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d5d858d40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What island that historically was a plantation of the Dutch West India Company forms part of the ABC islands? | Bonaire. | text | [] | [
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"text": "While Curaçao emerged as a centre of the slave trade, Bonaire became a plantation of the Dutch West India Company. A small number of African slaves were put to work alongside Indians and convicts, cultivating dyewood and maize and harvesting solar salt around Blue Pan."
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d5d858fc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What family of lipids where the isomer of the inositol group is assumed to be the myo-conformer has a polar and non polar region which makes the lipid an amphiphile? | Phosphatidylinositol | text | [] | [
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"text": "PI has a polar and non-polar region, making the lipid an amphiphile. Phosphatidylinositol is classified as a glycerophospholipid that contains a glycerol backbone, two non-polar fatty acid tails, a phosphate group substituted with an inositol polar head group."
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d5d8592e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A retriever is a type of what type of hunting dogs developed to assist hunters in finding and retrieving game, usually quail, dove, or duck? | Gun dog | text | [] | [
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"text": "Gun dogs, or bird dogs, are types of hunting dogs developed to assist hunters in finding and retrieving game, usually quail, dove, or duck. Gun dogs are divided into three primary types: retrievers, flushing dogs, and pointing breeds."
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d5d859880dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What were the names of the original districts in the county that contains the unincorporated community of Borderland? | The county's five original districts were Hardee, Harvey, Lee, Magnolia, and Stafford. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Borderland is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. Borderland is located along the Tug Fork and U.S. Routes 52 and 119 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Williamson."
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d5d859b00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the staple food of the Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia, who speak the eponymous language of the Kra–Dai languages? | The staple food of the Lao is steamed sticky rice | text | [] | [
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"text": "The staple food of the Lao is steamed sticky rice. In the Lao language, sticky rice is known as khao niao ( Lao :ເຂົ້າໜຽວ): khao means 'rice', and niao means 'sticky'. In fact, the Lao eat more sticky rice than any other people in the world. Sticky rice is considered the essence of what it means to b... |
d5d859ce0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the 3rd millennium BC what laid on the south-western outskirts of the Corded Ware horizon and is where the The canton of Uri is found? | Switzerland. | text | [] | [
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d5d859f60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Ostoja and Ladislaus were both what? | Kings | text | [] | [
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"text": "Ostoja was brought to power by the forces of Hrvoje Vukčić, ( Ban of Croatia, Grand Duke of Bosnia and a Herzog of Split ), which deposed Queen Jelena Gruba in 1398. In 1403 he sided with King Ladislaus of Naples in his plights against the Hungarian King Sigismund, Bosnia's liege."
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d5d85a1e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The food traditionally eaten with injera, a spongy flat bread made from the millet -like grain known as teff, shares it's name with the second part of the name of what temple which combines two basic plans of Khmer temple architecture:? | Angkor Wat | text | [] | [
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"text": "Wat is traditionally eaten with injera, a spongy flat bread made from the millet -like grain known as teff. There are many types of wats. The popular ones are doro wat and siga wat, (Ge'ez: ሥጋ śigā) made with beef."
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d5d85a460dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The history of what land that is separated from Europe by the Mediterranean Sea began in what year when archaic humans emerged? | 1200 BC | text | [] | [
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"text": "Separated from Europe by the Mediterranean Sea and from much of Asia by the Red Sea, Africa is joined to Asia at its northeast extremity by the Isthmus of Suez (which is transected by the Suez Canal ), 130 km (81 mi) wide. For geopolitical purposes, the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt – east on the Suez Can... |
d5d85a960dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The hydration reaction of what, which when in concentrated form results in slow carbonification of sucrose it comes into contact with, is highly exothermic? | Sulfuric acid | text | [] | [
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d5d85ab40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | British Army Brigadier Orde Charles Wingate formed what number Indian Infantry Brigade for raiding operations against the Imperial Japanese Army? | 77th | text | [] | [
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"text": "Under the command of Brigadier Orde Wingate, the 77th Indian Infantry Brigade, better known as the Chindits, infiltrated through the Japanese front lines and marched deep into Burma with the initial aim of cutting the main north-south railway in Burma."
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d5d85adc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The inactive infantry of the "Old Reliables" is a part of what country's Army that the USAF? | The United States Army. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The 9th Infantry Division (\"Old Reliables\") is an inactive infantry division of the United States Army. It was created as the 9th Division during World War I, but never deployed overseas. In later years, it would become an important unit of the U.S. Army during World War II and the Vietnam War."
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d5d85b2c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Indian company that worked on the Sukhoi/HAL Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft is headquartered in which city? | HAL, the Indian company that worked on the Sukhoi/HAL Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft, is headquartered in Bangalore, India. | text | [] | [
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d5d85b5e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the name of an open head container used for pouring coal on a fire? | Coal scuttle | text | [] | [
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"text": "Pails are either \"open head\" with removable lids (covers) or are \"tight head\" with sealed heads and a screw closure. Pails made of wood, and later metal, were originally used to transport milk, before the introduction of the milk churn . Pails are used for a variety of fluids and flowable materia... |
d5d85bcc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Procillus was a citizen of what place which Valerius Gratus served as a Prefect of a province for? | Rome | text | [] | [
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"text": "Gaius Valerius Troucillus or Procillus ( fl. mid-1st century BC) was a Helvian Celt who served as an interpreter and envoy for Julius Caesar in the first year of the Gallic Wars. Troucillus was a second-generation Roman citizen, and is one of the few ethnic Celts who can be identified both as a citiz... |
d5d85c1c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Sri Vijayasana Perumal Temple is located on the banks of which river? | The Thiru Varagunamangai Permual Temple, also known as Sri Vijayasana Perumal Temple, is on the banks of the Thamiraparani river. | text | [] | [
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"text": "ThiruVaragunamangai Permual Temple is one of the Nava Tirupathi ., nine Hindu temples dedicated to Lord Vishnu located in Tiruchendur - Tirunelveli route, Tamil Nadu, India in the banks of Thamiraparani river. All these 9 temples are classified as \" Divya Desams \", the 108 temples of Vishnu revered... |
d5d85c440dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What terms represents the movement of people from one place to another with the intent to settling such as those who emigrated from England? | Diaspora | text | [] | [
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"text": "The English diaspora consists of English people and their descendants who emigrated from England."
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d5d85c6c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of version of calipers can be switched between centimeters or millimeters, and inches, and has a resolution of 0.0005 in? | Digital. | text | [] | [
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d5d85cc60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the war that started as dispute over the payment of wages owed to 20,000 foreign soldiers who had fought for Carthage, how many years before the Battle of the Bagradas River did it take place? | One year. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Battle of the Bagradas River (c. 240 BC), also known as the Battle of the Macar, during the Mercenary War Battle of the Bagradas River (203 BC), usually known as the Battle of the Great Plains, during the Second Punic War"
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d5d85cee0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many different antigens are there in the second most significant human body system belonging to the same domain as the system that includes antigen A and antigen B? | There are 50 antigens in the Rh system, the second most significant blood-group system. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The ABO blood group system involves two antigens and two antibodies found in human blood. The two antigens are antigen A and antigen B. The two antibodies are antibody A and antibody B. The antigens are present on the red blood cells and the antibodies in the serum."
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d5d85d160dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are the official languages of the island nation that shares maritime boundaries with international waters to the north, Micronesia to the east, Indonesia to the south, and the Philippines to the west? | Palauan and English are the official languages of the Republic of Palau. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Palauan ( a tekoi er a Belau) is a Malayo-Polynesian language native to the Republic of Palau, where it is one of the two official languages, alongside English. It is widely used in day-to-day life in the country. Palauan is not closely related to other Malayo-Polynesian languages and its exact class... |
d5d85d660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Hindu trinity consists of Vishnu the Preserver, Shiva the Destroyer and what other god who is revered as the creator of the entire cosmic universe? | Brahma is the third Hindu god in the trinity. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Hindu trinity, also known are tridev consists of Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Preserver, and Shiva the Destroyer and reincarnator. Their feminine counterparts are Saraswati, the wife of Brahma, Lakshmi, the wife of Vishnu, and Parvati the wife of Shiva. The followers of the last two form two ma... |
d5d85d8e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Mycobacteriophage is a member of a group of what, which only target one or a few strains of bacteria? | Bacteriophages | text | [] | [
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"text": "Bacteriophages are very specific, targeting only one or a few strains of bacteria. Traditional antibiotics have a more wide-ranging effect, killing both harmful bacteria and useful bacteria such as those facilitating food digestion."
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d5d85dc00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Are there more rock art panels on the south-facing wall of the Crow Canyon Archaeological District or more miles between the canyon and Farmington? | There are more rock art panels on the wall. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Crow Canyon Archaeological District contains one of the most well known and extensive collections of Navajo petroglyphs in the United States. The south-facing wall of the canyon consists of 44 rock art panels depicting clusters of hundreds of the earliest Navajo petroglyphs known to date."
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d5d85de80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who first appointed the Duke of Burgundy to control the Burgundian State in approximately 1016? | King Robert | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Valois Dukes of Burgundy gradually ruled over a vast complex of territories known as the Burgundian State, and became dangerous rivals to the senior line of the House of Valois. When the male line of the Valois Dukes of Burgundy became extinct in 1477, the Duchy of Burgundy was confiscated by Lou... |
d5d85e100dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The city with a 70 acre zoo housing one of the largest primate collections in the US has an economy primarily driven by what? | Richmond's economy is primarily driven by law, finance, and government, with federal, state, and local governmental agencies, as well as notable legal and banking firms in the downtown area | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Jackson Ward neighborhood is a traditional hub of African-American commerce and culture. Richmond's economy is primarily driven by law, finance, and government, with federal, state, and local governmental agencies, as well as notable legal and banking firms in the downtown area."
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d5d85e600dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | SRAAMs and V-2 are both types of what? | Missiles | text | [] | [
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"text": "Those designed to engage opposing aircraft at ranges of less than 30 km are known as short-range or \"within visual range\" missiles (SRAAMs or WVRAAMs) and are sometimes called \" dogfight \" missiles because they are designed to optimize their agility rather than range."
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d5d85eb00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | To which WWII-era nation did the Ukuru-gata kaibōkan and the Etorofu -class escort ships come from? | They were from Imperial Japan. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Ukuru-class escort ships (鵜来型海防艦, Ukuru-gata kaibōkan) were a class of twenty kaibōkan escort vessels built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II."
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d5d85ed80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Resource economists study interactions between natural systems and what, the classical version of which recognizes three types of resources? | Economics | text | [] | [
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"text": "Classical economics recognizes three categories of resources, also referred to as factors of production: land, labor, and capital. Land includes all natural resources and is viewed as both the site of production and the source of raw materials. Labour or human resources consists of human effort provi... |
d5d85f000dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Thompson Island and Long Island are both where? | Boston Harbor, Massachusetts | text | [] | [
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"text": "Long Island is located in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The island is part of the City of Boston, and of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island is 1.75 miles (2.82 km) long and covers 225 acres (0.9 km 2 )."
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d5d85f280dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Maria of Bulgaria is the granddaughter of what one of two leaders of the great uprising of the Bulgarians and Vlachs against the Byzantine Empire in 1185? | Ivan Asen I. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Ivan Asen III was the son of Mitso Asen of Bulgaria and Maria of Bulgaria, a daughter of Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria and Irene of Thessalonica. He was probably born in about 1259/60, and died in exile in 1303."
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d5d85f500dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who overran Eregion, killed Celebrimbor, and and assisted the Elven-smiths who forged the Rings of Power? | Sauron. | 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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d5d85fa00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What year did Metellus Pius' father die? | He died in 91 BC. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Metellus Pius, a member of the distinguished plebeian gens Caecilia, was the son of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, who was consul in 109 BC."
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"text": "Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus (c. 160 BC – 91 BC) was an ancient Roman statesman and general, he was a leader of the Optima... |
d5d85fc80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who discovered the chemical element with atomic number 22? | Titanium was discovered in Cornwall, Great Britain, by William Gregor in 1791 | text | [] | [
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"text": "Titanium is a chemical element with the symbol Ti and atomic number 22. Its atomic weight is 47.867 measured in daltons. It is a lustrous transition metal with a silver color, low density, and high strength."
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d5d860400dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Royal Marines operate their own flotillas of naval vessels which complement the assets of the what that has been accustomed to operating close to its bases in Britain? | The Royal Navy | text | [] | [
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"text": "Besides the Royal Navy, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) and the Royal Marines operate their own flotillas of naval vessels which complement the assets of the Royal Navy, however they are not included in this list or the above figures (the Royal Navy and RFA combined have 92 vessels with a total displ... |
d5d860680dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are some panchayats of the bloc in the Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district? | Nurpur and Nazirpur. | text | [] | [
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d5d860b80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A deputy is a legislator in many countries, particularly those with legislatures styled as a Chamber of Deputies or what, which in France Members of Parliament sit in? | National Assembly | text | [] | [
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"text": "Members of Parliament ( French: député français) in France sit in the National Assembly, which is the lower house of the French Parliament. Members are known as deputies. The current session is the 15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic . There are currently 577 French MPs."
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d5d860e00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The symbols ⟨ ʔ ⟩ and ⟨ ʁ ⟩ are from what? | International Phonetic Alphabet. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The glottal plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages, produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract or, more precisely, the glottis. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ ʔ ⟩."
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d5d861300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In mathematics, the kernel of a what, defined as a mapping X → Y between two modules (including vector spaces) that preserves the operations of addition and scalar multiplication, is the linear subspace of the domain of the map which is mapped to the zero vector? | Linear map | text | [] | [
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"text": "In mathematics, the kernel of a linear map, also known as the null space or nullspace, is the linear subspace of the domain of the map which is mapped to the zero vector."
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d5d861580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A majority of Africa lost sovereignty and control of natural resources such as gold and rubber due to what event that comes from the Latin word colōnia? | Colonialism. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The word \"colony\" comes from the Latin word colōnia, used as concept for Roman military bases and eventually cities. This in turn derives from the word colōnus, which was a Roman tenant farmer ."
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d5d861800dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | It is traditionally believed by what people, whose tradition states there are Eight Precepts, Ten Precepts, and the Patimokkha, that most of the Pali Canon originated from the Buddha and his immediate disciples? | Theravadins | text | [] | [
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"text": "There are other levels of precepts, varying amongst traditions. In Theravadan tradition there are Eight Precepts, Ten Precepts, and the Patimokkha. Eight Precepts are a more rigorous practice for laypeople. Ten Precepts are the training rules for samaneras and samaneris, novice monks and nuns, respec... |
d5d861a80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the archaic survivor of the last common ancestor of the species that has an era of history called Post-classical? | The acorn worm. | text | [] | [
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d5d861ee0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Roman province which derived it's name from an Illyrian tribe called the Dalmatae was formed when what previous province was dissolved? | Dalmatia, along with Pannonia, replaced the province of Illyricum when it was dissolved. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Dalmatia was a Roman province. Its name is derived from the name of an Illyrian tribe called the Dalmatae, which lived in the central area of the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea."
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d5d862160dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are both a unit of information or entropy, based on natural logarithms and powers of e, rather than the powers of 2 and base 2 logarithms, which define the bit and what the candela per square metre is sometimes called? | Nit. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The natural unit of information (symbol: nat), sometimes also Naperian Digit, nit or nepit, is a unit of information or entropy, based on natural logarithms and powers of e, rather than the powers of 2 and base 2 logarithms, which define the bit."
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d5d862480dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of common plant condition do some of the seedlings within the genus Telopea get? | Damping off. | text | [] | [
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d5d862980dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Of the cacti in the family Ferocactus, is cylindraceusor or peninsulae the taller version? | At up to 6.6 feet, the cylindraceus is much taller than the peninsulae at 28 inches. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Ferocactus cylindraceus is usually cylindrical or spherical, with some older specimens forming columns 2 metres (6.6 ft) in height. It is covered in long, plentiful spines, which are straight and red when new and become curved and gray as they age."
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d5d862c00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the loss of myelin sheath insulating the nerves that can be caused by Anti-neurofascin demyelinating diseases? | demylination | text | [] | [
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"text": "Demyelination is the loss of the myelin sheath insulating the nerves, and is the hallmark of some neurodegenerative autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, neuromyelitis optica]"
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d5d863060dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Sancho II became king of what country that the the House of Trastámara also ruled for a time? | Castille | text | [] | [
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"text": "Sancho II became King of Castile, Alfonso VI, King of León and García, King of Galicia, while his daughters were given towns, Urraca, Zamora, and Elvira, Toro . Sancho II allied himself with Alfonso VI of León and together they conquered, then divided Galicia."
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d5d8632e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the organelle in the photoautotrophs that uses the sunlight to create energy and stores it in ATP and NADPH? | The chloroplasts. | text | [] | [
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d5d863560dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In what series is the hobbit Samwise a chief supporting character in where Legolas is a major character? | The Lord of the Rings. | text | [] | [
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d5d8637e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was designed so they were light enough for women to be able to change a flat tire and are used with a socket wrench? | Lug nuts. | text | [] | [
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"text": "English engineers discovered that if they made the lug nuts cone shaped at 60° they had to torque them to only 13.5-foot-lb. That was light enough for women to be able to change a flat tire."
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d5d863d80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What major association lobbied the FCC on behalf of independent stations that aren't affiliated with any network? | National Association of Broadcasters | text | [] | [
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"text": "An independent station is a type of television station broadcasting in the United States or Canada that is not affiliated with any broadcast television network; most commonly, these stations carry a mix of syndicated, brokered and in some cases, local programming to fill time periods when network pro... |
d5d863f60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The small crater Herigonius is located in the southern area of what place that is separated from Mare Imbrium by the Carpathian Mountains to its northeast? | Oceanus Procellarum. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Around its edges lie many minor bays and seas, including Mare Nubium and Mare Humorum to the south. To the northeast, Oceanus Procellarum is separated from Mare Imbrium by the Carpathian Mountains. On its north-west edge lies the 32 km wide Aristarchus ray crater, the brightest feature on the Near si... |
d5d8641e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the centre of Quebec culture and a major centre of Canadian culture in general and another name for the islands called Hochelaga Archipelago? | Montreal. | text | [] | [
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d5d864f00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What German surgeon developed the test that looks for overcompensation of muscles weakness due to weak or paralyzed abductor muscles of the hip? | Friedrich Trendelenburg | text | [] | [
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"text": "Trendelenburg's sign is found in people with weak or paralyzed abductor muscles of the hip, namely gluteus medius and gluteus minimus. It is named after the German surgeon Friedrich Trendelenburg. It is often incorrectly referenced as Trendelenburg test which is a test for vascular insufficiency in t... |
d5d8650e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Trent Reznor contributed original vocals in " Supernaut" on a side project of what band? | Ministry | text | [] | [
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d5d8655e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What has the Centers for Disease Control identified as a national threat related to the use of the items that are typically distributed in animal feed or water for disease prevention and growth promotion? | They have identified the emergence of antibiotic resistance. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), has identified the emergence of antibiotic resistance as a national threat. The concern over antibiotic use in livestock arises from the necessity antibiotics have in keeping populations disease-free."
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d5d865860dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Mineral Mountains are a 28 mile long mountain range located in the southwestern part of what US state that is the 30th most populous? | The Mineral Mountains are located in Utah. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Mineral Mountains are a 28 miles (45 km) long mountain range located in eastern Beaver and southeastern Millard counties in southwestern Utah. The Escalante Desert is to its southwest, the Black Rock Desert volcanic field and the Sevier Desert are to the north and northwest."
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d5d865ae0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What do a Sextus and a Septimus have in common? | Both refer to a name. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Sextus is an ancient Roman praenomen or \"first name\". Its standard abbreviation is Sex., and the feminine form would be Sexta. It is one of the numeral praenomina, like Quintus (\"fifth\") and Decimus (\"tenth\"), and means \"sixth\"."
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d5d865e00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Do US 72 and Mississippi Highway 1 parallel the same river or different rivers? | different rivers | text | [] | [
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"text": "Legally, the Mississippi section of US 72 is defined in Mississippi Code § 65-3-3 . US 72 enters Alabama just west of Cherokee. The route parallels the Tennessee River east to Muscle Shoals, where US 72 Alternate splits from US 72."
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d5d8664e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Titan and Ganymede, are larger than what planet, which along with Venus, Earth, and Mars form the four Terrestrial planets? | Mercury | text | [] | [
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"text": "In order of increasing distance from the Sun, they are the four terrestrials, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, then the four giant planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Six of the planets are orbited by one or more natural satellites, the two exceptions being Mercury and Venus."
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d5d866a80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What machine used to play video games would use a DualShock gamepad? | It would be used for a Playstation. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A video game console is a machine that is used to play video games. Video game consoles usually connect to a television. Special controllers are attached to the console to control the game."
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"text": "The DualShock (originally Dual Shock; trademarked as DUALSHOCK or DUAL SHOCK; later name... |
d5d867480dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How do the energy-producing catabolic pathways likely produce their energy? | By breaking molecules into smaller units to release energy | text | [] | [
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"text": "Catabolism is a kind of metabolism, and is a process in which molecules turn into smaller units and release energy. Enzymes take big molecules and break them apart to make smaller molecules. In most cases, the released energies are used to form ATP ."
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"text": "A core set of energy-produc... |
d5d867700dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Auschwitz was used to help in the killing of millions of people in what event? | The Holocaust | text | [] | [
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"text": "The murders were carried out in pogroms and mass shootings; by a policy of extermination through labor in concentration camps; and in gas chambers and gas vans in German extermination camps, chiefly Auschwitz, Bełżec, Chełmno, Majdanek, Sobibór, and Treblinka in occupied Poland. Germany implemented t... |
d5d867a20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How long do Pomatoschistus pictus usually grow to be? | 6 cm | text | [] | [
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"text": "The painted goby ( Pomatoschistus pictus) is a small goby of Western European waters from Trondheim Fjord to Spain, the Canary Islands and is sometimes reported in the Mediterranean Sea. Also mentioned in the Black Sea. It lives at depths from 1 to 55 metres (3.3 to 180.4 ft), preferring a gravelly o... |
d5d8681a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Mendip Hills rise to the west of a suburb in what country? | Australia | text | [] | [
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"text": "For the Australian suburb, see Salisbury Plain, South Australia. A colony of up to 60,000 King penguins on Salisbury Plain ( Aptenodytes patagonicus ). / 54.050°S 37.350°W / -54.050; -37.350 / 54.050°S 37.350°W / -54.050; -37.350 ) is a broad coastal plain found with the Bay of Isles on the n... |
d5d868420dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The 40-ray sun on the flag of a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States is a reference to what? | Forty tribes | text | [] | [
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"text": "Kyrgyzstan is a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Eurasian Economic Union, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the Turkic Council, the Türksoy community and the United Nations."
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d5d868d80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The destroyer Akikaze was sunk by what type of this that Commander P.J. Richardson was an officer on? | Submarine | text | [] | [
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"text": "A World War II US Navy submarine officer, Commander P.J. Richardson ( Clark Gable ), is determined to get revenge on an ace Japanese destroyer captain, nicknamed \"Bungo Pete\", who has sunk four US submarines in the Bungo Straits, including his previous command."
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"text": "Since the Japa... |
d5d869000dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Are Cornell University and International Space University on the same continent or different continents? | They are on different continents. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The International Space University Central Campus and global headquarters are located in Illkirch-Graffenstaden near Strasbourg, France. ISU was founded on the \"3-Is\" philosophy providing an Interdisciplinary, Intercultural, and International environment for educating and training space professiona... |
d5d869280dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The radar systems transmit mutually orthogonal signals from multiple transmit antennas are the state of the art of intelligent what? | Antenna | text | [] | [
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"text": "MIMO, as the state of the art of intelligent antenna (IA), improves the performance of radio systems by embedding electronics intelligence into the spatial processing unit."
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"text": "MIMO radar systems transmit mutually orthogonal signals from multiple transmit antennas, and these wavefo... |
d5d869a00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The main toxicity of what is due to the precipitation of calcium oxalate in the kidneys that is also used to clean minerals? | Oxalic acid | text | [] | [
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"text": "The main toxicity of oxalic acid is due to the precipitation of calcium oxalate in the kidneys when urine becomes supersaturated with respect to this salt."
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"text": "Oxalic acid is used to clean minerals. Oxalic acid is sometimes used in the aluminum anodizing process, with or without su... |
d5d869c80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What culture's scripture name appears in Valerius Maximus and had architecture created between 900 BC and 27 BC? | Etruscan culture had both. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Etruscan scriptures were a corpus of texts termed the Etrusca Disciplina. This name appears in Valerius Maximus, and Marcus Tullius Cicero refers to a disciplina in his writings on the subject."
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"text": "Etruscan architecture was created between about 900 BC and 27 BC, when the expan... |
d5d869f00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What body of water connects the Atlantic Ocean with a city in the Cork-Limerick-Galway corridor with a population of 1 million? | The River Shannon | text | [] | [
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"text": "The River Shannon flows through the city of Limerick into the Atlantic Ocean at the north of the county. Below the city, the waterway is known as the Shannon Estuary."
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"text": "The City Metropolitan Area however excludes city suburbs located within County Clare . Limerick is one of the c... |
d5d86a4a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Paddles and what, which used to be the primary means of propelling ships, are still used on some smaller boats? | Sails | text | [] | [
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"text": "Wind assisted propulsion is the practice of decreasing the fuel consumption of a merchant vessel through the use of sails or some other wind capture device. Sails used to be the primary means of propelling ships, but with the advent of the steam engine and the diesel engine, sails came to be used for... |
d5d86a680dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Hebrides and Great Britain are both what? | Islands. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Ireland is itself an island, lying west of the island of Great Britain and northwest of mainland Europe. Islands are listed clockwise around the coast, starting from the north-east. The Hebrides off Scotland and Anglesey off Wales were grouped with Ireland (\" Hibernia \") by the Greco - Roman geogra... |
d5d86a9a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How do Cyathea reproduce? | By means of spores formed on the undersides of the fronds | text | [] | [
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"text": "Tree ferns are found growing in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide, as well as cool to temperate rainforests in Australia, New Zealand and neighbouring regions (e.g. Lord Howe Island, etc.). Like all ferns, tree ferns reproduce by means of spores formed on the undersides of the fronds."
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d5d86ac20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Corvus woodfordi shares the same common name as what other bird? | Both the Bougainville crow and the white-billed crow share the same alternate name "Solomon Islands crow". | text | [] | [
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"text": "The white-billed crow ( Corvus woodfordi) is a member of the crow family found on the Solomon Islands . It is a short and stocky forest bird (40–41 cm in length) with a short, squared-off tail and a relatively large head with a very distinctive deep and curved pale ivory-coloured bill with a darker t... |
d5d86aea0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Godart's numberwing and the genus called Callicore are both types of what organism? | Butterflies. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Callicore is a genus of nymphalid butterfly found in the Neotropical realm. This genus, like some related ones, was formerly lumped together as the paraphyletic Catagramma assemblage."
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"text": "Callicore pygas, the Godart's numberwing or pygas eighty-eight, is a species of butterfly of t... |
d5d86b080dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Where are Ashbury and Annandale in relation to the Sydney central business district? | West of it. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Inner West of Sydney is an area directly west of the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia. The suburbs that make up the Inner West are predominantly located along the southern shore of Port Jackson ( Parramatta River ), stretching south to the shores of the Cooks River."
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d5d86b300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What should be the feminine form of the Roman family name whose Latinisation is Marso and Marsi? | Marca | text | [] | [
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"text": "Marsus is a Roman family name, and the Latinisation of the surnames Marso and Marsi . Domitius Marsus, Latin poet of ancient Rome; friend of Virgil and Tibullus Gaius Vibius Marsus, proconsul of the Roman Empire during the first century"
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"text": "The feminine form of Marcus should be Mar... |
d5d86b580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How much longer is the River Ely than the Afon Glaslyn? | It is 8 miles longer. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The river is about 24 miles (39 km) long. The Ely's numerous sources lie in the mountains to the south of Tonypandy, near the town of Tonyrefail, rising in the eastern slopes of Mynydd Penygraig ( Penygraig) and Mynydd y Gilfach ( Penrhiwfer) and the western slopes of Mynydd Dinas ( Williamstown ), w... |
d5d86b800dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who was bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, grand metropolitan and primate of the Church of the East from 399 to 410 or served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 941 and 954? | Isaac. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Isaac was bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, grand metropolitan and primate of the Church of the East from 399 to 410. He is included in the traditional list of patriarchs of the Church of the East ."
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"text": "Isaac served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 941 and 954. \"Isaac (941–954... |
d5d86ba80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The electromagnetic and the gluon field strength are both types of what? | Tensors | text | [] | [
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"text": "The gluon field strength tensor is a rank 2 tensor field on the spacetime with values in the adjoint bundle of the chromodynamical SU (3) gauge group (see vector bundle for necessary definitions)."
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"text": "In differential geometry, the field strength is another name for the curvature fo... |
d5d86bd00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a valuable petrochemical for use as a solvent and intermediate in chemical manufacturing processes and as a high octane gasoline component that is a benzene derivative? | Toluene. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is a mono-substituted benzene derivative, consisting of a methyl group (CH₃) attached to a phenyl group. As such, its systematic IUPAC name is methylbenzene. Toluene is predominantly used as an industrial feedstock and a solvent ."
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"text": "Toluene is also a valuable petrochemical for... |
d5d86c2a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The volleyball team who has won five Olympic medals, including three golds represents what country for which U-23 is the men's Olympic national soccer team? | United States | text | [] | [
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"text": "The United States U-23 men's national soccer team, also known as the United States men's Olympic soccer team, is a youth soccer team operated under the auspices of U.S. Soccer."
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"text": "The United States men's national volleyball team represents the country in international competitions... |
d5d86c700dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Béarnaise sauce made of clarified butter, egg yolks, and herbs and the classic Bordelaise sauce both come from what country's cuisine? | French. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Béarnaise sauce. The basic sauce is smooth; chopped herbs were added to finish it. Béarnaise sauce ( French: sauce béarnaise) [be.aʁnɛz] is a sauce made of clarified butter, egg yolks, and herbs. It is considered to be a 'child' of the mother Hollandaise sauce, one of the five mother sauces in French... |
d5d86cca0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How much longer is the distance from the source of the River Anker to its mouth in Tamworth compared to the distance from West Calder in Scotland to Livingston? | 27 miles. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The River Anker is a river in England that flows through the centre of Nuneaton. It is a major tributary of the River Tame, which it joins in Tamworth. The name of the river derives from an old British term for winding river. From source to river mouth at Tamworth is 50 kilometres (31 mi)."
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d5d86cf20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Chinese sorna and the family of musical instruments made of a tube are types of what? | Horns. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The suona, also called laba or haidi, is a Chinese sorna ( double-reeded horn ). It has a distinctively loud and high-pitched sound, and is used frequently in Chinese traditional music ensembles, particularly those that perform outdoors."
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"text": "This article is about a family of wind i... |
d5d86d4c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What complex of several Hindu temples contain the belief where the Pandava brothers spent a large portion of their exile? | The Shri Katas Raj Temples. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Hindu tradition holds that the temples date from the era of the Mahabharata, and is believed to be where the Pandava brothers spent a large portion of their exile. It is also believed by Hindus to be the site where the Pandavas engaged in a riddle contest with the Yakshas, as described in the Yaksha ... |
d5d86d740dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In which Canadian Province will you find Adams Plateau and Cariboo Plateau? | They are found in British Columbia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "This is a list of plateau and plateau-like landforms in British Columbia, Canada . Name official? (Y/N) / 51.05000; -119.55000 ( Adams Plateau) / 58.00000; -122.00000 ( Alberta Plateau) / 57.30000; -130.76667 ( Arctic Lake Plateau) / 57.71667; -130.75000 ( Big Raven Plateau)"
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d5d86d9c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the province that contains Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, where do most of the people live? | Most of the people live in the eastern part of the province. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Jade Dragon Snow Mountain ( simplified Chinese: 玉龙雪山; traditional Chinese: 玉龍雪山; pinyin: Yùlóng Xuěshān) is a mountain massif or small mountain range in Yulong Naxi Autonomous County, Lijiang, in Yunnan province, China. Its highest peak is named Shanzidou ( 扇子陡) and is 5,596 m (18,360 ft) above sea l... |
d5d86dc40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Indo-Saracenic, pan-European and Romanesque refer to what? | Architecture. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Ripon Building, Chennai, an example of the Indo-Saracenic architectural style found in the city. Chennai architecture is a confluence of many architectural styles. From ancient Tamil temples built by the Pallavas, to the Indo-Saracenic style (pioneered in Madras) of the colonial era, to 20th-cent... |
d5d86e140dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a type of joint as well as pliers? | Tongue-and-groove. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Tongue and groove joints allow two flat pieces to be joined strongly together to make a single flat surface. Before plywood became common, tongue and groove boards were also used for sheathing buildings and to construct concrete formwork . A strong joint, the tongue and groove joint is widely used fo... |
d5d86e640dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What country doBaltic Finnic peoples and Komi peoples have in common? | Both have some people in Russia. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The bulk of the Finnic peoples (more than 98%) are ethnic Finns and Estonians, who reside in the only two independent Finnic nation states — Finland and Estonia. Finnic peoples are also significant minority groups in neighbouring countries of Sweden, Norway and Russia ."
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"text": "The Kom... |
d5d86eb40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The genome of the JCSC1435 strain of the coagulase-negative staphylococcus that is part of the skin flora of humans, with its largest populations usually found at the axillae, perineum, and inguinal areas has a chromosome of what size? | The S. haemolyticus strain JCSC1435 genome contains a 2,685,015 bp chromosome. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The S. haemolyticus strain JCSC1435 genome contains a 2,685,015 bp chromosome and three plasmids of 2,300 bp, 2,366 bp, and 8,180 bp. The chromosome is comparable in size to those of S. aureus and S. epidermidis and contains a similar G+C content."
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"text": "Staphylococcus haemolyticus is... |
d5d86edc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the most famous variety of Prunus found in the province of Vietnam that borders Yunnan in China? | Tam Hoa | text | [] | [
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"text": "Many different varieties of Prunus salicina, some being hybrid species, are cultivated in China. Prunus salicina is also widely cultivated in Japan and Korea. The most famous variety of this fruit in Vietnam is the Tam Hoa plum grown in Bắc Hà town, in Lào Cai Province ."
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"text": "Lào Ca... |
d5d86f040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Patton Seamount was formed by the same phenomenon which created the Hawaiian Islands which are how developed? | They are the preshield stage of development. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Volcanoes in the Hawaiian Islands arise from the Hawaii hotspot, and as the youngest volcano in the chain, Lōʻihi is the only Hawaiian volcano in the deep submarine preshield stage of development. Lōʻihi began forming around 400,000 years ago and is expected to begin emerging above sea level about 10... |
d5d86f2c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Mental and psychological are both types of what? | Distress | text | [] | [
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"text": "There is a clear response association between psychological distress and major causes of mortality across the full range of distress. Higher education has been linked to a reduction in psychological distress in both men and women, and these effects persist throughout the aging process, not just immed... |
d5d86f4a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Is Mount Baldy or the southern flank of Bald Mountain taller? | Mount Baldy is taller. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Mount San Antonio, colloquially referred to as Mount Baldy or Old Baldy, is a 10,066 ft (3,068 m) peak in the San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County, California. Lying within the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and Angeles National Forest, it is the high point of the range, the county, a... |
d5d86f720dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What serves as the central church of a conference that was historically the oldest and smallest of all suffragan sees of Canterbury? | The Diocese of Rpchester is a cathedral that serves as the central church of a diocese. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A cathedral is a church that contains the cathedra ( Latin for 'seat') of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate."
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"text": "The Diocese of Rochester was historically the oldest and smallest of all the suffragan sees of Canterbury. It was foun... |
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