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d5df100c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Is the Russian gun nicknamed the 'papasha' the same type of gun as the San Cristobal produced in the Dominican Republic? | Yes, both guns can be considered submachine guns. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A common Russian nickname for the weapon is \" papasha \" ( папа́ша ), meaning \"daddy\", and it was sometimes called the \"burp gun\" because of its high fire rate. The PPSh is a magazine-fed selective fire submachine gun using an open bolt, blowback action."
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d5df10340dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The particle horizon is the maximum distance from which what, which in an expanding universe the speed of expansion reaches and even exceeds the speed of, from particles could have traveled to the observer in the age of the universe? | Light | text | [] | [
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"text": "The particle horizon (also called the cosmological horizon, the comoving horizon (in Dodelson's text), or the cosmic light horizon) is the maximum distance from which light from particles could have traveled to the observer in the age of the universe."
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d5df10660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of trees can survive a fire in an area where the American bison can only live in? | Some oaks and hickories. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Some oaks and hickories could survive a prairie fire. If there are scattered trees, it is called a savanna, and an area in a prairie where trees grew closer together is called a grove. In the last century, fires have been stopped, and trees and brush that once did not grow in prairies are taking over... |
d5df10840dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What color is the liquid that is produced when the elemental component that causes Iodine trichloride to turn red when exposed to light is melted? | Deep violet | text | [] | [
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"text": "Iodine trichloride is an interhalogen compound of iodine and chlorine. It is bright yellow but upon time and exposure to light it turns red due to the presence of elemental iodine. In the solid state is present as a planar dimer I 2 Cl 6, with two bridging Cl atoms."
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d5df10ac0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Did chivalry get introduced during the beginning, middle, or end, of the Crusades? | It was introduced in the middle. | text | [] | [
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"text": "For the medieval religious orders, see Military order (religious society). An order of chivalry, order of knighthood, chivalric order, or equestrian order is an order of knights typically founded during or inspired by the original Catholic military orders of the Crusades (circa 1099–1291), paired wit... |
d5df10d40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the name of the highway that extends from the home of "The Captree Fleet" to Jones Beach State Park? | The Ocean Parkway | text | [] | [
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"text": "Captree State Park is home to \"The Captree Fleet\", which comprises between 24 and 28 independently-owned charter boats that are available for fishing, scuba diving, sightseeing and excursion tours. The fleet is the largest public fishing fleet on Long Island."
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d5df10fc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The genetic basis of coat colour in the what Retriever, whose name means husbandman or farmer of a tract of land, has been found to depend on several distinct genes? | Labrador | text | [] | [
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"text": "Labrador (\"lavrador\" in Portuguese) means husbandman or farmer of a tract of land (from \"labour\" in Latin) —the land of the labourer. European settlement was largely concentrated in coastal communities, particularly those south of St. Lewis and Cape Charles, and are among Canada's oldest European... |
d5df11240dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What kind of forms are the hemoglobin variants in like Hemoglobin E? | Mutant forms. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Crystal structure of Hemoglobin E mutant (Glu26Lys) PDB entry 1vyt. Alpha chain in pink, beta chain in red. The lysine mutation highlighted as white spheres. Hemoglobin E ( HbE) is an abnormal hemoglobin with a single point mutation in the β chain."
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d5df114c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the substance made by ocean dwelling solitary invertebrates Halcurias which target the sodium channel or the potassium channel? | Neurotoxins. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The polypeptide toxin halcurin is named after its source: the sea anemone genus Halcurias, which are ocean dwelling solitary invertebrates. The amino acid sequence of halcurin is: VACRCESDGP DVRSATFTGT VDLWNCNTGW HKCIATYTAV ASCCKKD; it consists of 47 amino acids and has a molecular weight of 5,086 Da... |
d5df11740dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What event 14,670 to c. 12,890 BP was followed by a severe decline in temperatures during the Younger Dryas? | The Late Glacial Interstadial. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Late Glacial Interstadial was followed by a severe decline in temperatures during the Younger Dryas from c.12,890 to c.11,650 BP. Climate amelioration began to occur rapidly throughout Western Europe and the North European Plain c. 16,000-15,000 years ago."
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d5df119c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What disorder that primarily affects the blood is characterized by hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia? | Hemolytic-uremic syndrome. | text | [] | [
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d5df11c40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is Digital humanities (DH) and how can it be defined? | Digital humanities ( DH) is an area of scholarly activity at the intersection of computing or digital technologies and the disciplines of the humanities. It can be defined as new ways of doing scholarship that involve collaborative, transdisciplinary, and computationally engaged research, teaching, and publishing. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Digital humanities ( DH) is an area of scholarly activity at the intersection of computing or digital technologies and the disciplines of the humanities. It includes the systematic use of digital resources in the humanities, as well as the analysis of their application."
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d5df11ec0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What does the GRII have in common with the GKMI? | They both have roots in Indonesia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Reformed Evangelical Church of Indonesia ( Indonesian: Gereja Reformed Injili Indonesia; Chinese: 印尼歸正福音教會 ), abbreviated GRII, also Indonesian Reformed Evangelical Church, is a Reformed Christian church that is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was founded by Stephen Tong, a Chinese-born I... |
d5df12140dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The portion of I-68 in what state, which has one unsigned interstate, I-595, is designated as the National Freeway? | Maryland | text | [] | [
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"text": "The portion of I-68 in Maryland is designated as the National Freeway. Many of the National Road's original stone arch bridges also remain on former alignments, including:"
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d5df123c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the lowest point of elevation for the valley that lies at the southern end of Walker Lane. | 282 feet below sea level. | text | [] | [
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d5df12640dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Isolation and Everest are both names of what? | Mountains | text | [] | [
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"text": "With a topographic prominence of 2473 m, Musala is also the 6th highest peak by topographic prominence in mainland Europe. 1. Mount Everest is the highest mountain peak on Earth. 2. Aconcagua is the highest peak in both the Southern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere ."
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d5df128c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a Foreshock and when is an earthquake designated as a foreshock? | A foreshock is an earthquake that occurs before a larger seismic event (the mainshock) and is related to it in both time and space. The designation of an earthquake as foreshock, mainshock or aftershock is only possible after the full sequence of events has happened. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The designation of an earthquake as foreshock, mainshock or aftershock is only possible after the full sequence of events has happened. Foreshock activity has been detected for about 40% of all moderate to large earthquakes, and about 70% for events of M>7.0."
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d5df13040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | 42 Orionis, Theta Orionis, Iota Orionis, and the nebula M42 are, together, referenced in a song on a 1991 album by Tom Petty; what was the name of the album? | Orion's sword is referenced in a song in Tom Petty's 1991 album Into the Great Wide Open. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It comprises three stars ( 42 Orionis, Theta Orionis, and Iota Orionis) and M42, the Orion Nebula, which together are thought to resemble a sword or its scabbard. This group is south of the prominent asterism, Orion's Belt."
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d5df137c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which form of conservatism is more reactionary: paternalistic conservatism or Red Toryism in Canada? | Red Toryism in Canada is more reactionary. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The term is also used by many free-market advocates to describe certain strains of conservatism that are more reformist -minded and believe in a more activist government (e.g., paternalistic conservatism )."
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d5df13cc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Backstage, wing, linesets and dressing rooms are areas of what? | Theatre. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Apron: The area of the stage in front of the proscenium arch, which may be small or, in a thrust stage, large. Backstage: Areas of the theatre adjacent to the stage accessible only to performers and technicians, including the wings, crossover, and dressing rooms."
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d5df13f40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | An enzyme that displays both PLA1 and PLA2 activities is called a what, which a different version of which plays an important role in the inflammation pathway? | Phospholipase B | text | [] | [
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"text": "An enzyme that displays both PLA1 and PLA2 activities is called a Phospholipase B. A phospholipase is an enzyme that hydrolyzes phospholipids into fatty acids and other lipophilic substances."
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d5df14940dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In terms of size, how the lemur P. diadema different from the lemurs Propithecus verreauxi and Propithecus coquereli? | P. diadema has a large physical size while Propithecus verreauxi and Propithecus coquereli are medium-sized. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Coquerel's sifaka ( Propithecus coquereli) is a diurnal, medium-sized lemur of the sifaka genus Propithecus. It is native to northwest Madagascar. Coquerel's sifaka was once considered to be a subspecies of Verreaux's sifaka, but was eventually granted full species level, and is listed as endangered ... |
d5df14e40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Spanish language was introduced to the Caribbean in 1492 with the voyages of what Italian explorer and navigator who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas? | Christopher Columbus brought it. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Spanish language was introduced to the Caribbean in 1492 with the voyages of Christopher Columbus. It resembles the Spanish spoken in the Canary Islands and more distantly the one spoken in western Andalusia ."
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d5df150c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Superhumanism is often referred to as a combination between philosophy and what, an example of which is Christendom in a cultural sense? | Religion | text | [] | [
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d5df15340dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Bueng Kum and Suriwong Road are both located in what country? | Thailand | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is located on Rama IV Road, with Si Lom Road and Suriwong Road in Bangkok's modern business district to the southeast, and Si Phraya Road to the northwest. It is a block from The Montien hotel, and approximately 1 km from the city's main Hua Lamphong railway station."
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d5df155c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the official name of the country that shares a name with a community in Indiana? | The official name is the Republic of Poland. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Poland is an unincorporated community in eastern Cass Township, Clay County, Indiana, United States. It lies along State Road 42 southeast of the city of Brazil, the county seat of Clay County. Its elevation is 696 feet (212 m)."
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d5df15840dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The people who built tekhenu built temples characterized by what? | Monolithic columns | text | [] | [
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"text": "Monolithic columns are characteristic of Ancient Egyptian temples, and the examples in the portico of the Pantheon in Rome were also transported from Egypt. In modern architecture using concrete the situation is different, and the term is less likely to be used in this context. This architectural ele... |
d5df15ca0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Whose earliest records of coincide with the development of definable courts beyond the rudimentary entourages or retinues of rulers that would often be in attendance at the court of a monarch or other royal personage? | A Courtier | text | [] | [
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"text": "A courtier ( / ˈkɔːrtiər /) is a person who is often in attendance at the court of a monarch or other royal personage. The earliest historical examples of courtiers were part of the retinues of rulers."
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d5df15f20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A form of election that does not use a ballot and a bay horse with a white star and a white sock on his left hind leg are both called what? | Acclamation. | text | [] | [
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"text": "An acclamation, in its most common sense, is a form of election that does not use a ballot. \"Acclamation\" or \"acclamatio\" can also signify a kind of ritual greeting and expression of approval in certain social contexts as in ancient Rome."
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d5df16240dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Gay sexual practices are what, which between adults most do not constitute a criminal offense, involving men who have sex with men? | Sexual activities | text | [] | [
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d5df164c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who created the aerial warfare service that used Roosevelt Field as a training field during World War I? | President Woodrow Wilson created this service. | text | [] | [
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d5df16740dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How long is the stretch of water that serves as the only way to reach the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales? | 16 miles | text | [] | [
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"text": "The deepest of these channels eventually became flooded by the sea as the ice sheets receded forming the Menai Strait. As Anglesey has been an island throughout recorded human history, the only way to reach it was by crossing the strait."
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d5df169c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What Russian pancakes that are the most popular and most-eaten dishes in Russia are still refrerred to as being baked even though they are nowadays pan-fried? | Blini | text | [] | [
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"text": "The process of preparing blini is still referred to as baking in Russian, even though they are nowadays pan-fried, like pancakes. All kinds of flour may be used, from wheat and buckwheat to oatmeal and millet, although wheat is currently the most popular."
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d5df16c40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What Malaysian state has the Menteri Besar and a State Legislative Assembly composed of 56 members who are elected from single-member constituencies throughout the state? | Johor. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Johor State Legislative Assembly ( Malay: Dewan Negeri Johor) is the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Johor. It is composed of 56 members who are elected from single-member constituencies throughout the state."
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d5df16ec0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What plant is typically harvested as a source material for construction has a natural forest full of it in Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan? | Bamboo. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Bamboo is typically harvested as a source material for construction, food, crafts and other manufactured goods. Bamboo cultivation in South, South East Asia and East Asia stretches back thousands of years. One practice, in South Korea, has been designated as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage... |
d5df17320dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the formula of Rubidium Chloride and why must it be protected from atmospheric moisture? | Rubidium chloride is the chemical compound with the formula RbCl. Because RbCl is hygroscopic, it must be protected from atmospheric moisture, e.g. using a desiccator. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Rubidium chloride is the chemical compound with the formula RbCl. This alkali metal halide is composed of rubidium and chlorine, and finds diverse uses ranging from electrochemistry to molecular biology . In its gas phase, RbCl is diatomic with a bond length estimated at 2.7868 Å."
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d5df17640dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Richard II and Edgar the Peaceful were both what? | English Kings | text | [] | [
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"text": "Edgar the Peaceful was the first English king to be crowned with an actual crown, and a sceptre was also introduced for his coronation in 973. After crowns, sceptres were the most potent symbols of royal authority in medieval England."
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d5df178c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What can water diffuse through that potassium can too, leaving behind uncompensated negative charges? | A selectively permeable membrane. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane is called osmosis. This allows only certain particles to go through including water and leaving behind the solutes including salt and other contaminants. In the process of reverse osmosis, thin-film composite membranes (TFC or TFM) are u... |
d5df17b40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Does the granular dogfish have a shorter or longer scientific name than the Cuban dogfish? | It has a longer scientific name. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Cuban dogfish ( Squalus cubensis) is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes. It is found in the Western Atlantic from North Carolina to Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico, around Cuba, Hispaniola, southern Brazil, and Argentina. It inhabits continental shelves and upper... |
d5df17fa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Border and Macintyre and both what? | Rivers. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Border Rivers are a group of Australian rivers and the associated region near part of the state border between New South Wales and Queensland ."
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d5df18220dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Adhamiyah district is in a city where what is the most well-known and well-loved monument? | Freedom Monument | text | [] | [
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"text": "Freedom Monument (or Nasb al-Hurriyah) ( Arabic: نصب الحرية ), located in Tahrir Square (Liberation Square) in the centre of Baghdad, is the city's most well-known and well-loved monument."
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d5df18720dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The dynastic state established by Helian Bobo had a capital in what desert? | Tongwan, the capital of the Xia dynasty, was situated in the Ordos Desert. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Xia ( Chinese: 夏; pinyin: Xià ), known in historiography as Hu Xia (胡夏), Northern Xia (北夏), Helian Xia (赫連夏) or the Great Xia (大夏), was a dynastic state of Xiongnu origin established by Helian Bobo during the Sixteen Kingdoms period in northern China."
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d5df18a40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which countries do Cam river and river Cam belong to? | Tasmania and England respectively. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Cam River estuary is located in Somerset roughly halfway between the township of Wynyard and the city of Burnie on the North West Coast of Tasmania. The northern part of the Cam River forms part of the boundary between the City of Burnie and Waratah-Wynyard local government areas."
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d5df18c20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | DIC can also be converted to particulate organic what, which the oceans store the largest pool of reactive version of? | Carbon | text | [] | [
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d5df19440dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The archbishop of the area that Westminster Abbey is in resides in a cathedral which is what rank with regards to interior space? | The 50th largest in the world | text | [] | [
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"text": "The earliest large-scale applications of Gothic architecture in England were Canterbury Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. Many features of Gothic architecture had evolved naturally from Romanesque architecture (often known in England as Norman architecture )."
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d5df196c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was the Liang dynasty also known as and where was it located? | The Liang dynasty also known as the Southern Liang (Chinese: 南梁; pinyin: Nán Liáng), was the third of the Southern Dynasties during China's Southern and Northern Dynasties period.It was located in South China and succeeded by the Chen dynasty in 557 | text | [] | [
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"text": "It was located in South China and succeeded by the Chen dynasty in 557. The small rump state Western Liang (555–587), located in Central China, continued until it was destroyed in 587 by the Sui dynasty . During the Liang dynasty, in 547 a Persian embassy paid tribute to the Liang, amber was recorded... |
d5df19bc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the confederation date of the province which contains The Coulonge River? | The Confederation was July 1, 1867. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Coulonge River ( English: / kuːˈlɒndʒ /) is a predominantly wilderness river in western Quebec, Canada."
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d5df19e40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Motility is determined by what thing, which would include something called ELMO1? | Genetically | text | [] | [
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"text": "Engulfment and cell motility protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ELMO1 gene. ELMO1 is located on chromosome number seven in humans and is located on chromosome number thirteen in mice. The human engulfment and cell motility protein 1, ELMO1, is 720 residues in length."
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d5df1a5c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are Picidae and Cracidae? | Birds. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The blond-crested woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) is a species of bird in the family Picidae, the woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks . It is found in Brazil, southeastern Paraguay, and extreme northeastern Argentina. A small disjunct population occurs at the Amazon River mouth and upstream, including... |
d5df1a840dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Lampropeltis alterna and Ephalophis greyae are both types of what? | Snake | text | [] | [
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"text": "Grey's mudsnake ( Ephalophis greyae ), also known commonly as the mangrove seasnake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to northwestern Australia."
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"text": "The gray-banded kingsnake ( Lampropeltis alterna ), sometimes referred to as the alterna... |
d5df1ad40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the only species in the genus Torquigener to create circular nests in the sand as part of their mating ritual? | The white-spotted pufferfish is thought to be the only species that creates these shapes. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Not to be confused with white-spotted puffer. Torquigener albomaculosus, or the white-spotted pufferfish, is the 20th discovered species of the genus Torquigener. The species was discovered in the ocean waters around the Ryukyu Islands in Japan off the south coast of Amami Ōshima Island."
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d5df1af20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Mahāyāna Sūtras are a broad genre of Biddjost scriptures that are part of what largest major tradition of Buddhism existing today? | The Mahāyāna Sūtras are accepted as canonical in Mahāyāna Buddhism. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Mahāyāna Sūtrasare a broad genre of Buddhistsutrascriptures that are accepted as canonicaland as buddhavacana(\"Buddha word\") in Mahāyāna Buddhism. They are largely preserved in the Chinese Buddhist canon, the Tibetan Buddhist canon, and in extant Sanskritmanuscripts."
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d5df1b1a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the birthplace of the person who designed a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark whose East Bank entrance is at Elmwood, Louisiana? | He was born in Bochnia, then in Galicia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is several kilometers upriver from the city of New Orleans. The East Bank entrance is at Elmwood, Louisiana, and the West Bank at Bridge City. It was designed by Polish-American engineer Ralph Modjeski and is designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of C... |
d5df1b420dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The widow of the King of Upper Burgundy elected in 888 married who after his death? | Rudolf I's widow, queen Guilla, married Hugh of Arles in 912. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Rudolph was succeeded as king of Burgundy by his son, Rudolph II. Rudolf I's widow, queen Guilla, married Hugh of Arles in 912. This Rudolph is frequently confused with his nephew Rudolph of France, who was the second duke of Burgundy and ninth king of France ."
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d5df1b6a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Greek language underwent pronunciation changes during the what period, which was the dominant language of the Byzantine Empire? | Koine Greek | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Greek language underwent pronunciation changes during the Koine Greek period, from about 300 BC to 300 AD. At the beginning of the period, the pronunciation was almost identical to Classical Greek, while at the end it was closer to Modern Greek ."
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d5df1b920dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Periods and integers are names for things that would be considered to be what in a locally compact group in Lie theory? | A discrete subgroup with the property that the quotient space has finite invariant measure | text | [] | [
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"text": "One parallelogram fully defines the whole object. Without further symmetry, this parallelogram is a fundamental parallelogram . The fundamental domain of the period lattice. The vectors p and q can be represented by complex numbers. Up to size and orientation, a pair can be represented by their quoti... |
d5df1bba0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Cuban and Latin Timbales drums and the instrument that makes a noise by being hit are both types of what? | Percussion instruments. | text | [] | [
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"text": "For the Cuban and Latin drum, see Timbales. The timbau or Brazilian timbal is a membranophone instrument derived from the caxambu drum, usually played with both hands. Slightly conical and of varying sizes, it is usually light in weight and made of lacquered wood or metal (usually aluminum) with a tu... |
d5df1c140dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The province of Netherlands that contains the West Frisian islands of Noorderhaaks had what population in 2019? | The province of North Holland had a population of 2,877,909 in November 2019. | text | [] | [
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"text": "North Holland is a broad peninsula for the most part, located between the North Sea, the Wadden Sea, the IJsselmeer, and the Markermeer. More than half of the province consists of reclaimed polder land situated below sea level. The West Frisian islands of Noorderhaaks and Texel are also part of the p... |
d5df1c640dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What continent is a habitat for both hoplocercidae and gueragama? | South America | text | [] | [
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"text": "3 genera (16 recognized species), see article . Hoplocercidae are a family of lizards native to the tropical forests, woodlands and savanna-like habitats of Central and South America. Alternatively they are recognized as a subfamily, Hoplocercinae."
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d5df1c820dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is Vagus nerve stimulation ( VNS) and what are VNS devices used for? | Vagus nerve stimulation ( VNS) is a medical treatment that involves delivering electrical impulses to the vagus nerve. VNS devices are used to treat drug-resistant epilepsy and treatment-resistant major depressive disorder. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Vagus nerve stimulation ( VNS) is a medical treatment that involves delivering electrical impulses to the vagus nerve. It is used as an add-on treatment for certain types of intractable epilepsy and treatment-resistant depression."
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"text": "VNS devices are used to treat drug-resistant ep... |
d5df1cd20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What, of which Binswanger's disease is a type, usually is seen with features like slowness of mental processing, forgetfulness, impaired cognition, lack of initiative-apathy and depressive symptoms? | Subcortical dementia | text | [] | [
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"text": "Binswanger's disease is a type of subcortical vascular dementia caused by white matter atrophy to the brain. However, white matter atrophy alone is not sufficient for this disease; evidence of subcortical dementia is also necessary."
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"text": "Clinically sub cortical dementia usually is s... |
d5df1cfa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Rodney Island, Nigger Head, and Saunders Islet are all located in what bay? | Shelburne Bay | text | [] | [
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"text": "Saunders Islet is a small island in the Northern part of Shelburne Bay in far north Queensland, Australia about 30 km north of Cape Grenville, Cape York Peninsula in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. It is 11 hectares or 0.11 square km in size."
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d5df1d220dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Compounds within a what, defined as a group of compounds that differ by a constant unit, typically have a fixed set of functional groups that gives them similar chemical and physical properties? | A homologous series | text | [] | [
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"text": "Compounds within a homologous series typically have a fixed set of functional groups that gives them similar chemical and physical properties. For example, the series of primary straight-chained alcohols has an hydroxyl at the end of the carbon chain."
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"text": "A homologous series is a g... |
d5df1da40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who was the original Supreme head of the Catholic church? | Peter the Apostle | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Catholic Church has a similar doctrine called the doctrine of the two swords, in the papal bull Unam Sanctam, issued in 1302 by Pope Boniface VIII."
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"text": "The Catholic doctrine of papal supremacy is based on the assertion by the Bishops of Rome that it was instituted by Christ and... |
d5df1df40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Goniobranchus galactos and Chromodoris barnardi are both types of what? | Nudibranchs | text | [] | [
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"text": "Goniobranchus galactos is a chromodorid nudibranch with a white mantle, white gills and rhinophores. It has an orange band at the edge of the mantle and a distinctive submarginal band of purple with small opaque white spots scattered densely on this."
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d5df1e120dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What kind of shirt is the foreigner wearing in the alternative title for the series in which a puggle dog strolls Brooklyn? | The foreigner is wearing a mesh t-shirt in the alternative title for Bruno. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The series stars Naim, Rob Morgan and Shakira Barrera. It's Bruno! follows the story of \"a man and his beloved puggle dog, Bruno, as they stroll through the streets of Bushwick, Brooklyn .\" Bruno stars as himself, while Bruno's owner Malcolm is played by Naim."
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d5df1e3a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Orthopneumoviruses are found among sheep, cows, and most importantly what, who are the only natural host of the mumps virus? | Humans | text | [] | [
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"text": "Orthopneumoviruses can cause diseases that range from a less-severe upper-respiratory illness to severe bronchiolitisor pneumonia. Orthopneumoviruses are found among sheep, cows, and most importantly humans. In humans, the orthopneumovirus that specifically impacts infants and small children is known... |
d5df1e620dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What fine-grained extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava is a common rock on the surface of Mars? | Basalt | text | [] | [
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"text": "Basalt is also an important rock type on other planetary bodies in the Solar System; for example, the lunar maria are plains of flood basaltic lava flows, and basalt is a common rock on the surface of Mars."
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"text": "Basalt (US: /bəˈsɔːlt, ˈbeɪsɒlt/, UK: /ˈbæsɔːlt, ˈbæsəlt/)[1][2][3][4] ... |
d5df1e8a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The largest seaport in the state of Michigan is located on a river that is where with respect to downtown Detroit? | South of it. | text | [] | [
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"text": "/ 42.25750°N 83.12222°W / 42.25750; -83.12222 The Port of Detroit is located along the west side of the Detroit River, and is the largest seaport in the state of Michigan. The port is overseen by the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority, a five-member board of directors appointed by the State of M... |
d5df1eb20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which has a longer acronym: United States Navy Special Projects Office or The United States Naval Special Warfare Command? | The United States Naval Special Warfare Command has a longer acronym. | text | [] | [
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"text": "United States Navy Special Projects Office (SPO) is a former research and design office of the United States Navy, responsible for the coordination of the development and design of the US Navy Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBM) Polaris and Poseidon ."
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d5df1eda0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What kind of body of water runs through a deep gorge called Cigerran Gorge and flows past Strata Florida Abbey? | A river. | text | [] | [
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"text": "For the last few miles before it reaches Cardigan, the river runs through a deep gorge called Cigerran Gorge. Some people still fish for Salmon here using a very ancient boat called a Coracle ."
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"text": "The river flows past Strata Florida Abbey and then through Pontrhydfendigaid before ... |
d5df1f020dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Are the names for the Titanoboa and Cape cobra based off visual elements of the snakes or auditory elements of the snake? | They are based off visual elements of the snakes. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The giant snake lived during the Middle to Late Paleocene epoch, a 10-million-year period immediately following the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. The only known species is Titanoboa cerrejonensis, the largest snake ever discovered, which supplanted the previous record holder, Gigantophis . T... |
d5df1f2a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How old was Liu Bei when he seized Yi Province from Liu Zhang? | Liu Bei was 53 years-old when he seized Yi Province from Liu Zhang. | text | [] | [
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"text": "When Liu Bei seized Yi Province from Lady Wu's brother-in-law Liu Zhang in 214, he had been effectively divorced from his wife Lady Sun, the younger sister of Sun Quan. He married Lady Wu. When he claimed for himself the title of the \"King of Hanzhong\" in 219, he made her his queen consort."
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d5df1f520dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Quantitative what, which has become the diagnostic modality of choice for head trauma due to its accuracy, reliability, safety, and wide availability, is a medical technique that measures bone mineral density? | Computed tomography | text | [] | [
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"text": "Quantitative computed tomography (QCT) is a medical technique that measures bone mineral density (BMD) using a standard X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) scanner with a calibration standard to convert Hounsfield Units (HU) of the CT image to bone mineral density values."
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"text": "Computed t... |
d5df1fa20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A subglacial mound is a type of volcano that is also known by what single-word alternate name? | Glaciovolcano | text | [] | [
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"text": "A subglacial volcano, also known as a glaciovolcano, is a volcanic form produced by subglacial eruptions or eruptions beneath the surface of a glacier or ice sheet which is then melted into a lake by the rising lava."
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"text": "A subglacial mound (SUGM) is a type of subglacial volcano. Th... |
d5df1fca0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The theoretical basis for the branch of geology used in the study of sedimentary and layered volcanic rocks was laid down in what year? | Nicholas Steno established the theoretical basis for stratigraphy in 1669. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Stratigraphy is a branch of geology concerned with the study of rock layers ( strata) and layering (stratification). It is primarily used in the study of sedimentary and layered volcanic rocks . Stratigraphy has two related subfields: lithostratigraphy (lithologic stratigraphy) and biostratigraphy (b... |
d5df1ff20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Do Casu marzu cheese and Milbenkase cheese both use any living organisms in their creation? | Casu marzu uses live insect larve and Milbenkase uses living mites to enhance the flavor of the cheese during production. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Casu martzu ( Sardinian pronunciation: [ˈkazu ˈmaɾtsu]; literally 'rotten/putrid cheese'), sometimes spelled casu marzu, and also called casu modde, casu cundídu and casu fràzigu in Sardinian language, is a traditional Sardinian sheep milk cheese that contains live insect larvae ( maggots )."
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d5df20420dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many years before the birth of Guillaume de Machaut did Normandy get expanded by a royal grant for the second time? | It was 376 years before. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Guillaume de Machaut was born about 1300, and educated in the region around Reims. His surname most likely derives from the nearby town of Machault, 30 km northeast of Reims in the Ardennes region."
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"text": "In the Middle Ages, the Duke of Normandy was the ruler of the Duchy of Normandy ... |
d5df20740dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Xiang River, which runs from south to north through a province whose capital is named what? | Changsha | text | [] | [
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"text": "Changsha is the capital and most populous city of Hunan Province in the south central part of the People's Republic of China. It covers 11,819 km 2 (4,563 sq mi) and is bordered by Yueyang and Yiyang to the north, Loudi to the west, Xiangtan and Zhuzhou to the south, Yichun and Pingxiang of Jiangxi p... |
d5df209c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a ridable miniature railway and what is the size of the track gauge in the UK? | A ridable miniature railway (US: riding railroad or grand scale railroad) is a large scale, usually ground-level railway that hauls passengers using locomotives that are often models of full-sized railway locomotives (powered by diesel or petrol engines, live steam engines or electric motors). The track gauges recognis... | text | [] | [
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"text": "In the USA, miniature railways are also known as 'riding railroads' or 'grand scale railroads'. The track gauges recognised as being miniature railways vary by country, but in the UK the maximum gauge is 350 mm ( 13 25⁄32 in )."
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"text": "A ridable miniature railway (US: riding railroad o... |
d5df20c40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Females often play what male character who can fly and never grows up? | Peter Pan | text | [] | [
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"text": "A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythical island of Neverland as the leader of the Lost Boys, interacting with fairies, pirates, mermaids, Native Americans, and occasionally ordinary children... |
d5df210a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The species in the family Belostomatidae that have historically been included in Belostoma are known colloquially as what? | They're known as giant water bugs. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Members of this genus are native to freshwater habitats in the Americas, with the greatest species richness in tropical South America. Most species in the family Belostomatidae have historically been included in Belostoma, but several of these have been moved to other genera (although Belostoma remai... |
d5df21320dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In Devil (Dungeons and Dragons), who is at the top of the hierarchy and when did Devils first appear? | At the top of the hierarchy are the supreme Archdevils or Lords of the Nine, who are the rulers of the different regions of Baator. Devils first appeared in the original first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Devils often see the various worlds in the D&D metacosmos as tools to use for their own ends, including prosecuting the Blood War, a millennia-long war between the devils and their arch-enemies, demons . Devils first appeared in the original first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual."
... |
d5df215a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The White River Provincial Park and the major river in the Northwest Plateau both fall within which Canadian area? | British Columbia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Kootenay ( Kootenai in the U.S. and historically called the Flatbow) is a major river in the Northwest Plateau, within the borders of southeastern British Columbia, Canada, and northern Montana and Idaho in the United States."
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d5df21820dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Falls, motor vehicle collisions, or gunshot wounds would classify as what type of trauma defined in physical medicine as a severe physical injury caused by an external source? | Major trauma | text | [] | [
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"text": "Traumamost often refers to: Major trauma, in physical medicine, severe physical injury caused by an external source Psychological trauma, a type of damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a severely distressing event"
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"text": "A trauma center (or trauma centre) is a hospital equ... |
d5df21aa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In Louisiana, is Highway 401 or Highway 100 longer? | Highway 100 | text | [] | [
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"text": "Louisiana Highway 401 ( LA 401) runs 9.41 miles (15.14 km) in a southwest to northeast direction from a dead end at Lake Verret in Attakapas Landing to a junction with LA 1 in Napoleonville, Assumption Parish. The route's mileposts increase from the eastern end contrary to common practice."
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d5df21c80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What country formally recognized Castile as the ruler of the place whose conquest was divided into the Conquist senorial and Conquista realenga periods? | Portugal | text | [] | [
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"text": "It can be divided into two periods: the Conquista señorial, carried out by Castilian nobility in exchange for a covenant of allegiance to the crown, and the Conquista realenga, carried out by the Spanish crown itself, during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs ."
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"text": "Portugal formall... |
d5df21f00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Māri and Koṟṟavai are both names of what? | Goddesses | text | [] | [
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"text": "She is the main Tamilmother goddess, predominant in the rural areas of Tamil Nadu. Māri was associated with Hindu goddesses like Parvati,[3]Kaliand Durga[2]as well as with her North Indian counterpart Shitala Deviand Eastern Indian counterpart Olai Chandi."
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"text": "Koṟṟavai ( Korṛawai )... |
d5df22180dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The appendicular group of the back and the longissimus lateral to the semispinalis are both kinds of what? | Muscles. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Bilaterally: Extend the vertebral column. The longissimus (Latin for 'the longest one') is the muscle lateral to the semispinalis muscles. It is the longest subdivision of the erector spinae muscles that extends forward into the transverse processes of the posterior cervical vertebrae ."
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d5df22680dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | According to the epistemology of what, whose philosophy states the universe is made up of six eternal substances, sense perception is the knowledge which the Jīva (soul) acquires of the environment through the intermediary of material sense organs? | Jain | text | [] | [
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"text": "According to Jain philosophy, the universe is made up of six eternal substances: sentient beings or souls ( jīva ), non-sentient substance or matter ( pudgala ), principle of motion ( dharma ), the principle of rest ( adharma ), space ( ākāśa) and time ( kāla ). The latter five are united as the ajiv... |
d5df22b80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What Russian wide stretch of land is between the Gulf of Finland and the Lake that is connected with the Vuoksi? | The Karelian Isthmus. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Karelian Isthmus ( Russian: Карельский перешеек, romanized : Karelsky peresheyek; Finnish: Karjalankannas; Swedish: Karelska näset) is the approximately 45–110 km (30–70 mi) wide stretch of land, situated between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia, to the north of the Rive... |
d5df23080dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Taihō and Hiryū were both names of what? | Aircraft carriers | text | [] | [
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"text": "Not to be confused with with the much larger Japanese aircraft carrier Taihō. The Taiyō-class escort carrier (大鷹型航空母艦, Taiyō-gata Kōkū-bokan) was a group of three escort carriers used by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II."
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"text": "The design for these ships was based ... |
d5df23300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Spratly and Senkaku are both names for groups of what? | Islands | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Spratly Islands consist of islands, reefs, banks and shoals that consist of biogenic carbonate. These accumulations of biogenic carbonate lie upon the higher crests of major submarine ridges that are uplifted fault blocks known by geologists as horsts."
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"text": "The Senkaku Islands a... |
d5df23580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Purposeful production of what, which remain illegal for sale and consumption in a number of countries, mainly in the Middle East, is common and often reflects cultural and religious peculiarities as much as geographical and sociological conditions? | Alcoholic drinks | text | [] | [
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"text": "Alcohol remains illegal for sale and consumption in a number of countries, mainly in the Middle East . Ethanol is typically consumed as a recreational substance by mouth in the form of alcoholic beverages such as beer, wine, and spirits. It is commonly used in social settings due to its capacity to e... |
d5df23760dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The relationship between China and what country, that exports live animals to many countries, has grown considerably over the years? | Australia | text | [] | [
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"text": "Exports have since resumed. Australia exports live animals to many countries, including Indonesia, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Russia, Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait, Iran, Bahrain, Qatar, Pakistan, Mauritius, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and China. A number of ships, mostly converted container ships, move anima... |
d5df23a80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Anthony Hopkins and Antonio Banderas appeared in a film about who that Lolita Prideaux that also appears in a character in another production? | Zorro. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Co-starring Welshman Anthony Hopkins and Antonio Banderas, the film tells the story of Zorro (Hopkins), a Spanish warrior (the film is set in Old California) who sets out to avenge the death of his wife and find his lost daughter Elena (Zeta-Jones)."
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"text": "Diego's childhood friend and... |
d5df23d00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of things can be found both in multiple United States and also occur naturally commonly within palaeochannels? | Deposits of many sorts can be found in different States of America along with many types of deposits commonly occurring | text | [] | [
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"text": "Disseminated deposits are also found in the states of Washington and Alaska in the US. Breccia uranium deposits are found in rocks that have been broken due to tectonic fracturing, or weathering. Breccia uranium deposits are most common in India, Australia and the United States."
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d5df24020dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What habitat for the largest European populations of brown bears has a central western area referred as the Slovakocarpathian system? | The Carpathians. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Central Western Carpathians, sometimes referred as the Slovakocarpathian system, are a zone bounded by the Pieniny Klippen Belt from the North and the Meliata Belt from the South. The Pieniny Klippen Belt is a relatively thin but important dividing line separating the Outer Western Carpathians fr... |
d5df24200dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The IPA and Latin and are both types of what? | Alphabets | text | [] | [
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"text": "Cyrillic is, by far, the most commonly used alphabet for homoglyphs, largely because it contains 11 lowercase glyphs that are identical or nearly identical to Latin counterparts. The Cyrillic letters а, с, е, о, р, х and у have optical counterparts in the basic Latin alphabet and look close or identi... |
d5df24520dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The snake that is often misidentified as the copperhead or the massasauga is named after whom? | Pantherophis gloydi was named in honor of American herpetologist Howard K. Gloyd. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Pantherophis gloydi is sometimes considered a distinct species and sometimes considered a junior synonym of the species Pantherophis vulpinus. The specific name, gloydi, is in honor of American herpetologist Howard K. Gloyd."
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"text": "P. gloydi is often misidentified as the copperhead, A... |
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