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d5d899020dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What contains a first law that specifies that energy can be exchanged between physical systems as heat and work that is a version of the law of conservation of energy? | Thermodynamics. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A description of any thermodynamic system employs the four laws of thermodynamics that form an axiomatic basis. The first law specifies that energy can be exchanged between physical systems as heat and work."
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d5d8992a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The taxon of crab -like decapod crustaceans chiefly found in cold seas are part of what family? | Lithodidae | text | [] | [
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"text": "King crabs are a taxon of crab -like decapod crustaceans chiefly found in cold seas. Because of their large size and the taste of their meat, many species are widely caught and sold as food, the most common being the red king crab ( Paralithodes camtschaticus )."
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d5d899520dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Third Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command was a predecessor for the Air Education and Training Command of the air force of what country that Hunter Army Airfield is located in? | The United States | text | [] | [
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d5d899980dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The dharmachakra was set in motion by who? | Buddha | text | [] | [
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d5d899c00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What thing which contains fixed cationic groups with predominantly mobile anions are used in electrolytic cells and fuel cells to separate reactants present around the two electrodes while transporting the anions essential for the cell operation? | Anion exchange membranes | text | [] | [
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"text": "Anion-exchange membranescontain fixed cationic groups with predominantly mobile anions; because anions are the majority species, most of the conductivity is due to anion transport. The reverse holds for cation-exchange membranes."
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d5d899e80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What tribes were united by the grandfather of the person who was accompanied by a thousand squads of northern Chinese sappers during his conquest of the Middle East in 1259? | nomadic tribes of Northeast Asia | text | [] | [
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"text": "Smaller states in the region hastened to reassure Hulagu of their loyalty, and the Mongols turned to Syria in 1259, conquering the Ayyubid dynasty and sending advance patrols as far ahead as Gaza . A thousand squads of northern Chinese sappers accompanied the Mongol Khan Hulagu during his conquest of... |
d5d89a100dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What Dinoflagellate genus produces toxic gymnodimine, NSP in humans, and toxic algae bloom? | Karenia | text | [] | [
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"text": "One species, Karenia brevis, is known to cause respiratory distress and neurotoxic shellfish poisoning (NSP) in humans. The genus Karenia is named for Dr. Karen Steidinger for her exceptional contributions to dinoflagellate research. She has spent many decades researching Karenia brevis."
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d5d89a380dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What kind of creatures are Etropus microstomus and Macropinna microstoma? | They are fishes. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Etropus microstomus, the smallmouth flounder, is a species of fish belonging to the family Paralichthyidae . The smallmouth flounder is a lefteyed flatfish, and is therefore very thin when lying on its side."
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d5d89a560dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Martins Siward, Earl of Northumbria was called what, according to the Vita Ædwardi Regis? | Digri in the Danish tongue | text | [] | [
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"text": "Siward (Abbot of Abingdon) (died 1048), Bishop of St. Martins Siward, Earl of Northumbria (died 1055), Anglo-Scandinavian earl of Northumbria (also portrayed as a character in Shakespeare's Macbeth) Siward (bishop of Rochester) (died 1075) Bishop of Rochester"
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d5d89a7e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who were the three soldiers played by in the 1978 American epic war drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino? | The three soldiers are played by Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, and John Savage | text | [] | [
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"text": "The three soldiers are played by Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, and John Savage, with John Cazale (in his final role), Meryl Streep, and George Dzundza playing supporting roles. The story takes place in Clairton, Pennsylvania, a working-class town on the Monongahela River south of Pittsburgh, an... |
d5d89ace0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The black or brown dragonfly with pale markings that lives in North Queensland, Australia, is named after the local Aboriginal word meaning what? | 'Eungella' is believed to be a local Aboriginal word for 'mountain of the mist' or 'land of cloud', and is part of the name of the Eungella darner, a dragonfly. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Austroaeschna eungella is a species of dragonfly in the family Telephlebiidae, known as the Eungella darner. It is found in the vicinity of Eungella National Park in North Queensland, Australia, where it inhabits rocky streams in the rainforest. Austroaeschna eungella is a black or brown dragonfly wi... |
d5d89af60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What Greek philosopher from Athens who's credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy and for being the first moral philosopher of the Western ethical tradition of thought is in Plato's dialogue about Ion? | Socrates is in discussion with Ion. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In Plato 's Ion ( / ˈaɪɒn /; Greek: Ἴων) Socrates discusses with the titular character, a professional rhapsode who also lectures on Homer, the question of whether the rhapsode, a performer of poetry, gives his performance on account of his skill and knowledge or by virtue of divine possession. It is... |
d5d89b1e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The ancient Macedonians participated in the production and fostering of Classical and later what other type of art from the period beginning with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and ending with the conquest of the Greek world by the Romans? | Hellenistic art was produced by the ancient Macedonians. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The ancient Macedonians participated in the production and fostering of Classical and later Hellenistic art. In terms of visual arts, they produced frescoes, mosaics, sculptures, and decorative metalwork."
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"text": "The Argead dynasty claimed descent from the Temenids of Argos, in the Pel... |
d5d89b460dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What lawful action is often used with the intention of distinguishing different types of trade dispute with a worker's direct contractual employer? | Solidarity action. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The term \"secondary action\" is often used with the intention of distinguishing different types of trade dispute with a worker's direct contractual employer. Thus, a secondary action is a dispute with the employer's parent company, its suppliers, financiers, contracting parties, or any other employe... |
d5d89b780dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In what role does Mashiach ben Yosef have that refers specifically to the future Jewish king from the Davidic line? | The messianic role. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In Jewish eschatology, the term mashiach, or \" messiah \" refers specifically to the future Jewish king from the Davidic line who is expected to save the Jewish nation, who will be anointed with holy anointing oil and rule the Jewish people during the Messianic Age."
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d5d89b960dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Big Apple and Junior are both what? | Nicknames. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The top-ranked nickname in the survey was New York City 's \"The Big Apple,\" followed by \" Sin City \" ( Las Vegas ), \"The Big Easy\" ( New Orleans ), \"Motor City\" ( Detroit ), and \"The Windy City\" ( Chicago ). In addition to the number-two nickname, Las Vegas had the top-rated slogan: \" What... |
d5d89bbe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | If listed by their ICAO abbreviation, would Brac Airport or Charles Kirkconnell International Airport be listed first alphabetically? | Brac Airport would be listed first. | text | [] | [
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d5d89c0e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A cadaver graft (also called “postmortem graft”) is the grafting of tissue from what thing, found in a morgue, onto a living human? | A dead body | text | [] | [
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"text": "A close-up view of a dead body in the morgue in Charité. A morgue or mortuary (in a hospital or elsewhere) is a place used for the storage of human corpses awaiting identification or removal for autopsy or respectful burial, cremation or other method. In modern times, corpses have customarily been re... |
d5d89c360dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which of the the three main genetic groups of the postglacial period of early Holocene Europe inhabited the British Isles during the Mesolithic? | The Western Hunter-Gatherer genotype inhabited the British Isles during the Mesolithic. | text | [] | [
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"text": "During the Mesolithic, the EHGs inhabited an area stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Urals and downwards to the Pontic-Caspian steppe. Along with Scandinavian Hunter-Gatherers (SHG) and Western Hunter-Gatherers (WHG), the EHGs constituted one of the three main genetic groups in the postglacial per... |
d5d89c5e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | When did Salih ibn Ali ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas first participate in the conflict where the Arab Rashidun army conquered Syria? | Salih did not participate in this conflict. This conflict occurred before Salih was born. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Salih ibn Ali ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas ( Arabic: صالح بن علي بن عبدالله بن العباس ) (711–769 CE) was a member of the Banu Abbas who served as general and governor in Syria and Egypt. Salih and his brother Abdallah were among the van of the Abbasid forces which overthrew the Umayyads in 750."
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d5d89c860dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The ortographical mark: Él (He) and El (The) represents what UNIX operating systems? | The user's "home" directory | text | [] | [
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"text": "The \"tilde\" is just the ortographical mark: Él (He) and El (The). The \"acento\" is just the syllable where the strenght falls. For instance: although the word \"ejemplo\" (example) doesn't have any tilde, the \"acento\" is strenghted on the second syllable [e 'jem plo]."
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d5d89cae0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What programs on an Intel computer can write to the register used for debugging, program execution tracing, computer performance monitoring, and toggling certain CPU features? | Only the operating system can write to the MSR. | text | [] | [
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d5d89cd60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Multiset (abstract data type) refers to what structure that is classified by computer science as a data organization, management, and storage format that enables efficient access and modification? | A data structure | text | [] | [
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d5d89cfe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Duranta erecta is a species of what thing that Physalis is a genus of? | Plants | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Physalis is a genus of plants that is part of the nightshade family. There are between 75 and 90 species. All except one are native to the Americas. The plants grow small orange fruit encased in a lantern-like husk that comes from the calyx."
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d5d89d6c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What was the principal reason for constructing the canal in the eastern suburbs of Berlin that links the Dämeritzsee and Seddinsee lakes? | The Gosen Canal was built to provide an alternative route for commercial shipping between Berlin and the Oder-Spree Canal during the 1936 Summer Olympics. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Gosen Canal ( German: Gosener Kanal) is a canal in the eastern suburbs of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It takes its name from the village Gosen, at the southern end of the canal. It is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) in length and links the Dämeritzsee and Seddinsee lakes."
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d5d89d940dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Nemean and Barbary are two kinds of what animal? | Lion | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Barbary lion is an extinct Panthera leo leo population that lived in the Barbary Coast region of the Maghreb from the Atlas Mountains in Morocco to Egypt, but was eradicated following the spread of firearms and bounties for shooting lions."
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d5d89dbc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Lothian and Falkirk West are parts of which country's Parliament? | Scotland. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Lothian is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 16 MSPs."
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d5d89e0c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What internal environment of all multicellular animals is a space that is usually taken to be outside the plasma membranes? | Extracellular fluid. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Extracellular fluid is the internal environment of all multicellular animals, and in those animals with a blood circulatory system, a proportion of this fluid is blood plasma. Plasma and interstitial fluid are the two components that make up at least 97% of the ECF."
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d5d89e5c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the Interstate Highway that has a portion extending from I-220 in Shreveport, what tunnel does it pass through when it reaches Washington County? | The Bobby Hopper Tunnel. | text | [] | [
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d5d89e840dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What military based is located near Bahrain International Airport in the city that is believed to be the birth place of Phoenicia? | Muharraq Airfield | text | [] | [
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"text": "Muharraq Airfield is a military base located adjacent to Bahrain International Airport. It is run by the United States Navy (USN) and usually ships supplies in and out of the airport with many of them from other countries as well."
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d5d89eac0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Yucatán Channel between Mexico and Cuba links the Caribbean with a gulf crucial to what industry? | It is important to the petroleum industry. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Yucatán Channel between Mexico and Cuba links the Gulf of Mexico with the Caribbean. The deepest points of the sea lie in Cayman Trough with depths reaching approximately 7,686 m (25,220 ft). Despite this, the Caribbean Sea is considered a relatively shallow sea in comparison to other bodies of w... |
d5d89ed40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Systematic theology as a discipline of what, in which religious images in have a role within the liturgical and devotional life of adherents of certain Christian denominations, formulates an orderly, rational and coherent account of Christian faith and beliefs? | Christian Theology | text | [] | [
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"text": "Systematic theology as a discipline of Christian theology formulates an orderly, rational and coherent account of Christian faith and beliefs."
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d5d89efc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the name of the highway division of the U.S. state nicknamed "The Bay State"? | The highway division of Massachusetts is the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). | text | [] | [
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d5d89f4c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Hofmarskal that is incorrectly translated as Lord Chamberlain is a part of what country that Queen Margrethe II was in? | Denmark. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Court Marshal of Denmark ( Danish: Hofmarskal) (often, though incorrectly, translated as Lord Chamberlain) is Chief Administrative Officer of the Royal Household of Denmark. The Court Marshal is the chief executive of finance, staff, official duties, etc. and heads the Court Marshal's office."
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d5d89f7e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Optimates were a conservative faction in the Senate of what place whose initial immediate neighbors were either Latin towns and villages, or else tribal Sabines from the Apennine hills beyond? | Rome | text | [] | [
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"text": "The first Roman republican wars were wars of both expansion and defence, aimed at protecting Rome itself from neighbouring cities and nations and establishing its territory in the region. Initially, Rome's immediate neighbours were either Latin towns and villages, or else tribal Sabines from the Apen... |
d5d89fa60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In which location did the emperor who had develop a more centralized palace like structure than Nero, build a wall? | Northern England | text | [] | [
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"text": "The emperor Hadrian had a villa at Tibur ( Tivoli ), in an area that was popular with Romans of rank. Hadrian's Villa, dated to 123, was more like a palace, as Nero 's palace, the Domus Aurea on the Palatine Hill in Rome, was disposed in groupings in a planned rustic landscape, more like a villa."
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d5d89fce0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Is the submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) considered part of the Air Defense Artillery? | No, the Air Defense Artillery is the branch that specializes in anti-aircraft weapons, such as surface-to-air missiles. | text | [] | [
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"text": "United States Army air defense relies on a range of ground launched missiles ranging from hand held to vehicle mounted systems. The Air Defense Artillery is the branch that specializes in anti-aircraft weapons (such as surface-to-air missiles )."
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d5d89fec0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Coprosma repens is a plant part of what genus in the the family Rubiaceae? | Coprosma. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Coprosma repens is a species of flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Coprosma, in the family Rubiaceae, native to New Zealand. Common names include taupata, tree bedstraw, mirror bush, looking-glass bush, New Zealand laurel and shiny leaf."
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d5d8a0140dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Townships are geographic and political subdivisions of a what, which Texas has 254 of? | Counties | text | [] | [
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"text": "Texas has a total of 254 counties, by far the largest number of counties of any state. Each county is run by a five-member Commissioners' Court consisting of four commissioners elected from single-member districts (called commissioner precincts) and a county judge elected at-large."
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d5d8a0960dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Internal combustion engine cooling and a hydrogen internal combustion engine vehicle are both types of what? | Internal combustion engine | text | [] | [
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"text": "Internal combustion engine cooling uses either air or liquid to remove the waste heat from an internal combustion engine. For small or special purpose engines, cooling using air from the atmosphere makes for a lightweight and relatively simple system."
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d5d8a0be0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of compound is both N- (1-Naphthyl)ethylenediamine and 1,1-Dimethylethylenediamine? | They are organic compounds. | text | [] | [
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"text": "N- (1-Naphthyl)ethylenediamine is an organic compound. It is commercially available as part of Griess reagents, which find application in quantitative inorganic analysis of nitrates, nitrite and sulfonamide in blood, using the Griess test ."
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d5d8a1040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Trigonometric functions and a measure of the amount of the field of view from some particular point that a given object covers are part of what field of mathematics? | Geometry. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In geometry, a solid angle (symbol: Ω) is a measure of the amount of the field of view from some particular point that a given object covers. That is, it is a measure of how large the object appears to an observer looking from that point."
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d5d8a12c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What Royal Navy officer born on 30 April 1840 led an expedition of 2,000 sailors and marines from Western and Japanese warships during the Boxer Rebellion? | Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Hobart Seymour was born 30 April 1840. | text | [] | [
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"text": "During the Boxer Rebellion, he led an expedition of 2,000 sailors and marines from Western and Japanese warships to relieve the besieged diplomatic legations in Peking. The expedition was defeated by Chinese and Boxer forces and had to return to Tianjin."
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d5d8a1540dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How far is suburb of Milson from the central business district of the city that is the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zeeland? | Milson is approximately 5.5 km (3.4ml) NE from the central business district of Palmerston North City. | text | [] | [
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"text": "/ 40.3550°S 175.6117°E / -40.3550; 175.6117 Palmerston North ( / ˈpɑːmərstən /; Māori: Te Papa-i-Oea) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region."
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d5d8a17c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Afghan Arabs is a term applied to people who were mostly supplied weapons by whom? | The CIA | text | [] | [
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"text": "This list shows military equipment used by the mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War. The Mujahideen obtained weapons from many sources, mostly supplied by the CIA during Operation Cyclone and channeled through Pakistan. Many weapons were also captured from Soviet or DRA forces."
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d5d8a1d60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Nazi persecution of what church, which in Poland provided strong resistance to the Communist regime, was at its most extreme in Occupied Poland? | The Catholic Church | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Catholic Church in Poland provided strong resistance to the Communist regime and Poland itself had a long history of dissent to foreign rule."
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d5d8a1fe0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A suture is often represented on the surface by what formation that is accomplished by the tectonic processes like oceanic subduction? | Orogen. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The formation of an orogen can be accomplished by the tectonic processes such as oceanic subduction (where a continent rides forcefully over an oceanic plate for accretionary orogeny) or continental subduction convergence of two or more continents for collisional orogeny)."
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d5d8a2760dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The brain, heart, liver, pancreas and immune system are affected the most in what use disorder involving alcohol? | Alcoholism. | text | [] | [
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d5d8a29e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | White and Alpine Divide are both names of what? | Mountains | text | [] | [
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"text": "The main chain of the Alps, also called the Alpine divide is the central line of mountains that forms the water divide of the range. Main chains of mountain ranges are traditionally designated in this way, and generally include the highest peaks of a range."
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d5d8a2ee0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the Oneida community where exclusive relationships were frowned upon, all men and women were expected to do what with each other? | Everyone needed to have sexual relations with each other. | text | [] | [
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d5d8a3160dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The alisphenoid is divided into what parts? | Two greater wings on the lateral side of the body and two lesser wings from the anterior side | text | [] | [
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"text": "The greater wing of the sphenoid bone, or alisphenoid, is a bony process of the sphenoid bone; there is one on each side, extending from the side of the body of the sphenoid and curving upward, laterally, and backward."
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d5d8a3660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | To which continent do Creole and Kriol languages attribute their origin to? | Europe | text | [] | [
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"text": "Guinea-Bissau Creole, also known as Kiriol, is a creole language whose lexicon derives mostly from Portuguese. It is spoken in Guinea Bissau, Senegal and The Gambia. It is also called by its native speakers as guinensi, kriyol, or portuguis ."
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d5d8a38e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What would be the proper term for a relic axe from the Kalinga War? | A tabaris, given that the Kalinga War was fought in ancient India and the term tabaris is used for axes originating from India. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The tabar(also called tabarzin, which means \"saddle axe\" [in persian], Modern Turkish: teber) is a type of battle axe. The term tabaris used for axes originating from the Ottoman Empire, Persia, India and surrounding countries and cultures."
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d5d8a3ac0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What airport southwest of Saint-Tropez is located in the region where part of Jacques Boniface's title came from? | La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport. | text | [] | [
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"text": "La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport ( French: Aéroport de La Môle – Saint-Tropez, IATA: LTT, ICAO: LFTZ) is an airport located in La Môle, 15 km (8 NM) southwest of Saint-Tropez, in the Var department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France ."
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d5d8a3d40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The element with atomic mass of 127 is used to treat what disorder that may result in metabolic problems, such as a goiter? | Iodine is used to treat iodine deficiency. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Iodine is a chemical element. Its atomic number (which is the number of protons in it) is 53, and its atomic mass (the number of protons plus neutrons) is 127. It is part of the Group 7 ( halogens) on the periodic table of elements and its electronic configuration is 2,8,8,18,17. It is a nonmetal. Io... |
d5d8a3fc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Naturally occurring and synthetic or man made are two types of what, which is also the first word of the name of a research database on plastics? | Polymer | text | [] | [
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"text": "Polymers are of two types: naturally occurring and synthetic or man made . Natural polymeric materials such as hemp, shellac, amber, wool, silk, and natural rubber have been used for centuries. A variety of other natural polymers exist, such as cellulose, which is the main constituent of wood and pap... |
d5d8a4240dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What disorder typically begin in late childhood that links information processing such as attention and memory? | Eating disorders. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Individuals with eating disorders show increased tendencies to direct their attention towards irregular eating-related thought processing and attentional bias, compared to non-ED individuals. Studies have suggested a strong link between eating disorders and information processing such as attention an... |
d5d8a44c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who first formally described the highfin grouper? | Epinephelus maculatus was first formally described in 1790 by the German medical doctor and naturalist Marcus Elieser Bloch. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Epinephelus maculatus, the highfin grouper, blackfin cod or brown-spotted rock-cod, marbled rock-cod or spotted grouper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It is fou... |
d5d8a49c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What trench shares part of its name with the country whose coastal desert extends unbroken from near the northern border with Ecuador to the southern border with Chile? | The Peru–Chile Trench | text | [] | [
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"text": "The coastal desert of Peru extends unbroken from near the northern border with Ecuador to the southern border with Chile, a north to south distance of 1,600 km (990 mi). Three names are sometimes applied to the desert in different parts of the coastline."
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"text": "The Peru–Chile Trench i... |
d5d8a4ec0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In which state can you find Rock River and Apple River? | Wisconsin | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Yahara River is a tributary of the Rock River in southern Wisconsin in the United States. It is about 62 miles (100 km) long (including the distance across intervening lakes), and drains an area of 536 square miles (1,390 km 2 )."
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"text": "The Apple River is a 77.5-mile-long (124.7 k... |
d5d8a53c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Initially, when scientists discovered Carcharhinus nicaraguensis in Lake Nicaragua, why would they have not expected to find the same species in South Manistique Lake? | They thought it was an endemic species, only existing in one geographic location. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Elevated 692 feet (211 m) above sea level and 6 feet (1.8 m) above Big Manistique Lake, South Manistique Lake drains northeastward through Portage Creek into the larger lake."
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"text": "Lake Nicaragua, despite being a freshwater lake, has sawfish, tarpon, and sharks. Initially, scientists... |
d5d8a55a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Highway 93 in Alberta, Canada travels through which national park that is the oldest one in Canada? | It travels through Banff National Park. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Highway 93 is a north-south highway in Alberta, Canada. It is also known as the Banff-Windermere Parkway south of the Trans-Canada Highway ( Highway 1) and the Icefields Parkway north of the Trans-Canada Highway. It travels through Banff National Park and Jasper National Park and is maintained by Par... |
d5d8a5820dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Uranium tetrafluoride and Lithium hydride are both examples of what? | Inorganic compounds | text | [] | [
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"text": "Lithium hydride is an inorganic compound with the formula Li H. This alkali metal hydride is a colorless solid, although commercial samples are grey. Characteristic of a salt-like (ionic) hydride, it has a high melting point, and it is not soluble but reactive with all protic organic solvents."
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d5d8a5d20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Dhaka fluid is administered to patients via the same mechanism as which treatment for iron deficiency? | Intravenous (IV) iron infusion is also done via intravenous delivery. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Dhaka fluid is one of the IV fluids used in intravenous rehydration therapy which has sodium bicarbonate content in it. Used as a resuscitative fluid in burn management. Intravenous sodium bicarbonate is contraindicated in patients who are losing chloride, such as by vomiting."
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d5d8a5fa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The 61st parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 61 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane which crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and what continent that is the third largest by area? | It crosses North America as well. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The 61st parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 61 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America ."
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"text": "North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemis... |
d5d8a6720dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Religious images in what, which Apologetics involves the study of as it compares to non-Christian worldviews, have a role within the liturgical and devotional life of adherents of certain Christian denominations? | Christian Theology | text | [] | [
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"text": "Apologetics/polemics– studying Christian theology as it compares to non-Christian worldviewsin order to defend the faith and challenge beliefs that lie in contrast with Christianity. Biblical hermeneutics– interpretation of the Bible, often with particular emphasis on the nature and constraints of co... |
d5d8a69a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Alta Verapaz is in what country? | Guatemala | text | [] | [
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"text": "), where the Río Salama and Rio Carchela converge with the Río Negro. After the Chixoy dam, the river is called Río Chixoy and flows northwards through Alta Verapaz until it reaches the border with Mexico."
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"text": "The Chixoy River or Río Negro is a river in Guatemala. The river is call... |
d5d8a6b80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of snail uses a siphon to breathe air while they are submerged that uses the siphon in a way that is reminiscent of a human swimmer using a snorkel? | An apple snail | text | [] | [
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"text": "Freshwater apple snails in the genera Pomacea and Pila have an extensible siphon made from a flap of the left mantle cavity. They use this siphon in order to breathe air while they are submerged in water which has a low oxygen content so they cannot effectively use their gill."
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d5d8a6e00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How are most isotopes with radioactive properties similar to Nitrogen-14 thought to have been formed on Earth? | Most stable isotopes on Earth are believed to have been formed in processes of nucleosynthesis. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Most stable isotopes on Earth are believed to have been formed in processes of nucleosynthesis, either in the Big Bang, or in generations of stars that preceded the formation of the solar system. However, some stable isotopes also show abundance variations in the earth as a result of decay from long-... |
d5d8a7080dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who are a part of the group that are mainly associated with Zarubintsy culture that had possible links to the ancient peoples of the Vistula basin and were a diverse group of tribal societies who lived during the Migration Period and the Early Middle Ages (approximately the 5th to the 10th centuries) in Central and Eastern Europe? | Slavs. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Proto-Slavs are mainly associated with Zarubintsy culture that had possible links to the ancient peoples of the Vistula basin ( Przeworsk culture )."
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"text": "The early Slavs were a diverse group of tribal societies who lived during the Migration Period and the Early Middle Ages (approxi... |
d5d8a7300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How did the boxing kangaroo become a national symbol of Australia? | It originates in the way the kangaroo performs its defensive behavior, in which the kangaroo appears to be boxing with its attacker. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The boxing kangaroo is a national symbol of Australia, frequently seen in popular culture. The symbol is often displayed prominently by Australian spectators at sporting events, such as at cricket, tennis, basketball and football matches, and at the Commonwealth and Olympic Games."
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d5d8a7800dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the meaning of the name of the province where the Nepenthes suratensis plant is endemic? | The province's name means city of good people. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Nepenthes suratensis is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Surat Thani Province, Thailand, where it grows near sea level in coastal savannah and grassland. It is thought to be most closely related to N. andamana. The specific epithet suratensis is derived from the name of Surat Thani Province and th... |
d5d8a7a80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | According to the Kentish royal legend, Domne Eafe was the grandson of what King of Kent that ruled from 616 until his death in 640? | He was the grandson of King Eadbald. | text | [] | [
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"text": "According to the Kentish royal legend, Domne Eafe's father was Eormenred, son of King Eadbald of Kent and Emma of Austrasia, and grandson of Æthelberht of Kent, England's first Christian king. Domne Eafe's mother is called Oslafa."
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"text": "Eadbald (Old English: Eadbald) was King of Kent... |
d5d8a7d00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | On the tree with dark green leaves with a toothed edge, in what forests are they native to? | New Zealand. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Elaeocarpus dentatus, commonly known as hinau ( Maori: hīnau ), is a native lowland forest tree of New Zealand. Other names in Māori for the tree are hangehange, pōkākā and whīnau . A member of the family Elaeocarpaceae, it is found on both the North and South Islands of New Zealand, but not on Stewa... |
d5d8a7ee0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In some patent laws however, a date of filing may be obtained for an application which does not contain any what, a type of which in programming is a Beauregard? | Claim | text | [] | [
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"text": "In United States patent law, a Beauregard claim is a claim to a computer program written in the form of a claim to an article of manufacture: a computer-readable medium on which are encoded, typically, instructions for carrying out a process."
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"text": "In most modern patent laws, patent ... |
d5d8a8480dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In most cases, oxygen is prevented from reaching the deeper levels by a physical barrier as well as by a pronounced density stratification, in which, for instance, heavier what, lakes of which are found on every continent, waters rest at the bottom of a basin? | Hypersaline | text | [] | [
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"text": "This condition is generally found in areas that have restricted water exchange. In most cases, oxygen is prevented from reaching the deeper levels by a physical barrier as well as by a pronounced density stratification, in which, for instance, heavier hypersaline waters rest at the bottom of a basin.... |
d5d8a8700dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of the tallest flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae stands 61 feet tall and 20 feet wide? | Staghorn Sumac | text | [] | [
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"text": "The tallest Staghorn Sumac, Rhus typhina, is in Alabama. It stands 61 feet tall and is 20 feet wide. Most cultivated Sumacs grow to 15 to 25 feet high with a spread that is equal to or greater than its height. Staghorn Sumac leaves are up to two feet in length."
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"text": "Rhus typhina, th... |
d5d8a8b60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What element do both Cottus confusus and Cottus rhenanus live in? | Water, they are fish | text | [] | [
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"text": "Cottus rhenanus is a species of fish in the family Cottidae. It is found in France, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. It inhabits the Rhine and Meuse river drainages. It reaches a maximum length of 10.0 cm. It prefers streams with clear, cool, moderate to swift water and stone substr... |
d5d8a8de0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How old was Charles Martel when Redbad died? | Martel was 31 years-old when Redbad died. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Redbad (or Radbod; died 719) was the king (or duke) of Frisia from c. 680 until his death. He is often considered the last independent ruler of Frisia before Frankish domination. He defeated Charles Martel at Cologne. Eventually, Charles prevailed and compelled the Frisians to submit."
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d5d8a8fc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the disadvantage of accelerators such as Tevatron, the LEP, and the Large Hadron Collider? | charged particles moving along bent paths will necessarily emit electromagnetic radiation known as synchrotron radiation | text | [] | [
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"text": "Linear accelerators (\"linacs\") accelerate elementary particles along a straight path. Circular accelerators (\"synchrotrons\"), such as the Tevatron, the LEP, and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), use circular paths."
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"text": "In a linear accelerator, the remaining particles are lost; i... |
d5d8a9240dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Salt water and mustard water were used to induce what action that can cause duodenal contractions that release bile? | Vomiting. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Salt water and mustard water, which act directly on the stomach, have been used since ancient times as emetics. Care must be taken with salt, as excessive intake can potentially be harmful. Copper sulfate was also used in the past as an emetic."
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"text": "Altered blood bears resemblance t... |
d5d8a9740dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Japanese Tone-gawa is what kind of body of water that usually rises from mountainous forests and cut out deep V-shaped valleys in their upper reaches in the country? | A river. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Tone River (利根川, Tone-gawa) is a river in the Kantō region of Japan. It is 322 kilometers (200 mi) in length (the second longest in Japan after the Shinano) and has a drainage area of 16,840 square kilometers (6,500 sq mi) (the largest in Japan)."
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"text": "The Mogami, the Fuji and th... |
d5d8a9ba0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the series with a character named Priyanka Sethi, who does she bump into that makes her drop her drink? | Koel. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The show is notable for being the debut platform of many actors who later went to have a successful acting career like Sriti Jha, Kinshuk Mahajan, Toral Rasputra, Maanvi Gagroo, Vikrant Massey and Jay Bhanushali. Priyanka Sethi returns to Delhi from New York with her mother after her parents divorce ... |
d5d8a9e20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | As a teenager, Law was crowned Miss Teen USA of what state, in which legislation is enacted by the New Jersey Legislature? | New Jersey | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Constitution of New Jersey is the foremost source of state law. Legislation is enacted by the New Jersey Legislature, published in the Laws of New Jersey, and codified in the New Jersey Statutes."
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"text": "Law was born in Philadelphia, and grew up in Deptford Township, New Jersey. He... |
d5d8aa0a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the most universally recognized example of the property that makes an object distinguishable from it's mirror image? | Human hands are perhaps the most universally recognized example of chirality. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Human hands are perhaps the most universally recognized example of chirality. The left hand is a non-superimposable mirror image of the right hand; no matter how the two hands are oriented, it is impossible for all the major features of both hands to coincide across all axes."
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"text": "C... |
d5d8aa320dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Mme. Thénardier spoils what daughters of hers yet abuses Cosette when she was three? | Éponine and Azelma. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Fantine – A beautiful Parisian grisette abandoned with a small child by her lover Félix Tholomyès. Fantine leaves her daughter Cosette in the care of the Thénardiers, innkeepers in the village of Montfermeil. Mme. Thénardier spoils her own daughters and abuses Cosette. Fantine finds work at Monsieur ... |
d5d8aa5a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a casual structure of a collection of pairs of locations and times that is given by considering the pairing of every location with the time of 1 o'clock? | A Cauchy surface | text | [] | [
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"text": "A Cauchy surface for this causal structure is a collection of pairs of locations and times such that, for any hypothetical traveler whatsoever, there is exactly one location and time pair in the collection for which the traveler was at the indicated location at the indicated time. There are a number ... |
d5d8ab4a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of illumination can be captured through daylight, that has classifications depending on how its used? | Natural illumination. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Lighting is classified by intended use as general, accent, or task lighting, depending largely on the distribution of the light produced by the fixture. Task lighting is mainly functional and is usually the most concentrated, for purposes such as reading or inspection of materials."
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d5d8ab9a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What animal is dressed in a ceremonial costume during the Festival and also has a fictional character in Robin Hood? | The bear is in both. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Koda means\"Friend\" in Sioux language . A pet polar bear owned by the personification of Canada. He is often shown to not recognize Canada as a joke that no one knows Canada, even his pet. John Little (Robin Hood changed his name into Little John) is a legendary fellow outlaw of Robin Hood."
},
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d5d8abc20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What kind of disorder can be treated with derivatives from the same class of compounds as Glydant? | Hydantoin derivatives can treat seizure disorders. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In pharmaceuticals, hydantoin derivatives form a class of anticonvulsants; phenytoin and fosphenytoin both contain hydantoin moieties and are both used as anticonvulsants in the treatment of seizure disorders."
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"text": "DMDM hydantoin is an antimicrobial formaldehyde releaser preservativ... |
d5d8ac120dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Buildings, vehicles and what, which the right to own is often classified as a human right, are common assets that are leased? | Property | text | [] | [
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"text": "A lease is a contractual arrangement calling for the lessee (user) to pay the lessor (owner) for use of an asset. Property, buildings and vehicles are common assets that are leased. Industrial or business equipment is also leased."
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"text": "The right to property or right to own property ... |
d5d8ac4e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Traction current converter plants are centralized for the supply of what network, which is an electricity grid for the supply of electrified rail networks? | A traction power network | text | [] | [
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"text": "Traction current converter plants are either decentralized (where one plant directly supplies the overhead lines or third rail of the traction system, with no feed into a traction current distribution network) or centralized (for the supply of the traction power network, usually in addition to the di... |
d5d8ac9e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What Triumphal arch in the Roman style honours those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars? | The Arc de Triomphe | text | [] | [
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"text": "The location of the arc and the plaza is shared between three arrondissements, 16th (south and west), 17th (north), and 8th (east). The Arc de Triomphe honours those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals ins... |
d5d8acc60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What rare autoimmune disease characterized by the presence of high concentrations of circulating cold sensitive antibodies occurs when autoantibodies bind to red blood cells? | Cold agglutinin disease. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Cold agglutinin disease ( CAD) is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by the presence of high concentrations of circulating cold sensitive antibodies, usually IgM and autoantibodies that are also active at temperatures below 30 °C (86 °F), directed against red blood cells, causing them to aggluti... |
d5d8ad160dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A traditional music form used as ceremonial music of the royal courts in Cambodia originated before which era? | Angkorian era | text | [] | [
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"text": "The roneat has been described as a bamboo xylophone. One of the traditional music forms is Pinpeat ( Khmer: ពិណពាទ្យ ), in which an orchestra or musical ensemble performs the ceremonial music of the royal courts and temples of Cambodia."
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"text": "Pinpeat (Khmer: ពិណពាទ្យ) is the largest ... |
d5d8ad3e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the highest point in Auvergne and in the Massif Central? | Puy de Sancy. | text | [] | [
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"text": "There are many dormant volcanoes (volcanoes that are not active) in Auvergne, mainly in the Monts Dore and in the Chaîne des Puys. The highest point in Auvergne is the Puy de Sancy ( 45°31′42″N 2°48′50″E"
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"text": "Puy de Sancy ( US: / ˌpwiː də sɒ̃ˈsiː /, French: [pɥi d (ə) sɑ̃si]; Auverg... |
d5d8ad660dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who became King of France and Navarre shortly before his ninth birthday after the assassination of his father and was sometimes called the Just? | Louis XIII | text | [] | [
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"text": "Shortly before his ninth birthday, Louis became king of France and Navarre after his father Henry IV was assassinated. His mother, Marie de' Medici, acted as regent during his minority."
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"text": "Louis XIII (French pronunciation: [lwi tʁɛz]; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 ... |
d5d8ad8e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The complex of seasonal waterfalls located in the Drakensberg of Royal Natal National Park in KwaZulu-Natal Province is named after the Zulu word meaning what? | Tugela Falls is named for the Zulu 'sudden'. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The source of the Tugela River ( Zulu for 'sudden') is the Mont-Aux-Sources plateau which extends several kilometers beyond The Amphitheatre escarpment from which the falls drop. There is an argument that Tugela Falls is the tallest waterfall in the world, rather than the more commonly cited Angel Fa... |
d5d8adb60dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Hydrogen cyanide and Sodium cyanide are both what? | Poisonous compounds | text | [] | [
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"text": "Sodium cyanide is a poisonous compound with the formula Na C N. It is a white, water-soluble solid. Cyanide has a high affinity for metals, which leads to the high toxicity of this salt. Its main application, in gold mining, also exploits its high reactivity toward metals."
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"text": "Hydr... |
d5d8adde0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Affinity-based and kinetic are both types of what? | Capillary electrophoresis. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Affinity-based capillary electrophoresis, also known as capillary electroaffinity chromatography (CEC), involves the binding of analyte in sample to an immobilized receptor molecule on the capillary wall, microbeads, or microchannels."
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"text": "Kinetic capillary electrophoresis or KCE is... |
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