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d5d603b80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | North Bengali is part of what language group? | Eastern Indo-Aryan | text | [] | [
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"text": "The North Bengali dialect is situated to its west, amidst a number of Tibeto-Burman speech communities. The basic characteristic of the Goalpariya is that it is a composite one into which words of different concerns and regions have been amalgamated."
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d5d603fe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, what type of warrior was found near there around 500 BC? | An Etruscan warrior. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Etruscan warrior, found near Viterbo, dated circa 500 BC. In a period in which the popes had difficulties asserting their authority over Rome, Viterbo became their favourite residence, beginning with Pope Eugene III (1145–1146) who was besieged in vain in the city walls."
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d5d6048a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Gokarna and Kēdāranātha Mandira are both names of what kind of building? | A temple. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Kedarnath Temple ( Sanskrit :केदारनाथ मंदिर, IAST: Kēdāranātha Mandira, lit. 'temple of the lord of the field'), is a Hindu temple (shrine) dedicated to Shiva. Located on the Garhwal Himalayan range near the Mandakini river, Kedarnath is located in the state of Uttarakhand, India."
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d5d605160dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | There were retired emperors, including what, a life of which is also another name for the monastic life of a monk or nun, emperors, both before and after the Heian period? | Cloistered | text | [] | [
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"text": "Cloistered (or claustral) life is also another name for the monastic life of a monk or nun. The English term enclosure is used in contemporary Catholic church law translations to mean cloistered, and some form of the Latin parent word \"claustrum\" is frequently used as a metonymic name for monastery... |
d5d6055c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In what state of mind did the individual who assumed a fair appearance as Annatar to seduce Elves, initiated a great war and conquered much of the land west of Anduin? | Enraged. | text | [] | [
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"text": "To seduce the Elves into his service, Sauron assumed a fair appearance as Annatar, \"Lord of Gifts\", befriended the Elven-smiths of Eregion, led by Celebrimbor, and counselled them in arts and magic. With Sauron's assistance, the Elven-smiths forged the Rings of Power."
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d5d605f20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is Basque language and what percentage of Basques speak it? | Basque ( / bæsk, bɑːsk /; Euskara, [eus̺ˈkaɾa]) is a language spoken by Basques and others of the Basque Country, a region that straddles the westernmost Pyrenees in adjacent parts of Northern Spain and Southwestern France. Linguistically, Basque is a language isolate (unrelated to any other existing languages).The Basque language is spoken by 28.4% (751,500) of Basques in all territories. | text | [] | [
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d5d606380dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In geometry, what type of regularly would an octahemioctahedron have if it is edge transitive but not face transitive? | It would be quasi-regular | text | [] | [
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"text": "There are two Schwarz triangles that generate unique nonconvex uniform polyhedra: one right triangle ( 3⁄2 3 2), and one general triangle ( 3⁄2 3 3). The general triangle ( 3⁄2 3 3) generates the octahemioctahedron which is given further on with its full octahedral symmetry ."
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d5d606c40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What causes Cancer in AIDS patients and herpes? | Viruses | text | [] | [
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"text": "Kaposi's sarcoma ( KS) is a type of cancer that can form masses in the skin, lymph nodes, or other organs. The skin lesions are usually purple in color. They can occur singularly, in a limited area, or be widespread."
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d5d6070a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the name of the southernmost volcano on the island that is the 15th largest in the world by land area? | This volcano is called Mount Bulusan, or Bulusan Volcano. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Mount Bulusan, or Bulusan Volcano, is the southernmost volcano on Luzon Island in the Republic of the Philippines. It is situated in the province of Sorsogon in the Bicol region, 70 km (43 mi) southeast of Mayon Volcano and approximately 600 km (370 mi) southeast of the Philippine capital of Manila .... |
d5d607a00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Bhut jolokia is cultivated in what country in which Naga Morich is a naturally occurring species? | India | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Naga Morich is a naturally occurring species in Sylhet region of Bangladesh and North East India, more specifically Assam. The fruit loses its extreme heat when grown outside these regions."
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d5d607e60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Elasmosaurus and Ichthyosaurs both had limbs that resemble what kind of general shapes? | Paddles and flippers. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Measuring 10.3 meters (34 ft) long, Elasmosaurus would have had a streamlined body with paddle-like limbs, a short tail, a small head, and an extremely long neck. The neck alone was around 7.1 meters (23 ft) long."
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d5d608720dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The most notable Macedonian king was a patron god of what? | Alexandria | text | [] | [
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"text": "As part of this effort, Alexander was elevated from a simple patron god of Alexandria to the status of a state god for the Greek populations of the entire Ptolemaic empire, even beyond the confines of Egypt."
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d5d608ae0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What mountain range in Asia that is named in Turkic is glaciated covering an area of more than 15,000 square kilometres or 5,800 square miles? | The Karakoram. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Karakoram is a Mountain range in Asia. The name is from a Turkic word meaning back gravel. It is mainly located in China, India, and Pakistan. Parts of the range extend into Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan. Many of its mountains are in the regions of Gilgit-Baltistan, Ladakh, and Xinjiang. It is the s... |
d5d609080dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the tallest mountain in the range that is separated from the Northwest Highlands of Scotland by the Great Glen? | Ben Nevis is the tallest mountain in the Grampian Mountains. | text | [] | [
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"text": "With the Munro “Top“ of Stuc a' Choire Dhuibh Bhig (915 metres) in the foreground and the two Munro summits in the background. The Northwest Highlands are the northern third of Scotland, which is separated from the Grampian Mountains by the Great Glen."
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d5d609620dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | There were retired emperors, including cloistered emperors, both before and after what period whose end was marked by a rapid succession of cloistered emperors? | Heian period | text | [] | [
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"text": "There were retired emperors, including cloistered emperors, both before and after the Heian period, but the notion of cloistered rule as a system usually refers to the practice put in place by Emperor Shirakawa in 1086 and followed by his successors until the rise of the Kamakura shogunate in 1192."
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d5d609e40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of was is a is in the hymenopteran family Chrysididae is a very large cosmopolitan group (over 3000 described species) that have a number of adaptions which have evolved to equip them for their life cycle? | Cuckoo wasps | text | [] | [
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"text": "Cuckoo wasps are kleptoparasites – they lay their eggs in the nests of other wasp species and their young consume the eggs or larva of the host wasp for sustenance. These wasps have a number of adaptions which have evolved to equip them for their life cycle. Chrysis ignita parasitize mason bees in pa... |
d5d60a340dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas and the historic place where Edward I of England to Eleanor of Castile in 1254 got married are both what? | Monasteries. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas is a monastery of Cistercian nuns located approximately 1.5 km west of the city of Burgos in Spain. The word huelgas, which usually refers to \"labour strikes\" in modern Spanish, refers in this case to land which had been left fallow."
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d5d60a660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A British 3-part documentary on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom featuring Justin Lee Collins taking a cultural trip to Japan shares part of its name with what song written by Fenton? | Turning Japanese | text | [] | [
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"text": "Justin Lee Collins: Turning Japanese is a British 3-part documentary on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom, it features Justin Lee Collins taking a cultural trip to Japan. In the first episode, Collins visited Tokyo and investigated the relations between the sexes."
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d5d60a980dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | According to legend, Dangun founded the first kingdom in what place where monarchy existed until the end of the Japanese occupation? | Korea | text | [] | [
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"text": "This is a list of monarchs of Korea, arranged by dynasty. Names are romanized according to the South Korean Revised Romanization of Korean. McCune-Reischauer romanizations may be found at the articles about the individual monarchs. Gojoseon (2333 BCE – 108 BCE) was the first Korean kingdom. According... |
d5d60af20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The glands that have the highest density in the palm and soles can prevent what from happening when fleeing from danger? | Slipping. | text | [] | [
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d5d60b240dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Cr, when passivated, is stable against what? | acid | text | [] | [
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"text": "Passivated chromium is stable against acids. Passivation can be removed with a strong reducing agent that destroys the protective oxide layer on the metal. Chromium metal treated in this way readily dissolves in weak acids. Chromium, unlike such metals as iron and nickel, does not suffer from hydroge... |
d5d60b560dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Dipterocarpus tuberculatus and Hopea odorata can both be found in what countries in common? | They can both be found in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Dipterocarpus tuberculatus ( Khmer khlông, Indian English gurjuntree) is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae found in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. The tree is found in clear forests of plains, at altitudes up to 800-1000m. It grows to a height of 5–25 m."
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d5d60b740dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The area surrounding the sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean and enclosed on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, has what region on the northern portion of its borders? | The Maghreb region is at the north end of the Mediterranean Basin. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant."
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d5d60ba60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of drug impacts the transporter of serotonin from the synaptic cleft to the presynaptic neuron? | Escitalopram | text | [] | [
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"text": "Escitalopram, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) used as an antidepressant. A reuptake inhibitor ( RI) is a type of drug known as a reuptake modulator that inhibits the plasmalemmal transporter -mediated reuptake of a neurotransmitter from the synapse into the pre-synaptic neuron."
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d5d60c0a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which Capital is located on the confluence of the Seine, Oise, Marne and Yerres? | Paris | text | [] | [
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"text": "The location of Paris was an important factor in its growth and strategic importance during the Middle Ages. Due to its position at the confluence of the Seine and the rivers Oise, Marne and Yerres, the city was abundantly supplied with food from the surrounding region, which was rich in grain fields... |
d5d60c320dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What do Police Pursuit Vehicles use to announce their presence? | They use blue and red lights and sirens. | text | [] | [
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"text": "These lights are usually mounted on the roof and incorporated into the standard vehicle system of external lights. Most police vehicles are also fitted with a siren. In addition to blue lights, many traffic and incident response cars are fitted with flashing red lights that are only visible at the re... |
d5d60c640dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What important technology for the production of hydrogen to be used as an energy carrier requires minerals to be present in solution? | Electrolysis | text | [] | [
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"text": "Electrolysis is an important technology for the production of hydrogen to be used as an energy carrier. With fast dynamic response times, large operational ranges, and high efficiencies, water electrolysis is a promising technology for energy storage coupled with renewable energy sources."
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d5d60cdc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The throwing stick and the Nahuatl macuahuitl are both made of what material? | Wood. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. The throwing stick or throwing club is a wooden rod with either a pointed tip or a spearhead attached to one end, intended for use as a weapon. A throwing stick can be either straight or roughly boomerang -shaped, and is much shorter than the javelin.... |
d5d60d0e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In what ancient Roman region known for fertile land was a ruler poisoned in 120 BC? | The province of Bithynia et Pontus | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Roman province of Bithynia et Pontus ( et is Latin \"and\") comprised a coastal strip of hilly country containing tracts of intensely fertile, arable land, in a mild and moist climate, on the southern shore of the Black Sea from the Bosphorus to approximately the city of Trabzon."
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d5d60d360dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The company that created the protocol which coordinates segmented file transfer among peers connected in a swarm is also responsible for the ongoing development of what? | μTorrent and BitTorrent Mainline | text | [] | [
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"text": "The BitTorrent protocol coordinates segmented file transfer among peers connected in a swarm. A BitTorrent client enables a user to exchange data as a peer in one or more swarms."
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d5d60d900dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the human body, where are the cells located which can differentiate into the only cells found in healthy cartilage? | The bone marrow stroma. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The bone marrow stroma contains mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), which are also known as marrow stromal cells. These are multipotent stem cells that can differentiate into a variety of cell types. MSCs have been shown to differentiate, in vitro or in vivo, into osteoblasts, chondrocytes, myocytes, marr... |
d5d60dc20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What country had the rise of the kingdom of Alba in 900 CE and had surviving pre-Roman accounts of it originating with the Greek Pytheas of Massalia? | Scotland. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Scotland was divided into a series of kingdoms in the early Middle Ages, i.e. between the end of Roman authority in southern and central Britain from around 400 CE and the rise of the kingdom of Alba in 900 CE."
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d5d60dea0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the only halogen that the chemical element with the symbod Ag react with? | Silver will not react with the halogens, with the exception of fluorine gas. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Like copper, silver reacts with sulfur and its compounds; in their presence, silver tarnishes in air to form the black silver sulfide (copper forms the green sulfate instead, while gold does not react). Unlike copper, silver will not react with the halogens, with the exception of fluorine gas, with w... |
d5d60e4e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | During the time when Vice Admiral Emory S. Land was closely coordinating shipbuilding under the Maritime Commission, about how many watercraft did the U.S. Army operate? | At this time, the U.S. Army operated approximately 127,800 watercraft. | text | [] | [
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"text": "During World War II the U.S. Army operated approximately 127,800 watercraft of various types Those included large troop and cargo transport ships that were Army-owned hulls, vessels allocated by the War Shipping Administration, bareboat charters and time charters. In addition to the transports the Ar... |
d5d60e760dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The genus of Archidasyphyllum and the genus of Mutisia are both types of what plants? | Flowering plants. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Archidasyphyllum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. Its native range is Central and Southern Chile to Southern Argentina. Archidasyphyllum diacanthoides (Less.)"
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d5d60e9e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Arctic Cordillera is a terrestrial ecozone in northern what, in which the Arctic Archipelago Marine is a marine ecozone in its section of the Arctic ocean? | Canada | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Arctic Archipelago Marine Ecozone, as defined by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), is a marine ecozone in the Canadian Arctic, encompassing Hudson Bay, James Bay, the internal waters and some shores of the islands in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, and the shores of the territo... |
d5d60ec60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How long is the watershed in the United States consisting of 14 lakes that connects rivers in the U.S. state of Michigan? | It is 75-miles-long. | text | [] | [
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"text": "For the rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada, see Rural Municipality of Torch River No. 488. The Elk River Chain of Lakes Watershed is a 75-mile-long (121 km) waterway consisting of 14 lakes and connecting rivers in the northwestern section of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, ... |
d5d60ef80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is Indian Culture and which religion has had a huge influence on it? | Indian culture is the heritage of social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, belief systems, political systems, artifacts and technologies that originated in or are associated with the Indian subcontinent.Throughout the history of India, Indian culture has been heavily influenced by Dharmic religions. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Throughout the history of India, Indian culture has been heavily influenced by Dharmic religions. They have been credited with shaping much of Indian philosophy, literature, architecture, art and music. Greater India was the historical extent of Indian culture beyond the Indian subcontinent."
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d5d60f200dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The texts whose three main branches of are Shaiva, Vaishnava, and Shakta was created and transmitted by disciples of what religion? | They were created by disciples of Jainism. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The three main branches of Agama texts are Shaiva, Vaishnava, and Shakta. The Agamic traditions are sometimes called Tantrism, although the term \"Tantra\" is usually used specifically to refer to Shakta Agamas."
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d5d60f520dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Typically applied to microscopic systems in what type of mechanics system is the position operator the operator that corresponds to the position observable of a particle? | Quantum mechanics | text | [] | [
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"text": "Quantum mechanics allows the calculation of properties and behaviour of physical systems. It is typically applied to microscopic systems: molecules, atoms and sub-atomic particles."
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d5d60f840dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Palatine Gate is a what traditionally built to provide a point of controlled access to and departure from a walled city? | A city Gate | text | [] | [
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d5d60fac0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | LiOH. (H 2 O) n is mainly consumed in the production of what? | Cathode materials | text | [] | [
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"text": "Lithium hydroxide is mainly consumed in the production of cathode materials for lithium ion batteries such as lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO 2) and lithium iron phosphate. It is preferred over lithium carbonate as a precursor for lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxides."
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d5d60fd40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who is the Supreme head of the church that had a doctrine called the doctrine of the two swords? | The Pope | text | [] | [
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"text": "It laid down dogmatic propositions on the unity of the Catholic Church, the necessity of belonging to it for eternal salvation, the position of the Pope as supreme head of the Church and the duty thence arising of submission to the Pope to belong to the Church and thus to attain salvation."
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d5d60ffc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What teams from UCLA play in the same NCAA Division as the sports teams from Michigan State University? | UCLA Bruins | text | [] | [
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d5d6102e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Politically, what concept in U.S. politics involves a three-sided relationship among Congress does not benefit the public, only the players within? | The Iron Triangle. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Iron Triangle, a name given to the iron-producing region of South Australia, bounded by the towns of Iron Knob, Iron Barron and Iron Monarch. Iron triangle (US politics), a concept in U.S. politics involving a three-sided relationship among Congress, a Federal department or agency, and a particul... |
d5d610600dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Quanfa is another Chinese term for what codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defense; military and law enforcement applications? | It's another term for Chinese martial arts. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Quanfa ( 拳法) is another Chinese term for Chinese martial arts. It means \"fist method\" or \"the law of the fist\" ( quan means \"boxing\" or \"fist\", and fa means \"law\", \"way\" or \"method\"), although as a compound term it usually translates as \"boxing\" or \"fighting technique.\""
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d5d610880dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What former psychiatric diagnosis in the DSM-IV encompasses a spectrum of unhealthy alcohol drinking behaviors? | Alcohol abuse | text | [] | [
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d5d610ba0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a creature that might look for food in and area that has burned Pinus palustris and left a clearing on a forest? | Deer and Elk might look for food in clearings. | text | [] | [
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"text": "They also represent openings in forests where local conditions such as avalanches, poor soils, or fire damage have created semi-permanent clearings. They are very important to herbivorous animals, such as deer and elk, for forage and denning activities."
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d5d610e20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Tangled lignum has how many stamens? | Since it's part of the Muehlenbeckia genus, it has 8 or 9 stamens. | text | [] | [
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d5d6110a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A person who is sexually attracted to Robots might be suffering what kind of atypical sexual interests as expressed in the DSM? | Paraphilias. | text | [] | [
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"text": "\"Robosexuality\" is different from Mechanophilia and Technosexuality but they can still be interconnected. A person Who is sexually attracted to Robots can be referred to as a Robosexual. A person who is Robosexual may have different gender preferences than another person who is \"Robosexual\"."
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d5d611320dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Güllük and Antalya Körfezi are both associated with what country? | Turkey | text | [] | [
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"text": "Güllük Gulf ( Turkish: Güllük Körfezi ), also called Mandalya Gulf, is an Aegean gulf of Turkey. The gulf is situated to the north of Bodrum Peninsula and to the south of Dilek Peninsula."
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d5d611e60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A homogeneous polynomial and a polynomial ring are both concepts in what? | Mathematics | text | [] | [
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"text": "In mathematics, a homogeneous polynomial, sometimes called quantic in older texts, is a polynomial whose nonzero terms all have the same degree. For example, is a homogeneous polynomial of degree 5, in two variables; the sum of the exponents in each term is always 5. The polynomial"
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d5d612180dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Hawaiian ʻahinahina' is the kind of plant that generally grows in what kind of volcanic material? | Cinder. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is the \"crown jewel\" of the volcanic mountain Mauna Kea, from which it derives its English name. The Hawaiian name is ʻahinahina; it applies to silverswords more broadly. The Mauna Kea silversword was once common on the volcano, and extraordinary conservation efforts are being made to preserve t... |
d5d612400dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The mountain ranges that are part of the system of hills extending through Laos are a part of which country containing the Dângrêk Mountains which has a watershed that creates a boundary between it and Cambodia? | Thailand. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The northern side of the Dângrêk Mountains is gently sloping, while the sides facing south are usually a steep escarpment that dominates the plain of northern Cambodia. The watershed along the escarpment in general terms marks the boundary between Thailand and Cambodia; however, there are exceptions.... |
d5d612720dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | HRCT and QCT are both types of what? | 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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d5d612cc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who are the indigenous people native to the region of Iran between the northern slopes of the Alborz Mountains and southern coast of the Caspian Sea? | The Mazanderani people or Tabari people are indigenous to this region of Iran. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Sari ( Persian: ساری ; also romanized as Sārī ), also known as Shahr-e-Tajan and Shari-e-Tajan, is the provincial capital of Mazandaran Province and former capital of Iran (for a short period), located in the north of Iran, between the northern slopes of the Alborz Mountains and southern coast of th... |
d5d612f40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What Norman surname originated in 1090 AD when Lincolnshire nobleman Arthur FitzWilliam changed his name to it? | Hall. | text | [] | [
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"text": "See Border Reivers. In England the surname of Hall originates in 1090 AD when Lincolnshire nobleman Arthur FitzWilliam changed his name to Arthur Hall to distinguish himself from his older brother of the same name. Notable people with the surname \"Hall\" include:"
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"text": "Clan Hall is ... |
d5d613580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What kind of passage are both the Dock Bridge and The Raritan Bay Drawbridge made for? | Both the Dock Bridge and the Raritan Bay Drawbridge in New Jersey are used for railroad traffic. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Dock Bridge is a pair of vertical lift bridges crossing the Passaic River at Newark, Essex County and Harrison, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, used exclusively for railroad traffic. It is the seventh crossing from the river's mouth at Newark Bay and is 5.0 miles (8.0 km) upstream from it."... |
d5d6139e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What do the members of the PAR bZIP family control? | The rate of transcription of genetic information from DNA to messenger RNA | text | [] | [
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"text": "D site of albumin promoter (albumin D-box) binding protein, also known as DBP, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the DBP gene. DBP is a member of the PAR bZIP ( P roline and A cidic amino acid- R ich b asic leucine ZIP per) transcription factor family."
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"text": "In molecular bio... |
d5d614160dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What title is shared between Marino Sanuto Torsello and an independent film adaptation produced by British author and musician Seb Hunter and partner Owen Oakeshott? | The Elder. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The film's plot derives from that concept, devised by Kiss co-founder Gene Simmons . The film is being produced by British author and musician Seb Hunter and partner Owen Oakeshott. The film has so far not been acknowledged or sanctioned by Kiss or their management."
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"text": "The Elder i... |
d5d6143e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are the three sets of inscriptions on the column from the three emperors on the pillars that were analyzed by Irwin and observed by Cunningham? | Ashoka Maurya, Samudragupta and Jahangir. | text | [] | [
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"text": "According to Irwin, an analysis of the minor inscriptions and ancient scribblings on the pillar first observed by Cunningham, also noted by Krishnaswamy and Ghosh, reveals that these included years and months, and the latter \"always turns out to be Magha, which also gives it name to the Magh Mela \"... |
d5d614700dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The astrological tradition of what religion is the notion of bandhu of the Vedas and has Bhāvas that represent different fields of experience? | Hindu. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In Hindu astrological tradition these are known as Bhāvas. The houses of the horoscope represent different fields of experience wherein the energies of the signs and planets operate —described in terms of physical surroundings as well as personal life experiences."
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"text": "The foundatio... |
d5d614ca0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the early Sasanian period, what person, whose name means "Smiting of resistance" or "victorious", is still represented as the Greek Heracles? | Bahram | text | [] | [
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"text": "Bahram or Vahram or Behram ( Persian: بهرام ), variant Bahran or Vahran, ( Uzbek: Баҳром, Bahrom and Tajik: Баҳром, Bahrom) meaning \"smiting of resistance\" or \"victorious\", is a Persian name. Bahram means \"victorious\" in Middle Persian and Avestan . This page or section lists people that share... |
d5d614f20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Dancing is called what in the plays of the person whose plays are widely regarded as being among the greatest in the English language and are continually performed around the world? | Shakespearean Dance | text | [] | [
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"text": "Shakespearean Dance refers to dancing in the time and plays of William Shakespeare and his contemporaries."
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"text": "Shakespeare's plays are widely regarded as being among the greatest in the English language and are continually performed around the world. The plays have been translated ... |
d5d615240dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a chemical released by neurons to send signals to other nerve cells and is either destroyed enzymatically, or taken back into the terminal from which it came, where it can be reused, or degraded and removed? | Neurotransmitter. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In the brain, dopamine functions as a neurotransmitter —a chemical released by neurons (nerve cells) to send signals to other nerve cells. Neurotransmitters are synthesized in specific regions of the brain, but affect many regions systemically."
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"text": "The neurotransmitter is either de... |
d5d6157e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the leader of the mafia called in the country that ranks 49th in the Human Development Index? | Nașu | text | [] | [
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"text": "Romania is a developing country, with a high-income economy, ranking 49th in the Human Development Index."
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"text": "Gangs are organized horizontally, the leader of a group being called 'Nașu' which means \"Godfather\" in Romanian. Some Mafia groups in Romania also known as \"Clanuri Inte... |
d5d615b00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Z versions of what type of particle can change the type type of the particle – for example changing a strange quark into an up quark, are predicted in the Standard Model of physics? | Bosons | text | [] | [
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"text": "Z bosons are also predicted in the Standard Model of physics, which successfully predicted the existence of W bosons. Z Bosons decay into a fermion and its antiparticle, which are particles such as electrons and quarks which have spin in units of half of the reduced planks constant."
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d5d615d80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The modern version of the instrument named after the Latin word pipare is made up of how many pieces, and how are the pieces connected? | Modern fifes are two pieces connected by a joint made from either metal or cork. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Fifes are an ancient wind instrument that have evolved over the centuries. The original form was small and bore six finger-holes, but later versions may have various sizes and numbers of holes. While ancient fifes were one-piece and therefor not easily tuned, modern fifes are two pieces connected by ... |
d5d6160a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The last name of Marcus Terentius Varro was derived from a word meaning what? | Fool | text | [] | [
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"text": "Of these, Varro seems to be derived from the same root as the Latin baro, a fool; Culleo refers to a leather sack or pouch, and may have referred to a leatherworker; while Lucanus signified an inhabitant of Lucania, and must have been given to one of the Terentii who either came from or perhaps had s... |
d5d6163c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Sentinel Range is a major range of a thing which Maine has how many of over 2,000 ft (610 m) of topographic prominence? | 14 | text | [] | [
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"text": "/ 78.167°S 85.500°W / -78.167; -85.500 The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range trends NNW-SSE for about 185 km (115 mi) and is 24 to 48 km (15 to 30 mi) wide."
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d5d616640dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Warcop Training Area ( WTA) is a UK Ministry of Defence military training area near the village of Warcop in what place, whose landscape was once covered by deciduous woodland, and hazel, birch and pine? | Cumbria | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Warcop Training Area ( WTA) is a UK Ministry of Defence military training area near the village of Warcop in Cumbria. Part of the Defence Training Estate, the area consists of approximately 24,000 acres (9,700 ha) of MoD freehold land. Swindale, a steep-sided valley behind Roman Fell."
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d5d616960dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | No women were transported by The British Government to what country for an act that is legal in the British Virgin Islands? | Australia | text | [] | [
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"text": "The British Government called for more women of “marriageable” age to be sent to Australia in order to promote family development for emancipated convicts and free settlers . Despite the belief that convict women during the transportation period were all prostitutes, no women were transported for tha... |
d5d617180dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What common Japanese name includes the sound for possession that is not written as a separate character, and that may be written in a sōsho style elsewhere? | Inoue. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In the picture on the left, the top shows the kanji 乃 written in the kaisho style, and the centre image is the same kanji written in the sōsho style. The bottom part is the kana for \"no\", a further abbreviation. Hentaigana and gyaru-moji variant kana forms of no can also be found. Usage of の in pla... |
d5d6174a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In what family would you find the species known as the black-winged mynaor and the Indian myna? | They are in the Sturnidae family. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The black-winged starling(Acridotheres melanopterus) is a species of starlingin the family Sturnidae. The species is also known as the black-winged mynaor the white-breasted starling. It is endemicto Indonesia."
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"text": "Native distribution in blue, introduced in red. The common myna or ... |
d5d617720dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is it that humans cannot synthesize the nine versions (phenylalanine, valine, threonine, tryptophan, methionine, leucine, isoleucine, lysine, and histidine) that are most natural α-amino acids in the L conformation, but some exceptions exist? | Amino Acids | text | [] | [
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"text": "Most natural amino acids are α-amino acids in the L conformation, but some exceptions exist. Some non-α amino acids exist in organisms. In these structures, the amine group displaced further from the carboxylic acid end of the amino acid molecule."
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"text": "Of the 21 amino acids common t... |
d5d617a40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | From the Eighteenth Dynasty onward many high officials built tombs at what vast, ancient burial ground in Egypt, serving as the necropolis for the ancient Egyptian capital, Memphis? | Saqqara | text | [] | [
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"text": "From the Eighteenth Dynasty onward many high officials built tombs at Saqqara. While still a general, Horemheb built a large tomb here, although he later was buried as pharaoh in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes. Other important tombs belong to the vizier Aperel, the vizier Neferrenpet, the artist T... |
d5d617cc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was was the M18 recoilless rifle used in that the M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage was built during? | World War II | text | [] | [
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"text": "The M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage, also known as the M16 half-track, was an American self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon built during World War II."
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"text": "The M18 recoilless rifle is a 57 mm shoulder-fired, anti-tank recoilless rifle that was used by the U.S. Army in World War II an... |
d5d617fe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Leeds City Council is in a region largely covered by what type of post codes? | LS | text | [] | [
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"text": "The secretariat for the city region is based within Leeds City Council. The Leeds City Region Enterprise Zone promotes development in four sites along the A63 East Leeds Link Road."
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"text": "Leeds is largely covered by LS post codes, most but not all of which have Leeds as their Post tow... |
d5d618580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Amylase and liprotamase are both names of what? | Enzymes. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Function: Amylase is an enzyme that is responsible for the breaking of the bonds in starches, polysaccharides, and complex carbohydrates to be turned into simple sugars that will be easier to absorb. Clinical Significance: Amylase also has medical history in the use of Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement T... |
d5d6188a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Conakry Region is one of how many regions that stretches through the forested tropical area and ends at the Sahel? | Eight | text | [] | [
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"text": "Guinea is named after the Guinea region. Guinea is a traditional name for the region of Africa that lies along the Gulf of Guinea. It stretches north through the forested tropical regions and ends at the Sahel."
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"text": "The five urban communes make up the Conakry Region, one of the eigh... |
d5d618b20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The panchayats of Hiranandapur and Mathurapur can be found in what village in the Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district? | Manikchak. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Manikchak is a village in Manikchak CD Block in Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India . / 25.081441; 87.899111 Manikchak police station under West Bengal police has jurisdiction over Manikchak CD Block. The headquarters of Manikchak CD Block is at Manikchak."
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d5d618e40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Turkic term meaning black gravel is a mountain range bordering which nations? | China, India, and Pakistan. | text | [] | [
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"text": "/ 36°N 76°E / 36; 76 The Karakoram is a mountain range spanning the borders of China, India, and Pakistan, with the northwest extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan; its highest 15 mountains are all based in Pakistan."
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"text": "Karakoram is a Turkic term meani... |
d5d6190c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In total, the what, which have a lifetime of 2.9 × 10−13 s and a mass of 1 776.86 MeV/c2, will decay hadronically approximately 64.79% of the time? | Tau leptons | text | [] | [
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"text": "Tau leptons have a lifetime of 2.9 × 10−13 s and a mass of 1 776.86 MeV/c2 (compared to 105.66 MeV/c2 for muons and 0.511 MeV/c2 for electrons). Since their interactions are very similar to those of the electron, a tau can be thought of as a much heavier version of the electron."
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d5d6193e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Bjerknes forces are forces that come from what physical phenomenon resulting from the interaction of an acoustic wave with an obstacle placed along its path? | Acoustic radiation force. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Acoustic radiation forces on compressible particles such as bubbles are also known as Bjerknes forces, and are generated through a different mechanism, which does not require sound absorption or reflection. )."
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d5d619660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which Transylvanian Székely man-at-arms led a revolt that spread quickly, principally in the central or purely Magyar provinces? | György Dózsa. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The rebellion spread quickly, principally in the central or purely Magyar provinces, where hundreds of manor houses and castles were burnt and thousands of the gentry killed by impalement, crucifixion, and other methods. Dózsa's camp at Cegléd was the centre of the jacquerie, as all raids in the surr... |
d5d619c00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What bordering sea does the Stadlandet peninsula and the Jutland peninsula share? | The North Sea | text | [] | [
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"text": "Stad or Stadlandet is a peninsula in Stad Municipality in the northwestern part of the Nordfjord district in Vestland county in Norway. The peninsula is considered the dividing point between the Norwegian Sea to the north and the North Sea to the south."
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"text": "Jutland is a peninsula b... |
d5d619f20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What term is used to describe the formation of the final product of the blood coagulation step in hemostasis in a deep vein? | This is called deep vein thrombosis. | text | [] | [
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"text": "\"DVT\" redirects here. For other uses, see DVT (disambiguation). Deep vein thrombosis ( DVT) is the formation of a blood clot in a deep vein, most commonly in the legs or pelvis. Symptoms can include pain, swelling, redness, and enlarged veins in the affected area, but some DVTs have no symptoms."
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d5d61a1a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Bemba people of Chinsali, Kasama are found in what area that includes the Mafinga Hills? | Northern Province. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Mafinga Hills, which include the highest point in the country at 2301 metres above sea level, once formed a formidable barrier between the Northern and Eastern Provinces that few but the best 4-wheel drive vehicles dared to cross, especially during the rainy season."
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"text": "Norther... |
d5d61a4c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What instrument is capable of continuous glissando and is played seated with the handle squeezed between the legs? | Musical saw. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The saw is generally played seated with the handle squeezed between the legs, and the far end held with one hand. Some sawists play standing, either with the handle between the knees and the blade sticking out in front of them."
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d5d61a740dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Roca and Allen are both what? | Formations. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Roca Formation is a Cretaceous to Paleogene lithostratigraphic unit, located in the Neuquén Basin. It crops out in the Argentinian provinces of Río Negro, Neuquén, La Pampa, and Mendoza."
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"text": "The Allen Formation is a geological formation in Argentina whose strata date back to th... |
d5d61ac40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Mycena leaiana var. australis can be found in what countries where the Gondwanan distribution pattern is in? | Australia and New Zealand. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Mycena leaiana var. australis is a variety of Mycena leaiana found in Australia and New Zealand. In all but the color it is similar to M. leaiana. However, M. leaiana had been found primarily in the east of the United States (and specifically not on the Pacific coast at all) upon the discovery of spe... |
d5d61af60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Does the United States have an official language and what percentage of its citizens speak a language other than English at home? | Although the United States does not have an official language, the most commonly used language is English (specifically, American English ).21.6% of U.S. residents report that they speak a language other than English at home. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Although the United States does not have an official language, the most commonly used language is English (specifically, American English ), which is the de facto national language, and the only one spoken at home by approximately 78% of the U.S. population."
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"text": "Many other language... |
d5d61b500dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is one thing that can be found in the westernmost subregion of the area Medieval Europeans considered as a continent? | The Levant region. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Western Asia —or simply West Asia —is the westernmost subregion of Asia. It includes Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Mesopotamia, the Levant region, the island of Cyprus, the Sinai Peninsula, and Transcaucasia (partly)."
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"text": "Medieval Europeans considered Asia as a continent, ... |
d5d61b780dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Did the death of Pulakeshin II take place before or after the beginning of Vinayaditya ruling the chalukya kingdom? | It took place before. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Abhinavaditya's father Adityavarman was one of the sons of the powerful Chalukya emperor Pulakeshin II. After Pulakeshin II was defeated and probably killed during a Pallava invasion in 642–643 CE, Adityavarman appears to have held the weakened Chalukya throne, as attested by the Kurnool (Karnul) gra... |
d5d61baa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Khosrau II and Ardashir II were both what? | Kings. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The inscription of his coins are usually \"Ardashir, king of kings of the Iranians \" whilst rare instances of \"and of non-Iranians \" also being part of the inscription. Rock relief at Taq-e Bostan of the investiture of Ardashir II, flanked by Mithra and Shapur II. Ardashir, like his forefathers, a... |
d5d61bd20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the Delaware county that is within the Salisbury, what name does it share that is the same as where the Country town of Lewes is from? | Sussex. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Lewes, the County town of East Sussex; and Battle, with its Norman Conquest beginnings, and Wadhurst are the other three towns of significance. This section needs to be updated."
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"text": "Sussex County is included in the Salisbury, MD -DE Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses m... |
d5d61c040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Why are Carukiidae at risk from leatherback sea turtles? | Carukiidae are jellyfish. Leatherback sea turtles eat jellyfish. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Carukiidae is a family of box jellyfish within the Cubozoa class. Carukiidae can be easily classified by their lack of cirri clumps inside the cubozoan stomach, as well as the size and the placement of their nematocysts."
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"text": "Leatherback sea turtles face an increased osmotic challen... |
d5d61c360dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are the main processing steps in the modified procedure that deep X-ray lithography uses to fabricate deep and even three-dimensional structures? | There three main processing steps are lithography, electroplating and molding. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Deep X-ray lithography (DXRL) uses yet shorter wavelengths on the order of 0.1 nm and modified procedures such as the LIGA process, to fabricate deep and even three-dimensional structures."
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"text": "The LIGA consists of three main processing steps; lithography, electroplating and molding... |
d5d61c540dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the schematic of an instrument used in the technique in analytical chemistry used to separate, identify, and quantify each component in a mixture? | The schematic of aHigh-performance liquid chromatography instrument typically includes a degasser, sampler, pumps, and a detector. | text | [] | [
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"text": "High-performance liquid chromatography ( HPLC ), formerly referred to as high-pressure liquid chromatography, is a technique in analytical chemistry used to separate, identify, and quantify each component in a mixture."
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"text": "The schematic of an HPLC instrument typically includes a de... |
d5d61c860dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the F Liner and what is the longest distance it has covered? | The F Liner ( Japanese: Fライナー) is the name for the fastest through service train among five railway companies: the Tobu Railway, Seibu Railway, Tokyo Metro, Tokyu Corporation and Yokohama Minatomirai Railway. The longest distance travelled for an F Liner journey is 100.1km, from Ogawamachi to Motomachi-Chūkagai. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The F Liner ( Japanese: Fライナー) is the name for the fastest through service train among five railway companies: the Tobu Railway, Seibu Railway, Tokyo Metro, Tokyu Corporation and Yokohama Minatomirai Railway. This name is trademarked by the aforementioned five companies (No. 5885630)."
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