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d5d582ee0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who was the paternal grandfather of King Diomedes of Thrace? | Zeus was the paternal grandfather of King Diomedes of Thrace. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In Greek mythology, King Diomedes of Thrace ( Ancient Greek: Διομήδης) was the son of Ares and Cyrene. He lived on the shores of the Black Sea ruling the warlike tribe of Bistones."
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"text": "Ares (/ˈɛəriːz/; Ancient Greek: Ἄρης, Árēs [árɛːs]) is the Greek god of courage and war. He is on... |
d5d583340dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who created the coins that the nemesis of Rita Repulsa distributed? | Ninjor created the original 5 Power Coins that Zordon, Rita Repulsa's nemesis distributed. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Ninjor is the creator of the original 5 Power Coins and Dinozords that were used by the original 5 Power Rangers, even though it was Zordon who distributed them. He is portrayed by Hideaki Kusaka and voiced by Kim Strauss ."
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"text": "Zordon first appeared on the first season of Mighty Mo... |
d5d5835c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | After being removed what were the legs of the turtle in Chinese mythology, who has the same name as an unborn force of nature in Maori mythology, used for? | Ao's legs were used for supports when Nuwa was repairing the sky. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Ao ( daylight) is one of the primal deities who are the unborn forces of nature in Māori mythology. Ao is the personification of light, clouds, and the ordinary world, as opposed to darkness ( Pō) and the underworld."
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"text": "He was thought to have lived in the South China Sea during th... |
d5d583840dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The legendary Greek creatures Aeternae were described in whose travels when they encountered them in northern India? | They were described in Alexander the Great's travels. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A host of legendary creatures, animals and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology . Aeternae, creatures with bony, saw-toothed protuberances sprouting from their heads. Alcyoneus, a giant. Almops, a giant son of the god Poseidon and the half-nymph Helle."
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"text": "The Aeternae... |
d5d583ac0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Why did the three old women seek the fallen star? | They would be granted centuries of youth and beauty. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Semele plots to find the star first and restore her own youth, but the witch-queen curses her so that she will never perceive the star in any way. The Lilim: Three old women of great power. The eldest of the three is called \"The Witch-Queen\", though they are also called by this title collectively."... |
d5d583ca0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the culture hero and trickster, famous for exploits and cleverness in Maori mythology, regarded as? | Maui is regarded as a folk hero, rather than a deity. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Very rarely was Māui actually worshipped, being less of a deity and more of a folk hero. His origins vary from culture to culture, but many of his main exploits remain relatively similar."
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"text": "In Māori mythology, as in other Polynesian traditions, Māui is a culture hero and a tricks... |
d5d5841a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the name of the Japanese she-goat that features the back of a boar and tail of a snake? | Kotobuki | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Chimera ( / kɪˈmɪərə / or / kaɪˈmɪərə /, also Chimaera ( Chimæra ); Greek: Χίμαιρα, Chímaira \"she-goat\"), according to Greek mythology, was a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, composed of the parts of more than one animal."
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"text": "Kotobuki (寿, \"con... |
d5d584420dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the goddess wife of the god Óðr who cries tears of red gold for him associated with in Norse mythology? | Freyja is associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr | text | [] | [
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"text": "Freyja's husband, the god Óðr, is frequently absent. She cries tears of red gold for him, and searches for him under assumed names. Freyja has numerous names, including Gefn, Hörn, Mardöll, Sýr, and Vanadís ."
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d5d5846a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Could potential sightings of Chupacabras actually just be mona monkeys? | No, mona monkeys do not live in areas where chupacabras have been spotted. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The mona monkey is native to the lowland forests of eastern Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria and western Cameroon. It has also been introduced into Grenada and São Tomé and Príncipe."
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"text": "Chupacabras were first reported in 1995, in Puerto Rico, where they were blamed for attacks on goats... |
d5d584920dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In what form do both Abura-sumashi and Akubozu take? | They are spirits. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Abura-sumashi – A large-headed spirit who lives on a mountain pass in Kumamoto Prefecture. Akabeko – A red cow involved in the construction of Enzō-ji in Yanaizu, Fukushima. Akamanto – A ghost in a red mantle that offers either red or blue toilet paper rolls in bathrooms, then kills whoever answers b... |
d5d584e20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the biological difference between the fictional Devadatta and Uchchaihshravas horses? | The Devadatta is winged while the Uchchaihshravas, also winged, has seven-heads. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Devadatta is the winged flying white horse of Kalki in Hinduism. Bestowed by the God Shiva. The Valkyrie rode winged horses from Asgard to choose souls among the slain in battle to go with them to Valhalla. (Citation needed — I believe this is just in Marvel comics)"
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d5d5850a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What goddess shares the name with a type of saltwater clams and is depicted nude in a scallop shell? | Venus | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Veneridae or venerideees, common name: venus clams, are a very large family of minute to large, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. Over 500 living species of venerid bivalves are known, most of which are edible, and many of which are exploited as food sources."
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d5d585320dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Romans adapted the myths and iconography of which Greek counterpart of Venus known as the goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, passion and procreation for Roman art and Latin literature? | They adopted the myths surrounding Aphrodite. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Romans adapted the myths and iconography of her Greek counterpart Aphrodite for Roman art and Latin literature. In the later classical tradition of the West, Venus became one of the most widely referenced deities of Greco-Roman mythology as the embodiment of love and sexuality."
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d5d5855a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The home of the mythical Greek priestess associated with Leander is located near what modern Turkish town? | Sestos, the home of Hero, the mythical Greek priestess associated with Leander, is near the modern Turkish town of Eceabat. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Hero and Leander is the Greek myth relating the story of Hero ( Ancient Greek: Ἡρώ, Hērṓ; [hɛː.rɔ̌ː] ), a priestess of Aphrodite ( Venus in Roman mythology) who dwelt in a tower in Sestos on the European side of the Hellespont, and Leander ( Ancient Greek: Λέανδρος, Léandros ), a young man from Abydo... |
d5d585820dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | According to Greek mythology, the Korybantes were the armed and crested dancers who worshiped what Anatolian mother goddess with drumming and dancing? | They worshiped Cybele. | text | [] | [
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"text": "According to Greek mythology, the Korybantes ( / ˌkɒrɪˈbæntiːz /; Greek: Κορύβαντες) were the armed and crested dancers who worshipped the Phrygian goddess Cybele with drumming and dancing. They are also called the Kurbantes in Phrygia. The conventional English equivalent is \" Corybants \". The name... |
d5d585aa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Coön or Cynon was the eldest son of an advisor to which king? | Coön or Cynon was the eldest son of Antenor, an advisor to King Priam of Troy. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In Greek mythology, Coön ( Ancient Greek: Κόων, gen. Κόωνος), also known as Cynon (Κύνων), was the eldest son of Antenor who, like most of his brothers, fought and fell in the Trojan War."
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"text": "In Greek mythology, Antenor (Ancient Greek: Ἀντήνωρ Antḗnōr) was a counselor to King Priam... |
d5d585d20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are the names of the two daughters by the goddess who cries tears of gold for her absent husband? | Hnoss and Gersemi. | text | [] | [
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"text": "By her husband Óðr, she is the mother of two daughters, Hnoss and Gersemi. Along with her twin brother Freyr, her father Njörðr, and her mother ( Njörðr's sister, unnamed in sources), she is a member of the Vanir. Stemming from Old Norse Freyja, modern forms of the name include Freya, Freyia, and Fre... |
d5d586680dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Teutamides and Acrisius are from which type of mythology? | Greek | text | [] | [
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"text": "In Greek mythology, Teutamides ( Ancient Greek: Τευταμίδης) or Teutamus (Tεύταμoς) was a king of Larissa, Thessaly. He was the son of Amyntor and a great-grandson of Pelasgus; his own son was Nanas. His other son, Lethus, is known as the father of the Trojan War participants Hippothous and Pylaeus."
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d5d586b80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In a mythological sense, what is the relationship between Amaterasu and Hoori? | Amaterasu and Hoori are both ancestors of Emperor Jimmu. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Emperor Jimmu (神武天皇, Jinmu-tennō) was the first legendary emperor of Japan according to the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki. His accession is traditionally dated as 660 BC. In Japanese mythology, he was a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu, through her grandson Ninigi, as well as a descendant of the stor... |
d5d586d60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What did the culture hero and trickster of Maori mythology do to the sun? | He struck the sun with a jawbone until he agreed to travel slowly across the sky. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Very rarely was Māui actually worshipped, being less of a deity and more of a folk hero. His origins vary from culture to culture, but many of his main exploits remain relatively similar."
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"text": "In Māori mythology, as in other Polynesian traditions, Māui is a culture hero and a tricks... |
d5d586fe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The birds of Greek mythology who were man-eating birds with beaks of bronze, sharp metallic feathers they could launch at their victims, and poisonous dung were the pets of which goddess? | The Stymphalian birds were pets of Artemis. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Stymphalian Birds are man-eating birds with beaks of bronze, sharp metallic feathers they could launch at their victims, and poisonous dung. These fly against those who come to hunt them, wounding and killing them with their beaks."
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d5d587260dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who is kind-hearted, but socially inept —possibly because his strength means that others have had to adapt to him instead of vice versa that is also noted for his fatness, the menhirs he carries around on his back and his superhuman strength? | Obelix | text | [] | [
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"text": "Obelix is kind-hearted, but socially inept —possibly because his strength means that others have had to adapt to him instead of vice versa. He is still not completely aware of his own strength and almost invariably breaks any door he gently knocks on."
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d5d587440dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was a serpent in terms of the Quetzacoatl? | The snake was the basis of the Quetzacoatl which was the feathered serpent god. | text | [] | [
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"text": "According to legends Yig is a snake god and prototype of Quetzacoatl. The Digimon Quetzalmon (known as Coatlmon in the original Version ) and its counterpart BioCoatlmon are based on Quetzalcoatl. In the Godzilla: The Series episode \"Bird of Paradise\", a fire-breathing bird/dinosaur hybrid awakened... |
d5d587940dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who is the current mayor of the city Athena, the goddess of wisdom, competed against Poseidon, the God of the Seas for? | The mayor is Kostas Bakoyannis. | text | [] | [
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"text": "According to the ancient Athenian founding myth, Athena, the goddess of wisdom, competed against Poseidon, the God of the Seas, for patronage of the yet-unnamed city; they agreed that whoever gave the Athenians the better gift would become their patron and appointed Cecrops, the king of Athens, as th... |
d5d587bc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What would the nymphs who were three thousand in number considered by the inhabitants of the Mediterranean coastline? | They were aquatic divinities. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The ancient Greeks had numerous sea deities. The philosopher Plato once remarked that the Greek people were like frogs sitting around a pond—their many cities hugging close to the Mediterranean coastline from the Hellenic homeland to Asia Minor, Libya, Sicily, and southern Italy. Thus, they venerated... |
d5d587e40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the greatest feat of the hero who was depicted on the symbol of 5 Airborne Brigade? | This hero's greatest feat was killing the Chimera. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The symbol of 5 Airborne Brigade had been Bellerophon on top of Pegasus (a winged horse of Greek mythology) and became synonymous with British airborne forces during World War II."
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"text": "Bellerophon (/bəˈlɛrəfən/; Ancient Greek: Βελλεροφῶν) or Bellerophontes (Βελλεροφόντης)[a] is a he... |
d5d5880c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What method is illustrated in the literary genre that is used in the dialogue about justice and other topics that Plato created around 375 BC? | This literary genre illustrates the application of the Socratic method. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Politeia; Latin: De Republica) is a Socratic dialogue, authored by Plato around 375 BC, concerning justice ( δικαιοσύνη ), the order and character of the just city-state, and the just man."
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"text": "Socratic dialogue (Ancient Greek: Σωκρατικὸς λόγος) is a genre of literary prose develope... |
d5d588840dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The official of the state of Shu Han whose courtesy name was Guoshan was a minor character in what 14th-century historical novel? | Wang Fu is a minor character in Romance of the Three Kings novel. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Wang Fu (died 222), courtesy name Guoshan, was an official of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Wang Fu was from Qi County (郪縣), Guanghan Commandery (廣漢郡), which is in present-day Santai County, Sichuan."
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d5d588ac0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which power is shared by the Helm of Darkness and the One Ring? | The Helm of Darkness and the One Ring both grant invisibility to the wearer. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Cap of invisibility (also Helm of Darkness or Helm of Hades ), which can turn the wearer invisible. In addition to its owner, the god of the underworld Hades, wearers of the cap in Greek myths include Athena, the goddess of wisdom; the messenger god Hermes, and the hero Perseus."
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d5d588d40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Why is the culture belonging to the mythology of the Potamoi not as important to other forms of European mythology? | It is due to the heavy influence of Pre-Greek and Near Eastern cultures. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Despite the popularity of Greek mythology in western culture, Greek mythology is generally seen as having little importance in comparative mythology due to the heavy influence of Pre-Greek and Near Eastern cultures, which overwhelms what little Indo-European material can be extracted from it."
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d5d588fc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Did Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela establish the existence of the Roc? | No, the Roc is still a fabled bird of popular mythology, and Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela's account was simply a recollection, not definite proof. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Roc is an enormous legendary bird of prey in the popular mythology of the Middle East. The Roc appears in Arabic geographies and natural history, popularized in Arabian fairy tales and sailors' folklore."
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"text": "Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela reported a story reminiscent of the roc in wh... |
d5d589240dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Greek mythology's Styx and the Hindu Vaitarani river are both boundaries between what? | The Earth and another realm. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Vaitarna or Vaitarani (Vaitaraṇî) river, as mentioned in the Garuda Purana and various other Hindu religious texts, lies between the earth and the infernal Naraka, the realm of Yama, Hindu god of death, and is believed to purify one's sins. Furthermore, while the righteous see it filled with nectar-l... |
d5d5896a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who are the parents of Apulu? | Zeus and Leto | text | [] | [
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"text": "Seen as the most beautiful god and the ideal of the kouros (ephebe, or a beardless, athletic youth), Apollo is considered to be the most Greek of all the gods. Apollo is known in Greek-influenced Etruscan mythology as Apulu. As the patron deity of Delphi ( Apollo Pythios ), Apollo is an oracular god—... |
d5d589920dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In Korean mythology, the toilet goddess would do what if anyone entered the outhouse without coughing three times? | If anyone entered the outhouse without coughing three times, Cheukshin was believed to use her long hair to attack the intruder. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Cheukshin ( Hangul: 측신, Hanja: 廁神) is the toilet goddess of Korean mythology. Unlike better-known household deities such as Jowangshin, god of the hearth, her worship forms a minor part of the Gasin cult. Cheukshin was believed to appear as a young virgin with 150-centimeter-long hair."
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d5d589ba0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who were the parents of the god in Norse mythology projected as the husband of the goddes Frigg? | Odin is the son of Bestla and Borr | text | [] | [
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"text": "Odin is the son of Bestla and Borr and has two brothers, Vili and Vé. Odin is attested as having many sons, most famously the gods Thor (with Jörð) and Baldr (with Frigg ), and is known by hundreds of names."
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"text": "Odin (/ˈoʊdɪn/;[1] from Old Norse: Óðinn, IPA: [ˈoːðinː]) is a widely ... |
d5d58a0a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What mythical beast described as an antelope - or goat -like four-legged creature with the tusks of a boar and large horns that it can swivel in any direction had a name that may have derived from the Hebrew word for ibex? | The yale is a mythical beast found in European mythology and heraldry described in that way. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The yale or centicore ( Latin: eale) is a mythical beast found in European mythology and heraldry. Most descriptions make it an antelope - or goat -like four-legged creature with the tusks of a boar and large horns that it can swivel in any direction."
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d5d58a320dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Pliny the Elder first wrote of what mythical goat-like four-legged creature with the tusks of a boar and large horns in Book VIII of his Natural History? | The yale was first written about by Pliny the Elder in Book VIII of his Natural History. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The yale or centicore ( Latin: eale) is a mythical beast found in European mythology and heraldry. Most descriptions make it an antelope - or goat -like four-legged creature with the tusks of a boar and large horns that it can swivel in any direction."
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d5d58aaa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who is a villain and what is its structural purpose? | A villain (also known as, " black hat ", villainess in its feminine form) is a fictional character, whether based on a historical narrative or one of literary fiction. The villain's structural purpose is to serve as the opposition of the hero character and their motives or evil actions drive a plot along. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A villain (also known as, \" black hat \", villainess in its feminine form) is a fictional character, whether based on a historical narrative or one of literary fiction."
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d5d58ad20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is Sense8 and what does it explore? | Sense8 is an American science fiction drama streaming television series created by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and J. Michael Straczynski for Netflix.The show explores issues related to identity, sexuality, gender, and politics that its creators felt had been rarely addressed on television. Its central theme is an embrace of empathy across difference. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The show explores issues related to identity, sexuality, gender, and politics that its creators felt had been rarely addressed on television. Its central theme is an embrace of empathy across difference."
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d5d58afa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who was Nemty and when did his worship start? | In Egyptian mythology, Nemty (Antaeus in Greek, but probably not connected to the Antaeus in Greek mythology) was a god whose worship centered at Antaeopolis in the northern part of Upper Egypt. Nemty's worship is quite ancient, dating from at least the 2nd dynasty, at which point he already had priests dedicated to his cult. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Nemty's worship is quite ancient, dating from at least the 2nd dynasty, at which point he already had priests dedicated to his cult. Originally, Nemty appears to have been the patron of the ancient area around Badari, which was the center of the cult of Horus."
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d5d58b400dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Titan who Hesychius of Alexandria described as the "Herald of the Titans" in Greek mythology created humans from what substance? | Prometheus is credited with the creation of humanity from clay. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Hesychius of Alexandria gives Prometheus the variant name of Ithas, and adds \"whom others call Ithax\", and describes him as the Herald of the Titans. Kerényi remarks that these names are \"not transparent\", and may be different readings of the same name, while the name \"Prometheus\" is descriptiv... |
d5d58b680dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The figure in Greco-Roman mythology associated with Apollo was a variety of this mythical creature, said to be associated with what natural bodies? | The naiads, of which Daphne was one, were associated with fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater | text | [] | [
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"text": "Daphne / ˈdæfni / ( Greek: Δάφνη, meaning \" laurel \"), a minor figure in Greek mythology, is a naiad, a variety of female nymph associated with fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater."
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d5d58bc20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who is a psychopomp, the ferryman of Hades who carries souls of the newly deceased across the river Styx that is the frist named mythological character Dante meets in the underworld? | Charon | text | [] | [
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"text": "Charon is the first named mythological character Dante meets in the underworld, in Canto III of the Inferno. Dante depicts him as having eyes of fire."
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"text": "In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, Charon or Kharon (/ˈkɛərɒn, -ən/; Greek Χάρων) is a psychopomp, the ferryman of Hades w... |
d5d58be00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of prose and verse narrative popular in the notable courts of High Medieval and Early Modern Europe was influenced by the Matter of France? | Chivalric romance | text | [] | [
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"text": "Many influences are clear in the forms of chivalric romance. The medieval romance developed out of the medieval epic, in particular the Matter of France developing out of such tales as the Chanson de Geste, with intermediate forms where the feudal bonds of loyalty had giants, or a magical horn, added... |
d5d58c080dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What Greek hero beheaded one of the monstrous Gorgons that had snakes instead of hair and turned anyone that looked into her eyes into stone? | Perseus | text | [] | [
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"text": "In Greek mythology, Medusa ( / mɪˈdjuːzə, - sə /; Ancient Greek: Μέδουσα \"guardian, protectress\") also called Gorgo, was one of the three monstrous Gorgons, generally described as winged human females with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Those who gazed into her eyes would turn to stone."
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d5d58c300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | After he beheaded Medusa, Perseus gave her head to what goddess for her to place it upon her shield? | Athena | text | [] | [
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"text": "In Greek mythology, Medusa ( / mɪˈdjuːzə, - sə /; Ancient Greek: Μέδουσα \"guardian, protectress\") also called Gorgo, was one of the three monstrous Gorgons, generally described as winged human females with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Those who gazed into her eyes would turn to stone."
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d5d58c580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was the most notable feat during the Trojan War of the central character of Homer's Iliad? | Achilles' most notable feat during the Trojan War was the slaying of the Trojan prince Hector outside the gates of Troy | text | [] | [
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"text": "In Greek mythology, Achilles ( / əˈkɪliːz / ə-KIL-eez) or Achilleus ( Ancient Greek: Ἀχιλλεύς, [a.kʰilˈleu̯s]) was a hero of the Trojan War, the greatest of all the Greek warriors, and is the central character of Homer 's Iliad. He was the son of the Nereid Thetis and Peleus, king of Phthia ."
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d5d58ca80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What project, directed by Dr. Mark Turin and co-located at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge and Yale University, provided small grants to fund the collecting of oral literature, with a particular focus on the peoples of Asia and the Pacific? | The World Oral Literature Project was the name. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The World Oral Literature Project provided small grants to fund the collecting of oral literature, with a particular focus on the peoples of Asia and the Pacific, and on areas of cultural disturbance. In addition, the Project hosted training workshops for grant recipients and other engaged scholars."... |
d5d58cd00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In one Chinese creation myth, what horned and hairy beast is the first living being in the universe and is born from an egg? | Pangu is the name of the first creature in some Chinese creation myths. | text | [] | [
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d5d58d200dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | According to Hesiod, Euphrosyne and her sisters Thalia and Aglaea were daughters of the Oceanid Eurynome and what Greek god of the sky and thunder who ruled as the king of the gods of Mount Olympus? | They were daughters of Zeus. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Greek poet Pindar states that these goddesses were created to fill the world with pleasant moments and good will. Usually the Charites attended the goddess of beauty Aphrodite. According to Hesiod, Euphrosyne and her sisters Thalia and Aglaea were daughters of Zeus and the Oceanid Eurynome."
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d5d58d480dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Death Eaters are characters in what series of fantasy novels written by J. K. Rowling? | Death Eaters are characters featured in the Harry Potter series of novels. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Death Eaters are characters featured in the Harry Potter series of novels and films. They are a terrorist group of wizards and witches, led by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort, who seek to purify the wizarding community by eliminating wizards and witches born to non-magical parents."
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d5d58d700dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What myth traditionally told by shamans on the Korean island of Jejudo bears a smiliarity to the Buddhist book Wolin Seokbo? | Igong Bonpuri | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Igong Bonpuri ( Hangul: 이공 본풀이 ), better known in Korea as the Hallakgungi myth ( Hangul: 할락궁이 신화) is an narrative traditionally told by shamans on the Korean island of Jejudo."
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d5d58d980dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | According to myth, what daughter of Hypseus was queen and ruler of the city named after her by Apollo? | Cyrene was ruler of the North African city of Cyrene. | text | [] | [
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d5d58dc00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What Thessalian princes had children named Aristaeus and Idmon by the god Apollo? | Cyrene was the mother of Aristaeus and Idmon. | text | [] | [
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d5d58dde0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Roman god of the sky was the father of whom? | According to Cicero and Hyginus, Caelus was the father of Mercury. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Caelus or Coelus was a god of the sky in Roman myth and theology and literature. Its name usually appears in masculine form when he is thought of as a male generative force."
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d5d58e060dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | As recorded in Pindar 's ninth Pythian ode, Cyrene was the daughter of what King of the Lapiths who was the son of the river god Peneus? | Cyrene was the daughter of Hypseus. | text | [] | [
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"text": "According to the myth, the city was founded and named after her by Apollo. As recorded in Pindar 's ninth Pythian ode, Cyrene was the daughter of Hypseus, king of the Lapiths, although some myths state that her father was actually the river-god Peneus and she was a nymph rather than a mortal."
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d5d58e2e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | As recorded in Pindar 's ninth Pythian ode, Cyrene was the daughter of Hypseus, king of the Lapiths, although some myths state that her father was actually what Greek THessalian river god who was the child of Oceanus and Tethys? | Some myths say Cyrene was the daughter of Peneus. | text | [] | [
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"text": "As recorded in Pindar 's ninth Pythian ode, Cyrene was the daughter of Hypseus, king of the Lapiths, although some myths state that her father was actually the river-god Peneus and she was a nymph rather than a mortal. According to Apollonius Rhodius, she also had a sister called Larissa."
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d5d58e4c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which of the five rivers in the infernal regions of the Greek mythological underworld was described by Plato as "a stream of fire, which coils round the earth and flows into the depths of Tartarus "? | Phlegethon | text | [] | [
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d5d58e740dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the English translation of the river Phlegethon which the goddess Styx was said to be in love with? | Fire-flaming | text | [] | [
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d5d58e9c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In mythology, what son of Cian and Ethniu is associated with oaths, truth and the law, and therefore with rightful kingship? | Lugh is the son of Cian and Ethniu. | text | [] | [
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d5d58eba0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the name of the hound owned by the member of the Tuatha Dé Danann portrayed as a warrior, a king, a master craftsman and a savior? | Lugh owns a hound named Failinis. | text | [] | [
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d5d58ee20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What fictional demon woman in Japanese legends is still considered a kijo even though she had baba in her name? | Onibaba of Adachigahara | text | [] | [
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d5d58f0a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who has a detachable vagina which she once used as a decoy that is a goddess of fertility, sorcery and dark powers? | Kapo | text | [] | [
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"text": "In Hawaiian mythology, Kapo is a goddess of fertility, sorcery and dark powers. Kapo is also known as Kapo-ʻula-kīnaʻu, where \"the epithet ula-kinaʻu is used in allusion to the fact that her attire, red in color, is picked out with black spots."
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d5d58f320dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who is a goddess of fertility, sorcery and dark powers that has a detachable vagina? | Kapo | text | [] | [
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d5d58f5a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Nonnus told the story of the rape of the daughter of the Titan Lelantos by whom? | Nonnus' tells the story of the rape of Aura, by Dionysus, in the final book of his epic poem the Dionysiaca. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The plural form, Aurae ( Greek: Αὔραι) is sometimes found. According to Nonnus, Aura was the daughter of the Titan Lelantos and the mother, by Dionysus, of Iacchus, a minor deity connected with the Eleusinian mysteries, while Quintus Smyrnaeus makes the Aurae daughters of Boreas, the North-wind."
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d5d58f780dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is Norse mythology and how many Worlds does it consist of? | Norse mythology is the body of myths of the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Norse paganism and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and into the Scandinavian folklore of the modern period. The cosmos in Norse mythology consists of Nine Worlds that flank a central sacred tree, Yggdrasil. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Norse mythology is the body of myths of the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Norse paganism and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and into the Scandinavian folklore of the modern period."
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d5d58ff00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Blair Waldorf is one of the main characters in what American young adult novel series written by Cecily von Ziegesar? | Blair Waldorf is one of the main characters in the Gossip Girl series. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Gossip Girl is a series of novels about socially prominent young adults in New York City. The story primarily follows Blair Waldorf and her best friend Serena van der Woodsen during their years in high school and college."
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d5d590220dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What did the Gorgoneion show and which gods wore it? | The Gorgoneion was originally a magic pendant showing the Gorgon's head and it was said to have been worn by Zeus and Athena. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The gorgoneion was linked with the gods Zeus and Athena; both are said to have worn it as a pendant. It was also popular as a royal symbol, worn on shields and capes. These can be seen on the Alexander Mosaic and the Gonzaga Cameo . Homer wrote about the Gorgon on four occasions, but only about the h... |
d5d590b80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Destroyer of Worlds depicted a confrontation between the Puppeteers and what developmental stage of fictional life that appeared in Larry Niven's novels set in Ringworld? | Destroyer of Worlds depicts a confrontation between the Pak and the Puppeteers. | text | [] | [
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d5d590e00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A bident is a two-pronged implement resembling a pitchfork and was a weapon associated with what Greek god of the dead that was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea? | A bident was associated with Hades as a weapon. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A bident is a two-pronged implement resembling a pitchfork. In classical mythology, the bident is a weapon associated with Hades ( Pluto ), the ruler of the underworld."
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d5d591080dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who wrote the novel "Briar Rose", when was it published and what is it about? | Briar Rose is a young adult novel written by American author Jane Yolen, published in 1992.The story is based around the German fairy tale of Briar Rose ( Sleeping Beauty) which is told by "Gemma", an elderly woman, to her three granddaughters. She tells this to the children almost all the time and it is the only bedtime story she ever tells. | text | [] | [
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d5d591300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the name of the writing team that wrote Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers and created a popular science fiction comedy show that first aired from 1988 to 193? | Rob Grant and Doug Naylor | text | [] | [
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"text": "Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers is a best-selling science fiction comedy novel by Grant Naylor, the collective name for Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, co-creators and writers of the Red Dwarf television series, on which the novel is based."
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d5d591da0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are the two best known ancient biographies who wrote the epic poem in which Odysseus is the hero? | The two best known ancient biographies of Homer are the Life of Home and the Contest of Homer and Hesiod. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Odysseus ( / oʊˈdɪsiəs, oʊˈdɪsjuːs /; Greek: Ὀδυσσεύς, Ὀδυσεύς, Ὀdysseús [odyse͜ús] ), also known by the Latin variant Ulysses ( US: / juːˈlɪsiːz /, UK: / ˈjuːlɪsiːz /; Latin: Ulyssēs, Ulixēs ), is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer 's epic poem the Odyssey."
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d5d592020dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who was the father of the lover of Phialo? | Zeus | text | [] | [
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"text": "Phialo (also known as Phillo) was one of the lovers of the Greek mythological demigod Heracles. She was the daughter of the Arcadian hero Alcimedon and the mother, by Heracles, of Aechmagoras. While Heracles was in Arcadia, he visited Mount Ostracina, where he seduced Phialo, daughter of Alcimedon."
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d5d5922a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who was both the great grandson and half-brother of the lover of Phialo? | Perseus | text | [] | [
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"text": "Phialo (also known as Phillo) was one of the lovers of the Greek mythological demigod Heracles. She was the daughter of the Arcadian hero Alcimedon and the mother, by Heracles, of Aechmagoras. While Heracles was in Arcadia, he visited Mount Ostracina, where he seduced Phialo, daughter of Alcimedon."
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d5d592480dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The founder of the Oxford college colloquially known as "Univ" was educated at what monastery? | William of Durham, the founder of University College, Oxford, which is also known as "Univ", was educated at Wearmouth monastery. | text | [] | [
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"text": "/ 51.752453; -1.251996 University College (in full The College of the Great Hall of the University of Oxford, colloquially referred to as \" Univ \") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It has a claim to being the oldest college of the university, having been founded in 1... |
d5d5927a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the origin of the official name of the department that contains the main base of the Francisco de Paula Santander University? | The department's official name was created to honor the Colombian military and political leader Francisco de Paula Santander. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Francisco de Paula Santander University (Spanish: Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander) is a public, departmental, coeducational, research university based primarily in the city of Cúcuta, Norte de Santander department, Colombia, with regional campuses in Ocaña, Colombia, Chinacota and Tibú."... |
d5d592a20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In Chinese, the name of the Pudu River is coincidentally written with the same Chinese characters as the Chinese name of what public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana? | The Pudu Rivers shares the same Chinese characters as Purdue University. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In Chinese, the name of the Pudu River is written with the same Chinese characters as the Chinese name of Purdue University, but this is just a coincidence. ^ Encyclopedia of rivers and lakes in China Section of Changjiang basin."
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d5d592ca0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Grant's Tomb is located in a neighbourhood that is home to what university? | Grant's Tomb is in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, the neighbourhood that also includes Columbia University. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Grant's Tomb, officially the General Grant National Memorial, is the final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States, and his wife, Julia Grant. It is a classical domed mausoleum, located in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City."
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d5d593420dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What sort of objects share similarities with objects in object-oriented programming, and have a fixed type, which defines the set of applicable operations which may be carried out on them? | IBM i objects | text | [] | [
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"text": "IBM i objects have a fixed type, which defines the set of applicable operations which may be carried out on them (for example, a Program object can be executed, but cannot be edited). The object model hides whether data is stored in primary, or secondary storage."
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d5d593600dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Differential power analysis ( DPA) is a more advanced form of what analysis whose attacks cannot generally be detected by a device, since the adversary's monitoring is normally passive? | Power analysis | text | [] | [
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"text": "Power analysis attacks cannot generally be detected by a device, since the adversary's monitoring is normally passive. In addition, the attack is non-invasive. As a result, physical enclosures, auditing capabilities, and attack detectors are ineffective."
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d5d593880dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Simple and differential are both forms of what? | Power analysis attacks | text | [] | [
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"text": "Differential power analysis ( DPA) is a more advanced form of power analysis, which can allow an attacker to compute the intermediate values within cryptographic computations through statistical analysis of data collected from multiple cryptographic operations."
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d5d593b00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | To what three dimensions or qualities of the cosmos as described in the first chapter of the Book of Light and does Nav represent, especially in its dark aspect? | The netherworld. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Prav (Правь), Yav (Явь) and Nav (Навь) are the three dimensions or qualities of the cosmos as described in the first chapter of the Book of Light and in the Book of Veles (probably a fabrication from the 19-20 century) of Slavic Native Faith (Rodnovery)."
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d5d593ce0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What phrase used to denote the souls of the dead in Slavic mythology had a variation as a huge green plain in Ruthenian folklore? | Nav. | text | [] | [
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"text": "According to Ruthenian folklore, Veles lived on a swamp in the centre of Nav, where he sat on a golden throne at the base of the Cosmic Tree, wielding a sword. Symbolically, the Nav has also been described as a huge green plain—pasture, onto which Veles guides souls."
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d5d593f60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Data at rest is generally what, the process of which was used to protect satellite-distributed feeds for cable television networks, by a symmetry key? | Encrypted | text | [] | [
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d5d5941e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What, which was used to protect satellite-distributed feeds for cable television networks, may be applied at different layers in the storage stack? | Encryption | text | [] | [
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d5d5943c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What do tree and binary deal with in computer science? | Searches. | text | [] | [
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d5d594960dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Apache and the software that supports HTTP, HTTP/2, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SMTP and NNTP are both what? | Web server software. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Internet Information Services ( IIS, formerly Internet Information Server) is an extensible web server software created by Microsoft for use with the Windows NT family. IIS supports HTTP, HTTP/2, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SMTP and NNTP."
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d5d594dc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Using what kind of key when encrypting a message would make it less vulnerable to cryptographic attacks like the random number generator attack? | Random | text | [] | [
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d5d595040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | UTF-7 and UTF-32 are both examples of what? | Unicode Transformation Formats | text | [] | [
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"text": "UTF-32 (32- bit Unicode Transformation Format) is a fixed-length encoding used to encode Unicode code points that uses exactly 32 bits (four bytes) per code point (but a number of leading bits must be zero as there are far fewer than 2 32 Unicode code points, needing actually only 21 bits)."
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d5d5954a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What does Unicode version 13.0 include and which body makes recommendations on the choice between using markup and using superscript subscript characters? | Unicode version 13.0 also includes subscript and superscript characters that are intended for semantic usage. The World Wide Web Consortium and the Unicode Consortium have made recommendations on the choice between using markup and using superscript and subscript characters: When used in mathematical context (MathML) it is recommended to consistently use style markup for superscripts and subscripts. | text | [] | [
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d5d595720dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of matrix does the Four square cipher use and what makes the encrption stronger? | The four-square cipher uses four 5 by 5 (5x5) matrices arranged in a square.The technique encrypts pairs of letters ( digraphs ), and thus falls into a category of ciphers known as polygraphic substitution ciphers. This adds significant strength to the encryption when compared with monographic substitution ciphers which operate on single characters | text | [] | [
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d5d595c20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Nizari state shares an alternate name with what period? | the Alamut period | text | [] | [
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"text": "In the modern scholarly literature, it is often referred to by the term Nizaris (or Nizari Ismailis) of the Alamut period, with the demonym being Nizari . It is also known as the Order of Assassins, generally referred to as Assassins or Hashshashin."
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d5d595e00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Nizari state was also known as what order? | The Order of Assassins | text | [] | [
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"text": "In the modern scholarly literature, it is often referred to by the term Nizaris (or Nizari Ismailis) of the Alamut period, with the demonym being Nizari . It is also known as the Order of Assassins, generally referred to as Assassins or Hashshashin."
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d5d596300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What TV series that follows a group of investigators who work for the New York City crime lab contains the fictional character Adam Ross? | CSI: NY. | text | [] | [
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d5d596580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who is the actor for the Director of the NYPD Crime Lab in the series where Adam Ross is a fictional character in? | Gary Sinise. | text | [] | [
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d5d596800dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Sainte-Thérèse Island is an island in a river which lies between what two countries? | Canada and United States | text | [] | [
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d5d596a80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | British Army Brigadier Orde Charles Wingate formed the Chindits who marched deep into Burma for what initial purpose? | Cutting the main north-south railway in Burma | text | [] | [
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"text": "Under the command of Brigadier Orde Wingate, the 77th Indian Infantry Brigade, better known as the Chindits, infiltrated through the Japanese front lines and marched deep into Burma with the initial aim of cutting the main north-south railway in Burma."
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d5d597160dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the coastal region of Baluchistan, who attempted to invade this area in late 644 AD? | Caliph Umar. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Makran ( Persian / Balochi / Urdu: مكران ), mentioned in some sources as Mecran and Mokrān, is the coastal region of Baluchistan. It is a semi-desert coastal strip in Balochistan, in Pakistan and Iran, along the coast of the Gulf of Oman."
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"text": "In late 644 AD Caliph Umar dispatched ... |
d5d5973e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the city north of the Gyeonggi plain, what is a major center of, being home to eleven of them? | Universities. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Suwon is a major educational center, home to eleven universities. Suwon is home to football club Suwon Samsung Bluewings, which have won the K League on four occasions and AFC Champions League twice. The KT Wiz of the Korea Baseball Organization also play in Suwon."
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"text": "Suwon lies i... |
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