traditions and Judaism is what? | Wisdom. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The conventional wisdom or received opinion is the body of ideas or explanations generally accepted by the public and/or by experts in a field. In religion, this is known as orthodoxy."
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d5debf1c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In which area can you find both Blue parrotfish and bluelip parrotfish? | western Atlantic ocean | text | [] | [
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"text": "Blue parrotfish are found on coral reefs at depths of 3–25 m (9.8–82.0 ft) in the western Atlantic from Maryland in the United States to Bermuda, the Bahamas, and south to Brazil. They are also found throughout the West Indies but are absent from the northern part of the Gulf of Mexico."
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d5debf4e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What kind of sun did the first president of the country the gives out the Order of National Scientists use in his emblem? | General Emilio Aguinaldo, the first President of the Philippines, used the mythological sun in his emblem. | text | [] | [
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"text": "General Emilio Aguinaldo, officially the first President of the Philippines, adopted the mythological sun and the three stars in each angle of the equilateral triangle as his emblem. During the American Occupation, a law was enacted prescribing a new coat of arms for the islands."
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d5debf800dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In its most characteristic reaction, what happens when Phosphorus pentachloride reacts upon contact with water? | It releases hydrogen chloride and gives phosphorus oxides. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Phosphorus pentachloride is the chemical compound with the formula PCl 5. It is one of the most important phosphorus chlorides, others being PCl 3 and POCl 3. PCl 5 finds use as a chlorinating reagent."
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d5dec03e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How big was the creature whose name means "alarming lizard" in comparison to an Albertosaurus? | It is larger. | text | [] | [
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d5dec0660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the thoracolumbar fascia and what is it made of? | The thoracolumbar fascia (lumbodorsal fascia or thoracodorsal fascia) is a deep investing membrane throughout most of the posterior thorax and abdomen although it is a thin fibrous lamina in the thoracic region. It is formed of longitudinal and transverse fibers that bridge the aponeuroses of internal oblique and trans... | text | [] | [
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"text": "The thoracolumbar fascia is the gray area at bottom center. It is formed of longitudinal and transverse fibers that bridge the aponeuroses of internal oblique and transversalis, costal angles and iliac crest laterally, to the vertebral column and sacrum medially. In doing so, they cover the paraverte... |
d5dec08e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Palmar ulnocarpal and intracapsular are both types of what? | Ligaments | text | [] | [
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d5dec0e80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In modern times, Kings and Heralds of Arms, the Lord Chief Justice and by Serjeants-at-Arms wear what livery collar that has been in continuous use in England since the 14th century? | They wear the Collar of Esses. | text | [] | [
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d5dec1100dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the Northwest of England what soft, flat, round bread roll is often used to make a variation of the chip butty which is a sandwich filled with chips or french fries? | Barm | text | [] | [
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d5dec1920dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What word is in both another name for the pinching theorem and an academic degree or higher education course? | Sandwich. | text | [] | [
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d5dec1ba0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Nastic and Thermotropism are both types of what? | Movement | text | [] | [
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"text": "Nastic movements are non-directional responses to stimuli (e.g. temperature, humidity, light irradiance ), and are usually associated with plants. The movement can be due to changes in turgor or changes in growth."
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d5dec20a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Creatinine amidohydrolase is a class of what thing that Tetrameric is a variety of? | Enzyme | text | [] | [
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d5dec2780dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What one of the nine administrative districts in Baghdad, Iraq contains the Statue of Abu Jaafar al-Mansur? | Al Mansour. | text | [] | [
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d5dec2f00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What transistor that was created by Mohamed Atalla and Dawon Kahng at Bell Labs in 1959 has become the basic element in most modern electronic equipment? | MOSFET | text | [] | [
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d5dec34a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Benzaldehyde dehydrogenase and members of the family of oxidoreductases are both examples of what? | Enzymes | text | [] | [
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"text": "The 3 substrates of this enzyme are benzaldehyde, NADP +, and H 2 O, whereas its 3 products are benzoate, NADPH, and H + . This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on the aldehyde or oxo group of donor with NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor."
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d5dec3680dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What language that comes from a subgroup of the South Ethiopic languages within the Semitic family of the Afroasiatic language family is divided into dialects? | Sebat Bet | text | [] | [
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"text": "One of the Gurage languages, Sebat Bet is divided into several dialects. The latter are spoken in the western Gurage Zone : Muher is spoken in the mountains north of Cheha and Ezhaha Wolene Gyeto, Endegegn and the extinct Mesmes language are sometimes considered subdialects of Inor."
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d5dec3900dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a radar detector and what type of receiver do they use? | A radar detector is an electronic device used by motorists to detect if their speed is being monitored by police or law enforcement using a radar gun. Radar detectors use a superheterodyne receiver to detect these electromagnetic emissions from the gun, and raise an alarm to notify the motorist when a transmission is d... | text | [] | [
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"text": "A radar detector is an electronic device used by motorists to detect if their speed is being monitored by police or law enforcement using a radar gun. Most radar detectors are used so the driver can reduce the car's speed before being ticketed for speeding."
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d5dec3b80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who established the company that designed and built the Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King? | The company was established by famed aviator Igor Sikorsky. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King (company designation S-61) is an American twin-engined anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter designed and built by Sikorsky Aircraft. A landmark design, it was one of the first ASW rotorcraft to use turboshaft engines."
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d5dec4120dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who corresponds to Poseidon and fights the lord of the sky that protects life and growth? | Yam. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In religious texts, Ba‘al /Hadad is the lord of the sky who governs the rain and thus the germination of plants with the power to determine fertility. He is the protector of life and growth to the agricultural people of the region. The absence of Ba‘al causes dry spells, starvation, death, and chaos.... |
d5dec43a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How long are the leaves of the rainforest tree commonly known as the myrtle ebony? | Diospyros pentamera has leaves 5 to 9 centimeter's long. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Diospyros pentamera is a common rainforest tree in the Ebony or Persimmon family ( Ebenaceae) growing from near Batemans Bay (36° S) in New South Wales to the Atherton Tableland (17° S) in tropical Queensland, Australia. It is commonly known as the myrtle ebony, black myrtle, grey plum or grey persim... |
d5dec4620dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What ruined the economy in the area between the White Mountains and the Sierra Nevada? | Diverting the Owens River to Los Angeles ruined of Owens Valley's economy. | text | [] | [
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"text": "For other uses, see White Mountains (disambiguation). The White Mountains of California and Nevada are a triangular fault-block mountain range facing the Sierra Nevada across the upper Owens Valley."
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"text": "Since 1913, the Owens River had been diverted to Los Angeles, causing the ruin ... |
d5dec4b20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Arctic Archipelago Marine and Arctic Cordillera are both names of what? | Ecozones | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Arctic Archipelago Marine Ecozone, as defined by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), is a marine ecozone in the Canadian Arctic, encompassing Hudson Bay, James Bay, the internal waters and some shores of the islands in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, and the shores of the territo... |
d5dec4da0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | CCK and a geologically young oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Central America are related to what island? | Cocos Island. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Cocos plate is a geologically young oceanic tectonic plate. It is beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Central America. Cocos Island rides on it."
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"text": "Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport ( IATA: CCK, ICAO: YPCC) is an airport serving the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, a territor... |
d5dec5020dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Ayr is on the west coast of what country within which the reputed first Protestant church built after the Reformation was on the west bank of the West Burn estuary? | Scotland | text | [] | [
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"text": "Later known as the Old Kirk or the Old West Kirk, it was constructed on the west bank of the West Burn estuary and is reputed to have been the first Protestant church built in Scotland after the Reformation. The Schaw, later Shaw and Shaw-Stewart, family retained a leading role in Greenock over the f... |
d5dec52a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | If you were referencing the mafia in Japan and in Calabria, which word you used would be longer? | The word would be longer in Calabria. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Yakuza ( Japanese: ヤクザ, [jaꜜkɯza]), also known as gokudō (極道, \"the extreme path\"), are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan ."
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"text": "Mafias often engage in secondary activities such as gambling, loan sharking, drug-trafficking, prostitution, and f... |
d5dec5520dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What suburb of Sydney, Australia was the site of the hospital where Deep Sleep Therapy resulted in the deaths of dozens of patients? | During the 1960s and 1970s, Pennant Hills was the site of Chelmsford Private Hospital. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Pennant Hills is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Pennant Hills is located 20 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Hornsby Shire."
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"text": "During the 1960s and 1970s, Pennant Hills was the s... |
d5dec57a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What particle has the same spin number as the photon that mediate strong interactions of quarks in quantum chromodynamics? | The gluon. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The gluon is a vector boson, which means, like the photon, it has a spin of 1. While massive spin-1 particles have three polarization states, massless gauge bosons like the gluon have only two polarization states because gauge invariance requires the polarization to be transverse to the direction tha... |
d5dec5ca0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are the Chrysomya's maggot larvae known as? | Their larvae are known as gentles. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Chrysomya is an Old World blow fly genus of the family Calliphoridae. The genus Chrysomya contains a number of species including Chrysomya rufifacies and Chrysomya megacephala."
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"text": "The Calliphoridae (commonly known as blow flies, blow-flies, carrion flies, bluebottles, greenbottles... |
d5dec61a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What nation's army has the Saberin Battalions special units and purchased 10 Houdong fast attack crafts from China? | Iran. | text | [] | [
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"text": "As far as major new equipment is concerned, Iran has been building up its naval strength by acquiring three Kilo-class submarines from Russia, as well as other equipment, including 10 Houdong fast attack craft from China. Russia and India were reported to be assisting Iran with training and operating... |
d5dec6420dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Where did the Mossi people originate from and what percentage of the ethnic groups in Burkina Faso are they? | The Mossi people originated in Burkina Faso, although significant numbers of Mossi live in neighboring countries, including Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, and Togo. The Mossi are the largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso, constituting more than 40% of the population, or about 6.2 million people. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Moaaga) are a Gur ethnic group native to modern Burkina Faso, primarily the Volta River basin. The Mossi are the largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso, constituting more than 40% of the population, or about 6.2 million people."
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"text": "The Mossi people originated in Burkina Faso, althoug... |
d5dec6ba0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The main structural protein in the extracellular matrix found in the body's various connective tissues gets it's name from a Greek word meaning "glue | The name collagen comes from the Greek kólla, meaning "glue". | text | [] | [
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"text": "Tropocollagen molecule: three left-handed procollagens (red, green, blue) join to form a right-handed triple helical tropocollagen. Collagen ( / ˈkɒlədʒən /) is the main structural protein in the extracellular matrix found in the body's various connective tissues."
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"text": "The name coll... |
d5dec6e20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Microtus canicaudus and Myodes smithii are both types of what? | Rodents | text | [] | [
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"text": "Smith's vole ( Myodes smithii) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is also known as Smith's red-backed vole and is found only in Japan ."
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"text": "The gray-tailed vole ( Microtus canicaudus) also known as the gray-tailed meadow vole or gray-tailed meadow mouse, is a roden... |
d5dec7000dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the full decomposition point for the least expensive salt of silver? | 440 °C. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The silver nitrate reacts with copper to form hairlike crystals of silver metal and a blue solution of copper nitrate : Silver nitrate decomposes when heated: Qualitatively, decomposition is negligible below the melting point, but becomes appreciable around 250 °C and fully decomposes at 440 °C."
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d5dec7280dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Lebanon and Springfield are both names of what? | Towns | text | [] | [
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"text": "Born in the small town of Lebanon, New Hampshire, Quimby was one of seven children and the son of a blacksmith and his wife. As was customary for his social and economic class at that time, Quimby received little formal education."
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"text": "Springfield features a large numbered grid plan... |
d5dec7780dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What main landmass of Australia claims an Exclusive Economic Zone of 8,148,250 square kilometres? | Mainland Australia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Australia has a mainland coastline of 34,218 kilometres (21,262 mi) and claims an Exclusive Economic Zone of 8,148,250 square kilometres (3,146,060 sq mi). The Australian Bureau of Statistics ' (ABS) Australian Statistical Geography Standard describes several main statistical divisions of Australia:"... |
d5dec7f00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What functions are widely used in all sciences that are related to geometry and include the sine, the cosine, and the tangent? | Trigonometric functions | text | [] | [
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"text": "They are widely used in all sciences that are related to geometry, such as navigation, solid mechanics, celestial mechanics, geodesy, and many others. They are among the simplest periodic functions, and as such are also widely used for studying periodic phenomena through Fourier analysis ."
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d5dec8720dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Georgia terminus of a trail whose other terminus is Mount Katahdin is also the terminus of which other trail? | Springer Mountain, the Georgia terminus of the Appalachian trail, the trail whose other terminus is Mount Katahdin, is also the southern terminus of the Benton MacKaye Trail. | text | [] | [
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"text": "For the train station, see Appalachian Trail (Metro-North station). The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply the A.T., is a marked hiking trail in the Eastern United States extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine."
... |
d5dec89a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What consul in 49 got elevated to patrician status by Claudius and had a book on military tactics dedicated to him by Greek philosopher Onasander? | Quintus Veranius. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In 43, the Emperor Claudius constituted the new province of Lycia, and appointed Veranius as its governor. He governed the province until 48, and during this period put down the rebellion of Cylicia Tracheotide. He was consul in 49, and elevated to patrician status by Claudius who also appointed him ... |
d5dec8c20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The cuticle forms the major part of the what, known as an external "skin", or "shell", of Arthropoda? | Integument | text | [] | [
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"text": "In arthropods, the integument, the external \"skin\", or \"shell\", is the product of a single layer of ectodermal epithelium. That layer is attached to the external or distal surface of the deepest layer, the non-cellular internal membrane of the integument. That non-cellular membrane is called the ... |
d5dec8e00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Caribbean Netherlands and the Leeward Antilles are both part of what larger island chain? | Lesser Antilles | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Leeward Antilles ( Dutch: Benedenwindse Eilanden) are a chain of islands in the Caribbean – specifically, the southerly islands of the Lesser Antilles (and, in turn, the Antilles and the West Indies) along the southeastern fringe of the Caribbean Sea, just north of the Venezuelan coast of the Sou... |
d5dec9080dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Are Phalanx Close-in Weapon Systems used by ships in the Royal Malaysian Navy? | No, it is used by the HMS, not the RMN. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The equipment of the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) can be subdivided into: ships, aircraft, radars, weapons, munitions, firearms and attire. All RMN ship carries the prefix KD ( Malay : Kapal Di-Raja, literally \"Royal Ship\"), which is equivalent to \"His Majesty's Ship\" in English."
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d5dec9300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Hoklo people found in the Republic of China have what type of pop music popular to them? | Hokkien pop. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Hokkien pop is the most popular amongst Hoklo people in Taiwan, Mainland China, and the Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. The historical origin of Hokkien pop comes from a Japanese enka base instead of a Chinese shidaiqu base. Because it developed from traditional Japanese enka, it has become diver... |
d5dec9580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Far more than 10% of carcinoids are secreted from which synthesized amino acid? | Tryptophan | text | [] | [
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"text": "Serotonin is synthesized from the amino acid tryptophan. Tryptophan is also used to synthesize niacin. In carcinoid, a larger percentage of the tryptophan is converted to serotonin. This can lead to a niacin deficiency leading to the development of pellagrous symptoms."
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"text": "Rather, ... |
d5dec9760dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Growth in the size of the cranium as well as the width of the shoulders makes it more difficult for an infant to fit through the what, the inlet of which in females is observed as oval-shaped in females and more of a heart-shape in males? | Pelvis | text | [] | [
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"text": "In humans, the long axes of the inlet and the outlet of the obstetric canal lie perpendicular to each other. This is an important mechanism because growth in the size of the cranium as well as the width of the shoulders makes it more difficult for the infant to fit through the pelvis."
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d5dec99e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Polish radiolocation vehicle based on Dana self-propelled howitzer and the plane with an excellent safety record piloted by John Zhen Chang are both named what? | N-22. | text | [] | [
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"text": "N-22 (radiolocation vehicle), a Polish radiolocation vehicle based on Dana self-propelled howitzer and used for locating aircraft flying at low altitudes This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter-number combination."
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"text": "The N-22 is a ... |
d5dec9c60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What functions are performed by molecules belonging to the same biochemical class as the β mercaptoethylamine-pantothenate complex? | Tethers are commonly used in lipid synthesis, gluconeogenesis, and conversion of pyruvate into Acetyl CoA via PDH complex. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is involved in the production of oxaloacetate from pyruvate. One of the biological tethers used in the synthesis of fats is a β- mercaptoethylamine-pantothenate complex associated with an acyl carrier protein."
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"text": "In biochemistry, a tether is a molecule that carries one or two c... |
d5deca0c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Rape during what war, which was the first time that mass rape was recognized and prosecuted by an international tribunal, was a policy of mass systemic violence targeted against women? | The Bosnian War | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Bosnian War was the first time that mass rape was recognized and prosecuted by an international tribunal. Genocidal rape is a feature of campaigns which involve ethnic cleansing and genocide, as the objective is to destroy or forcefully remove the target population, and ensure they do not return.... |
d5deca340dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who is the backup leader of the body that has a Select Committee on Ethics? | The President pro tempore | text | [] | [
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"text": "The U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics is a select committee of the United States Senate charged with dealing with matters related to senatorial ethics. It is also commonly referred to as the Senate Ethics Committee."
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"text": "The titular, non-partisan leaders of the Senate itself ar... |
d5deca5c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The most primitive members of the family Viperidae feed almost exclusively on what? | toads and frogs | text | [] | [
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"text": "Causus is a genus of venomous vipers found only in sub-Saharan Africa. It is a group considered to be among the most primitive members of the family Viperidae based on head scalation, oviparity, venom apparatus, and because they have round pupils. However, this is contradicted by recent molecular stu... |
d5deca840dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Cuthred and Dunmail were both names of what? | Kings | text | [] | [
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"text": "Dunmail is a legendary king of Cumberland associated with Dunmail Raise. According to tradition, Dunmail was the last king of Cumberland, and buried beneath the cairn at Dunmail Raise after having been slain by the English. Dunmail Raise, meaning \"Dyfnwal's Cairn\", may well be named after the histo... |
d5decaa20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the 16th and 17th centuries, the territory of modern Oryol was the borderland of the Tsardom of what, in which Orlovsky District is located? | Russia | text | [] | [
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"text": "In the 16th and 17th centuries, the territory of modern Oryol was the borderland of the Tsardom of Russia, there are many on the strengthening of large defense line. As the reduction of the threat posed by the Tatars, agricultural activity of the area had intensified."
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d5decaca0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Masturus lanceolatus, Xiphophorus variatus and Lobotes surinamensis are all found in what? | Water | text | [] | [
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"text": "The variable platyfish ( Xiphophorus variatus ), also known as variatus platy or variegated platy, is a species of freshwater fish in family Poecilidae of order Cyprinodontiformes. A live-bearer, it is native to southern Tamaulipas and northern Veracruz states in northeastern Mexico."
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d5decaf20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who is the Saint will the name that means lordly, masterful? | Cyril. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The earliest form of manuscript Cyrillic, known as ustav, was based on Greek uncial script, augmented by ligatures and by letters from the Glagolitic alphabet for consonants not found in Greek. The Glagolitic alphabet was created by the monk Saint Cyril, possibly with the aid of his brother Saint Met... |
d5decb420dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What related by Eulogius took place between 851 and 859 and has special burial rites and the graves are well maintained, surrounded by Islamic flags in Islam? | Martyrdom. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The hagiography describes in detail the executions of the martyrs for capital violations of Islamic law, including apostasy and blasphemy. The martyrdoms related by Eulogius (the only contemporary source) took place between 851 and 859."
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"text": "The special treatment of martyrs begins d... |
d5decb6a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What kingdom ruled by the Pharnavazid, Artaxiad, Arsacid and Chosroid royal dynasties is centered on present-day Eastern Georgia? | Iberia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Iberia, centered on present-day Eastern Georgia, was bordered by Colchis in the west, Caucasian Albania in the east and Armenia in the south. Its population, the Iberians, formed the nucleus of the Kartvelians (i.e. Georgians )."
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"text": "Iberia, ruled by the Pharnavazid, Artaxiad, Arsac... |
d5decb880dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Droop quota and the IRV are both related to what form of elections? | Single-winner elections | text | [] | [
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"text": "When the single transferable vote (STV) method is applied to a single-winner election, it becomes IRV; the government of Ireland has called IRV \"proportional representation\" based on the fact that the same ballot form is used to elect its president by IRV and parliamentary seats by STV, but IRV is ... |
d5decc5a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Historically in Italy, especially southern Italy, Dukes were considered sovereigns, but what other title might a ruler I have been given? | Another title could be Rex Italiae ('King of Italy). | text | [] | [
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"text": "After the deposition of the last Western Emperor in 476, Heruli leader Odoacer was appointed Dux Italiae (\"Duke of Italy\") by the reigning Byzantine Emperor Zeno. Later, the Germanic foederati, the Scirians and the Heruli, as well as a large segment of the Italic Roman army, proclaimed Odoacer Rex ... |
d5deccaa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Are Nagai Island and Goat Island found in the same country or in different countries? | They're in the same country. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Nagai Island is one of the largest of the Shumagin Islands in the Gulf of Alaska, south of the Alaska Peninsula considered a part of the NE Aleutian Range. It is located in the United States state of Alaska at"
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"text": "The island is at the southwest corner of the City of Niagara Falls (... |
d5deccd20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Does the galliform bird native to Szechuan or the pheasant with 24 feathers on its tail have darker ears? | The pheasant with 24 feathers on its tail has darker ears. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Szechuan white eared pheasant, ( C. c. crossoptilon), is a galliform bird native to the Szechuan region of China. It is a subspecies of white eared pheasant."
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"text": "The blue eared pheasant ( Crossoptilon auritum) is a large, up to 96 cm (38 in) long, dark blue-grey pheasant with v... |
d5deccfa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The spatial size of the entire what, who in an expanding version of the speed of expansion reaches and even exceeds the speed of light, is unknown? | Universe | text | [] | [
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"text": "Due to gravitational redshift, its image reddens over time as the object moves away from the observer. In an expanding universe the speed of expansion reaches and even exceeds the speed of light, which prevents signals from travelling to some regions."
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"text": "While the spatial size of ... |
d5decd220dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Tsuut'ina Nation 145 First Nations Land is in the Calgary Region, bordering what city that is Alberta's most-populous and the second most-populous in western Canada? | Tsuut'ina Nation 145 borders the city of Calgary. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Tsuut'ina Nation 145 First Nations Land in southern Alberta, Canada, created by Treaty 7. It is home to the Tsuut'ina Nation . The reserve is located in the Calgary Region, bordering the City of Calgary to the northeast, east and southeast, the Municipal District of Foothills No. 31 to the south and ... |
d5decd4a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Would the population of England be closer to 1.5 million or 5 million when the Crusade of 1101 took place? | It would be closer to 1.5 million. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The 12th and 13th centuries were a period of huge economic growth in England. The population of England rose from around one and a half million in 1086 to around four or five million in 1300, stimulating increased agricultural outputs and the export of raw materials to Europe."
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d5decd720dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the area of the river watershed named after the man who guided John C. Frémont's expedition in winter, 1844? | The Carson River watershed, named after Kit Carson, encompasses 3,966 square miles. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The 205 miles (330 km) Carson River watershed encompasses 3,966 square miles (10,270 km 2) and includes two major forks in the Sierra Nevada in its upper watershed region."
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"text": "The Carson River is a northwestern Nevada river that empties into the Carson Sink, an endorheic basin. The... |
d5decd9a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The main property of the function, f, of n variables in an abelian group that can be constructed by summing values of f over all permutations of its arguments is analogous to what type of group in Galois theory? | A Galois group in Galois theory is also considered to be symmetric. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Given any function fin nvariables with values in an abelian group, a symmetric function can be constructed by summing values of fover all permutations of the arguments. Similarly, an anti-symmetric function can be constructed by summing over even permutationsand subtracting the sum over odd permutati... |
d5decdc20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was Apis and when did the worship of Apis as a proper god begin? | In ancient Egyptian religion, Apis or Hapis was a sacred bull worshiped in the Memphis region, identified as the son of Hathor, a primary deity in the pantheon of ancient Egypt. The worship of Apis as a proper god purportedly started during the reign of king Kaiechos (possibly Nebra) of the Second Dynasty. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Worship of an Apis bull, experienced by ancient Egyptians as holy, has been known since the First Dynasty in Memphis, while worship of the Apis as a proper god, at least according to Manetho 's Aegyptiaca, seems to be a later adoption, purportedly started during the reign of king Kaiechos (possibly N... |
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