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Dionysus and the Imperial both were represented by what?
Cults.
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What type of bee is attracted to the gooseneck loosestrife plant?
Macropis fulvipes bees are drawn to them.
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Do Celebes and Barbary macaque live in the same area?
No, Celebes and Barbary macaque do not live in the same area as Celebes are found in the northeastern tip of an Indonesian island, Barbary macaques live in mountain ranges of Morocco and Algeria.
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Why wouldn't it be surprising to learn that William Tyndale made frequent use of the word Papist?
Because English scholar William Tyndale was a leader in the Protestant Reformation, and Papist is an archaic English word used by Protestants to label opponents.
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When was the first recorded mention of the now extinct flightless bird endemic to Mauritius?
The first recorded mention of the dodo was by Dutch sailors in 1598
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In quantum mechanics, the what, which a physical quantity is said to have if it takes only distinct values, with gaps between one value and the next, of an observable corresponds to the eigenvalues of the operator used to model that observable?
Discrete spectrum
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The monkey that has a distinctive yellow to golden red chest, belly and upper arms is a species of what region?
A New World monkey.
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EPH receptor A1 and foetal haemoglobin are both names of what in humans?
Proteins.
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San Miguel de Allende and Leon are both names of what?
Cities
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In the southwestern part of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, who speaks a type of language that that is known for its glottalization of vowels?
The Trique peoples speak this type of language.
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How many parts do the females in the chorus of Gigout's oratorio that requires five soloists divide into?
Four parts
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Cleanup pages and functions are often referred to as MRO are both part of what?
Maintenance.
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Cylindrical is a category of what thing, an example of which is the djembe?
Drums
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The President of Singapore and the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia are both examples of what?
Head of state.
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61 Cygni is composed of two what, of which Wolf–Rayet are a type?
Stars
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Who united to create the organization that currently operates the North Temple Bridge/Guadalupe station?
Several bus companies united to form this organization.
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What type of device that launches an unguided, rocket-propelled projectile were invented in Voronezh?
Katyusha rocket launchers.
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In what functional group of the organometallic compounds containing carbon – silicon bonds has their silicon centres separated by one oxygen atom?
A siloxane.
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What is naval force and when did Naval warfare develop?
A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. Naval warfare developed when humans first fought from water-borne vessels. Before the introduction of the cannon and ships with enough capacity to carry them, navy warfare primarily involved ramming and boarding actions
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What kind of fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian navy, that was from the territory the Dorians wanted to expand?
Spartan.
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How old was Clement of Alexandria when Tertullian was born?
Clement was about 47 years old.
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How big is the municipality that Slovenska Bistrica Castle is located in?
It's one of the largest in Slovenia.
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Relations are extremely close between New Zealand and what country which contains the Northern Territory and Norfolk Island?
Australia
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What conditions must bipolar transistors be in for the voltage across the emitter–base junction VBE of a bipolar transistor to fall by 2 mV?
For the voltage across the emitter–base junction VBE of a bipolar transistor to decrease by 2 mV, the bipolar transistors must be correctly biased.
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For the species that have round oval shaped bodies covered in scales or setae, what others have special names like wireworms?
Click beetles.
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What language is the mountain named "back gravel" in that has between 28 and 50 percent of it glaciated?
Turkic.
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What type of imaging is used to diagnose Alzheimer's disease that scans for the substance that shows up as homogeneous pink material in lamina propria?
Positron emission tomography.
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Type 052B multirole missile destroyer was the first warship capable of area air defence built in what country, where all ships and submarines currently in commission with its Navy were built by that country except for the Sovremenny -class destroyers, Kilo-class submarines and aircraft carrier Liaoning?
China
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Béla was a name of pagan origin given to how many medieval kings in the country that shares a region with Croatia included into Baranya county within its borders?
4
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Genomic what, which in psychology and ethology, is any kind of phase-sensitive learning, is an inheritance process independent of the classical Mendelian inheritance that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behaviour?
Imprinting
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The Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe is centered on what mountain range that is the second highest one in the world and is home to K2, the second highest peak in the world?
It's centered on the Karakoram Range.
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The computer program formerly known as Keyhole EarthViewer now covers what percentage of the world?
Recently Google has revealed that Google Earth now covers more than 98 percent of the world.
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Publius Rutilius Rufus was a statesman, soldier, orator and historian of the Rutilia gens of what region where Gnaeus and Publius Scipio crossed the Ebro River?
Rome.
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SPN is an example of what thing 11mi west of downtown Belgrade near the suburb of Surčin?
Airport
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Which one of the six eternal substances of the Jain philosophy is part of the householder and is distinguished from the conduct of an ascetic?
The dharma.
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Ascophyllum nodosum and Fucus serratus are both types of what?
Seaweed
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What is the word for the study that is a large, if not only, part of science derived from?
Nature is derived from the Latin word natura.
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What are winters like in the city that's the county seat of Harris County, Texas?
Winters in Houston are relatively mild, dry, and temperate compared to most areas of the United States.
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What does the neolentinus ponderosus produce in the late spring to late summer that the train wrecker can also do?
They can fruit.
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The city at the confluence of the Siret and Moldova rivers is in a country which gained independence in which year?
Roman, the city at the confluence of the Siret and Moldova Rivers, is in Romania, which gained its independence in 1877.
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What advantage might fusillading have?
shooting heart or brain kills quickly
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What bay mare bred in the United Kingdom by her owner Waldorf Astor won the Queen Mary Stakes as a two-year-old in 1926?
Book Law
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About when was there huge volcanic activity during the last geological epoch in the Cretaceous period?
90 to 95 million years ago
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The group of islands off the coast of Western Australia near the town of Derby and the Middle Island with an area of 1,080 hectares are both part of what kind of island system?
An archipelago.
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The largest dam that allows water to constantly flow over it spans which states?
It spans the river between Rock Island, Illinois and Davenport, Iowa.
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How long was the half-brother of Odo of Bayeux a reigning monarch?
He reigned for 21 years.
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Populus grandidentata and Sorbus americana are both species of what?
Deciduous trees
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An example of a reaction involving what important element of living organisms is the SN2 -type nucleophilic substitution of methyl bromide by hydroxide ion?
Biomolecules
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When did the national forest that includes the Indian Heaven Wilderness get its current name?
The Gifford Pinchot National Forest, the national forest that includes Indian Heaven Wilderness, got its current name on June 15, 1949.
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What color are the organs that can develop a reduction in drainage during renal vein thrombosis?
These organs are reddish-brown.
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General Behavior what, which in business and accounting / accountancy, perpetual or continuous versions of it are a system of doing business, was originally made as a self-report instrument for college students and adults to use to describe their own history of mood symptoms?
Inventory
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What important mathematical constant is approximately equal to 2.71828 and it named after a Swiss mathematician?
The number e.
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How many games in the series developed by Relentless Software came out between the first one that had wireless controllers and the one called Quiz World.
One game in the Buzz! series came out between Quiz TV, which debuts wireless controllers, and Quiz World.
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Where is Paraiba relative to Pará?
It is north of Pará.
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Did Pharasmanes reign before or after Parnavaz I?
He ruled after.
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Kamyshin and Stavropol are both cities in what country?
Russia
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In the Northern Mariana Islands, which island has the highest elevation?
The volcano on Agrihan has the highest elevation.
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Pro-inflammatory cytokines come from what type of cells that are related to the first reaction of the immune system to an infection or irritation?
Immune-related cells.
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Syriac is a variant of what alphabet that is a precursor to a 36-letter alphabet?
Aramaic
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Nevada State Route 166 that ran along the west shore of Lake Mead, but is no longer a state highway, started at an intersection with what highway near Boulder City in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area?
It started at an intersection with US 93.
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Semu is the name of a caste established by what dynasty that Ma Hajji was an official of?
The Yuan dynasty
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NBC Sports Boston is owned by a conglomerate that is a subsidiary of what?
Comcast
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What is the name of the desert with basins bounded by the Altai Mountains and contains the county-level city called Erenhot?
The Gobi Desert.
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The Thai language is closely related to what other language that has 19 million speakers in the country of Thailand?
It's closely related to the Lao language.
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What is the county town of the county to the west of West Sussex?
Winchester is the county town of Hampshire, the county to the west of West Sussex.
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Ferizaj is a location of a river what, defined as when a river flowing in a single stream separates into two or more separate streams (called distributaries) which continue downstream?
Bifurcation
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The compound that is used as a terahertz radiation source as it is a strong photo-Dember emitter is what kind of conductor?
Indium antimonide is a narrow-gap semiconductor.
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Kentucky Route 9 roughly parallels from Vanceburg and Newport what river that Rabbit Hash is less than a mile east of?
Ohio River
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What is the origin of the name of the role that In Christianity, the specific names and roles of it vary by denomination?
two Old French words, clergié and clergie
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What is part of a coupling system, features anticlimbers, and is used as a safety measure for railways?
Buffers
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Splanchnology and Veterinary medicine are both branches of what study?
Medicine.
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The retreat of what formed the moraine centered on Fort Wayne, Indiana?
The Erie Lobe
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Traditions that use specific instruments, such as the kemanak and gangsa are recognized as what?
National Intangible Cultural Heritage of Indonesia
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The type of small twin- turboprop airliner is named after what phenomenon created by the Coriolis force?
Jetstream.
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The medium-sized Coburn mineral sands deposit in Western Australia is 1.1% what, which in geology is a mineral with a density that is greater than 2.9 g/cm 3?
Heavy minerals
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In 2018, who headed the division that has a subsidiary that sets the majority of its comic book titles in the DC Universe?
Pam Lifford had this role in 2018.
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Barnstable, Middlesex and Hampden are all names of what?
Counties
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Withlacoochee and Rhine are both names of what?
Rivers
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Financially speaking, what symbolism did a springer or a freemartin convey in ancient India?
Cows were a symbol of wealth.
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In ancient humans, how can you discover the presence of the organisms that are divided into either infecting inside the body or within the skin?
Through the study of feces and other fossilized material.
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Polysorbate 20 is also known by which term, which is also an American neologism and marketing term for preteen?
Polysorbate 20 is also known as Tween 20.
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The Diploma Ottonianum was an agreement between Otto I and who, that was deposed by him in 936 in the Synod of Rome?
Pope John XII.
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P-47 Thunderbolt and P-61 were both types of what?
Aircraft
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How much larger is Severny Island than Jeannette Island, Henrietta Island, Bennett Island, Vilkitsky Island and Zhokhov Island all combined?
It is 48,478 km2 larger.
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Raver Vidhan Sabha and Raver Lok Sabha are both names of what?
Constituencies
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What song that peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 appeared on Cam'ron's debut album?
Horse & Carriage" was the lead single from Cam'ron 's debut album, Confessions of Fire.
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What ritual drink of importance among the early Vedic Indo-Aryans consists of any medicinal concoction, or rice-water gruel?
Soma.
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The induction of MPT increases the permeability of the membrane of what thing for which precursor-processing proteinase is a protein?
Mitochondrial
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How long ago was the language which had four basic vowels, *i, *e, *a, *o, each of which had a long counterpart, spoken?
2,500 to 3,000 years ago
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The ruler of Caria from 377-353 BC is best known what structure that Antipater of Sidon listed as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
Mausolus is best known for the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, erected and named for him by order of his widow.
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Whose rank determines many ceremonial details in the system that as the longest-serving ambassador as the dean?
Diplomats.
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How many people are in a metropolitan area containing 52 Community Planning Areas located in Southern California?
3.3 million people.
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Streatham lies between inner-city Brixton and suburban where, which Vauxhall is 2.1 km southwest of the center of?
London
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the interaction between a molecule of ammonia, a Lewis base with a lone pair of electrons on the nitrogen atom, and boron trifluoride is an example of what type of bond that is also known as a dative bond?
Coordinate covalent bond
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Salute states as well as the Non-salute states qualify as true what, which the Pathans of Gujarat ruled a number of?
Princely states
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What are most naturally found as α-amino acids in the L conformation, but some exceptions exist that nine versions of humans cannot synthesize?
Amino Acids
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The smallest human nematode parasite is categorized as being part of what phylum?
Trichinella is part of the phylum Nematoda.
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Which 2 oceans in common can the tasselled anglerfish and the sargassum fish both be found in?
They can be found in the Indian and Pacific oceans.
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What aspect of the religion that ancient Romans were known for was mocked by the movement within the Second Temple of Judaism that followed the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth?
Early Christians mocked the great number of deities honored by ancient Roman religion.
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What can be deodorized by reacting it with either sodium bicarbonate or acetic acid, and is reacted with acetic acid to create a white, hygroscopic solid?
Ammonia.
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