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d5d6b4d40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The only solicitor-general or attorney-general to have become British prime minister was assassinated in what year? | Spencer Perceval KC was assassinated in May of 1812. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Perceval is the only British prime minister to have been assassinated, and the only solicitor-general or attorney-general to have become prime minister. The younger son of an Anglo-Irish earl, Perceval was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge."
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d5d6b54c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Type 704 and the system currently manufactured by ThalesRaytheonSystems both engage in tracking the location of enemy what? | Artillery | text | [] | [
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"text": "Currently manufactured by ThalesRaytheonSystems, the system is a long-range version of “weapon-locating radar,” designed to detect and track incoming artillery and rocket fire to determine the point of origin for counter-battery fire. It is currently in service at brigade and higher levels in the Uni... |
d5d6b5740dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a material that in some cases will conduct electricity but not in others and a device usually used in "commutation mode"? | Semiconductor. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Such a device is also called a power device or, when used in an integrated circuit, a power IC . A power semiconductor device is usually used in \"commutation mode\" (i.e., it is either on or off), and therefore has a design optimized for such usage; it should usually not be used in linear operation.... |
d5d6b59c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Impact craters on what, on which craters are named after famous scientists and science fiction authors, or if less than 60 km (37 mi) in diameter, after towns on Earth, number in the hundreds of thousands? | Mars | text | [] | [
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"text": "Martian craters are named after famous scientists and science fiction authors, or if less than 60 km (37 mi) in diameter, after towns on Earth. Craters cannot be named for living people, and names for small craters are rarely intended to commemorate a specific town. Latitude and longitude are given a... |
d5d6b5c40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Piperidine, which comes from the genus name Piper, gives pepper what type of taste? | It gives pepper its spicy taste. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Piperidine itself has been obtained from black pepper, from Psilocaulon absimile ( Aizoaceae ), and in Petrosimonia monandra. The piperidine structural motif is present in numerous natural alkaloids. These include piperine, which gives black pepper its spicy taste. This gave the compound its name."
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d5d6b5ec0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The fundic glands (or oxyntic glands ) and the duodenum are both what? | Tubes | text | [] | [
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"text": "In humans, the duodenum is a hollow jointed tube about 25–38 cm (10–15 inches) long connecting the stomach to the jejunum. It begins with the duodenal bulb and ends at the suspensory muscle of duodenum. It can be divided into four parts. The duodenum is a 25–38 cm (10-15 inch) C-shaped structure lyin... |
d5d6b6640dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Herbivorous possum species can be found native in what country where the cuscus have evolved in? | New Guinea. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Most species are dark brown or black, however two species, the common spotted cuscus ( Spilocuscus maculatus) and black spotted cuscus ( Spilocuscus rufoniger ), are black, orange and yellow. Many small, herbivorous possum species are native to New Guinea."
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d5d6b6820dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The American children's show that ran on weekday mornings for 29 years on CBS starred who as the title character? | Bob Keeshan played Captain Kangaroo. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The show was conceived by Bob Keeshan, who also played the title character \"Captain Kangaroo\", and who based the show on \"the warm relationship between grandparents and children\". Keeshan had portrayed the original Clarabell the Clown on NBC 's The Howdy Doody Show during its early years."
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d5d6b6aa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The joule-second was partially named after a person who worked with what person to develop an absolute thermodynamic temperature scale? | Lord Kelvin | text | [] | [
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"text": "The joule-second is a unit of action or of angular momentum. The joule-second also appears in quantum mechanics within the definition of Planck's constant. Angular momentum is the product of an object’s moment of inertia, in units of kg⋅m 2 and its angular velocity in units of rad⋅s −1."
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d5d6b6fa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The mountain range that forms the southern border of Silesia is shared by which three countries? | The Sudetes, the mountain range that forms the southern border of Silesia, is shared between Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Silesia is along the Oder River, with the Sudeten Mountains extending across the southern border. The region contains many historical landmarks and UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It is also rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas."
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d5d6b7220dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Holometabolism is a synapomorphic trait of all what, an example of which would be a member of Brachyceran, in the superorder Endopterygota? | Insects | text | [] | [
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"text": "Scarabaeiform: grub -like, with a head-capsule, as in the beetle family Scarabaeidae. Vermiform: maggot -like, as in most species of Brachyceran flies. Campodeiform: similar to members of the genus Campodea, elongated, more or less straight, flattened, and active, with functional legs."
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d5d6b7900dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is jet quenching and what leads to a marked reduction of their energy? | Jet quenching is a phenomenon that can occur in the collision of ultra-high-energy particles. In general, the collision of high-energy particles can produce jets of elementary particles that emerge from these collisions.Collisions of ultra-relativistic heavy-ion particle beams create a hot and dense medium comparable to the conditions in the early universe, and then these jets interact strongly with the medium, leading to a marked reduction of their energy | text | [] | [
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"text": "Collisions of ultra-relativistic heavy-ion particle beams create a hot and dense medium comparable to the conditions in the early universe, and then these jets interact strongly with the medium, leading to a marked reduction of their energy."
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d5d6b7ae0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is Myelin and where is it formed? | Myelin is a lipid-rich (fatty) substance that surrounds nerve cell axons (the nervous system's "wires") to insulate them and increase the rate at which electrical impulses (called action potentials) are passed along the axon. It is formed in the central nervous system(CNS; brain, spinal cord and optic nerve) by glial cellscalled oligodendrocytesand in the peripheral nervous system(PNS) by glial cells called Schwann cells. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Myelin is formed in the central nervous system(CNS; brain, spinal cord and optic nerve) by glial cellscalled oligodendrocytesand in the peripheral nervous system(PNS) by glial cells called Schwann cells. In the CNS, axons carry electrical signals from one nerve cell body to another."
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d5d6b7fe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of mathematics involves the smoothness of a function and the Weierstrass approximation theorem? | Mathematical analysis. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In mathematical analysis, the Weierstrass approximation theorem states that every continuous function defined on a closed interval [a, b] can be uniformly approximated as closely as desired by a polynomial function."
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d5d6b81c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the most populated natural region in the place that contains the Amazon Region over the Amazon Basin? | The Andean natural region. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Andean natural region, located in central Colombia, is the most populated natural region of Colombia. With many mountains contains most of the country's urban centers. They were also the location of the most significant pre-Columbian indigenous settlements."
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d5d6b84e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the Severn Valley and which areas does the term apply to? | The Severn Valley is a rural area of mid-western England, through which the River Severn runs and the Severn Valley Railway steam heritage line operates, starting at its northernmost point in Bridgnorth, Shropshire and running south for 16 miles (26 km) to Ribbesford, a few miles south of Bewdley, Worcestershire in the Wyre Forest There is also use of this term to apply to areas around the River Severn as far south as Gloucester, and as far north as Ironbridge. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The area is about 25 miles (40 km) due west of Birmingham . There is also use of this term to apply to areas around the River Severn as far south as Gloucester, and as far north as Ironbridge. To the north of Bridgnorth, the land to the sides of the river becomes much steeper, and the upstream part i... |
d5d6b89e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What sequence of integers found by taking the floor of the positive multiples of a positive irrational number connects with Rayleigh's theorem? | A Beatty sequence. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Rayleigh's theorem, named after Lord Rayleigh, states that the complement of a Beatty sequence, consisting of the positive integers that are not in the sequence, is itself a Beatty sequence generated by a different irrational number. Beatty sequences can also be used to generate Sturmian words ."
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d5d6b8c60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What King of England that Shakespeare wrote about fought against France in the Hundred Years' War | Henry V | text | [] | [
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"text": "After his father's death in 1413, Henry assumed control of the country and asserted the pending English claim to the French throne . In 1415, Henry embarked on war with France in the ongoing Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) between the two nations."
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d5d6b8ee0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Greco-Roman deity Priapus was worshiped as a god of fertility, depicted with a giant what, which the lingam is also a symbol for, in numerous public architectural pieces? | Phallus | text | [] | [
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"text": "According to Rohit Dasgupta, the lingam symbolizes Shiva in Hinduism, and it is also a phallic symbol. Since the 19th-century, states Dasgupta, the popular literature has represented the lingam as the male sex organ."
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d5d6b9160dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Saddleback is an example of what thing that Sentinel Range is a major range of? | Mountains | 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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d5d6b93e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | FIM-43 Redeye is a system of what type of thing that a Javelin is a British man-portable version of? | Surface-to-air missiles | text | [] | [
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"text": "Javelin is a British man-portable surface-to-air missile, formerly used by the British Army and Canadian Army. It can be fired from the shoulder, or from a dedicated launcher known as Javelin LML: Lightweight Multiple Launcher. Capable of being vehicle mounted, the LML carries three rounds."
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d5d6b98e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | SoLute Carrier family 9A1 is an isoform of what type of thing that SLC9A3 is? | Sodium–hydrogen antiporter | text | [] | [
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"text": "SLC9A3 is a sodium–hydrogen antiporter. It is found on the apical side of the epithelial cells of the proximal tubule of the nephron of the kidney, in the apical membrane of enterocytes of the intestine, as well as the basolateral side of both duodenal and pancreatic cells responsible for the release... |
d5d6b9ac0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The law of the country that Seoul is in requires the population of a county to generally be what number or greater for the passage of a special legislative bill by the National Assembly such as Gyeryong to be designated a city? | 150,000 | text | [] | [
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"text": "There is one first-level city in South Korea: Seoul. Special cities have equal status to provinces in the South Korean administrative scheme, and are among the highest-ranked administrative divisions of South Korea. There are three kinds of first-level city in South Korea."
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d5d6b9d40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | When the camp prefect of the Roman legion II Augusta ignored Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, the Romans eventually won a battle from it so what did he do to himself? | He fell on his sword. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In the general area of Exeter with his troops, Poenius Postumus ignored the call to join the governor, Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, in putting down the rebellion. Hearing of the Roman victory at the Battle of Watling Street and having denied his troops a share in the glory he fell on his sword."
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d5d6b9fc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Two of the Irish round towers are found in what country where The Dunmore Pineapple is found in? | Scotland. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Dunmore Pineapple, a folly ranked \"as the most bizarre building in Scotland \", stands in Dunmore Park, near Airth in Stirlingshire . Dunmore Park, the ancestral home of the Earls of Dunmore, includes a large country mansion, Dunmore House, and grounds which contain, among other things, two larg... |
d5d6ba4c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Potter Mountain in the Taconic Mountains is located in which two towns? | Potter Mountain is located in the towns of Hancock and Lanesborough in Massachusetts. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It has several peaks; the most notable are the southern Jiminy Peak, 2,392 feet (729 m), which bears the name of the ski area located on its slopes, and Widow White's Peak, 2,430 feet (740 m), the ridge high point. The mountain is located in the towns of Hancock and Lanesborough."
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d5d6ba740dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Atchafalaya Basin Bridge is found in what U.S. state that Interstate 20 runs through the northern portion of? | Louisiana. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Atchafalaya Basin Bridge, also known as the Louisiana Airborne Memorial Bridge, is a pair of parallel bridges in the U.S. state of Louisiana between Baton Rouge and Lafayette which carries Interstate 10 over the Atchafalaya Basin."
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d5d6ba9c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Quintus Curtius Rufus and Callisthenes of Olynthus both studied the life of who? | Alexander | text | [] | [
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"text": "The legendary Alexander material originated as early as the time of the Ptolemaic dynasty (305 BC to 30 BC) and its unknown authors are sometimes referred to as the Pseudo-Callisthenes (not to be confused with Callisthenes of Olynthus, who was Alexander's official historian)."
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d5d6bb3c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Gray-breasted and common house are both types of what? | Martins | text | [] | [
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"text": "For the mammal, see Marten. The common house martin ( Delichon urbicum ), sometimes called the northern house martin or, particularly in Europe, just house martin, is a migratory passerine bird of the swallow family which breeds in Europe, north Africa and across the Palearctic; and winters in sub-Sa... |
d5d6bb640dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The name of what American martial arts comedy-drama comes partly from the Basque word meaning "pier of a harbor"? | Cobra Kai | text | [] | [
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"text": "The name Kai or Cai / ˈkaɪ / has various origins and meanings in different cultures: In Basque, kai is a common word meaning \"pier of a harbor\" and a variant of the first name Kaio (from the old Latin name Caius, meaning \"happy\")."
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d5d6bb8c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was the name of the capital of the island that was reconquered by Belisarius in 535-536? | Syracuse | text | [] | [
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"text": "Ever since its reconquest from the Ostrogoths by Belisarius in 535–536, Sicily had formed a distinct province under a praetor, while the army was placed under a dux. A strategos (military governor) is attested on the island in Arab sources between 687 and 695, and it is at that time that the island w... |
d5d6bbbe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What novel class of androgen receptor ligands does the LY-2452473 drug act as? | Selective androgen receptor modulators. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Selective androgen receptor modulators or SARMs are a novel class of androgen receptor ligands . They are intended to have the same kind of effects as androgenic drugs but be much more selective in their action, allowing them to be used for more uses than the relatively limited legitimate uses of ana... |
d5d6bbe60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Saronic Gulf and the Amvrakikos Gulf both originate from which nation? | Greece. | text | [] | [
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d5d6bc0e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Despite their small population, the vast majority of nillionaires in what location, which in contemporary definition, consists of two geographic regions, are of Chinese descent? | Southeast Asia | text | [] | [
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"text": "Despite their small population, the vast majority of Southeast Asian billionaires are of Chinese descent. To date, Indonesia has the most billionaires in the list of richest Southeast Asian people. According to Forbes magazine. Family members of royals or politicians are not included."
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d5d6bc540dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | When located above a stage, the long metal pipe from which lighting fixtures, theatrical scenery, and theater drapes and stage curtains may be hung can usually be what? | Lowered to the stage (flown in) or raised into a fly tower above the stage | text | [] | [
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"text": "Battens that are located above a stage can usually be lowered to the stage (flown in) or raised into a fly tower above the stage (flown out) by a fly system . An electric is a batten that incorporates electrical cables above the pipe, often enclosed in a raceway."
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d5d6bc7c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What area's line runs between Cardiff Central and Bridgend and has its largest centre of population in Barry? | The Vale of Glamorgan. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Vale of Glamorgan Line is the county borough's principal rail connection. The line runs between Cardiff Central and Bridgend, with spurs to Barry Island and Penarth. All services on the line are operated by Transport for Wales, linking the Vale directly to other areas of the capital region]"
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d5d6bca40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In Syria, the people originating from Lebanon are predominantly what? | Shia Twelver Muslim and Lebanese Christian | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Lebanese people of Syria are predominantly Lebanese Shia Twelver Muslim and Lebanese Christian ( Greek Orthodox, Melkite, Maronite, Protestant) with a tiny minority that belongs to Sunni Islam in Lebanon ."
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d5d6bccc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The visual system refers to the part of the what, which when made aware of various stimuli without the body, sends signals to the brain, that allows an organism to see? | Central nervous system | text | [] | [
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"text": "Both the somatosensory cortex and the central nervous system are made up of neurons which create associations with each other to transmit electrical impulses throughout the body. The central nervous system, when made aware of various stimuli without the body, sends signals to the brain."
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d5d6bcf40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Why did the character who Raven Software created an original plot involving take Oya to Savage land? | To teach them survival | text | [] | [
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"text": "The story is a combination of the Wolverine backstory explored in the film and an original plot created by Raven Software, which was influenced by major events in the X-Men comic series. In the prologue, set in a bleak urban environment, Wolverine kills a group of soldiers sent to kill him."
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d5d6bd120dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which dragon with one-hundred heads may have been the offspring of Gaia? | Ladon was a mythical dragon with one-hundred heads. It may have been the offspring of Gaia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Ladon was also said to have as many as one hundred heads. He was overcome and possibly slain by Heracles."
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"text": "Ladon was given several parentages, each of which placed him at an archaic level in Greek myth: the offspring of \"Ceto, joined in love with Phorcys\" (Hesiod, Theogony 333... |
d5d6bd3a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What number is larger: The number of acres of The Campus Martius or how high Taranto is above sea level, in feet? | The number of acres of The Campus Martius is higher. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Campus Martius ( Latin for the \"Field of Mars\", Italian Campo Marzio) was a publicly owned area of ancient Rome about 2 square kilometres (490 acres) in extent. In the Middle Ages, it was the most populous area of Rome. The IV rione of Rome, Campo Marzio, which covers a smaller section of the o... |
d5d6bd800dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Native to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwest China, these people are one of China's 55 officially recognized minorities, and the largest community of them living outside of the Tarim Basin is located where? | The largest community of Uyghurs living in another region of China are the Uyghurs living in Taoyuan County, in North-Central Hunan | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Uyghurs are recognized as native to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwest China. They are considered to be one of China's 55 officially recognized ethnic minorities. The Uyghurs are recognized by the Chinese government as a regional minority and the titular people of Xinjiang."
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d5d6bda80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The ferry terminal at Hong Kong international airport is partially operated by a company with ship in their name, and they service which other cities? | Shun Tak-China Travel Ship Management Limited operates hydrofoil ferry services between Hong Kong, Macau, Shenzhen and Zhuhai, in the Pearl River Delta area. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is operated by Hong Kong International Airport Ferry Terminal Services Limited, a joint-venture company between Chu Kong Passenger Transport Co., Ltd and Shun Tak-China Travel Ship Management Limited."
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d5d6bdd00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the name of the frog family that looks like Madagascar's "golden frog"? | The name of the frog that resembles Madagascar's "golden frog" comes from the Latin American family Dendrobatidae. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Mantella are an example of convergent evolution —the independent evolution of a similar trait with species of a different lineage. In this, they are similar to the family Dendrobatidae from Latin America in size, appearance and also some aspects of their behaviour."
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d5d6bdf80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The bubonic plague pandemic that occurred in Afro-Eurasia from 1346 to 1353 is estimated to have killed how much of the European population? | The Black Death is estimated to have killed 30 percent to 60 percent of the European population. | text | [] | [
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d5d6bec00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The barracks of the camp to which Claudius was brought after the murder of his nephew Caligula were built in what year? | The barracks of the Castra Praetoria were built in 23 CE by Lucius Aelius Sejanus. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Castra Praetoria were the ancient barracks ( castra) of the Praetorian Guard of Imperial Rome . According to the Roman historian Tacitus, the barracks were built in 23 CE by Lucius Aelius Sejanus, the praetorian prefect serving under the emperor Tiberius, in an effort to consolidate the several divis... |
d5d6bee80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Are Batagur baska and Eretmochelys imbricata both found in the same bodies of water, or do they live in different environments? | They live in different environments as Batagur baska are found in rivers and Eretmochelys imbricata is found in seas. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The northern river terrapin ( Batagur baska) is a species of riverine turtle native to Southeast Asia. It is classified Critically Endangered by the IUCN and considered extinct in much of its former range."
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d5d6bf560dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Ali ibn Abi Talib was the first child to embrace what, traditional political concepts in which include leadership by elected or selected successors to Muhammad known as Caliphs? | Islam | text | [] | [
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"text": "Traditional political concepts in Islam include leadership by elected or selected successors to Muhammad known as Caliphs ( Imamate for Shia ); the importance of following Islamic law or Sharia; the duty of rulers to seek Shura or consultation from their subjects; and the importance of rebuking unjus... |
d5d6bf7e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Stoney 142, 143, 144 is an Indian reserve of three communities that together form the what first nations tribe? | The Bearspaw, Chiniki and Wesley form the Nakoda First Nation tribe. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Stoney 142, 143, 144 is an Indian reserve of the Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Wesley (together known as the Stoney) First Nations in Alberta, located between the Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8 and Rocky View County. The largest community of the Nakoda people, it is 56 kilometers west of Calgary."
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d5d6bf9c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What mountain range extends across Cascadia, forming it's geographic spine? | The Cascades range | text | [] | [
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d5d6bfc40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many points are there listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having special cultural or physical significance? | 34 | text | [] | [
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"text": "A World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having special cultural or physical significance. Proportional symbol map of World Heritage Sites in the Americas."
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d5d6bfec0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What country has constitutional monarchy and is also represented by a viceroy, the governor general; an upper house, the Senate; and a lower house, the House of Commons? | Canada. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The body consists of the Canadian monarch, represented by a viceroy, the governor general; an upper house, the Senate; and a lower house, the House of Commons. Each element has its own officers and organization. Each has a distinct role, but work in conjunction within the legislative process."
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d5d6c0140dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Campti and Louisiana Highway 8 Spur are both in what state? | Louisiana | text | [] | [
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"text": "Louisiana Highway 9 ( LA 9) is a state highway located in northern Louisiana. It runs 100.01 miles (160.95 km) in a north–south direction from the concurrent U.S. Highways 71 and 84 (US 71-84) in Campti to a junction with the concurrent US 63 and US 167 in Junction City ."
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d5d6c03c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | As part of the subgroup Ornithodira, which animals are avemetatarsalians more closely related to? | They are more closely related to birds than to crocodilians. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Almost all avemetatarsalians are members of a similarly defined subgroup, Ornithodira. Ornithodira is defined as the last common ancestor of dinosaurs and pterosaurs, and all of its descendants. Members of Avemetatarsalia include the Dinosauromorpha, Pterosauromorpha, the genus Scleromochlus, and Aph... |
d5d6c05a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is bentonite mostly made up of that causes it to swell up due to the individual crystals not being tightly bound? | Montmorillonite. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Bentonite ( / ˈbɛntənʌɪt /) is an absorbent swelling clay consisting mostly of montmorillonite. It usually forms from weathering of volcanic ash in seawater, which converts the volcanic glass present in the ash to clay minerals."
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d5d6c0820dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | On the The Iron Ore Line owned by Trafikverket, where does most of its output get transferred to? | The ice-free Port of Narvik. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Rockfalls from mountains have at times hit the line. LKAB operates iron ore mines in Kiruna, Svappavaara and Malmberget in Norrbotten County, Sweden. Most of the output is transported by rail to the ice-free Port of Narvik, a route named the Northern Circuit. A minority of the ore is transported to L... |
d5d6c0d20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is either an Eastern Iranian language or the other name of the Mongolian camel? | Bactrian. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Bactrian, an Eastern Iranian language, was the common language of Bactria and surroundings areas in ancient and early medieval times. Zoroastrianism and Buddhism were the religions of the majority of Bactrians before the rise of Islam . Bactria between the Hindu Kush (south), Pamirs (east), south bra... |
d5d6c0fa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What westernmost province of Indonesia is the only Indonesian province to enforce provisions of what system of law? | The province of Aceh in Indonesia enforces some provisions of Islamic criminal law. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The province of Aceh in Indonesia enforces some provisions of Islamic criminal law, the sole Indonesian province to do so. In Aceh, Islamic criminal law is called jinayat (an Arabic loanword)."
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"text": "Aceh is the westernmost province of Indonesia, with a population of 4.49 million acco... |
d5d6c1220dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What unusual biplane designed and built by Gallaudet Aircraft Company had only two of them constructed? | The Gallaudet D-4. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Gallaudet D-4 was an unusual biplane designed and built by Gallaudet Aircraft Company for the United States Navy. It was powered by a Liberty L-12 engine buried within the fuselage which turned a large, four-bladed propeller attached to a ring around the center fuselage."
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d5d6c14a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Amino are a type of what thing that Propanephosphonic acid anhydride is an anhydride of? | Acids | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is a white crystalline solid. It is often used for the coupling of amino acids for peptide synthesis and as a reagent in organic synthesis . CDI can be prepared straightforwardly by the reaction of phosgene with four equivalents of imidazole under anhydrous conditions."
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d5d6c1680dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The extensive hydroelectric power scheme owned by Southern California Edison generates how many kilowatt hours of energy per year? | The Big Creek Hydroelectric Project generates nearly 4 billion kilowatt hours per year. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Big Creek Hydroelectric Project is an extensive hydroelectric power scheme on the upper San Joaquin River system, in the Sierra Nevada of central California. The project is owned and operated by Southern California Edison (SCE)."
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"text": "Today, the Big Creek project generates nearly... |
d5d6c1900dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | ATP production in the bacteria, of which the majority are susceptible to antibiotics of the tetracycline group, is the same as that in what? | Mitochondria | text | [] | [
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"text": "The majority of Rickettsia bacteria are susceptible to antibiotics of the tetracycline group. The classification of Rickettsia into three groups (spotted fever, typhus, and scrub typhus) was initially based on serology. This grouping has since been confirmed by DNA sequencing. All three of these grou... |
d5d6c1ae0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How are românofobie and Russophilia related? | They both describe feelings toward a place and/or people | text | [] | [
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"text": "Anti-Romanian sentiment, also known as Romanophobia ( Romanian: antiromânism, românofobie) is hostility, hatred towards, or prejudice against Romanians as an ethnic, linguistic, religious, or perceived ethnic group, and it can range from personal feelings of hatred to institutionalized, violent perse... |
d5d6c1e00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Red appears in the what of Cuba, Nepal and the Republic of the Philippines? | Flags. | text | [] | [
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"text": "As above, with the blue and red stripes switched to indicate a state of war. The flag of the Philippines ( Tagalog: Pambansang Watawat ng Pilipinas) is the national flag of the Republic of the Philippines. It is a horizontal flag bicolor with equal bands of royal blue and crimson red, with a white, e... |
d5d6c2120dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Nothofagus cunninghamii and the genus containing the southern beeches are both types of what plant? | Trees. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Nothofagus cunninghamii, the myrtle beech, is an evergreen tree native to Tasmania and Victoria, Australia. It grows mainly in the temperate rainforests, but also grows in alpine areas. It is not related to the Myrtle family."
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"text": "Nothofagus, also known as the southern beeches, is a... |
d5d6c2300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of IV line ends in a big vein that is located near the muscular organ that pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system? | This type of IV line is called a central line. | text | [] | [
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"text": "IV lines are classified as \"central lines\" if they end in a large vein close to the heart, or as \"peripheral lines\" if their output is to a small vein in the periphery, such as the arm. An IV line can be threaded through a peripheral vein to end near the heart, which is termed a \"peripherally in... |
d5d6c2580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The mother of Brutus the Younger was the mistress of individual who made the political philosophy of Caesarism? | Gaius Julius Caesar. | text | [] | [
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"text": "They had a son, Brutus the Younger. After her first husband's death she married Decimus Junius Silanus, and had a son with him, as well as three daughters. She gained fame as the mistress of Julius Caesar, whom her son Brutus and son-in-law Gaius Cassius Longinus, would assassinate in 44 BC."
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d5d6c2a80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In which country was the nomadic culture responsible for the term kurgan orginated? | Iran | text | [] | [
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"text": "The spectacular burials at Pazyryk are responsible for the introduction of the term kurgan, a Russian word of Turkic origin, into general usage to describe these tombs. The region of the Pazyryk kurgans is considered the type site of the wider Pazyryk culture."
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d5d6c2d00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The storm-petrels are the smallest sea what, of which R. regulus is an example? | Birds | text | [] | [
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"text": "Its colourful golden crest feathers gives rise to its popular name. The scientific name, R. regulus, means king or knight. There are several subspecies. The bird has a very large distribution range: much of the Palearctic and the islands of Macaronesia and Iceland."
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"text": "The storm-pe... |
d5d6c2ee0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Barragem de Itaipu and the group of pleasure lakes for Emperor Nero are both types of what? | Dams. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Itaipu Dam ( Portuguese: Barragem de Itaipu, Spanish: Represa de Itaipú; Portuguese pronunciation: [itɐjˈpu], Spanish pronunciation: [itajˈpu]) is a hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay."
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"text": "70 m? The Subiaco Dams were a group ... |
d5d6c3160dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The ATP phosphohydrolase that catalyzes chemical reactions and has a substrate called H 2 O is what kind of substance? | An enzyme. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In enzymology, an iron-chelate-transporting ATPase ( EC 3.6.3.34) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction The 3 substrates of this enzyme are ATP, H 2 O, and iron chelate, whereas its 3 products are ADP, phosphate, and iron chelate ."
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"text": "This enzyme belongs to the family ... |
d5d6c33e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Each type of meson has a corresponding, which for the top quark is the top antiquark? | Antiparticle | text | [] | [
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"text": "The antiparticle of the top quark is the top antiquark (symbol: t, sometimes called antitop quark or simply antitop ), which differs from it only in that some of its properties have equal magnitude but opposite sign . The top quark interacts with gluons of the strong interaction and is typically prod... |
d5d6c3660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which moon is the third largest officially named moon of the planet that has hundreds of unnamed moonlets? | Iapetus | text | [] | [
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"text": "Iapetus ( / aɪˈæpɪtəs /) is the third-largest natural satellite of Saturn, eleventh-largest in the Solar System, and the largest body in the Solar System known not to be in hydrostatic equilibrium."
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"text": "The planet's most famous feature is its prominent ring system, which is composed... |
d5d6c38e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of subclass of prismatoids is a nonconvex polyhedron constructed by two identical star polygon faces on the top and bottom? | Star prism | text | [] | [
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"text": "A star prism is a nonconvex polyhedron constructed by two identical star polygon faces on the top and bottom, being parallel and offset by a distance and connected by rectangular faces."
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"text": "In geometry, a prism is a polyhedron comprising an n-sided polygon base, a second base which... |
d5d6c3b60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What thing do nymphs of Odonata, Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera have to overcome and get? | Oxygen | text | [] | [
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"text": "Nymphs of aquatic insects, as in the Odonata, Ephemeroptera, and Plecoptera, are also called naiads, an Ancient Greek name for mythological water nymphs. Usage of the term 'naiad' is no longer popular among entomologists, who have come to see the distinction between nymph and larva as more of evoluti... |
d5d6c3de0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the Feathered Serpent and when was it first represented? | The Feathered Serpent was a prominent supernatural entity or deity, found in many Mesoamerican religions. It is still called Quetzalcoatl among the Aztecs, Kukulkan among the Yucatec Maya, and Q'uq'umatz and Tohil among the K'iche' Maya. The earliest representations of feathered serpents appear in the Olmec culture (c. 1400–400 BC). | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Feathered Serpent was a prominent supernatural entity or deity, found in many Mesoamerican religions. It is still called Quetzalcoatl among the Aztecs, Kukulkan among the Yucatec Maya, and Q'uq'umatz and Tohil among the K'iche' Maya ."
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"text": "The earliest representations of feather... |
d5d6c4060dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The language family that is the most common origin of externally derived words inside the Mongolian vocabulary is the majority language of how many federal subjects of Russia? | Six federal subjects of Russia have Turkic as their majority language. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Also, inside the Mongolian vocabulary that is derived from other languages, Turkic is the most common. Following the Mongol conquests, the ruling Mongol elites of the Mongol successor states began a process of assimilation with the non-Mongol populations that they ruled over."
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"text": "T... |
d5d6c42e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What bamboo free reed pipe is from northern Thailand? | Pi chum | text | [] | [
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"text": "An entirely different instrument, a bamboo free reed pipe called pi chum (ปี่จุม), is used by the Lanna of Northern Thailand . The pi nok is smallest among pi nok, klang, and nai. Pi noks have been played since the ancient times. The pi nai (41–42×4.5 cm) is commonly seen in Thai literature such as P... |
d5d6c47e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The brain in a vat and the ship of Theseus are both concepts discussed in what? | Philosophy | text | [] | [
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"text": "In the metaphysics of identity, the ship of Theseus is a thought experiment that raises the question of whether an object that has had all of its components replaced remains fundamentally the same object. The concept is one of the oldest in Western philosophy, having been discussed by the likes of He... |
d5d6c4a60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary and the 42-story office building called 17 State Street are both found in what Manhattan district? | The Financial District. | text | [] | [
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"text": "View of State Street from South Ferry. The building on the left is 17 State Street; between the two tall buildings can be seen at street level the red-brick James Watson House and the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary (the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton) State Street is a short street in the... |
d5d6c4ce0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the avoirdupois system used in the United States for measuring weight how many grains is an avoirdupois pound equal to? | 7,000 | text | [] | [
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"text": "An avoirdupois pound is equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces and to exactly 7,000 grains. The conversion factor between the kilogram and the international pound was therefore chosen to be divisible by 7, and an (international) grain is thus equal to exactly 64.798 91 milligrams ."
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d5d6c4f60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What family does the Gram-Positive bacteria that can cause urinary tract infections in women come from? | Staphylococcaceae | text | [] | [
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"text": "Staphylococcus epidermidis is a bacterium that is normally on the skin. If someone has a disease that makes his or her immune system work badly, this bacterium might give him or her an infection. Staphylococcus saprophyticus can cause urinary tract infections in women."
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"text": "Staphylo... |
d5d6c5280dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is popular in Western India, especially in north India specially Uttar Pradesh that people usually purchase ready-made during the year and only prepare it at home during Diwali? | shankarpali | text | [] | [
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"text": "Shankarpali is popular in Western India, especially in north India specially Uttar Pradesh . It's North Indian variant known as khurma or laktho is also popular in states such as Bihar, Jharkhand, and eastern Uttar Pradesh."
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"text": "It is widely available in shops; people usually purcha... |
d5d6c5a00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Evaporites that are considered as rocks formed from sediment are usually formed from matter which falls to where? | The bottom of oceans and lakes. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Sedimentary rocks are rocks formed from sediment. They are deposited over time, and often show layers which can be seen in cliffs. Other types of rock are igneous rock and metamorphic rock . Sediments are usually formed from matter which falls to the bottom of oceans and lakes."
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d5d6c6180dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is used as a suspension link intended to control wheel motion in the longitudinal (fore-aft) direction that is customarily made of stamped steel or aluminum for lightness, as they are part of the vehicle's unsprung weight | A Radius Rod | text | [] | [
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"text": "Radius rods are customarily made of stamped steel or aluminum for lightness, as they are part of the vehicle's unsprung weight. Improvements in composite materials technology make possible plastic suspension links, although they are still uncommon."
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"text": "A radius rod (also called a r... |
d5d6c6400dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What happened to Muslims during both World War I and the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire? | They were persecuted. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The persecution of Muslims was continued during World War I by the invading Russian troops in the east and during the Turkish War of Independence in the west, east, and south of Anatolia. After the Greco-Turkish War, a population exchange between Greece and Turkey took place, and most Greek Muslims l... |
d5d6c6680dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Araneus cavaticus, commonly known as the barn spider belongs to the grouping of the commonly named spider that one feature of the webs is the stabilimentum, a crisscross band of silk through the center of the web | Orb-weavers | text | [] | [
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"text": "One feature of the webs of some orb-weavers is the stabilimentum, a crisscross band of silk through the center of the web. It is found in several genera, but Argiope – the yellow and banded garden spiders of North America – is a prime example."
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"text": "Araneus cavaticus, commonly known ... |
d5d6c6900dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The capital city located on New Providence Island was settled in the late eighteenth century by immigrants known by what name? | Nassau, the capital city located on New Providence Island, was settled in the late eighteenth century by American immigrants called Loyalists. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The highest point is only 63 metres (207 feet) above sea level on Cat Island; the island of New Providence, where the capital city of Nassau is located, reaches a maximum elevation of only thirty-seven meters."
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"text": "Nassau (/ˈnæsɔː/) is the capital and largest city of the Bahamas. Wi... |
d5d6c7080dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What herbivore harvests plants in a deliberate sequence when haying? | The American pica does this. | text | [] | [
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"text": "When haying, pikas harvest plants in a deliberate sequence, corresponding to their seasonal phenology. They seem to assess the nutritional value of available food and harvest accordingly. Pikas select plants that have the higher caloric, protein, lipid, and water content."
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"text": "The A... |
d5d6c7300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The burbot are an example of what that the German army used for communication? | Fish | text | [] | [
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"text": "The German army used Fish for communications between the highest authorities in Berlin and the high-ranking officials of the German Army in the field. The Fish traffic which the personnel at Bletchley Park intercepted, contained discussions, orders, situation reports and many more details about the i... |
d5d6c7580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Does Liberia or Syria have a larger percentage of Catholics in its population? | Liberia has a larger percentage of Catholics in its population. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Catholic Church in Liberia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome . There are around 166,000 Catholics in Liberia —5.8% of the population."
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"text": "The Catholic Church in Syria is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the ... |
d5d6c7760dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How much thicker is the Abanico Formation than the Pisco Basin? | It's 1 kilometre thicker. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The basin has a 2 kilometres (6,600 ft) thick sedimentary fill, which is about half the thickness of more northern foreland basins in Peru. The oldest known sediments are the Eocene sandstones of the Caballas Formation, while the youngest deposits, the fossiliferous Pisco Formation, date to the Early... |
d5d6c79e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How are Chamaesaura born? | Chamaesaura are born live, without shelled eggs. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The greatest diversity of cordylids is in South Africa, with a few species found in Angola and eastern Africa as far north as Ethiopia. Other members of the Cordylidae are the genera Chamaesaura (a group of legless lizards from southern and eastern Africa) and Platysaurus."
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d5d6c7bc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | While patients with aphonia can not physical produce a sound due to injury or a tumor, a laryngeal examination of patients with psychogenic aphonia show that what folds will adduct when asked to cough? | Vocal folds | text | [] | [
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"text": "Aphonia is defined as the inability to produce voiced sound. Damage to the nerve may be the result of surgery (e.g., thyroidectomy) or a tumor. Aphonia means \"no sound\". In other words, a person with this disorder has lost his or her voice."
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"text": "Psychogenic aphonia is often seen i... |
d5d6c7e40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What route runs alongside the west branch of the Susquehanna River and has a business route splitting off of it near Madison? | US 220. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Another business route splits off US 220 near Madison to serve both Madison and Mayodan, which US 220 itself bypasses to the east. It returns to US 220 north of Stoneville, the last major community along the route before it crosses into Virginia . US 220 enters the state from the south just south of ... |
d5d6c8020dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Euclidean plane and convex closure are found in what? | Geometry. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In geometry, the convex hull or convex envelope or convex closure of a shape is the smallest convex set that contains it. The convex hull may be defined either as the intersection of all convex sets containing a given subset of a Euclidean space, or equivalently as the set of all convex combinations ... |
d5d6c82a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Design on what Rolls-Royce aero engine ended in 1941 when attention shifted to the Merlin design? | Vulture | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Rolls-Royce Vulture was a British aero engine developed shortly before World War II that was designed and built by Rolls-Royce Limited. The Vulture used the unusual \" X-24 \" configuration, whereby four cylinder blocks derived from the Rolls-Royce Peregrine were joined by a common crankshaft sup... |
d5d6c8520dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event is defined as a major paleontological or what sort of event, for which the time scale of is listed as a level-4 vital article in Science, Physics? | Geological | text | [] | [
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"text": "Geologic time scale has been listed as a level-4 vital article in Science, Physics. If you can improve it, please do. This article has been rated as B-Class. This article is within the scope of WikiProject Time, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Time on Wikipedia."
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d5d6c87a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Are the Caroline Islands and the Hawaiian Islands found in the same ocean? | Yes, the Caroline Islands and the Hawaiian Islands are both in the Pacific ocean. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Hawaiian Islands(Hawaiian: Mokupuni o Hawai‘i) are an archipelagoof eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and seamountsin the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) from the island of Hawaiʻiin the south to northernmost Kure Atoll."
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d5d6c8ac0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What sea creature is shorter than the giant squid and is the heaviest invertebrate species alive? | The colossal squid. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The colossal squid is unlike most squid species, for it exhibits abyssal gigantism; it is the heaviest living invertebrate species, reaching weights up to 495 kg. For comparison, squids typically have a mantle length of about 30 cm and weigh about 0.1–0.2 kg."
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"text": "Compared to the gi... |
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